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[ CALL TO ORDER: Council Chamber INVOCATION: City Attorney/Legal Counsel Jones PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Councilmember/Director Simonian ROLL CALL: Mayor/Chair Espinoza Mayor Pro Tem/Vice Chair Medrano Councilmember/Director Gomez Councilmember/Director Shaw Councilmember/Director Simonian]
I WILL NOW CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE REGULAR JOINT MEETING OF THE LA HARBOR UTILITY AUTHORITY OF AUGUST 16TH, 2021.BUT THE RECORD REFLECT THAT IT IS 6:30 PM.
THE INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY LEGAL COUNSEL, RICHARD JONES FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, DIRECTOR SIMONIAN.
IF YOU WOULD ALL, PLEASE RISE, ASK YOU TO PLEASE, UH, VAL, YOUR HEADS, DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER.
WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, AS WE GET OTHER TO DO THE IMPORTANT BUSINESS OF THE CITY OF LA HOMBRE, OUR HEARTS ARE FILLED WITH CONCERN AND SADNESS OVER THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED THROUGH THE SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN.
THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED WITH RESPECT TO THE MANY FIRES IN OUR, IN OUR STATE AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
WE ASK YOU TO BLESS ALL THOSE WHO SUFFERED.
WE HAD THIS AS A SPECIAL BLESSING UPON THE FIREFIGHTERS WHO WERE OUT THERE FIGHTING THESE FIRES AND PROTECTING US.
WE ASK YOU THE BEST OF CITY COUNCIL WITH WISDOM AND INSIGHT THAT THIS EVENING AS A DELIBERATES UPON THIS AGENDA, THEY DO SO WITH INTEGRITY AND A RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
AND I SAY THESE THINGS IN THY NAME, AMEN ON REPEATING THE FLOOD UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD.
WOULD THE CLERK SECRETARY PLEASE CALL ROLL.
COUNCIL MEMBER, DIRECTOR SIMONIAN HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER, DIRECTOR SHAW HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER, DIRECTOR GOMEZ HERE.
MAYOR PRO TEM, VICE SHERMA MAGENTO HERE, MAYOR CHAIR ESPINOSA HERE.
ARE THERE ANY CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT ARE NONE THIS EVENING? THANK YOU.
[1. RECOGNITION OF THE FENNER FAMILY AS THE 2021 BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE DISTRICT 1 AWARD RECIPIENT]
A RECOGNITION FOR THE FENDER FAMILY FOR THE 2021 BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE DISTRICT ONE AWARD RECIPIENT.I'M NOT CERTAIN WELL, IF YOU CAN JUST GIVE IT, PROVIDE THE INFORMATION AND THEN, UH, WE'LL KNOW WHO THE FAMILY IS.
MORE INFORMATION ON THE FAMILY.
WE, THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO AWARD THE THINNER FAMILY WITH THIS YARD SIGN, AS WELL AS THE CERTIFICATE.
AND, UM, FROM THE LOOKS OF IT, IT'S VERY BEAUTIFUL.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS AND WE WILL GIVE IT TO THEM WHEN THEY COME IN.
HOPEFULLY THEY WILL BE COMING IN THIS EVENING, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION WE WILL NOW PROCEED
[ PUBLIC COMMENTS: When addressing the La Habra City Council, please complete a Speaker’s Card before leaving the Council Chamber. General Public Comments shall be received at the beginning of the governing body meeting and limited to three (3) minutes per individual, with a total time limit of 30 minutes for all public comments, unless otherwise modified by the Mayor or Chair. Speaking time may not be granted and/or loaned to another individual for purposes of extending available speaking time, and comments must be kept brief, non-repetitive, and professional in nature. The general Public Comment portion of the meeting allows the public to address any item of City business not appearing on the scheduled agenda. Per Government Code Section 54954.3(a), such comments shall not be responded to by the governing body during the meeting.]
TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE RECEIVED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GOVERNING BODY MEETING AND LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES FOR ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR OR CHAIR.
SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOAN TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE.
SPEAKING TIME, AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMON PORTION OF THIS MEETING ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM.
A CITY BUSINESS, NOT APPEARING ON THE SCHEDULE, THE AGENDA PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 49, 5 4 0.38.
