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Now call to order the September 22nd, 2026, special closed session of the City Council of the City of Commerce. Mr. City Clerk, please call roll. Certainly, Mr. Mayor. Thank you. Councilmember Altaminano is currently absent. Councilmember Aguimedo. Here. Councilmember Revojo is currently absent. Mayor Pro Tem García. Here. And Mayor Linus. Here. You have quorum, Mr. Mayor. Excellent. Thank you, sir. And just for the record, Councilwoman Revojo is backwards. Now

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we'll step into public comment. We did not receive any comments.

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Any public comment cards, Mr. Mayor?

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And I currently don't see any virtual hands raised online.

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Sounds good.

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Thank you for that.

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We will now recess the closed session.

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Certainly, Mr. Mayor, we have three items listed on tonight's closed session agenda, beginning

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with conference with legal counsel pursuant to government code sections 54956.9D2 regarding

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anticipated slash potential litigation of one case.

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second on the closed session agenda is conference with legal counsel pursuant to government code five four nine five six point nine D one

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Regarding existing litigation of one case

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Resource environmental services LLC versus city of commerce case number two six

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Two seven four five seven and lastly item three on the closed session agenda pursuant to government code five four nine five six point eight

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The city council will compare with its real property negotiator, negotiator Ernie Hernandez

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with respect to real estate negotiations concerning proposed price and other terms relating

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there to five, five, nine, three, three telegraph road, Commerce, California, nine, zero, zero,

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APN number six, three, three, six, dash, zero, one, eight, dash, nine, two, zero.

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And that concludes the close session agenda, Mr. Mayor.

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Excellent.

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Thank you for that, Mr. City Clerk.

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and the City Council will now recessed.

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Do we know that thank you.

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Adam Meadow, Roboio, Mayor Pro Tem, Garcia, Mayor Lynaz being present.

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The City Councilman in close session discussed the following items.

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Item number one was not discussed.

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Item number two, City staff provided an update regarding the status of the litigation.

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Item number three, City staff made a presentation to the City Council related to Christen.

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That concludes my report.

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now call to order this September 22nd, 2026, special concurrent joint meetings of the City Council of the City of Commerce.

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Joint powers financing authority and the governing body of the successor agency to commerce, community, development, mission, Mr. City Court to please call roll.

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Certainly, Mr. Mayor, thank you Council Member Alton Mirano's currently absent Council Member Alton Mirano, here Council Member Revoio, here Mayor Pro Tem Garcia, here and Mayor Lenas, here you have for Mr. Mayor.

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Excellent. Thank you for that Mr. City clerk at this time. I'm proud to please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance

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Which would be led by your director of parts and recreation

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Goal for Mark as and please remain standing in the invocations. We will be led by myself

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Place your right hand over your heart ready begin I pledge

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Tonight, let's acknowledge the shared responsibility we have to make decisions that uplift and benefit our community.

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In this room, we represent different voices, experiences, and perspectives, all of which are vital to our senior members.

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As election season approaches at the state and local levels, let us keep in mind the importance of understanding and respecting each other's views.

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We strive for unity, not provision, for all in dialogue and not for us, that our discussions

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be rooted in the spirit of collaboration and share this for the future, and we wish to

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see both ourselves and our hands.

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We need these are strongest, but we work with each other for each other, but as we move forward

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in the business, passion, and commitment, club, and public service, we can always do best

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out there in the hand.

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So we have a very esteemed guest here today.

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We have our senator Bob Archileta, the state senator Bob Archileta here in the audience today who can just be more round of applause please.

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The senator currently represents these 30th Senate district so he doesn't represent the City of Commerce anymore.

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However, he did represent the City of Commerce at one time and he has remained a friend and a very strong advocate for our city and government.

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whether it's in issues, in hard rooms, right?

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Being that champion, being that advocate,

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being that voice, right?

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To talk some sense into people, right?

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Really respect that, really admire that.

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And the reason we're here today is really

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to recognize the work that's been done

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to recognize the city of commerce

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as a municipal city, right?

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Who's Senate Bill 1274.

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And so we're here today to, obviously, thank you, right?

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for all the work that you've done for our community over the years, but also for this very important areas that you can build, which I truly believe will be a game changer for the city corners, right, because it's going to help us acquire more customers, right.

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It's going to basically give us a seat at the table in those conversations with the grants open up for roads and infrastructure of the spaces, right. That's carried for the city.

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So we're very grateful and thank you for being here tonight and I do have a

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proclamation that I do want to read to you. So I'll go ahead and read that out.

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The City of Commerce, Proclamation of Recognition presented to State Senator Bob

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Archuleta. Where is exemplary leadership in advocacy regarding Senate Bill 1274?

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Whereas the Honorable Bob Archuleta certs as California State Senator who

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its Senate district, representing communities across Los Angeles and Orange counties,

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including the industrial cities, industry and Santa Fe Springs, as dedicated decades of

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public service, as former mayor of Puerto Rivera, US Army Compat Veteran and State Legislative.

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Whereas Senator Archuleta has demonstrated a strong commitment to supporting local communities,

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recognizing the essential role that industrial cities play in creating jobs, supporting commerce,

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and driving California's economy, whereas Senator Archie led an offer in

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champion Senate Bill 1274, establishing a formal definition of the industrial

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city of California law, providing long overdue recognition of communities, its

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economic activity, employment, infrastructure commands, that extend art beyond

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those required by residential population development. Whereas with the support of

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co-opers, assembly members, bond couple, checker,

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or long parubia.

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The advocacy of the big four cities of commerce,

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industry, earn in Santa Fe Springs.

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Senator Archuleta's leadership

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advanced the collaborative mission

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to amplify the representation

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of California's infrastructure.

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Whereas the signing of SB 1274 into law

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represents a significant milestone

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in the city of commerce and other investors in the cities.

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Establishing the foundation for greater recognition

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more equitable consideration for state policies, programs, resource allocation, funding decisions.

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Now, therefore, we have proclaimed that the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Commerce,

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here by recognizing, commend, telephone the State Senator Bob Archelletta,

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his leadership, advocacy, dedication, and offering an advanced Senate Bill 1274,

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express their sincere appreciation for his partnership in ensuring that industrial cities

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to see a recognition warranted by their contributions to

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Hello, one is presented on this 22nd day of 62026 by myself,

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the mayor of the City of Commerce,

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along with all members of the Commerce Center to thank

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you so much.

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Again, very humble that you're here today,

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very honored by your presence here at Council Chambers.

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It's not every meeting or every day that we get a state

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Senator here in our audience.

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So thank you for making the drive.

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I know there was a lot of traffic coming in from Orange County

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we will be previously worried, so glad you're able to make it on time.

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I do want to give my colleagues the opportunity to express their gratitude as well since this

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is a bill that's going to benefit all of us in the community, so would anybody like to

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say a few words?

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Councilwoman De Bois?

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Sure.

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Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

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Senator, what can we say, right?

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I don't think that thank you isn't a wall.

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Thank you is enough.

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But I think for a very long time, a lot of us have been fighting for broader recognition,

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as it pertains to how monies are distributed to cities like ours that are heavily industrial.

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For a long time, it has fallen on deaf ears.

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And this is such a huge step for us.

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So thank you very much for really just making this welcome to fruition.

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and for not forgetting about commerce, even though you don't represent us anymore, right?

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And I think that speaks volumes of leadership and the type of leadership that you have,

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which is you don't forget the people that need your help.

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And so I want to say thank you because we've been needing something like this for a really long time.

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And this is going to really impact us in such a positive way.

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So thank you again.

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Thank you, Councilwoman, Councilman Argomello.

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Thank you, Mayor.

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Senator, I just want to say thank you.

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Appreciate, again, your leadership, your friendship,

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over the years for the community here, for District 30,

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who you represented in the past.

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But your still have been there for us, every time we've made a request.

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Even when we were unsuccessful on that,

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They're sped by 49 Bill and he didn't want to be supposed to be doing their supporters and

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he's supposed to be interested in doing what we have with their votes to stop that bill.

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And that's ongoing litigation on the bill to work hard to do very much appreciate the support

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you've given us. But this particular bill, in particular, not only did you champion the bill,

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you actually decided to develop a new kind of fund and you took a good bill.

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I would like to thank you very much for your kind of collaboration, working with the college

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over at the legislature.

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I mean, really appreciate your leadership.

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I really think this is going to be a big thing to do.

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I spoke already maybe around.

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It's going to give a fair share of the mountains that get out of here to invest in a city.

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So, I'm really happy and very proud of that.

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You know, it's a great new source of the building.

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First, I mean, we absolutely need to continue to, you know,

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expand on our infrastructure, building, building, fixing our roads and streets and the

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that.

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So again, we thank you for your friendship and support and always be with us, appreciate.

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Thank you, Councilman.

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Mayor Prosim, Vercilla.

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Senator, thank you so much.

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My colleagues have said it all.

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Thank you for your leadership and thank you for always supporting the City of Commons.

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I'm sorry, I don't remember City Council.

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So if I may just add, before these kinds of bills go to committee, and certainly way

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before it goes to the governor's desk, the really difficult part is finding a champion.

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The City Council did the innovative step to create the big four, because like Vernon, like

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the industry, we produce more jobs in a whole 25% of the entirely counties, commercial industrial

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zone in Tyra County. You have to find a champion. Someone that's willing to take this fight on,

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and when Senator Trileta was contacted, there was zero hesitation. He immediately got his scene

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working on this, and not only fought it initially with regards to the amendments required to committee,

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but ultimately getting signed by the governor. So I thank you personally on behalf of

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our staff and the staff from the other three cities. Thank you.

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Again, Senator, thank you so much, and

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And I would love to give you the opportunity to speak, if you will.

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Thank you very much.

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And I'd just like to turn around for just a minute to see the community.

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The city is not very large.

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We all know that.

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But you have a heart of gold.

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Your community, the city of commerce is now on the map in California.

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and think about what we just did, four cities that did not have a voice by themselves, four

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cities that were moving along, representing all of you, and with your wonderful city council.

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Council and mayor and the city manager, all of you, have done a fantastic job, but there was something missing. The strength that you needed to go to the next level. But it's not just your city, the city of Vernon, city of Santa Fe.

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It is so important that you understand when these cities come together as a strength, then we've made something happen. Because people don't realize, and as a lot of you may,

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may or may not know but certainly in California they didn't know that the city of commerce during

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the course of the work day it swells up close to over 150,000 people will come into the city to drive,

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work, eat, whatever. In and out, transportation, trucks by the truck loads, I mean it's just amazing

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of the traffic, the industry that goes on here and then at the end of the day you have your normal

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population? Well, how about Vernon? They've got the same situation. They swell up, and then they come back down.

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City of Industry, I think the City of Industry has 57 people that live there, but they go up to 120, right?

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So, this brings the same way. So what happens with that is you're not able to get the money from the state of California, you need

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Well, too bad, that's just the way it is.

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Well, since the city was founded and all these four cities were founded, that's the way

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it was.

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So when your leadership came to me, from all four of the cities and said, can you help

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Can you help us get recognized in the state of California that we can be recognized as an industrial

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city?

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And if we're able to do that, we would have a classification of our own.

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that no one else will have, so that means that we can join together with the large cities across the state of California that are just like yours, that are able to now knock on the door beginning next year when we do the budget again.

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Because remember, the budget with the state of California is $355 billion, and you need to have a piece of that pie.

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Well, now you're going to be able to do it with your leadership, with us working together.

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Now I was proud, and I am proud to be here tonight, but I was proud to represent you when

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I first became the senator, and then we shifted, and they took me out to Orange County and

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the edge of LA County, so I don't have commerce anymore.

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But this bill doesn't matter, this bill goes across the state because now you're helping

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the city of commerce, the need for cities, are helping other small cities in the state

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that now will be able to do the same thing, they'll be able to grab a few of the dollars

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that are needed.

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When I'm talking a few dollars, I'm talking millions of dollars over time.

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As I was telling you, Mayor earlier, now you're on the bus.

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You're on the bus, no longer watching it go by, but you're on the bus, and you'll be able

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to stand up and say, where's my part?

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Where's our part?

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Take a look at our Washington Boulevard.

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Take a look at our streets.

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We need a piece of that pie.

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That's what this bill does.

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Classifies you as industrial cities and Senate bill 1274, which I authored, has shaken up Sacramento because it's never happened before.

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This is history, Mr. Mayor, City Councilmembers, and the community, please understand that this is not just something that a fly by night, whatever.

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However, this is opening up the doors for you to stand tall with your four as one to be able to say we are part of the economy.

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We are part of the industrial movement that's taken place.

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If California is the fourth largest economy in the world, well, the City of Commerce has got a piece of that pie and you should be recognized for it.

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And that's why I'm here tonight, not to be acknowledged by you, but for me to acknowledge you,

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Mr. Mayor and City Council members and your city manager, each one of your citizens here.

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Because if I know the City of Commerce, I know what you do, how you love your veterans.

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I know how you love your children and our seniors that are here.

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And tonight, obviously, Dept Awareness Month is here.

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And you don't let a single time go by without recognizing your seniors in the community.

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And I know the heart of gold that you have in the City of Commerce.

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So it was not easy, but I tell you what, it was a labor of love on my part, and I appreciate it.

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And I will tell you, transportation is a big issue, but now that you have this, you're going to be able to again be part of it.

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So when you go to Sacramento, Mr. Mayor, and your City Council members, I will welcome you, and I will take you around.

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So you can meet some of the people in the transportation dollars, you can meet some of the people in the education dollars.

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I'm also on the committee for the budget, and I handle my corner of budget is all education, all education.

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K through 12, your community colleges, your Cal State LAs, and also your UCI, so that's my part.

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And also I'm the chair of the military and veterans committee.

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So the veterans that you have here and across the state, I'm your fighter, I'm with you.

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And I know the city of commerce honors your veterans like very few cities and I've been

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here for your 4th of July and your days that you come together to celebrate and acknowledge

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our veterans and our flag.

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So now let's go ahead and talk one last thing before I go.

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This is just the beginning as I had mentioned earlier.

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This is just the start.

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This gives you the authorization to get on that bus.

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Now it's up to you to go ahead and make the request for things that you need and you'll

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go ahead and put it through the channels and I'll be fighting for you and along with

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Lena Gonzalez who is your direct representative but I will be side by side with her to help

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and do whatever I can.

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And I will also tell you that over the years you know I've been there for you with the

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Commerce Casino and I just passed another bill that was signed by the governor Senate

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to bill 920 would have to do with transparency that when the city of commerce and the commerce

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casino, they're taxed in any way, the commerce casino, so now we're going to be able to see

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exactly why, where that money is going, how would it fix this casino, as well as the other

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casino in the state of California.

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So we're going to keep working together, Mr. Mayor and Council, I am a voice and I am your

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partner.

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So this is just the beginning because there's a lot of things we're going to do in the future.

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I may not represent the city directly but I represent you in California when we have the broad look at things because whether it's veterans, whether it's housing, whether it's seniors, whether it's construction or it's jobs, jobs, and more jobs.

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That's what it's all about.

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So Mr. Mayor, thank you for the proclamation.

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Thank you for giving the city council each and every one of you.

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I'm honored as I go and visit the other three remaining cities who've also,

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I'm looking forward to talking with, they too now feel as strong as you do,

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that the coalition that you put together, the big four.

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Congratulations, city of commerce, and I'm so proud to represent you.

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On this issue, don't be bashful.

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Call me on others as well.

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Again, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your time.

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Senator, thank you so much for those words.

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And at this time, I would like to invite you to come up

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to the front to take a picture with us so that we can continue

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to properly collaborate

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on advocacy and really help our community out.

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And it's because of champions like Senator Archuleta

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that we were able to make something like this happen.

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So very grateful and humbled that he was here today.

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So now we'll go ahead and move on to the second item,

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which is a proclamation declaring September 2026 as death awareness month.

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Good evening Honorable Mayor Lines and City Council.

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My name is Mary Ann Cariego and I'm a center of recreation center supervisor.

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September is National Death Awareness Month, a time to honor and recognize the experiences of the death community.

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Deaf Awareness is celebrated to bring knowledge to the public about rights, culture, and achievements

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of deaf and hard of hearing individuals.

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What better way to learn about someone who has lived that experience but a mother of

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a deaf son?

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I would like to introduce Grace Popin, she is a commerce resident along with her son,

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Ruben Arias, who was recognized last year, and Grace is going to share her story as a mother.

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Grace,

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good evening. My name is Grace Padvin. I am a mother of a 61-year-old son, Ruben,

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who is here in Pierre. During my pregnancy, with Ruben, I got contact with German

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Renizo is Rubella.

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At the time in 1960, Rubella was very high-contained

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for affected many children, including Ruben.

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In my pregnancy, I had a normal pregnancy

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through my eight months.

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Ruben was born.

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His first few months of his life,

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I noticed that he was not responding to me, so I took him to the children's hospital.

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And they told me that he was 99% part of hearing.

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Having a child with a disability, it is very difficult.

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At that time, we did not have no support, no research, no service we had to do on our own.

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Learning,

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how can I say support based on my experience as a mother?

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I would like to see the City of Commerce create some kind of program for our children

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to go summer camp, winter camp to communicate with other children and to know how to spend

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time with them and to see the challenge what they go and face up to.

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So, thank you very much for hearing my story.

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Thank you, Grace, for your share.

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After speaking to Grace, I had asked her what she would have liked her son to participate in when he was a child and like she just stated.

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Day camp, resources for her and for parents and more people knowing how to sign.

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Our Department of Parks and Recreation has worked very hard to make all our programs more inclusive.

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At the senior center, we have a staff member, Nadine Cardenas, who does some signing, which helps her son.

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And we would like to recognize a former rec leader, slash camp counselor, Pavi Noel,

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who is now an interpreter for the deaf and hard of hearing community.

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She has been working in the community for 13 years and has been involved for 25 years.

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She will be passing out some information for you.

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like to share some of our many events classes and groups for the community. Some upcoming events are Gardena, cinema, which they're playing Marching

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on September 23rd, Halloween death truck, or treat carnival on October 17th in the city of Los Angeles.

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There are also ASL classes, Bill Vickers on YouTube, ASL shopped Instagram,

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Oklahoma School for the death.

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Parents and pork groups are deaf Latinosy familias,

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California hands and voices in my death therapy.

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At this time, I would like to sincerely thank Grace for sharing her beautiful and courageous

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story and Pavi for her dedicated service and for being here with us tonight.

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Your contributions truly enrich our community.

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And thank you to our interpreter, Melissa Deli.

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We now have a quick video for you.

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Thank you.

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Hiya, I am Sarah Adedati and this is my sign name and I am a deaf audiologist. If you have

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been suspected that your child has a hearing loss, then I have created a by-part video series

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talking about how to spot different signs of deafness, how to prepare for an audiology appointment

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and what happens after us. Part one, signs of deathness. One, your child is not responding

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to anything whether this is their name, their favourite song, or their favourite sound

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like opening a crisp packet. Two, your child is always asked in you to turn up whatever

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it is they're watching whether it's an iPad or a TV. Three, your child is struggling to

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follow instructions at home and at school for your child is having speech difficulties which

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could be due to the fact they can't access certain speech sounds which is why we do a hearing

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screening before speech and language therapy.

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So Mary Ann thank you for the presentation thank you

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for the wonderful video. Poppy thank you for coming back and being here today to hand out the

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the pamphlet with the resources and Melissa thank you for interpreting. Grace I've had the privilege

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of knowing you for a few years now through the senior center and Rubin as well and I really appreciate

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you coming in and just sharing your story and experiences and really just opening up right and

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advocating for the death community right I think you know camp to socialize right I think that's

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That's a wonderful idea. That's something that we certainly should look into and so I really want to thank you for

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Being here today. I think it takes a lot of courage, but

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In talking to you and talking to Rubin. I know you guys are great people, right? You're you're always full of joy

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very social and

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You're you're just a wonder to be around so so thank you for being here tonight

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Thank you for being a part of our community and thank you for your advocacy for the deaf community

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Thank you. Thank you

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And so with that, I do have a proclamation to read because the City of Commerce is going to

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Recognize September, 2026 as death awareness month. So a

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Proclamation of the City Council of the City of Commerce proclaiming September, 2026 as death awareness month in the City of Commerce.

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Whereas death awareness month provides an opportunity to recognize and celebrate death and heart of hearing individuals

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promote understanding of deaf culture and encourage accessibility, inclusion and equal

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participation throughout our community. And whereas American Sign Language is a complete

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and distinct language that plays an important role in the culture, communication, identity

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and connection of many deaf and hard of hearing individuals and their families. And whereas

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the City of Commerce recognizes that meaningful accessibility includes removing communication

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barriers and creating opportunities for deaf and hard of hearing individuals to participate

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and civic life, recreation, public services, and community activities.

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And whereas the City of Commerce is committed to creating an inclusive community

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where residents of all abilities and participating city programs,

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services, meetings, recreational activities, and special events.

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And whereas through city facilities and programs, including our parks,

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community centers, Brenda Villa Aquatic Center, senior citizen center,

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team center, camp commerce, recreation programs and community events, the city

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strives to provide welcoming opportunities for residents of all ages and

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abilities. And whereas community events and programs such as VSS5DS, concerts

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in the park, the turkey trot vibe pay, pedal paloza, and the all abilities color fun

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run. Aquatics programs and youth and senior activities and library services

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provide opportunities to promote inclusion, connection, and participation throughout

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commerce. And whereas September includes the International Week of Death People, September 21st through

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September 27th, 2026, a worldwide celebration of death people, their culture, sign languages,

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and human rights. And whereas September 23rd is recognized as the International Day of Sign

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Languages, emphasizing the importance of sign languages in promoting communication, accessibility,

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cultural identity and the full participation of deaf people and whereas the City of Commerce encourages residents,

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businesses, schools, community organizations, city employees, and families to learn more about that culture,

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American Sign Language, communication accessibility, and ways to build a more inclusive community.

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Now, therefore, I, Kevin Lien, is mayor of the City of Commerce on behalf of the City Council.

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We hereby proclaim the month of September, 2026 as Death Awareness Month in the City of

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Commerce, and encourage all members of our community to recognize the contributions of

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death and part of hearing of individuals, celebrate that culture and sign language, promote

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accessibility and understanding, and reaffirm our commitment on ensuring that everyone has

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the opportunity to participate fully in programs, services, events, and civic life are

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City and witness whereup I hear unto my hand and pause the official seal of the city of

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commerce to be affixed this 22nd day of September 2026. This proclamation is signed by myself and

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my name is a mayor of the city of commerce as well as all of the members of the commerce. Thank you

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so much.

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And so at this time, Ms. Poppin, if you don't mind coming up to take a picture with us with

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the proclamation, if you would.

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Again, Grace, thank you for being here and please give Ruben our best

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on behalf of everyone here.

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At this time, we'll now go ahead and move on to item number three, which is breast cancer

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awareness resource and health care.

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Good evening, Mayor and members of the City Council.

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Sylvia Cisner, senior librarian from the City of Commerce Public Library.

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Each October, the City Council along Social Services Division proclaims breast cancer awareness

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and the importance of raising awareness about breast cancer, early detection and access to health resources.

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Since the event I'm here to share with you will be taking place earlier in October.

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I wanted to take this opportunity to personally invite the City Council and our community to join us.

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The City of Commerce Public Library in partnership with Family Health Care Center in Greater Los Angeles,

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also known as FHCCGLA, will be hosting a breast cancer awareness resource and health fair

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on Saturday, October 10th, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. outside the Rosewood Library.

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family health care center has hosted this annual event for over 13 years at

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another city and we are very excited that for the first time the event will

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be held here in the city of commerce at our library. We will begin the day with

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a community walk in support of breast cancer awareness. Anyone wishing to

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participate in me at the Rosewood Library Parking at 9.30 a.m. Transportation will be provided

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from the library to the FHCCGLA building on Washington Boulevard. The wall will begin from the

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Family Health Center at 10 a.m. and will conclude back at the Rosewood Library. From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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or outdoor resource and health fare will feature more than 15 resource tables

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providing health and community information, as well as on-site clinical services,

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raffles, music, and other activities.

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At 10.30 a.m. inside the library, Maribel Vera, a registered nurse,

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This will present a workshop titled,

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Breast Cancer Awareness, What Should You Know?

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Focusing on Early Detection in Breast Self Awareness.

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I would also like to recognize

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our city's safety, transportation,

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parks, and rig and social services division,

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as well as our community partners who support,

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has helped make this event possible.

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We hope our mayor and council will join us and we invite our entire commerce community

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to come out, participate in the walk, and visit the resource fair, take advantage

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of the health information and services that will be available for them.

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We look forward to seeing everyone Saturday, October 10th at the Rosewood Library.

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Thank you. And I'm happy to do that. Is there any questions if there's any? If not, I will hope to see you there.

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Excellent. Thank you for that, Sylvia, for being here and helping raise awareness for this. What I think is a great

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collaborative effort right between the family and health care centers and bringing us into this and RSC at conference.

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Definitely, I will plan to present. I think it's a really neat awareness right in.

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You know, we say that early collection is very important,

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but also

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I love this.

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The fact that we have a clinic here in the city of commerce.

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They are so integrated part of

438
00:44:08,600 --> 00:44:08,780
this.

439
00:44:08,860 --> 00:44:11,740
Let that be shared with my colleague's

440
00:44:11,740 --> 00:44:12,700
having a question for any comments.

441
00:44:16,770 --> 00:44:17,170
Thank you.

442
00:44:17,470 --> 00:44:19,530
Well, definitely looking forward to attending.

443
00:44:19,530 --> 00:44:20,310
Thank you so much.

444
00:44:28,120 --> 00:44:30,500
OK, so that concludes appearances and presentations

445
00:44:30,500 --> 00:44:34,180
and we'll go ahead and move on to public comment at this time

446
00:44:34,180 --> 00:44:36,080
members of the public who wish to address the city counts

447
00:44:36,080 --> 00:44:38,640
on any agenda item or any matter, not on the agenda

448
00:44:38,640 --> 00:44:40,400
and have submitted a speaker slip.

449
00:44:40,700 --> 00:44:42,080
I will call you up to the podium.

450
00:44:42,620 --> 00:44:47,520
Please note that you do have a pre-minute time limit per comment and so we'll go ahead and

451
00:44:47,520 --> 00:44:51,900
call you in the order in the card to receive and we'll start with Mr. Juan

452
00:45:01,140 --> 00:45:09,900
Good evening, everyone. My name is Juan Sosa. What I'd like to talk about tonight is 72-22 gauge

453
00:45:12,180 --> 00:45:21,020
near the once Veterans Park. It's a warehouse slash trucking company, and I'd like to remind

454
00:45:21,020 --> 00:45:29,080
you that it's a non-licensed company that's still operating. I brought it up before it's

455
00:45:29,080 --> 00:45:33,560
still operating in what I'm referring to mainly is this night's.

456
00:45:33,560 --> 00:45:39,700
I know that there's due process and it takes time to do process, but what I'm

457
00:45:39,700 --> 00:45:45,140
here to ask is if there's anything that could be done, so the residents of

458
00:45:45,140 --> 00:45:53,180
Sindel can sleep nights. Some nights are worse than others. It's getting to the

459
00:45:53,180 --> 00:45:58,740
point where there's residents confronting the truck drivers. And I mentioned

460
00:45:58,740 --> 00:46:04,140
and that to several people here at the city of commerce.

461
00:46:05,380 --> 00:46:10,440
And we've given me no response to what the answer is going to be.

462
00:46:11,180 --> 00:46:14,240
So what I'm here to do tonight is just to remind you

463
00:46:14,240 --> 00:46:16,860
not to forget the residents of Zindal

464
00:46:17,460 --> 00:46:20,100
because we're still unable to sleep nights.

465
00:46:21,560 --> 00:46:24,760
It's taken a toll on people like myself.

466
00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:26,360
I'm 66 years old.

467
00:46:26,920 --> 00:46:32,440
And my health isn't it's very best and certainly this doesn't help and so what I like to do

468
00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:38,880
What I like to ask of you all of you today is if I can get some sort of an answer some sort of an update

469
00:46:38,880 --> 00:46:45,840
What is the plan and if you do have a plan? I like to say that it's not working and maybe we need to do something different

470
00:46:48,580 --> 00:46:51,540
And I'm in a nutshell. That's what I'm here to do tonight

471
00:46:52,740 --> 00:46:53,140
Mr

472
00:46:53,140 --> 00:46:58,300
So, so thank you for being here, you know, the situation on Zendel, it is something that we are aware of.

473
00:46:58,500 --> 00:47:04,140
I know our Sergeant is also aware of it as he's heard the things from several different residents.

474
00:47:04,600 --> 00:47:08,700
I've heard them as well personally, and it is something that we are actively working on.

