1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:08,540 Good evening, everyone. We will go ahead and open our 630 special closed session meeting. We'll go ahead and open and roll call, please. 2 00:00:10,860 --> 00:00:29,040 Mayor Munoz, President, Mayor Proto-Muñoz. Councilmember Aguto, let the record reflect. Councilmember Aguto is absent. Councilmember Mendoza. Here. Councilmember King on this. Here. Mayor, you have a quorum. Great. Let's go ahead and stand for the pledge of allegiance, and we'll have John DeMario lead us. 3 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:29,460 The 4 00:00:35,990 --> 00:00:45,110 flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God in the visible with liberty and justice for all. 5 00:00:46,890 --> 00:00:49,390 Do we have any oral communications at this time? 6 00:00:49,590 --> 00:00:50,270 Mayor, we do not. 7 00:00:50,570 --> 00:00:52,450 Okay, let's go in and recess into closed session. 8 00:00:53,670 --> 00:00:54,770 Thank you, Madam Mayor. 9 00:00:55,450 --> 00:00:59,650 Close session item in regards to conference with legal counsel for anticipated litigation. 10 00:00:59,650 --> 00:01:05,850 Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9, subsection D2, one matter. 11 00:01:06,110 --> 00:01:06,450 Thank you. 12 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:12,880 Great. 13 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:13,760 Thank you. 14 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:15,860 We'll go ahead and report out of closed session. 15 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:16,860 Yes. 16 00:01:16,940 --> 00:01:17,800 Thank you Madam Mayor. 17 00:01:18,300 --> 00:01:22,820 In regards to closed session item number one, a report was given, excuse me, a report was 18 00:01:22,820 --> 00:01:26,780 given feedback, was provided, and there was no reportable action at this time. 19 00:01:26,940 --> 00:01:27,240 Thank you. 20 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:27,500 Great. 21 00:01:27,660 --> 00:01:32,680 So we'll go ahead and reconvene or adjourn our special meeting and we'll go ahead and 22 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:35,180 an open our regular seven o'clock session. 23 00:01:35,460 --> 00:01:36,080 Roll call please. 24 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:42,520 Madam Mayor for the record. 25 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:46,560 Council member Arguido arrived at 636 p.m. 26 00:01:48,660 --> 00:01:50,360 Roll call, Mayor Munoz, present. 27 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:53,740 Mayor Proto-Mclinakis, Council member Arguido. 28 00:01:53,900 --> 00:01:54,080 Here. 29 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:56,160 Council member Mendoza, here. 30 00:01:56,620 --> 00:01:58,280 Council member Kenyonis, present. 31 00:01:58,900 --> 00:01:59,780 Mayor, you have a quorum. 32 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:00,280 Great. 33 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:02,120 We'll go ahead and stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. 34 00:02:05,610 --> 00:02:07,730 Put your right hand over the heart and begin. 35 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:24,620 I just want to welcome everybody in the audience. 36 00:02:24,620 --> 00:02:29,540 It's great to see some new faces and also some established faces, so welcome again to 37 00:02:29,540 --> 00:02:29,880 our meeting. 38 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:34,400 We'll move on to presentations, introduction of lead students participating in the city 39 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:35,120 council meeting. 40 00:02:35,660 --> 00:02:41,960 We first we have workman elementary, Yareli Lopez and Ariel, is it Alba Vera? 41 00:02:51,340 --> 00:02:52,740 So let's start off with Yareli. 42 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:54,000 Is she here? 43 00:02:55,060 --> 00:02:55,620 Hi, Yareli. 44 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:57,400 Why don't you come up to the podium here? 45 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:21,620 Good evening, Mayor Valerie Munoz, Council Members and La Puente Residence. 46 00:03:22,340 --> 00:03:26,400 I'm Yareli Lopez, your student president and I'm here with my co-president, Ariel Alba Vera. 47 00:03:26,900 --> 00:03:31,180 We're excited to share some amazing events and activities we have at Workman Elementary. 48 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:39,480 first we have the friends and family dance coming up on February 13th it is 49 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:42,940 going to be a fantastic evening where you can dance have fun and make wonderful 50 00:03:42,940 --> 00:03:47,300 memories with your friends and family last month the student council organized 51 00:03:47,300 --> 00:03:51,340 kindness week we had fun spirit days where you could dress up and show you 52 00:03:51,340 --> 00:03:56,140 school spirit plus there were kindness challenges and activities to spread 53 00:03:56,140 --> 00:04:00,400 positivity and make our school even a better place this week we're kicking it 54 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:03,920 off with our heart challenge where we would get to raise money for a great 55 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:08,280 cost. Student Council will be responsible for handing out all the prizes for the students 56 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:08,740 to earn. 57 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:16,240 Next, we have fun Friday incentives. Every Friday, we have special awards and 58 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:21,380 activities planned during extra recess for those who have shown great behavior and great 59 00:04:21,380 --> 00:04:25,620 attendance throughout the whole month. It's our way of saying thank you for being such 60 00:04:25,620 --> 00:04:30,700 awesome students. During lunch, we have some exciting fun activities planned. From games 61 00:04:30,700 --> 00:04:33,580 to crafts, there's always something for everyone to enjoy. 62 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:38,020 It's a great way to relax, have fun, and spend time with your friends. 63 00:04:38,660 --> 00:04:42,500 As the student president, I work closely with my peers and council members to organize 64 00:04:42,500 --> 00:04:46,900 these events and come up with fun activities that students would love to participate in. 65 00:04:47,540 --> 00:04:50,400 We want to make sure that everyone has a great time and feels included. 66 00:04:52,060 --> 00:04:54,380 Thank you for being such an amazing community. 67 00:05:04,980 --> 00:05:06,560 Thank you both for the presentation. 68 00:05:06,900 --> 00:05:11,720 It was great to see you at the Leadership Conference last week. 69 00:05:12,620 --> 00:05:14,900 It's always great to hear what's going on on campus. 70 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:16,620 Thank you. 71 00:05:17,620 --> 00:05:18,180 Great. 72 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:20,820 So next, let's move on to Nelson Elementary. 73 00:05:21,100 --> 00:05:24,760 And I apologize in advance if I do not pronounce the name correctly. 74 00:05:25,780 --> 00:05:26,900 Kitsali Maldonado. 75 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:28,320 Did I pronounce that correctly? 76 00:05:30,300 --> 00:05:30,860 Kitsali. 77 00:05:31,060 --> 00:05:31,680 Okay, I was close. 78 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:34,640 And then I have the light. 79 00:05:35,420 --> 00:05:35,980 Dalia. 80 00:05:36,460 --> 00:05:36,820 Dalina. 81 00:05:37,140 --> 00:05:37,400 Okay. 82 00:05:49,010 --> 00:05:54,150 Good evening, Mayor Munoz, Councilmember, City staff, and welcome guests. 83 00:05:55,130 --> 00:06:00,370 My name is Gitali Maldonado, and I am currently a fifth grader at Nelson Elementary and 84 00:06:00,370 --> 00:06:01,310 the ASB president. 85 00:06:01,870 --> 00:06:07,610 As the ASB president, I enjoyed going through the election process where we made camping 86 00:06:07,610 --> 00:06:13,790 posters and a chance to speak and present to students and complete the election process 87 00:06:13,790 --> 00:06:14,530 through voting. 88 00:06:14,530 --> 00:06:26,050 I've been at the school since preschool, one of my favorite things about this school is that we get to build relationships with other students each day and spending time together. 89 00:06:26,430 --> 00:06:34,510 We all come from different backgrounds and it makes me happy when others promote kindness to one another, especially when new students join our school. 90 00:06:35,530 --> 00:06:41,210 I am proud that one of our signature programs are, here is Dulla Mergin. 