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The meeting back to order. Can

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I have roll call again please.

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Councilmember Woods here,

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Council Member Jones. I am here.

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Council member Copeland, he

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here, he

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s just in the back

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still. Vice Mayor Honeycutt,

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Mayor Henson, I

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m here and

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everybody can please stand with

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me for the Pledge of Allegiance.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag

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of the United States of America

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and to the Republic for which

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it stands. One nation under GOD,

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indivisible with liberty and

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justice for all.

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Can I please have the closed

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session report? Yes, thank you,

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Mayor. There

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s no action to

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report this evening from closed

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session. Thank you. Is there

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any public business from the

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floor and any item for members

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that are here in person for any

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item that is not on the agenda.

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If so, please come forward.

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See, none, do we have any Zoom

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d like to make a

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comment? Oh.

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Hi, come on up, Pam.

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Thank you.

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For my slowness, but this is

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for our community foundation.

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This is like our gala that we

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used to have at night. We

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having this this Sunday, and

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s the 13th. It

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ll be from 2

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clock, and it

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sports basement, and we have

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Vegas Entertainment of Tom

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Jones. We have tickets prices

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starting at $20 to $100 and we

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have great silent auction.

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Secret baskets, so, um,

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everybody

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s invited and it

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very close and there

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ll be food

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to purchase, and we have a bar.

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What else do we have?

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forgotten a few things, but

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this is where the money that

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you donate to us comes back to

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your community, and we had uh

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do scholarships. We do seniors

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outreach, and we do holiday

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outreach and we do music in the

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parks. I forgot that the last

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time I did my thing. Thank you.

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Thank you, Pam. Any other

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for anybody that

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See, Nan, do we have any, um,

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No Zoom attendees. Thank you so

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much. Um, did I ask for the

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closed session report yet? I

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think I did. Ok, great. Um, uh,

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MADAM City Clerk, can you

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please tell us what is on our

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agenda tonight. Yes, tonight we

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have 4 presentations, 1 public

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hearing item and 2 items on our

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consent calendar.

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Ok, very good. Thank you. We

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go to presentations. We

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start with the mayor

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High Signal Hill, Mayor Tina

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Hanson here to bring you

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another segment of the mayor

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Minute where share quick

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updates on what

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around the city. I

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our amazing Signal Hill Public

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Library SEPTEMBER is library

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card sign up month. Don

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t MISS

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Out. Grab your Signal Hill

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library card and let the

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excitement unfold. Plus

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throughout SEPTEMBER, all new

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patrons who sign up for a

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library card will receive a

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complimentary black bear diner

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cubs meal certificate for.

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A kids

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meal, seniors don

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MISS Out on the great programs

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and resources available for you

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at the Signal Hill Public

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Library. If you haven

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be sure to subscribe to the

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senior scoop newsletter, a

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monthly update with City News

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senior social club activities

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and the upcoming excursions,

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and they always sell out, so

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plan early. Subscribe on our

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city website or visit our

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friendly Parks, recreation, and

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library services staff if you

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need help.

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Signing up to get the

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newsletter and they are always

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happy to help you. I

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m excited

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to invite you to the mayor

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fall cleanup event on Saturday,

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California Avenue. Check-in

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begins at 9:00 A.M. Followed by

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a brief orientation at 9:10

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A.M. We

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ll provide water, light

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snacks, trash bags, gloves, and

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grabbers.

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Just bring your energy and

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community spirit. We encourage

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youth to participate,

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especially if they need

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community service hours just

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remember, a signed waiver from

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a parent or a guardian is

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required for details, call the

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Community Development

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Department.

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Youth ages 17 and under who

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participate will be eligible to

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receive a free wristband to

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enjoy the Halloween carnival,

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which is quickly coming up on

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Saturday, OCTOBER 4th, 2026.

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Mark your calendars for

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Thursday, OCTOBER 1st. I

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inviting you to join me at this

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year

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s State of the City, a

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time to celebrate our progress,

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share our achievements, and

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talk about the bright future

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that is ahead for Signal Hill.

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For more information, please

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email our park.

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Recreation and library services

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department. I look forward to

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seeing you at the State of the

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City until the next mayor

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minute. Have a great day have a

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great start back to school if

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s what you

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re doing and

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enjoy all the great things

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happening here in Signal Hill.

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s give Cindy a round of

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applause for her work on the.

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long, I will say that. So, ok.

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Um, the next item is the

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Hispanic Heritage Month

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presentation, I believe our

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library staff will be coming up.

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Good evening, Honorable Mayor

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and members of the city council,

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uh, tonight we will share an

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overview of the upcoming

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programs or upcoming programs

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organized by the library in

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celebration of Hispanic

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Heritage Month. I will now turn

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over the mic over to our

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library specialist, Alicia Dana.

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Good evening, Honorable Mayor

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and members of the city council.

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In 1968, PRESIDENT Lyndon Bean

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Johnson officially established

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Hispanic Heritage Week,

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designating SEPTEMBER 15th to

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honor the independence

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anniversaries of Costa Rica, El

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Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras,

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Nicaragua, and Mexico. Two

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decades later, this

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presidential proclamation was

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observance from a week to a

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whole month. Hispanic Heritage

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Month brought in its focus to

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celebrate traditions, stories,

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and accomplishments of Hispanic

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story time, uh, program open to

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and children interested in

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learning Spanish led by our

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bilingual library staff. This

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program features engaging

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stories, music, and crafts. On

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Tuesday evenings, we offer a

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high energy Zumba dance workout

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inspired by Latin music, space

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To kick off our Hispanic

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Heritage Month celebration,

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families can join us for an

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evening of loteria, a

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traditional Mexican game of

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chance similar to bingo on

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Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 15th,

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participants will have the

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opportunity to win fun prizes

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and light refreshments will be

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several programs this month

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that is generously sponsored by

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Foundation.

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Then on Wednesday, SEPTEMBER

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16th, stop at the Za courtyard

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for a first installment of

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Super Bowls. This program is

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designated to teach patrons how

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to make healthy meals. They

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both filling and budget

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friendly. This month we are

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learning how to make sopa de

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fideo or Mexican noodle soup.

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On Monday, OCTOBER 2nd,

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Zaniniza will be joining us as

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a special guest for Spanish

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Story Time Magic Fiesta will

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dazzle children of all ages

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with wild tricks and illusions.

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Next, on Monday, OCTOBER 12th,

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the Museum of Latin American

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Art will return to the library

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for the 4th consecutive year to

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host an interactive and

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educational workshops suitable

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for all ages. Participants will

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explore various art styles

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popularized by modern Latin

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American artists and we

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the opportunity to create their

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own artwork inspired by the

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featured artists.

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Right after the Mola workshop,

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we invite everyone to

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participate in music of ancient

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Mexico. Attendees will have the

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opportunity to learn about

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indigenous music styles and

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play handcrafted instruments

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alongside musician Martin

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Espino.

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We extend our gratitudes to the

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Signal Hill Community

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Foundation for sponsoring this

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program and for their support

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in our mission to provide a

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diverse range of cultural

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groups that promote lifelong

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learning.

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Finally, library patrons can

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explore a special curated

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booklist in our catalog. This

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list features a variety of

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fiction, nonfiction titles for

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children, teens and adults.

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Available in various formats in

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both English and Spanish.

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We hope to see you at our

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upcoming program celebrating

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Hispanic Heritage Month. Thank

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you for your time. I

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m

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available for questions. Great

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presentation, so many great

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activities. Do we have any

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questions from council?

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No.

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All right, thank you so much,

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yay.

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Nobody can say there isn

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t

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anything to do in our city,

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that

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s for sure. Um, the

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Rancho

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s Walk presentation.

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Good evening, Mayor and members

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of the city council. Next, I

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d

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like to introduce Larry Rich,

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who is the city of Long Beach

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sustainable sustainability

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manager to discuss the rancho

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s

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walk.

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Good evening Mayor Hanson and

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members of the city council

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city city council. Um, I

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m

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Larry with the City of Long

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Beach. Um, we

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re having our 8th,

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uh, Rancho

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s walk, which is a

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urban hike that goes from one

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rancho to the other, so the

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Rancho historic sites in Long

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Beach, the one in the northwest

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is Rancho Los Cerritos. This

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year the The walk will start

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there, and the other ranchos,

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Rancho Los Alamitos, uh, to the

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southeast, um, and this is a 9

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mile trail that.

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As much as possible to follow

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the high ground, the

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topographic high over the top

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of Signal Hill and and sort of

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like a crest trail. And so

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while the full trail is 9 miles,

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we have options for people to

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start at a 6 mile starting

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point, which is at Willow

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Springs Park, or a 3 mile

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starting point, which is

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Reservoir Hill near Redondo and

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pch. So the path, uh, goes

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through the city of Signal Hill,

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um, and in particular, uh,

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right by Hilltop Park.

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Where people have the option to

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pause and take in the views, uh,

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but many people just keep on

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walking, uh, because they got a

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ways to go yet. Um, we opened

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our registration so far we

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ve

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got just one weekend. We

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ve got

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352 registrants last year we

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had about 550 participants

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starting at all three of those

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different locations. And this

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year, the, you know, the theme

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is, is history. The walk, um.

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People have the option of

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downloading an audio tour. So

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we

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ll be focused in on various

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aspects of history prompted by

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things that you see along the

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route.

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So that

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s it. If you have any

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questions for me. Um, are there,

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is there any like station at

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Hilltop Park for water or

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anything or is everybody just

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on their own for the walk, um,

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when it comes to Hilltop Park,

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they

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re on their own just in

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terms of having access to the

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existing drinking fountains and,

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and the bathroom facility there.

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We do provide porta potties and

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water stations at the two other

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intermediate locations. So at

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Willow Springs Park, those

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amenities are are set up and at

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Reservoir Hill as well. Ok, any

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other questions?

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Questions? No.

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All right, great, yes, right,

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yeah, great event. Thank you so

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much. Thank you.

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Um, street.

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Name, sign, presentation.

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Woo woo.

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Wot woot.

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Mm

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Good evening, Mayor and City

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council members. Tonight

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s

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presentation will go over an

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update on the street name sign

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project and design.

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Just as a quick recap, as it

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s

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been a busy construction season

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for us. Last year, the city

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prepared several designs with

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support from its on-call

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consultant. The goal was to

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develop 6 options for overhead

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mounted and post-mounted

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signage and whittle them down

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to the design that suits the

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city.

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There are two kinds of signage

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that would be replaced as part

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of this project. It

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s split

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between two phases, phase 1,

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phase 2, respectively. Phase

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one is the overhead mast arm

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signage on the left hand side

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and then phase two is all the

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local street post mounted

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signage, and what we

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re

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focusing on now is phase one.

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Ok

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We started with the 6 different

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designs and based on staff and

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council feedback, we opted to

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go forward with the layt of

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option c with the color scheme

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of option a for legibility.

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So option a is that upper left.

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Option c is at lower, was at

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lower right. The original

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concept for c had a base

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background with black lettering

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with the signal silhouette as

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part of the design. It

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s

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similar to the monuments,

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however, it was expressed that

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white lettering similar to

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concept a was preferred, and in

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order to maintain contrast, the

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teal background was

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subsequently added to that.

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Uh, signage. So here, excuse me,

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here

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s the revised concept c

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till background provides better

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contrast with the white

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lettering, which is better

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suited for illuminated signage.

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It also brings in the lighter

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blue um from option a, which is

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similar to the sky color from

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the city of Signal Hill seal.

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Circular seal.

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Here

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s kind of a neat rendering

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of our design just to give you

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a visual of what that might

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look like at night. Uh, it

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incorporates, um, use of the

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city teal color scheme in

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combination with the cursive

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city logo and integrates the

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hilltop silhouette into the

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background as mentioned, it has

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that updated white lettering,

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and we, uh we plan to share

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these samples and designs and

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would like to incorporate any

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comments and adjustments, uh,

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we would take those comments or

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any adjustments to a sign

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manufacturer and vendor to

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implement that into a final

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artwork and shop.

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Drawings.

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Uh, these sharp drawings would

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then be the basis of design for

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a final layouts for each street

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name sign, so each one will be

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slightly different, I guess in

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terms of spacing, but um

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overall the, the design will be

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essentially the same.

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Uh, some considerations that we

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need to make, uh, with the

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development of this project is

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the locations to be installed

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and just a general type of

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signage. So there

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s over 200

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intersections, 20 of these

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being signalized, 12 being

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shared intersections.

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And ultimately due to the

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design aesthetic and lighting

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improvements we have made in

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other areas of the city. Uh, we

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did prefer to specify the

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illuminated signage for the

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overhead at shared

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intersections after discussing

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with our team and our traffic

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engineer it

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s typically best to

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divide the agency signage at

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intersections by the boundary

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as best as possible, just for a

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few reasons, uh, such as better

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navigation for drivers, clear

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distinction for emergency

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response services and then

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clear boundaries when

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responding to and reporting.

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Accidents.

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So moving on to the budget and

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time frame for this update this

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project is funded via traffic

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impact fees which are generated

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through development here in the

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city. We have a signed budget

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of 617,000 for this project and

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to manage this rollout uh

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efficiently this project is, uh,

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as mentioned, split into two

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phases. Phase one is the isns.

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Phase 2 is a local signage, uh,

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regarding our schedule, we plan

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to release the material

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procurement for the rfp this

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month, and we expect to present

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contract awards.

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And the final artwork.

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Excuse me, in OCTOBER 2026.

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Once the shop drawings are

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approved, manufacturing for

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these overhead ISNSs is

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expected about 14 to 16 weeks

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and then finally overhead

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00:17:32,979 --> 00:17:34,580
installations will be

587
00:17:34,580 --> 00:17:36,482
accomplished through a separate

588
00:17:36,482 --> 00:17:37,717
construction rfp factoring in

589
00:17:37,717 --> 00:17:37,932
the manufacturing timeline

590
00:17:37,932 --> 00:17:39,218
that

591
00:17:39,218 --> 00:17:41,618
s anticipated roughly in

592
00:17:41,621 --> 00:17:43,590
FEBRUARY 2027. The reason for

593
00:17:43,590 --> 00:17:45,492
that stratification is um just

594
00:17:45,492 --> 00:17:46,893
to try and avoid a markup, um,

595
00:17:46,893 --> 00:17:47,394
a lot of the signage comes with

596
00:17:47,394 --> 00:17:48,328
a markup if it

597
00:17:48,328 --> 00:17:48,591
s, if it

598
00:17:48,591 --> 00:17:49,530
s

599
00:17:49,530 --> 00:17:50,331
bundled together with a

600
00:17:50,331 --> 00:17:52,366
contractor, sometimes it could

601
00:17:52,366 --> 00:17:54,766
be as high as 10, 15%.

602
00:17:55,300 --> 00:17:57,138
So there could be some savings

603
00:17:57,138 --> 00:17:59,740
by stratifying it this way.

604
00:17:59,740 --> 00:18:01,477
So, um, this project is, you

605
00:18:01,477 --> 00:18:03,779
know, serves to have a cohesive

606
00:18:03,779 --> 00:18:06,315
standard for a city and also

607
00:18:06,315 --> 00:18:07,950
replaces worn and damaged

608
00:18:07,950 --> 00:18:09,252
signage contributes towards

609
00:18:09,252 --> 00:18:10,720
placemaking and just provides

610
00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:11,321
better visible navigational

611
00:18:11,321 --> 00:18:12,889
signage.

612
00:18:12,889 --> 00:18:14,391
Um, so with that, um, that

613
00:18:14,391 --> 00:18:14,598
concludes our presentation and

614
00:18:14,598 --> 00:18:15,993
I

615
00:18:15,993 --> 00:18:17,160
ll be happy to take note of

616
00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:18,862
any suggestions or questions

617
00:18:18,862 --> 00:18:20,397
that we can make, uh, to the

618
00:18:20,397 --> 00:18:21,732
signs at this time, my one

619
00:18:21,732 --> 00:18:23,568
question is.

620
00:18:23,568 --> 00:18:25,337
I assume the budget covers if

621
00:18:25,337 --> 00:18:25,737
we pick the most expensive sign.

622
00:18:25,737 --> 00:18:27,171
So that

623
00:18:27,171 --> 00:18:29,708
s like the highest end

624
00:18:29,708 --> 00:18:32,444
of the budget could go.

625
00:18:32,444 --> 00:18:35,214
Yeah, so, this, this covers

626
00:18:35,214 --> 00:18:36,115
basically, um, a, a variety of

627
00:18:36,115 --> 00:18:37,490
options. Um, there

628
00:18:37,490 --> 00:18:39,490
s a 6 ft

629
00:18:39,419 --> 00:18:39,619
design and then an 8 ft design,

630
00:18:39,619 --> 00:18:41,200
so it

631
00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:42,989
s the estimate is based

632
00:18:42,989 --> 00:18:44,624
on a combination of, of both.

633
00:18:44,624 --> 00:18:45,792
So the design is just based on

634
00:18:45,792 --> 00:18:47,294
the character length, so this

635
00:18:47,294 --> 00:18:49,290
one that you see here, uh, this

636
00:18:49,290 --> 00:18:49,931
is, uh, this is a 6 ft design,

637
00:18:49,931 --> 00:18:51,399
but there could be some other

638
00:18:51,399 --> 00:18:53,168
ones that are slightly longer,

639
00:18:53,168 --> 00:18:55,690
a little bit more expensive, so

640
00:18:55,690 --> 00:18:56,337
we kind of based it off the uh

641
00:18:56,337 --> 00:18:58,720
total character lengths.

642
00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:00,208
Here, do you have a question?

643
00:19:00,208 --> 00:19:01,410
Um, ok, so.

644
00:19:01,410 --> 00:19:03,812
I see blue, green, and white,

645
00:19:03,812 --> 00:19:05,812
right?

646
00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:09,986
Um, is that our Signal Hill?

647
00:19:09,986 --> 00:19:11,988
Blue-green is the hill, or is

648
00:19:11,988 --> 00:19:13,222
the sky a light version of our

649
00:19:13,222 --> 00:19:15,222
Signal Hill Blue.

650
00:19:15,425 --> 00:19:18,295
The sky is, is kind of meant to

651
00:19:18,295 --> 00:19:20,297
be more like the, the city seal

652
00:19:20,297 --> 00:19:22,467
like sky, um, and this, this

653
00:19:22,467 --> 00:19:23,801
steel is, is our Cigna health

654
00:19:23,801 --> 00:19:26,370
when you turn on the, that was

655
00:19:26,370 --> 00:19:26,271
what I was looking for. So it,

656
00:19:26,271 --> 00:19:27,605
it

657
00:19:27,605 --> 00:19:28,106
s very similar to the teal

658
00:19:28,106 --> 00:19:29,941
that you

659
00:19:29,941 --> 00:19:31,109
re showing in the uh.

660
00:19:31,109 --> 00:19:32,210
On the monument sign up in your

661
00:19:32,210 --> 00:19:34,210
slide.

662
00:19:34,613 --> 00:19:36,281
Yeah, this, this one, I, I

663
00:19:36,281 --> 00:19:38,484
think the, the coloring here is

664
00:19:38,484 --> 00:19:38,653
maybe slightly, uh, I think

665
00:19:38,653 --> 00:19:40,519
it

666
00:19:40,519 --> 00:19:42,210
s bn altered in the photos

667
00:19:42,210 --> 00:19:42,488
modified, but it, it

668
00:19:42,488 --> 00:19:44,488
s actually

669
00:19:45,191 --> 00:19:46,459
more of a teal color. Ok, yeah,

670
00:19:46,459 --> 00:19:47,527
ok, um, so it

671
00:19:47,527 --> 00:19:49,527
s consistent with

672
00:19:49,597 --> 00:19:50,898
our other signage coloring that

673
00:19:50,898 --> 00:19:52,266
we do throughout the city. So

674
00:19:52,266 --> 00:19:55,866
then my other question is, is

675
00:19:55,903 --> 00:19:57,972
that, um, are there.

