Good evening, it is now 3 o'clock.
Good evening, it is now 3 o'clock 7pm and the representative council meeting for the city of
Compton is now open in session.
Madam City Court, Grokha.
Madam Mayor, we're going to open the workshop.
This schedule for three o'clock PM.
And I will call the roll.
Council member Duhar.
Here.
Council member Spicer.
Council member Bauers.
Here.
Council member Duhar.
Here.
Mayor Sharif.
Here.
We have a call.
Thank you, Madam City Clerk.
We do have with us the Siemens.
ACMD, Public Health and DTSC.
There will be no presentation here for the city.
For the council and for the community.
And Mr. City Manager.
Madam Mayor, are you ready to start?
Yes.
That may present.
Then we will actually open it up for the community.
They ask questions.
Okay.
Now I'm going to turn it over to the City Manager.
Thank you, Madam Mayor.
Good afternoon.
So today we do have the three ages.
This is a dimension.
The air quality management district.
The department of toxic and substance.
The toxic substance is control.
And the county health department.
And each of them is going to give some comments.
But do you want to allow the community to speak first?
Or would you rather speak later?
Yes.
Mr. City Manager, we can do that.
We're going to allow them to come up and speak.
They have two minutes to speak on this item.
And before they speak, I would like to open up.
I have a statement.
I would like to read and direct.
Okay.
And I also have a correspondence from world.
All three.
Okay.
If you'd like to do your statement.
Okay.
Thank you.
First of all, thank you so much to all our company residents.
Residents and students, for your incredible patience over these last few months. I know firsthand how frustrating and disruptive
the orders from the world, or how far have been to our daily lives, and I want you to know that your
voices are being heard. We are working around the club with agencies like AQMD Public Health and DTSC to make sure
our community is completely safe. I also want to recognize world all, which has been a statement in our community
for over 40 years. They are working hard alongside these agencies to fix these issues and to get back into full compliance.
As your mayor, my absolute top priority would always be the health and safety of our residents,
but also the longstanding business partnerships that support our local economy. Today is about transparency.
My goal is to get your questions answered. Clear the air and figure out how we can work together as a community
and with what all to safely move, come in forward. Thank you.
Okay, Madam Mayor, now I'll read the correspondence from our all recycling data July 28, 2026,
Honorable Mayor and members of the Compton City Council. It is our understanding that the city of
Compton will hold a public workshop today concerning our facility. For more than 50 years, world all recycling
has been an important part of the Compton community. We are a used oil recycling company that provides
an essential environmental service, collecting and recycling used oil from local businesses and public
agencies and keeping it out of landfill, storm drains and waterways. Despite our name, we are not an oil refinery
or an oil producer. We are a recycling. Our company employees more than 200 people, many of them
local residents and helps businesses and public agencies throughout Compton and the surrounding area
managed used oil responsibly. We are proud of our long history as a local employer and community
partner and we remain committed to operating safely and in accordance with all applicable environmental
regulations. We also want to address recent concerns regarding orders reported in the Alameda corridor.
We take these reports seriously and have been working closely with the South Coast Air Quality Management
District, AQMD to help identify and resolve their source. On June 15, AQMD conducted an annual comprehensive
fugitive emission inspection of our facility and confirmed that we are operating in accordance with
our air emissions permit. Beyond that inspection, we have chosen to take additional voluntary steps to
help address community concerns. On our own initiative, we are removing a large storage tank and conducting
daily patrols throughout the surrounding industrial area to help identify potential order sources
wherever they may originate. We are sharing what we learn with AQMD to support its broader
review of conditions in the corridor. These efforts reflect our commitment to being a responsible
neighbor. We value our relationship with the city of Compton and remain committed to transparency,
cooperation and continuous improvement. We look forward to working closely with the council, AQMD
and our neighbors so that our facility continues to operate safely and responsibly,
consistent with our longstanding commitment to this community. Respectfully, Jeff,
Backster, EVP of Operations and Engineering, World All Recycling.
Thank you, Mayor of City Clerk for reading that. Now, the first speaker is Allison.
Allison, you have two minutes. Good evening. My name is Allison. Allison, I am a student at Jefferson Elementary
School. I go back to school on August 13. And I am worried because that means I'll keep smelling
the petroleum orders. When I'm trying to learn, I want to ask for a public health report that tells
us what we are breathing and how it affects our health. We smell these orders at school at home,
but we still don't know what we're breathing. I have already 12, I had 12 nosbleeds. After breathing
these orders including one during the world oil fire on May 21st, that scares me. I know it scares
other kids and families too. A lot of kids don't know these smells could be dangerous. We think it's just
normal because we smell them for so long. We don't get a break from them. The orders I smell, I smell them
at home at school and even when I go to see their Travis Park and Looters Park. As soon as I get ready
to go back to school, I hope you guys can work together to find out what we are inhaling and share
the results with our community. We deserve clean air. Thank you.
The next speaker is Erin Diaz. Good evening, my name is Erin Diaz and I live about 0.7 miles
from the world oil recycling facility. First I want to thank South Coast, AQMD, DTSC and the LA County
Department of Public Health. For being here tonight, I also want to remind everyone that this workshop
is happening because our community has been living with petroleum orders for years and after the
May 21st fire, those concerns only grew stronger. I'm asking all of the agencies to work together
on a public health report that explains what we're inhaling, how repeated exposure to these petroleum
orders could affect our health and what is it being done to protect our community, especially children.
Families deserve clear answers and language that everyone can understand. I also want to speak directly
about DTSC's role. It is difficult to believe our quality of life will improve if
our oil continues receiving permits to operate while our community continues experiencing petroleum
orders. Every time permits are renewed without addressing the impacts we are living with, it feels like
our health and quality of life are being treated as secondary. Our current system is not working.
Community members continue reporting orders. AQMD continues receiving complaints and we continue
showing up to meetings asking for the same basic thing to breathe clean air. I am tired of having
to report these orders. They happen so often that reporting them has to become a habit. The problem
is not that residents keep filing complaints. The problem is that the orders keep happening. I smell
these orders at home as he's a chopper's park and orders park. There is nowhere in my community where
I can get a break from them. Children should be able to learn. Families should be able to enter
the parks and neighbors should be able to open their windows without smelling petroleum,
especially during heat waves like the one we are currently experiencing. We also need an independent
monitoring system that continues to measure the chemicals in our air, traps, odor patterns, and
documents that conditions our community is experiencing. Residents should not have to rely on filing
complaint after complaint for agencies to understand what we are living with. We need independent data
transparency. Identify chance over time.
The next speaker is in Brazil. I am so in rage with the statement that was read. I'm going to try to keep
my computer but. Good evening and thank you to the city of Compton, DTSC, ACMD, and Los Angeles County
Health Department for today's workshop. My name is Sabri Lviv and I'm the president of Golden Black
Club and I'm speaking of behalf of community members dealing with the repeated air quality problems
and strong petroleum orders in our neighborhood. For weeks, residents have reported this
with little to no relief. This ongoing issues are affecting our community's health and quality
of life. People have experienced and announced their headaches, nosebleeds, coughing, running, etc.
And it's deeply concerning. The current system of reporting, monitoring, and finds it's not
appear to prevent this orders. This problems were likely continue if DTSC continues,
Asian permits to work oil without a community risk assessment and a health study and strong
enforcement from ACMD. We're requesting for the city of Compton to repute the location of
the facility because world oil is too close to homes, children, and elderly residents. We're asking
ACMD to install air monitors as says at Travis and Jefferson Elementary that tracks chemicals frequency
and duration of release. We also request DTSC to conduct a full review of the permits and enforcement
action related to world oil and requires strong protections for a community before any further approval
or issue. In addition, we request the formal health study to understand the impacts on residents and
more community workshops like this and Compton. So residents can stay informed and have a voice.
And I don't know about how many minutes I have, but world oil has not been kind,
neighbor to any of us. There was a heat wave, and we had to have our windows and doors open,
and we could smell that. That's the definition of evil. When are we supposed to protect ourselves?
When is hot? I'm sick and tired of going to carve to go to ACMD. Go here and go there.
I'm asking this body to protect us. I'm asking this body to look over to the back of the
floor. Thank you. Thank you, I'm real.
Yes.
Thank you, I'm D.
Okay, so if you're any one else who'd like to speak on this item,
Can we have a speaker?
Yes.
Oh, it's not.
Good afternoon.
Yeah.
Thank you.
Keep it all.
Thank you.
I think C2L.
However, I can smell very good.
And I smell a lot of problems from oil and.
I think it's not in the base of the world.
Oh, this you guys and just submitted a letter on their behalf.
There should be a representative here to speak on their behalf.
A.C.M.D. came out in force.
And I want to say thank you break him deep.
But although you guys side of him a lot,
You guys should use a site money to get filters,
The filters, the traces systems to the schools.
Do you actually do something?
To help out the citizens of Compton,
Like you guys did over in Boyo Heights.
So I recommend to the board.
To the council to send a letter over to World Trade Oil.
And let them know.
Hey, we're very upset and dissatisfied for you not coming here today.
To represent our community.
Because you want to be responsible neighbor.
And they show certainly shows you that they're not a responsible neighbor.
So Commissioner Andrews out.
Good evening.
I feel the same way as everybody else does.
Okay, Barbara Calham.
Number one.
Thank you for reading the letter.
That was very good.
But they're not here.
But they say 50 years.
And they're good neighbors.
No, they're not.
They're fine.
F-O-U-L.
I don't know if there's still a commission where the council is over on H-U-M-D or car.
And then you have an alternate.
I've been at every last single one of the meetings.
They know me.
I go off on them.
Because every time I hear something, it is always in the carcassion community.
Whether they're doing good.
In the black and brown community, they're not doing good.
We have to argue with them about bore the heights and given them those air filters.
And they ran out.
We said, we didn't care.
You got money.
You should get some more.
They should have did the same thing when they came to the content.
They should have given air filters to every household that was over there.
And also the school.
I've been trying to get car and AKM-D and all of them together.
And come and have a meeting in the city of Compton.
All right?
Not like from 3 to 4.
But like on a Thursday, because I know the city all is closed on Friday.
Like on a Thursday from 5 to 7 or 5 to 8,
so that the community come out from Watts and Compton
to let you know what's going on.
They have so many programs at car and AKM-D.
I don't know if y'all know us.
But you know how we have the trash that they pick up.
Can you think of the name of it right now?
They have programs Coachella Valley,
where they help the Coachella Valley pick up all of their trash all in their community.
They haven't did that in Compton.
They have a lot of trash.
I mean, yes, but I did do that actually one course
and since you stand in there.
That's okay.
It's all right.
You said that AKM-D from Friday 8,
Watts and Compton come together to have a meeting.
Is that's what you're suggesting?
Yes, I can hear you.
Over.
Okay.
All right.
Okay.
They're just foul.
May I say it right on the face and I say it on Zoom. Okay, thank you.
Hi, good afternoon. My name is Magale Sanchez-Holl. I'm an environmental justice activist,
and director of America. I went to Compton High School. When I was young, I come to church here at our victory in Nusassina de la Victoria.
And I am here because we are monitoring the air with Howard University, one of the homes of the people that are very close, less than 2.2 miles away from world oil.
And I want to tell you that when I came to me with the community, I couldn't breathe.
Okay, the smell, the order and the film was so extreme that I couldn't believe what was happening. I call AQMD right away by the way.
We need to actually get together and really look at this because the permitting process is with your responsibility. You're actually doing a lot of work coming in and writing the violations that need to be written.
If you also have responsible, could you please make sure? Yes, sure. And you're also responsible together with the city of Compton to make sure that the health of the community is actually protected before any revenue before anything that this company is bringing to you.
I am also one of the six hijack environmental justice advisory council for the department of toxic and substance control.
I'm watching everyone right now monitoring the air with Howard University and I'm conducting research with UCLA public school of health.
So please do your job because I will be putting everything into perspective for accountability, restoration and reparation protect the residents protect the community first.
The community and each one of the people here comes first before anything else. So please do your job. Thank you.
Good afternoon. Commissioner Fidelmark has district one.
Which a Q&D was around when I was growing up and I was small. I attended and was raised and my family.
Graham other 2602 East 130 fifth street. I grew up at 1 3508.
From world oil on the east side of the tracks.
I attended Jefferson Elementary. Like the young lady said, it was no different. I had no leads where you ran. We played and it was just a norm because no one would hear our voices.
My whole neighborhood I grew up with has deceased of rare illnesses cancer. You name it. My mother's whole family was wiped out.
If it wasn't a cardiovascular issue, it was cancer. My father's a two-time survivor of a lymphoma.
People need to understand when you live around this facility. You will have an illness. If we continue to let this company operate in the city of Compton.
I am bothered too by the statement. World oil should have been here. If they are such a good neighbor they should have had someone here addressing the Compton residents not having the clerk read a statement.
That's cowardly to me. We need to do better. We need to count sort of protect us residents because not just I escaped that. I'm facing now.
AQMD. We need to revamp all we report these issues. We have a Republic has to be burning the trash at the facility on rosecrents.
Daily I'm getting horrible smells coming from that way.
Thank you Mr. Market. I'd like to move to the presentation. Is this AQMD up first or who is it?
Yes. AQMD will speak first.
There we go.
I live about a couple of blocks from this location we are talking about. I'm just invited by Madame Madame express the reader representative of this movement.
I just want to bring a question across about how we monitoring the air and the vicinity of this enterprise oil and I think there should be some information for the public as how everything is improving or getting worse.
I mean just pretty much that's what I'm asking for. Accountability and some kind of scientific scale of how things are going.
Are we getting any better? We're getting worse and what are the limits and what are the legal limits of air contamination in our community.
That's pretty much what I'm asking that we follow through and have something straightforward.
Thank you sir. Let's bring up the AQMD now. We're going to go ahead with presentation for the AQMD. Thank you.
Test. All right. Good afternoon everybody. Good afternoon council and mayor and as she stepped away. My name is Brenda almost. I am the mayor of the city of Paramount and I'm actually the governing board that actually represents a city of Compton.
I'm on the AQMD. So I want to make sure that I am present here with my colleagues to ensure that we're providing a presentation to you what is going on with the world oil and just a lot of the community know.
You know the mayor and the council they requested this workshop to kind of get this started so we can get this education going because this is a process.
