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I'm ready. Is everybody ready? I will now call to order the regular meeting of the city council and the regular joint meeting with the successor agency to the federal government agency, to the city of La Habra, La Habra Pacific Improvement Authority, City of La Habra Housing Authority, and La Habra Utility Authority of June 15, 2020, with the record reflect that it is 6.30 p.m. The indication will be given by City Attorney Legal Council Richard Jones, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance

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led by me, you know, Stan please.

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Thank you.

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Dear Heavenly Father, we humbly bow our heads as we gather this evening to do the important

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business of the city of Lahabra.

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These difficult times were grateful for those who lead our community and those who protect

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us.

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We ask you as we go forth this evening that we will listen to those who guide and direct us

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and understand the important and crucial things they provide to this community.

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We ask you to bless the council with wisdom and insight this evening as they act to direct for our mutual benefit.

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We're grateful for your presence in our life and we recognize these are difficult times and require great understanding and knowledge as to how to proceed.

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We're grateful for your presence in our life and we say these things are my name, amen.

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If you'd please join me in the flag, I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic or which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

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Thank you.

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Will the clerk secretary please note that all council member directors are present?

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Are there any closed session announcements? Probably not since there's no closed session.

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No, thank you. Proclamations, we proclaim July 2020 as parks and recreation month on the

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city of La Habra, a certificate. We'll go out to that department. Thank you very much.

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And then we have certificates of appreciation to the youth committee that will be mailed

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out to them. Jim, you want to say about the youth committee?

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We do. It's always a great group that kind of got hit by this coronavirus this time

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as far as being able to do things, I guess. Public comments. This is a time. No, sorry,

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I'm jumping ahead. I have asked Chief Price to come up and spend a few minutes with us,

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I was talking about the last two or three weeks where the police department stands on some issues.

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He's put out a couple of press releases, so I thought it'd be beneficial for Council and all of us to have a presentation by the Chief.

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Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

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You hear me okay, so Mike working?

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Speak.

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You can get a little closer.

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Let me move over.

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How about now?

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That's great.

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Okay, perfect. Thank you so much for the opportunity to have a few minutes before you and discuss the recent issues that we've been dealing with.

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With the tragic death of George Floyd a few weeks ago, me and my whole department were saddened watching that horrific video.

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The results have been one officer has been charged with murder, three others have been charged with other crimes.

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And it has been a tragic black eye for all of law enforcement as protests have gone around the country.

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You were referring it to it, but on June 1st, I put out a statement, basically letting people know where I stand on social media as it regards to George Floyd.

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I also received a couple of emails from people in the community asking about what we're doing.

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Based on that, on June 10th, I put out another thing on social media and also on our website.

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It covers several issues that include training practices and policies.

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These have all been brought up in the media recently, and they've also been brought up in the eight camp wait campaign.

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If you're not familiar, some of the issues that they are looking for, police departments to say where they stand,

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ban chokehold or strangleholds as they call them.

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Those are terms that we don't use, we don't have a chokehold or a stranglehold.

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Based on the governor last week, suspending any type of training for the carotid restraint.

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That is a tool that has been used for law enforcement and is taught in the academy for a long time.

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After he decided to suspend any training, it wouldn't certify any training going forward.

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I suspended the use of that for our department last Wednesday, I believe it was on the 10th.

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Another issue is required de-escalation.

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That was done already through California law.

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I think it was SB 230, don't quote me on the numbers, but that went into effect or was passed-

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Class by legislature last year. Requires de-escalation training for California law enforcement.

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We just sent all of our department earlier this year to de-escalation and crisis intervention

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training. It was an eight-hour class that we put on throughout the entire department.

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The requesting that you require a warning before shooting. This is in our policy. If you guys

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aren't familiar, our policy manual is done through lexapole. It's a standardized police policy

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manual. They give us updates when laws change to make sure that we say current on all the

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laws, talking about a warning before deadly shooting is already included in that.

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It's basically whenever feasible, they want our officers to do that.

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This one, another one that they're talking about is required to exhaust all alternatives

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before shooting.

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This one's challenging because that could be very problematic if it's implemented and basically

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somebody's allowed to second-guess an officer after the fact.

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But in each incident, an officer is told to evaluate all the situation as it occurs based on those particular circumstances and it's based on objectively reasonable for the officer at the time.

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They talk about duty to intervene.

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Duty to intervene basically means if an officer observes another officer using excessive force or force that is out of line, they have a duty to step in and to basically win feasible step in to stop the force.

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They also have a duty to report it to their supervisor.

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That's currently in our policy manual.

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They request a ban on shooting on moving vehicles.

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Shooting at moving vehicles is rarely effective and is generally discouraged.

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But there are rare occurrences where it may be needed to protect life of the officer or somebody else.

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They talk about requiring a use of force continuum.

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This is an outdated concept that we had around the 90s.

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But, like I mentioned before, we have currently have lexapole.

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We have a current modern use of force policy that talks about objectively reasonable at

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the time, and it's also available on our website.

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And the last section is require comprehensive reporting.

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Any time a use of force is done per lexapole, per our policy, our practice.

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It's reported to the supervisor, and we look at each use of force to see whether it's in

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policy, any training needs or anything else that occurs with that situation.

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And as I mentioned, I published all these responses, they're available on the website

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and I also put them out on our Facebook and other social media accounts on June 10th.

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And also, as I mentioned, the policy manual that all of these, many of these items already cover

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is available on our website.

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I'm happy to report that we had a peaceful protest here in La Habra about ten days ago or so.

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That's been the only protest that we had locally, about a hundred feet through people gathered and marched through the city.

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I'm very happy to see that they were expressing their first amendment rights and we at the police department support their right to do that.

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And we're also thankful to all the participated that it was peaceful and did not cause any issues for the community.

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One of the things I wanted to stress, since I became chief many years ago, the importance of hiring good people.

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I believe we have a very good department here at LaHabra.

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I have a lot of good men and women who are doing a lot of good things in the community.

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And one of the ways I try to keep doing that is by stressing the hiring process.

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And found that I found that if I look for strong character and ethics, if I find a good person,

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they will make a good police officer.

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We could train them to do that.

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To get there they go through a strenuous process as many of you know.

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Written test, physical agility, oral interview, background process,

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polygraph, interview with the chief, medical, and a psych.

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And just because they go through all those things, just because they make it all the way through, it doesn't mean we hire all of them.

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We're selective, we're looking for the good person, we're looking for a good fit that's here at Lahabra.

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Currently we have 69 police officers currently working in the city that are on the books.

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Of those, nine of them are female.

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Happy to report that's the highest number in my 29 years here.

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So it's, where's my math here?

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I usually have sal to my math, but he's not here anymore.

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13% female.

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So that's our highest number, happy to report that.

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Also of our 69 officers, 29 of them are Hispanic.

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That's about 42% of our department.

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And the biggest stat that I'm happy of is that six of our current officers are homegrown.

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That means they grew up in La Habra, and one of them was La Habra Heights, but I still

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count that one too.

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But they're homegrown people.

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They grew up in this community, and we basically came back to serve, and they're now working

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here at the police department.

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And I mention this because I think

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We have a good representation at the police department of our current community. Of the community we have held here in La Habra, and I'm happy to say of all the work they're out here doing good things, they're working in the community, and I'm proud of the work that they're doing on a daily basis. And one of the goals that we have is to work collaboratively with the community. Work together to solve problems, keep La Habra a great place to live and work. We've worked hard the last several years to get to know all the community members and also have them get to know our officers.

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Some of the events that we've done, coffee with a cop.

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Citizens Academy in English and Spanish every year.

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Our annual open house, generally in October.

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National night outs, usually the first Tuesday and August.

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Cool cops is one we usually do every summer where we bring ice cream out to a local park or local neighborhood

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and then have some water slides and some other events form.

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And recently, right after COVID started, we started doing some birthday drive buys

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that were very popular for some people in the community.

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All these are just efforts of community engagement and

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trying to strengthen that relationship we have with the community here in LaHabra.

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I'm a strong believer that we're more successful when we're working together with the community to solve problems.

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With that, I've given you a little tidbit, but I know you guys may have other questions, so I'd be happy to answer them.

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My colleague, Zepkol, and Jim.

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want to thank you for your leadership and your dedication and the men and women to serve our department.

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You've made me very, very proud, especially with these praise that you've been doing and all the community outreach.

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I mean, that's just a fraction of all that you guys have been doing out there and I sincerely appreciate it.

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And the response I've gotten from the community has been tremendous.

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Also, the way they conducted themselves with the recent protesters and stuff, outstanding.

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Let them do it peacefully and state out of their way, and they just fantastic jobs.

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So kudos to everybody, thank you, everybody.

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Thank you, appreciate it.

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Anybody else Rose, Jose?

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Just a couple of questions, I guess, but I also wanted to mention, I reached out to many people in the community over the week and by phone just to get a sense of where our community is.

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and almost to 100% very supportive of your department chief.

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They appreciate the service you do and the manner

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in which you do it, so we, I, as mayor, thank you

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and my colleagues, I'm sure also.

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But a couple of quick questions, so because of the last three weeks,

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I've been reading up on a lot of issues.

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The ban show colds and those eight items you listed

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from what I understand that comes from the campaign zero launch date,

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can't wait project. And what I was curious about, are you in the police department, do you

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follow those potential reforms that they're asking about? I'm sure you're aware of the campaign

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zero? Yes, we hear about them and then we look to see what the information's out and especially

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when they're asking us questions on it, we're making sure that we get informed so we can respond.

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Okay, because I look at some of these things and just like the eight can't wait project, I think there's some good proposals throughout this, you know, some good, some bad.

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But I'm wondering, can you say that California is perhaps more ahead of the game progressively than other live agencies in the rest of the United States?

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Are they not doing these kinds of things?

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And it's hard for me to speak on what exactly on all the things are doing in the rest of the country.

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But what I'm fairly confident that we are ahead of the curve here in LaHabra.

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And the things we do in California to basically stay on the cutting edge of law enforcement and do things right, I think we're doing well.

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Okay, and this the last piece is that I was reading AB 392, which was really a bipartisan approved bill and

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contingent on that passing. There's SB 230, which is a law enforcement use of deadly forest training, which much of that will become effective

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January 121. Are we implementing some of that now or where are we at in that process?

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Yeah, if I remember correctly, sir. I think that's the one that talks about the de-escalation training that's mandated and some other things.

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Yes, the California Police Chiefs Association and the Cal Sheriff's Association was very involved in getting that part

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Basically included into the bill. So we're working to make sure that we comply with that and continue to have

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Good de-escalation and crisis intervention training for our officers. Okay. Thank you very much, Chief. I appreciate your time. Thank you

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At this time we will go to public comments. This is the time for the public to address any item of interest

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To the public that is within the subject manager jurisdiction of the city, not appearing on this agenda. If the public addresses anything outside the subject manager jurisdiction of the city, not appearing on this agenda, they are subject to immediate disconnection from public comments. Speakers must limit their comments to three minutes each. The total time period for public comment is 30 minutes. Note per government code section, five, four, nine, five, four, point three, a, the city council cannot take action or express a consensus of approval.

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or disapproval on any public comments regarding matters which do not appear on the printed agenda.

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So at this time, it looks like we have somebody ready to go.

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Welcome.

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Welcome, thank you very much.

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Happy to be here, council members.

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I wanted to just take a moment to introduce myself and reintroduce myself to some of you I've already met.

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I'm John Letts, I'm the owner and founder of I-Tennis, and we've been very happy to be the tenant at the tennis center for the last three years.

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We've really enjoyed the community at Lahabra. We've had a really great experience with working with a high school tennis team, doing community outreach, building a community.

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we've had a bunch of big public events.

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So it's really been a very positive association

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that we've had in the community partnership.

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Over the last year, we had a two year contract

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and over the last year, we've been on a month-to-month

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rental basis, and we've wanted to do some upgrades

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to the facility, and it's kind of tied our hands,

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so we're really looking to get a long-term relationship

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if we can with the city.

