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[0:00] 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
[0:30] we'll step into public comment. We did not receive any comments.
[0:33] Any public comment cards, Mr. Mayor?
[0:35] And I currently don't see any virtual hands raised online.
[0:39] Sounds good.
[0:40] Thank you for that.
[0:40] We will now recess the closed session.
[0:42] See for time.
[0:44] Certainly, Mr. Mayor, we have three items listed on tonight's closed session agenda, beginning
[0:49] with conference with legal counsel pursuant to government code sections 54956.9D2 regarding
[0:56] anticipated slash potential litigation of one case.
[0:59] second on the closed session agenda is conference with legal counsel pursuant to government code five four nine five six point nine D one
[1:07] Regarding existing litigation of one case
[1:10] Resource environmental services LLC versus city of commerce case number two six
[1:19] STCV
[1:19] 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
[1:27] The city council will compare with its real property negotiator, negotiator Ernie Hernandez
[1:32] with respect to real estate negotiations concerning proposed price and other terms relating
[1:38] there to five, five, nine, three, three telegraph road, Commerce, California, nine, zero, zero,
[1:44] four, zero.
[1:45] APN number six, three, three, six, dash, zero, one, eight, dash, nine, two, zero.
[1:51] And that concludes the close session agenda, Mr. Mayor.
[1:53] Excellent.
[1:54] Thank you for that, Mr. City Clerk.
[1:55] and the City Council will now recessed.
[1:58] Do we know that thank you.
[3:26] Adam Meadow, Roboio, Mayor Pro Tem, Garcia, Mayor Lynaz being present.
[3:30] The City Councilman in close session discussed the following items.
[3:33] Item number one was not discussed.
[3:36] Item number two, City staff provided an update regarding the status of the litigation.
[3:42] Item number three, City staff made a presentation to the City Council related to Christen.
[3:48] That concludes my report.
[3:50] I
[3:53] now call to order this September 22nd, 2026, special concurrent joint meetings of the City Council of the City of Commerce.
[3:59] Joint powers financing authority and the governing body of the successor agency to commerce, community, development, mission, Mr. City Court to please call roll.
[4:07] 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.
[4:18] Excellent. Thank you for that Mr. City clerk at this time. I'm proud to please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance
[4:23] Which would be led by your director of parts and recreation
[4:26] Goal for Mark as and please remain standing in the invocations. We will be led by myself
[4:32] Place your right hand over your heart ready begin I pledge
[4:54] Tonight, let's acknowledge the shared responsibility we have to make decisions that uplift and benefit our community.
[5:00] In this room, we represent different voices, experiences, and perspectives, all of which are vital to our senior members.
[5:08] 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.
[5:15] We strive for unity, not provision, for all in dialogue and not for us, that our discussions
[5:21] be rooted in the spirit of collaboration and share this for the future, and we wish to
[5:25] see both ourselves and our hands.
[5:27] We need these are strongest, but we work with each other for each other, but as we move forward
[5:32] in the business, passion, and commitment, club, and public service, we can always do best
[5:37] out there in the hand.
[5:53] So we have a very esteemed guest here today.
[5:55] 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.
[6:08] The senator currently represents these 30th Senate district so he doesn't represent the City of Commerce anymore.
[6:15] 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.
[6:24] whether it's in issues, in hard rooms, right?
[6:27] Being that champion, being that advocate,
[6:29] being that voice, right?
[6:31] To talk some sense into people, right?
[6:33] Really respect that, really admire that.
[6:36] And the reason we're here today is really
[6:38] to recognize the work that's been done
[6:41] to recognize the city of commerce
[6:42] as a municipal city, right?
[6:45] Who's Senate Bill 1274.
[6:47] And so we're here today to, obviously, thank you, right?
[6:51] 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.
[7:05] 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.
[7:15] So we're very grateful and thank you for being here tonight and I do have a
[7:20] proclamation that I do want to read to you. So I'll go ahead and read that out.
[7:28] The City of Commerce, Proclamation of Recognition presented to State Senator Bob
[7:32] Archuleta. Where is exemplary leadership in advocacy regarding Senate Bill 1274?
[7:39] Whereas the Honorable Bob Archuleta certs as California State Senator who
[7:43] its Senate district, representing communities across Los Angeles and Orange counties,
[7:48] including the industrial cities, industry and Santa Fe Springs, as dedicated decades of
[7:53] public service, as former mayor of Puerto Rivera, US Army Compat Veteran and State Legislative.
[8:01] Whereas Senator Archuleta has demonstrated a strong commitment to supporting local communities,
[8:06] recognizing the essential role that industrial cities play in creating jobs, supporting commerce,
[8:10] and driving California's economy, whereas Senator Archie led an offer in
[8:16] champion Senate Bill 1274, establishing a formal definition of the industrial
[8:21] city of California law, providing long overdue recognition of communities, its
[8:27] economic activity, employment, infrastructure commands, that extend art beyond
[8:31] those required by residential population development. Whereas with the support of
[8:36] co-opers, assembly members, bond couple, checker,
[8:38] or long parubia.
[8:40] The advocacy of the big four cities of commerce,
[8:42] industry, earn in Santa Fe Springs.
[8:46] Senator Archuleta's leadership
[8:47] advanced the collaborative mission
[8:49] to amplify the representation
[8:51] of California's infrastructure.
[8:53] Whereas the signing of SB 1274 into law
[8:57] represents a significant milestone
[8:58] in the city of commerce and other investors in the cities.
[9:02] Establishing the foundation for greater recognition
[9:04] more equitable consideration for state policies, programs, resource allocation, funding decisions.
[9:12] Now, therefore, we have proclaimed that the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Commerce,
[9:16] here by recognizing, commend, telephone the State Senator Bob Archelletta,
[9:20] his leadership, advocacy, dedication, and offering an advanced Senate Bill 1274,
[9:27] express their sincere appreciation for his partnership in ensuring that industrial cities
[9:31] to see a recognition warranted by their contributions to
[9:35] Hello, one is presented on this 22nd day of 62026 by myself,
[9:40] the mayor of the City of Commerce,
[9:41] along with all members of the Commerce Center to thank
[9:45] you so much.
[9:51] Again, very humble that you're here today,
[9:54] very honored by your presence here at Council Chambers.
[9:56] It's not every meeting or every day that we get a state
[9:58] Senator here in our audience.
[10:00] So thank you for making the drive.
[10:01] I know there was a lot of traffic coming in from Orange County
[10:04] we will be previously worried, so glad you're able to make it on time.
[10:08] I do want to give my colleagues the opportunity to express their gratitude as well since this
[10:14] is a bill that's going to benefit all of us in the community, so would anybody like to
[10:19] say a few words?
[10:20] Councilwoman De Bois?
[10:21] Sure.
[10:22] Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
[10:24] Senator, what can we say, right?
[10:27] I don't think that thank you isn't a wall.
[10:30] Thank you is enough.
[10:30] But I think for a very long time, a lot of us have been fighting for broader recognition,
[10:39] as it pertains to how monies are distributed to cities like ours that are heavily industrial.
[10:46] For a long time, it has fallen on deaf ears.
[10:49] And this is such a huge step for us.
[10:52] So thank you very much for really just making this welcome to fruition.
[10:59] and for not forgetting about commerce, even though you don't represent us anymore, right?
[11:05] And I think that speaks volumes of leadership and the type of leadership that you have,
[11:11] which is you don't forget the people that need your help.
[11:14] And so I want to say thank you because we've been needing something like this for a really long time.
[11:20] And this is going to really impact us in such a positive way.
[11:24] So thank you again.
[11:28] Thank you, Councilwoman, Councilman Argomello.
[11:32] Thank you, Mayor.
[11:34] Senator, I just want to say thank you.
[11:36] Appreciate, again, your leadership, your friendship,
[11:39] over the years for the community here, for District 30,
[11:45] who you represented in the past.
[11:46] But your still have been there for us, every time we've made a request.
[11:52] Even when we were unsuccessful on that,
[11:54] They're sped by 49 Bill and he didn't want to be supposed to be doing their supporters and
[12:01] he's supposed to be interested in doing what we have with their votes to stop that bill.
[12:06] And that's ongoing litigation on the bill to work hard to do very much appreciate the support
[12:11] you've given us. But this particular bill, in particular, not only did you champion the bill,
[12:17] you actually decided to develop a new kind of fund and you took a good bill.
[12:21] I would like to thank you very much for your kind of collaboration, working with the college
[12:24] over at the legislature.
[12:26] I mean, really appreciate your leadership.
[12:29] I really think this is going to be a big thing to do.
[12:32] I spoke already maybe around.
[12:34] It's going to give a fair share of the mountains that get out of here to invest in a city.
[12:40] So, I'm really happy and very proud of that.
[12:43] You know, it's a great new source of the building.
[12:45] First, I mean, we absolutely need to continue to, you know,
[12:50] expand on our infrastructure, building, building, fixing our roads and streets and the
[12:56] that.
[12:59] So again, we thank you for your friendship and support and always be with us, appreciate.
[13:07] Thank you, Councilman.
[13:08] Mayor Prosim, Vercilla.
[13:09] Senator, thank you so much.
[13:11] My colleagues have said it all.
[13:13] Thank you for your leadership and thank you for always supporting the City of Commons.
[13:21] I'm sorry, I don't remember City Council.
[13:24] So if I may just add, before these kinds of bills go to committee, and certainly way
[13:29] before it goes to the governor's desk, the really difficult part is finding a champion.
[13:34] The City Council did the innovative step to create the big four, because like Vernon, like
[13:40] the industry, we produce more jobs in a whole 25% of the entirely counties, commercial industrial
[13:47] zone in Tyra County. You have to find a champion. Someone that's willing to take this fight on,
[13:53] and when Senator Trileta was contacted, there was zero hesitation. He immediately got his scene
[14:00] working on this, and not only fought it initially with regards to the amendments required to committee,
[14:06] but ultimately getting signed by the governor. So I thank you personally on behalf of
[14:10] our staff and the staff from the other three cities. Thank you.
[14:15] Again, Senator, thank you so much, and
[14:18] And I would love to give you the opportunity to speak, if you will.
[14:22] Thank you very much.
[14:24] And I'd just like to turn around for just a minute to see the community.
[14:32] The city is not very large.
[14:35] We all know that.
[14:36] But you have a heart of gold.
[14:39] Your community, the city of commerce is now on the map in California.
[14:44] and think about what we just did, four cities that did not have a voice by themselves, four
[14:52] cities that were moving along, representing all of you, and with your wonderful city council.
[15:00] 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.
[15:18] 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,
[15:31] may or may not know but certainly in California they didn't know that the city of commerce during
[15:37] the course of the work day it swells up close to over 150,000 people will come into the city to drive,
[15:45] work, eat, whatever. In and out, transportation, trucks by the truck loads, I mean it's just amazing
[15:52] of the traffic, the industry that goes on here and then at the end of the day you have your normal
[15:59] population? Well, how about Vernon? They've got the same situation. They swell up, and then they come back down.
[16:06] City of Industry, I think the City of Industry has 57 people that live there, but they go up to 120, right?
[16:13] 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
[16:29] Well, too bad, that's just the way it is.
[16:32] Well, since the city was founded and all these four cities were founded, that's the way
[16:37] it was.
[16:38] So when your leadership came to me, from all four of the cities and said, can you help
[16:45] us?
[16:45] Can you help us get recognized in the state of California that we can be recognized as an industrial
[16:52] city?
[16:53] And if we're able to do that, we would have a classification of our own.
[16:57] 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.
[17:13] Because remember, the budget with the state of California is $355 billion, and you need to have a piece of that pie.
[17:21] Well, now you're going to be able to do it with your leadership, with us working together.
[17:27] Now I was proud, and I am proud to be here tonight, but I was proud to represent you when
[17:32] I first became the senator, and then we shifted, and they took me out to Orange County and
[17:37] the edge of LA County, so I don't have commerce anymore.
[17:42] But this bill doesn't matter, this bill goes across the state because now you're helping
[17:48] the city of commerce, the need for cities, are helping other small cities in the state
[17:53] that now will be able to do the same thing, they'll be able to grab a few of the dollars
[17:57] that are needed.
[17:58] When I'm talking a few dollars, I'm talking millions of dollars over time.
[18:02] As I was telling you, Mayor earlier, now you're on the bus.
[18:06] You're on the bus, no longer watching it go by, but you're on the bus, and you'll be able
[18:11] to stand up and say, where's my part?
[18:14] Where's our part?
[18:15] Take a look at our Washington Boulevard.
[18:16] Take a look at our streets.
[18:18] We need a piece of that pie.
[18:20] That's what this bill does.
[18:22] Classifies you as industrial cities and Senate bill 1274, which I authored, has shaken up Sacramento because it's never happened before.
[18:35] This is history, Mr. Mayor, City Councilmembers, and the community, please understand that this is not just something that a fly by night, whatever.
[18:45] 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.
[18:55] We are part of the industrial movement that's taken place.
[18:59] 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.
[19:08] And that's why I'm here tonight, not to be acknowledged by you, but for me to acknowledge you,
[19:13] Mr. Mayor and City Council members and your city manager, each one of your citizens here.
[19:19] Because if I know the City of Commerce, I know what you do, how you love your veterans.
[19:24] I know how you love your children and our seniors that are here.
[19:28] And tonight, obviously, Dept Awareness Month is here.
[19:32] And you don't let a single time go by without recognizing your seniors in the community.
[19:38] And I know the heart of gold that you have in the City of Commerce.
[19:41] So it was not easy, but I tell you what, it was a labor of love on my part, and I appreciate it.
[19:50] 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.
[19:58] So when you go to Sacramento, Mr. Mayor, and your City Council members, I will welcome you, and I will take you around.
[20:04] So you can meet some of the people in the transportation dollars, you can meet some of the people in the education dollars.
[20:10] I'm also on the committee for the budget, and I handle my corner of budget is all education, all education.
[20:20] K through 12, your community colleges, your Cal State LAs, and also your UCI, so that's my part.
[20:30] And also I'm the chair of the military and veterans committee.
[20:32] So the veterans that you have here and across the state, I'm your fighter, I'm with you.
[20:37] And I know the city of commerce honors your veterans like very few cities and I've been
[20:44] here for your 4th of July and your days that you come together to celebrate and acknowledge
[20:50] our veterans and our flag.
[20:52] So now let's go ahead and talk one last thing before I go.
[20:56] This is just the beginning as I had mentioned earlier.
[20:59] This is just the start.
[21:00] This gives you the authorization to get on that bus.
[21:03] Now it's up to you to go ahead and make the request for things that you need and you'll
[21:07] go ahead and put it through the channels and I'll be fighting for you and along with
[21:13] Lena Gonzalez who is your direct representative but I will be side by side with her to help
[21:18] and do whatever I can.
[21:20] And I will also tell you that over the years you know I've been there for you with the
[21:25] Commerce Casino and I just passed another bill that was signed by the governor Senate
[21:30] to bill 920 would have to do with transparency that when the city of commerce and the commerce
[21:38] casino, they're taxed in any way, the commerce casino, so now we're going to be able to see
[21:43] exactly why, where that money is going, how would it fix this casino, as well as the other
[21:49] casino in the state of California.
[21:51] So we're going to keep working together, Mr. Mayor and Council, I am a voice and I am your
[21:57] partner.
[21:57] So this is just the beginning because there's a lot of things we're going to do in the future.
[22:03] 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.
[22:18] That's what it's all about.
[22:20] So Mr. Mayor, thank you for the proclamation.
[22:23] Thank you for giving the city council each and every one of you.
[22:26] I'm honored as I go and visit the other three remaining cities who've also,
[22:31] I'm looking forward to talking with, they too now feel as strong as you do,
[22:35] that the coalition that you put together, the big four.
[22:40] Congratulations, city of commerce, and I'm so proud to represent you.
[22:45] On this issue, don't be bashful.
[22:47] Call me on others as well.
[22:49] Again, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your time.
[22:57] Senator, thank you so much for those words.
[22:59] And at this time, I would like to invite you to come up
[23:02] to the front to take a picture with us so that we can continue
[23:04] to properly collaborate
[25:34] on advocacy and really help our community out.
[25:39] And it's because of champions like Senator Archuleta
[25:41] that we were able to make something like this happen.
[25:44] So very grateful and humbled that he was here today.
[25:47] So now we'll go ahead and move on to the second item,
[25:50] which is a proclamation declaring September 2026 as death awareness month.
[26:10] Good evening Honorable Mayor Lines and City Council.
[26:15] My name is Mary Ann Cariego and I'm a center of recreation center supervisor.
[26:20] September is National Death Awareness Month, a time to honor and recognize the experiences of the death community.
[26:28] Deaf Awareness is celebrated to bring knowledge to the public about rights, culture, and achievements
[26:37] of deaf and hard of hearing individuals.
[26:40] What better way to learn about someone who has lived that experience but a mother of
[26:47] a deaf son?
[26:49] I would like to introduce Grace Popin, she is a commerce resident along with her son,
[26:55] Ruben Arias, who was recognized last year, and Grace is going to share her story as a mother.
[27:04] Grace,
[27:10] good evening. My name is Grace Padvin. I am a mother of a 61-year-old son, Ruben,
[27:19] who is here in Pierre. During my pregnancy, with Ruben, I got contact with German
[27:28] Renizo is Rubella.
[27:30] At the time in 1960, Rubella was very high-contained
[27:36] for affected many children, including Ruben.
[27:44] In my pregnancy, I had a normal pregnancy
[27:47] through my eight months.
[27:50] Ruben was born.
[27:52] His first few months of his life,
[27:55] I noticed that he was not responding to me, so I took him to the children's hospital.
[28:02] And they told me that he was 99% part of hearing.
[28:07] Having a child with a disability, it is very difficult.
[28:12] At that time, we did not have no support, no research, no service we had to do on our own.
[28:24] Learning,
[28:30] how can I say support based on my experience as a mother?
[28:35] I would like to see the City of Commerce create some kind of program for our children
[28:42] to go summer camp, winter camp to communicate with other children and to know how to spend
[28:51] time with them and to see the challenge what they go and face up to.
[28:57] So, thank you very much for hearing my story.
[29:05] Thank you, Grace, for your share.
[29:08] 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.
[29:18] Day camp, resources for her and for parents and more people knowing how to sign.
[29:24] Our Department of Parks and Recreation has worked very hard to make all our programs more inclusive.
[29:31] At the senior center, we have a staff member, Nadine Cardenas, who does some signing, which helps her son.
[29:39] And we would like to recognize a former rec leader, slash camp counselor, Pavi Noel,
[29:46] who is now an interpreter for the deaf and hard of hearing community.
[29:51] She has been working in the community for 13 years and has been involved for 25 years.
[29:57] She will be passing out some information for you.
[30:15] I would
[30:28] 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
[30:39] on September 23rd, Halloween death truck, or treat carnival on October 17th in the city of Los Angeles.
[30:48] There are also ASL classes, Bill Vickers on YouTube, ASL shopped Instagram,
[30:55] Oklahoma School for the death.
[30:58] Parents and pork groups are deaf Latinosy familias,
[31:02] California hands and voices in my death therapy.
[31:07] At this time, I would like to sincerely thank Grace for sharing her beautiful and courageous
[31:14] story and Pavi for her dedicated service and for being here with us tonight.
[31:20] Your contributions truly enrich our community.
[31:23] And thank you to our interpreter, Melissa Deli.
[31:27] We now have a quick video for you.
[31:30] Thank you.
