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All right. Good evening, everybody. Sorry for the slight delay here. We're ready to call to order our joint meeting of the City Council. It's a session agency to redevelop an agency and all the other entities that listed on our agenda. There's Tuesday, January 28th, 2025. Call time is 6.45 p.m. Madam Clerk, can we roll call, please?

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Councilmember Nava? President? Councilmember Corona? President? Mayor Pro Temura? Here?

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Councillor Member Vallejo, your Mayor Vargas.

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Present as well, thank you.

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Item 3 is our invocation which will be led by Chaplain Doug Brockmeer from the Calvary Chapel Paris Valley.

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Please come on up to the podium, sir.

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You all please stand and join us in remaining standing for our pledge of allegiance, which item number 4 which will be led by Councilwoman Nava.

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I'd like to say good evening to all of you, all the members of the City Council and the Mayor.

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Thank you for giving me the opportunity to come and present the invocation for this month's City Council meeting. Let's pray dear

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Father in heaven as we gather here this evening on behalf of the citizens of the wonderful city of Paris. We invite you to be here with us tonight.

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Lord, maybe not only feel your presence and know that you are here, but we ask that you would provide us all with the love and the

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compassion needed to make good decisions for the benefit of this great city.

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In Lord we would also ask for your godly wisdom to be granted to each one here as we contemplate

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the complexities of guiding the city in the direction that you wanted to go to be a light

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on a hill to the surrounding communities.

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We also pray that you would keep us near you and keep us safe as we serve you and your

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people, and we lift a special prayer up this evening to all of those that are affected

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by the firestorms in southern California. Lord, we pray for those who have lost much

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or all of everything they've ever known. Father, we pray that you would be Jehovah Jaiara,

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the Lord who provides, and that you would meet each person right where they're at for whatever

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their needs are. Now, you would also be Jehovah Rafa, the Lord God who heals to those who

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We are coming home and looking at their possessions and seeing all the destruction and the damage

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that has happened there.

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God made you heal their hearts, their minds and their spirits, and I pray, Lord, that

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us, all of us, Lord, would just find ways to be able to come alongside them and show them

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the love that you've shown to us, Father.

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And these things we pray, in Jesus' name, I pray, amen.

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Thank you.

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Now, please join me in including our nation's flag, ready to begin.

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Thank you,

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Chapman.

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Item five is report on closed session items and returning.

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Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

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The council met in closed session.

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On item A, there were four cases, nor reportable action was taken on any of the cases.

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The council met in closed session for real property negotiations pursuant to government

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Government Code Section 54956.8 also, and no reportable action was taken, that concludes my report.

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Thank you.

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Item 6 is our presentation and announcements.

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We have none this evening.

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Item 7 is our Youth Advisory Committee Communications.

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This report will be given by Kimberly Ty, the President of our Youth Advisory Committee.

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Good evening, Mr. Mayor.

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Members of the City Council and City staff.

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My name is Kimberly Ty, and I am honored to serve as the president of the Youth Advisory Committee, YAC.

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To start, YAC is excited to host our ninth annual job shadow day, next Thursday, February 6th.

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In addition, our open mic night is Friday, February 7th at the Statler Youth Center from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

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Also, YEC's first park's clean-ups of the year is scheduled for Saturday, February 8th,

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from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Chanted Hills Park.

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Our next YEC meeting is on Tuesday, February 4th, from 5.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. at Council

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Chambers.

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Community services are available to students who participate in our events.

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Lastly, YAC wants to wish a YAC wants to announce its 2025-2006 recruitment and will be available

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starting Monday, February 3rd, 2025.

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As always, YAC reminds everyone to stay safe and connected.

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Follow us on social media at Paris, YAC for updates and information about upcoming events.

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Thank you for your time and continue to support.

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thank you Kimberly.

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Okay item eight is public comment. This is the time when any member of the public may bring a member, a matter to the attention of the mayor of the city council that is within our jurisdiction that is not as part of our agenda will allow for three minutes.

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Madam Clerk, do you have any requests to speak?

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Yes sir, Robert Ramos.

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I'm a lucky one that gets to go first, right?

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Good evening mayor, council members.

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My name is Robert Ramos, and I'm here on behalf of the iron workers of Local 416.

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I'm just going to be brief.

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I'm here in support of a committee workforce agreement.

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I'm just going to touch on two.

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Robert, that's an agenda item.

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This is on our consent calendar.

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Okay, I'm sorry about the CWA.

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be way. Yes, sir. Yeah. 10. M. So you want to come back here for the consent calendar?

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Yes, sir. 10. M. Okay. Thank you.

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Anybody else? Olivia. I'm sorry. Julia Birch.

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Good evening. Honourable Mayor and City Council.

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I'm representing two organizations tonight. I'm with the Chamber of Commerce. I'm our Secretary

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and then I'm also representing the Paris Boys and Girls Club. First for the Chamber, we continue

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you to develop a full schedule of programming, events, and educational workshops for the

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members and local business community.

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This Thursday we will be at the All Chamber Mega Mixer, a by-annual event, powered by

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Chambers of Commerce all across Southern California.

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There will be dozens of Chambers, hundreds of exhibitor tables, and thousands of attendees.

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Admission is only $1 or one business card.

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So we ask you to stop by our table, the PVCC table if you're there and learn more about us and the powerful resources available.

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We also have a complete lineup of financial workshops scheduled to make our businesses have the tools and resources needed for success.

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The first workshop will be on Wednesday, February 19th at 9.30 a.m. and we will alternate Wednesdays and Fridays.

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And then today our ambassadors finalize the dates for the 2025 business walks.

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I know we always love to have the mayor join us.

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We are going to visit every business in town to learn how their businesses are going,

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what they love about doing business in Paris and the areas they are struggling.

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And this helps us to create targeted programs to serve the business community in a relevant

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way.

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And then lastly, we invite everyone here to join us on Wednesday, February 5th for our

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a monthly good morning Paris.

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This month's speaker is Riverside County Supervisor District 1, Jose Medina, and he will be discussing

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his goals and vision for his new role as a county supervisor.

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And we do ask that you check our Chamber calendar for all the details of all these events.

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It is Paris Chamber dot net slash events.

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And we are always adding new mixers, ribbon cutting ceremonies, programs to the calendar.

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so we ask everyone to check that out and as always follow us on our socials Facebook is Paris Chamber and Instagram is Paris.Chamber for the most up-to-date information

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and then switching over to Boys and Girls Club. We are partnered with Ross and Paris from February 8th through March 2nd.

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If you visit Ross and make a purchase, we'll ask at the register for you to make a donation.

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any donations that are made go 80% goes directly to the Paris Boys and Girls Club and 20% goes to our national office to support the project and this goes towards our power hour program, which is an hour for our kids to participate in homework assistance programs.

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Thank you.

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Ashley Barton.

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am Ashley Barton. I'm the lead facilitator for Paris Pride Alliance.

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I'm not here for that today but I did want to thank all of the city staff that has been helping me in finding a permanent home for Paris Pride Alliance to meet.

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I do have a very strong lead and hopefully I will be announcing at the next city council meeting our first indoor meeting from towards the ends of February.

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I did want to come up here because I have been seeing a lot in the news and the local news about ice raids.

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and they are incredibly concerning.

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I see that I'm scared for our local members in the way that I don't see that things are

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going legally, at least in the way that we understood them to be.

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I have personal friends who have gone to regular visa renewal appointments and having found

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out after arriving there that their visa was canceled and they were immediately arrested

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and they are now on their way to deportation.

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They didn't even get to say goodbye to their kids.

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So I know that's happening, that wasn't in our community,

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but I have heard that there are things

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that have happened in our community,

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things that have been posted and verified by local news watch.

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So I just wanted to urge and remind us to be vigilant,

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to report ICE, to let people know when they're happening,

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when they're coming, and to rely on and help with TOTEC,

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and the Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice.

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They're doing really good work right now

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and they're helping our immigrant community members,

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which we have a good amount of.

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Lastly, I just wanted to remind everyone here

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that the difference between a documented citizen

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and an undocumented citizen is only paperwork.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Ashley.

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Alexandra Olmesa.

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Good evening members of the council.

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people of Paris concerned and decent people everywhere.

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Some of you have to be caught up on this, but regardless of what you have known or thought before, I am counting on everyone tonight to make sense of what I'm saying and to act.

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It does affect you and your constituents, and there are things within your power here.

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The Paris Valley Historical Society, officially Paris Valley Historical Museum and Association has been the recipient of over $28,000 in grants from the city of Paris, all of which should have come with basic stipulations about following all applicable laws.

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Many of those discretionary funds have gone into the regular art shows which are canceled and definitely due to their event coordinators departure.

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None of us feel the absence of those shows more than the artists, vendors, customers, and volunteers, some of which are here today who frankly put up with a lot while getting a lot out of that.

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But those shows had to end for now because as good as they are for the community, the historical society board allowed these events to be run by someone whose negative behavior was more than matched by criminal history.

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A felony count of PC-261.5 is statutory rape of a young teen.

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It is grooming and it is violation.

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That is not something which should ever be forgotten within the context of someone who wants

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to organize and supervise events attended by minors who may be unsupervised.

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That is what PC-section 11105.3 accounts for under which this simply isn't allowed without

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notice given the families of kids who go to these events.

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So, this person naturally shouldn't be brought back to run the Paris fandom con which they

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to try to openly tout like a done deal on a Paris City lease.

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That would look especially bad for the city.

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Before he resigned, he had started offering free spaces to set up for anyone with a local high school ID.

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That means minors, okay?

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I don't want to see that families don't, unless we have a guarantee that the position's not abused.

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Now, when these issues are revealed, the board of the historical society seem to double down by trying to shake off the whistle blowings

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with canceled and shifted meetings.

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Now they're surprised by public outcry, but they must learn to move past these decisions and

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bring back art shows under new leadership, allow return of volunteers, and until then, the city of Paris should not consider any new funds for this nonprofit, except to repair that archive, which is a city building anyway.

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That is likely to follow any financial agreement that was made, and we are requesting that the city review the terms of its financial agreements with the Historical Society, that any agreements attached to those grants also be made available for reviewing to determine what standards the city should be holding the organization to right now.

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This is not the thing to have a blind spot for, especially when it has a paralyzing effect

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on the proper function of the Historical Society.

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We may talk about commercial development, but what of our cultural integrity between art

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shows and staffing the city's archive building, the essence of the Historical Society's work

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was cultural integrity, but you see where that has gotten to be.

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Mayor Vargas, you've been able to arrange meetings with the leadership of the Historical

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Society and the past to discuss the K of the archive, which by all means you should focus

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on.

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Now, perhaps your office could similarly arrange something to demonstrate how deeply concerned

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We are by the legal and ethical dilemmas invited by that board, while rejecting the labor of those with honest concerns doubling down on a PC violation with a likely labor code violation unacceptable.

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So please do reach back out to a saw.

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And discuss amongst yourselves. Thank you. Thank you. Julia Stodder.

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Julia Stodder.

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I'm Julia Stoder. Believe it or not, I am a business owner in Rancho Cumunga, California. And we're dreamland arts and community. We focus on uplifting arts and community in the inland empire. And what Alex just spoke on is something that personally affected me.

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over there in Rancho Cucamonga, and I don't know how many of you know the person in question,

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this coordinator, I don't know who allowed him to work in tandem with you. He touted himself as

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the like the boy of Paris, he is the savior. He is working with the city of Paris. He's hosting events

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at Paris High School with the conviction of Louis de la Chivia's axe with a 14 to 15-year-old

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when he was a grown adult man. That's inexcusable that he was working with children,

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young

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against him for restraining orders.

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His own mother filed one against him at one point.

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There's, if you look him up,

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just public record, San Bernardino County,

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if you look up that man's name, there's 18 files, 18 times

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where that man was a defendant in a case of a violent crime.

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Why was he working for the city of Paris?

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How was he cleared to hold events at a high school three times,

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he's supposed to be holding another one this summer,

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which he wrote me into two years ago,

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promising he was going to be the best thing nothing came of it.

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He is embarrassing to the city.

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And it's affected us, the arts community,

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which is a big up-and-coming economic thing that's happening in the Inland Empire.

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I don't know if anybody's like in on the economic development of the entire Inland Empire,

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but we're moving toward a lot more of art and community-focused businesses because we need that here.

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So this is our business all around the Inland Empire.

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And if you guys are doing this, if you're allowing this, imagine everybody else who's allowing this.

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Again, I don't, I've never met any of you, I don't know who you are, your affiliation

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with the coordinator, or I don't know who approved it.

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But all I know is that a convicted, grown adult who touched a child gets the whole

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All the events at Paris High School, how'd that happen?

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Thank you.

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That is all.

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Thank you.

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All right, we're going to move up item

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12A consoles.

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This is a presentation from our federal lobbyist who's got to play in the cats.

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The objection is going to move him on up.

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This item is going to be introduced by Assistant City Manager, Wendell Bugtay.

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Thank you, Mayor.

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We have Jason Browdy with Cali and Associates to provide us a federal update.

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Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

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The council member is the pleasure to be here.

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We've had a busy few days in Washington since the incoming Trump administration has taken

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office, but I did want to kind of present something that we've been working on with the

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city, staff, and the council on various items.

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And I do want to just go over that, some things that tap in over the last year and a half or so,

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some big funding opportunities and some other work that we've been doing, and then just give you

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a quick update on a couple things going on in DC under the New Trump administration.

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So, again, my name is Jason Browdy with the firm Kylie and Associates. I know I've met a lot of you

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before. It's a pleasure to be here, and it's a pleasure, honestly, to work on behalf of such a great city.

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in Washington. My background is I grew up here in Southern California, so I have a unique

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background of knowing a lot of your issues and a lot of the things impacting us here. In addition to myself, my two colleagues, great Kylin, Kim Van Wy, who I know the Council and staff know as well.

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We're always here for you and for the entire city of residents, so just please let us know, however we can help.

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Going back to some big funding opportunities that we've been working on with the city,

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Congressman Takano, in something called Community Project, otherwise known as Earmarks,

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has been one of the biggest things that we work on with the city.

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Every year, the congressman and the two US senators get projects that they can support on behalf of the city.

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We submit those at the direction of your help along with staff.

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In 2023, the grant opportunity, your marks last grant opportunity, for

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the Bob Glass gymnasium was put forward and

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Congressman Tukana was able to bring home $3 million for that.

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Again, this was a little leadership at the mayor and the council to get this across the finish line, of course, with a generosity of the Congressman.

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Right now, we're working on completing this project, the early childhood classroom grand opening is actually scheduled just here in a few days for January 30th, and that's directly related to that $3 billion that we are able to work on with Congressman Ticano.

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In 2024, we worked with both Congressman Ticano and Senator Alex Padilla and

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late Senator Diane Feinstein for funding that went towards the Paris Senior Center.

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Mayor, you may remember meeting with both the staff of the US Senators and

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Congressman Ticano to get that funding across the finish line and it did get across the finish line.

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$1.6 million.

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It was signed into law by President Biden.

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And it's currently law and right now we're working with federal agencies to get that money actually in the city's accounts and make sure that we can start that construction of that expansion program and we'll keep you posted as funds do move forward obviously today there was some news of potentially putting hold on some of this funding but from what we've been told so far this actual earmark funding will not be impacted by that.

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directed by the Trump administration today.

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But obviously, stay tuned and of course, if we do hear otherwise, we'll let you know.

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Also the same year, Congressman Ticano and

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Senator Feinstein and Senator Padilla put forward $200,000 for the purchase of body-worn cameras for the code enforcement team.

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And this project was also signed a law by President Biden.

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This program obviously makes sure that there's transparency between your code enforcement

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government officers and your residents along making sure that the city is more safe, and

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both your residents and your staff, have the tools and equipment to make sure that

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there's no confrontations, things along those lines.

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And it's a great program that the mayor really, and Council Member Rabby were there as well to really help bring home

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from that funding from the senators and the Congress members.

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That was another $200,000.

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This past year, Congressman Ticano put forward $250,000 for

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a new fire truck for the city, obviously with fires.

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This was happened well before all these recent fires that we've been dealing with.

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But $250,000 for a purchase of a new fire truck is pending right now.

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It was signed, sorry, it was passed by the House Appropriations Committee, and it did include the city's $250,000 in that bill.

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Right now, we're just waiting for Congress and the Senate to come upon an agreement to move that funding forward.

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And then once that happens, we hope, hope, hope, it will be signed into law by President Trump sometime this spring.

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And again, that'll be $250,000 towards a new fire truck.

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And then in this upcoming year, we're going to be applying for funding once again.

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Senator Alex Padilla and now Senator Adam Schiff took over for Senator Butler who was there just a short time after Senator Feinstein passed away.

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So Senator Schiff and Senator Padilla are going to be taking member requests for projects along with Congressman Ticano.

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You know, just last week, the mayor met with both Alex Medea and Senator Schiff in Washington, D.C.

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We're going to start engaging with their staffs on some funding opportunities that we see fit for the city.

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And finally, we'll also apply for the same funding to Congressman Takano as well.