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And briefly we, many of you know we added pickleball courts a year ago, in addition to the tennis and it's been extremely popular, both with Lahabra residents and people coming from the community surrounding.

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And now we have another potential partner with the soccer group and we think it's just a wonderful opportunity to have a multi-sport complex right around the corner here.

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So I came here with a group called Lab 5 that has a successful soccer business and they're going to just introduce themselves and then we also have some of our supporters and really we're just happy to be a partner with the city.

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We just would like to continue our relationship and hopefully get into a long term commitment where we can invest some money and improve the facility.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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All right there.

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Walked right by it.

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Good morning, everybody.

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I just want to introduce myself, Sebastien Agunel.

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I'm the one that sent you the letter some days ago.

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And I'm representing Lab 5 as a group, soccer group,

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with a lot of five aside business across California.

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We are partnering with John Letz at ITNIS,

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on the Portola Park. I'm just here to just to show up and to introduce myself and we

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be more than happy to show you in more details our project and exciting project at Portola

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Park and maybe during the next concert meeting. So it's simple, thank you to receive me and

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to let me speak about that today and thank you so much. I appreciate that.

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Thank you.

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Hillary, that mic is on.

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It is people have to get right next to it.

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Hi.

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Good afternoon.

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Thank you for having us.

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Excuse me.

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If you can move a little closer because it's not the mic.

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There you go.

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Or you can even move it up if you want.

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I'll just.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Well, thank you for having me.

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My name is Frank Moe.

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I'm a commercial real estate broker.

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and I'm the person who is putting itinous and lab 5 together.

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And I was just here in support of lab 5 and in support of trying to help itinous get a long term lease simply because of our client's need to.

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The cost that we're contemplating over in the park, and $700,000, of course, it'll only make sense if Mr.

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Letts is able to renew his lease for a period of time that will allow our client to

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amortize their costs. We're also really looking forward to bringing this five-a-site soccer

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center to La Habra, the great experience.

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I could talk about it for hours, but I thank you for your time.

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And I hope to come back here soon.

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Thank you.

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Thank you very much for your time.

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Speak kind of close to the mics we can hear you.

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My name is Rodriguez, I live in La Habra.

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And I'm here to talk about the itenis, basically the I pickle part of itenis.

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I'm retired. I was a peace office for 30 years, and I retired about seven years ago, and

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until a couple of years ago, I didn't have a whole lot to do. When you retire, there's

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only a select thing a person can do. And when John Letts brought Pickleball to Lahabra,

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it opened up a new world for a lot of us. And I mean, there's quite a few of us. So much

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that other cities are traveling to play here from Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, everything like that.

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So, and I think you guys have pretty much handicapped John by not giving him a long-term lease,

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because when things break down, or if things need to be improved, he can't put any money into it.

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It makes no sense. For instance, the lights, the lights are insufficient.

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So a lot of people don't come because the facility really is not up to par.

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So, you're kind of tying his hands by not allowing him to put the proper money that is needed to grow the place to bring more people to expand it.

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Plus, another thing is it's hard to find activities that will blend young and old.

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So, you know, me being in my mid 60s, it's kind of nice to have a sport that you can share with young individuals.

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Young kids that are learning new things, we've even taken them to elementary schools and we're teaching the new sport of pickleball, which is very social.

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And you can't say that for many sports, there are other sports that are pretty much dying out and are pretty much a one-on-one thing or, well, it's just not real social.

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This is a great social sport, and I think the city could really do a great service to LaHabra if they would allow

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I-Pickle or I-Tennis to have a long-term lease so they could actually put some money into it and justify their investment.

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Okay.

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Thanks for that. Just as a note, I had a friend take me up there and taught me the pickle ball.

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I played a lot of tennis, but it was a lot of fun at my age now, so I'm practicing so I

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can take on my colleagues one of these days.

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Very good.

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Thank you.

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Thank you for the time.

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Good evening.

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My name is Scott Millhouse.

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I've lived in La Habra for almost all my life, 55 years.

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And I retired about six years ago, and tennis was going to be what I did all the time.

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And we went up to Oregon one year and they had this game called Pickleball and we

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keep my wife and I gave it a try and it was absolutely incredible and I've

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never played tennis and so I came home and I wanted to find a place to play

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Pickleball and looked up online and there was absolutely no where to play and so

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my wife and I decided we were gonna move to Oregon in the summer and live in

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Arizona and the winter in both places that incredible pickleball communities

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and we were gonna be happy. Well I don't know I guess it was about September we

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came home from Oregon. I got online if I well I live in La Bra, I'll look up La

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opportunists and see if they've done anything with pickleball even though I knew

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they wouldn't. I get on there and they added eight brand new cords.

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And told my wife, we got in the car, went down there, bottom membership, and we're not going

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to move unless John doesn't get a extension on his lease or a long-term lease. But we are

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just as happy as we can be, though. We've met a lot of new people. It's amazing how far

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people drive to play Pickleball in La Habra. I mean, they come from Newport Beach, they come

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from Upland, they come from Chino, and I'm Hill Cypress, and they come a lot. Besides,

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people are playing La Habra. And it's such a great social game, and I want John and his

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group to be successful. And basically, I don't want to have to leave. I mean, this is just a wonderful

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sport and the thing about it is they've had tournaments there that bring a lot of

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people I mean they come from different states they come and eat in La Habra they

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spend money they buy gas and we've had every other Saturday we've had about a

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group of eight professional pick-up all players that are in the top 10 or 20 in

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old country and I think that is incredible to actually come to La Habra to do

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this. I mean, for other cities or people from other places to be talking about

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La Habra, it kind of makes me feel good. And in the fact, the La Habra doesn't offer much

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else for retired people or younger people. They have the softball fields. And besides that,

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Oh, yeah.

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It's an epic ball.

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If I could add soccer.

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That would be awesome.

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Anyway.

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That's not it.

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Thank you very much.

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That's for a lot of fun.

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We'll go.

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Hi.

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My name is Christopher Ginell.

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And I'm here to.

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Petition for to secure at least for it's tennis and I pickle.

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I grew up right here in La Habra.

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So I feel that it's a super special place for me.

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I grew up playing tennis at La Hopper High School and at the tennis club and I taught tennis

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at the high school.

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So this is home to me.

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And what I would like to do, I actually teach at the tennis club now.

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And so I want to growth, grow the club with Pickleball, tennis, and everything else that

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I asked to offer and really connect with some of the kids in the schools and get, be part

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of the community a little bit more because it just means so much to me to give back to

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the community that I grew up in. And so I live down the road in Yorba Linden now, but

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I still go shopping right here in Lahabra because I'm always coming to Lahabra to teach

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and place, play pickleball, and do all that. So I'm always trying to give back to this community

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because it's so important to me. And I just love coming back, seeing my old boss who was

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just right here before me, you know, just people that I've connected with years ago.

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I'm reconnecting with them through the sport of pickleball antennas here in La Hopper.

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Thank you.

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Thanks.

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Good evening.

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Hi.

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Welcome.

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Thank you.

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I am one of the people that come from out of town to go to the La Hopper Tennis Center

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to play pickleball.

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Now, you might, I might not, not that far out of town because I'm in that part of Braya

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that Braya likes to forget about with the 562 area code and the kids go to La Hopper

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schools and so I have been involved in Lahabra for 25 years now with my kids and everything.

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So to have something now as my kids are out of the house to come into Lahabra is really

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nice because I think I know more people in Lahabra than I know in Brea.

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So I'm an outsider but I'm an insider too.

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I wish that COVID didn't hit so that we could take you guys down there on a Friday night

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so that you can see how many people are using those pickleball courts.

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There's how many courts that they say 11 courts and you have four people on each one,

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plus people waiting to play. That's a lot of people coming into your city because they are coming

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from all over the place. And they come to La Habra, they're going to spend money on La Habra,

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they're going to see the good side of La Habra, all of La Habra's good. But they're going to see

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positive things about Lahabra, and they're going to come back again and again.

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So I really hope you put in a long-term lease because if you...

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We don't, I don't know what I'm going to do three, four times a week because I come to get my exercise, to have fun, to be social, and it's just such a great time. I would encourage you all to come, come by like on a Friday night, like at six o'clock, and see how many people are there post-COVID, because it is starting to come back, but very slowly, because of COVID, you know, before we had so many people there, now it's slow. It's building back, though.

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But please give them a long-term lease so that this activity can continue to grow in the city and

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Bring good people into the city. Thank you. Thank you

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Well,

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my name is Bob Petty. I'm a

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Whole life for here in the city of Lahabra lived here in a whole life other than a couple years where I lived out of state going to college

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Born and raised here. Love Lahabra. Whenever I go anywhere people always you know ask hey where you from I'm proud to say I'm from Lahabra

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The only thing is, a lot of times people don't understand where La Habra is when you talk

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to others.

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But that's what the beauty is, we're able to describe where La Habra is and the benefits

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of it.

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We're in a time right now with diversity, you know, and that's the big buzz everything

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is going on right now.

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That's one thing about La Habra is diverse.

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We have all different ethnic backgrounds.

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We have different economic backgrounds, differences, pickleball unites, pickleball brings

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everybody together.

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And I'll tell you, I played football, baseball, baseball, you know, growing up.

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Pickleball is a sport that there is competitiveness because they do keep score.

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But you go there with the attitude of, I want to walk away with one more friend that I came

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with.

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And that's what Lahabra's motto should be is, hey, bring us bring more people here as friends

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because if we can bring them as friends, we can bring them as family.

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And that's what we want to do is grow Lahabra.

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If you go to, there's an app called Places to Play.

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I ask you guys to go ahead and just check that out.

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There isn't a very, very many places around here in La Habra that give the opportunity to play Pickleball.

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You might have to go to Cerritos, Downey, Anaheim.

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La Habra has a little nucleus here that pulls, it magnetizes people to come here to play.

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It's a great opportunity, again, to grow the business, to grow the city.

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This is about, you know, I hate to say it, but it's all about love.

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And again, this is an opportunity that we can bring others in and show that, really,

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that people from Lahabra love.

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And this isn't a racial thing, this isn't anything other than bringing people together

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and uniting in a cause to play to exercise.

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As previously mentioned, it's good for the youth.

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My wife's a school teacher, she's retired a couple years ago, 33 years of teaching.

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She's been around, she's an ambassador here at I-10-S, I-Pickle.

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And she wants to go ahead and further this to the education system.

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Again, she's taught for 33 years, she's good with the kids.

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But what better to have people like that in the community teaching them about Pickleball and tennis.

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If you think about it as a business, who would want to invest in a facility if you can be kicked out in a month?

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I tend to say long term lease, that gives them the vested interest to build this business into something that's long term.

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This isn't a short term fix, this is a long term endeavor that we want to, again, build Lahabra.

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I've lived here 58 years.

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I don't plan on leaving anytime soon, if I would have left years ago.

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I love Lahabra, other people here love Lahabra.

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We love itinous and I pickle, and I just hope that you guys will give itinous an opportunity to show how great it can be for the community.

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And again, I know who Mr. Beams, who you played with.

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My green.

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My green is a personal friend of mine.

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Okay, well, I beat him, don't let him tell you otherwise.

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I don't remember if I beat him, but it was fun. He beat me the first couple of games until I got to hang up.

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I'm going to wrestle about that, but he's not.

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I just tell him I beat him. Tell him I beat him.

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But thank you. You're out of time if you want to summarize real quick.

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You're good. Okay.

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Thank you very much.

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Thank you.

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Hello. Can you hear me? Okay.

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Yeah. Get a little bit closer to it.

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Okay. How about now?

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I think you can write.

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What is that if you're going to have to do that?

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You know, I'm not going to mess with that. Thank you.

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I wrote it out because I'm not too good with speaking on the fly. So I'd like to join the course of voices across the country calling an end to policing as we know it. It's time for the city of Alhabar to reconsider the apparatus it uses to interact with the public. The police are being used to solve problems. They aren't equipped to handle or shouldn't be meant to handle.

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In 2018, the LHPD responded to 43,239 calls for service.

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According to FBI statistics in that year, there were 111 violent crimes and

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1155 property crimes in Mahabra, which would make up about 3% of those calls.