And it doesn't happen changes don't happen overnight but I think if we work together between city and AQMD and the residents this is how we're going to be able to solve some of these issues. So again I just wanted to clearly introduce myself again. Thank you mayor.
Mayor for having us here today and I'm going to go ahead and turn it over to Terrence Man who will go ahead and start the presentation from AQMD. Thank you.
Thank you mayor almost. Good afternoon madam mayor members of the council it's great to see you great to meet the rest of you thank you madam mayor for making this happen.
I know I'm supposed to be as quick as possible but feel free to stop me and I'll also be here afterwards if there are any questions for the council members or anyone else. Next slide please.
All right I have the next slide okay hold on I'll just do the next slide where do I aim it.
There we go okay so quick.
Primer South Coast AQMD where the local air regulator so you know you have an EPA is the fed you got park we are local we create we enforce air quality rules and regulations we do permits and sensors a whole bunch of things we do but I'm the chief of enforcement so my focus is on enforcing these rules at places like world oil if you've ever spoken to an inspector that person reports to me.
All right world oil they've already explained what they do I mentioned permits so our agency permits units and processes that either create or could create air emissions that's part of what we do and it's something we enforce there's subject to our rules as well as federal and state ones.
With this facility we conduct onsite inspections at least once a year I don't want anyone here to think that so we show up once and then they never hear us again I hear from us again I'm going to show you some numbers in a minute we've been there a number of times just this year alone.
There we go okay so this year has been an anomaly and so just to just overall context last year they had two notices of violation so we issued two basic two tickets to them last year this year already since January we we've issued eight n o v's so over 120 actually that number as of this week is updated over 130 complaints from the community.
About four of those related to that fire the restaurant orders so.
Our inspectors go out we meet with local residents we confirm that there is in fact an order and we trace it back to the community and so you know we're here to say that the community members are telling the truth.
This is happening and we don't want anyone to think that that that that you know that our agency or anyone else is saying anything otherwise and so here when we talk about I'm going to skip head the violations here seven of those violations were for public nuisance.
And so those were all confirmed orders these gas odors that that folks are talking about at Jefferson Elementary so we're going to the school onsite.
We are independent third party saying this is happening now with respect to our investigations we've been out there 37 times so far this year and so you know.
When we talk about different communities whether communities to be in support I want to be clear that South Coast AQ and be supports this community.
We've been out 37 times and we're going to keep going as long as it takes.
So out of those 22 of them so 20 plus were actual boots in the ground inspections of this facility so we have our public nuisance violations we had other.
violations relating to permit conditions.
And papers and things from tanks that's violating the rules I also want to be clear about public nuisance nuisance it sounds like that so what is it a mosquito bite what is that public nuisance is a very powerful legal tool.
And so when we can get these nuisance violations we can.
We can go to court we can go before our hearing board and we can take very serious actions to make facilities and companies anyone else follow the rules and get back into compliance.
And so you know we're going to keep responding to complaints conduct these inspections you know we're not going anywhere.
All right just a quick update on the fire it was mentioned early just want to be clear that our agency as well as others were on top of it.
You know May 21st the small fire broke out there we received a breakdown notification as required so the city followed the rule there they let us know this was happening we went there we also responded to complaints we met with.
Compton fire county fire they were there on top it put out the fire pretty quickly.
The vacuum distillation unit that's just basically part of the facility is where the fire originated.
You know we basically stayed on top of the major the repairs were made expeditiously and so those issues were gone but you know there are other parts of this facility that are causing orders we are continuing to watch them.
And so again I want to go back to public nuisance there was some reference earlier to boil ice we're getting.
Related and that's obviously a different issue let's not let's not completely each community has its own challenges right.
But when we get a bunch of complaints.
We are able to take you know get those nuisance violations take those serious actions but what it really means is think of it it's not this isn't fought we're not the fire department right so it's not like.
We get a call and people tell us hey this things happening at this facility and that's it.
We actually need to meet with the resident we need to go to their home we need to go through our process and we need a number of residents usually six.
To be able to come back and issue a violation based public nuisance based on community concerns and so part of why we're here is to let you know you know.
This is how you can do it 1 800 cut small our online complaint portal or we have a mobile app that's so I think some of you may have access to and we all want to know this kind of information once it happening what is it how long's it been going on we want the details and then we want to we want to we want to go to your house if we want to we want to help you in person we will be there we respond we might not be able to get there every time but we respond at some point to every complaint and so.
Let me just make sure I sit in my my.
My presentation that's it for me a lesser any questions or I could wait around till the end if that's easier.
I have a question so how many do you guys.
Excuse me.
No.
If you're going to be an outburst of match it'll leave.
Thank you.
Thank you for that presentation.
Mayor.
I'm going to.
Madam.
Yes I have a question.
Thank you.
I'm sorry I don't remember your name but.
Have you provided the city of Compton or its residents the the the schools that they were referring to.
Have you provided them any air filters to help combat this some of the situation you know we have some students come up and say that they had no leads.
They're getting headaches and it's very difficult for a child to concentrate if they have a file older that they're always smelling so I just want to know did you provide any of the schools or any of the residents did live by this facility any filters.
The simple answer is I don't know just to be honest we have these various programs that involve you know an application process to receive a filter and that kind of thing it is unclear to be exactly.
If that was accessed here, but I will find out that information for you. And it's something that we should certainly be talking about.
Any other questions from the council? Yes.
After the multiple complaints that you guys have received or you investigated and found them to be accurate, what's the next step from AQMD?
I should have addressed that earlier. So we issue violations, especially a series of violations, then these are referred to our legal department for negotiation.
That's where they are now. Back in lead to a settlement with penalties, or we may file a lawsuit if there's an impact.
But in cases of ongoing noncompliance of this thing keeps going. The last violation I believe was June 16th. So there's been a little bit of a break.
But at least let me say if there's been a break in terms of our violations, not in what the community is going through.
But if we're able to do this outreach and work with the community and continue to do it, this could lead to us filing an action before our independent hearing board.
The hearing board then can establish conditions and require the facility to take definitive actions here.
Councilwoman, don't you have any questions? Yes, I do have one question.
Are there any other companies that are being inspected or addressed in the area, or is it just rural?
And that's the complicating issue here, right, is that there are numerous.
And we talk about the Alameda corridor, even I drove by World Oil again earlier today to refresh my memory.
And there are a bunch of facilities within, I don't know, 500 yards of that location. So there are different, there's a Chrome shop, there's, I think a manufacturer, there are numerous other facilities there.
In terms of the violations, our inspectors meet with the residents and go back and trace those odors.
So if we're talking about who's responsible, World Oil is responsible for these odors that we're talking about here today.
But that doesn't mean that there aren't other sources and other issues that we should all be looking at.
Thank you.
I have a couple of questions to say, can you explain just what exactly leaked into the air?
Because I know we're talking about the air quality of air over in this area.
And I'm looking to air during the May 21st, fire at war all.
And are those damaged wastewater tanks still venting films right now? Are they still, are they have they been repaired?
What is the status of that?
With respect to the fire, all of my understanding is, and my team will correct me if I'm wrong.
My understanding is all of the processes, all of the equipment that was damaged during the fire has been completely repaired.
That is our understanding there. With respect to these tanks, there's that big, you know, that big, the big wastewater tank that you'll see when you're driving by.
That's the one being decommissioned.
Repairs have been made to that since the last time we were there and identified,
but this is, this is an aging facility.
So we're always looking for new potential issues.
So we have, I don't know too much of the detail, but we have certain technology, certain cameras,
optical gas imaging cameras.
So we can look and it's like looking kind of like infrared.
So we can see if there's something coming off of these tanks.
So we regularly use those and scan it to see if there are any other problems coming up.
So to answer your question, Madam Mayor, those problems have been addressed,
but we're on the lookout for future issues.
As I recall, some time back, there was a study that was done.
A lot of these old buildings.
And they had some type of system where they actually installed the system in order for them to determine the air quality in that area.
In those areas.
I know this has been a while since this happened.
And I'm just wondering why has any of that taken place at this time.
We have sort of regularly scheduled studies that we do for broad areas, our mates studies.
And so I think is that every five years, five years is, I think, you know, resources, permitting, et cetera.
And so my understanding is we're coming upon a time for the next one.
If that is, if that is the study you're talking about, but I'm also happy to discuss.
To see if there's a particular study or particular inquiry that you're interested in.
Okay. So you say around five years.
If we're talking about the same thing, I apologize.
I'm not a scientist, so I'm not really involved in that part, but I'm happy to dig a little deeper.
Would you please?
Yes.
Yes, ma'am.
And if you could share that information with the Council, I would appreciate and the communities.
Well.
Okay.
Thank you.
Madam Mayor.
Just one other question.
So is it true that you have a monitoring station at 700 North Bulls or near Lunes Park?
Do you know where the closest model is?
There is one.
I know there is one locally, but I am not sure about.
The community is saying, our CSC members are saying, 700.
700 will list roads, so I'm not sure if that's the same location.
Okay.
So could you find out and clarify that for us?
And how often are they checked or whatever?
So could form where the compensation is a monitoring station is located?
Yeah.
And how often you expect to see what the results are?
Okay.
One more.
I don't know if you can answer this or not, but isn't there.
And for a lack of better words, isn't there a device or equipment called like a scrubber?
So when that pair or whatever is discharge, it would filter that to prevent the, you know, the
the fuel is from discharge and into the atmosphere.
And it made the world energy to answer that question, but as far as your experience and whatever,
don't they have equipment or devices like that that would filter that air before it's discharge?
Yeah.
The simple answer is yes, sir, there is.
That technology exists.
World oil does have controls, and it's one of the things that our engineers are looking at.
You see, like, maybe these, these somewhat regular odors, or they a result of that process,
and that, you know, there are a number of things to look at, but that's one of the things we are definitely examining.
Are there any additional questions?
No, okay.
Thank you.
Okay.
Thank you.
Hi.
My name is Dr. Sessarher Johnson.
I'm the Deputy Executive Officer for Community Engagement and Air Programs at South Coast Air Quality Management District.
I'm also responsible for the AB-617 program, which is a statewide legislation that finds ways to engage with community on those communities that are disproportionately impacted by air pollution,
of which South LA, Watts, Wilmington Carson, West Long Beach are also AB-617 programs.
In these programs, we work with each individual community of which Compton is a part that's high.
I've been blessed with knowing council member Barbara Kalham, to be a part of that group in the part of the community.
So we meet on a quarterly basis.
Each community is able to determine what issues are a priority for their community.
In the South LA, CSC, Community Steering Community, they have identified four such projects, one of which being what claiming projects for dry cleaners, another being auto body, another being green spaces and another is residential and school elfotration units, which is, I think, the question that you had earlier.
And so it is in process now.
They have other communities that have been around longer where they've been providing these resources to them, but this particular community, the South LA community is still in process to develop that.
So we're looking to partnerships with the schools.
They have prioritized funding for residential airfotration units, but also school airfotration units as well.
So we're going to be trying to work with partners and the community to be able to see what we can do to address those issues and concerns.
We can give you more details, but I just wanted to just state that that it is actually being worked on.
And in our CSC, we have community members who are part of that.
That's business industry education and members of the community that participate with South Coast.
First let me say thank you for bringing that forth trust because I know that something that is something I know I'm interested in and I'm pretty sure the community as well as well as the council members.
I just know that you guys are working on something to actually help address this issue.
And I know you say that in every community, how many people you serve on that they come to the meeting that's come to this from Compton.
I know Ms. Calhoun is definitely there.
Fifty people across the cities, but about 10 or so that I think represent Compton fairly regularly.
Okay, yes, okay, thank you.
Can you repeat your name for the record?
My name is Dr. Sessa, her Johnson and Deputy Executive Officer for Community Engagement and Air Programs at South Coast.
Thank you for your presentation, thank you for sharing.
Thank you.
Glad to help.
Good afternoon.
My name is Mandy Bane, I'm the Deputy Director for the Hazardous Waste Management Program at the Department of Toxic Substances.
So I oversee permitting enforcement and also our policy divisions.
So I wanted to start off just by explaining a little bit about DTSC's role.
We are charged with enforcing hazardous waste control laws.
Those are the state laws based on federal laws as well.
And all of those rules really are designed the intention of them as to protect public health and the environment.
We need to make sure that any hazardous waste is being managed safely.
As part of that, we permit the treatment storage and disposal of hazardous waste.
So world oil, for example, a permanent facility.
We conduct inspections of those regulated facilities and respond to incidents involving those facilities.
We evaluate compliance with the laws and regulations.
And we also of course coordinate with our local state and federal partner agencies like those you're hearing from today.
We also have a lot of ways in which we interact with community and receive community input.
So we do have public common opportunities.
Those are formal opportunities during the permit renewal process.
As I'll talk about in a little while when the next opportunity will be related to world oil.
We also have, as you heard from Magale Sanchez Hall, the Environmental Justice Advisory Committee.
We also have the Board of Environmental Safety.
There is a Cal EPA.
So the California Environmental Protection Agency has an online complaint system.
So you can report anything related to the environment there.
I would still encourage, of course, odors locally, as you all know, to call 1-800-CUT SMOG or use the other methods of reporting to ACMD.
That's super important.
And then of course we try to attend local meetings to listen and provide updates.
We have at the last EJEC meeting committed to holding a public meeting, a community meeting where we can really talk through the permit process and some of the really technical pieces of the permit.
Before we start the formal public comment period.
So we will be doing that, I think, hopefully in October.
Okay, so you've already heard about world oil.
The company is also called Demento Cardoon.
So you've heard about what they do.
They are a permitted TSDF.
So that means they can treat store or dispose of hazardous waste.
And that's it, I guess.
So we know that they had the fire.
We, of course, responded.
They notified us.
They're required to notify us as they, you heard Terrence Man say they're required to notify ACMD as well.
After the fire, a few days after I think our enforcement division went out to begin their investigation.
That investigation is still in progress.
They're gathering information.
Invaluating that information. So we don't know if there's any, you know, maybe violations that happened yet that investigation continues.
The other recent activity that you have heard mentioned is that the world oil is decommissioning that one of the very large tanks that's out there.
I think it's the largest one. It's very visible. And it's a wastewater tank. They call it T55001. That's why we have it up there like that. So they are, they have a plan to close it and remove it. And as part of that, we did issue them.
The temporary authorization that they are required to have in order to, they have to take, take basically the, the stuff that settled in the bottom of that tank.
