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Good evening Mayor, vice Mayor

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and council members welcome to

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the OCTOBER 27th, 2025 regular

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meeting of the City Council

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successor agency to the Culver

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City Redevelopment Agency Board

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Culver City Parking Authority

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Board Redevelopment Financing

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Authority and Culver City

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Housing Authority Board.

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The time is now.

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533 and I'll go ahead and do a

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roll call by Council member

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Rivera present Council member

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McMahon Yeah, Council Member

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Fish You're Vice Mayor Plaza

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PRESIDENT And Mayor o'Brien

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Represent members are present

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You have a quorum okay Thank

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Do we have any comments on

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closed session?

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We have a motion to adjourn the

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court session Please.

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I have a motion by council

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member Fish and a second from

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council member parent or during

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a closed session maybe Can

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voting My motion passes

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unanimously and we are

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okay I thank you.

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Good evening everyone.

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Welcome back.

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This is the regular meeting of

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the city council meeting.

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City council.

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I just want to report for the

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record that we adjourn to a

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closed session at 530 for Okay.

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Good evening, everyone.

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We actually do not have any

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proclamations or recognitions

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so I'd like to get started with

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a pledge of Allegiance If

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you're able please stand for

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the pledge allegiance to the

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flag.

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I get anything I was just an

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individual So maybe just be and

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I'm going to read the city's

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statement of land

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acknowledgment to the city of

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Culver City formally

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acknowledges that the land that

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we inhabit today is the

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ancestral land of indigenous

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peoples who have lived here for

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millennia.

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The city of Culver City honors

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the Gabrielle Union people

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past, present and future and

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recognizes their enduring

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connection to this land as its

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original caretakers.

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We are committed to supporting

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and uplifting the Gabrielle

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know people and to fostering a

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deeper understanding of the

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histories and identities of all

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indigenous peoples in this

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region.

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visitors to join us in

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respecting and caring for this

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land.

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The city affirms its support

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for the rights of these

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indigenous communities and for

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the preservation of their

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cultural legacies and there is

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nothing to report out of closed

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session So we will begin with

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do we have any anything from

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commissions, committees or

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boards or staff and none.

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Thank you much.

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announcements from Council

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Councilmember Fish?

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Hey everybody.

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Good to be with you all.

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I'm surprised to see even this

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many folks during a Dodger game

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So thanks for taking the time

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to to come join us.

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I think it was 4 to 2 last

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Yes, I checked.

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I just wanted to give a quick

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reminder to put in your Prop 50

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ballot by NOVEMBER 4th I

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believe And you have many drop

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off boxes across across the

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city Julian Dixon Library,

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Culver West Alexander Park, Fox

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Hills Park at the West L.A.

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College And there are two

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voting centers here at City

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Hall and West L.A. College has

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also really grateful to attend

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the opening of the Robertson

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Boulevard Complete Street

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Project with Mayor o'Brien that

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it's a fantastic project that

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our public works team DR.

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Dimitri You guys really did a

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fantastic job.

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It creates bike lanes or two

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bike lanes one bike separated

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bike path, one protected bike

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lane and a bus lane on

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Robertson And it's only 700ft

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long but it's really

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transformative and allows

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people to access the station

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safely easily.

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can continue the progress that

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we've made.

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I didn't have much to do with

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that project.

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It started long before I got

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here but it was really

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wonderful to to be able to you

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know, just celebrate its

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opening.

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I also wanted to share that our

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first police policy

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subcommittee with Councilmember

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Rivera and myself is tomorrow

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at 4 P.M. And that's Memorial.

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We're going to be going over

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two very important documents.

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The first is the 8481 481

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military equipment disclosures.

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And the second is the Ripper

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Annual reports the Racial

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Identity Profiling Act reports

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and that the court that our cpd

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is releasing I believe they

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released that a couple of hours

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So if you would like to hear

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about those reports and give

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your feedback, please do.

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And then we have the Fox Hills

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specific planned community

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meeting If you're interested in

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hearing what is planned for the

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Fox Hills community and giving

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your input.

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That's Tuesday, OCTOBER 28th

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from 6 to 8 And just wanted to

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say a happy almost Halloween.

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Be careful.

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Just a reminder to be careful

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for for drivers especially

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because it is one of the

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deadlier nights for you know

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for pedestrians, especially

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children, you know, child

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pedestrians unfortunately.

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slow down, stay alert

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especially in residential

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areas.

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Listen, you know, check

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mirrors, all that stuff.

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driveways and things like that

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and have a happy Halloween.

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Thanks.

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Thank you.

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Council member Mike Morning.

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Thank you.

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I feel so good to be back at

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the dias and I just want to

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lift up and acknowledge the

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Berkeley Young Democrats for

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having a successful I think of

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all at the California

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African-American Museum this

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past weekend and they lifted up

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a young leader Brandon Lamar,

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who had been who has been doing

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a lot of work around the fires

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and working to support folks in

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Pasadena and Altadena who lost

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everything.

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there to support that.

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I also want to uplift that

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OCTOBER is Domestic Violence

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Awareness Month and every

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OCTOBER organizations and

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individuals unite across the

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country and a national effort

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to uplift the needs, voices and

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experiences of survivors For

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this year the theme is with

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survivors as always and this

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theme allows us to explore what

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it means to be in partnership

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with survivors towards safety,

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support and solidarity.

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we know that our federal

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government is still formally

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shut down that impacts families

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County and countless other

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Americans and many different

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ways and namely you know, I've

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been doing a lot of airport

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travel so I've been linking our

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tsa employees who have been

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working without pay for quite

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some time but did want to lift

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up and reference to snap And

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our nutrition benefits.

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There are mutually resources

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popping up.

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I know L.A. County has also

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been uplifting opportunity for

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folks to tap in and receive

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additional support And because

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we know families are being

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impacted So there are community

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spaces where support is being

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generated and I'll be

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continuing to uplift those on

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my social media as well.

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And there are lots of events

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happening definitely just a

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general plug for Culver

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city.Gov community calendar

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There's shredding coming up

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either Halloween events and

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things of that nature So

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definitely want folks to plug

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in on that And as Councilmember

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remember to vote and no matter

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how you vote on Prop 50 on or

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before NOVEMBER 4th and there's

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more information about vote

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centers on L.A. Vote.Gov.

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Thanks so much for the time.

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Thank you, Councilmember.

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That's my pleasure.

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Last week I attended the

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California retreat for aarp to

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talk about the power of local

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government and how we can work

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together to create age friendly

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communities where everyone

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belongs as shared The work that

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we're doing here in Culver City

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through our age friendly

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initiative which was started by

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former mayors Megan Sally Wells

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and Alex Fish and the

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importance of collaboration

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between cities, community

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partners and advocates And

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thanks to Director Stevens and

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Francisco Cassio and Parks

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Recreation and Community

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Services for their leadership

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in this work I also attended

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the 2025 Violet Visionary

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a-plus leaders, mentors and

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changemakers leading the way

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for the next generation.

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The award recipients were Leah

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Thomas the us swimmer and

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trailblazer Trailblazer for

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trans inclusion and athletes

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and a Lupe who is a writer,

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performer and advocate And I

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was particularly inspired by

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their reminder about the

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radical power of self-love and

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embracing all of our parts of

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ourselves and how the first

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step in any movement is to heal

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ourselves first and to heal our

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own individual trauma and pain.

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I also attended the Art Walk

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and Roll two weekends ago.

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Congrats to the Arts District's

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bid and neighborhood and all of

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the organizers.

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I see some of the participants

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here tonight are from skate

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side.

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They're amazing bands

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performers, vendors, community

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partners and food.

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So congratulations on a very

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successful event.

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I know Mayor o'Brien was there

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as well.

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And last but not least and I

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know we share this information

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last week but the e-waste

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collection and paper shredding

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event is this Saturday,

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NOVEMBER 1st from 9 A.M. To 1

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P.M. And it's in in said Cronin

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Ball Park.

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Thanks man.

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Thank you.

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I'd also like to yes I was at

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the Robertson bike and bustling

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grand opening just a few days

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ago with Councilmember Fish And

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at that event I also with

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several members of the press

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there announced our support

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that we voted on unanimously

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here four options four and five

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for the support of the transit

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corridor.

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That's the which choices of

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five different choices of rail

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to for Metro to vote upon next

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year four and five have the

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highest ridership projections

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of all the options and they

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also stop at ucla which is

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critical And you know these are

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really important connections

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for you know, people who work

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at ucla people people who are

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students at ucla and clearly

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some of the statistics are

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incredible.

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It takes about 100 minutes with

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current public transportation

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to get from the west side to

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Van Nuys and this will make it

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20 minutes And then for cars

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it's up to 80 minutes.

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It can go more than that.

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We all know that.

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But what's great about the rail

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system is that it's predictable

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and in this scenario it's

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actually faster than all the

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other options.

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So that's really exciting.

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There's something else It's

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exciting.

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I don't think I ever talked

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about it but in AUGUST we

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hosted the consul general It's

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called the Los Angeles Consul

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Corps.

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There's 93 consuls general, 93

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different nations Consul

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general in L.A. And 28 of them

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came to Culver City and we

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talked about Olympics and about

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bringing business here.

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And from that at that time we

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knew about New Zealand coming

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here for their hospitality

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house and one of several

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nations that was excited about

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that was the nation of Senegal

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and their consul general and

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reached out and asked to, you

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know, connect on that And I

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brought together my co

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subcommittee member, the

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Olympics based Mariposa and the

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Senegal Mat only wants to have

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their nation in Culver City but

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they want to have a Pan-African

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Olympic house in Culver City.

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So I'm asking for nodding heads

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to agenda is presentation by

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them Ideally in JANUARY so that

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we can hear that and kind of go

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through the same process we

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went through with New Zealand.

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So if I can get my hands on

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that would be great.

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Okay, fantastic.

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And then two other quick points

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in the at the next meeting we

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will be having a couple of

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agenda items that have been

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brought up by the Governance

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subcommittee about kind of

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related and how we can

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streamline our city council

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meetings and if everyone's okay

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with that I'd also like to add

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to those items that are coming

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up a discussion about how we

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can streamline the process of

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proclamations and recognitions

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If we can add that if everyone

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can agree to put that on the

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same agenda I talked to staff

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it's it's no extra work for

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them.

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Okay, great.

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And then finally some sad news.

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Some of you MAY have noticed

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our city clerk Jeremy Bo Chino

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is not here tonight.

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Who?

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I was notified this morning

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that her mother passed away on

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Saturday And I like to get you

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know, vibrating heads to

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adjourn tonight's meeting in

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her memory, her mom's memory.

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Margo Green, thank you.

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And Jose, can I also can I add

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to your request in terms of I

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haven't Yeah And so sorry for

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Jeremy's loss but also in

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addition to that if we can

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adjourn in honor in remembrance

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of Deputy Andrew Nunez, San

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Bernardino County Sheriff's

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Department who was

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unfortunately fatally shot in

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the head today and died six

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year veteran.

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The department leaving behind a

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two year old daughter and a

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pregnant wife if we can please.

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I remember them and include

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them in our internment.

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Appreciate it.

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Thank you.

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In that vein, Yeah.

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We also adjourn in honor of

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Melanie Winter.

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She was the executive director

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of the River Project and

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formerly friends of the Los

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Angeles River.

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She just gave a presentation to

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the Sustainability subcommittee

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and recently just died of

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cancer

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.

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Yeah.

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All right.

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Thank you everyone.

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Okay, now we have a

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presentation on the update for

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the homeless emergency

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including Project homekey So

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camping and other housing

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programs

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.

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Good evening.

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Honorable mayor, vice mayor and

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city council members for the

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benefit of the public.

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My name is Dan Richardson and

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I'm the Human Services and

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Crisis Intervention Manager and

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also the supervisor of the

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Mobile Crisis Team.

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So we are going to present the

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Housing and Human Services

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Homeless Services update Next

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slide please.

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So firstly I'd like to provide

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an update on the mobile crisis

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team and the mobile crisis team

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operations began in MAY 2024.

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And so at this point we've been

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running for nearly 18 months.

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The team continued to be busy

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in the community and we're

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currently working with human

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Resources Department to hire a

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new personnel which will enable

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the team to expand the hours of

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operation.

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We hope to have the hirings

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completed at the beginning of

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next year and once the new

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staff are onboarded and they

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complete the crisis team

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training module, the proposed

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new hours of operation will be

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seven days a week from 9 A.M.

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Till 9 P.M. So we can now play

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a short video that shows the

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new office space for staff and

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provide some details about the

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Homeless outreach request

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portal going for 18 months We

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have a staff of four and we are

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expanding so it's great that we

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now have a new space.

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We still have the office at

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City Hall which is our hub but

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now we have a satellite office

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here at Project Monkey on over

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the boulevard in the heart of

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Culver City and that enables us

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to respond from here over to

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calls on the west side of the

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city and to to get there

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faster.

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So the team are actually in the

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community and of course they

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can provide assistance to to

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the folks residing in these

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programs right here.

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So we now have this great new

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tool the homeless reporting

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portal which enables residents

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to let us know to to go online

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and let us know where there MAY

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be a situation The person who

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is unhoused who seems like they

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MAY need some assistance having

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this portal enables us to to

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hear directly from the

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residents and where that need

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is.

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We are very proud of what we

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have achieved and I'm very

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proud of the team members and

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how they've worked to get this

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program off the ground and to

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provide the services to the

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community.

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And you know, it's all about

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the quality of the individuals

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that we have on the team And I

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can't say enough about that.

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>> Their work.

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Thank you.

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Next slide please

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.

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Okay.

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This and the next few slides

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will provide the data for the

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programs that are part of the

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Copa Cities homeless continuum

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of care.

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So the first slide here

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provides the field response

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data for the mobile crisis Team

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from the period of JULY 2024 to

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OCTOBER 2025 and that's roughly

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15 months.

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So during that time period the

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Mobile Crisis team received

585
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1364 crisis response requests

586
00:19:23,754 --> 00:19:24,388
which come from a variety of

587
00:19:24,388 --> 00:19:26,788
sources including the mqtt

588
00:19:28,159 --> 00:19:31,159
crisis phone line, the homeless

589
00:19:31,729 --> 00:19:32,579
outreach portal email or staff

590
00:19:32,579 --> 00:19:35,532
requests and of course from the

591
00:19:35,532 --> 00:19:38,532
police and fire departments as

592
00:19:39,303 --> 00:19:39,936
a code response during that

593
00:19:39,936 --> 00:19:42,936
time Mobile crisis team is

594
00:19:42,990 --> 00:19:44,990
engaged with 840 individuals

595
00:19:45,843 --> 00:19:46,476
and we have received 56 code

596
00:19:46,476 --> 00:19:48,876
response requests from the

597
00:19:49,446 --> 00:19:50,380
police department and 24 code

598
00:19:50,380 --> 00:19:52,215
response requests from the fire

599
00:19:52,215 --> 00:19:54,215
department.

600
00:19:56,169 --> 00:19:56,937
Excellent.

601
00:19:56,937 --> 00:20:00,306
So this slide gives the data

602
00:20:00,306 --> 00:20:00,941
for the city's project Homekey

603
00:20:00,941 --> 00:20:03,941
program which is divided into

604
00:20:04,528 --> 00:20:04,745
an interim site and a permanent

605
00:20:04,745 --> 00:20:06,745
housing site.

606
00:20:07,914 --> 00:20:08,649
Now this is a snapshot of data

607
00:20:08,649 --> 00:20:11,649
which is from this month

608
00:20:11,801 --> 00:20:13,801
OCTOBER 2025.

609
00:20:14,888 --> 00:20:15,205
We can see that there are 36

610
00:20:15,205 --> 00:20:17,205
individuals are receiving

611
00:20:18,976 --> 00:20:19,625
housing and case management

612
00:20:19,625 --> 00:20:22,162
services as part of the

613
00:20:22,162 --> 00:20:22,595
permanent housing program and

614
00:20:22,595 --> 00:20:23,129
that 33 individuals are

615
00:20:23,129 --> 00:20:25,529
receiving housing and case

616
00:20:26,284 --> 00:20:26,616
management services through the

617
00:20:26,616 --> 00:20:28,616
interim housing program.

618
00:20:30,503 --> 00:20:31,154
Both programs are able to house

619
00:20:31,154 --> 00:20:33,907
couples and allow residents to

620
00:20:33,907 --> 00:20:36,307
have emotional support animals.

621
00:20:37,660 --> 00:20:38,411
Next.

622
00:20:38,411 --> 00:20:41,411
So continuing with the housing

623
00:20:41,697 --> 00:20:44,551
program data, we can see that

624
00:20:44,551 --> 00:20:44,985
in OCTOBER of 2025 the Motel

625
00:20:44,985 --> 00:20:47,385
Master Lease a nutrition

626
00:20:48,371 --> 00:20:50,506
program housed a total of 39

627
00:20:50,506 --> 00:20:50,823
individuals divided between the

628
00:20:50,823 --> 00:20:51,557
two hotels.

629
00:20:51,557 --> 00:20:53,957
This program also serves

630
00:20:54,910 --> 00:20:56,910
couples and families.

631
00:20:57,480 --> 00:20:58,314
And during OCTOBER we have

632
00:20:58,314 --> 00:21:00,714
provided 4973 meals at the

633
00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:05,840
hotels and at Wellness Village.

634
00:21:05,455 --> 00:21:06,305
I'm moving on to wellness

635
00:21:06,305 --> 00:21:06,472
Village on the right of the

636
00:21:06,472 --> 00:21:08,472
screen.

637
00:21:09,491 --> 00:21:10,126
We can see that during OCTOBER

638
00:21:10,126 --> 00:21:12,526
2025 we are housing and

639
00:21:13,179 --> 00:21:13,613
providing services to 16

640
00:21:13,613 --> 00:21:16,130
individuals which includes one

641
00:21:16,766 --> 00:21:17,990
couple and at least three

642
00:21:17,990 --> 00:21:19,990
emotional support animals.

643
00:21:20,687 --> 00:21:21,237
I'm sorry to interject as a

644
00:21:21,237 --> 00:21:24,106
strategist for the month of

645
00:21:24,106 --> 00:21:24,840
OCTOBER for the entire year

646
00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:25,175
2025 just the month of OCTOBER.

647
00:21:25,175 --> 00:21:27,175
Thank you.

648
00:21:27,810 --> 00:21:29,810
Yeah.

649
00:21:32,310 --> 00:21:35,284
So I will now turn this over to

650
00:21:35,284 --> 00:21:35,718
Kristina Stoffels who is our

651
00:21:35,718 --> 00:21:38,118
project manager to provide

652
00:21:38,887 --> 00:21:41,887
information on the progress of

653
00:21:42,758 --> 00:21:43,750
the homeless plan Update.

654
00:21:43,750 --> 00:21:45,750
All right.

655
00:21:46,462 --> 00:21:47,960
I would like to provide a brief

656
00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:50,960
update on the Culver City

657
00:21:50,149 --> 00:21:50,900
Homeless plan.

658
00:21:50,900 --> 00:21:53,300
On SEPTEMBER 8th, 2025, the

659
00:21:55,700 --> 00:21:55,704
council approved a contract

660
00:21:55,704 --> 00:21:57,956
with Jennifer Cary Swan and

661
00:21:57,956 --> 00:22:00,956
Associates to update the Culver

662
00:22:01,727 --> 00:22:02,378
City's 2018 homeless plan.

663
00:22:02,378 --> 00:22:03,280
The consultant team will meet

664
00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:05,865
with the Advisory Committee on

665
00:22:05,865 --> 00:22:08,265
Housing and Homelessness on

666
00:22:08,317 --> 00:22:08,751
NOVEMBER 18th to review the

667
00:22:08,751 --> 00:22:10,751
2018 Homeless plan, identify

668
00:22:12,221 --> 00:22:12,755
key lessons and priorities and

669
00:22:12,755 --> 00:22:15,155
discuss participants for the

670
00:22:16,308 --> 00:22:18,708
community engagement process in

671
00:22:19,779 --> 00:22:20,329
late NOVEMBER and DECEMBER of

672
00:22:20,329 --> 00:22:22,729
2025 the consultant team will

673
00:22:24,990 --> 00:22:24,950
launch a community engagement

674
00:22:24,950 --> 00:22:25,167
process to gather input on what

675
00:22:25,167 --> 00:22:27,167
is working.

676
00:22:28,337 --> 00:22:28,620
Remaining challenges and

677
00:22:28,620 --> 00:22:30,620
community priorities.

678
00:22:32,424 --> 00:22:33,410
They will utilize interviews,

679
00:22:33,410 --> 00:22:35,441
focus groups and written

680
00:22:36,544 --> 00:22:39,544
feedback offered in person and

681
00:22:40,699 --> 00:22:41,320
virtually to ensure full and

682
00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:41,300
easy participation from

683
00:22:41,300 --> 00:22:43,300
unhoused residents.

684
00:22:44,903 --> 00:22:46,903
Community members, business

685
00:22:48,673 --> 00:22:48,857
owners, city staff and service

686
00:22:48,857 --> 00:22:50,857
providers.

687
00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:52,611
The update is expected to take

688
00:22:52,611 --> 00:22:55,611
about six months and will

689
00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:56,714
result in a new strategic

690
00:22:56,714 --> 00:22:59,714
roadmap to guide the city's

691
00:22:59,768 --> 00:23:00,319
homelessness response.

692
00:23:00,319 --> 00:23:00,952
This reflects Culver City's

693
00:23:00,952 --> 00:23:03,352
commitment to data driven

694
00:23:03,889 --> 00:23:05,173
community informed approach.

695
00:23:05,173 --> 00:23:06,174
Now I will now turn it back to

696
00:23:06,174 --> 00:23:08,174
DR. Richardson.

697
00:23:10,228 --> 00:23:11,195
Thank you.

698
00:23:11,195 --> 00:23:14,795
And I'd like to give the

699
00:23:15,660 --> 00:23:15,567
councilmembers and vice mayor

700
00:23:15,567 --> 00:23:15,950
and council members an

701
00:23:15,950 --> 00:23:16,134
opportunity to ask any

702
00:23:16,134 --> 00:23:18,134
questions.

703
00:23:19,137 --> 00:23:20,880
I'm sorry I didn't offer that

704
00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:24,288
Just before I move on to the

705
00:23:24,976 --> 00:23:25,293
next item.

706
00:23:25,293 --> 00:23:25,627
Random questions.

707
00:23:25,627 --> 00:23:27,627
That's right.

708
00:23:28,780 --> 00:23:29,664
Thank you.

709
00:23:29,664 --> 00:23:30,415
Really quick I know it's been a

710
00:23:30,415 --> 00:23:33,284
while since you all did an

711
00:23:33,284 --> 00:23:36,153
update adding go back in my

712
00:23:36,153 --> 00:23:36,705
notes to check But is are we

713
00:23:36,705 --> 00:23:37,321
expecting for the public to

714
00:23:37,321 --> 00:23:39,721
review their public dashboard

715
00:23:40,608 --> 00:23:40,941
for updates outside of the

716
00:23:40,941 --> 00:23:42,941
month of OCTOBER?

717
00:23:44,729 --> 00:23:45,620
Yes that data is is held on the

718
00:23:45,620 --> 00:23:46,797
website that yes.

719
00:23:46,797 --> 00:23:49,197
Okay perfect Thank you.

720
00:23:50,868 --> 00:23:51,185
Thank you.

721
00:23:51,185 --> 00:23:52,700
Thanks Mayor.

722
00:23:52,700 --> 00:23:54,304
I just wanted to and thank you

723
00:23:54,304 --> 00:23:54,538
for the presentation DR. Dan

724
00:23:54,538 --> 00:23:55,720
and Christina.

725
00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:57,472
Have we moved yet?

726
00:23:58,259 --> 00:23:58,909
I know part of our budget In

727
00:23:58,909 --> 00:24:01,909
our budget conversations it was

728
00:24:02,380 --> 00:24:03,300
determined that the mobile

729
00:24:03,300 --> 00:24:03,189
crisis team would become a 12

730
00:24:03,189 --> 00:24:05,189
hour.

731
00:24:06,116 --> 00:24:06,650
Was it 27 days a week?

732
00:24:06,650 --> 00:24:06,968
12 hours a day?

733
00:24:06,968 --> 00:24:08,920
Right.

734
00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:09,687
10 to 10.

735
00:24:09,687 --> 00:24:09,904
Have we moved into that yet?

736
00:24:09,904 --> 00:24:11,904
Yes.

737
00:24:12,991 --> 00:24:13,624
That time we were not actually

738
00:24:13,624 --> 00:24:16,594
doing those hours of operation

739
00:24:16,594 --> 00:24:17,362
but with the new staff coming

740
00:24:17,362 --> 00:24:20,931
on we hope to be having those

741
00:24:20,931 --> 00:24:21,382
new hours of operation at the

742
00:24:21,382 --> 00:24:22,250
beginning of the year.

743
00:24:22,250 --> 00:24:25,236
So seven days a week from it's

744
00:24:25,236 --> 00:24:25,886
going to be from 9 A.M. Till 9

745
00:24:25,886 --> 00:24:26,154
P.M. Still to 12 hours but

746
00:24:26,154 --> 00:24:27,738
slightly different.

747
00:24:27,738 --> 00:24:27,955
Fantastic.

748
00:24:27,955 --> 00:24:28,272
Awesome.

749
00:24:28,272 --> 00:24:30,272
Thank you.

750
00:24:31,942 --> 00:24:32,893
Thank you.

751
00:24:32,893 --> 00:24:36,179
So the question is if a

752
00:24:36,179 --> 00:24:36,480
question is picking up on

753
00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:36,930
Councilmember McMahon's

754
00:24:36,930 --> 00:24:39,330
question, the website hasn't

755
00:24:39,983 --> 00:24:40,144
been updated since MARCH of

756
00:24:40,144 --> 00:24:42,144
2025.

757
00:24:43,470 --> 00:24:44,400
What's the frequency that it's

758
00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:44,872
going to be updated?

759
00:24:44,872 --> 00:24:45,305
You know, I'm going to have to

760
00:24:45,305 --> 00:24:47,705
check back on that.

761
00:24:48,750 --> 00:24:48,292
I can't give you an answer

762
00:24:48,292 --> 00:24:50,292
right now.

763
00:24:51,278 --> 00:24:51,929
I believe it was supposed to be

764
00:24:51,929 --> 00:24:52,896
updated every quarter and so we

765
00:24:52,896 --> 00:24:54,832
MAY be in the process of an

766
00:24:54,832 --> 00:24:55,332
update right now.

767
00:24:55,332 --> 00:24:56,660
Okay.

768
00:24:56,660 --> 00:24:58,919
I can actually speak to that.

769
00:24:58,919 --> 00:24:59,469
So typically it is updated

770
00:24:59,469 --> 00:25:02,469
every quarter and it's getting

771
00:25:02,739 --> 00:25:05,525
a facelift as we speak.

772
00:25:05,525 --> 00:25:06,177
So we are coming I think it's

773
00:25:06,177 --> 00:25:06,710
NOVEMBER 10th which is the next

774
00:25:06,710 --> 00:25:09,710
meeting to provide you guys

775
00:25:10,970 --> 00:25:10,648
with an update on what the new

776
00:25:10,648 --> 00:25:13,283
dashboard looks like along with

777
00:25:13,283 --> 00:25:13,500
the new data.

778
00:25:13,500 --> 00:25:13,817
Great.

779
00:25:13,817 --> 00:25:14,150
Thank you.

780
00:25:14,150 --> 00:25:16,150
Thank you.

781
00:25:16,787 --> 00:25:18,787
Thank you.

782
00:25:20,574 --> 00:25:23,210
So now we'd like to provide you

783
00:25:23,210 --> 00:25:23,660
some information about the

784
00:25:23,660 --> 00:25:24,294
Foster Youth two Independents

785
00:25:24,294 --> 00:25:27,130
program which is a housing

786
00:25:27,130 --> 00:25:28,970
choice voucher program.

787
00:25:28,970 --> 00:25:31,697
So according to the Los Angeles

788
00:25:31,851 --> 00:25:34,251
Homeless Services Authority or

789
00:25:35,238 --> 00:25:35,772
lahsa, 92% of homeless youth in

790
00:25:35,772 --> 00:25:38,772
Los Angeles County had a

791
00:25:39,425 --> 00:25:41,694
fragile social network and more

792
00:25:41,694 --> 00:25:45,640
than half 57% of youth in in

793
00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:45,599
the coordinated entry system

794
00:25:45,599 --> 00:25:48,599
reported having had some type

795
00:25:48,985 --> 00:25:49,185
of contact with the foster care

796
00:25:49,185 --> 00:25:49,953
system.

797
00:25:49,953 --> 00:25:53,206
So the us Department of Housing

798
00:25:53,206 --> 00:25:53,640
and Urban Development hud

799
00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:56,400
announced a funding opportunity

800
00:25:57,100 --> 00:25:57,527
for public housing authorities

801
00:25:57,527 --> 00:25:59,927
to assist transitional age

802
00:26:01,198 --> 00:26:02,149
youth as youth aged between 18

803
00:26:02,149 --> 00:26:04,917
and 24 years old through the

804
00:26:04,917 --> 00:26:05,840
Foster Youth to Independents

805
00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:07,840
program.

806
00:26:09,500 --> 00:26:09,455
On APRIL 8th, 2024, the Culver

807
00:26:09,455 --> 00:26:11,855
City Council authorized the

808
00:26:12,208 --> 00:26:12,942
submittal of a grant

809
00:26:12,942 --> 00:26:16,329
application to hud to fund a

810
00:26:16,329 --> 00:26:16,746
foster youth to Independence

811
00:26:16,746 --> 00:26:19,146
voucher program that will

812
00:26:19,799 --> 00:26:20,116
provide rental assistance to

813
00:26:20,116 --> 00:26:20,633
foster care connected

814
00:26:20,633 --> 00:26:22,633
transitional age youth

815
00:26:24,421 --> 00:26:26,821
experiencing homelessness or at

816
00:26:27,774 --> 00:26:28,641
risk of becoming homeless.

817
00:26:28,641 --> 00:26:31,493
So through the Foster Youth to

818
00:26:31,493 --> 00:26:32,110
Independence Program, hud will

819
00:26:32,110 --> 00:26:34,110
provide rental assistance

820
00:26:34,647 --> 00:26:37,470
vouchers to five five

821
00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:38,330
individuals five individuals

822
00:26:38,330 --> 00:26:40,433
who meet the eligibility

823
00:26:40,686 --> 00:26:41,537
criteria.

824
00:26:41,537 --> 00:26:44,790
Hud is investing in local cross

825
00:26:44,790 --> 00:26:45,140
system collaborative efforts to

826
00:26:45,140 --> 00:26:47,140
prevent homelessness amongst

827
00:26:48,477 --> 00:26:49,294
youth with a current or prior

828
00:26:49,294 --> 00:26:51,694
history of child welfare

829
00:26:52,248 --> 00:26:54,248
involvement.

830
00:26:56,235 --> 00:26:56,669
I'd now like to focus our

831
00:26:56,669 --> 00:26:59,690
attention on the video.

832
00:27:00,390 --> 00:27:00,772
The organization a sense of

833
00:27:00,772 --> 00:27:03,726
Home Assists foster youth to

834
00:27:03,726 --> 00:27:03,993
independence participants to

835
00:27:03,993 --> 00:27:04,893
independent living.

836
00:27:04,893 --> 00:27:07,964
And after the video I will

837
00:27:07,964 --> 00:27:10,364
introduce the director of

838
00:27:12,150 --> 00:27:12,485
programs for for the sense of

839
00:27:12,485 --> 00:27:14,485
home Brody Butler.

840
00:27:18,730 --> 00:27:18,286
But first we'll watch the video

841
00:27:18,286 --> 00:27:20,286
.

842
00:27:22,561 --> 00:27:25,561
It's quite difficult to live

843
00:27:25,932 --> 00:27:26,147
without any furniture or

844
00:27:26,147 --> 00:27:26,999
refrigerators.

845
00:27:26,999 --> 00:27:30,520
Also big thing that you have to

846
00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:30,602
either eat and you can't have

847
00:27:30,602 --> 00:27:33,239
anything cold like you can't

848
00:27:33,239 --> 00:27:34,222
really live like that.

849
00:27:34,222 --> 00:27:37,375
I was kind of staying in the

850
00:27:37,375 --> 00:27:37,927
living room because having no

851
00:27:37,927 --> 00:27:40,927
furniture it's like kind of

852
00:27:41,197 --> 00:27:45,397
makes it more scary to be alone

853
00:27:47,853 --> 00:27:48,870
because it's like so empty

854
00:27:48,870 --> 00:27:52,470
Today we came out, we learned

855
00:27:53,258 --> 00:27:53,809
about a sense of home.

856
00:27:53,809 --> 00:27:54,443
And I thought really

857
00:27:54,443 --> 00:27:57,413
interesting a hands on support

858
00:27:57,413 --> 00:27:57,963
from community And when we

859
00:27:57,963 --> 00:27:58,580
heard about support from the

860
00:27:58,580 --> 00:28:00,980
pharmacy we're really excited

861
00:28:01,167 --> 00:28:01,917
to bring our club out here to

862
00:28:01,917 --> 00:28:05,517
help Cody on her journey and

863
00:28:07,500 --> 00:28:10,605
our next step in her life.

864
00:28:10,976 --> 00:28:13,762
>> So that's always nice to

865
00:28:13,762 --> 00:28:14,512
have you and I used to be a

866
00:28:14,512 --> 00:28:17,883
person that would tell me that

867
00:28:17,883 --> 00:28:18,834
no matter what you know like

868
00:28:18,834 --> 00:28:22,321
you feel like having a group of

869
00:28:22,321 --> 00:28:22,472
people that just want to be

870
00:28:22,472 --> 00:28:24,472
here.

871
00:28:31,730 --> 00:28:32,296
It's really meaningful to

872
00:28:32,296 --> 00:28:32,947
have

873
00:28:32,947 --> 00:28:36,300
that of the name of your

874
00:28:36,300 --> 00:28:36,951
organization because it is to

875
00:28:36,951 --> 00:28:37,286
have a sense of home coming

876
00:28:37,286 --> 00:28:39,286
from foster care.

877
00:28:39,937 --> 00:28:42,937
You haven't had something to

878
00:28:43,124 --> 00:28:44,580
call your own in the comfort

879
00:28:44,580 --> 00:28:47,658
and security to help you and

880
00:28:48,460 --> 00:28:48,663
the path you know your next

881
00:28:48,663 --> 00:28:51,533
journey And for Chloe to be

882
00:28:51,533 --> 00:28:52,299
able to go to school, come

883
00:28:52,299 --> 00:28:56,499
home, be able to stand in a

884
00:28:58,706 --> 00:28:59,224
quiet place and face actually

885
00:28:59,224 --> 00:29:01,224
having something so

886
00:29:02,494 --> 00:29:03,244
personalized I never imagined

887
00:29:03,244 --> 00:29:06,413
that someone could get to know

888
00:29:06,413 --> 00:29:07,264
me so well so quickly.

889
00:29:07,264 --> 00:29:10,264
Every single thing has been

890
00:29:10,735 --> 00:29:13,704
something I looked at already

891
00:29:13,704 --> 00:29:16,704
online or love immediately and

892
00:29:20,461 --> 00:29:23,461
everything is extremely spot on

893
00:29:24,782 --> 00:29:25,533
.

894
00:29:25,533 --> 00:29:26,266
So great that they were so

895
00:29:26,266 --> 00:29:28,819
passionate that they have done

896
00:29:28,819 --> 00:29:30,819
so quickly.

897
00:29:35,677 --> 00:29:39,130
>> It was so amazing for me to

898
00:29:39,130 --> 00:29:39,746
see a recipient receive

899
00:29:39,746 --> 00:29:40,297
something that you've worked so

900
00:29:40,297 --> 00:29:43,297
hard in putting together and

901
00:29:43,968 --> 00:29:44,202
pulling the club together now

902
00:29:44,202 --> 00:29:46,202
It's fantastic.

903
00:29:47,171 --> 00:29:47,688
The club wants us to do more

904
00:29:47,688 --> 00:29:50,880
opportunities like this and

905
00:29:50,858 --> 00:29:51,592
creating something together is

906
00:29:51,592 --> 00:29:54,778
so important and that's what I

907
00:29:54,778 --> 00:29:55,313
does and this is such a

908
00:29:55,313 --> 00:29:57,713
wonderful opportunity for us

909
00:30:04,187 --> 00:30:04,871
all the more

910
00:30:04,871 --> 00:30:06,871
this is important

911
00:30:08,420 --> 00:30:11,812
for our club to do this and

912
00:30:11,812 --> 00:30:12,463
changing lives changes here and

913
00:30:12,463 --> 00:30:15,916
that's what you will do when

914
00:30:15,916 --> 00:30:18,916
you start nursing and can

915
00:30:19,270 --> 00:30:20,454
actually officially move on.

916
00:30:20,454 --> 00:30:23,823
I can be able to focus on my

917
00:30:23,823 --> 00:30:27,393
next of like two weeks of

918
00:30:27,393 --> 00:30:30,764
school and and have a good

919
00:30:30,764 --> 00:30:31,431
strong finish in a nice and

920
00:30:31,431 --> 00:30:34,285
apartment where I can you know

921
00:30:34,285 --> 00:30:37,885
use my desk and see everything

922
00:30:38,588 --> 00:30:39,557
and not have to be like and I

923
00:30:39,557 --> 00:30:43,127
sit there and I have to stay in

924
00:30:43,127 --> 00:30:46,296
the van You're so grown up now

925
00:30:46,296 --> 00:30:46,463
And then I thought this would

926
00:30:46,463 --> 00:30:48,463
happen.

927
00:30:49,383 --> 00:30:49,816
I never thought that you'd have

928
00:30:49,816 --> 00:30:50,367
everything you've been through

929
00:30:50,367 --> 00:30:53,367
that you rise above everything

930
00:30:53,637 --> 00:30:54,288
and be so much better than

931
00:30:54,288 --> 00:30:54,505
everyone that I know You're the

932
00:30:54,505 --> 00:30:56,505
best person.

933
00:30:57,673 --> 00:30:58,325
You're so smart and you're so

934
00:30:58,325 --> 00:31:00,977
beautiful inside and out and

935
00:31:00,977 --> 00:31:01,144
you're going to do amazing

936
00:31:01,144 --> 00:31:02,450
things.

937
00:31:02,450 --> 00:31:05,449
This is just the start of it

938
00:31:05,449 --> 00:31:08,818
and we have all of you guys to

939
00:31:08,818 --> 00:31:12,288
thank you guys for looking at

940
00:31:12,288 --> 00:31:15,888
your people and you don't do

941
00:31:16,276 --> 00:31:19,876
this to me and this the

942
00:31:19,930 --> 00:31:20,580
incredible the simplest thing

943
00:31:20,580 --> 00:31:20,913
that you talked to it and

944
00:31:20,913 --> 00:31:22,913
changed her life.

945
00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:24,850
I just I can't thank you guys

946
00:31:24,850 --> 00:31:25,100
enough but I can't thank you

947
00:31:25,100 --> 00:31:27,100
more.

948
00:31:28,138 --> 00:31:28,788
It'll probably and I love you

949
00:31:28,788 --> 00:31:29,405
so much I want to thank

950
00:31:29,405 --> 00:31:31,805
everybody that came through

951
00:31:32,292 --> 00:31:35,892
today and all these people that

952
00:31:35,978 --> 00:31:39,348
I just met a few hours ago and

953
00:31:39,348 --> 00:31:43,253
we all wanted to come and be

954
00:31:43,253 --> 00:31:46,322
here and do all this for me.

955
00:31:46,322 --> 00:31:46,622
It's amazing that you wanted to

956
00:31:46,622 --> 00:31:48,622
do that.

957
00:31:50,226 --> 00:31:51,176
I mean just a random day in

958
00:31:51,176 --> 00:31:51,710
your life that you wanted to

959
00:31:51,710 --> 00:31:51,928
come out here and do all this

960
00:31:51,928 --> 00:31:53,928
for me.

961
00:31:54,281 --> 00:31:57,149
I think you guys have all

962
00:31:57,149 --> 00:32:00,149
really impacted I guess even

963
00:32:01,190 --> 00:32:04,707
just for a few hours it's going

964
00:32:04,707 --> 00:32:05,558
to forever be a memory of life

965
00:32:05,558 --> 00:32:09,758
and live here and be able to

966
00:32:12,347 --> 00:32:15,947
think about all of you guys

967
00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:35,720
.

968
00:32:37,790 --> 00:32:38,858
Thank you.

969
00:32:38,858 --> 00:32:41,810
And at this point I'd like to

970
00:32:41,810 --> 00:32:42,362
introduce Brody Butler who is

971
00:32:42,362 --> 00:32:44,296
the director of programs for

972
00:32:44,296 --> 00:32:47,296
the organization a sense of

973
00:32:48,368 --> 00:32:48,702
Home.

974
00:32:48,702 --> 00:32:50,702
Hello everyone.

975
00:32:52,689 --> 00:32:53,240
My name is Brody Butler and I'm

976
00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:55,592
the director of programs head

977
00:32:55,592 --> 00:32:56,142
of Sense of Home with a

978
00:32:56,142 --> 00:32:56,359
beautiful video That was that

979
00:32:56,359 --> 00:32:58,359
was Chloe.

980
00:33:00,262 --> 00:33:01,970
She has an fbi voucher.

981
00:33:01,970 --> 00:33:03,850
The five vouchers are mentioned

982
00:33:03,850 --> 00:33:04,617
previously.

983
00:33:04,617 --> 00:33:04,901
She's also one of our pay

984
00:33:04,901 --> 00:33:06,901
forward ambassadors.

985
00:33:07,903 --> 00:33:08,555
So since receiving her home

986
00:33:08,555 --> 00:33:09,206
creation just a few months ago,

987
00:33:09,206 --> 00:33:11,657
she's already paid it forward.

988
00:33:11,657 --> 00:33:12,508
Another member is Home

989
00:33:12,508 --> 00:33:15,695
Creations which is just such a

990
00:33:15,695 --> 00:33:15,846
special thing and a sense of

991
00:33:15,846 --> 00:33:17,846
home.

992
00:33:19,383 --> 00:33:20,320
Our mission is to fully furnish

993
00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:23,287
homes and provide a sense of

994
00:33:23,287 --> 00:33:24,400
community for former foster

995
00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:24,170
youth who aged out of the

996
00:33:24,170 --> 00:33:26,170
system.

997
00:33:26,557 --> 00:33:27,407
And so as you saw in the video

998
00:33:27,407 --> 00:33:27,958
,we bring in a group of

999
00:33:27,958 --> 00:33:28,454
volunteers to fully furnish the

1000
00:33:28,454 --> 00:33:30,454
home.

1001
00:33:30,626 --> 00:33:31,440
And each home is personalized

1002
00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:33,440
to the individual.

1003
00:33:34,347 --> 00:33:37,817
So we really get to know them

1004
00:33:37,817 --> 00:33:38,468
in the intake process who they

1005
00:33:38,468 --> 00:33:39,203
are as a person, what they

1006
00:33:39,203 --> 00:33:41,271
enjoy doing, what their goals

1007
00:33:41,271 --> 00:33:44,871
are and be fully furnished the

1008
00:33:45,242 --> 00:33:45,792
home according to them.

1009
00:33:45,792 --> 00:33:46,426
That's really just the

1010
00:33:46,426 --> 00:33:49,279
beginning though From there we

1011
00:33:49,279 --> 00:33:49,479
provide ongoing resource

1012
00:33:49,479 --> 00:33:51,479
navigation.

1013
00:33:53,767 --> 00:33:54,652
We have a scholarship program.

1014
00:33:54,652 --> 00:33:54,818
This is our third year of the

1015
00:33:54,818 --> 00:33:56,818
program.

1016
00:33:57,921 --> 00:33:58,472
And we provided this year 18

1017
00:33:58,472 --> 00:34:00,872
members with $20,000 to go

1018
00:34:02,126 --> 00:34:02,293
towards their educational

1019
00:34:02,293 --> 00:34:03,100
journey.

1020
00:34:03,100 --> 00:34:03,644
We also have our pay for

1021
00:34:03,644 --> 00:34:06,440
Ambassador program which I

1022
00:34:06,262 --> 00:34:07,231
mentioned previously.

1023
00:34:07,231 --> 00:34:09,883
Through that they can also gain

1024
00:34:09,883 --> 00:34:10,401
access to exclusive events,

1025
00:34:10,401 --> 00:34:10,950
public speaking opportunities

1026
00:34:10,950 --> 00:34:13,950
that are compensated so they

1027
00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:14,172
can allow their voice to be

1028
00:34:14,172 --> 00:34:15,880
heard.

1029
00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:17,774
And we have other events as

1030
00:34:17,774 --> 00:34:17,974
well and much more to come from

1031
00:34:17,974 --> 00:34:19,974
that.

1032
00:34:20,344 --> 00:34:21,294
One of our new programs is

1033
00:34:21,294 --> 00:34:24,640
there for our program So now we

1034
00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:27,640
are working with fbi voucher

1035
00:34:27,217 --> 00:34:27,768
holders and something new is

1036
00:34:27,768 --> 00:34:28,169
that now we're helping them

1037
00:34:28,169 --> 00:34:28,319
getting housing in the first

1038
00:34:28,319 --> 00:34:30,319
place.

1039
00:34:31,154 --> 00:34:31,905
So it's not something that we

1040
00:34:31,905 --> 00:34:32,757
did previously but I have a

1041
00:34:32,757 --> 00:34:35,726
background in in house and how

1042
00:34:35,726 --> 00:34:35,909
services is of the people

1043
00:34:35,909 --> 00:34:36,494
concerned.

1044
00:34:36,494 --> 00:34:39,494
So I have experience with

1045
00:34:39,546 --> 00:34:40,198
housing case management in both

1046
00:34:40,198 --> 00:34:40,932
Skid Row and Santa Monica.

1047
00:34:40,932 --> 00:34:43,167
So really leveraging those

1048
00:34:43,167 --> 00:34:46,167
skills to navigate the housing

1049
00:34:46,853 --> 00:34:47,371
authority processes and working

1050
00:34:47,371 --> 00:34:48,389
with property managers.

1051
00:34:48,389 --> 00:34:50,958
And we really like to focus on

1052
00:34:50,958 --> 00:34:51,391
building those connections with

1053
00:34:51,391 --> 00:34:53,791
the property managers, not

1054
00:34:54,344 --> 00:34:54,562
knowing the units will come

1055
00:34:54,562 --> 00:34:55,229
from that.

1056
00:34:55,229 --> 00:34:58,229
And so because of the

1057
00:34:58,282 --> 00:34:58,833
connections we've been able to

1058
00:34:58,833 --> 00:35:01,184
develop through our Housing and

1059
00:35:01,184 --> 00:35:01,903
Resource Navigator we now have

1060
00:35:01,903 --> 00:35:03,903
access to 235 affordable

1061
00:35:05,188 --> 00:35:05,406
housing units for us to refer

1062
00:35:05,406 --> 00:35:07,406
recipients to.

1063
00:35:08,709 --> 00:35:09,327
And so as it relates to the f y

1064
00:35:09,327 --> 00:35:11,727
I program will receive

1065
00:35:12,896 --> 00:35:13,731
referrals from dcfs.

1066
00:35:13,731 --> 00:35:16,731
They'll connect us to the

1067
00:35:17,417 --> 00:35:17,951
recipient and to their icm us

1068
00:35:17,951 --> 00:35:20,188
case manager, their intensive

1069
00:35:20,188 --> 00:35:21,710
case manager.

1070
00:35:21,710 --> 00:35:21,822
And we will then work with them

1071
00:35:21,822 --> 00:35:24,475
to get the housing to do the

1072
00:35:24,475 --> 00:35:25,126
intake to receive services from

1073
00:35:25,126 --> 00:35:25,977
us and then they'll receive all

1074
00:35:25,977 --> 00:35:28,429
the same aftercare that all of

1075
00:35:28,429 --> 00:35:29,197
our recipients would receive.

1076
00:35:29,197 --> 00:35:32,450
So this has been a really,

1077
00:35:32,450 --> 00:35:32,900
really powerful program made

1078
00:35:32,900 --> 00:35:33,867
such a big impact.

1079
00:35:33,867 --> 00:35:36,820
Really the goal with this is to

1080
00:35:36,820 --> 00:35:37,689
prevent homelessness.

1081
00:35:37,689 --> 00:35:39,940
And so our average age of those

1082
00:35:39,940 --> 00:35:40,102
that we service previously was

1083
00:35:40,102 --> 00:35:40,592
25.

1084
00:35:40,592 --> 00:35:42,992
Now we're seeing after

1085
00:35:43,645 --> 00:35:44,295
establishing their flier

1086
00:35:44,295 --> 00:35:45,163
program it's going down to 23.

1087
00:35:45,163 --> 00:35:48,150
So we're see that we're closing

1088
00:35:48,150 --> 00:35:48,683
the gap there and reaching

1089
00:35:48,683 --> 00:35:50,502
people sooner to close the gap

1090
00:35:50,502 --> 00:35:50,719
of them experiencing

1091
00:35:50,719 --> 00:35:51,586
homelessness.

1092
00:35:51,586 --> 00:35:54,839
And we want to just continue to

1093
00:35:54,839 --> 00:35:55,173
grow and build more connections

1094
00:35:55,173 --> 00:35:56,240
with property managers.

1095
00:35:56,240 --> 00:35:58,993
We're hoping that more housing

1096
00:35:58,993 --> 00:35:59,527
authorities will issue more

1097
00:35:59,527 --> 00:36:02,527
vouchers so we can just

1098
00:36:02,597 --> 00:36:03,347
continue to serve more and

1099
00:36:03,347 --> 00:36:04,181
provide more a sense of home

1100
00:36:04,181 --> 00:36:07,168
and really use that using that

1101
00:36:07,168 --> 00:36:07,886
Maslow's hierarchy of needs to

1102
00:36:07,886 --> 00:36:10,886
set the foundation for them

1103
00:36:11,272 --> 00:36:11,606
giving them a sense of

1104
00:36:11,606 --> 00:36:14,600
belonging, sense of safety.

1105
00:36:14,742 --> 00:36:15,293
So that way they can just have

1106
00:36:15,293 --> 00:36:15,626
this launch pad to achieve

1107
00:36:15,626 --> 00:36:17,626
their highest potential.

1108
00:36:19,231 --> 00:36:19,430
So thank you so much for your

1109
00:36:19,430 --> 00:36:19,830
time today.

1110
00:36:19,830 --> 00:36:20,248
Really appreciate it.

1111
00:36:20,248 --> 00:36:22,248
Thank you.

1112
00:36:23,100 --> 00:36:23,384
I've never been to one of these

1113
00:36:23,384 --> 00:36:25,784
before because I'm English.

1114
00:36:26,654 --> 00:36:27,205
So any questions Is that

1115
00:36:27,205 --> 00:36:27,388
typical thing you want Any

1116
00:36:27,388 --> 00:36:29,388
questions?

1117
00:36:30,374 --> 00:36:30,692
Okay.

1118
00:36:30,692 --> 00:36:32,692
Thank you.

1119
00:36:33,861 --> 00:36:34,629
I did attend the kind of

1120
00:36:34,629 --> 00:36:37,665
landlord meet up with the the

1121
00:36:37,665 --> 00:36:39,665
potential candidates for

1122
00:36:41,736 --> 00:36:42,604
housing the transitional Youth

1123
00:36:42,604 --> 00:36:43,380
18 to 26 I believe so I think

1124
00:36:43,380 --> 00:36:45,173
that's a huge range.

1125
00:36:45,173 --> 00:36:45,823
Yep.

1126
00:36:45,823 --> 00:36:48,823
And really great young people

1127
00:36:53,148 --> 00:36:53,799
And at that event I learned

1128
00:36:53,799 --> 00:36:54,450
that, you know, Culver City was

1129
00:36:54,450 --> 00:36:57,618
the first city to jump into

1130
00:36:57,618 --> 00:36:58,403
this program and there are many

1131
00:36:58,403 --> 00:37:00,439
I don't know what the I can't

1132
00:37:00,439 --> 00:37:01,407
remember the number but it's

1133
00:37:01,407 --> 00:37:04,859
not a few other cities but many

1134
00:37:04,859 --> 00:37:05,194
other cities have followed our

1135
00:37:05,194 --> 00:37:07,194
lead on this.

1136
00:37:07,963 --> 00:37:08,280
So it's really great that it's

1137
00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:10,280
impacting the region.

1138
00:37:11,749 --> 00:37:12,300
It looks like and also

1139
00:37:12,300 --> 00:37:12,485
something I don't think was

1140
00:37:12,485 --> 00:37:14,485
mentioned.

1141
00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:19,275
It's really neat is that as the

1142
00:37:19,275 --> 00:37:19,908
rents or as the the young

1143
00:37:19,908 --> 00:37:22,908
person begins to earn more

1144
00:37:23,780 --> 00:37:26,678
income I don't think their rent

1145
00:37:26,966 --> 00:37:27,933
goes up But money is set aside

1146
00:37:27,933 --> 00:37:28,183
in a in an account for them a

1147
00:37:28,183 --> 00:37:30,183
savings account.

1148
00:37:31,153 --> 00:37:31,786
And I want to say that the

1149
00:37:31,786 --> 00:37:34,440
person who was making the

1150
00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:34,873
presentation said that the

1151
00:37:34,873 --> 00:37:37,273
largest amount someone had

1152
00:37:38,460 --> 00:37:39,110
saved once they age out of the

1153
00:37:39,110 --> 00:37:39,228
program was something like 30

1154
00:37:39,228 --> 00:37:41,228
or $40,000.

1155
00:37:42,314 --> 00:37:43,310
So to have that in that account

1156
00:37:43,310 --> 00:37:45,901
that they can take with them

1157
00:37:45,901 --> 00:37:46,435
and you know, build begin that

1158
00:37:46,435 --> 00:37:48,835
the beginnings of independence

1159
00:37:49,288 --> 00:37:50,720
is huge.

1160
00:37:50,720 --> 00:37:51,700
I don't know how many people

1161
00:37:51,700 --> 00:37:53,809
who were not in foster care who

1162
00:37:53,809 --> 00:37:54,560
had, you know, that much money

1163
00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:57,429
to go out into the world with.

1164
00:37:57,429 --> 00:37:57,647
So it's great.

1165
00:37:57,647 --> 00:37:57,963
Great.

1166
00:37:57,963 --> 00:37:59,963
Thank you.

1167
00:38:00,715 --> 00:38:02,715
Thanks.

1168
00:38:04,502 --> 00:38:04,819
And that concludes our homeless

1169
00:38:04,819 --> 00:38:05,136
emergency update.

1170
00:38:05,136 --> 00:38:05,772
Thank you.

1171
00:38:05,772 --> 00:38:07,772
Thank you.

1172
00:38:11,376 --> 00:38:14,580
Thank you for all the work.

1173
00:38:14,580 --> 00:38:15,414
Okay, now we are on to Drake

1174
00:38:15,414 --> 00:38:18,414
for public comment for items

1175
00:38:18,968 --> 00:38:21,368
not on the agenda.

1176
00:38:22,337 --> 00:38:22,788
Many speakers we currently have

1177
00:38:22,788 --> 00:38:25,188
ten speakers signed up.

1178
00:38:26,241 --> 00:38:28,641
Okay let's do 90s.

1179
00:38:29,696 --> 00:38:30,130
90s.

1180
00:38:30,130 --> 00:38:30,896
All right.

1181
00:38:30,896 --> 00:38:33,449
And then while we get set up

1182
00:38:33,449 --> 00:38:33,783
I'll go ahead and read our

1183
00:38:33,783 --> 00:38:33,950
statement regarding hate

1184
00:38:33,950 --> 00:38:35,950
speech.

1185
00:38:37,786 --> 00:38:38,437
Members of the public have a

1186
00:38:38,437 --> 00:38:39,172
right to speak on matters that

1187
00:38:39,172 --> 00:38:42,410
are within the subject matter

1188
00:38:42,410 --> 00:38:42,208
jurisdiction of the City

1189
00:38:42,208 --> 00:38:44,208
Council.

1190
00:38:45,612 --> 00:38:46,246
However, this Council strongly

1191
00:38:46,246 --> 00:38:46,763
denounces hate speech and does

1192
00:38:46,763 --> 00:38:48,763
not tolerate destructive

1193
00:38:49,832 --> 00:38:50,583
behavior in our meetings.

1194
00:38:50,583 --> 00:38:53,583
Culver City prides itself on

1195
00:38:53,836 --> 00:38:54,287
its diverse community and

1196
00:38:54,287 --> 00:38:56,687
inclusion of all persons.

1197
00:38:57,456 --> 00:38:58,324
We are committed to creating a

1198
00:38:58,324 --> 00:39:01,877
safe space in the city and in

1199
00:39:01,877 --> 00:39:02,612
these chambers where members of

1200
00:39:02,612 --> 00:39:05,612
our community feel included and

1201
00:39:08,701 --> 00:39:10,701
respected.

1202
00:39:11,888 --> 00:39:12,104
And I will call on the first

1203
00:39:12,104 --> 00:39:12,855
five speakers.

1204
00:39:12,855 --> 00:39:15,624
They are Jeff Schwartz, Angelo

1205
00:39:15,624 --> 00:39:18,624
Mike Jeffrey Pinsky, Marcy Bond

1206
00:39:22,132 --> 00:39:25,132
and Lamar Betts, Jeff Schwartz

1207
00:39:26,386 --> 00:39:27,360
,the L.A. County Democratic

1208
00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:27,871
Party recently gave MR. O'Brien

1209
00:39:27,871 --> 00:39:30,724
an award named for Franklin and

1210
00:39:30,724 --> 00:39:32,724
Eleanor Roosevelt.

1211
00:39:33,493 --> 00:39:34,127
The legacies of our greatest

1212
00:39:34,127 --> 00:39:34,561
PRESIDENT And first lady should

1213
00:39:34,561 --> 00:39:36,961
not be invoked casually.

1214
00:39:37,330 --> 00:39:39,782
I don't know what your favorite

1215
00:39:39,782 --> 00:39:40,333
fdr speeches but mine is the

1216
00:39:40,333 --> 00:39:42,733
1944 State of the Union.

1217
00:39:44,220 --> 00:39:44,987
It's easy to look up so you

1218
00:39:44,987 --> 00:39:45,305
don't need to take my word for

1219
00:39:45,305 --> 00:39:47,305
any of this.

1220
00:39:48,375 --> 00:39:49,420
The speech concluded with what

1221
00:39:49,420 --> 00:39:49,209
fdr called the Economic Bill of

1222
00:39:49,209 --> 00:39:51,209
Rights.

1223
00:39:51,310 --> 00:39:51,728
While it has not yet been

1224
00:39:51,728 --> 00:39:52,278
implemented in this country,

1225
00:39:52,278 --> 00:39:54,678
when Eleanor Roosevelt chaired

1226
00:39:55,949 --> 00:39:56,382
the U.N. Committee that wrote

1227
00:39:56,382 --> 00:39:58,782
the Universal Declaration of

1228
00:39:59,350 --> 00:39:59,569
Human Rights, she incorporated

1229
00:39:59,569 --> 00:40:00,203
it into this fundamental

1230
00:40:00,203 --> 00:40:03,203
document of the rules based

1231
00:40:03,256 --> 00:40:04,700
postwar international order.

1232
00:40:04,700 --> 00:40:04,507
When the nations of Western

1233
00:40:04,507 --> 00:40:06,507
Europe rebuilt their

1234
00:40:07,393 --> 00:40:08,111
governments social democracies,

1235
00:40:08,111 --> 00:40:11,810
they included it in their

1236
00:40:11,810 --> 00:40:11,732
constitutions as did those in

1237
00:40:11,732 --> 00:40:14,667
Africa and elsewhere as they

1238
00:40:14,667 --> 00:40:14,884
liberated themselves from

1239
00:40:14,884 --> 00:40:16,884
colonial rule.

1240
00:40:17,971 --> 00:40:18,605
The Economic Bill of Rights has

1241
00:40:18,605 --> 00:40:19,123
also been frequently cited by

1242
00:40:19,123 --> 00:40:21,123
American Democratic Socialists

1243
00:40:21,892 --> 00:40:22,225
including Martin Luther King

1244
00:40:22,225 --> 00:40:24,225
and Bernie Sanders.

1245
00:40:25,796 --> 00:40:26,547
It calls for full employment at

1246
00:40:26,547 --> 00:40:29,547
a living wage and protection

1247
00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:30,350
from business monopolies.

1248
00:40:30,350 --> 00:40:32,750
It declares that housing,

1249
00:40:33,804 --> 00:40:34,254
health care, education and a

1250
00:40:34,254 --> 00:40:36,654
secure retirement are human

1251
00:40:37,307 --> 00:40:37,741
rights to be guaranteed by the

1252
00:40:37,741 --> 00:40:38,375
government and that the

1253
00:40:38,375 --> 00:40:40,775
struggle for economic justice

1254
00:40:41,445 --> 00:40:43,845
domestically was the same

1255
00:40:45,115 --> 00:40:45,332
struggle as for freedom safety

1256
00:40:45,332 --> 00:40:45,982
and dignity.

1257
00:40:45,982 --> 00:40:48,952
As the antifascist war then

1258
00:40:48,952 --> 00:40:49,803
being waged in Europe and Asia,

1259
00:40:49,803 --> 00:40:53,290
fdr said in the speech that

1260
00:40:53,290 --> 00:40:54,410
quote We have come to a clear

1261
00:40:54,410 --> 00:40:56,894
realization of the fact that

1262
00:40:56,894 --> 00:40:59,294
true individual freedom cannot

1263
00:41:00,663 --> 00:41:01,181
exist without economic security

1264
00:41:01,181 --> 00:41:02,490
and independence inspired a

1265
00:41:02,490 --> 00:41:04,517
legacy as a gift and a burden.

1266
00:41:04,517 --> 00:41:05,403
This one is not trivial.

1267
00:41:05,403 --> 00:41:07,937
That MAY have been true as I

1268
00:41:07,937 --> 00:41:10,937
challenge you to take note.

1269
00:41:12,250 --> 00:41:15,250
Next we have Angela Mike

1270
00:41:18,581 --> 00:41:19,249
followed by Jeffrey Penske

1271
00:41:19,249 --> 00:41:19,899
.

1272
00:41:19,899 --> 00:41:22,299
The city Council's unanimous

1273
00:41:23,690 --> 00:41:23,637
vote to host New Zealand for

1274
00:41:23,637 --> 00:41:23,954
the Olympics was like a knife

1275
00:41:23,954 --> 00:41:25,954
through my heart.

1276
00:41:26,824 --> 00:41:27,570
That's how you all treat

1277
00:41:27,570 --> 00:41:27,791
homeless people.

1278
00:41:27,791 --> 00:41:30,660
You trip over them with a

1279
00:41:30,660 --> 00:41:31,311
wheelbarrow full of money not

1280
00:41:31,311 --> 00:41:31,746
for the benefit of New Zealand

1281
00:41:31,746 --> 00:41:32,279
athletes but for the

1282
00:41:32,279 --> 00:41:34,279
millionaires and billionaires

1283
00:41:34,532 --> 00:41:34,866
at the ioc and their trillion

1284
00:41:34,866 --> 00:41:35,498
dollar corporate sponsors.

1285
00:41:35,498 --> 00:41:37,498
Apparently there's nothing

1286
00:41:38,569 --> 00:41:38,785
urgent about people sleeping in

1287
00:41:38,785 --> 00:41:39,319
the cold.

1288
00:41:39,319 --> 00:41:39,653
We've had 50 degree

1289
00:41:39,653 --> 00:41:41,653
temperatures at night.

1290
00:41:42,839 --> 00:41:43,524
I can tell you what it's like

1291
00:41:43,524 --> 00:41:45,776
to sleep in that it's torture.

1292
00:41:45,776 --> 00:41:46,527
It's rained here recently.

1293
00:41:46,527 --> 00:41:47,270
I've never slept in rain but

1294
00:41:47,270 --> 00:41:47,194
I'd venture to guess it's

1295
00:41:47,194 --> 00:41:49,194
torture.

1296
00:41:49,996 --> 00:41:50,447
I prefer never to hear that

1297
00:41:50,447 --> 00:41:50,965
capitalist feelgood story about

1298
00:41:50,965 --> 00:41:53,365
a homeless person being

1299
00:41:54,340 --> 00:41:54,751
someone's kid who fell through

1300
00:41:54,751 --> 00:41:54,918
the cracks when you are the

1301
00:41:54,918 --> 00:41:55,419
cracks.

1302
00:41:55,419 --> 00:41:58,890
Because what I learned from

1303
00:41:58,890 --> 00:41:58,538
being homeless for two and a

1304
00:41:58,538 --> 00:41:58,890
half years is when you're

1305
00:41:58,890 --> 00:41:59,430
homeless you're not someone's

1306
00:41:59,430 --> 00:42:01,430
kid.

1307
00:42:01,743 --> 00:42:02,627
You're someone else's kid.

1308
00:42:02,627 --> 00:42:03,260
When you all voted for that ioc

1309
00:42:03,260 --> 00:42:05,120
giveaway, you didn't vote for

1310
00:42:05,120 --> 00:42:05,663
your kid to go homeless.

1311
00:42:05,663 --> 00:42:08,663
But the Olympics always cause

1312
00:42:09,333 --> 00:42:09,767
razed rents Gentrification and

1313
00:42:09,767 --> 00:42:10,267
displacement which will make

1314
00:42:10,267 --> 00:42:12,937
someone else's kid go homeless.

1315
00:42:12,937 --> 00:42:13,371
Nobody wants to MISS Out on the

1316
00:42:13,371 --> 00:42:13,922
cultural exchange and economic

1317
00:42:13,922 --> 00:42:14,239
boost from the Olympics and

1318
00:42:14,239 --> 00:42:16,239
nobody does.

1319
00:42:17,325 --> 00:42:17,758
That's who you are when you're

1320
00:42:17,758 --> 00:42:18,258
homeless you're nobody.

1321
00:42:18,258 --> 00:42:20,611
There's a homeless family

1322
00:42:20,611 --> 00:42:21,246
that's been begging outside

1323
00:42:21,246 --> 00:42:21,795
Trader Joe's down the street

1324
00:42:21,795 --> 00:42:24,795
recently and nobody works out

1325
00:42:24,966 --> 00:42:25,583
great for sex predators to have

1326
00:42:25,583 --> 00:42:26,534
a bunch of nobodies to exploit.

1327
00:42:26,534 --> 00:42:28,902
I can tell you from experience

1328
00:42:28,902 --> 00:42:29,453
you house the people love to

1329
00:42:29,453 --> 00:42:32,107
judge all homeless people for

1330
00:42:32,107 --> 00:42:32,423
what any one homeless person

1331
00:42:32,423 --> 00:42:33,730
does wrong.

1332
00:42:33,730 --> 00:42:33,808
When you're savages you're the

1333
00:42:33,808 --> 00:42:36,460
pimps and panders who profit

1334
00:42:36,460 --> 00:42:36,911
from homeless people's

1335
00:42:36,911 --> 00:42:39,311
dispossession all while you

1336
00:42:40,180 --> 00:42:40,615
drive past homeless people with

1337
00:42:40,615 --> 00:42:41,480
your heated seats and

1338
00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:43,448
entertainment centers secure in

1339
00:42:43,601 --> 00:42:44,402
the knowledge that you'll never

1340
00:42:44,402 --> 00:42:45,860
be in the position my mom was

1341
00:42:45,860 --> 00:42:47,739
in when she could look at a

1342
00:42:47,739 --> 00:42:47,957
homeless person and say That's

1343
00:42:47,957 --> 00:42:48,822
my kid.

1344
00:42:48,822 --> 00:42:49,473
It's not too late to take this

1345
00:42:49,473 --> 00:42:51,409
back and let's cancel the

1346
00:42:51,409 --> 00:42:52,260
Olympics while read it.

1347
00:42:52,260 --> 00:42:55,213
Thank you for your attention to

1348
00:42:55,213 --> 00:42:55,763
this matter.

1349
00:42:55,763 --> 00:42:56,980
Your time has expired.

1350
00:42:56,980 --> 00:42:58,980
Thank you.

1351
00:42:58,750 --> 00:42:59,670
Jeffrey Penske.

1352
00:42:59,670 --> 00:43:01,670
Good evening.

1353
00:43:03,772 --> 00:43:03,922
I'm a longtime resident of Crow

1354
00:43:03,922 --> 00:43:05,922
City.

1355
00:43:05,940 --> 00:43:06,474
I live at 5830 Green Valley

1356
00:43:06,474 --> 00:43:09,474
Circle which is a large

1357
00:43:09,728 --> 00:43:09,878
apartment building in Fox

1358
00:43:09,878 --> 00:43:10,711
Hills.

1359
00:43:10,711 --> 00:43:13,682
I've lived there for 12 years

1360
00:43:13,682 --> 00:43:14,150
with my wife and my now ten

1361
00:43:14,150 --> 00:43:16,150
year old daughter.

1362
00:43:17,184 --> 00:43:17,835
Since we have lived there the

1363
00:43:17,835 --> 00:43:20,835
landlord has not complied ever

1364
00:43:20,988 --> 00:43:21,740
with the nonsmoking ordinance

1365
00:43:21,740 --> 00:43:25,110
which has emboldened a lot of

1366
00:43:25,110 --> 00:43:25,310
the residents to smoke

1367
00:43:25,310 --> 00:43:25,961
marijuana.

1368
00:43:25,961 --> 00:43:26,278
The worst offenders have moved

1369
00:43:26,278 --> 00:43:28,278
next to us.

1370
00:43:29,364 --> 00:43:30,132
We have a shared wall.

1371
00:43:30,132 --> 00:43:30,898
It's an old well, it's porous.

1372
00:43:30,898 --> 00:43:33,235
If we close the windows and

1373
00:43:33,235 --> 00:43:33,784
they smoke it comes directly

1374
00:43:33,784 --> 00:43:34,435
into my bedroom, into my

1375
00:43:34,435 --> 00:43:34,869
bathroom to the point where we

1376
00:43:34,869 --> 00:43:36,869
have to flee.

1377
00:43:37,955 --> 00:43:38,120
We have made them aware of this

1378
00:43:38,120 --> 00:43:38,940
issue.

1379
00:43:38,940 --> 00:43:41,610
They laughed off it to a group

1380
00:43:41,610 --> 00:43:41,943
of young adults that use it as

1381
00:43:41,943 --> 00:43:43,943
their smoking den.

1382
00:43:45,130 --> 00:43:45,330
We have provided this with our

1383
00:43:45,330 --> 00:43:46,800
property manager.

1384
00:43:46,800 --> 00:43:48,550
They are two heavy smokers.

1385
00:43:48,550 --> 00:43:48,967
They're not going to enforce an

1386
00:43:48,967 --> 00:43:49,618
ordinance against themselves.

1387
00:43:49,618 --> 00:43:52,180
They really haven't done

1388
00:43:52,588 --> 00:43:53,222
anything but a cursory offer to

1389
00:43:53,222 --> 00:43:56,222
move us to another unit.

1390
00:43:56,708 --> 00:43:57,259
And they have read the

1391
00:43:57,259 --> 00:43:57,422
ordinance which I provided for

1392
00:43:57,422 --> 00:43:58,476
them.

1393
00:43:58,476 --> 00:44:00,646
They said they can still smoke

1394
00:44:00,646 --> 00:44:00,896
inside which is a total

1395
00:44:00,896 --> 00:44:02,896
misinterpretation.

1396
00:44:04,132 --> 00:44:04,449
The owner is not incentivized

1397
00:44:04,449 --> 00:44:05,217
to do anything.

1398
00:44:05,217 --> 00:44:08,303
We are a long time tenant.

1399
00:44:08,303 --> 00:44:08,937
We have a below market rent.

1400
00:44:08,937 --> 00:44:11,206
They want us out.

1401
00:44:11,206 --> 00:44:11,523
If I sue them and leave for

1402
00:44:11,523 --> 00:44:13,523
12,500 they win.

1403
00:44:14,909 --> 00:44:15,677
So I mean they're a business.

1404
00:44:15,677 --> 00:44:18,429
They need your permission to do

1405
00:44:18,429 --> 00:44:19,800
business in the city.

1406
00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:22,800
You can surely revoke that

1407
00:44:22,234 --> 00:44:22,768
business until they become

1408
00:44:22,768 --> 00:44:23,419
compliant with the ordinance.

1409
00:44:23,419 --> 00:44:25,855
I asked for your help.

1410
00:44:25,855 --> 00:44:26,188
Thank you.

1411
00:44:26,188 --> 00:44:26,839
MR. Prince.

1412
00:44:26,839 --> 00:44:29,308
Q Can you share information

1413
00:44:29,308 --> 00:44:29,958
with the city clerk and show

1414
00:44:29,958 --> 00:44:30,225
for that along to our code

1415
00:44:30,225 --> 00:44:30,426
enforcement?

1416
00:44:30,426 --> 00:44:30,859
Thank you.

1417
00:44:30,859 --> 00:44:33,259
It's been a nightmare.

1418
00:44:33,528 --> 00:44:33,963
We have to leave every in the

1419
00:44:33,963 --> 00:44:34,296
middle of the night.

1420
00:44:34,296 --> 00:44:35,131
Thank you.

1421
00:44:35,131 --> 00:44:37,366
Your time has expired.

1422
00:44:37,366 --> 00:44:38,250
Sorry.

1423
00:44:38,250 --> 00:44:41,120
I just got a message that maybe

1424
00:44:41,120 --> 00:44:41,870
the YouTube might not be

1425
00:44:41,870 --> 00:44:45,140
working, so I just want to flag

1426
00:44:45,140 --> 00:44:48,740
that for staff in case their

1427
00:44:48,811 --> 00:44:49,361
son thinks he's Prince Pastor

1428
00:44:49,361 --> 00:44:49,527
or information On to Tiana

1429
00:44:49,527 --> 00:44:49,896
here.

1430
00:44:49,896 --> 00:44:51,896
Thank you.

1431
00:44:58,270 --> 00:45:01,270
Next we have Marci Seaborn

1432
00:45:10,416 --> 00:45:10,749
more

1433
00:45:10,749 --> 00:45:10,966
than you do.

1434
00:45:10,966 --> 00:45:12,966
Great.

1435
00:45:13,819 --> 00:45:14,469
Thank you.

1436
00:45:14,469 --> 00:45:17,469
My name is Marci Bond.

1437
00:45:18,457 --> 00:45:18,990
I am a Parks and RECs

1438
00:45:18,990 --> 00:45:19,659
commissioner but I am speaking

1439
00:45:19,659 --> 00:45:21,994
on my own behalf tonight and

1440
00:45:21,994 --> 00:45:25,594
none of my opinions reflect the

1441
00:45:25,781 --> 00:45:26,832
view of the Commission.

1442
00:45:26,832 --> 00:45:29,485
On Saturday I went over to the

1443
00:45:29,485 --> 00:45:30,336
prca Halloween celebration and

1444
00:45:30,336 --> 00:45:33,605
as I was walking through the

1445
00:45:33,605 --> 00:45:37,205
park I noticed that there were

1446
00:45:37,493 --> 00:45:40,746
kids in the park but there were

1447
00:45:40,746 --> 00:45:43,746
also people with their dogs.

1448
00:45:44,133 --> 00:45:47,133
A number of them unleashed.

1449
00:45:48,103 --> 00:45:49,710
While they MAY be well-behaved

1450
00:45:49,710 --> 00:45:52,658
,the issue is is that you have

1451
00:45:52,658 --> 00:45:53,510
kids running around and you do

1452
00:45:53,510 --> 00:45:56,179
not know how if a kid's going

1453
00:45:56,179 --> 00:45:56,846
to run up to a dog startle

1454
00:45:56,846 --> 00:45:57,620
them, they're going to end up

1455
00:45:57,620 --> 00:45:59,620
biting them.

1456
00:45:59,832 --> 00:46:00,160
This is just a dangerous

1457
00:46:00,160 --> 00:46:01,116
situation.

1458
00:46:01,116 --> 00:46:03,353
The dogs are not supposed to be

1459
00:46:03,353 --> 00:46:04,190
brought into the park.

1460
00:46:04,190 --> 00:46:04,771
They're not supposed to be

1461
00:46:04,771 --> 00:46:07,724
unleashed in the city at all.

1462
00:46:07,724 --> 00:46:10,124
Please, please, please, please

1463
00:46:11,611 --> 00:46:12,428
keep your dogs on a leash.

1464
00:46:12,428 --> 00:46:15,215
Do not run them in the park.

1465
00:46:15,215 --> 00:46:16,148
We do have a dog park.

1466
00:46:16,148 --> 00:46:19,636
And one more thing to remind

1467
00:46:19,636 --> 00:46:22,636
everybody about is that the

1468
00:46:22,705 --> 00:46:23,473
fund is a public pool.

1469
00:46:23,473 --> 00:46:23,625
It is not our own personal

1470
00:46:23,625 --> 00:46:25,625
pool.

1471
00:46:27,260 --> 00:46:31,470
There is no such thing as my

1472
00:46:31,470 --> 00:46:31,797
lane in a public pool because

1473
00:46:31,797 --> 00:46:35,397
it is for everybody to use.

1474
00:46:36,190 --> 00:46:36,670
So if you are in a lane and you

1475
00:46:36,670 --> 00:46:39,210
are solo and someone wants to

1476
00:46:39,210 --> 00:46:43,900
come in and join you be nice,

1477
00:46:43,900 --> 00:46:43,777
smile at them and just let them

1478
00:46:43,777 --> 00:46:44,310
come in and both of you will

1479
00:46:44,310 --> 00:46:46,710
have a great time.

1480
00:46:49,181 --> 00:46:49,733
Thank you.

1481
00:46:49,733 --> 00:46:50,660
Your time has expired.

1482
00:46:50,660 --> 00:46:52,660
Thank you.

1483
00:46:55,955 --> 00:46:58,955
Next we have Lamar Betts

1484
00:47:00,143 --> 00:47:00,676
followed by the next five

1485
00:47:00,676 --> 00:47:03,760
speakers who are Melissa

1486
00:47:03,713 --> 00:47:04,247
standards bad Monica

1487
00:47:04,247 --> 00:47:06,647
Richardson, Patrick Godinez and

1488
00:47:07,300 --> 00:47:07,517
Michael Colby.

1489
00:47:07,517 --> 00:47:09,517
Right.

1490
00:47:11,388 --> 00:47:11,704
Hello everyone.

1491
00:47:11,704 --> 00:47:12,322
Hello, counsel.

1492
00:47:12,322 --> 00:47:13,273
My name is Lamar Betts.

1493
00:47:13,273 --> 00:47:14,907
I'm the co-founder and owner of

1494
00:47:14,907 --> 00:47:15,558
the skate side.

1495
00:47:15,558 --> 00:47:16,210
We run a youth skateboarding

1496
00:47:16,210 --> 00:47:19,790
roller skating program here in

1497
00:47:19,790 --> 00:47:19,513
Culver City as well as in

1498
00:47:19,513 --> 00:47:21,913
neighboring cities as well.

1499
00:47:23,300 --> 00:47:23,851
And since 2015 we've taught

1500
00:47:23,851 --> 00:47:26,251
over 10,000 students how to

1501
00:47:26,503 --> 00:47:26,820
skate a roller skate through

1502
00:47:26,820 --> 00:47:28,820
our program.

1503
00:47:29,990 --> 00:47:30,840
And although we've had students

1504
00:47:30,840 --> 00:47:31,175
that have gone on to be Olympic

1505
00:47:31,175 --> 00:47:33,175
skateboarders for Olympic

1506
00:47:34,645 --> 00:47:35,194
teams, we're most proud because

1507
00:47:35,194 --> 00:47:37,947
students in our program have

1508
00:47:37,947 --> 00:47:38,281
found a sense of self and a

1509
00:47:38,281 --> 00:47:39,232
sense of community.

1510
00:47:39,232 --> 00:47:42,702
And I'm here today to talk

1511
00:47:42,702 --> 00:47:43,353
about Skateboard fest.

1512
00:47:43,353 --> 00:47:45,406
The Skate Cif-ss our annual

1513
00:47:45,406 --> 00:47:48,692
giveback event that we do We

1514
00:47:48,692 --> 00:47:49,225
had 1 in 2019 as well as 2024

1515
00:47:49,225 --> 00:47:52,129
which was our return event.

1516
00:47:52,129 --> 00:47:52,446
And we also had 1 in 2025 this

1517
00:47:52,446 --> 00:47:54,446
year in MAY.

1518
00:47:56,950 --> 00:48:00,220
And thank you to the Culver

1519
00:48:00,220 --> 00:48:00,538
City Parks Recreation as well

1520
00:48:00,538 --> 00:48:02,538
as the city.

1521
00:48:03,123 --> 00:48:03,757
We were able to have a special

1522
00:48:03,757 --> 00:48:06,757
events permit grant that was

1523
00:48:07,845 --> 00:48:08,495
able to assist us with creating

1524
00:48:08,495 --> 00:48:12,950
a larger impact for the event.

1525
00:48:15,190 --> 00:48:15,952
And I am asking to agenda as

1526
00:48:15,952 --> 00:48:19,552
for a future meeting a request

1527
00:48:20,641 --> 00:48:21,508
for an extra $5,000 because for

1528
00:48:21,508 --> 00:48:21,663
2026 we want to have a two day

1529
00:48:21,663 --> 00:48:23,663
event.

1530
00:48:25,960 --> 00:48:25,529
We had over 2000 people show up

1531
00:48:25,529 --> 00:48:27,529
for our 2025 event.

1532
00:48:28,915 --> 00:48:29,367
We had a roller skating zone, a

1533
00:48:29,367 --> 00:48:31,767
skateboarding skate park zone

1534
00:48:32,419 --> 00:48:35,419
and a family fun zone.

1535
00:48:35,606 --> 00:48:36,257
This is a family fun event that

1536
00:48:36,257 --> 00:48:36,412
our participants have come out

1537
00:48:36,412 --> 00:48:38,412
to.

1538
00:48:40,161 --> 00:48:40,761
We close out all of our other

1539
00:48:40,761 --> 00:48:40,920
areas for everyone to enjoy the

1540
00:48:40,920 --> 00:48:41,712
event.

1541
00:48:41,712 --> 00:48:43,781
So we're asking to organize

1542
00:48:43,781 --> 00:48:43,998
that event for an official time

1543
00:48:43,998 --> 00:48:45,998
has expired.

1544
00:48:48,690 --> 00:48:48,853
Thank you, MR. Betts.

1545
00:48:48,853 --> 00:48:49,152
You're going to apply for the

1546
00:48:49,152 --> 00:48:51,152
grant, right?

1547
00:48:51,221 --> 00:48:54,175
We've applied for the grant

1548
00:48:54,175 --> 00:48:55,260
which the asking for additional

1549
00:48:55,260 --> 00:48:57,678
$5,000 since it's to the event

1550
00:48:57,678 --> 00:48:58,112
the commercial events

1551
00:48:58,112 --> 00:49:00,512
Subcommittee Vice Minister on

1552
00:49:01,810 --> 00:49:01,733
that Will we go through that

1553
00:49:01,733 --> 00:49:04,401
and decide that at that level?

1554
00:49:04,401 --> 00:49:04,557
So and we know you're coming

1555
00:49:04,557 --> 00:49:04,736
up.

1556
00:49:04,736 --> 00:49:05,690
Okay.

1557
00:49:05,690 --> 00:49:05,385
Thank you.

1558
00:49:05,385 --> 00:49:07,385
Appreciate it.

1559
00:49:08,438 --> 00:49:09,389
Thanks.

1560
00:49:09,389 --> 00:49:11,726
Next we have Janine with North

1561
00:49:11,726 --> 00:49:12,600
Ski.

1562
00:49:12,600 --> 00:49:14,600
I apologize.

1563
00:49:15,312 --> 00:49:17,312
Melissa Sanders.

1564
00:49:18,766 --> 00:49:19,183
You're unmuted.

1565
00:49:19,183 --> 00:49:21,183
Go ahead.

1566
00:49:22,236 --> 00:49:23,187
Thank you.

1567
00:49:23,187 --> 00:49:26,787
And MR. Mike, whatever his name

1568
00:49:26,857 --> 00:49:29,127
was needs to realize we already

1569
00:49:29,127 --> 00:49:29,961
spend way over $15 million on

1570
00:49:29,961 --> 00:49:33,364
the unhoused and he needs to

1571
00:49:33,364 --> 00:49:36,735
find a new city to complain to.

1572
00:49:36,735 --> 00:49:37,168
I just wanted to briefly talk

1573
00:49:37,168 --> 00:49:37,484
about tomorrow's meeting with

1574
00:49:37,484 --> 00:49:39,484
the police.

1575
00:49:41,390 --> 00:49:41,722
Since I will not be able to

1576
00:49:41,722 --> 00:49:44,158
attend since I will be on a

1577
00:49:44,158 --> 00:49:46,158
school board meeting.

1578
00:49:48,345 --> 00:49:48,897
And I really appreciate that we

1579
00:49:48,897 --> 00:49:49,431
have our own police department.

1580
00:49:49,431 --> 00:49:51,831
I really appreciate that.

1581
00:49:52,217 --> 00:49:52,416
I can get to know my police

1582
00:49:52,416 --> 00:49:53,168
department.

1583
00:49:53,168 --> 00:49:56,168
I really appreciate that They

1584
00:49:56,353 --> 00:49:57,104
will come if I hear a weird

1585
00:49:57,104 --> 00:49:59,974
noise in the middle of the

1586
00:49:59,974 --> 00:50:02,374
night and appease me.

1587
00:50:03,462 --> 00:50:04,211
What I don't appreciate is when

1588
00:50:04,211 --> 00:50:07,348
people want the police to be

1589
00:50:07,348 --> 00:50:07,916
defunded what I don't

1590
00:50:07,916 --> 00:50:10,916
appreciate is when they think

1591
00:50:11,269 --> 00:50:12,103
that they make purposeful and

1592
00:50:12,103 --> 00:50:15,703
racist and other things which I

1593
00:50:16,900 --> 00:50:16,291
personally have never

1594
00:50:16,291 --> 00:50:17,158
experienced.

1595
00:50:17,158 --> 00:50:20,529
I have not met anyone who has

1596
00:50:20,529 --> 00:50:23,529
ever experienced with rc cpd.

