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audio test. Got some feedback. Got some

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facilitator mic check.

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audio tests. Can

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Can Jose come back into the hearing room

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to help me troubleshoot while we're

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echoing and feedback?

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Commissioner Mike check. Commissioner

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Mike check.

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Commissioner Mic check. Commissioner

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President Mic check.

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» is it the camera? I have the audio off.

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and I have the laptop muted

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on Zoom muted.

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» It sounds okay.

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can you check this to make

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not I don't know for some reason it's

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not having the echo.

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three. That's better.

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» Still hear a little bit of that echo.

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two, three, four. Yeah, that's better.

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>> It sounds better. Is it loud enough?

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doesn't need to be super loud.

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perfect. That's good. Yeah, thanks.

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mic check? Mic check. One, two. One,

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president. Microphone VP. Mic check.

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All right, that sounds better. I'm going

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uh Commissioner Mike Check 1212. This is

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one 1212. That sounds good, right?

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uh city attorney Mike Check. One, two,

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executives.

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public who wish to offer commentary,

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please fill out a speaker card located

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in the back of the room and indicate

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which item you'd like to speak on.

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Handed to me and I'll record your

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information for the record. We'll call

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upon you when we reach your item. Good

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morning as well as for our attendees on

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the virtual platform. I do see a couple

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of hands raised. I'm going to ask if you

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would please unmute, identify yourself,

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and let me know which item you'd like to

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speak on. I'll record your information

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and then I'll call upon you when we

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reach your item.

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And I'll start with Gay Porco Lab. Good

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morning.

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» Good morning. Would you like to offer

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public comment or commentary on our

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agenda items this morning?

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>> Uh, general comment, please.

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» Uh, general comment, please.

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» Thank you. I have you down for public

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comment. I'm going to go ahead and put

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you back on mute and lower your hand.

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Good morning, Audit LA.

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>> Morning, TJ. Um, I'm going to go for the

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» Morning, TJ. Um, I'm going to go for the

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whole shebang. Um, general public

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comment and all that items, please. Very

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well. I for public comment and all

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items. Thank you.

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>> I'm gonna go ahead and put you back on

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» I'm gonna go ahead and put you back on

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mute and lower your hand.

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» And it's 9:44. We should get started

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with the board meeting in approximately

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15 16 minutes. Thank you.

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He killed him.

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Good morning once again to city staff,

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executives, commissioners,

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heads who are joining us here in the

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board hearing room. If there are members

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of the public who wish to offer

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commentary on any of our agenda as

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items, please fill us a speaker card

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located in the back of the room on the

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table. Indicate which item you'd like to

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speak on, hand it to me. I'll record

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your information for the record and then

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call upon you when we reach your item.

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Good morning as well to our attendees

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who are joining us on the virtual

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platform. I do see a couple of hands

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raised. I'm going to ask if you would

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kindly unmute, identify yourself for the

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record, and which item you'd like to

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speak on. And I'll start with Gigi. Good

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morning, Gigi.

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» Good morning, TJ. I just want general

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public comment, please.

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>> Very well. I will put you down for

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» Very well. I will put you down for

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general public comment.

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>> Thank you. And I'll put you back on mute

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and lower your hand.

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And moving to Laura FM Anderson. Good

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>> Good morning, TJ. All agenda items,

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please general public comment and the

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comment and all agenda items. Thank you,

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Laura. I'm going to go ahead.

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hand. If there's any other member of the

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public wishes to offer public comment or

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agenda item commentary and you've not

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already done so, please raise your hand.

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I'll ask you to unmute, identify

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yourself for the record, which item

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you'd like to speak on. I'll record that

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information and then we'll call upon you

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when we reach your item. It is 9:53 and

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we should get started with the board

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meeting in approximately seven minutes.

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Good morning, GAN to city staff, exit,

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bureau executives, bureau heads,

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commissioners, city attorney, members of

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the public who are joining us here in

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the board hearing room. If there's any

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member of the public who wishes to offer

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general public comment or commentary on

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any of our agenda items, please fill out

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a speaker card located in the back of

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the room. Indicate which item you'd like

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to speak on. Hand it to me. I'll record

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your information for the record and then

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we'll call upon you when we reach your

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item. And good morning as well to our

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attendees who are joining us on the

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virtual platform. I currently have

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Gabe Pork Lab audit LA Gigi and Laura FM

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Anderson who have indicated that they

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wish to offer commentary. If there's

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anyone else who wishes to offer

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commentary who I've not yet named,

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please raise your hand, indicate which

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item you'd like to speak on. I'll ask

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you to unmute and if you could let me

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know which item you'd like to speak on,

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I'll record your information and then

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the board meeting in just a couple

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Welcome

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everybody.

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special.

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And President King, we are now in record

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mode and ready to begin.

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>> Thank you very much. Good morning

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» Thank you very much. Good morning

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everybody and welcome to the regularly

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scheduled meeting of the board of public

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works for Monday, April 13, 2026. Mr.

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Knight, please take role and establish

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>> Thank you, President Kang. Good morning,

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» Thank you, President Kang. Good morning,

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President Kang. Vice President Chavez,

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President Prom Grant, Commissioner

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Mitchell, and Commissioner Cardness are

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present. We do have a quorum. We are

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joined this morning by study attorney

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Representative Thomas Castell Vega. I'm

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TJ Knight with the board of public

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works, President Kang. We have four We

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have uh no speakers here in the hearing

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room. And on the virtual platform, we

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have four public commenters and two

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multiple agenda item commenters. We have

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no neighborhood council commentary

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submitted this morning.

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>> Thank you very much. We will get started

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» Thank you very much. We will get started

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with general public comment which is an

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opportunity for the public to address

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the board on public interest items and

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will be provided up to one minute per

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person up to a cumulative total of 10

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minutes for the general public comment

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segment of each regular meeting.

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Testimony shall be limited in content to

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subject matters which are within the

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jurisdiction of the board of public

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works. The board may not take any action

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on any matters discussed during the

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public comment period. We do not have

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any inperson speakers so we'll

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>> Thank you President Kang. We'll go ahead

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» Thank you President Kang. We'll go ahead

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and start with Gay Porca Lab followed by

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Second call for Gay Porca Lab. And I

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don't see that individual in the uh in

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attendance on the virtual platform. So

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we'll move to audit LA.

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» Good morning everyone. I hope everyone

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had a great weekend. Um I hope it was

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better than my Easter weekend. Although

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Easter should have been great, but

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having had my rights violated yet again,

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it wasn't so fun. So, I am just keep

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going to push. Can you please do an

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investigation? How LAPD as sergeant was

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able to completely usurp your entire all

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the rules, everything with the permit.

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It's like, here we go again. Thought we

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had it all straightened out, everything

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in writing, and no, LAPD can still just

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flip it around for no emergency. Please,

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there needs to be an investigation.

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There needs to be um consequences for

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Scientology to go cop shopping. They are

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that's what they do, right? They don't

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like your rules. They're going to either

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just disregard them point blank or find

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somebody to help them do it. And I'm not

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saying I'm not saying there's any ill

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intent on the officer. He probably

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didn't know any better, doesn't know the

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system. So, there has to be better

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coordination between departments because

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you guys are not enforcing your permits.

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LAPD is and they're not doing it

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correctly. It needs to change. And I'm

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also asking if do not get

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>> Thank you. Audit LA. That's 60 seconds.

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» Thank you. Audit LA. That's 60 seconds.

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We'll move next to Gigi followed by

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Laura Fam. Gigi,

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» can you hear me?

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>> Yes. Go ahead.

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» Yes. Go ahead.

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>> Okay. So, uh, I want to talk about the

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» Okay. So, uh, I want to talk about the

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4th of July and how I know Scientology

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is going to request, if they haven't

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already, a permit for the 4th of July. I

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ask that you guys do not approve it. I I

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hope that, you know, this one is

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actually the time that you guys realize

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if they keep violating their permits,

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maybe they should have like a timeout

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from being able to have permits at

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least. I hope that you don't just

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automatically give it to them, you know?

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And if for some reason you do, I hope

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that no one is able to like overstep and

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you know, like a sergeant should not be

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able to overstep the permits when you

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guys are the ones that have the

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authority. So, please don't even permit

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them to have the Fourth of July permit.

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And if if you do, keep people out of

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your business and keep control of what

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you have authority over and and keep

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those sidewalks open. Thank you. I yield

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my time.

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» And we'll move next to Lara FM.

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» Good morning, board. Yeah. So, I'm going

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to echo what they were just saying about

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the permit for Fourth of July. We've

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asked you all this year, last year, to

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stop giving Scientology. We're saying

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them, it's Scientology, so that the

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public listening can know what we're

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calling in about. We've been asking for

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them to revoke Scientology's permits

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because they're just using the permits

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to recruit people into the cult of

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Scientology, including children as one

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of their main events that they just put

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out, saying the new generation, which

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means they're literally on a huge hunt

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right now to recruit kids into

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Scientology. I was born and raised in

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the cult of Scientology. My whole

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family's in it. The board knows this.

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They know that they're part of their

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their trafficking because they are

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giving them these permits. So, we're

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asking you to please stop giving

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Scientology any permits. They keep

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violating them. They keep closing the

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street, the sidewalks down, and somehow

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they have the LAPD involved. Now, please

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stop giving them any kind of permits.

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You again are using they're using your

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system to recruit people into a

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manipulative child trafficking hiding.

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>> Thank you. That's 60 seconds. And

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» Thank you. That's 60 seconds. And

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President Kenny, that concludes public

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comment this morning.

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>> Thank you very much. With that, we will

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» Thank you very much. With that, we will

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close general public comment portion of

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today's meeting and move forward with

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multiple agenda item public comment. The

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board will provide an opportunity for

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members of the public wishing to speak

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on more than one agenda item during

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multiple agenda item comment period for

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up to a minute per item up to a total of

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three minutes per meeting. This is the

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only time to speak on more than one

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agenda item. And please identify the

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items that you will speak on when you

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are called. We do not have any in-person

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speakers, so we'll transition to our

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virtual platform.

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>> Thank you, President Kang. We'll start

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» Thank you, President Kang. We'll start

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with Aud followed by Laura FM. Audit Al,

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please identify which item you're

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speaking.

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>> Excuse me. I'm going to start with the

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» Excuse me. I'm going to start with the

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community grant uh for cleanups. I

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absolutely love the idea, but I'm also

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concerned because that is exactly how

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Scientology ingratiates itself with um

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the different uh police departments and

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city departments because that's what

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they they like to do. They like to do

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the cleanups, but they also at the same

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time pass out their literature, The Way

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to Happiness, which um you know,

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actually if you join Scientology, I I

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have yet to hear anyone that has left um

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leave happily. So, um I'm asking you to

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please make sure, you know, when you're

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giving out these grants that it's

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nothing to do with Scientology.

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I then want to talk about um the street

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vacation. It doesn't say street

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vacation, but you're giving up a certain

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board of uh property. I'm gonna say

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please don't stop giving there's no need

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to give away and privatize our public

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land. Um because I'm concerned because

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you know Scientology wants you to do

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that for Elron Hubard way and we don't

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want that. Like I don't understand why

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you are giving away our property to

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public entities. So I'm just going to

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say no across the board. I'm never I'm

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not for that at all. And um the next one

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is the Okay. all the ones with the bids.

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The other week, there's a gentleman that

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spoke up, okay? And he said, he was a

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whistleblower. He said, "Look, that I

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was a subcontractor. I bid what I what

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my fair bid and the contractor said, no,

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double it up." Okay? And you know, so

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that's fraud and he's here telling you

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about that. So now I'm concerned about

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every single bid now that will ever come

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in if that is going on because maybe you

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know and you know and so I would like to

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know or I hope you guys are doing

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something about it. I hope you are doing

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something to punish, you know, or to

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look into investigate that kind of

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activity because and I hope you have

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people that are looking through these

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bids with a fine tooth comb to make sure

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they are accurate because I noticed

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there's hardly any money going the

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sidewalks. Whenever you're doing a

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sidewalk project, it's maybe a million

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dollars. This city, the all the

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sidewalks, it's so bad. There's no real

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improvement. I going through chairs

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like, you know, like you wouldn't

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believe. And you know it it's

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ridiculous. So if there is fraud, where

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is the fraud investigation? Like I know

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you couldn't respond to him there, but I

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really truly hope you are following up

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on that. That is our city resources and

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we need it for other things. We don't

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need to um you know any kind of fraud.

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So please be careful with that. When it

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comes to the trees, I am asking that for

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every tree you take down that you

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replace twi too. and maybe they can't at

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the same location, but put it somewhere

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because we absolutely need our canopy.

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It is hot and and there's not a lot of

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shade out there. And so I'm asking for

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that. I also want to talk about minutes.

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Everything, like I said, we've been

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saying this on on repeat. I could, you

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know, you could probably hear us in your

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heads when you sleep.

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>> Thank you.

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» Thank you.

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>> So please, thank

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» So please, thank

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>> you. Audit LA. That's three minutes. And

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» you. Audit LA. That's three minutes. And

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we'll move next to Laura FM.

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>> Good morning, board. Uh, I would love

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» Good morning, board. Uh, I would love

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love love literally, it's amazing how

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Auda LA just took the words out of my

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mouth. I want to echo what a LA just

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said. Um, and then I did uh just to

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remind you guys if you could just, you

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know, we took time to put that pamphlet

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together. So, if you can make sure all

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the the uh board of public works, all

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the people, the engineers, anybody that

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may need that pamphlet that represents

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all the hidden front groups of

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Scientology to please have those in

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those departments. Just it's a quick,

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it's a simple thing. I took my time to

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put it together. So, I feel like each

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department um on the agenda should be

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receiving this pamphlet so that they

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know themselves what these front groups

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look like, just the visual pictures. So,

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if you could just have that and then uh

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again with the minutes if we can please.

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There's people calling in if you can. I

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mean, I don't understand why nobody's

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emailed or asked audit LA who has

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volunteered to do this. She's literally

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volunteered to help us do the minutes

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and to help you guys do the minutes. The

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minutes need to reflect what everybody's

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calling in about. It's not just us

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calling about Scientology permit

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revotions and stuff like that. It's

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about getting on the record what this

519
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city and the public and the people care

520
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:34,240
about so much that they're calling in.

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So, if we can have that reflect on the

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minutes, that would also help with

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future lawsuits against Scientology and

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with the city and the collaboration or

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the manipulation of Scientology's

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infiltration. Then, uh we have evidence

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of that that we at least tried to make

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you guys aware of it. Um whether you're

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able to do anything about it or not, we

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would still like to have it reflect on

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the minutes. we demand it to reflect on

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the minutes and that way we can um go

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from there. And and obviously I know you

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guys are trying to do what you can for

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public works uh with the permits. We're

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asking you please start doing the

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minutes and that'll show us even more

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that you really are trying to you know

539
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expose Scientology's abuse with public

540
00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:18,000
works and all of that by just simply

541
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:19,680
putting the comments that people are

542
00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:21,920
calling in about on the minutes in one

543
00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:24,160
sentence. And I'll you my time. Thank

544
00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:28,630
you.

545
00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:30,320
President Kang, that concludes multiple

546
00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:32,320
agenda item commentary this morning.

547
00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:33,910
>> Thank you very much. With that, we will

548
00:39:33,910 --> 00:39:33,920
» Thank you very much. With that, we will

549
00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:35,760
close the multiple item public comment

550
00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:37,119
portion of today's meeting and move

551
00:39:37,119 --> 00:39:38,880
forward with the approval of minutes for

552
00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:41,920
Wednesday, March 25th, 2026.

553
00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:43,359
Commissioners, any questions or

554
00:39:43,359 --> 00:39:45,680
comments? Seeing none, is there a first

555
00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:46,480
and a second?

556
00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:48,230
>> So move.

557
00:39:48,230 --> 00:39:48,240
» So move.

558
00:39:48,240 --> 00:39:49,990
>> First by President Proim Grant, seconded

559
00:39:49,990 --> 00:39:50,000
» First by President Proim Grant, seconded

560
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:51,040
by Commissioner Mitchell.

561
00:39:51,040 --> 00:39:52,390
>> Thank you. President Kang will take a

562
00:39:52,390 --> 00:39:52,400
» Thank you. President Kang will take a

563
00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:54,079
roll call vote on approval of minutes.

564
00:39:54,079 --> 00:39:55,359
Starting with you, President Kang.

565
00:39:55,359 --> 00:39:55,750
>> Hi,

566
00:39:55,750 --> 00:39:55,760
» Hi,

567
00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:56,790
>> Vice President Chavez.

568
00:39:56,790 --> 00:39:56,800
» Vice President Chavez.

569
00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:57,109
>> Hi,

570
00:39:57,109 --> 00:39:57,119
» Hi,

571
00:39:57,119 --> 00:39:58,069
>> President Proam Grant.

572
00:39:58,069 --> 00:39:58,079
» President Proam Grant.

