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We're ready. >> good evening. I will now call this meeting to order.

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time is 6:00 p.m. Madam clerk, can we please have the roll call? >> mayor medina.

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>> here. >> mayor pro tem saldana. >> here. >> council member martinez. >> here.

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>> council member raya. >> here. >> council member reyna. >> I'm here. >> all members are present.

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>> thank you. If you can, please stand for the flag salute. The salute pledge.

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please remain standing. Is there anybody in the audience that would like to lead us in in vocation?

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if not, we'll observe a moment of silence.

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we'll move on to item number 5, approval of agenda.

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are there any changes to the agenda? >> none. Thank you.

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>> with that, I would like to intent a motion for approval of agenda.

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>> moved. >> I will second. Madam clerk, I'm getting the [overlapping] mr. Martinez.

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>> do either of you have an agenda for me? [inaudible]. >> yeah, would you like one?

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>> I don't have one. I just realized. [overlapping] >> let me put one up here.

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>> thank you. >> yeah. The there's one right here or no.

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that's a different one. That's a different. >> thank you. Motion by mr. Martinez, seconded by myself.

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madam clerk, we get the vote by roll call. >> mayor medina? >> aye. Mayor pro tem saldana. >> aye.

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>> council member martinez. >> aye. >> council member raya. >> aye. >> council member reyna.

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>> aye. >> motion by council member martinez, seconded by mayor medina to approve the agenda as to form.

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motion is unanimous approved. >> thank you. We'll move on to item number seven,

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public comments on items not on the agenda. This portion of the meeting of chair for persons desiring to address the council,

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including the council acting as the governing board for the successor agency on any matter not

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on this agenda or which the council and successor agency have jurisdiction.

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speakers limited to two minutes, and maximum of 30 minutes will be allowed for any one subject.

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please state your name for the record before making your presentation. Brown act requirements that brown act does not allow

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action or discussion on items not of the agenda. Subject to narrow exceptions,

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this will limit a council members response to questions and request during this comment period.

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are there any public comments? Please come up and state your name for the record, please?

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>> push the button. >> there's a button on the mice? Yes. Yeah. There you go. Yeah.

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>> good evening, honorable mayor and city council members.

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my name is nicole vilarose. I'm the local government affairs representative from pg&e.

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you may have recognized my name from the emails that I send you regarding storm updates or emergencies or outages.

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I just came in to say, hello. I'm trying to make it to all the city council meetings in my division.

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I barely made it to this one because my son had an art show at five o'clock.

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but I'm grateful that I'm here. I meet with your city manager, scott,

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and staff pretty frequently. Scott knows where to find me when he needs something,

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but I give my local government affairs updates with him, but I wanted to say hello to the council and to the mayor

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to let you know that I am available via email,

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phone call, text, if you have any questions regarding pg&e, I'm just doing my due diligence and seeing you guys at

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city council meetings and let you know that I'm here for you. If you need anything that comes up,

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I'm going to leave my card and information with monica and yolanda here.

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monica, who so graciously took my call today. Thank you. You have an amazing staff,

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and I'm very thankful for them for always answering my questions and emails that I wanted to say hello to you guys tonight. Thank you. That's all.

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>> thank you, nicole. Your name does seem familiar, so it's good to put a face to a name.

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yeah. Well, thanks for being here.

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are there any other public comments? None, madam clerk. Do we have any email comments?

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>> yes, mayor. I'll go ahead and read that now. You all each have a copy?

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>> yes. >> hello. My name is tania cordova.

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I have been a wasco resident for most of my life and have seen wasco evolve into the city it is today.

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I am here today to speak about the street of wasco and some concerns.

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I live on the corner of rosewood avenue, and ninth place, close to baker park.

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ninth place is a very busy street because it heads directly towards palm avenue middle school.

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I'm here to address concerns about speeding cars on this street and see if the city can have

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a stop sign placed on the corner of maple avenue and ninth place to help prevent some of the speeding.

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I also have another concern with the corners of

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popular avenue and 11th street directly next to the old veterans hall.

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cars usually speed through popular avenue headed west and/or east.

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I've physically seen it with my own eyes because my 10-year-old son attends wonderful college prep academy in lost hills,

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and the bus stop is on 11th street next to the vets hall.

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sometimes he has had to walk home and cross popular headed west to get home.

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I have lost count of the times that he's informed me that he almost got

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run over due to cars not stopping at all for pedestrians.

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it seems like a stop sign also needs to be placed on this intersection.

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I have called the city before and expressed these concerns and was informed that there was a study being performed on this issue,

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but who knows how long the study has been going on for now. I just wanted to say my piece and inform you of the situation at hand.

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if something ends up happening to a child at dislocations, knowing that this is an ongoing issue,

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it will be in the hands of the city and is it is now documented in this meeting. Thank you.

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>> thank you, madam clerk. Are there any other email comments?

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>> there are no other email comments, mayor.

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>> thank you. We'll move on to item number 10, public safety reports, item 10a,

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kern county fire department. I don't see chief appleton. We'll move on to item 10b, wasco police department.

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>> good evening, honorable mayor and council members. I'll be presenting the public safety report for this meeting. Please keep in mind.

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these numbers cover the period from october 1st through october 15th.

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it might be off a little bit. So far this month, we had a total of 806 incidents.

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out of those 485 were called for service,

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and 321 were officer-initiated activities. On average, our department handles 1600-1700 total incidents each month,

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and we're on track to stay within that range again this month.

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on the enforcement sides, our officers have conducted 157 traffic stops and issued 56 citations from those stops.

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45 of which were criminal in nature. We've also responded to nine traffic collisions.

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there were four stolen vehicle reports and our officers recovered one stolen vehicle during this time.

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in terms of the community engagement, our officers continued to stay active in making

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21 positive contacts with our community members this month. We recently held our national night out event.

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it was a great success. A lot of the community members came out and had fun and showed their support.

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that concludes my report. If anyone has any questions, I'll be happy to answer them.

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>> thank you. Any questions from the members? >> no questions. Thank you.

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>> seeing none. Thank you. >> thank you. Continue to do a great job, sorry, lieutenant.

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>> thank you. Thank you, sir. >> I believe we have a pal presentation.

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>> yes. I'll invite our pal director, diana garcia.

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>> thank you. I did a little powerpoint.

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it's here to give a little stats on pal and how the program going up-to-date.

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it's a quick powerpoint just to give information on what pal is,

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a quick mission and vision of pal, and then our moment stats.

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then to talk a little bit about volunteers and then community events that you participate in.

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the program has been open for the third month, I believe.

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just a quick explanation of what the wasco pal is.

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the pal boxing program is a juvenile crime prevention program that uses sports,

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academics, and recreational activity to foster relationships between law enforcement and youth.

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the program is used to build self-confidence and self-esteem, make healthy lifestyle choices,

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enhance teamwork and leadership skills, develop good character, and give back to the community.

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it's a little bit small, but the mission and vision and values of pal.

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the mission is dedicated to building positive relations between law enforcement and the youth in our community.

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the pal vision is to create a safe and supportive environment where youth can develop leadership skills,

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build character, and foster trust with law enforcement. The values that we work on in ceiling on the youth is teamwork,

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integrity, growth, excellence, and respect. Those words spell out tiger.

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enrollment stats; currently there is 90 youth enrollments,

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ages 11 to 17, currently in the program. Average attendance varies, but it's 25-30 kids a day.

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we have seven volunteers, and three of the volunteers are the boxing coaches.

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a little background on the three coaches.

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one is our own officer, wasco police officer talavera.

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he volunteers his time and trains the kids. Our local member is carlos pieto,

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and a coach that comes from bakers, his name is mario vega.

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those are the three that do the coaching specifically for boxing for the youth.

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having the kids be part of the community and activities not only to give back to the community,

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but again, it reinforces personal development.

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like I always say, there are future leaders, so there are pipeline to maybe the future on one of those seats.

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the community events that they participated in.

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the first one was in september; was a rose parade. That was the first activity that the pal youth participated in.

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they handed out a rose, I don't know if you guys got to see,

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but they passing out roses mainly to the other community youth around the route,

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and they had a message of saying no to fentanyl; give the awareness of that.