They have to take it out. They're putting it into this equipment that they are temporarily authorized to use in order to treat it.
And then, you know, they'll, they'll manage it appropriately from there. So that was the temporary authorization that we granted very recently.
But that, I think, some, there was some confusion, unfortunately, and that is not related to the 10 year, typically 10 year up to 10 year permit that we are in the process of evaluating their application and making a decision on whether or not to renew the permit.
Just in addition on this, you know, the fire and the current odors, we are certainly coordinating with our partner agencies and continuing to have those conversations there.
So what we have committed to, of course, we are continuing our ongoing review and investigation of the fire incident.
We have continues regulatory oversight and coordination.
If there are complaints that we receive, we will go through the appropriate process to investigate those complaints as well.
And like I said, we hope to really spend some time with those who are interested in understanding the facilities permit with application.
And it's very technical. It's kind of hard. It's hard to just pick up and read as a regular person.
I'm also not a scientist so it's hard engineers hard for me too, but we want to spend some time being able to have conversations about what's in the permit, what does it mean?
What does it mean to the community so folks can engage more with the public comment period as well.
I think that's it. Yeah, there's our contact information. Gary Hammond is permit project manager.
There's also public in virus store is our website where a lot of the documents are held, but hot tip.
There's actually a DK, we call it DK, but world oil website.
So if you go there, you'll be able to find the most important documents without having to search through in virus store.
Thank you. Is there any questions for the presenter this time from the council?
Yes, I have a question for you.
What action would your organization take towards world oil?
I saw in your PowerPoint and said enforcement, what does that look like?
So that's the part where the investigation is still ongoing.
So what we do is if they have a permit, right?
And if they violate the conditions of the permit or the hazardous waste control laws, we can issue a violation similar to what AQMD was talking about.
There might be penalties or even civil cases that are brought against them.
So we're still doing that investigation first to understand if there were any violations of the laws that we enforce.
Councilwoman, do you have any questions?
No.
Councilwoman, died.
No, thank you.
Good afternoon.
I'm Janet Scully.
I'm happy to be here.
I'm with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
More specifically, I'm in the Office of Environmental Justice and Climate Health.
So, in light of several recent environmental incidences, including the East LA crude oil spill,
the lineage warehouse fire and boil heights, and the world oil fire, and NFVs that we're talking about today.
I do want to take a broader approach in my remarks today, rather than focus on any one event,
because we are seeing so many of them, and we know world oil is not the only industrial facility in this neighborhood.
So, I also know I have very limited time as we're approaching 4 o'clock, so I'm going to make my remarks really brief.
I don't want to create fear or suggest that these incidences are acceptable in any way.
Instead, I want to help residents know where to find reliable information, understand what actions they can take during an emergency,
and become more familiar and available with some of the community resources that are provided.
I also want to touch on, I'm not sure who's touching my slides, but I'm not there yet.
Okay, the role of the public health department is really to protect the health of residents before, during and after industrial accidents,
by providing trusted health information, assessing health risks, engaging with communities,
coordinating with our partner agencies, which we have been doing, and connecting people to the resources they need to stay safe and recover.
What public health does not do is we don't extinguish fires, we don't regulate industrial facilities, we don't direct evacuations,
and we do not enforce air quality regulations.
So, I only have a few slides, I am going to move through to what I think is most important.
I'm clicking, I'm clicking, okay, one more.
This has been brought up earlier, but just to re-emphasize, I don't think I need to touch on bullet number one,
which is regarding odors, but for the other two bullets on the slide.
There are places that you can call and reach out to if you have concerns about oil and gas sites,
which are also in most communities in LA County, so I provided the phone number and an email there.
Public health also has a public health community message line where you can report your health symptoms.
We have public health nurses that they listen to those messages and they return those calls,
and it helps us to track symptoms that community members are reporting.
So, we don't have like this grand system, but we are interested in tracking symptoms,
especially when there's some sort of incident that's taken place.
So, our phone number and our email is there as well.
And then the last thing I'll say is there are lots of places that community members can go to to get trusted emergency information.
What we have found is during some of these industrial incidences.
There's a lot of confusion and people don't really know where to go to get accurate and trusted information.
And so, I've put on the slide here some places that you can go to get notifications from trusted sources.
And this is my contact information.
Thank you.
Let me say I want to thank all of you for being here today at UMD, DTSC and the county health department, all of you being here to share information with the community.
So, we can have a better understanding as to what it's really going on here with our community.
Because our number one poverty is most certainly to try to make sure that we take care of the residents in our community.
Now, I believe it was mentioned about air filter filters that we think that some areas may have.
I'm just wondering if there's any way that those air filters that you have.
If there's any air filters that can be distributed to our community, if you could get that information and share that information with us.
I really would appreciate it because if there's anything that you can that can be done to actually alleviate what is happening there.
I would really would like to make sure that that's taking care of.
And so, you could get that information to me.
So, and let us know how many people could pick up some pretty shit we're going to need quite a few of in that area, especially with our elementary school being being classified.
So, I really would appreciate that.
You know, it's when you get that information.
Thank you.
So, right now, that's in the end of the presentation.
So, I'm looking for information to come back to the council and also I want to make sure that information share with the community as well.
Because they are the ones that's living in that community and they need the air filters in that area.
And for the schools, this will be as well as the residents. Okay, thank you.
Yes, madam.
You can close the public workshop.
Okay.
And then open the regular council meeting so you can convene two closed session after public comment.
Okay.
Thank you.
So, we'll close the public workshop at this moment at this time.
And we will open up for the.
Okay.
For the regular council meeting.
Okay.
Again, thank all of you for coming out today.
I can start with the roll call if you really now.
Just wait a second.
Which of they leave out.
Excuse me.
If you could please.
Excuse me.
Hello.
Could you please keep the noise down as you leave because we still have a meeting going on.
So, thank you.
Oh, and by the way.
I'm sorry.
I want to make sure that.
We get your contact information.
So, I'm Terrence Man.
And we will contact you.
Who is the best contact here.
Okay.
Thank you.
Yes.
You.
Thank you.
Okay.
We do have a meeting.
Still going on.
Please.
If you could just.
Keep the noise down as you leave.
Back to door.
Thank you.
Okay.
Thank you.
Okay.
Thank you.
Do roll call again.
Okay.
Roll call.
This is now 14 p.m.
Time for the regularly scheduled closed session for the Compton City Council.
I will call roll to establish a call.
Council member do her.
Here.
Council member Spicer.
Council member.
Here.
May I should leave?
Yeah.
You have a call.
I need a motion to convene your call session.
Do public come in if it's any public come in are we doing public come in
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Lister, on December 1, although it was said before, was on the next Wednesday.
Rescued, was on Dessie Guan, was at HF.
So we need motion to convene your conversation.
So moved.
Second, second.
Thank you, well-call man, sidacon.
Councilmember Duhar, councilmember Spicer, councilmember Bottle House.
Yes? Councilmember Dorton, yes? Mayor Shiree.
Yes? New adjourned to close session at 14 p.m..
Okay, we'll reconvene, you have a subsequent meet item that you need to place on.
No, I wanted to read the item, so we're going to close session on.
I can do that now.
Yes.
Thank you very much.
We're going to meet in close session regarding the conference with legal council.
He's missing the litigation, pursuant to government co-section.
Five, four, nine, five, six, five, five, four, nine, five, six,
point nine, C and D1.
Cynthia Zvala versus the city of Compton, L-A-S-C,
case number two, six, S-T, C-V, zero, seven, two, four, four.
We're also going to go on the conference with legal council,
existing litigation, pursuant to government co-section, five, four, nine, five, six,
point nine, C and D1.
The reason I'm deaf versus the city of Compton,
U-S-D-C, case number two, colon two, five,
that C-V, that zero, zero, one, eight, four, that A-S.
We're also going to go on the conference with legal council.
We're going to anticipate the litigation, pursuant to government co-section, five, four, nine, five, six,
point nine, E1, or D2, and E1, because there's significant exposure to litigation in three cases.
We're going on the conference with legal council regarding anticipated
litigation, pursuant to government co-section, five, four, nine, five, six,
point nine, D4, to consider initiation of litigation in two cases.
We also have a subsequent need item that is the reason, since we posted the agenda.
An item regarding the city controller is an employment.
Five, five, four, nine, I'm sorry.
I beg to point number.
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I beg to point number.
I beg this is second, please.
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Okay.
Now we'll adjourn your in close.
We'll recess the closed session now.
Is there a motion?
That's right.
We did it.
Thank you.
Row comment.
Councilmember Duhar.
Yes.
Councilmember Spicer.
Councilmember Bauer.
Yes.
Councilmember Dorth.
Yes.
Mayor Sharif.
Yes.
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Marusicurc, back in session at what time?
Thank you.
Marusicurc is now 634 if we could have a motion of second to reconvene.
Madam Mayor is now 634 if we could have a motion of second to reconvene.
Motion to reconvene.
Thank you.
Motion to reconvene.
Thank you.
You know, Madam City Clerk, you want to hear when we open up?
We didn't do the pledge of allegiance before so we could do the pledge of allegiance.
Okay, thank you.
Thank you.
Would you please stand for a moment of silence in the pledge of allegiance?
You want to reconvene the pledge of allegiance?
No, we can be first and then do the pledge of allegiance.
Yes.
Okay, thank you.
You want to do the roll count now?
You want to, I would like to do the world count now.
Yes.
Yes, it is.
This is to reconvene the member.
Do you have a member of the book heart?
Yes.
Member Spicer.
Member Bowers.
Member Bouher?
Yes.
Member Darden.
Yes.
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Yes, good evening Mayor.
Good evening Mayor.
Good afternoon.
So first we had a conference with the UK Council for the SSA education
for the civil servants of the SSA,
and we hope to see you all tonight.
And we hope to see you all tonight.
Thank you very much.
I also hope to see you all tonight.
Thank you Mayor.
Thank you for the information.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Good evening Madam Mayor.
We all know technology continues to evolve at a rapid pace.
Good evening Madam Mayor.
We all know technology continues to evolve at a rapid pace, and we have an opportunity to advance her efforts to enhance public safety with the DFR program.
And we have an opportunity to advance our efforts to enhance public safety.
to advance her efforts to enhance public safety with the DFR program.
The other county shares department has agreed to a 90 day party program with Cardio, a number of companies
skydio S. K. Y. D. I. O. E. S. E. C. To testify about with the viability of the drone as a program with the
strong schedule, the start of the conversation on all of the United States. The court on the station was a regional
chosen. To evaluate the idea for program.
Can you please go back to the previous slide? And what is the
DFR program, the DFR program, the launches of remotely piloted a drone in response to a
call for service, which is received by our station dispatch personnel. The drone will be deployed
from one of two drone platforms installed at a compensation. The drone should arrive on
scene before ground units and gain enhanced situation or awareness to provide to
responding personnel. The drone will be flown by an FAA certified pilot deputy assigned
a compensation. We currently have five deputies and one sergeant who are FAA certified pilot.
A drone will only launch when a call for service is received, or when there's a
telephone request, may by deputies personnel related to a criminal investigation or
public safety issue. Every flight will be logged.
And we'll include the date in time with the call. The call incident number.
The pilot information and the GPS recorded flight path and duration of the flight. This flight
data information will be posted on the share of the Department transparency page and will be available
And he will be able to do it for the next slide.
The AFR call for service response.
Once the call is received and a drone is launched, a drone could arrive on seeing quicker
than a ground patrol unit, which will be reduced to our response hours.
A drone could arrive on seeing whether one to two minutes from the time it is launched
and the drone operator can communicate the observations to respond in patrol units for a
free person and informed response.
This would have just our deputies and assessing situations more effectively,
locate suspects faster, identify any additional threats,
and optimize the response of our deputies personnel.
Next slide.
Some of the benefits the community, again, reduced response time,
to see the report.
Highs on seeing sooner allowing for a better situation or awareness,
and makes a safer for responding deputies and safer for the public.
We expect longer outcome, especially for crimes and progress,
as an aerial view will help direct units to the scene and locate suspects.
Reducing the need for patrol officers.
Additional benefits included, better use of resources.
As incidents came, we'll get resolved, quicker and patrol units can respond
to other calls for service.
And the drone video footage will maintain a document or response,
which will be recorded and saved with the associated investigation,
which I will discuss further shortly.
Next slide.
So the DFR program does not replace the response by a sheriff's department,
a report of a helicopter from the White House.
Why area searches and co-found or sustained over-watch operations
for main missions for a shell and share a helicopter?
Some additional benefits would be that a drone will be substantially quieter
than a helicopter orbiting the area in the area.
And a drone, when one of our pilots is on duty, would be available
to respond to calls for service when an arrow helicopter is out of the area,
and a helicopter responding to other calls throughout the town.
Next slide, please.
So there are safe guard measures built into every flight.
Safe guard in the privacy of the community is very important to us.
All the drone responds to an incident.
The video camera will not be recorded and it will be recorded
and it will be recorded to the horizon as pictured in the first picture in that frame.
And nothing along the route of travel will be observed in the route of a helicopter.
Once the drone arrives on the scene to call for service,
the drone reporting will begin and it will continue to report.
The drone leaves the scene.
And the investigation is complete.
So as the drone returns the platformer composition.
Again, the video will be pointed to the horizon
and nothing along the route of travel will be observed.
And it will be recorded by the drone pilot.
The drone deployment will be in response to a call for service and associated with the keys.
It's a call for service attack number.
There is no recognition site or last week the web and equipment to the drone.
Next slide, please.
So drone video recording.
The drone returns to the platformer composition that drone footage will automatically
upload and be stored into events that come.
So this is the same evidence platform that we use to upload and store all of our
audio camera footage recorded by a depth of personnel.
The video recording is recorded in a certain way.
The drone platforms need the federal security standards.
The drone reporting will be retained in compliance with share of the planet policy
and call the public records performance.
All actions in relation to the viewing of video downloading or sharing of video footage
will be automatically logged into.
Next slide, please.
So we will maintain a public draft public dashboard for transparency on our share
to partner transparency and agreement which is on our share of apartment a website.
The dashboard information will include the GPS Black Platform map and will also include the
deployment statistics such as the number of flights.
The number of types, the number of each has.
Address response times flight operations and specific apprehensions,
So in the top of the slide, it's fading yellow writing, but you have the LSD policy and our shares, the parliament policy and procedures related to drones available on our department's website.
