[0:18] .

[0:18] All righty.

[0:19] Good evening Mayor, vice Mayor

[0:21] and council members welcome to

[0:21] the OCTOBER 27th, 2025 regular

[0:25] meeting of the City Council

[0:26] successor agency to the Culver

[0:29] City Redevelopment Agency Board

[0:30] Culver City Parking Authority

[0:33] Board Redevelopment Financing

[0:33] Authority and Culver City

[0:37] Housing Authority Board.

[0:39] The time is now.

[0:40] 533 and I'll go ahead and do a

[0:47] roll call by Council member

[0:50] Rivera present Council member

[0:50] McMahon Yeah, Council Member

[0:54] Fish You're Vice Mayor Plaza

[0:54] PRESIDENT And Mayor o'Brien

[0:57] Represent members are present

[1:01] You have a quorum okay Thank

[1:01] you.

[1:02] Do we have any comments on

[1:02] closed session?

[1:05] There are none.

[1:05] Okay.

[1:06] We have a motion to adjourn the

[1:12] court session Please.

[1:13] I have a motion by council

[1:16] member Fish and a second from

[1:17] council member parent or during

[1:21] a closed session maybe Can

[1:26] voting My motion passes

[1:26] unanimously and we are

[1:44] and like

[1:58] that

[2:07] okay I thank you.

[2:07] Good evening everyone.

[2:10] Welcome back.

[2:11] This is the regular meeting of

[2:15] the city council meeting.

[2:18] City council.

[2:19] I just want to report for the

[2:21] record that we adjourn to a

[2:25] closed session at 530 for Okay.

[2:25] Good evening, everyone.

[2:28] We actually do not have any

[2:29] proclamations or recognitions

[2:32] so I'd like to get started with

[2:33] a pledge of Allegiance If

[2:39] you're able please stand for

[2:40] the pledge allegiance to the

[2:43] flag.

[2:47] I get anything I was just an

[2:56] individual So maybe just be and

[3:00] I'm going to read the city's

[3:01] statement of land

[3:01] acknowledgment to the city of

[3:04] Culver City formally

[3:05] acknowledges that the land that

[3:06] we inhabit today is the

[3:08] ancestral land of indigenous

[3:09] peoples who have lived here for

[3:09] millennia.

[3:13] The city of Culver City honors

[3:13] the Gabrielle Union people

[3:16] past, present and future and

[3:16] recognizes their enduring

[3:17] connection to this land as its

[3:20] original caretakers.

[3:21] We are committed to supporting

[3:24] and uplifting the Gabrielle

[3:24] know people and to fostering a

[3:25] deeper understanding of the

[3:28] histories and identities of all

[3:28] indigenous peoples in this

[3:29] region.

[3:32] We encourage all residents and

[3:33] visitors to join us in

[3:33] respecting and caring for this

[3:36] land.

[3:36] The city affirms its support

[3:37] for the rights of these

[3:39] indigenous communities and for

[3:40] the preservation of their

[3:43] cultural legacies and there is

[3:48] nothing to report out of closed

[3:51] session So we will begin with

[3:54] do we have any anything from

[3:55] commissions, committees or

[3:58] boards or staff and none.

[3:58] Okay.

[3:58] Thank you much.

[4:02] Have any reports or

[4:02] announcements from Council

[4:05] Councilmember Fish?

[4:05] Hey everybody.

[4:09] Good to be with you all.

[4:10] I'm surprised to see even this

[4:14] many folks during a Dodger game

[4:15] So thanks for taking the time

[4:17] to to come join us.

[4:21] I think it was 4 to 2 last

[4:21] time.

[4:24] Yes, I checked.

[4:28] I just wanted to give a quick

[4:29] reminder to put in your Prop 50

[4:32] ballot by NOVEMBER 4th I

[4:35] believe And you have many drop

[4:39] off boxes across across the

[4:40] city Julian Dixon Library,

[4:43] Culver West Alexander Park, Fox

[4:46] Hills Park at the West L.A.

[4:47] College And there are two

[4:48] voting centers here at City

[4:50] Hall and West L.A. College has

[4:54] also really grateful to attend

[4:55] the opening of the Robertson

[4:55] Boulevard Complete Street

[4:58] Project with Mayor o'Brien that

[5:02] it's a fantastic project that

[5:02] our public works team DR.

[5:06] Dimitri You guys really did a

[5:06] fantastic job.

[5:10] It creates bike lanes or two

[5:11] bike lanes one bike separated

[5:13] bike path, one protected bike

[5:14] lane and a bus lane on

[5:18] Robertson And it's only 700ft

[5:19] long but it's really

[5:19] transformative and allows

[5:22] people to access the station

[5:25] safely easily.

[5:26] And yeah, I'm hoping that we

[5:29] can continue the progress that

[5:30] we've made.

[5:30] I didn't have much to do with

[5:31] that project.

[5:33] It started long before I got

[5:34] here but it was really

[5:37] wonderful to to be able to you

[5:37] know, just celebrate its

[5:38] opening.

[5:41] I also wanted to share that our

[5:42] first police policy

[5:42] subcommittee with Councilmember

[5:45] Rivera and myself is tomorrow

[5:46] at 4 P.M. And that's Memorial.

[5:49] We're going to be going over

[5:50] two very important documents.

[5:55] The first is the 8481 481

[5:58] military equipment disclosures.

[5:59] And the second is the Ripper

[6:02] Annual reports the Racial

[6:03] Identity Profiling Act reports

[6:06] and that the court that our cpd

[6:07] is releasing I believe they

[6:10] released that a couple of hours

[6:10] ago.

[6:11] So if you would like to hear

[6:14] about those reports and give

[6:14] your feedback, please do.

[6:18] And then we have the Fox Hills

[6:18] specific planned community

[6:21] meeting If you're interested in

[6:22] hearing what is planned for the

[6:26] Fox Hills community and giving

[6:26] your input.

[6:28] That's Tuesday, OCTOBER 28th

[6:32] from 6 to 8 And just wanted to

[6:35] say a happy almost Halloween.

[6:36] Be careful.

[6:37] Just a reminder to be careful

[6:39] for for drivers especially

[6:42] because it is one of the

[6:43] deadlier nights for you know

[6:46] for pedestrians, especially

[6:47] children, you know, child

[6:47] pedestrians unfortunately.

[6:50] So for drivers just you know,

[6:51] slow down, stay alert

[6:54] especially in residential

[6:54] areas.

[6:54] Roll down your windows.

[6:57] Listen, you know, check

[6:58] mirrors, all that stuff.

[6:59] Be aware of kids backing out of

[7:01] driveways and things like that

[7:05] and have a happy Halloween.

[7:05] That's all.

[7:05] Thanks.

[7:05] Thank you.

[7:08] Council member Mike Morning.

[7:08] Thank you.

[7:09] I feel so good to be back at

[7:12] the dias and I just want to

[7:13] lift up and acknowledge the

[7:14] Berkeley Young Democrats for

[7:16] having a successful I think of

[7:17] all at the California

[7:19] African-American Museum this

[7:20] past weekend and they lifted up

[7:24] a young leader Brandon Lamar,

[7:25] who had been who has been doing

[7:27] a lot of work around the fires

[7:27] and working to support folks in

[7:31] Pasadena and Altadena who lost

[7:31] everything.

[7:35] So really grateful to have been

[7:35] there to support that.

[7:37] I also want to uplift that

[7:38] OCTOBER is Domestic Violence

[7:39] Awareness Month and every

[7:43] OCTOBER organizations and

[7:43] individuals unite across the

[7:47] country and a national effort

[7:47] to uplift the needs, voices and

[7:51] experiences of survivors For

[7:52] this year the theme is with

[7:56] survivors as always and this

[7:56] theme allows us to explore what

[7:59] it means to be in partnership

[8:00] with survivors towards safety,

[8:03] support and solidarity.

[8:04] So I wanted to lift that up And

[8:07] we know that our federal

[8:08] government is still formally

[8:11] shut down that impacts families

[8:12] here in Culver City and L.A.

[8:15] County and countless other

[8:15] Americans and many different

[8:19] ways and namely you know, I've

[8:19] been doing a lot of airport

[8:22] travel so I've been linking our

[8:23] tsa employees who have been

[8:23] working without pay for quite

[8:27] some time but did want to lift

[8:28] up and reference to snap And

[8:30] our nutrition benefits.

[8:34] There are mutually resources

[8:34] popping up.

[8:35] I know L.A. County has also

[8:38] been uplifting opportunity for

[8:39] folks to tap in and receive

[8:39] additional support And because

[8:43] we know families are being

[8:43] impacted So there are community

[8:47] spaces where support is being

[8:47] generated and I'll be

[8:50] continuing to uplift those on

[8:50] my social media as well.

[8:53] And there are lots of events

[8:54] happening definitely just a

[8:57] general plug for Culver

[8:58] city.Gov community calendar

[9:01] There's shredding coming up

[9:01] either Halloween events and

[9:05] things of that nature So

[9:05] definitely want folks to plug

[9:06] in on that And as Councilmember

[9:09] Fisher already loved it I

[9:09] remember to vote and no matter

[9:14] how you vote on Prop 50 on or

[9:15] before NOVEMBER 4th and there's

[9:15] more information about vote

[9:18] centers on L.A. Vote.Gov.

[9:22] Thanks so much for the time.

[9:22] Thank you, Councilmember.

[9:25] Very good.

[9:25] That's my pleasure.

[9:26] Yeah.

[9:27] Last week I attended the

[9:28] California retreat for aarp to

[9:29] talk about the power of local

[9:33] government and how we can work

[9:34] together to create age friendly

[9:37] communities where everyone

[9:37] belongs as shared The work that

[9:41] we're doing here in Culver City

[9:41] through our age friendly

[9:42] initiative which was started by

[9:45] former mayors Megan Sally Wells

[9:46] and Alex Fish and the

[9:48] importance of collaboration

[9:49] between cities, community

[9:53] partners and advocates And

[9:53] thanks to Director Stevens and

[9:57] Francisco Cassio and Parks

[9:57] Recreation and Community

[9:58] Services for their leadership

[10:01] in this work I also attended

[10:03] the 2025 Violet Visionary

[10:04] Awards which celebrates lgbtq I

[10:07] a-plus leaders, mentors and

[10:08] changemakers leading the way

[10:11] for the next generation.

[10:12] The award recipients were Leah

[10:15] Thomas the us swimmer and

[10:16] trailblazer Trailblazer for

[10:19] trans inclusion and athletes

[10:20] and a Lupe who is a writer,

[10:23] performer and advocate And I

[10:23] was particularly inspired by

[10:24] their reminder about the

[10:28] radical power of self-love and

[10:30] embracing all of our parts of

[10:31] ourselves and how the first

[10:35] step in any movement is to heal

[10:35] ourselves first and to heal our

[10:39] own individual trauma and pain.

[10:42] I also attended the Art Walk

[10:43] and Roll two weekends ago.

[10:44] Congrats to the Arts District's

[10:47] bid and neighborhood and all of

[10:47] the organizers.

[10:48] I see some of the participants

[10:51] here tonight are from skate

[10:51] side.

[10:54] They're amazing bands

[10:55] performers, vendors, community

[10:56] partners and food.

[10:58] So congratulations on a very

[10:58] successful event.

[10:59] I know Mayor o'Brien was there

[11:02] as well.

[11:03] And last but not least and I

[11:03] know we share this information

[11:06] last week but the e-waste

[11:07] collection and paper shredding

[11:09] event is this Saturday,

[11:13] NOVEMBER 1st from 9 A.M. To 1

[11:14] P.M. And it's in in said Cronin

[11:16] Ball Park.

[11:16] Thanks man.

[11:16] Thank you.

[11:21] I'd also like to yes I was at

[11:24] the Robertson bike and bustling

[11:25] grand opening just a few days

[11:28] ago with Councilmember Fish And

[11:30] at that event I also with

[11:31] several members of the press

[11:35] there announced our support

[11:36] that we voted on unanimously

[11:38] here four options four and five

[11:39] for the support of the transit

[11:39] corridor.

[11:42] That's the which choices of

[11:46] five different choices of rail

[11:47] to for Metro to vote upon next

[11:50] year four and five have the

[11:53] highest ridership projections

[11:54] of all the options and they

[11:58] also stop at ucla which is

[12:01] critical And you know these are

[12:01] really important connections

[12:05] for you know, people who work

[12:06] at ucla people people who are

[12:09] students at ucla and clearly

[12:09] some of the statistics are

[12:09] incredible.

[12:12] It takes about 100 minutes with

[12:12] current public transportation

[12:15] to get from the west side to

[12:18] Van Nuys and this will make it

[12:19] 20 minutes And then for cars

[12:22] it's up to 80 minutes.

[12:23] It can go more than that.

[12:23] We all know that.

[12:26] But what's great about the rail

[12:30] system is that it's predictable

[12:30] and in this scenario it's

[12:31] actually faster than all the

[12:31] other options.

[12:33] So that's really exciting.

[12:34] There's something else It's

[12:37] exciting.

[12:38] I don't think I ever talked

[12:39] about it but in AUGUST we

[12:42] hosted the consul general It's

[12:43] called the Los Angeles Consul

[12:46] Corps.

[12:48] There's 93 consuls general, 93

[12:49] different nations Consul

[12:52] general in L.A. And 28 of them

[12:52] came to Culver City and we

[12:53] talked about Olympics and about

[12:55] bringing business here.

[12:56] And from that at that time we

[13:00] knew about New Zealand coming

[13:02] here for their hospitality

[13:03] house and one of several

[13:03] nations that was excited about

[13:06] that was the nation of Senegal

[13:09] and their consul general and

[13:10] reached out and asked to, you

[13:13] know, connect on that And I

[13:14] brought together my co

[13:17] subcommittee member, the

[13:21] Olympics based Mariposa and the

[13:21] Senegal Mat only wants to have

[13:25] their nation in Culver City but

[13:25] they want to have a Pan-African

[13:29] Olympic house in Culver City.

[13:32] So I'm asking for nodding heads

[13:33] to agenda is presentation by

[13:36] them Ideally in JANUARY so that

[13:40] we can hear that and kind of go

[13:41] through the same process we

[13:41] went through with New Zealand.

[13:42] So if I can get my hands on

[13:43] that would be great.

[13:44] Okay, fantastic.

[13:47] And then two other quick points

[13:51] in the at the next meeting we

[13:55] will be having a couple of

[13:56] agenda items that have been

[13:56] brought up by the Governance

[13:58] subcommittee about kind of

[13:59] related and how we can

[13:59] streamline our city council

[14:03] meetings and if everyone's okay

[14:03] with that I'd also like to add

[14:06] to those items that are coming

[14:10] up a discussion about how we

[14:10] can streamline the process of

[14:13] proclamations and recognitions

[14:14] If we can add that if everyone

[14:15] can agree to put that on the

[14:18] same agenda I talked to staff

[14:19] it's it's no extra work for

[14:21] them.

[14:21] Okay, great.

[14:24] And then finally some sad news.

[14:25] Some of you MAY have noticed

[14:28] our city clerk Jeremy Bo Chino

[14:28] is not here tonight.

[14:28] Who?

[14:29] I was notified this morning

[14:32] that her mother passed away on

[14:33] Saturday And I like to get you

[14:36] know, vibrating heads to

[14:36] adjourn tonight's meeting in

[14:40] her memory, her mom's memory.

[14:41] Margo Green, thank you.

[14:47] And Jose, can I also can I add

[14:50] to your request in terms of I

[14:51] haven't Yeah And so sorry for

[14:54] Jeremy's loss but also in

[14:55] addition to that if we can

[14:57] adjourn in honor in remembrance

[15:01] of Deputy Andrew Nunez, San

[15:02] Bernardino County Sheriff's

[15:02] Department who was

[15:05] unfortunately fatally shot in

[15:06] the head today and died six

[15:06] year veteran.

[15:09] The department leaving behind a

[15:09] two year old daughter and a

[15:10] pregnant wife if we can please.

[15:13] I remember them and include

[15:13] them in our internment.

[15:16] Appreciate it.

[15:17] Thank you.

[15:17] In that vein, Yeah.

[15:21] We also adjourn in honor of

[15:21] Melanie Winter.

[15:24] She was the executive director

[15:28] of the River Project and

[15:28] formerly friends of the Los

[15:29] Angeles River.

[15:32] She just gave a presentation to

[15:32] the Sustainability subcommittee

[15:33] and recently just died of

[15:39] cancer

[15:39] .

[15:39] Yeah.

[15:40] All right.

[15:43] Thank you everyone.

[15:44] Okay, now we have a

[15:47] presentation on the update for

[15:47] the homeless emergency

[15:51] including Project homekey So

[15:52] camping and other housing

[15:58] programs

[16:09] .

[16:09] Good evening.

[16:10] Honorable mayor, vice mayor and

[16:13] city council members for the

[16:13] benefit of the public.

[16:17] My name is Dan Richardson and

[16:17] I'm the Human Services and

[16:20] Crisis Intervention Manager and

[16:21] also the supervisor of the

[16:24] Mobile Crisis Team.

[16:25] So we are going to present the

[16:28] Housing and Human Services

[16:28] Homeless Services update Next

[16:31] slide please.

[16:32] So firstly I'd like to provide

[16:36] an update on the mobile crisis

[16:38] team and the mobile crisis team

[16:39] operations began in MAY 2024.

[16:43] And so at this point we've been

[16:45] running for nearly 18 months.

[16:46] The team continued to be busy

[16:49] in the community and we're

[16:49] currently working with human

[16:52] Resources Department to hire a

[16:53] new personnel which will enable

[16:56] the team to expand the hours of

[16:56] operation.

[16:59] We hope to have the hirings

[17:00] completed at the beginning of

[17:03] next year and once the new

[17:04] staff are onboarded and they

[17:07] complete the crisis team

[17:07] training module, the proposed

[17:11] new hours of operation will be

[17:13] seven days a week from 9 A.M.

[17:14] Till 9 P.M. So we can now play

[17:18] a short video that shows the

[17:19] new office space for staff and

[17:22] provide some details about the

[17:22] Homeless outreach request

[17:26] portal going for 18 months We

[17:30] have a staff of four and we are

[17:33] expanding so it's great that we

[17:33] now have a new space.

[17:34] We still have the office at

[17:37] City Hall which is our hub but

[17:38] now we have a satellite office

[17:41] here at Project Monkey on over

[17:42] the boulevard in the heart of

[17:45] Culver City and that enables us

[17:45] to respond from here over to

[17:49] calls on the west side of the

[17:49] city and to to get there

[17:49] faster.

[17:53] So the team are actually in the

[17:53] community and of course they

[17:56] can provide assistance to to

[17:57] the folks residing in these

[18:00] programs right here.

[18:01] So we now have this great new

[18:04] tool the homeless reporting

[18:04] portal which enables residents

[18:08] to let us know to to go online

[18:09] and let us know where there MAY

[18:12] be a situation The person who

[18:12] is unhoused who seems like they

[18:16] MAY need some assistance having

[18:16] this portal enables us to to

[18:20] hear directly from the

[18:20] residents and where that need

[18:21] is.

[18:24] We are very proud of what we

[18:24] have achieved and I'm very

[18:25] proud of the team members and

[18:28] how they've worked to get this

[18:29] program off the ground and to

[18:32] provide the services to the

[18:32] community.

[18:35] And you know, it's all about

[18:36] the quality of the individuals

[18:37] that we have on the team And I

[18:39] can't say enough about that.

[18:43] >> Their work.

[18:43] Thank you.

[18:50] Next slide please

[18:50] .

[18:50] Okay.

[18:54] This and the next few slides

[18:55] will provide the data for the

[18:56] programs that are part of the

[18:58] Copa Cities homeless continuum

[18:59] of care.

[19:01] So the first slide here

[19:02] provides the field response

[19:05] data for the mobile crisis Team

[19:09] from the period of JULY 2024 to

[19:11] OCTOBER 2025 and that's roughly

[19:11] 15 months.

[19:15] So during that time period the

[19:18] Mobile Crisis team received

[19:23] 1364 crisis response requests

[19:23] which come from a variety of

[19:24] sources including the mqtt

[19:28] crisis phone line, the homeless

[19:31] outreach portal email or staff

[19:32] requests and of course from the

[19:35] police and fire departments as

[19:39] a code response during that

[19:39] time Mobile crisis team is

[19:42] engaged with 840 individuals

[19:45] and we have received 56 code

[19:46] response requests from the

[19:49] police department and 24 code

[19:50] response requests from the fire

[19:52] department.

[19:56] Excellent.

[19:56] So this slide gives the data

[20:00] for the city's project Homekey

[20:00] program which is divided into

[20:04] an interim site and a permanent

[20:04] housing site.

[20:07] Now this is a snapshot of data

[20:08] which is from this month

[20:11] OCTOBER 2025.

[20:14] We can see that there are 36

[20:15] individuals are receiving

[20:18] housing and case management

[20:19] services as part of the

[20:22] permanent housing program and

[20:22] that 33 individuals are

[20:23] receiving housing and case

[20:26] management services through the

[20:26] interim housing program.

[20:30] Both programs are able to house

[20:31] couples and allow residents to

[20:33] have emotional support animals.

[20:37] Next.

[20:38] So continuing with the housing

[20:41] program data, we can see that

[20:44] in OCTOBER of 2025 the Motel

[20:44] Master Lease a nutrition

[20:48] program housed a total of 39

[20:50] individuals divided between the

[20:50] two hotels.

[20:51] This program also serves

[20:54] couples and families.

[20:57] And during OCTOBER we have

[20:58] provided 4973 meals at the

[21:02] hotels and at Wellness Village.

[21:05] I'm moving on to wellness

[21:06] Village on the right of the

[21:06] screen.

[21:09] We can see that during OCTOBER

[21:10] 2025 we are housing and

[21:13] providing services to 16

[21:13] individuals which includes one

[21:16] couple and at least three

[21:17] emotional support animals.

[21:20] I'm sorry to interject as a

[21:21] strategist for the month of

[21:24] OCTOBER for the entire year

[21:24] 2025 just the month of OCTOBER.

[21:25] Thank you.

[21:27] Yeah.

[21:32] So I will now turn this over to

[21:35] Kristina Stoffels who is our

[21:35] project manager to provide

[21:38] information on the progress of

[21:42] the homeless plan Update.

[21:43] All right.

[21:46] I would like to provide a brief

[21:47] update on the Culver City

[21:50] Homeless plan.

[21:50] On SEPTEMBER 8th, 2025, the

[21:55] council approved a contract

[21:55] with Jennifer Cary Swan and

[21:57] Associates to update the Culver

[22:01] City's 2018 homeless plan.

[22:02] The consultant team will meet

[22:03] with the Advisory Committee on

[22:05] Housing and Homelessness on

[22:08] NOVEMBER 18th to review the

[22:08] 2018 Homeless plan, identify

[22:12] key lessons and priorities and

[22:12] discuss participants for the

[22:16] community engagement process in

[22:19] late NOVEMBER and DECEMBER of

[22:20] 2025 the consultant team will

[22:24] launch a community engagement

[22:24] process to gather input on what

[22:25] is working.

[22:28] Remaining challenges and

[22:28] community priorities.

[22:32] They will utilize interviews,

[22:33] focus groups and written

[22:36] feedback offered in person and

[22:40] virtually to ensure full and

[22:41] easy participation from

[22:41] unhoused residents.

[22:44] Community members, business

[22:48] owners, city staff and service

[22:48] providers.

[22:52] The update is expected to take

[22:52] about six months and will

[22:56] result in a new strategic

[22:56] roadmap to guide the city's

[22:59] homelessness response.

[23:00] This reflects Culver City's

[23:00] commitment to data driven

[23:03] community informed approach.

[23:05] Now I will now turn it back to

[23:06] DR. Richardson.

[23:10] Thank you.

[23:11] And I'd like to give the

[23:15] councilmembers and vice mayor

[23:15] and council members an

[23:15] opportunity to ask any

[23:16] questions.

[23:19] I'm sorry I didn't offer that

[23:20] Just before I move on to the

[23:24] next item.

[23:25] Random questions.

[23:25] That's right.

[23:28] Thank you.

[23:29] Really quick I know it's been a

[23:30] while since you all did an

[23:33] update adding go back in my

[23:36] notes to check But is are we

[23:36] expecting for the public to

[23:37] review their public dashboard

[23:40] for updates outside of the

[23:40] month of OCTOBER?

[23:44] Yes that data is is held on the

[23:45] website that yes.

[23:46] Okay perfect Thank you.

[23:50] Thank you.

[23:51] Thanks Mayor.

[23:52] I just wanted to and thank you

[23:54] for the presentation DR. Dan

[23:54] and Christina.

[23:55] Have we moved yet?

[23:58] I know part of our budget In

[23:58] our budget conversations it was

[24:02] determined that the mobile

[24:03] crisis team would become a 12

[24:03] hour.

[24:06] Was it 27 days a week?

[24:06] 12 hours a day?

[24:06] Right.

[24:08] 10 to 10.

[24:09] Have we moved into that yet?

[24:09] Yes.

[24:12] That time we were not actually

[24:13] doing those hours of operation

[24:16] but with the new staff coming

[24:17] on we hope to be having those

[24:20] new hours of operation at the

[24:21] beginning of the year.

[24:22] So seven days a week from it's

[24:25] going to be from 9 A.M. Till 9

[24:25] P.M. Still to 12 hours but

[24:26] slightly different.

[24:27] Fantastic.

[24:27] Awesome.

[24:28] Thank you.

[24:31] Thank you.

[24:32] So the question is if a

[24:36] question is picking up on

[24:36] Councilmember McMahon's

[24:36] question, the website hasn't

[24:39] been updated since MARCH of

[24:40] 2025.

[24:43] What's the frequency that it's

[24:44] going to be updated?

[24:44] You know, I'm going to have to

[24:45] check back on that.

[24:48] I can't give you an answer

[24:48] right now.

[24:51] I believe it was supposed to be

[24:51] updated every quarter and so we

[24:52] MAY be in the process of an

[24:54] update right now.

[24:55] Okay.

[24:56] I can actually speak to that.

[24:58] So typically it is updated

[24:59] every quarter and it's getting

[25:02] a facelift as we speak.

[25:05] So we are coming I think it's

[25:06] NOVEMBER 10th which is the next

[25:06] meeting to provide you guys

[25:10] with an update on what the new

[25:10] dashboard looks like along with

[25:13] the new data.

[25:13] Great.

[25:13] Thank you.

[25:14] Thank you.

[25:16] Thank you.

[25:20] So now we'd like to provide you

[25:23] some information about the

[25:23] Foster Youth two Independents

[25:24] program which is a housing

[25:27] choice voucher program.

[25:28] So according to the Los Angeles

[25:31] Homeless Services Authority or

[25:35] lahsa, 92% of homeless youth in

[25:35] Los Angeles County had a

[25:39] fragile social network and more

[25:41] than half 57% of youth in in

[25:45] the coordinated entry system

[25:45] reported having had some type

[25:48] of contact with the foster care

[25:49] system.

[25:49] So the us Department of Housing

[25:53] and Urban Development hud

[25:53] announced a funding opportunity

[25:57] for public housing authorities

[25:57] to assist transitional age

[26:01] youth as youth aged between 18

[26:02] and 24 years old through the

[26:04] Foster Youth to Independents

[26:05] program.

[26:09] On APRIL 8th, 2024, the Culver

[26:09] City Council authorized the

[26:12] submittal of a grant

[26:12] application to hud to fund a

[26:16] foster youth to Independence

[26:16] voucher program that will

[26:19] provide rental assistance to

[26:20] foster care connected

[26:20] transitional age youth

[26:24] experiencing homelessness or at

[26:27] risk of becoming homeless.

[26:28] So through the Foster Youth to

[26:31] Independence Program, hud will

[26:32] provide rental assistance

[26:34] vouchers to five five

[26:37] individuals five individuals

[26:38] who meet the eligibility

[26:40] criteria.

[26:41] Hud is investing in local cross

[26:44] system collaborative efforts to

[26:45] prevent homelessness amongst

[26:48] youth with a current or prior

[26:49] history of child welfare

[26:52] involvement.

[26:56] I'd now like to focus our

[26:56] attention on the video.

[27:00] The organization a sense of

[27:00] Home Assists foster youth to

[27:03] independence participants to

[27:03] independent living.

[27:04] And after the video I will

[27:07] introduce the director of

[27:12] programs for for the sense of

[27:12] home Brody Butler.

[27:18] But first we'll watch the video

[27:18] .

[27:22] It's quite difficult to live

[27:25] without any furniture or

[27:26] refrigerators.

[27:26] Also big thing that you have to

[27:30] either eat and you can't have

[27:30] anything cold like you can't

[27:33] really live like that.

[27:34] I was kind of staying in the

[27:37] living room because having no

[27:37] furniture it's like kind of

[27:41] makes it more scary to be alone

[27:47] because it's like so empty

[27:48] Today we came out, we learned

[27:53] about a sense of home.

[27:53] And I thought really

[27:54] interesting a hands on support

[27:57] from community And when we

[27:57] heard about support from the

[27:58] pharmacy we're really excited

[28:01] to bring our club out here to

[28:01] help Cody on her journey and

[28:07] our next step in her life.

[28:10] >> So that's always nice to

[28:13] have you and I used to be a

[28:14] person that would tell me that

[28:17] no matter what you know like

[28:18] you feel like having a group of

[28:22] people that just want to be

[28:22] here.

[28:31] It's really meaningful to

[28:32] have

[28:32] that of the name of your

[28:36] organization because it is to

[28:36] have a sense of home coming

[28:37] from foster care.

[28:39] You haven't had something to

[28:43] call your own in the comfort

[28:44] and security to help you and

[28:48] the path you know your next

[28:48] journey And for Chloe to be

[28:51] able to go to school, come

[28:52] home, be able to stand in a

[28:58] quiet place and face actually

[28:59] having something so

[29:02] personalized I never imagined

[29:03] that someone could get to know

[29:06] me so well so quickly.

[29:07] Every single thing has been

[29:10] something I looked at already

[29:13] online or love immediately and

[29:20] everything is extremely spot on

[29:24] .

[29:25] So great that they were so

[29:26] passionate that they have done

[29:28] so quickly.

[29:35] >> It was so amazing for me to

[29:39] see a recipient receive

[29:39] something that you've worked so

[29:40] hard in putting together and

[29:43] pulling the club together now

[29:44] It's fantastic.

[29:47] The club wants us to do more

[29:47] opportunities like this and

[29:50] creating something together is

[29:51] so important and that's what I

[29:54] does and this is such a

[29:55] wonderful opportunity for us

[30:04] all the more

[30:04] this is important

[30:08] for our club to do this and

[30:11] changing lives changes here and

[30:12] that's what you will do when

[30:15] you start nursing and can

[30:19] actually officially move on.

[30:20] I can be able to focus on my

[30:23] next of like two weeks of

[30:27] school and and have a good

[30:30] strong finish in a nice and

[30:31] apartment where I can you know

[30:34] use my desk and see everything

[30:38] and not have to be like and I

[30:39] sit there and I have to stay in

[30:43] the van You're so grown up now

[30:46] And then I thought this would

[30:46] happen.

[30:49] I never thought that you'd have

[30:49] everything you've been through

[30:50] that you rise above everything

[30:53] and be so much better than

[30:54] everyone that I know You're the

[30:54] best person.

[30:57] You're so smart and you're so

[30:58] beautiful inside and out and

[31:00] you're going to do amazing

[31:01] things.

[31:02] This is just the start of it

[31:05] and we have all of you guys to

[31:08] thank you guys for looking at

[31:12] your people and you don't do

[31:16] this to me and this the

[31:19] incredible the simplest thing

[31:20] that you talked to it and

[31:20] changed her life.

[31:24] I just I can't thank you guys

[31:24] enough but I can't thank you

[31:25] more.

[31:28] It'll probably and I love you

[31:28] so much I want to thank

[31:29] everybody that came through

[31:32] today and all these people that

[31:35] I just met a few hours ago and

[31:39] we all wanted to come and be

[31:43] here and do all this for me.

[31:46] It's amazing that you wanted to

[31:46] do that.

[31:50] I mean just a random day in

[31:51] your life that you wanted to

[31:51] come out here and do all this

[31:51] for me.

[31:54] I think you guys have all

[31:57] really impacted I guess even

[32:01] just for a few hours it's going

[32:04] to forever be a memory of life

[32:05] and live here and be able to

[32:12] think about all of you guys

[32:33] .

[32:37] Thank you.

[32:38] And at this point I'd like to

[32:41] introduce Brody Butler who is

[32:42] the director of programs for

[32:44] the organization a sense of

[32:48] Home.

[32:48] Hello everyone.

[32:52] My name is Brody Butler and I'm

[32:53] the director of programs head

[32:55] of Sense of Home with a

[32:56] beautiful video That was that

[32:56] was Chloe.

[33:00] She has an fbi voucher.

[33:01] The five vouchers are mentioned

[33:03] previously.

[33:04] She's also one of our pay

[33:04] forward ambassadors.

[33:07] So since receiving her home

[33:08] creation just a few months ago,

[33:09] she's already paid it forward.

[33:11] Another member is Home

[33:12] Creations which is just such a

[33:15] special thing and a sense of

[33:15] home.

[33:19] Our mission is to fully furnish

[33:20] homes and provide a sense of

[33:23] community for former foster

[33:24] youth who aged out of the

[33:24] system.

[33:26] And so as you saw in the video

[33:27] ,we bring in a group of

[33:27] volunteers to fully furnish the

[33:28] home.

[33:30] And each home is personalized

[33:31] to the individual.

[33:34] So we really get to know them

[33:37] in the intake process who they

[33:38] are as a person, what they

[33:39] enjoy doing, what their goals

[33:41] are and be fully furnished the

[33:45] home according to them.

[33:45] That's really just the

[33:46] beginning though From there we

[33:49] provide ongoing resource

[33:49] navigation.

[33:53] We have a scholarship program.

[33:54] This is our third year of the

[33:54] program.

[33:57] And we provided this year 18

[33:58] members with $20,000 to go

[34:02] towards their educational

[34:02] journey.

[34:03] We also have our pay for

[34:03] Ambassador program which I

[34:06] mentioned previously.

[34:07] Through that they can also gain

[34:09] access to exclusive events,

[34:10] public speaking opportunities

[34:10] that are compensated so they

[34:14] can allow their voice to be

[34:14] heard.

[34:15] And we have other events as

[34:17] well and much more to come from

[34:17] that.

[34:20] One of our new programs is

[34:21] there for our program So now we

[34:24] are working with fbi voucher

[34:27] holders and something new is

[34:27] that now we're helping them

[34:28] getting housing in the first

[34:28] place.

[34:31] So it's not something that we

[34:31] did previously but I have a

[34:32] background in in house and how

[34:35] services is of the people

[34:35] concerned.

[34:36] So I have experience with

[34:39] housing case management in both

[34:40] Skid Row and Santa Monica.

[34:40] So really leveraging those

[34:43] skills to navigate the housing

[34:46] authority processes and working

[34:47] with property managers.

[34:48] And we really like to focus on

[34:50] building those connections with

[34:51] the property managers, not

[34:54] knowing the units will come

[34:54] from that.

[34:55] And so because of the

[34:58] connections we've been able to

[34:58] develop through our Housing and

[35:01] Resource Navigator we now have

[35:01] access to 235 affordable

[35:05] housing units for us to refer

[35:05] recipients to.

[35:08] And so as it relates to the f y

[35:09] I program will receive

[35:12] referrals from dcfs.

[35:13] They'll connect us to the

[35:17] recipient and to their icm us

[35:17] case manager, their intensive

[35:20] case manager.

[35:21] And we will then work with them

[35:21] to get the housing to do the

[35:24] intake to receive services from

[35:25] us and then they'll receive all

[35:25] the same aftercare that all of

[35:28] our recipients would receive.

[35:29] So this has been a really,

[35:32] really powerful program made

[35:32] such a big impact.

[35:33] Really the goal with this is to

[35:36] prevent homelessness.

[35:37] And so our average age of those

[35:39] that we service previously was

[35:40] 25.

[35:40] Now we're seeing after

[35:43] establishing their flier

[35:44] program it's going down to 23.

[35:45] So we're see that we're closing

[35:48] the gap there and reaching

[35:48] people sooner to close the gap

[35:50] of them experiencing

[35:50] homelessness.

[35:51] And we want to just continue to

[35:54] grow and build more connections

[35:55] with property managers.

[35:56] We're hoping that more housing

[35:58] authorities will issue more

[35:59] vouchers so we can just

[36:02] continue to serve more and

[36:03] provide more a sense of home

[36:04] and really use that using that

[36:07] Maslow's hierarchy of needs to

[36:07] set the foundation for them

[36:11] giving them a sense of

[36:11] belonging, sense of safety.

[36:14] So that way they can just have

[36:15] this launch pad to achieve

[36:15] their highest potential.

[36:19] So thank you so much for your

[36:19] time today.

[36:19] Really appreciate it.

[36:20] Thank you.

[36:23] I've never been to one of these

[36:23] before because I'm English.

[36:26] So any questions Is that

[36:27] typical thing you want Any

[36:27] questions?

[36:30] Okay.

[36:30] Thank you.

[36:33] I did attend the kind of

[36:34] landlord meet up with the the

[36:37] potential candidates for

[36:41] housing the transitional Youth

[36:42] 18 to 26 I believe so I think

[36:43] that's a huge range.

[36:45] Yep.

[36:45] And really great young people

[36:53] And at that event I learned

[36:53] that, you know, Culver City was

[36:54] the first city to jump into

[36:57] this program and there are many

[36:58] I don't know what the I can't

[37:00] remember the number but it's

[37:01] not a few other cities but many

[37:04] other cities have followed our

[37:05] lead on this.

[37:07] So it's really great that it's

[37:08] impacting the region.

[37:11] It looks like and also

[37:12] something I don't think was

[37:12] mentioned.

[37:16] It's really neat is that as the

[37:19] rents or as the the young

[37:19] person begins to earn more

[37:23] income I don't think their rent

[37:26] goes up But money is set aside

[37:27] in a in an account for them a

[37:28] savings account.

[37:31] And I want to say that the

[37:31] person who was making the

[37:34] presentation said that the

[37:34] largest amount someone had

[37:38] saved once they age out of the

[37:39] program was something like 30

[37:39] or $40,000.

[37:42] So to have that in that account

[37:43] that they can take with them

[37:45] and you know, build begin that

[37:46] the beginnings of independence

[37:49] is huge.

[37:50] I don't know how many people

[37:51] who were not in foster care who

[37:53] had, you know, that much money

[37:54] to go out into the world with.

[37:57] So it's great.

[37:57] Great.

[37:57] Thank you.

[38:00] Thanks.

[38:04] And that concludes our homeless

[38:04] emergency update.

[38:05] Thank you.

[38:11] Thank you for all the work.

[38:14] Okay, now we are on to Drake

[38:15] for public comment for items

[38:18] not on the agenda.

[38:22] Many speakers we currently have

[38:22] ten speakers signed up.

[38:26] Okay let's do 90s.

[38:29] 90s.

[38:30] All right.

[38:30] And then while we get set up

[38:33] I'll go ahead and read our

[38:33] statement regarding hate

[38:33] speech.

[38:37] Members of the public have a

[38:38] right to speak on matters that

[38:39] are within the subject matter

[38:42] jurisdiction of the City

[38:42] Council.

[38:45] However, this Council strongly

[38:46] denounces hate speech and does

[38:46] not tolerate destructive

[38:49] behavior in our meetings.

[38:50] Culver City prides itself on

[38:53] its diverse community and

[38:54] inclusion of all persons.

[38:57] We are committed to creating a

[38:58] safe space in the city and in

[39:01] these chambers where members of

[39:02] our community feel included and

[39:08] respected.

[39:11] And I will call on the first

[39:12] five speakers.

[39:12] They are Jeff Schwartz, Angelo

[39:15] Mike Jeffrey Pinsky, Marcy Bond

[39:22] and Lamar Betts, Jeff Schwartz

[39:26] ,the L.A. County Democratic

[39:27] Party recently gave MR. O'Brien

[39:27] an award named for Franklin and

[39:30] Eleanor Roosevelt.

[39:33] The legacies of our greatest

[39:34] PRESIDENT And first lady should

[39:34] not be invoked casually.

[39:37] I don't know what your favorite

[39:39] fdr speeches but mine is the

[39:40] 1944 State of the Union.

[39:44] It's easy to look up so you

[39:44] don't need to take my word for

[39:45] any of this.

[39:48] The speech concluded with what

[39:49] fdr called the Economic Bill of

[39:49] Rights.

[39:51] While it has not yet been

[39:51] implemented in this country,

[39:52] when Eleanor Roosevelt chaired

[39:55] the U.N. Committee that wrote

[39:56] the Universal Declaration of

[39:59] Human Rights, she incorporated

[39:59] it into this fundamental

[40:00] document of the rules based

[40:03] postwar international order.

[40:04] When the nations of Western

[40:04] Europe rebuilt their

[40:07] governments social democracies,

[40:08] they included it in their

[40:11] constitutions as did those in

[40:11] Africa and elsewhere as they

[40:14] liberated themselves from

[40:14] colonial rule.

[40:17] The Economic Bill of Rights has

[40:18] also been frequently cited by

[40:19] American Democratic Socialists

[40:21] including Martin Luther King

[40:22] and Bernie Sanders.

[40:25] It calls for full employment at

[40:26] a living wage and protection

[40:29] from business monopolies.

[40:30] It declares that housing,

[40:33] health care, education and a

[40:34] secure retirement are human

[40:37] rights to be guaranteed by the

[40:37] government and that the

[40:38] struggle for economic justice

[40:41] domestically was the same

[40:45] struggle as for freedom safety

[40:45] and dignity.

[40:45] As the antifascist war then

[40:48] being waged in Europe and Asia,

[40:49] fdr said in the speech that

[40:53] quote We have come to a clear

[40:54] realization of the fact that

[40:56] true individual freedom cannot

[41:00] exist without economic security

[41:01] and independence inspired a

[41:02] legacy as a gift and a burden.

[41:04] This one is not trivial.

[41:05] That MAY have been true as I

[41:07] challenge you to take note.

[41:12] Next we have Angela Mike

[41:18] followed by Jeffrey Penske

[41:19] .

[41:19] The city Council's unanimous

[41:23] vote to host New Zealand for

[41:23] the Olympics was like a knife

[41:23] through my heart.

[41:26] That's how you all treat

[41:27] homeless people.

[41:27] You trip over them with a

[41:30] wheelbarrow full of money not

[41:31] for the benefit of New Zealand

[41:31] athletes but for the

[41:32] millionaires and billionaires

[41:34] at the ioc and their trillion

[41:34] dollar corporate sponsors.

[41:35] Apparently there's nothing

[41:38] urgent about people sleeping in

[41:38] the cold.

[41:39] We've had 50 degree

[41:39] temperatures at night.

[41:42] I can tell you what it's like

[41:43] to sleep in that it's torture.

[41:45] It's rained here recently.

[41:46] I've never slept in rain but

[41:47] I'd venture to guess it's

[41:47] torture.

[41:49] I prefer never to hear that

[41:50] capitalist feelgood story about

[41:50] a homeless person being

[41:54] someone's kid who fell through

[41:54] the cracks when you are the

[41:54] cracks.

[41:55] Because what I learned from

[41:58] being homeless for two and a

[41:58] half years is when you're

[41:58] homeless you're not someone's

[41:59] kid.

[42:01] You're someone else's kid.

[42:02] When you all voted for that ioc

[42:03] giveaway, you didn't vote for

[42:05] your kid to go homeless.

[42:05] But the Olympics always cause

[42:09] razed rents Gentrification and

[42:09] displacement which will make

[42:10] someone else's kid go homeless.

[42:12] Nobody wants to MISS Out on the

[42:13] cultural exchange and economic

[42:13] boost from the Olympics and

[42:14] nobody does.

[42:17] That's who you are when you're

[42:17] homeless you're nobody.

[42:18] There's a homeless family

[42:20] that's been begging outside

[42:21] Trader Joe's down the street

[42:21] recently and nobody works out

[42:24] great for sex predators to have

[42:25] a bunch of nobodies to exploit.

[42:26] I can tell you from experience

[42:28] you house the people love to

[42:29] judge all homeless people for

[42:32] what any one homeless person

[42:32] does wrong.

[42:33] When you're savages you're the

[42:33] pimps and panders who profit

[42:36] from homeless people's

[42:36] dispossession all while you

[42:40] drive past homeless people with

[42:40] your heated seats and

[42:41] entertainment centers secure in

[42:43] the knowledge that you'll never

[42:44] be in the position my mom was

[42:45] in when she could look at a

[42:47] homeless person and say That's

[42:47] my kid.

[42:48] It's not too late to take this

[42:49] back and let's cancel the

[42:51] Olympics while read it.

[42:52] Thank you for your attention to

[42:55] this matter.

[42:55] Your time has expired.

[42:56] Thank you.

[42:58] Jeffrey Penske.

[42:59] Good evening.

[43:03] I'm a longtime resident of Crow

[43:03] City.

