[0:01] Garcia here Council member Chong
here, Council member Lewis.
[0:07] Present council
Member Finley here.
[0:11] Mayor pro Tem king here Here.
[0:14] And Mayor Martin.
[0:15] The Campo here I'd
like to invite a motion
[0:19] to adopt the agenda motion.
[0:21] So I can all in favor.
[0:24] I any opposed motion carries.
[0:28] Next, we're going to do
the Pledge of Allegiance.
[0:31] May i please have Alyssa
Ramos up this I'm ready Begin.
[0:43] I pledge allegiance to the flag
of the United states of America
[0:48] and to the republic for which
it stands One nation under God,
[0:52] indivisible, with liberty
and justice for all.
[0:55] Thank you.
[0:56] You so much All right.
[1:00] Now we're going to move
on to oral communications,
[1:02] special items if
you wish to speak
[1:05] regarding the special
items on this agenda,
[1:07] you may do so at this time.
[1:08] Each member of the public will
have a total of three minutes
[1:11] to speak.
[1:11] Do we have any public comments?
[1:13] No cards.
[1:14] OK.
[1:14] Do we have anyone from the
public that wishes to speak
[1:17] on these special items already?
[1:21] We're going to move on to
item eight, which is community
[1:24] development Department
update with director Craig
[1:27] Hensley Thank you very much.
[1:34] I'm going to be brief because
I know later Stephanie is going
[1:36] to be up here talking
about the recreation trail
[1:42] But we have some striping
job coming up soon.
[1:44] There'll be some city
work going on there.
[1:45] And one thing I want
to update you on
[1:47] is kind of been
gone back and forth
[1:49] for the last couple of years.
[1:51] But the property at
928, Huntington which
[1:54] is that's the piece on the
South side of the street
[1:57] is there used to be
a white building.
[1:59] Appreciate it.
[2:00] Up at the street, and
they did some grading
[2:03] There used to be a billboard
on the property for a while
[2:11] that property, that project was
kind of did they got approved
[2:13] and it was just on hold for
a while We had a meeting
[2:15] last week with the bank who
is taking that property back
[2:19] and they're going to be moving
forward with that project
[2:21] very soon.
[2:22] So that's that's some good news
on that particular development.
[2:26] Also the property
14, I want to send it
[2:28] to Mingo It was 20 townhomes.
[2:30] This across from the entry
to Westminster Gardens That's
[2:35] in the last stages of of
its planned check process.
[2:39] And it's moving forward.
[2:40] So that's the
update that I have.
[2:42] I also I did just here the other
day that Jean Grinder, you know,
[2:46] it was coming to town, right?
[2:47] Everyone knew that, right But
I think they're opening i think
[2:50] it's a they're
opening the 21st and I
[2:52] think next week So next week.
[2:55] Yeah.
[2:55] The jeans grinders
next to Target
[2:58] in the old Buffalo Wild Wings.
[3:00] It's a it wasn't
Monrovia staple.
[3:02] But it's going to
become a staple.
[3:04] We take a sandwich shop
from monrovia Tony.
[3:06] Yes So we think we.
[3:09] That's right We know
it's gotten better.
[3:11] So great.
[3:12] Anything we take for
Monrovia is a plus Another
[3:15] we have a sorry, Francis,
is there a possibility we
[3:17] can support them?
[3:19] Press a press
release or something?
[3:21] I have been in communications
with the owners.
[3:23] They've reached out
to me personally.
[3:25] So i will follow
up with them again.
[3:27] But I'm just pulling up what
I had seen just to confirm
[3:31] But I believe it's the 20th.
[3:33] OK I still do a ribbon cutting
so if you have any questions,
[3:37] I'm here to anyone.
[3:38] Any questions from council?
[3:40] I do.
[3:41] OK.
[3:41] Go ahead.
[3:42] Mayor Pro Tem Thank you, Mayor.
[3:44] I'm just curious what's going on
with the Wyndham Project Nothing
[3:51] in the last couple of weeks
i've had a couple of meetings
[3:53] with they've hired
a new architect
[3:54] and I've had a
couple of meetings
[3:55] with them to kind of discuss
how they want to move forward.
[3:58] But since that time, I
haven't heard anything
[4:00] but because they
hired new architect,
[4:02] I admire assumption is they're
in the process of working
[4:04] on plans Do we have a
deadline for them No,
[4:09] no they they lost all
their approvals expired.
[4:15] So this is starting over.
[4:17] So it's not it's not
untypical in the process
[4:23] to take a period of time to
have the architect to develop
[4:26] plans to get ready to go.
[4:27] It's a complex project It's
been how many years Eight years.
[4:32] It's been a long time.
[4:33] Yes.
[4:33] Yes.
[4:34] Sam, aren't we in a decades now?
[4:37] Close to a decade Yeah.
[4:43] Let's let's let's see
how we can capture
[4:48] this and get some good
tax As you know for us.
[4:51] Oh, for sure.
[4:52] We're going to get a top
priority for sure You know,
[4:56] I was at City of Hope today
in their parking structures
[5:00] completely fall
And I was talking
[5:05] to the head of
international medicine
[5:09] I think 60% of their
patients are out patient.
[5:13] And if they want to go
ahead and do treatment
[5:15] it's going to be probably
an average of four weeks.
[5:20] So there is a huge need
for a hotel over here.
[5:24] Even it's not going to be them.
[5:25] It's going to be
someone else We need
[5:27] to go ahead and get this thing
up and running fast for sure.
[5:31] Second one is how about the one
that's right next door to us,
[5:35] The is it Margarita?
[5:38] Or more like that?
[5:42] That was all three of
those pieces of property
[5:45] were purchased by the same joyce
Joyce and I have over spoken.
[5:52] I actually today I spoke with
her development consultant
[5:54] and they're in the process
of trying to figure out
[5:58] what the highest and best use
for them is on the property
[6:00] And I know they're moving
forward with the architect
[6:02] on that piece.
[6:03] But again it's a high priority.
[6:05] So it's important.
[6:07] And actually we've also had
some discussions with them about
[6:10] attempts to do a
little bit better job
[6:11] with keeping the property
cleared Appreciate that.
[6:14] Yes, Thank you.
[6:15] Thank you, Mayor Sorry,
Councilmember Garcia.
[6:18] And then councilmember Finley.
[6:20] Thank you, Mayor
Director Hensley,
[6:21] going back to the center, the
Mingo Project They came in,
[6:25] they presented a concept to us,
correct And are these new owners
[6:31] New owners My understanding
is the developer that
[6:33] got that approved passed away
is he had his approval hero's
[6:39] entitlements His children
attempted to develop for a while
[6:42] and then decided that wasn't
going to work for them
[6:46] My understanding is, I mean,
I have lived in the country.
[6:48] And they said they
sold the property off
[6:51] and they've been the new owner
has been moving forward rapidly
[6:55] And it's the same same price
is exactly the same project.
[6:58] Yes Because at that time,
we had talked about them
[7:00] The neighbors
concerns was privacy
[7:02] And they think the
direction we gave
[7:04] was helping them out with some
green trees to help with that.
[7:07] So that was one of the issues.
[7:09] And then one of the issues
during the demo process was
[7:11] was dust.
[7:12] And when they get
started, we'll make
[7:14] sure they understand the
importance of keeping dust down.
[7:16] Thank you, sir Council
member Finley thank you.
[7:20] Tenant improvements
are underway.
[7:22] A fall 2026 opening is
expected for Viana That is.
[7:28] That's pretty That's
pretty recent info on that
[7:32] that I got from them They were
actually just one of the places
[7:37] where i love the way our
process works because we got
[7:40] through tenant improvement plans
through our approval process
[7:43] really rapidly.
[7:44] And they just sit
there for a while.
[7:46] And I called them
up and we did it.
[7:48] So quickly they weren't finished
with their, their building
[7:51] in Rancho Cucamonga.
[7:52] What you just recently opened
and they've just started working
[7:54] on it, I think the
last week or the week
[7:55] before there they
said proximately
[7:58] 5 to 6 months to complete it.
[8:00] So that's their plan.
[8:02] The day they open.
[8:03] And we don't know yet.
[8:04] You know, I had i had someone
say to me you guys in the wordy
[8:08] we don't have red tape
You give us the red carpet
[8:13] So you know what, I guess
you could Thank you.
[8:17] Well, I. I don't know.
[8:19] Everyone may feel this way,
but the sooner they are,
[8:21] it opens the better.
[8:22] Yes, because I
really like tacos.
[8:25] All right, Councilmember
Garcia, will
[8:26] he has another spot to share
questions that since Councilman
[8:30] Finley brought up by.
[8:31] Yeah.
[8:32] I also heard this
past week from a firm
[8:35] that does business with a
lot of neighboring cities.
[8:38] How business friendly your
staff, your team in our city
[8:41] is so to echo consumer
friendly comments.
[8:45] Thank you so much
I know everybody
[8:47] has spoken very positive
about the process here.
[8:49] So I just want to give
you guys all kudos.
[8:50] Thank you.
[8:51] You.
[8:52] And we're excited
for some carnitas
[8:53] and yes, grab and go bakery
everything all right?
[8:58] I did confirm to
that the opening
[9:00] for Gene's Grinder is Monday,
April 18 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m..
[9:04] So we should probably
reach out to them
[9:06] and see if there's
anything we can
[9:07] do officially to Welcome them.
[9:09] But I will definitely
extend myself as well.
[9:12] I think that's it for awesome.
[9:14] Oh, sorry Monday,
maybe i'm okay.
[9:18] Maybe it's the 18th.
[9:19] 18th is a Saturday.
[9:21] OK let's go back to their sorry.
[9:24] Then it is Saturday
April 18 from 10 to 7.
[9:27] It's this Saturday.
[9:28] So tick tock Thank you
for calendar confirming.
[9:33] All right I'm going to
move on to item B Parks
[9:35] and Recreation update with
our director menu and request
[9:43] Good evening, Mayor.
[9:43] Council I'll be brief.
[9:46] A couple upcoming
events this weekend
[9:49] will be specifically busy.
[9:51] We have our Earth Day
cleanup at the Donald
[9:54] and Bernie swanson recreation
trail will be meeting
[9:57] on the east end of the trail.
[9:59] So Vineyard and Royal
Oaks will gear up.
[10:02] We'll have some continental
breakfast items,
[10:05] gear up with trash
grabbers, gloves
[10:09] trash bags, some safety vests
as well so that we can be
[10:14] proceed westbound on the trail.
[10:17] And then at the
very end, we'll have
[10:20] hand-washing stations and
some other little giveaways
[10:24] for folks in attendance.
[10:25] So we invite the community
to come out as part
[10:27] of our earth Day festivities.
[10:29] We'll start again at 9 a.m.
on that east end of the Watson
[10:34] Trail following that, we
invite you to come over here
[10:37] to the Civic Center parking lot
in front of the senior center
[10:39] will be hosting our community
yard sale that starts at 8 a.m.
[10:44] and it will go till 12 p.m..
[10:46] So spots are already filled So
we got a full lot of vendors,
[10:51] so we invite the public to
come out and purchase anything
[10:55] you didn't think you needed Also
join us for our end of season
[11:03] vegetable Garden Care workshop
starting at 9 a.m. at zero Pass
[11:07] Karachi Park at our
community garden
[11:10] that that'll be that
will be unfortunately,
[11:15] my note here does
not have the date.
[11:19] So I'm laughing at myself
I'm like, let me check.
[11:25] Let me fact check
while you're here.
[11:28] My apologies.
[11:29] And so I i'll plug
that date shortly
[11:33] when you bounce back to
us with any other updates
[11:37] but the community on the
capital improvement side
[11:41] just as we were discussing
earlier tonight,
[11:44] I just a quick
update with regards
[11:47] to the replacement
of the entry doors
[11:49] here for this
particular building.
[11:51] That project will commence
that second week of May
[11:57] and it should be wrapped
up by the end of May.
[11:59] So we'll have again
glass side, sliding doors
[12:02] ADA compliant here
at the main entry
[12:05] way of the community center.
[12:07] Any questions No, it does look
like that date is Saturday,
[12:10] May 30th.
[12:11] Thank you.
[12:12] 9 to 1030.
[12:13] Appreciate that.
[12:14] Yes, we forgive you, Jackie.
[12:17] Do part It's a busy Saturday.
[12:19] I will be there cleaning up
the trail with everybody.
[12:22] So anybody have anything
for Emmanuel All right.
[12:26] Thank you so much Next up,
we're going to do announcements
[12:30] of upcoming community events.
[12:32] We'll start with Joanna G
from the Dougherty Library
[12:40] Good evening.
[12:41] Strategy from Dougherty library.
[12:43] Our storytime
session is on break,
[12:45] but we have a new
session that will
[12:46] be starting up on Friday May 1st
and they'll be at 11 a.m. next.
[12:51] We have after disaster
how to help your child
[12:55] And that's going to be
a parenting workshop
[12:56] tomorrow night at 5 p.m..
[12:59] Next, we have our Smart
Start art on Thursday
[13:01] April 16th at 11 a.m..
[13:03] And these are for kids 102 5.
[13:05] Next, we have our new parent
engagement about library
[13:08] programs and services.
[13:09] And that's going to be on
Wednesday april 22nd at 6 p.m..
[13:13] For kids, 5 to 17, we have
Saturday surprise art.
[13:17] And that's going to be on
Saturday may 2nd at 2 p.m..
