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The waiting room, one second? Perfect. You're always looking out for it, yeah.

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Recording in progress. Okay, good evening, late afternoon, whatever you like to call it. My call to order

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the regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Hayden Hills for Monday, September

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14th, 2026. For members of the public participating being a Zoom, to experience a technical

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difficult. Please contact City Hall at 888889281. Please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance.

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City Clerk Gonzalez, may we please have the roll call.

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Yes, Council Member Weber.

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Reson council member McCorkan Dale is absent tonight. Council member Gold here mayor

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Potem Seagull here and mayor Loja here

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Before we continue. Do we need to have a vote to excuse council member before you know

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Do you know you call for a vote for the excuse council member before you know yes, of course council member Weber

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Yes, council member Gold. Yes mayor Potem Seagull

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Okay, before we move on into the agenda, if there's no objections from the council, I'd like to move a portion of item 10 under staff comments to up now, rather than wait till the end of the evening.

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Any objections?

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No problem.

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With that, I'd like to introduce Sunny Sultani from Alshaira Weidenar, our special counsel

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who has part of the staff comments, who will be providing a personal opinion saying.

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Thank you.

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Honorable Mayor, members of the council, members of the public.

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I am reporting that former city manager, Gloria Molata, is no longer with the city and there

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has been a voluntary separation as a Friday, 28, 20, 20, 6.

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And because this is a personnel matter, that is all I can say about it.

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Okay.

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Thank you very much.

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Now if the council was fine with it, I'm going to return to the regular order of the agenda.

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I'm going to do my duty.

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I'm going to do staff comments, public comment at the end.

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We just wanted that.

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I started.

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Okay.

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So that it would be announced and done.

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You're okay with that right, Lauren.

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Okay, also present this evening are the following members of City staff, Assistant City Manager,

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Acting City Manager Amber Servan, City Attorney Lauren Langer, City Clerk, Dina Gonzalez, City Engineer,

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Michael Akerman, Administrative Assistant, Sarah Porter, Emergency Services Coordinator, Nick Salbedar,

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You are all already got to hear from Sunning, Saltini from all of our Weiner and we have an extended team from trans tech today

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And I'm going to wait and let them all introduce themselves and we have a long agenda and we want to serve. We want to keep moving things to

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We will begin tonight with I am 3A the Los Angeles County Fire Department report for July and August Chief Assistant Chief Drew Smith is here

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Thank you

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That's why we love hidden health.

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So we're proud to be your fire department.

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So thank you for all the support.

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And it really reflects on when we're interacting

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in the community with the public and it's wonderful.

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So your jurisdictional fire station everybody

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that comes through really appreciate the support

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from your city.

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So I didn't see anything out of the ordinary

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for July and August.

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Actually, what was out of the ordinary was July

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is the responses were actually down to seven, which is meaning it was either way too hot

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or people are out of town. So we only had several responses that I saw and four of them,

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which were medical responses and they could intend non-emergency calls, which I like having

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those higher. And the reason I say that on those non-emergency calls is we like to go out and evaluate

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what the need is, so that's what I really like.

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Those calls that come and come in, not being emergency, but that means people are out paying attention

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and they see something they call. For August, a total of 16 responses, so that's right in the time,

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Primal, or what we look at, monthly is somewhere between 9 and 15-ish just depends on, you know,

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what their nature throws our way with the heat or whether it be rain or how it is, so I didn't see anything.

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But the one thing that was glaring, which was UD, was zero snake calls for July and August.

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And that was UD to me.

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We started out with everybody having them earlier in the spring and early summer, but

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zero is we went into July and August.

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So, hopefully those will continue to decline, because usually,

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may through August's our highest month, so we start tapering down as we get in September

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and October as we get in the fall.

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So I'll give an update on where we're at as far as the organization.

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As you know that we're in the last couple weeks of summer we're going to be headed into fall

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which we know is there is a prime wild fire season and it's a wind dependent fire regime out here.

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So we know that mother nature does focus those sand and winds on us.

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On average, in a year, we'll get anywhere between five and eight red flag events, which happen

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usually between October 1st and my first measuring stick is Halloween.

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Second one is Thanksgiving, and then the third one is Christmas, as we see within that window,

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routinely is when we get our significant east-wind events. And with that being said,

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you can have the same outcome on a hot, dry windy or just dry windy as we know that there's a big

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focus on the PDS, particularly dangerous situation.

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as you can a PDS day.

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So just because you have a PDS does not mean

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that the fire is going to be more rapid, more growth,

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You can have those same effects on a red flag day.

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So what I don't want is people do be sensitized

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the point to where, well, it's not a PDF, so it's just a red flag, and it's not that bad.

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When it's a red flag, that means that we have vulnerabilities.

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And that is when our live people, moisters, are at its lowest, or the driest.

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And the wind is at its strongest, in the relative humidities, really drive a lot of what happens

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in the absence of precipitation.

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In the S, we did get on average an inch of rain over this last monsoonal flow that we had,

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but truthfully that doesn't really suppress or damper what we have going into in the fall.

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I put it this way. It took the dust off all the plants that are out there.

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The vegetation is very responsive to change, and that change happens daily, but on a forecast

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where we look and identify with the area, I don't think anybody is unaware that we're going

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into a red flag or we're going to have high winds, so we need to have that preparedness.

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And so I appreciate all of our cities out here, the collaboration we have in the communication

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we have and just remember any of that information that's going to go out, it's going to come

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from your favorite making career who's going to give us the message in what happens.

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The coordination with your agencies for your city ahead and hills is with Los Angeles County Fire Department, which has a direct protection agreement for hidden hills, also a venture county fire and also Los Angeles City fire department.

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Any time that there is a fire that is reported, you get our three agencies on a automatic response to the area.

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So that goes all the way from here to the 1-18 freeway.

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It goes from here on the other side of the freeway through Calapassus, along Mowholm, into

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Pangecaine.

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He get all the agencies there on initial attack response.

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We don't wait to call and ask for help.

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That's an immediate initial response that you get, which is an excess of about 51 pieces of equipment,

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with a total of six aircraft.

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So nowhere else is that happening anywhere.

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So, I just want to give you a highlight on what this fall is looking like and that is that

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for on average to have that potential for those red flag events until Mother Nature gives us

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two inches or more of rain that doesn't make it that fire season and over what it does

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is it actually moistens those fuels and when we start to see that we have green up and those

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new grasses that helps with the receptive fuel bed of a fire star. So the effects can be less

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than but still challenging if there was no rain. So that's the first thing we look at as

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We've got two measurable inches of rain in that. We really look at that when it happens between October and December.

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So with that, is there any questions from my wonderful city council?

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pool hydrants, pool hydrants, it's not a requirement of the fire department, do you

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what's their position on that sense?

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So, depends on, not every pool hydrant is treated the same.

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So, meaning just because there's a hydrant, it depends on how that water is supplied.

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So, meaning our domestic water that we have through here on their fire hydrants are under pressure.

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And in this area, they'll deliver anywhere between 70 and 140 pounds of pressure and we can hook up those and it comes with volume.

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And a pool, depending on its size, depending on its location, it is gravity fed or we have to what it is draft from it.

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So we use special hoses that are what we call hard suction.

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So we can't use a regular hose because it will collapse, so we have to hook up to that and pull that water from the pool.

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So when we do have people that put in pools and have a fire department connection and has to be at the right size and type, because we use a national standard host threat.

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So we have other appliances that we could get into that.

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So we do support that we think it is a great value if it's identified if we have people that are doing any modifications or pool, they can allow us to have fire department accesses in a place that we can get our fire truck.

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that and use that within a 20-foot reach.

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So that's why hydrants are placed where they are.

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And also the fire department connection for a pool system

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or draft hydrant is favorable that is within a 20-foot piece.

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Because we don't have, we have a lot of regular hose.

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We get a lot of length out of our engines,

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but on those hard sections, there are only in 20-foot pieces.

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that's why they need to be 20 feet within the streets so we can access that.

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But we do favor hydrants that are hooked up to pools.

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Okay, thank you.

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That was it?

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I have a question.

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Yes, sir.

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If I'm correctly reading the weather projections,

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there's a potential force that's significant amount of range

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between now and the end of the year.

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anything we should be doing different in terms of emergency preparation, and any coordination

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we should be doing with you given the fact that the rain events can cause as much damage

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sometimes.

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So, that's also going to come out for making on any preparedness.

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So we have, if we know that we have a storm, a storm could be at east-wing event.

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We have that preparedness, so we know that we may transition into a red light day, but

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will also have measurable precipitation that is going to put us in a certain phase of a

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mud and debris flow. The good thing is the Wolsey Fire of 2018 has watershed down that

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is different than it was in 2019, 2020, and so on, because as those fuels mature, the soil

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disturbance from the rain is actually collected different because of the vegetation that's

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there. However, we still do identify with our public works partners on what the forecast is

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with our national weather service partners. So yes, there's always the potential regardless

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if you have a burn scar or not that we have to have that preparedness. So looking at our homeowners

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who they can make sure if you have just like we clean out our rain gutters for debris because of fires,

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we need to save thanks so your water can flow through those gutters system because it can't compromise

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a house you can have flooding issues. Also looking at any of the prevent any flooding that you have

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so the landscaping makes sure that that water flows, the words supposed to flow. The preparedness

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we have and we have that readiness that we look at that intelligence every day on what we do.

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And if there's any significance of that, we get that community out to all of our cities out here.

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just sort of switch back to the fires side of this. Typically we do rush clearance around

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the city within the city, you know, once a year that kind of made it July, June timeframe.

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This year as a council we decided to be, we decided to allocate enough funds to be able to

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do it multiple times. When should we be looking at an assessment to see if we need to actually

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We do question questions again.

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That's a great question.

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So just know that and we talked about this before.

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It's a timing on that.

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And how we want that brush clearance.

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We're told that the fence will space requirements to look.

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The number.

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One contributor to fire to start and spread is grass. The grass has to be dry and receptive. If we get into our January, February, March, April would average rainfall, and we have all this green grass, we go, and it's whether it's weed whipped, whether it's mode, whether it's used goats, it could come back again because Mother Nature doesn't turn off. The sprinkler system usually till mid-April.

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So you could have a robust grass cutting endeavor and then you could be back doing it again in another month because the annual reign that we get, which is about 14 inches for the area.

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So we have to time it to answer your question.

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I am a big fan of we look at going into why we do our

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defensive space inspections in May because as we know in April's when we usually

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don't get precept Mother Nature starts putting us into a seasonal drought which is

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normal because we don't get much rainfall after April 15th ish as we look into May

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June July August September is the targeted time frame where we have to be most

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prudent with any of the grasses that need to be modified or thinned or cut.

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The audience have any questions for Chief Smith and anybody on Zoom?

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No hands raised, Mayor.

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Thank you.

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We're everything you guys do.

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We are greatly appreciate it.

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All right.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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We will now move on to item 3v.

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The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Tribor reports for July and August.

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Deputy Brian Not will provide the report.

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wanted to stand the innovation. That's fine. I'll just continue.

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Deputy Notte, I've been at the station 19 years. I'm leaving in January. I've

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served. Hidden Hills throughout all that time. It's been great. I love this

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community. Deputy Body is fantastic and he's on vacation and I'm filling

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in for him and he's back tomorrow and then you can give him all your complaints.

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He wrote me a nice little script and put on my glasses.

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It says, for July there was no where the crimes and for August 6th in the 24-800

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block of Long Valley, there was a person who was found squatting at a residence and using the

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caretaker's vehicle.

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He was arrested for burglary and taking the vehicle without the owner's consent.

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And as of September 3rd, the suspect was still in custody and his next hearing date was on the 16th.

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And we know about the situation with the e-bikes, I think, from yesterday.

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And I think Deputy Body is going to address that with Council when he gets back.

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I believe he's back here tomorrow.

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But he got calls in Hawaii, so he's working from there.

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And that is it, I'd like to say hi to my buddies over here.

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They are a great bunch of people.

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They really help us out also from our station level.

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So it's good to see you.

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And it's good to see all the fun faces, even Drew.

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I haven't seen Drew.

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Even Drew.

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Yeah, I haven't seen Drew.

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Drew and I used to do this all the time.

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So yeah.

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Any questions?

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I'm

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not a weird one. I can find out. I can let you know, but that'd be Calvass's

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Murrow,

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right at roundabout. I can find out. Okay. Last night. Okay, I'll find out.

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Anybody else in the audience have questions for Deputy Not? How about anybody on Zoom?

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There are no hands-faced Mayor.

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Thank you very much, sir.

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Thanks for your service.

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Yeah, thank you, everybody.

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Good to see all of you.

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I'm going to go watch the Emmys.

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Thank you.

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OK, we will now move on to item 3C, the public safety and emergency services report for July and August.

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Emergency services coordinator and next down the bar is going to make the presentation.

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Everybody?

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All right, we'll start with July.

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We had 57 citations issued in the month of July.

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the top sight was for failure to stop the stop sign.

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Yes, I wouldn't spend a heavy one.

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The 40 sights were issued for that one alone.

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The other ones were texting while driving and using your cell phone while driving. For certain news, we had no, well, back up, we had no crimes that were noticeable, noticeable. Notable. During that month, however we did say goodbye to my grant, we had a nice send off for him, for certain, and thank you guys for coming out for that. For the month of August, we had 35 citations issued, again, 2644, failure stop to stop side.

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We talked about the burglary that occurred.

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That's being handled by Elink County Sheriff's Department.

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He's just talked about.

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And then we did have a certain meeting that month.

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We were talking about how we can get more

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convening community engagement from

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Sirt and have more people in the community join us.

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So we're talking about maybe putting on some training within the city.

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And the last notable thing was the Sheriff's excuse me.

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The city is now part of LA RICS and we're using their radio services to help

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communicate with fire and police during emergency situations.

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Thank you.

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Any counseling questions for Nick?

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Anybody in the audience have questions for Nick?

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Yes.

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I'm sorry.

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I can't see.

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I was just wondering there's always been a very good relationship

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And I believe that your evacuation is like the

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Mount Meadow Elementary School, and I just wanted to see if there's been

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conversations with the school and making sure that that I think they have

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radios that connect with us here to make sure that that is active now the

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school year has started.

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So I did talk to you each of the way and I did talk to when I first

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started here with the school district about that.

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We are actively working on a situation.

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are asking me a plan that we can have certain exits and entrances shut down so that we

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can have the kids come in and be safe area while we're transporting up from the school

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to the H.O.A. So we're working on that actually.

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There are no hands race, Mayor.

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The head of the question is when can we expect that they have that evacuation plan finalized?

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So we started talking to the school district about it and we're working with Ellie County

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You're a department about that, hopefully by end of October.

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So maybe a presentation in November?

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Sure. Absolutely. Thank you.

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Mary? I'm sorry. I'm sorry to interrupt.

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There is a black Chevy Tahoe license plate ending in 773.

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That's on the inside parking lot that is blocking cars.

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And people are unable to get out.

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Thank you.

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Okay, we want to move on to item 3, D, and update on the round metomer roads, landscaping

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projects, city engineer, Michael Aquaman, we'll make the presentation.

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Thank you council staff and residents for attendance tonight.

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We are lucky enough to have Camille with studio M.A. here to make the presentation for the round

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that old landscaping update.

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The shape being here.

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I think that we've just given you a little history,

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which I know many of you already know,

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because you've been engaged in the process,

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but we have a little slideshow for you here.

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I think Dean is going to put that up for us.

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And this is the first image.

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I'm not sure if we can get a full screen on that,

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but it's a little small.

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But hopefully the viewers from home can see it too.

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So this is just the original condition

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out at Merrill Road when everything first started.

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Some of you long time ago, people were going to have to pull it off to Z-Bell and all of

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that.

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All of that is gone now, but we want to just give you update on where we are, so you can go to

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the second slide.

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It's

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a pity, absolutely. You can just roll out some of the people.

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We

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did it today. We have an automated in AI so you could walk through. This is from a couple of years ago, or from a little while ago.

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Probably what's most important about those is just that, you know, there's just the black material that was tired and it needed to be updated.

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Everybody can somebody go help to see if it's in our point. We can just do a slideshow.

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I think

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they know we can see them.

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It's like they make stickers on them.

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I don't know how and you do little stickers on here.

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Okay, there we go.

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So this is the flat drill plan.

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I just wanted to show you how that was going.

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This is what you saw in the last time I was here.

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What is slightly different about it is the bottom band.

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We did get approval from the city to incorporate the county portions, so it'll integrate beautifully by the time it finishes.

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They need to go to the next slide.

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This was the rendering.

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This is what we're working to achieve.

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Some minor plant material changes, but basically overall this is what is being built today.

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So the build is underway.

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This is an overview of that same corner.

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And then this is just wanted to give you kind of an overview of what's happening out there.

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And so the top row is showing the condition when we kicked off Bill.

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And that was once the bid was accepted from the general contractor.

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So it's just showing some of the difficult conditions that were up there.

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The fence was needing repairs, so that is getting done.

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the path was needing repair and it is going to be replaced.

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It's already been demoed.

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You can see the old retaining wall back there.

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It has already been replaced now.

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And a small garden wall has been put in front of that and that's been taken out.

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If you go to the next image, you'll see them starting to lay that path.

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Oops, I'm sorry.

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Can you go back to that one?

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Yeah, we'll just stay on this one.

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So in road two, image one.

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You'll see the establishment of recreating that path.

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that will now be with papers to give it a longer, longer duration of use and better durability.

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In image 2, you just start to see some of the guys moving dirt and the really good team out there.

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Moving dirt around and it's coming together.

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You can see the final layout of that path.

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And then on the right side, you'll see the form that's as they're putting in the low wall.

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And that's already just been completed.

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And then if you go to the first one, it's being hidden by a demon's name, but if you

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can picture it, and if you get time when you're driving by, and the one in the left

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is a very precarious corner, so if you can look out that way, these trees are all right.

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This is a big oak in the bottom left, you see.

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You know, it looks like it's a magnificent specimen.

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It has all those trees arrived.

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They've all been set in place.

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They're not all planted.

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Yeah, we're just doing that, doing soil amendment,

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prepping everything.

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You can see that same tree, actually in the second image

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on the third row with the guy standing next to it

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isn't placing that.

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You can see some easy job to do to those of you who like to work

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in your garden.

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It's a big job and they are doing that right there.

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And then as you go to the last two images,

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you'll see the fence has been replaced,

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This is kind of small for this audience, but hopefully that home audience can also see it.

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You can see the fences have been patched completely.

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You paint it.

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The new plant material is going up the hill.

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The neighbor has taken care of her side of the fence and is working on.

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Her side of the fence is there's some overgrowth plants there.

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And then the new plant material is coming in and this is just showing it in the last image.

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it's sitting as it is going to engage of me.

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And then, Dean, I'm not positive. There's the one last one just to talk about might not be there. This might be there. Okay, this is just showing it done now. So you can see everything's been incorporated. This is showing the path. The county has agreed. Thanks to your team. You did a great job with the county to eliminate what was a really hazardous exit. Way on that paragraph. Thank you for the walk there before.

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It used to go straight out just into the street like worst location and we had been waiting and waiting and hoping they would give us that and you're

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Transfect team got that for us and so that end piece that used to see on the very first slide has been removed. So let's just be a beautiful little turnaround

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and you can get to the end and explore the plant materials. There's a lot to be learned from the plant materials. They're all on me.

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fire mitigation list, they are all wonderful specimens in terms of water.

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And so really worth looking at, there's a couple of

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feature things that are a little more special than that.

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But because this doesn't have structures, we were a lot used

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materials we have.

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And that's it.

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So it's going to complete on itself.

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I think you can give you a better idea of that final date.

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But we seem to be on going on and on schedule and hitting on

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If there's questions, I'd like to answer.

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Thank you very much.

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Can I ask you a lot of any questions for Camille?

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I'd love to hear a date.

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Right.

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I don't know if we know that.

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Yeah, thank you for the question.

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The current date for completion is November of 26,

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but we expected to be complete before then.

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And in November of the beginning of November.

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Hopefully, the beginning of November.

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Okay.

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He's there.

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I'm there.

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Don't you remember?

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No.

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No.

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Good.

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Good.

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Anybody in the audience have any questions for Camilla Rykel?

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Can I have a minute?

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Ted Rosenquist?

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Do we have any legal liability because we've designed the path?

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So, a homeless guy, for example, can sleep back there?

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do something is that our property

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thank you for the question that is the city's

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property and I believe it's the same liability is as all right of way within the

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city's property and city properties but yeah somebody was sleeping there that would

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be something we would want to address so just let us respect it

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you please take the

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liability question sure I think that is correct and as with any public property you

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want to properly maintain and make sure that you're watching and make sure that you handle

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issues. As they come up, report them to the city. If you see anything in that way, they

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know to take appropriate action and protect the city.

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So, if I remember correctly, one of the things that was a little controversial that we decided

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as a council was to remove the drinking fountain. Okay. Because we felt that, yeah, I think anything

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that gave reason for groups of adults to congregate next to an elementary school was not a great idea.

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So we did make, we did do some of these considerations and sort of look at that.

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We think we came up with the right balance of the answer.

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Good.

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Thank you.

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I have some questions.

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This corner is costing $835,000, I believe, with these changes and I know some of it comes

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from measure R and some from measure M. But I don't know if you noticed that you voted

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to approve alternate C and the executed contract shows a different price which was alternate

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a city council, a city manager signed off on.

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And at that meeting, I thought Stuart wisely mentioned that it would be nice to have that

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opportunity if we were going to spend that much money to get a right turn lane out of

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that congested area.

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I have asked before about seeing a permit for that, and I have not been given it was a request

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that I made officially and writing,

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and I just

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not anything about the design or what you've done,

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but the process of this.

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There's no sign up there that...

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Has like the city of Hen Hills has asked residents and all construction to have, which has contact information, has information about AQMD contact, et cetera.

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So I've asked several times, I've never gotten a response, I've not gotten a copy of the permit for that, and from my understanding and from a request for public documents, there was no secret.

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CQ, I'm sorry, CQA, CQA, right?

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Done for that, and that is required for something of that scope.