[43:05] I live at 5830 Green Valley

[43:06] Circle which is a large

[43:09] apartment building in Fox

[43:09] Hills.

[43:10] I've lived there for 12 years

[43:13] with my wife and my now ten

[43:14] year old daughter.

[43:17] Since we have lived there the

[43:17] landlord has not complied ever

[43:20] with the nonsmoking ordinance

[43:21] which has emboldened a lot of

[43:25] the residents to smoke

[43:25] marijuana.

[43:25] The worst offenders have moved

[43:26] next to us.

[43:29] We have a shared wall.

[43:30] It's an old well, it's porous.

[43:30] If we close the windows and

[43:33] they smoke it comes directly

[43:33] into my bedroom, into my

[43:34] bathroom to the point where we

[43:34] have to flee.

[43:37] We have made them aware of this

[43:38] issue.

[43:38] They laughed off it to a group

[43:41] of young adults that use it as

[43:41] their smoking den.

[43:45] We have provided this with our

[43:45] property manager.

[43:46] They are two heavy smokers.

[43:48] They're not going to enforce an

[43:48] ordinance against themselves.

[43:49] They really haven't done

[43:52] anything but a cursory offer to

[43:53] move us to another unit.

[43:56] And they have read the

[43:57] ordinance which I provided for

[43:57] them.

[43:58] They said they can still smoke

[44:00] inside which is a total

[44:00] misinterpretation.

[44:04] The owner is not incentivized

[44:04] to do anything.

[44:05] We are a long time tenant.

[44:08] We have a below market rent.

[44:08] They want us out.

[44:11] If I sue them and leave for

[44:11] 12,500 they win.

[44:14] So I mean they're a business.

[44:15] They need your permission to do

[44:18] business in the city.

[44:19] You can surely revoke that

[44:22] business until they become

[44:22] compliant with the ordinance.

[44:23] I asked for your help.

[44:25] Thank you.

[44:26] MR. Prince.

[44:26] Q Can you share information

[44:29] with the city clerk and show

[44:29] for that along to our code

[44:30] enforcement?

[44:30] Thank you.

[44:30] It's been a nightmare.

[44:33] We have to leave every in the

[44:33] middle of the night.

[44:34] Thank you.

[44:35] Your time has expired.

[44:37] Sorry.

[44:38] I just got a message that maybe

[44:41] the YouTube might not be

[44:41] working, so I just want to flag

[44:45] that for staff in case their

[44:48] son thinks he's Prince Pastor

[44:49] or information On to Tiana

[44:49] here.

[44:49] Thank you.

[44:58] Next we have Marci Seaborn

[45:10] more

[45:10] than you do.

[45:10] Great.

[45:13] Thank you.

[45:14] My name is Marci Bond.

[45:18] I am a Parks and RECs

[45:18] commissioner but I am speaking

[45:19] on my own behalf tonight and

[45:21] none of my opinions reflect the

[45:25] view of the Commission.

[45:26] On Saturday I went over to the

[45:29] prca Halloween celebration and

[45:30] as I was walking through the

[45:33] park I noticed that there were

[45:37] kids in the park but there were

[45:40] also people with their dogs.

[45:44] A number of them unleashed.

[45:48] While they MAY be well-behaved

[45:49] ,the issue is is that you have

[45:52] kids running around and you do

[45:53] not know how if a kid's going

[45:56] to run up to a dog startle

[45:56] them, they're going to end up

[45:57] biting them.

[45:59] This is just a dangerous

[46:00] situation.

[46:01] The dogs are not supposed to be

[46:03] brought into the park.

[46:04] They're not supposed to be

[46:04] unleashed in the city at all.

[46:07] Please, please, please, please

[46:11] keep your dogs on a leash.

[46:12] Do not run them in the park.

[46:15] We do have a dog park.

[46:16] And one more thing to remind

[46:19] everybody about is that the

[46:22] fund is a public pool.

[46:23] It is not our own personal

[46:23] pool.

[46:27] There is no such thing as my

[46:31] lane in a public pool because

[46:31] it is for everybody to use.

[46:36] So if you are in a lane and you

[46:36] are solo and someone wants to

[46:39] come in and join you be nice,

[46:43] smile at them and just let them

[46:43] come in and both of you will

[46:44] have a great time.

[46:49] Thank you.

[46:49] Your time has expired.

[46:50] Thank you.

[46:55] Next we have Lamar Betts

[47:00] followed by the next five

[47:00] speakers who are Melissa

[47:03] standards bad Monica

[47:04] Richardson, Patrick Godinez and

[47:07] Michael Colby.

[47:07] Right.

[47:11] Hello everyone.

[47:11] Hello, counsel.

[47:12] My name is Lamar Betts.

[47:13] I'm the co-founder and owner of

[47:14] the skate side.

[47:15] We run a youth skateboarding

[47:16] roller skating program here in

[47:19] Culver City as well as in

[47:19] neighboring cities as well.

[47:23] And since 2015 we've taught

[47:23] over 10,000 students how to

[47:26] skate a roller skate through

[47:26] our program.

[47:29] And although we've had students

[47:30] that have gone on to be Olympic

[47:31] skateboarders for Olympic

[47:34] teams, we're most proud because

[47:35] students in our program have

[47:37] found a sense of self and a

[47:38] sense of community.

[47:39] And I'm here today to talk

[47:42] about Skateboard fest.

[47:43] The Skate Cif-ss our annual

[47:45] giveback event that we do We

[47:48] had 1 in 2019 as well as 2024

[47:49] which was our return event.

[47:52] And we also had 1 in 2025 this

[47:52] year in MAY.

[47:56] And thank you to the Culver

[48:00] City Parks Recreation as well

[48:00] as the city.

[48:03] We were able to have a special

[48:03] events permit grant that was

[48:07] able to assist us with creating

[48:08] a larger impact for the event.

[48:15] And I am asking to agenda as

[48:15] for a future meeting a request

[48:20] for an extra $5,000 because for

[48:21] 2026 we want to have a two day

[48:21] event.

[48:25] We had over 2000 people show up

[48:25] for our 2025 event.

[48:28] We had a roller skating zone, a

[48:29] skateboarding skate park zone

[48:32] and a family fun zone.

[48:35] This is a family fun event that

[48:36] our participants have come out

[48:36] to.

[48:40] We close out all of our other

[48:40] areas for everyone to enjoy the

[48:40] event.

[48:41] So we're asking to organize

[48:43] that event for an official time

[48:43] has expired.

[48:48] Thank you, MR. Betts.

[48:48] You're going to apply for the

[48:49] grant, right?

[48:51] We've applied for the grant

[48:54] which the asking for additional

[48:55] $5,000 since it's to the event

[48:57] the commercial events

[48:58] Subcommittee Vice Minister on

[49:01] that Will we go through that

[49:01] and decide that at that level?

[49:04] So and we know you're coming

[49:04] up.

[49:04] Okay.

[49:05] Thank you.

[49:05] Appreciate it.

[49:08] Thanks.

[49:09] Next we have Janine with North

[49:11] Ski.

[49:12] I apologize.

[49:15] Melissa Sanders.

[49:18] You're unmuted.

[49:19] Go ahead.

[49:22] Thank you.

[49:23] And MR. Mike, whatever his name

[49:26] was needs to realize we already

[49:29] spend way over $15 million on

[49:29] the unhoused and he needs to

[49:33] find a new city to complain to.

[49:36] I just wanted to briefly talk

[49:37] about tomorrow's meeting with

[49:37] the police.

[49:41] Since I will not be able to

[49:41] attend since I will be on a

[49:44] school board meeting.

[49:48] And I really appreciate that we

[49:48] have our own police department.

[49:49] I really appreciate that.

[49:52] I can get to know my police

[49:52] department.

[49:53] I really appreciate that They

[49:56] will come if I hear a weird

[49:57] noise in the middle of the

[49:59] night and appease me.

[50:03] What I don't appreciate is when

[50:04] people want the police to be

[50:07] defunded what I don't

[50:07] appreciate is when they think

[50:11] that they make purposeful and

[50:12] racist and other things which I

[50:16] personally have never

[50:16] experienced.

[50:17] I have not met anyone who has

[50:20] ever experienced with rc cpd.

[50:23] What I do appreciate is that

[50:24] they probably need more staff

[50:24] than less staff.

[50:28] We are five square miles and we

[50:31] as a city deserve to be

[50:34] protected to have the best

[50:35] available to make sure our kids

[50:38] and families are protected, to

[50:39] protect the people who work

[50:42] here, who decide to actually

[50:43] shop and dine in play here.

[50:47] Our kids go to school here.

[50:50] All of this is important and

[50:51] should be realized how

[50:54] important it is to have our own

[50:55] police department fully staffed

[50:55] Fully funded.

[50:58] Thank you.

[50:59] Your time has expired.

[51:02] Thank you.

[51:09] Next we have Beth

[51:13] Dear City of

[51:17] Culver City members, council

[51:18] members houses presenting an

[51:21] update for the rent control

[51:21] rules.

[51:22] We ask that before any steps

[51:25] are made to accept this

[51:25] proposed changes that the city

[51:26] holds a meeting with property

[51:29] owners.

[51:29] Many of the proposed changes

[51:33] open a can of worms for example

[51:33] forbidding property owners to

[51:37] move in or senior parents or

[51:41] ailing parents to a apartment

[51:41] that they own.

[51:42] I have personally I have a

[51:45] senior parent that the doctor

[51:46] said in the next six months to

[51:49] a year will need to move closer

[51:49] to me.

[51:50] And what I'm being told by

[51:53] these proposed changes the city

[51:56] of Culver City will not allow

[51:57] my parent to move closer to me,

[52:00] closer to ucla and Cedars and

[52:01] to leave my parent living alone

[52:04] at risk.

[52:04] That should not happen.

[52:05] It creates an even bigger

[52:07] problem.

[52:11] Secondly is another aspect is

[52:12] insurance for our rental is

[52:15] going up 300 a month come

[52:15] JANUARY.

[52:18] Car insurance has gone up 200 a

[52:19] month and that doesn't count

[52:22] the cost of labor and other

[52:22] costs.

[52:23] So please keep that in mind

[52:24] When you think about rent

[52:26] control and making it even

[52:26] stricter.

[52:30] The other aspect is utilities

[52:31] as that section is very unclear

[52:34] and clear but water water the

[52:35] tenants need to know how to

[52:38] manage the water and they do If

[52:39] they pay there's part else The

[52:42] tubs are running freely.

[52:43] We've had nightmare situations

[52:45] I'd be happy to share with you

[52:45] one on one.

[52:46] The other part is roommates.

[52:49] I was able to buy my place

[52:50] because I had roommates for

[52:53] many years and I had guns

[52:54] pulled on me.

[52:56] I had people bring in spousal

[52:57] abusers.

[53:00] I'm sorry times are okay.

[53:01] Thank you.

[53:07] Next we have Monica Richardson

[53:07] .

[53:07] Hi there.

[53:08] I was a long time resident of

[53:11] Culver City for 21 years and a

[53:12] homeowner still for 20 years.

[53:15] I own a 1950s classic house

[53:16] that's 1400 square feet.

[53:20] I just I've noticed a lot of

[53:20] racist comments.

[53:23] I guess you talk a lot of talk

[53:24] about gender and race with this

[53:26] council open in Culver City a

[53:27] very long time.

[53:30] Some of the council members

[53:30] have been there just a few

[53:31] years.

[53:34] So it's like you've come in and

[53:34] now you think you want to

[53:35] change Culver City or you want

[53:38] to criticize Culver City for

[53:39] how it is or what it is.

[53:42] We are the United States of

[53:42] America.

[53:45] We're not the United States of

[53:45] the Democratic Party or the

[53:49] United States of the Democratic

[53:50] Socialist Party.

[53:50] There are other people who have

[53:53] different opinions from maybe

[53:54] three of you.

[53:57] Five people here do not

[53:58] represent or maybe four of you

[53:58] how other people feel.

[54:02] So as United States when a lot

[54:02] of people want to call certain

[54:05] people tyrants and all this

[54:05] sort of thing, what I'm seeing

[54:09] in Culver City is a really,

[54:10] really heavy shift to the left.

[54:13] Left, left, left.

[54:13] Like I don't even recognize it.

[54:16] 1991 is when I arrived in

[54:19] Culver City with a newborn and

[54:20] I felt safe And I want to

[54:20] support the police.

[54:23] We don't want to defund them.

[54:24] I just want to say to you every

[54:27] time a couple of you talk all

[54:27] you talk about is gender and

[54:28] race.

[54:31] And lastly, we don't want men

[54:31] in the bathroom.

[54:35] No men in the shower in the

[54:35] plunge.

[54:39] I think you should think about

[54:40] how you talk when you start the

[54:40] meetings.

[54:42] >> Thank you.

[54:43] >> Your time has expired.

[54:45] Thank you.

[54:55] Patrick Godinez, give me your

[54:59] Hello everyone.

[55:01] I come to stand before you as a

[55:04] culver City housing participant

[55:04] and for the sake of the public

[55:08] I also sit on the Advisory

[55:08] Committee on Housing and

[55:08] Homelessness.

[55:11] I would like to publicly

[55:11] comment.

[55:12] The city has done an amazing

[55:15] job providing shelter and

[55:15] services to hundreds of

[55:19] unhoused neighbors over the

[55:19] years.

[55:19] Hats off to Director Barnes

[55:22] staff and all the providers

[55:23] involved.

[55:23] Now that the city is shifting

[55:26] focus to developing more

[55:27] affordable housing, I believe

[55:30] it is imperative that the city

[55:31] ship a portion of the

[55:34] department's dollars to the

[55:34] Culver City Housing Trust Fund.

[55:37] Maybe $1 million a quarter.

[55:41] These dollars could be replaced

[55:41] by programs grants not only to

[55:45] build but also for services.

[55:46] For example, the L.A. City

[55:51] agreed to provide 12,915 beds

[55:51] by 2027 just recently.

[55:55] Finally, please inform the City

[55:55] Housing and Homelessness

[55:59] consultant why we were denied a

[56:00] $60 million grant for Julio

[56:00] Village.

[56:03] That way we could or they could

[56:04] possibly reapply or apply that

[56:07] information to another large

[56:09] grant with a similar project.

[56:13] Thank you.

[56:18] And lastly we have a Michael

[56:21] copy.

[56:21] Good evening y'all.

[56:25] Back a year or so ago when all

[56:28] those people over Sartell and

[56:29] Colbert filed complaints with

[56:29] the mark moons are asking him

[56:32] to enforce the city policies we

[56:36] got we realized after a while

[56:36] that he was going to do

[56:37] nothing.

[56:38] He never even sent them a form

[56:39] letter, never investigated the

[56:40] problem at all.

[56:40] That's with 60 de facto

[56:43] affidavits sitting on his desk

[56:44] and written letters.

[56:44] Certainly after that I got a

[56:48] phone call from an official at

[56:48] City hall.

[56:51] It was without email asking me

[56:52] if I had the time and didn't

[56:55] ask me when when I picked up

[56:56] the phone if I had the time

[56:58] then I Mychal Bell also first

[56:59] name never talked to this guy

[56:59] before.

[57:01] Hi Michael.

[57:02] It's John Mack Bar the city

[57:02] manager.

[57:05] What can I do for you?

[57:06] I'm calling because you're

[57:09] upset with our planning manager

[57:09] Mark Messenger.

[57:10] Yeah.

[57:13] You don't understand, Michael.

[57:14] We like Mark.

[57:17] We think Mark does good.

[57:17] You shouldn't be upset with

[57:18] him.

[57:18] He's part of our team.

[57:21] Oh, my GOD.

[57:22] I couldn't believe what I was

[57:22] hearing.

[57:25] This is the city manager.

[57:29] That's the guy who runs City

[57:29] Hall.

[57:30] I'm thinking this guy and I

[57:33] have to be blunt is an idiot.

[57:33] What I'm thinking at the time I

[57:36] got off the phone later on I

[57:36] started laughing.

[57:37] My wife said What?

[57:37] Who was that?

[57:40] I said Is the city manager does

[57:40] a.

[57:44] He went on I took command of

[57:45] the conversation and guys

[57:48] you're getting a new city

[57:51] manager be demanding, be

[57:52] resolute, be cynical When you

[57:55] interview.

[57:56] Good luck.

[57:59] Sincerely Your time has expired

[57:59] .

[57:59] Thank you.

[58:03] And that was the final speaker.

[58:03] Okay.

[58:03] Thank you.

[58:06] We have a motion to receive and

[58:12] file correspondence

[58:17] .

[58:17] Thank you.

[58:18] I have a motion by council

[58:21] member McMahon and second from

[58:25] Mayor o'Brien.

[58:31] Maybe can voting

[58:32] a

[58:36] councilmember?

[58:37] I think it's broken those so

[58:41] maybe someone can come fix it.

[58:41] Thank you.

[58:41] All right.

[58:44] The motion passes unanimously.

[58:44] Okay, great.

[58:47] Thank you.

[58:48] We're on to our consent

[58:51] calendar.

[58:52] Do we have any speakers for

[58:54] consent Calendar?

[58:55] We have seven.

[58:58] Okay.

[59:07] You tell me what items c 12.14

[59:10] 17 for ten one.

[59:13] Okay.

[59:14] Thank you.

[59:15] And then colleagues, you have

[59:18] any synonyms and pull outside

[59:18] of those kinds of things.

[59:21] Oh yeah.

[59:26] C five and c five and c 13

[59:27] 2013.

[59:27] Yeah.

[59:30] I asked if you could advocate

[59:31] for c ten and maybe have the

[59:34] speakers speak separately.

[59:35] I need to recuse myself from

[59:36] that item and I'd like to speak

[59:39] as a resident on that item also

[59:41] so we can pull that one to

[59:41] discuss everything else and

[59:42] then I'll excuse myself.

[59:44] Okay, great.

[59:45] Thank you.

[59:47] Why don't we start with c ten

[59:48] and then actually let's let's

[59:51] hear all the comments first and

[59:54] save the c ten item for last

[59:55] and we'll have council members

[59:58] step down at that point.

[1:00:02] Yes And the speakers are

[1:00:05] Crystal Alexander, Marci Bon,

[1:00:06] Melissa Sanders, Patrick

[1:00:10] Godinez, Jacob Shaw and d

[1:00:12] Lindgren.

[1:00:16] Also Mayor staff would like to

[1:00:22] pause item c 11 for an update

[1:00:23] and update on information on

[1:00:31] the use of funds for c

[1:00:32] and how

[1:00:39] much time 90s 90s Thinking.

[1:00:45] Crystal Alexander

[1:00:46] I'm not

[1:00:51] seeing her online or in the

[1:00:51] chambers so we're going to move

[1:00:58] on to marcy bon marcy or

[1:00:59] unmuted.

[1:01:02] Thank you again I am a Parks

[1:01:03] and Rec commissioner.

[1:01:03] Anything I say is my own

[1:01:04] opinion.

[1:01:06] It does not represent the

[1:01:07] commission.

[1:01:07] Just wanted to let you guys

[1:01:08] know I heard a bunch of

[1:01:11] screaming from my neighbors So

[1:01:11] something's going on with the

[1:01:14] Dodgers game.

[1:01:14] Anyway I hope it's good

[1:01:18] news for all of you Dodgers

[1:01:18] fans.

[1:01:21] So first off, I want to just

[1:01:22] just tell you guys how excited

[1:01:25] I am about you guys getting to

[1:01:28] the point where you have an

[1:01:29] actual code change for the

[1:01:31] donor and sponsorship.

[1:01:32] I think this is very exciting.

[1:01:36] I think it's going to do

[1:01:36] wonderful things for our parks

[1:01:39] and fingers crossed this goes

[1:01:40] through it will vote for it and

[1:01:43] we start getting donations So

[1:01:44] that we can actually move

[1:01:44] forward with our general our

[1:01:47] parks general plan.

[1:01:48] Knock it off.

[1:01:51] Sorry my cats.

[1:01:55] Then I wanted to talk about the

[1:01:55] glue traps.

[1:01:56] I'm concerned about that

[1:01:59] because a lot of people and not

[1:01:59] necessarily that I use glue

[1:02:03] traps for animals or rats and

[1:02:03] whatnot I would rather use the

[1:02:06] snap trap.

[1:02:07] I refuse to use the poison trap

[1:02:11] because those I feel like well

[1:02:14] the glue traps are inhumane.

[1:02:15] The poison traps kill a lot of

[1:02:18] other animals including hawks

[1:02:19] and owls and all of these

[1:02:19] important predators.

[1:02:26] Whereas the rodents they

[1:02:30] because they are prey they

[1:02:30] propagate very quickly.

[1:02:34] So please consider this whole

[1:02:34] thing about those.

[1:02:37] Thank you.

[1:02:38] The traps that are I know I've

[1:02:40] run my time out but the poison

[1:02:41] traps please can.

[1:02:44] Thank you.

[1:02:48] Next we have Melissa Sanders.

[1:02:53] She's speaking on c-10 And can

[1:02:56] we say good bye?

[1:02:56] I'm sorry.

[1:02:58] I'm actually picking up my 1050

[1:02:59] bucks on.

[1:03:02] My concern is about the and I

[1:03:06] think it was c four mainly that

[1:03:06] I was unclear if this was

[1:03:07] something to do with the

[1:03:10] ridicule this bike lane part of

[1:03:11] overland or if you guys are

[1:03:14] planning to do upgrades to

[1:03:15] Overland prior to trying to do

[1:03:18] the grant.

[1:03:19] Either way we stop if it's just

[1:03:22] to improve overland the

[1:03:22] pedestrian stuff.

[1:03:22] Great.

[1:03:26] I hope that works but do not do

[1:03:30] anything with the bike lane.

[1:03:31] Do not do anything that's going

[1:03:31] to remove parking.

[1:03:34] Do not do anything That is an

[1:03:35] ada alliance issue.

[1:03:35] Don't do anything that's going

[1:03:38] to make living in this area any

[1:03:41] more difficult.

[1:03:41] Just stop.

[1:03:42] So I apologize.

[1:03:45] I missed some parts of things

[1:03:46] that are not quite focused at

[1:03:49] the moment but I assume we get

[1:03:52] to speak on c ten separately

[1:03:53] but maybe fix them up them out

[1:03:54] in front of my address.

[1:03:55] Sorry.

[1:03:59] You know, move to the.

[1:03:59] Yeah.

[1:04:00] Can you hold on If you're going

[1:04:00] to speak on c ten.

[1:04:01] Hold on to them.

[1:04:02] There we go.

[1:04:15] Well so I think Patrick Godinez

[1:04:16] .

[1:04:17] Hello.

[1:04:20] I wanted to comment on c when I

[1:04:24] read the the rest and the items

[1:04:27] for the cash distribution that

[1:04:28] you are on.

[1:04:31] I'll give access to the public

[1:04:32] for you know if it's possible

[1:04:35] if you could put it in the

[1:04:36] departments and categories you

[1:04:38] know as opposed to one less I

[1:04:39] think that would be helpful for

[1:04:42] the public to really understand

[1:04:42] the spending that's going on.

[1:04:48] Thank you.

[1:04:55] Next we have Jacob Shaw

[1:04:59] .

[1:05:00] Good evening Council.

[1:05:03] My name is Jacob Shaw.

[1:05:04] I'm here on behalf of People

[1:05:04] for the Ethical Treatment of

[1:05:04] Animals.

[1:05:07] And I just wanted to thank you

[1:05:08] so much for taking on this glue

[1:05:10] trap And just a briefly address

[1:05:11] what one of the previous

[1:05:12] speakers said in case there was

[1:05:15] any confusion about this.

[1:05:15] Glue traps actually do catch an

[1:05:18] enormous number of animals

[1:05:19] beyond just mice and rats.

[1:05:21] There's a group called Wild One

[1:05:22] or rather a data aggregation

[1:05:25] center called Wild One that's

[1:05:26] run by the Wildlife Center of

[1:05:28] Virginia that keeps track of

[1:05:29] glue trapping take from animal

[1:05:29] hospitals and wildlife

[1:05:30] rehabilitator around the

[1:05:33] country.

[1:05:34] And over the last ten years

[1:05:36] they've received reports of 180

[1:05:37] different species being caught

[1:05:37] in glue traps.

[1:05:40] So the number of actual animals

[1:05:41] is in the hundreds of thousands

[1:05:44] if not millions.

[1:05:45] So I really just wanted to

[1:05:48] thank you so, so much for

[1:05:48] banning these traps.

[1:05:49] They really are torture

[1:05:49] devices.

[1:05:52] It's the reason every animal

[1:05:52] advocacy organization, every

[1:05:56] environmental organization

[1:05:56] supports banning these traps.

[1:05:57] So one day people are going to

[1:06:00] think how did we ever tolerate

[1:06:01] these traps being sold and used

[1:06:03] and they will always look back

[1:06:04] and know that Culver City was

[1:06:07] one of the first to act and do

[1:06:07] the right thing for animals and

[1:06:08] for all of us.

[1:06:08] So thank you so much.

[1:06:14] I really appreciate it.

[1:06:15] That's it.

[1:06:18] Okay.

[1:06:19] Are we going to bring back MS..

[1:06:21] Sanders to talk?

[1:06:22] Okay, Councilmember, you can

[1:06:22] step out.

[1:06:26] Will you want to vote on all

[1:06:26] the other ones or.

[1:06:29] I think we will.

[1:06:30] Okay.

[1:06:30] Yeah.

[1:06:31] So let's go ahead and do you

[1:06:33] want to update for item c 11

[1:06:33] from staff?

[1:06:38] Yeah So so let's say see ten

[1:06:38] provides that.

[1:06:38] Okay.

[1:06:43] So so we're starting with c one

[1:06:44] or these are the ones that are

[1:06:46] commented on and then council

[1:06:47] vice chair approves the wanted

[1:06:52] c five and always the other one

[1:06:57] and c 13 and then do we need to

[1:06:57] pull any of the others for

[1:07:00] anyone?

[1:07:07] Okay Council member You're

[1:07:07] going to want to see ten pulled

[1:07:08] and so you could speak on it as

[1:07:10] a member of the public.

[1:07:10] Okay.

[1:07:14] So we have a c five, c 11 c 13

[1:07:17] and then we'll do c ten and

[1:07:23] then

[1:07:30] we see one or c five.

[1:07:33] I think we're going to do c

[1:07:33] five.

[1:07:37] I will just say that for the

[1:07:40] disperse the disbursement list

[1:07:41] there's that's a standard list

[1:07:44] that we prepare in the finance

[1:07:44] department for all the checks

[1:07:48] that are cut checks can be

[1:07:52] found on the clear gov portal.

[1:07:55] The transparency portal And

[1:07:56] I'll make sure with staff that

[1:08:00] we clearly point to that But I

[1:08:00] believe that you can download

[1:08:04] that into Excel and then sort

[1:08:07] those items.

[1:08:08] So thank you for that.

[1:08:10] Sure.

[1:08:15] And in regards to c five, I'll

[1:08:15] take any questions.

[1:08:19] This is our quarterly report on

[1:08:23] the measure c, c and c sales

[1:08:26] tax reports.

[1:08:29] Again, because our information

[1:08:33] comes delayed through the state

[1:08:34] ,the report that is a part of

[1:08:36] this item is for the third

[1:08:37] quarter of the fiscal year.

[1:08:46] So it is JANUARY through APRIL

[1:08:51] air through MARCH actually and

[1:08:54] the real property transfer

[1:08:54] taxes.

[1:08:55] The other piece of this and

[1:08:58] that is for the final quarter

[1:09:02] of the prior fiscal year during

[1:09:02] those great couple of questions

[1:09:05] will there be any forecasts

[1:09:06] that will include We're

[1:09:09] expecting thousands of

[1:09:13] residents to come into the city

[1:09:13] within or forecast that will

[1:09:16] include that information.

[1:09:20] So that is difficult to

[1:09:20] address.

[1:09:24] I mean there's and are you

[1:09:25] thinking that that is related

[1:09:28] to the revenue that they will

[1:09:28] potentially generate?

[1:09:32] There's also going to be costs

[1:09:35] associated with them when the

[1:09:35] general plan was brought

[1:09:39] forward there was a financial

[1:09:43] report that a consultant repair

[1:09:44] prepared specifically related

[1:09:48] to the full build out

[1:09:52] anticipate added in 2045 that

[1:09:56] talked about potential revenues

[1:09:56] and costs.

[1:10:00] It wasn't broken down obviously

[1:10:01] in a shorter term, you know our

[1:10:03] forecast is only looking ten

[1:10:06] years.

[1:10:07] We can look at those numbers

[1:10:10] and try to see what we can

[1:10:11] bring into the ten year

[1:10:14] forecast.

[1:10:17] We're working on that right now

[1:10:17] .

[1:10:18] We're waiting to close the

[1:10:21] fiscal year.

[1:10:22] We're working with our auditors

[1:10:25] currently and we hope to bring

[1:10:28] that forecast back to the

[1:10:29] council when we talk about the

[1:10:32] contingency reserve And we're

[1:10:33] we're hoping to do that in

[1:10:33] JANUARY.

[1:10:36] That way we'll have all the

[1:10:40] data from the prior fiscal year

[1:10:40] and that included additionally

[1:10:44] we will include now that

[1:10:47] measure seal has passed and we

[1:10:48] have an additional quarter cent

[1:10:51] it's looking likely although we

[1:10:52] don't have complete

[1:10:55] confirmation from cdp, tfa but

[1:10:59] that the quarter cent is is

[1:10:59] likely to start this JANUARY.

[1:11:03] So we will get half a year and

[1:11:04] we will include that as well

[1:11:07] And that the measures they'll

[1:11:07] be included in with all these

[1:11:07] other reports.

[1:11:11] And then just on that note, I

[1:11:11] know that reports could be

[1:11:13] coming that that ten year

[1:11:14] forecast but with the

[1:11:17] structural deficit with this

[1:11:17] new measure seal and with the

[1:11:21] possible offline end of the

[1:11:24] wellness village and 27 ish,

[1:11:24] how will that will that when

[1:11:28] will we expect our structural

[1:11:31] deficit to, you know, level out

[1:11:31] ?

[1:11:35] So I based on the budget

[1:11:41] forecast the adopted budget

[1:11:45] yeah, we can see that probably

[1:11:46] with it starts to decrease

[1:11:51] certainly in fiscal year 2728

[1:11:52] because that was when Wellness

[1:11:59] Village is slated to go offline

[1:12:00] and also then we will be

[1:12:03] receiving the additional tax

[1:12:03] sales tax revenue.

[1:12:07] And so probably again not

[1:12:11] having done a full analysis,

[1:12:15] what it looks like is in that

[1:12:19] fiscal year 29, 30 and 3031

[1:12:23] things get to even write again.

[1:12:24] All things being equal and we

[1:12:27] don't know what what else will

[1:12:27] happen.

[1:12:27] Yep.

[1:12:28] Okay.

[1:12:28] Thank you.

[1:12:28] That's it, Mary.

[1:12:31] Okay.

[1:12:32] One one additional question on

[1:12:32] this one.

[1:12:35] Thank you for pulling it, Vice

[1:12:35] Mayor and thanks for the

[1:12:35] report.

[1:12:39] See us over the the sales tax

[1:12:42] revenues.

[1:12:43] I asked if they had been

[1:12:45] inflation adjusted the ten year

[1:12:46] and you said no and it doesn't

[1:12:47] say it was That makes sense.

[1:12:49] Can can we see that going

[1:12:49] forward Because I was noticing

[1:12:53] that over ten years it's up but

[1:12:55] then over the last four years

[1:12:56] it's down our sales tax

[1:12:56] revenue.

[1:12:59] So I was just wondering like I

[1:13:03] want to be able to know in that

[1:13:04] I think it'll be helpful for us

[1:13:04] to know in that glance Like if

[1:13:07] it's if the value of the money

[1:13:10] is actually decreasing that

[1:13:11] makes sense or if what

[1:13:14] inflation you know changes that

[1:13:18] view I guess is that easy to do

[1:13:18] ?

[1:13:19] I can ask the consultant I'm

[1:13:22] not sure but I will say and

[1:13:26] then they did on the that third

[1:13:29] attachment the dotted red line

[1:13:30] sort of is looking at what

[1:13:34] would be norm Mall based on a

[1:13:34] normal projection on where you

[1:13:38] think you would land Of course

[1:13:38] every quarter is different

[1:13:38] right?

[1:13:42] The spikes in that graph are

[1:13:45] the DECEMBER holiday quarter

[1:13:46] which is typically when sales

[1:13:49] taxes at its greatest and other

[1:13:56] dips are you know the JANUARY,

[1:13:57] FEBRUARY, MARCH quarter tends

[1:14:00] to be low because people

[1:14:01] basically spent a lot of money

[1:14:02] for the holidays and then

[1:14:04] really tighten their belts in

[1:14:05] the beginning of the year And

[1:14:08] you can see that the the graph

[1:14:11] really does do that.

[1:14:12] I'll I'll see about the

[1:14:12] inflation.

[1:14:15] i will just say about the last

[1:14:16] four years there was a

[1:14:19] tremendous spike that happened

[1:14:23] coming out of the pandemic.

[1:14:24] Everybody had stimulus money in

[1:14:27] their pockets.

[1:14:28] They were spending on things in

[1:14:31] a way that they hadn't spent.

[1:14:35] They they they batten down the

[1:14:35] hatches and then they started

[1:14:38] they really started spending.

[1:14:39] And so the increases that you

[1:14:42] see there are because of that.

[1:14:46] And then as things started to

[1:14:47] even out and open up, people

[1:14:50] started paying for experiences

[1:14:50] more, right?

[1:14:51] Like they went out and did

[1:14:53] things that they hadn't been

[1:14:53] able to do.

[1:14:55] We don't get sales tax on those

[1:14:58] service says we get sales tax

[1:14:59] on goods And so when they

[1:15:01] stopped buying actual products

[1:15:06] and paid more for experience

[1:15:06] that has affected our sales

[1:15:06] tax.

[1:15:10] So a lot of things in the works

[1:15:13] there and certainly the kind of

[1:15:14] the ups and downs of the

[1:15:17] economy recently haven't helped

[1:15:17] either.

[1:15:20] People are and and tariffs and

[1:15:24] there's a lot but this this

[1:15:25] sort of is predicted that it

[1:15:25] was kind of course correcting

[1:15:28] and we'll see what happens

[1:15:32] we're cautiously optimistic for

[1:15:32] just very measured growth

[1:15:36] moving forward but we'll see.

[1:15:36] Okay, great.

[1:15:36] Thank you.

[1:15:37] Yeah, I just wanted to know if

[1:15:40] like the increases that we're

[1:15:40] seeing or the decreases we're

[1:15:43] taking that into account in

[1:15:43] case Yeah.

[1:15:44] She said another clue.

[1:15:44] Thank you.

[1:15:47] Okay.

[1:15:48] And I mean to piggyback on that

[1:15:54] I is inflation essentially

[1:15:55] accounted for when you're

[1:15:58] looking at projecting costs you

[1:15:58] know our expenditures I mean

[1:15:59] we're those are you're

[1:16:02] projecting yeah yeah that's how

[1:16:03] it's in our in our costs we do

[1:16:06] include that we doing we

[1:16:06] included in our forecast some

[1:16:10] measure of inflation both on

[1:16:11] revenues and expenditures We

[1:16:14] look at you know our model

[1:16:17] looks at history but it also we

[1:16:17] can adjust it based on things

[1:16:21] that we know that are happening

[1:16:21] that okay yeah, yeah.

[1:16:24] This one was just about the ten

[1:16:25] years prior not the forecast.

[1:16:25] Yes.

[1:16:26] But yeah.

[1:16:26] Correct.

[1:16:30] Yeah Yeah.

[1:16:30] Okay great.

[1:16:39] Next is c 11

[1:16:51] .

[1:16:55] Good evening Honorable mayor,

[1:16:56] vice Mayor and members of the

[1:16:56] Council.

[1:16:59] For the sake of the public my

[1:17:00] name is Travis Barnes.

[1:17:03] I am the housing and human

[1:17:03] Services Director.

[1:17:04] Staff has requested that this

[1:17:07] item be pulled based upon

[1:17:11] information that we learn from

[1:17:11] the county of Los Angeles.

[1:17:15] I want to thank Council members

[1:17:16] McMoRan and Fish for meeting

[1:17:19] with staff as part of the

[1:17:20] Standing Housing and

[1:17:23] Homelessness Subcommittee to

[1:17:27] discuss how to utilize the

[1:17:30] funds of 257,108 that we

[1:17:34] received from the County of Los

[1:17:34] Angeles Affordable housing and

[1:17:41] solution Agency or La Casa and

[1:17:41] the subcommittee has

[1:17:45] recommended that 20% of the

[1:17:49] funds go for legal services

[1:17:52] which is an allowed expense and

[1:17:53] that 20% will be used to

[1:17:56] supplement the contract with

[1:17:56] pathetic and to work with

[1:18:00] tenants who are experiencing an

[1:18:03] unlawful detainer.

[1:18:04] The subcommittee also had

[1:18:07] recommended that the 40% for

[1:18:11] rental assistance that half of

[1:18:13] those funds are 50

[1:18:14] approximately 51,000 be used

[1:18:17] for emergency rental assistance

[1:18:18] and flexible financial

[1:18:21] assistance And they have also

[1:18:24] recommended that the additional

[1:18:25] other 50% go towards temporary

[1:18:28] rental assistance for folks as

[1:18:32] defined under the program.

[1:18:32] And the program defines

[1:18:35] households that are

[1:18:36] experiencing a loss of

[1:18:39] employment, a natural disaster

[1:18:43] or an unlawful detainer and

[1:18:47] unexpected events that causes

[1:18:48] folks that are housed.

[1:18:51] These funds can only be used

[1:18:52] for folks that are housed to

[1:18:54] keep folks in housing.

[1:18:59] An additional 40% can be used

[1:19:02] at the discretion of the

[1:19:02] council.

[1:19:05] So the subcommittee instructed

[1:19:06] staff that 50% would be used

[1:19:09] for financial assistance for

[1:19:13] households impacted by

[1:19:13] immigration enforcement and

[1:19:17] they wanted the balance of

[1:19:21] 52,000 to support the city's

[1:19:24] housing trust fund.

[1:19:25] The county has informed us that

[1:19:28] we cannot use funds to support

[1:19:29] the housing trust fund.

[1:19:32] You can only use funds for

[1:19:36] direct client assist funds and

[1:19:37] they want the funds that are

[1:19:40] available to hit the streets as

[1:19:40] fast as possible.

[1:19:43] So Staff one wanted to inform

[1:19:46] the body that the county does

[1:19:47] not allow the use of funds for

[1:19:50] the housing trust funds and we

[1:19:50] would like to seek direction

[1:19:54] from the council of the Balance

[1:19:54] of the 52,000.

[1:19:58] How will the Council like to

[1:19:58] utilize those funds?

[1:20:02] Thank you for that.

[1:20:05] I would like to request that it

[1:20:06] goes into our rental assistance

[1:20:09] program.

[1:20:10] That's an area of need.

[1:20:13] This is not directly orange.

[1:20:16] You know I'm not going to

[1:20:17] disagree with that.

[1:20:17] Yes.

[1:20:20] And I think the subcommittee

[1:20:21] was very thoughtful in their

[1:20:25] deliberations and under the

[1:20:28] rental assistance program they

[1:20:31] would like to give one months

[1:20:32] of rental assistance which is

[1:20:38] 3500, which is a good chunk to

[1:20:39] assist folks And it's a one

[1:20:42] time But then we there also is

[1:20:43] a second component where they

[1:20:47] will give rental assistance of

[1:20:50] 1000 per month per adult for up

[1:20:50] to six months.

[1:20:51] So staff would just need to

[1:20:54] know which pocket do you want

[1:20:55] to put that in?

[1:20:58] The one time for 3500 or the

[1:21:01] thousand per month per adult

[1:21:03] for up to six months.

[1:21:07] I'd like to ask the opinion of

[1:21:10] the subcommittee members on

[1:21:11] that.

[1:21:11] Thanks.

[1:21:12] And I'm happy with that.

[1:21:15] I'm wondering if we can maybe

[1:21:18] split that between the program

[1:21:21] that specifically serves our

[1:21:26] immigration and our families

[1:21:26] targeted by immigration

[1:21:29] enforcement and then our our

[1:21:30] main program for the emergency

[1:21:33] rental as directed by I'm just

[1:21:34] saying in the temporary rental

[1:21:34] assistance maybe we could do

[1:21:37] like half and half.

[1:21:38] i don't know what is my

[1:21:38] colleague on the committee

[1:21:41] think?

[1:21:41] COUNCILMAN Martin Thank you

[1:21:42] Director Byrnes You and your

[1:21:45] entire team for your quick

[1:21:48] action and due diligence in

[1:21:52] getting back to us on that and

[1:21:52] that update on what the

[1:21:53] permissible use of the funds

[1:21:56] would be as it pertains to what

[1:21:57] we should do with this new

[1:22:00] information.

[1:22:01] I would be in favor of sort of

[1:22:03] splitting it between the two

[1:22:04] programs that we've identified.

[1:22:08] Again and as I sort of always

[1:22:09] say just kind of seeing where

[1:22:11] the need is as as needs come in

[1:22:15] and maybe we can make

[1:22:15] adjustments.

[1:22:16] I know we said we would check

[1:22:20] back in as a subcommittee as as

[1:22:20] things were progressing and we

[1:22:23] were noticing you know, you

[1:22:24] know, where the needs in our

[1:22:24] community are and just

[1:22:27] hopefully we can be nimble and

[1:22:27] flexible and really support our

[1:22:31] neighbors And remaining housed

[1:22:32] in Culver City which I know is

[1:22:35] a goal of everyone here in the

[1:22:35] Dyess.

[1:22:38] So and maybe for now we split

[1:22:39] And again just try to be data

[1:22:42] driven as we move forward.

[1:22:43] Thank you, Kent.

[1:22:46] To that end, could it be used

[1:22:47] as almost like a contingency

[1:22:53] bucket for these three separate

[1:22:54] You know, it's almost like we

[1:22:54] have three because they have

[1:22:55] the emergency rental and

[1:22:57] flexible assistance, the

[1:22:57] temporary rental assistance and

[1:23:01] then the immigration the family

[1:23:01] families targeted by

[1:23:01] immigration enforcement is

[1:23:04] there like can we have this as

[1:23:05] like council members saying

[1:23:08] like a sort of a a bucket that

[1:23:09] could fill where the need is

[1:23:11] the most between those three?

[1:23:14] The council can give staff that

[1:23:15] direction If I am understanding

[1:23:18] you correctly, we're noticing

[1:23:22] that more folks are in need of

[1:23:23] that one time rental assistance

[1:23:26] versus say the you know, folks

[1:23:30] impacted by immigration and

[1:23:30] Foresman that we would then

[1:23:34] rely upon that additional money

[1:23:35] to assist those folks.

[1:23:38] But if we notice that it's

[1:23:39] trending in that way we would

[1:23:41] convene the subcommittee to let

[1:23:42] you know what's happening and

[1:23:46] to see what direction you want

[1:23:47] us to go And if you want us to

[1:23:48] come back to the full body I'm

[1:23:49] okay with that as everyone

[1:23:52] else's.

[1:23:53] Yes.

[1:23:56] Okay.

[1:23:56] Directions clear.

[1:23:57] Thank you.

[1:23:58] I appreciate that.

[1:24:02] Okay, great.

[1:24:03] No further questions on that

[1:24:03] item.

[1:24:06] See 13 and then we'll do a vote

[1:24:13] on those with minus c ten.

[1:24:14] I don't need the staff report.

[1:24:17] I just curious how many grants

[1:24:21] have been made and how many

[1:24:22] participants have obtained

[1:24:26] housing and remained in housing

[1:24:26] And what happens if

[1:24:27] participants leave before one

[1:24:31] year?

[1:24:35] So for the public again this is

[1:24:36] tough as far as how the any

[1:24:39] human services director Vice

[1:24:43] Mayor Pusa is asking with

[1:24:46] regards to the it's called the

[1:24:47] permanent Local housing

[1:24:54] allocation program r p l h h a

[1:24:57] We have been awarded year

[1:25:00] three, four and five.

[1:25:01] Similar to our previous

[1:25:04] discussion this money is

[1:25:04] prescribed for certain

[1:25:08] eligibility eligible activities

[1:25:12] under year three Council gave

[1:25:15] direction that we would utilize

[1:25:15] our funds as rental assistance

[1:25:19] for folks transitioning out of

[1:25:23] our interim housing program So

[1:25:23] part of the recommendation is

[1:25:26] that we continue to use years

[1:25:27] four and five for folks

[1:25:31] transitioning out of our

[1:25:31] program for year three.

[1:25:34] We are currently still in the

[1:25:35] process of developing a by name

[1:25:38] list meaning that folks that we

[1:25:42] believe can benefit from this

[1:25:42] program and please understand

[1:25:46] this is temporary rental

[1:25:46] assistance.

[1:25:47] So we really need to work with

[1:25:50] households that can live

[1:25:50] independently And once the

[1:25:54] funds are removed or moved away

[1:25:58] or reduced they are able to

[1:26:01] maintain that housing without

[1:26:02] that assistance because we

[1:26:03] don't want anyone to fall back

[1:26:06] into homelessness.