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they did get the first trophy for pal.

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they got third place, so that was our first pal trophy. Very proud of it. [laughter]

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>> the first one of many to come. >> yes. This is the first one, but it was really fun for the kids.

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we see that they enjoyed it. They really did get involved with the community.

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we were really really happy. They did a really good job with that.

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the second was a national night out.

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also, they helped setting up. They helped the vendors assist in getting their stuff out of the car.

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wherever they were needed, there were a group of kids. I believe they helped put the hot dogs together.

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yeah. Move water. Wherever they were able to help, they were there.

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it was a really good outcome of having them there.

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photos there too. They did really good.

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those are the ones that they've done so far.

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just a little informational of what's been going on at the at the pal.

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we partnered up with the boys and girls club.

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they serve as a sponsor for the usda meal program.

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they started getting supper meals from 3:30-4:30.

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every day they get a meal, and it's a full meal.

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not just snacks. It's a full meal. They've been getting that on a daily basis.

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then we are also partnered up with kern medical and kern family healthcare for the mobile clinic.

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they did get a new mobile vehicle. They park once a month at the pal facility and provide services to the community.

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we've been using them mainly for the physicals. But every time they've been coming in,

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they get quite a bit of of responses. There's times where they stop people because they run out of time,

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but it's been a success too. But that's what we parted up with.

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we might be able to answer for you, you're more than welcome to. >> thank you. Any questions or comments from the members, mayor pro tem saldana?

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>> I have no question, then. Thank you for presentation. >> thank you. >> doing a good job.

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>> member martinez. >> you guys are doing great. I think at our last meeting, I think the number of enrollments was like 70, and now it's up to 90,

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so you guys are still growing, and it's just going to continue to grow,

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and we're going to eventually have to find another building for you guys or something. >> thank you.

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>> but you guys are doing awesome. I've heard nothing but good things, and it's happened here that we got our first trophy,

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so keep up the good work. >> member raya. >> I wish there was this program when I was youth here in wasco.

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I see the youth there having fun. What I like about it is, I go constantly there.

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the atmosphere is real discipline, cultures already set up.

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everybody picks up after themselves. Everybody works as a team.

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they're very respectful. I don't hear no cursing, no anything after they spar.

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I love it when they hug each other. They give high five, and then afterwards, they talk about hey, man, you should do this.

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I was getting you with this. We get you with this punch, so they're coaching each other. It's like a family, a team and those activities that

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you do outside that pal building through the community, it just helped build that bond more.

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you guys are doing a great job. The night out, I loved it because I saw the pal kids running around, helping out.

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I saw the police officers talking to people, walking down in the community.

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that's just going to build more trust with the officers, and the kids get to see that,

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and like you said, those kids are our future leaders. Keep up the great work, [inaudible].

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>> thank you. >>> member reyna. >> you're doing an outstanding job,

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and I congratulate you for it. You're creating the future good citizens of wasco. That's what you're doing.

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many of these kids, if they're not involved with a pal, might be out on the streets,

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getting into trouble, so it's wonderful to see that you're growing the membership as well.

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I wanted to ask you, you mentioned that you partner up with the boys club of america,

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I think you said, and that you're providing meals for the kids 3 30-4:30 or something to that effect.

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are you seeing more children attend because of this offerings of meals?

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are you seeing an increased attendance because of it? >> it has.

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they come in once they see the personnel come even from the boys and girls club,

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they already know they're going to get something to eat.

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I had a couple actually that they want to leave early because they're hungry, they want to go home and eat,

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or so this keeps them there, and they know as they come, they're going to get.

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even if they don't like the full meal, they at least eat the fruit, something else on it in the bag, so it does.

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it's helped a lot. Like, what we say, we don't know if that's

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the only thing they're even going to have to eat this afternoon, or a lot of the parents are working, they get home late,

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so at least that's something in between until they get home or their parents get home,

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or maybe that's their last meal of the day. For us, it's been a real positive impact to have that for them.

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>> you've made the point that I wanted to make, that you may be serving a meal that these kids would not otherwise get.

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I'm really happy to see that you're doing that and that it's being successful.

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we have kids that otherwise would go hungry, but you're feeding them,

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and they don't have to go home and maybe be out on the streets when they could eat there.

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thank you so much. Thank you for what you're doing. >> I'll label that is, you've definitely hit the ground running for being three months,

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definitely fulfilling the purpose of the program. It's doing exactly what it was meant to do,

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keeping our youth engaged, keeping them busy,

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and really teaching them how to engage with the community, not just with themselves and the boxing deal,

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but really the whole parade interacting with the community, really building those future leaders.

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keep up the good work. Three months seems like you guys have already done a lot,

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and I'm sure you guys will do a lot more. Keep up the great work,

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and like mr. Martinez said, hopefully, at some point, we have the problem where we need a bigger building.

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because it's a good problem to have. Keep up the good work. Thank you. >> thank you.

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>> with that, we'll move on to city council business, number 11.

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the consent calendar consists of items that are routine and non-controversial in the staff's opinion.

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these items are approved in one motion unless a council member or member of the public requests the removal of a particular item.

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this evening, we have items 11a-11e.

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at this time, I would like to ask the members if they have a conflict of interest on a particular item on the consent calendar.

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mayor pro tem saldana? >> I have none >> member martinez. >> no conflict. >> member raya?

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>> none. >> member reyna? >> no conflict, mayor.

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>> I have no conflict. Is there anyone in the audience who would like to remove item? Seeing none. Are there any council members who would

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like to remove items? Mayor pro tem saldana? >> I have none. >> member martinez? >> nothing, sir.

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>> member raya? >> none. >> member reyna? >> I have a question for staff, mayor, if I may.

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we're approving the minutes of october 7 on this agenda,

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and I don't see it on the items listed. Am I missing it?

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>> it's item b. >> item b. >> october 7. >> yes. It's staring at me.

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[laughter] >> you might have noticed that I took

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these glasses off and put this ones on and then took these ones off. I can't see with any of those.

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>> I'm glad we didn't forget. [laughter].

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>> in any case, as I read the agenda, I did find some issues with it,

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and I want to point them out. On page 14 of the agenda,

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and that is where the october 7, 2025 minutes, under new business item b, c,

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and d, list mayor medina and me is absent,

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and we were both here. On those votes, it shows the other members voting,

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but it shows us as being absent. Then on page 16,

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item 18, under the closed session minutes for september 16,

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the closed session action lists me as the one making the motion to approve the minutes,

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and it then lists me as absent on the vote.

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>> we can get that correct. >> I think I know how this happens.

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somebody is working on it, and then they got to something else, and it didn't get that.

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then also page 17, these items b, c, and d again.

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those are duplicate of the previous page.

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I just wanted to make those corrections.

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>> the second repeating of b, c, and d, that's our normal format.

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that's the reportable action, and each line item is has its own reportable action bullet.

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>> then that may be my misunderstanding.

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but just take a look at it. Because if it's wrong, it needs to be correct.

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>> I believe we can approve with the corrections to attendance.

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>> I would move to approve the consent calendar with this correction.

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>> with the stated corrections. >> yeah. >> okay. >> would that work?

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>> I believe so. >> with that, we have a motion.

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I will second. Madam clerk can get [inaudible]. >> sorry. Who motion?

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>> mr. Reyna. >> mr. Reyna. >> okay. >> with the noted changes?

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>> yes. Mayor medina? >> aye. >> mayor pro tem saldana.

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>> aye. >> council member martinez? >> aye. >> council member raya. >> aye. >>council member reyna.

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>> aye. >> motion by council member reyna, seconded by mayor medina,

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to approve the consent calendar with the changes to the october 7 agenda minutes,

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with the changes to be followed. Motion is unanimously approved.

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>> thank you. We'll move on to item 14.

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new business. We got item 14a receive and file the community development quarterly report information only. Ms. Cobb.

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>> yes, honorable mayor, and members of the council. In the past, the council has requested updates on

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development projects that are happening in town or in the pipeline somewhere. That's what this report attempts to provide information on,

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and scott, correct me if I'm wrong. This will be the one time that we do it orally on the agenda,

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otherwise, in the future, it'll just go on consent for you to read through, and of course, if you have any questions,

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I'm always available to answer. I won't read it to you, but just as a general reminder,

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the city doesn't own commercial property. We don't build commercial projects typically.