[31:32] Hiya, I am Sarah Adedati and this is my sign name and I am a deaf audiologist. If you have
[31:42] been suspected that your child has a hearing loss, then I have created a by-part video series
[31:49] talking about how to spot different signs of deafness, how to prepare for an audiology appointment
[31:56] and what happens after us. Part one, signs of deathness. One, your child is not responding
[32:05] to anything whether this is their name, their favourite song, or their favourite sound
[32:09] like opening a crisp packet. Two, your child is always asked in you to turn up whatever
[32:16] it is they're watching whether it's an iPad or a TV. Three, your child is struggling to
[32:23] follow instructions at home and at school for your child is having speech difficulties which
[32:30] could be due to the fact they can't access certain speech sounds which is why we do a hearing
[32:35] screening before speech and language therapy.
[32:52] So Mary Ann thank you for the presentation thank you
[32:55] for the wonderful video. Poppy thank you for coming back and being here today to hand out the
[33:00] the pamphlet with the resources and Melissa thank you for interpreting. Grace I've had the privilege
[33:07] of knowing you for a few years now through the senior center and Rubin as well and I really appreciate
[33:15] you coming in and just sharing your story and experiences and really just opening up right and
[33:21] advocating for the death community right I think you know camp to socialize right I think that's
[33:28] That's a wonderful idea. That's something that we certainly should look into and so I really want to thank you for
[33:33] Being here today. I think it takes a lot of courage, but
[33:38] In talking to you and talking to Rubin. I know you guys are great people, right? You're you're always full of joy
[33:44] very social and
[33:46] You're you're just a wonder to be around so so thank you for being here tonight
[33:49] Thank you for being a part of our community and thank you for your advocacy for the deaf community
[33:55] Thank you. Thank you
[34:01] And so with that, I do have a proclamation to read because the City of Commerce is going to
[34:08] Recognize September, 2026 as death awareness month. So a
[34:12] Proclamation of the City Council of the City of Commerce proclaiming September, 2026 as death awareness month in the City of Commerce.
[34:19] Whereas death awareness month provides an opportunity to recognize and celebrate death and heart of hearing individuals
[34:25] promote understanding of deaf culture and encourage accessibility, inclusion and equal
[34:31] participation throughout our community. And whereas American Sign Language is a complete
[34:35] and distinct language that plays an important role in the culture, communication, identity
[34:40] and connection of many deaf and hard of hearing individuals and their families. And whereas
[34:45] the City of Commerce recognizes that meaningful accessibility includes removing communication
[34:50] barriers and creating opportunities for deaf and hard of hearing individuals to participate
[34:54] and civic life, recreation, public services, and community activities.
[35:01] And whereas the City of Commerce is committed to creating an inclusive community
[35:04] where residents of all abilities and participating city programs,
[35:08] services, meetings, recreational activities, and special events.
[35:12] And whereas through city facilities and programs, including our parks,
[35:16] community centers, Brenda Villa Aquatic Center, senior citizen center,
[35:19] team center, camp commerce, recreation programs and community events, the city
[35:25] strives to provide welcoming opportunities for residents of all ages and
[35:28] abilities. And whereas community events and programs such as VSS5DS, concerts
[35:33] in the park, the turkey trot vibe pay, pedal paloza, and the all abilities color fun
[35:39] run. Aquatics programs and youth and senior activities and library services
[35:43] provide opportunities to promote inclusion, connection, and participation throughout
[35:48] commerce. And whereas September includes the International Week of Death People, September 21st through
[35:54] September 27th, 2026, a worldwide celebration of death people, their culture, sign languages,
[36:00] and human rights. And whereas September 23rd is recognized as the International Day of Sign
[36:07] Languages, emphasizing the importance of sign languages in promoting communication, accessibility,
[36:12] cultural identity and the full participation of deaf people and whereas the City of Commerce encourages residents,
[36:19] businesses, schools, community organizations, city employees, and families to learn more about that culture,
[36:27] American Sign Language, communication accessibility, and ways to build a more inclusive community.
[36:34] Now, therefore, I, Kevin Lien, is mayor of the City of Commerce on behalf of the City Council.
[36:39] We hereby proclaim the month of September, 2026 as Death Awareness Month in the City of
[36:44] Commerce, and encourage all members of our community to recognize the contributions of
[36:48] death and part of hearing of individuals, celebrate that culture and sign language, promote
[36:53] accessibility and understanding, and reaffirm our commitment on ensuring that everyone has
[36:59] the opportunity to participate fully in programs, services, events, and civic life are
[37:05] City and witness whereup I hear unto my hand and pause the official seal of the city of
[37:10] commerce to be affixed this 22nd day of September 2026. This proclamation is signed by myself and
[37:16] my name is a mayor of the city of commerce as well as all of the members of the commerce. Thank you
[37:22] so much.
[37:30] And so at this time, Ms. Poppin, if you don't mind coming up to take a picture with us with
[37:36] the proclamation, if you would.
[39:31] Again, Grace, thank you for being here and please give Ruben our best
[39:35] on behalf of everyone here.
[39:39] At this time, we'll now go ahead and move on to item number three, which is breast cancer
[39:44] awareness resource and health care.
[39:58] Good evening, Mayor and members of the City Council.
[40:02] Sylvia Cisner, senior librarian from the City of Commerce Public Library.
[40:09] Each October, the City Council along Social Services Division proclaims breast cancer awareness
[40:16] and the importance of raising awareness about breast cancer, early detection and access to health resources.
[40:26] Since the event I'm here to share with you will be taking place earlier in October.
[40:32] I wanted to take this opportunity to personally invite the City Council and our community to join us.
[40:39] The City of Commerce Public Library in partnership with Family Health Care Center in Greater Los Angeles,
[40:47] also known as FHCCGLA, will be hosting a breast cancer awareness resource and health fair
[40:57] on Saturday, October 10th, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. outside the Rosewood Library.
[41:05] family health care center has hosted this annual event for over 13 years at
[41:12] another city and we are very excited that for the first time the event will
[41:18] be held here in the city of commerce at our library. We will begin the day with
[41:25] a community walk in support of breast cancer awareness. Anyone wishing to
[41:31] participate in me at the Rosewood Library Parking at 9.30 a.m. Transportation will be provided
[41:40] from the library to the FHCCGLA building on Washington Boulevard. The wall will begin from the
[41:49] Family Health Center at 10 a.m. and will conclude back at the Rosewood Library. From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
[41:59] or outdoor resource and health fare will feature more than 15 resource tables
[42:05] providing health and community information, as well as on-site clinical services,
[42:13] raffles, music, and other activities.
[42:16] At 10.30 a.m. inside the library, Maribel Vera, a registered nurse,
[42:23] This will present a workshop titled,
[42:26] Breast Cancer Awareness, What Should You Know?
[42:29] Focusing on Early Detection in Breast Self Awareness.
[42:35] I would also like to recognize
[42:37] our city's safety, transportation,
[42:40] parks, and rig and social services division,
[42:43] as well as our community partners who support,
[42:47] has helped make this event possible.
[42:49] We hope our mayor and council will join us and we invite our entire commerce community
[42:57] to come out, participate in the walk, and visit the resource fair, take advantage
[43:04] of the health information and services that will be available for them.
[43:09] We look forward to seeing everyone Saturday, October 10th at the Rosewood Library.
[43:15] 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.
[43:23] Excellent. Thank you for that, Sylvia, for being here and helping raise awareness for this. What I think is a great
[43:30] collaborative effort right between the family and health care centers and bringing us into this and RSC at conference.
[43:39] Definitely, I will plan to present. I think it's a really neat awareness right in.
[43:50] You know, we say that early collection is very important,
[43:53] but also
[44:00] I love this.
[44:01] The fact that we have a clinic here in the city of commerce.
[44:02] They are so integrated part of
[44:08] this.
[44:08] Let that be shared with my colleague's
[44:11] having a question for any comments.
[44:16] Thank you.
[44:17] Well, definitely looking forward to attending.
[44:19] Thank you so much.
[44:28] OK, so that concludes appearances and presentations
[44:30] and we'll go ahead and move on to public comment at this time
[44:34] members of the public who wish to address the city counts
[44:36] on any agenda item or any matter, not on the agenda
[44:38] and have submitted a speaker slip.
[44:40] I will call you up to the podium.
[44:42] Please note that you do have a pre-minute time limit per comment and so we'll go ahead and
[44:47] call you in the order in the card to receive and we'll start with Mr. Juan
[45:01] Good evening, everyone. My name is Juan Sosa. What I'd like to talk about tonight is 72-22 gauge
[45:12] near the once Veterans Park. It's a warehouse slash trucking company, and I'd like to remind
[45:21] you that it's a non-licensed company that's still operating. I brought it up before it's
[45:29] still operating in what I'm referring to mainly is this night's.
[45:33] I know that there's due process and it takes time to do process, but what I'm
[45:39] here to ask is if there's anything that could be done, so the residents of
[45:45] Sindel can sleep nights. Some nights are worse than others. It's getting to the
[45:53] point where there's residents confronting the truck drivers. And I mentioned
[45:58] and that to several people here at the city of commerce.
[46:05] And we've given me no response to what the answer is going to be.
[46:11] So what I'm here to do tonight is just to remind you
[46:14] not to forget the residents of Zindal
[46:17] because we're still unable to sleep nights.
[46:21] It's taken a toll on people like myself.
[46:25] I'm 66 years old.
[46:26] And my health isn't it's very best and certainly this doesn't help and so what I like to do
[46:32] 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
[46:38] 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
[46:48] And I'm in a nutshell. That's what I'm here to do tonight
[46:52] Mr
[46:53] So, so thank you for being here, you know, the situation on Zendel, it is something that we are aware of.
[46:58] I know our Sergeant is also aware of it as he's heard the things from several different residents.
[47:04] I've heard them as well personally, and it is something that we are actively working on.
[47:09] If Mr. City manager, if we could have one of our staff members taking Mr. City's information,
[47:14] just to give him a full update on where we are with the enforcement of what's going on overnight.
[47:20] on that I unlicensed business that would be great.
[47:23] That'd be great.
[47:24] That's what I'm asking.
[47:26] I know that it's going to take a while.
[47:29] I know that there's a lot of things to do.
[47:31] But what I'm asking as an emergency perhaps,
[47:33] if you want to call it that, is if you can provide
[47:36] some rest and quiet at night because the whole operation
[47:40] just continues throughout the night.
[47:42] And of course, it's during the day as well.
[47:45] But I'm worried about nights.
[47:59] the next speaker
[48:10] I have is
[48:12] Mr. Mark Chavis.
[48:26] Hi, Mayor and Councilman.
[48:29] My name is Mark Chavis,
[48:31] a resident of commerce at six
[48:33] three five nine.
[48:35] I have any other.
[48:37] We'll have a staff member come
[48:38] discussion. You should have in front of you two home assessments that were
[48:44] executed by Geobair and new beginning engineering and BE. These two home
[48:51] assessments were executed due to damage to my home as a result of the
[48:58] Modella Project buildup.
[49:04] As you will note both reports are thorough and provide
[49:09] by great detail of the damage to my home,
[49:12] what it will cost to make me whole.
[49:15] Back to the deal, bear report is six pages long.
[49:19] The NBE report is 12 pages long.
[49:25] It is unfortunate that these two reports
[49:28] by these two reputable companies
[49:31] were dismissed as not valid by the developer,
[49:35] H.N. Comstock.
[49:36] The developer classified these reports as vague
[49:39] 12 pages long, one report is 12 pages long, the other one is six.
[49:47] As the developer mentioned, they just was not adequate enough information to move
[49:52] on these assessments.
[49:55] I and many of the Vistudal Rio residents who had similar assessments think this is very
[50:01] disingenuous.
[50:08] Additionally, residents that Vistudal Rio haven't been given a path forward to fly a claim.
[50:13] and this is after months of asking.
[50:19] In fact, the developer was here in this very forum,
[50:22] touting his insurance for claiming it's great
[50:26] and don't worry neighbors, everything will be taken care of.
[50:30] So I'm puzzled as to why the hesitation.
[50:37] Anyway, I ask for your help and your leverage
[50:41] to support us at Vista Del Rio.
[50:45] and have the developer move on these assessments.
[50:51] Finally, it comes with great disappointment
[50:54] that I must file a complaint against Jessica Serrano.
[51:00] In confidence, I set Jessica Serrano these two reports
[51:05] and made some statements that the developer was gatekeeping
[51:08] his insurance information to file a complaint.
[51:11] I asked my comments to be kept confidential
[51:14] because I did not want to escalate matters further.
[51:18] Unfortunately, that did not occur.
[51:21] Additionally, Jessica Serrano spread misinformation about myself when it come to selecting NBE engineering.
[51:32] I know I'm on a time, but I just think it's very unprofessional of Jessica Serrano.
[51:36] So I'm going to hurt statute to not be neutral or respect my request for confidentiality.
[51:41] Thank you for your comments, Mr. Chavez.
[51:43] Appreciate you coming out tonight.
[51:44] All right, the next speaker we have here is Veronica Chavez.
[51:58] Good afternoon, mayor, council members,
[52:00] and my name is Veronica Chavez,
[52:02] and I read 63, 59 of a knee that was glinted.
[52:06] And tonight I need to speak directly
[52:08] about the developer's conduct.
[52:10] Adrian Comstock and Comstock Realty,
[52:13] and the fact that the city continues
[52:14] advancing his financing agenda,
[52:17] while we said the real residents,
[52:19] the closest neighbors are left with damage
[52:21] and answer questions and no protection.
[52:25] The developer is seeking 60 million and financing,
[52:29] and while he pursues that financing,
[52:32] Lisa, the real community located 27 feet
[52:34] from the project fence line,
[52:37] continued to suffer real documented damage
[52:39] from misdivision and demolition.
[52:41] Let me be the right.
[52:43] The developer causes this impacts.
[52:46] The developer is responsible for these damages,
[52:48] and the developer has not taken responsibility.
[52:53] Adrian Comstock has not released his insurance information.
[52:56] He has not provided remediation plan.
[52:59] He has not committed to repairing the homes he has impacted.
[53:04] This is not a partner acting in good faith.
[53:07] This is a developer who is avoiding accountability
[53:10] while aggressively pursuing financing.
[53:13] And yet, the part of this, the City Manager earning Hernandez and City Attorney Noel Tapia continue
[53:21] to add down to his agenda.
[53:24] The City Manager earning Hernandez knows this that it re-exists with damages.
[53:29] The City Attorney Noel Tapia knows we exist with damages.
[53:33] Both know our homes are damaged, both know the developer has not taken responsibility, both
[53:39] We also know the residents are living with vibration, structural cracking, road in intrusion now.
[53:46] Thus, the breed and unsafe conditions along the fence line.
[53:51] And despite knowing all of this, they continue to push the developers financing forward.
[53:57] So I'm asking the city council directly, and Mayor, why is this, why is the city helping
[54:04] in a developer secure 6 million and financing
[54:06] when he has not even taken the basic step of addressing
[54:10] the damage he caused to the homes next to his project.
[54:14] This project is no longer purely private.
[54:17] The city's involvement, the city manager
[54:19] and the city attorney means the city also benefits
[54:22] and when the city benefits the city also carries responsibility.
[54:27] Right now the city has leveraged
[54:29] and leveraged must be used before any finances move forward.
[54:33] and that leverage is here. Mayor Kevin Linus? No, you know, we said the Rio
[54:40] residents exist, and you know that our homes are damaged as a result of the
[54:44] bill project. Build that. And we ask for your support to assure the developer
[54:49] does what is right and provide a path to his insurance so we can become whole.
[54:57] Thank you. Thank you very much. Mr. Chavez. Mr. Chavez. The next comment
[55:03] or a speaker card I have here is the Sandra Patista.
[55:20] That's why neighbors have stated here we are again.
[55:28] We've been here before.
[55:32] I heard the, I can't think of this name,
[55:35] but he was here earlier, stated that commerce can you help us?
[55:44] That echoed in my head.
[55:46] that I'm asking the mayor and the city council members,
[55:53] can you help us?
[55:57] We are affected by the Mandello project.
[56:03] We have asked recently Adrian
[56:07] because of our homes and the HOA,
[56:10] we just got our homes painted the beginning,
[56:15] the end, well last year, the ending of last year
[56:18] And the debris that dirt now there's the mice and rats are coming or driven from the project to our homes.
[56:30] We asked Adrian to take care of that have not heard anything since last week.
[56:39] We asked that you know just making effort to power wash our homes every couple of months until the project is over.
[56:47] He claims that I have millions of insurance, I got lots of insurance, but I guess we're
[56:54] the little people.
[56:55] It's only eight homes.
[56:56] It's not like it's 800 homes, which is asking for help.
[57:01] We need your support.
[57:03] I know that the things are happening right now with the voting and people running for office.
[57:16] just police assist us and I mean you know it may seem like small talk and after
[57:22] this is over with you go about your business but our homes are damaged we
[57:28] have we live in commerce we are the residents you guys got to help us I don't
[57:38] want to just go in just talk and okay we're gonna make an effort and we're gonna
[57:43] get back to you and you know we need your help and we need it ASAP. So I'm just
[57:54] asking please consider us only eight homes
[58:01] we
[58:06] pay taxes we live in the city my
[58:10] husband purchased before the ground even broke I came on board later on from
[58:14] Marina, they already need
[58:18] your assistance.
[58:20] Thank you.
[58:21] This is a piece.
[58:22] Thank you so much for coming over today.
[58:25] The next speaker card I have is Carmen Padilla.
[58:52] Buenas tardes, mi nombre es Carmen.
[58:55] Soy decidos de las personas que ya hablaron.
[58:58] Y pues tenemos todos en el mismo programa.
[59:01] Y vengo aquí porque también de casa se dañó.
[59:06] y de un tiempo que te mandaba mucho ahí la tierra y un día duró como tres horas
[59:16] columpiándose en la casa sin parar y yo pienso que eso daña mucho la
[59:21] construcción y estoy aquí pues para ver si nos pueden ayudar a hacer algo porque el señor prometió
[59:30] So, mandarinis tectoria hasta ahorita nos mandado nada y no dice nada, vamos a las juntas y
[59:37] no dicen que vayan a arreglar y por eso estamos aquí para ver si nos pueden ayudar con
[59:44] ese problema y es todo, pues ya yo ya dijeron todo mi destino, son dos vecinos, vivo en el 64-79
[59:55] I don't know if you have any idea what to do.
[59:57] I don't know if you have any idea.
[1:00:08] The next speaker card I have is from Yvonne Sandoval.
[1:00:22] 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
[1:00:39] myestro Talixko. It shall be ending I think the first week of October and the
[1:00:50] students are painting students and friendly seniors would appreciate and love
[1:00:58] if the class can continue. So we have created a list of everyone that would like to have
[1:01:11] the class continue. And I brought each one of you a list of that. So if I can pass it to yeah
[1:01:23] Okay, and I look forward to hearing a yes,
[1:01:28] we all look forward to hearing a yes on this.
[1:01:33] You know, our seniors have really bloomed
[1:01:36] with what has been offered at the senior center
[1:01:41] and just regular moms and grandma's
[1:01:46] that have just incredibly been able to paint
[1:01:52] what some have never done before, and even myself in this capacity is just incredible, so I want
[1:02:03] to thank the Council. I think it's the second round that we've had the class, and it's just extraordinary
[1:02:13] what we've been able to do with the help of the Maya Astral. So thank you.
[1:02:22] this on the ball. Thank you for your comments and if you could just hand your
[1:02:27] University clerk.
[1:02:38] At this time this concludes my speaker cards. Mr. City clerk do
[1:02:43] we have any virtual hands raised on? Yes thank you Mr. Mayor. Yes we actually have two
[1:02:48] virtual hands raised and at this time I will be calling them in the order the
[1:02:53] hands were raised with your permission Mr. Mayor. Okay before we get to that are
[1:02:57] are there any other speaker cards that you have?
[1:02:59] I have no additional, oh, I do see someone raising their head,
[1:03:03] and let's go ahead and check the NFC box.
[1:03:06] I tend to ask for City Attorney to soundly mention it
[1:03:08] because I saw her coming up as the public commentator.