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With the mayor's direction along with staff so far, what we're looking at, and again, we're going to talk to staff in Washington DC and the congressional offices to make sure all of these will still be a possibility.

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But as of now, the funding projects that we are thinking about submitting are gunshot detection technology that we already have for the city.

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It's expanding that, that's with our shot spotter system that we use.

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And by the way, Mayor, as you remember, the Congress member came out and

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toured the shot spotter and learned more about it, it's something that he's really, really interested in.

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And then a new fire station actually in the southern part of the city is also something that I really think would be good for the city to focus on with the fires that happened in LA County, both the eating fire and the palisades fire fire funding is going to be something that

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I think all US senators and all Congress members are going to want to support.

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So a new fire station down in the southern part of the city is something that we really think would be a good opportunity for the city, especially in light of what happened earlier this year for the city to think about applying for.

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And there's also some other federal grant opportunities that the city is considering.

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Earlier this month, Mayor Vargas met with senior officials from the Department of Transportation in Washington DC.

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There's a grant program called the Safe Streets and Roads for all program that we hope will be released later this spring.

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That will be funding that could go towards mitigating traffic accidents by the way of putting in guard rails,

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repaving potential crosswalks, funding along those lines.

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And this is a grant program that I know that Mayor wants to make a priority.

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And we'll keep you guys in the loop on that as we move forward.

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And as I mentioned earlier this year, or last year, I should say Congressman Ticano,

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visit the city to talk about that shot spotter technology.

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With that funding in mind, we're also going to think about other funding that could

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and go towards the shot spotter technology that the Department of Justice and other federal agencies may have.

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Back in 2023, I did also want to just bring up one of the biggest things that we help organize are the council and the mayor's trips to Washington.

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Both the US Conference of Mayors and the National League of Cities are really, really important conferences to attend.

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And you can see here on the PowerPoint, the Congress member with the mayor and the mayor

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Pro Tem, and then the photo on the right is actually meetings with senior officials

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from the Department of Transportation, talking about the transportation needs of the city.

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And then last year in 2024, the mayor returned to Washington with the assistance city manager,

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and we had high level meetings again with Congressman Tukano at the National League of Cities and at the U.S. Conference of Mayors last year in early January.

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And then also the mayor met with then Senator Lafonza Butler who I mentioned has just been taken over by Adam Schiff and then Senator Alex Padilla as well who's still in office.

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So we're going to continue our advocacy for the city.

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Obviously, we work well with Senator Schiff.

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You can see the mayor there with Senator Schiff, and on the left there, the congressman being presented the Paris-Steeter portrait painting, I should say, by the mayor.

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So, obviously, just making sure that the city is at the forefront of all things federal is our job, and we'll continue those efforts with the Trump administration.

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Obviously, things are going to change a little bit than from the Biden administration,

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but that's what we're here for to help and navigate somewhat uncharted water,

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so you can clearly honest with you.

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But that's what we're here for, and we will do the best that we can.

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I think now more than ever is time to make sure that the City of Paris knows

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that your elected officials are being proactive to go to Washington and fight for the needs of your residents.

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And I see that every day from both staff and the mayor and council, so thank you all for your help and leadership.

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Happy to answer any questions.

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Thank you Jason.

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Councilor Mabin, any questions?

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All right, good, you're awesome.

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Thank you mayor and thank you council members.

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Thank you.

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I appreciate your round, whatever you need anything.

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All right, moving on, 9A is our approval of minutes, 9A is consideration to approve the minutes of the regular joint meeting.

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All done, January 14, 2025, with the city council, successor agency redevelopment agencies and all the other entities as listed on our agenda. There are no questions or comments, council, I entertain a motion to approve.

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for a separate action, we will have public comment limited at three minutes.

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Constantly, we have anything they want to pull for a separate vote or discussion.

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All right, so we're not going to be pulling anything from the consent calendar.

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Madam Clerk, do we have any requests to speak?

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Yes, sir, for item 10M,

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Brian Faulkner.

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Good evening, Mayor and Council members.

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My name is Brian Faulkner, I represent the International Union Operating Engineers Local 12.

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I'm here tonight to support the Community Workforce Agreement.

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This agreement represents an investment into your community, and we have the opportunity

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to maximize its benefits for its local residents.

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Nothing is more important than working locally, staying off the freeway because your work is

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an L.A., three to four hours a daily commute, up to five hours daily.

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Nothing keeps a family together than working locally and getting home quicker.

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A community workforce agreement can offer a range of benefits for both the community and

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the workforce involved in a project.

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Some of the key advantages include job creation and economic benefits.

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CWA is often focused on creating local job opportunities particularly for the underrepresented

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communities like our local veterans.

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This can lead to improved local economic conditions and more skilled workforce.

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Workforce development, CWA's typically include provisions for training and apprenticeship programs which help workers gain valuable skills,

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certifications, and experience leading to a long-term career growth and mobility.

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Diversity and inclusion, by requiring contractors to hire from certain local and

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historically underrepresented groups, CWA's promote greater diversity in the workforce,

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course, helping to address disparities and create more inclusive working environments.

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Improved project outcomes because CWA is often involved in collaboration between stakeholders

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such as contractors, unions and community organizations, they can result in a more efficient

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project execution, better quality, quality and fewer labor disputes.

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support for local business. The CWA prioritizes local hiring local workers and using local subcontractors, which can help stimulate the local economy and keep the money circulating within the community.

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Stable employment, CWA's can lead to a more stable employment condition through negotiated

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benefits, fair wages and job security, which can improve worker morale and retention.

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Better labor management relations, CWA's often establish clear guidelines for labor relations,

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reducing the potential for strikes and other conflicts and fostering a more cooperative

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working environment.

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Long-term community impact by fostering a skilled work, diverse workforce, and supporting local businesses.

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CWA's can create lasting positive effects on social and economic fabric of a community,

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contributing to its overall development.

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I thank you for your time, and listen to me, thank you.

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Thank you.

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Madam Clerk, how many speakers do we have?

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Six more.

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Okay, I'm going to limit two minutes, guys.

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This is on consent calendar item, no one has pulled it from the council, so if you can make your comments brief, it'd be great.

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Or if you can skip them, it's your call.

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Who's next?

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Jose Isaldaia.

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Good afternoon.

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My name is Jose Isaldaia, I represent the Semin Mason's Local 500.

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Council members, I urge you guys to go

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forward with the renewal of the CWA for approval.

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I'm here to tell you guys we have much to work, while we have much work to do in partnership

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and grow together.

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I urge you to approve the CWA, this agreement will benefit the community and have work done

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by actual craftsmen.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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William Shaver.

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The second.

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You may or in council.

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My name is William Sharpe.

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Second.

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I'm a union trustee for Smart 105.

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I'm here for the approval of the CWA.

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And I'll forget about that.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Bill Schaver.

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Good evening, Mr. Mayor and councilmembers.

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I'll try to keep this brief, but I wanted to let you know that there's something that comes

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from the heart.

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That was my son that just got up here.

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He's working on a CWA in Riverside.

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That was approved by the Riverside Unified School District.

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He's actually working close to home right now, and as a parent,

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one of the most important things that we can do is be with our children when we have dinner.

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To have dinner every night with your children.

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And a lot of these brothers and sisters from the construction industry have spent hours and

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hours on the road working in LA, San Diego, and points two to three hours away from our home.

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And we do that as a daily commute.

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And I've been in this industry for 40 years.

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and I've done this for many, many years and that was one of the most important things that I could do was try to work close to home so that I could raise a good son and to raise a good family.

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He's working on that next generation and what's great about the community workforce agreement, it gives us the opportunity to be able to work close to home.

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I've been an Inland Empire resident for 60 years and 40 years in the construction industry.

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And it does me proud when our leaders look at these community workforce agreements and

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give us the workers an opportunity to not just work in the area, but

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also to have a chance to get a viable career in the construction industry and be able to work close to home.

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So I thank you for your consideration on this matter at this time.

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and I hope you have a great evening.

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Thank you.

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Jose Herrera.

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You don't have to repeat that, they're clapping.

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Jose Herrera.

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Any mayor and council members?

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I am here today in support of renewing the CWA.

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I'm here representing the cement mason's and operator plasters.

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We have had a great success with the CWA in place.

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We've also had a great success keeping people working where they live and having them being able to obtain more time with their families.

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We also have had several success, excuse me, putting local apprentices and giving local residents the opportunity in the construction trades.

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being able to make a decent living and having great benefits for their families and themselves.

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Keeping local people working close to their own homes also keeps boosting the local economy.

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So I strongly urge that you keep this community workforce agreement in place and thank you for your

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time. Thank you.

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Albert Duarte.

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Good evening. Mayor Vargas, Council

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members and staff.

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Thank you for this opportunity to speak.

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I'm the business manager for the building trades just started in December.

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And part of, I'm proud to represent these guys, right?

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They're skilled and trained workers, right?

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And that's a loud statement.

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What my commitment is is to outreach to the high schools, to the community,

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to the people that don't have a good trade right now or a skill, right?

428
00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:47,180
There's a lot of opportunity that we have to offer, but it can only be done by community

429
00:39:47,180 --> 00:39:48,060
workforce agreements.

430
00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:53,080
And fortunately, we have support from around the Inland Empire.

431
00:39:53,460 --> 00:39:57,800
So the people that are going to work and that we're going to hire are going to be able to work

432
00:39:57,800 --> 00:39:58,500
close to home.

433
00:39:59,180 --> 00:40:07,800
What Bill said, we all work in LA because they're predominantly project labor agreements, right?

434
00:40:08,020 --> 00:40:09,520
So that's where we travel.

435
00:40:09,520 --> 00:40:12,980
But now it's time for us to work here.

436
00:40:13,260 --> 00:40:18,700
So I just thank you for the support that you guys have given us and all that you've done.

437
00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:19,580
So thank you.

438
00:40:19,820 --> 00:40:20,260
Thank you.

439
00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:23,780
Robert, Ramos.

440
00:40:32,870 --> 00:40:34,310
I'm back for the Reckon Sendino.

441
00:40:34,910 --> 00:40:36,650
Anyways, I'm going to keep it real brief.

442
00:40:37,010 --> 00:40:40,850
My union partners over there is pretty much summed it up.

443
00:40:41,250 --> 00:40:43,350
I'm just going to want you to paint this picture.

444
00:40:43,350 --> 00:40:50,270
and over 30 years time, I traveled on the highways 29,750 hours.

445
00:40:51,230 --> 00:40:52,950
That's a lot of time away from my family.

446
00:40:53,990 --> 00:41:00,390
With this community workforce agreement, we'll keep future tradesmen closer to home,

447
00:41:01,550 --> 00:41:02,930
stimulate the local economy.

448
00:41:03,970 --> 00:41:08,210
So with that, I'll end it and I hope you're consideration tonight.

449
00:41:08,430 --> 00:41:08,690
Thank you.

450
00:41:08,950 --> 00:41:09,250
Thank you.

451
00:41:09,810 --> 00:41:10,510
That is all.

452
00:41:10,510 --> 00:41:11,490
All right,

453
00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:15,380
Council, there's no more discussion.

454
00:41:16,720 --> 00:41:18,960
Councilman Rab, may I put 10 Rab?

455
00:41:19,280 --> 00:41:22,740
I just like to think they're all the speaker for coming out today to speak in support of item M.

456
00:41:23,340 --> 00:41:26,460
I will fully support item M. Item M has been supported in the past.

457
00:41:27,020 --> 00:41:31,020
I just for the record, when something's on consent calendar, the council is not pulling it.

458
00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:33,460
It's most likely going to get passed in total.

459
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:35,920
But we appreciate your comments and thank you for coming out tonight.

460
00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:39,480
Councilman Corolla.

461
00:41:41,060 --> 00:41:45,480
Yeah, just want to briefly kind of give everyone a quick history.

462
00:41:45,980 --> 00:41:49,940
City of Paris was one of the first cities in the whole area to do a project labor agreement.

463
00:41:50,380 --> 00:41:54,560
We did that in 2017, and then about a year and a half later, then we did a CWA.

464
00:41:55,360 --> 00:41:56,820
With the reason why we're here, it just expired.

465
00:41:57,940 --> 00:42:00,540
I think the City of Paris has always been a pro labor.

466
00:42:00,700 --> 00:42:04,480
We definitely support quality work and quality workers, so I'm full support of this.

467
00:42:04,900 --> 00:42:05,140
Thank you.

468
00:42:05,140 --> 00:42:05,180
But

469
00:42:11,810 --> 00:42:16,170
this whole council has been like that for over eight years, so there's nothing more to say.

470
00:42:17,350 --> 00:42:24,630
All right, so I'm looking, this time there's no more discussion, council, I need a motion and a second.

471
00:42:26,150 --> 00:42:36,610
And this is for item 10A all the way through 10O, a motion by Mayor Pro Temraub, second by councilman Delay.

472
00:42:36,610 --> 00:42:37,410
Hope please call it up.

473
00:42:42,910 --> 00:42:44,810
5L motion approved.

474
00:42:45,190 --> 00:42:46,230
Thank you.

475
00:42:50,270 --> 00:42:52,030
Item 11 is our public hearings.

476
00:42:52,730 --> 00:42:57,250
10A is considered to introduce the first reading of proposed ordinance number, next in order.

477
00:42:58,090 --> 00:43:04,030
A many municipal code section 2.37.040 regarding compensation of planning commissioners.

478
00:43:04,770 --> 00:43:08,910
This will be presented or introduced by our director of administrative services.

479
00:43:09,170 --> 00:43:10,050
Saida Amorskar.

480
00:43:11,250 --> 00:43:14,050
Good evening, Mayor, members of the City Council.

481
00:43:14,050 --> 00:43:19,450
Council. This item here before you is to consider the first reading of ordinance number

482
00:43:19,450 --> 00:43:28,810
next in order, amending code section 2.37.040 regarding compensation of planning commissioners.

483
00:43:29,650 --> 00:43:37,410
At the September 24, 2024 City Council meeting, Councilman Corona requested that staff bring

484
00:43:37,410 --> 00:43:43,290
back an item to discuss an adjustment to the planning commission compensation pursuant

485
00:43:43,290 --> 00:43:44,250
to government code.

486
00:43:45,410 --> 00:43:51,730
Staff conducted a survey of planning commission compensation of surrounding cities with the results

487
00:43:51,730 --> 00:43:52,870
appearing on the screen.

488
00:43:54,010 --> 00:44:00,490
The planning commission requires commissioners to commit personal time to the review and planning

489
00:44:00,490 --> 00:44:05,750
process of the planning commission meeting agendas two times every month.

490
00:44:06,210 --> 00:44:12,490
As such, the compensation may be adjusted to make it easier for the average city resident

491
00:44:12,490 --> 00:44:17,590
to serve on the planning commission due to inflation and increase costs of living.

492
00:44:18,190 --> 00:44:42,410
In consideration of this and the survey results, staff recommends the proposed ordinance to the planning commissioners' compensation from $100 per meeting to $150 per regular meeting, with a corresponding increase in the monthly compensation limit from $200 to $300 per commissioner per month.

493
00:44:42,410 --> 00:44:45,990
As the Planning Commission holds two regular meetings each month.

494
00:44:46,510 --> 00:44:53,570
If the City Council wishes to change this compensation limit, staff will update the proposed ordinance accordingly.

495
00:44:54,250 --> 00:44:57,830
This concludes my presentation and I can answer any questions you may have.

496
00:44:58,210 --> 00:44:58,490
Thank you.

497
00:44:58,690 --> 00:44:59,410
Thank you, Senator.

498
00:44:59,770 --> 00:44:59,890
Council.

499
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:03,140
May I have any questions or open up the public hearing?

500
00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:15,980
In your research, I don't know if you came across it. Was there a situation? I know some school boards do this, where if you don't attend the meeting, you don't get compensated, you get compensated half way or is there anything like that?

501
00:45:18,130 --> 00:45:29,670
Not in my research. No, we didn't inquire about that. Do you have any information on that? If they don't attend to me, they're not compensated for that. It's not compensated. It's a tent to get paid.

502
00:45:29,670 --> 00:45:31,930
Okay, yes, okay, it's paid per meeting.

503
00:45:32,230 --> 00:45:33,770
Gotcha, thank you.

504
00:45:34,530 --> 00:45:35,510
Any other questions?

505
00:45:35,830 --> 00:45:36,390
Anybody else?

506
00:45:38,090 --> 00:45:41,130
All right, I'm open at the public hearing,

507
00:45:43,360 --> 00:45:44,460
731.

508
00:45:44,680 --> 00:45:45,880
Madam Clerk, do I have any questions to speak?

509
00:45:46,680 --> 00:45:47,160
No, sir.

510
00:45:47,640 --> 00:45:49,060
I'm going to be wishing to speak on this item.

511
00:45:50,740 --> 00:45:53,980
Hearing and seeing now, I'm going to close the public hearing at 731.

512
00:45:58,080 --> 00:45:59,080
Is there no more discussion?

513
00:45:59,080 --> 00:46:02,860
I'm going to entertain a motion, but I would like to entertain a

514
00:46:09,550 --> 00:46:10,850
suggestion.