[1:26:07] So currently we are identifying

[1:26:13] households that we believe

[1:26:16] could thrive in a situation and

[1:26:20] living this independent and

[1:26:21] we're also using funds to

[1:26:25] provide additional years of

[1:26:25] rental assistance.

[1:26:28] The first iteration was just

[1:26:28] only one year of rental

[1:26:31] assistance which most of us

[1:26:32] realize that's not enough.

[1:26:35] And so with we went to the

[1:26:35] county and said Hey, can we get

[1:26:36] more money?

[1:26:39] And they agreed.

[1:26:39] So now we will be able to

[1:26:43] provide folks with up to three

[1:26:44] years of rental assistance to

[1:26:47] help them transition to be able

[1:26:48] to pay the rent on their own or

[1:26:51] hopefully maybe find another

[1:26:54] resource such as a Section

[1:26:54] eight housing voucher.

[1:26:57] So currently we have six folks

[1:27:01] on our by nameless We are

[1:27:01] working with them and getting

[1:27:04] them prepped and ready to be

[1:27:05] able to live in an apartment on

[1:27:08] their own And of course working

[1:27:09] with them with life skills and

[1:27:12] money management So that way

[1:27:13] when they make the transition

[1:27:16] that they are strong and well

[1:27:17] suited to do so.

[1:27:17] All right.

[1:27:20] And then you did ask what

[1:27:21] happens if they don't stay for

[1:27:23] a year?

[1:27:27] We will just move to the next

[1:27:28] person on the by nameless who's

[1:27:28] ready to go.

[1:27:29] Got it.

[1:27:31] Thank you.

[1:27:32] And things are going over the

[1:27:35] program and back up.

[1:27:36] So tonight is correct that we

[1:27:38] talked about three rentals

[1:27:40] assistance programs, three

[1:27:41] different Yes we have So we

[1:27:45] have one rental assistance for

[1:27:48] the unhoused and that's the p l

[1:27:52] h a program And then we discuss

[1:27:52] to rental assistance program

[1:27:53] through that And I'm sorry to

[1:27:56] do this to the public This is a

[1:27:59] lot of alphabet that what is

[1:28:04] that the the r a okay even I am

[1:28:07] having difficulty here it is

[1:28:08] the rental housing homeless

[1:28:11] prevention program the

[1:28:13] difference between the one the

[1:28:14] two programs one is for folks

[1:28:18] who are housed to keep them in

[1:28:19] their housing and the other one

[1:28:22] is for folks who are unhoused

[1:28:22] to get them into housing.

[1:28:25] So the p l h a is for the

[1:28:26] unhoused to get them into

[1:28:30] permanent housing and then the

[1:28:30] other two programs for folks

[1:28:34] who are already housed to keep

[1:28:34] them maintained in their

[1:28:38] housing because they were

[1:28:38] dealing with some type of

[1:28:38] crisis.

[1:28:41] So we are dealing with three

[1:28:41] different programs.

[1:28:41] Right.

[1:28:42] Thank you, Director Burns.

[1:28:45] And just for clarification for

[1:28:45] members of the public because I

[1:28:48] think there's some confusion

[1:28:48] that we don't provide rental

[1:28:49] assistance programs anymore.

[1:28:52] They've been eliminated.

[1:28:53] So I just want to make sure

[1:28:55] that the public knows that the

[1:28:56] city is still providing those

[1:28:56] very important programs.

[1:28:59] Thank you.

[1:29:00] And don't forget we also still

[1:29:00] have our Section eight rental

[1:29:03] assistance program.

[1:29:04] We're still working with that

[1:29:08] program as well on the federal

[1:29:08] side.

[1:29:08] Okay.

[1:29:09] Thank you for that addition.

[1:29:11] Thank you.

[1:29:11] Okay.

[1:29:11] Thank you.

[1:29:14] So with that thank you Director

[1:29:18] Branch, let's go ahead and vote

[1:29:22] on consent item c one through

[1:29:30] 17 while pulling out c ten

[1:29:35] I

[1:29:40] have a motion by Council member

[1:29:41] Farah a second by Mayor o'Brien

[1:29:44] to approve the consent calendar

[1:29:49] item c 139 and c 11 through c

[1:29:53] 17th MAY be in voting.

[1:29:54] Yeah I can no I still can't

[1:29:57] vote or make motions but I vote

[1:29:58] I thank you Council member Fish

[1:30:01] Maybe if we can get j hours or

[1:30:08] someone Johnny here

[1:30:08] that motion

[1:30:12] passes unanimously okay and for

[1:30:13] the public council member is

[1:30:15] going to step into the back

[1:30:16] because he has a perceived

[1:30:20] conflict of interest on c ten

[1:30:24] and once the staff report is

[1:30:24] complete and any further public

[1:30:27] comment or comments from the

[1:30:32] Dyess are over, he is going to

[1:30:33] be called out to speak on the

[1:30:37] item as a member of the public

[1:30:41] sector chain.

[1:30:45] All right, good evening, Mayor,

[1:30:45] vice mayor and city council

[1:30:48] members, this is Diana Chang,

[1:30:49] City's chief transportation

[1:30:49] officer.

[1:30:52] We're here tonight to recommend

[1:30:53] to city council to approve the

[1:30:53] guiding principles for the

[1:30:56] supply that connects project to

[1:30:57] authorize acceptance of grant

[1:31:00] funds for the Metro measure and

[1:31:01] sub regional equity program In

[1:31:04] the amounts laid down the staff

[1:31:04] report and approve a related

[1:31:07] budget amendment to appropriate

[1:31:08] the grant funds to the project.

[1:31:12] We also have a presentation

[1:31:13] available to introduce the

[1:31:15] project and walk through the

[1:31:16] guiding principles If the

[1:31:16] Council would like a

[1:31:23] presentation yes please.

[1:31:26] Thank you.

[1:31:30] So if you can next slide please

[1:31:30] support Our next is a mobility

[1:31:33] project that envisions a

[1:31:34] corridor where everyone can

[1:31:38] move better safely comfortable

[1:31:38] and reliably and find the

[1:31:41] opportunity to improve people's

[1:31:42] experience along the corridor.

[1:31:45] This project is a community

[1:31:46] center design effort that will

[1:31:49] lead to the construction of low

[1:31:50] cost meaningful improvements

[1:31:53] that benefit transit writers

[1:31:53] and other street users.

[1:31:57] Next slide We're focused on

[1:31:57] some of that because it's

[1:32:01] critical mobility corridor for

[1:32:02] Culver City and neighboring

[1:32:02] West Side communities serving

[1:32:05] many important regional

[1:32:06] destinations such as L.A. X and

[1:32:09] ucla and many local

[1:32:10] neighborhood services and

[1:32:13] businesses.

[1:32:14] Our general plan identifies

[1:32:15] support for that as a transit

[1:32:17] priority corridor a place where

[1:32:18] we prioritize improvements to

[1:32:21] our streets and signals to make

[1:32:21] busses operate more reliably

[1:32:25] and to make the customer access

[1:32:28] in waiting experience safer and

[1:32:29] more enjoyable.

[1:32:30] So with all our capital

[1:32:32] projects support for that call

[1:32:33] next we'll look to improve the

[1:32:37] experience and reliability for

[1:32:37] people traveling by all modes.

[1:32:40] Next slide the Complete Streets

[1:32:44] Design Standard Establish a set

[1:32:45] of street design elements that

[1:32:48] must be included when budget

[1:32:49] allows in all key roadway

[1:32:52] projects with the goal of

[1:32:53] incrementally making our

[1:32:56] streets more complete support.

[1:32:56] Our connects is a transit

[1:33:00] priority project at its core

[1:33:00] but staff will look to include

[1:33:04] other design elements from the

[1:33:04] complete street design

[1:33:05] standards when it's financially

[1:33:07] feasible to do so.

[1:33:11] Next slide.

[1:33:12] Funding for this project comes

[1:33:15] in part from the West Side

[1:33:15] City's Council of Government

[1:33:19] which has dedicated measure and

[1:33:19] funds to build the bus priority

[1:33:22] on three key corridors

[1:33:23] including support for the

[1:33:23] boulevard The West cog

[1:33:26] supported by our staff will be

[1:33:27] designing and implementing

[1:33:30] quick built bustling under

[1:33:31] segment of support of the north

[1:33:34] and south of Culver City in

[1:33:34] combination with our project.

[1:33:38] These improvements will shape a

[1:33:38] meaningful transit priority

[1:33:41] corridor that supports our

[1:33:42] highest ridership bus line bus

[1:33:45] line and an important corridor

[1:33:46] for the l.A or 2028 games.

[1:33:53] Next slide the project team has

[1:33:54] been working during the first

[1:33:56] three quarters of 2025 to

[1:33:57] develop a clear understanding

[1:34:00] of baseline conditions in the

[1:34:00] corridor including developing

[1:34:01] analysis tools that will be

[1:34:04] used to model traffic and

[1:34:05] transit outcomes from various

[1:34:08] design scenarios to be

[1:34:09] developed during next phases of

[1:34:13] the project In OCTOBER we

[1:34:15] launched our engagement process

[1:34:16] with our first c pac or what we

[1:34:19] call community project Advisory

[1:34:20] Committee and door to door

[1:34:22] visits with corridor

[1:34:23] businesses.

[1:34:26] We're scheduled to hold our

[1:34:26] first public design workshop

[1:34:29] starting in mid-NOVEMBER.

[1:34:30] These will support a community

[1:34:31] centered design process that

[1:34:34] will continue through the first

[1:34:35] quarter of 2026.

[1:34:38] We will return to the City

[1:34:38] Council at that time with

[1:34:39] design alternatives for

[1:34:41] direction.

[1:34:42] Our scheduled target contract

[1:34:46] construction date will be in

[1:34:46] late 2026 with an opening

[1:34:50] anticipated in 2027.

[1:34:53] Next line So in effort to

[1:34:56] ensure a smooth design process

[1:34:57] ,these draft guiding

[1:34:57] principles have been developed

[1:35:00] to guide our work with

[1:35:01] community stakeholders leading

[1:35:04] to solutions that meet

[1:35:04] community goals.

[1:35:05] The following guiding

[1:35:08] principles reflects these goals

[1:35:09] codified in the general plan

[1:35:12] and will be used to ensure

[1:35:12] project design activities

[1:35:15] uphold the city's commitment to

[1:35:16] meeting these community crafted

[1:35:16] goals.

[1:35:20] These are similar to the design

[1:35:20] guidelines we have for the

[1:35:21] downtown corridor.

[1:35:24] They lay out what the project

[1:35:25] is and what it isn't and how to

[1:35:28] resolve issues that come up

[1:35:28] during design.

[1:35:29] It makes sure that everything

[1:35:32] we're doing is fulfilling the

[1:35:32] project's mission.

[1:35:35] Next slide.

[1:35:36] With a limited budget we will

[1:35:39] have to prioritize street

[1:35:39] improvements that best align

[1:35:42] with our general plan policies

[1:35:43] and mobility needs.

[1:35:46] Our guiding principles are

[1:35:46] organized to help inform

[1:35:47] project development in decision

[1:35:50] decision making.

[1:35:51] General plan policies and user

[1:35:54] needs dictate that transit

[1:35:55] improvements are the core of

[1:35:57] support with our connects.

[1:35:58] As we plan for these

[1:35:59] improvements, the team will

[1:36:02] seek to make travel more

[1:36:02] reliable for all road users and

[1:36:06] for fulfill the intent of the

[1:36:06] bike and pedestrian action plan

[1:36:10] by creating additional

[1:36:10] connections within the bike

[1:36:10] network.

[1:36:13] These are other critical

[1:36:14] mobility principles Any time we

[1:36:17] make transportation investments

[1:36:18] it presents an opportunity to

[1:36:21] improve our community.

[1:36:21] For kids walking to school,

[1:36:22] people accessing local

[1:36:25] businesses and those who spend

[1:36:26] time on the corridor and in

[1:36:29] adjacent neighborhoods.

[1:36:30] Finally, our designs were aimed

[1:36:34] to balance cost effectiveness

[1:36:34] with quality impermanence and

[1:36:37] now going to a little bit in

[1:36:38] the future slides Next slide.

[1:36:42] The content of support for our

[1:36:45] connect is to build transit

[1:36:45] priority infrastructure and

[1:36:46] support that to speed up busses

[1:36:49] and help them stay on schedule.

[1:36:50] These improvements will be

[1:36:53] coordinated with

[1:36:53] recommendations from Culver

[1:36:54] City Your way to enhance

[1:36:57] service levels.

[1:36:58] For those of you who are not

[1:37:01] familiar Culver City your Way

[1:37:01] is another initiative that's

[1:37:02] aimed at creating a holistic

[1:37:05] mobility services plan which in

[1:37:05] coordination with the

[1:37:09] infrastructure improves Ment's

[1:37:10] will help to create more

[1:37:10] convenient options for people

[1:37:13] to travel in their daily lives.

[1:37:14] We're using a data driven

[1:37:17] approach to build bus links

[1:37:18] where delay is more impactful

[1:37:18] to customers.

[1:37:21] This will allow us to consider

[1:37:22] other types of improvements

[1:37:25] where bus travel is and is

[1:37:25] projected to remain reliable.

[1:37:28] Next slide.

[1:37:29] As mentioned earlier, support

[1:37:33] for that is the busiest transit

[1:37:33] corridor served by Culver City

[1:37:33] bus.

[1:37:38] The line six Rapid six carries

[1:37:39] approximately 6000 riders per

[1:37:42] day which is about 55% of our

[1:37:42] system.

[1:37:44] Bus ridership.

[1:37:45] This is also a key corridor for

[1:37:48] the Olympics connecting key

[1:37:49] destinations and metro rail bus

[1:37:52] riders in the corridor are

[1:37:53] impacted daily by traffic

[1:37:53] related delay and poor

[1:37:56] reliability.

[1:37:59] Next slide.

[1:38:00] Building our network of all

[1:38:04] ages and abilities cycling

[1:38:04] facilities is essential to meet

[1:38:05] our general plan goals in

[1:38:09] meeting the intent of the b

[1:38:09] pap.

[1:38:10] Support for that is identified

[1:38:12] as a North-South cycling

[1:38:12] corridor in the bike and

[1:38:16] Pedestrian action plan.

[1:38:16] In support of that connect will

[1:38:19] evaluate options to build out a

[1:38:20] north south facility, improve

[1:38:23] network connectivity.

[1:38:23] Our existing conditions

[1:38:26] analysis identified that there

[1:38:27] are high traffic volumes

[1:38:27] particularly in turning

[1:38:31] movements, complex

[1:38:31] intersections, vehicle speeds

[1:38:35] and multiple freeway ramps and

[1:38:36] off ramps on portions of the

[1:38:39] corridor that are consistent

[1:38:39] with the highest level of

[1:38:39] cycling stress.

[1:38:43] With these conditions our

[1:38:44] national design guidance calls

[1:38:44] for the highest level of

[1:38:48] protection on corridor and at

[1:38:48] intersections.

[1:38:49] Given these findings, our

[1:38:52] guiding principles provide

[1:38:53] direction to look at both our

[1:38:56] corridor in parallel corridors

[1:38:57] cycling facilities It would be

[1:39:00] most prudent to locate bike

[1:39:00] lanes and support where traffic

[1:39:01] volume and turning movements

[1:39:04] permit building a high comfort

[1:39:05] low stress facility and the

[1:39:09] lanes will close a gap in the

[1:39:10] existing or near future Bike

[1:39:12] network whether it's planned or

[1:39:14] for planned and funded network

[1:39:14] .

[1:39:19] Next slide The real strength of

[1:39:19] bike infrastructure isn't any

[1:39:23] particular corridor it's in

[1:39:23] that network as a whole.

[1:39:26] A network of protected bike

[1:39:27] lanes means more people are

[1:39:30] connected to more destinations

[1:39:30] .

[1:39:31] Our approach will be identify

[1:39:31] to identify the set of

[1:39:35] investments that best

[1:39:35] contribute to a comprehensive

[1:39:38] all ages and abilities network

[1:39:38] .

[1:39:42] Next slide We want people to

[1:39:42] experience predictable and

[1:39:46] reliable travel along support

[1:39:46] of them whether they're riding

[1:39:50] the bus and driving walking or

[1:39:50] riding the bike.

[1:39:54] Here's why we are focusing on

[1:39:54] reliability.

[1:39:55] When people have bad travel

[1:39:58] experiences it's often because

[1:39:59] a trip takes longer than

[1:40:02] expected because the busses

[1:40:03] late or because the car or a

[1:40:04] bus is delayed in traffic.

[1:40:06] It's what sticks out in their

[1:40:09] memory as a poor experience.

[1:40:10] In a growing region we can't

[1:40:13] expect to reduce traffic demand

[1:40:13] but we can provide reliable

[1:40:14] travel for people making

[1:40:17] sustainable transit in cycling

[1:40:18] more attractive options and

[1:40:21] tools that make transit and

[1:40:21] cycling more predictable,

[1:40:25] reliable and safe can also help

[1:40:25] to improve travel reliability

[1:40:29] for people driving and

[1:40:29] delivering goods and can

[1:40:33] encourage context appropriate

[1:40:33] travel speeds improving safety

[1:40:33] for all.

[1:40:36] Next slide.

[1:40:41] The project will be addressing

[1:40:41] the corridor holistically

[1:40:42] assuring that improvements made

[1:40:44] on support that don't have

[1:40:45] negative outcomes for adjacent

[1:40:45] neighborhoods.

[1:40:48] The team will analyze potential

[1:40:49] impacts coordinating with the

[1:40:52] tri square area traffic study

[1:40:53] and consider traffic calming

[1:40:56] measures that address current

[1:40:57] and future cut through traffic.

[1:40:59] Next slide.

[1:41:00] The project will seek to

[1:41:03] improve neighborhood

[1:41:04] connectivity through targeted

[1:41:07] pedestrian improvements.

[1:41:08] This will include adding

[1:41:08] features to help calm traffic,

[1:41:11] reduce pedestrian crossing

[1:41:12] distances and create a

[1:41:15] welcoming and accessible

[1:41:16] environment to shop, stroll or

[1:41:18] wait for the bus.

[1:41:22] Next slide.

[1:41:25] We have heard a strong desire

[1:41:26] from the c pac members and

[1:41:29] business stakeholders for

[1:41:30] investments that improve the

[1:41:30] public realm along the

[1:41:30] corridor.

[1:41:33] The project will look for

[1:41:34] tactical opportunities to

[1:41:37] improve the quality of public

[1:41:38] spaces and support the

[1:41:38] boulevard and improve

[1:41:41] conditions for people accessing

[1:41:41] businesses and transit

[1:41:42] services.

[1:41:46] Next slide Support that is home

[1:41:49] to many small and local

[1:41:50] businesses that rely on access

[1:41:53] by all modes.

[1:41:54] Our team has surveyed parking

[1:41:56] usage along the corridor and on

[1:41:57] intersecting streets and we use

[1:41:58] this data to inform design

[1:42:01] decisions and identify

[1:42:01] locations that require

[1:42:04] mitigations for potential loss

[1:42:05] of our street parking spaces.

[1:42:09] While we note while we know

[1:42:09] many customers arrive by car,

[1:42:12] this project is an opportunity

[1:42:13] to make some of that a safer

[1:42:16] and more comfortable space a

[1:42:17] place to access businesses and

[1:42:17] services on foot or other

[1:42:20] sustainable modes.

[1:42:21] Next slide.

[1:42:24] It will be important for this

[1:42:25] project to balance the use of

[1:42:28] permanent materials that our

[1:42:28] appropriate for this heavily

[1:42:29] used corridor with the

[1:42:32] opportunity to make meaningful

[1:42:32] improvements within our project

[1:42:35] budget.

[1:42:36] Our goal is to install

[1:42:36] permanent infrastructure

[1:42:40] whenever possible and to use

[1:42:40] quick build materials only in

[1:42:44] limited circumstances where

[1:42:44] needed to meet time and budget

[1:42:44] constraints.

[1:42:47] Next slide.

[1:42:48] So this concludes my

[1:42:52] presentation and where staff as

[1:42:52] well as project consultant are

[1:42:55] available for any questions.

[1:42:56] Thank you.

[1:42:59] That was great.

[1:43:00] Do we still have a member of

[1:43:01] the public going to speak on

[1:43:03] this?

[1:43:03] Yes.

[1:43:04] We had three speakers signed up

[1:43:04] for this.

[1:43:07] Okay.

[1:43:08] Can we hear from them please?

[1:43:08] 92nd each.

[1:43:11] So we have Melissa Sanders,

[1:43:14] Lisa Lindgren and Albert Viera

[1:43:14] .

[1:43:18] Melissa Sanders is on line.

[1:43:19] So I've unmuted you.

[1:43:21] You can unmute yourself.

[1:43:22] Go ahead.

[1:43:25] Hi again.

[1:43:29] I actually MAY defer to

[1:43:29] Albertson's.

[1:43:30] He is a business owner there

[1:43:33] and I would like one of our

[1:43:33] priorities to start being our

[1:43:37] businesses.

[1:43:38] I didn't know he was in to

[1:43:39] speak so this is totally off

[1:43:41] the cuff and whatever is done

[1:43:44] in this city needs to be

[1:43:47] thoughtful and respectful of

[1:43:48] everyone but especially our

[1:43:52] businesses because without our

[1:43:53] businesses we don't have a

[1:43:53] city.

[1:43:56] So the exhausting list of

[1:44:00] places that have closed over

[1:44:01] the past few years is mind

[1:44:03] boggling.

[1:44:04] We all know move was a massive

[1:44:04] failure.

[1:44:08] It is still a problem.

[1:44:11] So anything that will make car

[1:44:15] travel more difficult create

[1:44:16] less parking and less access

[1:44:20] for people should be a

[1:44:20] nonstarter at this point.

[1:44:23] I have a new boss who has no

[1:44:24] idea that I am involved with

[1:44:27] city politics at all.

[1:44:28] And he complains about having

[1:44:31] to travel through Culver City

[1:44:34] Still even though it's improved

[1:44:34] .

[1:44:35] So please think about that.

[1:44:38] Think about the people who do

[1:44:42] travel in cars who are the

[1:44:43] majority of the people who will

[1:44:46] shop eat, play, drink etc. In

[1:44:47] Culver City.

[1:44:53] So thank you.

[1:44:55] Our next picture is Diesel in

[1:44:59] green.

[1:45:00] Good evening, Mayor o'Brien,

[1:45:02] Vice Mayor pws and members of

[1:45:03] the city council.

[1:45:04] My name is Lisa Lindgren and I

[1:45:06] just I'm speaking this evening

[1:45:07] as a member of Bike Culver City

[1:45:10] Bike.

[1:45:11] Culver City did send a letter

[1:45:12] to all of you but it was sent

[1:45:14] perhaps too late for all of you

[1:45:15] to get to see And I just wanted

[1:45:18] to share some highlights.

[1:45:19] The first thing is that my

[1:45:21] Culver City is really thrilled

[1:45:22] that the city is is beginning

[1:45:26] the process for Snapple that it

[1:45:26] connects.

[1:45:29] It's as you know so poverty is

[1:45:30] frequently utilized as an

[1:45:33] alternative to the 4 or 5

[1:45:33] particular during rush hour.

[1:45:36] So everything that can be done

[1:45:40] to improve things on Sepulveda

[1:45:41] will be a really great benefit

[1:45:44] to all users of that street

[1:45:44] including those who are

[1:45:49] pedestrians people ride bikes

[1:45:49] and those who use alternative

[1:45:52] transit like the bus.

[1:45:56] We want to make sure that the

[1:45:56] plans reflect our understanding

[1:45:59] of the changes that can be

[1:46:02] expected With the passage of sb

[1:46:02] 79.

[1:46:03] There is very likely to be more

[1:46:07] housing on support of it in the

[1:46:07] future so making it possible

[1:46:10] for people to live there and

[1:46:11] not be totally car dependent

[1:46:14] would be extremely positive.

[1:46:15] It's very helpful to have had

[1:46:18] the excellent presentation

[1:46:19] shown by Diana Chang and her

[1:46:20] department has done amazing

[1:46:23] work and we look forward to the

[1:46:23] ongoing process for providing

[1:46:25] an input.

[1:46:27] We do really want to stress the

[1:46:30] importance of including safety

[1:46:30] as one of the guiding

[1:46:33] principles sustainability and

[1:46:33] Equity hired.

[1:46:37] Thank you so much.

[1:46:37] Thank you.

[1:46:41] Did you want to come back out

[1:46:44] and speak on our fire?

[1:46:45] Come on out.

[1:46:51] Come on down.

[1:46:52] What do you say back there?

[1:46:55] Thank Evening Council.

[1:46:59] Thank you so much for hearing

[1:46:59] my voice as a business owner On

[1:47:02] to Poverty Boulevard.

[1:47:02] I'm extremely worried about

[1:47:06] this project moving forward

[1:47:09] with the elimination of parking

[1:47:09] .

[1:47:10] As a business owner I did a

[1:47:14] survey about a week ago and

[1:47:14] determined that at least 45% of

[1:47:17] my customers are comfortable

[1:47:18] with a boulevard.

[1:47:21] The loss of revenue would be a

[1:47:25] terrible loss to me as well as

[1:47:26] every other business on So

[1:47:29] Poveda and I decided to take a

[1:47:29] look at seeing the revenue loss

[1:47:32] not only in the tax dollars

[1:47:33] from the businesses but also

[1:47:33] the revenue loss in terms of

[1:47:36] the parking meters and how that

[1:47:40] would affect the city overall

[1:47:40] monetarily.

[1:47:44] I can do structures great but

[1:47:45] where possible we can do it off

[1:47:45] in support of it and maybe on

[1:47:47] some of the side streets but

[1:47:48] really to ensure that the

[1:47:52] business voices are heard and

[1:47:52] we have meaningful conversation

[1:47:55] and some of these issues are

[1:47:59] really addressed in a

[1:47:59] meaningful manner.

[1:48:03] Like I said, parking is vital

[1:48:04] to the success and longevity of

[1:48:07] any business So really be

[1:48:08] cautious about how we move

[1:48:08] forward with parking.

[1:48:11] Thank you.

[1:48:15] That's the end of our speakers.

[1:48:15] Okay.

[1:48:16] Thank you.

[1:48:18] Any comments from my colleagues

[1:48:19] or questions?

[1:48:22] Director Jan Katzmaier.

[1:48:26] Thank you And thank you so much

[1:48:26] for the fantastic presentation,

[1:48:27] DR. Chang.

[1:48:29] It's clear how much thought has

[1:48:34] already gone into this project

[1:48:34] and the need for this before

[1:48:37] the Olympics is so clear.

[1:48:38] And so just thank you for doing

[1:48:39] everything you can to make it a

[1:48:41] reality.

[1:48:42] Like Director Ching mentioned,

[1:48:45] you know, this being a $100

[1:48:48] million $100 million coming

[1:48:48] from measure this is a regional

[1:48:52] priority of the West Side cog

[1:48:56] And this is Culver City Busses

[1:48:56] most popular route from Fox

[1:48:59] Hills to ucla.

[1:49:00] I took it for two years to get

[1:49:03] to to my program at ucla.

[1:49:07] It is so crowded and you know

[1:49:08] that bus was stopping for, you

[1:49:11] know, in traffic or you know,

[1:49:11] my entire ride up there.

[1:49:14] It was not a super pleasant

[1:49:17] experience And yet it's 55% of

[1:49:17] our obviously ridership.

[1:49:21] I appreciate you sharing that.

[1:49:22] DR. Chan It's really helpful to

[1:49:24] know So yeah, you know I

[1:49:25] appreciate the letter that we

[1:49:28] received from advocates in our

[1:49:32] community who are just

[1:49:33] concerned about us or you know

[1:49:36] I think I really appreciate the

[1:49:37] proposed guiding principles and

[1:49:40] especially the revised version

[1:49:40] that was sent.

[1:49:43] I think on Friday.

[1:49:44] And I'm just curious if you

[1:49:47] know some of their concerns

[1:49:51] were that safety as a as a

[1:49:52] concept wasn't one of them.

[1:49:55] And I'm wondering if we can if

[1:49:58] these principles are something

[1:49:59] that this council could give

[1:50:03] direction to just incorporates

[1:50:03] safety as a guiding principle

[1:50:06] considering that traffic

[1:50:07] violence is the number one

[1:50:11] cause of death for for children

[1:50:14] in L.A. County ages 5 to 14

[1:50:14] according to the L.A. County

[1:50:14] coroner.

[1:50:17] Is that is that something that

[1:50:18] Director Chiang that these

[1:50:22] guiding principles could they

[1:50:22] be amended to add safety as a

[1:50:26] as a guiding principle?

[1:50:26] And I do again appreciate so

[1:50:30] appreciate what we do have here

[1:50:30] because I think it's really

[1:50:31] strong But I'm hearing that

[1:50:34] from some community members.

[1:50:34] Thank you.

[1:50:36] And and I want to clarify that

[1:50:40] these are guiding principles

[1:50:41] that will help us with the

[1:50:44] design And these are actually

[1:50:48] not the way that it's different

[1:50:49] than when we see goals of a

[1:50:51] project.

[1:50:51] Right.

[1:50:52] And so the way to my

[1:50:55] understanding is that the

[1:50:59] safety is in every project that

[1:51:00] we do And so it's more like a

[1:51:03] goal but it's not a designed

[1:51:07] guideline in that sense.

[1:51:07] So but if the council wants us

[1:51:08] to amend it we can certainly

[1:51:11] amend It's just not quite the

[1:51:14] intent of the guiding

[1:51:14] principle.

[1:51:18] Again it's it's safety is

[1:51:19] everything that we do here

[1:51:21] every time we implement a

[1:51:25] capital project whether it's

[1:51:26] you know, the street restriping

[1:51:29] or you know, any kind of

[1:51:29] project that touched the

[1:51:29] roadway.

[1:51:33] We do have a Vision zero policy

[1:51:33] and complete street design

[1:51:37] standards that actually focus a

[1:51:40] lot on the safety of things and

[1:51:40] that we actually follow.

[1:51:44] And so that's something that I

[1:51:45] wanted to make sure that we're

[1:51:48] where I'm distinguishing the

[1:51:49] difference between the the goal

[1:51:52] as well as in this guiding

[1:51:52] principle.

[1:51:53] Thank you for that.

[1:51:56] Yeah I, I am really happy to

[1:51:59] hear that it's a you know a

[1:52:00] goal of every project that we

[1:52:00] work on.

[1:52:03] I mean that's that's evident

[1:52:04] just by the the project that we

[1:52:07] just unveiled on on Robertson

[1:52:08] this section the majority of it

[1:52:10] that's in Culver City is really

[1:52:11] protected concrete protected

[1:52:15] and even separated bikeway at

[1:52:15] one point And then when you see

[1:52:18] the L.A. Portion they have a

[1:52:19] different set of standards and

[1:52:22] the protection is much softer,

[1:52:23] less fortified and just less

[1:52:26] secure and less comfortable for

[1:52:26] people.

[1:52:27] So I think there's for me

[1:52:29] there's a really wide range of

[1:52:33] of what a protected facility

[1:52:34] bike lane or what a bus lane

[1:52:34] could be.

[1:52:37] There's so many examples of

[1:52:37] different types of facilities.

[1:52:40] So that's why I think it's

[1:52:41] important that this document

[1:52:44] even if it's just setting up

[1:52:45] you know, it doesn't sound like

[1:52:48] this is blocking any any work

[1:52:49] or anything that we need to do

[1:52:50] But if it's if it's here to set

[1:52:52] up you know what we envision

[1:52:53] this project being I think

[1:52:56] safety should at least be a

[1:53:00] core principle And then I also

[1:53:01] heard I heard it from this

[1:53:04] letter that you know equity

[1:53:07] sustainability that those be

[1:53:08] included and I'm supportive of

[1:53:08] that as well.

[1:53:14] I'm supportive of adding the

[1:53:15] plan or the guiding principles

[1:53:19] do reference to be pap which is

[1:53:19] great but it would I think it

[1:53:20] would be great considering how

[1:53:23] much time and effort went into

[1:53:23] the Complete Streets guidelines

[1:53:27] if it could reference that as

[1:53:27] well.

[1:53:27] That was another ask from from

[1:53:30] our community was just

[1:53:30] referencing the work that went

[1:53:31] into developing those

[1:53:33] guidelines by saying this

[1:53:34] project is intended to you know

[1:53:38] continue to essentially abide

[1:53:42] by the complete Streets

[1:53:42] guidelines that were developed.

[1:53:43] So those are the suggestions

[1:53:46] colleagues that I'd love to

[1:53:46] make to this document.

[1:53:50] I don't I don't intend to to

[1:53:50] hold this up.

[1:53:51] So I would hope that that maybe

[1:53:54] wouldn't need to come back for

[1:53:55] approval if we could just give

[1:53:56] direction to approve it with

[1:54:01] those amendments to prioritize

[1:54:04] those or to add those guiding

[1:54:04] principles.

[1:54:05] We'd love to hear your thoughts

[1:54:11] on that because Thank you.

[1:54:12] I wasn't planning to speak

[1:54:15] primarily just because I'm

[1:54:16] excited that this item is

[1:54:19] finally here before us and

[1:54:19] really appreciate all the work

[1:54:20] that Sito Chang and your entire

[1:54:22] team have been collaborating,

[1:54:27] leading and developing to bring

[1:54:27] us to this moment.

[1:54:28] So deep appreciation for that

[1:54:30] And as it pertains to the

[1:54:31] additions that Councilmember

[1:54:34] Fish looked at our safety

[1:54:38] sustainability equity where did

[1:54:38] you see those falling in the

[1:54:42] actual principles list?

[1:54:45] Would that be under community

[1:54:46] or I assume safety would be

[1:54:53] under design and I would

[1:54:54] actually suggest that we have

[1:54:57] it under a new section and

[1:54:57] policy.

[1:55:00] So I think that would be a more

[1:55:04] appropriate place for these

[1:55:04] areas.

[1:55:11] So that feels a little just a

[1:55:14] bit disjointed to have a

[1:55:15] separate one.

[1:55:15] Is it just to make the

[1:55:18] distinction that the council

[1:55:22] suggested it So no, not to make

[1:55:23] a distinction but I think that

[1:55:26] because some of these would

[1:55:30] kind of it's kind of a catch

[1:55:34] all for policies where some of

[1:55:37] the policy MAY apply across

[1:55:38] those different categories.

[1:55:42] So it's it's easier to capture

[1:55:42] them in one bucket.

[1:55:45] Thank you for clarifying

[1:55:48] coaching So would you see it

[1:55:49] coming first on the list before

[1:55:52] core or am I am I looking at

[1:55:55] the right with my I have core

[1:55:55] mobility community and design

[1:55:59] for I is that the right list?

[1:56:03] Yeah yes So policy would come

[1:56:07] before or last on the list I, I

[1:56:07] would suggest that it comes

[1:56:11] before before because it's the

[1:56:11] big picture then because these

[1:56:15] guiding principles are focus on

[1:56:16] the design intent.

[1:56:19] Okay so there are lower level

[1:56:19] they're more tactical in terms

[1:56:19] of the project.

[1:56:23] Okay Okay So we'll go with that

[1:56:27] and I'm open to those

[1:56:27] suggestions and excited to move

[1:56:30] and this work for thank you.

[1:56:31] Thank you very much.

[1:56:34] Appreciate Yeah thank you so

[1:56:35] much for the presentation Thank

[1:56:38] you so much for the

[1:56:38] communication and the outreach

[1:56:39] that the Transportation

[1:56:42] Department does assisting some

[1:56:43] of these presentations And I

[1:56:46] just really appreciate all that

[1:56:50] you're doing in that regard.

[1:56:54] I also appreciate the comment

[1:56:55] about we're never going to I

[1:56:57] think you said something about

[1:56:58] you know, we're never going to

[1:56:59] eliminate traffic but we can

[1:57:02] provide reliable transportation

[1:57:02] And I think that's true.

[1:57:05] I don't think anyone is saying

[1:57:06] that we're ever going to fully

[1:57:06] eliminate traffic but we can

[1:57:10] improve things especially on

[1:57:10] the Poveda.

[1:57:13] And the other thing a lot of

[1:57:14] times the people who say

[1:57:14] they're for mobility projects

[1:57:18] or or they MAY be against

[1:57:21] increased density because of

[1:57:21] bus reliability because there

[1:57:25] isn't and so I know in the

[1:57:26] staff report it says that

[1:57:30] busses are 20% of our trips are

[1:57:33] running late So here we have a

[1:57:33] project that could address that

[1:57:33] issue.

[1:57:36] We have a solution so things

[1:57:37] can be working in the right

[1:57:40] order and things are aligning.

[1:57:41] So I'm just very excited about

[1:57:44] this.

[1:57:44] I do have one question but

[1:57:47] before I get to that question I

[1:57:51] agree with proposed amendments

[1:57:54] suggested by Councilmember Fish

[1:57:59] and then as is the only good we

[1:58:01] answer Poveda or will we

[1:58:02] possibility of you know going

[1:58:03] on to some side streets or is

[1:58:06] it just all be one straight

[1:58:09] shot on Poveda So in terms of

[1:58:12] the bicycle facilities we're

[1:58:13] looking at both support that as

[1:58:14] well as some of this parallel

[1:58:17] streets.

[1:58:17] Okay.

[1:58:17] Thank you.

[1:58:17] Thanks.

[1:58:18] Very good.

[1:58:21] Thank you.

[1:58:21] Thanks for the commenters and

[1:58:24] including our probably from the

[1:58:27] dais councilmember very it's

[1:58:28] good to hear from you know

[1:58:32] people who experience transit

[1:58:36] on support of the you know

[1:58:39] obviously from those in the

[1:58:39] bike and the in the public

[1:58:43] transportation perspective but

[1:58:46] also from the standpoint of the

[1:58:47] business owners along there and

[1:58:51] I because of where I live in

[1:58:51] Beach Park I frequent many of

[1:58:54] the businesses along ship over

[1:58:55] there basically from the creek

[1:59:01] all the way to Venice And

[1:59:02] street parking I know is a

[1:59:06] challenge Many of the the

[1:59:09] businesses there and we have

[1:59:12] one, 2 or 3 onsite parking

[1:59:16] spots so they're very dependent

[1:59:19] on on street parking for their

[1:59:23] business survival And another

[1:59:26] consideration that I think

[1:59:30] should be so it is being

[1:59:31] addressed or it's being

[1:59:33] acknowledged in the community

[1:59:34] section to use parking

[1:59:38] occupancy data to inform design

[1:59:38] process and provide parking

[1:59:39] solutions where they're needed

[1:59:41] most and to consider options to

[1:59:45] mitigate on street parking

[1:59:45] removal.

[1:59:46] There's also a consideration

[1:59:49] that isn't looked at here and

[1:59:53] it is ada and it's I've been

[1:59:53] hobbling around on crutches for

[1:59:56] the past three and a half weeks

[2:00:00] and and I do know that a

[2:00:03] frustration with folks who do

[2:00:04] have a disability when there's

[2:00:11] a bike or bus facility that

[2:00:12] separates their vehicle from

[2:00:15] the curb or makes it or a

[2:00:16] parking is completely

[2:00:19] eliminated, then you know, some

[2:00:23] people can I know my parents

[2:00:23] for example, they can't walk

[2:00:26] more than you know, 50ft.

[2:00:27] So what do they do?

[2:00:29] You know, it's easy to say well

[2:00:30] ,they can just park on the

[2:00:31] side street and you know but if

[2:00:34] there's we need to really

[2:00:34] consider ada.

[2:00:37] So I would appreciate and I

[2:00:38] don't know if this you know I

[2:00:42] want to be cognizant of the

[2:00:42] comments you made.

[2:00:45] DR. Chang, about, you know,

[2:00:48] goals versus principles.

[2:00:51] But I if we can include under

[2:00:55] your number seven

[2:00:55] acknowledgment and

[2:00:56] consideration for media

[2:00:58] accessibility, I think it's

[2:01:03] really important My colleagues

[2:01:10] are minimal that and I I'm okay

[2:01:14] with the requested amendments

[2:01:15] or additions to the same

[2:01:18] principles and I'll add my

[2:01:18] support to that suggestion.

[2:01:22] I was just curious Director

[2:01:23] Chang Will when this comes when

[2:01:26] when the design comes back will

[2:01:27] there be options for the

[2:01:30] council to review with sort of

[2:01:33] yeah just different options

[2:01:38] that prioritize these principle

[2:01:39] ways I guess in different ways

[2:01:42] right.

[2:01:43] And we do plan on bringing back

[2:01:45] more than one design options to

[2:01:48] the City council for direction

[2:01:49] .

[2:01:49] Okay.

[2:01:52] Thank you so much And before we

[2:01:53] vote on this I do want to

[2:01:56] really commend you Director

[2:01:59] Chang and your entire team.

[2:02:03] Culver City is one of four

[2:02:05] members Well technically five

[2:02:06] six if you include our

[2:02:07] neighbors in L.A. And L.A.

[2:02:07] County.

[2:02:10] But when we Beverly Hills and

[2:02:10] Santa Monica and West Hollywood

[2:02:13] and our our projects are where

[2:02:17] I think put in front because I

[2:02:21] think the great work of our

[2:02:24] Transportation Department where

[2:02:25] we were the most ready and so

[2:02:27] we were awarded.

[2:02:31] So I appreciate that.

[2:02:31] So we have a motion Mayor,

[2:02:35] before you take a motion.

[2:02:35] Yeah, because you're approving

[2:02:39] a document that's very specific

[2:02:40] And I just want to make sure

[2:02:43] Director Chang has enough

[2:02:43] information to articulate the

[2:02:47] additions to the to the Guiding

[2:02:50] Principles document and make

[2:02:51] sure Council is comfortable

[2:02:55] with her taking those ideas and

[2:02:58] formulating the language.

[2:02:59] If not, we probably should have

[2:03:02] her read the language into the

[2:03:03] record and make sure the

[2:03:03] council's comfortable with

[2:03:03] that.

[2:03:05] So but we need to do one or the

[2:03:06] other.

[2:03:06] We need to either have council

[2:03:09] approve the exact language or

[2:03:09] give her you know, the

[2:03:12] discretion to formulate it

[2:03:13] consistent with the council's

[2:03:16] input.

[2:03:19] I feel we're clear on and

[2:03:23] council and jump in but it was

[2:03:27] clearly expressed that under

[2:03:31] any policy category which goes

[2:03:32] at the top for core addresses

[2:03:39] the safety comment and then I

[2:03:40] and then I'm asking to add

[2:03:43] consideration for eight under

[2:03:44] the maintain business access or

[2:03:47] to actually go under enhanced

[2:03:48] public space where I trust

[2:03:51] you'll put it in the right

[2:03:52] place in there under community

[2:03:54] I wasn't sure if I really heard

[2:03:58] where the complete streets

[2:03:58] would go.

[2:03:59] Yeah I didn't want to be too

[2:04:02] prescriptive on that one but

[2:04:03] just wherever it makes sense

[2:04:06] because it does it does

[2:04:07] reference the Bipap So maybe

[2:04:10] under mobility since it

[2:04:10] references the meet the

[2:04:11] intended to be part maybe that

[2:04:13] would be a natural place to say

[2:04:14] and follow you know the

[2:04:15] standards set forth in the

[2:04:17] complete Streets guidelines And

[2:04:18] then along with what the mayor

[2:04:21] said just wanted to reiterate

[2:04:22] that the other asks from

[2:04:24] community members as

[2:04:25] specifically that Culver City

[2:04:29] was the was incorporating

[2:04:32] equity and sustainability as a

[2:04:33] as a tenant or a guiding

[2:04:34] principle and that that can be

[2:04:36] in that top section and then

[2:04:39] get those it okay does that and

[2:04:40] I'm comfortable with it not

[2:04:43] coming back to my colleagues as

[2:04:47] well Okay okay wonderful okay

[2:04:56] We have a motion and a second

[2:04:57] .

[2:04:57] Thank you.

[2:05:00] I have a motion by council

[2:05:01] member Fish a second from

[2:05:04] Councilmember Mcmorran to

[2:05:07] approve this item as amended

[2:05:14] you MAY begin voting

[2:05:15] Members

[2:05:18] have voted in the passes four

[2:05:21] eyes with one recusal from

[2:05:27] Council member Bera Thank you.

[2:05:31] That's you very Come on back

[2:05:32] and we're going to move on to

[2:05:40] public hearing item number one

[2:05:49] All right So I got a new one

[2:05:49] here.

[2:05:53] I'm going to announce it.

[2:05:54] This is the time and place for

[2:05:54] the hearing of protests or

[2:05:57] objections to the continuation

[2:06:00] of the downtown Culver City

[2:06:07] Business Improvement District

[2:06:08] And the resolution of intention

[2:06:14] was published on OCTOBER 16th,

[2:06:15] 2025 as required by the Streets

[2:06:18] and Highways Code and have a

[2:06:23] brief staff report.

[2:06:24] Yes sir.