1597
00:50:23,899 --> 00:50:24,449
What I do appreciate is that

1598
00:50:24,449 --> 00:50:24,783
they probably need more staff

1599
00:50:24,783 --> 00:50:26,783
than less staff.

1600
00:50:28,469 --> 00:50:31,639
We are five square miles and we

1601
00:50:31,639 --> 00:50:34,893
as a city deserve to be

1602
00:50:34,893 --> 00:50:35,643
protected to have the best

1603
00:50:35,643 --> 00:50:38,897
available to make sure our kids

1604
00:50:38,897 --> 00:50:39,448
and families are protected, to

1605
00:50:39,448 --> 00:50:42,448
protect the people who work

1606
00:50:42,834 --> 00:50:43,485
here, who decide to actually

1607
00:50:43,485 --> 00:50:47,560
shop and dine in play here.

1608
00:50:47,560 --> 00:50:50,656
Our kids go to school here.

1609
00:50:50,843 --> 00:50:51,275
All of this is important and

1610
00:50:51,275 --> 00:50:53,675
should be realized how

1611
00:50:54,562 --> 00:50:55,970
important it is to have our own

1612
00:50:55,970 --> 00:50:55,397
police department fully staffed

1613
00:50:55,397 --> 00:50:57,397
Fully funded.

1614
00:50:58,866 --> 00:50:59,417
Thank you.

1615
00:50:59,417 --> 00:51:01,817
Your time has expired.

1616
00:51:02,870 --> 00:51:04,870
Thank you.

1617
00:51:09,544 --> 00:51:11,944
Next we have Beth

1618
00:51:13,866 --> 00:51:15,866
Dear City of

1619
00:51:17,519 --> 00:51:18,153
Culver City members, council

1620
00:51:18,153 --> 00:51:20,553
members houses presenting an

1621
00:51:21,639 --> 00:51:21,800
update for the rent control

1622
00:51:21,800 --> 00:51:22,507
rules.

1623
00:51:22,507 --> 00:51:25,377
We ask that before any steps

1624
00:51:25,377 --> 00:51:25,911
are made to accept this

1625
00:51:25,911 --> 00:51:26,662
proposed changes that the city

1626
00:51:26,662 --> 00:51:29,298
holds a meeting with property

1627
00:51:29,298 --> 00:51:29,948
owners.

1628
00:51:29,948 --> 00:51:32,948
Many of the proposed changes

1629
00:51:33,235 --> 00:51:33,668
open a can of worms for example

1630
00:51:33,668 --> 00:51:36,680
forbidding property owners to

1631
00:51:37,439 --> 00:51:41,390
move in or senior parents or

1632
00:51:41,193 --> 00:51:41,526
ailing parents to a apartment

1633
00:51:41,526 --> 00:51:42,378
that they own.

1634
00:51:42,378 --> 00:51:45,448
I have personally I have a

1635
00:51:45,448 --> 00:51:46,215
senior parent that the doctor

1636
00:51:46,215 --> 00:51:49,584
said in the next six months to

1637
00:51:49,584 --> 00:51:49,819
a year will need to move closer

1638
00:51:49,819 --> 00:51:50,669
to me.

1639
00:51:50,669 --> 00:51:53,522
And what I'm being told by

1640
00:51:53,522 --> 00:51:56,508
these proposed changes the city

1641
00:51:56,508 --> 00:51:57,359
of Culver City will not allow

1642
00:51:57,359 --> 00:52:00,613
my parent to move closer to me,

1643
00:52:00,613 --> 00:52:01,380
closer to ucla and Cedars and

1644
00:52:01,380 --> 00:52:04,316
to leave my parent living alone

1645
00:52:04,316 --> 00:52:04,866
at risk.

1646
00:52:04,866 --> 00:52:05,717
That should not happen.

1647
00:52:05,717 --> 00:52:07,753
It creates an even bigger

1648
00:52:07,753 --> 00:52:09,753
problem.

1649
00:52:11,823 --> 00:52:12,474
Secondly is another aspect is

1650
00:52:12,474 --> 00:52:15,143
insurance for our rental is

1651
00:52:15,143 --> 00:52:15,310
going up 300 a month come

1652
00:52:15,310 --> 00:52:17,310
JANUARY.

1653
00:52:18,932 --> 00:52:19,482
Car insurance has gone up 200 a

1654
00:52:19,482 --> 00:52:22,451
month and that doesn't count

1655
00:52:22,451 --> 00:52:22,851
the cost of labor and other

1656
00:52:22,851 --> 00:52:23,619
costs.

1657
00:52:23,619 --> 00:52:24,353
So please keep that in mind

1658
00:52:24,353 --> 00:52:26,505
When you think about rent

1659
00:52:26,505 --> 00:52:26,689
control and making it even

1660
00:52:26,689 --> 00:52:28,689
stricter.

1661
00:52:30,810 --> 00:52:31,461
The other aspect is utilities

1662
00:52:31,461 --> 00:52:34,530
as that section is very unclear

1663
00:52:34,530 --> 00:52:35,365
and clear but water water the

1664
00:52:35,365 --> 00:52:38,965
tenants need to know how to

1665
00:52:38,968 --> 00:52:39,619
manage the water and they do If

1666
00:52:39,619 --> 00:52:42,772
they pay there's part else The

1667
00:52:42,772 --> 00:52:43,322
tubs are running freely.

1668
00:52:43,322 --> 00:52:45,492
We've had nightmare situations

1669
00:52:45,492 --> 00:52:45,809
I'd be happy to share with you

1670
00:52:45,809 --> 00:52:46,459
one on one.

1671
00:52:46,459 --> 00:52:49,361
The other part is roommates.

1672
00:52:49,361 --> 00:52:50,960
I was able to buy my place

1673
00:52:50,960 --> 00:52:53,960
because I had roommates for

1674
00:52:53,883 --> 00:52:54,217
many years and I had guns

1675
00:52:54,217 --> 00:52:56,217
pulled on me.

1676
00:52:56,885 --> 00:52:57,530
I had people bring in spousal

1677
00:52:57,530 --> 00:52:59,530
abusers.

1678
00:53:00,874 --> 00:53:01,206
I'm sorry times are okay.

1679
00:53:01,206 --> 00:53:03,206
Thank you.

1680
00:53:07,196 --> 00:53:07,419
Next we have Monica Richardson

1681
00:53:07,419 --> 00:53:07,630
.

1682
00:53:07,630 --> 00:53:08,615
Hi there.

1683
00:53:08,615 --> 00:53:11,684
I was a long time resident of

1684
00:53:11,684 --> 00:53:12,234
Culver City for 21 years and a

1685
00:53:12,234 --> 00:53:14,634
homeowner still for 20 years.

1686
00:53:15,604 --> 00:53:16,139
I own a 1950s classic house

1687
00:53:16,139 --> 00:53:18,139
that's 1400 square feet.

1688
00:53:20,109 --> 00:53:20,344
I just I've noticed a lot of

1689
00:53:20,344 --> 00:53:22,344
racist comments.

1690
00:53:23,313 --> 00:53:24,163
I guess you talk a lot of talk

1691
00:53:24,163 --> 00:53:26,616
about gender and race with this

1692
00:53:26,616 --> 00:53:27,150
council open in Culver City a

1693
00:53:27,150 --> 00:53:29,150
very long time.

1694
00:53:30,320 --> 00:53:30,986
Some of the council members

1695
00:53:30,986 --> 00:53:31,143
have been there just a few

1696
00:53:31,143 --> 00:53:33,143
years.

1697
00:53:34,740 --> 00:53:34,724
So it's like you've come in and

1698
00:53:34,724 --> 00:53:35,474
now you think you want to

1699
00:53:35,474 --> 00:53:38,444
change Culver City or you want

1700
00:53:38,444 --> 00:53:39,312
to criticize Culver City for

1701
00:53:39,312 --> 00:53:42,299
how it is or what it is.

1702
00:53:42,299 --> 00:53:42,465
We are the United States of

1703
00:53:42,465 --> 00:53:44,465
America.

1704
00:53:45,268 --> 00:53:45,819
We're not the United States of

1705
00:53:45,819 --> 00:53:48,819
the Democratic Party or the

1706
00:53:49,505 --> 00:53:50,700
United States of the Democratic

1707
00:53:50,700 --> 00:53:50,874
Socialist Party.

1708
00:53:50,874 --> 00:53:53,926
There are other people who have

1709
00:53:53,926 --> 00:53:54,261
different opinions from maybe

1710
00:53:54,261 --> 00:53:56,261
three of you.

1711
00:53:57,630 --> 00:53:58,298
Five people here do not

1712
00:53:58,298 --> 00:53:58,816
represent or maybe four of you

1713
00:53:58,816 --> 00:54:01,216
how other people feel.

1714
00:54:02,340 --> 00:54:02,869
So as United States when a lot

1715
00:54:02,869 --> 00:54:05,138
of people want to call certain

1716
00:54:05,138 --> 00:54:05,788
people tyrants and all this

1717
00:54:05,788 --> 00:54:09,388
sort of thing, what I'm seeing

1718
00:54:09,576 --> 00:54:10,326
in Culver City is a really,

1719
00:54:10,326 --> 00:54:13,800
really heavy shift to the left.

1720
00:54:13,800 --> 00:54:13,931
Left, left, left.

1721
00:54:13,931 --> 00:54:16,315
Like I don't even recognize it.

1722
00:54:16,315 --> 00:54:19,315
1991 is when I arrived in

1723
00:54:19,786 --> 00:54:20,586
Culver City with a newborn and

1724
00:54:20,586 --> 00:54:20,870
I felt safe And I want to

1725
00:54:20,870 --> 00:54:22,870
support the police.

1726
00:54:23,841 --> 00:54:24,924
We don't want to defund them.

1727
00:54:24,924 --> 00:54:27,277
I just want to say to you every

1728
00:54:27,277 --> 00:54:27,927
time a couple of you talk all

1729
00:54:27,927 --> 00:54:28,880
you talk about is gender and

1730
00:54:28,880 --> 00:54:30,880
race.

1731
00:54:31,432 --> 00:54:31,764
And lastly, we don't want men

1732
00:54:31,764 --> 00:54:33,764
in the bathroom.

1733
00:54:35,351 --> 00:54:35,519
No men in the shower in the

1734
00:54:35,519 --> 00:54:37,519
plunge.

1735
00:54:39,256 --> 00:54:40,174
I think you should think about

1736
00:54:40,174 --> 00:54:40,357
how you talk when you start the

1737
00:54:40,357 --> 00:54:42,357
meetings.

1738
00:54:42,826 --> 00:54:43,477
>> Thank you.

1739
00:54:43,477 --> 00:54:45,729
>> Your time has expired.

1740
00:54:45,729 --> 00:54:47,729
Thank you.

1741
00:54:55,205 --> 00:54:58,205
Patrick Godinez, give me your

1742
00:54:59,959 --> 00:55:01,127
Hello everyone.

1743
00:55:01,127 --> 00:55:04,800
I come to stand before you as a

1744
00:55:04,800 --> 00:55:04,948
culver City housing participant

1745
00:55:04,948 --> 00:55:08,340
and for the sake of the public

1746
00:55:08,340 --> 00:55:08,468
I also sit on the Advisory

1747
00:55:08,468 --> 00:55:08,686
Committee on Housing and

1748
00:55:08,686 --> 00:55:10,686
Homelessness.

1749
00:55:11,339 --> 00:55:11,505
I would like to publicly

1750
00:55:11,505 --> 00:55:12,406
comment.

1751
00:55:12,406 --> 00:55:15,590
The city has done an amazing

1752
00:55:15,590 --> 00:55:15,493
job providing shelter and

1753
00:55:15,493 --> 00:55:17,893
services to hundreds of

1754
00:55:19,162 --> 00:55:19,319
unhoused neighbors over the

1755
00:55:19,319 --> 00:55:19,913
years.

1756
00:55:19,913 --> 00:55:22,866
Hats off to Director Barnes

1757
00:55:22,866 --> 00:55:23,500
staff and all the providers

1758
00:55:23,500 --> 00:55:23,935
involved.

1759
00:55:23,935 --> 00:55:26,987
Now that the city is shifting

1760
00:55:26,987 --> 00:55:27,437
focus to developing more

1761
00:55:27,437 --> 00:55:29,837
affordable housing, I believe

1762
00:55:30,907 --> 00:55:31,441
it is imperative that the city

1763
00:55:31,441 --> 00:55:34,195
ship a portion of the

1764
00:55:34,195 --> 00:55:34,845
department's dollars to the

1765
00:55:34,845 --> 00:55:37,831
Culver City Housing Trust Fund.

1766
00:55:37,831 --> 00:55:40,231
Maybe $1 million a quarter.

1767
00:55:41,201 --> 00:55:41,853
These dollars could be replaced

1768
00:55:41,853 --> 00:55:45,322
by programs grants not only to

1769
00:55:45,322 --> 00:55:46,730
build but also for services.

1770
00:55:46,730 --> 00:55:49,673
For example, the L.A. City

1771
00:55:51,145 --> 00:55:51,595
agreed to provide 12,915 beds

1772
00:55:51,595 --> 00:55:53,595
by 2027 just recently.

1773
00:55:55,482 --> 00:55:55,900
Finally, please inform the City

1774
00:55:55,900 --> 00:55:57,900
Housing and Homelessness

1775
00:55:59,687 --> 00:56:00,221
consultant why we were denied a

1776
00:56:00,221 --> 00:56:00,387
$60 million grant for Julio

1777
00:56:00,387 --> 00:56:02,387
Village.

1778
00:56:03,942 --> 00:56:04,675
That way we could or they could

1779
00:56:04,675 --> 00:56:07,528
possibly reapply or apply that

1780
00:56:07,528 --> 00:56:09,781
information to another large

1781
00:56:09,781 --> 00:56:12,781
grant with a similar project.

1782
00:56:13,852 --> 00:56:15,852
Thank you.

1783
00:56:18,539 --> 00:56:21,392
And lastly we have a Michael

1784
00:56:21,392 --> 00:56:21,826
copy.

1785
00:56:21,826 --> 00:56:23,826
Good evening y'all.

1786
00:56:25,529 --> 00:56:28,799
Back a year or so ago when all

1787
00:56:28,799 --> 00:56:29,233
those people over Sartell and

1788
00:56:29,233 --> 00:56:29,985
Colbert filed complaints with

1789
00:56:29,985 --> 00:56:32,636
the mark moons are asking him

1790
00:56:32,636 --> 00:56:36,206
to enforce the city policies we

1791
00:56:36,206 --> 00:56:36,875
got we realized after a while

1792
00:56:36,875 --> 00:56:37,410
that he was going to do

1793
00:56:37,410 --> 00:56:38,900
nothing.

1794
00:56:38,900 --> 00:56:39,960
He never even sent them a form

1795
00:56:39,960 --> 00:56:40,278
letter, never investigated the

1796
00:56:40,278 --> 00:56:40,928
problem at all.

1797
00:56:40,928 --> 00:56:43,328
That's with 60 de facto

1798
00:56:43,582 --> 00:56:44,150
affidavits sitting on his desk

1799
00:56:44,150 --> 00:56:44,965
and written letters.

1800
00:56:44,965 --> 00:56:48,253
Certainly after that I got a

1801
00:56:48,253 --> 00:56:48,469
phone call from an official at

1802
00:56:48,469 --> 00:56:50,469
City hall.

1803
00:56:51,438 --> 00:56:52,206
It was without email asking me

1804
00:56:52,206 --> 00:56:55,377
if I had the time and didn't

1805
00:56:55,377 --> 00:56:56,144
ask me when when I picked up

1806
00:56:56,144 --> 00:56:58,496
the phone if I had the time

1807
00:56:58,496 --> 00:56:59,147
then I Mychal Bell also first

1808
00:56:59,147 --> 00:56:59,600
name never talked to this guy

1809
00:56:59,600 --> 00:57:01,600
before.

1810
00:57:01,900 --> 00:57:02,667
Hi Michael.

1811
00:57:02,667 --> 00:57:02,833
It's John Mack Bar the city

1812
00:57:02,833 --> 00:57:04,833
manager.

1813
00:57:05,854 --> 00:57:06,404
What can I do for you?

1814
00:57:06,404 --> 00:57:08,804
I'm calling because you're

1815
00:57:09,674 --> 00:57:09,975
upset with our planning manager

1816
00:57:09,975 --> 00:57:10,192
Mark Messenger.

1817
00:57:10,192 --> 00:57:12,192
Yeah.

1818
00:57:13,962 --> 00:57:14,413
You don't understand, Michael.

1819
00:57:14,413 --> 00:57:16,413
We like Mark.

1820
00:57:17,366 --> 00:57:17,983
We think Mark does good.

1821
00:57:17,983 --> 00:57:18,144
You shouldn't be upset with

1822
00:57:18,144 --> 00:57:18,700
him.

1823
00:57:18,700 --> 00:57:21,352
He's part of our team.

1824
00:57:21,352 --> 00:57:22,119
Oh, my GOD.

1825
00:57:22,119 --> 00:57:22,286
I couldn't believe what I was

1826
00:57:22,286 --> 00:57:24,286
hearing.

1827
00:57:25,806 --> 00:57:28,806
This is the city manager.

1828
00:57:29,394 --> 00:57:29,552
That's the guy who runs City

1829
00:57:29,552 --> 00:57:30,262
Hall.

1830
00:57:30,262 --> 00:57:33,310
I'm thinking this guy and I

1831
00:57:33,310 --> 00:57:33,899
have to be blunt is an idiot.

1832
00:57:33,899 --> 00:57:36,667
What I'm thinking at the time I

1833
00:57:36,667 --> 00:57:36,918
got off the phone later on I

1834
00:57:36,918 --> 00:57:37,436
started laughing.

1835
00:57:37,436 --> 00:57:37,869
My wife said What?

1836
00:57:37,869 --> 00:57:39,869
Who was that?

1837
00:57:40,456 --> 00:57:40,672
I said Is the city manager does

1838
00:57:40,672 --> 00:57:42,672
a.

1839
00:57:44,559 --> 00:57:45,940
He went on I took command of

1840
00:57:45,940 --> 00:57:47,494
the conversation and guys

1841
00:57:48,450 --> 00:57:51,450
you're getting a new city

1842
00:57:51,916 --> 00:57:52,650
manager be demanding, be

1843
00:57:52,650 --> 00:57:55,650
resolute, be cynical When you

1844
00:57:55,804 --> 00:57:56,137
interview.

1845
00:57:56,137 --> 00:57:58,137
Good luck.

1846
00:57:59,108 --> 00:57:59,269
Sincerely Your time has expired

1847
00:57:59,269 --> 00:57:59,542
.

1848
00:57:59,542 --> 00:58:01,542
Thank you.

1849
00:58:03,329 --> 00:58:03,646
And that was the final speaker.

1850
00:58:03,646 --> 00:58:03,962
Okay.

1851
00:58:03,962 --> 00:58:05,962
Thank you.

1852
00:58:06,532 --> 00:58:10,732
We have a motion to receive and

1853
00:58:12,770 --> 00:58:14,770
file correspondence

1854
00:58:17,293 --> 00:58:17,625
.

1855
00:58:17,625 --> 00:58:18,577
Thank you.

1856
00:58:18,577 --> 00:58:21,847
I have a motion by council

1857
00:58:21,847 --> 00:58:24,847
member McMahon and second from

1858
00:58:25,301 --> 00:58:27,301
Mayor o'Brien.

1859
00:58:31,956 --> 00:58:32,199
Maybe can voting

1860
00:58:32,199 --> 00:58:34,199
a

1861
00:58:36,462 --> 00:58:37,329
councilmember?

1862
00:58:37,329 --> 00:58:40,929
I think it's broken those so

1863
00:58:41,170 --> 00:58:41,334
maybe someone can come fix it.

1864
00:58:41,334 --> 00:58:41,667
Thank you.

1865
00:58:41,667 --> 00:58:43,667
All right.

1866
00:58:44,300 --> 00:58:44,336
The motion passes unanimously.

1867
00:58:44,336 --> 00:58:46,336
Okay, great.

1868
00:58:47,290 --> 00:58:48,140
Thank you.

1869
00:58:48,140 --> 00:58:51,140
We're on to our consent

1870
00:58:51,294 --> 00:58:52,160
calendar.

1871
00:58:52,160 --> 00:58:54,797
Do we have any speakers for

1872
00:58:54,797 --> 00:58:55,230
consent Calendar?

1873
00:58:55,230 --> 00:58:57,230
We have seven.

1874
00:58:58,483 --> 00:59:00,483
Okay.

1875
00:59:07,343 --> 00:59:10,780
You tell me what items c 12.14

1876
00:59:10,780 --> 00:59:12,780
17 for ten one.

1877
00:59:13,849 --> 00:59:14,183
Okay.

1878
00:59:14,183 --> 00:59:15,330
Thank you.

1879
00:59:15,330 --> 00:59:18,300
And then colleagues, you have

1880
00:59:18,300 --> 00:59:18,637
any synonyms and pull outside

1881
00:59:18,637 --> 00:59:21,637
of those kinds of things.

1882
00:59:21,690 --> 00:59:23,690
Oh yeah.

1883
00:59:26,879 --> 00:59:27,114
C five and c five and c 13

1884
00:59:27,114 --> 00:59:27,279
2013.

1885
00:59:27,279 --> 00:59:27,443
Yeah.

1886
00:59:27,443 --> 00:59:29,443
Yeah.

1887
00:59:30,917 --> 00:59:31,767
I asked if you could advocate

1888
00:59:31,767 --> 00:59:34,420
for c ten and maybe have the

1889
00:59:34,420 --> 00:59:35,188
speakers speak separately.

1890
00:59:35,188 --> 00:59:36,139
I need to recuse myself from

1891
00:59:36,139 --> 00:59:39,109
that item and I'd like to speak

1892
00:59:39,109 --> 00:59:41,393
as a resident on that item also

1893
00:59:41,393 --> 00:59:41,827
so we can pull that one to

1894
00:59:41,827 --> 00:59:42,345
discuss everything else and

1895
00:59:42,345 --> 00:59:44,745
then I'll excuse myself.

1896
00:59:44,897 --> 00:59:45,231
Okay, great.

1897
00:59:45,231 --> 00:59:47,231
Thank you.

1898
00:59:47,300 --> 00:59:48,330
Why don't we start with c ten

1899
00:59:48,330 --> 00:59:51,330
and then actually let's let's

1900
00:59:51,904 --> 00:59:54,773
hear all the comments first and

1901
00:59:54,773 --> 00:59:55,424
save the c ten item for last

1902
00:59:55,424 --> 00:59:58,424
and we'll have council members

1903
00:59:58,578 --> 01:00:01,578
step down at that point.

1904
01:00:02,265 --> 01:00:05,265
Yes And the speakers are

1905
01:00:05,735 --> 01:00:06,235
Crystal Alexander, Marci Bon,

1906
01:00:06,235 --> 01:00:08,235
Melissa Sanders, Patrick

1907
01:00:10,122 --> 01:00:12,759
Godinez, Jacob Shaw and d

1908
01:00:12,759 --> 01:00:14,759
Lindgren.

1909
01:00:16,946 --> 01:00:20,546
Also Mayor staff would like to

1910
01:00:22,635 --> 01:00:23,269
pause item c 11 for an update

1911
01:00:23,269 --> 01:00:26,269
and update on information on

1912
01:00:31,243 --> 01:00:32,928
the use of funds for c

1913
01:00:32,928 --> 01:00:34,928
and how

1914
01:00:39,236 --> 01:00:42,236
much time 90s 90s Thinking.

1915
01:00:45,675 --> 01:00:46,959
Crystal Alexander

1916
01:00:46,959 --> 01:00:48,959
I'm not

1917
01:00:51,300 --> 01:00:51,681
seeing her online or in the

1918
01:00:51,681 --> 01:00:55,281
chambers so we're going to move

1919
01:00:58,805 --> 01:00:59,300
on to marcy bon marcy or

1920
01:00:59,300 --> 01:01:01,300
unmuted.

1921
01:01:02,809 --> 01:01:03,143
Thank you again I am a Parks

1922
01:01:03,143 --> 01:01:03,910
and Rec commissioner.

1923
01:01:03,910 --> 01:01:04,770
Anything I say is my own

1924
01:01:04,770 --> 01:01:06,770
opinion.

1925
01:01:06,980 --> 01:01:07,181
It does not represent the

1926
01:01:07,181 --> 01:01:07,865
commission.

1927
01:01:07,865 --> 01:01:08,715
Just wanted to let you guys

1928
01:01:08,715 --> 01:01:11,185
know I heard a bunch of

1929
01:01:11,185 --> 01:01:11,818
screaming from my neighbors So

1930
01:01:11,818 --> 01:01:14,254
something's going on with the

1931
01:01:14,254 --> 01:01:14,921
Dodgers game.

1932
01:01:14,921 --> 01:01:17,921
Anyway I hope it's good

1933
01:01:18,175 --> 01:01:18,391
news for all of you Dodgers

1934
01:01:18,391 --> 01:01:20,391
fans.

1935
01:01:21,896 --> 01:01:22,646
So first off, I want to just

1936
01:01:22,646 --> 01:01:25,114
just tell you guys how excited

1937
01:01:25,114 --> 01:01:28,368
I am about you guys getting to

1938
01:01:28,368 --> 01:01:29,103
the point where you have an

1939
01:01:29,103 --> 01:01:31,871
actual code change for the

1940
01:01:31,871 --> 01:01:32,723
donor and sponsorship.

1941
01:01:32,723 --> 01:01:36,310
I think this is very exciting.

1942
01:01:36,310 --> 01:01:36,860
I think it's going to do

1943
01:01:36,860 --> 01:01:39,512
wonderful things for our parks

1944
01:01:39,512 --> 01:01:40,364
and fingers crossed this goes

1945
01:01:40,364 --> 01:01:43,633
through it will vote for it and

1946
01:01:43,633 --> 01:01:44,184
we start getting donations So

1947
01:01:44,184 --> 01:01:44,735
that we can actually move

1948
01:01:44,735 --> 01:01:47,735
forward with our general our

1949
01:01:47,771 --> 01:01:48,222
parks general plan.

1950
01:01:48,222 --> 01:01:50,222
Knock it off.

1951
01:01:51,158 --> 01:01:53,158
Sorry my cats.

1952
01:01:55,462 --> 01:01:55,679
Then I wanted to talk about the

1953
01:01:55,679 --> 01:01:56,230
glue traps.

1954
01:01:56,230 --> 01:01:58,630
I'm concerned about that

1955
01:01:59,400 --> 01:01:59,950
because a lot of people and not

1956
01:01:59,950 --> 01:02:02,950
necessarily that I use glue

1957
01:02:03,300 --> 01:02:03,854
traps for animals or rats and

1958
01:02:03,854 --> 01:02:06,890
whatnot I would rather use the

1959
01:02:06,890 --> 01:02:07,874
snap trap.

1960
01:02:07,874 --> 01:02:11,162
I refuse to use the poison trap

1961
01:02:11,162 --> 01:02:14,731
because those I feel like well

1962
01:02:14,731 --> 01:02:15,599
the glue traps are inhumane.

1963
01:02:15,599 --> 01:02:18,352
The poison traps kill a lot of

1964
01:02:18,352 --> 01:02:19,200
other animals including hawks

1965
01:02:19,200 --> 01:02:19,286
and owls and all of these

1966
01:02:19,286 --> 01:02:21,286
important predators.

1967
01:02:26,344 --> 01:02:28,744
Whereas the rodents they

1968
01:02:30,314 --> 01:02:30,631
because they are prey they

1969
01:02:30,631 --> 01:02:32,631
propagate very quickly.

1970
01:02:34,318 --> 01:02:34,652
So please consider this whole

1971
01:02:34,652 --> 01:02:36,652
thing about those.

1972
01:02:37,905 --> 01:02:38,773
Thank you.

1973
01:02:38,773 --> 01:02:40,625
The traps that are I know I've

1974
01:02:40,625 --> 01:02:41,590
run my time out but the poison

1975
01:02:41,590 --> 01:02:43,590
traps please can.

1976
01:02:44,711 --> 01:02:46,711
Thank you.

1977
01:02:48,700 --> 01:02:51,700
Next we have Melissa Sanders.

1978
01:02:53,705 --> 01:02:56,440
She's speaking on c-10 And can

1979
01:02:56,440 --> 01:02:56,773
we say good bye?

1980
01:02:56,773 --> 01:02:58,773
I'm sorry.

1981
01:02:58,926 --> 01:02:59,144
I'm actually picking up my 1050

1982
01:02:59,144 --> 01:03:01,144
bucks on.

1983
01:03:02,947 --> 01:03:06,170
My concern is about the and I

1984
01:03:06,170 --> 01:03:06,785
think it was c four mainly that

1985
01:03:06,785 --> 01:03:07,519
I was unclear if this was

1986
01:03:07,519 --> 01:03:10,519
something to do with the

1987
01:03:10,989 --> 01:03:11,839
ridicule this bike lane part of

1988
01:03:11,839 --> 01:03:14,609
overland or if you guys are

1989
01:03:14,609 --> 01:03:15,359
planning to do upgrades to

1990
01:03:15,359 --> 01:03:18,395
Overland prior to trying to do

1991
01:03:18,395 --> 01:03:19,381
the grant.

1992
01:03:19,381 --> 01:03:22,533
Either way we stop if it's just

1993
01:03:22,533 --> 01:03:22,784
to improve overland the

1994
01:03:22,784 --> 01:03:22,967
pedestrian stuff.

1995
01:03:22,967 --> 01:03:24,967
Great.

1996
01:03:26,971 --> 01:03:30,842
I hope that works but do not do

1997
01:03:30,842 --> 01:03:31,710
anything with the bike lane.

1998
01:03:31,710 --> 01:03:31,992
Do not do anything that's going

1999
01:03:31,992 --> 01:03:33,992
to remove parking.

2000
01:03:34,780 --> 01:03:35,113
Do not do anything That is an

2001
01:03:35,113 --> 01:03:35,864
ada alliance issue.

2002
01:03:35,864 --> 01:03:38,216
Don't do anything that's going

2003
01:03:38,216 --> 01:03:41,369
to make living in this area any

2004
01:03:41,369 --> 01:03:41,702
more difficult.

2005
01:03:41,702 --> 01:03:42,136
Just stop.

2006
01:03:42,136 --> 01:03:44,136
So I apologize.

2007
01:03:45,307 --> 01:03:46,570
I missed some parts of things

2008
01:03:46,570 --> 01:03:49,657
that are not quite focused at

2009
01:03:49,744 --> 01:03:52,596
the moment but I assume we get

2010
01:03:52,596 --> 01:03:53,364
to speak on c ten separately

2011
01:03:53,364 --> 01:03:54,150
but maybe fix them up them out

2012
01:03:54,150 --> 01:03:55,132
in front of my address.

2013
01:03:55,132 --> 01:03:57,132
Sorry.

2014
01:03:59,320 --> 01:03:59,538
You know, move to the.

2015
01:03:59,538 --> 01:04:00,272
Yeah.

2016
01:04:00,272 --> 01:04:00,639
Can you hold on If you're going

2017
01:04:00,639 --> 01:04:01,289
to speak on c ten.

2018
01:04:01,289 --> 01:04:02,824
Hold on to them.

2019
01:04:02,824 --> 01:04:04,824
There we go.

2020
01:04:15,354 --> 01:04:16,837
Well so I think Patrick Godinez

2021
01:04:16,837 --> 01:04:17,540
.

2022
01:04:17,540 --> 01:04:19,540
Hello.

2023
01:04:20,959 --> 01:04:24,329
I wanted to comment on c when I

2024
01:04:24,329 --> 01:04:27,900
read the the rest and the items

2025
01:04:27,900 --> 01:04:28,433
for the cash distribution that

2026
01:04:28,433 --> 01:04:30,433
you are on.

2027
01:04:31,703 --> 01:04:32,370
I'll give access to the public

2028
01:04:32,370 --> 01:04:35,657
for you know if it's possible

2029
01:04:35,657 --> 01:04:36,458
if you could put it in the

2030
01:04:36,458 --> 01:04:38,858
departments and categories you

2031
01:04:38,927 --> 01:04:39,778
know as opposed to one less I

2032
01:04:39,778 --> 01:04:42,130
think that would be helpful for

2033
01:04:42,130 --> 01:04:42,680
the public to really understand

2034
01:04:42,680 --> 01:04:45,680
the spending that's going on.

2035
01:04:48,988 --> 01:04:50,988
Thank you.

2036
01:04:55,761 --> 01:04:58,761
Next we have Jacob Shaw

2037
01:04:59,865 --> 01:05:00,299
.

2038
01:05:00,299 --> 01:05:02,299
Good evening Council.

2039
01:05:03,285 --> 01:05:04,203
My name is Jacob Shaw.

2040
01:05:04,203 --> 01:05:04,552
I'm here on behalf of People

2041
01:05:04,552 --> 01:05:04,720
for the Ethical Treatment of

2042
01:05:04,720 --> 01:05:06,720
Animals.

2043
01:05:07,355 --> 01:05:08,123
And I just wanted to thank you

2044
01:05:08,123 --> 01:05:10,976
so much for taking on this glue

2045
01:05:10,976 --> 01:05:11,526
trap And just a briefly address

2046
01:05:11,526 --> 01:05:12,278
what one of the previous

2047
01:05:12,278 --> 01:05:15,300
speakers said in case there was

2048
01:05:15,300 --> 01:05:15,881
any confusion about this.

2049
01:05:15,881 --> 01:05:18,951
Glue traps actually do catch an

2050
01:05:18,951 --> 01:05:19,484
enormous number of animals

2051
01:05:19,484 --> 01:05:21,654
beyond just mice and rats.

2052
01:05:21,654 --> 01:05:22,388
There's a group called Wild One

2053
01:05:22,388 --> 01:05:25,388
or rather a data aggregation

2054
01:05:25,658 --> 01:05:26,325
center called Wild One that's

2055
01:05:26,325 --> 01:05:28,861
run by the Wildlife Center of

2056
01:05:28,861 --> 01:05:29,411
Virginia that keeps track of

2057
01:05:29,411 --> 01:05:29,745
glue trapping take from animal

2058
01:05:29,745 --> 01:05:30,264
hospitals and wildlife

2059
01:05:30,264 --> 01:05:32,264
rehabilitator around the

2060
01:05:33,299 --> 01:05:34,283
country.

2061
01:05:34,283 --> 01:05:36,919
And over the last ten years

2062
01:05:36,919 --> 01:05:37,370
they've received reports of 180

2063
01:05:37,370 --> 01:05:37,703
different species being caught

2064
01:05:37,703 --> 01:05:39,703
in glue traps.

2065
01:05:40,773 --> 01:05:41,523
So the number of actual animals

2066
01:05:41,523 --> 01:05:44,377
is in the hundreds of thousands

2067
01:05:44,377 --> 01:05:45,126
if not millions.

2068
01:05:45,126 --> 01:05:48,313
So I really just wanted to

2069
01:05:48,313 --> 01:05:48,631
thank you so, so much for

2070
01:05:48,631 --> 01:05:49,182
banning these traps.

2071
01:05:49,182 --> 01:05:49,348
They really are torture

2072
01:05:49,348 --> 01:05:51,348
devices.

2073
01:05:52,351 --> 01:05:52,768
It's the reason every animal

2074
01:05:52,768 --> 01:05:54,768
advocacy organization, every

2075
01:05:56,220 --> 01:05:56,556
environmental organization

2076
01:05:56,556 --> 01:05:57,623
supports banning these traps.

2077
01:05:57,623 --> 01:06:00,810
So one day people are going to

2078
01:06:00,810 --> 01:06:01,661
think how did we ever tolerate

2079
01:06:01,661 --> 01:06:03,913
these traps being sold and used

2080
01:06:03,913 --> 01:06:04,380
and they will always look back

2081
01:06:04,380 --> 01:06:07,165
and know that Culver City was

2082
01:06:07,165 --> 01:06:07,916
one of the first to act and do

2083
01:06:07,916 --> 01:06:08,418
the right thing for animals and

2084
01:06:08,418 --> 01:06:08,884
for all of us.

2085
01:06:08,884 --> 01:06:11,884
So thank you so much.

2086
01:06:14,991 --> 01:06:15,408
I really appreciate it.

2087
01:06:15,408 --> 01:06:17,408
That's it.

2088
01:06:18,461 --> 01:06:19,328
Okay.

2089
01:06:19,328 --> 01:06:21,880
Are we going to bring back MS..

2090
01:06:21,880 --> 01:06:22,432
Sanders to talk?

2091
01:06:22,432 --> 01:06:22,749
Okay, Councilmember, you can

2092
01:06:22,749 --> 01:06:24,749
step out.

2093
01:06:26,535 --> 01:06:26,986
Will you want to vote on all

2094
01:06:26,986 --> 01:06:29,386
the other ones or.

2095
01:06:29,838 --> 01:06:30,156
I think we will.

2096
01:06:30,156 --> 01:06:30,373
Okay.

2097
01:06:30,373 --> 01:06:31,424
Yeah.

2098
01:06:31,424 --> 01:06:33,609
So let's go ahead and do you

2099
01:06:33,609 --> 01:06:33,827
want to update for item c 11

2100
01:06:33,827 --> 01:06:35,827
from staff?

2101
01:06:38,131 --> 01:06:38,348
Yeah So so let's say see ten

2102
01:06:38,348 --> 01:06:38,564
provides that.

2103
01:06:38,564 --> 01:06:40,564
Okay.

2104
01:06:43,470 --> 01:06:44,220
So so we're starting with c one

2105
01:06:44,220 --> 01:06:46,973
or these are the ones that are

2106
01:06:46,973 --> 01:06:47,707
commented on and then council

2107
01:06:47,707 --> 01:06:50,707
vice chair approves the wanted

2108
01:06:52,512 --> 01:06:56,712
c five and always the other one

2109
01:06:57,100 --> 01:06:57,951
and c 13 and then do we need to

2110
01:06:57,951 --> 01:07:00,386
pull any of the others for

2111
01:07:00,386 --> 01:07:02,386
anyone?

2112
01:07:07,760 --> 01:07:07,961
Okay Council member You're

2113
01:07:07,961 --> 01:07:08,594
going to want to see ten pulled

2114
01:07:08,594 --> 01:07:10,346
and so you could speak on it as

2115
01:07:10,346 --> 01:07:10,563
a member of the public.

2116
01:07:10,563 --> 01:07:12,563
Okay.

2117
01:07:14,985 --> 01:07:17,360
So we have a c five, c 11 c 13

2118
01:07:17,360 --> 01:07:21,236
and then we'll do c ten and

2119
01:07:23,760 --> 01:07:25,760
then

2120
01:07:30,467 --> 01:07:33,136
we see one or c five.

2121
01:07:33,136 --> 01:07:33,290
I think we're going to do c

2122
01:07:33,290 --> 01:07:35,290
five.

2123
01:07:37,240 --> 01:07:40,594
I will just say that for the

2124
01:07:40,594 --> 01:07:41,245
disperse the disbursement list

2125
01:07:41,245 --> 01:07:44,245
there's that's a standard list

2126
01:07:44,414 --> 01:07:44,964
that we prepare in the finance

2127
01:07:44,964 --> 01:07:47,964
department for all the checks

2128
01:07:48,202 --> 01:07:51,802
that are cut checks can be

2129
01:07:52,306 --> 01:07:55,906
found on the clear gov portal.

2130
01:07:55,975 --> 01:07:56,726
The transparency portal And

2131
01:07:56,726 --> 01:08:00,326
I'll make sure with staff that

2132
01:08:00,330 --> 01:08:00,864
we clearly point to that But I

2133
01:08:00,864 --> 01:08:03,864
believe that you can download

2134
01:08:04,170 --> 01:08:07,388
that into Excel and then sort

2135
01:08:07,388 --> 01:08:08,370
those items.

2136
01:08:08,370 --> 01:08:10,890
So thank you for that.

2137
01:08:10,890 --> 01:08:12,890
Sure.

2138
01:08:15,328 --> 01:08:15,662
And in regards to c five, I'll

2139
01:08:15,662 --> 01:08:17,662
take any questions.

2140
01:08:19,149 --> 01:08:22,749
This is our quarterly report on

2141
01:08:23,420 --> 01:08:26,257
the measure c, c and c sales

2142
01:08:26,257 --> 01:08:28,257
tax reports.

2143
01:08:29,526 --> 01:08:31,926
Again, because our information

2144
01:08:33,581 --> 01:08:34,564
comes delayed through the state

2145
01:08:34,564 --> 01:08:36,599
,the report that is a part of

2146
01:08:36,599 --> 01:08:37,151
this item is for the third

2147
01:08:37,151 --> 01:08:40,151
quarter of the fiscal year.

2148
01:08:46,711 --> 01:08:50,311
So it is JANUARY through APRIL

2149
01:08:51,820 --> 01:08:54,820
air through MARCH actually and

2150
01:08:54,652 --> 01:08:54,852
the real property transfer

2151
01:08:54,852 --> 01:08:55,619
taxes.

2152
01:08:55,619 --> 01:08:58,272
The other piece of this and

2153
01:08:58,272 --> 01:09:01,872
that is for the final quarter

2154
01:09:02,460 --> 01:09:02,993
of the prior fiscal year during

2155
01:09:02,993 --> 01:09:05,947
those great couple of questions

2156
01:09:05,947 --> 01:09:06,563
will there be any forecasts

2157
01:09:06,563 --> 01:09:08,963
that will include We're

2158
01:09:09,433 --> 01:09:11,433
expecting thousands of

2159
01:09:13,220 --> 01:09:13,754
residents to come into the city

2160
01:09:13,754 --> 01:09:16,390
within or forecast that will

2161
01:09:16,390 --> 01:09:18,390
include that information.

2162
01:09:20,478 --> 01:09:20,644
So that is difficult to

2163
01:09:20,644 --> 01:09:22,644
address.

2164
01:09:24,564 --> 01:09:25,115
I mean there's and are you

2165
01:09:25,115 --> 01:09:28,115
thinking that that is related

2166
01:09:28,486 --> 01:09:28,769
to the revenue that they will

2167
01:09:28,769 --> 01:09:30,769
potentially generate?

2168
01:09:32,205 --> 01:09:35,242
There's also going to be costs

2169
01:09:35,242 --> 01:09:35,776
associated with them when the

2170
01:09:35,776 --> 01:09:38,176
general plan was brought

2171
01:09:39,446 --> 01:09:42,446
forward there was a financial

2172
01:09:43,517 --> 01:09:44,134
report that a consultant repair

2173
01:09:44,134 --> 01:09:46,134
prepared specifically related

2174
01:09:48,306 --> 01:09:51,306
to the full build out

2175
01:09:52,176 --> 01:09:54,576
anticipate added in 2045 that

2176
01:09:56,347 --> 01:09:56,564
talked about potential revenues

2177
01:09:56,564 --> 01:09:58,564
and costs.

2178
01:10:00,768 --> 01:10:01,803
It wasn't broken down obviously

2179
01:10:01,803 --> 01:10:03,337
in a shorter term, you know our

2180
01:10:03,337 --> 01:10:06,337
forecast is only looking ten

2181
01:10:06,373 --> 01:10:07,142
years.

2182
01:10:07,142 --> 01:10:10,311
We can look at those numbers

2183
01:10:10,311 --> 01:10:11,620
and try to see what we can

2184
01:10:11,620 --> 01:10:14,620
bring into the ten year

2185
01:10:14,315 --> 01:10:16,315
forecast.

2186
01:10:17,585 --> 01:10:17,786
We're working on that right now

2187
01:10:17,786 --> 01:10:18,736
.

2188
01:10:18,736 --> 01:10:21,389
We're waiting to close the

2189
01:10:21,389 --> 01:10:22,390
fiscal year.

2190
01:10:22,390 --> 01:10:25,390
We're working with our auditors

2191
01:10:25,310 --> 01:10:28,780
currently and we hope to bring

2192
01:10:28,780 --> 01:10:29,530
that forecast back to the

2193
01:10:29,530 --> 01:10:32,584
council when we talk about the

2194
01:10:32,584 --> 01:10:33,234
contingency reserve And we're

2195
01:10:33,234 --> 01:10:33,401
we're hoping to do that in

2196
01:10:33,401 --> 01:10:35,401
JANUARY.

2197
01:10:36,320 --> 01:10:39,920
That way we'll have all the

2198
01:10:40,910 --> 01:10:40,725
data from the prior fiscal year

2199
01:10:40,725 --> 01:10:43,125
and that included additionally

2200
01:10:44,513 --> 01:10:47,513
we will include now that

2201
01:10:47,965 --> 01:10:48,733
measure seal has passed and we

2202
01:10:48,733 --> 01:10:51,733
have an additional quarter cent

2203
01:10:51,987 --> 01:10:52,320
it's looking likely although we

2204
01:10:52,320 --> 01:10:54,320
don't have complete

2205
01:10:55,390 --> 01:10:58,390
confirmation from cdp, tfa but

2206
01:10:59,160 --> 01:10:59,794
that the quarter cent is is

2207
01:10:59,794 --> 01:11:02,794
likely to start this JANUARY.

2208
01:11:03,699 --> 01:11:04,448
So we will get half a year and

2209
01:11:04,448 --> 01:11:07,102
we will include that as well

2210
01:11:07,102 --> 01:11:07,753
And that the measures they'll

2211
01:11:07,753 --> 01:11:07,986
be included in with all these

2212
01:11:07,986 --> 01:11:09,986
other reports.

2213
01:11:11,256 --> 01:11:11,889
And then just on that note, I

2214
01:11:11,889 --> 01:11:13,542
know that reports could be

2215
01:11:13,542 --> 01:11:14,580
coming that that ten year

2216
01:11:14,580 --> 01:11:16,458
forecast but with the

2217
01:11:17,290 --> 01:11:17,779
structural deficit with this

2218
01:11:17,779 --> 01:11:21,379
new measure seal and with the

2219
01:11:21,649 --> 01:11:24,203
possible offline end of the

2220
01:11:24,203 --> 01:11:24,853
wellness village and 27 ish,

2221
01:11:24,853 --> 01:11:28,600
how will that will that when

2222
01:11:28,600 --> 01:11:31,600
will we expect our structural

2223
01:11:31,760 --> 01:11:31,293
deficit to, you know, level out

2224
01:11:31,293 --> 01:11:33,293
?

2225
01:11:35,563 --> 01:11:39,163
So I based on the budget

2226
01:11:41,670 --> 01:11:44,700
forecast the adopted budget

2227
01:11:45,640 --> 01:11:46,458
yeah, we can see that probably

2228
01:11:46,458 --> 01:11:49,458
with it starts to decrease

2229
01:11:51,846 --> 01:11:52,581
certainly in fiscal year 2728

2230
01:11:52,581 --> 01:11:55,581
because that was when Wellness

2231
01:11:59,688 --> 01:12:00,355
Village is slated to go offline

2232
01:12:00,355 --> 01:12:03,308
and also then we will be

2233
01:12:03,308 --> 01:12:03,642
receiving the additional tax

2234
01:12:03,642 --> 01:12:05,642
sales tax revenue.

2235
01:12:07,513 --> 01:12:10,513
And so probably again not

2236
01:12:11,384 --> 01:12:14,384
having done a full analysis,

2237
01:12:15,540 --> 01:12:19,254
what it looks like is in that

2238
01:12:19,842 --> 01:12:21,842
fiscal year 29, 30 and 3031

2239
01:12:23,411 --> 01:12:24,179
things get to even write again.

2240
01:12:24,179 --> 01:12:27,550
All things being equal and we

2241
01:12:27,550 --> 01:12:27,717
don't know what what else will

2242
01:12:27,717 --> 01:12:27,884
happen.

2243
01:12:27,884 --> 01:12:28,990
Yep.

2244
01:12:28,990 --> 01:12:28,434
Okay.

2245
01:12:28,434 --> 01:12:28,967
Thank you.

2246
01:12:28,967 --> 01:12:30,967
That's it, Mary.

2247
01:12:31,603 --> 01:12:32,254
Okay.

2248
01:12:32,254 --> 01:12:32,471
One one additional question on

2249
01:12:32,471 --> 01:12:34,471
this one.

2250
01:12:35,560 --> 01:12:35,807
Thank you for pulling it, Vice

2251
01:12:35,807 --> 01:12:35,974
Mayor and thanks for the

2252
01:12:35,974 --> 01:12:37,974
report.

2253
01:12:39,478 --> 01:12:42,432
See us over the the sales tax

2254
01:12:42,432 --> 01:12:43,299
revenues.

2255
01:12:43,299 --> 01:12:45,534
I asked if they had been

2256
01:12:45,534 --> 01:12:46,218
inflation adjusted the ten year

2257
01:12:46,218 --> 01:12:47,700
and you said no and it doesn't

2258
01:12:47,700 --> 01:12:49,337
say it was That makes sense.

2259
01:12:49,337 --> 01:12:49,971
Can can we see that going

2260
01:12:49,971 --> 01:12:52,971
forward Because I was noticing

2261
01:12:53,259 --> 01:12:55,511
that over ten years it's up but

2262
01:12:55,511 --> 01:12:56,112
then over the last four years

2263
01:12:56,112 --> 01:12:56,279
it's down our sales tax

2264
01:12:56,279 --> 01:12:58,279
revenue.

2265
01:12:59,916 --> 01:13:03,302
So I was just wondering like I

2266
01:13:03,302 --> 01:13:04,119
want to be able to know in that

2267
01:13:04,119 --> 01:13:04,970
I think it'll be helpful for us

2268
01:13:04,970 --> 01:13:07,757
to know in that glance Like if

2269
01:13:07,757 --> 01:13:10,810
it's if the value of the money

2270
01:13:10,810 --> 01:13:11,444
is actually decreasing that

2271
01:13:11,444 --> 01:13:14,444
makes sense or if what

2272
01:13:14,496 --> 01:13:17,496
inflation you know changes that

2273
01:13:18,100 --> 01:13:18,318
view I guess is that easy to do

2274
01:13:18,318 --> 01:13:19,168
?

2275
01:13:19,168 --> 01:13:22,239
I can ask the consultant I'm

2276
01:13:22,239 --> 01:13:26,250
not sure but I will say and

2277
01:13:26,250 --> 01:13:29,896
then they did on the that third

2278
01:13:29,896 --> 01:13:30,547
attachment the dotted red line

2279
01:13:30,547 --> 01:13:34,147
sort of is looking at what

2280
01:13:34,250 --> 01:13:34,967
would be norm Mall based on a

2281
01:13:34,967 --> 01:13:37,967
normal projection on where you

2282
01:13:38,254 --> 01:13:38,688
think you would land Of course

2283
01:13:38,688 --> 01:13:38,843
every quarter is different

2284
01:13:38,843 --> 01:13:40,843
right?

2285
01:13:42,275 --> 01:13:45,428
The spikes in that graph are

2286
01:13:45,428 --> 01:13:46,161
the DECEMBER holiday quarter

2287
01:13:46,161 --> 01:13:49,161
which is typically when sales

2288
01:13:49,932 --> 01:13:53,532
taxes at its greatest and other

2289
01:13:56,739 --> 01:13:57,274
dips are you know the JANUARY,

2290
01:13:57,274 --> 01:13:59,674
FEBRUARY, MARCH quarter tends

2291
01:14:00,827 --> 01:14:01,495
to be low because people

2292
01:14:01,495 --> 01:14:02,128
basically spent a lot of money

2293
01:14:02,128 --> 01:14:04,580
for the holidays and then

2294
01:14:04,580 --> 01:14:05,348
really tighten their belts in

2295
01:14:05,348 --> 01:14:08,318
the beginning of the year And

2296
01:14:08,318 --> 01:14:11,471
you can see that the the graph

2297
01:14:11,471 --> 01:14:12,121
really does do that.

2298
01:14:12,121 --> 01:14:12,305
I'll I'll see about the

2299
01:14:12,305 --> 01:14:14,305
inflation.

2300
01:14:15,925 --> 01:14:16,575
i will just say about the last

2301
01:14:16,575 --> 01:14:19,575
four years there was a

2302
01:14:19,929 --> 01:14:22,329
tremendous spike that happened

2303
01:14:23,799 --> 01:14:24,650
coming out of the pandemic.

2304
01:14:24,650 --> 01:14:27,650
Everybody had stimulus money in

2305
01:14:27,904 --> 01:14:28,855
their pockets.

2306
01:14:28,855 --> 01:14:31,725
They were spending on things in

2307
01:14:31,725 --> 01:14:35,950
a way that they hadn't spent.

2308
01:14:35,950 --> 01:14:35,645
They they they batten down the

2309
01:14:35,645 --> 01:14:38,398
hatches and then they started

2310
01:14:38,398 --> 01:14:39,165
they really started spending.

2311
01:14:39,165 --> 01:14:42,765
And so the increases that you

2312
01:14:42,836 --> 01:14:46,436
see there are because of that.

2313
01:14:46,923 --> 01:14:47,574
And then as things started to

2314
01:14:47,574 --> 01:14:50,310
even out and open up, people

2315
01:14:50,310 --> 01:14:50,526
started paying for experiences

2316
01:14:50,526 --> 01:14:51,295
more, right?

2317
01:14:51,295 --> 01:14:53,547
Like they went out and did

2318
01:14:53,547 --> 01:14:53,980
things that they hadn't been

2319
01:14:53,980 --> 01:14:55,480
able to do.

2320
01:14:55,480 --> 01:14:58,835
We don't get sales tax on those

2321
01:14:58,835 --> 01:14:59,586
service says we get sales tax

2322
01:14:59,586 --> 01:15:01,922
on goods And so when they

2323
01:15:01,922 --> 01:15:04,322
stopped buying actual products

2324
01:15:06,900 --> 01:15:06,643
and paid more for experience

2325
01:15:06,643 --> 01:15:06,960
that has affected our sales

2326
01:15:06,960 --> 01:15:08,960
tax.

2327
01:15:10,464 --> 01:15:13,517
So a lot of things in the works

2328
01:15:13,517 --> 01:15:14,184
there and certainly the kind of

2329
01:15:14,184 --> 01:15:17,136
the ups and downs of the

2330
01:15:17,136 --> 01:15:17,337
economy recently haven't helped

2331
01:15:17,337 --> 01:15:19,337
either.

2332
01:15:20,624 --> 01:15:24,224
People are and and tariffs and

2333
01:15:24,794 --> 01:15:25,446
there's a lot but this this

2334
01:15:25,446 --> 01:15:25,996
sort of is predicted that it

2335
01:15:25,996 --> 01:15:28,949
was kind of course correcting

2336
01:15:28,949 --> 01:15:31,949
and we'll see what happens

2337
01:15:32,186 --> 01:15:32,820
we're cautiously optimistic for

2338
01:15:32,820 --> 01:15:35,220
just very measured growth

2339
01:15:36,890 --> 01:15:36,406
moving forward but we'll see.

2340
01:15:36,406 --> 01:15:36,740
Okay, great.

2341
01:15:36,740 --> 01:15:37,807
Thank you.

2342
01:15:37,807 --> 01:15:40,277
Yeah, I just wanted to know if

2343
01:15:40,277 --> 01:15:40,811
like the increases that we're

2344
01:15:40,811 --> 01:15:43,464
seeing or the decreases we're

2345
01:15:43,464 --> 01:15:43,697
taking that into account in

2346
01:15:43,697 --> 01:15:44,231
case Yeah.

2347
01:15:44,231 --> 01:15:44,565
She said another clue.

2348
01:15:44,565 --> 01:15:46,565
Thank you.

2349
01:15:47,918 --> 01:15:48,986
Okay.

2350
01:15:48,986 --> 01:15:53,186
And I mean to piggyback on that

2351
01:15:54,691 --> 01:15:55,408
I is inflation essentially

2352
01:15:55,408 --> 01:15:57,808
accounted for when you're

2353
01:15:58,362 --> 01:15:58,913
looking at projecting costs you

2354
01:15:58,913 --> 01:15:59,530
know our expenditures I mean

2355
01:15:59,530 --> 01:16:01,930
we're those are you're

2356
01:16:02,816 --> 01:16:03,700
projecting yeah yeah that's how

2357
01:16:03,700 --> 01:16:06,237
it's in our in our costs we do

2358
01:16:06,237 --> 01:16:06,887
include that we doing we

2359
01:16:06,887 --> 01:16:09,887
included in our forecast some

2360
01:16:10,441 --> 01:16:11,750
measure of inflation both on

2361
01:16:11,750 --> 01:16:13,475
revenues and expenditures We

2362
01:16:14,345 --> 01:16:17,315
look at you know our model

2363
01:16:17,315 --> 01:16:17,965
looks at history but it also we

2364
01:16:17,965 --> 01:16:21,352
can adjust it based on things

2365
01:16:21,352 --> 01:16:21,886
that we know that are happening

2366
01:16:21,886 --> 01:16:24,286
that okay yeah, yeah.

2367
01:16:24,872 --> 01:16:25,406
This one was just about the ten

2368
01:16:25,406 --> 01:16:25,622
years prior not the forecast.

2369
01:16:25,622 --> 01:16:26,758
Yes.

2370
01:16:26,758 --> 01:16:26,974
But yeah.

2371
01:16:26,974 --> 01:16:28,974
Correct.

2372
01:16:30,428 --> 01:16:30,961
Yeah Yeah.

2373
01:16:30,961 --> 01:16:32,961
Okay great.

2374
01:16:39,437 --> 01:16:41,437
Next is c 11

2375
01:16:51,466 --> 01:16:53,466
.

2376
01:16:55,553 --> 01:16:56,203
Good evening Honorable mayor,

2377
01:16:56,203 --> 01:16:56,370
vice Mayor and members of the

2378
01:16:56,370 --> 01:16:58,370
Council.

2379
01:16:59,908 --> 01:17:00,291
For the sake of the public my

2380
01:17:00,291 --> 01:17:02,691
name is Travis Barnes.

2381
01:17:03,177 --> 01:17:03,494
I am the housing and human

2382
01:17:03,494 --> 01:17:04,328
Services Director.

2383
01:17:04,328 --> 01:17:07,328
Staff has requested that this

2384
01:17:07,716 --> 01:17:10,716
item be pulled based upon

2385
01:17:11,386 --> 01:17:11,920
information that we learn from

2386
01:17:11,920 --> 01:17:14,920
the county of Los Angeles.

2387
01:17:15,407 --> 01:17:16,410
I want to thank Council members

2388
01:17:16,410 --> 01:17:19,410
McMoRan and Fish for meeting

2389
01:17:19,628 --> 01:17:20,440
with staff as part of the

2390
01:17:20,440 --> 01:17:22,440
Standing Housing and

2391
01:17:23,297 --> 01:17:25,297
Homelessness Subcommittee to

2392
01:17:27,469 --> 01:17:30,421
discuss how to utilize the

2393
01:17:30,421 --> 01:17:32,821
funds of 257,108 that we

2394
01:17:34,309 --> 01:17:34,942
received from the County of Los

2395
01:17:34,942 --> 01:17:37,342
Angeles Affordable housing and

2396
01:17:41,149 --> 01:17:41,767
solution Agency or La Casa and

2397
01:17:41,767 --> 01:17:43,767
the subcommittee has

2398
01:17:45,837 --> 01:17:48,237
recommended that 20% of the

2399
01:17:49,107 --> 01:17:52,107
funds go for legal services

2400
01:17:52,376 --> 01:17:53,211
which is an allowed expense and

2401
01:17:53,211 --> 01:17:56,630
that 20% will be used to

2402
01:17:56,630 --> 01:17:56,798
supplement the contract with

2403
01:17:56,798 --> 01:17:59,798
pathetic and to work with

2404
01:18:00,269 --> 01:18:03,269
tenants who are experiencing an

2405
01:18:03,321 --> 01:18:04,550
unlawful detainer.

2406
01:18:04,550 --> 01:18:06,455
The subcommittee also had

2407
01:18:07,226 --> 01:18:09,626
recommended that the 40% for

2408
01:18:11,950 --> 01:18:13,849
rental assistance that half of

2409
01:18:13,849 --> 01:18:14,382
those funds are 50

2410
01:18:14,382 --> 01:18:16,382
approximately 51,000 be used

2411
01:18:17,936 --> 01:18:18,453
for emergency rental assistance

2412
01:18:18,453 --> 01:18:20,453
and flexible financial

2413
01:18:21,739 --> 01:18:24,920
assistance And they have also

2414
01:18:24,920 --> 01:18:25,270
recommended that the additional

2415
01:18:25,270 --> 01:18:27,427
other 50% go towards temporary

2416
01:18:28,681 --> 01:18:31,681
rental assistance for folks as

2417
01:18:32,500 --> 01:18:32,784
defined under the program.

2418
01:18:32,784 --> 01:18:35,184
And the program defines

2419
01:18:35,937 --> 01:18:36,372
households that are

2420
01:18:36,372 --> 01:18:38,772
experiencing a loss of

2421
01:18:39,941 --> 01:18:42,341
employment, a natural disaster

2422
01:18:43,295 --> 01:18:46,295
or an unlawful detainer and

2423
01:18:47,682 --> 01:18:48,117
unexpected events that causes

2424
01:18:48,117 --> 01:18:50,517
folks that are housed.

2425
01:18:51,687 --> 01:18:52,455
These funds can only be used

2426
01:18:52,455 --> 01:18:54,990
for folks that are housed to

2427
01:18:54,990 --> 01:18:57,390
keep folks in housing.

2428
01:18:59,378 --> 01:19:02,330
An additional 40% can be used

2429
01:19:02,330 --> 01:19:02,498
at the discretion of the

2430
01:19:02,498 --> 01:19:04,498
council.

2431
01:19:05,801 --> 01:19:06,651
So the subcommittee instructed

2432
01:19:06,651 --> 01:19:09,604
staff that 50% would be used

2433
01:19:09,604 --> 01:19:12,400
for financial assistance for

2434
01:19:13,276 --> 01:19:13,608
households impacted by

2435
01:19:13,608 --> 01:19:15,608
immigration enforcement and

2436
01:19:17,363 --> 01:19:20,363
they wanted the balance of

2437
01:19:21,170 --> 01:19:23,417
52,000 to support the city's

2438
01:19:24,887 --> 01:19:25,854
housing trust fund.

2439
01:19:25,854 --> 01:19:28,908
The county has informed us that

2440
01:19:28,908 --> 01:19:29,341
we cannot use funds to support

2441
01:19:29,341 --> 01:19:31,741
the housing trust fund.

2442
01:19:32,228 --> 01:19:35,828
You can only use funds for

2443
01:19:36,599 --> 01:19:37,249
direct client assist funds and

2444
01:19:37,249 --> 01:19:40,520
they want the funds that are

2445
01:19:40,520 --> 01:19:40,937
available to hit the streets as

2446
01:19:40,937 --> 01:19:42,937
fast as possible.

2447
01:19:43,322 --> 01:19:46,692
So Staff one wanted to inform

2448
01:19:46,692 --> 01:19:47,542
the body that the county does

2449
01:19:47,542 --> 01:19:50,120
not allow the use of funds for

2450
01:19:50,120 --> 01:19:50,546
the housing trust funds and we

2451
01:19:50,546 --> 01:19:53,546
would like to seek direction

2452
01:19:54,132 --> 01:19:54,450
from the council of the Balance

2453
01:19:54,450 --> 01:19:56,450
of the 52,000.

2454
01:19:58,237 --> 01:19:58,570
How will the Council like to

2455
01:19:58,570 --> 01:20:00,570
utilize those funds?

2456
01:20:02,140 --> 01:20:04,540
Thank you for that.

2457
01:20:05,744 --> 01:20:06,479
I would like to request that it

2458
01:20:06,479 --> 01:20:09,479
goes into our rental assistance

2459
01:20:09,531 --> 01:20:10,182
program.

2460
01:20:10,182 --> 01:20:13,182
That's an area of need.

2461
01:20:13,353 --> 01:20:16,353
This is not directly orange.

2462
01:20:16,723 --> 01:20:17,139
You know I'm not going to

2463
01:20:17,139 --> 01:20:17,373
disagree with that.

2464
01:20:17,373 --> 01:20:19,373
Yes.

2465
01:20:20,745 --> 01:20:21,578
And I think the subcommittee

2466
01:20:21,578 --> 01:20:24,578
was very thoughtful in their

2467
01:20:25,310 --> 01:20:27,431
deliberations and under the

2468
01:20:28,484 --> 01:20:30,884
rental assistance program they

2469
01:20:31,454 --> 01:20:32,400
would like to give one months

2470
01:20:32,400 --> 01:20:35,400
of rental assistance which is

2471
01:20:38,611 --> 01:20:39,563
3500, which is a good chunk to

2472
01:20:39,563 --> 01:20:42,849
assist folks And it's a one

2473
01:20:42,849 --> 01:20:43,483
time But then we there also is

2474
01:20:43,483 --> 01:20:46,483
a second component where they

2475
01:20:47,700 --> 01:20:50,700
will give rental assistance of

2476
01:20:50,640 --> 01:20:50,973
1000 per month per adult for up

2477
01:20:50,973 --> 01:20:51,941
to six months.

2478
01:20:51,941 --> 01:20:54,911
So staff would just need to

2479
01:20:54,911 --> 01:20:55,344
know which pocket do you want

2480
01:20:55,344 --> 01:20:57,744
to put that in?

2481
01:20:58,140 --> 01:21:01,840
The one time for 3500 or the

2482
01:21:01,840 --> 01:21:03,419
thousand per month per adult

2483
01:21:03,419 --> 01:21:06,419
for up to six months.

2484
01:21:07,524 --> 01:21:10,877
I'd like to ask the opinion of

2485
01:21:10,877 --> 01:21:11,780
the subcommittee members on

2486
01:21:11,780 --> 01:21:11,294
that.

2487
01:21:11,294 --> 01:21:12,162
Thanks.

2488
01:21:12,162 --> 01:21:15,162
And I'm happy with that.

2489
01:21:15,332 --> 01:21:18,602
I'm wondering if we can maybe

2490
01:21:18,602 --> 01:21:21,602
split that between the program

2491
01:21:21,654 --> 01:21:24,540
that specifically serves our

2492
01:21:26,420 --> 01:21:26,359
immigration and our families

2493
01:21:26,359 --> 01:21:28,359
targeted by immigration

2494
01:21:29,528 --> 01:21:30,164
enforcement and then our our

2495
01:21:30,164 --> 01:21:33,164
main program for the emergency

2496
01:21:33,733 --> 01:21:34,283
rental as directed by I'm just

2497
01:21:34,283 --> 01:21:34,934
saying in the temporary rental

2498
01:21:34,934 --> 01:21:37,471
assistance maybe we could do

2499
01:21:37,471 --> 01:21:38,238
like half and half.

2500
01:21:38,238 --> 01:21:38,872
i don't know what is my

2501
01:21:38,872 --> 01:21:41,272
colleague on the committee

2502
01:21:41,290 --> 01:21:41,841
think?

2503
01:21:41,841 --> 01:21:42,593
COUNCILMAN Martin Thank you

2504
01:21:42,593 --> 01:21:45,144
Director Byrnes You and your

2505
01:21:45,144 --> 01:21:48,144
entire team for your quick

2506
01:21:48,815 --> 01:21:51,815
action and due diligence in

2507
01:21:52,185 --> 01:21:52,836
getting back to us on that and

2508
01:21:52,836 --> 01:21:53,470
that update on what the

2509
01:21:53,470 --> 01:21:56,470
permissible use of the funds

2510
01:21:56,856 --> 01:21:57,708
would be as it pertains to what

2511
01:21:57,708 --> 01:22:00,343
we should do with this new

2512
01:22:00,343 --> 01:22:01,327
information.

2513
01:22:01,327 --> 01:22:03,881
I would be in favor of sort of

2514
01:22:03,881 --> 01:22:04,315
splitting it between the two

2515
01:22:04,315 --> 01:22:06,715
programs that we've identified.

2516
01:22:08,419 --> 01:22:09,270
Again and as I sort of always

2517
01:22:09,270 --> 01:22:11,956
say just kind of seeing where

2518
01:22:11,956 --> 01:22:15,309
the need is as as needs come in

2519
01:22:15,309 --> 01:22:15,509
and maybe we can make

2520
01:22:15,509 --> 01:22:16,310
adjustments.

2521
01:22:16,310 --> 01:22:20,800
I know we said we would check

2522
01:22:20,800 --> 01:22:20,630
back in as a subcommittee as as

2523
01:22:20,630 --> 01:22:23,484
things were progressing and we

2524
01:22:23,484 --> 01:22:24,351
were noticing you know, you

2525
01:22:24,351 --> 01:22:24,784
know, where the needs in our

2526
01:22:24,784 --> 01:22:27,380
community are and just

2527
01:22:27,380 --> 01:22:27,771
hopefully we can be nimble and

2528
01:22:27,771 --> 01:22:30,771
flexible and really support our

2529
01:22:31,758 --> 01:22:32,525
neighbors And remaining housed

2530
01:22:32,525 --> 01:22:35,695
in Culver City which I know is

2531
01:22:35,695 --> 01:22:35,860
a goal of everyone here in the

2532
01:22:35,860 --> 01:22:37,860
Dyess.

2533
01:22:38,782 --> 01:22:39,649
So and maybe for now we split

2534
01:22:39,649 --> 01:22:42,919
And again just try to be data

2535
01:22:42,919 --> 01:22:43,354
driven as we move forward.

2536
01:22:43,354 --> 01:22:45,354
Thank you, Kent.

2537
01:22:46,641 --> 01:22:47,191
To that end, could it be used

2538
01:22:47,191 --> 01:22:50,191
as almost like a contingency

2539
01:22:53,281 --> 01:22:54,310
bucket for these three separate

2540
01:22:54,310 --> 01:22:54,581
You know, it's almost like we

2541
01:22:54,581 --> 01:22:55,116
have three because they have

2542
01:22:55,116 --> 01:22:57,500
the emergency rental and

2543
01:22:57,500 --> 01:22:57,485
flexible assistance, the

2544
01:22:57,485 --> 01:22:59,885
temporary rental assistance and

2545
01:23:01,540 --> 01:23:01,371
then the immigration the family

2546
01:23:01,371 --> 01:23:01,705
families targeted by

2547
01:23:01,705 --> 01:23:03,705
immigration enforcement is

2548
01:23:04,992 --> 01:23:05,425
there like can we have this as

2549
01:23:05,425 --> 01:23:07,825
like council members saying

2550
01:23:08,413 --> 01:23:09,163
like a sort of a a bucket that

2551
01:23:09,163 --> 01:23:11,115
could fill where the need is

2552
01:23:11,115 --> 01:23:14,115
the most between those three?

2553
01:23:14,885 --> 01:23:15,536
The council can give staff that

2554
01:23:15,536 --> 01:23:18,536
direction If I am understanding

2555
01:23:18,689 --> 01:23:21,890
you correctly, we're noticing

2556
01:23:22,776 --> 01:23:23,511
that more folks are in need of

2557
01:23:23,511 --> 01:23:26,511
that one time rental assistance

2558
01:23:26,798 --> 01:23:30,167
versus say the you know, folks

2559
01:23:30,167 --> 01:23:30,901
impacted by immigration and

2560
01:23:30,901 --> 01:23:33,901
Foresman that we would then

2561
01:23:34,572 --> 01:23:35,500
rely upon that additional money

2562
01:23:35,500 --> 01:23:37,405
to assist those folks.

2563
01:23:38,575 --> 01:23:39,244
But if we notice that it's

2564
01:23:39,244 --> 01:23:41,980
trending in that way we would

2565
01:23:41,980 --> 01:23:42,630
convene the subcommittee to let

2566
01:23:42,630 --> 01:23:45,630
you know what's happening and

2567
01:23:46,317 --> 01:23:47,268
to see what direction you want

2568
01:23:47,268 --> 01:23:48,920
us to go And if you want us to

2569
01:23:48,920 --> 01:23:49,671
come back to the full body I'm

2570
01:23:49,671 --> 01:23:52,671
okay with that as everyone

2571
01:23:52,907 --> 01:23:53,124
else's.

2572
01:23:53,124 --> 01:23:55,124
Yes.

2573
01:23:56,577 --> 01:23:56,912
Okay.

2574
01:23:56,912 --> 01:23:57,245
Directions clear.

2575
01:23:57,245 --> 01:23:58,462
Thank you.

2576
01:23:58,462 --> 01:24:00,462
I appreciate that.

2577
01:24:02,834 --> 01:24:03,485
Okay, great.

2578
01:24:03,485 --> 01:24:03,644
No further questions on that

2579
01:24:03,644 --> 01:24:05,644
item.

2580
01:24:06,704 --> 01:24:10,904
See 13 and then we'll do a vote

2581
01:24:13,395 --> 01:24:14,261
on those with minus c ten.

2582
01:24:14,261 --> 01:24:17,849
I don't need the staff report.

2583
01:24:17,849 --> 01:24:21,449
I just curious how many grants

2584
01:24:21,520 --> 01:24:22,360
have been made and how many

2585
01:24:22,360 --> 01:24:24,360
participants have obtained

2586
01:24:26,223 --> 01:24:26,657
housing and remained in housing

2587
01:24:26,657 --> 01:24:27,876
And what happens if

2588
01:24:27,876 --> 01:24:30,276
participants leave before one

2589
01:24:31,946 --> 01:24:33,946
year?

2590
01:24:35,634 --> 01:24:36,384
So for the public again this is

2591
01:24:36,384 --> 01:24:39,438
tough as far as how the any

2592
01:24:39,438 --> 01:24:41,838
human services director Vice

2593
01:24:43,700 --> 01:24:46,700
Mayor Pusa is asking with

2594
01:24:46,962 --> 01:24:47,395
regards to the it's called the

2595
01:24:47,395 --> 01:24:49,395
permanent Local housing

2596
01:24:54,619 --> 01:24:57,473
allocation program r p l h h a

2597
01:24:57,473 --> 01:25:00,425
We have been awarded year

2598
01:25:00,425 --> 01:25:01,160
three, four and five.

2599
01:25:01,160 --> 01:25:03,560
Similar to our previous

2600
01:25:04,128 --> 01:25:04,645
discussion this money is

2601
01:25:04,645 --> 01:25:06,645
prescribed for certain

2602
01:25:08,990 --> 01:25:10,990
eligibility eligible activities

2603
01:25:12,371 --> 01:25:15,139
under year three Council gave

2604
01:25:15,139 --> 01:25:15,874
direction that we would utilize

2605
01:25:15,874 --> 01:25:18,874
our funds as rental assistance

2606
01:25:19,661 --> 01:25:22,661
for folks transitioning out of

2607
01:25:23,131 --> 01:25:23,765
our interim housing program So

2608
01:25:23,765 --> 01:25:26,765
part of the recommendation is

2609
01:25:26,936 --> 01:25:27,669
that we continue to use years

2610
01:25:27,669 --> 01:25:30,669
four and five for folks

2611
01:25:31,139 --> 01:25:31,590
transitioning out of our

2612
01:25:31,590 --> 01:25:33,990
program for year three.

2613
01:25:34,643 --> 01:25:35,494
We are currently still in the

2614
01:25:35,494 --> 01:25:38,364
process of developing a by name

2615
01:25:38,364 --> 01:25:41,964
list meaning that folks that we

2616
01:25:42,534 --> 01:25:42,968
believe can benefit from this

2617
01:25:42,968 --> 01:25:45,368
program and please understand

2618
01:25:46,122 --> 01:25:46,338
this is temporary rental

2619
01:25:46,338 --> 01:25:47,389
assistance.

2620
01:25:47,389 --> 01:25:50,159
So we really need to work with

2621
01:25:50,159 --> 01:25:50,793
households that can live

2622
01:25:50,793 --> 01:25:53,193
independently And once the

2623
01:25:54,363 --> 01:25:57,963
funds are removed or moved away

2624
01:25:58,250 --> 01:26:01,850
or reduced they are able to

2625
01:26:01,903 --> 01:26:02,355
maintain that housing without

2626
01:26:02,355 --> 01:26:03,880
that assistance because we

2627
01:26:03,880 --> 01:26:06,458
don't want anyone to fall back

2628
01:26:06,458 --> 01:26:07,293
into homelessness.

2629
01:26:07,293 --> 01:26:10,293
So currently we are identifying

2630
01:26:13,181 --> 01:26:15,581
households that we believe

2631
01:26:16,836 --> 01:26:20,436
could thrive in a situation and

2632
01:26:20,906 --> 01:26:21,641
living this independent and

2633
01:26:21,641 --> 01:26:24,641
we're also using funds to

2634
01:26:25,111 --> 01:26:25,361
provide additional years of

2635
01:26:25,361 --> 01:26:27,361
rental assistance.

2636
01:26:28,960 --> 01:26:28,731
The first iteration was just

2637
01:26:28,731 --> 01:26:31,601
only one year of rental

2638
01:26:31,601 --> 01:26:32,350
assistance which most of us

2639
01:26:32,350 --> 01:26:34,435
realize that's not enough.

2640
01:26:35,103 --> 01:26:35,821
And so with we went to the

2641
01:26:35,821 --> 01:26:36,550
county and said Hey, can we get

2642
01:26:36,550 --> 01:26:38,550
more money?

2643
01:26:39,800 --> 01:26:39,976
And they agreed.

2644
01:26:39,976 --> 01:26:43,745
So now we will be able to

2645
01:26:43,745 --> 01:26:44,296
provide folks with up to three

2646
01:26:44,296 --> 01:26:47,150
years of rental assistance to

2647
01:26:47,150 --> 01:26:48,217
help them transition to be able

2648
01:26:48,217 --> 01:26:51,870
to pay the rent on their own or

2649
01:26:51,870 --> 01:26:53,487
hopefully maybe find another

2650
01:26:54,557 --> 01:26:54,874
resource such as a Section

2651
01:26:54,874 --> 01:26:56,874
eight housing voucher.

2652
01:26:57,860 --> 01:27:01,230
So currently we have six folks

2653
01:27:01,230 --> 01:27:01,881
on our by nameless We are

2654
01:27:01,881 --> 01:27:04,851
working with them and getting

2655
01:27:04,851 --> 01:27:05,718
them prepped and ready to be

2656
01:27:05,718 --> 01:27:08,871
able to live in an apartment on

2657
01:27:08,871 --> 01:27:09,622
their own And of course working

2658
01:27:09,622 --> 01:27:12,692
with them with life skills and

2659
01:27:12,692 --> 01:27:13,225
money management So that way

2660
01:27:13,225 --> 01:27:16,225
when they make the transition

2661
01:27:16,612 --> 01:27:17,470
that they are strong and well

2662
01:27:17,470 --> 01:27:17,379
suited to do so.

2663
01:27:17,379 --> 01:27:19,379
All right.

2664
01:27:20,249 --> 01:27:21,000
And then you did ask what

2665
01:27:21,000 --> 01:27:23,852
happens if they don't stay for

2666
01:27:23,852 --> 01:27:25,852
a year?

2667
01:27:27,841 --> 01:27:28,507
We will just move to the next

2668
01:27:28,507 --> 01:27:28,824
person on the by nameless who's

2669
01:27:28,824 --> 01:27:29,159
ready to go.

2670
01:27:29,159 --> 01:27:31,159
Got it.

2671
01:27:31,394 --> 01:27:32,245
Thank you.

2672
01:27:32,245 --> 01:27:35,415
And things are going over the

2673
01:27:35,415 --> 01:27:36,265
program and back up.

2674
01:27:36,265 --> 01:27:38,601
So tonight is correct that we

2675
01:27:38,601 --> 01:27:40,853
talked about three rentals

2676
01:27:40,853 --> 01:27:41,688
assistance programs, three

2677
01:27:41,688 --> 01:27:45,174
different Yes we have So we

2678
01:27:45,174 --> 01:27:48,174
have one rental assistance for

2679
01:27:48,461 --> 01:27:52,348
the unhoused and that's the p l

2680
01:27:52,348 --> 01:27:52,783
h a program And then we discuss

2681
01:27:52,783 --> 01:27:53,433
to rental assistance program

2682
01:27:53,433 --> 01:27:56,820
through that And I'm sorry to

2683
01:27:56,820 --> 01:27:59,589
do this to the public This is a

2684
01:27:59,589 --> 01:28:03,189
lot of alphabet that what is

2685
01:28:04,210 --> 01:28:07,364
that the the r a okay even I am

2686
01:28:07,364 --> 01:28:08,980
having difficulty here it is

2687
01:28:08,980 --> 01:28:10,498
the rental housing homeless

2688
01:28:11,350 --> 01:28:13,350
prevention program the

2689
01:28:13,586 --> 01:28:14,337
difference between the one the

2690
01:28:14,337 --> 01:28:17,937
two programs one is for folks

2691
01:28:18,742 --> 01:28:19,393
who are housed to keep them in

2692
01:28:19,393 --> 01:28:22,362
their housing and the other one

2693
01:28:22,362 --> 01:28:22,913
is for folks who are unhoused

2694
01:28:22,913 --> 01:28:25,913
to get them into housing.

2695
01:28:25,999 --> 01:28:26,550
So the p l h a is for the

2696
01:28:26,550 --> 01:28:29,550
unhoused to get them into

2697
01:28:30,200 --> 01:28:30,554
permanent housing and then the

2698
01:28:30,554 --> 01:28:33,554
other two programs for folks

2699
01:28:34,410 --> 01:28:34,658
who are already housed to keep

2700
01:28:34,658 --> 01:28:37,580
them maintained in their

2701
01:28:38,128 --> 01:28:38,679
housing because they were

2702
01:28:38,679 --> 01:28:38,845
dealing with some type of

2703
01:28:38,845 --> 01:28:40,845
crisis.

2704
01:28:41,448 --> 01:28:41,715
So we are dealing with three

2705
01:28:41,715 --> 01:28:41,877
different programs.

2706
01:28:41,877 --> 01:28:42,348
Right.

2707
01:28:42,348 --> 01:28:44,748
Thank you, Director Burns.

2708
01:28:45,202 --> 01:28:45,869
And just for clarification for

2709
01:28:45,869 --> 01:28:48,204
members of the public because I

2710
01:28:48,204 --> 01:28:48,839
think there's some confusion

2711
01:28:48,839 --> 01:28:49,188
that we don't provide rental

2712
01:28:49,188 --> 01:28:51,188
assistance programs anymore.

2713
01:28:52,425 --> 01:28:53,444
They've been eliminated.

2714
01:28:53,444 --> 01:28:55,996
So I just want to make sure

2715
01:28:55,996 --> 01:28:56,546
that the public knows that the

2716
01:28:56,546 --> 01:28:56,881
city is still providing those

2717
01:28:56,881 --> 01:28:58,881
very important programs.

2718
01:28:59,415 --> 01:29:00,184
Thank you.

2719
01:29:00,184 --> 01:29:00,834
And don't forget we also still

2720
01:29:00,834 --> 01:29:03,834
have our Section eight rental

2721
01:29:03,872 --> 01:29:04,537
assistance program.

2722
01:29:04,537 --> 01:29:07,537
We're still working with that

2723
01:29:08,209 --> 01:29:08,372
program as well on the federal

2724
01:29:08,372 --> 01:29:08,542
side.

2725
01:29:08,542 --> 01:29:09,193
Okay.

2726
01:29:09,193 --> 01:29:11,428
Thank you for that addition.

2727
01:29:11,428 --> 01:29:11,645
Thank you.

2728
01:29:11,645 --> 01:29:11,978
Okay.

2729
01:29:11,978 --> 01:29:13,978
Thank you.

2730
01:29:14,931 --> 01:29:18,531
So with that thank you Director

2731
01:29:18,903 --> 01:29:22,373
Branch, let's go ahead and vote

2732
01:29:22,373 --> 01:29:25,973
on consent item c one through

2733
01:29:30,848 --> 01:29:33,848
17 while pulling out c ten

2734
01:29:35,486 --> 01:29:37,486
I

2735
01:29:40,257 --> 01:29:41,240
have a motion by Council member

2736
01:29:41,240 --> 01:29:44,461
Farah a second by Mayor o'Brien

2737
01:29:44,461 --> 01:29:47,461
to approve the consent calendar

2738
01:29:49,467 --> 01:29:53,670
item c 139 and c 11 through c

2739
01:29:53,737 --> 01:29:54,605
17th MAY be in voting.

2740
01:29:54,605 --> 01:29:57,691
Yeah I can no I still can't

2741
01:29:57,691 --> 01:29:58,443
vote or make motions but I vote

2742
01:29:58,443 --> 01:30:01,629
I thank you Council member Fish

2743
01:30:01,629 --> 01:30:06,429
Maybe if we can get j hours or

2744
01:30:08,680 --> 01:30:08,535
someone Johnny here

2745
01:30:08,535 --> 01:30:10,535
that motion

2746
01:30:12,589 --> 01:30:13,140
passes unanimously okay and for

2747
01:30:13,140 --> 01:30:15,994
the public council member is

2748
01:30:15,994 --> 01:30:16,543
going to step into the back

2749
01:30:16,543 --> 01:30:19,543
because he has a perceived

2750
01:30:20,114 --> 01:30:23,714
conflict of interest on c ten

2751
01:30:24,101 --> 01:30:24,836
and once the staff report is

2752
01:30:24,836 --> 01:30:27,806
complete and any further public

2753
01:30:27,806 --> 01:30:30,806
comment or comments from the

2754
01:30:32,293 --> 01:30:33,600
Dyess are over, he is going to

2755
01:30:33,600 --> 01:30:37,260
be called out to speak on the

2756
01:30:37,731 --> 01:30:41,386
item as a member of the public

2757
01:30:41,386 --> 01:30:43,386
sector chain.

2758
01:30:45,900 --> 01:30:45,823
All right, good evening, Mayor,

2759
01:30:45,823 --> 01:30:48,823
vice mayor and city council

2760
01:30:48,893 --> 01:30:49,244
members, this is Diana Chang,

2761
01:30:49,244 --> 01:30:49,411
City's chief transportation

2762
01:30:49,411 --> 01:30:51,411
officer.

2763
01:30:52,914 --> 01:30:53,565
We're here tonight to recommend

2764
01:30:53,565 --> 01:30:53,999
to city council to approve the

2765
01:30:53,999 --> 01:30:56,399
guiding principles for the

2766
01:30:56,952 --> 01:30:57,384
supply that connects project to

2767
01:30:57,384 --> 01:30:59,784
authorize acceptance of grant

2768
01:31:00,654 --> 01:31:01,206
funds for the Metro measure and

2769
01:31:01,206 --> 01:31:04,176
sub regional equity program In

2770
01:31:04,176 --> 01:31:04,809
the amounts laid down the staff

2771
01:31:04,809 --> 01:31:07,809
report and approve a related

2772
01:31:07,862 --> 01:31:08,512
budget amendment to appropriate

2773
01:31:08,512 --> 01:31:12,112
the grant funds to the project.

