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[0:09] all right good evening everyone happy

[0:12] new year did you come blessed to receive

[0:16] it's anyone been to my town hall

[0:18] meetings before let me see his out of

[0:20] hand

[0:20] that means you came to be with

[0:22] information to get information because

[0:25] what of all I said with knowledge there

[0:27] is power so tonight get ready to

[0:31] increase your power we have a number of

[0:34] keynote speakers I did identify that the

[0:38] mayor said he was going to come through

[0:39] and when he does the speaker that is

[0:42] currently speaking after that person

[0:43] will have the mayor come and speak but

[0:45] we have a lot of items to be addressed

[0:47] the laboratory facilities are

[0:49] immediately to my left and right male

[0:51] and male and female also we did not

[0:54] validate parking they do not validate

[0:56] parking but if you parked on the second

[0:58] floor or higher it's free parking okay

[1:01] and we'll keep the refreshments going as

[1:03] long as we can the first presenter I

[1:06] want to bring to your attention is the

[1:09] man of the hour that has made this

[1:11] facility a reality we take for granted

[1:15] for those that's been living here for

[1:16] several decades of the Hollywood Park

[1:19] Racetrack but now we have gone major

[1:23] development from the racetrack to the

[1:25] casino and then we relocated this

[1:28] brand-new casino and we want to thank

[1:30] Devan Kumar and his staff for not only

[1:34] providing us this facility but the

[1:35] refreshment Zoo well let's give my hand

[1:41] but we have a project manager that has

[1:44] worked with me since I've been on the

[1:45] council since 2003 but had a vision that

[1:49] I wanted to partner with the city of

[1:51] Englewood and be part of the footprint

[1:53] to make a difference of our quality of

[1:55] life he's identified that yes there's

[1:58] going to be a lot of disruption

[2:00] temporarily but we know it's only

[2:02] temporarily because permanently we're

[2:04] gonna have a quality wholesome

[2:06] development and environment so I want

[2:08] you to please help me recognize mr.

[2:11] Gerard McCollum the second on the

[2:12] Hollywood Park retail and entertainment

[2:14] district and he's going to provide us an

[2:16] update this evening let's get my hand if

[2:18] you would please thank you thank you so

[2:26] much well good evening everyone it's

[2:30] great to see you again as councilman

[2:33] Franklin has said I've been here since

[2:35] the project started when we first came

[2:37] to the city over that's 12 years ago and

[2:42] I've met with many of you back then and we've just thought this was a dream