[2:06:24] Good evening Honorable Mayor

[2:06:28] and City Council.

[2:06:28] My name is Luis Gonzalez.

[2:06:29] I am the City project manager

[2:06:32] and economic Development for

[2:06:32] your consideration this evening

[2:06:35] is item p h h one the adoption

[2:06:36] of a resolution confirming the

[2:06:39] downtown Culver City Business

[2:06:39] Improvement District.

[2:06:43] The downtown Culver City

[2:06:44] Business Improvement District

[2:06:44] provides services for the

[2:06:47] businesses and downtown

[2:06:48] relative to the operations

[2:06:51] maintenance, beautification and

[2:06:52] marketing and that is reflected

[2:06:52] in their work plan.

[2:06:55] There are no proposed changes

[2:06:56] to the dba se boundary and

[2:07:02] there is no increase for 2026.

[2:07:02] The ordinance was introduced at

[2:07:05] the last council meeting on

[2:07:05] OCTOBER 13th and is being

[2:07:06] brought back for adoption

[2:07:06] tonight.

[2:07:08] That staff is available to

[2:07:09] answer any questions.

[2:07:12] Thank you.

[2:07:12] Okay.

[2:07:13] Thank you.

[2:07:14] MAY have a motion to open the

[2:07:20] public hearing

[2:07:23] .

[2:07:25] I have a motion from

[2:07:26] Councilmember Fish a second

[2:07:26] from Councilmember McMurry to

[2:07:29] open a public hearing maybe in

[2:07:33] voting My motion passes

[2:07:37] unanimously and Councilmember

[2:07:40] Bera has returned to the dais.

[2:07:40] Okay.

[2:07:41] Thank you.

[2:07:41] Do we have any public comment

[2:07:44] on this There None.

[2:07:45] Oh, we do not know.

[2:07:45] Okay.

[2:07:51] Thank you.

[2:07:54] MAY I have a motion to close

[2:08:01] there Also before we close the

[2:08:01] public hearing?

[2:08:05] Um, I would like to report that

[2:08:09] we did not receive any protest

[2:08:09] for this public hearing.

[2:08:13] Thank you.

[2:08:17] I have a motion by

[2:08:17] Councilmember Bera and a second

[2:08:19] from Councilmember Mcmorran to

[2:08:23] close the public hearing.

[2:08:27] Maybe can voting That motion

[2:08:30] passes unanimously.

[2:08:30] Great.

[2:08:31] Are there any comments or

[2:08:34] questions from my colleagues?

[2:08:34] No.

[2:08:37] Okay.

[2:08:41] Um I see a motion to adopt the

[2:08:45] proposed ordinance which is to

[2:08:45] approve the resolution

[2:08:45] confirming downtown Culver City

[2:08:49] Business Improvement District

[2:08:49] advisory boards and or report

[2:08:52] and the levy of the downtown

[2:08:53] Culver City Business

[2:08:53] Improvement District Assessment

[2:08:58] for calendar year 2026 to

[2:08:59] appoint the 2026 Advisory Board

[2:08:59] is recommended by the downtown

[2:09:02] Culver City Business

[2:09:02] Improvement District to

[2:09:03] authorize the city attorney to

[2:09:06] review and prepare the

[2:09:06] necessary documents and to

[2:09:09] authorize city manager to

[2:09:09] execute such documents on

[2:09:14] behalf of the city I have a

[2:09:14] motion by Councilmember Bera

[2:09:17] with a second from Vice Mayor.

[2:09:20] Pleased to approve and read by

[2:09:29] the mayor MAY begin voting

[2:09:31] on

[2:09:35] my screen this somewhere so no

[2:09:41] I yes you vote I okay I motion

[2:09:44] passes unanimously okay thank

[2:09:44] you.

[2:09:51] And now

[2:09:53] we're going to go to

[2:09:55] public hearing number two and

[2:09:56] this is where I announce it

[2:09:58] This is the time and place for

[2:09:59] the hearing of all protests or

[2:09:59] objections to the continuation

[2:10:03] of the bid for the Culver City

[2:10:06] Arts District And the

[2:10:06] resolution of intention was

[2:10:10] published on OCTOBER 16th, 2025

[2:10:12] as required by the Streets and

[2:10:18] Highways Code

[2:10:24] evening has Good

[2:10:28] evening Honorable Mayor, Vice

[2:10:28] Mayor and Council Members.

[2:10:29] My name is Elizabeth Garcia and

[2:10:32] I'm part of the economic

[2:10:32] development team tonight Your

[2:10:36] for your consideration is a

[2:10:36] resolution confirming the

[2:10:36] Culver City Arts District

[2:10:40] Business Improvement districts

[2:10:41] and you work on the levy of

[2:10:44] assessments for calendar year

[2:10:45] 2026 as well as the appointment

[2:10:48] of the bid's advisory board.

[2:10:49] There are no changes to the

[2:10:52] assessment rate and boundary

[2:10:53] and there are no changes to the

[2:10:56] boundaries of the business

[2:10:57] improvement district for this

[2:10:59] year for calendar year 2026.

[2:11:00] This concludes my staff

[2:11:03] presentation.

[2:11:04] I'm available for any questions

[2:11:04] you MAY have at this moment.

[2:11:05] All right.

[2:11:08] Thank you So you can motion

[2:11:13] open the hearing.

[2:11:17] I have a motion by council

[2:11:20] member Fish and second from

[2:11:21] Vice Mayor please are to open

[2:11:22] the public hearing Maybe you

[2:11:32] can voting Councilmember Fish

[2:11:32] Right.

[2:11:33] That motion passes unanimously.

[2:11:36] Great.

[2:11:37] And then do you have any public

[2:11:37] comments?

[2:11:40] There are none.

[2:11:40] Okay.

[2:11:40] Any protests?

[2:11:43] There are no protests received

[2:11:43] for this item.

[2:11:44] Okay.

[2:11:45] So a motion to close the public

[2:11:51] hearing

[2:11:51] .

[2:11:52] I have a motion by

[2:11:55] Councilmember Rivera and a

[2:11:56] second from vice mayor please

[2:11:58] to close the public hearing

[2:12:03] meeting and voting that passes

[2:12:06] unanimously.

[2:12:06] Okay.

[2:12:07] All right.

[2:12:10] And I seek a motion to adopt

[2:12:14] the proposed resolution which

[2:12:18] is confirming the Culver City

[2:12:18] Arts District Culver City Arts

[2:12:22] District Business Improvement

[2:12:22] Districts and know report and

[2:12:23] the levy of the Culver City

[2:12:25] Arts District Business

[2:12:26] Improvement District Assessment

[2:12:30] calendar for 2026 a point the

[2:12:31] 2026 Advisory Board is

[2:12:31] recommended by the Culver City

[2:12:34] Arts District Business

[2:12:35] Improvement District authorize

[2:12:35] the city Attorney to review and

[2:12:39] prepare the necessary documents

[2:12:39] and authorize the city manager

[2:12:40] to execute such documents on

[2:12:43] behalf of the city.

[2:12:47] Thank of a motion from Vice

[2:12:47] Mayor Pusa a second from

[2:12:51] Councilmember Vieira to approve

[2:12:51] That's right.

[2:12:58] I mean maybe converting

[2:12:58] this

[2:13:02] Mariposa Thank you.

[2:13:06] That motion passes unanimously

[2:13:06] .

[2:13:06] Okay.

[2:13:09] Thank you.

[2:13:09] Okay.

[2:13:10] On to public hearing number

[2:13:13] three and motion from council

[2:13:14] to receive and file the

[2:13:17] affidavits of publication and

[2:13:18] posting of notices and

[2:13:18] correspondence received in

[2:13:21] response to the public hearing

[2:13:27] notices

[2:13:28] I have a motion from

[2:13:31] Councilmember Bera a second

[2:13:32] from Councilmember Finch to

[2:13:35] receive an email You MAY begin

[2:13:38] voting.

[2:13:42] That motion passes unanimously

[2:13:42] .

[2:13:45] Okay You have a staff report.

[2:13:46] Good evening Marin Council Lisa

[2:13:49] Soga Chief Financial Officer

[2:13:50] We're here this evening to

[2:13:54] conduct a public hearing

[2:13:54] pursuant to the federal tax

[2:13:58] equity and Fiscal

[2:14:01] Responsibility Act or Tephra

[2:14:02] Tephra requires that a public

[2:14:05] hearing be held by the

[2:14:05] governing body of the

[2:14:09] jurisdiction in which a project

[2:14:10] leaked to be financed with tax

[2:14:14] exempt financing is located and

[2:14:17] that the governing body approve

[2:14:20] the proposed financing for 464c

[2:14:24] Poveda Boulevard l p has asked

[2:14:25] that the California Municipal

[2:14:28] Finance Authority the c mfa be

[2:14:32] the issuer of tax exempt

[2:14:34] financing in an amount not to

[2:14:35] exceed $65 million.

[2:14:39] The proceeds of the bonds will

[2:14:40] be used to finance the

[2:14:43] acquisition, construction

[2:14:43] improvement and equipping of a

[2:14:46] multi family rental housing

[2:14:52] project located at 44604464 Sub

[2:14:56] Poveda Boulevard The c mfa is a

[2:14:57] Joint Powers Authority formed

[2:14:59] to assist local governments,

[2:15:00] nonprofit organizations and

[2:15:04] businesses with the issuance of

[2:15:08] both taxable and tax exempt

[2:15:08] debt.

[2:15:09] The debt to be issued by the

[2:15:12] Cafe will be the sole

[2:15:15] responsibility of the borrower

[2:15:16] .

[2:15:16] The city of Culver City will

[2:15:20] have no financial or legal

[2:15:23] obligations or responsibilities

[2:15:24] with regard to the repayment of

[2:15:24] the debt.

[2:15:27] All financing documents will

[2:15:31] carry disclaimers that the loan

[2:15:32] is not an obligation of the

[2:15:32] city.

[2:15:35] The city will also bear no

[2:15:36] costs in the issuance of the

[2:15:39] proposed debt.

[2:15:40] The Council previously granted

[2:15:43] approval of the proposed

[2:15:46] financing on OCTOBER 28th 2020

[2:15:49] for the approval expires after

[2:15:49] one year and must be granted

[2:15:53] again after a second public

[2:15:53] hearing.

[2:15:56] It is recommended that the City

[2:15:57] Council adopt a resolution

[2:16:00] approving the issuance of bonds

[2:16:01] by the c mfa for the benefit of

[2:16:02] the borrower.

[2:16:05] Such adoption is solely for the

[2:16:05] purposes of satisfying the

[2:16:08] requirements of tephra the Code

[2:16:09] and the California Government

[2:16:15] Code Section 6500.

[2:16:15] I can answer any questions And

[2:16:19] we also have tonight with us

[2:16:22] Jared Suzuki from the c mfa who

[2:16:23] can answer specific questions

[2:16:23] if you have them.

[2:16:26] Okay great.

[2:16:26] Thank you.

[2:16:27] Do we have any questions from

[2:16:27] my colleagues?

[2:16:31] Councilmember Hahn That's one

[2:16:34] of the questions.

[2:16:35] All right I MAY I have a motion

[2:16:41] to open the public hearing?

[2:16:42] I have a motion from

[2:16:45] Councilmember McMahon and a

[2:16:46] second from Councilmember Finch

[2:16:49] to open the public hearing.

[2:16:53] Maybe can voting by motion

[2:16:57] passes unanimously?

[2:17:00] Okay, great.

[2:17:01] Do have any comments or

[2:17:04] protests from that?

[2:17:04] Yes, we do have four speakers

[2:17:05] sign up tonight.

[2:17:08] Okay.

[2:17:11] They would be men and have to

[2:17:12] 90 so they would be Jamie

[2:17:16] Wallis, Leah Pressman, Melissa

[2:17:20] Sanders and Lisa Lindgren.

[2:17:21] Our first speaker is Jamie

[2:17:23] Wallace.

[2:17:24] Jamie, I'd I'd like to you can

[2:17:27] unmute yourself.

[2:17:33] Go ahead

[2:17:37] , Jamie.

[2:17:44] It looks like your life so

[2:17:45] Okay.

[2:17:48] We're going to come back So the

[2:17:52] next speaker is Leah Pressman.

[2:17:52] Hello.

[2:17:53] Thank you.

[2:17:53] Good evening.

[2:17:55] I speak to express my support

[2:17:59] for the approval of I don't

[2:18:02] know if she's with me keeps

[2:18:06] linking Okay.

[2:18:07] Can you hear me?

[2:18:07] Yes Sorry.

[2:18:10] Go ahead and good evening And I

[2:18:11] want to express my support for

[2:18:14] the approval of the tax exempt

[2:18:15] bonds to help finance the

[2:18:18] Jubilee Village affordable

[2:18:18] housing Project.

[2:18:19] This is not a big deal.

[2:18:22] The city council approved the

[2:18:23] same bond issuance last year in

[2:18:25] OCTOBER and simply needs to

[2:18:26] renew it.

[2:18:26] I fear that members of the

[2:18:27] public MAY get the mistaken

[2:18:30] impression that this will cost

[2:18:30] or obligate the city

[2:18:34] financially as we just heard it

[2:18:35] does not approval cost the city

[2:18:37] Nothing but failure to approve

[2:18:38] these bonds could well cost the

[2:18:41] city.

[2:18:42] The village Jubilee Village

[2:18:45] project is a key part of our

[2:18:45] obligation to affirmatively

[2:18:48] further fair housing and meet

[2:18:49] our arena goals.

[2:18:49] There'll be serious costs if we

[2:18:52] fail to meet our goals.

[2:18:53] So not approving this bond

[2:18:56] would really hurt the project.

[2:18:56] I think that's a bad idea If

[2:19:00] the city if the bonds pass the

[2:19:03] city actually gets $19,000 in

[2:19:03] fees charged to the borrower.

[2:19:06] That's our portion and we don't

[2:19:06] get it.

[2:19:10] And if we don't pass the bond,

[2:19:11] Jubilee Village also MAY bring

[2:19:13] in money to our school

[2:19:14] districts Bye bye housing

[2:19:14] families whose children will

[2:19:18] attend our schools.

[2:19:18] Approval of this financing does

[2:19:22] not obligate Culver City in any

[2:19:23] way.

[2:19:26] Culver City badly needs more

[2:19:26] affordable housing units and

[2:19:28] construction of this 100%

[2:19:29] affordable development is an

[2:19:32] appropriate use of tax exempt

[2:19:33] bond financing.

[2:19:33] I encourage you to approve this

[2:19:34] bond issue.

[2:19:40] Thank you.

[2:19:42] Our next speaker is Melissa

[2:19:47] Sanders.

[2:19:50] Melissa, you're in You two go

[2:19:50] ahead.

[2:19:54] So here's the thing We do have

[2:19:58] multiple other project x with

[2:20:01] more than the 99 affordable

[2:20:05] units the ju below is claiming

[2:20:08] to build in the pipeline and

[2:20:09] they are not asking for any

[2:20:13] money whatsoever.

[2:20:17] So I think that if you guys are

[2:20:17] going to support this which by

[2:20:20] the way I think you did when we

[2:20:21] were only giving them a couple

[2:20:21] million dollars and we could

[2:20:22] actually afford a couple

[2:20:27] million dollars, they put $20

[2:20:31] million in escrow and make sure

[2:20:33] that they repay us the $20

[2:20:34] million that they do not

[2:20:34] deserve.

[2:20:37] Honestly, they needed to do

[2:20:38] this themselves.

[2:20:41] We should not be supporting

[2:20:41] this project.

[2:20:42] We have other projects going in

[2:20:46] with no money from the city

[2:20:46] whatsoever.

[2:20:49] We are already making our arena

[2:20:50] goals.

[2:20:50] We already have other projects

[2:20:51] that will meet our goals.

[2:20:53] There is no reason whatsoever

[2:20:54] for this project to go forward

[2:21:00] with taxpayer funds $20 million

[2:21:01] taxpayer funds and they are

[2:21:04] taking everything of ours for

[2:21:05] the next 20 years.

[2:21:07] So I say don't support it

[2:21:08] because we have other projects

[2:21:11] that are not taking $20 million

[2:21:14] of taxpayer funds as well as

[2:21:16] all of our vouchers for the

[2:21:16] next 20 years.

[2:21:17] We have other affordable

[2:21:21] housing already in the pipeline

[2:21:22] that will more than cover

[2:21:28] Jubilee Village

[2:21:28] .

[2:21:29] Your time has expired.

[2:21:29] Thank you.

[2:21:31] Our next speaker is Diesel

[2:21:35] Ingram.

[2:21:39] Hello again Mayor, vice Mayor

[2:21:42] and members of the City council

[2:21:42] .

[2:21:43] I want to commend and thank the

[2:21:46] city staff for the excellent

[2:21:47] staff report that does a good

[2:21:47] job of explaining something

[2:21:50] that is not something the

[2:21:50] average layperson knows about.

[2:21:54] I certainly had never heard

[2:21:55] about the tephra and the

[2:21:58] requirement for a hearing about

[2:22:01] this at the municipal level but

[2:22:02] I think the pressmen did an

[2:22:05] excellent job of explaining why

[2:22:06] it's so important that you

[2:22:09] approve this.

[2:22:10] So thank you so much for

[2:22:18] supporting page three

[2:22:19] .

[2:22:22] So we're going to circle back

[2:22:29] to Jamie Was Jamie

[2:22:30] Let's see if

[2:22:30] it works this time.

[2:22:34] Yes it does go ahead.

[2:22:34] Hey, she's bullish.

[2:22:37] Yes.

[2:22:38] This is actually pro forma pro

[2:22:41] forma on state.

[2:22:42] You guys aren't going to listen

[2:22:45] to anything or do anything.

[2:22:46] So I just want to take this

[2:22:48] opportunity to remind the

[2:22:52] council that we're spending 16

[2:22:52] to $36 million of taxpayer

[2:22:55] money to support one project

[2:22:56] with no return on investment or

[2:22:59] loan repayment wiping out our

[2:23:00] ability to help more renters in

[2:23:02] the future.

[2:23:06] The developer is not even a

[2:23:06] Culver City constituent and

[2:23:10] even if it's nonprofit it's not

[2:23:10] city controlled.

[2:23:13] So in a sense you can say it's

[2:23:14] private you're throwing more

[2:23:17] money than other cities usually

[2:23:17] do.

[2:23:18] So many affordable units are in

[2:23:21] the pipeline ready for

[2:23:21] development without city

[2:23:22] funding.

[2:23:25] This is fiscally irresponsible

[2:23:26] and puts the city budget in

[2:23:28] worse condition than it already

[2:23:29] was.

[2:23:35] Thank you.

[2:23:39] Thousand of our speakers.

[2:23:40] Okay thank you.

[2:23:41] MAY have a motion to close the

[2:23:46] public hearing.

[2:23:47] I have a motion from vice mayor

[2:23:50] Please a second from

[2:23:50] Councilmember Barron to close

[2:23:53] the public hearing we begin

[2:23:58] voting and that motion passes

[2:24:01] unanimously.

[2:24:01] Okay.

[2:24:05] Thank you.

[2:24:06] One last rounds If my

[2:24:09] colleagues have any comments on

[2:24:09] this.

[2:24:09] Nothing.

[2:24:09] COUNCILMAN First COUNCILMAN

[2:24:12] Rick Moran comes from the

[2:24:12] comments.

[2:24:12] Yeah.

[2:24:16] Thank you, Mayor.

[2:24:16] Although this item is more

[2:24:19] performative than than anything

[2:24:20] really in nature I don't

[2:24:23] support the project.

[2:24:24] I didn't support the project

[2:24:26] moving forward with taking $20

[2:24:27] million from our emergency our

[2:24:31] emergency reserve funds.

[2:24:31] I cannot and will not support

[2:24:34] this item And the $20 million

[2:24:35] that number sort of comes up in

[2:24:38] our next item Also a one which

[2:24:39] I think I will draw attention

[2:24:42] to it there but I can't support

[2:24:42] this.

[2:24:45] Thank you Mayor.

[2:24:46] Thank you.

[2:24:46] That's my pleasure.

[2:24:49] Thank you.

[2:24:49] I am going to support this but

[2:24:50] I do want to let the public

[2:24:53] know that the Planning

[2:24:56] Department puts out a

[2:24:57] projection of how many housing

[2:25:01] projects are in the pipeline

[2:25:04] and how many housing and what

[2:25:08] housing we still need So with

[2:25:09] other projects that are already

[2:25:09] built and already in the

[2:25:13] pipeline for very low income we

[2:25:16] still need 750 a very low

[2:25:16] income units.

[2:25:19] We still need 390 low income

[2:25:23] units and we still need 511

[2:25:23] moderate units.

[2:25:27] So this will go towards those

[2:25:27] numbers.

[2:25:27] I think this is a great

[2:25:28] investment in affordable

[2:25:30] housing which we desperately

[2:25:31] need.

[2:25:31] Thank you.

[2:25:31] Okay.

[2:25:34] Thank you.

[2:25:37] So when this came up a year ago

[2:25:38] ,you know we're renewing this

[2:25:41] essentially because it expires

[2:25:42] after a year.

[2:25:43] I voted for it.

[2:25:45] I voted yes And it was because

[2:25:46] at that time our commitment was

[2:25:49] $4 million as a city and since

[2:25:52] then it went up to 20 million

[2:25:53] And as alluded to by COUNCILMAN

[2:25:57] Rivera, we're going to hear

[2:25:59] about it in a one it points to

[2:26:06] our structural deficit and you

[2:26:09] know 6 million added to the

[2:26:13] original 4 million.

[2:26:17] That is not a good place for us

[2:26:21] to be putting ourselves into.

[2:26:21] Affordable housing is important

[2:26:25] and it's part of our our

[2:26:25] mission.

[2:26:25] It's part of our goals and

[2:26:29] we're working hard on that And

[2:26:29] we've got a lot in the pipeline

[2:26:30] as mentioned.

[2:26:36] But I can't support putting our

[2:26:37] financial status at such risk.

[2:26:41] So I will be voting no on this

[2:26:44] But it looks like we have a

[2:26:47] actually I'm requesting a

[2:26:48] motion in a second and I will

[2:26:54] read what that is towards to

[2:26:55] conduct the public hearing

[2:26:58] under the requirements of

[2:26:59] tephra and the Internal Revenue

[2:27:02] Code of 1986 as amended the

[2:27:05] Code and adopt a resolution

[2:27:06] approving the issuance of

[2:27:07] revenue bonds by the California

[2:27:09] Municipal Finance Authority for

[2:27:10] the benefit of the Community

[2:27:13] Corporation of Santa Monica, a

[2:27:14] California nonprofit benefit

[2:27:17] corporation On behalf of 4464

[2:27:20] support of Boulevard l p a

[2:27:20] California limited partnership

[2:27:21] or other ownership entity

[2:27:25] created by 4464 support of

[2:27:28] Boulevard llc a California

[2:27:29] limited liability company its

[2:27:30] general partner or by another

[2:27:33] affiliate of the sponsor has

[2:27:34] undertaken a proposed plan of

[2:27:37] finance that includes the

[2:27:37] issuance and reassurance from

[2:27:40] time to time of one or more one

[2:27:43] or more series of revenue bonds

[2:27:43] in an outstanding principal

[2:27:46] amount not to exceed $65

[2:27:47] million to finance and

[2:27:50] refinance the acquisition,

[2:27:52] construction development and

[2:27:53] equipping of a 95 unit

[2:27:53] qualified residential rental

[2:27:56] project to be owned and

[2:27:59] operated by the borrower and

[2:28:02] located at 4460 and 4464

[2:28:03] support of the boulevard within

[2:28:06] the city of Culver City.

[2:28:07] Such adoption is solely for the

[2:28:08] purposes of satisfying the

[2:28:10] requirements of Tephra the

[2:28:10] Internal Revenue Code and

[2:28:13] California Government Code

[2:28:14] Section 6500 and approve the

[2:28:20] deposit of approximately

[2:28:21] $19,183.40 in issuance fees to

[2:28:24] the Culver City General Fund.

[2:28:24] Thank you.

[2:28:28] I have a motion by Vice Mayor

[2:28:28] please and a second from

[2:28:32] Councilmember Mcmorran to

[2:28:32] approve that item as read by

[2:28:38] the mayor you MAY begin voting

[2:28:43] That motion passes for eyes and

[2:28:44] one No from Councilor Bera.

[2:28:47] I'm sorry I meant to Can I pull

[2:28:51] it back to I went on autopilot

[2:28:51] .

[2:28:52] I like to make that a no

[2:28:52] please.

[2:28:55] I have to vote on rebuilding my

[2:28:59] request to bring it back so I

[2:28:59] can vote no on this.

[2:29:05] Please

[2:29:23] .

[2:29:28] We need a motion in a second on

[2:29:34] that I need a motion is I can

[2:29:34] okay.

[2:29:38] I have a motion from

[2:29:40] Councilmember Rivera and a

[2:29:41] second from Vice mayor please

[2:29:45] Had to revote for item page

[2:29:49] three as a point of order

[2:29:50] Doesn't have to be someone who

[2:29:53] voted for it to call it back or

[2:29:56] it's just whoever is up here I

[2:29:56] just want to make sure that No,

[2:29:57] I.

[2:29:57] I appreciate that.

[2:29:59] Councilmember McMahon

[2:30:00] Technically a motion for

[2:30:03] reconsideration does require

[2:30:04] somebody in the majority to

[2:30:07] make the motion.

[2:30:11] It sounds like Mayor o'Brien is

[2:30:15] asking for a revote to correct

[2:30:18] an error which isn't really

[2:30:19] contemplated and rules of order

[2:30:23] and but the city council also

[2:30:24] has discretion to allow it if

[2:30:27] they choose.

[2:30:30] If not, then I recommend

[2:30:31] treating it as a motion for

[2:30:31] reconsideration which would

[2:30:34] require somebody from the

[2:30:35] majority to make the motion.

[2:30:38] If you're willing to do that

[2:30:38] for your colleague.

[2:30:45] I just made the motion Thank

[2:30:49] you.

[2:30:50] I have a motion from

[2:30:53] Councilmember Fish and a second

[2:30:53] from Vice Mayor.

[2:30:57] Please have to reconsider the

[2:31:04] vote for item page three and

[2:31:10] you MAY be can voting

[2:31:15] .

[2:31:15] Thank you.

[2:31:18] That motion passes unanimously

[2:31:19] so we'll revisit the vote for

[2:31:22] item page three the motion in

[2:31:31] the second summary Thank you

[2:31:35] And I have a motion from

[2:31:38] Councilmember Fish a second

[2:31:38] from vice Mayor present to

[2:31:41] approve that item as previously

[2:31:45] read by the mayor and you MAY

[2:31:49] begin voting.

[2:31:49] Thank you.

[2:31:53] That motion passes three eyes

[2:31:56] and two nose nos from Mayor

[2:31:58] o'Brien and Councilmember Bera

[2:31:58] .

[2:32:05] Thank you for the report.

[2:32:05] Okay.

[2:32:13] On to a one

[2:32:27] and

[2:32:32] we're ready for

[2:32:32] a staff report please.

[2:32:35] Okay.

[2:32:36] And Clark is pulling up our

[2:32:39] staff report presentation.

[2:32:42] Okay, Good evening again, Mayor

[2:32:47] o'Brien and City Council.

[2:32:47] I'm Lisa Sjoberg, your chief

[2:32:48] financial officer.

[2:32:51] I'm here with Elizabeth

[2:32:54] Shavelson, our assistant cfo.

[2:32:55] We are here tonight to discuss

[2:32:59] ways that the city can increase

[2:33:02] public participation and

[2:33:03] transparency in the city's

[2:33:06] budget process.

[2:33:07] Over the past year Council has

[2:33:10] asked staff to return with

[2:33:11] various items related to this

[2:33:13] topic and we are consolidating

[2:33:18] some of them into tonight's

[2:33:18] staff report and presentation.

[2:33:22] Next slide please.

[2:33:23] So first we are going to ask

[2:33:26] Council to consider whether to

[2:33:27] conduct a civic assembly to

[2:33:30] help develop strategies for

[2:33:31] public engagement in the budget

[2:33:34] process.

[2:33:34] Funding was included at the

[2:33:37] time of budget adoption for an

[2:33:38] enhanced public process and

[2:33:38] council directed that the

[2:33:41] matter return for more

[2:33:42] direction on the format The

[2:33:45] city Council's Subcommittee on

[2:33:45] Governance received a

[2:33:49] presentation from Public

[2:33:49] Democracy Los Angeles

[2:33:52] Representatives Michelle Dennis

[2:33:53] and Wayne Liebman about civic

[2:33:57] assemblies.

[2:33:57] In a few minutes the Council

[2:34:01] will receive a presentation

[2:34:01] from MISS Dennis tonight about

[2:34:05] those just civic assemblies and

[2:34:06] a recommendation to forgo a

[2:34:09] competitive process and award

[2:34:10] an agreement directly to

[2:34:13] healthy democracy.

[2:34:14] Eas The subcommittee did not

[2:34:17] make a recommendation on

[2:34:17] whether there should be an rfp

[2:34:21] or a direct award.

[2:34:21] So if Council wishes to proceed

[2:34:24] with the Civic Assembly

[2:34:25] process, Council should also

[2:34:28] decide the method of

[2:34:28] procurement.

[2:34:31] Next slide please.

[2:34:35] As the Civic Assembly would not

[2:34:36] be ready to fully participate

[2:34:38] in the fiscal year 2026 2027

[2:34:42] budget process, MS. Dennis also

[2:34:43] made some short term

[2:34:45] recommendations to help improve

[2:34:46] public participation.

[2:34:50] The Governance Subcommittee

[2:34:50] recommended that these be

[2:34:51] brought forward to the City

[2:34:54] Council for consideration.

[2:34:55] Next slide please.

[2:34:58] These recommendations include

[2:34:58] changing the format and

[2:35:02] scheduling of the two community

[2:35:06] budget meetings that I did in

[2:35:09] the this this current year for

[2:35:12] the current year fiscal year

[2:35:12] budget.

[2:35:16] Both would become instead of

[2:35:17] those community budget meetings

[2:35:17] they'd become question and

[2:35:21] answer sessions about the

[2:35:22] details of one the mid-year

[2:35:25] budget and to a second one to

[2:35:28] be held later on the proposed

[2:35:28] budget.

[2:35:32] So it would give the public a

[2:35:36] chance to understand these very

[2:35:40] complicated documents and staff

[2:35:40] would be available to kind of

[2:35:43] answer those specific questions

[2:35:44] and help them understand in

[2:35:47] advance of the council meetings

[2:35:48] .

[2:35:49] And then there would be one new

[2:35:51] meeting that was recommended

[2:35:52] which would serve as an open

[2:35:56] house with department months in

[2:35:56] advance of the annual workplan

[2:36:00] meetings And at that meeting

[2:36:00] department heads would be

[2:36:04] available to share what work

[2:36:07] plans they've been operating

[2:36:07] under.

[2:36:08] Hear from the public in an

[2:36:12] informal setting about other

[2:36:12] priorities.

[2:36:15] And this would be done in

[2:36:16] advance of staff coming to the

[2:36:19] council with those work plans.

[2:36:20] Next slide please.

[2:36:24] So here you can see the new

[2:36:24] proposed budget schedule with

[2:36:27] those meetings included the

[2:36:31] mid-year session and the open

[2:36:31] house with departments would

[2:36:32] happen very early in the

[2:36:35] process in FEBRUARY.

[2:36:36] So the mid-year budget question

[2:36:39] and answer would of course be

[2:36:39] tied to what happened.

[2:36:42] Before we come to you with that

[2:36:43] mid-year budget and it would

[2:36:46] allow people to understand the

[2:36:47] changes that are being

[2:36:50] recommended.

[2:36:51] And then of course the question

[2:36:54] and answer Open House kind of

[2:36:55] setting with the department

[2:36:58] heads would happen in advance

[2:36:59] of us coming in the beginning

[2:37:02] of MARCH with the work plans.

[2:37:06] And then the question and

[2:37:06] answer session regarding the

[2:37:10] proposed budget would come in

[2:37:10] MAY after we publish the

[2:37:10] proposed budget.

[2:37:14] But before the departments make

[2:37:15] their presentations to the

[2:37:18] Council.

[2:37:19] So again it would give an

[2:37:21] additional forum for the public

[2:37:25] to come and ask questions and

[2:37:25] be informed.

[2:37:29] Next slide please.

[2:37:29] Finally, council member

[2:37:33] Mcmorran had recommended in

[2:37:34] APRIL of this year that city

[2:37:38] staff review the questionnaire

[2:37:38] for four departments that was

[2:37:41] used by the city of Nashville

[2:37:42] as part of their budget

[2:37:42] process.

[2:37:43] We've attached that

[2:37:46] questionnaire to the staff

[2:37:47] report.

[2:37:50] If council desires staff could

[2:37:50] include a questionnaire as part

[2:37:53] of the budget process that we

[2:37:54] use here in Culver City and it

[2:37:57] would be something that we

[2:37:58] would give to departments again

[2:38:02] in advance of the work plans

[2:38:05] and might be presented as as

[2:38:06] attachments to the staff

[2:38:07] reports that we give you at

[2:38:11] that time.

[2:38:15] So that's really the end of

[2:38:15] this introduction.

[2:38:19] This is more about us as being

[2:38:23] able to answer your questions

[2:38:23] but maybe and we would take

[2:38:26] these items kind of one by one

[2:38:26] But before we do that it would

[2:38:29] perhaps be prudent to receive

[2:38:30] the presentation from Michelle

[2:38:33] Dennis who's here tonight and

[2:38:38] then we can return and have the

[2:38:41] council address each of these

[2:38:41] items individually.

[2:38:44] Thank you.

[2:38:44] Okay.

[2:38:49] I think we take cfo server's

[2:38:51] suggestion Have MS. Dennis give

[2:38:57] her presentation and

[2:39:01] City

[2:39:05] council and city manager Before

[2:39:06] we begin thank you so much for

[2:39:06] the opportunity to make this

[2:39:11] presentation tonight.

[2:39:12] My name is Michelle Dennis and

[2:39:15] for the benefit of the public

[2:39:16] I'm a certified public finance

[2:39:19] officer.

[2:39:20] I work for 37 years in the L.A.

[2:39:23] Area and different budget and

[2:39:24] finance positions And at the

[2:39:27] end of that time period I spent

[2:39:28] 20 years as the director of

[2:39:30] finance for the city of Santa

[2:39:30] Monica.

[2:39:34] Following that I taught public

[2:39:37] budgeting and finance at ucla

[2:39:40] for 21 years and I am a

[2:39:40] collaborator and volunteer with

[2:39:44] Public Democracy Los Angeles.

[2:39:45] And tonight excuse me I speak

[2:39:48] on their behalf and I should

[2:39:49] note that several of the slides

[2:39:52] tonight were actually actually

[2:39:56] prepared and by the director of

[2:39:59] public policy Los Angeles I

[2:40:00] have his permission to use them

[2:40:04] tonight And I'm a Culver City

[2:40:06] resident for 44 years.

[2:40:09] I'm an oldie and moldy have

[2:40:13] been around okay There the

[2:40:14] subject of our of this

[2:40:17] presentation tonight is what is

[2:40:20] the role of a civic assembly in

[2:40:21] responding to the city's budget

[2:40:25] challenges is over the next ten

[2:40:25] years.

[2:40:28] Next slide please.

[2:40:31] The city's budget for the

[2:40:32] current fiscal year which was

[2:40:35] adopted and became effective

[2:40:39] JULY 1st and was recently

[2:40:40] released by OCTOBER 1st for the

[2:40:43] public can contains a fiscal

[2:40:43] ten year fiscal forecast.

[2:40:49] Excuse me one second and that

[2:40:53] forecast shows that over the

[2:40:56] ten year period there would be

[2:40:59] a structural deficit of $129

[2:41:02] million over the next ten years

[2:41:05] and that that would use up all

[2:41:06] of the city's available

[2:41:09] reserves.

[2:41:10] Now let me just clarify the

[2:41:13] structural deficit refers to

[2:41:17] the ongoing revenues in ongoing

[2:41:17] expenditures.

[2:41:21] That is what we receive in

[2:41:21] revenues every year and what we

[2:41:25] normally pay out to continue

[2:41:26] our basic services and service

[2:41:29] levels.

[2:41:33] That forecast did not include

[2:41:33] the impact of the voter

[2:41:36] approval of the additional

[2:41:37] quarter percent sales tax in

[2:41:37] AUGUST.

[2:41:41] So I factored that in and I use

[2:41:45] the same projection factors

[2:41:45] that the Chief Financial

[2:41:46] Officer used that is that the

[2:41:48] sales tax would grow by 3.1%

[2:41:49] every year.

[2:41:52] And here's what I saw.

[2:41:55] Here are the results over the

[2:41:56] next four years a total

[2:41:59] structural deficit that is an

[2:42:00] imbalance between ongoing

[2:42:03] expenditures and ongoing

[2:42:06] revenues of $47.9 million will

[2:42:06] occur.

[2:42:10] And that will require using up

[2:42:11] the same amount of reserves

[2:42:15] over the following three years.

[2:42:15] There will be a rough

[2:42:18] structural balance between

[2:42:18] revenues and expenditures

[2:42:19] That's ongoing revenues and

[2:42:22] expenditures.

[2:42:24] And over the remaining three

[2:42:25] years ongoing revenues

[2:42:28] outperform ongoing expenditures

[2:42:29] by 3 to $4 million a year.

[2:42:32] If voters approve an expiring

[2:42:38] half percent sales tax before

[2:42:42] MARCH 2033, the primary

[2:42:43] implication of these challenges

[2:42:46] is that for the next seven

[2:42:46] years at least there is no

[2:42:50] fiscal room other than using

[2:42:53] reserves for government

[2:42:54] services to expand or be added

[2:42:58] as the city's population grows.

[2:43:02] Next slide please.

[2:43:05] Now responding to these

[2:43:05] challenges.

[2:43:09] Well, first of all, the

[2:43:09] challenges themselves however

[2:43:09] they're responded to.

[2:43:13] We will significantly impact

[2:43:16] the community.

[2:43:16] And responding However, the

[2:43:19] council decides to respond.

[2:43:24] In my view will require a new

[2:43:27] or heightened collaboration and

[2:43:28] partnership with the community

[2:43:31] in the budget process.

[2:43:31] That's because however they're

[2:43:34] responded to and maybe no

[2:43:37] action as one spot will only

[2:43:37] support one response will

[2:43:40] nevertheless have a significant

[2:43:41] impact on the community.

[2:43:45] Currently the community can

[2:43:45] participate in the budget

[2:43:49] process by speaking for 1 to 3

[2:43:50] minutes at council meetings and

[2:43:53] planned is a budget priority

[2:43:53] survey.

[2:43:57] And for the community as your

[2:43:57] chief financial Officer

[2:44:01] diligently delineated for the

[2:44:02] community to go to to question

[2:44:04] and answer budget information

[2:44:08] sessions Now these are our top

[2:44:09] down opportunities created for

[2:44:13] the community by the staff and

[2:44:16] the council.

[2:44:17] A civic assembly provides a way

[2:44:21] for the community to say how

[2:44:22] they want to participate in the

[2:44:24] budget process.

[2:44:25] And these can be bottom up

[2:44:28] opportunities created by the

[2:44:28] community.

[2:44:32] Next slide please.

[2:44:36] So what is a civic assembly?

[2:44:37] A civic assembly is a

[2:44:40] demographic Lee Representative

[2:44:41] group of community members

[2:44:44] selected by lot to learn about

[2:44:48] deliberate upon and make

[2:44:48] recommendations to City Council

[2:44:51] about a public matter.

[2:44:55] It is up to the city Council

[2:44:56] whether or not to follow the

[2:44:59] recommendations of the civic

[2:44:59] Assembly.

[2:45:03] Next slide please.

[2:45:04] The Civic Assembly are also

[2:45:06] known as citizens.

[2:45:07] Assemblies have been around for

[2:45:07] a while.

[2:45:11] This graph compiled from data

[2:45:13] from the Organization for

[2:45:14] Economic Cooperation and

[2:45:14] Development.

[2:45:18] This is a international

[2:45:20] organization of 38 countries

[2:45:21] Western and Eastern Europe,

[2:45:24] Asia.

[2:45:24] Australia.

[2:45:24] South America.

[2:45:25] Central America.

[2:45:33] Oh thank you so much

[2:45:37] and more.

[2:45:41] Most recently North America and

[2:45:41] Canada.

[2:45:45] This graph shows that you can

[2:45:46] see in the last 20 years civic

[2:45:49] assemblies have grown a great

[2:45:49] deal.

[2:45:53] A number of them.

[2:45:55] And it presents 750 civic

[2:45:59] assemblies in the last or

[2:45:59] primary the last 20 years.

[2:46:02] And if you include the last two

[2:46:03] years of data data, we're close

[2:46:05] to a 1000 civic assemblies.

[2:46:09] So the world has a quite a bit

[2:46:09] of experience with this method.

[2:46:13] Next slide please.

[2:46:16] So a civic assembly consists of

[2:46:17] four parts.

[2:46:20] The first part is council

[2:46:23] planning.

[2:46:24] The job of the council planning

[2:46:26] is for the city council to

[2:46:27] select Civic Assembly

[2:46:31] facilitating organized action

[2:46:31] The facilitation of a civic

[2:46:35] assembly requires specific

[2:46:35] expertise which has been

[2:46:39] developed over the years and

[2:46:39] secondly used to determine the

[2:46:43] topic to be addressed by the

[2:46:43] Civic Assembly.

[2:46:46] Third determined city

[2:46:50] demographics to be matched by

[2:46:54] Civic Assembly participants and

[2:46:55] lastly fourthly to choose

[2:46:55] experts to provide learning

[2:46:59] input to civic assembly

[2:46:59] participants.

[2:47:02] This learning input is distinct

[2:47:06] for civic assemblies.

[2:47:06] It's its opportunity to have

[2:47:07] the participants that have been

[2:47:10] selected by lot to hear

[2:47:14] information from experts who

[2:47:14] are from all different

[2:47:18] perspectives provide

[2:47:18] information to the assembly

[2:47:19] participants about the topic

[2:47:25] and next slide please.

[2:47:25] The second part of a civic

[2:47:28] assembly is to selection of the

[2:47:29] participants.

[2:47:33] So invitations would go to the

[2:47:36] households in the city and from

[2:47:37] those inviting them to

[2:47:37] participate the members of the

[2:47:40] households.

[2:47:41] For those people who respond

[2:47:44] yes they would be interested a

[2:47:49] that pool is there's a random

[2:47:52] selection of people from that

[2:47:53] pool so that and we know the

[2:47:56] demographic information from

[2:47:56] the respondents to create a

[2:48:00] pool that represents the

[2:48:00] demographic characteristics

[2:48:06] selected by the city council.

[2:48:10] Then from that pool a computer

[2:48:13] process creates multiple

[2:48:14] combinations of the Civic

[2:48:14] Assembly participants.

[2:48:18] So that each combination

[2:48:22] reflects the demographic

[2:48:22] character mix of the city.

[2:48:26] So later on what's being

[2:48:28] proposed is a civic assembly of

[2:48:28] 20 participants.

[2:48:33] So there will be multiple or

[2:48:33] maybe 100 or more possible

[2:48:37] combinations from that prior

[2:48:37] pool.

[2:48:39] And there's a selection of one

[2:48:40] of those combination a random

[2:48:44] selection I understand in one

[2:48:44] city recently what they did is

[2:48:47] they they numbered each of the

[2:48:51] possible combinations and put

[2:48:51] that number on ping pong, put

[2:48:54] it into revolving drum and had

[2:48:57] the mayor at random pick one

[2:48:58] ping pong ball that became the

[2:49:01] Civic Assembly.

[2:49:01] It's important to point out

[2:49:04] that there's comprehensive

[2:49:08] support is provided to the one

[2:49:08] combination of Civic Assembly

[2:49:08] participants.

[2:49:12] So there MAY be need for child

[2:49:12] care, elder care and other

[2:49:15] special needs.

[2:49:18] And that's all included in the

[2:49:19] budget for the facilitating

[2:49:22] organization nexus.

[2:49:26] Next slide please.

[2:49:29] So the third part is learning

[2:49:29] and deliberation.

[2:49:32] These are the two critical

[2:49:33] distinctions about civic

[2:49:35] assemblies Expert provide

[2:49:39] initial learning input from all

[2:49:39] different perspectives on that

[2:49:43] issue.

[2:49:44] And the Civic Assembly invites

[2:49:47] members of the community to

[2:49:48] meet with them to present their

[2:49:50] ideas.

[2:49:51] And the way this is done is

[2:49:55] that persons come in to where

[2:49:55] the Civic Assembly members are

[2:49:58] and the Civic Assembly members

[2:49:59] are gathered into groups of

[2:50:01] three, possibly four at

[2:50:02] different tables.

[2:50:03] And then members of the

[2:50:06] community come in and spend a

[2:50:06] given amount of time presenting

[2:50:09] their ideas.

[2:50:10] And then the members of the

[2:50:10] community get up and move to

[2:50:13] the next table.