475
00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:14,240
If Mr. City manager, if we could have one of our staff members taking Mr. City's information,

476
00:47:14,820 --> 00:47:19,780
just to give him a full update on where we are with the enforcement of what's going on overnight.

477
00:47:20,260 --> 00:47:22,620
on that I unlicensed business that would be great.

478
00:47:23,820 --> 00:47:24,640
That'd be great.

479
00:47:24,940 --> 00:47:25,880
That's what I'm asking.

480
00:47:26,220 --> 00:47:27,800
I know that it's going to take a while.

481
00:47:29,060 --> 00:47:30,860
I know that there's a lot of things to do.

482
00:47:31,520 --> 00:47:33,640
But what I'm asking as an emergency perhaps,

483
00:47:33,780 --> 00:47:36,580
if you want to call it that, is if you can provide

484
00:47:36,580 --> 00:47:40,640
some rest and quiet at night because the whole operation

485
00:47:40,640 --> 00:47:42,020
just continues throughout the night.

486
00:47:42,440 --> 00:47:45,320
And of course, it's during the day as well.

487
00:47:45,700 --> 00:47:47,160
But I'm worried about nights.

488
00:47:59,470 --> 00:48:07,170
the next speaker

489
00:48:10,980 --> 00:48:12,020
I have is

490
00:48:12,020 --> 00:48:13,140
Mr. Mark Chavis.

491
00:48:26,870 --> 00:48:29,330
Hi, Mayor and Councilman.

492
00:48:29,950 --> 00:48:31,410
My name is Mark Chavis,

493
00:48:31,870 --> 00:48:33,630
a resident of commerce at six

494
00:48:33,630 --> 00:48:35,010
three five nine.

495
00:48:35,250 --> 00:48:35,710
I have any other.

496
00:48:37,970 --> 00:48:38,610
We'll have a staff member come

497
00:48:38,610 --> 00:48:44,270
discussion. You should have in front of you two home assessments that were

498
00:48:44,270 --> 00:48:51,850
executed by Geobair and new beginning engineering and BE. These two home

499
00:48:51,850 --> 00:48:58,830
assessments were executed due to damage to my home as a result of the

500
00:48:58,830 --> 00:49:00,410
Modella Project buildup.

501
00:49:04,070 --> 00:49:09,390
As you will note both reports are thorough and provide

502
00:49:09,390 --> 00:49:12,010
by great detail of the damage to my home,

503
00:49:12,530 --> 00:49:14,590
what it will cost to make me whole.

504
00:49:15,670 --> 00:49:17,710
Back to the deal, bear report is six pages long.

505
00:49:19,490 --> 00:49:22,270
The NBE report is 12 pages long.

506
00:49:25,120 --> 00:49:27,740
It is unfortunate that these two reports

507
00:49:28,920 --> 00:49:30,640
by these two reputable companies

508
00:49:31,240 --> 00:49:34,700
were dismissed as not valid by the developer,

509
00:49:35,040 --> 00:49:35,720
H.N. Comstock.

510
00:49:36,880 --> 00:49:39,820
The developer classified these reports as vague

511
00:49:39,820 --> 00:49:44,820
12 pages long, one report is 12 pages long, the other one is six.

512
00:49:47,390 --> 00:49:52,910
As the developer mentioned, they just was not adequate enough information to move

513
00:49:52,910 --> 00:49:53,730
on these assessments.

514
00:49:55,310 --> 00:50:01,510
I and many of the Vistudal Rio residents who had similar assessments think this is very

515
00:50:01,510 --> 00:50:02,290
disingenuous.

516
00:50:08,060 --> 00:50:13,300
Additionally, residents that Vistudal Rio haven't been given a path forward to fly a claim.

517
00:50:13,300 --> 00:50:18,600
and this is after months of asking.

518
00:50:19,500 --> 00:50:22,040
In fact, the developer was here in this very forum,

519
00:50:22,960 --> 00:50:26,600
touting his insurance for claiming it's great

520
00:50:26,600 --> 00:50:29,840
and don't worry neighbors, everything will be taken care of.

521
00:50:30,820 --> 00:50:33,500
So I'm puzzled as to why the hesitation.

522
00:50:37,560 --> 00:50:40,160
Anyway, I ask for your help and your leverage

523
00:50:41,500 --> 00:50:45,200
to support us at Vista Del Rio.

524
00:50:45,200 --> 00:50:49,820
and have the developer move on these assessments.

525
00:50:51,860 --> 00:50:54,120
Finally, it comes with great disappointment

526
00:50:54,120 --> 00:50:59,600
that I must file a complaint against Jessica Serrano.

527
00:51:00,640 --> 00:51:04,160
In confidence, I set Jessica Serrano these two reports

528
00:51:05,000 --> 00:51:08,440
and made some statements that the developer was gatekeeping

529
00:51:08,440 --> 00:51:11,220
his insurance information to file a complaint.

530
00:51:11,960 --> 00:51:14,080
I asked my comments to be kept confidential

531
00:51:14,080 --> 00:51:16,940
because I did not want to escalate matters further.

532
00:51:18,080 --> 00:51:19,640
Unfortunately, that did not occur.

533
00:51:21,300 --> 00:51:28,880
Additionally, Jessica Serrano spread misinformation about myself when it come to selecting NBE engineering.

534
00:51:32,190 --> 00:51:36,370
I know I'm on a time, but I just think it's very unprofessional of Jessica Serrano.

535
00:51:36,590 --> 00:51:41,710
So I'm going to hurt statute to not be neutral or respect my request for confidentiality.

536
00:51:41,710 --> 00:51:42,870
Thank you for your comments, Mr. Chavez.

537
00:51:43,330 --> 00:51:44,310
Appreciate you coming out tonight.

538
00:51:44,310 --> 00:51:47,470
All right, the next speaker we have here is Veronica Chavez.

539
00:51:58,280 --> 00:52:00,500
Good afternoon, mayor, council members,

540
00:52:00,980 --> 00:52:02,500
and my name is Veronica Chavez,

541
00:52:02,800 --> 00:52:05,500
and I read 63, 59 of a knee that was glinted.

542
00:52:06,280 --> 00:52:08,260
And tonight I need to speak directly

543
00:52:08,260 --> 00:52:09,900
about the developer's conduct.

544
00:52:10,660 --> 00:52:12,820
Adrian Comstock and Comstock Realty,

545
00:52:13,420 --> 00:52:14,960
and the fact that the city continues

546
00:52:14,960 --> 00:52:16,780
advancing his financing agenda,

547
00:52:17,140 --> 00:52:18,980
while we said the real residents,

548
00:52:19,460 --> 00:52:21,980
the closest neighbors are left with damage

549
00:52:21,980 --> 00:52:23,840
and answer questions and no protection.

550
00:52:25,710 --> 00:52:28,620
The developer is seeking 60 million and financing,

551
00:52:29,360 --> 00:52:31,520
and while he pursues that financing,

552
00:52:32,040 --> 00:52:34,800
Lisa, the real community located 27 feet

553
00:52:34,800 --> 00:52:36,580
from the project fence line,

554
00:52:37,220 --> 00:52:39,640
continued to suffer real documented damage

555
00:52:39,640 --> 00:52:41,220
from misdivision and demolition.

556
00:52:41,940 --> 00:52:43,160
Let me be the right.

557
00:52:43,620 --> 00:52:45,560
The developer causes this impacts.

558
00:52:46,240 --> 00:52:48,740
The developer is responsible for these damages,

559
00:52:48,740 --> 00:52:52,320
and the developer has not taken responsibility.

560
00:52:53,400 --> 00:52:56,480
Adrian Comstock has not released his insurance information.

561
00:52:56,920 --> 00:52:59,320
He has not provided remediation plan.

562
00:52:59,780 --> 00:53:03,260
He has not committed to repairing the homes he has impacted.

563
00:53:04,520 --> 00:53:06,760
This is not a partner acting in good faith.

564
00:53:07,260 --> 00:53:10,000
This is a developer who is avoiding accountability

565
00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:13,020
while aggressively pursuing financing.

566
00:53:13,640 --> 00:53:21,740
And yet, the part of this, the City Manager earning Hernandez and City Attorney Noel Tapia continue

567
00:53:21,740 --> 00:53:23,160
to add down to his agenda.

568
00:53:24,360 --> 00:53:28,480
The City Manager earning Hernandez knows this that it re-exists with damages.

569
00:53:29,020 --> 00:53:33,140
The City Attorney Noel Tapia knows we exist with damages.

570
00:53:33,820 --> 00:53:39,240
Both know our homes are damaged, both know the developer has not taken responsibility, both

571
00:53:39,240 --> 00:53:45,640
We also know the residents are living with vibration, structural cracking, road in intrusion now.

572
00:53:46,400 --> 00:53:51,100
Thus, the breed and unsafe conditions along the fence line.

573
00:53:51,740 --> 00:53:56,940
And despite knowing all of this, they continue to push the developers financing forward.

574
00:53:57,760 --> 00:54:04,140
So I'm asking the city council directly, and Mayor, why is this, why is the city helping

575
00:54:04,140 --> 00:54:06,780
in a developer secure 6 million and financing

576
00:54:06,780 --> 00:54:10,200
when he has not even taken the basic step of addressing

577
00:54:10,200 --> 00:54:13,840
the damage he caused to the homes next to his project.

578
00:54:14,580 --> 00:54:16,740
This project is no longer purely private.

579
00:54:17,200 --> 00:54:19,540
The city's involvement, the city manager

580
00:54:19,540 --> 00:54:22,420
and the city attorney means the city also benefits

581
00:54:22,420 --> 00:54:25,920
and when the city benefits the city also carries responsibility.

582
00:54:27,480 --> 00:54:29,180
Right now the city has leveraged

583
00:54:29,180 --> 00:54:32,740
and leveraged must be used before any finances move forward.

584
00:54:33,540 --> 00:54:40,300
and that leverage is here. Mayor Kevin Linus? No, you know, we said the Rio

585
00:54:40,300 --> 00:54:44,960
residents exist, and you know that our homes are damaged as a result of the

586
00:54:44,960 --> 00:54:49,340
bill project. Build that. And we ask for your support to assure the developer

587
00:54:49,340 --> 00:54:56,160
does what is right and provide a path to his insurance so we can become whole.

588
00:54:57,060 --> 00:55:03,680
Thank you. Thank you very much. Mr. Chavez. Mr. Chavez. The next comment

589
00:55:03,680 --> 00:55:07,460
or a speaker card I have here is the Sandra Patista.

590
00:55:20,890 --> 00:55:27,950
That's why neighbors have stated here we are again.

591
00:55:28,470 --> 00:55:29,530
We've been here before.

592
00:55:32,070 --> 00:55:35,930
I heard the, I can't think of this name,

593
00:55:35,990 --> 00:55:43,450
but he was here earlier, stated that commerce can you help us?

594
00:55:44,390 --> 00:55:46,010
That echoed in my head.

595
00:55:46,010 --> 00:55:52,320
that I'm asking the mayor and the city council members,

596
00:55:53,520 --> 00:55:54,760
can you help us?

597
00:55:57,560 --> 00:56:00,560
We are affected by the Mandello project.

598
00:56:03,740 --> 00:56:06,280
We have asked recently Adrian

599
00:56:07,310 --> 00:56:10,580
because of our homes and the HOA,

600
00:56:10,700 --> 00:56:14,800
we just got our homes painted the beginning,

601
00:56:15,180 --> 00:56:18,640
the end, well last year, the ending of last year

602
00:56:18,640 --> 00:56:30,160
And the debris that dirt now there's the mice and rats are coming or driven from the project to our homes.

603
00:56:30,760 --> 00:56:38,320
We asked Adrian to take care of that have not heard anything since last week.

604
00:56:39,260 --> 00:56:47,100
We asked that you know just making effort to power wash our homes every couple of months until the project is over.

605
00:56:47,100 --> 00:56:54,960
He claims that I have millions of insurance, I got lots of insurance, but I guess we're

606
00:56:54,960 --> 00:56:55,620
the little people.

607
00:56:55,780 --> 00:56:56,540
It's only eight homes.

608
00:56:56,820 --> 00:57:00,880
It's not like it's 800 homes, which is asking for help.

609
00:57:01,520 --> 00:57:03,040
We need your support.

610
00:57:03,620 --> 00:57:14,620
I know that the things are happening right now with the voting and people running for office.

611
00:57:16,140 --> 00:57:22,860
just police assist us and I mean you know it may seem like small talk and after

612
00:57:22,860 --> 00:57:28,060
this is over with you go about your business but our homes are damaged we

613
00:57:28,060 --> 00:57:38,060
have we live in commerce we are the residents you guys got to help us I don't

614
00:57:38,060 --> 00:57:43,360
want to just go in just talk and okay we're gonna make an effort and we're gonna

615
00:57:43,360 --> 00:57:54,480
get back to you and you know we need your help and we need it ASAP. So I'm just

616
00:57:54,480 --> 00:57:59,160
asking please consider us only eight homes

617
00:58:01,690 --> 00:58:03,930
we

618
00:58:06,010 --> 00:58:10,410
pay taxes we live in the city my

619
00:58:10,410 --> 00:58:14,810
husband purchased before the ground even broke I came on board later on from

620
00:58:14,810 --> 00:58:16,650
Marina, they already need

621
00:58:18,920 --> 00:58:19,640
your assistance.

622
00:58:20,120 --> 00:58:20,680
Thank you.

623
00:58:21,280 --> 00:58:22,260
This is a piece.

624
00:58:22,460 --> 00:58:24,160
Thank you so much for coming over today.

625
00:58:25,720 --> 00:58:28,440
The next speaker card I have is Carmen Padilla.

626
00:58:52,110 --> 00:58:54,130
Buenas tardes, mi nombre es Carmen.

627
00:58:55,110 --> 00:58:58,130
Soy decidos de las personas que ya hablaron.

628
00:58:58,410 --> 00:59:00,350
Y pues tenemos todos en el mismo programa.

629
00:59:01,930 --> 00:59:06,030
Y vengo aquí porque también de casa se dañó.

630
00:59:06,030 --> 00:59:15,690
y de un tiempo que te mandaba mucho ahí la tierra y un día duró como tres horas

631
00:59:16,470 --> 00:59:21,850
columpiándose en la casa sin parar y yo pienso que eso daña mucho la

632
00:59:21,850 --> 00:59:30,310
construcción y estoy aquí pues para ver si nos pueden ayudar a hacer algo porque el señor prometió

633
00:59:30,310 --> 00:59:37,510
So, mandarinis tectoria hasta ahorita nos mandado nada y no dice nada, vamos a las juntas y

634
00:59:37,510 --> 00:59:44,430
no dicen que vayan a arreglar y por eso estamos aquí para ver si nos pueden ayudar con

635
00:59:44,430 --> 00:59:55,700
ese problema y es todo, pues ya yo ya dijeron todo mi destino, son dos vecinos, vivo en el 64-79

636
00:59:55,700 --> 00:59:56,780
I don't know if you have any idea what to do.

637
00:59:57,300 --> 00:59:58,720
I don't know if you have any idea.

638
01:00:08,020 --> 01:00:12,880
The next speaker card I have is from Yvonne Sandoval.

639
01:00:22,800 --> 01:00:39,560
Good evening, council, good evening to the audience, and everyone who is here. I've come on the, we have a class going on at the senior center, and it's the painting class with our

640
01:00:39,560 --> 01:00:50,260
myestro Talixko. It shall be ending I think the first week of October and the

641
01:00:50,260 --> 01:00:58,200
students are painting students and friendly seniors would appreciate and love

642
01:00:58,200 --> 01:01:11,100
if the class can continue. So we have created a list of everyone that would like to have

643
01:01:11,100 --> 01:01:23,500
the class continue. And I brought each one of you a list of that. So if I can pass it to yeah

644
01:01:23,500 --> 01:01:27,840
Okay, and I look forward to hearing a yes,

645
01:01:28,260 --> 01:01:32,100
we all look forward to hearing a yes on this.

646
01:01:33,040 --> 01:01:36,340
You know, our seniors have really bloomed

647
01:01:36,850 --> 01:01:41,180
with what has been offered at the senior center

648
01:01:41,970 --> 01:01:46,300
and just regular moms and grandma's

649
01:01:46,630 --> 01:01:52,180
that have just incredibly been able to paint

650
01:01:52,180 --> 01:02:03,320
what some have never done before, and even myself in this capacity is just incredible, so I want

651
01:02:03,320 --> 01:02:13,640
to thank the Council. I think it's the second round that we've had the class, and it's just extraordinary

652
01:02:13,640 --> 01:02:20,020
what we've been able to do with the help of the Maya Astral. So thank you.

653
01:02:22,500 --> 01:02:26,220
this on the ball. Thank you for your comments and if you could just hand your

654
01:02:27,140 --> 01:02:28,060
University clerk.

655
01:02:38,980 --> 01:02:43,480
At this time this concludes my speaker cards. Mr. City clerk do

656
01:02:43,480 --> 01:02:48,800
we have any virtual hands raised on? Yes thank you Mr. Mayor. Yes we actually have two

657
01:02:48,800 --> 01:02:53,420
virtual hands raised and at this time I will be calling them in the order the

658
01:02:53,420 --> 01:02:57,380
hands were raised with your permission Mr. Mayor. Okay before we get to that are

659
01:02:57,380 --> 01:02:59,200
are there any other speaker cards that you have?

660
01:02:59,720 --> 01:03:03,100
I have no additional, oh, I do see someone raising their head,

661
01:03:03,600 --> 01:03:06,260
and let's go ahead and check the NFC box.

662
01:03:06,600 --> 01:03:08,920
I tend to ask for City Attorney to soundly mention it

663
01:03:08,920 --> 01:03:12,040
because I saw her coming up as the public commentator.

664
01:03:22,810 --> 01:03:24,230
So don't sit down because I'm gonna call you

665
01:03:24,230 --> 01:03:27,530
a Shantal S case.

666
01:03:31,270 --> 01:03:32,190
Hi, thank you, Mr. Ray.

667
01:03:32,950 --> 01:03:34,950
Hi, my name is Shantal Soto Mayota,

668
01:03:35,110 --> 01:03:37,550
a lifelong commerce resident living in the ABC neighborhood

669
01:03:37,550 --> 01:03:40,430
of Washington and Leonis Street in the R2 zone.

670
01:03:41,230 --> 01:03:42,270
I actually just learned yesterday

671
01:03:42,270 --> 01:03:44,370
that my neighborhood is called the Triangle of Death

672
01:03:44,930 --> 01:03:46,350
due to being right in the middle

673
01:03:46,350 --> 01:03:48,050
of the diesel commerce truck stop,

674
01:03:48,250 --> 01:03:51,070
Union Pacific Railroad, and the 710 Freeway.

675
01:03:51,550 --> 01:03:54,650
I would hate to add a data center to that list.

676
01:03:55,290 --> 01:03:56,970
I'm here to express my full support

677
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with the city moving forward

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01:03:58,290 --> 01:04:01,390
to ban any and all data center development citywide.

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My family has a long genetic history of cancer

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01:04:04,430 --> 01:04:06,370
and has experienced the harmful impacts

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of already living in a highly polluted area.

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01:04:09,450 --> 01:04:12,070
As we all know by now, environmental and medical studies

683
01:04:12,070 --> 01:04:14,090
have shown a long list of harmful impacts

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that are caused by data centers,

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such as water pollution, noise pollution, light pollution,

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01:04:20,270 --> 01:04:22,750
air pollution, hazardous chemicals bills,

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and increased local temperatures from heat pollution.

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01:04:25,950 --> 01:04:27,970
If the city of Monterey Park and Karehe

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were able to move forward with officially banning data centers

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01:04:31,030 --> 01:04:33,170
from being built within their cities,

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01:04:33,450 --> 01:04:35,370
then they should be recognized as a model city.

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01:04:35,370 --> 01:04:39,710
Commerce should be partnering with them to identify ways to solidify a

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01:04:39,710 --> 01:04:44,330
well-written policy to officially ban data centers to not only protect the

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health and safety of commerce residents, but also to protect neighboring

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01:04:47,850 --> 01:04:52,470
communities as well. Please protect Stella and Islai. We deserve a healthy

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01:04:52,470 --> 01:04:54,230
environment to live in. Thank you.

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01:04:57,450 --> 01:05:00,890
Thank you for your comments Ms. Soto Mayor. Now

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that concludes my speaker cards and at this time Mr. City Clerk are there in

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01:05:06,610 --> 01:05:13,650
Yes, thank you Mr. Mayor and I will call on those virtual hands that were raised in the order that they were raised online.

700
01:05:14,230 --> 01:05:21,370
We can have the person listed as Jo Jo go ahead and unmute and your time will begin when you speak.

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01:05:21,610 --> 01:05:25,310
I will start the three minute timer from where I'm sitting.

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01:05:25,310 --> 01:05:25,910
You

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01:05:28,280 --> 01:05:35,520
know, hi, good afternoon. I'm a member of the UNIDVAN. I work with each of you for the environment to just create a great view of Connor.

704
01:05:36,300 --> 01:05:42,880
And I just wanted to, you know, Earth City Council to please expand the data center that we're employing.

705
01:05:43,260 --> 01:05:45,540
This is a very important issue.

706
01:05:46,140 --> 01:05:51,640
And the community of commerce as someone who's worked closely with community members throughout the years.

707
01:05:52,060 --> 01:05:56,340
We witnessed the impact that commerce already faced in theater industrial pollution.

708
01:05:56,340 --> 01:05:59,080
and also due to the good movement, right?

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01:05:59,400 --> 01:06:02,740
The movement of Google truck, the president of the

710
01:06:02,740 --> 01:06:05,640
National Manufacturing Center in Chemical Manufacturing,

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01:06:06,060 --> 01:06:07,320
just to name what you write.

712
01:06:08,340 --> 01:06:10,420
You know, the possibility of data centers

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01:06:10,840 --> 01:06:15,460
being proposed in the city of Commerce is very concerning

714
01:06:15,460 --> 01:06:19,120
and I think it is the responsibility of the council

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01:06:19,120 --> 01:06:25,000
to really take action and really just prevent this from happening.

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01:06:25,740 --> 01:06:31,240
I'm currently in New York City climate meet and hearing some other local leaders that are

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01:06:32,660 --> 01:06:37,500
facing the challenges of data centers in their community and I could say that the situation

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01:06:37,500 --> 01:06:38,060
is dire.

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01:06:38,780 --> 01:06:45,460
I say the center to expand the across many states in the country and I really want to urge

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01:06:45,460 --> 01:06:50,240
the city of health to be safe, this important step to protect the residents of commerce and

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01:06:50,240 --> 01:06:50,720
the health.

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01:06:51,620 --> 01:06:57,040
And really just expand this more as more of, because it's necessary, right, to continue

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01:06:57,040 --> 01:07:02,360
that transparency and to really just prevent and protect new residents of commerce.

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01:07:03,100 --> 01:07:09,480
And also set the precedent for a neighboring city that, you know, can also take out to this

725
01:07:09,480 --> 01:07:11,220
new district, right?

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01:07:11,440 --> 01:07:15,060
And do the right thing and protect neighbors and residents from the companies.

727
01:07:15,700 --> 01:07:21,440
We've been seeing different types of companies coming in under different shell companies.

728
01:07:22,340 --> 01:07:27,100
We've seen, you know, a lot of folks trying to have council members like NDAs,

729
01:07:27,480 --> 01:07:29,040
and just different concerning tactics.

730
01:07:29,260 --> 01:07:32,880
And we really just want to prevent some happening not only in comments,

731
01:07:33,160 --> 01:07:34,940
but it's got to tell us about that in the county.

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01:07:35,460 --> 01:07:39,240
And, you know, all the communities here, it's a really important situation.

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01:07:39,740 --> 01:07:41,780
And I want to urge the council to do the right thing.

734
01:07:46,800 --> 01:07:47,280
Thank

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01:07:51,410 --> 01:07:54,550
you for your comments there, Mr. City Clerk, do we have any other speakers?

736
01:07:55,090 --> 01:07:59,370
Yes, the final virtual hand that is raised comes from Ms. Jasmine.

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01:07:59,690 --> 01:08:03,830
If we can have you unmute and your time will begin when we begin to speak.

738
01:08:07,150 --> 01:08:11,490
My name is Jasmine, I'm a resident of Commerce and a member of Beastyard.

739
01:08:12,210 --> 01:08:15,830
My comment is in regards to item number 21.

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01:08:16,590 --> 01:08:21,150
Thank you for having passed the moratorium on new data center development.

741
01:08:21,510 --> 01:08:24,950
I appreciate all of the work the city staff has done on this.

742
01:08:25,510 --> 01:08:28,390
Today I'm calling it in support of extending the moratorium.

743
01:08:28,910 --> 01:08:31,910
I think it's important to have enough time to write good policy.

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01:08:32,590 --> 01:08:36,810
And this matters to me because of the harmful electrical impact of data centers

745
01:08:36,810 --> 01:08:40,750
because of the harmful water impacts of data centers.

746
01:08:41,150 --> 01:08:44,450
Because of the harmful air impacts of data centers.

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01:08:44,450 --> 01:08:51,710
and because of the harmful community and tax revenue impacts of data centers please extend the

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01:08:51,710 --> 01:08:59,190
moratorium. Thank you very much. Jasmine thank you for your comments there at this time that

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01:08:59,190 --> 01:09:04,910
concludes our speakers for public comment. So public comment is now closed. We will now go ahead and

750
01:09:04,910 --> 01:09:11,450
move on to the consent calendar. We do have items 4 through 12. Does the city council wish to pull any

751
01:09:11,450 --> 01:09:11,770
items.

752
01:09:14,950 --> 01:09:17,850
I will actually pull item number six and

753
01:09:21,630 --> 01:09:23,510
if the City Council does not wish to pull any

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01:09:23,510 --> 01:09:28,610
other items, I will entertain a motion for items four through five and seven through twelve.

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01:09:29,470 --> 01:09:36,030
So we have a motion to approve the consent calendar by Council Member Boyle, a second by

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01:09:36,030 --> 01:09:42,750
Councilman Adagumetto, all in favour? Aye. Any opposed? Any abstentions? Motion passes.

757
01:09:42,750 --> 01:09:43,770
Okay,

758
01:09:45,870 --> 01:09:51,110
so we have item number six, which is to award the construction contract to commercial

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01:09:51,110 --> 01:09:55,830
and industrial roofing company in Maine for the Bristol Park Facilities Group Rehabilitation

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01:09:55,830 --> 01:09:56,310
Project.

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01:09:58,370 --> 01:10:01,990
And Mr. Ramirez, thank you, our interim director of public works.

762
01:10:02,770 --> 01:10:07,590
The reason I hold this item is because it was on consent, but we were presented with two

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01:10:07,590 --> 01:10:10,090
options, right, for a decision for the recommendation.

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01:10:10,090 --> 01:10:13,290
and option A, which is a short-term solution, right?

765
01:10:13,910 --> 01:10:17,010
An option B, which is a long-term solution.

766
01:10:17,370 --> 01:10:19,470
And the one thing that I do want to remind

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01:10:19,470 --> 01:10:20,470
of the Council on the Community,

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01:10:20,890 --> 01:10:22,330
well, the Council knows this, right?

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01:10:22,490 --> 01:10:26,030
But we are currently in the process of, you know,

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01:10:26,490 --> 01:10:29,310
making plans to renovate the Bristol Park in the East End.

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01:10:29,510 --> 01:10:32,350
In fact, I believe we have a design that's nearly complete.

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01:10:33,170 --> 01:10:36,850
And so, the director of mayors, if you will.

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01:10:36,850 --> 01:10:42,890
Thank you very much honorable mayor and members of the council. Due to years of

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01:10:42,890 --> 01:10:47,050
deferred maintenance and some poor drainage design at the Bristol Park

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01:10:47,050 --> 01:10:55,450
building facilities, it has created some wood rot and has created also some

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01:10:55,450 --> 01:11:04,310
leaks of their based off of a flat roof. So you are right mayor based off of some

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01:11:04,310 --> 01:11:08,030
considerations that in the soon future we're looking at doing some renovations

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01:11:08,030 --> 01:11:15,690
they're at the building. We do have a need for a solution and so in order to

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01:11:15,690 --> 01:11:21,630
provide some due diligence we wanted to provide a council of two options. One is a

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01:11:21,630 --> 01:11:27,310
more shorter term fix but it would allow us to get to that time frame of our

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01:11:27,310 --> 01:11:33,670
potential renovation in the future. Option A is for rehabilitation which would

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01:11:33,670 --> 01:11:42,370
allow us to do some spot repairs of some of that wood rot and based off of this option we would only be

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01:11:42,370 --> 01:11:50,730
requesting about 20,000 plus dollars for allocation which we do have available from funding based

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01:11:50,730 --> 01:11:56,130
off of the fiscal report that is provided to you in the staff report that would be coming from additional

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01:11:56,130 --> 01:12:03,430
funds for measure a sales tax revenues. The second option would be a full replace

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01:12:03,430 --> 01:12:12,450
But then again, as you mentioned mayor, we would be proceeding with a full project renovation there in the soon future.