676
00:19:57,972 --> 00:19:59,440
Color contrast requirements

677
00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:01,750
from the Department of

678
00:20:01,750 --> 00:20:02,177
Transportation to, you know,

679
00:20:02,177 --> 00:20:03,678
for instance, does there have

680
00:20:03,678 --> 00:20:05,113
to be enough difference between

681
00:20:05,113 --> 00:20:06,481
the foreground color and the

682
00:20:06,481 --> 00:20:08,830
background color for people

683
00:20:08,830 --> 00:20:09,151
that are visually impaired, and

684
00:20:09,151 --> 00:20:10,520
does this meet those

685
00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:11,420
requirements? Yes, uh, so

686
00:20:11,420 --> 00:20:13,923
generally you have to be able

687
00:20:13,923 --> 00:20:15,758
to see it from a visibility of

688
00:20:15,758 --> 00:20:16,590
about 300 ft, um, so that

689
00:20:16,590 --> 00:20:16,304
s,

690
00:20:16,304 --> 00:20:18,940
that

691
00:20:18,940 --> 00:20:19,863
s pretty much the only

692
00:20:19,863 --> 00:20:21,899
limitation that there is um

693
00:20:21,899 --> 00:20:23,400
there is some um limitations on

694
00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:23,667
on certain types of fonts like

695
00:20:23,667 --> 00:20:25,436
you can

696
00:20:25,436 --> 00:20:26,737
t use like uh.

697
00:20:26,737 --> 00:20:28,372
Certain types of serif fonts

698
00:20:28,372 --> 00:20:29,374
and things like that, but other

699
00:20:29,374 --> 00:20:30,775
than that, it

700
00:20:30,775 --> 00:20:32,775
s just visibility

701
00:20:33,178 --> 00:20:33,511
from a distance and uh and it

702
00:20:33,511 --> 00:20:34,946
s

703
00:20:34,946 --> 00:20:35,159
some specific restrictions, so

704
00:20:35,159 --> 00:20:35,351
we

705
00:20:35,351 --> 00:20:36,148
re, we

706
00:20:36,148 --> 00:20:38,451
re all in the good

707
00:20:38,451 --> 00:20:40,887
with this now with the font and

708
00:20:40,887 --> 00:20:41,954
the colors and yeah. Ok, great.

709
00:20:41,954 --> 00:20:44,223
It looks amazing. I think we

710
00:20:44,223 --> 00:20:44,824
need to take a photo with it.

711
00:20:44,824 --> 00:20:45,992
Thank you. Now we

712
00:20:45,992 --> 00:20:47,894
re at the end.

713
00:20:47,894 --> 00:20:48,929
Well, whenever.

714
00:20:48,929 --> 00:20:50,898
Anyone else want to take a

715
00:20:50,898 --> 00:20:52,933
photo with the new signs, yeah,

716
00:20:52,933 --> 00:20:55,202
and, and, and these will be on

717
00:20:55,202 --> 00:20:55,836
all of our residential streets.

718
00:20:55,836 --> 00:20:56,170
Yes, yes, so it

719
00:20:56,170 --> 00:20:56,670
s pretty

720
00:20:56,670 --> 00:20:57,838
exciting. It

721
00:20:57,838 --> 00:20:59,838
ll definitely when

722
00:21:00,700 --> 00:21:00,266
you drive into Signal Hill,

723
00:21:00,266 --> 00:21:01,750
you

724
00:21:01,750 --> 00:21:01,409
ll clearly know you

725
00:21:01,409 --> 00:21:03,409
re in

726
00:21:03,845 --> 00:21:05,280
Signal Hill, which, uh, it will

727
00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:06,948
really differentiate us from

728
00:21:06,948 --> 00:21:08,160
our neighboring cities sign

729
00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:09,618
combinations.

730
00:21:09,618 --> 00:21:11,186
Any more questions for staff?

731
00:21:11,186 --> 00:21:11,988
So are we picking a design?

732
00:21:11,988 --> 00:21:12,689
What are we doing tonight? What

733
00:21:12,689 --> 00:21:13,890
do you need from us tonight?

734
00:21:13,890 --> 00:21:15,240
He

735
00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:15,251
s just given us an update.

736
00:21:15,251 --> 00:21:16,392
It

737
00:21:16,392 --> 00:21:16,693
s an update and if there

738
00:21:16,693 --> 00:21:18,610
s

739
00:21:18,610 --> 00:21:20,130
anything, you know, any, um, I

740
00:21:20,130 --> 00:21:21,631
guess, uh, adjustments that you

741
00:21:21,631 --> 00:21:22,733
see as far as coloring like I

742
00:21:22,733 --> 00:21:24,134
mean I heard a, you know,

743
00:21:24,134 --> 00:21:25,569
comment to make sure the

744
00:21:25,569 --> 00:21:27,137
coloring was, was matching what

745
00:21:27,137 --> 00:21:27,438
our other signage is, so we

746
00:21:27,438 --> 00:21:28,906
ll

747
00:21:28,906 --> 00:21:30,641
make sure, but yeah, this is,

748
00:21:30,641 --> 00:21:32,677
this is essentially that color.

749
00:21:32,677 --> 00:21:33,812
When, when did this, because i

750
00:21:33,812 --> 00:21:34,846
remember seeing designs. I

751
00:21:34,846 --> 00:21:35,780
remember discussing this and

752
00:21:35,780 --> 00:21:37,115
talking about coloring. So when

753
00:21:37,115 --> 00:21:38,351
was that? When did this last

754
00:21:38,351 --> 00:21:39,351
come to council? This was

755
00:21:39,351 --> 00:21:41,200
roughly last summer.

756
00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:42,540
I want to say last summer, ok,

757
00:21:42,540 --> 00:21:44,540
yeah, I remember.

758
00:21:44,990 --> 00:21:46,326
Uh, we, we narrowed it down

759
00:21:46,326 --> 00:21:48,528
then from several different

760
00:21:48,528 --> 00:21:50,630
options. Ok.

761
00:21:50,630 --> 00:21:52,630
Gambino.

762
00:21:52,432 --> 00:21:54,401
Like to just add um so

763
00:21:54,401 --> 00:21:55,602
essentially this this sign is,

764
00:21:55,602 --> 00:21:56,470
is we wanted to showcase it

765
00:21:56,470 --> 00:21:57,905
really. It

766
00:21:57,905 --> 00:21:59,274
s roughly 95% of the

767
00:21:59,274 --> 00:22:01,676
way there, there are gonna be

768
00:22:01,676 --> 00:22:03,578
some, some slight adjustments,

769
00:22:03,578 --> 00:22:04,779
um, so as far as the coloring,

770
00:22:04,779 --> 00:22:06,681
uh, it does look a little

771
00:22:06,681 --> 00:22:08,116
pastelly we believe that the

772
00:22:08,116 --> 00:22:09,184
that the contractor or the

773
00:22:09,184 --> 00:22:10,385
vendor really can get the

774
00:22:10,385 --> 00:22:12,121
colors a little dialed in.

775
00:22:12,121 --> 00:22:13,550
Um, there are some borders that

776
00:22:13,550 --> 00:22:14,891
are going to be added.

777
00:22:14,891 --> 00:22:15,940
Um, to the sign itself, and

778
00:22:15,940 --> 00:22:16,492
we

779
00:22:16,492 --> 00:22:18,661
re going to be fixing to the

780
00:22:18,661 --> 00:22:21,564
contour of the of the actual

781
00:22:21,564 --> 00:22:21,798
hill, um, so come in OCTOBER

782
00:22:21,798 --> 00:22:22,632
when we

783
00:22:22,632 --> 00:22:22,799
re ready to award,

784
00:22:22,799 --> 00:22:23,700
we

785
00:22:23,700 --> 00:22:26,103
re gonna be providing the

786
00:22:26,103 --> 00:22:27,404
council with a submittal that

787
00:22:27,404 --> 00:22:29,640
shows what the sign will look

788
00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:30,908
like at the end, um, really

789
00:22:30,908 --> 00:22:33,244
today was, was just to show

790
00:22:33,244 --> 00:22:34,946
what the what a retroreflective

791
00:22:34,946 --> 00:22:36,881
sign looks like what this sign

792
00:22:36,881 --> 00:22:37,849
looks like uh lit up and then

793
00:22:37,849 --> 00:22:38,884
also to get any sort of

794
00:22:38,884 --> 00:22:39,384
feedback that the council MAY

795
00:22:39,384 --> 00:22:41,186
have.

796
00:22:41,186 --> 00:22:42,289
And all the street signs,

797
00:22:42,289 --> 00:22:43,322
residential street signs, will

798
00:22:43,322 --> 00:22:43,989
also have an illumination to

799
00:22:43,989 --> 00:22:45,725
them, right? They won

800
00:22:45,725 --> 00:22:45,992
t be lit,

801
00:22:45,992 --> 00:22:47,126
but they

802
00:22:47,126 --> 00:22:47,326
ll be reflective. Yes,

803
00:22:47,326 --> 00:22:48,261
they

804
00:22:48,261 --> 00:22:50,261
ll be retroreflective,

805
00:22:50,497 --> 00:22:52,399
correct.

806
00:22:52,399 --> 00:22:55,200
Any other questions or comments?

807
00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:56,737
All right thank you so much

808
00:22:56,737 --> 00:22:59,373
good job yay, round of applause.

809
00:22:59,373 --> 00:23:00,776
Yay.

810
00:23:00,776 --> 00:23:02,210
Council say after for a quick

811
00:23:02,210 --> 00:23:02,510
picture. Sure, ok.

812
00:23:02,510 --> 00:23:03,344
Cindy, we

813
00:23:03,344 --> 00:23:04,646
re going to take a

814
00:23:04,646 --> 00:23:07,460
picture afterwards with the

815
00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:08,483
council, ok? Thank you. Um, we

816
00:23:08,483 --> 00:23:10,180
have one public hearing tonight,

817
00:23:10,180 --> 00:23:11,720
um, just to kind of let the

818
00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:12,821
audience know how the public

819
00:23:12,821 --> 00:23:13,100
hearing will go. Um, first,

820
00:23:13,100 --> 00:23:14,924
we

821
00:23:14,924 --> 00:23:16,192
ll have a staff report. Then

822
00:23:16,192 --> 00:23:17,894
council has an opportunity to

823
00:23:17,894 --> 00:23:18,828
ask any questions after the

824
00:23:18,828 --> 00:23:19,610
staff report, uh, then we

825
00:23:19,610 --> 00:23:20,998
ll

826
00:23:20,998 --> 00:23:23,534
open up the public hearing for

827
00:23:23,534 --> 00:23:23,934
those that are in the, uh,

828
00:23:23,934 --> 00:23:25,680
public, you

829
00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:26,737
ll have 3 minutes

830
00:23:26,737 --> 00:23:27,738
to make your comments or ask

831
00:23:27,738 --> 00:23:27,971
any questions. If they

832
00:23:27,971 --> 00:23:29,173
re

833
00:23:29,173 --> 00:23:29,773
questions that can be answered

834
00:23:29,773 --> 00:23:31,750
tonight, we

835
00:23:31,750 --> 00:23:33,177
ll ask staff to

836
00:23:33,177 --> 00:23:34,245
answer those, um, and.

837
00:23:34,245 --> 00:23:34,745
Then once, and then we

838
00:23:34,745 --> 00:23:36,548
ll also

839
00:23:36,548 --> 00:23:38,450
open it up to any Zoom

840
00:23:38,450 --> 00:23:40,218
participants that want to make

841
00:23:40,218 --> 00:23:41,386
any comment after everybody has

842
00:23:41,386 --> 00:23:41,563
made their public comments.

843
00:23:41,563 --> 00:23:43,563
I

844
00:23:44,223 --> 00:23:47,823
ll come back to counsel for

845
00:23:47,827 --> 00:23:49,796
any discussion and or emotion.

846
00:23:49,796 --> 00:23:50,563
Um, so we will start with our

847
00:23:50,563 --> 00:23:51,999
staff report.

848
00:23:51,999 --> 00:23:53,499
Good evening again, Mayor and

849
00:23:53,499 --> 00:23:56,269
members of the city council. So,

850
00:23:56,269 --> 00:23:58,338
um, as, as you know, uh, the

851
00:23:58,338 --> 00:23:59,406
city has initiated the

852
00:23:59,406 --> 00:24:00,908
districting process pursuant to

853
00:24:00,908 --> 00:24:03,311
a letter that we received

854
00:24:03,311 --> 00:24:05,113
earlier this summer. Um, we had

855
00:24:05,113 --> 00:24:08,113
a community workshop, uh, last

856
00:24:08,450 --> 00:24:09,951
week, uh, which was led by DR.

857
00:24:09,951 --> 00:24:11,386
Justin Levitt to provide the

858
00:24:11,386 --> 00:24:13,210
community with information

859
00:24:13,210 --> 00:24:15,421
regarding the California Voting

860
00:24:15,791 --> 00:24:16,425
Rights Act, uh, additional

861
00:24:16,425 --> 00:24:18,328
information regarding

862
00:24:18,328 --> 00:24:20,263
districting and the mapmaking

863
00:24:20,263 --> 00:24:20,930
pro uh process, um, we had

864
00:24:20,930 --> 00:24:22,765
about 22.

865
00:24:22,765 --> 00:24:24,468
Attendees at that workshop, and

866
00:24:24,468 --> 00:24:25,235
this is the follow up to that

867
00:24:25,235 --> 00:24:25,535
community outreach we

868
00:24:25,535 --> 00:24:27,535
re going

869
00:24:27,971 --> 00:24:29,373
to have a total of 4 public

870
00:24:29,373 --> 00:24:30,975
hearings. This is the first of

871
00:24:30,975 --> 00:24:32,209
4 public hearings as indicated

872
00:24:32,209 --> 00:24:33,611
in our agenda report, we We

873
00:24:33,611 --> 00:24:35,513
have two public hearings that

874
00:24:35,513 --> 00:24:36,581
do not have maps, and then we

875
00:24:36,581 --> 00:24:39,170
have two public hearings, the

876
00:24:39,170 --> 00:24:40,752
3rd and 4th public hearing that

877
00:24:40,752 --> 00:24:42,988
have maps. The maps are then

878
00:24:42,988 --> 00:24:44,389
adopted by the city council via

879
00:24:44,389 --> 00:24:46,492
ordinance at the 4th public

880
00:24:46,492 --> 00:24:47,927
hearing. This is the initial

881
00:24:47,927 --> 00:24:48,980
part of this process. So what

882
00:24:48,980 --> 00:24:49,950
we

883
00:24:49,950 --> 00:24:50,629
re going to do this evening

884
00:24:50,629 --> 00:24:52,640
is have.

885
00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:53,299
Doctor Levitt provide an

886
00:24:53,299 --> 00:24:55,402
overview presentation and as

887
00:24:55,402 --> 00:24:57,237
the mayor indicated, provide an

888
00:24:57,237 --> 00:24:58,805
opportunity for feedback and

889
00:24:58,805 --> 00:24:59,806
discussion and answer as many

890
00:24:59,806 --> 00:25:01,750
questions as we can regarding

891
00:25:01,750 --> 00:25:02,877
the process. So without further

892
00:25:02,877 --> 00:25:04,545
ado, uh, Doctor Lovitt, one

893
00:25:04,545 --> 00:25:06,800
more question, Carlo, and when

894
00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:07,415
do we anticipate the 4th

895
00:25:07,415 --> 00:25:09,684
meeting being? The 4th meeting

896
00:25:09,684 --> 00:25:10,853
would be the 2nd meeting in

897
00:25:10,853 --> 00:25:12,853
OCTOBER.

898
00:25:13,455 --> 00:25:15,257
Ok, so basically every meeting

899
00:25:15,257 --> 00:25:17,192
between now 2 in SEPTEMBER 2 in

900
00:25:17,192 --> 00:25:17,626
October, and then by the end of

901
00:25:17,626 --> 00:25:18,894
OCTOBER we

902
00:25:18,894 --> 00:25:20,129
ll have chosen a map

903
00:25:20,129 --> 00:25:21,965
and moving forward, correct? Ok,

904
00:25:21,965 --> 00:25:23,965
thank you.

905
00:25:23,967 --> 00:25:25,902
Thank you, uh, Mayor Hanson,

906
00:25:25,902 --> 00:25:27,304
members of the community, and,

907
00:25:27,304 --> 00:25:28,772
um, members of, uh, the council

908
00:25:28,772 --> 00:25:30,841
who are here tonight. Uh, my

909
00:25:30,841 --> 00:25:31,608
name is Doctor Justin Levitt

910
00:25:31,608 --> 00:25:33,677
with National Demographics, and

911
00:25:33,677 --> 00:25:35,312
it is a pleasure to be here.

912
00:25:35,312 --> 00:25:37,248
Um, just to kind of take a step

913
00:25:37,248 --> 00:25:39,684
back and explain what is going

914
00:25:39,684 --> 00:25:41,419
on. The state of California

915
00:25:41,419 --> 00:25:42,487
allows cities to elect in

916
00:25:42,487 --> 00:25:43,822
different ways. Uh,

917
00:25:43,822 --> 00:25:45,822
traditionally, the vast

918
00:25:47,126 --> 00:25:48,794
majority of cities used abi or

919
00:25:48,794 --> 00:25:49,995
sorry, not large system of

920
00:25:49,995 --> 00:25:51,197
elections that means that all

921
00:25:51,197 --> 00:25:52,331
residents of the city could

922
00:25:52,331 --> 00:25:54,401
elect all members of the

923
00:25:54,401 --> 00:25:56,436
council, members of the council

924
00:25:56,436 --> 00:25:58,204
could reside anywhere within

925
00:25:58,204 --> 00:25:59,273
city limits. Um, there

926
00:25:59,273 --> 00:26:00,707
additionally was a from

927
00:26:00,707 --> 00:26:02,210
district system, a couple of

928
00:26:02,210 --> 00:26:04,610
cities, Newport Beach and

929
00:26:04,678 --> 00:26:07,181
Downey, um, I see at the end.

930
00:26:07,181 --> 00:26:08,549
Use the system where they had

931
00:26:08,549 --> 00:26:10,251
districts where council members

932
00:26:10,251 --> 00:26:11,887
must reside, but elections were

933
00:26:11,887 --> 00:26:13,588
held among all the residents of

934
00:26:13,588 --> 00:26:16,325
the city. These were called

935
00:26:16,325 --> 00:26:18,227
from district systems.

936
00:26:18,227 --> 00:26:19,695
A third system that cities

937
00:26:19,695 --> 00:26:20,930
including Long Beach use as a

938
00:26:20,930 --> 00:26:22,465
bi-district system. This is

939
00:26:22,465 --> 00:26:24,501
similar to how we elect members

940
00:26:24,501 --> 00:26:26,169
to Congress or the state

941
00:26:26,169 --> 00:26:27,937
legislature where the where a

942
00:26:27,937 --> 00:26:29,306
city would be divided into city

943
00:26:29,306 --> 00:26:30,207
council districts. Each

944
00:26:30,207 --> 00:26:31,742
district would have a

945
00:26:31,742 --> 00:26:32,943
representative and only the

946
00:26:32,943 --> 00:26:34,745
voters within that district

947
00:26:34,745 --> 00:26:37,145
would elect that representative.