[1:03:22] So don't sit down because I'm gonna call you
[1:03:24] a Shantal S case.
[1:03:31] Hi, thank you, Mr. Ray.
[1:03:32] Hi, my name is Shantal Soto Mayota,
[1:03:35] a lifelong commerce resident living in the ABC neighborhood
[1:03:37] of Washington and Leonis Street in the R2 zone.
[1:03:41] I actually just learned yesterday
[1:03:42] that my neighborhood is called the Triangle of Death
[1:03:44] due to being right in the middle
[1:03:46] of the diesel commerce truck stop,
[1:03:48] Union Pacific Railroad, and the 710 Freeway.
[1:03:51] I would hate to add a data center to that list.
[1:03:55] I'm here to express my full support
[1:03:56] with the city moving forward
[1:03:58] to ban any and all data center development citywide.
[1:04:01] My family has a long genetic history of cancer
[1:04:04] and has experienced the harmful impacts
[1:04:06] of already living in a highly polluted area.
[1:04:09] As we all know by now, environmental and medical studies
[1:04:12] have shown a long list of harmful impacts
[1:04:14] that are caused by data centers,
[1:04:16] such as water pollution, noise pollution, light pollution,
[1:04:20] air pollution, hazardous chemicals bills,
[1:04:22] and increased local temperatures from heat pollution.
[1:04:25] If the city of Monterey Park and Karehe
[1:04:27] were able to move forward with officially banning data centers
[1:04:31] from being built within their cities,
[1:04:33] then they should be recognized as a model city.
[1:04:35] Commerce should be partnering with them to identify ways to solidify a
[1:04:39] well-written policy to officially ban data centers to not only protect the
[1:04:44] health and safety of commerce residents, but also to protect neighboring
[1:04:47] communities as well. Please protect Stella and Islai. We deserve a healthy
[1:04:52] environment to live in. Thank you.
[1:04:57] Thank you for your comments Ms. Soto Mayor. Now
[1:05:00] that concludes my speaker cards and at this time Mr. City Clerk are there in
[1:05:06] Yes, thank you Mr. Mayor and I will call on those virtual hands that were raised in the order that they were raised online.
[1:05:14] We can have the person listed as Jo Jo go ahead and unmute and your time will begin when you speak.
[1:05:21] I will start the three minute timer from where I'm sitting.
[1:05:25] You
[1:05:28] 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.
[1:05:36] And I just wanted to, you know, Earth City Council to please expand the data center that we're employing.
[1:05:43] This is a very important issue.
[1:05:46] And the community of commerce as someone who's worked closely with community members throughout the years.
[1:05:52] We witnessed the impact that commerce already faced in theater industrial pollution.
[1:05:56] and also due to the good movement, right?
[1:05:59] The movement of Google truck, the president of the
[1:06:02] National Manufacturing Center in Chemical Manufacturing,
[1:06:06] just to name what you write.
[1:06:08] You know, the possibility of data centers
[1:06:10] being proposed in the city of Commerce is very concerning
[1:06:15] and I think it is the responsibility of the council
[1:06:19] to really take action and really just prevent this from happening.
[1:06:25] I'm currently in New York City climate meet and hearing some other local leaders that are
[1:06:32] facing the challenges of data centers in their community and I could say that the situation
[1:06:37] is dire.
[1:06:38] I say the center to expand the across many states in the country and I really want to urge
[1:06:45] the city of health to be safe, this important step to protect the residents of commerce and
[1:06:50] the health.
[1:06:51] And really just expand this more as more of, because it's necessary, right, to continue
[1:06:57] that transparency and to really just prevent and protect new residents of commerce.
[1:07:03] And also set the precedent for a neighboring city that, you know, can also take out to this
[1:07:09] new district, right?
[1:07:11] And do the right thing and protect neighbors and residents from the companies.
[1:07:15] We've been seeing different types of companies coming in under different shell companies.
[1:07:22] We've seen, you know, a lot of folks trying to have council members like NDAs,
[1:07:27] and just different concerning tactics.
[1:07:29] And we really just want to prevent some happening not only in comments,
[1:07:33] but it's got to tell us about that in the county.
[1:07:35] And, you know, all the communities here, it's a really important situation.
[1:07:39] And I want to urge the council to do the right thing.
[1:07:46] Thank
[1:07:51] you for your comments there, Mr. City Clerk, do we have any other speakers?
[1:07:55] Yes, the final virtual hand that is raised comes from Ms. Jasmine.
[1:07:59] If we can have you unmute and your time will begin when we begin to speak.
[1:08:07] My name is Jasmine, I'm a resident of Commerce and a member of Beastyard.
[1:08:12] My comment is in regards to item number 21.
[1:08:16] Thank you for having passed the moratorium on new data center development.
[1:08:21] I appreciate all of the work the city staff has done on this.
[1:08:25] Today I'm calling it in support of extending the moratorium.
[1:08:28] I think it's important to have enough time to write good policy.
[1:08:32] And this matters to me because of the harmful electrical impact of data centers
[1:08:36] because of the harmful water impacts of data centers.
[1:08:41] Because of the harmful air impacts of data centers.
[1:08:44] and because of the harmful community and tax revenue impacts of data centers please extend the
[1:08:51] moratorium. Thank you very much. Jasmine thank you for your comments there at this time that
[1:08:59] concludes our speakers for public comment. So public comment is now closed. We will now go ahead and
[1:09:04] move on to the consent calendar. We do have items 4 through 12. Does the city council wish to pull any
[1:09:11] items.
[1:09:14] I will actually pull item number six and
[1:09:21] if the City Council does not wish to pull any
[1:09:23] other items, I will entertain a motion for items four through five and seven through twelve.
[1:09:29] So we have a motion to approve the consent calendar by Council Member Boyle, a second by
[1:09:36] Councilman Adagumetto, all in favour? Aye. Any opposed? Any abstentions? Motion passes.
[1:09:42] Okay,
[1:09:45] so we have item number six, which is to award the construction contract to commercial
[1:09:51] and industrial roofing company in Maine for the Bristol Park Facilities Group Rehabilitation
[1:09:55] Project.
[1:09:58] And Mr. Ramirez, thank you, our interim director of public works.
[1:10:02] The reason I hold this item is because it was on consent, but we were presented with two
[1:10:07] options, right, for a decision for the recommendation.
[1:10:10] and option A, which is a short-term solution, right?
[1:10:13] An option B, which is a long-term solution.
[1:10:17] And the one thing that I do want to remind
[1:10:19] of the Council on the Community,
[1:10:20] well, the Council knows this, right?
[1:10:22] But we are currently in the process of, you know,
[1:10:26] making plans to renovate the Bristol Park in the East End.
[1:10:29] In fact, I believe we have a design that's nearly complete.
[1:10:33] And so, the director of mayors, if you will.
[1:10:36] Thank you very much honorable mayor and members of the council. Due to years of
[1:10:42] deferred maintenance and some poor drainage design at the Bristol Park
[1:10:47] building facilities, it has created some wood rot and has created also some
[1:10:55] leaks of their based off of a flat roof. So you are right mayor based off of some
[1:11:04] considerations that in the soon future we're looking at doing some renovations
[1:11:08] they're at the building. We do have a need for a solution and so in order to
[1:11:15] provide some due diligence we wanted to provide a council of two options. One is a
[1:11:21] more shorter term fix but it would allow us to get to that time frame of our
[1:11:27] potential renovation in the future. Option A is for rehabilitation which would
[1:11:33] allow us to do some spot repairs of some of that wood rot and based off of this option we would only be
[1:11:42] requesting about 20,000 plus dollars for allocation which we do have available from funding based
[1:11:50] off of the fiscal report that is provided to you in the staff report that would be coming from additional
[1:11:56] funds for measure a sales tax revenues. The second option would be a full replace
[1:12:03] But then again, as you mentioned mayor, we would be proceeding with a full project renovation there in the soon future.
[1:12:12] This total replacement would require about a 600,000 plus allocation and we would move construction into the rainy season.
[1:12:27] So before you are those two options and I'm here to answer any questions right now.
[1:12:31] Actually Mayor option A is the only option available to city council option B is not feasible considering we will be doing the project
[1:12:41] And the next this is a 30 year basically window and absolutely will be
[1:12:45] Committee and those kinds of resources towards the library and
[1:12:51] thank you mr. City manager for for echoing that
[1:12:54] Director marries. Thank you
[1:13:04] And we should move forward, and it makes sense for us to continue
[1:13:07] the auction rate, which is not the problem for now.
[1:13:11] And I believe there's a guarantee for more
[1:13:14] less than three years, which should give us
[1:13:16] to this sort of start-up for that.
[1:13:20] I believe the work that needs to be done.
[1:13:26] Agreed.
[1:13:27] Any other questions from the City Council?
[1:13:29] No, I just would agree.
[1:13:31] Obviously, we're as we prepare, right?
[1:13:33] As a city, we're preparing for our super new.
[1:13:36] And we know how our facilities got through just regular rains, so I think that it's highly, highly important.
[1:13:45] Thank you.
[1:13:46] Absolutely.
[1:13:47] Great comments.
[1:13:48] And so when I was reviewing the agenda and I saw two options on this, we've got to pull this in.
[1:13:52] By the way, you know, we're, you want to renovate and we want to build the only city.
[1:13:57] Right?
[1:13:58] So as the city manager mentioned, the opportunity is on the only real option here.
[1:14:03] My only question now becomes, when do we plan on
[1:14:06] the construction, what does that type of look like?
[1:14:09] As you know, as many of you know, we're
[1:14:13] doing it right?
[1:14:14] And so, how are we planning for that, right?
[1:14:18] So part of the urgency is that is we're fully
[1:14:21] anticipating, you know, everything we start
[1:14:25] in meetings with the county with regards to the impacts
[1:14:27] of the Nino at the next city council meeting.
[1:14:29] You know, get a briefing on some of the preparation
[1:14:32] the city is doing in advance along with working
[1:14:35] with our area, the disaster preparedness LA County Guards, but Andy can tell you specifically
[1:14:41] the timeline for this repair because absolutely we're going to introduce before the rainy season
[1:14:48] starts. Thank you, Mr. City Manager. Our goal would be to execute documents as soon as possible
[1:14:55] within the next week or two, and commence within a week.
[1:15:03] 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.
[1:15:29] Okay. We're hoping less. Okay. Sounds good. So essentially a 30-day pre-construction phase,
[1:15:35] a 60-day construction phase, we're looking to be live by the very beginning of next year.
[1:15:41] Or much earlier. We try to work fast and provide a great accountability. Okay. Sounds good.
[1:15:48] So those answers are my questions. Thank you for that. Is the council having questions with not?
[1:15:56] Thank you. And I'm going to go off a topic a little bit and I'm just going to take a
[1:16:04] We heard about, you know, we know it's coming and there's a video from San
[1:16:09] District related to preparations for the wet season and I need to make sure that
[1:16:18] gets reviewed by the staff and that's a lot of that work and it's with the discussion that we're
[1:16:30] We need to make sure that we are training to not sitting on the chair.
[1:16:34] A lot of them just invited me to see that.
[1:16:39] We can see that there's a lot of free in there.
[1:16:41] We get them out in preparation for the super or the following super.
[1:16:47] We need to get ready in preparation for that.
[1:16:50] But not only do we need to plan on, but we need to have a plan to continue both through and
[1:16:57] tear them up during the pandemic.
[1:17:02] But usually, I'm only sure we have something going through because it's free, it's just
[1:17:08] full of right to those branches and this stuff in the market and that's one of the issues
[1:17:15] we have.
[1:17:18] Yeah, exactly what you said will be we have to change our regular maintenance to address those issues and so we'll have a
[1:17:25] Kind of high point plan to include things like advancing the treatment services. So guaranteed anytime
[1:17:31] 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
[1:17:38] 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
[1:17:45] certainly the city staff perspective is going to be what the city is doing the part of what our
[1:17:50] communication efforts are going to be during this time is what can folks do at home and prepare because
[1:17:55] they need to be clear with what resources the city will be providing and what we won't be providing
[1:17:59] so that people can prepare accordingly and not go to Costco by 20 packs of toilet paper all in one
[1:18:06] weekend because some of that stuff is expected to rain warrant.
[1:18:13] Of course okay if no other comments or
[1:18:15] questions, I'll enter to the motion.
[1:18:17] I would move to the item and that was an option.
[1:18:21] It's frank, isn't it?
[1:18:22] OK, so we have a motion by Councilman Arguimedo
[1:18:24] and a second by Mayor Polta and Garcia.
[1:18:26] I'll be favored.
[1:18:27] Hi.
[1:18:29] I'm opposed to any abstentions, motion passes.
[1:18:32] Thank you, Director Ramirez and thank you, Councilman,
[1:18:35] for the comments about the slunders.
[1:18:42] Couples as the commerce tree.
[1:18:48] So now we'll go ahead and move on to scheduled matters.
[1:18:53] And you have a presentation and an update
[1:18:56] from the sheriff's party, so I believe that will be presented by our new sergeant, Sergeant
[1:19:03] Anne.
[1:19:17] Mayor, Mayor, Lieutenant and Council members, thank you for all the opportunity to present
[1:19:22] tonight.
[1:19:23] I'm here to walk you through our August Safety Public Report.
[1:19:26] Tonight you'll be hearing four things.
[1:19:28] You're going to hear about our crime statistics, our geographic hotspots, how we compare to
[1:19:32] surrounding cities and our racial compliance numbers.
[1:19:36] Let's begin with the crime statistics.
[1:19:37] statistics. So the further the month of August, for crimes against person, you had a total
[1:19:43] of eight incidents in August. All eight were assault-related, there were no homicides
[1:19:49] and no rates reported. When we compared to last year, aggravated
[1:19:53] assaults are down 5.66 percent. Year-to-date, we're at 50 incidents compared to 56 of last
[1:20:00] year. Now turning to property crimes, which include robbery, burglary, theft of drug
[1:20:07] vehicles and auto theft. Total instance is 86 incidents. This breaks down to
[1:20:14] four robberies, seven blurbories, 61 other deaths, and 14 grant theft
[1:20:20] bottles. Compared to last year of total 101, this reprints a 17.80% reduction.
[1:20:28] When we aggregate everything, total instance this year stands at 781 compared
[1:20:33] to 936 of last year. That's a 16.56 percent overall reduction in criminality.
[1:20:42] Our next topic
[1:20:42] we're going to talk about geographic hotspots. So the next slide it's going to be for our
[1:20:49] city of commerce. The question remains is where does risk concentrate? Let me walk you through the
[1:20:55] maps. The first one is the primary hotspot which includes both halves was the SIDO outlets.
[1:21:04] This
[1:21:05] end of the month. Good next slide. Secondary
[1:21:09] constitutions appear along South Veil Avenue and Garfield Avenue as well as
[1:21:13] Sloss and Avenue. Our data shows peak incident frequency occurs on Wednesday
[1:21:19] between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. This is not just a pattern. It's an actionable deployment
[1:21:26] window. Our commerce team is already adjusting patrols accordingly, but I want
[1:21:31] the council to understand where and when risk concentrates so resources can be deployed more effectively.
[1:21:37] In the last session, I believe that the council members also requested comparisons of
[1:21:41] crime statistics with nearby cities. I did some research and compared our neighboring cities,
[1:21:46] which include East Los Angeles, Maywood, and Coday. In the grass below, you'll see two
[1:21:51] graphs per city showing the different house in August. So next slide is the regional comparison.
[1:21:59] The first one will be East Los Angeles, which accounts for 7.4 square miles.
[1:22:05] Due to the volume constraints and number of incidents reports, this data only reflects
[1:22:09] the grant of auto.
[1:22:11] In the month of August, East LA had 76 incidents of grant of auto.
[1:22:15] The vehicles most targeted were Chevrolet, Surrad, Tahuos, Honda Civics and Accords, GMC
[1:22:22] Yukons and Dodge Rams.
[1:22:25] for the next slide. If you go to Maywood,
[1:22:32] sorry, thank you. For the Maywood, which accounts
[1:22:34] for 1.2 square miles, accounts for 30 incidents, and then the next slide, which would be Maywood's
[1:22:42] secondary half of hotspots. If you go to the next slide, we're going to go to the City of Coday, which
[1:22:47] accounts for 1.25 square miles, they count for 29 incidents.
[1:22:53] If you go to the next slide, thank you.
[1:22:55] That's also going to show the crime hotspots for the City of Coday on the second half, which
[1:22:59] Council for 8, 16 to 8, 31.
[1:23:04] Com and commerce, which is 6.5 square miles
[1:23:07] with total of 94 incidents.
[1:23:10] Commerce is the second largest jurisdiction
[1:23:12] in this comparison.
[1:23:14] While our goal is zero crime, our exposure relative to land
[1:23:18] area and care cities is proportional payable.
[1:23:22] And the next slide we go to, sorry, next one.
[1:23:26] I want also introduce the council members,
[1:23:29] the operational compliance.
[1:23:30] I believe transparency is a big key to a trust.
[1:23:34] So we're also going to include in the safety reports of operational compliance numbers.
[1:23:40] So what this is is that each month, LFC has sworn schedule minutes for each city.
[1:23:46] For the city of commerce, it is 256,359 minutes.
[1:23:52] Our LFC contract requires service compliance minutes to be sworn to be between 98 and
[1:23:57] 102 percent of schedule minutes.
[1:23:59] 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.
[1:24:09] So if you look at the data in the highlighted numbers, we're slightly below 98%.
[1:24:15] The reasons are documented, staffing shortages and unsee for operational demands.
[1:24:20] Rest assured, historically, we recovered the compliance rate throughout the balance of the fiscal year.
[1:24:26] So, I'm telling you this now, none of them, none of them, but I believe that, again, trust
[1:24:30] is built with transparency, so we will be monitoring these levels, I won't leave.
[1:24:37] Right below this schedule, Mids, I have also included our response times.
[1:24:42] There are three tiers for the LLI County Sheriff's Department and three targets for LLI County
[1:24:46] Sheriff's Department.
[1:24:47] The first one are emergent calls, which include life-draining situations, crime, and
[1:24:52] in progress. LSD has a target window of 10 minutes. For the city of commerce, our actual
[1:25:00] minute response times is 6.3 minutes.
[1:25:04] Second tier is the priority calls, which includes
[1:25:06] non-emergent calls with suspect proximity. We have a target window of 20 minutes. For commerce,
[1:25:13] it's 9.3 minutes. And lastly, our tier 3 routine calls, which are past property crimes,
[1:25:20] request and general inquiries. We have a six-minute window. Our actual is 55.8 minutes.
[1:25:28] I just want to emphasize to the council all three tiers are within policy targets with strong
[1:25:34] margins on the two top most critical categories which are urgent calls and party calls.
[1:25:42] Lastly on the bottom slide I also want to go over the total rest which number 72 for this month
[1:25:46] compared to last year of 59, we had an increase of 22.03% in the rest, which is significant.
[1:25:54] And lastly, the next slide.
[1:25:57] Also, I believe the council also requested incident-level details by area.
[1:26:02] I think that's really important.
[1:26:04] Again, I do like transparency.
[1:26:06] That's one of my things that I really like and enjoy.
[1:26:08] And I believe this request can be fulfilled by utilizing LAST crime public mapping tool.
[1:26:15] So if you go to the website at lac.work and on top right you type in crime
[1:26:22] mapping tools and on the right and you scroll down and select crime and arrest
[1:26:27] information. Then you're going to come up to this portion where you see on the
[1:26:32] slide. It's going to indicate crime mapping. When you select this slide, which
[1:26:38] looks next slide please, it's going to come up well with this location or user's
[1:26:43] location. You can either input the address that you're nearby or you can input the zip code or the
[1:26:50] city. If you put some one more slide, thank you. So that's what it will look like. And on the top right
[1:26:57] hand corner, you can also put in the period of range that you want to see. And this, the public
[1:27:01] can look at the different types of crimes occurring there are you. When is occurring and the types of
[1:27:07] crime. Again, this is updated, I believe, on the 23rd of each month. So if you're curious,
[1:27:12] So the public is interested in terms of the incident details are on their particular I think and utilize this tool on our website
[1:27:21] Again, I just want to thank you everyone for this opportunity. Thank you. Are there any questions?