515
00:46:10,850 --> 00:46:16,210
to incorporate, I mean, one's the last time they got a rate that they have ever been

516
00:46:16,210 --> 00:46:19,130
adjusted. I mean, I've been here for 20 years and they've never been adjusted.

517
00:46:19,310 --> 00:46:23,210
I was going to say I don't have information, it's been a long time.

518
00:46:23,630 --> 00:46:27,670
So, I mean, obviously they're not here to make money, but it's compensates them for gasoline

519
00:46:27,670 --> 00:46:30,990
and gas has gone up very high. Some of our commissioners are coming from work,

520
00:46:31,230 --> 00:46:35,790
from out of the city, you know, so forth. But so

521
00:46:38,060 --> 00:46:40,040
like us, we have to bring it up for our

522
00:46:40,980 --> 00:46:49,180
So the attorney for our raises, we have to bring it up for a CPI adjustment and it has to be done before an election and blah, blah, blah.

523
00:46:49,360 --> 00:46:51,500
Does that apply to appointed commissioners?

524
00:46:53,320 --> 00:46:54,880
I don't believe it does.

525
00:46:55,180 --> 00:46:55,240
Okay.

526
00:46:55,760 --> 00:47:08,320
Is there, can we do a stipulation that besides increasing this to 150 that we look at it with the CPI increase every two years?

527
00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:10,820
There's a thing, maybe, everybody's good with that?

528
00:47:14,170 --> 00:47:15,550
CPI includes every two years.

529
00:47:17,490 --> 00:47:20,130
So whoever makes the motion, if you can include that,

530
00:47:20,230 --> 00:47:20,850
I appreciate it.

531
00:47:23,060 --> 00:47:25,160
Yeah, comment, council member, may I put them?

532
00:47:25,420 --> 00:47:29,040
I think it sounds good, but we could be in a situation

533
00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:30,840
where there may be as hyperinflation

534
00:47:30,840 --> 00:47:33,160
and we're kind of tying the hands of future councils.

535
00:47:33,840 --> 00:47:35,620
I think the ordinance said anywhere between,

536
00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:38,120
was like 150 to 200.

537
00:47:38,120 --> 00:47:45,280
So the council can just re-examinate every two years, much like we do with our salary.

538
00:47:45,720 --> 00:47:49,500
Well, I mean, you can put the word, no one saying it has to be done.

539
00:47:49,500 --> 00:47:54,640
I'm just saying I don't want to see this go on like the council did for over 10 years and never get an increase.

540
00:47:54,920 --> 00:48:02,420
So I want to protect the budget and the rights to our appointed persons.

541
00:48:02,920 --> 00:48:05,820
So I don't mind how everything is.

542
00:48:05,820 --> 00:48:13,080
I just don't want to see this go on again for another 20 years and they never get an increase and gasoline and 20 years is now $30 a gallon.

543
00:48:13,240 --> 00:48:27,320
I mean, you know, I agree. Just one clarifying question here for the city attorney or Madam City Manager, is if we establishes with ordinance and the ordinance sets out the parameters, if we want to raise it, it would just be a resolution in the future, as long as it stays in those parameters, correct?

544
00:48:30,160 --> 00:48:36,000
Yes, that's correct, and you can put that in the ordinance and to address the CPI concern,

545
00:48:36,260 --> 00:48:43,760
you could just say, for every two years, staff shall bring back recommendations of an increase.

546
00:48:44,000 --> 00:48:49,280
In that way, there's flexibility as to, and then the increase can be set via resolution.

547
00:48:49,700 --> 00:48:51,120
That's how we can draft the ordinance.

548
00:48:51,280 --> 00:48:51,960
I would agree with that.

549
00:48:52,220 --> 00:48:52,680
That's not great.

550
00:48:52,800 --> 00:48:54,580
That's exactly what my intentions were.

551
00:48:54,580 --> 00:48:58,740
So for a quick question, I mean, they're not meeting twice a month, right?

552
00:48:59,020 --> 00:49:03,720
I mean, normally they do, but they go every, so they have 24 meetings a year.

553
00:49:04,600 --> 00:49:05,680
In that 24.

554
00:49:05,780 --> 00:49:09,940
Not 24, but we might, they've, his or she missed maybe a couple of meetings per year.

555
00:49:10,500 --> 00:49:14,420
So, but his story could be, they've had two meetings for a month.

556
00:49:14,740 --> 00:49:17,960
Okay, because I'm trying to match it up and you know, you know, I was actually under the

557
00:49:17,960 --> 00:49:23,240
pressure and I was that they were getting compensated $100 per month, but it's actually $100 per

558
00:49:23,240 --> 00:49:29,040
meeting kind of line with other cities. I don't know. Sorry, I have another clarifying question.

559
00:49:29,280 --> 00:49:34,060
For all the other cities, do they also meet two times a month or does it, does it vary

560
00:49:34,060 --> 00:49:41,140
city per city? It depends. I know that we just because we communicate with

561
00:49:41,140 --> 00:49:46,980
men if they, they don't meet as often as we do, it just depends on the volume of work that's

562
00:49:46,980 --> 00:49:47,640
in the city.

563
00:49:53,360 --> 00:49:56,240
All right. No one else has any more questions. I have

564
00:49:56,240 --> 00:49:57,880
We're looking for a second.

565
00:49:58,500 --> 00:50:00,380
Can you clarify the motion again at one more time?

566
00:50:02,340 --> 00:50:03,440
Yes, if you can.

567
00:50:03,940 --> 00:50:10,760
The motion is to adopt the ordinance, giving the increase recommended by staff.

568
00:50:11,240 --> 00:50:17,300
But add a provision that says every two years staff is to analyze and

569
00:50:17,300 --> 00:50:23,980
bring back two council, a recommendation for potential adjustments, stipend adjustment.

570
00:50:23,980 --> 00:50:26,660
and that can be adopted via resolution.

571
00:50:30,730 --> 00:50:32,110
All right, looking for a motion.

572
00:50:33,030 --> 00:50:34,570
I have motion by Councilwoman Navas,

573
00:50:34,810 --> 00:50:36,770
second by Mayor Pro Temeram, please call the vote.

574
00:50:45,780 --> 00:50:47,160
5O motion approved.

575
00:50:47,840 --> 00:50:48,220
Thank you.

576
00:50:49,120 --> 00:50:51,920
11B is consideration to adopt proposed resolution number

577
00:50:51,920 --> 00:50:54,700
numbers next in order and introduce a first reading

578
00:50:54,700 --> 00:50:56,760
of proposed ordinance numbers next in order.

579
00:50:57,460 --> 00:50:59,140
Regarding general plan amendment GPA,

580
00:50:59,560 --> 00:51:03,700
24-0-5-206 specific plan amendments SPA,

581
00:51:03,700 --> 00:51:33,680
24-0-5207 zoning and subdivision amendments, 24-0-5184, as a proposal to amend the general plan, green billy specific plan, downtown specific plan zoning and subdivision codes to establish a housing opportunity areas overlay, HO-AO-Zone, subject to affordability requirements and to amend existing land use regulations to remove unduly constraints to streamline housing development.

582
00:51:34,660 --> 00:51:44,120
in accordance with the applicable state housing laws, and this is going to be presented by our director of development services, Mr. Kenneth Fung.

583
00:51:44,620 --> 00:51:48,580
Good evening mayor, this item will be presented by our planning manager Patricia Brennis.

584
00:51:50,550 --> 00:51:53,510
Good evening, honorable mayor, council member city staff.

585
00:51:54,590 --> 00:52:04,190
As you mentioned mayor, the project comes to you with a four vote, four vote from the planning commission recommending that the city council.

586
00:52:04,190 --> 00:52:14,490
approve the Housing Implementation Project, which is a follow through obligation of the city's housing element, approved on January 25, 2022.

587
00:52:15,390 --> 00:52:24,810
Aimed at a streamline in the process for housing and identified housing opportunity areas to accommodate 7800 units required by the state.

588
00:52:24,810 --> 00:52:25,870
This

589
00:52:28,080 --> 00:52:45,620
project will fulfill the city's obligation for approval of the housing element by implementing an overlay zone for the housing opportunity areas and amending the land use regulations to streamline the process for residential development and for compliance with the state law.

590
00:52:48,550 --> 00:52:56,250
The housing opportunity areas were selected and approved by the City Council when the housing element was adopted in 2022.

591
00:52:57,010 --> 00:53:02,750
With implementation of the overlay zone, property owners would have the opportunity to develop

592
00:53:02,750 --> 00:53:08,830
a density that's allowed by the underlying zone, and also activate or also activate

593
00:53:08,830 --> 00:53:11,870
the overlay zone without having to process a zone change.

594
00:53:14,700 --> 00:53:20,140
Amendment are proposed with this project to remove barriers and facilitate affordable housing

595
00:53:20,140 --> 00:53:20,920
in the city.

596
00:53:23,480 --> 00:53:28,020
A mitigated negative declaration was prepared for this project, in compliance with SIGWA,

597
00:53:28,020 --> 00:53:32,000
and receive five letters and a phone call regarding this project.

598
00:53:32,360 --> 00:53:40,980
None of the letters or comments received raised additional issues that haven't already been addressed in the mitigated negative declaration or the environmental documents.

599
00:53:43,040 --> 00:53:53,140
So with that, staff recommends that the City Council adopt resolution for adoption of the mitigated negative declaration and the mitigation monitoring and reporting program.

600
00:53:53,140 --> 00:53:57,780
Adopt resolution for adoption of the general plan amendment amending the land use element.

601
00:53:58,820 --> 00:54:05,940
Introduce ordinances, approving amendments to the Green Valley specific plan, downtown specific plan, zoning code and map,

602
00:54:06,480 --> 00:54:12,660
and the subdivision code to provide opportunities for affordable housing and remove constraints on housing development.

603
00:54:13,220 --> 00:54:15,000
And that concludes staff's presentation.

604
00:54:15,000 --> 00:54:16,480
I'm happy to answer any questions.

605
00:54:17,300 --> 00:54:17,880
Thank you, Patricia.

606
00:54:19,080 --> 00:54:21,920
Council, any quick questions or comments for open up public hearing?

607
00:54:24,460 --> 00:54:31,060
All right, seeing nobody in the queue, we're going to open up the public hearing at 739.

608
00:54:31,900 --> 00:54:33,380
I'm quick, do we have any requests to speak?

609
00:54:33,680 --> 00:54:34,080
No, sir.

610
00:54:34,640 --> 00:54:36,880
Anybody wishing to speak on this item in the audience?

611
00:54:38,480 --> 00:54:45,500
Here in the scene then, we close the public hearing at 739, and I'll come back to the council

612
00:54:45,500 --> 00:54:51,300
for any comments, questions, and then we're going to call for a motion on the two

613
00:54:51,300 --> 00:54:54,140
Resolutions in the first reading of the four ordinances.

614
00:54:54,460 --> 00:54:54,940
I

615
00:54:58,910 --> 00:55:00,370
have a motion by Councilwoman Nala.

616
00:55:02,050 --> 00:55:03,870
And a second by Mayor Pro Temrab.

617
00:55:08,170 --> 00:55:09,090
Please call the vote.

618
00:55:15,250 --> 00:55:16,310
Feather, motion approved.

619
00:55:16,750 --> 00:55:17,170
Thank you.

620
00:55:20,250 --> 00:55:21,830
12 A, we took care of already.

621
00:55:22,010 --> 00:55:25,050
12 B is consideration to adopt proposed resolution that's the number.

622
00:55:25,590 --> 00:55:28,730
We've reverted to the state mandate default campaign contribution limits and

623
00:55:28,730 --> 00:55:34,590
other campaign regulations set by Assembly Bill number 571, AB 571, and

624
00:55:34,590 --> 00:55:37,250
in repealing resolution number 6027.

625
00:55:38,790 --> 00:55:41,050
This will be introduced by

626
00:55:44,600 --> 00:55:46,460
our city attorney, Sonny Sultani.

627
00:55:48,580 --> 00:55:49,560
Thank you, Mayor.

628
00:55:49,960 --> 00:55:53,680
And I just realized the staff reports don't come on my screen.

629
00:55:54,120 --> 00:55:56,580
Clara, oh wait, hold on.

630
00:55:57,080 --> 00:55:57,760
There's a presentation.

631
00:55:58,320 --> 00:55:58,640
Oh,

632
00:56:01,900 --> 00:56:06,240
do you, can you cover it, yeah, sorry.

633
00:56:06,880 --> 00:56:09,460
Good evening, Mayor and Council members.

634
00:56:09,460 --> 00:56:17,900
This item 12b is consideration to adopt campaign contribution limits.

635
00:56:18,770 --> 00:56:28,320
It does include a repeal resolution in 2022, the City Council did adopt new campaign limits

636
00:56:28,320 --> 00:56:32,620
which increased what's above the AB 571.

637
00:56:33,420 --> 00:56:38,940
And at the request of Councilman Corona, staff is bringing this item back to reconsider the

638
00:56:38,940 --> 00:56:45,840
contribution limits. There's also an alternate resolution that does allow you to approve a

639
00:56:45,840 --> 00:56:50,920
contribution limit even below the AB 571 thresholds if that's what the Council desires

640
00:56:50,920 --> 00:56:55,240
to do. So with that, this is a discussion item.

641
00:56:57,400 --> 00:57:01,940
And we would ask for direction and we will

642
00:57:01,940 --> 00:57:06,820
bring tonight to connectionally adopt the ordinance with the new contribution limits as

643
00:57:06,820 --> 00:57:07,900
is a public hearing item.

644
00:57:10,440 --> 00:57:10,720
That's it.

645
00:57:10,860 --> 00:57:11,840
All right, thank you.

646
00:57:12,800 --> 00:57:17,660
Madam Clerk, or Councilman, may I have any quick questions or comments if we're open at the public hearing?

647
00:57:18,380 --> 00:57:19,120
Yes, I have a question.

648
00:57:19,660 --> 00:57:21,240
Or call for a public comment, I should say.

649
00:57:21,440 --> 00:57:21,940
Yes, go ahead.

650
00:57:22,480 --> 00:57:28,520
Yes, in drafting the resolution to repeal ordinance, I'm sorry, resolution 6027.

651
00:57:29,120 --> 00:57:36,920
Was there any discussion on simply keeping 6027 but amending section 5, subsection A, I believe it says,

652
00:57:36,920 --> 00:57:42,080
There's no person she'll make a candidate for City elected office or to a controlled committee of that candidate.

653
00:57:42,380 --> 00:57:46,540
A campaign contribution to totaling more than $20,000 for election.

654
00:57:47,060 --> 00:57:53,400
Was there any discussion maybe bringing that down to be a knowledge of the state level that's set by AB 571?

655
00:57:54,980 --> 00:57:56,340
Do you want me to respond?

656
00:57:56,800 --> 00:57:58,820
So we're leaving that in your discretion.

657
00:57:59,320 --> 00:58:02,260
So essentially you have two resolution before you tonight.

658
00:58:02,260 --> 00:58:07,160
One of them allows you to just keep it at the state level,

659
00:58:07,360 --> 00:58:13,200
if I'm pursuing to that, one of them allows you to set a different limit.

660
00:58:13,900 --> 00:58:19,200
It could be lower, higher, we've left it blank for the council to deliberate on the side.

661
00:58:19,460 --> 00:58:20,780
Okay, another question.

662
00:58:20,920 --> 00:58:28,060
If we were to adopt the state regulation, I didn't see any language about candidates being able to transfer funds for

663
00:58:28,060 --> 00:58:30,380
different positions within the state.

664
00:58:30,480 --> 00:58:57,580
Say, for instance, the Paracity Council candidate raises money for the Paracity Council does not extend all that money, and say, for instance, they want to run for state assembly or state supervisor or a judge or any other position that they are allowed to transfer the funds in would adopting AB 571 instead of amending resolution 6027 with that hamstring candidate from transferring over funds to a future campaign.

665
00:58:57,580 --> 00:59:06,940
No, because in the resolution, we clarify that all other applicable state laws remain and it would be pursuant to other state laws.

666
00:59:07,360 --> 00:59:08,500
Okay, thank you.

667
00:59:11,200 --> 00:59:11,800
Anybody else?

668
00:59:13,300 --> 00:59:19,180
Yeah, you know, when we were presented this in 2022, there was a very robust presentation.

669
00:59:19,340 --> 00:59:21,500
We were comparing other cities and anything like that.

670
00:59:21,740 --> 00:59:25,080
Do we have, is there a presentation?

671
00:59:25,980 --> 00:59:27,620
Or is this just a staff report?

672
00:59:28,320 --> 00:59:33,320
We have actually checked and nothing in the other cities has changed.

673
00:59:34,620 --> 00:59:39,520
We had that, where is the chart?

674
00:59:39,760 --> 00:59:41,760
I thought it was, it wasn't an attack.

675
00:59:41,900 --> 00:59:43,960
We didn't make an attachment to the staff report.