[2:50:14] So there's a process to make

[2:50:16] sure that everyone's

[2:50:17] perspective and view is heard.

[2:50:20] And every civic assembly member

[2:50:21] can talk to every single member

[2:50:22] of the community who has come

[2:50:28] in and during this process.

[2:50:29] And this is then followed by

[2:50:32] deliberation during the

[2:50:35] deliberation process experts

[2:50:36] continue to be available to

[2:50:36] answer questions.

[2:50:40] That's what I mean by being on

[2:50:40] tap on top.

[2:50:43] And there's a structured

[2:50:43] deliberation process is

[2:50:47] followed much like the

[2:50:47] conversation with the community

[2:50:48] members.

[2:50:51] So that everyone's voice is

[2:50:51] heard.

[2:50:54] Every perspective is considered

[2:50:55] and the objective in the

[2:50:58] deliberation is to reach

[2:51:02] consensus on recommendations.

[2:51:03] And that's not an absolute

[2:51:07] consensus but either majority

[2:51:07] or perhaps a supermajority.

[2:51:10] And that the deliberation is

[2:51:11] facilitated by the facilitation

[2:51:14] organization so that all voices

[2:51:14] are heard.

[2:51:18] Next slide please.

[2:51:22] And the fourth part concerns

[2:51:22] the preparation of

[2:51:23] recommendations and then

[2:51:24] submitting them to the city

[2:51:27] council.

[2:51:27] So again, a rough consensus

[2:51:31] perhaps a supermajority is

[2:51:31] sought to form recommendations.

[2:51:35] The recommendations are written

[2:51:36] by the Civic Assembly

[2:51:39] participants.

[2:51:39] The recommendations are

[2:51:42] presented by the Civic Assembly

[2:51:43] participants to the City

[2:51:43] Council.

[2:51:46] And as expected the City

[2:51:47] Council would provide written

[2:51:47] responses to the

[2:51:50] recommendations.

[2:51:54] Next slide please.

[2:51:57] Now throughout this process

[2:51:58] this question eventually comes

[2:52:01] up Can you trust randomly

[2:52:04] selected people?

[2:52:08] And I want to assure you that

[2:52:12] in the area of civic assemblies

[2:52:12] over the last 20 years there's

[2:52:15] been extensive experience about

[2:52:19] this question.

[2:52:23] And the conclusion is that when

[2:52:24] trust is rent is given to

[2:52:29] randomly selected individuals,

[2:52:30] they strive to be worthy of

[2:52:33] their trust.

[2:52:36] As I said worldwide there have

[2:52:36] been nearly a thousand civic

[2:52:39] assemblies selected by lot over

[2:52:40] the past two decades deciding

[2:52:44] complex issues in some

[2:52:44] processes that have stymied

[2:52:50] elected bodies.

[2:52:50] One key example is in the

[2:52:54] country of Ireland the question

[2:52:57] of what to do with abortion in

[2:52:58] a Catholic Protestant country

[2:53:01] stymied the National Assembly

[2:53:01] for decades.

[2:53:06] They decided to create a civic

[2:53:06] assembly.

[2:53:09] The Civic Assembly met.

[2:53:10] They prepared recommendations.

[2:53:13] The National Assembly adopted

[2:53:17] the recommendations and then

[2:53:17] submitted them to the

[2:53:18] population for a vote.

[2:53:21] And over two thirds of the

[2:53:22] population approved the

[2:53:24] recommendations.

[2:53:29] And there's also abundant

[2:53:32] academic evidence that

[2:53:32] diversity trumps expertise when

[2:53:36] making decisions.

[2:53:39] Panels of experts are prone to

[2:53:40] groupthink diverse panels or

[2:53:47] not diverse panels harness the

[2:53:47] wisdom of crowds in forming

[2:53:51] recommendations with a wealth

[2:53:51] of lived experience.

[2:53:55] The convening government bodies

[2:53:55] generally adopt Civic Assembly

[2:53:55] recommendations.

[2:53:59] And the public also trust those

[2:54:02] recommendations as well because

[2:54:03] they know they've been prepared

[2:54:03] to be developed and submitted

[2:54:06] by people just like themselves.

[2:54:13] Next slide please Let me set

[2:54:14] the scene here.

[2:54:16] In 2022 there was a civic

[2:54:19] assembly done in Petaluma,

[2:54:20] California.

[2:54:26] The city had fairgrounds, 54

[2:54:27] acres.

[2:54:30] And then the fair state Fair

[2:54:31] decided not to be one of the

[2:54:32] state Fair's decided not to

[2:54:34] meet there anymore.

[2:54:35] And for years the council was

[2:54:38] deadlocked on how to use that

[2:54:38] land.

[2:54:42] A civic assembly was formed of

[2:54:43] 36 individuals from the

[2:54:46] community.

[2:54:48] And they came up with

[2:54:49] recommendations that 80% of the

[2:54:53] Civic Assembly members agreed

[2:54:53] upon.

[2:54:54] And talking with the city

[2:54:57] manager Peggy Flynn, she said

[2:55:00] my goodness, when you have

[2:55:01] recommendations from the

[2:55:03] community members that 80%

[2:55:04] agree on, that's gold.

[2:55:07] And there they've gone through

[2:55:08] state and county processes and

[2:55:11] they're just about ready to

[2:55:11] conclude adopting these

[2:55:12] measures.

[2:55:16] For the 92nd video you're about

[2:55:23] to see shows you people who

[2:55:26] participated in that 3636

[2:55:26] member Civic Assembly in their

[2:55:30] own words.

[2:55:31] So would you please play the

[2:55:33] video as transgender please?

[2:55:37] There's many more things I

[2:55:41] resolved or decided through

[2:55:42] this process and ultimately I

[2:55:45] think no matter what happens I

[2:55:48] feel like the public the

[2:55:49] community will feel that they

[2:55:52] had an avenue for their

[2:55:52] feelings and thoughts no matter

[2:55:52] how minor.

[2:55:57] For a ginormous expo hall to a

[2:55:59] butterfly garden were

[2:56:00] represented and heard in this

[2:56:00] process.

[2:56:04] The block is not necessarily

[2:56:06] the same people that city

[2:56:10] government took to be anything

[2:56:10] .

[2:56:14] And so I and I like that

[2:56:15] because I don't think anybody

[2:56:17] on this panel will will not

[2:56:18] participate in another

[2:56:21] community thing ever.

[2:56:22] You know, like everybody is

[2:56:23] more likely to participate in

[2:56:26] best in more invested Yeah in

[2:56:28] that community and if that

[2:56:29] continues to happen like how

[2:56:29] what community improvements

[2:56:33] will you see You know like if

[2:56:36] citizens actually are engaged.

[2:56:42] First thing is you have 56

[2:56:42] people with different

[2:56:46] backgrounds.

[2:56:47] And most of them do know each

[2:56:50] other and were able to work

[2:56:53] together just the politics the

[2:56:57] way it is or they don't seem to

[2:56:57] want to communicate at all.

[2:57:00] And I think this is a perfect

[2:57:01] way to get politics not so

[2:57:07] political

[2:57:07] .

[2:57:08] All right.

[2:57:11] Next slide please.

[2:57:15] Back back in JUNE Public

[2:57:18] democracy, Los Angeles in

[2:57:19] conjunction in conjunction with

[2:57:22] Braver Angels, the organization

[2:57:23] hosted a model civic assembly

[2:57:27] at the city's Veterans Affairs

[2:57:27] facility.

[2:57:30] It was a three hour model civic

[2:57:34] assembly normal.

[2:57:35] These civic assemblies last for

[2:57:36] several weekends.

[2:57:38] The protest was involved.

[2:57:42] So this model Civic Assembly

[2:57:43] gave about 30 participants some

[2:57:46] from the city, some from braver

[2:57:50] angels Outside the city a taste

[2:57:50] .

[2:57:51] It's kind of like getting a

[2:57:54] whiff of fresh baked chocolate

[2:57:54] chip cookies.

[2:57:58] You don't get the bite into

[2:58:01] them but you get the aroma here

[2:58:01] .

[2:58:02] Afterwards we got some

[2:58:02] feedback.

[2:58:05] And here are two quotes.

[2:58:08] I was surprised at just how

[2:58:09] nuanced our discussions could

[2:58:09] get.

[2:58:13] And I was so floored by how it

[2:58:16] encourages collaboration and

[2:58:18] deep respect between people.

[2:58:22] Next slide please.

[2:58:23] A side benefit from hosting or

[2:58:27] having a civic assembly is that

[2:58:28] makes it provides benefits to

[2:58:30] the city.

[2:58:31] It provides members of the

[2:58:38] community an opportunity to

[2:58:38] create informed.

[2:58:39] That's the learning process.

[2:58:42] And deliberated recommendations

[2:58:46] on complex issues and processes

[2:58:46] .

[2:58:47] It builds civic communication

[2:58:50] skills to be able to sit at a

[2:58:54] table and hear different views

[2:58:57] and then get ask questions with

[2:58:58] the objective of understanding.

[2:59:01] And then to deliberate so that

[2:59:04] your objective is to reach as

[2:59:05] much consensus as possible.

[2:59:08] That's a tremendous benefit for

[2:59:12] the community.

[2:59:12] It enables inclusivity.

[2:59:16] Let me say that at a recent

[2:59:19] Civic Assembly in Fort Collins,

[2:59:23] Colorado, I'm told that they

[2:59:26] also as 100,000 population city

[2:59:27] they had a 20 member civic

[2:59:29] assembly that deliberated over

[2:59:30] two weekends And of the persons

[2:59:33] that deliberated.

[2:59:37] One was recognized by city

[2:59:37] staff.

[2:59:37] Oh yes.

[2:59:38] That's a person who always

[2:59:40] shows up.

[2:59:41] 19 other people had never

[2:59:45] participated in city affairs

[2:59:45] before.

[2:59:48] And they were transformed.

[2:59:49] And it also empowers the

[2:59:52] community.

[2:59:56] Next slide.

[3:00:00] So I have a proposal before

[3:00:00] you.

[3:00:03] The proposal as follows To

[3:00:04] approve a civic assembly.

[3:00:08] To find out how the community

[3:00:08] wants to participate in the

[3:00:11] budget making process.

[3:00:15] Retain healthy democracy for a

[3:00:15] maximum of $250,000.

[3:00:19] To facilitate the following

[3:00:23] primary Civic Assembly tasks.

[3:00:23] And various other

[3:00:24] administrative matters.

[3:00:27] Let me just say a chance The

[3:00:28] staff report was also a draft

[3:00:31] budget from healthy democracy.

[3:00:34] And the intention is that

[3:00:35] should the city decide to move

[3:00:36] ahead and retain healthy

[3:00:39] democracy, that budget would be

[3:00:39] finalized In conversations

[3:00:42] between the city manager and

[3:00:43] chief financial officer on

[3:00:45] behalf of the city.

[3:00:50] So the first task is to select

[3:00:52] a random panel of 20 community

[3:00:59] members and a few backup people

[3:00:59] by FEBRUARY 2026.

[3:01:03] Prepare the selected community

[3:01:04] members to participate at each

[3:01:08] public opportunity in the

[3:01:11] upcoming budget making process

[3:01:11] .

[3:01:12] That's the process for 2627

[3:01:18] which is almost upon us.

[3:01:19] And then activate a civic

[3:01:21] assembly with the 20 community

[3:01:24] member panel in JULY of 2026

[3:01:28] then assist the Civic Assembly

[3:01:28] community members to prepare

[3:01:32] and submit recommendation to

[3:01:34] the City Council in AUGUST

[3:01:35] 2026.

[3:01:35] Presumably the Council will

[3:01:39] have an opportunity to review

[3:01:39] those.

[3:01:42] And if they choose to begin to

[3:01:45] incorporate them into the 2728

[3:01:49] city budget process all

[3:01:49] community members who are

[3:01:50] selected are paid for their

[3:01:53] participation and the amount

[3:01:56] that they will be paid would be

[3:01:57] subject to approval by the City

[3:02:00] council.

[3:02:00] Next slide please.

[3:02:08] Contracting a sole source only

[3:02:08] to organizations in the United

[3:02:12] States have facilitated a civic

[3:02:12] assembly for local government

[3:02:16] healthy democracy and unified

[3:02:16] America.

[3:02:17] As I said, the use of this

[3:02:20] Democrat innovation is just

[3:02:21] beginning to be used in the

[3:02:23] United States.

[3:02:24] Healthy democracy has

[3:02:27] facilitated six civic

[3:02:32] assemblies over the period 2019

[3:02:34] to 2025 and Unify America has

[3:02:35] facilitated 1 in 2023.

[3:02:40] So it is proposed that healthy

[3:02:40] democracy be retained as a sole

[3:02:43] source provider because healthy

[3:02:44] democracy is the most

[3:02:47] experienced and qualified.

[3:02:48] There is a lack of multi

[3:02:51] organized competition.

[3:02:56] Sole source provide specialized

[3:02:57] expertise quickly and sole

[3:03:00] source avoids the high

[3:03:00] administrative and time costs.

[3:03:04] Associated with an rfp process

[3:03:07] to be conducted by city staff.

[3:03:11] So before we close this

[3:03:15] presentation I'll be glad to

[3:03:16] answer any questions you have

[3:03:19] and the thought MAY have

[3:03:22] occurred to you Why is this 83

[3:03:26] year old person standing before

[3:03:29] you at 20 minutes to ten making

[3:03:33] this presentation?

[3:03:34] Well, to be honest with you,

[3:03:34] I've asked myself that question

[3:03:36] many times over the last

[3:03:40] several months and I kept

[3:03:43] coming back to the same answer

[3:03:43] .

[3:03:44] First of all, I've lived in

[3:03:45] city for 44 years.

[3:03:49] I like my city.

[3:03:50] I care for it.

[3:03:53] And I firmly believe that

[3:03:56] taking the recommended actions

[3:03:57] is the right thing to do for

[3:04:01] the city as it begins to engage

[3:04:05] its budget challenges.

[3:04:06] So thank you very much for

[3:04:09] allowing me to make this

[3:04:10] presentation and I'll be glad

[3:04:12] to answer any questions.

[3:04:12] Okay.

[3:04:13] Thank you.

[3:04:19] So

[3:04:21] my how many commenters

[3:04:29] around in 1315?

[3:04:30] Yeah.

[3:04:33] Let's go ahead and start with

[3:04:34] the commenters and then we'll

[3:04:37] just combine questions and

[3:04:40] comments together.

[3:04:47] 92nd 90s was okay.

[3:04:48] Our speakers are going to read

[3:04:50] the first ten off Philip

[3:04:51] Boulevard, Marci Bon Jamie

[3:04:54] Wallis.

[3:04:54] Stephen Jones.

[3:04:58] MS. Sanders Janine was nasty

[3:04:59] Who is seeded time by Jack

[3:05:03] stealing Shane Hansen, Lisa

[3:05:03] Lindgren, Christopher Michael

[3:05:06] and Phoebe Garfinkel.

[3:05:07] So our first speaker is Philip

[3:05:13] Lowe from Clive Owen.

[3:05:17] I'd like to you can on

[3:05:17] yourself.

[3:05:17] Yes.

[3:05:20] Can you hear me?

[3:05:20] Yes.

[3:05:20] Okay.

[3:05:21] All right.

[3:05:21] Thank you.

[3:05:27] I submitted an e comment after

[3:05:28] asking for this time so I hope

[3:05:31] that you will read it But I

[3:05:32] would still like to make a

[3:05:33] statement because something's

[3:05:35] happened here too that's not

[3:05:35] expecting.

[3:05:36] I've attended all of the

[3:05:39] governance committee meetings

[3:05:40] where this topic was discussed

[3:05:43] and I like to compliment Civic

[3:05:47] Assembly on their presentation

[3:05:47] and the subcommittee on its

[3:05:47] work.

[3:05:51] But I need to address the

[3:05:54] noncompetitive nature of this

[3:05:58] with two two points one In

[3:05:58] response to Bob's question at

[3:06:01] the meeting we learned that

[3:06:05] Civic Assembly has all of their

[3:06:05] experience with fun projects

[3:06:08] like planning fairgrounds and

[3:06:12] playgrounds and has zero

[3:06:16] experience discussing financial

[3:06:16] matters.

[3:06:19] They do not have any experience

[3:06:20] doing budget tradeoffs and the

[3:06:24] discussions that need to be had

[3:06:24] and the results that need to be

[3:06:27] gotten from a budgeting

[3:06:27] process.

[3:06:31] The second point is in a city

[3:06:35] of 28,500 registered voters, if

[3:06:35] you choose 20 random

[3:06:39] participants at a budget of

[3:06:40] $250,000, are you as a council

[3:06:45] prepared to defend paying

[3:06:46] $12,500 per citizen to advise

[3:06:50] you when the public will do it

[3:06:51] for free?

[3:06:57] Thank you

[3:06:57] .

[3:07:01] Our next speaker is Marcy Bond

[3:07:02] but I am not seeing her online

[3:07:05] so we'll skip to the next

[3:07:12] speaker who is Jamie Wallace?

[3:07:13] Jamie Hammond what do you can

[3:07:15] on yourself?

[3:07:16] Okay.

[3:07:16] Did it work this time?

[3:07:17] Yes.

[3:07:17] Okay.

[3:07:19] And I'm so confused.

[3:07:23] What MISS Silver describe was

[3:07:23] current public sessions that

[3:07:24] the public could attend and

[3:07:27] learn about the budget.

[3:07:28] If this is true, then where is

[3:07:31] the need?

[3:07:31] What does see back?

[3:07:34] I'm sorry if I'm wrong Acronym.

[3:07:35] What did they do?

[3:07:38] They're great for advice.

[3:07:39] Do you even listen to them And

[3:07:40] yet you might listen to the

[3:07:42] civic Assembly?

[3:07:43] I echo echo MR. Lowell, those

[3:07:45] comments he nailed it.

[3:07:46] There is no rfp.

[3:07:50] There's no looking at other

[3:07:50] groups.

[3:07:53] These things have been used for

[3:07:57] small things youth

[3:07:57] homelessness, the question of

[3:08:01] abortion in Ireland which is a

[3:08:04] huge issue, very complex but a

[3:08:04] budget is even more complex.

[3:08:08] You have to understand the

[3:08:09] physical physical restrictions

[3:08:12] on a city, what money can be

[3:08:13] used for, what it can't be used

[3:08:13] for.

[3:08:16] There's a huge amount that they

[3:08:17] would have to learn in a very,

[3:08:20] very short period of time.

[3:08:21] And if there is no physical

[3:08:24] room other than using our

[3:08:24] remaining reserves to pay for

[3:08:27] government services, why on

[3:08:28] earth would we set aside a

[3:08:31] quarter of $1 million to try a

[3:08:34] new procedure to get folks to

[3:08:38] pay more attention and I've

[3:08:38] been a volunteer.

[3:08:39] I created the backpacks program

[3:08:42] and I'll tell you hanging

[3:08:42] around volunteers is really,

[3:08:46] really hard.

[3:08:53] They don't stay And you.

[3:08:54] Our next speaker is Stephen

[3:08:57] Jones.

[3:08:57] Stephen's online.

[3:09:01] Stephen I've unlocked you.

[3:09:02] You can unmute yourself.

[3:09:02] Thank you.

[3:09:05] Residents have been demanding

[3:09:05] change to the budgeting process

[3:09:06] for years now but change is

[3:09:08] slow and we understand that.

[3:09:09] After years of resident demands

[3:09:10] we appreciate the short term

[3:09:13] changes that are proposed for

[3:09:14] the 2627 budget cycle and we're

[3:09:16] hopeful that the proposed civic

[3:09:17] assembly process will result in

[3:09:17] more significant changes that

[3:09:18] can open up the budgeting

[3:09:21] process two years from now in

[3:09:21] the 2728 cycle.

[3:09:24] I think it would be a tragedy

[3:09:25] if it gets pushed even further

[3:09:25] than that.

[3:09:26] So please act with urgency.

[3:09:28] I do think sole source

[3:09:28] contracts deserve skepticism

[3:09:29] but the city's policies treat

[3:09:32] professional services

[3:09:32] differently and this is a

[3:09:33] situation where the provider is

[3:09:36] formally recommended by a local

[3:09:37] expert in public finance who

[3:09:37] has significant knowledge of

[3:09:39] the field of consulting.

[3:09:40] At issue here it's also common

[3:09:43] practice for the city council

[3:09:43] to routinely approve sole

[3:09:44] source contracts with much less

[3:09:45] evidence than we have before us

[3:09:46] here.

[3:09:47] For example, in 2024 the city

[3:09:49] Council approved a multimillion

[3:09:50] dollar ten year sole source

[3:09:50] contract despite the fact that

[3:09:54] we already contract it with an

[3:09:54] alternative source for the very

[3:09:55] same equipment.

[3:09:55] In no universe where they the

[3:09:58] only source of that equipment

[3:09:58] and its supposed evidence in

[3:09:59] support of approving that

[3:10:02] contract was a letter from the

[3:10:02] vendor itself.

[3:10:03] It wasn't even evidence from an

[3:10:03] independent source.

[3:10:05] In contrast here the provided

[3:10:06] evidence is significant and it

[3:10:06] comes from an expert source

[3:10:09] whose independent of the

[3:10:09] vendor.

[3:10:10] Again please act with urgency.

[3:10:13] Residents have been demanding a

[3:10:13] more open budget process for

[3:10:13] years.

[3:10:14] This plan will result in

[3:10:16] changes to the budget process

[3:10:17] two years from now at the

[3:10:17] earliest.

[3:10:18] Further delays are not

[3:10:20] acceptable and Culver City

[3:10:21] can't wait any longer.

[3:10:21] Some some commenters don't seem

[3:10:24] to believe in the people of

[3:10:25] this city but I know you do.

[3:10:25] So please do the right thing.

[3:10:32] Thank you

[3:10:34] .

[3:10:34] Okay.

[3:10:39] Our next speaker is Melissa

[3:10:42] Sanders.

[3:10:43] Melissa I'm shocked you can

[3:10:46] unmute yourself.

[3:10:46] Thank you.

[3:10:47] Where do you begin with this

[3:10:50] insane idea?

[3:10:53] The people yes you are as

[3:10:54] always claim you have the best

[3:10:57] people and then you hire people

[3:10:58] like for the Move project who

[3:10:59] were supposed to be the best at

[3:11:02] what they do and they installed

[3:11:02] an illegal traffic pattern.

[3:11:06] The people you use for surveys

[3:11:06] never look them.

[3:11:09] No.

[3:11:09] Here's the other big problem

[3:11:10] with this at least in

[3:11:13] particular the three of the

[3:11:14] five of you sitting up there

[3:11:17] you had the entire city

[3:11:21] including the fiscal department

[3:11:21] and the city manager tell you

[3:11:24] do not approve the jubilee

[3:11:25] Village project.

[3:11:26] It will put us into fiscal

[3:11:29] freefall and the three of you

[3:11:29] still dead.

[3:11:32] So you already got different

[3:11:32] committees and different

[3:11:36] commissions making suggestions.

[3:11:36] You've got city employees who

[3:11:40] that is their job and you don't

[3:11:43] listen to that.

[3:11:44] So this $250,000 will be

[3:11:47] flushed down the toilet because

[3:11:48] the three of you will still do

[3:11:51] exactly what you want to do.

[3:11:54] I am tired of this B.S. Fake

[3:11:58] caring of what people say

[3:11:59] because you don't care what

[3:11:59] people say.

[3:12:00] You only care about what you

[3:12:02] think.

[3:12:03] That is how we're going into

[3:12:03] financial freefall Because you

[3:12:06] decided to give 20 million

[3:12:07] taxpayer dollars to an outside

[3:12:10] developer because you didn't

[3:12:11] listen to the people.

[3:12:15] You have hired to do the

[3:12:17] consulting.

[3:12:21] >> So no, no, no, no, no, no.

[3:12:22] >> Thank you.

[3:12:22] Your time has expired.

[3:12:25] Thank you.

[3:12:25] Okay.

[3:12:29] Our next speaker is Janine was

[3:12:30] asking who hasn't time seated

[3:12:33] by Jack Starling.

[3:12:36] Do you need unlock to you can

[3:12:37] unmute yourself.

[3:12:37] Yeah Thank you.

[3:12:38] I'm using a different

[3:12:38] microphone.

[3:12:40] Can you hear me?

[3:12:40] Yes you can.

[3:12:41] Okay.

[3:12:44] I canceled to say no to this

[3:12:45] item.

[3:12:49] I listened carefully and this

[3:12:49] Civic Assembly proposal is

[3:12:49] vague.

[3:12:52] It's costly and it gives every

[3:12:53] appearance of cronyism rather

[3:12:56] than transparency.

[3:12:57] The entire $250,000 that was

[3:13:01] set aside for community budget

[3:13:01] outreach is now potentially

[3:13:02] being handed to a single

[3:13:05] consultant for this one project

[3:13:06] with no indication that any of

[3:13:08] it will be reserved for other

[3:13:09] outreach efforts or public

[3:13:09] forums.

[3:13:13] That is not a responsible use

[3:13:13] of the public funds.

[3:13:14] So why are we doing this?

[3:13:16] To what end?

[3:13:17] It would seem to have asked

[3:13:19] whether residents even want

[3:13:20] this except for a shadowy cobra

[3:13:23] group that shows up every time

[3:13:24] and asks for more for what they

[3:13:27] want instead of the general

[3:13:27] public.

[3:13:28] Civic assemblies are not

[3:13:30] typically used for budgeting.

[3:13:31] They are used a usually

[3:13:35] creative or single well-defined

[3:13:35] policy issue like abortion in

[3:13:38] the Catholic Church and purpose

[3:13:39] which is what the consultant

[3:13:42] said not to advise on how a

[3:13:42] city manages its entire budget

[3:13:43] process.

[3:13:46] This looks less to me like a

[3:13:46] community need and more like a

[3:13:50] nice project like feel good

[3:13:53] project for a consultant and a

[3:13:54] feel good project to train

[3:13:54] residents.

[3:13:57] And let's be honest about how

[3:13:58] this will play out.

[3:13:58] The city will send emails that

[3:14:01] the Civic Assembly most people

[3:14:02] will ignore them in the same

[3:14:05] small circle They engage

[3:14:05] Residents will volunteer again.

[3:14:06] That is not broad community

[3:14:08] input.

[3:14:09] Even worse skipping an open rfp

[3:14:13] correct.

[3:14:13] We are choosing healthy

[3:14:14] democracy and promoting

[3:14:17] consulting with public policy.

[3:14:18] A council member, MR. Fish was

[3:14:21] endorsed by the consultant

[3:14:21] makes us look like insider

[3:14:24] dealing and that civic

[3:14:25] engagement if the goal is to

[3:14:28] build trust this is the wrong

[3:14:28] way to start.

[3:14:32] And frankly I do have a hard

[3:14:34] time taking seriously a council

[3:14:35] that spent $20 million on a

[3:14:36] single housing project Now

[3:14:39] suddenly claiming concern about

[3:14:39] budget transparency and

[3:14:42] community input.

[3:14:42] Residents deserve real

[3:14:45] accountability, real

[3:14:46] transparency and real value for

[3:14:49] their tax dollars.

[3:14:51] Please vote no say no to anyone

[3:14:53] and never that promise to visit

[3:14:54] lobbying and dealings and make

[3:14:57] everything transparent.

[3:15:00] This is what lobbying and not

[3:15:01] non transparency looks like.

[3:15:05] Thank you.

[3:15:07] Our next speaker is Shane

[3:15:11] Hansen.

[3:15:15] Shamed I've unlocked you.

[3:15:15] You can unmute yourself.

[3:15:19] Hello my name is Shane Hansen.

[3:15:20] I'm speaking in my personal

[3:15:23] capacity and not as a member of

[3:15:23] the Advisory Committee on

[3:15:23] Housing and Homelessness.

[3:15:27] I would like to speak today in

[3:15:30] support of Measure a-1.

[3:15:31] I think it's really great that

[3:15:31] the city is looking to create a

[3:15:35] more interactive budget process

[3:15:35] for us.

[3:15:37] I know we have a very big, you

[3:15:38] know, budget challenge ahead of

[3:15:39] us but I think, you know,

[3:15:42] figuring out ways that we can

[3:15:42] get more community input is

[3:15:43] really important as we move

[3:15:45] forward.

[3:15:46] First I'm really excited by the

[3:15:46] q&a process with department

[3:15:49] heads for both the proposed

[3:15:50] budget and the mid-year budget

[3:15:52] reports.

[3:15:53] I know I'm a nerd who likes,

[3:15:54] you know, delving into policy

[3:15:57] and questions of budget but I

[3:15:57] don't think I'm alone.

[3:16:00] I think other people might like

[3:16:01] being able to do q&a with the

[3:16:03] department heads as well.

[3:16:04] Additionally, I think, you

[3:16:08] know, engaging with the Civic

[3:16:08] Assembly is a really innovative

[3:16:11] and interesting idea and I

[3:16:12] think it could really, you

[3:16:15] know, give us new ideas as

[3:16:16] we're trying to figure out how

[3:16:18] to handle our budget challenges

[3:16:19] .

[3:16:19] I think the I also want to

[3:16:20] thank Michelle Dennis for her

[3:16:22] amazing presentation today And

[3:16:26] I think it also made it very

[3:16:27] clear that healthy democracy is

[3:16:30] likely the most the best

[3:16:33] organization to receive the

[3:16:34] funding for this given their

[3:16:37] deep amount of experience doing

[3:16:37] these assemblies.

[3:16:44] Thank you

[3:16:47] .

[3:16:48] Okay.

[3:16:51] Our next speaker is I'm just

[3:16:51] going to read the remaining

[3:16:52] speakers Dieser Lindgren

[3:16:55] followed by Christopher Michael

[3:16:56] Phoebe Garfinkel, Cara Push Max

[3:17:00] Clark and Alex Levy.

[3:17:01] So our next speaker is Dieser

[3:17:03] Lindgren.

[3:17:04] Good evening, Mayor o'Brien.

[3:17:08] Vice Mayor, please and members

[3:17:08] of the City Council.

[3:17:09] My name is Lisa Lindgren.

[3:17:11] I want to first thank Michelle

[3:17:12] Dennis for a really interesting

[3:17:15] and helpful presentation.

[3:17:16] I did read all the information

[3:17:19] that was in the staff report

[3:17:22] and in the agenda and you know,

[3:17:23] I have been following this

[3:17:23] issue.

[3:17:26] I just really support this

[3:17:27] very, very strongly.

[3:17:28] We're in a time when our

[3:17:30] democracy and democracies

[3:17:31] around the world are being

[3:17:35] attacked, you know, in an

[3:17:35] horrible manner.

[3:17:38] We do have massive challenge as

[3:17:41] a as a species being able to

[3:17:42] work with one another And it's

[3:17:46] something which has also been

[3:17:46] in evidence in our community

[3:17:49] This really, really very stark

[3:17:49] polarization.

[3:17:53] So I think this is an excellent

[3:17:53] idea.

[3:17:56] I do think that using the

[3:18:01] budget as the the subject for

[3:18:02] the Civic Assembly makes a lot

[3:18:02] of sense because it's something

[3:18:04] that concerns everyone whether

[3:18:05] or not people have been engaged

[3:18:09] in civically or not to date.

[3:18:10] And I really appreciate the

[3:18:13] opportunity that we have to

[3:18:13] embrace this.

[3:18:14] I think it'll be very, very

[3:18:16] positive for our city.

[3:18:20] Thank you for supporting this.

[3:18:20] Okay.

[3:18:21] Our next speaker is Christopher

[3:18:24] Michael and followed by Phoebe

[3:18:27] Garfinkel.

[3:18:28] Christopher, I've unlocked you.

[3:18:31] You can unmute yourself.

[3:18:32] Hi.

[3:18:35] I just wanted to say I support

[3:18:39] this and I think that the

[3:18:40] budget process should be more

[3:18:43] involved with the public and I

[3:18:46] appreciate the budget meetings

[3:18:47] but there's no way for

[3:18:51] residents or anyone to actually

[3:18:55] provide their input or have the

[3:18:55] council decide on different

[3:18:59] versions or even like talk

[3:19:00] about different versions of the

[3:19:00] budget.

[3:19:03] So having more transparency

[3:19:03] around that and also having the

[3:19:07] meetings maybe available or

[3:19:08] online or recorded so that we

[3:19:12] can review them before the q&a

[3:19:14] sessions would be helpful to.

[3:19:20] Thank you

[3:19:21] .

[3:19:22] Peter Next speaker is Phoebe

[3:19:26] Garfinkel.

[3:19:30] Phoebe I've unlocked you.

[3:19:30] You can unmute yourself.

[3:19:31] Thank you.

[3:19:34] Hi, my name is Phoebe

[3:19:34] Garfinkel.

[3:19:38] I want to speak in support of

[3:19:40] Measure a one.

[3:19:41] I think that the council should

[3:19:42] approve the short term

[3:19:45] recommendations for the budget

[3:19:48] process for 2026 to 2027.

[3:19:51] I think that we're looking at a

[3:19:51] really valuable opportunity for

[3:19:56] for citizens to get involved in

[3:19:56] the budget process and for us

[3:19:59] to have more transparency.

[3:20:00] The city has seen so many

[3:20:03] budget issues and there never

[3:20:04] seems to be enough funding for

[3:20:07] anything And so for for Culver

[3:20:08] City residents to be able to be

[3:20:11] part of the budget making

[3:20:11] process and seeing where their

[3:20:15] money is going and what the

[3:20:15] city what the city is providing

[3:20:19] in the budget could be a really

[3:20:19] great way to build civic

[3:20:22] engagement and also just to

[3:20:23] have more transparency in our

[3:20:23] local government.

[3:20:27] So I really hope that I hope

[3:20:30] that you guys approve a1I hope

[3:20:31] that you approve engaging a

[3:20:35] consultant to conduct the Civic

[3:20:35] Assembly.

[3:20:38] I think it's a really valuable

[3:20:39] opportunity for our city that

[3:20:39] could bring in some really

[3:20:40] awesome change.

[3:20:44] So thank you.

[3:20:45] Great.

[3:20:49] Our next speaker is Kira Push

[3:20:52] who's also online.

[3:20:52] Kira I've unmute unlocked.

[3:20:56] You can unmute yourself.

[3:20:56] Go ahead.

[3:20:56] Thanks.

[3:20:57] Hi.

[3:21:00] I just want to speak in favor

[3:21:00] of the proposed citizens

[3:21:00] assembly.

[3:21:03] I think it's an awesome idea.

[3:21:04] Many studies show that citizens

[3:21:07] assembly strengthen the

[3:21:07] democratic process and outcomes

[3:21:08] through broader and more

[3:21:11] comprehensive citizen

[3:21:11] engagement not only with the

[3:21:12] city but also and really

[3:21:14] importantly with each other.

[3:21:15] I think there's a huge value

[3:21:16] added here that can improve

[3:21:19] citizens understanding of and

[3:21:19] trust in the local government.

[3:21:20] Likewise, this assembly seemed

[3:21:22] like a really useful tool that

[3:21:26] Culver City would be wise to

[3:21:27] make use of especially in light

[3:21:27] of their current financial

[3:21:29] circumstances.

[3:21:30] They involve people more

[3:21:31] directly in local decision

[3:21:34] making potentially leading to

[3:21:34] more representative informed

[3:21:35] and widely accepted policy

[3:21:37] decisions.

[3:21:38] So all that said, I really urge

[3:21:39] you to follow the

[3:21:42] recommendations of public

[3:21:43] democracy of Los Angeles and

[3:21:46] pursue a social contract with a

[3:21:47] healthy democracy especially

[3:21:49] since there are only two

[3:21:50] consultants that do the Civic

[3:21:53] Assembly work and healthy

[3:21:53] democracy is far and away the

[3:21:54] more experienced one.

[3:21:57] This will also allow us to

[3:22:00] conduct the Assembly so

[3:22:01] participants can engage in this

[3:22:04] upcoming budget year and this

[3:22:05] upcoming budget process before

[3:22:08] giving their recommendations on

[3:22:09] how we can improve next year so

[3:22:12] strongly in favor of this.

[3:22:15] Thank you.

[3:22:18] Peter, last two speakers are

[3:22:25] Max Clark followed by Alex Levy

[3:22:29] .

[3:22:30] Good evening Council My name is

[3:22:33] Max Clark.

[3:22:34] I'm a volunteer with Padilla

[3:22:37] and I'm from Long Beach.

[3:22:38] My sincere hope is that this

[3:22:42] opportunity is not missed.

[3:22:46] I find this concept to be so

[3:22:46] hopeful.

[3:22:50] The idea that we can

[3:22:53] collaborate on a single issue

[3:22:54] really is important to me

[3:22:54] personally.

[3:22:58] I have a lot of division

[3:22:58] politically speaking within my

[3:23:01] family and so the idea is some

[3:23:02] of the people have expressed

[3:23:03] that in this time of a lot of

[3:23:06] divisiveness in our whole

[3:23:06] society.

[3:23:09] I think that Culver has a real

[3:23:10] chance to try something that

[3:23:14] could really change our

[3:23:17] community.

[3:23:21] And then I just want to point

[3:23:24] out that I have 40s left and

[3:23:25] this form of input you know I

[3:23:27] come from like a really like

[3:23:28] yimby pro housing guy which

[3:23:29] some people like some people

[3:23:31] don't.

[3:23:35] And this format of input is

[3:23:36] very frustrating because it

[3:23:39] feels antagonistic.

[3:23:43] As much as we're all like

[3:23:44] wanting to be happy and healthy

[3:23:47] together it doesn't always feel

[3:23:47] that way.

[3:23:50] And I would encourage you to

[3:23:53] think about why you oppose this

[3:23:57] because I think it offers a lot

[3:23:58] of hope and especially the

[3:24:01] people who don't like this

[3:24:01] council.

[3:24:02] >> Why wouldn't you trust the

[3:24:04] people?

[3:24:05] >> Thank you for your time has

[3:24:05] expired.

[3:24:09] Thank you.

[3:24:12] Our last speaker is Alex Lee.

[3:24:12] Hi.

[3:24:16] And thanks Michelle for the

[3:24:16] presentation.

[3:24:20] I really just wanted to share

[3:24:21] why I think civic assemblies

[3:24:21] are so important.

[3:24:23] I'm for civic assemblies.

[3:24:24] Public engagement is hard.

[3:24:28] I am someone who is politically

[3:24:28] active and I never went to any

[3:24:32] kind of town hall until like

[3:24:32] the summer.

[3:24:33] Right.

[3:24:33] And I'm someone who actually

[3:24:35] cares.

[3:24:36] So put that into perspective.

[3:24:40] It's really nice to say you can

[3:24:40] just have a meeting and open it

[3:24:41] up to the public.

[3:24:43] That would be great if that's

[3:24:43] how that works.

[3:24:44] I make life so easy.

[3:24:45] My background is an

[3:24:48] international development and I

[3:24:48] was working with local

[3:24:51] governments and organizations

[3:24:52] literally around the world

[3:24:52] trying to figure out how do you

[3:24:56] get people to care, how do you

[3:24:57] get them to show up?

[3:25:00] And the thing that like really

[3:25:01] struck me is Civic Assembly.

[3:25:01] So that's how I stumbled into

[3:25:02] this.

[3:25:04] I was like this is a real way

[3:25:04] to get the everyday person in

[3:25:07] the room not just the

[3:25:08] activists, not just the

[3:25:09] peddlers although we're all

[3:25:11] great but like the real people

[3:25:12] who have an opinion and can

[3:25:15] learn and like figure out what

[3:25:15] to do next.

[3:25:18] So I really just encourage you

[3:25:19] to think about this as an

[3:25:20] opportunity to really shift the

[3:25:23] conversation and to not just

[3:25:23] depend on the activists or the

[3:25:27] people of money but like really

[3:25:28] figure out how do you bring in

[3:25:30] the everyday person and like

[3:25:31] stipends are just part of it.

[3:25:31] That's what makes it expensive

[3:25:32] but it's needed.

[3:25:34] That's how you actually get the

[3:25:35] people involved.

[3:25:38] So yeah, that's my pitch.

[3:25:38] Thank you.

[3:25:42] That's the end of our speakers

[3:25:42] .

[3:25:42] Okay.

[3:25:46] Thank you everyone for your

[3:25:46] feedback and input.

[3:25:50] So let's go around and have

[3:25:53] both questions and comments for

[3:25:57] our staff and for the presenter

[3:25:57] Transportation.

[3:26:01] Thank you Mayor And yeah, thank

[3:26:02] you so much Michel for your

[3:26:05] thorough presentation for all

[3:26:05] the work that you've put into

[3:26:09] this and just we welcome you in

[3:26:12] City Hall any time It doesn't

[3:26:13] have to, you know, compete for

[3:26:13] anything at all.

[3:26:14] We just are appreciative of

[3:26:16] your presence and same with

[3:26:16] public democracy Los Angeles

[3:26:19] And I also want to just start

[3:26:20] by acknowledging the work of

[3:26:24] you cfo Soga and your team.

[3:26:24] Elizabeth Shavelson.

[3:26:27] You guys have put in so much

[3:26:28] work preparing this and also

[3:26:31] given a lot of thoughtful

[3:26:31] suggestions and feedback along

[3:26:32] the way.

[3:26:35] And I really appreciate your

[3:26:36] helping the governance

[3:26:36] committee.

[3:26:39] And then to my colleague

[3:26:39] Yasmeen Amani McMoRan for her

[3:26:43] collaboration as well in our

[3:26:43] governance subcommittee and

[3:26:47] also thank you Mayor, for being

[3:26:47] willing to accommodate putting

[3:26:50] this into this agenda since

[3:26:50] it's timely.

[3:26:54] And I'll just ask I just want

[3:26:57] to make sure to level set on

[3:26:58] one specific issue that was

[3:27:01] brought up which was that this

[3:27:06] is that civic assemblies are

[3:27:06] typically not used for

[3:27:07] budgeting And I just want to be

[3:27:10] clear with the public and and

[3:27:10] maybe staff can confirm we're

[3:27:14] not using this or what's

[3:27:15] proposed is not to use the

[3:27:17] Civic Assembly to actually

[3:27:17] impact the budget.

[3:27:21] This is to create more impact,

[3:27:21] put opportunities right.

[3:27:22] I just want to make sure that's

[3:27:25] clear for the public sake.

[3:27:26] Well, that that is actually up

[3:27:29] to this body.

[3:27:29] Right.

[3:27:30] So what the that's one of the

[3:27:33] things we need the council to

[3:27:34] formally determine.

[3:27:37] I think that is what has been

[3:27:38] proposed is that the it's not

[3:27:40] to actually design the budget

[3:27:41] but it's how to get more public

[3:27:45] engagement and input into the

[3:27:45] process.

[3:27:48] So I think that those are the

[3:27:49] steps that we're looking.

[3:27:52] So on the first part of what

[3:27:55] we're talking about tonight is

[3:27:56] that the council consider do

[3:27:59] they want to as a body move

[3:28:00] forward with a civic assembly

[3:28:02] process?

[3:28:05] If that is the case then the

[3:28:06] second sort of piece of that is

[3:28:10] what is the procurement for the

[3:28:10] facilitator?

[3:28:13] Is it that we're going to just

[3:28:13] take a recommendation and go

[3:28:17] with healthy democracies or

[3:28:18] would is there a sort of a

[3:28:21] different procurement where we

[3:28:22] go out and do an rfp and see

[3:28:25] what kind of proposals we get?

[3:28:25] Healthy Democracies is

[3:28:29] absolutely welcome to submit

[3:28:32] And then those proposals could

[3:28:33] be reviewed.

[3:28:33] And then the third question and

[3:28:36] maybe even it has to be decided

[3:28:40] as we move forward What is the

[3:28:40] question?

[3:28:41] And if that question is as

[3:28:44] proposed, you know, we're

[3:28:48] looking to gain input on how to

[3:28:48] improve overall public

[3:28:52] participation and that's a

[3:28:53] question But it really is up to

[3:28:55] up to the council if we're

[3:28:56] going to engage in the process.

[3:28:59] What is it you want to

[3:28:59] determine?

[3:29:00] Thank you Chair for serving.

[3:29:00] Yeah.

[3:29:03] So I mean I'm just sort of

[3:29:07] sharing what I heard from from

[3:29:08] our folks at la which was that

[3:29:10] this is really about increasing

[3:29:11] participation in figuring out

[3:29:14] how folks want to participate

[3:29:15] because I would agree a civic

[3:29:16] assembly MAY not be the right

[3:29:19] choice for actually imparting

[3:29:22] changes to our budget dollars

[3:29:23] and cents and all of that.

[3:29:26] So that's not really what this

[3:29:26] what I heard from the

[3:29:29] presentation here but it's

[3:29:30] certainly a good a good point

[3:29:34] to bring up and I just want to

[3:29:34] also confirm that this doesn't

[3:29:38] change, you know, anything

[3:29:38] about the the city's existing

[3:29:42] process where the city manager

[3:29:42] proposes a budget and you know

[3:29:49] the council has to approve it

[3:29:49] or make changes to it.