2774
01:31:12,700 --> 01:31:13,150
We also have a presentation

2775
01:31:13,150 --> 01:31:15,550
available to introduce the

2776
01:31:15,804 --> 01:31:16,237
project and walk through the

2777
01:31:16,237 --> 01:31:16,855
guiding principles If the

2778
01:31:16,855 --> 01:31:19,255
Council would like a

2779
01:31:23,610 --> 01:31:25,610
presentation yes please.

2780
01:31:26,915 --> 01:31:28,915
Thank you.

2781
01:31:30,318 --> 01:31:30,969
So if you can next slide please

2782
01:31:30,969 --> 01:31:33,922
support Our next is a mobility

2783
01:31:33,922 --> 01:31:34,356
project that envisions a

2784
01:31:34,356 --> 01:31:36,756
corridor where everyone can

2785
01:31:38,126 --> 01:31:38,760
move better safely comfortable

2786
01:31:38,760 --> 01:31:41,512
and reliably and find the

2787
01:31:41,512 --> 01:31:42,146
opportunity to improve people's

2788
01:31:42,146 --> 01:31:44,546
experience along the corridor.

2789
01:31:45,917 --> 01:31:46,467
This project is a community

2790
01:31:46,467 --> 01:31:49,467
center design effort that will

2791
01:31:49,937 --> 01:31:50,428
lead to the construction of low

2792
01:31:50,428 --> 01:31:52,428
cost meaningful improvements

2793
01:31:53,225 --> 01:31:53,741
that benefit transit writers

2794
01:31:53,741 --> 01:31:56,141
and other street users.

2795
01:31:57,228 --> 01:31:57,762
Next slide We're focused on

2796
01:31:57,762 --> 01:32:00,762
some of that because it's

2797
01:32:01,416 --> 01:32:02,660
critical mobility corridor for

2798
01:32:02,660 --> 01:32:02,701
Culver City and neighboring

2799
01:32:02,701 --> 01:32:05,101
West Side communities serving

2800
01:32:05,536 --> 01:32:06,387
many important regional

2801
01:32:06,387 --> 01:32:09,657
destinations such as L.A. X and

2802
01:32:09,657 --> 01:32:10,174
ucla and many local

2803
01:32:10,174 --> 01:32:12,174
neighborhood services and

2804
01:32:13,628 --> 01:32:14,180
businesses.

2805
01:32:14,180 --> 01:32:15,130
Our general plan identifies

2806
01:32:15,130 --> 01:32:17,283
support for that as a transit

2807
01:32:17,283 --> 01:32:18,160
priority corridor a place where

2808
01:32:18,160 --> 01:32:20,416
we prioritize improvements to

2809
01:32:21,302 --> 01:32:21,920
our streets and signals to make

2810
01:32:21,920 --> 01:32:24,320
busses operate more reliably

2811
01:32:25,307 --> 01:32:28,878
and to make the customer access

2812
01:32:28,878 --> 01:32:29,295
in waiting experience safer and

2813
01:32:29,295 --> 01:32:30,146
more enjoyable.

2814
01:32:30,146 --> 01:32:32,915
So with all our capital

2815
01:32:32,915 --> 01:32:33,565
projects support for that call

2816
01:32:33,565 --> 01:32:37,180
next we'll look to improve the

2817
01:32:37,180 --> 01:32:37,570
experience and reliability for

2818
01:32:37,570 --> 01:32:40,570
people traveling by all modes.

2819
01:32:40,822 --> 01:32:43,822
Next slide the Complete Streets

2820
01:32:44,710 --> 01:32:45,244
Design Standard Establish a set

2821
01:32:45,244 --> 01:32:48,244
of street design elements that

2822
01:32:48,614 --> 01:32:49,248
must be included when budget

2823
01:32:49,248 --> 01:32:52,248
allows in all key roadway

2824
01:32:52,719 --> 01:32:53,520
projects with the goal of

2825
01:32:53,520 --> 01:32:55,520
incrementally making our

2826
01:32:56,206 --> 01:32:56,956
streets more complete support.

2827
01:32:56,956 --> 01:32:59,956
Our connects is a transit

2828
01:33:00,126 --> 01:33:00,876
priority project at its core

2829
01:33:00,876 --> 01:33:04,146
but staff will look to include

2830
01:33:04,146 --> 01:33:04,464
other design elements from the

2831
01:33:04,464 --> 01:33:05,970
complete street design

2832
01:33:05,970 --> 01:33:07,497
standards when it's financially

2833
01:33:07,651 --> 01:33:10,510
feasible to do so.

2834
01:33:11,304 --> 01:33:12,372
Next slide.

2835
01:33:12,372 --> 01:33:15,372
Funding for this project comes

2836
01:33:15,442 --> 01:33:15,876
in part from the West Side

2837
01:33:15,876 --> 01:33:18,276
City's Council of Government

2838
01:33:19,290 --> 01:33:19,696
which has dedicated measure and

2839
01:33:19,696 --> 01:33:22,850
funds to build the bus priority

2840
01:33:22,850 --> 01:33:23,283
on three key corridors

2841
01:33:23,283 --> 01:33:23,900
including support for the

2842
01:33:23,900 --> 01:33:26,300
boulevard The West cog

2843
01:33:26,787 --> 01:33:27,204
supported by our staff will be

2844
01:33:27,204 --> 01:33:29,204
designing and implementing

2845
01:33:30,774 --> 01:33:31,424
quick built bustling under

2846
01:33:31,424 --> 01:33:34,478
segment of support of the north

2847
01:33:34,478 --> 01:33:34,928
and south of Culver City in

2848
01:33:34,928 --> 01:33:37,328
combination with our project.

2849
01:33:38,980 --> 01:33:38,432
These improvements will shape a

2850
01:33:38,432 --> 01:33:40,432
meaningful transit priority

2851
01:33:41,784 --> 01:33:42,419
corridor that supports our

2852
01:33:42,419 --> 01:33:45,419
highest ridership bus line bus

2853
01:33:45,890 --> 01:33:46,557
line and an important corridor

2854
01:33:46,557 --> 01:33:50,157
for the l.A or 2028 games.

2855
01:33:53,864 --> 01:33:54,615
Next slide the project team has

2856
01:33:54,615 --> 01:33:56,950
been working during the first

2857
01:33:56,950 --> 01:33:57,401
three quarters of 2025 to

2858
01:33:57,401 --> 01:33:59,801
develop a clear understanding

2859
01:34:00,353 --> 01:34:00,704
of baseline conditions in the

2860
01:34:00,704 --> 01:34:01,405
corridor including developing

2861
01:34:01,405 --> 01:34:04,405
analysis tools that will be

2862
01:34:04,791 --> 01:34:05,308
used to model traffic and

2863
01:34:05,308 --> 01:34:07,708
transit outcomes from various

2864
01:34:08,980 --> 01:34:09,530
design scenarios to be

2865
01:34:09,530 --> 01:34:12,530
developed during next phases of

2866
01:34:13,840 --> 01:34:15,536
the project In OCTOBER we

2867
01:34:15,536 --> 01:34:16,404
launched our engagement process

2868
01:34:16,404 --> 01:34:19,457
with our first c pac or what we

2869
01:34:19,457 --> 01:34:20,208
call community project Advisory

2870
01:34:20,208 --> 01:34:22,844
Committee and door to door

2871
01:34:22,844 --> 01:34:23,161
visits with corridor

2872
01:34:23,161 --> 01:34:25,161
businesses.

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01:34:26,213 --> 01:34:26,648
We're scheduled to hold our

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01:34:26,648 --> 01:34:29,480
first public design workshop

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01:34:29,900 --> 01:34:30,568
starting in mid-NOVEMBER.

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01:34:30,568 --> 01:34:31,101
These will support a community

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01:34:31,101 --> 01:34:33,501
centered design process that

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01:34:34,673 --> 01:34:35,980
will continue through the first

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01:34:35,980 --> 01:34:37,980
quarter of 2026.

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01:34:38,175 --> 01:34:38,726
We will return to the City

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01:34:38,726 --> 01:34:39,244
Council at that time with

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01:34:39,244 --> 01:34:41,244
design alternatives for

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01:34:41,880 --> 01:34:42,614
direction.

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01:34:42,614 --> 01:34:45,140
Our scheduled target contract

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01:34:46,680 --> 01:34:46,818
construction date will be in

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01:34:46,818 --> 01:34:49,218
late 2026 with an opening

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01:34:50,172 --> 01:34:52,172
anticipated in 2027.

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01:34:53,759 --> 01:34:56,812
Next line So in effort to

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01:34:56,812 --> 01:34:57,345
ensure a smooth design process

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01:34:57,345 --> 01:34:57,963
,these draft guiding

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01:34:57,963 --> 01:35:00,363
principles have been developed

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01:35:00,733 --> 01:35:01,166
to guide our work with

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01:35:01,166 --> 01:35:03,166
community stakeholders leading

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01:35:04,720 --> 01:35:04,969
to solutions that meet

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01:35:04,969 --> 01:35:05,470
community goals.

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01:35:05,470 --> 01:35:07,470
The following guiding

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01:35:08,623 --> 01:35:09,174
principles reflects these goals

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01:35:09,174 --> 01:35:12,260
codified in the general plan

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01:35:12,260 --> 01:35:12,361
and will be used to ensure

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01:35:12,361 --> 01:35:14,361
project design activities

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01:35:15,931 --> 01:35:16,365
uphold the city's commitment to

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01:35:16,365 --> 01:35:16,532
meeting these community crafted

2903
01:35:16,532 --> 01:35:18,532
goals.

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01:35:20,151 --> 01:35:20,853
These are similar to the design

2905
01:35:20,853 --> 01:35:21,102
guidelines we have for the

2906
01:35:21,102 --> 01:35:23,102
downtown corridor.

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01:35:24,256 --> 01:35:25,324
They lay out what the project

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01:35:25,324 --> 01:35:28,277
is and what it isn't and how to

2909
01:35:28,277 --> 01:35:28,510
resolve issues that come up

2910
01:35:28,510 --> 01:35:29,161
during design.

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01:35:29,161 --> 01:35:32,140
It makes sure that everything

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01:35:32,140 --> 01:35:32,281
we're doing is fulfilling the

2913
01:35:32,281 --> 01:35:34,281
project's mission.

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01:35:35,500 --> 01:35:36,435
Next slide.

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01:35:36,435 --> 01:35:39,188
With a limited budget we will

2916
01:35:39,188 --> 01:35:39,621
have to prioritize street

2917
01:35:39,621 --> 01:35:42,210
improvements that best align

2918
01:35:42,992 --> 01:35:43,308
with our general plan policies

2919
01:35:43,308 --> 01:35:45,308
and mobility needs.

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01:35:46,379 --> 01:35:46,813
Our guiding principles are

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01:35:46,813 --> 01:35:47,446
organized to help inform

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01:35:47,446 --> 01:35:49,846
project development in decision

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01:35:50,483 --> 01:35:51,251
decision making.

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01:35:51,251 --> 01:35:54,251
General plan policies and user

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01:35:54,604 --> 01:35:55,137
needs dictate that transit

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01:35:55,137 --> 01:35:57,891
improvements are the core of

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01:35:57,891 --> 01:35:58,540
support with our connects.

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01:35:58,540 --> 01:35:59,750
As we plan for these

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01:35:59,750 --> 01:36:01,475
improvements, the team will

2930
01:36:02,145 --> 01:36:02,896
seek to make travel more

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01:36:02,896 --> 01:36:06,266
reliable for all road users and

2932
01:36:06,266 --> 01:36:06,816
for fulfill the intent of the

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01:36:06,816 --> 01:36:09,816
bike and pedestrian action plan

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01:36:10,270 --> 01:36:10,804
by creating additional

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01:36:10,804 --> 01:36:10,971
connections within the bike

2936
01:36:10,971 --> 01:36:12,971
network.

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01:36:13,774 --> 01:36:14,707
These are other critical

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01:36:14,707 --> 01:36:17,707
mobility principles Any time we

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01:36:17,961 --> 01:36:18,511
make transportation investments

2940
01:36:18,511 --> 01:36:21,348
it presents an opportunity to

2941
01:36:21,348 --> 01:36:21,998
improve our community.

2942
01:36:21,998 --> 01:36:22,515
For kids walking to school,

2943
01:36:22,515 --> 01:36:24,515
people accessing local

2944
01:36:25,785 --> 01:36:26,536
businesses and those who spend

2945
01:36:26,536 --> 01:36:29,989
time on the corridor and in

2946
01:36:29,989 --> 01:36:30,641
adjacent neighborhoods.

2947
01:36:30,641 --> 01:36:33,641
Finally, our designs were aimed

2948
01:36:34,110 --> 01:36:34,444
to balance cost effectiveness

2949
01:36:34,444 --> 01:36:36,844
with quality impermanence and

2950
01:36:37,714 --> 01:36:38,548
now going to a little bit in

2951
01:36:38,548 --> 01:36:41,548
the future slides Next slide.

2952
01:36:42,552 --> 01:36:45,421
The content of support for our

2953
01:36:45,421 --> 01:36:45,840
connect is to build transit

2954
01:36:45,840 --> 01:36:46,673
priority infrastructure and

2955
01:36:46,673 --> 01:36:49,342
support that to speed up busses

2956
01:36:49,342 --> 01:36:50,940
and help them stay on schedule.

2957
01:36:50,940 --> 01:36:52,494
These improvements will be

2958
01:36:53,330 --> 01:36:53,747
coordinated with

2959
01:36:53,747 --> 01:36:54,482
recommendations from Culver

2960
01:36:54,482 --> 01:36:57,335
City Your way to enhance

2961
01:36:57,335 --> 01:36:58,301
service levels.

2962
01:36:58,301 --> 01:37:01,455
For those of you who are not

2963
01:37:01,455 --> 01:37:01,889
familiar Culver City your Way

2964
01:37:01,889 --> 01:37:02,639
is another initiative that's

2965
01:37:02,639 --> 01:37:05,192
aimed at creating a holistic

2966
01:37:05,192 --> 01:37:05,610
mobility services plan which in

2967
01:37:05,610 --> 01:37:07,610
coordination with the

2968
01:37:09,580 --> 01:37:10,131
infrastructure improves Ment's

2969
01:37:10,131 --> 01:37:10,648
will help to create more

2970
01:37:10,648 --> 01:37:13,480
convenient options for people

2971
01:37:13,734 --> 01:37:14,584
to travel in their daily lives.

2972
01:37:14,584 --> 01:37:17,584
We're using a data driven

2973
01:37:17,754 --> 01:37:18,305
approach to build bus links

2974
01:37:18,305 --> 01:37:18,523
where delay is more impactful

2975
01:37:18,523 --> 01:37:20,523
to customers.

2976
01:37:21,792 --> 01:37:22,243
This will allow us to consider

2977
01:37:22,243 --> 01:37:24,643
other types of improvements

2978
01:37:25,960 --> 01:37:25,529
where bus travel is and is

2979
01:37:25,529 --> 01:37:27,929
projected to remain reliable.

2980
01:37:28,983 --> 01:37:29,533
Next slide.

2981
01:37:29,533 --> 01:37:31,933
As mentioned earlier, support

2982
01:37:33,300 --> 01:37:33,554
for that is the busiest transit

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01:37:33,554 --> 01:37:33,754
corridor served by Culver City

2984
01:37:33,754 --> 01:37:35,754
bus.

2985
01:37:38,342 --> 01:37:39,590
The line six Rapid six carries

2986
01:37:39,590 --> 01:37:41,590
approximately 6000 riders per

2987
01:37:42,470 --> 01:37:42,213
day which is about 55% of our

2988
01:37:42,213 --> 01:37:44,213
system.

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01:37:44,916 --> 01:37:45,784
Bus ridership.

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01:37:45,784 --> 01:37:48,937
This is also a key corridor for

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01:37:48,937 --> 01:37:49,488
the Olympics connecting key

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01:37:49,488 --> 01:37:52,488
destinations and metro rail bus

2993
01:37:52,841 --> 01:37:53,292
riders in the corridor are

2994
01:37:53,292 --> 01:37:53,908
impacted daily by traffic

2995
01:37:53,908 --> 01:37:56,308
related delay and poor

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01:37:56,344 --> 01:37:58,344
reliability.

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01:37:59,898 --> 01:38:00,566
Next slide.

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01:38:00,566 --> 01:38:03,566
Building our network of all

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01:38:04,319 --> 01:38:04,970
ages and abilities cycling

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01:38:04,970 --> 01:38:05,721
facilities is essential to meet

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01:38:05,721 --> 01:38:08,721
our general plan goals in

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01:38:09,910 --> 01:38:09,248
meeting the intent of the b

3003
01:38:09,248 --> 01:38:10,420
pap.

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01:38:10,420 --> 01:38:12,940
Support for that is identified

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01:38:12,940 --> 01:38:12,645
as a North-South cycling

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01:38:12,645 --> 01:38:15,645
corridor in the bike and

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01:38:16,970 --> 01:38:16,865
Pedestrian action plan.

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01:38:16,865 --> 01:38:19,834
In support of that connect will

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01:38:19,834 --> 01:38:20,369
evaluate options to build out a

3010
01:38:20,369 --> 01:38:22,769
north south facility, improve

3011
01:38:23,421 --> 01:38:23,855
network connectivity.

3012
01:38:23,855 --> 01:38:25,855
Our existing conditions

3013
01:38:26,892 --> 01:38:27,326
analysis identified that there

3014
01:38:27,326 --> 01:38:27,843
are high traffic volumes

3015
01:38:27,843 --> 01:38:29,843
particularly in turning

3016
01:38:31,614 --> 01:38:31,964
movements, complex

3017
01:38:31,964 --> 01:38:33,964
intersections, vehicle speeds

3018
01:38:35,701 --> 01:38:36,352
and multiple freeway ramps and

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01:38:36,352 --> 01:38:39,121
off ramps on portions of the

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01:38:39,121 --> 01:38:39,755
corridor that are consistent

3021
01:38:39,755 --> 01:38:39,988
with the highest level of

3022
01:38:39,988 --> 01:38:41,988
cycling stress.

3023
01:38:43,943 --> 01:38:44,377
With these conditions our

3024
01:38:44,377 --> 01:38:44,927
national design guidance calls

3025
01:38:44,927 --> 01:38:47,927
for the highest level of

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01:38:48,281 --> 01:38:48,498
protection on corridor and at

3027
01:38:48,498 --> 01:38:49,310
intersections.

3028
01:38:49,310 --> 01:38:51,431
Given these findings, our

3029
01:38:52,385 --> 01:38:53,520
guiding principles provide

3030
01:38:53,520 --> 01:38:56,652
direction to look at both our

3031
01:38:56,806 --> 01:38:57,356
corridor in parallel corridors

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01:38:57,356 --> 01:39:00,225
cycling facilities It would be

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01:39:00,225 --> 01:39:00,860
most prudent to locate bike

3034
01:39:00,860 --> 01:39:01,477
lanes and support where traffic

3035
01:39:01,477 --> 01:39:03,877
volume and turning movements

3036
01:39:04,864 --> 01:39:05,598
permit building a high comfort

3037
01:39:05,598 --> 01:39:08,598
low stress facility and the

3038
01:39:09,401 --> 01:39:10,136
lanes will close a gap in the

3039
01:39:10,136 --> 01:39:12,289
existing or near future Bike

3040
01:39:12,289 --> 01:39:14,741
network whether it's planned or

3041
01:39:14,741 --> 01:39:14,941
for planned and funded network

3042
01:39:14,941 --> 01:39:16,941
.

3043
01:39:19,329 --> 01:39:19,945
Next slide The real strength of

3044
01:39:19,945 --> 01:39:22,345
bike infrastructure isn't any

3045
01:39:23,133 --> 01:39:23,684
particular corridor it's in

3046
01:39:23,684 --> 01:39:26,684
that network as a whole.

3047
01:39:26,937 --> 01:39:27,488
A network of protected bike

3048
01:39:27,488 --> 01:39:30,440
lanes means more people are

3049
01:39:30,440 --> 01:39:30,598
connected to more destinations

3050
01:39:30,598 --> 01:39:31,208
.

3051
01:39:31,208 --> 01:39:31,941
Our approach will be identify

3052
01:39:31,941 --> 01:39:34,941
to identify the set of

3053
01:39:35,950 --> 01:39:35,545
investments that best

3054
01:39:35,545 --> 01:39:37,945
contribute to a comprehensive

3055
01:39:38,281 --> 01:39:38,481
all ages and abilities network

3056
01:39:38,481 --> 01:39:40,481
.

3057
01:39:42,169 --> 01:39:42,703
Next slide We want people to

3058
01:39:42,703 --> 01:39:44,703
experience predictable and

3059
01:39:46,156 --> 01:39:46,906
reliable travel along support

3060
01:39:46,906 --> 01:39:49,906
of them whether they're riding

3061
01:39:50,494 --> 01:39:50,811
the bus and driving walking or

3062
01:39:50,811 --> 01:39:52,811
riding the bike.

3063
01:39:54,397 --> 01:39:54,598
Here's why we are focusing on

3064
01:39:54,598 --> 01:39:55,350
reliability.

3065
01:39:55,350 --> 01:39:58,350
When people have bad travel

3066
01:39:58,602 --> 01:39:59,253
experiences it's often because

3067
01:39:59,253 --> 01:40:02,253
a trip takes longer than

3068
01:40:02,607 --> 01:40:03,541
expected because the busses

3069
01:40:03,541 --> 01:40:04,175
late or because the car or a

3070
01:40:04,175 --> 01:40:06,461
bus is delayed in traffic.

3071
01:40:06,461 --> 01:40:09,430
It's what sticks out in their

3072
01:40:09,430 --> 01:40:10,197
memory as a poor experience.

3073
01:40:10,197 --> 01:40:13,251
In a growing region we can't

3074
01:40:13,251 --> 01:40:13,900
expect to reduce traffic demand

3075
01:40:13,900 --> 01:40:14,519
but we can provide reliable

3076
01:40:14,519 --> 01:40:16,919
travel for people making

3077
01:40:17,588 --> 01:40:18,206
sustainable transit in cycling

3078
01:40:18,206 --> 01:40:20,606
more attractive options and

3079
01:40:21,176 --> 01:40:21,509
tools that make transit and

3080
01:40:21,509 --> 01:40:23,509
cycling more predictable,

3081
01:40:25,790 --> 01:40:25,513
reliable and safe can also help

3082
01:40:25,513 --> 01:40:27,913
to improve travel reliability

3083
01:40:29,384 --> 01:40:29,818
for people driving and

3084
01:40:29,818 --> 01:40:32,218
delivering goods and can

3085
01:40:33,270 --> 01:40:33,704
encourage context appropriate

3086
01:40:33,704 --> 01:40:33,921
travel speeds improving safety

3087
01:40:33,921 --> 01:40:35,921
for all.

3088
01:40:36,874 --> 01:40:38,874
Next slide.

3089
01:40:41,262 --> 01:40:41,696
The project will be addressing

3090
01:40:41,696 --> 01:40:42,214
the corridor holistically

3091
01:40:42,214 --> 01:40:44,614
assuring that improvements made

3092
01:40:44,683 --> 01:40:45,116
on support that don't have

3093
01:40:45,116 --> 01:40:45,333
negative outcomes for adjacent

3094
01:40:45,333 --> 01:40:47,333
neighborhoods.

3095
01:40:48,920 --> 01:40:49,538
The team will analyze potential

3096
01:40:49,538 --> 01:40:51,938
impacts coordinating with the

3097
01:40:52,707 --> 01:40:53,240
tri square area traffic study

3098
01:40:53,240 --> 01:40:55,640
and consider traffic calming

3099
01:40:56,595 --> 01:40:57,145
measures that address current

3100
01:40:57,145 --> 01:40:59,898
and future cut through traffic.

3101
01:40:59,898 --> 01:41:00,732
Next slide.

3102
01:41:00,732 --> 01:41:03,732
The project will seek to

3103
01:41:03,902 --> 01:41:04,318
improve neighborhood

3104
01:41:04,318 --> 01:41:06,318
connectivity through targeted

3105
01:41:07,773 --> 01:41:08,306
pedestrian improvements.

3106
01:41:08,306 --> 01:41:08,957
This will include adding

3107
01:41:08,957 --> 01:41:11,909
features to help calm traffic,

3108
01:41:11,909 --> 01:41:12,443
reduce pedestrian crossing

3109
01:41:12,443 --> 01:41:14,843
distances and create a

3110
01:41:15,480 --> 01:41:16,300
welcoming and accessible

3111
01:41:16,300 --> 01:41:18,383
environment to shop, stroll or

3112
01:41:18,383 --> 01:41:20,783
wait for the bus.

3113
01:41:22,353 --> 01:41:24,353
Next slide.

3114
01:41:25,824 --> 01:41:26,575
We have heard a strong desire

3115
01:41:26,575 --> 01:41:29,628
from the c pac members and

3116
01:41:29,628 --> 01:41:30,246
business stakeholders for

3117
01:41:30,246 --> 01:41:30,679
investments that improve the

3118
01:41:30,679 --> 01:41:30,896
public realm along the

3119
01:41:30,896 --> 01:41:32,896
corridor.

3120
01:41:33,765 --> 01:41:34,100
The project will look for

3121
01:41:34,100 --> 01:41:36,100
tactical opportunities to

3122
01:41:37,653 --> 01:41:38,103
improve the quality of public

3123
01:41:38,103 --> 01:41:38,520
spaces and support the

3124
01:41:38,520 --> 01:41:40,520
boulevard and improve

3125
01:41:41,473 --> 01:41:41,791
conditions for people accessing

3126
01:41:41,791 --> 01:41:42,800
businesses and transit

3127
01:41:42,800 --> 01:41:44,800
services.

3128
01:41:46,212 --> 01:41:49,682
Next slide Support that is home

3129
01:41:49,682 --> 01:41:50,216
to many small and local

3130
01:41:50,216 --> 01:41:53,216
businesses that rely on access

3131
01:41:53,469 --> 01:41:54,337
by all modes.

3132
01:41:54,337 --> 01:41:56,989
Our team has surveyed parking

3133
01:41:56,989 --> 01:41:57,540
usage along the corridor and on

3134
01:41:57,540 --> 01:41:58,274
intersecting streets and we use

3135
01:41:58,274 --> 01:42:01,211
this data to inform design

3136
01:42:01,211 --> 01:42:01,543
decisions and identify

3137
01:42:01,543 --> 01:42:03,543
locations that require

3138
01:42:04,997 --> 01:42:05,547
mitigations for potential loss

3139
01:42:05,547 --> 01:42:08,547
of our street parking spaces.

3140
01:42:09,340 --> 01:42:09,586
While we note while we know

3141
01:42:09,586 --> 01:42:12,586
many customers arrive by car,

3142
01:42:12,856 --> 01:42:13,907
this project is an opportunity

3143
01:42:13,907 --> 01:42:16,460
to make some of that a safer

3144
01:42:16,460 --> 01:42:17,100
and more comfortable space a

3145
01:42:17,100 --> 01:42:17,744
place to access businesses and

3146
01:42:17,744 --> 01:42:20,744
services on foot or other

3147
01:42:20,897 --> 01:42:21,214
sustainable modes.

3148
01:42:21,214 --> 01:42:23,214
Next slide.

3149
01:42:24,917 --> 01:42:25,568
It will be important for this

3150
01:42:25,568 --> 01:42:28,304
project to balance the use of

3151
01:42:28,304 --> 01:42:28,754
permanent materials that our

3152
01:42:28,754 --> 01:42:29,373
appropriate for this heavily

3153
01:42:29,373 --> 01:42:31,773
used corridor with the

3154
01:42:32,142 --> 01:42:32,777
opportunity to make meaningful

3155
01:42:32,777 --> 01:42:35,177
improvements within our project

3156
01:42:35,813 --> 01:42:36,479
budget.

3157
01:42:36,479 --> 01:42:36,797
Our goal is to install

3158
01:42:36,797 --> 01:42:38,797
permanent infrastructure

3159
01:42:40,167 --> 01:42:40,800
whenever possible and to use

3160
01:42:40,800 --> 01:42:43,800
quick build materials only in

3161
01:42:44,540 --> 01:42:44,704
limited circumstances where

3162
01:42:44,704 --> 01:42:44,904
needed to meet time and budget

3163
01:42:44,904 --> 01:42:46,904
constraints.

3164
01:42:47,858 --> 01:42:48,591
Next slide.

3165
01:42:48,591 --> 01:42:50,991
So this concludes my

3166
01:42:52,263 --> 01:42:52,813
presentation and where staff as

3167
01:42:52,813 --> 01:42:55,813
well as project consultant are

3168
01:42:55,965 --> 01:42:56,399
available for any questions.

3169
01:42:56,399 --> 01:42:58,399
Thank you.

3170
01:42:59,552 --> 01:43:00,388
That was great.

3171
01:43:00,388 --> 01:43:01,238
Do we still have a member of

3172
01:43:01,238 --> 01:43:03,457
the public going to speak on

3173
01:43:03,457 --> 01:43:03,674
this?

3174
01:43:03,674 --> 01:43:04,441
Yes.

3175
01:43:04,441 --> 01:43:04,759
We had three speakers signed up

3176
01:43:04,759 --> 01:43:06,759
for this.

3177
01:43:07,711 --> 01:43:08,512
Okay.

3178
01:43:08,512 --> 01:43:08,846
Can we hear from them please?

3179
01:43:08,846 --> 01:43:10,846
92nd each.

3180
01:43:11,699 --> 01:43:14,668
So we have Melissa Sanders,

3181
01:43:14,668 --> 01:43:14,852
Lisa Lindgren and Albert Viera

3182
01:43:14,852 --> 01:43:16,852
.

3183
01:43:18,439 --> 01:43:19,730
Melissa Sanders is on line.

3184
01:43:19,730 --> 01:43:21,473
So I've unmuted you.

3185
01:43:21,943 --> 01:43:22,276
You can unmute yourself.

3186
01:43:22,276 --> 01:43:24,276
Go ahead.

3187
01:43:25,930 --> 01:43:27,930
Hi again.

3188
01:43:29,300 --> 01:43:29,501
I actually MAY defer to

3189
01:43:29,501 --> 01:43:30,267
Albertson's.

3190
01:43:30,267 --> 01:43:33,238
He is a business owner there

3191
01:43:33,238 --> 01:43:33,987
and I would like one of our

3192
01:43:33,987 --> 01:43:36,987
priorities to start being our

3193
01:43:37,742 --> 01:43:38,676
businesses.

3194
01:43:38,676 --> 01:43:39,427
I didn't know he was in to

3195
01:43:39,427 --> 01:43:41,379
speak so this is totally off

3196
01:43:41,379 --> 01:43:44,649
the cuff and whatever is done

3197
01:43:44,649 --> 01:43:47,903
in this city needs to be

3198
01:43:47,903 --> 01:43:48,519
thoughtful and respectful of

3199
01:43:48,519 --> 01:43:50,919
everyone but especially our

3200
01:43:52,590 --> 01:43:53,141
businesses because without our

3201
01:43:53,141 --> 01:43:53,302
businesses we don't have a

3202
01:43:53,302 --> 01:43:55,302
city.

3203
01:43:56,744 --> 01:43:59,744
So the exhausting list of

3204
01:44:00,199 --> 01:44:01,149
places that have closed over

3205
01:44:01,149 --> 01:44:03,885
the past few years is mind

3206
01:44:03,885 --> 01:44:04,770
boggling.

3207
01:44:04,770 --> 01:44:04,970
We all know move was a massive

3208
01:44:04,970 --> 01:44:06,970
failure.

3209
01:44:08,257 --> 01:44:11,257
It is still a problem.

3210
01:44:11,726 --> 01:44:15,326
So anything that will make car

3211
01:44:15,898 --> 01:44:16,448
travel more difficult create

3212
01:44:16,448 --> 01:44:19,448
less parking and less access

3213
01:44:20,119 --> 01:44:20,552
for people should be a

3214
01:44:20,552 --> 01:44:22,952
nonstarter at this point.

3215
01:44:23,639 --> 01:44:24,407
I have a new boss who has no

3216
01:44:24,407 --> 01:44:27,543
idea that I am involved with

3217
01:44:27,543 --> 01:44:28,210
city politics at all.

3218
01:44:28,210 --> 01:44:31,210
And he complains about having

3219
01:44:31,564 --> 01:44:34,564
to travel through Culver City

3220
01:44:34,634 --> 01:44:34,834
Still even though it's improved

3221
01:44:34,834 --> 01:44:35,483
.

3222
01:44:35,483 --> 01:44:38,483
So please think about that.

3223
01:44:38,571 --> 01:44:42,171
Think about the people who do

3224
01:44:42,558 --> 01:44:43,292
travel in cars who are the

3225
01:44:43,292 --> 01:44:46,892
majority of the people who will

3226
01:44:46,896 --> 01:44:47,213
shop eat, play, drink etc. In

3227
01:44:47,213 --> 01:44:49,213
Culver City.

3228
01:44:53,100 --> 01:44:55,100
So thank you.

3229
01:44:55,371 --> 01:44:58,971
Our next picture is Diesel in

3230
01:44:59,525 --> 01:45:00,760
green.

3231
01:45:00,760 --> 01:45:02,476
Good evening, Mayor o'Brien,

3232
01:45:02,845 --> 01:45:03,179
Vice Mayor pws and members of

3233
01:45:03,179 --> 01:45:04,247
the city council.

3234
01:45:04,247 --> 01:45:06,900
My name is Lisa Lindgren and I

3235
01:45:06,900 --> 01:45:07,867
just I'm speaking this evening

3236
01:45:07,867 --> 01:45:10,403
as a member of Bike Culver City

3237
01:45:10,403 --> 01:45:11,137
Bike.

3238
01:45:11,137 --> 01:45:12,188
Culver City did send a letter

3239
01:45:12,188 --> 01:45:14,975
to all of you but it was sent

3240
01:45:14,975 --> 01:45:15,909
perhaps too late for all of you

3241
01:45:15,909 --> 01:45:18,461
to get to see And I just wanted

3242
01:45:18,461 --> 01:45:19,228
to share some highlights.

3243
01:45:19,228 --> 01:45:21,680
The first thing is that my

3244
01:45:21,680 --> 01:45:22,431
Culver City is really thrilled

3245
01:45:22,431 --> 01:45:26,310
that the city is is beginning

3246
01:45:26,503 --> 01:45:26,686
the process for Snapple that it

3247
01:45:26,686 --> 01:45:28,686
connects.

3248
01:45:29,890 --> 01:45:30,424
It's as you know so poverty is

3249
01:45:30,424 --> 01:45:32,824
frequently utilized as an

3250
01:45:33,276 --> 01:45:33,726
alternative to the 4 or 5

3251
01:45:33,726 --> 01:45:36,126
particular during rush hour.

3252
01:45:36,796 --> 01:45:40,284
So everything that can be done

3253
01:45:40,284 --> 01:45:41,180
to improve things on Sepulveda

3254
01:45:41,180 --> 01:45:44,188
will be a really great benefit

3255
01:45:44,188 --> 01:45:44,804
to all users of that street

3256
01:45:44,804 --> 01:45:47,204
including those who are

3257
01:45:49,930 --> 01:45:49,743
pedestrians people ride bikes

3258
01:45:49,743 --> 01:45:52,496
and those who use alternative

3259
01:45:52,496 --> 01:45:54,896
transit like the bus.

3260
01:45:56,483 --> 01:45:56,934
We want to make sure that the

3261
01:45:56,934 --> 01:45:59,334
plans reflect our understanding

3262
01:45:59,686 --> 01:46:02,456
of the changes that can be

3263
01:46:02,456 --> 01:46:02,616
expected With the passage of sb

3264
01:46:02,616 --> 01:46:03,641
79.

3265
01:46:03,641 --> 01:46:07,280
There is very likely to be more

3266
01:46:07,280 --> 01:46:07,561
housing on support of it in the

3267
01:46:07,561 --> 01:46:10,530
future so making it possible

3268
01:46:10,530 --> 01:46:11,810
for people to live there and

3269
01:46:11,810 --> 01:46:14,810
not be totally car dependent

3270
01:46:14,434 --> 01:46:15,420
would be extremely positive.

3271
01:46:15,420 --> 01:46:18,856
It's very helpful to have had

3272
01:46:18,856 --> 01:46:19,523
the excellent presentation

3273
01:46:19,523 --> 01:46:20,141
shown by Diana Chang and her

3274
01:46:20,141 --> 01:46:22,541
department has done amazing

3275
01:46:23,270 --> 01:46:23,661
work and we look forward to the

3276
01:46:23,661 --> 01:46:25,996
ongoing process for providing

3277
01:46:25,996 --> 01:46:27,650
an input.

3278
01:46:27,650 --> 01:46:30,135
We do really want to stress the

3279
01:46:30,135 --> 01:46:30,868
importance of including safety

3280
01:46:30,868 --> 01:46:33,621
as one of the guiding

3281
01:46:33,621 --> 01:46:33,837
principles sustainability and

3282
01:46:33,837 --> 01:46:35,837
Equity hired.

3283
01:46:37,800 --> 01:46:37,325
Thank you so much.

3284
01:46:37,325 --> 01:46:37,659
Thank you.

3285
01:46:37,659 --> 01:46:39,659
Thank you.

3286
01:46:41,563 --> 01:46:44,732
Did you want to come back out

3287
01:46:44,732 --> 01:46:45,249
and speak on our fire?

3288
01:46:45,249 --> 01:46:47,249
Come on out.

3289
01:46:51,857 --> 01:46:52,624
Come on down.

3290
01:46:52,624 --> 01:46:55,577
What do you say back there?

3291
01:46:55,577 --> 01:46:57,577
Thank Evening Council.

3292
01:46:59,163 --> 01:46:59,931
Thank you so much for hearing

3293
01:46:59,931 --> 01:47:02,366
my voice as a business owner On

3294
01:47:02,366 --> 01:47:02,917
to Poverty Boulevard.

3295
01:47:02,917 --> 01:47:05,317
I'm extremely worried about

3296
01:47:06,270 --> 01:47:08,670
this project moving forward

3297
01:47:09,825 --> 01:47:09,976
with the elimination of parking

3298
01:47:09,976 --> 01:47:10,809
.

3299
01:47:10,809 --> 01:47:14,195
As a business owner I did a

3300
01:47:14,195 --> 01:47:14,947
survey about a week ago and

3301
01:47:14,947 --> 01:47:17,682
determined that at least 45% of

3302
01:47:17,682 --> 01:47:18,170
my customers are comfortable

3303
01:47:18,170 --> 01:47:20,170
with a boulevard.

3304
01:47:21,704 --> 01:47:25,808
The loss of revenue would be a

3305
01:47:25,808 --> 01:47:26,342
terrible loss to me as well as

3306
01:47:26,342 --> 01:47:29,311
every other business on So

3307
01:47:29,311 --> 01:47:29,978
Poveda and I decided to take a

3308
01:47:29,978 --> 01:47:32,331
look at seeing the revenue loss

3309
01:47:32,331 --> 01:47:33,820
not only in the tax dollars

3310
01:47:33,820 --> 01:47:33,949
from the businesses but also

3311
01:47:33,949 --> 01:47:36,702
the revenue loss in terms of

3312
01:47:36,702 --> 01:47:40,302
the parking meters and how that

3313
01:47:40,589 --> 01:47:40,789
would affect the city overall

3314
01:47:40,789 --> 01:47:42,789
monetarily.

3315
01:47:44,177 --> 01:47:45,430
I can do structures great but

3316
01:47:45,430 --> 01:47:45,628
where possible we can do it off

3317
01:47:45,628 --> 01:47:47,879
in support of it and maybe on

3318
01:47:47,879 --> 01:47:48,615
some of the side streets but

3319
01:47:48,615 --> 01:47:51,615
really to ensure that the

3320
01:47:52,185 --> 01:47:52,819
business voices are heard and

3321
01:47:52,819 --> 01:47:55,219
we have meaningful conversation

3322
01:47:55,988 --> 01:47:59,559
and some of these issues are

3323
01:47:59,559 --> 01:47:59,809
really addressed in a

3324
01:47:59,809 --> 01:48:01,809
meaningful manner.

3325
01:48:03,879 --> 01:48:04,513
Like I said, parking is vital

3326
01:48:04,513 --> 01:48:07,667
to the success and longevity of

3327
01:48:07,667 --> 01:48:08,218
any business So really be

3328
01:48:08,218 --> 01:48:08,552
cautious about how we move

3329
01:48:08,552 --> 01:48:10,552
forward with parking.

3330
01:48:11,504 --> 01:48:11,921
Thank you.

3331
01:48:11,921 --> 01:48:13,921
Thank you.

3332
01:48:15,608 --> 01:48:15,826
That's the end of our speakers.

3333
01:48:15,826 --> 01:48:16,158
Okay.

3334
01:48:16,158 --> 01:48:18,158
Thank you.

3335
01:48:18,828 --> 01:48:19,620
Any comments from my colleagues

3336
01:48:19,620 --> 01:48:21,620
or questions?

3337
01:48:22,215 --> 01:48:24,215
Director Jan Katzmaier.

3338
01:48:26,386 --> 01:48:26,836
Thank you And thank you so much

3339
01:48:26,836 --> 01:48:27,530
for the fantastic presentation,

3340
01:48:27,530 --> 01:48:29,530
DR. Chang.

3341
01:48:29,923 --> 01:48:33,523
It's clear how much thought has

3342
01:48:34,100 --> 01:48:34,661
already gone into this project

3343
01:48:34,661 --> 01:48:37,530
and the need for this before

3344
01:48:37,530 --> 01:48:38,348
the Olympics is so clear.

3345
01:48:38,348 --> 01:48:39,315
And so just thank you for doing

3346
01:48:39,315 --> 01:48:41,552
everything you can to make it a

3347
01:48:41,552 --> 01:48:42,850
reality.

3348
01:48:42,850 --> 01:48:44,485
Like Director Ching mentioned,

3349
01:48:45,756 --> 01:48:48,108
you know, this being a $100

3350
01:48:48,108 --> 01:48:48,959
million $100 million coming

3351
01:48:48,959 --> 01:48:52,445
from measure this is a regional

3352
01:48:52,445 --> 01:48:56,160
priority of the West Side cog

3353
01:48:56,160 --> 01:48:56,666
And this is Culver City Busses

3354
01:48:56,666 --> 01:48:59,503
most popular route from Fox

3355
01:48:59,503 --> 01:49:00,487
Hills to ucla.

3356
01:49:00,487 --> 01:49:03,657
I took it for two years to get

3357
01:49:03,657 --> 01:49:07,257
to to my program at ucla.

3358
01:49:07,661 --> 01:49:08,312
It is so crowded and you know

3359
01:49:08,312 --> 01:49:11,182
that bus was stopping for, you

3360
01:49:11,182 --> 01:49:11,715
know, in traffic or you know,

3361
01:49:11,715 --> 01:49:14,715
my entire ride up there.

3362
01:49:14,902 --> 01:49:17,138
It was not a super pleasant

3363
01:49:17,138 --> 01:49:17,471
experience And yet it's 55% of

3364
01:49:17,471 --> 01:49:19,471
our obviously ridership.

3365
01:49:21,259 --> 01:49:22,910
I appreciate you sharing that.

3366
01:49:22,910 --> 01:49:24,778
DR. Chan It's really helpful to

3367
01:49:24,778 --> 01:49:25,430
know So yeah, you know I

3368
01:49:25,430 --> 01:49:28,430
appreciate the letter that we

3369
01:49:28,882 --> 01:49:31,882
received from advocates in our

3370
01:49:32,753 --> 01:49:33,605
community who are just

3371
01:49:33,605 --> 01:49:36,373
concerned about us or you know

3372
01:49:36,373 --> 01:49:37,700
I think I really appreciate the

3373
01:49:37,700 --> 01:49:39,407
proposed guiding principles and

3374
01:49:40,178 --> 01:49:40,712
especially the revised version

3375
01:49:40,712 --> 01:49:42,712
that was sent.

3376
01:49:43,565 --> 01:49:44,432
I think on Friday.

3377
01:49:44,432 --> 01:49:47,685
And I'm just curious if you

3378
01:49:47,685 --> 01:49:50,685
know some of their concerns

3379
01:49:51,790 --> 01:49:52,340
were that safety as a as a

3380
01:49:52,340 --> 01:49:55,310
concept wasn't one of them.

3381
01:49:55,310 --> 01:49:58,880
And I'm wondering if we can if

3382
01:49:58,880 --> 01:49:59,631
these principles are something

3383
01:49:59,631 --> 01:50:02,631
that this council could give

3384
01:50:03,201 --> 01:50:03,919
direction to just incorporates

3385
01:50:03,919 --> 01:50:06,919
safety as a guiding principle

3386
01:50:06,971 --> 01:50:07,722
considering that traffic

3387
01:50:07,722 --> 01:50:10,722
violence is the number one

3388
01:50:11,192 --> 01:50:14,363
cause of death for for children

3389
01:50:14,363 --> 01:50:14,812
in L.A. County ages 5 to 14

3390
01:50:14,812 --> 01:50:14,980
according to the L.A. County

3391
01:50:14,980 --> 01:50:16,980
coroner.

3392
01:50:17,766 --> 01:50:18,467
Is that is that something that

3393
01:50:18,467 --> 01:50:20,867
Director Chiang that these

3394
01:50:22,137 --> 01:50:22,904
guiding principles could they

3395
01:50:22,904 --> 01:50:26,580
be amended to add safety as a

3396
01:50:26,580 --> 01:50:26,825
as a guiding principle?

3397
01:50:26,825 --> 01:50:30,950
And I do again appreciate so

3398
01:50:30,950 --> 01:50:30,646
appreciate what we do have here

3399
01:50:30,646 --> 01:50:31,380
because I think it's really

3400
01:50:31,380 --> 01:50:34,233
strong But I'm hearing that

3401
01:50:34,233 --> 01:50:34,567
from some community members.

3402
01:50:34,567 --> 01:50:36,335
Thank you.

3403
01:50:36,335 --> 01:50:40,535
And and I want to clarify that

3404
01:50:40,623 --> 01:50:41,457
these are guiding principles

3405
01:50:41,457 --> 01:50:44,227
that will help us with the

3406
01:50:44,227 --> 01:50:47,227
design And these are actually

3407
01:50:48,214 --> 01:50:49,165
not the way that it's different

3408
01:50:49,165 --> 01:50:51,600
than when we see goals of a

3409
01:50:51,600 --> 01:50:51,817
project.

3410
01:50:51,817 --> 01:50:52,986
Right.

3411
01:50:52,986 --> 01:50:55,638
And so the way to my

3412
01:50:55,638 --> 01:50:58,380
understanding is that the

3413
01:50:59,208 --> 01:51:00,275
safety is in every project that

3414
01:51:00,275 --> 01:51:03,346
we do And so it's more like a

3415
01:51:03,346 --> 01:51:06,946
goal but it's not a designed

3416
01:51:07,117 --> 01:51:07,984
guideline in that sense.

3417
01:51:07,984 --> 01:51:08,835
So but if the council wants us

3418
01:51:08,835 --> 01:51:11,304
to amend it we can certainly

3419
01:51:11,304 --> 01:51:14,557
amend It's just not quite the

3420
01:51:14,557 --> 01:51:14,741
intent of the guiding

3421
01:51:14,741 --> 01:51:16,741
principle.

3422
01:51:18,545 --> 01:51:19,780
Again it's it's safety is

3423
01:51:19,780 --> 01:51:21,948
everything that we do here

3424
01:51:21,948 --> 01:51:24,948
every time we implement a

3425
01:51:25,401 --> 01:51:26,350
capital project whether it's

3426
01:51:26,350 --> 01:51:29,500
you know, the street restriping

3427
01:51:29,500 --> 01:51:29,439
or you know, any kind of

3428
01:51:29,439 --> 01:51:29,605
project that touched the

3429
01:51:29,605 --> 01:51:31,605
roadway.

3430
01:51:33,243 --> 01:51:33,777
We do have a Vision zero policy

3431
01:51:33,777 --> 01:51:36,177
and complete street design

3432
01:51:37,247 --> 01:51:40,247
standards that actually focus a

3433
01:51:40,417 --> 01:51:40,850
lot on the safety of things and

3434
01:51:40,850 --> 01:51:43,250
that we actually follow.

3435
01:51:44,638 --> 01:51:45,288
And so that's something that I

3436
01:51:45,288 --> 01:51:48,542
wanted to make sure that we're

3437
01:51:48,542 --> 01:51:49,760
where I'm distinguishing the

3438
01:51:49,760 --> 01:51:52,760
difference between the the goal

3439
01:51:52,562 --> 01:51:52,746
as well as in this guiding

3440
01:51:52,746 --> 01:51:53,213
principle.

3441
01:51:53,213 --> 01:51:55,613
Thank you for that.

3442
01:51:56,399 --> 01:51:59,987
Yeah I, I am really happy to

3443
01:51:59,987 --> 01:52:00,638
hear that it's a you know a

3444
01:52:00,638 --> 01:52:00,854
goal of every project that we

3445
01:52:00,854 --> 01:52:02,854
work on.

3446
01:52:03,507 --> 01:52:04,358
I mean that's that's evident

3447
01:52:04,358 --> 01:52:07,227
just by the the project that we

3448
01:52:07,227 --> 01:52:08,620
just unveiled on on Robertson

3449
01:52:08,620 --> 01:52:10,948
this section the majority of it

3450
01:52:10,948 --> 01:52:11,448
that's in Culver City is really

3451
01:52:11,448 --> 01:52:13,448
protected concrete protected

3452
01:52:15,360 --> 01:52:15,852
and even separated bikeway at

3453
01:52:15,852 --> 01:52:18,723
one point And then when you see

3454
01:52:18,723 --> 01:52:19,374
the L.A. Portion they have a

3455
01:52:19,374 --> 01:52:22,374
different set of standards and

3456
01:52:22,744 --> 01:52:23,294
the protection is much softer,

3457
01:52:23,294 --> 01:52:26,294
less fortified and just less

3458
01:52:26,446 --> 01:52:26,614
secure and less comfortable for

3459
01:52:26,614 --> 01:52:27,415
people.

3460
01:52:27,415 --> 01:52:29,767
So I think there's for me

3461
01:52:29,767 --> 01:52:33,337
there's a really wide range of

3462
01:52:33,337 --> 01:52:34,105
of what a protected facility

3463
01:52:34,105 --> 01:52:34,322
bike lane or what a bus lane

3464
01:52:34,322 --> 01:52:36,322
could be.

3465
01:52:37,291 --> 01:52:37,809
There's so many examples of

3466
01:52:37,809 --> 01:52:40,209
different types of facilities.

3467
01:52:40,996 --> 01:52:41,429
So that's why I think it's

3468
01:52:41,429 --> 01:52:43,829
important that this document

3469
01:52:44,699 --> 01:52:45,549
even if it's just setting up

3470
01:52:45,549 --> 01:52:48,402
you know, it doesn't sound like

3471
01:52:48,402 --> 01:52:49,154
this is blocking any any work

3472
01:52:49,154 --> 01:52:50,710
or anything that we need to do

3473
01:52:50,710 --> 01:52:52,741
But if it's if it's here to set

3474
01:52:52,741 --> 01:52:53,475
up you know what we envision

3475
01:52:53,475 --> 01:52:56,475
this project being I think

3476
01:52:56,962 --> 01:53:00,531
safety should at least be a

3477
01:53:00,531 --> 01:53:01,383
core principle And then I also

3478
01:53:01,383 --> 01:53:04,353
heard I heard it from this

3479
01:53:04,353 --> 01:53:07,353
letter that you know equity

3480
01:53:07,706 --> 01:53:08,339
sustainability that those be

3481
01:53:08,339 --> 01:53:08,674
included and I'm supportive of

3482
01:53:08,674 --> 01:53:10,674
that as well.

3483
01:53:14,979 --> 01:53:15,547
I'm supportive of adding the

3484
01:53:15,547 --> 01:53:18,547
plan or the guiding principles

3485
01:53:19,318 --> 01:53:19,985
do reference to be pap which is

3486
01:53:19,985 --> 01:53:20,636
great but it would I think it

3487
01:53:20,636 --> 01:53:23,305
would be great considering how

3488
01:53:23,305 --> 01:53:23,738
much time and effort went into

3489
01:53:23,738 --> 01:53:26,138
the Complete Streets guidelines

3490
01:53:27,900 --> 01:53:27,174
if it could reference that as

3491
01:53:27,174 --> 01:53:27,877
well.

3492
01:53:27,877 --> 01:53:30,229
That was another ask from from

3493
01:53:30,229 --> 01:53:30,863
our community was just

3494
01:53:30,863 --> 01:53:31,197
referencing the work that went

3495
01:53:31,197 --> 01:53:33,197
into developing those

3496
01:53:33,833 --> 01:53:34,667
guidelines by saying this

3497
01:53:34,667 --> 01:53:38,267
project is intended to you know

3498
01:53:38,671 --> 01:53:41,710
continue to essentially abide

3499
01:53:42,524 --> 01:53:42,958
by the complete Streets

3500
01:53:42,958 --> 01:53:43,810
guidelines that were developed.

3501
01:53:43,810 --> 01:53:46,361
So those are the suggestions

3502
01:53:46,361 --> 01:53:46,812
colleagues that I'd love to

3503
01:53:46,812 --> 01:53:49,212
make to this document.

3504
01:53:50,282 --> 01:53:50,565
I don't I don't intend to to

3505
01:53:50,565 --> 01:53:51,634
hold this up.

3506
01:53:51,634 --> 01:53:54,404
So I would hope that that maybe

3507
01:53:54,404 --> 01:53:55,710
wouldn't need to come back for

3508
01:53:55,710 --> 01:53:56,306
approval if we could just give

3509
01:53:56,306 --> 01:53:59,306
direction to approve it with

3510
01:54:01,770 --> 01:54:03,477
those amendments to prioritize

3511
01:54:04,464 --> 01:54:04,664
those or to add those guiding

3512
01:54:04,664 --> 01:54:05,431
principles.

3513
01:54:05,431 --> 01:54:09,310
We'd love to hear your thoughts

3514
01:54:11,937 --> 01:54:12,672
on that because Thank you.

3515
01:54:12,672 --> 01:54:15,641
I wasn't planning to speak

3516
01:54:15,641 --> 01:54:16,175
primarily just because I'm

3517
01:54:16,175 --> 01:54:19,175
excited that this item is

3518
01:54:19,245 --> 01:54:19,796
finally here before us and

3519
01:54:19,796 --> 01:54:20,630
really appreciate all the work

3520
01:54:20,630 --> 01:54:22,699
that Sito Chang and your entire

3521
01:54:22,699 --> 01:54:25,990
team have been collaborating,

3522
01:54:27,530 --> 01:54:27,487
leading and developing to bring

3523
01:54:27,487 --> 01:54:28,137
us to this moment.

3524
01:54:28,137 --> 01:54:30,691
So deep appreciation for that

3525
01:54:30,691 --> 01:54:31,207
And as it pertains to the

3526
01:54:31,207 --> 01:54:33,207
additions that Councilmember

3527
01:54:34,878 --> 01:54:37,878
Fish looked at our safety

3528
01:54:38,148 --> 01:54:38,981
sustainability equity where did

3529
01:54:38,981 --> 01:54:42,152
you see those falling in the

3530
01:54:42,152 --> 01:54:44,152
actual principles list?

3531
01:54:45,521 --> 01:54:46,272
Would that be under community

3532
01:54:46,272 --> 01:54:49,872
or I assume safety would be

3533
01:54:53,597 --> 01:54:54,247
under design and I would

3534
01:54:54,247 --> 01:54:57,247
actually suggest that we have

3535
01:54:57,417 --> 01:54:57,585
it under a new section and

3536
01:54:57,585 --> 01:54:59,585
policy.

3537
01:55:00,621 --> 01:55:04,191
So I think that would be a more

3538
01:55:04,191 --> 01:55:04,374
appropriate place for these

3539
01:55:04,374 --> 01:55:06,374
areas.

3540
01:55:11,799 --> 01:55:14,652
So that feels a little just a

3541
01:55:14,652 --> 01:55:15,690
bit disjointed to have a

3542
01:55:15,690 --> 01:55:15,837
separate one.

3543
01:55:15,837 --> 01:55:18,473
Is it just to make the

3544
01:55:18,473 --> 01:55:20,873
distinction that the council

3545
01:55:22,477 --> 01:55:23,227
suggested it So no, not to make

3546
01:55:23,227 --> 01:55:26,380
a distinction but I think that

3547
01:55:26,380 --> 01:55:29,380
because some of these would

3548
01:55:30,670 --> 01:55:34,254
kind of it's kind of a catch

3549
01:55:34,254 --> 01:55:37,854
all for policies where some of

3550
01:55:37,925 --> 01:55:38,360
the policy MAY apply across

3551
01:55:38,360 --> 01:55:40,360
those different categories.

3552
01:55:42,129 --> 01:55:42,563
So it's it's easier to capture

3553
01:55:42,563 --> 01:55:44,963
them in one bucket.

3554
01:55:45,733 --> 01:55:48,133
Thank you for clarifying

3555
01:55:48,286 --> 01:55:49,370
coaching So would you see it

3556
01:55:49,370 --> 01:55:52,423
coming first on the list before

3557
01:55:52,423 --> 01:55:55,310
core or am I am I looking at

3558
01:55:55,310 --> 01:55:55,844
the right with my I have core

3559
01:55:55,844 --> 01:55:58,244
mobility community and design

3560
01:55:59,530 --> 01:56:03,618
for I is that the right list?

3561
01:56:03,618 --> 01:56:07,205
Yeah yes So policy would come

3562
01:56:07,205 --> 01:56:07,756
before or last on the list I, I

3563
01:56:07,756 --> 01:56:10,756
would suggest that it comes

3564
01:56:11,260 --> 01:56:11,676
before before because it's the

3565
01:56:11,676 --> 01:56:14,676
big picture then because these

3566
01:56:15,730 --> 01:56:16,640
guiding principles are focus on

3567
01:56:16,640 --> 01:56:18,640
the design intent.

3568
01:56:19,340 --> 01:56:19,584
Okay so there are lower level

3569
01:56:19,584 --> 01:56:19,918
they're more tactical in terms

3570
01:56:19,918 --> 01:56:21,918
of the project.

3571
01:56:23,506 --> 01:56:27,176
Okay Okay So we'll go with that

3572
01:56:27,176 --> 01:56:27,726
and I'm open to those

3573
01:56:27,726 --> 01:56:30,726
suggestions and excited to move

3574
01:56:30,997 --> 01:56:31,630
and this work for thank you.

3575
01:56:31,630 --> 01:56:34,300
Thank you very much.

3576
01:56:34,800 --> 01:56:35,351
Appreciate Yeah thank you so

3577
01:56:35,351 --> 01:56:38,204
much for the presentation Thank

3578
01:56:38,204 --> 01:56:38,737
you so much for the

3579
01:56:38,737 --> 01:56:39,170
communication and the outreach

3580
01:56:39,170 --> 01:56:41,170
that the Transportation

3581
01:56:42,724 --> 01:56:43,275
Department does assisting some

3582
01:56:43,275 --> 01:56:46,275
of these presentations And I

3583
01:56:46,545 --> 01:56:49,545
just really appreciate all that

3584
01:56:50,416 --> 01:56:53,416
you're doing in that regard.

3585
01:56:54,486 --> 01:56:55,154
I also appreciate the comment

3586
01:56:55,154 --> 01:56:57,806
about we're never going to I

3587
01:56:57,806 --> 01:56:58,758
think you said something about

3588
01:56:58,758 --> 01:56:59,392
you know, we're never going to

3589
01:56:59,392 --> 01:57:02,440
eliminate traffic but we can

3590
01:57:02,440 --> 01:57:02,595
provide reliable transportation

3591
01:57:02,595 --> 01:57:05,247
And I think that's true.

3592
01:57:05,247 --> 01:57:06,150
I don't think anyone is saying

3593
01:57:06,150 --> 01:57:06,749
that we're ever going to fully

3594
01:57:06,749 --> 01:57:09,749
eliminate traffic but we can

3595
01:57:10,219 --> 01:57:10,419
improve things especially on

3596
01:57:10,419 --> 01:57:12,419
the Poveda.

3597
01:57:13,823 --> 01:57:14,373
And the other thing a lot of

3598
01:57:14,373 --> 01:57:14,991
times the people who say

3599
01:57:14,991 --> 01:57:17,391
they're for mobility projects

3600
01:57:18,780 --> 01:57:21,130
or or they MAY be against

3601
01:57:21,130 --> 01:57:21,664
increased density because of

3602
01:57:21,664 --> 01:57:24,640
bus reliability because there

3603
01:57:25,552 --> 01:57:26,285
isn't and so I know in the

3604
01:57:26,285 --> 01:57:29,285
staff report it says that

3605
01:57:30,890 --> 01:57:33,259
busses are 20% of our trips are

3606
01:57:33,259 --> 01:57:33,809
running late So here we have a

3607
01:57:33,809 --> 01:57:33,961
project that could address that

3608
01:57:33,961 --> 01:57:35,961
issue.

3609
01:57:36,579 --> 01:57:37,430
We have a solution so things

3610
01:57:37,430 --> 01:57:40,801
can be working in the right

3611
01:57:40,801 --> 01:57:41,753
order and things are aligning.

3612
01:57:41,753 --> 01:57:44,400
So I'm just very excited about

3613
01:57:44,400 --> 01:57:44,755
this.

3614
01:57:44,755 --> 01:57:47,925
I do have one question but

3615
01:57:47,925 --> 01:57:51,895
before I get to that question I

3616
01:57:51,895 --> 01:57:54,131
agree with proposed amendments

3617
01:57:54,131 --> 01:57:56,531
suggested by Councilmember Fish

3618
01:57:59,436 --> 01:58:01,889
and then as is the only good we

3619
01:58:01,889 --> 01:58:02,440
answer Poveda or will we

3620
01:58:02,440 --> 01:58:03,407
possibility of you know going

3621
01:58:03,407 --> 01:58:06,677
on to some side streets or is

3622
01:58:06,677 --> 01:58:09,746
it just all be one straight

3623
01:58:09,746 --> 01:58:12,899
shot on Poveda So in terms of

3624
01:58:12,899 --> 01:58:13,551
the bicycle facilities we're

3625
01:58:13,551 --> 01:58:14,402
looking at both support that as

3626
01:58:14,402 --> 01:58:17,137
well as some of this parallel

3627
01:58:17,137 --> 01:58:17,371
streets.

3628
01:58:17,371 --> 01:58:17,687
Okay.

3629
01:58:17,687 --> 01:58:17,922
Thank you.

3630
01:58:17,922 --> 01:58:18,239
Thanks.

3631
01:58:18,239 --> 01:58:20,239
Very good.

3632
01:58:21,192 --> 01:58:21,943
Thank you.

3633
01:58:21,943 --> 01:58:24,912
Thanks for the commenters and

3634
01:58:24,912 --> 01:58:27,865
including our probably from the

3635
01:58:27,865 --> 01:58:28,632
dais councilmember very it's

3636
01:58:28,632 --> 01:58:32,690
good to hear from you know

3637
01:58:32,690 --> 01:58:34,469
people who experience transit

3638
01:58:36,740 --> 01:58:39,260
on support of the you know

3639
01:58:39,260 --> 01:58:39,861
obviously from those in the

3640
01:58:39,861 --> 01:58:43,114
bike and the in the public

3641
01:58:43,114 --> 01:58:45,114
transportation perspective but

3642
01:58:46,584 --> 01:58:47,218
also from the standpoint of the

3643
01:58:47,218 --> 01:58:50,218
business owners along there and

3644
01:58:51,220 --> 01:58:51,690
I because of where I live in

3645
01:58:51,690 --> 01:58:54,742
Beach Park I frequent many of

3646
01:58:54,742 --> 01:58:55,293
the businesses along ship over

3647
01:58:55,293 --> 01:58:58,293
there basically from the creek

3648
01:59:01,900 --> 01:59:02,733
all the way to Venice And

3649
01:59:02,733 --> 01:59:06,200
street parking I know is a

3650
01:59:06,200 --> 01:59:09,200
challenge Many of the the

3651
01:59:09,775 --> 01:59:12,627
businesses there and we have

3652
01:59:12,627 --> 01:59:15,270
one, 2 or 3 onsite parking

3653
01:59:16,315 --> 01:59:19,315
spots so they're very dependent

3654
01:59:19,685 --> 01:59:23,285
on on street parking for their

3655
01:59:23,738 --> 01:59:26,138
business survival And another

3656
01:59:26,792 --> 01:59:29,192
consideration that I think

3657
01:59:30,579 --> 01:59:31,120
should be so it is being

3658
01:59:31,120 --> 01:59:33,412
addressed or it's being

3659
01:59:33,766 --> 01:59:34,283
acknowledged in the community

3660
01:59:34,283 --> 01:59:36,683
section to use parking

3661
01:59:38,530 --> 01:59:38,486
occupancy data to inform design

3662
01:59:38,486 --> 01:59:39,121
process and provide parking

3663
01:59:39,121 --> 01:59:41,521
solutions where they're needed

3664
01:59:41,990 --> 01:59:45,361
most and to consider options to

3665
01:59:45,361 --> 01:59:45,544
mitigate on street parking

3666
01:59:45,544 --> 01:59:46,195
removal.

3667
01:59:46,195 --> 01:59:48,595
There's also a consideration

3668
01:59:49,365 --> 01:59:52,965
that isn't looked at here and

3669
01:59:53,540 --> 01:59:53,686
it is ada and it's I've been

3670
01:59:53,686 --> 01:59:56,686
hobbling around on crutches for

3671
01:59:56,889 --> 02:00:00,259
the past three and a half weeks

3672
02:00:00,259 --> 02:00:03,729
and and I do know that a

3673
02:00:03,729 --> 02:00:04,546
frustration with folks who do

3674
02:00:04,546 --> 02:00:07,546
have a disability when there's

3675
02:00:11,570 --> 02:00:12,500
a bike or bus facility that

3676
02:00:12,500 --> 02:00:14,405
separates their vehicle from

3677
02:00:15,691 --> 02:00:16,225
the curb or makes it or a

3678
02:00:16,225 --> 02:00:18,225
parking is completely

3679
02:00:19,496 --> 02:00:22,496
eliminated, then you know, some

3680
02:00:23,265 --> 02:00:23,816
people can I know my parents

3681
02:00:23,816 --> 02:00:26,585
for example, they can't walk

3682
02:00:26,585 --> 02:00:27,304
more than you know, 50ft.

3683
02:00:27,304 --> 02:00:29,973
So what do they do?

3684
02:00:29,973 --> 02:00:30,857
You know, it's easy to say well

3685
02:00:30,857 --> 02:00:31,808
,they can just park on the

3686
02:00:31,808 --> 02:00:34,378
side street and you know but if

3687
02:00:34,378 --> 02:00:34,595
there's we need to really

3688
02:00:34,595 --> 02:00:36,595
consider ada.

3689
02:00:37,748 --> 02:00:38,715
So I would appreciate and I

3690
02:00:38,715 --> 02:00:42,101
don't know if this you know I

3691
02:00:42,101 --> 02:00:42,436
want to be cognizant of the

3692
02:00:42,436 --> 02:00:44,436
comments you made.

3693
02:00:45,806 --> 02:00:48,806
DR. Chang, about, you know,

3694
02:00:48,959 --> 02:00:50,959
goals versus principles.

3695
02:00:51,328 --> 02:00:55,398
But I if we can include under

3696
02:00:55,398 --> 02:00:55,649
your number seven

3697
02:00:55,649 --> 02:00:56,132
acknowledgment and

3698
02:00:56,132 --> 02:00:58,132
consideration for media

3699
02:00:58,902 --> 02:01:01,302
accessibility, I think it's

3700
02:01:03,173 --> 02:01:05,573
really important My colleagues

3701
02:01:10,681 --> 02:01:14,235
are minimal that and I I'm okay

3702
02:01:14,235 --> 02:01:15,690
with the requested amendments

3703
02:01:15,690 --> 02:01:18,690
or additions to the same

3704
02:01:18,355 --> 02:01:18,789
principles and I'll add my

3705
02:01:18,789 --> 02:01:21,189
support to that suggestion.

3706
02:01:22,460 --> 02:01:23,311
I was just curious Director

3707
02:01:23,311 --> 02:01:26,897
Chang Will when this comes when

3708
02:01:26,897 --> 02:01:27,632
when the design comes back will

3709
02:01:27,632 --> 02:01:30,501
there be options for the

3710
02:01:30,501 --> 02:01:33,871
council to review with sort of

3711
02:01:33,871 --> 02:01:36,271
yeah just different options

3712
02:01:38,142 --> 02:01:39,176
that prioritize these principle

3713
02:01:39,176 --> 02:01:42,529
ways I guess in different ways

3714
02:01:42,529 --> 02:01:43,497
right.

3715
02:01:43,497 --> 02:01:45,249
And we do plan on bringing back

3716
02:01:45,249 --> 02:01:48,849
more than one design options to

3717
02:01:48,920 --> 02:01:49,840
the City council for direction

3718
02:01:49,840 --> 02:01:49,246
.

3719
02:01:49,246 --> 02:01:51,246
Okay.

3720
02:01:52,940 --> 02:01:53,792
Thank you so much And before we

3721
02:01:53,792 --> 02:01:56,544
vote on this I do want to

3722
02:01:56,544 --> 02:01:58,944
really commend you Director

3723
02:01:59,915 --> 02:02:02,915
Chang and your entire team.

3724
02:02:03,285 --> 02:02:05,837
Culver City is one of four

3725
02:02:05,837 --> 02:02:06,488
members Well technically five

3726
02:02:06,488 --> 02:02:07,210
six if you include our

3727
02:02:07,210 --> 02:02:07,194
neighbors in L.A. And L.A.

3728
02:02:07,194 --> 02:02:09,194
County.

3729
02:02:10,910 --> 02:02:10,741
But when we Beverly Hills and

3730
02:02:10,741 --> 02:02:13,741
Santa Monica and West Hollywood

3731
02:02:13,996 --> 02:02:17,582
and our our projects are where

3732
02:02:17,582 --> 02:02:21,152
I think put in front because I

3733
02:02:21,152 --> 02:02:24,406
think the great work of our

3734
02:02:24,406 --> 02:02:25,157
Transportation Department where

3735
02:02:25,157 --> 02:02:27,509
we were the most ready and so

3736
02:02:27,509 --> 02:02:29,509
we were awarded.

3737
02:02:31,960 --> 02:02:31,847
So I appreciate that.

3738
02:02:31,847 --> 02:02:35,170
So we have a motion Mayor,

3739
02:02:35,170 --> 02:02:35,567
before you take a motion.

3740
02:02:35,567 --> 02:02:37,967
Yeah, because you're approving

3741
02:02:39,455 --> 02:02:40,306
a document that's very specific

3742
02:02:40,306 --> 02:02:43,476
And I just want to make sure

3743
02:02:43,476 --> 02:02:43,892
Director Chang has enough

3744
02:02:43,892 --> 02:02:46,292
information to articulate the

3745
02:02:47,163 --> 02:02:50,763
additions to the to the Guiding

3746
02:02:50,933 --> 02:02:51,367
Principles document and make

3747
02:02:51,367 --> 02:02:53,767
sure Council is comfortable

3748
02:02:55,138 --> 02:02:58,738
with her taking those ideas and

3749
02:02:58,991 --> 02:02:59,758
formulating the language.

3750
02:02:59,758 --> 02:03:02,528
If not, we probably should have

3751
02:03:02,528 --> 02:03:03,610
her read the language into the

3752
02:03:03,610 --> 02:03:03,396
record and make sure the

3753
02:03:03,396 --> 02:03:03,566
council's comfortable with

3754
02:03:03,566 --> 02:03:05,566
that.

3755
02:03:05,998 --> 02:03:06,161
So but we need to do one or the

3756
02:03:06,161 --> 02:03:06,865
other.

3757
02:03:06,865 --> 02:03:09,200
We need to either have council

3758
02:03:09,200 --> 02:03:09,852
approve the exact language or

3759
02:03:09,852 --> 02:03:12,605
give her you know, the

3760
02:03:12,605 --> 02:03:13,222
discretion to formulate it

3761
02:03:13,222 --> 02:03:15,622
consistent with the council's

3762
02:03:16,750 --> 02:03:18,750
input.

3763
02:03:19,963 --> 02:03:23,563
I feel we're clear on and

3764
02:03:23,732 --> 02:03:27,586
council and jump in but it was

3765
02:03:27,586 --> 02:03:29,986
clearly expressed that under

3766
02:03:31,875 --> 02:03:32,708
any policy category which goes

3767
02:03:32,708 --> 02:03:36,308
at the top for core addresses

3768
02:03:39,416 --> 02:03:40,250
the safety comment and then I

3769
02:03:40,250 --> 02:03:43,721
and then I'm asking to add

3770
02:03:43,721 --> 02:03:44,471
consideration for eight under

3771
02:03:44,471 --> 02:03:47,471
the maintain business access or

3772
02:03:47,841 --> 02:03:48,374
to actually go under enhanced

3773
02:03:48,374 --> 02:03:51,361
public space where I trust

3774
02:03:51,361 --> 02:03:52,195
you'll put it in the right

3775
02:03:52,195 --> 02:03:54,865
place in there under community

3776
02:03:54,865 --> 02:03:58,519
I wasn't sure if I really heard

3777
02:03:58,519 --> 02:03:58,735
where the complete streets

3778
02:03:58,735 --> 02:03:59,804
would go.

3779
02:03:59,804 --> 02:04:02,890
Yeah I didn't want to be too

3780
02:04:02,890 --> 02:04:03,623
prescriptive on that one but

3781
02:04:03,623 --> 02:04:06,493
just wherever it makes sense

3782
02:04:06,493 --> 02:04:07,440
because it does it does

3783
02:04:07,440 --> 02:04:10,440
reference the Bipap So maybe

3784
02:04:10,970 --> 02:04:10,513
under mobility since it

3785
02:04:10,513 --> 02:04:11,198
references the meet the

3786
02:04:11,198 --> 02:04:13,867
intended to be part maybe that

3787
02:04:13,867 --> 02:04:14,502
would be a natural place to say

3788
02:04:14,502 --> 02:04:15,251
and follow you know the

3789
02:04:15,251 --> 02:04:17,905
standards set forth in the

3790
02:04:17,905 --> 02:04:18,656
complete Streets guidelines And

3791
02:04:18,656 --> 02:04:21,826
then along with what the mayor

3792
02:04:21,826 --> 02:04:22,376
said just wanted to reiterate

3793
02:04:22,376 --> 02:04:24,812
that the other asks from

3794
02:04:24,812 --> 02:04:25,530
community members as

3795
02:04:25,530 --> 02:04:27,930
specifically that Culver City

3796
02:04:29,183 --> 02:04:31,583
was the was incorporating

3797
02:04:32,653 --> 02:04:33,304
equity and sustainability as a

3798
02:04:33,304 --> 02:04:34,154
as a tenant or a guiding

3799
02:04:34,154 --> 02:04:36,524
principle and that that can be

3800
02:04:36,524 --> 02:04:39,894
in that top section and then

3801
02:04:39,894 --> 02:04:40,612
get those it okay does that and

3802
02:04:40,612 --> 02:04:43,470
I'm comfortable with it not

3803
02:04:43,470 --> 02:04:46,647
coming back to my colleagues as

3804
02:04:47,170 --> 02:04:50,170
well Okay okay wonderful okay

3805
02:04:56,260 --> 02:04:57,940
We have a motion and a second

3806
02:04:57,940 --> 02:04:57,412
.

3807
02:04:57,412 --> 02:04:59,412
Thank you.

3808
02:05:00,581 --> 02:05:01,233
I have a motion by council

3809
02:05:01,233 --> 02:05:04,680
member Fish a second from

3810
02:05:04,680 --> 02:05:06,680
Councilmember Mcmorran to

3811
02:05:07,939 --> 02:05:10,939
approve this item as amended

3812
02:05:14,596 --> 02:05:15,650
you MAY begin voting

3813
02:05:15,650 --> 02:05:17,650
Members

3814
02:05:18,816 --> 02:05:21,770
have voted in the passes four

3815
02:05:21,770 --> 02:05:24,770
eyes with one recusal from

3816
02:05:27,258 --> 02:05:30,258
Council member Bera Thank you.

3817
02:05:31,363 --> 02:05:32,213
That's you very Come on back

3818
02:05:32,213 --> 02:05:36,413
and we're going to move on to

3819
02:05:40,289 --> 02:05:43,289
public hearing item number one

3820
02:05:49,631 --> 02:05:49,855
All right So I got a new one

3821
02:05:49,855 --> 02:05:51,855
here.

3822
02:05:53,218 --> 02:05:54,870
I'm going to announce it.

3823
02:05:54,870 --> 02:05:54,821
This is the time and place for

3824
02:05:54,821 --> 02:05:57,189
the hearing of protests or

3825
02:05:57,189 --> 02:05:59,589
objections to the continuation

3826
02:06:00,743 --> 02:06:03,743
of the downtown Culver City

3827
02:06:07,183 --> 02:06:08,670
Business Improvement District

3828
02:06:08,670 --> 02:06:11,670
And the resolution of intention

3829
02:06:14,474 --> 02:06:15,125
was published on OCTOBER 16th,

3830
02:06:15,125 --> 02:06:18,125
2025 as required by the Streets

3831
02:06:18,495 --> 02:06:22,950
and Highways Code and have a

3832
02:06:23,983 --> 02:06:24,300
brief staff report.

3833
02:06:24,300 --> 02:06:24,950
Yes sir.

3834
02:06:24,950 --> 02:06:27,350
Good evening Honorable Mayor

3835
02:06:28,104 --> 02:06:28,755
and City Council.

3836
02:06:28,755 --> 02:06:29,622
My name is Luis Gonzalez.

3837
02:06:29,622 --> 02:06:32,175
I am the City project manager

3838
02:06:32,175 --> 02:06:32,609
and economic Development for

3839
02:06:32,609 --> 02:06:35,900
your consideration this evening

3840
02:06:35,879 --> 02:06:36,612
is item p h h one the adoption

3841
02:06:36,612 --> 02:06:39,612
of a resolution confirming the

3842
02:06:39,683 --> 02:06:39,967
downtown Culver City Business

3843
02:06:39,967 --> 02:06:41,967
Improvement District.

3844
02:06:43,786 --> 02:06:44,137
The downtown Culver City

3845
02:06:44,137 --> 02:06:44,737
Business Improvement District

3846
02:06:44,737 --> 02:06:47,137
provides services for the

3847
02:06:47,674 --> 02:06:48,125
businesses and downtown

3848
02:06:48,125 --> 02:06:50,525
relative to the operations

3849
02:06:51,561 --> 02:06:52,129
maintenance, beautification and

3850
02:06:52,129 --> 02:06:52,563
marketing and that is reflected

3851
02:06:52,563 --> 02:06:54,963
in their work plan.

3852
02:06:55,815 --> 02:06:56,483
There are no proposed changes

3853
02:06:56,483 --> 02:07:00,830
to the dba se boundary and

3854
02:07:02,900 --> 02:07:02,739
there is no increase for 2026.

3855
02:07:02,739 --> 02:07:05,920
The ordinance was introduced at

3856
02:07:05,920 --> 02:07:05,626
the last council meeting on

3857
02:07:05,626 --> 02:07:06,760
OCTOBER 13th and is being

3858
02:07:06,760 --> 02:07:06,243
brought back for adoption

3859
02:07:06,243 --> 02:07:08,243
tonight.

3860
02:07:08,828 --> 02:07:09,163
That staff is available to

3861
02:07:09,163 --> 02:07:11,163
answer any questions.

3862
02:07:12,516 --> 02:07:12,941
Thank you.

3863
02:07:12,941 --> 02:07:13,100
Okay.

3864
02:07:13,100 --> 02:07:14,510
Thank you.

3865
02:07:14,510 --> 02:07:18,251
MAY have a motion to open the

3866
02:07:20,274 --> 02:07:22,274
public hearing

3867
02:07:23,177 --> 02:07:25,177
.

3868
02:07:25,946 --> 02:07:26,380
I have a motion from

3869
02:07:26,380 --> 02:07:26,831
Councilmember Fish a second

3870
02:07:26,831 --> 02:07:29,231
from Councilmember McMurry to

3871
02:07:29,783 --> 02:07:33,383
open a public hearing maybe in

3872
02:07:33,438 --> 02:07:35,838
voting My motion passes

3873
02:07:37,408 --> 02:07:39,408
unanimously and Councilmember

3874
02:07:40,577 --> 02:07:40,878
Bera has returned to the dais.

3875
02:07:40,878 --> 02:07:41,212
Okay.

3876
02:07:41,212 --> 02:07:41,980
Thank you.

3877
02:07:41,980 --> 02:07:44,516
Do we have any public comment

3878
02:07:44,516 --> 02:07:45,182
on this There None.

3879
02:07:45,182 --> 02:07:45,400
Oh, we do not know.

3880
02:07:45,400 --> 02:07:47,400
Okay.

3881
02:07:51,490 --> 02:07:53,490
Thank you.

3882
02:07:54,258 --> 02:07:58,458
MAY I have a motion to close

3883
02:08:01,683 --> 02:08:01,916
there Also before we close the

3884
02:08:01,916 --> 02:08:03,916
public hearing?

3885
02:08:05,504 --> 02:08:09,174
Um, I would like to report that

3886
02:08:09,174 --> 02:08:09,608
we did not receive any protest

3887
02:08:09,608 --> 02:08:12,800
for this public hearing.

3888
02:08:13,600 --> 02:08:15,600
Thank you.

3889
02:08:17,490 --> 02:08:17,582
I have a motion by

3890
02:08:17,582 --> 02:08:19,634
Councilmember Bera and a second

3891
02:08:19,634 --> 02:08:22,340
from Councilmember Mcmorran to

3892
02:08:23,880 --> 02:08:25,488
close the public hearing.

3893
02:08:27,259 --> 02:08:30,259
Maybe can voting That motion

3894
02:08:30,512 --> 02:08:30,730
passes unanimously.

3895
02:08:30,730 --> 02:08:31,479
Great.

3896
02:08:31,479 --> 02:08:34,333
Are there any comments or

3897
02:08:34,333 --> 02:08:34,567
questions from my colleagues?

3898
02:08:34,567 --> 02:08:36,567
No.

3899
02:08:37,620 --> 02:08:39,620
Okay.

3900
02:08:41,607 --> 02:08:45,760
Um I see a motion to adopt the

3901
02:08:45,760 --> 02:08:45,411
proposed ordinance which is to

3902
02:08:45,411 --> 02:08:45,927
approve the resolution

3903
02:08:45,927 --> 02:08:48,327
confirming downtown Culver City

3904
02:08:49,181 --> 02:08:49,731
Business Improvement District

3905
02:08:49,731 --> 02:08:52,731
advisory boards and or report

3906
02:08:52,902 --> 02:08:53,319
and the levy of the downtown

3907
02:08:53,319 --> 02:08:53,835
Culver City Business

3908
02:08:53,835 --> 02:08:55,835
Improvement District Assessment

3909
02:08:58,524 --> 02:08:59,580
for calendar year 2026 to

3910
02:08:59,580 --> 02:08:59,791
appoint the 2026 Advisory Board

3911
02:08:59,791 --> 02:09:02,645
is recommended by the downtown

3912
02:09:02,645 --> 02:09:02,979
Culver City Business

3913
02:09:02,979 --> 02:09:03,712
Improvement District to

3914
02:09:03,712 --> 02:09:06,265
authorize the city attorney to

3915
02:09:06,265 --> 02:09:06,715
review and prepare the

3916
02:09:06,715 --> 02:09:09,115
necessary documents and to

3917
02:09:09,469 --> 02:09:09,903
authorize city manager to

3918
02:09:09,903 --> 02:09:12,303
execute such documents on

3919
02:09:14,900 --> 02:09:14,623
behalf of the city I have a

3920
02:09:14,623 --> 02:09:17,230
motion by Councilmember Bera

3921
02:09:17,377 --> 02:09:20,546
with a second from Vice Mayor.

3922
02:09:20,546 --> 02:09:24,146
Pleased to approve and read by

3923
02:09:29,823 --> 02:09:31,107
the mayor MAY begin voting

3924
02:09:31,107 --> 02:09:33,107
on

3925
02:09:35,379 --> 02:09:38,979
my screen this somewhere so no

3926
02:09:41,268 --> 02:09:44,821
I yes you vote I okay I motion

3927
02:09:44,821 --> 02:09:44,973
passes unanimously okay thank

3928
02:09:44,973 --> 02:09:46,973
you.

3929
02:09:51,378 --> 02:09:53,790
And now

3930
02:09:53,790 --> 02:09:55,431
we're going to go to

3931
02:09:55,431 --> 02:09:56,149
public hearing number two and

3932
02:09:56,149 --> 02:09:58,219
this is where I announce it

3933
02:09:58,219 --> 02:09:59,530
This is the time and place for

3934
02:09:59,530 --> 02:09:59,686
the hearing of all protests or

3935
02:09:59,686 --> 02:10:02,860
objections to the continuation

3936
02:10:03,174 --> 02:10:06,109
of the bid for the Culver City

3937
02:10:06,109 --> 02:10:06,743
Arts District And the

3938
02:10:06,743 --> 02:10:09,143
resolution of intention was

3939
02:10:10,848 --> 02:10:12,482
published on OCTOBER 16th, 2025

3940
02:10:12,482 --> 02:10:16,820
as required by the Streets and

3941
02:10:18,722 --> 02:10:20,722
Highways Code

3942
02:10:24,610 --> 02:10:26,610
evening has Good

3943
02:10:28,232 --> 02:10:28,666
evening Honorable Mayor, Vice

3944
02:10:28,666 --> 02:10:29,633
Mayor and Council Members.

3945
02:10:29,633 --> 02:10:32,287
My name is Elizabeth Garcia and

3946
02:10:32,287 --> 02:10:32,720
I'm part of the economic

3947
02:10:32,720 --> 02:10:35,120
development team tonight Your

3948
02:10:36,900 --> 02:10:36,407
for your consideration is a

3949
02:10:36,407 --> 02:10:36,957
resolution confirming the

3950
02:10:36,957 --> 02:10:39,357
Culver City Arts District

3951
02:10:40,195 --> 02:10:41,610
Business Improvement districts

3952
02:10:41,610 --> 02:10:44,115
and you work on the levy of

3953
02:10:44,115 --> 02:10:45,166
assessments for calendar year

3954
02:10:45,166 --> 02:10:48,166
2026 as well as the appointment

3955
02:10:48,336 --> 02:10:49,287
of the bid's advisory board.