[13:21] Next we have board
games for teens
[13:23] and that's going
to be on Thursday
[13:24] april 30th at 3:30 p.m..
[13:27] Next, we have friends of the
library book sale coming up.
[13:30] And that's going to be on
Saturday april 25th at 10 a.m..
[13:34] And also on that day, we have
our Vietnamese street food,
[13:37] cooking demonstration and
that's going to be at Saturday,
[13:40] april 25th at 2 p.m..
[13:42] Currently there is a wait list.
[13:44] So if you want to come
to it, please sign up.
[13:46] Next, we have our great pressed
flower heart trinket dish
[13:50] on Saturday may 9th at 2 p.m.,
where adults can make something
[13:54] for their mothers
or somebody special
[13:57] The material supplied by the
Friends of the Dory Library.
[14:00] And that's it for me.
[14:01] Any questions Yes What
type of food What type?
[14:08] I think she's going to
make some vietnamese street
[14:10] tacos with pickled vegetables.
[14:13] Maybe spring.
[14:14] Rosie grows Maybe you
have to come and find out.
[14:17] All right I can't give
away the secret Thank
[14:21] you It's for you to find out.
[14:26] That's right Joanna.
[14:27] Yes.
[14:28] Question You always have
so many interesting things
[14:31] going on at your library.
[14:33] Are those library?
[14:34] Why or these are your ideas
that you come up with?
[14:38] Some of them are library
y, like the story
[14:40] times but the other ones,
they're curated by my staff
[14:44] and by myself Wow.
[14:46] Excellent.
[14:47] Thank you.
[14:47] Thank you.
[14:50] All righty Next, we're going to
go ahead and have our management
[14:53] analyst, Albert Nunez come on in
Good evening Mayor and members
[15:01] of the city council our annual
birthday community cleanup
[15:04] and compost event is
coming up on saturday,
[15:06] May 2nd from 8 a.m. to
2 p.m. and the Ortiz
[15:10] Civic Center parking lot.
[15:11] We won't have tammy's tacos,
but you could drop off
[15:15] bulky items, electronic waste,
greenways and or documents
[15:19] for shredding or
those interested
[15:21] in free compost being given
out all we are residents
[15:24] to bring storage
containers or vehicles
[15:27] to accommodate the load.
[15:29] Bartek will provide shovels The
city will also be handing out
[15:33] free used oil
containers for those who
[15:34] want to recycle their old use.
[15:38] More, more motor oil
safely and attendees
[15:41] must be a dirty
resident and it will
[15:42] be checked Lastly, join
us for our daughter's
[15:45] 2026 State of the City.
[15:46] And schools address
happening on Monday,
[15:49] may 4 at the Kenneth
and Belle Gymnasium.
[15:53] Mayor term Martin
del Antetokounmpo
[15:55] and USD board President Reina
Dias will share updates.
[15:59] Celebrate accomplishments
and highlight what's
[16:02] ahead for our city and
schools as it already
[16:04] continues to grow and evolve.
[16:06] Our legacy in Motion reflects
the progress we're building
[16:09] together Doors Open at 5:30.
[16:12] Address starts at six and
reception follows at 7 p.m..
[16:15] Does anyone have any questions ?
[16:19] May the fourth be with you.
[16:21] There we go I think we
missed the mark on our theme
[16:24] It's never too late Maybe
I'll walk out to the don.
[16:27] Don It's the common that
goes with the bulky item
[16:32] cleanup I know.
[16:34] We just got designated
clean California,
[16:37] and we're one of 30
cities to have that And I
[16:40] know a lot of that was you
know, it was a team effort,
[16:42] but a lot of that came from you.
[16:44] And I want to congratulate
you and our whole team
[16:47] for getting that designation
for this community.
[16:50] Oh, I appreciate that
Yeah, Congrats to the city.
[16:52] I know we felt that we were
already doing a lot of what was
[16:55] required, and that's
thanks to all of you,
[16:57] the residents and
staff So without
[16:59] everyone coming together,
we wouldn't have
[17:01] accomplished what ?
[17:02] I appreciate that.
[17:03] Thank you.
[17:05] Thank you.
[17:05] Any other questions ?
[17:06] OK.
[17:07] Are there any audience members
that have any events that they'd
[17:11] like to announce upcoming?
[17:13] All right We have Mrs. Carroll
Good evening I just want I came
[17:24] here from representing
the Dougherty
[17:26] Women's Club We have
an installation dinner
[17:29] coming on Thursday, May 7th.
[17:30] I guess that week.
[17:32] It's going to be really busy.
[17:34] It's at 5:30 is a Cinco de Mayo
themed event, is going to be
[17:38] here at the community center.
[17:39] We have already
mariachis coming in.
[17:42] We have great food We have
a photo booth and a lot
[17:46] of great raffle prizes.
[17:48] We have obtained a law
to great raffle prizes,
[17:50] so we would love you
to attend You know,
[17:53] the Women's Club
has been really kind
[17:55] of a fixture here in Dougherty
when it comes to volunteering.
[18:00] And i know they would love
to see a lot of you come.
[18:03] And it's not just
for women, remember,
[18:05] it's also for men So men
need to come, too So, again,
[18:09] is may 7th and it's $30.
[18:12] I mean, giving price
wise is a $30 a meal.
[18:15] But otherwise, do I have
any questions about it?
[18:18] And I will.
[18:19] Am I actually going to
say thank you to Tara?
[18:20] She came to one of our events
in March and it was great.
[18:24] I mean thank you for coming.
[18:25] So, yes I am a pending
new member as well.
[18:28] I just have to finish.
[18:29] That's great See, we
have a new member,
[18:31] so we're growing our
club So at this moment,
[18:35] we are getting a lot
of new members coming
[18:37] and we're kind of
revamping how things are.
[18:40] The energy is going be
a lot of fun this year.
[18:42] So we have a lot of fun
activities coming up
[18:45] and i'll probably be coming
in more and talking about them
[18:48] as the year comes by.
[18:49] So.
[18:50] All right Thank you to
your answering my question.
[18:53] I was going to ask if.
[18:54] Yes men are invited to So that
sounds like a fun, fun event.
[18:58] Who's the incoming
president Okay.
[19:00] All right.
[19:01] I am actually I'm
being very modest here.
[19:04] Congrats Doing the work.
[19:05] Thank you But it's going to be.
[19:07] I didn't want to say I was going
to be the incoming president,
[19:10] but I want.
[19:11] I just think that is
a it's a great club.
[19:13] They've been around
for a long time
[19:15] and these ladies do do
a lot of volunteer work
[19:17] And I just I feel like it
would be great to have.
[19:19] I know they would love to see
all of you there or some of you
[19:23] there, at least.
[19:24] That would be
wonderful Thank you.
[19:25] Thank you so much
Do I hand this over?
[19:28] Oh, perfect All righty.
[19:31] If that concludes
any upcoming events,
[19:34] I'm going to move
on to item number
[19:35] seven, which is oral
communications items,
[19:38] not on the agenda.
[19:39] If you wish to speak on a matter
that is not on the agenda,
[19:41] you may do so at this time.
[19:43] Each member of the public will
have a total of three minutes
[19:45] to speak.
[19:46] The Council cannot discuss
or take action on matters not
[19:49] on the agenda for this meeting.
[19:51] Do we have any public comments ?
[19:53] We do.
[19:53] First up is Marc
Gonzales Good evening.
[20:05] Hi Hi.
[20:08] Council members and
residents of the city
[20:10] want to announce a group
i'm starting for city
[20:13] improvement of our
small city And then
[20:16] we throw the variety of parks.
[20:17] We have the ever we
put into do better.
[20:21] But the council
members can't know
[20:22] all the improvements
possible if nobody
[20:24] tells them With this group.
[20:27] I want to get together with
any resident of the city that
[20:30] has an idea on how to improve
the city We can find a solutions
[20:35] and with the city's help,
make the city better
[20:37] One idea at a time.
[20:39] Oh, so nervous.
[20:41] You get this.
[20:41] You're good among friends.
[20:44] I want the meeting
to be Friday, april
[20:47] 24th at Cabrera's at 6 p.m..
[20:49] If anyone's interested.
[20:52] Already Can you clarify the
date and the time for me?
[20:54] One more?
[20:54] I'll say it with
my big loud mouth.
[20:57] April 24th, 6 p.m. to Friday
at Cabrera's april 24th.
[21:02] 6 p.m. at Cabrera's.
[21:03] This is Thank you
very much step,
[21:08] we have Neil Furukawa
for a good evening.
[21:18] Yeah.
[21:18] Basically I'm here to
reinforce my two issues.
[21:21] Last I'm the first
one being the sign.
[21:25] And I've sent the letter out to
all the city council members,
[21:28] US Safety Department and
the also the mr. Girardi Mr.
[21:36] And I haven't received
one letter back yet
[21:38] or any type of reply so
hopefully they're working on it.
[21:45] Second thing, the EPA thing
it's kind of interesting
[21:47] because now Laurel is actually
closed down across the river.
[21:53] So I was going to go with the
find out from the engineers
[21:57] who because it's
not our property,
[21:59] it's not the city's property
it's not Irwin to do property.
[22:03] It belongs to the army
Corps of Engineers.
[22:06] I believe But it's
very interesting.
[22:08] They didn't open it back up.
[22:09] I was only in the impression
that it might because it
[22:11] was actually a recreational area
for the bike riders and whoever.
[22:17] And I was really
surprised about that.
[22:19] And that's about it.
[22:20] Thank you Thank you very much
Next up is Brian Barretto
[22:25] a good evening, mayor and
members of the council.
[22:34] My name is Brian
Barretto and I serve
[22:36] as California American water's
external affairs manager
[22:38] for southern California.
[22:40] I'm here to share with you
that we have recently updated
[22:44] our emergency response
plans, our air drops,
[22:48] California American
Water's ERP outlines
[22:50] how we protect operate and
restore service in our water
[22:54] systems during an emergency
It covers critical system
[22:59] components reporting and
notification procedures,
[23:02] security protocols
for response actions
[23:05] and the use of the
standard emergency
[23:07] management system within the
incident Command systems.
[23:12] The priorities of
our eRP are first,
[23:15] to protect human life, followed
by protect the environment,
[23:19] property and maintenance
of essential water systems
[23:22] While we hope these
plans are rarely needed,
[23:25] our response ability is to be
fully prepared in the event
[23:28] of an emergency our plan ensures
we can respond efficiently,
[23:33] efficiently and maintain
and/or restore service,
[23:36] including providing
backup water and supplies.
[23:39] When necessary.
[23:41] We value our partnership
with the community
[23:43] and remain committed to ensuring
the safety and resilience
[23:46] of our water systems California
American Water welcomes
[23:50] ongoing coordination with
the city and your staff,
[23:53] and it would be beneficial.
[23:56] And we would like
to inform form you
[24:00] or have a deeper discussion
about the components
[24:03] of the plan.
[24:04] If you would like that, please
don't hesitate to contact me.
[24:07] I can be reached at
Brian barretto at Am.
[24:10] Watercare him or (626) 388-7484.
[24:15] I appreciate the opportunity
to share this with you.
[24:18] Thank you for your time
and continued support
[24:22] Thank you very much Righty.
[24:25] Now we're going to go ahead and
move on to item number eight.
[24:28] Oral communications on
the consent calendar.
[24:31] If you wish to speak
regarding the consent
[24:33] calendar on this agenda, you may
to do so at this time Oh, sorry.
[24:38] Oh okay.
[24:39] I'm sorry about that thank you.
[24:44] I should have.
[24:45] I should have written a card.
[24:46] Yes.
[24:48] Anyways, it's.
[24:49] It's my pleasure to announce the
city's newest hire To my right
[24:54] is our newest deputy city
clerk, Briana Solis She comes
[24:58] to us from Sage Oak Charter
School in Riverside,
[25:01] where she was a
human resource clerk
[25:03] But really, her her education
has led her down this path
[25:06] She has an undergrad in
political science and an MBA,
[25:10] and we couldn't be happier
to welcome her to our team
[25:13] and breed U.S. I'm
excited to start.
[25:18] Today's my second day and
I'm really excited to just
[25:22] learn more about the city.
[25:24] Well, welcome I actually
had a little note
[25:25] to welcome you on my thing.
[25:26] And he beat me to it.
[25:28] So that just shows you how
awesome of a city manager.
[25:29] We have Welcome.
[25:31] Anyone else have
anything to say?
[25:34] Yeah, I think All righty.
[25:37] All right.
[25:37] Thank you Mayor May i ask Mr.
Villalobos You may, Mr. Mayor.
[25:46] Locals, just because
we've talked about it
[25:48] and previous council
meetings, are we able to share
[25:50] a little bit about Laredo park?
[25:53] I actually have it in my closing
comments as part of the meetings
[25:57] we are reporting out on.
[25:58] Perfect.
[25:59] So, Mr. Neil, I hope you
stick around all righty.
[26:04] With that, I'm going to move
us on to the consent calendar.
[26:06] If you wish to speak on an
item on the consent calendar
[26:09] on this agenda, you
may do so at this time.
[26:10] Each member of the public will
have a total of three minutes.
[26:13] Do we have any comment cards
on the consent calendar?
[26:15] No cards.
[26:15] All right.
[26:16] Is there anyone in the
public that wishes to speak?
[26:19] All right.
[26:19] Approval Second.
[26:21] All right.
[26:22] All in favor.
