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[1:07] 1. CALL TO ORDER:

[2:13] PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:

[2:38] INVOCATION:

[3:52] ROLL CALL:

[4:05] APPROVAL OF AGENDA:

[4:13] 2. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATES, PROCLAMATIONS:

[4:55] 2.1. Certificate of Recognition to Aditi Chawla.

[10:08] 3. CITY MANAGER REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS:

[10:13] 3.1. El Niño Preparedness.

[20:23] 4. PUBLIC COMMENTS:

[28:50] 5. SCHEDULE OF FUTURE EVENTS:

[28:58] 5.1. National Coffee with a Cop Day - October 7, 2026, 8:30 - 10:00 a.m., Walnut/Diamond Bar Sheriff's Station, 21695 E. Valley Blvd., Walnut, CA

[29:10] 5.2. City Information and Resource Table - October 11, 2026, 9:00 - 11:00 a.m., Hannam Chain Market World, 21080 Golden Springs Dr.

[29:22] 5.3. Measure Q Informational Presentation - October 12, 2026, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., City Hall Windmill Room, 21810 Copley Dr.

[29:31] 5.4. Planning Commission Meeting - October 13, 2026, 6:30 p.m., City Hall Windmill Room, 21810 Copley Dr.

[29:38] 5.5. Coffee with a Cop - October 13, 2026, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m., Paris Baguette, 21050 Golden Spring Dr.

[29:48] 5.6. City Government Explained Presentation: Role and Responsibilities of the City Council - October 14, 2026, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., City Hall Windmill Room, 21810 Copley Drive

[29:58] 5.7. Traffic and Transportation Commission Meeting - October 15, 2026, 6:30 p.m., City Hall Windmill Room, 21810 Copley Dr.

[30:05] 5.8. Measure Q Informational Presentation - October 17, 2026, 9:00 - 11:00 a.m., City Hall Windmill Room, 21810 Copley Dr.

[30:15] 5.9. Diamond Bar Restaurant Week - October 19, 2026 - October 25, 2026

[30:23] 5.10. City Council Meeting - October 20, 2026, 6:30 p.m., South Coast Air Quality Management District - Auditorium, 21865 Copley Dr.

[30:32] 6. CONSENT CALENDAR:

[30:34] 6.1. City Council Minutes of the September 15, 2026 Regular Meeting.

[30:39] 6.2. Ratification of Check Register September 9, 2026 through September 22, 2026 totaling $782,547.57.

[31:26] 7. PUBLIC HEARINGS:

[31:28] 7.1. Tentative Parcel Map No. 83773 Case No. PL2022-119.

[41:02] 8. COUNCIL CONSIDERATION: None.

[41:06] 9. COUNCIL SUB-COMMITTEE REPORTS AND MEETING ATTENDANCE REPORTS:

[46:45] 10. ADJOURNMENT:

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[1:08] Okay by the clock on the wall.

[1:10] It is 630. I‘d like to call the

[1:13] order the October 6th, 2026

[1:16] City Council meeting to order.

[1:17] The public is encouraged to

[1:19] join the meeting online or by

[1:21] phone at the numbers printed on

[1:23] the agenda, which can be found

[1:25] on the city‘s website at

[1:27] Diamondback, gov or in person.

[1:30] Main auditorium, where we sit

[1:32] right now. South Coast Air

[1:33] Quality Management District We

[1:36] have also allowed public

[1:37] comments to be submitted in

[1:39] advance to the City Clerk, if

[1:41] any were received, they will be

[1:43] noted. For the record, when we

[1:44] get to the public comment

[1:46] period. This meeting is being

[1:48] recorded and by participating

[1:50] you are giving your permission

[1:51] to be televised. This meeting

[1:53] will be rebroadcast every

[1:54] Saturday and Sunday at 9 a.m.,

[1:56] and alternate Tuesdays at 8

[1:58] p.m. and archived for viewing

[2:00] on the city‘s website. We will

[2:03] have the Pledge of Allegiance,

[2:05] followed by the invocation and

[2:07] the roll call. Please stand for

[2:09] the Pledge of Allegiance, led

[2:10] by Councilman Chow, and then

[2:11] please remain standing for the

[2:13] invocation from Pastor Tim

[2:14] Park, lead pastor of

[2:16] Evangelical Free Church.

[2:18] Please stand please. Right hand

[2:19] in heart. Ready? Begin. I

[2:22] pledge allegiance to the flag

[2:24] of the United States of America

[2:26] and to the Republic for which

[2:27] it stands. One nation under

[2:30] God, indivisible, with liberty

[2:32] and justice for all.

[2:44] Thank you mayor. Thank you.

[2:46] Council members. Would you join

[2:48] me in prayer? Our Heavenly

[2:50] Father, we thank you for the

[2:51] opportunity to gather tonight.

[2:53] Thank you for our city leaders,

[2:55] for our mayor and our council

[2:56] members. And father, I thank

[2:58] you for the many public

[2:59] servants who faithfully serve

[3:01] our city and for those who

[3:02] protect us and God, as we do

[3:05] every time we gather for our

[3:06] Council meetings, we ask that

[3:08] you give everyone here tonight

[3:09] wisdom. Give our leaders wisdom

[3:12] to make sound decisions. Give

[3:14] the residents and the business

[3:15] owners of our city discernment,

[3:18] patience, humility, and

[3:20] gracious attitudes as they take

[3:22] part in tonight‘s discussions.

[3:25] Father, you‘ve blessed us with

[3:26] a wonderful city, so help us to

[3:29] be good stewards of our

[3:30] community. Bless our meeting

[3:32] tonight. May the conversations

[3:34] be thoughtful, respectful, and

[3:38] fruitful. I pray all these

[3:39] things in the name of Jesus.

[3:41] Amen. Amen.

[3:49] Thank you, Pastor Park,

[3:51] especially for being here in

[3:52] person. We appreciate that.

[3:55] City Clerk Santana, can you

[3:56] please call the roll?

[3:58] Yes. Mr. Mayor. Council member

[3:59] chao. Here. Council member Liu.

[4:01] Here. Council member. Tang

[4:03] here. Mayor. Pro tem lo here.

[4:05] Mayor Tai here.

[4:06] So we are all here. Uh. City

[4:09] manager McLean, are there any

[4:11] changes to the agenda?

[4:12] There are no changes, mayor.

[4:14] Thank you. Sir. The agenda is

[4:16] hereby approved. That brings us

[4:18] to special presentations. We

[4:21] would like to, if you would

[4:22] join me down here, we will have

[4:23] a certificate of recognition

[4:25] to. I‘m going to do my best

[4:27] with the name, my DD. Charla.