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we act as both a regulator and a facilitator for projects and businesses that

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want to come to the city because they believe they can have a successful business here.

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there are several steps to the development process. It's a fairly complicated process, particularly in california.

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I've tried to group the projects based on where they stand in the process.

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from planning approval only, to plan check, to under construction, or fully permitted.

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all of the projects you see listed there fall into one of those categories or to the recently completed projects.

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there's also a map attached that shows you where each of those projects is located in town by address,

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and I'm happy to answer any questions. >> thank you, ms. Cobb.

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are there any public comments at this time? Seeing none, any comments from the members, mayor pro tem saldana.

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>> I have none. >> member martinez? >> I really like this because I got blindsided by the wing stop going in.

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[laughter] the people that that wasn't true. >> it's true.

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>> I think that was more than one. >> thank you. >> I like this.

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>> member raya. >> none. >> member reyna? >> just a suggestion.

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as we know, the fact that somebody is planning to open a business doesn't necessarily mean that they will open the business in wasco.

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maybe there should be some clarification

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at the bottom of the page that states if it's plan, doesn't mean it's coming necessarily.

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because unless they pull a permit, if I understand it correctly, they could fall off at any one time, am I correct, kerry?

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>> that's outlined in that second paragraph there, the 1, 2, 3, and 4 under planning approval.

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I've indicated that they may or may not proceed to the next phase. They have a planning approval,

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but it may or may not move on. I've tried to clarify that in each phase that really until a building permit is pulled and paid for,

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that's where I think you can be fairly confident that the project is coming.

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but occasionally, we'll see projects that go through entitlements, get their planning entitlements,

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and then for one reason or another, they decide not to proceed.

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>> we will still get people that will say that this is coming regardless of your clarification there, but sure.

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at least if it's there, we can point out to. It may not happen. Thank you.

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I missed it. [laughter]

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>> I'm with mr. Martinez on this one. This is something that's valuable for us because we get asked all the time.

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I'm on the same boat as him. [laughter] somebody asked me the day before that sign went up.

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I was like, not that I know of. I said no. [laughter]

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>> you wouldn't necessarily, because there's a process that's in place,

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and it comes through our department, and we move it through the process, and we respond back and forth.

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but I'm happy to keep this updated. We'll do it quarterly and always, if you have questions, feel free to give me a call or send me an e-mail and all.

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>> no, I think this is good. There's obviously a lot of projects going on. There's a lot of things that have sort of been stagnant.

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having some insight as to why, I think it's helpful. >> sure. >> I think that's valuable for all of us. Thank you for that.

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>> good. >> if I can add two things. One is the projects can

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drop out even after they've paid and gotten a permit. Things happen.

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the other is that there are certain stages of exploration that

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we don't just by practice published publicly.

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they're still an exploratory stage, they may not have completed a transaction to acquire property yet,

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and posting too early can affect those deals. We're pretty careful about making these deals public

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until there is actually official paperwork filed.

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bear in mind, and those aren't always air-tight activities going on.

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there may be buzz out there in the community because someone has leaked

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information that we can't verify,

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confirm, or deny. >> yes. Add to that,

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certain businesses that are exploring to come here appreciate the fact that we don't divulge that information because that,

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as you mentioned, puts them at a disadvantage. >> correct.

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>> I think it was also suggested that if something significant changes between the quarterly reports,

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certainly we'll bring those to you in the form of the city manager announcement or something like that,

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and try to fill those gaps between the quarterly reports. >> I imagine that e-mail would be possible as well.

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>> sure. >> I think that's really all we're asking for. Thank you.

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>> okay. >> with that, we move on to item.

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>> thank you, kerry. >> I guess we need to receiving.

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with that election 10 motion to receive and file.

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>> for item b? >> for item 10a. >> that's just informational, isn't it?

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>> yeah. >> we don't need to. Got you.

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well, good with that one. Thank you. We move to item 14b.

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I receive and file city of wasco homeless outreach quarterly report. Information only.

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>> very similar to the last report, and we did one of these last quarter.

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this will be the last one, though, that we'll do. As a presentation, we'll provide a report on the consent calendar going forward,

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unless you have any specific questions, but this time around,

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hang on to that right there.

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we continue to work as a team. The service acceptance statistic report is what's in your agenda packet.

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that gives you an idea of the increase in the acceptance rate of services.

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what we're seeing out in the field is that people are gaining trust, and they're seeing us repeatedly learning

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that we mean what we say and we're there to provide services and help.

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we're seeing a bit of an uptake in the acceptance rate.

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they're either accepting services or hiding from us. [laughter] it's one or the other at this point.

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we continue the weekly street outreaches, that we talked about last time on wednesdays.

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continuing to work if you go back one monica or maybe even two.

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these are some of the partner agencies we're working with. Tonight, I have both mandy here,

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and a couple of representatives from be finally free. They've been really consistent in being here with us on wednesdays.

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as we go, I'll give them a chance to talk a little bit about some of our particular cases we've been working on.

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you might recognize some of these faces.

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mayor medina was out for one of our wednesday street outreaches.

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these are also code compliance. Flood has been really consistent with us on wednesdays as well.

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[laughter] go ahead. Teen challenge continues to be a good partner.

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we've referred several folks to teen challenge. Some have stayed in the program, and some have not.

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you'll see a theme as we go through, we talked about before,

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success is not a straight line. We've got a lot of one thing that didn't work;

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we'll try something else, but teen challenge continues to be a really great partner for us.

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detox and sober living [inaudible].

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this picture was in the last slideshow. I think it's [noise] august. Go ahead and move to the next slide.

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that's the same individual from when we took her in to today.

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>> [inaudible] this is [inaudible] from be finally free.

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this is teresa. She's actually really hesitant to talk to that.

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she was actually really short at first. This was last sunday, by the way,

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the pink shirt, and this was her, not even three months ago. There's been a huge change not just in her appearance,

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but in her demeanor when she's thinking there's more to life, it's friday.

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it took a little winning over. She did have some pushback against. She had trust issues.

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we've been able to talk to her weekly, making sure she's doing okay.

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one of the teachers from the parenting class is here as well, and she's actually had interactions with her,

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and she says she's the one who's participating and encouraging the members.

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that's what we're trying to do here. It might not be a million people,

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but one person out of 10 works. >> siama has done a great job of following up with some

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of our folks that we've been able to find services for. She does a really great job of following up

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with them to make sure that they have what they need and they're doing okay. See what's next.

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this individual, and I will let siama talk about this, too. This was nearly 3or 6 weeks ago.

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we approached him out on the street towards the end of wednesday outreach,

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looking for help, and siama and vlad were able to get him into tommy's legacy, and he's doing really well.

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>> he's doing phenomenal. From the day that he went in to now, he's at the altar.

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he's just leading. He could have taken some time off when he went into press his body,

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but he burned out the very next day, and he was actually working. He got to go to that at the end of 25,

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the retreat with all the gentlemen he was there with. I haven't been able to go because he's in

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an interment program and they don't really read likely how people put.

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he's doing phenomenal. I am planning to attend church here in

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the next two weeks so that I can just research based and remind him that we're still here.

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even once he's done with tommy's legacy that he's more than,

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wanting to come and reach out to me. He is always going to have that support system.

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>> flood is also bringing out on wednesdays, bringing showers out.

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they're set up next to frew baptist church on seventh street.

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that's become a central location.

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people who show up there, we offer services to try to get them, what they need, housed,

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or into a program. That seems to have been successful.

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support of services. These individuals are in one place or another.

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we're working with them to get vital documents. In particular, the individual on the far right,

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well may you talk a little bit about how he came to us three weeks ago,

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maybe four weeks ago, came to the office looking for mandy, looking for help.

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he's somebody that mandy's had contact with weekly basis. We're still working with him to get some documents in place.

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>> this individual, he wants to live a sober life.

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he wants to help, he wants the resources, but he's very self-aware of his addiction and what that withdrawal.