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No environmental review.

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No coordination with the school, which was quite alarming to concern that that was going on.

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And there have been multiple times I've gone by there, and trucks are standing out into the street,

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or you come around the corner, and there's this truck out there.

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So, you know, Fender, a bumper, I have great concerns about this that remain unanswered.

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Maybe I have a question for Michael.

456
00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:10,880
Is this project a landscaping project?

457
00:36:11,540 --> 00:36:15,940
Not like a construction construction, like building a house.

458
00:36:17,300 --> 00:36:18,620
Right, thank you for the question.

459
00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:20,800
It is a landscaping project.

460
00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:27,720
Okay, so we don't need to post those signs for landscaping project, do we?

461
00:36:28,700 --> 00:36:34,680
We typically do post signs where the signs are being posted as we speak.

462
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:36,280
Okay. Fantastic.

463
00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:43,300
We have a list of questions that have come up and so we will take them and we will respond.

464
00:36:43,620 --> 00:36:47,680
And just one more thing that there was coordination between the school district and the city.

465
00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:53,920
And I have one final for Lauren. Is this is the exam from sequo?

466
00:36:55,340 --> 00:37:04,200
Typically there are exemptions for landscaping projects and minor alterations to land, so I would imagine that that's how this project was looked at.

467
00:37:07,270 --> 00:37:08,150
Okay, Barbara, go ahead.

468
00:37:08,990 --> 00:37:18,050
I have a question with the fact that is in the city of Hidden Hills, but is outside the gates.

469
00:37:18,630 --> 00:37:25,810
What procedure is planned to make sure that nobody does end up on the property and create an issue,

470
00:37:25,810 --> 00:37:27,930
especially across the street from the school.

471
00:37:28,230 --> 00:37:30,750
I'm sure everyone gets watched every day,

472
00:37:30,990 --> 00:37:33,890
I probably get 10 texts of fires everywhere.

473
00:37:34,890 --> 00:37:37,290
And that to me is an opportunity for someone

474
00:37:37,290 --> 00:37:39,710
even if the plant materials are fire resistant

475
00:37:39,710 --> 00:37:41,190
to start something.

476
00:37:41,590 --> 00:37:44,390
So is there any plan that somebody's going to be driving

477
00:37:44,390 --> 00:37:47,310
by the cover six every day, stopping walking

478
00:37:47,310 --> 00:37:49,570
through the property, making sure that nobody's there

479
00:37:49,570 --> 00:37:50,590
that shouldn't be there?

480
00:37:53,740 --> 00:37:57,840
Well, my only comment would be that we had a gazebo

481
00:37:57,840 --> 00:38:01,500
with a fire height, with a drinking fountain there for 20 years.

482
00:38:03,180 --> 00:38:10,200
I don't recall there ever being an issue less of a strike than we have.

483
00:38:16,550 --> 00:38:19,590
The direct answer to the question is, we do not contract with covered

484
00:38:19,590 --> 00:38:20,510
sister services.

485
00:38:20,890 --> 00:38:23,430
The covered six contract is covered with the HOA.

486
00:38:23,590 --> 00:38:24,790
This is outside the HOA.

487
00:38:25,070 --> 00:38:28,010
I don't think we made any special provisions.

488
00:38:28,010 --> 00:38:38,010
we rely on the sheriff's department, you know, we do contract for a sheriff's patrol car, we would the city, you know,

489
00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:58,500
Do we still have the homeless outreach?

490
00:39:00,380 --> 00:39:12,980
Okay, so we have a homeless outreach guy that comes around and checks for homeless people.

491
00:39:12,980 --> 00:39:18,700
and he was partly paid for him in Wales and partly paid for him.

492
00:39:18,700 --> 00:39:20,680
He stayed by the car because they called him.

493
00:39:20,940 --> 00:39:22,300
He needed no service at the city risk.

494
00:39:22,660 --> 00:39:27,680
And he has found in the past a homeless guy that was sleeping in the gazebo.

495
00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:38,340
So much as I love that gazebo, I didn't know if we were going to take it out, but it made sense

496
00:39:38,340 --> 00:39:44,100
fire-wise, too, because it was the lepidated wood. So what we've

497
00:39:44,100 --> 00:39:50,640
have done on that corner is a lot more fire-safe than it was in the past.

498
00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:58,360
It'll be well maintained, and hopefully with the homeless outreach.

499
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:05,360
Make sure that no homeless person decides to camp out there.

500
00:40:06,100 --> 00:40:18,700
Yeah, he'll be or she'll be helped by the homeless outreach coordinator who can provide them with services and referrals and all that good stuff.

501
00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:25,580
So the other thing I would say is that I encourage everyone to reach out to us if you see something, say something.

502
00:40:25,580 --> 00:40:35,540
So please reach out. If you use that entry, then let us know if you see something that you don't like. Thank you.

503
00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:36,980
All right.

504
00:40:37,380 --> 00:40:44,560
My question is, is if this is just a landscaping project, how does it qualify for measure our funds?

505
00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:46,200
That's my question.

506
00:40:52,520 --> 00:40:55,920
Yeah, maybe we should just write it down, yeah.

507
00:40:56,420 --> 00:41:00,160
Great question, and we will get back to you.

508
00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:03,380
All right, is there anyone else in the audience that would like to comment?

509
00:41:04,060 --> 00:41:05,060
Anybody on Zoom?

510
00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:07,440
There are no hands raised, Mayor.

511
00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:08,460
Mayor, Michael.

512
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:10,900
Thank you.

513
00:41:11,440 --> 00:41:12,720
And we will do our followers.

514
00:41:13,580 --> 00:41:16,880
We will now move to item three and update on the proposed cemetery.

515
00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:21,860
at the former Bowling Treeland property city attorney line or will present?

516
00:41:22,060 --> 00:41:23,240
Sure, thank you Mr. Mayor.

517
00:41:23,960 --> 00:41:33,660
In addition to information that the city has been updating on its website, we wanted to provide a brief update tonight to the community just to provide additional information as we learn it.

518
00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:41,520
First and foremost, I think it's important to remind everyone that the property is located entirely within the city of Los Angeles, not hidden hills.

519
00:41:41,520 --> 00:41:46,900
So Los Angeles is the entity responsible for reviewing the project, determining applicable zoning

520
00:41:46,900 --> 00:41:49,180
and environmental requirements and issuing permits.

521
00:41:49,720 --> 00:41:54,020
Hidden Hills did not and cannot approve the project and cannot approve or deny it.

522
00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:59,420
The city has been actively monitoring, beginning last year Hidden Hills has had access through

523
00:41:59,420 --> 00:42:04,840
my firm to attorneys with experience in cemetery land use matters, investigated the applicable

524
00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:10,220
Los Angeles requirements, submitted written letters to Los Angeles planning, mail the detailed

525
00:42:10,220 --> 00:42:15,320
application package to every resident in the city, we've submitted public records requests

526
00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:20,260
and continuously monitored and posted permutactivity as we learn it to the city's website.

527
00:42:20,980 --> 00:42:26,880
It was quiet for many, many months. There has been some activity in recent months. We understand

528
00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:32,060
that various applications have been submitted to the city of Los Angeles for a cemetery covering

529
00:42:32,060 --> 00:42:38,680
the approximate 32 acres, approximately 14,000 square foot more toary, maintenance building,

530
00:42:38,680 --> 00:42:41,160
with grading and related lighting and infrastructure.

531
00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:47,620
Some demolition and utility permits have been issued by the City of Los Angeles, but the major grading,

532
00:42:47,940 --> 00:42:53,220
more toary, maintenance building, lighting, and cemetery permits remain in various stages of review.

533
00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:59,020
This is not a standard linear application where one package is submitted, and we can get the package in review.

534
00:42:59,140 --> 00:43:04,440
It is a variety of different permits and requests, and it's just not a typical review process.

535
00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:09,220
So, it can be hard and complicated to gather all the information and put it together.

536
00:43:10,520 --> 00:43:15,460
We recently heard reports that Los Angeles may have issued an administrative public

537
00:43:15,460 --> 00:43:21,820
benefit determination in June that's related to a portion of the Los Angeles Municipal

538
00:43:21,820 --> 00:43:26,700
Code that could permit a cemetery on a certain use if they meet, on a certain land, if

539
00:43:26,700 --> 00:43:29,300
they meet certain public benefit requirements.

540
00:43:30,260 --> 00:43:34,360
They haven't posted such determination on their website, again, it's not so easily defined,

541
00:43:34,360 --> 00:43:39,220
And so we don't yet have any complete approval or supporting record to review, but we're

542
00:43:39,220 --> 00:43:40,880
piecing together all that information.

543
00:43:41,460 --> 00:43:45,480
We are submitting another public records request this week, requesting more information,

544
00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:49,400
because there is limited information on the city's permit portal.

545
00:43:50,880 --> 00:43:56,640
We've also reviewed recent communication circulated in the community, as I mentioned, because

546
00:43:56,640 --> 00:43:58,820
it's hard to get information on this project.

547
00:43:59,080 --> 00:44:02,020
There are outstanding questions and outstanding legal questions.

548
00:44:02,020 --> 00:44:05,320
For example, is the cemetery even allowed on this site.

549
00:44:05,540 --> 00:44:10,220
We know that certain letters have been submitted to the city of Los Angeles, making arguments

550
00:44:10,220 --> 00:44:14,360
one wear the other, and we're waiting to see what Los Angeles says about it.

551
00:44:14,900 --> 00:44:19,500
These determinations will impact what level of public hearing and if any environmental review

552
00:44:19,500 --> 00:44:20,100
is required.

553
00:44:20,940 --> 00:44:27,080
If any sort of discretionary approval is required, a SQL review would generally be required.

554
00:44:27,240 --> 00:44:29,680
The California Environmental Quality Act.

555
00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:33,360
And then there's the the question with the proposed mortgage-wary building.

556
00:44:33,940 --> 00:44:43,560
What piece of recent information that I learned just recently is that I understand that the one demolition permit that has been issued has been appealed through the city of Los Angeles

557
00:44:43,560 --> 00:44:51,960
And so there is an appeal pending and through that appeal we expect that the city of Los Angeles will issue a written determination on all the arguments

558
00:44:51,960 --> 00:44:59,580
And that will probably be the first time that we can see Los Angeles is positioned on the cemetery on the arguments that have been made

559
00:44:59,580 --> 00:44:59,980
and so...

560
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:10,180
I understand in the coming weeks that there should be some response to that appeal. And we eagerly await, reviewing it as do the individuals that have filed that appeal.

561
00:45:11,400 --> 00:45:25,160
That decision could be further appeal throughout the city of Los Angeles process. But we don't know what it will say until it's issued. So we're eagerly awaiting that. And once we see it, we can assess further and provide more public updates to the public.

562
00:45:26,460 --> 00:45:31,280
There have not been recent communications between the city of Hidden Hills and the developer.

563
00:45:31,980 --> 00:45:38,640
I think last year around this time it was reported that any communications about any easements related

564
00:45:38,640 --> 00:45:44,540
to the various properties had been installed and there have not to my knowledge have not been any communications since that time.

565
00:45:44,680 --> 00:45:51,380
So there are not current negotiations going on with the cemetery developer. It has been quiet since that was last reported publicly

566
00:45:51,380 --> 00:45:55,200
And to my knowledge, nothing has changed in that matter.

567
00:45:55,480 --> 00:45:57,880
So we will keep the public updated as we know more.

568
00:45:58,100 --> 00:46:01,440
We will try and keep that website updated as we know more.

569
00:46:01,900 --> 00:46:04,240
As I mentioned, we've found another public records request

570
00:46:04,240 --> 00:46:06,280
to try and get as much information as possible,

571
00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:10,680
because it's not always so easy to navigate the city of Los Angeles's records

572
00:46:10,680 --> 00:46:12,960
and their permit portals, but we're evaluating.

573
00:46:13,560 --> 00:46:15,720
And we will report back to the council and the community

574
00:46:15,720 --> 00:46:18,700
as we have more information that concludes my report.

575
00:46:18,700 --> 00:46:23,380
Any questions from Council?

576
00:46:24,840 --> 00:46:26,500
The only, I have this document.

577
00:46:28,040 --> 00:46:33,620
I would, I've asked our city attorney to reach out

578
00:46:33,620 --> 00:46:37,600
to the attorney for the homeowner that

579
00:46:37,600 --> 00:46:41,560
have filed some of these actions to make sure

580
00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:47,020
sort of pants and belts and suspenders type of thing.

581
00:46:47,700 --> 00:46:49,600
Although we're following up and we're doing

582
00:46:49,600 --> 00:46:57,680
our due diligence. There may be more to be learned and I've asked the City Attorney

583
00:46:57,680 --> 00:47:07,330
Langer to reach out to that attorney and to the extent that he can communicate

584
00:47:07,330 --> 00:47:08,190
without

585
00:47:11,230 --> 00:47:16,010
having a negative effect on his attorney client, probably. We'll try and work together

586
00:47:16,010 --> 00:47:16,630
right now.

587
00:47:18,710 --> 00:47:21,610
Is there

588
00:47:25,960 --> 00:47:30,840
anybody in the audience who had that name?

589
00:47:38,130 --> 00:47:39,090
Hello, good evening.

590
00:47:41,170 --> 00:47:58,970
Yes, so it's my understanding that the attorney for the West Valley group that has been working very hard in opposition and working to get requests information public records that are well-head.

591
00:47:58,970 --> 00:48:02,590
I did have a conversation with you, I think, just this afternoon.

592
00:48:04,170 --> 00:48:09,150
So the City of LA secretly approved the Stemitary Project back in June.

593
00:48:10,390 --> 00:48:15,790
There's a case number that was approved by City Planning, Official Dandel or Nado.

594
00:48:16,550 --> 00:48:20,550
And the approval was never listed on CMS, which I believe is what you were referring to

595
00:48:20,550 --> 00:48:21,690
the City Planning website.

596
00:48:21,690 --> 00:48:40,470
But this group of homeowners who did not want to take the cities, it's not our thing and we shouldn't oppose it and moved ahead with some support from a lot of support from within the community and some support from within Hills as well.

597
00:48:41,310 --> 00:48:47,470
So no public notice was issued to the adjacent property owners, no appeal rights were disclosed to the community.

598
00:48:47,470 --> 00:48:54,130
The approval was only discovered to a CPRA, which is California Public Records Act requests.

599
00:48:54,730 --> 00:48:59,750
The Covenant runs permanently with the land, binding all future owners, and the 90-day

600
00:48:59,750 --> 00:49:04,170
challenge closes September 16th, two days from now.

601
00:49:05,630 --> 00:49:08,930
And so there has been zero environmental review.

602
00:49:10,030 --> 00:49:14,770
They're talking about 121,000 cubic yards for grading.

603
00:49:15,610 --> 00:49:23,830
This is an earthquake leak with a liquefification of the qualifications and that was confirmed

604
00:49:23,830 --> 00:49:30,050
in the LADBS parcel report and I know if you were here for the earthquake in 1994 there

605
00:49:30,050 --> 00:49:36,250
was a lot of damage along the Long Valley we had a lot of red tag homes along Long Valley.

606
00:49:36,430 --> 00:49:42,950
This is adjacent to that it's an earthquake's landslide zone also confirmed in that report.

607
00:49:42,950 --> 00:49:48,390
Very high hazard, fire hazard, severity zone, also confirmed at that point.

608
00:49:48,950 --> 00:49:53,030
There's a blue line stream known as the Calbessis Creek running through the property.

609
00:49:53,550 --> 00:49:59,890
LA County flood control debris basin on site, the metropolitan water district pipeline easements.

610
00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:04,440
Across the property, there's, I should have brought my water up.

611
00:50:04,700 --> 00:50:05,620
All right, my wife.

612
00:50:10,690 --> 00:50:13,430
As size of the water does not reflect the comments, maybe.

613
00:50:15,150 --> 00:50:19,950
There's 14,455 square foot and retiree that you mentioned with

614
00:50:20,430 --> 00:50:22,990
embalming chemicals near that waterway.

615
00:50:23,610 --> 00:50:27,930
California law requires full environmental review for projects of this scale and sensitivity,

616
00:50:28,610 --> 00:50:32,330
but there has nothing has been obtained for the blue line street.

617
00:50:33,970 --> 00:50:37,370
You mentioned that a notice was sent out to the homeowners.

618
00:50:37,570 --> 00:50:41,530
There was a multi-page letter sent out when it was first discovered.

619
00:50:41,650 --> 00:50:44,090
I think it was last September, August September.

620
00:50:45,350 --> 00:50:49,050
And I'm sorry, but it was very much coordinated with the developer.

621
00:50:50,930 --> 00:50:55,270
And it was using a lot of their euphemistic phrases.

622
00:50:55,690 --> 00:50:58,130
We're not planning this at this time.

623
00:50:58,130 --> 00:50:59,190
things like that.

624
00:50:59,330 --> 00:51:04,710
We already know that based on having the mortuary, they're legally allowed to move from

625
00:51:04,710 --> 00:51:05,790
there to a crematorium.

626
00:51:06,970 --> 00:51:09,990
We are very opposed to that.

627
00:51:10,530 --> 00:51:16,330
And LADBS admitted demolition permits were issued without secret clearance, but it is required

628
00:51:16,330 --> 00:51:18,630
and they called it a department error.

629
00:51:19,770 --> 00:51:26,410
So there's a lot going on here, and I'm glad that the city is catching up to what a private

630
00:51:26,410 --> 00:51:29,190
group of citizens have put a lot of money behind.

631
00:51:29,690 --> 00:51:32,770
And we need more money because we're going to need to file lawsuit.

632
00:51:33,610 --> 00:51:38,990
If people are interested, I will provide the information.

633
00:51:41,190 --> 00:51:46,530
But there was also, I said this a year ago, September 17th at this meeting, and before,

634
00:51:47,050 --> 00:51:53,230
in our engineering reports, and in information, there is talk about phase two for

635
00:51:53,230 --> 00:51:55,610
It entails for the Long Valley Gate.

636
00:51:56,390 --> 00:51:57,030
Excuse me, Matthew.

637
00:51:57,530 --> 00:51:58,310
Your time is up.

638
00:52:01,180 --> 00:52:01,540
Excuse me.

639
00:52:06,150 --> 00:52:06,430
Really?

640
00:52:06,810 --> 00:52:07,230
I can't.

641
00:52:07,570 --> 00:52:10,990
She's offering me this to take her time, and I can't have her three minutes.

642
00:52:13,070 --> 00:52:15,710
It's up to the council, whether you allow people to see their time.

643
00:52:15,770 --> 00:52:17,730
But the other member of the public can speak.

644
00:52:18,690 --> 00:52:19,070
I can't.

645
00:52:19,250 --> 00:52:20,050
I can't.

646
00:52:20,050 --> 00:52:20,910
I can't.

647
00:52:20,910 --> 00:52:21,250
I can't.

648
00:52:24,480 --> 00:52:25,440
I can't.

649
00:52:25,480 --> 00:52:25,960
I can't.

650
00:52:26,360 --> 00:52:26,760
I can't.

651
00:52:30,320 --> 00:52:31,280
I can't.

652
00:52:31,280 --> 00:52:59,320
This month, there was conversation about the need for face to at the long valley gate, and it is a great need, but the fact that there's any interconnection between that and agreements that were sent to dignity, whether that's paused or not, is in the background of a lot of this information and our concerns, a citizens that there were quotes that you would look into it and dig into it and make sure, but

653
00:53:00,280 --> 00:53:02,200
We're not feeling like that's happening.

654
00:53:02,420 --> 00:53:05,000
We're feeling like we as residents are doing it independently.

655
00:53:05,820 --> 00:53:10,220
And that if the Phase 2 is a quid pro quo to have an easement

656
00:53:10,220 --> 00:53:16,180
and to be playing nicer with dignity, we just are very opposed to that.

657
00:53:16,640 --> 00:53:17,360
So, thank you.

658
00:53:17,600 --> 00:53:22,200
I think this is one of the largest issues facing our city right now.

659
00:53:26,480 --> 00:53:28,480
Anybody else in the audience, like speaker,

660
00:53:30,900 --> 00:53:33,000
is there anybody on Zoom?

661
00:53:33,000 --> 00:53:35,900
There are no hands raised mayor.

662
00:53:40,020 --> 00:53:40,600
Right,

663
00:53:44,180 --> 00:53:52,380
so no environmental impact report was filed, mitigating any damage to the stream.

664
00:53:54,820 --> 00:53:59,520
Then has been prepared or submitted to the City of Los Angeles and the City of Los Angeles

665
00:53:59,520 --> 00:54:03,380
needs to respond to the public and say whether that's required or not.

666
00:54:03,380 --> 00:54:04,540
if it's...

667
00:54:04,540 --> 00:54:09,340
What's the time people for filing a SQL lawsuit?

668
00:54:12,270 --> 00:54:13,090
Is that the 16th?

669
00:54:15,520 --> 00:54:22,500
Well, we haven't seen any determination that was made in order to be able to make that determination.

670
00:54:22,880 --> 00:54:27,340
But as I mentioned, I understand that there already is an appeal filed with the city of Los Angeles.

671
00:54:27,500 --> 00:54:34,120
That should be preserving those arguments for those that have made them and making the city of Los Angeles.

672
00:54:34,460 --> 00:54:37,340
But they're positions out in writing so that you can go through the process.

673
00:54:37,340 --> 00:54:37,820
I

674
00:54:39,900 --> 00:54:48,670
hope the grading there are going to have water trucks there to keep the valley fever out of the air

675
00:54:48,670 --> 00:54:50,210
Because that's what you get when you

676
00:54:53,800 --> 00:54:55,660
go. I guess we don't know. Okay.

677
00:54:58,590 --> 00:54:59,190
Thank you, Ted

678
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:01,300
Anybody else?