676
00:59:44,780 --> 00:59:53,880
I shared the updated chart, no, we don't, I did not put together a presentation of sorry

677
00:59:53,880 --> 00:59:59,960
Councilman Corona but we did verify that no surrounding city has changed.

678
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:25,220
I've changed from that time, and I can pull it up on my email. I have it somewhere, if you're interested in having a discussion about that. No, no, no, I think I remember it from that time. We're just thinking for the public, for transparency reasons, but I'm okay. That's the only question that. Actually, can you pull it? Because I wasn't aware, and that would be great for me to understand more from.

679
01:00:25,220 --> 01:00:36,680
Or if I may add, is there a staffer who could kind of revisit what the discussion was back then and and and just a good provider refresher for our newest council member and for the public?

680
01:00:38,580 --> 01:00:54,100
Would you like me to explain what the law was back then and so prior to prior to AB 571 cities would set their own campaign cut.

681
01:00:54,100 --> 01:01:00,220
There was no limits, there was no campaign contribution limits, and anybody could donate however much they want it to.

682
01:01:00,960 --> 01:01:14,920
Then in 2019, the California legislature passed the law AB 571 which essentially set the state of California a setting a limit of $5,900 for campaign contributions.

683
01:01:15,340 --> 01:01:23,180
However, we can allow a public agency to set its own limits lower or higher than that.

684
01:01:23,180 --> 01:01:31,220
If the public agencies don't adopt a resolution by, you know, back then I forgot the date

685
01:01:31,220 --> 01:01:37,500
what it was, it was October of 2019, setting their own limit then state law would apply,

686
01:01:37,660 --> 01:01:40,000
which would limit it at 5,900.

687
01:01:40,700 --> 01:01:47,780
A lot of cities wanted a higher campaign donation limits, so they adopted resolutions that set

688
01:01:47,780 --> 01:01:51,120
their limits at higher limits.

689
01:01:51,120 --> 01:02:01,820
And at that time when the item was brought to the city of Paris, I was in the city attorney but my understanding is the council decided we're going to set a $20,000 limit.

690
01:02:02,980 --> 01:02:17,080
So councilman Corona, then want it to bring this item back to consider it and staff since we didn't know which way the council would want to go, we've provided you with two resolutions.

691
01:02:17,080 --> 01:02:29,580
One resolution would repeal your resolution that sets it at $20,000, and if you do that, simply state law applies, which means the limit will be $5,900.

692
01:02:30,460 --> 01:02:41,120
But the second resolution allows you to set a different limit than the $20,000 you had, but it can be lower or higher than the state limit.

693
01:02:41,440 --> 01:02:42,620
That's 5,900.

694
01:02:42,620 --> 01:02:50,680
The AB 571 does several other things, and I've listed all eight of them in the staff report.

695
01:02:51,320 --> 01:03:08,520
For example, candidate cannot make a campaign contribution to another candidate subject to AB 571 in excess of the state contribution limit, a candidate that has qualified as a committee must establish a separate controlled committee and campaign mag account for each specific office.

696
01:03:08,520 --> 01:03:14,120
This candidates may transfer campaign funds from one controlled committee to another controlled committee.

697
01:03:14,640 --> 01:03:20,760
Candidates cannot personally loan money to their own campaign in an amount which exceeds $100,000.

698
01:03:21,200 --> 01:03:27,080
An elected city official may establish a committee to oppose a recall measure and

699
01:03:27,080 --> 01:03:34,200
election as soon as the official receives a notice of intent against them and can accept contributions without regard to the state limitations.

700
01:03:34,200 --> 01:03:49,300
Candidates can accept contributions after the date of the election only to extend that contribution does not exceed net that's outstanding from the election and the contribution do not otherwise exceed the state's limitations.

701
01:03:49,800 --> 01:03:58,560
Candidates may carry over contributions raised with one election to pay campaign expenditures incurred with another subsequent election.

702
01:03:58,560 --> 01:04:03,920
and finally candidate for elective city office may raise contributions for general election

703
01:04:03,920 --> 01:04:09,480
before the primary election and for special general election before special primary election

704
01:04:09,480 --> 01:04:15,620
for the same elective city office if the candidate sets aside those contributions and uses those

705
01:04:15,620 --> 01:04:22,880
contributions for the general election or the special general election. Under both scenarios of your

706
01:04:22,880 --> 01:04:30,400
ordinance. We are, we've drafted it in such that all these other state laws remain in effect

707
01:04:30,400 --> 01:04:38,460
because they're responsible rules to have. So they would not go away.

708
01:04:39,780 --> 01:04:44,200
And Councilmember Crona, we just uploaded the survey. Thank you.

709
01:04:44,640 --> 01:04:47,440
All right. Any bail? Any questions? Yes, ma'am.

710
01:04:48,640 --> 01:05:06,340
Thank you. My question for Seni is if we set our own limits that aren't followed, that aren't the recommendation of the FPPC, who would be responsible for enforcing that if we set our own limits, I'm under the impression that they will no longer police that if you will.

711
01:05:08,600 --> 01:05:19,920
So the city would have to review it and look at it, but if it's in violation of that, it could still be reported to FVPC as well.

712
01:05:20,300 --> 01:05:21,740
Okay. Okay.

713
01:05:22,680 --> 01:05:29,280
And residents could report it to FVPC and FVPC itself can look at your resolution and enforce it.

714
01:05:29,580 --> 01:05:31,660
So the enforcement mechanisms don't change.

715
01:05:32,700 --> 01:05:49,980
Okay. So if we state our own amount that isn't in line with that, do we need to add maybe something in the language because I mean it's for residents to kind of go through our website and try to find it, you have to, you know, take various steps and click among the website.

716
01:05:50,120 --> 01:05:58,860
But is there a mechanism where maybe perhaps our city clerk will be able to flag it in case, you know, we'll give them the benefit of that.

717
01:05:58,860 --> 01:06:05,020
They didn't know that they had received contributions greater than the set limit or

718
01:06:08,000 --> 01:06:13,100
who the contributions get reported on your form 700.

719
01:06:13,340 --> 01:06:30,160
So a lot of times it's after you received the contribution and really it is the elected officials responsibility and elected officials treasures responsibility to make sure they're keeping track.

720
01:06:30,160 --> 01:06:33,480
I don't think you can really shift that onto the city.

721
01:06:33,680 --> 01:06:39,920
So then, if we were to stick with the FEPC recommendation, then they would be the ones to-

722
01:06:40,840 --> 01:06:41,480
They're the watchdogs.

723
01:06:41,980 --> 01:06:47,060
They're the watchdogs, but even in that situation, they're elected official and the treasure

724
01:06:47,060 --> 01:06:51,420
are responsible for making sure they're not getting campaign contributions beyond that.

725
01:06:51,940 --> 01:06:56,440
It's always your own responsibility to make sure you're complying with FEPC.

726
01:06:56,440 --> 01:07:01,380
But what she's saying if you follow the state policy that's there are the watchdogs if you get something

727
01:07:01,380 --> 01:07:07,760
They would be the watchdogs, but but I think she was asking me if FEPC would send them a notice saying you're going beyond

728
01:07:07,760 --> 01:07:13,240
They would do it after you've collected it and it would probably be your in violation at that point

729
01:07:13,240 --> 01:07:16,900
So it's still your responsibility to make sure you're not getting beyond

730
01:07:16,900 --> 01:07:22,920
The limits that you're allowed to collect. Okay, and the reason why I'm asking is just you know

731
01:07:23,800 --> 01:07:35,440
Because we are in the discussion and I'm not sure if I'm leaning one way or another in regards to I just want to make sure that the donations are followed and if folks

732
01:07:36,440 --> 01:07:45,440
which route to go, right, if we pick our own amount, would the FPPC still be involved because that wasn't clear on the agenda?

733
01:07:46,280 --> 01:07:48,180
Yes, they would definitely be involved.

734
01:07:48,180 --> 01:07:49,300
Okay, thank you.

735
01:07:51,220 --> 01:07:52,120
Anybody else?

736
01:07:52,700 --> 01:07:54,200
Let me open up for public comment.

737
01:07:54,340 --> 01:07:55,480
Do you have any requests to speak?

738
01:07:55,820 --> 01:07:56,240
Yes, sir.

739
01:07:57,000 --> 01:07:57,800
Ashley Barton.

740
01:08:01,640 --> 01:08:03,240
Let me speak as way up for this item.

741
01:08:03,580 --> 01:08:03,980
Just one.

742
01:08:04,420 --> 01:08:04,560
Okay.

743
01:08:05,360 --> 01:08:06,260
You're on Ashley.

744
01:08:06,420 --> 01:08:06,800
Just me.

745
01:08:08,400 --> 01:08:12,260
Okay, so I am a former Huntington Beach resident.

746
01:08:12,460 --> 01:08:13,840
I moved here in 2002.

747
01:08:14,520 --> 01:08:19,860
That same year, Huntington Beach had voted to change their campaign contribution limit.

748
01:08:19,860 --> 01:08:31,160
from $620 to the state regulated limit of $5,900, which is the default, and that decision

749
01:08:31,580 --> 01:08:37,860
in itself at that time sent absolute shockwaves through my old, very rich community.

750
01:08:40,820 --> 01:08:45,860
So let's see, so who could imagine my disbelief finding that this little working classity

751
01:08:45,860 --> 01:08:54,040
of Paris has a campaign contribution limit of $20,000, it blew my absolute mind.

752
01:08:54,720 --> 01:09:01,200
When I did my basic research, other campaign contribution limits that are also $20,000,

753
01:09:01,980 --> 01:09:09,600
the Board of Directors for Alameda County, that's over a million and a half residents.

754
01:09:10,360 --> 01:09:23,040
So that might make sense, but I don't understand what we have in common with at least Alameda County enough to validate and, you know, to justify such a high set amount.

755
01:09:23,720 --> 01:09:35,160
So I'm really urging you to repeal it. I think the state mandated limit is absolutely appropriate, especially for how much on average, like our meeting income.

756
01:09:35,160 --> 01:09:39,600
what is that our median income is around 78,000 and then for reference,

757
01:09:39,680 --> 01:09:43,540
Huntington Beach's median income is 115,000.

758
01:09:44,560 --> 01:09:49,180
So please do the right thing, please revert that.

759
01:09:49,320 --> 01:09:57,360
Can we go back to what is stated as normal, what was just shown is most places around us are

760
01:09:57,360 --> 01:10:01,600
also that way and we are not Riverside and we are not Marino Valley.

761
01:10:01,600 --> 01:10:04,500
So please vote to get money out of politics.

762
01:10:04,500 --> 01:10:07,360
It would really just foster trust in the community.

763
01:10:07,600 --> 01:10:08,500
Thank you so much.

764
01:10:09,220 --> 01:10:10,120
Thank you.

765
01:10:11,820 --> 01:10:13,980
All right, Council, any further discussion?

766
01:10:15,220 --> 01:10:15,380
Yeah.

767
01:10:15,920 --> 01:10:16,620
Councilmember Corona?

768
01:10:19,200 --> 01:10:24,480
I did have staff kind of looking to see, you know, all the contributions since 2020.

769
01:10:24,480 --> 01:10:31,560
And, you know, especially after 2022, the influx of large amount of money.

770
01:10:31,560 --> 01:10:39,700
Now, keep in mind, a resident here could write me a check for $20,000, but most residents

771
01:10:39,700 --> 01:10:46,980
in our city, I stated before, residents are not, no resident of Paris ever donated $20,000.

772
01:10:47,640 --> 01:10:49,460
We know who donated $20,000.

773
01:10:50,160 --> 01:10:57,400
People from outside the county were, and I would be honest, July 26, 2022, it was a quiet

774
01:10:57,400 --> 01:10:57,680
meeting.

775
01:10:57,680 --> 01:11:01,140
Nobody ever came to the meeting, no one ever really spoke up about it.

776
01:11:02,000 --> 01:11:09,360
And to me, one of the most embarrassing meetings, I was ashamed to be on here at the time.

777
01:11:09,640 --> 01:11:11,720
I was sick to my stuff, I just couldn't believe it.

778
01:11:11,860 --> 01:11:14,420
But I knew it was going to happen, and it happened, right?

779
01:11:15,140 --> 01:11:19,640
But I just want to stick to the fact, looking at all the cities, looking at the cities of our size, looking at our,

780
01:11:21,100 --> 01:11:24,180
I know for campaigns, it does cost money, we do know that.

781
01:11:24,440 --> 01:11:25,780
It doesn't need that much money, though.

782
01:11:25,780 --> 01:11:37,100
So, you've got to work hard, you've got to knock on doors, you've got to talk to people, and you can see from the majority of people here that, you know, a lot of people don't have donations of $20,000.

783
01:11:37,960 --> 01:11:52,900
So, looking at that, I think, you know, of all the donations I saw, I think $2,500 is appropriate for a city of our size in our economic situation here, but I'm going to motion for that.

784
01:11:53,720 --> 01:11:55,020
I need a bit of else.

785
01:11:55,640 --> 01:12:09,250
Consumnet on Mayor Plotan-Rabb said motion for the 2,500 is that keeping resolution 6027 but amending the contribution limit from 20,000 to 2,500?

786
01:12:10,110 --> 01:12:15,170
Yeah, so let's go in from putting a campaign limit from 20,000 to 2,500.

787
01:12:18,650 --> 01:12:22,470
I am an agreement that we should keep 6027.

788
01:12:23,370 --> 01:12:26,510
I think we should maybe go with something a little bit more.

789
01:12:27,150 --> 01:12:30,410
I know the state limit is, it was 4,900 in 2022.

790
01:12:30,570 --> 01:12:32,490
I think it's gone up with the CPI.

791
01:12:33,150 --> 01:12:36,750
Maybe we can do something along the lines of 5,000.

792
01:12:37,690 --> 01:12:42,830
So I'm okay with going to 2,500, but then do a CPI increase.

793
01:12:43,690 --> 01:12:44,810
I think that'd be more appropriate.

794
01:12:44,810 --> 01:12:53,450
So it will go up as with inflation, but 2,500 with the CPI, I think that would be appropriate.

795
01:12:56,380 --> 01:13:03,640
I would just say just go stick with the state and let them deal with it so we don't have to burden more of our city clerk,

796
01:13:06,160 --> 01:13:09,760
but still looking for a motion on some kind of item.

797
01:13:10,400 --> 01:13:14,600
So I've had a motion for 2,500 with the CPI increase.

798
01:13:14,600 --> 01:13:15,340
Is there a second?

799
01:13:16,350 --> 01:13:17,020
Aye second.

800
01:13:18,620 --> 01:13:19,620
Call the vote.

801
01:13:33,370 --> 01:13:35,730
Nava, Corona, Bayejo, yes.

802
01:13:36,350 --> 01:13:37,710
Raab, Vargas, no.

803
01:13:38,550 --> 01:13:39,450
Thank you very much.

804
01:13:41,220 --> 01:13:48,850
Moving on to item 12c, consideration to discussion regarding an ordinance addressing prohibited campaign and encampment removal procedure.

805
01:13:49,530 --> 01:13:53,990
This will be introduced by a director of economic development and housing, Michelle Ovala.

806
01:13:54,570 --> 01:13:56,630
Yes, good evening, Mayor and members of the council.

807
01:13:56,790 --> 01:14:02,610
I'd like to introduce Dr. Sarah Cortez-Depevone, our principal management analyst in the housing division to present this item.

808
01:14:02,930 --> 01:14:03,730
Welcome, Dr..

809
01:14:04,290 --> 01:14:07,370
Good evening, our Mayor, members of the city council and city staff.

810
01:14:08,010 --> 01:14:11,870
The item before you today is for an unlawful camping ordinance discussion.

811
01:14:13,130 --> 01:14:22,170
Some background in the 2018 Martin B. Boise case role, then forcing camping regulations that criminalize certain activities by homeless individuals,

812
01:14:22,170 --> 01:14:30,430
such as sleeping, sitting, standing, and eating on public property violated the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.

813
01:14:32,170 --> 01:14:51,370
Under the Johnson v. Grant's past case on June 28th, 2024, the Supreme Court ruled that enforcing these camping regulations against homeless individuals is not cruel and unusual punishment, impacting the Martin v. Boise case, thereby allowing governments to begin enforcing camping regulations.

814
01:14:57,000 --> 01:14:59,740
On July 25, 2024, California

815
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:07,900
The Governor Newsom issued an executive order in response to the grant's past decision ordering local governments to urgently address homeless encampments.

816
01:15:10,910 --> 01:15:32,250
Some of the executive order highlights include having agencies to adopt policies and plan consistent with the Cal Trans existing ordinance. Whenever feasible, a side assessment should be done in advance to determine whether an encampment poses an immediate threat to life, health, safety, or infrastructure, such that exigent circumstances require immediate

817
01:15:32,250 --> 01:15:38,870
ambient removal and where these exigent circumstances exist as much advanced notice

818
01:15:38,870 --> 01:15:41,750
to vacate as reasonable under the circumstances.

