[21:31] Good evening, everyone. It is Tuesday, July 3, 2018, 551 pm, and we will now begin the Compton City Council Meeting. If you could all please stand for a moment of silence in the Pledge of Allegiance.

[22:19] Councilperson Zareda here, Galbond, McCoy, here, here, here, here, here, we will now proceed

[22:28] forward with public comments on agenda and non-agenda items, Mr. David Irons.

[22:39] David Irons,

[22:43] now I forgot what I was going to say, David Irons, reside in Compton,

[22:52] about

[22:52] to lose my house. And I'm losing it deliberately because my taxes went up so much. So I'm moving

[23:02] from Compton to Rosewood. I grew up on 138th Street. That's Compton. 139th Street is Rosewood.

[23:15] So I'm moving over there. I'll be part of the Compton Unified School District. That's what.

[23:21] But Compton is smaller than Compton Unified School Districts.

[23:27] So therefore, I'm moving the roles, I need to go to a bigger place that got less property

[23:34] taxes.

[23:37] And another thing is I got this thing, anti-gentrification, Compton anti-gentrification, and anti-redevelopment

[23:48] committee. And this gentrification is making people homeless and the city can stop gentrification.

[24:00] They don't have to go along with that stuff. So right now, another thing I want you not

[24:07] to tear down, this is an appeal to the city, don't tear down the bowling alley. Let us have

[24:14] some kind of recreation in the city of Compton. We could redo that. We could go inside.

[24:22] The building is already built and it structurally sound because it's a prefab building.

[24:31] Sometimes

[24:31] people don't understand construction. I know I read to fit. I know how to frame. I know

[24:43] construction and it had real estate license and all I'm asking you not to tear

[24:50] down that building. We need someplace to have entertainment. Some place to have

[24:58] hard work.

[25:00] We need that for our community. You didn't throw it down to bowling out. I mean, it's no longer there, whether you haven't torn it down, but walking theater is gone. The driving theater is gone. I took my children to the driving theater. They were talking about tearing down the Compton Municipal Stadium, and we made that historical landmark.

[25:30] We even had bathroom, a bathroom put in the park, and you was there, Agent Brown, Mr.

[25:39] Mayor Agent Brown, and Mr. Zareda, when we protested, we got it, because it's not good

[25:50] for the children to go under the bushes and the women going under the bushes, you use

[25:57] the restroom.

[26:21] I

[26:23] cannot tell any of you what to do, but I got a grand idea that I know would work.

[26:33] I'd like to suggest to you when we first moved to Compton in 1959 and I was going to

[26:43] George Washington Elementary.

[26:45] We stayed on Elm Street, Upper Wilmington.

[26:51] That was a part of Compton that was bordering to us

[26:56] with the West Side and the East Side.

[27:00] They had a theater on Compton Boulevard, Compton Theater.

[27:04] We used to watch some scary movies over there.

[27:08] 13 Ghosts, House on the Hundred Hill.

[27:11] And Compton Boulevard was a place where we could go to get entertainment.

[27:17] When we moved in 1965 to 135th and Stanford on the west side, we saw on Central Avenue,

[27:32] the bowling alley that was owned by Witte Lewis,

[27:37] do those music centers on by Dootsie Williams,

[27:43] two black men that were entrepreneurs that made this town exciting a place

[27:52] where we could go to get an attainment. It's a nice part of town. Now I

[28:00] suggest this is an idea. You guys have been talking about a performance arts

[28:08] center. That is the best place to put it. Instead of tearing that place down, build the

[28:17] performing arts center right there. It's got plenty of parking. And it's in a nice

[28:24] part of confidence.

[28:27] I'm just saying. It would uplift the area. It would be right on

[28:34] Central Avenue with a big boulevard where everybody comes and goes.

[28:41] I'm just saying. I can't tell you what to do.

[28:44] You guys can think about it though.

[28:48] I bless you.

[28:55] Good

[29:00] evening to the mayor's city council staff ladies and gentlemen. My name is Benjamin Holyfield and I'm

[29:06] the president of the Compton Business Chamber of Commerce and I agree with what's been said as a matter of

[29:12] In fact, those are the two, three points I'm going to speak on.

[29:19] And a family restaurant is what we need, a sit-down restaurant.

[29:24] We used to have that, and we need it again.

[29:27] We can have fine food.

[29:29] And another thing we need is entertainment.

[29:33] We can have jazz in various music situations.

[29:38] And that would be, the facility being

[29:40] the on Central Avenue would be perfect for that type of program that I just mentioned.

[29:47] And also, we need to, number eight, I would urge you to renew the contract, number eight,

[29:59] Good.

[30:00] The youth bill. That's one of the best programs in the city, by the way, one of the best. And a lot of you, most of you, see their work all the time. Perhaps don't know that particular area of it, but they're teaching the young people to build entrepreneurship. And it's working, and then how to get a job, get your high school diploma and so forth. So that program is needed. Please consider it and expand their lease or whatever they need. Help them.

[30:28] And let me say again, when I came, there was jazz and we enjoyed ourselves and we parted

[30:35] and all that.

[30:36] I haven't been petting in a long time now because we don't have the facilities.

[30:40] Please bring them back in a fine, sit-down restaurant, family restaurant, where we can come

[30:48] together as a family and enjoy good food again.

[30:54] Thank you so much.