573
00:39:58,079 --> 00:39:58,470
>> Hi,

574
00:39:58,470 --> 00:39:58,480
» Hi,

575
00:39:58,480 --> 00:39:59,430
>> Commissioner Mitchell. Hi,

576
00:39:59,430 --> 00:39:59,440
» Commissioner Mitchell. Hi,

577
00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:00,710
>> and Commissioner Card. Hi.

578
00:40:00,710 --> 00:40:00,720
» and Commissioner Card. Hi.

579
00:40:00,720 --> 00:40:05,190
>> All eyes and approval is unanimous.

580
00:40:05,190 --> 00:40:05,200
» All eyes and approval is unanimous.

581
00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:07,349
>> Thank you very much. And then moving on

582
00:40:07,349 --> 00:40:07,359
» Thank you very much. And then moving on

583
00:40:07,359 --> 00:40:10,079
to our agenda items for this morning.

584
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First up from the Bureau of Engineering,

585
00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:14,160
item number one in CD6, capital

586
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:17,680
improvement project at Donald C. Tilman

587
00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:23,030
Water Reclamation Plant.

588
00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:25,119
Good morning. Uh this is Ethan Wong with

589
00:40:25,119 --> 00:40:26,880
the Bureau of Engineering Environmental

590
00:40:26,880 --> 00:40:29,280
Engineering Division. Uh so the report

591
00:40:29,280 --> 00:40:32,720
before you is a request for uh the city

592
00:40:32,720 --> 00:40:35,280
engineer to use the construction

593
00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:37,440
services contract known as our Cisco

594
00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:40,400
contract um to issue task work orders to

595
00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:42,240
the contractor for an amount not to

596
00:40:42,240 --> 00:40:45,359
exceed 1.75 million for the capital

597
00:40:45,359 --> 00:40:47,839
improvement project known as the Donald

598
00:40:47,839 --> 00:40:51,359
C. and water recreation plant effluent

599
00:40:51,359 --> 00:40:54,560
flow meters. Um so the purpose of this

600
00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:58,400
project there are currently six PO2 flow

601
00:40:58,400 --> 00:41:00,000
meters that are used to measure flow

602
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:02,400
from the effluent pumping plant. Uh the

603
00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:04,400
effluent plumping plant is where all of

604
00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:06,400
the water goes after treatment has

605
00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:08,880
happened and then is dispersed um to the

606
00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:11,040
LA River and to other locations such as

607
00:41:11,040 --> 00:41:14,400
that. Um so accurate readings are a

608
00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:17,200
necessity and critical uh for reporting

609
00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:19,680
to regulatory agencies such as the state

610
00:41:19,680 --> 00:41:22,160
regional water quality control board to

611
00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:24,960
ensure compliant and compliance and it

612
00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:27,040
also is critical for the analysis of

613
00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:30,240
relevant uh future projects. Um

614
00:41:30,240 --> 00:41:33,359
currently these uh pedo tubes uh require

615
00:41:33,359 --> 00:41:35,359
a lot of maintenance and have been

616
00:41:35,359 --> 00:41:37,520
reporting inconsistently

617
00:41:37,520 --> 00:41:39,599
um which does cause problems for our

618
00:41:39,599 --> 00:41:42,319
plant management. So uh we are looking

619
00:41:42,319 --> 00:41:46,000
to replace these six PO2 uh flow meters

620
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:48,720
with six magnetic flow meters which are

621
00:41:48,720 --> 00:41:51,040
much more accurate and use a a much

622
00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:54,000
newer technology. Um they also require

623
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:55,520
less maintenance and they have an

624
00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:58,480
expected useful service life of 30

625
00:41:58,480 --> 00:42:00,240
years.

626
00:42:00,240 --> 00:42:03,680
Um in addition to this work at the EP or

627
00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:05,839
effluent pumping plant, there are two

628
00:42:05,839 --> 00:42:08,640
lines um the high-pressure effluent line

629
00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:11,280
or HPE line and the low pressure

630
00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:13,839
affluent line um that also disperse

631
00:42:13,839 --> 00:42:16,079
water through the plant. Um they are

632
00:42:16,079 --> 00:42:18,240
both severely corroded and need to be

633
00:42:18,240 --> 00:42:21,599
replaced. So roughly um 60 ft of both a

634
00:42:21,599 --> 00:42:26,800
10-in HPE and a 12-in LP um piping um

635
00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:29,359
pipe runs are are needed to be replaced

636
00:42:29,359 --> 00:42:31,920
and this will require excavation,

637
00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:34,640
replacement of asphalt and other um

638
00:42:34,640 --> 00:42:37,599
necessary work to replace those lines.

639
00:42:37,599 --> 00:42:41,440
um the the need for this project to be

640
00:42:41,440 --> 00:42:44,960
issued um through Cisco is um due to the

641
00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:48,240
the complicated shutdowns and the extra

642
00:42:48,240 --> 00:42:49,920
coordination needed to work with the

643
00:42:49,920 --> 00:42:52,400
plant. Um so we find that this project

644
00:42:52,400 --> 00:42:56,000
is an excellent project for our Cisco um

645
00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:57,839
contractor to work on with the plant

646
00:42:57,839 --> 00:42:59,359
since there will be a high amount of

647
00:42:59,359 --> 00:43:01,520
coordination between both plant staff

648
00:43:01,520 --> 00:43:03,440
and the contractor to get this work

649
00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:06,319
done. Um, all of the funds for this

650
00:43:06,319 --> 00:43:08,640
project come from the sewer construction

651
00:43:08,640 --> 00:43:10,800
maintenance fund and so there will be no

652
00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:13,760
impact to the general fund. And this

653
00:43:13,760 --> 00:43:15,599
concludes my report and happy to answer

654
00:43:15,599 --> 00:43:17,520
any questions you may have on this.

655
00:43:17,520 --> 00:43:19,109
>> Thank you very much. Commissioners, any

656
00:43:19,109 --> 00:43:19,119
» Thank you very much. Commissioners, any

657
00:43:19,119 --> 00:43:20,880
questions or comments on item number

658
00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:22,560
one, Commissioner Gard?

659
00:43:22,560 --> 00:43:24,710
>> Yeah, just a comment. You mentioned

660
00:43:24,710 --> 00:43:24,720
» Yeah, just a comment. You mentioned

661
00:43:24,720 --> 00:43:26,960
inconsistencies in the reporting or or

662
00:43:26,960 --> 00:43:28,880
the the testing. How are you handling

663
00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:31,440
that? And are we getting dinged by the

664
00:43:31,440 --> 00:43:34,480
state board by having inconsistencies?

665
00:43:34,480 --> 00:43:37,030
>> Uh I don't know if anybody from um the

666
00:43:37,030 --> 00:43:37,040
» Uh I don't know if anybody from um the

667
00:43:37,040 --> 00:43:40,160
DCT plant management is here, but I I do

668
00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:42,560
uh think there are like some issues with

669
00:43:42,560 --> 00:43:44,560
that. Um I think plant management is

670
00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:46,640
able to work that out, but obviously it

671
00:43:46,640 --> 00:43:49,200
is better to have more accurate um

672
00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:53,440
reporting. So um I can have DCT staff

673
00:43:53,440 --> 00:43:55,760
report back to you on like the specifics

674
00:43:55,760 --> 00:43:57,760
of any inconsistencies in the report.

675
00:43:57,760 --> 00:43:59,510
>> Thank you.

676
00:43:59,510 --> 00:43:59,520
» Thank you.

677
00:43:59,520 --> 00:44:01,839
Thank you very much, Commissioners. Any

678
00:44:01,839 --> 00:44:03,839
other questions or comments? Seeing

679
00:44:03,839 --> 00:44:06,319
none, is there a first and a second?

680
00:44:06,319 --> 00:44:07,589
>> Second.

681
00:44:07,589 --> 00:44:07,599
» Second.

682
00:44:07,599 --> 00:44:09,430
>> First by Commissioner Mitchell. Seconded

683
00:44:09,430 --> 00:44:09,440
» First by Commissioner Mitchell. Seconded

684
00:44:09,440 --> 00:44:11,119
by Commissioner Gers.

685
00:44:11,119 --> 00:44:12,550
>> Thank you, President Kang. We'll take a

686
00:44:12,550 --> 00:44:12,560
» Thank you, President Kang. We'll take a

687
00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:14,400
roll call vote on approval of item one.

688
00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:15,680
Starting with you, President Kang.

689
00:44:15,680 --> 00:44:15,990
>> I.

690
00:44:15,990 --> 00:44:16,000
» I.

691
00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:17,109
>> Vice President Chavez.

692
00:44:17,109 --> 00:44:17,119
» Vice President Chavez.

693
00:44:17,119 --> 00:44:17,430
>> I.

694
00:44:17,430 --> 00:44:17,440
» I.

695
00:44:17,440 --> 00:44:18,470
>> President Prom Grant.

696
00:44:18,470 --> 00:44:18,480
» President Prom Grant.

697
00:44:18,480 --> 00:44:18,710
>> Hi.

698
00:44:18,710 --> 00:44:18,720
» Hi.

699
00:44:18,720 --> 00:44:19,589
>> Commissioner Mitchell.

700
00:44:19,589 --> 00:44:19,599
» Commissioner Mitchell.

701
00:44:19,599 --> 00:44:19,829
>> Hi.

702
00:44:19,829 --> 00:44:19,839
» Hi.

703
00:44:19,839 --> 00:44:20,950
>> And Commissioner Cardon.

704
00:44:20,950 --> 00:44:20,960
» And Commissioner Cardon.

705
00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:21,430
>> Hi.

706
00:44:21,430 --> 00:44:21,440
» Hi.

707
00:44:21,440 --> 00:44:23,349
>> All eyes. And item one is adopted and

708
00:44:23,349 --> 00:44:23,359
» All eyes. And item one is adopted and

709
00:44:23,359 --> 00:44:25,839
will move forward fourth.

710
00:44:25,839 --> 00:44:26,870
>> Thank you very much.

711
00:44:26,870 --> 00:44:26,880
» Thank you very much.

712
00:44:26,880 --> 00:44:29,349
>> Thank you. Moving on to item number two

713
00:44:29,349 --> 00:44:29,359
» Thank you. Moving on to item number two

714
00:44:29,359 --> 00:44:31,839
in council district 11 revised

715
00:44:31,839 --> 00:44:33,599
construction budget and construction

716
00:44:33,599 --> 00:44:39,349
orders.

717
00:44:39,359 --> 00:44:40,880
» Good morning commissioners. My name is

718
00:44:40,880 --> 00:44:43,520
Christa Monron. I am the senior civil

719
00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:45,440
engineer that oversees the emergency

720
00:44:45,440 --> 00:44:47,520
storm drain repair efforts for the

721
00:44:47,520 --> 00:44:49,599
Bureau of Engineering. I am here to

722
00:44:49,599 --> 00:44:51,280
request that the board perform the

723
00:44:51,280 --> 00:44:54,079
following. one, authorize the revised

724
00:44:54,079 --> 00:44:56,640
construction budget and two, authorize

725
00:44:56,640 --> 00:44:58,720
the city engineer to issue the revised

726
00:44:58,720 --> 00:45:01,200
construction orders for the Palisades

727
00:45:01,200 --> 00:45:03,119
fire emergency storm drain repair

728
00:45:03,119 --> 00:45:09,200
project located at 17790 and 17793 Cay

729
00:45:09,200 --> 00:45:11,440
de Polarmo.

730
00:45:11,440 --> 00:45:13,359
This project was initiated in response

731
00:45:13,359 --> 00:45:15,520
to the severe postfire conditions that

732
00:45:15,520 --> 00:45:18,240
followed the January 2025 Palisades

733
00:45:18,240 --> 00:45:20,240
fire. The fire left the hillside

734
00:45:20,240 --> 00:45:22,079
upstream of the two debris basins

735
00:45:22,079 --> 00:45:24,480
stripped of vegetation. What remained

736
00:45:24,480 --> 00:45:26,880
was loose soil and burned debris which

737
00:45:26,880 --> 00:45:28,880
significantly increased the risk of

738
00:45:28,880 --> 00:45:31,760
mudslides uh debris flow with rain

739
00:45:31,760 --> 00:45:34,800
events that followed. As a result, the

740
00:45:34,800 --> 00:45:37,839
debris basins numbered 61 and 63 were

741
00:45:37,839 --> 00:45:39,839
quickly inundated with heavy debris

742
00:45:39,839 --> 00:45:42,319
flows uh from the winter rains that

743
00:45:42,319 --> 00:45:45,200
season filled with saturated debris. the

744
00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:47,359
the basins storm water conveyance

745
00:45:47,359 --> 00:45:49,920
capacity was obstructed. This created

746
00:45:49,920 --> 00:45:51,839
public safety risk as well as risk to

747
00:45:51,839 --> 00:45:54,000
the adjacent properties.

748
00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:57,119
On February 26, an emergency request was

749
00:45:57,119 --> 00:46:00,560
issued by LA Sanitation to address these

750
00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:02,960
risks. Bureau of Engineering activated

751
00:46:02,960 --> 00:46:05,440
the construction firm Clark Contracting

752
00:46:05,440 --> 00:46:07,839
Corporation, who was the contract at the

753
00:46:07,839 --> 00:46:09,359
top of the emergency storm drain repair

754
00:46:09,359 --> 00:46:12,400
list. Uh at that time they were directed

755
00:46:12,400 --> 00:46:14,160
to mobilize immediately and stabilize

756
00:46:14,160 --> 00:46:16,640
the site to begin debris removal of uh

757
00:46:16,640 --> 00:46:19,040
removal operations. The scope of work

758
00:46:19,040 --> 00:46:21,839
included the removal and haul of debris

759
00:46:21,839 --> 00:46:24,160
within the the basins. The material in

760
00:46:24,160 --> 00:46:26,720
the basins consisted of over 5,000 cubic

761
00:46:26,720 --> 00:46:29,200
yards of high moisture soil and de and

762
00:46:29,200 --> 00:46:32,000
burn debris. The debris removal efforts

763
00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:33,920
occurred over approximately a 4-week

764
00:46:33,920 --> 00:46:36,720
period with a roughly twoe span uh of

765
00:46:36,720 --> 00:46:39,440
pause uh in in this due to rain that

766
00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:42,319
occurred during that time. An unintended

767
00:46:42,319 --> 00:46:45,119
consequence of the debris hauling uh

768
00:46:45,119 --> 00:46:47,839
that that occurred uh was that the heavy

769
00:46:47,839 --> 00:46:49,920
machinery actually caused ruting within

770
00:46:49,920 --> 00:46:52,319
the access roads and the driveways of

771
00:46:52,319 --> 00:46:54,640
the the properties themselves. And

772
00:46:54,640 --> 00:46:56,400
that's uh this is something that would

773
00:46:56,400 --> 00:46:58,560
need to be remediated as a you know part

774
00:46:58,560 --> 00:47:01,520
of the post construction efforts the

775
00:47:01,520 --> 00:47:03,599
restoration efforts rather excuse me the

776
00:47:03,599 --> 00:47:05,839
restoration of the debris basins and the

777
00:47:05,839 --> 00:47:07,440
access roads the restoration of the

778
00:47:07,440 --> 00:47:09,440
driveways replacement of the damaged

779
00:47:09,440 --> 00:47:11,680
entry gate was all incorporated into the

780
00:47:11,680 --> 00:47:13,839
scope of work of the project to bring

781
00:47:13,839 --> 00:47:16,240
everything back to the pre-emergency

782
00:47:16,240 --> 00:47:19,920
levels. So, the uh work that was

783
00:47:19,920 --> 00:47:21,760
performed was originally authorized

784
00:47:21,760 --> 00:47:24,160
under the uh amount that we have the

785
00:47:24,160 --> 00:47:27,599
ability to approve, which is $499,000.

786
00:47:27,599 --> 00:47:29,520
However, the revised cost to complete

787
00:47:29,520 --> 00:47:32,079
the already performed work is estimated

788
00:47:32,079 --> 00:47:34,560
to be at $610,000

789
00:47:34,560 --> 00:47:37,440
with contingency. The revised budget has

790
00:47:37,440 --> 00:47:39,119
been reviewed and approved by LA

791
00:47:39,119 --> 00:47:41,119
sanitation uh the program review

792
00:47:41,119 --> 00:47:43,520
committee and will be uh funds are

793
00:47:43,520 --> 00:47:44,720
available through the storm water

794
00:47:44,720 --> 00:47:47,119
pollution abatement fund and there will

795
00:47:47,119 --> 00:47:49,119
be no impact to the general fund as a

796
00:47:49,119 --> 00:47:51,760
result. Therefore, Bureau of Engineering

797
00:47:51,760 --> 00:47:53,680
is recommending that the board authorize

798
00:47:53,680 --> 00:47:55,760
the revised construction order and

799
00:47:55,760 --> 00:47:57,680
authorize the city engineer to issue the

800
00:47:57,680 --> 00:47:59,680
revised construction orders. This

801
00:47:59,680 --> 00:48:01,520
concludes my presentation. I can take

802
00:48:01,520 --> 00:48:03,359
any questions that you'd like.