91 00:06:41,610 --> 00:06:46,810 This program started in my kindergarten class and has expanded up to my fifth grade class. 92 00:06:47,710 --> 00:06:50,290 It's really helped me improve my Spanish. 93 00:06:51,290 --> 00:06:58,570 This year, we created a new way for school-wide announcements called Nelson Night News. 94 00:06:58,570 --> 00:07:15,550 Every Monday, we have a school wide zoom where we review our school missions, share our monthly character focus, highlight upcoming events, and recognize students for their achievements through pictures, videos, and flyers. 95 00:07:15,990 --> 00:07:20,690 I enjoy being one of the student presenters each week with Mr. Miller. 96 00:07:20,690 --> 00:07:31,450 Our school is proud to have teamed up with the American Heart Association and learned how to make happy and healthy hearts. 97 00:07:31,850 --> 00:07:46,390 While raising life-saving donations to help others with special hearts, our school has currently raised over $2,049 in attendance for this foundation demonstrating our commitment to come back through a positive school culture. 98 00:07:46,390 --> 00:07:52,890 I have also very loved being a project lead student. 99 00:07:53,370 --> 00:07:59,190 When I participate, when I participated in the Mox City Council meetings, many of us 100 00:07:59,190 --> 00:08:05,610 had different speaking parts that included being a city council member, city staff or an 101 00:08:05,610 --> 00:08:06,730 audience member. 102 00:08:07,350 --> 00:08:11,190 We also got to learn about how their positions help our city. 103 00:08:11,190 --> 00:08:17,310 I am also glad that I was selected for the Leadership Conference last week. 104 00:08:17,650 --> 00:08:22,110 I learned more about the different departments and how they helped our city run. 105 00:08:22,630 --> 00:08:27,390 Thank you for providing lunch from the city, park, snack bar that included different options 106 00:08:27,390 --> 00:08:28,070 to choose from. 107 00:08:28,530 --> 00:08:33,570 With that lead project, we wouldn't understand how the city supports us, from looking for 108 00:08:33,570 --> 00:08:38,110 to participating in the future project lead activities and events. 109 00:08:38,110 --> 00:08:42,730 It has been a pleasure to represent my school and my community at the City Council meeting. 110 00:08:43,010 --> 00:08:43,330 Thank you. 111 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:56,160 Good evening, Mayor Munoz, Council Members, City staff, and welcome guests. 112 00:08:56,760 --> 00:09:02,060 My name is Alilama Harris and I am currently a fifth grader and also an elementary inserted 113 00:09:02,060 --> 00:09:03,360 at the school in kindergarten. 114 00:09:04,060 --> 00:09:09,960 Some of my favorite memories so far include the many spirit days we celebrated every year. 115 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:15,560 For example, during our Great Kindness Week Challenge, we had the opportunity to address 116 00:09:15,560 --> 00:09:19,340 up with another on Twin Day Promoting School of Spirit and Pride. 117 00:09:19,860 --> 00:09:25,480 I'm also excited that our school lunch program has expanded, expanded by creating many 118 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:27,580 more food options for us to choose from. 119 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:29,740 My favorite is still PB&J. 120 00:09:30,300 --> 00:09:35,460 A few of the great things we promote at Nelson include college rear days every Thursday 121 00:09:35,460 --> 00:09:38,120 where we want all nights to own their future. 122 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:44,240 Each classroom has adopted a different college and each week on our school wide zoom we read 123 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:49,960 a college fun fact that helps students learn more about the many different colleges 124 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:50,500 there are. 125 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:56,100 We are also planning our annual career day on March 13th where every class will get to 126 00:09:56,100 --> 00:09:58,760 hear from two different presenters and their professions. 127 00:09:59,560 --> 00:10:04,540 I also think about for our boys and girls club after school program, this supports our 128 00:10:04,540 --> 00:10:11,300 parents who have to work late and many activities for us to enjoy, including time for us to work on our home Earth. 129 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:19,620 Our site supervision aids also do a great job supporting our students before school during recess time, lunch, and after school. 130 00:10:20,340 --> 00:10:25,800 I'd also like to thank you for allowing me to participate at this year's Project Lead Student Conference Day. 131 00:10:26,260 --> 00:10:32,300 We were randomly put in student groups from other schools and it gave us a chance to meet new students throughout the day. 132 00:10:32,300 --> 00:10:39,580 City officials asked us questions about our city and shared ideas. 133 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:45,460 We were able to tell them things that we didn't like or that we would like to change. 134 00:10:46,220 --> 00:10:54,120 I appreciate how they were open to listening and gave us ideas and ways we can make our city a better place to live in. 135 00:10:54,600 --> 00:11:01,540 We attended four different workshops and learned more about our city and how important the city council members are. 136 00:11:01,540 --> 00:11:04,900 Here are some upcoming Nelson Night events. 137 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:09,600 We're looking forward to this year's color run on February 28th with a gold or 138 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:11,100 raised $15,000. 139 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:15,160 Money raised will continue to fund our student store, 140 00:11:15,660 --> 00:11:19,280 provide future opportunities and our school-wide events. 141 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:23,360 Some fifth grade, under the year events that we're looking forward to 142 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:25,480 include, under the year activities, 143 00:11:30,260 --> 00:11:38,040 Thank you for giving me an opportunity to share a little about myself and the wonderful things that are happening at Nelson. 144 00:11:44,950 --> 00:11:49,070 I want to say thank you to all of our presenters and you guys do such an amazing job. 145 00:11:49,710 --> 00:11:55,030 And it was great that I was able this year to participate a little bit in the project lead conference. 146 00:11:55,030 --> 00:12:09,970 It was an amazing event, and again, I want to thank Councilmember Mendoza and Councilmember Kenyones for taking the lead and taking the lead program to the next level and expanding our programs and schools. 147 00:12:10,830 --> 00:12:13,910 So I've heard there's a lot of great feedback we have. 148 00:12:13,910 --> 00:12:21,330 I was talking to our assistant city manager earlier today and he said he has a laundry list of things that he was able to collect during that event. 149 00:12:21,710 --> 00:12:30,050 So I rest assured, please understand that your voice matters and what you give us back as council and as staff. 150 00:12:30,250 --> 00:12:34,790 We take it to heart so that we're able to make a better lapwent there for all of us. 151 00:12:34,930 --> 00:12:35,630 So thank you again. 152 00:12:36,490 --> 00:12:41,190 Next we'll move on to our next presentation by the lapwent the county water district, 153 00:12:41,190 --> 00:12:44,130 regarding updates on the Boenthe Valley Operable Unit Project. 154 00:12:48,980 --> 00:12:51,240 Thank you, Mayor Munoz and Good Even Council members. 155 00:12:51,540 --> 00:12:55,480 So my name's Roy Frosso, I'm the General Manager for La Puente Valley County Water District. 156 00:12:55,640 --> 00:13:00,920 So I wanted to brief you on a few updates that we have when it comes to respect to the PVOU, 157 00:13:01,020 --> 00:13:02,980 IZ, Intermediate Zone treatment plan. 158 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:07,420 So what is the Boenthe Valley Operable Unit Intermediate Zone? 159 00:13:07,900 --> 00:13:12,080 So for those of you that don't know water, this is our basin. 160 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:16,600 So if you think about our basin, it's a bull that's underground and we pull from that 161 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:16,880 basin. 