SUCH COMMON SHALL NOT BE RESPONDED TO BY THE GOVERNING BODY DURING THIS MEETING.
IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK DURING THIS PUBLIC COMMON PORTION THAT IS NOT ON OUR AGENDA, PLEASE GO UP THERE AND PROVIDE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
OH, THEN YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL WE CALL THOSE ITEMS AND THEN YOU CAN REQUEST TO PULL IT FOR DISCUSSION.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD WISH TO SPEAK DURING THIS PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION? SEE NONE.
THEN WE WILL GO TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR
[ CONSENT CALENDAR: All matters on Consent Calendar are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion unless a Councilmember, City staff member, or member of the audience requests separate action or removal of an item. Removed items will be considered following the Consent Calendar portion of this agenda. Public comment shall be limited to three (3) minutes per individual, with a total time limit of 30 minutes per item that has been removed for separate discussion, unless otherwise modified by the Mayor. Speaking time may not be granted and/or loaned to another individual for purposes of extending available speaking time, and comments must be kept brief, non-repetitive, and professional in nature. CITY COUNCIL:]
BEFORE TAKING ACTION ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.SB 1, 4, 3, 6 REQUIRES THAT THE PUBLIC COUNSEL ORALLY REPORT A SUMMARY OF ANY COUNCIL ACTION ON SALARIES,
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SALARY SCHEDULES, OR FRINGE BENEFITS FOR ANY EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES ACCORDINGLY BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL.THIS EVENING CONSIDERATION ITEM TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO IMPROVE CERTAIN CHANGES IN SALARY BENEFITS FOR THE OFFICE OF CITY MANAGER, THE BENEFIT PACKAGE BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL INCLUDE THE SALARY, A JOB ADJUSTMENT TO THE ORANGE COUNTY AVERAGE FOR THE BENCHMARK POSITION AND AN INCREASE TO THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY.
MANAGER'S 4 57 ACCOUNT AND HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT.
NOW ALL ALL MATTERS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED ONE BY ONE MOTION LET'S COUNCIL MEMBER, CITY, STAFF MEMBER, OR MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE REQUESTS, SEPARATE ACTION OR REMOVAL OF AN ITEM REMOVED ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOLLOWING THE CONSENT CALENDAR PORTION OF THIS AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER ITEM THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR.
SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOANED TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE.
SPEAKING TIME, AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
THE CONSENT CALENDAR APPEARS ON PAGES THREE THROUGH FIVE ON THE AUDIENCE AGENDA CITY COUNCIL ITEMS, ONE THROUGH 10 CITY COUNCIL AND UTILITY AUTHORITY ITEM ONE AND UTILITY AUTHORITY.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT STAT STAFFOLD REFEREE MOOD, NO MATTER MAYOR AND I BELIEVE, UH, IS THERE ANY ITEM THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD WISH REMOVED? MADAM MAYOR? I WOULD LIKE TO RECORD A NO VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS WE'RE SOON TO SPEAK ON THIS, BUT MY SUSPICION IS ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
SO THE AUDIENCE WOULD WISH ITEM FOUR REMOVED FOR DISCUSSION.
THEN I WILL ASK FOR ACTION WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A NO VOTE FOR ITEM SEVEN FOR COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW AND ITEM FOUR REMOVED BY THE AUDIENCE.
IS THERE, IS THERE A MOTION MADAM MAYOR I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WHERE OUR COLLEAGUE IS VOTING? NO.
AND, UH, THE, UH, PULLING OF THE ITEM NUMBER FOUR, I BELIEVE IT IS.
IS THERE A SECOND SECOND, BUT THE COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE MOTION PASSED FIVE ZERO.
WE WILL THEN GO TO ITEM NUMBER
[ CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS REMOVED FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION:]
FOUR, WHICH WAS THE SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 1-836-REGARDING SHORT-TERM RESIDENTIAL RENTALS, WHICH HAS TO APPROVE THE SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 8, 3, 6, ENTITLED AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HARBOR, CALIFORNIA AMENDING TITLE 18 ZONING BY MODIFYING SECTION ONE 8.0 4.030 TERMS DEFINED ADDING THE DEFINITION FOR SHORT TERM RESIDENTIAL RENTALS AND SECTION 18.0 6.040 TABLE 18.0 6.040 0.8 A DASH LAND USE MATRIX ADDING SHORT-TERM RESIDENTIAL RENTALS AS IT PROHIBITED USE IN THE CITY OF LA BARBARA.UM, IF WE COULD HAVE A STAFF REPORT, ARE YOU NEEDING A STAFF REPORT, MR. UH, GENTLEMEN, HONORABLE MAYOR ESPINOSA, RESPECTFUL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE CHANCE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS AND IDEAS TODAY HERE IN FRONT OF YOU.