[3:29:50] That process is not being

[3:29:53] proposed to be changed In terms

[3:29:56] of the city manager suggesting

[3:29:57] a budget that is my

[3:29:58] understanding The charter

[3:30:01] states that the city manager

[3:30:01] prepares the budget and then

[3:30:04] the council adopts that budget.

[3:30:04] Okay.

[3:30:05] Thank you So and yeah

[3:30:08] colleagues Oh and then finally

[3:30:12] there was a question about your

[3:30:12] role play Michelle So I just

[3:30:15] want to give you an opportunity

[3:30:16] Are you paid by Padilla?

[3:30:20] Are you alive?

[3:30:20] Yes.

[3:30:20] For Padilla?

[3:30:21] No, I am not.

[3:30:27] I consultant I'm a teacher with

[3:30:27] a lot of experience.

[3:30:31] I so I am a volunteer here at

[3:30:35] Padilla and Public MARCH in Los

[3:30:38] Angeles Advocates for the use

[3:30:39] of civic assemblies to improve

[3:30:43] and provide for communities

[3:30:47] participation and different

[3:30:47] different sets of issues.

[3:30:50] And so I volunteer with them.

[3:30:55] I have no contract relationship

[3:30:57] with healthy democracy.

[3:31:02] I, I get nothing out of this

[3:31:02] process.

[3:31:05] There's nothing of value that I

[3:31:05] get except the satisfaction in

[3:31:09] seeing my city move ahead.

[3:31:09] Thank you.

[3:31:13] Thank you for that And yeah

[3:31:13] colleagues I'll just share my

[3:31:17] my thoughts here.

[3:31:20] I want to I want to also thank

[3:31:20] Sarasota.

[3:31:21] Elizabeth's able to send

[3:31:24] Christina Burroughs Jessie Mays

[3:31:24] for coming to the Civic

[3:31:25] Assembly when I was here in

[3:31:26] Culver City when public Mike

[3:31:28] Clay put it on here because it

[3:31:29] was a really enlightening

[3:31:32] experience just to be at a

[3:31:33] table with people face to face

[3:31:36] without knowing the politics of

[3:31:36] the person or their lived

[3:31:39] experience necessarily or

[3:31:40] anything about them and just

[3:31:43] working through a problem in

[3:31:44] front of us it allowed us to

[3:31:45] kind of get right down to

[3:31:47] finding solutions and leave

[3:31:48] some of that typical baggage at

[3:31:51] the door that we often

[3:31:55] experience in in local politics

[3:31:56] and just see each other as

[3:31:56] people and find practical

[3:31:59] solutions together.

[3:31:59] And it was a really really I

[3:32:02] would use the word hope like

[3:32:03] one of our speakers said it was

[3:32:06] a hopeful experience for me And

[3:32:07] so you know we've heard all

[3:32:09] year we have a structural

[3:32:12] deficit in the city was

[3:32:13] identified over two years ago.

[3:32:16] Our expenses are are outpacing

[3:32:19] our revenues And MISS Dennis

[3:32:20] gave a really good recap of

[3:32:21] that And while the forecast

[3:32:23] does look better after the

[3:32:24] passage of Measure c l Michelle

[3:32:25] hit the nail on the head.

[3:32:27] I think when she said there's

[3:32:28] not a whole lot of room to grow

[3:32:31] as our city grows and we do

[3:32:32] have some you know, revenue

[3:32:35] strategies in the works but as

[3:32:35] our population grows I think

[3:32:38] it's going to be more important

[3:32:39] than ever that our residents

[3:32:40] have a seat at the table when

[3:32:43] it comes to the document that

[3:32:44] has such a large impact on our

[3:32:47] everyday lives And I know we

[3:32:50] all come from this diocese from

[3:32:50] different perspectives But one

[3:32:53] experience I do know that we we

[3:32:54] all share colleagues is the

[3:32:54] experience of campaigning, of

[3:32:58] knocking on doors and asking

[3:32:58] our neighbors what their hopes

[3:33:01] are for the city.

[3:33:02] Last year I did just that,

[3:33:05] talked to thousands of people

[3:33:06] who told me they needed their

[3:33:06] trees trimmed.

[3:33:09] They needed a speed bump on

[3:33:09] their street to slow down cars.

[3:33:10] They wanted their potholes

[3:33:12] filled.

[3:33:13] They wanted playgrounds

[3:33:13] renovated and more accessible

[3:33:16] for their kids.

[3:33:16] Parents talk to me about

[3:33:17] needing more child care

[3:33:20] programs Summer camps and park

[3:33:23] space for their kids to enjoy.

[3:33:24] And then came the budget

[3:33:25] process when it was time to

[3:33:27] really put pen to paper And a

[3:33:30] lot of those voices pretty much

[3:33:31] all of them were missing And

[3:33:34] you know, our finance

[3:33:35] department put on two fantastic

[3:33:38] information sessions and they

[3:33:39] allowed community members to

[3:33:41] get information on the proposed

[3:33:42] budget and ask questions about

[3:33:42] it.

[3:33:46] But other than coming to

[3:33:46] council and speaking for a

[3:33:49] couple of minutes, the avenues

[3:33:49] for residents to really

[3:33:50] actively participate in a

[3:33:53] meaningful way and help shape

[3:33:54] that that document were few and

[3:33:57] far between and for the most

[3:33:57] impactful document we produce

[3:34:00] each year the city budget there

[3:34:03] wasn't a real clear opportunity

[3:34:04] for them to have a seat at the

[3:34:05] table.

[3:34:07] So I you know and looking

[3:34:08] forward to the really short

[3:34:11] term suggestions that Michelle

[3:34:12] and that we discussed in the in

[3:34:15] the governance subcommittee

[3:34:16] about having an open house and

[3:34:19] kind of moving up some of those

[3:34:19] information sessions earlier, I

[3:34:23] think those will be fantastic.

[3:34:24] And then the Civic Assembly,

[3:34:26] you know it's a $250,000 price

[3:34:29] tag so that represents a little

[3:34:32] over point 1% of our $180

[3:34:32] million general fund.

[3:34:36] And for that I think it is a

[3:34:37] modest but long term investment

[3:34:37] in our city that's going to

[3:34:40] result hopefully in a budget

[3:34:41] that more closely reflects the

[3:34:42] needs of the community And

[3:34:44] that's what this is all about.

[3:34:48] So by improving the way we

[3:34:48] engage residents in the budget,

[3:34:49] we strengthen trust,

[3:34:52] accountability and ultimately

[3:34:52] the decisions we make about how

[3:34:55] to invest in our community.

[3:34:58] Hopefully those decisions are

[3:34:59] the trust in our communities

[3:34:59] reflected in those decisions

[3:35:03] that we make.

[3:35:03] So the question I think like

[3:35:06] Sevastova mentioned the big

[3:35:07] question here is whether to

[3:35:10] pursue a sole source or rfp.

[3:35:10] I agree with MR. Henderson.

[3:35:11] Like I said when he said that

[3:35:14] our fees are generally

[3:35:17] preferred or I think MR. Jones

[3:35:18] said that in this circumstance

[3:35:21] since this is a professional

[3:35:22] services work we're not

[3:35:22] required to do one.

[3:35:26] But more importantly I think

[3:35:27] healthy democracy historic I

[3:35:30] think public democracy Los

[3:35:30] Angeles really did a lot of

[3:35:31] that hard work for us.

[3:35:31] They provided us with an

[3:35:34] analysis that's attached to a

[3:35:37] staff report of these two of

[3:35:40] these two providers.

[3:35:41] So there's really a lack of

[3:35:43] competition here And healthy

[3:35:44] democracy is by far the most

[3:35:48] experienced and qualified And I

[3:35:51] think more importantly of all

[3:35:52] is if we do an rfp process And

[3:35:55] the reason that I personally

[3:35:58] think we should forgo that is

[3:35:59] we won't be able to the folks

[3:36:03] that we put in the Civic

[3:36:03] Assembly won't be able to

[3:36:04] actually go through the

[3:36:04] existing process.

[3:36:06] So an rfp makes it a longer

[3:36:09] process and we won't be able to

[3:36:10] actually my understanding from

[3:36:13] staff is that we won't have the

[3:36:14] time to actually have those

[3:36:17] participants go through the

[3:36:17] existing process and happy to

[3:36:20] be corrected if that's not the

[3:36:21] case.

[3:36:21] But if by doing sole source we

[3:36:25] can have those people go

[3:36:25] through the existing process

[3:36:26] which is I think critical for

[3:36:29] the success of this is people

[3:36:29] going through the process we

[3:36:32] already have and saying Oh this

[3:36:33] worked this you know this needs

[3:36:34] improvement and actually

[3:36:37] building off what we've the

[3:36:38] work we've already done So yeah

[3:36:40] and I think we have an

[3:36:41] opportunity to invest in

[3:36:41] something for the long term

[3:36:44] health of our city both our

[3:36:44] fiscal health but also our

[3:36:45] civic health.

[3:36:45] How do we talk to one another?

[3:36:48] How do we face each other and

[3:36:49] make hard decisions?

[3:36:51] And I think that is something

[3:36:52] that's really exciting about

[3:36:52] this prospect.

[3:36:55] And I also want to add that

[3:36:55] Councilmember McMahon's

[3:36:56] original proposal of the

[3:36:59] questionnaire I think is

[3:37:02] another really additive

[3:37:02] proposal here that just

[3:37:06] enhances the work that city

[3:37:07] staff is already doing and

[3:37:07] enhances transparency with the

[3:37:10] public.

[3:37:10] That's all I have.

[3:37:11] Thanks, man.

[3:37:11] Okay.

[3:37:11] Thank you.

[3:37:18] Councilmember Horn Thank you.

[3:37:18] Thank you to the cfo.

[3:37:21] So bring your team and of

[3:37:22] course the city manager's team

[3:37:25] as well for all of the support

[3:37:26] and the governance subcommittee

[3:37:29] And that is a brand spanking

[3:37:30] new committee And we've been

[3:37:33] quite busy and you all can see

[3:37:34] I'm very grateful to MISS

[3:37:34] Dennis for being here this

[3:37:37] evening and all of the deep

[3:37:41] work that you've done to

[3:37:41] support us being here in this

[3:37:42] moment.

[3:37:45] I'm really grateful for all the

[3:37:48] comments and and I mean I I'll

[3:37:49] I'll be pretty brief.

[3:37:52] I've been very focused.

[3:37:53] I mean this is my fifth year on

[3:37:53] council.

[3:37:56] I've been very focused on

[3:37:57] lowering barriers for folks to

[3:38:01] participate in our city

[3:38:01] processes.

[3:38:04] And as someone who did not

[3:38:05] always feel welcome like my

[3:38:08] voice or my opinion was and

[3:38:11] welcomed or frequently uplifted

[3:38:12] or centered in city discussions

[3:38:15] and whether that was at the

[3:38:16] school district or here at the

[3:38:19] council level And it was

[3:38:20] incredibly important or it is

[3:38:23] incredibly important to me to

[3:38:23] think about when we're in

[3:38:27] spaces when we're hearing items

[3:38:30] whose voice is not in the room,

[3:38:31] what are we doing to make sure

[3:38:34] that we are making our spaces

[3:38:34] as comfortable as possible for

[3:38:38] folks to be a part of them?

[3:38:39] A part of that is how we speak

[3:38:41] to one another which sometimes

[3:38:42] listening to comments it's very

[3:38:45] interesting how comfortable

[3:38:46] folks feel speaking to your

[3:38:46] neighbors.

[3:38:49] We're all neighbors in this

[3:38:52] 5.2mi city and we all deeply

[3:38:53] love and care for this

[3:38:56] community And I always like to

[3:38:57] root there because whether we

[3:38:57] come around to these things the

[3:39:00] same way or differently we're

[3:39:00] here.

[3:39:01] We're here in this space we're

[3:39:04] engaging because we deeply care

[3:39:04] about the now of our community

[3:39:08] and the future for our children

[3:39:08] and hopefully their children.

[3:39:12] So I am very interested and

[3:39:13] moving forward with the Civic

[3:39:16] Assembly work I do you know and

[3:39:20] again not to be repetitive I

[3:39:20] know that the protocols to

[3:39:24] typically move forward with the

[3:39:25] rfp but as cited and I think

[3:39:31] the second attachment to the

[3:39:32] staff report and it's clear

[3:39:35] that you know the information

[3:39:38] and healthy democracy is very

[3:39:39] well prepared to do this type

[3:39:43] of work And again and this is

[3:39:44] going to be looking and

[3:39:44] hopefully we can fine tune this

[3:39:47] from the Dyess but this is

[3:39:48] looking at how we can ensure to

[3:39:51] get more participation at

[3:39:51] Again, so much kudos to our cfo

[3:39:55] Soga who two years ago did the

[3:39:58] first workshop for the city

[3:39:59] last year did two workshops for

[3:40:00] the city and but we're not

[3:40:02] seeing the level of engagement

[3:40:06] and input that we could see So

[3:40:06] there's always room for

[3:40:06] improvement.

[3:40:07] That's never a knock on where

[3:40:07] we are.

[3:40:10] It's just an acknowledgment

[3:40:13] that we can always do more and

[3:40:13] hear from more voices and

[3:40:14] ensure that our processes are

[3:40:17] really doing and our services

[3:40:17] are doing the things that we

[3:40:21] hope that they do.

[3:40:24] So to ensure that the folks who

[3:40:25] are participating have the

[3:40:26] opportunity to see the status

[3:40:28] quo and that they will

[3:40:29] hopefully also be able to give

[3:40:32] us recommendations to move

[3:40:33] forward going through the full

[3:40:33] process.

[3:40:37] So I support the waiver of lp

[3:40:40] for their professional services

[3:40:40] work for the Civic Assembly

[3:40:41] process with the question

[3:40:44] specifically being how can we

[3:40:45] increase public participation

[3:40:48] in the budget process?

[3:40:51] So I would support the 250,000

[3:40:55] allocation there and and I

[3:40:55] would really like you know, I

[3:40:56] hope our colleagues will agree

[3:41:02] to and the Finance Committee

[3:41:02] questionnaire is ten questions

[3:41:06] And again since I've been on

[3:41:06] the council I don't know if

[3:41:09] I've uniformly seen the same

[3:41:10] presentation from each

[3:41:13] department and we do get the

[3:41:14] spreadsheets And if you dig

[3:41:17] into that huge book that our

[3:41:20] amazing cfo team produces

[3:41:21] annually and really dig in, you

[3:41:25] can kind of see okay this is

[3:41:28] where this department is

[3:41:28] staffing wise, okay?

[3:41:29] This is what their goals are

[3:41:32] for this year.

[3:41:32] But it's it's not like in a

[3:41:36] clear you know, very simple,

[3:41:36] very transparent And again we

[3:41:37] will still have all of those is

[3:41:40] not replacing any any of the

[3:41:41] book but it hopefully it will

[3:41:44] allow folks to kind of have a

[3:41:45] you know a bird's eye view of

[3:41:47] like these are the goals.

[3:41:48] This is what the department

[3:41:48] looks like.

[3:41:50] So it's a really simple ten

[3:41:51] question questionnaire that I

[3:41:51] think can only add to

[3:41:55] transparency as we continue to

[3:41:55] move our budget processes

[3:41:55] forward.

[3:41:58] So I'm excited about the

[3:41:59] potential of change.

[3:42:02] I'm excited about the

[3:42:02] opportunity for additional

[3:42:06] transparency and accountability

[3:42:07] as we always seek to better our

[3:42:10] city services and support our

[3:42:11] neighbors and community better

[3:42:14] So I'm excited.

[3:42:15] This is like a you know, really

[3:42:18] full circle moment.

[3:42:18] So again, grateful to my

[3:42:21] colleague for your leadership

[3:42:21] and collaboration that has

[3:42:25] brought us to this moment and

[3:42:25] looking forward to hearing from

[3:42:26] the rest of my colleagues this

[3:42:26] evening.

[3:42:29] Thank you.

[3:42:33] Council Member Thank you Mayor

[3:42:33] .

[3:42:34] Stand and thank you so much for

[3:42:34] your your hard work and your

[3:42:39] presentation this evening.

[3:42:39] Lisa thank you so much for

[3:42:40] everything you know and and

[3:42:43] moving forward I want to one

[3:42:47] commend you for you you came on

[3:42:48] board and a lot of the things

[3:42:50] that are in place now were not

[3:42:51] when you came on board.

[3:42:54] So and a lot of it is about the

[3:42:54] participation in the budget and

[3:42:55] how you sort of you know with

[3:42:58] Councilmember McMahon's

[3:42:58] suggestion about graphing

[3:42:59] things and whatnot making it a

[3:43:02] lot easier for residents to

[3:43:05] really grasp what was going on

[3:43:05] but then really your attention

[3:43:08] in your detail and really

[3:43:09] creating and crafting more

[3:43:12] community participation.

[3:43:13] So thank thank you for for

[3:43:13] that.

[3:43:16] In terms of moving forward

[3:43:17] without an rfp, I'm especially

[3:43:20] for this amount of money I know

[3:43:21] it's up to council's discretion

[3:43:24] but is that sort of customary i

[3:43:25] can understand for maybe a

[3:43:28] smaller dollar amount but for

[3:43:35] this type of expenditure Well

[3:43:39] normally I think both Elizabeth

[3:43:43] and I have tried to in our our

[3:43:44] time here to kind of hold

[3:43:47] departments to higher standards

[3:43:51] and get them to do rfp is

[3:43:52] really go out on the

[3:43:55] marketplace especially when

[3:43:56] we're talking about large

[3:43:59] dollar amounts.

[3:44:00] I mean that it really is a best

[3:44:03] practice because whether or not

[3:44:06] there is we we don't know

[3:44:07] everybody who's out there.

[3:44:07] Right?

[3:44:08] There MAY be other people who

[3:44:11] are interested and that is our

[3:44:14] best job at being stewards of

[3:44:18] the public funds We we go out

[3:44:19] and see in a competitive

[3:44:23] process what is available.

[3:44:23] Right.

[3:44:24] And and I appreciate that we do

[3:44:27] that sort of across the board

[3:44:27] with every department And I

[3:44:28] like that you brought that up

[3:44:30] and I think it really is

[3:44:33] important moving forward.

[3:44:34] You know, there's a lot of

[3:44:35] comments and questions made

[3:44:40] that I don't know that I agree

[3:44:40] with 100%.

[3:44:43] I'm you know, spending $250,000

[3:44:47] to pay a group of people to

[3:44:51] come up with ideas to bring to

[3:44:52] city council that we submit to

[3:44:55] the city manager that is his

[3:44:55] duty under the or their duty

[3:44:59] whomever it might be under the

[3:45:03] charter to craft a document, a

[3:45:07] budget, put forward.

[3:45:07] You know they're talking about

[3:45:11] a q&a with department heads.

[3:45:12] We can do a q&a with department

[3:45:17] heads and save us $250,000.

[3:45:18] I mean, you know and a lot of

[3:45:20] the talks are talking about

[3:45:21] structural deficit and how

[3:45:22] moving forward, you know, we

[3:45:25] really need to be mindful of

[3:45:25] that.

[3:45:29] But yeah, we have no problem

[3:45:29] investing a quarter million

[3:45:30] dollars plus whatever time

[3:45:33] staff is going to have to spend

[3:45:37] on this in my opinion you're

[3:45:41] you're asked to task or do

[3:45:44] probably the heaviest heaviest

[3:45:45] lifting of your job is creating

[3:45:48] the budget But yet in doing

[3:45:52] that now we have another sort

[3:45:53] of football we're going to hand

[3:45:55] you and say we'll run with this

[3:45:55] one to and how much money

[3:45:59] that's going to cost, how much

[3:46:00] are we going to pay them?

[3:46:00] How much more money is this

[3:46:06] going to cost if if this moves

[3:46:06] forward?

[3:46:07] A lot of it really it concerns

[3:46:10] me.

[3:46:10] It really it really does.

[3:46:14] If somebody one of the speakers

[3:46:15] is talking about there's no way

[3:46:17] for input I think there's

[3:46:18] plenty of ways for input And I

[3:46:22] know during budget session we

[3:46:23] each each one of us get

[3:46:26] multiple emails from residents

[3:46:26] who hey, this is what's

[3:46:27] important to me.

[3:46:30] This is what I want to see.

[3:46:30] This is what I don't want to

[3:46:30] see.

[3:46:33] This is moving forward, you

[3:46:33] know and you know I did

[3:46:37] campaigning as well this this

[3:46:40] last season and knocked on a

[3:46:41] whole lot of doors as well.

[3:46:44] And I don't know that any of

[3:46:44] the conversations I had with

[3:46:48] individuals was hey, how come

[3:46:48] we can't participate in the

[3:46:52] budget and to be quite frank I

[3:46:55] think if if this item were to

[3:46:59] come forward if I said Hey,

[3:47:00] let's do this and this is who I

[3:47:03] want to do it do it with a lot

[3:47:04] of community members I'm that

[3:47:06] would still be talking about

[3:47:11] what the heck is going on And I

[3:47:11] think that should just be, you

[3:47:12] know held across across the

[3:47:14] board.

[3:47:14] But more importantly what

[3:47:19] worries me is that okay great

[3:47:22] we want our trees trimmed in

[3:47:25] our street lights on and I

[3:47:26] think we all can agree that we

[3:47:29] want that.

[3:47:29] But when you're working with a

[3:47:33] finite finite amount of money

[3:47:37] and your need to ensure I think

[3:47:37] first and foremost public

[3:47:38] safety and how we're going to

[3:47:40] keep our communities safe and

[3:47:41] we don't have the safe

[3:47:44] community our businesses don't

[3:47:44] want to stay here.

[3:47:45] Our residents don't want to

[3:47:48] stay here.

[3:47:48] A school district will decline

[3:47:51] And I worry this is just

[3:47:52] another mechanism behind the

[3:47:55] funding that ultimately you

[3:47:56] know, my colleagues have no

[3:47:56] problem saying the biggest

[3:47:59] budget is our police budget and

[3:48:00] how we're going to trim trim

[3:48:01] the fat on that And I think

[3:48:05] we're ready and sort of trimmed

[3:48:09] it as much as we can moving

[3:48:09] forward especially as we should

[3:48:13] be ramping up for everything

[3:48:13] that's coming forward whether

[3:48:17] it's the soccer or the football

[3:48:24] or the Olympics And to start

[3:48:24] spending more money and

[3:48:25] figuring out how we're going to

[3:48:28] trim the budget And I said this

[3:48:32] It worries me that it's

[3:48:33] recommendations are going to

[3:48:36] come for defunding.

[3:48:37] Plain and simple without, you

[3:48:40] know, putting any sugar on top

[3:48:40] of it.

[3:48:44] I think there's better use for

[3:48:44] the funds.

[3:48:47] i think ultimately we as a

[3:48:51] council are the ears of our

[3:48:51] community.

[3:48:52] Those who reach out to us can

[3:48:55] obviously have their voices

[3:48:56] heard through us or hear or in

[3:48:59] the meetings that you're

[3:48:59] holding.

[3:49:03] So if this does move forward I

[3:49:04] urge Council to do it the right

[3:49:05] way to do it How we sort of

[3:49:07] hold every other item that

[3:49:11] comes forward is creating an

[3:49:12] rfp to do it the right and fair

[3:49:15] way.

[3:49:19] But overall I can't support

[3:49:19] this.

[3:49:22] I think we as the council are

[3:49:27] responsible for directing staff

[3:49:27] and our department heads on

[3:49:30] what is important and what is

[3:49:31] not and then trusting that city

[3:49:34] manager to come up with a

[3:49:35] document that makes sense

[3:49:38] across the board.

[3:49:39] Mayor, thank you so much.

[3:49:41] Thank you guys for your present

[3:49:41] .

[3:49:42] Yeah, thank you.

[3:49:42] Thank you for the presentation

[3:49:45] and thank you to MISS Dennis

[3:49:46] and Padilla and for the public

[3:49:49] comments I'm really interested

[3:49:53] in this concept overall I do

[3:49:53] have a few questions.

[3:49:57] Do we now I'm sorry if you said

[3:49:58] this but do we know how much

[3:49:58] approximate how much staff time

[3:50:01] this would involve?

[3:50:02] I have no idea And it is not

[3:50:06] can't completed within It is a

[3:50:09] concern of mine.

[3:50:12] I have not spoken with healthy

[3:50:15] democracies as of yet because I

[3:50:16] don't have council direction so

[3:50:20] it's unclear to me how much

[3:50:20] time this will need.

[3:50:23] I am concerned that with all

[3:50:24] the other work on our and I

[3:50:27] have a very busy staff where

[3:50:27] you know especially right now

[3:50:28] we're up to our eyeballs in

[3:50:31] audit You all see the budget

[3:50:32] but the other big thing we do

[3:50:34] is the audit Every year And so

[3:50:38] we've been working very hard on

[3:50:39] closing the books for last year

[3:50:42] So I don't really know how much

[3:50:43] time I did notice that on the

[3:50:46] attack on the budget for

[3:50:47] healthy democracies it does say

[3:50:50] that there's going you know,

[3:50:53] the city's responsible over and

[3:50:53] above the 250,000 to provide

[3:50:57] the venue to provide tech and a

[3:51:00] v support and to provide

[3:51:00] additional public outreach.

[3:51:01] I don't really know what that

[3:51:05] looks like so I can't put a

[3:51:08] dollar figure on it.

[3:51:11] So I'd I'd have to determine

[3:51:12] what that was.

[3:51:15] I think if either if the

[3:51:19] council decided to go that

[3:51:23] route and award an agreement or

[3:51:24] to have us go without a

[3:51:27] procurement process and just

[3:51:27] directly to healthy

[3:51:28] democracies, I think we would

[3:51:31] need to come back because this

[3:51:31] would obviously have to be

[3:51:31] redefined.

[3:51:34] We'd have to have conversations

[3:51:35] with them before we brought

[3:51:39] back an item with a contract

[3:51:41] amount for approval.

[3:51:41] Okay.

[3:51:45] Thank you.

[3:51:47] What happens and did you want

[3:51:51] to respond to that?

[3:51:55] There is some staff time.

[3:51:55] I would extraordinarily

[3:51:59] strongly recommend that that

[3:51:59] the chief financial officer of

[3:52:02] the city be one of the experts

[3:52:06] providing a day to explain the

[3:52:13] budget process and and should

[3:52:16] there be questions that we need

[3:52:17] to go over there and answer

[3:52:17] their questions?

[3:52:20] That's the only staff time I

[3:52:23] see involved.

[3:52:24] There MAY be some staff time

[3:52:27] looking at the recommendations

[3:52:32] next summer from the Civic

[3:52:38] Assembly and I'll put and at

[3:52:42] the bottom of the proposed

[3:52:43] budget from p from healthy

[3:52:47] democracy is that assumed that

[3:52:51] the location the venue to do

[3:52:51] this would be provided by the

[3:52:54] city the Civic you know the

[3:52:58] Veterans Affairs location and

[3:52:59] somebody to help with some tech

[3:53:02] support like one person and

[3:53:03] make sure that the microphones

[3:53:05] and projectors and all that

[3:53:09] kind of stuff work And healthy

[3:53:12] democracy has extensive

[3:53:13] experience in managing these

[3:53:16] things on behalf of cities.

[3:53:17] And so the assumption is that

[3:53:21] should you choose to go forward

[3:53:22] the city would refine this

[3:53:24] proposed budget to work out

[3:53:25] these details and of course

[3:53:26] come back to the council with

[3:53:28] that.

[3:53:28] Right.

[3:53:32] Thank you.

[3:53:32] Before you go, there's a

[3:53:33] question about Sorry.

[3:53:36] Yes, sorry.

[3:53:36] What if someone drops out

[3:53:40] during the process?

[3:53:40] How is the replacement handled?

[3:53:41] Well, the idea is that there

[3:53:44] would be 20 excuse me and 20

[3:53:47] people selected at random but

[3:53:51] also some alternate.

[3:53:51] So if there's a illness or you

[3:53:55] know a family concerns so forth

[3:53:55] so that there's always 20

[3:53:59] people that and the panel of 20

[3:53:59] people continues to represent

[3:54:03] the demographic characteristics

[3:54:03] defined by the council.

[3:54:04] Okay Thank you.

[3:54:07] And one last question.

[3:54:10] So last one.

[3:54:14] So the assembly members are

[3:54:15] going to invest all this time.

[3:54:19] How are we going to manage

[3:54:19] expectations?

[3:54:22] So what if they come back?

[3:54:22] They make recommendations.

[3:54:26] Counsel for whatever reason

[3:54:27] doesn't go with them or you

[3:54:30] know, we don't want people to

[3:54:30] be deflated.

[3:54:31] We just invested all this time

[3:54:34] money and energy into them.

[3:54:34] How do we manage all those

[3:54:38] expectations and there's a

[3:54:38] program director from Healthy

[3:54:42] Democracy here tonight, Justin

[3:54:43] Reedy and I ask him to step up

[3:54:45] and answer that question

[3:54:46] specifically to manage

[3:54:52] expectations

[3:54:53] .

[3:54:54] Thanks, Vice Mayor Fraser, can

[3:54:57] you kind of restate your

[3:54:57] questions So know what?

[3:54:57] You're right.

[3:55:00] So we're going to invest of

[3:55:01] this time energy and money in

[3:55:04] this 20 assembly of 25 people

[3:55:08] and at the end they're going to

[3:55:08] make a recommendation.

[3:55:11] X, y, z And let's say council

[3:55:15] goes in a different direction

[3:55:16] or doesn't you know, thank you.

[3:55:19] But you know we're going to go

[3:55:20] this other way.

[3:55:23] How do we manage expectations

[3:55:26] of the Assembly members just to

[3:55:27] like it MAY or MAY not

[3:55:27] Hopefully it would be in

[3:55:30] alignment.

[3:55:31] It would support the way that

[3:55:31] council is going and the way

[3:55:32] the city based on all the

[3:55:34] information that they're going

[3:55:35] to receive.

[3:55:35] Does that help?

[3:55:39] Yeah, I think I can I can speak

[3:55:39] to that.

[3:55:42] So I would say it would be it's

[3:55:46] it's pretty rare for convening

[3:55:49] body a municipality city county

[3:55:50] We've worked with lots of

[3:55:50] different governments over the

[3:55:54] years that on on these kinds of

[3:55:57] projects for the convening body

[3:55:58] to reject outright all of the

[3:55:58] recommendations of a civic

[3:56:01] assembly usually the

[3:56:02] recommendations that are

[3:56:05] produced by these panels of a

[3:56:06] microcosm of the community are

[3:56:08] really solid recommendations

[3:56:09] that come from the heart and

[3:56:10] soul of the community.

[3:56:13] These people take this very

[3:56:14] seriously, spent a lot of time,

[3:56:16] as you say, sort of investing

[3:56:17] in this and investing their

[3:56:17] time and energy in this and

[3:56:20] trying to come up with

[3:56:20] solutions that are ones that

[3:56:24] are very feasible for the city

[3:56:24] to do.

[3:56:25] So it would be pretty rare for

[3:56:28] them for the I think for you

[3:56:28] guys as a as a group to say

[3:56:32] thanks we we kind of don't want

[3:56:32] to go in that direction.

[3:56:33] That said I think that

[3:56:36] recognize that that ultimately

[3:56:36] they're an advisory body to the

[3:56:37] city council that you all are

[3:56:40] the decision makers for the for

[3:56:40] the city And this is really

[3:56:43] about trying to help the the

[3:56:44] city sort of have a better

[3:56:47] understanding of how the

[3:56:47] community wants to be involved

[3:56:51] in this process And as you go

[3:56:52] about making these kind of

[3:56:52] difficult decisions moving

[3:56:55] forward with respect to setting

[3:56:55] the budget and thinking about

[3:56:58] kind of budget priorities, how

[3:56:59] to make sure the people's

[3:56:59] voices is the people's voices

[3:57:02] are heard in the process.

[3:57:03] So I think they would

[3:57:04] understand and respect that at

[3:57:06] that not necessarily all of the

[3:57:07] recommendations would be taken

[3:57:10] into account or passed but I

[3:57:14] would I would expect it would

[3:57:14] at least some of them would be

[3:57:15] but yeah.

[3:57:15] Got it.

[3:57:15] Thank you.

[3:57:18] That's helpful.

[3:57:19] I think that there so it would

[3:57:22] be explained to them that it's

[3:57:22] advisory capacity.

[3:57:23] I think there's some concern

[3:57:26] that you know what the

[3:57:27] recommendations are going to be

[3:57:30] a mandate So I'm glad to know

[3:57:30] that you know that explanation

[3:57:31] will be there and it'll be

[3:57:34] clear for their purposes.

[3:57:37] So thank you.

[3:57:37] Thank you.

[3:57:38] Yeah.

[3:57:42] So I thanks for all those

[3:57:43] answers again and thanks for

[3:57:45] your work over the past couple

[3:57:46] of years of support of many

[3:57:50] efforts to make our budget

[3:57:50] process more transparent and

[3:57:54] accessible.

[3:57:55] The budget Presentations Thank

[3:57:55] you to cfo.

[3:57:57] I'm looking forward to the

[3:57:58] budget survey that will be

[3:58:02] included upcoming and I do

[3:58:03] believe that tonight's item

[3:58:07] builds on that foundation and

[3:58:07] this is just another tool in

[3:58:10] our toolbox to reach more

[3:58:11] voices in our community

[3:58:14] especially those that we don't

[3:58:14] always hear from.

[3:58:17] We often hear as been said

[3:58:21] already but we'll hear from the

[3:58:22] same small group of residents

[3:58:25] often not always and which is

[3:58:26] amazing and their input is so

[3:58:29] valuable but it doesn't always

[3:58:30] reflect the full diversity and

[3:58:33] perspective of everyone in our

[3:58:33] city.

[3:58:37] So it's from what I'm hearing

[3:58:38] this type of civic assembly can

[3:58:41] really balance all that out so

[3:58:41] participants can really learn

[3:58:45] deliberate and come together to

[3:58:45] make more thoughtful

[3:58:49] recommendations As I appreciate

[3:58:49] the transformational benefits

[3:58:53] that you spoke about civic

[3:58:53] communication skills.

[3:58:56] Sabar I think we need more

[3:58:57] civics lessons but that's a

[3:59:00] whole nother issue.

[3:59:01] But this will be a part of

[3:59:01] that.

[3:59:04] We also obviously need more

[3:59:04] inclusivity and trust and

[3:59:08] transparency in government.

[3:59:08] I also agree with I think there

[3:59:09] are several public comments

[3:59:12] that this could bypass some of

[3:59:15] the polarization in our city

[3:59:16] and to get some outside voices

[3:59:20] and they will be compensated

[3:59:23] but it won't be that I think

[3:59:26] one public comment said 12,500

[3:59:27] but it's going to be much less

[3:59:28] So that is dividing that the

[3:59:30] total amount But there's other

[3:59:34] costs and fees but also that I

[3:59:37] appreciate that the model

[3:59:38] presented tonight includes

[3:59:41] support for child care Elder

[3:59:41] care and translation services.

[3:59:43] So I think that that's that

[3:59:46] type of mind as far as the

[3:59:50] police budget or defund ing,

[3:59:50] you know, I personally have

[3:59:51] been, you know, quite

[3:59:54] disciplined, deliberate and

[3:59:54] mindful about the police budget

[3:59:54] this year.

[3:59:58] So I want to say right now that

[4:00:01] this is not a foil for any of

[4:00:05] that And ultimately this is

[4:00:05] about trust, transparency and

[4:00:08] connection.

[4:00:09] And as I mentioned also this

[4:00:10] won't replace our existing

[4:00:12] engagement efforts.

[4:00:13] It will enhance them.

[4:00:16] So I'm fine with this based on

[4:00:19] the proposal and expertise

[4:00:20] especially considering an rfp

[4:00:20] is not required for

[4:00:23] professional services.

[4:00:24] I think this is just a great

[4:00:28] opportunity to continue to

[4:00:28] build democracy in our

[4:00:32] community which will just you

[4:00:33] know, not only be a model for

[4:00:38] Culver City but beyond As far

[4:00:39] as the logistics that's a whole

[4:00:43] nother conversation.

[4:00:46] I believe so But I do also

[4:00:53] support the

[4:00:53] the questionnaire

[4:00:57] for departments used during the

[4:01:01] budget process That's at Mare

[4:01:01] Thank you.

[4:01:01] Okay.

[4:01:04] Thank you.

[4:01:06] Thank you again to MS. Dennis

[4:01:11] and I'll be community members

[4:01:15] who spoke and of course we'll

[4:01:15] see if it's over and your

[4:01:19] entire staff for preparing this

[4:01:22] So I heard the exact same

[4:01:26] presentation with anecdotes and

[4:01:30] and fun sidebars last Friday.

[4:01:33] I'm not sure if my other

[4:01:33] colleagues participated in that

[4:01:37] type of one on one but I got to

[4:01:41] know it pretty well.

[4:01:45] I'm looking at just a lot of

[4:01:51] different ideas here but Fort

[4:01:51] Collins was pointed out and I

[4:01:55] had commented when we had our

[4:01:56] Zoom meeting last Friday that

[4:01:59] my daughter lives in Fort

[4:02:00] Collins and that they had they

[4:02:03] use that as an example of a

[4:02:09] successful civic assembly where

[4:02:13] they had 2020 person assembly.

[4:02:15] The population is actually

[4:02:16] 170,000, not a 100,000.

[4:02:20] I was just doing quick

[4:02:20] calculation.

[4:02:24] That's that's 1/100 of 1% of

[4:02:31] that population And I'm going

[4:02:32] I'm following a path here The

[4:02:35] we have a finance advisory

[4:02:39] committee that has often said

[4:02:39] that they feel that they're

[4:02:40] underutilized.

[4:02:45] It's a five person body and a

[4:02:46] five person body in Culver City

[4:02:51] of 40,000 is 5/100 of 1% of our

[4:02:54] community and I think that it

[4:02:57] would benefit us to utilize

[4:02:58] them more And if there's a

[4:03:01] desire to gain greater input

[4:03:09] from our community we also have

[4:03:09] a count.

[4:03:12] I pulled it up while we were

[4:03:15] going through comments here ten

[4:03:16] committees, commissions and

[4:03:21] boards totaling somewhere over

[4:03:22] 60 volunteers none of whom are

[4:03:25] paid So you know to decide to

[4:03:32] pay one body and not pay all

[4:03:33] these other people who spent a

[4:03:36] lot of time and effort and and

[4:03:40] and feel that their opinions

[4:03:40] are valued.

[4:03:44] I'm wondering the fairness in

[4:03:48] that And then you know, there

[4:03:52] was some early discussion here

[4:03:53] on the Dyess saying that well,

[4:03:56] this isn't about the budget and

[4:03:56] yet everyone's talking about

[4:03:59] the budget here.

[4:04:03] It's in the presentation here

[4:04:06] on one of the pages it says You

[4:04:07] know, it says here to determine

[4:04:10] the topic to be addressed by

[4:04:11] the Civic Assembly.

[4:04:14] Yet we're all talking about the

[4:04:15] budget in the context we've got

[4:04:18] our cfo doing the presentation

[4:04:22] and then in an earlier slide

[4:04:25] and the presentation it you

[4:04:26] know the heading is ten years

[4:04:30] of budget challenges So it's

[4:04:33] about the budget and getting

[4:04:37] input on the budget and it's

[4:04:38] pointed out here I didn't have

[4:04:44] time to verify the $47.9

[4:04:47] million total structural

[4:04:51] deficit claim but structural is

[4:04:51] ongoing, right.

[4:04:55] And part of that number

[4:04:55] definitely is the $20 million

[4:04:59] that we are like if we did not

[4:05:02] do a Jubilee project that 20

[4:05:06] million would go into our we

[4:05:06] replenish our general fund

[4:05:06] reserve.

[4:05:10] So that's a one time

[4:05:11] expenditure that would reduce

[4:05:14] this to $27.9 million And I

[4:05:18] don't think it includes all of

[4:05:18] our fee adjustments that we've

[4:05:22] done across all departments and

[4:05:25] and yet to be determined parks

[4:05:28] fees increases so nor I, I

[4:05:32] don't think so that number I

[4:05:36] mean well we need to be budget

[4:05:39] conscious definitely it's not

[4:05:43] as bad as that works And you

[4:05:46] know related to that $250,000

[4:05:49] is I mean our very next budget

[4:05:50] our very next agenda item is

[4:05:53] talking about allocating funds

[4:05:55] for micro grant for small

[4:05:58] businesses.

[4:06:02] You know the vice mayor who's

[4:06:03] in our subcommittee looking at

[4:06:06] film permits and reducing doing

[4:06:09] it and doing a moratorium on

[4:06:10] that.

[4:06:10] We'll be looking at that and at

[4:06:13] the next agenda.

[4:06:14] So that's a reduction of

[4:06:17] revenues.

[4:06:17] So you know, certainly every

[4:06:21] every penny needs to be

[4:06:24] considered and 250,000 is you

[4:06:28] know, yes we do and consent

[4:06:31] items we sign off on to $50,000

[4:06:31] multiple times every single

[4:06:34] council meeting.

[4:06:38] But those are well reviewed our

[4:06:46] staff and needed And then I, I

[4:06:49] truly do agree and believe the

[4:06:50] voices of the people that are

[4:06:54] in that video the feedback that

[4:06:57] was you know, uplifted and

[4:06:58] within this staff report

[4:07:01] hearing from MR. And MRS.

[4:07:05] PowerPoint that people really

[4:07:05] feel empowered and they they

[4:07:08] they feel heard and they feel

[4:07:08] appreciated.

[4:07:13] But again it's it's 20 people

[4:07:21] and I just the bang for the

[4:07:24] buck when we have we put so

[4:07:32] much effort into outreach what

[4:07:32] did cfo over what did we do

[4:07:36] when we were advertising our

[4:07:37] your budget went to one How do

[4:07:39] we go about doing that last

[4:07:43] year there were a number of it

[4:07:47] was put out on social media and

[4:07:48] I think of delivery in terms of

[4:07:51] getting out of the budget went

[4:07:52] to one advertisement on all of

[4:07:54] our you know budget

[4:07:55] informational offerings.

[4:07:58] Yeah.

[4:07:58] So we pushed those out as much

[4:08:02] as we could.

[4:08:02] We we also offered them and

[4:08:06] asked the cfo we we solicited

[4:08:11] questions we dusted made a

[4:08:15] video that we posted I wish I

[4:08:18] could say we had an outpouring

[4:08:22] of questions We did not.

[4:08:26] So we've been trying and and it

[4:08:26] sounds like there's a direct

[4:08:29] mail piece to what is being

[4:08:33] recommended here which you know

[4:08:37] that it has varying degrees of

[4:08:37] success And I know that you've

[4:08:41] got, you know, best practices

[4:08:42] and what you've experienced in

[4:08:45] other cities and had success

[4:08:48] with And then I actually have a

[4:08:52] question from our city attorney

[4:08:55] on the Brown Act If I mean

[4:08:56] maybe this isn't considered an

[4:08:59] advisory body but it sounds

[4:09:00] like an advisory body.

[4:09:02] It kind of walks like it talks

[4:09:03] like what is there?

[4:09:06] Brown Act considerations here

[4:09:07] and this would be a Brown act

[4:09:10] body okay if it's appointed by

[4:09:13] the city council and like one

[4:09:14] more action which it would be

[4:09:17] so okay so I mean that that has

[4:09:20] a lot of implications and a lot

[4:09:28] more staff time So I can count

[4:09:31] votes so I know what's going to

[4:09:35] happen here today.

[4:09:39] So I just ask that I do think

[4:09:39] we need the rfp.

[4:09:43] I do We and especially I don't

[4:09:47] know if COUNCILMAN Rivera's

[4:09:50] delivery of his point was

[4:09:51] really as clear as he wanted

[4:09:54] but if other people had

[4:09:58] relationships with a

[4:09:59] recommended a recommended

[4:10:06] expenditure from this council

[4:10:07] and it was a single what do we

[4:10:10] call it like a what's the term

[4:10:10] No our fee.

[4:10:13] Yeah you would just be

[4:10:14] foregoing competitive a

[4:10:17] competitive process.

[4:10:18] It's not a sole source in the

[4:10:20] technical sense is it?

[4:10:21] It MAY not officially fall

[4:10:25] under, you know, a conflict but

[4:10:29] it looks bad.

[4:10:30] It just so it looks bad.

[4:10:33] So I recommend that we do go

[4:10:36] through an rfp process.

[4:10:40] You know there MAY be more

[4:10:43] experience in this specific

[4:10:48] niche of of community input

[4:10:48] called the Civic Assembly here

[4:10:52] but it doesn't mean that we

[4:10:52] can't get proposals from others

[4:10:56] that that you know from very

[4:10:59] qualified organizations that

[4:11:02] engage in in the public who can

[4:11:06] you know provide similar better

[4:11:10] maybe less expensive ways of

[4:11:10] doing this.

[4:11:13] So I just asked for the rfp.

[4:11:14] That's all I have.

[4:11:17] Thank you, Mayor.

[4:11:17] Quick question.

[4:11:18] Yeah.