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he did come to the office. He wanted us to help him.

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[inaudible] and we drove him down, city serf, where he was able to do a night detox.

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he knows he needs to detox from alcohol, but he's scared to do it alone.

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he wants to be watched in case of an emergency. He made it through the night, made it to the challenge,

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which was his the next day, but was still going through withdrawal.

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next, he did leave, but his next step is to get recertified medical benefits,

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so that you can transition into a medical detox where you can be washed in a medical facility during that condition.

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I do believe that it will be someone. It's going to be very successful.

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>> that gives you an idea that sometimes it doesn't work.

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we got to a pretty group and rethought what the next step is. It's a bit of that as well.

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apartment hunting. We've been out looking for

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housing for one individual in particular for quite a while now, and we're still working on it.

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as you might expect, it's a more complicated process, than that.

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that thing is never very easy. But following up and following through

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and having this individual check in with mandy as often as possible to see what the status of dates is. Apartment hunting.

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>> yeah. She comes to us. We've done it several times. She comes to me and is very aware of [overlapping] my friend.

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is my case worker here? [laughter] we went out to match to a city service.

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but then, due to the background that f. We're now working also on the legal side to help get

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some expunge and just working with different agencies to help secure housing for them and different options.

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>> this is another piece of what we've been doing. This couple ended up in wasco

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with they ran out of gas and didn't have money to keep going. They were headed home to indiana.

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we were able to fill their tank and help them on their way.

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>> this couple actually came

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from indiana to work in the monterey area. They were promised work.

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the jobs had so they returned.

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they were very [inaudible].

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>> we talked a little bit last time about amtrak and some of the issues that we're having at amtrak and the nsf property just on the other side.

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that continues to be a primary area, of focus for us.

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this individual, we discovered a young woman one day out at the amtrak,

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the nsf property, seemed to be getting hooked in with the crowd out there, didn't seem safe.

403
00:40:52,030 --> 00:40:52,030
we were able to get her moved away from that area and back into bakersfield. Go ahead.

404
00:41:00,760 --> 00:41:00,760
you'll see that we continue to have encampments on the bnsf property.

405
00:41:06,700 --> 00:41:09,220
we've reached out to bnsf. They've done cleanups. We'll continue to work with them.

406
00:41:10,915 --> 00:41:14,730
it's an ongoing problem. The folks who are out there seem to be resistant to services.

407
00:41:18,745 --> 00:41:20,695
we continue to offer. But it's going to be something we need to work

408
00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:27,805
with multiple agencies and multiple people on, go ahead. I think we've got a few more that give you an idea of what we're working with.

409
00:41:33,025 --> 00:41:33,025
had we continued to work with those folks with the encampments?

410
00:41:41,455 --> 00:41:45,130
again, we've got to just keep being creative and working with other agencies and other partners on that. Go ahead.

411
00:41:49,330 --> 00:41:49,330
>> carry a question. Are they burning those railroad ties for heat?

412
00:41:53,575 --> 00:41:57,190
>> we have had, I don't think they are burning the railroad ties for heat, but occasionally the fires that they do build for heat,

413
00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:01,330
will catch the ties, and that becomes a big problem.

414
00:42:03,690 --> 00:42:05,990
there was a fire out there. Late spring, I want to say,

415
00:42:08,410 --> 00:42:10,225
early summer, maybe. That was a problem.

416
00:42:12,775 --> 00:42:12,775
we're working with bnsf to try to get them to secure the property better.

417
00:42:16,780 --> 00:42:19,645
like I said, they cleaned it up a couple of times, but the fencing is cut and broken.

418
00:42:23,395 --> 00:42:24,880
>> it needs to be replaced. >> there is a big issue with those railroad ties being treated with [inaudible],

419
00:42:29,530 --> 00:42:31,750
I believe. That's toxic. >> yes, it's a problem. We'll end on a positive note.

420
00:42:38,125 --> 00:42:42,010
mayor pro tem saldana probably recognizes this individual. You were out this day when we met elvarado.

421
00:42:45,100 --> 00:42:47,920
he had been sleeping in the alley here, and I believe public works reached out at one point to

422
00:42:50,140 --> 00:42:52,510
somebody because the trash trucks were going in and out of that alley, and they were concerned that, it was dangerous.

423
00:42:55,030 --> 00:42:55,030
he was just camped out in the alley there.

424
00:42:59,215 --> 00:42:59,215
we met elvarado, and I'll let you tell the rest of that story.

425
00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:05,520
go ahead. [laughter].

426
00:43:10,690 --> 00:43:10,690
>> I actually spoke in. I try to call him just to touch base.

427
00:43:15,985 --> 00:43:18,145
he did not remember. He remembered, but he didn't remember,

428
00:43:20,125 --> 00:43:20,125
so he said the last call he was doing, he was so grateful.

429
00:43:28,540 --> 00:43:30,385
I'm going to tell you, I had the roughest few weeks before he called next week to check out.

430
00:43:36,330 --> 00:43:39,220
he's on, and I don't know what you mean. You guys stand there and treat me.

431
00:43:42,040 --> 00:43:45,535
why did at me? He didn't even know that we found him in abys. He vaguely remembers you.

432
00:43:47,095 --> 00:43:50,095
he remembers you remember. He vaguely remembers.

433
00:43:51,520 --> 00:43:51,520
the biggest thing with this was that he didn't understand why he was so eager to help.

434
00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:01,600
now he's in such a great place. He's at washington, services, [inaudible] job.

435
00:44:07,195 --> 00:44:10,000
he found me; he sent his message.

436
00:44:12,385 --> 00:44:12,385
I put it in spanish and got [inaudible].

437
00:44:17,170 --> 00:44:17,170
it's just basically, he's so thankful for everybody.

438
00:44:28,890 --> 00:44:28,890
he's very thankful because he believed he was, that's work.

439
00:44:35,790 --> 00:44:37,990
I don't know why he did, and I don't know why he took the time to go home.

440
00:44:40,615 --> 00:44:40,615
but thank you, he broke down happy I'm te.

441
00:44:44,820 --> 00:44:44,820
but we don't see how much of an impact that means until we never see it, we never see it.

442
00:44:55,890 --> 00:44:55,890
able to hear that from because I know what counsel to get,

443
00:45:01,090 --> 00:45:03,685
I see it, we just want to see the mess. I'm sure that he doesn't always see it,

444
00:45:05,770 --> 00:45:09,550
and he didn't see it to be able to have just one person in. Buttill, he was so willing to send me

445
00:45:12,685 --> 00:45:12,685
a text and said

446
00:45:20,490 --> 00:45:24,235
I'm going to put my two sets in there and say I agree. Here is the approach to homelessness,

447
00:45:26,440 --> 00:45:28,855
and addiction in a whole different way. You're not like it's just a problem.

448
00:45:31,150 --> 00:45:34,510
we're trying to meet every individual and get to know them. Allow them to have trouble. A lot of people.

449
00:45:38,940 --> 00:45:38,940
but you're starting to see that even with the lifting ones opening up,

450
00:45:43,900 --> 00:45:47,500
coming around, and asking you about services, not taking that. But that's just opening.

451
00:45:49,315 --> 00:45:49,315
what is phenomenal?

452
00:45:53,605 --> 00:45:53,605
I look forward to coming just, spending some time.

453
00:45:57,730 --> 00:45:57,730
we have another gentleman not on wednesday, but three words to us.

454
00:46:02,005 --> 00:46:05,350
he helps with the showers. We had him fighting people I saw the other day.

455
00:46:09,280 --> 00:46:09,280
that's 5 years now.

456
00:46:15,100 --> 00:46:16,990
[inaudible] approaching, I love it. [laughter]

457
00:46:25,690 --> 00:46:25,690
>> like I said, so you guys can see and it's beautiful.

458
00:46:31,780 --> 00:46:31,780
beauty this morning.

459
00:46:36,835 --> 00:46:38,710
>> he sent that text to me this morning. A little bit of background on him,

460
00:46:41,770 --> 00:46:45,070
I know that it may be confusing. He he had family in washington. He was he had been brought here a year and a half ago,

461
00:46:47,710 --> 00:46:49,210
we think, two years ago, maybe for work and just kind of fell

462
00:46:53,185 --> 00:46:53,185
off and so we were able to get him back to washington where his family is.