[4:31] Did I get it? Yes. Excellent.

[4:34] Let‘s go downstairs.

[5:04] Thank you. Thank you. Thank you

[5:07] very much.

[5:08] Okay, here we are. We are going

[5:11] to, uh, probably I‘m going to

[5:12] talk a little bit more than I

[5:14] normally do, because I just cut

[5:15] right to the end, but I want

[5:17] everybody to understand this.

[5:18] is in recognition. The

[5:19] Dunbar City Council proudly

[5:21] acknowledges and thanks a DD

[5:23] Chawla Diamond Bar High School

[5:25] student class of 2027 for her

[5:29] leadership as California Hosa

[5:31] State Parliamentarian Student

[5:34] representative for the Walnut

[5:35] Valley Unified School District

[5:37] and a student led, is a student

[5:40] lead yes and Student lead of

[5:44] Los Angeles County Civic

[5:46] Changemaker Project. Have you

[5:49] got enough to do? Yes. Okay.

[5:51] Thank you for helping immigrant

[5:53] students find a sense of

[5:54] belonging and for your efforts

[5:57] to build bridges between public

[5:59] health and policy. Your

[6:01] commitment to bring about

[6:03] positive change in the world is

[6:05] inspiring. We can‘t wait to see

[6:07] what you do next. That‘s data

[6:09] today, October 6th, signed by

[6:12] the entire council.

[6:13] Congratulations. So you‘re

[6:15] going to have to. Do you want

[6:16] to take a picture now or after

[6:17] we do this.

[6:24] Are we where you want to. Yes.

[6:26] Is this Mom and Dad? Oh,

[6:31] excellent. Excellent.

[6:35] Okay, how about you?

[6:39] Oh, yes.

[6:46] Okay.

[7:10] Don‘t go. Because she‘s going

[7:11] to tell us about all this. Tell

[7:13] us how you decided to do this

[7:16] and what it means to

[7:17] everything.

[7:19] Of course. So, first of all, I

[7:20] just want to thank you all for

[7:21] being here. And I want to thank

[7:23] the the council members

[7:24] specifically for recognizing

[7:25] this. It really means the world

[7:27] to see some of the work that

[7:28] I‘ve done, um, be appreciated

[7:30] at this scale, especially so as

[7:33] for Hosa, Hosa is a future

[7:35] health professionals

[7:36] organization. It involves

[7:38] career technical education and

[7:40] it‘s something I‘ve been

[7:41] involved with as a leader for

[7:42] the past four years at Diamond

[7:44] Bar High School, and something

[7:45] that this year I‘ve taken to

[7:46] the state level. So we‘ve

[7:48] organized certification

[7:49] workshops actually in the

[7:50] Diamond Bar Library last year,

[7:52] where we taught about 25 middle

[7:54] schoolers and high schoolers

[7:55] how to stop the bleed. So

[7:57] phlebotomy skills. And then

[7:59] we‘ve also organized different

[8:01] outreach workshops at middle

[8:02] schools and high schools within

[8:04] our district. And we also lead

[8:07] competition opportunities

[8:09] within the whole state. And so

[8:12] I‘m really proud to be a member

[8:13] of that organization, and I‘m

[8:14] so grateful to have it

[8:16] recognized here today. I‘m also

[8:18] really grateful to all the

[8:20] teachers that I‘ve had within

[8:21] Diamond Bar, because they‘ve

[8:22] been such an incredible support

[8:24] system. They‘ve always pushed

[8:25] me to excel, but they‘ve always

[8:27] been there with me every step

[8:28] of the way, and of course, to

[8:29] my parents and to my family

[8:30] for.

[8:31] Being and talking to them.

[8:33] I mean, they‘re here with me

[8:34] today and they‘ve always been

[8:36] here standing with me and

[8:37] supporting me in everything

[8:39] that I do. So I could not be

[8:40] more grateful to them. Thank

[8:42] you so much.

[8:46] So I love the fact that you

[8:47] said you‘ve been doing this,

[8:48] you know, for like probably

[8:49] since you‘re 14, right? Well,

[8:51] that‘s a long time because

[8:53] you‘re like four years older

[8:55] now. That‘s amazing. Keep up

[8:57] the good work. And it‘s going

[8:58] to be very interesting to see

[8:59] how how just how much impact

[9:02] you have on the things that

[9:03] you‘re in entitled. Thank you

[9:05] so much for being here.

[9:06] I appreciate.

[9:06] You, you..

[9:10] thank you, thank you, thank

[9:12] you. Congratulations, mother.

[9:14] Congratulations.

[10:10] All right. That brings us to

[10:11] city manager reports and

[10:12] recommendations. Uh, Mr.

[10:15] McClain, uh, tell us about El

[10:17] Nino preparedness.

[10:19] Thank you. Mayor and members of

[10:20] the city council. Um, we

[10:22] thought it would be

[10:22] appropriate, given the fact

[10:24] that we‘re entering the fall

[10:26] and winter rainy season,

[10:27] despite the fact that it‘s been

[10:28] very warm the last week or so.

[10:31] To talk about the El Nino

[10:33] situation that we expect going

[10:36] into the next season. So just

[10:38] briefly, I am not a

[10:40] climatologist, but I will do my

[10:42] best to describe what El Nino

[10:43] is. This is a climate event

[10:45] that can result in extreme

[10:46] weather events. And so as we

[10:48] enter the rainy season, um, all

[10:51] experts are expecting that

[10:52] we‘re going to see heavier

[10:53] rains than usual or extreme

[10:55] weather events in the Southern

[10:56] California region. So we need

[10:58] to be prepared for that. Uh,

[11:01] our city staff has been working

[11:03] on a comprehensive plan to deal

[11:05] with public spaces. So our

[11:07] staff and our public works team

[11:08] is out now preparing any public

[11:11] areas that are under the city‘s

[11:12] care and maintenance slopes,

[11:14] public spaces, our drainage

[11:16] infrastructure, all of these

[11:17] things to ensure that they‘re

[11:19] ready for an extreme weather

[11:20] event or a heavy rain. We also

[11:23] want to remind private property

[11:24] owners to do the same on their

[11:26] property. It‘s better to be

[11:27] proactive and to be ready, and

[11:29] if nothing happens, at least we

[11:31] were ready for that. If it did.