[30:55] Thank you Mr. Holyfield there's I'm one person that signed up but I can't read

[31:00] their writing so if you've signed up feel free to come forward for a public

[31:06] comment. Ms. Boone would you like to speak

[31:29] my question is

[31:37] And $7.25, $17. This non-profit came before you.

[31:44] Ms. Bonan, if you can pull the Microsoft down on $7.25, $17.

[31:48] This not profit came before you.

[31:51] And they asked to lease the old dollar high for five years.

[31:59] And Councilperson in District 1 questioned it.

[32:03] And then it went to a year.

[32:06] but youth field also asked to go into that building.

[32:10] But Ms. Sarah Silva, whatever her name is,

[32:16] the owner of the nonprofit made a comment

[32:19] that she was prepared to rehab the facility to move forward.

[32:25] And she further added that this was a stop gap measure,

[32:30] which would just allow her to open her doors

[32:32] to serve the youth, while our organization located to a more permanent facility.

[32:39] But today she's back at item number eight and asking for a five-year lease.

[32:45] But this was not her statement in 2017.

[32:49] So my question to you as council members is that, when do you require a nonprofit to

[32:57] They provide proof as to what their services are and how they are providing service to the community.

[33:04] Because I don't know what service this nonprofit is doing.

[33:11] There was a comment made by Ms. Brown on that same day that this was a nationally recognized program.

[33:20] And when I looked this program up, it's not a nationally recognized program.

[33:25] In 2017, it had only been around for like two years and it wasn't nationally recognized.

[33:33] I didn't know at that particular night, but I do know it now.

[33:37] You know, we have so many nonprofits here in the city, but we don't have a chamber that

[33:43] has them listed.

[33:44] We can't even refer them to the people here.

[33:47] What we do need to find out what type of services that they're providing to are people here in

[33:52] Because our people in Compton can't go out to other cities and ask for services.

[33:57] Then the other thing is that I've asked this council on several locations because you guys are policy makers.

[34:04] To create a policy where an elected official cannot have a nonprofit here in the city.

[34:12] Because it is a conflict just like tonight, you guys are going to vote on this.

[34:17] and this is a contract, this is a contract, an agreement,

[34:20] a law-abiding agreement between you and the city,

[34:25] between us and the city.

[34:27] And in the charter, 12 or 5, an elected official

[34:31] cannot have any kind of financial,

[34:34] any kind of financial agreement between it.

[34:38] So, you know, I'm asking you guys,

[34:39] you guys need to create a policy.

[34:41] Thank you.

[34:42] Thank you, Ms. Foam.

[34:44] Madam, oh Miss Kaye, would you like to speak?

[34:50] Hello,

[34:56] my name is Carmen Deponis.

[34:57] That's why I wish everybody a happy fourth of July.

[35:00] And I just want to say that you killed is one of the best organizations that I've known in Compton. They help children, young people, if they didn't graduate from high school, they can give it to plummet there. And they do wonders with the children there. And they find jobs for them, and it's a great organization. I would just hope that you would renew their book, please. Thank you. Thank you.

[35:23] Yes, Mr. Henry. Are there any other members of the public that I wish to speak?

[35:27] Craig Henry, resident city of Compton, again I always talk about facts.

[35:35] YouthBuild is a nationally recognized program.

[35:39] Volunteers of America has a YouthBuild project that we operate out of North Hollywood with

[35:47] federal dollars.

[35:48] So it is a nationally and has been around for many, many, many years.

[35:55] YouthBuild is not new.

[35:57] Sarah Silver back there, and I have partnered together in many, many programs where we have

[36:04] housed some of the youth that they've worked with.

[36:07] We've even referred some of our youth to them for construction training, for classroom

[36:11] training.

[36:12] They run an excellent program and I'm speaking on what I know because Compton Youth Field

[36:19] is one of my collaborative partners as I am one of theirs.

[36:22] They run a very good program and if given the opportunity to receive an extension or a longer lease

[36:29] I think would benefit the city of constant and the ages of 16 to 24-year-olds that they're servicing

[36:35] within the city. When you look at nonprofits and you look at the amount of services that are being offered to what is considered a

[36:43] take transitional age youth population.

[36:47] They're very few.

[36:48] I believe that Sarah is probably the only one

[36:52] within the city of Compton that is offering

[36:55] to that population.

[36:56] So when you get up here and we state things

[37:00] that are not factual, it can be binding to our,

[37:04] it could be really devastating to a business

[37:06] as well as to the youth in this community.

[37:09] Youth build has been around for years.

[37:11] The Department of Labor has a youth field program.

[37:15] Youth field USA is a youth field program.

[37:18] This isn't new, and it is all about the upward bound for youth within our communities.

[37:26] And the population that they serve, our youth field serve, is a at risk population.

[37:32] Youth who are at risk of dropping out of high school and becoming involved in gangs.

[37:37] Youth field grabs them, gets them into a high school diploma program

[37:41] or a GED program, along with a trade program to learn a trade to keep them off the street.

[37:48] So that's some of the facts about UCBL.

[37:51] Thank you.

[37:52] Thank you.

[37:55] Ma'am, you've already spoken.

[37:57] Thank you so very much.

[37:58] We appreciate you.

[37:59] Thank you.

[37:59] You've already spoken on tonight.

[38:04] Thank you, ma'am.

[38:05] Thank you.

[38:05] You've already spoken and I've asked that you would maintain order as you've already exhausted

[38:10] your three minutes.