948
00:26:38,115 --> 00:26:38,416
For the 1st 150 years of

949
00:26:38,416 --> 00:26:39,500
California

950
00:26:39,500 --> 00:26:41,500
s existence, most

951
00:26:41,185 --> 00:26:43,589
cities use this at-large system

952
00:26:43,589 --> 00:26:44,889
of elections. However, in 2002,

953
00:26:44,889 --> 00:26:47,259
the California Voting Rights

954
00:26:47,259 --> 00:26:49,161
Act was written and one of the

955
00:26:49,161 --> 00:26:51,561
provisions in the California

956
00:26:52,999 --> 00:26:54,834
Voting Rights Act was to create

957
00:26:54,834 --> 00:26:56,834
litigation or potential

958
00:26:57,270 --> 00:26:58,839
litigation to require cities to

959
00:26:58,839 --> 00:27:01,641
change their method of election

960
00:27:01,641 --> 00:27:02,809
in order to give protected

961
00:27:02,809 --> 00:27:03,911
class communities the

962
00:27:03,911 --> 00:27:05,245
opportunity to elect candidates

963
00:27:05,245 --> 00:27:07,681
of their choice. This law was.

964
00:27:07,681 --> 00:27:10,510
To encourage cities to switch

965
00:27:10,510 --> 00:27:11,180
to by district elections in

966
00:27:11,180 --> 00:27:12,588
particular by giving

967
00:27:12,588 --> 00:27:13,889
by-district election cities a

968
00:27:13,889 --> 00:27:15,156
safe harbor. They would be

969
00:27:15,156 --> 00:27:16,524
protected from future

970
00:27:16,524 --> 00:27:18,560
litigation under the California

971
00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:20,620
Voting Rights Act if they used

972
00:27:20,620 --> 00:27:20,496
a bi-district method of

973
00:27:20,496 --> 00:27:22,496
election.

974
00:27:22,599 --> 00:27:25,368
And so we have seen if we go to

975
00:27:25,368 --> 00:27:27,571
the next slide over the last 15

976
00:27:27,571 --> 00:27:29,506
to 20 years, the tidal wave

977
00:27:29,506 --> 00:27:31,741
across the state of California

978
00:27:31,741 --> 00:27:34,141
of cities, school districts,

979
00:27:35,112 --> 00:27:37,140
and other special districts

980
00:27:37,140 --> 00:27:38,716
switching from at large to by

981
00:27:38,716 --> 00:27:40,716
district elections.

982
00:27:42,860 --> 00:27:44,289
So for example, we now see over

983
00:27:44,289 --> 00:27:46,240
217 cities, including 3 that

984
00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:47,426
are currently undergoing this

985
00:27:47,426 --> 00:27:48,494
transition to district election,

986
00:27:48,494 --> 00:27:49,295
um, in addition, we

987
00:27:49,295 --> 00:27:51,295
ve seen

988
00:27:51,697 --> 00:27:53,499
over 300 school districts and

989
00:27:53,499 --> 00:27:55,301
46 community college districts

990
00:27:55,301 --> 00:27:56,669
as well as nearly 80 other

991
00:27:56,669 --> 00:27:58,400
special districts including

992
00:27:58,400 --> 00:27:59,305
health care districts and

993
00:27:59,305 --> 00:28:00,707
airport management districts,

994
00:28:00,707 --> 00:28:01,942
port management districts, and

995
00:28:01,942 --> 00:28:02,142
so on.

996
00:28:02,142 --> 00:28:03,110
They

997
00:28:03,110 --> 00:28:04,544
ve also affected every

998
00:28:04,544 --> 00:28:06,880
corner of the state from the

999
00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:08,315
city of Eureka up in Northern

1000
00:28:08,315 --> 00:28:09,750
California all the way to the

1001
00:28:09,750 --> 00:28:11,352
Imperial Valley irrigation and

1002
00:28:11,352 --> 00:28:12,920
Water District down in Imperial

1003
00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:14,989
County on the border.

1004
00:28:14,989 --> 00:28:16,758
Um, in addition, the legal

1005
00:28:16,758 --> 00:28:18,693
picture for cities that have

1006
00:28:18,693 --> 00:28:20,950
tried to challenge the

1007
00:28:20,950 --> 00:28:21,797
California Voting Rights Act

1008
00:28:21,797 --> 00:28:23,332
has been mostly a history of

1009
00:28:23,332 --> 00:28:25,468
losses in the court at the

1010
00:28:25,468 --> 00:28:26,836
courts. Uh, so far, 4 cities

1011
00:28:26,836 --> 00:28:29,236
have challenged the California

1012
00:28:29,272 --> 00:28:32,742
Voting Rights Act on the merits.

1013
00:28:32,742 --> 00:28:34,311
All four have received negative

1014
00:28:34,311 --> 00:28:35,579
judgments, um, all for the

1015
00:28:35,579 --> 00:28:37,448
district court level, um, 2 of

1016
00:28:37,448 --> 00:28:39,316
them, cities of Huntington

1017
00:28:39,316 --> 00:28:40,686
Beach and Pasadena are

1018
00:28:40,686 --> 00:28:42,186
currently in litigation, um,

1019
00:28:42,186 --> 00:28:42,653
Pasadena went all the way up to,

1020
00:28:42,653 --> 00:28:45,530
or sorry, not past.

1021
00:28:45,356 --> 00:28:47,392
You know, um, Santa Monica went

1022
00:28:47,392 --> 00:28:48,693
all the way up to the state

1023
00:28:48,693 --> 00:28:50,629
Supreme Court, um, the state

1024
00:28:50,629 --> 00:28:52,731
Supreme Court has sent that

1025
00:28:52,731 --> 00:28:54,320
down for future action and

1026
00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:55,134
discussion at the lower court

1027
00:28:55,134 --> 00:28:56,202
level and the city of

1028
00:28:56,202 --> 00:28:58,337
Huntington Beach was actually

1029
00:28:58,337 --> 00:29:00,240
in the middle of deciding

1030
00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:01,575
whether to appeal when we got a

1031
00:29:01,575 --> 00:29:03,643
new Supreme Court decision in

1032
00:29:03,643 --> 00:29:04,811
JULY, or sorry, JUNE, that sort

1033
00:29:04,811 --> 00:29:05,412
of changed the picture on a lot

1034
00:29:05,412 --> 00:29:05,913
of this that we

1035
00:29:05,913 --> 00:29:07,614
ll talk about

1036
00:29:07,614 --> 00:29:09,490
as we go through the

1037
00:29:09,490 --> 00:29:09,250
presentation, um, but currently

1038
00:29:09,250 --> 00:29:10,170
they

1039
00:29:10,170 --> 00:29:11,786
re deciding whether or not

1040
00:29:11,786 --> 00:29:13,688
to appeal, and if so on what

1041
00:29:13,688 --> 00:29:15,688
grounds?

1042
00:29:16,625 --> 00:29:18,526
Um, now what the state has done

1043
00:29:18,526 --> 00:29:20,996
is created this opportunity for

1044
00:29:20,996 --> 00:29:22,531
cities to not admit liability

1045
00:29:22,531 --> 00:29:24,299
under the California Voting

1046
00:29:24,299 --> 00:29:26,101
Rights Act, but to make the

1047
00:29:26,101 --> 00:29:29,500
change in response to a demand

1048
00:29:29,500 --> 00:29:30,606
letter, um, in order to protect

1049
00:29:30,606 --> 00:29:33,443
or preserve their right in the

1050
00:29:33,443 --> 00:29:35,579
future to choose their own maps

1051
00:29:35,579 --> 00:29:36,913
as well as potentially make

1052
00:29:36,913 --> 00:29:38,249
future changes depending on how

1053
00:29:38,249 --> 00:29:39,490
the legal picture changes in

1054
00:29:39,490 --> 00:29:39,450
the future.

1055
00:29:39,450 --> 00:29:40,317
And so that

1056
00:29:40,317 --> 00:29:42,720
s what the city is

1057
00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:44,289
doing, um, not admitting

1058
00:29:44,289 --> 00:29:45,156
liability under the California

1059
00:29:45,156 --> 00:29:45,423
Voting Rights Act. There

1060
00:29:45,423 --> 00:29:47,225
s been

1061
00:29:47,225 --> 00:29:48,960
no actual lawsuit, just a

1062
00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:51,363
demand letter, but making this

1063
00:29:51,363 --> 00:29:53,310
change in order to comply with

1064
00:29:53,310 --> 00:29:55,701
the law, um, in addition that

1065
00:29:55,701 --> 00:29:57,202
will put the city into the safe

1066
00:29:57,202 --> 00:29:58,871
harbor under the current

1067
00:29:58,871 --> 00:30:01,271
California Voting Rights Act.

1068
00:30:01,974 --> 00:30:02,909
Um, if we look at this process

1069
00:30:02,909 --> 00:30:04,244
that we know we talked a little

1070
00:30:04,244 --> 00:30:07,470
bit about it. The timing of

1071
00:30:07,470 --> 00:30:08,482
this process is really set up

1072
00:30:08,482 --> 00:30:10,417
by that demand letter process

1073
00:30:10,417 --> 00:30:12,352
that we talked about before.

1074
00:30:12,352 --> 00:30:14,188
In response to a demand letter,

1075
00:30:14,188 --> 00:30:15,122
city has 45 days to decide

1076
00:30:15,122 --> 00:30:15,990
whether or not to make the

1077
00:30:15,990 --> 00:30:17,291
change.

1078
00:30:17,291 --> 00:30:20,328
And if they decide to make the

1079
00:30:20,328 --> 00:30:22,297
change, they have another safe

1080
00:30:22,297 --> 00:30:24,199
window of 90 days where they

1081
00:30:24,199 --> 00:30:26,135
are protected against other

1082
00:30:26,135 --> 00:30:28,300
litigation or other plaintiffs

1083
00:30:28,300 --> 00:30:29,171
potentially coming in, or a

1084
00:30:29,171 --> 00:30:30,873
full lawsuit being filed

1085
00:30:30,873 --> 00:30:32,375
against the city. Our schedule

1086
00:30:32,375 --> 00:30:33,776
is designed to stay within that

1087
00:30:33,776 --> 00:30:35,776
range.

1088
00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:38,115
So this is why we have so many

1089
00:30:38,115 --> 00:30:40,830
public hearings kind of

1090
00:30:40,830 --> 00:30:41,753
compressed into a SEPTEMBER and

1091
00:30:41,753 --> 00:30:44,522
OCTOBER in order to make sure

1092
00:30:44,522 --> 00:30:46,424
we stay within our safe window.

1093
00:30:46,424 --> 00:30:47,458
This does mean that we have our

1094
00:30:47,458 --> 00:30:48,293
two public hearings in

1095
00:30:48,293 --> 00:30:49,327
SEPTEMBER where we don

1096
00:30:49,327 --> 00:30:51,300
t have

1097
00:30:51,300 --> 00:30:51,199
any draft maps drawn that we

1098
00:30:51,199 --> 00:30:51,376
re,

1099
00:30:51,376 --> 00:30:52,331
we

1100
00:30:52,331 --> 00:30:53,265
re, you know, this includes

1101
00:30:53,265 --> 00:30:54,799
the workshop that we actually

1102
00:30:54,799 --> 00:30:56,568
held last week where we started

1103
00:30:56,568 --> 00:30:57,703
our first look at public

1104
00:30:57,703 --> 00:30:58,838
comment and feedback on

1105
00:30:58,838 --> 00:30:59,705
neighborhoods and communities

1106
00:30:59,705 --> 00:31:01,140
of interest.

1107
00:31:01,140 --> 00:31:02,708
And we also invite members of

1108
00:31:02,708 --> 00:31:04,430
the community to submit their

1109
00:31:04,430 --> 00:31:04,411
own maps which we have

1110
00:31:04,411 --> 00:31:05,110
available. I

1111
00:31:05,110 --> 00:31:06,450
ll talk about the

1112
00:31:06,450 --> 00:31:08,582
tools at the end of the

1113
00:31:08,582 --> 00:31:09,283
presentation.

1114
00:31:09,283 --> 00:31:10,170
After which we

1115
00:31:10,170 --> 00:31:12,170
ll release the

1116
00:31:12,486 --> 00:31:14,550
draft maps in early OCTOBER and

1117
00:31:14,550 --> 00:31:15,590
have two public hearings to

1118
00:31:15,590 --> 00:31:16,424
discuss and revise the draft

1119
00:31:16,424 --> 00:31:17,792
maps.

1120
00:31:17,792 --> 00:31:18,860
At that 4th public hearing, the

1121
00:31:18,860 --> 00:31:20,562
council will make that

1122
00:31:20,562 --> 00:31:21,963
selection, and then on NOVEMBER

1123
00:31:21,963 --> 00:31:24,232
10th we have our second reading

1124
00:31:24,232 --> 00:31:25,834
and final adoption.

1125
00:31:25,834 --> 00:31:27,636
That those the the 4th and 5th

1126
00:31:27,636 --> 00:31:28,837
public hearing have to be done

1127
00:31:28,837 --> 00:31:30,606
at a regular city council

1128
00:31:30,606 --> 00:31:31,974
meeting.

1129
00:31:31,974 --> 00:31:33,610
Um, after the 3rd public

1130
00:31:33,610 --> 00:31:33,843
hearing, just to kind of make

1131
00:31:33,843 --> 00:31:35,843
sure it

1132
00:31:36,460 --> 00:31:37,580
s clear there will be

1133
00:31:37,580 --> 00:31:39,182
another opportunity for new

1134
00:31:39,182 --> 00:31:40,384
maps to be submitted or revised

1135
00:31:40,384 --> 00:31:41,284
maps to be drawn by the

1136
00:31:41,284 --> 00:31:43,284
community.

1137
00:31:43,487 --> 00:31:44,722
We have a full calendar

1138
00:31:44,722 --> 00:31:47,122
including all of those

1139
00:31:47,391 --> 00:31:49,160
deadlines and dates at

1140
00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:49,494
Drawsignalhill.Org, the city

1141
00:31:49,494 --> 00:31:50,228
s

1142
00:31:50,228 --> 00:31:52,228
districting website.

1143
00:31:52,764 --> 00:31:54,966
We go to the next slide.

1144
00:31:54,966 --> 00:31:57,102
Um, to talk through briefly the

1145
00:31:57,102 --> 00:31:58,570
rules and goals of

1146
00:31:58,570 --> 00:31:59,638
redistricting. The California

1147
00:31:59,638 --> 00:32:00,440
Voting Rights Act doesn

1148
00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:02,440
t

1149
00:32:02,441 --> 00:32:04,841
itself have any redistricting

1150
00:32:05,110 --> 00:32:07,647
criteria, but the Fair Maps Act

1151
00:32:07,647 --> 00:32:09,816
of 2024 requires that we use a

1152
00:32:09,816 --> 00:32:11,251
specific set listed here.

1153
00:32:11,251 --> 00:32:13,253
And with the Fair Maps Act

1154
00:32:13,253 --> 00:32:15,122
divides them into three

1155
00:32:15,122 --> 00:32:16,891
categories federal laws on our

1156
00:32:16,891 --> 00:32:18,225
left-hand side come from the

1157
00:32:18,225 --> 00:32:19,961
Supreme Court, and they apply

1158
00:32:19,961 --> 00:32:21,195
to all cities, counties, and

1159
00:32:21,195 --> 00:32:21,962
states that have district

1160
00:32:21,962 --> 00:32:23,962
elections.

1161
00:32:24,532 --> 00:32:25,868
First and foremost is equal

1162
00:32:25,868 --> 00:32:28,203
population. This is the one

1163
00:32:28,203 --> 00:32:30,372
person, one vote principle. We

1164
00:32:30,372 --> 00:32:32,508
use our latest census, the 2020

1165
00:32:32,508 --> 00:32:34,443
census, to get our total

1166
00:32:34,443 --> 00:32:36,379
population count, so that does

1167
00:32:36,379 --> 00:32:37,381
include everyone, including

1168
00:32:37,381 --> 00:32:38,448
children, including

1169
00:32:38,448 --> 00:32:40,448
non-citizens, everyone counted

1170
00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:41,918
as part of that 2020 total

1171
00:32:41,918 --> 00:32:42,185
population count.

1172
00:32:42,185 --> 00:32:43,186
And that

1173
00:32:43,186 --> 00:32:44,688
s the number that gets

1174
00:32:44,688 --> 00:32:45,790
divided by the number of

1175
00:32:45,790 --> 00:32:46,560
districts.

1176
00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:46,757
Now they

1177
00:32:46,757 --> 00:32:46,924
re recognized you

1178
00:32:46,924 --> 00:32:48,924
can

1179
00:32:49,561 --> 00:32:51,362
t get down to 0. Perfect

1180
00:32:51,362 --> 00:32:52,964
equality.

1181
00:32:52,964 --> 00:32:54,432
Without breaking neighborhoods

1182
00:32:54,432 --> 00:32:57,168
and communities, and so they

1183
00:32:57,168 --> 00:32:59,271
allow a deviation or difference

1184
00:32:59,271 --> 00:33:00,439
from perfect equality of up to

1185
00:33:00,439 --> 00:33:01,774
10%.

1186
00:33:01,774 --> 00:33:03,242
That means the difference

1187
00:33:03,242 --> 00:33:04,677
between the populations of the

1188
00:33:04,677 --> 00:33:06,512
largest and smallest districts

1189
00:33:06,512 --> 00:33:08,181
has to stay under that 10%

1190
00:33:08,181 --> 00:33:10,181
limit.

1191
00:33:10,617 --> 00:33:12,850
Second is our federal Voting

1192
00:33:12,850 --> 00:33:13,553
Rights Act requirement. This is

1193
00:33:13,553 --> 00:33:15,455
where we see that court case,

1194
00:33:15,455 --> 00:33:16,890
the Calais decision in JUNE,

1195
00:33:16,890 --> 00:33:19,293
has the most impact, you know,

1196
00:33:19,293 --> 00:33:21,610
before JUNE I could give you a

1197
00:33:21,610 --> 00:33:22,797
very specific detailed analysis

1198
00:33:22,797 --> 00:33:23,300
of what this meant, but right

1199
00:33:23,300 --> 00:33:24,265
now we

1200
00:33:24,265 --> 00:33:25,867
re still in that process

1201
00:33:25,867 --> 00:33:27,102
of trying to determine what the

1202
00:33:27,102 --> 00:33:28,360
Supreme Court meant in the

1203
00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:30,360
Calais decision.

1204
00:33:30,806 --> 00:33:32,740
A lot of the decision concerned

1205
00:33:32,740 --> 00:33:34,143
partisanship, which we are

1206
00:33:34,143 --> 00:33:35,544
actually banned by the state of

1207
00:33:35,544 --> 00:33:36,445
California from considering in

1208
00:33:36,445 --> 00:33:37,113
our process.

1209
00:33:37,113 --> 00:33:38,180
And so what I

1210
00:33:38,180 --> 00:33:39,649
ll give you is

1211
00:33:39,649 --> 00:33:41,818
kind of the standard idea of

1212
00:33:41,818 --> 00:33:43,220
what the Voting Rights Act

1213
00:33:43,220 --> 00:33:45,522
requires is that race and

1214
00:33:45,522 --> 00:33:47,357
ethnicity is not the primary

1215
00:33:47,357 --> 00:33:49,393
consideration in the behind a

1216
00:33:49,393 --> 00:33:51,629
district or um a a geographic,

1217
00:33:51,629 --> 00:33:54,290
uh, you know, constituency.

1218
00:33:54,532 --> 00:33:56,134
At most it can be one of many

1219
00:33:56,134 --> 00:33:57,402
criteria that you consider in

1220
00:33:57,402 --> 00:33:59,871
drawing a district, but it

1221
00:33:59,871 --> 00:34:01,974
cannot be the primary or only

1222
00:34:01,974 --> 00:34:03,742
consideration in its creation.

1223
00:34:03,742 --> 00:34:06,110
Instead, the law is always

1224
00:34:06,110 --> 00:34:08,148
required, even before Calais,

1225
00:34:08,148 --> 00:34:11,317
that we focus on communities of

1226
00:34:11,317 --> 00:34:12,552
interest. Those other features,

1227
00:34:12,552 --> 00:34:14,321
um, which could include

1228
00:34:14,321 --> 00:34:16,721
everything from income and

1229
00:34:17,858 --> 00:34:19,600
class to education, uh, to

1230
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:20,628
history and neighborhood, uh,

1231
00:34:20,628 --> 00:34:22,563
that bring people together in

1232
00:34:22,563 --> 00:34:24,563
different ways.