[11:32] And so start by clearing

[11:34] gutters, drains v ditches

[11:36] before it rains. Have them

[11:37] ready to go so that you don‘t

[11:38] run into a problem. If we do

[11:40] get a storm, downspouts and

[11:42] runoff, make sure that that‘s

[11:43] directed away from buildings

[11:45] and properties. Inspect your

[11:47] slopes and any other areas that

[11:48] might be prone to flooding or

[11:50] mudflows. Secure outdoor items

[11:54] and stock up on sandbags. Are

[11:55] our fire stations have sandbags

[11:57] available and those are

[11:59] available for free? So go down

[12:00] there and make sure that you

[12:01] have those ready in case we get

[12:02] a big storm. And with El Nino

[12:05] or any other disaster or

[12:07] emergency situation, it always

[12:09] pays to have an emergency plan

[12:10] and a kit ready. Um, do that

[12:13] today. Whether it‘s El Nino, an

[12:14] earthquake, a wildfire, or any

[12:16] time that we might have to

[12:16] evacuate, it‘s good to have a

[12:18] plan in place for your family

[12:19] and a kit ready to respond. The

[12:24] city and our community

[12:25] relations team has done a great

[12:26] job putting together some

[12:28] information that is readily

[12:30] available for residents and

[12:32] businesses on our website and

[12:34] in many of our outreach

[12:35] materials, including the

[12:37] Diamond Bar Connection

[12:37] Newsletter and our weekly

[12:39] highlights E subscription

[12:41] newsletter. If you go to our

[12:43] web page, Diamond Bar Gov Nino,

[12:47] you‘ll find a whole hub with a

[12:49] number of different key

[12:51] preparedness information, slope

[12:53] maintenance guidelines, how to

[12:54] prepare your home and family

[12:56] where you can find sandbags,

[12:58] what to do during and after a

[13:00] storm. How to prepare an

[13:02] emergency communications plan.

[13:05] How to develop storm related

[13:07] contacts and resources so you

[13:08] know who to call if you are in

[13:10] a tough situation, and then you

[13:12] can learn more about the city

[13:13] storm preparations that we‘ve

[13:15] got going on as we speak. Our

[13:21] community relations team is

[13:22] also, as we do with most

[13:24] information that we put out. We

[13:25] put together a comprehensive

[13:26] plan and we put things in

[13:28] print, in video and on social

[13:29] media. They have prepared a

[13:31] short video that goes over this

[13:33] in about two minutes. And I‘d

[13:34] like to show that now. And this

[13:36] will be on our city‘s website

[13:38] and our YouTube page and social

[13:40] media channels here this week.

[13:45] While it‘s too early to know

[13:46] exactly how much rain Diamond

[13:48] Bar will receive, preparing now

[13:50] can help protect your home when

[13:51] storms arrive. Here are a few

[13:54] things you can do now to get

[13:55] your home ready. Clear drains,

[14:00] gutters and areas where water

[14:02] collects, clearing leaves and

[14:04] debris can help reduce puddling

[14:06] and allow rainwater to drain

[14:08] properly away from your home.

[14:10] Inspect your roof for damage or

[14:12] areas where water could enter,

[14:14] making repairs ahead of time

[14:16] can help prevent leaks and

[14:17] water damage. When heavy rain

[14:18] arrives. Secure outdoor

[14:21] furniture, trash and recycling

[14:22] bins, and other loose items.

[14:25] Securing these items can keep

[14:26] them from blowing away or

[14:28] becoming hazards during strong

[14:30] winds and heavy rain. Look for

[14:32] weak or damaged tree branches,

[14:34] addressing them ahead of time

[14:35] can reduce the risk of falling

[14:37] branches during stormy

[14:38] conditions. Pay attention to

[14:41] slopes and hillside areas

[14:42] around your property. Heavy

[14:44] rain can increase the risk of

[14:45] mudslides and debris flows,

[14:47] especially on steep or unstable

[14:49] slopes. If you need sandbags,

[14:51] they are available locally at

[14:52] fire stations 119 and 121.

[14:56] Sandbags can help redirect

[14:57] water, mud and minor debris

[15:00] away from vulnerable areas of

[15:01] your property. To help prevent

[15:04] stormwater pollution. Keep

[15:06] leaves, trash, chemicals and

[15:08] other pollutants out of streets

[15:10] and storm drains where rain can

[15:11] carry them into local

[15:12] waterways. Prepare your vehicle

[15:15] for wet weather. Check your

[15:17] tires, windshield wipers,

[15:20] headlights, brakes and other

[15:22] essentials before driving in

[15:23] stormy conditions. Create an

[15:26] emergency kit. Include

[15:28] essential supplies such as

[15:29] water, non-perishable food,

[15:31] medications, flashlights,

[15:33] batteries and first aid

[15:35] supplies. Know your resources

[15:38] and sign up for alerts. Know

[15:40] who to contact for storm

[15:41] related issues and emergencies.

[15:43] Review your insurance coverage

[15:44] and sign up for Diamond Bar

[15:46] emergency alerts and alert LA

[15:48] County. A little preparation

[15:50] now can make a big difference

[15:52] when the rain begins. Don‘t

[15:54] wait for the rain. Prepare

[15:56] before the storm.

[16:05] And so again, we would

[16:06] encourage members of the public

[16:08] to utilize the resources of the

[16:10] city has posted on its website

[16:11] again, that website, as it‘s

[16:12] shown on the screen, is WW

[16:15] Diamondback, Nino. And that

[16:18] will be the hub for all of our

[16:20] El Nino and storm preparedness

[16:21] information. Our social media

[16:24] accounts will also provide

[16:25] updates as we go, along with

[16:27] additional tips. And in the

[16:28] event of a storm, any important

[16:30] information for the public to

[16:31] know. And also our YouTube

[16:33] channel will have this

[16:34] informational video that we

[16:35] just showed on the the channel

[16:38] here. Moving forward for the

[16:40] rest of the rainy season. And

[16:43] with that, I‘d be happy to

[16:44] answer any questions. And thank

[16:45] you for the time.

[16:46] Any questions?

[16:47] Um. Just one, just one

[16:49] clarification.

[16:51] You mentioned that the fire

[16:52] stations are places you can get

[16:54] the sandbags. Uh, can you

[16:56] clarify whether you can just

[16:58] walk up and say, hey, can I

[16:59] have some sandbags? Or do you

[17:01] fill up the sandbags yourself?

[17:03] And if so, what type of tools

[17:04] would you need to bring to

[17:05] accomplish that?

[17:07] Yes, the stations have sand in

[17:09] the bags available out in

[17:11] front, and so you‘d need to

[17:12] bring a shovel to fill them up

[17:13] and prepare them and take them

[17:15] away.

[17:17] Great.

[17:18] Thank you.

[17:19] Any other questions?

[17:21] Thank you, Councilman Lou.

[17:22] Uh thank you mayor. Uh, thank

[17:25] you, City manager McLean. I was

[17:27] wondering if, uh, what are the

[17:29] areas that the staff have

[17:31] identified as the most

[17:32] vulnerable in Diamond Bar? And

[17:34] what can the city and our

[17:37] residents do in prepare for

[17:39] this? Before our big, first big

[17:41] storm?

