[0:01] Welcome to the August.

[0:22] Got it. All right. Welcome to the August

[0:25] 5th um

[0:27] » City council meeting uh for our close

[0:30] session. If we can have a roll call.

[0:34] » I don't have a microphone.

[0:35] » I'm present.

[0:38] » Is present. Mr. Blades doesn't have a

[0:39] microphone.

[0:40] » Present.

[0:40] » Mr. Roger.

[0:42] » President. Mr.

[0:43] » President,

[0:44] » Mr. Gord

[0:45] » Present. We have

[0:47] » No microphones. Oh, there it goes.

[0:50] » All right. Uh, do we have a motion for

[0:53] approval of the agenda?

[0:54] » So moved.

[0:55] » Motion second.

[0:56] » Motion and second.

[0:58] » Vote, please.

[1:00] » Thank you, sir.

[1:03] » Five eyes. Motion carries.

[1:04] » All right. Uh, public comment on close

[1:07] session. Any of you lovely people, would

[1:10] you like to comment?

[1:12] Do

[1:13] » You see you see lovely people out there?

[1:15] I don't I'm wondering. I don't see

[1:17] anybody here.

[1:18] » I I was about

[1:20] » Seeing none. No lovely people had no

[1:23] comment.

[1:24] » Not on the phone, right?

[1:26] » Yeah.

[1:27] » All right. Uh we will adjourn to close

[1:30] session conference with legal counsel

[1:31] existing litigation people of the state

[1:33] of California XL Rob Bont at all v. the

[1:38] city of Ridgerest Superior Court of

[1:40] California County of Kern case number

[1:42] and then some numbers and letters. We

[1:45] will adjourn.

[1:55] » Um

[1:58] now to the attorney report out of close

[2:00] session.

[2:02] » Thank you honorable mayor council

[2:03] members. One item was discussed in close

[2:05] session. That's existing litigation as

[2:07] depicted on the agenda. No reportable

[2:09] actions were taken by the council. Thank

[2:11] you.

[2:12] » Thank you. Uh we will adjourn to the 550

[2:15] special open session agenda.

[2:18] If we can have a roll call.

[2:21] » Mayor Endicott.

[2:22] » I am present.

[2:23] » Mr. Blades

[2:24] » Here.

[2:24] » Mr. Roger

[2:25] » Present.

[2:26] » Mr. Haymon

[2:27] » Present.

[2:27] » Mr. Gorman

[2:28] » Present.

[2:28] » Five present. We have a quorum.

[2:30] » All right. Uh, next we have an approval

[2:32] of the agenda. So moved.

[2:35] » Second.

[2:37] Motion.

[2:38] » I think we're gonna have to do a roll

[2:39] call on that. May Mr. Andut

[2:40] » I.

[2:41] » Mr. Blades.

[2:42] » I.

[2:42] » Mr. Rogerham.

[2:43] » Hi.

[2:43] » Mr. Hayman.

[2:44] » I.

[2:45] » Mr. Gorman.

[2:46] » I.

[2:46] » Five eyes. Motion carries.

[2:48] » All right. Uh, for all those in

[2:49] attendance, if we're going to do the

[2:51] pledge of allegiance and invocation. Um

[2:53] if you can stand up for that if you're

[2:55] able and remain standing for the

[2:57] invocation after.

[3:02] » Ready begin.

[3:03] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

[3:06] United States of America and to the

[3:09] republic for which it stands. One nation

[3:12] under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[3:15] justice for all.

[3:19] » Please join me in prayer if you would.

[3:22] Lord, thank you for giving us this day.

[3:24] Lord, thank you for the city of

[3:26] Ridgerest where we live and cherish.

[3:28] Lord, thank you for the wonderful people

[3:30] we have serving this community. Lord, I

[3:33] pray for our country. Give your

[3:35] directions to the leaders of our country

[3:38] so that they take right decisions for

[3:41] this country. Lord, I pray for the

[3:42] troops who are in harm's way. Protect

[3:44] them from all evil. I pray for our

[3:46] police department. Lord protect them as

[3:49] they put their lives online to protect

[3:51] this community. Lord, pray for all the

[3:54] people who gathered here today. Lord,

[3:56] pray for the city council and the city

[3:58] staff. Lord, thank you for the

[4:00] opportunity you have given to us to

[4:03] discuss the matters. Lord, give your

[4:04] wisdom and your direction. Lord,

[4:07] whatever we do, let it be beneficial to

[4:09] this community. I ask this in Jesus

[4:11] precious name. Amen.

[4:13] » Amen.

[4:14] » Amen.

[4:17] All right, we'll move on to item number

[4:19] one. Uh discussion and action item.

[4:22] Resolution of the city council of the

[4:23] city of Ridgerest adopting the 2023

[4:26] through 2031 draft general plan housing

[4:29] element in the fair housing analysis and

[4:30] authorizing staff to submit the same to

[4:33] the California Department of Housing and

[4:34] Community Development for certification.

[4:39] » Go ahead, Heather.

[4:41] » Good evening, mayor, members of council.

[4:43] Um so tonight I have before you the

[4:46] housing element. This is the fifth

[4:49] draft. Um we have received notification

[4:52] from HCD

[4:54] that the draft meets the statutory

[4:57] requirements. Um we also

[5:01] put this for a 7-day public review

[5:03] period prior to submitting to HCD. So it

[5:06] is before you tonight ready to be

[5:09] adopted. Um,

[5:12] some of the main changes since you first

[5:15] saw the document in September of 2023,

[5:19] um, include changes to the site

[5:21] inventory. Um, all of the sites under

[5:24] one acre are no longer included in their

[5:26] site inventory.

[5:28] Um, and there are various other

[5:30] programs, including updates to our

[5:33] zoning ordinance, um, in regards to

[5:36] housing, um, that are all in this new

[5:40] document, including things for emergency

[5:43] shelters, farm workers housing, um,

[5:46] large sites,

[5:49] inclusionary housing, um, and several

[5:53] other various programs that we will be

[5:55] implementing. um with the adoption of

[5:57] this. So tonight, all we're asking is

[6:00] that you um adopt this and then we will

[6:04] send it back to HCD for final

[6:06] certification.

[6:08] » All right. Any members of the council

[6:10] have any comment or questions?

[6:13] » And I'll just quick comment. Heather,

[6:14] thank you for working so hard on this. I

[6:16] know that you have worked for a very

[6:17] long time working trying to get this

[6:19] through and all the hoops you've had to

[6:20] jump through with the state. Thank you.

[6:24] » Thank you.

[6:25] Same here. Thank you, Heather, and and

[6:27] council and everyone that's been

[6:28] involved in getting this uh to the point

[6:30] where it is today. And hopefully we get

[6:32] it in their hand in the past and we'll

[6:34] be pass this. So, thank you very much.

[6:39] » Well, now it just sounds empty if I also

[6:41] add on, but thank you.

[6:43] » It's all good. I just add tone and

[6:47] delivery.

[6:47] » That is true. Okay.

[6:49] » Uh I actually want to thank you more

[6:51] than the rest of them because I care

[6:52] more. Um, but sincerely thank you. Um, I

[6:57] I know I've only been here for two years

[6:59] and this started well before me, but it

[7:02] seems to be a headache and I'm sure

[7:04] dealing with the state of California

[7:06] cannot be easy.

[7:09] Any other council members?

[7:12] No.

[7:13] No one else wants to thank Heather.

[7:16] » Thank you, Heather.

[7:17] » There we go. All right.

[7:18] » Thank you, Heather.

[7:19] » There we go. All right. Uh, any members

[7:21] of the public uh, wish to comment or

[7:23] question?

[7:24] » Thank you, Heather.

[7:25] » There we go. There we go.

[7:31] » All right. Uh, seeing no other comments

[7:33] or questions. Um,

[7:36] do we have a motion?

[7:37] » Motion, please.

[7:38] » Motion to approve.

[7:41] » Do we have a second?

[7:42] » Second. There we go. Motion and second.

[7:44] Please vote.

[7:46] » Sorry, I stole your I stole your

[7:47] thunder.

[7:48] » Second, sir. No problem at all. Five

[7:50] eyes. Motion carries. Thank you all.

[7:52] » Thank you.

[7:55] » All right.

[7:57] So, next we have four minutes till we

[7:59] adjourn or do we just go ahead and

[8:01] adjourn?

[8:02] » We can wait.

[8:03] » We should probably wait.

[8:04] » Okay, we wait.

[8:05] » Four minutes.

[8:06] » Anyone have any jokes

[8:08] that are appropriate?

[8:18] I have a joke so appropriate you could

[8:20] tell it in church.

[8:22] » There we go.

[8:24] » Which church?

[8:25] » One of 17 that currently exists. This um

[8:29] Zen master leave if you've heard it. Um

[8:33] found himself on the busy streets of New

[8:36] York City and and found himself wanting

[8:38] one of those famous New York hot dogs

[8:42] starting at Coney Island. And he

[8:44] happened to be nearby a hot dog vendor,

[8:47] a Neanderthal looking fellow who dragged

[8:49] his knuckles, was wearing a dirty

[8:51] t-shirt and a cigar in his mouth, a New

[8:54] York attitude, and a hot dog machine. Oh

[8:57] my goodness, this is great. The Zen

[8:59] master, saffron robe, shaven head, great

[9:03] serenity, floated up to the hot dog

[9:04] vendor and asked, "Make me one with

[9:08] everything.

[9:11] I know you're out there. He can hear

[9:13] crickets. Good thing it's a two-stage

[9:16] joke. The Zen master gave the hot dog

[9:18] vendor a $20 bill and stood nearby the

[9:21] machine, eating it, however nervously.

[9:24] And finally, the Zen master's equinimity

[9:26] snapped. And he reapproached the hot dog

[9:29] vendor, pointing at his halfeaten hot

[9:31] dog and asked, "Excuse me, but don't I

[9:34] get any change with this?"

[9:37] The hot dog vendor smiled as some of you

[9:40] are smiling now and said, "Change comes

[9:44] only from within."

[9:50] I missed the crickets.

[10:15] Same joke.

[10:27] » I used to watch the

[10:44] So, we actually have my group on

[10:53] this moment right here.

[11:02] actually it's a good good

[11:09] way

[11:18] to just keep going.

[11:22] So now

[11:27] will eventually ask the question

[11:45] » Or it'll just be silence

[11:48] and that's okay.

[12:04] It wasn't just crickets.

[12:12] » All right.

[12:14] Welcome to the Wednesday, August 5th,

[12:17] 2026 Ridgerest City Council meeting.

[12:21] Another roll call. No, let's just skip

[12:23] right by that.

[12:24] » All right.

[12:25] » Can we have an approval of the agenda?

[12:27] » So moved.

[12:28] » Second.

[12:29] » Motion and second.

[12:32] » I must not have made a slide. Mayor

[12:34] Indicott

[12:34] » I.

[12:35] » Mr. Blades.

[12:36] » I.

[12:36] » Mr. Roger.

[12:37] » I.

[12:38] » Mr. Haymon.

[12:39] » I.

[12:40] » Mr. Gorman.

[12:40] » I.

[12:41] » Five eyes. Motion carries.

[12:43] » All right. Uh, next we will do council

[12:45] presentations.

[12:47] Y.

[12:50] Thank you.

[13:05] I guess I'm taking Rick's job on

[13:08] » Solomon. you do the next joke. Okay.

[13:20] » All right.

[13:22] » Nope. Nope. Nope. So I So as as everyone

[13:26] can see the first presentation is city

[13:28] clerk week proclamation. I have to note

[13:31] were you asked to write up this for

[13:34] yourself?

[13:35] » No. Actually there's a funny story to

[13:36] that.

[13:37] » Do you want to tell it?

[13:38] » Sure.

[13:40] So all of these proclamations that are

[13:42] done, I write them, I prepare them, I

[13:45] give them to the council. So when city

[13:47] clerk week came along, I did not

[13:51] recognize myself because I thought it

[13:52] was silly to ask them to recognize me.

[13:55] So Travis so graciously made up our own

[13:58] little city clerk week, wrote the

[14:00] proclamation himself, prepared it

[14:02] himself so that they could recognize me.

[14:04] So that's how this came about.

[14:09] So, I did not write this.

[14:12] » She proof that

[14:13] » Knowing knowing that

[14:14] » I did not even do that. I didn't look at

[14:16] it. I put the agenda and just kind of

[14:18] » Knowing that Travis did this, I'm

[14:20] honestly surprised it's not in comic

[14:22] sands. So,

[14:28] » All right. So, uh, proclamation of the

[14:31] city of Ridgerest, California, the

[14:33] 57th77th annual professional municipal

[14:36] clerk's week, August 3rd through the

[14:38] 9th, 2026.

[14:41] Could he have made it smaller?

[14:45] » Whereas the office of the professional

[14:47] mun municipal clerk, a timehonored and

[14:50] vital part of local government, exists

[14:52] throughout the world. And whereas the

[14:54] office of the professional municipal

[14:55] clerk is the oldest among public

[14:57] servants. And whereas the office of the

[14:59] professional municipal clerk provides

[15:02] the professional link between the

[15:03] citizens, the local governing bodies and

[15:05] agencies of government at other levels.

[15:07] And whereas professional municipal

[15:10] clerks have pledged to be ever mindful

[15:12] of their neutrality and impartiality,

[15:14] render rendering equal service to all.

[15:17] Whereas the professional municipal clerk

[15:20] serves as the information center on

[15:22] functions of local government and

[15:23] community.

[15:25] Whereas the professional municipal

[15:27] clerk, if we could have just done PMC,

[15:30] that would have been fantastic,

[15:32] continually strives to improve the

[15:33] administration of the affairs of the

[15:35] office of the professional municipal

[15:37] clerk through participation in education

[15:39] programs, seminars, workshops, and the

[15:41] annual meetings of their state,

[15:42] provincial, county, and international

[15:45] professional organizations. Whereas it

[15:47] is most appropriate that we recognize

[15:49] the accomplish of the office

[15:51] accomplishments of the office of the

[15:52] professional municipal clerk. Now

[15:54] therefore, we the city council of the

[15:56] city of Ridgerest do recognize the week

[15:58] of August 3rd through August 9th, 2026

[16:01] as Ridgerest Professional Municipal

[16:03] Clerk's Week and further extend

[16:05] appreciation to our professional

[16:07] municipal clerk, Rea.

[16:11] And to all the professional mun

[16:13] municipal clerks for their vital

[16:14] services they perform and their

[16:16] exemplary dedication to the communities

[16:18] they represent. extended this fifth day

[16:20] of August 2026 myself and council I want

[16:23] to go above and beyond and it's not just

[16:26] what you do here it's all the other

[16:28] organizations that you are a part of

[16:31] that you tie yourself to that you make

[16:33] sure that they continue to strive and

[16:35] thrive and that we I don't think that we

[16:39] should just have a week to recognize

[16:41] that uh all the hard work that you do

[16:43] all of the everything that you do behind

[16:46] the scenes to make it that our jobs

[16:48] easier here. I have a a nice little um

[16:51] agenda up there that everything is

[16:53] written what I need to say so that I

[16:55] don't make errors. Uh so that's nice. Um

[16:58] but thank you for all you do. This is

[17:01] yours

[17:02] » And and people want a speech.

[17:09] » I did not prepare a speech.

[17:12] Um I I just want to say thank you for

[17:14] for doing this. This means a lot. when

[17:16] you said you were gonna do it, I kind of

[17:18] just thought, well, yeah, sure he is.

[17:20] But and he did. I really did. I thought

[17:22] that. Um, so thank you. And this means a

[17:26] lot to me and and as Travis said, I do a

[17:29] lot of other organizations in town

[17:31] because I love Ridgerest. Um, I I have a

[17:34] passion for Ridgerest and I just want to

[17:36] make it better. So I appreciate you guys

[17:38] recognizing me for that and it means a

[17:40] lot. Thank you very much.