679
00:55:10,980 --> 00:55:17,900
Judy Fisher. I'm here with my husband, Ron. We are residents of Woodland Hills, and we are

680
00:55:17,900 --> 00:55:24,680
very involved with the program that you are actually involved with as well. And I speak for my neighbors,

681
00:55:25,120 --> 00:55:37,560
I live in, we live on Cancunette and bodice street backs up to the Trilion property. There are

682
00:55:37,560 --> 00:55:44,300
are extremely opposed to this project for a host of reasons, not the least of which is

683
00:55:44,300 --> 00:55:50,780
didn't she has made promises to other cemetery properties throughout the country and have

684
00:55:50,780 --> 00:55:52,140
reneged on those promises?

685
00:55:52,760 --> 00:55:58,340
They have, in fact, been sued by a number of these properties, including Eden's memorial

686
00:55:58,830 --> 00:56:00,720
just in the northeast corner of the valley.

687
00:56:01,720 --> 00:56:08,220
The property is actually several parcels, it is not just a single parcel, and if

688
00:56:08,220 --> 00:56:15,320
dignity comes in, they will be able to sell off, build on, change all of those various

689
00:56:15,320 --> 00:56:15,940
parcels.

690
00:56:16,240 --> 00:56:23,100
They have already chopped up some of the property in order to make their application to the

691
00:56:23,100 --> 00:56:23,880
city of Los Angeles.

692
00:56:23,880 --> 00:56:29,720
They have deceived the city of Los Angeles, they have lied on their application, and they

693
00:56:29,720 --> 00:56:35,340
misled the people that are want some of this project to go forward.

694
00:56:35,760 --> 00:56:41,760
I really believe that there needs to be a great awareness of what dignity and S.E.I.

695
00:56:41,760 --> 00:56:45,160
the parent is doing in order to ensure this property.

696
00:56:45,740 --> 00:56:47,600
It is an endangerment to our neighborhood.

697
00:56:48,180 --> 00:56:51,080
They say it will only have a few cars in and out every day.

698
00:56:51,340 --> 00:56:53,480
We all know better when we've been to a funeral.

699
00:56:53,780 --> 00:56:56,460
What that means when the cars march in.

700
00:56:56,460 --> 00:57:03,740
We also know that this is a highly toxic piece of property and the toxicity has never

701
00:57:03,740 --> 00:57:08,620
been mitigated in the 70-plus years that Trialand has owned the property.

702
00:57:09,140 --> 00:57:14,560
There's water runoff that has gone into the water system that is also toxic.

703
00:57:15,720 --> 00:57:26,220
I don't know if you're aware that there was a cemetery up in the north, he's part of the

704
00:57:26,220 --> 00:57:31,240
the taskets actually were arose from the ground.

705
00:57:31,880 --> 00:57:35,100
So there are a lot of things that have not been brought to light,

706
00:57:35,360 --> 00:57:37,800
that I think is really important for your consideration.

707
00:57:38,300 --> 00:57:41,200
And we urge your support, go to the website,

708
00:57:41,380 --> 00:57:42,860
nocemeterie.org.

709
00:57:43,460 --> 00:57:44,140
We need your help.

710
00:57:44,300 --> 00:57:45,240
We need your support.

711
00:57:45,680 --> 00:57:48,280
Thank you so much for the opportunity to talk with you.

712
00:57:48,520 --> 00:57:48,980
Thank you.

713
00:57:49,660 --> 00:57:50,080
And welcome.

714
00:57:50,480 --> 00:57:51,540
Who is going to read our neighbors?

715
00:57:56,790 --> 00:57:57,870
Anybody else in the audience?

716
00:58:00,750 --> 00:58:02,570
There are no hands, raise my.

717
00:58:04,530 --> 00:58:06,670
I can just like that.

718
00:58:07,050 --> 00:58:08,570
So if you have a follow-up,

719
00:58:09,310 --> 00:58:11,070
then we'll move it all up.

720
00:58:12,150 --> 00:58:15,130
Now we'll guide the free act to build a safety code

721
00:58:15,130 --> 00:58:17,470
that will update the code.

722
00:58:17,630 --> 00:58:19,890
We tonight we have a Melissa Verdee

723
00:58:19,890 --> 00:58:22,190
who will transmit the feedback to the code.

724
00:58:23,050 --> 00:58:23,190
Okay.

725
00:58:23,750 --> 00:58:24,050
Yes.

726
00:58:25,940 --> 00:58:28,180
We made that a good evening.

727
00:58:28,180 --> 00:58:33,300
Good evening on a real mayor Mayor Pro-Tem and city council members on behalf of

728
00:58:33,300 --> 00:58:33,660
TransTech.

729
00:58:33,860 --> 00:58:37,240
We're so happy to be here to give a fun update of your building and safety

730
00:58:37,240 --> 00:58:37,760
Department.

731
00:58:38,340 --> 00:58:40,320
I know we have a very short presentation.

732
00:58:40,660 --> 00:58:41,740
It's only three slides.

733
00:58:41,900 --> 00:58:44,160
And I'm going to kind of talk you through what that is.

734
00:58:44,280 --> 00:58:47,140
I think maybe our city part is getting that up.

735
00:58:47,560 --> 00:58:50,580
As we're uploading it, my name is Melissa.

736
00:58:50,920 --> 00:58:52,560
I'm the CEO of TransTech.

737
00:58:52,740 --> 00:58:54,580
With me this evening, I have your building official.

738
00:58:54,620 --> 00:58:55,380
Dennis Trango.

739
00:58:55,380 --> 00:59:02,360
So one of our directors at TransTech, Rafael Ideas, and on the engineering side, of course,

740
00:59:02,460 --> 00:59:05,440
we have our city engineers, Mike Akramin, and all-mod on, sorry.

741
00:59:06,220 --> 00:59:10,820
I just want to say that since we've started servicing the city in January, it's truly been

742
00:59:10,820 --> 00:59:16,600
an amazing experience for us to work with your community, with the applicants, and we just thank you for your

743
00:59:16,600 --> 00:59:17,480
support and leadership.

744
00:59:17,900 --> 00:59:23,280
We did prepare that presentation, and should I go ahead and begin as it's being uploaded or

745
00:59:25,920 --> 00:59:35,320
You can just give me a moment. Yeah, well kind of all we're waiting

746
00:59:35,320 --> 00:59:41,620
I can give you a little bit of background. So we wanted to give you an overview. What is the building and then safety department do for your city?

747
00:59:41,840 --> 00:59:42,360
And so

748
00:59:42,360 --> 00:59:49,020
TransTech is an extension of the city staff, and in the next slide is kind of what I was going to go after.

749
00:59:49,640 --> 00:59:57,320
Is our building and safety department provides plan check services, building official services, building inspection services,

750
00:59:57,740 --> 00:59:59,960
as well as permit technician services on behalf of...

751
01:00:00,880 --> 01:00:08,520
2 applicants. We've included a screenshot of what that landing page looks like on your website. And we've

752
01:00:08,520 --> 01:00:14,380
really integrated an easy approach for applicants or developers or not developers. Contractors to

753
01:00:14,380 --> 01:00:20,520
easily, at any time, 24 hours a day, upload their plans into the system for our plan checkers to

754
01:00:20,520 --> 01:00:26,920
process them in a timely manner. Customer service has been the forefront of everything that we do in

755
01:00:26,920 --> 01:00:32,580
city, especially when making sure that the plan checks are coordinated in just under two weeks

756
01:00:32,580 --> 01:00:38,660
for that first submittal, oftentimes within one week. We really see ourselves as an extension

757
01:00:38,660 --> 01:00:44,140
of city staff and we're really proud to work alongside each of you, of the community and the

758
01:00:44,140 --> 01:00:48,800
city staff. And with that, I'm going to go to the next side, which is the more exciting stuff.

759
01:00:50,060 --> 01:00:54,220
So, in this next slide, we have a breakdown. We wanted to give you a snapshot of what you're building

760
01:00:54,220 --> 01:00:56,360
and safety division looks like in numbers.

761
01:00:57,180 --> 01:00:59,020
We started in the beginning of January,

762
01:00:59,700 --> 01:01:03,380
and we kind of put together a data from January 1,

763
01:01:03,600 --> 01:01:08,520
2026 through August 31, just 14 days ago, 2026.

764
01:01:09,200 --> 01:01:09,900
So here we go.

765
01:01:10,460 --> 01:01:14,160
The city has issued a total of 106 new permits.

766
01:01:14,740 --> 01:01:17,660
In addition, we have finaled 82 permits

767
01:01:17,660 --> 01:01:20,760
that were in review when we began our services in January.

768
01:01:20,760 --> 01:01:24,640
Our team has conducted 511 building inspections.

769
01:01:25,300 --> 01:01:29,560
In return around times is 1 to 2 weeks for that first plan check.

770
01:01:30,180 --> 01:01:34,080
We've reviewed and planned check to total of 208 individual projects,

771
01:01:34,540 --> 01:01:38,260
which included over 800 pages of documents and reports,

772
01:01:38,880 --> 01:01:43,680
and collectively all of these represent approximately 11.7 million

773
01:01:43,680 --> 01:01:47,320
of project evaluation in building permits.

774
01:01:47,460 --> 01:01:49,940
And so what does that mean? What does project evaluation mean?

775
01:01:49,940 --> 01:01:56,760
So in order to calculate the appropriate permit fees, the building code requires applicants to

776
01:01:56,760 --> 01:01:58,520
input an estimated construction cost.

777
01:01:58,600 --> 01:02:03,300
And this is more for the building side of it, not your, you know, heater or some of those

778
01:02:03,300 --> 01:02:04,220
more simple things.

779
01:02:04,480 --> 01:02:10,160
And so that total value of construction for each project includes their estimated materials,

780
01:02:10,580 --> 01:02:13,920
work, labor, electrical gas, plumbing, et cetera.

781
01:02:13,920 --> 01:02:42,820
So, you can see that for the eighth month, eight month period, approximately 11.7 evaluation of building permits were conducted in your city, and it reflects an active year, and it's really a testament to, I think, the quick turnaround times, kind of that update in a lot of customer service and customer support that we've been integrating with the city, and with that, on behalf of our team, thank you so much, and Dennis and I are here to answer any questions that you might have.

782
01:02:50,150 --> 01:02:56,970
You know, it's so relative, so in, you know, you have cities that are 100,000 populations.

783
01:02:56,970 --> 01:02:59,030
You have cities that are 10,000 population.

784
01:02:59,390 --> 01:03:05,150
And so you can't really say what the trends are in terms of is it a high number or it's a low number,

785
01:03:05,430 --> 01:03:09,870
because our people wanting to do construction are people wanting to remodel their homes.

786
01:03:10,330 --> 01:03:14,090
Maybe last year there was a higher number of remodels happening so they're at their tail end

787
01:03:14,090 --> 01:03:15,490
of completing those constructions.

788
01:03:15,490 --> 01:03:22,410
So it's difficult to say necessarily for a city like Hidden Hills, since it is all residential, if it's a higher load number.

789
01:03:23,010 --> 01:03:29,630
Because there isn't business community in terms of development and restaurants and other types of activities.

790
01:03:30,670 --> 01:03:38,690
So we feel that it is a reasonable number considering the number of homes that you have and the activities that I've been happening.

791
01:03:38,690 --> 01:03:44,570
I think that now that the city and the applicants have had a feel for the building and

792
01:03:44,570 --> 01:03:49,790
safety department there might be more remodels and construction going on in the future.

793
01:03:50,450 --> 01:03:54,290
But it's I think very relative to the community.

794
01:03:55,570 --> 01:03:56,610
Council member Seal.

795
01:03:58,210 --> 01:04:06,410
I wanted to make a statement and one for the people watching at TV and out here, they see some

796
01:04:06,410 --> 01:04:08,270
these numbers, hundreds of permits,

797
01:04:10,350 --> 01:04:13,470
and they say, oh my God, we're overbuilding the city

798
01:04:13,470 --> 01:04:17,550
where people forget that a generator requires a permit,

799
01:04:19,900 --> 01:04:21,400
solar panels require a permit,

800
01:04:22,280 --> 01:04:28,120
your Kessler charger and home requires a permit. How about hot water users? They still require

801
01:04:28,120 --> 01:04:37,800
permits. So the vast majority of these permits being issued are not new homes or major

802
01:04:37,800 --> 01:04:44,260
remodels. Correct. You're dealing with a little paint piece. The other thing I wanted to say was

803
01:04:45,100 --> 01:04:52,340
we had an unusually long and wonderful relationship with our former engineering firm, which was

804
01:04:52,340 --> 01:04:59,320
really the face of that was really Steve O and Dirk, and I was very nervous when they decided to

805
01:04:59,320 --> 01:04:59,980
Basically both.

806
01:05:02,240 --> 01:05:12,960
And we kept them around as long as we could. But I'm happy to say that the normal attitude of people

807
01:05:12,960 --> 01:05:22,550
towards their building inspector and their plan checker from my perspective has been zero complaints.

808
01:05:22,550 --> 01:05:31,230
And it was very good in the past and I tried my very best when I first got on the council

809
01:05:31,230 --> 01:05:36,410
because I had a long period of dealing with the city of L.A. and getting building permits

810
01:05:36,410 --> 01:05:48,290
to try and foster a sense that a professional client relationship, not an adversarial relationship,

811
01:05:48,290 --> 01:05:55,770
Although it can be, people don't like being called no, particularly in affluent communities like this.

812
01:05:56,470 --> 01:06:00,290
So, but I haven't had anybody call me.

813
01:06:00,890 --> 01:06:08,250
I had one inquiry about, which I really have to do with having to do with these draft migrants, that's why I asked about it.

814
01:06:08,410 --> 01:06:14,810
Other than that, I heard this sound of silence, so thank you for that.

815
01:06:14,810 --> 01:06:20,290
And hopefully, I don't discover something during now and then, but thank you.

816
01:06:20,570 --> 01:06:22,330
We appreciate that Mayor Proton.

817
01:06:24,110 --> 01:06:25,150
Council Member Gold.

818
01:06:26,450 --> 01:06:28,330
I just wanted to say, welcome.

819
01:06:28,690 --> 01:06:30,090
I see you again, and thank you so much.

820
01:06:30,370 --> 01:06:31,630
We appreciate you and your company.

821
01:06:32,070 --> 01:06:32,250
Thank you.

822
01:06:33,290 --> 01:06:35,690
I know you guys serve us a lot of cities.

823
01:06:36,390 --> 01:06:38,310
Tell us what we should be doing differently.

824
01:06:38,510 --> 01:06:40,590
That will make this better for our community.

825
01:06:41,530 --> 01:07:05,730
You know, I mean this with all of my heart, this is an incredible community and we have had a lot of fun getting to work with the applicants with the H-O-A with the city and really streamlining a lot of the processes and just continuously trying to make it a better experience for applicants and homeowners and contractors that are coming here to help beautify or fix your homes.

826
01:07:06,350 --> 01:07:08,750
I'm no comment, really. We love it.

827
01:07:09,790 --> 01:07:11,850
Okay, then tell me a little bit about how we balance.

828
01:07:14,120 --> 01:07:15,600
Keep in the contractors, keep in

829
01:07:15,600 --> 01:07:20,340
the homeowner, who's actually doing the project, keep in the city in the Asia way, happy,

830
01:07:20,800 --> 01:07:26,580
is really one bucket. Then you have the bucket of the rest of the community that is nothing

831
01:07:26,580 --> 01:07:30,140
but inconvenienced. Do we need to do anything differently there?

832
01:07:30,700 --> 01:07:35,280
You know, I think we see ourselves as building and safety professionals as educators. And I think

833
01:07:35,280 --> 01:07:41,520
biggest thing for us is that we hand-hold residents that might have, I don't want to say

834
01:07:41,520 --> 01:07:49,240
complaints, but might see some construction as new since to advise them on working with

835
01:07:49,240 --> 01:07:55,800
the contractor of noticing, communicating, making sure that everyone is working within the appropriate

836
01:07:55,800 --> 01:07:59,560
hours of working, making sure that they're cleaning up their properties, and so we're working

837
01:07:59,560 --> 01:08:04,700
hard with the city staff to really hold all individuals accountable and to make sure that

838
01:08:04,700 --> 01:08:09,140
the residents are also feeling heard during that process.

839
01:08:10,520 --> 01:08:13,120
Anybody in the audience have any questions for Melissa?

840
01:08:15,680 --> 01:08:17,060
I'll let anybody on Zoom.

841
01:08:17,560 --> 01:08:18,880
There are no hands raised, Mayor.

842
01:08:19,060 --> 01:08:20,740
So one, thank you for coming out tonight.

843
01:08:20,880 --> 01:08:22,060
Great to see you.

844
01:08:22,380 --> 01:08:24,560
Two, thanks for reviewing your team.

845
01:08:25,000 --> 01:08:28,340
It is a short and eye when we went kind of went through this process.

846
01:08:28,780 --> 01:08:32,840
We're very concerned about this, but I can say we think we chose.

847
01:08:32,840 --> 01:08:41,260
We think the council chose very well. We're very pleased and we're stressfully pleased with the fact of the depth of the resources that you are able to provide

848
01:08:41,260 --> 01:08:47,300
You know not everything is exactly how we always want it, but you guys always respond, and we are appreciative. Thank you

849
01:08:47,300 --> 01:08:49,060
We appreciate it so much. Thank you

850
01:08:49,060 --> 01:08:50,700
Thank you

851
01:08:52,840 --> 01:08:58,340
Okay, last under presentations is item 3G an update on the library project

852
01:08:59,620 --> 01:09:03,540
Acting senior manager serving you make the presentation

853
01:09:04,980 --> 01:09:05,860
Yes, Mayor, thank you.

854
01:09:05,980 --> 01:09:08,320
If we can have just a moment to upload that presentation.

855
01:09:40,220 --> 01:09:41,440
Terrific, thank you, Dina.

856
01:09:42,140 --> 01:09:44,160
Good evening, Mayor and members of the City Council.

857
01:09:44,420 --> 01:09:45,740
Tonight, I want to give you an update

858
01:09:45,740 --> 01:09:47,800
on where the AI library stands.

859
01:09:48,420 --> 01:09:49,300
Next slide, please.

860
01:09:51,880 --> 01:09:54,740
The AI library is the first digital community

861
01:09:54,740 --> 01:09:55,640
center platform.

862
01:09:56,180 --> 01:09:59,960
It brings together trusted resources, learning tools, and AI.

863
01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:17,960
Senate power support in one easy-to-use hub. Three things make this platform different from a collection of links and databases and subscriptions. The digital access where residents can reach books, research tools, databases, e-learning resources, any time and anywhere.

864
01:10:18,860 --> 01:10:28,240
Personalization, the AI powered recommendations and smart tools will be built around each individual user, so the experience feels relevant rather than generic.

865
01:10:28,240 --> 01:10:33,680
And the community connection, even though it is digital, it is still local.

866
01:10:34,340 --> 01:10:38,900
Resources, events, and programs are designed to connect residents, students, and neighbors,

867
01:10:39,360 --> 01:10:40,400
here in Hidden Hills.

868
01:10:41,000 --> 01:10:41,640
Next slide, please.

869
01:10:44,120 --> 01:10:46,440
The platform itself is built and live.

870
01:10:47,260 --> 01:10:51,400
That is the hardest part, and the most technical part of this project, and it is complete.

871
01:10:52,120 --> 01:10:55,240
What remains is what we are calling the pieces in production.

872
01:10:56,020 --> 01:10:58,240
I want to walk through each of those briefly.

873
01:10:58,240 --> 01:11:03,640
The membership system, which will allow residents to sign up and be verified as members.

874
01:11:04,380 --> 01:11:12,500
On boarding automation, so new members get a smooth guided introduction to library instead of needing hands on staff support.

875
01:11:13,820 --> 01:11:24,580
Content pieces, this is the educational and informational content, including the AI avatar videos and written guides for our content partner, are currently being produced.

876
01:11:24,580 --> 01:11:31,820
The final graphics, the visual assets, residents will actually see when they utilize the platform.

877
01:11:33,220 --> 01:11:38,280
And finally, the integrations, which connect the library to the outside systems that depends on,

878
01:11:38,300 --> 01:11:41,000
including our registration and content partner platforms.

879
01:11:42,120 --> 01:11:43,120
Next slide, please.

880
01:11:45,690 --> 01:11:47,750
Moving forward and remaining pieces.

881
01:11:48,470 --> 01:11:51,870
This slide outlines the remaining pieces that we are focusing on.

882
01:11:51,870 --> 01:11:57,730
The membership system, we are building and preparing the actual membership experience residents

883
01:11:57,730 --> 01:11:59,350
will use to sign up.

884
01:11:59,950 --> 01:12:05,390
The onboard automation, we are developing and testing the onboarding flow so it works correctly

885
01:12:05,390 --> 01:12:07,370
before residency it.

886
01:12:07,790 --> 01:12:14,170
The content pieces are being produced and initiated into the library and the videos and

887
01:12:14,170 --> 01:12:16,930
guys residents will use once they log in.

888
01:12:16,930 --> 01:12:30,950
The final graphics, we were completing the visual assets and will hopefully be approving very shortly all of the visual concepts and graphics for our content developer and the integrations.

889
01:12:31,150 --> 01:12:35,770
We are completing registration and integration and testing our outside platforms.

890
01:12:36,970 --> 01:12:38,290
Next slide, please.

891
01:12:41,120 --> 01:12:43,140
Right now, we are past the platform build.

892
01:12:43,620 --> 01:12:45,900
We are in the remaining pieces of production stage.

893
01:12:46,180 --> 01:12:49,560
From here, the path to launch runs through five easy steps.

894
01:12:50,720 --> 01:12:53,240
Produce, we finish building out the remaining pieces.

895
01:12:54,020 --> 01:12:56,320
And a great connect those pieces to the platform.

896
01:12:57,340 --> 01:13:00,300
Testing, where we verify everything works as intended.

897
01:13:01,400 --> 01:13:05,020
And finalizing, where we address anything that comes up through the testing phase.

898
01:13:05,020 --> 01:13:10,480
before we complete the final review and then finally our launch and open to the public.

899
01:13:11,460 --> 01:13:12,300
Next slide.

900
01:13:15,000 --> 01:13:16,720
I'm happy to take any questions, Mayor.

901
01:13:17,680 --> 01:13:17,880
Okay.

902
01:13:19,200 --> 01:13:19,840
Thank you, member.