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This total replacement would require about a 600,000 plus allocation and we would move construction into the rainy season.

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01:12:27,410 --> 01:12:31,430
So before you are those two options and I'm here to answer any questions right now.

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01:12:31,430 --> 01:12:40,570
Actually Mayor option A is the only option available to city council option B is not feasible considering we will be doing the project

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01:12:41,290 --> 01:12:45,750
And the next this is a 30 year basically window and absolutely will be

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01:12:45,750 --> 01:12:49,110
Committee and those kinds of resources towards the library and

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01:12:51,860 --> 01:12:53,980
thank you mr. City manager for for echoing that

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01:12:54,980 --> 01:12:56,520
Director marries. Thank you

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01:13:04,180 --> 01:13:07,960
And we should move forward, and it makes sense for us to continue

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01:13:07,960 --> 01:13:11,520
the auction rate, which is not the problem for now.

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01:13:11,740 --> 01:13:14,640
And I believe there's a guarantee for more

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01:13:14,640 --> 01:13:16,540
less than three years, which should give us

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01:13:16,540 --> 01:13:20,490
to this sort of start-up for that.

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I believe the work that needs to be done.

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Agreed.

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01:13:27,580 --> 01:13:29,140
Any other questions from the City Council?

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01:13:29,560 --> 01:13:30,520
No, I just would agree.

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01:13:31,320 --> 01:13:33,360
Obviously, we're as we prepare, right?

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01:13:33,580 --> 01:13:36,560
As a city, we're preparing for our super new.

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01:13:36,560 --> 01:13:44,760
And we know how our facilities got through just regular rains, so I think that it's highly, highly important.

806
01:13:45,800 --> 01:13:46,380
Thank you.

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01:13:46,800 --> 01:13:47,100
Absolutely.

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01:13:47,620 --> 01:13:48,260
Great comments.

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01:13:48,560 --> 01:13:52,540
And so when I was reviewing the agenda and I saw two options on this, we've got to pull this in.

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01:13:52,720 --> 01:13:57,640
By the way, you know, we're, you want to renovate and we want to build the only city.

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Right?

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01:13:58,280 --> 01:14:03,460
So as the city manager mentioned, the opportunity is on the only real option here.

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01:14:03,460 --> 01:14:06,660
My only question now becomes, when do we plan on

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01:14:06,660 --> 01:14:09,040
the construction, what does that type of look like?

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01:14:09,480 --> 01:14:11,140
As you know, as many of you know, we're

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01:14:13,640 --> 01:14:14,100
doing it right?

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01:14:14,740 --> 01:14:18,040
And so, how are we planning for that, right?

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01:14:18,880 --> 01:14:21,860
So part of the urgency is that is we're fully

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01:14:21,860 --> 01:14:25,120
anticipating, you know, everything we start

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01:14:25,120 --> 01:14:27,560
in meetings with the county with regards to the impacts

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01:14:27,560 --> 01:14:29,900
of the Nino at the next city council meeting.

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01:14:29,900 --> 01:14:32,420
You know, get a briefing on some of the preparation

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01:14:32,420 --> 01:14:35,140
the city is doing in advance along with working

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01:14:35,140 --> 01:14:40,960
with our area, the disaster preparedness LA County Guards, but Andy can tell you specifically

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01:14:41,560 --> 01:14:48,180
the timeline for this repair because absolutely we're going to introduce before the rainy season

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01:14:48,180 --> 01:14:55,800
starts. Thank you, Mr. City Manager. Our goal would be to execute documents as soon as possible

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01:14:55,800 --> 01:14:59,960
within the next week or two, and commence within a week.

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01:15:03,320 --> 01:15:29,340
So, that's our goal. And I'm really proud of our team because they've talked to some of the areas where we have the most issues and we've mitigated some of that. So, we're looking at all areas of starting fast at the same time, making sure that we're protecting the roof as much as possible. Absolutely. Is there a schedule of performance or a timeline that the developer is given for the roof? Yeah. It should be less than 60 days.

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01:15:29,340 --> 01:15:34,960
Okay. We're hoping less. Okay. Sounds good. So essentially a 30-day pre-construction phase,

830
01:15:35,380 --> 01:15:41,120
a 60-day construction phase, we're looking to be live by the very beginning of next year.

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Or much earlier. We try to work fast and provide a great accountability. Okay. Sounds good.

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01:15:48,580 --> 01:15:53,040
So those answers are my questions. Thank you for that. Is the council having questions with not?

833
01:15:56,110 --> 01:15:59,510
Thank you. And I'm going to go off a topic a little bit and I'm just going to take a

834
01:16:04,490 --> 01:16:09,890
We heard about, you know, we know it's coming and there's a video from San

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01:16:09,890 --> 01:16:18,350
District related to preparations for the wet season and I need to make sure that

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01:16:18,350 --> 01:16:25,800
gets reviewed by the staff and that's a lot of that work and it's with the discussion that we're

837
01:16:30,160 --> 01:16:34,140
We need to make sure that we are training to not sitting on the chair.

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01:16:34,700 --> 01:16:39,360
A lot of them just invited me to see that.

839
01:16:39,480 --> 01:16:40,660
We can see that there's a lot of free in there.

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01:16:41,220 --> 01:16:46,040
We get them out in preparation for the super or the following super.

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01:16:47,380 --> 01:16:50,520
We need to get ready in preparation for that.

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01:16:50,520 --> 01:16:57,480
But not only do we need to plan on, but we need to have a plan to continue both through and

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01:16:57,480 --> 01:17:01,600
tear them up during the pandemic.

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01:17:02,980 --> 01:17:08,540
But usually, I'm only sure we have something going through because it's free, it's just

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full of right to those branches and this stuff in the market and that's one of the issues

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01:17:15,950 --> 01:17:16,890
we have.

847
01:17:18,230 --> 01:17:24,910
Yeah, exactly what you said will be we have to change our regular maintenance to address those issues and so we'll have a

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01:17:25,550 --> 01:17:31,730
Kind of high point plan to include things like advancing the treatment services. So guaranteed anytime

849
01:17:31,730 --> 01:17:38,510
Yeah, if you're right any trees that haven't been trimmed will fall right and that creates liability and safety issues for the city and the community

850
01:17:38,510 --> 01:17:44,550
And so we'll have a list of those things and exactly what you said right now will be included and then the city council can direct staff further

851
01:17:45,290 --> 01:17:50,930
certainly the city staff perspective is going to be what the city is doing the part of what our

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01:17:50,930 --> 01:17:55,450
communication efforts are going to be during this time is what can folks do at home and prepare because

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01:17:55,450 --> 01:17:59,990
they need to be clear with what resources the city will be providing and what we won't be providing

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01:17:59,990 --> 01:18:06,150
so that people can prepare accordingly and not go to Costco by 20 packs of toilet paper all in one

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01:18:06,150 --> 01:18:09,590
weekend because some of that stuff is expected to rain warrant.

856
01:18:13,190 --> 01:18:15,690
Of course okay if no other comments or

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01:18:15,690 --> 01:18:17,410
questions, I'll enter to the motion.

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01:18:17,810 --> 01:18:20,730
I would move to the item and that was an option.

859
01:18:21,310 --> 01:18:22,210
It's frank, isn't it?

860
01:18:22,550 --> 01:18:24,490
OK, so we have a motion by Councilman Arguimedo

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01:18:24,490 --> 01:18:26,470
and a second by Mayor Polta and Garcia.

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01:18:26,470 --> 01:18:27,330
I'll be favored.

863
01:18:27,990 --> 01:18:28,250
Hi.

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01:18:29,190 --> 01:18:31,690
I'm opposed to any abstentions, motion passes.

865
01:18:32,730 --> 01:18:35,730
Thank you, Director Ramirez and thank you, Councilman,

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01:18:35,730 --> 01:18:37,510
for the comments about the slunders.

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01:18:42,310 --> 01:18:43,750
Couples as the commerce tree.

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01:18:48,350 --> 01:18:50,250
So now we'll go ahead and move on to scheduled matters.

869
01:18:53,610 --> 01:18:56,250
And you have a presentation and an update

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01:18:56,250 --> 01:19:03,250
from the sheriff's party, so I believe that will be presented by our new sergeant, Sergeant

871
01:19:03,250 --> 01:19:03,430
Anne.

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01:19:17,880 --> 01:19:22,220
Mayor, Mayor, Lieutenant and Council members, thank you for all the opportunity to present

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01:19:22,220 --> 01:19:22,460
tonight.

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01:19:23,320 --> 01:19:25,600
I'm here to walk you through our August Safety Public Report.

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01:19:26,440 --> 01:19:27,760
Tonight you'll be hearing four things.

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You're going to hear about our crime statistics, our geographic hotspots, how we compare to

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01:19:32,740 --> 01:19:35,280
surrounding cities and our racial compliance numbers.

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01:19:36,260 --> 01:19:37,700
Let's begin with the crime statistics.

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01:19:37,700 --> 01:19:43,920
statistics. So the further the month of August, for crimes against person, you had a total

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01:19:43,920 --> 01:19:49,380
of eight incidents in August. All eight were assault-related, there were no homicides

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01:19:49,380 --> 01:19:53,820
and no rates reported. When we compared to last year, aggravated

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01:19:53,820 --> 01:20:00,940
assaults are down 5.66 percent. Year-to-date, we're at 50 incidents compared to 56 of last

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01:20:00,940 --> 01:20:07,020
year. Now turning to property crimes, which include robbery, burglary, theft of drug

884
01:20:07,020 --> 01:20:14,240
vehicles and auto theft. Total instance is 86 incidents. This breaks down to

885
01:20:14,240 --> 01:20:20,420
four robberies, seven blurbories, 61 other deaths, and 14 grant theft

886
01:20:20,420 --> 01:20:27,100
bottles. Compared to last year of total 101, this reprints a 17.80% reduction.

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01:20:28,140 --> 01:20:33,660
When we aggregate everything, total instance this year stands at 781 compared

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01:20:33,660 --> 01:20:39,940
to 936 of last year. That's a 16.56 percent overall reduction in criminality.

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01:20:42,110 --> 01:20:42,990
Our next topic

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01:20:42,990 --> 01:20:49,830
we're going to talk about geographic hotspots. So the next slide it's going to be for our

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01:20:49,830 --> 01:20:55,950
city of commerce. The question remains is where does risk concentrate? Let me walk you through the

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01:20:55,950 --> 01:21:02,050
maps. The first one is the primary hotspot which includes both halves was the SIDO outlets.

893
01:21:04,690 --> 01:21:05,210
This

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01:21:05,210 --> 01:21:09,110
end of the month. Good next slide. Secondary

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01:21:09,110 --> 01:21:13,950
constitutions appear along South Veil Avenue and Garfield Avenue as well as

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01:21:13,950 --> 01:21:19,390
Sloss and Avenue. Our data shows peak incident frequency occurs on Wednesday

897
01:21:19,390 --> 01:21:26,290
between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. This is not just a pattern. It's an actionable deployment

898
01:21:26,290 --> 01:21:31,410
window. Our commerce team is already adjusting patrols accordingly, but I want

899
01:21:31,410 --> 01:21:36,030
the council to understand where and when risk concentrates so resources can be deployed more effectively.

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01:21:37,250 --> 01:21:41,230
In the last session, I believe that the council members also requested comparisons of

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01:21:41,230 --> 01:21:46,250
crime statistics with nearby cities. I did some research and compared our neighboring cities,

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01:21:46,590 --> 01:21:51,790
which include East Los Angeles, Maywood, and Coday. In the grass below, you'll see two

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01:21:51,790 --> 01:21:59,030
graphs per city showing the different house in August. So next slide is the regional comparison.

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01:21:59,030 --> 01:22:04,430
The first one will be East Los Angeles, which accounts for 7.4 square miles.

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01:22:05,250 --> 01:22:09,310
Due to the volume constraints and number of incidents reports, this data only reflects

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01:22:09,310 --> 01:22:10,090
the grant of auto.

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01:22:11,180 --> 01:22:15,110
In the month of August, East LA had 76 incidents of grant of auto.

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01:22:15,730 --> 01:22:22,470
The vehicles most targeted were Chevrolet, Surrad, Tahuos, Honda Civics and Accords, GMC

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01:22:22,470 --> 01:22:23,890
Yukons and Dodge Rams.

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01:22:25,530 --> 01:22:27,430
for the next slide. If you go to Maywood,

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01:22:32,280 --> 01:22:34,720
sorry, thank you. For the Maywood, which accounts

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01:22:34,720 --> 01:22:42,160
for 1.2 square miles, accounts for 30 incidents, and then the next slide, which would be Maywood's

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01:22:42,160 --> 01:22:47,160
secondary half of hotspots. If you go to the next slide, we're going to go to the City of Coday, which

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01:22:47,160 --> 01:22:51,260
accounts for 1.25 square miles, they count for 29 incidents.

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01:22:53,340 --> 01:22:55,100
If you go to the next slide, thank you.

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01:22:55,740 --> 01:22:59,600
That's also going to show the crime hotspots for the City of Coday on the second half, which

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01:22:59,600 --> 01:23:02,200
Council for 8, 16 to 8, 31.

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01:23:04,620 --> 01:23:07,720
Com and commerce, which is 6.5 square miles

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01:23:07,720 --> 01:23:09,440
with total of 94 incidents.

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01:23:10,880 --> 01:23:12,960
Commerce is the second largest jurisdiction

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01:23:12,960 --> 01:23:13,820
in this comparison.

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01:23:14,420 --> 01:23:18,540
While our goal is zero crime, our exposure relative to land

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01:23:18,540 --> 01:23:20,600
area and care cities is proportional payable.

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01:23:22,950 --> 01:23:25,530
And the next slide we go to, sorry, next one.

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01:23:26,450 --> 01:23:29,110
I want also introduce the council members,

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01:23:29,430 --> 01:23:30,330
the operational compliance.

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01:23:30,330 --> 01:23:33,670
I believe transparency is a big key to a trust.

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01:23:34,910 --> 01:23:40,130
So we're also going to include in the safety reports of operational compliance numbers.

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01:23:40,950 --> 01:23:46,090
So what this is is that each month, LFC has sworn schedule minutes for each city.

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01:23:46,750 --> 01:23:50,670
For the city of commerce, it is 256,359 minutes.

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01:23:52,050 --> 01:23:57,470
Our LFC contract requires service compliance minutes to be sworn to be between 98 and

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01:23:57,470 --> 01:23:58,930
102 percent of schedule minutes.

933
01:23:59,830 --> 01:24:09,250
And on the right side of the slide was year-to-date, which is our fiscal year, it resettled June so the figures, current figures reflect two months of data.

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01:24:09,870 --> 01:24:14,670
So if you look at the data in the highlighted numbers, we're slightly below 98%.

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01:24:15,170 --> 01:24:19,970
The reasons are documented, staffing shortages and unsee for operational demands.

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01:24:20,770 --> 01:24:25,270
Rest assured, historically, we recovered the compliance rate throughout the balance of the fiscal year.

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01:24:26,170 --> 01:24:30,570
So, I'm telling you this now, none of them, none of them, but I believe that, again, trust

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01:24:30,570 --> 01:24:34,390
is built with transparency, so we will be monitoring these levels, I won't leave.

939
01:24:37,090 --> 01:24:41,090
Right below this schedule, Mids, I have also included our response times.

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01:24:42,170 --> 01:24:46,350
There are three tiers for the LLI County Sheriff's Department and three targets for LLI County

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01:24:46,350 --> 01:24:46,850
Sheriff's Department.

942
01:24:47,370 --> 01:24:52,470
The first one are emergent calls, which include life-draining situations, crime, and

943
01:24:52,470 --> 01:25:00,030
in progress. LSD has a target window of 10 minutes. For the city of commerce, our actual

944
01:25:00,030 --> 01:25:01,810
minute response times is 6.3 minutes.

945
01:25:04,090 --> 01:25:06,250
Second tier is the priority calls, which includes

946
01:25:06,250 --> 01:25:13,210
non-emergent calls with suspect proximity. We have a target window of 20 minutes. For commerce,

947
01:25:13,450 --> 01:25:20,170
it's 9.3 minutes. And lastly, our tier 3 routine calls, which are past property crimes,

948
01:25:20,170 --> 01:25:27,490
request and general inquiries. We have a six-minute window. Our actual is 55.8 minutes.

949
01:25:28,790 --> 01:25:34,450
I just want to emphasize to the council all three tiers are within policy targets with strong

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01:25:34,450 --> 01:25:39,870
margins on the two top most critical categories which are urgent calls and party calls.

951
01:25:42,040 --> 01:25:46,340
Lastly on the bottom slide I also want to go over the total rest which number 72 for this month

952
01:25:46,340 --> 01:25:52,600
compared to last year of 59, we had an increase of 22.03% in the rest, which is significant.

953
01:25:54,970 --> 01:25:56,550
And lastly, the next slide.

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01:25:57,210 --> 01:26:02,570
Also, I believe the council also requested incident-level details by area.

955
01:26:02,870 --> 01:26:03,730
I think that's really important.

956
01:26:04,030 --> 01:26:05,950
Again, I do like transparency.

957
01:26:06,250 --> 01:26:08,270
That's one of my things that I really like and enjoy.

958
01:26:08,690 --> 01:26:15,510
And I believe this request can be fulfilled by utilizing LAST crime public mapping tool.

959
01:26:15,510 --> 01:26:22,150
So if you go to the website at lac.work and on top right you type in crime

960
01:26:22,150 --> 01:26:27,850
mapping tools and on the right and you scroll down and select crime and arrest

961
01:26:27,850 --> 01:26:32,330
information. Then you're going to come up to this portion where you see on the

962
01:26:32,330 --> 01:26:38,450
slide. It's going to indicate crime mapping. When you select this slide, which

963
01:26:38,450 --> 01:26:43,950
looks next slide please, it's going to come up well with this location or user's

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01:26:43,950 --> 01:26:50,550
location. You can either input the address that you're nearby or you can input the zip code or the

965
01:26:50,550 --> 01:26:57,190
city. If you put some one more slide, thank you. So that's what it will look like. And on the top right

966
01:26:57,190 --> 01:27:01,890
hand corner, you can also put in the period of range that you want to see. And this, the public

967
01:27:01,890 --> 01:27:07,210
can look at the different types of crimes occurring there are you. When is occurring and the types of

968
01:27:07,210 --> 01:27:12,970
crime. Again, this is updated, I believe, on the 23rd of each month. So if you're curious,

969
01:27:12,970 --> 01:27:21,050
So the public is interested in terms of the incident details are on their particular I think and utilize this tool on our website

970
01:27:21,750 --> 01:27:25,350
Again, I just want to thank you everyone for this opportunity. Thank you. Are there any questions?

971
01:27:28,740 --> 01:27:33,520
Sergeant, thank you for the breakdown and the reports and the presentation. Does the city council have any questions?

972
01:27:35,540 --> 01:27:40,680
Thank you. Thank you. No questions here. Great work sergeant really appreciate the updates. Thank you. Take care.

973
01:27:48,230 --> 01:27:52,070
Okay, so now we'll go ahead and move on to item number 13

974
01:27:52,070 --> 01:27:54,250
which is the Rosalind Park Expansion.

975
01:27:54,750 --> 01:27:55,550
Good

976
01:27:59,830 --> 01:28:01,950
evening, Honorable Mayor, members of the Council.

977
01:28:02,890 --> 01:28:06,550
Before you will be consultant presentations

978
01:28:07,610 --> 01:28:11,090
and a staff request for the Council to provide direction

979
01:28:11,090 --> 01:28:15,270
to staff regarding the selection of the consultant

980
01:28:15,270 --> 01:28:18,410
for Rosalind Park Expansion Improvement Project,

981
01:28:19,010 --> 01:28:22,390
specifically for the plan's specs and engineering estimates.

982
01:28:22,390 --> 01:28:29,950
The project is intended to improve a look at Rosewood Park, specifically for Pickleball

983
01:28:29,950 --> 01:28:38,090
Courts, a pump track, walking trails, connecting Eastern Gilson Street, Rosewood Park.

984
01:28:38,870 --> 01:28:45,730
And so we've kind of outlined it for your consideration this evening to have the three top firms present

985
01:28:45,730 --> 01:28:46,430
to you tonight.

986
01:28:46,430 --> 01:28:51,090
each of them have been allotted approximately five minutes to do their

987
01:28:51,090 --> 01:28:56,810
presentation, followed by approximately ten minutes of Q&A, should the

988
01:28:56,810 --> 01:29:03,430
council desire to do that after each presentation. So if that satisfies the

989
01:29:03,430 --> 01:29:10,610
council we would like to bring up first off IDS group and we'll start off our

990
01:29:10,610 --> 01:29:12,510
presentation time for that soon.

991
01:29:14,990 --> 01:29:18,410
Okay thank you are we good to proceed? Sounds good

992
01:29:18,410 --> 01:29:21,170
Thank you very much ideas group. Just

993
01:29:24,020 --> 01:29:40,720
last uh, uh, I think there are findings. Yeah, I think that yeah, it's a way just because yes. Yes, yes, that's my recommendation. We would pause until we get home back to America. Perfect.

994
01:29:46,710 --> 01:29:58,990
Good evening mayor plans and members of the council. Um, my name is child sober and I'm a principal architect with IBS group. It's nice to be back in in commerce in a few years.

995
01:30:01,010 --> 01:30:29,670
I would just briefly want to present about our work here. And I think we'll go to our next slide. On IDS, we're a full service architecture and engineering firm. Our model is to provide all of our disciplines of the primary disciplines of architecture, landscape, architecture, civil engineering, mechanical, electrical, structural engineering and cost estimation.

996
01:30:29,670 --> 01:30:34,070
and with using IDS employees that are located here

997
01:30:34,070 --> 01:30:39,610
in Southern California, where our focus is on the public sector.

998
01:30:40,250 --> 01:30:44,090
Of 85% of our work is two public agencies

999
01:30:44,090 --> 01:30:45,670
such as the city of Congress.

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01:30:46,990 --> 01:30:48,950
And we bring extensive experience

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01:30:48,950 --> 01:30:53,850
in the realm of parts facilities and public facilities.

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01:30:54,810 --> 01:31:03,770
And so, to the next slide, this slide presents the team that we have here, and then thank

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01:31:03,770 --> 01:31:03,990
you.

1004
01:31:05,530 --> 01:31:10,830
And we're going to have a couple of my colleagues here with me, and we'll introduce ourselves

1005
01:31:10,830 --> 01:31:15,610
and then share the brief presentation that we've brought.

1006
01:31:15,610 --> 01:31:25,950
So, I'm going to, and I think that just to the point of the my comment about IDS, everyone

1007
01:31:25,950 --> 01:31:33,670
in the upper portions of this are IDS employees, the balance of the consultants that we have

1008
01:31:33,670 --> 01:31:36,030
in our team are folks we've worked with for a long time.

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01:31:36,910 --> 01:31:40,370
So, next slide, and this is our project team.

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01:31:40,370 --> 01:31:44,290
As I mentioned, I'm the principal architect here at IBS.

1011
01:31:44,910 --> 01:31:47,310
I'll let my colleagues introduce themselves here.

1012
01:31:50,050 --> 01:31:53,950
Hi, I'm Jill VanCickel, the Associate Principal of the Institute of Architecture at IBS.

1013
01:31:56,120 --> 01:31:59,660
Hello, Adrian Anderson, the Associate Principal for Civil Engineering.

1014
01:32:05,470 --> 01:32:06,610
Can I have an exciting piece?

1015
01:32:07,250 --> 01:32:07,530
Thank you.

1016
01:32:08,010 --> 01:32:11,150
Just want to point out a really good project experience.

1017
01:32:11,990 --> 01:32:15,090
As you can see, we've accomplished several parks.

1018
01:32:16,910 --> 01:32:22,490
we work together side by side hand-in-hand on almost every single one of our projects,

1019
01:32:23,030 --> 01:32:30,010
landscape architecture and civil engineering are, you know, what makes site designs work so

1020
01:32:30,010 --> 01:32:37,590
well. Particularly our experience pertains to this redwood park expansion in that we have

1021
01:32:37,590 --> 01:32:44,070
a skate park and pump track experience working with us on ranch and sport courts experience.

1022
01:32:44,070 --> 01:32:49,050
I mean, we pick a war court currently we are working on I think for pick a war court

1023
01:32:49,050 --> 01:32:54,030
projects at IDS along with our civil team and then also

1024
01:32:55,610 --> 01:33:00,750
revitalizing industrial sites so one of the projects I'm going to show you a little bit is

1025
01:33:00,750 --> 01:33:06,470
almost exactly what the Rosewood Park expansion is going to be a revitalization and a former rail

1026
01:33:06,470 --> 01:33:08,470
road spur just

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01:33:13,430 --> 01:33:18,010
to kind of review our project understanding that the park will be expanded from the

1028
01:33:18,010 --> 01:33:21,670
current Rosewood Park site by about 1.3 acres,

1029
01:33:21,990 --> 01:33:23,450
expanding it to about seven.

1030
01:33:24,390 --> 01:33:26,710
And the park has got this very unique shape

1031
01:33:26,710 --> 01:33:29,210
where it kind of sidles along existing buildings,

1032
01:33:29,630 --> 01:33:30,790
along the side of parking lot,

1033
01:33:31,110 --> 01:33:33,070
and then the spur itself, which connects

1034
01:33:33,070 --> 01:33:35,750
South Eastern Avenue to Charleston Street,

1035
01:33:36,290 --> 01:33:39,310
right alongside the Rosewood Village townhomes,

1036
01:33:41,210 --> 01:33:46,250
transforming a vacant lot, a new space into something usable.

1037
01:33:48,010 --> 01:33:53,790
the 6,000 square foot pen track, a pickleell courts pathways, drought tolerant landscaping

1038
01:33:53,790 --> 01:33:58,570
with water efficient irrigation, and a civic gathering space.

1039
01:33:59,750 --> 01:34:05,630
We hope that will both bolster the sense of community that Brisbane Park already brings

1040
01:34:05,630 --> 01:34:06,710
to safe commerce.

1041
01:34:08,790 --> 01:34:14,790
Part of the challenge, I would say, and also the opportunity would be to make sure that

1042
01:34:14,790 --> 01:34:22,230
the neighboring residences are benefited by this improvement. We are going to keep in

1043
01:34:22,230 --> 01:34:28,370
mind the sensitivity to sound, especially pick up wallboards and even the lighting. That's

1044
01:34:28,370 --> 01:34:39,170
where we shine and pun intended, with being sensitive to surrounding neighboring residences.

1045
01:34:39,170 --> 01:34:45,350
So, let's see, next slide please, thank you.

1046
01:34:45,770 --> 01:34:47,350
I'm going to let Adrienne take it from here.

1047
01:34:48,070 --> 01:34:49,090
Yeah, I've got one second.

1048
01:34:51,170 --> 01:34:53,130
You did say approximately five minutes.

1049
01:34:53,330 --> 01:34:55,650
You don't want to say that to a consultant community, by the way.

1050
01:34:56,410 --> 01:35:00,310
We'll try and make it brief to keep you on schedule tonight.

1051
01:35:00,830 --> 01:35:03,530
The City of Luxembourg, the early park project,

1052
01:35:03,670 --> 01:35:04,990
if we can go to the next slide please.

1053
01:35:08,690 --> 01:35:12,970
So, this project included quite a bit of storm water improvements.

1054
01:35:13,310 --> 01:35:15,930
I hear a lot of issues with drainage in the city.

1055
01:35:16,230 --> 01:35:19,530
This is something we hold near and near as civil engineers here,

1056
01:35:20,370 --> 01:35:23,970
amongst our landscape architects and architecture and other disciplines.

1057
01:35:24,590 --> 01:35:28,110
We do community outreach for this project as you can see on the left.

1058
01:35:28,870 --> 01:35:31,790
Up on the right you see the good stuff as I like to call it.

1059
01:35:32,230 --> 01:35:35,830
You get the pump track as well as a muralist.

1060
01:35:35,830 --> 01:35:39,910
We had Brian Peterson, a nationally renowned

1061
01:35:40,870 --> 01:35:43,790
Neuralist who worked on this project to save

1062
01:35:43,790 --> 01:35:47,590
The city some funding by not having to demo

1063
01:35:47,590 --> 01:35:51,870
These particular buildings that were no longer

1064
01:35:51,870 --> 01:35:55,730
Required but they do serve a purpose and telling the story about the

1065
01:35:55,730 --> 01:35:57,010
Locals next slide.