[17:43] I would say that the most

[17:45] important or priority locations

[17:47] would be any slopes that are

[17:48] adjacent to properties and any

[17:50] drainage apparatus or ditches.

[17:53] Um, make sure that those are

[17:55] cleaned out before so that

[17:56] they‘re not clogged in the

[17:57] event of a rain. So those two

[17:58] would probably probably be the

[17:59] top priorities. Um, as it

[18:01] relates to kind of the bigger

[18:02] picture.

[18:05] Certainly we can work on that.

[18:06] Thank you so much.

[18:08] Any other questions?

[18:10] Councilman Tang?

[18:11] Thank you.

[18:12] Um.

[18:15] We have discussed there are

[18:18] several areas with trees in the

[18:21] city. That‘s a more vulnerable.

[18:25] Uh, during the storm condition,

[18:27] for example, the the Bradford

[18:30] peach trees. And they are easy

[18:32] to the branches are easy to

[18:34] fall off during the stormy

[18:36] weather. And so that are we are

[18:38] sending out the crew to check

[18:40] the if there‘s any weak

[18:42] branches that we we should

[18:44] probably trim them the before

[18:46] the storm comes.

[18:48] So we have our public works

[18:50] team. Our public works

[18:51] maintenance team works with the

[18:52] city‘s arborist, West Coast

[18:54] arborist to look at trees

[18:56] across the city. No matter the

[18:58] um species, to ensure that

[19:00] they‘re safe. And if we need to

[19:01] make any adjustments, um, our

[19:03] staff will work with the

[19:04] arborist and the tree trimming

[19:05] crews to have them in place.

[19:08] Now, it is in a storm

[19:10] situation. We‘re not going to

[19:12] be able to find every situation

[19:14] in which there might be a

[19:15] branch that needs to be

[19:17] addressed. Um, so it‘s really

[19:18] important that people that have

[19:19] trees on their property do

[19:21] inspections and make sure that

[19:22] their trees are prepped for any

[19:24] weather as well.

[19:26] But we‘ll do the check on the

[19:27] public areas, right?

[19:29] We do. Our staff is already

[19:31] checking on public slopes and

[19:34] public areas that are

[19:35] maintained by the city and

[19:37] owned by the city, to get them

[19:38] ready for a storm situation.

[19:41] So you say, if I‘m driving

[19:43] during the storm condition, all

[19:45] of a sudden I see a fallen

[19:47] trees on the on the street.

[19:48] Which number? The driver should

[19:51] call.

[19:51] That you can call the city. Any

[19:53] of the numbers are mainline 909

[19:55] 839 7000. And we‘ll be able to

[19:58] direct to the proper person. I

[20:00] believe our public works line

[20:02] is (900) 983-9704 zero.

[20:05] That‘s around the clock. Um,

[20:08] response. Right.

[20:09] Uh, we do not have 24 hour

[20:11] coverage, but if we do have an

[20:12] emergency situation, if we get

[20:14] notice from the sheriff‘s

[20:15] department, which is something

[20:16] that‘s happened in the past, we

[20:17] respond to that and dispatch

[20:19] the proper personnel.

[20:21] Thank you.

[20:23] Any other questions? Okay.

[20:26] Seeing none. Thank you very

[20:27] much, Mr. McLain. That brings

[20:29] us to public comments. Public

[20:31] comment is the time reserved on

[20:33] each regular meeting agenda to

[20:35] provide an opportunity for

[20:37] members of the public to

[20:38] directly address the Council on

[20:40] consent. Calendar items, or

[20:42] other matters of interest, not

[20:44] on the agenda that are within

[20:46] the subject matter jurisdiction

[20:48] of the Council. Although the

[20:50] City Council values your

[20:51] comments pursuant to the Brown

[20:53] Act, members of the City

[20:55] Council or staff may briefly

[20:57] respond to public comments if

[20:59] necessary, but no extended

[21:01] discussion and no action on

[21:03] such matters may take place.

[21:05] There‘s a five minute maximum

[21:07] time limit when addressing the

[21:08] City Council at this time. I‘ll

[21:10] call up speakers who have

[21:11] submitted a speaker card first,

[21:14] then City Clerk Santana will

[21:16] ask for those callers. Join

[21:19] that. Joining the

[21:20] teleconference who may wish to

[21:22] speak under public comments. I

[21:24] have received two speaker

[21:26] cards. Let‘s begin with Bruce.

[21:29] Keisha.

[21:44] Oh, that‘s just sad. Honored

[21:47] Council Captain Coursey, deputy

[21:50] Sotelo. Mister McLean and long

[21:54] suffering staff. I‘m Bruce

[21:56] Chitty here representing the

[21:58] Rotary Club of Walnut Valley

[21:59] and thanking the good citizens

[22:00] of Diamond Bar and Walnut for

[22:02] turning out in impressive

[22:04] numbers for the council

[22:05] candidate forums hosted by our

[22:07] club in September. All eight

[22:09] candidates were invited to the

[22:11] forums on equal terms were

[22:12] introduced beforehand to the

[22:14] format and the rules of the

[22:15] forum, and by zoom to those

[22:18] Rotarians chosen to draft the

[22:19] questions to put to the

[22:21] candidates. Six candidates

[22:23] chose to attend, three in each

[22:25] city. Rotarians of the drafting

[22:28] committee themselves, citizens

[22:30] of Diamond Bar and Walnut,

[22:31] crafted questions which were

[22:33] judged to be of immediate

[22:34] importance and interest to the

[22:36] voting public and of course, to

[22:38] ourselves. Since we live here.

[22:40] I was a member of that

[22:41] committee, along with six other

[22:43] club members. The candidate in

[22:45] our club had neither hand in

[22:46] the drafting nor foreknowledge

[22:48] of the questions themselves.

[22:50] Now, while each of us brought

[22:53] our personal perspective to the

[22:54] effort, we were guided by and

[22:56] fortified in our drafting by a

[22:58] common allegiance to four

[23:00] foundational rotary principles

[23:03] truth, fairness, goodwill, and

[23:06] friendship, and mutual benefit.

[23:09] In fact, our club and each of

[23:11] the 4800 rotary Clubs worldwide

[23:13] start each meeting with a

[23:14] pledge to each other to

[23:16] honestly meet the standard of

[23:18] what is called the Four-Way

[23:19] Test of everything. We think,

[23:20] say and do. Now, put a pin in

[23:23] that for just one moment.

[23:25] There‘s no way that rotaries

[23:27] founders could have imagined.