[1:27:28] Sergeant, thank you for the breakdown and the reports and the presentation. Does the city council have any questions?
[1:27:35] Thank you. Thank you. No questions here. Great work sergeant really appreciate the updates. Thank you. Take care.
[1:27:48] Okay, so now we'll go ahead and move on to item number 13
[1:27:52] which is the Rosalind Park Expansion.
[1:27:54] Good
[1:27:59] evening, Honorable Mayor, members of the Council.
[1:28:02] Before you will be consultant presentations
[1:28:07] and a staff request for the Council to provide direction
[1:28:11] to staff regarding the selection of the consultant
[1:28:15] for Rosalind Park Expansion Improvement Project,
[1:28:19] specifically for the plan's specs and engineering estimates.
[1:28:22] The project is intended to improve a look at Rosewood Park, specifically for Pickleball
[1:28:29] Courts, a pump track, walking trails, connecting Eastern Gilson Street, Rosewood Park.
[1:28:38] And so we've kind of outlined it for your consideration this evening to have the three top firms present
[1:28:45] to you tonight.
[1:28:46] each of them have been allotted approximately five minutes to do their
[1:28:51] presentation, followed by approximately ten minutes of Q&A, should the
[1:28:56] council desire to do that after each presentation. So if that satisfies the
[1:29:03] council we would like to bring up first off IDS group and we'll start off our
[1:29:10] presentation time for that soon.
[1:29:14] Okay thank you are we good to proceed? Sounds good
[1:29:18] Thank you very much ideas group. Just
[1:29:24] 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.
[1:29:46] 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.
[1:30:01] 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.
[1:30:29] and with using IDS employees that are located here
[1:30:34] in Southern California, where our focus is on the public sector.
[1:30:40] Of 85% of our work is two public agencies
[1:30:44] such as the city of Congress.
[1:30:46] And we bring extensive experience
[1:30:48] in the realm of parts facilities and public facilities.
[1:30:54] And so, to the next slide, this slide presents the team that we have here, and then thank
[1:31:03] you.
[1:31:05] And we're going to have a couple of my colleagues here with me, and we'll introduce ourselves
[1:31:10] and then share the brief presentation that we've brought.
[1:31:15] So, I'm going to, and I think that just to the point of the my comment about IDS, everyone
[1:31:25] in the upper portions of this are IDS employees, the balance of the consultants that we have
[1:31:33] in our team are folks we've worked with for a long time.
[1:31:36] So, next slide, and this is our project team.
[1:31:40] As I mentioned, I'm the principal architect here at IBS.
[1:31:44] I'll let my colleagues introduce themselves here.
[1:31:50] Hi, I'm Jill VanCickel, the Associate Principal of the Institute of Architecture at IBS.
[1:31:56] Hello, Adrian Anderson, the Associate Principal for Civil Engineering.
[1:32:05] Can I have an exciting piece?
[1:32:07] Thank you.
[1:32:08] Just want to point out a really good project experience.
[1:32:11] As you can see, we've accomplished several parks.
[1:32:16] we work together side by side hand-in-hand on almost every single one of our projects,
[1:32:23] landscape architecture and civil engineering are, you know, what makes site designs work so
[1:32:30] well. Particularly our experience pertains to this redwood park expansion in that we have
[1:32:37] a skate park and pump track experience working with us on ranch and sport courts experience.
[1:32:44] I mean, we pick a war court currently we are working on I think for pick a war court
[1:32:49] projects at IDS along with our civil team and then also
[1:32:55] revitalizing industrial sites so one of the projects I'm going to show you a little bit is
[1:33:00] almost exactly what the Rosewood Park expansion is going to be a revitalization and a former rail
[1:33:06] road spur just
[1:33:13] to kind of review our project understanding that the park will be expanded from the
[1:33:18] current Rosewood Park site by about 1.3 acres,
[1:33:21] expanding it to about seven.
[1:33:24] And the park has got this very unique shape
[1:33:26] where it kind of sidles along existing buildings,
[1:33:29] along the side of parking lot,
[1:33:31] and then the spur itself, which connects
[1:33:33] South Eastern Avenue to Charleston Street,
[1:33:36] right alongside the Rosewood Village townhomes,
[1:33:41] transforming a vacant lot, a new space into something usable.
[1:33:48] the 6,000 square foot pen track, a pickleell courts pathways, drought tolerant landscaping
[1:33:53] with water efficient irrigation, and a civic gathering space.
[1:33:59] We hope that will both bolster the sense of community that Brisbane Park already brings
[1:34:05] to safe commerce.
[1:34:08] Part of the challenge, I would say, and also the opportunity would be to make sure that
[1:34:14] the neighboring residences are benefited by this improvement. We are going to keep in
[1:34:22] mind the sensitivity to sound, especially pick up wallboards and even the lighting. That's
[1:34:28] where we shine and pun intended, with being sensitive to surrounding neighboring residences.
[1:34:39] So, let's see, next slide please, thank you.
[1:34:45] I'm going to let Adrienne take it from here.
[1:34:48] Yeah, I've got one second.
[1:34:51] You did say approximately five minutes.
[1:34:53] You don't want to say that to a consultant community, by the way.
[1:34:56] We'll try and make it brief to keep you on schedule tonight.
[1:35:00] The City of Luxembourg, the early park project,
[1:35:03] if we can go to the next slide please.
[1:35:08] So, this project included quite a bit of storm water improvements.
[1:35:13] I hear a lot of issues with drainage in the city.
[1:35:16] This is something we hold near and near as civil engineers here,
[1:35:20] amongst our landscape architects and architecture and other disciplines.
[1:35:24] We do community outreach for this project as you can see on the left.
[1:35:28] Up on the right you see the good stuff as I like to call it.
[1:35:32] You get the pump track as well as a muralist.
[1:35:35] We had Brian Peterson, a nationally renowned
[1:35:40] Neuralist who worked on this project to save
[1:35:43] The city some funding by not having to demo
[1:35:47] These particular buildings that were no longer
[1:35:51] Required but they do serve a purpose and telling the story about the
[1:35:55] Locals next slide.
[1:35:59] So it's a little difficult for the audience to see this
[1:36:01] But I'm sure in front of you can see on the left
[1:36:03] is the lighting map that shows, sort of, we're not
[1:36:08] spilling over into adjacent areas for users that are not
[1:36:13] pickleball players.
[1:36:15] So we do take that into account, much like we will,
[1:36:18] for the Rosewood Village nearby, the pickleball courts,
[1:36:22] and the next slide clues.
[1:36:25] So our award-winning Ken and City dog park project, right?
[1:36:29] So this is a band and rail line, much like what you have
[1:36:33] here for this Rosewood Park project expansion. We took an abandoned real
[1:36:38] line and made this into a really usable city space for the community in large
[1:36:45] large and small dog park uses that utilities to consider and drainage to
[1:36:50] consider. We also provided sort of seamless access for maintenance of those
[1:36:57] utilities that was important and again this is right up against industrial and
[1:37:02] residential communities, so we have both those stakeholders to consider in the design for this particular project.
[1:37:14] I'm excited to make a quick community building is definitely what we envision.
[1:37:23] What we envision for this Rosewood Park expansion, and we have experience with this in the San Martin 183 community garden.
[1:37:31] It was, you know, vacant lot, it was brought to life with in-ground beds and a lot of community volunteers came to
[1:37:39] 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
[1:37:48] community gardens in the city. A huge block party to celebrate that.
[1:37:54] Just a little bit about come track design. We have
[1:37:57] of our experience with Durley Park in the City of Oxnard
[1:38:01] and then landcasters Samaritan's first park.
[1:38:03] For Durley, we had a quite large contract installed.
[1:38:08] We worked with Swan Ranch on that.
[1:38:10] And then a state spot for landcasters Samaritan's first park.
[1:38:17] And then we wanna talk about our work plan in schedule.
[1:38:21] We're looking at approximately 21 months overall.
[1:38:25] However, we would be more than willing to work with the city
[1:38:28] if the schedule needed to be compressed in any way,
[1:38:31] you know, pre-designed site investigation
[1:38:33] approximately two months, PS&E.6, bidding support,
[1:38:39] one month, and then construction support
[1:38:41] about 12 months, considering the length of the construction.
[1:38:45] And then, you know, communication constantly, you know,
[1:38:48] by monthly, by weekly, whatever the city of games
[1:38:51] necessary to keep communication and progress moving.
[1:38:55] And now we'd like to take a look.
[1:38:58] Just kind of briefly, the last slide by IDS integration
[1:39:04] across our teams, park experience.
[1:39:07] We set this festival projects in this region.
[1:39:11] Trust the design partners that work with us
[1:39:15] and delivering valuable design improvements
[1:39:19] to your city.
[1:39:23] Collaboration that we always make for most so excellent. I want to thank you all for
[1:39:29] presenting and coming out here today. Does the city council have any questions or council
[1:39:35] women or will you? Just really good questions. When you mentioned like your previous experience,
[1:39:44] is there one that we can look at where we have all the amenities that we want in one because I know
[1:39:51] Well, like one of them is a dog park and then you have another one to add somewhere else.
[1:39:55] Do you have any facility where you have the same amenities that we're looking for in one
[1:40:01] parcel or one area?
[1:40:04] One home project, actually.
[1:40:05] There's some sort of thing.
[1:40:06] Because you're like, dearly part of that.
[1:40:08] You have the most part, probably.
[1:40:09] Can you put that up?
[1:40:10] Yeah, sure.
[1:40:21] Yeah, so yeah, I can address that.
[1:40:24] Okay.
[1:40:24] Council member.
[1:40:26] So yeah, so this part, project included.
[1:40:29] drainage, which will be a very important storm or quality improvement. We've got a mural
[1:40:36] which we would really love to propose and see upon those walls within this corridor,
[1:40:40] this sort of like an urban canyon and having a muralist, you know, come on board would be,
[1:40:46] I think, really value added for this particular project, very similar to what we did here at the
[1:40:52] The pump track design, of course, this one included support courts as well.
[1:40:58] There were existing ball fields already out there.
[1:41:01] We did improvements for those, just mainly drainage and spectator, spectator, experience
[1:41:07] improvements, restroom improvements, ADA, path of travel, right, that's important as well.
[1:41:13] You'll have that as well in consideration.
[1:41:17] Oh, yes, of course, a lighting, thank you, Jill.
[1:41:21] So yeah, basically we've we've had every element you've got and then some with this particular project
[1:41:27] I think this was a much larger area. It's more concentrated
[1:41:30] I think not that it's going to be any easier
[1:41:32] But that's why that's why my question was because it's very like you meet
[1:41:41] Area is very unique it is and I mean we try to envision, you know what your ideas were
[1:41:48] right and we do take lessons learned from all the project experience we have so
[1:41:53] the Isis Dog Park which is an award-winning project which we hope we can get
[1:41:57] for you as well here get some recognition for City of Commerce that also was
[1:42:04] one of those where we took some of the elements you can see I think if we go is
[1:42:08] it one slide forward sorry one more slide forward there we go so you can see the
[1:42:16] abandoned rail line photo on the left and the switch gear for the track and we
[1:42:21] implemented that in the background on the right side of the finished park so we
[1:42:26] kind of keeping some of that heritage and history in place as well so we're
[1:42:30] kind of also you know repurposing and reusing and paying homage to you know what
[1:42:35] was there before and what about can you elaborate a little bit more you talked about
[1:42:41] sustainability elaborate a little bit more on that. What do you mean by
[1:42:46] sustainability? I mean really reusing what we can from the site we do want
[1:43:01] to provide mitigation of course because of the nature of the site you know
[1:43:05] we brought an environmental team to assist with that and you kind of
[1:43:09] testing needed. But sustainability, well, for me, for a landscape architect,
[1:43:14] a primary early means use of drought tolerant native plants, collaborating with our civil
[1:43:19] engineering team to possibly even use a stormwater management techniques for passive irrigation
[1:43:25] to reduce water use, water-efficient irrigation in general, complying with the state, you
[1:43:32] know, criteria and standards. They're already pretty strange, but if we can go further, we
[1:43:36] well. So, and then choosing materials that have longevity and will withstand the climate
[1:43:44] changes that we're facing and then resiliency as well. We both, all of you spoke about the
[1:43:51] subteninial that we're, you know, anticipating. So, the thinking of that and planning for
[1:43:56] that in mind, this park won't be built for a little while. So, you know, we have to think
[1:44:01] those changes. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. President.
[1:44:05] I could just add too that we are used to working in partners with our clients to discover opportunities.
[1:44:16] There's some, perhaps, some hidden opportunities here and some issues to be addressed.
[1:44:22] It's kind of an isolated, it can be a kind of an isolated space.
[1:44:25] We want people to feel safe using it so that it gets heavy use.
[1:44:30] so we want to be sensitive to natural surveillance and observation and people feeling like they can
[1:44:36] use it without being feeling unsafe. We also
[1:44:40] are looking at all those walls and going, is there a mural opportunity here? Is there a chance to
[1:44:45] tell the story of commerce in a panorama, right? Because I was looking at it as we were coming in. I go,
[1:44:53] So it's it's it's it's it's got a big curve wall out there so is
[1:45:00] 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.
[1:45:26] I love the transformation.
[1:45:30] and you mentioned it's a band game, really fine?
[1:45:34] Yes.
[1:45:34] What kind was that?
[1:45:35] We saved it for Council
[1:45:43] Member Aiden.
[1:45:45] I think it was the actions from the catchers
[1:45:48] and the pickers, Santa Fe.
[1:45:51] I'll say it was this side.
[1:45:53] Yeah.
[1:45:55] I'm just asking, was that it's a band game
[1:45:59] and who has control of it?
[1:46:03] The city has taken control.
[1:46:06] Yeah, I know the city has had been relinquished
[1:46:09] that right of way.
[1:46:10] So it was within the city's ownership already.
[1:46:14] So that was their parcel.
[1:46:16] This was surrounded by a city street on two ends.
[1:46:20] The street with frontage to residential on the north side
[1:46:23] and on the south was a wall with industrial uses
[1:46:26] on the opposite side of there.
[1:46:28] And the reason I'm asking this question is
[1:46:31] because there was a purchase and sale agreement that we made with the owners of the rail line that ran in this and here.
[1:46:40] 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.
[1:46:55] I'm not sure exactly, but we couldn't get them before we could release so that we can actually
[1:47:02] really look at them.
[1:47:04] They'll be one with you, other things, permanent people, extend maybe the time that they
[1:47:11] could have lived.
[1:47:14] So because you want to make sure that that's the fact to make sure that whatever is that we
[1:47:19] opposed to being, it's going to be, um, being added to the role of what it falls to be
[1:47:25] the night lights of our green light. Right. Yeah, I've had experience with this before.
[1:47:30] The railroad generally don't want to get rid of anything, right? When it comes to the
[1:47:34] rights, it's very difficult to get answers from the general. So I know it was a simple
[1:47:38] way to deal with the rest of the negotiate that prior to the sale of the property to the city,
[1:47:43] but at the end of the time, you were full control of it when you couldn't. So I mean, you
[1:47:49] look at that to be sure that you have to read the polls or whatever we do that it's free
[1:47:54] to be within the guidance.
[1:47:59] So I just want to think that out, but it's beautiful. I know
[1:48:01] it's a transformation and I think it's going to come with this. It looks good, it's going to
[1:48:06] just block that to my end, because I know that we have trouble with negotiating this agreement.
[1:48:12] I believe the city manager, I believe it was, I'm not sure if it was the NSF or it wasn't.
[1:48:21] It was?
[1:48:25] All right.
[1:48:26] Thank you.
[1:48:27] Those are my questions.
[1:48:28] Thank you for your presentation.
[1:48:30] I'd like to give you a really good example to see what you have.
[1:48:34] Thank you so much.
[1:48:38] Great.
[1:48:39] Thank you all.
[1:48:40] I mean, I think there are some due diligence that we'll have to do.
[1:48:42] as an agency here to just make sure that we can see what we need this one question here is
[1:48:49] is there really a part finished? Are you for your updates to that part?
[1:48:53] It is just when I when I look that look like a design rendering so yeah so the
[1:48:58] early part is in construction okay yeah it's currently in construction are any of
[1:49:03] the features live or is it fully in construction right? It's fully in construction
[1:49:07] Okay.
[1:49:08] How what's the time you let your opinion there?
[1:49:12] So that project I believe is closer to about a year
[1:49:17] of construction, okay?
[1:49:19] So they're probably after the rainy season
[1:49:22] would be completed sometime this next year.
[1:49:25] Great.
[1:49:25] Fair enough.
[1:49:26] Thank you so much.
[1:49:27] Really appreciate the presentation.
[1:49:28] Thank you guys for having me today.
[1:49:30] Thank
[1:49:33] you, member, mayor and members
[1:49:34] of the council.
[1:49:35] Our next presentation is coming
[1:49:38] from Hershey and Associates.
[1:49:50] Good evening, Mayor and members of City Council, my name is Chuck
[1:49:53] Foley and President of Hershey Associates. With me tonight is Mark Hershey, Vice President of
[1:49:58] Hershey and Associates. I'm still reeling from Senator Archie Lettuce enthusiasm and energy,
[1:50:06] we had an opportunity to work with him about 16 or 17 years ago in peak of Rivera. He was the same
[1:50:12] person then as he was tonight here. So I'll do my best to keep up with his high bar, but
[1:50:18] we're we're thankful for the opportunity to be here before you and to be considered for
[1:50:24] the Rosewood Park improvements. We understand that Rosewood Park is about more than just adding new
[1:50:30] amenities. It's an opportunity to really create an active and welcoming destination for the Commerce
[1:50:38] community. And our team brings together experience that is needed to make that happen.
[1:50:46] Cursion Associates, HII, will be the lead consultant for our team, and we'll be
[1:50:52] providing the overall park planning and landscape architecture design
[1:50:57] coordination and project delivery to the city. We're partnering with American
[1:51:03] and Ram Company, and there are pump track specialists
[1:51:07] for this project.
[1:51:08] And they bring specialized expertise
[1:51:12] in the design of high quality,
[1:51:14] engaging, and durable pump tracks.
[1:51:18] Together, we're approaching Rosewood Park
[1:51:22] as one cohesive park space.
[1:51:23] So it's not a series of amenities they get plopped in place.
[1:51:27] It's a cohesive design.
[1:51:30] Next slide, please.
[1:51:30] So, our vision for the project is fairly simple.
[1:51:36] The project itself is complex, but our goal is to create a park where people of different
[1:51:44] ages, interests, disciplines, abilities have a reason to come and a reason to stay.
[1:51:52] It's a place for a community.
[1:51:56] The project itself, the amenities that the city is selected for the project site really
[1:52:01] give us an opportunity to create that environment and those amenities complement each other within
[1:52:07] the park. For active recreation, we have the palm track and the pickleball courts of course.
[1:52:15] For more passive recreation, we have the proposed walking trail which provides space for exercise
[1:52:21] and everyday use. And the trail connection really connects all these amenities through the park.
[1:52:29] From a broader community standpoint, these amenities are being proposed within an existing
[1:52:37] facility.
[1:52:38] And so, we also need to look at how those new amenities interact with the existing
[1:52:44] space.
[1:52:45] So, landscape, gathering spaces, circulation, accessibility, and all these amenities need to
[1:52:51] work together.
[1:52:53] The important part about all of this is that they're not necessarily just individual features,
[1:52:58] is that they're all connected. Next slide please.