162 00:13:17,020 --> 00:13:18,160 We have straws that we pull from. 163 00:13:18,900 --> 00:13:21,840 And specifically in the orange down there, that's what I'm talking about, the Puente 164 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:22,920 Valley Operable Unit. 165 00:13:23,180 --> 00:13:28,100 It's this area in La Puente, the city of industry, and then unincorporated parts of LA County 166 00:13:28,100 --> 00:13:29,620 so which is the avocado Heights area. 167 00:13:31,220 --> 00:13:35,540 So we haven't pulled any water from this basin historically because of the high levels of 168 00:13:35,980 --> 00:13:36,380 contamination. 169 00:13:37,220 --> 00:13:40,680 So this is the first time that we're going to actually build a treatment plant to pull 170 00:13:40,680 --> 00:13:48,320 from this basin. Next slide. So what the treatment plan consists of, it's seven wells about 171 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:52,260 four miles of pipeline and then about, it's a 2,000 gallon per minute treatment facility. 172 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:58,960 So give your brief overview of how the system's going to work. We have a total of seven wells 173 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:04,200 that's represented in those dots right there. And then it's going to go through the treatment process 174 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:10,640 which is a two-stage GAC process, ion exchange which we call single-pass ion exchange. 175 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:15,880 And then UV oxidation, which is UV and the addition of hydrogen peroxide. 176 00:14:16,580 --> 00:14:23,320 And then lastly, it's going to hit reverse osmosis, which is actually the first reverse osmosis unit in the San Diego Valley. 177 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:25,080 So proud to say that. 178 00:14:27,260 --> 00:14:27,900 Next slide. 179 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:37,560 So after it goes to the treatment process, and it's going to come to our district, which is a lot more than the Valley County Water District, from there we can wield it two different ways. 180 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:41,660 We could send into the industry public utilities, which is city of industries water system 181 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:47,280 Or it can go to suburban water system, which is also another neighboring agency that provides water to the city of luck 182 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:49,360 Next slide 183 00:14:50,620 --> 00:14:58,200 So our district's been involved so this project's been in the making I mean the the PVOU has been a part of this space 184 00:14:58,200 --> 00:14:59,960 Into the 1980s, but as far as 185 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:14,420 In December of 2017, we signed definitive agreements with the local government systems to operate 186 00:15:14,420 --> 00:15:21,940 the plan for them. And then in 2022, we finished the construction of the plan. And then more 187 00:15:21,940 --> 00:15:26,880 recently in June of 2023, we completed the scenario testing. So what that means is we 188 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:31,700 essentially tested the plant and we're testing the plant right now. We're making sure that it's doing what it's supposed to be doing 189 00:15:31,700 --> 00:15:37,900 right. There's a lot of constituents that we're pulling so we want to make sure that all the treatment components are doing what they're supposed to be doing. 190 00:15:38,620 --> 00:15:45,580 Next slide. So this was the vacant lot before there was any construction. This is actually right across the street from the Sheriff's Station. 191 00:15:46,180 --> 00:15:53,780 Next slide. And this is the plant now. So it's I'm sorry this is the plant during construction. Next slide. And this is the plant now. 192 00:15:53,780 --> 00:16:00,960 So it's fully constructed. It's essentially going to the permitting phase, but the permitting 193 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:05,900 phase takes about six months to a year. So, before it goes for portable use, we have 194 00:16:05,900 --> 00:16:11,000 to ensure that it's meeting all the state and federal guidelines with respect to MCLs 195 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:19,080 and notification levels. So, next slide. Again, with the permitting, it's called the 97.25 196 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:19,800 We'll fire process. 197 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:23,840 It's a very rigorous process that we go with the division of drinking water. 198 00:16:24,420 --> 00:16:27,620 They're the regulatory agency that regulates water systems. 199 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:33,460 Once we get the permit through DDW, but prior due to that we will have a public hearing 200 00:16:33,460 --> 00:16:40,040 with DDW, we'll partner with them and then invite the community to have any input with respect 201 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:40,680 to the project. 202 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:41,920 Next slide. 203 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:49,060 So as far as schedule, we're looking to finalize the engineering report with the 204 00:16:49,060 --> 00:17:02,920 Division of Drinking Water this month, in April, we'll schedule a public hearing, and then in May, June timeframe, we'll be looking at full portable use for the community. 205 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:07,400 With that, I'll be happy to answer any questions. 206 00:17:08,060 --> 00:17:14,160 Great, thank you so much for being here, and this project is extremely exciting for me as well. 207 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:21,520 being part of the Water Quality Authority, the Authority Overseas 7 Operable Units 208 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:29,580 about the San Gabriel Valley, and the City of Lopwenth is, was the one site for over a decades, had no movement. 209 00:17:30,340 --> 00:17:35,200 And so that was a project that we were very excited to create the funding and 210 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:36,660 also work with Mark III Grumman. 211 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:44,020 And thank you to Lopwenth the Valley Water Company for taking on the role of overseeing the water in that area. 212 00:17:44,020 --> 00:17:45,220 the cleanup efforts there. 213 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:50,500 So these are multi-million dollar projects that are through state and federal funding. 214 00:17:50,500 --> 00:17:57,480 And the focus of this is to ensure that our rate payers aren't getting the burden of this cleaning water efforts here in our basin. 215 00:17:58,180 --> 00:18:00,100 And so, thank you so much for bringing an update. 216 00:18:00,260 --> 00:18:02,080 I want to definitely see the final project. 217 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:04,260 I haven't seen it, so I'm excited for that. 218 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:10,820 And it's just a testament of just ensuring that our ground water, which we have one of the largest basins, 219 00:18:11,860 --> 00:18:15,320 that we're able to be water sufficient moving forward. 220 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:22,680 And in addition to that, that's something to consider for lead project, that maybe they may want to see how water is life. 221 00:18:23,100 --> 00:18:28,880 And it's important that we continue to maintain our safe water environments. 222 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:35,840 And so something that we can encourage our students and our educators to really start educating on those aspects as well. 223 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:37,920 So thank you so much for being here, I appreciate that. 224 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:38,840 Thank you, Madam Mayor. 225 00:18:44,470 --> 00:18:45,430 Madam Mayor? 226 00:18:45,610 --> 00:18:45,750 Yes. 227 00:18:46,970 --> 00:18:48,450 Roy, I have a couple questions. 228 00:18:51,230 --> 00:18:52,550 Thanks for the presentation. 229 00:18:53,010 --> 00:18:57,250 This is a very good thing for the community, 230 00:18:57,910 --> 00:18:59,850 trying to improve the quality of water that it's 231 00:18:59,850 --> 00:19:00,670 underneath our basin. 232 00:19:02,750 --> 00:19:06,330 This basin that we live underneath, that's underneath us, 233 00:19:06,410 --> 00:19:08,670 is, was considered a superfund, correct? 234 00:19:08,890 --> 00:19:09,130 Correct. 235 00:19:09,130 --> 00:19:18,280 And super funds are considered one of the most toxic drinking waters in the country, correct? 