[23:28] In 1905, the global reach of

[23:31] the movement they had started,

[23:33] but before long it became clear

[23:35] to rotary needed to appeal to a

[23:36] universal set of core ethical

[23:38] values recognizable to and

[23:41] spoken by men and women of

[23:43] goodwill, spanning nation,

[23:45] culture, religion, race, tongue

[23:47] and ethnicity. And so was

[23:53] devised this thing called the

[23:54] four way test. The four

[23:56] questions that we speak aloud

[23:57] at the outset of each meeting

[23:59] after our pledge of Allegiance

[24:00] to the flag of the United

[24:01] States of America, and our

[24:03] prayer to the Almighty. So let

[24:06] me go back. Here‘s this pin.

[24:08] The four way test of everything

[24:10] we think, say, or do. The four

[24:12] questions we place to each

[24:13] other at every meeting. First,

[24:15] is it the truth? Second, is it

[24:18] fair to all concerned? Third,

[24:21] will it build goodwill and

[24:22] better friendship? And fourth,

[24:24] is it beneficial to all

[24:26] concerned with these principles

[24:29] in front of mind? It was easy

[24:30] to craft a format which

[24:32] advantaged neither incumbent

[24:33] nor challenger, providing fair

[24:35] and level access to a vital,

[24:37] interested audience. And even

[24:39] more so, the questions

[24:40] themselves, which gave the

[24:41] audience a clear view with

[24:43] which to evaluate the

[24:44] truthfulness, the fairness, the

[24:47] comity or the neighborliness

[24:49] and public benefit of the

[24:50] candidates, replies. In this,

[24:53] as in our previous forums and

[24:56] in all our efforts, the Rotary

[24:57] Club of Walnut Valley strives

[24:59] to set the standard. You know,

[25:01] one of these days I‘m just

[25:02] going to have to memorize one

[25:03] of these things strives to set

[25:06] the standard for positive,

[25:07] productive public participation

[25:09] in our city‘s affairs by doing

[25:12] honor to that simple pledge, we

[25:15] do sincerely hope that those

[25:17] who attended and those who

[25:18] watch the YouTube and Facebook

[25:19] videos to be posted shortly, we

[25:22] do sincerely hope that you all

[25:24] judge our efforts successful,

[25:26] which is to say, truthful,

[25:28] fair, neighborly, and

[25:30] beneficial to all concerned. We

[25:32] look forward to our next

[25:33] opportunity to serve our

[25:35] communities and welcome any and

[25:36] all suggestions for

[25:37] improvement. We meet at 8 a.m.

[25:40] Tuesday mornings. The Diamond

[25:41] Bar Golf Course in the bar, and

[25:45] so with that, ladies and

[25:46] gentlemen, thank you and good

[25:48] night. God bless.

[25:51] Thank you, Mr. Trisha. Uh,

[25:55] Cynthia, you.

[26:02] Uh, good evening, Mr. Mayor.

[26:04] Council member, city

[26:06] staff and members. Audience. My

[26:08] name is Cynthia. You from

[26:09] member library. I‘m happy to

[26:11] report that our special edition

[26:14] hello Kitty library card launch

[26:16] was has been very successful.

[26:20] Uh, it sparked viral social

[26:22] media hype across the Southern

[26:23] California on September 18th.

[26:25] System across L.A. County

[26:27] library. About 16,000 new

[26:31] library cards were registered

[26:32] and 20,000 cards replaced. Just

[26:35] on that day in Denver. The

[26:37] response was particularly

[26:39] strong. We had over 100 people

[26:42] waiting outside of our library

[26:43] building before we opened, and

[26:48] our staff process cards at a

[26:50] rate of 2.7 cards per minute.

[26:54] In fact, the member library was

[26:56] the first in the LA County

[26:57] Library system to run out of

[26:59] the library card, doing so by

[27:01] 12:30 p.m., with additional

[27:04] staff from the library

[27:05] headquarters. Later that

[27:07] afternoon, our library

[27:08] distributed the highest number

[27:10] of hello Kitty library overall.

[27:13] One customer told us that she

[27:15] hasn‘t read in years, and the

[27:17] hello Kitty card was the sign

[27:19] she needed to get back to

[27:21] reading. Beyond the hype.

[27:24] That‘s why this card meters. We

[27:27] also have some hello Kitty and

[27:28] friends themed program coming

[27:30] up this Saturday at 2 p.m. we

[27:32] are hosting hosting a program,

[27:34] create, connect and Celebrate

[27:36] with hello Kitty and friends,

[27:38] featuring an afternoon of

[27:40] crafts and activities centered

[27:41] around community and

[27:43] creativity. Oasis are welcome

[27:45] to join us. Additionally,

[27:47] please note that the library

[27:49] will be closed on Monday,

[27:50] October 12th for Indigenous

[27:51] Peoples Day, but our digital

[27:53] library is always open 24 over

[27:55] seven online. Thank you for

[27:56] your continued support of the

[27:58] library. Please visit our

[27:59] website at our County library.

[28:00] Org for more information. Thank

[28:02] you.

[28:06] Miss you. Is there

[28:07] anybody else that would like to

[28:09] speak to the council that

[28:11] hasn‘t had an opportunity or

[28:12] didn‘t bring a cart? City Clerk

[28:17] Santana were there any public

[28:18] comment emails received or are

[28:21] there any callers on the line?

[28:23] Yes, Mr. Mayor. One email was

[28:25] received from Mr. David Zoo. It

[28:28] was forwarded to the city

[28:29] Council and placed at the

[28:30] entrance of the meeting for

[28:31] public viewing. And at this

[28:33] time, if any member of the

[28:34] public joining this meeting via

[28:35] teleconference would like to

[28:36] address the City Council,

[28:37] please select the raised hand

[28:39] icon in your go to webinar

[28:40] program. And there are no hands

[28:43] raised. Mayor.

[28:45] Thank you very much. Again, one

[28:46] more chance. Is there anybody

[28:47] that would like to speak to the

[28:48] council on any issues? Okay.

[28:50] That will end that. And seeing

[28:54] no one, we will now move on

[28:55] schedule. Future events and

[28:57] consent calendar. Mr. McLellan.

[29:00] Thank you. Mayor. The schedule

[29:01] of future events begins with

[29:03] National Coffee with a Cop Day,

[29:04] which will be held tomorrow,

[29:06] October 7th, from 830 to 10

[29:08] a.m. at the Diamond Bar, Walnut

[29:10] Sheriff‘s Station that‘s

[29:11] located at 21695 East Valley

[29:14] Boulevard. On October 11th.