803
00:48:03,359 --> 00:48:05,510
>> Thank you very much. Commissioners, any

804
00:48:05,510 --> 00:48:05,520
» Thank you very much. Commissioners, any

805
00:48:05,520 --> 00:48:07,839
questions or comments on item number

806
00:48:07,839 --> 00:48:09,760
two?

807
00:48:09,760 --> 00:48:11,280
All right, seeing none, is there a first

808
00:48:11,280 --> 00:48:13,280
and a second?

809
00:48:13,280 --> 00:48:14,470
>> Second.

810
00:48:14,470 --> 00:48:14,480
» Second.

811
00:48:14,480 --> 00:48:16,230
>> First by Commissioner Mitchell, seconded

812
00:48:16,230 --> 00:48:16,240
» First by Commissioner Mitchell, seconded

813
00:48:16,240 --> 00:48:18,400
by President Prom Grant.

814
00:48:18,400 --> 00:48:19,829
>> Thank you, President Kang. We'll take a

815
00:48:19,829 --> 00:48:19,839
» Thank you, President Kang. We'll take a

816
00:48:19,839 --> 00:48:21,520
roll call vote on approval of item two,

817
00:48:21,520 --> 00:48:22,800
starting with you, President Kang.

818
00:48:22,800 --> 00:48:23,109
>> I,

819
00:48:23,109 --> 00:48:23,119
» I,

820
00:48:23,119 --> 00:48:24,230
>> Vice President Chavez.

821
00:48:24,230 --> 00:48:24,240
» Vice President Chavez.

822
00:48:24,240 --> 00:48:24,549
>> I,

823
00:48:24,549 --> 00:48:24,559
» I,

824
00:48:24,559 --> 00:48:25,670
>> President Prom Grant.

825
00:48:25,670 --> 00:48:25,680
» President Prom Grant.

826
00:48:25,680 --> 00:48:26,069
>> Hi,

827
00:48:26,069 --> 00:48:26,079
» Hi,

828
00:48:26,079 --> 00:48:26,950
>> Commissioner Mitchell.

829
00:48:26,950 --> 00:48:26,960
» Commissioner Mitchell.

830
00:48:26,960 --> 00:48:27,270
>> Hi.

831
00:48:27,270 --> 00:48:27,280
» Hi.

832
00:48:27,280 --> 00:48:28,309
>> And Commissioner Cardinal.

833
00:48:28,309 --> 00:48:28,319
» And Commissioner Cardinal.

834
00:48:28,319 --> 00:48:29,109
>> Hi.

835
00:48:29,109 --> 00:48:29,119
» Hi.

836
00:48:29,119 --> 00:48:32,710
>> All eyes. And item number two is

837
00:48:32,710 --> 00:48:32,720
» All eyes. And item number two is

838
00:48:32,720 --> 00:48:33,200
approved.

839
00:48:33,200 --> 00:48:34,390
>> Thank you very much. and we'll move

840
00:48:34,390 --> 00:48:34,400
» Thank you very much. and we'll move

841
00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:36,400
forward forward.

842
00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:38,470
>> Moving on to item number three in

843
00:48:38,470 --> 00:48:38,480
» Moving on to item number three in

844
00:48:38,480 --> 00:48:40,800
council district 12, relinquishment of

845
00:48:40,800 --> 00:48:43,359
rights and future street lying on lots 8

846
00:48:43,359 --> 00:48:46,000
and nine of tract

847
00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:56,790
17974 9617.

848
00:48:56,800 --> 00:48:59,440
» Good morning. Uh my name uh good morning

849
00:48:59,440 --> 00:49:02,400
commissioners. My name is Hui Huang. Uh,

850
00:49:02,400 --> 00:49:04,240
I'm a principal civil engineer.

851
00:49:04,240 --> 00:49:05,750
>> Do you mind pulling the mic down,

852
00:49:05,750 --> 00:49:05,760
» Do you mind pulling the mic down,

853
00:49:05,760 --> 00:49:11,750
please? Thank you.

854
00:49:11,760 --> 00:49:13,440
» Apologies.

855
00:49:13,440 --> 00:49:15,760
Good morning, uh, commissioners. Uh, my

856
00:49:15,760 --> 00:49:18,079
name is Hu Huang. I am a principal civil

857
00:49:18,079 --> 00:49:21,520
engineer at the Bureau of Engineering. A

858
00:49:21,520 --> 00:49:24,880
future street easement is uh, requested

859
00:49:24,880 --> 00:49:27,119
and qualifies for a relinquishment

860
00:49:27,119 --> 00:49:29,680
process.

861
00:49:29,680 --> 00:49:31,440
Generally speaking, the city no longer

862
00:49:31,440 --> 00:49:34,079
has an ability to accept the easements

863
00:49:34,079 --> 00:49:37,200
as a public right away for um the

864
00:49:37,200 --> 00:49:39,520
conditions of uh meeting to qualify for

865
00:49:39,520 --> 00:49:49,030
an emeration

866
00:49:49,040 --> 00:49:52,000
was made via set map. That the future

867
00:49:52,000 --> 00:49:54,240
Eastman area has been sold to a third

868
00:49:54,240 --> 00:49:56,160
party different from the person who made

869
00:49:56,160 --> 00:49:58,559
the dedication. And lastly, that the

870
00:49:58,559 --> 00:50:00,720
future Eastman area has not been used

871
00:50:00,720 --> 00:50:03,839
for street or alley purposes.

872
00:50:03,839 --> 00:50:07,040
This specific request uh is pro was

873
00:50:07,040 --> 00:50:10,319
submitted by RB Amrian, the owner at

874
00:50:10,319 --> 00:50:14,079
18351 Catronia Street. On the

875
00:50:14,079 --> 00:50:16,559
application itself, um, it includes a

876
00:50:16,559 --> 00:50:21,280
portion within a property at 9617 Wurn,

877
00:50:21,280 --> 00:50:23,839
which is owned by a different owner,

878
00:50:23,839 --> 00:50:26,640
Steven Wire and Kimberly Kentwire, who

879
00:50:26,640 --> 00:50:29,520
are not part of the application request,

880
00:50:29,520 --> 00:50:32,079
but they are aware of the request before

881
00:50:32,079 --> 00:50:36,400
you. These two properties at 9617

882
00:50:36,400 --> 00:50:40,480
Rathborn Avenue and 18351 Citrona Street

883
00:50:40,480 --> 00:50:44,400
set aside a single future Eastman for

884
00:50:44,400 --> 00:50:47,599
future street use for the city in 1954

885
00:50:47,599 --> 00:50:51,760
via a trackm number 17974.

886
00:50:51,760 --> 00:50:53,839
This property was confirmed to have been

887
00:50:53,839 --> 00:50:56,800
sold to third party at a later time. It

888
00:50:56,800 --> 00:50:58,240
was also confirmed that the future

889
00:50:58,240 --> 00:51:00,800
easement was never accepted by the city

890
00:51:00,800 --> 00:51:03,359
nor was it improved for public street

891
00:51:03,359 --> 00:51:06,079
use. In the report, you will see figures

892
00:51:06,079 --> 00:51:08,240
one and two, which shows you the aerial

893
00:51:08,240 --> 00:51:10,559
photos of the existing conditions of

894
00:51:10,559 --> 00:51:12,800
this future Eastman area under your

895
00:51:12,800 --> 00:51:15,200
consideration.

896
00:51:15,200 --> 00:51:16,880
Note that council district 12 was

897
00:51:16,880 --> 00:51:18,640
notified of this request and they did

898
00:51:18,640 --> 00:51:21,839
not voice an objection.

899
00:51:21,839 --> 00:51:23,520
With that said, at this point, we

900
00:51:23,520 --> 00:51:24,720
recommend that you approve the

901
00:51:24,720 --> 00:51:26,880
relishment as provided for you. If you

902
00:51:26,880 --> 00:51:30,079
have any questions, I can take it.

903
00:51:30,079 --> 00:51:32,150
>> Thank you very much. Commissioners, any

904
00:51:32,150 --> 00:51:32,160
» Thank you very much. Commissioners, any

905
00:51:32,160 --> 00:51:35,359
questions or comments?

906
00:51:35,359 --> 00:51:36,950
>> Commission. Uh, Commissioner Card.

907
00:51:36,950 --> 00:51:36,960
» Commission. Uh, Commissioner Card.

908
00:51:36,960 --> 00:51:38,950
>> Yes. You noted that CD12 had no

909
00:51:38,950 --> 00:51:38,960
» Yes. You noted that CD12 had no

910
00:51:38,960 --> 00:51:40,319
comments. Were there any comments from

911
00:51:40,319 --> 00:51:42,640
the community or or other residents in

912
00:51:42,640 --> 00:51:46,160
the neighborhood? um we don't um route a

913
00:51:46,160 --> 00:51:48,720
referral request to the neighborhood or

914
00:51:48,720 --> 00:51:51,440
the adjoining owners. In this case, uh

915
00:51:51,440 --> 00:51:53,520
we did not receive any comments from

916
00:51:53,520 --> 00:51:56,079
them outside of the process.

917
00:51:56,079 --> 00:51:57,510
>> Thank you.

918
00:51:57,510 --> 00:51:57,520
» Thank you.

919
00:51:57,520 --> 00:51:59,750
>> And of note, um physically that area

920
00:51:59,750 --> 00:51:59,760
» And of note, um physically that area

921
00:51:59,760 --> 00:52:02,160
that you're looking at is fenced within

922
00:52:02,160 --> 00:52:04,720
private property. So short of a person

923
00:52:04,720 --> 00:52:06,400
looking through the title documents of

924
00:52:06,400 --> 00:52:07,760
both private properties, they wouldn't

925
00:52:07,760 --> 00:52:09,359
know that the Eastman is there and

926
00:52:09,359 --> 00:52:13,030
encumber.

927
00:52:13,040 --> 00:52:15,280
Thank you very much. Any other questions

928
00:52:15,280 --> 00:52:17,680
or comments? Seeing none, is there a

929
00:52:17,680 --> 00:52:19,440
first and a second?

930
00:52:19,440 --> 00:52:21,510
>> Second. First by Commissioner Mitchell,

931
00:52:21,510 --> 00:52:21,520
» Second. First by Commissioner Mitchell,

932
00:52:21,520 --> 00:52:22,960
seconded by Commissioner Cardness.

933
00:52:22,960 --> 00:52:24,150
>> Thank you, President Kang. We would like

934
00:52:24,150 --> 00:52:24,160
» Thank you, President Kang. We would like

935
00:52:24,160 --> 00:52:25,760
a roll call vote on approval of item

936
00:52:25,760 --> 00:52:26,880
three. Starting with you, President

937
00:52:26,880 --> 00:52:27,359
Kang.

938
00:52:27,359 --> 00:52:27,750
>> I.

939
00:52:27,750 --> 00:52:27,760
» I.

940
00:52:27,760 --> 00:52:29,109
>> Vice President Chavez.

941
00:52:29,109 --> 00:52:29,119
» Vice President Chavez.

942
00:52:29,119 --> 00:52:29,510
>> I.

943
00:52:29,510 --> 00:52:29,520
» I.

944
00:52:29,520 --> 00:52:30,630
>> President Prom Grant.

945
00:52:30,630 --> 00:52:30,640
» President Prom Grant.

946
00:52:30,640 --> 00:52:30,950
>> Hi,

947
00:52:30,950 --> 00:52:30,960
» Hi,

948
00:52:30,960 --> 00:52:32,069
>> Commissioner Mitchell. Hi.

949
00:52:32,069 --> 00:52:32,079
» Commissioner Mitchell. Hi.

950
00:52:32,079 --> 00:52:33,190
>> And Commissioner Cardinal.

951
00:52:33,190 --> 00:52:33,200
» And Commissioner Cardinal.

952
00:52:33,200 --> 00:52:33,589
>> Hi.

953
00:52:33,589 --> 00:52:33,599
» Hi.

954
00:52:33,599 --> 00:52:35,190
>> All eyes. And item three is adopted and

955
00:52:35,190 --> 00:52:35,200
» All eyes. And item three is adopted and

956
00:52:35,200 --> 00:52:37,359
we'll move forward forth.

957
00:52:37,359 --> 00:52:39,750
>> Thank you very much. Then moving on to

958
00:52:39,750 --> 00:52:39,760
» Thank you very much. Then moving on to

959
00:52:39,760 --> 00:52:41,680
item number four from the Bureau of

960
00:52:41,680 --> 00:52:51,430
Street Services.

961
00:52:51,440 --> 00:52:52,720
» Good morning, President Khan.

962
00:52:52,720 --> 00:52:54,960
Commissioners, my name is Hector Manuel.

963
00:52:54,960 --> 00:52:57,440
Streets LA urban forestry division and

964
00:52:57,440 --> 00:53:00,559
I'm here to we're here to request a

965
00:53:00,559 --> 00:53:03,760
approval for a permit to remove four

966
00:53:03,760 --> 00:53:05,839
street trees which include three crepe

967
00:53:05,839 --> 00:53:08,559
myrtles and one planted western sycamore

968
00:53:08,559 --> 00:53:14,160
tree. Uh the metro metro is

969
00:53:14,160 --> 00:53:16,960
constructing or working on constructing

970
00:53:16,960 --> 00:53:22,870
um improvements along the

971
00:53:22,880 --> 00:53:25,599
uh LA Union Station which includes an a

972
00:53:25,599 --> 00:53:28,640
vioaduct over the 110 freeway and going

973
00:53:28,640 --> 00:53:30,240
to be running along the western side of

974
00:53:30,240 --> 00:53:33,359
the LA freeway LA River and that project

975
00:53:33,359 --> 00:53:35,200
all the construction and the vioduct

976
00:53:35,200 --> 00:53:37,920
will severely impact the four trees. Uh

977
00:53:37,920 --> 00:53:39,839
there are the three crepe myrtles

978
00:53:39,839 --> 00:53:42,319
relatively small measuring about five

979
00:53:42,319 --> 00:53:44,880
inches by about 15 feet in height. We

980
00:53:44,880 --> 00:53:47,440
have a planted western sycamore tree

981
00:53:47,440 --> 00:53:50,319
that is of uh cultural significance. It

982
00:53:50,319 --> 00:53:52,240
is a significant tree planted by the

983
00:53:52,240 --> 00:53:55,040
Keech nation uh at to commemorate the

984
00:53:55,040 --> 00:53:57,760
eliso. The eliso was a very large

985
00:53:57,760 --> 00:54:00,240
sycamore tree that once existed near the

986
00:54:00,240 --> 00:54:02,400
LA River and near the site where it was

987
00:54:02,400 --> 00:54:04,720
where it's growing now. There was also a

988
00:54:04,720 --> 00:54:07,599
bronze plaque that was installed to

989
00:54:07,599 --> 00:54:10,640
commemorate the Ela Liso that was stolen

990
00:54:10,640 --> 00:54:13,760
a while back. Uh so Metro has agreed to

991
00:54:13,760 --> 00:54:16,880
relocate this western sycamore tree to a

992
00:54:16,880 --> 00:54:19,680
nearby area. In addition, they have also

993
00:54:19,680 --> 00:54:23,200
agreed to fabricate a new plaque, bronze

994
00:54:23,200 --> 00:54:26,240
plaque commemorating the Eliso and its

995
00:54:26,240 --> 00:54:28,559
cultural significance and install it

996
00:54:28,559 --> 00:54:31,280
adjacent to the western sycamore tree

997
00:54:31,280 --> 00:54:33,920
that is relocated. So the council office

998
00:54:33,920 --> 00:54:35,520
has been or metro has been working with

999
00:54:35,520 --> 00:54:37,119
the council office and the key nation

1000
00:54:37,119 --> 00:54:39,359
and they have reached an agreement on

1001
00:54:39,359 --> 00:54:42,000
see the um relocation of the tree and

1002
00:54:42,000 --> 00:54:45,359
the bronze plaque. So the metro has

1003
00:54:45,359 --> 00:54:49,280
agreed to also replant several trees in

1004
00:54:49,280 --> 00:54:52,079
the area including eight eight trees of

1005
00:54:52,079 --> 00:54:55,040
which um five will be the crate myrtles

1006
00:54:55,040 --> 00:54:57,599
or excuse me western or eastern red bud

1007
00:54:57,599 --> 00:55:02,640
and there's also some um crate myrtles

1008
00:55:02,640 --> 00:55:06,240
also to be installed the muscogi they

1009
00:55:06,240 --> 00:55:07,920
will water the trees for a minimum

1010
00:55:07,920 --> 00:55:10,720
three-year period

1011
00:55:10,720 --> 00:55:13,200
the um that concludes the report here

1012
00:55:13,200 --> 00:55:14,880
they address any questions the board may

1013
00:55:14,880 --> 00:55:16,400
have.