236 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:30,060 And now I see that the process in cleaning the water, who establishes the quality of water that is at the minimum standard. 237 00:19:30,620 --> 00:19:40,100 I'm just trying to figure out what that threshold is and why is it that the drinkability water, why isn't it the most purist water that we could. 238 00:19:40,100 --> 00:19:42,220 to provide to our customers. 239 00:19:42,820 --> 00:19:52,480 We're taking a lot of water out of a highly contaminated area and I see the process that 240 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:56,100 says reverse osmosis only as needed. 241 00:19:57,680 --> 00:20:02,920 Can you elaborate as to what determines that reverse osmosis as needed? 242 00:20:03,700 --> 00:20:03,820 Yes. 243 00:20:04,220 --> 00:20:09,340 So to answer your first question, so we have federal guidelines that are set by EPA and then 244 00:20:09,340 --> 00:20:11,040 And the state also has its own guidelines. 245 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:16,580 So typically the states have more stringent guidelines, but by default any state has 246 00:20:16,580 --> 00:20:18,520 to follow EPA guidelines on the federal level. 247 00:20:19,180 --> 00:20:24,880 To the second question, whenever you treat for any constituents, right, there's a soup 248 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:26,640 of constituents when it comes to EPA sites. 249 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:32,480 There's VOCs, there's rocket fuel, there's a whole bunch of different mixes of contaminants 250 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:33,120 that are in the basin. 251 00:20:33,120 --> 00:20:39,800 So the importance of an EPA superfund site, it targets those constituents that are specific 252 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:40,720 to that contamination. 253 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:44,200 So those are all treated to non-detect. 254 00:20:44,420 --> 00:20:48,380 So those are basically, you don't see any detection when it comes to those levels. 255 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:55,520 Now there's also naturally occurring constituents that are regulated, and there's not an enforceable 256 00:20:55,520 --> 00:21:00,940 action by any type of regulatory agency to say, hey, this person or this entity is responsible 257 00:21:00,940 --> 00:21:01,580 for this. 258 00:21:01,580 --> 00:21:03,920 The biggest example is nitrate, right? 259 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:11,160 Nitrate is present because of previous agricultural efforts that were done in the early 1900s. 260 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:16,960 And they can pinpoint a certain person or entity as a responsible party for nitrates. 261 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:22,640 So nitrates is at one constituent that is not treated to non-detect levels. 262 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:28,660 But if you're talking about perchlorate, which is a component of rocket fuel, that is treated to non-detect. 263 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:38,240 On top of that, the state has a topic called MCL equivalence, and MCL equivalence essentially 264 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:44,460 takes all these constituents and says, okay, if you put a portion of all these together, 265 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:50,260 how does that factor into a person potentially getting cancer in one million? 266 00:21:51,060 --> 00:21:53,940 And they have to minimize that by like 99.99%. 267 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:55,600 So that's what they're working with. 268 00:21:55,600 --> 00:22:00,200 When you talk about MCLs, you're looking at the potential of that one case. 269 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:10,200 So when you do that for these specific projects, that's what that 97.005 project is looking at, is making sure you have an MCL equivalent below one. 270 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:15,080 So that one person out of a million is it impacted by this drinking water source. 271 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:16,540 And that's how they're regulated. 272 00:22:17,580 --> 00:22:18,260 Got it. 273 00:22:18,500 --> 00:22:24,500 So I thank you, but once again, what kicks in as needed reverse analysis? 274 00:22:24,500 --> 00:22:29,940 So that reverse osmosis is treating for TDS, total dissolved solids. 275 00:22:30,180 --> 00:22:33,840 So in this base and the punta basin, it has high levels of TDS. 276 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:38,540 And TDS can be different metals, organics, they can be minerals. 277 00:22:39,020 --> 00:22:40,500 It's a combination of different things. 278 00:22:41,060 --> 00:22:45,720 But there's a secondary MCL at 500 parts per million, so we're treating below that. 279 00:22:46,260 --> 00:22:50,900 Anything below that is drinking water level, safe, established by EPA and California. 280 00:22:50,900 --> 00:22:57,000 So that's when we say as needed is because that we're treating it to below 500 on the TDS level. 281 00:22:57,420 --> 00:23:02,120 Got it. Thank you very much. I've had the opportunity to visit and tour the facility. 282 00:23:02,900 --> 00:23:11,760 It's an amazing facility and if everything works, all that nasty junk that's underneath our ground water will be removed. 283 00:23:12,260 --> 00:23:13,480 Yes. Thank you. 284 00:23:13,620 --> 00:23:16,740 And I just want to reiterate what we're drinking now is clean water. 285 00:23:16,740 --> 00:23:22,680 This is just an added source of water that we'll be cleaning to add to our water source in the future. 286 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:24,540 Thank you so much. 287 00:23:24,700 --> 00:23:24,900 Of course. 288 00:23:27,580 --> 00:23:31,140 Next we have presentations of employee service awards. 289 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:36,120 Thank you, Madam Mayor, members of the council. 290 00:23:36,340 --> 00:23:39,980 Tonight we are recognizing Mr. James Richard. 291 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:41,180 Can we have him come up? 292 00:23:45,100 --> 00:23:45,760 Thank you. 293 00:23:51,390 --> 00:23:58,350 So James has been, excuse me, today we're celebrating his five years of dedicated service. 294 00:23:58,350 --> 00:24:04,810 to the city of La Puente. It's just a little history on James. He's a character out the yard. 295 00:24:05,690 --> 00:24:15,350 I'm sure everybody's met him out there. He started here in September of 2019 as a park maintenance assistant part-time. 296 00:24:16,530 --> 00:24:24,750 A year later, October 2020, he got promoted to park maintenance worker where he still is to this day. 297 00:24:24,750 --> 00:24:40,010 He's always out there working, he's always a trusted member, working on different things within the maintenance, he does not only maintenance at the park, he does a lot of maintenance here, he's just a great asset to have. 298 00:24:40,010 --> 00:24:46,490 So, if you want to come up, so will Sanchez as a maintenance supervisor, he can share some thoughts about James as well. 299 00:24:46,770 --> 00:24:47,050 All 300 00:24:53,870 --> 00:24:57,290 right. Good evening, Madam Mayor. Honorable Mayor Pro Tem, fellow members of the City Council. 301 00:24:57,810 --> 00:25:01,870 I'm here tonight to personally thank Mr. Richards for the years of hard work he's put in as far. 302 00:25:03,010 --> 00:25:05,950 The skills and knowledge he brings to the maintenance department is invaluable. 303 00:25:06,570 --> 00:25:08,630 The knowledge he possesses is not available in a book. 304 00:25:09,170 --> 00:25:11,790 It's learned a years of service on the job by dealing with the unexpected. 305 00:25:12,870 --> 00:25:14,410 James, again, thank you, sir. 306 00:25:14,410 --> 00:25:19,210 I look forward to tackling many projects in the future with you, people at the good work. 307 00:25:21,810 --> 00:25:23,910 So we have a go ahead, John. 308 00:25:24,270 --> 00:25:29,730 I'm just going to add to that, hopefully Council and staff in the community have seen the 309 00:25:29,730 --> 00:25:33,030 decorative lights that are on the trees down Main Street. 310 00:25:33,830 --> 00:25:39,690 The mayor wanted a little more festiveness along Main Street year round, so I asked Saul and 311 00:25:39,690 --> 00:25:43,150 Ricardo, who's the best person for the job in his James? 312 00:25:43,150 --> 00:25:55,130 So James was sent to me or sent to us, and I said James make them perfect, make them symmetrical, make them match, make them look pretty, and hopefully you can see that now because they do look very nice. 313 00:25:55,310 --> 00:26:01,490 So thank you James for taking that request directly from the mayor and beautifying our downtowns with thank you. 314 00:26:05,820 --> 00:26:10,220 Well first of all, I want to point out as well, the shirt is great. 