[26:23] I and you are opposed.
[26:25] Motion carries Next, we're
going to go on to item
[26:28] 12 on the oral communication.
[26:30] Since business items if you
wish to speak on a business item
[26:32] on the agenda you may do so.
[26:34] At this time.
[26:34] Each member in the public have a
total of three minutes to speak.
[26:37] Do we have any comment cards
on business items No cards.
[26:39] Anyone want to speak from the
audience on business items ?
[26:43] Alrighty So let's go
ahead and move on to 13 A
[26:48] and it looks like we have
the assistant city manager
[26:50] and director of
administrative services
[26:54] Mr. Christian
Peterson Thank you.
[27:03] This evening, we are going to
have a discussion about parking
[27:07] enforcement services.
[27:09] And I just really wanted
to do an introduction
[27:11] And with my hat on, one of the
challenges that we have had
[27:17] historically is holding on
to part time cSO officers
[27:22] The good news is that
we appear to train them
[27:25] so well that they are
ready to go off and become
[27:28] officers in their careers.
[27:30] And so it's a great stepping
stone to their career
[27:34] But as far as the effective
ness of having them handle,
[27:37] particularly in multiple
things in our city
[27:40] we have struggled holding on to
as many positions as we have.
[27:44] So with that, what
we have noticed
[27:46] is not being able to
cover all of the things
[27:50] as far as parking enforcement,
there are many categories
[27:53] of parking enforcement
So more recently I
[27:57] had suggested that maybe we look
into the idea of contracting
[28:02] similar to how we do
for our crossing guards
[28:05] and so with that I am going
to turn it over to Albert,
[28:10] who really did the
really heavy lifting
[28:13] and work on this project.
[28:14] And we will be doing a
presentation on this proposal
[28:25] Thank you, Kristen
And obviously, I
[28:27] couldn't have done it
without doing credible stuff.
[28:30] Kristen, Brian And Lowry
throughout the process.
[28:32] I really appreciate each of
your support I'm back as Kristin
[28:38] mentioned, I'll be presenting
on the professional Services
[28:41] agreement with Intercom
Security for Parking
[28:44] Enforcement Services.
[28:47] Really quick, I just wanted
to provide some background So
[28:50] currently and some of it may be
already touched on by Kristen,
[28:54] but just to echo again,
currently the city
[28:57] provides parking
enforcement services
[28:59] So our part time community
services officers or CSOs,
[29:03] our service, those take
on various non obvious non
[29:08] sworn public safety
functions such as providing
[29:11] and I'm controlling support
for parking enforcement
[29:14] Sheriff deputy support
and even covering
[29:17] the front desk if needed.
[29:18] However, over the
past several years,
[29:20] there has been constant
turnover and vacancies
[29:24] and because of that and
competing operational,
[29:30] competing, operational
priorities,
[29:32] it's been increasingly difficult
to maintain consistent coverage
[29:36] of enforcement.
[29:37] This has led to reduced
enforcement of parking
[29:40] regulations and decrease
citation activity
[29:43] and more importantly, the
inconsistent enforcement
[29:46] has impacted compliance and
overall neighborhood quality
[29:50] of life and to address those
challenges as city staff issued
[29:56] an RFP that went out on
December 15 of last year,
[29:59] and it closed on
January 14 of this year,
[30:02] the city received
Three proposals,
[30:05] and after a concrete evaluation,
taking into account costs,
[30:09] qualifications experience
and overall ability
[30:12] to meet the city's
operational needs
[30:15] it was Entercom was selected
as the best qualified proposal.
[30:19] They provided the
lowest cost proposal
[30:21] and demonstrated great experi
tions providing these services
[30:27] to smaller cities similar
in size to Dougherty
[30:29] and also neighboring
cities such as Arcadia,
[30:33] as it was Alhambra,
Glendora and La Vernon,
[30:36] just to name a few Now, I don't
want to go over the scope to
[30:42] into detail but I
did want to highlight
[30:44] key components of it
that are important
[30:46] from an operational standpoint.
[30:49] So obviously, in a con would
take on a comprehensive parking
[30:52] enforcement, including overnight
parking street sweeping
[30:56] recreational vehicle, vehicle or
RV restrictions permit parking
[31:01] areas time limit
zones and school zones
[31:05] Under this agreement entered
con would so sorry the contract
[31:11] would also provide all
staffing vehicles, equipment
[31:14] and technology to operate
the program, which
[31:16] as no additional burden
to city resources
[31:19] was along with the
field enforcement side.
[31:23] There are some administrative
responsibilities for them,
[31:25] such as reporting to
city staff to coordinate
[31:29] reporting and attending any
citation hearings as needed.
[31:33] And lastly, beyond parking
enforcement interaction
[31:36] would maintain a visible
presence in the community
[31:40] and add an extra layer of
observation and awareness
[31:43] throughout the community.
[31:45] The proposed agreement is for an
initial three year term with two
[31:49] options or One year extension.
[31:51] Since this.
[31:52] If approved, this would
be the city's First time
[31:55] contracting these
services We would
[31:56] treat it as a pilot program No.
[31:59] Now we could evaluate
how efficient
[32:01] is really evaluate
the program costs
[32:04] And the agreement
includes provisions.
[32:06] So the city is able to terminate
the contract if needed,
[32:10] provide that flexibility if
expectations are not met Overall
[32:17] contracting these services
will not only provide
[32:19] that consistent coverage, but
also reduce staffing pressures
[32:24] within the public safety
department, for example
[32:27] because of the high
turnover over the years
[32:29] we haven't been able to convince
the taco certain enforcement
[32:32] in such as our RV restrictions.
[32:35] So contracting these
services would we
[32:38] be able to consistently hit
those enforcements that we
[32:41] haven't been able to
over the past years
[32:44] and also allows our CSOs
to focus on more community
[32:47] oriented responsibilities?
[32:49] And from a community
perspective,
[32:50] consistent enforcement
would help improve parking
[32:54] availability, safety, and
overall compliance with
[32:57] the city's regulations
So if approved,
[33:02] the current fiscal year would
require a $15,000 budget
[33:05] amendment and the estimated
annual cost for a full year
[33:09] of service is estimated at
221,000 and is subject to annual
[33:15] budgetary recreation Now,
with all that being said,
[33:20] it's recommended that the City
Council authorize the city
[33:23] manager to execute a three year
professional services agreement
[33:27] with intercom security for
parking enforcement services
[33:31] with option for Two
additional one year
[33:33] extensions and to
approve a budget
[33:36] amendment $15,000 to account.
[33:37] Number 1205 7761 for
fiscal year 20 2526.
[33:43] That concludes my presentation.
[33:45] I'm happy to answer any
questions you may have.
[33:48] Sorry, I have a
little line here.
[33:49] I'm going to start with
Councilmember Chime.
[33:51] And then we got mayor
Pro Tem King and and
[33:54] Councilmember Finley,
and then we'll
[33:56] see if you guys still got it.
[33:58] Thank you very You
mentioned, this
[34:00] is kind of like a pilot
program because we've
[34:02] never done something like this.
[34:03] Correct.
[34:04] So do you think or would is
there a difference between a one
[34:09] year contract and an
additional added on years
[34:12] or a three year contract?
[34:14] Is that is that how we're
able to get a rate like that.
[34:19] And correct me if
I'm wrong stuff,
[34:21] but I believe having that
multiple years you know,
[34:25] they'll have to constantly
go through the cycles of,
[34:27] oh, now we have to
do another agreement
[34:28] and stuff like that kind of,
you have something already set.
[34:31] So that way the city managers.
[34:32] So one thing I would say
because it's a pilot program,
[34:37] we've never done
anything like this
[34:39] before, having a pilot
program go for three years.
[34:43] It may seem a little
bit longer because pilot
[34:46] program is essentially just
trying something out, right?
[34:49] So the language in
the contract actually
[34:51] gives us the ability
to term the contract
[34:53] at any time with
a 30 day notice.
[34:55] Okay So the answer he gave
is true by giving those Three
[35:00] years, we were able
to sit down and look
[35:02] at what it would look like in
costs for the next three years.
[35:05] So it's like a guaranteed price.
[35:07] Yeah, but it gives us
the flexibility One thing
[35:10] that we all know that
we've been discussing
[35:13] is how the public safety
commission is evaluating
[35:16] parking in general
in our community.
[35:18] And so we needed to be very
transparent about the fact
[35:22] that we're not positive.
[35:23] The list and the
areas of all the areas
[35:26] that currently, you know,
we have parking enforcement,
[35:29] there might be more,
there might be less.
[35:31] We also have areas that
we have not been able to.
[35:35] And I'll let Larry speak to
it in more detail if needed.
[35:39] But where we haven't
been able to even
[35:40] get into full, consistent
enforcement So again,
[35:44] we're not positive how
much that's going to take
[35:47] or what that is going to, you
know, trigger and generate.
[35:50] So with all of that,
they have been,
[35:53] you know, very good
about saying that they
[35:55] are willing to work with us.
[35:57] And kind of create this program,
not just on the structure
[36:01] we're giving them now but
on whatever we create.
[36:04] And we decide our community
needs moving forward.
[36:07] So given the amount of
hours we've requested
[36:11] and the amount of people.
[36:12] We believe would be needed
for our existing list.
[36:15] This would be the
budget And we have now
[36:18] an idea of what that budget is.
[36:19] For three years.
[36:21] But it gives us the ability
to scope that down once we
[36:24] get some feedback from
all of the commission work
[36:27] and all of the stuff that Larry
is doing Yeah, that makes sense.
[36:30] Now, if we have the ability
with the 30 day notice,
[36:32] because then when we
talk about contracts,
[36:34] we're kind of tied in
for that amount of years.
[36:36] But then it's a failsafe to
have that 30, 30 day notice
[36:40] and because we have we haven't
had this before in our city
[36:44] I think there's, you know,
prior to me, if this passes,
[36:49] prior to this I'm
sure there was a lot
[36:51] of things slipping under the
cracks that we couldn't get to.
[36:54] So I'm pretty sure that
we'll be able to stay on top.
[36:58] And even the amount of hours
that are being proposed and it's
[37:02] more the seven days is more
because we know that really
[37:06] that coverage, if we could have
even held the amount of hours
[37:09] that we had, but we could it
we just could not hold on to
[37:15] you know stuff in in that area
And again, I don't think it's
[37:21] necessarily a negative thing
It's just that there are you
[37:24] know, they really
look at this as a step
[37:26] to becoming a police officer.
[37:28] So it's really a natural
progression. the other CSO
[37:32] positions, it's our intention
to continue to have those
[37:36] and for them to continue
to service the way they do.
[37:38] They just wouldn't be
handling the parking portion.
[37:41] So continuing with
animal control
[37:43] and continuing and supporting
with reports for the sheriff's
[37:46] department and all the
other aspect is just not
[37:50] the parking portion Thank you.
[37:51] All right.
[37:52] I'm going to pass it over
to mayor Pro Tem King.
[37:54] I'm just curious.
[37:56] I heard what you said in
regards to terminations
[37:59] with a 30 day notice.
[38:01] So why is it that a pilot
maybe when you say that word.
[38:07] It just triggers me
and a three year.
[38:10] I mean, a pilot program,
it's no more than one year.
[38:13] Why can we just go and do
a one year contract again
[38:18] It was our intention that it's
going to take us a while to even
[38:21] figure out if we want to do it.
[38:22] So would we want 18 months?
[38:24] Would we want two years?
[38:26] It's going to take
a while for them
[38:27] to even get through
the process Yes.
[38:29] So I can tell you that we're
going to at least want it
[38:33] for one year because
we don't have
[38:36] the staff right now to do it.
[38:37] And we want to see if this works
But depending on the feedback
[38:41] we get from the commission,
which could take maybe
[38:44] a little less than a
year on that feedback,
[38:47] then we'd want to
scope our program
[38:49] down based on that feedback.
[38:50] And make whatever
changes at that point
[38:52] So I just think we
wanted the flexibility
[38:55] to be able to see what it would
look like for three years.
[38:59] But again if for some
reason we decide,
[39:01] let's pretend we got rid of
all the parking restrictions
[39:04] and we decide we just don't
even need to have this type
[39:08] of parking enforcement.
[39:09] We still would
have the challenge
[39:10] of trying to fill part
time CSOs to help us
[39:13] with our much smaller program.
[39:15] But maybe this wouldn't
make sense anymore.
[39:17] Or maybe they
wouldn't want to size
[39:18] down to as tiny of a program
as we wanted But again,
[39:21] looking at trying to
get an idea of what
[39:26] is steady cost, what are they
going to charge us in year two?
[39:28] What are they going to
charge us in year three?
[39:30] You know, there are
investor minutes
[39:32] and equipment and all
of that type of stuff
[39:34] that will roll into that.
[39:35] So what does that
look like in year two?
[39:38] Are there going to
be additional costs
[39:39] that they are going to try to
put on us in year two or years?
[39:43] Are they going to.
[39:44] And the answer's no, because
we got them to give us a 3 year
[39:47] commitment.
[39:48] We can see what those escalators
are for each of those years.
[39:51] There's not an unknown
of if we like the program
[39:54] what does year two look like?
[39:57] I'm just sticking
for clarification.
[39:59] Is that including the
manpower, the human resources
[40:03] is yes, all the training
all the manpower,
[40:06] all the equipment and the
vehicles, which is a big thing
[40:12] because we currently have to
have the vehicles for our part
[40:15] time staff to take out
and do that The equipment
[40:19] that they used for writing.