So some of the prohibited uses department drones shall not be used to unlawfully harass and intimidate or discriminate against any individual group.
So not be used to randomly surveil any member of the department, but the public or any area that doesn't exist to public safety.
So not be used to report a photograph in person and the assemblies for the purpose of identifying participants or not invades an unlawful conduct.
So not be deployed within this present and a reasonable risk observed by the drone pilot at the time of the mission.
It should not be used for any personal business.
It should not be equipped with weapons or any form unless that last week of the munitions or any facial recognition software.
It should not be used in a matter or use it in any software or padded equipment that is contrary to any of this no restrictions imposed by the drone commander.
Finally, no department members are deployed personally on drone while on duty.
Next slide please.
So oversight and accountability on unmanned aircraft are governing equipment under California law assembly bill for 81.
Our shares department of policy and procedures related to drones.
Again is available on our website and the DFR program operates under FAA authorization with our certified pilots.
And all flight records, video access locks and policy compliance will be available for department body and civilian oversight.
This concludes my presentation.
Thank you.
Yes sir.
How many drones are there?
Two.
We have two drone platforms.
One operator.
One operator from Stacey.
Yes sir.
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Good morning.
Madam Mayor, we move to public comments on agenda items and on agenda matters at this time.
Thank you.
Our first speaker is Ken Mayers.
Good evening to the council.
My name is Ken Mayers and I'm a resident here.
I guess I'm here again because I was starting to come frustrated.
I've been here before and it's called to the council.
I've worked for government now for the third year and I've learned three things about working.
The first thing I learned is that when you work for the people who serve the people all the time, everything you come in.
The second thing I learned is that when you come into the office, it's always a story behind a story and if somebody lies about something small, they'll come to mind about something to be.
So I've learned a few things working for the government.
I've worked for a many hours working and I've been investigated.
And I've been a consultant in private management as a mother because of other physicians.
And every one of them took planning.
And I'm thinking to myself now in the position that I do have and I don't see it here in the company.
We have lots of projects and problems.
But I don't see people work towards the goals and objectives at all.
I keep seeing the same thing over and over again.
And we've all talked about it over and over again.
I hear plans.
I just heard the plans out here and I hope it works.
But you know what I think we need is to start doing one thing every day.
We've got to move to work on more accountability.
I have one job with the government and it's for it.
I wake up and I go to work and I have the same question and say everyone who worked on our program.
One, what are you doing today?
The second is what do you need to do your job today?
And the third is when are you going to be finished in front of the project?
And I need to know if that's what we do here.
Because I just don't see it.
I watch it every week on TV.
Confirm knowledge.
You work, you know, on crisis and you know, there's always an app that actually reports.
And I don't see any of them.
There's always an evaluation to every problem and every product and I don't see them.
And we know again is the government's money.
So we have to start working on a timely manner here in the company.
I guess my frustration comes because I look at the company and I'm waiting to see number one.
The product that we've been promising for years.
And I need to see some problems starting to be solved.
Because I'm not getting it.
And it needs to be more time.
Now, I'm going to go down the shot and this because I know my time here is limited.
Two days ago, there was a takeover on those cramps at 4 o'clock.
And you could not pay us.
You had to go around to get to 710.
And I didn't see a response.
I've gone around before that.
Okay, captain is still trying to use money from 2021.
And I think that's a polling.
Sir, I'm so sorry.
You have three minutes.
Yes, sir.
You have three minutes.
Thank you.
Our next speaker is Lydia McIntosh.
The next speaker's agenda.
First, I want to say I'm the chairperson for the beautiful occasion, and then secondly, do heart,
bar, spicer, and powers. We need three more people in our organization to help move it for, you know, to do things for the city. So we're lacking people in our organization.
So if you guys can get us three more members, you know, we would truly appreciate that. Okay, secondly, I want to speak about the all problem here. You guys, we have kids here in this city.
And in this city, if the kids are having problems, you know, going to school, breathing, nose, bleeding,
parents, we're supposed to take care of our kids. That's our number one priority.
And if we have a certain industry in the city that's not doing what they're supposed to do, then it's time for us, all of us, everybody, to get up and do something about it.
And so the people that you guys brought here today, okay, I have to say the way I feel personally, I didn't care for any of them, because the information they gave us was not completely accurate.
And unlike a real said, I know for a fact, my husband is an old person he's done it 40 years and his friends and I know a lot about it.
You know, are you need us a ball and it in hell's oxygen and hook it up till machine and they can tell you identify everything.
And when the gentleman said they only have a, what is it, an inspection once a year, my husband worked in safety, they're supposed to have inspections all the time they are.
And you cannot tell me, you know, five years, you know, an inspection, that's crazy to me. You didn't, you didn't identify none of the things that you're all company as pludent, the area with nothing at all was talked about nothing.
And then the other people who is there, everybody, all they're interested in is really is getting literature information.
So they went information that we should be able to document information. Okay, sorry, second problem. First, you need to get contact, I told groups, you know, to get in contact with the school board.
They need to have a qualified nurse at these schools to document the kids that are having no sleep.
They need this, they really do. And secondly, because we have a lot of, I don't know, immigrants or Latinos or people that are not legally here, you have to realize they're not going to take their kids to the doctor like I would.
They're not going to do that. So we need documentation and you guys, another thing I think if you guys can't handle it, I think it's the public is our obligation, our responsibility to reach out to the EPA and
The next speaker is Maria Vellorea.
Maria Vellorea, a real company Latino Chamber of Commerce President.
Tonight, I'm here with the, and I have one announcement and one question, two questions.
Then announcement about, that I'm going to give today is that a company Latino Chamber of Commerce finally put together a company and a street vendor protection economic and development plan.
A program designed to support protect and empower street vendors and legitimate more business owners who contribute to the economic of our city.
So the plan is to start with the street vendors that indicate them about the things that they need to do and they're not supposed to be doing at the end of the day they become a business owners and contribute to the economic of our city.
The question that I have is that a very interesting question in my opinion regarding the committees of the city of Compton.
I used to participate in the and one of the committees community development something something but I've been.
I do some research.
And for years the Compton committees are not up to date.
So they last updated the city data was on the 17 of this month and I can see the same people is representing the committees over and over and over.
My question is if I have four years of representation of the committee.
I was supposed to continue to represent in the same committee or we given the opportunity to other people to participate.
There's a committee there that they're they're not renewing their like for instance public safety committee.
So there's some same people and some of those people ran for street I mean for districts during the elections.
Now they feel the elections are done now they're going to restart them on the committees.
I suppose to give the opportunity to other people.
I think it's unfair.
The other thing is that parking what is it.
The number 13 on the item number 13 if you're going to do a story on the parking at the citywide.
We think community need to know a specification as how this a start is going to be presented period whether it's in this would want to three or four.
So we can eliminate issues like we have on this one.
So we wouldn't have that people complaining about we didn't know we don't know how this work.
We never heard about this.
You got to give us the respect and the knowledge.
So we can follow the rules and regulations.
The next speaker is our Debbie Shaw.
I'm just here. I want to do a follow up on a.
Oh, I'm Debbie. I just live in District 3.
I want to do a follow up on the street.
Street can pay when you guys kind of come out and do that.
And I notice with the new.
I guess the parking enforcement.
I think it could be a great job for you guys to have them out there.
But I think they need to be trained or maybe they should educate the.
The neighbors in the area because it's a lot that I see to go on that they're not doing properly.
Like they just say taking tickets for no reason.
You know, I'm saying I guess just to make a quarter or something like that.
I feel like it could work but like she was just saying you need to educate if you're going to use the program.
Because I think the program will be a nice program for content.
But a lot of residents out there.
They're not really understanding what's going on.
All they know if they come outside and they's finding tickets on their cars.
So if you're going to use the program at least educate the people on what's going on with the program and how it work.
And another thing.
You guys out there sight taking tickets, but we don't even have a parking signs out there to even tell us what's going on.
Every morning somebody have to get up to tell somebody, hey you park on this side, you park on this side.
So I think we need to go out there because I know I did a research on my street.
Now I want from corner to corner.
I didn't see any parking signs out there.
So I think maybe it can work.
But I just think you need to educate the, you know, the brokers that you guys have out there.
It's not a, you know, they sit out there and it's like, oh, I want to get this person to take it.
And they come up and down the street, maybe three or four times a day.
And I think before they give the ticket, at least educate the people out, why they get in the ticket.
Let them understand the reason for them getting the ticket instead of just sight taking tickets.
And they don't know what they get in the ticket for.
Thank you.
That is, is there anyone in the audience that would like to speak?
Please come to the podium.
Tang and Louis first district.
First of all, I'm still perturbed from last week's meeting.
This $870,000.
I agree with one person that was Jonathan.
Give the money back or share the money.
You guys knew about the money.
Along with us, because when we came back after COVID, we knew about the money.
We just didn't hear anything because y'all kept it quiet.
We all said, the city got COVID money.
What are they going to do with it?
But you guys, you wasn't here, Jordan.
But the rest of you were.
Jonathan said that the COVID money came 2021.
That's true.
Jonathan was here.
Jordan was here.
I don't know what spicy was here.
But like one lady said a few months ago,
stop being swept up under the rug.
Last year, our year before last,
Hopkins, Mr. Grown, Hopkins, when he was here,
we had a meeting because this city had money in 2018
that they kept up under the rug and we didn't find out about it.
And two years ago, they had to either spend the money,
or get rid of it.
We said right there before we had a meeting on a Tuesday
to see where this 2020, 18 money was going.
Never did see exactly if all the money was gone.
And that's what we need to know.
Because that's unfinished business.
We need to know what that money spent.
Now we need to know what took so long,
sheery and a mayor.
I'm sorry.
What took you so long?
Five years.
Sitting up there, knowing this COVID money was there.
And this city is looking raggedy every day.
I mentioned to you,
pair of ten left for raggedy.
After pair of ten brown left for raggedy,
and she handed over to you.
And we get $800 and something thousand dollars
and you said on it for five years, five years.
You didn't know what to do with it.
You couldn't buy no paint.
No flowers, nothing.
But five years.
Jonathan said,
sending the money back.
No, no.
We're not sending money back.
We're going to spend the money here in Compton, the citizen.
And I need to know, can we have a Saturday meeting?
We don't need y'all to vote.
This is enough for us to vote.
We need a meeting on Saturday so we could vote for this on this.
And I'm going to help you go dark.
Good evening, Council.
Residents and those listening at home.
First and foremost, I want to say that was a fraud fraud.
That deal you guys gave us for the fireworks.
Share the permit and collect the dying.
They just put a poster out saying that you can't have fire.
You'll be fine and all of this at an a third.
It never happened.
So why did we need them?
We need answers.
I'm going to talk about closed sessions.
When we're doing closed sessions from now on, coming for city attorney.
Can you give us the description if we pay out.
Who will we pay for if it's a slip and fall or whatever the case may be.
Could you elaborate a little bit more for us on that.
When we're 10 Boulevard.
I'm strictly need this book.
Because it's nothing but weeds down there.
All this money and I came up here advocating along with everybody else about
When we're 10 Avenue and it looks deplorable.
No water weeds.
All those flowers are weeds.
So please get on that.
I want to see something done with that.
The minutes.
Now we have a clerk.
We need those legal documents.
She's in 25.
And I don't understand why you count so people sitting up there letting her get away with this.
What is 26 we in 26 you guys don't have no minutes.
We don't even know if they're going to be accurate.
But you guys are steady passing.
Up there.
Approved in the 25 minutes. We in 26, some wrong. So either she either had one job or two jobs, which one is it?
Because she right now looks like she got two jobs, but she need to have one job if I'm going to pay my money and get our minutes right.
Now item number 10, I need to know why. Number 11, check and balance on that.
Number 13 is yes. Number 14, please pass it. We need it. No explanation.
And Jonathan, Consumant Bowers, thank you. Thank you so much for saving that million dollars that was going to walk out that door.
I appreciate you. Because me as a grant commissioner, I should have been part of that sitting down and reviewed the applications. Me and my colleagues.
And you know where those people should have been able to get a million dollars in you. That was bogus. I investigated it myself.
And I told you, Mr. Army, it was some janky stuff going on with that. I was some janky stuff going on. I seen it myself.
So it's time for you guys to get it together when you come back in August. September, please come back.
I'm going to jump on the citizens because a lot of this is going to happen.
Vanessa, I'm going to jump on the citizens because a lot of this is our thought as well. Even though we know we have an incompetent council minus one.
I think that a lot of it has to do with that. We have an election and during that election, we had a competent candidate.
Now the citizens are starting to cry about taxes and other things. You had a candidate that could have lowered your taxes.
But you decided to go with someone else that couldn't do anything for you. And these are the things that you have to look at yourself as citizens.
Obviously, you are stupid as the people you vote for.
Because there's no way I would have put Spicer or anyone else above a candidate that was educated.
We had one educated client, a candidate. One out of all the other candidates that knew how to move a city forward.
But then, oh no, we don't want him. We want someone else that can get high. Who's now not sitting in that seat representing his district and hasn't been sitting in the seat. Who's been our money on a credit card.
This is a kind of stuff you want to represent you.
See, I'm not going to let the citizens get away with this because you've been doing it too long.
I know it was a robbery during the election. We know that. We know it was fraudulent.
Down to the wire. It was fraudulent. We know that. We know that went to bed, went up with all the ballots.
They threw in too many. We know that. And that's being handled as well. We're still on top of it.
Don't think it's gone away because it has not. The fans are on it. This is something, but we need to discuss this.
This is something we need to deal with. And that's why we have problems with parking.
We have problems with everything. Our water systems, our sewer systems. Everything is just bad.
Because the citizens are ragging in. A lot of the citizens are ragging in. Look at our city.
We're supposed to be just this clean. Yes. We need a cleaner. But we should be doing a lot of things.
Your yard is not cleaned up. Your dumping grease down our systems. And we wonder why water is brown.
I'm not letting you get away with it. I know about the council, but the citizens are raggedy too.
And we need to do something about it. The citizens are serious about this city.
We've got to start jumping on those that are not doing what they're supposed to do.
I'm not going to allow somebody to move on my block and start parking 20 cars up and down the street.
It's not happening. And we got to deal with that. So we need to start taking responsibility.
Let's see the citizens of calm.
Good evening council. For Del Marquez district one.