[1:53:04] So the park space itself is unique as we're all
[1:53:07] aware. One of the key ideas behind the project is bringing connectivity through the space. On the
[1:53:16] west side of the park we have the proposed trail and the spur that connects it to the right of
[1:53:24] That trail really creates a stronger pedestrian connection between the park and the surrounding
[1:53:30] community.
[1:53:31] So we'd like to help the city realize that goal of creating that connectivity.
[1:53:37] It provides a cohesive park experience for users.
[1:53:43] The trail to us really becomes the backbone to how this park is put together.
[1:53:47] And that connectivity is important for recreation, but also for the field of accessibility and the welcoming aspect of it to the surrounding community.
[1:53:59] Next slide, please.
[1:54:03] So, recreation for different ages.
[1:54:05] This project is going to include that.
[1:54:07] We're really excited about the opportunity to create these opportunities within the project, offering different generations uses within the park space itself.
[1:54:18] The Pickleball courts, obviously, they'll provide active social recreation opportunity
[1:54:24] they can appeal to a wide range of ages and skill levels.
[1:54:29] The Pumtra, which would be designed by American ramp company, specializes in expertise
[1:54:35] and provides other active recreation.
[1:54:40] The trail provides the opportunity for walking and jogging, exercise, and something really
[1:54:45] to meet with you the spaces.
[1:54:47] So these uses all complement each other.
[1:54:51] That kind of variety really helps
[1:54:53] apart become a true community destination,
[1:54:55] which is what Rosewood Park will become.
[1:54:58] Next slide, please.
[1:55:01] So the pump track, this is a very important signature element
[1:55:05] for this new project.
[1:55:07] American Ramp Company's specialized expert experience
[1:55:10] really comes in particularly valuable
[1:55:12] in the standpoint here.
[1:55:14] that plumb track is not necessarily a series of ramps.
[1:55:19] It really just needs to be provide flow,
[1:55:23] progression, safety, visibility, durability,
[1:55:26] and opportunities for all age levels and abilities.
[1:55:31] So, you know, it's a space where a first-time rider
[1:55:34] can feel comfortable getting started
[1:55:36] and more experienced riders have opportunities
[1:55:40] to challenge themselves on that.
[1:55:41] So it's really for a variety of ages.
[1:55:46] All of these amenities, again, you shouldn't feel like they're just dropped into the park
[1:55:51] space itself.
[1:55:52] They work off of that main trail and really connect, all the park amenities are connected
[1:55:59] by that trail, next slide, too.
[1:56:04] So YRT, YS, what are we bringing to the city of Congress?
[1:56:09] So, we're being a team that understands that a successful public park has to balance vision
[1:56:15] with reality.
[1:56:17] So, the budget matters, maintenance matters for longevity, safety matters are in the
[1:56:23] park, accessibility matters for folks and mobility devices are having impairments, constructability
[1:56:30] matters, the design needs to be constructed for the budget of which we have.
[1:56:35] So all of that is very important, but also most importantly, community matters.
[1:56:42] We need to tap into the community and really allow them to take ownership of the
[1:56:47] new amenities of the park and really re-quaint themselves with the Grozward Park.
[1:56:54] Our project design team, we've worked together for many years together,
[1:56:58] we're currently working with the city now on your gateway monument.
[1:57:04] project which is starting construction here shortly. Our approach really is to
[1:57:11] listen carefully to the city and to the community members and then understand
[1:57:16] the priorities of the city and community members and then bring those
[1:57:20] priorities together in a cohesive design. We're not just designing a pump track
[1:57:25] to pick a ball courts in the trail independently of designing a park where all
[1:57:30] all those elements work together.
[1:57:33] And that's one of the most important things about this.
[1:57:36] So, you know, in closing, we want Rosa Park
[1:57:42] to come up a place that connects the people
[1:57:45] to the park, recreation to each other,
[1:57:48] the notion of the particular ball courts creating
[1:57:52] social recreation opportunities,
[1:57:56] the pump track providing an exciting destination playgrounds
[1:58:00] for action sports, landscape, and park environment
[1:58:03] that ties this all together so that it's a complete project.
[1:58:08] And our goal is to create a place that people can just
[1:58:10] visit that they want to come and spend every day,
[1:58:13] their lives, their everyday lives here.
[1:58:15] So this is the opportunity we see at Roosevelt Park.
[1:58:19] So personal associates and American ramp company
[1:58:24] are very excited about this possibility
[1:58:26] with partnering with the city and continuing
[1:58:28] our relationship together professionally here and we thank you for your time in consideration.
[1:58:33] Great, thank you for the time in the presentation. Just a city council have any questions for you.
[1:58:39] Yes, thank you. Do you have, have you worked on projects like this before?
[1:58:44] We have. So in our process to get, in our process to get to this stage of the review, our initial
[1:58:54] proposals included a series of project examples that has been included with
[1:59:00] this item. So I trust that City Council has reviewed those. And that includes
[1:59:07] all of our past experience. We have experience and with sites that have soil
[1:59:12] contamination and currently have projects that are mitigating that. We have a
[1:59:19] a dog park project in Alabama, we've got pickleball courts and tennis courts under construction
[1:59:26] in Santa Clarita, and there's in our project proposal, there's others.
[1:59:32] Additionally, when we went through the interview process with city staff and with the director
[1:59:40] of public works, we presented additional ideas on projects as well as looked at the proposal
[1:59:49] site plan and looked at different approaches to how we fit these amenities
[1:59:55] within the park and still react to
[2:00:00] 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.
[2:00:21] 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
[2:00:29] that we're trying to put in one and that's what I want to say.
[2:00:32] I want to see how creative you've gotten with the space
[2:00:35] like this A and two, like, have you had any projects where all
[2:00:43] the amenities are in one project the same way it would be here.
[2:00:47] So that's what I want to say.
[2:00:48] So I would tell you that we don't have a park site that has a pump
[2:00:52] track and tickle ball courts the other way.
[2:00:54] I can tell you as we have projects where we have those elements.
[2:00:57] 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.
[2:01:10] 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.
[2:01:22] and then we have some of them based on the site constraints.
[2:01:25] So your project has some pretty unique site constraints to it.
[2:01:28] You have an old railroad ride that you want to convert
[2:01:31] into a greenway and I can cite a project,
[2:01:35] you know, projects where we've done that
[2:01:36] and you have examples and then we've done that.
[2:01:38] We have support, court experience.
[2:01:39] But, you know, the first aspect of it is site analysis,
[2:01:44] understanding what the site constraints are
[2:01:47] and then looking for the best opportunities.
[2:01:49] There's no site constraints may be the physical constricted site or might be a constraint
[2:01:55] from a adjacent neighbor or you know looking and considering impacts to the neighbor around
[2:02:00] it so we any project we're always assembling those kit-a-parts.
[2:02:05] So this would be a first project for you or you would have on those amendments to that.
[2:02:10] That's correct.
[2:02:11] Okay.
[2:02:11] Thank you.
[2:02:14] Thank you for that question, Councilwoman.
[2:02:15] Any other questions?
[2:02:20] Okay.
[2:02:20] Well, thank you for the presentation.
[2:02:21] I will note that I believe we did design for the Inglewood
[2:02:24] contract, right?
[2:02:27] Yes.
[2:02:27] And I think the red card greenway, I think that was home.
[2:02:31] It was a great job.
[2:02:32] It was.
[2:02:33] And the red card greenway was a quite,
[2:02:34] was a very interesting project.
[2:02:37] For as it relates to regulatory agencies, L.A. County flood
[2:02:40] control, soil contamination was included
[2:02:45] a mix of psych and strength and challenges
[2:02:47] that we were able to get through.
[2:02:49] OK.
[2:02:49] Great. I just felt it was important to note that because there are some pretty strong elements that have been designed.
[2:02:54] So thank you for the presentation.
[2:02:55] I just really appreciate the time.
[2:02:56] Thank you.
[2:03:01] Good evening, Mayor.
[2:03:02] Our next presentation is from CWE.
[2:03:13] Good evening, everyone.
[2:03:14] My name's Nian.
[2:03:15] I'm a project manager with a civil engineering firm called CWE.
[2:03:19] And we've been assisting the city with various MS4 premier compliance tasks since 2015.
[2:03:25] And we're hoping this is our opportunity to extend our services and assist you with
[2:03:30] the Rosewood Park Expansion Project.
[2:03:33] Next slide, please.
[2:03:34] So this is our organizational chart,
[2:03:37] and we're supported with a very deep bench of resources.
[2:03:41] And on the left-hand side, those are the NPAL staff.
[2:03:44] And we also have some very experienced teaming partners
[2:03:49] with years of experience in the industry.
[2:03:51] Our landscape architect is MIG, and they're also here today
[2:03:56] for a different agenda item.
[2:03:57] And we've been working with the same team for over a decade, and we already have the
[2:04:03] system down.
[2:04:04] There is very little coordination that we need to have with them, and we did deliver
[2:04:09] a couple of work winning projects with this team, and those are shown on the next slide.
[2:04:17] So we do want to highlight this King Street Urban Graning project on the left-hand side.
[2:04:23] So this is very similar to the Rosewood Park vision project.
[2:04:26] It is a vacant lot in the city of Saniana.
[2:04:30] So initially we helped the city come up with the concept tailored to a grant program.
[2:04:37] So we helped the city win the Caltrans funding to help fund the construction for this project.
[2:04:43] So if you can see a feature, some working has, some park amenities, drought tolerance, landscaping,
[2:04:51] some stormwater infiltration features.
[2:04:55] It helped create connectivity from the neighborhood
[2:04:58] into a major arterial and also provide safe route
[2:05:02] to school.
[2:05:04] And we also listed two other LA County park
[2:05:07] experience in the city of San Fernando and Bowen Park.
[2:05:11] Both were recently constructed
[2:05:13] with some park improvement components to it.
[2:05:17] Next slide, please.
[2:05:19] So here are some of the landscape park
[2:05:21] of texture experience that our team have.
[2:05:24] So we recently completed a design for a pickleball court
[2:05:27] for L.D. County Park and Rex.
[2:05:30] That's called Richard Rue pickleball courts
[2:05:33] and we also have experience with this campus park
[2:05:37] and the city of Oxnard.
[2:05:40] So this site does feature both the plum chart
[2:05:43] and a pickleball court.
[2:05:46] So the project team started with developing
[2:05:49] three different concepts and they proceeded with education and outreach with
[2:05:55] neighboring communities and came up with the design with feedback from the
[2:06:01] communities in mind. So we do want to value the local residents that live near
[2:06:08] by the park and make sure their lives are not impacted, especially with the
[2:06:12] noise and this project is going into construction soon.
[2:06:21] We do understand this is
[2:06:22] is a abandoned railway spur and we did have a similar project in the city of Beverly Hills
[2:06:28] for Potomac that also completed construction already. So we do have experience with the
[2:06:34] Phase 1 and Phase 2 coronation process and we're hoping to assist the city through the process
[2:06:41] and also the permitting through Sikwa and bring our expertise into this.
[2:06:50] And this is our
[2:06:51] project schedule. We're assuming we have received notice to proceed in October. We will complete
[2:06:58] the design within a 12-month period and within that time frame we can assist the city to look for
[2:07:05] construction funding to help bridge any funding gaps and then we'll also assist the city throughout
[2:07:11] the bidding and construction support process.
[2:07:16] And in our proposal we did look into some alternative
[2:07:20] of approaches. So this site will be subject to the MS4
[2:07:24] permit priority development project requirements, meaning a
[2:07:28] low impact development, LID feature needs to be incorporated
[2:07:32] to the site to treat the 85 percentile storm event. And also
[2:07:37] this site was identified in the LA average to watershed
[2:07:41] management program as a potential location for regional
[2:07:45] storm water capture. So these are the things that we will keep in
[2:07:49] mind when designing this park and making sure the city receives the maximum benefit
[2:07:56] that's redesigning this park.
[2:08:01] And why should it be so I kind of already mentioned we want
[2:08:06] to keep in mind the city's other commitments to MS4 primary compliance also we're watershed
[2:08:14] management program. We would like to incorporate the opportunity for a future phase to allow
[2:08:20] regional infiltration, so that helps you to meet your MS4 permit compliance goals.
[2:08:26] And CWAE has over 13 on-call grant research and application contracts, and we're actively
[2:08:34] looking for grant opportunities for part improvement also from our features.
[2:08:41] And we already know there are a couple of grant opportunities coming up later this year,
[2:08:45] and we're hoping to share that with us today to help fund this project through construction
[2:08:50] And we would like to design this project with maintenance in mind.
[2:08:55] We would like to involve the city's maintenance department or the
[2:08:59] on the design phase.
[2:09:01] We would like to keep all the city parks have a similar look.
[2:09:05] And that way it helps the maintenance department to maintain all the features as well.
[2:09:12] And overall, our team has a lot of experience working in similar projects.
[2:09:17] projects and we're hoping to help the city deliver the PSA East for this project.
[2:09:24] Any questions?
[2:09:26] Great.
[2:09:26] Thank you for the presentation.
[2:09:28] Does the city council have any questions?
[2:09:30] Councilwoman?
[2:09:31] I just have the same question.
[2:09:33] Do you have any projects that have all the amenities in one?
[2:09:37] I do.
[2:09:38] I did show one.
[2:09:39] All of them?
[2:09:40] Was it the one you did?
[2:09:41] The city of Artsford Park.
[2:09:44] Can you pull out a few?
[2:09:45] Or do we have it?
[2:09:51] So it's the one on the right-hand side. So it featured both the pick-a-bow core and the pump
[2:09:58] track.
[2:10:01] Campus part? Yeah. I was the pump track part of the right side. Yeah, it's part
[2:10:08] of the racer. Okay. So I was part of the pick-a-bow part at Ali Khan's. So it's pump track
[2:10:14] and pick the buffers? Yes,
[2:10:23] 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.
[2:10:30] What about sustainable? You talked to me a little bit about sustainable.
[2:10:34] Yeah, so it will come from different aspect of perspectives.
[2:10:39] First, we want to make sure the soil at the site is properly taken care of because this is a abandoned railway square
[2:10:47] And it's going to be polluted with heavy metals most likely.
[2:10:52] 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.
[2:11:03] The whole construction will need to be passed.
[2:11:06] And also, I kind of mentioned in the presentation with Sloan water, we do want to incorporate opportunities for Sloan water reuse.
[2:11:16] and recharge. LA County is in drought a lot and it will be nice to find ways to clean
[2:11:25] our water and preserve that for groundwater recharge and also sustainability-wise we would
[2:11:35] like to incorporate drought tolerant landscaping but then we understand that it does take a little
[2:11:42] more effort on the maintenance part so it will be a discussion with the city and the maintenance
[2:11:48] department to see what is the right grant like a plant pallet that actually worked for this space
[2:11:57] and another thing that we want to consider is shade because the city gets pretty hot and the parking lot
[2:12:06] area going into the project site it will be nice to have some shade for the
[2:12:13] residents and it's also a little sound barrier it's probably not like a full
[2:12:20] sound barrier but it helps a little bit with reduction of noise to help the
[2:12:25] neighbors. You brought up a really good point that I had thought about before and I
[2:12:30] as you've just reminded me, would you say that because it's so close to a housing development,
[2:12:40] would there need to be some type of cell wall, or not that you mentioned that?
[2:12:45] Yeah, so it depends, because I'm not familiar with the apartment there, I'm not sure if their windows
[2:12:52] are double-pained, if they already have some kind of noise reduction in the apartment complex itself,
[2:12:58] But if it doesn't, then the pickle bowl court might be a little loud.
[2:13:04] So when we're sighting, like actually coming up with the concepts, it's really nice to
[2:13:09] actually talk to the residents there and just try and understand what they currently
[2:13:15] have and if there are anything that we can do to mitigate the noise.
[2:13:20] because it won't look nice if you build like a soundproof wall.
[2:13:29] Yeah.
[2:13:31] Actually, can you go back one slide?
[2:13:35] So for the city of San Ana Project, I think the picture is a little smaller.
[2:13:41] For that project, there is a mural and it's done by local artists that actually live
[2:13:47] in the city and so it brings a little artsy touch to the project and we're pretty proud
[2:13:55] of it and you can look it up as a work-winning project. Thank you.
[2:14:03] Great, thank you for the
[2:14:04] questions Councilwoman does the city council have any other questions okay thank you for the
[2:14:10] presentation at this time I think we move on to kind of like the deliberation portion and direction
[2:14:30] I'm not sure if I missed this on the documentation here, but do we need to be ADA requirements
[2:14:36] to meet that?
[2:14:37] Yes, we will be having that included in the PSA.
[2:14:42] Great question, right?
[2:14:44] You know, where we just talked about inclusivity and inclusion and accessibility, and so I think
[2:14:49] are always hallmarks of the big project and something you want to bring to the city of
[2:14:54] you know, I'm very big on making sure that we're
[2:15:00] 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.
[2:15:29] So, I think it's great.
[2:15:33] know this is also a little bit of a unique format that we're doing today and the
[2:15:37] reason you know we're doing it like this is because you know sometimes we'll
[2:15:41] only get one presentation right and one option right by the time it's the
[2:15:46] guy who thought it was important for us to kind of see different options and
[2:15:50] different ideas get the opportunity to ask questions and have some discussion to
[2:15:55] really make sure that we're bringing through the best project that we can for our
[2:15:59] city. So I know there is a lot to think about, right? I think the Council will be a good point,
[2:16:04] right? There will be some challenges for the land. You know, we want to make sure that we're
[2:16:08] doing some contingents. I think we're okay there, but I know it was a lot to take in, right? And so
[2:16:14] if the Council's okay, I would like to just kind of take this step back, make sure that we're
[2:16:19] going to do the proposals or presentations and if I just did, and just make sure that we feel good
[2:16:24] about it, it was going to tie well. I'm sure that we'll have all the proposals we did to
[2:16:32] cover the
[2:16:32] next couple of weeks, you know, if you reach out to the questions, right?
[2:16:40] Also touring some of the, I
[2:16:48] don't know
[2:16:49] how the rest of the council can take the feature of this message.
[2:17:04] I think those are excellent suggestions.
[2:17:07] I wanted to ask the question also, are we set on information?
[2:17:20] Are we set on information?
[2:17:27] So I don't think the dog park was part of the Congress.
[2:17:30] or what we approve as far as, hey, let's move forward
[2:17:33] with the design.
[2:17:47] Part installations are art and most.
[2:17:51] So I think the thought part could be in the conversation,
[2:17:54] right, in the future, maybe on another piece of land, right?
[2:17:56] But I think for this specific,
[2:18:00] those are the parts
[2:18:01] that I think, for those are the features.
[2:18:03] And it was just a question.
[2:18:04] For sure, no.
[2:18:05] And I think it's a good question.
[2:18:07] And listen, I think I, you know, just kind of where I'm coming
[2:18:10] from with the come track.
[2:18:11] I think, you know, you have a lot of cars, a lot of trucks,
[2:18:14] and certainly one of the art community,
[2:18:20] where we're skating scooters, skateboarding,
[2:18:23] and so this to me was kind of like a good solution
[2:18:27] to it's for you to see how it goes,
[2:18:30] but I say we take a step back, right?
[2:18:32] We agendize this for another meeting,
[2:18:35] and so I don't necessarily know
[2:18:37] what that means to do.
[2:18:38] It requires emotion, you know, just.
[2:18:40] No, we can continue the item in the meantime,
[2:18:42] and I'll meet with the council members about how
[2:18:44] you would like to tour the facilities
[2:18:46] and how this item comes back to the city council
[2:18:48] for consideration.
[2:18:49] 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?
[2:19:00] That's something that we should probably just talk about separately.
[2:19:02] I'll sit in that again. That's right, Matt. Yeah, we'll do that.
[2:19:05] Talk. Yeah.
[2:19:10] 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.