[40:21] What tickets uniforms.
[40:23] So, yes, it is all inclusive.
[40:25] It is theirs and we're not
the only city that they
[40:28] do They work in a lot of areas.
[40:30] So I'm sure that there is
some savings to the fact
[40:33] that they've been in this
business for a while,
[40:35] and they work in many of the
cities in our area All right.
[40:39] Next Council member
Finley, thank you sir.
[40:43] Do you remember the
city's in general
[40:45] for Yeah, this is Arcadia.
[40:48] Alhambra Pasadena
two and Pasadena.
[40:51] And you know, I saw them
writing tickets Very local here.
[40:56] Not to me What was the
motivation for doing this?
[41:00] And I heard what you said.
[41:02] It's we can't hold on to our
community service officers.
[41:06] So there will be a reduction,
then in the dollars
[41:13] that we spend on community
service officers.
[41:15] Yeah, the way it's
set up is to CSOs
[41:18] where we're geared towards
parking enforcement,
[41:21] and they have one
dedicated vehicle.
[41:24] So there's reduction there
and the driving force
[41:27] is really kind of similar
to remember crossing guards
[41:32] and when we went to contract
there part time is great
[41:37] but they're very transitory And
so the cost of staff time for HR
[41:42] To recruit for public
safety to do two
[41:45] interviews, then to train only
to lose a person within a year
[41:49] to is great.
[41:51] But if we got to it was just
constant turnover and that
[41:56] led to not being
able to actually
[41:58] fill parking enforcement
such as street sweeping.
[42:01] So then you fill in behind
with code enforcement
[42:04] or whatever you
can because people
[42:06] get upset when you don't do it
and it's just a trickle down.
[42:10] So when we went to
crossing guards,
[42:12] you know, we had the school
districts upset with us, parents
[42:15] upset with us because
we weren't out there
[42:16] and we couldn't
staff the positions
[42:18] So they take on the burden
of fully training and putting
[42:21] that person there which is very
similar to what we're looking
[42:24] at here, is they have to
go out and hire and put
[42:28] a body in and fill
the roles that we
[42:31] aren't additional because of.
[42:34] We're small city
and it's fantastic
[42:36] but our community
service officers
[42:38] are a lot of times pulled in to
fill behind Susie if she's sick
[42:42] or if we have a special events
it's kind of all hands on deck.
[42:47] And that pulls away from
parking enforcement as a whole.
[42:50] So these bodies will be
dedicated to parking enforcement
[42:54] unlike what we have to
do right now just to make
[42:56] sure everything works the way.
[42:58] And we provide the
service that we can.
[42:59] So we will still have
to community service.
[43:01] So we will still have our
community service officers that
[43:04] are going to perform normal
duties of of taking reports,
[43:09] assisting with traffic visions,
assisting the office assisting
[43:13] with taking whatever we need.
[43:16] So there's a myriad
things that we
[43:18] use them for within the
public safety office.
[43:20] So they'll still do
contain those duties.
[43:23] They just won't be
writing parking tickets.
[43:25] Other than if Temple Station
gets a call of a parking
[43:29] enforcement, then we could
direct them over there
[43:31] to handle that specific case.
[43:32] So there's going to be an
additional $221,000 annually,
[43:37] correct?
[43:39] OK.
[43:41] How do you anticipate the
revenues will offset this
[43:50] So we currently have revenues
that would offset that.
[43:55] But I anticipate that more
coverage will actually
[43:58] bring in additional revenues.
[44:00] Generally, what happens with
parking, like when we first
[44:03] started with the
street sweeping,
[44:05] you're going to have an
uptick at the beginning
[44:06] as people realize that we're
actually going to enforce
[44:09] the rules that we
weren't enforcing before,
[44:11] then it will come down
and it will stabilize.
[44:13] But even at our full
staffing, of course those we
[44:18] were doing more than $221,000.
[44:22] We've been as high as 400,000
and maybe more averaging
[44:26] closer to the 300,000.
[44:29] Having said that,
the amount of season
[44:32] shows that we are eliminating,
which actually is three parking,
[44:36] but they are not covering
a full 40 hours of what
[44:41] is needed for the seven days.
[44:43] And so again, we're going
to have additional hours
[44:46] incorporated in that
to 21, and we're not
[44:49] going to have the challenge
of filling the positions
[44:53] and/or the equipment,
the training in the cars.
[44:55] OK.
[44:56] Is that something
you can give us kind
[44:58] of a report back on savings?
[45:00] Absolutely.
[45:01] It's part of why it's probably
my fault that the word pilot got
[45:04] used because I said there's
no guarantee that we're going
[45:09] to want this program and so it
absolutely needs to be evaluated
[45:13] not just from the
money perspective,
[45:15] but also from the
scope perspective,
[45:17] depending on the feedback we
get about parking in general
[45:20] in the city.
[45:21] But yes, absolutely.
[45:23] And you'll be able
to see it because it.
[45:25] It's a revenue
generally speaking.
[45:27] You're going to see those
reports So, for example,
[45:29] at midyear, you'll
be able to see
[45:30] if we're trending
more than what we had
[45:32] expected in our normal trends.
[45:34] OK.
[45:35] This the next thing is
liability They carry
[45:39] their own insurance Absolutely.
[45:42] And so from a
liability perspective
[45:45] it also takes some of
that liability off of us
[45:48] because they are the
officers out in the field.
[45:50] We're not directly
their risk mitigation.
[45:52] Yes.
[45:53] And then finally will do
they have certain cars that.
[45:59] Yes.
[46:00] Look, Larry, can you
speak a little bit to the
[46:03] because they have
uniforms and cars,
[46:04] but generally, we get to
approve and authorize everything
[46:07] they're using.
[46:08] Yeah, for the most
part, they use sedans.
[46:10] So they'll have a four door
sedan that they utilize
[46:12] is going to be all white.
[46:13] And then the insignias
are going to be
[46:14] on the side of the vehicle,
which we're going to approve
[46:17] based on what they provide us.
[46:19] Okay And then I know something
that people like is they
[46:26] like seeing the same
people over and over
[46:32] Are we going to have
the same officers,
[46:36] whatever you want to call
them, doing this for us?
[46:38] Yeah.
[46:39] Generally speaking when we
working out some of the language
[46:41] for the RFP process,
we put in there
[46:44] that we wanted some consistency
so much so that we're actually
[46:47] having these these contractors,
if you will, actually
[46:50] dress out of our office.
[46:52] So they will be housed at the
public safety office directly
[46:55] be in direct
communication with them,
[46:57] and we'll be able to see them
get the reports from them,
[46:59] get them hot spots, for
example, in parking situations
[47:02] and make sure that
we can maintain
[47:04] some of that consistency.
[47:05] So similar to how we do
the L.A. County Sheriff's
[47:07] Department contract where
we have the deputy's
[47:09] dress out of there.
[47:10] It's the same type of concept.
[47:11] Will they be working
around the clock
[47:13] because obviously, many
of these infractions
[47:16] take place at different times of
the day Yeah, we worked at a it
[47:21] is very difficult to
work out a schedule,
[47:23] but I worked with Briner
Izumi and he's is a math
[47:27] wizard when it comes to Excel.
[47:28] So he was able to produce a
very, very very good coverage
[47:32] area for these full timers.
[47:34] So it'd be two full time
bodies that would cover
[47:36] the entire seven day time frame
and they'll be working 12 hour
[47:39] shifts with a four hour
overlap on the weekends
[47:42] so one thing to when you were
talking about the reporting
[47:46] back, we didn't talk
about it, but in looking
[47:50] at all of these alternate lives,
one of the things we looked at
[47:53] was the cost of
full time as well.
[47:55] And when it came to the
cost of the full time hours
[47:58] that we're talking about,
actually bringing in our own.
[48:01] Officer, having our own
vehicles our own equipment,
[48:04] it cost more So this
is an alternative
[48:07] to part time increasing the
hours but less expensive
[48:12] than if we were to actually hire
the positions here for the city.
[48:16] And one challenge.
[48:17] I mean, we are a contract
city for a reason, right?
[48:20] There is a lot of flexibility
and of moving of liability
[48:26] off of directly on
the city, but also
[48:30] it does give us the ability to
increase, decrease very quickly.
[48:36] So if we decided we
wanted to reduce the hours
[48:38] and go to just one,
we'd be able to do
[48:40] that as opposed to
bringing somebody on.
[48:43] And then having difficulty in
eliminating that position OK,
[48:49] I'm mildly skeptical of not
anything new because I think
[48:55] anything new can be great
But I also look at the way
[49:00] people view contract workers.
[49:05] And if they can't get enough
out of them, liability wise,
[49:09] we know who they're
going to hit up next So.
[49:12] OK.
[49:13] Thank you.
[49:14] And I believe you
have another question.
[49:17] When councilwoman Finney
was mentioning on insurance
[49:20] is the standard 1
million, 2 million
[49:23] that they're going to carry or.
[49:25] Yes they met will are
professional services agreement
[49:28] that we traditionally
have they have met all
[49:31] of those requirements And we
did have three bidders and all
[49:36] three of them met the
insurance requirements
[49:38] And then the other question was
this is specifically for just
[49:43] traffic violations, not
code violations, or will
[49:47] eventually it go into code
violation, part parking
[49:50] enforcement, parking, sorry.
[49:51] So they're strictly
parking enforcement.
[49:55] All right, Councilman
garcia, thank you.
[49:58] Mayor A lot of my questions
were asked by customer friendly.
[50:01] So thank you for getting those
parking only But there also
[50:07] we can enforce
our municipal code
[50:09] that is all of
our municipal code
[50:12] that relates to parking
Yes, only parking.
[50:15] Yes.
[50:15] OK.
[50:16] So they won't be doing
code enforcement.
[50:18] They will be enforcing.
[50:20] So no 3 to 6 a.m. is
in the municipal code.
[50:24] A lot of our restrict Well,
I don't think the restricted
[50:27] that's within the vehicle code
But but the RV restrictions
[50:31] are in the municipal code.
[50:33] So so these vehicles will
only then be patrolling
[50:35] where there
currently are parking
[50:37] restrict since they
will be patrolling
[50:40] where we direct them to.
[50:42] So yes, they'll be
handling those 3 to 6 a.m..
[50:44] But then we also have
our other hotspots
[50:47] where we have restricted
to residents only,
[50:50] such as by city of
Hope and the arline.
[50:55] And so there they
will be given a list
[50:58] by Larry and the
public safety office
[51:01] as to what they
focus on as well.
[51:03] Street sweeping the street
sweep in and out 3, 2 6 a.m.
[51:06] is the majority of their duties.
[51:08] But we do have other
okay because we have seen
[51:11] a huge benefit when there is an
extra presence of folks driving
[51:16] through neighborhoods And I'm
thinking about the areas that
[51:19] don't have parking
restrictions and the housing
[51:22] also benefit from
having a contract
[51:23] like this in the neighborhoods.
[51:25] The license plate
reading cameras
[51:27] are those linked
to our Foot Locker.
[51:30] How would those work?
[51:31] No those systems are
going to be independent
[51:34] So the license plate
reading camera systems that
[51:36] are developed for
this type of situation
[51:38] is strictly for
parking enforcement.
[51:40] It allows the
officer to actually
[51:41] be a lot more efficient.
[51:42] So what it does is it actually
timestamps vehicles that
[51:45] are parked in the town parking
zone, as well as issuing
[51:49] the citation, just based
off the license plate,
[51:51] reading from the camera system.
[51:52] So we had the opportunity
here to also see
[51:55] that system in action
and see how efficient
[51:57] an officer in the field can be.
[51:58] Again, as a pilot
where do we go?
[52:01] Stay with this program and/or
shift gears into something else.
[52:03] We can see the efficiency and
getting the three year contract
[52:06] would help us benefit for that.
[52:08] Of course, with the term that we
have, it's beneficial to city,
[52:11] but it would give us
that data to support
[52:13] it One way or another.
[52:14] So there's a third party data.
[52:15] Can we find out who has
access to that data?
[52:18] It's it's only strictly
to the data processing
[52:22] center and the
officers issuing it
[52:23] so that data does not get
sent out outside of that.
[52:26] OK And then you talked about
two vehicles per 24 hour shifts.
[52:31] So 12 hour shifts, one vehicle
throughout the whole city
[52:33] for those 12 hours.
[52:35] And be one officer per shift.
[52:37] So one vehicle only.
[52:39] And then be doing 12 hour
shifts, time with the four
[52:44] hours allowed for on the
weekend to compensate
[52:46] to make them the 40.
[52:47] Okay If we were to go this
way, since we have to approve
[52:51] that are uniform and symbols
on their vehicles can
[52:56] we share that with the
public before that contract
[52:57] would start.
[52:58] So that they're aware
that this is what they're
[53:00] going to look like as over?
[53:01] Yeah, absolutely.
[53:02] We would want them to
know what they look like.
[53:04] Yes.
[53:04] Yeah OK All right Mayor Pro tem.
[53:12] OK.
[53:12] Thank you, Mayor.
[53:13] I'm just curious where if we're
going to have a vehicle just
[53:19] driving around
constantly can we make
[53:22] a request for a
clean air vehicle
[53:26] I'm just curious do they
even have that option?