[17:57] Yes, that's it.

[18:16] I'm trying to make sure that I don't

[18:17] have the chair.

[18:28] » Thank you.

[19:01] I have to admit, after being a professor

[19:02] for a while, uh I'm very attuned to uh

[19:06] font and so at one point I made the

[19:09] mistake of saying that I hate comic

[19:11] sands and so they made my entire agenda

[19:14] comic sands. That was the statement.

[19:16] That's the reason for the joke about

[19:18] Travis doing that. But

[19:20] » Next we have our penny pool update.

[19:31] Good afternoon. Good afternoon.

[19:38] Grab the controller voice. There you go.

[19:42] Thank you.

[19:44] All right. Good evening, mayor and

[19:46] members of the city council. Tonight, I

[19:48] would like to provide an update on the

[19:51] Sergeant John Penny Memorial Pool

[19:54] Complex Replacement Project. The project

[19:58] officially began in construction in

[19:59] January 2026.

[20:02] Continues to make significant progress.

[20:04] This partation will highlight completed

[20:07] work, current construction activities,

[20:10] project schedule, budget status, and the

[20:13] next major milestones.

[20:16] This project it's a collaborative effort

[20:19] involving several

[20:22] involving several teams working together

[20:26] toward the successful completion of the

[20:27] city's new aquatic facility. The city of

[20:30] Richest provides overall project

[20:32] management and oversight through the

[20:34] parks and wreck public works engineering

[20:37] and city administration.

[20:40] AMG and associate serves as a general

[20:42] contractor and is responsible for daily

[20:46] construction operations,

[20:48] scheduling, quality control and safety.

[20:51] Fluty and Moody together with Welden

[20:54] provide design support, construction

[20:57] management, resident engineering,

[21:00] inspection and construction

[21:01] administration.

[21:03] Weekly owner, architect, contractor

[21:06] meetings continue to keep the project

[21:08] moving efficiently and allow us to

[21:10] address issues before they affect the

[21:14] schedule.

[21:17] This slide illustrates the project

[21:20] layout and compares it with the aquatic

[21:23] center vision

[21:25] versus the site development that was

[21:29] initially started in January and

[21:31] February. As work progresses, the

[21:34] council will continue to see the project

[21:37] take shape and resemble the original

[21:39] conceptual rendering.

[21:46] During the first two months of

[21:48] construction, the contractor completed

[21:50] mobilization activities. This included

[21:52] installation of construction, fencing,

[21:54] signage, establishing survey control,

[21:57] setting up trailers, testing facilities,

[22:01] beginning rough grading, and

[22:03] coordinating early utility re

[22:06] relocations. This activity established

[22:08] the foundation for all subsequent

[22:11] construction.

[22:14] In March, the project transition into

[22:17] major earthwork. Building pads were s

[22:21] verified for both the community building

[22:24] and the restroom building. Excavation

[22:26] also began for the competition pool,

[22:29] activity pool, the perch and the pump

[22:33] pit while site grading continue

[22:37] throughout the complex.

[22:41] April focused primarily on underground

[22:43] infrastructure. Sewer improvements,

[22:46] electrical conduit installation, under

[22:48] slab utilities, concrete work for the

[22:51] search and pumps were completed. This

[22:54] work is critical because much of the

[22:57] infrastructure becomes inaccessible

[22:59] after the pools and buildings are

[23:02] constructed.

[23:04] During May, construction activities

[23:08] advanced vertically. The restroom and

[23:10] storage building slabs were completed.

[23:14] Community building footings were formed

[23:18] and placed. Excavation continue for both

[23:22] the competition and structural pools

[23:24] while the search pit reached its

[23:26] substantial completion.

[23:30] June marked another milestone. The

[23:33] community building, foundation, and slab

[23:36] were completed. Masonary construction

[23:39] began on the restroom and storage

[23:40] building while plumbing continued

[23:42] beneath the instructional pool. These

[23:45] activities allowed multiple construction

[23:47] crews to work at the same time across

[23:50] the site.

[23:54] Throughout July, construction

[23:56] accelerated significantly. Masonary

[23:59] walls for the community building

[24:01] progressed. The roof construction began

[24:04] on the restroom building and both

[24:05] activity and instructional pools

[24:08] received shot creek. Underground

[24:11] plumbing also continue with the

[24:13] competition pool. By the end of the

[24:16] July, nearly every major area of the

[24:19] project has active construction

[24:23] happening at the same time.

[24:30] Now today, active across

[24:35] there's active construction across every

[24:38] major project.

[24:41] The community building has completed its

[24:43] foundation and majoring work and has

[24:45] moved into roof framing. The restroom

[24:47] building has completed majoring and roof

[24:51] framing is now advancing rough

[24:54] mechanical, electrical, plumbing, HVAC

[24:57] and fire sprinkler installation.

[25:03] Both the activity and structural pool

[25:05] have completed shock creek and are

[25:07] advancing toward waterproofing and tile

[25:11] finishes. Construction crews continue

[25:13] supporting construction while work

[25:16] transitions into structural and

[25:18] architectural phases.

[25:22] As expected on a project of this size,

[25:25] several unforeseen utilities conflicts

[25:28] were encountered during the

[25:29] construction. Although the project team

[25:31] successfully coordinated relocations

[25:34] with the siros valley minerals water man

[25:37] while uh coordinating with all the other

[25:41] utilities such as the city wastewater

[25:44] operations waste wastewater Indian wells

[25:47] valley water district southern

[25:49] California Edison and we're continue to

[25:52] work with PG as well although these

[25:54] issues required redesign coordination

[25:58] they were addressed without

[25:59] significantly impacting overall project

[26:02] progress. Utility coordination remains

[26:04] one of our highest priorities as a

[26:06] project moves forward.

[26:10] This project remains on schedule.

[26:13] Construction beginning January 2026 and

[26:16] the contract includes 393

[26:19] working days. As of today, 138 working

[26:23] days have been used representing

[26:26] approximately 35% of the contract

[26:28] duration. There have been no approved

[26:32] time extensions, only one non-working

[26:35] day due to weather, and the current

[26:37] contract completion remains August 2027.

[26:40] Staff continues monitoring schedule

[26:43] performance throughout weekly

[26:44] construction meetings and continues to

[26:47] provide such updates.

[26:50] This project also remains financially

[26:53] healthy. The original construction

[26:55] contract is approximately 19.48 48

[26:59] million with a contingency of 292,000

[27:03] for a total authorized project budget of

[27:06] approximately 19.78 million. Now, six

[27:10] progress payments have been processed

[27:13] totaling a total of 4.35 million

[27:17] representing roughly 22% of the total

[27:21] authorized budget. All payments are

[27:24] reviewed by the city staff, construction

[27:27] management, inspectional personnel

[27:30] before approval to verify completed

[27:32] work. And at this time, expenditures are

[27:37] consistent with construction progress

[27:39] and within the approved project budget.

[27:45] In summary, the Sergeant John Penny

[27:48] Memorial Pool Complex continues to makes

[27:50] excellent progress. Major earthquake is

[27:52] complete. Utilities are substantially

[27:55] installed. Buildings are rising above

[27:58] grade. And pool construction is

[28:00] advancing rapidly. City staff, our

[28:03] consultants, and the contractor continue

[28:05] to work closely to maintain schedule,

[28:07] manage costs, and promptly resolve

[28:10] construction challenges. Over the coming

[28:13] months, the project will focus on

[28:14] building completion,

[28:17] pool finishes, utility commission, and

[28:20] the preparation for architectural and

[28:22] site improvements. So, we appreciate the

[28:24] council's continued support of this

[28:28] important community investment.

[28:32] Next, I would like to show a

[28:36] construction progress video. Sorry.

[28:52] This is the most up-to-date construction

[28:55] video that was provided by the

[28:56] contractor.

[29:01] So, as he spans over, he's going to go

[29:03] throughout the job site.

[29:11] We're currently coming in on the north

[29:16] east or north east part of the project

[29:20] overseeing the north driveway.

[29:32] And then here we're beginning to see

[29:36] the pool complex.

[29:40] We have the structural

[29:42] activity pool.

[29:46] You can see has the shot creek already

[29:48] working some utilities.

[29:55] Competition pool is in progress.

[30:01] It has advanced now. So, it's just

[30:03] waiting for Shot Creek. If you see it

[30:05] out now, since this video was taken at

[30:08] the end of July,

[30:12] it shows the rough plumbing in place.

[30:23] Now, we're expanding into the community

[30:26] building.

[30:29] We have there the search pit at the

[30:32] bottom.

[30:35] The pump pip is no longer visible,

[30:40] but we have the vertical work

[30:42] progressing.

[30:55] Just to note, the masonary vertical work

[30:57] is already completed. So if you go out

[30:58] there today, you'll see that the

[31:00] committee building is already working on

[31:02] the roof framing.

[31:23] And now he's going to begin to

[31:25] transition into the restroom and storage

[31:28] building and the overall site view of

[31:31] the project.

[31:33] So here the restroom building major is

[31:35] already completed.

[31:38] The roof framing for the most part has

[31:40] been completed

[31:43] and you can see a little bit of um the

[31:45] overall job site conditions that are

[31:49] currently on the job.

[31:56] So, this concludes the project's update

[32:01] and thank you for your time and

[32:04] continued support for the Sergeant John

[32:07] Penny Memorial Complex replacement

[32:10] project. I'll be happy to answer any

[32:14] questions the mayor or the council

[32:16] members may have.

[32:20] So, uh, fantastic. Um,

[32:24] do say think that maybe like a Beach

[32:27] Boys medley, uh, show in the pool would

[32:30] be Sorry, I the intrusive thoughts are

[32:34] winning today. Um, no, that's that's

[32:37] fantastic. The only question that I have

[32:39] um is uh you continue to use shot creek

[32:44] and I assume that is concrete that shot

[32:48] » Correct.

[32:48] » Okay.

[32:49] » Yes.

[32:49] » All right. Well, it's just that simple.

[32:51] All right.

[32:52] » Um is there um any

[32:56] » I don't know. I I assume that's standard

[32:58] of using that. Is there any um hardness

[33:02] or problems with that long term? Like

[33:05] are there any other concrete? I I assume

[33:07] if we got a harder concrete it would be

[33:09] more expensive or nitrogen filled or

[33:11] something like that that it would be

[33:13] more expensive but this is the common

[33:16] thing used

[33:16] » That is correct creek is the common

[33:18] thing for penny pools and they do all

[33:20] the testing as well so this is all being

[33:22] tested and verified okay with third

[33:24] parties as well. Okay, any other

[33:27] comments, questions?

[33:29] » Louise, I thought that was a brilliant

[33:31] presentation. I enjoyed the video a lot

[33:33] and I was a little surprised, stunned

[33:36] actually to notice that none of the

[33:38] workmen seemed to have been aware of

[33:41] that drone.

[33:44] Nobody looked up and pointed. Yeah, that

[33:47] silencer must work.

[33:50] Thank you. Okay,

[33:53] » I'll concur. Um that's a great great

[33:56] presentation. Um it's kind of humbling

[33:58] and exciting to see this project going

[34:00] on in the community. I think it's the

[34:01] biggest quality of life and one of the

[34:04] greatest things that uh we've seeing

[34:06] come to the city um in my lifetime of

[34:09] living here. But uh I was there

[34:11] yesterday and uh my wife and I went got

[34:12] a cup of coffee and parked across the

[34:14] street in the shade next to the park,

[34:16] you know, and was watching them. And

[34:17] you're exactly right. we were commenting

[34:19] on the work that was going on was in

[34:21] every aspect or facet of the of the

[34:23] construction process and it was and the

[34:25] other thing was it was about 106 degrees

[34:27] out

[34:28] » And to see these guys out there working

[34:30] um they weren't missing a beat I was I

[34:32] was impressed it's it's an impressive

[34:34] project and I think it's going to be

[34:35] wonderful for the city and u thanks to

[34:38] everybody that's uh playing a part on

[34:41] making this happen so

[34:43] thank you

[34:46] » Great presentation very

[34:48] Thank you very much. So, do you oversee

[34:51] the project or

[34:53] how what is your involvement in the

[34:55] project?

[34:55] » Yeah, I'm currently overseeing as part

[34:57] of the engineering division.

[34:59] » Right. Thank you. Good job.

[35:01] » Thank you.

[35:02] » Yeah, Luis, thank you so much. I mean,

[35:04] this this project is going to is a once

[35:06] in a-lifetime thing and I appreciate the

[35:08] care and and the work that you're

[35:10] putting into making sure that it's

[35:12] everything that the community wants it

[35:13] to be. So, I appreciate it.

[35:16] » Thank you. Appreciate it.

[35:18] » Thank you, Luis.

[35:22] » All right. Next, we will move on to

[35:24] public comment of items not on the

[35:26] agenda. Persons wishing to address the

[35:28] council on matters that are within the

[35:29] council's jurisdiction and do not

[35:31] already appear on the agenda may do so

[35:33] at this time. Council will not respond

[35:35] to any public comments, but may provide

[35:37] direction to staff to collect

[35:38] information. Pursuant to the Brown Act,

[35:40] the city council may not act on an item

[35:42] that does not appear on this agenda.

[35:44] Speakers are limited to 5 minutes. The

[35:46] public comment section of the agenda is

[35:48] limited to a total of one hour. Each

[35:49] speaker is asked to provide his or her

[35:51] name.

[35:53] Hello.

[35:53] » Hi, I'm Lorraine Horny. I have I had two

[35:56] questions. Now I have three. I didn't

[35:59] see on the plans about where's any

[36:02] shade. Number one, is there a first aid

[36:06] area? And the other I guess I have

[36:09] three. Um,

[36:11] if it's a competitive pool, is that just

[36:14] for our town or people going to come

[36:16] from out of out of the area and compete

[36:19] against Ridgerest folks? Where are the

[36:22] bleachers or you know, whatever? Anybody

[36:24] that would be watching, where are they

[36:26] going to be?

[36:28] So, I know you can't answer, but those

[36:30] are questions.

[36:32] And that was one section. Then I

[36:34] wondered, I never hear any updates on

[36:37] LFCO annexation

[36:39] stuff. It just kind of went away. We

[36:42] don't know what's going on as people

[36:43] here.

[36:44] » Uh are you talking about the um

[36:46] » The healthcare district?

[36:48] » Yeah, but I mean why are we still

[36:50] meeting as what's going on?

[36:51] » Uh so I'll answer that one. Uh we

[36:54] haven't that has not been on the agenda.

[36:56] Um, but at our next meeting next win or

[36:59] two week two Wednesdays from today, I

[37:01] will I'll bring it up and

[37:03] » And see and I'll come back with a an

[37:06] answer for you.

[37:07] » Okay. And my only other last question is

[37:10] what's the possibility of getting the

[37:12] food services for the senior center

[37:14] brought back here to Ridgerest

[37:17] because they they suck. Yeah,

[37:19] » They really do. and it's getting to be

[37:21] winter, so somebody driving over

[37:23] Walker's Pass to bring us peanut butter

[37:26] and jelly is pretty crappy.

[37:28] » So, we'll have our quality of life uh

[37:30] meeting uh the next or the first Tuesday

[37:33] of next month. Um

[37:34] » Okay.

[37:35] » And we'll try and I don't know if we'll

[37:37] have that answer, but um feel free to

[37:41] come. We have a lot of members of the

[37:43] senior center that show up and and we it

[37:47] really becomes a more informal

[37:48] conversation.

[37:49] » Good. So,

[37:50] » So for seniors and senioritas, right?

[37:53] » Yes. Yeah, absolutely, ma'am.

[37:55] » Okay.

[37:56] » Actually, for your first three, can we

[37:59] » Yes. So, the the bleachers are um an

[38:02] ancillary item. Once the full pool deck

[38:04] is constructed, the bleachers will be

[38:06] put in.

[38:06] » Good.