903
01:13:20,100 --> 01:13:22,320
Any questions from the Council?

904
01:13:22,740 --> 01:13:23,240
I don't agree.

905
01:13:24,860 --> 01:13:25,160
Any questions?

906
01:13:25,920 --> 01:13:26,480
I don't.

907
01:13:26,640 --> 01:13:27,940
I don't agree.

908
01:13:27,940 --> 01:13:28,680
I have several.

909
01:13:29,760 --> 01:13:30,680
So first,

910
01:13:35,410 --> 01:13:37,110
if and when we are successful,

911
01:13:37,110 --> 01:13:45,610
There will be several, there should be a place where our young residents and school district and school district students

912
01:13:45,610 --> 01:13:54,390
in coming, you realize this library to form what they would do a little more of the individual physical life.

913
01:13:54,970 --> 01:14:01,010
What kind of projections are you guys looking at to make sure that this is an appropriate place for the students?

914
01:14:01,970 --> 01:14:03,870
Yes, thank you for the question, Mayor.

915
01:14:05,070 --> 01:14:08,210
The LVUSD school district will have its own separate log in.

916
01:14:08,510 --> 01:14:19,950
From there, we are able to really drill down on the different types of permissions that the students are being granted access to, and it will also be based on age appropriation.

917
01:14:20,730 --> 01:14:27,570
So our K through second graders will not have access to the same information that our high school students will.

918
01:14:28,230 --> 01:14:29,890
So all of that is being done on the back end.

919
01:14:29,890 --> 01:14:32,830
to what about our underage residents who don't vote for us?

920
01:14:33,270 --> 01:14:37,070
They will have an area that was for youth

921
01:14:37,070 --> 01:14:40,550
under hidden hills and the city of Calabassas.

922
01:14:40,890 --> 01:14:44,430
So they will have the same type of guardrails

923
01:14:45,330 --> 01:14:46,370
within the platform.

924
01:14:47,390 --> 01:14:48,670
And then correct me if I wanted to.

925
01:14:48,710 --> 01:14:49,750
One of the things that I think

926
01:14:49,750 --> 01:14:52,170
is that when I talk to people about the library,

927
01:14:53,190 --> 01:14:54,230
there are a few things that people

928
01:14:54,230 --> 01:14:55,450
You can see it again.

929
01:14:58,080 --> 01:14:59,570
It's not at the beginning.

930
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:15,320
Colleen is an A.I. library, but it's really a digital library that utilizes A.I. to power some increase functionality. It's not an A.I. library. Is that even that a better description?

931
01:15:16,340 --> 01:15:16,960
Yes, sir.

932
01:15:17,420 --> 01:15:28,820
So when we do this, when we built this, everything we've done, I want to make sure that I have this clear. There are three buckets of customers that we are targeting.

933
01:15:28,820 --> 01:15:35,100
There's one in the house right at the end, and we want to build something very functional for our residents too.

934
01:15:35,780 --> 01:15:47,160
We have incorporated a lot of service in a school district to weigh in on what they would actually like to see us build in the access and the digital assets that we have.

935
01:15:47,720 --> 01:15:57,960
And three, it's also being built for the city of Calabassas, because we entered into an agreement with the city of Calabassas that they were going there residents.

936
01:15:57,960 --> 01:16:09,920
We have equal access to hours and what we traded off for that was that our residents still have all of the same access to the city of Calabass's library system that they had before.

937
01:16:10,200 --> 01:16:10,940
Do I have this correct?

938
01:16:11,300 --> 01:16:11,840
Yes, sir.

939
01:16:12,040 --> 01:16:12,180
Awesome.

940
01:16:12,360 --> 01:16:13,600
Thank you.

941
01:16:15,680 --> 01:16:16,600
Anybody in the audience?

942
01:16:16,800 --> 01:16:17,720
Have any questions for Amber?

943
01:16:20,480 --> 01:16:20,660
Yes.

944
01:16:20,740 --> 01:16:23,100
My question is what do you have brought up in the past?

945
01:16:23,360 --> 01:16:29,920
Is there any validation about usage that if we build this that will have that anyone actually uses it?

946
01:16:29,920 --> 01:16:35,100
that we're going to report back to the city on usage that it's actually, we're spending money

947
01:16:35,100 --> 01:16:38,140
on something that's being, that's benefiting the people that are actually getting used.

948
01:16:38,940 --> 01:16:43,980
So we have, we are, we haven't finalized them, but we have a developed set of metrics

949
01:16:43,980 --> 01:16:49,780
of how we're going to measure usage and the city will, the city will get those reports

950
01:16:49,780 --> 01:16:53,880
and what they just, how they decide to distribute them will be the next council.

951
01:16:56,660 --> 01:17:00,200
I was part of one of the groups, the focus groups before it started.

952
01:17:00,200 --> 01:17:02,700
and my opinion is still remaining the same.

953
01:17:02,960 --> 01:17:05,140
I personally think it's a total waste of time,

954
01:17:05,580 --> 01:17:06,860
and it's been confirmed now,

955
01:17:07,000 --> 01:17:09,620
because last virgin schools, as well as L.I. City,

956
01:17:10,120 --> 01:17:12,940
have found that there's too much internet for the kids

957
01:17:12,940 --> 01:17:15,940
and they're going back to the basics of teachers teaching.

958
01:17:17,200 --> 01:17:20,360
To provide this kind and take these funds and use it

959
01:17:20,360 --> 01:17:23,540
for something that I think is not going to benefit.

960
01:17:24,060 --> 01:17:27,480
My second point is, isn't this also a public library,

961
01:17:27,480 --> 01:17:32,640
that anybody anywhere has the right to become a member, or is it restricted to hidden

962
01:17:32,640 --> 01:17:35,620
hills and calabassas and lost virgin students?

963
01:17:36,740 --> 01:17:37,240
That's the second.

964
01:17:37,480 --> 01:17:46,680
The third is the question about the amount of money, the $57,000, $52,000 that was paid toward

965
01:17:46,680 --> 01:17:51,280
the assistant city manager's salary from funds that are from the library.

966
01:17:52,660 --> 01:17:57,780
So, I normally wouldn't answer, and we would just, but I think they're pretty easy answers to give you.

967
01:17:58,080 --> 01:18:06,240
One, the lost version of school district has been an active participant and an advocate of us completing the project.

968
01:18:09,640 --> 01:18:10,220
I apologize.

969
01:18:11,820 --> 01:18:11,960
Okay.

970
01:18:12,420 --> 01:18:20,820
So, the lost version of school district has been an active participant in the design and what it is that we're building.

971
01:18:20,820 --> 01:18:27,040
And they see so far, everything they've communicated to us has been, they are an advocate of the project.

972
01:18:27,360 --> 01:18:27,400
This

973
01:18:30,950 --> 01:18:36,710
is recent.

974
01:18:42,050 --> 01:18:48,370
We're ongoing, this is an ongoing project, and we are continuing to build.

975
01:18:49,070 --> 01:18:51,470
Your second question was,

976
01:18:53,390 --> 01:19:01,390
So our hour analysis is that we are, we are perfectly within our rights and entitled to limit it to hidden hills,

977
01:19:01,550 --> 01:19:05,330
gallabasses, residents and lost versions of school district.

978
01:19:06,530 --> 01:19:12,230
We've done the research, and we believe that is, and we have structured it to do that.

979
01:19:12,730 --> 01:19:14,190
And your third question?

980
01:19:16,110 --> 01:19:23,590
So, so the, we get library funds and we can allocate them to spending on the library.

981
01:19:24,250 --> 01:19:37,030
We took a portion of the Assistant City's manager, the manager's salary, that we thought was reflective of their time and allocated that cost to come out of that fund rather than pay it out of the general fund.

982
01:19:37,030 --> 01:19:44,130
We believe as a library expense, we believe that's how it should be accounted for, and to do so differently, we would be improper.

983
01:19:44,750 --> 01:19:51,410
So we believe that that we actually think that is the appropriate way to account for it, and so far our auditor's agree.

984
01:19:55,830 --> 01:19:56,870
Anybody else?

985
01:19:57,910 --> 01:19:59,970
Sorry, I don't mean to note that you're committing suicide.

986
01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:05,640
I don't want to thank you for answering. There's no restriction on you answering items on the agenda, I don't believe.

987
01:20:05,800 --> 01:20:08,880
Well, if the use of the I like to do a lot of research first. Okay.

988
01:20:09,540 --> 01:20:10,580
You know, where do you did?

989
01:20:11,940 --> 01:20:13,920
So, I might anticipate it this one.

990
01:20:14,380 --> 01:20:22,120
If people submitted letters or emails to the city council or there's being read into the minutes.

991
01:20:23,580 --> 01:20:25,080
Pardon me, we're on the library right now.

992
01:20:25,080 --> 01:20:27,480
I understand, because I have an email from somebody

993
01:20:28,480 --> 01:20:33,400
and I was asked to read it if her email is not being read

994
01:20:33,400 --> 01:20:35,340
into the minute, so I just thought, in general,

995
01:20:36,060 --> 01:20:38,200
is that happening on items?

996
01:20:38,320 --> 01:20:40,100
Oh, the comment is not being read into the record.

997
01:20:40,860 --> 01:20:43,700
OK, so I'm reading this on behalf of Brett Aeronson,

998
01:20:44,000 --> 01:20:46,140
who writes, I am writing to request clarification

999
01:20:46,140 --> 01:20:48,840
regarding the city use of the property tax

1000
01:20:48,840 --> 01:20:51,460
revenues designated for library services.

1001
01:20:51,460 --> 01:20:57,600
California Edcote 1-9-1-6 requires a city that withdraws from the LA County Free Library

1002
01:20:57,600 --> 01:21:03,540
system to assume responsibility for providing library services and provides that the

1003
01:21:03,540 --> 01:21:07,940
associated property tax revenues be used to maintain those services.

1004
01:21:08,260 --> 01:21:11,000
According to the city's audited financial statements,

1005
01:21:11,000 --> 01:21:37,360
In those received $589,423, and library designated property tax revenue for the year 20223224, and an additional $636,612 for 202425 get the city report zero in library fund expenditures in both fiscal years.

1006
01:21:37,360 --> 01:21:44,760
In addition, the library fund reached 1.6, 1.7 million, as of June 30, 2025.

1007
01:21:45,660 --> 01:21:54,360
The city also transferred 36,973 from the library fund in 2023, 2024, and 28, 48,

1008
01:21:54,960 --> 01:21:59,320
in 2024, 25, described as transfers for allowable expenditures.

1009
01:22:00,100 --> 01:22:04,440
I respectfully request the city identify precisely what those expenditures were,

1010
01:22:04,440 --> 01:22:09,040
and the authority under which they were determined to be allowable library expenditures.

1011
01:22:09,740 --> 01:22:14,340
Given these figures, I am asking the City Council to clarify what library services

1012
01:22:14,340 --> 01:22:22,280
were provided to Hidden Hills during the year 223 and 224 as well as 224 and 225.

1013
01:22:22,440 --> 01:22:24,260
I'm just not as white fuzz on my book.

1014
01:22:25,420 --> 01:22:31,220
What specifically did the library fund transfers that I mentioned pay for, how does the city

1015
01:22:31,220 --> 01:22:36,800
I believe it's used in accumulation of these restrictive funds

1016
01:22:36,800 --> 01:22:42,080
complies with ed code 19116 and what is the city's current plan for the approximate

1017
01:22:42,080 --> 01:22:46,500
1.7 million accumulated in library fund.

1018
01:22:47,660 --> 01:22:51,120
She says I'm not alleging wrong doing however these financial figures rates

1019
01:22:51,120 --> 01:22:55,220
serious questions of potential noncompliance with statutory requirement

1020
01:22:55,220 --> 01:22:58,940
that these revenues be used to maintain library services.

1021
01:22:58,940 --> 01:23:09,640
She further says, I believe in Hill's residence, deserve a clear accounting of these funds in an explanation of how the city is fulfilling its legal responsibility to provide library services.

1022
01:23:09,980 --> 01:23:12,100
Thank you for your attention to this matter.

1023
01:23:14,040 --> 01:23:14,500
Thank you.

1024
01:23:16,640 --> 01:23:18,980
So this is going to require much more detailed response.

1025
01:23:19,280 --> 01:23:25,480
So we will take a few hours and we will craft our responsibility to communicate it up.

1026
01:23:25,820 --> 01:23:27,000
Anybody else in the audience?

1027
01:23:27,000 --> 01:23:31,040
Ted, I don't know why long time no see how you've been.

1028
01:23:31,040 --> 01:23:34,080
I've been good, I don't know why you've been good.

1029
01:23:34,120 --> 01:23:35,700
Joe, Mayor Losa.

1030
01:23:36,920 --> 01:23:37,500
Council members.

1031
01:23:38,380 --> 01:23:43,820
Yeah, it's been a long time since I've been in front of the hearings.

1032
01:23:45,460 --> 01:23:46,880
I just have a question.

1033
01:23:47,780 --> 01:23:51,840
My name, if I had minor children,

1034
01:23:51,840 --> 01:23:55,820
etc. will be on this onboarding list.

1035
01:23:57,560 --> 01:24:12,440
How do we protect that list from being searched by, you know, illegal AI and using it to hack or get into our computers?

1036
01:24:12,440 --> 01:24:23,860
I'm a CPA, you know, I can't, but yeah, it has address, name, phone number, anything else?

1037
01:24:24,120 --> 01:24:25,300
A, enjoy a guess.

1038
01:24:28,900 --> 01:24:30,480
Thank you for your questions, sir.

1039
01:24:30,740 --> 01:24:34,440
So the registration software that we're developing is going to be managed internally.

1040
01:24:35,200 --> 01:24:37,200
So all of that will be housed in house.

1041
01:24:37,340 --> 01:24:41,460
So it won't be open to the public or searchable unless through staff.

1042
01:24:42,860 --> 01:24:52,000
Okay, well, search a little by step, somebody else,

1043
01:24:56,670 --> 01:24:57,630
anybody on Zoom?

1044
01:24:58,570 --> 01:24:59,970
We have one hand raise, ma'er.

1045
01:25:00,080 --> 01:25:00,640
Okay.

1046
01:25:08,940 --> 01:25:13,080
Hello, can you hear me? You can hear you. We can't see you, Joe. Hi.

1047
01:25:13,540 --> 01:25:22,600
Yeah, Joe, police, whom I live on loop in Hill Road. I don't know too much about this project. I understand these funds come from tax revenues.

1048
01:25:24,200 --> 01:25:36,600
But forgive me for asking such a simple question. But everything that was described in this package that you're developing, what is there in it that I can't just simply get off the phone.

1049
01:25:36,600 --> 01:25:39,300
I'm holding right now on the Zoom meeting or my laptop.

1050
01:25:40,480 --> 01:25:44,080
Why are all these funds being used to,

1051
01:25:44,080 --> 01:25:45,840
it seems create something that's

1052
01:25:45,840 --> 01:25:48,240
just readily available to anybody with an internet access.

1053
01:25:50,580 --> 01:25:53,600
And is any of this going, any of these $1.7 million,

1054
01:25:53,840 --> 01:25:57,520
if that's correct, as a figure, going towards infrastructure

1055
01:25:59,340 --> 01:26:03,060
to facilitate fiber optics that are internet,

1056
01:26:03,260 --> 01:26:04,700
anything like that for the community?

1057
01:26:07,140 --> 01:26:12,440
So I'll take the last part of it and then I'll give you the first part of the library funds

1058
01:26:12,440 --> 01:26:14,000
or to be used for the library.

1059
01:26:14,300 --> 01:26:20,900
They're not to be used for anything else and we are very careful in how we actually allocate funds.

1060
01:26:21,360 --> 01:26:23,600
So they are not going for any infrastructure projects.

1061
01:26:25,760 --> 01:26:30,640
Right, but just as you allocated some funds that are proportionate to the city managers

1062
01:26:30,640 --> 01:26:34,100
time that she would spend on this project,

1063
01:26:34,100 --> 01:26:37,380
wouldn't there be some sort of infrastructure

1064
01:26:37,380 --> 01:26:40,400
we'll need to be able to house this kind of bandwidth

1065
01:26:40,400 --> 01:26:41,480
that we're having?

1066
01:26:43,320 --> 01:26:47,640
And again, to that point, all this money, it seems to me

1067
01:26:47,640 --> 01:26:50,160
like we're building something that just basically has

1068
01:26:50,160 --> 01:26:53,620
a community registration aspect, but offers everything

1069
01:26:53,620 --> 01:26:57,360
that you can still get from any internet connection.

1070
01:26:58,260 --> 01:26:59,600
Do you like to think that?

1071
01:27:00,840 --> 01:27:02,640
Yes, sir, thank you for your question.

1072
01:27:02,640 --> 01:27:13,600
The Library Project itself does allow for subscription bases to be free and open to both the elementary school students,

1073
01:27:13,880 --> 01:27:19,760
all the SD school district students, the City of Hidden Hills, as well as the City of Calabassas.

1074
01:27:20,180 --> 01:27:31,780
So programs that are typically on a monthly basis or registration software will now be free and available to the community and to the users through this process.

1075
01:27:34,920 --> 01:27:47,180
But if you search on Google, let's say AI will still give you a very thorough detail to answer with follow up questions and options, and that doesn't cost anything.

1076
01:27:49,240 --> 01:28:03,680
The AI library will also offer courses, so it will allow people to start a program or a course that you're interested in learning in, be able to step away, come back, and then re-engage in the program at a later date.

1077
01:28:03,680 --> 01:28:08,920
It will also be set up to set reminders so in case you haven't logged in in a couple of weeks.

1078
01:28:09,280 --> 01:28:14,140
We'll check in and make sure everything's okay and be able to really see if you're still interested in this program

1079
01:28:14,140 --> 01:28:20,740
or this core concept that you were researching and also be able to make recommendations for future lessons.

1080
01:28:22,900 --> 01:28:23,040
Okay.

1081
01:28:25,120 --> 01:28:26,080
Thank you.

1082
01:28:26,480 --> 01:28:27,380
Thanks for your questions.

1083
01:28:27,800 --> 01:28:29,480
Anybody else on Zoom?

1084
01:28:31,590 --> 01:28:32,010
No, Mayor.

1085
01:28:32,010 --> 01:28:50,650
Okay. Thank you, ever. We will now move to the consent calendar. All items on the consent calendar are considered routine and may be approved by single motion unless a council member request an item be removed for separate discussion. Council members are there any items you would like to

1086
01:28:54,940 --> 01:28:55,300
see.

1087
01:28:55,300 --> 01:28:56,140
Here you go.

1088
01:28:56,720 --> 01:28:56,740
Sir?

1089
01:28:58,100 --> 01:28:59,320
I'll come back for me once second.

1090
01:28:59,540 --> 01:29:00,620
I want to make sure.

1091
01:29:01,180 --> 01:29:01,940
You were last.

1092
01:29:02,400 --> 01:29:02,920
Or what?

1093
01:29:03,080 --> 01:29:03,360
Yeah.

1094
01:29:07,680 --> 01:29:09,760
So all the layers are all the layers long as I can.

1095
01:29:09,820 --> 01:29:10,500
Sorry, Larry.

1096
01:29:11,680 --> 01:29:12,660
I think you're not there.

1097
01:29:14,200 --> 01:29:14,480
I know.

1098
01:29:14,820 --> 01:29:16,600
I do not need to pull anything off.

1099
01:29:16,840 --> 01:29:17,120
Okay.

1100
01:29:17,420 --> 01:29:20,660
Is there anybody in the audience wishing to comment on the consent calendar?

1101
01:29:31,890 --> 01:29:32,290
Okay.

1102
01:29:33,630 --> 01:29:34,410
Consent calendar.

1103
01:29:34,410 --> 01:29:41,050
there. There are minutes being presented for March, thank you for presenting the minutes.

1104
01:29:41,230 --> 01:29:45,930
There are meetings minutes being presented for March 2nd that just say amended and I think

1105
01:29:45,930 --> 01:29:53,610
it is worthwhile to mention why they're being amended since they weren't redlined. In addition,

1106
01:29:56,090 --> 01:29:59,970
So sorry, wait a minute, okay, on demands and disperse.

1107
01:30:01,680 --> 01:30:22,260
And maybe it's because we've had zero snakes and hymns for July and August. But I have asked before what some spending was for, I think, in July, when I was here, I asked about some spending that was not answered and then subsequently voted to be approved.

1108
01:30:22,260 --> 01:30:41,280
And so in this case, I'd like to ask if the city council has looked at the individual items on the register of disbursements and if they would like to identify what snake boots for $1523 was snake boot replacement for another $1,000.

1109
01:30:41,280 --> 01:30:47,200
a press release from CISN for public information.

1110
01:30:47,480 --> 01:30:48,460
It was $2,300.

1111
01:30:49,640 --> 01:30:50,060
I looked.

1112
01:30:50,180 --> 01:30:53,140
I couldn't find a press release from around that time.

1113
01:30:54,400 --> 01:31:02,660
As well as I just if you have looked at and approve all these things,

1114
01:31:04,060 --> 01:31:08,220
there's two times the same amount of water for the goats water,

1115
01:31:08,220 --> 01:31:14,560
the exact same amount. I know that runs on a meter. So it surprises me that it's the exact same amount.

1116
01:31:15,640 --> 01:31:20,180
Again, we have paid training where we used to have free search training.

1117
01:31:20,860 --> 01:31:24,380
And then Council Member Gold has put in for travel miles.

1118
01:31:24,720 --> 01:31:29,920
And I presume that's for a 70 between 72 and 76 cents per mile.

1119
01:31:30,080 --> 01:31:32,920
That comes out to about 945 miles.

1120
01:31:32,920 --> 01:31:40,760
So it doesn't say the timeframe for that but I would really note like to know about snake boots

1121
01:31:43,990 --> 01:31:48,310
and I'd like to know if you're aware of what snake boots are

1122
01:31:48,310 --> 01:31:54,150
I think there's a history of some odd things in the thing and in July. I asked about

1123
01:31:55,750 --> 01:32:00,310
Spending for someone to do grants and I never got an answer on that, but

1124
01:32:00,310 --> 01:32:04,690
That night even though you could provide an answer you went ahead and voted for it

1125
01:32:04,690 --> 01:32:11,090
So I'd like to know that you're comfortable with spending over $5,500 on Snake Boots.