[53:30] I one thing I would
point out is I'm not they
[53:33] would need to arrange where they
were going to charge because we
[53:36] don't currently have a
dedicated yet a dedicated charge
[53:40] location for the city.
[53:42] So they would just have to
make to it cheaper than gas
[53:45] and would charge it to BP.
[53:47] Yeah we can talk
to them about that.
[53:49] I know in my discussions
with the operations manager,
[53:52] we talked about it
being a hybrid vehicle
[53:54] because it does behoove
them to have a vehicle that
[53:56] is energy efficient
as well, cuts down
[53:57] on the short vehicle range.
[54:00] We also requested more
information, especially
[54:02] with the BP charging
station like you're
[54:04] mentioning about that.
[54:05] In addition, we actually have a
charging station in our parking
[54:09] lot right around the corner.
[54:11] And since there are contracts,
they could pay for that service.
[54:13] So we'll definitely
ask them Yeah,
[54:17] but that that charging
station is a very, very low
[54:22] It's not going to work.
[54:24] Yeah I think like a BP would
be much better to do so
[54:28] but anyways.
[54:29] Yeah Yeah you don't
think I'll add
[54:31] to that is that it does become
difficult because they do have
[54:33] to transport to our office.
[54:34] So the vehicle does need
to be fairly close to it
[54:37] to where they're at going
to be changing, etc.
[54:41] Interesting OK.
[54:42] All right.
[54:44] Any other thoughts ?
[54:45] All right.
[54:46] Councilmember Lewis
Yes I don't I don't I
[54:51] just want some clarification.
[54:53] How many positions are are
we going to lose in the city?
[54:57] So there's three part
time positions right now.
[55:00] Yes Are all three vacant or two
or for sure, vacant And one is.
[55:07] Yeah right.
[55:08] 3 Currently, right now, we're
kind of substituting our patrol
[55:12] car So it was like Brian
Gallo was mentioning
[55:14] we have to do a lot of
substitution to make sure
[55:16] that we ensure our coverage
for parking enforcement,
[55:18] particularly for street
sweeping and right
[55:22] now we have those
patrol officers
[55:24] actually substitute for that.
[55:26] So we have about two of them
that are in substitution
[55:28] If we eliminate the
three positions to go
[55:31] with this contract services,
we're going to be rededicating
[55:33] them to the regular patrol.
[55:34] CSO And then the one that isn't
dedicated that will be offered
[55:38] the patrol see as opposition
as well, because we
[55:40] do have vacancies on that.
[55:41] So you're only going
to lose the three
[55:44] part time positions right Okay.
[55:47] And those three
part time positions,
[55:51] they can't I mean I
know, there's a pay scale
[55:57] that you can retain.
[55:59] People with a pay scale
that what that not an option
[56:03] the increase surveyed and
so the pay does not appear
[56:07] to be the issue for why
we're retaining like I said,
[56:11] those who are even you
know coming in there
[56:14] they're not staying because
they're going to full time
[56:18] police officer positions.
[56:19] It's not because they're
going to another city
[56:22] that pays part time better.
[56:24] That's what we're finding.
[56:25] Yeah, we we restructured
the salary for the CSOs
[56:29] within the part time realm
to fit what was the market
[56:35] for the going cities.
[56:37] So we're very competitive.
[56:38] Yes it's truly we just
lose them because they're
[56:41] looking for full time jobs.
[56:44] That's they they generally are
hired by in law enforcement
[56:48] positions and/or whatever
else career they choose to
[56:52] But it's just a
temporary job for them
[56:55] because it is part time.
[56:58] OK I also I'll like
I said, I don't
[57:03] know if the word pilot got
me, but I think three years
[57:08] is just quite a bit of time.
[57:10] I mean I can I know it
takes probably a year
[57:15] to even get a routine down.
[57:18] And then maybe another year
or 2 2 figure everything out.
[57:21] But I take the word
pilot out of there.
[57:24] It's okay.
[57:24] Appreciate it.
[57:25] And yes, show shouldn't
use that word,
[57:28] but we will be constantly
evaluating this program.
[57:32] So it's really a trial Okay.
[57:35] A trial run that works better.
[57:37] All right.
[57:38] I don't feel that much better,
but a little bit All right.
[57:43] I think everyone up here
asked a lot of questions
[57:45] and addressed concerns I would
have I have a lot of you know,
[57:48] I know that our public safety
is a well oiled machine.
[57:51] So this sounds like
something that makes
[57:54] our wheels a little squeaky.
[57:56] So if we have an opportunity to
try to keep everything flowing,
[57:59] I think that's a great idea.
[58:00] The process of hiring
and training somebody
[58:02] is so expensive I know
we touched on that.
[58:04] I mean, I think my company,
it costs like $30,000 to hire
[58:07] someone new just the loss of
training time uniform equipment,
[58:11] administrative before and
after hiring along with
[58:15] any kind of benefits they have.
[58:16] So I definitely see that there's
an area for cost containment
[58:20] here, which is
something we would
[58:22] probably know within the
first nine months to a year.
[58:25] And I feel comfortable
with the three year,
[58:27] you know, trial knowing that
it's not a guaranteed thing.
[58:31] If we find out Nine months
to 12 months from now,
[58:33] we can reassess this.
[58:35] I'm completely comfortable
with making the decision.
[58:38] So that's my thought
process on it
[58:40] because everyone else asks
such good questions anyways,
[58:44] are we ready to anyone else
have anything they want to say
[58:48] Can I call for a motion?
[58:50] Almost second.
[58:51] All in favor?
[58:53] I i any opposed motion carries.
[58:57] Thank you very much.
[58:58] Thank you.
[58:58] And I'll make sure to remove the
word pilot out of my vocabulary
[59:02] Unless they're driving
like a hybrid Honda Pilot.
[59:04] Hybrid?
[59:05] We're good.
[59:05] They're all right.
[59:06] Now.
[59:07] Let's go on to item
B on business items
[59:09] We've got award of contract for
the Donald and Bernice Watson.
[59:12] Multi Youth use,
and that's going
[59:14] to be presented by
our public works
[59:16] manager, Stephanie Sandoval.
[59:18] Hello Hi.
[59:19] Good evening, everyone.
[59:21] Again So this this item
is to award the contract
[59:27] for the Donald Ebenezer Watson
multi-use pathway improvement
[59:31] Project to F as contractors
and a lot of the fiscal impacts
[59:40] were discussed during the during
the CFP workshop earlier today.
[59:44] So I will kind of just
breeze through that part.
[59:49] The lowest response of
an responsible bidder was
[59:53] fS contractors for 1,697,000.
[59:58] And we are this staff
is recommending to award
[1:00:01] the contract with a
7% contingency which
[1:00:05] would be a total of $1,816,800.
[1:00:12] And approve a budget amendment
to use Measure M funds
[1:00:19] towards the rest of the
remainder of the project
[1:00:23] I think one thing that we didn't
discuss during the CIP workshop
[1:00:27] was mainly that FS contractors
is the contractor that
[1:00:31] was the lowest bidder and
they have done many projects
[1:00:35] for the city before They've
completed a great number
[1:00:40] of projects for
other cities as well,
[1:00:42] and they've always provided
great work for the city
[1:00:45] and worked very
cooperatively with staff.
[1:00:50] And so for a project
like this, it's
[1:00:53] a big deal for us to have a
contractor that is going to be
[1:00:57] working well with the city.
[1:00:58] And that is going to provide
us with a good quality product
[1:01:03] as well So with
that, I don't know
[1:01:06] if you guys have
any more questions
[1:01:09] or if Councilmember
Finley, thank you.
[1:01:14] Something that we talked
about some time ago.
[1:01:19] And Fasano brought it up to me.
[1:01:21] He texted me today.
[1:01:23] And we ever done anything
with any kind of electrical
[1:01:26] along there And I guess what
I'm thinking is over closer
[1:01:33] to ward where the tennis
courts are If we had
[1:01:38] some electrical a long the path
there we could potentially put
[1:01:43] in, I guess you could say even
kind of like a that's a fairly
[1:01:50] well-lit area like Christmas
markets sort of thing
[1:01:58] during a holiday season.
[1:01:59] Is there any any
thought to putting
[1:02:01] any kind of electrical there
to give us some flexibility
[1:02:05] as to use of the path?
[1:02:07] So the main scope of the
project includes adding lighting
[1:02:13] to to the intersections, to
the main intersections of where
[1:02:18] the trail crosses streets.
[1:02:21] So there will definite be an
addition and added component
[1:02:25] of electrical at those
intersections as well
[1:02:28] as pedestrian lighting
in the area where
[1:02:32] the where the bridge is, because
that is generally a darker area
[1:02:37] And that was something that
was brought up by council.
[1:02:39] So there there will be
electrical components added
[1:02:44] to this project that are already
part of the scope Something
[1:02:48] that could easily be
utilized in the future,
[1:02:51] I guess to be flexible
right Well, I think if i'm
[1:02:59] understanding your
question correct, Lee,
[1:03:02] are you talking about
the option of having
[1:03:04] some lighting when
we do potentially
[1:03:07] host some kind of events?
[1:03:09] Sure.
[1:03:10] Right there along
the bike trail.
[1:03:11] Are you are you thinking
like permanent lighting
[1:03:13] or you're thinking, no
no permanent lighting.
[1:03:16] But vendors out there
that, sure, they
[1:03:18] can plug in if they
bring in some right
[1:03:21] That's what I was thinking.
[1:03:22] So I don't know if that's
built into the scope.
[1:03:27] Yeah, that wasn't
built into the scope.
[1:03:30] But as we move forward,
it is something we could
[1:03:31] look at as we go through this.
[1:03:33] And I mean change and if
you're setting up something
[1:03:38] for vendors, you're
going to need some it,
[1:03:41] you'll need a little you'll need
more than just typical outlets.
[1:03:47] So we definitely look
into that I mean,
[1:03:50] vendors are we looking
to generate revenue
[1:03:52] from the it could be anything
you know there are not a lot of
[1:03:57] and I know you've
been to these places
[1:03:59] and whether it's New York
or Chicago at Christmas time
[1:04:03] they will set up kind of
markets and they are not
[1:04:08] only it's a moneymaker but not
so much as it is a social event.
[1:04:15] And I just thought
gee, maybe this
[1:04:17] would be something that would be
kind of fun along the bike path,
[1:04:21] kind of like the market used
to have a sanitary heater
[1:04:24] but instead of doing it there,
have it alongside the amenities
[1:04:28] You kind of foodservice
on I think we
[1:04:32] we talked about this
for a long time, right
[1:04:35] in we've always wanted
to beautify that trail.
[1:04:40] And lot of people use
this trail and I believe
[1:04:44] I've said this many times to
them and with other council
[1:04:47] members is we need the lights.
[1:04:49] We certainly do So it
should be incorporated
[1:04:54] as part of the scope.
[1:04:56] I I hope we can do that.
[1:04:58] It doesn't have to be we
need to dig underground
[1:05:02] and have some to 40
ease of whatever.
[1:05:05] There are lot of
lights nowadays There
[1:05:07] are solar or self-sustained
and they give a lot of Yeah,
[1:05:13] you know what is that
loom not illuminations.
[1:05:18] What is that word Lumen.
[1:05:21] Luminescence.
[1:05:22] Right.
[1:05:22] Aren't known lumens whatever
lumens So when I says an why is
[1:05:31] it that we're not able to.
[1:05:33] And I noticed a lot
of these solar lights
[1:05:38] they're very very bright
and if no one's walking
[1:05:42] around that area, it is
automatically dims down to count
[1:05:50] in calories And
I we're actually,
[1:05:52] we were walking, what, two
days ago, three days ago,
[1:05:55] and I bumped into
you at night and then
[1:05:57] you started looking at
me and I'm like, woohoo,
[1:05:59] I can really see because it was
so dark, right A lot of people
[1:06:03] like to use that trail.
[1:06:05] And I think it's good.
[1:06:06] And it's safe for
us to have that
[1:06:09] place lit and it should
be part of the scope
[1:06:13] of do I have anybody ?
[1:06:19] I have.
[1:06:20] My question was, who?
[1:06:21] What other projects has this
company worked on for the city?
[1:06:24] Just so I have an idea They did
the they did the the Huntington
[1:06:28] Drive median project.
[1:06:30] They did a lot of
sidewalk improvement
[1:06:33] And they did the actually the
emergent see concrete improve
[1:06:37] ments when the fires broke
out, and the windstorm
[1:06:41] knocked down a bunch of trees.
[1:06:43] OK.
[1:06:44] They installed the
the banner poles
[1:06:49] they work on a subcontractor for
the Highland promenade project
[1:06:54] They did the ATP project on
Central and Evergreen OK.
[1:06:58] Sounds good.
[1:06:59] Thank you.
[1:06:59] I got a good idea.
[1:07:00] I appreciate that
Sounds like Lois,
[1:07:03] that has anything to bring up.
[1:07:06] Councilmember Chong.
[1:07:07] I just Just have a statement.
[1:07:08] I'm looking at these
renderings or drawings
[1:07:12] of what the trail is
going to look like I.
[1:07:18] I do like the new colors.
[1:07:22] And the greenery and flowers
and plants around it as
[1:07:28] well as the drinking stations.
[1:07:31] And for the puppies
and for the runners.
[1:07:35] We talked about a
little bit about i
[1:07:38] don't know necessarily
widening the trail,
[1:07:41] but having a space for
the bikes and the actual
[1:07:46] like joggers and walkers can
kind of separate the two.