315 00:26:10,220 --> 00:26:14,260 Maintenance man because I'm way too awesome to our suit and tie. 316 00:26:14,820 --> 00:26:16,220 I like that, yeah. 317 00:26:16,460 --> 00:26:20,440 So we should put that as our model in our maintenance department, so yes. 318 00:26:21,360 --> 00:26:25,100 So we have a certificate of recognition presented to James Richards, 319 00:26:25,420 --> 00:26:33,860 Park Maintenance Worker, and recognition and appreciation of your five years of dedicated service and commitment to the city of La Puente. 320 00:26:34,220 --> 00:26:35,180 Thank you very much. 321 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:45,040 And we also have a little five years of service thing for his garage desk. 322 00:26:46,100 --> 00:26:48,580 You don't have a desk because you're in the maintenance guy. 323 00:26:49,260 --> 00:26:50,700 Can we have you up for a picture? 324 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:53,240 May we have the honor to have a picture with you? 325 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:54,140 Thanks. 326 00:27:18,940 --> 00:27:19,300 Okay, ready? 327 00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:21,260 One, two, three. 328 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:38,120 Right. 329 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:41,940 Thank you so much. 330 00:27:42,820 --> 00:27:49,180 Shows we have no Sheriff's Department or PROS team announcements today, so we'll go ahead and forego that. 331 00:27:51,430 --> 00:27:54,090 We'll move on now to oral communication. 332 00:27:55,090 --> 00:27:57,330 Our first speaker is Betty Moore. 333 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:10,100 Hi, good evening mayor and other members of the council. 334 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:12,040 My name is Betty Moore. 335 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:19,220 I'm from the Lapland Church of Christ here on Anru and Amar. 336 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:26,960 Yes. Absolutely. Other members and I have been here before we started back in 337 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:32,840 October I think it was coming on a regular basis trying to give you a little 338 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:37,460 information about things that we have going on down at the church maybe some 339 00:28:37,460 --> 00:28:41,060 of the same things that you guys have going on that we could piggyback or you 340 00:28:41,060 --> 00:28:47,360 could use us to assist things like that. Tonight though I just wanted to inform 341 00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:58,520 you about an event we have going on happening on Saturday March 1st 2025. It's at 342 00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:06,860 the church. It's a free event. It's actually a seminar on end-of-life planning. So 343 00:29:06,860 --> 00:29:14,180 we'll have a special people there giving information on how families can 344 00:29:14,180 --> 00:29:22,720 navigate in the life decisions. I have flyers in both Spanish and English. I'd like to leave 345 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:28,460 them with you if that's okay. That we can share with the community. Everyone's invited. 346 00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:37,460 If you get there early, we have a continental breakfast. The actual event starts at 9 o'clock and ends 347 00:29:37,460 --> 00:29:45,900 at 12 okay information full information is on the flyer you have my information on 348 00:29:45,900 --> 00:29:49,560 your little registration and the information and telephone number to the 349 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:55,700 churches on the flyer okay thank you so much sure I would appreciate it 350 00:29:55,700 --> 00:29:58,400 Madam Mayor. Yes, Betty. 351 00:30:00,180 --> 00:30:08,060 Yes. Thank you for sharing that information. I just want to ask staff if we can put that on 352 00:30:08,060 --> 00:30:16,000 our social media and help advertise the event for Saturday. And maybe you guys could provide 353 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:22,900 our staff some digital copies as well so they could be uploaded into our social media. Perfect. 354 00:30:25,780 --> 00:30:26,260 Okay. 355 00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:27,320 Okay. 356 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:28,160 Okay. 357 00:30:28,500 --> 00:30:28,860 Fantastic. 358 00:30:29,540 --> 00:30:30,220 Thank you so much. 359 00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:30,980 Thank you. 360 00:30:31,660 --> 00:30:32,300 Next speaker. 361 00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:36,000 Next, we have a representative from La Puente Valley Women's Club. 362 00:30:41,660 --> 00:30:42,040 Good evening. 363 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:49,760 Mayor Munoz and City Council Members, the reason we are here, well, first of all, I want to thank 364 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:54,940 you for all your help that you have given us, and I'm a little nervous my first time. 365 00:30:56,800 --> 00:31:00,780 And for the floor, and it's beautiful, you need to come by and see it. 366 00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:04,100 We're not finished, but it's still, you know, it's still in works. 367 00:31:05,460 --> 00:31:12,380 And I just wanted to remind you also that we are the only historic, register historical landmark 368 00:31:12,830 --> 00:31:14,800 in the city, the only one. 369 00:31:16,140 --> 00:31:20,040 And on February 1st, we had some vandalism. 370 00:31:22,020 --> 00:31:24,440 and we called the Sheriff Department. 371 00:31:24,940 --> 00:31:26,800 They said they'll be out in three hours. 372 00:31:27,860 --> 00:31:30,760 I'm still waiting and it's been over three hours. 373 00:31:35,060 --> 00:31:38,880 And so because of this, we wanted to know 374 00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:42,720 if you can install some cameras on the light post across. 375 00:31:42,900 --> 00:31:43,840 You have them all over the place. 376 00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:46,960 You know, maybe you can install them in front of our place 377 00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:48,680 on the light post. 378 00:31:52,420 --> 00:31:57,180 And also, in front of our building, it's paying it red. 379 00:31:57,620 --> 00:32:03,060 We want to know if you can paint it blue for the handicap, because there's a lot of elderly members who are handicap. 380 00:32:03,900 --> 00:32:04,920 Those are the only two things. 381 00:32:05,620 --> 00:32:06,600 Great, thank you so much. 382 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:11,840 We'll have our assistant city manager and John DeMario take some notes down so 383 00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:14,480 we can do an assessment on that curbside as well. 384 00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:17,220 And we do have our sheriffs here and our sergeant. 385 00:32:17,220 --> 00:32:21,460 So if you wanted to meet with them, you know, at this time, I'm sure they're happy to meet with you 386 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:23,560 as well. 387 00:32:24,140 --> 00:32:25,200 Thank you. Next speaker. 388 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:30,120 Next speaker is Manuel Maldonado. 389 00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:37,460 I thought this was over. That chairs were doing a good job. Well, it is what it is. Good evening. 390 00:32:38,100 --> 00:32:46,440 Manuel Maldonado. Now in reference to the change of time of City Council meetings, shame on you guys. 391 00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:54,540 Shame on you guys that you bus people to the first morning meeting, just to prove your 392 00:32:54,540 --> 00:32:55,180 right. 393 00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:56,720 That's not right. 394 00:32:57,740 --> 00:32:58,640 That is not right. 395 00:32:58,760 --> 00:32:59,620 That's unacceptable. 396 00:33:00,460 --> 00:33:07,180 And it's not right that you're spending taxpayers' money to bus people from homes to city 397 00:33:07,180 --> 00:33:07,800 council meeting. 398 00:33:08,500 --> 00:33:09,660 It is not right. 399 00:33:09,900 --> 00:33:10,500 Shame on you. 400 00:33:11,020 --> 00:33:14,200 Whoever got the stupid idea should be a shame of yourselves. 