I AM THE OWNER OF EIGHT, 10 RICH HAVEN DRIVE IN OUR GREAT CITY OF ALHAMBRA IN WHICH I OPERATED AS A SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROPERTY.
I'M HERE TODAY TO KINDLY URGE YOU TO REMOVE THE ORDINANCE OF BANNING SHORT TERM RENTALS IN LAHABRA CITY AND ADOPTING STATE AND ORDINANCE TO REGULATE THESE TYPE OF RENTALS.
BUT FIRST ALLOW ME KINDLY TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT I'M FRUSTRATED, NOT BECAUSE OF THE SUBJECT WE ARE DISCUSSING TODAY, BUT BECAUSE I FELT COMPLETELY LEFT OUT IN THE CITY MEETINGS, WHERE DO YOU DISCUSS THEM? DECIDED ON MATTERS AFFECTING ME AND MY FAMILY DIRECTLY FINANCIALLY AS THE RESIDENCE OF OUR GREAT BELOVED CITY KINDLY NOTE THAT I DIDN'T RECEIVE A SINGLE NOTIFICATION OR INVITATION FOR NEITHER TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING, MEETING, NOT THE EARLIER CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
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IT BY COINCIDENCE FIVE DAYS AGO, WHICH IS THERE FOR THE PRIVATE, MY DUE PROCESS, RIGHT? TO PARTICIPATE, PREPARE, OR EVEN SHARE IDEAS AND OPINION AS A RESIDENT AND OWNER AND SHORT-TERM RENTAL OPERATOR IN THE CITY.I THINK YOU WOULD AGREE IT'S THIS SHOULDN'T BE THE CASE, AND I SHOULD HAVE FULL FAIR OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE AND PRESENT MY CASE IN SUCH AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
ALSO, MY UNDERSTANDING THAT NOT OWNERS WERE PART IN THE FIRST RESPECTFUL MEETING, WHEREAS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY COULD BE SHARED WITH THE RESPECTFUL CITY COUNCIL, WHICH IS RESPECTFUL CITY COUNCIL DESERVES TO KNOW AND SEES THE FULL PICTURE, HONORABLE MAYOR, ESPINOSA, RESPECTFUL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WHEN I BOUGHT MY HOUSE TWO YEARS AGO WAS MY FAMILY.
WE DISCOVERED HOW BEAUTIFUL AND UNDERRATED IS OUR GREAT CITY OF LA HABRA.
SHORT-TERM RENTAL COULD BE REALLY BENEFICIAL TO OUR CITY.
OUR CITY DOESN'T HAVE A BIG THEME PARK AS DISNEY OR NOTES, BUT THE CITY IS VERY CLOSE AND A COUPLE OF MILES AWAY FROM ALL OF THESE BIG ATTRACTIONS, NOT TO MENTION THAT WE HAVE BIG SHOPPING PLAZAS, BEAUTIFUL GREEN PARKS, EVERYWHERE, EVEN A MUSEUM DESIGNATED FOR KIDS.
ANY VISITOR TO LAHABRA WILL DINE IN THESE RESTAURANTS.
WE'LL USE UBER GUEST STATIONS AND OTHERS.
SO BY HAVING THOSE WELL-REGULATED SHORT-TERM RENTALS, WE WILL EXPOSE OUR HIDDEN BEAUTIFUL JAM CITY.
AND WE'LL CREATE BOOST IN ECONOMY FOR THE CITY ARE PRESENTED IN MANY INDUSTRIES AND BUSINESSES.
LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU AS IN MY PREVIOUS LETTER, THIS BUSINESS REPRESENTS OUR MAIN AND ONLY INCOME FOR WHICH I PAY MY MORTGAGE PROPERTY TAXES, COST OF LIVING, AND EVEN SOMETIMES TO IMPROVE MY PRODUCTIVE IMAGE IN A GREEN BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE.