[38:11] And now you're being disruptive.

[38:12] So this is a warning.

[38:13] Thank you.

[38:18] I don't know how to do this, but one of the things that I did this pass within one of the events I attended was to use the graduation.

[38:26] And what I look at is that it's been something that I think is that when you have students that have not been able to get through the process, it's for high school.

[38:38] And they have that second chance.

[38:40] Use bill really does give them that second chance.

[38:43] I was sitting there and I listened to these young women and young men that they were speaking about their life and what has happened to them, the challenges and everything that they have in their life and to come back now and to be able to get a high school diploma and be able to get themselves started over again, I think to me that is something to be commended and we have and we have a lot of our students that may not be able to get through this high school process, but when you have programs that actually say look you guys, you do have a second chance letting me help you

[39:12] Thank you.

[39:12] And we are there to help them.

[39:14] I think this is what we are really obligated to do as a community, and that's why, you

[39:18] know, like I said, I do support the program because I was watching for years.

[39:23] And like I said, I attended the graduation this past weekend, and I was really impressed

[39:29] with what I've seen here with the students that's coming back, so I do appreciate them doing

[39:34] this.

[39:35] Thank you, Council.

[39:36] I'm sure Madam City Clerk?

[39:38] Consent items are retained and expected to be non-controversial, they will be acted

[39:44] upon by the council at once without discussion unless the councilman will request for

[39:48] an item to be removed or discussed.

[39:52] Second, discussion.

[39:53] Thank you.

[39:54] Proposal.

[39:55] Councilperson Zareda.

[39:56] Yes.

[39:57] McCoy.

[39:58] Yes, sir.

[39:59] Yes.

[39:59] Move.

[40:00] Councillor Browne? Yes. Item number two under report on conditions, is the appointment of the Mayor Pro Tem, which goes to Councilwoman Emma Sheree.

[40:14] How's second from the chair? Discussion? Roll call? Councilperson Zareena? Yes. McCoy? Yes. Sheree? Yes. Mayor Browne? Yes. Item number three,

[40:29] Under City Manager's report is a request of the Los Angeles County Register of Recorders Office to waive all fees for the use of the Dallahide Community Center for

[40:38] poll worker training for the November 6th statewide election, requested dates October the 14th and October the 28th from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

[40:50] second discussion roll call council persons are either McCoy yes mayor Brown

[40:59] yes the city attorney's reports good evening kind of mayor city council there

[41:07] are two items proposed for discussion in a closed session it's under the

[41:14] exception of conference with legal council anticipated litigation to

[41:19] Two potential cases, pursuant to California Government Code Section 549-56.9, subsection B. Requested emotions.

[41:30] Second. Discussion?

[41:33] Roll call?

[41:34] Councilor persons are either McCoy, yes, Sharif, Mayor Brown, item number 5 under unfinished

[41:41] business.

[41:42] It's an ordinance of the City Council and the City of Compton, regulating all the site and

[41:47] One side alcohol, cell point, man uses and this is to wave the reading.

[41:51] Second.

[41:52] Rocha.

[41:54] Councilperson Zareda.

[41:55] Yes.

[41:56] McCorn.

[41:56] Yes, Sheree.

[41:57] Yes.

[41:58] Mayor Brown.

[41:58] Yes.

[41:59] And on the item.

[42:00] So we'll.

[42:00] Second.

[42:02] The session.

[42:04] Mr. City Manager.

[42:06] Actually, Mr. City Attorney, you can just provide a brief summary for the benefit of the public.

[42:11] We know that this is a carryover from last week's hearings.

[42:13] But just to refresh those that may not be aware of this item.

[42:20] Yes, last week we had a public hearing to discuss this ordinance and the first reading

[42:28] was last week.

[42:30] This is an ordinance for liquor sales in the city of Compton and convenience stores.

[42:40] It has square-foot limitations for new stores coming into the city, and for existing stores it creates a performance standards

[42:59] keeping the area clean, reducing noise around the facilities, et cetera.

[43:08] for existing sites that sell alcohol.

[43:16] Thank you, Mr. City Attorney.

[43:19] Any additional discussion?

[43:21] Roca?

[43:22] Council persons are either.

[43:23] Yes.

[43:24] McCoy, Sharif, Mayor Brown.

[43:27] Yes.

[43:27] Item number six is in order for the City Council of the City of Compton amending section 18-2.9

[43:34] of chapter 18 of the Compton Municipal Code to clarify city park hours of operations and

[43:40] this is to wave the reading.

[43:45] Roca, councilperson Zareda?

[43:47] Yes.

[43:47] McCoy?

[43:48] Yes.

[43:49] Mayor Brown?

[43:50] Yes.

[43:51] On first reading.

[43:53] So, my second discussion.

[43:57] Mr. City Attorney, do you mind giving a summary of this item as well?

[44:01] No, thank you, Madam Mayor.

[44:02] There are a few weeks back we had discussion from our parks and recreation director that

[44:13] we were securing, we were unable to secure the facilities when the park closes.

[44:22] We had employees leaving the parks at 8 p.m., but the park closing at 10 p.m.

[44:29] This ordinance revises the number to 8 p.m.

[44:36] So that employees can secure the facilities when they leave.

[44:42] If there is a city-sponsored event, or there is a permit, a written permit given to someone for an authorized activity,

[44:53] they'd be allowed to stay past 8 p.m.

[44:57] But if there's no egg.