[2:47] that we actually will actually build

[2:49] what we were calling that time Hollywood

[2:51] Park tomorrow as you recall and at that

[2:53] time we were building we were proposing

[2:55] to build about 3,000 homes a retail

[2:58] center roughly about 500,000 square feet

[3:00] and 26 acres apart since that time the

[3:04] project is expanded immensely we went

[3:06] from 238 acres to now 300 acres so the

[3:09] top half of the project was acquired in

[3:13] 2016 by 2014 by mr. Stan Kroenke and we

[3:18] came up with a basically a joint venture

[3:20] run by the Kroenke go organization to

[3:23] come up with what is now Hollywood Park

[3:24] and I'll give you a little bit overview

[3:28] of Hollywood Park and what I'm gonna do

[3:29] today it's like for every town hall

[3:31] meeting I've always gone over with

[3:33] what's going on with the stadium what

[3:34] was going on the stadium but the

[3:35] questions that I've always come back to

[3:37] you is what about the rest of the

[3:38] project about 20 days of the year we'll

[3:40] have stadium it'll be great it'll be fun

[3:41] and and you know the Rams will win and

[3:44] the charges will win and we'll all have

[3:46] a good time but what about the rest of

[3:48] the 28 20 days of the year what happens

[3:50] after the rest of those 20 days of the

[3:51] year so we're going to talk a little bit

[3:52] about

[3:53] what is going to actually happen when

[3:55] the stadium opens in 2020 so this is

[4:00] basically an overall site plan I wonder

[4:03] if I could take this with me a bit maybe

[4:08] so this is the overall site plan

[4:14] this is Prairie Boulevard here and this

[4:17] is century Boulevard so right now we are

[4:19] right here at the casino yeah so right

[4:24] now we're here at the casino and that

[4:26] was the first part of the project as you

[4:28] recalled we had to move the casino in

[4:30] order to be able to be eligible to bid

[4:33] and go after the the NFL stadium and so

[4:38] the casino used to be right about there

[4:41] we move this here which is now see

[4:44] outside of you if you were going to top

[4:46] of the parking structure on the third

[4:47] floor if you're ever out in a sunny day

[4:49] you'll be able to see a lot of the

[4:50] construction from the third floor of the

[4:52] casino and you'll see that the stadium

[4:54] is currently an indica under

[4:55] construction and a lot of activity has

[4:57] gone on most of the dirt has been moved

[4:59] around the stadium is going ten feet

[5:01] down to ten stories down into the ground

[5:03] so it doesn't really you know boat too

[5:08] far over the top of the city and it'll

[5:09] be covered by a clear structure this

[5:11] roof we're calling made out of e te Fe

[5:14] which will be a clear roof for the most

[5:16] part and on the opposite side of that

[5:18] stadium will be a performance art venue

[5:20] for about 6,000 seats down to about 1500

[5:23] seats so these are for be for smaller

[5:25] shows theater that will happen that

[5:28] wouldn't necessarily happen to the forum

[5:29] it's on a much smaller late level so if

[5:31] you went to downtown went to Club Nokia

[5:34] or Microsoft theater you see those are

[5:37] bounced against the theaters they handle

[5:40] different types of audiences and that's

[5:41] what this performance arts venue will do

[5:43] and in the middle of that it's about a

[5:45] two and a half acre plaza and that plaza

[5:47] will be open to concerts and outdoor

[5:50] activities anything we're hoping to at

[5:52] some point to get the NFL Combine in

[5:54] that facility so it'll be a lot of

[5:56] activity going on outside of just game

[5:58] days what we preserved from the old

[6:01] Hollywood Park project is the 26 acres

[6:03] of parts and what I mean by that is that

[6:05] the first part of the project is going

[6:07] to open in 2020 will be Lake Park so

[6:10] you'll see the stadium the performance

[6:12] art venue and Lake Park open the rest of

[6:15] the project will develop over a period

[6:17] of time that will develop another twenty

[6:19] out our sixteen acres giving a total of

[6:21] 26 acres they'll be a significant park

[6:23] in the back area here and a parking

[6:25] which we call a royal park that will run

[6:27] through the spine of the project these

[6:30] 26 acres Park and I could say this

[6:32] unashamedly will be the nicest parks in

[6:35] LA County

[6:36] . period from the lake park to the

[6:40] waterfalls to the tot lots to the dog

[6:43] parks these will be designed by one of

[6:45] the premier landscapers in los angeles

[6:47] meal near lair and associates and will

[6:49] be maintained by the ownership but be

[6:52] open to the entire public that was part

[6:53] of the things that the main ago she ate

[6:55] it that these would be not public parks

[6:57] funded by a private owner also opening

[7:01] day which is what I always get the

[7:03] inquiries about when it come to these

[7:04] meetings is the retail center in in red

[7:07] in the red and this is centering prayer

[7:09] at the corner of sentry and prairie

[7:11] leading off the lake edge will be a

[7:13] retail separate center that will have an

[7:16] a pedestrian feel to it so if you've

[7:18] ever been to the Grove before this will

[7:20] be designed somewhat similar to the

[7:21] Grove in terms of one huge Main Street

[7:23] that you walk down that would be flanked

[7:25] by different types of plazas and open

[7:27] space and along with movie theaters and

[7:30] shops and we'll go over that a little

[7:31] bit in detail today we're gonna also

[7:34] open the first phase of some of the

[7:36] residential which is 300 apartments

[7:38] right in this area here the project's is

[7:40] entitled to build 2,500 homes and

[7:42] apartments over a period of time but the

[7:44] first phase will be these 300 luxury

[7:47] apartments right here opening again for

[7:49] the 2020 Opening Day this is all the

[7:51] stuff that you'll see in 2020 and then

[7:54] we're gonna also right now in the market

[7:56] of actually marketing some great a

[7:59] office space and then office space will

[8:01] be so much similar to what you see in

[8:02] apply of Vista grade-a a geared towards

[8:05] the tech industry especially since a lot

[8:08] of text industry is expanding in this

[8:10] area spacex tests like you know it's

[8:12] just south of us here and you're seeing

[8:14] the impact by a lot of people moving in

[8:15] with all those types of tech in

[8:17] street to the south of us here to the

[8:19] west of us is what the calling silicone

[8:21] beatriz's Playa Vista and so we're going

[8:23] to capitalize that and bring more of

[8:24] that type of industry into this area as

[8:26] well

[8:27] and so we're hoping to have about that

[8:29] first 300 to 400 thousand square feet

[8:31] open about the the 2020 date what we're

[8:34] also in the field right now is marketing

[8:36] a boutique hotel which will be on this

[8:38] side of the lake area here and that's

[8:40] about the 300 room hotel and that's out

[8:44] being marketed right now we don't have a

[8:46] name brand yet we have several people

[8:48] competing for it and at some point I'll

[8:49] be happy to come back and tell you what

[8:51] that is once we settle on that deal I'm

[8:54] gonna go to the next slide here so you

[9:01] probably can't see this from the back

[9:02] area here but this is basically a detail

[9:04] of how far we've gone beyond schematic

[9:07] design into the retail center we'll be

[9:09] coming into chris jackson's department

[9:11] in about two or three weeks submitting

[9:14] what we call plot plan review this is

[9:16] means we are now moving into the phase

[9:17] well we're hoping to begin to start

[9:20] construction of the retail the latter

[9:21] part of this year September October so

[9:24] that we could try to meet that same 2020

[9:26] deadline as well and what you'll see

[9:28] here is that there's a percent

[9:38] okay there's look I gotta tell you we're

[9:41] trying to get to the movie theater you

[9:45] just do it this way old-fashioned way

[9:46] here right here is a movie theater that

[9:48] would go in and this is one of those

[9:50] multiplex 13 the sixteenth great seat

[9:53] movie theater a grocery store is

[9:56] scheduled to be here which creating and

[9:58] in this area is hitting out toward

[9:59] century Boulevard kind of a which you

[10:02] called your general amenities grocery

[10:04] store Bank pharmacy and what have you so

[10:08] these are your dailies that you can kind

[10:10] of get in and out without going actually

[10:11] into the whole retail Center on the

[10:13] corner here we're launching a really a

[10:15] kind of a unique idea if you've ever

[10:18] been in San Francisco we do a concept

[10:19] called the Ferry Building where we

[10:21] curate a lot of the local food vendors

[10:23] or whatever in create kind of a Market

[10:25] Hall experience that everybody's been

[10:26] trying to replicate what we're doing

[10:28] something a little bit different here

[10:29] we're creating some what we're basically

[10:31] calling a fashion Center in which we'll

[10:33] curate different people's some of the

[10:35] local people here own Ehrlich etc that's born out of Englewood and they

[10:40] will be able to be a part of this sort

[10:42] of fashion district here and there'll be

[10:44] a want considered to be one of the

[10:46] anchors and this will give a lot of it

[10:47] people that are currently in the

[10:49] community opportunities to participate

[10:50] in this whole retail center so you may

[10:53] not be able to you know go toe to toe

[10:55] with an H&M but you go into the fashion

[10:58] center as your own sort of entity if you

[11:00] if you're curating unique fashions that

[11:03] are by design so this is not meant that

[11:04] you go downtown and buy something and

[11:06] sell in Iraq this is means you are

[11:08] actually curating your own fashions and

[11:10] designs in here and we'll have a stylist

[11:13] that will actually lead and be part of

[11:15] the fashion industry to talk about

[11:16] actually what's being curated in this

[11:18] area here there's one big parking

[11:20] structure similar to have you ever been

[11:21] to the growth that feeds everything into

[11:23] this into the development itself and

[11:25] there's a number of plazas throughout

[11:28] the development there's even a little

[11:30] instance Instinct basketball court for

[11:33] private showings and basketball games

[11:34] handed up by aliphatic clothing and in

[11:38] chinchou place and then just a number of

[11:41] your typical type of retailers bounded

[11:43] by a lot of local restaurants and

[11:46] boutique restaurants associated as well

[11:48] so what does that look like let's take a

[11:50] look at

[11:51] what we're actually designing here and

[11:52] this is the first time you'll be able to

[11:54] see some of this so this is the movie

[11:57] theater looking into what we're calling

[11:58] our fashion Plaza and there be big

[12:02] screens in the movie plans you could

[12:04] kind of see the roof of the stadium in

[12:05] the background here some of the offices

[12:07] peeking over the the top edge here but

[12:10] this is the interior of this immense

[12:12] plaza here and the idea is to have these

[12:15] runway fashion shows going outside of

[12:18] these fountains on each side that would

[12:20] lead you into that retail fashion market

[12:23] at the very bottom down there but the

[12:25] idea is there's a program this that goes

[12:27] on for different types of events if game

[12:30] is going at the stadium we want to be

[12:33] able to show the game on here so that if

[12:35] you don't have a ticket or whatever you

[12:36] can come to the retail center sit in the

[12:38] middle park and watch the game out with

[12:40] your with your name neighbors also what

[12:42] we want to do is be able to curate we're

[12:44] going to be working with local film and

[12:49] television producing colleges for their

[12:52] students to come in and show amateur

[12:54] films and their productions here and

[12:57] have different types of screenings here

[12:58] that you can come and enjoy what our

[13:01] students are doing today in television

[13:03] and film this is that sunken-in private

[13:11] basketball court where that would be

[13:13] anchored by again big screens and you

[13:16] might do private showings of private

[13:18] parties back here but you would also be

[13:20] curated by a fashion Footwear sports

[13:23] like a Nike or adidas or something like

[13:25] that that an anchor and management so

[13:27] you'd have three man basketball watching

[13:30] the game here at the same time while

[13:32] other things are so curated into this

[13:33] private space so the idea behind this retail center is for it to have

[13:37] different kinds of surprises that as you

[13:39] turn you don't know what to expect and

[13:41] you sort of actually feel like you're in

[13:42] a European village is you're strolling

[13:44] and there's different kind of Pat plazas

[13:46] as you turn and twist throughout the

[13:47] development

[13:50] this is again that this scene you seen

[13:52] before this is that it looking into the

[13:54] lake the edge of the lake that's coming

[13:56] into the retail center with the hotel at

[13:59] one edge of the lake this huge plaza

[14:01] where your gather coming out with a

[14:03] number of restaurants surrounding the

[14:05] lake area and this is looking at that

[14:09] plaza looking from the lake if you're on

[14:12] the stadium side looking back into that

[14:14] Plaza and you see this big open plaza

[14:16] with the stage for performances and

[14:18] where we'll eventually locate the tree

[14:20] trimming ceremony like you do at the

[14:23] grow with Santa and everybody flowing

[14:24] all over the place that's the idea that

[14:26] this is becomes a big civic plaza in the

[14:28] middle of retail center this right here

[14:30] will be our curated food hall and this

[14:33] is a take off of what we've done in San

[14:35] Francisco called the Ferry Building and

[14:37] which will curate a lot of local and

[14:40] entrepreneurs that are in the food

[14:43] industry is part of that this is another

[14:46] Plaza looking out back into the stadium

[14:49] over the office building and here we've

[14:51] got these signature fountains throughout

[14:53] these kind of art design fountains

[14:54] throughout the the plaza with lots of

[14:58] open and eat eating spaces and open

[15:00] restaurant areas throughout the plaza

[15:02] this is looking into that food hall

[15:04] coming out of that food hall and you'll

[15:06] be able to get fresh fruits and

[15:07] vegetables and all sorts of pastries and

[15:09] bakery goods all curated by again local

[15:13] professionals and this is one of our

[15:16] plazas coming down into the retail

[15:19] Center just to give you a feel of the

[15:20] architecture about it very sharp very

[15:22] modern very today the idea is for it to

[15:25] be able to last for a long time and not

[15:27] be dated by going into any particular

[15:29] one type of design on that and then this

[15:33] is one of the cocktail plazas here where

[15:35] after five o'clock you could come to the

[15:37] casino now but at a certain point you'll

[15:39] be able to come over to to our plaza

[15:43] here to enjoy the front of meeting under

[15:46] individuals and neighbors in the area

[15:47] and then this is basically what we're

[15:50] calling the new Hollywood Park yeah it

[15:53] is will be curated as one of the largest

[15:55] urban infield developments in the

[15:58] country Playa Vista was number one

[15:59] Hudson Yards is the other one

[16:02] currently under construction this one

[16:04] will be the largest second till all

[16:06] those so with that I'll take any

[16:08] questions you might have so before we

[16:12] take any questions or comments we

[16:15] actually have a special guest that came

[16:16] to join us and he has many meetings to

[16:18] go through so I asked for you we'll take

[16:20] your Q&A question answers momentarily

[16:23] but because the mayor has to rush to

[16:25] other events he's running late as we

[16:27] speak so without further ado please help

[16:30] me recognize our distinguished city

[16:32] being wood Mayor James d-bots jr. things

[16:42] changed a little bit around here aren't

[16:43] that you guys just a little bit you know

[16:46] I really want to you know give a lot of

[16:49] credit to around Franklin he he held

[16:52] these town hall meetings regularly

[16:55] through the years when we didn't have

[16:57] nothing to talk about

[17:01] and I say what do you talk to those

[17:03] people about all the time but but now

[17:06] we've really got a lot to talk about I

[17:08] want to also want to recognize a real

[17:10] pillar of this community and that's

[17:12] Gerard McHale let's give him a big hand

[17:19] I've been in public service for 45 years

[17:22] and I've dealt with thousands of people

[17:26] I've met had the privilege to meet four

[17:29] presidents a lot of movie stars and a

[17:33] lot of great business minds Gerard

[17:36] McCallum is such an asset to this

[17:39] community

[17:40] and I feel so fortunate that he and

[17:42] Hollywood Park land company and Chris

[17:44] Meany

[17:45] and Terry Fancher were here because do

[17:48] you know that when the recession came

[17:52] and the housing market crashed they had

[17:56] a project that was entitled but nobody

[17:59] was going to be able to sell any houses

[18:00] and they could have just bankrupted that

[18:03] limited liability corporation and they

[18:06] could have just ran off and left this a

[18:08] big empty hole but they did and they

[18:15] were richly rewarded for that for not

[18:17] doing that now how many people here have

[18:21] lived in Englewood and and keep your

[18:24] hands up until I get past you how many

[18:26] people have lived here for five years

[18:27] raise your hands how many for ten years

[18:33] now when I went to exceed you got to put

[18:36] your hand down how many for 15 years how

[18:39] many for 20 years 25 years 30 years 35

[18:51] years 40 years

[19:00] okay now 45 years 47 years 48 years

[19:13] that's 1960 okay so so yell out the year

[19:22] or anybody here in 74 anybody here in 73

[19:30] anybody here in 72 I started here in 72

[19:36] anybody here in 1970 okay now now it's

[19:42] getting scary anybody here in 1968

[19:49] anybody here in 1967 66

[19:57] now the Ku Klux Klan was here in 65 so

[20:06] in 1965

[20:11] 1964 oh come on now

[20:16] 1963 62 so you're the first black man

[20:23] here 1961 okay when did you get here

[20:33] 1960 so I want you to know something I

[20:36] want you to look at this for me the

[20:40] Alpha and Omega frame would started in

[20:42] 1967 when jack kent cooke came and built

[20:45] the farm moved the lakers elgin baylor

[20:49] and jerry west from the sports arena

[20:52] near the Coliseum Tanglewood 1972

[20:56] acquired Wilt Chamberlain and the Lakers

[21:00] won their first championship here in Los

[21:03] Angeles then we went into the Showtime

[21:07] years with magic Johnson cream

[21:10] abdul-jabbar Wilkes worthy Rambis Cooper

[21:18] nor Mixon AC green who's that Byron

[21:24] Scott but can't forget Byron Scott and

[21:28] those were the days that made Inglewood

[21:30] you know there was the Kings the Lakers

[21:32] Showtime the forum was going the track

[21:35] was drawn 38,000 43,000 a day six days a

[21:38] week

[21:39] Seattle Slew ran here everybody knew who

[21:42] we were and we were doing okay then 1999

[21:49] the Lakers and the Kings leave for the

[21:51] Staples Center somewhere along the way

[21:54] they allowed off-track betting so that

[21:56] you didn't have to come here to bet your

[21:59] horse if you lived out near San Anita

[22:01] you could bet your horse now near San

[22:03] Anita and the track crowd started to die

[22:06] and they got down to about a thousand

[22:09] people a day from it from an average of

[22:11] 43,000 a day then the recession in 2008

[22:16] then the housing market crash

[22:19] and then I came back and foolishly ran

[22:25] for mayor in 2010 so here's where we

[22:32] were in February 1st of 2011 when I was

[22:36] sworn in office we were down to our last

[22:39] 11 million dollars we were burning on

[22:43] the average $50,000 a day more in

[22:46] expenses than where we're taking it in

[22:47] revenues on a straight-line basis we

[22:51] would have run out of money within 7

[22:54] months we were insolvent by our balance

[23:01] sheet because we owed the employees more

[23:03] in accrued leave time if they all left

[23:06] and had to be paid out than we had in

[23:08] the bank our bonds were darn near junk

[23:12] graded we trimmed trees which we have 19

[23:19] thousand trees in our inventory and we

[23:21] were trimming about 1,200 trees a year

[23:23] which meant whether you need it or not

[23:26] we're trimming a tree every 20 years we

[23:30] had to street sweeping machines that

[23:32] were older than 35 years of age and we

[23:35] had to street sweeping personnel for 9

[23:38] square miles one of those machines was

[23:42] broken at all times but it worked out

[23:45] well

[23:45] because one of the street sweepers was

[23:47] injured at all times so we had a perfect

[23:51] symbiosis between equipment and

[23:53] personnel the streets were dirty our

[23:56] water system was 60 years old and our

[24:00] youth all of you probably remember back

[24:01] in 2011 we were having these sinkholes

[24:03] on century Boulevard because water was

[24:06] leaking into the ground

[24:08] eroding the roadway bed century

[24:11] Boulevard was about 15 years overdue at

[24:13] that time to be redone it was a mess

[24:19] we had our challenges we cut 140

[24:26] positions from the organization sixty of

[24:29] them had people in them in those

[24:30] positions we discontinued lifetime

[24:33] medical we had lifetime medical for

[24:37] every employee in a dependent and it was

[24:39] not funded by the employees or the city

[24:41] we were banging as we go if we had

[24:44] escaped the seven-month bankruptcy

[24:46] figure date by 2017 last year lifetime

[24:52] medical expenses would have climbed to 9

[24:53] million a year

[24:54] and we would have been bankrupt again so

[24:57] we did the tough stuff we made some

[25:00] smart decisions we entered into

[25:02] advertising deals where we put up things

[25:05] like these billboards that you see those

[25:08] were put up for at no cost to us and we

[25:10] derived 50% of the income from them we

[25:14] did smart things we entered into an

[25:17] agreement with Madison Square Garden

[25:19] where we put up our last 18 million

[25:21] dollars of redevelopment bond money

[25:23] towards the renovation of the form and a

[25:27] hundred million dollars later the form

[25:30] reopened and AEG and all our competitors

[25:33] said nobody would come to Englewood to

[25:34] go to concerts anymore

[25:36] that's what they said well today the

[25:41] forum is the number one concert venue in

[25:42] the state of California number two in

[25:44] the United States of America number four

[25:46] in the world and booked events

[25:50] [Applause]

[25:53] 2015 we announced that we were going to

[25:57] seek an NFL team in Englewood and again

[26:01] everybody said the NFL will never come

[26:03] to Englewood they just use them as

[26:05] leverage against st. Louis January 2016

[26:10] then I found the Rams committed to build

[26:12] a 2.6 billion dollar Stadium here in

[26:15] Englewood at no expense to the city and

[26:18] Gerard just named all the benefits that

[26:21] came with that deal is one of the best

[26:23] deals ever negotiated in the history of

[26:26] sports and the Rams and NFL said they

[26:32] were coming here January of 2017 our

[26:36] rivals for the move the Chargers said

[26:40] hey can we come to anger with - then we

[26:43] say yeah you can come on come on June of

[26:47] 2017

[26:49] little more than six months ago we

[26:51] entered in negotiations with the Los

[26:54] Angeles Clippers to build a

[26:57] state-of-the-art NBA arena across the

[27:00] street from that development that will

[27:03] consist of their corporate headquarters

[27:07] their practice facilities and a 18 to

[27:11] 20,000 seat NBA arena there'll be a

[27:15] total of a billion dollar project that

[27:16] project should yield 10 million a year

[27:19] in property taxes 1.4 million of that

[27:21] will go to the city of Inglewood about 7

[27:24] million that'll goes to the state of

[27:26] California and what it would have

[27:28] property taxes in the state of

[27:29] California do they fund schools I feel

[27:32] some of that should come back to our

[27:33] Englewood schools because that's money

[27:35] they never would have had

[27:37] [Music]