[38:07] » Uh bleachers are part of it there. The

[38:09] shade that's going to be provided is

[38:10] going to be with the trees. There's

[38:12] multiple trees and there's also a gazebo

[38:14] down the center in between the

[38:17] » The activity pool and the competition

[38:20] pool I believe. I can't I always get the

[38:21] two switched. So there will be plenty of

[38:24] places where there's shade. There's

[38:25] awnings that come off the buildings as

[38:27] well. So

[38:28] » Okay, good. And the first there is a

[38:30] first aid place somewhere for each.

[38:32] » Yes. So there's a designated area for

[38:33] not only the lifeguards, but there will

[38:35] be designated there will be an AED

[38:36] there. There will be first aid kits.

[38:38] There will be all that stuff will be

[38:40] provided and hung once all the buildings

[38:41] are constructed.

[38:42] » Cool. Thanks.

[38:43] » Thank you, Lorraine.

[38:54] My name is Tom Wiknik and I come to you

[38:57] tonight to hopefully maybe try and

[39:00] inspire some uh activity or some uh

[39:04] effort on the part of the city council

[39:06] in in total because there's u a couple

[39:10] months ago I brought up something about

[39:11] the 395 project and current cog has now

[39:15] got that out at 2045

[39:18] And I mentioned that when I was on Kern

[39:20] Cog back in the early 2000s, that was a

[39:22] five-year out project waiting for

[39:25] funding. Well, obviously now if it's out

[39:27] to 2045, it's more than five years.

[39:31] Anyway, uh I want to talk about how we

[39:34] use Kernogg and how I used Kernogg when

[39:37] I was there because as council people,

[39:40] you can do more for the not just Richest

[39:43] but the whole valley and Kernog is a

[39:46] means to do that. if you start thinking

[39:48] out of the box and start thinking about

[39:50] things that you might be able to do to

[39:51] help make the valley a better place.

[39:54] One, uh, as one example, and this is a

[39:57] real minor example, but when I was on

[39:59] the, um, Kernog,

[40:02] I I've traveled all over this country.

[40:04] I've been in all 50 states, and one

[40:06] thing I've noticed a lot of times along

[40:08] freeways, they would have the sign for a

[40:10] city and then they'd have a business

[40:11] loop. So people could see traveling that

[40:14] they could take this business loop and

[40:15] go through the town which is good for

[40:17] business when they when they know they

[40:19] can go in one side and come out the

[40:21] other. And I thought why don't we have

[40:23] that in Rididgerest. I'm going to run

[40:25] out of time so quick. Anyway, so I said

[40:28] why don't we have a business loop cuz we

[40:30] didn't have one. So I got the idea why

[40:34] not establish a 395 business loop

[40:37] through Ridgerest.

[40:39] And how did I do that? through Kernog.

[40:42] I brought it up. I I brought it to the

[40:45] attention of the staff over there at

[40:46] Kernog. And I'll tell you one thing, I

[40:48] remember this real clearly that when I

[40:51] tried to get things done in Kernog, I

[40:53] didn't do it by myself. I had to make

[40:55] sure I had a county supervisor that was

[40:57] helping me. Actually, two supervisors,

[40:59] the southern part of Eastern Kern, the

[41:02] uh the rep from California City, the rep

[41:05] from Tahachi. We had kind of a little

[41:07] group that we tried to support each

[41:09] other in all our projects because we

[41:10] made sure that every budget that Kernog

[41:14] had had a project going on in East Kern.

[41:18] Every budget had something going on out

[41:20] here and not just fix a sidewalk or a

[41:23] bike path. Anyway, back to the 395.

[41:26] Brought it up to staff. Calrans rep

[41:29] attended the meeting. They said, "We'll

[41:31] take it to CALR. No problem." So now we

[41:34] have business 395 through uh Ridgerest.

[41:38] No big deal, right? Okay. But it's

[41:40] something to maybe try and bring some

[41:42] traffic in. Um then there was the time

[41:45] where I said, you know, Bowman Road was

[41:48] supposed to be a freeway at one time

[41:50] from St. Louis Abyispo to Las Vegas

[41:52] right through Rididgerest. And you know

[41:54] what would have been good for that is

[41:55] for keeping all the big trucks going to

[41:58] Kermag from right going through the city

[42:00] of Rididgerest with all the chemicals. I

[42:02] got to hurry up. Anyway, at the at when

[42:05] I was on the Kernok, they found out that

[42:07] the state was abandoning the 178 freeway

[42:10] project. And with that, they were going

[42:12] to abandon the rightway all the way

[42:14] through. And I said, "Oh, no, wait a

[42:16] minute. Once you lose a rightaway, it's

[42:19] gone forever." So, I talked to the

[42:21] county and I talked with the richest

[42:24] people and I said, "Let's keep the

[42:26] rightaway through the Indian Wells

[42:28] Valley at least." And guess what? Kernog

[42:31] agreed with that and got the state of

[42:33] California to give us the rightway so we

[42:35] if we ever wanted to we could add that.

[42:38] Okay. And that was possibly a way to get

[42:41] something through. And by the way,

[42:42] Bowman Road didn't go from Downs out to

[42:45] Jack's Ranch Road. So what did I do? I

[42:48] went over to meet with John McQuiston. I

[42:50] said, "Hey, is there a way we can get

[42:51] the city's portion of uh Bowman done and

[42:54] you take it the county ticket back out

[42:56] to Dra Jack Road?" He said, "Yeah, let's

[42:59] work on that. A year and a half later,

[43:01] we the city and the county by the use of

[43:05] Kernog was doing uh Bowman Road from

[43:09] Downs out to there to Jack's Ranch Road.

[43:13] Now, back to 395.

[43:15] There was a question about why I was

[43:17] concerned about it and I brought it up

[43:19] about the safety issue. Well, guess

[43:21] what? the last time since the last time

[43:23] we talked. We now have a family in

[43:26] Ridgerest that lost a gr a granddaughter

[43:28] on 395.

[43:31] We have a family that lost a

[43:33] granddaughter on 395. And I know that

[43:36] because the grandfather came into my

[43:38] store the other day and he could hardly

[43:41] talk to me.

[43:43] He was so upset about it. Now, I'm try

[43:46] only saying this and I'm almost out of

[43:48] time, but I'm saying, why don't you guys

[43:50] get a little bit more energetic and

[43:52] trying to do things that help the whole

[43:54] valley, okay? And you know, and get

[43:58] Peter's wherever he's hiding, get him to

[44:00] come out and start doing something for

[44:03] the valley. How about adding some more

[44:05] stuff, road payment and stuff like this

[44:08] for the county? You know, the best thing

[44:10] we got out of Peters is raise the price

[44:13] we pay for the fire service. And of

[44:16] course, of all for bringing in that $400

[44:18] million pipeline. I'm sorry I'm running

[44:20] over and I have more that I could go on

[44:23] and on, but I want I was wanted to try

[44:26] encourage you as a council come up with

[44:29] some ideas.

[44:31] Ra was saying that just before that she

[44:33] like loves the richest and she wanted to

[44:35] do things to help. The microphone's off.

[44:38] Okay. But anyway, I'm trying to inspire

[44:41] you. Maybe try and do something more.

[44:44] Thank you.

[44:45] » Thank you, Tom.

[44:55] » Hello. My name is Frankie Duna and I am

[44:59] here today because um and I don't even

[45:03] know if this is

[45:06] » Oh, I don't know if this is even the

[45:08] right place to be, but um last week a

[45:11] 83year-old friend of mine, longtime

[45:14] family friend came over and he he has

[45:16] Alzheimer's and so he loses his words a

[45:19] lot and anyway he brought me um his

[45:24] water bill and he's on fixed income and

[45:28] he does live uh on the corner of

[45:32] uh Downs and Vicki. I think it used to

[45:35] be Dr. Green's house back in the day.

[45:37] Anyway, it's a two-story house. So, I

[45:40] was looking at his water bill and I see

[45:43] that um his bill was for 69,000 gallons

[45:47] of water.

[45:50] Uh mind you, it's him.

[45:53] His bill was $692.74,

[45:56] but IWVGA fees were $45.

[46:01] And he said to me, "Where's that money

[46:02] going?" I said, "I I don't know. Where

[46:05] is that money going? How is that money

[46:08] determined?

[46:09] How is it possible this man used 69,000

[46:12] gallons of water? I know he takes a bath

[46:14] every Saturday whether he needs to or

[46:15] not. He's from Georgia and he is a bath

[46:18] dude. So, um, but in this was his bill

[46:22] for July. His bill for June,

[46:26] he only used 20,000 gallons of water.

[46:31] And then his bill for May, he used

[46:34] 18,000 gallons of water, which it seems

[46:38] outrageous to me anyway, that that

[46:39] amount. But um

[46:43] so

[46:46] first, how do you go and and use 40 more

[46:49] thousand gallons in a month as one

[46:52] human? And the water company did come

[46:54] out and inspect a couple of times. They

[46:55] said there's no leak anywhere. Um and he

[46:59] went and spoke with someone at the water

[47:01] company and they kind of told him in a

[47:03] nutshell, move to a red state. This is

[47:06] what you get.

[47:08] So, um, they said the money goes to the

[47:12] government and it's the government

[47:13] that's charging him this money. And I

[47:15] told him it's not the government, it's

[47:17] IWVGA.

[47:18] Is that our government? I don't know.

[47:21] I'm I'm This is all new to me. But

[47:25] how is it determined? How are the fees

[47:27] determined each month? It seems to be a

[47:29] different amount. Is it based on our

[47:31] property value? Is it? Does anybody know

[47:35] the answer to my question or am I

[47:37] barking up the wrong tree here? I don't

[47:39] know.

[47:44] » Um

[47:46] because a friend of mine who lives Shir

[47:49] lives about three blocks away from him

[47:51] and she has a swimming pool and a

[47:52] two-story home and her bill was under

[47:55] $200.

[47:57] So, I don't

[48:00] I don't know how we can address this. I

[48:04] luckily he has savings. He has to dip

[48:06] into his savings to pay his water bill

[48:09] so that he can eat for the rest of the

[48:11] month. It's It's I don't know. My water

[48:14] bill is $61.

[48:16] And on my water bill, there's no prior

[48:20] months, no prior information. It's every

[48:23] month it's the same amount. I'm like,

[48:25] that is so odd. I was gone for a month

[48:28] in February and my bill was $61.

[48:31] Like, how does that happen? I know I

[48:33] wasn't there to use the water. Nobody

[48:36] else was. So,

[48:39] does anybody have any advice? I I would

[48:41] like to tell him. I was going to bring

[48:43] him, but he's has they call it

[48:45] sundowner, so he's worse in the evening.

[48:48] » My friend, those numbers you read to me

[48:52] seem remarkable. My first thought was he

[48:54] has a terrible leak somewhere. Uh or

[48:57] perhaps does do you happen to know if he

[49:01] cools his house with refrigeration unit

[49:04] or what we call evaporative or swamp

[49:07] cooler?

[49:07] » It's it's refrigerated air and he

[49:09] doesn't even use it until he goes to bed

[49:11] at night because

[49:13] » It's a twotory so he wants to cool down

[49:15] the top floor just

[49:17] » And yet the water district had some

[49:19] technicians out there to seek uh to find

[49:22] any leak and they weren't successful.

[49:25] » No. And if you I mean presenting like I

[49:28] said like we can go from um May, June

[49:33] and July and each month progressively. I

[49:36] mean his bill in May was

[49:39] 1702.

[49:42] His bill in I'm sorry that that was

[49:44] June. May was 15418 and then it went up

[49:48] to 1702

[49:50] and then the following month it jumped

[49:53] to $692.

[49:57] Am I out of time?

[50:01] So I don't know if anybody has any

[50:04] advice for me or um

[50:07] » Do I need to meet with the ground

[50:08] authority or how do I figure out how

[50:10] » Absolutely. So, I think if you have a

[50:12] moment um and you could grab some of

[50:14] Travis Reed's time, our city manager, he

[50:16] he could help you and point you in the

[50:18] right direction. Okay. Uh the water

[50:19] district is a wealth of information. Um

[50:22] I mean, the tech, you know, I'm not

[50:23] going to speak for them. Uh but I know

[50:24] that they have very good technicians,

[50:26] they have very good staff, so if they um

[50:28] they didn't see something, a lot of

[50:29] times they can only check in certain

[50:30] areas. Of course, that's you know, they

[50:33] can't look at everything. It does sound

[50:34] like there's a water leak and it's

[50:36] pretty bad.

[50:36] » It does. it it I mean that would be

[50:37] sensible but the water leak

[50:42] he

[50:44] it happened in within the 3month period

[50:46] is that you know I mean it just it

[50:48] jumped up 40,000 gallons of water

[50:51] » Yeah yeah I don't I don't want to like

[50:52] over analyze it's not for me to say so I

[50:55] will say that and any questions that the

[50:56] water district

[50:57] » Can't answer when it comes to breaking

[50:59] out the bill especially those GA fees

[51:01] the GA can definitely answer those

[51:03] questions for you

[51:05] » All right thank you so Yep. Thank you.

[51:16] » Good evening. My name is Brenda Litetra

[51:18] and I'm running for city council. My

[51:20] husband and I are not only passionately

[51:23] against government overreach. We are

[51:25] arguably the most qualified people in

[51:27] the room to be talking about the risks

[51:29] of flock. I need to come clean about

[51:32] something.

[51:33] 10 years ago, my husband and I worked at

[51:36] Google. We left Silicon Valley because

[51:39] we were sick of the industry and wanted

[51:40] to build a better quality of life. One

[51:43] of the projects I worked on was

[51:45] especially relevant to the topic of

[51:48] violation of privacy for profit. As I

[51:51] understand it, my project at Google was

[51:54] funded by you, the consumer, who

[51:56] searched for products using the feature

[51:59] near me in Google Shopping. You may have

[52:02] seen 3D representations

[52:05] and 3D swivels, 360 swivels

[52:09] of that product when you searched. Your

[52:12] search results were tied to Google Maps.

[52:15] And when you walked into that store to

[52:18] buy that thing you searched for, Google

[52:20] would then allegedly turn around into

[52:22] the store and say, "Hey, you owe us

[52:25] money for advertising. Here's a list of

[52:27] items or list of times people walked

[52:30] into your store using our search

[52:32] feature. If you haven't already done so,

[52:35] turn off tracking in Google Maps.

[52:39] We weren't trying to sell you anything.

[52:42] It was a front to try and create the

[52:44] largest library available so a rob a

[52:48] robot could understand that object in 3D

[52:52] and better be able to pick it up.

[52:56] Data mining has become a standard

[52:58] practice across the industry. But you

[53:01] can choose to opt out. You can choose

[53:03] not to use certain apps. And just

[53:05] because it's become boilerplate,

[53:07] that doesn't mean it's less wrong.

[53:11] We're going to push back um for changes

[53:14] to get the contract to Flock um changed

[53:18] to prevent this.

[53:20] Flock has argued that in order to

[53:22] improve their algorithm, they need live

[53:25] data from across the country. No, they

[53:27] don't. I worked for project Hadamari at

[53:31] Google. At the time, the projects of the

[53:34] project's conception, machine learning

[53:36] was unable to read a stop sign at

[53:38] different angles. We helped machines

[53:41] developed a better picture of our world

[53:43] in 3D.

[53:45] Algorithms developed for imaging depends

[53:48] on the test team's ability to create a

[53:52] set of challenge objects to repeatedly

[53:54] test against to track progress.

[53:58] People make tweaks on the software side,

[54:00] hardware folks make improvements on the

[54:02] machine side and we rerun the objects to

[54:05] see how things changed so progress can

[54:08] be tracked. In my career, I've been part

[54:11] of training three different models for

[54:14] different projects.

[54:16] That is how it's really done. If Flock

[54:20] isn't doing it this way, it may explain

[54:22] why their algorithm is so bad at reading

[54:24] license plates.