1233
00:34:25,466 --> 00:34:27,936
Um, so the pro, the, the

1234
00:34:27,936 --> 00:34:28,937
decision did not overturn any

1235
00:34:28,937 --> 00:34:30,720
prohibitions on racial

1236
00:34:30,720 --> 00:34:31,406
gerrymandering that already

1237
00:34:31,406 --> 00:34:32,608
existed, it actually

1238
00:34:32,608 --> 00:34:33,108
strengthened them to some

1239
00:34:33,108 --> 00:34:33,709
degree, and that

1240
00:34:33,709 --> 00:34:35,709
s the degree

1241
00:34:36,378 --> 00:34:37,613
being worked out by the courts.

1242
00:34:37,613 --> 00:34:39,613
Um.

1243
00:34:40,984 --> 00:34:42,953
In the middle column are

1244
00:34:42,953 --> 00:34:44,754
California criteria um in

1245
00:34:44,754 --> 00:34:46,356
prioritized order from the Fair

1246
00:34:46,356 --> 00:34:49,590
Maps Act, must be looked at in

1247
00:34:49,590 --> 00:34:50,461
this order. First is contiguity,

1248
00:34:50,461 --> 00:34:51,896
contiguity is the principle

1249
00:34:51,896 --> 00:34:53,764
that all parts of the district

1250
00:34:53,764 --> 00:34:55,466
must touch or there might be

1251
00:34:55,466 --> 00:34:56,234
one outside border of the

1252
00:34:56,234 --> 00:34:57,302
district.

1253
00:34:57,302 --> 00:34:57,902
This means that we can

1254
00:34:57,902 --> 00:34:59,304
t jump

1255
00:34:59,304 --> 00:35:00,538
over a county island or a

1256
00:35:00,538 --> 00:35:02,274
portion of the city of Long

1257
00:35:02,274 --> 00:35:03,108
Beach to connect areas.

1258
00:35:03,108 --> 00:35:03,809
It also means we can

1259
00:35:03,809 --> 00:35:05,144
t just

1260
00:35:05,144 --> 00:35:06,679
pick random census blocks from

1261
00:35:06,679 --> 00:35:08,180
different parts of the city and

1262
00:35:08,180 --> 00:35:10,490
called it a district. All the

1263
00:35:10,490 --> 00:35:11,384
parts must have a common

1264
00:35:11,384 --> 00:35:13,384
outside border.

1265
00:35:13,787 --> 00:35:14,988
Below that we have our division

1266
00:35:14,988 --> 00:35:16,289
of neighborhoods and avoiding

1267
00:35:16,289 --> 00:35:18,158
division of neighborhoods and

1268
00:35:18,158 --> 00:35:19,726
communities of interest if we

1269
00:35:19,726 --> 00:35:20,861
identify a certain area as a

1270
00:35:20,861 --> 00:35:21,962
neighborhood or community of

1271
00:35:21,962 --> 00:35:23,598
interest, we should strive to

1272
00:35:23,598 --> 00:35:25,990
keep it together.

1273
00:35:25,990 --> 00:35:27,135
The law recognizes that you MAY

1274
00:35:27,135 --> 00:35:28,303
not be able to because of

1275
00:35:28,303 --> 00:35:28,703
population, but to the extent

1276
00:35:28,703 --> 00:35:29,337
we can, it

1277
00:35:29,337 --> 00:35:31,337
s something we

1278
00:35:31,740 --> 00:35:34,140
should look to do.

1279
00:35:34,276 --> 00:35:35,644
Um, 3rd, easily identifiable

1280
00:35:35,644 --> 00:35:36,945
boundaries. This is the

1281
00:35:36,945 --> 00:35:38,314
principle that districts should

1282
00:35:38,314 --> 00:35:39,983
be easy for voters to

1283
00:35:39,983 --> 00:35:41,851
understand. So to the extent we

1284
00:35:41,851 --> 00:35:42,986
can use major roads rather than

1285
00:35:42,986 --> 00:35:44,654
jogging through neighborhoods,

1286
00:35:44,654 --> 00:35:46,790
we should strive to do that.

1287
00:35:46,790 --> 00:35:48,358
Uh, we can also use natural

1288
00:35:48,358 --> 00:35:49,593
features or other natural

1289
00:35:49,593 --> 00:35:51,395
breaks to create those

1290
00:35:51,395 --> 00:35:52,963
boundaries as well.

1291
00:35:52,963 --> 00:35:54,365
And lastly, compactness, which

1292
00:35:54,365 --> 00:35:55,834
the law defines as not

1293
00:35:55,834 --> 00:35:57,535
bypassing one neighborhood to

1294
00:35:57,535 --> 00:35:59,304
get to another group of people.

1295
00:35:59,304 --> 00:36:01,606
Um, this is really aimed at the

1296
00:36:01,606 --> 00:36:03,175
hooks and fingers, kind of odd

1297
00:36:03,175 --> 00:36:03,442
looking divisions that seem

1298
00:36:03,442 --> 00:36:05,311
like they

1299
00:36:05,311 --> 00:36:07,613
re designed to get a

1300
00:36:07,613 --> 00:36:09,648
particular block or area out of

1301
00:36:09,648 --> 00:36:11,151
or into a particular district.

1302
00:36:11,151 --> 00:36:13,190
I note they are rank ordered.

1303
00:36:13,190 --> 00:36:13,219
So if that border is because

1304
00:36:13,219 --> 00:36:14,454
that

1305
00:36:14,454 --> 00:36:16,523
s where the neighborhood

1306
00:36:16,523 --> 00:36:17,924
or community boundary is like a

1307
00:36:17,924 --> 00:36:19,326
homeowners association along a

1308
00:36:19,326 --> 00:36:21,328
cliffside, for example, we

1309
00:36:21,328 --> 00:36:23,397
would follow that border.

1310
00:36:23,397 --> 00:36:24,899
First, before we worry about

1311
00:36:24,899 --> 00:36:26,670
compactness.

1312
00:36:26,670 --> 00:36:27,835
Oftentimes what this comes down

1313
00:36:27,835 --> 00:36:29,237
to is, does the boundary make

1314
00:36:29,237 --> 00:36:30,772
sense to the residents that

1315
00:36:30,772 --> 00:36:32,607
live in the city, even if it

1316
00:36:32,607 --> 00:36:34,543
looks a little strange if we

1317
00:36:34,543 --> 00:36:34,810
can kind of understand from the

1318
00:36:34,810 --> 00:36:36,511
residents

1319
00:36:36,511 --> 00:36:37,714
perspective why they

1320
00:36:37,714 --> 00:36:39,181
would why that boundary makes

1321
00:36:39,181 --> 00:36:41,484
sense. We can draw it without

1322
00:36:41,484 --> 00:36:42,919
violating compactness.

1323
00:36:42,919 --> 00:36:44,320
Now, there also is that

1324
00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:45,822
prohibition at the beginning of

1325
00:36:45,822 --> 00:36:48,258
the 3rd column, that districts

1326
00:36:48,258 --> 00:36:49,526
should not be drawn with

1327
00:36:49,526 --> 00:36:51,526
consideration of partisanship

1328
00:36:52,950 --> 00:36:53,731
data, incumbency or potential

1329
00:36:53,731 --> 00:36:56,731
candidate information and so to

1330
00:36:56,835 --> 00:36:57,401
the extent that we have or any

1331
00:36:57,401 --> 00:36:57,802
information on that is

1332
00:36:57,802 --> 00:36:58,636
available. It

1333
00:36:58,636 --> 00:37:00,710
s not included in

1334
00:37:00,710 --> 00:37:00,221
any of the data sets. It won

1335
00:37:00,221 --> 00:37:02,107
t

1336
00:37:02,107 --> 00:37:03,808
be used as part of our analysis

1337
00:37:03,808 --> 00:37:05,577
of the maps either.

1338
00:37:05,577 --> 00:37:06,678
And then finally we have our

1339
00:37:06,678 --> 00:37:07,947
other traditional districting

1340
00:37:07,947 --> 00:37:09,848
principles.

1341
00:37:09,848 --> 00:37:11,551
The fair Maps Act includes

1342
00:37:11,551 --> 00:37:13,286
everything in that 1st 2.5

1343
00:37:13,286 --> 00:37:14,387
columns, but there are other

1344
00:37:14,387 --> 00:37:16,787
principles that courts have

1345
00:37:17,123 --> 00:37:18,191
allowed over the years, such as

1346
00:37:18,191 --> 00:37:19,559
consideration of potential

1347
00:37:19,559 --> 00:37:20,260
future developments.

1348
00:37:20,260 --> 00:37:21,328
Um, they

1349
00:37:21,328 --> 00:37:22,429
ve done this with a

1350
00:37:22,429 --> 00:37:23,464
knowledge and under the

1351
00:37:23,464 --> 00:37:24,898
knowledge that you have to

1352
00:37:24,898 --> 00:37:26,133
comply with all of the

1353
00:37:26,133 --> 00:37:28,133
requirements first.

1354
00:37:28,169 --> 00:37:30,638
But if we have two really good

1355
00:37:30,638 --> 00:37:32,607
maps that do equally good job,

1356
00:37:32,607 --> 00:37:34,175
but one divides our new housing

1357
00:37:34,175 --> 00:37:35,844
equally between two districts,

1358
00:37:35,844 --> 00:37:38,748
and one of them puts it all in

1359
00:37:38,748 --> 00:37:40,449
one district, giving them

1360
00:37:40,449 --> 00:37:42,449
potentially higher deviation

1361
00:37:43,850 --> 00:37:44,921
later on, that could be a final

1362
00:37:44,921 --> 00:37:46,422
consideration in selecting

1363
00:37:46,422 --> 00:37:48,124
between two good maps.

1364
00:37:48,124 --> 00:37:49,526
So we want to make sure we

1365
00:37:49,526 --> 00:37:50,594
justify it according to

1366
00:37:50,594 --> 00:37:52,396
everything else first, but if

1367
00:37:52,396 --> 00:37:54,464
we have two really good maps,

1368
00:37:54,464 --> 00:37:56,433
we can kind of use other

1369
00:37:56,433 --> 00:37:58,169
factors as the tiebreakers.

1370
00:37:58,169 --> 00:37:59,437
As long as we

1371
00:37:59,437 --> 00:38:00,471
re in compliance.

1372
00:38:00,471 --> 00:38:02,707
If we go to the next slide,

1373
00:38:02,707 --> 00:38:04,776
looking at our demographic

1374
00:38:04,776 --> 00:38:06,711
summary, um, our total

1375
00:38:06,711 --> 00:38:09,111
population, according to the

1376
00:38:10,983 --> 00:38:11,951
2020 census was 11,911

1377
00:38:11,951 --> 00:38:13,419
residents.

1378
00:38:13,419 --> 00:38:15,287
This is actually the adjusted

1379
00:38:15,287 --> 00:38:17,230
count, the state adjusts for

1380
00:38:17,230 --> 00:38:18,391
the um for the last known

1381
00:38:18,391 --> 00:38:19,826
location of incarcerated

1382
00:38:19,826 --> 00:38:20,260
individuals, and so it

1383
00:38:20,260 --> 00:38:21,561
s a

1384
00:38:21,561 --> 00:38:22,929
little bit higher than the real

1385
00:38:22,929 --> 00:38:23,463
raw census number.

1386
00:38:23,463 --> 00:38:24,531
Um, it

1387
00:38:24,531 --> 00:38:26,233
s the number that the

1388
00:38:26,233 --> 00:38:28,102
state requires us to use.

1389
00:38:28,102 --> 00:38:30,505
And you can see here we can

1390
00:38:30,505 --> 00:38:33,207
divide this number into 4 to

1391
00:38:33,207 --> 00:38:34,909
get a population of 4 districts

1392
00:38:34,909 --> 00:38:36,578
or the population of 5

1393
00:38:36,578 --> 00:38:37,913
districts, the difference being

1394
00:38:37,913 --> 00:38:39,615
in a four-district system you

1395
00:38:39,615 --> 00:38:40,382
would have a citywide elected

1396
00:38:40,382 --> 00:38:42,285
mayor.

1397
00:38:42,285 --> 00:38:43,919
The state allows every city to

1398
00:38:43,919 --> 00:38:46,155
make that choice between having

1399
00:38:46,155 --> 00:38:47,457
an elected mayor or a rotating

1400
00:38:47,457 --> 00:38:49,692
mayor, more like the current

1401
00:38:49,692 --> 00:38:51,692
system.

1402
00:38:51,995 --> 00:38:52,429
In addition to that total

1403
00:38:52,429 --> 00:38:52,829
population, I won

1404
00:38:52,829 --> 00:38:53,630
t go through

1405
00:38:53,630 --> 00:38:55,232
this whole spreadsheet. I

1406
00:38:55,232 --> 00:38:57,670
invite you to look at our

1407
00:38:57,670 --> 00:38:59,300
website. Uh, we want to point

1408
00:38:59,300 --> 00:39:00,438
out the variety of data that we

1409
00:39:00,438 --> 00:39:02,807
really use. We use election

1410
00:39:02,807 --> 00:39:04,409
voting data, turnout and

1411
00:39:04,409 --> 00:39:05,611
registration from these the

1412
00:39:05,611 --> 00:39:08,110
statewide database of election

1413
00:39:08,130 --> 00:39:10,449
and voting, we use the American

1414
00:39:10,449 --> 00:39:11,783
Community Survey data to get

1415
00:39:11,783 --> 00:39:13,185
demographic information about

1416
00:39:13,185 --> 00:39:14,186
age, income, education, renters

1417
00:39:14,186 --> 00:39:16,186
and owners.

1418
00:39:18,324 --> 00:39:20,159
Um, a lot of this is gathered

1419
00:39:20,159 --> 00:39:23,296
at a fairly small area, areas

1420
00:39:23,296 --> 00:39:24,300
of about 1000 to 110 to 1500

1421
00:39:24,300 --> 00:39:25,799
residents.

1422
00:39:25,799 --> 00:39:28,402
And so even a city of small as

1423
00:39:28,402 --> 00:39:30,404
Signal Hill has many census

1424
00:39:30,404 --> 00:39:31,872
block groups that we get this

1425
00:39:31,872 --> 00:39:32,506
American community survey data

1426
00:39:32,506 --> 00:39:34,408
from.

1427
00:39:34,408 --> 00:39:35,476
Um, I also like to say here

1428
00:39:35,476 --> 00:39:35,643
that demographic data doesn

1429
00:39:35,643 --> 00:39:36,778
t

1430
00:39:36,778 --> 00:39:38,246
tell the whole story of a

1431
00:39:38,246 --> 00:39:38,391
neighborhood or community. It

1432
00:39:38,391 --> 00:39:39,582
s

1433
00:39:39,582 --> 00:39:40,783
no substitute for your local

1434
00:39:40,783 --> 00:39:40,949
knowledge.

1435
00:39:40,949 --> 00:39:42,684
It

1436
00:39:42,684 --> 00:39:45,540
s one of many factors that

1437
00:39:45,540 --> 00:39:47,357
we can use to look at and

1438
00:39:47,357 --> 00:39:48,558
justify where we find those

1439
00:39:48,558 --> 00:39:50,558
community boundaries. Uh,

1440
00:39:50,860 --> 00:39:52,529
sometimes, one factor or mold

1441
00:39:52,529 --> 00:39:54,264
combination of factors helps us

1442
00:39:54,264 --> 00:39:55,165
to define what that community

1443
00:39:55,165 --> 00:39:57,165
is.

1444
00:39:58,102 --> 00:40:00,204
And that really brings us to

1445
00:40:00,204 --> 00:40:01,472
the heart of the question,

1446
00:40:01,472 --> 00:40:02,740
which is this question of

1447
00:40:02,740 --> 00:40:04,420
defining neighborhoods and

1448
00:40:04,420 --> 00:40:05,576
communities of interest.

1449
00:40:05,576 --> 00:40:06,945
I like to define neighborhoods

1450
00:40:06,945 --> 00:40:08,880
as kind of the smallest

1451
00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:09,414
building blocks that go into a

1452
00:40:09,414 --> 00:40:10,782
district. It

1453
00:40:10,782 --> 00:40:12,840
s almost like the

1454
00:40:12,840 --> 00:40:13,585
individual Lego brick pieces

1455
00:40:13,585 --> 00:40:14,386
that create the whole.

1456
00:40:14,386 --> 00:40:16,289
Item

1457
00:40:16,289 --> 00:40:18,157
And the reason is, is because

1458
00:40:18,157 --> 00:40:20,626
these are sort of indivisible

1459
00:40:20,626 --> 00:40:22,228
areas, a single apartment

1460
00:40:22,228 --> 00:40:23,997
complex or condominium complex,

1461
00:40:23,997 --> 00:40:25,532
a tract of homes that was built

1462
00:40:25,532 --> 00:40:28,302
by a single developer in a

1463
00:40:28,302 --> 00:40:29,770
particular time and place, a

1464
00:40:29,770 --> 00:40:31,172
historic district or an

1465
00:40:31,172 --> 00:40:31,341
economic impact zone. There

1466
00:40:31,341 --> 00:40:32,706
s

1467
00:40:32,706 --> 00:40:34,275
many different terms and

1468
00:40:34,275 --> 00:40:36,440
concepts all around the state,

1469
00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:38,413
but these are the smallest

1470
00:40:38,413 --> 00:40:39,847
building blocks that are really

1471
00:40:39,847 --> 00:40:41,716
geographically defined,

1472
00:40:41,716 --> 00:40:43,719
oftentimes by roads or by

1473
00:40:43,719 --> 00:40:45,530
streets, um, sometimes by

1474
00:40:45,530 --> 00:40:45,788
location or proximity to a

1475
00:40:45,788 --> 00:40:47,623
particular.

1476
00:40:47,623 --> 00:40:48,691
School site or intersection, um,

1477
00:40:48,691 --> 00:40:50,126
and we know what these are

1478
00:40:50,126 --> 00:40:51,994
because they often have names,

1479
00:40:51,994 --> 00:40:53,630
the Oak Grove apartment complex,

1480
00:40:53,630 --> 00:40:55,332
for example.

1481
00:40:55,332 --> 00:40:56,399
And the way we come up with

1482
00:40:56,399 --> 00:40:58,969
communities of interest if we

1483
00:40:58,969 --> 00:41:00,671
go to the next slide is by

1484
00:41:00,671 --> 00:41:02,606
building these individual

1485
00:41:02,606 --> 00:41:03,608
blocks together to form our

1486
00:41:03,608 --> 00:41:04,876
districts.

1487
00:41:04,876 --> 00:41:06,310
Communities of interest are

1488
00:41:06,310 --> 00:41:07,645
something that we often see a

1489
00:41:07,645 --> 00:41:07,814
lot of discussion about, and

1490
00:41:07,814 --> 00:41:08,113
it

1491
00:41:08,113 --> 00:41:09,215
s why we

1492
00:41:09,215 --> 00:41:10,315
re going to have

1493
00:41:10,315 --> 00:41:11,483
lots of different maps to look

1494
00:41:11,483 --> 00:41:13,885
at when we get to that stage of

1495
00:41:13,885 --> 00:41:15,554
the process.

1496
00:41:15,554 --> 00:41:17,256
Essentially a community of

1497
00:41:17,256 --> 00:41:19,759
interest is a group of people

1498
00:41:19,759 --> 00:41:23,359
that have a common interest in

1499
00:41:23,529 --> 00:41:24,631
a policy, in an issue, in a way

1500
00:41:24,631 --> 00:41:25,465
of life. Uh, there

1501
00:41:25,465 --> 00:41:27,401
s lots of

1502
00:41:27,401 --> 00:41:29,369
different ways of defining it.