401 00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:15,880 This is wrong. 402 00:33:16,820 --> 00:33:21,020 Residents should not be brought to a city council meeting. 403 00:33:21,180 --> 00:33:24,840 It should be a voluntary decision by their citizens, 404 00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:30,140 by the voters to come speak their minds, just like I have in over the past 50 years or so. 405 00:33:31,620 --> 00:33:36,040 Spending taxpayers money is unacceptable without citizens consent. 406 00:33:37,380 --> 00:33:41,680 To feed people just because they're coming, you're looking more like Venezuela, 407 00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:47,380 by La La Cuba, bringing people and feeding them just to show that you're right, just to gain some votes. 408 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:50,120 Shame on you, shame on you. 409 00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:56,800 I just also want to take the opportunity to thank the Sheriff's Department and the City staff for 410 00:33:56,800 --> 00:34:13,100 allowing the students at La Puente High School, Los Altos and Workman for expressing their constitutional rights of expressing their views over the stupid ideas that the criminal Donald Trump has brought into our country. 411 00:34:13,660 --> 00:34:16,360 As you know with Donald Trump, I'm not saying that he's a criminal. 412 00:34:16,720 --> 00:34:18,720 It was a court to fund them criminally charged. 413 00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:23,860 It's a shame that we have a representative, that's why our cities are like this. 414 00:34:23,980 --> 00:34:30,000 That's why some of our states are the way they are, because we have a criminal directing our country. 415 00:34:30,940 --> 00:34:35,600 And when the head is ill, the whole body gets sick, so that's why. 416 00:34:36,300 --> 00:34:43,960 Now, I really applaud the students, their ability, their organization, their direction, 417 00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:50,500 and their willingness to come and protest the wrongdoings of our federal government. 418 00:34:50,940 --> 00:34:55,640 We have a broken immigration system that needs to be repaired and nobody wants to take 419 00:34:55,640 --> 00:34:55,960 the lead. 420 00:34:56,980 --> 00:35:01,460 Typical of the federal government, they point fingers, but nobody wants to take the blame. 421 00:35:02,300 --> 00:35:21,300 We need unity, we need representation, and this is one of the things we're teaching our students, and I'm very happy to have been here on Friday because we're picking the best of those students to cater them, to prepare them to be the future leaders of our city. 422 00:35:21,300 --> 00:35:26,680 Those kids have a lot to give to our city, and I could see it. 423 00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:32,340 I could feel it in the words and their speeches, and in the way they carry themselves. 424 00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:38,400 It was very simple, they left the city premises clean, and I really applaud those students for doing so. 425 00:35:38,700 --> 00:35:39,020 Thank you. 426 00:35:41,410 --> 00:35:42,030 Next speaker. 427 00:35:42,230 --> 00:35:42,410 Madam Mayor. 428 00:35:42,670 --> 00:35:42,870 Oh yeah. 429 00:35:43,130 --> 00:35:43,270 Sure. 430 00:35:45,410 --> 00:35:52,930 Just here, I'm not for the votes, but I just wanted to chime in about whoever's listening in. 431 00:35:52,930 --> 00:35:55,910 and for the audience here, we 432 00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:02,840 just literally had the daughter of the guy that just spoke 433 00:36:03,700 --> 00:36:07,900 be proud of a program that is within our city. 434 00:36:09,540 --> 00:36:12,000 And that's just the first amendment, right, right? 435 00:36:12,100 --> 00:36:13,900 You get to say what you want. 436 00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:18,760 And so for tonight, we have two different spectrums, right? 437 00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:25,360 And I just want the audience listening in and the people here knowing that we are capable 438 00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:31,480 in willing to understand what the issues are, and we're going to move forward. 439 00:36:31,980 --> 00:36:38,340 But yes, to speak on what just happened this past week, we did have three of the high 440 00:36:38,340 --> 00:36:43,180 schools within the Hassan Al-Apranthi Unified School District come out to the, walk literally 441 00:36:43,720 --> 00:36:49,620 to the city hall, and because of our staff, we made sure that they were safe. 442 00:36:49,620 --> 00:36:52,780 We literally had law enforcement, 443 00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:56,820 code enforcement, public safety, 444 00:36:57,920 --> 00:37:02,320 literally walking them through to our location. 445 00:37:02,660 --> 00:37:04,720 So, there's a lot going on, 446 00:37:04,860 --> 00:37:07,420 and I just want to make sure that everybody's well aware, 447 00:37:07,580 --> 00:37:10,760 that we are aware, and we are being proactive. 448 00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:15,700 But I just wanted to make sure that everybody listening in, 449 00:37:15,700 --> 00:37:20,680 You know, here's what we're working with, right? 450 00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:25,940 And we're going to make sure that we're going to be a part of a solution. 451 00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:27,340 Thank you, Mayor. 452 00:37:28,180 --> 00:37:30,180 I'm going to piggyback off of that as well. 453 00:37:30,820 --> 00:37:35,420 And in regards to, you know, the common of shame on you, sheriffs. 454 00:37:37,180 --> 00:37:43,860 We all are aware that in the past month, we've had devastations of fires in our state. 455 00:37:43,860 --> 00:37:47,880 And under the jurisdiction of the county and resolutions, 456 00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:58,320 sheriffs from all over California were required to address those needs in those residential and burn areas. 457 00:37:58,780 --> 00:38:01,000 That included sheriffs in the city of Wabwenthe. 458 00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:06,780 So it is true that some of our services may have been inhibited, or 459 00:38:06,780 --> 00:38:13,200 there was lack of, but that's because of lack of physical officers that were available because they were required. 460 00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:38,020 So, thank you for doing your work, I will definitely make sure that we're all on the same page because public safety in our community is a priority, it is a priority, but there are times when there is natural disasters that even cities do not have any oversight on that or authority because it comes down from the state and county levels who will oversee those things. 461 00:38:38,020 --> 00:38:58,800 So I want to also thank our sheriffs for not only protecting our community during those times on a very thin staff, but also working those 12, 14 hours shifts daily to support the needs of our burn victims and then in our local neighboring cities with that being said, we'll move on to the next comment, please. 462 00:39:07,960 --> 00:39:12,900 Hi. Good evening mayor and council members and staff. I'm Jeanette Friels and the librarian 463 00:39:12,900 --> 00:39:19,520 from across the street back again to tell you more. You may know that we've been loaning 464 00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:27,000 out Chromebooks to the customers to take home since the pandemic and it's a popular service 465 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:33,980 but it does have a limitation in that the Wi-Fi only works on that device. And so the county 466 00:39:33,980 --> 00:39:42,520 is added a new service of hotspot loans. Each library was given about 10 hotspots. 467 00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:47,920 There's 85 libraries so if you do the math it's close to 900 hotspots that are in circulation. 468 00:39:49,120 --> 00:39:57,200 They come by shipments each day and these devices then can be used by entire families. 469 00:39:57,200 --> 00:40:03,860 on their telephones and, you know, whatever device that they choose to use it. 470 00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:05,520 And it's portable. 471 00:40:06,500 --> 00:40:10,600 They can take it to work or to school as needed. 