[45:00] Activity going on, it would close at 8 p.m. Thank you, Mr. City Attorney. Excuse me, and open up again at 6 a.m. Thank you. Any discussion?

[45:13] I mean, I would just add that this would make the city of Compton consisting with most cities surrounding us where the park is open. At daybreak and it closes pretty much as sunset, which is 8 p.m. So, Madam Mayor, yes, ma'am.

[45:27] Well, we'll be, once this, after the readings and it goes into effect, that's the council's

[45:35] choice.

[45:36] Hopefully we'll have signs at the same time to pause, to put the people on notice in

[45:43] a box.

[45:44] So we should start ordering those now.

[45:49] So public works is in the audience of the director knows to start preparing the signage for those for the parks.

[45:57] Madam, yes, ma'am.

[45:58] Also, those parks that have the gates that you can call some of them are broken.

[46:03] Yes.

[46:04] Thank you.

[46:04] There's repairs.

[46:07] Thank you.

[46:09] And I would just last the add.

[46:10] Thank you, Councilman.

[46:11] Let's read it for that.

[46:12] Councilman McCoy.

[46:13] Mr. City manager that we've discussed having some of the park rules also posted.

[46:18] And so this will be a great opportunity to not only post the new hours, but also some of the regulations regarding the park with the new signage life.

[46:28] Thank you.

[46:31] Roca.

[46:32] Council persons are either.

[46:33] Yes.

[46:34] McCoy.

[46:34] Yes.

[46:35] Yes.

[46:36] Mayor Brown.

[46:37] Yes.

[46:38] Item number seven is a resolution of City Council City of Compton authorizing the City Manager to enter into legal services.

[46:45] This is retainer agreement for fiscal years 2018-19 and 2019-20-20.

[46:51] Some of this session?

[46:54] Yes.

[46:57] Madam Mayor?

[46:58] Yes, ma'am.

[46:59] Mr. City Manager, can you just give the community a brief summary of this?

[47:14] Madam Councilmember Ann Mayer.

[47:16] But this item is actually brought to you by the City Attorney.

[47:21] It's something that the City does on a routine basis.

[47:25] One of the questions that came up early on about the four meetings ago was an attorney for the City Council.

[47:33] So I'll read this in summary.

[47:35] The City, the charter.

[47:36] You know, and we'll refer to the City Attorney's Committee.

[47:41] Okay, thank you.

[47:44] City Council, this is an item that does come before you on a routine basis.

[47:53] What I have done is identify firms with specific specialties, their experts in particular areas that assist my office on an as needed basis.

[48:07] And I have placed a below market ceiling on the hourly rate that's charged by the firms.

[48:23] They,

[48:26] right now, we don't have a firm over $300 an hour.

[48:32] I believe that average firms in the Los Angeles area are well over $400 an hour as an average in higher.

[48:45] So I think the residents can have some comfort that these are below market rates and they assist me with the funds that are in my budget.

[49:02] budget on an as needed basis.

[49:05] So these are, this is what comes to us annually where you use a different file.

[49:13] Correct.

[49:13] This is what's special.

[49:14] Okay.

[49:15] I got it.

[49:18] Thank you.

[49:19] In additional discussion?

[49:21] One last thing.

[49:22] Yes, ma'am.

[49:22] But the budget for these outside attorneys are in our budget that the council adopted last

[49:29] week.

[49:30] Yes.

[49:30] Thank you.

[49:34] In addition, all the specials?

[49:36] Rural call.

[49:37] Council persons are read up?

[49:38] Yes.

[49:39] McCoy?

[49:40] Yes.

[49:40] Sheree?

[49:41] Mayor Brown?

[49:42] Yes.

[49:43] Item number 8 is a resolution of the City Council City of Compton authorizing the City Manager

[49:48] to execute a five-year lease agreement between the City of Compton and Youth Empowerment Services

[49:53] Inc.

[49:54] for office space at the old dollar-hide center located at the 1108 North

[49:59] All the end.

[50:00] So, second discussion. Mr. City Manager, could you give a summary of this item for members of the public?

[50:08] Mayor Council, this item is brought to you for youth build who currently occupies the space and the old dollar height at 1108 North Olyander.

[50:20] They are requesting additional space and continuation of their lease, totaling 9502 square feet.

[50:28] They are proposing a dollar per square foot lease agreement with a 12% cap for

[50:36] years 6 through 10 and years, another 12% cap from 6 through 15.

[50:44] So, totaling over the last 10 years will be a 24% cap on the rental increase.

[50:53] And the first five years with a two five year extension for the rental beginning August

[51:02] first 2018, carrying through July 31, 2023 for occupation of the space that they currently occupy now.

[51:13] So, this is a five-year lease agreement or a ten-year lease agreement?

[51:17] It'll total 15 years, actually.

[51:20] So it's a five-year lease agreement with two five-year extensions.

[51:24] So, it's a five-year lease and it has to come before the council on the, after the fifth year for approval of five-year lease.

[51:33] of the increase, of the extension and then also the increase.

[51:39] And then for the members of the Public Mr. City Manager, could you just confirm the annual rent that the city will receive from the lease?

[51:49] So the first year's rent, it's approximately $9,500 per month, totaling $114,000 annually for this particular space.

[52:01] And the following years will be almost 100,000 more than that if you go to the 4, 12%.

[52:09] Okay.

[52:11] One last question, Mary.

[52:12] Yes, ma'am.