463
00:46:59,280 --> 00:46:59,280
then as a year to he said drives. L.

464
00:47:04,090 --> 00:47:04,090
now conversation very proper,

465
00:47:13,180 --> 00:47:13,180
you know, someone passed you know, into this.

466
00:47:23,610 --> 00:47:23,610
and I'm actually waiting for one more.

467
00:47:31,445 --> 00:47:34,710
because this is, you know, what we find every day. Happy to answer any questions.

468
00:47:41,790 --> 00:47:41,790
all right. Thank you. There any public comments at this time?

469
00:47:46,240 --> 00:47:46,240
a. Any comments from the members, mayor pro tempt to?

470
00:47:52,165 --> 00:47:55,855
well, pig says that all as you guys saw a smile, you know, just seeing him that day.

471
00:47:57,430 --> 00:47:57,430
I mean, you guys intervening on taking different spots here in waco,

472
00:48:02,020 --> 00:48:05,290
meeting different people, going into some areas where I mean, it gets it get pretty intense right away.

473
00:48:07,600 --> 00:48:10,660
and it's people's attitudes and some some say no, some say yes, and that gentleman right there said no, at the beginning.

474
00:48:14,230 --> 00:48:16,735
I still remember and he was saying, no, no, I like, we started talking to talk to him, switch his mind.

475
00:48:19,600 --> 00:48:22,120
and that's awesome. That's a good story. So I think thank you guys for all you guys do.

476
00:48:25,290 --> 00:48:27,940
remember, martinez. First of all, thank all you ladies for what you do.

477
00:48:29,680 --> 00:48:31,075
this is very important work. You know, when we decided to have a homeless coordinator,

478
00:48:34,030 --> 00:48:34,030
I thought maybe we might get one or two success stories within the first year,

479
00:48:38,725 --> 00:48:42,640
and you guys are just doing a bunch of these. I love hearing these stories. Last week, I was at the league of california cities and I

480
00:48:45,670 --> 00:48:49,165
attended the session on homelessness. And like a lot of the sessions there,

481
00:48:51,955 --> 00:48:55,750
it's not applicable to wsco because the city that presented was much larger than ours. They did a $30 million public private hotel,

482
00:48:59,725 --> 00:49:01,960
94 room hotel that they bought and I was like, yeah, we can't do that, you know.

483
00:49:03,895 --> 00:49:03,895
but what I did enjoy was they had their homeless outreach coordinator,

484
00:49:08,080 --> 00:49:10,750
and I think they have a five or six person team in that city. And everything that he was saying is what you guys are doing.

485
00:49:13,300 --> 00:49:16,360
the repeated contacts. I think he said something like their average is like 17 contacts before somebody accept services.

486
00:49:19,960 --> 00:49:22,690
you know, the community partnerships, all of that. You guys are being very successful,

487
00:49:24,370 --> 00:49:24,370
and you guys are doing exactly what the successful model city is doing.

488
00:49:29,140 --> 00:49:32,425
so thank you guys for that. I do one other thing. I don't know how comfortable these folks that we're getting

489
00:49:35,830 --> 00:49:39,220
services to are with sharing their story, but I would like to see us maybe share

490
00:49:41,875 --> 00:49:44,950
one or two success stories on social media if possible. That way, word spreads that, hey,

491
00:49:47,590 --> 00:49:47,590
we are having success to people who need the services and the we're willing to

492
00:49:51,850 --> 00:49:53,815
help and also it shows the rest of the community that the city is doing something about our homelessness problem.

493
00:49:57,175 --> 00:49:59,260
but you guys are doing outstanding. I can't say enough good things about you guys.

494
00:50:02,260 --> 00:50:05,080
thank you. Great idea. Thank you. Merv. Well, thank you,

495
00:50:07,750 --> 00:50:10,675
ladies for sharing these life changing stories. You know, I just I was impressed with the acceptance rate.

496
00:50:15,700 --> 00:50:15,700
you know, it's about a 70 80% a acceptance. They accept the service.

497
00:50:20,335 --> 00:50:23,650
that shows that you guys have showed they believed you and there you guys already built that trust among all these individuals.

498
00:50:27,235 --> 00:50:30,370
and I think when the program started, you guys took up running, you guys didn't reinvent the wheel.

499
00:50:32,785 --> 00:50:34,885
we just were providing services, what the person needed.

500
00:50:36,940 --> 00:50:40,825
you guys have already the services in line for those people that they needed. So great job, ladies. Keep it up.

501
00:50:42,790 --> 00:50:42,790
thank you for sharing all the wonderful stories. Member rina?

502
00:50:47,445 --> 00:50:47,445
you know, we can measure your success by the people that you have helped.

503
00:50:52,440 --> 00:50:55,160
and you have helped several people. It was very moving to read

504
00:50:57,460 --> 00:50:57,460
this text looked like an e mail to me that this gentleman sent, you know,

505
00:51:02,995 --> 00:51:02,995
he's grateful and to have made contact with all of

506
00:51:08,410 --> 00:51:08,410
you and being able to return home and now have the hope that he can stay clean,

507
00:51:14,950 --> 00:51:16,300
whatever was ailing him, I believe it was alcohol. So

508
00:51:20,670 --> 00:51:23,830
I think it's wonderful that you're doing this, continue to do it.

509
00:51:25,135 --> 00:51:27,685
I know it takes time. All of you mentioned it. It's difficult to make contact with somebody and

510
00:51:31,390 --> 00:51:31,390
then gain their trust so you can do something for them.

511
00:51:35,995 --> 00:51:35,995
I guess this chart that is right here specifically talks to that,

512
00:51:42,390 --> 00:51:42,390
that it's a zigzag road to get there.

513
00:51:47,325 --> 00:51:49,685
thank you for all you do. I'm ha that this program in waco is so successful that you're making a huge difference.

514
00:51:59,190 --> 00:52:02,845
yeah. I mean, thank you, ladies and gentlemen. I mean, obviously, it's a team effort, right?

515
00:52:04,750 --> 00:52:08,170
I know you guys do a lot that day that I joined you. I know it's a collaborative effort and those contacts.

516
00:52:11,830 --> 00:52:15,160
I'm glad that mayor pote made it out there because it's really it's neat to see sort of what goes into it, right?

517
00:52:18,700 --> 00:52:21,730
just making those simple conversations and making those connections. And and that we're having some success with that.

518
00:52:25,705 --> 00:52:25,705
you know, giving us the rundown of the different placements and helping people I mean,

519
00:52:30,010 --> 00:52:32,950
washington is a long ways away, and the nas too. So it's those things that really make a difference.

520
00:52:36,130 --> 00:52:36,130
seeing this woman, just sort of that change, that picture.

521
00:52:40,450 --> 00:52:41,935
I mean, it's amazing. It's amazing and it's happy and it's fulfilling to see that,

522
00:52:45,700 --> 00:52:48,160
that we're able to accomplish that through you all. So keep up the good work,

523
00:52:49,810 --> 00:52:51,565
like we said from the beginning, whatever we can do to continue to support the effort, let us know.

524
00:52:55,045 --> 00:52:57,190
but I think we have a great team that's boots on the ground, that's getting the work done.

525
00:53:00,355 --> 00:53:02,590
and I definitely encourage you other the council members that whenever they have some time to, you know,

526
00:53:04,375 --> 00:53:07,540
join you guys because I think it's a good deal to just go out there and see what you guys are seeing on a weekly basis.

527
00:53:11,140 --> 00:53:11,140
so thank you. And with that,

528
00:53:16,410 --> 00:53:16,410
I would like to entertain a motion to receive and file.

529
00:53:20,515 --> 00:53:22,285
I second. Madam clerk, can we get the v by roca?

530
00:53:24,760 --> 00:53:24,760
sorry. Move. Mr. In a second. In.

531
00:53:29,800 --> 00:53:32,050
mayor medina? Aye. Mayor pt medina, I'm sorry.