1066
01:35:59,230 --> 01:36:01,550
So it's a little difficult for the audience to see this

1067
01:36:01,550 --> 01:36:03,530
But I'm sure in front of you can see on the left

1068
01:36:03,530 --> 01:36:08,470
is the lighting map that shows, sort of, we're not

1069
01:36:08,470 --> 01:36:13,530
spilling over into adjacent areas for users that are not

1070
01:36:13,530 --> 01:36:14,610
pickleball players.

1071
01:36:15,590 --> 01:36:18,610
So we do take that into account, much like we will,

1072
01:36:18,790 --> 01:36:21,810
for the Rosewood Village nearby, the pickleball courts,

1073
01:36:22,390 --> 01:36:23,570
and the next slide clues.

1074
01:36:25,190 --> 01:36:29,030
So our award-winning Ken and City dog park project, right?

1075
01:36:29,250 --> 01:36:33,070
So this is a band and rail line, much like what you have

1076
01:36:33,070 --> 01:36:38,330
here for this Rosewood Park project expansion. We took an abandoned real

1077
01:36:38,330 --> 01:36:45,050
line and made this into a really usable city space for the community in large

1078
01:36:45,050 --> 01:36:50,990
large and small dog park uses that utilities to consider and drainage to

1079
01:36:50,990 --> 01:36:57,010
consider. We also provided sort of seamless access for maintenance of those

1080
01:36:57,010 --> 01:37:02,470
utilities that was important and again this is right up against industrial and

1081
01:37:02,470 --> 01:37:09,930
residential communities, so we have both those stakeholders to consider in the design for this particular project.

1082
01:37:14,880 --> 01:37:21,940
I'm excited to make a quick community building is definitely what we envision.

1083
01:37:23,260 --> 01:37:31,740
What we envision for this Rosewood Park expansion, and we have experience with this in the San Martin 183 community garden.

1084
01:37:31,740 --> 01:37:39,680
It was, you know, vacant lot, it was brought to life with in-ground beds and a lot of community volunteers came to

1085
01:37:39,680 --> 01:37:48,020
help beautify the space. We had a lot of public engagement. It was a source of pride when it would open and it was part of the city's 50th anniversary of

1086
01:37:48,020 --> 01:37:51,820
community gardens in the city. A huge block party to celebrate that.

1087
01:37:54,260 --> 01:37:57,660
Just a little bit about come track design. We have

1088
01:37:57,660 --> 01:38:01,220
of our experience with Durley Park in the City of Oxnard

1089
01:38:01,220 --> 01:38:03,360
and then landcasters Samaritan's first park.

1090
01:38:03,940 --> 01:38:08,200
For Durley, we had a quite large contract installed.

1091
01:38:08,380 --> 01:38:09,700
We worked with Swan Ranch on that.

1092
01:38:10,260 --> 01:38:14,080
And then a state spot for landcasters Samaritan's first park.

1093
01:38:17,890 --> 01:38:20,750
And then we wanna talk about our work plan in schedule.

1094
01:38:21,970 --> 01:38:24,790
We're looking at approximately 21 months overall.

1095
01:38:25,710 --> 01:38:28,050
However, we would be more than willing to work with the city

1096
01:38:28,050 --> 01:38:30,950
if the schedule needed to be compressed in any way,

1097
01:38:31,410 --> 01:38:33,590
you know, pre-designed site investigation

1098
01:38:33,590 --> 01:38:38,930
approximately two months, PS&E.6, bidding support,

1099
01:38:39,270 --> 01:38:41,430
one month, and then construction support

1100
01:38:41,430 --> 01:38:44,490
about 12 months, considering the length of the construction.

1101
01:38:45,490 --> 01:38:48,570
And then, you know, communication constantly, you know,

1102
01:38:48,910 --> 01:38:51,250
by monthly, by weekly, whatever the city of games

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01:38:51,990 --> 01:38:55,050
necessary to keep communication and progress moving.

1104
01:38:55,050 --> 01:38:57,710
And now we'd like to take a look.

1105
01:38:58,170 --> 01:39:04,010
Just kind of briefly, the last slide by IDS integration

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01:39:04,010 --> 01:39:06,950
across our teams, park experience.

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01:39:07,850 --> 01:39:11,010
We set this festival projects in this region.

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01:39:11,770 --> 01:39:14,530
Trust the design partners that work with us

1109
01:39:15,180 --> 01:39:19,810
and delivering valuable design improvements

1110
01:39:19,810 --> 01:39:20,710
to your city.

1111
01:39:23,090 --> 01:39:29,170
Collaboration that we always make for most so excellent. I want to thank you all for

1112
01:39:29,170 --> 01:39:33,890
presenting and coming out here today. Does the city council have any questions or council

1113
01:39:35,810 --> 01:39:43,850
women or will you? Just really good questions. When you mentioned like your previous experience,

1114
01:39:44,690 --> 01:39:51,050
is there one that we can look at where we have all the amenities that we want in one because I know

1115
01:39:51,050 --> 01:39:54,890
Well, like one of them is a dog park and then you have another one to add somewhere else.

1116
01:39:55,310 --> 01:40:01,850
Do you have any facility where you have the same amenities that we're looking for in one

1117
01:40:01,850 --> 01:40:03,590
parcel or one area?

1118
01:40:04,390 --> 01:40:05,430
One home project, actually.

1119
01:40:05,570 --> 01:40:06,530
There's some sort of thing.

1120
01:40:06,530 --> 01:40:08,210
Because you're like, dearly part of that.

1121
01:40:08,390 --> 01:40:09,550
You have the most part, probably.

1122
01:40:09,970 --> 01:40:10,630
Can you put that up?

1123
01:40:10,850 --> 01:40:11,890
Yeah, sure.

1124
01:40:21,290 --> 01:40:24,030
Yeah, so yeah, I can address that.

1125
01:40:24,090 --> 01:40:24,270
Okay.

1126
01:40:24,670 --> 01:40:25,290
Council member.

1127
01:40:26,270 --> 01:40:28,890
So yeah, so this part, project included.

1128
01:40:29,510 --> 01:40:36,130
drainage, which will be a very important storm or quality improvement. We've got a mural

1129
01:40:36,130 --> 01:40:40,610
which we would really love to propose and see upon those walls within this corridor,

1130
01:40:40,610 --> 01:40:46,790
this sort of like an urban canyon and having a muralist, you know, come on board would be,

1131
01:40:46,790 --> 01:40:52,390
I think, really value added for this particular project, very similar to what we did here at the

1132
01:40:52,930 --> 01:40:57,430
The pump track design, of course, this one included support courts as well.

1133
01:40:58,660 --> 01:41:00,910
There were existing ball fields already out there.

1134
01:41:01,050 --> 01:41:07,270
We did improvements for those, just mainly drainage and spectator, spectator, experience

1135
01:41:07,720 --> 01:41:13,410
improvements, restroom improvements, ADA, path of travel, right, that's important as well.

1136
01:41:13,670 --> 01:41:16,070
You'll have that as well in consideration.

1137
01:41:17,170 --> 01:41:20,790
Oh, yes, of course, a lighting, thank you, Jill.

1138
01:41:21,390 --> 01:41:27,190
So yeah, basically we've we've had every element you've got and then some with this particular project

1139
01:41:27,190 --> 01:41:30,470
I think this was a much larger area. It's more concentrated

1140
01:41:30,470 --> 01:41:32,950
I think not that it's going to be any easier

1141
01:41:32,950 --> 01:41:38,430
But that's why that's why my question was because it's very like you meet

1142
01:41:41,890 --> 01:41:48,250
Area is very unique it is and I mean we try to envision, you know what your ideas were

1143
01:41:48,250 --> 01:41:53,710
right and we do take lessons learned from all the project experience we have so

1144
01:41:53,710 --> 01:41:57,410
the Isis Dog Park which is an award-winning project which we hope we can get

1145
01:41:57,410 --> 01:42:04,030
for you as well here get some recognition for City of Commerce that also was

1146
01:42:04,030 --> 01:42:08,430
one of those where we took some of the elements you can see I think if we go is

1147
01:42:08,430 --> 01:42:16,070
it one slide forward sorry one more slide forward there we go so you can see the

1148
01:42:16,070 --> 01:42:21,970
abandoned rail line photo on the left and the switch gear for the track and we

1149
01:42:21,970 --> 01:42:26,310
implemented that in the background on the right side of the finished park so we

1150
01:42:26,310 --> 01:42:30,110
kind of keeping some of that heritage and history in place as well so we're

1151
01:42:30,110 --> 01:42:35,670
kind of also you know repurposing and reusing and paying homage to you know what

1152
01:42:35,670 --> 01:42:41,270
was there before and what about can you elaborate a little bit more you talked about

1153
01:42:41,270 --> 01:42:46,250
sustainability elaborate a little bit more on that. What do you mean by

1154
01:42:46,250 --> 01:43:01,450
sustainability? I mean really reusing what we can from the site we do want

1155
01:43:01,450 --> 01:43:05,350
to provide mitigation of course because of the nature of the site you know

1156
01:43:05,350 --> 01:43:09,310
we brought an environmental team to assist with that and you kind of

1157
01:43:09,310 --> 01:43:13,770
testing needed. But sustainability, well, for me, for a landscape architect,

1158
01:43:14,410 --> 01:43:19,990
a primary early means use of drought tolerant native plants, collaborating with our civil

1159
01:43:19,990 --> 01:43:25,950
engineering team to possibly even use a stormwater management techniques for passive irrigation

1160
01:43:25,950 --> 01:43:32,130
to reduce water use, water-efficient irrigation in general, complying with the state, you

1161
01:43:32,130 --> 01:43:36,550
know, criteria and standards. They're already pretty strange, but if we can go further, we

1162
01:43:36,550 --> 01:43:44,730
well. So, and then choosing materials that have longevity and will withstand the climate

1163
01:43:44,730 --> 01:43:51,030
changes that we're facing and then resiliency as well. We both, all of you spoke about the

1164
01:43:51,770 --> 01:43:56,830
subteninial that we're, you know, anticipating. So, the thinking of that and planning for

1165
01:43:56,830 --> 01:44:01,830
that in mind, this park won't be built for a little while. So, you know, we have to think

1166
01:44:01,830 --> 01:44:04,890
those changes. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. President.

1167
01:44:05,370 --> 01:44:15,550
I could just add too that we are used to working in partners with our clients to discover opportunities.

1168
01:44:16,370 --> 01:44:21,690
There's some, perhaps, some hidden opportunities here and some issues to be addressed.

1169
01:44:22,490 --> 01:44:25,890
It's kind of an isolated, it can be a kind of an isolated space.

1170
01:44:25,910 --> 01:44:30,290
We want people to feel safe using it so that it gets heavy use.

1171
01:44:30,290 --> 01:44:36,230
so we want to be sensitive to natural surveillance and observation and people feeling like they can

1172
01:44:36,720 --> 01:44:39,470
use it without being feeling unsafe. We also

1173
01:44:40,410 --> 01:44:45,870
are looking at all those walls and going, is there a mural opportunity here? Is there a chance to

1174
01:44:45,870 --> 01:44:53,490
tell the story of commerce in a panorama, right? Because I was looking at it as we were coming in. I go,

1175
01:44:53,490 --> 01:44:59,910
So it's it's it's it's it's got a big curve wall out there so is

1176
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:21,980
Is that possible? I don't know. It's the kind of thing we have to explore with you. But I just want to underscore that that's the way we approach it. We're looking for those opportunities. Great. Thank you for your questions, Councilwoman. And thank you for your answers. Does the city council have any other questions? Councilman Aguimeta? Just to follow up. And you can read it right on that page.

1177
01:45:26,320 --> 01:45:28,040
I love the transformation.

1178
01:45:30,040 --> 01:45:33,840
and you mentioned it's a band game, really fine?

1179
01:45:34,140 --> 01:45:34,260
Yes.

1180
01:45:34,580 --> 01:45:35,600
What kind was that?

1181
01:45:35,940 --> 01:45:38,340
We saved it for Council

1182
01:45:43,840 --> 01:45:44,360
Member Aiden.

1183
01:45:45,260 --> 01:45:48,780
I think it was the actions from the catchers

1184
01:45:48,780 --> 01:45:50,220
and the pickers, Santa Fe.

1185
01:45:51,980 --> 01:45:53,300
I'll say it was this side.

1186
01:45:53,760 --> 01:45:53,940
Yeah.

1187
01:45:55,880 --> 01:45:59,460
I'm just asking, was that it's a band game

1188
01:45:59,460 --> 01:46:03,000
and who has control of it?

1189
01:46:03,000 --> 01:46:05,400
The city has taken control.

1190
01:46:06,000 --> 01:46:09,240
Yeah, I know the city has had been relinquished

1191
01:46:09,240 --> 01:46:09,980
that right of way.

1192
01:46:10,300 --> 01:46:13,800
So it was within the city's ownership already.

1193
01:46:14,100 --> 01:46:15,000
So that was their parcel.

1194
01:46:16,040 --> 01:46:19,320
This was surrounded by a city street on two ends.

1195
01:46:20,460 --> 01:46:23,580
The street with frontage to residential on the north side

1196
01:46:23,580 --> 01:46:26,980
and on the south was a wall with industrial uses

1197
01:46:26,980 --> 01:46:28,200
on the opposite side of there.

1198
01:46:28,540 --> 01:46:31,300
And the reason I'm asking this question is

1199
01:46:31,300 --> 01:46:38,760
because there was a purchase and sale agreement that we made with the owners of the rail line that ran in this and here.

1200
01:46:40,580 --> 01:46:52,440
I guess it was restricting to sort of things we couldn't do because they still have, I guess they've reserved that ride and are being ignored at any time in the future.

1201
01:46:55,960 --> 01:47:01,720
I'm not sure exactly, but we couldn't get them before we could release so that we can actually

1202
01:47:02,720 --> 01:47:03,920
really look at them.

1203
01:47:04,280 --> 01:47:11,730
They'll be one with you, other things, permanent people, extend maybe the time that they

1204
01:47:11,730 --> 01:47:13,090
could have lived.

1205
01:47:14,070 --> 01:47:19,570
So because you want to make sure that that's the fact to make sure that whatever is that we

1206
01:47:19,570 --> 01:47:25,250
opposed to being, it's going to be, um, being added to the role of what it falls to be

1207
01:47:25,250 --> 01:47:30,430
the night lights of our green light. Right. Yeah, I've had experience with this before.

1208
01:47:30,870 --> 01:47:34,170
The railroad generally don't want to get rid of anything, right? When it comes to the

1209
01:47:34,170 --> 01:47:38,450
rights, it's very difficult to get answers from the general. So I know it was a simple

1210
01:47:38,450 --> 01:47:43,810
way to deal with the rest of the negotiate that prior to the sale of the property to the city,

1211
01:47:43,810 --> 01:47:49,250
but at the end of the time, you were full control of it when you couldn't. So I mean, you

1212
01:47:49,250 --> 01:47:54,410
look at that to be sure that you have to read the polls or whatever we do that it's free

1213
01:47:54,410 --> 01:47:56,610
to be within the guidance.

1214
01:47:59,170 --> 01:48:01,450
So I just want to think that out, but it's beautiful. I know

1215
01:48:01,450 --> 01:48:06,250
it's a transformation and I think it's going to come with this. It looks good, it's going to

1216
01:48:06,250 --> 01:48:11,110
just block that to my end, because I know that we have trouble with negotiating this agreement.

1217
01:48:12,550 --> 01:48:20,410
I believe the city manager, I believe it was, I'm not sure if it was the NSF or it wasn't.

1218
01:48:21,430 --> 01:48:22,270
It was?

1219
01:48:25,300 --> 01:48:25,760
All right.

1220
01:48:26,520 --> 01:48:27,000
Thank you.

1221
01:48:27,060 --> 01:48:28,000
Those are my questions.

1222
01:48:28,240 --> 01:48:29,420
Thank you for your presentation.

1223
01:48:30,900 --> 01:48:33,820
I'd like to give you a really good example to see what you have.

1224
01:48:34,540 --> 01:48:35,460
Thank you so much.

1225
01:48:38,980 --> 01:48:39,420
Great.

1226
01:48:39,620 --> 01:48:40,040
Thank you all.

1227
01:48:40,380 --> 01:48:42,800
I mean, I think there are some due diligence that we'll have to do.

1228
01:48:42,800 --> 01:48:49,020
as an agency here to just make sure that we can see what we need this one question here is

1229
01:48:49,020 --> 01:48:53,300
is there really a part finished? Are you for your updates to that part?

1230
01:48:53,520 --> 01:48:58,520
It is just when I when I look that look like a design rendering so yeah so the

1231
01:48:58,520 --> 01:49:03,760
early part is in construction okay yeah it's currently in construction are any of

1232
01:49:03,760 --> 01:49:07,600
the features live or is it fully in construction right? It's fully in construction

1233
01:49:07,600 --> 01:49:07,980
Okay.

1234
01:49:08,120 --> 01:49:11,460
How what's the time you let your opinion there?

1235
01:49:12,100 --> 01:49:17,040
So that project I believe is closer to about a year

1236
01:49:17,040 --> 01:49:18,640
of construction, okay?

1237
01:49:19,580 --> 01:49:22,540
So they're probably after the rainy season

1238
01:49:22,540 --> 01:49:24,940
would be completed sometime this next year.

1239
01:49:25,480 --> 01:49:25,640
Great.

1240
01:49:25,900 --> 01:49:26,240
Fair enough.

1241
01:49:26,460 --> 01:49:26,980
Thank you so much.

1242
01:49:27,120 --> 01:49:28,240
Really appreciate the presentation.

1243
01:49:28,740 --> 01:49:29,800
Thank you guys for having me today.

1244
01:49:30,220 --> 01:49:30,640
Thank

1245
01:49:33,260 --> 01:49:34,900
you, member, mayor and members

1246
01:49:34,900 --> 01:49:35,440
of the council.

1247
01:49:35,680 --> 01:49:38,060
Our next presentation is coming

1248
01:49:38,060 --> 01:49:39,760
from Hershey and Associates.

1249
01:49:50,140 --> 01:49:53,340
Good evening, Mayor and members of City Council, my name is Chuck

1250
01:49:53,340 --> 01:49:58,320
Foley and President of Hershey Associates. With me tonight is Mark Hershey, Vice President of

1251
01:49:58,320 --> 01:50:05,740
Hershey and Associates. I'm still reeling from Senator Archie Lettuce enthusiasm and energy,

1252
01:50:06,060 --> 01:50:12,280
we had an opportunity to work with him about 16 or 17 years ago in peak of Rivera. He was the same

1253
01:50:12,280 --> 01:50:17,620
person then as he was tonight here. So I'll do my best to keep up with his high bar, but

1254
01:50:18,780 --> 01:50:24,140
we're we're thankful for the opportunity to be here before you and to be considered for

1255
01:50:24,140 --> 01:50:30,640
the Rosewood Park improvements. We understand that Rosewood Park is about more than just adding new

1256
01:50:30,640 --> 01:50:38,780
amenities. It's an opportunity to really create an active and welcoming destination for the Commerce

1257
01:50:38,780 --> 01:50:44,780
community. And our team brings together experience that is needed to make that happen.

1258
01:50:46,260 --> 01:50:52,600
Cursion Associates, HII, will be the lead consultant for our team, and we'll be

1259
01:50:52,600 --> 01:50:57,240
providing the overall park planning and landscape architecture design

1260
01:50:57,240 --> 01:51:03,460
coordination and project delivery to the city. We're partnering with American

1261
01:51:03,460 --> 01:51:07,260
and Ram Company, and there are pump track specialists

1262
01:51:07,260 --> 01:51:08,160
for this project.

1263
01:51:08,940 --> 01:51:11,820
And they bring specialized expertise

1264
01:51:12,320 --> 01:51:14,060
in the design of high quality,

1265
01:51:14,840 --> 01:51:16,680
engaging, and durable pump tracks.

1266
01:51:18,580 --> 01:51:22,080
Together, we're approaching Rosewood Park

1267
01:51:22,080 --> 01:51:23,580
as one cohesive park space.

1268
01:51:23,740 --> 01:51:27,140
So it's not a series of amenities they get plopped in place.

1269
01:51:27,800 --> 01:51:29,600
It's a cohesive design.

1270
01:51:30,040 --> 01:51:30,680
Next slide, please.

1271
01:51:30,680 --> 01:51:36,220
So, our vision for the project is fairly simple.

1272
01:51:36,620 --> 01:51:44,120
The project itself is complex, but our goal is to create a park where people of different

1273
01:51:44,120 --> 01:51:51,340
ages, interests, disciplines, abilities have a reason to come and a reason to stay.

1274
01:51:52,400 --> 01:51:53,660
It's a place for a community.

1275
01:51:56,200 --> 01:52:01,800
The project itself, the amenities that the city is selected for the project site really

1276
01:52:01,800 --> 01:52:07,880
give us an opportunity to create that environment and those amenities complement each other within

1277
01:52:07,880 --> 01:52:13,920
the park. For active recreation, we have the palm track and the pickleball courts of course.

1278
01:52:15,340 --> 01:52:21,500
For more passive recreation, we have the proposed walking trail which provides space for exercise

1279
01:52:21,500 --> 01:52:28,140
and everyday use. And the trail connection really connects all these amenities through the park.

1280
01:52:29,480 --> 01:52:37,080
From a broader community standpoint, these amenities are being proposed within an existing

1281
01:52:37,080 --> 01:52:37,720
facility.

1282
01:52:38,760 --> 01:52:44,100
And so, we also need to look at how those new amenities interact with the existing

1283
01:52:44,100 --> 01:52:44,500
space.

1284
01:52:45,000 --> 01:52:51,420
So, landscape, gathering spaces, circulation, accessibility, and all these amenities need to

1285
01:52:51,420 --> 01:52:51,940
work together.

1286
01:52:53,440 --> 01:52:58,360
The important part about all of this is that they're not necessarily just individual features,

1287
01:52:58,360 --> 01:53:01,600
is that they're all connected. Next slide please.

1288
01:53:04,340 --> 01:53:07,940
So the park space itself is unique as we're all

1289
01:53:07,940 --> 01:53:16,840
aware. One of the key ideas behind the project is bringing connectivity through the space. On the

1290
01:53:16,840 --> 01:53:22,900
west side of the park we have the proposed trail and the spur that connects it to the right of

1291
01:53:24,080 --> 01:53:30,180
That trail really creates a stronger pedestrian connection between the park and the surrounding

1292
01:53:30,180 --> 01:53:30,720
community.

1293
01:53:31,120 --> 01:53:36,200
So we'd like to help the city realize that goal of creating that connectivity.

1294
01:53:37,580 --> 01:53:41,220
It provides a cohesive park experience for users.

1295
01:53:43,140 --> 01:53:47,660
The trail to us really becomes the backbone to how this park is put together.

1296
01:53:47,660 --> 01:53:59,180
And that connectivity is important for recreation, but also for the field of accessibility and the welcoming aspect of it to the surrounding community.

1297
01:53:59,420 --> 01:54:00,040
Next slide, please.

1298
01:54:03,230 --> 01:54:05,050
So, recreation for different ages.

1299
01:54:05,430 --> 01:54:07,410
This project is going to include that.

1300
01:54:07,970 --> 01:54:18,170
We're really excited about the opportunity to create these opportunities within the project, offering different generations uses within the park space itself.

1301
01:54:18,170 --> 01:54:24,090
The Pickleball courts, obviously, they'll provide active social recreation opportunity

1302
01:54:24,090 --> 01:54:27,370
they can appeal to a wide range of ages and skill levels.

1303
01:54:29,050 --> 01:54:35,630
The Pumtra, which would be designed by American ramp company, specializes in expertise

1304
01:54:35,630 --> 01:54:39,410
and provides other active recreation.

1305
01:54:40,510 --> 01:54:45,590
The trail provides the opportunity for walking and jogging, exercise, and something really

1306
01:54:45,590 --> 01:54:46,890
to meet with you the spaces.

1307
01:54:47,650 --> 01:54:49,810
So these uses all complement each other.

1308
01:54:51,380 --> 01:54:53,030
That kind of variety really helps

1309
01:54:53,030 --> 01:54:55,330
apart become a true community destination,

1310
01:54:55,670 --> 01:54:57,530
which is what Rosewood Park will become.

1311
01:54:58,250 --> 01:54:59,250
Next slide, please.

1312
01:55:01,130 --> 01:55:05,010
So the pump track, this is a very important signature element

1313
01:55:05,010 --> 01:55:06,050
for this new project.

1314
01:55:07,410 --> 01:55:10,310
American Ramp Company's specialized expert experience

1315
01:55:10,310 --> 01:55:12,950
really comes in particularly valuable

1316
01:55:12,950 --> 01:55:14,110
in the standpoint here.

1317
01:55:14,110 --> 01:55:19,110
that plumb track is not necessarily a series of ramps.

1318
01:55:19,850 --> 01:55:22,690
It really just needs to be provide flow,

1319
01:55:23,390 --> 01:55:25,970
progression, safety, visibility, durability,

1320
01:55:26,770 --> 01:55:30,970
and opportunities for all age levels and abilities.

1321
01:55:31,410 --> 01:55:34,430
So, you know, it's a space where a first-time rider

1322
01:55:34,430 --> 01:55:36,110
can feel comfortable getting started

1323
01:55:36,470 --> 01:55:40,210
and more experienced riders have opportunities

1324
01:55:40,210 --> 01:55:41,690
to challenge themselves on that.

1325
01:55:41,690 --> 01:55:44,890
So it's really for a variety of ages.

1326
01:55:46,150 --> 01:55:51,750
All of these amenities, again, you shouldn't feel like they're just dropped into the park

1327
01:55:51,750 --> 01:55:52,570
space itself.

1328
01:55:52,830 --> 01:55:59,830
They work off of that main trail and really connect, all the park amenities are connected

1329
01:55:59,830 --> 01:56:02,670
by that trail, next slide, too.

1330
01:56:04,850 --> 01:56:09,450
So YRT, YS, what are we bringing to the city of Congress?

1331
01:56:09,450 --> 01:56:15,570
So, we're being a team that understands that a successful public park has to balance vision

1332
01:56:15,570 --> 01:56:16,350
with reality.

1333
01:56:17,230 --> 01:56:23,390
So, the budget matters, maintenance matters for longevity, safety matters are in the

1334
01:56:23,390 --> 01:56:30,210
park, accessibility matters for folks and mobility devices are having impairments, constructability

1335
01:56:30,210 --> 01:56:35,010
matters, the design needs to be constructed for the budget of which we have.

1336
01:56:35,010 --> 01:56:41,830
So all of that is very important, but also most importantly, community matters.

1337
01:56:42,170 --> 01:56:47,990
We need to tap into the community and really allow them to take ownership of the

1338
01:56:47,990 --> 01:56:52,850
new amenities of the park and really re-quaint themselves with the Grozward Park.

1339
01:56:54,010 --> 01:56:58,270
Our project design team, we've worked together for many years together,

1340
01:56:58,850 --> 01:57:02,950
we're currently working with the city now on your gateway monument.

1341
01:57:04,730 --> 01:57:11,090
project which is starting construction here shortly. Our approach really is to

1342
01:57:11,090 --> 01:57:16,030
listen carefully to the city and to the community members and then understand

1343
01:57:16,030 --> 01:57:20,210
the priorities of the city and community members and then bring those

1344
01:57:20,210 --> 01:57:25,850
priorities together in a cohesive design. We're not just designing a pump track

1345
01:57:25,850 --> 01:57:30,990
to pick a ball courts in the trail independently of designing a park where all

1346
01:57:30,990 --> 01:57:32,850
all those elements work together.

1347
01:57:33,410 --> 01:57:36,490
And that's one of the most important things about this.

1348
01:57:36,870 --> 01:57:42,330
So, you know, in closing, we want Rosa Park

1349
01:57:42,330 --> 01:57:43,910
to come up a place that connects the people

1350
01:57:45,030 --> 01:57:47,210
to the park, recreation to each other,

1351
01:57:48,690 --> 01:57:52,170
the notion of the particular ball courts creating

1352
01:57:52,170 --> 01:57:55,810
social recreation opportunities,

1353
01:57:56,070 --> 01:58:00,170
the pump track providing an exciting destination playgrounds

1354
01:58:00,170 --> 01:58:03,890
for action sports, landscape, and park environment

1355
01:58:03,890 --> 01:58:07,350
that ties this all together so that it's a complete project.

1356
01:58:08,290 --> 01:58:10,430
And our goal is to create a place that people can just

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01:58:10,430 --> 01:58:13,250
visit that they want to come and spend every day,

1358
01:58:13,550 --> 01:58:15,130
their lives, their everyday lives here.