819
01:15:42,610 --> 01:15:47,950
Where there are no accident circumstances, posting of a notice to vacate at least 48 hours

820
01:15:47,950 --> 01:15:53,910
in advance should be done and contacting of service providers to request outreach services

821
01:15:53,910 --> 01:15:57,510
for persons experiencing homelessness at the encampment should be done.

822
01:15:57,510 --> 01:16:05,230
In addition, collecting, labeling, and storage of personal property for at least 60 days should

823
01:16:05,230 --> 01:16:05,630
be done.

824
01:16:07,290 --> 01:16:11,290
Please note that this executive order indicates that the governor's office will issue

825
01:16:11,290 --> 01:16:16,830
more direct guidelines, which could entail an ordinance amendment at a later date.

826
01:16:17,710 --> 01:16:22,710
Staff has met with the governor's representatives and were advised that guidelines are forthcoming

827
01:16:22,710 --> 01:16:25,610
but we do not have a date of when they will be available.

828
01:16:25,610 --> 01:16:26,730
The

829
01:16:29,900 --> 01:16:40,600
City Attorney's Office did draft an unlawful campaign ordinance, and it is in lines with the Cal Trans Ordinance as requested in the executive order, and it is to cover homelessness within the city.

830
01:16:41,300 --> 01:16:57,760
Please note also that the grants past decision only overturned the cruel and unusual punishment applicability to campaign ordinances, and any ordinances drafted in response must comply with the pre-Martin V. Boise ruling constitutional requirements in regards to avoiding penalties.

831
01:16:57,760 --> 01:17:01,920
such as excessive fines that do violate the a th amendment.

832
01:17:05,380 --> 01:17:11,100
The city draft ordinance is applicable to any city property which is defined as all property,

833
01:17:11,520 --> 01:17:16,120
parks, right of ways, parking lots, easements or other land owned,

834
01:17:16,280 --> 01:17:18,780
least controlled or managed by the city.

835
01:17:19,540 --> 01:17:24,160
It does require prior written approval of the city to camp on city property and

836
01:17:24,160 --> 01:17:28,040
violations shall be in infraction subject to an administrative citation.

837
01:17:28,040 --> 01:17:31,960
Further, it categorizes encampments into two levels.

838
01:17:32,380 --> 01:17:36,380
Priority level one is, will identify more critical conditions,

839
01:17:36,700 --> 01:17:43,200
warranting urgent removal, and priority level two will identify areas to address but without urgency.

840
01:17:43,980 --> 01:17:55,280
It also includes law enforcement and service providers such as sitting at to be notified in advance to conduct an assessment to determine the priority level, as well as when abatement operations take place.

841
01:17:55,280 --> 01:18:02,130
Further, the city draft ordinance requires a notice to vacate, to vacate, be posted.

842
01:18:02,970 --> 01:18:07,110
This requires a 48 hour notice in advance for priority level two.

843
01:18:07,750 --> 01:18:13,610
If the removal does not begin on the date posted, the location must be reposted and the 48 hours

844
01:18:13,610 --> 01:18:14,690
will start all over.

845
01:18:15,490 --> 01:18:19,210
There is no posting requirement for priority level one encampments.

846
01:18:20,410 --> 01:18:24,690
The draft also requires that personal property is to be held for 60 days.

847
01:18:24,690 --> 01:18:34,090
and also procedure requirements and record keeping processes are fairly involved and mainly carry a set timeframes to remain in compliance.

848
01:18:34,590 --> 01:18:40,550
For instance, upon removal of an encampment, a summary report must be filed with the city clerk's office within one week.

849
01:18:41,490 --> 01:18:50,070
The current draft is written for city manager or designate direction to set these processes and identify responsible parties among city staff.

850
01:18:50,070 --> 01:18:51,170
This

851
01:18:53,220 --> 01:19:01,980
draft ordinance was taken to the Homelessness Task Force Committee on October 22nd of last year and the Public Safety Committee on November 8th of last year for discussion and feedback.

852
01:19:02,620 --> 01:19:06,180
The Homelessness Task Force Committee responded with three items.

853
01:19:06,840 --> 01:19:15,580
One was to increase the required period for holding personal property from 60 days to 90 days to be an alignment with the current Riverside County Sheriff's policy.

854
01:19:15,580 --> 01:19:20,860
The second was for repeat offenders, a third offense will entail a ban from all city

855
01:19:20,860 --> 01:19:25,960
parks for a period of one year and the city will no longer hold or store their personal

856
01:19:25,960 --> 01:19:26,380
property.

857
01:19:27,300 --> 01:19:32,480
And the third was to include language to address unpermitted RV parking on city streets.

858
01:19:34,190 --> 01:19:37,060
The public safety committee also responded with three items.

859
01:19:37,520 --> 01:19:42,320
The first was to include language that the ordinance will apply to all educational institutions

860
01:19:42,320 --> 01:19:48,600
K-12, community colleges, vocational schools, et cetera, as well as public facilities including

861
01:19:48,600 --> 01:19:54,680
public library property, fire station property, sheriff station property, daycare centers and

862
01:19:54,680 --> 01:20:00,100
facility serving the youth and places of worship. The second was any violation of the ordinance

863
01:20:00,100 --> 01:20:05,060
to be addressed as a misdemeanor. And the third was to revise the section regarding

864
01:20:05,060 --> 01:20:10,540
encampment assessment action items and considerations to include the city's homelessness outreach

865
01:20:10,540 --> 01:20:16,660
each service provider such as municipal code enforcement, parks division, or other staff as applicable.

866
01:20:20,870 --> 01:20:28,190
The City of Riverside adopted an encampment ordinance on October 22nd of last year in response to the Johnson V grant pass decision.

867
01:20:28,770 --> 01:20:38,630
The Riverside ordinance does not allow camping or encampment within two blocks as long as signs are visibly posted of a school but only K through 12.

868
01:20:38,770 --> 01:20:41,910
This does not include vocational or higher education schools.

869
01:20:41,910 --> 01:20:56,070
Also, it does not allow campion or encampment within two blocks of a shelter, or where the city manager determines there is a substantial public health and safety risk long assigns are visibly posted, and also in the wildland urban interface.

870
01:20:57,310 --> 01:21:10,990
Also note that in this section there isn't a listed definition, but the language states that the public property includes only any street, sidewalk, park, and open space, unless specifically authorized by the city manager.

871
01:21:10,990 --> 01:21:12,170
Further,

872
01:21:15,000 --> 01:21:20,500
the Riverside ordinance does not outline an assessment of encampments, so there's no priority level one or two.

873
01:21:20,960 --> 01:21:24,260
Ordinance, the ordinance treats any encampment as a violation.

874
01:21:25,240 --> 01:21:30,180
It also does require a minimum 24 hour written notice of cleanup to be posted.

875
01:21:30,920 --> 01:21:42,560
And if an abatement is the later rescheduled, the city manager may conduct the abatement within 48 hours of the original 24 hour posting without having to be post a new notice of cleanup.

876
01:21:42,560 --> 01:21:49,000
However, if it goes beyond the 48 hours, then a new notice of cleanup must be posted.

877
01:21:50,040 --> 01:21:55,360
The Riverside Ordinance also allows for a three-hour expedited abatement by posting a notice of cleanup.

878
01:21:56,360 --> 01:22:00,720
And Ordinance violations may be prosecuted as misdemeanors or infractions.

879
01:22:03,590 --> 01:22:11,790
Staff recommendation is for City Council to discuss and provide direction to staff regarding an ordinance addressing prohibited camping and

880
01:22:11,790 --> 01:22:13,190
an incantement removal procedures.

881
01:22:13,650 --> 01:22:15,130
This concludes my presentation.

882
01:22:18,060 --> 01:22:18,820
Thank you, doctor.

883
01:22:20,200 --> 01:22:23,520
Council, any quick questions or comments before I call for public comment?

884
01:22:24,940 --> 01:22:25,700
Mayor Prattem.

885
01:22:28,580 --> 01:22:29,980
Yes, more on the lines of a question.

886
01:22:30,580 --> 01:22:33,720
I know when we had this discussion that the public safety meeting,

887
01:22:33,720 --> 01:22:35,260
we included places of worship.

888
01:22:35,780 --> 01:22:39,140
Would that exclude a place of worship saying if they have a church parking lot and they say,

889
01:22:39,220 --> 01:22:42,180
hey, we're going to let these homeless people set up their tents as long as they're orderly?

890
01:22:43,180 --> 01:22:46,560
Could we maybe draft an exception for that we wanted to?

891
01:22:50,120 --> 01:22:51,000
That's up to us.

892
01:22:52,280 --> 01:22:53,540
Okay, permit now.

893
01:22:53,840 --> 01:22:57,340
And then the other question was, there was a potential of like RVs on city roads.

894
01:22:57,720 --> 01:23:01,760
Could we just limit that to maybe commercial roads and arterial roads?

895
01:23:02,120 --> 01:23:07,560
Because my concern is if you're marginally housed and you have an RV and you want to park

896
01:23:07,560 --> 01:23:11,940
it like among a bunch of warehouses or a malbert lane or one of those streets, I personally

897
01:23:11,940 --> 01:23:16,020
think you should, as long as you're operable and you're moving, you park there because I think

898
01:23:16,020 --> 01:23:19,960
that's going to be a lot of issue with a lot of seniors, especially generation X. A lot of them

899
01:23:19,960 --> 01:23:24,060
didn't really say for retirement. So a lot of them are going to be like on the fringes. So I just

900
01:23:24,060 --> 01:23:28,460
don't want to be an issue where, you know, if you have your RV, you park it there, you move it away

901
01:23:28,460 --> 01:23:34,500
to the next site. I don't see an issue with that. My main concern is the habitually homeless. When

902
01:23:34,500 --> 01:23:39,020
I visited St. Louis a few years ago, they had their tents out, but at 7 a.m., they were putting

903
01:23:39,020 --> 01:23:42,840
your tents away. Here, it seems in California, we have an issue where people think they can

904
01:23:42,840 --> 01:23:47,320
just be posted somewhere. It's not like you're set your tent up at fossil park at 10 o'clock,

905
01:23:47,540 --> 01:23:52,780
and at 7 a.m., you're putting it away, you're on your business. So that's my two concerns. I

906
01:23:53,180 --> 01:23:59,020
don't really have an issue with the homeless camping per se if they were to camp and they cleaned up

907
01:23:59,020 --> 01:24:03,480
their mess and they were about their way. But I think what's happened in the last 20 years is this is

908
01:24:03,480 --> 01:24:07,940
more of a comment, is that the homeless felt free carte blanche just to take over public spaces.

909
01:24:07,940 --> 01:24:12,900
We all pay for taxes so that we can use the parks, so that the children can use the parks.

910
01:24:13,200 --> 01:24:17,680
But you got a lot of these people here that just feel like they're entitled to be out there in San Bernardino.

911
01:24:17,860 --> 01:24:22,680
They've taken over metal-brook park, they've taken over a lot of these parks and the city just lets it happen.

912
01:24:22,780 --> 01:24:26,760
These people are doing drugs there, they're assaulting women there, they're just doing a bunch of crazy stuff.

913
01:24:27,320 --> 01:24:31,280
So it's just my two concerns, I just wanted to-

914
01:24:31,280 --> 01:24:35,560
What's the language on the RV that was recommended?

915
01:24:35,560 --> 01:24:40,000
And I think there was discussion on it in terms of areas.

916
01:24:40,000 --> 01:24:41,060
I was honest with that.

917
01:24:41,560 --> 01:24:45,200
Just said to include language to address unpermitted RV parking on streets.

918
01:24:45,520 --> 01:24:49,360
So you can insert the kind of language that you would like.

919
01:24:49,360 --> 01:24:59,860
So my recommendation would be in line with the other comments where it talks about not being parked at a park or near a school K through 12 or higher institutions.

920
01:24:59,860 --> 01:25:04,560
But like you said, somewhere that's not in those, if you would, sensitive areas.

921
01:25:04,560 --> 01:25:24,540
And I would also include residential streets for instance, someone could say you have like, you know, a rider or say one of the streets in like May Ranch area, they could technically park in front of the house that you own. That's in just your RV. That's different, I think.

922
01:25:24,540 --> 01:25:27,820
And that is how it is supposed to go, you can't put it out straight.

923
01:25:28,260 --> 01:25:42,160
Yeah, along with that topic, I would want to add for the RV overnight stay if to ensure that the sidewalks are clear to not have that rolled out, you know, bring out chairs and whatnot.

924
01:25:42,200 --> 01:25:44,460
Yeah, because they have those that, where they extend out.

925
01:25:44,640 --> 01:25:45,840
Right, so just thank you.

926
01:25:45,880 --> 01:25:46,440
The potential public safety.

927
01:25:46,740 --> 01:25:50,860
Yeah, they could just stay contained within the RV and keep the area clean.

928
01:25:51,420 --> 01:26:00,180
Well, I don't, in purposes of encampments in homeless, I don't think they should be permitted in the residential areas.

929
01:26:01,280 --> 01:26:06,260
And I don't know if you want to just say it's allowed in industrial.

930
01:26:07,700 --> 01:26:15,620
I don't know how we want to word that, but I mean, that's kind of what we're focusing is pushing them into the logistical areas.

931
01:26:15,620 --> 01:26:36,900
If I may, Mayor, one way to address that would be to just put a restriction on residential area so it leaves it open, I mean it's unsaid, it's unwritten, but it's, well, it's gotta be, but we need to protect the residential areas, K through 12, the church is all that stuff that's listed on this, put that in there and just leave it like that, that's a good idea.

932
01:26:36,900 --> 01:26:39,240
Yeah, Councilman Rapp, Polarana.

933
01:26:39,500 --> 01:26:41,100
Yeah, so I do want to be careful.

934
01:26:41,220 --> 01:26:44,040
I mean, we're saying, hey, you can go, I do agree.

935
01:26:44,220 --> 01:26:46,060
I would rather than go to an industrial area

936
01:26:46,440 --> 01:26:48,240
if they have an RV and they want to stay long term.

937
01:26:49,040 --> 01:26:51,760
But my concern is that they might be there for,

938
01:26:52,080 --> 01:26:56,000
like how long is it, one day or whatever?

939
01:26:56,440 --> 01:26:57,400
I mean, I'm just thinking like,

940
01:26:57,840 --> 01:26:59,740
if it's an awful, I'm sorry.

941
01:27:00,040 --> 01:27:00,800
I don't know what public comment.

942
01:27:00,960 --> 01:27:04,000
Well, the municipal code only allows,

943
01:27:04,000 --> 01:27:06,100
I was, what might cover some of these questions,

944
01:27:06,100 --> 01:27:06,900
am I not correct?

945
01:27:08,440 --> 01:27:13,100
Yes, Mr. Mayor, the current vehicle code only allows 72 hours

946
01:27:13,100 --> 01:27:14,240
of public parking.

947
01:27:14,940 --> 01:27:17,020
Okay, so I know in the past, in my neighborhood,

948
01:27:17,500 --> 01:27:20,380
there was an individual, and they parked it there,

949
01:27:20,480 --> 01:27:23,760
and then, you know, 71 hours later, they moved it,

950
01:27:24,020 --> 01:27:26,780
10 feet, stayed there for it, and then they moved it again,

951
01:27:26,940 --> 01:27:29,260
and, you know, and just, like they knew.

952
01:27:29,880 --> 01:27:31,940
You know, meanwhile, I think they were dumping their stuff

953
01:27:31,940 --> 01:27:38,540
in the gutter and it was a kind of an issue for the residents nearby. On the other hand too,

954
01:27:38,640 --> 01:27:42,040
I mean there are some people that you know they visit out of state and they bring their RV and

955
01:27:42,040 --> 01:27:46,580
they want to you know park in front of the you know and so you got to find your kind of your balance

956
01:27:46,580 --> 01:27:53,520
there of what's you know well there's there's what I push a lot when I call code for their spirit

957
01:27:53,520 --> 01:27:59,340
the law there's letter of the law so in this case someone's visiting from out of state you're not

958
01:27:59,340 --> 01:28:03,320
I'm not going to go get them because they're not allowed in that block on the sidewalk or anything.

959
01:28:03,560 --> 01:28:04,880
I mean, that's being the letter of the law.

960
01:28:05,020 --> 01:28:10,340
But if you have, outright have a homeless person that's creating a nuisance,

961
01:28:11,300 --> 01:28:14,220
you know, then you would impose the letter of the law.

962
01:28:14,240 --> 01:28:14,840
Yeah, that's an issue.

963
01:28:15,920 --> 01:28:22,800
Yeah, sorry to change the topic, but there's a, I know in there, and I'm myself in councilman Nava.

964
01:28:23,300 --> 01:28:26,260
We sit on the homeless subcommittee task force, and so we kind of get something.

965
01:28:26,540 --> 01:28:27,980
Can we go back to one slide real quick?