[54:26] A report from Roseville revealed that

[54:28] 70% of the alerts from Flock were false

[54:31] positives.

[54:33] The Richest PD confirmed this when we

[54:35] sat down with them last week.

[54:38] We need leaders with a backbone at all

[54:40] levels of government. My name is Brenda

[54:43] Litetra. I'm running for city council

[54:45] and you can learn more about me by going

[54:48] to brendaitra.com.

[54:50] Thank you.

[54:51] » Thank you, Brenda.

[54:55] We have a caller on the line.

[55:03] » I can't see if he's waving.

[55:04] » He's trying to get him on the phone now.

[55:06] Go ahead.

[55:06] » Okay. Go ahead, caller.

[55:10] » Yes, this is Renee West. Uh, my public

[55:14] comment is um I want to know is the city

[55:18] council going to update us on the

[55:22] application they put in to be an

[55:25] intervenor status?

[55:28] And are you going to be publishing any

[55:31] of the correspondence between

[55:35] the California Energy Commission

[55:39] that when you said you were going to

[55:42] send that letter? I I think a lot of

[55:44] people want proof that the application

[55:47] did get sent

[55:49] and if you have an update on anything

[55:52] regarding your research on the data

[55:55] center.

[55:59] Yeah, Renee, uh, the city manager is

[56:01] going to address that in his, uh,

[56:03] comments at the end, so you will get an

[56:06] update.

[56:07] » Okay. And, uh, congratulations on the

[56:10] progress of the pool. I think it's a

[56:12] wonderful thing for our community. Thank

[56:14] you.

[56:15] » Thank you, Renee,

[56:18] » Jamie.

[56:24] » Good evening, Richest. Uh last week,

[56:27] several of a group of concerned citizens

[56:30] met with the chief uh about the city's

[56:33] contract with flock safety. Uh first of

[56:35] all, I want to thank the chief for

[56:37] giving us the time to do that.

[56:40] It was a constructive meeting and I want

[56:42] to acknowledge that. Uh the chief asked

[56:44] us to draft the specific contract

[56:46] language we'd want to see. We submitted

[56:49] uh earlier this week and our

[56:51] understanding is that it has gone to

[56:53] flock. I want to tell the residents of

[56:57] Bridgerest what is in it because

[56:59] residents deserve to know what's being

[57:00] asked for on their behalf. First, what

[57:03] we have asked Flock. Two sections we

[57:05] focused on. You've all heard me talk

[57:07] about them before. Uh section 4.3

[57:09] governs what Flock can do with the data

[57:11] from our cameras. Right now, it gives

[57:12] them a permanent license. One that uh

[57:15] outlives the contract. We ask for four

[57:17] things. that the license end when the

[57:19] contract ends with the data destroyed

[57:22] and destruction certified in writing.

[57:24] That our data not be used to train their

[57:26] artificial intelligence systems. Uh the

[57:29] uh the contract currently allows that by

[57:31] name. That our data not be used to build

[57:34] or improve products. The city doesn't

[57:36] buy. The contract says other flock

[57:38] offerings and that phrase has no limits

[57:40] in it. And a small change that matters.

[57:42] The contract says flock will not sell

[57:44] our data. We asked that it say flock

[57:46] will not sell, distribute, license or

[57:48] transfer it. A company can give that

[57:50] data away without ever selling it. We

[57:52] also ask them to document how they

[57:55] anonymize data, what they actually strip

[57:56] out and how they test it and to have

[57:59] that verified independently. Right now

[58:01] we are taking their word for it.

[58:04] Next up, section 5.3 uh governs who gets

[58:07] to see our footage. Today, Flock can

[58:09] disclose it based on their own good

[58:11] faith belief that doing so is reasonably

[58:13] necessary. That's a standard that

[58:15] companies apply to themselves. We ask

[58:17] for four things. That good faith belief

[58:20] be replaced with a real standard. The

[58:22] closure only under a warrant, subpoena,

[58:24] or court order, or to prevent someone's

[58:26] death or serious injury documented at

[58:29] the time and limited to the minimum

[58:31] needed. that phrase third parties be

[58:34] struck entirely and that everyone who

[58:36] can receive our data be named and

[58:37] limited. That the city can be told

[58:39] within 72 hours of any disclosure who

[58:41] received it, what they received and why.

[58:44] And that the law and that where the law

[58:46] allows the city be told before flock

[58:48] responds to a legal demand so the city

[58:50] has a chance to object. We also asked

[58:52] for a clear prohibition on our data

[58:54] reaching any federal agencies or

[58:55] agencies outside California. That's not

[58:58] a new idea. California law already

[59:01] restricts it and the department's own

[59:02] policy does as well. Second, what we are

[59:06] asking of the city that no material

[59:08] change to the contract, no change of the

[59:10] system settings affecting retention,

[59:11] sharing or logging take effect without

[59:13] the council approving it at a public

[59:15] meeting

[59:17] and that this contract not renew

[59:19] automatically. Renewal should be a vote

[59:20] you take publicly as a separate agenda

[59:22] item from the full bud budget. Third,

[59:24] what we ask the chief other than

[59:26] submitting the requested amendments.

[59:27] Searches run against Rididgerest cameras

[59:29] by outside agencies don't appear

[59:31] anywhere on the public can see uh the

[59:33] police can uh RPD can see that. We ask

[59:36] that they be published quarterly and if

[59:37] that flock won't p publish them in their

[59:39] transparency portal that the department

[59:42] publish them on the city website

[59:44] instead. That's within the department's

[59:46] authority and requires no one's

[59:48] permission. We also asked uh for the

[59:50] list of every outside vendor and agency

[59:52] with access to our data and that audit

[59:53] information may not be reduced or

[59:55] removed without the city's approval.

[59:58] We didn't send a take it or leave it

[1:00:00] list either for the provisions most

[1:00:02] likely to draw resistance. We included

[1:00:03] alternative language that gets to the

[1:00:05] same place with less imposition on the

[1:00:07] vendor. We'd rather this end in an

[1:00:09] agreement than a standoff.

[1:00:12] To be clear about what we're saying,

[1:00:14] we're not accusing anyone of acting

[1:00:16] improperly. We're saying the contract

[1:00:18] permits things that the city has no way

[1:00:20] to see and the city can't verify what it

[1:00:22] can observe. I'd also note in February a

[1:00:25] federal appeals court dismissed every

[1:00:27] claim brought by man who was wrongly

[1:00:28] flagged by the system and pulled over.

[1:00:30] The court's reasoning was that Flock's

[1:00:32] obligation runs to its customer, the

[1:00:34] police department, in this case the RPD,

[1:00:36] and not to the public. If that's the

[1:00:38] law, this contract is the only place

[1:00:40] protections for residents can come from.

[1:00:42] There is no other mechanism. So here's

[1:00:44] what I'm asking tonight. that this

[1:00:46] council direct staff to place flock

[1:00:48] contract on a future agenda as a

[1:00:50] discussion item agenda item with the

[1:00:53] proposed amendment language that we have

[1:00:56] submitted before you so it can be

[1:00:57] presented debated in public and that the

[1:00:59] language itself be included in the

[1:01:02] public agenda packet. We're not asking

[1:01:04] uh anything we're unwilling we're

[1:01:07] unwilling to say out loud. Residents

[1:01:09] should be able to read exactly what was

[1:01:10] requested and judge it for themselves.

[1:01:12] We've done the drafting. All we're

[1:01:14] asking is that it come before you out in

[1:01:16] the open. Thank you.

[1:01:18] » Thank you, Jamie.

[1:01:25] » Um, we have a member or someone caller.

[1:01:28] There we go. That's the word.

[1:01:39] » Go ahead, caller.

[1:01:40] » Okay. Thank you very much. Uh, good

[1:01:42] evening everyone. This is Kathy Brown

[1:01:44] calling in. Uh I just want to say uh

[1:01:48] with respect to block as we know it is

[1:01:49] surveillance but our surveillance in the

[1:01:52] society continues to um escalate. Uh you

[1:01:55] guys probably all heard about

[1:01:57] surveillance pricing when you go

[1:01:59] shopping. Your data is being used just

[1:02:01] against you to find out I'm going to

[1:02:02] charge Joe $5 and Jane too. Right now in

[1:02:06] California State Assembly, uh Chris Ward

[1:02:08] is passing a bill to eradicate that

[1:02:10] insanity. I just wanted everyone to know

[1:02:13] about that. Okay. I want to say this

[1:02:15] regarding the data center. Kudos to

[1:02:18] Richest City Council, to the mayor and

[1:02:21] all the attorneys involved and Travis

[1:02:22] Reid. I read your seven-page letter,

[1:02:25] your intervenor letter that you sent to

[1:02:27] the state, I believe on July 20th, and I

[1:02:29] want to say something, gentlemen. You

[1:02:31] described in great detail all of the

[1:02:33] concerns that we had. Uh you did an

[1:02:35] excellent job. As far as I'm concerned,

[1:02:37] I found this to be extremely positive

[1:02:39] letter and presentation and I just

[1:02:42] wanted everyone to know I hope they all

[1:02:44] read it because it was really well real

[1:02:46] well real well real well real well real

[1:02:46] well real well real uh written and uh

[1:02:48] proposed and I hope the state takes it

[1:02:50] seriously. So thank you very much

[1:02:52] tonight and have a good one. Thank you.

[1:02:53] » Thank you Kathy Mike.

[1:03:01] » Good evening everyone. I'll identify

[1:03:04] myself tonight. Mike Neil and I'm

[1:03:07] standing up here as a veteran of city

[1:03:09] council meetings. Uh I've been doing

[1:03:11] this way too long. I sometimes wonder if

[1:03:13] I had what they call insanity, which is

[1:03:15] repeating the same mistake over and over

[1:03:17] thinking you're going to get some

[1:03:18] results. But here I am nonetheless. And

[1:03:21] I'm encouraged, very encouraged to see

[1:03:23] that we have a record year, I believe,

[1:03:26] this year in the city of Risk Race as

[1:03:28] far as candidates running for the city

[1:03:31] council and candidates running for the

[1:03:34] water district. Uh, I would say the

[1:03:37] water district is actually the more

[1:03:39] important of the two because your water

[1:03:42] district board has fought for you, not

[1:03:46] the uh machine in your favor to try to

[1:03:50] keep the massively expensive pipeline

[1:03:53] out of this valley.

[1:03:55] and they have been resisted

[1:03:58] with uh a lot of a lot of effort

[1:04:01] obviously a lot of use of the

[1:04:04] groundwater authorities lawyers to come

[1:04:06] up with statements trying to demean and

[1:04:09] slander the water district

[1:04:11] and there's a lot I could go in on that

[1:04:13] but I think most of you know that story

[1:04:16] all I can say is uh as to Scott Haymon

[1:04:19] running for water district that that is

[1:04:21] a self-contradictory

[1:04:24] thing he is against what the water

[1:04:26] district leaders have been for for the

[1:04:30] last eight years and we need them to

[1:04:33] continue on the road they're they're

[1:04:35] going down they put us on in this city

[1:04:37] and that is to prevent that debacle and

[1:04:40] get a sound solution.

[1:04:42] It also encourages me greatly to see

[1:04:45] these pe that a lot of people now are

[1:04:47] coming to the meetings mainly because of

[1:04:49] their interest in those two uh subjects.

[1:04:53] They don't like being surveiled.

[1:04:56] And I would say improving the flock

[1:04:58] contract is a small step, but what it

[1:05:01] really needs to be done is to take them

[1:05:03] down, get them out of here. I never

[1:05:06] signed up to be put under a surveillance

[1:05:08] state and I will never accept it and I

[1:05:11] will always speak out against it anytime

[1:05:14] the subject comes up. So find out who

[1:05:17] these new city council candidates are

[1:05:20] and ask them, are you in favor of taking

[1:05:22] down the flock cameras around town.

[1:05:24] That'll tell you a whole lot about the

[1:05:26] possible candidates position on fourth

[1:05:29] amendment rights under the Constitution.

[1:05:32] If they're for it and they want to

[1:05:34] justify it, then I guess they just don't

[1:05:36] simply understand what those rights are

[1:05:38] all about. The city has allowed it.

[1:05:41] They're continuing on. They're not

[1:05:42] responding to the objections as far as I

[1:05:44] can see. Uh but continued pushing

[1:05:48] sometimes gets you action. However, you

[1:05:50] can change the nature of the city

[1:05:52] council by voting for people who believe

[1:05:54] in freedom and not just continuing on

[1:05:57] this the way the city has gone on

[1:05:58] forever and a day. Thank you.

[1:06:02] » Thank you, Mike.

[1:06:06] Any other members of the public wish to

[1:06:08] comment?

[1:06:12] Seeing none,

[1:06:15] I think he's taking a phone call and not

[1:06:17] wanting to comment. Okay. All right. Um,

[1:06:20] we will move on to council announcements

[1:06:22] and direction.

[1:06:24] Um,

[1:06:26] I'm going to take the lead at first and

[1:06:27] then I'm sure other people have it. Um,

[1:06:30] I just want to give a large kudos to

[1:06:33] RPD. Um, I don't know if you guys saw

[1:06:36] the the thing that happened on Appaloosa

[1:06:40] Street last week, uh, Thursday. It was a

[1:06:43] standoff. It lasted

[1:06:46] eight hoursish.

[1:06:48] Um, and I was lucky, uh, along with uh,

[1:06:53] city manager, the other Travis, or the

[1:06:55] real Travis. I'm the other Travis. Um,

[1:06:58] we got to go and, uh, be with them at

[1:07:01] the, um, command center, I guess. Uh, I

[1:07:04] also want to highlight, uh, Riley, um,

[1:07:07] our IT guy. Uh, he's our drone operator.

[1:07:11] Um, and just a fantastic job done by,

[1:07:15] you know, all members of our, um, RPD,

[1:07:19] of our SWAT team. Um, it had a good

[1:07:23] result. Um, the individual was not

[1:07:25] harmed. Uh the individual did not harm

[1:07:27] anyone else. Um but I also uh want to

[1:07:32] highlight uh Officer Moroni. Um he is

[1:07:36] our negotiator. Uh and sitting standing

[1:07:39] there watching him work, watching him

[1:07:42] take the the abuses on the phone and

[1:07:45] still try and come back with um you

[1:07:49] know, respectful um dialogue. um with

[1:07:52] the Kern County mental health

[1:07:53] individuals were there. Um all the

[1:07:56] officers involved um big shout out to

[1:08:00] Officer Groves. Um man is an animal. Um

[1:08:05] uh went into the building after the gas

[1:08:07] had been in. No mask, no problem. Um but

[1:08:11] I was very proud of our RPD. Um the work

[1:08:15] that they have put in, the training that

[1:08:17] they've put in to get the good result.

[1:08:20] Um, I was able to thank them. I also

[1:08:23] want to thank the Cal City uh police

[1:08:25] department officers who came and helped

[1:08:28] um one of the gentlemen I I gave back

[1:08:31] ride back here uh so he could get in his

[1:08:33] car and assume his shift at at Cal City.

[1:08:37] Um a lot of hard work went into that. A

[1:08:40] lot of training went into that to make

[1:08:41] sure that we had a good result. Um and

[1:08:44] Chief, thank you for your leadership on

[1:08:46] that one. Um, you know, it's really easy

[1:08:50] after eight or heck, after a couple

[1:08:53] hours of not getting the result you want

[1:08:55] to just bust in and use your force

[1:09:00] instead of reason. Um, and so I loved

[1:09:03] the restraint that they showed, um,

[1:09:05] their ability to get him out and

[1:09:07] unharmed. Um, and to get his dogs out

[1:09:10] and unharmed. Um, it just, you know, if

[1:09:15] you see a police officer, give them a

[1:09:17] thank you because they were probably

[1:09:18] involved that night. Uh, if you see a

[1:09:21] police officer's spouse, give them a

[1:09:24] thank you because that was a long time

[1:09:26] uh with no communication and worrying

[1:09:29] about them coming home. Um, we often

[1:09:32] don't think of that. Uh, we're in a

[1:09:34] negative society where we want to focus

[1:09:36] on the negative. But um I was recently

[1:09:39] reminded that we need to start thinking

[1:09:41] about some of the positives that we do

[1:09:43] and highlighting those. So RPD, uh

[1:09:46] Officer Moroni, Chief, uh anyone else

[1:09:49] involved that night, thank you guys. Uh

[1:09:51] I really appreciate it.