[27:40] but we have people that will try and

[27:43] convince you that we have enough we have

[27:47] people from New York that will tell you

[27:49] that that's too much traffic if you ever

[27:52] been to New York and seeing the traffic

[27:55] there are people that think we are

[27:58] stupid that they will tell us when we've

[28:01] had enough

[28:02] well we'll tell them when we've had

[28:04] enough now here are the things that are

[28:09] going to occur over the next few years

[28:10] in 2020 the Rams and the Chargers will

[28:15] play the first game here in England

[28:17] California in 2022 will host Super Bowl

[28:21] 61 in 2023 will host the NC to a

[28:25] championship bowl game these are things

[28:28] that are already set in stone

[28:29] in 2024 that's the things keep going

[28:33] along the Clippers will play their first

[28:34] game in Inglewood in 2028

[28:37] we'll be the host for the opening

[28:39] ceremonies for the world Olympic Games

[28:42] in England California but you know

[28:47] what's better than that in October of

[28:50] 2017 we open negotiations with the LA

[28:55] Philharmonic to move their Youth

[28:57] Orchestra program to Inglewood

[28:59] California

[29:04] we are selling them the old security

[29:06] bank building that we bought last year

[29:08] to land bank that had a profit of 1.5

[29:14] million dollars to the city and Frank

[29:17] Gehry is going to redesign that building

[29:21] they're going to expand the Youth

[29:23] Orchestra program from 1,000 students to

[29:26] 2,000 students a large number of those

[29:28] will be Englewood youth that will be

[29:31] mentored in contact with some of the

[29:37] best orchestra talents in the world the

[29:48] Girl Scouts of America have bought a

[29:50] building in Englewood and they're moving

[29:52] their regional headquarters from Marina

[29:54] del Rey to Ingrid California little less

[30:03] than two weeks ago we had the opening of

[30:08] the long-promised

[30:10] but worth waiting for 27 million dollar

[30:14] Senior Center

[30:21] this is the most magnificent and you can

[30:25] ask Jun chef as or anybody on the

[30:27] committee the most magnificent in that

[30:29] right Maxine magnificent facility for

[30:34] seniors or anyone that you've ever seen

[30:36] if you haven't seen it go over to Queen

[30:38] and Locust and be ready to spend some

[30:40] time because it's 35,000 square feet

[30:43] it's beautiful so we saw the Alpha and

[30:48] the Omega

[30:49] and now the Phoenix rises again these

[30:54] are the best of times but we are just an

[30:57] embryo we're not even born yet property

[31:00] values are up over 125 percent since the

[31:03] end of 2012 the average inventory time

[31:08] for our house that goes on the market is

[31:10] less than 30 days and they saw a sell at

[31:13] asking price or ten to fifteen thousand

[31:16] more than what people are asking this is

[31:19] what you deserve because you voted for

[31:23] the leaders that you wanted people that

[31:25] were going to look out for you for your

[31:27] interest for your community for your

[31:29] prosperity do you there are more people

[31:33] working now in Inglewood than have ever

[31:36] worked has worked in the last 40 years

[31:38] that we know of from from a seventeen

[31:40] point five percent unemployment rate

[31:42] down to five point five percent as of

[31:44] this last fall two hundred million

[31:47] dollars I think is 200 million and

[31:48] Counting now Gerard in contracts

[31:51] subcontractor contracts for that

[31:53] development that you just saw went to

[31:56] minority land and women led

[31:58] disadvantaged businesses and they hire

[32:00] local

[32:03] never before in the history of

[32:05] construction in the city

[32:06] have you seen contracts to go to local

[32:09] subcontractors like this they'd always

[32:12] go to the guys from Orange County

[32:13] because those were the developer and

[32:15] they bring their own people

[32:16] well we insisted our development

[32:17] agreements that we have local hire and

[32:19] we have local subcontractors because

[32:22] everyone should benefit from the

[32:25] prosperity that's being developed for

[32:26] this region and what's happening right

[32:28] now we're changing the whole economic

[32:31] paradigm over the county in the next

[32:33] seven to eight years there will be

[32:36] fifteen billion dollars in construction

[32:38] and economic activity centered right

[32:40] here in the city of Englewood now he's

[32:54] been here since 1960 but you were here

[33:00] in 2018 to see when everything changed

[33:06] in the County of Los Angeles so I'm

[33:08] gonna say congratulations to all of you

[33:10] there's so much for us to do but these

[33:13] are actually the best of times

[33:16] thank you very much for your support

[33:17] thank you McCallum Franklin for the time

[33:21] many wonders why we have town hall

[33:24] meetings the marriages global impact of

[33:27] the city so a little bit later I'll give

[33:29] you more details but if I have Gerard

[33:31] McCallum please come back and join us

[33:32] because we're part of the presentations

[33:35] focusing on the Hollywood Park

[33:38] entertainment district and he did his

[33:41] presentation and I do also want to

[33:43] acknowledge what you see on the screen

[33:45] will also be broadcast through spectrum

[33:49] or also we're going to be making DVDs of

[33:51] this town hall meeting and we're gonna

[33:53] make them available through Aaron L Z

[33:55] raise your hand Aaron he's he's our

[33:57] police liaison at our community center

[34:00] and then you can check them out for your

[34:02] charge to be able to see him intimately

[34:04] or you can also watch them on the city's

[34:07] website we have a youtube link where you

[34:09] can also see it as well now we'll take a

[34:11] few questions or comments regarding this

[34:13] project which y'all McCallum

[34:15] we do ask that you stand give us a

[34:17] chance to get a microphone to you

[34:19] because we are we are televising this

[34:21] broadcast any questions or comments for

[34:24] Jill jerard

[34:25] it's going going way in the back the

[34:31] development seems real nice but you

[34:34] didn't mention anything about parking

[34:35] whereas all these people go in the park

[34:37] yes so on the site I don't have a

[34:39] parking map in here we have 12,000

[34:41] spaces on site nine thousand dedicated

[34:43] strictly to the to the games there's

[34:47] 44,000 parking spots spots within a mile

[34:50] and a half of the site the place will be

[34:51] over part next question and then also

[34:56] just let you know there's a new parking

[34:57] multi-level parking structure that will

[35:00] be used we use hello that we use to help

[35:04] accommodate that and then also we have

[35:06] this parking structure behind us which

[35:07] is a four stories as well go ahead young

[35:10] lady yes

[35:12] how is the traffic gonna flow when all

[35:15] of these venues are going are they going

[35:18] to go at the same time house

[35:20] they really won't go cuz they're

[35:21] different seasons for the different

[35:22] sports but what we're doing with a lot

[35:26] of the infrastructure improvements you

[35:28] see it's like we did some of the

[35:29] widening on centuries from the widening

[35:31] on Prairie it's turn off lanes we're

[35:33] actually doing an integration with the

[35:35] city for intelligent traffic signals

[35:36] that will actually computerize a lot of

[35:38] the signals throughout the city so when

[35:40] the again going out of a game the

[35:42] signals will all sing to be able to get

[35:44] traffic to flow faster in and out of

[35:46] them out of the site itself and so we're

[35:48] improving pretty much all the areas

[35:50] right around this the stadiums we're

[35:51] also coordinating with the rail system

[35:53] that will be coming in for shuttle

[35:55] drop-off systems and we'll also be doing

[35:57] a strike for game day similar to have

[35:59] you ever been in The Hobbit ball where

[36:00] they bussed everybody in from different

[36:01] parts of the county to reduce the

[36:03] overall traffic impact we'll be doing

[36:05] those type of programs as well and let

[36:07] me piggyback with it as well for those

[36:10] that don't know me I said on many many

[36:12] chairs and I have many many committees I

[36:15] happen to be the chairperson for the

[36:17] Metro service council that deals with

[36:20] public transit and the mayor James D

[36:23] butts is now on the board of Metro Board

[36:25] and we have been

[36:27] jimena on ear this is not working we're

[36:30] earmarking the actual first my last mile

[36:35] of a light rail system we're working on

[36:37] from the Florence and Market Street

[36:40] whether it's going to be the new train

[36:42] station to have light rail think of

[36:44] Disneyland coming all the way down

[36:46] Florence to Prairie to drop off right

[36:50] where the old airport Park Hotel used to

[36:52] be for those that remember that location

[36:53] and it's going to go back up again

[36:55] and it's going to drop off and so future

[36:57] sites that we aren't enta fied that is

[36:59] just south of century then it's going to

[37:01] go back up again and work his way back

[37:03] through Market Street to downtown so we

[37:05] are we are working on it and so that way

[37:09] we can make sure that we are able to

[37:11] provide the public transit as needed and

[37:14] mitigate the amount of vehicles that's

[37:16] going to be on the road two more

[37:17] questions this gentleman here and there

[37:19] young lady over there

[37:21] you mentioned a walking path in the

[37:25] structure yes there are actually several

[37:28] walking paths throughout the both around

[37:31] the park throughout the Arroyo Park and

[37:34] actually through the actual retail

[37:36] center itself so like if you go to the

[37:38] Grove you could walk and stroll all of

[37:40] that Market Street that main

[37:41] thoroughfare and visit any of the sort

[37:43] of pocket plazas in that that that that

[37:47] retail center and also go out into the

[37:49] lake there paths all the way around that

[37:52] Lake that'll take you all the way up

[37:53] into a Royal Park and if you want to

[37:55] walk that far I'll take you all the way

[37:56] back to bluff Park where the dog parks

[37:58] and everything else will be as well you

[38:04] mentioned the stores and the market do

[38:07] you have any names committed to what

[38:11] store or what market will be coming not

[38:15] a discount

[38:19] well we I don't as of yet we're actually

[38:23] just starting to go into plot plan

[38:24] review again the project will be up in

[38:26] 2020 so we'll know about a year out who

[38:28] X there will be the tenants in that we

[38:31] have a team out and we've actually gone

[38:32] in partnership with the city to various

[38:34] conventions or whatever to start

[38:35] marketing who will actually be on site I

[38:38] can tell you based on the cost of this

[38:40] project there ain't gonna be no discount

[38:41] in here alright thank you thank you so

[38:47] much a really proud thank you

[38:49] drug you're gonna be around for a couple

[38:51] minutes okay because there's some people

[38:53] still have some more questions to ask

[38:54] you in interest of time I am very

[38:57] limited yeah I'm on a time restraint and

[39:05] as you know the mayor can be the gift of

[39:07] the gab and so you've got the global

[39:11] effect but the reason why we have the

[39:13] town hall meetings and I've been doing

[39:14] them since I've been in office in so

[39:15] three is that I'd like to talk to you

[39:17] about the nuts and bolts of the city

[39:19] particularly in district 4 so you're

[39:21] going to hear my presentation which be

[39:23] toward the end and at that time I'll be

[39:25] asking for you to get the pen in hand

[39:27] and get your paper ready because I'm

[39:29] going to give you a lot of bullet point

[39:30] things specifically going on now and in

[39:33] the immediate future that's going to

[39:35] impact your quality of life and your

[39:37] means of transportation but before we

[39:39] get there one of the pet peeves that I

[39:42] have been on the council is having to go

[39:45] to you front of your house in dealing

[39:47] with utility companies because all of a

[39:51] sudden nature takes its course you have

[39:54] equipment piping etc like a life wears

[39:59] out and all of a sudden we have their

[40:01] water main lines busting and all of a

[40:04] sudden what do we do and as soon as the

[40:07] utility company says we need to increase

[40:09] the fare the first thing he says oh no I

[40:12] can't afford that but at the same time

[40:13] you're gonna say but I want to make sure

[40:15] my water is all when I turn on the

[40:16] faucet don't different than when you put

[40:18] your key in the ignition of your car you

[40:20] said look I put it and I know it's going

[40:22] to start so when it don't start get what

[40:24] you get angry so when you get a turn the

[40:26] water on you don't have water because

[40:27] the busted water main you get angry so

[40:29] we have a company that has

[40:31] embraced us to make sure that they have

[40:34] the necessary infrastructure on keeping

[40:37] the water lines up and running as well

[40:41] as making sure we have quality cloth

[40:43] clarified water as well fluoride water

[40:46] as well to make sure that you in fact

[40:49] have the quality and the enjoyable use

[40:52] of the water so every time you turn the

[40:54] faucet on and take your shower I

[40:56] actually have the distinct pleasure and

[40:58] recognizing a young lady that actually

[41:03] she's almost like family because you

[41:06] don't know but in my 13 years during the

[41:08] toy food drive she has been the one of

[41:11] the individuals that spearheaded the

[41:13] support to make sure that our children

[41:16] and their families of need get taken

[41:18] care of

[41:19] she's also the same one that every time

[41:21] we have issues regarding water issues

[41:23] she has been my catalysts to make sure

[41:26] that we reach out to this company that

[41:28] they may move forward and take care of

[41:30] and address her issues and does not stop

[41:32] at oh those issues are resolved please

[41:34] help me recognize from the Southwest

[41:36] district manager Kate Nutting from the

[41:39] Golden State Water Company come by this

[41:42] way and she has a team gonna join us as

[41:43] well if you have golden state water take

[41:46] copious notes

[41:52] Thank You Kate your team good evening

[41:58] everyone thank you so much for that very

[42:00] warm welcome councilman Franklin I was a

[42:03] little nervous coming up here because I

[42:05] just heard the mayor give a great talk

[42:07] about the amazing things that are

[42:09] happening in Inglewood and also mr.