I REALLY TAKE PRIDE IN HOW I'M RUNNING THIS BUSINESS.
SINCE I STARTED THE BUSINESS, I POSITIONED MY SH MY CITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD AS A SOLE PRIORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY TO RESERVE IT AS A SAFE, QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD.
I HAVE AN EXCELLENT RELATIONS WITH MY NEIGHBORS.
I THINK SOME OF THEM, THEY ARE ATTENDING TODAY.
SO YOU MIGHT EVEN TESTIFY OR SHARES THEIR EXPERIENCE.
THEY ALL KNOW ME AND RESPECT WHAT I'M DOING.
AND HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES, FEW EXAMPLES ON HOW I'M RUNNING THIS BUSINESS IN A PROFESSIONAL WAY, HOW THE RULES OF THE RESTAURANT ARE STRICTLY PROHIBITING PARTIES, GATHERINGS ALSO PROHIBITING ANY KIND OF ACTIVITY AND FRONT AND BACK YARDS AFTER 10:00 PM, FAILURE OF THE GUESTS TO COMPLY RESULTS IN IMMEDIATE CANCELLATION OF THE STATE AND PENALTY UP TO $500.
I'M CHOOSING MY GUESTS CAREFULLY, CONSIDERING FAMILIES AS A PRIORITY.
EACH GUEST HAS TO AGREE TO THIS RULES BEFORE BOOKING.
I WELCOMED THE GUESTS PHYSICALLY AND TAKE THEM IN A TOUR INSIDE THE HOUSE, CONFIRMING THOSE RULES, LETTING THEM KNOW I'M AROUND ALL THE TIME.
I COME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND THREE TO FOUR TIMES A WEEK, CHECKING ON THE HOUSE GUESTS.
AND HOW ARE THINGS GOING ON? THE HOUSE HAS ITS OWN DRIVE, WHERE YOU PARKING GUESTS ARE OBLIGATED TO PARK MAXIMUM FOUR CARTS IN THE HOUSE, THE DRIVEWAY, WHICH CAN FIT AND PROHIBITED EVEN TO USE THE STREET CURB PARKING IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE.
I INSTALLED SECURITY CAMERAS IN BACKYARD AND FRONT YARD PREMISES TO FOLLOW UP THESE RULES STRICTLY AND ACT IMMEDIATELY ON ANY BREACH OR VIOLATION.
I GIVE MY CONTACT TO ALL MY NEIGHBORS TO REACH ME OUT AT ANY TIME, IF THEY HAD ANY CONCERNS, MY NEIGHBORS SEE ME ALL THE TIME THAT SOME OF THEM MIGHT EVEN NOT REALIZE THAT I HAVE A SHORT-TERM RENTAL BUSINESS RUNNING.
AND I THINK I HAVE CHOSEN TO LIVE IN A HOUSE IN A RADIUS OF THREE MILES TO KEEP ME CLOSE AND AVAILABLE AT ANY TIME NEEDED.
SO THE EXISTENCE OF ONE BED EXAMPLE IN RUNNING SHORT-TERM RENT, THAT SHOULDN'T BE A REASON TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A DECISION TO BANK, COMPLETELY THIS GOOD BUSINESS, AND PUNISH ALL OTHER GOOD OPERATORS.
I UNDERSTAND RESPECT AND APPRECIATE ALL THE TESTIMONIES OPPOSING SHORT-TERM RENTAL.
I RESPECT PEOPLE WHO COMPLAINED ABOUT IT HERE, AND I AGREE WITH THEM, BUT BANNING, IT IS NOT THE ANSWER, BUT RATHER PUTTING GOOD REGULATION TO CONTROL, PREVENT, OR EVEN LOWER, SIGNIFICANT SIGNIFICANTLY THESE EVENTS.
AND I GLADLY RESPECTFULLY SHARED WITH YOU TODAY.
SOME POINTS FROM MY EXPERIENCE THAT CAN HELP.
LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO CONFIRM TWO IMPORTANT POINTS SHORT-TERM RENTALS CAN BE AND SHOULD BE WELL-REGULATED YES, THERE ARE CHALLENGES, BUT THERE IS NO BUSINESS WITHOUT CHALLENGES.