3956
02:10:49,287 --> 02:10:52,257
There are no changes to the

3957
02:10:52,257 --> 02:10:53,224
assessment rate and boundary

3958
02:10:53,224 --> 02:10:56,794
and there are no changes to the

3959
02:10:56,794 --> 02:10:57,411
boundaries of the business

3960
02:10:57,411 --> 02:10:59,280
improvement district for this

3961
02:10:59,280 --> 02:11:00,150
year for calendar year 2026.

3962
02:11:00,150 --> 02:11:02,415
This concludes my staff

3963
02:11:03,468 --> 02:11:04,118
presentation.

3964
02:11:04,118 --> 02:11:04,752
I'm available for any questions

3965
02:11:04,752 --> 02:11:05,700
you MAY have at this moment.

3966
02:11:05,700 --> 02:11:07,700
All right.

3967
02:11:08,122 --> 02:11:11,722
Thank you So you can motion

3968
02:11:13,595 --> 02:11:15,595
open the hearing.

3969
02:11:17,699 --> 02:11:20,452
I have a motion by council

3970
02:11:20,452 --> 02:11:21,102
member Fish and second from

3971
02:11:21,102 --> 02:11:22,210
Vice Mayor please are to open

3972
02:11:22,210 --> 02:11:25,210
the public hearing Maybe you

3973
02:11:32,381 --> 02:11:32,698
can voting Councilmember Fish

3974
02:11:32,698 --> 02:11:33,248
Right.

3975
02:11:33,248 --> 02:11:35,648
That motion passes unanimously.

3976
02:11:36,301 --> 02:11:37,253
Great.

3977
02:11:37,253 --> 02:11:37,435
And then do you have any public

3978
02:11:37,435 --> 02:11:39,435
comments?

3979
02:11:40,121 --> 02:11:40,339
There are none.

3980
02:11:40,339 --> 02:11:40,872
Okay.

3981
02:11:40,872 --> 02:11:42,872
Any protests?

3982
02:11:43,441 --> 02:11:43,859
There are no protests received

3983
02:11:43,859 --> 02:11:44,760
for this item.

3984
02:11:44,760 --> 02:11:45,127
Okay.

3985
02:11:45,127 --> 02:11:49,327
So a motion to close the public

3986
02:11:51,167 --> 02:11:51,534
hearing

3987
02:11:51,534 --> 02:11:52,284
.

3988
02:11:52,284 --> 02:11:55,284
I have a motion by

3989
02:11:55,855 --> 02:11:56,406
Councilmember Rivera and a

3990
02:11:56,406 --> 02:11:58,858
second from vice mayor please

3991
02:11:58,858 --> 02:12:01,858
to close the public hearing

3992
02:12:03,329 --> 02:12:06,329
meeting and voting that passes

3993
02:12:06,565 --> 02:12:06,782
unanimously.

3994
02:12:06,782 --> 02:12:07,116
Okay.

3995
02:12:07,116 --> 02:12:09,116
All right.

3996
02:12:10,703 --> 02:12:14,570
And I seek a motion to adopt

3997
02:12:14,570 --> 02:12:16,457
the proposed resolution which

3998
02:12:18,144 --> 02:12:18,778
is confirming the Culver City

3999
02:12:18,778 --> 02:12:21,778
Arts District Culver City Arts

4000
02:12:22,132 --> 02:12:22,681
District Business Improvement

4001
02:12:22,681 --> 02:12:23,432
Districts and know report and

4002
02:12:23,432 --> 02:12:25,668
the levy of the Culver City

4003
02:12:25,668 --> 02:12:26,186
Arts District Business

4004
02:12:26,186 --> 02:12:28,186
Improvement District Assessment

4005
02:12:30,857 --> 02:12:31,291
calendar for 2026 a point the

4006
02:12:31,291 --> 02:12:31,842
2026 Advisory Board is

4007
02:12:31,842 --> 02:12:34,842
recommended by the Culver City

4008
02:12:34,895 --> 02:12:35,311
Arts District Business

4009
02:12:35,311 --> 02:12:35,961
Improvement District authorize

4010
02:12:35,961 --> 02:12:39,116
the city Attorney to review and

4011
02:12:39,116 --> 02:12:39,665
prepare the necessary documents

4012
02:12:39,665 --> 02:12:40,399
and authorize the city manager

4013
02:12:40,399 --> 02:12:43,253
to execute such documents on

4014
02:12:43,253 --> 02:12:45,653
behalf of the city.

4015
02:12:47,390 --> 02:12:47,691
Thank of a motion from Vice

4016
02:12:47,691 --> 02:12:50,691
Mayor Pusa a second from

4017
02:12:51,244 --> 02:12:51,462
Councilmember Vieira to approve

4018
02:12:51,462 --> 02:12:53,462
That's right.

4019
02:12:58,117 --> 02:12:58,602
I mean maybe converting

4020
02:12:58,602 --> 02:13:00,602
this

4021
02:13:02,256 --> 02:13:04,256
Mariposa Thank you.

4022
02:13:06,443 --> 02:13:06,604
That motion passes unanimously

4023
02:13:06,604 --> 02:13:06,767
.

4024
02:13:06,767 --> 02:13:08,767
Okay.

4025
02:13:09,513 --> 02:13:09,730
Thank you.

4026
02:13:09,730 --> 02:13:10,563
Okay.

4027
02:13:10,563 --> 02:13:13,563
On to public hearing number

4028
02:13:13,951 --> 02:13:14,684
three and motion from council

4029
02:13:14,684 --> 02:13:17,684
to receive and file the

4030
02:13:17,738 --> 02:13:18,188
affidavits of publication and

4031
02:13:18,188 --> 02:13:18,706
posting of notices and

4032
02:13:18,706 --> 02:13:20,706
correspondence received in

4033
02:13:21,410 --> 02:13:24,410
response to the public hearing

4034
02:13:27,800 --> 02:13:28,583
notices

4035
02:13:28,583 --> 02:13:31,583
I have a motion from

4036
02:13:31,635 --> 02:13:32,690
Councilmember Bera a second

4037
02:13:32,690 --> 02:13:34,469
from Councilmember Finch to

4038
02:13:35,523 --> 02:13:38,576
receive an email You MAY begin

4039
02:13:38,576 --> 02:13:40,576
voting.

4040
02:13:42,463 --> 02:13:42,664
That motion passes unanimously

4041
02:13:42,664 --> 02:13:44,664
.

4042
02:13:45,633 --> 02:13:46,283
Okay You have a staff report.

4043
02:13:46,283 --> 02:13:49,283
Good evening Marin Council Lisa

4044
02:13:49,955 --> 02:13:50,688
Soga Chief Financial Officer

4045
02:13:50,688 --> 02:13:53,688
We're here this evening to

4046
02:13:54,142 --> 02:13:54,893
conduct a public hearing

4047
02:13:54,893 --> 02:13:57,893
pursuant to the federal tax

4048
02:13:58,646 --> 02:14:00,646
equity and Fiscal

4049
02:14:01,799 --> 02:14:02,451
Responsibility Act or Tephra

4050
02:14:02,451 --> 02:14:05,320
Tephra requires that a public

4051
02:14:05,320 --> 02:14:05,836
hearing be held by the

4052
02:14:05,836 --> 02:14:08,236
governing body of the

4053
02:14:09,924 --> 02:14:10,758
jurisdiction in which a project

4054
02:14:10,758 --> 02:14:14,358
leaked to be financed with tax

4055
02:14:14,428 --> 02:14:17,428
exempt financing is located and

4056
02:14:17,900 --> 02:14:20,852
that the governing body approve

4057
02:14:20,852 --> 02:14:23,852
the proposed financing for 464c

4058
02:14:24,522 --> 02:14:25,570
Poveda Boulevard l p has asked

4059
02:14:25,570 --> 02:14:27,457
that the California Municipal

4060
02:14:28,426 --> 02:14:32,260
Finance Authority the c mfa be

4061
02:14:32,615 --> 02:14:34,766
the issuer of tax exempt

4062
02:14:34,766 --> 02:14:35,184
financing in an amount not to

4063
02:14:35,184 --> 02:14:37,184
exceed $65 million.

4064
02:14:39,372 --> 02:14:40,121
The proceeds of the bonds will

4065
02:14:40,121 --> 02:14:43,121
be used to finance the

4066
02:14:43,175 --> 02:14:43,908
acquisition, construction

4067
02:14:43,908 --> 02:14:46,846
improvement and equipping of a

4068
02:14:46,846 --> 02:14:49,246
multi family rental housing

4069
02:14:52,868 --> 02:14:55,268
project located at 44604464 Sub

4070
02:14:56,656 --> 02:14:57,890
Poveda Boulevard The c mfa is a

4071
02:14:57,890 --> 02:14:59,489
Joint Powers Authority formed

4072
02:14:59,926 --> 02:15:00,559
to assist local governments,

4073
02:15:00,559 --> 02:15:02,559
nonprofit organizations and

4074
02:15:04,931 --> 02:15:07,931
businesses with the issuance of

4075
02:15:08,400 --> 02:15:08,570
both taxable and tax exempt

4076
02:15:08,570 --> 02:15:09,669
debt.

4077
02:15:09,669 --> 02:15:12,838
The debt to be issued by the

4078
02:15:12,838 --> 02:15:15,838
Cafe will be the sole

4079
02:15:15,991 --> 02:15:16,146
responsibility of the borrower

4080
02:15:16,146 --> 02:15:16,875
.

4081
02:15:16,875 --> 02:15:20,230
The city of Culver City will

4082
02:15:20,230 --> 02:15:23,230
have no financial or legal

4083
02:15:23,282 --> 02:15:24,170
obligations or responsibilities

4084
02:15:24,170 --> 02:15:24,251
with regard to the repayment of

4085
02:15:24,251 --> 02:15:26,251
the debt.

4086
02:15:27,720 --> 02:15:30,120
All financing documents will

4087
02:15:31,390 --> 02:15:32,142
carry disclaimers that the loan

4088
02:15:32,142 --> 02:15:32,300
is not an obligation of the

4089
02:15:32,300 --> 02:15:34,300
city.

4090
02:15:35,629 --> 02:15:36,362
The city will also bear no

4091
02:15:36,362 --> 02:15:39,416
costs in the issuance of the

4092
02:15:39,416 --> 02:15:40,250
proposed debt.

4093
02:15:40,250 --> 02:15:42,650
The Council previously granted

4094
02:15:43,402 --> 02:15:45,802
approval of the proposed

4095
02:15:46,672 --> 02:15:49,720
financing on OCTOBER 28th 2020

4096
02:15:49,226 --> 02:15:49,959
for the approval expires after

4097
02:15:49,959 --> 02:15:53,230
one year and must be granted

4098
02:15:53,230 --> 02:15:53,396
again after a second public

4099
02:15:53,396 --> 02:15:55,396
hearing.

4100
02:15:56,917 --> 02:15:57,350
It is recommended that the City

4101
02:15:57,350 --> 02:15:59,750
Council adopt a resolution

4102
02:16:00,821 --> 02:16:01,788
approving the issuance of bonds

4103
02:16:01,788 --> 02:16:02,600
by the c mfa for the benefit of

4104
02:16:02,600 --> 02:16:04,600
the borrower.

4105
02:16:05,392 --> 02:16:05,825
Such adoption is solely for the

4106
02:16:05,825 --> 02:16:08,225
purposes of satisfying the

4107
02:16:08,679 --> 02:16:09,312
requirements of tephra the Code

4108
02:16:09,312 --> 02:16:11,712
and the California Government

4109
02:16:15,100 --> 02:16:15,752
Code Section 6500.

4110
02:16:15,752 --> 02:16:19,122
I can answer any questions And

4111
02:16:19,122 --> 02:16:22,609
we also have tonight with us

4112
02:16:22,609 --> 02:16:23,430
Jared Suzuki from the c mfa who

4113
02:16:23,430 --> 02:16:23,477
can answer specific questions

4114
02:16:23,477 --> 02:16:25,877
if you have them.

4115
02:16:26,630 --> 02:16:26,963
Okay great.

4116
02:16:26,963 --> 02:16:27,732
Thank you.

4117
02:16:27,732 --> 02:16:27,948
Do we have any questions from

4118
02:16:27,948 --> 02:16:29,948
my colleagues?

4119
02:16:31,118 --> 02:16:33,518
Councilmember Hahn That's one

4120
02:16:34,272 --> 02:16:35,256
of the questions.

4121
02:16:35,256 --> 02:16:40,560
All right I MAY I have a motion

4122
02:16:41,579 --> 02:16:42,413
to open the public hearing?

4123
02:16:42,413 --> 02:16:45,413
I have a motion from

4124
02:16:45,800 --> 02:16:46,234
Councilmember McMahon and a

4125
02:16:46,234 --> 02:16:48,634
second from Councilmember Finch

4126
02:16:49,104 --> 02:16:52,104
to open the public hearing.

4127
02:16:53,358 --> 02:16:56,358
Maybe can voting by motion

4128
02:16:57,110 --> 02:16:59,110
passes unanimously?

4129
02:17:00,465 --> 02:17:01,315
Okay, great.

4130
02:17:01,315 --> 02:17:04,151
Do have any comments or

4131
02:17:04,151 --> 02:17:04,919
protests from that?

4132
02:17:04,919 --> 02:17:05,253
Yes, we do have four speakers

4133
02:17:05,253 --> 02:17:07,253
sign up tonight.

4134
02:17:08,890 --> 02:17:10,890
Okay.

4135
02:17:11,776 --> 02:17:12,627
They would be men and have to

4136
02:17:12,627 --> 02:17:15,627
90 so they would be Jamie

4137
02:17:16,498 --> 02:17:18,898
Wallis, Leah Pressman, Melissa

4138
02:17:20,284 --> 02:17:21,336
Sanders and Lisa Lindgren.

4139
02:17:21,336 --> 02:17:23,972
Our first speaker is Jamie

4140
02:17:23,972 --> 02:17:24,940
Wallace.

4141
02:17:24,940 --> 02:17:27,376
Jamie, I'd I'd like to you can

4142
02:17:27,376 --> 02:17:29,376
unmute yourself.

4143
02:17:33,816 --> 02:17:35,816
Go ahead

4144
02:17:37,536 --> 02:17:39,536
, Jamie.

4145
02:17:44,409 --> 02:17:45,227
It looks like your life so

4146
02:17:45,227 --> 02:17:45,393
Okay.

4147
02:17:45,393 --> 02:17:47,393
Okay.

4148
02:17:48,998 --> 02:17:52,568
We're going to come back So the

4149
02:17:52,568 --> 02:17:52,785
next speaker is Leah Pressman.

4150
02:17:52,785 --> 02:17:53,102
Hello.

4151
02:17:53,102 --> 02:17:53,435
Thank you.

4152
02:17:53,435 --> 02:17:55,435
Good evening.

4153
02:17:55,587 --> 02:17:59,187
I speak to express my support

4154
02:17:59,675 --> 02:18:02,629
for the approval of I don't

4155
02:18:02,629 --> 02:18:06,229
know if she's with me keeps

4156
02:18:06,598 --> 02:18:07,132
linking Okay.

4157
02:18:07,132 --> 02:18:07,467
Can you hear me?

4158
02:18:07,467 --> 02:18:09,467
Yes Sorry.

4159
02:18:10,854 --> 02:18:11,521
Go ahead and good evening And I

4160
02:18:11,521 --> 02:18:14,574
want to express my support for

4161
02:18:14,574 --> 02:18:15,124
the approval of the tax exempt

4162
02:18:15,124 --> 02:18:18,124
bonds to help finance the

4163
02:18:18,377 --> 02:18:18,678
Jubilee Village affordable

4164
02:18:18,678 --> 02:18:19,446
housing Project.

4165
02:18:19,446 --> 02:18:22,715
This is not a big deal.

4166
02:18:22,715 --> 02:18:23,365
The city council approved the

4167
02:18:23,365 --> 02:18:25,835
same bond issuance last year in

4168
02:18:25,835 --> 02:18:26,135
OCTOBER and simply needs to

4169
02:18:26,135 --> 02:18:26,903
renew it.

4170
02:18:26,903 --> 02:18:27,636
I fear that members of the

4171
02:18:27,636 --> 02:18:30,407
public MAY get the mistaken

4172
02:18:30,407 --> 02:18:30,841
impression that this will cost

4173
02:18:30,841 --> 02:18:33,241
or obligate the city

4174
02:18:34,310 --> 02:18:35,144
financially as we just heard it

4175
02:18:35,144 --> 02:18:37,914
does not approval cost the city

4176
02:18:37,914 --> 02:18:38,765
Nothing but failure to approve

4177
02:18:38,765 --> 02:18:41,518
these bonds could well cost the

4178
02:18:41,518 --> 02:18:42,510
city.

4179
02:18:42,510 --> 02:18:44,451
The village Jubilee Village

4180
02:18:45,380 --> 02:18:45,371
project is a key part of our

4181
02:18:45,371 --> 02:18:47,371
obligation to affirmatively

4182
02:18:48,825 --> 02:18:49,159
further fair housing and meet

4183
02:18:49,159 --> 02:18:49,927
our arena goals.

4184
02:18:49,927 --> 02:18:52,479
There'll be serious costs if we

4185
02:18:52,479 --> 02:18:53,212
fail to meet our goals.

4186
02:18:53,212 --> 02:18:56,820
So not approving this bond

4187
02:18:56,820 --> 02:18:56,950
would really hurt the project.

4188
02:18:56,950 --> 02:19:00,437
I think that's a bad idea If

4189
02:19:00,437 --> 02:19:03,190
the city if the bonds pass the

4190
02:19:03,190 --> 02:19:03,724
city actually gets $19,000 in

4191
02:19:03,724 --> 02:19:06,694
fees charged to the borrower.

4192
02:19:06,694 --> 02:19:06,911
That's our portion and we don't

4193
02:19:06,911 --> 02:19:08,911
get it.

4194
02:19:10,513 --> 02:19:11,650
And if we don't pass the bond,

4195
02:19:11,650 --> 02:19:13,917
Jubilee Village also MAY bring

4196
02:19:13,917 --> 02:19:14,451
in money to our school

4197
02:19:14,451 --> 02:19:14,885
districts Bye bye housing

4198
02:19:14,885 --> 02:19:17,285
families whose children will

4199
02:19:18,139 --> 02:19:18,890
attend our schools.

4200
02:19:18,890 --> 02:19:21,890
Approval of this financing does

4201
02:19:22,876 --> 02:19:23,330
not obligate Culver City in any

4202
02:19:23,330 --> 02:19:25,330
way.

4203
02:19:26,363 --> 02:19:26,898
Culver City badly needs more

4204
02:19:26,898 --> 02:19:28,916
affordable housing units and

4205
02:19:28,916 --> 02:19:29,449
construction of this 100%

4206
02:19:29,449 --> 02:19:31,849
affordable development is an

4207
02:19:32,920 --> 02:19:33,154
appropriate use of tax exempt

4208
02:19:33,154 --> 02:19:33,905
bond financing.

4209
02:19:33,905 --> 02:19:34,121
I encourage you to approve this

4210
02:19:34,121 --> 02:19:36,121
bond issue.

4211
02:19:40,829 --> 02:19:42,829
Thank you.

4212
02:19:42,981 --> 02:19:45,981
Our next speaker is Melissa

4213
02:19:47,251 --> 02:19:49,251
Sanders.

4214
02:19:50,422 --> 02:19:50,573
Melissa, you're in You two go

4215
02:19:50,573 --> 02:19:52,573
ahead.

4216
02:19:54,309 --> 02:19:58,509
So here's the thing We do have

4217
02:19:58,780 --> 02:20:01,432
multiple other project x with

4218
02:20:01,432 --> 02:20:03,832
more than the 99 affordable

4219
02:20:05,303 --> 02:20:08,572
units the ju below is claiming

4220
02:20:08,572 --> 02:20:09,324
to build in the pipeline and

4221
02:20:09,324 --> 02:20:12,924
they are not asking for any

4222
02:20:13,178 --> 02:20:15,178
money whatsoever.

4223
02:20:17,300 --> 02:20:17,950
So I think that if you guys are

4224
02:20:17,950 --> 02:20:20,635
going to support this which by

4225
02:20:20,635 --> 02:20:21,235
the way I think you did when we

4226
02:20:21,235 --> 02:20:21,769
were only giving them a couple

4227
02:20:21,769 --> 02:20:22,420
million dollars and we could

4228
02:20:22,420 --> 02:20:24,820
actually afford a couple

4229
02:20:27,175 --> 02:20:29,575
million dollars, they put $20

4230
02:20:31,263 --> 02:20:33,632
million in escrow and make sure

4231
02:20:33,632 --> 02:20:34,165
that they repay us the $20

4232
02:20:34,165 --> 02:20:34,332
million that they do not

4233
02:20:34,332 --> 02:20:36,332
deserve.

4234
02:20:37,969 --> 02:20:38,203
Honestly, they needed to do

4235
02:20:38,203 --> 02:20:40,203
this themselves.

4236
02:20:41,356 --> 02:20:41,673
We should not be supporting

4237
02:20:41,673 --> 02:20:42,441
this project.

4238
02:20:42,441 --> 02:20:46,410
We have other projects going in

4239
02:20:46,312 --> 02:20:46,512
with no money from the city

4240
02:20:46,512 --> 02:20:48,512
whatsoever.

4241
02:20:49,898 --> 02:20:50,115
We are already making our arena

4242
02:20:50,115 --> 02:20:50,766
goals.

4243
02:20:50,766 --> 02:20:51,316
We already have other projects

4244
02:20:51,316 --> 02:20:53,870
that will meet our goals.

4245
02:20:53,870 --> 02:20:54,719
There is no reason whatsoever

4246
02:20:54,719 --> 02:20:58,319
for this project to go forward

4247
02:21:00,827 --> 02:21:01,476
with taxpayer funds $20 million

4248
02:21:01,476 --> 02:21:04,476
taxpayer funds and they are

4249
02:21:04,846 --> 02:21:05,281
taking everything of ours for

4250
02:21:05,281 --> 02:21:07,281
the next 20 years.

4251
02:21:07,951 --> 02:21:08,585
So I say don't support it

4252
02:21:08,585 --> 02:21:11,471
because we have other projects

4253
02:21:11,471 --> 02:21:14,471
that are not taking $20 million

4254
02:21:14,840 --> 02:21:16,593
of taxpayer funds as well as

4255
02:21:16,593 --> 02:21:16,926
all of our vouchers for the

4256
02:21:16,926 --> 02:21:17,643
next 20 years.

4257
02:21:17,643 --> 02:21:20,430
We have other affordable

4258
02:21:21,430 --> 02:21:22,820
housing already in the pipeline

4259
02:21:22,820 --> 02:21:25,820
that will more than cover

4260
02:21:28,321 --> 02:21:28,588
Jubilee Village

4261
02:21:28,588 --> 02:21:29,122
.

4262
02:21:29,122 --> 02:21:29,455
Your time has expired.

4263
02:21:29,455 --> 02:21:31,191
Thank you.

4264
02:21:31,191 --> 02:21:34,191
Our next speaker is Diesel

4265
02:21:35,440 --> 02:21:37,440
Ingram.

4266
02:21:39,132 --> 02:21:42,132
Hello again Mayor, vice Mayor

4267
02:21:42,518 --> 02:21:42,672
and members of the City council

4268
02:21:42,672 --> 02:21:43,504
.

4269
02:21:43,504 --> 02:21:46,656
I want to commend and thank the

4270
02:21:46,656 --> 02:21:47,307
city staff for the excellent

4271
02:21:47,307 --> 02:21:47,857
staff report that does a good

4272
02:21:47,857 --> 02:21:50,257
job of explaining something

4273
02:21:50,293 --> 02:21:50,744
that is not something the

4274
02:21:50,744 --> 02:21:53,144
average layperson knows about.

4275
02:21:54,315 --> 02:21:55,480
I certainly had never heard

4276
02:21:55,480 --> 02:21:58,480
about the tephra and the

4277
02:21:58,619 --> 02:22:01,619
requirement for a hearing about

4278
02:22:01,989 --> 02:22:02,655
this at the municipal level but

4279
02:22:02,655 --> 02:22:05,609
I think the pressmen did an

4280
02:22:05,609 --> 02:22:06,259
excellent job of explaining why

4281
02:22:06,259 --> 02:22:09,259
it's so important that you

4282
02:22:09,496 --> 02:22:10,447
approve this.

4283
02:22:10,447 --> 02:22:14,470
So thank you so much for

4284
02:22:18,122 --> 02:22:19,190
supporting page three

4285
02:22:19,190 --> 02:22:21,190
.

4286
02:22:22,959 --> 02:22:26,559
So we're going to circle back

4287
02:22:29,516 --> 02:22:30,301
to Jamie Was Jamie

4288
02:22:30,301 --> 02:22:30,752
Let's see if

4289
02:22:30,752 --> 02:22:33,152
it works this time.

4290
02:22:34,222 --> 02:22:34,739
Yes it does go ahead.

4291
02:22:34,739 --> 02:22:36,739
Hey, she's bullish.

4292
02:22:37,592 --> 02:22:38,543
Yes.

4293
02:22:38,543 --> 02:22:41,296
This is actually pro forma pro

4294
02:22:41,296 --> 02:22:42,363
forma on state.

4295
02:22:42,363 --> 02:22:45,215
You guys aren't going to listen

4296
02:22:45,215 --> 02:22:46,284
to anything or do anything.

4297
02:22:46,284 --> 02:22:48,819
So I just want to take this

4298
02:22:48,819 --> 02:22:51,219
opportunity to remind the

4299
02:22:52,190 --> 02:22:52,823
council that we're spending 16

4300
02:22:52,823 --> 02:22:55,223
to $36 million of taxpayer

4301
02:22:55,276 --> 02:22:56,270
money to support one project

4302
02:22:56,270 --> 02:22:59,414
with no return on investment or

4303
02:22:59,414 --> 02:23:00,148
loan repayment wiping out our

4304
02:23:00,148 --> 02:23:02,584
ability to help more renters in

4305
02:23:02,584 --> 02:23:04,584
the future.

4306
02:23:06,272 --> 02:23:06,804
The developer is not even a

4307
02:23:06,804 --> 02:23:09,204
Culver City constituent and

4308
02:23:10,275 --> 02:23:10,709
even if it's nonprofit it's not

4309
02:23:10,709 --> 02:23:12,709
city controlled.

4310
02:23:13,996 --> 02:23:14,646
So in a sense you can say it's

4311
02:23:14,646 --> 02:23:17,460
private you're throwing more

4312
02:23:17,298 --> 02:23:17,498
money than other cities usually

4313
02:23:17,498 --> 02:23:18,366
do.

4314
02:23:18,366 --> 02:23:21,602
So many affordable units are in

4315
02:23:21,602 --> 02:23:21,937
the pipeline ready for

4316
02:23:21,937 --> 02:23:22,371
development without city

4317
02:23:22,371 --> 02:23:24,371
funding.

4318
02:23:25,324 --> 02:23:26,157
This is fiscally irresponsible

4319
02:23:26,157 --> 02:23:28,927
and puts the city budget in

4320
02:23:28,927 --> 02:23:29,800
worse condition than it already

4321
02:23:29,800 --> 02:23:31,800
was.

4322
02:23:35,534 --> 02:23:37,534
Thank you.

4323
02:23:39,605 --> 02:23:40,380
Thousand of our speakers.

4324
02:23:40,380 --> 02:23:41,600
Okay thank you.

4325
02:23:41,600 --> 02:23:45,206
MAY have a motion to close the

4326
02:23:46,695 --> 02:23:47,980
public hearing.

4327
02:23:47,980 --> 02:23:50,516
I have a motion from vice mayor

4328
02:23:50,516 --> 02:23:50,950
Please a second from

4329
02:23:50,950 --> 02:23:53,350
Councilmember Barron to close

4330
02:23:53,802 --> 02:23:56,802
the public hearing we begin

4331
02:23:58,740 --> 02:24:01,740
voting and that motion passes

4332
02:24:01,527 --> 02:24:01,728
unanimously.

4333
02:24:01,728 --> 02:24:03,728
Okay.

4334
02:24:05,180 --> 02:24:06,480
Thank you.

4335
02:24:06,480 --> 02:24:09,480
One last rounds If my

4336
02:24:09,117 --> 02:24:09,319
colleagues have any comments on

4337
02:24:09,319 --> 02:24:09,535
this.

4338
02:24:09,535 --> 02:24:09,968
Nothing.

4339
02:24:09,968 --> 02:24:11,968
COUNCILMAN First COUNCILMAN

4340
02:24:12,220 --> 02:24:12,222
Rick Moran comes from the

4341
02:24:12,222 --> 02:24:12,538
comments.

4342
02:24:12,538 --> 02:24:14,538
Yeah.

4343
02:24:16,800 --> 02:24:16,759
Thank you, Mayor.

4344
02:24:16,759 --> 02:24:19,496
Although this item is more

4345
02:24:19,496 --> 02:24:20,230
performative than than anything

4346
02:24:20,230 --> 02:24:23,230
really in nature I don't

4347
02:24:23,599 --> 02:24:24,333
support the project.

4348
02:24:24,333 --> 02:24:26,802
I didn't support the project

4349
02:24:26,802 --> 02:24:27,453
moving forward with taking $20

4350
02:24:27,453 --> 02:24:30,453
million from our emergency our

4351
02:24:31,900 --> 02:24:31,958
emergency reserve funds.

4352
02:24:31,958 --> 02:24:34,927
I cannot and will not support

4353
02:24:34,927 --> 02:24:35,678
this item And the $20 million

4354
02:24:35,678 --> 02:24:38,865
that number sort of comes up in

4355
02:24:38,865 --> 02:24:39,699
our next item Also a one which

4356
02:24:39,699 --> 02:24:42,686
I think I will draw attention

4357
02:24:42,686 --> 02:24:42,843
to it there but I can't support

4358
02:24:42,843 --> 02:24:44,843
this.

4359
02:24:45,755 --> 02:24:46,730
Thank you Mayor.

4360
02:24:46,730 --> 02:24:46,506
Thank you.

4361
02:24:46,506 --> 02:24:48,506
That's my pleasure.

4362
02:24:49,158 --> 02:24:49,993
Thank you.

4363
02:24:49,993 --> 02:24:50,960
I am going to support this but

4364
02:24:50,960 --> 02:24:53,714
I do want to let the public

4365
02:24:53,714 --> 02:24:56,114
know that the Planning

4366
02:24:56,466 --> 02:24:57,100
Department puts out a

4367
02:24:57,100 --> 02:25:00,100
projection of how many housing

4368
02:25:01,388 --> 02:25:04,257
projects are in the pipeline

4369
02:25:04,257 --> 02:25:07,857
and how many housing and what

4370
02:25:08,645 --> 02:25:09,179
housing we still need So with

4371
02:25:09,179 --> 02:25:09,914
other projects that are already

4372
02:25:09,914 --> 02:25:12,914
built and already in the

4373
02:25:13,384 --> 02:25:16,270
pipeline for very low income we

4374
02:25:16,270 --> 02:25:16,487
still need 750 a very low

4375
02:25:16,487 --> 02:25:18,487
income units.

4376
02:25:19,656 --> 02:25:22,656
We still need 390 low income

4377
02:25:23,126 --> 02:25:23,360
units and we still need 511

4378
02:25:23,360 --> 02:25:25,360
moderate units.

4379
02:25:27,115 --> 02:25:27,281
So this will go towards those

4380
02:25:27,281 --> 02:25:27,999
numbers.

4381
02:25:27,999 --> 02:25:28,515
I think this is a great

4382
02:25:28,515 --> 02:25:30,515
investment in affordable

4383
02:25:30,868 --> 02:25:31,260
housing which we desperately

4384
02:25:31,260 --> 02:25:31,319
need.

4385
02:25:31,319 --> 02:25:31,536
Thank you.

4386
02:25:31,536 --> 02:25:33,536
Okay.

4387
02:25:34,880 --> 02:25:36,880
Thank you.

4388
02:25:37,775 --> 02:25:38,525
So when this came up a year ago

4389
02:25:38,525 --> 02:25:41,525
,you know we're renewing this

4390
02:25:41,879 --> 02:25:42,464
essentially because it expires

4391
02:25:42,464 --> 02:25:43,800
after a year.

4392
02:25:43,800 --> 02:25:45,449
I voted for it.

4393
02:25:45,449 --> 02:25:46,200
I voted yes And it was because

4394
02:25:46,200 --> 02:25:49,570
at that time our commitment was

4395
02:25:49,570 --> 02:25:52,640
$4 million as a city and since

4396
02:25:52,640 --> 02:25:53,490
then it went up to 20 million

4397
02:25:53,490 --> 02:25:57,610
And as alluded to by COUNCILMAN

4398
02:25:57,610 --> 02:25:59,848
Rivera, we're going to hear

4399
02:25:59,848 --> 02:26:04,648
about it in a one it points to

4400
02:26:06,538 --> 02:26:09,538
our structural deficit and you

4401
02:26:09,608 --> 02:26:12,608
know 6 million added to the

4402
02:26:13,478 --> 02:26:15,478
original 4 million.

4403
02:26:17,765 --> 02:26:21,360
That is not a good place for us

4404
02:26:21,360 --> 02:26:21,670
to be putting ourselves into.

4405
02:26:21,670 --> 02:26:24,700
Affordable housing is important

4406
02:26:25,400 --> 02:26:25,206
and it's part of our our

4407
02:26:25,206 --> 02:26:25,924
mission.

4408
02:26:25,924 --> 02:26:29,940
It's part of our goals and

4409
02:26:29,940 --> 02:26:29,861
we're working hard on that And

4410
02:26:29,861 --> 02:26:30,790
we've got a lot in the pipeline

4411
02:26:30,790 --> 02:26:32,790
as mentioned.

4412
02:26:36,886 --> 02:26:37,653
But I can't support putting our

4413
02:26:37,653 --> 02:26:40,653
financial status at such risk.

4414
02:26:41,640 --> 02:26:44,809
So I will be voting no on this

4415
02:26:44,809 --> 02:26:47,563
But it looks like we have a

4416
02:26:47,563 --> 02:26:48,514
actually I'm requesting a

4417
02:26:48,514 --> 02:26:52,714
motion in a second and I will

4418
02:26:54,604 --> 02:26:55,338
read what that is towards to

4419
02:26:55,338 --> 02:26:57,738
conduct the public hearing

4420
02:26:58,391 --> 02:26:59,410
under the requirements of

4421
02:26:59,410 --> 02:27:02,410
tephra and the Internal Revenue

4422
02:27:02,940 --> 02:27:05,940
Code of 1986 as amended the

4423
02:27:05,848 --> 02:27:06,298
Code and adopt a resolution

4424
02:27:06,298 --> 02:27:07,330
approving the issuance of

4425
02:27:07,330 --> 02:27:09,685
revenue bonds by the California

4426
02:27:09,685 --> 02:27:10,236
Municipal Finance Authority for

4427
02:27:10,236 --> 02:27:13,236
the benefit of the Community

4428
02:27:13,706 --> 02:27:14,400
Corporation of Santa Monica, a

4429
02:27:14,400 --> 02:27:16,400
California nonprofit benefit

4430
02:27:17,794 --> 02:27:20,194
corporation On behalf of 4464

4431
02:27:20,362 --> 02:27:20,779
support of Boulevard l p a

4432
02:27:20,779 --> 02:27:21,413
California limited partnership

4433
02:27:21,413 --> 02:27:23,813
or other ownership entity

4434
02:27:25,584 --> 02:27:27,984
created by 4464 support of

4435
02:27:28,955 --> 02:27:29,389
Boulevard llc a California

4436
02:27:29,389 --> 02:27:30,122
limited liability company its

4437
02:27:30,122 --> 02:27:33,122
general partner or by another

4438
02:27:33,493 --> 02:27:34,243
affiliate of the sponsor has

4439
02:27:34,243 --> 02:27:37,243
undertaken a proposed plan of

4440
02:27:37,297 --> 02:27:37,831
finance that includes the

4441
02:27:37,831 --> 02:27:40,231
issuance and reassurance from

4442
02:27:40,601 --> 02:27:43,370
time to time of one or more one

4443
02:27:43,370 --> 02:27:43,903
or more series of revenue bonds

4444
02:27:43,903 --> 02:27:46,303
in an outstanding principal

4445
02:27:46,656 --> 02:27:47,290
amount not to exceed $65

4446
02:27:47,290 --> 02:27:49,690
million to finance and

4447
02:27:50,243 --> 02:27:52,243
refinance the acquisition,

4448
02:27:52,880 --> 02:27:53,430
construction development and

4449
02:27:53,430 --> 02:27:53,947
equipping of a 95 unit

4450
02:27:53,947 --> 02:27:55,947
qualified residential rental

4451
02:27:56,899 --> 02:27:59,353
project to be owned and

4452
02:27:59,353 --> 02:28:02,305
operated by the borrower and

4453
02:28:02,305 --> 02:28:03,560
located at 4460 and 4464

4454
02:28:03,560 --> 02:28:06,560
support of the boulevard within

4455
02:28:06,643 --> 02:28:07,411
the city of Culver City.

4456
02:28:07,411 --> 02:28:08,280
Such adoption is solely for the

4457
02:28:08,280 --> 02:28:10,281
purposes of satisfying the

4458
02:28:10,281 --> 02:28:10,715
requirements of Tephra the

4459
02:28:10,715 --> 02:28:13,115
Internal Revenue Code and

4460
02:28:13,984 --> 02:28:14,518
California Government Code

4461
02:28:14,518 --> 02:28:16,918
Section 6500 and approve the

4462
02:28:20,407 --> 02:28:21,410
deposit of approximately

4463
02:28:21,410 --> 02:28:23,441
$19,183.40 in issuance fees to

4464
02:28:24,512 --> 02:28:24,845
the Culver City General Fund.

4465
02:28:24,845 --> 02:28:26,845
Thank you.

4466
02:28:28,332 --> 02:28:28,965
I have a motion by Vice Mayor

4467
02:28:28,965 --> 02:28:31,965
please and a second from

4468
02:28:32,219 --> 02:28:32,970
Councilmember Mcmorran to

4469
02:28:32,970 --> 02:28:36,570
approve that item as read by

4470
02:28:38,860 --> 02:28:42,460
the mayor you MAY begin voting

4471
02:28:43,548 --> 02:28:44,980
That motion passes for eyes and

4472
02:28:44,980 --> 02:28:47,980
one No from Councilor Bera.

4473
02:28:47,568 --> 02:28:51,672
I'm sorry I meant to Can I pull

4474
02:28:51,672 --> 02:28:51,838
it back to I went on autopilot

4475
02:28:51,838 --> 02:28:52,656
.

4476
02:28:52,656 --> 02:28:52,824
I like to make that a no

4477
02:28:52,824 --> 02:28:54,824
please.

4478
02:28:55,326 --> 02:28:59,114
I have to vote on rebuilding my

4479
02:28:59,114 --> 02:28:59,648
request to bring it back so I

4480
02:28:59,648 --> 02:29:02,648
can vote no on this.

4481
02:29:05,903 --> 02:29:07,903
Please

4482
02:29:23,621 --> 02:29:25,621
.

4483
02:29:28,126 --> 02:29:32,926
We need a motion in a second on

4484
02:29:34,566 --> 02:29:34,799
that I need a motion is I can

4485
02:29:34,799 --> 02:29:36,799
okay.

4486
02:29:38,354 --> 02:29:40,989
I have a motion from

4487
02:29:40,989 --> 02:29:41,823
Councilmember Rivera and a

4488
02:29:41,823 --> 02:29:44,823
second from Vice mayor please

4489
02:29:45,494 --> 02:29:49,940
Had to revote for item page

4490
02:29:49,581 --> 02:29:50,232
three as a point of order

4491
02:29:50,232 --> 02:29:53,118
Doesn't have to be someone who

4492
02:29:53,118 --> 02:29:56,188
voted for it to call it back or

4493
02:29:56,188 --> 02:29:56,905
it's just whoever is up here I

4494
02:29:56,905 --> 02:29:57,670
just want to make sure that No,

4495
02:29:57,670 --> 02:29:57,456
I.

4496
02:29:57,456 --> 02:29:59,456
I appreciate that.

4497
02:29:59,892 --> 02:30:00,425
Councilmember McMahon

4498
02:30:00,425 --> 02:30:02,825
Technically a motion for

4499
02:30:03,463 --> 02:30:04,130
reconsideration does require

4500
02:30:04,130 --> 02:30:07,130
somebody in the majority to

4501
02:30:07,165 --> 02:30:09,165
make the motion.

4502
02:30:11,570 --> 02:30:15,140
It sounds like Mayor o'Brien is

4503
02:30:15,140 --> 02:30:18,740
asking for a revote to correct

4504
02:30:18,811 --> 02:30:19,728
an error which isn't really

4505
02:30:19,728 --> 02:30:22,728
contemplated and rules of order

4506
02:30:23,533 --> 02:30:24,284
and but the city council also

4507
02:30:24,284 --> 02:30:27,120
has discretion to allow it if

4508
02:30:27,120 --> 02:30:29,120
they choose.

4509
02:30:30,289 --> 02:30:31,410
If not, then I recommend

4510
02:30:31,410 --> 02:30:31,557
treating it as a motion for

4511
02:30:31,557 --> 02:30:33,557
reconsideration which would

4512
02:30:34,827 --> 02:30:35,378
require somebody from the

4513
02:30:35,378 --> 02:30:38,378
majority to make the motion.

4514
02:30:38,464 --> 02:30:38,881
If you're willing to do that

4515
02:30:38,881 --> 02:30:40,881
for your colleague.

4516
02:30:45,504 --> 02:30:49,104
I just made the motion Thank

4517
02:30:49,676 --> 02:30:50,427
you.

4518
02:30:50,427 --> 02:30:53,397
I have a motion from

4519
02:30:53,397 --> 02:30:53,714
Councilmember Fish and a second

4520
02:30:53,714 --> 02:30:55,714
from Vice Mayor.

4521
02:30:57,484 --> 02:31:00,484
Please have to reconsider the

4522
02:31:04,191 --> 02:31:07,791
vote for item page three and

4523
02:31:10,848 --> 02:31:13,848
you MAY be can voting

4524
02:31:15,860 --> 02:31:15,403
.

4525
02:31:15,403 --> 02:31:17,403
Thank you.

4526
02:31:18,472 --> 02:31:19,306
That motion passes unanimously

4527
02:31:19,306 --> 02:31:22,906
so we'll revisit the vote for

4528
02:31:22,994 --> 02:31:26,594
item page three the motion in

4529
02:31:31,519 --> 02:31:34,519
the second summary Thank you

4530
02:31:35,689 --> 02:31:38,326
And I have a motion from

4531
02:31:38,326 --> 02:31:38,877
Councilmember Fish a second

4532
02:31:38,877 --> 02:31:41,628
from vice Mayor present to

4533
02:31:41,628 --> 02:31:44,628
approve that item as previously

4534
02:31:45,400 --> 02:31:49,530
read by the mayor and you MAY

4535
02:31:49,530 --> 02:31:49,470
begin voting.

4536
02:31:49,470 --> 02:31:49,804
Thank you.

4537
02:31:49,804 --> 02:31:51,804
Thank you.

4538
02:31:53,157 --> 02:31:56,270
That motion passes three eyes

4539
02:31:56,270 --> 02:31:58,779
and two nose nos from Mayor

4540
02:31:58,779 --> 02:31:58,997
o'Brien and Councilmember Bera

4541
02:31:58,997 --> 02:32:00,997
.

4542
02:32:05,186 --> 02:32:05,404
Thank you for the report.

4543
02:32:05,404 --> 02:32:07,404
Okay.

4544
02:32:13,679 --> 02:32:16,790
On to a one

4545
02:32:27,892 --> 02:32:29,892
and

4546
02:32:32,330 --> 02:32:32,765
we're ready for

4547
02:32:32,765 --> 02:32:35,165
a staff report please.

4548
02:32:35,718 --> 02:32:36,585
Okay.

4549
02:32:36,585 --> 02:32:39,137
And Clark is pulling up our

4550
02:32:39,137 --> 02:32:41,137
staff report presentation.

4551
02:32:42,891 --> 02:32:45,891
Okay, Good evening again, Mayor

4552
02:32:47,280 --> 02:32:47,914
o'Brien and City Council.

4553
02:32:47,914 --> 02:32:48,180
I'm Lisa Sjoberg, your chief

4554
02:32:48,180 --> 02:32:50,180
financial officer.

4555
02:32:51,300 --> 02:32:53,700
I'm here with Elizabeth

4556
02:32:54,554 --> 02:32:55,522
Shavelson, our assistant cfo.

4557
02:32:55,522 --> 02:32:59,910
We are here tonight to discuss

4558
02:32:59,910 --> 02:33:02,545
ways that the city can increase

4559
02:33:02,545 --> 02:33:03,178
public participation and

4560
02:33:03,178 --> 02:33:05,578
transparency in the city's

4561
02:33:06,216 --> 02:33:07,830
budget process.

4562
02:33:07,830 --> 02:33:10,353
Over the past year Council has

4563
02:33:10,353 --> 02:33:11,870
asked staff to return with

4564
02:33:11,870 --> 02:33:13,957
various items related to this

4565
02:33:13,957 --> 02:33:16,957
topic and we are consolidating

4566
02:33:18,270 --> 02:33:18,478
some of them into tonight's

4567
02:33:18,478 --> 02:33:20,878
staff report and presentation.

4568
02:33:22,148 --> 02:33:23,217
Next slide please.

4569
02:33:23,217 --> 02:33:26,986
So first we are going to ask

4570
02:33:26,986 --> 02:33:27,620
Council to consider whether to

4571
02:33:27,620 --> 02:33:30,289
conduct a civic assembly to

4572
02:33:30,289 --> 02:33:31,250
help develop strategies for

4573
02:33:31,250 --> 02:33:34,250
public engagement in the budget

4574
02:33:34,600 --> 02:33:34,728
process.

4575
02:33:34,728 --> 02:33:37,681
Funding was included at the

4576
02:33:37,681 --> 02:33:38,131
time of budget adoption for an

4577
02:33:38,131 --> 02:33:38,748
enhanced public process and

4578
02:33:38,748 --> 02:33:41,148
council directed that the

4579
02:33:41,819 --> 02:33:42,752
matter return for more

4580
02:33:42,752 --> 02:33:45,405
direction on the format The

4581
02:33:45,405 --> 02:33:45,923
city Council's Subcommittee on

4582
02:33:45,923 --> 02:33:47,923
Governance received a

4583
02:33:49,192 --> 02:33:49,627
presentation from Public

4584
02:33:49,627 --> 02:33:51,627
Democracy Los Angeles

4585
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Representatives Michelle Dennis

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and Wayne Liebman about civic

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assemblies.

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In a few minutes the Council

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02:34:01,710 --> 02:34:01,622
will receive a presentation

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02:34:01,622 --> 02:34:04,622
from MISS Dennis tonight about

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02:34:05,293 --> 02:34:06,270
those just civic assemblies and

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02:34:06,270 --> 02:34:09,270
a recommendation to forgo a

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02:34:09,813 --> 02:34:10,348
competitive process and award

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02:34:10,348 --> 02:34:12,748
an agreement directly to

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02:34:13,802 --> 02:34:14,451
healthy democracy.

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02:34:14,451 --> 02:34:17,205
Eas The subcommittee did not

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02:34:17,205 --> 02:34:17,872
make a recommendation on

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02:34:17,872 --> 02:34:21,225
whether there should be an rfp

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02:34:21,225 --> 02:34:21,993
or a direct award.

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02:34:21,993 --> 02:34:24,629
So if Council wishes to proceed

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02:34:24,629 --> 02:34:25,347
with the Civic Assembly

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02:34:25,347 --> 02:34:27,747
process, Council should also

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02:34:28,400 --> 02:34:28,717
decide the method of

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02:34:28,717 --> 02:34:30,717
procurement.

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02:34:31,669 --> 02:34:33,669
Next slide please.

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02:34:35,574 --> 02:34:36,108
As the Civic Assembly would not

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02:34:36,108 --> 02:34:38,977
be ready to fully participate

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02:34:38,977 --> 02:34:41,377
in the fiscal year 2026 2027

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02:34:42,547 --> 02:34:43,820
budget process, MS. Dennis also

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02:34:43,820 --> 02:34:45,482
made some short term

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02:34:45,834 --> 02:34:46,118
recommendations to help improve

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02:34:46,118 --> 02:34:48,118
public participation.

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02:34:50,220 --> 02:34:50,455
The Governance Subcommittee

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02:34:50,455 --> 02:34:51,600
recommended that these be

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02:34:51,600 --> 02:34:54,600
brought forward to the City

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02:34:54,659 --> 02:34:55,194
Council for consideration.

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02:34:55,194 --> 02:34:57,194
Next slide please.

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02:34:58,247 --> 02:34:58,864
These recommendations include

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02:34:58,864 --> 02:35:01,264
changing the format and

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02:35:02,534 --> 02:35:05,534
scheduling of the two community

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02:35:06,500 --> 02:35:09,374
budget meetings that I did in

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02:35:09,374 --> 02:35:12,645
the this this current year for

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02:35:12,645 --> 02:35:12,812
the current year fiscal year

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02:35:12,812 --> 02:35:14,812
budget.

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02:35:16,633 --> 02:35:17,660
Both would become instead of

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02:35:17,660 --> 02:35:17,600
those community budget meetings

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02:35:17,600 --> 02:35:20,000
they'd become question and

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02:35:21,354 --> 02:35:22,104
answer sessions about the

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02:35:22,104 --> 02:35:25,104
details of one the mid-year

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02:35:25,809 --> 02:35:28,661
budget and to a second one to

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02:35:28,661 --> 02:35:28,843
be held later on the proposed

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02:35:28,843 --> 02:35:30,843
budget.

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02:35:32,465 --> 02:35:36,665
So it would give the public a

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02:35:36,837 --> 02:35:39,837
chance to understand these very

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02:35:40,720 --> 02:35:40,740
complicated documents and staff

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02:35:40,740 --> 02:35:43,893
would be available to kind of

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02:35:43,893 --> 02:35:44,745
answer those specific questions

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02:35:44,745 --> 02:35:47,745
and help them understand in

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02:35:47,998 --> 02:35:48,214
advance of the council meetings

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02:35:48,214 --> 02:35:49,182
.

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02:35:49,182 --> 02:35:51,835
And then there would be one new

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02:35:51,835 --> 02:35:52,486
meeting that was recommended

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02:35:52,486 --> 02:35:56,860
which would serve as an open

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02:35:56,256 --> 02:35:56,807
house with department months in

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02:35:56,807 --> 02:35:59,807
advance of the annual workplan

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02:36:00,770 --> 02:36:00,611
meetings And at that meeting

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02:36:00,611 --> 02:36:03,110
department heads would be

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02:36:04,966 --> 02:36:07,718
available to share what work

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02:36:07,718 --> 02:36:07,881
plans they've been operating

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02:36:07,881 --> 02:36:08,902
under.

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02:36:08,902 --> 02:36:12,255
Hear from the public in an

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02:36:12,255 --> 02:36:12,456
informal setting about other

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02:36:12,456 --> 02:36:14,456
priorities.

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02:36:15,243 --> 02:36:16,940
And this would be done in

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02:36:16,940 --> 02:36:19,694
advance of staff coming to the

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02:36:19,980 --> 02:36:20,698
council with those work plans.

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02:36:20,698 --> 02:36:22,698
Next slide please.

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02:36:24,100 --> 02:36:24,635
So here you can see the new

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02:36:24,635 --> 02:36:27,350
proposed budget schedule with

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02:36:27,371 --> 02:36:29,771
those meetings included the

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02:36:31,342 --> 02:36:31,775
mid-year session and the open

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02:36:31,775 --> 02:36:32,526
house with departments would

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02:36:32,526 --> 02:36:35,280
happen very early in the

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02:36:35,280 --> 02:36:36,140
process in FEBRUARY.

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02:36:36,140 --> 02:36:39,140
So the mid-year budget question

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02:36:39,500 --> 02:36:39,935
and answer would of course be

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02:36:39,935 --> 02:36:42,335
tied to what happened.

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02:36:42,721 --> 02:36:43,271
Before we come to you with that

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02:36:43,271 --> 02:36:46,271
mid-year budget and it would

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02:36:46,824 --> 02:36:47,459
allow people to understand the

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02:36:47,459 --> 02:36:49,859
changes that are being

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02:36:50,612 --> 02:36:51,379
recommended.

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02:36:51,379 --> 02:36:54,850
And then of course the question

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02:36:54,850 --> 02:36:55,284
and answer Open House kind of

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02:36:55,284 --> 02:36:57,684
setting with the department

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02:36:58,553 --> 02:36:59,304
heads would happen in advance

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02:36:59,304 --> 02:37:02,874
of us coming in the beginning

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02:37:02,874 --> 02:37:06,144
of MARCH with the work plans.

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02:37:06,144 --> 02:37:06,579
And then the question and

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02:37:06,579 --> 02:37:08,979
answer session regarding the

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02:37:10,148 --> 02:37:10,699
proposed budget would come in

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02:37:10,699 --> 02:37:10,933
MAY after we publish the

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02:37:10,933 --> 02:37:12,933
proposed budget.

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02:37:14,487 --> 02:37:15,121
But before the departments make

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02:37:15,121 --> 02:37:17,521
their presentations to the

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02:37:18,156 --> 02:37:19,125
Council.

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02:37:19,125 --> 02:37:21,794
So again it would give an

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02:37:21,794 --> 02:37:24,794
additional forum for the public

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02:37:25,664 --> 02:37:25,882
to come and ask questions and

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02:37:25,882 --> 02:37:27,882
be informed.

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02:37:29,151 --> 02:37:29,585
Next slide please.

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02:37:29,585 --> 02:37:31,585
Finally, council member

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02:37:33,639 --> 02:37:34,306
Mcmorran had recommended in

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02:37:34,306 --> 02:37:37,906
APRIL of this year that city

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02:37:38,600 --> 02:37:38,611
staff review the questionnaire

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02:37:38,611 --> 02:37:41,611
for four departments that was

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02:37:41,997 --> 02:37:42,632
used by the city of Nashville

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02:37:42,632 --> 02:37:42,827
as part of their budget

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02:37:42,827 --> 02:37:43,366
process.

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02:37:43,366 --> 02:37:45,366
We've attached that

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02:37:46,836 --> 02:37:47,300
questionnaire to the staff

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02:37:47,300 --> 02:37:49,300
report.

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02:37:50,600 --> 02:37:50,556
If council desires staff could

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02:37:50,556 --> 02:37:53,556
include a questionnaire as part

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02:37:53,810 --> 02:37:54,694
of the budget process that we

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02:37:54,694 --> 02:37:57,547
use here in Culver City and it

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02:37:57,547 --> 02:37:58,970
would be something that we

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02:37:58,970 --> 02:38:01,970
would give to departments again

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02:38:02,860 --> 02:38:05,639
in advance of the work plans

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02:38:05,639 --> 02:38:06,890
and might be presented as as

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02:38:06,890 --> 02:38:07,423
attachments to the staff

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02:38:07,423 --> 02:38:11,230
reports that we give you at

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02:38:11,695 --> 02:38:13,695
that time.

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02:38:15,381 --> 02:38:15,900
So that's really the end of

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02:38:15,900 --> 02:38:17,900
this introduction.

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02:38:19,860 --> 02:38:23,570
This is more about us as being

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02:38:23,570 --> 02:38:23,708
able to answer your questions

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02:38:23,708 --> 02:38:26,260
but maybe and we would take

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02:38:26,260 --> 02:38:26,794
these items kind of one by one

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02:38:26,794 --> 02:38:29,747
But before we do that it would

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02:38:29,747 --> 02:38:30,364
perhaps be prudent to receive

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02:38:30,364 --> 02:38:32,764
the presentation from Michelle

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02:38:33,950 --> 02:38:36,950
Dennis who's here tonight and

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02:38:38,210 --> 02:38:41,392
then we can return and have the

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02:38:41,392 --> 02:38:41,825
council address each of these

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02:38:41,825 --> 02:38:43,825
items individually.

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02:38:44,661 --> 02:38:44,878
Thank you.

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02:38:44,878 --> 02:38:46,878
Okay.

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02:38:49,167 --> 02:38:51,190
I think we take cfo server's

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02:38:51,190 --> 02:38:54,190
suggestion Have MS. Dennis give

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02:38:57,459 --> 02:38:59,459
her presentation and

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02:39:01,679 --> 02:39:03,679
City

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02:39:05,233 --> 02:39:06,168
council and city manager Before

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02:39:06,168 --> 02:39:06,901
we begin thank you so much for

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02:39:06,901 --> 02:39:09,901
the opportunity to make this

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02:39:11,573 --> 02:39:12,340
presentation tonight.

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02:39:12,340 --> 02:39:15,793
My name is Michelle Dennis and

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02:39:15,793 --> 02:39:16,545
for the benefit of the public

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02:39:16,545 --> 02:39:19,180
I'm a certified public finance

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02:39:19,180 --> 02:39:20,348
officer.

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02:39:20,348 --> 02:39:23,518
I work for 37 years in the L.A.

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02:39:23,518 --> 02:39:24,170
Area and different budget and

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02:39:24,170 --> 02:39:27,170
finance positions And at the

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02:39:27,656 --> 02:39:28,307
end of that time period I spent

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02:39:28,307 --> 02:39:30,759
20 years as the director of

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02:39:30,759 --> 02:39:30,926
finance for the city of Santa

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02:39:30,926 --> 02:39:32,926
Monica.

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02:39:34,430 --> 02:39:37,182
Following that I taught public

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02:39:37,182 --> 02:39:40,182
budgeting and finance at ucla

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02:39:40,569 --> 02:39:40,987
for 21 years and I am a

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02:39:40,987 --> 02:39:43,387
collaborator and volunteer with

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02:39:44,757 --> 02:39:45,525
Public Democracy Los Angeles.

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02:39:45,525 --> 02:39:48,494
And tonight excuse me I speak

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02:39:48,494 --> 02:39:49,329
on their behalf and I should

4755
02:39:49,329 --> 02:39:52,581
note that several of the slides

4756
02:39:52,581 --> 02:39:54,981
tonight were actually actually

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02:39:56,690 --> 02:39:59,622
prepared and by the director of

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02:39:59,622 --> 02:40:00,373
public policy Los Angeles I

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02:40:00,373 --> 02:40:03,973
have his permission to use them

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02:40:04,143 --> 02:40:06,278
tonight And I'm a Culver City

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02:40:06,278 --> 02:40:08,278
resident for 44 years.

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02:40:09,866 --> 02:40:13,466
I'm an oldie and moldy have

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02:40:13,736 --> 02:40:14,387
been around okay There the

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02:40:14,387 --> 02:40:17,387
subject of our of this

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02:40:17,440 --> 02:40:20,440
presentation tonight is what is

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02:40:20,611 --> 02:40:21,361
the role of a civic assembly in

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02:40:21,361 --> 02:40:24,361
responding to the city's budget

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02:40:25,649 --> 02:40:25,801
challenges is over the next ten

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02:40:25,801 --> 02:40:27,801
years.

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02:40:28,618 --> 02:40:30,618
Next slide please.

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02:40:31,988 --> 02:40:32,822
The city's budget for the

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02:40:32,822 --> 02:40:35,822
current fiscal year which was

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02:40:35,993 --> 02:40:38,393
adopted and became effective

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02:40:39,462 --> 02:40:40,298
JULY 1st and was recently

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02:40:40,298 --> 02:40:43,467
released by OCTOBER 1st for the

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02:40:43,467 --> 02:40:43,901
public can contains a fiscal

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02:40:43,901 --> 02:40:46,301
ten year fiscal forecast.

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02:40:49,807 --> 02:40:53,407
Excuse me one second and that

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02:40:53,578 --> 02:40:56,578
forecast shows that over the

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02:40:56,948 --> 02:40:59,399
ten year period there would be

4781
02:40:59,399 --> 02:41:01,799
a structural deficit of $129

4782
02:41:02,253 --> 02:41:05,540
million over the next ten years

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02:41:05,540 --> 02:41:06,257
and that that would use up all

4784
02:41:06,257 --> 02:41:08,657
of the city's available

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02:41:09,611 --> 02:41:10,579
reserves.

4786
02:41:10,579 --> 02:41:13,831
Now let me just clarify the

4787
02:41:13,831 --> 02:41:16,231
structural deficit refers to

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02:41:17,302 --> 02:41:17,518
the ongoing revenues in ongoing

4789
02:41:17,518 --> 02:41:19,518
expenditures.

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02:41:21,189 --> 02:41:21,940
That is what we receive in

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02:41:21,940 --> 02:41:25,327
revenues every year and what we

4792
02:41:25,327 --> 02:41:26,610
normally pay out to continue

4793
02:41:26,610 --> 02:41:29,610
our basic services and service

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02:41:29,214 --> 02:41:31,214
levels.

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02:41:33,201 --> 02:41:33,735
That forecast did not include

4796
02:41:33,735 --> 02:41:36,705
the impact of the voter

4797
02:41:36,705 --> 02:41:37,239
approval of the additional

4798
02:41:37,239 --> 02:41:37,406
quarter percent sales tax in

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02:41:37,406 --> 02:41:39,406
AUGUST.

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02:41:41,260 --> 02:41:45,231
So I factored that in and I use

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02:41:45,231 --> 02:41:45,663
the same projection factors

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02:41:45,663 --> 02:41:46,315
that the Chief Financial

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02:41:46,315 --> 02:41:48,767
Officer used that is that the

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02:41:48,767 --> 02:41:49,000
sales tax would grow by 3.1%

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02:41:49,000 --> 02:41:51,000
every year.

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02:41:52,972 --> 02:41:55,841
And here's what I saw.

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02:41:55,841 --> 02:41:56,375
Here are the results over the

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02:41:56,375 --> 02:41:59,375
next four years a total

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02:41:59,745 --> 02:42:00,163
structural deficit that is an

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02:42:00,163 --> 02:42:02,163
imbalance between ongoing

4811
02:42:03,615 --> 02:42:05,615
expenditures and ongoing

4812
02:42:06,486 --> 02:42:06,638
revenues of $47.9 million will

4813
02:42:06,638 --> 02:42:08,638
occur.

4814
02:42:10,790 --> 02:42:11,524
And that will require using up

4815
02:42:11,524 --> 02:42:14,524
the same amount of reserves

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02:42:15,940 --> 02:42:15,845
over the following three years.

4817
02:42:15,845 --> 02:42:18,197
There will be a rough

4818
02:42:18,197 --> 02:42:18,531
structural balance between

4819
02:42:18,531 --> 02:42:19,149
revenues and expenditures

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02:42:19,149 --> 02:42:21,549
That's ongoing revenues and

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02:42:22,185 --> 02:42:24,185
expenditures.

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02:42:24,654 --> 02:42:25,255
And over the remaining three

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02:42:25,255 --> 02:42:27,255
years ongoing revenues

4824
02:42:28,725 --> 02:42:29,493
outperform ongoing expenditures

4825
02:42:29,493 --> 02:42:32,493
by 3 to $4 million a year.

4826
02:42:32,846 --> 02:42:35,846
If voters approve an expiring

4827
02:42:38,135 --> 02:42:41,135
half percent sales tax before

4828
02:42:42,405 --> 02:42:43,390
MARCH 2033, the primary

4829
02:42:43,390 --> 02:42:45,439
implication of these challenges

4830
02:42:46,109 --> 02:42:46,961
is that for the next seven

4831
02:42:46,961 --> 02:42:50,547
years at least there is no

4832
02:42:50,547 --> 02:42:53,547
fiscal room other than using

4833
02:42:53,583 --> 02:42:54,234
reserves for government

4834
02:42:54,234 --> 02:42:57,834
services to expand or be added

4835
02:42:58,204 --> 02:43:01,204
as the city's population grows.

4836
02:43:02,275 --> 02:43:04,275
Next slide please.

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02:43:05,629 --> 02:43:05,829
Now responding to these

4838
02:43:05,829 --> 02:43:07,829
challenges.

4839
02:43:09,116 --> 02:43:09,466
Well, first of all, the

4840
02:43:09,466 --> 02:43:09,866
challenges themselves however

4841
02:43:09,866 --> 02:43:11,866
they're responded to.

4842
02:43:13,137 --> 02:43:15,537
We will significantly impact

4843
02:43:16,291 --> 02:43:16,941
the community.

4844
02:43:16,941 --> 02:43:19,341
And responding However, the

4845
02:43:19,993 --> 02:43:22,393
council decides to respond.

4846
02:43:24,198 --> 02:43:27,652
In my view will require a new

4847
02:43:27,652 --> 02:43:28,850
or heightened collaboration and

4848
02:43:28,850 --> 02:43:30,485
partnership with the community

4849
02:43:31,139 --> 02:43:31,689
in the budget process.

4850
02:43:31,689 --> 02:43:34,890
That's because however they're

4851
02:43:34,959 --> 02:43:37,950
responded to and maybe no

4852
02:43:37,950 --> 02:43:37,546
action as one spot will only

4853
02:43:37,546 --> 02:43:39,946
support one response will

4854
02:43:40,899 --> 02:43:41,433
nevertheless have a significant

4855
02:43:41,433 --> 02:43:43,833
impact on the community.

4856
02:43:45,420 --> 02:43:45,853
Currently the community can

4857
02:43:45,853 --> 02:43:48,253
participate in the budget

4858
02:43:49,625 --> 02:43:50,359
process by speaking for 1 to 3

4859
02:43:50,359 --> 02:43:53,359
minutes at council meetings and

4860
02:43:53,545 --> 02:43:53,712
planned is a budget priority

4861
02:43:53,712 --> 02:43:55,712
survey.

4862
02:43:57,332 --> 02:43:57,765
And for the community as your

4863
02:43:57,765 --> 02:43:59,765
chief financial Officer

4864
02:44:01,319 --> 02:44:02,187
diligently delineated for the

4865
02:44:02,187 --> 02:44:04,941
community to go to to question

4866
02:44:04,941 --> 02:44:07,341
and answer budget information

4867
02:44:08,895 --> 02:44:09,828
sessions Now these are our top

4868
02:44:09,828 --> 02:44:12,228
down opportunities created for

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02:44:13,598 --> 02:44:16,768
the community by the staff and

4870
02:44:16,768 --> 02:44:17,519
the council.

4871
02:44:17,519 --> 02:44:21,119
A civic assembly provides a way

4872
02:44:21,390 --> 02:44:22,157
for the community to say how

4873
02:44:22,157 --> 02:44:24,793
they want to participate in the

4874
02:44:24,793 --> 02:44:25,644
budget process.

4875
02:44:25,644 --> 02:44:28,397
And these can be bottom up

4876
02:44:28,397 --> 02:44:28,581
opportunities created by the

4877
02:44:28,581 --> 02:44:30,581
community.

4878
02:44:32,185 --> 02:44:34,185
Next slide please.

4879
02:44:36,689 --> 02:44:37,523
So what is a civic assembly?

4880
02:44:37,523 --> 02:44:40,523
A civic assembly is a

4881
02:44:40,777 --> 02:44:41,394
demographic Lee Representative

4882
02:44:41,394 --> 02:44:43,794
group of community members

4883
02:44:44,880 --> 02:44:48,434
selected by lot to learn about

4884
02:44:48,434 --> 02:44:48,951
deliberate upon and make

4885
02:44:48,951 --> 02:44:51,351
recommendations to City Council

4886
02:44:51,821 --> 02:44:54,221
about a public matter.

4887
02:44:55,708 --> 02:44:56,360
It is up to the city Council

4888
02:44:56,360 --> 02:44:59,529
whether or not to follow the

4889
02:44:59,529 --> 02:44:59,729
recommendations of the civic

4890
02:44:59,729 --> 02:45:01,729
Assembly.

4891
02:45:03,283 --> 02:45:04,340
Next slide please.

4892
02:45:04,340 --> 02:45:06,686
The Civic Assembly are also

4893
02:45:06,686 --> 02:45:07,421
known as citizens.

4894
02:45:07,421 --> 02:45:07,654
Assemblies have been around for

4895
02:45:07,654 --> 02:45:09,654
a while.

4896
02:45:11,250 --> 02:45:13,977
This graph compiled from data

4897
02:45:13,977 --> 02:45:14,395
from the Organization for

4898
02:45:14,395 --> 02:45:14,595
Economic Cooperation and

4899
02:45:14,595 --> 02:45:16,595
Development.

4900
02:45:18,266 --> 02:45:20,666
This is a international

4901
02:45:20,818 --> 02:45:21,352
organization of 38 countries

4902
02:45:21,352 --> 02:45:23,752
Western and Eastern Europe,

4903
02:45:24,205 --> 02:45:24,422
Asia.

4904
02:45:24,422 --> 02:45:24,739
Australia.

4905
02:45:24,739 --> 02:45:25,720
South America.

4906
02:45:25,720 --> 02:45:27,720
Central America.

4907
02:45:33,147 --> 02:45:36,147
Oh thank you so much

4908
02:45:37,785 --> 02:45:39,785
and more.

4909
02:45:41,740 --> 02:45:41,906
Most recently North America and

4910
02:45:41,906 --> 02:45:43,906
Canada.

4911
02:45:45,927 --> 02:45:46,795
This graph shows that you can

4912
02:45:46,795 --> 02:45:49,347
see in the last 20 years civic

4913
02:45:49,347 --> 02:45:49,509
assemblies have grown a great

4914
02:45:49,509 --> 02:45:51,509
deal.

4915
02:45:53,335 --> 02:45:55,387
A number of them.

4916
02:45:55,387 --> 02:45:57,787
And it presents 750 civic

4917
02:45:59,358 --> 02:45:59,908
assemblies in the last or

4918
02:45:59,908 --> 02:46:02,308
primary the last 20 years.

4919
02:46:02,778 --> 02:46:03,528
And if you include the last two

4920
02:46:03,528 --> 02:46:05,881
years of data data, we're close

4921
02:46:05,881 --> 02:46:08,281
to a 1000 civic assemblies.

4922
02:46:09,367 --> 02:46:09,917
So the world has a quite a bit

4923
02:46:09,917 --> 02:46:12,917
of experience with this method.

4924
02:46:13,188 --> 02:46:15,188
Next slide please.

4925
02:46:16,758 --> 02:46:17,760
So a civic assembly consists of

4926
02:46:17,760 --> 02:46:19,760
four parts.

4927
02:46:20,328 --> 02:46:23,182
The first part is council

4928
02:46:23,182 --> 02:46:24,490
planning.

4929
02:46:24,490 --> 02:46:26,601
The job of the council planning

4930
02:46:26,601 --> 02:46:27,118
is for the city council to

4931
02:46:27,118 --> 02:46:29,118
select Civic Assembly

4932
02:46:31,173 --> 02:46:31,908
facilitating organized action

4933
02:46:31,908 --> 02:46:34,908
The facilitation of a civic

4934
02:46:35,277 --> 02:46:35,712
assembly requires specific

4935
02:46:35,712 --> 02:46:38,112
expertise which has been

4936
02:46:39,182 --> 02:46:39,915
developed over the years and

4937
02:46:39,915 --> 02:46:42,915
secondly used to determine the

4938
02:46:43,603 --> 02:46:43,919
topic to be addressed by the

4939
02:46:43,919 --> 02:46:45,919
Civic Assembly.

4940
02:46:46,889 --> 02:46:48,889
Third determined city

4941
02:46:50,642 --> 02:46:53,642
demographics to be matched by

4942
02:46:54,513 --> 02:46:55,310
Civic Assembly participants and

4943
02:46:55,310 --> 02:46:55,665
lastly fourthly to choose

4944
02:46:55,665 --> 02:46:58,650
experts to provide learning

4945
02:46:59,350 --> 02:46:59,251
input to civic assembly

4946
02:46:59,251 --> 02:47:01,251
participants.

4947
02:47:02,622 --> 02:47:05,622
This learning input is distinct

4948
02:47:06,275 --> 02:47:06,927
for civic assemblies.

4949
02:47:06,927 --> 02:47:07,661
It's its opportunity to have

4950
02:47:07,661 --> 02:47:10,613
the participants that have been

4951
02:47:10,613 --> 02:47:13,613
selected by lot to hear

4952
02:47:14,283 --> 02:47:14,917
information from experts who

4953
02:47:14,917 --> 02:47:17,317
are from all different

4954
02:47:18,271 --> 02:47:18,721
perspectives provide

4955
02:47:18,721 --> 02:47:19,340
information to the assembly

4956
02:47:19,340 --> 02:47:21,740
participants about the topic

4957
02:47:25,229 --> 02:47:25,995
and next slide please.

4958
02:47:25,995 --> 02:47:28,965
The second part of a civic

4959
02:47:28,965 --> 02:47:29,182
assembly is to selection of the

4960
02:47:29,182 --> 02:47:31,182
participants.

4961
02:47:33,170 --> 02:47:36,756
So invitations would go to the

4962
02:47:36,756 --> 02:47:37,173
households in the city and from

4963
02:47:37,173 --> 02:47:37,908
those inviting them to

4964
02:47:37,908 --> 02:47:40,762
participate the members of the

4965
02:47:40,762 --> 02:47:41,611
households.

4966
02:47:41,611 --> 02:47:44,611
For those people who respond

4967
02:47:44,782 --> 02:47:48,382
yes they would be interested a

4968
02:47:49,700 --> 02:47:52,670
that pool is there's a random

4969
02:47:52,840 --> 02:47:53,708
selection of people from that

4970
02:47:53,708 --> 02:47:56,126
pool so that and we know the

4971
02:47:56,126 --> 02:47:56,960
demographic information from

4972
02:47:56,960 --> 02:47:59,960
the respondents to create a

4973
02:48:00,432 --> 02:48:00,764
pool that represents the

4974
02:48:00,764 --> 02:48:02,764
demographic characteristics

4975
02:48:06,654 --> 02:48:09,654
selected by the city council.

4976
02:48:10,324 --> 02:48:13,924
Then from that pool a computer

4977
02:48:13,979 --> 02:48:14,513
process creates multiple

4978
02:48:14,513 --> 02:48:14,830
combinations of the Civic

4979
02:48:14,830 --> 02:48:16,830
Assembly participants.

4980
02:48:18,700 --> 02:48:21,100
So that each combination

4981
02:48:22,253 --> 02:48:22,804
reflects the demographic

4982
02:48:22,804 --> 02:48:25,804
character mix of the city.

4983
02:48:26,592 --> 02:48:28,544
So later on what's being

4984
02:48:28,544 --> 02:48:28,776
proposed is a civic assembly of

4985
02:48:28,776 --> 02:48:30,776
20 participants.

4986
02:48:33,365 --> 02:48:33,899
So there will be multiple or

4987
02:48:33,899 --> 02:48:36,299
maybe 100 or more possible

4988
02:48:37,510 --> 02:48:37,252
combinations from that prior

4989
02:48:37,252 --> 02:48:39,252
pool.

4990
02:48:39,921 --> 02:48:40,655
And there's a selection of one

4991
02:48:40,655 --> 02:48:43,655
of those combination a random

4992
02:48:44,143 --> 02:48:44,994
selection I understand in one

4993
02:48:44,994 --> 02:48:47,646
city recently what they did is

4994
02:48:47,646 --> 02:48:51,216
they they numbered each of the

4995
02:48:51,216 --> 02:48:51,984
possible combinations and put

4996
02:48:51,984 --> 02:48:54,837
that number on ping pong, put

4997
02:48:54,837 --> 02:48:57,707
it into revolving drum and had

4998
02:48:57,707 --> 02:48:58,457
the mayor at random pick one

4999
02:48:58,457 --> 02:49:01,194
ping pong ball that became the

5000
02:49:01,194 --> 02:49:01,960
Civic Assembly.

5001
02:49:01,960 --> 02:49:04,714
It's important to point out

5002
02:49:04,714 --> 02:49:06,714
that there's comprehensive

5003
02:49:08,284 --> 02:49:08,718
support is provided to the one

5004
02:49:08,718 --> 02:49:08,934
combination of Civic Assembly

5005
02:49:08,934 --> 02:49:10,934
participants.

5006
02:49:12,400 --> 02:49:12,655
So there MAY be need for child

5007
02:49:12,655 --> 02:49:15,608
care, elder care and other

5008
02:49:15,608 --> 02:49:17,608
special needs.

5009
02:49:18,895 --> 02:49:19,695
And that's all included in the

5010
02:49:19,695 --> 02:49:22,950
budget for the facilitating

5011
02:49:22,749 --> 02:49:24,749
organization nexus.

5012
02:49:26,820 --> 02:49:28,820
Next slide please.

5013
02:49:29,590 --> 02:49:29,906
So the third part is learning

5014
02:49:29,906 --> 02:49:31,906
and deliberation.

5015
02:49:32,575 --> 02:49:33,920
These are the two critical

5016
02:49:33,920 --> 02:49:35,920
distinctions about civic

5017
02:49:35,846 --> 02:49:37,846
assemblies Expert provide

5018
02:49:39,316 --> 02:49:39,950
initial learning input from all

5019
02:49:39,950 --> 02:49:42,350
different perspectives on that

5020
02:49:43,187 --> 02:49:44,210
issue.

5021
02:49:44,210 --> 02:49:47,210
And the Civic Assembly invites

5022
02:49:47,608 --> 02:49:48,441
members of the community to

5023
02:49:48,441 --> 02:49:50,794
meet with them to present their

5024
02:49:50,794 --> 02:49:51,678
ideas.

5025
02:49:51,678 --> 02:49:55,131
And the way this is done is

5026
02:49:55,131 --> 02:49:55,682
that persons come in to where

5027
02:49:55,682 --> 02:49:58,636
the Civic Assembly members are

5028
02:49:58,636 --> 02:49:59,370
and the Civic Assembly members

5029
02:49:59,370 --> 02:50:01,938
are gathered into groups of

5030
02:50:01,938 --> 02:50:02,356
three, possibly four at

5031
02:50:02,356 --> 02:50:03,107
different tables.

5032
02:50:03,107 --> 02:50:06,760
And then members of the

5033
02:50:06,760 --> 02:50:06,711
community come in and spend a

5034
02:50:06,711 --> 02:50:09,264
given amount of time presenting

5035
02:50:09,264 --> 02:50:10,310
their ideas.

5036
02:50:10,310 --> 02:50:10,881
And then the members of the

5037
02:50:10,881 --> 02:50:13,318
community get up and move to

5038
02:50:13,318 --> 02:50:14,840
the next table.

5039
02:50:14,840 --> 02:50:16,937
So there's a process to make

5040
02:50:16,937 --> 02:50:17,572
sure that everyone's

5041
02:50:17,572 --> 02:50:20,572
perspective and view is heard.

5042
02:50:20,742 --> 02:50:21,559
And every civic assembly member

5043
02:50:21,559 --> 02:50:22,394
can talk to every single member

5044
02:50:22,394 --> 02:50:25,994
of the community who has come

5045
02:50:28,399 --> 02:50:29,567
in and during this process.

5046
02:50:29,567 --> 02:50:32,104
And this is then followed by

5047
02:50:32,104 --> 02:50:34,104
deliberation during the

5048
02:50:35,557 --> 02:50:36,207
deliberation process experts

5049
02:50:36,207 --> 02:50:36,457
continue to be available to

5050
02:50:36,457 --> 02:50:38,457
answer questions.

5051
02:50:40,110 --> 02:50:40,345
That's what I mean by being on

5052
02:50:40,345 --> 02:50:42,345
tap on top.

5053
02:50:43,398 --> 02:50:43,932
And there's a structured

5054
02:50:43,932 --> 02:50:45,932
deliberation process is

5055
02:50:47,386 --> 02:50:47,836
followed much like the

5056
02:50:47,836 --> 02:50:48,370
conversation with the community

5057
02:50:48,370 --> 02:50:50,370
members.

5058
02:50:51,707 --> 02:50:51,862
So that everyone's voice is

5059
02:50:51,862 --> 02:50:53,862
heard.

5060
02:50:54,677 --> 02:50:55,227
Every perspective is considered

5061
02:50:55,227 --> 02:50:58,227
and the objective in the

5062
02:50:58,380 --> 02:51:00,780
deliberation is to reach

5063
02:51:02,767 --> 02:51:03,418
consensus on recommendations.

5064
02:51:03,418 --> 02:51:06,418
And that's not an absolute

5065
02:51:07,190 --> 02:51:07,639
consensus but either majority

5066
02:51:07,639 --> 02:51:10,390
or perhaps a supermajority.

5067
02:51:10,677 --> 02:51:11,126
And that the deliberation is

5068
02:51:11,126 --> 02:51:13,526
facilitated by the facilitation

5069
02:51:14,397 --> 02:51:14,696
organization so that all voices

5070
02:51:14,696 --> 02:51:16,696
are heard.

5071
02:51:18,767 --> 02:51:20,767
Next slide please.

5072
02:51:22,538 --> 02:51:22,971
And the fourth part concerns

5073
02:51:22,971 --> 02:51:23,288
the preparation of

5074
02:51:23,288 --> 02:51:24,230
recommendations and then

5075
02:51:24,230 --> 02:51:27,230
submitting them to the city

5076
02:51:27,176 --> 02:51:27,844
council.

5077
02:51:27,844 --> 02:51:30,844
So again, a rough consensus

5078
02:51:31,198 --> 02:51:31,681
perhaps a supermajority is

5079
02:51:31,681 --> 02:51:34,810
sought to form recommendations.

5080
02:51:35,819 --> 02:51:36,436
The recommendations are written

5081
02:51:36,436 --> 02:51:38,836
by the Civic Assembly

5082
02:51:39,272 --> 02:51:39,922
participants.

5083
02:51:39,922 --> 02:51:41,922
The recommendations are

5084
02:51:42,576 --> 02:51:43,310
presented by the Civic Assembly

5085
02:51:43,310 --> 02:51:43,477
participants to the City

5086
02:51:43,477 --> 02:51:45,477
Council.

5087
02:51:46,797 --> 02:51:47,231
And as expected the City

5088
02:51:47,231 --> 02:51:47,747
Council would provide written

5089
02:51:47,747 --> 02:51:49,747
responses to the

5090
02:51:50,184 --> 02:51:52,184
recommendations.

5091
02:51:54,154 --> 02:51:56,154
Next slide please.

5092
02:51:57,625 --> 02:51:58,341
Now throughout this process

5093
02:51:58,341 --> 02:52:00,741
this question eventually comes

5094
02:52:01,694 --> 02:52:04,694
up Can you trust randomly

5095
02:52:04,749 --> 02:52:06,749
selected people?

5096
02:52:08,852 --> 02:52:12,220
And I want to assure you that

5097
02:52:12,220 --> 02:52:12,873
in the area of civic assemblies

5098
02:52:12,873 --> 02:52:15,526
over the last 20 years there's

5099
02:52:15,526 --> 02:52:17,926
been extensive experience about

5100
02:52:19,163 --> 02:52:21,163
this question.

5101
02:52:23,450 --> 02:52:24,201
And the conclusion is that when

5102
02:52:24,201 --> 02:52:27,801
trust is rent is given to

5103
02:52:29,690 --> 02:52:30,441
randomly selected individuals,

5104
02:52:30,441 --> 02:52:33,780
they strive to be worthy of

5105
02:52:33,780 --> 02:52:35,780
their trust.

5106
02:52:36,460 --> 02:52:36,681
As I said worldwide there have

5107
02:52:36,681 --> 02:52:39,551
been nearly a thousand civic

5108
02:52:39,551 --> 02:52:40,284
assemblies selected by lot over

5109
02:52:40,284 --> 02:52:43,284
the past two decades deciding

5110
02:52:44,356 --> 02:52:44,990
complex issues in some

5111
02:52:44,990 --> 02:52:47,390
processes that have stymied

5112
02:52:50,162 --> 02:52:50,928
elected bodies.

5113
02:52:50,928 --> 02:52:54,400
One key example is in the

5114
02:52:54,400 --> 02:52:57,400
country of Ireland the question

5115
02:52:57,669 --> 02:52:58,203
of what to do with abortion in

5116
02:52:58,203 --> 02:53:00,603
a Catholic Protestant country

5117
02:53:01,356 --> 02:53:01,573
stymied the National Assembly

5118
02:53:01,573 --> 02:53:03,573
for decades.

5119
02:53:06,780 --> 02:53:06,261
They decided to create a civic

5120
02:53:06,261 --> 02:53:08,261
assembly.

5121
02:53:09,748 --> 02:53:10,282
The Civic Assembly met.

5122
02:53:10,282 --> 02:53:12,282
They prepared recommendations.

5123
02:53:13,535 --> 02:53:15,935
The National Assembly adopted

5124
02:53:17,306 --> 02:53:17,757
the recommendations and then

5125
02:53:17,757 --> 02:53:18,274
submitted them to the

5126
02:53:18,274 --> 02:53:20,674
population for a vote.

5127
02:53:21,878 --> 02:53:22,395
And over two thirds of the

5128
02:53:22,395 --> 02:53:24,395
population approved the

5129
02:53:24,630 --> 02:53:26,630
recommendations.

5130
02:53:29,100 --> 02:53:31,401
And there's also abundant

5131
02:53:32,540 --> 02:53:32,772
academic evidence that

5132
02:53:32,772 --> 02:53:35,172
diversity trumps expertise when

5133
02:53:36,225 --> 02:53:38,225
making decisions.

5134
02:53:39,596 --> 02:53:40,413
Panels of experts are prone to

5135
02:53:40,413 --> 02:53:42,813
groupthink diverse panels or

5136
02:53:47,320 --> 02:53:47,871
not diverse panels harness the

5137
02:53:47,871 --> 02:53:50,871
wisdom of crowds in forming

5138
02:53:51,230 --> 02:53:51,458
recommendations with a wealth

5139
02:53:51,458 --> 02:53:53,458
of lived experience.

5140
02:53:55,228 --> 02:53:55,662
The convening government bodies

5141
02:53:55,662 --> 02:53:55,895
generally adopt Civic Assembly

5142
02:53:55,895 --> 02:53:57,895
recommendations.