1014
00:55:16,400 --> 00:55:18,230
>> Thank you very much. Before we get to

1015
00:55:18,230 --> 00:55:18,240
» Thank you very much. Before we get to

1016
00:55:18,240 --> 00:55:20,559
questions, I know we have a speaker from

1017
00:55:20,559 --> 00:55:23,119
council district 14, so I do want to

1018
00:55:23,119 --> 00:55:25,680
invite our council colleague to come up

1019
00:55:25,680 --> 00:55:30,240
to the podium for your comment.

1020
00:55:30,240 --> 00:55:33,109
>> Thank you. Um

1021
00:55:33,109 --> 00:55:33,119
» Thank you. Um

1022
00:55:33,119 --> 00:55:35,040
uh my name is Eno Morton, planning

1023
00:55:35,040 --> 00:55:39,119
deputy for council district 14. Um,

1024
00:55:39,119 --> 00:55:41,200
regarding this item, we wanted to speak

1025
00:55:41,200 --> 00:55:44,240
in strong support in the requiring the

1026
00:55:44,240 --> 00:55:46,240
replacement of the stolen Eliso

1027
00:55:46,240 --> 00:55:48,319
commemorative plaque and replanting of

1028
00:55:48,319 --> 00:55:50,160
the tree, which is to be removed from

1029
00:55:50,160 --> 00:55:51,760
Commercial Street in downtown Los

1030
00:55:51,760 --> 00:55:54,079
Angeles as a condition of the current

1031
00:55:54,079 --> 00:55:56,960
tree removal permit involving LA Metro.

1032
00:55:56,960 --> 00:55:58,960
This site encapsulates the ancestral

1033
00:55:58,960 --> 00:56:00,799
spirit of the original people of Los

1034
00:56:00,799 --> 00:56:02,720
Angeles and the theft of the plaque

1035
00:56:02,720 --> 00:56:04,799
signifies the erasure of a critical

1036
00:56:04,799 --> 00:56:07,040
acknowledgement of indigenous history,

1037
00:56:07,040 --> 00:56:08,960
presence and sovereignty in the civic

1038
00:56:08,960 --> 00:56:11,119
landscape of our city. The original

1039
00:56:11,119 --> 00:56:13,359
plaque installed in collaboration with

1040
00:56:13,359 --> 00:56:15,760
the KE nation marked the historic

1041
00:56:15,760 --> 00:56:18,079
location of Ela Liso, a monumental

1042
00:56:18,079 --> 00:56:19,760
California sycamore that stood for

1043
00:56:19,760 --> 00:56:21,680
centuries as one of the most significant

1044
00:56:21,680 --> 00:56:24,400
natural and cultural landmarks in the

1045
00:56:24,400 --> 00:56:26,960
Los Angeles basin. For generations, it's

1046
00:56:26,960 --> 00:56:29,200
been a site for ceremony, governance,

1047
00:56:29,200 --> 00:56:31,440
trade, and community life. Uh, and

1048
00:56:31,440 --> 00:56:33,200
historical accounts describe it as a

1049
00:56:33,200 --> 00:56:35,359
landmark visible from miles away and a

1050
00:56:35,359 --> 00:56:37,440
destination for regional leaders who

1051
00:56:37,440 --> 00:56:39,359
traveled long distances to meet beneath

1052
00:56:39,359 --> 00:56:41,760
its canopy. The tree stood at the center

1053
00:56:41,760 --> 00:56:43,599
of a vibrant indigenous landscape that

1054
00:56:43,599 --> 00:56:45,440
predates the founding of the city of Los

1055
00:56:45,440 --> 00:56:48,160
Angeles by thousands of years. This site

1056
00:56:48,160 --> 00:56:50,079
also acknowledges that this location is

1057
00:56:50,079 --> 00:56:51,839
not only culturally significant, but

1058
00:56:51,839 --> 00:56:53,839
also a sacred burial site.

1059
00:56:53,839 --> 00:56:55,920
Archaeological discoveries in the area,

1060
00:56:55,920 --> 00:56:57,359
including the uncovering of human

1061
00:56:57,359 --> 00:56:59,599
remains during nearby construction,

1062
00:56:59,599 --> 00:57:01,359
confirm the Keech Nation's long-

1063
00:57:01,359 --> 00:57:04,000
maintained oral history. Replacing the

1064
00:57:04,000 --> 00:57:05,680
plaque is essential to how the city of

1065
00:57:05,680 --> 00:57:07,920
Los Angeles honors the cultural and

1066
00:57:07,920 --> 00:57:10,319
spiritual significance of the site. As

1067
00:57:10,319 --> 00:57:12,720
such, requiring LA Metro to fund and

1068
00:57:12,720 --> 00:57:14,400
reinstall the plaque as part of its

1069
00:57:14,400 --> 00:57:16,319
permitting obligations is both

1070
00:57:16,319 --> 00:57:18,880
appropriate and necessary. Public

1071
00:57:18,880 --> 00:57:20,640
agencies undertaking work in

1072
00:57:20,640 --> 00:57:22,720
historically sensitive areas have a

1073
00:57:22,720 --> 00:57:25,040
responsibility to mitigate impacts and

1074
00:57:25,040 --> 00:57:26,799
support the preservation of cultural

1075
00:57:26,799 --> 00:57:29,200
resources and restoring this plaque is a

1076
00:57:29,200 --> 00:57:31,440
meaningful step towards that obligation.

1077
00:57:31,440 --> 00:57:33,839
I respectfully urge the board to adopt

1078
00:57:33,839 --> 00:57:36,400
additional instructions to ensure that

1079
00:57:36,400 --> 00:57:38,799
the plaque is promptly replaced by Metro

1080
00:57:38,799 --> 00:57:41,599
in consultation with the key nation. The

1081
00:57:41,599 --> 00:57:43,599
language and design remain faithful to

1082
00:57:43,599 --> 00:57:45,359
the original intent and cultural

1083
00:57:45,359 --> 00:57:47,680
significance per the attached uh the

1084
00:57:47,680 --> 00:57:50,960
document named cast plaque eliso revised

1085
00:57:50,960 --> 00:57:53,040
71125

1086
00:57:53,040 --> 00:57:55,040
u and that consideration is given to

1087
00:57:55,040 --> 00:57:56,960
additional protective measures and

1088
00:57:56,960 --> 00:57:59,040
materials to prevent future removal or

1089
00:57:59,040 --> 00:58:01,920
vandalism. LA Metro has already agreed

1090
00:58:01,920 --> 00:58:04,319
to these provisions as reflected on page

1091
00:58:04,319 --> 00:58:06,799
two of Urban Forestry's board report

1092
00:58:06,799 --> 00:58:10,480
dated April 13, 2026 and on page 20 of

1093
00:58:10,480 --> 00:58:12,640
LA Metro's tree removal application

1094
00:58:12,640 --> 00:58:16,079
dated February 13, 2026. I extend my

1095
00:58:16,079 --> 00:58:17,760
gratitude to Metro for their partnership

1096
00:58:17,760 --> 00:58:19,520
in honoring the legacy of the Keech

1097
00:58:19,520 --> 00:58:22,000
Nation and the sacredness of the site.

1098
00:58:22,000 --> 00:58:24,000
Again, the story of Los Angeles does not

1099
00:58:24,000 --> 00:58:26,640
begin in 1781, but thousands of years

1100
00:58:26,640 --> 00:58:29,599
earlier at places like this, where Laisa

1101
00:58:29,599 --> 00:58:31,280
once stood and where the Kich people

1102
00:58:31,280 --> 00:58:32,960
maintain their enduring connection to

1103
00:58:32,960 --> 00:58:35,200
the land. Replacing this plaque is a

1104
00:58:35,200 --> 00:58:37,359
necessary act of recognition, respect,

1105
00:58:37,359 --> 00:58:39,680
and historical truth. Uh, thank you for

1106
00:58:39,680 --> 00:58:42,640
the consideration.

1107
00:58:42,640 --> 00:58:45,270
>> Thank you very much. Uh, commissioners,

1108
00:58:45,270 --> 00:58:45,280
» Thank you very much. Uh, commissioners,

1109
00:58:45,280 --> 00:58:48,240
any questions or comments on this item?

1110
00:58:48,240 --> 00:58:51,599
Uh, one one question for me. Uh, in

1111
00:58:51,599 --> 00:58:53,359
terms of the maintenance plan for the

1112
00:58:53,359 --> 00:58:55,520
trees, I know that there's going to be a

1113
00:58:55,520 --> 00:58:58,640
three-year plan proposed by Metro. Does

1114
00:58:58,640 --> 00:59:00,480
that mean Metro will take care of it

1115
00:59:00,480 --> 00:59:02,319
within its own crews or will they be

1116
00:59:02,319 --> 00:59:06,720
funding a UFD crew to do so?

1117
00:59:06,720 --> 00:59:09,910
>> It would be Metro and their contractors

1118
00:59:09,910 --> 00:59:09,920
» It would be Metro and their contractors

1119
00:59:09,920 --> 00:59:11,349
>> for the next three years.

1120
00:59:11,349 --> 00:59:11,359
» for the next three years.

1121
00:59:11,359 --> 00:59:13,190
>> Yes, for a minimum three-year period.

1122
00:59:13,190 --> 00:59:13,200
» Yes, for a minimum three-year period.

1123
00:59:13,200 --> 00:59:15,829
>> Okay, great. Thank you very much. Uh,

1124
00:59:15,829 --> 00:59:15,839
» Okay, great. Thank you very much. Uh,

1125
00:59:15,839 --> 00:59:19,520
Vice President Chavez. Yes, thank

1126
00:59:19,520 --> 00:59:24,309
>> yes. Thank you um for that uh report. Um

1127
00:59:24,309 --> 00:59:24,319
» yes. Thank you um for that uh report. Um

1128
00:59:24,319 --> 00:59:27,920
this is not your typical tree removal.

1129
00:59:27,920 --> 00:59:31,359
Um it's much more than that. It's about

1130
00:59:31,359 --> 00:59:34,559
an acknowledgement of a sacred site and

1131
00:59:34,559 --> 00:59:38,720
ensuring that the representation of that

1132
00:59:38,720 --> 00:59:41,359
which was the original tree, the laliso

1133
00:59:41,359 --> 00:59:44,880
and and the plaque are represented in a

1134
00:59:44,880 --> 00:59:48,480
new location. I wanted to um get some

1135
00:59:48,480 --> 00:59:50,160
more information about the timing for

1136
00:59:50,160 --> 00:59:52,400
the relocation and the installation of

1137
00:59:52,400 --> 00:59:54,000
the new plaque. Is that something you

1138
00:59:54,000 --> 00:59:57,280
can speak to or you're aware of?

1139
00:59:57,280 --> 01:00:00,390
>> I'm not aware of the timeline. However,

1140
01:00:00,390 --> 01:00:00,400
» I'm not aware of the timeline. However,

1141
01:00:00,400 --> 01:00:02,799
uh as most tree removals are usually

1142
01:00:02,799 --> 01:00:05,280
performed shortly before construction

1143
01:00:05,280 --> 01:00:07,599
begins at the site at the location, it's

1144
01:00:07,599 --> 01:00:10,400
going to affect the trees. So it's it's

1145
01:00:10,400 --> 01:00:12,240
ISIS.

1146
01:00:12,240 --> 01:00:14,480
Yeah. I don't want to guess, but uh it's

1147
01:00:14,480 --> 01:00:17,040
going to be relatively soon.

1148
01:00:17,040 --> 01:00:19,430
>> Okay. So it's tied to the construction.

1149
01:00:19,430 --> 01:00:19,440
» Okay. So it's tied to the construction.

1150
01:00:19,440 --> 01:00:21,430
>> Yes. Yes. And so I

1151
01:00:21,430 --> 01:00:21,440
» Yes. Yes. And so I

1152
01:00:21,440 --> 01:00:25,109
>> And how far after the the uh tree

1153
01:00:25,109 --> 01:00:25,119
» And how far after the the uh tree

1154
01:00:25,119 --> 01:00:28,559
replacement is the plaque the plaque

1155
01:00:28,559 --> 01:00:29,599
installation?

1156
01:00:29,599 --> 01:00:30,950
>> I'm not sure the plaque the tree

1157
01:00:30,950 --> 01:00:30,960
» I'm not sure the plaque the tree

1158
01:00:30,960 --> 01:00:32,000
placements will come after the

1159
01:00:32,000 --> 01:00:34,000
construction is is completed. So, the

1160
01:00:34,000 --> 01:00:35,839
plaque will most likely be installed

1161
01:00:35,839 --> 01:00:38,799
after the uh or maybe at the time when

1162
01:00:38,799 --> 01:00:41,440
the sycamore tree is uh relocated.

1163
01:00:41,440 --> 01:00:42,720
They're going to have to move fairly

1164
01:00:42,720 --> 01:00:45,839
quick on the relocation because uh you

1165
01:00:45,839 --> 01:00:48,240
know they want to box it for too long.

1166
01:00:48,240 --> 01:00:50,960
Uh but the uh relocation site, as far as

1167
01:00:50,960 --> 01:00:52,559
I know, is going to be outside of the

1168
01:00:52,559 --> 01:00:54,480
construction limits and so that should

1169
01:00:54,480 --> 01:00:58,630
happen relatively soon.

1170
01:00:58,640 --> 01:01:01,760
And I guess my other question is about

1171
01:01:01,760 --> 01:01:03,839
the

1172
01:01:03,839 --> 01:01:08,960
um sort of the the permit conditions. Do

1173
01:01:08,960 --> 01:01:11,599
they require

1174
01:01:11,599 --> 01:01:14,880
um that the things that that Metro has

1175
01:01:14,880 --> 01:01:17,200
already agreed to the replacement of the

1176
01:01:17,200 --> 01:01:20,000
plaque? Um ensuring that it's the same

1177
01:01:20,000 --> 01:01:22,319
the same language

1178
01:01:22,319 --> 01:01:24,240
um is reflected in the plaque. Is that

1179
01:01:24,240 --> 01:01:27,119
all part of the permit conditions?

1180
01:01:27,119 --> 01:01:29,119
Yeah, we can do that. Yes, we can write

1181
01:01:29,119 --> 01:01:31,359
the uh plaque inst fabrication and

1182
01:01:31,359 --> 01:01:34,240
installation as part of the uh permit

1183
01:01:34,240 --> 01:01:35,520
conditions

1184
01:01:35,520 --> 01:01:37,349
>> and ensure that that's that that

1185
01:01:37,349 --> 01:01:37,359
» and ensure that that's that that

1186
01:01:37,359 --> 01:01:39,520
language is done in coordination with

1187
01:01:39,520 --> 01:01:41,760
both the council office and

1188
01:01:41,760 --> 01:01:44,240
representatives of the ke nation just to

1189
01:01:44,240 --> 01:01:46,880
ensure that it's to their liking before

1190
01:01:46,880 --> 01:01:49,200
it goes and it gets installed. We want

1191
01:01:49,200 --> 01:01:50,480
to make sure that

1192
01:01:50,480 --> 01:01:52,309
>> that is all done as part of the

1193
01:01:52,309 --> 01:01:52,319
» that is all done as part of the

1194
01:01:52,319 --> 01:01:56,799
conditions of the permit. um so that we

1195
01:01:56,799 --> 01:01:59,040
can ensure that that occurs.

1196
01:01:59,040 --> 01:02:04,470
>> Yes, we'll make sure that occurs.

1197
01:02:04,480 --> 01:02:05,839
» Thank you very much, Commissioner

1198
01:02:05,839 --> 01:02:06,640
Carpass.

1199
01:02:06,640 --> 01:02:08,710
>> I just had a question on the the

1200
01:02:08,710 --> 01:02:08,720
» I just had a question on the the

1201
01:02:08,720 --> 01:02:10,799
maintenance of the transplanted tree. I

1202
01:02:10,799 --> 01:02:12,319
understand that the new trees will have

1203
01:02:12,319 --> 01:02:14,559
a three-year maintenance. Is there any

1204
01:02:14,559 --> 01:02:17,680
any um conditions on the ongoing

1205
01:02:17,680 --> 01:02:19,440
maintenance of the of the tree that's

1206
01:02:19,440 --> 01:02:21,599
been transplanted or is that just after

1207
01:02:21,599 --> 01:02:23,839
three years it's on its own? What's the

1208
01:02:23,839 --> 01:02:26,160
is there any thought process on that?

1209
01:02:26,160 --> 01:02:29,109
>> The condition will be same as a planted

1210
01:02:29,109 --> 01:02:29,119
» The condition will be same as a planted

1211
01:02:29,119 --> 01:02:30,799
trees. So the 24inch boxite street trees

1212
01:02:30,799 --> 01:02:32,400
the relocated trees will be maintained

1213
01:02:32,400 --> 01:02:34,400
for a minimum period of 3 years through

1214
01:02:34,400 --> 01:02:37,990
its establishment.

1215
01:02:38,000 --> 01:02:40,079
» Thank you very much vice president.

1216
01:02:40,079 --> 01:02:42,630
>> You know I know that this is part of

1217
01:02:42,630 --> 01:02:42,640
» You know I know that this is part of

1218
01:02:42,640 --> 01:02:45,440
metro standard tree policy is for the

1219
01:02:45,440 --> 01:02:48,400
three-year um maintenance agreement

1220
01:02:48,400 --> 01:02:50,880
which I what does that entail? Is that

1221
01:02:50,880 --> 01:02:55,040
watering? Is that um you know cleaning?