1359
01:58:15,390 --> 01:58:18,910
So this is the opportunity we see at Roosevelt Park.

1360
01:58:19,130 --> 01:58:23,910
So personal associates and American ramp company

1361
01:58:24,330 --> 01:58:26,070
are very excited about this possibility

1362
01:58:26,070 --> 01:58:28,010
with partnering with the city and continuing

1363
01:58:28,010 --> 01:58:32,870
our relationship together professionally here and we thank you for your time in consideration.

1364
01:58:33,550 --> 01:58:37,950
Great, thank you for the time in the presentation. Just a city council have any questions for you.

1365
01:58:39,380 --> 01:58:43,540
Yes, thank you. Do you have, have you worked on projects like this before?

1366
01:58:44,120 --> 01:58:54,680
We have. So in our process to get, in our process to get to this stage of the review, our initial

1367
01:58:54,680 --> 01:59:00,860
proposals included a series of project examples that has been included with

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01:59:00,860 --> 01:59:07,120
this item. So I trust that City Council has reviewed those. And that includes

1369
01:59:07,120 --> 01:59:12,600
all of our past experience. We have experience and with sites that have soil

1370
01:59:12,600 --> 01:59:19,680
contamination and currently have projects that are mitigating that. We have a

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01:59:19,680 --> 01:59:26,040
a dog park project in Alabama, we've got pickleball courts and tennis courts under construction

1372
01:59:26,320 --> 01:59:31,960
in Santa Clarita, and there's in our project proposal, there's others.

1373
01:59:32,960 --> 01:59:40,640
Additionally, when we went through the interview process with city staff and with the director

1374
01:59:40,640 --> 01:59:48,480
of public works, we presented additional ideas on projects as well as looked at the proposal

1375
01:59:49,260 --> 01:59:55,240
site plan and looked at different approaches to how we fit these amenities

1376
01:59:55,240 --> 01:59:59,840
within the park and still react to

1377
02:00:00,000 --> 02:00:17,920
Thank you, the neighbors, and they want to make sure that we have full, full support of the community. So, we've got a great deal experience with the project of this nature. Pardon me. I found it. I had to say that was easier. Okay. Yeah.

1378
02:00:21,020 --> 02:00:29,660
That was it. My question was the same as the, as the other developer. I wanted to know, like, any projects where you have all the amenities

1379
02:00:29,660 --> 02:00:32,540
that we're trying to put in one and that's what I want to say.

1380
02:00:32,620 --> 02:00:35,640
I want to see how creative you've gotten with the space

1381
02:00:35,640 --> 02:00:43,080
like this A and two, like, have you had any projects where all

1382
02:00:43,080 --> 02:00:47,180
the amenities are in one project the same way it would be here.

1383
02:00:47,520 --> 02:00:48,460
So that's what I want to say.

1384
02:00:48,460 --> 02:00:52,280
So I would tell you that we don't have a park site that has a pump

1385
02:00:52,280 --> 02:00:54,480
track and tickle ball courts the other way.

1386
02:00:54,600 --> 02:00:57,080
I can tell you as we have projects where we have those elements.

1387
02:00:57,080 --> 02:01:09,560
Every project that we design, that are our competitor design, every project that a landscape architect who works in this realm designs has a kit of parts that we have to put together on a site.

1388
02:01:10,180 --> 02:01:21,720
And that kit of parts may include sport courts, it may include community centers, restaurant buildings, lighting, all of these aspects are considered in our designs.

1389
02:01:22,220 --> 02:01:24,640
and then we have some of them based on the site constraints.

1390
02:01:25,260 --> 02:01:28,560
So your project has some pretty unique site constraints to it.

1391
02:01:28,860 --> 02:01:31,200
You have an old railroad ride that you want to convert

1392
02:01:31,200 --> 02:01:35,280
into a greenway and I can cite a project,

1393
02:01:35,340 --> 02:01:36,720
you know, projects where we've done that

1394
02:01:36,720 --> 02:01:38,420
and you have examples and then we've done that.

1395
02:01:38,520 --> 02:01:39,700
We have support, court experience.

1396
02:01:39,900 --> 02:01:43,540
But, you know, the first aspect of it is site analysis,

1397
02:01:44,240 --> 02:01:46,300
understanding what the site constraints are

1398
02:01:47,180 --> 02:01:49,620
and then looking for the best opportunities.

1399
02:01:49,620 --> 02:01:55,160
There's no site constraints may be the physical constricted site or might be a constraint

1400
02:01:55,160 --> 02:02:00,380
from a adjacent neighbor or you know looking and considering impacts to the neighbor around

1401
02:02:00,380 --> 02:02:05,160
it so we any project we're always assembling those kit-a-parts.

1402
02:02:05,640 --> 02:02:10,320
So this would be a first project for you or you would have on those amendments to that.

1403
02:02:10,600 --> 02:02:11,140
That's correct.

1404
02:02:11,400 --> 02:02:11,540
Okay.

1405
02:02:11,820 --> 02:02:12,080
Thank you.

1406
02:02:14,080 --> 02:02:15,640
Thank you for that question, Councilwoman.

1407
02:02:15,960 --> 02:02:16,540
Any other questions?

1408
02:02:20,170 --> 02:02:20,370
Okay.

1409
02:02:20,370 --> 02:02:21,610
Well, thank you for the presentation.

1410
02:02:21,890 --> 02:02:24,950
I will note that I believe we did design for the Inglewood

1411
02:02:24,950 --> 02:02:25,990
contract, right?

1412
02:02:27,030 --> 02:02:27,130
Yes.

1413
02:02:27,570 --> 02:02:31,330
And I think the red card greenway, I think that was home.

1414
02:02:31,890 --> 02:02:32,210
It was a great job.

1415
02:02:32,530 --> 02:02:32,890
It was.

1416
02:02:33,230 --> 02:02:34,810
And the red card greenway was a quite,

1417
02:02:34,990 --> 02:02:37,210
was a very interesting project.

1418
02:02:37,430 --> 02:02:40,230
For as it relates to regulatory agencies, L.A. County flood

1419
02:02:40,230 --> 02:02:45,110
control, soil contamination was included

1420
02:02:45,110 --> 02:02:47,870
a mix of psych and strength and challenges

1421
02:02:47,870 --> 02:02:48,990
that we were able to get through.

1422
02:02:49,350 --> 02:02:49,790
OK.

1423
02:02:49,790 --> 02:02:54,410
Great. I just felt it was important to note that because there are some pretty strong elements that have been designed.

1424
02:02:54,710 --> 02:02:55,830
So thank you for the presentation.

1425
02:02:55,930 --> 02:02:56,970
I just really appreciate the time.

1426
02:02:56,990 --> 02:02:57,230
Thank you.

1427
02:03:01,480 --> 02:03:02,080
Good evening, Mayor.

1428
02:03:02,280 --> 02:03:04,860
Our next presentation is from CWE.

1429
02:03:13,120 --> 02:03:13,800
Good evening, everyone.

1430
02:03:14,600 --> 02:03:15,220
My name's Nian.

1431
02:03:15,220 --> 02:03:18,700
I'm a project manager with a civil engineering firm called CWE.

1432
02:03:19,280 --> 02:03:25,000
And we've been assisting the city with various MS4 premier compliance tasks since 2015.

1433
02:03:25,820 --> 02:03:30,780
And we're hoping this is our opportunity to extend our services and assist you with

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02:03:30,780 --> 02:03:32,620
the Rosewood Park Expansion Project.

1435
02:03:33,400 --> 02:03:33,960
Next slide, please.

1436
02:03:34,800 --> 02:03:36,960
So this is our organizational chart,

1437
02:03:37,360 --> 02:03:40,160
and we're supported with a very deep bench of resources.

1438
02:03:41,080 --> 02:03:44,040
And on the left-hand side, those are the NPAL staff.

1439
02:03:44,560 --> 02:03:48,460
And we also have some very experienced teaming partners

1440
02:03:49,170 --> 02:03:51,260
with years of experience in the industry.

1441
02:03:51,960 --> 02:03:56,100
Our landscape architect is MIG, and they're also here today

1442
02:03:56,100 --> 02:03:57,700
for a different agenda item.

1443
02:03:57,700 --> 02:04:03,780
And we've been working with the same team for over a decade, and we already have the

1444
02:04:03,780 --> 02:04:04,580
system down.

1445
02:04:04,940 --> 02:04:09,720
There is very little coordination that we need to have with them, and we did deliver

1446
02:04:09,720 --> 02:04:15,120
a couple of work winning projects with this team, and those are shown on the next slide.

1447
02:04:17,480 --> 02:04:23,000
So we do want to highlight this King Street Urban Graning project on the left-hand side.

1448
02:04:23,000 --> 02:04:26,720
So this is very similar to the Rosewood Park vision project.

1449
02:04:26,720 --> 02:04:30,200
It is a vacant lot in the city of Saniana.

1450
02:04:30,960 --> 02:04:36,600
So initially we helped the city come up with the concept tailored to a grant program.

1451
02:04:37,220 --> 02:04:43,280
So we helped the city win the Caltrans funding to help fund the construction for this project.

1452
02:04:43,860 --> 02:04:51,780
So if you can see a feature, some working has, some park amenities, drought tolerance, landscaping,

1453
02:04:51,780 --> 02:04:54,460
some stormwater infiltration features.

1454
02:04:55,160 --> 02:04:58,960
It helped create connectivity from the neighborhood

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02:04:58,960 --> 02:05:02,480
into a major arterial and also provide safe route

1456
02:05:02,480 --> 02:05:03,060
to school.

1457
02:05:04,380 --> 02:05:07,500
And we also listed two other LA County park

1458
02:05:07,500 --> 02:05:11,160
experience in the city of San Fernando and Bowen Park.

1459
02:05:11,500 --> 02:05:13,540
Both were recently constructed

1460
02:05:13,540 --> 02:05:16,580
with some park improvement components to it.

1461
02:05:17,420 --> 02:05:18,240
Next slide, please.

1462
02:05:19,060 --> 02:05:21,000
So here are some of the landscape park

1463
02:05:21,000 --> 02:05:23,300
of texture experience that our team have.

1464
02:05:24,080 --> 02:05:27,860
So we recently completed a design for a pickleball court

1465
02:05:27,860 --> 02:05:29,700
for L.D. County Park and Rex.

1466
02:05:30,020 --> 02:05:32,740
That's called Richard Rue pickleball courts

1467
02:05:33,230 --> 02:05:37,840
and we also have experience with this campus park

1468
02:05:37,840 --> 02:05:39,460
and the city of Oxnard.

1469
02:05:40,220 --> 02:05:43,840
So this site does feature both the plum chart

1470
02:05:43,840 --> 02:05:45,700
and a pickleball court.

1471
02:05:46,140 --> 02:05:49,780
So the project team started with developing

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02:05:49,780 --> 02:05:55,120
three different concepts and they proceeded with education and outreach with

1473
02:05:55,120 --> 02:06:01,380
neighboring communities and came up with the design with feedback from the

1474
02:06:01,380 --> 02:06:08,840
communities in mind. So we do want to value the local residents that live near

1475
02:06:08,840 --> 02:06:12,940
by the park and make sure their lives are not impacted, especially with the

1476
02:06:12,940 --> 02:06:17,080
noise and this project is going into construction soon.

1477
02:06:21,290 --> 02:06:22,770
We do understand this is

1478
02:06:22,770 --> 02:06:28,250
is a abandoned railway spur and we did have a similar project in the city of Beverly Hills

1479
02:06:28,250 --> 02:06:34,990
for Potomac that also completed construction already. So we do have experience with the

1480
02:06:34,990 --> 02:06:41,970
Phase 1 and Phase 2 coronation process and we're hoping to assist the city through the process

1481
02:06:41,970 --> 02:06:48,050
and also the permitting through Sikwa and bring our expertise into this.

1482
02:06:50,600 --> 02:06:51,380
And this is our

1483
02:06:51,380 --> 02:06:58,360
project schedule. We're assuming we have received notice to proceed in October. We will complete

1484
02:06:58,360 --> 02:07:05,140
the design within a 12-month period and within that time frame we can assist the city to look for

1485
02:07:05,140 --> 02:07:11,840
construction funding to help bridge any funding gaps and then we'll also assist the city throughout

1486
02:07:11,840 --> 02:07:14,460
the bidding and construction support process.

1487
02:07:16,680 --> 02:07:20,020
And in our proposal we did look into some alternative

1488
02:07:20,020 --> 02:07:24,760
of approaches. So this site will be subject to the MS4

1489
02:07:24,760 --> 02:07:28,800
permit priority development project requirements, meaning a

1490
02:07:28,800 --> 02:07:32,620
low impact development, LID feature needs to be incorporated

1491
02:07:32,620 --> 02:07:37,620
to the site to treat the 85 percentile storm event. And also

1492
02:07:37,620 --> 02:07:41,640
this site was identified in the LA average to watershed

1493
02:07:41,640 --> 02:07:45,820
management program as a potential location for regional

1494
02:07:45,820 --> 02:07:49,580
storm water capture. So these are the things that we will keep in

1495
02:07:49,580 --> 02:07:55,920
mind when designing this park and making sure the city receives the maximum benefit

1496
02:07:56,780 --> 02:07:58,320
that's redesigning this park.

1497
02:08:01,230 --> 02:08:06,130
And why should it be so I kind of already mentioned we want

1498
02:08:06,130 --> 02:08:14,270
to keep in mind the city's other commitments to MS4 primary compliance also we're watershed

1499
02:08:14,270 --> 02:08:20,410
management program. We would like to incorporate the opportunity for a future phase to allow

1500
02:08:20,410 --> 02:08:25,510
regional infiltration, so that helps you to meet your MS4 permit compliance goals.

1501
02:08:26,230 --> 02:08:34,870
And CWAE has over 13 on-call grant research and application contracts, and we're actively

1502
02:08:34,870 --> 02:08:40,890
looking for grant opportunities for part improvement also from our features.

1503
02:08:41,630 --> 02:08:45,450
And we already know there are a couple of grant opportunities coming up later this year,

1504
02:08:45,770 --> 02:08:50,390
and we're hoping to share that with us today to help fund this project through construction

1505
02:08:50,390 --> 02:08:55,330
And we would like to design this project with maintenance in mind.

1506
02:08:55,650 --> 02:08:59,630
We would like to involve the city's maintenance department or the

1507
02:08:59,630 --> 02:09:00,590
on the design phase.

1508
02:09:01,150 --> 02:09:04,730
We would like to keep all the city parks have a similar look.

1509
02:09:05,750 --> 02:09:10,770
And that way it helps the maintenance department to maintain all the features as well.

1510
02:09:12,030 --> 02:09:17,450
And overall, our team has a lot of experience working in similar projects.

1511
02:09:17,450 --> 02:09:22,770
projects and we're hoping to help the city deliver the PSA East for this project.

1512
02:09:24,270 --> 02:09:25,190
Any questions?

1513
02:09:26,330 --> 02:09:26,530
Great.

1514
02:09:26,710 --> 02:09:27,710
Thank you for the presentation.

1515
02:09:28,190 --> 02:09:29,530
Does the city council have any questions?

1516
02:09:30,570 --> 02:09:30,950
Councilwoman?

1517
02:09:31,290 --> 02:09:32,270
I just have the same question.

1518
02:09:33,110 --> 02:09:37,210
Do you have any projects that have all the amenities in one?

1519
02:09:37,670 --> 02:09:37,890
I do.

1520
02:09:38,130 --> 02:09:39,530
I did show one.

1521
02:09:39,610 --> 02:09:40,090
All of them?

1522
02:09:40,450 --> 02:09:41,010
Was it the one you did?

1523
02:09:41,010 --> 02:09:43,970
The city of Artsford Park.

1524
02:09:44,530 --> 02:09:45,410
Can you pull out a few?

1525
02:09:45,610 --> 02:09:46,330
Or do we have it?

1526
02:09:51,890 --> 02:09:58,690
So it's the one on the right-hand side. So it featured both the pick-a-bow core and the pump

1527
02:09:58,690 --> 02:09:58,970
track.

1528
02:10:01,410 --> 02:10:08,150
Campus part? Yeah. I was the pump track part of the right side. Yeah, it's part

1529
02:10:08,150 --> 02:10:14,730
of the racer. Okay. So I was part of the pick-a-bow part at Ali Khan's. So it's pump track

1530
02:10:14,730 --> 02:10:16,130
and pick the buffers? Yes,

1531
02:10:23,840 --> 02:10:29,120
maybe I can't say because it's just one on the screen. Okay, I'm going to look at it and then I'm going to look at it.

1532
02:10:30,580 --> 02:10:33,160
What about sustainable? You talked to me a little bit about sustainable.

1533
02:10:34,300 --> 02:10:38,900
Yeah, so it will come from different aspect of perspectives.

1534
02:10:39,360 --> 02:10:47,080
First, we want to make sure the soil at the site is properly taken care of because this is a abandoned railway square

1535
02:10:47,080 --> 02:10:51,660
And it's going to be polluted with heavy metals most likely.

1536
02:10:52,860 --> 02:11:02,460
So we want to investigate that early on in the design phase and we don't want any surprises during construction because that's going to cost a lot more.

1537
02:11:03,400 --> 02:11:05,280
The whole construction will need to be passed.

1538
02:11:06,100 --> 02:11:16,880
And also, I kind of mentioned in the presentation with Sloan water, we do want to incorporate opportunities for Sloan water reuse.

1539
02:11:16,880 --> 02:11:25,780
and recharge. LA County is in drought a lot and it will be nice to find ways to clean

1540
02:11:25,780 --> 02:11:35,900
our water and preserve that for groundwater recharge and also sustainability-wise we would

1541
02:11:35,900 --> 02:11:42,380
like to incorporate drought tolerant landscaping but then we understand that it does take a little

1542
02:11:42,380 --> 02:11:48,340
more effort on the maintenance part so it will be a discussion with the city and the maintenance

1543
02:11:48,340 --> 02:11:56,400
department to see what is the right grant like a plant pallet that actually worked for this space

1544
02:11:57,100 --> 02:12:06,600
and another thing that we want to consider is shade because the city gets pretty hot and the parking lot

1545
02:12:06,600 --> 02:12:13,860
area going into the project site it will be nice to have some shade for the

1546
02:12:13,860 --> 02:12:20,580
residents and it's also a little sound barrier it's probably not like a full

1547
02:12:20,580 --> 02:12:25,840
sound barrier but it helps a little bit with reduction of noise to help the

1548
02:12:25,840 --> 02:12:30,500
neighbors. You brought up a really good point that I had thought about before and I

1549
02:12:30,500 --> 02:12:39,580
as you've just reminded me, would you say that because it's so close to a housing development,

1550
02:12:40,240 --> 02:12:44,780
would there need to be some type of cell wall, or not that you mentioned that?

1551
02:12:45,180 --> 02:12:52,040
Yeah, so it depends, because I'm not familiar with the apartment there, I'm not sure if their windows

1552
02:12:52,040 --> 02:12:58,400
are double-pained, if they already have some kind of noise reduction in the apartment complex itself,

1553
02:12:58,400 --> 02:13:03,420
But if it doesn't, then the pickle bowl court might be a little loud.

1554
02:13:04,280 --> 02:13:09,680
So when we're sighting, like actually coming up with the concepts, it's really nice to

1555
02:13:09,680 --> 02:13:15,740
actually talk to the residents there and just try and understand what they currently

1556
02:13:15,740 --> 02:13:20,120
have and if there are anything that we can do to mitigate the noise.

1557
02:13:20,120 --> 02:13:28,060
because it won't look nice if you build like a soundproof wall.

1558
02:13:29,640 --> 02:13:30,320
Yeah.

1559
02:13:31,240 --> 02:13:33,860
Actually, can you go back one slide?

1560
02:13:35,180 --> 02:13:39,880
So for the city of San Ana Project, I think the picture is a little smaller.

1561
02:13:41,220 --> 02:13:47,060
For that project, there is a mural and it's done by local artists that actually live

1562
02:13:47,060 --> 02:13:55,500
in the city and so it brings a little artsy touch to the project and we're pretty proud

1563
02:13:55,500 --> 02:14:00,720
of it and you can look it up as a work-winning project. Thank you.

1564
02:14:03,470 --> 02:14:04,490
Great, thank you for the

1565
02:14:04,490 --> 02:14:10,890
questions Councilwoman does the city council have any other questions okay thank you for the

1566
02:14:10,890 --> 02:14:18,450
presentation at this time I think we move on to kind of like the deliberation portion and direction

1567
02:14:30,170 --> 02:14:36,310
I'm not sure if I missed this on the documentation here, but do we need to be ADA requirements

1568
02:14:36,310 --> 02:14:37,110
to meet that?

1569
02:14:37,650 --> 02:14:40,570
Yes, we will be having that included in the PSA.

1570
02:14:42,590 --> 02:14:43,830
Great question, right?

1571
02:14:44,030 --> 02:14:49,010
You know, where we just talked about inclusivity and inclusion and accessibility, and so I think

1572
02:14:49,010 --> 02:14:53,890
are always hallmarks of the big project and something you want to bring to the city of

1573
02:14:54,710 --> 02:14:59,910
you know, I'm very big on making sure that we're

1574
02:15:00,000 --> 02:15:27,050
We're doing things to develop on. And I think that strip or that parcels are very, very, it's very ripe for opportunity. I think it would be a rating answer to the community and to the park. And I think the features that we just described, a lot of people really explain it, really solidify what we've always done, right, which is something.

1575
02:15:29,540 --> 02:15:32,340
So, I think it's great.

1576
02:15:33,040 --> 02:15:37,640
know this is also a little bit of a unique format that we're doing today and the

1577
02:15:37,640 --> 02:15:41,920
reason you know we're doing it like this is because you know sometimes we'll

1578
02:15:41,920 --> 02:15:46,960
only get one presentation right and one option right by the time it's the

1579
02:15:46,960 --> 02:15:50,400
guy who thought it was important for us to kind of see different options and

1580
02:15:50,400 --> 02:15:55,280
different ideas get the opportunity to ask questions and have some discussion to

1581
02:15:55,280 --> 02:15:59,600
really make sure that we're bringing through the best project that we can for our

1582
02:15:59,600 --> 02:16:04,480
city. So I know there is a lot to think about, right? I think the Council will be a good point,

1583
02:16:04,680 --> 02:16:08,020
right? There will be some challenges for the land. You know, we want to make sure that we're

1584
02:16:08,020 --> 02:16:14,380
doing some contingents. I think we're okay there, but I know it was a lot to take in, right? And so

1585
02:16:14,820 --> 02:16:19,980
if the Council's okay, I would like to just kind of take this step back, make sure that we're

1586
02:16:19,980 --> 02:16:24,960
going to do the proposals or presentations and if I just did, and just make sure that we feel good

1587
02:16:24,960 --> 02:16:29,100
about it, it was going to tie well. I'm sure that we'll have all the proposals we did to

1588
02:16:32,270 --> 02:16:32,810
cover the

1589
02:16:32,810 --> 02:16:36,570
next couple of weeks, you know, if you reach out to the questions, right?

1590
02:16:40,470 --> 02:16:41,730
Also touring some of the, I

1591
02:16:48,960 --> 02:16:49,100
don't know

1592
02:16:49,100 --> 02:16:52,930
how the rest of the council can take the feature of this message.

1593
02:17:04,960 --> 02:17:06,740
I think those are excellent suggestions.

1594
02:17:07,920 --> 02:17:15,100
I wanted to ask the question also, are we set on information?

1595
02:17:20,350 --> 02:17:21,710
Are we set on information?

1596
02:17:27,440 --> 02:17:30,800
So I don't think the dog park was part of the Congress.

1597
02:17:30,800 --> 02:17:33,860
or what we approve as far as, hey, let's move forward

1598
02:17:33,860 --> 02:17:34,440
with the design.

1599
02:17:47,780 --> 02:17:49,240
Part installations are art and most.

1600
02:17:51,280 --> 02:17:53,980
So I think the thought part could be in the conversation,

1601
02:17:54,260 --> 02:17:56,460
right, in the future, maybe on another piece of land, right?

1602
02:17:56,620 --> 02:17:58,680
But I think for this specific,

1603
02:18:00,690 --> 02:18:01,310
those are the parts

1604
02:18:01,310 --> 02:18:03,070
that I think, for those are the features.

1605
02:18:03,690 --> 02:18:04,690
And it was just a question.

1606
02:18:04,970 --> 02:18:05,430
For sure, no.

1607
02:18:05,730 --> 02:18:06,890
And I think it's a good question.

1608
02:18:07,230 --> 02:18:10,330
And listen, I think I, you know, just kind of where I'm coming

1609
02:18:10,330 --> 02:18:11,270
from with the come track.

1610
02:18:11,470 --> 02:18:14,590
I think, you know, you have a lot of cars, a lot of trucks,

1611
02:18:14,590 --> 02:18:16,750
and certainly one of the art community,

1612
02:18:20,870 --> 02:18:23,290
where we're skating scooters, skateboarding,

1613
02:18:23,290 --> 02:18:27,530
and so this to me was kind of like a good solution

1614
02:18:27,530 --> 02:18:30,580
to it's for you to see how it goes,

1615
02:18:30,720 --> 02:18:32,260
but I say we take a step back, right?

1616
02:18:32,520 --> 02:18:35,200
We agendize this for another meeting,

1617
02:18:35,660 --> 02:18:37,260
and so I don't necessarily know

1618
02:18:37,260 --> 02:18:38,000
what that means to do.

1619
02:18:38,360 --> 02:18:39,880
It requires emotion, you know, just.

1620
02:18:40,440 --> 02:18:42,240
No, we can continue the item in the meantime,

1621
02:18:42,780 --> 02:18:44,340
and I'll meet with the council members about how

1622
02:18:44,340 --> 02:18:46,260
you would like to tour the facilities

1623
02:18:46,260 --> 02:18:48,520
and how this item comes back to the city council

1624
02:18:48,520 --> 02:18:49,260
for consideration.

1625
02:18:49,260 --> 02:18:57,460
Thank you all for the presentation. Appreciate it. And may we want to do all three or do you want to do more like that?

1626
02:19:00,520 --> 02:19:02,700
That's something that we should probably just talk about separately.

1627
02:19:02,920 --> 02:19:04,820
I'll sit in that again. That's right, Matt. Yeah, we'll do that.

1628
02:19:05,660 --> 02:19:06,420
Talk. Yeah.

1629
02:19:10,710 --> 02:19:17,830
Okay, so we'll go ahead and move on to item number 14. Similar format, it's the revitalization of Telegraph Road in Washington, Europe.

1630
02:19:21,360 --> 02:19:29,960
Thank you Mayor. Thank you Mayor and members of the council. For our next set of presentations, we will start off with city fabric

1631
02:19:29,960 --> 02:19:34,760
and this is indeed in regards to the revitalization of

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02:19:34,760 --> 02:19:39,980
Telegraph Road and Washington Boulevard, just for a quick summary, the whole

1633
02:19:39,980 --> 02:19:45,600
goal of this project is to improve the visual character of the area,

1634
02:19:46,480 --> 02:19:52,720
pedestrian bicycle accessibility, way-finding opportunities, and to support our

1635
02:19:52,720 --> 02:19:57,840
local businesses. So I'm going to go ahead and ask City Fabric to present to the

1636
02:19:57,840 --> 02:19:58,200
All

1637
02:20:12,830 --> 02:20:19,270
right, well, thank you Honourable Mayor and Council members for the opportunity to speak to you this evening.

1638
02:20:19,430 --> 02:20:23,250
Let me adjust this mic real quick so our ears are okay.

1639
02:20:23,490 --> 02:20:28,210
So my name is Alex. I'm the Director of Urban Design and Planning at a firm called City Fabric.

1640
02:20:28,390 --> 02:20:30,910
We're a multidisciplinary design and planning firm.

1641
02:20:31,650 --> 02:20:39,770
Joining me today is Brian Ulyssesky, our Executive Director and Moe Mills from a transportation planner from Farron Pierce,

1642
02:20:39,770 --> 02:20:41,930
who's one of our sub-consultants here today.

1643
02:20:42,770 --> 02:20:46,510
So, we have a carefully curated team

1644
02:20:46,510 --> 02:20:49,390
of industry-leaving professionals of designers,

1645
02:20:49,890 --> 02:20:53,070
architects, landscape designers, transportation planners,

1646
02:20:53,310 --> 02:20:55,590
civil engineers, and community engagement specialists.

1647
02:20:56,010 --> 02:20:58,570
We are all honored and excited to share a proposal

1648
02:20:58,570 --> 02:21:02,750
to develop an actionable world-class community-driven vision

1649
02:21:02,750 --> 02:21:06,070
for not just these two vital commercial and transportation

1650
02:21:06,070 --> 02:21:09,590
but really for the larger commerce community.