[1:09:54] » Yeah, absolutely. Thank you guys.

[1:10:02] » Yes, I think in that vein, thank you,

[1:10:03] Mr. Mayor. Uh they they probably

[1:10:05] correctly turned my mic down. I I get

[1:10:07] it. I get it. Um uh so we thank you

[1:10:11] Travis foring on the letter from from

[1:10:13] Congressman Fong. I'll just share a

[1:10:14] piece of it. Uh and that is the

[1:10:16] Department of War recognizing China

[1:10:18] Lake. Um Mr. Fong writes uh NS China

[1:10:22] Lake as well as our region's defense um

[1:10:24] as well as our region's defense and

[1:10:26] space ecosystem are truly worldclass.

[1:10:29] The Department of War's recognition of

[1:10:30] China Lake as a global leader is a

[1:10:32] credit to the investments that have been

[1:10:33] made. strong local and regional support

[1:10:36] and the hard work of the talented men

[1:10:37] and women who developed and test cutting

[1:10:39] edge technology for our nation's war

[1:10:41] fighters. Uh it it was a pleasure to

[1:10:44] read uh just as the mayor just pointed

[1:10:46] out, it's it is far too easy uh in

[1:10:48] today's world to to get hung up on some

[1:10:50] of the negatives, but uh we do have a

[1:10:52] lot of people working hard for us. We

[1:10:54] have a lot of support throughout the

[1:10:55] community and um I I appreciated

[1:10:58] Congressman Fong recognizing all that

[1:11:00] goes on here. um they are why this

[1:11:03] community is here. That's that's why

[1:11:05] Rich Crest exists. So I appreciate the

[1:11:08] recognition.

[1:11:14] » Just want to thank police department for

[1:11:17] their committed service to our

[1:11:19] community. Thanks for protecting this

[1:11:21] community from bad guys. We really

[1:11:24] appreciate what you do.

[1:11:27] » I just want it noted I said it first.

[1:11:29] And so obviously I I care more.

[1:11:35] » Um that last caller uh the lady joggled

[1:11:40] my mind just now about uh it'll it'll

[1:11:43] develop a name uh and and it shocked me.

[1:11:46] I just became aware of uh AI based uh

[1:11:52] digital shelf pricing I'll call it

[1:11:54] within an institution. Um, I had no

[1:11:58] idea, but you can learn uh about it uh

[1:12:02] if you find on the internet. Senator

[1:12:05] Josh Holly, I think he's from Georgia,

[1:12:09] um gave a kickoff narrative to some

[1:12:13] subcommittee inside the Senate where um

[1:12:17] he brought up the issue, an issue I've

[1:12:19] never heard of. and and if indeed

[1:12:23] um an ed an end item that he mentioned

[1:12:28] uh that I can see going beyond this is

[1:12:31] um let's say that uh Travis Reed who

[1:12:34] makes an awful lot of money was walking

[1:12:37] down the aisles in Walmart. Let's say

[1:12:40] admiring the uh the digital pricing uh

[1:12:45] sh digital shelf pricing. It's a little

[1:12:48] goodie that says whatever it is that's

[1:12:50] above this this this little card whose

[1:12:53] digital numbers are changing. Um, that's

[1:12:57] what it costs. and he might walk up to

[1:13:00] it uh maybe to buy a quart or two of

[1:13:03] motor oil and he'd see the cost would be

[1:13:08] whatever he's willing to pay because the

[1:13:12] AI behind that price and I think Flock

[1:13:16] is probably contributing data also

[1:13:19] um knows what he can afford and if I

[1:13:23] walked up to it I'd easily get a low

[1:13:26] price and like it perhaps But prices are

[1:13:30] changing to suit the buyer and they see

[1:13:33] the buyer coming. They know all about

[1:13:35] you as you pull into the parking lot and

[1:13:37] as you walk into the store. He mentioned

[1:13:40] the big supermarket uh nationwide

[1:13:43] supermarket chain blast.

[1:13:46] Um it wasn't Albertson's, but it could

[1:13:48] have been. and

[1:13:52] the price of data that's being bought

[1:13:54] and sold to put together

[1:13:59] the logic that allows pricing to change

[1:14:02] as you walk up to it is stunning.

[1:14:06] Onethird of this large supermarket

[1:14:08] chain's total profit for the year came

[1:14:12] from selling the data all about me and

[1:14:16] you.

[1:14:18] Um, if if you wrote that down, that's

[1:14:21] Senator Josh Holly, H A W E Y, uh,

[1:14:26] giving the leadin um, introduction to,

[1:14:29] uh, a Senate subcommittee, and he spends

[1:14:32] five or six minutes describing, to my

[1:14:34] horror, uh, this dynamic pricing that's

[1:14:38] going to change, it's going to change

[1:14:40] the face of the economy in this country

[1:14:45] uh, in a breathtaking

[1:14:47] manner. there. Um, one other thing I

[1:14:50] wanted to report that was spontaneous.

[1:14:53] The other thing was as you drive through

[1:14:55] town, I noticed changes. And that

[1:14:58] building that uh I've been referring to

[1:15:00] only as um ma the old Matrix Motors

[1:15:03] building, sorry, Chip Holloway, but

[1:15:06] that's the only name I know to give that

[1:15:08] building. I don't know what it was when

[1:15:10] it was originally built, but it was

[1:15:12] knocked down over the last couple of

[1:15:14] days. And um um Travis to my right knows

[1:15:20] more about why and who owns it and

[1:15:22] what's going to happen, but it's an old

[1:15:24] building that's been there forever. And

[1:15:27] uh now it's not and it uh actually looks

[1:15:30] much better not being there because that

[1:15:34] aesthetically that was an awful looking

[1:15:36] building. Always has been. Uh that's all

[1:15:39] I have.

[1:15:41] » I think all right. We will move on to

[1:15:44] the consent calendar.

[1:15:46] All items listed on consent are

[1:15:48] considered to be routine and

[1:15:49] non-controversial by city staff. Consent

[1:15:51] items may be approved by one motion if

[1:15:52] no member of the council wishes to

[1:15:54] comment or ask questions. If comment or

[1:15:56] discussion is desired, the item can be

[1:15:57] removed from the consent calendar by a

[1:15:59] member of the council and will be

[1:16:01] considered in listed sequence. There are

[1:16:02] five consent items listed on the posted

[1:16:05] agenda. Is there anyone in the public

[1:16:07] that wishes to comment on the consent

[1:16:09] items listed on the agenda?

[1:16:14] All right. Are there any items that

[1:16:16] council wishes to pull off the agenda

[1:16:18] for separate discussion?

[1:16:22] » Seeing none, do I have a motion?

[1:16:24] » So moved.

[1:16:26] » And a second.

[1:16:27] » Second.

[1:16:30] » Please vote.

[1:16:35] » Five eyes. Motion carries.

[1:16:37] » All right. We will move on to discussion

[1:16:39] and action items. Number eight,

[1:16:41] discussion and proposed action to

[1:16:43] approve a resolution designating a

[1:16:44] voting member and alternate to attend

[1:16:47] the League of California Cities annual

[1:16:48] conference and represent the city of

[1:16:50] Rididgerest.

[1:16:51] » So, we currently have uh four uh city

[1:16:55] staff and council registered to go to

[1:16:57] the conference. The two city council are

[1:17:00] uh council member Gorman and council

[1:17:02] member Blades. uh we need to designate

[1:17:06] one as our voting member and one as an

[1:17:09] alternate so that they can go into the

[1:17:11] annual business meeting and vote on the

[1:17:14] resolutions that are presented that

[1:17:16] night which at this point have not come

[1:17:17] out yet. Um so among yourself if you

[1:17:20] could please just discuss who you want

[1:17:22] to put as first and second and let me

[1:17:24] know.

[1:17:25] » Roshambo rock paper scissors.

[1:17:28] » I think I mean well well Skip has been

[1:17:30] designated the last few times and I

[1:17:31] think it's his to have if he wishes.

[1:17:33] Okay, I support that.

[1:17:35] » I'd be glad to uh continue to be the

[1:17:37] voting member. Uh Kyle, you would be the

[1:17:40] alternate.

[1:17:40] » Yes, sir.

[1:17:41] » Great. See how we did that? Uh Rea,

[1:17:44] » That's lovely.

[1:17:45] » Are there any members of the public that

[1:17:47] wish to comment?

[1:17:51] Motion to approve. Councilman Gorman

[1:17:53] being the voting member and Councilman

[1:17:56] Blades being the alternate.

[1:17:57] » Second.

[1:17:58] » Motion and second.

[1:18:00] » Please vote.

[1:18:04] Five eyes. Motion carries. Thank you,

[1:18:06] gentlemen.

[1:18:06] » I almost voted no just to see what would

[1:18:09] happen. Um,

[1:18:10] » All right. Number nine, a resolution of

[1:18:12] the Rich Crest City Council approving a

[1:18:14] professional services agreement for the

[1:18:15] evaluation of the wastewater treatment

[1:18:17] plant digtor roof.

[1:18:21] If it would have been you and I, Mr.

[1:18:22] Mayor, a bit of a different story.

[1:18:27] » Terry's not here. So,

[1:18:28] » Mr.

[1:18:30] Mr. Reed, you're up. Terry. Yes, Terry

[1:18:32] is not feeling well. Thank you, council

[1:18:34] and mayor. Uh, tonight we're bringing

[1:18:36] forward a contract with Adora, who is

[1:18:38] one of our formerly Mike Nunley. We are

[1:18:40] currently in contract with them for some

[1:18:42] items as they relate to the plant. Um,

[1:18:45] recently Sean has had numerous issues

[1:18:47] with dig lids. He has done a very very

[1:18:49] good job of trying to limp the 1940s

[1:18:53] plant along, but this one requires

[1:18:55] structural repair as we have had um lit

[1:18:59] literal mountains of poop bubbling out

[1:19:00] of the top of the digtor that he has to

[1:19:02] deal with and recirculate through the

[1:19:04] plant daily. Um so we would like to do

[1:19:06] some structural investigation and see if

[1:19:08] we can come up with a plan that is not

[1:19:11] uh absurdly expensive to try to limp the

[1:19:14] digesttors on a little longer. Um,

[1:19:16] currently only one functions correctly.

[1:19:18] That's the one we're looking at doing

[1:19:20] the lid on. The other one has a pipe

[1:19:21] that is we believe collapsed that when

[1:19:24] we have it pumped down to uh do the

[1:19:26] investigation of the lids further. We

[1:19:28] would like to eventually maybe take care

[1:19:30] of that as well. So that way we have two

[1:19:32] functioning digesttors that we can

[1:19:33] utilize. Um, with that I'm open for any

[1:19:36] questions that you guys may have.

[1:19:40] » I do have one question. So this proposal

[1:19:43] is only for them to give a

[1:19:46] recommendation, right?

[1:19:48] » It's it's a yeah, it's a recommendation

[1:19:50] and like a 30 to 40% design set of plan

[1:19:53] so we can get a rough uh cost estimate

[1:19:55] prepared to what the work would be so

[1:19:58] that way we can all discuss it and to

[1:20:00] see if we want to proceed further from

[1:20:02] that point.

[1:20:02] » Okay. Thank you.

[1:20:05] » Any other council questions, comments?

[1:20:08] Uh, no. You guys have been piecing this

[1:20:10] thing together for a while. So,

[1:20:11] appreciate the hard work.

[1:20:15] » Anything from you two?

[1:20:17] No. Any

[1:20:20] » Do you Do you have a comment question

[1:20:22] » With regard to

[1:20:24] » Yes.

[1:20:24] » No.

[1:20:25] » Okay. Okay. Any member of the public,

[1:20:29] Mr. Unnamed citizen?

[1:20:32] » Yeah. Mike Neil again. Uh here's where

[1:20:34] you can get a little value out of old

[1:20:36] guys who come to meetings forever in a

[1:20:38] day. I was here when they first uh

[1:20:40] proposed to raise the sewer fee on the

[1:20:43] citizens. They actually tripled it at

[1:20:45] that time. That was 2012.

[1:20:47] And the statements at that time were

[1:20:50] we got to replace the sewer treatment

[1:20:53] plant. It's falling apart. They needed

[1:20:55] more reserve money. So they need to

[1:20:57] raise the rates. And they're supposed to

[1:20:58] do that within like the first year or

[1:21:01] two, get enough to have reserves that

[1:21:03] they could go bond it, get the money and

[1:21:05] make the thing happen. Well, that is

[1:21:08] almost 15 years since that date. And

[1:21:12] here we are and this money we're

[1:21:14] spending on these digesttor lids just

[1:21:16] that's money down a hole. going to be

[1:21:18] thrown away basically just to patch this

[1:21:20] thing up to keep it going till

[1:21:24] forgot what was in the agenda like 2035

[1:21:27] or some some date way out when they're

[1:21:29] going to get the new wastewater plant

[1:21:31] built.

[1:21:32] It's

[1:21:35] disappointing to say the least that we

[1:21:38] couldn't have got busy with this project

[1:21:42] and already had the wastewater plant

[1:21:43] built. That could have happened, but we

[1:21:46] took forever at the BS of Ron Strand to

[1:21:49] make negotiations with the Navy about

[1:21:51] easements on to their land so they could

[1:21:53] continue getting 500 acre feet of water

[1:21:55] from us every year. And it just took

[1:21:58] forever and forever and forever. And

[1:22:00] this may sound like I'm being harsh, but

[1:22:02] I really don't understand why we're now

[1:22:06] peacemail replacing parts that are have

[1:22:08] to gonna have to be thrown away. And

[1:22:10] we're not This isn't even for replacing

[1:22:12] the parts. This is just getting getting

[1:22:15] the thoughts out on what it takes to

[1:22:17] replace the parks. Then we got to get

[1:22:19] the parts replaced, which is who knows

[1:22:21] how much more. I could ask Travis, maybe

[1:22:23] he'd have a rough idea, but this is very

[1:22:26] sad that we have let this drag out till

[1:22:28] now we're throwing good money after bad.

[1:22:32] » Thank you, Mike.

[1:22:33] » Yep.

[1:22:35] » Yeah, Travis, go ahead.

[1:22:39] » Good evening. Uh, I'm Lawrence Cassetta.

[1:22:41] I'm one of your uh candidates for city

[1:22:43] council and um I was just looking at the

[1:22:46] minutes and uh first of all Travis those

[1:22:48] are some interesting pictures just the

[1:22:50] the corrosion that are around the pipes

[1:22:52] this that and the other and I kind of

[1:22:54] get it it needs to be patched. Um I was

[1:22:57] just looking at it and one thing I was

[1:23:00] uh keying in is okay we got the waste uh

[1:23:02] water plant that's coming along and um

[1:23:06] how's that going? when is it going to be

[1:23:09] online? And uh if we had that idea and

[1:23:13] everyone had that in motion, then uh

[1:23:17] will those patches for the lids for the

[1:23:20] digesttors uh will that hold us along to

[1:23:23] that point or is there another gap? So

[1:23:26] that's all I had. Thank you very much.

[1:23:28] » Question, Lawrence. Uh Mr. Reid.