[42:11] McCollum talking about what's gonna be

[42:13] happening right here and I'm here to

[42:15] talk to you about water which isn't

[42:17] quite as exciting so we'll try to make

[42:19] it exciting but those are a couple of

[42:21] tough acts to follow as councilman

[42:23] Franklin said my name is Kate Nutting

[42:25] I'm the general manager for gold state

[42:27] waters southwest district I have a

[42:29] couple of other people who will be

[42:31] presenting here today too we have Dave

[42:33] shultiess it's our water quality

[42:35] engineer so he'll be giving the water

[42:37] quality update and Bill Schwartz our

[42:40] capital program manager will be talking

[42:41] to you about some capital improvements

[42:43] that are going on in the city so just to

[42:48] briefly go through I'll give you a

[42:49] little overview of our water system and

[42:52] then Dave will talk about water quality

[42:54] bill will talk about infrastructure

[42:56] improvements and then I'll finish our

[42:59] talk talking about our rate case that is

[43:02] going on and talk to you a little bit

[43:04] about water rates so just to talk to you

[43:07] a little bit about Golden State Water

[43:09] Company we serve 1 million customers of

[43:12] people across California through 261,000

[43:17] service connections we've been around

[43:19] since 1929 and we have seven different

[43:22] water systems or water districts

[43:24] throughout the state and 38 different

[43:26] water systems we have 20 different

[43:28] customer service areas within 75

[43:32] communities in the state and we do have

[43:34] a 24-hour customer service number so

[43:37] anytime day or night any day of the year

[43:39] you can call our 800 number and talk to

[43:42] a live audio

[43:46] advantages of Golden State Water Company

[43:49] is our infrastructure philosophy we

[43:53] believe strongly in water reliability

[43:56] and making sure that we have the

[43:57] infrastructure to do that we change our

[44:00] replace our water mains very

[44:02] competitively compared to other water

[44:04] systems we have many many employees so

[44:07] throughout the company we have over 500

[44:10] employees scientists water experts

[44:13] accountants water distribution operators

[44:16] water supply operators and we work very

[44:19] hard to satisfy our customers the

[44:24] Southwest District has about 55,000

[44:27] service connections so we're the largest

[44:28] district in the company were about 20%

[44:31] of the entire company we serve all of

[44:34] the cities of Gardena and Lawndale and

[44:36] then a portion of all the other cities

[44:38] listed there including Englewood of

[44:40] course and some portions of

[44:42] unincorporated Los Angeles County the

[44:46] water delivered to our customers is a

[44:47] mixture of ground water pump locally

[44:49] here out of the ground an imported water

[44:52] that comes from the Metropolitan Water

[44:53] District of Southern California and Dave

[44:56] will talk a little bit more about that

[44:58] so this is our entire system

[45:00] so what's shaded in yellow is our whole

[45:03] system you'll see it's very large

[45:05] we have about 465 miles of pipe that

[45:09] circle there basically very generally

[45:12] shows the portion of it that's in

[45:13] Englewood so this map right here shows

[45:16] it a little bit better if I try to put

[45:20] it's kind of hard to see but all this

[45:21] sort of light pink area here is our

[45:24] portion of our system that serves Engle

[45:26] was so there's Van Ness over here

[45:28] Imperial Highway century and then La

[45:32] Cienega and so now I'm going to turn it

[45:38] over to Dave for a couple of minutes to

[45:40] talk to you about water quality

[45:47] Thank You Kate good evening everybody

[45:50] so I'll talk to you a little bit uh for

[45:52] I'd first does anyone know why we add

[45:55] fluoride to our drinking water correct

[46:03] it's to promote dental health

[46:05] specifically to help prevent cavities

[46:09] and does anyone know where the sources

[46:11] of fluoride come from soy is actually

[46:16] naturally occurring in the environment

[46:18] but we also add a small amount of

[46:21] fluoride to increase the level to the

[46:24] level that's recommended by EPA for

[46:26] optimal health protection and Florida is

[46:33] regulated and we have a lot of different

[46:35] measures that we take to ensure that the

[46:37] fluoride is at the proper level you

[46:39] don't want too much or too little so at

[46:42] each of our treatment sites we have

[46:43] continuous online analyzers that will

[46:47] record the the readings and will

[46:49] actually alert one of our operators if

[46:51] the levels go outside the control range

[46:54] the treatment sites are checked daily

[46:57] and the operators calculate the dose

[47:00] every single day to make sure it's the

[47:02] proper amount we also do distribution

[47:05] monitoring the different sites

[47:09] throughout our system to ensure that

[47:10] every site is within compliance and then

[47:14] we also have to notify the state if our

[47:16] fluoride levels are out of control range

[47:18] two or more times per month so of course

[47:21] any time we see the other control range

[47:23] we would then go ahead and increase or

[47:26] decrease the froid accordingly and then

[47:28] we report it to the state monthly so

[47:33] generally I was thought it kind of

[47:35] interesting there's talk about water in

[47:36] general where does your water come from

[47:38] and I think it's really fascinating you

[47:41] can see on the screen here this is all

[47:47] California then this is the Metropolitan

[47:50] Water District of Southern California

[47:52] service area and these are the aqueducts

[47:54] from State Water Project and also from

[47:57] the Colorado River that feed the

[47:59] metropolitan water system in the

[48:01] Metropolitan Water District of Southern

[48:03] California has all these different

[48:05] customers here and we purchase water

[48:09] from West Basin and also from Central

[48:12] Basin but ultimately it comes a majority

[48:15] of our water comes from the metropolitan

[48:16] water and we're about 63 percent

[48:18] metropolitan water and 36 percent local

[48:21] ground water which is the wells that we

[48:24] operate so in water industry we use a

[48:28] multi barrier approach to protect public

[48:30] health Metropolitan Water District is

[48:33] imported surface water and they use

[48:37] multi barrier treatment for convention

[48:40] it's called conventional treatment which

[48:42] is coagulation flocculation sanitation

[48:45] filtration disinfection and fluoridation

[48:49] surface water can have pathogens like

[48:51] bacteria protozoans and we want to

[48:54] remove all that to make sure the water

[48:55] are safe now for Golden State Water

[48:57] Company we have ground water wells and

[49:00] we also treat our water however most of

[49:03] our wells are pretty good water quality

[49:05] to begin with and we primarily remove

[49:08] iron and manganese which isn't really

[49:10] something that's harmful to your health

[49:12] but it is a nuisance it causes

[49:15] discoloration of water fever turn on

[49:16] your faucet and see brown or blackish

[49:19] water that's what it is so we remove

[49:23] iron and manganese then we disinfect and

[49:25] we also add fluoride for the for dental

[49:28] health as we've mentioned so a lot goes

[49:33] on water quality I think it's really

[49:34] fascinating which is why I'm so happy to

[49:37] be here and explain everything

[49:39] there's source water protection and also

[49:42] monitoring that we do so part of the

[49:45] source water protection is a drinking

[49:48] water source assessment and protection

[49:50] or D swap and we submit that to the

[49:53] state after we do a survey of the

[49:57] properties around our wells in certain

[50:00] industries might pollute more than

[50:02] others and so we identify those as being

[50:04] potential sources of contamination and

[50:07] we also can drive around and see what

[50:09] they're doing

[50:10] visit their sites but we tell the state

[50:12] you know basically what we're seeing and

[50:14] there's also a database from the state

[50:16] that will help us identify those sources

[50:18] in some sources could be underground

[50:21] storage tanks gas stations are really

[50:23] you know popular agriculture dry

[50:26] cleaners storm sewers things like that

[50:29] also the state particular vulnerability

[50:32] assessments which tells us what we need

[50:34] to monitor and how often we did in

[50:36] monitor and we test for over 230

[50:40] contaminants in our drinking water to

[50:42] show that it's safe and of course if

[50:45] there was higher levels that we would

[50:47] add treatment as necessary to make it

[50:48] safe also we have a water resources

[50:54] department and they work with

[50:56] stakeholders in the community such as

[50:59] the water replenishment district EPA

[51:02] state water boards the water master and

[51:06] then basins like ours West base and we

[51:09] also have some portion of Central Basin

[51:15] we also need to ok so quickly here we

[51:21] also have concern about security so we

[51:24] have a lot of measures in place to help

[51:26] prevent intrusion so iron gates fencing

[51:30] security alarms motion sensors cameras

[51:32] we visit sites daily multi-layered

[51:37] control systems access control which is

[51:39] allows us to know who came in and when

[51:41] also emergency preparedness and response

[51:44] plan which we work with the state on to

[51:46] be able to notify the public the media

[51:49] in case of emergency multi coordinate

[51:53] agency coordination is also important as

[51:55] well as a Cal Warren which is like a

[51:58] multi-agency co-op for equipment and

[52:02] other safety further things we might

[52:06] need in case for emergency and also the

[52:09] California water environment Association

[52:10] so I figured bill on here and he can

[52:14] talk about don't you the capital

[52:15] improvements we're doing in our system

[52:16] excuse me

[52:20] good evening I will let you know I've

[52:24] been in the water industry for probably

[52:25] about 15 years and I get about 50% of

[52:28] what Dave just talked about so don't

[52:30] feel bad if you didn't get all of that

[52:32] because I don't quite understand it

[52:34] either to that end I'm out of the

[52:36] capital program Management Group and we

[52:39] are responsible for determining

[52:42] designing and installing the capital

[52:45] equipment necessary to provide water

[52:47] from water sources directly to your

[52:49] homes to that end how we drive

[52:53] everything make our decisions determine

[52:54] is based on our vision which really is

[52:56] to cost-effectively renew expand

[52:59] infrastructure in the communities we

[53:00] serve to maintain and improve the

[53:03] standard of living for generations to

[53:04] come I think you've heard some

[53:05] conversations about sometimes people

[53:08] don't invest in their infrastructure and

[53:10] they pay just like if your car if you

[53:12] don't fix your car it doesn't start so

[53:14] we believe that we really want to do

[53:16] this for the long term to that end you

[53:18] can kind of look at our projects and

[53:20] break them into three buckets water

[53:21] quality which is Dave's talked a lot

[53:24] about system reliability which is

[53:25] getting the water to you both in normal

[53:28] conditions and in emergency conditions

[53:29] we've had fires we've we can have

[53:32] earthquakes here so we have to make sure

[53:33] our infrastructure is designed and we

[53:35] can respond and keep that water supply

[53:37] going and finally we look at water

[53:39] supply cost reduction projects think

[53:41] that we can do to lower the cost of

[53:42] water to the ago--it community so those

[53:45] are sort of three areas we do projects

[53:46] put them in those buckets again you've

[53:48] seen this map but I only want to bring

[53:50] to your attention just real quickly like

[53:53] try to use a light saber here

[53:55] Golden State Water our water sources are

[53:57] here in green our MWD connections are

[54:00] here you can see where we have some

[54:02] water sources here green means we can

[54:03] push water up here brown means we rely

[54:06] on this why do we do that or why are we

[54:08] concerned about that groundwater is

[54:10] about half the cost of MWD water so what

[54:13] we're trying to do is we want to is

[54:15] whenever we can push groundwater into

[54:18] the system because it's cheaper less

[54:21] expensive so but it's a balancing act

[54:23] because we have groundwater wells

[54:25] sometimes the water isn't perfect also

[54:28] you can see where the sources are and

[54:30] where you're at

[54:31] we gotta bring water into this area so

[54:34] yeah here's a well right in here but we

[54:37] also have water so we have to bring in

[54:38] connections and water up these lines if

[54:40] you will so again we're trying to supply

[54:42] water to this area and you can see by

[54:44] these percentages it talks about how

[54:46] much we pull into each area so to that

[54:50] end when you talk about water quality

[54:52] products we do these various projects

[54:55] and again we're trying to improve water

[54:56] quality we have to meet both federal

[54:58] standards state standards and from your

[55:00] custom from the inputs from you folks so

[55:01] if you don't like the water there's an

[55:03] issue you contact us so to that end we

[55:06] tend to invest a lot of money a lot of

[55:09] this SCADA is automatic system so we can

[55:12] control them remotely

[55:13] again we knop tamai so we're trying to

[55:15] blend ground water with surface water

[55:18] and surface water and ground water don't

[55:20] always necessarily agree with each other

[55:22] they have different physical

[55:23] characteristics they have to be treated

[55:25] differently when they interact they

[55:26] produce things that we have to handle so

[55:29] we need to really look at control here

[55:31] nitrification again nitrates and

[55:33] nitrites are two things that are

[55:35] regulated by the division of drinking

[55:38] water we have to make sure that we don't

[55:40] have an issue with nitrites and forming

[55:42] and that's an issue again with surface

[55:44] water and groundwater surface water

[55:46] being the MWD state water project water

[55:49] and groundwater being our Wells and

[55:51] finally we have to do enhancement of our

[55:53] well sites to be able to make sure the

[55:55] water we send to you is in good shape

[55:57] some of these wells are older Wells and

[56:00] wells are very expensive to punch some

[56:01] of them are a million to two and a half

[56:03] million dollars per well so we have to

[56:05] make sure that we stretch that ass out

[56:07] as far as we can and sometimes we need

[56:08] to do some treatment at the wells or

[56:10] work at the wells to make sure that

[56:12] water quality is where it needs to be

[56:13] overall in this category about 3.4

[56:16] million dollars pipeline management just

[56:20] real quickly these are the whole system

[56:23] reliability issues make sure pipelines

[56:24] don't rupture make sure water is there

[56:26] and again these are all pipelines that

[56:28] we put in this one we're putting in a 19

[56:31] but all of these pipelines feed what you

[56:33] saw on that map earlier about 13 million

[56:36] dollars total from water supply cost

[56:39] reduction again we're looking at trying

[56:40] to reduce water cost so this includes

[56:43] putting ground water treatment date

[56:45] about manganese also on these two plants

[56:48] we're looking at trying to do some

[56:49] advanced treatment to truck in to try to

[56:51] take groundwater resources that

[56:53] potentially right now stranded and get

[56:55] them back online to try to reduce cost

[56:57] and finally we have various water

[56:59] quality projects that again all

[57:01] dedicated try to reduce that imported

[57:03] water which is about twice the cost

[57:04] total twelve million dollars in projects

[57:07] so roughly we put about twenty million

[57:09] dollars into the water system to supply

[57:10] water to the city of Englewood community

[57:16] okay so I think we're just about out of

[57:20] time we had a few more slides but what I

[57:21] can do very generally and I will say I

[57:24] will be here after the meeting to take

[57:26] any specific questions but I did want to

[57:28] make you aware that all of those things

[57:30] maintaining water quality meeting

[57:32] regulations and making sure that our

[57:34] services are reliable means it costs

[57:36] money so we have a general rate case

[57:38] that we have to file every three years

[57:39] with the Public Utility Commission we

[57:41] just filed one in July of 2017 for rates

[57:45] that will take effect in 2019 we do have

[57:48] a public participation hearing for that

[57:50] rate case if you want to go and hear

[57:52] more about it it's on february 1st at 7

[57:56] p.m. in Huntington Park I can give you

[57:58] all the details after you should if you

[58:00] haven't already receive a notice about

[58:02] that in the mail that will have all the

[58:03] details too but I will be here after the

[58:06] meeting to talk to you about it a few

[58:09] things so let me into inner Jack give

[58:12] her a hand if you would please

[58:16] anybody knows when you have the town

[58:18] hall meetings with yours truly it's

[58:20] where the rubber meets the road so I

[58:22] want to talk and ask the those residents

[58:25] that live on spinning between a hundred

[58:27] and eight on the north to Imperial

[58:29] highway on the south to give them a hand

[58:31] put in new water lines for you as well

[58:34] as new fire extinguish fire

[58:37] extinguishers is what fire hydrants as

[58:40] well we also have because I've been

[58:43] around a few years we also have the

[58:45] issue at 117th in Kornblum where their

[58:49] facilities located that they reached

[58:51] into their pockets and maintained that

[58:54] cleanup area that was part of their

[58:56] property

[58:57] we had the break in water broken water

[58:59] main on a concern street we took care of

[59:01] that one we had one on shanira Avenue we

[59:04] take care of that one we had one on

[59:05] thorough we took care of that one this

[59:07] is why I'm sharing with you that is

[59:09] critical that you interface with our

[59:11] water providers to identify but they

[59:14] value the city of Englewood and their

[59:17] clients and customers and they do the

[59:19] extra things needed to make sure you

[59:22] have little to no interruption of

[59:24] service and also when it comes to

[59:26] quality I'm going to reach out to those

[59:28] that live in the Imperial village you

[59:30] had a number of issues regarding the

[59:32] quality of water and I see you out there

[59:34] as I'm looking and they're going to stay

[59:36] afterwards and if you still have that

[59:38] issue with them please make sure that

[59:40] you take time to talk to them one on one

[59:42] they will take your personal information

[59:44] and they'll reach out to you as well so

[59:47] I'm gonna allow them to give we'll take

[59:49] a couple of questions but we're really

[59:50] behind on time and so I want to move

[59:53] forward on that but I see the okay

[59:54] brother young lady behind you brother

[59:56] man and they will take brother man next

[59:58] if you stand up please so we can get you

[1:00:00] on camera

[1:00:03] good afternoon one question I'd like to

[1:00:07] know if the Golden State Water Company

[1:00:10] has a summer program for you where they

[1:00:14] can learn to be chemical engineers on no

[1:00:17] one is necessary and if you do find that

[1:00:20] we need the information if you don't you

[1:00:22] need to take it back and maybe consider

[1:00:24] it

[1:00:29] that is a great idea thank you for that

[1:00:31] question we don't specifically have a

[1:00:33] program like that we as a company do

[1:00:37] support many programs that that want to

[1:00:41] do that kind of water education I know

[1:00:43] west facing municipal water district who

[1:00:45] we purchase metropolitan water from they

[1:00:47] have a lot of programs so I could look

[1:00:50] into that if they have something like

[1:00:51] that

[1:00:52] and it is something that in other areas

[1:00:55] we have put together so it's something

[1:00:57] that I could look into too because I

[1:01:00] think it's a great idea okay thank you

[1:01:03] mr. Manning get the mic please good

[1:01:10] evening my question is the young men

[1:01:13] they gave me a spill on a water supply

[1:01:17] cost reduction projects just what are

[1:01:20] you talking about how is this going to

[1:01:21] impact us

[1:01:22] when you say reduction in the projects

[1:01:27] how's that gonna help us as consumers so

[1:01:30] what that is and I apologize we had to

[1:01:33] kind of rush through that section

[1:01:34] because we were running a little bit

[1:01:36] behind but those are projects that are

[1:01:38] specifically for our groundwater wells

[1:01:41] so we have some groundwater wells that

[1:01:43] are not running right now that we need

[1:01:45] to do work to in order to get them

[1:01:47] running and when we get them running

[1:01:48] that means we'll have more groundwater

[1:01:50] to serve the system as opposed to water

[1:01:52] that we have to purchase and that

[1:01:54] groundwater is about half the price of

[1:01:57] water that we purchase so so by doing

[1:02:01] those projects our water supply costs

[1:02:03] will go down

[1:02:09] is that the question is is our is our

[1:02:12] rates gonna go down the answer questions

[1:02:14] no it's going to avoid from going up and

[1:02:19] then also just so you know that those

[1:02:20] that live in Lock Haven they also have a

[1:02:23] well at 111th Street in Yukon which they

[1:02:25] refurbishing as we speak one more

[1:02:28] question regarding the subject matter or

[1:02:29] comments and we'll move on gentleman

[1:02:31] next to mr. Manning I just wanted to

[1:02:37] know how does your water company

[1:02:43] compared to the other water companies

[1:02:46] across the country in terms of quality

[1:02:49] and is it just coincidental did all of

[1:02:52] the areas that you covered

[1:02:54] seem to be more predominantly black

[1:02:58] so in terms of our water quality I would

[1:03:01] say yeah most of the water systems

[1:03:02] across the country have very good water

[1:03:04] quality the United States in

[1:03:06] particularly California has very

[1:03:08] stringent water quality regulations so

[1:03:10] any city that you live in I think you

[1:03:12] can feel comfortable that the water is

[1:03:14] safe to drink including the ones that we

[1:03:16] serve in terms of your question about

[1:03:18] the dam demographics I don't know that demographic so I can't really speak