532
00:53:33,835 --> 00:53:37,300
mayor pote saldana. A. Council member martinez? Aye. Council member raya.

533
00:53:38,830 --> 00:53:41,335
a. Council mmbena. Aye. Motion by mayor pote saldana,

534
00:53:44,380 --> 00:53:44,380
seconded by council mmbena to receive and file the homes outreach quarterly report.

535
00:53:50,680 --> 00:53:53,155
motion is unanimously approved. Thank you. We'll move on to item 14 c. Council finds this action is

536
00:53:57,790 --> 00:53:57,790
not a project as defined under section 15378 of the sql guidelines,

537
00:54:02,185 --> 00:54:04,210
adopt the resolution approving, an application for funding and the execution of a grant agreement,

538
00:54:07,915 --> 00:54:11,200
budget appropriations and any amendment there too for the community cleanup and employment pathway ccep grant

539
00:54:15,310 --> 00:54:18,190
program under the clean california program administered by the california department of transportation c trans miss data.

540
00:54:23,635 --> 00:54:27,415
good evening, mayor and council members. Yes. The city is working with

541
00:54:30,520 --> 00:54:30,520
hopefully we're working with p and we're hoping to submit an application

542
00:54:34,570 --> 00:54:37,720
to give summer internships to our pl kids to do job training when it comes to community cleanups,

543
00:54:42,970 --> 00:54:42,970
mainly working with public works and helping them beautify the city.

544
00:54:48,310 --> 00:54:50,290
the incentive would be, they would get paid for this and get some job training out of it.

545
00:54:57,025 --> 00:54:59,320
so we're asking for you to approve this application for the city to submit it on behalf of p.

546
00:55:03,370 --> 00:55:03,370
all right.

547
00:55:09,870 --> 00:55:09,870
are there any public comments at this time?

548
00:55:14,970 --> 00:55:18,175
any comments from the members, mayor? I think it's a great idea.

549
00:55:20,050 --> 00:55:23,050
I support it. Member martinez. I agree with the mary protean.

550
00:55:25,150 --> 00:55:28,510
this is a really good thing. I'm happy to see you guys you, coming up with creative things to help the youth in our community. So thank you.

551
00:55:32,620 --> 00:55:36,235
t hank you. Member r. Love the idea. You know, not just boxing, but community,

552
00:55:38,740 --> 00:55:42,670
show work, show be responsible. Love it. Thank you. Memna. Just a quick question.

553
00:55:45,985 --> 00:55:45,985
first of all, great idea. Thank you for doing this.

554
00:55:50,005 --> 00:55:50,005
who covers like workman's compensation while they're employed by us?

555
00:55:56,110 --> 00:55:57,415
is it the city, or is it the grant that provides for that also?

556
00:56:01,240 --> 00:56:03,615
and so when we submit the grant, we would be submitting for summer internship,

557
00:56:05,910 --> 00:56:05,910
and it would be for mainly for seniors graduating in the pow program.

558
00:56:10,635 --> 00:56:13,340
they they would need to be 18. So what we're going to be targeting is going to

559
00:56:16,060 --> 00:56:18,910
be our seniors who will be graduating at a pol. And it would be part of the compensation,

560
00:56:22,620 --> 00:56:25,875
part of the benefits. So when I do the budget, I will include that.

561
00:56:27,570 --> 00:56:29,990
no just, you know, the hourly pay but the benefits that the city is going to be paying for. For that.

562
00:56:33,565 --> 00:56:36,775
I mean, because there's always a risk that somebody might get injured. So we need to make sure that we are covered in that regard.

563
00:56:40,780 --> 00:56:43,705
yes. Thank you. You're welcome.

564
00:56:44,860 --> 00:56:46,400
great idea. All right. I agree motion for approval.

565
00:56:52,635 --> 00:56:52,635
moved. Second. I c. We get by roca.

566
00:56:57,015 --> 00:56:57,015
mayor marina. Mayor. Council member martinez. Cc member.

567
00:57:05,235 --> 00:57:09,220
council mmba. Aye. Motion council member rena, seconded by mayor potala to adopt the resolution.

568
00:57:13,435 --> 00:57:15,940
motion is unanimously approved. You one to item 15 reports from commissions and committees,

569
00:57:21,510 --> 00:57:24,225
item 15 a, cren economic development corporation. I have nothing to report at this time.

570
00:57:26,495 --> 00:57:29,665
15 b. Current council of governments, mr. Rena. Thank you, mayor. Just a few brief things.

571
00:57:33,385 --> 00:57:33,385
the sustainable transportation plan grant application is due november 21.

572
00:57:41,410 --> 00:57:41,410
I spoke to maria briefly about it before the meeting started.

573
00:57:45,940 --> 00:57:48,475
anyway, so if we're going to apply, we need to make sure that we meet the deadline.

574
00:57:54,690 --> 00:57:54,690
sheely maggard maggard.

575
00:58:00,420 --> 00:58:00,420
she gave a presentation to this counsel regarding the roundabout on june 3,

576
00:58:07,615 --> 00:58:07,615
and she will be coordinating with

577
00:58:11,710 --> 00:58:11,710
our staff to schedule another presentation after the first of the year.

578
00:58:16,480 --> 00:58:16,480
so staff so hear from her soon, I suppose.

579
00:58:24,720 --> 00:58:24,720
and then the other things that were reported are the things that were approved today,

580
00:58:29,305 --> 00:58:32,575
which is specifically this crossing at eighth street and highway 43 and the crossing at poplar and highway 46,

581
00:58:37,450 --> 00:58:39,145
but we have already apro those. So thank you staff for moving quickly once they got approved to get them done.

582
00:58:44,620 --> 00:58:44,620
it's something that personally had been advocating for many years.

583
00:58:50,800 --> 00:58:50,800
I was discussing with maria probably since 2017,

584
00:58:55,780 --> 00:58:59,380
and it takes a long time to get these things done. So I know it is a safe route to school route,

585
00:59:06,640 --> 00:59:06,640
but still takes for quite a while took quite a while to get it done,

586
00:59:11,500 --> 00:59:11,500
so now the people and the students crossing highway 46 at poplar

587
00:59:18,295 --> 00:59:21,940
will be a lot safer because now traffic will have a red light that will cause them to stop as opposed to those flashing beacons,

588
00:59:25,630 --> 00:59:28,225
which people have a tendency to ignore. Even sometimes they don't see them.

589
00:59:29,935 --> 00:59:33,235
I've seen drivers blow right through them. I experienced that when I took a walk with john lou, I believe,

590
00:59:37,360 --> 00:59:39,070
his last name from caltrans, and we crossed the street and nobody was stopping for us.

591
00:59:42,880 --> 00:59:45,325
thank you. Thank you for that. I believe that's it from kern go.

592
00:59:48,250 --> 00:59:50,365
all right. Thank you, mr. Rena. Move on to item 152, waco task force.

593
00:59:54,160 --> 00:59:54,160
yeah. I was a complete success on the on the citywide cleanup.

594
01:00:00,685 --> 01:00:00,685
I'd like to just send my heartfelt gratitude to the waco rotary for providing

595
01:00:05,770 --> 01:00:05,770
the food through pecana market for ding food and drinks, waco fife,

596
01:00:11,815 --> 01:00:11,815
from frew baptist, st. John's church, waco pal,

597
01:00:16,465 --> 01:00:16,465
and the local church chaperones and I mean,

598
01:00:22,165 --> 01:00:24,520
there was american refuse, city staff, and waco pd.

599
01:00:26,575 --> 01:00:30,250
everybody's contribution was really good. I mean, seeing these elementary faces,

600
01:00:33,400 --> 01:00:35,440
right, there was a biggest thing for me, I was a heart warming feeling just to see

601
01:00:38,860 --> 01:00:38,860
the small little faces eagerly to want to go clean up and make their city,

602
01:00:44,455 --> 01:00:46,000
you know, cleaner place. So that's pretty much all I have to report,

603
01:00:48,850 --> 01:00:51,820
but it was a good it was a good turnout. Thank you, surgeon. Thank you, louis,

604
01:00:54,505 --> 01:00:54,505
for being there and helping out. Lieutenant. Everybody.