[1:23:31] » Yeah, I think I can kind of fill in some

[1:23:33] of the blanks for both Mike and

[1:23:35] yourself, Lawrence. Uh

[1:23:36] » Thank you. We've been working on the

[1:23:37] wastewater treatment plant for quite

[1:23:38] some time. We do have 100% plans. Um,

[1:23:42] with all the reconstruction after the

[1:23:44] earthquakes, it kind of put a monkey

[1:23:46] wrench into things because the Navy had

[1:23:47] such a big rebuild going on on the base

[1:23:50] that changed where we were getting power

[1:23:52] from. So, that's the last remaining

[1:23:53] item. We talk weekly with the Navy.

[1:23:56] They've been a great partner with this.

[1:23:57] It did take us a while to get the

[1:23:58] easement to work out some of that

[1:24:00] language, but as it stands, if I

[1:24:03] absolutely had to, we could go out to

[1:24:04] bid today for for the plan. My problem

[1:24:08] is is yes, Mike is correct. Since 2014,

[1:24:11] we have collected uh higher sewer fees,

[1:24:14] but everything today has gone up

[1:24:16] exponentially, and I don't want to put a

[1:24:18] giant bond on this community, nor do I

[1:24:20] think any of our council members would

[1:24:22] want to put a giant bond on this

[1:24:23] community. um limping this plan along

[1:24:26] right now. This will be really the first

[1:24:29] money that we've had to spend that's

[1:24:31] chased um this plant that we haven't

[1:24:34] been able to address inhouse other than

[1:24:36] normal wear items, pumps, things of

[1:24:38] that, grit chamber repair, um clarifier

[1:24:42] repairs for the paddles and things of

[1:24:43] that nature. So, I agree. I would this

[1:24:45] is the last thing I wanted to do but

[1:24:48] it's it's gotten to the point where the

[1:24:49] structural integrity I feel like it

[1:24:51] could if a lid falls in the digtor

[1:24:53] doesn't work now we're in violation of

[1:24:55] our state board order we have fines that

[1:24:57] could be bigger uh then than the to look

[1:25:00] at this and see if we can come up with a

[1:25:02] cost-effective solution to address it.

[1:25:05] Um so to say yes we are we are actively

[1:25:08] working on the plant. Um if we were to

[1:25:10] bid it today and start the plant

[1:25:12] wouldn't be built. It's a about a three

[1:25:14] and a half year project minimum. So the

[1:25:17] plant wouldn't be built till 2030. Our

[1:25:20] plan currently is to run that plant

[1:25:22] simultaneously with the existing

[1:25:24] wastewater treatment plant for at least

[1:25:26] 2 years. Whenever you bring a a new

[1:25:28] plant facility online, there's always

[1:25:31] bugs with SCADA systems, with operating

[1:25:34] things. And we want to make sure that

[1:25:36] when we officially switch and we retire

[1:25:38] the current board order that we can meet

[1:25:40] the full standards of the new board

[1:25:42] order from uh Department of um water and

[1:25:46] uh CS I can I think of the acronym not

[1:25:49] the not the name. So that really is the

[1:25:52] the push at this moment. We are still

[1:25:54] pushing daily on the plant. We are just

[1:25:57] trying to explore every option for

[1:25:58] funding. We're looking at multiple

[1:26:00] grants. Um we got a million dollars from

[1:26:03] Congressman Fong that we're going after

[1:26:05] doing the um grant application process

[1:26:08] right now from EPA to further aid this

[1:26:11] design. Um and we're like I said, we

[1:26:13] look daily for grants. Uh we want to

[1:26:15] apply for the state revolving fund. This

[1:26:16] will be the fourth year in a row that

[1:26:18] we've replied that we've uh constantly

[1:26:20] been looking for ways to score higher on

[1:26:22] the application so that way we can make

[1:26:24] sure that the construction of this plant

[1:26:25] is affordable for the community.

[1:26:27] » Outstanding. Thank you, Travis.

[1:26:31] » Yep, you're good. Thank you very much.

[1:26:33] » Thank you. Any other members of the

[1:26:35] public wish to comment?

[1:26:38] Seeing none, none on the calls. Do we

[1:26:40] have a motion?

[1:26:42] » Motion to approve and a second.

[1:26:46] Second

[1:26:47] » Motion and second.

[1:26:48] » Please vote.

[1:26:53] » Five eyes. Motion carries.

[1:26:55] » All right. Next, we will move on to item

[1:26:57] number 10. Authorization for temporary

[1:26:59] police officer over hire. Honestly,

[1:27:01] Chief, I want to thank you for keeping

[1:27:03] that title short and sweet. As the one

[1:27:06] who has to read it, I appreciate that.

[1:27:08] » I'll try to keep the presentation in

[1:27:10] line with that. We're at a position at

[1:27:13] the police department. Thanks for having

[1:27:14] me, uh, Mr. Mayor and Council, I

[1:27:16] appreciate the opportunity to be up here

[1:27:17] and talk about this proposal.

[1:27:21] We have some anticipated openings coming

[1:27:23] up in the police department. However, at

[1:27:24] this moment, we are fully staffed with

[1:27:26] our 29 authorized police officers. What

[1:27:28] we would like to do is have a 30th

[1:27:30] position authorized for the next 6

[1:27:32] months uh from today, allowing us to get

[1:27:34] somebody into training to be immediately

[1:27:37] able to fill what we know is uh an

[1:27:42] opening in the department.

[1:27:44] uh we have the people on staff. Uh you

[1:27:47] one of our csos will likely move up to

[1:27:49] police officer and then we have a

[1:27:50] recruiting opportunity as well. This

[1:27:53] will give us the ability to have that.

[1:27:55] The cost should be nothing because the

[1:27:59] anticipated opening is currently not

[1:28:00] drawing a salary from the city uh given

[1:28:03] the personnel circumstance. So it should

[1:28:05] be not cost prohibitive. Uh there could

[1:28:09] be a cost if there's an overlap, but it

[1:28:12] could be as little as zero. We would

[1:28:14] like the opportunity to do that mostly

[1:28:16] to fill those positions so we can

[1:28:17] continue to operate at full staffing for

[1:28:20] a greater length of time as opposed to

[1:28:22] having a gap that we have to fill

[1:28:23] because as you know to hire somebody off

[1:28:25] the street today, it'll be a year before

[1:28:27] we can actually see them performing.

[1:28:29] So with that, any questions? We'll just

[1:28:31] try to keep your questions as short as

[1:28:33] my title.

[1:28:35] » Uh no, no questions. Just a quick

[1:28:37] comment. Chief, I know you're always

[1:28:38] looking for efficiencies. I know that

[1:28:39] you pay attention to it. I've sat and

[1:28:40] talked with you about the budget, about

[1:28:42] the money you're spending. Like, we've

[1:28:44] gone over everything at length. So, I

[1:28:45] know you do your due diligence. Uh, if

[1:28:47] you weren't, then we'd be hammering you

[1:28:49] over it. But, uh, so I I appreciate your

[1:28:52] your approach.

[1:28:53] » Thank you.

[1:28:56] » I think it's wise to preempt a shortfall

[1:28:57] that, you know, is going to be coming up

[1:28:58] down the road. And so, I appreciate the

[1:29:01] the looking forward aspect of it. So,

[1:29:04] » Thank you. Yeah, I appreciate it.

[1:29:06] Councilman Gorman,

[1:29:12] » In your executive summary, you you're

[1:29:15] you're doing this right right now.

[1:29:17] » No.

[1:29:17] » Nope.

[1:29:20] » We're on the higher.

[1:29:22] » But thank you.

[1:29:22] » But I'll be happy to talk with you about

[1:29:24] it any other time.

[1:29:27] » Uh Chief, I just want to say that I

[1:29:29] appreciate you more than

[1:29:32] » Kyle. Yeah, I just

[1:29:34] » Fair enough.

[1:29:35] » Even Even though it was the third one to

[1:29:36] talk.

[1:29:37] » That might be true. Actually,

[1:29:38] » I think he's got short timers.

[1:29:40] » All right. Uh, any member of the public

[1:29:42] wish to comment?

[1:29:46] » Seeing none, uh, do I have a motion?

[1:29:50] » Motion to approve.

[1:29:51] » Second.

[1:29:52] » Motion and second.

[1:29:54] » Please vote.

[1:29:57] » Okay,

[1:29:59] » Travis.

[1:30:01] He's just trying to show his

[1:30:02] appreciation.

[1:30:04] » I missed it. I heard it beep.

[1:30:07] » I should have just hit no. Okay.

[1:30:10] » Uh next we'll move on to committee

[1:30:12] reports. Uh economic development

[1:30:14] committee that their report from August

[1:30:16] 3rd. Yes, we just met. Uh we had a lot

[1:30:20] of the same discussion items. Uh and

[1:30:22] part of that was

[1:30:24] uh Balsam Street. Some of those flags

[1:30:26] are are finally going to come down.

[1:30:27] They're they're ripped and torn. And so

[1:30:29] those are all all going to be removed uh

[1:30:31] in the near future. Uh the next food

[1:30:34] truck Friday is going to be cancelled.

[1:30:35] It's too hot

[1:30:37] and and probably looking in the future

[1:30:39] and not having a lot of those food truck

[1:30:41] Fridays during the summer months. It's

[1:30:42] just uh

[1:30:44] it's not fruitful for anybody.

[1:30:47] » Yeah.

[1:30:48] » So uh but but but the next city nights

[1:30:50] is on the 22nd of August and it it

[1:30:53] should be a good time. There'll be a

[1:30:55] phone party. Bridge Gamings I think is

[1:30:57] going to have a tournament as uh and of

[1:30:59] course a lot of the same food trucks and

[1:31:00] whatnot.

[1:31:02] Um we also discussed at the economic and

[1:31:05] and you will probably hear the same

[1:31:06] thing at the infrastructure committee.

[1:31:08] Uh Mr. Rulan brought up a lot of good

[1:31:11] hey part of the economic development

[1:31:12] could also make make sure we're paying

[1:31:14] attention to keeping things picked up

[1:31:16] and cleaned and stuff like that. So uh

[1:31:19] it was a lot of good discussion and

[1:31:21] those will be ongoing.

[1:31:26] Councilman Roger Adam, anything to add?

[1:31:29] » I think um

[1:31:32] Jennifer mentioned that there would be

[1:31:34] an astronaut to Victor.

[1:31:37] » Yes, Ike.

[1:31:37] » On August 26th,

[1:31:39] » Correct, sir.

[1:31:40] » So, she encouraged people to go and

[1:31:43] » I didn't have complete notes on that.

[1:31:44] So, I know that uh yes, Ike will be in

[1:31:48] town. I know that he has a tight

[1:31:50] schedule. There's a lot of talk of him

[1:31:51] being presenting in one place,

[1:31:53] presenting in the other, but I do not

[1:31:54] have a full uh full information on what

[1:31:58] his schedule's going to be. So, I think

[1:31:59] more to follow on that. And I know that

[1:32:01] the RACVB is looking into trying to do

[1:32:04] something. Uh there's going to be some

[1:32:06] amount of presentation on the base, but

[1:32:08] I don't want to speak out of turn.

[1:32:11] All right. Um the finance committee

[1:32:13] their next meeting will be September 8th

[1:32:16] um

[1:32:18] at 5:30 city hall conference room B on

[1:32:20] the first floor infrastructure meeting

[1:32:23] uh report from July 23rd. Yeah, you bet.

[1:32:26] Uh so there was there was some we talked

[1:32:30] about uh so the soccer field parking lot

[1:32:33] just maybe getting some grindings.

[1:32:36] Um

[1:32:38] yeah and I think that we can probably

[1:32:40] make that happen. I think was the

[1:32:41] consensus was at some point get some

[1:32:44] grindings over there. Uh so the PG&

[1:32:47] steel covers on Baton that was another

[1:32:50] uh point of conversation and we're sort

[1:32:51] of at the whim of PG&E but I know that

[1:32:54] our engineers are tracking to make sure

[1:32:55] that the road is uh is fixed

[1:32:57] appropriately afterwards, but they're

[1:32:59] over there replacing old gas lines.

[1:33:02] Um let's see.

[1:33:06] I think that was that was it. Solomon,

[1:33:08] do you have anything?

[1:33:09] » I was there. you were there.

[1:33:10] » Yeah.

[1:33:11] » Sorry. It's

[1:33:13] » Uh No, I want to I want to highlight Mr.

[1:33:17] Ruland for bringing his own agenda to

[1:33:20] talk to us about and it brought up a lot

[1:33:22] of really good points um that we will

[1:33:26] continue to work on.

[1:33:31] » Felspar.

[1:33:32] » Oh, yeah. Drove on Felspar. Uh is

[1:33:34] there's there's a bumpy spot.

[1:33:37] Um Mr. ruling was dissatisfied with the

[1:33:41] the road.

[1:33:43] » Uh let's see.

[1:33:46] Yeah, I think that's I think that's it.

[1:33:50] All right. Um next we have parks and

[1:33:52] wreck. Uh our next meeting will be

[1:33:55] September 1st um at 5:30 here in city

[1:33:58] hall council chambers. But I do want to

[1:34:00] mention um that

[1:34:04] we are doing our movie in the theater

[1:34:07] instead of movie in the park uh August

[1:34:09] 14th. Um

[1:34:12] and if you or your family would like to

[1:34:14] go, please stop by Parks and Wreck to

[1:34:16] pick up your tickets. Limited seats

[1:34:17] available and five tickets per person.

[1:34:20] Tickets must be picked up before end of

[1:34:22] business on August 12th. The movie will

[1:34:24] be the Minecraft movie. Um, this was one

[1:34:28] of the things that I was really

[1:34:29] passionate about and I'm happy to see it

[1:34:31] go. Uh, I love the theater. I love going

[1:34:34] to the movies. There's a there's a magic

[1:34:36] to it. Um, you smell the popcorn. You

[1:34:39] It's a communal event. Um, you get to

[1:34:42] hear other people laughing at things

[1:34:43] that you find funny. Uh, you also get to

[1:34:45] hear people laughing at things you don't

[1:34:47] find funny and then you question

[1:34:48] yourself whether or not that really was

[1:34:49] funny. Um, but the movies had always

[1:34:53] been a magical thing to me and so giving

[1:34:55] um the public the opportunity to go for

[1:34:58] individuals that might not regularly go

[1:35:00] to the theater. Um, and so instead of

[1:35:02] being out in the heat, we're going to do

[1:35:04] it at the theater. Um, and supporting

[1:35:06] Rich Crest Cinemas. So,

[1:35:09] all right. Um,

[1:35:12] next we will move on to other

[1:35:14] committees, boards or commissions.

[1:35:16] Anyone have

[1:35:20] » He typically looks at me when he says

[1:35:22] that.

[1:35:22] » I do only because I enjoy

[1:35:24] » Kurt Cog uh what I typically sit in on

[1:35:28] through Zoom in conference room B was

[1:35:31] dark this month. Um,

[1:35:34] and speaking uh all the way over to

[1:35:37] Tommy Wikenick, the

[1:35:40] um

[1:35:42] the prospect of having US 395 highway

[1:35:47] improved as it goes diagonally through

[1:35:49] the Indian Wells Valley. Um, I'm sorry

[1:35:53] it's going to be so far into the future,

[1:35:56] but we lost um

[1:35:59] most of a local family also in a very

[1:36:02] tragic accident on US 395 some years

[1:36:07] back. I think maybe a dozen years ago.

[1:36:10] And um I may have I didn't think I had

[1:36:14] the foresight to check Kernog at that

[1:36:17] time. Um, I think indirectly I did try

[1:36:20] to contact supervisor of um

[1:36:24] the supervisor of the county that most

[1:36:27] of South 395 is in. Uh, quick, what

[1:36:31] county is that?

[1:36:35] » Is it San Bernardino?

[1:36:37] » Sano.

[1:36:38] » San Bernardino County.