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Meaning that the vast, vast majority of calls for service are for nonviolent activities.

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Cities across the country are starting to change their approach to societal problems.

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Minneapolis, to dissolve it, San Francisco won't send police out to non-criminal calls, which

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is an ICCO program in Eugene, Oregon, where medical and mental health crisis managers sent

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to emergency calls involving folks with severe mental illness, addiction, and the homeless,

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as well as suicide intervention and prevention right off the bat.

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I can suggest a few things that should be taken out of the police department's purview.

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The Traffic Bureau, Investigations Bureau, Records Bureau, and Animal Control are four things that should be their own departments and don't need to be a run to my armed officials.

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For the time being, I believe they should be taken from the police department and managed directly by the city manager.

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But as the city moves forward, we have a chance to be on the cutting edge in terms of rethinking how cities interact with their citizens.

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And to be an example for others to follow.

420
00:36:54,670 --> 00:36:57,570
Thank you very much. I appreciate your comments.

421
00:36:57,830 --> 00:36:58,150
I

422
00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:21,340
feel like I'm being in the dance corner.

423
00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:24,880
You need to speak kind of lean into the microphone there.

424
00:37:24,980 --> 00:37:26,840
I said I feel like I'm in the dance corner.

425
00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:27,700
There you go.

426
00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:32,100
Okay, so hi. Good evening. My name is Julie Edwards.

427
00:37:32,500 --> 00:37:37,560
I live right over here at 528 Walnut, South Walnut, Walnut in Mountain View.

428
00:37:38,100 --> 00:37:39,480
Close to the city yard.

429
00:37:40,300 --> 00:37:44,840
And the topic, I sent an email, I don't know if anybody got a copy of it.

430
00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:46,640
I have copies, if you'd like to see.

431
00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:47,740
We would you have a copy here.

432
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:48,240
Okay.

433
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:48,740
Thank you.

434
00:37:49,060 --> 00:37:52,240
That was just sort of my, I just wanted to lay out an agenda so

435
00:37:52,240 --> 00:37:55,020
be easy to talk about, I'm here to talk about the fireworks.

436
00:37:55,540 --> 00:37:57,720
I know I'm not the only one complaining.

437
00:37:59,220 --> 00:38:05,040
My public comments are just that I understand the frustration of the police department.

438
00:38:05,180 --> 00:38:08,420
I'm sure they're tired of the phone calls, we're tired of making them.

439
00:38:08,420 --> 00:38:13,580
I see comments on Facebook pages,

440
00:38:14,020 --> 00:38:19,340
the Haber community pages that these problems are city-wide all over the city.

441
00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:21,620
My neighborhood is quite bad.

442
00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:26,860
Mountain View, electric olive, not always the best area.

443
00:38:28,660 --> 00:38:31,220
But we've lived here quite a long time.

444
00:38:31,500 --> 00:38:35,580
Myself about 10 years, the rest of the family much longer.

445
00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:45,500
used to just be, you know, get ready for the July is coming and it would start maybe a week before and trickle off a week after people using up their explosives.

446
00:38:46,260 --> 00:38:57,720
It's now, I don't even know, I don't know if it's because of the stay at home order, but I don't even know when it started in March or April, but it's every single night, every single night Monday through Sunday.

447
00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:07,420
Explosions starting in the daylight, 4 p.m. sometimes, 5, 6, 7 p.m. going as late as 1

448
00:39:07,420 --> 00:39:11,680
or 2 a.m. They're mortars that are so loud, I've never heard them like this

449
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:17,860
before, they're so loud they shake our windows. And of course when we call we're

450
00:39:17,860 --> 00:39:23,460
asked for an address, a location, well we're inside our houses. So when you hear

451
00:39:23,460 --> 00:39:28,600
the explosion by the time you run outside. I mean I've been so upset sometimes I've taken walks

452
00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:35,620
around the block to see if I can see anybody. You know I've provided some addresses a few times

453
00:39:35,620 --> 00:39:44,580
but it's never the same so it's you know I've seen them explode east of Euclid south by the railroad

454
00:39:44,580 --> 00:39:52,580
track or north by the railroad tracks south below Lambert. I've seen them on all sides. We clearly have

455
00:39:52,580 --> 00:39:59,880
a big problem in our neighborhood. I just wish that we could come up with a

456
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:27,180
Better approach, because whatever is going on right now is not being a deterrent whatsoever. A thousand dollar citation, they don't seem to care about. This is what I'm hearing. Feedback is that they don't care. I'm thinking, can we issue multiple citations, such as disturbing the peace, public nuisance, noise violations, harassment, endangerment of children, endangerment of property, attempted arson.

457
00:40:27,860 --> 00:40:30,480
We find firework debris in our backyard.

458
00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:37,420
One recently I have photos if anybody's interested in receiving them of a huge box.

459
00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:46,660
It was about three feet by three feet full of pipes that was dropped off at that intersection lit and the car drove away.

460
00:40:47,220 --> 00:40:51,860
I think we had those pictures, but you're out of time so maybe you could wrap it up here in the next few seconds.

461
00:40:51,860 --> 00:41:21,840
Okay, okay, so anyway, I've been sending message everywhere, we discovered that fireworks were being sold on offer up, which is a buy-and-sell app, and I've heard also Craig's list, the police chief told me he's heard that, and so I've also contracted Spectrum One News who is working on a story on this problem, and they're going to try to address the purchase end of it, but I'm just hoping that we can come up with some, if you have my email,

462
00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:27,500
email you know all my suggestions and I'm hoping we can find a better

463
00:41:27,500 --> 00:41:31,160
solution. I appreciate your email my wife here's the fireworks all the time

464
00:41:31,160 --> 00:41:35,920
too. So maybe in the next week or so the chief could have somebody give her a

465
00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:39,780
call and kind of strategize a little bit maybe that'll be helpful because we

466
00:41:39,780 --> 00:41:45,160
have like any agency limited resources and we have to see them to catch them and

467
00:41:45,160 --> 00:41:50,220
find them but maybe there's some strategies with the neighborhood you know

468
00:41:51,340 --> 00:41:56,300
Yeah, this is the feedback we're getting and it's just I'm sorry. You're I'm not the only one

469
00:41:56,300 --> 00:41:57,060
I'm just trying to

470
00:41:57,060 --> 00:42:03,080
My wife part of the crowd here in the fireworks. Yeah, so well. Thank you very much. Thank you. It's about the worst

471
00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:07,260
I've ever seen it. Yeah, I live in a lot of 50 years and I've never seen it this bad this early

472
00:42:07,260 --> 00:42:11,820
Thank you, and I would just hope that our police department has zero tolerance if they get somebody

473
00:42:12,740 --> 00:42:18,160
Sightom I just wish you could attach it to a car registration like they do parking citations or

474
00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:24,680
contact landlords so people get evicted or contact homeowners insurance so their home

475
00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:29,380
owners insurance says we're going to cancel it if you're cited firework or something there's

476
00:42:29,380 --> 00:42:33,600
got to be something okay well you'll have another opportunity to talk the chief or his designates

477
00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:36,100
and details thank you okay thank you

478
00:42:43,490 --> 00:42:47,250
good evening my name is Salvadoran Ricas I'm a neighbor of

479
00:42:47,250 --> 00:42:54,350
Julie and I grew up in the hopper and I'm addressing the issue of the fireworks as well because it is

480
00:42:54,350 --> 00:43:02,970
out of hand, it's so frustrating to be, especially if you're a light sleeper, to be woken up

481
00:43:02,970 --> 00:43:11,390
at 1, 2, 3 in the morning, whether these things going off, everything that she said, I'm

482
00:43:11,390 --> 00:43:17,990
not going to go back and say it, but I would like to have more possibilities. Could we go

483
00:43:17,990 --> 00:43:26,790
institute, maybe, I don't know, like the Old West, a reward somehow for people to come

484
00:43:26,790 --> 00:43:32,890
forward and report where they're coming from, you know, anonymously, obviously, but

485
00:43:32,890 --> 00:43:41,610
to make it to where something can be done because at the moment it's just ongoing and nothing

486
00:43:41,610 --> 00:43:48,950
seems to work. So the pets I mean I've had my garage torn up by my dogs putting them in there

487
00:43:48,950 --> 00:43:56,630
because they get so nervous and I'm sure not the only one that deals with this so I appreciate

488
00:43:56,630 --> 00:44:01,730
your time and I won't take any more but please. Well thank you and we have your address and email

489
00:44:01,730 --> 00:44:04,910
correct. Yes you do. Okay. Thank you.

490
00:44:15,300 --> 00:44:17,200
Rhonda how many people are out there?

491
00:44:22,680 --> 00:44:30,920
Okay, because we're actually out of time, we'll take him and then my colleagues you want to take the other three that are waiting.

492
00:44:32,780 --> 00:44:34,740
If you'd rather take them, that's fine.

493
00:44:34,820 --> 00:44:36,400
No, no, no, we'll take you now.

494
00:44:36,580 --> 00:44:37,100
Oh, go ahead, Robert.

495
00:44:37,340 --> 00:44:38,140
No, it's good, Robert.

496
00:44:38,640 --> 00:44:38,820
Okay.

497
00:44:39,460 --> 00:44:40,760
We'll talk about it when you're done.

498
00:44:41,200 --> 00:44:45,120
Okay. My questions are directed to the city attorney specifically.

499
00:44:45,860 --> 00:44:51,960
and a chief price because I know it's difficult obviously everybody's voiced

500
00:44:51,960 --> 00:44:55,260
that but it's very difficult to track it down and find out where it is my

501
00:44:55,260 --> 00:44:59,420
specific issue with the problem is the leniency

502
00:45:00,300 --> 00:45:30,260
I've read some posts where somebody said that one of the officers gave a guy a ticket for $1,000, and he kind of laughed about it and set off another one. So if the fine isn't enough, let's increase the fines. And if a fine doesn't do it, is there any way we can make it a misdemeanor or an actual crime as opposed to just a citation? Because this isn't working. What you're trying is flat out not working. It's time for change. So I don't know what the change is, but I would love to work with

503
00:45:30,260 --> 00:45:32,400
to you guys, and let's get something working.

504
00:45:32,800 --> 00:45:38,860
You talk about cheap price, about LaHobber being the cutting edge of the, I'm sorry,

505
00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:40,600
the term you used, the escalating.

506
00:45:41,180 --> 00:45:45,760
Well, let's be cutting it on getting rid of fireworks, and maybe it would be a program

507
00:45:45,760 --> 00:45:48,080
that the state or the county and everybody else picks up on.

508
00:45:48,420 --> 00:45:53,640
If it has to go to the county level or state level, let's do that, because keeping it localized,

509
00:45:54,060 --> 00:45:55,780
it's absolutely failing.

510
00:45:56,960 --> 00:46:11,160
Thank you very much, I think we have three really interested parties to discuss it so I'd ask the chief again is to reach out with a designee or talk to him now if you'd like but maybe we can get a group going to kind of brainstorm suggestions.

511
00:46:13,810 --> 00:46:14,250
Just

512
00:46:16,740 --> 00:46:20,960
speak in public comments, okay do you my colleague is mind if we take this last person?

513
00:46:21,640 --> 00:46:22,920
Okay, thank you for your time.

514
00:46:23,060 --> 00:46:23,440
Thank you.

515
00:46:23,440 --> 00:46:23,820
Thank you Robert.

516
00:46:24,140 --> 00:46:24,800
Take care.

517
00:46:25,020 --> 00:46:26,680
Okay, we're on to bring them on.

518
00:46:27,860 --> 00:46:28,580
Thank you.

519
00:46:28,600 --> 00:46:30,200
And then that's our last speaker.

520
00:46:30,720 --> 00:46:30,840
I

521
00:46:45,050 --> 00:46:46,910
mean I'm misunderstanding everyone has spoken.

522
00:46:47,230 --> 00:46:47,650
We're good.

523
00:46:47,990 --> 00:46:48,890
Thank you very much.

524
00:46:49,130 --> 00:46:50,490
Then I will close public comments.