[1:07:50] So they don't we hear there's
a lot of butting heads
[1:07:54] on that trail between
joggers and walkers
[1:07:56] versus bikers I know, we
mentioned that a few weeks ago,
[1:08:00] maybe the last time we
spoke about the trail
[1:08:04] they kind of widened
it so that there's
[1:08:06] a separation between the two.
[1:08:08] And also, like
Councilmember Kay said,
[1:08:10] some lights that we
talked about as well to i
[1:08:15] appreciate the mile
markers or something new
[1:08:17] and it brings something
different to the trail,
[1:08:20] which I think is awesome.
[1:08:22] But those Two things
widening the trail
[1:08:24] to kind of have the
bikes and the restrooms,
[1:08:28] not potentially cause any
accidents or hit each other,
[1:08:32] or maybe get into fights because
one of hiking, one's walking
[1:08:34] And I think lights on the trail.
[1:08:39] There's also would also look so
much more better if we can maybe
[1:08:47] bring that item up
next council meeting
[1:08:50] to see what the cost
to add those lights in
[1:08:55] and i think a along with the
nice wooden chimes or windmills
[1:09:02] that we've looked at
and these mile markers,
[1:09:05] it would definitely make the
trail look 100 times better
[1:09:08] than it is now
Councilmember Well,
[1:09:12] one thing I just what's
being discussed tonight
[1:09:17] is award of bid and i
would say the trail will be
[1:09:23] slightly wider than it is now.
[1:09:24] But we get a bid that was above
what the estimate was of for it
[1:09:30] to be a four foot
and a half wide
[1:09:32] or just because at the edges.
[1:09:34] It's going to be kind
of feathered out a bit
[1:09:38] But to get wider than that
would be a significant cost.
[1:09:41] So I mean, I believe also on in
terms of lighting the attach,
[1:09:45] I believe we had a discussion
when we came to the council
[1:09:48] last time.
[1:09:49] And we were getting
ready to go out for bid.
[1:09:53] And I believe the Resolute
was that might look to do that
[1:09:58] in the future as an option.
[1:10:00] The cost that would be
significant compared to the bid.
[1:10:04] I mean, we'd, we'd be over
the over the 7% contingency.
[1:10:07] But I feel like my fear is we're
going to pay all this money
[1:10:11] for this budget amendment,
$406,000, and then they're going
[1:10:14] to bring it to us.
[1:10:15] And there's going to
be nothing but issues.
[1:10:17] That's my biggest fear So
I feel like we should have
[1:10:19] the knowledge of some
different lighting options
[1:10:22] and what that would
cost, whether it
[1:10:23] be electric with plugs or
doing some solar because that
[1:10:26] sounds like a great idea to.
[1:10:28] And then, you know
there's just not as much
[1:10:30] of a need for the horse
portion of the trail anymore.
[1:10:33] Yes, there are still horses
on the trail, but not.
[1:10:36] I'm sure, the magnitude
of when they built it
[1:10:37] or when they put it together
And that feels like.
[1:10:40] That's like double the
size of the actual pavement
[1:10:42] in some areas.
[1:10:43] So I can see why widening
it might be wanting
[1:10:46] something we want
to look into Yeah,
[1:10:48] I think you're absolutely right.
[1:10:50] I don't see as much
horses there as i did when
[1:10:52] I was in my teenage years,
but I think widening it
[1:10:55] to about a foot, a foot and a
half without having any issues,
[1:10:58] I think that's helped.
[1:11:00] It's very helpful but also
to avoid the same issues
[1:11:03] we had with the
medians on Huntington
[1:11:06] to be able to see what it is.
[1:11:08] And what the cost
would be and how it
[1:11:10] would look with the lighting.
[1:11:12] Regardless if we want to add it
now or later on in the future.
[1:11:16] I'm just to be proactive and
not come across the issues
[1:11:21] we had with the median.
[1:11:22] Again so that, you know,
we can move forward
[1:11:25] with this more smoothly.
[1:11:27] Well one option would be if
the council chose to, would we?
[1:11:31] We could go forward
with the current bid
[1:11:34] that we have a word of bid.
[1:11:36] Begin with the project
I don't I don't
[1:11:38] think we come back
to the next meeting
[1:11:39] with a price for
expand the lighting.
[1:11:41] But I think within 4
to 6 weeks, they would
[1:11:45] they're going to
start in 4 to 6 weeks.
[1:11:47] And there's going to there be
won't be starting till June.
[1:11:49] We could probably do
an analysis of what
[1:11:51] that that additional
lighting costs would be.
[1:11:54] And we could either
Yeah, I think potentially
[1:11:57] either add that to the contract
to do different contract
[1:12:01] I think that would
help out to be awarded
[1:12:04] and have the kind of fine
print that it would come back
[1:12:09] with the additional cost or an
extra renderings of how it would
[1:12:15] look with those lighting that if
you're to that we're going to do
[1:12:18] this beautiful upgrade and
then the constituents are going
[1:12:21] to have the hugest
complaint of it's still
[1:12:23] so dark by the time
I get off work,
[1:12:25] I can't walk on it anyways.
[1:12:26] And I just think it's
like a missed opportunity
[1:12:28] to make it safer for everyone.
[1:12:29] I too have seen Councilmember
Calderon walking in the evenings
[1:12:33] a couple of times.
[1:12:33] And he and I walk,
you know it's 7:00.
[1:12:36] It's pretty dark when
we see each other.
[1:12:38] So councilmember
Finley have we gone
[1:12:42] to like the Joint Powers
Insurance Authority and said,
[1:12:48] take a look at it?
[1:12:49] You see any design flaws here.
[1:12:51] That would be a potential
problem for liability
[1:12:56] which is even Well,
part of the the plan
[1:13:03] is to meet aDA requirements.
[1:13:05] OK.
[1:13:06] So that actually, that's how
we initially got the funding.
[1:13:12] And we applied for
multiple grants.
[1:13:14] It was, was basically
not just an improvement,
[1:13:16] but also to address aDA
issues and several years ago,
[1:13:20] we had that analysis done.
[1:13:22] And so of, of all the
crossings are being upgraded.
[1:13:25] So the intent was to meet
all ADA requirements OK.
[1:13:29] But in addition to that, I know
that I forced Larry and Steve
[1:13:35] one night to go
over there with me
[1:13:38] just so they could see how bad
the lighting was at the Mount
[1:13:42] Olive royal Oaks
Drive intersection
[1:13:45] And they both saw
the same thing I did.
[1:13:47] First of all, low
lighting and we
[1:13:51] almost hit someone because
he was dressed at night.
[1:13:54] You guys make sure don't wear
black or wear white when you're
[1:13:59] walking on that bike path
because it's really hard to see
[1:14:03] people All right So let's
bring us back to topic,
[1:14:10] then, which is awarding
the contract Are, you know,
[1:14:12] do we have any more questions
about what's right before us?
[1:14:15] I know we've given
some direction of what
[1:14:17] we want to see come back.
[1:14:19] We've expressed our concerns Are
we anybody have anything more
[1:14:25] they need to
clarify before being
[1:14:26] ready to make a motion or vote
So help me with this then.
[1:14:33] Craig, As far as lighting,
you're saying we go ahead.
[1:14:37] We approve this tonight.
[1:14:39] If we do, and then
in a month or two,
[1:14:44] you'll come and say
this is what it's
[1:14:47] going to cost to put light
bollards from vineyard
[1:14:51] to Mount Olive or Mount Olive to
Royal Oaks North or something?
[1:14:56] Absolutely.
[1:14:57] So if I may I just want
to give a rough estimate.
[1:15:01] These are outdoor
or solar baller.
[1:15:07] I can check them right now The
highest price 400 bucks each
[1:15:14] So if I just guess how many
around whatever distance,
[1:15:19] then i can certainly know what
the cost is, right The building
[1:15:23] material costs And then for
very quickly, add it on to i'm
[1:15:28] not sure this has to be those
need to for sure be bolted down
[1:15:34] and understood.
[1:15:35] So yeah these price in
the public and Tony Price
[1:15:39] is often very different
in this in this.
[1:15:42] And so I completely
understand that right.
[1:15:45] And i think we can get
a pretty good estimate.
[1:15:49] I don't think it's going
to be for starting.
[1:15:50] I want to go and see the math to
do this, because I do recall so
[1:15:56] for many, many years
that we do want lights
[1:16:00] and hopefully we can
have this incorporate it
[1:16:03] into the scope of
it, but it shouldn't
[1:16:05] be ecstatically expensive
because it doesn't add up.
[1:16:09] Can we ask them to
develop the plan including
[1:16:13] the light as an add on?
[1:16:14] I know it can't be
in the scope of work
[1:16:15] for what's approved What we've
gotten the grant money for
[1:16:18] but that we you know, we just
finished doing our capital
[1:16:21] improvement project.
[1:16:22] We have a pretty decent
idea of our financial goals.
[1:16:25] And we can then, you
know, consider that when
[1:16:29] we move forward Yeah, we will.
[1:16:32] We'll go to a commercial
lighting company
[1:16:34] will get a new estimate.
[1:16:36] You know, it's for the 1.6 miles
and we'll bring an amount back
[1:16:41] for you to discuss
and let them know,
[1:16:42] you know, we're on
a budget, you know,
[1:16:45] give us some options
You know, don't
[1:16:47] go straight to the Cadillac just
because it's a public entity.
[1:16:49] Let's see what the then
kia has got going on it.
[1:16:53] Yeah.
[1:16:53] Good luck with that.
[1:16:54] So on as you say, city I do have
I have one question that will
[1:16:57] help us on this is that since
the since all parks closed 10:00
[1:17:04] and there are security issues,
my assumption would be is that
[1:17:08] we would also want
something that has
[1:17:10] the ability to be on a timer.
[1:17:11] So, yes closed off at.
[1:17:14] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[1:17:15] And they could I mean, I'm sure
I'm thinking too like, you know,
[1:17:19] the lights just behind the
trail of houses on, right.
[1:17:21] Looks like the little small
trail by Foothill Academy.
[1:17:23] They're probably
going to want a dimmer
[1:17:25] version of the lights
Very dim version
[1:17:26] if it's their backyard Right.
[1:17:28] We're going to have to
be considerate of where
[1:17:30] each placement is.
[1:17:30] But you know there's
you know where
[1:17:32] it's going under the bridge
and it's super dark and scary.
[1:17:35] Like that's going to
need some lighting,
[1:17:36] you know that's actually
within the scope of the project
[1:17:39] with that lighting
Lighting under the bridge
[1:17:41] is actually with
the scope of that.
[1:17:42] That's awesome.
[1:17:43] That's their other parts.
[1:17:45] Like when you're walking
like i just bumped into.
[1:17:48] And I I've seen
coyotes walking around.
[1:17:50] I mean, running around too.
[1:17:51] So just want to making
sure that it's safe.
[1:17:54] Yeah.
[1:17:54] Daylight savings
to walk past 4 p.m.
[1:17:56] And so if we can give that
to our community at a price
[1:17:59] that we can consider taking
from one of our funds
[1:18:03] I think we want to consider it.
[1:18:05] So i do, I want at
least hear about it.
[1:18:08] Councilmember Garcia
and then Councilmember
[1:18:10] Calderon I think the
consensus is to see the trail
[1:18:14] lit the whole 1.6.
[1:18:17] I would prefer to see what that
cost will be in sections Instead
[1:18:21] of encouraging the
whole try to be
[1:18:23] just that one particular section
that's out for the bridge.
[1:18:26] I think up to you
get to not only
[1:18:28] if it gets really, really
dark and and if I may
[1:18:32] Councilman Garcia is
there solar out there?
[1:18:34] We don't need to go in.
[1:18:36] You know do all these tranches.
[1:18:38] And all that stuff.
[1:18:39] Correct.
[1:18:39] But yeah, I i'd like to
see what that would look
[1:18:42] like just in phases
in case we couldn't
[1:18:44] fund the whole 1.6 miles.
[1:18:46] At least identify the areas
that we are very dark in just
[1:18:50] to clarify, you talked between
Buena Vista and the island
[1:18:58] long stretch before
you get to island,
[1:19:01] all live and rail looks going
on that gets really dark.
[1:19:06] I think it means between the
bridge and Mount Olive Yes.
[1:19:11] Yes.
[1:19:12] OK.
[1:19:12] Bridge amount of
passive use and stuff.
[1:19:18] Thank you.
[1:19:19] Thank you I just
have a question.
[1:19:22] How many ADA accessible
entrances will the Cho have?
[1:19:28] Just because I
know that one time
[1:19:30] there was I mean, as we've heard
I walked that through a lot.
[1:19:34] But one time there is some tree
activity that was going on.
[1:19:36] And there is a sign
that said no idea
[1:19:38] accessible for the whole day.
[1:19:40] So I'm just wondering
if it's going to have
[1:19:41] multiple entrances for people.
[1:19:43] It's essentially at
every intersection
[1:19:46] I mean, for instance, if
you look at one a vista,
[1:19:49] you've got an entrance from
the I mean, from the north.
[1:19:53] And the south side.
[1:19:54] And then through the
middle and other areas,
[1:19:57] it's just the actual trail
entrance at at the intersection
[1:20:02] at that particular case.
[1:20:03] The reason that
sign read that was
[1:20:05] because the entrance that
actually paved section
[1:20:09] of the trail was being blocked.