1651
02:21:10,310 --> 02:21:13,530
During this presentation, we'll be going into sharing

1652
02:21:13,530 --> 02:21:15,870
a little bit more about those designers, architects,

1653
02:21:16,230 --> 02:21:18,130
planners, engineers, and engagement specialists

1654
02:21:18,130 --> 02:21:18,870
that I talked about.

1655
02:21:19,250 --> 02:21:21,730
We want to share a little bit more about our understanding

1656
02:21:21,730 --> 02:21:24,170
of the project and the opportunities and challenges

1657
02:21:24,170 --> 02:21:25,370
that we're currently seeing.

1658
02:21:26,190 --> 02:21:30,150
We're also wanting and understand that the city wants

1659
02:21:30,150 --> 02:21:32,430
to accomplish this in a six-month time frame.

1660
02:21:32,430 --> 02:21:41,770
and in order to do that we need to be efficient and have some goals that we wanted to share with you that we believe will help accomplish that vision.

1661
02:21:42,550 --> 02:21:54,170
Then we're going to share some relevant examples of quarter design work, streetscape planning work, streetscape planning, art, placekeeping and a lot of our community engagement work.

1662
02:21:54,650 --> 02:21:59,070
At the end of things we want to highlight what we believe are key differentiators for our team.

1663
02:21:59,070 --> 02:22:04,070
So, just a little bit about city fabric as an organization.

1664
02:22:05,430 --> 02:22:10,830
We're an award-winning, multi-disciplinary planning and design firm based here in L.A.

1665
02:22:10,930 --> 02:22:11,210
County.

1666
02:22:11,750 --> 02:22:14,750
But what makes us unique is that we're a nonprofit organization.

1667
02:22:15,350 --> 02:22:20,510
This means that we're going above the traditional client consults and relationship and are

1668
02:22:20,510 --> 02:22:26,930
as able to establish deeper and longer term relationships that extend beyond the scope of the project.

1669
02:22:37,450 --> 02:22:51,490
So, yeah, we have a skill group of designers where we intend to put community first into all of our work and you'll find that actually at similar city council meetings like this that we through a community led process.

1670
02:22:51,490 --> 02:22:53,810
So we have more supporters for a project

1671
02:22:53,810 --> 02:22:55,190
than we usually have nayseries.

1672
02:22:55,550 --> 02:22:57,390
So that's one of the big benefits

1673
02:22:57,390 --> 02:22:59,470
of making sure that you're putting community first.

1674
02:23:00,470 --> 02:23:02,710
We've been in operation for over 15 years

1675
02:23:02,710 --> 02:23:04,210
and have much experience with projects

1676
02:23:04,210 --> 02:23:07,570
that cover quarter revitalization, street scape design,

1677
02:23:07,870 --> 02:23:10,490
active transportation planning, cultural place keeping,

1678
02:23:10,930 --> 02:23:12,670
community economic development, and more.

1679
02:23:13,170 --> 02:23:14,950
In 2026, which is this year,

1680
02:23:15,150 --> 02:23:17,130
the American Planning Association of Los Angeles

1681
02:23:17,130 --> 02:23:19,190
acknowledged city fabric with awards

1682
02:23:19,190 --> 02:23:24,710
of excellence in urban design, transportation planning, public outreach and we were also nominated

1683
02:23:24,710 --> 02:23:29,990
the planning firm of the year this year. But awards don't mean anything unless there are actual

1684
02:23:29,990 --> 02:23:33,750
results and putting plans into actions is one of our specialties.

1685
02:23:37,550 --> 02:23:40,430
Awesome. So putting that team

1686
02:23:40,430 --> 02:23:49,570
together to make this dream happen, we have with us, Farron Pears, who is a nationally recognized

1687
02:23:49,570 --> 02:23:54,410
transportation planning and engineering firm that specializes in multimodal mobility,

1688
02:23:54,710 --> 02:24:00,150
corridor operations and complete streets implementation for this project, their role

1689
02:24:00,150 --> 02:24:05,790
includes doing existing conditions like field review and transportation, asset inventory

1690
02:24:05,790 --> 02:24:11,470
so understanding what from a transportation level, what's on the ground, multimodal mobility

1691
02:24:11,470 --> 02:24:17,170
recommendations and court for the corridor as well as site specific locations and developing

1692
02:24:17,170 --> 02:24:22,250
cost level, conceptual level cost estimates, so that funding sources, so that the city of

1693
02:24:22,250 --> 02:24:29,130
commerce can be ready for funding and implementation. Also joining us is KPFF Engineering, another

1694
02:24:29,130 --> 02:24:33,930
nationally recognized engineering firm that provides engineering services for public and

1695
02:24:33,930 --> 02:24:38,890
private clients. They will similarly support more of the engineering, civil side of things.

1696
02:24:39,310 --> 02:24:45,460
So inventory of existing conditions, proposed infrastructure, feasibility analysis, once

1697
02:24:45,460 --> 02:24:48,280
have ideas, constructability considerations,

1698
02:24:48,820 --> 02:24:51,860
and concept level cost estimates and funding sources.

1699
02:24:52,540 --> 02:24:55,080
This trio of teams have been working together

1700
02:24:55,080 --> 02:24:57,360
for over a decade on similar projects.

1701
02:24:57,620 --> 02:24:59,960
Small as the building, big as an entire city.

1702
02:25:00,300 --> 02:25:01,980
And what that means for us is that we have trust,

1703
02:25:02,280 --> 02:25:03,940
we have efficiency, and we're really

1704
02:25:03,940 --> 02:25:05,440
good at communicating with one another

1705
02:25:05,440 --> 02:25:07,400
because we do it all the time.

1706
02:25:08,660 --> 02:25:12,240
Slide seven, I'm kind of going through a couple of things

1707
02:25:12,240 --> 02:25:13,020
a little bit quickly.

1708
02:25:13,020 --> 02:25:18,340
So slide 7, I just want to talk a little bit about our understanding of the project.

1709
02:25:19,100 --> 02:25:23,360
And the way we understand it is that commerce has a really big opportunity here to transform

1710
02:25:23,360 --> 02:25:29,760
two of its most visible corridors into welcoming gateways that reflect the identity of the city.

1711
02:25:29,980 --> 02:25:36,820
While also improving transportation safety conditions for all road users, not just cars,

1712
02:25:36,820 --> 02:25:42,920
and also identifying new opportunities for economic vitality.

1713
02:25:43,140 --> 02:25:45,540
So, we believe in order to accomplish this,

1714
02:25:45,680 --> 02:25:49,520
and the process needs to be contextual and community-led,

1715
02:25:50,020 --> 02:25:50,900
grounded in community.

1716
02:25:51,080 --> 02:25:52,420
It needs to be technically sound,

1717
02:25:52,820 --> 02:25:54,480
and it needs to be implementation-ready.

1718
02:25:55,680 --> 02:26:01,980
And so, we have already started as part of our work looking at the site

1719
02:26:01,980 --> 02:26:05,720
and trying to understand it from not just a design and planning perspective

1720
02:26:05,720 --> 02:26:07,420
from a community level too.

1721
02:26:07,940 --> 02:26:09,740
So we've been looking in and understanding

1722
02:26:09,740 --> 02:26:12,840
previous city council meetings and policy initiatives

1723
02:26:12,840 --> 02:26:14,580
that you all have, like the big four.

1724
02:26:16,460 --> 02:26:17,900
Thank you for that.

1725
02:26:18,020 --> 02:26:18,700
A little bit time.

1726
02:26:19,460 --> 02:26:20,900
The Costco business center, you know,

1727
02:26:21,040 --> 02:26:23,040
the new businesses, like in and now coming in,

1728
02:26:23,280 --> 02:26:26,260
Citadel, of course, and the Commerce Casino,

1729
02:26:26,260 --> 02:26:28,880
and understanding all of these kind of major locations

1730
02:26:28,880 --> 02:26:31,440
and the work that you all have been putting in

1731
02:26:31,440 --> 02:26:34,240
and our economic drivers within the city.

1732
02:26:34,240 --> 02:26:39,720
So we've been researching the city of commerce's history and community, understanding the

1733
02:26:39,720 --> 02:26:43,760
planning context and policy context of which we're going to be building a foundation and

1734
02:26:43,760 --> 02:26:46,660
framework for making this vision for quarters come to life.

1735
02:26:47,240 --> 02:26:50,080
So moving us along on a little bit just for the sake of time.

1736
02:26:50,940 --> 02:26:55,040
You know, I mentioned that this is going to have to be a contextualized approach, something

1737
02:26:55,040 --> 02:27:01,760
that balances both the need for freight and goods movement and cars, as well as bikes and

1738
02:27:01,760 --> 02:27:06,280
people on feet with the planned metro station at the Citadel Outlets.

1739
02:27:06,400 --> 02:27:11,080
This is going to be a major opportunity to ensure that the new visitors and the old

1740
02:27:11,080 --> 02:27:15,560
visitors who are coming to visit and shop around the Citadel and surrounding areas

1741
02:27:15,560 --> 02:27:21,500
that they have safe travel and thinking about first-last-mile connections and increasing

1742
02:27:21,500 --> 02:27:26,800
economic activity and you know we need to balance things like parking, operational realities

1743
02:27:26,800 --> 02:27:31,340
and within a limited space figure out how we're going to integrate public art, way-finding

1744
02:27:31,340 --> 02:27:36,480
lighting, shade, landscaping, seeding furniture, all of these things within a way that actually

1745
02:27:36,480 --> 02:27:42,100
makes sense. So that's something our team brings experience in. We have a timeline that

1746
02:27:42,100 --> 02:27:47,960
we wanted to talk through. And again, it's a model that we've used for countless other

1747
02:27:47,960 --> 02:27:53,700
communities. And the idea is that, you know, at each stage of the process, community is involved.

1748
02:27:53,940 --> 02:27:57,280
Whether we're starting and doing a discovery of understanding what the existing conditions

1749
02:27:57,280 --> 02:28:01,260
are and what the cultural needs are and what are some of the landmarks in the community

1750
02:28:01,260 --> 02:28:05,780
in the middle when we have a conceptual design and we're kind of sharing these designs out

1751
02:28:05,780 --> 02:28:10,520
and then in the final stage where, you know, we have a conceptual idea of like what we're

1752
02:28:10,520 --> 02:28:13,140
going to do and getting feedback from community members.

1753
02:28:13,400 --> 02:28:15,000
But it doesn't stop there for us.

1754
02:28:15,120 --> 02:28:20,220
Again, we're going to be here with you even beyond the scope of the project is done and

1755
02:28:20,220 --> 02:28:25,120
you all have paid us out the ideas that we're here as partners to help advocate and get dollars

1756
02:28:25,120 --> 02:28:27,240
is down for you to make these ideas happen.

1757
02:28:28,940 --> 02:28:32,080
Wanted to go through a couple of relevant design

1758
02:28:32,080 --> 02:28:34,060
and corridor experience projects, all of which

1759
02:28:34,060 --> 02:28:37,380
has been done in the local area and recently as well.

1760
02:28:37,560 --> 02:28:39,460
But we are happy to share a little bit more

1761
02:28:39,460 --> 02:28:41,580
of our experience beyond this.

1762
02:28:42,000 --> 02:28:45,640
But just to kind of continue going on,

1763
02:28:46,540 --> 02:28:48,460
some of the corridor planning work

1764
02:28:49,200 --> 02:28:51,700
that we've been working on has been

1765
02:28:51,700 --> 02:28:53,260
with the cameo Los Angeles.

1766
02:28:53,260 --> 02:29:01,100
So we have been working with them to look at two major commercial corridors and revitalize them the big difference that we're looking at here

1767
02:29:01,860 --> 02:29:09,380
Even though it is also a proposed metro improvements and rail line coming through here is identifying opportunities for

1768
02:29:10,220 --> 02:29:16,620
Community economic development and and local business preservation and anti-gentrification

1769
02:29:17,420 --> 02:29:21,840
At the same time thinking about how can we make this process community driven and

1770
02:29:21,840 --> 02:29:24,700
and identifying opportunities for place-making and art.

1771
02:29:26,050 --> 02:29:29,060
The next slide that we have is with Fair and Heroes,

1772
02:29:29,260 --> 02:29:30,920
and it's within the city of Cudajé.

1773
02:29:31,300 --> 02:29:32,920
This one just won the award

1774
02:29:32,920 --> 02:29:35,220
at the state level for transportation planning,

1775
02:29:35,520 --> 02:29:37,580
but the idea here was Cudajé

1776
02:29:37,580 --> 02:29:39,240
is getting two new metro stations

1777
02:29:39,240 --> 02:29:40,960
as part of the Southeast Gateway line,

1778
02:29:41,220 --> 02:29:42,620
might sound familiar here,

1779
02:29:43,140 --> 02:29:46,020
and what we did was we led a multi-lingual culturally

1780
02:29:46,450 --> 02:29:48,640
and contextually appropriate engagement,

1781
02:29:48,640 --> 02:29:59,600
And the results were that we created recommendations that only we knew that the community held as experts of their community and came up with recommendations for active transportation.

1782
02:30:00,000 --> 02:30:29,900
Community preservation and art and cultural place keeping. A couple of other projects. I'm just going to go through. We're currently supporting also one of our partners, Genesis LA and looking at public private and nonprofit partnerships. Also with a potential new metro component coming into it. But what's interesting about this is not, we're not just looking from property line to property line. We're also working with property owners to think about commercial revitalization and streetscape revitalization.

1783
02:30:29,900 --> 02:30:33,040
and holistically, and looking at the private sector

1784
02:30:33,040 --> 02:30:34,840
as private property as well.

1785
02:30:35,960 --> 02:30:41,260
With LADOT, we led 12 dozen, over 2000 streetscape projects

1786
02:30:41,260 --> 02:30:43,460
in the city of LA creating visualizations

1787
02:30:43,460 --> 02:30:47,080
for potential streetscape improvements and its elements.

1788
02:30:47,420 --> 02:30:50,940
We're currently working with the County of Los Angeles

1789
02:30:50,940 --> 02:30:53,900
developing pedestrian plans within the region

1790
02:30:53,900 --> 02:30:56,520
with dozens of proposed streetscape projects

1791
02:30:56,520 --> 02:30:57,380
throughout the area.

1792
02:30:57,380 --> 02:31:02,980
All leading, and we're leading in transportation planning, design and engagement.

1793
02:31:03,240 --> 02:31:06,920
For my last slide, just rats, if you could make it quickly please.

1794
02:31:07,180 --> 02:31:07,600
Yes, of course.

1795
02:31:08,260 --> 02:31:10,700
So just six things I just want to quickly touch on.

1796
02:31:11,280 --> 02:31:15,000
We are a team that cares of community lead experts.

1797
02:31:15,320 --> 02:31:18,060
We are a implementation focused team.

1798
02:31:18,220 --> 02:31:19,880
Again, we're here with you beyond.

1799
02:31:20,360 --> 02:31:23,120
We're a multidisciplinary team that works really well together.

1800
02:31:23,120 --> 02:31:27,880
We're offering flexible strategies and cost efficient effective approaches.

1801
02:31:28,480 --> 02:31:44,600
If you may have noticed as part of our proposal, we have a lot of additional things that we threw in for free, essentially in terms of our services, as well as some optional scopes that you all can choose whether or not to do, and that could help make your project more cost effective, and then we're collaborative.

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you know we're here to not only work with you all but also the commerce

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community I'm ensuring that this is the project that has long-term stewardship

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so with that thank you so much thank you for the presentations is the city council

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have any questions okay

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see none thank you thank you thank you thank

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you Mayor and

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members of the council for your kindness and patience next we will have

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infrastructure architects come up to do their next presentation good

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evening

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I have been working in Southeast LA for past 36 years in different capacity as city engineers, traffic engineers, many, many projects, I'm thoroughly familiar with the area.

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When we saw this project, we were really excited.

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This project has every component that we have in our company,

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which is engineering, architecture, landscape architecture,

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urban planning.

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And therefore, we have multiple meetings in the office.

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We were really excited about the possibility.

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This is a unique project.

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It's not really a street-shaped project.

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It's not.

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It's a unique project that's going to be a gateway

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way to future catalyst projects, going to create something different, some destination

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that doesn't exist right now in this area. So, instead of me kind of focusing on our

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qualification as well as our community and our proposal, I decided to just put together

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a little presentation of some of the thoughts we had in the office about what this amazing

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corridor can be and some of the potential opportunities. Of course, from our perspective,

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if we're selected, obviously, we're going to have come to the city and share ideas,

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hear ideas, and then with the community and collectively be able to create a vision

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that's special. So with that, I'm going to ask that please, this video has also a voice.

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So we are very delighted to present our initial vision for the corridor. We understand

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that the city's goals include creating a visual appeal, functionality, and creating community engagement.

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In order to do that, we have come up with seven different strategies to transform the corridor.

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Following, we will briefly review each strategy.

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Complete street concept. We have done many of these types of streets where the street is converted

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from a thoroughfare for vehicles only to a thoroughfare that other modes of transportation,

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such as bicycles and pedestrians can share.

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The next opportunity are the bridges and underpasses within the corridor.

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The plain bridges can be transformed into something more artistic and pleasing

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with coordination with the agencies that have the jurisdiction.

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Some of the improvements may include adding paint and graphics, adding some architectural lighting,

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adding some landscape or decorative metal and textures to create visual impact.

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The next opportunity would be with mediums and lighting for the corridor.

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We have identified locations where the median can be enhanced or added,

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with landscape, hardscape, and street art possible,

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along with other improvements to create a more pleasant drive and more visual impact for the corridor users.

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Our next opportunity comes with the streetscape and living walls.

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There is a good amount of plain wall that separates the corridor from the I-5 freeway.

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These walls are opportunity zones to create commerce live walls, where a portion of it can be used to show some of commerce's history, local artists, murals, and a section set aside to create opportunity for the community kids to add to the wall to make it more personal to the community.

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Next opportunity would be to enhance intersections and pedestrian paths along the corridor.

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The intersections and walking paths can be very plain when it's just concrete and mortar.

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However, architectural touches can be made of the intersections to create asphalt pavers

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with design and content, decorative signs, hardscape and landscape, and other improvements

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at the intersections and along the pedestrian path to make it interesting, well lit, secure,

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and enjoyable for users.

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We have opportunities to create a connection between this corridor and everybody else that's

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coming near or around this area for this phase of the project.

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We suggest creating a specialized commerce entertainment district logo and way-finding signage that will announce to the corridor users that they have arrived at something special.

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The following slides will summarize the different opportunities that were discussed during this presentation.

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I'm here to answer any questions. That was just to respect the five minutes that you requested.

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Right, really appreciate that and really like the unique presentation here. Does the City Council have any questions?

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Thank you, and thank you for staying within time.

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Appreciate it.

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Next up, Mayor and members of the Council, we have MIG.

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Good evening.

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Thank you, Mayor and City Council.

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My name is Richard Barrett, or Rick Barrett, with MIG.

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And with me today is Carlos Velasquez from KOA Lockner, who is our mobility transportation

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consultant.

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And we'll keep this to five minutes as best we can.

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And MIG has a deep bench of experience and expertise in exactly this type of project

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not only in California but throughout the country.

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Next slide.

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Oh, next slide, sorry.

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Together, MIG and Lockner bring local experience and commerce, including the recent general plan and zoning code update,

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green zones work, the bicycle and pedestrian master plan, and the Randolph corridor design.

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Our work is rooted in local knowledge and context.

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Next slide.

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As I mentioned, we have extensive experience

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around the entire country designing streetscapes,

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much like this project for commerce.

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Next,

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we bring vast experience and visioning

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and engagement, but also build and implement our work.

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We provide visionary ideas that can be directly translated

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into designs that can be constructed.

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I like to refer to ourselves as pragmatic visionaries.

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We, next slide, as noted, we have a six-month schedule.

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That includes, it's a very brisk but doable schedule.

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That includes two in-person workshops and two in-person visioning sessions with stakeholders.

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And those workshops will be bilingual.

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We have bilingual staff at MIG that will help me lead those workshops.

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and we, next slide, we totally agree with the objectives of the project as outlined in the

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request for proposals. Next slide, attract visitors. That will come through a strategic

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place making and public art, both of which we have within our team. Next slide, community

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engagement is super important and we will look to the community to help build this plan.

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We find the most successful plan are those that are actually informed greatly by the community members

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Next slide

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We will support local businesses which is a key objective by including them in these workshops and stakeholder vision a

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Sessions next slide and then finally I'm pretty safety and accessibility is very important

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We've looked at the roadway corridors at length our team and with our Carlos

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So we're going to talk a little bit about that next.

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Next slide.

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So looking at Telegraph Road in Washington Boulevard today,

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we see high potential corridors challenged

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by a number of things, including narrow sidewalks,

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gaps in pedestrian connectivity, long crossing distances

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at crosswalks, and exposed industrial edges.

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Our place-making strategy will seek

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to flip these challenges into assets.

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Next slide.

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But

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by finding opportunities for both corridors, we will look to enhance lighting, gateways

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signage, provide shade trees, and public art, as well as addressing some of the issues

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with the underpasses.

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And we will transform the transit stops, sidewalks, and key intersections into welcoming places

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that reflect your community.

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We want to show a few examples with the next few slides,

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next.

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So a project that Carlos has led is the Claremont-Foothill Boulevard Master Plan Improvement

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Project, which is a two mile streetscape project, and he can answer questions about this

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after the presentation.

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This is firmly rooted in place banking, something we've talked about here already today a few

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times, but place banking must be grounded in engineering expertise to provide real value.

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Our team specializes in holistic corridor design, seeking to balance safe human scale

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pedestrian environments with the demanding operations and movements of truck traffic.

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Next slide.

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For the City of Los Angeles mayor's office, we let a project refer to as great streets, extensive

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extensive community engagement for truly informed the final development plans, and we also

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assisted the city in raising over $55 billion in grant money, which was very essential

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and now the Manchester project is actually under construction.

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Next slide.

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We also have, and next slide as well, we also have really great experience in graphics and

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visual simulations, these are going to be some examples of roadway, of a roadway that

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we've taken from what it looks like today, next slide, next slide.

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So we have the ability to develop these graphics in-house, which is really important to

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help the community understand what the concepts are and help transform concepts into reality.

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Next slide.

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And then finally, we, MIT literally wrote the book on community engagement many, many years

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ago.

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and if we go to the next slide we'll wrap up here.

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We are always looking for exciting ways and innovative ways

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to engage the community.

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We really don't like to do standard presentations

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in front of people with boards.

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We like to actually do the presentations or workshops out

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in the street, storefronts.

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These are some really good examples of how we've worked with community.

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Members on some of our streetscape projects, next slide.

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Some of these are done through pop-up workshops and insights, demonstrations of what the actual potential could be for streetscape improvements, next two slides or next slide. So advantages of the MIG team were multidisciplinary. We are experts in streetscape design. We are a dedicated passionate staff. We bring principal level involvement next slide.

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As I mentioned, we are experts.

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into the engagement we bring strong

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visualization and graphic skills and we

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really focus on implementation we have

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over a billion dollars worth of adult

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projects that many of them beginning

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from concept planning and that's my

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presentation great thank you for the

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presentation also kind of sticking close

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to time appreciate it does the city

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plans to have any questions no thank you

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for making way down here appreciate the

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presentation thank you

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mayor and council

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that concludes the presentations for your consideration and staff's request for direction.

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Thank you for that Director Interim Director Ramirez. The reason we're really looking at this is

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because commerce is going through a transmission right and we're looking at the opportunity that

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exists on Washington Boulevard but we also telegraphed well right and I think you're seeing some of those

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opportunities really start to materialize with construction that's happening on Washington telegraph

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in an out-of-state way and other establishments.

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The other thing to really consider is that we're going

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to have a whole bunch of stuff, right?

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Right behind the Citadel, right behind the Business Board.

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So these are all motivators to really look at the street, right?

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And making sure that we're building this project,

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that really touches on the culture and the history

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of the city and really just beautifies the area, right?

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you know really help attract new development and really just infuse a lot of economic

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vitality and so there's a lot here to digest as well right and I know this

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meeting has run long and so I would also like to take some of the approach and

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kind of take a step back and give counsel an opportunity to ask questions I think

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there is a lot to digest here but I feel like we did see some good presentations

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because

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there's a city council find without approach okay so we'll go ahead and

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We continue and then re-agendize Councillor McMillan.

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Thank you, sir.

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Thank you.

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I appreciate everybody coming down here today.

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I will go ahead and now move on to item 50,

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which is a resolution that can be written in the purchasing sale

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and as for the structure between.

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NCEM, also together, successful trustee of the training

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has been a trust that made 50,0008 ads.

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Hello, good evening mayor and members of the City Council.

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I'm here to present the resolution of proving the agreement

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of purchase and sell and escrow instructions between Nancy and Osigloon the

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successor trustee of BJ and and Osigloon the trust dated May 15, 2008 and the

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City of Commerce for a land and the City of Commerce, California.

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Tonight's

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recommendation it is recommended that the City Council consider adopting the

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proposed resolution approving the agreement to sell land and escrow

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instructions between Nancy M. Osigwanda's

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successor Trustee of the J&N Osigwanda Trust dated May 15,

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2008, and the City of Commerce for land located at 4615 East

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Washington Boulevard Commerce, California, 90040.

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Accessors 8, sorry.

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Accessors parcel number APN 5243027.

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And authorize the mayor to sign the agreement on behalf of the city.

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And authorizing a budget appropriation for the unassigned fund balance for the acquisition of 4615 East Washington Boulevard Commerce California 90040, including one million three hundred and fifty thousand purchase price.

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and associated acquisition related costs.

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Honorable Mayor and Member of City Council,

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this as the Mayor can speak to, as the City Council can speak to,

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is part of the city's ongoing efforts to maximize

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economic development opportunities in the city and address plight,

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and or certainly commercial areas or retail areas

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that without the city's motivated assistance

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would essentially go untouched and provide a negative aspect

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to the community.

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Just to give some background on this staff report, commerce, as the city

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management mentioned, commerce is a unique community surrounded by significant industrial

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activity, traffic, renovations, and major freeways, including the I-5 and the 7-10. While

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industry is an important part of the city's economic base, expanding the city's retail footprint

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through acquiring land will allow the city to obtain a greater leverage at managing economic

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road and revitalizing the city's major Washington corridor.

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The city is now seeking to diversify its source of revenue by focusing on retail activity

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throughout the Washington and Atlantic corridors.

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Currently, the City of Commerce lacks shopping options where residents and visitors are

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able to spend their money.

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The city's investment will allow more local options and be in additional sales tax generator.

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purchase of their property is considered by staff to be a strategic acquisition as the

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property is a suitable occasion to pursue a project that supports retail development subject

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to appropriate findings and pools.

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02:51:19,650 --> 02:51:27,650
The sun background on this property begins to, and that's like, if you can go back to that

2033
02:51:27,650 --> 02:51:28,370
version of the

2034
02:51:34,260 --> 02:51:35,080
area.

2035
02:51:36,340 --> 02:51:37,360
The sun background on this,

2036
02:51:41,000 --> 02:51:48,420
this lock size is 13,114, it was built in 1948, it has freeway

2037
02:51:48,420 --> 02:51:55,560
access as mentioned on the 710 south on and off ramps, and it is zoned for commercial manufacturing.

2038
02:52:02,760 --> 02:52:11,640
The aerial view of this property is shown to your left, and then a more highlighted view

2039
02:52:11,640 --> 02:52:13,220
is shown to your right,

2040
02:52:18,730 --> 02:52:19,750
that's why, the

2041
02:52:22,020 --> 02:52:23,820
following slide are the parcels.

2042
02:52:24,380 --> 02:52:30,180
The green parcels are the, is the building, and the yellow parcel is the,

2043
02:52:43,710 --> 02:52:44,650
thank you for

2044
02:52:44,650 --> 02:52:47,570
the presentation Ms. Delgado, this is City Council, have any questions.

2045
02:52:52,390 --> 02:52:52,510
Okay.

2046
02:52:52,510 --> 02:52:58,410
You know, I appreciate you kind of saying what the vision is, right?

2047
02:52:58,610 --> 02:53:02,010
You know, we want to expand and we tell opportunities in the cities for new development.

2048
02:53:03,470 --> 02:53:04,670
I do have one question.

2049
02:53:04,890 --> 02:53:09,290
You know, this is a building that's next to hosting, right?

2050
02:53:09,550 --> 02:53:14,410
You know, that historically has had some issues with, you know, trucks parking on the street

2051
02:53:14,410 --> 02:53:16,470
and blocking the traffic there.

2052
02:53:18,840 --> 02:53:22,480
Is there a consideration to use that parking lot for temporary parking for them?

2053
02:53:22,480 --> 02:53:26,820
And since it is chasing the team, at least while we figure out what a long term use would be.