605
01:00:59,395 --> 01:01:01,270
everybody contributed. Thank you. Thank you. All right.

606
01:01:03,460 --> 01:01:06,790
want to item 16 reports from the city manager. Mr.? Yes. Honorable mayor and members of the council.

607
01:01:10,435 --> 01:01:12,460
a few things to report. One was the attendance at the cal city's annual conference.

608
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we had myself and three of you attended, and the feedback I've gotten was that a couple of the sessions were better than normal,

609
01:01:26,920 --> 01:01:29,455
and I found that to be same, you know, a lot of them, but the ones that were good were very

610
01:01:32,530 --> 01:01:32,530
helpful along with the expo and the rest of the program.

611
01:01:37,425 --> 01:01:37,425
>> also wanted to report that the snip event was held on the first and we

612
01:01:44,300 --> 01:01:44,300
had 61 animals who were treated at that event, which is great.

613
01:01:51,110 --> 01:01:51,110
the walmart remodel and reopening occurred,

614
01:01:55,790 --> 01:01:58,160
and we have a couple of pictures. This is an audio visual report tonight.

615
01:02:01,235 --> 01:02:05,045
I'm going to have a few sets of pictures to present. We'll give you the quick slide show here.

616
01:02:08,480 --> 01:02:08,480
very good turnout.

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01:02:13,540 --> 01:02:13,540
pressive speakers.

618
01:02:18,850 --> 01:02:21,785
ribbon actually did get cut. Everywhere these days.

619
01:02:23,720 --> 01:02:27,590
>> whose scissors are those? >> I don't know if those are ours. >> walmart has.

620
01:02:29,090 --> 01:02:29,090
>> those are huge. We need a paint like that.

621
01:02:34,190 --> 01:02:34,190
[laughter]

622
01:02:38,600 --> 01:02:38,600
>> there's the mural inside the door there, so nice picture.

623
01:02:53,320 --> 01:02:53,320
>> [inaudible] that concludes the presentation.

624
01:03:01,690 --> 01:03:05,500
>> that's it for the walmart. But let's not stop now.

625
01:03:07,865 --> 01:03:09,950
we had the national night out. We have a video or a slide show for that.

626
01:03:14,870 --> 01:03:14,870
[noise]

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01:03:55,400 --> 01:03:56,450
very good turnout, very good representation from not only our own police department and police force,

628
01:04:02,420 --> 01:04:02,420
but many neighboring officers from neighboring agencies were there to support us, too.

629
01:04:09,590 --> 01:04:11,900
that was very nice to see, and a few staff members who are willing to get dunked

630
01:04:14,720 --> 01:04:14,720
[laughter] and the dunk take a popular option there.

631
01:04:21,590 --> 01:04:25,250
next item was the community cleanup has been announced, but I actually have a number to put to that.

632
01:04:27,470 --> 01:04:27,470
15.85 almost 16 tons of refuse was collected over the course of that event.

633
01:04:35,330 --> 01:04:37,730
that's pretty impressive. Trunker treat is coming october 30,

634
01:04:41,645 --> 01:04:41,645
thursday, october 30, from 6-8 over at barker park.

635
01:04:45,950 --> 01:04:45,950
the waco shafter high school football game will

636
01:04:51,200 --> 01:04:51,200
be held on following night at the shafter field,

637
01:04:56,195 --> 01:04:59,885
so don't want to miss that. The whs cowboy christmas parade and tree lighting again on saturday, december 6,

638
01:05:06,830 --> 01:05:10,025
there will be a flyer if we haven't distributed that already, you'll be getting that as soon as it's available.

639
01:05:14,195 --> 01:05:14,195
then the tour of lights with our dialer ride supporting it,

640
01:05:19,655 --> 01:05:19,655
we'll be in december also waiting on date and time for that.

641
01:05:24,125 --> 01:05:26,510
that's all I have for tonight. >> what's the date on the tours?

642
01:05:31,550 --> 01:05:34,385
>> the tours, we don't have the date or time yet. But as soon as we do,

643
01:05:35,690 --> 01:05:39,500
we will distribute that. That will be fine. Thank you. >> thank you, mr. Any questions for city manager?

644
01:05:45,020 --> 01:05:47,000
>> no question. >> I do have a question, scott.

645
01:05:49,385 --> 01:05:52,565
>> sure. >> this is just on the unwire. I know when we had the ribbon cutting,

646
01:05:55,250 --> 01:05:55,250
they mentioned they were thinking they'd be done with the project by december.

647
01:06:00,215 --> 01:06:03,725
have you gotten any sort of rest from them?is that sort of I think so? >> I think the construction by the end of december is

648
01:06:07,130 --> 01:06:07,130
still their target by the end of the calendar year.

649
01:06:11,615 --> 01:06:11,615
then there may still be some finishing up that takes place after that,

650
01:06:16,790 --> 01:06:19,565
but I think they're going to be ready to start signing up customers before the end of the year.

651
01:06:24,900 --> 01:06:24,900
>> perfect. Thank you. One to item 17 reports from city council mayor proton pana.

652
01:06:32,955 --> 01:06:36,160
>> I have a three report. >> member martinez. >> yes. At the cal cities conference,

653
01:06:39,115 --> 01:06:39,115
I rarely come back with anything that I really feel motivated or,

654
01:06:44,630 --> 01:06:47,840
like, a real desire to do or something that changes my opinion. But I went to a session with scott over there and scott and I've been talking for

655
01:06:52,745 --> 01:06:52,745
about a year about this pi in the sky idea of a city private daycare thing,

656
01:06:57,680 --> 01:06:57,680
and initially, I wanted it primarily so our city employees would have access to daycare.

657
01:07:02,835 --> 01:07:04,300
but after a tent session, I realized that childcare is an infrastructure issue.

658
01:07:07,735 --> 01:07:07,735
they made a comment that some people need roads and bridges to get to work,

659
01:07:12,130 --> 01:07:13,950
some people need childcare. We have experienced people who've left our city

660
01:07:16,820 --> 01:07:19,130
to go to bakersfield because of childcare reasons. Like if my daughter were to start school today,

661
01:07:20,915 --> 01:07:23,435
I would have to move to bakersfield for childcare. I just want to plant the seed and everybody in

662
01:07:26,060 --> 01:07:28,805
the city staff and the council's head that, this is an infrastructure issue,

663
01:07:30,425 --> 01:07:33,665
and I would like for us to eventually find some sort of city private partnership to provide daycare to our community. That's all I have, sir.

664
01:07:40,930 --> 01:07:40,930
>> thank you. Member to report. Member marina.

665
01:07:47,360 --> 01:07:51,200
>> thank you, mayor. I attended the waco community cleanup, october 18, and it was inspiring to see over 100 volunteers there.

666
01:07:56,900 --> 01:07:56,900
I was already mentioned that we had elementary school children there,

667
01:08:01,775 --> 01:08:01,775
high school students, students of all types and adults.

668
01:08:06,875 --> 01:08:10,250
we have our police department there, our staff there. It was just great to see,

669
01:08:11,885 --> 01:08:11,885
and I was impressed with the 15.85 tons collected.

670
01:08:16,670 --> 01:08:18,080
that is quite huge. That does not count all of the trash that was collected from the alleys.

671
01:08:23,315 --> 01:08:26,660
because it went in a different way. Differently so great turnout.

672
01:08:30,140 --> 01:08:30,140
I want to thank staff for putting this event together and our partners.

673
01:08:35,330 --> 01:08:35,330
but I also wanted to thank christian for cooking.

674
01:08:42,080 --> 01:08:45,260
he cooked for all of us. I was quite busy. It was quite a long line,

675
01:08:46,430 --> 01:08:49,925
and we all got to eat some delicious cycles. Sir, you were there helping.

676
01:08:51,425 --> 01:08:55,085
kary was helping. Everybody was helping. But it was very good. Thank you all. I also attended the two day

677
01:08:59,270 --> 01:08:59,270
san aqui valley a pollution control district study session at the pines at bass lake.

678
01:09:05,645 --> 01:09:08,750
I also attended the kern cod meeting upon my return from bass lake on thursday evening to,

679
01:09:12,500 --> 01:09:12,500
because there was an issue with having quorum there.