1126
01:32:12,430 --> 01:32:13,850
Thank you so much for your questions.

1127
01:32:13,970 --> 01:32:17,970
I just like to address the question about the mileage that I submitted.

1128
01:32:18,470 --> 01:32:25,330
I gave a list of events and conferences and meetings I attended on behalf of the city and

1129
01:32:25,330 --> 01:32:28,570
it's just a testament to how much I work for the city.

1130
01:32:29,350 --> 01:32:31,710
This is how many miles I drove.

1131
01:32:31,710 --> 01:32:45,390
I go and represent the city in all kinds of meetings, all kinds of conferences, I take this job really seriously, takes a lot of my time, and maybe it's shocking how much time I spend, but it's the truth.

1132
01:32:46,110 --> 01:32:51,250
And I have everything documented, so this is how much I work for the city, yes.

1133
01:32:54,040 --> 01:32:58,400
It's, yeah, it's, it's, Steph has all the details.

1134
01:33:01,630 --> 01:33:07,250
Okay, I'm sure the most anticipated answer in the evening was going to be, because I literally

1135
01:33:07,250 --> 01:33:10,130
asked this question, what are some inquiries?

1136
01:33:11,910 --> 01:33:16,210
So, I know if they are, but never we just answered the question of why, what are snake boots

1137
01:33:16,210 --> 01:33:17,490
and why we needed them?

1138
01:33:18,150 --> 01:33:18,810
Yes, sir.

1139
01:33:19,530 --> 01:33:23,990
There are PPE equipment, so personal protective equipment for our staff when they go out

1140
01:33:23,990 --> 01:33:24,630
into the field.

1141
01:33:24,630 --> 01:33:30,370
Most importantly, staff was going out to check on the goats and being in the canyon.

1142
01:33:31,090 --> 01:33:33,710
It is a area where snakes are prevalent.

1143
01:33:34,290 --> 01:33:40,730
So snake boots were purchased for their protection, and after having the fire chief

1144
01:33:40,730 --> 01:33:45,710
be able to describe the rattlesnake concerns here in our community, it was felt at best

1145
01:33:45,710 --> 01:33:47,990
to protect the staff in that sense.

1146
01:33:51,380 --> 01:33:51,730
Thank you.

1147
01:33:51,730 --> 01:33:55,170
Okay. Any other comments on the consent calendar?

1148
01:33:57,820 --> 01:34:01,940
Is there anybody on Zoom that wants to make a...

1149
01:34:01,940 --> 01:34:03,000
No, hands raised, Mayor.

1150
01:34:03,260 --> 01:34:06,540
Okay. Can I have a motion to approve the consent calendar?

1151
01:34:10,580 --> 01:34:12,580
To approve the consent calendar.

1152
01:34:13,080 --> 01:34:13,260
Second.

1153
01:34:14,600 --> 01:34:15,900
Dean, can we have a roll call?

1154
01:34:16,920 --> 01:34:18,420
Of course. Councilmember Weber?

1155
01:34:19,040 --> 01:34:19,320
Yes.

1156
01:34:19,960 --> 01:34:20,840
Councilmember Gold?

1157
01:34:21,400 --> 01:34:21,620
Yes.

1158
01:34:22,840 --> 01:34:23,780
Mayor Protem Seagull?

1159
01:34:24,240 --> 01:34:24,520
Yes.

1160
01:34:24,520 --> 01:34:31,780
Mayor Losa. Yes. Okay. Motion carries. Thank you. Now I have to

1161
01:34:31,780 --> 01:34:34,640
recuse myself from six. Okay.

1162
01:34:39,130 --> 01:34:42,270
So I can make a quick

1163
01:34:42,270 --> 01:34:44,270
announcement. I understand that two council members have

1164
01:34:44,270 --> 01:34:47,830
conflicts on six A because of the location of their property

1165
01:34:47,830 --> 01:34:50,410
to the site and with the absence of council member

1166
01:34:50,410 --> 01:34:52,790
McCorken, Dale tonight. We don't have a quorum to hear

1167
01:34:52,790 --> 01:34:55,670
this item, so this item will have to be continued to the next meeting.

1168
01:35:03,700 --> 01:35:10,880
Okay, we now will move on to item. Are we under at time, crunch on this item?

1169
01:35:13,840 --> 01:35:18,120
Thank you for the question, and yes, it will be important to take it to the next meeting.

1170
01:35:24,890 --> 01:35:30,910
Okay, we will now move on to item 6b under old business, the award of professional services agreement to trip epic Smith,

1171
01:35:30,910 --> 01:35:35,970
for AI digital design standards and launch marketing services.

1172
01:35:36,750 --> 01:35:39,810
See acting city manager serve and please present the report.

1173
01:35:40,770 --> 01:35:42,990
Good evening, Mayor and members of the city council.

1174
01:35:43,190 --> 01:35:46,930
Item six B recommends that the city council authorized the city manager

1175
01:35:46,930 --> 01:35:49,670
to execute a professional services agreement,

1176
01:35:50,050 --> 01:35:52,950
which are peppy Smith for the AI digital library design,

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01:35:53,210 --> 01:35:55,990
standards and launch marketing services.

1178
01:35:56,630 --> 01:35:59,130
As background, the scope was originally part of a large

1179
01:35:59,130 --> 01:36:04,290
design services proposal that the city council previously considered, the council directed

1180
01:36:04,290 --> 01:36:10,190
staff to return it to the consultant to narrow the project scope to just the AI Digital

1181
01:36:10,190 --> 01:36:15,230
Library piece. With that option to add the remaining pieces back in later if required.

1182
01:36:15,990 --> 01:36:20,770
Drip-Epee Smith returned with a revised proposal limited to AI Digital Library work,

1183
01:36:21,130 --> 01:36:27,690
since this is now a standalone project, the project management cost reflect 1,587 dollars increase

1184
01:36:27,690 --> 01:36:30,950
bringing the total project to $14,290.

1185
01:36:32,030 --> 01:36:33,950
There is no general fund impact.

1186
01:36:34,150 --> 01:36:36,290
The Library Fund will absorb the full cost,

1187
01:36:36,650 --> 01:36:39,090
including the 5% contingency that staff recommends.

1188
01:36:39,590 --> 01:36:42,950
A total contract amount not to exceed $15,000,

1189
01:36:43,250 --> 01:36:43,910
$4.50.

1190
01:36:44,930 --> 01:36:47,490
Staff recommends that the City Council authorizes the City

1191
01:36:47,490 --> 01:36:50,030
Manager to execute this agreement,

1192
01:36:50,430 --> 01:36:52,050
which her peppy Smith in that amount.

1193
01:36:52,370 --> 01:36:53,950
I'm happy to answer any questions.

1194
01:36:56,120 --> 01:36:57,500
Any questions from Council?

1195
01:37:01,880 --> 01:37:05,000
Any questions from anybody in the audience?

1196
01:37:07,600 --> 01:37:08,660
Any questions on Zoom?

1197
01:37:08,820 --> 01:37:10,240
There are no hands raised, Mayor.

1198
01:37:11,440 --> 01:37:11,660
Okay.

1199
01:37:12,260 --> 01:37:13,100
Do we have a motion?

1200
01:37:14,720 --> 01:37:17,340
I'll make a motion that we award the contract,

1201
01:37:17,640 --> 01:37:20,680
Treppie Smith, for AI Digital Design Standards,

1202
01:37:20,920 --> 01:37:21,560
for the contract.

1203
01:37:22,560 --> 01:37:22,860
Second.

1204
01:37:25,190 --> 01:37:27,430
City Clerk, Gonzales, can we have a roll call?

1205
01:37:28,450 --> 01:37:28,710
Yes.

1206
01:37:28,710 --> 01:37:30,150
Council Member Weber? Yes.

1207
01:37:30,810 --> 01:37:32,090
Council Member Gold? Yes.

1208
01:37:32,570 --> 01:37:34,370
Mayor Potent Seagull? Yes.

1209
01:37:34,950 --> 01:37:36,110
And Mayor Loja. Yes.

1210
01:37:37,870 --> 01:37:49,810
Okay. Motion passes. We will now move to item seven A under new business adoption of administrative policies regarding city council agenda's governance records and personnel matters.

1211
01:37:50,090 --> 01:37:52,150
City Attorney Langer, please present the report.

1212
01:37:52,850 --> 01:37:58,010
He's a good evening. I'll give the report on item seven A this evening which is proposed

1213
01:37:58,010 --> 01:38:00,610
to adopt resolution number 1065.

1214
01:38:03,190 --> 01:38:06,370
Over the past several years, the city has it updated its

1215
01:38:06,370 --> 01:38:10,510
personnel rules and administrative practices. And as the city prepares for a transition

1216
01:38:10,510 --> 01:38:15,890
to a new city council, this is an appropriate time to memorialize additional best practices

1217
01:38:15,890 --> 01:38:21,210
to promote accountability, communication, continuity, and the proper stewardship of public

1218
01:38:21,210 --> 01:38:26,290
resources. The policies are forward looking and they supplement existing law, the city's

1219
01:38:26,290 --> 01:38:30,650
municipal code, the city's personnel rules, and other adopted policies. They do not

1220
01:38:30,650 --> 01:38:36,070
make changes to the fundamental allocation of responsibilities. The city council always establishes

1221
01:38:36,070 --> 01:38:40,450
policy and provides oversight while in a city manager form of government, the city manager

1222
01:38:40,450 --> 01:38:46,170
remains responsible for administering day-to-day city operations and these policies set forth

1223
01:38:46,810 --> 01:38:52,530
best practices and expectations for how to best do that work, especially in a unique city

1224
01:38:52,530 --> 01:38:53,370
like Hidden Hills.

1225
01:38:54,490 --> 01:38:56,970
The proposed policies really fall into three categories.

1226
01:38:57,770 --> 01:39:01,410
First there are agenda protocols intended to improve planning and transparency.

1227
01:39:01,890 --> 01:39:06,330
There have been some discussions recently about the best way to use the consent calendar.

1228
01:39:06,710 --> 01:39:08,530
What should go on regular agenda items?

1229
01:39:08,690 --> 01:39:09,030
What shouldn't?

1230
01:39:09,250 --> 01:39:14,150
So these policies are intended to promote the best practices and to make sure that the council

1231
01:39:14,150 --> 01:39:19,350
in the community understand where things will be placed on the agenda, so staff can appropriately

1232
01:39:19,350 --> 01:39:25,550
put forth city council agendas. They require timely and legally compliant agenda

1233
01:39:25,550 --> 01:39:31,010
packets provide opportunity for the mayor to review draft agendas before posting and make

1234
01:39:31,010 --> 01:39:37,430
sure that certain items have received appropriate city attorney legal review and that certain

1235
01:39:37,430 --> 01:39:42,590
items receive review by city council subcommittees who may have purview over specific topic

1236
01:39:42,590 --> 01:39:46,810
and we want to make sure that the Council is informed before those items end up on an agenda.

1237
01:39:47,510 --> 01:39:54,150
There's procedures to properly report vendor selection practices and expenditures to establish

1238
01:39:54,150 --> 01:39:56,350
an annual priority setting process.

1239
01:39:56,930 --> 01:39:59,970
Earlier, Council review of the draft budget is recognized.

1240
01:40:00,000 --> 01:40:07,160
Commended annual confirmation of city council subcommittees and monthly updates on council goals at the public city council meetings.

1241
01:40:07,900 --> 01:40:15,940
There are some policies on governance and records to strengthen internal controls requiring to ensure that there's legal review of contracts.

1242
01:40:16,460 --> 01:40:27,640
Again, consultation with subcommittees and quarterly reporting of staff level decisions and expenditures and contracts that are approved and monthly reporting of city manager authorized expenditures.

1243
01:40:27,640 --> 01:40:32,600
They also require a city business to be conducted through city controlled devices, accounts,

1244
01:40:32,780 --> 01:40:37,640
applications, and vendor accounts, whenever reasonably available that helps ensure that all

1245
01:40:37,640 --> 01:40:42,700
the records are maintained in the appropriate places, and that they can be easily accessed when

1246
01:40:42,700 --> 01:40:43,040
needed.

1247
01:40:43,560 --> 01:40:47,900
And in today's digital world, things aren't maintained in a variety of different accounts and a variety

1248
01:40:47,900 --> 01:40:48,680
of different places.

1249
01:40:49,180 --> 01:40:55,140
It's a best practice to make sure that city business is done on city accounts.

1250
01:40:55,960 --> 01:41:00,980
There are some personnel provisions that reflect the operational needs of a very small city,

1251
01:41:01,860 --> 01:41:06,300
expectations for the city manager being involved in the day-to-day work and operations

1252
01:41:06,300 --> 01:41:11,840
of the city, really a focus on staff being present at City Hall so that they can serve the

1253
01:41:11,840 --> 01:41:17,620
City Council and serve the residents, and really be available to the community, notice

1254
01:41:17,620 --> 01:41:22,600
when the city manager is not going to be available, designation of an acting city manager,

1255
01:41:23,360 --> 01:41:28,180
And clarify communication protocols, the best way to communicate between council members,

1256
01:41:28,360 --> 01:41:35,340
city manager, staff, the community, and other organizations that the city does a lot of work with.

1257
01:41:35,420 --> 01:41:38,080
It's important that those relationships are maintained.

1258
01:41:40,420 --> 01:41:44,840
How the city council should interact with staff versus how they should interact with the city manager,

1259
01:41:44,840 --> 01:41:50,660
our address, and establishing regular council member meetings and agenda briefings,

1260
01:41:50,660 --> 01:42:02,920
Project tracking requirements weekly reports the council of emerging issues so they know what's happening with the residents and what residents are concerned about is being reported timely to the city council so it's really about

1261
01:42:04,020 --> 01:42:04,580
Continuing

1262
01:42:05,300 --> 01:42:18,660
Existing practices memorializing them and implementing best practices for continuity and to make sure that forward looking the city is implementing the best practices and policies that it can so it's really a positive document that's being proposed to

1263
01:42:18,660 --> 01:42:26,800
to memorialize how the city has been functioning and make sure that that can continue as you move into a moment of transition over the next few months.

1264
01:42:27,240 --> 01:42:28,120
That concludes my report.

1265
01:42:28,400 --> 01:42:30,760
Thank you. Any questions from Council?

1266
01:42:31,720 --> 01:42:38,040
No, I think it sounds like a real good idea. It's always nice to fine tune, which is what the sounds like.

1267
01:42:39,420 --> 01:42:41,620
And, you know, to get things into the best practices.

1268
01:42:45,300 --> 01:42:48,020
I love that we are memorializing all these things.

1269
01:42:48,260 --> 01:42:52,640
I know that some of it my sound, of course, yeah, everybody knows, but it's nice to have

1270
01:42:52,640 --> 01:42:57,640
it together in one place since we are going to get three council members and I think this

1271
01:42:57,640 --> 01:42:59,160
is going to help them to be successful.

1272
01:43:00,800 --> 01:43:05,080
Yeah, as reading Documents Go, it was one of the better ones I've had to read.

1273
01:43:06,420 --> 01:43:07,300
Thank you.

1274
01:43:08,000 --> 01:43:08,020
Okay.

1275
01:43:08,020 --> 01:43:10,620
Any questions from the audience?

1276
01:43:15,830 --> 01:43:21,070
Well, this is a glorious document addressing a lot of things that I've been at this podium

1277
01:43:21,070 --> 01:43:23,150
about over the last couple of years.

1278
01:43:23,970 --> 01:43:30,270
I just have a question in that there's a certain specificity to it that I'm concerned

1279
01:43:30,270 --> 01:43:36,310
that if you have said this, this and this, but it may be a broader scope.

1280
01:43:36,310 --> 01:43:42,990
Are you creating a trap where a more general statement would be appropriate?

1281
01:43:44,990 --> 01:43:52,710
An example would be where you talk about the various vendor accounts, I think, Costco staples,

1282
01:43:53,350 --> 01:43:55,830
UberEats or similar vendors.

1283
01:43:56,450 --> 01:43:59,170
I didn't know if that was general enough of a thing.

1284
01:43:59,270 --> 01:44:05,330
I mean, we saw in the reports a lot of like lunches and things like that ordered, it just,

1285
01:44:05,330 --> 01:44:11,490
It seemed, I know, like with my own personal business stuff, I have, like, an errors and

1286
01:44:11,490 --> 01:44:18,190
emissions thing that is broader than this is in some, in some of those instances.

1287
01:44:18,890 --> 01:44:25,570
And then it's great to have a city manager goal to have them in the city office, which would

1288
01:44:25,570 --> 01:44:26,150
be great.

1289
01:44:26,850 --> 01:44:32,430
But point five, if an early city meeting is scheduled, such as an E30 cog, the expectations

1290
01:44:32,430 --> 01:44:36,770
is the city manager will either report the city hall before the meeting when reason we

1291
01:44:36,770 --> 01:44:41,730
apply practical report afterwards, it's kind of in conflict with nine to five hours.

1292
01:44:42,450 --> 01:44:50,090
And then the only other thing I would suggest is that the city manager is familiar with the

1293
01:44:50,090 --> 01:44:57,930
roads, the facilities, the ingress, and egress points, the trail points of the community,

1294
01:44:57,930 --> 01:44:59,970
and that while being

1295
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:07,200
Hearing here within the city, you say I believe present at City Hall, but I think there are times

1296
01:45:07,200 --> 01:45:12,700
when it's actually would be really valuable to have the city manager out and seeing things.

1297
01:45:13,120 --> 01:45:20,760
So I don't know if that's too narrow of a thing of restriction, where if the city manager were in the city

1298
01:45:20,760 --> 01:45:28,920
and having familiarity with access that it would be a good use in a valuable use of someone's

1299
01:45:28,920 --> 01:45:29,340
time.

1300
01:45:30,680 --> 01:45:38,200
But these are great and positive way to move forward and a gift to the new city council members.

1301
01:45:42,040 --> 01:45:46,360
Anybody else in the audience? Anybody on Zoom?

1302
01:45:46,560 --> 01:45:48,020
No hands of raise mayor.

1303
01:45:54,400 --> 01:45:55,040
Great.

1304
01:45:55,040 --> 01:45:56,580
I'm sorry, I need a motion.

1305
01:45:58,320 --> 01:45:59,020
I'm sure.

1306
01:45:59,400 --> 01:45:59,540
Yes.

1307
01:46:00,540 --> 01:46:10,480
I recommend that the City Council adopt resolution number 1065, which I don't need to redo it.

1308
01:46:10,760 --> 01:46:11,040
No.

1309
01:46:12,640 --> 01:46:13,520
I need to redo it.

1310
01:46:14,160 --> 01:46:14,380
Second.

1311
01:46:15,120 --> 01:46:16,420
Can we have a roll call?

1312
01:46:17,540 --> 01:46:17,720
Yes.

1313
01:46:18,000 --> 01:46:18,480
Council member Weber?

1314
01:46:18,820 --> 01:46:19,200
Yes.

1315
01:46:19,660 --> 01:46:20,500
Council member Gold?

1316
01:46:20,600 --> 01:46:20,960
Yes.

1317
01:46:21,460 --> 01:46:22,460
May I pretend to see a call?

1318
01:46:22,540 --> 01:46:22,880
Yes.

1319
01:46:26,160 --> 01:46:37,880
Okay, we will now move on to item 7B under a new business consideration of approval of professional services agreement with Pico party rents for the hidden hills fiesta rentals.

1320
01:46:38,740 --> 01:46:41,500
Acting city manager, servant, please present the report.

1321
01:46:42,380 --> 01:46:44,260
Good evening, Mayor and members of the city council.

1322
01:46:44,500 --> 01:46:52,800
Item 7B recommends that the city council authorized the city manager to negotiate an executed agreement with Pico party rents for the event rents with

1323
01:46:52,800 --> 01:46:55,940
equipment and related services for the city's annual fiesta.

1324
01:46:56,620 --> 01:47:01,320
As background, the fiesta requires tending, flooring, seating, lighting, power,

1325
01:47:01,820 --> 01:47:06,280
restroom facilities, and related site infrastructure to support the main-tended areas,

1326
01:47:06,880 --> 01:47:09,040
south tennis courts, and the main arena.

1327
01:47:09,820 --> 01:47:15,520
Because of the total contract amount exceeds the city manager's informal bidding threshold,

1328
01:47:16,020 --> 01:47:18,360
formal city council authorization is required.

1329
01:47:18,360 --> 01:47:25,480
Staff solicited proposals from three qualified vendors and evaluated each for scope, qualifications, and price.

1330
01:47:26,180 --> 01:47:30,780
Staff selected Pico party rents to furnish the full event rental package, including

1331
01:47:30,780 --> 01:47:36,620
10 team flooring tables, chairs, linens, lighting, generator and power distribution as well as

1332
01:47:36,620 --> 01:47:41,920
restroom trailers, along with delivery installation and removal of all equipment.

1333
01:47:41,920 --> 01:47:45,860
There is no general, additional general fund impact.

1334
01:47:46,160 --> 01:47:53,760
Funding is available in the adopted fiscal year 2627 special events, FESA appropriation, and

1335
01:47:53,760 --> 01:48:01,260
staff recommends a contract amount not to exceed 66,000, $327 and 76 cents.

1336
01:48:01,600 --> 01:48:05,740
Staff recommends that the City Council authorizes the City Manager to negotiate and execute

1337
01:48:05,740 --> 01:48:10,680
this agreement with Peacoparty Rents in that amount, and that concludes my presentation.

1338
01:48:13,400 --> 01:48:15,000
Any questions from Council?

1339
01:48:15,800 --> 01:48:16,400
Yes.

1340
01:48:17,100 --> 01:48:18,860
I would like to see it.

1341
01:48:18,880 --> 01:48:21,340
I know that sometimes it's there, and sometimes it isn't.

1342
01:48:21,980 --> 01:48:29,580
But for this amount of money, it would be nice to see a little spreadsheet showing the three

1343
01:48:29,580 --> 01:48:37,740
Bitter top bidders and the prices, and maybe sometimes there's an obvious reason why you pick one over the other.