[4:11:21] Have we ever accepted letters

[4:11:25] from the vendors themselves and

[4:11:25] as evidence that they're the

[4:11:31] sole provider

[4:11:32] that usually is

[4:11:36] not about consulting services,

[4:11:40] that is about there are certain

[4:11:45] entity is that are the

[4:11:48] representatives for a product

[4:11:52] right So we are specifying we

[4:11:56] have a certain kind of battery

[4:11:57] backup right that we purchase

[4:12:00] for our traffic signals And

[4:12:01] oftentimes those are national

[4:12:05] manufacture laws but they you

[4:12:06] don't buy direct from them.

[4:12:08] They have a regional

[4:12:09] distributor And so in those

[4:12:12] cases we have had oftentimes

[4:12:13] those people provide us with a

[4:12:16] letter representing certain

[4:12:19] that they are the sole

[4:12:20] distributor for that particular

[4:12:23] piece of equipment.

[4:12:24] Is that Yeah I think that's

[4:12:27] that's the instance It's not

[4:12:28] something that we would do for

[4:12:28] consulting services.

[4:12:28] Okay.

[4:12:31] Thanks so just picking up on a

[4:12:32] comment that was made.

[4:12:35] Yeah.

[4:12:36] And MAY I ask those that's

[4:12:38] where did you have more Sorry

[4:12:39] not right now.

[4:12:39] Okay.

[4:12:42] I just wanted to ask a a couple

[4:12:43] of questions to healthy

[4:12:46] democracy because there is an

[4:12:47] issue of a conflict that was

[4:12:51] brought up as healthy democracy

[4:12:54] endorsed any candidates or on

[4:12:55] this diocese or have any

[4:12:58] relationship formally or

[4:12:59] otherwise with any people on

[4:13:02] this diocese.

[4:13:02] No, thank you for the question.

[4:13:06] We do not have any prior

[4:13:06] relationship that I'm aware of.

[4:13:09] Just to clarify by the way

[4:13:10] about sort of the nature of

[4:13:11] healthy democracy, we're a

[4:13:14] small but nimble nonprofit

[4:13:14] organization that's based in

[4:13:18] the Western us.

[4:13:18] Our staff are based in Oregon

[4:13:19] and Washington.

[4:13:21] I myself am physically based in

[4:13:22] Seattle, Washington.

[4:13:25] The rest of our staff are in

[4:13:26] the state of Oregon but we're a

[4:13:27] nonprofit of 5a1c3.

[4:13:30] We don't engage in any kind of

[4:13:30] political advocacy or anything

[4:13:30] along those lines.

[4:13:33] We don't have any prior

[4:13:33] relationship with with any

[4:13:36] member of council We did We

[4:13:37] appreciate the time that that

[4:13:38] some members of the council

[4:13:41] took to meet with us ahead of

[4:13:44] this as this got closer to

[4:13:44] consideration by the council is

[4:13:48] that answer the question Yes,

[4:13:48] Thank you.

[4:13:52] And then yeah, I also just

[4:13:53] wanted to ask when it comes to

[4:13:58] the rfp versus sole source and

[4:13:59] the only issue that I had with

[4:14:03] the rfp was that if we want

[4:14:07] folks to be educated about the

[4:14:07] the current process so that

[4:14:10] they could actually make

[4:14:11] recommendations that were

[4:14:15] informed by what we currently

[4:14:15] do as opposed to just coming

[4:14:18] and saying well here's a we

[4:14:19] should use you know here are my

[4:14:19] recommendations.

[4:14:20] I haven't seen anything that

[4:14:21] you already do.

[4:14:22] So I guess maybe this is

[4:14:25] actually a question for staff.

[4:14:28] So if over in your view does

[4:14:29] the sole source allow us to and

[4:14:32] this was something that MS..

[4:14:33] Denniss presentation said does

[4:14:36] the sole source allow us to

[4:14:37] have those folks participate

[4:14:39] earlier in the process In your

[4:14:43] opinion?

[4:14:43] Well certainly yes.

[4:14:47] Yes because if counsel opts to

[4:14:51] do to not go through a formal

[4:14:53] procurement and just elect to

[4:14:54] go with healthy democracies we

[4:14:58] could bring something back at

[4:14:58] the next meeting.

[4:15:02] We could negotiate a an actual

[4:15:03] agreement and bring that back

[4:15:06] right away.

[4:15:07] If we were to do an rfp we

[4:15:09] would put something I mean we

[4:15:10] could put something out on the

[4:15:10] street very quickly but there

[4:15:14] would be an amount of time that

[4:15:17] we would have to have that out

[4:15:17] And typically we'd we'd run it

[4:15:18] for a month.

[4:15:21] We might send it to healthy

[4:15:22] democracies and anybody else we

[4:15:25] could We found in that space as

[4:15:28] well as posting it on planet

[4:15:32] bids But that would take you

[4:15:33] know, a little bit of time.

[4:15:34] We'd then have to review the

[4:15:36] proposals and and and you know

[4:15:37] so we're talking about a couple

[4:15:40] of months so not impossible but

[4:15:44] to get them involved in the

[4:15:47] process but maybe they might I

[4:15:48] also don't know how much time

[4:15:51] it would take for any healthy

[4:15:55] democracies or whoever to set

[4:15:58] up the assembly itself.

[4:15:59] So yes, it would probably would

[4:16:02] spill over into the beginning

[4:16:03] of the budget cycle.

[4:16:06] Thank you for that And so

[4:16:07] question Back back to you then.

[4:16:09] If if this were approved this

[4:16:14] year in theory if we were if

[4:16:14] this were we were able to do

[4:16:17] this, would we with assembly be

[4:16:18] able to participate in the

[4:16:18] budget cycle?

[4:16:21] I think we saw in what MS.

[4:16:22] Dennis proposed that it would

[4:16:25] start somewhere in FEBRUARY.

[4:16:26] I mean if if the contract in

[4:16:29] theory were approved would the

[4:16:29] participants be able to to

[4:16:33] actually see how our current

[4:16:33] budget process works?

[4:16:34] Yeah, that's a great question

[4:16:37] And I think so based on the the

[4:16:38] the timeline that that MS..

[4:16:40] Davis presented tonight that

[4:16:41] makes a lot of sense And I

[4:16:44] think so there's a few things

[4:16:45] that sort of happen through the

[4:16:48] process of a civic assembly

[4:16:48] starting and kind of being

[4:16:52] prepared to to take place a big

[4:16:53] one of those is that what MS..

[4:16:55] Dennis referred to as kind of

[4:16:56] the selection by lot of the of

[4:16:59] the participants We sometimes

[4:16:59] refer to it as a civic lottery.

[4:17:00] So this is the process of

[4:17:03] preparing a mailing that goes

[4:17:04] out to a wide number of

[4:17:07] households in the in the

[4:17:08] community And then we solicit

[4:17:10] responses back from the

[4:17:11] community.

[4:17:11] All of that stuff takes a

[4:17:14] little bit of time and so

[4:17:15] trying to get those folks back

[4:17:18] and then use the have the

[4:17:18] lottery selection process

[4:17:22] actually happen doing that in

[4:17:23] time to have people be able to

[4:17:25] participate in that budget

[4:17:26] advisory process during that

[4:17:29] kind of Mid-budget updates.

[4:17:30] And then again at the the the

[4:17:34] budget hearings for for the

[4:17:37] next year's budget, it's much

[4:17:38] more workable I think to do

[4:17:38] that On the timeline that was

[4:17:40] presented tonight And I just

[4:17:41] wanted to add I think that's a

[4:17:42] really innovative way to think

[4:17:45] about sort of like how to get

[4:17:45] members of the public involved

[4:17:48] in this process.

[4:17:49] I love this idea that you guys

[4:17:49] have come up with this.

[4:17:52] To be clear, this wasn't

[4:17:53] something that we and healthy

[4:17:53] democracy came up with.

[4:17:54] This is a really interesting

[4:17:54] idea.

[4:17:56] I think for trying to get

[4:17:57] people who are coming in to a

[4:17:59] civic assembly more informed

[4:18:00] about the topic that they're

[4:18:03] they're are going to be tasked

[4:18:04] with kind of taking on and

[4:18:07] really involved in kind of the

[4:18:08] city process for handling this

[4:18:11] stuff which I think is great

[4:18:14] and sort of improves what is

[4:18:15] usually already a kind of a

[4:18:17] direct pipeline from city staff

[4:18:18] and city council to a civic

[4:18:21] assembly and helps them kind of

[4:18:22] helps you all have sort of an

[4:18:25] influence on the members of the

[4:18:26] public who are coming in to be

[4:18:26] delegates to Civic Assembly to

[4:18:29] help them understand kind of

[4:18:29] the topics that they're that

[4:18:30] they're grappling with.

[4:18:32] Does that make sense?

[4:18:33] So it's like a a really I think

[4:18:36] a great way to to help prime

[4:18:36] the folks who are coming into

[4:18:37] the Civic Assembly to be well

[4:18:40] prepared to tackle this this

[4:18:40] very challenging issue.

[4:18:40] Thanks.

[4:18:46] That's all the questions I had

[4:18:47] MAY 1st local council

[4:18:50] councilmember and this might be

[4:18:51] for MS. Dennis or gentleman

[4:18:54] just spoke in the PowerPoint

[4:18:55] there was and I'm sorry for

[4:18:58] we're not asking you earlier

[4:19:01] but it said you know provide

[4:19:02] informed recommendations on

[4:19:05] complex issues and and the

[4:19:09] process is is that in regards

[4:19:10] to complex issues facing the

[4:19:13] city in terms of the budget or

[4:19:19] well in the MAY I respond in

[4:19:23] the 20 year primary use

[4:19:24] throughout the world of civic

[4:19:24] assemblies there's a raft of

[4:19:28] issues that they've addressed

[4:19:31] and they've they've been used

[4:19:32] to address the issue of a

[4:19:36] budget process.

[4:19:36] They've been used to address

[4:19:40] the issues of actually

[4:19:40] evaluating the privatization

[4:19:43] that the governing body made.

[4:19:47] But what's proposed here is to

[4:19:51] simply ask the panel on behalf

[4:19:52] of their of their fellows in

[4:19:55] the city how would they like to

[4:19:56] participate after they've

[4:19:59] actually participated in what

[4:20:02] the current process is and how

[4:20:05] would they like to participate

[4:20:06] ?

[4:20:06] You see this is an interesting

[4:20:10] issue that's really important I

[4:20:14] think grasp historically cities

[4:20:14] have provided it's public ways

[4:20:18] to participate in a way that

[4:20:24] Jack is kind of step act simply

[4:20:25] asking the community members

[4:20:28] how would you like to

[4:20:29] participate in like a whole

[4:20:32] different ballgame?

[4:20:32] It's not asking them to make

[4:20:35] the budget decisions Of course

[4:20:36] it's asking how they like to

[4:20:39] participate And I think several

[4:20:40] people said this is like an

[4:20:46] opening for a really true

[4:20:47] method for people to have a

[4:20:51] meaningful voice and to have

[4:20:54] the experience of being heard.

[4:20:55] Okay, I appreciate that.

[4:20:58] I guess maybe what I'm asking

[4:20:59] and maybe with the answer and I

[4:21:00] just didn't get it provide

[4:21:02] informed and deliberate

[4:21:02] recommendations on complex

[4:21:06] issues and processes and that

[4:21:10] means complex issues facing the

[4:21:11] city or facing the budget then

[4:21:14] is staff going to provide

[4:21:18] deliberate recommendations or

[4:21:18] what is the complex issues and

[4:21:19] process in terms of just an

[4:21:22] overall budget sort of?

[4:21:24] Well that's what's been done in

[4:21:25] the last two decades which

[4:21:28] proposed here is to ask that

[4:21:32] panel of 20 community members

[4:21:32] after they actually experience

[4:21:35] on the ground how they are

[4:21:39] offered to participate.

[4:21:39] The question how would you like

[4:21:40] to participate?

[4:21:42] That's it.

[4:21:43] Okay.

[4:21:43] All right.

[4:21:43] Thank you so much.

[4:21:47] You know, I find it yeah, I

[4:21:47] understand what you're saying

[4:21:50] but I find it I'm an extremely

[4:21:54] challenging to take a group of

[4:21:55] individuals and try to teach

[4:22:01] them better budget process and

[4:22:02] provide informed and deliberate

[4:22:05] deliberate recommendations on

[4:22:06] complex issues and processes.

[4:22:09] And I would make the assumption

[4:22:09] that the means facing the city

[4:22:13] each city I think is unique in

[4:22:14] its issues and process and MAY

[4:22:17] be the process of the overall

[4:22:17] budget.

[4:22:18] But issues facing the city I

[4:22:21] think should come from staff

[4:22:24] and the council and then back

[4:22:24] on on the rfp.

[4:22:31] I think you know if if healthy

[4:22:31] democracy is the one that comes

[4:22:34] out on the rfp, great least

[4:22:35] we're doing it the right way.

[4:22:39] It's not forego a step that we

[4:22:42] hold to everyone else And my

[4:22:42] understanding is there's other

[4:22:43] providers or we don't know if

[4:22:46] this is the sole provider other

[4:22:46] providers that might provide

[4:22:49] the exact same service maybe a

[4:22:53] little differently or not but

[4:22:53] what's the harm in doing it the

[4:22:57] right way Moving forward?

[4:22:57] I'm sorry to interject again

[4:22:58] but thank you so much.

[4:23:01] That's fine.

[4:23:01] Thank you.

[4:23:05] And I think digging into this

[4:23:06] but I just want to circle back

[4:23:08] and come back to where I so the

[4:23:12] standards are Are you the same

[4:23:16] Michelle Dennis who endorsed

[4:23:17] council Our position is maybe

[4:23:17] it's a different one.

[4:23:21] No same person MAY I just like

[4:23:24] I retired from teaching at ucla

[4:23:27] in the spring of 2024 okay.

[4:23:28] And and there was an election

[4:23:31] to be happening in the city and

[4:23:38] I noticed that the platform of

[4:23:39] council member Fish was

[4:23:42] interesting to me So I called

[4:23:43] him We had a conversation and I

[4:23:46] discovered lots of residents

[4:23:49] and I wanted to support him So

[4:23:50] I made a $50 contribution to

[4:23:53] his campaign and that's it.

[4:23:54] Okay.

[4:23:57] And I think that's totally fair

[4:23:58] And and I think ever every

[4:24:01] citizen, especially residents

[4:24:02] should be able to do that and

[4:24:02] should do it.

[4:24:05] I it's just again really you

[4:24:06] know you're you're the person

[4:24:09] up you're speaking and giving

[4:24:09] the primary recommendation for

[4:24:13] healthy democracy and that's

[4:24:14] that's the part that I just

[4:24:17] perceives even even if all

[4:24:20] everything's good and fine

[4:24:21] perception wise that's why I

[4:24:28] want an rfp So but I'm okay So

[4:24:28] when when someone wants to

[4:24:32] bring a motion forward I think

[4:24:36] the questionnaire is fine To me

[4:24:40] what cfo over outlined in terms

[4:24:44] of the city's does in the

[4:24:44] interim you know in this

[4:24:47] upcoming budget cycle I think

[4:24:51] that that's all fine And just

[4:24:55] in case anyone's asking and I

[4:24:58] hope that in the motion that we

[4:25:02] include an rfp to select the

[4:25:07] consultant that administers

[4:25:08] this mayor and MAY I ask a

[4:25:11] clarifying question just

[4:25:11] because I want to make sure

[4:25:15] that I capture the direction

[4:25:16] and for the quite cfo So before

[4:25:19] we get there I just want to

[4:25:19] clarify MISS Dennis, are you

[4:25:23] are you proposed to be receive

[4:25:23] any money from this process?

[4:25:27] Are you are employee of healthy

[4:25:27] democracy in any way?

[4:25:31] No, I have no financial

[4:25:31] connections whatsoever with

[4:25:35] healthy democracy or public

[4:25:35] democracy.

[4:25:39] Los Angeles okay.

[4:25:39] I just I heard you say

[4:25:40] something like that earlier but

[4:25:43] I just wanted to make sure that

[4:25:43] that was Thank you for asking.

[4:25:44] Thank you, MISS Venice.

[4:25:46] Okay.

[4:25:46] I apologize.

[4:25:47] Cfo So I want to be clear that

[4:25:52] I'm not alluding to that either

[4:25:52] .

[4:25:53] I just want to make sure that

[4:25:56] in what when council crafts the

[4:26:00] motion and maybe it's whether

[4:26:00] it's one or separate I just

[4:26:04] want to have clarity and in in

[4:26:08] all the pieces what I'm hearing

[4:26:09] and I'll take the easier pieces

[4:26:10] first because I think I'm I

[4:26:15] hear that concurrence from all

[4:26:16] that the short term

[4:26:20] recommendations that were

[4:26:23] approved you know to bring

[4:26:24] forward in the governance

[4:26:27] subcommittee that we would do

[4:26:30] for the upcoming fiscal year

[4:26:31] 2627 budget process sounds like

[4:26:34] that the everyone seems fine

[4:26:35] with that to move forward I

[4:26:39] hear that a questionnaire

[4:26:42] everyone's seems open to a

[4:26:42] questionnaire.

[4:26:46] I just want a little clarity

[4:26:46] That was the questionnaire that

[4:26:50] was attached came from the city

[4:26:51] of Nashville obviously slightly

[4:26:56] different city We would I want

[4:26:57] to make sure that the council

[4:26:57] is fine.

[4:27:00] We would anticipate that we

[4:27:01] would have to tailor a little

[4:27:04] bit to our needs.

[4:27:05] Is there anything I mean does

[4:27:08] council want to see that come

[4:27:08] back?

[4:27:09] Are you okay with us tweaking

[4:27:11] it?

[4:27:15] I'd like to know how how that

[4:27:19] how to shape those things up

[4:27:22] And thank you also for the the

[4:27:23] requested clarification.

[4:27:26] I clearly it's not apples to

[4:27:27] apples in terms of how the

[4:27:33] government runs and I'm open to

[4:27:34] you tweaking as as with that

[4:27:38] the processes that we have here

[4:27:41] because you know maybe a little

[4:27:45] differently there are requests

[4:27:45] that are made that we don't see

[4:27:48] you know so you know there's a

[4:27:52] question around that So hope

[4:27:56] hopefully the essence of this

[4:27:59] can be uplifted and if possible

[4:28:00] you know, if it could be

[4:28:01] attacked, if it comes back on

[4:28:03] consent or something, it could

[4:28:04] be attached there.

[4:28:07] But and I defer you know, we

[4:28:08] have the ten questions and the

[4:28:11] overall gist of them So that's

[4:28:11] fair And certainly I would

[4:28:15] imagine if it's something that

[4:28:15] we begin to incorporate it

[4:28:18] could always change a year to

[4:28:19] year as we as we realized we

[4:28:22] should have asked something

[4:28:23] else we forgot or this would

[4:28:26] have been extremely helpful.

[4:28:27] Okay, anything that makes sense

[4:28:30] and that feedback like the

[4:28:30] whole thing is you know

[4:28:34] continuous process So I would

[4:28:34] love to hear if there's

[4:28:37] something maybe if there's

[4:28:38] something that maybe there's an

[4:28:38] open ended something.

[4:28:41] Right, Right.

[4:28:42] So but a lot of that gets

[4:28:42] captured maybe in the

[4:28:42] presentation.

[4:28:45] Yeah, that's kind of whatever

[4:28:46] folks want to break you know

[4:28:49] how folks feel They want to

[4:28:49] highlight their requests.

[4:28:49] Okay.

[4:28:52] So thank you for asking And if

[4:28:55] colleagues have any other one

[4:28:56] one other question for you cfo

[4:28:59] So I heard two of my colleagues

[4:29:03] talk about or expressed the

[4:29:03] desire for an rfp.

[4:29:06] I don't personally feel as

[4:29:07] strongly that rfp is necessary

[4:29:08] just based on the information

[4:29:10] that public democracy presented

[4:29:11] In terms of there's two

[4:29:13] competitors one has done six,

[4:29:16] one has done one.

[4:29:17] You know one has a lot more

[4:29:17] experience.

[4:29:18] But I do appreciate, you know,

[4:29:21] the desire to to want to, you

[4:29:24] know, cross every t and dot

[4:29:25] every guy Is there Is there a

[4:29:28] world where we can do an rfp

[4:29:32] and still get to to to address

[4:29:33] my colleague's concerns and

[4:29:37] still get people participate

[4:29:37] adding like throwing this out

[4:29:40] there We have two more meetings

[4:29:43] left Could we put together an

[4:29:44] rfp and make it is a selection

[4:29:47] I know the DECEMBER meeting we

[4:29:48] try to not put stuff on there

[4:29:49] because it's the mayor vice

[4:29:51] mayor rotation but like is that

[4:29:51] doable?

[4:29:55] I just don't want to lose that

[4:29:55] opportunity for people to

[4:29:56] meaningfully participate

[4:29:59] because I'm not against the rfp

[4:29:59] .

[4:30:00] I'm just that to me feels like

[4:30:03] a critical piece of this is

[4:30:04] people knowing what you do

[4:30:11] already understood You know we

[4:30:15] have done the rfp is on very

[4:30:19] tight turnaround when as an

[4:30:22] example a granting agency

[4:30:25] requires something but you you

[4:30:26] have to meet a deadline We've

[4:30:29] we've gone out on the

[4:30:30] marketplace we've tried to to

[4:30:33] do that so I I think that is

[4:30:37] possible whether you know I

[4:30:40] guess the question would be but

[4:30:41] we because we don't have

[4:30:44] meetings I would imagine we

[4:30:48] could bring something back the

[4:30:48] first meeting in JANUARY.

[4:30:55] So you know, I don't know how

[4:30:56] if we did that and we really

[4:30:59] work to have everything ready

[4:31:00] to go I'm not sure how long the

[4:31:04] process is to select somebody.

[4:31:07] So would they could we get a

[4:31:11] body empaneled by FEBRUARY?

[4:31:12] I mean it It's we'd have to

[4:31:15] work.

[4:31:15] Listen, we work hard all the

[4:31:16] time.

[4:31:18] We would have to work hard and

[4:31:22] to make it happen and I'd have

[4:31:23] to be proactive.

[4:31:26] But we're good at being

[4:31:26] proactive And you know, it

[4:31:27] sounds like you're saying the

[4:31:29] earliest that you think

[4:31:30] reasonably we could get we

[4:31:34] could make a decision on the

[4:31:35] rfp if we released an rfp would

[4:31:37] be JANUARY.

[4:31:38] That would be us making a

[4:31:42] selection from the rfp, a

[4:31:43] selection of a vendor from the

[4:31:43] rfp, correct?

[4:31:45] I think so, yes.

[4:31:46] So I guess the question is now

[4:31:49] to Healthy Democracy and pdl.

[4:31:49] It's really to both of you

[4:31:53] because I feel like it's Michel

[4:31:56] So okay I mean if that I want

[4:31:57] to I want to feel my

[4:32:00] colleague's concerns and see if

[4:32:01] we can find an avenue.

[4:32:05] But yeah, I appreciate the

[4:32:05] question.

[4:32:06] I do think that so if a vendor

[4:32:09] were selected at I'm not sure

[4:32:11] when you're JANUARY, JANUARY

[4:32:12] 8th or something JANUARY 8th is

[4:32:15] essentially the the process of

[4:32:16] of going through a civic

[4:32:19] lottery takes there's there are

[4:32:20] several steps to it that would

[4:32:23] you can kind of compress some

[4:32:26] of those steps but compressing

[4:32:30] those too much you lose a lot

[4:32:31] of the kind of benefits of

[4:32:31] doing things like a civic

[4:32:34] lottery So designing a mailing

[4:32:38] that's going out working with a

[4:32:39] local vendor by the way, I just

[4:32:42] wanted to point out that the

[4:32:42] draft budget that we shared

[4:32:43] which we would obviously

[4:32:45] negotiate you know the kind of

[4:32:46] the details of that working

[4:32:49] with a local vendor to design

[4:32:50] and print a mailer that would

[4:32:53] go out to the community giving

[4:32:54] time for people to respond to

[4:32:57] that So then they could we'd

[4:32:58] have a pool of people to do

[4:33:00] random selection from using the

[4:33:01] stratification strategies in

[4:33:04] consultation with staff and

[4:33:08] council those things I'll take

[4:33:08] I'll take time.

[4:33:09] You want to have invitations

[4:33:11] out there for at least probably

[4:33:12] 3 or 4 weeks.

[4:33:16] That's just the invitation sort

[4:33:16] of being mailed out and kind of

[4:33:19] getting to people and giving

[4:33:20] them a chance to get back to

[4:33:20] you before a lot of the other

[4:33:23] selection process work happens.

[4:33:24] So if the if the idea is you

[4:33:27] want to try and get people

[4:33:28] involved in the budget review

[4:33:31] process in FEBRUARY, that

[4:33:32] timeline I think would not

[4:33:35] would not work.

[4:33:35] Okay.

[4:33:35] Yeah.

[4:33:36] Thank you.

[4:33:39] Yeah, I don't know if that

[4:33:40] answers the question as well

[4:33:42] And I you know the budget

[4:33:46] itself is not crafted until MAY

[4:33:47] The pieces that we typically do

[4:33:51] we start in MARCH so not there

[4:33:54] are new the midyear is

[4:33:55] happening in FEBRUARY and maybe

[4:33:58] this department open house so

[4:33:59] that would be one item but

[4:34:02] everything else is MARCH again

[4:34:02] hearing that it's it would it

[4:34:05] would be a little tight but

[4:34:06] we're not it isn't 1st of

[4:34:06] FEBRUARY so we're like

[4:34:10] beginning of MARCH a lot change

[4:34:17] your answer okay I mean I think

[4:34:21] there are a lot of sort of like

[4:34:21] moving pieces like generally we

[4:34:24] tell we tell people there's

[4:34:25] consultation with staff and

[4:34:25] with council that needs to

[4:34:26] happen during that process of

[4:34:28] kind of the civic lottery and

[4:34:29] planning kind of the details of

[4:34:32] how that works.

[4:34:35] Doing all of that in sort of 4

[4:34:36] to 6 weeks is is not we would

[4:34:39] not typically do that.

[4:34:39] It usually takes at least a

[4:34:40] couple of months for like to

[4:34:42] sort of prepare for the for the

[4:34:43] civic lottery process to to

[4:34:46] happen and then start and then

[4:34:49] and then kind of be done So

[4:34:50] yeah it could be done but it

[4:34:50] would be it would be incredibly

[4:34:51] challenging.

[4:34:53] I think and kind of limit some

[4:34:54] of the process that I think is

[4:34:57] so much well colleagues and

[4:34:58] we've been on this for a while

[4:35:01] so if there's no other

[4:35:01] questions or comments I'm happy

[4:35:05] to put in a motion to have Is

[4:35:09] it possible to do Thank you.

[4:35:11] Sorry get a competitive price

[4:35:16] quote without a full rfp.

[4:35:23] Yes, we can go to other

[4:35:23] entities.

[4:35:26] So as an example the one that

[4:35:27] was pointed out in MS. Dennis's

[4:35:29] presentation we could get a

[4:35:34] quote from them and and and do

[4:35:35] that and bring that back to

[4:35:38] council on NOVEMBER 10th.

[4:35:39] We could also staff could do a

[4:35:42] little more exploration and see

[4:35:43] if we came up with any other

[4:35:46] entities.

[4:35:46] I'd love to include that.

[4:35:50] And then the other thing for

[4:35:51] the motion is that when I've

[4:35:53] agreed to this earlier this

[4:35:56] year and the cap with for me

[4:35:57] was at $250,000 and so no more

[4:36:00] than that.

[4:36:01] So I'd like to include that in

[4:36:03] your motion please.

[4:36:04] So just to clarify so if that

[4:36:07] were the motion that that staff

[4:36:08] would negotiate so that the

[4:36:11] total cost including if we had

[4:36:15] to have a staff or whatever

[4:36:18] would be at 250 right.

[4:36:21] Not that we're handing out to

[4:36:22] 50 to a consultant but that the

[4:36:25] full cost correct got things

[4:36:29] back to me.

[4:36:29] Oh sorry.

[4:36:30] Thanks I swear And I don't know

[4:36:30] if Mayor you had more I just

[4:36:32] wanted to ask for clarity on

[4:36:33] the on what he suggested the

[4:36:36] price getting the competitive

[4:36:36] quote but not the rfp.

[4:36:39] How does that work exactly What

[4:36:40] is the timeline?

[4:36:40] How would that affect the

[4:36:47] timeline We staff could go I

[4:36:47] mean again that would be very

[4:36:51] quick and we could reach out to

[4:36:52] other we could reach out to

[4:36:55] healthy democracy and have a

[4:36:56] conversation about what they

[4:36:56] are providing.

[4:36:59] We could reach out to other

[4:37:00] organizations in this space and

[4:37:04] see what what they're proposing

[4:37:07] Again with a schedule or

[4:37:07] whatever.

[4:37:08] So at least we've gone out and

[4:37:10] seen staff has done an

[4:37:11] exploration of what is out

[4:37:12] there and then we could return

[4:37:18] to the council on NOVEMBER 10th

[4:37:18] with with that.

[4:37:19] So it's not a formal

[4:37:21] procurement in terms of going

[4:37:25] out with an rfp and and giving

[4:37:26] that time and and marketplace

[4:37:27] But we we could go out and and

[4:37:32] look at entities that do this.

[4:37:32] Got it.

[4:37:32] Thank you.

[4:37:35] Thanks, Vice Mayor for the

[4:37:36] suggestion.

[4:37:36] I'm open to that and interested

[4:37:38] in what your thoughts are.

[4:37:43] Mayor and COUNCILMAN Rivera, I,

[4:37:43] I mean the facts are better

[4:37:47] than what we got but I'm happy

[4:37:47] with you guys going forward

[4:37:52] with the motion and moving on.

[4:37:56] Okay.

[4:37:56] Thank you.

[4:38:00] I'm taking the vice mayor's

[4:38:03] suggestions there with the

[4:38:03] $250,000 cap for everything,

[4:38:07] not just what we're contracting

[4:38:11] and then doing a quote doing a

[4:38:14] competitive price quote I know

[4:38:15] our next meeting is pretty

[4:38:15] packed.

[4:38:19] Is that do we have it's going

[4:38:20] to be any issues with that in

[4:38:22] terms of doing that at the next

[4:38:26] meeting that that we foresee?

[4:38:27] Maybe that's a question for

[4:38:27] John or a question for the

[4:38:27] mayor.

[4:38:29] Yeah, we'll put it on.

[4:38:32] Okay.

[4:38:33] So yeah I guess the motion on

[4:38:36] the table then would be the

[4:38:36] would be moving forward with

[4:38:39] the Civic Assembly with the

[4:38:44] with the competitive price

[4:38:45] quote to come back at the next

[4:38:47] meeting and the questionnaire

[4:38:51] as well as the short term

[4:38:52] recommendations as recommended

[4:38:55] by MS. Dennis Is there anything

[4:38:59] that I MISS Anything colleagues

[4:38:59] Okay.

[4:39:02] And confirming that the the

[4:39:06] question that we're asking is

[4:39:07] how to garner increased public

[4:39:11] participation in the budget

[4:39:11] process.

[4:39:11] Right.

[4:39:12] So that when we're soliciting

[4:39:15] the quotes that what we're

[4:39:15] asking them to do that is the

[4:39:18] remit.

[4:39:18] Yeah The question exactly.

[4:39:18] Yeah.

[4:39:19] Okay.

[4:39:26] Well said And we have a quick

[4:39:29] comment from standers So if I

[4:39:35] MAY

[4:39:40] is to provide a quote to

[4:39:44] facilitate the Civic Assembly

[4:39:44] correct Addressing this one

[4:39:46] question and just you know

[4:39:51] there's a public works records

[4:39:52] know this very well we you can

[4:39:55] get the lowest possible price

[4:39:55] and then you have a big

[4:39:57] question about that

[4:40:02] deliverables and so this price

[4:40:02] quote should require

[4:40:05] demonstration of skills and

[4:40:09] experience and so forth doing

[4:40:09] civic assemblies.

[4:40:13] It's a very distinct process.

[4:40:19] So

[4:40:21] thank you for that.

[4:40:21] I mean colleagues, I don't want

[4:40:24] to I don't want to I don't want

[4:40:24] to just drag this out longer

[4:40:25] than it needs to.

[4:40:28] So if if if we have three three

[4:40:28] votes for the sole source

[4:40:31] contract I'm in favor of moving

[4:40:32] forward with that.

[4:40:32] But if if any of my colleagues

[4:40:35] feel like they would prefer to

[4:40:35] support with the price

[4:40:36] competitive price quote I'm

[4:40:38] happy with that as well.

[4:40:42] Okay.

[4:40:42] Okay, great.

[4:40:43] I would love to do the

[4:40:46] competitive price quote.

[4:40:46] Okay.

[4:40:47] Okay.

[4:40:47] And I just wanted to clarify

[4:40:50] with cfo so great the goal

[4:40:53] would be to have those back by

[4:40:53] the ten correct?

[4:40:56] Okay.

[4:40:57] All right.

[4:41:00] Okay.

[4:41:01] And I will clarify It's not

[4:41:01] just competitive pricing.

[4:41:08] It's a to get a quote to can

[4:41:09] entertain you know, create a

[4:41:12] public civic assembly answering

[4:41:13] the question about the public

[4:41:15] participation rate.

[4:41:15] Okay.

[4:41:19] Thank you.

[4:41:23] All right.

[4:41:24] I have a motion by council

[4:41:27] member Fish, a second from

[4:41:30] Council member McMoRan to move

[4:41:31] forward with the short term

[4:41:34] recommendations from the

[4:41:37] government subcommittee and and

[4:41:38] then the tailoring of the

[4:41:42] questionnaire here to the

[4:41:43] city's needs and and then the

[4:41:46] competitive pricing quotes from

[4:41:50] other entities.

[4:41:52] I'm a cap at $250,000 and

[4:41:56] that's to return by NOVEMBER

[4:41:56] 10th for council consideration

[4:41:59] And the quote would be to

[4:42:00] create a civic assembly and

[4:42:09] answer the budgeting question

[4:42:10] Right?

[4:42:14] You MAY begin voting That

[4:42:18] motion passes two nays two nays

[4:42:22] from Mayor o'Brien and

[4:42:34] COUNCILMAN Rivera, Thank you

[4:42:35] .

[4:42:36] Okay.

[4:42:38] We are on to action.

[4:42:45] Item two

[4:43:04] .

[4:43:04] Good evening again.

[4:43:08] Honorable mayor, vice mayor and

[4:43:11] council members for purposes of

[4:43:11] the public.

[4:43:12] My name is Elizabeth Garcia and

[4:43:16] I am a project for an economic

[4:43:19] development project manager for

[4:43:20] with the economic Development

[4:43:23] and Cultural Development

[4:43:26] Department in SEPTEMBER of 2024

[4:43:27] City Council directed staff to

[4:43:30] gather information relative to

[4:43:30] small business assistance

[4:43:33] programs.

[4:43:37] On MAY 12th 2025 staff

[4:43:37] presented two small business

[4:43:41] programs for your consideration

[4:43:41] and the action was pulled to be

[4:43:44] considered at a later date.

[4:43:47] Staff presented two programs

[4:43:48] which I'm going to describe a

[4:43:51] bit.

[4:43:55] The first program is a small

[4:43:55] Business technical Assistance

[4:43:56] grant program which would

[4:43:59] mirror the sustainable Business

[4:43:59] Program.

[4:44:00] The proposal would be a cohort

[4:44:04] based program that would target

[4:44:07] up to 30 businesses per year to

[4:44:07] receive technical assistance

[4:44:11] such as small business

[4:44:12] workshops as well as 1 to 1

[4:44:15] advising for participate in

[4:44:15] businesses.

[4:44:19] The program would partner with

[4:44:19] pcr Business Finance who

[4:44:23] manages a local small business

[4:44:23] development center.

[4:44:27] The spdc will provide technical

[4:44:28] assistance and an

[4:44:31] implementation for a period of

[4:44:34] two years for $15,000 annually.

[4:44:35] At the end of the program the

[4:44:37] city would have a combination

[4:44:38] program similar to the the

[4:44:42] Sustainable Business Program

[4:44:44] and provide a small grant of

[4:44:45] $1,000 for implementation of

[4:44:48] recommendations provided.

[4:44:49] The program would focus on

[4:44:50] businesses in operation for

[4:44:53] under two years in Culver City.

[4:44:56] The second program is a permit

[4:44:59] permit reimbursement program

[4:44:59] which would provide

[4:45:02] reimbursement for up to $5,000

[4:45:03] for city permit permit fees for

[4:45:06] new businesses removing a

[4:45:06] barrier to entry.

[4:45:10] This program would require an

[4:45:11] initial $50,000 allocation for

[4:45:13] the for the first year.

[4:45:14] Requirements would focus on

[4:45:17] brick and mortar businesses.

[4:45:18] If Council wishes to proceed

[4:45:21] with either or both programs,

[4:45:25] the the total allocation would

[4:45:28] be $95,000 per year for the

[4:45:29] first year and funding would

[4:45:30] come from the city's general

[4:45:30] fund.

[4:45:32] This concludes my presentation

[4:45:33] and I'm available to answers

[4:45:35] and any questions you MAY have.

[4:45:38] Thank you.

[4:45:39] Do you have any questions from

[4:45:42] my colleagues to start?

[4:45:43] No.

[4:45:46] I just have one quick question

[4:45:49] on page four of the I'm sorry I

[4:45:53] didn't call about this prior

[4:45:57] where it breaks down the the

[4:46:00] estimate cost.

[4:46:03] There's a little chart there.

[4:46:06] It says $15,000 annually for

[4:46:07] two years for the management

[4:46:11] fees which mean 7500 per year.

[4:46:11] Right.

[4:46:14] So it would reduce that.

[4:46:15] I mean it's a small number but

[4:46:17] it would reduce that down to

[4:46:21] 3075 per year.

[4:46:22] That right?

[4:46:22] Okay.

[4:46:23] No, I want to I want to clarify

[4:46:25] that $15,000 per year.

[4:46:26] Per year?

[4:46:26] Yeah.

[4:46:29] I I apologize.

[4:46:29] Okay.

[4:46:29] Got it.

[4:46:30] Okay.

[4:46:30] So the total is correct.

[4:46:32] Okay, great.

[4:46:33] Okay.

[4:46:36] Do we have any speaker cards?

[4:46:36] Yes.

[4:46:37] We had two speakers center for

[4:46:37] this item.

[4:46:40] Melissa Sanders and James

[4:46:40] Richardson.

[4:46:43] So we'll start with Melissa.

[4:46:48] Melissa unlocked you and

[4:46:48] yourself.

[4:46:51] I'm only awake because the

[4:46:52] Dodgers are in their 18th

[4:46:52] inning.

[4:46:55] Still tied.

[4:46:56] I as a previous business owner

[4:46:59] in Culver City I will just say

[4:47:03] anything you can do to support

[4:47:04] small businesses because that

[4:47:07] is the backbone and lifeblood

[4:47:10] of any city really would be

[4:47:11] great.

[4:47:15] You know the $250,000 for the

[4:47:18] consultants for the big

[4:47:19] assembly could be better spent,

[4:47:22] you know, uplifting our small

[4:47:22] businesses.

[4:47:23] The $20 million that you below

[4:47:26] could be much better spent

[4:47:26] elsewhere.

[4:47:29] GOD, you could spend $1 million

[4:47:30] in small businesses instead of

[4:47:30] 20.

[4:47:33] So again, anything you can do

[4:47:37] to support small business is

[4:47:37] going to be important for this

[4:47:40] city to survive and thrive.

[4:47:45] That's all I want to say.

[4:47:48] So please do whatever you can

[4:47:48] to bring this city back to its

[4:47:52] glory days and stop having

[4:47:53] things close every other day.

[4:47:55] Thank you.

[4:47:56] Thank you.

[4:47:59] Our next speaker is James

[4:47:59] Richardson.

[4:48:03] So you still heard not seeing

[4:48:07] him online So that would be the

[4:48:08] end of our speakers.

[4:48:08] Okay.

[4:48:10] Thank you.

[4:48:11] Let's go around the horn with

[4:48:14] any comments from here.

[4:48:15] Mean really quick before we

[4:48:16] start getting into this, I just

[4:48:18] wanted to make a brief comment

[4:48:21] that I did confer with City

[4:48:22] Attorney on this item that I

[4:48:23] can't participate And I don't

[4:48:24] know if you wanted to add

[4:48:28] anything on to.

[4:48:29] Yeah we evaluated the potential

[4:48:32] conflict for a financial

[4:48:33] interest in a business entity

[4:48:35] and determined that it doesn't

[4:48:36] meet the threshold that would

[4:48:39] require legal recusal.

[4:48:42] So he Councilmember Vera does

[4:48:43] not have a legal financial

[4:48:44] conflict of interest in this

[4:48:47] matter and can participate.

[4:48:47] All right.

[4:48:47] Thank you.

[4:48:48] Thanks man.

[4:48:51] Yeah, Concerned again.

[4:48:52] Thanks, Mary.

[4:48:54] I'm going to defer to the vice

[4:48:54] mayor.

[4:48:58] I believe this was his proposal

[4:48:58] in SEPTEMBER of last year.

[4:49:02] So I want to make sure that he

[4:49:06] has opportunity to lead on this

[4:49:06] item.

[4:49:06] Thanks.

[4:49:06] Yeah.

[4:49:10] Vice Premier, once you add your

[4:49:10] comments and people can

[4:49:10] respond.

[4:49:11] Thank you.

[4:49:13] Appreciate that.

[4:49:14] Councilmember Warren a mayor

[4:49:17] I'm very proud to support this

[4:49:17] item.

[4:49:18] It's one I personally brought

[4:49:21] forward because supporting our

[4:49:21] small businesses is central to

[4:49:25] keeping our city's economy

[4:49:25] strong and vibrant And it's

[4:49:28] important that we balance the

[4:49:29] work that the city is doing

[4:49:29] internally.

[4:49:30] And so we need to address our

[4:49:32] budget services infrastructure,

[4:49:36] housing, mobility with tangible

[4:49:36] support for the local

[4:49:37] businesses that make up the

[4:49:40] heart of our community.

[4:49:41] Our sales tax as we know is the

[4:49:44] number one source of revenue

[4:49:44] And so small businesses are

[4:49:45] huge part of that base.

[4:49:48] So when we help them succeed

[4:49:49] we're not just helping

[4:49:52] individual entrepreneurs.

[4:49:52] We're strengthening the city's

[4:49:53] fiscal foundation.

[4:49:56] So this pilot program is an

[4:49:57] investment in our local

[4:49:57] economy.

[4:50:00] Thank you to staff for all

[4:50:00] their work on this.

[4:50:01] It provides real direct

[4:50:04] assistance to small businesses

[4:50:04] whether that's through the

[4:50:08] technical support, the grants

[4:50:08] or helping them with permitting

[4:50:11] costs and all areas that can

[4:50:12] make or break a small

[4:50:12] operation.

[4:50:15] I am confident it will be

[4:50:16] successful and I hope it can

[4:50:20] grow over time especially if we

[4:50:20] see strong results from this

[4:50:23] pilot program.

[4:50:24] I also see the opportunity to

[4:50:28] expand partnership with things

[4:50:28] like cdf Eyes Community

[4:50:29] Development, financial

[4:50:32] Institution and which are

[4:50:33] mission driven lenders that

[4:50:36] provide affordable financing

[4:50:37] and financial services to

[4:50:40] underserved small businesses

[4:50:41] and they provide grants and

[4:50:44] loans so we can couple them

[4:50:44] together That could attract new

[4:50:48] businesses, expand access to

[4:50:49] capital and bolster the city's

[4:50:52] grant funding to make this

[4:50:52] program more sustainable.

[4:50:55] But that's a separate thing at

[4:50:56] a core.

[4:50:56] At the core this is really

[4:50:59] about investing in people and

[4:51:00] the small businesses who take

[4:51:03] risks, create jobs and give our

[4:51:04] city unique character.

[4:51:07] So I'm hoping that this will be

[4:51:08] supported and look forward to

[4:51:11] supporting its continued

[4:51:12] growth.

[4:51:12] Thanks man.

[4:51:12] Okay.

[4:51:16] Thank you.

[4:51:17] That's from Fisher You like

[4:51:17] more?

[4:51:19] Yeah.

[4:51:20] I just briefly want to say

[4:51:23] thank you Vice Mayor for

[4:51:23] bringing this forth.

[4:51:27] I, I had a company right after

[4:51:27] college.

[4:51:30] I know I did not go to business

[4:51:30] school myself.

[4:51:31] I had a marketing minor but

[4:51:33] that was the extent of my of my

[4:51:34] formal business education And I

[4:51:37] would commute to Pasadena

[4:51:38] because they had a small

[4:51:40] business development center

[4:51:41] with three one on one coaching

[4:51:44] for my business and it was such

[4:51:45] a life saver for me because I

[4:51:49] learned so much about just the

[4:51:49] ins and outs of of running a

[4:51:53] small business and so the fact

[4:51:53] that we are providing those

[4:51:54] services that we're providing

[4:51:57] grants but not just grants but

[4:51:59] like full support with this

[4:52:00] item one on one coaching and

[4:52:03] then seminars, webinars I'm

[4:52:04] really encouraged by what I see

[4:52:07] here and just thanks for all

[4:52:08] the work that's gone into it

[4:52:11] staff and colleagues Thank you

[4:52:11] everyone Thank you and might an

[4:52:14] hour I'll keep my remarks

[4:52:15] brief.