525
00:46:51,370 --> 00:46:53,670
At this time then we'll go to the consent calendar.

526
00:46:53,850 --> 00:46:58,270
All matters on consent calendar are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion

527
00:46:58,270 --> 00:47:03,150
unless a council member or member of the audience requests separate action or removal of an item.

528
00:47:03,910 --> 00:47:07,670
Removed items will be considered following the consent calendar portion of this agenda.

529
00:47:08,230 --> 00:47:12,610
Members of the audience will have the opportunity to address council on removed items at that time.

530
00:47:13,190 --> 00:47:16,210
Speakers must limit their comments to three minutes each.

531
00:47:16,410 --> 00:47:21,190
The consent calendar appears on pages two through five on the audience agenda items A1 through

532
00:47:22,870 --> 00:47:28,710
A21, B1C1, D1, and E1, staff want to remove any item?

533
00:47:29,050 --> 00:47:29,570
No, Mr. Mayor.

534
00:47:34,100 --> 00:47:36,300
Council, let me look real quick here.

535
00:47:43,310 --> 00:47:44,050
Okay, then we're good.

536
00:47:44,510 --> 00:47:47,670
Then is there anyone in the atrium that wants to speak?

537
00:47:47,950 --> 00:47:50,210
You know, in the public,

538
00:48:01,430 --> 00:48:02,550
so I'm good, we're good.

539
00:48:03,750 --> 00:48:05,510
I guess you're calling somebody over there.

540
00:48:05,530 --> 00:48:06,410
I got the letter.

541
00:48:06,890 --> 00:48:07,050
Okay.

542
00:48:53,360 --> 00:48:55,100
I'm not hearing anything back.

543
00:48:57,150 --> 00:48:59,170
Do we have someone there that's asking?

544
00:49:00,990 --> 00:49:02,670
Not that I know if she's an answer yet.

545
00:49:10,250 --> 00:49:12,130
Do you want to have Ronda run over there real quick?

546
00:49:12,810 --> 00:49:12,930
Yeah.

547
00:49:13,250 --> 00:49:14,110
Would you mind checking?

548
00:49:14,470 --> 00:49:14,550
Yeah.

549
00:49:14,790 --> 00:49:15,410
Thank you.

550
00:49:17,740 --> 00:49:18,960
Actually, you can walk Ronda.

551
00:49:18,960 --> 00:49:19,460
Yeah.

552
00:49:19,620 --> 00:49:19,840
Yeah.

553
00:50:36,530 --> 00:50:44,070
So, city manager, we should get two cans with a string over there. Do you remember that from our younger days?

554
00:50:47,630 --> 00:50:49,950
I'm technologically proficient for that kind.

555
00:50:58,420 --> 00:51:15,440
Okay, Mr. Mayor, I'd like to make a motion to approve the consent calendar. I'll second. Thank you. There's much second. Will the clerk, please call the roll. Councilmember director Modrano? Yes. Councilman, excuse me. Councilmember director Shaw? Yes.

556
00:51:15,440 --> 00:51:17,460
Councilmember director Gomez.

557
00:51:17,740 --> 00:51:17,840
Yes.

558
00:51:18,860 --> 00:51:20,580
Mayor Pro Tem director Espinosa.

559
00:51:21,060 --> 00:51:21,220
Yes.

560
00:51:21,940 --> 00:51:23,160
Mayor director Beemish.

561
00:51:23,820 --> 00:51:24,080
Yes.

562
00:51:24,560 --> 00:51:25,820
Thank you very much.

563
00:51:26,060 --> 00:51:27,100
We'll now go to public hearings.

564
00:51:27,860 --> 00:51:32,420
A duly notice is a duly noticed joint public hearing to consider the adoption of the fiscal

565
00:51:32,420 --> 00:51:39,180
year 2020-2021 municipal budget and relating resolutions and consider a resolution establishing

566
00:51:39,180 --> 00:51:43,000
the appropriation limit for a fiscal year commencing July 1, 2020.

567
00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:50,940
and then in June of 30, 2021, pursuant to Article 13B of the Constitution of the State of

568
00:51:50,940 --> 00:51:57,040
California. Call for staff report, so perhaps the only thing we need unless my colleagues

569
00:51:57,040 --> 00:52:02,360
reject is anything that changed from last time we were here. And then if we have questions,

570
00:52:02,360 --> 00:52:05,480
we can open questions, but I think that will shorten things up.

571
00:52:09,080 --> 00:52:10,460
Good. Yeah, good.

572
00:52:10,460 --> 00:52:13,280
Okay. Good evening, honorable Mayor Beemish and members of the City Council.

573
00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:20,480
Tonight we ask that you consider the adoption of the fiscal year 2020-2021 and

574
00:52:20,480 --> 00:52:22,780
approve related resolutions.

575
00:52:23,900 --> 00:52:30,600
A budget study session was held on May 28, 2020 to present the proposed 2020-2021 municipal budget.

576
00:52:31,020 --> 00:52:37,300
After the presentation, council director staff to implement budget cuts to city council,

577
00:52:37,300 --> 00:52:42,480
Also planning commissioners and committee service commissioners stipends by 10%.

578
00:52:43,840 --> 00:52:49,240
At the June 1st, 2020 Council Meeting staff presented Council approved staff presented

579
00:52:49,600 --> 00:52:56,640
and Council approved the annual Consumer Price Index CPI adjustment on eligible city fees.

580
00:52:57,020 --> 00:53:04,040
The approved fee adjustment for 2021 was 3.1% resulting in an increase in the projected

581
00:53:08,500 --> 00:53:18,540
In addition, after the proposed budget was presented to Council in May, two additional general fund changes were made as part of the updated proposed budget.

582
00:53:19,780 --> 00:53:27,920
$52,000, $52,025 increase in the police department budget due to an adjustment to the staff's proposed furlough plan.

583
00:53:28,760 --> 00:53:34,220
Due to anticipated family leave needs among several of the police dispatchers, staff

584
00:53:34,220 --> 00:53:38,020
proposes not to furlough any police dispatchers in fiscal year 2021.

585
00:53:39,100 --> 00:53:45,160
It was also a 28,690 increase in the community services budget to fund additional hours

586
00:53:45,160 --> 00:53:50,240
for park attendance to monitor and enforce group activity restrictions as a result of the

587
00:53:50,240 --> 00:53:53,780
COVID-19 pandemic and public health guidance.

588
00:53:54,460 --> 00:54:02,000
All of these adjustments have been incorporated into the proposed $130 million, $59,245, 2021,

589
00:54:02,240 --> 00:54:10,760
municipal budget, of which $45,677,3, or 35.1% is a tribute to the general fund.

590
00:54:13,870 --> 00:54:20,630
The fiscal year 2021 budget is in balance with revenues exceeding expenditures by $4,216 due

591
00:54:20,630 --> 00:54:24,550
to changes the city council made during the May budget presentation.

592
00:54:25,110 --> 00:54:30,210
I'd be happy to answer any questions that you might have or give a full blown review which you have decided not to do.

593
00:54:30,850 --> 00:54:33,270
The agenda reports from anybody, Ken?

594
00:54:34,050 --> 00:54:38,510
I was traveling today, so I got a little bit behind on the news.

595
00:54:39,450 --> 00:54:43,770
I do know that the legislature passed the budget.

596
00:54:44,410 --> 00:54:54,470
And I wondered if anyone was able to speak at all to the impacts that the state's newly adopted budget is going to have on our city operation.

597
00:54:54,470 --> 00:54:55,250
our city budget.

598
00:54:57,230 --> 00:54:58,210
You know anything to him?

599
00:54:59,130 --> 00:54:59,970
We haven't seen it.

600
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:24,080
No, it's it's hot off the press. It's literally was just a few hours ago, so I'm sorry to spring that on you, but I do know that the state did, you know, basically passed the budget, so I was curious. Okay, I'm, I didn't hear it. They're in an impass and have not passed it or they passed it. No, my understanding is it was past. It was passed. Yes. Okay.

601
00:55:27,570 --> 00:55:28,990
Any other questions, staff?

602
00:55:28,990 --> 00:55:29,670
No,

603
00:55:33,690 --> 00:55:38,830
for me, so then we'll open the public hearing speaker. Thank you.

604
00:55:58,160 --> 00:55:59,980
So you know to give us your name, right?

605
00:56:01,280 --> 00:56:06,900
You can do this a lot. Good evening, Mayor Beemish and members of the City Council.

606
00:56:07,080 --> 00:56:16,960
I need to get close to the mic. Good evening. More? Good evening, Mayor Beemish and members of the City Council.

607
00:56:16,960 --> 00:56:20,700
Well, my name is Marie Lavyaga, and I'm the President and CEO of the La Haba Chamber

608
00:56:20,700 --> 00:56:21,100
of Commerce.

609
00:56:21,900 --> 00:56:27,840
First and foremost, I wanted to just spend some time thanking you for going over the budget

610
00:56:27,840 --> 00:56:33,100
as you have, and I know that it's really, really hard and very hard decisions that you've

611
00:56:33,100 --> 00:56:33,260
made.

612
00:56:33,760 --> 00:56:35,840
But so I applaud you for your efforts.

613
00:56:36,760 --> 00:56:43,160
I'm here today to just say thank you for considering the Chamber still in that budget.

614
00:56:43,160 --> 00:56:55,160
and just to say that our, the Chamber was really in a good position before COVID-19 came about.

615
00:56:55,500 --> 00:57:02,340
We were doing well with membership and we were looking to balance our budget as well depending

616
00:57:02,340 --> 00:57:10,800
upon citrus fair and how that went. But as you all know, that had to be canceled and so it has totally

617
00:57:10,800 --> 00:57:14,400
We turned our budget upside down and caused a lot of havoc.

618
00:57:14,860 --> 00:57:24,060
We've attempted to apply for various things, which nonprofits 501C6s do not qualify for.

619
00:57:24,580 --> 00:57:26,480
So, that has been closed doors.

620
00:57:27,160 --> 00:57:35,640
And we've cut our budget as far as our employees and even myself to try to keep us in the black

621
00:57:35,640 --> 00:57:41,440
and not, you know, be a burden to any other organizations or what we could do.

622
00:57:43,640 --> 00:57:50,480
I'm here today to ask that you consider increasing, and I know that's unheard of,

623
00:57:50,720 --> 00:57:57,440
increasing our funding so that we can reach out to members, make sure that the community

624
00:57:57,440 --> 00:58:01,880
in addition to members. Right now, we try to focus primarily on our members

625
00:58:01,880 --> 00:58:07,020
and promoting them and supporting them but we have a whole, we're only 350 members,

626
00:58:07,200 --> 00:58:12,400
there's so many businesses that we're not even touching or reaching and so we would

627
00:58:12,400 --> 00:58:20,500
asking that you consider perhaps another 10,000 to give us a little bit more room to be able to

628
00:58:20,500 --> 00:58:28,500
reach other businesses in the community and we would love to discuss more options that we do have,

629
00:58:28,500 --> 00:58:45,800
We are looking to support outside businesses without them being members for a good 90 days and then let them consider if it's been of aid at least give them a boost, give them some sort of advantage within our community.

630
00:58:46,400 --> 00:58:50,940
So that's what we are here today to ask you to consider.

631
00:58:50,940 --> 00:58:58,160
And again, I just want to thank you for everything you do to support the chamber and for considering us in the budget at this moment.

632
00:58:58,720 --> 00:58:59,240
Thank you.

633
00:59:01,840 --> 00:59:03,720
Don't break it.

634
00:59:17,700 --> 00:59:18,220
Are

635
00:59:30,980 --> 00:59:33,640
there other speakers or is that it really?

636
00:59:35,640 --> 00:59:36,000
Okay.

637
00:59:36,000 --> 00:59:43,840
Okay, so then I will close the public hearing and call for council questions, discussions, or action.

638
00:59:44,240 --> 00:59:48,520
So I've got a question, I guess, but I'll go with my colleagues first if they have anything.

639
00:59:50,390 --> 00:59:50,700
Rose?

640
00:59:51,880 --> 00:59:52,580
Who's there?