[2:19:21] Thank you Mayor. Thank you Mayor and members of the council. For our next set of presentations, we will start off with city fabric
[2:19:29] and this is indeed in regards to the revitalization of
[2:19:34] Telegraph Road and Washington Boulevard, just for a quick summary, the whole
[2:19:39] goal of this project is to improve the visual character of the area,
[2:19:46] pedestrian bicycle accessibility, way-finding opportunities, and to support our
[2:19:52] local businesses. So I'm going to go ahead and ask City Fabric to present to the
[2:19:57] All
[2:20:12] right, well, thank you Honourable Mayor and Council members for the opportunity to speak to you this evening.
[2:20:19] Let me adjust this mic real quick so our ears are okay.
[2:20:23] So my name is Alex. I'm the Director of Urban Design and Planning at a firm called City Fabric.
[2:20:28] We're a multidisciplinary design and planning firm.
[2:20:31] Joining me today is Brian Ulyssesky, our Executive Director and Moe Mills from a transportation planner from Farron Pierce,
[2:20:39] who's one of our sub-consultants here today.
[2:20:42] So, we have a carefully curated team
[2:20:46] of industry-leaving professionals of designers,
[2:20:49] architects, landscape designers, transportation planners,
[2:20:53] civil engineers, and community engagement specialists.
[2:20:56] We are all honored and excited to share a proposal
[2:20:58] to develop an actionable world-class community-driven vision
[2:21:02] for not just these two vital commercial and transportation
[2:21:06] but really for the larger commerce community.
[2:21:10] During this presentation, we'll be going into sharing
[2:21:13] a little bit more about those designers, architects,
[2:21:16] planners, engineers, and engagement specialists
[2:21:18] that I talked about.
[2:21:19] We want to share a little bit more about our understanding
[2:21:21] of the project and the opportunities and challenges
[2:21:24] that we're currently seeing.
[2:21:26] We're also wanting and understand that the city wants
[2:21:30] to accomplish this in a six-month time frame.
[2:21:32] 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.
[2:21:42] 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.
[2:21:54] At the end of things we want to highlight what we believe are key differentiators for our team.
[2:21:59] So, just a little bit about city fabric as an organization.
[2:22:05] We're an award-winning, multi-disciplinary planning and design firm based here in L.A.
[2:22:10] County.
[2:22:11] But what makes us unique is that we're a nonprofit organization.
[2:22:15] This means that we're going above the traditional client consults and relationship and are
[2:22:20] as able to establish deeper and longer term relationships that extend beyond the scope of the project.
[2:22:37] 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.
[2:22:51] So we have more supporters for a project
[2:22:53] than we usually have nayseries.
[2:22:55] So that's one of the big benefits
[2:22:57] of making sure that you're putting community first.
[2:23:00] We've been in operation for over 15 years
[2:23:02] and have much experience with projects
[2:23:04] that cover quarter revitalization, street scape design,
[2:23:07] active transportation planning, cultural place keeping,
[2:23:10] community economic development, and more.
[2:23:13] In 2026, which is this year,
[2:23:15] the American Planning Association of Los Angeles
[2:23:17] acknowledged city fabric with awards
[2:23:19] of excellence in urban design, transportation planning, public outreach and we were also nominated
[2:23:24] the planning firm of the year this year. But awards don't mean anything unless there are actual
[2:23:29] results and putting plans into actions is one of our specialties.
[2:23:37] Awesome. So putting that team
[2:23:40] together to make this dream happen, we have with us, Farron Pears, who is a nationally recognized
[2:23:49] transportation planning and engineering firm that specializes in multimodal mobility,
[2:23:54] corridor operations and complete streets implementation for this project, their role
[2:24:00] includes doing existing conditions like field review and transportation, asset inventory
[2:24:05] so understanding what from a transportation level, what's on the ground, multimodal mobility
[2:24:11] recommendations and court for the corridor as well as site specific locations and developing
[2:24:17] cost level, conceptual level cost estimates, so that funding sources, so that the city of
[2:24:22] commerce can be ready for funding and implementation. Also joining us is KPFF Engineering, another
[2:24:29] nationally recognized engineering firm that provides engineering services for public and
[2:24:33] private clients. They will similarly support more of the engineering, civil side of things.
[2:24:39] So inventory of existing conditions, proposed infrastructure, feasibility analysis, once
[2:24:45] have ideas, constructability considerations,
[2:24:48] and concept level cost estimates and funding sources.
[2:24:52] This trio of teams have been working together
[2:24:55] for over a decade on similar projects.
[2:24:57] Small as the building, big as an entire city.
[2:25:00] And what that means for us is that we have trust,
[2:25:02] we have efficiency, and we're really
[2:25:03] good at communicating with one another
[2:25:05] because we do it all the time.
[2:25:08] Slide seven, I'm kind of going through a couple of things
[2:25:12] a little bit quickly.
[2:25:13] So slide 7, I just want to talk a little bit about our understanding of the project.
[2:25:19] And the way we understand it is that commerce has a really big opportunity here to transform
[2:25:23] two of its most visible corridors into welcoming gateways that reflect the identity of the city.
[2:25:29] While also improving transportation safety conditions for all road users, not just cars,
[2:25:36] and also identifying new opportunities for economic vitality.
[2:25:43] So, we believe in order to accomplish this,
[2:25:45] and the process needs to be contextual and community-led,
[2:25:50] grounded in community.
[2:25:51] It needs to be technically sound,
[2:25:52] and it needs to be implementation-ready.
[2:25:55] And so, we have already started as part of our work looking at the site
[2:26:01] and trying to understand it from not just a design and planning perspective
[2:26:05] from a community level too.
[2:26:07] So we've been looking in and understanding
[2:26:09] previous city council meetings and policy initiatives
[2:26:12] that you all have, like the big four.
[2:26:16] Thank you for that.
[2:26:18] A little bit time.
[2:26:19] The Costco business center, you know,
[2:26:21] the new businesses, like in and now coming in,
[2:26:23] Citadel, of course, and the Commerce Casino,
[2:26:26] and understanding all of these kind of major locations
[2:26:28] and the work that you all have been putting in
[2:26:31] and our economic drivers within the city.
[2:26:34] So we've been researching the city of commerce's history and community, understanding the
[2:26:39] planning context and policy context of which we're going to be building a foundation and
[2:26:43] framework for making this vision for quarters come to life.
[2:26:47] So moving us along on a little bit just for the sake of time.
[2:26:50] You know, I mentioned that this is going to have to be a contextualized approach, something
[2:26:55] that balances both the need for freight and goods movement and cars, as well as bikes and
[2:27:01] people on feet with the planned metro station at the Citadel Outlets.
[2:27:06] This is going to be a major opportunity to ensure that the new visitors and the old
[2:27:11] visitors who are coming to visit and shop around the Citadel and surrounding areas
[2:27:15] that they have safe travel and thinking about first-last-mile connections and increasing
[2:27:21] economic activity and you know we need to balance things like parking, operational realities
[2:27:26] and within a limited space figure out how we're going to integrate public art, way-finding
[2:27:31] lighting, shade, landscaping, seeding furniture, all of these things within a way that actually
[2:27:36] makes sense. So that's something our team brings experience in. We have a timeline that
[2:27:42] we wanted to talk through. And again, it's a model that we've used for countless other
[2:27:47] communities. And the idea is that, you know, at each stage of the process, community is involved.
[2:27:53] Whether we're starting and doing a discovery of understanding what the existing conditions
[2:27:57] are and what the cultural needs are and what are some of the landmarks in the community
[2:28:01] in the middle when we have a conceptual design and we're kind of sharing these designs out
[2:28:05] and then in the final stage where, you know, we have a conceptual idea of like what we're
[2:28:10] going to do and getting feedback from community members.
[2:28:13] But it doesn't stop there for us.
[2:28:15] Again, we're going to be here with you even beyond the scope of the project is done and
[2:28:20] you all have paid us out the ideas that we're here as partners to help advocate and get dollars
[2:28:25] is down for you to make these ideas happen.
[2:28:28] Wanted to go through a couple of relevant design
[2:28:32] and corridor experience projects, all of which
[2:28:34] has been done in the local area and recently as well.
[2:28:37] But we are happy to share a little bit more
[2:28:39] of our experience beyond this.
[2:28:42] But just to kind of continue going on,
[2:28:46] some of the corridor planning work
[2:28:49] that we've been working on has been
[2:28:51] with the cameo Los Angeles.
[2:28:53] 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
[2:29:01] Even though it is also a proposed metro improvements and rail line coming through here is identifying opportunities for
[2:29:10] Community economic development and and local business preservation and anti-gentrification
[2:29:17] At the same time thinking about how can we make this process community driven and
[2:29:21] and identifying opportunities for place-making and art.
[2:29:26] The next slide that we have is with Fair and Heroes,
[2:29:29] and it's within the city of Cudajé.
[2:29:31] This one just won the award
[2:29:32] at the state level for transportation planning,
[2:29:35] but the idea here was Cudajé
[2:29:37] is getting two new metro stations
[2:29:39] as part of the Southeast Gateway line,
[2:29:41] might sound familiar here,
[2:29:43] and what we did was we led a multi-lingual culturally
[2:29:46] and contextually appropriate engagement,
[2:29:48] 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.
[2:30:00] 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.
[2:30:29] and holistically, and looking at the private sector
[2:30:33] as private property as well.
[2:30:35] With LADOT, we led 12 dozen, over 2000 streetscape projects
[2:30:41] in the city of LA creating visualizations
[2:30:43] for potential streetscape improvements and its elements.
[2:30:47] We're currently working with the County of Los Angeles
[2:30:50] developing pedestrian plans within the region
[2:30:53] with dozens of proposed streetscape projects
[2:30:56] throughout the area.
[2:30:57] All leading, and we're leading in transportation planning, design and engagement.
[2:31:03] For my last slide, just rats, if you could make it quickly please.
[2:31:07] Yes, of course.
[2:31:08] So just six things I just want to quickly touch on.
[2:31:11] We are a team that cares of community lead experts.
[2:31:15] We are a implementation focused team.
[2:31:18] Again, we're here with you beyond.
[2:31:20] We're a multidisciplinary team that works really well together.
[2:31:23] We're offering flexible strategies and cost efficient effective approaches.
[2:31:28] 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.
[2:31:44] you know we're here to not only work with you all but also the commerce
[2:31:49] community I'm ensuring that this is the project that has long-term stewardship
[2:31:52] so with that thank you so much thank you for the presentations is the city council
[2:31:58] have any questions okay
[2:32:02] see none thank you thank you thank you thank
[2:32:10] you Mayor and
[2:32:12] members of the council for your kindness and patience next we will have
[2:32:16] infrastructure architects come up to do their next presentation good
[2:32:25] evening
[2:32:34] 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.
[2:32:52] When we saw this project, we were really excited.
[2:32:55] This project has every component that we have in our company,
[2:33:00] which is engineering, architecture, landscape architecture,
[2:33:05] urban planning.
[2:33:08] And therefore, we have multiple meetings in the office.
[2:33:12] We were really excited about the possibility.
[2:33:14] This is a unique project.
[2:33:16] It's not really a street-shaped project.
[2:33:18] It's not.
[2:33:19] It's a unique project that's going to be a gateway
[2:33:21] way to future catalyst projects, going to create something different, some destination
[2:33:28] that doesn't exist right now in this area. So, instead of me kind of focusing on our
[2:33:35] qualification as well as our community and our proposal, I decided to just put together
[2:33:39] a little presentation of some of the thoughts we had in the office about what this amazing
[2:33:47] corridor can be and some of the potential opportunities. Of course, from our perspective,
[2:33:52] if we're selected, obviously, we're going to have come to the city and share ideas,
[2:33:57] hear ideas, and then with the community and collectively be able to create a vision
[2:34:03] that's special. So with that, I'm going to ask that please, this video has also a voice.
[2:34:11] So we are very delighted to present our initial vision for the corridor. We understand
[2:34:16] that the city's goals include creating a visual appeal, functionality, and creating community engagement.
[2:34:24] In order to do that, we have come up with seven different strategies to transform the corridor.
[2:34:29] Following, we will briefly review each strategy.
[2:34:33] Complete street concept. We have done many of these types of streets where the street is converted
[2:34:39] from a thoroughfare for vehicles only to a thoroughfare that other modes of transportation,
[2:34:43] such as bicycles and pedestrians can share.
[2:34:53] The next opportunity are the bridges and underpasses within the corridor.
[2:34:57] The plain bridges can be transformed into something more artistic and pleasing
[2:35:02] with coordination with the agencies that have the jurisdiction.
[2:35:06] Some of the improvements may include adding paint and graphics, adding some architectural lighting,
[2:35:12] adding some landscape or decorative metal and textures to create visual impact.
[2:35:18] The next opportunity would be with mediums and lighting for the corridor.
[2:35:22] We have identified locations where the median can be enhanced or added,
[2:35:26] with landscape, hardscape, and street art possible,
[2:35:29] along with other improvements to create a more pleasant drive and more visual impact for the corridor users.
[2:35:35] Our next opportunity comes with the streetscape and living walls.
[2:35:39] There is a good amount of plain wall that separates the corridor from the I-5 freeway.
[2:35:43] 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.
[2:36:03] Next opportunity would be to enhance intersections and pedestrian paths along the corridor.
[2:36:09] The intersections and walking paths can be very plain when it's just concrete and mortar.
[2:36:14] However, architectural touches can be made of the intersections to create asphalt pavers
[2:36:20] with design and content, decorative signs, hardscape and landscape, and other improvements
[2:36:26] at the intersections and along the pedestrian path to make it interesting, well lit, secure,
[2:36:32] and enjoyable for users.
[2:36:47] We have opportunities to create a connection between this corridor and everybody else that's
[2:36:52] coming near or around this area for this phase of the project.
[2:36:55] 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.
[2:37:05] The following slides will summarize the different opportunities that were discussed during this presentation.
[2:38:15] I'm here to answer any questions. That was just to respect the five minutes that you requested.
[2:38:20] Right, really appreciate that and really like the unique presentation here. Does the City Council have any questions?
[2:38:30] Thank you, and thank you for staying within time.
[2:38:32] Appreciate it.
[2:38:36] Next up, Mayor and members of the Council, we have MIG.
[2:39:03] Good evening.
[2:39:04] Thank you, Mayor and City Council.
[2:39:05] My name is Richard Barrett, or Rick Barrett, with MIG.
[2:39:08] And with me today is Carlos Velasquez from KOA Lockner, who is our mobility transportation
[2:39:14] consultant.
[2:39:15] And we'll keep this to five minutes as best we can.
[2:39:18] And MIG has a deep bench of experience and expertise in exactly this type of project
[2:39:25] not only in California but throughout the country.
[2:39:29] Next slide.
[2:39:30] Oh, next slide, sorry.
[2:39:34] Together, MIG and Lockner bring local experience and commerce, including the recent general plan and zoning code update,
[2:39:41] green zones work, the bicycle and pedestrian master plan, and the Randolph corridor design.
[2:39:46] Our work is rooted in local knowledge and context.
[2:39:50] Next slide.
[2:39:52] As I mentioned, we have extensive experience
[2:39:54] around the entire country designing streetscapes,
[2:39:57] much like this project for commerce.
[2:40:00] Next,
[2:40:02] we bring vast experience and visioning
[2:40:05] and engagement, but also build and implement our work.
[2:40:09] We provide visionary ideas that can be directly translated
[2:40:12] into designs that can be constructed.
[2:40:15] I like to refer to ourselves as pragmatic visionaries.
[2:40:20] We, next slide, as noted, we have a six-month schedule.
[2:40:26] That includes, it's a very brisk but doable schedule.
[2:40:29] That includes two in-person workshops and two in-person visioning sessions with stakeholders.
[2:40:37] And those workshops will be bilingual.
[2:40:40] We have bilingual staff at MIG that will help me lead those workshops.
[2:40:45] and we, next slide, we totally agree with the objectives of the project as outlined in the
[2:40:52] request for proposals. Next slide, attract visitors. That will come through a strategic
[2:41:00] place making and public art, both of which we have within our team. Next slide, community
[2:41:08] engagement is super important and we will look to the community to help build this plan.
[2:41:14] We find the most successful plan are those that are actually informed greatly by the community members
[2:41:20] Next slide
[2:41:22] We will support local businesses which is a key objective by including them in these workshops and stakeholder vision a
[2:41:29] Sessions next slide and then finally I'm pretty safety and accessibility is very important
[2:41:36] We've looked at the roadway corridors at length our team and with our Carlos
[2:41:43] So we're going to talk a little bit about that next.
[2:41:46] Next slide.
[2:41:49] So looking at Telegraph Road in Washington Boulevard today,
[2:41:52] we see high potential corridors challenged
[2:41:54] by a number of things, including narrow sidewalks,
[2:41:58] gaps in pedestrian connectivity, long crossing distances
[2:42:02] at crosswalks, and exposed industrial edges.
[2:42:06] Our place-making strategy will seek
[2:42:08] to flip these challenges into assets.
[2:42:12] Next slide.
[2:42:13] But
[2:42:15] by finding opportunities for both corridors, we will look to enhance lighting, gateways
[2:42:22] signage, provide shade trees, and public art, as well as addressing some of the issues
[2:42:29] with the underpasses.
[2:42:31] And we will transform the transit stops, sidewalks, and key intersections into welcoming places
[2:42:39] that reflect your community.
[2:42:42] We want to show a few examples with the next few slides,
[2:42:47] next.
[2:42:49] So a project that Carlos has led is the Claremont-Foothill Boulevard Master Plan Improvement
[2:42:54] Project, which is a two mile streetscape project, and he can answer questions about this
[2:42:59] after the presentation.
[2:43:02] This is firmly rooted in place banking, something we've talked about here already today a few
[2:43:07] times, but place banking must be grounded in engineering expertise to provide real value.
[2:43:14] Our team specializes in holistic corridor design, seeking to balance safe human scale
[2:43:20] pedestrian environments with the demanding operations and movements of truck traffic.
[2:43:27] Next slide.
[2:43:30] For the City of Los Angeles mayor's office, we let a project refer to as great streets, extensive
[2:43:36] extensive community engagement for truly informed the final development plans, and we also
[2:43:42] assisted the city in raising over $55 billion in grant money, which was very essential
[2:43:49] and now the Manchester project is actually under construction.
[2:43:55] Next slide.
[2:43:56] We also have, and next slide as well, we also have really great experience in graphics and
[2:44:04] visual simulations, these are going to be some examples of roadway, of a roadway that
[2:44:09] we've taken from what it looks like today, next slide, next slide.
[2:44:16] So we have the ability to develop these graphics in-house, which is really important to
[2:44:20] help the community understand what the concepts are and help transform concepts into reality.
[2:44:27] Next slide.
[2:44:30] And then finally, we, MIT literally wrote the book on community engagement many, many years
[2:44:35] ago.
[2:44:36] and if we go to the next slide we'll wrap up here.
[2:44:40] We are always looking for exciting ways and innovative ways
[2:44:43] to engage the community.
[2:44:44] We really don't like to do standard presentations
[2:44:47] in front of people with boards.
[2:44:48] We like to actually do the presentations or workshops out
[2:44:53] in the street, storefronts.
[2:44:56] These are some really good examples of how we've worked with community.
[2:45:00] Members on some of our streetscape projects, next slide.
[2:45:05] 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.
[2:45:31] As I mentioned, we are experts.
[2:45:33] into the engagement we bring strong
[2:45:36] visualization and graphic skills and we
[2:45:38] really focus on implementation we have
[2:45:40] over a billion dollars worth of adult
[2:45:42] projects that many of them beginning
[2:45:44] from concept planning and that's my
[2:45:47] presentation great thank you for the
[2:45:51] presentation also kind of sticking close
[2:45:53] to time appreciate it does the city
[2:45:54] plans to have any questions no thank you
[2:45:58] for making way down here appreciate the
[2:46:00] presentation thank you
[2:46:10] mayor and council
[2:46:12] that concludes the presentations for your consideration and staff's request for direction.