1503
00:41:29,369 --> 00:41:30,904
I personally like the idea of

1504
00:41:30,904 --> 00:41:33,730
shared problems. People who

1505
00:41:33,730 --> 00:41:34,576
face a common set of problems

1506
00:41:34,576 --> 00:41:36,510
that need representation,

1507
00:41:36,510 --> 00:41:38,947
particularly at the city level.

1508
00:41:38,947 --> 00:41:41,249
And this could be everything

1509
00:41:41,249 --> 00:41:42,517
from those areas impacted by it.

1510
00:41:42,517 --> 00:41:44,517
Willow

1511
00:41:44,886 --> 00:41:46,522
You know, areas along major

1512
00:41:46,522 --> 00:41:48,857
commercial corridor. It could

1513
00:41:48,857 --> 00:41:50,726
be areas impacted by hillside

1514
00:41:50,726 --> 00:41:52,862
erosion. It could be simply

1515
00:41:52,862 --> 00:41:54,964
areas that are geographically

1516
00:41:54,964 --> 00:41:56,233
not as connected to physically

1517
00:41:56,233 --> 00:41:58,602
to the rest of the city, like

1518
00:41:58,602 --> 00:41:59,169
the areas north of the 405

1519
00:41:59,169 --> 00:42:01,169
freeway.

1520
00:42:02,500 --> 00:42:03,574
And all of those could be

1521
00:42:03,574 --> 00:42:04,108
potential communities of

1522
00:42:04,108 --> 00:42:05,409
interest.

1523
00:42:05,409 --> 00:42:05,676
And every city you go to,

1524
00:42:05,676 --> 00:42:06,911
they

1525
00:42:06,911 --> 00:42:08,613
re going to put pieces

1526
00:42:08,613 --> 00:42:09,847
together differently. And so

1527
00:42:09,847 --> 00:42:11,182
our goal as part of this

1528
00:42:11,182 --> 00:42:12,884
process to figure out how to

1529
00:42:12,884 --> 00:42:13,952
best do this in the city of

1530
00:42:13,952 --> 00:42:14,286
Signal Hill. This is why we

1531
00:42:14,286 --> 00:42:16,286
re

1532
00:42:16,522 --> 00:42:16,755
going to get lots of maps and

1533
00:42:16,755 --> 00:42:17,657
why we

1534
00:42:17,657 --> 00:42:19,124
re going to have

1535
00:42:19,124 --> 00:42:21,260
discussion about which one does

1536
00:42:21,260 --> 00:42:23,262
the best job at representing

1537
00:42:23,262 --> 00:42:23,797
our communities of interest.

1538
00:42:23,797 --> 00:42:25,131
Uh, I

1539
00:42:25,131 --> 00:42:27,567
ll give you some examples

1540
00:42:27,567 --> 00:42:29,870
here. We have our zoning map.

1541
00:42:29,870 --> 00:42:31,872
We have American Community

1542
00:42:31,872 --> 00:42:33,874
Survey data, um, a lot of these

1543
00:42:33,874 --> 00:42:35,142
maps we have available online

1544
00:42:35,142 --> 00:42:36,243
on the city

1545
00:42:36,243 --> 00:42:37,411
s districting

1546
00:42:37,411 --> 00:42:37,612
website if there is something

1547
00:42:37,612 --> 00:42:38,913
that

1548
00:42:38,913 --> 00:42:40,282
s not there that you want

1549
00:42:40,282 --> 00:42:41,416
to see or think needs to be

1550
00:42:41,416 --> 00:42:43,518
there, let us know. Reach out

1551
00:42:43,518 --> 00:42:44,319
to us, and we can look into

1552
00:42:44,319 --> 00:42:44,853
getting it. I know we

1553
00:42:44,853 --> 00:42:46,853
ve had a

1554
00:42:47,255 --> 00:42:48,991
couple of requests from our

1555
00:42:48,991 --> 00:42:50,259
first workshop to look at, for

1556
00:42:50,259 --> 00:42:52,161
example, where future projects

1557
00:42:52,161 --> 00:42:52,395
are going to be cited. Um, and

1558
00:42:52,395 --> 00:42:52,862
so that

1559
00:42:52,862 --> 00:42:53,900
s something we

1560
00:42:53,900 --> 00:42:53,562
re

1561
00:42:53,562 --> 00:42:55,562
working with the.

1562
00:42:56,199 --> 00:42:56,933
City to look into.

1563
00:42:56,933 --> 00:42:57,980
Um, the other thing I

1564
00:42:57,980 --> 00:42:59,980
ll

1565
00:42:59,102 --> 00:43:00,904
mention we got at the last

1566
00:43:00,904 --> 00:43:03,106
meeting was information from

1567
00:43:03,106 --> 00:43:04,274
the the um historic Society

1568
00:43:04,274 --> 00:43:05,709
about where the historic

1569
00:43:05,709 --> 00:43:07,478
districts of the city are.

1570
00:43:07,478 --> 00:43:10,715
Um, in addition to these, we,

1571
00:43:10,715 --> 00:43:12,483
as I mentioned, we have a great

1572
00:43:12,483 --> 00:43:13,551
website, drawsignalhill.Org

1573
00:43:13,551 --> 00:43:15,220
where we have a lot of these

1574
00:43:15,220 --> 00:43:16,555
mapping tools and information

1575
00:43:16,555 --> 00:43:18,290
available on that website, we

1576
00:43:18,290 --> 00:43:20,459
also have our draw your own map

1577
00:43:20,459 --> 00:43:22,528
tools, and we have several

1578
00:43:22,528 --> 00:43:23,863
different tools for your level

1579
00:43:23,863 --> 00:43:25,431
of engagement and how much time

1580
00:43:25,431 --> 00:43:26,332
and energy you want to put into

1581
00:43:26,332 --> 00:43:27,734
it.

1582
00:43:27,734 --> 00:43:30,670
Uh, we offer everything from,

1583
00:43:30,670 --> 00:43:32,806
if we go to the next slide, a

1584
00:43:32,806 --> 00:43:33,374
simple map review tool where

1585
00:43:33,374 --> 00:43:34,341
eventually we

1586
00:43:34,341 --> 00:43:35,709
ll be able to see

1587
00:43:35,709 --> 00:43:38,790
all the different maps and

1588
00:43:38,790 --> 00:43:39,447
overlay them on our census data.

1589
00:43:39,447 --> 00:43:40,648
Already you can go to the

1590
00:43:40,648 --> 00:43:42,150
interactive review map and view

1591
00:43:42,150 --> 00:43:44,620
the maps of the census data

1592
00:43:44,620 --> 00:43:46,788
like I showed you earlier. Uh,

1593
00:43:46,788 --> 00:43:48,757
we have everything from

1594
00:43:48,757 --> 00:43:50,793
household income to education,

1595
00:43:50,793 --> 00:43:51,727
housing, um, already on there.

1596
00:43:51,727 --> 00:43:52,995
And like I said, we can add

1597
00:43:52,995 --> 00:43:54,697
more if needed.

1598
00:43:54,697 --> 00:43:56,399
In addition, for those who want

1599
00:43:56,399 --> 00:43:58,401
to just show us where your

1600
00:43:58,401 --> 00:43:59,869
communities are. We offer blank

1601
00:43:59,869 --> 00:44:02,406
maps that just show the streets

1602
00:44:02,406 --> 00:44:03,974
and roads, where you can color

1603
00:44:03,974 --> 00:44:04,675
in your neighborhood or

1604
00:44:04,675 --> 00:44:06,543
community.

1605
00:44:06,543 --> 00:44:08,445
And describe to us what it is

1606
00:44:08,445 --> 00:44:09,580
either on the backside of the

1607
00:44:09,580 --> 00:44:11,148
handout which we have in the

1608
00:44:11,148 --> 00:44:12,483
back if you want to turn it in,

1609
00:44:12,483 --> 00:44:13,819
or take a picture of it and

1610
00:44:13,819 --> 00:44:15,721
write us an email, send it to

1611
00:44:15,721 --> 00:44:17,721
our email address.

1612
00:44:17,856 --> 00:44:19,124
Um, if you want a little bit

1613
00:44:19,124 --> 00:44:19,291
more on that same packet,

1614
00:44:19,291 --> 00:44:21,291
you

1615
00:44:21,427 --> 00:44:23,429
ll see we have a map with

1616
00:44:23,429 --> 00:44:25,640
numbers that show you the total

1617
00:44:25,640 --> 00:44:27,640
population of about 50

1618
00:44:27,167 --> 00:44:29,603
different areas across the city.

1619
00:44:29,603 --> 00:44:30,570
Simply add those together to

1620
00:44:30,570 --> 00:44:31,104
get the number that

1621
00:44:31,104 --> 00:44:32,972
s that, you

1622
00:44:32,972 --> 00:44:35,743
know, our target number for a 4

1623
00:44:35,743 --> 00:44:36,743
or 5 district maps and tell us

1624
00:44:36,743 --> 00:44:37,277
what that works and doesn

1625
00:44:37,277 --> 00:44:38,880
t

1626
00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:39,647
work about that particular

1627
00:44:39,647 --> 00:44:41,480
district.

1628
00:44:41,480 --> 00:44:42,517
This is all, this map is also

1629
00:44:42,517 --> 00:44:44,180
great for just estimating how

1630
00:44:44,180 --> 00:44:45,186
many people live north of

1631
00:44:45,186 --> 00:44:47,523
Willow. Well, you can look at

1632
00:44:47,523 --> 00:44:48,423
this map and get a very quick

1633
00:44:48,423 --> 00:44:50,423
number.

1634
00:44:51,360 --> 00:44:51,860
In addition, we have our full

1635
00:44:51,860 --> 00:44:52,795
online Dave

1636
00:44:52,795 --> 00:44:54,496
s redistricting

1637
00:44:54,496 --> 00:44:56,265
mapping tool. This lets you go

1638
00:44:56,265 --> 00:44:57,700
block by block at our workshop,

1639
00:44:57,700 --> 00:44:59,469
we just did a demo where we

1640
00:44:59,469 --> 00:45:00,703
spent about 10-15 minutes

1641
00:45:00,703 --> 00:45:01,604
walking through this.

1642
00:45:01,604 --> 00:45:03,740
For those of you who missed

1643
00:45:03,740 --> 00:45:04,941
that, we have videos, a 4

1644
00:45:04,941 --> 00:45:07,210
minute introductory video and a

1645
00:45:07,210 --> 00:45:08,679
20 minute step by step video on

1646
00:45:08,679 --> 00:45:09,313
the website on how to use the

1647
00:45:09,313 --> 00:45:11,313
tool.

1648
00:45:11,749 --> 00:45:13,618
Um, and this tool really lets

1649
00:45:13,618 --> 00:45:16,855
you see the same data sets, the

1650
00:45:16,855 --> 00:45:18,523
same detail that we have as

1651
00:45:18,523 --> 00:45:20,559
demographers to go and draw

1652
00:45:20,559 --> 00:45:21,593
your own map. Now any map you

1653
00:45:21,593 --> 00:45:22,294
draw, um, we won

1654
00:45:22,294 --> 00:45:23,328
t see it until

1655
00:45:23,328 --> 00:45:23,499
you send it to us, and that

1656
00:45:23,499 --> 00:45:24,730
s

1657
00:45:24,730 --> 00:45:24,904
for your own protection, so we

1658
00:45:24,904 --> 00:45:25,831
won

1659
00:45:25,831 --> 00:45:25,999
t see your drafts, we won

1660
00:45:25,999 --> 00:45:27,999
t

1661
00:45:28,334 --> 00:45:29,135
see your, you know, unfinished

1662
00:45:29,135 --> 00:45:30,300
maps.

1663
00:45:30,300 --> 00:45:30,671
Um, but once you

1664
00:45:30,671 --> 00:45:32,671
re ready, you

1665
00:45:32,939 --> 00:45:35,800
can send, you can basically

1666
00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:37,510
share your url, copy the url

1667
00:45:37,510 --> 00:45:40,800
and send it to us.

1668
00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:41,148
Um, and so what this public

1669
00:45:41,148 --> 00:45:41,949
hearing is about tonight. We

1670
00:45:41,949 --> 00:45:43,384
re

1671
00:45:43,384 --> 00:45:43,584
hoping to answer any questions.

1672
00:45:43,584 --> 00:45:44,351
There

1673
00:45:44,351 --> 00:45:45,887
s no action that the

1674
00:45:45,887 --> 00:45:46,888
council needs to take on this

1675
00:45:46,888 --> 00:45:47,622
item, but we

1676
00:45:47,622 --> 00:45:49,622
re hoping that

1677
00:45:50,580 --> 00:45:51,930
everybody leaves here with an

1678
00:45:51,930 --> 00:45:51,993
understanding of the process,

1679
00:45:51,993 --> 00:45:53,950
or at least I

1680
00:45:53,950 --> 00:45:54,163
m ready to ask

1681
00:45:54,163 --> 00:45:55,798
questions in 2 weeks when we

1682
00:45:55,798 --> 00:45:56,498
come back for our 2nd public

1683
00:45:56,498 --> 00:45:58,467
hearing.

1684
00:45:58,467 --> 00:45:59,836
And if we just go to that last

1685
00:45:59,836 --> 00:46:00,970
slide, um.

1686
00:46:00,970 --> 00:46:02,672
We have our

1687
00:46:02,672 --> 00:46:04,672
I guess

1688
00:46:04,908 --> 00:46:06,409
ok, um.

1689
00:46:06,409 --> 00:46:09,279
I thought we had a slide with

1690
00:46:09,279 --> 00:46:12,917
our um url on it, but uh.

1691
00:46:12,917 --> 00:46:14,952
Just, um, we have our draw

1692
00:46:14,952 --> 00:46:16,854
Signalhill.Org, um, and we have

1693
00:46:16,854 --> 00:46:17,789
our contact information on that

1694
00:46:17,789 --> 00:46:18,589
website as well.

1695
00:46:18,589 --> 00:46:18,890
Um,

1696
00:46:18,890 --> 00:46:19,591
And if it

1697
00:46:19,591 --> 00:46:20,926
s not in the pdf, I

1698
00:46:20,926 --> 00:46:23,395
will make sure that we put it

1699
00:46:23,395 --> 00:46:27,595
in that, um, when we post it,

1700
00:46:28,634 --> 00:46:30,503
uh, tonight as well.

1701
00:46:30,503 --> 00:46:33,539
Um, that link is available on

1702
00:46:33,539 --> 00:46:35,410
the city website.

1703
00:46:35,410 --> 00:46:35,542
Um, so thank you very much for

1704
00:46:35,542 --> 00:46:36,760
your time and I

1705
00:46:36,760 --> 00:46:37,711
m happy to

1706
00:46:37,711 --> 00:46:38,445
answer any questions you have.

1707
00:46:38,445 --> 00:46:38,945
Thank you. I

1708
00:46:38,945 --> 00:46:40,945
ll start with

1709
00:46:41,615 --> 00:46:43,183
Robert, and then Keir, Larry,

1710
00:46:43,183 --> 00:46:44,218
very, yeah, very easy question

1711
00:46:44,218 --> 00:46:45,620
really just about the process.

1712
00:46:45,620 --> 00:46:47,955
So if someone, when someone

1713
00:46:47,955 --> 00:46:50,910
sends you a map, how do they

1714
00:46:50,910 --> 00:46:52,940
know that you received the map?

1715
00:46:52,940 --> 00:46:55,864
So, um, we asked the people, do

1716
00:46:55,864 --> 00:46:58,000
you send the maps to the email

1717
00:46:58,000 --> 00:46:58,501
address on Drawsignalhill.Org

1718
00:46:58,501 --> 00:47:00,690
and we

1719
00:47:00,690 --> 00:47:01,804
ll, I will, or either I

1720
00:47:01,804 --> 00:47:03,373
or the city will respond to

1721
00:47:03,373 --> 00:47:04,374
every email that we receive

1722
00:47:04,374 --> 00:47:04,574
that you got it. Ok, perfect.

1723
00:47:04,574 --> 00:47:04,874
That

1724
00:47:04,874 --> 00:47:05,441
s all. That

1725
00:47:05,441 --> 00:47:06,476
s the only

1726
00:47:06,476 --> 00:47:09,279
question I have if it is a map

1727
00:47:09,279 --> 00:47:10,881
or a or even a neighborhood

1728
00:47:10,881 --> 00:47:13,417
will also provide you with the

1729
00:47:13,417 --> 00:47:14,785
number like map 101, map 401,

1730
00:47:14,785 --> 00:47:16,200
whatever it is, so that they

1731
00:47:16,200 --> 00:47:17,522
can identify it in their

1732
00:47:17,522 --> 00:47:19,191
comments. Ok, perfect. Thank

1733
00:47:19,191 --> 00:47:20,591
you. Here. And then all those

1734
00:47:20,591 --> 00:47:22,591
maps come.

1735
00:47:23,280 --> 00:47:25,464
To the 3rd public hearing. Yes,

1736
00:47:25,464 --> 00:47:27,166
so every map, every community,

1737
00:47:27,166 --> 00:47:28,868
every neighborhood, um, will be

1738
00:47:28,868 --> 00:47:30,302
presented at the 3rd public

1739
00:47:30,302 --> 00:47:31,704
hearing with the communities we

1740
00:47:31,704 --> 00:47:33,105
often just will put a lot of

1741
00:47:33,105 --> 00:47:35,800
the communities on one map so

1742
00:47:35,800 --> 00:47:36,900
we can show you all of the

1743
00:47:36,900 --> 00:47:36,876
neighborhoods people have

1744
00:47:36,876 --> 00:47:37,210
identified, but you

1745
00:47:37,210 --> 00:47:38,445
ll be able

1746
00:47:38,445 --> 00:47:39,413
to go to the interactive review

1747
00:47:39,413 --> 00:47:40,280
map and see them each

1748
00:47:40,280 --> 00:47:41,982
individually.

1749
00:47:41,982 --> 00:47:43,283
And then for every full map

1750
00:47:43,283 --> 00:47:43,917
proposal, even if it doesn

1751
00:47:43,917 --> 00:47:45,753
t

1752
00:47:45,753 --> 00:47:47,221
meet all the requirements

1753
00:47:47,221 --> 00:47:47,455
anyone will show you everything

1754
00:47:47,455 --> 00:47:48,623
that we

1755
00:47:48,623 --> 00:47:50,910
ve received. Ok, thank

1756
00:47:50,910 --> 00:47:52,910
you, Charlie.

1757
00:47:52,494 --> 00:47:54,494
Um,

1758
00:47:54,964 --> 00:47:56,298
If people are concerned about

1759
00:47:56,298 --> 00:47:57,933
privacy or the.

1760
00:47:57,933 --> 00:48:00,236
When they submit a map, is it,

1761
00:48:00,236 --> 00:48:01,771
um,

1762
00:48:01,771 --> 00:48:03,339
Anonymous is it submitted

1763
00:48:03,339 --> 00:48:06,339
anonymously or how does that,

1764
00:48:06,609 --> 00:48:08,945
so, uh, we do ask for um

1765
00:48:08,945 --> 00:48:11,945
someone to submit, um, to

1766
00:48:12,115 --> 00:48:14,218
provide a name and email, um,

1767
00:48:14,218 --> 00:48:15,652
that is predominantly for us to

1768
00:48:15,652 --> 00:48:16,187
be able to reach out to them to

1769
00:48:16,187 --> 00:48:16,754
let them know we

1770
00:48:16,754 --> 00:48:18,356
ve received

1771
00:48:18,356 --> 00:48:19,524
the map and if there

1772
00:48:19,524 --> 00:48:20,958
s any

1773
00:48:20,958 --> 00:48:21,559
issues, for example, go to the

1774
00:48:21,559 --> 00:48:22,560
url, can

1775
00:48:22,560 --> 00:48:24,496
t find the map. Um, we

1776
00:48:24,496 --> 00:48:26,298
want to be able to reach out to

1777
00:48:26,298 --> 00:48:26,598
that person if they don

1778
00:48:26,598 --> 00:48:27,933
t want

1779
00:48:27,933 --> 00:48:29,268
their contact information or

1780
00:48:29,268 --> 00:48:29,668
details known, they can let us

1781
00:48:29,668 --> 00:48:30,970
know in the.