[1:03:22] to what that issue is but we I mean we

[1:03:25] serve we serve communities all across

[1:03:28] California of all different types of

[1:03:30] demographics so I wouldn't say that

[1:03:33] there's any specific demographic that we

[1:03:36] serve and then let me interject as well

[1:03:39] you heard the mayor also do a Talia

[1:03:42] who's been here the longest and so far

[1:03:44] we found one resident that has a freakin

[1:03:46] Americans been here since 1960 they've

[1:03:49] been here since 1908

[1:03:51] providing us water so because of gender

[1:03:55] vacation there's been a change and so

[1:03:58] we're just wrong with the flow and it's

[1:03:59] going to happen again as we start moving

[1:04:01] forward with the City of England let's

[1:04:03] give our presenters a hand if you would

[1:04:04] please so before we get to the next

[1:04:21] presenter and again I want to say this

[1:04:23] part of the segment is where the rubber

[1:04:25] meets the road and I saw several

[1:04:27] Imperial village residents that have

[1:04:29] bent my ear repeatedly regarding your

[1:04:31] water quality do not let them get away

[1:04:34] with that you have a take some some

[1:04:36] choice words of labor of love of what

[1:04:38] you're dealing with so they can at least

[1:04:40] address those concerns if you would

[1:04:42] please

[1:04:43] I also we have a number of people in the

[1:04:45] audience I want to recognize first of

[1:04:47] all everyone has a boss and I've been

[1:04:50] married for over 44 years and I have a

[1:04:52] boss so when you go outside at the

[1:04:55] information table please let my wife

[1:04:57] Juanita Franklin know that you value our

[1:04:59] labor of love in addition to that I have

[1:05:02] my daughter my oldest daughter is out

[1:05:04] there at the information table during

[1:05:06] the handouts and that is Felicia

[1:05:08] Frankland please give her some love and

[1:05:10] then also the young lady has came on

[1:05:14] board with beef since 2008 Claudette

[1:05:16] Matthews

[1:05:20] you know behind every good man is a good

[1:05:24] woman and I got three out there today so

[1:05:30] show some love please and also we have a

[1:05:33] number of individuals that volunteer

[1:05:35] their time and labor of love and I also

[1:05:37] want them to stand and be recognized

[1:05:39] from the art commissioners Vicki banks

[1:05:41] district for representing our city our

[1:05:43] location thank you very much for the

[1:05:47] citizens face oversight Commission Linda

[1:05:50] Smith mystic for Linda's raise your hand

[1:05:53] so they can see you you're our

[1:05:54] representative for the construction

[1:05:57] Appeals Board

[1:05:58] Jeanne eldritch please stand to be

[1:06:00] recognized give it to Jean and by the

[1:06:03] way Jean has served on several

[1:06:04] Commission's because that's how he truly

[1:06:07] values given his labor back into the

[1:06:09] community the housing advisory board

[1:06:12] give it up for Cheryl McCullen McClendon

[1:06:15] there we go she's a resident right

[1:06:19] around the corner from us human affairs

[1:06:21] Commission Dorothy Cole please stand to

[1:06:24] be recognized Park to Recreation

[1:06:27] khomeini our chairman and district 4

[1:06:30] resident Willie Agee

[1:06:32] stana Willie he's also the young man the

[1:06:37] young man that we just named our

[1:06:39] Playhouse after this many years parking

[1:06:43] and traffic commission Barbara Brooks I

[1:06:45] thought I saw her okay Planning and

[1:06:48] Zoning Board well there she was I sorry

[1:06:51] about that Planning and Zoning Board

[1:06:53] Terry L Coleman

[1:06:57] the Senior Center Advisory Board when

[1:07:00] you heard the mayor just talk about

[1:07:01] earlier

[1:07:01] Maxine Toller she's recognized them we

[1:07:06] have a number of block Club captain's

[1:07:08] that if I miss anybody please stand

[1:07:09] because we want to recognize your block

[1:07:11] second Avenue block Club Cheryl Matawan

[1:07:14] Fifth Avenue block Club Lawrence Haley

[1:07:17] way in the back

[1:07:18] six avenue block club Charles comm that

[1:07:23] we have genera venuti howard juniors a

[1:07:27] year I know I saw okay there's a if

[1:07:31] there's representing from Sheridan arrow

[1:07:33] Avenue just raise your hand so we can

[1:07:35] recognize you I know I saw a couple

[1:07:36] y'all here there we go

[1:07:38] I also have LaMotta Avenue if you're in

[1:07:41] here raise your hands let me recognize

[1:07:42] Maxine Belford okay we also have van ass

[1:07:46] and spinning Avenue Dorothy Cole she's

[1:07:48] over there as well and then we had the

[1:07:51] young man that blessed us to start our

[1:07:53] meeting on Van Wyck Street block Club

[1:07:55] please help me recognize again pastor

[1:07:57] Johnny Blakely for several of the

[1:08:04] individuals on here is represented in

[1:08:06] the city so I just want you to know you

[1:08:09] may see me as the main figurehead but I

[1:08:12] need a lot of help and part of the

[1:08:14] presentation you're going to have I'm

[1:08:16] going to be presenting where the rubber

[1:08:17] meets the road is that I have me a

[1:08:19] backup partner and he's from the city of

[1:08:21] Inglewood Public Works Department he's

[1:08:23] one of our engineers he like estilo

[1:08:25] thank you very much recognize Eloy

[1:08:29] because we will be talking about

[1:08:30] Crenshaw and and in eccentric middle art

[1:08:34] Eloy will be having my back of you if

[1:08:36] you jack me up for those issues that

[1:08:39] have concerns regarding homeless issues

[1:08:42] cannabis dispensaries garage conversions

[1:08:46] parking on the grass we have our manager

[1:08:48] our director of code enforcement Jerry

[1:08:51] Tucker please stand to be recognized so

[1:08:54] these individuals are here I'm telling

[1:08:56] you now so you don't need to kind of

[1:08:58] meet them the ones that go out there all

[1:08:59] the time

[1:09:00] you feel me

[1:09:03] also one of our district 4

[1:09:05] representatives that lives in imperial

[1:09:06] village that is the assistant to the

[1:09:08] city manager please help me recognize

[1:09:09] Tunisia Johnson right there and then

[1:09:13] last but not least I want to recognize a

[1:09:16] very dear friend so when I came here in

[1:09:18] 74 they embraced me from the very

[1:09:21] beginning and we've been we've been

[1:09:23] family from every sense when my kids

[1:09:25] were growing up her kids were growing up

[1:09:27] and we would take he turns to take each

[1:09:29] other back and forth the kids back and

[1:09:30] forth to school but and and her son is

[1:09:33] now with the England Police Department

[1:09:34] please help me recognize Rosa Aguilar

[1:09:36] Rosa there she is over there so we have

[1:09:40] a lot of family in the house and we have

[1:09:42] a lot of issues in the house and which

[1:09:44] leads me to the next presenter because

[1:09:47] for years and decades we've had a number

[1:09:51] of blighted locations and also we've had

[1:09:54] issues where we want it development but

[1:09:57] developers that we want it didn't want

[1:09:59] to come English now that has changed and

[1:10:02] so now we have we say we're doing smart

[1:10:06] thinking about what type of development

[1:10:09] want because I heard someone else say

[1:10:10] and we echo those same sentiments

[1:10:12] we're tired of discount and you know

[1:10:15] what that's all we could get but guess

[1:10:17] where we get now you heard wrong

[1:10:19] McCallum now we are into the Saks Fifth

[1:10:22] Avenue Macy's and those kind of stores

[1:10:24] now and so I will be taking another

[1:10:26] survey between now on this summer as to

[1:10:29] the retail stores you're shopping at and

[1:10:31] also a new rude awakening that now

[1:10:35] people are shopping online this

[1:10:36] amazon.com has really caused a major

[1:10:39] closure to a number of brick-and-mortar

[1:10:42] stores that used to be in shopping

[1:10:44] centers so they the shoppers have now

[1:10:47] figured out a new way of shopping that

[1:10:49] being the case that has the domino

[1:10:51] effect when you have a major developer

[1:10:53] such as Hollywood heart to make any

[1:10:55] determination on what kind of retail can

[1:10:56] I get here that will get you out of your

[1:10:58] house and not on your computer to come

[1:11:01] and patronize so that being said let me

[1:11:04] help you help please help me recognize

[1:11:05] the economic director Christopher

[1:11:08] Jackson and why he's coming up I want to

[1:11:14] recognize one other a person or should

[1:11:17] say two I want to recognize my dear

[1:11:19] friend dr. Dennis Young and his board of

[1:11:23] chair Richard Williams they're from the

[1:11:25] Children's Dental Center

[1:11:27] if anybody know we stand up doctors so

[1:11:30] we recognize you if anybody knows when

[1:11:34] you're trying to raise a child and

[1:11:36] trying to get them to focus on their

[1:11:38] education the challenges that they have

[1:11:40] when they have their teeth are bother

[1:11:42] them dr. Young has gone in his pocket

[1:11:45] and got a number of sponsors to help

[1:11:47] those that are low very low income

[1:11:49] families to help those children to be

[1:11:52] able to get their teeth properly fixed

[1:11:54] and taken care of and he's been here

[1:11:56] well over ten years that I've been here

[1:11:58] for for 14 years on the council and you

[1:12:01] was there before me so that's this his

[1:12:03] labor of love and he's also reached out

[1:12:05] to USC and UCLA students to also work in

[1:12:10] his program as well so let's give it up

[1:12:12] for again for the children's family

[1:12:13] center children's gentle simmer okay

[1:12:17] it's time for our project in logistic

[1:12:19] for and throughout the city Christopher

[1:12:21] Jackson

[1:12:25] hello council district 4

[1:12:28] you guys look great out there let me

[1:12:30] tell you I want to first of all thank

[1:12:33] the councilman for giving me this great

[1:12:36] privilege to be able to share with you

[1:12:38] this is two in a row now we all know

[1:12:40] we're on a roll councilman and so

[1:12:43] hopefully I'm not going to spend a whole

[1:12:45] lot of time I'll try and get to the key

[1:12:47] points that I think all of us need to

[1:12:49] discuss I do want to also acknowledge we

[1:12:52] have our Economic Development Manager

[1:12:54] miss Sharon Garrett man here we also and

[1:13:01] already introduced our code enforcement

[1:13:03] manager mr. Jerry Tucker here as well

[1:13:05] and then one of his staff are Stella

[1:13:08] Hill who will come up here and when you

[1:13:10] guys start throwing darts I'll have them

[1:13:11] here so I can hide behind them okay

[1:13:15] first things first let me move along

[1:13:18] okay just quick update on it and you've

[1:13:22] heard it already so I won't spend too

[1:13:23] much time there you know we're rapidly

[1:13:25] moving ahead with the exclusive

[1:13:26] negotiated agreement for Murphy's ball

[1:13:28] the Clippers arena you've heard the

[1:13:30] mayor talk about it so I won't bore you

[1:13:32] with that but we are moving aggressively

[1:13:34] ahead with all of that we have our

[1:13:36] consultants in line we're working on the

[1:13:38] environmental documents and you'll be

[1:13:40] hearing a lot more about that very soon

[1:13:43] Daniel Freeman I want to kind of give

[1:13:46] you an update on what's going on there

[1:13:48] this the rendering you see at the bottom

[1:13:51] is more up-to-date rendering of what we

[1:13:54] is going to be happening on the site

[1:13:56] we're going through a site plan review

[1:13:58] with it right now building plan check is

[1:14:01] going to be coming up pretty soon the

[1:14:03] demolition of the buildings if you're

[1:14:04] driven by the site you've noticed it's

[1:14:06] all torn down right so the buildings

[1:14:09] that are remaining there are the ones

[1:14:10] that are going to not on the site

[1:14:13] they're actually away from the project

[1:14:15] but if you do have a chance to go by

[1:14:18] there and take a look at it you can see

[1:14:19] the amount of activity that's occurring

[1:14:21] and we're really excited about what's

[1:14:22] going to be happening there the front

[1:14:25] elevation acts from Prairie is the in

[1:14:28] the primary entry way into the townhomes

[1:14:30] I think I shared with you last time that

[1:14:33] the original target prices for these

[1:14:34] units were somewhere around seven to

[1:14:36] eight

[1:14:37] it's gonna be one point one at 1.2

[1:14:39] million per per unit so get ready to

[1:14:44] stand in line I see you standing in line

[1:14:47] and I think I shared with you before

[1:14:49] that just means y'all stuff is gonna go

[1:14:51] up and up and up so these type of

[1:14:54] projects obviously are walkable they're

[1:14:57] close to where all the activity is going

[1:14:58] to be going on with Hollywood Park in

[1:15:00] the stadium so this is what you see

[1:15:02] happening in and around that

[1:15:03] neighborhood and some of y'all know

[1:15:05] folks that live around that neighborhood

[1:15:07] who should be really excited about

[1:15:09] what's happening with the property

[1:15:11] values there but these are going to be

[1:15:13] state-of-the-art buildings and they're

[1:15:14] going to be very impressive but I think

[1:15:16] they'll kind of pale in comparison to

[1:15:18] some of the things I think we're going

[1:15:19] to see later on in the Hollywood Park

[1:15:21] project as we get into this type of

[1:15:23] development the metro station update

[1:15:27] you've driven down Florence you've seen

[1:15:29] they are moving the stations are up the

[1:15:33] tracks are laid if you've been over by

[1:15:36] faithful central you'll notice that

[1:15:37] they've taken a lot of those gates down

[1:15:38] and all that kind of good stuff so

[1:15:40] you're starting to get a feel for the

[1:15:41] landscape of what it's going to look

[1:15:42] like they still have a lot of work to

[1:15:45] complete but it is starting to take form

[1:15:48] they're gonna be working over a lot of

[1:15:49] the bridges and cleaning them up you may

[1:15:51] have noticed that they're starting to

[1:15:53] recoat those I know some of you looked

[1:15:55] at them and said I hope they're not

[1:15:56] gonna leave that dirty bridge over

[1:15:58] Crossing looking the way it is it's

[1:15:59] gonna be recoated and then we're going

[1:16:01] to be working on throwing some really

[1:16:02] nice things over those bridge crossings

[1:16:04] to recognize what's going on in the city

[1:16:06] of Englewood and that's the there's

[1:16:09] obviously the station that is our

[1:16:10] downtown station and then there's a

[1:16:12] secondary station over at Fairview

[1:16:13] Heights as well so if you've driven up

[1:16:16] Florence you've seen that station which

[1:16:18] is coming coming together as well Tod

[1:16:24] transit oriented development or design

[1:16:26] update we're working on two right now

[1:16:29] one which is in district 4 which is the

[1:16:32] Crenshaw Imperial area we've been

[1:16:34] holding a lot of workshops through my

[1:16:36] Planning Division headed by Miss Mindy

[1:16:38] Wilcox and talking about the various

[1:16:40] things that will be going in and around

[1:16:42] those transit hubs and those transit

[1:16:45] locations to facilitate some of what we

[1:16:48] believe is going to be exciting

[1:16:49] development in

[1:16:50] around that area and transformative in

[1:16:52] terms of the way we think about what

[1:16:54] trans is going to do throughout Southern

[1:16:57] California here's the good stuff

[1:17:01] cannabis

[1:17:02] you gotta love cannabis councilman

[1:17:05] warned me about this part of the

[1:17:07] presentation and so I have my invisible

[1:17:13] shield that's in front of me so you

[1:17:14] throw whatever you want to throw at me

[1:17:16] we well I want to share with you and I

[1:17:18] said this at the last town hall that we

[1:17:20] are we are we are very intentional about

[1:17:23] this issue with cannabis the City

[1:17:25] Council has been very emphatic about not

[1:17:27] allowing it however there are folks out

[1:17:30] there who don't operate under the rules

[1:17:33] of the city and so what we have done is

[1:17:36] we have put the appropriate legislation

[1:17:38] and regulations in effect that makes it

[1:17:41] clear that we do not allow cannabis

[1:17:45] dispensaries or sale in the city of

[1:17:47] Englewood all right excellent

[1:17:52] and the councillor just gave me some

[1:17:54] literature that I believe you you should

[1:17:57] all have which talks about our fact

[1:17:58] sheet I want to thank my economic

[1:18:02] development manager mitts

[1:18:04] I got you Garrett man I keep going man

[1:18:07] get rid of all those names sharing

[1:18:10] Garrett in putting together the fact

[1:18:13] sheet that you have in a press release

[1:18:14] that is going out across the media we're

[1:18:17] going to let everybody know but I will

[1:18:19] tell you this the council and I have

[1:18:20] discussions and people that are not used

[1:18:23] to playing by the rules don't play by

[1:18:24] the rules so we have to make sure that

[1:18:26] we are aggressively looking at what's

[1:18:29] happening in our city I will say this

[1:18:31] you call the councilman the councilman

[1:18:33] calls me then I call my code enforcement

[1:18:36] folks and talk to the Chief of Police

[1:18:38] and we come up with the strategies to

[1:18:40] try and deal with these issues and I'm

[1:18:42] going to share with you some of the

[1:18:43] things that are going on in the back

[1:18:44] drop so many other times when we hear

[1:18:47] from you we already have addressed the

[1:18:49] facilities we know where they are but we

[1:18:52] appreciate the communication that comes

[1:18:54] from you because you're the eyes on the

[1:18:56] street you see what's going on and you

[1:18:58] see the impact that's having in the to

[1:19:01] the city so

[1:19:02] this district is not unique this city is

[1:19:06] not unique Southern California is not

[1:19:08] unique these things are going to be

[1:19:10] everywhere you just say that again

[1:19:13] they're gonna be everywhere but what we

[1:19:15] have done is we have let everyone that

[1:19:18] we've come in contact with know that

[1:19:20] Ingrid's going to be the hole in the

[1:19:22] doughnut you do it all around but when

[1:19:25] you come in our city we're gonna be

[1:19:27] coming after you aggressively to the

[1:19:29] full extent of the law to be able to

[1:19:31] deal with these issues so let me kind of

[1:19:33] quickly tell you this is what we we have

[1:19:35] right now we have four locations that

[1:19:39] have been identified in the district

[1:19:41] most on that great arterial Crenshaw boy

[1:19:47] I tell you create chakra chakra and so

[1:19:50] what I wanted to see is the actions that

[1:19:53] we're dealing with one that's called the

[1:19:55] MX Club that's on one one zero zero one

[1:19:57] South Korean sha Jerry come on up real

[1:20:00] quick

[1:20:01] Stella too and be good remember I told

[1:20:04] you I need a shield I need a shell y'all

[1:20:09] know these lasers pawpaws yeah pizza

[1:20:12] place the one that really surprised me

[1:20:15] is the Church of acceptance

[1:20:18] there is a crucifix in green so those

[1:20:23] has been around a few years know where

[1:20:25] Debbie's cleaners is which is narrow the

[1:20:28] one called Crenshaw Boulevard 25 cap the

[1:20:31] burning tree is so I got alone

[1:20:36] burning trees actually will Papa's Papa

[1:20:38] speaks is located and then we take the

[1:20:41] MX Club that's where Jim's liquor used

[1:20:44] to be so now where in the world is this

[1:20:47] Church of acceptance how do you remember

[1:20:51] the Chinese store that was a right

[1:20:52] across the street from Debbie's cleaners

[1:20:54] so between Debbie's between the Chinese

[1:20:57] store and gins liquor

[1:21:00] you buy Wi-Fi there's a driveway and at

[1:21:03] that driveway there is a crucifix that

[1:21:06] is green and that's the one these are

[1:21:09] all the ones were after so and and then

[1:21:13] I'll tell you the councilman is right on

[1:21:15] top of all that and obviously we get

[1:21:17] this communication it comes to me gets

[1:21:19] to Jarius tellers out there we

[1:21:21] aggressively and I want to let you know

[1:21:22] that the first one at the top of City

[1:21:26] Attorney received a packet on that On

[1:21:28] January 18th we're moving towards

[1:21:30] criminal on that so we'll be working

[1:21:32] with the City Attorney's Office to get

[1:21:34] that into the court so that will be

[1:21:36] aggressive the Church of the acceptance

[1:21:38] so some of y'all who are you know think

[1:21:41] it's Church right yeah you walk inside there it's not it's

[1:21:50] not so just let you know that and then

[1:21:54] the burning tree and then Cristal

[1:21:56] Boulevard 25 cap and I know you know

[1:21:58] where all those associations are in

[1:21:59] terms of physical locations as the

[1:22:01] councillors shared I want to share with

[1:22:03] you because I want you to know some of

[1:22:06] this stuff happens and you don't see it

[1:22:07] but you need to know what's happening

[1:22:09] and so every opportunity we get to come

[1:22:11] and talk about this with the councilman

[1:22:13] and we have been very de counseling has

[1:22:15] been in Phatak about this and we've been

[1:22:17] on exactly the same page across all the

[1:22:20] departments whether it's the City

[1:22:22] Attorney's Office the city manager's

[1:22:24] office my department and which over code

[1:22:29] enforcement we've all agreed that how we

[1:22:32] need to approach this issue and we're

[1:22:34] working diligently in the background to

[1:22:36] make sure but give you just an example

[1:22:38] of the one I was just talking about

[1:22:41] which is the 109 south Crenshaw the Papa

[1:22:45] John's and Papa John's Pizza Papa John's

[1:22:48] Pizza and what what that top picture

[1:22:52] shows is an empty shell of what used to

[1:22:55] be a cannabis dispensary and so this is

[1:22:59] we've been we tried to work with owners

[1:23:02] and now owners become part of the

[1:23:04] problem so we go after the owner and we

[1:23:07] go after the dispensary

[1:23:10] if we can't get one we get the other and

[1:23:12] so these owners are now saying what do

[1:23:15] we have to do to get these folks out of

[1:23:18] here and this is an example of the good

[1:23:20] work that's going on and yes sir I give

[1:23:23] them a hand because they working and

[1:23:26] I'll say this just to let you know why

[1:23:28] City Hall was closed they were going out

[1:23:30] every day 14 days straight 14 days

[1:23:38] weekends

[1:23:40] there was no breaks so that we could put

[1:23:43] this together get in on the City

[1:23:45] Attorney's desk and then let him be able

[1:23:48] to move forward prosecution and so if

[1:23:50] you're seeing those the code enforcement

[1:23:52] vehicles all roaming all around there

[1:23:55] that's why you're seeing them sorry I

[1:23:57] asked you if you would his help me give

[1:23:59] them a big hand

[1:24:05] all right back to our good old you know

[1:24:09] I put the good news stuff up there so

[1:24:11] you know y'all remember this right this

[1:24:13] Yukon Imperial right I know a lot of

[1:24:15] y'all used to hang around now I told you

[1:24:17] the story last time my first accident in

[1:24:20] my new car was in front of this station

[1:24:23] when it was operational so I tell you

[1:24:25] how long ago that was but we are excited

[1:24:29] about what's happening here's a

[1:24:31] rendering our elevation of what the the

[1:24:34] new building would look like it's in

[1:24:35] site plan review and it was submitted

[1:24:37] for building plan check today today

[1:24:43] demolition is going to be happening on

[1:24:45] that site within the next month and

[1:24:47] we're gonna see some some exciting

[1:24:49] things happen to kind of transform that whole stretch of Imperial

[1:24:54] so we're really excited about that

[1:24:56] Chris our Imperial Plaza project update

[1:24:59] you guys have seen what has been going

[1:25:01] on that's why you clap

[1:25:03] right I am I mean really excited this

[1:25:07] thing was a real royal pain in my butt

[1:25:09] back in the day cuz it was just ugly

[1:25:11] Center and and it was just not well

[1:25:15] thought out but you see what they've

[1:25:17] done and what they've worked with staff

[1:25:19] to recreate there to create a modern

[1:25:22] site that is accessible and walkable and

[1:25:26] yes we're still working on all the

[1:25:27] details for landscaping and lighting and

[1:25:30] all the things but we've gone a long way

[1:25:32] you've seen the new Planet Fitness

[1:25:34] that's open they're some of the things

[1:25:36] that we're doing congratulations on your Planet Fitness both facilities