5143
02:53:59,766 --> 02:54:02,519
And the public also trust those

5144
02:54:02,519 --> 02:54:03,153
recommendations as well because

5145
02:54:03,153 --> 02:54:03,804
they know they've been prepared

5146
02:54:03,804 --> 02:54:06,390
to be developed and submitted

5147
02:54:06,390 --> 02:54:09,390
by people just like themselves.

5148
02:54:13,646 --> 02:54:14,163
Next slide please Let me set

5149
02:54:14,163 --> 02:54:16,163
the scene here.

5150
02:54:16,834 --> 02:54:19,834
In 2022 there was a civic

5151
02:54:19,903 --> 02:54:20,103
assembly done in Petaluma,

5152
02:54:20,103 --> 02:54:22,103
California.

5153
02:54:26,926 --> 02:54:27,149
The city had fairgrounds, 54

5154
02:54:27,149 --> 02:54:29,149
acres.

5155
02:54:30,814 --> 02:54:31,582
And then the fair state Fair

5156
02:54:31,582 --> 02:54:32,116
decided not to be one of the

5157
02:54:32,116 --> 02:54:34,151
state Fair's decided not to

5158
02:54:34,151 --> 02:54:35,119
meet there anymore.

5159
02:54:35,119 --> 02:54:38,705
And for years the council was

5160
02:54:38,705 --> 02:54:38,863
deadlocked on how to use that

5161
02:54:38,863 --> 02:54:40,863
land.

5162
02:54:42,594 --> 02:54:43,211
A civic assembly was formed of

5163
02:54:43,211 --> 02:54:45,211
36 individuals from the

5164
02:54:46,180 --> 02:54:48,180
community.

5165
02:54:48,950 --> 02:54:49,566
And they came up with

5166
02:54:49,566 --> 02:54:51,966
recommendations that 80% of the

5167
02:54:53,137 --> 02:54:53,295
Civic Assembly members agreed

5168
02:54:53,295 --> 02:54:54,189
upon.

5169
02:54:54,189 --> 02:54:57,570
And talking with the city

5170
02:54:57,570 --> 02:55:00,570
manager Peggy Flynn, she said

5171
02:55:00,729 --> 02:55:01,620
my goodness, when you have

5172
02:55:01,620 --> 02:55:03,620
recommendations from the

5173
02:55:03,697 --> 02:55:04,349
community members that 80%

5174
02:55:04,349 --> 02:55:06,749
agree on, that's gold.

5175
02:55:07,803 --> 02:55:08,353
And there they've gone through

5176
02:55:08,353 --> 02:55:11,353
state and county processes and

5177
02:55:11,622 --> 02:55:11,957
they're just about ready to

5178
02:55:11,957 --> 02:55:12,157
conclude adopting these

5179
02:55:12,157 --> 02:55:14,157
measures.

5180
02:55:16,344 --> 02:55:19,944
For the 92nd video you're about

5181
02:55:23,251 --> 02:55:26,205
to see shows you people who

5182
02:55:26,205 --> 02:55:26,839
participated in that 3636

5183
02:55:26,839 --> 02:55:29,839
member Civic Assembly in their

5184
02:55:30,308 --> 02:55:31,160
own words.

5185
02:55:31,160 --> 02:55:33,913
So would you please play the

5186
02:55:33,913 --> 02:55:36,313
video as transgender please?

5187
02:55:37,349 --> 02:55:40,349
There's many more things I

5188
02:55:41,736 --> 02:55:42,472
resolved or decided through

5189
02:55:42,472 --> 02:55:45,472
this process and ultimately I

5190
02:55:45,657 --> 02:55:48,811
think no matter what happens I

5191
02:55:48,811 --> 02:55:49,362
feel like the public the

5192
02:55:49,362 --> 02:55:52,140
community will feel that they

5193
02:55:52,140 --> 02:55:52,664
had an avenue for their

5194
02:55:52,664 --> 02:55:52,966
feelings and thoughts no matter

5195
02:55:52,966 --> 02:55:54,966
how minor.

5196
02:55:57,469 --> 02:55:59,923
For a ginormous expo hall to a

5197
02:55:59,923 --> 02:56:00,473
butterfly garden were

5198
02:56:00,473 --> 02:56:00,690
represented and heard in this

5199
02:56:00,690 --> 02:56:02,690
process.

5200
02:56:04,360 --> 02:56:06,913
The block is not necessarily

5201
02:56:06,913 --> 02:56:09,913
the same people that city

5202
02:56:10,783 --> 02:56:10,983
government took to be anything

5203
02:56:10,983 --> 02:56:12,983
.

5204
02:56:14,571 --> 02:56:15,137
And so I and I like that

5205
02:56:15,137 --> 02:56:17,891
because I don't think anybody

5206
02:56:17,891 --> 02:56:18,224
on this panel will will not

5207
02:56:18,224 --> 02:56:20,224
participate in another

5208
02:56:21,978 --> 02:56:22,646
community thing ever.

5209
02:56:22,646 --> 02:56:23,380
You know, like everybody is

5210
02:56:23,380 --> 02:56:26,166
more likely to participate in

5211
02:56:26,166 --> 02:56:28,602
best in more invested Yeah in

5212
02:56:28,602 --> 02:56:29,252
that community and if that

5213
02:56:29,252 --> 02:56:29,770
continues to happen like how

5214
02:56:29,770 --> 02:56:31,770
what community improvements

5215
02:56:33,357 --> 02:56:36,527
will you see You know like if

5216
02:56:36,527 --> 02:56:38,927
citizens actually are engaged.

5217
02:56:42,316 --> 02:56:42,916
First thing is you have 56

5218
02:56:42,916 --> 02:56:44,916
people with different

5219
02:56:46,487 --> 02:56:47,555
backgrounds.

5220
02:56:47,555 --> 02:56:50,700
And most of them do know each

5221
02:56:50,700 --> 02:56:53,607
other and were able to work

5222
02:56:53,694 --> 02:56:56,694
together just the politics the

5223
02:56:57,281 --> 02:56:57,831
way it is or they don't seem to

5224
02:56:57,831 --> 02:57:00,602
want to communicate at all.

5225
02:57:00,602 --> 02:57:01,468
And I think this is a perfect

5226
02:57:01,468 --> 02:57:05,680
way to get politics not so

5227
02:57:07,508 --> 02:57:07,743
political

5228
02:57:07,743 --> 02:57:08,760
.

5229
02:57:08,760 --> 02:57:10,760
All right.

5230
02:57:11,846 --> 02:57:13,846
Next slide please.

5231
02:57:15,616 --> 02:57:18,616
Back back in JUNE Public

5232
02:57:18,787 --> 02:57:19,220
democracy, Los Angeles in

5233
02:57:19,220 --> 02:57:21,620
conjunction in conjunction with

5234
02:57:22,690 --> 02:57:23,424
Braver Angels, the organization

5235
02:57:23,424 --> 02:57:26,424
hosted a model civic assembly

5236
02:57:27,111 --> 02:57:27,295
at the city's Veterans Affairs

5237
02:57:27,295 --> 02:57:29,295
facility.

5238
02:57:30,999 --> 02:57:34,853
It was a three hour model civic

5239
02:57:34,853 --> 02:57:35,838
assembly normal.

5240
02:57:35,838 --> 02:57:36,880
These civic assemblies last for

5241
02:57:36,880 --> 02:57:38,880
several weekends.

5242
02:57:38,706 --> 02:57:41,106
The protest was involved.

5243
02:57:42,795 --> 02:57:43,329
So this model Civic Assembly

5244
02:57:43,329 --> 02:57:45,729
gave about 30 participants some

5245
02:57:46,699 --> 02:57:50,860
from the city, some from braver

5246
02:57:50,860 --> 02:57:50,286
angels Outside the city a taste

5247
02:57:50,286 --> 02:57:51,353
.

5248
02:57:51,353 --> 02:57:54,206
It's kind of like getting a

5249
02:57:54,206 --> 02:57:54,423
whiff of fresh baked chocolate

5250
02:57:54,423 --> 02:57:56,423
chip cookies.

5251
02:57:58,310 --> 02:58:01,597
You don't get the bite into

5252
02:58:01,597 --> 02:58:01,797
them but you get the aroma here

5253
02:58:01,797 --> 02:58:02,347
.

5254
02:58:02,347 --> 02:58:02,531
Afterwards we got some

5255
02:58:02,531 --> 02:58:04,531
feedback.

5256
02:58:05,417 --> 02:58:08,417
And here are two quotes.

5257
02:58:08,721 --> 02:58:09,138
I was surprised at just how

5258
02:58:09,138 --> 02:58:09,304
nuanced our discussions could

5259
02:58:09,304 --> 02:58:11,304
get.

5260
02:58:13,458 --> 02:58:16,950
And I was so floored by how it

5261
02:58:16,950 --> 02:58:18,950
encourages collaboration and

5262
02:58:18,748 --> 02:58:21,148
deep respect between people.

5263
02:58:22,901 --> 02:58:23,852
Next slide please.

5264
02:58:23,852 --> 02:58:27,452
A side benefit from hosting or

5265
02:58:27,457 --> 02:58:28,900
having a civic assembly is that

5266
02:58:28,900 --> 02:58:30,744
makes it provides benefits to

5267
02:58:30,744 --> 02:58:31,578
the city.

5268
02:58:31,578 --> 02:58:34,578
It provides members of the

5269
02:58:38,685 --> 02:58:38,919
community an opportunity to

5270
02:58:38,919 --> 02:58:39,452
create informed.

5271
02:58:39,452 --> 02:58:41,852
That's the learning process.

5272
02:58:42,840 --> 02:58:44,840
And deliberated recommendations

5273
02:58:46,760 --> 02:58:46,293
on complex issues and processes

5274
02:58:46,293 --> 02:58:47,211
.

5275
02:58:47,211 --> 02:58:49,611
It builds civic communication

5276
02:58:50,931 --> 02:58:54,401
skills to be able to sit at a

5277
02:58:54,401 --> 02:58:57,401
table and hear different views

5278
02:58:57,571 --> 02:58:58,322
and then get ask questions with

5279
02:58:58,322 --> 02:59:00,722
the objective of understanding.

5280
02:59:01,575 --> 02:59:04,845
And then to deliberate so that

5281
02:59:04,845 --> 02:59:05,279
your objective is to reach as

5282
02:59:05,279 --> 02:59:07,679
much consensus as possible.

5283
02:59:08,766 --> 02:59:11,766
That's a tremendous benefit for

5284
02:59:12,202 --> 02:59:12,853
the community.

5285
02:59:12,853 --> 02:59:14,853
It enables inclusivity.

5286
02:59:16,324 --> 02:59:19,993
Let me say that at a recent

5287
02:59:19,993 --> 02:59:22,993
Civic Assembly in Fort Collins,

5288
02:59:23,965 --> 02:59:26,317
Colorado, I'm told that they

5289
02:59:26,317 --> 02:59:27,184
also as 100,000 population city

5290
02:59:27,184 --> 02:59:29,804
they had a 20 member civic

5291
02:59:29,804 --> 02:59:30,872
assembly that deliberated over

5292
02:59:30,872 --> 02:59:33,908
two weekends And of the persons

5293
02:59:33,908 --> 02:59:35,908
that deliberated.

5294
02:59:37,195 --> 02:59:37,358
One was recognized by city

5295
02:59:37,358 --> 02:59:37,628
staff.

5296
02:59:37,628 --> 02:59:38,462
Oh yes.

5297
02:59:38,462 --> 02:59:40,314
That's a person who always

5298
02:59:40,314 --> 02:59:41,149
shows up.

5299
02:59:41,149 --> 02:59:43,549
19 other people had never

5300
02:59:45,219 --> 02:59:45,386
participated in city affairs

5301
02:59:45,386 --> 02:59:47,386
before.

5302
02:59:48,490 --> 02:59:49,324
And they were transformed.

5303
02:59:49,324 --> 02:59:52,324
And it also empowers the

5304
02:59:52,377 --> 02:59:54,377
community.

5305
02:59:56,231 --> 02:59:58,231
Next slide.

5306
03:00:00,335 --> 03:00:00,498
So I have a proposal before

5307
03:00:00,498 --> 03:00:02,498
you.

5308
03:00:03,705 --> 03:00:04,240
The proposal as follows To

5309
03:00:04,240 --> 03:00:06,640
approve a civic assembly.

5310
03:00:08,127 --> 03:00:08,677
To find out how the community

5311
03:00:08,677 --> 03:00:11,677
wants to participate in the

5312
03:00:11,731 --> 03:00:13,731
budget making process.

5313
03:00:15,484 --> 03:00:15,817
Retain healthy democracy for a

5314
03:00:15,817 --> 03:00:17,817
maximum of $250,000.

5315
03:00:19,489 --> 03:00:21,889
To facilitate the following

5316
03:00:23,359 --> 03:00:23,793
primary Civic Assembly tasks.

5317
03:00:23,793 --> 03:00:24,930
And various other

5318
03:00:24,930 --> 03:00:26,930
administrative matters.

5319
03:00:27,312 --> 03:00:28,470
Let me just say a chance The

5320
03:00:28,470 --> 03:00:31,000
staff report was also a draft

5321
03:00:31,000 --> 03:00:33,400
budget from healthy democracy.

5322
03:00:34,571 --> 03:00:35,538
And the intention is that

5323
03:00:35,538 --> 03:00:36,156
should the city decide to move

5324
03:00:36,156 --> 03:00:38,556
ahead and retain healthy

5325
03:00:39,420 --> 03:00:39,541
democracy, that budget would be

5326
03:00:39,541 --> 03:00:41,541
finalized In conversations

5327
03:00:42,628 --> 03:00:43,620
between the city manager and

5328
03:00:43,620 --> 03:00:45,462
chief financial officer on

5329
03:00:45,815 --> 03:00:48,215
behalf of the city.

5330
03:00:50,837 --> 03:00:52,889
So the first task is to select

5331
03:00:52,889 --> 03:00:55,889
a random panel of 20 community

5332
03:00:59,950 --> 03:00:59,530
members and a few backup people

5333
03:00:59,530 --> 03:01:01,530
by FEBRUARY 2026.

5334
03:01:03,783 --> 03:01:04,518
Prepare the selected community

5335
03:01:04,518 --> 03:01:07,518
members to participate at each

5336
03:01:08,504 --> 03:01:10,904
public opportunity in the

5337
03:01:11,675 --> 03:01:11,859
upcoming budget making process

5338
03:01:11,859 --> 03:01:12,825
.

5339
03:01:12,825 --> 03:01:15,225
That's the process for 2627

5340
03:01:18,816 --> 03:01:19,666
which is almost upon us.

5341
03:01:19,666 --> 03:01:21,602
And then activate a civic

5342
03:01:21,602 --> 03:01:24,200
assembly with the 20 community

5343
03:01:24,354 --> 03:01:27,354
member panel in JULY of 2026

5344
03:01:28,559 --> 03:01:28,992
then assist the Civic Assembly

5345
03:01:28,992 --> 03:01:31,392
community members to prepare

5346
03:01:32,447 --> 03:01:34,847
and submit recommendation to

5347
03:01:34,982 --> 03:01:35,136
the City Council in AUGUST

5348
03:01:35,136 --> 03:01:35,733
2026.

5349
03:01:35,733 --> 03:01:38,133
Presumably the Council will

5350
03:01:39,300 --> 03:01:39,177
have an opportunity to review

5351
03:01:39,177 --> 03:01:41,177
those.

5352
03:01:42,807 --> 03:01:45,243
And if they choose to begin to

5353
03:01:45,243 --> 03:01:47,643
incorporate them into the 2728

5354
03:01:49,196 --> 03:01:49,648
city budget process all

5355
03:01:49,648 --> 03:01:50,381
community members who are

5356
03:01:50,381 --> 03:01:53,381
selected are paid for their

5357
03:01:53,852 --> 03:01:56,252
participation and the amount

5358
03:01:56,904 --> 03:01:57,756
that they will be paid would be

5359
03:01:57,756 --> 03:02:00,191
subject to approval by the City

5360
03:02:00,191 --> 03:02:00,726
council.

5361
03:02:00,726 --> 03:02:02,726
Next slide please.

5362
03:02:08,150 --> 03:02:08,699
Contracting a sole source only

5363
03:02:08,699 --> 03:02:11,699
to organizations in the United

5364
03:02:12,154 --> 03:02:12,688
States have facilitated a civic

5365
03:02:12,688 --> 03:02:15,880
assembly for local government

5366
03:02:16,570 --> 03:02:16,257
healthy democracy and unified

5367
03:02:16,257 --> 03:02:17,326
America.

5368
03:02:17,326 --> 03:02:20,578
As I said, the use of this

5369
03:02:20,578 --> 03:02:21,346
Democrat innovation is just

5370
03:02:21,346 --> 03:02:23,882
beginning to be used in the

5371
03:02:23,882 --> 03:02:24,499
United States.

5372
03:02:24,499 --> 03:02:26,499
Healthy democracy has

5373
03:02:27,552 --> 03:02:29,552
facilitated six civic

5374
03:02:32,424 --> 03:02:34,824
assemblies over the period 2019

5375
03:02:34,994 --> 03:02:35,528
to 2025 and Unify America has

5376
03:02:35,528 --> 03:02:37,528
facilitated 1 in 2023.

5377
03:02:40,115 --> 03:02:40,867
So it is proposed that healthy

5378
03:02:40,867 --> 03:02:43,418
democracy be retained as a sole

5379
03:02:43,418 --> 03:02:44,360
source provider because healthy

5380
03:02:44,360 --> 03:02:46,436
democracy is the most

5381
03:02:47,390 --> 03:02:48,341
experienced and qualified.

5382
03:02:48,341 --> 03:02:51,794
There is a lack of multi

5383
03:02:51,794 --> 03:02:53,794
organized competition.

5384
03:02:56,382 --> 03:02:57,170
Sole source provide specialized

5385
03:02:57,170 --> 03:02:59,417
expertise quickly and sole

5386
03:03:00,690 --> 03:03:00,603
source avoids the high

5387
03:03:00,603 --> 03:03:03,300
administrative and time costs.

5388
03:03:04,390 --> 03:03:07,390
Associated with an rfp process

5389
03:03:07,778 --> 03:03:11,378
to be conducted by city staff.

5390
03:03:11,965 --> 03:03:14,965
So before we close this

5391
03:03:15,536 --> 03:03:16,270
presentation I'll be glad to

5392
03:03:16,270 --> 03:03:19,270
answer any questions you have

5393
03:03:19,656 --> 03:03:22,656
and the thought MAY have

5394
03:03:22,810 --> 03:03:26,410
occurred to you Why is this 83

5395
03:03:26,580 --> 03:03:29,580
year old person standing before

5396
03:03:29,633 --> 03:03:33,233
you at 20 minutes to ten making

5397
03:03:33,287 --> 03:03:34,540
this presentation?

5398
03:03:34,540 --> 03:03:34,704
Well, to be honest with you,

5399
03:03:34,704 --> 03:03:36,240
I've asked myself that question

5400
03:03:36,240 --> 03:03:39,240
many times over the last

5401
03:03:40,110 --> 03:03:43,110
several months and I kept

5402
03:03:43,179 --> 03:03:43,336
coming back to the same answer

5403
03:03:43,336 --> 03:03:44,147
.

5404
03:03:44,147 --> 03:03:45,883
First of all, I've lived in

5405
03:03:45,883 --> 03:03:47,883
city for 44 years.

5406
03:03:49,753 --> 03:03:50,304
I like my city.

5407
03:03:50,304 --> 03:03:52,704
I care for it.

5408
03:03:53,273 --> 03:03:56,273
And I firmly believe that

5409
03:03:56,627 --> 03:03:57,495
taking the recommended actions

5410
03:03:57,495 --> 03:04:01,282
is the right thing to do for

5411
03:04:01,282 --> 03:04:05,337
the city as it begins to engage

5412
03:04:05,337 --> 03:04:06,287
its budget challenges.

5413
03:04:06,287 --> 03:04:09,658
So thank you very much for

5414
03:04:09,658 --> 03:04:10,208
allowing me to make this

5415
03:04:10,208 --> 03:04:12,761
presentation and I'll be glad

5416
03:04:12,761 --> 03:04:12,978
to answer any questions.

5417
03:04:12,978 --> 03:04:13,295
Okay.

5418
03:04:13,295 --> 03:04:15,295
Thank you.

5419
03:04:19,550 --> 03:04:21,190
So

5420
03:04:21,190 --> 03:04:23,419
my how many commenters

5421
03:04:29,961 --> 03:04:30,179
around in 1315?

5422
03:04:30,179 --> 03:04:32,179
Yeah.

5423
03:04:33,666 --> 03:04:34,399
Let's go ahead and start with

5424
03:04:34,399 --> 03:04:37,350
the commenters and then we'll

5425
03:04:37,350 --> 03:04:39,435
just combine questions and

5426
03:04:40,890 --> 03:04:42,890
comments together.

5427
03:04:47,396 --> 03:04:48,346
92nd 90s was okay.

5428
03:04:48,346 --> 03:04:50,700
Our speakers are going to read

5429
03:04:50,700 --> 03:04:51,333
the first ten off Philip

5430
03:04:51,333 --> 03:04:53,733
Boulevard, Marci Bon Jamie

5431
03:04:54,387 --> 03:04:54,704
Wallis.

5432
03:04:54,704 --> 03:04:56,704
Stephen Jones.

5433
03:04:58,891 --> 03:04:59,558
MS. Sanders Janine was nasty

5434
03:04:59,558 --> 03:05:03,290
Who is seeded time by Jack

5435
03:05:03,290 --> 03:05:03,446
stealing Shane Hansen, Lisa

5436
03:05:03,446 --> 03:05:05,446
Lindgren, Christopher Michael

5437
03:05:06,900 --> 03:05:07,951
and Phoebe Garfinkel.

5438
03:05:07,951 --> 03:05:11,551
So our first speaker is Philip

5439
03:05:13,220 --> 03:05:15,422
Lowe from Clive Owen.

5440
03:05:17,426 --> 03:05:17,611
I'd like to you can on

5441
03:05:17,611 --> 03:05:17,762
yourself.

5442
03:05:17,762 --> 03:05:19,762
Yes.

5443
03:05:20,413 --> 03:05:20,629
Can you hear me?

5444
03:05:20,629 --> 03:05:20,846
Yes.

5445
03:05:20,846 --> 03:05:21,180
Okay.

5446
03:05:21,180 --> 03:05:21,597
All right.

5447
03:05:21,597 --> 03:05:23,597
Thank you.

5448
03:05:27,303 --> 03:05:28,700
I submitted an e comment after

5449
03:05:28,700 --> 03:05:31,858
asking for this time so I hope

5450
03:05:31,858 --> 03:05:32,609
that you will read it But I

5451
03:05:32,609 --> 03:05:33,126
would still like to make a

5452
03:05:33,126 --> 03:05:35,126
statement because something's

5453
03:05:35,679 --> 03:05:35,863
happened here too that's not

5454
03:05:35,863 --> 03:05:36,847
expecting.

5455
03:05:36,847 --> 03:05:39,382
I've attended all of the

5456
03:05:39,382 --> 03:05:40,170
governance committee meetings

5457
03:05:40,170 --> 03:05:43,170
where this topic was discussed

5458
03:05:43,870 --> 03:05:46,687
and I like to compliment Civic

5459
03:05:47,570 --> 03:05:47,691
Assembly on their presentation

5460
03:05:47,691 --> 03:05:47,841
and the subcommittee on its

5461
03:05:47,841 --> 03:05:49,841
work.

5462
03:05:51,277 --> 03:05:54,877
But I need to address the

5463
03:05:54,949 --> 03:05:57,349
noncompetitive nature of this

5464
03:05:58,100 --> 03:05:58,653
with two two points one In

5465
03:05:58,653 --> 03:06:01,506
response to Bob's question at

5466
03:06:01,506 --> 03:06:04,506
the meeting we learned that

5467
03:06:05,376 --> 03:06:05,926
Civic Assembly has all of their

5468
03:06:05,926 --> 03:06:08,326
experience with fun projects

5469
03:06:08,962 --> 03:06:11,362
like planning fairgrounds and

5470
03:06:12,517 --> 03:06:14,917
playgrounds and has zero

5471
03:06:16,187 --> 03:06:16,353
experience discussing financial

5472
03:06:16,353 --> 03:06:18,353
matters.

5473
03:06:19,974 --> 03:06:20,708
They do not have any experience

5474
03:06:20,708 --> 03:06:23,708
doing budget tradeoffs and the

5475
03:06:24,950 --> 03:06:24,946
discussions that need to be had

5476
03:06:24,946 --> 03:06:27,798
and the results that need to be

5477
03:06:27,798 --> 03:06:27,966
gotten from a budgeting

5478
03:06:27,966 --> 03:06:29,966
process.

5479
03:06:31,586 --> 03:06:35,457
The second point is in a city

5480
03:06:35,457 --> 03:06:35,890
of 28,500 registered voters, if

5481
03:06:35,890 --> 03:06:37,890
you choose 20 random

5482
03:06:39,360 --> 03:06:40,212
participants at a budget of

5483
03:06:40,212 --> 03:06:43,212
$250,000, are you as a council

5484
03:06:45,701 --> 03:06:46,518
prepared to defend paying

5485
03:06:46,518 --> 03:06:48,918
$12,500 per citizen to advise

5486
03:06:50,838 --> 03:06:51,560
you when the public will do it

5487
03:06:51,560 --> 03:06:53,560
for free?

5488
03:06:57,496 --> 03:06:57,962
Thank you

5489
03:06:57,962 --> 03:06:59,962
.

5490
03:07:01,633 --> 03:07:02,585
Our next speaker is Marcy Bond

5491
03:07:02,585 --> 03:07:05,470
but I am not seeing her online

5492
03:07:05,470 --> 03:07:09,700
so we'll skip to the next

5493
03:07:12,177 --> 03:07:13,450
speaker who is Jamie Wallace?

5494
03:07:13,450 --> 03:07:15,881
Jamie Hammond what do you can

5495
03:07:15,881 --> 03:07:16,198
on yourself?

5496
03:07:16,198 --> 03:07:16,915
Okay.

5497
03:07:16,915 --> 03:07:17,133
Did it work this time?

5498
03:07:17,133 --> 03:07:17,450
Yes.

5499
03:07:17,450 --> 03:07:19,450
Okay.

5500
03:07:19,802 --> 03:07:22,202
And I'm so confused.

5501
03:07:23,272 --> 03:07:23,705
What MISS Silver describe was

5502
03:07:23,705 --> 03:07:24,439
current public sessions that

5503
03:07:24,439 --> 03:07:27,439
the public could attend and

5504
03:07:27,510 --> 03:07:28,477
learn about the budget.

5505
03:07:28,477 --> 03:07:31,231
If this is true, then where is

5506
03:07:31,231 --> 03:07:31,781
the need?

5507
03:07:31,781 --> 03:07:34,181
What does see back?

5508
03:07:34,851 --> 03:07:35,402
I'm sorry if I'm wrong Acronym.

5509
03:07:35,402 --> 03:07:37,802
What did they do?

5510
03:07:38,371 --> 03:07:39,238
They're great for advice.

5511
03:07:39,238 --> 03:07:40,900
Do you even listen to them And

5512
03:07:40,900 --> 03:07:42,526
yet you might listen to the

5513
03:07:42,526 --> 03:07:43,393
civic Assembly?

5514
03:07:43,393 --> 03:07:45,929
I echo echo MR. Lowell, those

5515
03:07:45,929 --> 03:07:46,479
comments he nailed it.

5516
03:07:46,479 --> 03:07:48,879
There is no rfp.

5517
03:07:50,166 --> 03:07:50,333
There's no looking at other

5518
03:07:50,333 --> 03:07:52,333
groups.

5519
03:07:53,253 --> 03:07:56,853
These things have been used for

5520
03:07:57,107 --> 03:07:57,741
small things youth

5521
03:07:57,741 --> 03:08:00,141
homelessness, the question of

5522
03:08:01,528 --> 03:08:04,280
abortion in Ireland which is a

5523
03:08:04,280 --> 03:08:04,831
huge issue, very complex but a

5524
03:08:04,831 --> 03:08:07,831
budget is even more complex.

5525
03:08:08,719 --> 03:08:09,850
You have to understand the

5526
03:08:09,850 --> 03:08:11,850
physical physical restrictions

5527
03:08:12,722 --> 03:08:13,491
on a city, what money can be

5528
03:08:13,491 --> 03:08:13,691
used for, what it can't be used

5529
03:08:13,691 --> 03:08:15,691
for.

5530
03:08:16,827 --> 03:08:17,611
There's a huge amount that they

5531
03:08:17,611 --> 03:08:20,564
would have to learn in a very,

5532
03:08:20,564 --> 03:08:21,332
very short period of time.

5533
03:08:21,332 --> 03:08:24,284
And if there is no physical

5534
03:08:24,284 --> 03:08:24,835
room other than using our

5535
03:08:24,835 --> 03:08:27,788
remaining reserves to pay for

5536
03:08:27,788 --> 03:08:28,639
government services, why on

5537
03:08:28,639 --> 03:08:31,309
earth would we set aside a

5538
03:08:31,309 --> 03:08:34,678
quarter of $1 million to try a

5539
03:08:34,678 --> 03:08:38,278
new procedure to get folks to

5540
03:08:38,450 --> 03:08:38,967
pay more attention and I've

5541
03:08:38,967 --> 03:08:39,584
been a volunteer.

5542
03:08:39,584 --> 03:08:42,454
I created the backpacks program

5543
03:08:42,454 --> 03:08:42,971
and I'll tell you hanging

5544
03:08:42,971 --> 03:08:45,371
around volunteers is really,

5545
03:08:46,224 --> 03:08:48,224
really hard.

5546
03:08:53,347 --> 03:08:54,182
They don't stay And you.

5547
03:08:54,182 --> 03:08:57,182
Our next speaker is Stephen

5548
03:08:57,335 --> 03:08:57,668
Jones.

5549
03:08:57,668 --> 03:08:59,668
Stephen's online.

5550
03:09:01,840 --> 03:09:02,374
Stephen I've unlocked you.

5551
03:09:02,374 --> 03:09:02,708
You can unmute yourself.

5552
03:09:02,708 --> 03:09:04,708
Thank you.

5553
03:09:05,160 --> 03:09:05,810
Residents have been demanding

5554
03:09:05,810 --> 03:09:06,462
change to the budgeting process

5555
03:09:06,462 --> 03:09:08,913
for years now but change is

5556
03:09:08,913 --> 03:09:09,564
slow and we understand that.

5557
03:09:09,564 --> 03:09:10,115
After years of resident demands

5558
03:09:10,115 --> 03:09:13,115
we appreciate the short term

5559
03:09:13,385 --> 03:09:14,350
changes that are proposed for

5560
03:09:14,350 --> 03:09:16,788
the 2627 budget cycle and we're

5561
03:09:16,788 --> 03:09:17,339
hopeful that the proposed civic

5562
03:09:17,339 --> 03:09:17,773
assembly process will result in

5563
03:09:17,773 --> 03:09:18,507
more significant changes that

5564
03:09:18,507 --> 03:09:21,377
can open up the budgeting

5565
03:09:21,377 --> 03:09:21,660
process two years from now in

5566
03:09:21,660 --> 03:09:23,660
the 2728 cycle.

5567
03:09:24,646 --> 03:09:25,397
I think it would be a tragedy

5568
03:09:25,397 --> 03:09:25,731
if it gets pushed even further

5569
03:09:25,731 --> 03:09:26,248
than that.

5570
03:09:26,248 --> 03:09:28,401
So please act with urgency.

5571
03:09:28,401 --> 03:09:28,751
I do think sole source

5572
03:09:28,751 --> 03:09:29,469
contracts deserve skepticism

5573
03:09:29,469 --> 03:09:32,305
but the city's policies treat

5574
03:09:32,305 --> 03:09:32,855
professional services

5575
03:09:32,855 --> 03:09:33,488
differently and this is a

5576
03:09:33,488 --> 03:09:36,488
situation where the provider is

5577
03:09:36,559 --> 03:09:37,920
formally recommended by a local

5578
03:09:37,920 --> 03:09:37,543
expert in public finance who

5579
03:09:37,543 --> 03:09:39,678
has significant knowledge of

5580
03:09:39,678 --> 03:09:40,445
the field of consulting.

5581
03:09:40,445 --> 03:09:43,990
At issue here it's also common

5582
03:09:43,990 --> 03:09:43,782
practice for the city council

5583
03:09:43,782 --> 03:09:44,234
to routinely approve sole

5584
03:09:44,234 --> 03:09:45,830
source contracts with much less

5585
03:09:45,830 --> 03:09:46,919
evidence than we have before us

5586
03:09:46,919 --> 03:09:47,887
here.

5587
03:09:47,887 --> 03:09:49,839
For example, in 2024 the city

5588
03:09:49,839 --> 03:09:50,373
Council approved a multimillion

5589
03:09:50,373 --> 03:09:50,923
dollar ten year sole source

5590
03:09:50,923 --> 03:09:53,923
contract despite the fact that

5591
03:09:54,177 --> 03:09:54,844
we already contract it with an

5592
03:09:54,844 --> 03:09:55,770
alternative source for the very

5593
03:09:55,770 --> 03:09:55,779
same equipment.

5594
03:09:55,779 --> 03:09:58,230
In no universe where they the

5595
03:09:58,230 --> 03:09:58,782
only source of that equipment

5596
03:09:58,782 --> 03:09:59,399
and its supposed evidence in

5597
03:09:59,399 --> 03:10:01,799
support of approving that

5598
03:10:02,285 --> 03:10:02,502
contract was a letter from the

5599
03:10:02,502 --> 03:10:03,169
vendor itself.

5600
03:10:03,169 --> 03:10:03,436
It wasn't even evidence from an

5601
03:10:03,436 --> 03:10:05,436
independent source.

5602
03:10:05,638 --> 03:10:06,189
In contrast here the provided

5603
03:10:06,189 --> 03:10:06,923
evidence is significant and it

5604
03:10:06,923 --> 03:10:09,576
comes from an expert source

5605
03:10:09,576 --> 03:10:09,743
whose independent of the

5606
03:10:09,743 --> 03:10:10,344
vendor.

5607
03:10:10,344 --> 03:10:13,960
Again please act with urgency.

5608
03:10:13,960 --> 03:10:13,747
Residents have been demanding a

5609
03:10:13,747 --> 03:10:13,903
more open budget process for

5610
03:10:13,903 --> 03:10:14,515
years.

5611
03:10:14,515 --> 03:10:16,750
This plan will result in

5612
03:10:16,750 --> 03:10:17,501
changes to the budget process

5613
03:10:17,501 --> 03:10:17,684
two years from now at the

5614
03:10:17,684 --> 03:10:18,167
earliest.

5615
03:10:18,167 --> 03:10:20,567
Further delays are not

5616
03:10:20,804 --> 03:10:21,237
acceptable and Culver City

5617
03:10:21,237 --> 03:10:21,906
can't wait any longer.

5618
03:10:21,906 --> 03:10:24,557
Some some commenters don't seem

5619
03:10:24,557 --> 03:10:25,125
to believe in the people of

5620
03:10:25,125 --> 03:10:25,892
this city but I know you do.

5621
03:10:25,892 --> 03:10:29,492
So please do the right thing.

5622
03:10:32,350 --> 03:10:34,350
Thank you

5623
03:10:34,751 --> 03:10:34,968
.

5624
03:10:34,968 --> 03:10:36,968
Okay.

5625
03:10:39,223 --> 03:10:42,223
Our next speaker is Melissa

5626
03:10:42,393 --> 03:10:43,144
Sanders.

5627
03:10:43,144 --> 03:10:46,144
Melissa I'm shocked you can

5628
03:10:46,197 --> 03:10:46,597
unmute yourself.

5629
03:10:46,597 --> 03:10:47,565
Thank you.

5630
03:10:47,565 --> 03:10:50,401
Where do you begin with this

5631
03:10:50,401 --> 03:10:52,401
insane idea?

5632
03:10:53,871 --> 03:10:54,522
The people yes you are as

5633
03:10:54,522 --> 03:10:57,791
always claim you have the best

5634
03:10:57,791 --> 03:10:58,443
people and then you hire people

5635
03:10:58,443 --> 03:10:59,311
like for the Move project who

5636
03:10:59,311 --> 03:11:02,180
were supposed to be the best at

5637
03:11:02,180 --> 03:11:02,713
what they do and they installed

5638
03:11:02,713 --> 03:11:05,113
an illegal traffic pattern.

5639
03:11:06,170 --> 03:11:06,334
The people you use for surveys

5640
03:11:06,334 --> 03:11:08,334
never look them.

5641
03:11:09,286 --> 03:11:09,954
No.

5642
03:11:09,954 --> 03:11:10,688
Here's the other big problem

5643
03:11:10,688 --> 03:11:13,688
with this at least in

5644
03:11:13,858 --> 03:11:14,409
particular the three of the

5645
03:11:14,409 --> 03:11:17,362
five of you sitting up there

5646
03:11:17,362 --> 03:11:20,362
you had the entire city

5647
03:11:21,132 --> 03:11:21,883
including the fiscal department

5648
03:11:21,883 --> 03:11:24,753
and the city manager tell you

5649
03:11:24,753 --> 03:11:25,530
do not approve the jubilee

5650
03:11:25,530 --> 03:11:26,400
Village project.

5651
03:11:26,400 --> 03:11:29,490
It will put us into fiscal

5652
03:11:29,490 --> 03:11:29,708
freefall and the three of you

5653
03:11:29,708 --> 03:11:31,708
still dead.

5654
03:11:32,461 --> 03:11:32,877
So you already got different

5655
03:11:32,877 --> 03:11:34,877
committees and different

5656
03:11:36,248 --> 03:11:36,998
commissions making suggestions.

5657
03:11:36,998 --> 03:11:39,998
You've got city employees who

5658
03:11:40,568 --> 03:11:43,822
that is their job and you don't

5659
03:11:43,822 --> 03:11:44,472
listen to that.

5660
03:11:44,472 --> 03:11:46,872
So this $250,000 will be

5661
03:11:47,426 --> 03:11:48,193
flushed down the toilet because

5662
03:11:48,193 --> 03:11:51,581
the three of you will still do

5663
03:11:51,581 --> 03:11:54,967
exactly what you want to do.

5664
03:11:54,967 --> 03:11:58,637
I am tired of this B.S. Fake

5665
03:11:58,637 --> 03:11:59,272
caring of what people say

5666
03:11:59,272 --> 03:11:59,488
because you don't care what

5667
03:11:59,488 --> 03:12:00,439
people say.

5668
03:12:00,439 --> 03:12:02,392
You only care about what you

5669
03:12:02,392 --> 03:12:03,159
think.

5670
03:12:03,159 --> 03:12:03,777
That is how we're going into

5671
03:12:03,777 --> 03:12:06,177
financial freefall Because you

5672
03:12:06,662 --> 03:12:07,380
decided to give 20 million

5673
03:12:07,380 --> 03:12:10,380
taxpayer dollars to an outside

5674
03:12:10,966 --> 03:12:11,601
developer because you didn't

5675
03:12:11,601 --> 03:12:14,100
listen to the people.

5676
03:12:15,710 --> 03:12:17,824
You have hired to do the

5677
03:12:17,824 --> 03:12:19,824
consulting.

5678
03:12:21,745 --> 03:12:22,178
>> So no, no, no, no, no, no.

5679
03:12:22,178 --> 03:12:22,729
>> Thank you.

5680
03:12:22,729 --> 03:12:25,129
Your time has expired.

5681
03:12:25,682 --> 03:12:25,899
Thank you.

5682
03:12:25,899 --> 03:12:27,899
Okay.

5683
03:12:29,786 --> 03:12:30,337
Our next speaker is Janine was

5684
03:12:30,337 --> 03:12:33,890
asking who hasn't time seated

5685
03:12:33,890 --> 03:12:35,890
by Jack Starling.

5686
03:12:36,776 --> 03:12:37,930
Do you need unlock to you can

5687
03:12:37,930 --> 03:12:37,527
unmute yourself.

5688
03:12:37,527 --> 03:12:38,770
Yeah Thank you.

5689
03:12:38,770 --> 03:12:38,278
I'm using a different

5690
03:12:38,278 --> 03:12:40,278
microphone.

5691
03:12:40,548 --> 03:12:40,981
Can you hear me?

5692
03:12:40,981 --> 03:12:41,198
Yes you can.

5693
03:12:41,198 --> 03:12:43,198
Okay.

5694
03:12:44,785 --> 03:12:45,236
I canceled to say no to this

5695
03:12:45,236 --> 03:12:47,236
item.

5696
03:12:49,890 --> 03:12:49,522
I listened carefully and this

5697
03:12:49,522 --> 03:12:49,686
Civic Assembly proposal is

5698
03:12:49,686 --> 03:12:51,686
vague.

5699
03:12:52,926 --> 03:12:53,461
It's costly and it gives every

5700
03:12:53,461 --> 03:12:55,861
appearance of cronyism rather

5701
03:12:56,397 --> 03:12:57,164
than transparency.

5702
03:12:57,164 --> 03:12:59,564
The entire $250,000 that was

5703
03:13:01,134 --> 03:13:01,568
set aside for community budget

5704
03:13:01,568 --> 03:13:02,303
outreach is now potentially

5705
03:13:02,303 --> 03:13:05,273
being handed to a single

5706
03:13:05,273 --> 03:13:06,240
consultant for this one project

5707
03:13:06,240 --> 03:13:08,676
with no indication that any of

5708
03:13:08,676 --> 03:13:09,127
it will be reserved for other

5709
03:13:09,127 --> 03:13:09,294
outreach efforts or public

5710
03:13:09,294 --> 03:13:11,294
forums.

5711
03:13:13,310 --> 03:13:13,531
That is not a responsible use

5712
03:13:13,531 --> 03:13:14,198
of the public funds.

5713
03:13:14,198 --> 03:13:16,451
So why are we doing this?

5714
03:13:16,451 --> 03:13:17,217
To what end?

5715
03:13:17,217 --> 03:13:19,370
It would seem to have asked

5716
03:13:19,370 --> 03:13:20,205
whether residents even want

5717
03:13:20,205 --> 03:13:23,775
this except for a shadowy cobra

5718
03:13:23,775 --> 03:13:24,642
group that shows up every time

5719
03:13:24,642 --> 03:13:27,595
and asks for more for what they

5720
03:13:27,595 --> 03:13:27,762
want instead of the general

5721
03:13:27,762 --> 03:13:28,263
public.

5722
03:13:28,263 --> 03:13:30,663
Civic assemblies are not

5723
03:13:30,915 --> 03:13:31,649
typically used for budgeting.

5724
03:13:31,649 --> 03:13:34,649
They are used a usually

5725
03:13:35,304 --> 03:13:35,853
creative or single well-defined

5726
03:13:35,853 --> 03:13:38,723
policy issue like abortion in

5727
03:13:38,723 --> 03:13:39,358
the Catholic Church and purpose

5728
03:13:39,358 --> 03:13:42,358
which is what the consultant

5729
03:13:42,428 --> 03:13:42,978
said not to advise on how a

5730
03:13:42,978 --> 03:13:43,145
city manages its entire budget

5731
03:13:43,145 --> 03:13:45,145
process.

5732
03:13:46,165 --> 03:13:46,916
This looks less to me like a

5733
03:13:46,916 --> 03:13:50,840
community need and more like a

5734
03:13:50,840 --> 03:13:53,840
nice project like feel good

5735
03:13:53,556 --> 03:13:54,106
project for a consultant and a

5736
03:13:54,106 --> 03:13:54,289
feel good project to train

5737
03:13:54,289 --> 03:13:56,289
residents.

5738
03:13:57,593 --> 03:13:58,270
And let's be honest about how

5739
03:13:58,270 --> 03:13:58,893
this will play out.

5740
03:13:58,893 --> 03:14:01,646
The city will send emails that

5741
03:14:01,646 --> 03:14:02,515
the Civic Assembly most people

5742
03:14:02,515 --> 03:14:05,500
will ignore them in the same

5743
03:14:05,500 --> 03:14:05,684
small circle They engage

5744
03:14:05,684 --> 03:14:06,518
Residents will volunteer again.

5745
03:14:06,518 --> 03:14:08,970
That is not broad community

5746
03:14:08,970 --> 03:14:09,921
input.

5747
03:14:09,921 --> 03:14:13,375
Even worse skipping an open rfp

5748
03:14:13,375 --> 03:14:13,926
correct.

5749
03:14:13,926 --> 03:14:14,426
We are choosing healthy

5750
03:14:14,426 --> 03:14:16,426
democracy and promoting

5751
03:14:17,697 --> 03:14:18,564
consulting with public policy.

5752
03:14:18,564 --> 03:14:21,417
A council member, MR. Fish was

5753
03:14:21,417 --> 03:14:21,968
endorsed by the consultant

5754
03:14:21,968 --> 03:14:24,721
makes us look like insider

5755
03:14:24,721 --> 03:14:25,472
dealing and that civic

5756
03:14:25,472 --> 03:14:28,240
engagement if the goal is to

5757
03:14:28,240 --> 03:14:28,440
build trust this is the wrong

5758
03:14:28,440 --> 03:14:30,440
way to start.

5759
03:14:32,145 --> 03:14:34,597
And frankly I do have a hard

5760
03:14:34,597 --> 03:14:35,549
time taking seriously a council

5761
03:14:35,549 --> 03:14:36,165
that spent $20 million on a

5762
03:14:36,165 --> 03:14:38,565
single housing project Now

5763
03:14:39,360 --> 03:14:39,452
suddenly claiming concern about

5764
03:14:39,452 --> 03:14:41,452
budget transparency and

5765
03:14:42,405 --> 03:14:42,839
community input.

5766
03:14:42,839 --> 03:14:44,839
Residents deserve real

5767
03:14:45,692 --> 03:14:46,325
accountability, real

5768
03:14:46,325 --> 03:14:49,325
transparency and real value for

5769
03:14:49,979 --> 03:14:51,480
their tax dollars.

5770
03:14:51,480 --> 03:14:53,817
Please vote no say no to anyone

5771
03:14:53,817 --> 03:14:54,551
and never that promise to visit

5772
03:14:54,551 --> 03:14:57,304
lobbying and dealings and make

5773
03:14:57,304 --> 03:14:59,304
everything transparent.

5774
03:15:00,773 --> 03:15:01,308
This is what lobbying and not

5775
03:15:01,308 --> 03:15:03,708
non transparency looks like.

5776
03:15:05,279 --> 03:15:05,596
Thank you.

5777
03:15:05,596 --> 03:15:07,447
Thank you.

5778
03:15:07,447 --> 03:15:10,447
Our next speaker is Shane

5779
03:15:11,302 --> 03:15:13,302
Hansen.

5780
03:15:15,720 --> 03:15:15,623
Shamed I've unlocked you.

5781
03:15:15,623 --> 03:15:18,230
You can unmute yourself.

5782
03:15:19,193 --> 03:15:20,610
Hello my name is Shane Hansen.

5783
03:15:20,610 --> 03:15:23,610
I'm speaking in my personal

5784
03:15:23,114 --> 03:15:23,563
capacity and not as a member of

5785
03:15:23,563 --> 03:15:23,981
the Advisory Committee on

5786
03:15:23,981 --> 03:15:25,981
Housing and Homelessness.

5787
03:15:27,680 --> 03:15:30,337
I would like to speak today in

5788
03:15:30,337 --> 03:15:31,106
support of Measure a-1.

5789
03:15:31,106 --> 03:15:31,956
I think it's really great that

5790
03:15:31,956 --> 03:15:35,260
the city is looking to create a

5791
03:15:35,260 --> 03:15:35,243
more interactive budget process

5792
03:15:35,243 --> 03:15:37,243
for us.

5793
03:15:37,928 --> 03:15:38,480
I know we have a very big, you

5794
03:15:38,480 --> 03:15:39,231
know, budget challenge ahead of

5795
03:15:39,231 --> 03:15:42,317
us but I think, you know,

5796
03:15:42,317 --> 03:15:42,816
figuring out ways that we can

5797
03:15:42,816 --> 03:15:43,534
get more community input is

5798
03:15:43,534 --> 03:15:45,387
really important as we move

5799
03:15:45,387 --> 03:15:46,137
forward.

5800
03:15:46,137 --> 03:15:46,755
First I'm really excited by the

5801
03:15:46,755 --> 03:15:49,523
q&a process with department

5802
03:15:49,523 --> 03:15:50,275
heads for both the proposed

5803
03:15:50,275 --> 03:15:52,911
budget and the mid-year budget

5804
03:15:52,911 --> 03:15:53,678
reports.

5805
03:15:53,678 --> 03:15:54,329
I know I'm a nerd who likes,

5806
03:15:54,329 --> 03:15:57,199
you know, delving into policy

5807
03:15:57,199 --> 03:15:57,633
and questions of budget but I

5808
03:15:57,633 --> 03:16:00,330
don't think I'm alone.

5809
03:16:00,802 --> 03:16:01,570
I think other people might like

5810
03:16:01,570 --> 03:16:03,922
being able to do q&a with the

5811
03:16:03,922 --> 03:16:04,473
department heads as well.

5812
03:16:04,473 --> 03:16:06,873
Additionally, I think, you

5813
03:16:08,430 --> 03:16:08,594
know, engaging with the Civic

5814
03:16:08,594 --> 03:16:11,547
Assembly is a really innovative

5815
03:16:11,547 --> 03:16:12,970
and interesting idea and I

5816
03:16:12,970 --> 03:16:15,970
think it could really, you

5817
03:16:15,351 --> 03:16:16,180
know, give us new ideas as

5818
03:16:16,180 --> 03:16:18,887
we're trying to figure out how

5819
03:16:18,887 --> 03:16:19,500
to handle our budget challenges

5820
03:16:19,500 --> 03:16:19,855
.

5821
03:16:19,855 --> 03:16:20,590
I think the I also want to

5822
03:16:20,590 --> 03:16:22,625
thank Michelle Dennis for her

5823
03:16:22,625 --> 03:16:25,250
amazing presentation today And

5824
03:16:26,829 --> 03:16:27,379
I think it also made it very

5825
03:16:27,379 --> 03:16:30,379
clear that healthy democracy is

5826
03:16:30,415 --> 03:16:33,368
likely the most the best

5827
03:16:33,368 --> 03:16:34,190
organization to receive the

5828
03:16:34,190 --> 03:16:37,190
funding for this given their

5829
03:16:37,490 --> 03:16:37,739
deep amount of experience doing

5830
03:16:37,739 --> 03:16:39,739
these assemblies.

5831
03:16:44,147 --> 03:16:46,147
Thank you

5832
03:16:47,967 --> 03:16:48,184
.

5833
03:16:48,184 --> 03:16:50,184
Okay.

5834
03:16:51,271 --> 03:16:51,905
Our next speaker is I'm just

5835
03:16:51,905 --> 03:16:52,239
going to read the remaining

5836
03:16:52,239 --> 03:16:54,239
speakers Dieser Lindgren

5837
03:16:55,792 --> 03:16:56,710
followed by Christopher Michael

5838
03:16:56,710 --> 03:16:59,710
Phoebe Garfinkel, Cara Push Max

5839
03:17:00,960 --> 03:17:01,470
Clark and Alex Levy.

5840
03:17:01,470 --> 03:17:03,900
So our next speaker is Dieser

5841
03:17:03,900 --> 03:17:04,434
Lindgren.

5842
03:17:04,434 --> 03:17:06,834
Good evening, Mayor o'Brien.

5843
03:17:08,322 --> 03:17:08,738
Vice Mayor, please and members

5844
03:17:08,738 --> 03:17:09,373
of the City Council.

5845
03:17:09,373 --> 03:17:11,842
My name is Lisa Lindgren.

5846
03:17:11,842 --> 03:17:12,476
I want to first thank Michelle

5847
03:17:12,476 --> 03:17:15,328
Dennis for a really interesting

5848
03:17:15,328 --> 03:17:16,960
and helpful presentation.

5849
03:17:16,960 --> 03:17:19,466
I did read all the information

5850
03:17:19,466 --> 03:17:22,853
that was in the staff report

5851
03:17:22,853 --> 03:17:23,386
and in the agenda and you know,

5852
03:17:23,386 --> 03:17:23,552
I have been following this

5853
03:17:23,552 --> 03:17:25,552
issue.

5854
03:17:26,773 --> 03:17:27,900
I just really support this

5855
03:17:27,900 --> 03:17:28,420
very, very strongly.

5856
03:17:28,420 --> 03:17:30,995
We're in a time when our

5857
03:17:30,995 --> 03:17:31,946
democracy and democracies

5858
03:17:31,946 --> 03:17:34,946
around the world are being

5859
03:17:35,215 --> 03:17:35,449
attacked, you know, in an

5860
03:17:35,449 --> 03:17:37,449
horrible manner.

5861
03:17:38,519 --> 03:17:41,789
We do have massive challenge as

5862
03:17:41,789 --> 03:17:42,640
a as a species being able to

5863
03:17:42,640 --> 03:17:46,210
work with one another And it's

5864
03:17:46,210 --> 03:17:46,962
something which has also been

5865
03:17:46,962 --> 03:17:49,714
in evidence in our community

5866
03:17:49,714 --> 03:17:49,930
This really, really very stark

5867
03:17:49,930 --> 03:17:51,930
polarization.

5868
03:17:53,718 --> 03:17:53,881
So I think this is an excellent

5869
03:17:53,881 --> 03:17:55,881
idea.

5870
03:17:56,887 --> 03:18:00,487
I do think that using the

5871
03:18:01,476 --> 03:18:02,144
budget as the the subject for

5872
03:18:02,144 --> 03:18:02,794
the Civic Assembly makes a lot

5873
03:18:02,794 --> 03:18:04,912
of sense because it's something

5874
03:18:04,912 --> 03:18:05,764
that concerns everyone whether

5875
03:18:05,764 --> 03:18:09,250
or not people have been engaged

5876
03:18:09,250 --> 03:18:10,101
in civically or not to date.

5877
03:18:10,101 --> 03:18:13,101
And I really appreciate the

5878
03:18:13,254 --> 03:18:13,488
opportunity that we have to

5879
03:18:13,488 --> 03:18:14,356
embrace this.

5880
03:18:14,356 --> 03:18:16,992
I think it'll be very, very

5881
03:18:16,992 --> 03:18:19,392
positive for our city.

5882
03:18:20,578 --> 03:18:20,795
Thank you for supporting this.

5883
03:18:20,795 --> 03:18:21,446
Okay.

5884
03:18:21,446 --> 03:18:24,990
Our next speaker is Christopher

5885
03:18:24,990 --> 03:18:27,990
Michael and followed by Phoebe

5886
03:18:27,953 --> 03:18:28,503
Garfinkel.

5887
03:18:28,503 --> 03:18:30,903
Christopher, I've unlocked you.

5888
03:18:31,874 --> 03:18:32,900
You can unmute yourself.

5889
03:18:32,900 --> 03:18:34,900
Hi.

5890
03:18:35,478 --> 03:18:39,465
I just wanted to say I support

5891
03:18:39,465 --> 03:18:40,150
this and I think that the

5892
03:18:40,150 --> 03:18:43,150
budget process should be more

5893
03:18:43,486 --> 03:18:46,639
involved with the public and I

5894
03:18:46,639 --> 03:18:47,473
appreciate the budget meetings

5895
03:18:47,473 --> 03:18:50,473
but there's no way for

5896
03:18:51,660 --> 03:18:54,660
residents or anyone to actually

5897
03:18:55,330 --> 03:18:55,949
provide their input or have the

5898
03:18:55,949 --> 03:18:58,349
council decide on different

5899
03:18:59,736 --> 03:19:00,286
versions or even like talk

5900
03:19:00,286 --> 03:19:00,452
about different versions of the

5901
03:19:00,452 --> 03:19:02,452
budget.

5902
03:19:03,339 --> 03:19:03,990
So having more transparency

5903
03:19:03,990 --> 03:19:07,590
around that and also having the

5904
03:19:07,860 --> 03:19:08,611
meetings maybe available or

5905
03:19:08,611 --> 03:19:12,980
online or recorded so that we

5906
03:19:12,980 --> 03:19:14,333
can review them before the q&a

5907
03:19:14,333 --> 03:19:17,333
sessions would be helpful to.

5908
03:19:20,791 --> 03:19:21,975
Thank you

5909
03:19:21,975 --> 03:19:22,809
.

5910
03:19:22,809 --> 03:19:25,809
Peter Next speaker is Phoebe

5911
03:19:26,262 --> 03:19:28,262
Garfinkel.

5912
03:19:30,333 --> 03:19:30,967
Phoebe I've unlocked you.

5913
03:19:30,967 --> 03:19:31,301
You can unmute yourself.

5914
03:19:31,301 --> 03:19:33,301
Thank you.

5915
03:19:34,171 --> 03:19:34,384
Hi, my name is Phoebe

5916
03:19:34,384 --> 03:19:36,384
Garfinkel.

5917
03:19:38,476 --> 03:19:40,810
I want to speak in support of

5918
03:19:40,810 --> 03:19:41,679
Measure a one.

5919
03:19:41,679 --> 03:19:42,296
I think that the council should

5920
03:19:42,296 --> 03:19:44,696
approve the short term

5921
03:19:45,750 --> 03:19:48,150
recommendations for the budget

5922
03:19:48,719 --> 03:19:50,719
process for 2026 to 2027.

5923
03:19:51,388 --> 03:19:51,923
I think that we're looking at a

5924
03:19:51,923 --> 03:19:54,323
really valuable opportunity for

5925
03:19:56,227 --> 03:19:56,878
for citizens to get involved in

5926
03:19:56,878 --> 03:19:59,414
the budget process and for us

5927
03:19:59,414 --> 03:20:00,180
to have more transparency.

5928
03:20:00,180 --> 03:20:03,551
The city has seen so many

5929
03:20:03,551 --> 03:20:04,202
budget issues and there never

5930
03:20:04,202 --> 03:20:07,472
seems to be enough funding for

5931
03:20:07,472 --> 03:20:08,239
anything And so for for Culver

5932
03:20:08,239 --> 03:20:11,392
City residents to be able to be

5933
03:20:11,392 --> 03:20:11,926
part of the budget making

5934
03:20:11,926 --> 03:20:14,926
process and seeing where their

5935
03:20:15,113 --> 03:20:15,763
money is going and what the

5936
03:20:15,763 --> 03:20:19,134
city what the city is providing

5937
03:20:19,134 --> 03:20:19,784
in the budget could be a really

5938
03:20:19,784 --> 03:20:22,554
great way to build civic

5939
03:20:22,554 --> 03:20:23,880
engagement and also just to

5940
03:20:23,880 --> 03:20:23,421
have more transparency in our

5941
03:20:23,421 --> 03:20:25,421
local government.

5942
03:20:27,800 --> 03:20:30,996
So I really hope that I hope

5943
03:20:30,996 --> 03:20:31,729
that you guys approve a1I hope

5944
03:20:31,729 --> 03:20:34,729
that you approve engaging a

5945
03:20:35,117 --> 03:20:35,301
consultant to conduct the Civic

5946
03:20:35,301 --> 03:20:37,301
Assembly.

5947
03:20:38,704 --> 03:20:39,338
I think it's a really valuable

5948
03:20:39,338 --> 03:20:39,888
opportunity for our city that

5949
03:20:39,888 --> 03:20:40,305
could bring in some really

5950
03:20:40,305 --> 03:20:42,305
awesome change.

5951
03:20:44,893 --> 03:20:45,109
So thank you.

5952
03:20:45,109 --> 03:20:47,109
Great.

5953
03:20:49,298 --> 03:20:52,351
Our next speaker is Kira Push

5954
03:20:52,351 --> 03:20:52,984
who's also online.

5955
03:20:52,984 --> 03:20:55,384
Kira I've unmute unlocked.

5956
03:20:56,338 --> 03:20:56,672
You can unmute yourself.

5957
03:20:56,672 --> 03:20:56,889
Go ahead.

5958
03:20:56,889 --> 03:20:57,106
Thanks.

5959
03:20:57,106 --> 03:20:59,106
Hi.

5960
03:21:00,920 --> 03:21:00,526
I just want to speak in favor

5961
03:21:00,526 --> 03:21:00,709
of the proposed citizens

5962
03:21:00,709 --> 03:21:02,709
assembly.

5963
03:21:03,829 --> 03:21:04,579
I think it's an awesome idea.

5964
03:21:04,579 --> 03:21:07,433
Many studies show that citizens

5965
03:21:07,433 --> 03:21:07,849
assembly strengthen the

5966
03:21:07,849 --> 03:21:08,383
democratic process and outcomes

5967
03:21:08,383 --> 03:21:10,783
through broader and more

5968
03:21:11,237 --> 03:21:11,870
comprehensive citizen

5969
03:21:11,870 --> 03:21:12,421
engagement not only with the

5970
03:21:12,421 --> 03:21:14,857
city but also and really

5971
03:21:14,857 --> 03:21:15,624
importantly with each other.

5972
03:21:15,624 --> 03:21:16,359
I think there's a huge value

5973
03:21:16,359 --> 03:21:19,128
added here that can improve

5974
03:21:19,128 --> 03:21:19,679
citizens understanding of and

5975
03:21:19,679 --> 03:21:20,413
trust in the local government.

5976
03:21:20,413 --> 03:21:22,766
Likewise, this assembly seemed

5977
03:21:22,766 --> 03:21:26,352
like a really useful tool that

5978
03:21:26,352 --> 03:21:27,300
Culver City would be wise to

5979
03:21:27,300 --> 03:21:27,621
make use of especially in light

5980
03:21:27,621 --> 03:21:29,855
of their current financial

5981
03:21:29,855 --> 03:21:30,407
circumstances.

5982
03:21:30,407 --> 03:21:31,410
They involve people more

5983
03:21:31,410 --> 03:21:33,441
directly in local decision

5984
03:21:34,494 --> 03:21:34,844
making potentially leading to

5985
03:21:34,844 --> 03:21:35,462
more representative informed

5986
03:21:35,462 --> 03:21:37,862
and widely accepted policy

5987
03:21:37,897 --> 03:21:38,766
decisions.

5988
03:21:38,766 --> 03:21:39,399
So all that said, I really urge

5989
03:21:39,399 --> 03:21:41,799
you to follow the

5990
03:21:42,452 --> 03:21:43,300
recommendations of public

5991
03:21:43,300 --> 03:21:46,300
democracy of Los Angeles and

5992
03:21:46,674 --> 03:21:47,230
pursue a social contract with a

5993
03:21:47,230 --> 03:21:49,230
healthy democracy especially

5994
03:21:49,943 --> 03:21:50,494
since there are only two

5995
03:21:50,494 --> 03:21:53,247
consultants that do the Civic

5996
03:21:53,247 --> 03:21:53,998
Assembly work and healthy

5997
03:21:53,998 --> 03:21:54,431
democracy is far and away the

5998
03:21:54,431 --> 03:21:56,431
more experienced one.

5999
03:21:57,817 --> 03:22:00,870
This will also allow us to

6000
03:22:00,870 --> 03:22:01,504
conduct the Assembly so

6001
03:22:01,504 --> 03:22:04,504
participants can engage in this

6002
03:22:04,559 --> 03:22:05,900
upcoming budget year and this

6003
03:22:05,900 --> 03:22:07,409
upcoming budget process before

6004
03:22:08,362 --> 03:22:09,313
giving their recommendations on

6005
03:22:09,313 --> 03:22:12,830
how we can improve next year so

6006
03:22:12,830 --> 03:22:15,830
strongly in favor of this.

6007
03:22:15,536 --> 03:22:17,536
Thank you.

6008
03:22:18,705 --> 03:22:21,705
Peter, last two speakers are

6009
03:22:25,480 --> 03:22:29,800
Max Clark followed by Alex Levy

6010
03:22:29,400 --> 03:22:30,251
.

6011
03:22:30,251 --> 03:22:33,851
Good evening Council My name is

6012
03:22:33,905 --> 03:22:34,573
Max Clark.

6013
03:22:34,573 --> 03:22:37,325
I'm a volunteer with Padilla

6014
03:22:37,325 --> 03:22:38,276
and I'm from Long Beach.

6015
03:22:38,276 --> 03:22:41,876
My sincere hope is that this

6016
03:22:42,164 --> 03:22:44,564
opportunity is not missed.

6017
03:22:46,668 --> 03:22:46,969
I find this concept to be so

6018
03:22:46,969 --> 03:22:48,969
hopeful.

6019
03:22:50,138 --> 03:22:53,138
The idea that we can

6020
03:22:53,708 --> 03:22:54,259
collaborate on a single issue

6021
03:22:54,259 --> 03:22:54,459
really is important to me

6022
03:22:54,459 --> 03:22:56,459
personally.

6023
03:22:58,246 --> 03:22:58,780
I have a lot of division

6024
03:22:58,780 --> 03:23:01,180
politically speaking within my

6025
03:23:01,750 --> 03:23:02,384
family and so the idea is some

6026
03:23:02,384 --> 03:23:03,452
of the people have expressed

6027
03:23:03,452 --> 03:23:06,121
that in this time of a lot of

6028
03:23:06,121 --> 03:23:06,288
divisiveness in our whole

6029
03:23:06,288 --> 03:23:08,288
society.

6030
03:23:09,408 --> 03:23:10,242
I think that Culver has a real

6031
03:23:10,242 --> 03:23:13,242
chance to try something that

6032
03:23:14,112 --> 03:23:16,512
could really change our

6033
03:23:17,366 --> 03:23:19,366
community.

6034
03:23:21,530 --> 03:23:24,340
And then I just want to point

6035
03:23:24,340 --> 03:23:25,910
out that I have 40s left and

6036
03:23:25,910 --> 03:23:27,860
this form of input you know I

6037
03:23:27,860 --> 03:23:28,411
come from like a really like

6038
03:23:28,411 --> 03:23:29,144
yimby pro housing guy which

6039
03:23:29,144 --> 03:23:31,897
some people like some people

6040
03:23:31,897 --> 03:23:33,897
don't.

6041
03:23:35,885 --> 03:23:36,503
And this format of input is

6042
03:23:36,503 --> 03:23:38,903
very frustrating because it

6043
03:23:39,356 --> 03:23:41,356
feels antagonistic.

6044
03:23:43,243 --> 03:23:44,770
As much as we're all like

6045
03:23:44,770 --> 03:23:47,163
wanting to be happy and healthy

6046
03:23:47,163 --> 03:23:47,381
together it doesn't always feel

6047
03:23:47,381 --> 03:23:49,381
that way.

6048
03:23:50,549 --> 03:23:53,720
And I would encourage you to

6049
03:23:53,720 --> 03:23:57,320
think about why you oppose this

6050
03:23:57,507 --> 03:23:58,410
because I think it offers a lot

6051
03:23:58,410 --> 03:24:01,410
of hope and especially the

6052
03:24:01,411 --> 03:24:01,577
people who don't like this

6053
03:24:01,577 --> 03:24:02,463
council.

6054
03:24:02,463 --> 03:24:04,915
>> Why wouldn't you trust the

6055
03:24:04,915 --> 03:24:05,783
people?

6056
03:24:05,783 --> 03:24:05,999
>> Thank you for your time has

6057
03:24:05,999 --> 03:24:07,999
expired.

6058
03:24:09,135 --> 03:24:11,135
Thank you.

6059
03:24:12,423 --> 03:24:12,639
Our last speaker is Alex Lee.

6060
03:24:12,639 --> 03:24:14,639
Hi.

6061
03:24:16,743 --> 03:24:16,961
And thanks Michelle for the

6062
03:24:16,961 --> 03:24:18,961
presentation.

6063
03:24:20,747 --> 03:24:21,282
I really just wanted to share

6064
03:24:21,282 --> 03:24:21,615
why I think civic assemblies

6065
03:24:21,615 --> 03:24:23,615
are so important.

6066
03:24:23,867 --> 03:24:24,501
I'm for civic assemblies.

6067
03:24:24,501 --> 03:24:26,901
Public engagement is hard.

6068
03:24:28,189 --> 03:24:28,955
I am someone who is politically

6069
03:24:28,955 --> 03:24:32,626
active and I never went to any

6070
03:24:32,626 --> 03:24:32,844
kind of town hall until like

6071
03:24:32,844 --> 03:24:33,600
the summer.

6072
03:24:33,600 --> 03:24:33,911
Right.

6073
03:24:33,911 --> 03:24:35,446
And I'm someone who actually

6074
03:24:35,446 --> 03:24:36,960
cares.

6075
03:24:36,960 --> 03:24:39,960
So put that into perspective.

6076
03:24:40,401 --> 03:24:40,919
It's really nice to say you can

6077
03:24:40,919 --> 03:24:41,219
just have a meeting and open it

6078
03:24:41,219 --> 03:24:43,288
up to the public.

6079
03:24:43,288 --> 03:24:43,704
That would be great if that's

6080
03:24:43,704 --> 03:24:44,372
how that works.

6081
03:24:44,372 --> 03:24:45,890
I make life so easy.

6082
03:24:45,890 --> 03:24:47,489
My background is an

6083
03:24:48,580 --> 03:24:48,493
international development and I

6084
03:24:48,493 --> 03:24:50,893
was working with local

6085
03:24:51,729 --> 03:24:52,179
governments and organizations

6086
03:24:52,179 --> 03:24:52,947
literally around the world

6087
03:24:52,947 --> 03:24:56,635
trying to figure out how do you

6088
03:24:56,635 --> 03:24:57,168
get people to care, how do you

6089
03:24:57,168 --> 03:25:00,168
get them to show up?

6090
03:25:00,855 --> 03:25:01,356
And the thing that like really

6091
03:25:01,356 --> 03:25:01,989
struck me is Civic Assembly.

6092
03:25:01,989 --> 03:25:02,149
So that's how I stumbled into

6093
03:25:02,149 --> 03:25:04,149
this.

6094
03:25:04,175 --> 03:25:04,827
I was like this is a real way

6095
03:25:04,827 --> 03:25:07,979
to get the everyday person in

6096
03:25:07,979 --> 03:25:08,429
the room not just the

6097
03:25:08,429 --> 03:25:09,630
activists, not just the

6098
03:25:09,630 --> 03:25:11,463
peddlers although we're all

6099
03:25:11,833 --> 03:25:12,667
great but like the real people

6100
03:25:12,667 --> 03:25:15,336
who have an opinion and can

6101
03:25:15,336 --> 03:25:15,670
learn and like figure out what

6102
03:25:15,670 --> 03:25:17,670
to do next.

6103
03:25:18,957 --> 03:25:19,608
So I really just encourage you

6104
03:25:19,608 --> 03:25:20,341
to think about this as an

6105
03:25:20,341 --> 03:25:23,311
opportunity to really shift the

6106
03:25:23,311 --> 03:25:23,963
conversation and to not just

6107
03:25:23,963 --> 03:25:27,149
depend on the activists or the

6108
03:25:27,149 --> 03:25:28,000
people of money but like really

6109
03:25:28,000 --> 03:25:30,669
figure out how do you bring in

6110
03:25:30,669 --> 03:25:31,404
the everyday person and like

6111
03:25:31,404 --> 03:25:31,971
stipends are just part of it.

6112
03:25:31,971 --> 03:25:32,304
That's what makes it expensive

6113
03:25:32,304 --> 03:25:34,304
but it's needed.

6114
03:25:34,657 --> 03:25:35,570
That's how you actually get the

6115
03:25:35,570 --> 03:25:37,570
people involved.

6116
03:25:38,411 --> 03:25:38,744
So yeah, that's my pitch.

6117
03:25:38,744 --> 03:25:40,744
Thank you.

6118
03:25:42,214 --> 03:25:42,431
That's the end of our speakers

6119
03:25:42,431 --> 03:25:42,649
.

6120
03:25:42,649 --> 03:25:44,649
Okay.

6121
03:25:46,418 --> 03:25:46,853
Thank you everyone for your

6122
03:25:46,853 --> 03:25:48,853
feedback and input.

6123
03:25:50,540 --> 03:25:53,592
So let's go around and have

6124
03:25:53,592 --> 03:25:56,592
both questions and comments for

6125
03:25:57,380 --> 03:25:57,613
our staff and for the presenter

6126
03:25:57,613 --> 03:25:59,613
Transportation.

6127
03:26:01,784 --> 03:26:02,636
Thank you Mayor And yeah, thank

6128
03:26:02,636 --> 03:26:05,880
you so much Michel for your

6129
03:26:05,880 --> 03:26:05,922
thorough presentation for all

6130
03:26:05,922 --> 03:26:09,260
the work that you've put into

6131
03:26:09,260 --> 03:26:12,395
this and just we welcome you in

6132
03:26:12,395 --> 03:26:13,146
City Hall any time It doesn't

6133
03:26:13,146 --> 03:26:13,429
have to, you know, compete for

6134
03:26:13,429 --> 03:26:14,810
anything at all.

6135
03:26:14,810 --> 03:26:16,160
We just are appreciative of

6136
03:26:16,160 --> 03:26:16,450
your presence and same with

6137
03:26:16,450 --> 03:26:18,850
public democracy Los Angeles

6138
03:26:19,737 --> 03:26:20,387
And I also want to just start

6139
03:26:20,387 --> 03:26:23,387
by acknowledging the work of

6140
03:26:24,570 --> 03:26:24,375
you cfo Soga and your team.

6141
03:26:24,375 --> 03:26:26,375
Elizabeth Shavelson.

6142
03:26:27,978 --> 03:26:28,529
You guys have put in so much

6143
03:26:28,529 --> 03:26:31,464
work preparing this and also

6144
03:26:31,464 --> 03:26:31,915
given a lot of thoughtful

6145
03:26:31,915 --> 03:26:32,133
suggestions and feedback along

6146
03:26:32,133 --> 03:26:34,133
the way.

6147
03:26:35,702 --> 03:26:36,370
And I really appreciate your

6148
03:26:36,370 --> 03:26:36,219
helping the governance

6149
03:26:36,219 --> 03:26:38,219
committee.

6150
03:26:39,600 --> 03:26:39,739
And then to my colleague

6151
03:26:39,739 --> 03:26:42,739
Yasmeen Amani McMoRan for her

6152
03:26:43,211 --> 03:26:43,627
collaboration as well in our

6153
03:26:43,627 --> 03:26:45,627
governance subcommittee and

6154
03:26:47,197 --> 03:26:47,748
also thank you Mayor, for being

6155
03:26:47,748 --> 03:26:50,148
willing to accommodate putting

6156
03:26:50,602 --> 03:26:50,818
this into this agenda since

6157
03:26:50,818 --> 03:26:52,818
it's timely.

6158
03:26:54,905 --> 03:26:57,791
And I'll just ask I just want

6159
03:26:57,791 --> 03:26:58,426
to make sure to level set on

6160
03:26:58,426 --> 03:27:01,426
one specific issue that was

6161
03:27:01,896 --> 03:27:05,496
brought up which was that this

6162
03:27:06,368 --> 03:27:06,801
is that civic assemblies are

6163
03:27:06,801 --> 03:27:07,652
typically not used for

6164
03:27:07,652 --> 03:27:10,221
budgeting And I just want to be

6165
03:27:10,221 --> 03:27:10,955
clear with the public and and

6166
03:27:10,955 --> 03:27:13,955
maybe staff can confirm we're

6167
03:27:14,341 --> 03:27:15,760
not using this or what's

6168
03:27:15,760 --> 03:27:17,429
proposed is not to use the

6169
03:27:17,429 --> 03:27:17,763
Civic Assembly to actually

6170
03:27:17,763 --> 03:27:19,763
impact the budget.

6171
03:27:21,450 --> 03:27:21,767
This is to create more impact,

6172
03:27:21,767 --> 03:27:22,834
put opportunities right.

6173
03:27:22,834 --> 03:27:25,804
I just want to make sure that's

6174
03:27:25,804 --> 03:27:26,572
clear for the public sake.

6175
03:27:26,572 --> 03:27:29,425
Well, that that is actually up

6176
03:27:29,425 --> 03:27:29,624
to this body.

6177
03:27:29,624 --> 03:27:30,591
Right.

6178
03:27:30,591 --> 03:27:33,762
So what the that's one of the

6179
03:27:33,762 --> 03:27:34,280
things we need the council to

6180
03:27:34,280 --> 03:27:36,280
formally determine.

6181
03:27:37,182 --> 03:27:38,116
I think that is what has been

6182
03:27:38,116 --> 03:27:40,686
proposed is that the it's not

6183
03:27:40,686 --> 03:27:41,619
to actually design the budget

6184
03:27:41,619 --> 03:27:45,207
but it's how to get more public

6185
03:27:45,207 --> 03:27:45,374
engagement and input into the

6186
03:27:45,374 --> 03:27:47,374
process.

6187
03:27:48,793 --> 03:27:49,245
So I think that those are the

6188
03:27:49,245 --> 03:27:51,645
steps that we're looking.

6189
03:27:52,432 --> 03:27:55,485
So on the first part of what

6190
03:27:55,485 --> 03:27:56,135
we're talking about tonight is

6191
03:27:56,135 --> 03:27:59,135
that the council consider do

6192
03:27:59,421 --> 03:28:00,138
they want to as a body move

6193
03:28:00,138 --> 03:28:02,991
forward with a civic assembly

6194
03:28:02,991 --> 03:28:04,991
process?

6195
03:28:05,578 --> 03:28:06,329
If that is the case then the

6196
03:28:06,329 --> 03:28:10,000
second sort of piece of that is

6197
03:28:10,000 --> 03:28:10,199
what is the procurement for the

6198
03:28:10,199 --> 03:28:12,199
facilitator?

6199
03:28:13,302 --> 03:28:13,853
Is it that we're going to just

6200
03:28:13,853 --> 03:28:16,853
take a recommendation and go

6201
03:28:17,307 --> 03:28:18,340
with healthy democracies or

6202
03:28:18,340 --> 03:28:21,611
would is there a sort of a

6203
03:28:21,611 --> 03:28:22,496
different procurement where we

6204
03:28:22,496 --> 03:28:25,148
go out and do an rfp and see

6205
03:28:25,148 --> 03:28:25,781
what kind of proposals we get?

6206
03:28:25,781 --> 03:28:27,781
Healthy Democracies is

6207
03:28:29,136 --> 03:28:31,536
absolutely welcome to submit

6208
03:28:32,622 --> 03:28:33,220
And then those proposals could

6209
03:28:33,220 --> 03:28:33,890
be reviewed.

6210
03:28:33,890 --> 03:28:36,860
And then the third question and

6211
03:28:36,860 --> 03:28:40,546
maybe even it has to be decided

6212
03:28:40,546 --> 03:28:40,731
as we move forward What is the

6213
03:28:40,731 --> 03:28:41,615
question?

6214
03:28:41,615 --> 03:28:44,284
And if that question is as

6215
03:28:44,284 --> 03:28:46,684
proposed, you know, we're

6216
03:28:48,172 --> 03:28:48,689
looking to gain input on how to

6217
03:28:48,689 --> 03:28:50,689
improve overall public

6218
03:28:52,275 --> 03:28:53,430
participation and that's a

6219
03:28:53,430 --> 03:28:55,595
question But it really is up to

6220
03:28:55,595 --> 03:28:56,263
up to the council if we're

6221
03:28:56,263 --> 03:28:59,550
going to engage in the process.

6222
03:28:59,550 --> 03:28:59,734
What is it you want to

6223
03:28:59,734 --> 03:29:00,501
determine?

6224
03:29:00,501 --> 03:29:00,735
Thank you Chair for serving.

6225
03:29:00,735 --> 03:29:02,735
Yeah.

6226
03:29:03,304 --> 03:29:07,391
So I mean I'm just sort of

6227
03:29:07,391 --> 03:29:08,920
sharing what I heard from from

6228
03:29:08,920 --> 03:29:10,845
our folks at la which was that

6229
03:29:10,845 --> 03:29:11,295
this is really about increasing

6230
03:29:11,295 --> 03:29:13,695
participation in figuring out

6231
03:29:14,748 --> 03:29:15,500
how folks want to participate

6232
03:29:15,500 --> 03:29:16,251
because I would agree a civic

6233
03:29:16,251 --> 03:29:19,200
assembly MAY not be the right

6234
03:29:19,200 --> 03:29:21,402
choice for actually imparting

6235
03:29:22,373 --> 03:29:23,107
changes to our budget dollars

6236
03:29:23,107 --> 03:29:26,193
and cents and all of that.

6237
03:29:26,193 --> 03:29:26,928
So that's not really what this

6238
03:29:26,928 --> 03:29:29,928
what I heard from the

6239
03:29:29,997 --> 03:29:30,649
presentation here but it's

6240
03:29:30,649 --> 03:29:34,235
certainly a good a good point

6241
03:29:34,235 --> 03:29:34,970
to bring up and I just want to

6242
03:29:34,970 --> 03:29:37,970
also confirm that this doesn't

6243
03:29:38,256 --> 03:29:38,891
change, you know, anything

6244
03:29:38,891 --> 03:29:41,891
about the the city's existing

6245
03:29:42,760 --> 03:29:42,911
process where the city manager

6246
03:29:42,911 --> 03:29:46,511
proposes a budget and you know

6247
03:29:49,317 --> 03:29:49,867
the council has to approve it

6248
03:29:49,867 --> 03:29:50,619
or make changes to it.

6249
03:29:50,619 --> 03:29:53,188
That process is not being

6250
03:29:53,188 --> 03:29:56,788
proposed to be changed In terms

6251
03:29:56,942 --> 03:29:57,693
of the city manager suggesting

6252
03:29:57,693 --> 03:29:58,210
a budget that is my

6253
03:29:58,210 --> 03:30:00,210
understanding The charter

6254
03:30:01,279 --> 03:30:01,830
states that the city manager

6255
03:30:01,830 --> 03:30:04,584
prepares the budget and then

6256
03:30:04,584 --> 03:30:04,900
the council adopts that budget.

6257
03:30:04,900 --> 03:30:05,735
Okay.

6258
03:30:05,735 --> 03:30:08,735
Thank you So and yeah

6259
03:30:08,821 --> 03:30:11,821
colleagues Oh and then finally

6260
03:30:12,910 --> 03:30:12,742
there was a question about your

6261
03:30:12,742 --> 03:30:15,511
role play Michelle So I just

6262
03:30:15,511 --> 03:30:16,620
want to give you an opportunity

6263
03:30:16,620 --> 03:30:19,620
Are you paid by Padilla?

6264
03:30:20,215 --> 03:30:20,432
Are you alive?

6265
03:30:20,432 --> 03:30:20,767
Yes.

6266
03:30:20,767 --> 03:30:21,316
For Padilla?

6267
03:30:21,316 --> 03:30:23,716
No, I am not.

6268
03:30:27,500 --> 03:30:27,439
I consultant I'm a teacher with

6269
03:30:27,439 --> 03:30:29,839
a lot of experience.

6270
03:30:31,744 --> 03:30:35,314
I so I am a volunteer here at

6271
03:30:35,314 --> 03:30:38,784
Padilla and Public MARCH in Los

6272
03:30:38,784 --> 03:30:39,519
Angeles Advocates for the use

6273
03:30:39,519 --> 03:30:42,519
of civic assemblies to improve

6274
03:30:43,373 --> 03:30:45,773
and provide for communities

6275
03:30:47,430 --> 03:30:47,477
participation and different

6276
03:30:47,477 --> 03:30:49,877
different sets of issues.

6277
03:30:50,963 --> 03:30:54,563
And so I volunteer with them.

6278
03:30:55,335 --> 03:30:57,972
I have no contract relationship

6279
03:30:57,972 --> 03:30:59,972
with healthy democracy.

6280
03:31:02,192 --> 03:31:02,358
I, I get nothing out of this

6281
03:31:02,358 --> 03:31:04,358
process.

6282
03:31:05,379 --> 03:31:05,930
There's nothing of value that I

6283
03:31:05,930 --> 03:31:08,930
get except the satisfaction in

6284
03:31:09,399 --> 03:31:09,716
seeing my city move ahead.

6285
03:31:09,716 --> 03:31:11,716
Thank you.

6286
03:31:13,400 --> 03:31:13,754
Thank you for that And yeah

6287
03:31:13,754 --> 03:31:16,754
colleagues I'll just share my

6288
03:31:17,910 --> 03:31:19,910
my thoughts here.

6289
03:31:20,393 --> 03:31:20,595
I want to I want to also thank

6290
03:31:20,595 --> 03:31:21,144
Sarasota.

6291
03:31:21,144 --> 03:31:23,544
Elizabeth's able to send

6292
03:31:24,298 --> 03:31:24,948
Christina Burroughs Jessie Mays

6293
03:31:24,948 --> 03:31:25,549
for coming to the Civic

6294
03:31:25,549 --> 03:31:26,284
Assembly when I was here in

6295
03:31:26,284 --> 03:31:28,569
Culver City when public Mike

6296
03:31:28,569 --> 03:31:29,203
Clay put it on here because it

6297
03:31:29,203 --> 03:31:31,603
was a really enlightening

6298
03:31:32,473 --> 03:31:33,324
experience just to be at a

6299
03:31:33,324 --> 03:31:36,294
table with people face to face

6300
03:31:36,294 --> 03:31:36,927
without knowing the politics of

6301
03:31:36,927 --> 03:31:39,927
the person or their lived

6302
03:31:39,981 --> 03:31:40,732
experience necessarily or

6303
03:31:40,732 --> 03:31:43,485
anything about them and just

6304
03:31:43,485 --> 03:31:44,302
working through a problem in

6305
03:31:44,302 --> 03:31:45,152
front of us it allowed us to

6306
03:31:45,152 --> 03:31:47,705
kind of get right down to

6307
03:31:47,705 --> 03:31:48,457
finding solutions and leave

6308
03:31:48,457 --> 03:31:51,125
some of that typical baggage at

6309
03:31:51,125 --> 03:31:54,125
the door that we often

6310
03:31:55,396 --> 03:31:56,640
experience in in local politics

6311
03:31:56,640 --> 03:31:56,597
and just see each other as

6312
03:31:56,597 --> 03:31:58,997
people and find practical

6313
03:31:59,170 --> 03:31:59,901
solutions together.

6314
03:31:59,901 --> 03:32:02,454
And it was a really really I

6315
03:32:02,454 --> 03:32:03,222
would use the word hope like

6316
03:32:03,222 --> 03:32:06,292
one of our speakers said it was

6317
03:32:06,292 --> 03:32:07,142
a hopeful experience for me And

6318
03:32:07,142 --> 03:32:09,812
so you know we've heard all

6319
03:32:09,812 --> 03:32:12,465
year we have a structural

6320
03:32:12,465 --> 03:32:13,150
deficit in the city was

6321
03:32:13,150 --> 03:32:16,150
identified over two years ago.