[4:52:15] I'm super grateful to staff for

[4:52:18] all of the work that has

[4:52:19] brought this item to this

[4:52:19] point.

[4:52:22] All the research etc. I really

[4:52:26] appreciate the Vice mayor for

[4:52:26] bringing this to us and I'm

[4:52:30] really excited to see what the

[4:52:31] what kind of impact and what

[4:52:34] kind of demand we will have for

[4:52:34] this project.

[4:52:38] I hope that we'll have some

[4:52:42] sort of report backs on how

[4:52:42] things are going, how many and

[4:52:46] small businesses are utilizing

[4:52:46] the program just like you know

[4:52:47] just sort of having a feedback

[4:52:50] loop of how things are going.

[4:52:51] But again I super excited to

[4:52:54] see this investment and yeah

[4:52:54] and just looking forward to

[4:52:55] continue growth So I'm really

[4:52:55] excited.

[4:52:58] Thank you.

[4:52:59] Thank you because we're very

[4:53:02] Thank you Mayor thank staff for

[4:53:05] all your your effort And I said

[4:53:05] on the subcommittee with the

[4:53:09] vice mayor and I know you guys

[4:53:10] really did a whole lot of work

[4:53:12] behind it and thanks to the

[4:53:13] vice mayor for bringing this

[4:53:13] forward, I'm happy to support

[4:53:14] this.

[4:53:17] I think you know, on both

[4:53:17] counts this will be something

[4:53:21] that is a good investment in

[4:53:24] our community But actually an

[4:53:24] investment that the city can

[4:53:28] see some sort of tangible

[4:53:28] return on.

[4:53:29] So thank you very much.

[4:53:29] Thank you, Mayor.

[4:53:32] Yeah I think you yeah and thank

[4:53:36] you for bringing this forward

[4:53:39] as well And you know just a

[4:53:42] small point I think many of us

[4:53:43] have heard it before but 50% of

[4:53:46] small businesses fail within

[4:53:47] five years, 20% within the

[4:53:47] first year.

[4:53:50] So the cohort cohort program

[4:53:53] especially I think will be

[4:53:54] really valuable and it'll be

[4:53:57] great for our newer businesses

[4:54:01] and and I appreciate you know,

[4:54:05] the skills that can be learned

[4:54:05] there, you know with the

[4:54:06] marketing I think that that's a

[4:54:09] big critical factor in

[4:54:09] navigating city.

[4:54:13] I hope we can promote this

[4:54:14] early when we get those

[4:54:17] applications in so that we can

[4:54:17] help them navigate all the

[4:54:21] permitting and you know I know

[4:54:25] I've run into folks starting up

[4:54:25] and they're doing construction

[4:54:28] on their new business and

[4:54:29] they're really struggling with

[4:54:29] that process.

[4:54:32] So I hope include that and and

[4:54:36] I really like the permit fee

[4:54:36] reimbursement program as well

[4:54:39] with a little larger some that

[4:54:40] can help businesses that might

[4:54:44] have hit a speed bump to have

[4:54:47] been more established So it's

[4:54:48] great I'm happy to let the vice

[4:54:51] mayor present the motion Thank

[4:54:51] you.

[4:54:55] Thank to make a motion to

[4:54:58] approve the two small pilot

[4:55:01] business Assistance program at

[4:55:08] a total of $95,000 I think

[4:55:18] that's it I a my one second

[4:55:21] came on.

[4:55:22] Okay There you go.

[4:55:26] Thank you.

[4:55:32] All right

[4:55:36] .

[4:55:37] Thank you.

[4:55:38] I have a motion by Vice Mayor

[4:55:41] Pusa in a second from Council

[4:55:45] member McMoRan for the approval

[4:55:46] of two small pilot business

[4:55:48] assistance programs for two and

[4:55:54] a total of $95,000 MAY be

[4:56:01] converting I motion passes

[4:56:01] unanimously.

[4:56:01] Thank you.

[4:56:01] Okay.

[4:56:05] Thank.

[4:56:06] MAY or MAY make an announcement

[4:56:06] really quick.

[4:56:08] Yeah.

[4:56:09] Elizabeth Garcia's birthday is

[4:56:12] today and it's going to be over

[4:56:13] in about three minutes so I

[4:56:14] just thought we could wish her

[4:56:14] happy birthday.

[4:56:16] Happy birthday.

[4:56:17] Birthday birthday.

[4:56:21] Thank you.

[4:56:22] Over with a fun way Write that

[4:56:24] and tell you for real And so

[4:56:25] you celebrate your birthday and

[4:56:25] same with you for real.

[4:56:28] Now happy birthday.

[4:56:32] Mine's coming up in JANUARY.

[4:56:35] I hope you.

[4:56:36] Thanks you guys.

[4:56:42] Appreciate a three And the

[4:56:46] Dodgers just scored 18th inning

[4:56:49] right Freddy homerun Oh he

[4:56:55] needs to have yeah and he's

[4:56:58] dead okay They played two games

[4:57:02] in one era Sometimes sometimes

[4:57:02] .

[4:57:03] Let's get to the d-Day for a

[4:57:03] rethink.

[4:57:06] Okay.

[4:57:10] In SEPTEMBER 2022, the city and

[4:57:10] Rethink Culver llc entered into

[4:57:13] a development and disposition

[4:57:14] agreement or what we would call

[4:57:15] a dda for the sale and

[4:57:17] redevelopment of city property

[4:57:18] located at 9814 Washington

[4:57:21] Boulevard which is immediately

[4:57:22] adjacent to the Kirk Douglas

[4:57:22] Theater.

[4:57:25] The purpose of the agreement

[4:57:25] was to activate an

[4:57:26] underutilized city owned

[4:57:29] property, create affordable

[4:57:29] housing and enhance the local

[4:57:32] economic and cultural

[4:57:32] environment.

[4:57:33] Since the closing of Escrow

[4:57:36] Rethink has encountered several

[4:57:37] challenges in the development

[4:57:38] of their project due to the

[4:57:41] complex nature of building and

[4:57:41] coordination with

[4:57:41] infrastructure components

[4:57:44] related to the Kirk Douglas

[4:57:45] Theater, Rethink has completed

[4:57:48] a preliminary construction

[4:57:49] drawings for the cost to build

[4:57:52] the project as required by the

[4:57:52] current dda is in feasible with

[4:57:53] their current projected

[4:57:56] financing.

[4:57:57] To this end we think has

[4:57:57] requested the city's

[4:58:00] consideration to amend the dda

[4:58:01] relative to certain

[4:58:04] requirements they believe will

[4:58:04] allow the project to move

[4:58:04] forward.

[4:58:07] There are four categories I'd

[4:58:07] like to bring to your

[4:58:07] attention.

[4:58:10] The first is the removal of the

[4:58:10] arts related space requirement.

[4:58:14] So pursuant to the current dda

[4:58:15] the project was supposed to

[4:58:18] include an arts related space

[4:58:20] which is now currently 2000ft.

[4:58:21] We think would like to lift

[4:58:24] that restriction for the arts

[4:58:25] related space to allow it to be

[4:58:28] used for any use permitted

[4:58:29] under the zoning cone code

[4:58:32] Excuse me.

[4:58:32] The original dda contemplated

[4:58:33] that the space would be

[4:58:36] potentially leased and

[4:58:37] programed by the Center Theater

[4:58:37] group which is the lessee of

[4:58:40] the Kirk Douglas Theater.

[4:58:41] So just for clarification, the

[4:58:43] city owns the Kirk Douglas

[4:58:44] Theater and leases the theater

[4:58:44] to the Center Theater group.

[4:58:47] The dda requires that if the

[4:58:48] center theater group doesn't

[4:58:51] use that space that they have

[4:58:52] to approve if it's going to be

[4:58:54] reallocated.

[4:58:55] At this time ctg is open

[4:58:58] tentatively to releasing the

[4:58:59] space so long as their h box

[4:59:03] system can be relocated into

[4:59:03] the public right of way which

[4:59:06] is something that steps are

[4:59:06] already explored.

[4:59:07] And we've given a conceptual

[4:59:10] approval to And next one is the

[4:59:13] modification of Affordable

[4:59:13] housing unit mix.

[4:59:14] So as outlined in the dda

[4:59:17] rethink is required to provide

[4:59:18] six affordable housing units as

[4:59:21] part of the project which was

[4:59:22] five studios and one one

[4:59:22] bedroom.

[4:59:25] They are now converting the

[4:59:26] project to an all studio mix

[4:59:29] and they would like to have all

[4:59:31] of the affordable units be

[4:59:35] studios which will be

[4:59:35] approximately 390ft.

[4:59:36] So just as a reminder this is a

[4:59:39] micro unit project we think

[4:59:40] would still be required to

[4:59:43] provide two very low and four

[4:59:43] moderate income units with a

[4:59:47] covenant of 55 years to things

[4:59:50] that are not in the dda but

[4:59:51] that we think we'd like your

[4:59:54] potential approval on is to

[4:59:58] extend the outdoor dining area

[4:59:58] along Culver Boulevard.

[5:00:02] They'd like to extend it

[5:00:02] adjacent to the Kirk Douglas

[5:00:05] Theater but closer to their

[5:00:06] parcel.

[5:00:06] So just as a reminder, Rethink

[5:00:09] owns the parcel that the Peskin

[5:00:10] buildings on and where the

[5:00:13] center theater group yard is

[5:00:14] but they also own the parcel

[5:00:17] worth cafe Vida is so that's

[5:00:18] one of the reasons why this

[5:00:21] project works is because you

[5:00:22] have a developer that can build

[5:00:23] above two parcels.

[5:00:24] So Rethink is asking that the

[5:00:27] city council consider doing

[5:00:31] outdoor dining behind that area

[5:00:31] .

[5:00:32] At this time ctg has not

[5:00:32] provided their support yet

[5:00:35] because specific plans haven't

[5:00:36] been drawn up So it's not clear

[5:00:39] exactly what the area is as

[5:00:39] part of it since it's not part

[5:00:42] of the dda the city council

[5:00:43] could also direct staff to

[5:00:43] coordinate use of the space

[5:00:46] through an easement or through

[5:00:47] a modification of the outdoor

[5:00:50] dining program contingent on

[5:00:50] Gee's approval.

[5:00:51] I'm jumping around here.

[5:00:52] I'm trying to get you done on

[5:00:54] this report I had it smoother

[5:00:55] before.

[5:00:55] Okay.

[5:00:56] And lastly, the lease of

[5:00:58] construction parking for the

[5:00:59] project Again this is not on

[5:00:59] the dda but this is just

[5:01:02] something that the developer

[5:01:03] wanted to sort of reserve which

[5:01:06] is the requesting 30 vehicles

[5:01:09] daily vehicle parking in our

[5:01:09] parking structure.

[5:01:10] They're willing to pay market

[5:01:13] rent for that and it would be

[5:01:14] over the course of a 17 month

[5:01:17] construction period.

[5:01:18] So again we could add that to

[5:01:18] the dda or we could do a

[5:01:20] separate parking agreement or

[5:01:21] they can just coordinate

[5:01:21] directly with our parking

[5:01:24] manager.

[5:01:25] So Rethinks indicated that if

[5:01:25] they're not able to amend the

[5:01:28] dda with the requested

[5:01:28] modifications the project would

[5:01:32] become infeasible to construct

[5:01:32] .

[5:01:33] If the project were to become

[5:01:33] infeasible the city would need

[5:01:36] to proceed with the provisions

[5:01:36] outlined in the dda relative to

[5:01:39] project termination and

[5:01:39] property transfer we think is

[5:01:43] here tonight and they and staff

[5:01:44] are available to answer any

[5:01:44] questions you MAY have.

[5:01:46] Thank you.

[5:01:47] All right.

[5:01:47] Thank you.

[5:01:50] Do we have any comments?

[5:01:51] Yes, we have five speakers

[5:01:54] signed up to speak.

[5:01:54] Okay.

[5:01:58] And do we have colleagues ask

[5:01:58] any questions you have based

[5:02:00] off of the staff person?

[5:02:03] All your comments.

[5:02:04] Thanks, Mayor.

[5:02:04] I just wanted to ask the

[5:02:08] outdoor dining space would be

[5:02:08] directly connected with the

[5:02:09] retail space and used by the

[5:02:11] retail space or No that's a

[5:02:14] separate.

[5:02:15] The retail space is actually

[5:02:18] located on Washington Boulevard

[5:02:18] near the entrance of Center

[5:02:19] Theater Group.

[5:02:19] The outdoor dining would be on

[5:02:22] the backside and it wouldn't be

[5:02:22] directly connected.

[5:02:26] There would still be a pathway

[5:02:27] for access to be able to you

[5:02:30] know, have access to the trash

[5:02:30] enclosure.

[5:02:31] So it would be a little bit of

[5:02:34] an interrupted pathway but it

[5:02:34] would be adjacent to the back

[5:02:37] of the Kirk Douglas Theater.

[5:02:41] And just curious rethink would

[5:02:42] use that in what exact way?

[5:02:46] So great question.

[5:02:46] So Rethink wants to use that

[5:02:49] space to make it competitive

[5:02:50] and attractive for their

[5:02:50] existing tenant So like for

[5:02:54] instance the cafe Vita site to

[5:02:54] be able to expand and offer

[5:02:58] more outdoor dining So it's a

[5:02:58] competitive advantage proposal

[5:02:58] for cafe Yeah.

[5:03:02] So it's for it would be used

[5:03:02] for Cafe Vida currently or any

[5:03:05] future tenant right Hopefully

[5:03:06] Cafe View Yes.

[5:03:06] Okay.

[5:03:09] Thank you because we're on Okay

[5:03:16] like I'm sorry Yeah I'll wait

[5:03:20] until comments So let's hear

[5:03:20] public comments okay.

[5:03:23] Or public speakers.

[5:03:24] We'll start with Megan Pressman

[5:03:28] followed by Alicia I'd followed

[5:03:31] by Edward Ring, Amy Forbes and

[5:03:32] Greg Reitz.

[5:03:32] So Megan Pressman has been

[5:03:35] patiently waiting online all

[5:03:38] this time.

[5:03:39] Megan I've I've unlocked you.

[5:03:40] You can unmute yourself.

[5:03:42] Go ahead.

[5:03:43] Thank you.

[5:03:43] Good morning Mayor and City

[5:03:46] Council.

[5:03:46] I am Megan Pressman.

[5:03:47] I'm the managing director and

[5:03:51] ceo of Center Theater Group

[5:03:51] which has been operating and

[5:03:54] managing the critical cedar for

[5:03:55] 21 years now.

[5:03:55] I'm grateful for the

[5:03:59] opportunity to speak in support

[5:03:59] of the project which we do hope

[5:04:00] is able to proceed and I want

[5:04:02] to acknowledge Elaine Gary

[5:04:03] Warner and her team for their

[5:04:06] hard work support and guidance

[5:04:07] for the many years we've been

[5:04:07] helping pursue this project.

[5:04:10] On behalf of the Board of

[5:04:11] Directors and Leadership of

[5:04:12] Center Citigroup, we carry the

[5:04:14] responsibility to you to ensure

[5:04:15] that the Kirk Douglas is able

[5:04:15] to maintain robust theater

[5:04:18] operations.

[5:04:19] At the conclusion of this

[5:04:20] project we are respectfully

[5:04:23] requesting that the City

[5:04:23] Council make sure that any

[5:04:24] amendment reflects the

[5:04:27] following three items one

[5:04:28] Ensuring that the release of

[5:04:31] the art space requirement be

[5:04:31] contingent on the Kirk Douglas

[5:04:34] Theater hvac relocation to the

[5:04:38] public right of way to to

[5:04:39] direct the city manager to

[5:04:39] issue whatever appropriate

[5:04:43] permits or easements to put the

[5:04:43] Douglas Theater back in that

[5:04:46] right of way.

[5:04:46] And three that the amendment

[5:04:47] include a requirement that the

[5:04:50] sidewalk dining authorization

[5:04:51] is contingent on center city

[5:04:54] groups approval which is

[5:04:54] consistent with our existing

[5:04:54] easement.

[5:04:58] All of this is critical to the

[5:04:58] Kirk Douglas Theater operations

[5:04:59] which we hope to robustly

[5:05:01] continue in the future.

[5:05:04] Thank you.

[5:05:08] Thank you, Peter.

[5:05:12] Next speaker is Alicia Reed

[5:05:13] followed by Edward Ring.

[5:05:17] And I was asked to speak

[5:05:17] tonight because they knew I

[5:05:20] would be here so I was asked by

[5:05:21] the board of the Clover Arts

[5:05:24] Foundation to speak tonight to

[5:05:28] remind City Council that Clover

[5:05:28] that Culver City is arts

[5:05:32] facilities poor with little in

[5:05:32] the way of city controlled

[5:05:36] performing spaces, art making

[5:05:36] spaces, studio spaces,

[5:05:39] exhibition spaces and even if

[5:05:40] ctg does not need the arts

[5:05:43] facility proposed in this

[5:05:44] project there are many artists

[5:05:45] and many arts organizations in

[5:05:48] this city who could benefit

[5:05:49] from art spaces and we would

[5:05:52] hope that the arts component

[5:05:52] should remain and be added to

[5:05:56] other development projects

[5:05:56] especially those utilizing city

[5:05:56] property.

[5:06:04] Thank you

[5:06:06] Mayor.

[5:06:09] May I make a clarifying point?

[5:06:10] The property was disposed to We

[5:06:10] think so.

[5:06:11] That's actually not city

[5:06:13] property anymore.

[5:06:14] It's part of there but it is

[5:06:15] managed by the developer and

[5:06:17] disposition agreement to have

[5:06:20] an arts related space.

[5:06:21] Okay.

[5:06:24] Our next speaker is Edward Ring

[5:06:28] who is on line Edward iv and

[5:06:29] Locke Do you I know yourself.

[5:06:29] Go ahead.

[5:06:32] I think I managed to do that

[5:06:32] successfully.

[5:06:35] Thank you for allowing me to

[5:06:36] make this comment.

[5:06:38] First of all, I just wanted to

[5:06:42] tell everybody and remind

[5:06:43] everybody that back is playing

[5:06:46] right now at the Katy to great

[5:06:49] reviews and artistically it's a

[5:06:53] phenomenal success.

[5:06:57] We we also are very, very much

[5:07:00] in support of Rethinks Project

[5:07:01] having a sort of three party

[5:07:05] dda makes navigate it with

[5:07:06] respect to the sequencing of

[5:07:09] the development and the

[5:07:09] entitlements makes it a little

[5:07:10] bit more challenging than maybe

[5:07:13] other projects.

[5:07:14] So we would actually request

[5:07:20] that any modification of the

[5:07:24] dda meets our approval in a in

[5:07:25] a different setting with with

[5:07:27] attorneys and whatnot.

[5:07:28] And just to reiterate our

[5:07:32] gratitude for at least thus far

[5:07:35] allowing the hpc to be

[5:07:36] relocated to the public right

[5:07:39] of way that not only helps

[5:07:39] facilitate the rethink

[5:07:43] development but it makes a lot

[5:07:47] more sense given that that we

[5:07:50] at cdbg really do need the the

[5:07:51] space as it's currently

[5:07:54] configured and moving Vasey

[5:07:58] actually allows us to maintain

[5:07:59] the same largely the same

[5:08:02] amount of space so that theater

[5:08:03] operations can continue.

[5:08:05] >> Thank you.

[5:08:06] >> Thank you.

[5:08:06] Your time has expired.

[5:08:09] Thank you.

[5:08:13] Our next speaker is Amy Forbes

[5:08:13] .

[5:08:14] Amy, I unlocked you.

[5:08:14] You can speak.

[5:08:17] I'm you yourself.

[5:08:17] Okay.

[5:08:20] I think I've unmuted myself.

[5:08:21] Good evening, Mayor and city

[5:08:21] council.

[5:08:25] My name is Amy Forbes and I'm

[5:08:25] the PRESIDENT Of the board of

[5:08:26] directors of Center Theater

[5:08:27] Group.

[5:08:28] And I actually negotiated the

[5:08:31] lease with the city some 23

[5:08:31] years ago when we transformed a

[5:08:35] movie theater into a live

[5:08:35] theater.

[5:08:36] And it's been an obviously an

[5:08:38] enormous success.

[5:08:39] But one of the quirks is that

[5:08:42] as a movie theater it has no

[5:08:43] loading area, it has no craft

[5:08:44] area and other things that you

[5:08:47] would find in a regular

[5:08:47] theater.

[5:08:50] And that's what's creating our

[5:08:51] need to figure out where to put

[5:08:54] the h fac our h fac our

[5:08:55] transformers or craft areas or

[5:08:58] loading areas are all located

[5:09:01] on the property that rethink is

[5:09:02] going to build its project on

[5:09:05] And we over three years ago

[5:09:08] negotiated how we would end up

[5:09:08] being able to cohabitate.

[5:09:12] But as as over the three years

[5:09:13] as the project has been

[5:09:13] designed it became apparent

[5:09:16] there's not enough space in

[5:09:17] that area which is why we're

[5:09:18] asking you to let us move our h

[5:09:20] back system into the right of

[5:09:21] way otherwise we won't have

[5:09:24] enough space left to be able to

[5:09:25] do what we need to do and still

[5:09:28] have the rethink project

[5:09:28] accommodated.

[5:09:32] So it is it is totally mission

[5:09:32] critical for us.

[5:09:36] And similarly with the dining

[5:09:36] it could constrain our ability

[5:09:37] to load heavy trucks in and

[5:09:40] create a safety and operational

[5:09:40] impact.

[5:09:41] So those are two things that

[5:09:43] are critical and otherwise

[5:09:44] we're fully supportive of the

[5:09:44] request.

[5:09:47] We just want to be included in

[5:09:48] the dda so no one loses track

[5:09:51] of what our needs are going

[5:09:52] forward with the construction.

[5:09:54] >> Thank you.

[5:09:55] Your time has expired.

[5:09:59] Thank you.

[5:09:59] Our last speaker is Greg

[5:10:00] Rhodes.

[5:10:06] Let's here

[5:10:09] .

[5:10:10] Good evening, City Council.

[5:10:13] Thank you all for being here

[5:10:13] this late.

[5:10:17] You just sat through 18 innings

[5:10:17] of city council while the

[5:10:21] Dodgers are playing 18 innings

[5:10:21] of baseball And I feel like

[5:10:24] we're in the 18th inning of

[5:10:27] this project and three years in

[5:10:31] and hopefully we get a walk off

[5:10:31] here tonight.

[5:10:35] We have been through one of the

[5:10:36] most complex projects we have

[5:10:38] ever undertaken.

[5:10:39] It's a small project with lots

[5:10:43] of moving pieces and this is

[5:10:43] the last one And hopefully this

[5:10:46] this gets it done.

[5:10:47] So we're here to answer

[5:10:51] questions and aid and explain

[5:10:51] our need here.

[5:10:55] But this is this is what we

[5:10:55] need in order to make this

[5:10:56] project happen And we're

[5:10:58] excited to build it.

[5:10:59] We're ready to submit our plans

[5:11:02] for planning check and and get

[5:11:02] the project done.

[5:11:03] So any questions that come up?

[5:11:06] I'm Greg Wright's and Steve

[5:11:07] Edwards, my partner sitting in

[5:11:08] the back row.

[5:11:09] Happy to answer them.

[5:11:12] Thank you.

[5:11:13] Don't see any of our speakers.

[5:11:13] Okay, great.

[5:11:16] Thank you.

[5:11:17] Appreciate the the baseball

[5:11:20] metaphor and see if we can get

[5:11:24] you to walk us.

[5:11:27] I do have I'm going to speak

[5:11:27] first on this because I have I

[5:11:30] personally and I know community

[5:11:34] members regarding developments

[5:11:35] citywide not just the reading

[5:11:41] project are tired of kind of

[5:11:45] like blight just sitting there

[5:11:45] .

[5:11:46] We see it all over the city.

[5:11:48] A project started and there's

[5:11:49] fencing up whatever we've got

[5:11:52] for the old Dennis house it's

[5:11:55] probably got all kinds of

[5:11:56] dangerous elements to its

[5:12:00] existence Fire risk you know,

[5:12:03] whatever it might be.

[5:12:04] I know this would not be a

[5:12:08] preferred direction but I, I

[5:12:11] think the community would

[5:12:12] really appreciate it if at all

[5:12:15] possible assuming that the

[5:12:19] modified deal is approved.

[5:12:22] If so, giving one year time

[5:12:28] frame to demo that house and

[5:12:35] put it in a existence where the

[5:12:36] community could use it until

[5:12:39] you're ready to build.

[5:12:40] So that's an open space where

[5:12:43] we can put tables and chairs

[5:12:43] there, you know, whatever it

[5:12:44] might be.

[5:12:44] I know it's a little more

[5:12:47] complicated than that on the

[5:12:48] city side but I'm just

[5:12:51] wondering if that is something

[5:12:54] that you would be open to.

[5:12:55] I think the community would

[5:12:58] really appreciate it.

[5:13:02] Yeah.

[5:13:02] Thanks.

[5:13:03] Great.

[5:13:03] Let's see if you can come up

[5:13:06] with another now I like I like

[5:13:09] that idea and I mean hopefully

[5:13:10] we go right into building the

[5:13:11] project and that would be the

[5:13:14] goal But I understand we don't

[5:13:17] we don't like we worry about

[5:13:17] that building being there also

[5:13:20] So we'd like to get a get rid

[5:13:21] of it as quickly as possible.

[5:13:22] So if there's an interim period

[5:13:25] between now and when we're

[5:13:25] going to build.

[5:13:28] Happy to get it out of there

[5:13:29] and make some use of the the

[5:13:29] land.

[5:13:30] Yeah.

[5:13:32] Okay great.

[5:13:33] All right.

[5:13:33] Thank you.

[5:13:33] I appreciate that.

[5:13:36] COUNCILMAN First you have any

[5:13:36] questions?

[5:13:36] Comments?

[5:13:39] Mayor Yeah.

[5:13:40] So if I'm understanding this

[5:13:42] correctly, Craig is saying we

[5:13:43] we're not ready to say yes to

[5:13:46] the outdoor dining yet.

[5:13:47] We want to see the final plans

[5:13:50] and is that is that contingent

[5:13:54] is that something that we think

[5:13:58] is acceptable?

[5:14:02] Yeah This is Steve Edwards

[5:14:02] That's acceptable.

[5:14:03] We got to figure out We don't

[5:14:06] want it to impede on their

[5:14:07] ability to load and load out

[5:14:07] and the restaurant our wouldn't

[5:14:10] want it either So we'll see if

[5:14:10] it can work.

[5:14:11] We just want the option to look

[5:14:14] at it for Cafe Vita and

[5:14:14] potential future tenants.

[5:14:20] Thank you

[5:14:21] .

[5:14:22] That's all I have right now.

[5:14:25] Thank you Councilmember again.

[5:14:29] Thank you Appreciate that this

[5:14:32] and thank you and MS..

[5:14:35] Warner and for your quick

[5:14:36] overview of where we are

[5:14:39] Appreciate all the folks who

[5:14:40] have held on And I thought we

[5:14:41] were getting out early tonight.

[5:14:46] I guess from an overall I mean

[5:14:50] I think these are relatively

[5:14:54] reasonable course I do just as

[5:14:55] a principle I struggle with

[5:14:59] privatizing and you know public

[5:14:59] space has always been something

[5:15:03] that you know, it's you know

[5:15:06] but but also appreciated

[5:15:06] outdoor dining moment And when

[5:15:10] we have that so you know and I

[5:15:11] understand that it is a

[5:15:14] function of space and trying to

[5:15:14] accommodate these plans that

[5:15:18] have been in the works for some

[5:15:21] time So you know I know folks

[5:15:22] are working hard and we're

[5:15:22] trying to find a solution here

[5:15:26] So I want to make sure that the

[5:15:26] city is being a good partner in

[5:15:29] supporting this project is

[5:15:30] being done And I do really

[5:15:33] appreciate I was nervous that

[5:15:34] there was going to be a walk

[5:15:37] back of the affordable housing

[5:15:37] commitment.

[5:15:38] So I'm glad that that is not

[5:15:41] what happened and we're still

[5:15:42] honoring that as we move

[5:15:42] forward.

[5:15:44] I so thank you.

[5:15:45] Thank you, Councilmember.

[5:15:48] Thank you, Mayor.

[5:15:49] Just to save a whole lot of

[5:15:50] time, I agree with MS..

[5:15:53] Pressman in terms of the items

[5:15:54] that need to be solidified in

[5:15:56] this moving forward that that

[5:16:00] building I don't think can get

[5:16:00] torn down fast enough.

[5:16:03] I know it's and I've been

[5:16:04] through that walkway It's sort

[5:16:06] of a haven for rats.

[5:16:07] I mean it's like they're

[5:16:11] they're abundant there So and

[5:16:11] then thank you so much for your

[5:16:12] willingness to at least

[5:16:15] entertain the mayor's

[5:16:15] suggestion about, you know,

[5:16:16] creating maybe an open space if

[5:16:19] there is sort of a gap and

[5:16:23] tearing down and developing.

[5:16:24] So yeah, I'm happy to move

[5:16:28] forward with it as as written

[5:16:28] in here it Thank you very much.

[5:16:31] We're I think I'm here thanks

[5:16:32] for the staff report thanks for

[5:16:35] the public comments thanks to

[5:16:38] ctg you're an important

[5:16:39] community partner in our city.

[5:16:40] I'm sad that the prior

[5:16:43] iterations of the part of this

[5:16:44] project didn't work out but and

[5:16:47] I and I'd like to see this

[5:16:47] succeed.

[5:16:50] I'm very sympathetic to the

[5:16:54] loss of the art space But again

[5:16:55] I would like to see this space

[5:16:57] and project succeed.

[5:16:58] So these are very reasonable

[5:17:01] requests and I'm open to them

[5:17:05] with the inclusion of the

[5:17:05] mayor's suggestion.

[5:17:09] Thank think Yeah.

[5:17:09] Thank you.

[5:17:09] Okay.

[5:17:13] So again thank you to everyone

[5:17:17] from Rethink and also from City

[5:17:17] g.

[5:17:18] I concur with the Vice Mayor

[5:17:21] that you are a an incredibly

[5:17:21] valued partner in the city

[5:17:25] providing the performing arts

[5:17:28] that you know a lot of cities

[5:17:32] would be very jealous of So

[5:17:33] what I'm hearing from everyone

[5:17:37] is that we're okay to go

[5:17:40] forward with the modifications

[5:17:43] to the dda as recommended and

[5:17:51] for for approval of City g on

[5:17:54] the on the cited portions they

[5:17:58] need to have the c moved the

[5:18:02] dining needs to be reviewed by

[5:18:05] them.

[5:18:09] Anything else that Megan so you

[5:18:13] and then if we can add to this

[5:18:14] you know if construction hasn't

[5:18:18] started a year from execution

[5:18:22] of the dda there needs to be

[5:18:22] the demo of the building and

[5:18:25] made into a of an open space

[5:18:29] and then the city can deal with

[5:18:30] you know how we activate that

[5:18:32] if we want to.

[5:18:33] I just wanted to let the

[5:18:36] council know that in the

[5:18:37] current schedule of performance

[5:18:40] there are next milestone to

[5:18:40] submit to submit their evidence

[5:18:41] of financing and construction

[5:18:43] and in MAY which would then

[5:18:44] yield a potential construction

[5:18:47] date of JUNE.

[5:18:48] So right now that's their

[5:18:48] existing schedule of

[5:18:51] performance work And then the

[5:18:51] two other items the outdoor

[5:18:54] dining and the parking as I

[5:18:55] mentioned before, those are

[5:18:55] actually not currently in the

[5:18:58] dda.

[5:18:59] Would you like to put that in

[5:18:59] there?

[5:18:59] Yes, please.

[5:19:02] I don't I didn't see any But

[5:19:06] the the outdoor dining is per

[5:19:10] review by c City g and I don't

[5:19:11] think anyone had any problem

[5:19:14] with market rate parking in our

[5:19:14] parking structure.

[5:19:21] So yes please I submit a motion

[5:19:21] .

[5:19:25] We also need the motions to

[5:19:25] approve the amendment

[5:19:26] consistent with the Council's

[5:19:29] direction and authorize City

[5:19:29] Attorney to review prepare and

[5:19:33] City manager to execute

[5:19:35] separate motion Or you can do

[5:19:36] it all in one but I just want

[5:19:37] to make sure those we have it

[5:19:39] right So approve approve an

[5:19:40] amendment to the dda consistent

[5:19:43] with City council direction

[5:19:44] authorize city Attorney to

[5:19:44] review prepare the necessary

[5:19:47] documents and authorize city

[5:19:48] manager to execute such

[5:19:54] documents on behalf of the city

[5:19:58] .

[5:19:58] Thank you.

[5:20:02] I have a motion by Mayor

[5:20:02] o'Brien and second from

[5:20:06] Councilmember Bera to approve

[5:20:12] the motion stated by the mayor

[5:20:12] .

[5:20:19] You MAY begin voting

[5:20:19] .

[5:20:19] Thank you.

[5:20:20] That motion passes unanimously.

[5:20:23] All right, great.

[5:20:23] Thank you.

[5:20:30] And do we have any comments?

[5:20:31] There are none.

[5:20:34] Okay.

[5:20:34] Do we have any last comments

[5:20:37] from my colleagues concerning.

[5:20:38] Thanks Mayor.

[5:20:41] Yeah to sorry to and a question

[5:20:42] The first is just about the

[5:20:46] single stair ordinance that we

[5:20:49] passed is maybe coming to the

[5:20:50] California Building Standards

[5:20:53] Commission on the I think it's

[5:20:54] the 17th.

[5:20:57] I've shared the date with staff

[5:20:58] of DECEMBER and we were

[5:21:01] contacted by some groups that

[5:21:05] some some groups that advocated

[5:21:06] for our ordinance such as a ban

[5:21:09] on housing Los Angeles who said

[5:21:10] that the commission it would be

[5:21:12] good for the commission to hear

[5:21:16] from the council as to why this

[5:21:17] is a political priority for the

[5:21:17] Council.

[5:21:20] So my request is just for three

[5:21:24] nodding heads to send a letter

[5:21:24] from this Council advocating

[5:21:25] for our ordinance that was

[5:21:28] already passed five zero just

[5:21:32] sharing the local need for our

[5:21:33] single stair ordinance and why

[5:21:34] we passed it and the same exact

[5:21:36] letter being sent to the state

[5:21:37] the State Fire Marshals Working

[5:21:40] Group.

[5:21:41] So I'm just seeking nodding

[5:21:43] heads for those that letter to

[5:21:47] be sent to those two groups.

[5:21:48] Okay, great.

[5:21:52] And I think Oh go ahead.

[5:21:54] So you did something that you

[5:21:58] would want to work on with the

[5:21:59] we had talked about possibility

[5:22:00] of working on it with the

[5:22:02] housing and homelessness

[5:22:02] subcommittee.

[5:22:07] I mean city attorney you tell

[5:22:07] me.

[5:22:08] I, I don't feel that because we

[5:22:11] provided like that sample and

[5:22:12] Shelley is really good at, you

[5:22:12] know, writing those letters.

[5:22:14] I don't feel that it needs to

[5:22:14] come back.

[5:22:18] Okay Since it's something

[5:22:18] that's already passed the

[5:22:21] council as long as it reflects

[5:22:22] you know I think that's what we

[5:22:25] passed.

[5:22:26] Yes, I think that's fine.

[5:22:26] Thank you.

[5:22:29] And I provided a sample that

[5:22:29] the from Santa Monica that

[5:22:31] passed a similar letter where

[5:22:35] that sent a similar letter And

[5:22:36] the second is just there's a

[5:22:40] and a bill that was just passed

[5:22:40] that was signed by Governor

[5:22:43] Newsom last month, sb 720 that

[5:22:44] reforms the red light camera

[5:22:47] program and and fixes some of

[5:22:51] the challenges of the red light

[5:22:51] camera program.

[5:22:55] For example, the the tickets

[5:22:59] being extraordinarily expensive

[5:22:59] ,very difficult to have get

[5:23:03] people to pay them and the

[5:23:04] charges are criminal in And

[5:23:07] instead of civil in this law

[5:23:08] that was just signed that was

[5:23:11] just signed allows cities to

[5:23:14] opt into a new reformed

[5:23:14] program.

[5:23:15] And so I was just seeking

[5:23:16] through nodding heads to

[5:23:19] recommend that to them Ability

[5:23:19] subcommittee We can talk about

[5:23:22] that more in the committee but

[5:23:23] it would just be exploring that

[5:23:27] law using it and I've contacted

[5:23:28] our key pd who runs the program

[5:23:31] and asked for his input on it

[5:23:31] as well.

[5:23:31] Okay thanks.

[5:23:34] Thank you.

[5:23:35] And then finally is just a

[5:23:38] quick question to staff is do

[5:23:39] you have an idea of when the

[5:23:39] legislative platform is coming

[5:23:42] back for review maybe that John

[5:23:46] or John or Heather maybe it I

[5:23:49] believe it's coming NOVEMBER

[5:23:49] ten.

[5:23:50] Okay.

[5:23:51] I think it got moved off of

[5:23:54] this agenda and I Is that not

[5:24:00] correct, Mayor

[5:24:01] That would be

[5:24:04] next time, right?

[5:24:08] Yeah, I believe so.

[5:24:09] I think Assistant city Manager

[5:24:09] Rothberg said it could be a

[5:24:12] consent item and oh, she did

[5:24:12] that.

[5:24:13] That's correct.

[5:24:16] She did.

[5:24:16] Yeah.

[5:24:19] I'm not seeing it on NOVEMBER

[5:24:22] 10th and it's a full and on

[5:24:22] consent either You're not

[5:24:26] saying oh consent it we can

[5:24:30] it's just a question So if you

[5:24:30] if it's something that you can

[5:24:34] find out I've just curious when

[5:24:34] it's when it's coming back but

[5:24:37] I don't have any action on that

[5:24:37] .

[5:24:37] Thank you.

[5:24:38] Yeah thanks man.

[5:24:41] I can't remember.

[5:24:41] That's right.

[5:24:46] So yes, I'm wonder if I can get

[5:24:46] 319 heads for a presentation

[5:24:49] and exploration of using the

[5:24:49] services throne.

[5:24:52] It's accessible portable

[5:24:53] bathroom There's one currently

[5:24:59] at abc Station

[5:25:04] for purposes

[5:25:05] that we've kind of gotten away

[5:25:08] for putting it on the record.

[5:25:09] Who did the nodding head this

[5:25:09] evening?

[5:25:12] So let us make let's try and

[5:25:15] get it for this one at least

[5:25:17] seeing all nodding heads on

[5:25:21] this one And then also and if

[5:25:22] this aligns with our

[5:25:22] legislative platform but

[5:25:26] support for ab7 36 it's a bill

[5:25:30] by Assembly member Buffett

[5:25:30] works in support of affordable

[5:25:33] housing bond of 2026 so b

[5:25:36] dedicated funding for student

[5:25:37] housing at California's public

[5:25:37] colleges and universities.

[5:25:41] So since we have people who go

[5:25:42] to universities around us other

[5:25:51] than yes so if I had many heads

[5:25:52] and will check the legislative

[5:25:55] platform policy platform and if

[5:25:56] it's not in there I'll come

[5:25:59] back If it is and we won't need

[5:26:00] to bring it back.

[5:26:00] Right.

[5:26:01] That's up, Mare Thank you.

[5:26:01] Thank you.

[5:26:02] City attorney.

[5:26:03] Okay.

[5:26:03] Thank you.

[5:26:04] I don't have anything else to

[5:26:04] add.

[5:26:09] I would like to read the

[5:26:10] obituary for Margo Green and

[5:26:14] then is there any other notes

[5:26:18] that other the Vice Chairperson

[5:26:19] would like to add in their

[5:26:21] memory?

[5:26:24] You can go first and then for

[5:26:27] me just what I stated in my

[5:26:28] initial comments.

[5:26:28] Thank you Mayor.

[5:26:29] That's right.

[5:26:32] You know just on as I said, the

[5:26:35] Melanie Winter she was the

[5:26:35] executive director of the River

[5:26:36] Project and Friends of the Los

[5:26:39] Angeles River.

[5:26:40] She attended a recent meeting

[5:26:42] with the Sustainability

[5:26:42] subcommittee with Councilmember

[5:26:46] McMahon and I and she really

[5:26:46] championed efforts to embrace

[5:26:49] nature along the river saying

[5:26:50] that allowing space for a

[5:26:50] meandering waterway line with

[5:26:54] preparing and for forests would

[5:26:55] recharge, help recharge

[5:26:58] groundwater, reduce flood risk

[5:26:59] and allow a green oasis to

[5:27:01] flourish in the heart of Los

[5:27:01] Angeles.

[5:27:02] Thank you.

[5:27:02] Okay.

[5:27:02] Thank you.

[5:27:06] And I'm going to read the

[5:27:06] obituary for Margo Green.

[5:27:09] This is our city, correct,

[5:27:10] Jeremy But Gina's mother who

[5:27:12] passed away on Saturday at the

[5:27:13] age of 91 She's a Broadway

[5:27:16] dancer, designer, entrepreneur

[5:27:17] with a flair for renovation

[5:27:20] reinvention.

[5:27:21] She died at 91.

[5:27:21] Margot Green, whose career

[5:27:24] spanned from the Broadway stage

[5:27:25] to fashion antiques, interior

[5:27:28] design and real estate died on

[5:27:28] OCTOBER 25th, 2025 in Palm

[5:27:32] Desert, California.

[5:27:32] A former longtime resident of

[5:27:35] Roslyn Heights, New York, she

[5:27:35] was 91 gifted.

[5:27:38] She entered the university at

[5:27:38] 16 but if anyone tried to

[5:27:39] define her she would reinvent

[5:27:41] herself often just to prove

[5:27:42] them wrong With no training she

[5:27:45] taught herself to sing and

[5:27:46] dance 18 was on Broadway in the

[5:27:49] original productions of Wish

[5:27:49] You Were Here followed by

[5:27:50] Can-Can and Yankees.

[5:27:53] This penchant for self

[5:27:53] reinvention and her constant

[5:27:56] belief in possibilities would

[5:27:57] follow her throughout her life.

[5:28:00] Led by her motto Margo makes it

[5:28:01] happen.

[5:28:01] After conquering the stage she

[5:28:05] turned to design opening a

[5:28:06] clothing boutique that evolved

[5:28:06] into a small streetwear line

[5:28:09] for dancers and early

[5:28:09] forerunner of activewear.

[5:28:12] At 21 she married Frank Green,

[5:28:13] also a Broadway star.

[5:28:16] The pair relocated a decade

[5:28:16] later to the suburbs of Roslyn

[5:28:19] Heights where Margo opened her

[5:28:19] antique stores, sold real

[5:28:20] estate and became an interior

[5:28:23] designer.

[5:28:24] In 1998 the Greens relocated to

[5:28:26] Indian Wells, California Or

[5:28:27] once again Margo turned her

[5:28:28] sights to real estate.

[5:28:30] Throughout her life Margo was

[5:28:31] known for her boundless

[5:28:31] curiosity and energy and

[5:28:34] enthusiasm for new ideas and

[5:28:35] her belief that a thoughtful,

[5:28:38] thoughtful conversation and

[5:28:38] creativity could make the world

[5:28:39] a better place.

[5:28:40] She is survived by her twin

[5:28:42] daughters Pamela, Larry and

[5:28:43] Jeremy but their husbands Larry

[5:28:46] and Frank Bertino and countless

[5:28:47] extended family and friends

[5:28:49] Margaret Greene will be

[5:28:50] remembered as a talented,

[5:28:50] dynamic woman whose imagination

[5:28:54] and drive helped her indeed

[5:28:54] make it happen.

[5:28:57] In honor of Margo, please

[5:28:58] consider donations to Cancer

[5:29:01] Research Foundation, American

[5:29:01] Cancer Society Macular

[5:29:04] Degeneration Research.

[5:29:05] Braille Institute.

[5:29:05] Rheumatology Research

[5:29:08] Foundation Hospice or a charity

[5:29:11] of your choice.

[5:29:12] Thank you.

[5:29:16] And I think we have motion to

[5:29:16] adjourn.

[5:29:20] Thank you And see a motion from

[5:29:23] Vice Mayor please a second from

[5:29:23] Council member Mcmorran to

[5:29:24] adjourn in the memories of

[5:29:27] Margot Green that beauty and

[5:29:30] genius and Melanie Winter you

[5:29:34] MAY begin voting.

[5:29:35] That motion passes unanimously.

[5:29:38] The time is 12:28 A.M. And we

[5:29:42] are adjourned.

[5:29:42] Thank you.

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