[1:20:11] And so therefore, anybody
that was using the trail
[1:20:13] was going to have
to use a dirt path
[1:20:15] and that is not a
designated ADA path.
[1:20:19] And we wanted to make sure
that people that were walking
[1:20:22] the trail were using
the trail at that time,
[1:20:24] understood that that ADA
access was not available OK.
[1:20:28] I just had a thought.
[1:20:29] What about asking like local
businesses, Dignitas fees, etc.,
[1:20:33] about like donating a
lamp post and then we
[1:20:35] can have a little plaque
on the lamp post for them
[1:20:36] If we did solar.
[1:20:38] And we can send it out to
all of our assembly people,
[1:20:40] we can send it out to big
partners like City of Hope, etc.
[1:20:44] and see, you know,
maybe see developments
[1:20:46] to donate a little section
and call it the little section
[1:20:48] of hope, things like that Mayor
I'm so sorry to interrupt up
[1:20:54] here, but I just wanted us to
get back to the the contract
[1:20:58] itself, which is for the
current design and approval.
[1:21:01] If the city council wants
staff to go back and change
[1:21:05] the scope of that to incorporate
these changes, we could do that.
[1:21:09] I don't think that's the
recommendation tonight However,
[1:21:11] if you want staff to go
and get you the estimates
[1:21:14] for the lighting and design and
things like that with new ideas
[1:21:18] like you mentioned,
we can do that too.
[1:21:19] But since this contract is
pretty specific to the ADA
[1:21:24] improvements and the
grant, we kind of
[1:21:25] want to I am apprehensive to
go forward with this scope
[1:21:29] if we're not going to be
able to have this discussions
[1:21:31] and then we're going to
all be stuck with our hands
[1:21:33] tired and frustrated.
[1:21:34] So i don't know what that means
do we want to go back and have
[1:21:38] the scope to add lighting
as a add on option,
[1:21:40] but have it included
in this plan
[1:21:42] that where we don't
have to worry about or
[1:21:44] or if I could if we could
move forward with this.
[1:21:48] And then come back and on
the next council meeting,
[1:21:51] even for a discussion
on lighting
[1:21:54] or additional lighting
on the trail, then
[1:21:57] we're going to have to bring
this back again, because they're
[1:21:59] going to want to
start this for seven
[1:22:01] for this portion, which is which
is all under the grant money
[1:22:04] But if we're looking at adding
additional lighting we can
[1:22:08] we have time to at least
bring it back, discuss,
[1:22:11] have staff, take the
direction and come back
[1:22:15] with further details on cost.
[1:22:16] And we can move
forward that way.
[1:22:19] Yeah.
[1:22:19] And i would just
say that necessarily
[1:22:20] the problem with adding
to this is we will
[1:22:23] have to go back out to bid.
[1:22:24] And I I really urge
that we don't do that.
[1:22:28] If if the issue is
adding lighting,
[1:22:30] we can add lighting
within the time period.
[1:22:33] If there's a choice to
do that within the time
[1:22:35] period of construction
we can add that on.
[1:22:37] But yeah, I was going
to say, because I think
[1:22:39] the scope in approving this is
within the scope of the grant
[1:22:42] money.
[1:22:43] And I think sooner
we put a stamp on it,
[1:22:46] the sooner we can get this
money move forward to show
[1:22:50] But I think there is a
consensus here on the council
[1:22:53] that we do want to incorporate
lighting into this.
[1:22:57] So during the time
of construction
[1:22:59] or before construct
SSiOn moves forward
[1:23:04] we should have a vote, a
definitive answer on what type
[1:23:08] of lighting or the
amount or the budget
[1:23:10] that we want to utilize
for the lighting.
[1:23:12] I know that's going
to come separate
[1:23:13] but I think we can do
that because this gives us
[1:23:16] the opportunity to go ahead
and move forward and utilize
[1:23:18] the grant money that is on
the table here and in addition
[1:23:21] to that, everybody has
seen each other's numbers
[1:23:23] and we might be
seeing a 3.5 million
[1:23:25] trail if it goes
out to bid again.
[1:23:27] So it's in our best interest
already on that vein,
[1:23:31] then, may I have a motion for
recommended action Second,
[1:23:35] might I just given council's
conversation recommend
[1:23:40] that the motion be approved
Staff's organization
[1:23:44] and direct staff to come
back with information
[1:23:47] regarding lighting or for
the trail Yes, that's it.
[1:23:51] All right.
[1:23:52] Make get a second.
[1:23:53] Second.
[1:23:54] All in favor I. I open tie.
[1:23:59] Can I add on to
this Well, we just.
[1:24:03] But, you know specifically
on solar and self-sustained,
[1:24:07] we don't need to go
in and dig trenches.
[1:24:09] We just don't We can explore
our lighting options.
[1:24:12] Oh, great.
[1:24:13] Thank you I just.
[1:24:15] I know we already
voted, Stephanie.
[1:24:16] There's currently stop
signs facing the pedestrians
[1:24:20] and bikers on the trail
I'm got a feedback
[1:24:22] that they're a little high.
[1:24:24] And so pedestrians are
just walking through,
[1:24:26] I don't think they're aware
that means they should
[1:24:28] stop and look for traffic.
[1:24:29] You think with
this upgrade we can
[1:24:31] bring those eye level for that?
[1:24:33] That can be considered?
[1:24:34] Yes it's very likely
that they were installed
[1:24:37] that high for bike riders.
[1:24:39] But there there
will definitely be
[1:24:41] added striping as well on the
floor on the trail itself.
[1:24:46] Higher visibility signage We
can definitely add more signs
[1:24:51] for pedestrians All righty.
[1:24:55] Thank you so much All righty
I believe we are moving on
[1:25:01] to number 14 items from
city council housing
[1:25:05] authority financing
And we will go
[1:25:09] ahead and start with Larry Me.
[1:25:13] All right Mr. Henslee.
[1:25:16] Mr. Enriquez.
[1:25:17] Mr. Peterson, Mr. Villalobos So
staff and i recently met with
[1:25:24] Route 66 committee, and we're
working on finalizing the route
[1:25:29] for this year's 100th
anniversary parade
[1:25:33] So that's coming along nicely.
[1:25:35] Additionally today, the mayor
and Councilmember Garcia and I
[1:25:40] met with the CEO Angelique
Richards from City of Hope
[1:25:45] as well as executive
director Peter mackler.
[1:25:50] Just to discuss
really partnerships
[1:25:54] and just to introduce ourselves.
[1:25:56] And then introduce them and
is to make sure that we all
[1:26:00] are keeping in mind that
we're important to each other
[1:26:03] and each other's success So it
was a very positive introduction
[1:26:07] and meeting because we
had not met the new CEO.
[1:26:10] Additionally Well,
now it's been,
[1:26:13] I think a little
bit of while but we
[1:26:15] did have a meeting with the
Nordson Gabriel River Working
[1:26:18] Group which consists of Risa
Irwindale and US, which goes
[1:26:22] to Laurel Park Currently
we're under review in the JPA,
[1:26:28] which would be formed
between all three cities.
[1:26:31] The reason being we're forming
the jPA is because Senator Rubio
[1:26:35] has earmarked
approximately 4 million
[1:26:38] in funds for us to use for
the really beautification
[1:26:44] and installation of
Loreal Park currently
[1:26:48] it's sitting that county
terminated their lease mutually
[1:26:53] terminated their lease with the
Army Corps of Engineer, which
[1:26:56] allowed the EPA to
go in there and set
[1:26:57] up their site after the fire.
[1:26:59] It's still sitting terminated.
[1:27:02] The army corps wishes to
enter into a lease agreement
[1:27:05] with the JPA for us
to control the park
[1:27:08] and with those funds from
Senator Rubio, we the hope is,
[1:27:12] is to construct some kind of
outdoor classroom and park
[1:27:16] area that talks about
the water the importance
[1:27:20] of that riverbed
Native Americans
[1:27:24] and the native vegetation.
[1:27:25] So there's there's a
lot of work in progress.
[1:27:29] It'll take a little time.
[1:27:30] But you will
eventually see a JPA
[1:27:32] come to you for your
approval to continue
[1:27:35] this process forward with that.
[1:27:37] That's all I have.
[1:27:39] Thank you Note Anything
from this time?
[1:27:42] Councilmember Garcia Thank you.
[1:27:44] You so much.
[1:27:44] Mayor Mr. Vila was talked
about and we took a tour.
[1:27:48] The mayor and I of city
of Hope Hope Plaza.
[1:27:51] It's a beautiful,
beautiful building.
[1:27:52] And it's incredible to know or
to get a reminder every so often
[1:27:56] about the life
saving treatment that
[1:27:57] is happening in our community.
[1:28:00] The folks that travel
from all over the country
[1:28:01] and around the
world to get treated
[1:28:04] here I saw one of the
best views of our city
[1:28:08] from the eighth floor of
Hope Plaza a with the city's
[1:28:13] growing tremendously in
the last couple of years
[1:28:15] So I think everybody involved
Director Hensley, you
[1:28:18] and your team the
vision, the eye for some
[1:28:22] of these developments
like dirty station
[1:28:24] to see them from
that point of view,
[1:28:26] it really was my mind blowing.
[1:28:29] And they did talk about
the hotel being 80%
[1:28:32] occupied Monday through
Friday and the need
[1:28:34] of having another one.
[1:28:35] So I think as a city.
[1:28:36] We welcome anyone who wants
to do that in our community
[1:28:39] and help us close
that gap There is
[1:28:43] a need for something like that.
[1:28:45] With that I look forward to
seeing everybody at the mayor's
[1:28:49] state of the City State
of the Schools event
[1:28:51] on May Fourth, along with
the USD superintendent school
[1:28:55] board principal and
our city manager
[1:28:57] and have a good night All right,
Councilmember Calderon I just
[1:29:01] want to thank staff for
the awesome Easter event
[1:29:04] you guys hosted It
was amazingly attended
[1:29:07] and I actually ran
into some friends,
[1:29:08] and they said they went to
two different Easter events
[1:29:11] and ours was the best
planned that they went to.
[1:29:15] And i just want to talk about
the importance of parks.
[1:29:17] I mean, you saw
that easter event.
[1:29:19] And then you saw the discussion
we had about our drill
[1:29:22] I think moving forward.
[1:29:24] Parks are going to be really
important, whether it's a dog
[1:29:27] park, whether it's a trail.
[1:29:27] I think if you build it,
people are going to be using it
[1:29:31] and they're welcomed in
the city of Dougherty.
[1:29:33] That's awesome Council
member Finley Okay.
[1:29:36] Thank you.
[1:29:37] You.
[1:29:39] I like you.
[1:29:39] Mr. Color of
Events, but probably
[1:29:42] one of the most interesting
was the forecasting
[1:29:46] done by with regard to
our region you guys.
[1:29:52] And like seeing this stuff,
this is very, very interesting.
[1:29:54] This demographer he is
actually employed by .
[1:30:00] But initial lee they had
forecast that the median
[1:30:05] age this was back in 2015.
[1:30:10] They were forecasting that
the median age in our region,
[1:30:13] which is it's a Six county
region, was going to be 40.
[1:30:18] It was going to be 40 years old.
[1:30:21] But our population is aging.
[1:30:23] So they're saying in 2050,
instead of being the average age
[1:30:27] of 40 is now 46.4 So it is
definitely an aging population
[1:30:35] here as far as household
size and the household size
[1:30:40] is the 2020 projection
for 2050, it was going
[1:30:46] to be household size of 2.899.
[1:30:49] And now that has
been reduced to 2.49.
[1:30:55] So our households
are getting smaller
[1:30:57] and are reaching
and getting older
[1:31:01] The recap basically of his.
[1:31:03] It was about a hour and a half
display of what's going on.
[1:31:10] He said the population will
remain stable or decline
[1:31:14] slightly and age
substantially Housing growth
[1:31:18] will be slower than previously
expected, but will continue
[1:31:22] to exceed the population growth
The job outlook will be flat
[1:31:27] following low population
growth and air dispersion
[1:31:32] and will be
concentrated in health
[1:31:34] care and socialist assistance.
[1:31:37] And as i said, the
average household sizes
[1:31:39] will be much smaller than
I attended a function for.
[1:31:49] And I know.
[1:31:50] Let's see you're in on this
is we have new proposed sewer
[1:31:55] service charge rates in
the operating cross costs
[1:32:01] have grown 20% over
the last five years.
[1:32:04] And our income has
only increased 10%.
[1:32:07] And when I say our income, the
unit ain't talking about mine.
[1:32:13] And Dell is the
sanitation district
[1:32:17] So costs have gone up
due to a lot of capital
[1:32:20] projects like Clearwater
Pier, Water all of those.
[1:32:25] And so they will be
going up our survey
[1:32:28] or monthly service charges and
they're having public hearings.
[1:32:31] So people can talk about this.
[1:32:35] May 13th of May
20th and May 27th.
[1:32:40] That's when our public
hearing is for the city
[1:32:43] of Dougherty is may 27th.
[1:32:46] At 130, you'll be
there probably with me.
[1:32:50] OK?
[1:32:51] Yep.
[1:32:52] And let's see.
[1:32:53] Olympic forecasting
I went to a meeting
[1:32:56] on transportation demand
management for the Olympics
[1:33:01] and we are looking
at they're expecting
[1:33:05] the people to be driving 50%
less during the Olympics.
[1:33:12] And I'm talking about all of
us that live here, 15% less
[1:33:17] will make a big difference
when the Olympics come.