1222
01:02:55,040 --> 01:02:57,440
Is it what what is what what's included

1223
01:02:57,440 --> 01:02:59,520
in the maintenance?

1224
01:02:59,520 --> 01:03:02,309
>> Watering, restaking if needed, as

1225
01:03:02,309 --> 01:03:02,319
» Watering, restaking if needed, as

1226
01:03:02,319 --> 01:03:04,400
needed. Uh maybe a little bit of

1227
01:03:04,400 --> 01:03:06,960
structural pruning to do to just to get

1228
01:03:06,960 --> 01:03:09,280
it off to a good start. That is the

1229
01:03:09,280 --> 01:03:11,839
general requirements there for the tree

1230
01:03:11,839 --> 01:03:13,680
maintenance period, tree watering and

1231
01:03:13,680 --> 01:03:16,880
monitoring and maintenance.

1232
01:03:16,880 --> 01:03:18,640
I mean, I think given the cultural

1233
01:03:18,640 --> 01:03:22,160
significance of this tree, um, it's not

1234
01:03:22,160 --> 01:03:25,359
merely a replacement planting. It's it's

1235
01:03:25,359 --> 01:03:27,760
far beyond that. You know, it's a we're

1236
01:03:27,760 --> 01:03:31,359
commemorating this um ancient sycamore.

1237
01:03:31,359 --> 01:03:33,920
That's what this tree represents. Um,

1238
01:03:33,920 --> 01:03:35,760
and so I was wondering, has there been

1239
01:03:35,760 --> 01:03:37,760
any consideration or can we make a

1240
01:03:37,760 --> 01:03:41,039
request to Metro

1241
01:03:41,039 --> 01:03:45,839
um to to put in a maintenance obligation

1242
01:03:45,839 --> 01:03:50,880
beyond that standard three-year um

1243
01:03:50,880 --> 01:03:53,200
because I think there's an opportunity

1244
01:03:53,200 --> 01:03:58,640
here to actually make it a a a site that

1245
01:03:58,640 --> 01:04:02,400
people can go to reflect um as opposed

1246
01:04:02,400 --> 01:04:05,039
to just your standard uh uh tree

1247
01:04:05,039 --> 01:04:07,039
replacement.

1248
01:04:07,039 --> 01:04:09,829
>> Put that request to Metro to consider

1249
01:04:09,829 --> 01:04:09,839
» Put that request to Metro to consider

1250
01:04:09,839 --> 01:04:11,440
that.

1251
01:04:11,440 --> 01:04:13,910
>> Well, I can ask Metro and see if they

1252
01:04:13,910 --> 01:04:13,920
» Well, I can ask Metro and see if they

1253
01:04:13,920 --> 01:04:16,079
would consider that. I do not believe we

1254
01:04:16,079 --> 01:04:18,559
can require them to do the maintenance

1255
01:04:18,559 --> 01:04:21,200
beyond the three-year period.

1256
01:04:21,200 --> 01:04:23,270
>> Yeah, I would like to propose that this

1257
01:04:23,270 --> 01:04:23,280
» Yeah, I would like to propose that this

1258
01:04:23,280 --> 01:04:27,119
that we make that as an official request

1259
01:04:27,119 --> 01:04:28,870
>> Yes, absolutely. We can do that. Yeah,

1260
01:04:28,870 --> 01:04:28,880
» Yes, absolutely. We can do that. Yeah,

1261
01:04:28,880 --> 01:04:31,440
we can do that.

1262
01:04:31,440 --> 01:04:35,990
Thank you very much,

1263
01:04:36,000 --> 01:04:37,520
» Mr. Knight. Did you need clarity on

1264
01:04:37,520 --> 01:04:38,079
that?

1265
01:04:38,079 --> 01:04:39,990
>> So, uh, thank you, President King. And

1266
01:04:39,990 --> 01:04:40,000
» So, uh, thank you, President King. And

1267
01:04:40,000 --> 01:04:43,599
so, I want to codif So, the, uh, VP

1268
01:04:43,599 --> 01:04:46,240
Chavez is, uh, codifying a new

1269
01:04:46,240 --> 01:04:47,920
recommendation. We'll label it

1270
01:04:47,920 --> 01:04:50,480
recommendation for wherein we, the board

1271
01:04:50,480 --> 01:04:54,559
requests Metro,

1272
01:04:54,559 --> 01:04:58,480
um, to uh, consider.

1273
01:04:58,480 --> 01:05:02,549
>> Yeah. a request to Metro to extend their

1274
01:05:02,549 --> 01:05:02,559
» Yeah. a request to Metro to extend their

1275
01:05:02,559 --> 01:05:04,960
standard maintenance

1276
01:05:04,960 --> 01:05:08,400
um obligation beyond the the the

1277
01:05:08,400 --> 01:05:13,430
three-year maintenance period.

1278
01:05:13,440 --> 01:05:16,880
» Give me just one sec.

1279
01:05:16,880 --> 01:05:18,150
>> President Protim Grant,

1280
01:05:18,150 --> 01:05:18,160
» President Protim Grant,

1281
01:05:18,160 --> 01:05:20,309
>> but point information, Vice President

1282
01:05:20,309 --> 01:05:20,319
» but point information, Vice President

1283
01:05:20,319 --> 01:05:21,760
Trump, you're not saying though, are you

1284
01:05:21,760 --> 01:05:24,480
saying that approval is dependent on

1285
01:05:24,480 --> 01:05:26,400
them accepting the request or just that

1286
01:05:26,400 --> 01:05:28,640
we make the request?

1287
01:05:28,640 --> 01:05:30,880
of of Metro

1288
01:05:30,880 --> 01:05:31,599
if Metro says

1289
01:05:31,599 --> 01:05:33,910
>> my understanding I I don't I don't know

1290
01:05:33,910 --> 01:05:33,920
» my understanding I I don't I don't know

1291
01:05:33,920 --> 01:05:35,599
if that's beyond the authority of this

1292
01:05:35,599 --> 01:05:38,000
board to make it a requirement as

1293
01:05:38,000 --> 01:05:39,520
condition I don't know is that I guess

1294
01:05:39,520 --> 01:05:41,440
that's a fair that's an open question I

1295
01:05:41,440 --> 01:05:44,319
don't know the answer to that

1296
01:05:44,319 --> 01:05:45,910
>> looking at our city attorney

1297
01:05:45,910 --> 01:05:45,920
» looking at our city attorney

1298
01:05:45,920 --> 01:05:47,270
>> yeah I can chime in there Thomas

1299
01:05:47,270 --> 01:05:47,280
» yeah I can chime in there Thomas

1300
01:05:47,280 --> 01:05:49,440
Castella Vegas city attorney and so the

1301
01:05:49,440 --> 01:05:51,280
the three-year requirement is not

1302
01:05:51,280 --> 01:05:53,359
something the board can require beyond

1303
01:05:53,359 --> 01:05:55,359
but you can request Metro to consider

1304
01:05:55,359 --> 01:05:57,200
that as as an option for them to

1305
01:05:57,200 --> 01:05:59,200
consider I just wanted to clarify. Thank

1306
01:05:59,200 --> 01:06:00,400
you.

1307
01:06:00,400 --> 01:06:02,789
>> Uh so if I could uh repeat back the

1308
01:06:02,789 --> 01:06:02,799
» Uh so if I could uh repeat back the

1309
01:06:02,799 --> 01:06:05,839
amended U board item. So we're adding an

1310
01:06:05,839 --> 01:06:07,920
instruction four to request Metro to

1311
01:06:07,920 --> 01:06:09,359
extend their standard maintenance

1312
01:06:09,359 --> 01:06:11,280
obligation beyond their three-year

1313
01:06:11,280 --> 01:06:14,710
period.

1314
01:06:14,720 --> 01:06:17,520
» Okay. Thank you very much. I think we

1315
01:06:17,520 --> 01:06:19,520
have clarity on that. Commissioner

1316
01:06:19,520 --> 01:06:21,280
Mitchell,

1317
01:06:21,280 --> 01:06:24,069
>> is there a specific point at which that

1318
01:06:24,069 --> 01:06:24,079
» is there a specific point at which that

1319
01:06:24,079 --> 01:06:27,039
you want to have them address beyond the

1320
01:06:27,039 --> 01:06:29,119
three years? Is it five years? Is it 10

1321
01:06:29,119 --> 01:06:32,950
years? What do you want?

1322
01:06:32,960 --> 01:06:34,720
» I mean, I would think five would be

1323
01:06:34,720 --> 01:06:36,640
should be the minimum, but given that

1324
01:06:36,640 --> 01:06:38,319
it's a request, we're going to leave it

1325
01:06:38,319 --> 01:06:41,200
up to the staff to consider what's

1326
01:06:41,200 --> 01:06:43,440
appropriate, what they believe would be

1327
01:06:43,440 --> 01:06:46,319
appropriate. And I think it's um the

1328
01:06:46,319 --> 01:06:50,079
conditions of this situation are unique

1329
01:06:50,079 --> 01:06:53,280
um than beyond that I think merits it

1330
01:06:53,280 --> 01:06:56,640
being uh considered

1331
01:06:56,640 --> 01:06:59,839
beyond a typical tree you know tree

1332
01:06:59,839 --> 01:07:01,839
replacement. Um I think it it's a

1333
01:07:01,839 --> 01:07:03,200
because it's a site of cultural

1334
01:07:03,200 --> 01:07:06,000
significance that should be considered.

1335
01:07:06,000 --> 01:07:09,670
>> I have a question.

1336
01:07:09,680 --> 01:07:12,720
is this tree is going to be

1337
01:07:12,720 --> 01:07:15,680
reboxed to maintain pending this

1338
01:07:15,680 --> 01:07:18,880
completion of this construction at that

1339
01:07:18,880 --> 01:07:21,039
location. Is that correct?

1340
01:07:21,039 --> 01:07:23,349
>> It's going to be

1341
01:07:23,349 --> 01:07:23,359
» It's going to be

1342
01:07:23,359 --> 01:07:24,710
>> I'm not sure I'm not sure if it's going

1343
01:07:24,710 --> 01:07:24,720
» I'm not sure I'm not sure if it's going

1344
01:07:24,720 --> 01:07:27,119
to be boxed or ball and burlaped, but

1345
01:07:27,119 --> 01:07:29,119
it's going to be taken out usually with

1346
01:07:29,119 --> 01:07:30,880
the with the root ball. Well, assuming

1347
01:07:30,880 --> 01:07:33,440
it can't be put back into the ground

1348
01:07:33,440 --> 01:07:35,680
when it's re the specific location where

1349
01:07:35,680 --> 01:07:39,119
it's relocated, it will be maintained

1350
01:07:39,119 --> 01:07:42,559
during whatever period time that it

1351
01:07:42,559 --> 01:07:44,559
comes out of the ground and before it

1352
01:07:44,559 --> 01:07:46,319
gets replanted. Correct.

1353
01:07:46,319 --> 01:07:48,549
>> Assuming it cannot be relocated

1354
01:07:48,549 --> 01:07:48,559
» Assuming it cannot be relocated

1355
01:07:48,559 --> 01:07:51,359
immediately after digging it up, yes, it

1356
01:07:51,359 --> 01:07:53,119
be boxed. It's assumed that it be boxed,

1357
01:07:53,119 --> 01:07:56,079
kept alive somewhere in appropriate

1358
01:07:56,079 --> 01:07:58,000
location until it's ready to be planted.

1359
01:07:58,000 --> 01:08:00,400
But my um

1360
01:08:00,400 --> 01:08:02,480
I haven't received the specific details

1361
01:08:02,480 --> 01:08:04,240
exactly what their timeline is and how

1362
01:08:04,240 --> 01:08:05,680
exactly they're going to be replanting

1363
01:08:05,680 --> 01:08:09,839
it. Uh but it's uh appears that it's

1364
01:08:09,839 --> 01:08:11,280
going to be outside of the construction

1365
01:08:11,280 --> 01:08:13,680
limits. And so with that, the tree will

1366
01:08:13,680 --> 01:08:15,200
most likely be relocated almost

1367
01:08:15,200 --> 01:08:16,880
immediately after it's dug out.

1368
01:08:16,880 --> 01:08:20,309
>> Okay. So in your experience is 3 years

1369
01:08:20,309 --> 01:08:20,319
» Okay. So in your experience is 3 years

1370
01:08:20,319 --> 01:08:23,600
sufficient for a plant a tree either a

1371
01:08:23,600 --> 01:08:27,359
new tree or relocated tree to

1372
01:08:27,359 --> 01:08:30,080
reestablish itself.

1373
01:08:30,080 --> 01:08:32,719
Three years is usually sufficient. I say

1374
01:08:32,719 --> 01:08:35,040
usually but you know the longer

1375
01:08:35,040 --> 01:08:36,799
monitoring maintenance occurs probably

1376
01:08:36,799 --> 01:08:39,679
the better off for the tree. Five year

1377
01:08:39,679 --> 01:08:43,759
my opinion be five years be very good um

1378
01:08:43,759 --> 01:08:46,319
for establishment. However, the

1379
01:08:46,319 --> 01:08:49,920
municipal codes for three years.

1380
01:08:49,920 --> 01:08:51,269
>> Say that last part again.

1381
01:08:51,269 --> 01:08:51,279
» Say that last part again.

1382
01:08:51,279 --> 01:08:53,590
>> The the municipal code states for three

1383
01:08:53,590 --> 01:08:53,600
» The the municipal code states for three

1384
01:08:53,600 --> 01:08:58,799
years of watering and maintenance.

1385
01:08:58,799 --> 01:08:59,910
>> Thank you.

1386
01:08:59,910 --> 01:08:59,920
» Thank you.

1387
01:08:59,920 --> 01:09:02,149
>> Yes.

1388
01:09:02,149 --> 01:09:02,159
» Yes.

1389
01:09:02,159 --> 01:09:04,550
>> Thank you very much.

1390
01:09:04,550 --> 01:09:04,560
» Thank you very much.

1391
01:09:04,560 --> 01:09:06,719
Mr. Knight, do you have a do you have

1392
01:09:06,719 --> 01:09:08,799
what you need for that? Okay. No, no.

1393
01:09:08,799 --> 01:09:11,440
I'll just uh restate the additional uh

1394
01:09:11,440 --> 01:09:13,120
request and that is adding instruction.

1395
01:09:13,120 --> 01:09:15,839
Item four requests Metro to extend their

1396
01:09:15,839 --> 01:09:17,600
standard maintenance obligation beyond

1397
01:09:17,600 --> 01:09:20,080
their three-year period.

1398
01:09:20,080 --> 01:09:21,030
>> Mhm.

1399
01:09:21,030 --> 01:09:21,040
» Mhm.

1400
01:09:21,040 --> 01:09:22,550
>> Thank you very much. Any other questions

1401
01:09:22,550 --> 01:09:22,560
» Thank you very much. Any other questions

1402
01:09:22,560 --> 01:09:24,480
or comments?

1403
01:09:24,480 --> 01:09:26,000
All right. Seeing none, is there a first

1404
01:09:26,000 --> 01:09:27,440
and a second?

1405
01:09:27,440 --> 01:09:28,470
>> So move.

1406
01:09:28,470 --> 01:09:28,480
» So move.

1407
01:09:28,480 --> 01:09:29,110
>> Yeah.

1408
01:09:29,110 --> 01:09:29,120
» Yeah.

1409
01:09:29,120 --> 01:09:30,950
>> First by President Proim Grant, seconded

1410
01:09:30,950 --> 01:09:30,960
» First by President Proim Grant, seconded

1411
01:09:30,960 --> 01:09:32,400
by Vice President Chavez.

1412
01:09:32,400 --> 01:09:33,749
>> Thank you, President Kang. And we're

1413
01:09:33,749 --> 01:09:33,759
» Thank you, President Kang. And we're

1414
01:09:33,759 --> 01:09:35,520
taking a roll call vote on item four as

1415
01:09:35,520 --> 01:09:36,799
amended. Starting with you, President

1416
01:09:36,799 --> 01:09:38,000
Kang. Hi,

1417
01:09:38,000 --> 01:09:38,870
>> President Chavez.

1418
01:09:38,870 --> 01:09:38,880
» President Chavez.

1419
01:09:38,880 --> 01:09:39,269
>> Hi,

1420
01:09:39,269 --> 01:09:39,279
» Hi,

1421
01:09:39,279 --> 01:09:40,229
>> President Proto Grant.

1422
01:09:40,229 --> 01:09:40,239
» President Proto Grant.

1423
01:09:40,239 --> 01:09:40,470
>> Hi,

1424
01:09:40,470 --> 01:09:40,480
» Hi,

1425
01:09:40,480 --> 01:09:41,829
>> Commissioner Mitchell.

1426
01:09:41,829 --> 01:09:41,839
» Commissioner Mitchell.