[29:17] This Community Relations

[29:18] division will hold a city

[29:20] information and resource table

[29:21] at the Hannum Chain market

[29:23] World at 21080. Golden Springs

[29:26] Drive on October 12th. A

[29:29] measure Q informational

[29:30] presentation will be held at

[29:32] the City Hall Windmill Room

[29:33] from 630 to 8:30 p.m. on

[29:36] October 13th. The Planning

[29:38] Commission will meet in the

[29:39] City Hall Windmill Room that

[29:41] begins at 630. Our next coffee

[29:44] with a cop will be held on

[29:45] October 13th, from 530 to 7:30

[29:48] p.m. at Paris Baguette, located

[29:50] at 21050 Golden Springs Drive.

[29:53] We will hold a city Government

[29:55] explained presentation on the

[29:56] role and responsibilities of

[29:57] the City Council on October

[29:59] 14th from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at

[30:01] the City Hall Windmill Room.

[30:03] The Traffic and Transportation

[30:05] Commission will meet on October

[30:06] 15th at 6:30 p.m. at the City

[30:09] Hall, Windmill Road. We will

[30:11] hold another measure Q

[30:12] informational presentation on

[30:14] October 17th from 9 to 11 a.m.

[30:17] that is a Saturday at the City

[30:18] Hall Windmill Room, diamond Bar

[30:21] restaurant week begins October

[30:23] 19th and runs through October

[30:25] 25th, so be sure to go out and

[30:26] eat at our local restaurants.

[30:28] And then finally, our next City

[30:30] Council meeting will be held on

[30:31] October 20th at 6:30 p.m. here

[30:33] in the South Coast, Air Quality

[30:35] Management District Auditorium.

[30:37] Moving on to the Consent

[30:38] Calendar, item 6.1 is the City

[30:41] Council minutes of the

[30:42] September 15th Regular Meeting.

[30:44] Item 6.2 is ratification of the

[30:47] check Register dated September

[30:48] 9th, 2026 through September

[30:51] 22nd, 2026, totaling

[30:54] $782,547.57. And that wraps up

[30:59] the consent calendar.

[31:00] Mayor., that is a very heavy

[31:03] consent calendar. Anybody want

[31:05] to take anything?

[31:06] I‘ll move for approval. I‘ll

[31:07] say nothing. I‘ll move

[31:09] approval.

[31:10] A second.

[31:10] Okay. We have a motion from

[31:12] Councilman Chow. Second from. I

[31:15] know what we call you. Mayor

[31:16] Pro tem. Call the roll, please.

[31:20] Yes, Mr. Mayor. Council member.

[31:21] Chow.

[31:22] Yes.

[31:22] Council member Liu.

[31:23] Yes.

[31:24] Council member. Tang. Yes.

[31:25] Mayor pro tem lowe. Yes. Mayor.

[31:28] Yes. Okay. That brings us to.

[31:33] Public hearings. Tentative

[31:35] parcel map number 83773. Case

[31:38] number PL 22022-119. Mr.

[31:42] McLain.

[31:44] Thank you. Mayor. Our senior

[31:45] planner, made Nakajima will be

[31:46] giving the presentation this

[31:47] evening.

[31:48] Good evening, mayor and members

[31:49] of the City Council. Tonight‘s

[31:55] request is to split an existing

[31:57] 2.3 acre parcel into two one

[31:59] acre lots. The property is

[32:01] currently developed with the

[32:02] home and the purpose of the lot

[32:04] split is to create a new vacant

[32:05] parcel that can be developed in

[32:07] the future. The site is located

[32:10] in the Diamond Bar Country

[32:12] Estates on the north side of

[32:13] Ridgeline Road, west of

[32:15] Deringer Lane. In 2019, a lot

[32:18] line adjustment was recorded to

[32:20] adjust the side property line

[32:22] between this lot and the lot to

[32:23] the west. Prior to the

[32:24] adjustment, the subject parcel

[32:26] was 1.8 acres and the

[32:28] neighboring lot was 1.5 acres.

[32:30] After the adjustment, the

[32:32] subject parcel increased in

[32:33] size to 2.3 acres and the

[32:35] neighboring lot was reduced to

[32:37] 1.02. This lot line adjustment

[32:40] was processed specifically, to allow this

[32:43] property to acquire enough land

[32:45] to meet the minimum one acre

[32:46] lot size requirement for this

[32:48] lot split. These are photos of

[32:52] the subject lot. The existing

[32:54] home will remain on parcel one,

[32:55] and a new home will be proposed

[32:57] on parcel two at a future time.

[33:01] This is the layout of the

[33:03] proposed parcel map. Both

[33:04] parcels will be just a little

[33:06] over one acre in size. The lot

[33:10] split conforms to all of the

[33:12] city‘s subdivision standards,

[33:13] such as minimum size, parcel

[33:16] width, depth, and the owner is

[33:19] required to pay park fees for

[33:21] the subdivision. The fees are

[33:23] used for the creation of new

[33:25] parks or improving existing

[33:26] parks. Staff used a fair market

[33:28] value of 2.8 million acres per

[33:31] acre, consistent with the

[33:32] recent local benchmark for

[33:34] comparable land sales in

[33:35] Diamond Bar. To acquire land

[33:38] for park space based on the

[33:40] formula and the valuation of

[33:41] land for the park. The in lieu

[33:43] fee for this project is

[33:44] $47,600. On three occasions

[33:50] before this hearing, staff was

[33:51] contacted by a resident stating

[33:53] that public records indicate

[33:55] the lot is 1.79 acres and

[33:58] therefore does not comply with

[33:59] the minimum lot size. But as

[34:01] noted earlier, a lot line

[34:03] adjustment was recorded in 2019

[34:05] to facilitate this subdivision.

[34:08] It was also noted that the

[34:10] project requires approval from

[34:12] the HOA. While true that the

[34:14] owner is subject to the

[34:15] corners, it is the owner‘s

[34:17] separate obligation to follow

[34:19] their rules. The subdivision

[34:20] fully conforms to the city‘s

[34:22] code, and the city must base

[34:24] its decision solely on if the

[34:26] required findings can be made.

[34:28] Lastly, there was another

[34:30] concern that the construction

[34:31] will cause environmental and

[34:33] burglary issues to neighbors.

[34:35] The lot split is subject to the

[34:37] city‘s development standards

[34:39] and environmental review

[34:40] requirements. The city has

[34:42] evaluated this project for

[34:43] potential environmental

[34:45] effects, and has found that the

[34:46] project will not have any

[34:48] potentially significant impacts

[34:50] on their environment. With the

[34:51] proposed mitigation measures.