I want to speak on world oil. I'm glad we had that workshop today.
It was a start, but we need to do more as a community.
We weren't given the right answers. We had the professionals here that really came here unprepared.
To give us the answers that we should have gotten years ago.
And like I said earlier, when I was growing up, we didn't have these resources.
A lot of people have died behind world oil. So I think it's time to give them an exit plan.
We keep on hearing about violations. They have money. They pay them and they continue to violate.
His mic is going out.
There it goes. We need to work closely with these agencies because world oil is not the only polluter in the city.
And I think this is an eye opener for the rest of them. We put enough pressure on them. They'll start doing right.
I think the council needs to form a environmental committee.
That way they were closely with these agencies to keep the pressure going.
That way the city is moved in the right direction.
I want to address item number 10.
I don't think the residents of content should put their lives in the hands of the people of Downey.
I think enough people have died when you have an emergency every second counts.
Now this call gets reverted to Downey back to content. That's insane to me.
Like I said, and I keep on preaching there was a woman, young girl, who died in front of my house where no one came to her rescue.
No fire, no nothing. I don't know who dropped the ball, but one death is too many.
We really need to look into bringing this back. Downey has their own problems like every other city.
They're going to put Downey's problems first before they put competence problems.
So we need to really look into if we want to give them another contract for a whole year for 800,000.
We should have had someone working on this to see how we can bring this back in house.
That way someone is accountable here in the city and not in Downey.
Thank you.
Mr. City Manager, would you like to respond?
I would thank you, Madam Mayor.
Mr. Marquez, I'm sorry we had to cancel our appointment last Thursday, but City Hall closed.
Our air conditioning system went down.
So I didn't have to chance to meet with you, but I was hoping that we could share information with you that was shed light on what happened with the young person who died in front of your home.
I would say I'll tell you again when we meet next Thursday, but I'll say that it had nothing to do with the fire department.
The sheriff's department was in control of that situation and the sheriff's department communicates to the fire department as to whether they should come in or not.
Come in to the scene or stage to be ready to come in.
The sheriff's department notified the fire department to stage and wait.
The fire department was ready to come in, but they were instructed by the sheriff to stage.
So I still look forward to our meeting next week, but I'm afraid you are in error and saying that the fire department didn't respond properly.
And I'll give you more information next week.
First of all, I want to say, the drone that was supposed to come out on the fourth of July for Halloween was not the truth.
Because this officer just said that they're just talking about a drone or a drone.
The city clerk, A, attend all meetings of the city council and be responsible for recording and maintaining full and true records.
E, devote his or her full time during business hours to the duties of his or her office.
Those right there, I mean it doesn't take a rocket scientist to tell you that this person cannot be in two places at one time.
We're paying the city clerk and she's not here. She wasn't here last week and people are going to watch her on TV at the school district.
She's doing the same thing she did when she was a city employee.
We only think nobody's clocking her in. You guys are just accepting it and paying her.
It's not right. This is robbery to the city of Compton.
And when we decide to sue.
Because she's not upholding her job.
I don't expect our money to be paid for her a lawyer or an attorney.
And Ms. Mayer, I just want to tell you, this man is not the city attorney.
He's a council attorney, but he's not the city attorney.
And the assistant city manager, you need to give this mayor a copy of the city charter as it is today.
And you'll see the description of the city attorney. He does not make it.
He's show the public one thing and when he's up there, he does a whole other different thing because he knows he wants to still be employed by you.
The minutes, I had mentioned the minutes from day one that all the minutes should be current.
And as time allows, they should go back and do and process the old minutes.
It all falls on deaf ears all the time.
And I want to say, to thank, oh, she Vanessa really, okay, because she did go to the feds.
And we're not over with this election.
I thank you, Ms. Bauer, for voting no, because it was a truth.
But the rest of you guys are going to vote yes, because you guys are like a walking game.
You all, you talk about this among yourselves when you're not supposed to.
So when you come up here, there's no discussion because you've already decided what you're going to do.
You violate the charter, disrespect the people constantly, constantly.
And we as people, we don't have a city attorney to address the violations of the city.
Why? Because you dropped the ball.
We hit the point.
Vanessa, the clerk, I believe this in about in the comments.
We have two speakers that would like to speak that are online.
Okay, and our first speaker, Mr. Ron D.
Good evening, Mayor Council members, city officers, and residents of Compton.
Item agenda item number 12.
My name is Ron L. Dahl. They proud Compton homeowner says 977 and remember the concern citizens of Compton charter review committee.
I'm here tonight on two related matters. The charter revision and governance modernization initiative.
A federal grant application from Shirley Gillian that asked that I'm asking the council to approve.
And the urgent need to extend your charter committee's work.
In December, this council passed resolution number 26357.
Establishing the charter review committee to recommend an overhaul of the Compton city charter.
Compton members were selected and they began to work in April to meet and August deadline.
But if the committee has discovered five months that's not enough time for a task, this cost sequential.
The charter revision is a great idea. Even better, it is Compton's chance to reinvent and redefine itself in its own image.
But only of all residents have a safe homeowner's inventors, schools, K-12 and college students, elders and young people, business owners.
The conference sets. That kind of community feedback takes time.
This is our chance to define what matters, public safety, civic infrastructure, recreation
and green space, for example. It's our chance to clarify the kind of people we want to
choose to represent us. To honor and review is where the rubber meets the roll. To honor and revisions
where we take control of our future. That is why, also why I'm asking the council to
approve the CRGMI grant application that federal funding that the Gideon has identified can secure
a single attorney with experience and municipal charter revisions and an an an an administering
this was civic grant. Gideon, a full process, fairly and equitably with the expertise
competent deserves. So tonight, I respectfully ask that the council do two things. I approve the
CRGMI grant application and vote to extend its order if you commit his work through November 20, 28,
or longer, if that's what it takes to do this thing right. Thank you for your time and your
consideration. Our second speaker is Mr. Mel Bailey.
All right, thank you. Good evening, Madam Mayor, council city manager and Madam Clerk.
I, my name is Mel Bailey District 2 and first, I just want to say I'm coming to you tonight as President
and advocate of Edmonton Community Association. I want to thank you all for all that you have
done and more important for which you're going to do. I'm sent to emails and some public comments about
some matters that are really needed. One of the public, we really need assistance because they're not
living up to the end of their contract and I'm meeting the chance. As far as public safety matters,
we really need assistance with some tree trimming and some street lighting. Painting occurs, we have
two people, one that was there and one that was almost there because of the character and not
painting, creating blind spots and as far as the public safety, we have individuals who are popping out
human burglars. If you're unable to assist but I sent it to all of you and if you're unable to assist,
I just ask that you can forward it to wherever you need to go or you can at least advise me where to better
send it. When you're out for August, I just want to know who to do the work and take over because
you really need your help. Second, I also come to you tonight at CEO of the Melbourne
Collory Bay Foundation and this is a philanthropic, philanthropic organization that is a graduate
organization providing scholarships and this Saturday the focus will be on your store at the back
college of university so I just wanted to invite anyone who can hear this dad out of my shell and
Barack Obama sports complex over there behind door to high school, Italy, August 6th, there will be
opportunities for scholarships and for those who just want to gain more understanding, more information
about it. You see you, I saw it through back high student universities to come out and enjoy the
day, there will be raffle giveaways and a lot of good times so that's all I wanted to share with you
and I wish you all a good meeting peace be with you. Mayor, we have no other speakers online. Okay,
thank you. Mayor, this takes us to the consent agenda and before you take a vote, just like to
let you know that item number seven, some corrections were made to reflect on page six, page seven and
page eight that the correction went from chief Smith to chief Simpson and the correction has already been made.
Okay, thank you, Mayor and city clerk. Consent items are routine and expected to be non controversial,
they will be acted upon by the council at one time without discussion unless a council member
request an item to be removed or discussed is there a motion? So second, thank you, Mayor, thank you,
roll, is there any discussion? Yes, okay. I don't we love it.
I don't mean 11. Okay. Then is there any other items? Yeah, I want to vote. Okay.
Are there any other items? No, okay, men's secret, we will take a vote on all items except number 11.
That will be voted on separately. I'm sorry can you please repeat them? All the items for the
consent agenda is being approved except for 11 right now. Thank you. Okay. Oh, they want to one of the
thing, Mayor. I think the fire department should come up and explain item 10 as well to the people so they can
understand what don't he dispatch. Okay, then why don't we're canning? Okay, do we? We're pulling 10 in 11
and it will be a 6 through 9 that we voting on. Thank you. Remember, do heart? Yes.
Members, by Sir's Absent, member powers? Yes.
Member Darden? Yes. And Mayor Sharif. Yes. You have four to one. Thank you. Chief.
Good evening. Renair exempts a fire chief. Item 10 is in reference to dispatch. When I got here
in 2017 that that calls to the city was a million dollars. Within a year I was able to bring that
calls down to 850,000. Since we have been shipping away at reducing that calls it is now down to about
800,000. How dispatch works? Dispatch. Every time you call 911 from a landline it goes to the Sharif's
department. The Sharif department then verifies the address the nature of the call and then shift that's
over to the fireside. Once it's determined it is a fire call which is down in dispatch. If you call
from a cell phone it goes to the highway patrol, they do the same thing. Once they determine verified address
nature of the call it is then shipped over to down in dispatch in our case because this area area
is used as down in dispatch. It's not just company fire. It's also Santa Fe Springs.
And down in. So the three of us use the down in dispatch. The reason we don't have an in-house
dispatch is the calls associated with it. In 2022 I was looking at trying to get it in-house at the time
the calls start up was over a million dollars. It would take us about three years to start seeing
the calls value. Once we were established since it's doubled now to get that up and going. So the price
that we get from down in dispatch is the lowest price that is out there. We always shopped around
is not in easy shop around because it's not a whole bunch of dispatchers that dispatch those calls.
So I hope that kind of explain the down in dispatch. Any questions?
Well, some comments. I think to give a more information down in dispatch is a regional dispatch center.
So there's dispatch for Compton, down in Monobello, Santa Fe Springs. Long Beach House
our own dispatch center. LA City House, our own LA County House, our own. Verdugo Hills is a regional dispatch
center as well and they dispatch from multiple departments. And I think if the public knows that you can
contract with those different entities but there's a cost associated with and I don't it didn't articulate
that to them that is down either lowest cost for utilizing one of these regional dispatch centers.
I did it. That's when I said we shopped around and I said that it was the lowest that we had and we always
shopped around in just for correction and clarity month to bellow is not in down in dispatch. They didn't
do go. Was Verdugo cheaper? No. Again, I shopped.
And also the other thing is this again just reiterated make it clear when you dial 911 it goes to the
sheriff's department right here first. Then it's a medical or fire emergency. It is transferred to the
county dispatch regional dispatcher. Thank you. Thank you.
Are there any other questions for the chief? Let me say chief Simpson, thank you because I know that you
talked about this while back about trying to see how we could bring it in house and that was the
discussion I had with you a long time ago and at that time we knew that it was not going to be called
effective for us to do that. And so I do understand why I see it there and I do hope that one day we
will be able to bring it in house right now. We just do not have the we do not have the funding in order for us to
do the start up. That's what I'm understanding you to say. That we still in that situation where we do it just
don't have the funding of us to do the start up at this time. And so hopefully one day will happen. I know
that's one of the things that you were looking forward to doing. And so I just want to say thank you for
the work that you're doing and doing there in the fire department. Thank you. Okay, thank you.
Madam Mayor. Yes, ma'am. This is just a comment. When I worked in the fire department in the 80s
when I first was assigned to the fire department we did have the dispatch services there in the fire
department at station one and it was man my five fighters and but the equipment became antiquated. So that
is why my role is to me if the chief at that time when we moved to down a dispatch and at that time
it was even lower at that time but everything is increased since that time. So to bring it back in house
I do understand it's very costly and thank you for looking into it to see what the cost would be. And thank
you again. Thank you. Chief, thank you for your report. Thank you.
Okay. Madam City Clerk, I need a motion for our number nine. I mean I'm a team and I'm sorry,
number 10. Is there a motion? So moved. Yeah, second. Second. Madam City Clerk,
welcome. Mayor, I'm going to press the voting button. Okay. And you can vote now.
Mayor, you have four yes votes and that passes. Okay, thank you. Thank you for your report. Thank you so much.
Okay. Okay. One more. Okay. That's right. Thank you.
The reason why after this to be brought up is because I think last week we approved fuel for
public works for whatever it was about $700,000. And that bid was for or quote was for $84,000
gallons of fuel. And my question then was there monthly fuel usage. I'm asking when we purchased fuel
or funded that we have an idea of how much fuel were used in monthly. And so I'm posing that question to you as well.
But also I guess maybe this is toward the city manager. Why can't the fire department be under that $700,000?
We have two different fuel bills here at 84,000 gallons under that quote. That should be enough to
supply for a fire department as well as our public works for general services. That's my question or statement with this.
Why we have two separate bills and how much fuel on average are we using throughout the city, not just fire.
Chief, I'm going to allow the city manager to speak at this time. Okay. Sure. Thank you. This is for diesel fuel.
All right. I understand. And the other was for was not for diesel fuel. Actually, it was diesel in gasoline.
And I mean, even fire because we have some that are gas-related summer diesel as well as our city fleets. It's a mixture.
I don't know why this is for the fire department. What is your, I mean, I know a question about the
monthly, but is there additional question? Let me answer your first question. We average at one time we were
average in $8,600 a month in fuel usage. Since the increase in fuel, it is increased $2,100 more a month.
So that's the reason why we're asking for the amount that we're asking. Of course, as you know, fuel is not fixed,
it fluctuates. So we have to make sure that we have enough funding for fuel. So that's the reason.
So my question is not why you're asking for this much money. My question again, I'm kind of
point to the city manager as well. If we got a quote for $84,000 gallons of fuel at whatever was $700,000.
Why can't the fire department be under that umbrella? But my question also is, whatever a fuel use is, be it the fire department, parks, or whatever, why can't we see the amount of fuel that's being utilized monthly, whether it's gas or diesel. We just want to see those numbers. We never get the numbers, but we have a request. Whatever that dollar amount is, the request for fuel, but we never see on average what is the fuel usage for the whole city, approximately monthly. That's my statement.
It's not just, it's not to take shots of the fire department, I'm saying that the city is using fuel, what how much fuel is the city using monthly, be it gasoline and diesel.