1344
01:48:37,740 --> 01:48:43,160
even if it wasn't a little bitter, but I think I'd like to see a little more detail.

1345
01:48:43,780 --> 01:48:48,280
And I know that it does exist sometimes, as some of you said.

1346
01:48:48,540 --> 01:48:49,280
Yes, sir.

1347
01:48:51,630 --> 01:48:51,750
Okay.

1348
01:48:51,910 --> 01:48:52,790
Council Member Gold.

1349
01:48:55,780 --> 01:48:57,220
Council Member Woodler.

1350
01:48:57,460 --> 01:48:58,200
No questions.

1351
01:48:59,420 --> 01:49:01,820
Anybody in the audience have any questions?

1352
01:49:03,500 --> 01:49:04,380
Anybody on Zoom?

1353
01:49:04,740 --> 01:49:05,920
There are no hands raised, Mayor.

1354
01:49:05,920 --> 01:49:12,120
I just have one quick one before we fast promotion and these contracts and reviewed by

1355
01:49:12,120 --> 01:49:12,500
legal.

1356
01:49:13,640 --> 01:49:17,080
And we've covered liability clauses.

1357
01:49:18,400 --> 01:49:18,600
Yes.

1358
01:49:19,240 --> 01:49:21,660
It was reviewed by the City Attorney's Office.

1359
01:49:21,940 --> 01:49:22,200
Okay.

1360
01:49:22,400 --> 01:49:23,040
Thank you.

1361
01:49:23,060 --> 01:49:25,420
Do I have a motion to approve?

1362
01:49:26,280 --> 01:49:33,060
I'd like a motion that we consider and approve a professional service agreement with

1363
01:49:33,060 --> 01:49:41,320
We call party rents for the Hidden Hills Vesta and do I need to put the amount in or

1364
01:49:41,320 --> 01:49:42,960
just prove the S with the contract.

1365
01:49:45,360 --> 01:49:46,440
Do you have a second?

1366
01:49:46,800 --> 01:49:47,100
Second.

1367
01:49:48,260 --> 01:49:49,760
Dean, can we have a roll call vote?

1368
01:49:50,380 --> 01:49:51,220
Council member Weber?

1369
01:49:52,240 --> 01:49:53,100
Council member Gold?

1370
01:49:53,600 --> 01:49:53,720
Yes.

1371
01:49:54,100 --> 01:49:55,120
Mayor Potem Seekle?

1372
01:49:55,180 --> 01:49:55,500
Yes.

1373
01:49:56,020 --> 01:49:56,600
And Mayor Loja.

1374
01:49:58,440 --> 01:49:59,520
Okay, motion passes.

1375
01:50:14,500 --> 01:50:26,920
Good evening, Mayor and members of the City Council. Item 7C recommends that the council authorized the city manager to negotiate an executed agreement with the cat's craft barbecue for the catering services for the city's fiesta.

1376
01:50:26,920 --> 01:50:32,580
As background catering has historically been the centerpiece of the Fiesta, and staff solicited

1377
01:50:32,580 --> 01:50:37,580
proposals from three catering companies in accordance with the city's bidding requirements.

1378
01:50:38,420 --> 01:50:42,620
Catscraft Barbecue was selected based on its proposed menu, which best fit the desired

1379
01:50:42,620 --> 01:50:47,860
theme for the event, along with its ability to provide on-site cooking, additional amenities such

1380
01:50:47,860 --> 01:50:53,000
as a French fry cart and corn dog cart and a drink station cart, as well as a well-developed

1381
01:50:53,000 --> 01:50:54,080
vegan menu.

1382
01:50:54,500 --> 01:51:00,800
Cats craft barbecue will furnish the catering services on October 17, including menu preparation,

1383
01:51:01,120 --> 01:51:05,400
cooking equipment, and fully staff food and beverage service throughout the time frame

1384
01:51:05,400 --> 01:51:06,040
of the event.

1385
01:51:06,720 --> 01:51:12,140
There is no additional general fund impact, funding is available in the adopt to 2627 fiscal

1386
01:51:12,140 --> 01:51:17,580
year, special events fiesta appropriation, and staff recommends a total contract amount not

1387
01:51:17,580 --> 01:51:20,580
with $6,766,825.

1388
01:51:21,540 --> 01:51:25,680
Staff recommends that the City Council authorized the City Manager to negotiate an execute

1389
01:51:25,680 --> 01:51:30,000
disagreement with Kat's craft barbecue in that amount that concludes my presentation.

1390
01:51:31,200 --> 01:51:32,700
Okay, any questions from council?

1391
01:51:33,980 --> 01:51:34,660
No, relation.

1392
01:51:38,670 --> 01:51:39,050
I'm sorry.

1393
01:51:39,210 --> 01:51:40,570
There is or sorry, there's not.

1394
01:51:41,390 --> 01:51:42,650
Special discount.

1395
01:51:46,300 --> 01:51:47,120
Any questions?

1396
01:51:48,280 --> 01:51:54,280
So, I have just two, one, you didn't ask for a contingency on here and almost everything else.

1397
01:51:54,400 --> 01:51:56,440
We always ask for a contingency. Why not?

1398
01:51:57,940 --> 01:52:07,100
This item was highly negotiated and we stayed within our budget, and we've also made it very clear to the caterer that we need to stay within our budget.

1399
01:52:07,100 --> 01:52:10,260
And then my second question, would you play more important?

1400
01:52:10,480 --> 01:52:11,640
How do we know this feedback?

1401
01:52:12,520 --> 01:52:17,780
They were found online, along with many other caterers,

1402
01:52:17,840 --> 01:52:20,140
and then we met with them on site, met in person.

1403
01:52:20,360 --> 01:52:21,500
They presented their items.

1404
01:52:22,080 --> 01:52:28,820
We called and reviewed various recommendations that came in,

1405
01:52:28,860 --> 01:52:31,380
and also other services that they've provided

1406
01:52:31,980 --> 01:52:33,420
in the surrounding area.

1407
01:52:33,560 --> 01:52:35,360
So when you say they presented their items,

1408
01:52:35,360 --> 01:52:38,900
did you taste them? No, there was not a tasting service.

1409
01:52:47,970 --> 01:52:49,350
Should we have tasted it?

1410
01:52:49,950 --> 01:52:55,550
I mean it doesn't make any sense. I'm sorry it to throw a wrench into this, but it

1411
01:52:56,370 --> 01:53:03,130
literally makes absolutely no sense to me that we're throwing a party in a $75,000

1412
01:53:03,130 --> 01:53:07,190
dinner and we're not we have no idea how they cook.

1413
01:53:12,460 --> 01:53:18,080
I'm happy to reach out to the

1414
01:53:18,080 --> 01:53:21,200
really something that they're quite used to?

1415
01:53:21,400 --> 01:53:24,460
Yes, they are used to doing tasty things.

1416
01:53:30,480 --> 01:53:32,760
So, anybody in the audience have any questions?

1417
01:53:33,800 --> 01:53:34,440
Go ahead Barbara.

1418
01:53:35,200 --> 01:53:38,860
I mean, haven't done weddings in five places before.

1419
01:53:39,960 --> 01:53:40,600
There are two things.

1420
01:53:40,840 --> 01:53:45,200
I noticed that the cater is in the residential street in Calabas,

1421
01:53:45,280 --> 01:53:46,200
this is in Parcosia.

1422
01:53:46,700 --> 01:53:49,560
Obviously, don't have a facility like a restaurant.

1423
01:53:50,260 --> 01:53:53,760
And do we have any refurls that people have ever used them?

1424
01:53:54,140 --> 01:53:56,980
Is the worst way to have a party is to have

1425
01:53:56,980 --> 01:54:00,060
Corporal food or horrible food and horrible service.

1426
01:54:00,280 --> 01:54:02,640
So are we sure that this is a reliable company?

1427
01:54:03,000 --> 01:54:04,060
Based on refurls.

1428
01:54:04,700 --> 01:54:07,260
Tasting, obviously, goes with the show,

1429
01:54:07,540 --> 01:54:09,140
but has anyone ever used them?

1430
01:54:09,200 --> 01:54:11,480
And they're out of the home, not out of this,

1431
01:54:11,480 --> 01:54:12,700
a restaurant, believe that.

1432
01:54:14,700 --> 01:54:15,300
Anybody else?

1433
01:54:16,300 --> 01:54:16,440
Glad?

1434
01:54:21,420 --> 01:54:21,700
Okay.

1435
01:54:21,800 --> 01:54:25,200
Mayor members of the City Council has this catering

1436
01:54:25,200 --> 01:54:29,920
vendor service, a previous hidden hills vesta, or had they serviceed any other hidden

1437
01:54:29,920 --> 01:54:33,840
hills city events such as the annual summer barbecues.

1438
01:54:34,140 --> 01:54:37,300
Well if I just I asked the question and we apparently don't know.

1439
01:54:42,500 --> 01:54:46,900
Okay, assuming they're still in business I'd say bring JVs back they did barbecues

1440
01:54:46,900 --> 01:54:51,420
and hidden hills all the way back in the late 2000s early 2010s but no idea if they still

1441
01:54:51,420 --> 01:54:52,000
exist.

1442
01:54:53,380 --> 01:54:53,860
Okay.

1443
01:54:53,860 --> 01:54:57,620
Anybody else in the audience? Anybody on Zoom?

1444
01:55:04,530 --> 01:55:08,450
How much of the cost is offset by ticket purchases?

1445
01:55:12,380 --> 01:55:13,600
The entire cost?

1446
01:55:15,910 --> 01:55:20,990
Well, the cost of the dinner is equal to the cost of 40 cents.

1447
01:55:21,430 --> 01:55:22,750
Yes, that was the direction.

1448
01:55:27,820 --> 01:55:28,000
Okay.

1449
01:55:28,860 --> 01:55:30,180
How much is the dinner?

1450
01:55:33,840 --> 01:55:33,980
$35?

1451
01:55:38,940 --> 01:55:39,080
Okay.

1452
01:55:40,520 --> 01:55:42,020
Is the in and out truck still coming?

1453
01:55:43,560 --> 01:55:46,000
I know, but I might need to order two.

1454
01:55:51,890 --> 01:55:58,810
I think the question is, do we have time now to put this off?

1455
01:55:59,550 --> 01:56:02,970
And to investigate further, are we to down to the wire now?

1456
01:56:08,220 --> 01:56:08,620
No.

1457
01:56:08,760 --> 01:56:13,020
We do not have time to put this off and to engage another catering company.

1458
01:56:13,740 --> 01:56:21,520
I am happy to schedule a tasting prior to executing the agreement and then making adjustments

1459
01:56:21,520 --> 01:56:27,040
to the menu until the committee is satisfied.

1460
01:56:33,850 --> 01:56:35,990
You know, Joe

1461
01:56:38,070 --> 01:56:39,910
and you and I are out to greeting people.

1462
01:56:40,450 --> 01:56:41,710
Yeah, we may have to run afterwards.

1463
01:56:42,950 --> 01:56:44,810
More than we greet people before they eat.

1464
01:56:45,010 --> 01:56:45,670
So we're in law.

1465
01:56:45,930 --> 01:56:47,050
We're in a way now.

1466
01:56:47,850 --> 01:56:48,030
Okay.

1467
01:56:48,850 --> 01:56:50,810
Do we have a motion to approve this?

1468
01:56:51,010 --> 01:56:52,510
Or do anybody on Zoom?

1469
01:56:53,430 --> 01:56:54,650
There are no hands raised, Mayor.

1470
01:56:54,850 --> 01:56:56,550
Okay, do we have a motion to approve this?

1471
01:56:58,060 --> 01:57:02,540
Yeah, I think we have to subject to a tasting.

1472
01:57:03,040 --> 01:57:05,060
Yes, subject to a tasting.

1473
01:57:06,480 --> 01:57:08,420
Otherwise, we're going to go to the Brett Ketsburg.

1474
01:57:08,660 --> 01:57:10,720
Are you making the motion?

1475
01:57:11,120 --> 01:57:11,260
Yes.

1476
01:57:11,840 --> 01:57:12,660
And I'll second it.

1477
01:57:12,660 --> 01:57:13,300
A second it?

1478
01:57:13,360 --> 01:57:14,080
Subject of the E.

1479
01:57:14,200 --> 01:57:16,000
Dana, can we have a roll call for?

1480
01:57:16,600 --> 01:57:17,440
Councilmember Weber?

1481
01:57:17,900 --> 01:57:18,260
Yes.

1482
01:57:18,680 --> 01:57:19,460
Councilmember Gold?

1483
01:57:20,380 --> 01:57:21,300
Maripotent Seagull?

1484
01:57:21,360 --> 01:57:21,660
Yes.

1485
01:57:22,120 --> 01:57:22,720
And Marilosa.

1486
01:57:23,320 --> 01:57:23,980
I have a stain.

1487
01:57:25,960 --> 01:57:26,760
Check it.

1488
01:57:29,980 --> 01:57:32,960
It's a growing last.

1489
01:57:36,180 --> 01:57:41,780
I spent too many years in the event business to hire a caterer that...

1490
01:57:41,780 --> 01:57:42,300
That's right.

1491
01:57:42,460 --> 01:57:43,660
I forgot which you came from.

1492
01:57:43,800 --> 01:57:45,360
Didn't you listen to the presentation?

1493
01:57:46,780 --> 01:57:51,920
They're serving six hours, six hours chicken.

1494
01:57:52,780 --> 01:57:53,040
Six?

1495
01:57:53,940 --> 01:57:56,580
Let me get to it now.

1496
01:57:59,720 --> 01:58:11,540
14 hours smoke brisket and six hours slow smoke chicken and it's being cooked out there, obviously.

1497
01:58:11,540 --> 01:58:15,220
All right, go for it.

1498
01:58:15,780 --> 01:58:17,240
You already voted.

1499
01:58:18,320 --> 01:58:24,320
We will now move to item 7D under new business consideration of the first reading of the proposed

1500
01:58:24,320 --> 01:58:24,740
award.

1501
01:58:45,660 --> 01:58:48,180
Good evening, Mayor and members of the City Council.

1502
01:58:48,420 --> 01:58:53,640
Item 7D recommends that the Council introduced an ordinance of ending chapters 8 and 13 of

1503
01:58:53,640 --> 01:58:58,680
Title 3 of the municipal code to update the city's construction site control and noise standards.

1504
01:58:58,680 --> 01:59:04,540
As background construction in Hidden Hills frequently occurs close to homes, roadways and

1505
01:59:04,540 --> 01:59:10,080
equestrian areas, the proposed ordinance consolidates construction site regulation into

1506
01:59:10,080 --> 01:59:15,040
Chapter 13, while Chapter 8 continues to cover general, non-construction noise.

1507
01:59:15,680 --> 01:59:20,260
The ordinance strength and site maintenance, fancy and active site requirements addresses

1508
01:59:20,260 --> 01:59:26,380
noise, idling, and desks, clarifies red flag warning restrictions, and as a draft hydrant

1509
01:59:26,380 --> 01:59:28,920
requirement for larger pools and water features.

1510
01:59:29,320 --> 01:59:33,080
It also preserves and hands-notes for major projects.

1511
01:59:34,200 --> 01:59:35,660
Staff recommends that the city council

1512
01:59:35,660 --> 01:59:38,340
wave the full reading and introduce the ordinance

1513
01:59:38,340 --> 01:59:39,640
by title only.

1514
01:59:40,360 --> 01:59:43,180
An ordinance of the city council of the city of Hidden Hills,

1515
01:59:43,780 --> 01:59:47,480
California, amending Chapter 8 and Chapter 13 of Title 3

1516
01:59:47,480 --> 01:59:50,080
of the Hidden Hills Municipal Code to establish

1517
01:59:50,080 --> 01:59:52,620
updated construction site control, noise,

1518
01:59:52,620 --> 01:59:56,220
notification, dust, fire safety, and enforcement standards.

1519
01:59:56,900 --> 01:59:59,960
The second reading and adoption would return to the City Council on October 2.

1520
02:00:00,000 --> 02:00:08,720
We're 13. I'm happy to answer any questions along with our building official Dennis who is also here to assist with any questions as well.

1521
02:00:10,790 --> 02:00:11,830
Any questions from council?

1522
02:00:12,530 --> 02:00:24,610
No, I had sort of anticipated this, that's why I brought up the draft hydrant question with through the Department. So, no, I'm not going to.

1523
02:00:24,610 --> 02:00:27,210
No question.

1524
02:00:28,070 --> 02:00:29,410
Anybody in the audience?

1525
02:00:32,560 --> 02:00:33,000
I

1526
02:00:35,110 --> 02:00:38,270
just like to say, it'd be nice to get some sort of red line.

1527
02:00:38,550 --> 02:00:39,930
Just so you understand what's changing.

1528
02:00:40,430 --> 02:00:45,610
If you don't take the existing document to know what it's changing too, I don't have the

1529
02:00:45,610 --> 02:00:48,590
ability to red it, but it's hard to understand what actually changed.

1530
02:00:49,230 --> 02:00:50,370
It wasn't clear to me.

1531
02:00:52,010 --> 02:00:53,230
Do you have a summary of my change?

1532
02:00:55,250 --> 02:00:56,730
Yes, Dennis does.

1533
02:00:59,870 --> 02:01:01,130
Good evening, Council.

1534
02:01:01,830 --> 02:01:03,470
I do have a summary of the changes.

1535
02:01:03,470 --> 02:01:08,490
There are many small nuances, more clarifications than changes.

1536
02:01:09,190 --> 02:01:14,730
What we try to do is take the noise provisions within Chapter 8, specifically for construction,

1537
02:01:15,410 --> 02:01:16,670
and move them to Chapter 13.

1538
02:01:16,910 --> 02:01:18,530
So it's more of a reorganization.

1539
02:01:19,350 --> 02:01:25,510
There are some updates which strengthens our ability to enforce some of these noise ordinance

1540
02:01:25,510 --> 02:01:28,010
dust ordinances, as well.

1541
02:01:28,010 --> 02:01:40,710
But mostly, it's just small changes that clarify definitions of who a responsible party is, who the builder is, and then organizes them in chapter 13.

1542
02:01:42,750 --> 02:01:43,450
Thank you.

1543
02:01:45,120 --> 02:01:45,360
Joe?

1544
02:01:46,180 --> 02:01:46,760
Yes, sir.

1545
02:01:48,520 --> 02:01:49,040
I...

1546
02:01:49,040 --> 02:01:50,120
I love it, Matt.

1547
02:01:50,120 --> 02:01:50,940
I think I'll go last.

1548
02:01:52,580 --> 02:01:54,520
No, I was going to say that I agree with Brett.

1549
02:01:55,100 --> 02:01:56,480
I think that...

1550
02:01:57,080 --> 02:02:05,560
I think it's probably for this type of thing, it's probably a great idea, as long as it already exists somewhere,

1551
02:02:06,440 --> 02:02:09,460
a red line copy at the back.

1552
02:02:09,560 --> 02:02:16,740
So those of us who want to or members of the audience want to see what changed.

1553
02:02:17,400 --> 02:02:22,840
We have sort of a generalized, you know, statement of different things.

1554
02:02:22,840 --> 02:02:25,580
But if we could do that in the future, it would be great.

1555
02:02:26,020 --> 02:02:30,200
As long as it already exists, okay?

1556
02:02:31,600 --> 02:02:32,160
Go ahead, nothing.

1557
02:02:32,280 --> 02:02:34,260
So my question is about enforcement.

1558
02:02:35,580 --> 02:02:42,420
So I have a picture today of the street cleaner who I contact the city and the HOA about on a regular basis.

1559
02:02:42,920 --> 02:02:46,200
I don't know if you can see it's huge cloud of dust behind it.

1560
02:02:46,340 --> 02:02:52,240
And this is the intersection of this guy barely ever putting the brushes down.

1561
02:02:52,240 --> 02:02:57,780
lack of water to clean it, but also he happened to just go by a construction site that has

1562
02:02:57,780 --> 02:03:05,500
loose dust poured out all over in front and into the street. But weekly, he is as bad as

1563
02:03:05,500 --> 02:03:14,380
any of the blowers in the community. And so I, and I feel like this is something Stuart frequently

1564
02:03:14,380 --> 02:03:20,960
says. It's no good having policies if you don't have a mechanism for enforcing it.

1565
02:03:20,960 --> 02:03:24,600
So, what happens with enforcement on this?

1566
02:03:24,820 --> 02:03:31,520
I think I've probably sent at least three things about the street cleaner, but I have also,

1567
02:03:32,460 --> 02:03:38,000
you know, there was a while where there was a guy driving around at the construction sites

1568
02:03:38,000 --> 02:03:38,880
in the morning.

1569
02:03:39,900 --> 02:03:42,640
I think he was in a city vehicle or something.

1570
02:03:43,780 --> 02:03:48,260
Anyway, he was looking and watching some of the construction sites for that.

1571
02:03:48,260 --> 02:04:02,900
But you call the AQMD and nothing happens, so I know there's an attention to dust blowing around and trying to prevent soil contaminants from getting into the air and I would like that to be enforced.

1572
02:04:06,130 --> 02:04:27,700
So, however, do you want to talk a little bit about our, well, how, how we are, what we are implementing to try to increase our compliance initiatives with all, the enforcement officer?

1573
02:04:29,620 --> 02:04:31,060
Yes, thank you, Mayor.

1574
02:04:31,960 --> 02:04:36,280
The city is currently working closely with Will Dam,

1575
02:04:36,760 --> 02:04:39,060
to bring in a code enforcement officer.

1576
02:04:39,960 --> 02:04:42,500
This will be somebody hopefully after the final reading

1577
02:04:42,500 --> 02:04:45,220
and the 30 day notification afterwards

1578
02:04:45,220 --> 02:04:49,200
before the code amendment is put into place

1579
02:04:49,200 --> 02:04:52,280
that will have somebody on board that will do exactly

1580
02:04:52,280 --> 02:04:55,980
as was described to really be out on the sites in the morning.