[52:13] With the dollar height center, with the additional space that they're requesting, is there any space left in the center now?

[52:23] Or will this be, will this take up the entire center now?

[52:27] Is this will it all be in the center?

[52:29] There's no more space left, Mr. General.

[52:31] Okay, so General Services is saying that there is actually no more space left in the old dollar, right?

[52:36] Once, this is the problem.

[52:37] Once, this is the problem.

[52:41] Any additional discussion?

[52:44] Roll call?

[52:45] Councilor First and Zareda?

[52:46] Yes.

[52:47] McCoy?

[52:47] Yes, Zareda?

[52:48] Yes.

[52:49] Mayor Brown?

[52:49] Yes.

[52:50] Item number nine is a resolution of the City Council of City of Compton approving and adopting the annual appropriation limit for fiscal year 2018-19.

[52:59] In some of the second discussion, Mr. City Manager?

[53:05] Mayor Councilor, this item is brought to you by the controller.

[53:09] This is a legislative or legal requirement of the city to establish the GAN limit.

[53:16] The GAN limit was established initially by Prop 4, and then re-evaluated with Prop 111 in June of 1990.

[53:28] The proposition provided new adjustment formulas for which made the limit more responsive to local growth issues.

[53:36] The annual growth factors for the city's appropriation limit is as follows.

[53:42] It calculates the inflation factor, which includes a percentage change in the California per capita income.

[53:50] And Department of Finance has provided that particular data for us.

[53:53] And also the population factor which calculates includes a percentage of change in the population in the city of Calvdent.

[54:03] Utilizing the above factors, the appropriation limit for the fiscal year 2018-19 maximum is $105,931,000.

[54:14] The proceeds of those taxes are $44,012.

[54:17] 120. The city's well within the appropriation limit and we are under that appropriation amount by $61 million.

[54:26] Thank you.

[54:28] By how much?

[54:29] 61,811,000.

[54:35] In additional discussion?

[54:37] Roll call? Council person Zerida?

[54:40] Yeah, McCoy, Sherry.

[54:42] Yes, Mayor Brown?

[54:43] Yes.

[54:45] Item number 10 is a resolution of the City Council City of Compton authorizing the city manager

[54:50] to enter into an agreement with Progressive Land Clearing,

[54:53] DBA, Thomas Demolition for the Demolition of Structures at 1950 North Central Avenue.

[55:00] So in the amount of $192,896, some of the. Discession? Yeah, I have just a little couple of comments in there.

[55:13] So, just so that people are clear. Someone came up and talked about keeping the building. Sometimes you got to let go. And this building is, my mother used to work

[55:31] at that field and my mother is 82. She was a cocktail waitress back when it was a

[55:37] doodles nightclub and that's probably got to be

[55:43] 70 years, 75 years ago. So and I mean it's the same structure.

[55:48] And then now the problem with the structure is we have

[55:53] homeless community that has just taken over the

[55:57] facility and there's almost nothing you can do when you board up the outside of the

[56:04] building to secure it then they tunnel in through the roof of the building and I think

[56:11] it's been an eye sore in the community for at least 30 years it's probably been vacant

[56:19] in 25, 30 years.

[56:23] So, I'm hoping that that would be one of the last,

[56:29] about the second last pieces of land

[56:32] in the first district of the city of Compton

[56:34] to be developed.

[56:36] So, the reason to demolish it is to free up staff,

[56:41] free up the community, the surrounding community,

[56:44] you are being, it's become a nuisance.

[56:48] So you have the folks that are living in the building, rent-free.

[56:54] They're barbecuing at night.

[56:56] We've had small structure fires.

[56:58] They've had extension courts, tunneled from the home owners on Stockwell and 134th Street.

[57:09] They've had, they've even tunneled into the folks cable.

[57:12] I mean, it's really nothing you can do at this point but demolish the building.

[57:19] So I'm hoping that this item, if approved by the council tonight, doesn't take as long

[57:27] to execute as getting the item to the agenda.

[57:30] I'm hoping that we can move forward as speedy as possible to move on to something new and

[57:41] beautiful there. You know, you have to think, I went to a ground breaking today on El Sigundo

[57:52] in Central. El Sigundo in Central. I had to think about where I was. And this was where

[57:58] the US storage facility will be. And they anticipate nine months, they're going to say 12 months

[58:05] It's just to stay on track.

[58:06] But when the people in the surrounding area that fenced,

[58:14] but the property, they pan it.

[58:17] They're like, oh my gosh, we're going to have a storage building here.

[58:21] It's going to be a structure.

[58:22] You can't see over it, it's two or three levels high.

[58:26] But they forgot.

[58:28] They got so comfortable with the collaborated buildings with the steel and

[58:32] the metal falling apart that they got comfortable.

[58:37] And sometimes you have to educate the community on change and enhancement.

[58:41] And when I took my oath here in the clerk's office,

[58:45] my oath I bow to enhance the quality of life for the citizens of Compton.

[58:50] And I think development and enhancement and development of

[58:56] of buildings that are 100 years old, it satisfies me.

[59:02] And I feel that I have upheld my oath

[59:06] that I took to be a council person here.

[59:09] So when you talk about change, just think about it.

[59:13] I'm gonna just talk one more minute here, Mayor.