1782
00:48:30,970 --> 00:48:32,404
Email and we can work with the

1783
00:48:32,404 --> 00:48:34,841
city on that, ok. And then a

1784
00:48:34,841 --> 00:48:36,841
question for staff.

1785
00:48:37,377 --> 00:48:38,811
Well, the library computers be

1786
00:48:38,811 --> 00:48:39,570
able to if if somebody doesn

1787
00:48:39,570 --> 00:48:41,570
t

1788
00:48:41,148 --> 00:48:42,115
have a computer or needs access

1789
00:48:42,115 --> 00:48:43,851
to a better computer, are they

1790
00:48:43,851 --> 00:48:45,520
able to access this at the

1791
00:48:45,520 --> 00:48:46,860
library.

1792
00:48:46,860 --> 00:48:48,860
Laurie.

1793
00:48:49,560 --> 00:48:49,557
Really

1794
00:48:49,557 --> 00:48:50,591
I don

1795
00:48:50,591 --> 00:48:51,893
t have any clarifying

1796
00:48:51,893 --> 00:48:54,296
questions at this time. Um, I

1797
00:48:54,296 --> 00:48:56,331
have a few. Um, I just wanted

1798
00:48:56,331 --> 00:48:56,698
to clarify, um, so when you

1799
00:48:56,698 --> 00:48:58,698
re

1800
00:48:58,935 --> 00:49:00,636
looking at the percentage, the

1801
00:49:00,636 --> 00:49:03,439
number of individuals in each

1802
00:49:03,439 --> 00:49:05,575
district, is it just straight

1803
00:49:05,575 --> 00:49:07,877
number or voting population, so

1804
00:49:07,877 --> 00:49:10,681
the law requires we balance the

1805
00:49:10,681 --> 00:49:12,249
total population, so everybody,

1806
00:49:12,249 --> 00:49:14,510
um, now that does mean that we

1807
00:49:14,510 --> 00:49:15,920
might have some differences in

1808
00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:17,288
the voting population from

1809
00:49:17,288 --> 00:49:18,756
district to district our

1810
00:49:18,756 --> 00:49:19,957
spreadsheets will give you the

1811
00:49:19,957 --> 00:49:22,357
number of registered voters.

1812
00:49:22,394 --> 00:49:24,950
And the number of turnout in

1813
00:49:24,950 --> 00:49:24,262
2024 in each district, so

1814
00:49:24,262 --> 00:49:25,330
you

1815
00:49:25,330 --> 00:49:27,199
ll be able to see that and

1816
00:49:27,199 --> 00:49:28,734
how it differs, but it also

1817
00:49:28,734 --> 00:49:31,300
means that some districts are

1818
00:49:31,300 --> 00:49:32,404
going to, by definition, have

1819
00:49:32,404 --> 00:49:32,938
to be larger because there

1820
00:49:32,938 --> 00:49:34,938
s a

1821
00:49:35,341 --> 00:49:37,777
lot of empty space, for example,

1822
00:49:37,777 --> 00:49:38,778
and to get to within 10% of all

1823
00:49:38,778 --> 00:49:39,245
the other districts, you

1824
00:49:39,245 --> 00:49:41,245
ll

1825
00:49:41,448 --> 00:49:43,517
just require a larger space,

1826
00:49:43,517 --> 00:49:45,519
yeah, so some, some districts

1827
00:49:45,519 --> 00:49:47,154
MAY be geographically bigger.

1828
00:49:47,154 --> 00:49:48,956
Ok. Just because of the way pot

1829
00:49:48,956 --> 00:49:49,490
that Signal Hill is developed.

1830
00:49:49,490 --> 00:49:51,159
Ok.

1831
00:49:51,159 --> 00:49:52,160
And, and actually because it

1832
00:49:52,160 --> 00:49:52,426
has zero population, that

1833
00:49:52,426 --> 00:49:53,594
s one

1834
00:49:53,594 --> 00:49:55,730
thing we might look at is how

1835
00:49:55,730 --> 00:49:56,898
do we divide some of those

1836
00:49:56,898 --> 00:49:57,980
commercial areas so that

1837
00:49:57,980 --> 00:49:59,980
they

1838
00:49:59,434 --> 00:50:01,370
re not all in one district.

1839
00:50:01,370 --> 00:50:01,837
Ok, um, and I

1840
00:50:01,837 --> 00:50:03,837
m just

1841
00:50:03,939 --> 00:50:06,542
reiterating, you said that each

1842
00:50:06,542 --> 00:50:09,212
district has to have 10%, be

1843
00:50:09,212 --> 00:50:09,746
within 10% of each other

1844
00:50:09,746 --> 00:50:10,847
district and we

1845
00:50:10,847 --> 00:50:12,315
re anticipating

1846
00:50:12,315 --> 00:50:13,884
we know for example what we

1847
00:50:13,884 --> 00:50:15,180
have in the pipeline now and

1848
00:50:15,180 --> 00:50:16,854
that has to be part of the

1849
00:50:16,854 --> 00:50:18,550
consideration as far as housing

1850
00:50:18,550 --> 00:50:19,490
development, so yeah, the idea

1851
00:50:19,490 --> 00:50:21,792
with that is that for

1852
00:50:21,792 --> 00:50:23,561
example, um, if we knew we had

1853
00:50:23,561 --> 00:50:24,896
some or we think we might have

1854
00:50:24,896 --> 00:50:27,699
some development coming up over

1855
00:50:27,699 --> 00:50:29,634
the next few years. We could

1856
00:50:29,634 --> 00:50:31,634
underpopulate within that 10%

1857
00:50:32,238 --> 00:50:34,440
total deviation. The area that

1858
00:50:34,440 --> 00:50:35,774
has that future population

1859
00:50:35,774 --> 00:50:38,377
growth, um, and to make sure

1860
00:50:38,377 --> 00:50:40,313
that it has some room to grow.

1861
00:50:40,313 --> 00:50:41,748
And where would we, where would

1862
00:50:41,748 --> 00:50:42,849
that information be available

1863
00:50:42,849 --> 00:50:43,160
to explain why we

1864
00:50:43,160 --> 00:50:44,284
re

1865
00:50:44,284 --> 00:50:45,652
underpopulating at a certain

1866
00:50:45,652 --> 00:50:47,652
district, so, um.

1867
00:50:48,622 --> 00:50:50,457
The best way to do that is to,

1868
00:50:50,457 --> 00:50:53,270
when is when someone submits a

1869
00:50:53,270 --> 00:50:54,362
map that they put that into

1870
00:50:54,362 --> 00:50:55,864
their discussion of what they

1871
00:50:55,864 --> 00:50:57,665
are trying to accomplish with

1872
00:50:57,665 --> 00:50:59,340
that district or with that map.

1873
00:50:59,340 --> 00:50:59,467
But if we as a council, let

1874
00:50:59,467 --> 00:51:01,403
s

1875
00:51:01,403 --> 00:51:03,572
say, we as a council developed,

1876
00:51:03,572 --> 00:51:05,241
you know,aid we like this map

1877
00:51:05,241 --> 00:51:06,241
we know this is under, but we

1878
00:51:06,241 --> 00:51:08,780
anticipate there

1879
00:51:08,780 --> 00:51:10,146
s going to be,

1880
00:51:10,146 --> 00:51:11,381
um, you know, increased, um,

1881
00:51:11,381 --> 00:51:12,549
residential here, does that go

1882
00:51:12,549 --> 00:51:14,618
into the findings? Like where

1883
00:51:14,618 --> 00:51:15,485
does that go? So in the future

1884
00:51:15,485 --> 00:51:17,187
somebody could understand why

1885
00:51:17,187 --> 00:51:17,554
we did that, yeah, um, so in

1886
00:51:17,554 --> 00:51:18,722
that if it

1887
00:51:18,722 --> 00:51:19,189
s a member of the

1888
00:51:19,189 --> 00:51:19,790
council who

1889
00:51:19,790 --> 00:51:20,190
s talking about it

1890
00:51:20,190 --> 00:51:21,526
would hope they

1891
00:51:21,526 --> 00:51:23,526
d make that

1892
00:51:23,828 --> 00:51:25,564
comment in in public and then

1893
00:51:25,564 --> 00:51:26,764
then what I would do is as part

1894
00:51:26,764 --> 00:51:27,865
of the write up of the map,

1895
00:51:27,865 --> 00:51:30,135
because after we adopt a.

1896
00:51:30,135 --> 00:51:31,837
We have to do a write-up of, um,

1897
00:51:31,837 --> 00:51:32,300
how it complies with the law.

1898
00:51:32,300 --> 00:51:32,938
We

1899
00:51:32,938 --> 00:51:35,941
ll put that in there as sort

1900
00:51:35,941 --> 00:51:36,742
of the one of the issues or

1901
00:51:36,742 --> 00:51:36,902
thing, not, not issues, that

1902
00:51:36,902 --> 00:51:38,100
s

1903
00:51:38,100 --> 00:51:40,120
the wrong word, things that we

1904
00:51:40,120 --> 00:51:41,914
were trying to accomplish, yeah,

1905
00:51:41,914 --> 00:51:43,917
factors in the creation of that

1906
00:51:43,917 --> 00:51:45,180
district. Now what happens if

1907
00:51:45,180 --> 00:51:45,820
in 20 years there

1908
00:51:45,820 --> 00:51:47,254
s a large

1909
00:51:47,254 --> 00:51:47,587
housing development that we

1910
00:51:47,587 --> 00:51:48,989
can

1911
00:51:48,989 --> 00:51:50,324
t even anticipate now that

1912
00:51:50,324 --> 00:51:51,525
throws off the numbers. Are we

1913
00:51:51,525 --> 00:51:52,192
good or do we have to

1914
00:51:52,192 --> 00:51:52,927
redistrict? That

1915
00:51:52,927 --> 00:51:54,862
s a great

1916
00:51:54,862 --> 00:51:57,298
question. Um, so the districts

1917
00:51:57,298 --> 00:51:58,399
will be used in the 2028

1918
00:51:58,399 --> 00:51:59,934
election for the first time.

1919
00:51:59,934 --> 00:52:00,880
And then again in 2030 we

1920
00:52:00,880 --> 00:52:01,269
ll

1921
00:52:01,269 --> 00:52:01,870
have our other districts, the

1922
00:52:01,870 --> 00:52:02,504
ones that didn

1923
00:52:02,504 --> 00:52:04,500
t have their

1924
00:52:04,500 --> 00:52:06,876
first election in 28, will have

1925
00:52:06,876 --> 00:52:09,276
their first election in 2030.

1926
00:52:09,912 --> 00:52:11,948
In 2031, with the new 2030

1927
00:52:11,948 --> 00:52:14,317
census, the city will have to

1928
00:52:14,317 --> 00:52:16,486
at least look at the current

1929
00:52:16,486 --> 00:52:18,155
lines and decide whether or not

1930
00:52:18,155 --> 00:52:19,857
it needs to be redistricted

1931
00:52:19,857 --> 00:52:21,559
based on that population and

1932
00:52:21,559 --> 00:52:22,393
other factors. And then how

1933
00:52:22,393 --> 00:52:24,261
often do they have to do that

1934
00:52:24,261 --> 00:52:26,197
after that? Every 10 years, the

1935
00:52:26,197 --> 00:52:26,631
year following the census. Ok,

1936
00:52:26,631 --> 00:52:27,599
um, it

1937
00:52:27,599 --> 00:52:30,100
d be the same time that

1938
00:52:30,100 --> 00:52:31,603
the state and the city of Long

1939
00:52:31,603 --> 00:52:33,171
Beach and the school district

1940
00:52:33,171 --> 00:52:33,371
and all the other jurisdictions,

1941
00:52:33,371 --> 00:52:34,473
they

1942
00:52:34,473 --> 00:52:35,707
ll all be doing that

1943
00:52:35,707 --> 00:52:36,408
redistricting, more or less

1944
00:52:36,408 --> 00:52:37,876
than.

1945
00:52:37,876 --> 00:52:39,345
The same 9 months. And then you

1946
00:52:39,345 --> 00:52:40,847
said according to federal law,

1947
00:52:40,847 --> 00:52:41,380
one thing the council can

1948
00:52:41,380 --> 00:52:42,681
t

1949
00:52:42,681 --> 00:52:43,950
consider as a primary

1950
00:52:43,950 --> 00:52:45,151
consideration is that we want

1951
00:52:45,151 --> 00:52:47,588
to create a district that has a,

1952
00:52:47,588 --> 00:52:49,422
a, a higher population of a

1953
00:52:49,422 --> 00:52:51,825
certain ethnic group so I think

1954
00:52:51,825 --> 00:52:53,461
that from the current, the way

1955
00:52:53,461 --> 00:52:55,663
the law currently looks, you

1956
00:52:55,663 --> 00:52:57,632
know, you, you, you know, we

1957
00:52:57,632 --> 00:53:00,632
would avoid saying like this

1958
00:53:00,735 --> 00:53:02,203
district is designed to elect a

1959
00:53:02,203 --> 00:53:02,838
member of a particular ethnic

1960
00:53:02,838 --> 00:53:03,371
group, ok, and that

1961
00:53:03,371 --> 00:53:04,390
s based on

1962
00:53:04,390 --> 00:53:04,440
federal law. That

1963
00:53:04,440 --> 00:53:05,607
s federal,

1964
00:53:05,607 --> 00:53:08,377
yeah, under the Calais decision.

1965
00:53:08,377 --> 00:53:10,790
And previous Supreme Court

1966
00:53:10,790 --> 00:53:10,780
decisions, um, and then my last

1967
00:53:10,780 --> 00:53:13,683
question, and there MAY be

1968
00:53:13,683 --> 00:53:15,151
other questions, is, is there

1969
00:53:15,151 --> 00:53:17,520
any, after public comment, is

1970
00:53:17,520 --> 00:53:19,422
there ever a moment where

1971
00:53:19,422 --> 00:53:21,825
suggested maps are provided to

1972
00:53:21,825 --> 00:53:23,294
us, um, from your company or

1973
00:53:23,294 --> 00:53:24,361
another company for us to look

1974
00:53:24,361 --> 00:53:24,696
at. Yes, that

1975
00:53:24,696 --> 00:53:26,696
s a great

1976
00:53:27,164 --> 00:53:29,340
question. At the 3rd public

1977
00:53:29,340 --> 00:53:30,350
hearing, in addition to

1978
00:53:30,350 --> 00:53:30,301
whatever community maps we

1979
00:53:30,301 --> 00:53:32,301
ve

1980
00:53:32,437 --> 00:53:34,539
received, there will be no

1981
00:53:34,539 --> 00:53:36,408
fewer than 3 consultant drawn

1982
00:53:36,408 --> 00:53:38,377
maps in addition to those.

1983
00:53:38,377 --> 00:53:38,577
Community maps. Ok, um, and

1984
00:53:38,577 --> 00:53:40,577
they

1985
00:53:41,147 --> 00:53:43,416
re trying to illustrate

1986
00:53:43,416 --> 00:53:43,573
different ideas and I can

1987
00:53:43,573 --> 00:53:45,251
t

1988
00:53:45,251 --> 00:53:46,253
tell you how many times we have,

1989
00:53:46,253 --> 00:53:47,854
you know, several maps, maybe

1990
00:53:47,854 --> 00:53:48,888
up to 10 maps at that 3rd

1991
00:53:48,888 --> 00:53:49,255
public hearing, and it

1992
00:53:49,255 --> 00:53:50,457
s not

1993
00:53:50,457 --> 00:53:50,891
the consultant map that gets

1994
00:53:50,891 --> 00:53:51,959
chosen. It

1995
00:53:51,959 --> 00:53:53,293
s the community map,

1996
00:53:53,293 --> 00:53:54,728
but at least having the

1997
00:53:54,728 --> 00:53:56,330
different options will show the

1998
00:53:56,330 --> 00:53:57,865
council what some of the

1999
00:53:57,865 --> 00:54:00,235
trade-offs or options are.

2000
00:54:00,235 --> 00:54:02,403
ok, thank you. Any other

2001
00:54:02,403 --> 00:54:05,403
questions from anybody? I do.

2002
00:54:05,774 --> 00:54:07,800
So um, so at that hearing with

2003
00:54:07,800 --> 00:54:07,676
all the community submitted

2004
00:54:07,676 --> 00:54:09,676
maps.

2005
00:54:09,711 --> 00:54:11,447
You, you will go through to

2006
00:54:11,447 --> 00:54:12,615
validate the criteria is met,

2007
00:54:12,615 --> 00:54:13,450
so the maps will still get

2008
00:54:13,450 --> 00:54:14,951
presented, but you

2009
00:54:14,951 --> 00:54:15,751
ll say.

2010
00:54:15,751 --> 00:54:17,420
But this one

2011
00:54:17,420 --> 00:54:19,420
s missing this.

2012
00:54:19,422 --> 00:54:21,258
Yes, ok, and is that when the

2013
00:54:21,258 --> 00:54:22,592
consultant maps then maybe they

2014
00:54:22,592 --> 00:54:23,393
incorporate those ideas end up

2015
00:54:23,393 --> 00:54:23,827
getting utilized. It

2016
00:54:23,827 --> 00:54:25,696
s because

2017
00:54:25,696 --> 00:54:27,365
they have all the criteria.

2018
00:54:27,365 --> 00:54:28,465
Absolutely, um, just this

2019
00:54:28,465 --> 00:54:30,401
spring I was working with a

2020
00:54:30,401 --> 00:54:31,836
client where that happened

2021
00:54:31,836 --> 00:54:32,470
happen, where the public map

2022
00:54:32,470 --> 00:54:34,639
where where the public where

2023
00:54:34,639 --> 00:54:36,141
map where was the deviation was

2024
00:54:36,141 --> 00:54:37,876
too high. It it was a 15%

2025
00:54:37,876 --> 00:54:40,512
deviation, but I saw what they

2026
00:54:40,512 --> 00:54:42,448
were trying to do, and I gave

2027
00:54:42,448 --> 00:54:43,415
the council two options of how

2028
00:54:43,415 --> 00:54:44,517
to make it work.

2029
00:54:44,517 --> 00:54:47,860
And that was, those were two of

2030
00:54:47,860 --> 00:54:49,550
my maps that I drew, based on

2031
00:54:49,550 --> 00:54:50,790
the community map that we had

2032
00:54:50,790 --> 00:54:52,259
gotten, and one of those maps

2033
00:54:52,259 --> 00:54:53,760
ended up being the one the

2034
00:54:53,760 --> 00:54:54,761
community actually ended up

2035
00:54:54,761 --> 00:54:55,262
rallying around because they

2036
00:54:55,262 --> 00:54:55,629
were like, we couldn

2037
00:54:55,629 --> 00:54:57,331
t figure

2038
00:54:57,331 --> 00:54:58,933
out how to make it work.

2039
00:54:58,933 --> 00:54:59,400
Um, but every, you know, uh,

2040
00:54:59,400 --> 00:54:59,800
and so what we

2041
00:54:59,800 --> 00:55:00,201
ll see, we

2042
00:55:00,201 --> 00:55:01,435
ll

2043
00:55:01,435 --> 00:55:01,769
see what we get but you

2044
00:55:01,769 --> 00:55:03,471
ll have

2045
00:55:03,471 --> 00:55:04,539
at least 4 to 5 maps to choose

2046
00:55:04,539 --> 00:55:05,740
from at that third public

2047
00:55:05,740 --> 00:55:07,750
hearing to show you what the

2048
00:55:07,750 --> 00:55:08,643
different options are.