641
00:59:54,390 --> 00:59:55,680
No, no questions, Mr. Mayor.

642
00:59:55,960 --> 00:59:59,920
Just thank our staff and employees for.

643
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:29,500
We're coming up with the budget that that was feasible. It's hard enough with all the furloughs and things that nature. So thank you, Chair. Just, you know, I wish that we are in a position to give them more funding, but unfortunately we're not and everybody's grunting the crisis that we're in right now. And the chamber as we have to become come up with creative ideas to raise those funds.

644
01:00:29,500 --> 01:00:36,540
and whether it's relying more on volunteers, but hopefully the situation we're in will be temporary and

645
01:00:37,640 --> 01:00:41,940
we won't have to experience the cuts that we have in the future.

646
01:00:43,620 --> 01:00:49,260
One suggestion for my colleagues to consider, and I don't know if this is even practical, but we have this

647
01:00:50,640 --> 01:00:56,360
unallocated money because of the stipends we deducted a $4,216 I think.

648
01:00:56,360 --> 01:01:13,600
I think I don't want to just give it directly to somebody, but could we allocate that to community development because I'm expecting them to be working more hours and maybe asking for more resources from the chamber, would that be a good guess.

649
01:01:13,600 --> 01:01:22,100
And I'm thinking if we allocated the community development, Andrew then could use it to reimburse

650
01:01:22,440 --> 01:01:27,180
the chamber maybe for services or can we even do something like that?

651
01:01:29,040 --> 01:01:38,110
So I don't believe the furlough plan we have in place for all of our staff assumes equal amount of furloughs across all departments.

652
01:01:38,510 --> 01:01:43,310
So the amount of money wouldn't hardly make any difference at all in community development furloughs.

653
01:01:43,310 --> 01:01:45,650
No, no, no, no, that's not what I'm saying.

654
01:01:45,730 --> 01:01:53,210
I'm saying if we ask the Chamber to do things above and beyond what we gave them the $20,000 for,

655
01:01:55,270 --> 01:02:04,050
Andrew could provide them with the $4,000 or the $1,000 whatever it is if they had to assume an extra cost on our behalf, does that make sense?

656
01:02:04,590 --> 01:02:10,830
So in other words, if we were to ask the Chamber to do something that we wanted to do ex with businesses.

657
01:02:11,390 --> 01:02:13,370
And they were to invoice us for that amount.

658
01:02:13,670 --> 01:02:18,950
I mean, if it's something that would be within the appropriate use of governmental funds and

659
01:02:18,950 --> 01:02:23,130
in support of the Chamber's underlying activities that we don't already fund them for.

660
01:02:23,410 --> 01:02:25,010
Yeah, we could use the money for that.

661
01:02:25,270 --> 01:02:29,890
Okay, then I would like to do that because there's a little cushion there, because I'm expecting and

662
01:02:29,890 --> 01:02:32,490
may be Andrew can set me straight if I'm wrong,

663
01:02:32,550 --> 01:02:36,130
but I'm expecting us to ask more things

664
01:02:36,130 --> 01:02:38,410
of the chamber than what we would have normally

665
01:02:38,410 --> 01:02:41,850
because of COVID-19 and businesses restarting, right?

666
01:02:44,750 --> 01:02:47,830
Tom, I would rather than come up with some kind of plan

667
01:02:48,290 --> 01:02:50,850
and come to us to see what the benefit's gonna be first,

668
01:02:51,190 --> 01:02:53,510
rather than simply just turn over money.

669
01:02:54,230 --> 01:02:56,090
I mean, we're in a situation where we're furlowing cops

670
01:02:56,090 --> 01:02:58,030
and we haven't even been able to take care of our own first,

671
01:02:58,030 --> 01:03:02,950
But if that's what you're proposing, I would like to see something more, a plan in writing,

672
01:03:03,310 --> 01:03:08,530
see what the benefit will be to us, and the financial impact, and look at it closer rather than just

673
01:03:08,530 --> 01:03:11,370
say we're going to give you $5,000, $10,000.

674
01:03:11,810 --> 01:03:17,450
I agree with that because that was my thing of giving it over to Andrew as he could kind of do that.

675
01:03:17,590 --> 01:03:25,030
So maybe what we could do is reach out to Chamber and say, look, what additional value are you going to present to the city and what's

676
01:03:25,030 --> 01:03:31,130
And then you can come back to the council and then if we agree with that then we'll do what we need to do

677
01:03:31,130 --> 01:03:38,530
So good. I appreciate that Jim. So my recommendation would be not to allocate the funds at all at this time and just keep the funds as

678
01:03:38,530 --> 01:03:45,950
Small budget surplus until such time the chamber comes to council with a plan that you guys are amenable to and then you can

679
01:03:45,950 --> 01:03:51,530
Allocate the funds at that time then can Andrew convey that to the chamber. We'll make sure the chamber finds out

680
01:03:51,530 --> 01:03:55,850
Okay, then I have nothing further on that, so I guess we could go for a motion.

681
01:03:57,680 --> 01:03:58,920
I hear you making a motion.

682
01:03:59,660 --> 01:04:01,020
You want me to read all this stuff?

683
01:04:01,360 --> 01:04:01,460
Sure.

684
01:04:02,960 --> 01:04:03,400
Sure.

685
01:04:03,480 --> 01:04:03,720
Why not?

686
01:04:03,820 --> 01:04:04,580
I'll read it really fast.

687
01:04:07,290 --> 01:04:07,730
Okay.

688
01:04:07,950 --> 01:04:17,390
I move that we approve an adopt 2020-2021 allocation plan, municipal budget approve and adopt

689
01:04:17,390 --> 01:04:21,550
the resolution entitled the resolution of the City Council, the City of Labra adopting

690
01:04:21,550 --> 01:04:27,350
a budget for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2020, and then in June 30, 2021, making

691
01:04:27,350 --> 01:04:32,110
appropriations for the conduct of city of the law or government, establishing policies

692
01:04:32,110 --> 01:04:35,670
for the administration, the adopted budget, and for other budget-related purposes.

693
01:04:36,650 --> 01:04:45,090
I'd move also that we adopt a 2020-2021 successor agency to the law or redevelopment agency budget,

694
01:04:45,870 --> 01:04:49,070
approve and adopt a resolution number and title of the resolution of the

695
01:04:49,070 --> 01:04:59,970
It's a faster agency to the redevelopment agency of the city of La Habra adopting the annual budget for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2020, and any June 30, 2021 move that

696
01:05:00,000 --> 01:05:05,140
We approve an adaptor resolution, entitled Resolution of the City of Lob다 housing authority

697
01:05:05,140 --> 01:05:10,420
adopting the annual budget for the fiscal year commence in July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021.

698
01:05:11,320 --> 01:05:15,780
I know that we approve an adoptor resolution, entitled Resolution of the Utility Authority,

699
01:05:15,960 --> 01:05:20,120
the City of LobWA adoptant the annual budget for the fiscal year commence in July 1, 2020,

700
01:05:20,240 --> 01:05:26,160
and ending June 30, 2021. Move that we approve and adopt a Resolution, dubbed Resolution of

701
01:05:26,160 --> 01:05:48,000
So the civic improvement authority, the City of Lavera adopting the annual budget for the fiscal year commence in July 1, 2020 and ending June 30, 2021, and move that we approve and adopt a resolution entitled resolution of the City Council of the City of Lavera establishing the appropriation limit in accordance with the Article 13, the Constitution of the State of California.

702
01:05:48,000 --> 01:05:56,640
for the fiscal year, comments in July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021, and amending resolution number 5907.

703
01:05:57,100 --> 01:05:58,080
It's for a second.

704
01:05:58,540 --> 01:05:59,060
Second.

705
01:06:00,340 --> 01:06:01,740
Well, Kirk, please call the roll.

706
01:06:02,820 --> 01:06:03,940
Council member Modrano.

707
01:06:04,480 --> 01:06:04,820
Yes.

708
01:06:05,920 --> 01:06:07,060
Council member Shaw.

709
01:06:07,560 --> 01:06:07,760
Yes.

710
01:06:08,740 --> 01:06:09,600
Council member Gomez.

711
01:06:10,020 --> 01:06:10,200
Yes.

712
01:06:11,120 --> 01:06:12,500
Mayor Pro Temes, Benosa.

713
01:06:12,840 --> 01:06:13,060
Yes.

714
01:06:13,720 --> 01:06:14,420
Mayor Beamish.

715
01:06:14,940 --> 01:06:15,300
Yes.

716
01:06:15,300 --> 01:06:23,600
I appreciate staff putting the budget together, but it looks like this year we'll be talking about this here in a couple of months probably.

717
01:06:24,840 --> 01:06:28,400
So next up, do you really notice public hearing that considers zone change?

718
01:06:28,700 --> 01:06:30,940
20-2 for an ordinance, modifying.

719
01:06:31,740 --> 01:06:45,080
Mahover, municipal code title 18, zoning chapter 18-22, commercial cannabis activity to reduce the number of permitted commercial cannabis distribution facilities, prohibit cannabis testing laboratories and modifications to existing development standards.

720
01:06:45,080 --> 01:06:49,380
percentage of the revisions of the California Environmental Quality Act sequest

721
01:06:49,380 --> 01:06:52,840
app is determined that the ordinance is exempt pursuant to business and

722
01:06:52,840 --> 01:06:57,980
professions code section 26055H, so that let me name any other statutory

723
01:06:57,980 --> 01:07:02,360
exemption or categorical exemption division 13 commencing with public resources

724
01:07:02,360 --> 01:07:07,540
code section 21,000 does not apply to the adoption of an ordinance rule or

725
01:07:07,540 --> 01:07:11,240
regulation by a local jurisdiction that requires discretionary review and

726
01:07:11,240 --> 01:07:16,880
approval of permits, licenses, or other authorizations to engage in commercial cannabis activity.

727
01:07:17,320 --> 01:07:23,860
The proposed modifications to Chapter 1822 to qualify for this exemption, the discretionary

728
01:07:23,860 --> 01:07:29,220
review, and any such law ordinance rule or regulations shall include any applicable environmental

729
01:07:29,220 --> 01:07:34,080
review, percent to division 13, commencing was section 21,000 of the public resources code.

730
01:07:34,080 --> 01:07:42,880
This subdivision shall become inoperative to July 1, 2020, continued from June 1, 2020.

731
01:07:44,640 --> 01:07:46,360
This is a time to call for staff report.

732
01:07:46,640 --> 01:07:50,400
I personally don't think we need a staff report because we've been beaten this source for

733
01:07:50,400 --> 01:07:50,940
quite a while.

734
01:07:51,120 --> 01:07:53,780
Does any of my colleagues want a staff report or ask questions?

735
01:07:54,680 --> 01:07:55,480
I agree with you, Mayor.

736
01:07:56,460 --> 01:07:56,680
Tim?

737
01:07:56,880 --> 01:07:57,320
Rose?

738
01:07:58,340 --> 01:07:59,060
Okay, thank you.

739
01:07:59,980 --> 01:08:00,700
No questions?

740
01:08:01,500 --> 01:08:01,660
No?

741
01:08:01,660 --> 01:08:03,620
No, then I'll open the public hearing.

742
01:08:03,740 --> 01:08:05,700
Is there anyone out there that wants to address this?

743
01:08:08,180 --> 01:08:08,960
I've checked.

744
01:08:09,120 --> 01:08:10,480
I've got any answer yet.

745
01:08:40,180 --> 01:08:41,480
Mayor, no there isn't.

746
01:08:42,640 --> 01:08:46,580
Okay, then unless anybody has a discussion, I'll make a motion.

747
01:08:48,160 --> 01:08:50,020
I will make a motion.

748
01:08:51,600 --> 01:08:53,520
Let me change this to this.

749
01:08:53,880 --> 01:08:54,080
Okay.