[59:16] So just when you think about the brick yard,

[59:18] when you guys pass by the brick yard

[59:20] and how beautiful it is and how beautiful,

[59:23] fall Sam little to street is is double wide is no bumps is lit up and then when you go back to

[59:32] The street behind it

[59:35] Stanford I think it is I can't think of the name of the street Stanford behind the brickyard

[59:39] You know it's double wide we still have some some homeless issues there

[59:43] But the street is nice, but once we finish a few more developments over there

[59:47] We'll have all that cleaned up, but you got to accept change you got to accept development

[59:53] you got to accept, accept, enhancement and I remember the people while I was talking about the brickyard would look

[1:00:00] Community thought that they were in panic, they were like, oh my god, what is this brickyard development going to do to our property value? And I was like, are you kidding me? You got over a $40 million project going in your bank and maybe more than that. Going in your backyard, it can only enhance your community. It can only enhance your property value. So to talk about the brickyard, you know, I mean, the old ball and alley, the old skating ring, the old dude, all this was one building that we have all

[1:00:30] You know, let's celebrate that hopefully it will be developed into something very beautiful in that community.

[1:00:39] That's what I'm hoping for, so let's just take our pictures and it's the same way with the swap meet.

[1:00:45] Sometimes you just got to move on and things change.

[1:00:49] So hopefully you all will be patient and support whatever is going to go in that all ball and alley.

[1:00:58] I don't even know if we can still call it the old bowl and now he it haven't been the bowl and now he ain't so long

[1:01:03] It's been a few things since the bowl and now he it was the

[1:01:08] Skating ring and then after that it was the hair product place for years. I can't remember the name of the hair product

[1:01:17] Yeah, you know hair product place for a while. So you know, it's time them to let go get some new get some beautiful

[1:01:24] get some revenue for the city I'm hoping for some housing but you know whatever goes there we'll bring it to the people and

[1:01:32] And it'll be something really nice. It'll be much better than what's there now. Thank you. Thank you Councilwoman. Any additional discussion?

[1:01:41] Procal

[1:01:43] Sarita. Yes, McCoy. Sure read. Yes, Mayor Brown. Yes item number 11 is being removed for city manager. So we're at Council comments. Thank you Madam City

[1:01:54] Councillor Mincerita?

[1:01:57] Yeah, I'll just be really quick.

[1:01:59] I didn't know we were going to get to comments that quick because I could have saved it.

[1:02:02] But I just wanted to, for my ten minutes of time, I wanted to invite everyone out to something else

[1:02:13] that I've been wishing for and waiting for since I've been on the council, and I've been

[1:02:19] on the council almost eight years now, and that's the, I hope I, I'm going to call it

[1:02:27] redevelopment, because it's not that development, but it's redevelopment of Seabree Park.

[1:02:33] So I've been waiting on that every since I got on this council, and it's actually coming

[1:02:40] to fruition now.

[1:02:41] So July 21st, I want everybody to mark on their calendars.

[1:02:46] We've been working very hard on this committee to make sure that this is something very special.

[1:02:53] And it's at 9 a.m., at Seabre Park, which is on Elsi Gundo and Compton Avenue.

[1:03:03] So we're going to have, it's a joint venture.

[1:03:08] We're going to have the Major League Baseball will be there.

[1:03:11] They're going to have, it's T-Ball, right?

[1:03:14] It's T-boss, so bring your little kids out, they're gonna have, we're bringing enough things for 300 kids.

[1:03:22] We've got baseball bats, you know what Major League come, they come big.

[1:03:27] And Durham Miller is bringing out some of his partners that he played baseball with,

[1:03:33] baseball, T-shirts, hot dogs.

[1:03:37] We've got to even have a full giveaway, music, a whole lot of things.

[1:03:43] So, I want you guys to all come out and it's a family event, you know.

[1:03:46] What everything I do is a family event.

[1:03:49] So, bring your kids, your grandmothers, whoever you want to bring out to participate.

[1:03:53] It's at 9 a.m. and see report and we'll be done by 10, 30, 11 o'clock.

[1:04:00] We don't hope we were hoping it was going to be really hot.

[1:04:03] We're going to try to get in and get out.

[1:04:05] And with the school district board member, President Makai Ali, we're all doing a joint venture

[1:04:10] on this project to make it be really big, really special.

[1:04:14] And hopefully everything is moving smooth on track.

[1:04:20] And we're coming to almost to the end of this session for us as a council person.

[1:04:27] So I want to remind everyone to save the date for the seventh annual breast cancer walk walk for a cure.

[1:04:36] That'll be October 13th.

[1:04:40] You know, it gets bigger and bigger every year, so those of you that are going to come out and support and support your family, your loved one or whoever you may want to come out and support are just come out to come out, that'll be at 7 a.m., and get there early, I would suggest to get there early, get there 6 o'clock, 6 o'clock.

[1:05:00] 30. Anybody that wants to volunteer, we still have the need for volunteers. You can contact my office at, I don't even know the number.

[1:05:15] It's 310, 605, 5510. You know, when you got these telephones, my God, don't lose your phone. Thank you, Madam Clerk.

[1:05:26] So 310-605-5510.

[1:05:32] So come out, come volunteer, but I'll see you at the report.

[1:05:35] Thank you, and everybody, please be safe, be sane.

[1:05:40] I know you have fun with the fireworks.

[1:05:42] I'm not a real big fan of fireworks when I was a young girl.

[1:05:47] I think I was about 12 or something.

[1:05:49] I had got burnt really bad by fireworks.