[34:55] We acknowledge the commenters

[34:57] concern regarding construction

[34:58] site security. However, this

[35:00] request is for a subdivision

[35:02] and no construction is proposed

[35:03] at this time. At the time of

[35:05] development, construction

[35:07] activities will be subject to

[35:08] our requirements in terms of

[35:10] grading, erosion control, site

[35:12] maintenance and other

[35:13] construction related

[35:14] activities. Compliance with

[35:16] these requirements will be

[35:17] required as conditions of

[35:19] approval at that time. Staff

[35:22] prepared an initial study and

[35:24] notice of intent to adopt a

[35:25] mitigated negative declaration

[35:27] for this project. AB 52

[35:29] requires tribal consultation

[35:31] for project subject to secure.

[35:33] One tribe responded. The

[35:35] Gabriel Llano Band of Mission

[35:36] Indians, who have requested a

[35:38] certified Native American

[35:40] monitor be on site during

[35:42] ground disturbance to protect

[35:43] any cultural resources that

[35:45] might be found. Staff has

[35:47] included this mitigation

[35:48] measure in the mitigation,

[35:50] Monitoring and Reporting

[35:51] program. No other comments were

[35:53] received. With that, staff is

[35:57] recommending that the City

[35:59] Council open the public

[36:00] hearing, close the public

[36:01] hearing and adopt the

[36:02] resolution. Adopting the

[36:04] mitigated negative declaration

[36:05] for the project and approving

[36:07] tentative parcel map number

[36:08] 83773. Based on the findings of

[36:11] fact and subject to the

[36:13] conditions of approval. This

[36:15] concludes my presentation.

[36:18] Thank you very much. Let‘s open

[36:20] the public hearing. Is there

[36:21] anybody that would like to

[36:22] speak to the Council on the

[36:25] item? 7.1. Please come

[36:28] introduce yourself.

[36:33] Hello, my name is Charlie. I

[36:36] live in the country. Uh, you

[36:40] know, near the subject lot. Uh,

[36:46] I like to say a mere t and all.

[36:50] The council member and doctor

[36:52] Ken. Uh. Good evening. Um, my

[36:57] opinion is that I searched the

[37:01] property, uh, from the

[37:03] assessor‘s office and the Los

[37:07] Angeles County office, and it

[37:10] turned out to be the largest

[37:12] 1.78 or 1.79, which is seven

[37:22] 78,878, uh, square foot, which

[37:28] is about 1.79 acres. So my

[37:35] opinion is if, uh, the rural

[37:39] zoning require, uh, at least

[37:42] one acre for the subdivisions,

[37:45] the subject lot does not meet

[37:49] the requirement. Uh, that‘s my

[37:52] opinion. Of course, the country

[37:55] has a HOA. I don‘t know whether

[37:57] that‘s, you know, uh, the

[38:00] subject need the approval from

[38:03] the country. The HOA. Thank you

[38:07] so much.

[38:08] Thank you for being here.

[38:09] Anybody else would like to

[38:10] speak on this item? Okay.

[38:14] Hearing nobody, we will, um,

[38:16] close the public hearing. Um,

[38:19] may. Can you. I think we all

[38:21] heard that earlier. If you

[38:22] could just, uh, speak to

[38:24] Charlie‘s concerns.

[38:26] Yes. So the document that

[38:29] Charlie was referencing was

[38:31] likely an outdated parcel map.

[38:33] That‘s what the lot used to

[38:34] look like. But after the lot

[38:36] line adjustment was processed,

[38:38] the subject parcel increased to

[38:40] 2.3 acres. And they did that

[38:42] specifically so that they can

[38:44] do the slot split.

[38:46] Okay. Thank you very much. Yes.

[38:49] Please go ahead.

[38:51] Update that. Uh, well, would it

[38:53] be an updated of of the final,

[38:56] uh, acreage of this property?

[38:58] So that will be official in

[39:01] black and white that the, that

[39:03] the property is more than two

[39:05] acres and can be divided. Would

[39:06] it be in a formal document like

[39:08] that?

[39:13] Uh, really quickly. So the

[39:14] answer is yes. After that line

[39:16] adjustments. Uh, then it gets

[39:19] the city engineer approval and

[39:22] stamp, and then it goes to the

[39:23] county. My my understanding is

[39:26] that counties are a little late

[39:28] in updating their records. So

[39:31] these go to the county, not the

[39:33] assessor, but the county

[39:35] clerk‘s recorder‘s office. And

[39:37] there‘s a separate property,

[39:40] uh, property office for LA

[39:42] County. And it‘s a big

[39:44] bureaucracy. So by the time it

[39:46] gets to the actual map

[39:48] available to the public, it

[39:50] will take some time.

[39:53] But shall we wait until the

[39:55] formal, uh, document to.

[40:00] Document has been approved, and

[40:02] it‘s with the county. But

[40:04] whether so. And it‘s in mylar

[40:08] form. When that gets digitized

[40:11] and available to the public,

[40:13] that can take some time. So if

[40:15] you go to the right office,

[40:17] you‘ll be able to see it where

[40:18] you cannot take it and you

[40:19] cannot touch it. You can only

[40:21] see it if you want to copy.

[40:24] It‘s going to take some time.

[40:26] Thank you.

[40:28] Any other.

[40:28] Questions? No. Okay.

[40:31] Someone like to make a motion.

[40:36] I‘ll make the motion for

[40:37] approval. Um. For resolution

[40:42] 2020 6320, second.

[40:45] Okay. I have a motion from

[40:47] Councilman Chao and a second

[40:49] from Councilman Liu.

[40:52] Call the roll, please.

[40:53] Yes, Mr. mayor, Council member

[40:54] Chao.

[40:55] Yes.

[40:55] Council member Liu. Yes.

[40:57] Council member. Tang.

[40:58] Yes.

[40:59] Mayor. Pro tem lo. Yes. Mayor.

[41:01] Tai.

[41:01] Yes. Okay. That passes

[41:03] unanimously five zero. And that

[41:05] brings us to, uh, council

[41:08] consideration, which we have

[41:09] none of, uh, council

[41:11] subcommittee reports and

[41:12] meeting attendance reports.

[41:14] Let‘s start with, uh,

[41:16] Councilman Tang.

[41:18] I have no report.

[41:20] That was short and sweet. Thank

[41:22] you. Uh, that brings us to

[41:24] Councilman Liu.

[41:26] Uh, thank you, mayor. I thank

[41:28] staff for the presentation and

[41:30] also the detail. Uh, response

[41:32] and clarifications. Thank you.

[41:35] Uh, as always, um, the weather

[41:38] lately has been very hot and

[41:41] humid. Uh, please continue to

[41:43] check up on each other, our

[41:44] neighbors, and also the rain

[41:46] that‘s coming, apparently next

[41:47] week. And when that happens.