Yes, Mr. City manager.
Thank you.
We will provide monthly fuel usage reports.
Thank you.
And she thank you again for being here in presenting.
Thank you.
Could I make one statement?
Yes.
In regards to the dispatch, because I know that that 800,000 figures is staggering to a lot of folks.
Each column, each time that one one is called, and we are dispatched, that's 65 dollars.
We have over 12,000 calls a year, so you multiply 65 dollars, time 12,000 calls, and now you understand why that figure is what it is.
So what we want to make sure of is that there's no question.
And I don't want to want this call that we are sitting here debating with dispatch if we pay the night.
I rather have something and not need it than the need it and not have.
And so once it's not spent doing the budget year, it goes back.
Thank you.
Is there a motion?
So moved.
Is there a second?
Second.
Thank you.
If there's no further discussion, Madam City Clerk, welcome.
Thank you, Mayor.
I'm going to push the e-bony button for you to vote.
Mayor, you have four yes votes and it passes.
Thank you.
Mayor, this takes us to the regular agenda.
Number 12 is the city manager's report on the charter committee update.
Thank you, Madam Mayor.
We wanted to give you an update because initially it was anticipated that we might come in before the break to give you the status to make a recommendation to see by parking study.
But I'm sorry.
I'm going to stay back.
But we now plan to come in as September.
So we wanted to give you update on the selection of the consultant and status of the status of the project.
So as we've explained here, we've, we've issued the RFP.
We've got responses to the RFP.
There are four consultants who have bid for the project and we're going through an assessment of which firm to recommend to you.
So we've outlined all the steps just for the information and update.
And we give that to you for your information in case you have questions.
But along with that, Mr. City Manager.
I apologize for the interruption.
I believe you're talking about item 13 and we're on item 12.
I thought you had to do set the parking study upside.
The charter committee item was supposed to be that item was pulled.
My apologies.
Yes.
I'm sorry.
The animal charter committee was pulled.
It was supposed to be pulled.
So I was talking about the other item because the charter item was pulled.
Thank you, City Manager for that correction.
So I continue.
I don't know that item was pulled and you'll start to comment on that.
I know Ms. Gideon had submitted a grant proposal that, you know, I think the city should support for that.
But okay, if it's pulled.
I'm very sorry.
Yeah, I was on the road.
City clerk, do we need to take our motions back?
For the pulled item?
Yes.
No.
Was the motion for the pulled item?
We had a motion provided by council member do heard in the council member.
And there was on 12.
Yes, Mr. City withdrawing.
I withdraw my motion.
Okay, thank you.
I will withdraw the second.
Thank you.
Mr. City Manager, you may continue.
Okay.
So, it was straight now.
Item 12 is pulled.
So, my comments were all to item 13.
I hope you listen.
I was listening.
Should I go back to the beginning?
No.
So, we gave you the report.
That's the update.
But I did want to also say in addition to the report.
I would like some guidance on the permit parking situation and image in the forest.
This is a citywide study.
And they're going to be examining all kinds of issues around the city.
But in the farms, I did request because of all the complaints that we pulled back on that
enforcement to have this item until we had this item addressed.
So, now I'd just like to council's comments as to whether we should go back to enforcement, full
enforcement of the parking situation and in the farms.
Or if your pleasure is to wait until the parking study is done and addresses the permit parking
program in the farms.
So, I would appreciate your comments.
Well, Mr. Grills, there's been numerous conversations regarding this parking issue.
First of foremost, when it was implemented, the ordinance that was used is 20 something
years old, about 27 years old.
Mr. Hopkins was told to do the study first before you implement this old ordinance.
There was a lot of questions that still weren't answered and who decided exactly the
the do's and don'ts of that ordinance.
Our code enforcement put their two cents in and we don't have parking experts here in
Compton, we don't.
And we end up shooting ourselves in the foot and just for some of the questions that weren't answered.
So, let's say you wanted to use element park over there.
So, you're telling a rest of the citizens in the city, they can't use that park because they don't have
any parking permits.
A resident can use any park they want in the city.
The other thing is city halls only opened Monday through Thursday.
So, if you need to permit on Friday Saturday Sunday, what do you do?
Well, code enforcement says, well, you should have come in on Monday.
Okay.
So, my loved one dies on Friday and we want to go and grieve on Saturday.
What do we suppose to do?
The other thing that was stated before this was implemented that we utilized technology to implement this program.
Meaning, if you look at the city of CIL Beach, you can buy the permits on your cell phone.
The city of Pasadena, they have kiosks at city buildings and things like that.
So, you can get a permit 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Something to utilize a system that was already broken.
And it's not like, I think if the citizens were presented something of a quality program, you wouldn't get to push back and other issues.
Also, another problem was that people that did have permits were still getting tickets.
The other thing was there was a limited number of permits that you were allowed to purchase.
And I think the number was four, but somebody in city hall was selling like eight.
So, there's no accountability on the program.
Had we utilized technology, you could track these things.
You can see who has permits, what addresses, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
But this particular, or that particular permit program had a lot of holes, a lot of flaws in it.
And it caused a lot of problems.
Yes, there were complaints.
Now, with respect to the parties and things like that, it did quail them.
However, code enforcement is not supposed to back off.
Society knows vehicles, you know, for that, that are out on night parking in the old kind of way.
They weren't supposed to stop that.
It's just simply the permit.
They were pausing on the permit.
The parking enforcement is still supposed to be in place.
And there's a lot of parking violations throughout the city.
And somebody made a good point about wanting to park, they observed parking enforcement.
That appears they need training, and they do need additional training.
Because they are letting a lot of things slip through the cracks, and they're getting some people, but not other people.
Another issue is the signage.
The signage is inconsistent throughout the city.
And all those things need to be in place to have a fair, equitable parking program, wherever it is in the city.
And right now, it's just a lot of flaws, and it's just inadequate.
It's not equitable, and it's not fair.
Given people tickets for street cleaners and things like that, when there's no signs or they're faded,
I mean, it's just not acceptable.
And our bar is just set low here.
Surely we got to up our game when parking in the city.
It is out of control.
And it needs to be checked.
But we need a quality program to offer a citizen.
We have the broadband here now.
And this essentially could be a smart city to take care of all those little issues with parking, etc.
Where are we with it?
Thank you.
Are there any other discussions from the Council?
No comments?
I have a comment.
It's my understanding, because I can only talk about what goes on on my street.
But it's my understanding that if the sign is faded,
they will not cite a parking violation to an individual, because they're going to lose.
We're going to lose.
So they will not cite.
But there are signs, again, on my street, where it clearly states,
no parking from, I believe it says, from 9 to 1pm,
Monday on one side and Tuesday on the other side.
That's what I know to be a fact on my street.
Because trust me, I've had some citizens who receive tickets.
I've even seen parking where the street sweeper has come through.
And at 10 minutes to 1, I've seen a resident go and put their car.
The sign says until 1 and receive the parking citation.
So I have seen that as well.
So I just wanted to throw that out there.
I was told that if they can't read the sign that they will not cite them.
Well, I can say they do cite often times, even without the sign.
The other thing is, on the Laundra, west of Laundra between Wilmington and a
really, I believe, where at least between Wilmington and Central,
there are no parking signs that say streets sweeping Monday through Friday.
Street cleaner does not come Monday through Friday, don't.
But people get tickets.
They just, they don't come.
They may come once a week, but that part of Laundra stays kind of,
it's not well kept if you will.
But the sign says no parking Monday through Friday.
And I forget the times on it.
But the street cleaner does not come Monday through Friday.
And people are being cited.
So again, the whole program is off-kilter in the city.
Thank you.
If there's any other discussion, Mr. City manager,
is there anything you would like to add to this at all?
Yes, thank you.
I would like some consensus around if you want the parking,
the permit parking enforcement to be fully operational in the farms or not.
I would like that direction.
Mr. City manager, I'd like to add one more thing.
The company quite a bit of money to paying our curves.
They're red on the, around the corners and what have you.
And you're not supposed to park.
I think it's 15 feet from 25 feet or whatever from the corner.
And that seems to have stopped as well.
As far as the enforcement of the permit parking,
I think I've made it very clear.
They need to do an assessment and take all those little
aerial sinkers in the consideration before doing it.
We're on the same thing again and shooting ourselves in the foot. Just do it right the first time.
I'm clear about Council and Bower's purpose. I need to hear from the rest of you.
I know that you know with the Olympics come in and so on and so forth that we need a parking plan.
We keep pushing this thing down the road and when that happened, this is going to be a bigger nightmare.
So we got to do it regardless. We need a legitimate parking plan throughout the city.
Got to me.
Let me say this.
I just want to say that's what this update addresses. We're going to have a parking plan.
We're going to get it consultant. We're going to work through a city-wide parking plan.
But right now, I have a dilemma as to how to enforce the parking, the permit parking program and the parks.
And I'm asking you for your direction to either enforce or relax enforcement until the study is done.
Well, let me say I understand which you're opening your ears and I don't disagree with you as far as the study is concerned.
Because there's something I hadn't anticipated. We was going to do all along is that we were going to have a study done for the whole city.
And I just in richland farms.
And so there's something that I was looking forward to.
Because I know it's not just richland farms. You can come over on my street if I have a clock. You cannot find it.
And so, which means we are really up against a lot here when it comes to the parking and everything.
But not just in richland farms. It's throughout the whole city.
And we have to address this issue and because the Olympics is right around the corner.
We think it two years is a long time away, but it's not. It's right around the corner.
And I'm hoping that we can have somebody who thinks done.
That we're getting to that point.
Part two is right here and we is right here now really.
Because we really need to be doing something in regard.
And so my question is this is that the study.
Can you tell us how long the study is going to take what we have any timeline on this?
Yeah. I can tell you that we're going to present the item for selecting the consultant to do the study at the first meeting as a chamber.
We prepared to do that.
And the consultants proposes what they each vary in how long they think they're going to take.
So the principal.
It's not answering your question, but it depends on who you select.
So you have that in front of you and you'll know when the study will be done.
But in the meantime, I think the farms is the only part of the city that you have permit.
It's the only part in the city that we do have of the permit part.
So that's what that's what I need to do.
I need some comments on.
Do you want me to enforce?
What permit parting?
Are we not?
What are we doing now?
Are we now?
I have made maybe wrongly so, but I based on all the conversations and confusion.
I ask public safety to relax it until further notice and I'm trying to give them further notice now.
No, that's a further notice mean.
Further notice as to the council's direction or what I should do in the meantime.
Should I just say, okay, we go back to full enforcement or not.
I want to do what the council's tells me to do.
I think you shouldn't enforce it because if you don't then people in the other part of the city that doesn't have preferential parking that they're going to say, I think you need to relax parking over here as well.
You're not giving tickets over there. So why are you giving tickets over here?
You can't do that.
Thank you.
So that's what?
Oh, wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
You're talking about for permit or for parking violations.
She's talking apples and oranges.
Well, what are you talking about permit parking?
We're talking about permit parking.
So they don't have a permit to that part of the city, so it's a ridiculous statement.
But I think what she's saying is that you know, if you are no longer going to do it in Richmond farms at all and just walk away from it.
Is there one of the things that I'm listening to some of the residents?
And when you start something and you back away from it, it does what it does give you their parents and the council is not being the stat fast and what they want to see what's happening.
And so therefore we do need to make a decision as to what we want to city manager to do here and regarding this because we started and then we said, oh, we stop it.
When you can't keep going back and forth, we have to make a decision as to what we're going to do.
We are going to either start it, and we're going to keep it up.
We're going to walk, we're going to back up and just ready to go until we do that.
That's pretty much what we are.
That's pretty much what we're going to do.
Madam Mayor, let me say this.
We didn't start it.
The citizen manager in the court enforcement did that.
There was no vote that came across this this that BS to implement the program.
There was tons of conversations with Mr. Hopkins.
And it's that regarding pros and cons of this parking permit program.
He did it anyway.
There was no vote here to implement that parking plan.
And as I stated then, I don't have my document in front of you that I read a couple of times.
I'm not against a parking permit program or preference or parking just do it right.
Don't use something as 30 years old and expect it to work today.
You know, that's like trying to use a computer with a floppy disk for the computer today.
It's not going to work.
It's too many problems.
There were not addressed because we don't have any parking experts here in the city of Compton.
And we can't even get our streets we've been parking straight now.
How are we going to get a preference or parking plan?
A legitimate preference or parking plan.
And who came up with all the bullet points on that plan?
Who did it?
There's nobody here with the credentials of the world but thought to make that those decisions.
And it should have gone to an expert, if you will, versus the people that we have here.
If parking, if parking is fortunate, struggling with being able to pay an adequate on parking,
or regular parking, then it's not going to be legit with a permit.
Can I ask me about this?
Can I ask please?
Ms. Chair, please.
Please, wait a minute.
May I say this?
Everybody in farms, I know they have a different opinion about this.
So I am not going to say who, how they feel?
Because that's where they live.
Everybody is different opinion about it.
And that's just the way life is.
So, Mr. Grom's, let me say this.
Since we are here now and we need to make a decision as to what we are going to do with force moving forward.
And we need to make a decision that we are going to stick with and not tomorrow change our mind.
Next week, going to change our mind.
We will make a decision and we stick to it.
No matter what it may cost us, we make a decision and we stick to it.
But we cannot keep changing our mind about this stuff.
You are either going to put it in place and let us say, are you going to leave it alone until the result of the study is done.
And so, that's it.
Madam Mayor.
I have some parking concerns that I was going to mention under my comments.
Near 5 station number one.
But I will hold that and keep it for my council comments.
Because there is it should parking issues all over the city.
And I have complaints from residents in the area of their own palm street.
Now, but back to rich on farms.
Okay.
So if the policy was put in place and nothing was done to stop it at that time.
I understand what happened with Mr. Grom.
But so I don't understand Mr. Hopkins is one put it in place.
We done nothing to stop it at that time.
So why would we want to stop it now?
We need to continue because that's already in place.
And then when the study is completed, it will be addressed at that time.
But I'm saying my project is we didn't do anything to stop it.
When the former city manager was here.
So we need to leave it in place until the study is completed.
That's all right.
So I asked his question.
When Craig Gornwell stopped it.
When he stopped it.
Then what?
It was stopped.
It was paused.
When Mr. Hopkins was attempting to implement this.