AND I SHARED GOOD EXAMPLES TODAY OF GOOD PRACTICE AND PROFESSIONAL APPROACH OF THE BUSINESS.
I BELIEVE ALSO, SECONDLY, IN LAND OF FREEDOM, FREEDOM SHOULD BE GIVEN EXERCISE TO HOUSE OWNERS AND USING THEIR HOUSE IN A FREEWAY, BUT OF COURSE, WITH GOOD REGULATIONS THAT GUARANTEE THAT PEACE, SECURITY, AND WEALTH LIVING OF EVERYONE SO INCLUDED IN CONCLUSION, I'D RESPECTFULLY KINDLY URGE YOU TO REMOVE SECOND ORDINANCE OF BANNING SHORT TERM RENTALS AND ADOPT A NEW ONE WITH GOOD REGULATION TO REGULATE IT, LOOKING FORWARD IN A GREAT RESPECT AND HOPE, YOUR KIND OF DECISION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER GOMATH UH, SIR.
UM, IS THERE ANY REASON WHY, IN PARTICULAR YOU PREFER A SHORT-TERM RENTAL RATHER THAN A LONG-TERM LEASE WITH AN INDIVIDUAL, UM,
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AT THE, UH, AT YOUR HOME THERE? YES, SIR.SO, UH, THE ONLY REASON IS THAT, UM, AS I SAID, ME, ME, ME AND MY FAMILY, WHEN WE IMMIGRATED THREE YEARS AGO HERE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY INCOME SHORT-TERM RENTALS CAN GIVE YOU, UH, I MEAN, DOUBLE WHAT YOU CAN GET FROM, UH, LONG-TERM RENTALS.
AND WE NEED THOSE, THOSE KINDS OF ASSETS TO LIVE.
I HAVE A FAMILY OF MY WIFE AND TWO KIDS.
SO WITH ALL THE FINANCIAL, I MEAN, ALL THE FINANCIAL CHALLENGES THERE, THIS IS, THIS WAS ONLY WAY THAT I CAN DO THIS BESIDE MY STUDYING TO EQUALIZE MY DEGREE AS A VETERINARIAN.
SO YOUR, YOUR FACILITY'S OCCUPIED 90% OF THE TIME, 80% OF THE TIME.
WHAT PERCENT OF THE TIME IS IT USUALLY RIGHT AROUND 65 TO 70% OF THE TIME.
AND AT THAT, AND AT THAT, UH, OCCUPANCY, YOU WOULD RECEIVE MORE THAN A LONG-TERM LEASE? UH, UNFORTUNATELY, NO, BECAUSE I CHOOSE TO OCCUPY THE HOUSE.
I CLOSED THE REST OF THE MONTH TO KEEP MY NEIGHBORHOOD PEACEFUL AND TRY TO, UH, TO, TO MANAGE THINGS IN THE RIGHT WAY BY DOING THAT ONLY I HAVE, UH, I HAVE THIS KIND OF INCOME IN ORDER TO LIVE.
ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY CALLS FOR POLICE SERVICE SINCE YOU'VE OPERATED AT THAT AT YOUR HOME? UM, SINCE SIX MONTHS, I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMPLAINT BECAUSE SINCE THEN I STARTED TO, UH, ONLY MAYBE ONE INCIDENT FOR SIX MONTHS.
NO, I OPERATED FOR ONE AND A HALF YEARS, BUT SO IN THAT ONE AND A HALF YEARS, HAVE YOU HAD ANY CALLS FOR POLICE SERVICE? UM, YOU MEAN I CALLED THE POLICE, RIGHT.
AND YOUR NEIGHBORS, HAVE YOU, ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY COMPLAINTS THAT HAVE COME IN FOR YOUR HOME? ONLY ONE.
ONLY ONE TIME HAPPENED AND I TOOK QUICK ACTION ABOUT IT.
THERE IS A VISION OF THE GUEST AND IN GOOD WAY, I JUST TOLD THEM TO REACT IN A DAILY MANNER.
YOU REACTED IN A TIMELY MANNER.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WOULD INVITE THOSE IN THE PUBLIC WHO HAD WISHED TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORTIVE THIS, THIS ITEM TO PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM AND PROVIDE US WITH THEIR NAME AND THEIR ADDRESS.