1581
02:04:56,780 --> 02:04:58,340
especially on red flag days,

1582
02:04:58,500 --> 02:04:59,980
be able to do the leaf blowers.

1583
02:05:00,050 --> 02:05:24,610
Also, our current building inspector is going through AQMD, fugitive dust training starting on Wednesday, so that will be a two-day course that he will be attending to be able to be more burst in AQMD terminology, so that when we do call in and report a site, we are using the correct terminology to really flag a problem and catch the attention of AQMD.

1584
02:05:28,830 --> 02:05:31,330
I believe the other comment was about street sweeping.

1585
02:05:34,490 --> 02:05:37,490
I believe the street sweeping is handled by the HOA sir.

1586
02:05:37,790 --> 02:05:46,810
So maybe we can make the call to them tomorrow to say, I would hope that we're not going to turn our HOA in for any violation.

1587
02:05:47,550 --> 02:05:51,290
Maybe you can directly talk to them.

1588
02:05:51,970 --> 02:05:53,250
I will discuss it with Aaron.

1589
02:05:53,310 --> 02:05:54,710
Thank you for bringing that to my attention.

1590
02:05:56,910 --> 02:05:58,950
Any other questions in the audience?

1591
02:06:00,710 --> 02:06:02,930
Anybody on Zoom?

1592
02:06:03,250 --> 02:06:04,550
No, hands raised, Mayor.

1593
02:06:04,990 --> 02:06:06,450
Okay, do I have a motion?

1594
02:06:08,550 --> 02:06:08,850
Yeah.

1595
02:06:11,670 --> 02:06:12,570
Do you have a second?

1596
02:06:13,810 --> 02:06:15,070
Yes, exactly.

1597
02:06:15,590 --> 02:06:16,810
Dean, can we have a roll call?

1598
02:06:17,530 --> 02:06:17,770
Yes.

1599
02:06:17,810 --> 02:06:18,650
Can't remember whoever?

1600
02:06:18,890 --> 02:06:19,210
Yes.

1601
02:06:19,730 --> 02:06:20,630
Can't remember gold?

1602
02:06:24,470 --> 02:06:25,350
May I put them sequel?

1603
02:06:25,510 --> 02:06:25,830
Yes.

1604
02:06:25,830 --> 02:06:27,670
And Mayor Lucha.

1605
02:06:35,280 --> 02:06:37,160
I think the motion passes.

1606
02:06:37,480 --> 02:06:43,740
We will now move on to item 7-E under new business consideration for authorization.

1607
02:06:44,640 --> 02:06:47,940
To reject all bids received on June 9th, 2026,

1608
02:06:48,160 --> 02:06:53,080
and authorization to re-appercise requests for proposals for architectural design services

1609
02:06:53,080 --> 02:06:57,380
for the City Hall landscape and hard-skate improvement project.

1610
02:06:58,080 --> 02:07:01,140
City Engineer, Michael Akerman, please present the report.

1611
02:07:05,900 --> 02:07:09,080
Thank you.

1612
02:07:10,000 --> 02:07:14,960
Item number seven, E is regarding City Hall landscape and hard-scape improvements.

1613
02:07:15,780 --> 02:07:20,960
On July 15, 2024, City Council received a presentation regarding City Hall building

1614
02:07:21,920 --> 02:07:26,880
renovation and City Hall exterior landscaping and hard-scape improvements.

1615
02:07:28,800 --> 02:07:35,020
On May 12, 2026, staff advertised a request for proposals for architectural design

1616
02:07:35,020 --> 02:07:43,220
services to prepare plans, specifications, and estimates, and a construction bid package for City Hall landscape and hardscape improvements.

1617
02:07:44,580 --> 02:07:49,800
On June 9th, 2026, staff received one proposal in response to the request for proposals.

1618
02:07:51,840 --> 02:08:02,220
After staff's careful review of proposals, and since the city did not receive enough competitive bids, staff is recommending to reject all bids received on June 9th, 2026,

1619
02:08:02,220 --> 02:08:09,960
And to re-advertise the request for proposals to establish a fair selection process and obtain competitive bids.

1620
02:08:12,180 --> 02:08:13,960
Staff recommends a city council author.

1621
02:08:14,140 --> 02:08:17,520
I staff to reject all bids received on June 9th, 2026.

1622
02:08:17,820 --> 02:08:21,920
And to re-advertise a city hall landscape and a hard-scape improvements project.

1623
02:08:22,400 --> 02:08:25,360
Request for proposals for architectural design services.

1624
02:08:26,140 --> 02:08:26,760
Thank you.

1625
02:08:33,720 --> 02:08:34,900
That concludes my report.

1626
02:08:34,900 --> 02:08:35,860
Thank you.

1627
02:08:35,860 --> 02:08:39,960
I just want to be sure that you have any council questions for Michael.

1628
02:08:40,140 --> 02:08:41,440
Not for me.

1629
02:08:44,120 --> 02:08:48,620
Why are we going to get more bids this time?

1630
02:08:50,340 --> 02:08:51,660
That's an excellent question.

1631
02:08:52,000 --> 02:08:52,840
Thank you.

1632
02:08:53,060 --> 02:08:54,800
We are going to do additional outreach.

1633
02:08:55,060 --> 02:08:56,620
We are going to post it on Planet Bids.

1634
02:08:56,820 --> 02:08:57,520
We're always through.

1635
02:08:57,520 --> 02:08:59,300
We'll post it on the city's website.

1636
02:09:00,100 --> 02:09:04,020
And we will reach out and do more outreach efforts to receive additional bids.

1637
02:09:04,020 --> 02:09:04,960
Why

1638
02:09:08,200 --> 02:09:11,440
didn't we get them? Why didn't it just not happen last time?

1639
02:09:14,390 --> 02:09:18,650
I do a lot of CIP projects and sometimes you get one bid and sometimes you get ten

1640
02:09:18,650 --> 02:09:26,250
bids and it's uncertain why if other contractors are busier or less busy and it also depends

1641
02:09:26,250 --> 02:09:31,870
on the time of the year if there is a bunch of holidays going on or it could have been the summer

1642
02:09:31,870 --> 02:09:37,050
and summer vacations. There's many reasons why bids may increase or decrease but we're hoping

1643
02:09:37,050 --> 02:09:39,370
for a better response with this advertisement.

1644
02:09:40,990 --> 02:09:41,650
Thank you.

1645
02:09:41,710 --> 02:09:43,950
Anybody in the audience would like to comment?

1646
02:09:45,350 --> 02:09:46,590
Anybody on Zoom?

1647
02:09:49,440 --> 02:09:50,780
There are no hands raised, Mayor.

1648
02:09:52,660 --> 02:09:57,320
We have a motion to reject all the visitors in June, 1926 and

1649
02:09:57,320 --> 02:09:59,300
So moved.

1650
02:10:00,400 --> 02:10:01,360
Second.

1651
02:10:02,820 --> 02:10:04,560
Do you think we have a roll call?

1652
02:10:04,800 --> 02:10:05,860
Councilmember Weber?

1653
02:10:06,280 --> 02:10:06,600
Yes.

1654
02:10:06,880 --> 02:10:07,720
Councilmember Gold?

1655
02:10:08,040 --> 02:10:09,460
Yes. Mayor Potem Sibel?

1656
02:10:09,700 --> 02:10:09,960
Yes.

1657
02:10:10,440 --> 02:10:11,040
And Mayor Losa?

1658
02:10:15,600 --> 02:10:18,520
Okay, we will now move to public comment.

1659
02:10:19,500 --> 02:10:25,600
This is the opportunity for members of the public to address the city council on items that are not on tonight's agenda.

1660
02:10:26,140 --> 02:10:27,880
Speakers are limited to three minutes.

1661
02:10:27,880 --> 02:10:38,160
But I would also like to remind everyone that under the ground at City Council cannot discuss or take action on items not on the agenda unless the matter qualifies as an emergency.

1662
02:10:38,960 --> 02:10:41,240
There are anyone in the audience who wishes to speak.

1663
02:10:48,860 --> 02:10:50,680
Good evening Mayor members of the City Council.

1664
02:10:51,740 --> 02:10:56,260
Thank you for allowing me to speak again about the city's use of flux safety automated license plate readers.

1665
02:10:57,080 --> 02:11:01,520
Since my previous comments, several new developments in California deserve the council's attention.

1666
02:11:01,520 --> 02:11:04,340
Perhaps the most relevant is Santa Barbara.

1667
02:11:04,960 --> 02:11:07,720
Last month, it's flat, flat contract ended.

1668
02:11:08,140 --> 02:11:10,440
The police department initially recommended replacing

1669
02:11:10,440 --> 02:11:12,460
Flock with another ALPR company,

1670
02:11:12,880 --> 02:11:16,160
but after public concerns about privacy, surveillance and data sharing,

1671
02:11:16,500 --> 02:11:19,620
the city council chose not to immediately enter another contract.

1672
02:11:20,160 --> 02:11:23,440
Instead, it decided to review the city's entire ALPR policy

1673
02:11:23,440 --> 02:11:24,880
before considering a replacement.

1674
02:11:25,780 --> 02:11:28,900
Santa Barbara didn't simply ask which company should we use instead.

1675
02:11:28,900 --> 02:11:33,420
It's step back and asked, should we have this type of surveillance system at all?

1676
02:11:34,180 --> 02:11:37,160
Also, Rito also voted not to renew its flock contract.

1677
02:11:37,540 --> 02:11:40,320
Its cameras are shut down in the city's removing them.

1678
02:11:40,760 --> 02:11:43,740
And Ventura and Oxnard provide an important lesson about safeguards.

1679
02:11:44,340 --> 02:11:51,000
Ventura discovered that a flock configuration air allowed two out-of-state agencies to query its system despite California only restrictions.

1680
02:11:51,700 --> 02:11:54,240
Ventura called this a violation of its agreement of flock.

1681
02:11:55,040 --> 02:11:56,680
Oxnard discovered a similar problem.

1682
02:11:56,680 --> 02:12:03,660
Despite configuring its system for California only access, a flock enable nationwide search function allowed out-of-state agencies

1683
02:12:03,660 --> 02:12:10,100
to include OXNAR data and searches, resulting in over 5 million inquiries in that city alone.

1684
02:12:10,760 --> 02:12:13,440
OXNAR subssequently suspended its 19 flock cameras.

1685
02:12:14,220 --> 02:12:18,100
These examples directly address the argument that safeguards make the system safe.

1686
02:12:18,700 --> 02:12:25,660
California does have safeguards, but safeguards on paper don't necessarily guarantee that the technology will operate according to those safeguards.

1687
02:12:25,660 --> 02:12:28,440
And this isn't limited to smaller communities.

1688
02:12:29,180 --> 02:12:32,380
In July, the LAPD allowed its plot contract to expire,

1689
02:12:32,820 --> 02:12:36,200
citing serious concerns involving civil liberties, privacy,

1690
02:12:36,580 --> 02:12:38,220
and the collection and sharing of data.

1691
02:12:38,880 --> 02:12:41,500
LAPD is one of the largest law enforcement agencies

1692
02:12:41,500 --> 02:12:44,720
in the country and our closest major law enforcement agency.

1693
02:12:45,680 --> 02:12:48,580
I've also heard the argument, our cell phones already track us.

1694
02:12:49,000 --> 02:12:50,960
But the Supreme Court has addressed that argument.

1695
02:12:51,360 --> 02:12:52,920
In Carpenter, University of the United States,

1696
02:12:52,920 --> 02:12:56,940
The Court held that obtaining historical cell site location information was a fourth amendment

1697
02:12:56,940 --> 02:13:00,000
search, even though the information was held by a third party.

1698
02:13:01,000 --> 02:13:04,920
And this year, in Chapter University of the United States, the Court held that obtained

1699
02:13:04,920 --> 02:13:09,260
in cell phone location information through a geo-fence warrant is also a fourth amendment

1700
02:13:09,260 --> 02:13:09,760
search.

1701
02:13:10,820 --> 02:13:13,760
Nivercase says that every ALPR system is on constitution.

1702
02:13:14,740 --> 02:13:18,720
But both demonstrate that the government's ability to obtain information about our movements

1703
02:13:18,720 --> 02:13:22,800
is not automatically unlimited simply because technology makes that information.

1704
02:13:22,800 --> 02:13:28,920
available. California's Constitution separately recognizes privacy as an inalatable right under article

1705
02:13:28,920 --> 02:13:34,260
one section one. So the question before this council is not whether ALPRs can help solve crimes.

1706
02:13:34,760 --> 02:13:38,100
The question is whether creating the searchable record of where people's vehicles travel

1707
02:13:38,100 --> 02:13:44,480
is worth the privacy, security, and oversight risks that accompany it. Just in today's meeting,

1708
02:13:45,480 --> 02:13:50,180
a resident expressed concerns about the AI library and the safeguards of our personal information.

1709
02:13:50,180 --> 02:13:54,380
it, just imagine this incident of personal information accessible during flock.

1710
02:13:55,060 --> 02:13:59,440
I respectfully ask the City Council to terminate Hill's flock contract, remove the existing

1711
02:13:59,440 --> 02:14:02,940
cameras, and the cleaner a place with another ALPR system.

1712
02:14:03,860 --> 02:14:04,820
Thank you.

1713
02:14:09,380 --> 02:14:10,420
Good night, Brett.

1714
02:14:11,380 --> 02:14:11,880
All right.

1715
02:14:12,080 --> 02:14:14,120
I brought this up before, but I never heard any response.

1716
02:14:14,300 --> 02:14:18,860
I'm just going to bring it up again about the possible conflict of interest that went

1717
02:14:18,860 --> 02:14:24,540
on with some of the bidding these contracts with an employee, a city employee, with an

1718
02:14:24,540 --> 02:14:30,960
outside third party agency that he worked at both companies at the same time, and that is

1719
02:14:30,960 --> 02:14:38,940
when Mike was working as a city staff, as a public safety manager, and we spent money on

1720
02:14:38,940 --> 02:14:44,420
different types of things like cameras and stuff, and contracts were awarded, and to have

1721
02:14:44,420 --> 02:14:49,340
someone who's an employee and work for that company is a conflict interest, nothing ever got done

1722
02:14:49,340 --> 02:14:54,040
about it, never heard anything about it, and there's a number of other things that have been

1723
02:14:54,040 --> 02:14:58,880
approved by the City Council and I question, do we have a conflict of interest?

1724
02:14:59,000 --> 02:14:59,980
I was reading about...

1725
02:15:00,000 --> 02:15:09,760
Government code 1090, which makes it a felony for a public officer, cannot have financial interest in contracts made in their official capacity.

1726
02:15:09,920 --> 02:15:15,740
Every contract with coverage six during that period is potentially void as far as I, in my understanding.

1727
02:15:16,500 --> 02:15:20,400
And the city may be entitled to recover all the funds paid out.

1728
02:15:20,840 --> 02:15:26,820
And when I brought it up to City Manager Malena, she acknowledges that they knew about this.

1729
02:15:26,820 --> 02:15:36,160
And I just think it's a problem not to deal with these issues of conflict of interest and I brought it up before and even even you pulled it off the

1730
02:15:37,180 --> 02:15:46,240
For the agenda for the security and also the I forgot also the drones also. I mean there's a bunch of stuff and I don't want to take it once time

1731
02:15:46,240 --> 02:15:55,040
I just think it's a problem when we don't take conflict of interest seriously and to this date. I've heard nothing about this. Thank you

1732
02:16:04,290 --> 02:16:17,130
Okay, we've talked about a lot of things tonight and I hope going forward things are redline that was one of my issues that we have things that are changed the minutes that were amended and there was no

1733
02:16:17,130 --> 02:16:25,630
I was a pretty significant shift in those documents and I have a question, you said that

1734
02:16:25,630 --> 02:16:35,570
there was a separation agreement for a city manager. It was said very quickly. I heard

1735
02:16:35,570 --> 02:16:39,390
the 28th, but I didn't know if we were talking about the 28th of last month or the 28th

1736
02:16:39,390 --> 02:16:45,250
of this month. And if there's a separation agreement, that's typically public records.

1737
02:16:45,450 --> 02:16:50,770
That'd be coming forward as public documents. I just,

1738
02:16:52,910 --> 02:16:54,430
clearly you can tell I've been spending

1739
02:16:54,430 --> 02:17:04,730
time in our minutes and our budgets and our agendas. Our legal services in 2020 were 81,000.

1740
02:17:05,030 --> 02:17:13,370
They are currently over $400,000 a year. Something is wrong. And I hope that the new incoming

1741
02:17:14,350 --> 02:17:22,430
city council members helped to put a stop to that general budget bleed. We've been paying for

1742
02:17:22,430 --> 02:17:29,890
city manager who hasn't been here for several months, I'm not quite sure how what the

1743
02:17:29,890 --> 02:17:35,550
game plan is, nothing was said about what's the game plan, while Amber is acting city

1744
02:17:35,550 --> 02:17:43,690
manager, or funds still coming out of the library funds to pay her base salary, it's just

1745
02:17:43,690 --> 02:17:44,170
not clear.

1746
02:17:44,350 --> 02:17:50,450
I know there's an additional $1,000 payment for when she acts as acting city manager.

1747
02:17:50,450 --> 02:17:55,170
I feel like these are, this is information that needs to be clear.

1748
02:17:57,910 --> 02:18:07,790
We have, I just, I feel like this is a great opportunity to see some controls and

1749
02:18:07,790 --> 02:18:13,290
attention put on things like office expenses that used to be 40,000.

1750
02:18:13,450 --> 02:18:16,130
We're well over 70,000 this year.

1751
02:18:16,130 --> 02:18:19,490
I'm talking about 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 6.

1752
02:18:20,450 --> 02:18:26,430
Data processing from 18,000 to also over 50,000.

1753
02:18:26,830 --> 02:18:30,850
There was something even in the things for a payment

1754
02:18:30,850 --> 02:18:36,390
to Council Member McCorkendale or data, I don't have it

1755
02:18:36,390 --> 02:18:37,510
in front of me at this moment.

1756
02:18:38,130 --> 02:18:43,150
But I just feel like even this beautiful $80,000 desk.

1757
02:18:45,350 --> 02:18:50,750
The spending out at the corner, the bottom line of these are our tax dollars.

1758
02:18:51,010 --> 02:18:56,070
And I know that sometimes we have opportunities for grant money, we're apparently getting

1759
02:18:56,070 --> 02:19:04,670
2,000 buckets for mulching, food mulching, whatever.

1760
02:19:05,430 --> 02:19:11,690
I just would really like it to be, there to be some attention to the spending that's going

1761
02:19:11,690 --> 02:19:11,970
on.

1762
02:19:11,970 --> 02:19:18,370
These are our tax dollars, and I would like to see some control over them. Thank you.

1763
02:19:22,390 --> 02:19:22,670
Dad,

1764
02:19:28,070 --> 02:19:39,090
I'm Ted Rosenquist. Mayor, council members. I've lived in hidden hills since 1999.

1765
02:19:40,270 --> 02:19:41,650
for that.

1766
02:19:43,820 --> 02:19:50,800
I was a member of the Kalamazah City Hood Committee, the General Plan Committee.

1767
02:19:52,840 --> 02:19:59,720
I was the founder of Stop Bommins Ranch. I was one of the nine litigants.

1768
02:20:00,530 --> 02:20:09,030
In Los Angeles County, Versus Ventura County, obviously off there of the omits and killed right

1769
02:20:09,030 --> 02:20:20,810
a friend and I could all that when I came here. But what I want to say is to our citizens,

1770
02:20:21,930 --> 02:20:28,230
you can win on fighting corruption

1771
02:20:30,400 --> 02:20:32,380
in Ventura County.

1772
02:20:37,420 --> 02:20:42,280
The county supervisor took an illegal

1773
02:20:42,280 --> 02:20:46,460
contribution, I addressed it to Ventura County

1774
02:20:49,500 --> 02:20:55,000
District Attorney and he penalized her.

1775
02:21:00,260 --> 02:21:08,900
This was about presented before, but there seems to be a conflict of interest between

1776
02:21:08,900 --> 02:21:14,400
covered six, and some of our contracts,

1777
02:21:18,090 --> 02:21:25,190
and if someone wanted to, like me, take this to court.

1778
02:21:26,930 --> 02:21:31,790
Who's the district attorney or who would I address it to here in our city?

1779
02:21:36,380 --> 02:21:38,360
I'm not sure I understand the question.

1780
02:21:38,360 --> 02:21:39,120
Well,

1781
02:21:42,880 --> 02:21:51,600
if there's a state law being broken where it was broken on a contract between covered

1782
02:21:51,600 --> 02:21:55,280
six and the city,

1783
02:21:58,330 --> 02:22:03,290
you can file a complaint, citizens can file a complaint.

1784
02:22:05,090 --> 02:22:10,150
But I was wondering, you know, this is a small city.

1785
02:22:10,330 --> 02:22:12,030
We don't have a military here.

1786
02:22:12,030 --> 02:22:17,270
I know we're not supposed to say anything, but we don't have a contract with covered six.

1787
02:22:17,510 --> 02:22:18,210
The HOA has.

1788
02:22:18,330 --> 02:22:21,790
I want to all of this because this is covered six solely.

1789
02:22:23,370 --> 02:22:24,450
HOA has the contract.

1790
02:22:24,930 --> 02:22:27,810
Yeah, we have no contracts with Ever Six.

1791
02:22:28,410 --> 02:22:31,430
Oh, so I don't know where this is coming from.

1792
02:22:31,850 --> 02:22:37,030
And I understand that there's a lot in and I've somewhat forwarding.

1793
02:22:37,030 --> 02:22:44,490
of a bunch of things that are flowing around out there, and I will address them in my council

1794
02:22:44,490 --> 02:22:45,030
comments.

1795
02:22:48,080 --> 02:22:48,560
They're pretty harsh.

1796
02:22:48,560 --> 02:22:50,160
They're pretty harsh accusations.

1797
02:22:53,840 --> 02:22:55,380
I'm not from you, Tim.

1798
02:22:55,860 --> 02:22:55,920
No?

1799
02:22:57,020 --> 02:22:57,500
They are.