[1:36:40] They said it loud enough that my hearing

[1:36:42] aids actually picked it up. Um, pretty

[1:36:45] much ignored. And that caused me though

[1:36:47] to start

[1:36:49] personally something I could do without

[1:36:51] waiting on some other activity to do and

[1:36:55] that is start the US 395 safety program

[1:36:58] in the form of an image I created of the

[1:37:01] US 395 route sign with a skull and

[1:37:04] crossbones

[1:37:05] uh hanging over it. It's uh it's

[1:37:08] sharpedged visually. Motorcyclists just

[1:37:11] love it. And I started buying the

[1:37:14] stickers from Sticker Mule and uh formed

[1:37:17] an arrangement with them. And I've been

[1:37:19] buying them uh right along over the

[1:37:22] years, over the dozen years. And I'm

[1:37:24] thinking we're coming close to getting

[1:37:26] around 10,000 of those stickers on

[1:37:29] bumpers and uh back truck windows and

[1:37:33] elsewhere. Um and what it says to the

[1:37:36] driver and other drivers who've seen

[1:37:38] them. I can say this because I just

[1:37:40] ordered 500 more stickers. They'll be at

[1:37:42] my shop and elsewhere for pickup. We're

[1:37:46] going to charge $1 a sticker. That'll

[1:37:48] allow me to buy 500 more once these are

[1:37:51] gone. And it says to the drivers, if

[1:37:54] you're going to go on US 395, especially

[1:37:57] south of here, put your head on a swivel

[1:38:00] because you're you're going to be taking

[1:38:03] your life in your hands. pull in behind

[1:38:05] some ponderous truck and let the truck

[1:38:08] block for you as the crazy people

[1:38:10] heading north trying to get to Mammoth

[1:38:12] to go skiing or whatever have to pull

[1:38:15] into oncoming traffic to get by.

[1:38:19] And um I'm pleased to think that over

[1:38:22] time perhaps,

[1:38:25] you never know for sure, perhaps we've

[1:38:27] saved some lives. And when Kernog

[1:38:31] finally gets around to improving US 395

[1:38:35] by adding two or three passing lane

[1:38:38] opportunities, I think that would be the

[1:38:41] improvement I'd like to see. That's

[1:38:43] something they can actually afford. Um

[1:38:46] that'll happen. then I'll quit ordering

[1:38:48] stickers.

[1:38:50] » Hey, hey, skip, real quick. Um, on the

[1:38:53] subject of current cog, Travis, are you

[1:38:55] still sitting in on those calls?

[1:38:57] » Uh,

[1:38:59] Kyle, I'm not hearing you.

[1:39:00] » Oh, I'm sorry. Can I can you hear me

[1:39:02] now?

[1:39:03] » If you if you talk right into that

[1:39:05] microphone, I can.

[1:39:06] » He was asking if Mr. Reid was also

[1:39:09] » Yes. I'm asking uh so Travis so there is

[1:39:12] the both the elected portion of kernogg

[1:39:14] and there is also a very large probably

[1:39:17] a lot a lot larger than it was before uh

[1:39:20] presence of staff tackling kernogg and

[1:39:23] you can imagine why because it is an

[1:39:25] immense amount of money that pours in um

[1:39:28] into roads and streets across uh across

[1:39:31] the county and so I remember when I was

[1:39:34] on curtain cog Travis was there as the

[1:39:36] public works director was on those staff

[1:39:39] calls and they were making a great deal

[1:39:40] of headway towards getting projects and

[1:39:43] money and funding. Uh, and it was

[1:39:45] actually Travis having projects ready,

[1:39:48] shovel ready, he could swoop in and get

[1:39:50] other cities money on a pretty

[1:39:52] consistent basis. And so my hope was

[1:39:54] that we are still doing that. Uh, you're

[1:39:56] still paying attention to that.

[1:39:57] » So yeah, I do still pay attention to it

[1:39:59] actively. I still work with Terry on uh

[1:40:02] dealing with our local planners from the

[1:40:05] Kernog area for the multitude of grants

[1:40:08] that we go after. Um I think one of the

[1:40:11] biggest things that's changed is Kernog

[1:40:13] has become more of they actually don't

[1:40:17] they aren't the overseer of the money

[1:40:19] anymore if that makes sense. They are

[1:40:22] the advocate for it. We go through their

[1:40:24] process to get grants or to get projects

[1:40:26] moved to the top of the line. But CALR

[1:40:29] is actually the one that administers

[1:40:31] most of them. And I'm sure we all have

[1:40:33] seen the uh direction that our state has

[1:40:36] taken with uh ADA concerns and things

[1:40:39] like that. So the majority of CALR shop

[1:40:41] funding has been shoved towards ADA and

[1:40:45] projects because that's what they're

[1:40:46] getting sued on the most. Um we did get

[1:40:48] a cargo study done on 395 that shows 395

[1:40:52] is the fifth fifth or sixth, I can't

[1:40:54] remember, most important project in the

[1:40:56] region. So there is still headway being

[1:40:58] made on it, but it has been pushed out

[1:41:00] due to other concerns and other laws

[1:41:03] that have been passed to which have

[1:41:05] forced money to other areas.

[1:41:10] Another committee I virtually attend is

[1:41:13] East Current Air Pollution Control

[1:41:15] District. I believe that committee out

[1:41:17] of um Tahachchip will be meeting uh

[1:41:20] quarterly

[1:41:22] and uh they just recently published

[1:41:25] their annual toxics report. I um imposed

[1:41:29] upon Rick to make us about a dozen

[1:41:31] copies that that are on the desk right

[1:41:34] now. It's um it's a bit dry but um it

[1:41:39] has some elements of interest. It shows

[1:41:42] what the East Current Air Pollution

[1:41:44] Control District is sniffing about to

[1:41:46] become aware of and how they respond to

[1:41:49] it and um

[1:41:52] their world and

[1:41:56] it makes for some interesting reading.

[1:41:58] You're invited uh uh I have 12 of them,

[1:42:01] 13 if I put my copy there laying on the

[1:42:04] desk. You're invited to grab yourself a

[1:42:06] copy if you're so inclined and um read

[1:42:10] it, be informed. That's all I have.

[1:42:13] Thank you. Anyone else with the other

[1:42:16] committee boards or commission?

[1:42:19] All right. Uh I am part of the RAN

[1:42:22] board. Um it is actually I don't know

[1:42:25] what it's what RAN stands for. Do you

[1:42:27] know what RA stand? Yeah. Uh it

[1:42:31] basically was the overview of the

[1:42:34] sheriff's department um and law

[1:42:36] enforcement in Kern County. Uh we had

[1:42:39] our annual meeting um

[1:42:42] I don't know couple couple weeks ago. Um

[1:42:47] we looked at um different proxy

[1:42:49] attendants.

[1:42:51] um they have a security assessment. Um

[1:42:55] and they are using their county IT

[1:42:58] system to do the security assessment of

[1:43:01] their system. Um I suggested that they

[1:43:04] look at SISA and see what SISA can do to

[1:43:07] help protect them. Um I was then told

[1:43:09] that Kern County can handle it. Uh they

[1:43:12] don't need a federal agency doing it for

[1:43:15] free. So who am I to say anything

[1:43:17] different? Um

[1:43:19] they did change their meeting frequency.

[1:43:22] Uh so they'll now be meeting twice a

[1:43:25] year. Uh March will be the budget

[1:43:27] review. September will be the progress

[1:43:29] review. They did have their budget

[1:43:31] proposal. Um some of the things that

[1:43:33] they are looking at is increasing um

[1:43:38] oh my god brain fart. Um life where is

[1:43:42] he? Chief what's the life scan is life

[1:43:45] scan.

[1:43:47] » Yes. Uh so they are getting more money

[1:43:48] for that. Um they also talked about uh

[1:43:51] getting retinal scanners uh with their

[1:43:54] uh live scan. So um yeah, that was that

[1:43:59] was the RAN board meeting. It was rather

[1:44:00] quick. Um all right, next we have the

[1:44:04] city manager report.

[1:44:08] » So I got a couple things for you

[1:44:09] tonight. Uh comprehensive pool update.

[1:44:12] No, I'm just kidding. Thank you, Luis,

[1:44:13] for for doing that. U I just wanted to

[1:44:15] say one of the one quick thing about

[1:44:17] Luis. Luis has really been um thrown

[1:44:19] into the fire here lately. Him and Sator

[1:44:21] are very very busy. So I greatly

[1:44:23] appreciate him taking the time to put

[1:44:24] that report together. He also handles

[1:44:28] all of our encroachment permits uh a lot

[1:44:30] of plan checks uh dealing with the

[1:44:33] Bowman project uh out on Mayhem and

[1:44:37] prepping for our next project. So they

[1:44:39] really are have been busy and they're

[1:44:40] doing a great job for us. So I

[1:44:42] appreciate their their help. Um, next I

[1:44:44] check almost daily if not multiple times

[1:44:48] a day to see if we have received a

[1:44:50] response from CEC. I would assume that

[1:44:53] it would come through the docket. Um,

[1:44:55] like everything else has come, but I am

[1:44:58] yet to see anything be published in

[1:44:59] response to our request for intervenor

[1:45:02] status. Um, I was going to give it till

[1:45:04] the end of the week and if I haven't

[1:45:05] heard from anybody the end of the week,

[1:45:06] I was going to call Miss Huber or Huber,

[1:45:09] however you pronounce that, and see if I

[1:45:10] can get an update and see what we are to

[1:45:12] expect.

[1:45:13] Um, and then I think Chief, do you want

[1:45:15] to talk about your uh information, some

[1:45:17] statistics that we've had with Fox

[1:45:19] system?

[1:45:32] Several people on council asked for just

[1:45:34] some data on flock, how it's used, most

[1:45:37] specifically, have we had success using

[1:45:39] it? Is there value? Uh the answer I

[1:45:42] believe is yes. Uh we've had 72

[1:45:46] specific arrests from Flock. Uh

[1:45:49] everything ranging from attempted

[1:45:50] homicide, child stealing,

[1:45:54] domestic violence, DUIs,

[1:45:56] a whole host of different violations

[1:45:59] that we've been able to quickly address.

[1:46:01] One of the misnomers about Flock is that

[1:46:04] it is in some way um replaces the

[1:46:07] officer. What I would offer to you is

[1:46:09] that it accelerates investigations.

[1:46:11] We're able to get more information

[1:46:13] faster to make decisions and act on that

[1:46:17] uh investigative information.

[1:46:20] It gives us the ability, for example,

[1:46:23] uh we had a hit and run where without

[1:46:25] flock, we wouldn't have able to identify

[1:46:26] the vehicles that were in the area at

[1:46:28] the time. So, it's been valuable in that

[1:46:30] way. uh as the police department being

[1:46:33] the point of the flock contract, you

[1:46:35] know, we're also trying to work with our

[1:46:37] community groups who have privacy

[1:46:39] concerns. We recognize that those

[1:46:41] concerns are valid and uh in meeting

[1:46:43] with them, we were certainly looking for

[1:46:45] ways to that's why I asked them to

[1:46:47] submit language that they thought was

[1:46:48] acceptable. So, I can try to push that

[1:46:50] through Flock and say, "Hey, the people

[1:46:52] in our community would like it to say

[1:46:54] this." I don't know if they'll do it.

[1:46:55] they're big corporation, but I

[1:46:57] definitely want to take the information

[1:46:58] from the community and try to put it in

[1:47:01] front of flock and see if I can't get it

[1:47:02] through. Uh, I'm not holding my breath

[1:47:05] because they're Flock and they didn't

[1:47:07] care what LAPD had to say, but we're

[1:47:08] Ridgerest, so we'll see how it goes. Um,

[1:47:12] so I put a little packet together with

[1:47:13] just some information about some of the

[1:47:14] case law, some of the cases that we've

[1:47:17] uh used Flock for. I I will maybe

[1:47:21] correct our conversation a little bit.

[1:47:22] Uh while I did acknowledge that the

[1:47:24] flock

[1:47:26] product does make errors in reading

[1:47:28] plates, for example, calling an I a T

[1:47:31] when the plate is covered, we didn't

[1:47:33] talk about the percentage. We definitely

[1:47:35] do not have a 70% misread uh rate here.

[1:47:39] That might have happened somewhere else,

[1:47:40] but uh we do get misreads, but the

[1:47:42] percentage is relatively low. Uh, and

[1:47:45] again to reiterate, Flock has no ability

[1:47:49] to run a license plate through DMV.

[1:47:52] Anything that you read about an error in

[1:47:57] a stop is a police officer problem. That

[1:48:00] is a police officer police department

[1:48:02] mistake, not a Flock mistake. Flock

[1:48:04] gives us a picture. We have to evaluate

[1:48:06] that picture for authenticity, confirm

[1:48:08] that it's the correct plate that we're

[1:48:10] looking for before we take any action.

[1:48:12] that's incumbent upon our officers to do

[1:48:15] that. Uh, knock on wood, we haven't

[1:48:17] stopped somebody who shouldn't be

[1:48:18] stopped. U, but I can see how it does

[1:48:21] happen with people, you know, being a

[1:48:23] little bit too assertive and not taking

[1:48:25] the time to verify the information. But

[1:48:27] we've had good luck. Uh, there was a

[1:48:29] point in our policy that, uh, the group

[1:48:34] pointed out that they wanted changed and

[1:48:37] we control the policy as the city. So,

[1:48:39] that change was made. I met with them on

[1:48:41] Friday at 5 and that policy was made at

[1:48:45] 9:00 a.m. on Monday. We were able to

[1:48:47] change that policy. It was a wording

[1:48:48] issue that was easy to correct. So,

[1:48:51] we'll continue to work as closely as we

[1:48:52] can with the community members. You

[1:48:54] know, of course, my goal is to keep

[1:48:56] Flock up and running. So, if that means

[1:48:57] we got to, you know, work to get some

[1:48:59] language changed, uh, we'll certainly do

[1:49:02] that because I do believe it's an

[1:49:03] effective tool to help keep your keep

[1:49:05] our community safe and catch bad guys

[1:49:07] faster than we could before. And I'm

[1:49:10] happy to take any questions if you have

[1:49:11] them.

[1:49:14] » So if can I answer can I ask any

[1:49:17] questions? Can

[1:49:17] » Go ahead.

[1:49:18] » Okay. Um so you've sent the language to

[1:49:22] Flock, right? Say they reject it the the

[1:49:24] proposed language for the contract. Say

[1:49:28] they reject it. Is that a thing when the

[1:49:31] next time that the contract is up for

[1:49:33] renewal that we can push for those

[1:49:35] changes? We actually have a little

[1:49:37] window in our contract we can push for

[1:49:39] the changes now. Okay.

[1:49:40] » So, we'll see what they do. Okay.

[1:49:41] » I'll report back and if they don't

[1:49:43] change it, we can go from there.

[1:49:46] » Okay.

[1:49:46] » Like I said, I'm not terribly optimistic

[1:49:49] because of they didn't change it for

[1:49:52] LAPD. LAPD still gives them a lot more

[1:49:54] money than we do. Uh but I think we're a

[1:49:56] little more persuasive.

[1:49:58] » There we go. That's a spirit.

[1:50:01] » Great. Thank you. Oh,

[1:50:03] » Sorry.

[1:50:06] This is a hot camering

[1:50:25] a report.

[1:50:26] » It turned off.

[1:50:27] » There we go. You're receiving a report

[1:50:29] from the city manager. Part of that

[1:50:30] report is a report for the police chief

[1:50:32] on the status of flock. So there is no

[1:50:35] violation. We're fine.

[1:50:36] » Thank you.

[1:50:36] » Okay.