2049
00:55:08,643 --> 00:55:09,100
If we get a lot of maps, we

2050
00:55:09,100 --> 00:55:11,100
ll

2051
00:55:11,280 --> 00:55:12,470
group them by similar features.

2052
00:55:12,470 --> 00:55:13,115
So you won

2053
00:55:13,115 --> 00:55:13,815
t be overwhelmed. I,

2054
00:55:13,815 --> 00:55:14,416
oh, go, I

2055
00:55:14,416 --> 00:55:16,619
m sorry, go ahead and,

2056
00:55:16,619 --> 00:55:18,621
and then, uh, Mayor Hansen

2057
00:55:18,621 --> 00:55:19,889
asked about when we were

2058
00:55:19,889 --> 00:55:20,490
required to redistrict when,

2059
00:55:20,490 --> 00:55:22,392
when.

2060
00:55:22,392 --> 00:55:23,827
Could we

2061
00:55:23,827 --> 00:55:24,961
Voluntarily redistrict if there

2062
00:55:24,961 --> 00:55:27,961
was some other criteria that

2063
00:55:28,999 --> 00:55:30,334
came up, and then, um, if the

2064
00:55:30,334 --> 00:55:31,402
Supreme Court case.

2065
00:55:31,402 --> 00:55:33,402
Continues.

2066
00:55:33,538 --> 00:55:35,473
Could we end up rersing this

2067
00:55:35,473 --> 00:55:36,508
whole district process, so

2068
00:55:36,508 --> 00:55:37,208
every 10 years you

2069
00:55:37,208 --> 00:55:39,208
ll have an

2070
00:55:39,377 --> 00:55:40,779
opportunity to revisit the map,

2071
00:55:40,779 --> 00:55:41,346
uh, whether or not you, you

2072
00:55:41,346 --> 00:55:42,681
know, that

2073
00:55:42,681 --> 00:55:43,716
ll, I think

2074
00:55:43,716 --> 00:55:46,716
currently state law requires a

2075
00:55:47,119 --> 00:55:48,855
minimum of a 2 to 3 public

2076
00:55:48,855 --> 00:55:50,456
hearings to discuss whether or

2077
00:55:50,456 --> 00:55:51,791
not the map map as it map

2078
00:55:51,791 --> 00:55:53,393
currently is is legal, and if

2079
00:55:53,393 --> 00:55:55,796
not, what changes can be made

2080
00:55:55,796 --> 00:55:57,197
to it. Um, you also have a 9

2081
00:55:57,197 --> 00:55:57,531
month process to do it, so it

2082
00:55:57,531 --> 00:55:59,531
won

2083
00:55:59,833 --> 00:56:01,102
t all be crammed into a

2084
00:56:01,102 --> 00:56:01,335
particular one, you know, one

2085
00:56:01,335 --> 00:56:02,937
month.

2086
00:56:02,937 --> 00:56:04,937
Period.

2087
00:56:06,207 --> 00:56:07,776
Um, I, the law really strongly

2088
00:56:07,776 --> 00:56:09,344
discourages districting more

2089
00:56:09,344 --> 00:56:10,779
than once per decade. I think

2090
00:56:10,779 --> 00:56:11,813
the idea is that you do it once

2091
00:56:11,813 --> 00:56:12,648
per decade at the year ending

2092
00:56:12,648 --> 00:56:14,216
in one.

2093
00:56:14,216 --> 00:56:15,784
Um, once you have districts in

2094
00:56:15,784 --> 00:56:17,386
place.

2095
00:56:17,386 --> 00:56:20,156
Um, in addition, on the, on the

2096
00:56:20,156 --> 00:56:20,335
third point, the, you know, we,

2097
00:56:20,335 --> 00:56:22,225
we

2098
00:56:22,225 --> 00:56:23,994
re just in such a legal

2099
00:56:23,994 --> 00:56:24,594
issue, a gray area right now.

2100
00:56:24,594 --> 00:56:25,562
The state

2101
00:56:25,562 --> 00:56:27,898
s actually in the

2102
00:56:27,898 --> 00:56:29,733
process of working on new

2103
00:56:29,733 --> 00:56:31,202
legislation to react to the

2104
00:56:31,202 --> 00:56:32,670
Calais decision that could

2105
00:56:32,670 --> 00:56:34,872
change this California Voting

2106
00:56:34,872 --> 00:56:35,339
Rights Act itself as well. Um,

2107
00:56:35,339 --> 00:56:36,700
I know there

2108
00:56:36,700 --> 00:56:36,541
s some legislation

2109
00:56:36,541 --> 00:56:37,942
on the governor

2110
00:56:37,942 --> 00:56:39,911
s desk right

2111
00:56:39,911 --> 00:56:41,213
now relating to that and more

2112
00:56:41,213 --> 00:56:42,814
coming down the pipeline before

2113
00:56:42,814 --> 00:56:44,500
the end of the legislative

2114
00:56:44,500 --> 00:56:44,516
session, um, so I

2115
00:56:44,516 --> 00:56:45,284
m happy to

2116
00:56:45,284 --> 00:56:47,284
give a more.

2117
00:56:47,286 --> 00:56:49,188
Longer response at some point,

2118
00:56:49,188 --> 00:56:49,355
but I think the takeaway is,

2119
00:56:49,355 --> 00:56:50,990
it

2120
00:56:50,990 --> 00:56:53,359
s a gray area right now.

2121
00:56:53,359 --> 00:56:54,894
And, and so at that point we

2122
00:56:54,894 --> 00:56:56,363
would come back to this if

2123
00:56:56,363 --> 00:56:57,864
something changed at the state

2124
00:56:57,864 --> 00:56:58,231
or federal level, or we would

2125
00:56:58,231 --> 00:57:00,231
just we

2126
00:57:02,203 --> 00:57:04,172
d be set until 2031. So,

2127
00:57:04,172 --> 00:57:05,640
so historically maps have been

2128
00:57:05,640 --> 00:57:07,342
grandfathered in by the old

2129
00:57:07,342 --> 00:57:10,942
laws. So for example, the Fair

2130
00:57:11,213 --> 00:57:13,181
Maps Act took effect in 2024.

2131
00:57:13,181 --> 00:57:14,416
Cities that redistricted in

2132
00:57:14,416 --> 00:57:15,684
2021 didn

2133
00:57:15,684 --> 00:57:16,686
t have to redraw

2134
00:57:16,686 --> 00:57:18,587
their maps.

2135
00:57:18,587 --> 00:57:21,324
The, you, they can continue to

2136
00:57:21,324 --> 00:57:22,626
use their maps till 2031, and

2137
00:57:22,626 --> 00:57:23,860
then they have to evaluate

2138
00:57:23,860 --> 00:57:26,290
whether or not their maps work

2139
00:57:26,290 --> 00:57:28,165
under the new criteria.

2140
00:57:28,165 --> 00:57:28,466
The old criteria were basically,

2141
00:57:28,466 --> 00:57:29,199
they weren

2142
00:57:29,199 --> 00:57:31,135
t rank ordered. It

2143
00:57:31,135 --> 00:57:33,738
was up to the council and the

2144
00:57:33,738 --> 00:57:35,806
community to decide the

2145
00:57:35,806 --> 00:57:37,576
balancing factors of compact

2146
00:57:37,576 --> 00:57:39,377
contiguity, compactness, and so

2147
00:57:39,377 --> 00:57:39,844
on. Um, when the legislature

2148
00:57:39,844 --> 00:57:40,244
did that, it didn

2149
00:57:40,244 --> 00:57:42,244
t mean that

2150
00:57:43,140 --> 00:57:45,751
every city had to redraw.

2151
00:57:45,751 --> 00:57:46,518
Ok, thank you.

2152
00:57:46,518 --> 00:57:47,200
I honestly don

2153
00:57:47,200 --> 00:57:48,387
t remember if

2154
00:57:48,387 --> 00:57:50,890
you covered this, and I

2155
00:57:50,890 --> 00:57:51,357
apologize because it was a

2156
00:57:51,357 --> 00:57:53,757
really great presentation but

2157
00:57:53,960 --> 00:57:55,962
so much information, but did

2158
00:57:55,962 --> 00:57:57,764
you cover that two options that

2159
00:57:57,764 --> 00:57:58,799
cities have are 5 disc, well, I

2160
00:57:58,799 --> 00:58:01,168
mean, it could be more than 5,

2161
00:58:01,168 --> 00:58:02,836
but 5 districts or 4 districts

2162
00:58:02,836 --> 00:58:04,706
plus a directly elected mayor.

2163
00:58:04,706 --> 00:58:04,906
So I did mention it, um, I

2164
00:58:04,906 --> 00:58:06,700
didn

2165
00:58:06,700 --> 00:58:08,609
t spend a lot of time on

2166
00:58:08,609 --> 00:58:10,178
it, but um we do have both

2167
00:58:10,178 --> 00:58:11,880
options available at this point,

2168
00:58:11,880 --> 00:58:14,516
and all of our tools are set up

2169
00:58:14,516 --> 00:58:17,152
to allow users to draw either a

2170
00:58:17,152 --> 00:58:19,552
4 district or a 5-district.

2171
00:58:19,555 --> 00:58:20,589
At what point would you want

2172
00:58:20,589 --> 00:58:22,989
direction from council, you

2173
00:58:23,526 --> 00:58:24,560
know, we want to do 5 districts

2174
00:58:24,560 --> 00:58:27,630
or we want to do 4 on

2175
00:58:27,630 --> 00:58:29,199
electorate and, and, and a

2176
00:58:29,199 --> 00:58:31,602
directly elected mayor to help

2177
00:58:31,602 --> 00:58:33,360
you draw the maps. So, um, that,

2178
00:58:33,360 --> 00:58:35,906
that of course will ultimately

2179
00:58:35,906 --> 00:58:38,443
be up to the council um if at

2180
00:58:38,443 --> 00:58:39,911
the 2nd public hearing in 2

2181
00:58:39,911 --> 00:58:41,313
weeks, we have some direction

2182
00:58:41,313 --> 00:58:44,820
on that. Um, we could come back

2183
00:58:44,820 --> 00:58:46,251
with 3 or 4 options that are

2184
00:58:46,251 --> 00:58:46,752
just for just 5. Ok. It also

2185
00:58:46,752 --> 00:58:48,860
provides some.

2186
00:58:48,860 --> 00:58:50,222
Guidance to those community

2187
00:58:50,222 --> 00:58:51,991
maps that we receive. Ok, um,

2188
00:58:51,991 --> 00:58:52,164
however, I, I, you know, it,

2189
00:58:52,164 --> 00:58:53,960
it

2190
00:58:53,960 --> 00:58:56,296
s up to the council to make

2191
00:58:56,296 --> 00:58:58,398
that call. But if the council

2192
00:58:58,398 --> 00:58:59,866
at the next hearing has this

2193
00:58:59,866 --> 00:59:01,168
specific discussion about, we

2194
00:59:01,168 --> 00:59:02,669
want to go one way or the other

2195
00:59:02,669 --> 00:59:05,500
way, then you could tailor the

2196
00:59:05,500 --> 00:59:06,240
maps based on that direction.

2197
00:59:06,240 --> 00:59:07,541
Absolutely. Ok. Any more

2198
00:59:07,541 --> 00:59:09,430
questions?

2199
00:59:09,430 --> 00:59:10,450
All right, thank you so much.

2200
00:59:10,450 --> 00:59:10,311
Thank you. With that, I

2201
00:59:10,311 --> 00:59:11,913
m going

2202
00:59:11,913 --> 00:59:13,515
to open the public hearing.

2203
00:59:13,515 --> 00:59:15,915
Each speaker will have 3

2204
00:59:16,170 --> 00:59:16,752
minutes. You can talk about.

2205
00:59:16,752 --> 00:59:17,953
You like it, don

2206
00:59:17,953 --> 00:59:19,389
t like it, you

2207
00:59:19,389 --> 00:59:21,791
can ask questions. You can talk

2208
00:59:21,791 --> 00:59:22,958
about specifics of maps is

2209
00:59:22,958 --> 00:59:24,694
absolutely your choice. Do we

2210
00:59:24,694 --> 00:59:26,462
have any speaker cards by any

2211
00:59:26,462 --> 00:59:28,970
chance? Can I ask I ask a quick

2212
00:59:28,970 --> 00:59:28,898
go back? Of course.

2213
00:59:28,898 --> 00:59:29,366
This doesn

2214
00:59:29,366 --> 00:59:30,700
t affect the

2215
00:59:30,700 --> 00:59:31,601
treasurer and the city clerk.

2216
00:59:31,601 --> 00:59:31,835
Not at all. Ok. They

2217
00:59:31,835 --> 00:59:33,300
re still

2218
00:59:33,300 --> 00:59:34,404
at large. Thank you.

2219
00:59:34,404 --> 00:59:36,404
Ok.

2220
00:59:36,641 --> 00:59:37,608
So I opened the public hearing.

2221
00:59:37,608 --> 00:59:39,210
If anybody would like to speak,

2222
00:59:39,210 --> 00:59:40,212
please come forward.

2223
00:59:40,212 --> 00:59:42,212
Go ahead. Ok.

2224
00:59:43,215 --> 00:59:44,249
Thank you.

2225
00:59:44,249 --> 00:59:45,160
Thank you, I

2226
00:59:45,160 --> 00:59:47,160
m Sonia civilian.

2227
00:59:47,850 --> 00:59:48,487
Uh, first I want to thank the,

2228
00:59:48,487 --> 00:59:49,788
the city council, the city

2229
00:59:49,788 --> 00:59:50,322
staff, and Justin Levitt for

2230
00:59:50,322 --> 00:59:50,590
all the work that they

2231
00:59:50,590 --> 00:59:52,424
ve done.

2232
00:59:52,424 --> 00:59:53,893
I know this is quite a project

2233
00:59:53,893 --> 00:59:54,460
and so I appreciate all, all

2234
00:59:54,460 --> 00:59:55,428
the effort that

2235
00:59:55,428 --> 00:59:56,729
s gone into it.

2236
00:59:56,729 --> 00:59:57,497
Uh, I want to speak

2237
00:59:57,497 --> 00:59:59,799
specifically to the point that

2238
00:59:59,799 --> 01:00:03,300
you just raised in terms of the

2239
01:00:03,300 --> 01:00:05,300
5 districts versus 4 districts,

2240
01:00:05,840 --> 01:00:10,400
um, and hold on, I lost my

2241
01:00:11,112 --> 01:00:13,470
notes here, uh, to adopt. So my

2242
01:00:13,470 --> 01:00:14,816
argument is to have the urge

2243
01:00:14,816 --> 01:00:16,651
the council to adopt a.

2244
01:00:16,651 --> 01:00:17,653
5 single-member district with

2245
01:00:17,653 --> 01:00:19,554
continued voting mayor,

2246
01:00:19,554 --> 01:00:20,956
rotating mayor rather than 4

2247
01:00:20,956 --> 01:00:23,356
districts and a separately

2248
01:00:23,826 --> 01:00:25,795
elected mayor, so districting

2249
01:00:25,795 --> 01:00:27,663
districting exists to expand

2250
01:00:27,663 --> 01:00:28,998
who holds power in this city,

2251
01:00:28,998 --> 01:00:30,400
particularly for communities

2252
01:00:30,400 --> 01:00:32,680
that have never had a voice on

2253
01:00:32,680 --> 01:00:33,937
this council, a rotating mayor

2254
01:00:33,937 --> 01:00:35,406
is the structure that allows

2255
01:00:35,406 --> 01:00:36,407
that expansion to actually

2256
01:00:36,407 --> 01:00:37,641
reach the city

2257
01:00:37,641 --> 01:00:39,443
s most visible

2258
01:00:39,443 --> 01:00:41,245
leadership role if the mayor is

2259
01:00:41,245 --> 01:00:42,747
instead chosen through a

2260
01:00:42,747 --> 01:00:43,715
separate election incumbency

2261
01:00:43,715 --> 01:00:45,183
will quickly become the

2262
01:00:45,183 --> 01:00:47,850
dominant factor.

2263
01:00:47,850 --> 01:00:48,153
Incumbents carry name

2264
01:00:48,153 --> 01:00:49,121
recognition, fundraising

2265
01:00:49,121 --> 01:00:50,188
networks, institutional

2266
01:00:50,188 --> 01:00:51,924
advantages that are difficult

2267
01:00:51,924 --> 01:00:54,324
for first-time candidate to

2268
01:00:54,327 --> 01:00:56,620
overcome. Over time, that

2269
01:00:56,620 --> 01:00:56,262
dynamic risks concentrating the

2270
01:00:56,262 --> 01:00:57,764
mayor

2271
01:00:57,764 --> 01:00:59,632
s office in the hands of

2272
01:00:59,632 --> 01:01:01,601
whichever community already has

2273
01:01:01,601 --> 01:01:03,203
the resources and visibility to

2274
01:01:03,203 --> 01:01:04,905
win citywide elections that

2275
01:01:04,905 --> 01:01:06,207
same the same pattern which led

2276
01:01:06,207 --> 01:01:08,241
to this districting process in

2277
01:01:08,241 --> 01:01:11,312
the first place. So a rotating

2278
01:01:11,312 --> 01:01:12,980
mayor avoids that risk entirely

2279
01:01:12,980 --> 01:01:14,415
because the position passes

2280
01:01:14,415 --> 01:01:15,617
amongst all 5 district.

2281
01:01:15,617 --> 01:01:15,917
Representatives, the city

2282
01:01:15,917 --> 01:01:17,585
s

2283
01:01:17,585 --> 01:01:19,154
leading role will in time

2284
01:01:19,154 --> 01:01:20,589
reflect the diversity that this

2285
01:01:20,589 --> 01:01:22,570
districting process is designed

2286
01:01:22,570 --> 01:01:24,326
to bring, so I, when the time

2287
01:01:24,326 --> 01:01:25,928
comes, I urge the council to

2288
01:01:25,928 --> 01:01:27,290
adopt a 5 district map and

2289
01:01:27,290 --> 01:01:27,830
preserve the rotating mirror

2290
01:01:27,830 --> 01:01:29,799
system. Thank you. Thank you,

2291
01:01:29,799 --> 01:01:30,734
Sonia.

2292
01:01:30,734 --> 01:01:31,401
Next speaker, if anybody else

2293
01:01:31,401 --> 01:01:34,401
would like to speak, please

2294
01:01:46,651 --> 01:01:48,190
come forward.

2295
01:01:48,190 --> 01:01:50,880
Good evening, Mayor and members

2296
01:01:50,880 --> 01:01:50,989
of the city council. My name is

2297
01:01:50,989 --> 01:01:51,657
Mary Gonzalez. I

2298
01:01:51,657 --> 01:01:53,657
m a resident

2299
01:01:53,792 --> 01:01:55,260
of Signal Hill and a retired

2300
01:01:55,260 --> 01:01:55,294
public interest attorney. I

2301
01:01:55,294 --> 01:01:57,294
m

2302
01:01:58,798 --> 01:02:01,798
here to address the underlying

2303
01:02:01,935 --> 01:02:02,268
resolution that led to this

2304
01:02:02,268 --> 01:02:03,202
process. I

2305
01:02:03,202 --> 01:02:04,871
m fully committed to

2306
01:02:04,871 --> 01:02:06,907
the established legal processes

2307
01:02:06,907 --> 01:02:07,908
of transition transitioning,

2308
01:02:07,908 --> 01:02:08,242
however, as a resident, I

2309
01:02:08,242 --> 01:02:10,242
m

2310
01:02:10,811 --> 01:02:11,450
deeply offended by the

2311
01:02:11,450 --> 01:02:13,450
council

2312
01:02:13,470 --> 01:02:15,116
s underlying premise in

2313
01:02:15,116 --> 01:02:16,784
this resolution which dismisses

2314
01:02:16,784 --> 01:02:18,487
a vital civil rights matter as

2315
01:02:18,487 --> 01:02:20,121
a mere financial.