1427
01:09:41,839 --> 01:09:42,870
>> And Commissioner Cardins.

1428
01:09:42,870 --> 01:09:42,880
» And Commissioner Cardins.

1429
01:09:42,880 --> 01:09:43,269
>> Hi.

1430
01:09:43,269 --> 01:09:43,279
» Hi.

1431
01:09:43,279 --> 01:09:45,910
>> All eyes. And item four is adopted as

1432
01:09:45,910 --> 01:09:45,920
» All eyes. And item four is adopted as

1433
01:09:45,920 --> 01:09:47,440
amended and we'll move forward forth

1434
01:09:47,440 --> 01:09:48,640
with.

1435
01:09:48,640 --> 01:09:49,669
>> Thank you very much.

1436
01:09:49,669 --> 01:09:49,679
» Thank you very much.

1437
01:09:49,679 --> 01:09:51,030
>> Thank you.

1438
01:09:51,030 --> 01:09:51,040
» Thank you.

1439
01:09:51,040 --> 01:09:53,189
>> Moving on to item number five, contract

1440
01:09:53,189 --> 01:09:53,199
» Moving on to item number five, contract

1441
01:09:53,199 --> 01:09:55,679
renewal for CRNR,

1442
01:09:55,679 --> 01:09:59,910
Inc.

1443
01:09:59,920 --> 01:10:02,080
» Good. Good morning, President Khan, Vice

1444
01:10:02,080 --> 01:10:04,800
President Chavez, Commissioners Grant,

1445
01:10:04,800 --> 01:10:07,600
Mitchell, and Cardinus. My name is

1446
01:10:07,600 --> 01:10:10,000
Martin Reese, and joining me here today

1447
01:10:10,000 --> 01:10:12,080
is Nick Nio.

1448
01:10:12,080 --> 01:10:14,400
We are both environmental engineers with

1449
01:10:14,400 --> 01:10:16,960
LA Sanitation and Environment, managing

1450
01:10:16,960 --> 01:10:19,360
the city's residential blue bean

1451
01:10:19,360 --> 01:10:21,040
contracts.

1452
01:10:21,040 --> 01:10:23,280
We are here to recommend that the board

1453
01:10:23,280 --> 01:10:25,440
approve a five-year renewal for a

1454
01:10:25,440 --> 01:10:28,320
contract with CRNR

1455
01:10:28,320 --> 01:10:32,080
extending the agreement from July 1st,

1456
01:10:32,080 --> 01:10:36,880
2026 through June 30, 2031.

1457
01:10:36,880 --> 01:10:39,360
The first five years contract is

1458
01:10:39,360 --> 01:10:43,840
expiring this June 30, 2026.

1459
01:10:43,840 --> 01:10:46,000
This agreement is essential for the

1460
01:10:46,000 --> 01:10:48,800
processing and marketing of recyclables

1461
01:10:48,800 --> 01:10:52,480
collected by LA sand from residents in

1462
01:10:52,480 --> 01:10:55,679
the West Los Angeles, North Central,

1463
01:10:55,679 --> 01:10:58,159
South Los Angeles, and the Harbor

1464
01:10:58,159 --> 01:11:01,280
districts. On a daily average, the

1465
01:11:01,280 --> 01:11:05,199
contractor handles close to 450 tons of

1466
01:11:05,199 --> 01:11:08,000
recyclable materials for for these

1467
01:11:08,000 --> 01:11:09,679
districts.

1468
01:11:09,679 --> 01:11:12,560
Renewing the contract with CRNR is

1469
01:11:12,560 --> 01:11:15,360
critical for the following reasons

1470
01:11:15,360 --> 01:11:18,080
and ensures no interruptions for the

1471
01:11:18,080 --> 01:11:19,920
households served within these

1472
01:11:19,920 --> 01:11:21,600
districts.

1473
01:11:21,600 --> 01:11:24,480
It supports the city's s sustainability

1474
01:11:24,480 --> 01:11:29,360
goals which aim to reach 95% diversion

1475
01:11:29,360 --> 01:11:32,960
waste aversion by 2035.

1476
01:11:32,960 --> 01:11:35,040
The contractor has been a reliable

1477
01:11:35,040 --> 01:11:37,280
partner through the initial term

1478
01:11:37,280 --> 01:11:39,760
successfully processing and marketing

1479
01:11:39,760 --> 01:11:42,719
the city's recyclable materials.

1480
01:11:42,719 --> 01:11:45,600
The contractor provides regular waste

1481
01:11:45,600 --> 01:11:47,360
characterizations

1482
01:11:47,360 --> 01:11:53,030
studies to reduce to sorry to evaluate

1483
01:11:53,040 --> 01:11:54,880
to evaluate the composition of the

1484
01:11:54,880 --> 01:11:57,520
materials and provides a yearly

1485
01:11:57,520 --> 01:12:00,560
contribution close to 50k

1486
01:12:00,560 --> 01:12:03,520
to support contamination uh reduction

1487
01:12:03,520 --> 01:12:05,120
efforts.

1488
01:12:05,120 --> 01:12:08,480
During the first term, actual spending

1489
01:12:08,480 --> 01:12:11,520
was about $23.3

1490
01:12:11,520 --> 01:12:13,199
million.

1491
01:12:13,199 --> 01:12:16,560
For the upcoming five years renewal, the

1492
01:12:16,560 --> 01:12:21,600
projected cost is estimated at $ 48.8

1493
01:12:21,600 --> 01:12:23,280
million

1494
01:12:23,280 --> 01:12:26,320
for a total 10 years estimate of about

1495
01:12:26,320 --> 01:12:28,239
$68.1

1496
01:12:28,239 --> 01:12:30,000
million.

1497
01:12:30,000 --> 01:12:33,040
It is very important to note that this

1498
01:12:33,040 --> 01:12:37,280
is founded through a special

1499
01:12:37,280 --> 01:12:42,159
solid waste fund with LA sand not the

1500
01:12:42,159 --> 01:12:45,120
city's general fund. With this concludes

1501
01:12:45,120 --> 01:12:47,360
my presentation and thank you for your

1502
01:12:47,360 --> 01:12:49,280
time and now we can answer any

1503
01:12:49,280 --> 01:12:51,199
questions.

1504
01:12:51,199 --> 01:12:53,830
>> Thank you very much commissioners. Any

1505
01:12:53,830 --> 01:12:53,840
» Thank you very much commissioners. Any

1506
01:12:53,840 --> 01:12:56,400
questions or comments on item number

1507
01:12:56,400 --> 01:12:59,990
five?

1508
01:13:00,000 --> 01:13:02,080
All right, seeing none, is there a first

1509
01:13:02,080 --> 01:13:03,440
and a second?

1510
01:13:03,440 --> 01:13:04,149
>> Second.

1511
01:13:04,149 --> 01:13:04,159
» Second.

1512
01:13:04,159 --> 01:13:05,669
>> First by Commissioner Mitchell, seconded

1513
01:13:05,669 --> 01:13:05,679
» First by Commissioner Mitchell, seconded

1514
01:13:05,679 --> 01:13:08,560
by Commissioner Gard.

1515
01:13:08,560 --> 01:13:09,910
>> Thank you, President Kang. We'll take a

1516
01:13:09,910 --> 01:13:09,920
» Thank you, President Kang. We'll take a

1517
01:13:09,920 --> 01:13:11,600
roll call vote on approval of item five.

1518
01:13:11,600 --> 01:13:13,040
Starting with you, President Kang.

1519
01:13:13,040 --> 01:13:13,350
>> I,

1520
01:13:13,350 --> 01:13:13,360
» I,

1521
01:13:13,360 --> 01:13:14,550
>> Vice President Chavez,

1522
01:13:14,550 --> 01:13:14,560
» Vice President Chavez,

1523
01:13:14,560 --> 01:13:14,870
>> I.

1524
01:13:14,870 --> 01:13:14,880
» I.

1525
01:13:14,880 --> 01:13:15,910
>> President Prom Grant.

1526
01:13:15,910 --> 01:13:15,920
» President Prom Grant.

1527
01:13:15,920 --> 01:13:16,229
>> Hi,

1528
01:13:16,229 --> 01:13:16,239
» Hi,

1529
01:13:16,239 --> 01:13:17,110
>> Commissioner Mitchell.

1530
01:13:17,110 --> 01:13:17,120
» Commissioner Mitchell.

1531
01:13:17,120 --> 01:13:17,350
>> Hi.

1532
01:13:17,350 --> 01:13:17,360
» Hi.

1533
01:13:17,360 --> 01:13:18,390
>> And Commissioner Carden.

1534
01:13:18,390 --> 01:13:18,400
» And Commissioner Carden.

1535
01:13:18,400 --> 01:13:18,870
>> Hi.

1536
01:13:18,870 --> 01:13:18,880
» Hi.

1537
01:13:18,880 --> 01:13:20,630
>> All eyes. And item five is adopted.

1538
01:13:20,630 --> 01:13:20,640
» All eyes. And item five is adopted.

1539
01:13:20,640 --> 01:13:22,560
We'll move forward.

1540
01:13:22,560 --> 01:13:23,350
>> Thank you very much.

1541
01:13:23,350 --> 01:13:23,360
» Thank you very much.

1542
01:13:23,360 --> 01:13:26,149
>> Thank you very much. Moving on to item

1543
01:13:26,149 --> 01:13:26,159
» Thank you very much. Moving on to item

1544
01:13:26,159 --> 01:13:28,560
number six, contract award for Meyers

1545
01:13:28,560 --> 01:13:36,630
and Suns construction.

1546
01:13:36,640 --> 01:13:38,800
» Good morning again. This is Ethan Wong

1547
01:13:38,800 --> 01:13:39,840
with the Bure of Engineering

1548
01:13:39,840 --> 01:13:42,080
Environmental Engineering Division. Uh

1549
01:13:42,080 --> 01:13:44,000
the report before you is recommending

1550
01:13:44,000 --> 01:13:46,880
the award of the terminal island water

1551
01:13:46,880 --> 01:13:49,040
reclamation plants primary treatment

1552
01:13:49,040 --> 01:13:51,280
tanks improvements known as a couple

1553
01:13:51,280 --> 01:13:53,679
improvement project 5247

1554
01:13:53,679 --> 01:13:56,640
to Myers and Suns construction. The

1555
01:13:56,640 --> 01:13:59,360
first low bidder found to be the lowest

1556
01:13:59,360 --> 01:14:02,719
respons respons responsible bidder um

1557
01:14:02,719 --> 01:14:07,510
for a total amount of $24,600,000.

1558
01:14:07,520 --> 01:14:11,600
Um the background behind this project is

1559
01:14:11,600 --> 01:14:14,400
related to uh the upgrade and

1560
01:14:14,400 --> 01:14:17,600
replacement or re rehabilitation of the

1561
01:14:17,600 --> 01:14:21,600
existing u primary tanks at uh the ter

1562
01:14:21,600 --> 01:14:23,760
terminal island water reclamation plant.

1563
01:14:23,760 --> 01:14:25,920
Um there are six total tanks that are

1564
01:14:25,920 --> 01:14:30,239
roughly 200 ft long. Um in the process

1565
01:14:30,239 --> 01:14:32,159
that happens within these tanks is where

1566
01:14:32,159 --> 01:14:34,560
the the first removal of bioolids

1567
01:14:34,560 --> 01:14:36,320
happens and this happens through

1568
01:14:36,320 --> 01:14:39,520
primarily through settlement and um

1569
01:14:39,520 --> 01:14:42,719
through flotation of other uh solids to

1570
01:14:42,719 --> 01:14:45,760
the surface. So we remove the sludge and

1571
01:14:45,760 --> 01:14:48,719
scum um through what are called chains

1572
01:14:48,719 --> 01:14:51,440
and flights which are are noted in a

1573
01:14:51,440 --> 01:14:53,760
figure or depicted in a figure on page

1574
01:14:53,760 --> 01:14:56,480
two of the report. Um so what happens is

1575
01:14:56,480 --> 01:14:59,679
the the they basically push all of the

1576
01:14:59,679 --> 01:15:01,760
sludge that settles to the bottom to an

1577
01:15:01,760 --> 01:15:04,400
area where um the sludge is then pumped

1578
01:15:04,400 --> 01:15:06,400
out of the tank and there are skimmers

1579
01:15:06,400 --> 01:15:08,960
at the top that remove what's called the

1580
01:15:08,960 --> 01:15:12,080
scum which are the floatable solids. Um

1581
01:15:12,080 --> 01:15:15,520
so the original uh configuration of the

1582
01:15:15,520 --> 01:15:19,120
primary treatment tanks was um put in in

1583
01:15:19,120 --> 01:15:22,480
the 70s. Um so they are in much need of

1584
01:15:22,480 --> 01:15:24,800
rehab. Um there's much newer equipment

1585
01:15:24,800 --> 01:15:26,719
that we will be reinstalling in these

1586
01:15:26,719 --> 01:15:29,120
tanks for more efficient uh removal of

1587
01:15:29,120 --> 01:15:32,400
the solids. Uh we will also be replacing

1588
01:15:32,400 --> 01:15:34,719
the aluminum tank covers which is

1589
01:15:34,719 --> 01:15:38,000
critical for odor control containment.

1590
01:15:38,000 --> 01:15:40,320
Uh we will be replacing the highdensity

1591
01:15:40,320 --> 01:15:43,040
polyethylene piping system. Also

1592
01:15:43,040 --> 01:15:46,320
automating the tank influent gates and

1593
01:15:46,320 --> 01:15:48,800
replacing all of the wall spools um

1594
01:15:48,800 --> 01:15:50,800
which is the piping system that allows

1595
01:15:50,800 --> 01:15:52,640
flow into each of the tanks. So, there's

1596
01:15:52,640 --> 01:15:55,040
a total of 18 spools that will be

1597
01:15:55,040 --> 01:15:57,440
replaced and we are also installing one

1598
01:15:57,440 --> 01:16:00,480
new manual slide gate on tank six. Uh,

1599
01:16:00,480 --> 01:16:03,120
the contract direction is currently

1600
01:16:03,120 --> 01:16:07,440
expected to be 913 calendar days. Um, we

1601
01:16:07,440 --> 01:16:10,800
did receive uh six bids on this project.

1602
01:16:10,800 --> 01:16:13,199
Um, in comparison to the city engineers

1603
01:16:13,199 --> 01:16:17,350
estimate of 19,476,000.

1604
01:16:17,360 --> 01:16:20,320
Um, of the six, Myers and Suns was the

1605
01:16:20,320 --> 01:16:23,199
the low bidder. They are also a local

1606
01:16:23,199 --> 01:16:26,640
certified local business enterprise. Um

1607
01:16:26,640 --> 01:16:28,560
but they you know that did not affect

1608
01:16:28,560 --> 01:16:31,199
the bid order as they were already the

1609
01:16:31,199 --> 01:16:34,719
low bidder. Uh we did find

1610
01:16:34,719 --> 01:16:37,520
that um the range of bids from the low

1611
01:16:37,520 --> 01:16:41,040
bid to the high bid the six highest bid

1612
01:16:41,040 --> 01:16:43,679
um were all within 5%. So we do believe

1613
01:16:43,679 --> 01:16:46,239
that uh we have received good bids on

1614
01:16:46,239 --> 01:16:49,520
this project and are re recommending to

1615
01:16:49,520 --> 01:16:52,480
move forward with the ward. Uh in

1616
01:16:52,480 --> 01:16:55,280
relation to the business inclusion

1617
01:16:55,280 --> 01:16:59,679
program um Myers and Suns has uh pledged

1618
01:16:59,679 --> 01:17:04,640
to um participation levels of 7.07%

1619
01:17:04,640 --> 01:17:07,280
minority business enterprises

1620
01:17:07,280 --> 01:17:11,360
uh 1.79% women business enterprises

1621
01:17:11,360 --> 01:17:15,280
uh 8.8 85% small business enterprises,

1622
01:17:15,280 --> 01:17:17,840
7.07%

1623
01:17:17,840 --> 01:17:20,560
emerging business enterprises, and we'll

1624
01:17:20,560 --> 01:17:24,229
also have 32.35%

1625
01:17:24,239 --> 01:17:26,800
other um subcontractors

1626
01:17:26,800 --> 01:17:29,199
uh participate on this project. There is

1627
01:17:29,199 --> 01:17:31,600
a total subcontractor participation

1628
01:17:31,600 --> 01:17:35,040
level of 62.81% 81%

1629
01:17:35,040 --> 01:17:40,560
which um equates to 8,462,000

1630
01:17:40,560 --> 01:17:42,640
uh after subtracting the fixed cost

1631
01:17:42,640 --> 01:17:47,840
items from the the bid. Um in other

1632
01:17:47,840 --> 01:17:51,760
areas of the bid, the um funding for

1633
01:17:51,760 --> 01:17:54,800
this project all comes from the sewer

1634
01:17:54,800 --> 01:17:56,560
construction maintenance funds. So will

1635
01:17:56,560 --> 01:17:59,280
not have any impact on the general fund.