472 00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:14,460 Anybody 18 or over can check one out. 473 00:40:15,580 --> 00:40:19,020 You can put in a request for one yourself, if you'd like, 474 00:40:19,220 --> 00:40:21,220 or ask us to, and we'll do it for you. 475 00:40:23,360 --> 00:40:30,980 If you keep the kit for six weeks, and if you need longer, renew it, if there's not one 476 00:40:30,980 --> 00:40:34,440 available right away for renewal, then we'll put you back on the list, you're back at 477 00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:34,740 the top. 478 00:40:36,380 --> 00:40:40,780 And there's no late fees, as long as you bring it back, you're golden. 479 00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:48,520 If what happens is after it's two weeks late, then it gets bricked, as they say, so it won't 480 00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:48,820 work. 481 00:40:48,820 --> 00:40:53,080 but bring it back and you're back in perfect status with us. 482 00:40:53,940 --> 00:40:55,260 And I think that's it. 483 00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:58,180 Okay, thank you so much. 484 00:41:00,720 --> 00:41:01,560 Any other speakers? 485 00:41:02,100 --> 00:41:03,040 We have no more speakers. 486 00:41:03,580 --> 00:41:06,560 Great, let's move on to board commission and committee reports. 487 00:41:06,900 --> 00:41:08,520 Do you have anybody to report at this time? 488 00:41:08,780 --> 00:41:09,560 Nothing to report. 489 00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:10,520 I see none. 490 00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:12,100 Next minutes of the previous city council meeting. 491 00:41:12,120 --> 00:41:12,720 Motion to approve. 492 00:41:13,140 --> 00:41:13,800 I have a motion. 493 00:41:13,980 --> 00:41:15,020 I'll second, please vote. 494 00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:18,500 Mayor Munoz? 495 00:41:18,860 --> 00:41:18,980 Yes. 496 00:41:19,800 --> 00:41:20,920 Mayor Proton-Clinacos? 497 00:41:21,100 --> 00:41:21,260 Yes. 498 00:41:21,260 --> 00:41:51,120 Yes. Council Member Aguto. Aye. Council Member Mendoza. Yes. Council Member King Onus. Yes. Motion passes. Next public hearing we have none unfinished business of the City Council. There is none. I have D1 consent calendar. Do I have a motion to prove all and that would be items. I have a motion and a second. Please vote. Mayor Munoz. Yes. Mayor Pro-Tamclinakis. Yes. Council Member Aguto. Aye. Council Member Mendoza. Yes. Council Member King Onus. Yes. Motion passes. Next business. We have 499 00:41:51,120 --> 00:41:53,700 none, we'll move on to ad hoc and committee reports. 500 00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:55,420 Do I have anybody report at this time? 501 00:41:56,700 --> 00:41:57,440 I will go. 502 00:41:58,480 --> 00:41:59,100 Can we? 503 00:41:59,560 --> 00:42:00,000 Absolutely. 504 00:42:01,060 --> 00:42:02,880 Well, we're going to tag team this one. 505 00:42:04,380 --> 00:42:09,260 We had our second annual, it's project lead, right? 506 00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:12,580 But we call it the lead, dership conference. 507 00:42:13,220 --> 00:42:15,640 And we hosted it at the community center. 508 00:42:16,220 --> 00:42:17,280 And it was a great event. 509 00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:20,980 We actually had, you know, some of the students come out tonight to speak on it. 510 00:42:20,980 --> 00:42:50,340 But the purpose of this project, or this event, is to bring all the schools within the city limits of La Puente, and kind of really understand what the students want from the city, but also get them engaged with knowing what's going on with the different projects and also getting to know staff and getting to know the mayor and council members and what the roles that we play in. 511 00:42:50,340 --> 00:42:54,280 And just really engaging on civic engagement. 512 00:42:54,440 --> 00:43:01,200 But it was, this year was amazing, because last year we were, it was great, like the staff did an amazing job. 513 00:43:01,340 --> 00:43:19,520 But this year I think we finally found our footing and we were able to really help the students in our schools that actually live in our city really be a part of like what's going on and really pull ideas because within this program we're able to do things right. 514 00:43:19,520 --> 00:43:26,520 we want to hear from the students to find out how we progress in the city on the local 515 00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:34,920 level. So it was really cool to engage with the kids and have them give us ideas. I'm 516 00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:39,220 sorry for staff because we're going to go back to the drawing board and elevate the program 517 00:43:39,640 --> 00:43:45,460 come next year. But what was really amazing for everybody listening in and everybody in 518 00:43:45,460 --> 00:43:53,400 room as we, like the students said earlier in the presentation, we were able to bring 519 00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:59,620 kids together from different schools and different groups to get to know each other to find 520 00:43:59,620 --> 00:44:02,700 out what's going on on campus and what I want to highlight. 521 00:44:04,740 --> 00:44:11,520 And I hope it's not the elephant in the room, but I feel like what we're able to do is bring 522 00:44:12,280 --> 00:44:39,500 the high school and Bassett High School together and actually have the same ideas that these students have in the group sessions that's relatable and we're able to support these kids that are going to be our next generation but I just wanted to highlight the event that we had had and it was a successful event thanks to our staff putting it together. 523 00:44:39,500 --> 00:44:45,740 And just so you know, what it is is the kids come in like a full on conference they have name badges 524 00:44:46,780 --> 00:44:50,300 They're welcomed and yet we have these workshops and stuff 525 00:44:50,300 --> 00:44:54,840 But yeah, thanks again to the love of the high. I'm sorry love went the 526 00:44:55,960 --> 00:44:59,280 Community foundation for hosting the the food as well 527 00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:29,660 I'll pass it over to a councilwoman. Thank you, Mayor, Madam Mayor, if I may. Just to add to that, I have to say thank you to our staff, of course. Just very engaging and involved workshops for the students where I do believe that I observed their level of comfort the students had talking and hearing and going back and forth to making sure they understood what they're being informed of. But there's just really a nice flow to the morning. 528 00:45:29,660 --> 00:45:36,320 And it was important that they understood that they were doing something important for their community. 529 00:45:36,680 --> 00:45:45,800 And I think that was a sense that we all could see in their confidence in how they interacted with us, with staff, with each other. 530 00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:48,580 Have to thank our council. 531 00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:58,540 Thank you for everyone showing up on time and being there because there's a lot to be said that there's so many things going on 532 00:45:58,540 --> 00:46:28,280 in daily lives of, you know, our roles as council members and the daily, day to day, within the day activities the city health staff is working on in the community center staff and everyone in the city including our parks and our maintenance crews, you know, it's just so important that we showed them that we are here for the young people in our future leaders in this city, but I think they hopefully can identify that this is their city, this is their city hall, 533 00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:41,020 this is their community center, and it was just awesome to have the presence of every council member there and their input to the students and their interaction with the students because it's important for them to realize we are all different. 534 00:46:41,680 --> 00:46:50,320 We're all hopefully working towards a common purpose for each of ourselves as well as them, so it's just really powerful. 535 00:46:50,960 --> 00:46:55,640 The dialogue that was shared amongst all these different ages of young people is just 536 00:46:55,640 --> 00:47:02,780 really impactful to me, also I think to our staff just seeing how they really wanted 537 00:47:02,780 --> 00:47:05,660 to relate to the students to make sure they understood what they were talking about. 538 00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:10,980 And it's just something you want to see constantly being revisited with anybody really. 