680
01:09:19,460 --> 01:09:19,460
I was told that they were counting on me to make quorum,

681
01:09:23,900 --> 01:09:26,645
so there was no way to avoid it. I also attended the legal california cities at long beach.

682
01:09:32,230 --> 01:09:32,230
I usually attend this al california cities conferences

683
01:09:37,160 --> 01:09:40,760
because just like mr. Martinez mentioned, I always come back with some new idea,

684
01:09:43,310 --> 01:09:45,680
and I think that if that's all you get. One good idea from attending those conference is money well spent.

685
01:09:51,790 --> 01:09:51,790
you mentioned mr. Martinez that scott and you talked about childcare.

686
01:09:59,510 --> 01:10:02,270
that's something that scott has talked about for a while, him and I have looked into also of companies that might be able to provide that,

687
01:10:06,860 --> 01:10:06,860
but I'm happy to hear that now we're thinking about private public partnership.

688
01:10:11,870 --> 01:10:15,210
that might be something that we may be able to do. I also participated in waco pd night out.

689
01:10:19,750 --> 01:10:19,750
outstanding event, really well attended.

690
01:10:24,415 --> 01:10:24,415
I want to give lieutenant gala a lot of credit for putting that event together.

691
01:10:30,530 --> 01:10:32,120
I know you were in charge of it, and it turned out to be much bigger than it was the last time.

692
01:10:36,860 --> 01:10:36,860
we had last time one street and now this time we had

693
01:10:41,105 --> 01:10:41,105
two streets that were filled with vendors and activities, so thank you.

694
01:10:48,550 --> 01:10:51,980
during the smokin valley pollution control district, we discussed the importance of spreading the message of

695
01:10:54,530 --> 01:10:54,530
the success of this organization in cleaning up the air.

696
01:10:59,195 --> 01:11:01,760
all of you have a chart in front of you, which I have given you.

697
01:11:04,420 --> 01:11:07,760
although there are still many challenges ahead, such as mobile source emissions and wildfires

698
01:11:11,090 --> 01:11:14,675
over which the district does not have jurisdiction or control, it continues to work towards attaining the established epa clean air standards.

699
01:11:20,960 --> 01:11:24,680
but if you look at the page that I've given you, if you look at where, for example,

700
01:11:28,790 --> 01:11:31,190
the first circle charts there, it says days meeting versus day exceeding the health standards year round.

701
01:11:37,340 --> 01:11:37,340
in 2002, only 53% of the days was the standard met in 2012,

702
01:11:46,970 --> 01:11:49,160
75%, and in 2024, which was last year, 87%.

703
01:11:51,860 --> 01:11:53,915
if you look at the chart below, it talks about the eight hour ozone,

704
01:11:57,230 --> 01:11:57,230
and we recently met 1997 standard,

705
01:12:01,820 --> 01:12:04,970
but you have cities like bakersfield, which just slightly below,

706
01:12:06,950 --> 01:12:08,985
but others are above it. Then we still have the 2008 standard and 215 standard that need to be met.

707
01:12:20,080 --> 01:12:22,160
if you turn the page over, I don't want to go over every single detail of it.

708
01:12:25,160 --> 01:12:25,160
this is for the day's meeting versus a succeeding the health center year round.

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01:12:30,560 --> 01:12:34,280
in 2002, it was 40% in 2012, 60%, and in 2024, 74%.

710
01:12:37,820 --> 01:12:37,820
so great strides have been made to get there.

711
01:12:42,515 --> 01:12:42,515
but the fact is that we still have

712
01:12:46,535 --> 01:12:46,535
more stringent standards to meet established by the epa,

713
01:12:51,305 --> 01:12:55,145
and it's going to be very, very difficult to get there. Part of the conversation we had in this study session is, at what point,

714
01:13:00,665 --> 01:13:00,665
do we continue to push to meet this very stringent standards, and at what cost?

715
01:13:06,995 --> 01:13:06,995
I think scott mentioned that as well recently.

716
01:13:11,435 --> 01:13:11,435
but I wanted to bring this up because frequently you

717
01:13:15,860 --> 01:13:19,715
hear people saying that the air is so dirty here in the valley. Now you have some actual data that shows how clean our air is compared to years back.

718
01:13:27,470 --> 01:13:29,270
you know, it doesn't go very far. You got to go to 2002 to 2024.

719
01:13:33,950 --> 01:13:37,055
that's just outstanding achievement. Yet, a lot of issues,

720
01:13:39,470 --> 01:13:41,525
but very difficult to achieve. But the air pollution controls district continues to work to achieve those standards,

721
01:13:47,075 --> 01:13:48,980
and the question is, how long will it take to get there?

722
01:13:52,535 --> 01:13:55,460
if you have any questions, I'll be happy to answer them, but I think these are pretty self explanatory.

723
01:13:58,595 --> 01:14:00,785
that's it from you, man. >> thank you, mr. Rena.

724
01:14:03,700 --> 01:14:03,700
>> I wanted to report also a harvest festival for the

725
01:14:07,730 --> 01:14:07,730
st. John the evangelist catholic church.

726
01:14:11,840 --> 01:14:15,080
this occurred on october 5. I wanted to give a big shoutout to our police department and specifically sergeant galoa,

727
01:14:22,235 --> 01:14:25,460
because our officers were there. The entire event, and they had a vehicle.

728
01:14:28,880 --> 01:14:28,880
the the kids were able to interact with the officer, officer gonzalez,

729
01:14:34,280 --> 01:14:34,280
and they were able to take pictures with them inside the car and with the officer.

730
01:14:40,430 --> 01:14:43,265
I think this has a great value because again, anytime you get our community in contact with our police department,

731
01:14:47,480 --> 01:14:51,185
it changes the dynamics that occur. Particularly with children, mi kata,

732
01:14:54,725 --> 01:14:56,765
I'll say something that you said in the past. You've heard many parents in the past say,

733
01:14:59,180 --> 01:15:02,825
if you don't behave, the policeman is going to take you. That for kids is scary.

734
01:15:05,840 --> 01:15:08,990
when the kids are able to say that, hey, there's a friendly policeman,

735
01:15:10,730 --> 01:15:12,970
he will not take me. I think it goes a long way, so thank you.

736
01:15:16,760 --> 01:15:20,540
thank you for doing that. It's wonderful to have you participate. That's it. Thank you so much.

737
01:15:22,685 --> 01:15:25,895
>> thank you, miss rena. From my end, it seems like there's been a b going on in the last couple of weeks.

738
01:15:30,020 --> 01:15:30,020
walmart ribbon cutting, which was a big success.

739
01:15:35,530 --> 01:15:35,530
mr. Raya and I attended the police awards dinner,

740
01:15:40,925 --> 01:15:43,565
which was it's always a good event, so that was well attended and a good event.

741
01:15:47,150 --> 01:15:49,745
the night out kudos to you all. I thought it was a great success.

742
01:15:51,935 --> 01:15:51,935
well attended, definitely having different activities and whatnot,

743
01:15:56,210 --> 01:15:59,795
I thought that was good. One of my favorites I think is having that. Taylor deal with that car,

744
01:16:01,925 --> 01:16:01,925
and having somebody there explaining what the backstory is to that,

745
01:16:06,080 --> 01:16:09,665
I think it's very impactful, so I think that's something that we just keep. But, I'd like to see year over year.

746
01:16:12,755 --> 01:16:14,690
then for next year, I'd like to see mayor of them there on that dunk deal.

747
01:16:20,590 --> 01:16:23,375
I'm sure he'd volunteer. >> why approve [laughter] [inaudible].

748
01:16:27,650 --> 01:16:29,690
>> with that, I have nothing else to report. We do have item 18 closed session,

749
01:16:32,555 --> 01:16:35,660
so this evening we have items 188, d ate. Are there any public comments regarding the closed session items at this time?

750
01:16:40,000 --> 01:16:43,680
we will now turn into closed session and return to report out. >> thank you. B.

751
01:16:48,580 --> 01:16:51,620
>> 8:03 pm. [noise] >> that's a record.