1800
02:22:57,900 --> 02:23:05,280
And I just want to clear it up because I would like to sort of circumventing UNDO and rumor with

1801
02:23:05,280 --> 02:23:05,800
facts.

1802
02:23:09,510 --> 02:23:10,150
Yeah.

1803
02:23:10,150 --> 02:23:13,570
word corruption when you're addressing us.

1804
02:23:13,990 --> 02:23:15,130
Oh, you used the word corruption.

1805
02:23:16,350 --> 02:23:16,870
I'm sorry.

1806
02:23:17,450 --> 02:23:18,350
You should be.

1807
02:23:19,130 --> 02:23:23,330
When I am, I want to thank you for all of your service.

1808
02:23:23,510 --> 02:23:32,510
I know it's thankless to be a council member, and I didn't mean that you were corrupt.

1809
02:23:32,730 --> 02:23:34,830
Who are you talking referring to then?

1810
02:23:35,530 --> 02:23:38,910
Who are you referring to when you covered six?

1811
02:23:38,910 --> 02:23:45,910
However, six is corrupt. Yes, they're corrupt, but we're not corrupt. Yeah, I've never said.

1812
02:23:46,490 --> 02:23:50,810
Yes, a little bit. Go back a little bit for minutes. Okay. Thank you.

1813
02:23:52,840 --> 02:23:53,280
Okay, Barbara.

1814
02:23:58,410 --> 02:24:04,490
And I know if I pronounce this correctly, but a law for him named Alisher and Winder has been hired.

1815
02:24:06,310 --> 02:24:14,310
They are employment lawyers. The city already has a city attorney. This firm was brought in specifically for employment related claims

1816
02:24:14,310 --> 02:24:19,450
without authorization, without a contract, with a direct conflict of interest.

1817
02:24:20,270 --> 02:24:24,290
$33,941 in 70 cents of our money.

1818
02:24:24,550 --> 02:24:27,770
No vote, no contract, no explanation.

1819
02:24:28,890 --> 02:24:31,030
I'd like to have an answer about that.

1820
02:24:32,990 --> 02:24:34,070
Anybody else?

1821
02:24:36,510 --> 02:24:37,570
Anybody on Zoom?

1822
02:24:37,970 --> 02:24:39,270
There are no hands raised, Mayor?

1823
02:24:39,870 --> 02:24:40,650
Okay, great.

1824
02:24:41,610 --> 02:24:49,990
public comment is now closed and we will move on to city council comments all the

1825
02:24:49,990 --> 02:24:59,430
last so I have no comments so just on the lighter side I would like to wish happy birthday

1826
02:25:00,000 --> 02:25:09,000
Former City Council videographer, my son Connor. Birthday is today, and sorry I'm late for your birthday dinner.

1827
02:25:11,930 --> 02:25:21,810
Okay, I have a couple of comments and I've asked Sunny Saltani from Alshair Weiner to join us. She is our special counsel.

1828
02:25:22,690 --> 02:25:24,810
She's the managing partner there.

1829
02:25:25,510 --> 02:25:26,090
I am, yes.

1830
02:25:26,950 --> 02:25:30,470
And City Attorney Langer will also be participating.

1831
02:25:31,270 --> 02:25:35,650
And I'm going to go through some of the things that got mentioned today,

1832
02:25:35,910 --> 02:25:40,690
here on our meeting, and some questions that people have forwarded,

1833
02:25:40,690 --> 02:25:42,450
including some of the financial questions.

1834
02:25:43,290 --> 02:25:46,830
So the first question is that, you know,

1835
02:25:46,830 --> 02:25:52,810
We had not made any public announcement regarding the city, we're guarding the prior city manager.

1836
02:25:56,450 --> 02:26:03,990
So can you actually explain why this happened and how it happened and why it was proper the way we did it?

1837
02:26:04,570 --> 02:26:04,710
Absolutely.

1838
02:26:05,190 --> 02:26:06,090
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

1839
02:26:06,730 --> 02:26:14,270
The city did not make an earlier announcement because personal matters are subject to very important legal and privacy protections.

1840
02:26:14,270 --> 02:26:21,930
And the city was required to allow the process, including all applicable statutory review and

1841
02:26:21,930 --> 02:26:26,810
revocation periods to be completed before making a public statement.

1842
02:26:27,850 --> 02:26:34,130
And the government code sections that deal with this are government code section 54957 and

1843
02:26:34,130 --> 02:26:42,610
government code section 54957.1, those government code sections in compliance with the Brown Act and

1844
02:26:42,610 --> 02:26:49,210
employment rules and high-visit rights, that to be followed, including other contractual obligations

1845
02:26:49,210 --> 02:26:50,250
the city had.

1846
02:26:51,510 --> 02:26:52,190
Thank you.

1847
02:26:52,490 --> 02:26:53,230
Thank you all.

1848
02:26:53,990 --> 02:27:02,190
We've also been some inquiry regarding some FPPC violations with the fire city manager.

1849
02:27:02,790 --> 02:27:03,730
Can you accept that?

1850
02:27:04,090 --> 02:27:04,570
Absolutely.

1851
02:27:04,810 --> 02:27:10,890
Those are not within the city's jurisdiction, and the city should really be commenting on

1852
02:27:10,890 --> 02:27:16,870
Those are private matters between your former city manager and FTPC.

1853
02:27:17,070 --> 02:27:23,630
And that's the appropriate agency for any member of the public that has concerns to contact.

1854
02:27:24,090 --> 02:27:28,450
There's also been some questions regarding acting city manager,

1855
02:27:29,250 --> 02:27:37,690
servant has a lawsuit with a, with a, is involved in a lawsuit. Please address that.

1856
02:27:37,690 --> 02:27:48,710
The city cannot discriminate and not higher employees because they've exercised their first amendment rights to seek legal remedies from former employers.

1857
02:27:49,870 --> 02:28:00,050
That is a private dispute that she has with a former employer under the U.S. Constitution. She's entitled to pursue her rights.

1858
02:28:00,050 --> 02:28:07,050
And the city was absolutely in the right not to make that a consideration in making employment decisions.

1859
02:28:08,570 --> 02:28:09,550
Thank you.

1860
02:28:09,570 --> 02:28:11,650
You would have violated the Constitution, otherwise.

1861
02:28:13,630 --> 02:28:17,110
There have also been some questions about whether or not we,

1862
02:28:17,110 --> 02:28:19,330
how we fulfill the role of treasurer.

1863
02:28:20,190 --> 02:28:23,050
And then we have no official positions of treasurer.

1864
02:28:23,350 --> 02:28:24,270
Can you address that, please?

1865
02:28:25,490 --> 02:28:51,670
Absolutely. It is true that there is a government code section that requires cities to have council members, city treasurer, city clerk, and a fire chief and a fire, sorry, and a police chief. However, that there is a code section that, and I want to find it and find that code section.

1866
02:28:53,110 --> 02:29:02,410
Government post section 34856 provides that the City Council can appoint make that position

1867
02:29:02,410 --> 02:29:07,350
and appointment and they can give that authority to any of their staff.

1868
02:29:08,090 --> 02:29:13,190
So what the city that here was absolutely within the bounds of its discretion and incomplete

1869
02:29:13,190 --> 02:29:14,750
compliance with state law.

1870
02:29:19,970 --> 02:29:20,810
Okay, thank you.

1871
02:29:20,810 --> 02:29:25,860
the city manager authority for over all of the staff.

1872
02:29:28,790 --> 02:29:30,810
That's an interesting one.

1873
02:29:32,470 --> 02:29:36,650
The city of Hidden Hills

1874
02:29:36,650 --> 02:29:41,110
operates in a city council city manager form of government.

1875
02:29:42,310 --> 02:29:46,590
And in a city manager city council form of government,

1876
02:29:46,790 --> 02:29:49,670
it is the city manager that's in charge

1877
02:29:49,670 --> 02:29:56,710
of hiring and firing staff, and the council bodies sits as a policy decision maker.

1878
02:29:56,910 --> 02:29:59,970
And I have to act. I would wager to say...

1879
02:30:00,050 --> 02:30:29,470
90 plus percent of the cities within California operate that way. And that's for good reason. It's like having a board of directors. If you own a company, you would be very familiar with this structure. The board of directors are there to be policy makers to provide broad direction to the CEO and or the executive officers. And it is the CEO and the executive officers that deal with hiring and firing. Can you imagine if you had a situation where the board always said?

1880
02:30:29,470 --> 02:30:34,890
We want to interview everybody, you're hiring CEO, anyone you want to fire, you want to interview.

1881
02:30:35,890 --> 02:30:45,910
So what the city has now done by formally adopting its city manager city council form of government in its personnel

1882
02:30:45,910 --> 02:30:54,690
is what should have been done a long time ago and it is consistent with state law and how other cities operate around the state.

1883
02:30:57,380 --> 02:31:08,400
We've also this year over 2025, we changed our structure a little bit, we now have a city manager and an assistant city manager position.

1884
02:31:09,060 --> 02:31:12,420
Is this consistent or inconsistent the way most cities operate?

1885
02:31:13,520 --> 02:31:18,760
I cannot think of a city, I know that doesn't have an assistant city manager position.

1886
02:31:18,940 --> 02:31:24,200
It's absolutely consistent with the broad tax practice in the state.

1887
02:31:25,240 --> 02:31:37,640
We also changed our city manager's purchasing authority from $5,000 to $10,000, which is effectively doubling it.

1888
02:31:38,120 --> 02:31:42,420
When I got to cities across the county, I come up with completely different numbers.

1889
02:31:44,100 --> 02:31:51,960
So my research says that most city managers have the authority to spend between 25 and 75,000 dollars,

1890
02:31:51,960 --> 02:31:54,760
which is significantly higher than 10,000.

1891
02:31:54,900 --> 02:31:56,580
And why is my research wrong?

1892
02:31:57,620 --> 02:31:58,180
Absolutely not.

1893
02:31:58,560 --> 02:32:03,280
Most many of the cities I see are closer to 50,075,000

1894
02:32:03,280 --> 02:32:07,320
given inflation, and most cities have adopted the rules recently.

1895
02:32:10,140 --> 02:32:14,680
And it's still fairly consistent that the city clerk

1896
02:32:14,680 --> 02:32:18,860
and the assistant city manager and the finance and the finance

1897
02:32:18,860 --> 02:32:22,720
staff report directly to the city manager and not the council.

1898
02:32:22,720 --> 02:32:23,780
Yes?

1899
02:32:25,200 --> 02:32:25,320
Okay.

1900
02:32:25,780 --> 02:32:31,940
Tonight, we adopted Resolution 1065, which is our new governing policies.

1901
02:32:34,640 --> 02:32:40,240
From our perspective, our what we were trying to do was introduce best practices,

1902
02:32:41,660 --> 02:32:44,880
and instill good governance and be more transparent.

1903
02:32:45,400 --> 02:32:48,920
Did you see anything within that resolution that is contrary to these goals?

1904
02:32:49,820 --> 02:32:55,380
I don't. I think it's very good that you've done that. All the reporting requirements

1905
02:32:55,380 --> 02:33:00,940
you're asking the city manager to put on agendas are exactly what the public should

1906
02:33:00,940 --> 02:33:02,740
be looking for. It's transparency.

1907
02:33:04,120 --> 02:33:09,140
There's other questions about how we hired you. Let us know how we did it.

1908
02:33:09,380 --> 02:33:17,480
Absolutely. I'm happy to discuss that. I was retained by the former city manager under

1909
02:33:17,480 --> 02:33:27,100
$10,000 signing authority in October 6, 2025 to answer some questions regarding personnel matters that I cannot disclose.

1910
02:33:28,440 --> 02:33:40,920
That contract was officially extended in close session by the City Council on November 24, pursuant to the Brown Act under potential litigation.

1911
02:33:40,920 --> 02:33:44,760
and it was done as part of litigation strategy.

1912
02:33:45,580 --> 02:33:47,200
Even though it was not a requirement,

1913
02:33:47,720 --> 02:33:50,100
there was a report out of post session,

1914
02:33:50,520 --> 02:33:52,800
which clearly on that date said

1915
02:33:52,800 --> 02:33:55,800
that there was a retention of special council

1916
02:33:55,800 --> 02:33:59,200
being undertaken for litigation related matters,

1917
02:34:00,180 --> 02:34:03,560
based on a claim that was submitted against the city.

1918
02:34:04,680 --> 02:34:07,480
And again, all of these are public documents.

1919
02:34:08,760 --> 02:34:10,320
And anyone can go watch the minutes

1920
02:34:10,320 --> 02:34:14,580
from the number 24th when that announcement was made out of procession.

1921
02:34:16,400 --> 02:34:19,740
And my, that has been minutes of the city

1922
02:34:20,700 --> 02:34:22,040
approving our fee.

1923
02:34:22,360 --> 02:34:25,820
So nothing has been hidden and it's been on the public agenda.

1924
02:34:27,080 --> 02:34:29,140
I know you're not a finance expert,

1925
02:34:29,740 --> 02:34:31,140
but we rely on you for law,

1926
02:34:31,780 --> 02:34:35,040
but there's been some questions about us utilizing library funds

1927
02:34:35,040 --> 02:34:36,360
to pay for things.

1928
02:34:45,860 --> 02:34:52,360
I don't see anything but really your city attorney should respond on the issues more familiar with those issues.

1929
02:34:53,660 --> 02:34:59,980
Yes, I think a lot of work has been done to look at the types of library services that are permitted to be.

1930
02:35:01,140 --> 02:35:08,400
We've been looking at it for quite a few years and making sure that you're following the law and the expenditures of the library funds are proper.

1931
02:35:11,060 --> 02:35:19,020
There's also been some questions about the role of Mike Grant and covered six, and whether or not there is a conflict of interest.

1932
02:35:19,020 --> 02:35:35,340
My memory is that when the first came up and someone brought it up, we opted as a council to delay the actual vote and asked you to look into it so that we could double check to make sure that all of this was above board.

1933
02:35:35,760 --> 02:35:37,420
What am I missing?

1934
02:35:38,340 --> 02:35:39,400
That's exactly correct.

1935
02:35:39,620 --> 02:35:43,560
To be 100% certain that there was no problem before the contract was approved.

1936
02:35:43,560 --> 02:35:49,340
the item was continued in order for my office to do the analysis, and what we had to

1937
02:35:49,340 --> 02:35:54,760
determine was that he was not involved at all in the agreement that was before the council

1938
02:35:54,760 --> 02:36:00,280
that evening. It hasn't been brought back yet for formal approval, but that analysis was done in

1939
02:36:00,280 --> 02:36:06,600
the interim, and determined that there was no legal defect in under government code section 1090

1940
02:36:06,600 --> 02:36:13,040
of considering that contract. And I believe it will be brought forward in future council meetings.

1941
02:36:13,040 --> 02:36:18,400
He's also no longer an employee of the city, so I believe he had also scaled back his work

1942
02:36:18,400 --> 02:36:22,700
over the past year or two to a really minimum number of hours.

1943
02:36:23,140 --> 02:36:25,260
And he has since stopped working for the city.

1944
02:36:25,680 --> 02:36:28,420
So when that contract comes back, there won't be a problem,

1945
02:36:28,620 --> 02:36:33,680
but my office has looked at the legal issues and determined that for that contract he was not involved

1946
02:36:33,680 --> 02:36:38,680
in any way in the consideration or drafting or discussions of those agreements.

1947
02:36:39,000 --> 02:36:40,720
There was a separation and so it was proper.

1948
02:36:40,720 --> 02:36:47,140
Okay, there's also been some questions that we've converted to a certain team into a paid covered 6 contract.

1949
02:36:47,780 --> 02:36:50,600
Do we have a paid covered 6 contract to cover 7?

1950
02:36:52,660 --> 02:36:53,060
No, sir.

1951
02:36:53,140 --> 02:36:53,800
We do not.

1952
02:36:53,900 --> 02:36:56,040
Do we have any contracts with cover 6?

1953
02:36:57,000 --> 02:36:57,400
No, sir.

1954
02:36:57,520 --> 02:36:58,140
We do not.

1955
02:36:58,140 --> 02:36:58,420
Zero.

1956
02:36:58,940 --> 02:36:59,120
Zero.

1957
02:36:59,320 --> 02:37:02,200
We ever had any contracts with cover 6 that you know?

1958
02:37:02,480 --> 02:37:03,020
No, sir.

1959
02:37:03,920 --> 02:37:04,400
Okay.

1960
02:37:05,620 --> 02:37:06,260
Because I don't know.

1961
02:37:06,260 --> 02:37:07,660
I don't know of any either.

1962
02:37:17,320 --> 02:37:34,800
There's also been some questions about our financial position, whether or not we, that the people saying that we should have an audit, well, of course we should have an audit, we have one every year.

1963
02:37:35,560 --> 02:37:37,200
That's literally what we do.

1964
02:37:37,640 --> 02:37:38,500
We get audited.

1965
02:37:39,520 --> 02:37:41,440
The audit, the audit firm comes in.

1966
02:37:41,560 --> 02:37:42,040
They're independent.

1967
02:37:42,040 --> 02:37:44,260
and they have their own set of testing procedures,

1968
02:37:44,900 --> 02:37:46,640
they go through all of our stuff,

1969
02:37:46,880 --> 02:37:49,200
and they issue an opinion on our financial statements.

1970
02:37:49,700 --> 02:37:51,220
This happens on an annual basis.

1971
02:37:51,640 --> 02:37:53,200
This gets presented to the community.

1972
02:37:53,980 --> 02:37:57,760
This part of the package that we send out there.

1973
02:37:58,300 --> 02:38:01,360
And I don't really know what else to say about that.

1974
02:38:01,740 --> 02:38:06,080
We do, we don't have an option of whether or not

1975
02:38:06,080 --> 02:38:07,380
we should have an audit or not.

1976
02:38:07,820 --> 02:38:08,880
It's the law.

1977
02:38:10,020 --> 02:38:16,760
We are audits are probably a lot more intense now than they have been, because I used to

1978
02:38:16,760 --> 02:38:23,560
do audits, so, you know, so if you ask our audit for a meal tell you why I am a freaking

1979
02:38:23,560 --> 02:38:29,880
nightmare, because I know what questions I ask and what questions not to ask, there's

1980
02:38:29,880 --> 02:38:37,060
also been some things out there about our financial stability and there are, we do know that

1981
02:38:37,060 --> 02:38:43,400
of our surrounding communities are having some financial structures, so financial pressure

1982
02:38:43,400 --> 02:38:51,940
and financial issues. That is not the case for us. As of June 30, 2026, now this is

1983
02:38:51,940 --> 02:39:02,020
pre-adent but we know that we're going to be relatively close. We have 14,485,524 dollars

1984
02:39:02,020 --> 02:39:10,620
reserves. That's our reserve. Our annual operating revenues are about $4.5 million. Our annual

1985
02:39:10,620 --> 02:39:18,480
expenditures come somewhere close to that. So this amount has been building over years and

1986
02:39:18,480 --> 02:39:24,200
is accumulated. So our financial position is actually very good. We are very sound. We've

1987
02:39:24,200 --> 02:39:28,660
paid a lot of attention to what we're spending money on, what we're not spending money on.

1988
02:39:28,660 --> 02:39:37,080
There are times where we spend more money as we have tried to professionalize and spend more time.

1989
02:39:37,080 --> 02:39:38,800
We get a lot of questions from the community.

1990
02:39:39,400 --> 02:39:43,120
I welcome the questions, but every time you guys ask questions, we go do the research.

1991
02:39:43,280 --> 02:39:48,000
You don't like it when I don't answer you, but what we do is we go do this research.

1992
02:39:48,440 --> 02:39:51,120
We're not trying to be not transparent.

1993
02:39:51,520 --> 02:39:52,460
We're trying to be thorough.

1994
02:39:52,820 --> 02:39:53,780
We're trying to be accurate.

1995
02:39:54,240 --> 02:39:55,400
We're trying to be correct.

1996
02:39:56,040 --> 02:39:59,960
So, I don't really know what else I can tell you about.

1997
02:40:00,000 --> 02:40:07,840
Without that, we have a series about our committees. We have a budget committee. We have a hiring committee. We have an investment committee.

1998
02:40:08,540 --> 02:40:15,480
We spend a lot of time safeguarding the assets of the community. We view that as our number one job.

1999
02:40:17,200 --> 02:40:29,360
And we also, and every day, we ask ourselves, what are we doing to make hit notes a better place to live? There's no strange ulterior motive. All of us have lived here for a very long time.

2000
02:40:29,360 --> 02:40:33,280
I mean, I'm probably the new guy I've only lived here 30 years.

2001
02:40:37,360 --> 02:40:40,920
So, if you have, we encourage you to ask questions.

2002
02:40:41,460 --> 02:40:43,160
We encourage you to follow up on it.

2003
02:40:43,620 --> 02:40:46,220
There isn't, shouldn't be an adversarial relationship.

2004
02:40:46,700 --> 02:40:48,440
We don't try to make it that way.

2005
02:40:49,540 --> 02:40:52,360
But I hope that you take this in the spirit of which I mentioned.

2006
02:40:52,800 --> 02:40:56,840
The questions are out there, so I tried to answer them.

2007
02:40:56,840 --> 02:41:00,600
So with that, I will move on staff on it.

2008
02:41:03,170 --> 02:41:04,770
There are no additional comments for this evening.

2009
02:41:07,410 --> 02:41:09,450
There are being no further business.

2010
02:41:10,030 --> 02:41:10,930
Can I have a motion?

2011
02:41:11,090 --> 02:41:12,090
I'm moving to a chair.

2012
02:41:14,130 --> 02:41:15,190
Can you make it out of a vote?

2013
02:41:17,910 --> 02:41:18,790
Councilmember Weber.

2014
02:41:19,830 --> 02:41:20,750
Councilmember Gold?

2015
02:41:21,590 --> 02:41:22,110
May I put 10?

2016
02:41:22,790 --> 02:41:23,310
Yes.

2017
02:41:24,430 --> 02:41:24,950
And may I?

2018
02:41:25,270 --> 02:41:25,630
Yes.

2019
02:41:25,830 --> 02:41:26,330
We are here.