[1:33:21] And finally we had the
arts ad hoc committee who
[1:33:26] was there See you were there.
[1:33:28] Martin you in a couple of
weeks, you're going to have
[1:33:32] some great art to look at.
[1:33:34] The people were very,
very talented this time.
[1:33:37] And so that's all I have.
[1:33:39] Thank you.
[1:33:40] Thank you.
[1:33:41] Let's go with councilmember
Louis I just I don't have much.
[1:33:49] I just was just, like, to take.
[1:33:53] Just like that
Everyone know this week
[1:33:56] is Los Angeles county
Fire Department dispatch
[1:34:00] watch Appreciation Week.
[1:34:02] And they're having an
appreciation for all
[1:34:05] the dispatchers and it may
not seem like a hard job,
[1:34:10] but I. I sat in one day
and thought I could do it.
[1:34:16] And it's impossible.
[1:34:18] I mean, you some people, it's
really it's really a tough job.
[1:34:23] And I just want to say, you know
thank you to all the dispatchers
[1:34:31] They make sure all the
firefighters and all
[1:34:33] the paramedics get to
the right address They
[1:34:37] take the right
information and thank you.
[1:34:41] And that's all I have.
[1:34:42] Good night All right, let's do
council member Chong Nothing
[1:34:50] really to report,
but I did attend
[1:34:51] the in our meeting I
was not able to attend
[1:34:54] the in our meeting.
[1:34:55] I did attend the
same cPPCC meeting
[1:35:01] and also the nurse saying
you role we're working group.
[1:35:05] I just want to say
with that group
[1:35:09] you know Councilmember
garcia and I
[1:35:13] and Carol we stepped
into this, but I
[1:35:16] think this group was
created during back
[1:35:19] in 2020 when we had those
wildfires, 20, 20, 20, 21.
[1:35:23] House member kang and
former Council min.
[1:35:26] Shultz.
[1:35:27] But I think there's a lot of
progress that is being made.
[1:35:29] There and being able to
work together as a region.
[1:35:35] I know for a fact
that this is going
[1:35:37] to be a blueprint
for other cities
[1:35:39] that are encountering issues
like this and everybody put
[1:35:43] their differences aside.
[1:35:44] There's one common goal,
I think a lot of things
[1:35:47] are get done and taken
care of as far as a region
[1:35:50] I just want to thank Brian
for and staff for always being
[1:35:54] able to attend and making
sure that what is represented
[1:35:57] and for my colleagues to be
able to attend all the time
[1:36:01] and make sure that
our voices are heard.
[1:36:04] But besides that a lot of things
going on with wildfire clearance
[1:36:13] It's summertime is coming up.
[1:36:14] Fire season is coming
up I know, we just
[1:36:18] had a big one in L.A.
County about a year ago,
[1:36:23] but it's never too
late to be safe.
[1:36:25] So just do your part.
[1:36:27] Do your due diligence.
[1:36:29] Don't give your
insurance companies
[1:36:30] any reasons to cancel or
increase your insurance
[1:36:35] monthly insurance bills.
[1:36:38] Besides that Thank
you all very much.
[1:36:40] And now we're going to thank
you, Mayor Pro Tem King.
[1:36:44] Thank you, Mayor
It's really loud.
[1:36:46] Yeah.
[1:36:47] Okay.
[1:36:48] This is friendly.
[1:36:49] You're absolutely right.
[1:36:49] I think the word you said,
you know, the cost of living
[1:36:53] is not going up, but
everything else is going up.
[1:36:59] There's only one person
that doesn't think that way.
[1:37:02] Thinks everything is going down.
[1:37:03] But is fighting
something right now
[1:37:08] Imagine really sad It's
just really sad to see
[1:37:12] how these prices are going up.
[1:37:14] And I think it's going
to drive us to to a word
[1:37:20] that I'm going to go ahead and
use the cost self-sustained.
[1:37:22] We will it.
[1:37:23] We're going to have solar power,
battery storage You're going
[1:37:28] to have your electric cars.
[1:37:30] And I want to say, even water.
[1:37:32] Now they're using con
condensation, water to capture
[1:37:37] water from air And
what's that's going to do
[1:37:42] is people can't afford
all these stuff.
[1:37:45] And people are getting
squeezed Yeah, you
[1:37:49] know what The wages are maybe
perhaps going up very, very
[1:37:55] slowly but they are going up.
[1:37:59] But the way we print all
that money in America
[1:38:02] and it's that inflation is
going to it's kind of like
[1:38:08] outweighed our wages
to right And we're
[1:38:13] very expensive in America.
[1:38:14] I want to let you guys know.
[1:38:16] I mean, for me to
go have a dinner.
[1:38:18] I talked about this before
with with my girlfriend,
[1:38:22] whatever, it will be like
100 bucks, Hundreds bucks
[1:38:24] just like that.
[1:38:26] But if you go to Mexico and
go to like some smaller cities
[1:38:33] man, a juicy piece
of like organ steak,
[1:38:38] tomatoes tastes like
tomatoes fresh tortillas
[1:38:42] and so on with a shrink cost
me $5, $5, right So what
[1:38:51] is it that we need to do in.
[1:38:54] I just I I don't
know what to say,
[1:38:59] but we're getting
squeezed so hard,
[1:39:02] and it really should
be Americans First.
[1:39:06] It should be Americans first.
[1:39:10] And we somehow going to
help us with all the taxes
[1:39:16] that we're paying in l.A. County
wants to go ahead and increase
[1:39:20] even more sales taxes.
[1:39:22] All my big I mean,
my big purchases, I
[1:39:25] could have I go to
Orange County now
[1:39:28] So this is like I think
it's like two two pinnacle.
[1:39:33] It's it's really, really going
to pivot towards the other way
[1:39:39] for very soon if
we don't go ahead
[1:39:42] and somehow i'll fix our
dysfunction in our system here.
[1:39:49] It's very sad with
the prices going up.
[1:39:53] It's driving a lot of
people away from purchasing
[1:39:57] and they can't even purchase.
[1:40:00] And a lot of people are
living paycheck to paycheck.
[1:40:04] It's very sad and
with that, you're
[1:40:08] going to see even more people
become, unfortunately homeless
[1:40:13] with the I and robotics.
[1:40:16] It's true.
[1:40:17] If you go to if you go to
Silicon Valley right now,
[1:40:19] you look at those people there
are getting paid $250,000
[1:40:24] to be a software engineer.
[1:40:25] You came in, find a job come in,
find a job in a grocery store
[1:40:30] I mean, they have
to be Uber drivers.
[1:40:32] It's that crazy
And if you listen
[1:40:36] to some of these A.I. CEOs
this is not like ten years.
[1:40:41] This is happening next year
they're going to go and replace
[1:40:45] even more white
collar jobs So this
[1:40:48] is something that we as a city
we need to really understand.
[1:40:54] And with people not able
to afford unfortunate.
[1:40:59] Lee in America to
rug is prevalent.
[1:41:03] It's everywhere.
[1:41:04] People are start drinking,
smoking pot and gateway drugs.
[1:41:08] And then they get
hooked and then they get
[1:41:12] left onto the streets, right?
[1:41:14] And that's why you see a
lot more homeless people.
[1:41:17] And I've been talking to
actually Starbucks to star bucks
[1:41:20] around this local area
And I go, you know,
[1:41:24] I go there, I drink my
coffee every morning
[1:41:25] and I see actually,
Michelle Mr. Garcia,
[1:41:29] your wife all the
time over there
[1:41:32] and the managers
attacking me every month,
[1:41:36] you see that the first
week of the month,
[1:41:39] you see a whole like, whole
bunch of new homeless folks
[1:41:43] being pushed because they're and
getting tap cards from L.A. City
[1:41:47] and their cso's actually
pushing them to,
[1:41:50] you know, to all these different
stations, including Monrovia
[1:41:53] and even at Sousa.
[1:41:55] And it's really
damaging, damaging.
[1:41:58] Look, we got to go and help
these people, but they come in
[1:42:02] and there's no way for
us to and force this,
[1:42:06] we got to find some
ways to enforce.
[1:42:08] Now, don't get me wrong
I love my public safety
[1:42:12] and the deputies.
[1:42:13] You guys are doing a
fantasy tastic job,
[1:42:17] but we got to find some way
to somehow maybe I don't know.
[1:42:21] I'm just finding ways
to perhaps have a way
[1:42:26] to manage to these people
from coming into our city
[1:42:29] from the goal line All right.
[1:42:32] The five minute mark
are we do you have
[1:42:34] some final thoughts together?
[1:42:36] All right No, I don't.
[1:42:39] OK Thank you very much.
[1:42:40] Okay.
[1:42:41] I'll try to keep this brief.
[1:42:42] I'm thank you very
much for helping.
[1:42:45] As I missed last meeting, I
should be cleared for the rest
[1:42:48] of the calendar year to not
miss any more council meetings
[1:42:51] But I would like to report
on what i have done.
[1:42:54] I went to Assemblywoman Rubio's
young legislator ayers group
[1:42:58] at the Glendora country Club.
[1:43:00] I went to the sanitation meeting
with Councilmember finley.
[1:43:03] I attended Doherty
High Schools Career Day
[1:43:05] and presented as mayor
as well as you know,
[1:43:09] reported about my personal
profession I attended
[1:43:12] the ad hoc bucks, a
utility box meeting.
[1:43:16] So I'm very excited.
[1:43:17] I missed the last one, but
I intended the first one.
[1:43:18] I'm looking very much forward
to seeing what comes before us
[1:43:22] on behalf of
Councilmember Garcia,
[1:43:24] I went to the hilo
Transit meeting.
[1:43:26] That was the first one.
[1:43:27] It was really nice
starting to get
[1:43:28] to know a lot of our
local other mayors
[1:43:32] and council members
from other cities
[1:43:34] so it's really nice
to connect with them
[1:43:35] and just be present as
representing to do what
[1:43:38] we're representing to Wardy
I went to the 60 Sixers
[1:43:42] opening day.
[1:43:43] That's our senior
softball league
[1:43:46] put on through the
daughters senior center.
[1:43:48] I will have to say they were
playing the city of South
[1:43:50] Pasadena That got
a bigger kick out
[1:43:52] of our opening day ceremonies
than I even think our team did.
[1:43:55] They pulled me aside and they
said no other city does this
[1:43:57] for their senior communities
So my hat is off to just
[1:44:01] our Parks and Rec department
for just a stellar job of making
[1:44:04] everybody feel like they
are a big deal because they
[1:44:06] are I went to the Autism event
that we had at the teen Center.
[1:44:12] Again, I appreciate the city
for making sure that there's
[1:44:15] a little something for
everybody And I enjoy just
[1:44:18] watching those children thrive.
[1:44:19] And the parents
feeling supported
[1:44:21] and that their children
could just have a good time.
[1:44:24] The egg hunt was amazing.
[1:44:26] I got pulled over,
pulled over, actually
[1:44:28] lost my friend's daughter
because I got pulled aside.
[1:44:30] So much saying my kids are
teasing me every ten minutes
[1:44:32] where Sophia But you know, the
whole security team was on it
[1:44:37] right away We got her
located very quickly
[1:44:40] But everyone was
pulling me aside
[1:44:42] basically to say no other
city does it like this.
[1:44:44] And if they do, they charge.
[1:44:45] So again, I'm very grateful
that we have something
[1:44:47] that everybody can attend.
[1:44:48] And be part of.
[1:44:49] Even if you're not
from dougherty,
[1:44:51] I went to the chambers opening
of the young brother big city.
[1:44:54] This is a gentleman who has
created a great program,
[1:44:57] a mentor ship for youth,
where he's doing flag football
[1:45:01] and things of that nature.
[1:45:02] So he is going to be advertise
housing through the chamber as
[1:45:06] well as his socials.
[1:45:07] So everyone keep an
eye out for updates
[1:45:09] on how to get your children
involved in flag football
[1:45:12] after school programs
and then, you know,
[1:45:16] today we had the
city of Hope tour
[1:45:18] where we got to meet with the
new CEO and she was amazing.
[1:45:22] And I'm just very grateful to
the whole city of Hope team
[1:45:24] for opening the
communications and just
[1:45:27] wanting to continue to grow
such a great relationship.
[1:45:29] So i although I wasn't
here at the meeting,
[1:45:32] I tried to make myself available
in every other way I could to be
[1:45:35] seen and to represent our city.
[1:45:37] Well I would like to adjourn
this meeting in memory
[1:45:40] of our director, Christine
Peterson's grandmother,
[1:45:43] Darlene Vernon Grandparents
are very special.
[1:45:46] So just sending you
love and condolences.
[1:45:48] And we are definitely going to
adjourn in her honor I imagine.
[1:45:53] 5:00 news Mayor loses friend's
daughter at Easter Hunt.
[1:45:56] You know what?
[1:45:57] It's what my kids bring
up every ten minutes.
[1:46:00] Keep me.
[1:46:00] I'm sorry, Sophia.
[1:46:02] I'm sorry Sophia.
[1:46:03] You somewhere?
[1:46:03] Sophia will be home
safe with her parents.
[1:46:05] Now on that note, I'm adjourning
Have a good evening, everybody.
[1:46:11] All right all day, my kids
we were in Yellowstone.
[1:46:14] We're here It's How
are we going to get?
[1:46:28] Good?
[1:46:28] I think they are I know
People are, you know.