6322
03:32:16,670 --> 03:32:19,670
Our expenses are are outpacing

6323
03:32:19,739 --> 03:32:20,488
our revenues And MISS Dennis

6324
03:32:20,488 --> 03:32:21,390
gave a really good recap of

6325
03:32:21,390 --> 03:32:23,993
that And while the forecast

6326
03:32:23,993 --> 03:32:24,643
does look better after the

6327
03:32:24,643 --> 03:32:25,360
passage of Measure c l Michelle

6328
03:32:25,360 --> 03:32:27,730
hit the nail on the head.

6329
03:32:27,730 --> 03:32:28,597
I think when she said there's

6330
03:32:28,597 --> 03:32:31,683
not a whole lot of room to grow

6331
03:32:31,683 --> 03:32:32,218
as our city grows and we do

6332
03:32:32,218 --> 03:32:35,870
have some you know, revenue

6333
03:32:35,870 --> 03:32:35,637
strategies in the works but as

6334
03:32:35,637 --> 03:32:38,637
our population grows I think

6335
03:32:38,807 --> 03:32:39,441
it's going to be more important

6336
03:32:39,441 --> 03:32:40,209
than ever that our residents

6337
03:32:40,209 --> 03:32:43,620
have a seat at the table when

6338
03:32:43,620 --> 03:32:44,300
it comes to the document that

6339
03:32:44,300 --> 03:32:47,160
has such a large impact on our

6340
03:32:47,160 --> 03:32:50,387
everyday lives And I know we

6341
03:32:50,387 --> 03:32:50,820
all come from this diocese from

6342
03:32:50,820 --> 03:32:53,220
different perspectives But one

6343
03:32:53,706 --> 03:32:54,341
experience I do know that we we

6344
03:32:54,341 --> 03:32:54,874
all share colleagues is the

6345
03:32:54,874 --> 03:32:57,274
experience of campaigning, of

6346
03:32:58,244 --> 03:32:58,794
knocking on doors and asking

6347
03:32:58,794 --> 03:33:01,547
our neighbors what their hopes

6348
03:33:01,547 --> 03:33:02,299
are for the city.

6349
03:33:02,299 --> 03:33:05,368
Last year I did just that,

6350
03:33:05,368 --> 03:33:06,200
talked to thousands of people

6351
03:33:06,200 --> 03:33:06,252
who told me they needed their

6352
03:33:06,252 --> 03:33:08,252
trees trimmed.

6353
03:33:09,500 --> 03:33:09,657
They needed a speed bump on

6354
03:33:09,657 --> 03:33:10,391
their street to slow down cars.

6355
03:33:10,391 --> 03:33:12,791
They wanted their potholes

6356
03:33:12,842 --> 03:33:13,360
filled.

6357
03:33:13,360 --> 03:33:13,894
They wanted playgrounds

6358
03:33:13,894 --> 03:33:16,460
renovated and more accessible

6359
03:33:16,460 --> 03:33:16,697
for their kids.

6360
03:33:16,697 --> 03:33:17,230
Parents talk to me about

6361
03:33:17,230 --> 03:33:19,630
needing more child care

6362
03:33:20,701 --> 03:33:23,701
programs Summer camps and park

6363
03:33:23,970 --> 03:33:24,638
space for their kids to enjoy.

6364
03:33:24,638 --> 03:33:25,472
And then came the budget

6365
03:33:25,472 --> 03:33:27,959
process when it was time to

6366
03:33:27,959 --> 03:33:30,728
really put pen to paper And a

6367
03:33:30,728 --> 03:33:31,478
lot of those voices pretty much

6368
03:33:31,478 --> 03:33:34,432
all of them were missing And

6369
03:33:34,432 --> 03:33:35,650
you know, our finance

6370
03:33:35,650 --> 03:33:38,650
department put on two fantastic

6371
03:33:38,636 --> 03:33:39,690
information sessions and they

6372
03:33:39,690 --> 03:33:41,469
allowed community members to

6373
03:33:41,722 --> 03:33:42,574
get information on the proposed

6374
03:33:42,574 --> 03:33:42,732
budget and ask questions about

6375
03:33:42,732 --> 03:33:44,732
it.

6376
03:33:46,261 --> 03:33:46,811
But other than coming to

6377
03:33:46,811 --> 03:33:49,181
council and speaking for a

6378
03:33:49,181 --> 03:33:49,897
couple of minutes, the avenues

6379
03:33:49,897 --> 03:33:50,531
for residents to really

6380
03:33:50,531 --> 03:33:52,931
actively participate in a

6381
03:33:53,801 --> 03:33:54,552
meaningful way and help shape

6382
03:33:54,552 --> 03:33:57,222
that that document were few and

6383
03:33:57,222 --> 03:33:57,839
far between and for the most

6384
03:33:57,839 --> 03:34:00,239
impactful document we produce

6385
03:34:00,926 --> 03:34:03,979
each year the city budget there

6386
03:34:03,979 --> 03:34:04,846
wasn't a real clear opportunity

6387
03:34:04,846 --> 03:34:05,100
for them to have a seat at the

6388
03:34:05,100 --> 03:34:07,100
table.

6389
03:34:07,933 --> 03:34:08,484
So I you know and looking

6390
03:34:08,484 --> 03:34:11,436
forward to the really short

6391
03:34:11,436 --> 03:34:12,304
term suggestions that Michelle

6392
03:34:12,304 --> 03:34:15,941
and that we discussed in the in

6393
03:34:15,941 --> 03:34:16,909
the governance subcommittee

6394
03:34:16,909 --> 03:34:19,378
about having an open house and

6395
03:34:19,378 --> 03:34:19,828
kind of moving up some of those

6396
03:34:19,828 --> 03:34:22,228
information sessions earlier, I

6397
03:34:23,499 --> 03:34:24,350
think those will be fantastic.

6398
03:34:24,350 --> 03:34:26,100
And then the Civic Assembly,

6399
03:34:26,100 --> 03:34:29,100
you know it's a $250,000 price

6400
03:34:29,772 --> 03:34:32,524
tag so that represents a little

6401
03:34:32,524 --> 03:34:32,858
over point 1% of our $180

6402
03:34:32,858 --> 03:34:34,858
million general fund.

6403
03:34:36,562 --> 03:34:37,960
And for that I think it is a

6404
03:34:37,960 --> 03:34:37,846
modest but long term investment

6405
03:34:37,846 --> 03:34:40,717
in our city that's going to

6406
03:34:40,717 --> 03:34:41,250
result hopefully in a budget

6407
03:34:41,250 --> 03:34:42,000
that more closely reflects the

6408
03:34:42,000 --> 03:34:44,870
needs of the community And

6409
03:34:44,870 --> 03:34:48,240
that's what this is all about.

6410
03:34:48,240 --> 03:34:48,791
So by improving the way we

6411
03:34:48,791 --> 03:34:49,208
engage residents in the budget,

6412
03:34:49,208 --> 03:34:51,208
we strengthen trust,

6413
03:34:52,780 --> 03:34:52,729
accountability and ultimately

6414
03:34:52,729 --> 03:34:55,498
the decisions we make about how

6415
03:34:55,498 --> 03:34:58,498
to invest in our community.

6416
03:34:58,851 --> 03:34:59,402
Hopefully those decisions are

6417
03:34:59,402 --> 03:34:59,836
the trust in our communities

6418
03:34:59,836 --> 03:35:02,236
reflected in those decisions

6419
03:35:03,890 --> 03:35:03,857
that we make.

6420
03:35:03,857 --> 03:35:06,610
So the question I think like

6421
03:35:06,610 --> 03:35:07,144
Sevastova mentioned the big

6422
03:35:07,144 --> 03:35:10,300
question here is whether to

6423
03:35:10,300 --> 03:35:10,831
pursue a sole source or rfp.

6424
03:35:10,831 --> 03:35:11,849
I agree with MR. Henderson.

6425
03:35:11,849 --> 03:35:14,218
Like I said when he said that

6426
03:35:14,218 --> 03:35:16,618
our fees are generally

6427
03:35:17,788 --> 03:35:18,439
preferred or I think MR. Jones

6428
03:35:18,439 --> 03:35:21,439
said that in this circumstance

6429
03:35:21,691 --> 03:35:22,325
since this is a professional

6430
03:35:22,325 --> 03:35:22,760
services work we're not

6431
03:35:22,760 --> 03:35:25,160
required to do one.

6432
03:35:26,631 --> 03:35:27,164
But more importantly I think

6433
03:35:27,164 --> 03:35:29,564
healthy democracy historic I

6434
03:35:30,117 --> 03:35:30,734
think public democracy Los

6435
03:35:30,734 --> 03:35:31,134
Angeles really did a lot of

6436
03:35:31,134 --> 03:35:31,968
that hard work for us.

6437
03:35:31,968 --> 03:35:34,856
They provided us with an

6438
03:35:34,856 --> 03:35:37,809
analysis that's attached to a

6439
03:35:37,809 --> 03:35:40,562
staff report of these two of

6440
03:35:40,562 --> 03:35:41,429
these two providers.

6441
03:35:41,429 --> 03:35:43,564
So there's really a lack of

6442
03:35:43,564 --> 03:35:44,598
competition here And healthy

6443
03:35:44,598 --> 03:35:48,198
democracy is by far the most

6444
03:35:48,285 --> 03:35:51,285
experienced and qualified And I

6445
03:35:51,355 --> 03:35:52,224
think more importantly of all

6446
03:35:52,224 --> 03:35:55,793
is if we do an rfp process And

6447
03:35:55,793 --> 03:35:58,763
the reason that I personally

6448
03:35:58,763 --> 03:35:59,614
think we should forgo that is

6449
03:35:59,614 --> 03:36:03,850
we won't be able to the folks

6450
03:36:03,850 --> 03:36:03,585
that we put in the Civic

6451
03:36:03,585 --> 03:36:04,190
Assembly won't be able to

6452
03:36:04,190 --> 03:36:04,269
actually go through the

6453
03:36:04,269 --> 03:36:06,269
existing process.

6454
03:36:06,921 --> 03:36:09,792
So an rfp makes it a longer

6455
03:36:09,792 --> 03:36:10,325
process and we won't be able to

6456
03:36:10,325 --> 03:36:12,725
actually my understanding from

6457
03:36:13,495 --> 03:36:14,450
staff is that we won't have the

6458
03:36:14,450 --> 03:36:17,450
time to actually have those

6459
03:36:17,399 --> 03:36:17,950
participants go through the

6460
03:36:17,950 --> 03:36:20,920
existing process and happy to

6461
03:36:20,920 --> 03:36:21,730
be corrected if that's not the

6462
03:36:21,730 --> 03:36:21,904
case.

6463
03:36:21,904 --> 03:36:25,157
But if by doing sole source we

6464
03:36:25,157 --> 03:36:25,608
can have those people go

6465
03:36:25,608 --> 03:36:26,358
through the existing process

6466
03:36:26,358 --> 03:36:29,428
which is I think critical for

6467
03:36:29,428 --> 03:36:29,979
the success of this is people

6468
03:36:29,979 --> 03:36:32,949
going through the process we

6469
03:36:32,949 --> 03:36:33,598
already have and saying Oh this

6470
03:36:33,598 --> 03:36:34,132
worked this you know this needs

6471
03:36:34,132 --> 03:36:36,132
improvement and actually

6472
03:36:37,402 --> 03:36:38,237
building off what we've the

6473
03:36:38,237 --> 03:36:40,923
work we've already done So yeah

6474
03:36:40,923 --> 03:36:41,457
and I think we have an

6475
03:36:41,457 --> 03:36:41,931
opportunity to invest in

6476
03:36:41,931 --> 03:36:44,443
something for the long term

6477
03:36:44,443 --> 03:36:44,978
health of our city both our

6478
03:36:44,978 --> 03:36:45,195
fiscal health but also our

6479
03:36:45,195 --> 03:36:45,928
civic health.

6480
03:36:45,928 --> 03:36:48,797
How do we talk to one another?

6481
03:36:48,797 --> 03:36:49,131
How do we face each other and

6482
03:36:49,131 --> 03:36:51,131
make hard decisions?

6483
03:36:51,917 --> 03:36:52,435
And I think that is something

6484
03:36:52,435 --> 03:36:52,651
that's really exciting about

6485
03:36:52,651 --> 03:36:54,651
this prospect.

6486
03:36:55,222 --> 03:36:55,539
And I also want to add that

6487
03:36:55,539 --> 03:36:56,730
Councilmember McMahon's

6488
03:36:56,730 --> 03:36:58,473
original proposal of the

6489
03:36:59,125 --> 03:37:01,525
questionnaire I think is

6490
03:37:02,363 --> 03:37:02,812
another really additive

6491
03:37:02,812 --> 03:37:05,212
proposal here that just

6492
03:37:06,566 --> 03:37:07,117
enhances the work that city

6493
03:37:07,117 --> 03:37:07,751
staff is already doing and

6494
03:37:07,751 --> 03:37:10,151
enhances transparency with the

6495
03:37:10,187 --> 03:37:10,837
public.

6496
03:37:10,837 --> 03:37:11,237
That's all I have.

6497
03:37:11,237 --> 03:37:11,402
Thanks, man.

6498
03:37:11,402 --> 03:37:11,688
Okay.

6499
03:37:11,688 --> 03:37:13,688
Thank you.

6500
03:37:18,178 --> 03:37:18,845
Councilmember Horn Thank you.

6501
03:37:18,845 --> 03:37:21,617
Thank you to the cfo.

6502
03:37:21,617 --> 03:37:22,149
So bring your team and of

6503
03:37:22,149 --> 03:37:25,149
course the city manager's team

6504
03:37:25,836 --> 03:37:26,369
as well for all of the support

6505
03:37:26,369 --> 03:37:28,769
and the governance subcommittee

6506
03:37:29,540 --> 03:37:30,910
And that is a brand spanking

6507
03:37:30,910 --> 03:37:33,910
new committee And we've been

6508
03:37:33,377 --> 03:37:34,110
quite busy and you all can see

6509
03:37:34,110 --> 03:37:34,745
I'm very grateful to MISS

6510
03:37:34,745 --> 03:37:37,745
Dennis for being here this

6511
03:37:37,931 --> 03:37:41,201
evening and all of the deep

6512
03:37:41,201 --> 03:37:41,852
work that you've done to

6513
03:37:41,852 --> 03:37:42,200
support us being here in this

6514
03:37:42,200 --> 03:37:44,200
moment.

6515
03:37:45,239 --> 03:37:48,627
I'm really grateful for all the

6516
03:37:48,627 --> 03:37:49,600
comments and and I mean I I'll

6517
03:37:49,600 --> 03:37:51,460
I'll be pretty brief.

6518
03:37:52,831 --> 03:37:53,765
I've been very focused.

6519
03:37:53,765 --> 03:37:53,932
I mean this is my fifth year on

6520
03:37:53,932 --> 03:37:55,932
council.

6521
03:37:56,752 --> 03:37:57,486
I've been very focused on

6522
03:37:57,486 --> 03:38:00,486
lowering barriers for folks to

6523
03:38:01,155 --> 03:38:01,473
participate in our city

6524
03:38:01,473 --> 03:38:03,473
processes.

6525
03:38:04,342 --> 03:38:05,194
And as someone who did not

6526
03:38:05,194 --> 03:38:08,194
always feel welcome like my

6527
03:38:08,446 --> 03:38:11,499
voice or my opinion was and

6528
03:38:11,499 --> 03:38:12,500
welcomed or frequently uplifted

6529
03:38:12,500 --> 03:38:15,500
or centered in city discussions

6530
03:38:15,720 --> 03:38:16,454
and whether that was at the

6531
03:38:16,454 --> 03:38:19,742
school district or here at the

6532
03:38:19,742 --> 03:38:20,276
council level And it was

6533
03:38:20,276 --> 03:38:23,276
incredibly important or it is

6534
03:38:23,429 --> 03:38:23,979
incredibly important to me to

6535
03:38:23,979 --> 03:38:26,979
think about when we're in

6536
03:38:27,132 --> 03:38:30,132
spaces when we're hearing items

6537
03:38:30,503 --> 03:38:31,270
whose voice is not in the room,

6538
03:38:31,270 --> 03:38:34,256
what are we doing to make sure

6539
03:38:34,256 --> 03:38:34,791
that we are making our spaces

6540
03:38:34,791 --> 03:38:37,791
as comfortable as possible for

6541
03:38:38,377 --> 03:38:39,361
folks to be a part of them?

6542
03:38:39,361 --> 03:38:41,197
A part of that is how we speak

6543
03:38:41,197 --> 03:38:42,310
to one another which sometimes

6544
03:38:42,310 --> 03:38:45,310
listening to comments it's very

6545
03:38:45,485 --> 03:38:46,360
interesting how comfortable

6546
03:38:46,360 --> 03:38:46,218
folks feel speaking to your

6547
03:38:46,218 --> 03:38:48,218
neighbors.

6548
03:38:49,306 --> 03:38:52,306
We're all neighbors in this

6549
03:38:52,692 --> 03:38:53,226
5.2mi city and we all deeply

6550
03:38:53,226 --> 03:38:56,226
love and care for this

6551
03:38:56,696 --> 03:38:57,247
community And I always like to

6552
03:38:57,247 --> 03:38:57,898
root there because whether we

6553
03:38:57,898 --> 03:39:00,500
come around to these things the

6554
03:39:00,500 --> 03:39:00,203
same way or differently we're

6555
03:39:00,203 --> 03:39:01,170
here.

6556
03:39:01,170 --> 03:39:04,271
We're here in this space we're

6557
03:39:04,271 --> 03:39:04,938
engaging because we deeply care

6558
03:39:04,938 --> 03:39:08,308
about the now of our community

6559
03:39:08,308 --> 03:39:08,842
and the future for our children

6560
03:39:08,842 --> 03:39:11,242
and hopefully their children.

6561
03:39:12,528 --> 03:39:13,264
So I am very interested and

6562
03:39:13,264 --> 03:39:16,264
moving forward with the Civic

6563
03:39:16,966 --> 03:39:20,137
Assembly work I do you know and

6564
03:39:20,137 --> 03:39:20,788
again not to be repetitive I

6565
03:39:20,788 --> 03:39:23,788
know that the protocols to

6566
03:39:24,240 --> 03:39:25,209
typically move forward with the

6567
03:39:25,209 --> 03:39:29,409
rfp but as cited and I think

6568
03:39:31,399 --> 03:39:32,132
the second attachment to the

6569
03:39:32,132 --> 03:39:35,132
staff report and it's clear

6570
03:39:35,302 --> 03:39:38,302
that you know the information

6571
03:39:38,973 --> 03:39:39,640
and healthy democracy is very

6572
03:39:39,640 --> 03:39:43,240
well prepared to do this type

6573
03:39:43,628 --> 03:39:44,178
of work And again and this is

6574
03:39:44,178 --> 03:39:44,913
going to be looking and

6575
03:39:44,913 --> 03:39:47,281
hopefully we can fine tune this

6576
03:39:47,281 --> 03:39:48,480
from the Dyess but this is

6577
03:39:48,480 --> 03:39:51,850
looking at how we can ensure to

6578
03:39:51,850 --> 03:39:51,953
get more participation at

6579
03:39:51,953 --> 03:39:55,957
Again, so much kudos to our cfo

6580
03:39:55,957 --> 03:39:58,409
Soga who two years ago did the

6581
03:39:58,409 --> 03:39:59,160
first workshop for the city

6582
03:39:59,160 --> 03:40:00,110
last year did two workshops for

6583
03:40:00,110 --> 03:40:02,764
the city and but we're not

6584
03:40:02,764 --> 03:40:05,764
seeing the level of engagement

6585
03:40:06,500 --> 03:40:06,484
and input that we could see So

6586
03:40:06,484 --> 03:40:06,684
there's always room for

6587
03:40:06,684 --> 03:40:07,301
improvement.

6588
03:40:07,301 --> 03:40:07,536
That's never a knock on where

6589
03:40:07,536 --> 03:40:09,536
we are.

6590
03:40:10,105 --> 03:40:12,505
It's just an acknowledgment

6591
03:40:13,459 --> 03:40:13,993
that we can always do more and

6592
03:40:13,993 --> 03:40:14,727
hear from more voices and

6593
03:40:14,727 --> 03:40:17,295
ensure that our processes are

6594
03:40:17,295 --> 03:40:17,947
really doing and our services

6595
03:40:17,947 --> 03:40:21,150
are doing the things that we

6596
03:40:21,150 --> 03:40:23,415
hope that they do.

6597
03:40:24,903 --> 03:40:25,338
So to ensure that the folks who

6598
03:40:25,338 --> 03:40:26,720
are participating have the

6599
03:40:26,720 --> 03:40:28,842
opportunity to see the status

6600
03:40:28,842 --> 03:40:29,592
quo and that they will

6601
03:40:29,592 --> 03:40:32,544
hopefully also be able to give

6602
03:40:32,544 --> 03:40:33,950
us recommendations to move

6603
03:40:33,950 --> 03:40:33,261
forward going through the full

6604
03:40:33,261 --> 03:40:35,261
process.

6605
03:40:37,820 --> 03:40:40,253
So I support the waiver of lp

6606
03:40:40,253 --> 03:40:40,886
for their professional services

6607
03:40:40,886 --> 03:40:41,420
work for the Civic Assembly

6608
03:40:41,420 --> 03:40:43,820
process with the question

6609
03:40:44,691 --> 03:40:45,410
specifically being how can we

6610
03:40:45,410 --> 03:40:47,410
increase public participation

6611
03:40:48,377 --> 03:40:50,777
in the budget process?

6612
03:40:51,231 --> 03:40:54,231
So I would support the 250,000

6613
03:40:55,101 --> 03:40:55,768
allocation there and and I

6614
03:40:55,768 --> 03:40:56,503
would really like you know, I

6615
03:40:56,503 --> 03:40:59,503
hope our colleagues will agree

6616
03:41:02,392 --> 03:41:02,826
to and the Finance Committee

6617
03:41:02,826 --> 03:41:05,226
questionnaire is ten questions

6618
03:41:06,950 --> 03:41:06,747
And again since I've been on

6619
03:41:06,747 --> 03:41:09,499
the council I don't know if

6620
03:41:09,499 --> 03:41:10,117
I've uniformly seen the same

6621
03:41:10,117 --> 03:41:12,117
presentation from each

6622
03:41:13,303 --> 03:41:14,380
department and we do get the

6623
03:41:14,380 --> 03:41:17,380
spreadsheets And if you dig

6624
03:41:17,508 --> 03:41:20,878
into that huge book that our

6625
03:41:20,878 --> 03:41:21,829
amazing cfo team produces

6626
03:41:21,829 --> 03:41:25,150
annually and really dig in, you

6627
03:41:25,150 --> 03:41:28,469
can kind of see okay this is

6628
03:41:28,469 --> 03:41:28,802
where this department is

6629
03:41:28,802 --> 03:41:29,569
staffing wise, okay?

6630
03:41:29,569 --> 03:41:32,105
This is what their goals are

6631
03:41:32,105 --> 03:41:32,990
for this year.

6632
03:41:32,990 --> 03:41:36,430
But it's it's not like in a

6633
03:41:36,430 --> 03:41:36,594
clear you know, very simple,

6634
03:41:36,594 --> 03:41:37,462
very transparent And again we

6635
03:41:37,462 --> 03:41:40,832
will still have all of those is

6636
03:41:40,832 --> 03:41:41,582
not replacing any any of the

6637
03:41:41,582 --> 03:41:44,452
book but it hopefully it will

6638
03:41:44,452 --> 03:41:45,219
allow folks to kind of have a

6639
03:41:45,219 --> 03:41:47,472
you know a bird's eye view of

6640
03:41:47,472 --> 03:41:48,122
like these are the goals.

6641
03:41:48,122 --> 03:41:48,339
This is what the department

6642
03:41:48,339 --> 03:41:50,339
looks like.

6643
03:41:50,592 --> 03:41:51,420
So it's a really simple ten

6644
03:41:51,420 --> 03:41:51,760
question questionnaire that I

6645
03:41:51,760 --> 03:41:54,760
think can only add to

6646
03:41:55,347 --> 03:41:55,780
transparency as we continue to

6647
03:41:55,780 --> 03:41:55,947
move our budget processes

6648
03:41:55,947 --> 03:41:57,947
forward.

6649
03:41:58,866 --> 03:41:59,183
So I'm excited about the

6650
03:41:59,183 --> 03:42:01,183
potential of change.

6651
03:42:02,537 --> 03:42:02,871
I'm excited about the

6652
03:42:02,871 --> 03:42:04,871
opportunity for additional

6653
03:42:06,325 --> 03:42:07,192
transparency and accountability

6654
03:42:07,192 --> 03:42:10,545
as we always seek to better our

6655
03:42:10,545 --> 03:42:11,180
city services and support our

6656
03:42:11,180 --> 03:42:13,580
neighbors and community better

6657
03:42:14,133 --> 03:42:15,000
So I'm excited.

6658
03:42:15,000 --> 03:42:18,530
This is like a you know, really

6659
03:42:18,530 --> 03:42:18,703
full circle moment.

6660
03:42:18,703 --> 03:42:21,256
So again, grateful to my

6661
03:42:21,256 --> 03:42:21,791
colleague for your leadership

6662
03:42:21,791 --> 03:42:24,191
and collaboration that has

6663
03:42:25,361 --> 03:42:25,912
brought us to this moment and

6664
03:42:25,912 --> 03:42:26,562
looking forward to hearing from

6665
03:42:26,562 --> 03:42:26,728
the rest of my colleagues this

6666
03:42:26,728 --> 03:42:28,728
evening.

6667
03:42:29,631 --> 03:42:29,949
Thank you.

6668
03:42:29,949 --> 03:42:31,949
Thank you.

6669
03:42:33,119 --> 03:42:33,270
Council Member Thank you Mayor

6670
03:42:33,270 --> 03:42:34,102
.

6671
03:42:34,102 --> 03:42:34,953
Stand and thank you so much for

6672
03:42:34,953 --> 03:42:38,553
your your hard work and your

6673
03:42:39,125 --> 03:42:39,892
presentation this evening.

6674
03:42:39,892 --> 03:42:40,626
Lisa thank you so much for

6675
03:42:40,626 --> 03:42:43,626
everything you know and and

6676
03:42:43,913 --> 03:42:47,283
moving forward I want to one

6677
03:42:47,283 --> 03:42:48,100
commend you for you you came on

6678
03:42:48,100 --> 03:42:50,670
board and a lot of the things

6679
03:42:50,670 --> 03:42:51,371
that are in place now were not

6680
03:42:51,371 --> 03:42:54,730
when you came on board.

6681
03:42:54,730 --> 03:42:54,607
So and a lot of it is about the

6682
03:42:54,607 --> 03:42:55,558
participation in the budget and

6683
03:42:55,558 --> 03:42:58,611
how you sort of you know with

6684
03:42:58,611 --> 03:42:58,928
Councilmember McMahon's

6685
03:42:58,928 --> 03:42:59,780
suggestion about graphing

6686
03:42:59,780 --> 03:43:02,348
things and whatnot making it a

6687
03:43:02,348 --> 03:43:05,319
lot easier for residents to

6688
03:43:05,319 --> 03:43:05,952
really grasp what was going on

6689
03:43:05,952 --> 03:43:08,821
but then really your attention

6690
03:43:08,821 --> 03:43:09,440
in your detail and really

6691
03:43:09,440 --> 03:43:11,840
creating and crafting more

6692
03:43:12,993 --> 03:43:13,776
community participation.

6693
03:43:13,776 --> 03:43:13,929
So thank thank you for for

6694
03:43:13,929 --> 03:43:15,929
that.

6695
03:43:16,646 --> 03:43:17,180
In terms of moving forward

6696
03:43:17,180 --> 03:43:20,180
without an rfp, I'm especially

6697
03:43:20,567 --> 03:43:21,101
for this amount of money I know

6698
03:43:21,101 --> 03:43:24,101
it's up to council's discretion

6699
03:43:24,805 --> 03:43:25,739
but is that sort of customary i

6700
03:43:25,739 --> 03:43:28,508
can understand for maybe a

6701
03:43:28,508 --> 03:43:31,508
smaller dollar amount but for

6702
03:43:35,400 --> 03:43:38,400
this type of expenditure Well

6703
03:43:39,586 --> 03:43:42,586
normally I think both Elizabeth

6704
03:43:43,791 --> 03:43:44,626
and I have tried to in our our

6705
03:43:44,626 --> 03:43:47,679
time here to kind of hold

6706
03:43:47,679 --> 03:43:50,790
departments to higher standards

6707
03:43:51,665 --> 03:43:52,416
and get them to do rfp is

6708
03:43:52,416 --> 03:43:55,416
really go out on the

6709
03:43:55,569 --> 03:43:56,187
marketplace especially when

6710
03:43:56,187 --> 03:43:58,587
we're talking about large

6711
03:43:59,558 --> 03:44:00,625
dollar amounts.

6712
03:44:00,625 --> 03:44:03,795
I mean that it really is a best

6713
03:44:03,795 --> 03:44:06,765
practice because whether or not

6714
03:44:06,765 --> 03:44:07,298
there is we we don't know

6715
03:44:07,298 --> 03:44:07,516
everybody who's out there.

6716
03:44:07,516 --> 03:44:08,283
Right?

6717
03:44:08,283 --> 03:44:11,253
There MAY be other people who

6718
03:44:11,253 --> 03:44:14,622
are interested and that is our

6719
03:44:14,622 --> 03:44:18,222
best job at being stewards of

6720
03:44:18,727 --> 03:44:19,260
the public funds We we go out

6721
03:44:19,260 --> 03:44:22,260
and see in a competitive

6722
03:44:23,148 --> 03:44:23,366
process what is available.

6723
03:44:23,366 --> 03:44:24,233
Right.

6724
03:44:24,233 --> 03:44:27,102
And and I appreciate that we do

6725
03:44:27,102 --> 03:44:27,636
that sort of across the board

6726
03:44:27,636 --> 03:44:28,303
with every department And I

6727
03:44:28,303 --> 03:44:30,138
like that you brought that up

6728
03:44:30,138 --> 03:44:33,738
and I think it really is

6729
03:44:33,993 --> 03:44:34,777
important moving forward.

6730
03:44:34,777 --> 03:44:35,395
You know, there's a lot of

6731
03:44:35,395 --> 03:44:37,795
comments and questions made

6732
03:44:40,399 --> 03:44:40,800
that I don't know that I agree

6733
03:44:40,800 --> 03:44:42,800
with 100%.

6734
03:44:43,569 --> 03:44:45,969
I'm you know, spending $250,000

6735
03:44:47,757 --> 03:44:51,528
to pay a group of people to

6736
03:44:51,528 --> 03:44:52,395
come up with ideas to bring to

6737
03:44:52,395 --> 03:44:55,480
city council that we submit to

6738
03:44:55,480 --> 03:44:55,898
the city manager that is his

6739
03:44:55,898 --> 03:44:59,498
duty under the or their duty

6740
03:44:59,569 --> 03:45:03,169
whomever it might be under the

6741
03:45:03,657 --> 03:45:07,110
charter to craft a document, a

6742
03:45:07,110 --> 03:45:07,860
budget, put forward.

6743
03:45:07,860 --> 03:45:10,860
You know they're talking about

6744
03:45:11,231 --> 03:45:12,483
a q&a with department heads.

6745
03:45:12,483 --> 03:45:17,283
We can do a q&a with department

6746
03:45:17,670 --> 03:45:18,821
heads and save us $250,000.

6747
03:45:18,821 --> 03:45:20,958
I mean, you know and a lot of

6748
03:45:20,958 --> 03:45:21,391
the talks are talking about

6749
03:45:21,391 --> 03:45:22,920
structural deficit and how

6750
03:45:22,920 --> 03:45:25,920
moving forward, you know, we

6751
03:45:25,161 --> 03:45:25,327
really need to be mindful of

6752
03:45:25,327 --> 03:45:27,327
that.

6753
03:45:29,490 --> 03:45:29,483
But yeah, we have no problem

6754
03:45:29,483 --> 03:45:30,117
investing a quarter million

6755
03:45:30,117 --> 03:45:32,517
dollars plus whatever time

6756
03:45:33,103 --> 03:45:37,174
staff is going to have to spend

6757
03:45:37,174 --> 03:45:40,774
on this in my opinion you're

6758
03:45:41,345 --> 03:45:44,615
you're asked to task or do

6759
03:45:44,615 --> 03:45:45,366
probably the heaviest heaviest

6760
03:45:45,366 --> 03:45:48,852
lifting of your job is creating

6761
03:45:48,852 --> 03:45:52,452
the budget But yet in doing

6762
03:45:52,623 --> 03:45:53,291
that now we have another sort

6763
03:45:53,291 --> 03:45:55,430
of football we're going to hand

6764
03:45:55,430 --> 03:45:55,877
you and say we'll run with this

6765
03:45:55,877 --> 03:45:59,477
one to and how much money

6766
03:45:59,663 --> 03:46:00,310
that's going to cost, how much

6767
03:46:00,310 --> 03:46:00,799
are we going to pay them?

6768
03:46:00,799 --> 03:46:04,399
How much more money is this

6769
03:46:06,605 --> 03:46:06,827
going to cost if if this moves

6770
03:46:06,827 --> 03:46:07,772
forward?

6771
03:46:07,772 --> 03:46:10,108
A lot of it really it concerns

6772
03:46:10,108 --> 03:46:10,775
me.

6773
03:46:10,775 --> 03:46:13,775
It really it really does.

6774
03:46:14,545 --> 03:46:15,213
If somebody one of the speakers

6775
03:46:15,213 --> 03:46:17,866
is talking about there's no way

6776
03:46:17,866 --> 03:46:18,717
for input I think there's

6777
03:46:18,717 --> 03:46:22,188
plenty of ways for input And I

6778
03:46:22,188 --> 03:46:23,380
know during budget session we

6779
03:46:23,380 --> 03:46:26,292
each each one of us get

6780
03:46:26,292 --> 03:46:26,842
multiple emails from residents

6781
03:46:26,842 --> 03:46:27,175
who hey, this is what's

6782
03:46:27,175 --> 03:46:29,175
important to me.

6783
03:46:30,460 --> 03:46:30,780
This is what I want to see.

6784
03:46:30,780 --> 03:46:30,936
This is what I don't want to

6785
03:46:30,936 --> 03:46:32,936
see.

6786
03:46:33,490 --> 03:46:33,799
This is moving forward, you

6787
03:46:33,799 --> 03:46:37,170
know and you know I did

6788
03:46:37,170 --> 03:46:40,170
campaigning as well this this

6789
03:46:40,739 --> 03:46:41,457
last season and knocked on a

6790
03:46:41,457 --> 03:46:44,444
whole lot of doors as well.

6791
03:46:44,444 --> 03:46:44,993
And I don't know that any of

6792
03:46:44,993 --> 03:46:47,993
the conversations I had with

6793
03:46:48,248 --> 03:46:48,898
individuals was hey, how come

6794
03:46:48,898 --> 03:46:51,898
we can't participate in the

6795
03:46:52,680 --> 03:46:55,955
budget and to be quite frank I

6796
03:46:55,955 --> 03:46:59,625
think if if this item were to

6797
03:46:59,625 --> 03:47:00,509
come forward if I said Hey,

6798
03:47:00,509 --> 03:47:03,696
let's do this and this is who I

6799
03:47:03,696 --> 03:47:04,247
want to do it do it with a lot

6800
03:47:04,247 --> 03:47:06,983
of community members I'm that

6801
03:47:06,983 --> 03:47:09,983
would still be talking about

6802
03:47:11,870 --> 03:47:11,738
what the heck is going on And I

6803
03:47:11,738 --> 03:47:12,489
think that should just be, you

6804
03:47:12,489 --> 03:47:14,700
know held across across the

6805
03:47:14,700 --> 03:47:14,642
board.

6806
03:47:14,642 --> 03:47:17,420
But more importantly what

6807
03:47:19,112 --> 03:47:22,683
worries me is that okay great

6808
03:47:22,683 --> 03:47:25,953
we want our trees trimmed in

6809
03:47:25,953 --> 03:47:26,820
our street lights on and I

6810
03:47:26,820 --> 03:47:29,560
think we all can agree that we

6811
03:47:29,560 --> 03:47:29,907
want that.

6812
03:47:29,907 --> 03:47:33,177
But when you're working with a

6813
03:47:33,177 --> 03:47:36,177
finite finite amount of money

6814
03:47:37,630 --> 03:47:37,498
and your need to ensure I think

6815
03:47:37,498 --> 03:47:38,349
first and foremost public

6816
03:47:38,349 --> 03:47:40,918
safety and how we're going to

6817
03:47:40,918 --> 03:47:41,652
keep our communities safe and

6818
03:47:41,652 --> 03:47:44,304
we don't have the safe

6819
03:47:44,304 --> 03:47:44,738
community our businesses don't

6820
03:47:44,738 --> 03:47:45,490
want to stay here.

6821
03:47:45,490 --> 03:47:48,142
Our residents don't want to

6822
03:47:48,142 --> 03:47:48,792
stay here.

6823
03:47:48,792 --> 03:47:51,646
A school district will decline

6824
03:47:51,646 --> 03:47:52,790
And I worry this is just

6825
03:47:52,790 --> 03:47:54,479
another mechanism behind the

6826
03:47:55,533 --> 03:47:56,840
funding that ultimately you

6827
03:47:56,840 --> 03:47:56,518
know, my colleagues have no

6828
03:47:56,518 --> 03:47:58,918
problem saying the biggest

6829
03:47:59,588 --> 03:48:00,237
budget is our police budget and

6830
03:48:00,237 --> 03:48:01,289
how we're going to trim trim

6831
03:48:01,289 --> 03:48:05,489
the fat on that And I think

6832
03:48:05,877 --> 03:48:09,470
we're ready and sort of trimmed

6833
03:48:09,470 --> 03:48:09,597
it as much as we can moving

6834
03:48:09,597 --> 03:48:12,597
forward especially as we should

6835
03:48:13,485 --> 03:48:13,919
be ramping up for everything

6836
03:48:13,919 --> 03:48:16,319
that's coming forward whether

6837
03:48:17,789 --> 03:48:21,389
it's the soccer or the football

6838
03:48:24,295 --> 03:48:24,979
or the Olympics And to start

6839
03:48:24,979 --> 03:48:25,630
spending more money and

6840
03:48:25,630 --> 03:48:28,801
figuring out how we're going to

6841
03:48:28,801 --> 03:48:32,671
trim the budget And I said this

6842
03:48:32,671 --> 03:48:33,206
It worries me that it's

6843
03:48:33,206 --> 03:48:35,606
recommendations are going to

6844
03:48:36,575 --> 03:48:37,226
come for defunding.

6845
03:48:37,226 --> 03:48:40,195
Plain and simple without, you

6846
03:48:40,195 --> 03:48:40,413
know, putting any sugar on top

6847
03:48:40,413 --> 03:48:42,413
of it.

6848
03:48:44,200 --> 03:48:44,417
I think there's better use for

6849
03:48:44,417 --> 03:48:46,417
the funds.

6850
03:48:47,986 --> 03:48:51,586
i think ultimately we as a

6851
03:48:51,757 --> 03:48:51,940
council are the ears of our

6852
03:48:51,940 --> 03:48:52,842
community.

6853
03:48:52,842 --> 03:48:55,695
Those who reach out to us can

6854
03:48:55,695 --> 03:48:56,546
obviously have their voices

6855
03:48:56,546 --> 03:48:59,699
heard through us or hear or in

6856
03:48:59,699 --> 03:48:59,866
the meetings that you're

6857
03:48:59,866 --> 03:49:01,866
holding.

6858
03:49:03,619 --> 03:49:04,337
So if this does move forward I

6859
03:49:04,337 --> 03:49:05,405
urge Council to do it the right

6860
03:49:05,405 --> 03:49:07,857
way to do it How we sort of

6861
03:49:07,857 --> 03:49:10,857
hold every other item that

6862
03:49:11,128 --> 03:49:12,195
comes forward is creating an

6863
03:49:12,195 --> 03:49:15,310
rfp to do it the right and fair

6864
03:49:15,310 --> 03:49:17,310
way.

6865
03:49:19,118 --> 03:49:19,276
But overall I can't support

6866
03:49:19,276 --> 03:49:21,276
this.

6867
03:49:22,906 --> 03:49:27,106
I think we as the council are

6868
03:49:27,193 --> 03:49:27,745
responsible for directing staff

6869
03:49:27,745 --> 03:49:30,745
and our department heads on

6870
03:49:30,797 --> 03:49:31,465
what is important and what is

6871
03:49:31,465 --> 03:49:34,719
not and then trusting that city

6872
03:49:34,719 --> 03:49:35,169
manager to come up with a

6873
03:49:35,169 --> 03:49:37,569
document that makes sense

6874
03:49:38,205 --> 03:49:39,220
across the board.

6875
03:49:39,220 --> 03:49:41,492
Mayor, thank you so much.

6876
03:49:41,492 --> 03:49:41,693
Thank you guys for your present

6877
03:49:41,693 --> 03:49:42,126
.

6878
03:49:42,126 --> 03:49:42,793
Yeah, thank you.

6879
03:49:42,793 --> 03:49:45,362
Thank you for the presentation

6880
03:49:45,362 --> 03:49:46,196
and thank you to MISS Dennis

6881
03:49:46,196 --> 03:49:49,666
and Padilla and for the public

6882
03:49:49,666 --> 03:49:52,660
comments I'm really interested

6883
03:49:53,538 --> 03:49:53,972
in this concept overall I do

6884
03:49:53,972 --> 03:49:56,372
have a few questions.

6885
03:49:57,475 --> 03:49:58,142
Do we now I'm sorry if you said

6886
03:49:58,142 --> 03:49:58,692
this but do we know how much

6887
03:49:58,692 --> 03:50:01,460
approximate how much staff time

6888
03:50:01,460 --> 03:50:02,213
this would involve?

6889
03:50:02,213 --> 03:50:06,000
I have no idea And it is not

6890
03:50:06,000 --> 03:50:09,530
can't completed within It is a

6891
03:50:09,530 --> 03:50:11,530
concern of mine.

6892
03:50:12,440 --> 03:50:15,811
I have not spoken with healthy

6893
03:50:15,811 --> 03:50:16,545
democracies as of yet because I

6894
03:50:16,545 --> 03:50:19,545
don't have council direction so

6895
03:50:20,516 --> 03:50:20,916
it's unclear to me how much

6896
03:50:20,916 --> 03:50:23,316
time this will need.

6897
03:50:23,786 --> 03:50:24,552
I am concerned that with all

6898
03:50:24,552 --> 03:50:27,322
the other work on our and I

6899
03:50:27,322 --> 03:50:27,956
have a very busy staff where

6900
03:50:27,956 --> 03:50:28,623
you know especially right now

6901
03:50:28,623 --> 03:50:31,676
we're up to our eyeballs in

6902
03:50:31,676 --> 03:50:32,444
audit You all see the budget

6903
03:50:32,444 --> 03:50:34,814
but the other big thing we do

6904
03:50:34,814 --> 03:50:38,984
is the audit Every year And so

6905
03:50:38,984 --> 03:50:39,652
we've been working very hard on

6906
03:50:39,652 --> 03:50:42,521
closing the books for last year

6907
03:50:42,521 --> 03:50:43,472
So I don't really know how much

6908
03:50:43,472 --> 03:50:46,842
time I did notice that on the

6909
03:50:46,842 --> 03:50:47,577
attack on the budget for

6910
03:50:47,577 --> 03:50:50,577
healthy democracies it does say

6911
03:50:50,863 --> 03:50:53,216
that there's going you know,

6912
03:50:53,216 --> 03:50:53,766
the city's responsible over and

6913
03:50:53,766 --> 03:50:56,166
above the 250,000 to provide

6914
03:50:57,454 --> 03:51:00,506
the venue to provide tech and a

6915
03:51:00,506 --> 03:51:00,840
v support and to provide

6916
03:51:00,840 --> 03:51:01,791
additional public outreach.

6917
03:51:01,791 --> 03:51:05,950
I don't really know what that

6918
03:51:05,950 --> 03:51:08,480
looks like so I can't put a

6919
03:51:08,480 --> 03:51:10,448
dollar figure on it.

6920
03:51:11,718 --> 03:51:12,235
So I'd I'd have to determine

6921
03:51:12,235 --> 03:51:14,235
what that was.

6922
03:51:15,705 --> 03:51:19,305
I think if either if the

6923
03:51:19,392 --> 03:51:22,392
council decided to go that

6924
03:51:23,546 --> 03:51:24,215
route and award an agreement or

6925
03:51:24,215 --> 03:51:27,368
to have us go without a

6926
03:51:27,368 --> 03:51:27,701
procurement process and just

6927
03:51:27,701 --> 03:51:28,234
directly to healthy

6928
03:51:28,234 --> 03:51:31,205
democracies, I think we would

6929
03:51:31,205 --> 03:51:31,755
need to come back because this

6930
03:51:31,755 --> 03:51:31,939
would obviously have to be

6931
03:51:31,939 --> 03:51:33,939
redefined.

6932
03:51:34,641 --> 03:51:35,358
We'd have to have conversations

6933
03:51:35,358 --> 03:51:38,358
with them before we brought

6934
03:51:39,460 --> 03:51:41,499
back an item with a contract

6935
03:51:41,499 --> 03:51:41,716
amount for approval.

6936
03:51:41,716 --> 03:51:43,716
Okay.

6937
03:51:45,570 --> 03:51:47,570
Thank you.

6938
03:51:47,939 --> 03:51:51,539
What happens and did you want

6939
03:51:51,992 --> 03:51:54,392
to respond to that?

6940
03:51:55,463 --> 03:51:55,930
There is some staff time.

6941
03:51:55,930 --> 03:51:57,930
I would extraordinarily

6942
03:51:59,490 --> 03:51:59,701
strongly recommend that that

6943
03:51:59,701 --> 03:52:02,701
the chief financial officer of

6944
03:52:02,771 --> 03:52:06,141
the city be one of the experts

6945
03:52:06,141 --> 03:52:09,741
providing a day to explain the

6946
03:52:13,147 --> 03:52:16,147
budget process and and should

6947
03:52:16,634 --> 03:52:17,268
there be questions that we need

6948
03:52:17,268 --> 03:52:17,519
to go over there and answer

6949
03:52:17,519 --> 03:52:19,519
their questions?

6950
03:52:20,856 --> 03:52:23,893
That's the only staff time I

6951
03:52:23,893 --> 03:52:24,760
see involved.

6952
03:52:24,760 --> 03:52:27,913
There MAY be some staff time

6953
03:52:27,913 --> 03:52:30,313
looking at the recommendations

6954
03:52:32,584 --> 03:52:35,584
next summer from the Civic

6955
03:52:38,691 --> 03:52:42,291
Assembly and I'll put and at

6956
03:52:42,578 --> 03:52:43,312
the bottom of the proposed

6957
03:52:43,312 --> 03:52:46,312
budget from p from healthy

6958
03:52:47,399 --> 03:52:50,399
democracy is that assumed that

6959
03:52:51,700 --> 03:52:51,720
the location the venue to do

6960
03:52:51,720 --> 03:52:54,891
this would be provided by the

6961
03:52:54,891 --> 03:52:58,491
city the Civic you know the

6962
03:52:58,962 --> 03:52:59,729
Veterans Affairs location and

6963
03:52:59,729 --> 03:53:02,782
somebody to help with some tech

6964
03:53:02,782 --> 03:53:03,316
support like one person and

6965
03:53:03,316 --> 03:53:05,168
make sure that the microphones

6966
03:53:05,168 --> 03:53:08,168
and projectors and all that

6967
03:53:09,139 --> 03:53:12,376
kind of stuff work And healthy

6968
03:53:12,376 --> 03:53:13,125
democracy has extensive

6969
03:53:13,125 --> 03:53:15,525
experience in managing these

6970
03:53:16,996 --> 03:53:17,947
things on behalf of cities.

6971
03:53:17,947 --> 03:53:21,535
And so the assumption is that

6972
03:53:21,535 --> 03:53:22,169
should you choose to go forward

6973
03:53:22,169 --> 03:53:24,822
the city would refine this

6974
03:53:24,822 --> 03:53:25,372
proposed budget to work out

6975
03:53:25,372 --> 03:53:26,206
these details and of course

6976
03:53:26,206 --> 03:53:28,659
come back to the council with

6977
03:53:28,659 --> 03:53:28,859
that.

6978
03:53:28,859 --> 03:53:30,859
Right.

6979
03:53:32,112 --> 03:53:32,780
Thank you.

6980
03:53:32,780 --> 03:53:33,113
Before you go, there's a

6981
03:53:33,113 --> 03:53:35,113
question about Sorry.

6982
03:53:36,166 --> 03:53:36,818
Yes, sorry.

6983
03:53:36,818 --> 03:53:39,818
What if someone drops out

6984
03:53:40,187 --> 03:53:40,837
during the process?

6985
03:53:40,837 --> 03:53:41,689
How is the replacement handled?

6986
03:53:41,689 --> 03:53:44,675
Well, the idea is that there

6987
03:53:44,675 --> 03:53:47,675
would be 20 excuse me and 20

6988
03:53:47,728 --> 03:53:50,728
people selected at random but

6989
03:53:51,820 --> 03:53:51,966
also some alternate.

6990
03:53:51,966 --> 03:53:55,235
So if there's a illness or you

6991
03:53:55,235 --> 03:53:55,770
know a family concerns so forth

6992
03:53:55,770 --> 03:53:58,170
so that there's always 20

6993
03:53:59,356 --> 03:53:59,873
people that and the panel of 20

6994
03:53:59,873 --> 03:54:02,273
people continues to represent

6995
03:54:03,545 --> 03:54:03,979
the demographic characteristics

6996
03:54:03,979 --> 03:54:04,412
defined by the council.

6997
03:54:04,412 --> 03:54:06,412
Okay Thank you.

6998
03:54:07,782 --> 03:54:10,182
And one last question.

6999
03:54:10,635 --> 03:54:12,635
So last one.

7000
03:54:14,806 --> 03:54:15,457
So the assembly members are

7001
03:54:15,457 --> 03:54:19,570
going to invest all this time.

7002
03:54:19,561 --> 03:54:19,778
How are we going to manage

7003
03:54:19,778 --> 03:54:21,778
expectations?

7004
03:54:22,331 --> 03:54:22,815
So what if they come back?

7005
03:54:22,815 --> 03:54:24,815
They make recommendations.

7006
03:54:26,768 --> 03:54:27,419
Counsel for whatever reason

7007
03:54:27,419 --> 03:54:30,505
doesn't go with them or you

7008
03:54:30,505 --> 03:54:30,706
know, we don't want people to

7009
03:54:30,706 --> 03:54:31,474
be deflated.

7010
03:54:31,474 --> 03:54:34,143
We just invested all this time

7011
03:54:34,143 --> 03:54:34,994
money and energy into them.

7012
03:54:34,994 --> 03:54:38,147
How do we manage all those

7013
03:54:38,147 --> 03:54:38,781
expectations and there's a

7014
03:54:38,781 --> 03:54:41,181
program director from Healthy

7015
03:54:42,451 --> 03:54:43,419
Democracy here tonight, Justin

7016
03:54:43,419 --> 03:54:45,671
Reedy and I ask him to step up

7017
03:54:45,671 --> 03:54:46,188
and answer that question

7018
03:54:46,188 --> 03:54:48,188
specifically to manage

7019
03:54:52,227 --> 03:54:53,296
expectations

7020
03:54:53,296 --> 03:54:54,460
.

7021
03:54:54,460 --> 03:54:57,460
Thanks, Vice Mayor Fraser, can

7022
03:54:57,116 --> 03:54:57,516
you kind of restate your

7023
03:54:57,516 --> 03:54:57,851
questions So know what?

7024
03:54:57,851 --> 03:54:59,851
You're right.

7025
03:55:00,503 --> 03:55:01,354
So we're going to invest of

7026
03:55:01,354 --> 03:55:04,224
this time energy and money in

7027
03:55:04,224 --> 03:55:06,624
this 20 assembly of 25 people

7028
03:55:08,127 --> 03:55:08,477
and at the end they're going to

7029
03:55:08,477 --> 03:55:10,477
make a recommendation.

7030
03:55:11,948 --> 03:55:15,419
X, y, z And let's say council

7031
03:55:15,419 --> 03:55:16,169
goes in a different direction

7032
03:55:16,169 --> 03:55:19,769
or doesn't you know, thank you.

7033
03:55:19,973 --> 03:55:20,290
But you know we're going to go

7034
03:55:20,290 --> 03:55:22,290
this other way.

7035
03:55:23,159 --> 03:55:26,159
How do we manage expectations

7036
03:55:26,529 --> 03:55:27,180
of the Assembly members just to

7037
03:55:27,180 --> 03:55:27,914
like it MAY or MAY not

7038
03:55:27,914 --> 03:55:30,550
Hopefully it would be in

7039
03:55:30,550 --> 03:55:31,485
alignment.

7040
03:55:31,485 --> 03:55:31,902
It would support the way that

7041
03:55:31,902 --> 03:55:32,752
council is going and the way

7042
03:55:32,752 --> 03:55:34,789
the city based on all the

7043
03:55:34,789 --> 03:55:35,600
information that they're going

7044
03:55:35,600 --> 03:55:35,456
to receive.

7045
03:55:35,456 --> 03:55:37,456
Does that help?

7046
03:55:39,377 --> 03:55:39,544
Yeah, I think I can I can speak

7047
03:55:39,544 --> 03:55:41,544
to that.

7048
03:55:42,480 --> 03:55:46,500
So I would say it would be it's

7049
03:55:46,500 --> 03:55:49,500
it's pretty rare for convening

7050
03:55:49,921 --> 03:55:50,471
body a municipality city county

7051
03:55:50,471 --> 03:55:50,905
We've worked with lots of

7052
03:55:50,905 --> 03:55:53,305
different governments over the

7053
03:55:54,275 --> 03:55:57,345
years that on on these kinds of

7054
03:55:57,345 --> 03:55:58,960
projects for the convening body

7055
03:55:58,960 --> 03:55:58,712
to reject outright all of the

7056
03:55:58,712 --> 03:56:01,112
recommendations of a civic

7057
03:56:01,666 --> 03:56:02,000
assembly usually the

7058
03:56:02,000 --> 03:56:04,000
recommendations that are

7059
03:56:05,469 --> 03:56:06,210
produced by these panels of a

7060
03:56:06,210 --> 03:56:08,857
microcosm of the community are

7061
03:56:08,857 --> 03:56:09,607
really solid recommendations

7062
03:56:09,607 --> 03:56:10,420
that come from the heart and

7063
03:56:10,420 --> 03:56:12,442
soul of the community.

7064
03:56:13,911 --> 03:56:14,579
These people take this very

7065
03:56:14,579 --> 03:56:16,531
seriously, spent a lot of time,

7066
03:56:16,531 --> 03:56:17,650
as you say, sort of investing

7067
03:56:17,650 --> 03:56:17,682
in this and investing their

7068
03:56:17,682 --> 03:56:20,351
time and energy in this and

7069
03:56:20,351 --> 03:56:20,986
trying to come up with

7070
03:56:20,986 --> 03:56:23,986
solutions that are ones that

7071
03:56:24,356 --> 03:56:24,672
are very feasible for the city

7072
03:56:24,672 --> 03:56:25,540
to do.

7073
03:56:25,540 --> 03:56:28,110
So it would be pretty rare for

7074
03:56:28,110 --> 03:56:28,978
them for the I think for you

7075
03:56:28,978 --> 03:56:32,264
guys as a as a group to say

7076
03:56:32,264 --> 03:56:32,798
thanks we we kind of don't want

7077
03:56:32,798 --> 03:56:33,415
to go in that direction.

7078
03:56:33,415 --> 03:56:36,510
That said I think that

7079
03:56:36,510 --> 03:56:36,718
recognize that that ultimately

7080
03:56:36,718 --> 03:56:37,369
they're an advisory body to the

7081
03:56:37,369 --> 03:56:40,223
city council that you all are

7082
03:56:40,223 --> 03:56:40,889
the decision makers for the for

7083
03:56:40,889 --> 03:56:43,859
the city And this is really

7084
03:56:43,859 --> 03:56:44,610
about trying to help the the

7085
03:56:44,610 --> 03:56:47,162
city sort of have a better

7086
03:56:47,162 --> 03:56:47,697
understanding of how the

7087
03:56:47,697 --> 03:56:50,697
community wants to be involved

7088
03:56:51,884 --> 03:56:52,434
in this process And as you go

7089
03:56:52,434 --> 03:56:52,851
about making these kind of

7090
03:56:52,851 --> 03:56:54,851
difficult decisions moving

7091
03:56:55,305 --> 03:56:55,855
forward with respect to setting

7092
03:56:55,855 --> 03:56:58,724
the budget and thinking about

7093
03:56:58,724 --> 03:56:59,259
kind of budget priorities, how

7094
03:56:59,259 --> 03:56:59,909
to make sure the people's

7095
03:56:59,909 --> 03:57:02,879
voices is the people's voices

7096
03:57:02,879 --> 03:57:03,530
are heard in the process.

7097
03:57:03,530 --> 03:57:04,263
So I think they would

7098
03:57:04,263 --> 03:57:06,932
understand and respect that at

7099
03:57:06,932 --> 03:57:07,366
that not necessarily all of the

7100
03:57:07,366 --> 03:57:09,766
recommendations would be taken

7101
03:57:10,836 --> 03:57:14,240
into account or passed but I

7102
03:57:14,240 --> 03:57:14,924
would I would expect it would

7103
03:57:14,924 --> 03:57:15,108
at least some of them would be

7104
03:57:15,108 --> 03:57:15,274
but yeah.

7105
03:57:15,274 --> 03:57:15,576
Got it.

7106
03:57:15,576 --> 03:57:17,576
Thank you.

7107
03:57:18,328 --> 03:57:19,195
That's helpful.

7108
03:57:19,195 --> 03:57:22,583
I think that there so it would

7109
03:57:22,583 --> 03:57:22,832
be explained to them that it's

7110
03:57:22,832 --> 03:57:23,449
advisory capacity.

7111
03:57:23,449 --> 03:57:26,449
I think there's some concern

7112
03:57:26,620 --> 03:57:27,153
that you know what the

7113
03:57:27,153 --> 03:57:30,123
recommendations are going to be

7114
03:57:30,123 --> 03:57:30,674
a mandate So I'm glad to know

7115
03:57:30,674 --> 03:57:31,425
that you know that explanation

7116
03:57:31,425 --> 03:57:34,378
will be there and it'll be

7117
03:57:34,378 --> 03:57:36,778
clear for their purposes.

7118
03:57:37,530 --> 03:57:37,865
So thank you.

7119
03:57:37,865 --> 03:57:38,810
Thank you.

7120
03:57:38,810 --> 03:57:40,810
Yeah.

7121
03:57:42,369 --> 03:57:43,200
So I thanks for all those

7122
03:57:43,200 --> 03:57:45,889
answers again and thanks for

7123
03:57:45,889 --> 03:57:46,640
your work over the past couple

7124
03:57:46,640 --> 03:57:50,211
of years of support of many

7125
03:57:50,211 --> 03:57:50,845
efforts to make our budget

7126
03:57:50,845 --> 03:57:53,245
process more transparent and

7127
03:57:54,599 --> 03:57:55,990
accessible.

7128
03:57:55,990 --> 03:57:55,633
The budget Presentations Thank

7129
03:57:55,633 --> 03:57:57,633
you to cfo.

7130
03:57:57,786 --> 03:57:58,535
I'm looking forward to the

7131
03:57:58,535 --> 03:58:01,535
budget survey that will be

7132
03:58:02,924 --> 03:58:03,358
included upcoming and I do

7133
03:58:03,358 --> 03:58:05,758
believe that tonight's item

7134
03:58:07,280 --> 03:58:07,895
builds on that foundation and

7135
03:58:07,895 --> 03:58:10,432
this is just another tool in

7136
03:58:10,432 --> 03:58:11,660
our toolbox to reach more

7137
03:58:11,660 --> 03:58:13,466
voices in our community

7138
03:58:14,235 --> 03:58:14,553
especially those that we don't

7139
03:58:14,553 --> 03:58:16,553
always hear from.

7140
03:58:17,840 --> 03:58:21,440
We often hear as been said

7141
03:58:21,627 --> 03:58:22,177
already but we'll hear from the

7142
03:58:22,177 --> 03:58:25,177
same small group of residents

7143
03:58:25,647 --> 03:58:26,482
often not always and which is

7144
03:58:26,482 --> 03:58:29,351
amazing and their input is so

7145
03:58:29,351 --> 03:58:30,690
valuable but it doesn't always

7146
03:58:30,690 --> 03:58:33,690
reflect the full diversity and

7147
03:58:33,355 --> 03:58:33,509
perspective of everyone in our

7148
03:58:33,509 --> 03:58:35,509
city.

7149
03:58:37,359 --> 03:58:38,110
So it's from what I'm hearing

7150
03:58:38,110 --> 03:58:41,180
this type of civic assembly can

7151
03:58:41,180 --> 03:58:41,797
really balance all that out so

7152
03:58:41,797 --> 03:58:44,197
participants can really learn

7153
03:58:45,284 --> 03:58:45,800
deliberate and come together to

7154
03:58:45,800 --> 03:58:47,800
make more thoughtful

7155
03:58:49,271 --> 03:58:49,639
recommendations As I appreciate

7156
03:58:49,639 --> 03:58:51,639
the transformational benefits

7157
03:58:53,158 --> 03:58:53,442
that you spoke about civic

7158
03:58:53,442 --> 03:58:55,442
communication skills.

7159
03:58:56,746 --> 03:58:57,297
Sabar I think we need more

7160
03:58:57,297 --> 03:59:00,297
civics lessons but that's a

7161
03:59:00,550 --> 03:59:01,483
whole nother issue.

7162
03:59:01,483 --> 03:59:01,640
But this will be a part of

7163
03:59:01,640 --> 03:59:03,640
that.

7164
03:59:04,370 --> 03:59:04,803
We also obviously need more

7165
03:59:04,803 --> 03:59:07,203
inclusivity and trust and

7166
03:59:08,410 --> 03:59:08,924
transparency in government.

7167
03:59:08,924 --> 03:59:09,558
I also agree with I think there

7168
03:59:09,558 --> 03:59:11,958
are several public comments

7169
03:59:12,929 --> 03:59:15,799
that this could bypass some of

7170
03:59:15,799 --> 03:59:16,732
the polarization in our city

7171
03:59:16,732 --> 03:59:20,332
and to get some outside voices

7172
03:59:20,920 --> 03:59:23,690
and they will be compensated

7173
03:59:23,690 --> 03:59:26,644
but it won't be that I think

7174
03:59:26,644 --> 03:59:27,394
one public comment said 12,500

7175
03:59:27,394 --> 03:59:28,162
but it's going to be much less

7176
03:59:28,162 --> 03:59:30,297
So that is dividing that the

7177
03:59:30,297 --> 03:59:33,297
total amount But there's other

7178
03:59:34,840 --> 03:59:37,854
costs and fees but also that I

7179
03:59:37,854 --> 03:59:38,272
appreciate that the model

7180
03:59:38,272 --> 03:59:40,272
presented tonight includes

7181
03:59:41,524 --> 03:59:41,958
support for child care Elder

7182
03:59:41,958 --> 03:59:43,126
care and translation services.

7183
03:59:43,126 --> 03:59:46,114
So I think that that's that

7184
03:59:46,114 --> 03:59:50,184
type of mind as far as the

7185
03:59:50,184 --> 03:59:50,734
police budget or defund ing,

7186
03:59:50,734 --> 03:59:51,269
you know, I personally have

7187
03:59:51,269 --> 03:59:53,669
been, you know, quite

7188
03:59:54,121 --> 03:59:54,672
disciplined, deliberate and

7189
03:59:54,672 --> 03:59:54,888
mindful about the police budget

7190
03:59:54,888 --> 03:59:56,888
this year.

7191
03:59:58,793 --> 04:00:01,663
So I want to say right now that

7192
04:00:01,663 --> 04:00:05,330
this is not a foil for any of

7193
04:00:05,330 --> 04:00:05,649
that And ultimately this is

7194
04:00:05,649 --> 04:00:08,490
about trust, transparency and

7195
04:00:08,603 --> 04:00:09,371
connection.

7196
04:00:09,371 --> 04:00:10,400
And as I mentioned also this

7197
04:00:10,400 --> 04:00:12,404
won't replace our existing

7198
04:00:12,541 --> 04:00:13,191
engagement efforts.

7199
04:00:13,191 --> 04:00:15,591
It will enhance them.

7200
04:00:16,577 --> 04:00:19,730
So I'm fine with this based on

7201
04:00:19,730 --> 04:00:20,265
the proposal and expertise

7202
04:00:20,265 --> 04:00:20,899
especially considering an rfp

7203
04:00:20,899 --> 04:00:23,299
is not required for

7204
04:00:23,534 --> 04:00:24,686
professional services.

7205
04:00:24,686 --> 04:00:28,356
I think this is just a great

7206
04:00:28,356 --> 04:00:28,990
opportunity to continue to

7207
04:00:28,990 --> 04:00:31,390
build democracy in our

7208
04:00:32,360 --> 04:00:33,312
community which will just you

7209
04:00:33,312 --> 04:00:37,512
know, not only be a model for

7210
04:00:38,700 --> 04:00:39,552
Culver City but beyond As far

7211
04:00:39,552 --> 04:00:43,400
as the logistics that's a whole

7212
04:00:43,400 --> 04:00:45,400
nother conversation.

7213
04:00:46,875 --> 04:00:51,750
I believe so But I do also

7214
04:00:53,115 --> 04:00:53,983
support the

7215
04:00:53,983 --> 04:00:55,983
the questionnaire

7216
04:00:57,754 --> 04:01:00,754
for departments used during the

7217
04:01:01,224 --> 04:01:01,440
budget process That's at Mare

7218
04:01:01,440 --> 04:01:01,657
Thank you.

7219
04:01:01,657 --> 04:01:03,657
Okay.

7220
04:01:04,610 --> 04:01:06,610
Thank you.

7221
04:01:06,879 --> 04:01:10,479
Thank you again to MS. Dennis

7222
04:01:11,868 --> 04:01:14,868
and I'll be community members

7223
04:01:15,238 --> 04:01:15,989
who spoke and of course we'll

7224
04:01:15,989 --> 04:01:19,442
see if it's over and your

7225
04:01:19,442 --> 04:01:22,442
entire staff for preparing this

7226
04:01:22,895 --> 04:01:26,495
So I heard the exact same

7227
04:01:26,567 --> 04:01:28,967
presentation with anecdotes and

7228
04:01:30,237 --> 04:01:33,237
and fun sidebars last Friday.

7229
04:01:33,307 --> 04:01:33,940
I'm not sure if my other

7230
04:01:33,940 --> 04:01:36,340
colleagues participated in that

7231
04:01:37,745 --> 04:01:41,115
type of one on one but I got to

7232
04:01:41,115 --> 04:01:43,515
know it pretty well.

7233
04:01:45,402 --> 04:01:49,602
I'm looking at just a lot of

7234
04:01:51,109 --> 04:01:51,842
different ideas here but Fort

7235
04:01:51,842 --> 04:01:55,442
Collins was pointed out and I

7236
04:01:55,929 --> 04:01:56,664
had commented when we had our

7237
04:01:56,664 --> 04:01:59,416
Zoom meeting last Friday that

7238
04:01:59,416 --> 04:02:00,268
my daughter lives in Fort

7239
04:02:00,268 --> 04:02:03,838
Collins and that they had they

7240
04:02:03,838 --> 04:02:08,380
use that as an example of a

7241
04:02:09,527 --> 04:02:11,927
successful civic assembly where

7242
04:02:13,198 --> 04:02:15,598
they had 2020 person assembly.

7243
04:02:15,850 --> 04:02:16,484
The population is actually

7244
04:02:16,484 --> 04:02:18,484
170,000, not a 100,000.

7245
04:02:20,155 --> 04:02:20,355
I was just doing quick

7246
04:02:20,355 --> 04:02:22,355
calculation.

7247
04:02:24,142 --> 04:02:26,542
That's that's 1/100 of 1% of

7248
04:02:31,649 --> 04:02:32,418
that population And I'm going

7249
04:02:32,418 --> 04:02:35,854
I'm following a path here The

7250
04:02:35,854 --> 04:02:38,854
we have a finance advisory

7251
04:02:39,325 --> 04:02:39,875
committee that has often said

7252
04:02:39,875 --> 04:02:40,920
that they feel that they're

7253
04:02:40,920 --> 04:02:42,920
underutilized.

7254
04:02:45,498 --> 04:02:46,432
It's a five person body and a

7255
04:02:46,432 --> 04:02:50,320
five person body in Culver City

7256
04:02:51,200 --> 04:02:54,200
of 40,000 is 5/100 of 1% of our

7257
04:02:54,374 --> 04:02:57,443
community and I think that it

7258
04:02:57,443 --> 04:02:58,495
would benefit us to utilize

7259
04:02:58,495 --> 04:03:01,931
them more And if there's a

7260
04:03:01,931 --> 04:03:04,931
desire to gain greater input

7261
04:03:09,540 --> 04:03:09,276
from our community we also have

7262
04:03:09,276 --> 04:03:11,276
a count.

7263
04:03:12,659 --> 04:03:15,728
I pulled it up while we were

7264
04:03:15,728 --> 04:03:16,145
going through comments here ten

7265
04:03:16,145 --> 04:03:18,145
committees, commissions and

7266
04:03:21,435 --> 04:03:22,369
boards totaling somewhere over

7267
04:03:22,369 --> 04:03:25,369
60 volunteers none of whom are

7268
04:03:25,739 --> 04:03:29,939
paid So you know to decide to

7269
04:03:32,662 --> 04:03:33,314
pay one body and not pay all

7270
04:03:33,314 --> 04:03:36,900
these other people who spent a

7271
04:03:36,900 --> 04:03:40,654
lot of time and effort and and

7272
04:03:40,654 --> 04:03:40,871
and feel that their opinions

7273
04:03:40,871 --> 04:03:42,871
are valued.

7274
04:03:44,341 --> 04:03:47,341
I'm wondering the fairness in

7275
04:03:48,629 --> 04:03:52,229
that And then you know, there

7276
04:03:52,500 --> 04:03:53,151
was some early discussion here

7277
04:03:53,151 --> 04:03:56,437
on the Dyess saying that well,

7278
04:03:56,437 --> 04:03:56,971
this isn't about the budget and

7279
04:03:56,971 --> 04:03:59,371
yet everyone's talking about

7280
04:03:59,606 --> 04:04:01,606
the budget here.

7281
04:04:03,177 --> 04:04:06,177
It's in the presentation here

7282
04:04:06,364 --> 04:04:07,115
on one of the pages it says You

7283
04:04:07,115 --> 04:04:10,715
know, it says here to determine

7284
04:04:10,785 --> 04:04:11,119
the topic to be addressed by

7285
04:04:11,119 --> 04:04:13,119
the Civic Assembly.

7286
04:04:14,806 --> 04:04:15,540
Yet we're all talking about the

7287
04:04:15,540 --> 04:04:18,826
budget in the context we've got

7288
04:04:18,826 --> 04:04:21,826
our cfo doing the presentation

7289
04:04:22,698 --> 04:04:25,967
and then in an earlier slide

7290
04:04:25,967 --> 04:04:26,701
and the presentation it you

7291
04:04:26,701 --> 04:04:30,272
know the heading is ten years

7292
04:04:30,272 --> 04:04:33,272
of budget challenges So it's

7293
04:04:33,542 --> 04:04:36,542
about the budget and getting

7294
04:04:37,328 --> 04:04:38,164
input on the budget and it's

7295
04:04:38,164 --> 04:04:41,764
pointed out here I didn't have

7296
04:04:44,253 --> 04:04:46,653
time to verify the $47.9

7297
04:04:47,723 --> 04:04:49,723
million total structural

7298
04:04:51,194 --> 04:04:51,426
deficit claim but structural is

7299
04:04:51,426 --> 04:04:53,426
ongoing, right.

7300
04:04:55,810 --> 04:04:55,632
And part of that number

7301
04:04:55,632 --> 04:04:58,320
definitely is the $20 million

7302
04:04:59,635 --> 04:05:02,688
that we are like if we did not

7303
04:05:02,688 --> 04:05:05,688
do a Jubilee project that 20

7304
04:05:06,159 --> 04:05:06,809
million would go into our we

7305
04:05:06,809 --> 04:05:06,977
replenish our general fund

7306
04:05:06,977 --> 04:05:08,977
reserve.

7307
04:05:10,496 --> 04:05:11,130
So that's a one time

7308
04:05:11,130 --> 04:05:13,413
expenditure that would reduce

7309
04:05:14,401 --> 04:05:17,401
this to $27.9 million And I

7310
04:05:18,720 --> 04:05:18,805
don't think it includes all of

7311
04:05:18,805 --> 04:05:21,805
our fee adjustments that we've

7312
04:05:22,159 --> 04:05:25,159
done across all departments and

7313
04:05:25,646 --> 04:05:28,915
and yet to be determined parks

7314
04:05:28,915 --> 04:05:32,486
fees increases so nor I, I

7315
04:05:32,486 --> 04:05:36,860
don't think so that number I

7316
04:05:36,389 --> 04:05:39,527
mean well we need to be budget

7317
04:05:39,527 --> 04:05:41,927
conscious definitely it's not

7318
04:05:43,497 --> 04:05:46,483
as bad as that works And you

7319
04:05:46,483 --> 04:05:48,883
know related to that $250,000

7320
04:05:49,637 --> 04:05:50,303
is I mean our very next budget

7321
04:05:50,303 --> 04:05:53,157
our very next agenda item is

7322
04:05:53,157 --> 04:05:55,409
talking about allocating funds

7323
04:05:55,409 --> 04:05:58,409
for micro grant for small

7324
04:05:58,446 --> 04:06:00,446
businesses.

7325
04:06:02,834 --> 04:06:03,568
You know the vice mayor who's

7326
04:06:03,568 --> 04:06:06,438
in our subcommittee looking at

7327
04:06:06,438 --> 04:06:09,438
film permits and reducing doing

7328
04:06:09,908 --> 04:06:10,620
it and doing a moratorium on

7329
04:06:10,620 --> 04:06:10,892
that.

7330
04:06:10,892 --> 04:06:13,528
We'll be looking at that and at

7331
04:06:13,528 --> 04:06:14,596
the next agenda.

7332
04:06:14,596 --> 04:06:17,150
So that's a reduction of

7333
04:06:17,150 --> 04:06:17,865
revenues.

7334
04:06:17,865 --> 04:06:20,865
So you know, certainly every

7335
04:06:21,536 --> 04:06:24,536
every penny needs to be

7336
04:06:24,990 --> 04:06:27,390
considered and 250,000 is you

7337
04:06:28,694 --> 04:06:31,163
know, yes we do and consent

7338
04:06:31,163 --> 04:06:31,696
items we sign off on to $50,000

7339
04:06:31,696 --> 04:06:34,960
multiple times every single

7340
04:06:34,533 --> 04:06:36,533
council meeting.

7341
04:06:38,320 --> 04:06:41,920
But those are well reviewed our

7342
04:06:46,145 --> 04:06:49,531
staff and needed And then I, I

7343
04:06:49,531 --> 04:06:50,382
truly do agree and believe the

7344
04:06:50,382 --> 04:06:53,982
voices of the people that are

7345
04:06:54,520 --> 04:06:57,652
in that video the feedback that

7346
04:06:57,840 --> 04:06:58,558
was you know, uplifted and

7347
04:06:58,558 --> 04:07:00,958
within this staff report

7348
04:07:01,811 --> 04:07:04,811
hearing from MR. And MRS.

7349
04:07:05,640 --> 04:07:05,615
PowerPoint that people really

7350
04:07:05,615 --> 04:07:08,615
feel empowered and they they

7351
04:07:08,685 --> 04:07:08,885
they feel heard and they feel

7352
04:07:08,885 --> 04:07:10,885
appreciated.

7353
04:07:13,356 --> 04:07:16,356
But again it's it's 20 people

7354
04:07:21,198 --> 04:07:24,885
and I just the bang for the

7355
04:07:24,885 --> 04:07:29,850
buck when we have we put so

7356
04:07:32,209 --> 04:07:32,960
much effort into outreach what

7357
04:07:32,960 --> 04:07:36,112
did cfo over what did we do

7358
04:07:36,112 --> 04:07:37,810
when we were advertising our

7359
04:07:37,810 --> 04:07:39,449
your budget went to one How do

7360
04:07:39,449 --> 04:07:43,490
we go about doing that last

7361
04:07:43,237 --> 04:07:47,437
year there were a number of it

7362
04:07:47,608 --> 04:07:48,376
was put out on social media and

7363
04:07:48,376 --> 04:07:51,245
I think of delivery in terms of

7364
04:07:51,245 --> 04:07:52,790
getting out of the budget went

7365
04:07:52,790 --> 04:07:54,731
to one advertisement on all of

7366
04:07:54,731 --> 04:07:55,490
our you know budget

7367
04:07:55,490 --> 04:07:57,490
informational offerings.

7368
04:07:58,180 --> 04:07:58,887
Yeah.

7369
04:07:58,887 --> 04:08:02,123
So we pushed those out as much

7370
04:08:02,123 --> 04:08:02,891
as we could.

7371
04:08:02,891 --> 04:08:06,491
We we also offered them and

7372
04:08:06,577 --> 04:08:10,177
asked the cfo we we solicited

7373
04:08:11,490 --> 04:08:14,490
questions we dusted made a

7374
04:08:15,137 --> 04:08:18,506
video that we posted I wish I

7375
04:08:18,506 --> 04:08:22,930
could say we had an outpouring

7376
04:08:22,930 --> 04:08:25,930
of questions We did not.

7377
04:08:26,298 --> 04:08:26,831
So we've been trying and and it

7378
04:08:26,831 --> 04:08:29,784
sounds like there's a direct

7379
04:08:29,784 --> 04:08:33,384
mail piece to what is being

7380
04:08:33,871 --> 04:08:36,871
recommended here which you know

7381
04:08:37,126 --> 04:08:37,976
that it has varying degrees of

7382
04:08:37,976 --> 04:08:41,564
success And I know that you've

7383
04:08:41,564 --> 04:08:42,214
got, you know, best practices

7384
04:08:42,214 --> 04:08:45,214
and what you've experienced in

7385
04:08:45,384 --> 04:08:48,384
other cities and had success

7386
04:08:48,470 --> 04:08:52,342
with And then I actually have a

7387
04:08:52,342 --> 04:08:55,342
question from our city attorney

7388
04:08:55,711 --> 04:08:56,346
on the Brown Act If I mean

7389
04:08:56,346 --> 04:08:59,346
maybe this isn't considered an

7390
04:08:59,932 --> 04:09:00,366
advisory body but it sounds

7391
04:09:00,366 --> 04:09:02,766
like an advisory body.

7392
04:09:02,935 --> 04:09:03,369
It kind of walks like it talks

7393
04:09:03,369 --> 04:09:05,769
like what is there?

7394
04:09:06,839 --> 04:09:07,691
Brown Act considerations here

7395
04:09:07,691 --> 04:09:10,976
and this would be a Brown act

7396
04:09:10,976 --> 04:09:13,430
body okay if it's appointed by

7397
04:09:13,430 --> 04:09:14,810
the city council and like one

7398
04:09:14,810 --> 04:09:17,484
more action which it would be

7399
04:09:17,484 --> 04:09:20,853
so okay so I mean that that has

7400
04:09:20,853 --> 04:09:25,530
a lot of implications and a lot

7401
04:09:28,979 --> 04:09:31,648
more staff time So I can count

7402
04:09:31,648 --> 04:09:35,619
votes so I know what's going to

7403
04:09:35,619 --> 04:09:37,619
happen here today.

7404
04:09:39,423 --> 04:09:39,856
So I just ask that I do think

7405
04:09:39,856 --> 04:09:42,256
we need the rfp.

7406
04:09:43,928 --> 04:09:47,398
I do We and especially I don't

7407
04:09:47,398 --> 04:09:49,798
know if COUNCILMAN Rivera's

7408
04:09:50,468 --> 04:09:51,219
delivery of his point was

7409
04:09:51,219 --> 04:09:54,772
really as clear as he wanted

7410
04:09:54,772 --> 04:09:57,772
but if other people had

7411
04:09:58,442 --> 04:09:59,430
relationships with a

7412
04:09:59,430 --> 04:10:01,430
recommended a recommended

7413
04:10:06,151 --> 04:10:07,170
expenditure from this council

7414
04:10:07,170 --> 04:10:10,605
and it was a single what do we

7415
04:10:10,605 --> 04:10:10,938
call it like a what's the term

7416
04:10:10,938 --> 04:10:12,938
No our fee.

7417
04:10:13,908 --> 04:10:14,326
Yeah you would just be

7418
04:10:14,326 --> 04:10:16,326
foregoing competitive a

7419
04:10:17,562 --> 04:10:18,447
competitive process.

7420
04:10:18,447 --> 04:10:20,982
It's not a sole source in the

7421
04:10:20,982 --> 04:10:21,832
technical sense is it?

7422
04:10:21,832 --> 04:10:24,832
It MAY not officially fall

7423
04:10:25,821 --> 04:10:29,421
under, you know, a conflict but

7424
04:10:29,691 --> 04:10:30,541
it looks bad.

7425
04:10:30,541 --> 04:10:33,612
It just so it looks bad.

7426
04:10:33,612 --> 04:10:36,165
So I recommend that we do go

7427
04:10:36,165 --> 04:10:38,565
through an rfp process.

7428
04:10:40,351 --> 04:10:43,923
You know there MAY be more

7429
04:10:43,923 --> 04:10:46,323
experience in this specific

7430
04:10:48,940 --> 04:10:48,627
niche of of community input

7431
04:10:48,627 --> 04:10:51,627
called the Civic Assembly here

7432
04:10:52,315 --> 04:10:52,948
but it doesn't mean that we

7433
04:10:52,948 --> 04:10:55,948
can't get proposals from others

7434
04:10:56,200 --> 04:10:59,172
that that you know from very

7435
04:10:59,172 --> 04:11:01,172
qualified organizations that

7436
04:11:02,842 --> 04:11:06,795
engage in in the public who can

7437
04:11:06,795 --> 04:11:09,795
you know provide similar better

7438
04:11:10,166 --> 04:11:10,382
maybe less expensive ways of

7439
04:11:10,382 --> 04:11:12,382
doing this.

7440
04:11:13,687 --> 04:11:14,237
So I just asked for the rfp.

7441
04:11:14,237 --> 04:11:16,637
That's all I have.

7442
04:11:17,590 --> 04:11:17,907
Thank you, Mayor.

7443
04:11:17,907 --> 04:11:18,140
Quick question.

7444
04:11:18,140 --> 04:11:20,140
Yeah.

7445
04:11:21,711 --> 04:11:24,711
Have we ever accepted letters

7446
04:11:25,650 --> 04:11:25,715
from the vendors themselves and

7447
04:11:25,715 --> 04:11:28,715
as evidence that they're the

7448
04:11:31,955 --> 04:11:32,338
sole provider

7449
04:11:32,338 --> 04:11:34,338
that usually is

7450
04:11:36,610 --> 04:11:39,100
not about consulting services,

7451
04:11:40,464 --> 04:11:44,640
that is about there are certain

7452
04:11:45,520 --> 04:11:48,500
entity is that are the

7453
04:11:48,500 --> 04:11:50,405
representatives for a product

7454
04:11:52,593 --> 04:11:56,193
right So we are specifying we

7455
04:11:56,464 --> 04:11:57,980
have a certain kind of battery

7456
04:11:57,980 --> 04:12:00,980
backup right that we purchase

7457
04:12:00,668 --> 04:12:01,286
for our traffic signals And

7458
04:12:01,286 --> 04:12:03,686
oftentimes those are national

7459
04:12:05,473 --> 04:12:06,240
manufacture laws but they you

7460
04:12:06,240 --> 04:12:08,777
don't buy direct from them.

7461
04:12:08,777 --> 04:12:09,510
They have a regional

7462
04:12:09,510 --> 04:12:12,510
distributor And so in those

7463
04:12:12,998 --> 04:12:13,747
cases we have had oftentimes

7464
04:12:13,747 --> 04:12:16,184
those people provide us with a

7465
04:12:16,184 --> 04:12:18,184
letter representing certain

7466
04:12:19,854 --> 04:12:20,588
that they are the sole

7467
04:12:20,588 --> 04:12:22,988
distributor for that particular

7468
04:12:23,641 --> 04:12:24,409
piece of equipment.

7469
04:12:24,409 --> 04:12:27,678
Is that Yeah I think that's

7470
04:12:27,678 --> 04:12:28,312
that's the instance It's not

7471
04:12:28,312 --> 04:12:28,580
something that we would do for

7472
04:12:28,580 --> 04:12:28,763
consulting services.

7473
04:12:28,763 --> 04:12:30,763
Okay.

7474
04:12:31,833 --> 04:12:32,284
Thanks so just picking up on a

7475
04:12:32,284 --> 04:12:34,684
comment that was made.

7476
04:12:35,436 --> 04:12:36,187
Yeah.

7477
04:12:36,187 --> 04:12:38,957
And MAY I ask those that's

7478
04:12:38,957 --> 04:12:39,375
where did you have more Sorry

7479
04:12:39,375 --> 04:12:39,608
not right now.

7480
04:12:39,608 --> 04:12:41,608
Okay.

7481
04:12:42,795 --> 04:12:43,412
I just wanted to ask a a couple

7482
04:12:43,412 --> 04:12:45,812
of questions to healthy

7483
04:12:46,999 --> 04:12:47,650
democracy because there is an

7484
04:12:47,650 --> 04:12:51,220
issue of a conflict that was

7485
04:12:51,220 --> 04:12:54,220
brought up as healthy democracy

7486
04:12:54,690 --> 04:12:55,425
endorsed any candidates or on

7487
04:12:55,425 --> 04:12:58,378
this diocese or have any

7488
04:12:58,378 --> 04:12:59,120
relationship formally or

7489
04:12:59,120 --> 04:13:02,120
otherwise with any people on

7490
04:13:02,480 --> 04:13:02,982
this diocese.

7491
04:13:02,982 --> 04:13:06,152
No, thank you for the question.