[2:46:18] Thank you for that Director Interim Director Ramirez. The reason we're really looking at this is
[2:46:25] because commerce is going through a transmission right and we're looking at the opportunity that
[2:46:29] exists on Washington Boulevard but we also telegraphed well right and I think you're seeing some of those
[2:46:35] opportunities really start to materialize with construction that's happening on Washington telegraph
[2:46:40] in an out-of-state way and other establishments.
[2:46:43] The other thing to really consider is that we're going
[2:46:46] to have a whole bunch of stuff, right?
[2:46:47] Right behind the Citadel, right behind the Business Board.
[2:46:50] So these are all motivators to really look at the street, right?
[2:46:57] And making sure that we're building this project,
[2:46:59] that really touches on the culture and the history
[2:47:03] of the city and really just beautifies the area, right?
[2:47:06] you know really help attract new development and really just infuse a lot of economic
[2:47:13] vitality and so there's a lot here to digest as well right and I know this
[2:47:20] meeting has run long and so I would also like to take some of the approach and
[2:47:24] kind of take a step back and give counsel an opportunity to ask questions I think
[2:47:29] there is a lot to digest here but I feel like we did see some good presentations
[2:47:33] because
[2:47:36] there's a city council find without approach okay so we'll go ahead and
[2:47:40] We continue and then re-agendize Councillor McMillan.
[2:47:43] Thank you, sir.
[2:47:45] Thank you.
[2:47:46] I appreciate everybody coming down here today.
[2:47:49] I will go ahead and now move on to item 50,
[2:47:52] which is a resolution that can be written in the purchasing sale
[2:47:54] and as for the structure between.
[2:47:56] NCEM, also together, successful trustee of the training
[2:47:59] has been a trust that made 50,0008 ads.
[2:48:11] Hello, good evening mayor and members of the City Council.
[2:48:14] I'm here to present the resolution of proving the agreement
[2:48:17] of purchase and sell and escrow instructions between Nancy and Osigloon the
[2:48:22] successor trustee of BJ and and Osigloon the trust dated May 15, 2008 and the
[2:48:30] City of Commerce for a land and the City of Commerce, California.
[2:48:36] Tonight's
[2:48:37] recommendation it is recommended that the City Council consider adopting the
[2:48:42] proposed resolution approving the agreement to sell land and escrow
[2:48:47] instructions between Nancy M. Osigwanda's
[2:48:50] successor Trustee of the J&N Osigwanda Trust dated May 15,
[2:48:56] 2008, and the City of Commerce for land located at 4615 East
[2:49:01] Washington Boulevard Commerce, California, 90040.
[2:49:06] Accessors 8, sorry.
[2:49:08] Accessors parcel number APN 5243027.
[2:49:19] And authorize the mayor to sign the agreement on behalf of the city.
[2:49:23] 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.
[2:49:42] and associated acquisition related costs.
[2:49:46] Honorable Mayor and Member of City Council,
[2:49:48] this as the Mayor can speak to, as the City Council can speak to,
[2:49:51] is part of the city's ongoing efforts to maximize
[2:49:55] economic development opportunities in the city and address plight,
[2:49:58] and or certainly commercial areas or retail areas
[2:50:03] that without the city's motivated assistance
[2:50:06] would essentially go untouched and provide a negative aspect
[2:50:11] to the community.
[2:50:16] Just to give some background on this staff report, commerce, as the city
[2:50:21] management mentioned, commerce is a unique community surrounded by significant industrial
[2:50:25] activity, traffic, renovations, and major freeways, including the I-5 and the 7-10. While
[2:50:31] industry is an important part of the city's economic base, expanding the city's retail footprint
[2:50:36] through acquiring land will allow the city to obtain a greater leverage at managing economic
[2:50:41] road and revitalizing the city's major Washington corridor.
[2:50:44] The city is now seeking to diversify its source of revenue by focusing on retail activity
[2:50:49] throughout the Washington and Atlantic corridors.
[2:50:52] Currently, the City of Commerce lacks shopping options where residents and visitors are
[2:50:56] able to spend their money.
[2:50:58] The city's investment will allow more local options and be in additional sales tax generator.
[2:51:05] purchase of their property is considered by staff to be a strategic acquisition as the
[2:51:11] property is a suitable occasion to pursue a project that supports retail development subject
[2:51:16] to appropriate findings and pools.
[2:51:19] The sun background on this property begins to, and that's like, if you can go back to that
[2:51:27] version of the
[2:51:34] area.
[2:51:36] The sun background on this,
[2:51:41] this lock size is 13,114, it was built in 1948, it has freeway
[2:51:48] access as mentioned on the 710 south on and off ramps, and it is zoned for commercial manufacturing.
[2:52:02] The aerial view of this property is shown to your left, and then a more highlighted view
[2:52:11] is shown to your right,
[2:52:18] that's why, the
[2:52:22] following slide are the parcels.
[2:52:24] The green parcels are the, is the building, and the yellow parcel is the,
[2:52:43] thank you for
[2:52:44] the presentation Ms. Delgado, this is City Council, have any questions.
[2:52:52] Okay.
[2:52:52] You know, I appreciate you kind of saying what the vision is, right?
[2:52:58] You know, we want to expand and we tell opportunities in the cities for new development.
[2:53:03] I do have one question.
[2:53:04] You know, this is a building that's next to hosting, right?
[2:53:09] You know, that historically has had some issues with, you know, trucks parking on the street
[2:53:14] and blocking the traffic there.
[2:53:18] Is there a consideration to use that parking lot for temporary parking for them?
[2:53:22] And since it is chasing the team, at least while we figure out what a long term use would be.
[2:53:27] So the plan as it stands now is to continue a month to month lease with the existing tenants.
[2:53:36] So we will certainly see what opportunities exist related to that.
[2:53:39] But the only parcel or the only portion of the current facility that's going to be vacated
[2:53:45] is there is a non-conforming residential section.
[2:53:48] That's going to be vacated as part of escrow.
[2:53:50] but everything else will maintain a month-to-month
[2:53:52] this for collecting revenue
[2:53:55] until the right redevelopment opportunity presents itself.
[2:54:00] Yeah, anything we can do to alleviate
[2:54:01] that traffic situation over there, I think,
[2:54:03] would be crude insights in within too,
[2:54:05] just because I know it's a...
[2:54:08] I personally think that
[2:54:11] there's an opportunity to...
[2:54:14] That business has communicated the desire to expand,
[2:54:19] so one of the efforts on our part
[2:54:22] will be to provide alternative either city owned or available opportunities that we can help facilitate that.
[2:54:29] Okay. Thank you for that.
[2:54:30] So I have any questions or comments at this time.
[2:54:37] I would move mayor.
[2:54:38] I would move to approve staff recommendation.
[2:54:43] Okay. So we have a motion by Councilman Agumevo and I'm very excited.
[2:54:46] Thank you.
[2:54:47] Mayor Boatzen and Bercia.
[2:54:49] All in favor.
[2:54:50] Hi.
[2:54:52] Any opposed?
[2:54:53] Any ascensions?
[2:54:54] Motion passes.
[2:54:56] Thank you.
[2:54:56] Thank you.
[2:54:57] Okay,
[2:55:06] so now we'll go ahead and move on to the next item which is the item
[2:55:13] Number 16 resolutions approving the formation of the City of Commerce Community
[2:55:16] Facilities District, 2026-1 meetup.
[2:55:24] Good evening, Honorable Mayor, members of the City Council, the item before you
[2:55:28] tonight is to formally establish and authorize the Community Facilities District
[2:55:34] for CFD 2026-1 for the Modelo Project.
[2:55:39] I just want to emphasize that tonight's actions only
[2:55:43] authorize the formation process and does not authorize
[2:55:46] any financing that will be done at a future council meeting.
[2:55:52] And to provide a brief overview of the item here,
[2:55:54] we have Dan Masiello of Cosmon financial services
[2:55:58] who is serving as a city's municipal advisor on this
[2:56:01] transaction and we also have Brian Fortbath from Australia who's serving as
[2:56:06] bond council. And with that I'll turn it over to Dan for the presentation.
[2:56:13] Thank you Mr. Castellan. Good evening Mr. Mayor, members of the City Council.
[2:56:17] So staff, you've had a long night so I'll try and be real brief with this but
[2:56:23] basically as you're a financial actor, I've mentioned the consideration before
[2:56:27] you tonight is to form a community facilities district or community
[2:56:31] the next slide please.
[2:56:34] A community facilities district is a financing tool.
[2:56:38] It establishes a financing area or an area that will be eligible to raise financing for
[2:56:45] capital improvements that are public purpose for the project in question.
[2:56:51] It is very important to note that the city will in no way be responsible for repayment of any financing
[2:56:55] or cost of administering the project,
[2:56:57] the last cost will fall on the specific properties
[2:57:00] in that project, no existing properties
[2:57:02] in the city will be taxed either.
[2:57:05] Next slide please, this project
[2:57:07] or the finance and district is regarding the Modelo Project.
[2:57:11] I think you're all familiar with that project,
[2:57:13] so we're gonna need to go over the details of that.
[2:57:15] Next slide please, excuse me, this particular proposed CFD
[2:57:20] will have the same boundaries as the Modelo Project.
[2:57:23] 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.
[2:57:39] The CFD will be authorized to issue debt in the future, but those actions will leave separate approval at those times.
[2:57:47] So again, this is just establishing sort of a footprint where a financial district will exist.
[2:57:54] Community facilities district generally enables or allows the
[2:57:59] implementation of a special tax that overrides the 1% general obligation or general
[2:58:06] tax levy and those extra revenues on those specific properties and what it used to pay for those
[2:58:11] public improvements that serve those properties. Next slide please.
[2:58:16] before a CFD can be formed there are a few requirements you all were here when
[2:58:22] your bond council went over some illegal requirements we won't get in those
[2:58:25] needs too much tonight we happen to answer any questions as well but basically
[2:58:30] the city will be considering tonight the adoption of certain goals and
[2:58:36] policies this is an accordance with state law the city is supposed to have
[2:58:40] certain credit criteria such as a value to lean of the property involved
[2:58:45] involved certain goals and policies regarding credit quality and other items that would need
[2:58:49] to be established before the city would entertain a bond, finance and associated with any CFD.
[2:58:56] These are policies that can be amended going forward to the council decide in any specific
[2:59:01] instance that it would like to do so, but it will establish your policy for the record tonight.
[2:59:07] And after that, next slide, please, is when the CFD itself could actually perform for council
[2:59:14] So chooses, there will be two resolutions associated with that.
[2:59:18] One's called a resolution of intention.
[2:59:20] And it's just like it sounds.
[2:59:21] It's a decent ending to form a community facilities district.
[2:59:25] It sets forth how the special tax will be levy through a rate
[2:59:29] and method of apportionment.
[2:59:31] It sets the boundaries.
[2:59:32] And it sets the qualifications for the spending priorities
[2:59:36] in terms of the infrastructure that's allowed to be financed.
[2:59:38] It also includes a resolution of intention to issue bonds.
[2:59:42] It doesn't authorize any actual bonds tonight. It just states that when the time comes this financing
[2:59:48] District will be eligible to
[2:59:50] Issue bonds should the council then approve at that time in the future. So those are two separate like resolutions
[2:59:56] One of the resolutions that resolution of intention
[3:00:00] 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.
[3:00:29] want approving the CFD goals and policies,
[3:00:32] want approving the resolution of the attention
[3:00:34] to establish the CFD,
[3:00:36] and want approving the authorization to incur debt
[3:00:39] in the future.
[3:00:41] I have to answer any questions you may have.
[3:00:44] Thank you for the presentation there in the walkthrough.
[3:00:46] Does the city council have any questions?
[3:00:52] Okay, and just to be clear, as you mentioned,
[3:00:55] right, two things that I just want to mention
[3:00:57] just for public consumption.
[3:00:59] One, the community facilities district.
[3:01:00] One of the things he does is he introduces special tax, right, all of that tax doesn't, doesn't apply to,
[3:01:09] but it only applies to that model portion, right, that, that.
[3:01:16] That's exactly right, there's something called a rating method of apportionment, and it's even more precise within that project,
[3:01:22] which types of properties pay, which types of tax, but nobody else in the city will have any sort of new tax whatsoever.
[3:01:28] Okay, and that includes the new veterans part developed.
[3:01:31] Correct.
[3:01:32] Only properties in this specific footprint.
[3:01:35] I'm not even sure if that development is okay.
[3:01:37] Okay.
[3:01:37] For sure.
[3:01:38] And I just, I think it's prudent to kind of say that just because I know that tax increases
[3:01:43] have been a topic of the special needs of the right, so I just want to make it clear that
[3:01:48] this is specific to the development property.
[3:01:51] And today we're not authorizing any findings and right we're not.
[3:02:01] that's exactly right okay so I think with that said unless the council hasn't
[3:02:10] had a question so we have
[3:02:23] a motion do we have a second I'll
[3:02:28] go ahead and second
[3:02:29] that motion okay so all in favor hi any opposed any abstentions pushing passes
[3:02:38] Thank you. Thank you.
[3:02:45] 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
[3:02:51] 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.
[3:03:08] So I do prepare a brief presentation on that city council to provide direction to staff.
[3:03:14] Thank you Mr. City Manager and before you honorable mayor and members of the council as
[3:03:20] a consideration of a concept plan that we're going to be presenting to you this evening and
[3:03:26] it's specific to replacement of the deck project there at the camp at camp commerce.
[3:03:34] Basically, what we have are deteriorated areas of women's structures that no longer need
[3:03:40] safety and durability, fire resistance issues, and ADA compliance.
[3:03:46] Public works in partnership with Parks and Rec are here to provide you a brief presentation
[3:03:53] and I'm going to go ahead and bring up my colleague, Marcus, and that he gives to continue
[3:03:57] our presentation.
[3:04:03] Good evening, honorable Mayor and members of City Council.
[3:04:05] Before this evening is a proposed concept plan for the Camp Commerce Decreplacement Improvement Project.
[3:04:11] Camp Commerce is an important recreational facility at our community and has served generations of commerce youth and families.
[3:04:19] 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.
[3:04:31] on April 14th, 2020.
[3:04:34] Sixth, the Council approved a professional service agreement
[3:04:37] with EB construction for the preparation of plans,
[3:04:40] specifications, and an engineer's estimate for this project.
[3:04:45] Since that time, EB construction has worked closely
[3:04:48] with city staff to assess the existing conditions
[3:04:51] and develop the concept plan that will be presented
[3:04:53] to you this evening.
[3:04:55] One of our priorities throughout this process
[3:04:57] has been to maintain the character
[3:04:59] and functionality of CAM members
[3:05:01] while identifying improvements that are durable,
[3:05:04] safe and appropriate for the mountain environment.
[3:05:07] Staff has also worked with the consultant
[3:05:08] to make sure the proposed improvements
[3:05:10] provide a consistent look throughout the CAM.
[3:05:13] Tonight, we're asking Council to review
[3:05:14] and approve the proposed concepts of the consultant
[3:05:17] and staff can move forward with a detailed design.
[3:05:21] Funding in the amount of $480,000 is included
[3:05:25] in the fiscal year 2025-2026 budget to cover the design phase of this project.
[3:05:32] Staff is recommending that City Council receive and file tonight's presentation, approve
[3:05:37] the proposed concept plan, and authorize staff to proceed with preparation of PSME based
[3:05:43] on the approved concept.
[3:05:45] At this time, I would like to introduce our project design consultant from EV Construction
[3:05:50] I think David Esparza, who will provide us with the concept plan presentation.
[3:06:00] Good evening, Mayor and members of the City of Council.
[3:06:04] My name is David Esparza.
[3:06:06] Sorry about that.
[3:06:08] David Esparza, I'm with EB Construction.
[3:06:11] Tonight we'll be presenting the Conceptual plans for this Camp Commerce Tech Replacement Project.
[3:06:21] We'll review the existing conditions and proposed materials and design approach.
[3:06:25] and that's the council for approval and direction existing
[3:06:36] conditions.
[3:06:37] These photos show some of the existing conditions throughout the camp commerce.
[3:06:41] The project includes 10 cabins and the conditions buried by location,
[3:06:46] redressing deteriorate decks and stairs, railings, foundations, piers,
[3:06:52] repairs and retaining walls, erosion control and accessibility improvements were applicable.
[3:07:13] 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.
[3:07:21] Depending on the location, we are proposing metal treads, concrete stairs, and accessible routes
[3:07:28] using the combination of timber tech, wood and metals, then temp for everything to have
[3:07:37] a consistent appearance throughout the camp, even though the solution may vary from cabin
[3:07:41] to cabin,
[3:07:51] additional concepts.
[3:07:54] Here you can see other examples of on how the design, language carries throughout the project,
[3:07:59] but we're maintaining the same general materials and characters
[3:08:02] by adapting to the design and the conditions
[3:08:06] of inaccessibility needed at each location,
[3:08:15] stair strategies.
[3:08:17] For the stairs, we're looking at a durable traction,
[3:08:21] snow conditions, maintenance,
[3:08:25] and the conditions of each individual location.
[3:08:29] Metal treads are proposed at all,
[3:08:33] but three stair locations
[3:08:34] at the remaining three locations. Concrete stairs are proposed,
[3:08:40] where metal treasurer are not suitable.
[3:08:43] The overall intent is to provide a durable low-maintenance solution to improve safety while still
[3:08:47] maintaining the character of camp commerce.
[3:08:52] Next slide.
[3:08:56] For the decking, we're recommending
[3:08:57] Timbertech Advanced PVC. It gives us the appearance that we want for the camp while providing a more durable
[3:09:06] and low maintenance second system.
[3:09:09] The product is ignition resistant and has a Class H flame spreading rating, which is
[3:09:16] particularly important for this environment.
[3:09:18] This means this material won't easily catch or spread fire.
[3:09:21] For the railing, we're proposing to maintain the existing tube by cap to preserve the existing
[3:09:29] in characteristics, co-compliant grab bros provided on stairways at
[3:09:39] this time for requesting
[3:09:40] council's approval to propose concept plans and an additional direction council would
[3:09:47] like us to incorporate as we move into the next phase of design.
[3:09:54] Be happy to answer any questions next slide.
[3:09:59] David, thank you for the presentation.
[3:10:01] and Marcus Nikki as well for the introduction.
[3:10:03] David, are you joining us from the mountain?
[3:10:05] Yes.
[3:10:05] You are.
[3:10:06] Thank you for making the way down here.
[3:10:07] We appreciate it.
[3:10:08] No, no, no, no, no, no.
[3:10:09] I
[3:10:12] just had two questions.
[3:10:13] My first question is, how long is a tumor type material last?
[3:10:18] So they actually have a lifetime warranty.
[3:10:22] They have different warranties.
[3:10:23] And if installed properly, it's a lifetime warranty.
[3:10:28] So it's not going to peel or crack or anything like that?
[3:10:32] No, they stand behind their product, yes.
[3:10:36] Okay, thank you.
[3:10:37] And then for the stairs, the steps that are metal,
[3:10:42] that's not slippery at all?
[3:10:45] Oh no, so they're perforated and like they're like punched out.
[3:10:48] So it gives it like a grip.
[3:10:49] It's not like a smooth surface.
[3:10:52] So it's actually like when it's snows,
[3:10:54] and you step on a step that has snow on it all compact and become ice.
[3:10:58] And these ones actually like punctures through.
[3:11:00] So they're actually like a lot that's a really good grip
[3:11:05] When snow and when just rain, they're really good. Thank you
[3:11:12] Good questions. Thank you for that mayor pro-tam. Does the city council have any other questions?