[1:05:51] I was in a cast for the rest of the summer.

[1:05:54] So I'm not that big on fireworks.

[1:05:55] But be careful, I would just recommend that everybody tonight, when you go home or go outside,

[1:06:02] water down, water down your house, get up tomorrow, water down a little bit.

[1:06:06] Things are dry, we've been in a drought, we didn't want to water too much, so just be careful.

[1:06:11] Have fun, eat a lot, and see you next week.

[1:06:14] Thank you.

[1:06:18] Thank you, Councilwoman.

[1:06:20] Thank you.

[1:06:21] Councilwoman McCoy?

[1:06:22] Thank you, Mayor.

[1:06:24] Just a few things.

[1:06:25] I want to thank staff for the Compton Creek cleanup on this past Saturday.

[1:06:31] They did an amazing job as always, they come out and they just support always.

[1:06:36] And so I want to thank everyone that participated on Saturday with the Creek cleanup where we are committed to maintain that Creek and keep it clean.

[1:06:45] So thank you guys, and I attended the Visalia Block Club Block Party on this past Saturday.

[1:06:53] I want to thank the committee, they did an excellent job, they had everything you could think of.

[1:06:59] They had cotton candy, popcorn, snow cones, everything.

[1:07:05] And they had the children, it's just wonderful when you see the children out having fun in a safe environment.

[1:07:11] So thank you, and I attended the flavor fest at the YAL, so that was great.

[1:07:17] Thank you for just bringing people together, families together.

[1:07:21] And let's see, I am having a homeless outreach and resource fair on Friday, July the 20th from 10 to 1 at Track New Park, 21-21 West of Laundra.

[1:07:35] We will have resources, vendors, health screening, mobile showers, entertainment, refreshment, and more.

[1:07:41] For more information or if you'd like to participate, please contact my assistant Vinita Ossonette at 310-605-5612.

[1:07:52] Again, that's 310-605-5612 and that will be Friday, July the 20th from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Track New Park.

[1:08:03] And let's see, I want to wish everyone a happy independence day, be safe, and enjoy your family, and just be safe.

[1:08:15] And Mayor, I want to adjourn in memory of Gregory Cherelle, a long time Compton resident who passed away.

[1:08:22] And Laurel Darden, which is the brother-in-law of our Assistant City Manager, Lawrence Adams, and

[1:08:30] and the brother of former mayor, Evelyn Adams.

[1:08:33] Thank you.

[1:08:36] Thank you.

[1:08:37] Thank you very much, Councilmember McCoy.

[1:08:40] Councilmember Sheree.

[1:08:41] Councilmember Sheree.

[1:08:42] Thank you, Mayor Brown.

[1:08:44] I will be hosting Compton's quarterly business round table on Wednesday, July the 25th from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

[1:08:51] at the Dollar High Community Center.

[1:08:53] This is an opportunity for you to network with local businesses, meet law enforcement, and city staff.

[1:09:00] I guess speakers are David Ford from the Southern California Edison.

[1:09:05] I see some a glian of the GSR corporation and Deborah Watson tricks of state farm insurance.

[1:09:11] A light lunch will be served, so please come out and join us.

[1:09:15] This weekend I had the opportunity to attend the flavor fast at the YL Center.

[1:09:19] I really wanted to thank him for the idea of my magnificent job.

[1:09:21] There was a children making sure the families was there.

[1:09:24] And so it was really nice, so I do appreciate them being apart and

[1:09:28] and making sure this to place.

[1:09:30] But I also attended the PBS soft care program there

[1:09:34] at the Dalai Community Center.

[1:09:37] And I had an opportunity to read to a lot of the young people

[1:09:40] that was there.

[1:09:41] The families really enjoyed the event.

[1:09:43] They had a lot of great vendors there.

[1:09:47] They're working with the parents

[1:09:48] and also making sure that the children

[1:09:51] had a lot of different things.

[1:09:53] So they faced pain in a lot of different things.

[1:09:55] It was really great.

[1:09:55] So I really want to thank them for coming out

[1:09:57] and also being a part of the working and being a part of this community.

[1:10:00] As well.

[1:10:02] And I did attend the Vasellia Block Club, Ms. Vaughan. And she had a really nice

[1:10:09] crowd of people there. It was really nice. Kids was having a great time. I had a really

[1:10:14] nice time. I got a chance for the first, for a while. I hadn't eaten all this. I got a chance

[1:10:17] to sit back and relax and eat. So it was good. So I really enjoyed being over there with them.

[1:10:23] And also, Mr. City Manager, I just speak with you earlier today. Could you please give me an

[1:10:28] Let me know when the wire would be in or for the to fix the streets there on a laundry and this between

[1:10:35] Santa Fe and Mayo

[1:10:38] Well, do I spoke to the controllers office today that paper work was sent to

[1:10:42] sent upstairs to the controller's office from public work

[1:10:45] So we're researching it now and I should get back to you in the next step 48 hours. Okay. Thank you

[1:10:51] And I would like to close in memory of some math to Smith

[1:10:55] She's a long-time resident of the fourth district and I really want to say I'll

[1:10:59] accept my sympathies and my condolences to the Arsenal family. Thank you.

[1:11:07] I'll also be very brief.