750
01:08:56,050 --> 01:09:00,610
I was appreciative when Rose kind of compromised last time, so I'm going to make a

751
01:09:00,610 --> 01:09:09,130
motion consistent with rows it made last time, which I will move that we approve that the city

752
01:09:09,130 --> 01:09:16,630
can shall take action and we retain the current limit, no, that we change the limits of four

753
01:09:16,630 --> 01:09:21,830
permitted, permitted commercial cannabis distributions to three, which we have applications

754
01:09:21,830 --> 01:09:31,890
in process, and that we reduce testing laboratory licenses from four to one, and make

755
01:09:31,890 --> 01:09:34,630
them modifications to, let's see, I guess is that all I need?

756
01:09:35,290 --> 01:09:35,630
Is that it?

757
01:09:36,290 --> 01:09:36,630
Okay.

758
01:09:36,930 --> 01:09:37,470
Is there a second?

759
01:09:39,030 --> 01:09:39,670
Second.

760
01:09:40,530 --> 01:09:42,110
Will the clerk please call the roll.

761
01:09:43,090 --> 01:09:44,310
Council member Modrano?

762
01:09:45,010 --> 01:09:45,490
No.

763
01:09:46,530 --> 01:09:47,730
Council member Shaw?

764
01:09:54,040 --> 01:09:54,800
Council member Gomez?

765
01:09:55,320 --> 01:09:55,480
No.

766
01:09:55,480 --> 01:09:57,990
Mayor Pro Temespinosa?

767
01:09:58,460 --> 01:09:59,000
Yes.

768
01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:07,360
Mayor B. Misch. Yes. All right. I'd like to get this done tonight.

769
01:10:12,060 --> 01:10:32,760
So, Mr. Mayor, without dragging it out again, I mean, I've been on the record plenty on this issue. But I think most recently, we've got some statistics as well from the police department reference statistics in the staff report. Yes, yes. And I understand we didn't have the staff report read.

770
01:10:33,500 --> 01:10:46,660
But most recently, I think there was a DUI a week ago this past Saturday on Harbor Boulevard that occurred directly in front of the Elahabra Cyclery having to do something to the effect of marijuana bathing with a pen.

771
01:10:47,300 --> 01:10:58,480
Again, it's the same. I stand fast and true. I think we're good with the three warehousing facilities testing hasn't come here.

772
01:10:59,560 --> 01:11:28,320
There's no need for it, let's take it off the books, and we'll go that way, and at some point in the future, for future councils, whether it does or doesn't include myself or anyone else here, they can take up the issue again then maybe in another five years, I think it's fair with what we have thus far, and I'll reiterate again, we don't know, we don't know what the future holds for that, whether or not there's going to be the same amount of revenue coming in from the additional two warehouses,

773
01:11:28,320 --> 01:11:40,520
or whether or not the two warehouses are going to take a revenue from that existing warehouse just by being here, so that's the best I can tell you.

774
01:11:41,380 --> 01:11:57,280
Well, I may make a comment then, so you just did. I'm going to keep mine real short too, so the distribution revenue side of it to me, it's all about a revenue issue, the lab testing, I really don't get your point on that because to me, that's a health and safety issue.

775
01:11:57,280 --> 01:12:01,280
But having said that, I would just notice everybody.

776
01:12:01,820 --> 01:12:08,200
And I looked at the statistics we got having the three distributions in town run

777
01:12:08,200 --> 01:12:09,700
reverse edge for the past year.

778
01:12:09,800 --> 01:12:15,360
Does not impact any statistics or any population on the harbor because distribution takes it

779
01:12:15,360 --> 01:12:17,880
and delivered to outside the city.

780
01:12:18,440 --> 01:12:24,260
As we know, the drugs are coming into the city and has nothing to do with this process we're

781
01:12:24,260 --> 01:12:24,880
talking about.

782
01:12:24,880 --> 01:12:28,200
But having said that, I respect your opinion, Jose, so go for it.

783
01:12:31,170 --> 01:12:36,570
I'll make the motion to approve the first reading of the ordinance entitled,

784
01:12:36,810 --> 01:12:40,090
an ordinance of the City Council, the City of La Habra, Orange County, California,

785
01:12:40,690 --> 01:12:44,410
approving zone change 20------02, modifying La Habra,

786
01:12:44,510 --> 01:12:50,030
a municipal title 18 zoning, chapter 18.22, commercial cannabis activity to reduce

787
01:12:50,450 --> 01:12:54,650
the number of permitted commercial cannabis distribution facilities from four to three,

788
01:12:54,650 --> 01:13:00,070
and prohibit cannabis testing laboratories and making modifications to existing development standards.

789
01:13:01,450 --> 01:13:02,950
Are you testing to zero then?

790
01:13:04,230 --> 01:13:04,370
Yes.

791
01:13:04,610 --> 01:13:04,750
Yes.

792
01:13:05,330 --> 01:13:05,870
I'll second that.

793
01:13:06,670 --> 01:13:13,350
Mr. Mayor, I would make a substitute motion to increase the number of cannabis distribution facilities from four to five.

794
01:13:14,010 --> 01:13:17,110
And to increase the number of testing facilities from four to five.

795
01:13:20,480 --> 01:13:22,880
I'll second that for you Tim, just so we can go to it down.

796
01:13:25,680 --> 01:13:26,840
Please call the roll.

797
01:13:27,440 --> 01:13:27,920
Okay.

798
01:13:28,120 --> 01:13:28,560
Okay.

799
01:13:30,540 --> 01:13:31,460
Councilmember Modrano?

800
01:13:31,940 --> 01:13:32,400
No.

801
01:13:34,180 --> 01:13:34,900
Councilmember Shaw?

802
01:13:35,160 --> 01:13:35,400
Yes.

803
01:13:36,820 --> 01:13:37,680
Councilmember Gomez?

804
01:13:38,060 --> 01:13:38,780
Absolutely not.

805
01:13:39,840 --> 01:13:41,220
Mayor Proto-Mespinoza?

806
01:13:41,500 --> 01:13:41,640
No.

807
01:13:42,680 --> 01:13:43,600
Mayor Beemish?

808
01:13:44,020 --> 01:13:46,480
Because to me it's revenue and health and safety.

809
01:13:46,880 --> 01:13:46,980
Yes.

810
01:13:47,380 --> 01:13:48,060
Thank you.

811
01:13:48,280 --> 01:13:50,420
Motion fails two to three, sorry.

812
01:13:50,440 --> 01:13:50,540
Right.

813
01:13:50,760 --> 01:13:52,260
Now we'll go back to Jose's motion.

814
01:13:52,460 --> 01:13:53,400
Does he need to read it again?

815
01:13:53,560 --> 01:13:54,480
Or can we just vote on it?

816
01:13:55,240 --> 01:13:56,080
Just so.

817
01:13:56,820 --> 01:13:56,900
Okay.

818
01:13:57,260 --> 01:13:58,320
Councilmember Modrano?

819
01:13:58,900 --> 01:13:59,140
Yes.

820
01:14:00,080 --> 01:14:00,900
Councilmember Shaw?

821
01:14:01,180 --> 01:14:01,420
No.

822
01:14:02,740 --> 01:14:03,680
Councilmember Gomez?

823
01:14:04,060 --> 01:14:04,140
No.

824
01:14:04,300 --> 01:14:04,480
Councilmember Gomez.

825
01:14:04,500 --> 01:14:05,880
This is Jose's original motion.

826
01:14:06,520 --> 01:14:06,800
Yes.

827
01:14:07,120 --> 01:14:07,820
Three facilities.

828
01:14:07,820 --> 01:14:08,520
No testing.

829
01:14:08,920 --> 01:14:09,380
I'll go with yes.

830
01:14:10,500 --> 01:14:11,820
Mayor Pro Temespinosa?

831
01:14:12,180 --> 01:14:12,900
I have a question.

832
01:14:14,360 --> 01:14:17,400
If this one fails, then what did the outcome?

833
01:14:23,570 --> 01:14:25,070
Unless there's a substitute motion then.

834
01:14:26,830 --> 01:14:27,970
No, not the substitute motion.

835
01:14:27,970 --> 01:14:33,570
I mean in case there's another substance to motion after this it would he would say well if this failed we could keep making notions

836
01:14:33,570 --> 01:14:40,590
Yeah, you can make motions all night long, but three votes got a lot. Okay. Thanks. Thank you. Thank you

837
01:14:42,680 --> 01:14:43,120
Rose

838
01:14:47,900 --> 01:14:48,820
Mary B. Misho.

839
01:14:51,860 --> 01:14:54,760
Did you vote no mayor? I don't know. I just

840
01:15:15,820 --> 01:15:17,960
You still like your compromise, Rose?

841
01:15:20,670 --> 01:15:22,670
Okay. So do I, no?

842
01:15:24,860 --> 01:15:27,060
Mr. Mayor, I make a motion that we table the item.

843
01:15:30,050 --> 01:15:30,290
Second.

844
01:15:33,070 --> 01:15:34,450
Seconded. I'll second.

845
01:15:34,870 --> 01:15:43,170
You miss? So by table in this, Mr. Attorney, that means we're taking a bit of different date, or what happens at this point?

846
01:15:43,170 --> 01:15:49,620
Now it would take it off the agenda until it's brought back by the council to remain

847
01:15:49,620 --> 01:15:50,320
off the agenda.

848
01:15:53,240 --> 01:15:55,180
The current law of the stand is currently reads.

849
01:15:56,360 --> 01:15:57,420
Oh, then the current law will stand.

850
01:15:57,940 --> 01:15:58,020
Yeah.

851
01:15:58,680 --> 01:16:03,320
At least until the next election at which time the new council could bring it back.

852
01:16:03,740 --> 01:16:05,460
You bring it back anytime you want it to.

853
01:16:06,060 --> 01:16:06,200
Okay.

854
01:16:07,620 --> 01:16:08,000
Okay.

855
01:16:09,900 --> 01:16:10,700
Councilmember Modrano?

856
01:16:12,020 --> 01:16:13,260
And this is the table, correct?

857
01:16:13,560 --> 01:16:13,780
Correct.

858
01:16:14,240 --> 01:16:14,440
Yes.

859
01:16:14,440 --> 01:16:14,560
Yes.

860
01:16:16,020 --> 01:16:17,080
Council Member Shaw.

861
01:16:17,460 --> 01:16:17,800
Yes.

862
01:16:19,340 --> 01:16:20,400
Council Member Gomez.

863
01:16:28,560 --> 01:16:28,900
No.

864
01:16:31,270 --> 01:16:32,690
Mayor Proto-Mespinoza.

865
01:16:33,350 --> 01:16:33,510
Yes.

866
01:16:34,470 --> 01:16:35,270
Mayor Beamish.

867
01:16:35,610 --> 01:16:35,790
Yes.

868
01:16:36,550 --> 01:16:37,630
Motion passed four to one.

869
01:16:38,490 --> 01:16:39,570
Thank you very much.

870
01:16:39,970 --> 01:16:40,610
Thank you very much.

871
01:16:40,810 --> 01:16:41,770
Okay, considerations.

872
01:16:42,350 --> 01:16:43,030
None at this time.

873
01:16:43,770 --> 01:16:45,090
Mayor's community calendar.

874
01:16:53,100 --> 01:16:55,500
The, it's that old slide we keep seeing here.

875
01:16:55,620 --> 01:16:57,300
Staying far in the bout the corner of iris

876
01:16:57,300 --> 01:17:00,820
and what you can do to help prevent it spread CDC and Orange County Health

877
01:17:00,820 --> 01:17:04,780
Haynes, you remind us all that there are several simple actions, wash your

878
01:17:04,780 --> 01:17:11,000
hands, alcohol, based hand sanitizer, stay mouth and nose covering it, county

879
01:17:11,000 --> 01:17:15,980
changed it to from a required to a recommendation but I would hope

880
01:17:15,980 --> 01:17:21,880
everybody especially going inside would wear masks. If you have symptoms stay at

881
01:17:21,880 --> 01:17:25,780
home and seek medical assistance if you're ill for more information you have the

882
01:17:25,780 --> 01:17:32,960
same websites OC health info.com and CDC government and there's we have the

883
01:17:32,960 --> 01:17:38,540
COVID listing on ours. It seems each day the state of California has a new

884
01:17:38,540 --> 01:17:43,020
announcement regarding relaxation of state home order while it certainly is

885
01:17:43,020 --> 01:17:46,000
welcome news to hear how more and more businesses are reopening with

886
01:17:46,000 --> 01:17:50,180
modifications to their operation. It does not mean things have returned to normal

887
01:17:50,180 --> 01:17:55,300
because the state's response to COVID-19 continues to evolve on daily basis. It is

888
01:17:55,300 --> 01:18:00,080
important that you stay informed. Visit the state of California, COVID-19 page at

889
01:18:00,080 --> 01:18:06,820
COVID19.cal.gov and stay on the know. The City Hall Police Station lobby, the

890
01:18:06,820 --> 01:18:10,400
Community Center front desk, we're open to the public, but all our other facilities

891
01:18:10,400 --> 01:18:14,400
remain closed to the public, pending further guidance from the state and county.