AGAIN, THOSE IN FAVOR OF SUPPORTING THIS GENTLEMEN,
IF PEOPLE BREAK THOSE RULES, HE KICKS THEM OUT AND I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH ANY OF HIS RESIDENTS.
IN FACT, HALF THE PEOPLE ON OUR STREET DON'T EVEN KNOW IT'S AN AIRBNB.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK, UH, AND SUPPORT THIS ITEM THAT MR.
THEN I WILL ASK FOR ANYONE WHO IS OPPOSED, UH, TO PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM AND PROVIDE US WITH THEIR NAME AND THEIR ADDRESS.
PLEASE PROVIDE US WITH YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
HI, MY NAME IS NEIL SHAW AND I LIVE AT 8 41 TEAKWOOD AVENUE.
THIS IS WHERE THE OTHER SHORT-TERM RESIDENTIAL RENTAL IS LOCATED.
AND I REALLY AM IN FAVOR OF HAVING, UH, ORDINANCE PROHIBITING, UH, SHORT TERM RENTALS IN THE CITY OF LA BARBARA.
FIRST, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE EVERYONE PROBABLY JUST COME AND COMPLAIN SERVICE.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GOOD WORK YOU'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE YEARS.
WE'VE HAD LARGE PORTIONS OF OUR STREET, REPAVED AND NEW RETAILERS AND GROCERY STORES HAVE COME TO THE HARBOR.
AND WE WERE ECSTATIC WHEN WE HAD GREAT TRADER JOE'S COME TO THE HARBOR.
HOWEVER, THERE HAS BEEN ONE ISSUE THAT HAS SEVERELY EFFECTED THE QUALITY OF LIGHT FOR ALL OF US ON TIKRIT AVENUE.
THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL ON OUR STREET IS A CONSTANT SOURCE OF NOISE.
AND THE SERMONS PASSING AN ORDINANCE ALLOWS SUCH A RENTAL, UH, PASSING AN ORDINANCE, ALLOWING SUCH A RENTAL IS NOT ENFORCEABLE BASED ON THE TESTIMONY OF OUR POLICE CHIEF LAST TWO WEEKS AGO, IF THERE IS A LONG-TERM RENTAL,
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A WARNING FROM THE POLICE WOULD GET, WOULD GET BETTER RESULTS THAN HAVING TO CONSTANTLY SET UP A DEAL WITH THE NEW SET OF RENTERS RENTING FOR SHORT DURATIONS.SO THE POLICE CHIEF HAD SAID, HEY, IF THERE WAS SOMEONE HERE FOR LONG-TERM RENTAL, IT'S A LOT EASIER.
WE GO OUT THERE, WE GIVE THEM A WARNING.
BUT WHEN WE HAVE CONSTANTLY NEW SET OF RENTERS, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE THE ORDINANCE.
ADDITIONALLY, CALLING THE POLICE TO ENFORCE GOOD BEHAVIOR OF THE CUSTOMERS IS NOT COST-EFFECTIVE FOR THE CITY CONTRACTING, BUT THE PRIVATE VENDOR IS ALSO NOT THE ANSWER.
IT WILL ONLY DELAY THE INEVITABLE ENDED EVITABLE DUE TO THE NON-RESPONSE AND MANAGEMENT AND CONTINUING DISTURBANCE ON OUR PEACEFUL RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE PROBLEM LIES IN THE FACT THAT THE RESIDENTS THAT WE HAVE HERE ON OUR STREET, WHICH IS A SHORT-TERM RENTAL, IS LARGE, HAS A SWIMMING POOL AND ALLOWS UP TO 14 GUESTS IN THE HOME.
WHEN YOU HAVE 14 VISITORS IN ONE RESIDENCE, IT IS A REZ RECIPE FOR LOUD, LOUD NOISE, AND POTENTIAL BAD BEHAVIOR.
ALLOWING SUCH A RESIDENTIAL RENTAL TO CONTINUE WILL ONLY COST THE CITY SIGNIFICANTLY IN TERMS OF THE COST OF SENDING THE POLICE OVER TO CONTROL UNRULY GUESTS AND NOISY GUESTS IN OUR OTHERWISE PEACEFUL NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEREFORE I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
IS THERE ONE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THE RECOMMENDATION MADE BY MR. MARTINEZ? ALL RIGHT.