2316
01:02:20,121 --> 01:02:21,523
Inconvenience, the resolution

2317
01:02:21,523 --> 01:02:23,292
states that this is that the

2318
01:02:23,292 --> 01:02:25,227
city is not aware of any

2319
01:02:25,227 --> 01:02:26,729
evidence of the California

2320
01:02:26,729 --> 01:02:27,363
Voting rights violation,

2321
01:02:27,363 --> 01:02:27,830
although I know we

2322
01:02:27,830 --> 01:02:29,198
re already

2323
01:02:29,198 --> 01:02:29,532
going forward with the process,

2324
01:02:29,532 --> 01:02:31,467
let

2325
01:02:31,467 --> 01:02:32,669
s look at the actual facts

2326
01:02:32,669 --> 01:02:35,669
in the 100 year history of

2327
01:02:35,672 --> 01:02:37,774
Signal Hill, not a single

2328
01:02:37,774 --> 01:02:40,577
Latino candidate has ever been

2329
01:02:40,577 --> 01:02:42,613
elected in a majority Latino

2330
01:02:42,613 --> 01:02:43,981
city in a city rich with

2331
01:02:43,981 --> 01:02:45,350
demographic diversity, that is

2332
01:02:45,350 --> 01:02:47,552
not an accident. It is

2333
01:02:47,552 --> 01:02:49,200
statistical and structural.

2334
01:02:49,200 --> 01:02:50,488
Exclusion, it also trickles

2335
01:02:50,488 --> 01:02:52,570
down to the city

2336
01:02:52,570 --> 01:02:53,925
s appointments

2337
01:02:53,925 --> 01:02:55,925
process, priorities, and

2338
01:02:56,261 --> 01:02:56,895
neighborhood issues. Our

2339
01:02:56,895 --> 01:02:57,529
current at-large Our current

2340
01:02:57,529 --> 01:02:58,198
at-large system Our current

2341
01:02:58,198 --> 01:02:59,632
at-large Our current at-large

2342
01:02:59,632 --> 01:03:00,867
system allows a single

2343
01:03:00,867 --> 01:03:02,769
concentrated voting block to

2344
01:03:02,769 --> 01:03:04,404
dictate policy for an entire an

2345
01:03:04,404 --> 01:03:04,805
entire city, which is why I

2346
01:03:04,805 --> 01:03:05,939
appreciate Sonia

2347
01:03:05,939 --> 01:03:07,774
s comments,

2348
01:03:07,774 --> 01:03:10,177
pretending this is a baseless

2349
01:03:10,177 --> 01:03:11,645
threat, ignores the Southwest

2350
01:03:11,645 --> 01:03:13,645
voter registration Education

2351
01:03:14,615 --> 01:03:16,384
Project is a solid, venerable

2352
01:03:16,384 --> 01:03:18,119
civil rights organization whose

2353
01:03:18,119 --> 01:03:20,119
legendary founder Willie.

2354
01:03:20,922 --> 01:03:23,322
Velasquez coin coined the

2355
01:03:23,925 --> 01:03:25,594
defining phrase suvoto es suvos,

2356
01:03:25,594 --> 01:03:27,696
your voice is your vote. I mean,

2357
01:03:27,696 --> 01:03:30,660
your vote is your voice, which

2358
01:03:30,660 --> 01:03:31,000
resonates throughout our Latino

2359
01:03:31,000 --> 01:03:32,935
communities since creating

2360
01:03:32,935 --> 01:03:34,103
districts is a done deal, the

2361
01:03:34,103 --> 01:03:36,239
city should stop complaining

2362
01:03:36,239 --> 01:03:36,940
about the process and recognize

2363
01:03:36,940 --> 01:03:38,940
and

2364
01:03:39,476 --> 01:03:41,476
Um,

2365
01:03:41,478 --> 01:03:42,546
The need for the necessary

2366
01:03:42,546 --> 01:03:42,713
change.

2367
01:03:42,713 --> 01:03:44,713
Let

2368
01:03:45,150 --> 01:03:46,484
s be clear about the legal

2369
01:03:46,484 --> 01:03:48,386
reality and in these voting

2370
01:03:48,386 --> 01:03:49,354
rights cases, cities that chose

2371
01:03:49,354 --> 01:03:51,890
to fight single member

2372
01:03:51,890 --> 01:03:54,890
districts in and court lose

2373
01:03:54,993 --> 01:03:56,895
100% of the time.

2374
01:03:56,895 --> 01:03:59,198
Furthermore, Section 3a of your

2375
01:03:59,198 --> 01:04:01,598
resolution legally commits the

2376
01:04:03,169 --> 01:04:05,571
city to robust public outreach

2377
01:04:05,571 --> 01:04:07,140
explicitly naming non-English

2378
01:04:07,140 --> 01:04:08,975
speaking communities, yet the

2379
01:04:08,975 --> 01:04:10,644
outreach so far has been

2380
01:04:10,644 --> 01:04:11,979
virtually invisible.

2381
01:04:11,979 --> 01:04:13,480
Merely announcing a meeting

2382
01:04:13,480 --> 01:04:15,516
during a city council broadcast

2383
01:04:15,516 --> 01:04:17,785
and posting on the city website

2384
01:04:17,785 --> 01:04:18,853
is passive compliance, not true

2385
01:04:18,853 --> 01:04:20,121
engagement. If we want a city

2386
01:04:20,121 --> 01:04:21,689
where your vote is truly your

2387
01:04:21,689 --> 01:04:22,891
voice, the city must actively

2388
01:04:22,891 --> 01:04:25,593
invite the community to the

2389
01:04:25,593 --> 01:04:26,928
table, not hide the process in

2390
01:04:26,928 --> 01:04:28,630
bureaucratic corners. This

2391
01:04:28,630 --> 01:04:30,232
transition should not be framed

2392
01:04:30,232 --> 01:04:32,769
as a costly burden. It must be

2393
01:04:32,769 --> 01:04:34,871
embraced as a long overdue

2394
01:04:34,871 --> 01:04:36,806
civil rights correction. I urge

2395
01:04:36,806 --> 01:04:38,608
this counsel to execute

2396
01:04:38,608 --> 01:04:40,377
transparent, aggressive,

2397
01:04:40,377 --> 01:04:42,377
multilingual outreach ensure.

2398
01:04:43,547 --> 01:04:44,948
District maps are drawn fairly

2399
01:04:44,948 --> 01:04:46,650
without protecting incumbents

2400
01:04:46,650 --> 01:04:48,252
and finally give every

2401
01:04:48,252 --> 01:04:50,652
neighborhood a dedicated voice

2402
01:05:01,634 --> 01:05:03,634
at the table.

2403
01:05:03,836 --> 01:05:04,360
Carlo, is there a resolution

2404
01:05:04,360 --> 01:05:05,938
that

2405
01:05:05,938 --> 01:05:07,400
s associated with our

2406
01:05:07,400 --> 01:05:08,408
Item tonight, yes, Mayor and

2407
01:05:08,408 --> 01:05:10,808
council, those are resolution

2408
01:05:11,344 --> 01:05:12,212
of intent that was brought

2409
01:05:12,212 --> 01:05:13,180
forth brought previously

2410
01:05:13,180 --> 01:05:14,949
brought to the city council to

2411
01:05:14,949 --> 01:05:16,949
initiate the process.

2412
01:05:21,756 --> 01:05:22,256
Great. Next speaker, please.

2413
01:05:22,256 --> 01:05:23,191
See none, I

2414
01:05:23,191 --> 01:05:24,159
ll bring it back.

2415
01:05:24,159 --> 01:05:26,940
Do we have to throw out a

2416
01:05:26,940 --> 01:05:27,729
couple of questions in case the

2417
01:05:27,729 --> 01:05:30,129
speakers want to contribute

2418
01:05:30,433 --> 01:05:31,533
more or you got enough? No, ok,

2419
01:05:31,533 --> 01:05:32,801
all right. Um, I mean, they

2420
01:05:32,801 --> 01:05:34,904
were already, they were placed

2421
01:05:34,904 --> 01:05:36,172
up there. So as part of the

2422
01:05:36,172 --> 01:05:38,740
presentation. All right, um, do

2423
01:05:38,740 --> 01:05:38,241
we have any Zoom participants

2424
01:05:38,241 --> 01:05:39,576
who

2425
01:05:39,576 --> 01:05:42,312
d like to be heard.

2426
01:05:42,312 --> 01:05:43,747
There are no Zoom participants.

2427
01:05:43,747 --> 01:05:45,115
Ok, with that, I will close the

2428
01:05:45,115 --> 01:05:48,115
public hearing and bring it

2429
01:05:48,152 --> 01:05:49,520
back to council for comment or

2430
01:05:49,520 --> 01:05:50,321
discussion or.

2431
01:05:50,321 --> 01:05:50,555
Move forward. I don

2432
01:05:50,555 --> 01:05:50,821
t think

2433
01:05:50,821 --> 01:05:52,758
there

2434
01:05:52,758 --> 01:05:53,458
s any action item that

2435
01:05:53,458 --> 01:05:54,392
s

2436
01:05:54,392 --> 01:05:54,959
required tonight, correct,

2437
01:05:54,959 --> 01:05:56,940
Carlo?

2438
01:05:56,940 --> 01:05:57,429
This is the first of two public

2439
01:05:57,429 --> 01:06:00,666
hearings. This was to hear what

2440
01:06:00,666 --> 01:06:02,334
are our community had to say,

2441
01:06:02,334 --> 01:06:03,903
um, any discussion or questions

2442
01:06:03,903 --> 01:06:05,903
from council.

2443
01:06:07,707 --> 01:06:08,241
So how are we advertising this?

2444
01:06:08,241 --> 01:06:09,576
So we

2445
01:06:09,576 --> 01:06:10,710
ve been advertising the,

2446
01:06:10,710 --> 01:06:11,378
we started with the community

2447
01:06:11,378 --> 01:06:11,644
meeting and that

2448
01:06:11,644 --> 01:06:13,614
s been

2449
01:06:13,614 --> 01:06:15,150
advertised on our social media

2450
01:06:15,150 --> 01:06:17,384
channels. Uh, we have the

2451
01:06:17,384 --> 01:06:19,587
advertisement in English and in

2452
01:06:19,587 --> 01:06:19,753
Spanish, um, and we are, um,

2453
01:06:19,753 --> 01:06:20,588
we

2454
01:06:20,588 --> 01:06:22,590
re gonna continue to, to

2455
01:06:22,590 --> 01:06:23,658
press that effort on our

2456
01:06:23,658 --> 01:06:25,193
website and and through our

2457
01:06:25,193 --> 01:06:26,428
social media in, in multiple

2458
01:06:26,428 --> 01:06:28,663
languages as I mentioned.

2459
01:06:28,663 --> 01:06:30,599
Mhm

2460
01:06:30,599 --> 01:06:32,534
Any other questions?

2461
01:06:32,534 --> 01:06:34,937
No questions. I just um, you

2462
01:06:34,937 --> 01:06:36,405
know, for me, my perspective

2463
01:06:36,405 --> 01:06:38,108
coming into tonight was to use

2464
01:06:38,108 --> 01:06:39,575
this as a listening session to

2465
01:06:39,575 --> 01:06:40,910
get the comments, uh, from the

2466
01:06:40,910 --> 01:06:43,130
public. So I appreciate the

2467
01:06:43,130 --> 01:06:44,248
speakers coming up and sharing

2468
01:06:44,248 --> 01:06:44,548
their thoughts, um, other than

2469
01:06:44,548 --> 01:06:45,982
that, that

2470
01:06:45,982 --> 01:06:47,652
s all I have.

2471
01:06:47,652 --> 01:06:49,190
Any other comments or questions?

2472
01:06:49,190 --> 01:06:50,188
So we have nothing to receive

2473
01:06:50,188 --> 01:06:51,488
in files. We just close the

2474
01:06:51,488 --> 01:06:53,391
public hearing and move on.

2475
01:06:53,391 --> 01:06:56,391
Correct, yes. Ok, great. Thank

2476
01:06:56,761 --> 01:06:59,498
you. All right, uh, we will

2477
01:06:59,498 --> 01:07:00,899
move on to the consent calendar,

2478
01:07:00,899 --> 01:07:01,901
I believe. Would anybody from

2479
01:07:01,901 --> 01:07:03,680
council like to pull anything

2480
01:07:03,680 --> 01:07:03,802
from the consent calendar?

2481
01:07:03,802 --> 01:07:05,238
No.

2482
01:07:05,238 --> 01:07:06,239
Uh, is there any member of the

2483
01:07:06,239 --> 01:07:07,105
public that would like to pull

2484
01:07:07,105 --> 01:07:09,242
anything from the consent

2485
01:07:09,242 --> 01:07:10,242
calendar?

2486
01:07:10,242 --> 01:07:11,678
I seen none can have a motion

2487
01:07:11,678 --> 01:07:12,245
as to the consent calendar.

2488
01:07:12,245 --> 01:07:14,245
Move it.

2489
01:07:15,348 --> 01:07:16,817
Can I have a second?

2490
01:07:16,817 --> 01:07:19,219
2nd 2nd, uh, all in favor,

2491
01:07:19,219 --> 01:07:20,721
please say aye. Aye aye. Any

2492
01:07:20,721 --> 01:07:21,121
opposed? The motion carries.

2493
01:07:21,121 --> 01:07:22,456
I

2494
01:07:22,456 --> 01:07:24,458
ll go to a council member,

2495
01:07:24,458 --> 01:07:26,895
new business, a council member

2496
01:07:26,895 --> 01:07:28,620
Woods. Um, I have no new

2497
01:07:28,620 --> 01:07:30,265
business Council Member Jones,

2498
01:07:30,265 --> 01:07:31,734
uh, just a reminder, SEPTEMBER

2499
01:07:31,734 --> 01:07:34,269
13th, this Sunday. Pam, what

2500
01:07:34,269 --> 01:07:36,669
time does it start?

2501
01:07:37,841 --> 01:07:41,441
2. The band goes on at 2, doors

2502
01:07:42,110 --> 01:07:42,445
open at 1, for Vegas and Velvet,

2503
01:07:42,445 --> 01:07:44,445
it

2504
01:07:44,881 --> 01:07:46,249
s gonna be a fabulous event,

2505
01:07:46,249 --> 01:07:47,684
uh, obviously Pam, Doritza and

2506
01:07:47,684 --> 01:07:49,286
I are going to be there. Many

2507
01:07:49,286 --> 01:07:51,121
of you will be there. Um, it

2508
01:07:51,121 --> 01:07:52,524
should be a great time. Uh,

2509
01:07:52,524 --> 01:07:54,992
please come join us and help

2510
01:07:54,992 --> 01:07:56,561
support the Signal Hill

2511
01:07:56,561 --> 01:07:58,497
Community Foundation and all

2512
01:07:58,497 --> 01:07:59,464
their efforts uh to support

2513
01:07:59,464 --> 01:08:01,464
Signal Hill.

2514
01:08:03,301 --> 01:08:04,837
Tickets are available where?

2515
01:08:04,837 --> 01:08:04,979
And the banner that Pam

2516
01:08:04,979 --> 01:08:06,979
s

2517
01:08:07,173 --> 01:08:08,700
holding, but if you go to the

2518
01:08:08,700 --> 01:08:10,700
Signal Hill Community

2519
01:08:10,109 --> 01:08:11,477
Foundation, uh, social media or

2520
01:08:11,477 --> 01:08:12,245
website at I love

2521
01:08:12,245 --> 01:08:12,412
Signalhill.Org. There

2522
01:08:12,412 --> 01:08:13,480
s

2523
01:08:13,480 --> 01:08:14,881
additional information to

2524
01:08:14,881 --> 01:08:15,950
connect you to the event.

2525
01:08:15,950 --> 01:08:17,950
Thank you.

2526
01:08:18,552 --> 01:08:20,540
COUNCILMAN Copeland.

2527
01:08:20,540 --> 01:08:23,390
Vice Mayor Honey, yeah, I had

2528
01:08:23,390 --> 01:08:25,460
the opportunity to attend the

2529
01:08:25,460 --> 01:08:26,160
California contract cities fall

2530
01:08:26,160 --> 01:08:28,160
education summit education

2531
01:08:28,262 --> 01:08:29,731
summit. I thought it was, uh,

2532
01:08:29,731 --> 01:08:32,731
very enlightening. We got one

2533
01:08:33,100 --> 01:08:35,437
of the biggest issues facing la

2534
01:08:35,437 --> 01:08:39,370
County is the expansion of the

2535
01:08:39,842 --> 01:08:42,145
board of supervisors from 55

2536
01:08:42,145 --> 01:08:45,145
supervisors to 9 and going from,

2537
01:08:45,381 --> 01:08:47,684
uh, basically a hired, uh, uh.

2538
01:08:47,684 --> 01:08:49,860
Uh, executive officer who runs

2539
01:08:49,860 --> 01:08:50,187
the county to an elected

2540
01:08:50,187 --> 01:08:50,354
executive officer, and that

2541
01:08:50,354 --> 01:08:51,955
s

2542
01:08:51,955 --> 01:08:54,355
gonna have significant impacts

2543
01:08:55,259 --> 01:08:57,262
on how la County operates and

2544
01:08:57,262 --> 01:08:58,730
so um we got a lot of

2545
01:08:58,730 --> 01:08:59,931
information, uh, we can receive

2546
01:08:59,931 --> 01:09:00,699
a presentation, if we

2547
01:09:00,699 --> 01:09:02,100
d like,

2548
01:09:02,100 --> 01:09:02,300
um, but I think that was,

2549
01:09:02,300 --> 01:09:04,200
that

2550
01:09:04,200 --> 01:09:06,438
s one of the big things

2551
01:09:06,438 --> 01:09:08,307
that, uh, that I walked away

2552
01:09:08,307 --> 01:09:10,276
with. Um, we also got a

2553
01:09:10,276 --> 01:09:12,945
presentation on how to, on some

2554
01:09:12,945 --> 01:09:14,414
of the El Nino preparations

2555
01:09:14,414 --> 01:09:14,914
that I know our city is getting

2556
01:09:14,914 --> 01:09:16,216
ready to.

2557
01:09:16,216 --> 01:09:16,749
Put information out to make

2558
01:09:16,749 --> 01:09:17,684
sure we

2559
01:09:17,684 --> 01:09:18,651
re we

2560
01:09:18,651 --> 01:09:19,186
re well prepared

2561
01:09:19,186 --> 01:09:20,553
for what

2562
01:09:20,553 --> 01:09:22,322
s predicted to be a

2563
01:09:22,322 --> 01:09:22,523
very rainy winter, so anyway,

2564
01:09:22,523 --> 01:09:23,323
that

2565
01:09:23,323 --> 01:09:25,526
s all I have.

2566
01:09:25,526 --> 01:09:27,294
Um, we should probably do an El

2567
01:09:27,294 --> 01:09:29,363
Nino presentation at one of our

2568
01:09:29,363 --> 01:09:30,565
upcoming council meetings. So

2569
01:09:30,565 --> 01:09:32,500
residents know what resources

2570
01:09:32,500 --> 01:09:33,535
are available to them. Um um,

2571
01:09:33,535 --> 01:09:34,670
and is this going to be

2572
01:09:34,670 --> 01:09:37,105
something on the ballot as far

2573
01:09:37,105 --> 01:09:37,272
as moving from 5 to 9? Uh, it

2574
01:09:37,272 --> 01:09:38,340
s

2575
01:09:38,340 --> 01:09:41,430
already, it was on the ballot

2576
01:09:41,430 --> 01:09:42,545
and the voters approved it. Ok.

2577
01:09:42,545 --> 01:09:43,813
All right, uh, with that, can I,

2578
01:09:43,813 --> 01:09:45,682
I have no new business. Can I

2579
01:09:45,682 --> 01:09:46,000
have a motion to adjourn?