892
01:18:15,180 --> 01:18:19,120
As always, our operations continue. If you need to visit the city facility, please

893
01:18:19,120 --> 01:18:23,640
remember to wear a face covering. If you feel ill or have a fever, please stay home.

894
01:18:23,640 --> 01:18:30,020
for more information call 5-623-340-10 and you can visit us online at

895
01:18:30,020 --> 01:18:36,520
willhabrasie.gov or follow us on Facebook and Twitter and it's the census is

896
01:18:36,520 --> 01:18:41,660
still out there if you haven't completed it. The Census Bureau you can

897
01:18:41,660 --> 01:18:45,160
responses can be submitted to Census Bureau by mail phone or online.

898
01:18:47,660 --> 01:18:48,300
It's

899
01:18:48,300 --> 01:18:52,540
really important that everybody get counted. It determines congressional

900
01:18:52,540 --> 01:18:56,720
representation and how billions in federal funding is allocated to communities across

901
01:18:56,720 --> 01:19:01,100
our nation and that's even more important today than it has been in the past.

902
01:19:01,900 --> 01:19:03,180
Join the conversation.

903
01:19:03,520 --> 01:19:05,420
We still have the community survey out there.

904
01:19:05,620 --> 01:19:09,620
We'd really like to gauge resident opinion on service priorities.

905
01:19:10,120 --> 01:19:16,440
Again, this is really an important time to get your opinion out to us so that is it for

906
01:19:16,440 --> 01:19:18,200
Mayor's calendar comments from staff.

907
01:19:20,960 --> 01:19:22,400
Councilmember Jim Gomez.

908
01:19:24,800 --> 01:19:29,660
I want to really take this opportunity to thank our staff for doing such a wonderful job.

909
01:19:30,620 --> 01:19:31,480
First of all, public works.

910
01:19:31,620 --> 01:19:36,820
I just see all the work going on in our parks, parking lots going on there, the splash pads on a good work going on there.

911
01:19:37,300 --> 01:19:45,860
Community services, I see our camps in full speed and you guys just making a real difference in the community reaching those that have been its shut ends.

912
01:19:46,020 --> 01:19:49,960
And just, you guys just reinvent yourself all the time, so thank you Kelly for all you're doing.

913
01:19:49,960 --> 01:19:59,960
Community development, particularly during this time, I'm very impressed with what you guys are doing working with our restaurants where they're doing these parking lots.

914
01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:28,840
We've got eateries now, and courting that off, and also working with our faith organizations, so they can come out and do some services outside. So we really want to commend all our departments for thinking outside the box, and that's what we need. And maybe your roles change a little bit more, but it's very much appreciated. And I appreciate all that they're doing. Finally, I want to thank the Gonzalez family. Jose and I got to participate in Tony Gonzalez's 100 birthday this weekend. We had a great, big parade.

915
01:20:28,840 --> 01:20:34,540
He's Rose's neighbor and he's just a wonderful guy who's lived here, his entire life.

916
01:20:35,360 --> 01:20:39,300
And it was a really great outing to celebrate his 100th birthday.

917
01:20:39,580 --> 01:20:44,760
So, kudos and congratulations to Tony Gonzalez, turning 100 years old.

918
01:20:45,740 --> 01:20:46,900
Happy birthday, Tim.

919
01:20:50,460 --> 01:20:51,300
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

920
01:20:54,160 --> 01:20:57,280
I appreciate the work that staff did on the budget.

921
01:20:57,280 --> 01:21:03,140
it and obviously we had our budget workshop a while back where we really dove into the numbers

922
01:21:03,140 --> 01:21:12,900
and proved it here formally tonight. Obviously this is a very difficult budget with the

923
01:21:12,900 --> 01:21:22,160
global pandemic going, recession going, revenues to the city really on their way down. Unfortunately

924
01:21:22,160 --> 01:21:30,700
with the recession, we've instituted furloughs to all city employees, unfortunately, out there.

925
01:21:30,960 --> 01:21:34,340
So it's got me thinking a lot about our budget situation.

926
01:21:35,340 --> 01:21:48,840
Frankly, even before the pandemic and the recession, I was gravely concerned about the long-term situation for our city financially with pension obligations and

927
01:21:48,840 --> 01:21:57,800
things like that, looming in the horizon, so I have, I think if you went back over the last four or five years,

928
01:21:57,960 --> 01:22:06,580
if you look to any split vote on our city council, or some voted yes, some voted no, I believe you would find without exception.

929
01:22:06,740 --> 01:22:17,480
I was on the side of saying yes to money revenue and no to spending. And people might think, well, what a particularly easy position to take,

930
01:22:18,020 --> 01:22:20,320
to be very physically constrained.

931
01:22:21,680 --> 01:22:23,980
It's typically on the night of the meeting

932
01:22:24,640 --> 01:22:25,760
when those votes are happening,

933
01:22:25,760 --> 01:22:28,440
that that is the unpopular position to take

934
01:22:28,440 --> 01:22:29,440
when you're sitting on the dais.

935
01:22:30,020 --> 01:22:31,340
It's a room full of people wanting you

936
01:22:31,340 --> 01:22:35,000
to spend money on something or wanting, or, or,

937
01:22:36,260 --> 01:22:40,340
so I've, many of these votes have been votes

938
01:22:40,340 --> 01:22:43,920
where I get booed at, frankly, but I just draw

939
01:22:43,920 --> 01:22:46,960
to down a list of some of the ideas I've tried

940
01:22:46,960 --> 01:22:51,520
to throw out there in the past, I brought up the idea of safe and sane fireworks.

941
01:22:52,760 --> 01:22:59,700
Every 4th of July, rather than lose money as a city, we could make money, and we were

942
01:22:59,700 --> 01:23:01,280
going to split it with our nonprofits.

943
01:23:02,000 --> 01:23:04,700
That idea failed, that was one idea I tried to bring up.

944
01:23:05,500 --> 01:23:14,200
We have four fire stations in our city, we're just over seven square miles, 63,000 residents.

945
01:23:16,000 --> 01:23:20,200
You know, perhaps the city, our size, doesn't need four fire stations.

946
01:23:20,220 --> 01:23:24,960
One of those four fire stations receives very few calls for service in here.

947
01:23:27,060 --> 01:23:32,420
I realize that's under a contract and that's very complicated whether we would realize significant

948
01:23:32,420 --> 01:23:36,220
savings or not, but I think it's the least worth contemplating.

949
01:23:36,820 --> 01:23:39,600
We've talked about regionalizing police services.

950
01:23:39,600 --> 01:23:43,000
is we actually spend a lot of money studying this,

951
01:23:43,340 --> 01:23:44,960
utilizing with our neighboring cities,

952
01:23:45,640 --> 01:23:47,220
things like dispatch and other things

953
01:23:47,220 --> 01:23:49,580
that could bring us greater efficiency

954
01:23:49,580 --> 01:23:53,900
in our police department budget.

955
01:23:54,200 --> 01:23:58,500
Obviously we've been beating the dead horse of cannabis.

956
01:23:59,360 --> 01:24:01,360
At one point, we did have three votes on the council

957
01:24:01,360 --> 01:24:04,900
to bring in a warehouse distribution facility

958
01:24:04,900 --> 01:24:07,580
which got us almost a half a million dollars

959
01:24:07,580 --> 01:24:15,680
in revenue just this year, I've had to say no to spending, we had an idea to hold a special

960
01:24:15,680 --> 01:24:21,560
election for the cost of a quarter of a million dollars that was not legally required.

961
01:24:22,340 --> 01:24:30,860
I was saying no to too much booze in this room, but thankfully, I mean, looking back a quarter

962
01:24:30,860 --> 01:24:36,860
million dollars as we're looking at the current budget, that's obviously significant.

963
01:24:37,140 --> 01:24:42,160
We had the issue of annexing county islands.

964
01:24:42,300 --> 01:24:49,680
We were going to have to play a jigsaw game with our water system going around unincorporated

965
01:24:49,680 --> 01:24:50,480
county islands.

966
01:24:50,980 --> 01:24:58,020
It would have cost our utility authority $2 million, additional $2 million to go swinging

967
01:24:58,020 --> 01:24:59,020
around islands.

968
01:25:00,660 --> 01:25:08,480
Room full of people here said, don't add access, but I wasn't going to spend $2 million to do that game.

969
01:25:10,700 --> 01:25:14,920
So, some of those are some of the, each of these votes have been split votes on this council.

970
01:25:16,800 --> 01:25:22,200
We now have a fiscal review committee that gave us recommendations. Obviously, it took our council

971
01:25:22,200 --> 01:25:28,280
about five seconds to begin ignoring those recommendations from that committee. I would invite

972
01:25:28,280 --> 01:25:35,860
my colleagues to look at those recommendations, or perhaps develop ideas of your own.

973
01:25:38,500 --> 01:25:44,200
I'm interested to see if you don't like any of the ideas I brought forward, then by all

974
01:25:44,200 --> 01:25:45,880
means bring forward some of your own ideas.

975
01:25:46,700 --> 01:25:50,940
These are never going to be easy, maybe not even politically popular.

976
01:25:51,920 --> 01:25:57,180
But getting more money in and having less money go out is the only way that we can write

977
01:25:57,180 --> 01:26:01,760
the ship and not be plowing through our reserves going forward.

978
01:26:02,420 --> 01:26:06,780
We can pray that we get a bailout from the state government, of the federal government.

979
01:26:07,600 --> 01:26:11,780
Obviously, we all hope that the economy recovers sharply, and

980
01:26:11,780 --> 01:26:17,520
we have more money just naturally coming in and tax revenue based on a stronger economy.

981
01:26:17,680 --> 01:26:20,240
But as they say, hope is not a strategy.

982
01:26:21,220 --> 01:26:22,720
So those are my comments, Mr. Mayor.

983
01:26:23,660 --> 01:26:24,100
Thank you.

984
01:26:24,460 --> 01:26:25,180
Let's go to Rose.

985
01:26:25,180 --> 01:26:25,380
Rose.

986
01:26:29,470 --> 01:26:30,530
Did you say Rose?

987
01:26:30,970 --> 01:26:31,450
I said Rose.

988
01:26:31,870 --> 01:26:32,690
Thank you very much.

989
01:26:33,130 --> 01:26:40,550
I'd like to thank the police department for the way they handled the march that came

990
01:26:40,550 --> 01:26:41,410
along that day.

991
01:26:42,210 --> 01:26:48,830
I know I had some resident members call me early that day that they had gone to business

992
01:26:48,830 --> 01:26:56,110
owners and the business owners were concerned because they've seen in other cities what

993
01:26:56,110 --> 01:27:03,670
But the outcome of these marches early on, and I wasn't going to go to the march to see

994
01:27:03,670 --> 01:27:10,010
or anything until I got the call from the person, and I just wanted to assure the business

995
01:27:10,010 --> 01:27:15,190
owner that we were not a city that they really had to worry about.

996
01:27:16,170 --> 01:27:22,790
I know the chief and all the police department has gone out of their way to make sure that

997
01:27:22,790 --> 01:27:29,790
that the community was intact and engaged throughout every year for the past ever since you've been chief.

998
01:27:30,490 --> 01:27:34,910
So I was comfortable with that, but yet I felt I had to go out there.