[1:25:41] are doing extremely well you know we

[1:25:43] have to Planet Fitness is in the city so

[1:25:45] we're really excited about that and then

[1:25:47] there's some of the other renovations

[1:25:49] are going to be occurring on the site

[1:25:53] and we're expecting for these things to

[1:25:56] be completed relatively soon okay

[1:26:00] now we're going to go over to a hundred

[1:26:03] and eleventh and prairie a new Hilton is

[1:26:06] coming to the city we are we've been

[1:26:10] talking and with the Hilton troop who

[1:26:13] has identified this site as a location

[1:26:15] kind of the starting of hotel row if you

[1:26:19] will I think you're gonna see a lot of

[1:26:21] that along Prairie and also along yeah yeah the fly out there okay it says

[1:26:30] Hilton Marriott right hilton right now

[1:26:33] absolutely and I've met with both

[1:26:35] corporate office as well as the local

[1:26:38] developer for this site but the end of

[1:26:41] the game is that you're gonna have a

[1:26:42] high quality hotel 120 rooms a beautiful

[1:26:47] roof deck it's gonna be nice to have

[1:26:49] folks come to town and they don't have

[1:26:51] to go to those other y'all know what I'm

[1:26:52] talking about places that you're kind of

[1:26:55] scared to even mention and now they'll

[1:26:56] have a decent location amongst all the

[1:26:59] other activity is going to be happening

[1:27:01] you got a lush outdoor garden 118

[1:27:04] parking space actually over park for the

[1:27:06] structure and then we're estimating

[1:27:08] about seven hundred and twenty thousand

[1:27:10] dollars a year in tax revenue to the

[1:27:12] city

[1:27:14] that means we shouldn't have any

[1:27:17] sinkholes Street trees should be all the

[1:27:20] things the mayor talked about these

[1:27:22] monies are going to go right back into

[1:27:23] making sure that our city is the most

[1:27:25] beautiful city that you've ever seen

[1:27:27] again the councilman this is one of the

[1:27:29] handouts that you have it gives you all

[1:27:31] the details in it the next slide kind of

[1:27:34] gives you what the interior amenities

[1:27:35] are going to look like it really is

[1:27:37] fashion I know I'm not a millennial but

[1:27:40] it's fashion for the Millennial folk

[1:27:42] it's a whole lot of them so but but the

[1:27:44] exciting thing about it is all the

[1:27:46] amenities that are going to be there

[1:27:47] something you are going to be able to

[1:27:48] have events there birthday party

[1:27:51] celebrations things like that that are

[1:27:52] really going to be exciting so it will

[1:27:54] have kind of a boutique feel to it which

[1:27:56] is exciting well listen there's a lot of

[1:28:00] other things that are going on I think

[1:28:01] the councilman asked me to talk about

[1:28:02] the tower that is being erected the

[1:28:05] wireless telecommunication tower that's

[1:28:07] being erected on 110 and Prairie and it

[1:28:12] is a wire telecommunication facility

[1:28:15] it's masked as a tower

[1:28:17] it does say welcome to the city of

[1:28:19] Inglewood at the top we made them do

[1:28:21] some stuff Inglewood the site is going

[1:28:24] to be cleaned up and those big

[1:28:27] containers that you see out there for

[1:28:28] our RS I program I'm on them constantly

[1:28:31] about the graffiti constantly about

[1:28:34] cleaner side up but the expectation is

[1:28:36] that they'll be removed as once this

[1:28:38] project is completed there so I want to

[1:28:41] thank you for your time I think there's

[1:28:43] a little time for Q&A I also bring the

[1:28:45] councilman up thank you well I told you

[1:28:51] where the rubber meets the road that's

[1:28:53] what this town hall meeting is about

[1:28:55] we'll get you a cue it will get your

[1:28:56] question a little bit later before we

[1:28:58] ask for to take questions I thought it's

[1:29:01] on a fair and fitting that you also

[1:29:03] reach out to a person that is on the

[1:29:05] Dyess with me because if you can't count

[1:29:08] the three out of five on the council

[1:29:10] it's difficult to get things

[1:29:12] accomplished and so they put upcoming

[1:29:15] developments that you heard about it

[1:29:17] takes three members on the council or

[1:29:19] the Planning Commission to make sure it

[1:29:21] goes to

[1:29:21] it's only fair and fitting that we

[1:29:24] fought the good fight of faith to make

[1:29:26] sure that we've carved in and crafted

[1:29:30] legal language that we can go after

[1:29:32] cannabis and I mean anywhere from

[1:29:36] cultivating transporting warehousing and

[1:29:42] selling whether it's recreational or

[1:29:46] whether it's for merit medical marijuana

[1:29:51] but it didn't take away the state law

[1:29:54] entitlement that you can have up to six

[1:29:57] plants for yourself in your house in

[1:30:03] your house our coal does we had the

[1:30:06] restriction that you could have it

[1:30:09] outside of your house we require to be

[1:30:12] inside your house but we can't stop you

[1:30:14] from from them having it and the only

[1:30:17] thing we can do as well they may have

[1:30:19] the six they're not for resale to

[1:30:22] anybody else which is another challenge

[1:30:25] where you as neighbors watch it

[1:30:26] neighbors will have to share with us

[1:30:28] because if I see you floating then I

[1:30:31] know you part of that team so we want to

[1:30:37] make sure we carved as much language as

[1:30:40] we could for enforcement because the

[1:30:43] young lady and the gentleman you heard

[1:30:45] before that was with him they're the

[1:30:47] ones that are in the trenches that

[1:30:50] physically have to go door to door

[1:30:52] repeatedly to in order to get enough

[1:30:55] documentation photographs etc to go to

[1:30:59] the City Attorney's Office and said now

[1:31:02] we're ready to prosecute not only the

[1:31:04] business but the owner as well so let's

[1:31:08] give them a hand against you with leaves

[1:31:10] and before they were able to pound the

[1:31:13] pavement again it took members on the

[1:31:15] council to make it happen one of my key

[1:31:17] votes that helped us move and it did

[1:31:19] prove it unanimous but one of my key

[1:31:21] votes that always was there and had my

[1:31:23] back and that is councilmember Alex

[1:31:26] Padilla I like let me say a few words

[1:31:33] well Thank You councilman look at it

[1:31:35] really is a pleasure and and while I was

[1:31:38] just telling councilman Franklin boy you

[1:31:39] bring them out Man Alive and I'm trying

[1:31:42] to count I say there's you know over 125

[1:31:45] plus folks you know and it's late at

[1:31:48] night so I don't want to stay up here

[1:31:50] any longer than I need to but I just

[1:31:52] gotta tell you you know it's an exciting

[1:31:55] time to be a part of everything

[1:31:58] Inglewood all the changes that are

[1:32:01] occurring at the big level you know I

[1:32:03] get it we got the stadium which is

[1:32:05] awesome the development in Hollywood

[1:32:07] Park this facility here that we're in

[1:32:10] the casino and everything happening but

[1:32:13] at the same time we as council members

[1:32:16] have to look at our districts and what's

[1:32:18] happening so we don't forget folks like

[1:32:21] you that everyday have to drive through

[1:32:26] Englewood and can see and recognize the

[1:32:29] great things that we're doing the hotel

[1:32:32] that's coming the work that's being done

[1:32:35] with the different vacant lots that we

[1:32:37] have in the city of Englewood now

[1:32:39] everybody wants to be a part of it and

[1:32:42] so we're fortunate to have a mayor and a

[1:32:44] council that's united and we're working

[1:32:47] together for the best interest of you

[1:32:50] the residents of England we haven't

[1:32:52] forgot you and I can tell you that

[1:32:54] councilman Franklin certainly has not

[1:32:56] and we're fortunate because it's not

[1:32:59] just about what the mayor and the

[1:33:01] council does it's about staff like Chris

[1:33:04] Jackson and all his staff and all the

[1:33:06] rest of our folks in the city of

[1:33:08] Englewood we have a workforce that is

[1:33:12] top-notch and they help us get the city

[1:33:16] moving moving in the right direction and

[1:33:18] with that I just want to say thank you

[1:33:21] please keep pingu at rolling in the

[1:33:23] right

[1:33:23] direction all good things Englewood

[1:33:26] thank you so much so now we'll take a

[1:33:31] few Q&A thank you thank you he has to go

[1:33:34] to another meeting as well so one second

[1:33:37] young lady I gotcha I gotcha

[1:33:39] but his brother in the back had his

[1:33:41] Hannah way a long time ago gentlemen the

[1:33:44] middle first and then we'll deal with

[1:33:46] this young lady and then Jean in the

[1:33:47] back if you please stand so we have you

[1:33:50] on camera and smile makeup off I just

[1:33:54] want to get an idea what's the forecast

[1:33:56] for Imperial there's from Crenshaw all

[1:34:01] the way down to La Cienega of course

[1:34:03] there's a prostitution problem and some

[1:34:06] very bad streets so maybe you can kind

[1:34:09] of give us a forecast of what we can

[1:34:10] look forward to there yeah yeah and

[1:34:13] obviously there's there's gonna be a lot

[1:34:15] of challenges along our major

[1:34:17] thoroughfares throughout the city and

[1:34:19] that's just one of the things that we're

[1:34:21] working through the beautiful thing

[1:34:23] about what's happening in the city of

[1:34:24] Englewood is as the property values are

[1:34:26] increasing what you're beginning to see

[1:34:28] is people step in and step up so you

[1:34:31] know that's the existing property owner

[1:34:33] saying now I understand the value of my

[1:34:35] property and I need to look at it and

[1:34:37] look at opportunities for that we see a

[1:34:40] lot of joint ventures that are beginning

[1:34:41] to go on and some of these things you

[1:34:43] don't you won't see for several years

[1:34:45] where you're really begin to see the

[1:34:48] uptick is going to be right around 2020

[1:34:52] and in the end because what's what's happening is all of the

[1:34:59] positioning is tailored towards the

[1:35:02] stadium the stadium becomes such a

[1:35:04] crucial point so a lot of the work

[1:35:07] that's being done in the background

[1:35:08] meeting with planning staff talking to

[1:35:09] economic development trying to make sure

[1:35:12] that they have the proper deals that

[1:35:14] they have to do in the background or

[1:35:15] happening right now and I get the phone

[1:35:18] calls and I sit in on the meetings and

[1:35:20] we talk about things to make sure that

[1:35:22] they're moving in the right direction

[1:35:24] some of the activities as you're talking

[1:35:26] about like prostitution etc the Chief of

[1:35:28] Police is certainly aware of all that we

[1:35:30] we've hired and increase our are force

[1:35:33] to make sure that we're going to be

[1:35:34] addressing those issues but these

[1:35:36] some of the things that are going to

[1:35:37] come along with as we move forward with

[1:35:39] the city but the city is aware of it and

[1:35:41] we're doing everything in our power to

[1:35:43] try and minimize those negative impacts

[1:35:45] so I will answer your question regarding

[1:35:49] Imperial Highway remember I come last so

[1:35:54] I am the closer okay so we're going to

[1:35:57] get that question and just when I tell

[1:35:59] you to pick up your pen just be ready to

[1:36:01] write young lady up front here please

[1:36:04] and then Gina in the back and then we'll

[1:36:06] take this young lady and one before you

[1:36:10] said you have control of who could sell

[1:36:12] and the cannabis yes but it seemed like

[1:36:18] I could get high just walking down the

[1:36:20] block seriously Don and I have to go

[1:36:26] through security to get to work and

[1:36:28] Nikki I'm sure you know that's my

[1:36:30] concern I could drive in the car too

[1:36:38] it's important I was just up in Seattle

[1:36:41] Washington where it's been legal for

[1:36:42] some time and I was in the park and I

[1:36:45] didn't realize it was illegal contact hi

[1:36:48] that yeah I mean in the environment once

[1:36:51] you legalize it and you allow people to

[1:36:53] be able to do it now there are

[1:36:54] restrictions people shouldn't be driving

[1:36:56] with it and whatnot but the police hands

[1:36:59] are kind of hampered that's where the

[1:37:01] city in terms of controlling some of the

[1:37:03] nuances that you see but the state now

[1:37:05] is gonna realize the impact of what

[1:37:07] they've done now the good thing about it

[1:37:09] went through a referendum process who

[1:37:11] knows what we see going on down the road

[1:37:13] once we have the effects of what it is I

[1:37:16] apologize I try and be careful where you

[1:37:19] walk these days especially with my kids

[1:37:21] you know so Christmas thank you for

[1:37:27] straightening up Imperial and Yukon we

[1:37:32] applaud you for that effort but I gotta

[1:37:34] tell you unless you do something about

[1:37:36] the prostitution there you're wasting

[1:37:38] your time you're wasting our money

[1:37:39] you're wasting our city

[1:37:41] there is no reason to have that much

[1:37:42] prostitution on the side of my home we

[1:37:46] pick up new product more condoms out

[1:37:48] there than you can imagine that's always

[1:37:50] going on out there do something to help

[1:37:52] us out please and I think I think to

[1:37:59] that point I think I was trying to

[1:38:01] address the issue there I agree with you

[1:38:03] the councilman and I just kind of shared

[1:38:05] words and we know we need to have a real

[1:38:07] discussion about that and I would say

[1:38:09] not just imperial but sensory is having

[1:38:11] some issues as well so yeah we'll take

[1:38:14] but so so gene the next presenter will

[1:38:19] have at our next town hall meeting will

[1:38:21] be the police so that way we can talk

[1:38:23] about we have to move on brother man -

[1:38:25] I'll take your question or comment hi

[1:38:27] thank you so much for this information

[1:38:29] this has been fantastic I don't live in

[1:38:32] district 4 my district 1 but we don't

[1:38:34] have this we don't have a forum to come

[1:38:40] in here all of this so I come all the

[1:38:42] time and watch on YouTube so thank you

[1:38:43] for doing this but my question is with

[1:38:49] regards to the cannabis so it's great to

[1:38:51] see what's happening to address it in

[1:38:53] district 1 district 4 but what about the

[1:38:55] rest of the districts I would love to

[1:38:57] see that same sort of spreadsheet for our area and and just across the

[1:39:02] city so we can all sort of contribute

[1:39:05] and make sure that this is being

[1:39:06] addressed yeah I think the council was

[1:39:09] just you know whisper in my ear we're

[1:39:11] doing exactly the same thing for every

[1:39:13] district so we're reporting to the mayor

[1:39:15] so he knows what's going on citywide

[1:39:17] we're reporting to each one of the they

[1:39:19] the council districts and we started

[1:39:21] with Councilman Franklin

[1:39:25] and we just met was the last week and

[1:39:28] sat down but what I wanted to do I want

[1:39:31] to make sure that the councilman as well

[1:39:32] as the mayor and each one of the council

[1:39:34] are aware of what we were doing so we

[1:39:36] laid out code enforcement manager Jerry

[1:39:40] talks did an awesome job laying out

[1:39:41] where things are so you know and a lot

[1:39:44] of things that we talked about is the

[1:39:45] issue of just communication so you're

[1:39:47] aware of what's going on that it's

[1:39:49] happening but we still want to make sure

[1:39:51] there's that communication is important

[1:39:55] James liquor October 6 2016 I couldn't

[1:40:02] get enough phone calls I've been on this

[1:40:05] every since so don't take it lightly

[1:40:10] unfortunately wall takes its time it

[1:40:13] moves slowly but when it moves its width

[1:40:15] so just get give us the day with us with

[1:40:20] continuity and young lady that's not in

[1:40:22] district 4 but we're family this is the

[1:40:24] whole city that's here I just had to be

[1:40:27] what I decide what's going on I just

[1:40:32] haven't been what it's not working I

[1:40:35] just have to be one of the council

[1:40:36] members that I'm old school I like to

[1:40:39] interface with my commissioners and my

[1:40:41] councilmen my constituents and Miss

[1:40:43] Matthews and I we don't need walls and

[1:40:46] we don't need phones we meet you face to

[1:40:48] face and so that's just how we do it in

[1:40:51] district 4 and so as long as we're still

[1:40:55] in office and you still run us and I'm

[1:40:57] still willing and able we have a good

[1:40:59] thing going brother man you got the

[1:41:01] floor guys in the last time I was here I

[1:41:05] think we brought up the problem by

[1:41:06] cannabis in the city than you would you

[1:41:09] said there would be no shops now that

[1:41:12] the law has been passed that you can do

[1:41:13] this how can the city of Englewood said

[1:41:16] we're not going to have this year and

[1:41:18] you've got AB neighbor in Los Angeles

[1:41:19] and some of the other cities says it's

[1:41:21] ok how's this going to deal with the

[1:41:23] ACLU and this respect yeah that that's

[1:41:29] something obviously

[1:41:31] what we in the Economic Community

[1:41:33] Development Department makes sure we're

[1:41:35] doing is we are being aggressive with

[1:41:37] regard to making sure that the

[1:41:40] dispensary and the owners know we're

[1:41:42] serious that goes to City Attorney's

[1:41:45] office the city attorney then files that

[1:41:47] with the district attorney and the

[1:41:49] district attorney then decides to move

[1:41:52] it forward one way or the other in that

[1:41:56] issue the ACL the the ACLU it's gonna be

[1:42:02] interesting to see how they approach the

[1:42:04] situation at the end of the day it's

[1:42:08] been very clear legally that the city

[1:42:10] has the authority to determine its

[1:42:12] course as a city

[1:42:14] we're charter city we have that

[1:42:15] authority so even those faxes that they

[1:42:18] were come against this would probably

[1:42:19] more procedural then issues of whether

[1:42:23] or not we can regulate it or not so

[1:42:25] we'll see how that kind of works out

[1:42:26] this is all new for California other

[1:42:29] states have been doing it in the

[1:42:30] councilmen attended a bunch of the

[1:42:32] meetings with us and talked through that

[1:42:35] and let me tell you the council would

[1:42:37] call and you say Chris are you nobility

[1:42:40] yeah I need you up on the ninth floor I

[1:42:42] have to drop everything and come up and

[1:42:44] try and address these issues but to

[1:42:47] respond of yours we're working through

[1:42:48] that legal process excuse me and staying

[1:42:51] specifically with legal stuff and Jerry

[1:42:54] can help me if I miss one there's two

[1:42:56] items in the state law that gives the

[1:43:00] Charter sitter city's the authority and

[1:43:03] that's governing our city through the

[1:43:05] police department so we're able to

[1:43:07] enforce that I can't think of a second

[1:43:08] offhand but I do know that because we

[1:43:12] are charter City we also have a right

[1:43:14] for us to enforce on a public law

[1:43:18] enforcement and that is one of the

[1:43:19] things we did in advance we knew that

[1:43:22] this was coming it was a steam train

[1:43:24] coming down that track it was just a

[1:43:26] matter of time it was going to hit and

[1:43:27] we knew January 1st was it two more

[1:43:29] questions and we need to move on because

[1:43:31] I want to talk to y'all so this

[1:43:33] gentleman right here and this general

[1:43:35] over here okay Commissioner will get you

[1:43:36] will make three final ones go ahead

[1:43:38] while we land of course

[1:43:39] of cannabis I like to know what is the

[1:43:43] law regarding the air quality air

[1:43:46] quality management because here in

[1:43:49] Englewood where I live was always a

[1:43:51] constant flow of air from west to east

[1:43:54] and a lot of nice is down and a lot of

[1:43:58] nights most nights issues I'm not saying

[1:44:00] this my neighbor whoever it is but it's

[1:44:02] pretty close

[1:44:03] comes into my house and I cannot stand

[1:44:06] the order what can be done about that

[1:44:11] the state made a determination to allow

[1:44:16] cannabis for recreational purposes the

[1:44:22] regulations that have been established

[1:44:25] are established to protect us as

[1:44:28] individual municipalities where it gets

[1:44:31] very interesting is air flow and just

[1:44:35] like young ladies were talking here

[1:44:37] earlier you don't control that aspect of

[1:44:41] it but what you're gonna hear a whole

[1:44:44] lot of people say is close the window

[1:44:45] and turn on air condition because this

[1:44:49] is not going to go away so I'm sorry to

[1:44:52] tell you that but that is one of the

[1:44:54] situations and it's not considered to be

[1:44:57] harmful so AQMD would not be regulating

[1:45:01] that he was referencing about the new

[1:45:08] aroma in your neighborhood but we have

[1:45:11] been dealing with people vaping for some

[1:45:12] time which is even worse and the law

[1:45:16] allows that if a cigarette and tamanna

[1:45:19] and cigars allowed to be smoked at look

[1:45:21] out for marijuana or cannabis that's why

[1:45:24] we had to make sure we put the laws down

[1:45:26] upfront to make sure we have at it

[1:45:29] students tone two more questions that we

[1:45:31] really need to move on the gentleman

[1:45:32] says hand up with the LA Dodgers and

[1:45:34] then we'll take Willie Aegean call it a

[1:45:36] wrap

[1:45:39] [Music]