966
01:28:30,500 --> 01:28:40,730
is that possible or are you in control I don't know there it is okay um maybe one

967
01:28:40,730 --> 01:28:46,170
more it was about the you know three kind of three strikes in the park is

968
01:28:50,140 --> 01:28:51,640
that it oh there it is

969
01:28:51,640 --> 01:28:57,120
I'm so sorry it was there um so I know Riverside does because we have the third offense right so we're

970
01:28:57,120 --> 01:29:03,300
giving the three chances but Riverside has one offense or first one and then they're actually banned from

971
01:29:03,300 --> 01:29:09,180
the park? Not banned from the park. I believe they are arrested or they're actually removed,

972
01:29:09,560 --> 01:29:15,540
but not banned from the park. Okay. Does anybody besides, I believe grants pass, right?

973
01:29:15,660 --> 01:29:19,860
Because that's kind of where it all was coming from. They have a, they actually ban.

974
01:29:21,040 --> 01:29:25,280
That was the, that's something we can legally do. That was the only one that we're aware of has that

975
01:29:26,440 --> 01:29:31,880
regulation. So the law is that you can temporary ban them after repeated violations,

976
01:29:31,880 --> 01:29:36,840
But you have to provide them with alternative housing.

977
01:29:37,140 --> 01:29:47,520
So grant pass says that if there's alternative housing available and you communicate to them and you facilitate them to go there, then you can ban them temporarily.

978
01:29:48,280 --> 01:29:56,560
So, you know, three strikes, you say your ban for a year, you store their materials so they can pick it up within 90 days.

979
01:29:58,040 --> 01:29:59,960
and you just have to make sure the code off.

980
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:29,980
Code enforcement officers are trained to provide them with alternative housing. Now that can be anywhere else. You can say, hey, in the county there's these cities that have alternative housing, we'll pay for your Uber or I don't know, here's how you can get there. And so one of the things we've been recommending to our code enforcement officers in our other cities is that we give them a script and they have to read the script and get the person to sign it.

981
01:30:29,980 --> 01:30:35,700
perhaps or initial it so then there's no he said she said okay and then you know you know

982
01:30:35,700 --> 01:30:40,140
told the people watching here or at home you know it's a little misleading right you know because

983
01:30:40,140 --> 01:30:44,720
it sounds like hey we're putting all these rules on on homeless right and you know I think I like

984
01:30:44,720 --> 01:30:49,520
the term vagrants right because we're not all the homeless have been approached they've all been

985
01:30:49,520 --> 01:30:55,860
offered help city affairs is a very compassionate city but people are just are just fed up of seeing

986
01:30:55,860 --> 01:31:05,340
seeing needles in the parks, seeing feces of the parks, going to parks, and you see them doing inappropriate stuff, drinking or doing inappropriate stuff to themselves.

987
01:31:06,100 --> 01:31:15,800
And it's just people who just kind of want to go to a park or another place to the library for say, for say, and just have a safe experience where we're all paying taxes.

988
01:31:16,320 --> 01:31:24,320
And somebody's vagrants, they're just, they're costing a lot of our city of resources, they're all offered help if they still want to continue their lifestyle.

989
01:31:24,320 --> 01:31:34,980
then I think we need to encourage them to find another city that's allowing that but the city of pairs I think we're heading to a place where we're just we're saying hey you did get help or you got to move on.

990
01:31:35,620 --> 01:31:43,360
So I just want to be clear on that we've been at it for a long time on this and I think a lot of residents are asking us to do something about it.

991
01:31:44,600 --> 01:31:50,660
So if possible I mean could we reduce that third offense to two offenses or even one offense?

992
01:31:50,660 --> 01:31:52,500
We can do whatever we want.

993
01:31:52,600 --> 01:31:53,120
Constantly correct.

994
01:31:53,340 --> 01:31:54,560
But what is the legality?

995
01:31:55,760 --> 01:31:57,440
I'm just wondering, how would that hold up?

996
01:31:58,920 --> 01:32:02,320
I think two offenses would be better.

997
01:32:05,300 --> 01:32:07,460
The one offense hasn't been challenged.

998
01:32:08,000 --> 01:32:11,000
So I don't know where a court would come out on that.

999
01:32:11,100 --> 01:32:12,840
This is all new after Grand Pass.

1000
01:32:12,840 --> 01:32:17,360
And we just have to wait for a bunch of challenges

1001
01:32:17,360 --> 01:32:19,040
and see how what the courts do.

1002
01:32:19,720 --> 01:32:24,380
but definitely two offenses would be legally defensible.

1003
01:32:24,840 --> 01:32:25,260
Okay.

1004
01:32:25,900 --> 01:32:26,420
Okay.

1005
01:32:26,920 --> 01:32:27,300
All right.

1006
01:32:27,420 --> 01:32:30,860
I'm going to stop at this point, guys, and allow for public comment if we have any.

1007
01:32:31,020 --> 01:32:32,320
Madam Clerk, do I have any requests to speak?

1008
01:32:32,800 --> 01:32:33,200
Yes, sir.

1009
01:32:33,960 --> 01:32:34,780
Roxana Torres.

1010
01:32:38,380 --> 01:32:40,860
Is that what my four folks here are all speakers?

1011
01:32:44,420 --> 01:32:45,580
You go first, Roxana.

1012
01:32:48,720 --> 01:32:49,580
Good evening.

1013
01:32:51,020 --> 01:32:52,060
Mayor, councilmembers.

1014
01:32:52,060 --> 01:32:54,800
city stuff, public and everybody.

1015
01:32:59,420 --> 01:33:02,860
One of the things that I really love about the city,

1016
01:33:03,260 --> 01:33:10,060
one of the things that I really like is drive around. I do my chores at home, clean my

1017
01:33:10,060 --> 01:33:16,380
house and do everything that I need to do and then I like to drive and see how the city

1018
01:33:16,380 --> 01:33:23,140
is growing, how you are building the city is just beautiful, suddenly you pass through

1019
01:33:23,140 --> 01:33:25,300
this street and it's totally new.

1020
01:33:26,240 --> 01:33:34,420
And one of the things that I was thinking, actually last month I was driving through

1021
01:33:35,340 --> 01:33:45,380
the city, the downtown Paris, and there is so much traffic during the morning for the street

1022
01:33:45,380 --> 01:33:51,760
is like terrible driving over there is like horrible and I was wondering if you

1023
01:33:51,760 --> 01:34:01,080
have any plans on building a seven-street between park avenue or park

1024
01:34:01,080 --> 01:34:10,340
street to for the street because today I was driving around and it is terrible there

1025
01:34:10,340 --> 01:34:17,800
is so many homeless over there. I saw people's, I think they were selling drugs or doing something

1026
01:34:17,800 --> 01:34:27,640
like that. There is some encampment, encampment, encampment, something like that. And also, I noticed

1027
01:34:27,640 --> 01:34:36,420
that there was a fire. I don't know when. And there's trash everywhere. And the saddest thing is,

1028
01:34:36,420 --> 01:34:45,220
This school is right next to it, it's like a block from there, it's like half a block, the kids are coming out.

1029
01:34:46,060 --> 01:34:54,180
I don't know if you are thinking of doing something for that street in particular, and

1030
01:34:54,180 --> 01:34:58,420
something also that I notice is there is a lot of trash.

1031
01:34:59,100 --> 01:35:02,240
I don't know how you can handle that.

1032
01:35:02,900 --> 01:35:11,640
there's a dumb, I think someone dumb, what, like a speedboat, there's a lot of trash.

1033
01:35:12,440 --> 01:35:14,040
I don't know if you have any plans.

1034
01:35:18,650 --> 01:35:21,650
I was driving around and suddenly decided to come.

1035
01:35:22,190 --> 01:35:28,870
I wasn't going to talk, but one of the guys on the back, no them, they said,

1036
01:35:28,870 --> 01:35:32,590
And you should talk and talk to them about this, okay?

1037
01:35:33,450 --> 01:35:37,470
She was talking about problems with homeless and everything.

1038
01:35:38,150 --> 01:35:40,210
There is a lot of problems in that area.

1039
01:35:40,910 --> 01:35:46,410
And I think you have to address that area is really dangerous.

1040
01:35:46,990 --> 01:35:51,490
And the city downtown is, you're building a wonderful street.

1041
01:35:53,170 --> 01:35:54,470
Thank you, Roxana.

1042
01:35:54,830 --> 01:35:56,830
It times up, sorry.

1043
01:35:56,830 --> 01:35:58,730
Thank you so much.

1044
01:36:01,860 --> 01:36:02,900
That is all.

1045
01:36:04,140 --> 01:36:04,520
Okay.

1046
01:36:05,140 --> 01:36:05,600
That was quick.

1047
01:36:06,340 --> 01:36:06,940
Okay.

1048
01:36:07,040 --> 01:36:07,680
Back to the council.

1049
01:36:10,790 --> 01:36:11,010
Okay.

1050
01:36:11,210 --> 01:36:13,090
I have a few clarifying questions.

1051
01:36:13,510 --> 01:36:17,230
I know for the last slide that we were on previously.

1052
01:36:17,650 --> 01:36:19,510
It said for committee feedback.

1053
01:36:19,510 --> 01:36:23,530
It says holding personal property from 60 days to 90 days.

1054
01:36:23,890 --> 01:36:25,530
Can you explain that to me a little bit more?

1055
01:36:26,770 --> 01:36:40,330
So the executive order asks for any ordinance to be drafted to be in line with the Cal Trans Ordinance, which does say that they will hold the property once we go into clean.

1056
01:36:40,950 --> 01:36:46,350
There's property that we can take as long as it doesn't pose a health risk for 60 days.

1057
01:36:46,350 --> 01:36:50,890
and speaking with at the Public Safety Committee,

1058
01:36:51,470 --> 01:36:54,410
Sheriff said that they hold it for 90 days.

1059
01:36:54,590 --> 01:36:56,010
So we just want to be in alignment

1060
01:36:56,010 --> 01:36:57,690
with Riverside County Sheriff's.

1061
01:36:57,990 --> 01:36:58,710
Okay, perfect.

1062
01:36:59,350 --> 01:37:02,750
And is that, because I know some of the language on here,

1063
01:37:02,830 --> 01:37:07,190
it says we take these personal things

1064
01:37:07,630 --> 01:37:08,810
and put them in storage.

1065
01:37:09,250 --> 01:37:11,630
Where's the storage located at?

1066
01:37:12,450 --> 01:37:23,570
So those are procedural items, action items that we will still be drafting out, depending on the language that gets included into the ordinance.

1067
01:37:23,930 --> 01:37:31,170
Okay. Okay. And last question, I think it was from the previous side. All I got was, any violation is a misdemeanor?

1068
01:37:31,330 --> 01:37:36,190
Can you go back? Because I didn't know what was the misdemeanor for and I want to double check what it was.

1069
01:37:36,190 --> 01:37:47,480
So the city draft says that if there are any violations of this unlawful campaign ordinance then it will be an administrative citation.

1070
01:37:48,380 --> 01:37:58,780
One of the recommendations was for it to be an alignment with the city of Riverside which treats them as misdemeanors or infractions.

1071
01:38:01,880 --> 01:38:08,460
So if someone violates the third time, just the ordinance.

1072
01:38:08,960 --> 01:38:09,440
Yes.

1073
01:38:09,660 --> 01:38:09,760
Okay.

1074
01:38:10,060 --> 01:38:10,200
Perfect.

1075
01:38:10,420 --> 01:38:10,740
Thank you.

1076
01:38:12,100 --> 01:38:13,740
So administrative site.

1077
01:38:14,680 --> 01:38:15,460
It's hard.

1078
01:38:16,320 --> 01:38:17,700
Code enforcement issues those.

1079
01:38:18,760 --> 01:38:19,940
The police can't, too.

1080
01:38:20,080 --> 01:38:20,480
But there's no.

1081
01:38:20,660 --> 01:38:21,680
There's really no.

1082
01:38:22,340 --> 01:38:22,820
I

1083
01:38:24,960 --> 01:38:26,320
can't think of the word I want to use.

1084
01:38:26,380 --> 01:38:26,980
Robert taught me.

1085
01:38:27,020 --> 01:38:27,560
But there's no.

1086
01:38:27,560 --> 01:38:35,780
No repercussion from that is where if you make it a misdemeanor, the police can arrest, they can issue a ticket, and they're how to go to court.

1087
01:38:36,060 --> 01:38:50,820
You don't go to court with a city, administrative citation, so that was what I think this request came out of our Public Safety Commission, was to make it a misdemeanor, gives more authority to our police.

1088
01:38:53,350 --> 01:38:53,770
Anybody else?

1089
01:38:55,590 --> 01:39:00,950
Yeah, just a quick question, have we have we sent this out to our sheriff's that they've looked over it or maybe

1090
01:39:01,630 --> 01:39:07,930
Sheriff's was I don't know. I believe he was an attendance at the Public Safety Committee and

1091
01:39:09,470 --> 01:39:11,030
Then we did have our

1092
01:39:12,090 --> 01:39:15,450
Homeless outreach team at the homeless task force. So those are the only

1093
01:39:16,350 --> 01:39:21,330
Individuals who from the Sheriff's Department that have seen this so besides that like have you seen the update like everything kind of compiled

1094
01:39:21,330 --> 01:39:25,150
Is there anything they want to add, anything they want to take away, anything that they see a problem with this?

1095
01:39:25,370 --> 01:39:34,830
No, so we will go ahead, we can include them in this review once we incorporate the items that you are wishing to include into the draft ordinance.

1096
01:39:35,190 --> 01:39:36,590
Okay. All right, thank you.

1097
01:39:36,770 --> 01:39:37,290
Mayor Putem.

1098
01:39:38,050 --> 01:39:42,390
Yes, the discussion up here got my will's turning in terms of the misdemeanor versus administrative site.

1099
01:39:42,970 --> 01:39:48,010
And what you had mentioned earlier regarding first, second, and third notifications.

1100
01:39:48,510 --> 01:39:52,590
I think maybe jumping to a misdemeanor during the first notification, maybe too much.

1101
01:39:53,190 --> 01:39:58,610
Maybe we can say either infraction, which is basically like a traffic ticket noise complaint or

1102
01:39:59,230 --> 01:40:02,730
administrative site for the first, the first write-up.

1103
01:40:02,810 --> 01:40:05,470
See, like the first write-up hole, I didn't know there was an ordinance, now they know.

1104
01:40:06,110 --> 01:40:12,190
Or if it's an instance where you have like a 18 to 22 year old kid who may have aged out of foster care or something like that's camping.

1105
01:40:12,790 --> 01:40:14,550
I don't really want to like give them a record.

1106
01:40:14,550 --> 01:40:21,310
But then we go to the second the second violation we can say maybe a second violation within two years or a year

1107
01:40:21,310 --> 01:40:24,710
You get that misdemeanor to be honest a misdemeanor the cops can't arrest

1108
01:40:24,710 --> 01:40:30,030
But they're probably gonna get out unless they have some like warrant for felony and the misdemeanor right now

1109
01:40:30,030 --> 01:40:37,470
It's summary probation. You're looking at 12 months. It's gonna probably be 180 days max which is gonna be cut in half right now

1110
01:40:37,470 --> 01:40:40,030
So if that person just has that one misdemeanor

1111
01:40:40,450 --> 01:41:07,270
They're not even probably going to do 90 days beyond, they're probably going to be in custody for like a week if that, but I mean at least gives us some enforcement mechanism, but I think perhaps we should be a misdemeanor ultimately, but maybe jumping straight to a misdemeanor might be a little too much and even a misdemeanor it's some of these people probably have extensive records is not they don't care, but I think at least having the threat might help us, police can make a rest, they can have contact with them, we can get them on summary probation.

1112
01:41:08,350 --> 01:41:13,330
I just want to get a point of clarification from the mayor pro-time.

1113
01:41:14,330 --> 01:41:19,150
You're suggesting that only for violations that when we're asking them to be removed, but

1114
01:41:19,150 --> 01:41:24,150
not for, I mean, if there's drug use or other kind of felonies or misdemeanor, we want

1115
01:41:24,150 --> 01:41:25,170
that fully prosecuted.

1116
01:41:25,170 --> 01:41:25,590
Oh, yes.

1117
01:41:25,670 --> 01:41:26,870
We just want to clarify that.

1118
01:41:26,870 --> 01:41:29,370
We have meth on them or meth is high for anything like this.

1119
01:41:29,490 --> 01:41:35,670
This conversation is solely about homelessness and that cannot, you know, go to violations.

1120
01:41:35,670 --> 01:41:41,170
So my counter to that, Mayor Pro Tem, is that I don't agree with that.

1121
01:41:41,590 --> 01:41:43,050
It needs to remain a misdemeanor.

1122
01:41:43,210 --> 01:41:45,770
The police have the power to give them a warning.

1123
01:41:47,250 --> 01:41:51,410
I mean, we are getting complaints, maybe you're not, I get a lot of complaints.

1124
01:41:51,650 --> 01:41:55,530
I know, Malcolm's getting a lot of complaints about, we're not doing anything about this homelessness.

1125
01:41:56,650 --> 01:42:01,390
And administrative citation as I explained earlier does not do anything to the individual.

1126
01:42:01,390 --> 01:42:06,750
So there's no, I can't still miss in that verb.

1127
01:42:06,950 --> 01:42:12,110
I don't know if it's repercussion or what I'm trying to say, but there's no recourse with administrative citation.