[1:50:37] » So chief, I I just want to say I think

[1:50:39] that flock is an effective tool to catch

[1:50:43] bad people doing bad things in our

[1:50:45] community. U one of the concerns I've

[1:50:46] heard from the public on numerous

[1:50:48] occasions is the abuse of the

[1:50:51] information that flock contains. And so

[1:50:54] in when I was reading through this

[1:50:55] brief, um correct me if I'm wrong, but I

[1:50:58] I read that, you know, we that the

[1:51:00] department is having bi-weekly reviews

[1:51:03] or you know like I guess you could say

[1:51:05] audits that would be one of my you know

[1:51:07] suggestions suggestions is to have a you

[1:51:10] know a review and an audit of the you

[1:51:12] know usage of it and who's using it but

[1:51:14] is that correct in what I read that the

[1:51:16] the department is doing that on a weekly

[1:51:18] basis?

[1:51:19] » That is correct. We were doing it

[1:51:20] monthly.

[1:51:21] » Okay.

[1:51:21] » But now it's easier just to do it right

[1:51:23] before every meeting so I can speak

[1:51:25] intelligently to any lapses that may

[1:51:27] occur. We haven't found any, but I want

[1:51:29] to make sure I can report in real time

[1:51:31] because I think it's valuable to both

[1:51:32] the council and the community.

[1:51:34] » Very good. Thank you.

[1:51:36] » Thank you, Chief.

[1:51:38] » Good.

[1:51:39] » Yeah. And the last thing for me, um,

[1:51:42] Parks is undertaking yet another project

[1:51:44] uh, in-house. They are going to be

[1:51:46] renovating the varsity softball field

[1:51:49] beginning August 10th. They have decided

[1:51:52] to use the same method we used on the

[1:51:53] Shetland field. The Shetland field's

[1:51:54] been uh, holding up quite nicely. It's

[1:51:57] held up with the heat so far. I haven't

[1:51:59] been out this week with it at 113. Have

[1:52:01] you by chance? It still looks good. So,

[1:52:04] we're going to try to take that same

[1:52:05] approach and try to get the varsity

[1:52:06] softball field redone. Um, so we've got

[1:52:09] a nice good flat true grass playing

[1:52:12] surface for not only the Burough's

[1:52:14] varsity softball team, but all the uh

[1:52:16] youth groups that use them as well and

[1:52:18] adult softball I'm sure at some point

[1:52:20] and all that stuff. So, when when does

[1:52:23] Burough's

[1:52:25] softball start?

[1:52:26] » October, right? Is that when they start?

[1:52:29] They're they're doing some club stuff

[1:52:31] right now, but we're going to move them

[1:52:32] to JV. Um, and then, uh, we're going to

[1:52:35] have it down from like August 10th to

[1:52:37] October 12th. That'll give us time to

[1:52:39] get the work done, let the grassroot,

[1:52:42] uh, give it time to establish itself,

[1:52:43] and then we'll turn it back over so all

[1:52:45] the groups can use it. So,

[1:52:46] » I just wanted to I I assume you guys

[1:52:48] looked into the timing of it. I just

[1:52:50] wanted to make sure that it would be

[1:52:52] good.

[1:52:52] » Nuriss and her staff speak directly with

[1:52:54] all the directors of the groups. Uh the

[1:52:56] other people that are closely involved

[1:52:58] with coaching groups. Uh they teach she

[1:53:01] spoke directly to the head coach of the

[1:53:02] varsity softball team. Um so she does

[1:53:04] they do a really good job of making sure

[1:53:06] they maintain communication and let

[1:53:08] everybody know when we're planning on

[1:53:10] doing it and make sure we can try to

[1:53:12] accommodate those groups as best as we

[1:53:13] can. I think the groups are probably

[1:53:15] more excited to see the field getting

[1:53:17] redone than they are for the

[1:53:18] inconvenience of maybe potentially

[1:53:19] having to move a field. With that,

[1:53:21] » It's the end of my report.

[1:53:23] » All right. Thank you.

[1:53:25] » All right. Uh next we will move to

[1:53:27] future agenda items.

[1:53:32] » None. None. All right. Mayor and council

[1:53:35] comments.

[1:53:37] » Oh,

[1:53:38] I'm disappointed.

[1:53:39] » I I just wanted to see you look

[1:53:41] disappointed. I I have actually talked

[1:53:44] enough. I haven't I haven't got anything

[1:53:46] more to add.

[1:53:49] » I just want to say thank you to the

[1:53:50] chief for this uh this brief on flock. I

[1:53:52] know it's a um a heated contested uh

[1:53:55] issue in in the community. But um I want

[1:53:58] to thank him for meeting with the folks

[1:54:00] in the within the community that have

[1:54:02] concerns about it and and trying to work

[1:54:03] through some of their some of the issues

[1:54:05] that they have um and you know things

[1:54:08] that could be bettered and uh keep close

[1:54:11] tabs on on the flock. I do think it's

[1:54:13] something that is effective um but I

[1:54:16] also think it's something that has to be

[1:54:17] guarded closely um in house and u so I

[1:54:22] just want to thank you for meeting with

[1:54:24] these individuals and thank the

[1:54:25] individuals for bringing your concerns

[1:54:27] to the chief and I and I hope that we

[1:54:28] can come to a a workable you know and

[1:54:31] and comfortable position on it. So thank

[1:54:34] you everyone.

[1:54:38] I just want to thank all the candidates

[1:54:41] who are running for the council as well

[1:54:42] as for mayor. Um this time of the year

[1:54:45] there is lot lot of interest but it is a

[1:54:48] great calling and with that comes great

[1:54:51] responsibility

[1:54:53] and great sacrifice and you have to give

[1:54:56] lot of time. So thank you very much for

[1:54:58] your willingness to serve this

[1:55:00] community. It's a great honor. Thank

[1:55:02] you.

[1:55:03] And secondly,

[1:55:06] I want to recognize the planning

[1:55:08] commission and the code enforcement. I

[1:55:10] mean, some of the work they do, it goes

[1:55:13] unnoticed. So, I want to bring to the

[1:55:15] public notice that um they have been

[1:55:18] working on cleaning up the properties.

[1:55:20] One of the property on 505 South Helina

[1:55:24] is um given permission for abatement.

[1:55:28] So, that property would be cleaned up

[1:55:30] soon. I mean it had his own challenges.

[1:55:33] I've been following up on this for a

[1:55:35] long time. But this is the first example

[1:55:38] and this gives us a base for abating

[1:55:42] other properties which have legal

[1:55:44] issues. So thank you so much for the

[1:55:46] code enforcement office for taking care

[1:55:49] of these properties.

[1:55:55] So, school starts tomorrow and I know

[1:55:57] there's probably uh at every age at what

[1:56:00] whatever grade you're going into,

[1:56:02] there's probably a lot of nerves, a lot

[1:56:04] of anticipation. Uh sometimes

[1:56:08] sometimes society can be can be rough to

[1:56:11] integrate into. But I I wish every

[1:56:14] single kid, no matter what grade, no

[1:56:15] matter what school, no matter where

[1:56:17] you're at, I I wish you the very very

[1:56:19] best because I think u I mean, my gosh,

[1:56:23] right, there's that that's what those

[1:56:24] are the kids. That's what we're supposed

[1:56:25] to be paying attention to, the next

[1:56:27] generation, the future, growing their

[1:56:30] minds, um and and their souls. So, I I

[1:56:34] would also like to to add that my

[1:56:36] appreciation for everybody running for

[1:56:38] council. Uh not just for council, for

[1:56:40] mayor, not just for the water district,

[1:56:43] uh for the school board, right? There's

[1:56:44] a lot of people putting their names out

[1:56:46] there and putting themselves out there.

[1:56:47] And it's a it's a raw experience. You're

[1:56:50] going to witness a part of the community

[1:56:53] you've never witnessed before. You're

[1:56:55] you're going to you're going to witness

[1:56:56] a part of your friends and family that

[1:56:58] you didn't know existed. And you're

[1:57:01] going to grow exponentially

[1:57:04] like as a person you are going to grow

[1:57:06] quite a bit and it's nothing but good.

[1:57:09] It's nothing but healthy for you. Uh it

[1:57:12] there are times that will appear uh

[1:57:15] negative but those are momentary and in

[1:57:18] the growth path. So, so stick with it,

[1:57:20] stay at it, and and no matter how it

[1:57:23] turns out, whether it's a win or it's a

[1:57:24] loss, uh you went out there and you did

[1:57:26] it, and you were just a small tiny

[1:57:29] percentage of people that that stepped

[1:57:31] into the arena, so to speak. So, so good

[1:57:34] on you for doing it, and good luck.

[1:57:39] All right, I will close us out. Um,

[1:57:42] today in history, 20 years ago, I was

[1:57:45] able to con my wife into marrying me.

[1:57:49] Uh, so we celebrated our 20-y year

[1:57:51] anniversary today, um, by me being at

[1:57:54] city council and then being on a flight

[1:57:56] to Meoo for most of the day. So, I got

[1:57:59] to rub that in her face that it's nice

[1:58:01] weather there. Um,

[1:58:03] also want to point out, um, as Dave

[1:58:07] said, it is silly season. So, um,

[1:58:12] thank you for stepping up. There's not a

[1:58:15] lot of people willing to take on the

[1:58:18] slings and arrows that will be coming

[1:58:20] your way. Um, uh, a lot of people are

[1:58:24] looking to tear people down instead of

[1:58:26] building them up. Um, and and it's not

[1:58:31] easy. Um, you have to have thick skin.

[1:58:34] Um,

[1:58:36] and I will say, uh, stay off of

[1:58:39] Facebook.

[1:58:41] That's where the evilness is. Um,

[1:58:44] um, but it's, you know, each person's

[1:58:47] going to have their own leadership

[1:58:49] style. Um, mine obviously was to stay

[1:58:52] off Facebook um, and to meet people in

[1:58:54] person. Uh, so much so that I bought a

[1:58:57] shirt that said I'm the mayor because

[1:58:58] people had no clue who I was. Uh, they

[1:59:01] knew me by my shoes. Uh, still do. Um,

[1:59:05] but remember that

[1:59:08] people have intent and and while I

[1:59:12] generally have

[1:59:14] a cynical view of society as whole, uh,

[1:59:18] and that's just due to my time in

[1:59:20] military intelligence and grad school

[1:59:22] and learning about people. Um, people

[1:59:25] are good. Um, people are trying to step

[1:59:29] up and make a productive change. Um,

[1:59:32] people want to help. Um, I was having a

[1:59:34] conversation with someone this week and

[1:59:37] I I mentioned Mr. Rogers. Uh, Mr. Rogers

[1:59:40] used to watch that show all the time.

[1:59:42] Uh, and he he had a a bit where he would

[1:59:44] talk about look for the helpers. Well,

[1:59:46] the helpers are the ones that have

[1:59:48] pulled papers and got people to sign for

[1:59:50] them and and are trying to help make

[1:59:53] this city better. Um, remember that it

[1:59:57] is incremental change. Um, a lot of big

[2:00:00] changes doesn't happen easy with

[2:00:02] government. There's a lot of experiences

[2:00:04] with that. Um I don't know if you guys

[2:00:08] notice, but I am not seeking

[2:00:09] re-election. Um

[2:00:12] it is a good weight loss pro program. I

[2:00:14] will tell you that. Um stress and

[2:00:17] anxiety uh run a muck. Um, what you guys

[2:00:23] as the public don't see is I I'm not

[2:00:27] going to speak for the rest of you, but

[2:00:28] I go home and I question

[2:00:31] everything that I just did in that

[2:00:33] meeting. Did I make the right choice?

[2:00:35] Did I represent to my best abilities?

[2:00:38] And that hangs over you for a long time

[2:00:41] after that meeting and that gavvel stops

[2:00:43] and we've adjourned. Um that's the part

[2:00:47] most people don't see and and to be

[2:00:50] honest most people don't care to see. Um

[2:00:53] they most of the public um they look at

[2:00:56] elected representatives through a lens

[2:00:59] of greed of selfservice.

[2:01:02] Um and and once you get to know uh the

[2:01:07] people who are running, you will see

[2:01:10] that they are ordinary ordinary average

[2:01:12] individuals trying to step up and meet

[2:01:14] the moment. Um

[2:01:17] I I am not running uh because I talk to

[2:01:20] my kids. Uh my wife my wife I love her

[2:01:23] to death. She didn't want me to run in

[2:01:24] the first place. Um and I ran. Didn't

[2:01:27] think I was going to win. I won. Uh so

[2:01:29] we were both shocked. Um,

[2:01:34] I have enjoyed being the mayor. Um,

[2:01:37] because I feel like I'm helping. Um, I

[2:01:41] also didn't realize the strain that that

[2:01:43] puts on my children. Um, and and my

[2:01:46] kids, they matter the world to me. Um,

[2:01:50] for as long as I can remember, uh, you

[2:01:53] know, as this is my 20 year wedding

[2:01:55] anniversary, I start thinking about, you

[2:01:57] know, where we were uh, when we got

[2:01:59] married.

[2:02:01] We were so poor. Um, we had nothing. Uh,

[2:02:04] we lived in married student housing in

[2:02:05] Purdue. All we dreamed about was having

[2:02:07] a family and and eventually getting to

[2:02:10] the place that we are today. Um, and you

[2:02:14] know, my daughter, she wanted me to run.

[2:02:16] Uh, she likes telling people that I'm

[2:02:17] the mayor. Um, and that she's going to

[2:02:20] be the mayor one day. Uh, but she was

[2:02:22] afraid that if I didn't run for mayor

[2:02:24] that we would have to move from Richest.

[2:02:27] Um, and so I I assured her that we can

[2:02:30] stay in Rich cuz I have other jobs. Um,

[2:02:35] and then she was like, "Okay, Daddy, you

[2:02:37] can you cannot be mayor. You can be home

[2:02:39] with me." And my son, I missed a lot of

[2:02:42] his life, uh, growing up with the

[2:02:45] military, with my grad school, uh, with

[2:02:48] this. Um, and so I try and pour myself

[2:02:50] into sports with him and to coach him so

[2:02:52] I can see that development, so I can see

[2:02:54] that growth. Um, and so I don't have

[2:02:58] much a lot of time left before he leaves

[2:03:01] the house and goes to college and starts

[2:03:04] his own family. So, I'm going to make

[2:03:06] use of the time with him. Uh, so I can

[2:03:09] see him grow and develop and become the

[2:03:10] man that he is. Um,

[2:03:14] I told myself I wasn't going to cry. Uh

[2:03:17] but

[2:03:19] just just remember when you're in this

[2:03:23] cycle uh the knives will come out.

[2:03:26] People will target you for any

[2:03:28] deficiency that they see and tell you

[2:03:31] that you're not enough.

[2:03:34] You are enough. Um you are stepping up

[2:03:37] when others didn't. Uh, and so that in

[2:03:41] my book puts you on a bigger pedestal

[2:03:44] than you're willing to take the the the

[2:03:47] anger, the animous of individuals who

[2:03:50] wouldn't do it. Um, and so on behalf of

[2:03:54] myself, uh, I just want to thank

[2:03:56] everyone that is running that wants to

[2:03:58] continue to make this city better. Um,

[2:04:02] that wants to be that change. Um, and so

[2:04:07] that is

[2:04:09] is all I have. I don't have a quip or

[2:04:12] sarcasm. I was I was told today that

[2:04:14] apparently growing up in the Midwest,

[2:04:16] sarcasm is part of your lexicon. Uh, too

[2:04:19] bad that it's only taken a year and a

[2:04:21] half for people to start understanding

[2:04:23] that I'm overly sarcastic. And I don't

[2:04:26] have the filter to stop. Um, so with

[2:04:29] that, um, I hope that, uh, the children

[2:04:33] going to school today, tomorrow have a

[2:04:35] great school year. Um, that they reach

[2:04:38] their potential and that we as a

[2:04:41] community continue to support them

[2:04:42] through that. Um, and that we give them

[2:04:45] all the love and guidance that either we

[2:04:48] wish we would have had or that we did

[2:04:50] have. So, thank you all. Have a

[2:04:52] wonderful evening and we will see you in

[2:04:54] two weeks. Thank you.

City Council Meeting 8/5/2026

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