[1:11:09] Just once you congratulate again her radio for the successful

[1:11:13] Her radio flavor fest and

[1:11:15] We were sponsors with the city as well as the YL and other

[1:11:19] Community organizations. So it's great to see people coming together and enjoying themselves

[1:11:24] Also, upcoming Monday, July 16th at Dollar High Community Center from 7 to 9 p.m., we have the Keep it Colorful Compton Conference.

[1:11:36] Eric Alexander, who was an actress with the sitcom Living Single, she also played and get out.

[1:11:42] She's an actress and co-founder of ColorFar Media.

[1:11:45] She's assembling people to talk about stories that we're telling in our communities and as well to provide a platform

[1:11:53] to get them out into the world and so she's partnered with Seed and Spark and Color Fire Media

[1:11:58] and they're focused on increasing representation in the film industry which is a joint initiative

[1:12:03] that was just launched and they're focusing on providing representation for people of color

[1:12:08] and so you can come out it's free and you can learn more about how to get your screenplays

[1:12:14] out into the industry as well as how to partner with great production companies.

[1:12:20] Actually, on Thursday July 26, we have the one-year anniversary of Compton Open

[1:12:29] Mike, so please come out and celebrate with the community at starting at 8 p.m.

[1:12:34] at the Dollar High Community Center. And lastly, for many of us, I don't think any of us

[1:12:42] as far left in the dark on this one.

[1:12:44] LeBron James is now a Laker.

[1:12:49] I can't go anywhere without people celebrating.

[1:12:52] I mean, I couldn't get a parking pass or anything,

[1:12:54] but everyone's happy.

[1:12:56] But the interesting fact that I learned

[1:12:57] is that him signing his $154 million contract

[1:13:02] also will create an estimated $300 million investment

[1:13:07] into our local economy.

[1:13:08] And so this is going to be a great boost

[1:13:11] for the LA area in the region and also yesterday July 2nd was the 54th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which ended segregation in public spaces and ban employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin in this considered one of the crowning legislative achievements of the civil rights movement.

[1:13:33] First proposed by President John at Kennedy, it survived strong opposition from southern members of Congress.

[1:13:39] It was then signed into law by Kennedy's successor, Lyndon B. Johnson.

[1:13:45] And I just would like to note that last week I had the opportunity to attend the Measure P Oversight Committee meeting.

[1:13:54] And the city attorney and our city controller were there, and also our city manager joined us.

[1:13:59] ready to operate the meeting we had several community members and attendants as well, but unfortunately we did not have a quorum because we did not have enough members of the actual committee in attendance and so I understand that staff worked really hard to confirm and they did not estimate that we would not have a quorum and we have been trying to get this oversight meeting on the books and completed for quite some time and so I'm requesting that we bring an item forward

[1:14:28] for the council to consider appointing alternates to the committee as well, so that we would have an opportunity to

[1:14:35] in the event that one of our appointees is unavailable, we can also request that our alternate attend for them.

[1:14:43] So requesting that that come back for the council, Mr. City Attorney.

[1:14:47] Thank you, sir.

[1:14:50] And also just a reminder for the City Manager.

[1:14:53] One of the components that we've requested for measure P is a city web page detailing

[1:14:59] the projects.

[1:15:00] That measure P is funding, and I know that staff is working diligently on bringing forward the five-year measure P. Spending plan as well as what has been spent so far at the receipt of measure P. And so I just wanted to ensure that once that report is completed, we also provide this information on the website for our residents to be able to track their tax dollars. I think that transparency and accountability is really important, and that will be a great tool for us all.

[1:15:29] And Measure P has been instrumental in helping to fund graffiti abatement, street repairs,

[1:15:37] street paving, light repairs, park repairs, recelerating the sea breeze park ground breaking.

[1:15:43] Measure P had a piece of what's also an investing part in that project.

[1:15:48] And so most projects require a team of funds.

[1:15:52] And so Measure P has really helped to bring some of these projects to life that I've been on the show for

[1:15:57] or sometimes, so I'd like to be able to showcase what the taxpayers are actually investing in in their community.

[1:16:05] And

[1:16:07] we will close in the memory of Gregory Tarell,

[1:16:12] Larell Darden, and Samantha Smith.

[1:16:16] Excuse me, we were recessed.

[1:16:18] May we have a motion?

[1:16:19] Shut up, yes.

[1:16:20] Roe Paul?

[1:16:22] Councilperson Tareena?

[1:16:23] Yes, McCoy?

[1:16:24] Yes, Sharif?

[1:16:25] Yes, Mayor Brown?

[1:16:26] Yes, thank you all.

[1:16:28] Report

[1:16:50] out from the City Attorney.

[1:17:01] Madam Mayor, City Council, we have just concluded a closed session discussion.

[1:17:08] Conference will legal counsel anticipated litigation.

[1:17:13] Present in closed session was the entire council with the exception of councilman Galvan.

[1:17:21] One, two potential cases, discuss, no reportable action taken.

[1:17:29] The discussion was pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.9B, thank you.

[1:17:37] Thank you, Mr. City Attorney.

[1:17:39] Thank you.

[1:17:40] Maybe you have a motion to adjourn?

[1:17:41] Some more?

[1:17:42] Second.

[1:17:42] Roca?

[1:17:44] Councilperson McCoy?

[1:17:45] Yes, sure.

[1:17:46] Yes?

[1:17:46] Mayor Brown.

[1:17:47] Yes.

[1:17:47] It's

[1:17:50] a nice, good night.

CITY COUNCIL REGULAR - 7/3/2018 - Jul 3rd, 2018

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