[1:45:41] thank you thank you I'm how you doing

[1:45:45] tonight what's the status of the North

[1:45:47] restaurant doors but I believe that the

[1:45:49] last meeting was going to be targeted

[1:45:50] for the Crenshaw and Imperial shopping

[1:45:52] center

[1:45:53] it is moving ahead it will be at the

[1:45:56] insight that they're working on the

[1:45:58] plans right now it'll be submitted

[1:46:00] within the next month and a half two

[1:46:03] months coming in there

[1:46:04] so as you know yeah what he asked was

[1:46:07] what's the status of the norms

[1:46:08] restaurant and you know we have two

[1:46:11] facilities actually one which is in CD

[1:46:16] three which is the IHOP on century and

[1:46:19] then you have the norms restaurant

[1:46:20] coming which will be a new building that

[1:46:22] would be constructed in the country

[1:46:24] interior plaza he just asked when will

[1:46:29] it be done the construction

[1:46:31] yeah the construction activity of that

[1:46:33] is going to take probably about 12

[1:46:36] months to construct going through the

[1:46:41] entire process and some of the things

[1:46:43] that are going on with the site and

[1:46:44] probably will be entitled within the

[1:46:48] next three months so again everything

[1:46:51] kind of comes together late 19 2019 and

[1:46:55] 2020

[1:46:58] I just like to say one that's been

[1:47:06] active in this city for 18 years I want

[1:47:10] you people to know that you've got

[1:47:12] representation now in this city and you

[1:47:16] can look at what's going on the people

[1:47:19] that's that's representing you yeah

[1:47:23] councilman Franklin all for five hundred

[1:47:27] people that's involved I want to thank

[1:47:29] you for what you're doing for this city

[1:47:30] because

[1:47:37] when I went to the city it started going

[1:47:40] to the City Council meeting 18 years ago

[1:47:43] I knew we could do better and and

[1:47:45] believe me we're doing better and

[1:47:48] believe me you got a city that's

[1:47:50] representing you and there's no end

[1:47:54] absolutely keep up the good work sir

[1:47:57] thank you very much aware of until with

[1:48:03] his mic we're trying yes all right

[1:48:05] the problem is as soon as you touch it

[1:48:06] we lose the car finish your I just want

[1:48:09] to say that - so - will the AG's point I

[1:48:12] just was the keynote speaker at the

[1:48:14] hearth on business Expo that just took

[1:48:16] place today they they stood up and

[1:48:19] applauded at what's going on across the

[1:48:21] city let me tell you guys they are

[1:48:24] impressed with this city and its

[1:48:26] leadership and they're just it's amazing

[1:48:29] and this district is a court all the

[1:48:32] things that are going on in and around

[1:48:33] the city so thank you very much

[1:48:34] everybody

[1:48:36] to whom much is given much is required

[1:48:40] and when I assume this role in O three

[1:48:43] and you kept me in office thereafter now

[1:48:46] I have institutional knowledge and I'm

[1:48:49] the second most senior person on the

[1:48:51] council so I do know a few new polls

[1:48:54] that goes on in the city and some

[1:48:56] hiccups that we may have but more

[1:48:58] importantly because I've lived in our

[1:49:00] district for well over 40 years I know

[1:49:03] what used to be there and what we have

[1:49:06] now and I'm looking for the future to be

[1:49:08] even better so thank you very much for

[1:49:10] allowing me be in office but now do you

[1:49:12] have your pins up your pins ready are we

[1:49:15] ready before we do that I want to

[1:49:17] recognize a couple other people on the

[1:49:20] 9th floor that helps work me on the

[1:49:22] administration ashley marzetta

[1:49:24] 9th floor she's she's out there helping

[1:49:26] me she's willing to go around with all

[1:49:27] the microphones

[1:49:29] we have that available we have a Civil

[1:49:32] Service Board of reviews she'd be Walton

[1:49:34] District 4 I just saw her show up as

[1:49:36] well and then also we would be remiss if

[1:49:40] we didn't recognize the audio-video crew

[1:49:42] Thomas

[1:49:43] and his team Tommy you raised your hand

[1:49:45] to be recognized a district for a

[1:49:48] resident okay okay here we go for the

[1:49:52] information table we endeavor to provide

[1:49:55] district for residents with a variety of

[1:49:57] information both in literature and

[1:50:00] flyers and handouts and not everyone is

[1:50:03] able to make it here so hopefully you

[1:50:06] will take that information and you will

[1:50:08] share with others there's still more

[1:50:09] stuff out there grab it because some of

[1:50:12] the handouts we didn't talk about is the

[1:50:14] city of Inglewood directory we also have

[1:50:16] emergency hotline numbers so when you

[1:50:18] have power outages you have street

[1:50:19] lights out and you have bulk pickup and

[1:50:22] all that you need to pick that up

[1:50:23] city of economic City of England

[1:50:26] economic indicators we let you know what

[1:50:28] is going on with your property values

[1:50:30] what's going on with job opportunities

[1:50:32] you need to get that as well and you

[1:50:33] heard the announcement about the Inglot

[1:50:35] Planet Fitness is now open so we're

[1:50:37] ready for that one the LA stadium

[1:50:39] entertainment district job fair is

[1:50:41] scheduled for tomorrow

[1:50:42] January 25th at Rogers Park you should

[1:50:45] get the flyer for that if anyone's

[1:50:46] interested employment Southern

[1:50:48] California Edison the has approved has

[1:50:51] been approved by the California Public

[1:50:53] Utilities Commission to expand electric

[1:50:56] transportation so we're talking about

[1:50:58] being able to handle infrastructure

[1:51:01] having stations where you have

[1:51:02] electrical vehicles where you can charge

[1:51:04] them up other than not only in

[1:51:06] businesses but also in apartment

[1:51:08] complexes as well as your own home LA

[1:51:11] County Animal Care control how many

[1:51:15] since Hollywood Park development have

[1:51:17] dealt with what we call critters if

[1:51:21] you've dealt with possums you've dealt

[1:51:23] with raccoons and now the top of the

[1:51:26] chain is coyotes you need to get those

[1:51:29] Flyers that are out there particularly

[1:51:30] it's called coexisting with wildlife we

[1:51:33] also want to acknowledge that's out

[1:51:35] there the South Bay City Council

[1:51:36] government is celebrating their 19th

[1:51:38] annual General Assembly we're going to

[1:51:40] make sure you get that information as

[1:51:42] well the water replenishing district

[1:51:44] that provides free edible gardening

[1:51:47] classes March 3rd 2018 that Flyers out

[1:51:50] there as well well

[1:51:52] base and rainbarrow program how many of

[1:51:54] you actually capture rain and then put

[1:51:56] it in your garden etc so get ready yes

[1:51:59] it doesn't rain at least I've known

[1:52:01] right now but this time last year the

[1:52:03] reason why the stadium has now been

[1:52:06] bruised back a year because they had

[1:52:08] over nine feet of water in that hundred

[1:52:11] feet depth Bowl it took days to get it

[1:52:15] out and AQMD Air Quality Management

[1:52:17] District said you cannot pump that water

[1:52:20] out in the street to go into the drains

[1:52:22] they had to be percolated on their land

[1:52:24] and they had to recapture it and put it

[1:52:26] back in in drums and then recycle that

[1:52:28] water to keep the the dirt dry as much

[1:52:30] as possible so if you have rain barrels

[1:52:33] your interesting rain barrels now's your

[1:52:34] chance to do that and then finally the

[1:52:36] rest basin provides rainwater gray water

[1:52:39] classes and workshops so if you have

[1:52:41] that information again the information

[1:52:42] tables out there and who's out there

[1:52:44] waiting on you my boss and my and my

[1:52:49] daughter and Miss Matthews okay

[1:52:51] so for those that are here and would

[1:52:55] like to share this information again be

[1:52:58] mindful that this is being recorded and

[1:53:00] once the Thomas Bundys team finalized

[1:53:03] the editing it will be broadcast on

[1:53:05] spectrum channel 35 in addition to that

[1:53:09] the city of England's website you can

[1:53:12] also go to WWC TV Norg and there is a

[1:53:17] youtube link that's right there that has

[1:53:19] all of district 4 town hall meetings

[1:53:21] would you meet that as well and then

[1:53:22] finally I'm going to make available hard

[1:53:25] copies of DVDs and if Aaron LZ will

[1:53:28] stand up again at our police community

[1:53:29] center that he is on the 5th floor we

[1:53:33] were because of the renovation of the Crenshaw Century Plaza Imperial

[1:53:39] Plaza that he's on the fifth floor of

[1:53:41] the bank building City Bank building at

[1:53:43] 29 40 West Imperial Highway Suite 508

[1:53:47] what'd I say oh I have twenty nine forty

[1:53:49] but twenty-nine thirty

[1:53:50] thanks to nine 300 West Imperial Highway

[1:53:53] Suite 508 on the fifth floor again and

[1:53:56] his phone number make sure he's there

[1:53:58] from Monday through Thursday 11:00 to

[1:54:00] 4:00

[1:54:01] three one zero three three oh five three

[1:54:04] four six again Monday through Thursday

[1:54:07] how many you get our job opportunity

[1:54:09] lists you may not be looking for work

[1:54:12] other people might be looking for work

[1:54:13] or you know somebody who's it looking

[1:54:14] for work if you're not on our list see

[1:54:17] Miss Matthews and say please add me to

[1:54:18] the job listing okay I would be remiss

[1:54:21] if I didn't recognize the 13th annual

[1:54:24] district for Christmas toy food drive I

[1:54:26] mean I I'm gonna extend a sincere

[1:54:29] heartfelt thank you to all of the

[1:54:32] district for residents friends who

[1:54:36] served as holiday sponsors and generous

[1:54:38] support at the 13th annual district for

[1:54:41] Christmas toy food drive this past year

[1:54:44] we were able to serve several hundred

[1:54:47] families in addition to that fifty

[1:54:51] families has been pre identified by the

[1:54:53] principals and teachers at the public

[1:54:56] schools we are a community of unity

[1:54:59] helping our community and again I

[1:55:01] personally thank you 13 years of labor

[1:55:05] of love and when we first started my

[1:55:07] annual share with my wife I was a Boy

[1:55:09] Scout leader and in November we did

[1:55:11] scouting for food and that s what the

[1:55:14] pantry became my front room and that we

[1:55:17] accumulated that food and added meat

[1:55:19] items with it and we delivered to those

[1:55:22] families of need that we had we're at

[1:55:24] Vinick u elementary school where Scouts

[1:55:26] got unit is located and we were able to

[1:55:27] bless families since I've been on the

[1:55:29] council there's again to whom much is

[1:55:32] given much is required our base is

[1:55:34] broaden so that's why is now over

[1:55:36] several hundred over several hundred

[1:55:37] families we continue to bless not only

[1:55:40] at the Inglewood Unified School District

[1:55:42] we also have LA Unified School District

[1:55:45] that's in our district as well as we

[1:55:47] have foster parents we have caregivers

[1:55:50] and we have seniors on fixed income that

[1:55:53] we also bless as well also I share with

[1:55:57] you again a Flyers out front that talks

[1:55:59] about the Turner a comm Hunt joint

[1:56:03] venture team regarding the stadium

[1:56:06] project and entertainment we don't

[1:56:08] discuss it here they have their own

[1:56:09] separate meeting so if you have issues

[1:56:11] regarding

[1:56:12] what's going on at the stadium their

[1:56:14] next meeting is scheduled for Thursday

[1:56:15] February 15th from at 7 p.m. at Holy

[1:56:19] Trinity Evangelical Church at 9300 South

[1:56:22] Korea Boulevard if you're interested in

[1:56:24] that want to know more about it

[1:56:25] particularly those that live in the

[1:56:26] Renaissance and district 4 that is your

[1:56:29] meeting not here that is you me the

[1:56:31] media we have is Gerard McCollum talk

[1:56:34] about what else is going on in us in

[1:56:35] that in our community and how can we get

[1:56:38] involved particularly when it comes to

[1:56:40] the type of retail stories you may want

[1:56:41] let me know the type of job

[1:56:43] opportunities you may need let me know

[1:56:45] and also 25 acres of that site is going

[1:56:49] to be for green space so therefore we're

[1:56:51] going to have it and 4 acres has been

[1:56:53] identified specifically for the city use

[1:56:55] in this case we're looking at for maybe

[1:56:58] another community center where we're

[1:57:01] exploring the options that we may have

[1:57:03] on there the other item I want to talk

[1:57:05] to you about is the Metro green line

[1:57:07] service disruption does anyone take

[1:57:10] public transit anyone take public

[1:57:13] transit you need to get the Flyers that

[1:57:16] I provided you because Metro green line

[1:57:18] which goes from Norwalk to the east to

[1:57:22] Redondo Beach on the West will be

[1:57:24] disrupting rail service beginning

[1:57:26] January 26 that is this Friday through

[1:57:30] April the 7th Metro is going to do a

[1:57:33] connection of the Crenshaw LAX project

[1:57:36] infrastructure so it can tie the Green

[1:57:38] Line in to the future Green Line into

[1:57:43] the the LAX crinkle line so if you go

[1:57:47] the LAX Crenshaw Line is the one that's

[1:57:49] going to go across Florence and it's

[1:57:52] going to tie in all the way down to

[1:57:53] Imperial Highway and aviation and so

[1:57:56] there's going to be a disruption of five