[41:49] Let‘s also check on our

[41:50] neighbors as well. And with

[41:53] that, and I look forward to

[41:54] seeing everyone around town for

[41:56] Restaurant Week. As I say, good

[41:58] night. Thank you.

[42:01] Councilman Chow.

[42:03] Thank you. Mayor. Just a quick

[42:04] report. I did attend the Cal

[42:06] City‘s, uh, annual conference.

[42:08] Uh, so, if you recall, I‘m a

[42:10] voting delegate, so I was able

[42:12] to vote on the, uh, the

[42:13] resolution. Just a quick recap.

[42:16] So the General Assembly

[42:18] resolution one was submitted by

[42:20] the city of Marietta. Uh, it

[42:23] was approved, as amended. So

[42:25] just to summarize, the

[42:26] resolution calls on Cal City to

[42:28] consider forming a statewide

[42:30] working group to explore a

[42:32] constitutional amendment or

[42:34] other legislative policy or

[42:36] ballot based strategy to

[42:38] strengthen local control. Uh,

[42:40] and also preserves the state‘s

[42:42] role in setting broad housing

[42:44] goals and enforcing fair

[42:45] housing safety and

[42:46] environmental standards, while

[42:48] advocating for additional

[42:49] affordable housing funding

[42:50] resources. So essentially what

[42:52] it does is it‘s asking the

[42:54] state board of Cal City to form

[42:56] a statewide advocacy body where

[42:59] they can advocate for the state

[43:01] to pass some sort of, um,

[43:03] potentially a ballot measure in

[43:05] 2030, uh, for a constitutional

[43:08] amendment. So that did pass

[43:09] with overwhelming support at

[43:11] the General Assembly at the Cal

[43:13] City. Um conference. In

[43:17] addition, I attended several

[43:18] sessions, and one of the things

[43:19] that was most interesting, the

[43:21] folks from Santa Barbara

[43:24] actually presented on what

[43:25] they‘re doing with the State

[43:26] Street. So for those of you

[43:28] that have visited the city,

[43:30] they‘re doing very interesting

[43:31] things there. So they have

[43:33] completely revamped the entire

[43:34] State Street. And the way they

[43:36] did it, they actually divided

[43:38] that street into different

[43:39] sections. So they have one area

[43:41] designated the Funk Zone. I

[43:43] don‘t know if you have been

[43:44] down there and wondering is,

[43:45] designated as the art zone. And

[43:47] once purely for entertainment,

[43:49] and they repurposed a couple of

[43:51] buildings to, um, to

[43:53] headquarters of different

[43:54] corporations, and some of them

[43:56] took over the vacant Macy‘s and

[43:58] Nordstrom. So they‘re doing a

[44:00] lot of good work down there.

[44:01] And I was able to take back

[44:02] some ideas and talk to a few

[44:03] folks. Some of the council

[44:05] members from Santa Barbara. So

[44:06] as we start to develop our own

[44:09] downtown area, I think there‘s

[44:10] a lot of things we‘re going to

[44:11] learn from them. And so glad

[44:14] that I was able to attend that

[44:15] conference, and hopefully we

[44:16] can bring some of those ideas

[44:18] to our subcommittee meetings in

[44:19] a couple of weeks and, and see

[44:21] if we can get some of the ideas

[44:23] to implement it here. So with

[44:24] that, I‘ll say good night.

[44:25] Thank you.

[44:26] Mister Chair. I just

[44:28] don‘t want to burst your

[44:29] bubble. There will be no funk

[44:31] area in Diamond Bar.

[44:32] Oh, we‘ll bring the funk.

[44:37] Mayor Pro Tem lowe.

[44:39] Well, that‘s very exciting

[44:40] because I lived in Santa

[44:42] Barbara for several, many

[44:43] years, so I love that city. And

[44:45] so it‘s, uh, I remember when

[44:47] they were building that, uh,

[44:49] Macy‘s and that whole, um,

[44:51] Paseo that was really, really,

[44:54] um, a big thing. And so it‘s

[44:56] glad I‘m glad that they were

[44:57] able to repurpose that and, and

[44:59] do something good with that.

[45:00] Um, this period I attended the,

[45:03] uh, the Los Angeles County, uh, public Los Angeles Library

[45:08] Commission and, uh, and there

[45:10] we were introduced to the hello

[45:13] Kitty promotion, which our

[45:14] librarian talked about today.

[45:15] And, uh, I think we need to

[45:17] tell them that, of course,

[45:18] Diamond Bar is number one once

[45:20] again. Um, and it was really a

[45:22] very, very, forward thinking

[45:24] promotion. And the library is

[45:26] doing lots of things for the

[45:28] community, including, um,

[45:30] getting people to read. And now

[45:32] the other new thing is, um,

[45:34] having Writers Summit. So for

[45:36] aspiring authors who want to

[45:38] write something or if you have

[45:39] a book in your brain, well, you

[45:41] know, if this is the time and

[45:43] our library is here to help you

[45:45] to develop your skills and

[45:46] bring your creativity to life.

[45:48] Um, thank you, Mister McLean,

[45:50] for your staff on the, um, El

[45:53] Nino and the preparedness. Um,

[45:55] we just really need to be

[45:56] prepared so that, um, so that

[45:59] we avoid problems later on. So

[46:02] thank you. And with that, I‘ll

[46:03] say good night.

[46:05] Thank you. I do, I echo that,

[46:07] thank you very much, City

[46:08] Manager McLean, for bringing

[46:10] that El Nino information to the

[46:12] community. It‘s it‘s one of

[46:14] those things where you don‘t

[46:16] want to be caught thinking, how

[46:19] come nobody told me this was

[46:20] happening? How come? How come

[46:22] there‘s going to be a huge, uh,

[46:25] I think I think it‘s on coming

[46:27] up on Sunday. It could be

[46:29] Monday that we‘re going to

[46:30] have, uh, be inundated with

[46:32] water so we can use it. It

[46:33] beats the heck out of the heat.

[46:35] So, uh, having said that, I

[46:36] will say, uh, I‘m sorry about

[46:39] the very again. I‘m sorry about

[46:42] the Red Sox, but go, Dodgers.

[46:45] Okay, can you get into that

[46:47] with that? I will say at 715.

[46:49] Good night and God bless you.

[52:04] We‘ll see. Are they on your

[52:34] desk? On my desk. I‘ll probably

[52:37] go right now on your. Okay. And

[52:38] I‘ll leave em on your desk.

[52:39] Okay. Perfect. Thank you. And

[52:40] I‘ll probably go through you

[52:41] then. That‘s fine. I think I

[52:43] left for you. I left some stuff.

[52:45] Is. Is anybody in? Oh, yeah.