2054
02:53:27,120 --> 02:53:34,520
So the plan as it stands now is to continue a month to month lease with the existing tenants.

2055
02:53:36,080 --> 02:53:39,180
So we will certainly see what opportunities exist related to that.

2056
02:53:39,800 --> 02:53:45,140
But the only parcel or the only portion of the current facility that's going to be vacated

2057
02:53:45,140 --> 02:53:47,760
is there is a non-conforming residential section.

2058
02:53:48,320 --> 02:53:50,020
That's going to be vacated as part of escrow.

2059
02:53:50,020 --> 02:53:52,720
but everything else will maintain a month-to-month

2060
02:53:52,720 --> 02:53:55,240
this for collecting revenue

2061
02:53:55,700 --> 02:53:58,900
until the right redevelopment opportunity presents itself.

2062
02:54:00,040 --> 02:54:01,520
Yeah, anything we can do to alleviate

2063
02:54:01,520 --> 02:54:03,220
that traffic situation over there, I think,

2064
02:54:03,780 --> 02:54:05,520
would be crude insights in within too,

2065
02:54:05,640 --> 02:54:08,100
just because I know it's a...

2066
02:54:08,100 --> 02:54:09,040
I personally think that

2067
02:54:11,320 --> 02:54:14,180
there's an opportunity to...

2068
02:54:14,180 --> 02:54:18,380
That business has communicated the desire to expand,

2069
02:54:19,760 --> 02:54:22,160
so one of the efforts on our part

2070
02:54:22,160 --> 02:54:29,300
will be to provide alternative either city owned or available opportunities that we can help facilitate that.

2071
02:54:29,600 --> 02:54:30,540
Okay. Thank you for that.

2072
02:54:30,900 --> 02:54:34,690
So I have any questions or comments at this time.

2073
02:54:37,580 --> 02:54:38,700
I would move mayor.

2074
02:54:38,960 --> 02:54:40,900
I would move to approve staff recommendation.

2075
02:54:43,910 --> 02:54:46,630
Okay. So we have a motion by Councilman Agumevo and I'm very excited.

2076
02:54:46,630 --> 02:54:47,550
Thank you.

2077
02:54:47,590 --> 02:54:48,690
Mayor Boatzen and Bercia.

2078
02:54:49,510 --> 02:54:50,330
All in favor.

2079
02:54:50,910 --> 02:54:51,430
Hi.

2080
02:54:52,010 --> 02:54:52,750
Any opposed?

2081
02:54:53,550 --> 02:54:54,030
Any ascensions?

2082
02:54:54,770 --> 02:54:55,330
Motion passes.

2083
02:54:56,050 --> 02:54:56,390
Thank you.

2084
02:54:56,570 --> 02:54:57,010
Thank you.

2085
02:54:57,010 --> 02:54:57,730
Okay,

2086
02:55:06,060 --> 02:55:13,220
so now we'll go ahead and move on to the next item which is the item

2087
02:55:13,220 --> 02:55:16,660
Number 16 resolutions approving the formation of the City of Commerce Community

2088
02:55:16,660 --> 02:55:20,060
Facilities District, 2026-1 meetup.

2089
02:55:24,060 --> 02:55:28,520
Good evening, Honorable Mayor, members of the City Council, the item before you

2090
02:55:28,520 --> 02:55:34,060
tonight is to formally establish and authorize the Community Facilities District

2091
02:55:34,060 --> 02:55:38,200
for CFD 2026-1 for the Modelo Project.

2092
02:55:39,020 --> 02:55:43,020
I just want to emphasize that tonight's actions only

2093
02:55:43,020 --> 02:55:46,460
authorize the formation process and does not authorize

2094
02:55:46,460 --> 02:55:50,820
any financing that will be done at a future council meeting.

2095
02:55:52,160 --> 02:55:54,460
And to provide a brief overview of the item here,

2096
02:55:54,880 --> 02:55:58,320
we have Dan Masiello of Cosmon financial services

2097
02:55:58,840 --> 02:56:01,680
who is serving as a city's municipal advisor on this

2098
02:56:01,680 --> 02:56:06,020
transaction and we also have Brian Fortbath from Australia who's serving as

2099
02:56:06,020 --> 02:56:10,480
bond council. And with that I'll turn it over to Dan for the presentation.

2100
02:56:13,810 --> 02:56:17,570
Thank you Mr. Castellan. Good evening Mr. Mayor, members of the City Council.

2101
02:56:17,810 --> 02:56:23,090
So staff, you've had a long night so I'll try and be real brief with this but

2102
02:56:23,090 --> 02:56:27,530
basically as you're a financial actor, I've mentioned the consideration before

2103
02:56:27,530 --> 02:56:31,910
you tonight is to form a community facilities district or community

2104
02:56:31,910 --> 02:56:33,210
the next slide please.

2105
02:56:34,270 --> 02:56:38,410
A community facilities district is a financing tool.

2106
02:56:38,710 --> 02:56:45,710
It establishes a financing area or an area that will be eligible to raise financing for

2107
02:56:45,710 --> 02:56:50,750
capital improvements that are public purpose for the project in question.

2108
02:56:51,310 --> 02:56:55,770
It is very important to note that the city will in no way be responsible for repayment of any financing

2109
02:56:55,770 --> 02:56:57,590
or cost of administering the project,

2110
02:56:57,590 --> 02:57:00,130
the last cost will fall on the specific properties

2111
02:57:00,130 --> 02:57:02,590
in that project, no existing properties

2112
02:57:02,590 --> 02:57:04,790
in the city will be taxed either.

2113
02:57:05,570 --> 02:57:07,770
Next slide please, this project

2114
02:57:07,770 --> 02:57:11,130
or the finance and district is regarding the Modelo Project.

2115
02:57:11,370 --> 02:57:12,870
I think you're all familiar with that project,

2116
02:57:13,050 --> 02:57:15,390
so we're gonna need to go over the details of that.

2117
02:57:15,570 --> 02:57:20,110
Next slide please, excuse me, this particular proposed CFD

2118
02:57:20,910 --> 02:57:23,810
will have the same boundaries as the Modelo Project.

2119
02:57:23,810 --> 02:57:36,850
It will be used to provide tax exam financing for the most part to projects that serve public purposes, street sidewalks, that sort of stuff that are going to be an eligible list of improvements that will be predetermined.

2120
02:57:39,350 --> 02:57:47,350
The CFD will be authorized to issue debt in the future, but those actions will leave separate approval at those times.

2121
02:57:47,350 --> 02:57:53,390
So again, this is just establishing sort of a footprint where a financial district will exist.

2122
02:57:54,150 --> 02:57:59,190
Community facilities district generally enables or allows the

2123
02:57:59,910 --> 02:58:05,890
implementation of a special tax that overrides the 1% general obligation or general

2124
02:58:06,510 --> 02:58:11,910
tax levy and those extra revenues on those specific properties and what it used to pay for those

2125
02:58:11,910 --> 02:58:15,350
public improvements that serve those properties. Next slide please.

2126
02:58:16,490 --> 02:58:22,450
before a CFD can be formed there are a few requirements you all were here when

2127
02:58:22,450 --> 02:58:25,810
your bond council went over some illegal requirements we won't get in those

2128
02:58:25,810 --> 02:58:30,050
needs too much tonight we happen to answer any questions as well but basically

2129
02:58:30,050 --> 02:58:36,490
the city will be considering tonight the adoption of certain goals and

2130
02:58:36,490 --> 02:58:40,310
policies this is an accordance with state law the city is supposed to have

2131
02:58:40,310 --> 02:58:45,030
certain credit criteria such as a value to lean of the property involved

2132
02:58:45,030 --> 02:58:49,890
involved certain goals and policies regarding credit quality and other items that would need

2133
02:58:49,890 --> 02:58:55,690
to be established before the city would entertain a bond, finance and associated with any CFD.

2134
02:58:56,110 --> 02:59:01,470
These are policies that can be amended going forward to the council decide in any specific

2135
02:59:01,470 --> 02:59:07,390
instance that it would like to do so, but it will establish your policy for the record tonight.

2136
02:59:07,670 --> 02:59:14,430
And after that, next slide, please, is when the CFD itself could actually perform for council

2137
02:59:14,430 --> 02:59:18,110
So chooses, there will be two resolutions associated with that.

2138
02:59:18,270 --> 02:59:19,890
One's called a resolution of intention.

2139
02:59:20,490 --> 02:59:21,550
And it's just like it sounds.

2140
02:59:21,690 --> 02:59:24,750
It's a decent ending to form a community facilities district.

2141
02:59:25,230 --> 02:59:29,470
It sets forth how the special tax will be levy through a rate

2142
02:59:29,470 --> 02:59:30,610
and method of apportionment.

2143
02:59:31,070 --> 02:59:32,110
It sets the boundaries.

2144
02:59:32,890 --> 02:59:36,150
And it sets the qualifications for the spending priorities

2145
02:59:36,150 --> 02:59:38,350
in terms of the infrastructure that's allowed to be financed.

2146
02:59:38,450 --> 02:59:42,290
It also includes a resolution of intention to issue bonds.

2147
02:59:42,290 --> 02:59:48,790
It doesn't authorize any actual bonds tonight. It just states that when the time comes this financing

2148
02:59:48,790 --> 02:59:50,790
District will be eligible to

2149
02:59:50,790 --> 02:59:56,130
Issue bonds should the council then approve at that time in the future. So those are two separate like resolutions

2150
02:59:56,130 --> 02:59:59,770
One of the resolutions that resolution of intention

2151
03:00:00,000 --> 03:00:29,980
Next slide, please, we'll establish a public hearing that will need to be held. That will be, I believe, on October 27th. It has to occur between 30 and 60 days of tonight. No less than 30 and more than 60. So that is when there will be a public hearing on this matter and the next steps of the process will bring the formation forward. So in front of you tonight, there are three resolutions.

2152
03:00:29,980 --> 03:00:32,380
want approving the CFD goals and policies,

2153
03:00:32,720 --> 03:00:34,280
want approving the resolution of the attention

2154
03:00:34,280 --> 03:00:35,660
to establish the CFD,

2155
03:00:36,320 --> 03:00:39,500
and want approving the authorization to incur debt

2156
03:00:39,500 --> 03:00:40,080
in the future.

2157
03:00:41,180 --> 03:00:43,020
I have to answer any questions you may have.

2158
03:00:44,480 --> 03:00:46,640
Thank you for the presentation there in the walkthrough.

2159
03:00:46,800 --> 03:00:48,020
Does the city council have any questions?

2160
03:00:52,870 --> 03:00:54,890
Okay, and just to be clear, as you mentioned,

2161
03:00:55,170 --> 03:00:57,410
right, two things that I just want to mention

2162
03:00:57,410 --> 03:00:58,450
just for public consumption.

2163
03:00:59,110 --> 03:01:00,890
One, the community facilities district.

2164
03:01:00,890 --> 03:01:09,710
One of the things he does is he introduces special tax, right, all of that tax doesn't, doesn't apply to,

2165
03:01:09,990 --> 03:01:13,830
but it only applies to that model portion, right, that, that.

2166
03:01:16,090 --> 03:01:21,830
That's exactly right, there's something called a rating method of apportionment, and it's even more precise within that project,

2167
03:01:22,130 --> 03:01:28,310
which types of properties pay, which types of tax, but nobody else in the city will have any sort of new tax whatsoever.

2168
03:01:28,310 --> 03:01:31,150
Okay, and that includes the new veterans part developed.

2169
03:01:31,810 --> 03:01:32,310
Correct.

2170
03:01:32,550 --> 03:01:35,110
Only properties in this specific footprint.

2171
03:01:35,390 --> 03:01:37,090
I'm not even sure if that development is okay.

2172
03:01:37,410 --> 03:01:37,610
Okay.

2173
03:01:37,890 --> 03:01:38,350
For sure.

2174
03:01:38,590 --> 03:01:43,330
And I just, I think it's prudent to kind of say that just because I know that tax increases

2175
03:01:43,330 --> 03:01:48,170
have been a topic of the special needs of the right, so I just want to make it clear that

2176
03:01:48,170 --> 03:01:51,550
this is specific to the development property.

2177
03:01:51,970 --> 03:01:56,810
And today we're not authorizing any findings and right we're not.

2178
03:02:01,710 --> 03:02:10,190
that's exactly right okay so I think with that said unless the council hasn't

2179
03:02:10,190 --> 03:02:17,660
had a question so we have

2180
03:02:23,520 --> 03:02:25,580
a motion do we have a second I'll

2181
03:02:28,970 --> 03:02:29,530
go ahead and second

2182
03:02:29,530 --> 03:02:38,850
that motion okay so all in favor hi any opposed any abstentions pushing passes

2183
03:02:38,850 --> 03:02:40,450
Thank you. Thank you.

2184
03:02:45,390 --> 03:02:51,330
Okay, so now we'll go ahead and move on to item number 18, which is the consideration of a concept plan for the current

2185
03:02:51,330 --> 03:03:08,680
Commerce Decor placement improvement project. So as you know, we're possibly in the process of maintaining and improving the cat commerce. So before you're going to be some options, all not only aesthetic, but also the type of materials and components that that bring.

2186
03:03:08,680 --> 03:03:13,640
So I do prepare a brief presentation on that city council to provide direction to staff.

2187
03:03:14,560 --> 03:03:20,380
Thank you Mr. City Manager and before you honorable mayor and members of the council as

2188
03:03:20,380 --> 03:03:26,720
a consideration of a concept plan that we're going to be presenting to you this evening and

2189
03:03:26,720 --> 03:03:34,320
it's specific to replacement of the deck project there at the camp at camp commerce.

2190
03:03:34,980 --> 03:03:40,700
Basically, what we have are deteriorated areas of women's structures that no longer need

2191
03:03:40,700 --> 03:03:46,020
safety and durability, fire resistance issues, and ADA compliance.

2192
03:03:46,780 --> 03:03:52,580
Public works in partnership with Parks and Rec are here to provide you a brief presentation

2193
03:03:53,020 --> 03:03:57,440
and I'm going to go ahead and bring up my colleague, Marcus, and that he gives to continue

2194
03:03:57,440 --> 03:03:58,100
our presentation.

2195
03:04:03,020 --> 03:04:05,480
Good evening, honorable Mayor and members of City Council.

2196
03:04:05,480 --> 03:04:11,120
Before this evening is a proposed concept plan for the Camp Commerce Decreplacement Improvement Project.

2197
03:04:11,760 --> 03:04:18,380
Camp Commerce is an important recreational facility at our community and has served generations of commerce youth and families.

2198
03:04:19,020 --> 03:04:31,660
Several of the existing outdoor wooden deck structures have deteriorated over time in our need of replacement to address the current safety, durability, fire resistance, decking and ADA compliance standards.

2199
03:04:31,660 --> 03:04:33,840
on April 14th, 2020.

2200
03:04:34,600 --> 03:04:37,360
Sixth, the Council approved a professional service agreement

2201
03:04:37,360 --> 03:04:40,580
with EB construction for the preparation of plans,

2202
03:04:40,900 --> 03:04:44,400
specifications, and an engineer's estimate for this project.

2203
03:04:45,000 --> 03:04:48,300
Since that time, EB construction has worked closely

2204
03:04:48,300 --> 03:04:50,740
with city staff to assess the existing conditions

2205
03:04:51,160 --> 03:04:53,980
and develop the concept plan that will be presented

2206
03:04:53,980 --> 03:04:54,840
to you this evening.

2207
03:04:55,520 --> 03:04:57,900
One of our priorities throughout this process

2208
03:04:57,900 --> 03:04:59,420
has been to maintain the character

2209
03:04:59,420 --> 03:05:01,900
and functionality of CAM members

2210
03:05:01,900 --> 03:05:04,000
while identifying improvements that are durable,

2211
03:05:04,460 --> 03:05:06,700
safe and appropriate for the mountain environment.

2212
03:05:07,180 --> 03:05:08,820
Staff has also worked with the consultant

2213
03:05:08,820 --> 03:05:10,520
to make sure the proposed improvements

2214
03:05:10,520 --> 03:05:12,520
provide a consistent look throughout the CAM.

2215
03:05:13,220 --> 03:05:14,780
Tonight, we're asking Council to review

2216
03:05:14,780 --> 03:05:17,400
and approve the proposed concepts of the consultant

2217
03:05:17,400 --> 03:05:20,760
and staff can move forward with a detailed design.

2218
03:05:21,400 --> 03:05:25,460
Funding in the amount of $480,000 is included

2219
03:05:25,460 --> 03:05:31,540
in the fiscal year 2025-2026 budget to cover the design phase of this project.

2220
03:05:32,560 --> 03:05:37,500
Staff is recommending that City Council receive and file tonight's presentation, approve

2221
03:05:37,500 --> 03:05:43,920
the proposed concept plan, and authorize staff to proceed with preparation of PSME based

2222
03:05:43,920 --> 03:05:44,940
on the approved concept.

2223
03:05:45,840 --> 03:05:50,280
At this time, I would like to introduce our project design consultant from EV Construction

2224
03:05:50,280 --> 03:05:55,360
I think David Esparza, who will provide us with the concept plan presentation.

2225
03:06:00,370 --> 03:06:03,610
Good evening, Mayor and members of the City of Council.

2226
03:06:04,910 --> 03:06:05,970
My name is David Esparza.

2227
03:06:06,510 --> 03:06:07,870
Sorry about that.

2228
03:06:08,770 --> 03:06:10,330
David Esparza, I'm with EB Construction.

2229
03:06:11,830 --> 03:06:16,990
Tonight we'll be presenting the Conceptual plans for this Camp Commerce Tech Replacement Project.

2230
03:06:21,220 --> 03:06:25,800
We'll review the existing conditions and proposed materials and design approach.

2231
03:06:25,800 --> 03:06:30,000
and that's the council for approval and direction existing

2232
03:06:36,560 --> 03:06:37,200
conditions.

2233
03:06:37,660 --> 03:06:40,520
These photos show some of the existing conditions throughout the camp commerce.

2234
03:06:41,120 --> 03:06:45,660
The project includes 10 cabins and the conditions buried by location,

2235
03:06:46,520 --> 03:06:51,740
redressing deteriorate decks and stairs, railings, foundations, piers,

2236
03:06:52,740 --> 03:06:58,820
repairs and retaining walls, erosion control and accessibility improvements were applicable.

2237
03:07:13,230 --> 03:07:20,750
We want to maintain the mountain camp appearance, but use materials that are more durable and easier for the city to maintain a long term.

2238
03:07:21,550 --> 03:07:28,170
Depending on the location, we are proposing metal treads, concrete stairs, and accessible routes

2239
03:07:28,170 --> 03:07:37,330
using the combination of timber tech, wood and metals, then temp for everything to have

2240
03:07:37,330 --> 03:07:41,410
a consistent appearance throughout the camp, even though the solution may vary from cabin

2241
03:07:41,410 --> 03:07:41,970
to cabin,

2242
03:07:51,530 --> 03:07:52,690
additional concepts.

2243
03:07:54,960 --> 03:07:59,700
Here you can see other examples of on how the design, language carries throughout the project,

2244
03:07:59,700 --> 03:08:02,800
but we're maintaining the same general materials and characters

2245
03:08:02,800 --> 03:08:06,000
by adapting to the design and the conditions

2246
03:08:06,000 --> 03:08:09,300
of inaccessibility needed at each location,

2247
03:08:15,300 --> 03:08:16,340
stair strategies.

2248
03:08:17,120 --> 03:08:19,860
For the stairs, we're looking at a durable traction,

2249
03:08:21,460 --> 03:08:23,720
snow conditions, maintenance,

2250
03:08:25,810 --> 03:08:28,130
and the conditions of each individual location.

2251
03:08:29,430 --> 03:08:32,890
Metal treads are proposed at all,

2252
03:08:33,010 --> 03:08:34,090
but three stair locations

2253
03:08:34,090 --> 03:08:37,750
at the remaining three locations. Concrete stairs are proposed,

2254
03:08:40,120 --> 03:08:41,900
where metal treasurer are not suitable.

2255
03:08:43,100 --> 03:08:47,920
The overall intent is to provide a durable low-maintenance solution to improve safety while still

2256
03:08:47,920 --> 03:08:50,540
maintaining the character of camp commerce.

2257
03:08:52,760 --> 03:08:53,320
Next slide.

2258
03:08:56,460 --> 03:08:57,840
For the decking, we're recommending

2259
03:08:57,840 --> 03:09:06,360
Timbertech Advanced PVC. It gives us the appearance that we want for the camp while providing a more durable

2260
03:09:06,360 --> 03:09:08,160
and low maintenance second system.

2261
03:09:09,510 --> 03:09:16,020
The product is ignition resistant and has a Class H flame spreading rating, which is

2262
03:09:16,020 --> 03:09:17,700
particularly important for this environment.

2263
03:09:18,320 --> 03:09:21,100
This means this material won't easily catch or spread fire.

2264
03:09:21,820 --> 03:09:29,780
For the railing, we're proposing to maintain the existing tube by cap to preserve the existing

2265
03:09:29,780 --> 03:09:36,100
in characteristics, co-compliant grab bros provided on stairways at

2266
03:09:39,270 --> 03:09:40,970
this time for requesting

2267
03:09:40,970 --> 03:09:47,750
council's approval to propose concept plans and an additional direction council would

2268
03:09:47,750 --> 03:09:52,710
like us to incorporate as we move into the next phase of design.

2269
03:09:54,040 --> 03:09:57,090
Be happy to answer any questions next slide.

2270
03:09:59,670 --> 03:10:01,250
David, thank you for the presentation.

2271
03:10:01,250 --> 03:10:03,370
and Marcus Nikki as well for the introduction.

2272
03:10:03,750 --> 03:10:04,990
David, are you joining us from the mountain?

2273
03:10:05,410 --> 03:10:05,610
Yes.

2274
03:10:05,990 --> 03:10:06,170
You are.

2275
03:10:06,310 --> 03:10:07,590
Thank you for making the way down here.

2276
03:10:07,730 --> 03:10:08,550
We appreciate it.

2277
03:10:08,750 --> 03:10:09,450
No, no, no, no, no, no.

2278
03:10:09,450 --> 03:10:09,690
I

2279
03:10:12,020 --> 03:10:12,900
just had two questions.

2280
03:10:13,240 --> 03:10:17,120
My first question is, how long is a tumor type material last?

2281
03:10:18,520 --> 03:10:21,860
So they actually have a lifetime warranty.

2282
03:10:22,040 --> 03:10:23,620
They have different warranties.

2283
03:10:23,820 --> 03:10:27,920
And if installed properly, it's a lifetime warranty.

2284
03:10:28,460 --> 03:10:32,020
So it's not going to peel or crack or anything like that?

2285
03:10:32,020 --> 03:10:35,880
No, they stand behind their product, yes.

2286
03:10:36,040 --> 03:10:37,100
Okay, thank you.

2287
03:10:37,660 --> 03:10:41,380
And then for the stairs, the steps that are metal,

2288
03:10:42,880 --> 03:10:44,660
that's not slippery at all?

2289
03:10:45,160 --> 03:10:48,560
Oh no, so they're perforated and like they're like punched out.

2290
03:10:48,800 --> 03:10:49,800
So it gives it like a grip.

2291
03:10:49,960 --> 03:10:51,420
It's not like a smooth surface.

2292
03:10:52,360 --> 03:10:54,380
So it's actually like when it's snows,

2293
03:10:54,920 --> 03:10:58,560
and you step on a step that has snow on it all compact and become ice.

2294
03:10:58,820 --> 03:11:00,280
And these ones actually like punctures through.

2295
03:11:00,820 --> 03:11:04,560
So they're actually like a lot that's a really good grip

2296
03:11:05,220 --> 03:11:10,400
When snow and when just rain, they're really good. Thank you

2297
03:11:12,240 --> 03:11:16,180
Good questions. Thank you for that mayor pro-tam. Does the city council have any other questions?

2298
03:11:17,120 --> 03:11:19,480
Yeah, just follow up

2299
03:11:20,020 --> 03:11:20,800
Some of the

2300
03:11:31,660 --> 03:11:34,680
Yes, so are you talking about like the stairs that go down to like

2301
03:11:34,680 --> 03:11:36,900
covers and the walkways?

2302
03:11:39,070 --> 03:11:40,810
Yes, so a lot of those are included.

2303
03:11:41,110 --> 03:11:44,730
All of them are included. The concrete's messed up, being repaired.

2304
03:11:45,010 --> 03:11:49,610
So what are you replacing it with? How are you going to address things?

2305
03:11:50,330 --> 03:11:52,470
That also means it's not too slippery.

2306
03:11:55,190 --> 03:11:59,830
Yes, so the finish on the concrete itself, like down here in the city,

2307
03:11:59,870 --> 03:12:03,070
I noticed you guys have like a pretty smooth finish, like out in the mountains.

2308
03:12:03,070 --> 03:12:10,030
they used to finish, so like wherever the direction of travel is, they go completely across,

2309
03:12:10,630 --> 03:12:15,610
so actually it's like a slipper system, it's like a lot more rough surface, and they also

2310
03:12:15,610 --> 03:12:18,850
do aggregated, like exposed aggregates, so after the grip,

2311
03:12:21,180 --> 03:12:23,680
okay, and does it count for drainage?

2312
03:12:24,660 --> 03:12:32,120
Oh yeah, so if we're doing concrete like drainage, we'll be considered into the design phase of it,

2313
03:12:32,120 --> 03:12:37,460
Yes, I didn't see any in the presentation, I was happy.

2314
03:12:42,970 --> 03:12:43,410
So,

2315
03:12:46,050 --> 03:12:47,970
it said I want to question one more time, sorry, I apologize.

2316
03:12:48,730 --> 03:12:50,990
I guess I'm trying to understand exactly.

2317
03:13:10,180 --> 03:13:12,200
Yes, drainage will be considered.

2318
03:13:12,520 --> 03:13:12,760
City.

2319
03:13:21,960 --> 03:13:22,680
No, yes.

2320
03:13:23,060 --> 03:13:28,440
So our engineer will be, that's all planned into the design side of it.

2321
03:13:28,860 --> 03:13:32,840
So it will have drainage that's going into a design part of it.

2322
03:13:33,600 --> 03:13:36,560
So it will be addressed. It won't be left unattended.

2323
03:13:41,990 --> 03:13:43,070
Council Member, thank you for your

2324
03:13:43,070 --> 03:13:49,490
question. I just wanted to pop in and confirm that there will be proper slow-bitch on

2325
03:13:49,490 --> 03:13:57,490
the actual concrete so that the drainage is hitting the nearest planter so that there's

2326
03:13:57,490 --> 03:14:03,710
not an area where people will easily slip. Okay, I just want to still account for the only

2327
03:14:03,710 --> 03:14:08,370
because there is a lot of work that's been done and it's history.

2328
03:14:09,330 --> 03:14:09,450
Yes.

2329
03:14:09,930 --> 03:14:14,110
In terms of education, you still have the immediately to

2330
03:14:27,070 --> 03:14:29,820
be a family.

2331
03:14:32,680 --> 03:14:36,780
We totally agree with you and don't make sure that it is taken to.

2332
03:14:37,220 --> 03:14:37,800
We shall.

2333
03:14:38,500 --> 03:14:38,740
Thank you.

2334
03:14:41,010 --> 03:14:41,330
Great.

2335
03:14:41,490 --> 03:14:42,150
Great questions.

2336
03:14:42,390 --> 03:14:43,210
Councilwoman Roy.

2337
03:14:43,430 --> 03:14:45,110
I just have a really quick question.

2338
03:14:46,430 --> 03:14:52,410
In your picture, where it has the like accessible route for one of the cabins, I think

2339
03:14:55,190 --> 03:14:59,970
I'm just curious, for when it, it's snow.

2340
03:15:00,820 --> 03:15:30,420
This type of material, you said it's not slippery, but you were talking about the concrete. This, this particular ramp, I guess it's the ramp that flows to the tiny cap cabin. What is that flooring? Is that what type of tech is? Yes. And that is not slippery, you said. So it's one of the best-rated ones for the slippery in that weather, like in composite materials. The highest non-slip rating. Okay.

2341
03:15:30,420 --> 03:15:31,040
Okay, that's okay.

2342
03:15:31,280 --> 03:15:31,860
Thank you.

2343
03:15:32,280 --> 03:15:32,400
Yeah.

2344
03:15:33,340 --> 03:15:34,500
I think it looks great.

2345
03:15:34,820 --> 03:15:34,960
I mean,

2346
03:15:35,540 --> 03:15:40,180
Cash Commerce has needed some TLC and your concepts,

2347
03:15:40,520 --> 03:15:41,920
I mean, everything looks great.