[1:57:58] stations that will be closed which is

[1:58:01] that aviation LAX Mariposa El Segundo

[1:58:05] Douglas and Redondo Beach they will

[1:58:07] provide a free bus shuttle even though

[1:58:09] you can go to those stations and take

[1:58:11] you either to the Hawthorne linic

[1:58:13] station or the Redondo Beach station but

[1:58:16] more importantly this is a long haul to

[1:58:19] April the 7th make a note of that

[1:58:22] I want to emphasize the first boundary

[1:58:26] lines that's in district 4 for those

[1:58:28] that realize that it's a century on the

[1:58:31] north to a hundred and second on the

[1:58:34] south to dodi on the East to Prairie on

[1:58:37] the west we have received a negative

[1:58:42] propaganda that when we're trying to

[1:58:45] work on a Murph Murphy Bowl which is the

[1:58:47] future MBA arena for the Clippers

[1:58:50] but we're taking homes then we're taking

[1:58:52] a church we want you to look at make

[1:58:54] sure you understand the city repeatedly

[1:58:57] council members of opinion said no no no

[1:59:01] so I want you just see the boundary line

[1:59:03] so you can have that we also you can go

[1:59:05] to the city's website where again which

[1:59:07] is w WAW org to review the August 15th

[1:59:12] City Council meeting so that way you can

[1:59:15] hear firsthand what will transpired and

[1:59:18] in our position the city of Inglewood

[1:59:21] and district 4 has only one Park when

[1:59:26] you go outside to the information table

[1:59:29] you will see a large poster board that

[1:59:32] is going to be the future Park

[1:59:34] modifications which would include

[1:59:36] restroom facilities with doors

[1:59:40] installation of security cameras walk

[1:59:44] walking tracks walking track with

[1:59:47] exercise stations so there'll be 8

[1:59:49] different low state stations so as

[1:59:51] you're doing the walk you can pull on in

[1:59:53] and then do your calisthenics or

[1:59:55] exercise with that location there will

[1:59:57] also be new playground equipment and and

[1:59:59] resurfacing we're getting rid of the

[2:00:01] chip wood to now have the rubber

[2:00:04] composite that's going to be underneath

[2:00:06] the new apparatuses there's going to be

[2:00:08] three gazebos with picnic tables and

[2:00:10] benches and new landscaping with sorry

[2:00:12] end so therefore you can have a family

[2:00:14] picnic you there's going to be grills

[2:00:16] out there you can do it as well we're

[2:00:18] 99% complete on that project and that

[2:00:21] we're looking to have a special ceremony

[2:00:24] next month as soon as the oh it's a

[2:00:28] where's located Hall Center Park anybody

[2:00:31] know where Center Park is

[2:00:32] 111th Street off of Yukon and right

[2:00:38] behind Worthington elementary school

[2:00:40] that is the city park that we have right

[2:00:42] there

[2:00:42] you know the mayor announced about the

[2:00:44] Senior Center I gave you flyers we

[2:00:47] talked about the 35,000 square feet and

[2:00:49] also all the amenities that's there so

[2:00:52] you have that information and those that

[2:00:54] like to do Samba and all those other

[2:00:56] kind of dancing programs they have them

[2:00:58] right there for you as well now

[2:01:00] specifically with imperial highway

[2:01:03] improvement project I have been fighting

[2:01:07] this for well over five years I was

[2:01:09] short five million dollars and guess who

[2:01:13] came to my rescue congresswoman Maxine

[2:01:17] Waters but that's great

[2:01:22] but the question is when we gonna break

[2:01:24] ground so think of where Imperial

[2:01:28] Highway is when you have ven s on the

[2:01:31] east and you have Prairie on the west

[2:01:36] there is LA city or county there is

[2:01:40] Hawthorne City and there is Inglewood

[2:01:43] and this la said that they were going to

[2:01:47] be the driving force well I have to tell

[2:01:50] you it's a squeaky wheel against the oil

[2:01:53] and if you're at the council me consul

[2:01:57] office and you scream loud enough you

[2:01:59] talk high enough and you can read and

[2:02:02] become repetitive you could attention I

[2:02:05] am proud to say that I that our public

[2:02:08] works director Lewis out well led the

[2:02:11] charge in removing the city of the

[2:02:15] County of Los Angeles running the

[2:02:17] project to now the city of Inglewood is

[2:02:19] now taken over this project we're now

[2:02:21] the lead agency and ask your question

[2:02:23] specifically is currently out to bid so

[2:02:26] we're now expecting construction to

[2:02:28] start either the spring or summer of

[2:02:31] 2018 and that includes sidewalks curbs

[2:02:36] gutters driveways all that's gonna be

[2:02:38] done from Venice

[2:02:40] is to Prairie on the west we got that

[2:02:44] thank you and hold me to it we have

[2:02:48] another item that that's on this flyer

[2:02:49] how many live where I live

[2:02:51] the lockhaven community lochhaven

[2:02:55] community so in Lock Haven we have a

[2:02:57] horrendous problem of being over to park

[2:02:59] on on public streets we are penalized

[2:03:03] because our streets are not wide enough

[2:03:05] we only have one sided parking so after

[2:03:09] many many years and I told you in your

[2:03:11] over 40 years and been in office since

[2:03:14] 14 years were finally finally finally

[2:03:17] getting the planning I'm sorry the

[2:03:20] public works director to work with me on

[2:03:23] trying to be able to have two-sided

[2:03:25] parking so what you're going to see

[2:03:27] there at the top of that location

[2:03:29] highlights specifically that we've now

[2:03:32] started a pilot program in November of

[2:03:35] last year of a hundred and fifth and a

[2:03:38] hundred and six from Prairie on the east

[2:03:41] I'm sorry for Prairie on the rest to

[2:03:43] UConn on the east of having two-sided

[2:03:46] parking but obey the parking signs we

[2:03:49] have changed these signs as recently as

[2:03:52] last week trying to make sure that we

[2:03:54] work learn with engineers mandate the E

[2:03:57] or the police department mandate in

[2:03:59] order for us to accommodate two-sided

[2:04:01] parking for the residents so this is the

[2:04:04] last process and if it's successful we

[2:04:07] plan to broaden it into further parts of

[2:04:10] other streets that is in this that is in

[2:04:12] the lochhaven community from 104 through

[2:04:15] the north to Imperial Highway on the

[2:04:17] south from Crenshaw on the east to

[2:04:20] Prairie on the west so that is a major

[2:04:23] project the other thing was you speak

[2:04:27] leave it or not miss Matthews not listen

[2:04:29] how many times and we've talked about

[2:04:32] the van Ness Avenue Street modification

[2:04:34] project and that they arbitrarily the LA

[2:04:37] County came in and put in a left-hand

[2:04:38] turn lane and we need didn't need that

[2:04:40] like a horn or head and it became

[2:04:43] a major problem to the point that we had

[2:04:45] a fatality it wasn't district 4 fatality

[2:04:49] so I just want you to know that during

[2:04:51] the first two weekends of January 2018

[2:04:53] LA County Parks Department completed a

[2:04:56] street modification project on Van Ness

[2:04:58] Avenue from 104th Street on the north to

[2:05:01] color the street on the south and the

[2:05:03] scope of the modification including the

[2:05:05] removal of the northbound southbound

[2:05:08] left-hand turn lanes at the

[2:05:10] intersections on hundred fourth 108 and

[2:05:12] color the street and the restoration of

[2:05:15] those curves that they painted red they

[2:05:17] brought on back and the project was

[2:05:19] completed on January 14th now comes the

[2:05:23] bad one century Boulevard I know but I

[2:05:30] really need you to take copious notes

[2:05:33] here we heard you when I was getting

[2:05:37] number of phone calls and emails about

[2:05:39] how come you keep tearing up this street

[2:05:41] every time I look up there's a lane

[2:05:43] closure here that we got to do this

[2:05:45] please make note that we have had three

[2:05:49] construction modifications since we

[2:05:53] started this project they're in phases

[2:05:56] and phase one and phase two the first

[2:05:59] construction segment was to improve the

[2:06:02] north side of Center Boulevard that

[2:06:04] connected to the opening of Hollywood

[2:06:06] Park Casino the north side and that

[2:06:09] occurred between Yukon Avenue and

[2:06:11] Prairie Avenue from January 2015 to

[2:06:16] August 2017 the second project involved

[2:06:21] the construction segment that related to

[2:06:23] the full depth pavement restoration

[2:06:26] which started in November 2015 and has a

[2:06:30] completion date to april 2018 and so

[2:06:35] that is also between Yukon Avenue and

[2:06:38] Prairie Avenue

[2:06:40] so bottom line is stay away from Century

[2:06:43] if you can the third construction

[2:06:46] segment was the LA County Department of

[2:06:48] Water and Power

[2:06:49] they removed and installed new pipes

[2:06:52] valves along with pavement restoration

[2:06:55] from

[2:06:56] hurry Avenue to Doty Avenue which

[2:06:59] started March 20 17th and was completed

[2:07:01] in 2017

[2:07:03] now with these multiple phases required

[2:07:06] for this project it requires a number of

[2:07:09] permits being pulled in construction

[2:07:11] time to allow for multiple utility

[2:07:13] services such as Southern California

[2:07:15] Edison Southern California gas in LA

[2:07:18] Department of Water and Power and AT&T

[2:07:20] just to name a few

[2:07:22] this has been a this has and will

[2:07:25] contribute to the multiple closures of

[2:07:27] some of the same areas that have been

[2:07:29] closed previously now it gets even worse

[2:07:34] the city is aware they have very heavy

[2:07:38] traffic impacts along central boulevard

[2:07:40] specifically between Fifth Avenue on the

[2:07:43] east to Yukon Avenue on the west with a

[2:07:46] record number of lane reductions and

[2:07:48] closures from 5th Avenue to Prairie over

[2:07:51] the past few weeks and months our public

[2:07:55] works department has confirmed write

[2:07:56] this down Public Works Department has

[2:07:58] confirmed not Ralph Franklin but once

[2:07:59] White House confirmed that Center

[2:08:01] Boulevard from Crenshaw Boulevard to

[2:08:04] Club Drive will have all lanes open for

[2:08:07] through traffic not left for a right

[2:08:09] hander but through traffic including

[2:08:12] eastbound and westbound left-hand turn

[2:08:15] lanes at Village Drive and Club Drive

[2:08:18] beginning Thursday January 25th there

[2:08:23] you go aren't you glad you came now but

[2:08:29] I know what good is a bad construction

[2:08:32] work currently taking place at the

[2:08:33] intersection of century Boulevard and

[2:08:37] Crenshaw Boulevard is expected to be

[2:08:39] completed and all lanes will be open for

[2:08:44] through traffic weather permitting by

[2:08:47] Monday January 29th but there's always a

[2:08:53] but in order for this to happen

[2:08:55] the intersection at Crenshaw Boulevard

[2:08:58] and Crenshaw Boulevard will be closed

[2:09:02] to northbound and southbound crinch all

[2:09:05] traffic because they need to get in that

[2:09:08] center area so when you approach central

[2:09:13] boulevard with your traveling northbound

[2:09:14] or southbound on Crenshaw you will be

[2:09:17] required to make a right-hand turn and

[2:09:20] that will go on you write this down for

[2:09:24] Friday January 26

[2:09:26] that's this coming Friday 9:00 p.m. and

[2:09:29] will continue to Monday January 29th at

[2:09:33] 6:00 a.m. you can pick up that copy the

[2:09:36] most recent construction since you go to

[2:09:38] our construction notice at the

[2:09:39] information table but you heard it first

[2:09:41] here so when you go out to why is this

[2:09:44] happening what did you hear what

[2:09:46] councilman Franklin said and taking what

[2:09:48] I have my backup man I told you my

[2:09:50] engineers out there and he's one it gave

[2:09:52] me this information and don't kill the

[2:09:54] messenger okay I think we've had a

[2:09:59] number of discussions tonight so I'm

[2:10:01] going to close with one exception I do

[2:10:05] want to make sure how many of you are

[2:10:08] seniors 55 and older hello hello so one

[2:10:13] of the handouts I passed out there one

[2:10:16] of the hand it's not passed out there

[2:10:17] said always best care Senior Services is

[2:10:21] offering information on should your

[2:10:23] aging parent still be driving this is a

[2:10:27] tough topic but the necessary

[2:10:30] conversation to have with your aging

[2:10:33] parent and maybe yourself if you are

[2:10:35] observing certain symptoms and types

[2:10:37] also do you know the sign of stroke

[2:10:41] reduce your loved ones chances of having

[2:10:43] a stroke and making some simple healthy

[2:10:45] choices in your exercise lifestyle these

[2:10:48] changes positively can impact your

[2:10:51] health reduce the risk of many of

[2:10:53] illnesses and also say by life too so be

[2:10:57] sure to pick up those Flyers of

[2:10:59] information and so I'm going to stop now

[2:11:02] and I just want to say it's getting late

[2:11:04] I personally thank you being here tells me I'm doing

[2:11:08] something right and that is how many

[2:11:11] times I told you with knowledge there is

[2:11:14] and so you have been indicated please

[2:11:16] take this information home share with

[2:11:19] you get more flyer information that you

[2:11:20] want out there

[2:11:21] god bless you all thank you the meeting

[2:11:23] official adjourned

[2:11:34] you

District 4 Town Hall Meeting 1-24-18

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