539 00:47:11,600 --> 00:47:16,080 You know, you get why we're here, you get what we're trying to do, can you give us some 540 00:47:16,080 --> 00:47:21,680 input to tell us if we're on the mark or not or what else can we improve upon, it was 541 00:47:21,680 --> 00:47:26,920 very, I don't even know what the right word is, but the students definitely left an impression 542 00:47:26,920 --> 00:47:31,600 on me of how much they care so deeply about their community and their peers, their friends, 543 00:47:31,780 --> 00:47:34,000 their families, in their city, in their neighborhoods. 544 00:47:34,840 --> 00:47:40,500 And I hope anyone that's listening or here tonight, you understand, they're not just kids. 545 00:47:41,200 --> 00:47:45,440 And I will be the first adult that will tell anybody, watch it. 546 00:47:45,440 --> 00:47:50,620 They're listening, they're watching, they're experiencing and they're living through this just as much as we are. 547 00:47:51,220 --> 00:47:55,200 And it's just so awesome to have them all come together with Project Lead and hopefully 548 00:47:55,200 --> 00:47:59,560 have that instill in them that they will take over and lead us into a better day. 549 00:47:59,700 --> 00:48:01,480 So just thank you guys, thank you for everything. 550 00:48:03,320 --> 00:48:09,160 Thank you so much. And again, Kudos to the ad hoc committee for 551 00:48:09,160 --> 00:48:15,280 leading our teams into the growth of that program, so really appreciate that. 552 00:48:16,000 --> 00:48:23,180 I'll report last Thursday, myself and Mayor Pro Tem did meet for the Senior Citizens Advisory Committee. 553 00:48:23,700 --> 00:48:28,580 We met with our assistant city manager as well as on staff. 554 00:48:29,120 --> 00:48:35,040 And we did a preliminary review of our local aging disability action plan that day. 555 00:48:35,040 --> 00:48:40,160 And also started the parameters to set up our Senior Advisory Committee. 556 00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:45,900 So as you know, we have a lead program that focuses on our youth in our community and 557 00:48:45,900 --> 00:48:48,400 highlight their needs and wants. 558 00:48:48,680 --> 00:48:54,240 And so we have never considered a Senior Advisory Committee here in the city of Lopwenthe and 559 00:48:54,240 --> 00:48:57,020 another integral part of our community. 560 00:48:57,580 --> 00:49:03,820 So creating this committee with representatives to have a voice at the tables extremely important. 561 00:49:03,820 --> 00:49:12,420 And so these are the very first steps in creating the bylaws, the process of participation. 562 00:49:13,240 --> 00:49:18,840 And our goal is to have this up and running with applicants by end of April. 563 00:49:19,460 --> 00:49:24,660 So we're working in addition with our preliminary view of our local aging disability action plan, 564 00:49:24,880 --> 00:49:29,900 which is a plan that we did get funded through a grant that will provide the city and 565 00:49:29,900 --> 00:49:34,940 and advantage when we go for federal or grant funding for senior programs or senior needs, 566 00:49:35,240 --> 00:49:36,640 we have that established. 567 00:49:37,200 --> 00:49:39,560 So our focus is to really do that. 568 00:49:40,220 --> 00:49:44,220 And this also goes hand in hand with our morning meetings. 569 00:49:44,760 --> 00:49:50,040 Our goal is to really access and allow abilities for all ages. 570 00:49:50,580 --> 00:49:55,760 Our communities, our businesses to participate. 571 00:49:55,760 --> 00:50:06,180 So yes, shame on me for allowing our seniors a seat at the table, and shame on me for acknowledging them and feeding them just like we do the lead programs. 572 00:50:06,780 --> 00:50:13,260 So I will take that shame because we're doing a great job and encouraging our seniors to have a voice. 573 00:50:13,880 --> 00:50:21,680 So at the end of the day we did meet and we started the preliminary view of that preview and I'm looking for future meetings as well. 574 00:50:21,680 --> 00:50:22,420 Thank you. 575 00:50:23,460 --> 00:50:25,080 Any else to report at this time? 576 00:50:26,640 --> 00:50:27,520 I see none. 577 00:50:27,780 --> 00:50:31,080 I know we have hands up, but we can't, as we can't have public comment, 578 00:50:31,260 --> 00:50:35,060 it's not, we're not allowed to take it, but we can definitely talk after the 579 00:50:35,060 --> 00:50:37,500 meeting if you have any questions as well. 580 00:50:38,380 --> 00:50:41,440 With that, we'll go on to AB 1234 reports. 581 00:50:41,800 --> 00:50:42,960 Anything to report at this time? 582 00:50:43,660 --> 00:50:44,280 I see none. 583 00:50:44,520 --> 00:50:45,400 Comments from Council. 584 00:50:48,060 --> 00:50:48,420 Madam Mayor. 585 00:50:48,840 --> 00:50:48,980 Yes. 586 00:50:51,680 --> 00:50:59,820 I want to thank staff for that great new year's, the new year lunar festival that we had 587 00:50:59,820 --> 00:51:02,840 last Saturday was just a fantastic event. 588 00:51:03,480 --> 00:51:06,980 I want to thank everyone that participated, staff did a great job. 589 00:51:07,700 --> 00:51:15,040 I also heard that Volvo, I think, contacted us shortly thereafter asking if they could come 590 00:51:15,040 --> 00:51:15,720 back next year. 591 00:51:15,720 --> 00:51:24,000 year. So it goes to show what a great time everyone had. Also, I want to thank everyone 592 00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:32,440 over at St. Joseph School. I was there last week for a career day, but also this past Friday, 593 00:51:32,560 --> 00:51:41,040 I attended the 75th anniversary of St. Joseph School. It was a great event, and I'm looking 594 00:51:41,040 --> 00:51:49,660 forward to more of those. Also the past Saturday I was over at the park because 595 00:51:49,660 --> 00:51:54,540 Little League was telling the kids basically what teams are going to play on 596 00:51:54,540 --> 00:52:00,280 and to my understanding they got about 350 kids signed up for this year so it's 597 00:52:00,280 --> 00:52:04,440 really very impressive so I'm glad to see that the kids are coming out in the 598 00:52:04,440 --> 00:52:13,320 community also to show what a little part our city played even in the in the region for the 599 00:52:13,320 --> 00:52:21,480 fires over at a Casa Sanchez Frank Sanchez establishment. There was several hundred individuals 600 00:52:21,480 --> 00:52:27,340 there all week long training for Hasmat which they've all been released because I think I 601 00:52:27,340 --> 00:52:34,400 seen on TV yesterday if they've released the Hasmat people that go start cleaning up the property 602 00:52:34,400 --> 00:52:42,480 So it seems like a lot of those individuals had training over here in our city, naturally had a private business. 603 00:52:42,820 --> 00:52:51,800 But it was nice to see that we were able to accommodate them to help the whole entire region. 604 00:52:53,340 --> 00:52:53,920 Thank you. 605 00:52:54,600 --> 00:53:01,080 Great, and I did want to say we did have our fire chief Robertson in the building, but he appeared to have left side. 606 00:53:01,080 --> 00:53:03,520 I just want to say thank you for being present while you're here. 607 00:53:03,520 --> 00:53:05,200 comments from staff. 608 00:53:07,590 --> 00:53:09,370 Yes, thank you Madam Mayor, members of Council. 609 00:53:09,510 --> 00:53:12,330 Just a few quick announcements from community services. 610 00:53:12,770 --> 00:53:17,830 Our city run youth T-Ball League, which is beginning in March, ended their registration. 611 00:53:18,690 --> 00:53:23,470 And we had 219 participants sign up for our T-Ball League that will take place. 612 00:53:23,850 --> 00:53:26,630 Practices will start this month and then games will start in March. 613 00:53:27,890 --> 00:53:33,770 The senior center is hosting their Valentine's Dance on Thursday, February 13th, from 11 a.m. 614 00:53:33,770 --> 00:53:35,870 to 4 p.m. if you're available to stop by. 615 00:53:37,030 --> 00:53:41,350 And then continuing with Project Lead, we are running our next Mox City Council meeting 616 00:53:41,350 --> 00:53:45,130 and youth and government day on Tuesday, March 4th. 617 00:53:45,170 --> 00:53:47,670 That'll be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. here at City Hall. 618 00:53:48,150 --> 00:53:52,230 And that will be our high school edition which will feature students from La Puente High 619 00:53:52,230 --> 00:53:53,670 School and Bassett High School. 620 00:53:54,250 --> 00:53:59,150 And then finally, the community foundation is hosting their Valentine's Day paint and 621 00:53:59,150 --> 00:54:02,530 sip this Friday the 14th from 7 to 9 p.m. 622 00:54:02,530 --> 00:54:09,990 It is a family friendly paint and sip this year at the LP Perk Cafe families of all ages are welcome 623 00:54:09,990 --> 00:54:17,310 And there will be a friendly instructor guiding them through the process of creating a masterpiece and they'll be able to enjoy 624 00:54:17,310 --> 00:54:19,050 Refreshments from the Perk Cafe 625 00:54:21,320 --> 00:54:23,940 Okay, with that being said, we'll go ahead and join our meeting