1636
01:17:59,280 --> 01:18:01,679
Um, and that concludes my report and

1637
01:18:01,679 --> 01:18:03,280
happy to answer any questions you may

1638
01:18:03,280 --> 01:18:06,960
have related to this. Thank you.

1639
01:18:06,960 --> 01:18:09,110
>> Thank you very much, commissioners. Any

1640
01:18:09,110 --> 01:18:09,120
» Thank you very much, commissioners. Any

1641
01:18:09,120 --> 01:18:10,320
questions or comments? Commissioner

1642
01:18:10,320 --> 01:18:11,040
Gard.

1643
01:18:11,040 --> 01:18:12,390
>> Yes, I just want to make a comment.

1644
01:18:12,390 --> 01:18:12,400
» Yes, I just want to make a comment.

1645
01:18:12,400 --> 01:18:13,600
Thank you for including the bid

1646
01:18:13,600 --> 01:18:14,960
information. I was going to ask that

1647
01:18:14,960 --> 01:18:17,920
question uh only because in the last few

1648
01:18:17,920 --> 01:18:20,400
months we've had bids that range 10 20

1649
01:18:20,400 --> 01:18:24,239
30 40% over the u engineering or the

1650
01:18:24,239 --> 01:18:26,000
estimate project estimate. So, I wanted

1651
01:18:26,000 --> 01:18:27,760
to I was going to ask you that question.

1652
01:18:27,760 --> 01:18:29,440
So you answered it in your reports.

1653
01:18:29,440 --> 01:18:33,669
Thank you.

1654
01:18:33,679 --> 01:18:35,840
» Thank you very much. Any other questions

1655
01:18:35,840 --> 01:18:38,640
or comments on item number six? Seeing

1656
01:18:38,640 --> 01:18:41,600
none, is there a first and a second?

1657
01:18:41,600 --> 01:18:43,110
>> First by Commissioner Mitchell, seconded

1658
01:18:43,110 --> 01:18:43,120
» First by Commissioner Mitchell, seconded

1659
01:18:43,120 --> 01:18:44,159
by Commissioner Cartness.

1660
01:18:44,159 --> 01:18:45,510
>> Thank you, President Kang. We'll take a

1661
01:18:45,510 --> 01:18:45,520
» Thank you, President Kang. We'll take a

1662
01:18:45,520 --> 01:18:47,280
roll call vote on approval of item six.

1663
01:18:47,280 --> 01:18:48,560
Starting with you, President Kang.

1664
01:18:48,560 --> 01:18:48,950
>> Hi,

1665
01:18:48,950 --> 01:18:48,960
» Hi,

1666
01:18:48,960 --> 01:18:50,390
>> Vice President Chavez. I

1667
01:18:50,390 --> 01:18:50,400
» Vice President Chavez. I

1668
01:18:50,400 --> 01:18:51,350
>> President President Grant.

1669
01:18:51,350 --> 01:18:51,360
» President President Grant.

1670
01:18:51,360 --> 01:18:51,669
>> Hi,

1671
01:18:51,669 --> 01:18:51,679
» Hi,

1672
01:18:51,679 --> 01:18:52,790
>> Commissioner Mitchell. Hi.

1673
01:18:52,790 --> 01:18:52,800
» Commissioner Mitchell. Hi.

1674
01:18:52,800 --> 01:18:54,070
>> And Commissioner Cardinal. Hi.

1675
01:18:54,070 --> 01:18:54,080
» And Commissioner Cardinal. Hi.

1676
01:18:54,080 --> 01:18:55,910
>> All eyes. And item six is adopted and

1677
01:18:55,910 --> 01:18:55,920
» All eyes. And item six is adopted and

1678
01:18:55,920 --> 01:18:57,840
we'll move forward fourth way. Thank you

1679
01:18:57,840 --> 01:18:59,040
very much.

1680
01:18:59,040 --> 01:18:59,990
>> Thank you.

1681
01:18:59,990 --> 01:19:00,000
» Thank you.

1682
01:19:00,000 --> 01:19:01,669
>> Moving on to item number seven,

1683
01:19:01,669 --> 01:19:01,679
» Moving on to item number seven,

1684
01:19:01,679 --> 01:19:03,760
community cleanup and employment pathway

1685
01:19:03,760 --> 01:19:10,390
grant.

1686
01:19:10,400 --> 01:19:12,800
Good morning, commissioners. I'm Felicia

1687
01:19:12,800 --> 01:19:14,800
Rosco Bellagardi and I'm representing

1688
01:19:14,800 --> 01:19:16,480
the Office of Community Beautifification

1689
01:19:16,480 --> 01:19:19,840
for this item. Um, so the community

1690
01:19:19,840 --> 01:19:22,320
cleanup and employment pathway, the CC

1691
01:19:22,320 --> 01:19:24,880
grant program is administered by the

1692
01:19:24,880 --> 01:19:26,880
California Department of Transportation

1693
01:19:26,880 --> 01:19:28,960
and is designed to support litter

1694
01:19:28,960 --> 01:19:31,120
abatement, public space beautifification

1695
01:19:31,120 --> 01:19:34,320
efforts on locallyowned public rideway

1696
01:19:34,320 --> 01:19:36,239
while creating workforce development

1697
01:19:36,239 --> 01:19:38,480
opportunities for individuals facing

1698
01:19:38,480 --> 01:19:41,440
barriers to employment. On December

1699
01:19:41,440 --> 01:19:44,640
23rd, 2025, Council District 1 in

1700
01:19:44,640 --> 01:19:47,440
collaboration with OCB and the nonprofit

1701
01:19:47,440 --> 01:19:49,840
Center for Employment Opportunities

1702
01:19:49,840 --> 01:19:52,400
submitted two applications to CALR for

1703
01:19:52,400 --> 01:19:56,320
this CC grant program. On February 20th

1704
01:19:56,320 --> 01:19:58,880
of this year, both proposals were

1705
01:19:58,880 --> 01:20:02,400
selected by the state and as a result,

1706
01:20:02,400 --> 01:20:07,590
CD1 will receive a total of $530,37

1707
01:20:07,600 --> 01:20:09,760
in funding to establish clean teams in

1708
01:20:09,760 --> 01:20:12,640
the Chinatown and Pico Union downtown

1709
01:20:12,640 --> 01:20:14,800
area.

1710
01:20:14,800 --> 01:20:16,800
The recommendations before you concur

1711
01:20:16,800 --> 01:20:19,120
with the CD1 council motion that was

1712
01:20:19,120 --> 01:20:22,719
approved by council on March 27th, 2026.

1713
01:20:22,719 --> 01:20:24,719
and we ask for your approval today in

1714
01:20:24,719 --> 01:20:28,080
order for OCB to accept the CCP grant

1715
01:20:28,080 --> 01:20:30,400
and initiate the grant program in grant

1716
01:20:30,400 --> 01:20:33,040
terms. Um, I'm available for any

1717
01:20:33,040 --> 01:20:34,640
questions and thank you for your time

1718
01:20:34,640 --> 01:20:36,080
and consideration.

1719
01:20:36,080 --> 01:20:37,990
>> Thank you very much, commissioners. Any

1720
01:20:37,990 --> 01:20:38,000
» Thank you very much, commissioners. Any

1721
01:20:38,000 --> 01:20:41,600
questions or comments on this item?

1722
01:20:41,600 --> 01:20:44,239
All right. Thank you very much.

1723
01:20:44,239 --> 01:20:45,600
Commissioner Mitchell,

1724
01:20:45,600 --> 01:20:48,310
>> um, what was the amount of the grant? Uh

1725
01:20:48,310 --> 01:20:48,320
» um, what was the amount of the grant? Uh

1726
01:20:48,320 --> 01:20:52,400
the total amount is $530,000

1727
01:20:52,400 --> 01:20:56,960
307 for two grants.

1728
01:20:56,960 --> 01:20:58,630
>> Thank you very much. Any other questions

1729
01:20:58,630 --> 01:20:58,640
» Thank you very much. Any other questions

1730
01:20:58,640 --> 01:21:00,640
or comments? Seeing none, is there a

1731
01:21:00,640 --> 01:21:02,320
first and a second?

1732
01:21:02,320 --> 01:21:04,390
>> Second. First by Commissioner Mitchell,

1733
01:21:04,390 --> 01:21:04,400
» Second. First by Commissioner Mitchell,

1734
01:21:04,400 --> 01:21:06,480
seconded by Commissioner Gardes.

1735
01:21:06,480 --> 01:21:07,910
>> Thank you, President Ken. We'll take a

1736
01:21:07,910 --> 01:21:07,920
» Thank you, President Ken. We'll take a

1737
01:21:07,920 --> 01:21:10,480
roll call vote on approval of item

1738
01:21:10,480 --> 01:21:12,239
seven. Starting with you, President K.

1739
01:21:12,239 --> 01:21:12,550
>> I.

1740
01:21:12,550 --> 01:21:12,560
» I.

1741
01:21:12,560 --> 01:21:13,669
>> Vice President Chavez.

1742
01:21:13,669 --> 01:21:13,679
» Vice President Chavez.

1743
01:21:13,679 --> 01:21:13,990
>> Hi.

1744
01:21:13,990 --> 01:21:14,000
» Hi.

1745
01:21:14,000 --> 01:21:15,430
>> President Proton Grant.

1746
01:21:15,430 --> 01:21:15,440
» President Proton Grant.

1747
01:21:15,440 --> 01:21:15,910
>> Hi,

1748
01:21:15,910 --> 01:21:15,920
» Hi,

1749
01:21:15,920 --> 01:21:16,709
>> Commissioner Mitchell.

1750
01:21:16,709 --> 01:21:16,719
» Commissioner Mitchell.

1751
01:21:16,719 --> 01:21:18,149
>> Hi. and Commissioner Cardin.

1752
01:21:18,149 --> 01:21:18,159
» Hi. and Commissioner Cardin.

1753
01:21:18,159 --> 01:21:18,550
>> Hi.

1754
01:21:18,550 --> 01:21:18,560
» Hi.

1755
01:21:18,560 --> 01:21:20,870
>> All eyes and item seven is approved and

1756
01:21:20,870 --> 01:21:20,880
» All eyes and item seven is approved and

1757
01:21:20,880 --> 01:21:23,280
will be referred to Marin Council forth.

1758
01:21:23,280 --> 01:21:25,990
>> Thank you very much. Uh Mr. Knight, I

1759
01:21:25,990 --> 01:21:26,000
» Thank you very much. Uh Mr. Knight, I

1760
01:21:26,000 --> 01:21:27,920
believe that concludes our regular item

1761
01:21:27,920 --> 01:21:28,960
agenda.

1762
01:21:28,960 --> 01:21:30,390
>> Yes, it does, President.

1763
01:21:30,390 --> 01:21:30,400
» Yes, it does, President.

1764
01:21:30,400 --> 01:21:32,149
>> All right. Um our

1765
01:21:32,149 --> 01:21:32,159
» All right. Um our

1766
01:21:32,159 --> 01:21:34,070
>> Thank you, President King. And this is

1767
01:21:34,070 --> 01:21:34,080
» Thank you, President King. And this is

1768
01:21:34,080 --> 01:21:35,840
TJ Knight with the Board of Public Works

1769
01:21:35,840 --> 01:21:38,080
and I'm taking role and establishing

1770
01:21:38,080 --> 01:21:40,560
quorum for the special agenda for

1771
01:21:40,560 --> 01:21:43,600
Monday, April 13, 2026. Starting with

1772
01:21:43,600 --> 01:21:45,280
President Kang, Vice President Chavez,

1773
01:21:45,280 --> 01:21:46,560
President Prom Grant, Commissioner

1774
01:21:46,560 --> 01:21:48,560
Mitchell, and Commissioner Cardness are

1775
01:21:48,560 --> 01:21:49,920
present. We do have a quorum. We are

1776
01:21:49,920 --> 01:21:51,120
also joined by city attorney

1777
01:21:51,120 --> 01:21:54,159
representative Thomas Castello Vega. Uh

1778
01:21:54,159 --> 01:21:56,880
we've already um taken public comment

1779
01:21:56,880 --> 01:21:59,600
and uh agenda item commentary and we

1780
01:21:59,600 --> 01:22:00,960
have no neighborhood council commentary

1781
01:22:00,960 --> 01:22:02,000
for the special agenda.

1782
01:22:02,000 --> 01:22:03,510
>> Thank you very much. So, welcome back

1783
01:22:03,510 --> 01:22:03,520
» Thank you very much. So, welcome back

1784
01:22:03,520 --> 01:22:06,159
everybody to our special meeting um of

1785
01:22:06,159 --> 01:22:08,480
the board of public works. Um we'll go

1786
01:22:08,480 --> 01:22:10,560
straight back into agenda item number

1787
01:22:10,560 --> 01:22:12,639
one, which is on consent. I'll move. Is

1788
01:22:12,639 --> 01:22:13,360
there a second?

1789
01:22:13,360 --> 01:22:14,310
>> Second.

1790
01:22:14,310 --> 01:22:14,320
» Second.

1791
01:22:14,320 --> 01:22:16,709
>> Uh, first by myself, seconded by

1792
01:22:16,709 --> 01:22:16,719
» Uh, first by myself, seconded by

1793
01:22:16,719 --> 01:22:17,920
Commissioner Gardess.

1794
01:22:17,920 --> 01:22:19,510
>> Thank you, President Kang. We'll take a

1795
01:22:19,510 --> 01:22:19,520
» Thank you, President Kang. We'll take a

1796
01:22:19,520 --> 01:22:21,040
roll call vote on approval of item one

1797
01:22:21,040 --> 01:22:22,400
on the specials. Starting with you,

1798
01:22:22,400 --> 01:22:23,199
President Kang.

1799
01:22:23,199 --> 01:22:23,510
>> I,

1800
01:22:23,510 --> 01:22:23,520
» I,

1801
01:22:23,520 --> 01:22:24,790
>> Vice President Chavez. Hi,

1802
01:22:24,790 --> 01:22:24,800
» Vice President Chavez. Hi,

1803
01:22:24,800 --> 01:22:25,830
>> President Prom Grant.

1804
01:22:25,830 --> 01:22:25,840
» President Prom Grant.

1805
01:22:25,840 --> 01:22:26,149
>> Hi,

1806
01:22:26,149 --> 01:22:26,159
» Hi,

1807
01:22:26,159 --> 01:22:27,350
>> Commissioner Mitchell.

1808
01:22:27,350 --> 01:22:27,360
» Commissioner Mitchell.

1809
01:22:27,360 --> 01:22:28,790
>> And Commissioner Cardutz. Hi.

1810
01:22:28,790 --> 01:22:28,800
» And Commissioner Cardutz. Hi.

1811
01:22:28,800 --> 01:22:30,550
>> All eyes. And item one is approved and

1812
01:22:30,550 --> 01:22:30,560
» All eyes. And item one is approved and

1813
01:22:30,560 --> 01:22:32,320
we'll move forward forth.

1814
01:22:32,320 --> 01:22:34,709
>> Thank you. Moving on to our second item.

1815
01:22:34,709 --> 01:22:34,719
» Thank you. Moving on to our second item.

1816
01:22:34,719 --> 01:22:37,280
Uh, council district 15, budget revision

1817
01:22:37,280 --> 01:22:45,510
for the Warner Grand Theater Project.

1818
01:22:45,520 --> 01:22:47,199
Good morning commissioners, city

1819
01:22:47,199 --> 01:22:49,520
attorney and executive officer. My name

1820
01:22:49,520 --> 01:22:51,280
is Ohhaji Abdullah with the Bure of

1821
01:22:51,280 --> 01:22:53,520
Engineering Architectural Division, the

1822
01:22:53,520 --> 01:22:55,679
assistant division manager there. And

1823
01:22:55,679 --> 01:22:57,679
today we are requesting approval to

1824
01:22:57,679 --> 01:23:00,800
revise the budget uh associated with 2H

1825
01:23:00,800 --> 01:23:02,800
construction's contract for the war

1826
01:23:02,800 --> 01:23:05,520
phase one of the Warner Grand Theater.