7492
04:13:06,152 --> 04:13:06,703
We do not have any prior

7493
04:13:06,703 --> 04:13:09,703
relationship that I'm aware of.

7494
04:13:09,873 --> 04:13:10,522
Just to clarify by the way

7495
04:13:10,522 --> 04:13:11,157
about sort of the nature of

7496
04:13:11,157 --> 04:13:13,557
healthy democracy, we're a

7497
04:13:14,327 --> 04:13:14,761
small but nimble nonprofit

7498
04:13:14,761 --> 04:13:17,161
organization that's based in

7499
04:13:18,214 --> 04:13:18,982
the Western us.

7500
04:13:18,982 --> 04:13:19,216
Our staff are based in Oregon

7501
04:13:19,216 --> 04:13:21,216
and Washington.

7502
04:13:21,969 --> 04:13:22,385
I myself am physically based in

7503
04:13:22,385 --> 04:13:24,385
Seattle, Washington.

7504
04:13:25,973 --> 04:13:26,740
The rest of our staff are in

7505
04:13:26,740 --> 04:13:27,730
the state of Oregon but we're a

7506
04:13:27,730 --> 04:13:29,473
nonprofit of 5a1c3.

7507
04:13:30,159 --> 04:13:30,543
We don't engage in any kind of

7508
04:13:30,543 --> 04:13:30,828
political advocacy or anything

7509
04:13:30,828 --> 04:13:32,828
along those lines.

7510
04:13:33,497 --> 04:13:33,930
We don't have any prior

7511
04:13:33,930 --> 04:13:36,330
relationship with with any

7512
04:13:36,901 --> 04:13:37,451
member of council We did We

7513
04:13:37,451 --> 04:13:38,840
appreciate the time that that

7514
04:13:38,840 --> 04:13:41,710
some members of the council

7515
04:13:41,710 --> 04:13:44,400
took to meet with us ahead of

7516
04:13:44,400 --> 04:13:44,591
this as this got closer to

7517
04:13:44,591 --> 04:13:47,591
consideration by the council is

7518
04:13:48,145 --> 04:13:48,461
that answer the question Yes,

7519
04:13:48,461 --> 04:13:50,461
Thank you.

7520
04:13:52,490 --> 04:13:53,100
And then yeah, I also just

7521
04:13:53,100 --> 04:13:57,300
wanted to ask when it comes to

7522
04:13:58,989 --> 04:13:59,757
the rfp versus sole source and

7523
04:13:59,757 --> 04:14:03,444
the only issue that I had with

7524
04:14:03,444 --> 04:14:07,132
the rfp was that if we want

7525
04:14:07,132 --> 04:14:07,765
folks to be educated about the

7526
04:14:07,765 --> 04:14:10,718
the current process so that

7527
04:14:10,718 --> 04:14:11,235
they could actually make

7528
04:14:11,235 --> 04:14:13,235
recommendations that were

7529
04:14:15,123 --> 04:14:15,941
informed by what we currently

7530
04:14:15,941 --> 04:14:18,693
do as opposed to just coming

7531
04:14:18,693 --> 04:14:19,326
and saying well here's a we

7532
04:14:19,326 --> 04:14:19,560
should use you know here are my

7533
04:14:19,560 --> 04:14:20,450
recommendations.

7534
04:14:20,450 --> 04:14:21,580
I haven't seen anything that

7535
04:14:21,580 --> 04:14:22,547
you already do.

7536
04:14:22,547 --> 04:14:25,200
So I guess maybe this is

7537
04:14:25,200 --> 04:14:28,200
actually a question for staff.

7538
04:14:28,570 --> 04:14:29,438
So if over in your view does

7539
04:14:29,438 --> 04:14:32,791
the sole source allow us to and

7540
04:14:32,791 --> 04:14:33,342
this was something that MS..

7541
04:14:33,342 --> 04:14:35,742
Denniss presentation said does

7542
04:14:36,712 --> 04:14:37,146
the sole source allow us to

7543
04:14:37,146 --> 04:14:39,297
have those folks participate

7544
04:14:39,297 --> 04:14:42,897
earlier in the process In your

7545
04:14:43,680 --> 04:14:43,502
opinion?

7546
04:14:43,502 --> 04:14:45,502
Well certainly yes.

7547
04:14:47,773 --> 04:14:51,276
Yes because if counsel opts to

7548
04:14:51,276 --> 04:14:53,929
do to not go through a formal

7549
04:14:53,929 --> 04:14:54,563
procurement and just elect to

7550
04:14:54,563 --> 04:14:57,563
go with healthy democracies we

7551
04:14:58,151 --> 04:14:58,467
could bring something back at

7552
04:14:58,467 --> 04:15:00,467
the next meeting.

7553
04:15:02,855 --> 04:15:03,489
We could negotiate a an actual

7554
04:15:03,489 --> 04:15:06,142
agreement and bring that back

7555
04:15:06,142 --> 04:15:07,126
right away.

7556
04:15:07,126 --> 04:15:09,478
If we were to do an rfp we

7557
04:15:09,478 --> 04:15:10,229
would put something I mean we

7558
04:15:10,229 --> 04:15:10,980
could put something out on the

7559
04:15:10,980 --> 04:15:13,980
street very quickly but there

7560
04:15:14,350 --> 04:15:17,190
would be an amount of time that

7561
04:15:17,190 --> 04:15:17,770
we would have to have that out

7562
04:15:17,770 --> 04:15:18,104
And typically we'd we'd run it

7563
04:15:18,104 --> 04:15:20,104
for a month.

7564
04:15:21,274 --> 04:15:22,900
We might send it to healthy

7565
04:15:22,900 --> 04:15:25,900
democracies and anybody else we

7566
04:15:25,711 --> 04:15:28,481
could We found in that space as

7567
04:15:28,481 --> 04:15:32,810
well as posting it on planet

7568
04:15:32,652 --> 04:15:33,304
bids But that would take you

7569
04:15:33,304 --> 04:15:34,710
know, a little bit of time.

7570
04:15:34,710 --> 04:15:36,440
We'd then have to review the

7571
04:15:36,440 --> 04:15:37,191
proposals and and and you know

7572
04:15:37,191 --> 04:15:40,461
so we're talking about a couple

7573
04:15:40,461 --> 04:15:44,610
of months so not impossible but

7574
04:15:44,331 --> 04:15:47,601
to get them involved in the

7575
04:15:47,601 --> 04:15:48,269
process but maybe they might I

7576
04:15:48,269 --> 04:15:51,221
also don't know how much time

7577
04:15:51,221 --> 04:15:54,821
it would take for any healthy

7578
04:15:55,292 --> 04:15:58,292
democracies or whoever to set

7579
04:15:58,846 --> 04:15:59,814
up the assembly itself.

7580
04:15:59,814 --> 04:16:02,567
So yes, it would probably would

7581
04:16:02,567 --> 04:16:03,170
spill over into the beginning

7582
04:16:03,170 --> 04:16:05,417
of the budget cycle.

7583
04:16:06,587 --> 04:16:07,338
Thank you for that And so

7584
04:16:07,338 --> 04:16:09,907
question Back back to you then.

7585
04:16:09,907 --> 04:16:13,507
If if this were approved this

7586
04:16:14,195 --> 04:16:14,963
year in theory if we were if

7587
04:16:14,963 --> 04:16:17,832
this were we were able to do

7588
04:16:17,832 --> 04:16:18,365
this, would we with assembly be

7589
04:16:18,365 --> 04:16:18,583
able to participate in the

7590
04:16:18,583 --> 04:16:20,583
budget cycle?

7591
04:16:21,770 --> 04:16:22,537
I think we saw in what MS.

7592
04:16:22,537 --> 04:16:25,537
Dennis proposed that it would

7593
04:16:25,691 --> 04:16:26,558
start somewhere in FEBRUARY.

7594
04:16:26,558 --> 04:16:29,111
I mean if if the contract in

7595
04:16:29,111 --> 04:16:29,861
theory were approved would the

7596
04:16:29,861 --> 04:16:32,861
participants be able to to

7597
04:16:33,331 --> 04:16:33,648
actually see how our current

7598
04:16:33,648 --> 04:16:34,299
budget process works?

7599
04:16:34,299 --> 04:16:37,299
Yeah, that's a great question

7600
04:16:37,703 --> 04:16:38,254
And I think so based on the the

7601
04:16:38,254 --> 04:16:40,588
the timeline that that MS..

7602
04:16:40,588 --> 04:16:41,740
Davis presented tonight that

7603
04:16:41,740 --> 04:16:44,527
makes a lot of sense And I

7604
04:16:44,527 --> 04:16:45,194
think so there's a few things

7605
04:16:45,194 --> 04:16:48,147
that sort of happen through the

7606
04:16:48,147 --> 04:16:48,880
process of a civic assembly

7607
04:16:48,880 --> 04:16:51,880
starting and kind of being

7608
04:16:52,468 --> 04:16:53,235
prepared to to take place a big

7609
04:16:53,235 --> 04:16:55,704
one of those is that what MS..

7610
04:16:55,704 --> 04:16:56,455
Dennis referred to as kind of

7611
04:16:56,455 --> 04:16:59,125
the selection by lot of the of

7612
04:16:59,125 --> 04:16:59,875
the participants We sometimes

7613
04:16:59,875 --> 04:17:00,827
refer to it as a civic lottery.

7614
04:17:00,827 --> 04:17:03,495
So this is the process of

7615
04:17:03,495 --> 04:17:04,163
preparing a mailing that goes

7616
04:17:04,163 --> 04:17:07,316
out to a wide number of

7617
04:17:07,316 --> 04:17:08,510
households in the in the

7618
04:17:08,510 --> 04:17:10,903
community And then we solicit

7619
04:17:10,903 --> 04:17:11,870
responses back from the

7620
04:17:11,870 --> 04:17:11,788
community.

7621
04:17:11,788 --> 04:17:14,741
All of that stuff takes a

7622
04:17:14,741 --> 04:17:15,408
little bit of time and so

7623
04:17:15,408 --> 04:17:18,178
trying to get those folks back

7624
04:17:18,178 --> 04:17:18,595
and then use the have the

7625
04:17:18,595 --> 04:17:20,595
lottery selection process

7626
04:17:22,365 --> 04:17:23,133
actually happen doing that in

7627
04:17:23,133 --> 04:17:25,485
time to have people be able to

7628
04:17:25,485 --> 04:17:26,190
participate in that budget

7629
04:17:26,190 --> 04:17:28,419
advisory process during that

7630
04:17:29,590 --> 04:17:30,640
kind of Mid-budget updates.

7631
04:17:30,640 --> 04:17:34,100
And then again at the the the

7632
04:17:34,100 --> 04:17:37,100
budget hearings for for the

7633
04:17:37,397 --> 04:17:38,470
next year's budget, it's much

7634
04:17:38,470 --> 04:17:38,899
more workable I think to do

7635
04:17:38,899 --> 04:17:40,934
that On the timeline that was

7636
04:17:40,934 --> 04:17:41,702
presented tonight And I just

7637
04:17:41,702 --> 04:17:42,436
wanted to add I think that's a

7638
04:17:42,436 --> 04:17:45,222
really innovative way to think

7639
04:17:45,222 --> 04:17:45,772
about sort of like how to get

7640
04:17:45,772 --> 04:17:48,726
members of the public involved

7641
04:17:48,726 --> 04:17:49,493
in this process.

7642
04:17:49,493 --> 04:17:49,943
I love this idea that you guys

7643
04:17:49,943 --> 04:17:52,630
have come up with this.

7644
04:17:52,630 --> 04:17:53,180
To be clear, this wasn't

7645
04:17:53,180 --> 04:17:53,497
something that we and healthy

7646
04:17:53,497 --> 04:17:54,810
democracy came up with.

7647
04:17:54,810 --> 04:17:54,239
This is a really interesting

7648
04:17:54,239 --> 04:17:56,239
idea.

7649
04:17:56,450 --> 04:17:57,318
I think for trying to get

7650
04:17:57,318 --> 04:17:59,770
people who are coming in to a

7651
04:17:59,770 --> 04:18:00,504
civic assembly more informed

7652
04:18:00,504 --> 04:18:03,504
about the topic that they're

7653
04:18:03,574 --> 04:18:04,324
they're are going to be tasked

7654
04:18:04,324 --> 04:18:07,495
with kind of taking on and

7655
04:18:07,495 --> 04:18:08,229
really involved in kind of the

7656
04:18:08,229 --> 04:18:11,990
city process for handling this

7657
04:18:11,990 --> 04:18:14,699
stuff which I think is great

7658
04:18:14,786 --> 04:18:15,437
and sort of improves what is

7659
04:18:15,437 --> 04:18:17,906
usually already a kind of a

7660
04:18:17,906 --> 04:18:18,640
direct pipeline from city staff

7661
04:18:18,640 --> 04:18:21,710
and city council to a civic

7662
04:18:21,710 --> 04:18:22,561
assembly and helps them kind of

7663
04:18:22,561 --> 04:18:25,530
helps you all have sort of an

7664
04:18:25,530 --> 04:18:26,314
influence on the members of the

7665
04:18:26,314 --> 04:18:26,948
public who are coming in to be

7666
04:18:26,948 --> 04:18:29,401
delegates to Civic Assembly to

7667
04:18:29,401 --> 04:18:29,901
help them understand kind of

7668
04:18:29,901 --> 04:18:30,235
the topics that they're that

7669
04:18:30,235 --> 04:18:32,235
they're grappling with.

7670
04:18:32,270 --> 04:18:33,272
Does that make sense?

7671
04:18:33,272 --> 04:18:36,241
So it's like a a really I think

7672
04:18:36,241 --> 04:18:36,891
a great way to to help prime

7673
04:18:36,891 --> 04:18:37,542
the folks who are coming into

7674
04:18:37,542 --> 04:18:40,295
the Civic Assembly to be well

7675
04:18:40,295 --> 04:18:40,628
prepared to tackle this this

7676
04:18:40,628 --> 04:18:40,845
very challenging issue.

7677
04:18:40,845 --> 04:18:42,845
Thanks.

7678
04:18:46,752 --> 04:18:47,470
That's all the questions I had

7679
04:18:47,470 --> 04:18:49,870
MAY 1st local council

7680
04:18:50,539 --> 04:18:51,189
councilmember and this might be

7681
04:18:51,189 --> 04:18:54,189
for MS. Dennis or gentleman

7682
04:18:54,460 --> 04:18:55,293
just spoke in the PowerPoint

7683
04:18:55,293 --> 04:18:58,464
there was and I'm sorry for

7684
04:18:58,464 --> 04:19:01,464
we're not asking you earlier

7685
04:19:01,935 --> 04:19:02,351
but it said you know provide

7686
04:19:02,351 --> 04:19:04,351
informed recommendations on

7687
04:19:05,421 --> 04:19:08,421
complex issues and and the

7688
04:19:09,609 --> 04:19:10,159
process is is that in regards

7689
04:19:10,159 --> 04:19:13,159
to complex issues facing the

7690
04:19:13,430 --> 04:19:17,630
city in terms of the budget or

7691
04:19:19,719 --> 04:19:23,606
well in the MAY I respond in

7692
04:19:23,606 --> 04:19:24,140
the 20 year primary use

7693
04:19:24,140 --> 04:19:24,874
throughout the world of civic

7694
04:19:24,874 --> 04:19:27,874
assemblies there's a raft of

7695
04:19:28,345 --> 04:19:30,745
issues that they've addressed

7696
04:19:31,698 --> 04:19:32,466
and they've they've been used

7697
04:19:32,466 --> 04:19:36,660
to address the issue of a

7698
04:19:36,219 --> 04:19:36,870
budget process.

7699
04:19:36,870 --> 04:19:39,870
They've been used to address

7700
04:19:40,124 --> 04:19:40,540
the issues of actually

7701
04:19:40,540 --> 04:19:42,540
evaluating the privatization

7702
04:19:43,911 --> 04:19:46,911
that the governing body made.

7703
04:19:47,914 --> 04:19:51,285
But what's proposed here is to

7704
04:19:51,285 --> 04:19:52,360
simply ask the panel on behalf

7705
04:19:52,360 --> 04:19:55,622
of their of their fellows in

7706
04:19:55,622 --> 04:19:56,560
the city how would they like to

7707
04:19:56,560 --> 04:19:58,560
participate after they've

7708
04:19:59,293 --> 04:20:01,693
actually participated in what

7709
04:20:02,880 --> 04:20:05,933
the current process is and how

7710
04:20:05,933 --> 04:20:06,150
would they like to participate

7711
04:20:06,150 --> 04:20:06,901
?

7712
04:20:06,901 --> 04:20:10,271
You see this is an interesting

7713
04:20:10,271 --> 04:20:13,271
issue that's really important I

7714
04:20:14,420 --> 04:20:14,676
think grasp historically cities

7715
04:20:14,676 --> 04:20:17,676
have provided it's public ways

7716
04:20:18,450 --> 04:20:21,645
to participate in a way that

7717
04:20:24,669 --> 04:20:25,119
Jack is kind of step act simply

7718
04:20:25,119 --> 04:20:27,519
asking the community members

7719
04:20:28,372 --> 04:20:29,700
how would you like to

7720
04:20:29,700 --> 04:20:32,700
participate in like a whole

7721
04:20:32,176 --> 04:20:32,944
different ballgame?

7722
04:20:32,944 --> 04:20:35,597
It's not asking them to make

7723
04:20:35,597 --> 04:20:36,247
the budget decisions Of course

7724
04:20:36,247 --> 04:20:39,601
it's asking how they like to

7725
04:20:39,601 --> 04:20:40,451
participate And I think several

7726
04:20:40,451 --> 04:20:44,510
people said this is like an

7727
04:20:46,959 --> 04:20:47,693
opening for a really true

7728
04:20:47,693 --> 04:20:51,293
method for people to have a

7729
04:20:51,380 --> 04:20:54,380
meaningful voice and to have

7730
04:20:54,850 --> 04:20:55,401
the experience of being heard.

7731
04:20:55,401 --> 04:20:57,801
Okay, I appreciate that.

7732
04:20:58,771 --> 04:20:59,538
I guess maybe what I'm asking

7733
04:20:59,538 --> 04:21:00,273
and maybe with the answer and I

7734
04:21:00,273 --> 04:21:02,208
just didn't get it provide

7735
04:21:02,208 --> 04:21:02,725
informed and deliberate

7736
04:21:02,725 --> 04:21:04,725
recommendations on complex

7737
04:21:06,495 --> 04:21:09,495
issues and processes and that

7738
04:21:10,366 --> 04:21:11,134
means complex issues facing the

7739
04:21:11,134 --> 04:21:14,387
city or facing the budget then

7740
04:21:14,387 --> 04:21:17,387
is staff going to provide

7741
04:21:18,570 --> 04:21:18,792
deliberate recommendations or

7742
04:21:18,792 --> 04:21:19,542
what is the complex issues and

7743
04:21:19,542 --> 04:21:22,211
process in terms of just an

7744
04:21:22,211 --> 04:21:24,481
overall budget sort of?

7745
04:21:24,481 --> 04:21:25,114
Well that's what's been done in

7746
04:21:25,114 --> 04:21:28,114
the last two decades which

7747
04:21:28,484 --> 04:21:32,380
proposed here is to ask that

7748
04:21:32,380 --> 04:21:32,489
panel of 20 community members

7749
04:21:32,489 --> 04:21:34,889
after they actually experience

7750
04:21:35,959 --> 04:21:39,212
on the ground how they are

7751
04:21:39,212 --> 04:21:39,964
offered to participate.

7752
04:21:39,964 --> 04:21:40,196
The question how would you like

7753
04:21:40,196 --> 04:21:42,196
to participate?

7754
04:21:42,833 --> 04:21:43,500
That's it.

7755
04:21:43,500 --> 04:21:43,383
Okay.

7756
04:21:43,383 --> 04:21:43,917
All right.

7757
04:21:43,917 --> 04:21:46,317
Thank you so much.

7758
04:21:47,104 --> 04:21:47,555
You know, I find it yeah, I

7759
04:21:47,555 --> 04:21:49,955
understand what you're saying

7760
04:21:50,207 --> 04:21:54,407
but I find it I'm an extremely

7761
04:21:54,711 --> 04:21:55,346
challenging to take a group of

7762
04:21:55,346 --> 04:21:58,346
individuals and try to teach

7763
04:22:01,452 --> 04:22:02,152
them better budget process and

7764
04:22:02,152 --> 04:22:04,552
provide informed and deliberate

7765
04:22:05,723 --> 04:22:06,156
deliberate recommendations on

7766
04:22:06,156 --> 04:22:08,556
complex issues and processes.

7767
04:22:09,227 --> 04:22:09,894
And I would make the assumption

7768
04:22:09,894 --> 04:22:13,381
that the means facing the city

7769
04:22:13,381 --> 04:22:14,320
each city I think is unique in

7770
04:22:14,320 --> 04:22:17,419
its issues and process and MAY

7771
04:22:17,419 --> 04:22:17,588
be the process of the overall

7772
04:22:17,588 --> 04:22:18,469
budget.

7773
04:22:18,469 --> 04:22:21,390
But issues facing the city I

7774
04:22:21,390 --> 04:22:24,390
think should come from staff

7775
04:22:24,409 --> 04:22:24,843
and the council and then back

7776
04:22:24,843 --> 04:22:27,243
on on the rfp.

7777
04:22:31,660 --> 04:22:31,717
I think you know if if healthy

7778
04:22:31,717 --> 04:22:34,685
democracy is the one that comes

7779
04:22:34,685 --> 04:22:35,354
out on the rfp, great least

7780
04:22:35,354 --> 04:22:38,954
we're doing it the right way.

7781
04:22:39,141 --> 04:22:42,411
It's not forego a step that we

7782
04:22:42,411 --> 04:22:42,844
hold to everyone else And my

7783
04:22:42,844 --> 04:22:43,712
understanding is there's other

7784
04:22:43,712 --> 04:22:46,364
providers or we don't know if

7785
04:22:46,364 --> 04:22:46,798
this is the sole provider other

7786
04:22:46,798 --> 04:22:49,198
providers that might provide

7787
04:22:49,368 --> 04:22:52,968
the exact same service maybe a

7788
04:22:53,380 --> 04:22:53,806
little differently or not but

7789
04:22:53,806 --> 04:22:57,243
what's the harm in doing it the

7790
04:22:57,243 --> 04:22:57,910
right way Moving forward?

7791
04:22:57,910 --> 04:22:58,461
I'm sorry to interject again

7792
04:22:58,461 --> 04:23:01,297
but thank you so much.

7793
04:23:01,297 --> 04:23:01,630
That's fine.

7794
04:23:01,630 --> 04:23:03,630
Thank you.

7795
04:23:05,318 --> 04:23:06,840
And I think digging into this

7796
04:23:06,840 --> 04:23:08,738
but I just want to circle back

7797
04:23:08,738 --> 04:23:12,742
and come back to where I so the

7798
04:23:12,742 --> 04:23:16,342
standards are Are you the same

7799
04:23:16,712 --> 04:23:17,347
Michelle Dennis who endorsed

7800
04:23:17,347 --> 04:23:17,780
council Our position is maybe

7801
04:23:17,780 --> 04:23:20,180
it's a different one.

7802
04:23:21,283 --> 04:23:24,354
No same person MAY I just like

7803
04:23:24,354 --> 04:23:27,824
I retired from teaching at ucla

7804
04:23:27,824 --> 04:23:28,675
in the spring of 2024 okay.

7805
04:23:28,675 --> 04:23:31,644
And and there was an election

7806
04:23:31,644 --> 04:23:35,844
to be happening in the city and

7807
04:23:38,552 --> 04:23:39,850
I noticed that the platform of

7808
04:23:39,850 --> 04:23:41,485
council member Fish was

7809
04:23:42,550 --> 04:23:43,700
interesting to me So I called

7810
04:23:43,700 --> 04:23:46,476
him We had a conversation and I

7811
04:23:46,476 --> 04:23:48,876
discovered lots of residents

7812
04:23:49,964 --> 04:23:50,798
and I wanted to support him So

7813
04:23:50,798 --> 04:23:53,798
I made a $50 contribution to

7814
04:23:53,867 --> 04:23:54,840
his campaign and that's it.

7815
04:23:54,840 --> 04:23:56,840
Okay.

7816
04:23:57,771 --> 04:23:58,822
And I think that's totally fair

7817
04:23:58,822 --> 04:24:01,876
And and I think ever every

7818
04:24:01,876 --> 04:24:02,593
citizen, especially residents

7819
04:24:02,593 --> 04:24:02,927
should be able to do that and

7820
04:24:02,927 --> 04:24:04,927
should do it.

7821
04:24:05,480 --> 04:24:06,300
I it's just again really you

7822
04:24:06,300 --> 04:24:09,300
know you're you're the person

7823
04:24:09,183 --> 04:24:09,633
up you're speaking and giving

7824
04:24:09,633 --> 04:24:12,330
the primary recommendation for

7825
04:24:13,400 --> 04:24:14,138
healthy democracy and that's

7826
04:24:14,138 --> 04:24:17,800
that's the part that I just

7827
04:24:17,800 --> 04:24:20,800
perceives even even if all

7828
04:24:20,662 --> 04:24:21,212
everything's good and fine

7829
04:24:21,212 --> 04:24:24,212
perception wise that's why I

7830
04:24:28,220 --> 04:24:28,770
want an rfp So but I'm okay So

7831
04:24:28,770 --> 04:24:31,770
when when someone wants to

7832
04:24:32,440 --> 04:24:36,100
bring a motion forward I think

7833
04:24:36,100 --> 04:24:39,610
the questionnaire is fine To me

7834
04:24:40,990 --> 04:24:43,699
what cfo over outlined in terms

7835
04:24:44,269 --> 04:24:44,820
of the city's does in the

7836
04:24:44,820 --> 04:24:47,272
interim you know in this

7837
04:24:47,272 --> 04:24:50,272
upcoming budget cycle I think

7838
04:24:51,360 --> 04:24:54,960
that that's all fine And just

7839
04:24:55,331 --> 04:24:58,401
in case anyone's asking and I

7840
04:24:58,401 --> 04:25:02,601
hope that in the motion that we

7841
04:25:02,789 --> 04:25:06,389
include an rfp to select the

7842
04:25:07,260 --> 04:25:08,126
consultant that administers

7843
04:25:08,126 --> 04:25:11,163
this mayor and MAY I ask a

7844
04:25:11,163 --> 04:25:11,814
clarifying question just

7845
04:25:11,814 --> 04:25:15,284
because I want to make sure

7846
04:25:15,284 --> 04:25:16,520
that I capture the direction

7847
04:25:16,520 --> 04:25:19,339
and for the quite cfo So before

7848
04:25:19,339 --> 04:25:19,872
we get there I just want to

7849
04:25:19,872 --> 04:25:22,872
clarify MISS Dennis, are you

7850
04:25:23,259 --> 04:25:23,793
are you proposed to be receive

7851
04:25:23,793 --> 04:25:26,793
any money from this process?

7852
04:25:27,480 --> 04:25:27,930
Are you are employee of healthy

7853
04:25:27,930 --> 04:25:30,330
democracy in any way?

7854
04:25:31,301 --> 04:25:31,818
No, I have no financial

7855
04:25:31,818 --> 04:25:33,818
connections whatsoever with

7856
04:25:35,405 --> 04:25:35,589
healthy democracy or public

7857
04:25:35,589 --> 04:25:37,589
democracy.

7858
04:25:39,176 --> 04:25:39,842
Los Angeles okay.

7859
04:25:39,842 --> 04:25:40,343
I just I heard you say

7860
04:25:40,343 --> 04:25:43,129
something like that earlier but

7861
04:25:43,129 --> 04:25:43,930
I just wanted to make sure that

7862
04:25:43,930 --> 04:25:44,431
that was Thank you for asking.

7863
04:25:44,431 --> 04:25:46,366
Thank you, MISS Venice.

7864
04:25:46,366 --> 04:25:46,683
Okay.

7865
04:25:46,683 --> 04:25:47,684
I apologize.

7866
04:25:47,684 --> 04:25:52,484
Cfo So I want to be clear that

7867
04:25:52,556 --> 04:25:52,715
I'm not alluding to that either

7868
04:25:52,715 --> 04:25:53,624
.

7869
04:25:53,624 --> 04:25:56,510
I just want to make sure that

7870
04:25:56,510 --> 04:26:00,110
in what when council crafts the

7871
04:26:00,264 --> 04:26:00,931
motion and maybe it's whether

7872
04:26:00,931 --> 04:26:04,301
it's one or separate I just

7873
04:26:04,301 --> 04:26:08,489
want to have clarity and in in

7874
04:26:08,489 --> 04:26:09,240
all the pieces what I'm hearing

7875
04:26:09,240 --> 04:26:10,740
and I'll take the easier pieces

7876
04:26:10,740 --> 04:26:13,674
first because I think I'm I

7877
04:26:15,964 --> 04:26:16,613
hear that concurrence from all

7878
04:26:16,613 --> 04:26:19,130
that the short term

7879
04:26:20,510 --> 04:26:22,510
recommendations that were

7880
04:26:23,621 --> 04:26:24,540
approved you know to bring

7881
04:26:24,540 --> 04:26:26,454
forward in the governance

7882
04:26:27,526 --> 04:26:30,478
subcommittee that we would do

7883
04:26:30,478 --> 04:26:31,313
for the upcoming fiscal year

7884
04:26:31,313 --> 04:26:33,713
2627 budget process sounds like

7885
04:26:34,183 --> 04:26:35,217
that the everyone seems fine

7886
04:26:35,217 --> 04:26:38,817
with that to move forward I

7887
04:26:39,870 --> 04:26:41,487
hear that a questionnaire

7888
04:26:42,457 --> 04:26:42,675
everyone's seems open to a

7889
04:26:42,675 --> 04:26:44,675
questionnaire.

7890
04:26:46,440 --> 04:26:46,694
I just want a little clarity

7891
04:26:46,694 --> 04:26:49,694
That was the questionnaire that

7892
04:26:50,366 --> 04:26:51,000
was attached came from the city

7893
04:26:51,000 --> 04:26:53,400
of Nashville obviously slightly

7894
04:26:56,805 --> 04:26:57,456
different city We would I want

7895
04:26:57,456 --> 04:26:57,673
to make sure that the council

7896
04:26:57,673 --> 04:26:59,673
is fine.

7897
04:27:00,742 --> 04:27:01,393
We would anticipate that we

7898
04:27:01,393 --> 04:27:04,147
would have to tailor a little

7899
04:27:04,147 --> 04:27:05,114
bit to our needs.

7900
04:27:05,114 --> 04:27:08,167
Is there anything I mean does

7901
04:27:08,167 --> 04:27:08,331
council want to see that come

7902
04:27:08,331 --> 04:27:09,235
back?

7903
04:27:09,235 --> 04:27:11,688
Are you okay with us tweaking

7904
04:27:11,688 --> 04:27:13,688
it?

7905
04:27:15,275 --> 04:27:19,450
I'd like to know how how that

7906
04:27:19,450 --> 04:27:22,645
how to shape those things up

7907
04:27:22,816 --> 04:27:23,132
And thank you also for the the

7908
04:27:23,132 --> 04:27:25,132
requested clarification.

7909
04:27:26,519 --> 04:27:27,187
I clearly it's not apples to

7910
04:27:27,187 --> 04:27:30,787
apples in terms of how the

7911
04:27:33,476 --> 04:27:34,611
government runs and I'm open to

7912
04:27:34,611 --> 04:27:38,980
you tweaking as as with that

7913
04:27:38,980 --> 04:27:41,468
the processes that we have here

7914
04:27:41,468 --> 04:27:45,550
because you know maybe a little

7915
04:27:45,550 --> 04:27:45,889
differently there are requests

7916
04:27:45,889 --> 04:27:48,658
that are made that we don't see

7917
04:27:48,658 --> 04:27:52,729
you know so you know there's a

7918
04:27:52,729 --> 04:27:55,729
question around that So hope

7919
04:27:56,100 --> 04:27:59,100
hopefully the essence of this

7920
04:27:59,754 --> 04:28:00,421
can be uplifted and if possible

7921
04:28:00,421 --> 04:28:01,720
you know, if it could be

7922
04:28:01,720 --> 04:28:03,824
attacked, if it comes back on

7923
04:28:03,824 --> 04:28:04,157
consent or something, it could

7924
04:28:04,157 --> 04:28:06,157
be attached there.

7925
04:28:07,444 --> 04:28:08,950
But and I defer you know, we

7926
04:28:08,950 --> 04:28:11,265
have the ten questions and the

7927
04:28:11,265 --> 04:28:11,815
overall gist of them So that's

7928
04:28:11,815 --> 04:28:14,815
fair And certainly I would

7929
04:28:15,286 --> 04:28:15,836
imagine if it's something that

7930
04:28:15,836 --> 04:28:18,836
we begin to incorporate it

7931
04:28:18,906 --> 04:28:19,858
could always change a year to

7932
04:28:19,858 --> 04:28:22,911
year as we as we realized we

7933
04:28:22,911 --> 04:28:23,578
should have asked something

7934
04:28:23,578 --> 04:28:26,732
else we forgot or this would

7935
04:28:26,732 --> 04:28:27,482
have been extremely helpful.

7936
04:28:27,482 --> 04:28:30,135
Okay, anything that makes sense

7937
04:28:30,135 --> 04:28:30,768
and that feedback like the

7938
04:28:30,768 --> 04:28:33,768
whole thing is you know

7939
04:28:34,338 --> 04:28:34,890
continuous process So I would

7940
04:28:34,890 --> 04:28:37,626
love to hear if there's

7941
04:28:37,626 --> 04:28:38,176
something maybe if there's

7942
04:28:38,176 --> 04:28:38,509
something that maybe there's an

7943
04:28:38,509 --> 04:28:40,509
open ended something.

7944
04:28:41,262 --> 04:28:42,800
Right, Right.

7945
04:28:42,800 --> 04:28:42,531
So but a lot of that gets

7946
04:28:42,531 --> 04:28:42,747
captured maybe in the

7947
04:28:42,747 --> 04:28:44,747
presentation.

7948
04:28:45,818 --> 04:28:46,485
Yeah, that's kind of whatever

7949
04:28:46,485 --> 04:28:49,237
folks want to break you know

7950
04:28:49,237 --> 04:28:49,571
how folks feel They want to

7951
04:28:49,571 --> 04:28:49,788
highlight their requests.

7952
04:28:49,788 --> 04:28:51,788
Okay.

7953
04:28:52,858 --> 04:28:55,611
So thank you for asking And if

7954
04:28:55,611 --> 04:28:56,462
colleagues have any other one

7955
04:28:56,462 --> 04:28:59,748
one other question for you cfo

7956
04:28:59,748 --> 04:29:03,302
So I heard two of my colleagues

7957
04:29:03,302 --> 04:29:03,752
talk about or expressed the

7958
04:29:03,752 --> 04:29:06,152
desire for an rfp.

7959
04:29:06,906 --> 04:29:07,456
I don't personally feel as

7960
04:29:07,456 --> 04:29:08,700
strongly that rfp is necessary

7961
04:29:08,700 --> 04:29:10,760
just based on the information

7962
04:29:10,760 --> 04:29:11,494
that public democracy presented

7963
04:29:11,494 --> 04:29:13,963
In terms of there's two

7964
04:29:13,963 --> 04:29:16,716
competitors one has done six,

7965
04:29:16,716 --> 04:29:17,450
one has done one.

7966
04:29:17,450 --> 04:29:17,650
You know one has a lot more

7967
04:29:17,650 --> 04:29:18,267
experience.

7968
04:29:18,267 --> 04:29:21,354
But I do appreciate, you know,

7969
04:29:21,354 --> 04:29:24,924
the desire to to want to, you

7970
04:29:24,924 --> 04:29:25,692
know, cross every t and dot

7971
04:29:25,692 --> 04:29:28,861
every guy Is there Is there a

7972
04:29:28,861 --> 04:29:32,549
world where we can do an rfp

7973
04:29:32,549 --> 04:29:33,830
and still get to to to address

7974
04:29:33,830 --> 04:29:35,483
my colleague's concerns and

7975
04:29:37,530 --> 04:29:37,887
still get people participate

7976
04:29:37,887 --> 04:29:40,400
adding like throwing this out

7977
04:29:40,400 --> 04:29:43,640
there We have two more meetings

7978
04:29:43,710 --> 04:29:44,478
left Could we put together an

7979
04:29:44,478 --> 04:29:47,848
rfp and make it is a selection

7980
04:29:47,848 --> 04:29:48,515
I know the DECEMBER meeting we

7981
04:29:48,515 --> 04:29:49,660
try to not put stuff on there

7982
04:29:49,660 --> 04:29:51,818
because it's the mayor vice

7983
04:29:51,818 --> 04:29:51,985
mayor rotation but like is that

7984
04:29:51,985 --> 04:29:53,985
doable?

7985
04:29:55,522 --> 04:29:55,956
I just don't want to lose that

7986
04:29:55,956 --> 04:29:56,256
opportunity for people to

7987
04:29:56,256 --> 04:29:58,256
meaningfully participate

7988
04:29:59,559 --> 04:29:59,760
because I'm not against the rfp

7989
04:29:59,760 --> 04:30:00,644
.

7990
04:30:00,644 --> 04:30:03,297
I'm just that to me feels like

7991
04:30:03,297 --> 04:30:04,310
a critical piece of this is

7992
04:30:04,310 --> 04:30:07,310
people knowing what you do

7993
04:30:11,338 --> 04:30:14,338
already understood You know we

7994
04:30:15,226 --> 04:30:19,960
have done the rfp is on very

7995
04:30:19,960 --> 04:30:22,960
tight turnaround when as an

7996
04:30:22,967 --> 04:30:25,367
example a granting agency

7997
04:30:25,704 --> 04:30:26,470
requires something but you you

7998
04:30:26,470 --> 04:30:29,924
have to meet a deadline We've

7999
04:30:29,924 --> 04:30:30,475
we've gone out on the

8000
04:30:30,475 --> 04:30:33,475
marketplace we've tried to to

8001
04:30:33,645 --> 04:30:37,415
do that so I I think that is

8002
04:30:37,415 --> 04:30:40,415
possible whether you know I

8003
04:30:40,602 --> 04:30:41,219
guess the question would be but

8004
04:30:41,219 --> 04:30:44,173
we because we don't have

8005
04:30:44,173 --> 04:30:47,173
meetings I would imagine we

8006
04:30:48,420 --> 04:30:48,576
could bring something back the

8007
04:30:48,576 --> 04:30:50,976
first meeting in JANUARY.

8008
04:30:55,584 --> 04:30:56,351
So you know, I don't know how

8009
04:30:56,351 --> 04:30:59,722
if we did that and we really

8010
04:30:59,722 --> 04:31:00,773
work to have everything ready

8011
04:31:00,773 --> 04:31:04,590
to go I'm not sure how long the

8012
04:31:04,590 --> 04:31:07,590
process is to select somebody.

8013
04:31:07,947 --> 04:31:11,717
So would they could we get a

8014
04:31:11,717 --> 04:31:12,768
body empaneled by FEBRUARY?

8015
04:31:12,768 --> 04:31:15,221
I mean it It's we'd have to

8016
04:31:15,221 --> 04:31:15,988
work.

8017
04:31:15,988 --> 04:31:16,147
Listen, we work hard all the

8018
04:31:16,147 --> 04:31:18,147
time.

8019
04:31:18,858 --> 04:31:22,828
We would have to work hard and

8020
04:31:22,828 --> 04:31:23,162
to make it happen and I'd have

8021
04:31:23,162 --> 04:31:25,162
to be proactive.

8022
04:31:26,149 --> 04:31:26,683
But we're good at being

8023
04:31:26,683 --> 04:31:27,233
proactive And you know, it

8024
04:31:27,233 --> 04:31:29,986
sounds like you're saying the

8025
04:31:29,986 --> 04:31:30,619
earliest that you think

8026
04:31:30,619 --> 04:31:33,619
reasonably we could get we

8027
04:31:34,291 --> 04:31:35,141
could make a decision on the

8028
04:31:35,141 --> 04:31:37,794
rfp if we released an rfp would

8029
04:31:37,794 --> 04:31:38,561
be JANUARY.

8030
04:31:38,561 --> 04:31:42,161
That would be us making a

8031
04:31:42,749 --> 04:31:43,350
selection from the rfp, a

8032
04:31:43,350 --> 04:31:43,566
selection of a vendor from the

8033
04:31:43,566 --> 04:31:45,566
rfp, correct?

8034
04:31:45,736 --> 04:31:46,603
I think so, yes.

8035
04:31:46,603 --> 04:31:49,173
So I guess the question is now

8036
04:31:49,173 --> 04:31:49,923
to Healthy Democracy and pdl.

8037
04:31:49,923 --> 04:31:53,110
It's really to both of you

8038
04:31:53,110 --> 04:31:56,710
because I feel like it's Michel

8039
04:31:56,880 --> 04:31:57,547
So okay I mean if that I want

8040
04:31:57,547 --> 04:32:00,901
to I want to feel my

8041
04:32:00,901 --> 04:32:01,452
colleague's concerns and see if

8042
04:32:01,452 --> 04:32:04,452
we can find an avenue.

8043
04:32:05,220 --> 04:32:05,205
But yeah, I appreciate the

8044
04:32:05,205 --> 04:32:06,323
question.

8045
04:32:06,323 --> 04:32:09,277
I do think that so if a vendor

8046
04:32:09,277 --> 04:32:11,729
were selected at I'm not sure

8047
04:32:11,729 --> 04:32:12,480
when you're JANUARY, JANUARY

8048
04:32:12,480 --> 04:32:15,950
8th or something JANUARY 8th is

8049
04:32:15,950 --> 04:32:16,584
essentially the the process of

8050
04:32:16,584 --> 04:32:19,453
of going through a civic

8051
04:32:19,453 --> 04:32:20,288
lottery takes there's there are

8052
04:32:20,288 --> 04:32:23,675
several steps to it that would

8053
04:32:23,675 --> 04:32:26,844
you can kind of compress some

8054
04:32:26,844 --> 04:32:29,844
of those steps but compressing

8055
04:32:30,531 --> 04:32:31,283
those too much you lose a lot

8056
04:32:31,283 --> 04:32:31,916
of the kind of benefits of

8057
04:32:31,916 --> 04:32:34,552
doing things like a civic

8058
04:32:34,552 --> 04:32:37,552
lottery So designing a mailing

8059
04:32:38,540 --> 04:32:39,308
that's going out working with a

8060
04:32:39,308 --> 04:32:42,177
local vendor by the way, I just

8061
04:32:42,177 --> 04:32:42,711
wanted to point out that the

8062
04:32:42,711 --> 04:32:43,144
draft budget that we shared

8063
04:32:43,144 --> 04:32:45,544
which we would obviously

8064
04:32:45,814 --> 04:32:46,364
negotiate you know the kind of

8065
04:32:46,364 --> 04:32:49,364
the details of that working

8066
04:32:49,734 --> 04:32:50,385
with a local vendor to design

8067
04:32:50,385 --> 04:32:53,255
and print a mailer that would

8068
04:32:53,255 --> 04:32:54,890
go out to the community giving

8069
04:32:54,890 --> 04:32:57,159
time for people to respond to

8070
04:32:57,159 --> 04:32:58,260
that So then they could we'd

8071
04:32:58,260 --> 04:33:00,997
have a pool of people to do

8072
04:33:00,997 --> 04:33:01,430
random selection from using the

8073
04:33:01,430 --> 04:33:03,430
stratification strategies in

8074
04:33:04,784 --> 04:33:07,184
consultation with staff and

8075
04:33:08,370 --> 04:33:08,471
council those things I'll take

8076
04:33:08,471 --> 04:33:09,121
I'll take time.

8077
04:33:09,121 --> 04:33:11,690
You want to have invitations

8078
04:33:11,690 --> 04:33:12,124
out there for at least probably

8079
04:33:12,124 --> 04:33:14,124
3 or 4 weeks.

8080
04:33:16,950 --> 04:33:16,862
That's just the invitation sort

8081
04:33:16,862 --> 04:33:19,415
of being mailed out and kind of

8082
04:33:19,415 --> 04:33:20,820
getting to people and giving

8083
04:33:20,820 --> 04:33:20,900
them a chance to get back to

8084
04:33:20,900 --> 04:33:23,353
you before a lot of the other

8085
04:33:23,353 --> 04:33:24,538
selection process work happens.

8086
04:33:24,538 --> 04:33:27,607
So if the if the idea is you

8087
04:33:27,607 --> 04:33:28,341
want to try and get people

8088
04:33:28,341 --> 04:33:31,341
involved in the budget review

8089
04:33:31,394 --> 04:33:32,145
process in FEBRUARY, that

8090
04:33:32,145 --> 04:33:35,145
timeline I think would not

8091
04:33:35,399 --> 04:33:35,615
would not work.

8092
04:33:35,615 --> 04:33:35,849
Okay.

8093
04:33:35,849 --> 04:33:36,166
Yeah.

8094
04:33:36,166 --> 04:33:38,166
Thank you.

8095
04:33:39,552 --> 04:33:40,860
Yeah, I don't know if that

8096
04:33:40,860 --> 04:33:42,856
answers the question as well

8097
04:33:42,856 --> 04:33:46,443
And I you know the budget

8098
04:33:46,443 --> 04:33:47,460
itself is not crafted until MAY

8099
04:33:47,460 --> 04:33:51,600
The pieces that we typically do

8100
04:33:51,348 --> 04:33:54,619
we start in MARCH so not there

8101
04:33:54,619 --> 04:33:55,269
are new the midyear is

8102
04:33:55,269 --> 04:33:58,269
happening in FEBRUARY and maybe

8103
04:33:58,522 --> 04:33:59,189
this department open house so

8104
04:33:59,189 --> 04:34:02,242
that would be one item but

8105
04:34:02,242 --> 04:34:02,910
everything else is MARCH again

8106
04:34:02,910 --> 04:34:05,679
hearing that it's it would it

8107
04:34:05,679 --> 04:34:06,413
would be a little tight but

8108
04:34:06,413 --> 04:34:06,864
we're not it isn't 1st of

8109
04:34:06,864 --> 04:34:09,264
FEBRUARY so we're like

8110
04:34:10,318 --> 04:34:13,918
beginning of MARCH a lot change

8111
04:34:17,141 --> 04:34:21,290
your answer okay I mean I think

8112
04:34:21,290 --> 04:34:21,579
there are a lot of sort of like

8113
04:34:21,579 --> 04:34:24,579
moving pieces like generally we

8114
04:34:24,732 --> 04:34:25,166
tell we tell people there's

8115
04:34:25,166 --> 04:34:25,717
consultation with staff and

8116
04:34:25,717 --> 04:34:26,351
with council that needs to

8117
04:34:26,351 --> 04:34:28,519
happen during that process of

8118
04:34:28,519 --> 04:34:29,170
kind of the civic lottery and

8119
04:34:29,170 --> 04:34:32,324
planning kind of the details of

8120
04:34:32,324 --> 04:34:34,324
how that works.

8121
04:34:35,210 --> 04:34:36,940
Doing all of that in sort of 4

8122
04:34:36,940 --> 04:34:39,247
to 6 weeks is is not we would

8123
04:34:39,247 --> 04:34:39,965
not typically do that.

8124
04:34:39,965 --> 04:34:40,616
It usually takes at least a

8125
04:34:40,616 --> 04:34:42,984
couple of months for like to

8126
04:34:42,984 --> 04:34:43,919
sort of prepare for the for the

8127
04:34:43,919 --> 04:34:46,588
civic lottery process to to

8128
04:34:46,588 --> 04:34:49,458
happen and then start and then

8129
04:34:49,458 --> 04:34:50,325
and then kind of be done So

8130
04:34:50,325 --> 04:34:50,976
yeah it could be done but it

8131
04:34:50,976 --> 04:34:51,176
would be it would be incredibly

8132
04:34:51,176 --> 04:34:53,176
challenging.

8133
04:34:53,863 --> 04:34:54,746
I think and kind of limit some

8134
04:34:54,746 --> 04:34:57,599
of the process that I think is

8135
04:34:57,599 --> 04:34:58,450
so much well colleagues and

8136
04:34:58,450 --> 04:35:01,420
we've been on this for a while

8137
04:35:01,420 --> 04:35:01,971
so if there's no other

8138
04:35:01,971 --> 04:35:04,971
questions or comments I'm happy

8139
04:35:05,741 --> 04:35:09,428
to put in a motion to have Is

8140
04:35:09,428 --> 04:35:11,981
it possible to do Thank you.

8141
04:35:11,981 --> 04:35:14,981
Sorry get a competitive price

8142
04:35:16,253 --> 04:35:19,253
quote without a full rfp.

8143
04:35:23,760 --> 04:35:23,307
Yes, we can go to other

8144
04:35:23,307 --> 04:35:25,307
entities.

8145
04:35:26,463 --> 04:35:27,214
So as an example the one that

8146
04:35:27,214 --> 04:35:29,983
was pointed out in MS. Dennis's

8147
04:35:29,983 --> 04:35:32,983
presentation we could get a

8148
04:35:34,371 --> 04:35:35,220
quote from them and and and do

8149
04:35:35,220 --> 04:35:38,275
that and bring that back to

8150
04:35:38,275 --> 04:35:39,159
council on NOVEMBER 10th.

8151
04:35:39,159 --> 04:35:42,429
We could also staff could do a

8152
04:35:42,429 --> 04:35:43,363
little more exploration and see

8153
04:35:43,363 --> 04:35:46,217
if we came up with any other

8154
04:35:46,217 --> 04:35:46,867
entities.

8155
04:35:46,867 --> 04:35:49,867
I'd love to include that.

8156
04:35:50,253 --> 04:35:51,105
And then the other thing for

8157
04:35:51,105 --> 04:35:53,858
the motion is that when I've

8158
04:35:53,858 --> 04:35:56,627
agreed to this earlier this

8159
04:35:56,627 --> 04:35:57,495
year and the cap with for me

8160
04:35:57,495 --> 04:36:00,231
was at $250,000 and so no more

8161
04:36:00,231 --> 04:36:01,980
than that.

8162
04:36:01,980 --> 04:36:03,751
So I'd like to include that in

8163
04:36:03,751 --> 04:36:04,819
your motion please.

8164
04:36:04,819 --> 04:36:07,688
So just to clarify so if that

8165
04:36:07,688 --> 04:36:08,423
were the motion that that staff

8166
04:36:08,423 --> 04:36:11,423
would negotiate so that the

8167
04:36:11,709 --> 04:36:15,790
total cost including if we had

8168
04:36:15,790 --> 04:36:18,679
to have a staff or whatever

8169
04:36:18,850 --> 04:36:21,250
would be at 250 right.

8170
04:36:21,719 --> 04:36:22,487
Not that we're handing out to

8171
04:36:22,487 --> 04:36:25,440
50 to a consultant but that the

8172
04:36:25,440 --> 04:36:28,440
full cost correct got things

8173
04:36:29,930 --> 04:36:29,427
back to me.

8174
04:36:29,427 --> 04:36:30,610
Oh sorry.

8175
04:36:30,610 --> 04:36:30,779
Thanks I swear And I don't know

8176
04:36:30,779 --> 04:36:32,330
if Mayor you had more I just

8177
04:36:32,330 --> 04:36:33,164
wanted to ask for clarity on

8178
04:36:33,164 --> 04:36:36,435
the on what he suggested the

8179
04:36:36,435 --> 04:36:36,986
price getting the competitive

8180
04:36:36,986 --> 04:36:39,755
quote but not the rfp.

8181
04:36:39,755 --> 04:36:40,720
How does that work exactly What

8182
04:36:40,720 --> 04:36:40,922
is the timeline?

8183
04:36:40,922 --> 04:36:43,922
How would that affect the

8184
04:36:47,229 --> 04:36:47,880
timeline We staff could go I

8185
04:36:47,880 --> 04:36:51,450
mean again that would be very

8186
04:36:51,450 --> 04:36:52,201
quick and we could reach out to

8187
04:36:52,201 --> 04:36:55,801
other we could reach out to

8188
04:36:55,971 --> 04:36:56,405
healthy democracy and have a

8189
04:36:56,405 --> 04:36:56,638
conversation about what they

8190
04:36:56,638 --> 04:36:58,638
are providing.

8191
04:36:59,291 --> 04:37:00,260
We could reach out to other

8192
04:37:00,260 --> 04:37:03,260
organizations in this space and

8193
04:37:04,130 --> 04:37:07,130
see what what they're proposing

8194
04:37:07,283 --> 04:37:07,467
Again with a schedule or

8195
04:37:07,467 --> 04:37:08,267
whatever.

8196
04:37:08,267 --> 04:37:10,920
So at least we've gone out and

8197
04:37:10,920 --> 04:37:11,471
seen staff has done an

8198
04:37:11,471 --> 04:37:12,122
exploration of what is out

8199
04:37:12,122 --> 04:37:15,722
there and then we could return

8200
04:37:18,328 --> 04:37:18,661
to the council on NOVEMBER 10th

8201
04:37:18,661 --> 04:37:19,412
with with that.

8202
04:37:19,412 --> 04:37:21,964
So it's not a formal

8203
04:37:21,964 --> 04:37:24,964
procurement in terms of going

8204
04:37:25,668 --> 04:37:26,202
out with an rfp and and giving

8205
04:37:26,202 --> 04:37:27,571
that time and and marketplace

8206
04:37:27,571 --> 04:37:32,259
But we we could go out and and

8207
04:37:32,259 --> 04:37:32,542
look at entities that do this.

8208
04:37:32,542 --> 04:37:32,876
Got it.

8209
04:37:32,876 --> 04:37:34,876
Thank you.

8210
04:37:35,846 --> 04:37:36,460
Thanks, Vice Mayor for the

8211
04:37:36,460 --> 04:37:36,713
suggestion.

8212
04:37:36,713 --> 04:37:38,883
I'm open to that and interested

8213
04:37:38,883 --> 04:37:41,883
in what your thoughts are.

8214
04:37:43,530 --> 04:37:43,720
Mayor and COUNCILMAN Rivera, I,

8215
04:37:43,720 --> 04:37:47,700
I mean the facts are better

8216
04:37:47,700 --> 04:37:47,742
than what we got but I'm happy

8217
04:37:47,742 --> 04:37:50,742
with you guys going forward

8218
04:37:52,830 --> 04:37:56,384
with the motion and moving on.

8219
04:37:56,384 --> 04:37:56,718
Okay.

8220
04:37:56,718 --> 04:37:58,718
Thank you.

8221
04:38:00,387 --> 04:38:03,240
I'm taking the vice mayor's

8222
04:38:03,240 --> 04:38:03,674
suggestions there with the

8223
04:38:03,674 --> 04:38:05,674
$250,000 cap for everything,

8224
04:38:07,145 --> 04:38:10,145
not just what we're contracting

8225
04:38:11,415 --> 04:38:14,886
and then doing a quote doing a

8226
04:38:14,886 --> 04:38:15,436
competitive price quote I know

8227
04:38:15,436 --> 04:38:15,604
our next meeting is pretty

8228
04:38:15,604 --> 04:38:17,604
packed.

8229
04:38:19,241 --> 04:38:20,920
Is that do we have it's going

8230
04:38:20,920 --> 04:38:22,878
to be any issues with that in

8231
04:38:22,878 --> 04:38:26,648
terms of doing that at the next

8232
04:38:26,648 --> 04:38:27,265
meeting that that we foresee?

8233
04:38:27,265 --> 04:38:27,783
Maybe that's a question for

8234
04:38:27,783 --> 04:38:27,943
John or a question for the

8235
04:38:27,943 --> 04:38:29,117
mayor.

8236
04:38:29,117 --> 04:38:32,117
Yeah, we'll put it on.

8237
04:38:32,787 --> 04:38:33,772
Okay.

8238
04:38:33,772 --> 04:38:36,325
So yeah I guess the motion on

8239
04:38:36,325 --> 04:38:36,875
the table then would be the

8240
04:38:36,875 --> 04:38:39,875
would be moving forward with

8241
04:38:39,928 --> 04:38:42,928
the Civic Assembly with the

8242
04:38:44,183 --> 04:38:45,500
with the competitive price

8243
04:38:45,500 --> 04:38:47,886
quote to come back at the next

8244
04:38:47,886 --> 04:38:50,286
meeting and the questionnaire

8245
04:38:51,974 --> 04:38:52,341
as well as the short term

8246
04:38:52,341 --> 04:38:54,341
recommendations as recommended

8247
04:38:55,561 --> 04:38:59,161
by MS. Dennis Is there anything

8248
04:38:59,232 --> 04:38:59,394
that I MISS Anything colleagues

8249
04:38:59,394 --> 04:39:01,394
Okay.

8250
04:39:02,818 --> 04:39:05,818
And confirming that the the

8251
04:39:06,689 --> 04:39:07,423
question that we're asking is

8252
04:39:07,423 --> 04:39:10,423
how to garner increased public

8253
04:39:11,940 --> 04:39:11,261
participation in the budget

8254
04:39:11,261 --> 04:39:11,428
process.

8255
04:39:11,428 --> 04:39:12,178
Right.

8256
04:39:12,178 --> 04:39:15,310
So that when we're soliciting

8257
04:39:15,310 --> 04:39:15,983
the quotes that what we're

8258
04:39:15,983 --> 04:39:18,234
asking them to do that is the

8259
04:39:18,234 --> 04:39:18,768
remit.

8260
04:39:18,768 --> 04:39:18,985
Yeah The question exactly.

8261
04:39:18,985 --> 04:39:19,202
Yeah.

8262
04:39:19,202 --> 04:39:21,202
Okay.

8263
04:39:26,243 --> 04:39:29,496
Well said And we have a quick

8264
04:39:29,496 --> 04:39:33,960
comment from standers So if I

8265
04:39:35,536 --> 04:39:37,536
MAY

8266
04:39:40,157 --> 04:39:43,757
is to provide a quote to

8267
04:39:44,270 --> 04:39:44,545
facilitate the Civic Assembly

8268
04:39:44,545 --> 04:39:46,581
correct Addressing this one

8269
04:39:46,581 --> 04:39:49,581
question and just you know

8270
04:39:51,168 --> 04:39:52,360
there's a public works records

8271
04:39:52,360 --> 04:39:55,600
know this very well we you can

8272
04:39:55,600 --> 04:39:55,656
get the lowest possible price

8273
04:39:55,656 --> 04:39:57,692
and then you have a big

8274
04:39:57,692 --> 04:39:59,692
question about that

8275
04:40:02,790 --> 04:40:02,613
deliverables and so this price

8276
04:40:02,613 --> 04:40:04,613
quote should require

8277
04:40:05,450 --> 04:40:07,850
demonstration of skills and

8278
04:40:09,120 --> 04:40:09,437
experience and so forth doing

8279
04:40:09,437 --> 04:40:11,437
civic assemblies.

8280
04:40:13,625 --> 04:40:16,625
It's a very distinct process.

8281
04:40:19,882 --> 04:40:21,660
So

8282
04:40:21,660 --> 04:40:21,934
thank you for that.

8283
04:40:21,934 --> 04:40:24,119
I mean colleagues, I don't want

8284
04:40:24,119 --> 04:40:24,870
to I don't want to I don't want

8285
04:40:24,870 --> 04:40:25,304
to just drag this out longer

8286
04:40:25,304 --> 04:40:27,704
than it needs to.

8287
04:40:28,441 --> 04:40:28,840
So if if if we have three three

8288
04:40:28,840 --> 04:40:31,610
votes for the sole source

8289
04:40:31,610 --> 04:40:32,430
contract I'm in favor of moving

8290
04:40:32,430 --> 04:40:32,911
forward with that.

8291
04:40:32,911 --> 04:40:35,464
But if if any of my colleagues

8292
04:40:35,464 --> 04:40:35,915
feel like they would prefer to

8293
04:40:35,915 --> 04:40:36,549
support with the price

8294
04:40:36,549 --> 04:40:38,600
competitive price quote I'm

8295
04:40:38,600 --> 04:40:41,600
happy with that as well.

8296
04:40:42,355 --> 04:40:42,688
Okay.

8297
04:40:42,688 --> 04:40:43,639
Okay, great.

8298
04:40:43,639 --> 04:40:46,592
I would love to do the

8299
04:40:46,592 --> 04:40:46,809
competitive price quote.

8300
04:40:46,809 --> 04:40:47,430
Okay.

8301
04:40:47,430 --> 04:40:47,994
Okay.

8302
04:40:47,994 --> 04:40:50,863
And I just wanted to clarify

8303
04:40:50,863 --> 04:40:53,215
with cfo so great the goal

8304
04:40:53,215 --> 04:40:53,749
would be to have those back by

8305
04:40:53,749 --> 04:40:55,749
the ten correct?

8306
04:40:56,803 --> 04:40:57,120
Okay.

8307
04:40:57,120 --> 04:40:59,120
All right.

8308
04:41:00,790 --> 04:41:01,557
Okay.

8309
04:41:01,557 --> 04:41:01,874
And I will clarify It's not

8310
04:41:01,874 --> 04:41:03,874
just competitive pricing.

8311
04:41:08,398 --> 04:41:09,490
It's a to get a quote to can

8312
04:41:09,490 --> 04:41:12,490
entertain you know, create a

8313
04:41:12,403 --> 04:41:13,350
public civic assembly answering

8314
04:41:13,350 --> 04:41:15,672
the question about the public

8315
04:41:15,672 --> 04:41:15,889
participation rate.

8316
04:41:15,889 --> 04:41:17,889
Okay.

8317
04:41:19,342 --> 04:41:21,342
Thank you.

8318
04:41:23,413 --> 04:41:24,264
All right.

8319
04:41:24,264 --> 04:41:27,234
I have a motion by council

8320
04:41:27,234 --> 04:41:30,234
member Fish, a second from

8321
04:41:30,388 --> 04:41:31,138
Council member McMoRan to move

8322
04:41:31,138 --> 04:41:34,138
forward with the short term

8323
04:41:34,491 --> 04:41:36,491
recommendations from the

8324
04:41:37,728 --> 04:41:38,679
government subcommittee and and

8325
04:41:38,679 --> 04:41:41,679
then the tailoring of the

8326
04:41:42,749 --> 04:41:43,601
questionnaire here to the

8327
04:41:43,601 --> 04:41:46,237
city's needs and and then the

8328
04:41:46,237 --> 04:41:48,637
competitive pricing quotes from

8329
04:41:50,307 --> 04:41:52,307
other entities.

8330
04:41:52,543 --> 04:41:55,543
I'm a cap at $250,000 and

8331
04:41:56,230 --> 04:41:56,764
that's to return by NOVEMBER

8332
04:41:56,764 --> 04:41:59,164
10th for council consideration

8333
04:41:59,817 --> 04:42:00,452
And the quote would be to

8334
04:42:00,452 --> 04:42:03,452
create a civic assembly and

8335
04:42:09,762 --> 04:42:10,812
answer the budgeting question

8336
04:42:10,812 --> 04:42:12,812
Right?

8337
04:42:14,783 --> 04:42:17,783
You MAY begin voting That

8338
04:42:18,170 --> 04:42:21,770
motion passes two nays two nays

8339
04:42:22,230 --> 04:42:24,423
from Mayor o'Brien and

8340
04:42:34,152 --> 04:42:35,838
COUNCILMAN Rivera, Thank you

8341
04:42:35,838 --> 04:42:36,550
.

8342
04:42:36,550 --> 04:42:38,550
Okay.

8343
04:42:38,708 --> 04:42:41,708
We are on to action.

8344
04:42:45,165 --> 04:42:47,165
Item two

8345
04:43:04,217 --> 04:43:04,651
.

8346
04:43:04,651 --> 04:43:06,651
Good evening again.

8347
04:43:08,104 --> 04:43:11,104
Honorable mayor, vice mayor and

8348
04:43:11,475 --> 04:43:11,892
council members for purposes of

8349
04:43:11,892 --> 04:43:12,710
the public.

8350
04:43:12,710 --> 04:43:16,196
My name is Elizabeth Garcia and

8351
04:43:16,196 --> 04:43:19,850
I am a project for an economic

8352
04:43:19,850 --> 04:43:20,384
development project manager for

8353
04:43:20,384 --> 04:43:22,784
with the economic Development

8354
04:43:23,837 --> 04:43:25,837
and Cultural Development

8355
04:43:26,373 --> 04:43:27,240
Department in SEPTEMBER of 2024

8356
04:43:27,240 --> 04:43:30,240
City Council directed staff to

8357
04:43:30,378 --> 04:43:30,894
gather information relative to

8358
04:43:30,894 --> 04:43:32,894
small business assistance

8359
04:43:33,947 --> 04:43:35,947
programs.

8360
04:43:37,117 --> 04:43:37,551
On MAY 12th 2025 staff

8361
04:43:37,551 --> 04:43:39,951
presented two small business

8362
04:43:41,122 --> 04:43:41,973
programs for your consideration

8363
04:43:41,973 --> 04:43:44,842
and the action was pulled to be

8364
04:43:44,842 --> 04:43:47,779
considered at a later date.

8365
04:43:47,779 --> 04:43:48,630
Staff presented two programs

8366
04:43:48,630 --> 04:43:51,266
which I'm going to describe a

8367
04:43:51,266 --> 04:43:53,266
bit.

8368
04:43:55,169 --> 04:43:55,586
The first program is a small

8369
04:43:55,586 --> 04:43:56,200
Business technical Assistance

8370
04:43:56,200 --> 04:43:58,420
grant program which would

8371
04:43:59,791 --> 04:43:59,958
mirror the sustainable Business

8372
04:43:59,958 --> 04:44:00,858
Program.

8373
04:44:00,858 --> 04:44:04,128
The proposal would be a cohort

8374
04:44:04,128 --> 04:44:07,128
based program that would target

8375
04:44:07,315 --> 04:44:07,665
up to 30 businesses per year to

8376
04:44:07,665 --> 04:44:09,665
receive technical assistance

8377
04:44:11,186 --> 04:44:12,154
such as small business

8378
04:44:12,154 --> 04:44:15,154
workshops as well as 1 to 1

8379
04:44:15,407 --> 04:44:15,608
advising for participate in

8380
04:44:15,608 --> 04:44:17,608
businesses.

8381
04:44:19,294 --> 04:44:19,745
The program would partner with

8382
04:44:19,745 --> 04:44:22,145
pcr Business Finance who

8383
04:44:23,215 --> 04:44:23,482
manages a local small business

8384
04:44:23,482 --> 04:44:25,482
development center.

8385
04:44:27,619 --> 04:44:28,370
The spdc will provide technical

8386
04:44:28,370 --> 04:44:30,370
assistance and an

8387
04:44:31,190 --> 04:44:34,143
implementation for a period of

8388
04:44:34,143 --> 04:44:35,111
two years for $15,000 annually.

8389
04:44:35,111 --> 04:44:37,980
At the end of the program the

8390
04:44:37,980 --> 04:44:38,715
city would have a combination

8391
04:44:38,715 --> 04:44:41,715
program similar to the the

8392
04:44:42,485 --> 04:44:44,485
Sustainable Business Program

8393
04:44:44,637 --> 04:44:45,154
and provide a small grant of

8394
04:44:45,154 --> 04:44:47,154
$1,000 for implementation of

8395
04:44:48,825 --> 04:44:49,676
recommendations provided.

8396
04:44:49,676 --> 04:44:50,310
The program would focus on

8397
04:44:50,310 --> 04:44:52,710
businesses in operation for

8398
04:44:53,279 --> 04:44:56,766
under two years in Culver City.

8399
04:44:56,766 --> 04:44:59,619
The second program is a permit

8400
04:44:59,619 --> 04:44:59,953
permit reimbursement program

8401
04:44:59,953 --> 04:45:01,953
which would provide

8402
04:45:02,289 --> 04:45:03,400
reimbursement for up to $5,000

8403
04:45:03,400 --> 04:45:06,393
for city permit permit fees for

8404
04:45:06,393 --> 04:45:06,726
new businesses removing a

8405
04:45:06,726 --> 04:45:08,726
barrier to entry.

8406
04:45:10,798 --> 04:45:11,549
This program would require an

8407
04:45:11,549 --> 04:45:13,549
initial $50,000 allocation for

8408
04:45:13,984 --> 04:45:14,535
the for the first year.

8409
04:45:14,535 --> 04:45:16,935
Requirements would focus on

8410
04:45:17,788 --> 04:45:18,639
brick and mortar businesses.

8411
04:45:18,639 --> 04:45:21,639
If Council wishes to proceed

8412
04:45:21,709 --> 04:45:24,709
with either or both programs,

8413
04:45:25,896 --> 04:45:28,896
the the total allocation would

8414
04:45:28,950 --> 04:45:29,484
be $95,000 per year for the

8415
04:45:29,484 --> 04:45:30,330
first year and funding would

8416
04:45:30,330 --> 04:45:30,234
come from the city's general

8417
04:45:30,234 --> 04:45:32,234
fund.

8418
04:45:32,720 --> 04:45:33,354
This concludes my presentation

8419
04:45:33,354 --> 04:45:35,807
and I'm available to answers

8420
04:45:35,807 --> 04:45:38,960
and any questions you MAY have.

8421
04:45:38,960 --> 04:45:39,728
Thank you.

8422
04:45:39,728 --> 04:45:42,997
Do you have any questions from

8423
04:45:42,997 --> 04:45:43,397
my colleagues to start?

8424
04:45:43,397 --> 04:45:45,397
No.

8425
04:45:46,468 --> 04:45:49,971
I just have one quick question

8426
04:45:49,971 --> 04:45:53,410
on page four of the I'm sorry I

8427
04:45:53,410 --> 04:45:56,410
didn't call about this prior

8428
04:45:57,212 --> 04:46:00,248
where it breaks down the the

8429
04:46:00,248 --> 04:46:02,248
estimate cost.

8430
04:46:03,936 --> 04:46:06,788
There's a little chart there.

8431
04:46:06,788 --> 04:46:07,522
It says $15,000 annually for

8432
04:46:07,522 --> 04:46:10,522
two years for the management

8433
04:46:11,327 --> 04:46:11,544
fees which mean 7500 per year.

8434
04:46:11,544 --> 04:46:13,544
Right.

8435
04:46:14,713 --> 04:46:15,581
So it would reduce that.

8436
04:46:15,581 --> 04:46:17,933
I mean it's a small number but

8437
04:46:17,933 --> 04:46:21,533
it would reduce that down to

8438
04:46:21,987 --> 04:46:22,321
3075 per year.

8439
04:46:22,321 --> 04:46:22,538
That right?

8440
04:46:22,538 --> 04:46:23,705
Okay.

8441
04:46:23,705 --> 04:46:25,758
No, I want to I want to clarify

8442
04:46:25,758 --> 04:46:26,920
that $15,000 per year.

8443
04:46:26,920 --> 04:46:26,409
Per year?

8444
04:46:26,409 --> 04:46:28,409
Yeah.

8445
04:46:29,362 --> 04:46:29,578
I I apologize.

8446
04:46:29,578 --> 04:46:29,912
Okay.

8447
04:46:29,912 --> 04:46:30,129
Got it.

8448
04:46:30,129 --> 04:46:30,880
Okay.

8449
04:46:30,880 --> 04:46:32,932
So the total is correct.

8450
04:46:32,932 --> 04:46:33,249
Okay, great.

8451
04:46:33,249 --> 04:46:35,249
Okay.

8452
04:46:36,519 --> 04:46:36,753
Do we have any speaker cards?

8453
04:46:36,753 --> 04:46:37,503
Yes.

8454
04:46:37,503 --> 04:46:37,820
We had two speakers center for

8455
04:46:37,820 --> 04:46:39,820
this item.

8456
04:46:40,589 --> 04:46:40,790
Melissa Sanders and James

8457
04:46:40,790 --> 04:46:42,790
Richardson.

8458
04:46:43,960 --> 04:46:46,960
So we'll start with Melissa.

8459
04:46:48,310 --> 04:46:48,214
Melissa unlocked you and

8460
04:46:48,214 --> 04:46:50,214
yourself.

8461
04:46:51,919 --> 04:46:52,452
I'm only awake because the

8462
04:46:52,452 --> 04:46:52,619
Dodgers are in their 18th

8463
04:46:52,619 --> 04:46:54,619
inning.

8464
04:46:55,822 --> 04:46:56,674
Still tied.

8465
04:46:56,674 --> 04:46:59,944
I as a previous business owner

8466
04:46:59,944 --> 04:47:03,747
in Culver City I will just say

8467
04:47:03,747 --> 04:47:04,181
anything you can do to support

8468
04:47:04,181 --> 04:47:06,581
small businesses because that

8469
04:47:07,535 --> 04:47:10,535
is the backbone and lifeblood

8470
04:47:10,921 --> 04:47:11,760
of any city really would be

8471
04:47:11,760 --> 04:47:13,760
great.

8472
04:47:15,293 --> 04:47:18,293
You know the $250,000 for the

8473
04:47:18,562 --> 04:47:19,263
consultants for the big

8474
04:47:19,263 --> 04:47:22,263
assembly could be better spent,

8475
04:47:22,433 --> 04:47:22,634
you know, uplifting our small

8476
04:47:22,634 --> 04:47:23,485
businesses.

8477
04:47:23,485 --> 04:47:26,270
The $20 million that you below

8478
04:47:26,270 --> 04:47:26,454
could be much better spent

8479
04:47:26,454 --> 04:47:28,454
elsewhere.

8480
04:47:29,540 --> 04:47:30,910
GOD, you could spend $1 million

8481
04:47:30,910 --> 04:47:30,253
in small businesses instead of

8482
04:47:30,253 --> 04:47:32,253
20.

8483
04:47:33,678 --> 04:47:37,248
So again, anything you can do

8484
04:47:37,248 --> 04:47:37,899
to support small business is

8485
04:47:37,899 --> 04:47:40,952
going to be important for this

8486
04:47:40,952 --> 04:47:43,952
city to survive and thrive.

8487
04:47:45,457 --> 04:47:48,126
That's all I want to say.

8488
04:47:48,126 --> 04:47:48,994
So please do whatever you can

8489
04:47:48,994 --> 04:47:52,564
to bring this city back to its

8490
04:47:52,564 --> 04:47:53,980
glory days and stop having

8491
04:47:53,980 --> 04:47:55,751
things close every other day.

8492
04:47:55,751 --> 04:47:56,268
Thank you.

8493
04:47:56,268 --> 04:47:58,268
Thank you.

8494
04:47:59,338 --> 04:47:59,538
Our next speaker is James

8495
04:47:59,538 --> 04:48:01,538
Richardson.

8496
04:48:03,426 --> 04:48:07,260
So you still heard not seeing

8497
04:48:07,612 --> 04:48:08,470
him online So that would be the

8498
04:48:08,470 --> 04:48:08,264
end of our speakers.

8499
04:48:08,264 --> 04:48:10,264
Okay.

8500
04:48:10,900 --> 04:48:11,768
Thank you.

8501
04:48:11,768 --> 04:48:14,704
Let's go around the horn with

8502
04:48:14,704 --> 04:48:15,370
any comments from here.

8503
04:48:15,370 --> 04:48:16,122
Mean really quick before we

8504
04:48:16,122 --> 04:48:18,174
start getting into this, I just

8505
04:48:18,174 --> 04:48:21,774
wanted to make a brief comment

8506
04:48:21,860 --> 04:48:22,511
that I did confer with City

8507
04:48:22,511 --> 04:48:23,620
Attorney on this item that I

8508
04:48:23,620 --> 04:48:24,898
can't participate And I don't

8509
04:48:24,898 --> 04:48:28,351
know if you wanted to add

8510
04:48:28,351 --> 04:48:29,102
anything on to.

8511
04:48:29,102 --> 04:48:32,102
Yeah we evaluated the potential

8512
04:48:32,456 --> 04:48:33,500
conflict for a financial

8513
04:48:33,500 --> 04:48:35,858
interest in a business entity

8514
04:48:35,858 --> 04:48:36,593
and determined that it doesn't

8515
04:48:36,593 --> 04:48:39,545
meet the threshold that would

8516
04:48:39,545 --> 04:48:41,545
require legal recusal.

8517
04:48:42,899 --> 04:48:43,449
So he Councilmember Vera does

8518
04:48:43,449 --> 04:48:44,184
not have a legal financial

8519
04:48:44,184 --> 04:48:47,530
conflict of interest in this

8520
04:48:47,530 --> 04:48:47,571
matter and can participate.

8521
04:48:47,571 --> 04:48:47,904
All right.

8522
04:48:47,904 --> 04:48:48,238
Thank you.

8523
04:48:48,238 --> 04:48:50,238
Thanks man.

8524
04:48:51,692 --> 04:48:52,250
Yeah, Concerned again.

8525
04:48:52,250 --> 04:48:54,250
Thanks, Mary.

8526
04:48:54,494 --> 04:48:54,646
I'm going to defer to the vice

8527
04:48:54,646 --> 04:48:56,646
mayor.

8528
04:48:58,182 --> 04:48:58,816
I believe this was his proposal

8529
04:48:58,816 --> 04:49:01,816
in SEPTEMBER of last year.

8530
04:49:02,936 --> 04:49:06,106
So I want to make sure that he

8531
04:49:06,106 --> 04:49:06,257
has opportunity to lead on this

8532
04:49:06,257 --> 04:49:06,424
item.

8533
04:49:06,424 --> 04:49:06,641
Thanks.

8534
04:49:06,641 --> 04:49:08,641
Yeah.

8535
04:49:10,144 --> 04:49:10,577
Vice Premier, once you add your

8536
04:49:10,577 --> 04:49:10,744
comments and people can

8537
04:49:10,744 --> 04:49:11,110
respond.

8538
04:49:11,110 --> 04:49:13,110
Thank you.

8539
04:49:13,864 --> 04:49:14,698
Appreciate that.

8540
04:49:14,698 --> 04:49:17,980
Councilmember Warren a mayor

8541
04:49:17,351 --> 04:49:17,508
I'm very proud to support this

8542
04:49:17,508 --> 04:49:18,219
item.

8543
04:49:18,219 --> 04:49:21,219
It's one I personally brought

8544
04:49:21,372 --> 04:49:21,923
forward because supporting our

8545
04:49:21,923 --> 04:49:24,923
small businesses is central to

8546
04:49:25,760 --> 04:49:25,710
keeping our city's economy

8547
04:49:25,710 --> 04:49:28,710
strong and vibrant And it's

8548
04:49:28,780 --> 04:49:29,481
important that we balance the

8549
04:49:29,481 --> 04:49:29,681
work that the city is doing

8550
04:49:29,681 --> 04:49:30,649
internally.

8551
04:49:30,649 --> 04:49:32,918
And so we need to address our

8552
04:49:32,918 --> 04:49:34,918
budget services infrastructure,

8553
04:49:36,254 --> 04:49:36,855
housing, mobility with tangible

8554
04:49:36,855 --> 04:49:37,406
support for the local

8555
04:49:37,406 --> 04:49:40,359
businesses that make up the

8556
04:49:40,359 --> 04:49:41,343
heart of our community.

8557
04:49:41,343 --> 04:49:44,196
Our sales tax as we know is the

8558
04:49:44,196 --> 04:49:44,830
number one source of revenue

8559
04:49:44,830 --> 04:49:45,381
And so small businesses are

8560
04:49:45,381 --> 04:49:48,381
huge part of that base.

8561
04:49:48,466 --> 04:49:49,100
So when we help them succeed

8562
04:49:49,100 --> 04:49:51,401
we're not just helping

8563
04:49:52,253 --> 04:49:52,787
individual entrepreneurs.

8564
04:49:52,787 --> 04:49:53,390
We're strengthening the city's

8565
04:49:53,390 --> 04:49:55,390
fiscal foundation.

8566
04:49:56,691 --> 04:49:57,126
So this pilot program is an

8567
04:49:57,126 --> 04:49:57,292
investment in our local

8568
04:49:57,292 --> 04:49:59,292
economy.

8569
04:50:00,396 --> 04:50:00,846
Thank you to staff for all

8570
04:50:00,846 --> 04:50:01,581
their work on this.

8571
04:50:01,581 --> 04:50:03,981
It provides real direct

8572
04:50:04,533 --> 04:50:04,983
assistance to small businesses

8573
04:50:04,983 --> 04:50:07,383
whether that's through the

8574
04:50:08,530 --> 04:50:08,688
technical support, the grants

8575
04:50:08,688 --> 04:50:11,657
or helping them with permitting

8576
04:50:11,657 --> 04:50:12,290
costs and all areas that can

8577
04:50:12,290 --> 04:50:12,475
make or break a small

8578
04:50:12,475 --> 04:50:14,475
operation.

8579
04:50:15,978 --> 04:50:16,646
I am confident it will be

8580
04:50:16,646 --> 04:50:20,990
successful and I hope it can

8581
04:50:20,990 --> 04:50:20,749
grow over time especially if we

8582
04:50:20,749 --> 04:50:23,749
see strong results from this

8583
04:50:23,803 --> 04:50:24,654
pilot program.

8584
04:50:24,654 --> 04:50:28,254
I also see the opportunity to

8585
04:50:28,507 --> 04:50:28,958
expand partnership with things

8586
04:50:28,958 --> 04:50:29,258
like cdf Eyes Community

8587
04:50:29,258 --> 04:50:31,258
Development, financial

8588
04:50:32,529 --> 04:50:33,145
Institution and which are

8589
04:50:33,145 --> 04:50:35,545
mission driven lenders that

8590
04:50:36,316 --> 04:50:37,330
provide affordable financing

8591
04:50:37,330 --> 04:50:39,433
and financial services to

8592
04:50:40,386 --> 04:50:41,210
underserved small businesses

8593
04:50:41,210 --> 04:50:44,210
and they provide grants and

8594
04:50:44,107 --> 04:50:44,842
loans so we can couple them

8595
04:50:44,842 --> 04:50:47,842
together That could attract new

8596
04:50:48,628 --> 04:50:49,262
businesses, expand access to

8597
04:50:49,262 --> 04:50:52,262
capital and bolster the city's

8598
04:50:52,632 --> 04:50:52,967
grant funding to make this

8599
04:50:52,967 --> 04:50:54,967
program more sustainable.

8600
04:50:55,836 --> 04:50:56,520
But that's a separate thing at

8601
04:50:56,520 --> 04:50:56,820
a core.

8602
04:50:56,820 --> 04:50:59,991
At the core this is really

8603
04:50:59,991 --> 04:51:00,525
about investing in people and

8604
04:51:00,525 --> 04:51:03,525
the small businesses who take

8605
04:51:03,894 --> 04:51:04,227
risks, create jobs and give our

8606
04:51:04,227 --> 04:51:06,227
city unique character.

8607
04:51:07,631 --> 04:51:08,166
So I'm hoping that this will be

8608
04:51:08,166 --> 04:51:11,166
supported and look forward to

8609
04:51:11,819 --> 04:51:12,360
supporting its continued

8610
04:51:12,360 --> 04:51:12,353
growth.

8611
04:51:12,353 --> 04:51:12,570
Thanks man.

8612
04:51:12,570 --> 04:51:14,570
Okay.

8613
04:51:16,641 --> 04:51:17,291
Thank you.

8614
04:51:17,291 --> 04:51:17,442
That's from Fisher You like

8615
04:51:17,442 --> 04:51:19,426
more?

8616
04:51:19,426 --> 04:51:20,194
Yeah.

8617
04:51:20,194 --> 04:51:23,640
I just briefly want to say

8618
04:51:23,640 --> 04:51:23,482
thank you Vice Mayor for

8619
04:51:23,482 --> 04:51:25,482
bringing this forth.

8620
04:51:27,184 --> 04:51:27,351
I, I had a company right after

8621
04:51:27,351 --> 04:51:29,351
college.

8622
04:51:30,187 --> 04:51:30,504
I know I did not go to business

8623
04:51:30,504 --> 04:51:31,255
school myself.

8624
04:51:31,255 --> 04:51:33,942
I had a marketing minor but

8625
04:51:33,942 --> 04:51:34,660
that was the extent of my of my

8626
04:51:34,660 --> 04:51:37,529
formal business education And I

8627
04:51:37,529 --> 04:51:38,263
would commute to Pasadena

8628
04:51:38,263 --> 04:51:40,915
because they had a small

8629
04:51:40,915 --> 04:51:41,583
business development center

8630
04:51:41,583 --> 04:51:44,953
with three one on one coaching

8631
04:51:44,953 --> 04:51:45,805
for my business and it was such

8632
04:51:45,805 --> 04:51:49,190
a life saver for me because I

8633
04:51:49,190 --> 04:51:49,959
learned so much about just the

8634
04:51:49,959 --> 04:51:53,120
ins and outs of of running a

8635
04:51:53,120 --> 04:51:53,563
small business and so the fact

8636
04:51:53,563 --> 04:51:54,179
that we are providing those

8637
04:51:54,179 --> 04:51:56,579
services that we're providing

8638
04:51:57,265 --> 04:51:59,719
grants but not just grants but

8639
04:51:59,719 --> 04:52:00,370
like full support with this

8640
04:52:00,370 --> 04:52:03,439
item one on one coaching and

8641
04:52:03,439 --> 04:52:04,900
then seminars, webinars I'm

8642
04:52:04,900 --> 04:52:07,560
really encouraged by what I see

8643
04:52:07,560 --> 04:52:08,227
here and just thanks for all

8644
04:52:08,227 --> 04:52:11,810
the work that's gone into it

8645
04:52:11,810 --> 04:52:11,731
staff and colleagues Thank you

8646
04:52:11,731 --> 04:52:14,884
everyone Thank you and might an

8647
04:52:14,884 --> 04:52:15,360
hour I'll keep my remarks

8648
04:52:15,360 --> 04:52:15,951
brief.

8649
04:52:15,951 --> 04:52:18,821
I'm super grateful to staff for

8650
04:52:18,821 --> 04:52:19,372
all of the work that has

8651
04:52:19,372 --> 04:52:19,525
brought this item to this

8652
04:52:19,525 --> 04:52:21,525
point.

8653
04:52:22,758 --> 04:52:26,460
All the research etc. I really

8654
04:52:26,460 --> 04:52:26,980
appreciate the Vice mayor for

8655
04:52:26,980 --> 04:52:30,451
bringing this to us and I'm

8656
04:52:30,451 --> 04:52:31,118
really excited to see what the

8657
04:52:31,118 --> 04:52:34,587
what kind of impact and what

8658
04:52:34,587 --> 04:52:34,821
kind of demand we will have for

8659
04:52:34,821 --> 04:52:36,821
this project.