1128
01:42:12,810 --> 01:42:18,730
Or at least the written ticket, at the bare minimum, a written ticket from the police,

1129
01:42:18,950 --> 01:42:24,370
at least it goes into a record, and now that starts the process, right?

1130
01:42:25,230 --> 01:42:29,330
But to say, to start at the administrative citation which doesn't hold any merit,

1131
01:42:29,330 --> 01:42:34,450
I would rather leave it at a misdemeanor, except to the police that they have the authority.

1132
01:42:34,930 --> 01:42:40,990
If the person is being honest with them and come on, our cops, our police officers know

1133
01:42:40,990 --> 01:42:44,050
that these individuals that we're talking about after, and they know when they come across

1134
01:42:44,050 --> 01:42:48,070
a new person, and if that new person is not knowledgeable about the law, they can introduce

1135
01:42:48,070 --> 01:42:48,450
them a lot.

1136
01:42:48,650 --> 01:42:51,450
I'm going to come and let you go this time, but I'm not, you know, you cannot be out anymore

1137
01:42:51,450 --> 01:42:52,410
about the blah, blah, blah, blah.

1138
01:42:52,830 --> 01:42:57,430
Or if it's the same person who's been out here for the last year making an issue, they

1139
01:42:57,430 --> 01:42:58,290
I'll take me right from the ticket.

1140
01:43:00,190 --> 01:43:00,950
May I if I may?

1141
01:43:01,310 --> 01:43:01,510
Yes.

1142
01:43:02,170 --> 01:43:08,450
I just want to clarify the proposed ordinance under the Newsom, the Governor's Executive Order.

1143
01:43:09,090 --> 01:43:15,030
The enforcement component is written that the citation for violation for anything under this chapter is an infraction.

1144
01:43:15,750 --> 01:43:22,250
At the discretion of the whoever's out there code or shares, they may issue an administrative citation.

1145
01:43:22,250 --> 01:43:31,710
So the off, right off the back, it's an infraction, which goes on your record, it's kind of a vehicle to ticket, so it does go on your record.

1146
01:43:32,190 --> 01:43:39,310
However, we have the ability to, if they're compliant, then they seem to be working, we have the ability to make an administrative citation.

1147
01:43:40,130 --> 01:43:47,250
But the Mr. Beener is a whole different conversation, that's not part of this ordinance at this time unless you want to add it.

1148
01:43:47,250 --> 01:43:51,510
Well, it's in here, someone's requesting it to be a misdemeanor.

1149
01:43:51,570 --> 01:43:54,230
Yes, that is a recommendation from one of the committees.

1150
01:43:54,590 --> 01:43:54,870
That's correct.

1151
01:43:56,250 --> 01:43:56,930
Councilwoman Nava.

1152
01:43:58,270 --> 01:43:58,570
Thank you.

1153
01:43:58,630 --> 01:44:04,630
This isn't in line with the misdemeanor conversation, but I just wanted to continue adding to the conversation if that's okay.

1154
01:44:05,350 --> 01:44:09,090
California has been experiencing homelessness, decades in the making, right?

1155
01:44:09,490 --> 01:44:16,850
And just to reiterate that we're, it's our due diligence to deal with this while respecting the humanity, right?

1156
01:44:16,850 --> 01:44:23,530
of all our populations. One of the things I really wanted to target was in regards to when we're

1157
01:44:23,530 --> 01:44:28,850
holding their items. I wanted to know where and we've had that answer that we're still working

1158
01:44:28,850 --> 01:44:33,990
out those logistics. But I think it's really important that we work with CityNet, right, who

1159
01:44:33,990 --> 01:44:40,290
offers services to our homelessness. Maybe it'd be great to have some kind of system where in order

1160
01:44:40,290 --> 01:44:45,930
for them to receive their items back, their reminded, right, and offer these services that are

1161
01:44:45,930 --> 01:44:51,770
continuously available to them. But I also just want to be mindful of location because again,

1162
01:44:51,890 --> 01:44:57,770
we want to keep in mind any sensitive areas. So if I could add, I don't know if we're taking

1163
01:44:57,770 --> 01:44:59,970
recommendations, but if CityNet-

1164
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:15,300
It has the availability to store some of these items, I believe that would be a great point, as well as our Sheriff's Department, given that they already have the opportunity to do so. I think either of those locations would be ideal in my perspective, thank you.

1165
01:45:17,610 --> 01:45:30,470
Okay, if there are no other comments, I'd like to make some of your comments. Yeah, you know, I'm looking at this current slide right now, and this is include language that the ordinance will apply to, you know, and they list them, but just want to clarify.

1166
01:45:30,470 --> 01:45:32,590
by parks is already in there, right?

1167
01:45:32,770 --> 01:45:34,650
I mean, yes, because that is also important.

1168
01:45:34,650 --> 01:45:35,450
That's city property.

1169
01:45:35,750 --> 01:45:36,990
Gotcha, thank you.

1170
01:45:37,790 --> 01:45:39,670
So, sorry.

1171
01:45:39,710 --> 01:45:40,210
Okay, come forward.

1172
01:45:40,470 --> 01:45:41,170
I'm looking at that.

1173
01:45:41,310 --> 01:45:43,270
So I'm looking at the comparison chart.

1174
01:45:43,890 --> 01:45:45,610
And the city of Paris is pretty vague

1175
01:45:45,610 --> 01:45:48,870
while the city of Riverside has a more extensive definition.

1176
01:45:49,650 --> 01:45:52,470
Is that something that we could somewhat duplicate

1177
01:45:52,470 --> 01:45:54,710
to have it further outlined?

1178
01:45:55,630 --> 01:45:56,770
Yes, we can.

1179
01:45:57,070 --> 01:45:57,430
Thank you.

1180
01:45:59,840 --> 01:46:00,800
Anybody else?

1181
01:46:02,260 --> 01:46:16,760
So my recommendation is you have a pretty much a written draft already, and then you have public safety committee add-ons if everybody's fine with that, not your additions, and then you have recommendations from the HR,

1182
01:46:16,760 --> 01:46:22,980
There are the Homeless Task Force Committee, everybody's good with that.

1183
01:46:24,120 --> 01:46:29,920
And then which councilman now would just ask you to do and I don't think there was anything else.

1184
01:46:33,190 --> 01:46:35,570
Well, that's got to be worked out still, location and storage.

1185
01:46:35,990 --> 01:46:40,850
I just want to get a draft idea because they're going to have to come back with all this on paper now.

1186
01:46:40,850 --> 01:46:43,390
So then we can finally review that and then do a fine tune.

1187
01:46:43,870 --> 01:46:46,430
Because otherwise we can be here for another hour throwing things out.

1188
01:46:46,430 --> 01:46:52,130
So if you can fine tune that stuff there, and then come back again.

1189
01:46:52,910 --> 01:46:55,830
I was just going to comment to Councilwoman Navas' point.

1190
01:46:56,890 --> 01:47:07,970
The location maybe would be better to put in implementation guidelines because then if the location doesn't work out, you don't want to amend a whole ordinance, so we'll address it in guidelines.

1191
01:47:10,550 --> 01:47:11,430
Okay, everybody's good with that?

1192
01:47:12,410 --> 01:47:19,530
The clarification is that the direction that we include the both committee recommendations into the ordinance.

1193
01:47:19,630 --> 01:47:19,770
Yes.

1194
01:47:20,210 --> 01:47:20,710
Okay.

1195
01:47:21,250 --> 01:47:25,030
In addition to what councilwoman now I just had it.

1196
01:47:25,490 --> 01:47:28,290
Yes, and the description for the Riverside ordinance.

1197
01:47:28,630 --> 01:47:28,750
Right.

1198
01:47:29,910 --> 01:47:36,350
Okay, and guys, which is not a done deal, if you have something else comes up next meeting, we bring it up.

1199
01:47:36,870 --> 01:47:44,270
I just want to give a good sense of direction, so when it comes back, it's more fine tune to what we want and then we can clean it up and then hopefully finalize it.

1200
01:47:45,050 --> 01:47:46,850
All right, thank you, Dr. Appreciate your time.

1201
01:47:48,370 --> 01:47:53,590
All right, with that being said, item 13 is Council Communications. We'll start with Council Member Vallejo.

1202
01:47:58,740 --> 01:48:07,040
I just wanted to let everyone know that for the next three days, I will be going to the Cal City Council Members Academy.

1203
01:48:07,680 --> 01:48:09,260
That's for new council members.

1204
01:48:09,520 --> 01:48:14,940
This is to learn more about the process and just to know what we have in mind.

1205
01:48:15,480 --> 01:48:18,220
It's something that I'm very excited about because I'm always open to learning.

1206
01:48:18,500 --> 01:48:24,580
So I do want to let the community go know that I'm doing as much as I can to really understand

1207
01:48:24,580 --> 01:48:28,880
the process of everything so that's something that I really am excited about.

1208
01:48:29,280 --> 01:48:33,520
One thing that I do want to mention, that I couldn't mention last meeting because last meeting

1209
01:48:33,520 --> 01:48:39,140
I went to like 11.30 and it was way too late, I don't think anybody want to hear anybody talk at the end.

1210
01:48:39,280 --> 01:48:50,520
But what I did want to let the council know as well is I do think, I would like to propose that we hold

1211
01:48:50,520 --> 01:48:57,440
a workshop to explore new ways to increase revenues without depending on industrial developments.

1212
01:48:57,440 --> 01:49:03,740
I do appreciate specifically the Mayor and

1213
01:49:03,740 --> 01:49:06,300
Rob for the warehouses.

1214
01:49:06,580 --> 01:49:09,720
I will say that the warehouses has helped us back in the day.

1215
01:49:09,920 --> 01:49:11,680
It did help us become more stabilized.

1216
01:49:12,300 --> 01:49:15,160
But I do believe with all the developments going on,

1217
01:49:16,040 --> 01:49:21,440
I believe we have a new city going on and a new council going on

1218
01:49:21,440 --> 01:49:25,780
to where I believe we can leverage and we can really talk to

1219
01:49:25,780 --> 01:49:31,860
to other developers and see what other commercial ideas we can have in mind.

1220
01:49:32,540 --> 01:49:38,980
And I feel like if we really tune in on that, we can really make Paris to what we really

1221
01:49:38,980 --> 01:49:39,720
want it to be.

1222
01:49:40,700 --> 01:49:47,140
I do want to work together and really attract those high-quality commercial developers.

1223
01:49:47,740 --> 01:49:53,180
And I really want to encourage my colleagues to just collaborate with each other, keep

1224
01:49:53,180 --> 01:50:19,580
keep an open mind because I do believe that now since we have a little bit more warehouses we get some good stuff out of it, but I believe it's time that we pivot because coming from a school board member side, I will say that we are at a time where basically you need a degree to get a high paying job and one of my focuses, which is going to take many years, but I want to bring higher paying jobs here.

1225
01:50:19,580 --> 01:50:26,060
I want to bring government buildings here, I want to bring other type of jobs that could really help students

1226
01:50:26,640 --> 01:50:32,160
real back in and not keep on leaving because from the data that I can tell you the majority of students

1227
01:50:32,160 --> 01:50:39,180
always leave to San Diego, to San Marcos, all these Cal States and because they all have a lot of opportunities there

1228
01:50:39,180 --> 01:50:48,760
but I strongly believe that if we all collaborate together and work closely together, we can really find a way to make Paris attractable

1229
01:50:48,760 --> 01:50:55,560
And if we find those other revenues, we can really be a city where people want to come here and really want to live here

1230
01:50:55,560 --> 01:51:00,540
So I really hope we can find those different avenues to just gain more traction. Thank you

1231
01:51:00,540 --> 01:51:04,140
Just just to let you know I've already given that direction in our

1232
01:51:04,880 --> 01:51:11,960
Economic development oh, maybe so I'm not in okay. Yeah, let us find let us fine tune that there

1233
01:51:11,960 --> 01:51:16,060
And then we'll bring it back into a workshop together. Okay. Thank you so much. Yeah

1234
01:51:16,860 --> 01:51:17,480
All right

1235
01:51:18,460 --> 01:51:18,940
I'm

1236
01:51:22,420 --> 01:51:22,500
sorry.

1237
01:51:25,040 --> 01:51:25,840
Councilman Corona.

1238
01:51:27,160 --> 01:51:33,580
Thank you, Mayor. If I could direct staff to bring back our good neighbor policy back, just kind of make some amendments in there.

1239
01:51:36,180 --> 01:51:46,360
Last Tuesday, I was, I attended with the Councilwoman Nava. I think I just barely missed you. She got that she got early started, then I did, but we were up at 5.30 a.m.

1240
01:51:46,360 --> 01:51:52,500
here and we did the homeless point in time councillor, so with the discussion that we just had with the

1241
01:51:52,500 --> 01:51:53,940
Concertes, I was someone we're bringing.

1242
01:51:55,000 --> 01:52:00,100
Somebody in Camman was very sophisticated. I'll talk about they had a whole chimney going on.

1243
01:52:00,580 --> 01:52:05,920
Some people they were able to saw off the door of a drainage channel and they had furniture up to the wall.

1244
01:52:06,120 --> 01:52:10,140
I mean, it was actually a decent set up over there, but it was very unsafe.

1245
01:52:10,360 --> 01:52:14,740
So it gave us a chance to see what's going on, what's the realities of what's happening.

1246
01:52:15,320 --> 01:52:22,000
Obviously, a fire in a place that's, you know, with brush, all the dry brush that was around, you know, very dangerous.

1247
01:52:22,300 --> 01:52:31,080
And we've had a lot of fires, and I'm sure if our fire chief was here, he could tell a lot of these fires are caused by the encampments that we have.

1248
01:52:31,200 --> 01:52:35,160
So it was a very eye-opening, I think that was my sixth time doing it, maybe.

1249
01:52:35,720 --> 01:52:36,860
I'm looking forward to it next year.

1250
01:52:37,500 --> 01:52:38,600
Thank you. That's all the comments.

1251
01:52:39,140 --> 01:52:39,740
Thank you.

1252
01:52:50,660 --> 01:52:51,280
Councilwoman Navar.

1253
01:52:51,280 --> 01:52:52,140
Thank you, Mayor.

1254
01:52:52,600 --> 01:52:59,000
My comments are in regards to the current administration's immigration rates.

1255
01:52:59,480 --> 01:53:15,040
Of course, I am appalled and outraged, and I would like to direct staff to prepare some very stringent and legally enforceable mechanisms for discussion to combat those efforts here at the City of Paris at the February 25th meeting.

1256
01:53:15,600 --> 01:53:17,640
And those are all the comments I have for tonight, thank you.

1257
01:53:17,640 --> 01:53:19,000
Thank you Mayor Portem.

1258
01:53:19,840 --> 01:53:24,240
Yes, I'd like to thank all the speakers for coming out tonight, especially Ms. Abelie-Broxand.

1259
01:53:24,380 --> 01:53:28,740
I know the area you're talking about is at the end of Seven Street, Park Avenue.

1260
01:53:28,820 --> 01:53:32,000
You have Forbes Street up to the other side of Family Basket.

1261
01:53:32,140 --> 01:53:33,780
It's a rocky area, it's a hillie area.

1262
01:53:34,220 --> 01:53:39,820
I've reached out to both code enforcement and public works to start contacting the property owners in that area,

1263
01:53:40,000 --> 01:53:45,020
to get them to bait that area, to get them to move other items there.

1264
01:53:45,020 --> 01:53:48,340
because this is very flammable. I'm at the other side of seven street closer to the

1265
01:53:48,340 --> 01:53:53,080
pole stop or not too far off from that area. So I am intimately familiar with that area.

1266
01:53:53,220 --> 01:53:59,400
So thank you for coming. I've been in contact with public works along with code and working

1267
01:53:59,400 --> 01:54:04,420
on looking at the various lots in the city, particularly the lots that are but residential

1268
01:54:04,420 --> 01:54:10,000
areas. There's a few in downtown empty lots. There's a few pocket lots as well with contacting

1269
01:54:10,000 --> 01:54:14,440
Edison. There's a lot of power lines and some of the power lines are trees growing up near

1270
01:54:14,440 --> 01:54:19,920
the power line. If you go down Paris Boulevard starting at 5th Street to the end of 11th there's

1271
01:54:19,920 --> 01:54:23,960
several trees that are near palm trees and some of the residents that are along Paris Boulevard.

1272
01:54:24,640 --> 01:54:29,540
Contacting Edison maybe the property owners to get the trees cut back to get the palm prongs cut

1273
01:54:29,540 --> 01:54:34,900
back to also go down the alleys and look where I know Edison will come by and cut the trees down some

1274
01:54:34,900 --> 01:54:41,620
of the areas in the alley so we can continue dialoguing with Edison. On that note in the future I think

1275
01:54:41,620 --> 01:54:43,400
I think we need to reach out to Edison to get explanation.

1276
01:54:43,800 --> 01:54:45,840
A lot of our residents were without power.