1827
01:23:05,520 --> 01:23:07,360
We are request we are recommending the

1828
01:23:07,360 --> 01:23:08,880
board of public works authorize

1829
01:23:08,880 --> 01:23:11,120
approximately 340,000 in additional

1830
01:23:11,120 --> 01:23:13,920
contingency and approve a revised budget

1831
01:23:13,920 --> 01:23:15,440
construction budget of approximately

1832
01:23:15,440 --> 01:23:19,280
$20.1 million. Uh we're also requesting

1833
01:23:19,280 --> 01:23:21,199
the authorization for the city engineer

1834
01:23:21,199 --> 01:23:23,280
to issue change orders up to the

1835
01:23:23,280 --> 01:23:25,280
approved revised construction amount of

1836
01:23:25,280 --> 01:23:27,840
approximately $2.1 million as detailed

1837
01:23:27,840 --> 01:23:30,239
in within the report. The Warner Grand

1838
01:23:30,239 --> 01:23:33,120
Theater is a is a historic theater

1839
01:23:33,120 --> 01:23:36,159
originally constructed in 1931 as one of

1840
01:23:36,159 --> 01:23:37,760
three neighborhood movie palaces

1841
01:23:37,760 --> 01:23:40,480
commissioned by the Warner brothers. On

1842
01:23:40,480 --> 01:23:43,440
September 18th, 2024, the board awarded

1843
01:23:43,440 --> 01:23:45,920
a contract to 2H construction in the

1844
01:23:45,920 --> 01:23:48,800
amount of approximately $17.9 million

1845
01:23:48,800 --> 01:23:52,639
with a contingency of about $1.8 million

1846
01:23:52,639 --> 01:23:55,360
uh which was approximately 10.1% of the

1847
01:23:55,360 --> 01:23:57,920
construction bid. The project includes

1848
01:23:57,920 --> 01:23:59,840
ten tenant improvements that include

1849
01:23:59,840 --> 01:24:02,320
disabled access upgrades throughout the

1850
01:24:02,320 --> 01:24:05,120
facility, restroom upgrades, uh a new

1851
01:24:05,120 --> 01:24:09,120
elevator, numerous uh HVAC, life safety

1852
01:24:09,120 --> 01:24:10,719
uh and electrical infrastructure

1853
01:24:10,719 --> 01:24:12,960
upgrades, as well as a stage access

1854
01:24:12,960 --> 01:24:15,280
lift. During construction, the project

1855
01:24:15,280 --> 01:24:18,000
incurred significant change orders to

1856
01:24:18,000 --> 01:24:20,320
for unforeseen conditions in the amount

1857
01:24:20,320 --> 01:24:22,639
of approximately $800,000.

1858
01:24:22,639 --> 01:24:25,040
Additional scope was added in the in the

1859
01:24:25,040 --> 01:24:27,520
amount of approximately $600,000

1860
01:24:27,520 --> 01:24:29,760
which was included to address fire life

1861
01:24:29,760 --> 01:24:32,400
safety and audio audiovisisual

1862
01:24:32,400 --> 01:24:34,880
infrastructure and historic finishes as

1863
01:24:34,880 --> 01:24:37,199
also detailed within the report. The

1864
01:24:37,199 --> 01:24:39,840
project is approximately 55% complete

1865
01:24:39,840 --> 01:24:41,520
and additional funding is immediately

1866
01:24:41,520 --> 01:24:43,840
needed to address anticipated change

1867
01:24:43,840 --> 01:24:45,840
orders. the current request of

1868
01:24:45,840 --> 01:24:48,400
approximately 340,000

1869
01:24:48,400 --> 01:24:51,679
and the remaining contingency of 240,000

1870
01:24:51,679 --> 01:24:54,719
with a pride approximately 580,000 to

1871
01:24:54,719 --> 01:24:56,560
address the anticipated change orders

1872
01:24:56,560 --> 01:24:59,520
and and uh unforeseen conditions. We

1873
01:24:59,520 --> 01:25:01,199
also anticipate that we will need to

1874
01:25:01,199 --> 01:25:03,199
come back to this board to add

1875
01:25:03,199 --> 01:25:05,600
additional funding to this project um as

1876
01:25:05,600 --> 01:25:08,320
the uh project is taken through the MFC

1877
01:25:08,320 --> 01:25:10,320
municipal facilities committee to seek

1878
01:25:10,320 --> 01:25:13,360
additional funding for contingency.

1879
01:25:13,360 --> 01:25:15,600
Um, despite the past challenges, we

1880
01:25:15,600 --> 01:25:17,840
anticipate reaching uh substantial

1881
01:25:17,840 --> 01:25:21,040
completion in late October of this year.

1882
01:25:21,040 --> 01:25:23,120
That concludes my report and I'm ready

1883
01:25:23,120 --> 01:25:24,560
to answer any questions.

1884
01:25:24,560 --> 01:25:26,870
>> Thank you very much, commissioners. Any

1885
01:25:26,870 --> 01:25:26,880
» Thank you very much, commissioners. Any

1886
01:25:26,880 --> 01:25:28,960
questions or comments on item number

1887
01:25:28,960 --> 01:25:30,480
two?

1888
01:25:30,480 --> 01:25:32,400
Seeing none. Oh, Mer

1889
01:25:32,400 --> 01:25:34,550
>> just had one comment. Um, you're saying

1890
01:25:34,550 --> 01:25:34,560
» just had one comment. Um, you're saying

1891
01:25:34,560 --> 01:25:36,159
construction will uh looking at

1892
01:25:36,159 --> 01:25:37,920
completing construction in October. any

1893
01:25:37,920 --> 01:25:40,800
idea when the theater may be open to the

1894
01:25:40,800 --> 01:25:44,960
public and start u having events?

1895
01:25:44,960 --> 01:25:47,350
>> Well, our our goal is to to have it open

1896
01:25:47,350 --> 01:25:47,360
» Well, our our goal is to to have it open

1897
01:25:47,360 --> 01:25:50,080
to for a soft opening in October once we

1898
01:25:50,080 --> 01:25:52,560
obtain a uh TCO temporary certificate of

1899
01:25:52,560 --> 01:25:55,440
occupancy. Um but within the and

1900
01:25:55,440 --> 01:25:57,199
theaters are oftent times harder to

1901
01:25:57,199 --> 01:26:00,400
commission and finalize um than normal

1902
01:26:00,400 --> 01:26:01,920
new building projects especially a

1903
01:26:01,920 --> 01:26:03,600
historic project like this like this

1904
01:26:03,600 --> 01:26:05,520
one. So we would think toward at the end

1905
01:26:05,520 --> 01:26:07,280
of the calendar year we should be able

1906
01:26:07,280 --> 01:26:09,840
to open it up to the public but uh in

1907
01:26:09,840 --> 01:26:12,159
October November we anticipate opening

1908
01:26:12,159 --> 01:26:14,320
it up for a soft opening.

1909
01:26:14,320 --> 01:26:16,870
>> Thank you.

1910
01:26:16,870 --> 01:26:16,880
» Thank you.

1911
01:26:16,880 --> 01:26:19,430
>> Thank you very much Mr. Knight.

1912
01:26:19,430 --> 01:26:19,440
» Thank you very much Mr. Knight.

1913
01:26:19,440 --> 01:26:21,350
>> Thank you President King. It may be an

1914
01:26:21,350 --> 01:26:21,360
» Thank you President King. It may be an

1915
01:26:21,360 --> 01:26:23,920
inadvertent hand raised. I do see one of

1916
01:26:23,920 --> 01:26:26,560
the commenters who previously provided

1917
01:26:26,560 --> 01:26:28,480
multiple agenda item commentary with

1918
01:26:28,480 --> 01:26:30,320
your hand raised. Uh I don't know if

1919
01:26:30,320 --> 01:26:31,600
it's on this item or if it's an

1920
01:26:31,600 --> 01:26:34,239
advertent hand raised. Audit LA

1921
01:26:34,239 --> 01:26:36,320
Yes. I I didn't think I could speak on

1922
01:26:36,320 --> 01:26:38,639
these items um in the first meeting

1923
01:26:38,639 --> 01:26:40,239
because you know what this wasn't a

1924
01:26:40,239 --> 01:26:42,800
journ this wasn't open yet. Can I give a

1925
01:26:42,800 --> 01:26:45,040
comment on this?

1926
01:26:45,040 --> 01:26:46,709
>> Uh give me one second.

1927
01:26:46,709 --> 01:26:46,719
» Uh give me one second.

1928
01:26:46,719 --> 01:26:48,870
>> Hi. Yes, TJ. I think for those who

1929
01:26:48,870 --> 01:26:48,880
» Hi. Yes, TJ. I think for those who

1930
01:26:48,880 --> 01:26:51,280
haven't commented on the special agenda

1931
01:26:51,280 --> 01:26:53,199
items, we should reopen the agenda item

1932
01:26:53,199 --> 01:26:57,990
comment for that purpose.

1933
01:26:58,000 --> 01:27:00,000
» Very well. Thank you so much, Mr. City

1934
01:27:00,000 --> 01:27:02,800
Attorney. a LA go ahead and uh which

1935
01:27:02,800 --> 01:27:04,320
items do you want to speak on on the

1936
01:27:04,320 --> 01:27:05,840
special agenda?

1937
01:27:05,840 --> 01:27:08,470
>> Um I'd like to speak on both but I can

1938
01:27:08,470 --> 01:27:08,480
» Um I'd like to speak on both but I can

1939
01:27:08,480 --> 01:27:09,840
start with this one right now.

1940
01:27:09,840 --> 01:27:11,430
>> Go ahead. Go ahead. You have two minutes

1941
01:27:11,430 --> 01:27:11,440
» Go ahead. Go ahead. You have two minutes

1942
01:27:11,440 --> 01:27:12,800
top of your

1943
01:27:12,800 --> 01:27:14,629
>> Okay. I mean I'm someone I you know I

1944
01:27:14,629 --> 01:27:14,639
» Okay. I mean I'm someone I you know I

1945
01:27:14,639 --> 01:27:16,800
did theater in school and everything and

1946
01:27:16,800 --> 01:27:19,679
I love theaters and I'm glad that this

1947
01:27:19,679 --> 01:27:22,080
theater is being uh especially now that

1948
01:27:22,080 --> 01:27:24,560
it's going it's going to be ADA more

1949
01:27:24,560 --> 01:27:26,880
compliant and more modernized and I

1950
01:27:26,880 --> 01:27:29,040
think that's great. But I think that we

1951
01:27:29,040 --> 01:27:30,880
also need to balance the fact that we

1952
01:27:30,880 --> 01:27:34,480
have a huge budget crisis concerns and

1953
01:27:34,480 --> 01:27:36,159
especially with you know especially with

1954
01:27:36,159 --> 01:27:38,719
making the ADA community like with

1955
01:27:38,719 --> 01:27:40,239
sidewalks and everything. We're not

1956
01:27:40,239 --> 01:27:41,840
getting enough money for that. So as

1957
01:27:41,840 --> 01:27:44,400
much as I love this project I really

1958
01:27:44,400 --> 01:27:47,280
wish the city would try to recruit money

1959
01:27:47,280 --> 01:27:49,440
from different entities that are not

1960
01:27:49,440 --> 01:27:52,000
from public funds to help with this sort

1961
01:27:52,000 --> 01:27:54,480
of thing. So like yes, on one hand I

1962
01:27:54,480 --> 01:27:58,080
want this project completed. Um but the

1963
01:27:58,080 --> 01:28:00,239
community like myself as the ADA

1964
01:28:00,239 --> 01:28:03,520
community, how often will I likely go to

1965
01:28:03,520 --> 01:28:05,120
the theater? I don't know. Maybe I will,

1966
01:28:05,120 --> 01:28:08,400
but not as often as I will um just going

1967
01:28:08,400 --> 01:28:10,000
through the sidewalks trying to get

1968
01:28:10,000 --> 01:28:12,560
anywhere in this city. And so it's about

1969
01:28:12,560 --> 01:28:14,400
priority and the what to do with the

1970
01:28:14,400 --> 01:28:16,000
money, the little bit of money that it

1971
01:28:16,000 --> 01:28:18,000
seems like we, you know, we don't have

1972
01:28:18,000 --> 01:28:21,040
and we need to um be careful. So, I'm

1973
01:28:21,040 --> 01:28:22,239
not saying we, you know, in the

1974
01:28:22,239 --> 01:28:24,000
meantime, yeah, we can't help these uh

1975
01:28:24,000 --> 01:28:27,199
projects, but why aren't we reaching out

1976
01:28:27,199 --> 01:28:29,920
for, you know, different bigger entities

1977
01:28:29,920 --> 01:28:31,520
back in the day, right? They were all

1978
01:28:31,520 --> 01:28:33,840
called like they had star names on it

1979
01:28:33,840 --> 01:28:35,600
and stuff. There's people that put in

1980
01:28:35,600 --> 01:28:38,080
money for this stuff that was not the

1981
01:28:38,080 --> 01:28:40,639
city. And I wish we would go back, you

1982
01:28:40,639 --> 01:28:42,239
know, to doing that. But other than

1983
01:28:42,239 --> 01:28:43,679
that, it sounds like a great project.

1984
01:28:43,679 --> 01:28:45,920
I'm not knocking the actual project. I'm

1985
01:28:45,920 --> 01:28:48,159
just concerned about the funds and

1986
01:28:48,159 --> 01:28:50,880
making the city ADA compliant for, you

1987
01:28:50,880 --> 01:28:53,120
know, just to get around just to go down

1988
01:28:53,120 --> 01:28:56,639
the street. And with the other one, um,

1989
01:28:56,639 --> 01:28:59,760
when it comes to bidding, I am I I I'm

1990
01:28:59,760 --> 01:29:01,760
like traumatized by that guy that came

1991
01:29:01,760 --> 01:29:04,639
on the other day. I'll be honest. and

1992
01:29:04,639 --> 01:29:06,080
you know about and then I'm really

1993
01:29:06,080 --> 01:29:08,320
concerned about bids and how genuine and

1994
01:29:08,320 --> 01:29:10,880
how honest they are because if a bidder

1995
01:29:10,880 --> 01:29:12,639
can if they can say hey you know just

1996
01:29:12,639 --> 01:29:14,239
double it whatever and then it will go

1997
01:29:14,239 --> 01:29:17,520
through that scares me because again

1998
01:29:17,520 --> 01:29:19,910
>> that's two minutes and that concludes uh

1999
01:29:19,910 --> 01:29:19,920
» that's two minutes and that concludes uh

2000
01:29:19,920 --> 01:29:21,520
agenda item commentary for the special

2001
01:29:21,520 --> 01:29:24,239
agenda President Kane

2002
01:29:24,239 --> 01:29:26,790
>> thank you very much any other questions

2003
01:29:26,790 --> 01:29:26,800
» thank you very much any other questions

2004
01:29:26,800 --> 01:29:29,920
or comment on this item seeing none is

2005
01:29:29,920 --> 01:29:30,880
there first and a second

2006
01:29:30,880 --> 01:29:33,110
>> so move

2007
01:29:33,110 --> 01:29:33,120
» so move

2008
01:29:33,120 --> 01:29:34,870
>> first by President Proim Grant, seconded

2009
01:29:34,870 --> 01:29:34,880
» first by President Proim Grant, seconded

2010
01:29:34,880 --> 01:29:36,080
by Commissioner Mitchell.

2011
01:29:36,080 --> 01:29:37,510
>> Thank you, President Kang. We'll take a

2012
01:29:37,510 --> 01:29:37,520
» Thank you, President Kang. We'll take a

2013
01:29:37,520 --> 01:29:39,440
roll call vote on item two from the

2014
01:29:39,440 --> 01:29:40,639
special agenda. Starting with you,

2015
01:29:40,639 --> 01:29:41,360
President Kang.

2016
01:29:41,360 --> 01:29:41,669
>> I,

2017
01:29:41,669 --> 01:29:41,679
» I,

2018
01:29:41,679 --> 01:29:43,270
>> Vice President Chavez.

2019
01:29:43,270 --> 01:29:43,280
» Vice President Chavez.

2020
01:29:43,280 --> 01:29:43,669
>> I,

2021
01:29:43,669 --> 01:29:43,679
» I,

2022
01:29:43,679 --> 01:29:44,790
>> President Prom Grant,

2023
01:29:44,790 --> 01:29:44,800
» President Prom Grant,

2024
01:29:44,800 --> 01:29:45,030
>> I,

2025
01:29:45,030 --> 01:29:45,040
» I,

2026
01:29:45,040 --> 01:29:46,149
>> Commissioner Mitchell,

2027
01:29:46,149 --> 01:29:46,159
» Commissioner Mitchell,

2028
01:29:46,159 --> 01:29:47,270
>> and Commissioner Cardless.

2029
01:29:47,270 --> 01:29:47,280
» and Commissioner Cardless.

2030
01:29:47,280 --> 01:29:47,669
>> Hi.

2031
01:29:47,669 --> 01:29:47,679
» Hi.

2032
01:29:47,679 --> 01:29:49,350
>> All eyes. And item two is adopted and

2033
01:29:49,350 --> 01:29:49,360
» All eyes. And item two is adopted and

2034
01:29:49,360 --> 01:29:51,679
we'll move forward fourth place.

2035
01:29:51,679 --> 01:29:52,709
>> Thank you very much.

2036
01:29:52,709 --> 01:29:52,719
» Thank you very much.

2037
01:29:52,719 --> 01:29:56,390
>> Thank you all. Have a great week.

2038
01:29:56,390 --> 01:29:56,400
» Thank you all. Have a great week.

2039
01:29:56,400 --> 01:29:59,360
I believe with that concludes our agenda

2040
01:29:59,360 --> 01:30:01,760
items for the special meeting agenda for

2041
01:30:01,760 --> 01:30:04,960
Monday, April 13, 20126. The meeting is

2042
01:30:04,960 --> 01:30:09,960
now adjourned at 11:05 a.m.