[3:11:17] Yeah, just follow up
[3:11:20] Some of the
[3:11:31] Yes, so are you talking about like the stairs that go down to like
[3:11:34] covers and the walkways?
[3:11:39] Yes, so a lot of those are included.
[3:11:41] All of them are included. The concrete's messed up, being repaired.
[3:11:45] So what are you replacing it with? How are you going to address things?
[3:11:50] That also means it's not too slippery.
[3:11:55] Yes, so the finish on the concrete itself, like down here in the city,
[3:11:59] I noticed you guys have like a pretty smooth finish, like out in the mountains.
[3:12:03] they used to finish, so like wherever the direction of travel is, they go completely across,
[3:12:10] so actually it's like a slipper system, it's like a lot more rough surface, and they also
[3:12:15] do aggregated, like exposed aggregates, so after the grip,
[3:12:21] okay, and does it count for drainage?
[3:12:24] Oh yeah, so if we're doing concrete like drainage, we'll be considered into the design phase of it,
[3:12:32] Yes, I didn't see any in the presentation, I was happy.
[3:12:42] So,
[3:12:46] it said I want to question one more time, sorry, I apologize.
[3:12:48] I guess I'm trying to understand exactly.
[3:13:10] Yes, drainage will be considered.
[3:13:12] City.
[3:13:21] No, yes.
[3:13:23] So our engineer will be, that's all planned into the design side of it.
[3:13:28] So it will have drainage that's going into a design part of it.
[3:13:33] So it will be addressed. It won't be left unattended.
[3:13:41] Council Member, thank you for your
[3:13:43] question. I just wanted to pop in and confirm that there will be proper slow-bitch on
[3:13:49] the actual concrete so that the drainage is hitting the nearest planter so that there's
[3:13:57] not an area where people will easily slip. Okay, I just want to still account for the only
[3:14:03] because there is a lot of work that's been done and it's history.
[3:14:09] Yes.
[3:14:09] In terms of education, you still have the immediately to
[3:14:27] be a family.
[3:14:32] We totally agree with you and don't make sure that it is taken to.
[3:14:37] We shall.
[3:14:38] Thank you.
[3:14:41] Great.
[3:14:41] Great questions.
[3:14:42] Councilwoman Roy.
[3:14:43] I just have a really quick question.
[3:14:46] In your picture, where it has the like accessible route for one of the cabins, I think
[3:14:55] I'm just curious, for when it, it's snow.
[3:15:00] 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.
[3:15:30] Okay, that's okay.
[3:15:31] Thank you.
[3:15:32] Yeah.
[3:15:33] I think it looks great.
[3:15:34] I mean,
[3:15:35] Cash Commerce has needed some TLC and your concepts,
[3:15:40] I mean, everything looks great.
[3:15:42] I just was trying to understand,
[3:15:45] and I try to spend as much time as I can,
[3:15:48] basically when the community goes up there,
[3:15:50] and I have seen like,
[3:15:52] when it's snowing, how slippery it is,
[3:15:54] especially at those stairs,
[3:15:56] so I had a question about the stairs,
[3:15:58] I think my biggest concern was a slip, I mean I don't know anything about any material
[3:16:09] check whatever it's about.
[3:16:11] So I wanted to make sure that we are considering how steep we are that way, so it's okay.
[3:16:17] And I think it's a great idea to deal with companies that are up in the mountain because
[3:16:23] 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.
[3:16:48] 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.
[3:17:08] you can go back for a moment. So if you notice all the relics throughout the whole
[3:17:14] all the projects there are going to be matching. Okay, okay, no, I see that but the
[3:17:19] railing where you can find all the gravel. Yes, we'll have gravels throughout. Yes,
[3:17:25] all the pathways. Yes, that's the question. I'm not seeing them here, but yeah, I see it
[3:17:32] And so they will all the yes, okay, I just know
[3:17:36] Because the tendency
[3:17:37] Oh, no, yeah, that's last safety first
[3:17:41] So right now
[3:17:42] Okay,
[3:17:46] great question any other questions from the city council
[3:17:49] 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
[3:18:03] 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
[3:18:11] we can't. So that's something you guys could help. It's an option. It does
[3:18:17] it compromise the safety of the stairs because now there's kind of like a
[3:18:22] player or no. So it actually has like a protective paint on them. So it's like
[3:18:29] they're either like galvanized. They have different finishes on them and it all
[3:18:33] helps with corrosion and it won't affect the slippage. I don't know how you feel
[3:18:38] about that. I just, you know, I'm big on color matching, right? Yeah, it'll match the
[3:18:44] railing. Yeah, I think so, right? I like that. I like that. Okay. So, as long as you said,
[3:18:50] like you said, as long as there's no, there's a compromise to safety, right? That's paramount, right?
[3:18:56] No, yeah, I'm always for function over aesthetics, but when you can remind it's a win-win, yeah, exactly.
[3:19:04] Okay, if no other questions, at this time, I'll entertain the motion.
[3:19:09] So we have a motion to approve the recommendation in the staff report by Councilor.
[3:19:21] Hi.
[3:19:21] Any opposed?
[3:19:22] Any essentially?
[3:19:24] Thank you.
[3:19:25] Thank you.
[3:19:26] Thank you guys.
[3:19:27] All
[3:19:36] right, we're getting there, guys.
[3:19:38] We are getting there.
[3:19:39] So now we are going to move on to item number 19, which is a resolution approving the least
[3:19:45] and at 5555 East Washington Boulevard,
[3:19:48] we will end the investment LLC in V8,
[3:19:51] Alpoio Locals.
[3:19:53] Honorable Mayor,
[3:19:54] Member of City Council,
[3:19:55] this item is related to a previous direction
[3:19:57] by the City Council to repurpose the old Jack-in-a-Box site
[3:20:01] to a new development that helps advance
[3:20:06] our economic development opportunities in the city.
[3:20:09] Mr. Caldwell can present any information
[3:20:11] in the City Council has any questions.
[3:20:13] Hello, Katie, and again,
[3:20:19] I'm here to present the Resolution Approving Elise Agreement at 5-5-5-East
[3:20:24] Washington Boulevard, APN 6-335-024-909, between Lealand Investment LLC, DVA, Elk Loyal
[3:20:34] Local, and the City of Commerce.
[3:20:37] Tonight's recommendation is, it is recommended that the City Council consider adopting the
[3:20:42] proposed resolution approving a lease agreement between
[3:20:44] Leland Investment LLC, DBA, Agboio Local, Lessee, and the City of
[3:20:50] Commerce, Lesser, 4, 5 by 5 East, Washington Boulevard,
[3:20:53] Commerce, California, 90040, APN, 6335024, 909, and
[3:21:02] authorized the mayor to sign the agreement on behalf of the
[3:21:05] city.
[3:21:15] To provide some background on this staff report on
[3:21:20] on October 2017, the city engaged with East Side Development
[3:21:24] to purchase 5x5 East Washington on along Washington Boulevard.
[3:21:31] It is approximately 23,267 square feet of land
[3:21:39] and 3,700 square feet of a restaurant building
[3:21:42] with an existing drive through located on the southwest corner
[3:21:46] of Gilson Street and Washington Boulevard.
[3:21:49] Additional details are, it was built in 1986.
[3:21:54] It has freeway access between the I-5 and the I-710.
[3:21:59] It is commercial manufacturing zone.
[3:22:03] And the proposed term for this agreement is 11 years
[3:22:07] with a one-time option to extend an additional four more years.
[3:22:12] Next slide.
[3:22:21] During May of 2026, the previous Senate relocated to another site on Washington Boulevard on
[3:22:29] Atlantic within the city of Commerce.
[3:22:31] The city proceeded to advertise a property to see the long-term tenant for the existing
[3:22:35] drive-through restaurant building.
[3:22:37] Following negotiations with the Intercept potential tenants, the city received a proposal from
[3:22:42] Greenland investment LLC, DBA,
[3:22:44] of Boyle Local, staff evaluated the proposal based
[3:22:48] on the tenants, financial qualifications,
[3:22:51] proposed investment in the property,
[3:22:53] anticipated sales tax generation,
[3:22:55] and the ability to activate and currently vacate,
[3:22:59] a currently vacant city owned property,
[3:23:01] staff determined that the proposed lease terms
[3:23:04] provide a favorable long-term economic benefit to the city.
[3:23:16] The following terms for this agreement
[3:23:19] are to allow the Lessee to have 90 days from the date to the lease is mutually executed,
[3:23:26] the permitting period to obtain any required permits for the construction and operation
[3:23:31] of an elbow elbow drive through restaurant. The Lessee shall diligently pursue the acquisition
[3:23:37] of the permits consistent with an entitlement schedule to be established after completion of
[3:23:43] the Lessee's site feasibility report, which shall be completed before the mutual execution of
[3:23:49] this lease if Lessie has not obtained the permits within the permitting period, provide
[3:23:56] that the Lessie is diligently pursuing the permits. Lessie may know more than two times
[3:24:03] extend the permitting period for 30 days upon notice to Lessor. Reimbursed Lessie for Lessie's
[3:24:11] these hold improvements and vandalism remediations in the amount not to exceed
[3:24:17] 215,587
[3:24:21] hundred
[3:24:22] dollars and 50 cents payable in the form of front abatement such abatement to commence on lessie's rent commencement date
[3:24:31] Lessie will give the city written notice of any such assignment or sublies to a permit
[3:24:37] permitted transferee within 30 days thereof, any permitted
[3:24:42] transferee will assume in writing all of Lesley's obligations
[3:24:46] under the lease. Upon the commencement date, the monthly
[3:24:50] base rent is $13,333 with 33 cents, beginning in year 6 and at
[3:24:59] each subsequent five-year interval, the monthly base rent will
[3:25:04] increase 15% and lastly 11 year term what they've won time option to extend to
[3:25:11] form more years. And that is due to the maximum term of the agreement was set at 15
[3:25:19] years per register plus Land Act regulations based on this the agreement is
[3:25:24] projected to generate approximately 2.8 million in gross rental revenue over
[3:25:29] where the potential 15-year term,
[3:25:31] while the city is providing rent credit
[3:25:33] to reimburse eligible tenant improvements,
[3:25:37] the agreement ultimately converts
[3:25:38] a vacant city owned property into a revenue
[3:25:41] producing asset that supports long-term economic activity.
[3:25:46] That includes my presentation.
[3:25:49] Oh, sorry, you can go ahead and see the aerial overview
[3:25:54] of the existing five-by-five East Washington,
[3:25:58] and which would be the potential future outlook.
[3:26:04] Ms. Delgado, thank you for the presentation.
[3:26:06] I appreciate it.
[3:26:07] This is City Council having questions.
[3:26:12] Just a couple of quick questions.
[3:26:14] One, if this item were to go through tonight,
[3:26:17] what is an anticipated open date?
[3:26:22] The anticipated open date would be, as mentioned,
[3:26:27] they would need an additional time to be at the permits
[3:26:31] and all that 90 days right it would be 90 days from then and then from then on they would have
[3:26:38] Approximately, I
[3:26:48] will have to juggle check on the approximate date where they will be able to open
[3:26:52] I have that for the prior meeting, but I'll double check that schedule. Okay. I remember discussing March 20th
[3:26:59] Yes, that's what I remember vividly, but for the reason that was some time ago
[3:27:04] So I'm we have the ratio of those dates. Okay. So essentially we're looking at about six months approximately. Yes
[3:27:10] Okay, and just really quickly, disagreement goes through what other approvals are needed between now and open date.
[3:27:22] Like, is there, like, does it go through the planning commission? Is there an elephant like?
[3:27:27] Jessica, yes mayor, I can help answer that.
[3:27:32] They won't need any planning commission, public hearing approvals.
[3:27:38] The only they will only need building permits for any improvements to the building
[3:27:44] 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
[3:27:52] Unless the city council has any further questions at this time. I'll have your team a motion or recommendation
[3:28:02] Okay, we have a motion by councilwoman Roboio to approve for the staff report and a second by council. We have you met all
[3:28:09] in favor
[3:28:12] Any opposed? Any abstentions?
[3:28:15] Thank you.
[3:28:16] Thank you.
[3:28:17] All
[3:28:20] right.
[3:28:21] Looking forward to it.
[3:28:23] Moving on to item number 20.
[3:28:24] Committee of the Mission appointment.
[3:28:27] Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
[3:28:28] This is just a reoccurring item that was requested to be brought back and so all of the vacancies
[3:28:34] in our commissions are filled.
[3:28:35] We currently have a vacancy and our disabilities access and opportunities commission.
[3:28:40] This vacancy would be the needs to be filled collectively, so we would be asking for nominations
[3:28:45] by the City Council to consider out a future meeting.
[3:28:49] And we will continue flying this advertisement.
[3:28:52] We have it currently up on our city website
[3:28:54] for that making notice.
[3:28:57] And we are trying to see if we can get some
[3:28:59] interested parties, whether previous commissioners
[3:29:03] or those that would be suited for this particular commission.
[3:29:06] But I kindly ask the council to assist
[3:29:09] if you have any recommendations that I might be able
[3:29:12] to reach out to, I'm happy to be here for you.
[3:29:13] Okay, great. So we have not received any applications for this
[3:29:18] agency. That is correct. Okay, great. I don't know if the City Council has any
[3:29:23] recommendations.
[3:29:26] I do have a recommendation for our staff, you know, great that it's on
[3:29:31] the City website. Maybe we could promote it on our City Social Council, and maybe just
[3:29:37] some type of candidate to
[3:29:46] do that. We'll see.
[3:29:55] Show me that would be the best. I think so. I think so.
[3:29:58] And of course, you know, in the...
[3:30:03] 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
[3:30:25] you, Mayor Lainas, members of the city council. This is an extension of urgency ordinance number eight.
[3:30:33] 34, which is a temporary moratorium on data center development, just to provide brief
[3:30:40] background. On August 11, 2026, the City Council adopted urgency ordinance number 834,
[3:30:48] establishing a temporary 45-day moratorium on the acceptance, processing, and approval
[3:30:54] of applications related to data center developments within the city. The City Council adopted the moratorium
[3:31:01] to provide the city's sufficient time to study the potential land use infrastructure and safety
[3:31:07] impacts associated with data centers. And also on August 25th, 2026, the City Council issued
[3:31:15] a written report required by the State Government Code describing the measures taken to address the
[3:31:23] conditions that led to the adoption of the urgency ordinance. Now, in looking at the
[3:31:29] will code at the time of the adoption of the moratorium, the Commerce Municipal Code
[3:31:35] does not specifically define or regulate data centers. And this led to a subsequent action
[3:31:45] at last night's planning commission meeting, a draft ordinance prohibiting data centers
[3:31:51] in the city was presented to the city to the planning commission. The planning commission
[3:31:55] staff to add parameters for data centers as accessory uses to really tighten up the
[3:32:03] language and the code. They took subsequent action to continue the draft ordinance
[3:32:10] to the planning commission meeting in October. So we're working closely with the planning
[3:32:15] commission to establish permanent regulations that will be presented to City Council for
[3:32:22] your consideration in the future. In the meantime, because this ordinance will expire,
[3:32:31] if it's not extended, it will expire on September 25th, 2026. The recommendation is that staff
[3:32:40] or that City Council extends the moratorium for an additional 10 months and 15 days to make
[3:32:48] get valid through August 11, 2027 in order to give the time adequate amount of time to establish
[3:32:56] permanent prohibition. This includes my presentation. I'm available to answer any questions.
[3:33:03] Director Serrano, thank you for presenting on the item and talking about the planning
[3:33:08] questions decision last night. I could
[3:33:13] talk about this right, you know, this ordinance and I totally
[3:33:17] understand
[3:33:24] solid and on last
[3:33:30] now so I appreciate them. Understanding
[3:33:58] those are all.
[3:34:01] I know this is and I
[3:34:22] see none at this time
[3:34:24] I will go ahead and open the public hearing. So Mr. City Clerk do we have any public comments. Thank you Mr. Mayor
[3:34:30] We did not receive any public comments in person in terms of the speaker card
[3:34:34] But we did receive a ton of correspondence that we have forwarded two council members in support of this item and the
[3:34:41] action that council is going to take you on extending this
[3:34:44] moratorium. But at this time, I'd like to just open
[3:34:47] up to anybody that is still joining us in the audience or
[3:34:50] anyone joining us virtually. And if anyone would like to
[3:34:54] participate at this time, you will have three minutes to speak
[3:34:56] on this item and the side of all you. And your time would
[3:34:59] be given when you get to speak. If you are joining us
[3:35:01] virtually, you can spoke to the bottom of your screen with a
[3:35:04] raised hand feature and be recognized.
[3:35:27] All right, I see no one approaching the microphone, and no hands raised on Zoom instrument.
[3:35:37] Just one question for you sir, you know, or ordinance like this, right?
[3:35:43] It needs to go to see here. We only have four members here. So
[3:35:54] 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
[3:36:02] unanimous vote
[3:36:05] 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
[3:36:12] Thank you.
[3:36:12] May I have a question to approve.
[3:36:18] I can start from here, Ms. Mayor.
[3:36:25] Thank you.
[3:36:26] Council Member Azarza.
[3:36:28] Council Member Argumedo.
[3:36:30] Yes.
[3:36:31] Council Member Reboil?
[3:36:32] Yes.
[3:36:33] Mayor Pro Tem Garcia?
[3:36:34] Yes.
[3:36:35] Mayor Lainess?
[3:36:36] Yes.
[3:36:36] Motion is approved.
[3:36:43] It includes.
[3:36:46] Now, we'll go ahead and move on to City Council.
[3:36:54] Nothing to say it.
[3:36:54] No, to report it, you're clear.
[3:36:57] Council Member Argumedo.
[3:36:59] We're going to report that to some extent before we can.
[3:37:02] Great.
[3:37:03] moving on to Mayor Pro-Tenny Garcia.
[3:37:06] I do have one thing to report.
[3:37:08] I just recently attended the Women's Week in a camp,
[3:37:12] and it was such a wonderful experience.
[3:37:15] What an unforgettable women's week in a camp,
[3:37:18] and I love the best time connecting with such wonderful people,
[3:37:21] ladies.
[3:37:22] A huge thank you to Brenda and our amazing team
[3:37:25] for putting off with flawless events,
[3:37:28] setting up paths, keeping everything clean,
[3:37:30] and just giving to all of us takes so much hard work behind the scene.
[3:37:35] Brenda, thank you so much.
[3:37:37] Now for the best staff in this program.
[3:37:39] I know it was enough to just start to finish.
[3:37:43] Thank you.
[3:37:44] Great. Thank you for your report, Mayor Pro Tem.
[3:37:48] I tried to go to the women's getaway weekend, but I was not allowed.
[3:37:52] So really quickly, I just want to thank the Department of Parks and Recreation
[3:37:57] but will you all city staff for their participation in the SS5?
[3:38:02] We get
[3:38:11] hearts and rack, obviously, the set up, breakdown,
[3:38:15] and also what was written in the event for me and everything,
[3:38:17] but transfer to
[3:38:24] library was there as well, right?
[3:38:26] You know, they were, you know, many of them looked at me up 10,
[3:38:29] right there, and they also have some resources available,
[3:38:32] public works, was there keeping the parking,
[3:38:38] and he was there as well, just all city staff.
[3:38:52] Mr. Mayor? Yes. Before I adjourn the meeting, I retract my adjournment because we do have to recess back to process.
[3:39:04] But I will come back to adjourn once we're done.
[3:39:08] Thank you all.
[3:39:46] And now the city council is reconvening from close session. Mr. City is ready. Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
[3:39:52] With the City Council recess in the process and discussed item number one city staff made a presentation
[3:39:58] Provide an update to the city council regarding a potential litigation item
[3:40:03] No final report of what action is taken that concludes my report
[3:40:07] Great. Thank you for that report and at this time the meeting is now adjourned. Thank you. Have a great night