8660
04:52:38,391 --> 04:52:41,991
I hope that we'll have some

8661
04:52:42,162 --> 04:52:42,829
sort of report backs on how

8662
04:52:42,829 --> 04:52:46,183
things are going, how many and

8663
04:52:46,183 --> 04:52:46,934
small businesses are utilizing

8664
04:52:46,934 --> 04:52:47,601
the program just like you know

8665
04:52:47,601 --> 04:52:50,171
just sort of having a feedback

8666
04:52:50,171 --> 04:52:51,370
loop of how things are going.

8667
04:52:51,370 --> 04:52:54,492
But again I super excited to

8668
04:52:54,492 --> 04:52:54,992
see this investment and yeah

8669
04:52:54,992 --> 04:52:55,760
and just looking forward to

8670
04:52:55,760 --> 04:52:55,926
continue growth So I'm really

8671
04:52:55,926 --> 04:52:57,926
excited.

8672
04:52:58,412 --> 04:52:59,630
Thank you.

8673
04:52:59,630 --> 04:53:02,330
Thank you because we're very

8674
04:53:02,330 --> 04:53:05,102
Thank you Mayor thank staff for

8675
04:53:05,102 --> 04:53:05,752
all your your effort And I said

8676
04:53:05,752 --> 04:53:08,752
on the subcommittee with the

8677
04:53:09,524 --> 04:53:10,292
vice mayor and I know you guys

8678
04:53:10,292 --> 04:53:12,944
really did a whole lot of work

8679
04:53:12,944 --> 04:53:13,445
behind it and thanks to the

8680
04:53:13,445 --> 04:53:13,994
vice mayor for bringing this

8681
04:53:13,994 --> 04:53:14,145
forward, I'm happy to support

8682
04:53:14,145 --> 04:53:16,145
this.

8683
04:53:17,810 --> 04:53:17,816
I think you know, on both

8684
04:53:17,816 --> 04:53:20,816
counts this will be something

8685
04:53:21,286 --> 04:53:24,355
that is a good investment in

8686
04:53:24,355 --> 04:53:24,907
our community But actually an

8687
04:53:24,907 --> 04:53:27,907
investment that the city can

8688
04:53:28,177 --> 04:53:28,477
see some sort of tangible

8689
04:53:28,477 --> 04:53:29,143
return on.

8690
04:53:29,143 --> 04:53:29,578
So thank you very much.

8691
04:53:29,578 --> 04:53:31,578
Thank you, Mayor.

8692
04:53:32,447 --> 04:53:36,117
Yeah I think you yeah and thank

8693
04:53:36,117 --> 04:53:39,400
you for bringing this forward

8694
04:53:39,400 --> 04:53:42,575
as well And you know just a

8695
04:53:42,575 --> 04:53:43,442
small point I think many of us

8696
04:53:43,442 --> 04:53:46,595
have heard it before but 50% of

8697
04:53:46,595 --> 04:53:47,229
small businesses fail within

8698
04:53:47,229 --> 04:53:47,462
five years, 20% within the

8699
04:53:47,462 --> 04:53:49,462
first year.

8700
04:53:50,732 --> 04:53:53,732
So the cohort cohort program

8701
04:53:53,886 --> 04:53:54,537
especially I think will be

8702
04:53:54,537 --> 04:53:57,537
really valuable and it'll be

8703
04:53:57,773 --> 04:54:00,773
great for our newer businesses

8704
04:54:01,777 --> 04:54:05,480
and and I appreciate you know,

8705
04:54:05,480 --> 04:54:05,598
the skills that can be learned

8706
04:54:05,598 --> 04:54:06,432
there, you know with the

8707
04:54:06,432 --> 04:54:09,850
marketing I think that that's a

8708
04:54:09,850 --> 04:54:09,318
big critical factor in

8709
04:54:09,318 --> 04:54:11,318
navigating city.

8710
04:54:13,406 --> 04:54:14,140
I hope we can promote this

8711
04:54:14,140 --> 04:54:17,140
early when we get those

8712
04:54:17,327 --> 04:54:17,978
applications in so that we can

8713
04:54:17,978 --> 04:54:20,978
help them navigate all the

8714
04:54:21,131 --> 04:54:24,731
permitting and you know I know

8715
04:54:25,135 --> 04:54:25,569
I've run into folks starting up

8716
04:54:25,569 --> 04:54:27,969
and they're doing construction

8717
04:54:28,921 --> 04:54:29,355
on their new business and

8718
04:54:29,355 --> 04:54:29,573
they're really struggling with

8719
04:54:29,573 --> 04:54:31,573
that process.

8720
04:54:32,659 --> 04:54:36,330
So I hope include that and and

8721
04:54:36,330 --> 04:54:36,764
I really like the permit fee

8722
04:54:36,764 --> 04:54:39,164
reimbursement program as well

8723
04:54:39,934 --> 04:54:40,484
with a little larger some that

8724
04:54:40,484 --> 04:54:43,484
can help businesses that might

8725
04:54:44,550 --> 04:54:47,742
have hit a speed bump to have

8726
04:54:47,742 --> 04:54:48,592
been more established So it's

8727
04:54:48,592 --> 04:54:51,545
great I'm happy to let the vice

8728
04:54:51,545 --> 04:54:51,696
mayor present the motion Thank

8729
04:54:51,696 --> 04:54:53,696
you.

8730
04:54:55,934 --> 04:54:58,503
Thank to make a motion to

8731
04:54:58,503 --> 04:55:01,503
approve the two small pilot

8732
04:55:01,755 --> 04:55:04,155
business Assistance program at

8733
04:55:08,446 --> 04:55:11,446
a total of $95,000 I think

8734
04:55:18,606 --> 04:55:21,860
that's it I a my one second

8735
04:55:21,860 --> 04:55:22,410
came on.

8736
04:55:22,410 --> 04:55:24,810
Okay There you go.

8737
04:55:26,264 --> 04:55:28,264
Thank you.

8738
04:55:32,721 --> 04:55:34,721
All right

8739
04:55:36,941 --> 04:55:37,259
.

8740
04:55:37,259 --> 04:55:38,345
Thank you.

8741
04:55:38,345 --> 04:55:41,313
I have a motion by Vice Mayor

8742
04:55:41,313 --> 04:55:44,913
Pusa in a second from Council

8743
04:55:45,183 --> 04:55:46,180
member McMoRan for the approval

8744
04:55:46,180 --> 04:55:48,171
of two small pilot business

8745
04:55:48,171 --> 04:55:51,171
assistance programs for two and

8746
04:55:54,590 --> 04:55:57,590
a total of $95,000 MAY be

8747
04:56:01,183 --> 04:56:01,399
converting I motion passes

8748
04:56:01,399 --> 04:56:01,618
unanimously.

8749
04:56:01,618 --> 04:56:01,834
Thank you.

8750
04:56:01,834 --> 04:56:03,834
Okay.

8751
04:56:05,288 --> 04:56:06,560
Thank.

8752
04:56:06,560 --> 04:56:06,272
MAY or MAY make an announcement

8753
04:56:06,272 --> 04:56:08,272
really quick.

8754
04:56:08,908 --> 04:56:09,459
Yeah.

8755
04:56:09,459 --> 04:56:11,859
Elizabeth Garcia's birthday is

8756
04:56:12,828 --> 04:56:13,430
today and it's going to be over

8757
04:56:13,430 --> 04:56:14,470
in about three minutes so I

8758
04:56:14,470 --> 04:56:14,280
just thought we could wish her

8759
04:56:14,280 --> 04:56:16,280
happy birthday.

8760
04:56:16,817 --> 04:56:17,134
Happy birthday.

8761
04:56:17,134 --> 04:56:19,134
Birthday birthday.

8762
04:56:21,405 --> 04:56:22,289
Thank you.

8763
04:56:22,289 --> 04:56:24,641
Over with a fun way Write that

8764
04:56:24,641 --> 04:56:25,192
and tell you for real And so

8765
04:56:25,192 --> 04:56:25,743
you celebrate your birthday and

8766
04:56:25,743 --> 04:56:28,495
same with you for real.

8767
04:56:28,495 --> 04:56:30,495
Now happy birthday.

8768
04:56:32,383 --> 04:56:35,383
Mine's coming up in JANUARY.

8769
04:56:35,819 --> 04:56:36,470
I hope you.

8770
04:56:36,470 --> 04:56:38,470
Thanks you guys.

8771
04:56:42,693 --> 04:56:45,693
Appreciate a three And the

8772
04:56:46,146 --> 04:56:49,146
Dodgers just scored 18th inning

8773
04:56:49,817 --> 04:56:52,817
right Freddy homerun Oh he

8774
04:56:55,823 --> 04:56:58,259
needs to have yeah and he's

8775
04:56:58,259 --> 04:57:01,859
dead okay They played two games

8776
04:57:02,630 --> 04:57:02,831
in one era Sometimes sometimes

8777
04:57:02,831 --> 04:57:03,798
.

8778
04:57:03,798 --> 04:57:03,964
Let's get to the d-Day for a

8779
04:57:03,964 --> 04:57:05,964
rethink.

8780
04:57:06,251 --> 04:57:08,251
Okay.

8781
04:57:10,354 --> 04:57:10,889
In SEPTEMBER 2022, the city and

8782
04:57:10,889 --> 04:57:13,841
Rethink Culver llc entered into

8783
04:57:13,841 --> 04:57:14,509
a development and disposition

8784
04:57:14,509 --> 04:57:15,344
agreement or what we would call

8785
04:57:15,344 --> 04:57:17,496
a dda for the sale and

8786
04:57:17,496 --> 04:57:18,130
redevelopment of city property

8787
04:57:18,130 --> 04:57:20,130
located at 9814 Washington

8788
04:57:21,500 --> 04:57:22,510
Boulevard which is immediately

8789
04:57:22,510 --> 04:57:22,217
adjacent to the Kirk Douglas

8790
04:57:22,217 --> 04:57:24,217
Theater.

8791
04:57:25,538 --> 04:57:25,971
The purpose of the agreement

8792
04:57:25,971 --> 04:57:26,489
was to activate an

8793
04:57:26,489 --> 04:57:28,489
underutilized city owned

8794
04:57:29,400 --> 04:57:29,592
property, create affordable

8795
04:57:29,592 --> 04:57:32,592
housing and enhance the local

8796
04:57:32,645 --> 04:57:32,862
economic and cultural

8797
04:57:32,862 --> 04:57:33,595
environment.

8798
04:57:33,595 --> 04:57:36,595
Since the closing of Escrow

8799
04:57:36,748 --> 04:57:37,400
Rethink has encountered several

8800
04:57:37,400 --> 04:57:38,234
challenges in the development

8801
04:57:38,234 --> 04:57:41,203
of their project due to the

8802
04:57:41,203 --> 04:57:41,454
complex nature of building and

8803
04:57:41,454 --> 04:57:41,837
coordination with

8804
04:57:41,837 --> 04:57:43,837
infrastructure components

8805
04:57:44,590 --> 04:57:45,124
related to the Kirk Douglas

8806
04:57:45,124 --> 04:57:47,524
Theater, Rethink has completed

8807
04:57:48,978 --> 04:57:49,645
a preliminary construction

8808
04:57:49,645 --> 04:57:52,298
drawings for the cost to build

8809
04:57:52,298 --> 04:57:52,948
the project as required by the

8810
04:57:52,948 --> 04:57:53,483
current dda is in feasible with

8811
04:57:53,483 --> 04:57:55,483
their current projected

8812
04:57:56,318 --> 04:57:57,860
financing.

8813
04:57:57,860 --> 04:57:57,603
To this end we think has

8814
04:57:57,603 --> 04:57:59,603
requested the city's

8815
04:58:00,673 --> 04:58:01,600
consideration to amend the dda

8816
04:58:01,600 --> 04:58:03,600
relative to certain

8817
04:58:04,160 --> 04:58:04,710
requirements they believe will

8818
04:58:04,710 --> 04:58:04,878
allow the project to move

8819
04:58:04,878 --> 04:58:06,878
forward.

8820
04:58:07,640 --> 04:58:07,614
There are four categories I'd

8821
04:58:07,614 --> 04:58:07,797
like to bring to your

8822
04:58:07,797 --> 04:58:09,797
attention.

8823
04:58:10,300 --> 04:58:10,750
The first is the removal of the

8824
04:58:10,750 --> 04:58:13,150
arts related space requirement.

8825
04:58:14,338 --> 04:58:15,720
So pursuant to the current dda

8826
04:58:15,720 --> 04:58:18,720
the project was supposed to

8827
04:58:18,142 --> 04:58:20,494
include an arts related space

8828
04:58:20,494 --> 04:58:21,345
which is now currently 2000ft.

8829
04:58:21,345 --> 04:58:24,514
We think would like to lift

8830
04:58:24,514 --> 04:58:25,466
that restriction for the arts

8831
04:58:25,466 --> 04:58:28,652
related space to allow it to be

8832
04:58:28,652 --> 04:58:29,285
used for any use permitted

8833
04:58:29,285 --> 04:58:32,285
under the zoning cone code

8834
04:58:32,323 --> 04:58:32,889
Excuse me.

8835
04:58:32,889 --> 04:58:33,608
The original dda contemplated

8836
04:58:33,608 --> 04:58:36,461
that the space would be

8837
04:58:36,461 --> 04:58:37,110
potentially leased and

8838
04:58:37,110 --> 04:58:37,745
programed by the Center Theater

8839
04:58:37,745 --> 04:58:40,498
group which is the lessee of

8840
04:58:40,498 --> 04:58:41,164
the Kirk Douglas Theater.

8841
04:58:41,164 --> 04:58:43,618
So just for clarification, the

8842
04:58:43,618 --> 04:58:44,251
city owns the Kirk Douglas

8843
04:58:44,251 --> 04:58:44,801
Theater and leases the theater

8844
04:58:44,801 --> 04:58:47,789
to the Center Theater group.

8845
04:58:47,789 --> 04:58:48,322
The dda requires that if the

8846
04:58:48,322 --> 04:58:50,722
center theater group doesn't

8847
04:58:51,191 --> 04:58:52,160
use that space that they have

8848
04:58:52,160 --> 04:58:54,295
to approve if it's going to be

8849
04:58:54,295 --> 04:58:55,247
reallocated.

8850
04:58:55,247 --> 04:58:58,617
At this time ctg is open

8851
04:58:58,617 --> 04:58:59,567
tentatively to releasing the

8852
04:58:59,567 --> 04:59:03,137
space so long as their h box

8853
04:59:03,137 --> 04:59:03,804
system can be relocated into

8854
04:59:03,804 --> 04:59:06,257
the public right of way which

8855
04:59:06,257 --> 04:59:06,507
is something that steps are

8856
04:59:06,507 --> 04:59:07,226
already explored.

8857
04:59:07,226 --> 04:59:10,226
And we've given a conceptual

8858
04:59:10,712 --> 04:59:13,548
approval to And next one is the

8859
04:59:13,548 --> 04:59:13,983
modification of Affordable

8860
04:59:13,983 --> 04:59:14,749
housing unit mix.

8861
04:59:14,749 --> 04:59:17,886
So as outlined in the dda

8862
04:59:17,886 --> 04:59:18,437
rethink is required to provide

8863
04:59:18,437 --> 04:59:21,437
six affordable housing units as

8864
04:59:21,907 --> 04:59:22,458
part of the project which was

8865
04:59:22,458 --> 04:59:22,625
five studios and one one

8866
04:59:22,625 --> 04:59:24,625
bedroom.

8867
04:59:25,644 --> 04:59:26,311
They are now converting the

8868
04:59:26,311 --> 04:59:29,650
project to an all studio mix

8869
04:59:29,650 --> 04:59:31,934
and they would like to have all

8870
04:59:31,934 --> 04:59:34,934
of the affordable units be

8871
04:59:35,171 --> 04:59:35,455
studios which will be

8872
04:59:35,455 --> 04:59:36,389
approximately 390ft.

8873
04:59:36,389 --> 04:59:39,442
So just as a reminder this is a

8874
04:59:39,442 --> 04:59:40,193
micro unit project we think

8875
04:59:40,193 --> 04:59:43,193
would still be required to

8876
04:59:43,246 --> 04:59:43,980
provide two very low and four

8877
04:59:43,980 --> 04:59:46,980
moderate income units with a

8878
04:59:47,267 --> 04:59:50,267
covenant of 55 years to things

8879
04:59:50,637 --> 04:59:51,488
that are not in the dda but

8880
04:59:51,488 --> 04:59:54,557
that we think we'd like your

8881
04:59:54,557 --> 04:59:57,557
potential approval on is to

8882
04:59:58,440 --> 04:59:58,462
extend the outdoor dining area

8883
04:59:58,462 --> 05:00:00,462
along Culver Boulevard.

8884
05:00:02,310 --> 05:00:02,682
They'd like to extend it

8885
05:00:02,682 --> 05:00:05,682
adjacent to the Kirk Douglas

8886
05:00:05,835 --> 05:00:06,152
Theater but closer to their

8887
05:00:06,152 --> 05:00:06,919
parcel.

8888
05:00:06,919 --> 05:00:09,972
So just as a reminder, Rethink

8889
05:00:09,972 --> 05:00:10,624
owns the parcel that the Peskin

8890
05:00:10,624 --> 05:00:13,624
buildings on and where the

8891
05:00:13,676 --> 05:00:14,428
center theater group yard is

8892
05:00:14,428 --> 05:00:17,798
but they also own the parcel

8893
05:00:17,798 --> 05:00:18,449
worth cafe Vida is so that's

8894
05:00:18,449 --> 05:00:21,419
one of the reasons why this

8895
05:00:21,419 --> 05:00:22,252
project works is because you

8896
05:00:22,252 --> 05:00:23,887
have a developer that can build

8897
05:00:23,887 --> 05:00:24,754
above two parcels.

8898
05:00:24,754 --> 05:00:27,407
So Rethink is asking that the

8899
05:00:27,407 --> 05:00:29,807
city council consider doing

8900
05:00:31,295 --> 05:00:31,448
outdoor dining behind that area

8901
05:00:31,448 --> 05:00:32,163
.

8902
05:00:32,163 --> 05:00:32,780
At this time ctg has not

8903
05:00:32,780 --> 05:00:35,180
provided their support yet

8904
05:00:35,550 --> 05:00:36,317
because specific plans haven't

8905
05:00:36,317 --> 05:00:39,170
been drawn up So it's not clear

8906
05:00:39,170 --> 05:00:39,953
exactly what the area is as

8907
05:00:39,953 --> 05:00:42,807
part of it since it's not part

8908
05:00:42,807 --> 05:00:43,440
of the dda the city council

8909
05:00:43,440 --> 05:00:43,991
could also direct staff to

8910
05:00:43,991 --> 05:00:46,944
coordinate use of the space

8911
05:00:46,944 --> 05:00:47,495
through an easement or through

8912
05:00:47,495 --> 05:00:50,447
a modification of the outdoor

8913
05:00:50,447 --> 05:00:50,749
dining program contingent on

8914
05:00:50,749 --> 05:00:51,299
Gee's approval.

8915
05:00:51,299 --> 05:00:52,184
I'm jumping around here.

8916
05:00:52,184 --> 05:00:54,919
I'm trying to get you done on

8917
05:00:54,919 --> 05:00:55,860
this report I had it smoother

8918
05:00:55,860 --> 05:00:55,252
before.

8919
05:00:55,252 --> 05:00:56,104
Okay.

8920
05:00:56,104 --> 05:00:58,556
And lastly, the lease of

8921
05:00:58,556 --> 05:00:59,173
construction parking for the

8922
05:00:59,173 --> 05:00:59,942
project Again this is not on

8923
05:00:59,942 --> 05:01:02,894
the dda but this is just

8924
05:01:02,894 --> 05:01:03,644
something that the developer

8925
05:01:03,644 --> 05:01:06,197
wanted to sort of reserve which

8926
05:01:06,197 --> 05:01:08,597
is the requesting 30 vehicles

8927
05:01:09,450 --> 05:01:09,717
daily vehicle parking in our

8928
05:01:09,717 --> 05:01:10,336
parking structure.

8929
05:01:10,336 --> 05:01:13,336
They're willing to pay market

8930
05:01:13,622 --> 05:01:14,472
rent for that and it would be

8931
05:01:14,472 --> 05:01:17,326
over the course of a 17 month

8932
05:01:17,326 --> 05:01:18,930
construction period.

8933
05:01:18,930 --> 05:01:18,961
So again we could add that to

8934
05:01:18,961 --> 05:01:20,897
the dda or we could do a

8935
05:01:20,897 --> 05:01:21,329
separate parking agreement or

8936
05:01:21,329 --> 05:01:21,963
they can just coordinate

8937
05:01:21,963 --> 05:01:24,363
directly with our parking

8938
05:01:24,400 --> 05:01:25,510
manager.

8939
05:01:25,510 --> 05:01:25,701
So Rethinks indicated that if

8940
05:01:25,701 --> 05:01:28,254
they're not able to amend the

8941
05:01:28,254 --> 05:01:28,687
dda with the requested

8942
05:01:28,687 --> 05:01:31,870
modifications the project would

8943
05:01:32,580 --> 05:01:32,258
become infeasible to construct

8944
05:01:32,258 --> 05:01:33,250
.

8945
05:01:33,250 --> 05:01:33,575
If the project were to become

8946
05:01:33,575 --> 05:01:36,290
infeasible the city would need

8947
05:01:36,290 --> 05:01:36,780
to proceed with the provisions

8948
05:01:36,780 --> 05:01:39,315
outlined in the dda relative to

8949
05:01:39,315 --> 05:01:39,865
project termination and

8950
05:01:39,865 --> 05:01:42,865
property transfer we think is

8951
05:01:43,536 --> 05:01:44,860
here tonight and they and staff

8952
05:01:44,860 --> 05:01:44,520
are available to answer any

8953
05:01:44,520 --> 05:01:46,873
questions you MAY have.

8954
05:01:46,873 --> 05:01:47,190
Thank you.

8955
05:01:47,190 --> 05:01:47,523
All right.

8956
05:01:47,523 --> 05:01:49,523
Thank you.

8957
05:01:50,793 --> 05:01:51,461
Do we have any comments?

8958
05:01:51,461 --> 05:01:54,413
Yes, we have five speakers

8959
05:01:54,413 --> 05:01:54,631
signed up to speak.

8960
05:01:54,631 --> 05:01:56,631
Okay.

8961
05:01:58,201 --> 05:01:58,752
And do we have colleagues ask

8962
05:01:58,752 --> 05:02:00,303
any questions you have based

8963
05:02:00,303 --> 05:02:03,303
off of the staff person?

8964
05:02:03,757 --> 05:02:04,900
All your comments.

8965
05:02:04,900 --> 05:02:04,858
Thanks, Mayor.

8966
05:02:04,858 --> 05:02:08,110
I just wanted to ask the

8967
05:02:08,110 --> 05:02:08,595
outdoor dining space would be

8968
05:02:08,595 --> 05:02:09,445
directly connected with the

8969
05:02:09,445 --> 05:02:11,798
retail space and used by the

8970
05:02:11,798 --> 05:02:14,835
retail space or No that's a

8971
05:02:14,835 --> 05:02:15,486
separate.

8972
05:02:15,486 --> 05:02:18,255
The retail space is actually

8973
05:02:18,255 --> 05:02:18,789
located on Washington Boulevard

8974
05:02:18,789 --> 05:02:19,122
near the entrance of Center

8975
05:02:19,122 --> 05:02:19,923
Theater Group.

8976
05:02:19,923 --> 05:02:22,692
The outdoor dining would be on

8977
05:02:22,692 --> 05:02:22,960
the backside and it wouldn't be

8978
05:02:22,960 --> 05:02:24,960
directly connected.

8979
05:02:26,197 --> 05:02:27,148
There would still be a pathway

8980
05:02:27,148 --> 05:02:30,334
for access to be able to you

8981
05:02:30,334 --> 05:02:30,601
know, have access to the trash

8982
05:02:30,601 --> 05:02:31,536
enclosure.

8983
05:02:31,536 --> 05:02:34,105
So it would be a little bit of

8984
05:02:34,105 --> 05:02:34,756
an interrupted pathway but it

8985
05:02:34,756 --> 05:02:37,826
would be adjacent to the back

8986
05:02:37,826 --> 05:02:40,826
of the Kirk Douglas Theater.

8987
05:02:41,896 --> 05:02:42,646
And just curious rethink would

8988
05:02:42,646 --> 05:02:46,170
use that in what exact way?

8989
05:02:46,170 --> 05:02:46,784
So great question.

8990
05:02:46,784 --> 05:02:49,854
So Rethink wants to use that

8991
05:02:49,854 --> 05:02:50,288
space to make it competitive

8992
05:02:50,288 --> 05:02:50,838
and attractive for their

8993
05:02:50,838 --> 05:02:53,838
existing tenant So like for

8994
05:02:54,309 --> 05:02:54,959
instance the cafe Vita site to

8995
05:02:54,959 --> 05:02:58,230
be able to expand and offer

8996
05:02:58,230 --> 05:02:58,596
more outdoor dining So it's a

8997
05:02:58,596 --> 05:02:58,881
competitive advantage proposal

8998
05:02:58,881 --> 05:03:00,881
for cafe Yeah.

8999
05:03:02,670 --> 05:03:02,834
So it's for it would be used

9000
05:03:02,834 --> 05:03:05,770
for Cafe Vida currently or any

9001
05:03:05,770 --> 05:03:06,215
future tenant right Hopefully

9002
05:03:06,215 --> 05:03:06,364
Cafe View Yes.

9003
05:03:06,364 --> 05:03:08,364
Okay.

9004
05:03:09,691 --> 05:03:13,291
Thank you because we're on Okay

9005
05:03:16,215 --> 05:03:19,815
like I'm sorry Yeah I'll wait

9006
05:03:20,285 --> 05:03:20,620
until comments So let's hear

9007
05:03:20,620 --> 05:03:22,620
public comments okay.

9008
05:03:23,873 --> 05:03:24,523
Or public speakers.

9009
05:03:24,523 --> 05:03:27,523
We'll start with Megan Pressman

9010
05:03:28,294 --> 05:03:31,294
followed by Alicia I'd followed

9011
05:03:31,865 --> 05:03:32,810
by Edward Ring, Amy Forbes and

9012
05:03:32,810 --> 05:03:32,932
Greg Reitz.

9013
05:03:32,932 --> 05:03:35,685
So Megan Pressman has been

9014
05:03:35,685 --> 05:03:38,850
patiently waiting online all

9015
05:03:38,837 --> 05:03:39,489
this time.

9016
05:03:39,489 --> 05:03:40,390
Megan I've I've unlocked you.

9017
05:03:40,390 --> 05:03:42,439
You can unmute yourself.

9018
05:03:42,791 --> 05:03:43,126
Go ahead.

9019
05:03:43,126 --> 05:03:43,960
Thank you.

9020
05:03:43,960 --> 05:03:46,296
Good morning Mayor and City

9021
05:03:46,296 --> 05:03:46,846
Council.

9022
05:03:46,846 --> 05:03:47,697
I am Megan Pressman.

9023
05:03:47,697 --> 05:03:50,697
I'm the managing director and

9024
05:03:51,184 --> 05:03:51,734
ceo of Center Theater Group

9025
05:03:51,734 --> 05:03:54,588
which has been operating and

9026
05:03:54,588 --> 05:03:55,400
managing the critical cedar for

9027
05:03:55,400 --> 05:03:55,556
21 years now.

9028
05:03:55,556 --> 05:03:57,956
I'm grateful for the

9029
05:03:59,109 --> 05:03:59,692
opportunity to speak in support

9030
05:03:59,692 --> 05:04:00,644
of the project which we do hope

9031
05:04:00,644 --> 05:04:02,596
is able to proceed and I want

9032
05:04:02,596 --> 05:04:03,263
to acknowledge Elaine Gary

9033
05:04:03,263 --> 05:04:06,417
Warner and her team for their

9034
05:04:06,417 --> 05:04:07,680
hard work support and guidance

9035
05:04:07,680 --> 05:04:07,601
for the many years we've been

9036
05:04:07,601 --> 05:04:10,100
helping pursue this project.

9037
05:04:10,905 --> 05:04:11,338
On behalf of the Board of

9038
05:04:11,338 --> 05:04:12,730
Directors and Leadership of

9039
05:04:12,730 --> 05:04:14,641
Center Citigroup, we carry the

9040
05:04:14,641 --> 05:04:15,292
responsibility to you to ensure

9041
05:04:15,292 --> 05:04:15,927
that the Kirk Douglas is able

9042
05:04:15,927 --> 05:04:18,327
to maintain robust theater

9043
05:04:18,762 --> 05:04:19,413
operations.

9044
05:04:19,413 --> 05:04:20,310
At the conclusion of this

9045
05:04:20,310 --> 05:04:22,431
project we are respectfully

9046
05:04:23,101 --> 05:04:23,650
requesting that the City

9047
05:04:23,650 --> 05:04:24,167
Council make sure that any

9048
05:04:24,167 --> 05:04:26,167
amendment reflects the

9049
05:04:27,538 --> 05:04:28,273
following three items one

9050
05:04:28,273 --> 05:04:31,159
Ensuring that the release of

9051
05:04:31,159 --> 05:04:31,892
the art space requirement be

9052
05:04:31,892 --> 05:04:34,645
contingent on the Kirk Douglas

9053
05:04:34,645 --> 05:04:37,645
Theater hvac relocation to the

9054
05:04:38,733 --> 05:04:39,367
public right of way to to

9055
05:04:39,367 --> 05:04:39,701
direct the city manager to

9056
05:04:39,701 --> 05:04:41,701
issue whatever appropriate

9057
05:04:43,710 --> 05:04:43,622
permits or easements to put the

9058
05:04:43,622 --> 05:04:46,258
Douglas Theater back in that

9059
05:04:46,258 --> 05:04:46,908
right of way.

9060
05:04:46,908 --> 05:04:47,658
And three that the amendment

9061
05:04:47,658 --> 05:04:50,512
include a requirement that the

9062
05:04:50,512 --> 05:04:51,630
sidewalk dining authorization

9063
05:04:51,630 --> 05:04:54,630
is contingent on center city

9064
05:04:54,316 --> 05:04:54,749
groups approval which is

9065
05:04:54,749 --> 05:04:54,933
consistent with our existing

9066
05:04:54,933 --> 05:04:56,933
easement.

9067
05:04:58,453 --> 05:04:58,887
All of this is critical to the

9068
05:04:58,887 --> 05:04:59,621
Kirk Douglas Theater operations

9069
05:04:59,621 --> 05:05:01,456
which we hope to robustly

9070
05:05:01,456 --> 05:05:03,856
continue in the future.

9071
05:05:04,910 --> 05:05:06,910
Thank you.

9072
05:05:08,998 --> 05:05:10,998
Thank you, Peter.

9073
05:05:12,969 --> 05:05:13,603
Next speaker is Alicia Reed

9074
05:05:13,603 --> 05:05:16,300
followed by Edward Ring.

9075
05:05:17,205 --> 05:05:17,739
And I was asked to speak

9076
05:05:17,739 --> 05:05:20,726
tonight because they knew I

9077
05:05:20,726 --> 05:05:21,577
would be here so I was asked by

9078
05:05:21,577 --> 05:05:24,747
the board of the Clover Arts

9079
05:05:24,747 --> 05:05:27,747
Foundation to speak tonight to

9080
05:05:28,217 --> 05:05:28,952
remind City Council that Clover

9081
05:05:28,952 --> 05:05:31,952
that Culver City is arts

9082
05:05:32,210 --> 05:05:32,556
facilities poor with little in

9083
05:05:32,556 --> 05:05:35,556
the way of city controlled

9084
05:05:36,226 --> 05:05:36,559
performing spaces, art making

9085
05:05:36,559 --> 05:05:38,559
spaces, studio spaces,

9086
05:05:39,830 --> 05:05:40,480
exhibition spaces and even if

9087
05:05:40,480 --> 05:05:43,633
ctg does not need the arts

9088
05:05:43,633 --> 05:05:44,284
facility proposed in this

9089
05:05:44,284 --> 05:05:45,100
project there are many artists

9090
05:05:45,100 --> 05:05:48,100
and many arts organizations in

9091
05:05:48,188 --> 05:05:49,220
this city who could benefit

9092
05:05:49,220 --> 05:05:52,109
from art spaces and we would

9093
05:05:52,109 --> 05:05:52,760
hope that the arts component

9094
05:05:52,760 --> 05:05:56,230
should remain and be added to

9095
05:05:56,230 --> 05:05:56,747
other development projects

9096
05:05:56,747 --> 05:05:56,947
especially those utilizing city

9097
05:05:56,947 --> 05:05:58,947
property.

9098
05:06:04,822 --> 05:06:06,406
Thank you

9099
05:06:06,406 --> 05:06:08,406
Mayor.

9100
05:06:09,794 --> 05:06:10,511
May I make a clarifying point?

9101
05:06:10,511 --> 05:06:10,727
The property was disposed to We

9102
05:06:10,727 --> 05:06:11,462
think so.

9103
05:06:11,462 --> 05:06:13,815
That's actually not city

9104
05:06:13,815 --> 05:06:14,782
property anymore.

9105
05:06:14,782 --> 05:06:15,516
It's part of there but it is

9106
05:06:15,516 --> 05:06:17,500
managed by the developer and

9107
05:06:17,500 --> 05:06:19,450
disposition agreement to have

9108
05:06:20,922 --> 05:06:21,138
an arts related space.

9109
05:06:21,138 --> 05:06:23,138
Okay.

9110
05:06:24,209 --> 05:06:27,809
Our next speaker is Edward Ring

9111
05:06:28,396 --> 05:06:29,147
who is on line Edward iv and

9112
05:06:29,147 --> 05:06:29,481
Locke Do you I know yourself.

9113
05:06:29,481 --> 05:06:31,481
Go ahead.

9114
05:06:32,766 --> 05:06:32,984
I think I managed to do that

9115
05:06:32,984 --> 05:06:34,984
successfully.

9116
05:06:35,954 --> 05:06:36,370
Thank you for allowing me to

9117
05:06:36,370 --> 05:06:38,370
make this comment.

9118
05:06:38,957 --> 05:06:42,511
First of all, I just wanted to

9119
05:06:42,511 --> 05:06:43,610
tell everybody and remind

9120
05:06:43,610 --> 05:06:46,610
everybody that back is playing

9121
05:06:46,548 --> 05:06:49,986
right now at the Katy to great

9122
05:06:49,986 --> 05:06:52,986
reviews and artistically it's a

9123
05:06:53,254 --> 05:06:55,254
phenomenal success.

9124
05:06:57,420 --> 05:07:00,496
We we also are very, very much

9125
05:07:00,496 --> 05:07:01,329
in support of Rethinks Project

9126
05:07:01,329 --> 05:07:04,929
having a sort of three party

9127
05:07:05,418 --> 05:07:06,680
dda makes navigate it with

9128
05:07:06,680 --> 05:07:09,680
respect to the sequencing of

9129
05:07:09,421 --> 05:07:09,956
the development and the

9130
05:07:09,956 --> 05:07:10,605
entitlements makes it a little

9131
05:07:10,605 --> 05:07:13,242
bit more challenging than maybe

9132
05:07:13,242 --> 05:07:14,930
other projects.

9133
05:07:14,930 --> 05:07:17,930
So we would actually request

9134
05:07:20,182 --> 05:07:23,182
that any modification of the

9135
05:07:24,471 --> 05:07:25,400
dda meets our approval in a in

9136
05:07:25,400 --> 05:07:27,757
a different setting with with

9137
05:07:27,757 --> 05:07:28,608
attorneys and whatnot.

9138
05:07:28,608 --> 05:07:31,608
And just to reiterate our

9139
05:07:32,895 --> 05:07:35,965
gratitude for at least thus far

9140
05:07:35,965 --> 05:07:36,516
allowing the hpc to be

9141
05:07:36,516 --> 05:07:39,516
relocated to the public right

9142
05:07:39,569 --> 05:07:39,986
of way that not only helps

9143
05:07:39,986 --> 05:07:41,986
facilitate the rethink

9144
05:07:43,689 --> 05:07:47,289
development but it makes a lot

9145
05:07:47,361 --> 05:07:50,747
more sense given that that we

9146
05:07:50,747 --> 05:07:51,264
at cdbg really do need the the

9147
05:07:51,264 --> 05:07:53,664
space as it's currently

9148
05:07:54,417 --> 05:07:56,817
configured and moving Vasey

9149
05:07:58,705 --> 05:07:59,240
actually allows us to maintain

9150
05:07:59,240 --> 05:08:02,240
the same largely the same

9151
05:08:02,627 --> 05:08:03,440
amount of space so that theater

9152
05:08:03,440 --> 05:08:05,440
operations can continue.

9153
05:08:05,797 --> 05:08:06,230
>> Thank you.

9154
05:08:06,230 --> 05:08:06,780
>> Thank you.

9155
05:08:06,780 --> 05:08:09,180
Your time has expired.

9156
05:08:09,816 --> 05:08:11,816
Thank you.

9157
05:08:13,504 --> 05:08:13,681
Our next speaker is Amy Forbes

9158
05:08:13,681 --> 05:08:14,171
.

9159
05:08:14,171 --> 05:08:14,606
Amy, I unlocked you.

9160
05:08:14,606 --> 05:08:16,606
You can speak.

9161
05:08:17,358 --> 05:08:17,575
I'm you yourself.

9162
05:08:17,575 --> 05:08:19,575
Okay.

9163
05:08:20,744 --> 05:08:21,413
I think I've unmuted myself.

9164
05:08:21,413 --> 05:08:21,580
Good evening, Mayor and city

9165
05:08:21,580 --> 05:08:23,580
council.

9166
05:08:25,990 --> 05:08:25,766
My name is Amy Forbes and I'm

9167
05:08:25,766 --> 05:08:26,400
the PRESIDENT Of the board of

9168
05:08:26,400 --> 05:08:27,803
directors of Center Theater

9169
05:08:27,803 --> 05:08:28,470
Group.

9170
05:08:28,470 --> 05:08:31,220
And I actually negotiated the

9171
05:08:31,220 --> 05:08:31,757
lease with the city some 23

9172
05:08:31,757 --> 05:08:35,260
years ago when we transformed a

9173
05:08:35,260 --> 05:08:35,193
movie theater into a live

9174
05:08:35,193 --> 05:08:36,110
theater.

9175
05:08:36,110 --> 05:08:38,847
And it's been an obviously an

9176
05:08:38,847 --> 05:08:39,715
enormous success.

9177
05:08:39,715 --> 05:08:42,801
But one of the quirks is that

9178
05:08:42,801 --> 05:08:43,451
as a movie theater it has no

9179
05:08:43,451 --> 05:08:44,203
loading area, it has no craft

9180
05:08:44,203 --> 05:08:47,550
area and other things that you

9181
05:08:47,550 --> 05:08:47,222
would find in a regular

9182
05:08:47,222 --> 05:08:49,222
theater.

9183
05:08:50,742 --> 05:08:51,810
And that's what's creating our

9184
05:08:51,810 --> 05:08:54,379
need to figure out where to put

9185
05:08:54,379 --> 05:08:55,970
the h fac our h fac our

9186
05:08:55,970 --> 05:08:58,670
transformers or craft areas or

9187
05:08:58,670 --> 05:09:01,670
loading areas are all located

9188
05:09:01,853 --> 05:09:02,622
on the property that rethink is

9189
05:09:02,622 --> 05:09:05,740
going to build its project on

9190
05:09:05,740 --> 05:09:08,610
And we over three years ago

9191
05:09:08,610 --> 05:09:08,577
negotiated how we would end up

9192
05:09:08,577 --> 05:09:10,977
being able to cohabitate.

9193
05:09:12,581 --> 05:09:13,820
But as as over the three years

9194
05:09:13,820 --> 05:09:13,516
as the project has been

9195
05:09:13,516 --> 05:09:15,916
designed it became apparent

9196
05:09:16,869 --> 05:09:17,487
there's not enough space in

9197
05:09:17,487 --> 05:09:18,454
that area which is why we're

9198
05:09:18,454 --> 05:09:20,608
asking you to let us move our h

9199
05:09:20,608 --> 05:09:21,157
back system into the right of

9200
05:09:21,157 --> 05:09:24,157
way otherwise we won't have

9201
05:09:24,727 --> 05:09:25,611
enough space left to be able to

9202
05:09:25,611 --> 05:09:28,165
do what we need to do and still

9203
05:09:28,165 --> 05:09:28,381
have the rethink project

9204
05:09:28,381 --> 05:09:30,381
accommodated.

9205
05:09:32,268 --> 05:09:32,602
So it is it is totally mission

9206
05:09:32,602 --> 05:09:34,602
critical for us.

9207
05:09:36,173 --> 05:09:36,807
And similarly with the dining

9208
05:09:36,807 --> 05:09:37,474
it could constrain our ability

9209
05:09:37,474 --> 05:09:40,426
to load heavy trucks in and

9210
05:09:40,426 --> 05:09:40,594
create a safety and operational

9211
05:09:40,594 --> 05:09:41,394
impact.

9212
05:09:41,394 --> 05:09:43,930
So those are two things that

9213
05:09:43,930 --> 05:09:44,482
are critical and otherwise

9214
05:09:44,482 --> 05:09:44,648
we're fully supportive of the

9215
05:09:44,648 --> 05:09:46,648
request.

9216
05:09:47,784 --> 05:09:48,535
We just want to be included in

9217
05:09:48,535 --> 05:09:51,605
the dda so no one loses track

9218
05:09:51,605 --> 05:09:52,550
of what our needs are going

9219
05:09:52,550 --> 05:09:54,455
forward with the construction.

9220
05:09:54,908 --> 05:09:55,459
>> Thank you.

9221
05:09:55,459 --> 05:09:57,859
Your time has expired.

9222
05:09:59,120 --> 05:09:59,346
Thank you.

9223
05:09:59,346 --> 05:09:59,997
Thank you.

9224
05:09:59,997 --> 05:10:00,164
Our last speaker is Greg

9225
05:10:00,164 --> 05:10:02,164
Rhodes.

9226
05:10:06,554 --> 05:10:08,554
Let's here

9227
05:10:09,773 --> 05:10:10,307
.

9228
05:10:10,307 --> 05:10:12,707
Good evening, City Council.

9229
05:10:13,194 --> 05:10:13,494
Thank you all for being here

9230
05:10:13,494 --> 05:10:15,494
this late.

9231
05:10:17,820 --> 05:10:17,815
You just sat through 18 innings

9232
05:10:17,815 --> 05:10:20,815
of city council while the

9233
05:10:21,860 --> 05:10:21,837
Dodgers are playing 18 innings

9234
05:10:21,837 --> 05:10:24,606
of baseball And I feel like

9235
05:10:24,606 --> 05:10:27,559
we're in the 18th inning of

9236
05:10:27,559 --> 05:10:31,159
this project and three years in

9237
05:10:31,647 --> 05:10:31,880
and hopefully we get a walk off

9238
05:10:31,880 --> 05:10:33,880
here tonight.

9239
05:10:35,383 --> 05:10:36,180
We have been through one of the

9240
05:10:36,180 --> 05:10:38,853
most complex projects we have

9241
05:10:38,853 --> 05:10:39,621
ever undertaken.

9242
05:10:39,621 --> 05:10:43,920
It's a small project with lots

9243
05:10:43,920 --> 05:10:43,759
of moving pieces and this is

9244
05:10:43,759 --> 05:10:46,695
the last one And hopefully this

9245
05:10:46,695 --> 05:10:47,446
this gets it done.

9246
05:10:47,446 --> 05:10:50,446
So we're here to answer

9247
05:10:51,132 --> 05:10:51,450
questions and aid and explain

9248
05:10:51,450 --> 05:10:53,450
our need here.

9249
05:10:55,137 --> 05:10:55,788
But this is this is what we

9250
05:10:55,788 --> 05:10:56,338
need in order to make this

9251
05:10:56,338 --> 05:10:58,473
project happen And we're

9252
05:10:58,473 --> 05:10:59,225
excited to build it.

9253
05:10:59,225 --> 05:11:02,495
We're ready to submit our plans

9254
05:11:02,495 --> 05:11:02,828
for planning check and and get

9255
05:11:02,828 --> 05:11:03,596
the project done.

9256
05:11:03,596 --> 05:11:06,516
So any questions that come up?

9257
05:11:06,516 --> 05:11:07,660
I'm Greg Wright's and Steve

9258
05:11:07,660 --> 05:11:08,901
Edwards, my partner sitting in

9259
05:11:08,901 --> 05:11:09,436
the back row.

9260
05:11:09,436 --> 05:11:11,836
Happy to answer them.

9261
05:11:12,889 --> 05:11:13,656
Thank you.

9262
05:11:13,656 --> 05:11:13,990
Don't see any of our speakers.

9263
05:11:13,990 --> 05:11:15,990
Okay, great.

9264
05:11:16,425 --> 05:11:17,360
Thank you.

9265
05:11:17,360 --> 05:11:19,760
Appreciate the the baseball

9266
05:11:20,946 --> 05:11:24,160
metaphor and see if we can get

9267
05:11:24,160 --> 05:11:26,416
you to walk us.

9268
05:11:27,204 --> 05:11:27,971
I do have I'm going to speak

9269
05:11:27,971 --> 05:11:30,306
first on this because I have I

9270
05:11:30,306 --> 05:11:33,306
personally and I know community

9271
05:11:34,178 --> 05:11:35,295
members regarding developments

9272
05:11:35,295 --> 05:11:38,295
citywide not just the reading

9273
05:11:41,502 --> 05:11:45,102
project are tired of kind of

9274
05:11:45,172 --> 05:11:45,372
like blight just sitting there

9275
05:11:45,372 --> 05:11:46,256
.

9276
05:11:46,256 --> 05:11:48,508
We see it all over the city.

9277
05:11:48,508 --> 05:11:49,243
A project started and there's

9278
05:11:49,243 --> 05:11:52,243
fencing up whatever we've got

9279
05:11:52,730 --> 05:11:55,866
for the old Dennis house it's

9280
05:11:55,866 --> 05:11:56,400
probably got all kinds of

9281
05:11:56,400 --> 05:11:58,800
dangerous elements to its

9282
05:12:00,487 --> 05:12:03,487
existence Fire risk you know,

9283
05:12:03,842 --> 05:12:04,809
whatever it might be.

9284
05:12:04,809 --> 05:12:08,178
I know this would not be a

9285
05:12:08,178 --> 05:12:11,178
preferred direction but I, I

9286
05:12:11,333 --> 05:12:12,383
think the community would

9287
05:12:12,383 --> 05:12:15,136
really appreciate it if at all

9288
05:12:15,136 --> 05:12:17,536
possible assuming that the

9289
05:12:19,307 --> 05:12:21,707
modified deal is approved.

9290
05:12:22,693 --> 05:12:26,293
If so, giving one year time

9291
05:12:28,884 --> 05:12:32,484
frame to demo that house and

9292
05:12:35,791 --> 05:12:36,342
put it in a existence where the

9293
05:12:36,342 --> 05:12:39,294
community could use it until

9294
05:12:39,294 --> 05:12:40,620
you're ready to build.

9295
05:12:40,620 --> 05:12:43,231
So that's an open space where

9296
05:12:43,231 --> 05:12:43,865
we can put tables and chairs

9297
05:12:43,865 --> 05:12:44,990
there, you know, whatever it

9298
05:12:44,990 --> 05:12:44,950
might be.

9299
05:12:44,950 --> 05:12:47,619
I know it's a little more

9300
05:12:47,619 --> 05:12:48,353
complicated than that on the

9301
05:12:48,353 --> 05:12:51,107
city side but I'm just

9302
05:12:51,107 --> 05:12:54,107
wondering if that is something

9303
05:12:54,894 --> 05:12:55,544
that you would be open to.

9304
05:12:55,544 --> 05:12:58,398
I think the community would

9305
05:12:58,398 --> 05:13:00,398
really appreciate it.

9306
05:13:02,652 --> 05:13:02,886
Yeah.

9307
05:13:02,886 --> 05:13:03,860
Thanks.

9308
05:13:03,860 --> 05:13:03,970
Great.

9309
05:13:03,970 --> 05:13:06,640
Let's see if you can come up

9310
05:13:06,640 --> 05:13:09,810
with another now I like I like

9311
05:13:09,810 --> 05:13:10,459
that idea and I mean hopefully

9312
05:13:10,459 --> 05:13:11,311
we go right into building the

9313
05:13:11,311 --> 05:13:14,180
project and that would be the

9314
05:13:14,180 --> 05:13:17,367
goal But I understand we don't

9315
05:13:17,367 --> 05:13:17,900
we don't like we worry about

9316
05:13:17,900 --> 05:13:20,900
that building being there also

9317
05:13:20,987 --> 05:13:21,637
So we'd like to get a get rid

9318
05:13:21,637 --> 05:13:22,588
of it as quickly as possible.

9319
05:13:22,588 --> 05:13:25,308
So if there's an interim period

9320
05:13:25,308 --> 05:13:25,558
between now and when we're

9321
05:13:25,558 --> 05:13:27,558
going to build.

9322
05:13:28,945 --> 05:13:29,712
Happy to get it out of there

9323
05:13:29,712 --> 05:13:29,878
and make some use of the the

9324
05:13:29,878 --> 05:13:30,310
land.

9325
05:13:30,310 --> 05:13:32,310
Yeah.

9326
05:13:32,682 --> 05:13:33,000
Okay great.

9327
05:13:33,000 --> 05:13:33,333
All right.

9328
05:13:33,333 --> 05:13:33,851
Thank you.

9329
05:13:33,851 --> 05:13:35,851
I appreciate that.

9330
05:13:36,436 --> 05:13:36,620
COUNCILMAN First you have any

9331
05:13:36,620 --> 05:13:36,804
questions?

9332
05:13:36,804 --> 05:13:38,804
Comments?

9333
05:13:39,406 --> 05:13:40,730
Mayor Yeah.

9334
05:13:40,730 --> 05:13:42,810
So if I'm understanding this

9335
05:13:42,810 --> 05:13:43,677
correctly, Craig is saying we

9336
05:13:43,677 --> 05:13:46,947
we're not ready to say yes to

9337
05:13:46,947 --> 05:13:47,998
the outdoor dining yet.

9338
05:13:47,998 --> 05:13:50,784
We want to see the final plans

9339
05:13:50,784 --> 05:13:54,384
and is that is that contingent

9340
05:13:54,755 --> 05:13:58,355
is that something that we think

9341
05:13:58,927 --> 05:14:00,927
is acceptable?

9342
05:14:02,397 --> 05:14:02,647
Yeah This is Steve Edwards

9343
05:14:02,647 --> 05:14:03,498
That's acceptable.

9344
05:14:03,498 --> 05:14:06,550
We got to figure out We don't

9345
05:14:06,550 --> 05:14:07,202
want it to impede on their

9346
05:14:07,202 --> 05:14:07,752
ability to load and load out

9347
05:14:07,752 --> 05:14:10,105
and the restaurant our wouldn't

9348
05:14:10,105 --> 05:14:10,655
want it either So we'll see if

9349
05:14:10,655 --> 05:14:11,422
it can work.

9350
05:14:11,422 --> 05:14:14,191
We just want the option to look

9351
05:14:14,191 --> 05:14:14,526
at it for Cafe Vita and

9352
05:14:14,526 --> 05:14:16,526
potential future tenants.

9353
05:14:20,966 --> 05:14:21,833
Thank you

9354
05:14:21,833 --> 05:14:22,601
.

9355
05:14:22,601 --> 05:14:25,554
That's all I have right now.

9356
05:14:25,554 --> 05:14:27,954
Thank you Councilmember again.

9357
05:14:29,240 --> 05:14:32,240
Thank you Appreciate that this

9358
05:14:32,495 --> 05:14:35,495
and thank you and MS..

9359
05:14:35,848 --> 05:14:36,398
Warner and for your quick

9360
05:14:36,398 --> 05:14:39,398
overview of where we are

9361
05:14:39,951 --> 05:14:40,719
Appreciate all the folks who

9362
05:14:40,719 --> 05:14:41,269
have held on And I thought we

9363
05:14:41,269 --> 05:14:44,269
were getting out early tonight.

9364
05:14:46,675 --> 05:14:50,229
I guess from an overall I mean

9365
05:14:50,229 --> 05:14:53,229
I think these are relatively

9366
05:14:54,516 --> 05:14:55,150
reasonable course I do just as

9367
05:14:55,150 --> 05:14:58,150
a principle I struggle with

9368
05:14:59,220 --> 05:14:59,573
privatizing and you know public

9369
05:14:59,573 --> 05:15:02,573
space has always been something

9370
05:15:03,259 --> 05:15:06,120
that you know, it's you know

9371
05:15:06,120 --> 05:15:06,746
but but also appreciated

9372
05:15:06,746 --> 05:15:09,746
outdoor dining moment And when

9373
05:15:10,833 --> 05:15:11,467
we have that so you know and I

9374
05:15:11,467 --> 05:15:14,237
understand that it is a

9375
05:15:14,237 --> 05:15:14,771
function of space and trying to

9376
05:15:14,771 --> 05:15:17,171
accommodate these plans that

9377
05:15:18,341 --> 05:15:21,829
have been in the works for some

9378
05:15:21,829 --> 05:15:22,379
time So you know I know folks

9379
05:15:22,379 --> 05:15:22,979
are working hard and we're

9380
05:15:22,979 --> 05:15:26,660
trying to find a solution here

9381
05:15:26,660 --> 05:15:26,833
So I want to make sure that the

9382
05:15:26,833 --> 05:15:29,387
city is being a good partner in

9383
05:15:29,387 --> 05:15:30,370
supporting this project is

9384
05:15:30,370 --> 05:15:33,637
being done And I do really

9385
05:15:33,808 --> 05:15:34,575
appreciate I was nervous that

9386
05:15:34,575 --> 05:15:37,510
there was going to be a walk

9387
05:15:37,510 --> 05:15:37,711
back of the affordable housing

9388
05:15:37,711 --> 05:15:38,512
commitment.

9389
05:15:38,512 --> 05:15:41,565
So I'm glad that that is not

9390
05:15:41,565 --> 05:15:42,116
what happened and we're still

9391
05:15:42,116 --> 05:15:42,282
honoring that as we move

9392
05:15:42,282 --> 05:15:44,282
forward.

9393
05:15:44,886 --> 05:15:45,336
I so thank you.

9394
05:15:45,336 --> 05:15:47,336
Thank you, Councilmember.

9395
05:15:48,989 --> 05:15:49,857
Thank you, Mayor.

9396
05:15:49,857 --> 05:15:50,408
Just to save a whole lot of

9397
05:15:50,408 --> 05:15:53,294
time, I agree with MS..

9398
05:15:53,294 --> 05:15:54,129
Pressman in terms of the items

9399
05:15:54,129 --> 05:15:56,881
that need to be solidified in

9400
05:15:56,881 --> 05:15:59,881
this moving forward that that

9401
05:16:00,268 --> 05:16:00,701
building I don't think can get

9402
05:16:00,701 --> 05:16:03,101
torn down fast enough.

9403
05:16:03,587 --> 05:16:04,121
I know it's and I've been

9404
05:16:04,121 --> 05:16:06,991
through that walkway It's sort

9405
05:16:06,991 --> 05:16:07,642
of a haven for rats.

9406
05:16:07,642 --> 05:16:10,642
I mean it's like they're

9407
05:16:11,112 --> 05:16:11,964
they're abundant there So and

9408
05:16:11,964 --> 05:16:12,414
then thank you so much for your

9409
05:16:12,414 --> 05:16:14,814
willingness to at least

9410
05:16:15,250 --> 05:16:15,784
entertain the mayor's

9411
05:16:15,784 --> 05:16:16,835
suggestion about, you know,

9412
05:16:16,835 --> 05:16:19,821
creating maybe an open space if

9413
05:16:19,821 --> 05:16:23,993
there is sort of a gap and

9414
05:16:23,993 --> 05:16:24,909
tearing down and developing.

9415
05:16:24,909 --> 05:16:28,970
So yeah, I'm happy to move

9416
05:16:28,970 --> 05:16:28,848
forward with it as as written

9417
05:16:28,848 --> 05:16:31,934
in here it Thank you very much.

9418
05:16:31,934 --> 05:16:32,668
We're I think I'm here thanks

9419
05:16:32,668 --> 05:16:35,637
for the staff report thanks for

9420
05:16:35,637 --> 05:16:38,637
the public comments thanks to

9421
05:16:38,808 --> 05:16:39,342
ctg you're an important

9422
05:16:39,342 --> 05:16:40,192
community partner in our city.

9423
05:16:40,192 --> 05:16:43,192
I'm sad that the prior

9424
05:16:43,479 --> 05:16:44,214
iterations of the part of this

9425
05:16:44,214 --> 05:16:47,300
project didn't work out but and

9426
05:16:47,300 --> 05:16:47,467
I and I'd like to see this

9427
05:16:47,467 --> 05:16:49,467
succeed.

9428
05:16:50,687 --> 05:16:53,687
I'm very sympathetic to the

9429
05:16:54,474 --> 05:16:55,424
loss of the art space But again

9430
05:16:55,424 --> 05:16:57,978
I would like to see this space

9431
05:16:57,978 --> 05:16:58,828
and project succeed.

9432
05:16:58,828 --> 05:17:01,798
So these are very reasonable

9433
05:17:01,798 --> 05:17:05,398
requests and I'm open to them

9434
05:17:05,685 --> 05:17:05,952
with the inclusion of the

9435
05:17:05,952 --> 05:17:07,952
mayor's suggestion.

9436
05:17:09,373 --> 05:17:09,689
Thank think Yeah.

9437
05:17:09,689 --> 05:17:09,922
Thank you.

9438
05:17:09,922 --> 05:17:11,922
Okay.

9439
05:17:13,693 --> 05:17:17,293
So again thank you to everyone

9440
05:17:17,364 --> 05:17:17,680
from Rethink and also from City

9441
05:17:17,680 --> 05:17:18,449
g.

9442
05:17:18,449 --> 05:17:21,000
I concur with the Vice Mayor

9443
05:17:21,000 --> 05:17:21,736
that you are a an incredibly

9444
05:17:21,736 --> 05:17:24,736
valued partner in the city

9445
05:17:25,606 --> 05:17:28,600
providing the performing arts

9446
05:17:28,708 --> 05:17:32,580
that you know a lot of cities

9447
05:17:32,580 --> 05:17:33,398
would be very jealous of So

9448
05:17:33,398 --> 05:17:36,398
what I'm hearing from everyone

9449
05:17:37,702 --> 05:17:40,855
is that we're okay to go

9450
05:17:40,855 --> 05:17:43,255
forward with the modifications

9451
05:17:43,607 --> 05:17:47,207
to the dda as recommended and

9452
05:17:51,333 --> 05:17:54,402
for for approval of City g on

9453
05:17:54,402 --> 05:17:58,200
the on the cited portions they

9454
05:17:58,789 --> 05:18:02,844
need to have the c moved the

9455
05:18:02,844 --> 05:18:05,898
dining needs to be reviewed by

9456
05:18:05,898 --> 05:18:07,898
them.

9457
05:18:09,585 --> 05:18:13,185
Anything else that Megan so you

9458
05:18:13,672 --> 05:18:14,506
and then if we can add to this

9459
05:18:14,506 --> 05:18:17,506
you know if construction hasn't

9460
05:18:18,494 --> 05:18:21,494
started a year from execution

9461
05:18:22,640 --> 05:18:22,731
of the dda there needs to be

9462
05:18:22,731 --> 05:18:25,801
the demo of the building and

9463
05:18:25,801 --> 05:18:29,788
made into a of an open space

9464
05:18:29,788 --> 05:18:30,440
and then the city can deal with

9465
05:18:30,440 --> 05:18:32,874
you know how we activate that

9466
05:18:32,874 --> 05:18:33,742
if we want to.

9467
05:18:33,742 --> 05:18:36,596
I just wanted to let the

9468
05:18:36,596 --> 05:18:37,290
council know that in the

9469
05:18:37,290 --> 05:18:39,429
current schedule of performance

9470
05:18:40,399 --> 05:18:40,949
there are next milestone to

9471
05:18:40,949 --> 05:18:41,384
submit to submit their evidence

9472
05:18:41,384 --> 05:18:43,736
of financing and construction

9473
05:18:43,736 --> 05:18:44,186
and in MAY which would then

9474
05:18:44,186 --> 05:18:46,586
yield a potential construction

9475
05:18:47,439 --> 05:18:48,910
date of JUNE.

9476
05:18:48,910 --> 05:18:48,508
So right now that's their

9477
05:18:48,508 --> 05:18:50,508
existing schedule of

9478
05:18:51,160 --> 05:18:51,811
performance work And then the

9479
05:18:51,811 --> 05:18:54,764
two other items the outdoor

9480
05:18:54,764 --> 05:18:55,215
dining and the parking as I

9481
05:18:55,215 --> 05:18:55,948
mentioned before, those are

9482
05:18:55,948 --> 05:18:58,485
actually not currently in the

9483
05:18:58,485 --> 05:18:59,219
dda.

9484
05:18:59,219 --> 05:18:59,372
Would you like to put that in

9485
05:18:59,372 --> 05:18:59,620
there?

9486
05:18:59,620 --> 05:19:01,620
Yes, please.

9487
05:19:02,805 --> 05:19:06,476
I don't I didn't see any But

9488
05:19:06,476 --> 05:19:10,760
the the outdoor dining is per

9489
05:19:10,981 --> 05:19:11,515
review by c City g and I don't

9490
05:19:11,515 --> 05:19:14,515
think anyone had any problem

9491
05:19:14,585 --> 05:19:14,852
with market rate parking in our

9492
05:19:14,852 --> 05:19:16,852
parking structure.

9493
05:19:21,225 --> 05:19:21,443
So yes please I submit a motion

9494
05:19:21,443 --> 05:19:23,443
.

9495
05:19:25,296 --> 05:19:25,629
We also need the motions to

9496
05:19:25,629 --> 05:19:26,630
approve the amendment

9497
05:19:26,630 --> 05:19:28,463
consistent with the Council's

9498
05:19:29,170 --> 05:19:29,667
direction and authorize City

9499
05:19:29,667 --> 05:19:32,667
Attorney to review prepare and

9500
05:19:33,221 --> 05:19:35,621
City manager to execute

9501
05:19:35,989 --> 05:19:36,925
separate motion Or you can do

9502
05:19:36,925 --> 05:19:37,742
it all in one but I just want

9503
05:19:37,742 --> 05:19:39,794
to make sure those we have it

9504
05:19:39,794 --> 05:19:40,345
right So approve approve an

9505
05:19:40,345 --> 05:19:43,345
amendment to the dda consistent

9506
05:19:43,381 --> 05:19:44,310
with City council direction

9507
05:19:44,310 --> 05:19:44,648
authorize city Attorney to

9508
05:19:44,648 --> 05:19:47,480
review prepare the necessary

9509
05:19:47,618 --> 05:19:48,530
documents and authorize city

9510
05:19:48,530 --> 05:19:50,453
manager to execute such

9511
05:19:54,826 --> 05:19:58,426
documents on behalf of the city

9512
05:19:58,464 --> 05:19:58,780
.

9513
05:19:58,780 --> 05:20:00,780
Thank you.

9514
05:20:02,267 --> 05:20:02,784
I have a motion by Mayor

9515
05:20:02,784 --> 05:20:05,184
o'Brien and second from

9516
05:20:06,154 --> 05:20:08,554
Councilmember Bera to approve

9517
05:20:12,144 --> 05:20:12,344
the motion stated by the mayor

9518
05:20:12,344 --> 05:20:14,344
.

9519
05:20:19,118 --> 05:20:19,568
You MAY begin voting

9520
05:20:19,568 --> 05:20:19,902
.

9521
05:20:19,902 --> 05:20:20,453
Thank you.

9522
05:20:20,453 --> 05:20:22,853
That motion passes unanimously.

9523
05:20:23,106 --> 05:20:23,439
All right, great.

9524
05:20:23,439 --> 05:20:23,756
Thank you.

9525
05:20:23,756 --> 05:20:25,756
Thank you.

9526
05:20:30,780 --> 05:20:31,230
And do we have any comments?

9527
05:20:31,230 --> 05:20:33,230
There are none.

9528
05:20:34,670 --> 05:20:34,833
Okay.

9529
05:20:34,833 --> 05:20:37,904
Do we have any last comments

9530
05:20:37,904 --> 05:20:38,221
from my colleagues concerning.

9531
05:20:38,221 --> 05:20:40,221
Thanks Mayor.

9532
05:20:41,825 --> 05:20:42,659
Yeah to sorry to and a question

9533
05:20:42,659 --> 05:20:46,259
The first is just about the

9534
05:20:46,345 --> 05:20:49,345
single stair ordinance that we

9535
05:20:49,716 --> 05:20:50,132
passed is maybe coming to the

9536
05:20:50,132 --> 05:20:52,132
California Building Standards

9537
05:20:53,803 --> 05:20:54,200
Commission on the I think it's

9538
05:20:54,200 --> 05:20:56,200
the 17th.

9539
05:20:57,307 --> 05:20:58,142
I've shared the date with staff

9540
05:20:58,142 --> 05:21:01,142
of DECEMBER and we were

9541
05:21:01,711 --> 05:21:04,711
contacted by some groups that

9542
05:21:05,482 --> 05:21:06,249
some some groups that advocated

9543
05:21:06,249 --> 05:21:09,503
for our ordinance such as a ban

9544
05:21:09,503 --> 05:21:10,170
on housing Los Angeles who said

9545
05:21:10,170 --> 05:21:12,922
that the commission it would be

9546
05:21:12,922 --> 05:21:16,522
good for the commission to hear

9547
05:21:16,910 --> 05:21:17,578
from the council as to why this

9548
05:21:17,578 --> 05:21:17,745
is a political priority for the

9549
05:21:17,745 --> 05:21:19,745
Council.

9550
05:21:20,965 --> 05:21:24,135
So my request is just for three

9551
05:21:24,135 --> 05:21:24,669
nodding heads to send a letter

9552
05:21:24,669 --> 05:21:25,402
from this Council advocating

9553
05:21:25,402 --> 05:21:28,402
for our ordinance that was

9554
05:21:28,772 --> 05:21:31,772
already passed five zero just

9555
05:21:32,560 --> 05:21:33,111
sharing the local need for our

9556
05:21:33,111 --> 05:21:34,620
single stair ordinance and why

9557
05:21:34,620 --> 05:21:36,931
we passed it and the same exact

9558
05:21:36,931 --> 05:21:37,666
letter being sent to the state

9559
05:21:37,666 --> 05:21:40,502
the State Fire Marshals Working

9560
05:21:40,502 --> 05:21:41,168
Group.

9561
05:21:41,168 --> 05:21:43,621
So I'm just seeking nodding

9562
05:21:43,621 --> 05:21:47,221
heads for those that letter to

9563
05:21:47,909 --> 05:21:48,242
be sent to those two groups.

9564
05:21:48,242 --> 05:21:50,242
Okay, great.

9565
05:21:52,470 --> 05:21:54,916
And I think Oh go ahead.

9566
05:21:54,916 --> 05:21:58,516
So you did something that you

9567
05:21:58,904 --> 05:21:59,454
would want to work on with the

9568
05:21:59,454 --> 05:22:00,105
we had talked about possibility

9569
05:22:00,105 --> 05:22:02,741
of working on it with the

9570
05:22:02,741 --> 05:22:02,957
housing and homelessness

9571
05:22:02,957 --> 05:22:04,957
subcommittee.

9572
05:22:07,450 --> 05:22:07,200
I mean city attorney you tell

9573
05:22:07,200 --> 05:22:08,300
me.

9574
05:22:08,300 --> 05:22:11,384
I, I don't feel that because we

9575
05:22:11,384 --> 05:22:12,340
provided like that sample and

9576
05:22:12,340 --> 05:22:12,468
Shelley is really good at, you

9577
05:22:12,468 --> 05:22:14,136
know, writing those letters.

9578
05:22:14,136 --> 05:22:14,352
I don't feel that it needs to

9579
05:22:14,352 --> 05:22:16,352
come back.

9580
05:22:18,124 --> 05:22:18,758
Okay Since it's something

9581
05:22:18,758 --> 05:22:21,158
that's already passed the

9582
05:22:21,927 --> 05:22:22,878
council as long as it reflects

9583
05:22:22,878 --> 05:22:25,531
you know I think that's what we

9584
05:22:25,531 --> 05:22:26,181
passed.

9585
05:22:26,181 --> 05:22:26,515
Yes, I think that's fine.

9586
05:22:26,515 --> 05:22:28,515
Thank you.

9587
05:22:29,386 --> 05:22:29,935
And I provided a sample that

9588
05:22:29,935 --> 05:22:31,871
the from Santa Monica that

9589
05:22:31,871 --> 05:22:34,871
passed a similar letter where

9590
05:22:35,859 --> 05:22:36,710
that sent a similar letter And

9591
05:22:36,710 --> 05:22:40,196
the second is just there's a

9592
05:22:40,196 --> 05:22:40,747
and a bill that was just passed

9593
05:22:40,747 --> 05:22:43,747
that was signed by Governor

9594
05:22:43,816 --> 05:22:44,551
Newsom last month, sb 720 that

9595
05:22:44,551 --> 05:22:47,551
reforms the red light camera

9596
05:22:47,938 --> 05:22:51,538
program and and fixes some of

9597
05:22:51,709 --> 05:22:51,942
the challenges of the red light

9598
05:22:51,942 --> 05:22:53,942
camera program.

9599
05:22:55,596 --> 05:22:58,596
For example, the the tickets

9600
05:22:59,660 --> 05:22:59,900
being extraordinarily expensive

9601
05:22:59,900 --> 05:23:02,900
,very difficult to have get

9602
05:23:03,487 --> 05:23:04,210
people to pay them and the

9603
05:23:04,210 --> 05:23:07,210
charges are criminal in And

9604
05:23:07,691 --> 05:23:08,659
instead of civil in this law

9605
05:23:08,659 --> 05:23:11,512
that was just signed that was

9606
05:23:11,512 --> 05:23:14,512
just signed allows cities to

9607
05:23:14,782 --> 05:23:14,982
opt into a new reformed

9608
05:23:14,982 --> 05:23:15,750
program.

9609
05:23:15,750 --> 05:23:16,184
And so I was just seeking

9610
05:23:16,184 --> 05:23:18,584
through nodding heads to

9611
05:23:19,360 --> 05:23:19,587
recommend that to them Ability

9612
05:23:19,587 --> 05:23:22,587
subcommittee We can talk about

9613
05:23:22,974 --> 05:23:23,625
that more in the committee but

9614
05:23:23,625 --> 05:23:27,195
it would just be exploring that

9615
05:23:27,195 --> 05:23:28,630
law using it and I've contacted

9616
05:23:28,630 --> 05:23:31,449
our key pd who runs the program

9617
05:23:31,449 --> 05:23:31,666
and asked for his input on it

9618
05:23:31,666 --> 05:23:31,999
as well.

9619
05:23:31,999 --> 05:23:33,999
Okay thanks.

9620
05:23:34,953 --> 05:23:35,719
Thank you.

9621
05:23:35,719 --> 05:23:38,473
And then finally is just a

9622
05:23:38,473 --> 05:23:39,241
quick question to staff is do

9623
05:23:39,241 --> 05:23:39,875
you have an idea of when the

9624
05:23:39,875 --> 05:23:42,275
legislative platform is coming

9625
05:23:42,661 --> 05:23:46,130
back for review maybe that John

9626
05:23:46,130 --> 05:23:49,702
or John or Heather maybe it I

9627
05:23:49,702 --> 05:23:49,902
believe it's coming NOVEMBER

9628
05:23:49,902 --> 05:23:50,118
ten.

9629
05:23:50,118 --> 05:23:51,186
Okay.

9630
05:23:51,186 --> 05:23:54,273
I think it got moved off of

9631
05:23:54,273 --> 05:23:58,473
this agenda and I Is that not

9632
05:24:00,513 --> 05:24:01,496
correct, Mayor

9633
05:24:01,496 --> 05:24:03,496
That would be

9634
05:24:04,966 --> 05:24:06,966
next time, right?

9635
05:24:08,537 --> 05:24:09,204
Yeah, I believe so.

9636
05:24:09,204 --> 05:24:09,956
I think Assistant city Manager

9637
05:24:09,956 --> 05:24:12,825
Rothberg said it could be a

9638
05:24:12,825 --> 05:24:12,986
consent item and oh, she did

9639
05:24:12,986 --> 05:24:13,259
that.

9640
05:24:13,259 --> 05:24:15,259
That's correct.

9641
05:24:16,512 --> 05:24:16,728
She did.

9642
05:24:16,728 --> 05:24:18,728
Yeah.

9643
05:24:19,820 --> 05:24:22,468
I'm not seeing it on NOVEMBER

9644
05:24:22,468 --> 05:24:22,902
10th and it's a full and on

9645
05:24:22,902 --> 05:24:25,302
consent either You're not

9646
05:24:26,171 --> 05:24:29,771
saying oh consent it we can

9647
05:24:30,159 --> 05:24:30,810
it's just a question So if you

9648
05:24:30,810 --> 05:24:34,380
if it's something that you can

9649
05:24:34,380 --> 05:24:34,998
find out I've just curious when

9650
05:24:34,998 --> 05:24:37,267
it's when it's coming back but

9651
05:24:37,267 --> 05:24:37,467
I don't have any action on that

9652
05:24:37,467 --> 05:24:37,784
.

9653
05:24:37,784 --> 05:24:38,235
Thank you.

9654
05:24:38,235 --> 05:24:40,235
Yeah thanks man.

9655
05:24:41,588 --> 05:24:41,922
I can't remember.

9656
05:24:41,922 --> 05:24:43,922
That's right.

9657
05:24:46,225 --> 05:24:46,960
So yes, I'm wonder if I can get

9658
05:24:46,960 --> 05:24:49,329
319 heads for a presentation

9659
05:24:49,329 --> 05:24:49,562
and exploration of using the

9660
05:24:49,562 --> 05:24:51,562
services throne.

9661
05:24:52,700 --> 05:24:53,234
It's accessible portable

9662
05:24:53,234 --> 05:24:55,634
bathroom There's one currently

9663
05:24:59,674 --> 05:25:01,674
at abc Station

9664
05:25:04,628 --> 05:25:05,378
for purposes

9665
05:25:05,378 --> 05:25:08,248
that we've kind of gotten away

9666
05:25:08,248 --> 05:25:09,150
for putting it on the record.

9667
05:25:09,150 --> 05:25:09,183
Who did the nodding head this

9668
05:25:09,183 --> 05:25:11,183
evening?

9669
05:25:12,402 --> 05:25:15,272
So let us make let's try and

9670
05:25:15,272 --> 05:25:17,725
get it for this one at least

9671
05:25:17,725 --> 05:25:20,725
seeing all nodding heads on

9672
05:25:21,895 --> 05:25:22,347
this one And then also and if

9673
05:25:22,347 --> 05:25:22,780
this aligns with our

9674
05:25:22,780 --> 05:25:24,780
legislative platform but

9675
05:25:26,551 --> 05:25:30,210
support for ab7 36 it's a bill

9676
05:25:30,210 --> 05:25:30,655
by Assembly member Buffett

9677
05:25:30,655 --> 05:25:33,224
works in support of affordable

9678
05:25:33,224 --> 05:25:36,224
housing bond of 2026 so b

9679
05:25:36,778 --> 05:25:37,312
dedicated funding for student

9680
05:25:37,312 --> 05:25:37,646
housing at California's public

9681
05:25:37,646 --> 05:25:39,646
colleges and universities.

9682
05:25:41,533 --> 05:25:42,267
So since we have people who go

9683
05:25:42,267 --> 05:25:45,267
to universities around us other

9684
05:25:51,727 --> 05:25:52,444
than yes so if I had many heads

9685
05:25:52,444 --> 05:25:55,444
and will check the legislative

9686
05:25:55,714 --> 05:25:56,365
platform policy platform and if

9687
05:25:56,365 --> 05:25:59,769
it's not in there I'll come

9688
05:25:59,769 --> 05:26:00,202
back If it is and we won't need

9689
05:26:00,202 --> 05:26:00,419
to bring it back.

9690
05:26:00,419 --> 05:26:01,370
Right.

9691
05:26:01,370 --> 05:26:01,354
That's up, Mare Thank you.

9692
05:26:01,354 --> 05:26:02,988
Thank you.

9693
05:26:02,988 --> 05:26:03,206
City attorney.

9694
05:26:03,206 --> 05:26:03,539
Okay.

9695
05:26:03,539 --> 05:26:04,207
Thank you.

9696
05:26:04,207 --> 05:26:04,377
I don't have anything else to

9697
05:26:04,377 --> 05:26:06,377
add.

9698
05:26:09,928 --> 05:26:10,662
I would like to read the

9699
05:26:10,662 --> 05:26:13,662
obituary for Margo Green and

9700
05:26:14,451 --> 05:26:18,510
then is there any other notes

9701
05:26:18,120 --> 05:26:19,171
that other the Vice Chairperson

9702
05:26:19,171 --> 05:26:21,407
would like to add in their

9703
05:26:21,407 --> 05:26:23,407
memory?

9704
05:26:24,477 --> 05:26:27,963
You can go first and then for

9705
05:26:27,963 --> 05:26:28,281
me just what I stated in my

9706
05:26:28,281 --> 05:26:28,715
initial comments.

9707
05:26:28,715 --> 05:26:29,480
Thank you Mayor.

9708
05:26:29,480 --> 05:26:31,480
That's right.

9709
05:26:32,436 --> 05:26:35,288
You know just on as I said, the

9710
05:26:35,288 --> 05:26:35,938
Melanie Winter she was the

9711
05:26:35,938 --> 05:26:36,773
executive director of the River

9712
05:26:36,773 --> 05:26:39,800
Project and Friends of the Los

9713
05:26:39,800 --> 05:26:40,590
Angeles River.

9714
05:26:40,590 --> 05:26:42,630
She attended a recent meeting

9715
05:26:42,630 --> 05:26:42,996
with the Sustainability

9716
05:26:42,996 --> 05:26:44,996
subcommittee with Councilmember

9717
05:26:46,000 --> 05:26:46,433
McMahon and I and she really

9718
05:26:46,433 --> 05:26:48,833
championed efforts to embrace

9719
05:26:49,702 --> 05:26:50,337
nature along the river saying

9720
05:26:50,337 --> 05:26:50,970
that allowing space for a

9721
05:26:50,970 --> 05:26:53,370
meandering waterway line with

9722
05:26:54,741 --> 05:26:55,760
preparing and for forests would

9723
05:26:55,760 --> 05:26:57,760
recharge, help recharge

9724
05:26:58,546 --> 05:26:59,196
groundwater, reduce flood risk

9725
05:26:59,196 --> 05:27:01,765
and allow a green oasis to

9726
05:27:01,765 --> 05:27:01,982
flourish in the heart of Los

9727
05:27:01,982 --> 05:27:02,299
Angeles.

9728
05:27:02,299 --> 05:27:02,517
Thank you.

9729
05:27:02,517 --> 05:27:02,850
Okay.

9730
05:27:02,850 --> 05:27:04,850
Thank you.

9731
05:27:06,437 --> 05:27:06,871
And I'm going to read the

9732
05:27:06,871 --> 05:27:09,271
obituary for Margo Green.

9733
05:27:09,740 --> 05:27:10,375
This is our city, correct,

9734
05:27:10,375 --> 05:27:12,743
Jeremy But Gina's mother who

9735
05:27:12,743 --> 05:27:13,478
passed away on Saturday at the

9736
05:27:13,478 --> 05:27:16,478
age of 91 She's a Broadway

9737
05:27:16,648 --> 05:27:17,564
dancer, designer, entrepreneur

9738
05:27:17,564 --> 05:27:20,519
with a flair for renovation

9739
05:27:20,519 --> 05:27:21,510
reinvention.

9740
05:27:21,510 --> 05:27:21,702
She died at 91.

9741
05:27:21,702 --> 05:27:24,102
Margot Green, whose career

9742
05:27:24,673 --> 05:27:25,107
spanned from the Broadway stage

9743
05:27:25,107 --> 05:27:27,507
to fashion antiques, interior

9744
05:27:28,377 --> 05:27:28,927
design and real estate died on

9745
05:27:28,927 --> 05:27:31,327
OCTOBER 25th, 2025 in Palm

9746
05:27:32,180 --> 05:27:32,830
Desert, California.

9747
05:27:32,830 --> 05:27:35,830
A former longtime resident of

9748
05:27:35,830 --> 05:27:35,401
Roslyn Heights, New York, she

9749
05:27:35,401 --> 05:27:37,401
was 91 gifted.

9750
05:27:38,520 --> 05:27:38,721
She entered the university at

9751
05:27:38,721 --> 05:27:39,454
16 but if anyone tried to

9752
05:27:39,454 --> 05:27:41,806
define her she would reinvent

9753
05:27:41,806 --> 05:27:42,558
herself often just to prove

9754
05:27:42,558 --> 05:27:45,827
them wrong With no training she

9755
05:27:45,827 --> 05:27:46,545
taught herself to sing and

9756
05:27:46,545 --> 05:27:49,315
dance 18 was on Broadway in the

9757
05:27:49,315 --> 05:27:49,849
original productions of Wish

9758
05:27:49,849 --> 05:27:50,282
You Were Here followed by

9759
05:27:50,282 --> 05:27:52,282
Can-Can and Yankees.

9760
05:27:53,553 --> 05:27:53,986
This penchant for self

9761
05:27:53,986 --> 05:27:56,386
reinvention and her constant

9762
05:27:56,739 --> 05:27:57,372
belief in possibilities would

9763
05:27:57,372 --> 05:28:00,372
follow her throughout her life.

9764
05:28:00,976 --> 05:28:01,143
Led by her motto Margo makes it

9765
05:28:01,143 --> 05:28:01,727
happen.

9766
05:28:01,727 --> 05:28:04,727
After conquering the stage she

9767
05:28:05,614 --> 05:28:06,480
turned to design opening a

9768
05:28:06,480 --> 05:28:06,782
clothing boutique that evolved

9769
05:28:06,782 --> 05:28:09,135
into a small streetwear line

9770
05:28:09,135 --> 05:28:09,769
for dancers and early

9771
05:28:09,769 --> 05:28:11,769
forerunner of activewear.

9772
05:28:12,956 --> 05:28:13,390
At 21 she married Frank Green,

9773
05:28:13,390 --> 05:28:15,790
also a Broadway star.

9774
05:28:16,420 --> 05:28:16,710
The pair relocated a decade

9775
05:28:16,710 --> 05:28:19,462
later to the suburbs of Roslyn

9776
05:28:19,462 --> 05:28:19,895
Heights where Margo opened her

9777
05:28:19,895 --> 05:28:20,630
antique stores, sold real

9778
05:28:20,630 --> 05:28:23,467
estate and became an interior

9779
05:28:23,467 --> 05:28:24,434
designer.

9780
05:28:24,434 --> 05:28:26,987
In 1998 the Greens relocated to

9781
05:28:26,987 --> 05:28:27,621
Indian Wells, California Or

9782
05:28:27,621 --> 05:28:28,540
once again Margo turned her

9783
05:28:28,540 --> 05:28:30,454
sights to real estate.

9784
05:28:30,924 --> 05:28:31,358
Throughout her life Margo was

9785
05:28:31,358 --> 05:28:31,975
known for her boundless

9786
05:28:31,975 --> 05:28:34,375
curiosity and energy and

9787
05:28:34,745 --> 05:28:35,295
enthusiasm for new ideas and

9788
05:28:35,295 --> 05:28:38,295
her belief that a thoughtful,

9789
05:28:38,348 --> 05:28:38,882
thoughtful conversation and

9790
05:28:38,882 --> 05:28:39,216
creativity could make the world

9791
05:28:39,216 --> 05:28:40,183
a better place.

9792
05:28:40,183 --> 05:28:42,736
She is survived by her twin

9793
05:28:42,736 --> 05:28:43,471
daughters Pamela, Larry and

9794
05:28:43,471 --> 05:28:46,471
Jeremy but their husbands Larry

9795
05:28:46,958 --> 05:28:47,391
and Frank Bertino and countless

9796
05:28:47,391 --> 05:28:49,791
extended family and friends

9797
05:28:49,826 --> 05:28:50,260
Margaret Greene will be

9798
05:28:50,260 --> 05:28:50,894
remembered as a talented,

9799
05:28:50,894 --> 05:28:53,294
dynamic woman whose imagination

9800
05:28:54,264 --> 05:28:54,598
and drive helped her indeed

9801
05:28:54,598 --> 05:28:56,598
make it happen.

9802
05:28:57,569 --> 05:28:58,202
In honor of Margo, please

9803
05:28:58,202 --> 05:29:00,602
consider donations to Cancer

9804
05:29:01,472 --> 05:29:01,889
Research Foundation, American

9805
05:29:01,889 --> 05:29:03,889
Cancer Society Macular

9806
05:29:04,942 --> 05:29:05,259
Degeneration Research.

9807
05:29:05,259 --> 05:29:05,692
Braille Institute.

9808
05:29:05,692 --> 05:29:07,692
Rheumatology Research

9809
05:29:08,460 --> 05:29:11,460
Foundation Hospice or a charity

9810
05:29:11,916 --> 05:29:12,234
of your choice.

9811
05:29:12,234 --> 05:29:14,234
Thank you.

9812
05:29:16,238 --> 05:29:16,404
And I think we have motion to

9813
05:29:16,404 --> 05:29:18,404
adjourn.

9814
05:29:20,642 --> 05:29:23,940
Thank you And see a motion from

9815
05:29:23,940 --> 05:29:23,528
Vice Mayor please a second from

9816
05:29:23,528 --> 05:29:24,179
Council member Mcmorran to

9817
05:29:24,179 --> 05:29:27,148
adjourn in the memories of

9818
05:29:27,148 --> 05:29:30,148
Margot Green that beauty and

9819
05:29:30,502 --> 05:29:33,502
genius and Melanie Winter you

9820
05:29:34,473 --> 05:29:35,230
MAY begin voting.

9821
05:29:35,230 --> 05:29:37,423
That motion passes unanimously.

9822
05:29:38,494 --> 05:29:42,640
The time is 12:28 A.M. And we

9823
05:29:42,640 --> 05:29:42,398
are adjourned.

9824
05:29:42,398 --> 05:29:44,000
Thank you.