He was told to pause until the study was done.
To hold off until the study was done.
Now my next question to you, Madam Mayor.
So let's say you implemented.
I'm asking you a question, Madam Mayor.
Let me just ask you this question.
If you implement the parking permit.
And then the consulting comes in and does the study.
Are you going to change?
What's in place?
Are you going to go with the consultant?
Excuse me.
I believe we bring a consultant here for a reason.
And the consultant is being brought.
You don't want to bring this consultant.
Remember?
So now you bring the consultant here.
Is this coming in?
Do you guys hear that?
No.
The question was this.
If you put the plan back in place as it stands.
And then the consulting comes and evaluates it and suggests changing it or whatever.
Are you going to change it or leave it in place?
The thing of it is that we're looking for a consultant to come in and tell us and give us a guideline.
Which means if they come in here with a guidelines and tell us what we need to be doing.
Then if you're not going to.
Are you going to have to change it?
Okay, so that why fool of it now the wait for the consultant to come in and just do one shot
Excuse me
Charles
No no talking audience
And I believe this is not about revenue. This is about
Making our streets safe and parking and no obey in the signs when they say no parking from one to nine to one
And that's what you must at here to or you will be taken it if you park after the street sweeper passes you got to obey the signs
So I'm here. So I'm here. So I'm still going out. If I'm never mistaken I hear I'm a majority of the council saying
And forst to parking from a parking
But no
We are going to vote
Yeah, I appreciate the vote
Man's it a car
May you do we have a motion in a second
Is your motion on the on the item
So moved is your second or not you second
This is a motion two
Enforce permit parking in the farms
Well the service being done is accurate
Oh
Thank you mayor
Mayor just just to clarify so that we have the record correct the staff report did say that no city council action was being requested at this time
However a motion was
Requested
No vote was requested by the vote has been suggested
Well Madam city madam city clerk mr city manager city council
So that's correct there's no formal action that the city council can take with respect to this item as a gender
If the city council wants to have a discussion on the item and make a suggestion to the city manager
Then that's fine because the item is essentially a city manager report where there's a suggestion being made to the city manager
With respect to how the city manager's moved forward
But there can be no formal action taken by the city council with respect to the item
So for instance earlier council and powers was discussing how previously there was no agenda is the item in the past
Where there was a suggestion that there should be an enforcement on the side of in the past
The same thing is true here. There's no formal suggestion that the city council can take with respect to the item as a gender
Dyes, so the only thing we can vote on is what what is here, which is the proposal that the
Well more so it it would be a it consensus with direction to the city manager, but no formal city council action
Okay, okay, then what we're voting what we're voting out the scene and make you just be clear with with the motion
I would say that the city council can
I'm in withdrawing the motion. Okay. I withdraw my motion.
Okay, I'm not done. I will withdraw the second. Okay, thank you. So, we move on to unfinished business, which is item number 14.
I don't care. Item number 14 is unfinished business. A resolution of the city council of the City of Compton,
authorizing the city manager to execute the professional service agreement and establish a purchase order with MRS environmental link for pipeline franchise program review.
30,810 dollars. Use your motion. So, move. Is there a second?
I'll step away from my chair and I'll second the motion please.
Okay. Second. Second, I'll cancel my powers.
Is there any discussion here?
Yes. I just want to be happy.
I had provided the city manager with some questions on this item.
And I would like for him to provide the question and the answer.
Thank you. Madam Mayor, before that, I make a motion that we extend the council meeting because we are far more than the four hours.
We are like into five hours and something at this point.
The council meeting.
Is the motion to extend the council meeting?
So, who is the second?
Second.
Roll call.
Member do harm?
Yes.
Member by words?
Yes.
Member Darden?
Yes.
And Mayor Sharif.
Yes.
You may continue your meeting.
Council, I want to do hard to ask some questions in regard to this item on the 14th.
Yes, I provided them to.
Thank you.
Okay.
Check on.
We're going to let Jack respond to the questions and then see if we have one.
Thank you, Jack.
Jack.
The button.
No, the button.
Thank you.
Yeah.
First of all, Mayor and city council decide and also rise.
The city's housing independent review of the city's pipeline franchise program by MRS
Environmental.
The purpose is to provide the city council with objective technical information regarding the city's
existing agreements, regulatory framework and administrative practices before any future decision
made.
The study may help identify opportunities to improve public safety oversight, strengthen accountability,
support cost recovery, and ensure that the city's management of pipeline infrastructure
remains transparent, consistent, and aligned with current municipal practices and
recommendations resulting from the study.
We'll return to the city council at the public meeting for review and discussion and understand
a city council at a list of questions.
And I invite the vice president, Mr. Lewis, Paris, of MRS environment to answer your questions.
Madam Mayor, council members, Luis Perez with MRS environmental.
Yes, there were a number of questions that were posed to us about our experience.
I'm working with various municipalities and counties over the last 40 years developing policy
economic policies for agencies looking into feast studies for agencies looking at pipeline franchises
individually and also pipeline ordinances overall to ensure that the various jurisdictions are getting the income that they deserve
for the use of their right away.
We have done that for the city of LA.
We've done that for the county of LA.
We've done it in the county of Santa Barbara.
We also have done it for the city of Carson most recently.
Some of the jurisdictions for our idea of reasons have decided not to move forward with specific franchise ordinances
and decided to just make changes to specific franchise contracts.
What we intend to do is to look at the take a holistic view of how many pipelines are within the city,
whether the information that has been provided can be corroborated with GIS data.
And also to develop a framework for the city so that it can collect more funds than it's collecting currently.
We do know based on what we looked at from the city that your collection per foot is substantially lower than what we see in other jurisdictions when we have done comparative studies.
I hope I have covered some of the questions if you have specific ones that you want to ask me I'll be happy to respond to those.
Yes, so what methodology do you do you use to calculate the franchise fees.
Madam Mayor council member we use a variety of methods but typically what is done is that you look at the length of the line and then you also look at the volume of the line.
And the volume of the line is calculated by understanding what the diameter is of each pipeline.
Now typically what happens is the larger the pipeline is in diameter the more space is going to occupy through the right away.
And so when you're using more of the of the road you're going to preclude the use by others that could possibly be occupying your right away.
And so you may have fiber optic cables you may have your own gas lines from the public utilities you may also have your water lines that are occupying that space.
So you want to make sure that you're recovering the cost based on how much is being occupied and that is a product of length and volume.
Hopefully that helps.
And what are we going to potentially get out of this study?
What we will do is we will provide you an understanding of how fees are being collected currently.
And we will provide you with recommendations as to what we think based on our professional knowledge that you should be doing to collect more funds from the various franchises within the city.
And if for whatever reason you find that this $30,000 is not enough will you be coming back to the council to request additional funding.
It's hard for me to to tell you either way it could be that there is very few pipelines within the city and our efforts are substantially less than the 30,000 is a time and materials contract.
So it could be less I suspect that if it is more which again I cannot predict we would have to come back to you for some sort of a modification.
I just have one more question how many franchise agreements have you drafted from start to finish.
It is a difficult question because if you're talking about specific agreements or ordinances.
If I look at the totality probably over a hundred of them over 40 years of experience.
I want to answer all of my questions madam mayor.
Any other questions from the council.
I don't have a question but I have a comment.
You asked multiple questions directed at this organization who is alluded that they're going to do an assessment on our pipeline system our petroleum and what have you throughout the city.
We asked all these questions that we.
You asked these questions over thirty thousand dollars when there was not one question asked last week to give a hundred and seventy thousand dollars to a fake nonprofit.
Now one question was answered or asked rather not run and we stand to make a lot of money off this assessment if everything falls if it's appropriate and what not if they are successful.
But we're just going to hand over almost a million dollars without asking one question.
That's not towards you. I'm just that's my comment sir.
And you need to speak for yourself because you don't know how I was going to vote last week.
Okay.
Are you familiar.
That's all I have if you have any other questions.
Well, I don't have any questions.
I want to say that I really appreciate you coming and I do appreciate us moving in this direction.
So that we can take a look at this.
I don't know what's there but I think for me.
I'm really I don't know we need to find out.
Okay.
And so I know if the thirty thousand dollars is not all used.
We will be reimbursed.
And if it's all if you have if you have to use all of it in hospitals.
We hopefully it would not be something that would bring up the city.
If you come back when when an amendment for fees.
But I do I believe that this is something that we really need to take a look at.
And because it's it's been coming up for a while and I just think when you just need to find out.
And so I have no problem on this issue.
Right right right now.
I would like to tell the madam city clerk to do a roll call.
Thank you Mayor.
Member do heart.
Oh, sorry.
Yes.
Mayor you have three yes and one abstention.
Which passes.
Okay. Thank you.
Madam city clerk.
Next item item number 15.
Thank you.
Thank you Mayor.
This we'd go to new business number 15 is a resolution of the city council of the city of Compton.
Authorizing the city manager or does it need to be named authorized representative to sign and file on behalf of the city.
A financial assistant application for the state water resources control boards.
This WRCB financing agreement for planning design and construction of the cities.
PFA's perpally flow role.
Substances water treatment plan is the emotion.
So move.
Is there second.
Second.
Madam city clerk.
Our roll call place.
Thank you.
Member do heart.
Excuse me.
No.
Excuse me.
Roll call.
Oh.
I'll keep forgetting we voting.
Okay.
Mayor you have three yes.
It's four people here.
So why we only have three yes.
Mayor.
I'm sorry.
This was not on number 15.
It was on number 14.
So I need to move that further along.
Sorry about that.
Okay.
So we have to use the vote.
Do the voting.
Okay.
I'm pressing the button to vote on number 15.
Okay.
Thank you.
Mayor.
You have four votes.
Yes.
Which passes.
Okay.
Thank you.
Number 16 is a resolution of the city council of the city of
Compton.
Authorizing the city manager to accept the proposal submitted by
SA associates to enter into a contractual agreement and to establish a purchase order for
Engineering consulting services for the preparation of the urban water management plan update in an amount not to exceed
46,000 dollars.
Is there a motion?
Some move.
Is there a second?
Second.
Discussion.
Roll call.
Thank you.
Sorry, may I have to take it back, please.
We voted on item 16.
Yes.
There and here goes your vote.
Come on up.
No.
There it goes.
Mayor, you have four yes votes, net passes.
Our next item is number 17.
The resolution of the City Council of the City of Compton amending the Water Department's
2026, 2027 fiscal years budget for $250,756 to appropriate the Cal Recycle Grant
Round 4, C-O-W-R-4, and authorized the City Manager to issue a purchase order for $127,237 and $68.
To purchase and enter green, robel, evo, remote controller, two, carrier, which is a moaching machine.
Is there a moaching?
So mo, second.
Second.
Thank you.
Any discussion?
Is he here?
Yeah, of questions.
It appears that the council has some concerns here, because someone please come forth.
Yeah.
Well, we'll have the Water Department and public works, because there was Water Department's purchasing
the machine.
We're going to share it.
Okay.
So.
So we have the Water Department?
Yeah.
Both the Water Department and streets will use this piece of equipment.
Okay.
Mr. Bennett will explain.
What is?
Yes.
Okay.
Good evening, Mayor and Council.
I want to go over this item.
Every year we have to reappropriate grant funds.
So that's the $250,756.
So that we can utilize the money during a fiscal year.
The $127,237 and 68 cents are funds that we're going to utilize under SB 1383 to purchase a remote control device
that can that can mulch, it can chop down trees, turn it into compost because it's under SB 1383
we're able to utilize the funds.
And making this purchase, it also helps us keep in compliance with procurement that we have to turn
in annually so that we stay in compliance with SB 1383.
I want to bring up our new environmental services coordinator.
Her name is Alexandra Benson.
She's managing our solid waste division in the Water Department.
And she will be able to explain a little bit more to you.
Hello, Mayor and council members.
So this machine will be utilized by our public work scene.
It will be able to clear brush and weeds on roadside areas as well as along any bodies of water.
And it will be able to serve.
It can do the work of many people in a very short period of time in addition to assisting us in meeting our organic procurement targets.
And it won't just be for the year 2026.
It will be forever year thereafter.
When you say on sidewalks, or you talk to my sidewalks, would it just clear brush?
Not on sidewalks, but in brush areas.
It will be able to clear all of the grass.
And if there's any trees, some people will be able to take them out of the ground, things like that.
Okay, let me ask you a question.
Going down our alamita.
That whole area, which I see a lot of trash and everything down there.
Would it be able to do that as well?
I believe it would be able to go on steep in clients.
It's very versatile in the attachments that we will be provided with this purchase.
It will be able to go down steep slopes as well as flat surfaces.
So can we be safe and saying that there would be a way for us to try to help maintain and keep the city clean by having this equipment.
Yes.
Okay, thank you.
I have a question.
Just clarification.
And I understand you say the machine with removed tree stops, isn't it?
Yeah.
Great.
Okay.
And back and so this will assist us with the back and truck that we have on order as well.
So, thank you.
So, I'm excited about it because that is one of my priorities to get this city clean.
Yes.
So we need some help.
Definitely.
Thank you.
Madam Mayor.
I noticed that it says that the the this equipment does it turn.
Some of the vegetation into more.
Yes.
So it does it itself.
And so it's going to be able to go on the Compton Creek and take care of the creek because it is horrible right now.
Yes.
And so who's going to be providing the training for our people to use this because I see that it's made radio control.
Yes.
The vendor.
He when he came out and completed the demo.
He informed us that he would train the gentleman.
The maintenance workers on how to use the device.
Marcus is already preparing for maintenance just general maintenance on the device.
And another thing I wanted to note was that it's going to help us reduce the amount of man hours because those steep slopes and those heavily vegetated areas.
I mean sometimes we're utilizing.
Maybe seven to eight.
Maintenance workers were asked when he did the demo.
He completed pretty much an entire parkway and area along the creek.
He was just in an hour.
I mean they would have to you know just go behind it and get the brush up but it cuts back on a man hours and then it limits the liabilities that they're up against when they're on those slopes and working in those areas.
So when it's when you are gone.
Whenever you use it and I shouldn't say whenever.
One time when you use it to have a tree truck.
A tree stop removed.
I'd like to see that.
Okay.
Yeah we'll take a video.
I'll send it up to you.
All right.
Thank you.
You guys will have a picture of the machine.
Here.
It's been nice.
I shouldn't give you nothing.
I have one question.