1277
01:54:45,980 --> 01:54:48,680
I think the area, former councilwoman Rodgers lived in

1278
01:54:48,680 --> 01:54:51,920
up by Heady Woods Evans area.

1279
01:54:52,400 --> 01:54:54,480
That area continually was without power.

1280
01:54:54,640 --> 01:54:56,860
A lot of the downtown area, not the city hall area,

1281
01:54:56,960 --> 01:54:59,180
but if you were south of Fort Street

1282
01:54:59,180 --> 01:55:01,620
or on the other side of Paris Boulevard,

1283
01:55:01,800 --> 01:55:02,700
there were several days.

1284
01:55:02,860 --> 01:55:04,460
Not a two hours, not one hour.

1285
01:55:05,380 --> 01:55:07,280
It up to 24 hours without power.

1286
01:55:07,460 --> 01:55:09,500
And a lot of residents, you know,

1287
01:55:09,500 --> 01:55:11,000
a lot of people are living paycheck to paycheck

1288
01:55:11,000 --> 01:55:13,180
now with all the inflation, everything going on.

1289
01:55:13,720 --> 01:55:16,520
They're losing food, they're losing, you know, items,

1290
01:55:16,820 --> 01:55:17,480
people on oxygen.

1291
01:55:18,080 --> 01:55:19,240
I think it's something to say, well,

1292
01:55:19,420 --> 01:55:21,400
they're in a high wind area,

1293
01:55:21,400 --> 01:55:22,600
we're just going to cut off the power.

1294
01:55:22,720 --> 01:55:25,280
I think that was, that worked during this time

1295
01:55:25,280 --> 01:55:26,920
because we had to all come together to, you know,

1296
01:55:26,960 --> 01:55:27,560
fight these fires.

1297
01:55:27,680 --> 01:55:29,680
But if this is going to be a reoccurring thing

1298
01:55:29,680 --> 01:55:32,220
in the future, it's not acceptable.

1299
01:55:32,220 --> 01:55:34,420
And I think the pushes to move a lot of people out

1300
01:55:34,420 --> 01:55:38,080
from like gas water heaters, put you on electric cars.

1301
01:55:38,080 --> 01:55:43,760
I think that's going to put more of a, make the grid less, less resilient in those instances.

1302
01:55:44,000 --> 01:55:49,580
So I think we need to start dialogue with Edison regarding their plans to fix this or get it under control,

1303
01:55:49,680 --> 01:55:54,280
I think in the future. So once again, I'd like to thank all the speakers for coming out and speaking tonight.

1304
01:55:54,760 --> 01:55:59,800
I like to thank everyone for, you know, working. And in terms of staff and my colleagues,

1305
01:55:59,800 --> 01:56:03,860
we're bringing a lot of robust discussions forward. I think we should all perhaps work together.

1306
01:56:03,860 --> 01:56:09,940
So we're not having meetings that go to past 9, 9, 30, maybe moving some items around,

1307
01:56:10,160 --> 01:56:13,300
maybe cutting down some presentations, maybe working with the public comment.

1308
01:56:13,780 --> 01:56:16,680
Just to expedite so everyone gets a voice here at the City Council.

1309
01:56:16,920 --> 01:56:18,700
So once again, thank you for coming out.

1310
01:56:18,940 --> 01:56:20,760
Hope everybody enjoyed the last few days of January.

1311
01:56:20,940 --> 01:56:21,220
Thank you.

1312
01:56:23,160 --> 01:56:24,320
Okay, thank you.

1313
01:56:25,200 --> 01:56:28,880
Thank you, too, also speakers for coming out and sticking with us.

1314
01:56:29,980 --> 01:56:32,780
We had a lot of activity in the last meeting we didn't get to talk about.

1315
01:56:32,780 --> 01:56:35,960
but just some highlights, I did attend the RSO.

1316
01:56:36,620 --> 01:56:40,040
Riverside Sheriff's Office blue light ceremony along with our assistant city manager,

1317
01:56:41,180 --> 01:56:41,720
Rayna.

1318
01:56:42,300 --> 01:56:47,700
This ceremony is held to memorize the honor of our county's 75 fallen officers,

1319
01:56:48,200 --> 01:56:51,540
but is also dedicated to all their surviving family members.

1320
01:56:52,880 --> 01:56:58,400
The Fifth Annual Tolley Trolley Toy Dry was a very big success this past year.

1321
01:56:58,740 --> 01:57:00,760
We're in New York already, shopper the top as well.

1322
01:57:00,760 --> 01:57:03,280
Breakfast with Santa. Thank you, staff, again.

1323
01:57:04,640 --> 01:57:07,880
It's honored to present $100, $100,

1324
01:57:08,300 --> 01:57:11,400
a birthday certificate to Issa Wright-Tut,

1325
01:57:11,780 --> 01:57:13,080
longtime resident here at Paris,

1326
01:57:14,380 --> 01:57:17,040
honored to participate in a community luncheon

1327
01:57:17,040 --> 01:57:20,120
to discuss the next UC Riverside Chancellor's search.

1328
01:57:21,080 --> 01:57:22,900
Our chancellor's gonna be retiring

1329
01:57:22,900 --> 01:57:24,820
in this school year.

1330
01:57:26,020 --> 01:57:28,460
In reference to the fire zone

1331
01:57:28,460 --> 01:57:37,220
As council mayor pretend mentioned, just to add to it, I've been attending several meetings with Edison and other electives and mayors and what have you.

1332
01:57:37,420 --> 01:57:43,660
And the big challenge in Paris is that some of our circuits are tied into the big fire zone areas.

1333
01:57:44,000 --> 01:57:56,240
So the area referred to former councilwoman Rogers and the Orange Vista high school areas that all the powers are under, all the lines are under ground.

1334
01:57:56,240 --> 01:58:02,080
had nothing to do with their necessary residents but their circuit went further east into our

1335
01:58:02,080 --> 01:58:09,820
neighboring city that is a fire zone and they're affected by it so yes when we talk to if

1336
01:58:09,820 --> 01:58:15,340
and when you guys do talk and reach out I think I don't know how it can be done or what but these

1337
01:58:15,340 --> 01:58:20,960
circuits need to be cut down the size and fit more tailored to the communities because we shouldn't

1338
01:58:20,960 --> 01:58:26,540
And our people shouldn't have to be going through these long time shutoffs because they live in an area.

1339
01:58:26,660 --> 01:58:30,240
So I guess if you think about it back in the day, when this was really Paris Valley,

1340
01:58:31,080 --> 01:58:35,880
there was so space spread out these residential areas that are circuit went along ways.

1341
01:58:36,400 --> 01:58:43,260
So, I don't know and but it is, there was two big areas that got affected.

1342
01:58:43,500 --> 01:58:46,240
Fort Street was another area, they got hit for a long time.

1343
01:58:47,200 --> 01:58:58,040
So anyway, you heard about the mean I went to that our federal law has mentioned was the 93rd winter meeting for the US Conference of Mayors.

1344
01:58:58,600 --> 01:59:02,120
I was honored to speak at the annual meeting for the mayor's alliance to hand childhood hunger.

1345
01:59:02,940 --> 01:59:10,260
I was able to give a presentation on our progress and efforts that we are pursuing of which I will have staff given that they to counsel as well.

1346
01:59:10,580 --> 01:59:11,100
I don't know the meeting.

1347
01:59:11,100 --> 01:59:11,160
Thank you.

1348
01:59:11,680 --> 01:59:11,800
Okay.

1349
01:59:12,900 --> 01:59:26,540
As they were to participate in a roundtable discussion with our senators, Alice for Dia and Adam Schiff along with approximately 30 other California mayors topics, including housing insurance premiums, wildfires, local control, the usual stuff.

1350
01:59:27,500 --> 01:59:33,900
It was represented, you heard about this, talking with transportation, also met with the folks from the mayors guaranteed income aligns.

1351
01:59:33,900 --> 01:59:36,960
This is still works in the progress with our city of Paris.

1352
01:59:38,400 --> 01:59:43,700
And January 22nd, our public service department hosted a quarterly Riverside County Health Coalition meeting,

1353
01:59:43,780 --> 01:59:47,060
which I was honored to give the opening speech as to what we are doing in their city.

1354
01:59:47,760 --> 01:59:50,360
The Coalition is comprised of staff members from several cities,

1355
01:59:50,600 --> 01:59:53,880
RUHS staff, nonprofit organizations, faith-based organizations.

1356
01:59:54,900 --> 01:59:59,780
Their mission is to promote and improve and sustain social and physical environments for health and wellness.

1357
02:00:00,000 --> 02:00:09,320
Through policy and development and advocacy. And then last day on Saturday, January 25th, myself, mayor, pro-tam and councilman,

1358
02:00:09,380 --> 02:00:17,660
quorum, we attended the Paris Valley Historical Museum Association who celebrated the Fred T. Paris Day. At the Deepo Museum, along with mayor, I've said them,

1359
02:00:17,760 --> 02:00:27,380
James. This was a year was to recognize the panacea family. They're the owners of the Paris Valley Airport. They were honored this year for the Paris T. Paris.

1360
02:00:32,300 --> 02:00:35,520
I know I spoke fast, but I'm trying to get everybody out of here.

1361
02:00:37,180 --> 02:00:41,140
Our next item is the City Manager's report.

1362
02:00:41,560 --> 02:00:42,380
Thank you, Mayor.

1363
02:00:42,880 --> 02:00:44,660
We have two exciting activities this week.

1364
02:00:44,800 --> 02:00:49,380
The first one is finally the groundbreaking for the Fossfield Park renovation and expansion.

1365
02:00:49,920 --> 02:00:55,360
It's going to be held tomorrow, January 29th at 4 p.m. at Fossfield Park.

1366
02:00:55,360 --> 02:00:57,360
and this event is open to the public.

1367
02:00:58,000 --> 02:01:00,780
And the second event this week is the opening

1368
02:01:00,780 --> 02:01:04,420
of the early childhood classroom facility.

1369
02:01:05,260 --> 02:01:08,880
And this will take place this Thursday, January 30th,

1370
02:01:08,880 --> 02:01:11,120
at 2 p.m., there will be a ceremony

1371
02:01:11,120 --> 02:01:14,020
at the Paris-Green City Farm followed by a tour

1372
02:01:14,020 --> 02:01:17,140
of the classroom also open to the public.

1373
02:01:17,500 --> 02:01:19,780
And finally, we are excited to introduce

1374
02:01:19,780 --> 02:01:22,000
the official City of Paris mobile app.

1375
02:01:22,640 --> 02:01:24,440
It is designed to enhance how residents

1376
02:01:24,440 --> 02:01:27,300
residents and visitors connect with city services and resources.

1377
02:01:28,100 --> 02:01:33,060
This is a user friendly app that provides instant access to important dates, event information,

1378
02:01:33,380 --> 02:01:34,580
service requests, and more.

1379
02:01:35,200 --> 02:01:38,940
And now I'm happy to introduce Everett Hamley, our digital media supervisor,

1380
02:01:39,220 --> 02:01:40,500
to give you an overview.

1381
02:01:40,600 --> 02:01:41,220
I'll address that.

1382
02:01:43,240 --> 02:01:47,490
Good evening, honorable mayor, members of the city council.

1383
02:01:47,710 --> 02:01:50,870
I just wanted to stop by and give you a quick overview of the new city app.

1384
02:01:51,730 --> 02:01:54,930
So at the beginning of the year, we started promoting our new year,

1385
02:01:54,930 --> 02:01:59,010
their new app campaign, and basically it's to promote the fact that the city has launched

1386
02:01:59,010 --> 02:01:59,650
a new app.

1387
02:01:59,650 --> 02:02:05,130
It's available on all iOS and Android platforms for residents to download for free directly

1388
02:02:05,130 --> 02:02:05,790
to their smartphone.

1389
02:02:06,270 --> 02:02:10,630
So the new app is kind of a one-stop shop, you know, for residents to view important information

1390
02:02:10,630 --> 02:02:13,750
on our website, register for classes on civic rec.

1391
02:02:13,750 --> 02:02:17,030
I know sometimes that's, you know, a little bit of a bugaboo for people and they're able

1392
02:02:17,030 --> 02:02:19,770
to find it right there at the top of the interface.

1393
02:02:20,370 --> 02:02:24,330
They can obtain a business license or pet license and report any other issues throughout

1394
02:02:24,330 --> 02:02:30,190
the city. And most importantly, they can easily find agendas for committee meetings and council meetings.

1395
02:02:31,230 --> 02:02:35,610
So the great thing about this app from our end is that it's very customizable. When you open up

1396
02:02:35,610 --> 02:02:39,010
the app, you'll see a bunch of what you call applets on the top and there's all the different

1397
02:02:39,010 --> 02:02:43,110
subjects. If there's anything that you want to see that isn't there, we can easily update it. There's

1398
02:02:43,110 --> 02:02:47,570
something there you don't think is necessary. We can delete it. So it doesn't require the user to

1399
02:02:47,570 --> 02:02:53,110
update the app to see these changes. They're basically instantaneous. So residents can go to the app

1400
02:02:53,110 --> 02:02:58,370
store and search for Paris Go Gov to search for the app or they can go to our Instagram

1401
02:02:58,370 --> 02:03:03,470
page. We have the links in our link tree on top of our Instagram page. We've had multiple

1402
02:03:03,470 --> 02:03:08,870
posts on Facebook and we've got the links to the Android and the iOS apps on there.

1403
02:03:09,350 --> 02:03:13,490
The great thing too about this app is that besides the information that's already available

1404
02:03:13,490 --> 02:03:17,730
on our website and through other sources is they can get real-time notifications about

1405
02:03:17,730 --> 02:03:25,290
about events, road closures, as we've seen in the last couple of weeks, emergencies due to power outages, high winds, etc.

1406
02:03:25,850 --> 02:03:31,710
It sends it as a push notification to their phone, just like a text message where you're on your phone, you'll see a badge icon come up immediately.

1407
02:03:32,250 --> 02:03:34,470
And that's also basically instantaneous as well.

1408
02:03:34,690 --> 02:03:38,610
So I'd just like to encourage all of our residents to download the app today and

1409
02:03:38,610 --> 02:03:41,090
stay up to date on what's going on here in the city of Paris.

1410
02:03:41,510 --> 02:03:43,770
So I'm available for any questions, yes sir.

1411
02:03:43,770 --> 02:03:48,630
Yeah, quick question those that have had that old pairs mobile get rid of that

1412
02:03:49,850 --> 02:03:56,010
We're still pushing things out to the smart 911 app and I know which one you're referring to because we do have some users on there

1413
02:03:56,010 --> 02:04:02,530
We've actually just recently sent out a notification on that app to tell residents to download the new app because the new app will do

1414
02:04:02,530 --> 02:04:05,230
What the smart 911 app did and a whole lot more?

1415
02:04:05,350 --> 02:04:11,970
We're talking about the smart we're talking about the Paris mobile. That's the car that's that's the concade apps are yes, and in this

1416
02:04:11,970 --> 02:04:18,090
This mobile app that we have here, there is an app that will take you directly to that interface as well.

1417
02:04:18,190 --> 02:04:21,670
So yes, if that's what you're referring to, we don't need to use the Paris mobile app.

1418
02:04:21,670 --> 02:04:22,530
Thank you so much.

1419
02:04:22,730 --> 02:04:22,970
No problem.

1420
02:04:23,070 --> 02:04:23,970
Great presentation too.

1421
02:04:24,210 --> 02:04:29,850
So my question was that, we're not omitting the Paris mobile app, because that app is horrible.

1422
02:04:33,240 --> 02:04:37,900
Basically, I would say that the functionality of that app is contained in here.

1423
02:04:37,900 --> 02:04:43,540
I've heard discussions about replacing that particular interface with another interface and

1424
02:04:43,540 --> 02:04:47,580
when that happens, if and when it happens, that can be integrated into this interface, no problem.

1425
02:04:47,960 --> 02:04:51,380
That's what I want to hear, because I don't want to have multiple apps, but

1426
02:04:52,400 --> 02:04:58,760
there's a lot of issues with that Paris mobile lab and we need to, I see your chief information officers in the back.

1427
02:04:58,760 --> 02:05:02,460
We need to get rid of that as soon as possible and integrate it into this app.

1428
02:05:02,680 --> 02:05:05,100
So we don't have people getting confused out there.

1429
02:05:05,740 --> 02:05:06,600
Thank you, Everett.

1430
02:05:06,600 --> 02:05:23,060
All right, that takes us to our German, unfortunately folks, he'd say good night, but I'm 15, but I do want to, unfortunately, we are going to be adjourning this evening in memory of 19 year old.

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02:05:24,920 --> 02:05:36,460
City of Paris, resident Adrian Kieros, the son of a dear friend of our city clerk Nancy Salazar, who passed away on January 17th, 2025 as a result of a traffic collision here in Paris.

1432
02:05:36,460 --> 02:05:39,620
So our thoughts and prayers are with the family, thank you.

1433
02:05:40,000 --> 02:05:44,460
Good night everybody, thank you for joining us, and for watching us on social media as well,

1434
02:05:44,600 --> 02:05:46,660
and we'll see you next month.