2348
03:15:42,980 --> 03:15:44,320
I just was trying to understand,

2349
03:15:45,580 --> 03:15:47,720
and I try to spend as much time as I can,

2350
03:15:48,260 --> 03:15:49,800
basically when the community goes up there,

2351
03:15:50,540 --> 03:15:51,960
and I have seen like,

2352
03:15:52,260 --> 03:15:54,680
when it's snowing, how slippery it is,

2353
03:15:54,920 --> 03:15:56,040
especially at those stairs,

2354
03:15:56,860 --> 03:15:58,340
so I had a question about the stairs,

2355
03:15:58,340 --> 03:16:09,880
I think my biggest concern was a slip, I mean I don't know anything about any material

2356
03:16:09,880 --> 03:16:11,320
check whatever it's about.

2357
03:16:11,720 --> 03:16:16,480
So I wanted to make sure that we are considering how steep we are that way, so it's okay.

2358
03:16:17,160 --> 03:16:23,740
And I think it's a great idea to deal with companies that are up in the mountain because

2359
03:16:23,740 --> 03:16:46,560
because it's so different to deal with companies that deal with material here, right, off the mountain and up the mountain and I think in the past we've used companies that don't necessarily know the difference between the mountains and here, so great job in, you know, looking at people that have experience in building within the mountain.

2360
03:16:48,380 --> 03:17:07,420
Okay, great question and comments Councilwoman Councilman argument. Thank you. I just wondered if I worked on that same railing that the Councilwoman wrote a sneak reference to is that just for that or putting it throughout if you go back to that slide.

2361
03:17:08,040 --> 03:17:13,340
you can go back for a moment. So if you notice all the relics throughout the whole

2362
03:17:14,060 --> 03:17:19,900
all the projects there are going to be matching. Okay, okay, no, I see that but the

2363
03:17:19,900 --> 03:17:25,340
railing where you can find all the gravel. Yes, we'll have gravels throughout. Yes,

2364
03:17:25,520 --> 03:17:32,000
all the pathways. Yes, that's the question. I'm not seeing them here, but yeah, I see it

2365
03:17:32,540 --> 03:17:36,460
And so they will all the yes, okay, I just know

2366
03:17:36,460 --> 03:17:37,520
Because the tendency

2367
03:17:37,520 --> 03:17:40,520
Oh, no, yeah, that's last safety first

2368
03:17:41,520 --> 03:17:42,760
So right now

2369
03:17:42,760 --> 03:17:43,720
Okay,

2370
03:17:46,400 --> 03:17:48,960
great question any other questions from the city council

2371
03:17:49,880 --> 03:17:59,170
I just have one question the the metals the metals stairs. I like that it's textured right inside it mitigates some of the risk or some of you

2372
03:18:03,530 --> 03:18:11,340
It's it's it's metal it's steel color, right? You know, is there a reason why I went to steal color and oh

2373
03:18:11,340 --> 03:18:17,360
we can't. So that's something you guys could help. It's an option. It does

2374
03:18:17,360 --> 03:18:22,960
it compromise the safety of the stairs because now there's kind of like a

2375
03:18:22,960 --> 03:18:28,660
player or no. So it actually has like a protective paint on them. So it's like

2376
03:18:29,380 --> 03:18:33,580
they're either like galvanized. They have different finishes on them and it all

2377
03:18:33,580 --> 03:18:38,840
helps with corrosion and it won't affect the slippage. I don't know how you feel

2378
03:18:38,840 --> 03:18:43,600
about that. I just, you know, I'm big on color matching, right? Yeah, it'll match the

2379
03:18:44,300 --> 03:18:50,840
railing. Yeah, I think so, right? I like that. I like that. Okay. So, as long as you said,

2380
03:18:50,900 --> 03:18:56,340
like you said, as long as there's no, there's a compromise to safety, right? That's paramount, right?

2381
03:18:56,500 --> 03:19:02,920
No, yeah, I'm always for function over aesthetics, but when you can remind it's a win-win, yeah, exactly.

2382
03:19:04,940 --> 03:19:09,220
Okay, if no other questions, at this time, I'll entertain the motion.

2383
03:19:09,440 --> 03:19:17,360
So we have a motion to approve the recommendation in the staff report by Councilor.

2384
03:19:21,060 --> 03:19:21,220
Hi.

2385
03:19:21,760 --> 03:19:22,540
Any opposed?

2386
03:19:22,860 --> 03:19:23,200
Any essentially?

2387
03:19:24,940 --> 03:19:25,260
Thank you.

2388
03:19:25,400 --> 03:19:26,020
Thank you.

2389
03:19:26,020 --> 03:19:27,160
Thank you guys.

2390
03:19:27,560 --> 03:19:27,780
All

2391
03:19:36,580 --> 03:19:37,680
right, we're getting there, guys.

2392
03:19:38,040 --> 03:19:38,880
We are getting there.

2393
03:19:39,040 --> 03:19:45,120
So now we are going to move on to item number 19, which is a resolution approving the least

2394
03:19:45,120 --> 03:19:48,000
and at 5555 East Washington Boulevard,

2395
03:19:48,280 --> 03:19:51,280
we will end the investment LLC in V8,

2396
03:19:51,480 --> 03:19:52,360
Alpoio Locals.

2397
03:19:53,240 --> 03:19:54,120
Honorable Mayor,

2398
03:19:54,240 --> 03:19:54,920
Member of City Council,

2399
03:19:55,140 --> 03:19:57,520
this item is related to a previous direction

2400
03:19:57,520 --> 03:20:01,360
by the City Council to repurpose the old Jack-in-a-Box site

2401
03:20:01,360 --> 03:20:06,540
to a new development that helps advance

2402
03:20:06,540 --> 03:20:08,500
our economic development opportunities in the city.

2403
03:20:09,720 --> 03:20:11,840
Mr. Caldwell can present any information

2404
03:20:11,840 --> 03:20:13,080
in the City Council has any questions.

2405
03:20:13,960 --> 03:20:15,480
Hello, Katie, and again,

2406
03:20:19,160 --> 03:20:24,520
I'm here to present the Resolution Approving Elise Agreement at 5-5-5-East

2407
03:20:24,520 --> 03:20:34,600
Washington Boulevard, APN 6-335-024-909, between Lealand Investment LLC, DVA, Elk Loyal

2408
03:20:34,600 --> 03:20:36,200
Local, and the City of Commerce.

2409
03:20:37,380 --> 03:20:42,000
Tonight's recommendation is, it is recommended that the City Council consider adopting the

2410
03:20:42,000 --> 03:20:44,860
proposed resolution approving a lease agreement between

2411
03:20:44,860 --> 03:20:50,040
Leland Investment LLC, DBA, Agboio Local, Lessee, and the City of

2412
03:20:50,040 --> 03:20:53,720
Commerce, Lesser, 4, 5 by 5 East, Washington Boulevard,

2413
03:20:53,880 --> 03:21:02,580
Commerce, California, 90040, APN, 6335024, 909, and

2414
03:21:02,580 --> 03:21:05,280
authorized the mayor to sign the agreement on behalf of the

2415
03:21:05,280 --> 03:21:05,480
city.

2416
03:21:15,560 --> 03:21:20,280
To provide some background on this staff report on

2417
03:21:20,280 --> 03:21:24,580
on October 2017, the city engaged with East Side Development

2418
03:21:24,580 --> 03:21:30,100
to purchase 5x5 East Washington on along Washington Boulevard.

2419
03:21:31,300 --> 03:21:38,720
It is approximately 23,267 square feet of land

2420
03:21:39,380 --> 03:21:42,800
and 3,700 square feet of a restaurant building

2421
03:21:42,800 --> 03:21:46,780
with an existing drive through located on the southwest corner

2422
03:21:46,780 --> 03:21:49,000
of Gilson Street and Washington Boulevard.

2423
03:21:49,700 --> 03:21:54,060
Additional details are, it was built in 1986.

2424
03:21:54,540 --> 03:21:58,740
It has freeway access between the I-5 and the I-710.

2425
03:21:59,220 --> 03:22:02,720
It is commercial manufacturing zone.

2426
03:22:03,460 --> 03:22:07,060
And the proposed term for this agreement is 11 years

2427
03:22:07,060 --> 03:22:11,280
with a one-time option to extend an additional four more years.

2428
03:22:12,600 --> 03:22:13,440
Next slide.

2429
03:22:21,640 --> 03:22:29,120
During May of 2026, the previous Senate relocated to another site on Washington Boulevard on

2430
03:22:29,120 --> 03:22:30,740
Atlantic within the city of Commerce.

2431
03:22:31,440 --> 03:22:35,640
The city proceeded to advertise a property to see the long-term tenant for the existing

2432
03:22:35,640 --> 03:22:37,060
drive-through restaurant building.

2433
03:22:37,600 --> 03:22:42,400
Following negotiations with the Intercept potential tenants, the city received a proposal from

2434
03:22:42,400 --> 03:22:44,520
Greenland investment LLC, DBA,

2435
03:22:44,840 --> 03:22:48,480
of Boyle Local, staff evaluated the proposal based

2436
03:22:48,480 --> 03:22:50,660
on the tenants, financial qualifications,

2437
03:22:51,280 --> 03:22:52,940
proposed investment in the property,

2438
03:22:53,460 --> 03:22:55,220
anticipated sales tax generation,

2439
03:22:55,640 --> 03:22:59,220
and the ability to activate and currently vacate,

2440
03:22:59,260 --> 03:23:01,320
a currently vacant city owned property,

2441
03:23:01,820 --> 03:23:04,400
staff determined that the proposed lease terms

2442
03:23:04,940 --> 03:23:07,840
provide a favorable long-term economic benefit to the city.

2443
03:23:16,980 --> 03:23:19,820
The following terms for this agreement

2444
03:23:19,820 --> 03:23:26,180
are to allow the Lessee to have 90 days from the date to the lease is mutually executed,

2445
03:23:26,500 --> 03:23:31,200
the permitting period to obtain any required permits for the construction and operation

2446
03:23:31,200 --> 03:23:37,940
of an elbow elbow drive through restaurant. The Lessee shall diligently pursue the acquisition

2447
03:23:37,940 --> 03:23:43,680
of the permits consistent with an entitlement schedule to be established after completion of

2448
03:23:43,680 --> 03:23:49,340
the Lessee's site feasibility report, which shall be completed before the mutual execution of

2449
03:23:49,340 --> 03:23:56,880
this lease if Lessie has not obtained the permits within the permitting period, provide

2450
03:23:56,880 --> 03:24:03,360
that the Lessie is diligently pursuing the permits. Lessie may know more than two times

2451
03:24:03,360 --> 03:24:11,820
extend the permitting period for 30 days upon notice to Lessor. Reimbursed Lessie for Lessie's

2452
03:24:11,820 --> 03:24:16,560
these hold improvements and vandalism remediations in the amount not to exceed

2453
03:24:17,500 --> 03:24:20,260
215,587

2454
03:24:21,180 --> 03:24:21,640
hundred

2455
03:24:22,380 --> 03:24:29,920
dollars and 50 cents payable in the form of front abatement such abatement to commence on lessie's rent commencement date

2456
03:24:31,160 --> 03:24:37,520
Lessie will give the city written notice of any such assignment or sublies to a permit

2457
03:24:37,520 --> 03:24:42,580
permitted transferee within 30 days thereof, any permitted

2458
03:24:42,580 --> 03:24:46,800
transferee will assume in writing all of Lesley's obligations

2459
03:24:46,800 --> 03:24:50,620
under the lease. Upon the commencement date, the monthly

2460
03:24:50,620 --> 03:24:59,500
base rent is $13,333 with 33 cents, beginning in year 6 and at

2461
03:24:59,500 --> 03:25:04,000
each subsequent five-year interval, the monthly base rent will

2462
03:25:04,000 --> 03:25:11,560
increase 15% and lastly 11 year term what they've won time option to extend to

2463
03:25:11,560 --> 03:25:19,140
form more years. And that is due to the maximum term of the agreement was set at 15

2464
03:25:19,140 --> 03:25:24,380
years per register plus Land Act regulations based on this the agreement is

2465
03:25:24,380 --> 03:25:29,740
projected to generate approximately 2.8 million in gross rental revenue over

2466
03:25:29,740 --> 03:25:31,560
where the potential 15-year term,

2467
03:25:31,860 --> 03:25:33,820
while the city is providing rent credit

2468
03:25:33,820 --> 03:25:36,760
to reimburse eligible tenant improvements,

2469
03:25:37,080 --> 03:25:38,920
the agreement ultimately converts

2470
03:25:38,920 --> 03:25:41,500
a vacant city owned property into a revenue

2471
03:25:41,980 --> 03:25:45,780
producing asset that supports long-term economic activity.

2472
03:25:46,480 --> 03:25:47,740
That includes my presentation.

2473
03:25:49,620 --> 03:25:54,800
Oh, sorry, you can go ahead and see the aerial overview

2474
03:25:54,800 --> 03:25:58,140
of the existing five-by-five East Washington,

2475
03:25:58,140 --> 03:26:02,180
and which would be the potential future outlook.

2476
03:26:04,350 --> 03:26:06,270
Ms. Delgado, thank you for the presentation.

2477
03:26:06,470 --> 03:26:07,370
I appreciate it.

2478
03:26:07,730 --> 03:26:08,990
This is City Council having questions.

2479
03:26:12,590 --> 03:26:14,490
Just a couple of quick questions.

2480
03:26:14,770 --> 03:26:17,750
One, if this item were to go through tonight,

2481
03:26:17,950 --> 03:26:21,190
what is an anticipated open date?

2482
03:26:22,030 --> 03:26:26,430
The anticipated open date would be, as mentioned,

2483
03:26:27,270 --> 03:26:31,450
they would need an additional time to be at the permits

2484
03:26:31,450 --> 03:26:37,510
and all that 90 days right it would be 90 days from then and then from then on they would have

2485
03:26:38,390 --> 03:26:39,430
Approximately, I

2486
03:26:48,770 --> 03:26:52,530
will have to juggle check on the approximate date where they will be able to open

2487
03:26:52,530 --> 03:26:59,850
I have that for the prior meeting, but I'll double check that schedule. Okay. I remember discussing March 20th

2488
03:26:59,850 --> 03:27:04,150
Yes, that's what I remember vividly, but for the reason that was some time ago

2489
03:27:04,150 --> 03:27:10,450
So I'm we have the ratio of those dates. Okay. So essentially we're looking at about six months approximately. Yes

2490
03:27:10,790 --> 03:27:21,490
Okay, and just really quickly, disagreement goes through what other approvals are needed between now and open date.

2491
03:27:22,130 --> 03:27:25,330
Like, is there, like, does it go through the planning commission? Is there an elephant like?

2492
03:27:27,170 --> 03:27:32,240
Jessica, yes mayor, I can help answer that.

2493
03:27:32,880 --> 03:27:38,100
They won't need any planning commission, public hearing approvals.

2494
03:27:38,100 --> 03:27:43,340
The only they will only need building permits for any improvements to the building

2495
03:27:44,120 --> 03:27:51,160
It's some kind of use. So that's why it's not required to do the other additional steps. Okay, fair enough. Thank you

2496
03:27:52,730 --> 03:27:57,310
Unless the city council has any further questions at this time. I'll have your team a motion or recommendation

2497
03:28:02,560 --> 03:28:08,940
Okay, we have a motion by councilwoman Roboio to approve for the staff report and a second by council. We have you met all

2498
03:28:09,880 --> 03:28:10,520
in favor

2499
03:28:12,020 --> 03:28:14,360
Any opposed? Any abstentions?

2500
03:28:15,860 --> 03:28:16,520
Thank you.

2501
03:28:16,740 --> 03:28:17,360
Thank you.

2502
03:28:17,760 --> 03:28:18,060
All

2503
03:28:20,680 --> 03:28:20,940
right.

2504
03:28:21,140 --> 03:28:22,040
Looking forward to it.

2505
03:28:23,160 --> 03:28:24,740
Moving on to item number 20.

2506
03:28:24,920 --> 03:28:26,380
Committee of the Mission appointment.

2507
03:28:27,160 --> 03:28:28,140
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

2508
03:28:28,620 --> 03:28:34,260
This is just a reoccurring item that was requested to be brought back and so all of the vacancies

2509
03:28:34,260 --> 03:28:35,500
in our commissions are filled.

2510
03:28:35,840 --> 03:28:39,760
We currently have a vacancy and our disabilities access and opportunities commission.

2511
03:28:40,380 --> 03:28:45,900
This vacancy would be the needs to be filled collectively, so we would be asking for nominations

2512
03:28:45,900 --> 03:28:49,060
by the City Council to consider out a future meeting.

2513
03:28:49,680 --> 03:28:51,920
And we will continue flying this advertisement.

2514
03:28:52,100 --> 03:28:53,920
We have it currently up on our city website

2515
03:28:54,880 --> 03:28:56,680
for that making notice.

2516
03:28:57,500 --> 03:28:59,900
And we are trying to see if we can get some

2517
03:28:59,900 --> 03:29:03,280
interested parties, whether previous commissioners

2518
03:29:03,280 --> 03:29:06,000
or those that would be suited for this particular commission.

2519
03:29:06,520 --> 03:29:09,040
But I kindly ask the council to assist

2520
03:29:09,040 --> 03:29:12,040
if you have any recommendations that I might be able

2521
03:29:12,040 --> 03:29:13,760
to reach out to, I'm happy to be here for you.

2522
03:29:13,760 --> 03:29:18,000
Okay, great. So we have not received any applications for this

2523
03:29:18,000 --> 03:29:23,140
agency. That is correct. Okay, great. I don't know if the City Council has any

2524
03:29:23,140 --> 03:29:23,620
recommendations.

2525
03:29:26,690 --> 03:29:31,130
I do have a recommendation for our staff, you know, great that it's on

2526
03:29:31,130 --> 03:29:37,750
the City website. Maybe we could promote it on our City Social Council, and maybe just

2527
03:29:37,750 --> 03:29:41,660
some type of candidate to

2528
03:29:46,650 --> 03:29:47,930
do that. We'll see.

2529
03:29:55,840 --> 03:29:58,880
Show me that would be the best. I think so. I think so.

2530
03:29:58,880 --> 03:29:59,960
And of course, you know, in the...

2531
03:30:03,920 --> 03:30:21,680
So, we'll go ahead and continue this item. Thank you, Ms. Raer. Yes, we're just bringing it back until we get that nominee. Okay, great. So, now we'll go ahead and move on to item number 21, which is the extension of urgency ordinance number 34, temporary moratorium on data center. Thank

2532
03:30:25,650 --> 03:30:33,810
you, Mayor Lainas, members of the city council. This is an extension of urgency ordinance number eight.

2533
03:30:33,810 --> 03:30:39,970
34, which is a temporary moratorium on data center development, just to provide brief

2534
03:30:40,670 --> 03:30:47,850
background. On August 11, 2026, the City Council adopted urgency ordinance number 834,

2535
03:30:48,110 --> 03:30:53,950
establishing a temporary 45-day moratorium on the acceptance, processing, and approval

2536
03:30:54,530 --> 03:31:01,050
of applications related to data center developments within the city. The City Council adopted the moratorium

2537
03:31:01,050 --> 03:31:07,550
to provide the city's sufficient time to study the potential land use infrastructure and safety

2538
03:31:07,550 --> 03:31:15,750
impacts associated with data centers. And also on August 25th, 2026, the City Council issued

2539
03:31:15,750 --> 03:31:23,350
a written report required by the State Government Code describing the measures taken to address the

2540
03:31:23,350 --> 03:31:29,830
conditions that led to the adoption of the urgency ordinance. Now, in looking at the

2541
03:31:29,830 --> 03:31:35,450
will code at the time of the adoption of the moratorium, the Commerce Municipal Code

2542
03:31:35,450 --> 03:31:44,710
does not specifically define or regulate data centers. And this led to a subsequent action

2543
03:31:45,050 --> 03:31:51,170
at last night's planning commission meeting, a draft ordinance prohibiting data centers

2544
03:31:51,410 --> 03:31:55,930
in the city was presented to the city to the planning commission. The planning commission

2545
03:31:55,930 --> 03:32:03,010
staff to add parameters for data centers as accessory uses to really tighten up the

2546
03:32:03,010 --> 03:32:10,670
language and the code. They took subsequent action to continue the draft ordinance

2547
03:32:10,670 --> 03:32:15,090
to the planning commission meeting in October. So we're working closely with the planning

2548
03:32:15,090 --> 03:32:22,830
commission to establish permanent regulations that will be presented to City Council for

2549
03:32:22,830 --> 03:32:31,310
your consideration in the future. In the meantime, because this ordinance will expire,

2550
03:32:31,750 --> 03:32:40,530
if it's not extended, it will expire on September 25th, 2026. The recommendation is that staff

2551
03:32:40,530 --> 03:32:48,930
or that City Council extends the moratorium for an additional 10 months and 15 days to make

2552
03:32:48,930 --> 03:32:56,490
get valid through August 11, 2027 in order to give the time adequate amount of time to establish

2553
03:32:56,490 --> 03:33:02,310
permanent prohibition. This includes my presentation. I'm available to answer any questions.

2554
03:33:03,210 --> 03:33:08,730
Director Serrano, thank you for presenting on the item and talking about the planning

2555
03:33:08,730 --> 03:33:10,710
questions decision last night. I could

2556
03:33:13,430 --> 03:33:17,830
talk about this right, you know, this ordinance and I totally

2557
03:33:17,830 --> 03:33:18,350
understand

2558
03:33:24,170 --> 03:33:25,370
solid and on last

2559
03:33:30,680 --> 03:33:33,840
now so I appreciate them. Understanding

2560
03:33:58,360 --> 03:33:59,340
those are all.

2561
03:34:01,480 --> 03:34:02,820
I know this is and I

2562
03:34:22,950 --> 03:34:24,050
see none at this time

2563
03:34:24,050 --> 03:34:30,410
I will go ahead and open the public hearing. So Mr. City Clerk do we have any public comments. Thank you Mr. Mayor

2564
03:34:30,410 --> 03:34:34,770
We did not receive any public comments in person in terms of the speaker card

2565
03:34:34,770 --> 03:34:41,350
But we did receive a ton of correspondence that we have forwarded two council members in support of this item and the

2566
03:34:41,350 --> 03:34:44,590
action that council is going to take you on extending this

2567
03:34:44,590 --> 03:34:47,670
moratorium. But at this time, I'd like to just open

2568
03:34:47,670 --> 03:34:50,050
up to anybody that is still joining us in the audience or

2569
03:34:50,050 --> 03:34:54,490
anyone joining us virtually. And if anyone would like to

2570
03:34:54,490 --> 03:34:56,890
participate at this time, you will have three minutes to speak

2571
03:34:56,890 --> 03:34:59,650
on this item and the side of all you. And your time would

2572
03:34:59,650 --> 03:35:01,990
be given when you get to speak. If you are joining us

2573
03:35:01,990 --> 03:35:04,490
virtually, you can spoke to the bottom of your screen with a

2574
03:35:04,490 --> 03:35:07,110
raised hand feature and be recognized.

2575
03:35:27,270 --> 03:35:32,110
All right, I see no one approaching the microphone, and no hands raised on Zoom instrument.

2576
03:35:37,090 --> 03:35:43,130
Just one question for you sir, you know, or ordinance like this, right?

2577
03:35:43,310 --> 03:35:48,250
It needs to go to see here. We only have four members here. So

2578
03:35:54,110 --> 03:36:02,110
yeah, I'll defer to the city of Turkey. That's correct if it was three out of four, we'd have 75 percent, right. So it has to be

2579
03:36:02,910 --> 03:36:03,530
unanimous vote

2580
03:36:05,010 --> 03:36:12,070
Understood so seeing that there are no public comments at this time. I will go ahead and close the hearing and I will go ahead and make

2581
03:36:12,070 --> 03:36:12,250
Thank you.

2582
03:36:12,250 --> 03:36:13,510
May I have a question to approve.

2583
03:36:18,560 --> 03:36:20,000
I can start from here, Ms. Mayor.

2584
03:36:25,180 --> 03:36:26,060
Thank you.

2585
03:36:26,420 --> 03:36:28,000
Council Member Azarza.

2586
03:36:28,600 --> 03:36:29,360
Council Member Argumedo.

2587
03:36:30,060 --> 03:36:30,500
Yes.

2588
03:36:31,140 --> 03:36:32,080
Council Member Reboil?

2589
03:36:32,460 --> 03:36:32,600
Yes.

2590
03:36:33,360 --> 03:36:34,240
Mayor Pro Tem Garcia?

2591
03:36:34,560 --> 03:36:34,740
Yes.

2592
03:36:35,080 --> 03:36:35,760
Mayor Lainess?

2593
03:36:36,000 --> 03:36:36,220
Yes.

2594
03:36:36,580 --> 03:36:37,220
Motion is approved.

2595
03:36:43,970 --> 03:36:44,550
It includes.

2596
03:36:46,980 --> 03:36:48,520
Now, we'll go ahead and move on to City Council.

2597
03:36:54,220 --> 03:36:54,880
Nothing to say it.

2598
03:36:54,900 --> 03:36:55,580
No, to report it, you're clear.

2599
03:36:57,860 --> 03:36:58,980
Council Member Argumedo.

2600
03:36:59,660 --> 03:37:02,320
We're going to report that to some extent before we can.

2601
03:37:02,780 --> 03:37:03,120
Great.

2602
03:37:03,120 --> 03:37:05,360
moving on to Mayor Pro-Tenny Garcia.

2603
03:37:06,460 --> 03:37:08,680
I do have one thing to report.

2604
03:37:08,900 --> 03:37:12,020
I just recently attended the Women's Week in a camp,

2605
03:37:12,020 --> 03:37:14,180
and it was such a wonderful experience.

2606
03:37:15,300 --> 03:37:18,280
What an unforgettable women's week in a camp,

2607
03:37:18,280 --> 03:37:20,900
and I love the best time connecting with such wonderful people,

2608
03:37:21,120 --> 03:37:21,420
ladies.

2609
03:37:22,440 --> 03:37:25,660
A huge thank you to Brenda and our amazing team

2610
03:37:25,660 --> 03:37:27,380
for putting off with flawless events,

2611
03:37:28,560 --> 03:37:30,640
setting up paths, keeping everything clean,

2612
03:37:30,640 --> 03:37:35,020
and just giving to all of us takes so much hard work behind the scene.

2613
03:37:35,660 --> 03:37:36,980
Brenda, thank you so much.

2614
03:37:37,400 --> 03:37:39,400
Now for the best staff in this program.

2615
03:37:39,400 --> 03:37:43,260
I know it was enough to just start to finish.

2616
03:37:43,580 --> 03:37:43,860
Thank you.

2617
03:37:44,520 --> 03:37:48,040
Great. Thank you for your report, Mayor Pro Tem.

2618
03:37:48,380 --> 03:37:51,500
I tried to go to the women's getaway weekend, but I was not allowed.

2619
03:37:52,260 --> 03:37:57,900
So really quickly, I just want to thank the Department of Parks and Recreation

2620
03:37:57,900 --> 03:38:02,580
but will you all city staff for their participation in the SS5?

2621
03:38:02,740 --> 03:38:02,820
We get

2622
03:38:11,020 --> 03:38:14,860
hearts and rack, obviously, the set up, breakdown,

2623
03:38:15,140 --> 03:38:17,580
and also what was written in the event for me and everything,

2624
03:38:17,840 --> 03:38:18,500
but transfer to

2625
03:38:24,420 --> 03:38:25,980
library was there as well, right?

2626
03:38:26,220 --> 03:38:29,480
You know, they were, you know, many of them looked at me up 10,

2627
03:38:29,660 --> 03:38:32,040
right there, and they also have some resources available,

2628
03:38:32,420 --> 03:38:35,240
public works, was there keeping the parking,

2629
03:38:38,620 --> 03:38:40,340
and he was there as well, just all city staff.

2630
03:38:52,820 --> 03:39:00,420
Mr. Mayor? Yes. Before I adjourn the meeting, I retract my adjournment because we do have to recess back to process.

2631
03:39:04,660 --> 03:39:06,300
But I will come back to adjourn once we're done.

2632
03:39:08,650 --> 03:39:08,970
Thank you all.

2633
03:39:46,760 --> 03:39:52,800
And now the city council is reconvening from close session. Mr. City is ready. Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

2634
03:39:52,800 --> 03:39:58,160
With the City Council recess in the process and discussed item number one city staff made a presentation

2635
03:39:58,160 --> 03:40:02,320
Provide an update to the city council regarding a potential litigation item

2636
03:40:03,280 --> 03:40:06,880
No final report of what action is taken that concludes my report

2637
03:40:07,680 --> 03:40:12,180
Great. Thank you for that report and at this time the meeting is now adjourned. Thank you. Have a great night