When can we expect delivery?
What's this?
Yeah.
I'm looking at it.
Okay.
Give me my copy back.
We should have a hundred and twenty days turn around on the machine.
Okay.
All right.
There's one question I do have.
Is that I'm.
I'm thinking about you removing the street.
I just this.
The tree stops.
Now we had.
What's that?
What happened to the stuff.
The stuff grind.
So public works.
It's currently grinding out stuff with that machine.
So still being used.
Yes.
Okay.
Yeah.
Okay.
Thank you.
Okay.
I want to thank the three of you for coming in presenting.
Thank you.
And also two.
Welcome to the city of a company.
And what is your name again?
Allison.
Alexandra.
It's a pleasure to have you here.
Thank you.
Excellent.
Yes.
Okay.
Thank you.
Oh, my gosh.
It's good.
Why?
It's good.
You know I'm by getting tired a whole bunch of stuff.
Okay.
Can we get a roll?
Yes.
Ready to vote.
Mayor, you have three yes.
And that passes.
What happened?
Can you vote?
Can you put it in now?
Okay.
We're going to redo that.
Yes.
Mayor, you have four.
Yes.
Vote in that passes.
Okay.
Thank you.
Number 18 is a resolution of the city council of the city of
Compton approving and authorizing the city manager to execute a
Memorandum of understanding between the city of Compton and
Compton little league for the use and operation of municipal,
peaceful and softball facilities.
So moved.
Is there a second?
Second.
Thank you.
Is there a discussion?
Is anyone going to speak on this?
Mr. City manager.
Please hold on.
Do I have to actually leave?
Yes.
Out.
Go.
Are there any questions on this item?
Just a presentation.
Sir, will you ask about someone speaking?
So, presentation.
Well, there was really wasn't a presentation prepared to consider the memorandum of understanding,
but in a nutshell, the city has been approached by a former little league program that existed here in the city.
One that has to consider bringing the little league program back.
We sat down and had some in-depth conversations with the group.
Founded there was opportunity.
We had to space available, and that the program would be beneficial to the youth here in the city.
So, the plan is to, if agreed upon, is to enter an MOU to bring little league baseball back to the city.
And you'd like some of our underutilized baseball time diamonds that we have here in the city.
We currently utilize Gonzalez Park for our Dodge Dream Team program,
but we have five more baseball fields here in the city that are not being utilized.
So, there's plenty of room for the program.
The programs don't conflict each other.
One's developmental and little league is more of a competitive, more growth and opportunity in regards to maintaining the youth interest after the age of 12 years old.
I have a couple of representatives here.
If you have any particular questions about the organization.
But that was our thought in discussing and thinking about my opportunity to present it to us.
Thank you.
Director Spray.
Thank you.
Is there any questions at all for the director? No, thank you.
Voting? Thank you.
Mayor, you have four yes votes in that pass. Thank you.
We'll start right now with Councilwoman Distribute from this one.
The audience comments.
Council comments.
So I'll wait till the movement starts.
Thank you, Madam Mayor. Last Saturday I had the pleasure of attending the occasion and blues white linen affair at the Carson event center amphitheater.
The event brought together residents from across the region for an evening of outstanding live music, delicious cages, cuisine and fellowship.
Mayor Lula Davis Holmes gave an update on things that were happening in the city of Carson, specifically on the new development that is being done.
That and that there will be 1,600 new homes in Carson starting at 700,000 going up to 1.5 million.
I want to thank Mayor Protem, Cedric Hicks for extending the invitation to me.
Next Tuesday, August 4, the Compton Sheriff station will be hosting their annual national night out event from 5pm to 8pm.
At 101 town center drive in the home depot parking lot.
National night out is a wonderful opportunity to strengthen the relationship between law enforcement and the community.
I encourage all Compton residents to come out with their families, meet your local deputies and take part in this free community celebration.
The Compton EMS Corps is accepting signups for their next 5 month cohort.
This transformative program includes EMT training and ride-alongs, life coaching and mentorship, job readiness training, a $1,500 month stipend and job placement assistance after graduation.
To apply or for more information visit ComptonEMSCorpS.org.
I'd like to send a very happy, belated birthday to my honey bun, heart sale, do heart.
I love you.
City Manager, I'd like to thank the public works department for restriping and installing the calming devices on popular and to hotter.
Thank you guys so much.
I was leaving to go to my mom's house on Sunday and it was like 6 o'clock in the morning and they were out there restriping the area.
I just thank the workers. I said thank you for working on a Sunday so I really appreciate that.
And in closing I'd like to thank all of you for coming out this evening.
Your presence input and commitment to speaking up and working together helps strengthen our community and move our city forward.
You are the eyes and ears of the community and your voice matters to me.
And then closing yes I'm going to say it over and over and over again.
Eat, shop and buy Compton, a safe clean and friendly city.
And you'd be surprised when you patronize the businesses here you will see your neighbors you will see something you might even see your colleagues.
But you will see people who live in this city and shop in this city.
I've seen the Compton Latino Chamber of Commerce person at La Micheana, which is the ice cream place that I go to buy ice cream.
So again we need to patronize our businesses the small ones and the large ones and that concludes my comments.
Madam Mayor.
Thank you Mayor. Thank you to my colleagues.
Number one, is this is our final council meeting before the August recess.
I'd like to thank the residents of District 3 in the city of Compton for continuing to stay engaged.
Whether you contact them office, attend to the community meeting, participate in a neighborhood event or share the concern.
Your involvement helps guide the work we're doing throughout the district.
Every conversation email phone call and neighborhood visit helps me better understand where our attention is needed most.
Over the past several months we continue making meaningful progress throughout District 3 from improvements at Tragnu Park.
To the completion of the New Gazibo on playground at Tucker Park.
To the New Soccer Field at Barrell McDonald Park.
We're continuing to invest in the places where our families gather.
We've also supported neighborhood beautification efforts community cleanups and other improvements throughout the district while continuing to identify additional opportunities.
To enhance our parks and public spaces because these are investments that benefit residents for years to come.
I also want to recognize the work of our public works department parks and recreation department engineering staff and the many city employees whose efforts help make these projects possible.
These improvements are a result of collaboration and I appreciate the work taking place every day to improve the quality of life for our residents.
Another priority has been improving traffic and pedestrian safety throughout District 3.
Many of the concerns residents have shared with my office involved speeding neighborhood streets and traffic safety.
The city's recent traffic and roadway studies are helping identify where additional sign is traffic calming measures speed bumps pedestrian safety improvements and other infrastructure enhancements may be needed.
While many of these improvements are visible throughout the district a great deal of work happens behind the scenes.
I'm continuing meeting with residents visiting neighborhoods conducting side visits and attending many attending community events coordinating with city departments.
And following up on concerns brought to my attention while every issue can be resolved overnight.
I remain committed to listening advocating and working towards solutions none of this work happens alone.
I want to thank our residents community organizations neighborhood leaders volunteers and everyone who continues investing in time and energy into making district 3 a better place to live.
While counselors and recess during August the work doesn't stop. I'll continue meeting with residents working alongside city departments conducting side visits responded to concerns and moving projects forward.
I look forward to sharing those updates when we return in September.
One of the priorities remains the work following the tragic violence over the 4th July weekend throughout August.
We'll continue partnering with residents community organizations assembly member Mike Gibson's office property representative public safety partners and city leadership to identify.
Practical solutions that strengthen public safety and improve the quality of life for the residents and neighborhoods directly impacted.
As a part of that effort we're planning a community public safety town hall on Saturday September 26 more details to follow.
We're also planning our third quarter district town hall district 3 town hall in September while we're finalizing the date this meeting will provide updates on projects throughout the district discuss community priorities answer questions and hear directly from residents.
I encourage everyone to participate as we continue working together to address neighborhood concerns and build on progress we've made across district 3.
We're also looking ahead as planning continues for the 2028 Olympics. I'm committed to ensuring competent has a seat at the table.
That means advocating for opportunities that highlight our city strengths support local businesses attract investment and proposition.
Confident to benefit from the opportunity surrounding LA 28 to the residents of district 3. Thank you for your continued engagement your partnership and the trust you placed in me to serve this district.
My office will remain available throughout August so if you have a concern need assistance or simply want to share an idea.
Please don't hesitate to reach out. I wish everyone a safe and enjoyable remainder of the summer. I look forward to seeing many of you at our community meetings in September and to continue the work of serving district.
Thank you and have a great evening.
Thank you. Councilman Darden.
Thank you, Madam Mayor. On Thursday, I attended the Arctic DS Reservation Division services on human trafficking.
It was well attended and there were numerous organizations in attendance and they provided information on the services they provide.
On this past Saturday, I had the pleasure of coordinating three community papers written in eways ebit eways recycling bed.
And it was well received and residents expressed tremendous appreciation for having a safe convenient opportunity to securely dispose of sensitive documents and responsible recycle electronic waste.
For those persons that did not get a chance to bring their items, you may call Republic services at 800 299-4898.
Please call them 48 hours in advance and they will pick up your bulky items up to six items.
I want to address this parking concern near fire station number one, residents have contacted me and I would like to request a review of the parking time limits on palm street near fire station one.
Vehicles are associated with court visitors along with multiple vehicles parked by and nearby, multi-family residential occupants or increasingly creating parking challenges in the area.
In many instances, partly here because partial infrastructure residential driveways, partially, particularly along the coldest site, creating an ongoing inconvenience for homeowners and impacted neighborhood safety.
I want to extend my sincere appreciation to the Public Works Department for all the work that they have done on alamita street.
They've done an amazing job and also I want to compliment them and thank them for our teacher, over the art teacher, breathing, trying to the hotel and all.
They've cleaned the meetings and they look great. Hopefully we can continue to keep them in that the same manner. Thank you again for that.
Recognition of a public work street maintenance department.
Mr. Michael Williams, who is working in the Public Works Department, I want to congratulate him on his future retirement.
I would like to extend my heartfelt congratulations and sincere appreciation to Michael Williams, public works lead worker on his upcoming retirement at the 37 years of extraordinary dedicated service to the city of Compton.
Michael began his career in parts and recreation division and throughout his nearly four decades of service, this thing was himself through his strong work ethics, professionalism and unwavering commitment to serving our community.
Over the years he excelled in numerous assignments in the Public Works Department, earned in his colleagues' respect and making lasting contributions to the city's operations and infrastructure.
Employees like Michael embodied the institutional knowledge, dedication and pride that keep our city functioning in every day.
His years of service has positively impacted countless residents and help make Compton a better place to live and work.
On behalf of the mayor of my fellow council members, city staff and the residents of Compton, I thank Michael Williams for his remarkable career
public service. We wish him and his family many years of good health, happiness and fulfillment and fulfillment as he begins this well earned retirement. Congratulations Michael and thank you for your 37 years of outstanding service to the city of Compton.
We are at a turning point here in our city of Compton and we're going to be working together to clean up our city and I was happy to hear about the machine that we will get in.
It will compliment the vacuum truck and so this will help us to keep our city clean and other things that we will have forthcoming is a community service manager.
This position will work with our homeless or on-house persons.
I'm happy that we're moving forward with those items, and I am enthusiastically looking forward to our continued community progress.
As we build on a new foundation of operations, leadership that embraces the future of our citizens here in the city.
So, and we are working together to build a better, competent, thank you, Madam Mayor, that concludes my remarks.
Thank you, Councilwoman.
Before I join, I would like to briefly share a few updates on how my office has been working to support our residents and continue moving, competent forward.
On Wednesday, July 22nd, I had the pleasure of joining the Latino Chamber of Commerce, and the Compton Chef Department for a wonderful evening at La Micheal County, on roll screen, it was great to see neighbors, families and local businesses come together to enjoy music, dancing, having ice cream, and a meaningful conversation.
Thank you to everyone who came out and helped strengthen the sense of community that makes Compton special.
And I really want to thank the Latino Chamber for actually pushing and making this happen, it really turned out really nice, thank you, Maria.
On Saturday, July 25th, I attended the celebration of life for Eric Washington.
My heart continues to be with Eric's family, friends, and everyone who's life he touched.
While no words can ease the pain of such a tragic loss, I hope this loved one's fine strength in one another and confident in the many memories they share with him.
Please continue to keep the Washington family and your thoughts and prayers during this great, incredible time, difficult time.
And also, Mia, Simone Jenkins, her funeral will be held on the 30th, at 11 o'clock, and home and Methodist Church, and I want to keep our family and the prayers as well.
And I've come in events of 7th annual back to school, give away back season is almost here.
And we want to help ensure our students are ready for a successful school year.
My office is proud to once again partner with the Hub City Apples for the 7th.
For the 7th annual back to school, give away Saturday, August 8th from 11 am to 2pm at Gonzales Park.
Families can receive free school supplies, enjoy food, drinks, games, rides, and children can also receive free haircuts and braiding services.
Best of all, everything is completely free.
If you have any questions please contact my office at 310605-5662.
Before we are joining this evening, I would like to do so in memory of three individuals whose lives are for our last impact on our community.
First, we remember Darrell Thomas, a Compton native and former Major League Baseball player for the Minnesota twins, who's a Completemist inspired generations of young athletes.
We also are on our Lazzino, Lazzino, Washington, Compton native and former Major League Baseball player for the Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Arrays, whose legacy we're continuing to be remembered but with pride.
And finally, I would like to join today's meeting in loving memory of every Washington, and also me, Jenkins, Maya Jenkins.
In closing, I would like to thank you to our residents and to our staff because people are telling me that our staff is really doing great work and I really want to say thanks to them for all of the work that they have continued to do.
For the standing engaged, with our Council colleagues and city staff, for your continued collaboration.
Together we will continue building a safer, stronger and more united, Compton.
Have a safe evening, we'll see you.
We need to discuss on the fourth.
There will be a Special Meeting held on the fourth August to 4th.
Okay, but we don't have a time.
Okay, we'll be announcing the time tomorrow.
We don't have time.
We don't have a special meeting on August 4th.
So thank all of you for coming out.
And we will definitely see that our last meeting,
which would be on August 4th.
Thank you.
And have a good evening.
Motion to adjourn.
So, Mo, second.
Roll call.
Thank you.
May you remember, do heart?
Yes.
Member Bowers?
Yes.
Member Darden?
Yes.
And Mayor Surrey.
Yes.
Mayor, you adjourned at 9.14pm.
Thank you.