999
01:27:35,610 --> 01:27:40,590
And I did, I went out there to El Central Park and was looking from a distance.

1000
01:27:41,150 --> 01:27:51,570
And when I saw the shoulders of adults, I felt okay, this is not going to be a march that I have to be really concerned of.

1001
01:27:51,570 --> 01:27:55,370
and sharing that, I went up to Woody Boulevard

1002
01:27:55,370 --> 01:27:58,950
and went over there by Magnolia business

1003
01:27:58,950 --> 01:28:02,090
and rose to chicken and saw the group

1004
01:28:02,090 --> 01:28:04,570
that was coming along and it was fine.

1005
01:28:04,770 --> 01:28:06,750
And then I went to the business that was concerned

1006
01:28:06,750 --> 01:28:09,090
and stood there in front of that business as well.

1007
01:28:10,010 --> 01:28:14,910
And it was all, if there was going to be any kind of march,

1008
01:28:15,490 --> 01:28:16,810
it would be that kind of march

1009
01:28:16,810 --> 01:28:20,910
where everyone would respectful of the business owner

1010
01:28:20,910 --> 01:28:25,930
is the properties, the police department, and so I just want to say that I am very, very

1011
01:28:25,930 --> 01:28:32,030
proud of the police department and the professionalism and proud of the community itself that

1012
01:28:32,030 --> 01:28:38,150
they were respectful of the properties and it was just one of those kind of marches

1013
01:28:38,150 --> 01:28:42,130
that if you're going to have one that's a kind that you want to have your community.

1014
01:28:42,350 --> 01:28:45,870
So I just want you to pass it on to the police department as well.

1015
01:28:47,350 --> 01:28:53,250
you know, I was, sometimes you just want to do something, and so I was at home just relaxing,

1016
01:28:54,030 --> 01:28:59,370
playing Majdan, and Lord Behold, in between the game, there's a little advertisement,

1017
01:28:59,370 --> 01:29:05,470
and it's joined a conversation with, and I'm like, oh my God, there's a chief, there's a police department,

1018
01:29:05,630 --> 01:29:12,710
there's Kelly, and it was just neat to see you guys in this, and I think I've seen you guys around 20 times now,

1019
01:29:12,710 --> 01:29:17,450
So, I can't skip the ad while I would like to after a while,

1020
01:29:17,610 --> 01:29:19,010
but you guys look great.

1021
01:29:19,470 --> 01:29:21,450
I mean, you guys are very professional,

1022
01:29:21,890 --> 01:29:25,330
and I heard you're getting a good response out of that as well.

1023
01:29:25,550 --> 01:29:28,090
So, I'm glad that you guys thought of that.

1024
01:29:28,430 --> 01:29:31,950
Whoever did, please thank them for doing that kind of outreach,

1025
01:29:32,130 --> 01:29:34,990
because I see it every day now for the last two weeks,

1026
01:29:34,990 --> 01:29:38,890
which is good, and I was wondering if you had gotten a good response

1027
01:29:38,890 --> 01:29:40,490
from it or not as well.

1028
01:29:42,130 --> 01:29:46,530
And the last thing, I think I just want to say, although I don't have all the information,

1029
01:29:47,510 --> 01:29:54,130
I would like to adjourn in memory of Annette Garza, he meant as Annette Garza came to

1030
01:29:54,130 --> 01:29:57,930
when I was a think a sophomore in La Harbor High School.

1031
01:29:58,810 --> 01:29:59,970
And she was new.

1032
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:27,420
She was a student at our high school. But she just stood out because she looked like a model. She was just always dressed very beautiful. And you thought, well, she's above my league. I'm not going to hang around with her. But she was a type of girl that kind of, you know, just reached out to anybody. It didn't matter who it was. She was just very, she was just very caring person. And she passed away of cancer on Friday, June the 12th.

1033
01:30:27,420 --> 01:30:32,860
She, her, her kids a long time resident members and so I, her husband is Johnny

1034
01:30:32,860 --> 01:30:39,620
Humanist so I just want to say condolences to her and to the family and that, you know,

1035
01:30:39,780 --> 01:30:44,740
that it's a tragedy when it happens to one of your family members, but that's life, you know.

1036
01:30:44,940 --> 01:30:48,320
It's just a cycle of life so that would conclude my report.

1037
01:30:48,760 --> 01:30:50,200
Ms. Nell is Annette Garza.

1038
01:30:51,560 --> 01:30:52,000
Humanist.

1039
01:30:55,410 --> 01:30:55,850
Okay.

1040
01:30:56,310 --> 01:31:00,210
I kind of took you out of, or out of a rosé, because I thought you might want to mention something

1041
01:31:00,210 --> 01:31:01,750
about Oscar Serna.

1042
01:31:05,340 --> 01:31:11,200
First I'll start off by saying thank you to our staff. Thank you for all

1043
01:31:11,200 --> 01:31:18,820
the hard work you've put in during this time of COVID and thankfully we didn't have to face any

1044
01:31:18,820 --> 01:31:26,480
serious civil unrest in La Habra. On that note I'd like to thank our police chief and the police

1045
01:31:26,480 --> 01:31:40,540
department which was not surprising on my end for being professional and for allowing the demonstration to proceed as they had wanted and exercising their First Amendment right.

1046
01:31:41,800 --> 01:31:52,660
I hold hard to support a person's First Amendment right on different levels as a police officer is elected official as a father, so I think that was very important.

1047
01:31:52,660 --> 01:31:55,100
And thank you chief, please pass that on to the police department.

1048
01:31:55,320 --> 01:31:56,420
Thank you for all your hard work.

1049
01:31:57,700 --> 01:32:01,480
And also like to thank the fire department last week, we had a fire up in the hills.

1050
01:32:01,780 --> 01:32:07,500
And in Hossie in the Heights, thankfully, that was put out in a timely fashion.

1051
01:32:07,980 --> 01:32:13,280
I know I was texting with our city manager as it was happening because my kids alerted me.

1052
01:32:13,360 --> 01:32:17,120
They were driving home and they saw some flames up on the hills.

1053
01:32:17,120 --> 01:32:22,900
and I started texting Jim Sadro and he was texting me back, he was in touch with-

1054
01:32:24,540 --> 01:32:25,720
As well, yes.

1055
01:32:26,320 --> 01:32:37,360
I was wondering why two on the town wasn't out there yet, but apparently I had the scoop on him and I was talking to our city manager and he was in constant communication with our fire people up there.

1056
01:32:37,840 --> 01:32:44,880
So thank you for putting that out and for not letting it come this way and for not letting, for my understanding, no structures were destroyed up there, correct?

1057
01:32:46,240 --> 01:32:55,300
which further I think would be a public service announcement of sorts for fireworks in general.

1058
01:32:56,100 --> 01:32:59,680
Thankfully, we don't sell them here in Lahabra, our proximity to the hills is one thing.

1059
01:33:00,420 --> 01:33:09,820
And as our summers and our early falls get drier and drier, it's a tough thing to have to put up with.

1060
01:33:11,540 --> 01:33:19,540
I know I've done it as far as the enforcement of that at one point or another in my career.

1061
01:33:20,460 --> 01:33:22,480
And fireworks are fun, they are.

1062
01:33:23,150 --> 01:33:28,920
But what I've learned, and it's probably that I'm becoming my parents maybe, maybe

1063
01:33:28,920 --> 01:33:35,620
resting piece, is that I'm getting old and I'd rather see them at controlled events like

1064
01:33:35,620 --> 01:33:40,580
our 4th of July event and when I was a kid it was fun going to Dodger Stadium to see that

1065
01:33:40,580 --> 01:33:46,560
because I know my dad would take us as a kid so it's another alternative and I know that's

1066
01:33:46,560 --> 01:33:52,060
economically a Dodger Stadium, Angel Stadium aren't available to everybody but traditionally we do

1067
01:33:52,060 --> 01:33:56,260
have a firework show here in the city. Not sure if that's going to happen this year probably not

1068
01:33:56,260 --> 01:34:02,160
but regardless we look forward to those days and see what happens. Other than that yes I would

1069
01:34:02,160 --> 01:34:05,640
We also like to close in the memory of Oscar Serna Senior.

1070
01:34:06,360 --> 01:34:11,440
Oscar Serna Senior was passed away, passed away earlier this month.

1071
01:34:11,680 --> 01:34:15,640
Father to Oscar Serna Junior and his family, his wife Laura,

1072
01:34:16,020 --> 01:34:20,080
Oscar Junior's wife Laura and their three children that live here in La Habra.

1073
01:34:20,620 --> 01:34:27,680
Oscar is a father and a volunteer over at La Habra Girl's softball when I was here also at AYSO.

1074
01:34:27,680 --> 01:34:32,660
He's a very good member of our community and we talk every so often.

1075
01:34:33,360 --> 01:34:37,520
I was quite taken aback and saddened that his father had passed away.

1076
01:34:37,740 --> 01:34:39,340
So, thank you, Mr. Mayor.

1077
01:34:40,520 --> 01:34:41,860
My pleasure, a couple things.

1078
01:34:42,300 --> 01:34:44,120
One, thanks to Saf again on the budget.

1079
01:34:44,720 --> 01:34:48,920
Just so you know, I feel your pain and the reason I can say that when I worked at Edison.

1080
01:34:49,740 --> 01:34:53,520
I have shared this with Jim Sadrow, but we did activity-based costing.

1081
01:34:54,160 --> 01:34:57,020
But one of the things we did that was horrible for the employees.

1082
01:34:57,020 --> 01:34:59,980
As we ranked them as essential employees, we had

1083
01:35:00,000 --> 01:35:05,120
Groups of your number one, your number two, and your number three, and the first to go on lay

1084
01:35:05,120 --> 01:35:11,360
off, start with the people at number three, so you can imagine not much of a team feeling

1085
01:35:11,360 --> 01:35:16,780
there. So I much prefer the way we're handling this, because we are a family in my mind

1086
01:35:16,780 --> 01:35:24,080
and we're in it altogether. So I appreciate our city manager setting me straight occasionally.

1087
01:35:24,220 --> 01:35:29,600
He doesn't hesitate to do that when I go off the deep end. So thank you. Tim mentioned the

1088
01:35:29,600 --> 01:35:39,260
The fire contract, as you know, we gave direction, I think two council meetings ago to go out, provide, find savings to the city of the fires of fire contract.

1089
01:35:40,000 --> 01:35:51,380
I just put this in your ear that may be a study session with a council at some point to be determined would be really good when we start talking about what options that you would like to do.

1090
01:35:53,080 --> 01:35:57,920
Again, I'd like to reiterate my support for the police department.

1091
01:35:58,420 --> 01:36:02,640
It's been, I think, I've been very supportive over the last 16 years.

1092
01:36:03,380 --> 01:36:08,180
I would say when I did call out to quite a few members of our community trying to find

1093
01:36:08,180 --> 01:36:17,120
somebody that had a story that was maybe somewhat negative, I 100% of the people I talked to enjoy

1094
01:36:17,120 --> 01:36:26,360
the interaction with the police. They say you do a fine job. Having said that I think we all can

1095
01:36:26,360 --> 01:36:35,400
always improve and I know that you strive to improve. There's probably better ways of doing certain

1096
01:36:35,400 --> 01:36:41,340
type of policing out there. I'm getting at is benchmarking best practices which I'm sure that you do.

1097
01:36:41,340 --> 01:36:47,720
So with the dialogue that's going on in this country today, it's serious and it's well

1098
01:36:47,720 --> 01:36:49,060
meaning from a lot of people.

1099
01:36:49,580 --> 01:36:57,140
So I would hope we find ways to ease the pain and find better ways of policing.

1100
01:36:58,020 --> 01:36:59,260
So thank you very much.

1101
01:36:59,400 --> 01:37:05,620
And with that, I will adjourn in the memory of Oscar Cern a senior, and that gars the

1102
01:37:05,620 --> 01:37:11,120
The menace council's condolences to both those families and we are now adjourned until

1103
01:37:11,800 --> 01:37:12,540
sometime in the future.

1104
01:37:14,390 --> 01:37:15,010
Thank you.