UM, SEE NAN, I WILL CALL FOR COUNSEL OR THERE IS ANOTHER, PLEASE COME UP AND PROVIDE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
HELLO, MY NAME IS ELIZABETH CUEVAS.
I AM THE PROPERTY OWNER AT EIGHT 10 TEAKWOOD AVENUE HERE IN THE CITY OF LA BARBARA.
I'M THE ONE THAT LIVES NEXT DOOR TO THE AIRBNB.
UM, AND LIKE, UH, THEY WERE, THEY HAD MENTIONED BEFORE.
IT'S JUST THE CONSTANT, YOU KNOW, CALLING THE POLICE OFFICERS TO GO OVER.
A GOOD EXAMPLE WAS ON THE, ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 7TH, UH, THE, THERE WAS A POLICE REPORT AT 10:37 PM.
THE PEOPLE, UH, WERE RENTING THEIR PROPERTY.
UM, AFTER 20 MINUTES, UM, POLICE DIDN'T SHOW UP.
THERE WAS A SECOND TIME THAT THEY CALLED AGAIN, FINALLY SHOWED UP THE NOISE, DIDN'T GO.
UM, THEY CONTINUE WITH THEIR NOISE.
AGAIN, THE POLICE WAS CALLED ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 8TH.
UM, THE POLICE CAME RIGHT AWAY WITHIN FIVE MINUTES.
UM, THE NOISE LEVEL STOPPED AFTER THE POLICE CAME ON THAT SUNDAY, BUT THE FETTER DAY WAS, UH, THERE WAS TWO CALLS MADE AND THE NOISE CONTINUED.
UM, THE NOISE IT CONTINUES WITH NOW, THE MUSIC, THE PARTYING, UM, THE USE OF DRUGS, THE STREET RACING TRASH ALL OVER THE STREETS.
UM, BAD EXAMPLES FOR, FOR MY CHILDREN.
I FEAR FOR MY SAFETY, THE SAFETY OF MY NEIGHBORS.
UM, AND THIS GOES, JUST GOES ON AND ON AND ON WITH THE DIFFERENT, UM, RENTERS THAT WE HAVE EVERY WEEK OR SO, AS SOON AS, UH, THE RENTERS LEAVE WITH AN HOURS, NEWER INTERESTS COME.
SO WE HAVE LIKE, NO REST, NO PEACE IN OUR HOME.
UM, LIKE I MENTIONED, I CONSTANTLY HAVE TO BE CALLING THE NOT ONLY ME, BUT MY NEIGHBORS AS WELL, YOU KNOW, CALLING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO COME OVER AND LET YOU KNOW, TO LET THEM KNOW TO QUIET DOWN BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S ALL WE WANT.
WE WANT OUR APPEASE IN OUR HOME.
UM, IF I KNEW I WAS MOVING INTO THIS HOUSE WITH AN HOTEL AND I CALLED HIS IN HOTEL, CAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE A HOTEL RIGHT NEXT TO ME.
I WOULD HAVE NEVER BOUGHT THIS HOME.
AND I HOPE YOU REALLY CONSIDER IT.
UM, I WOULDN'T WANT THIS TO GO INTO, YOU KNOW, WE WANT THIS TO STOP AND
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I SPEAK FOR ME AND MY NEIGHBORS.UM, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION, PLEASE PROVIDE US WITH YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
I LIVE AT 8 0 1 TEAKWOOD, WHICH IS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SHORT TERM RENTAL.
UM, ON THE OTHER CORNER, UM, MY PARENTS WERE ORIGINAL OWNERS WITH THE GROW TO SHORE HERE, THE PREVIOUS MEETING.
SO I GREW UP WATCHING THIS NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOP.
I REMEMBER RUNNING AROUND IN THE DIRT BEFORE THE HOUSES WERE EVEN BUILT AND TO WATCH THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS BEEN A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD AS A CHILD.
I REMEMBER GOING UP AND DOWN TRICK OR TREATING, FEELING SAFE AND ALL THE PARENTS BEING INVOLVED, ALL THE FAMILIES BEING INVOLVED.
I HAVE A THREE AND A HALF YEAR OLD LIVING IN MY HOME.
I HAVE A 14 YEAR OLD LIVING IN MY HOME WHERE WE'VE HAD TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT ARE THEY BEING EXPOSED TO? WHAT ARE THEY HEARING? WHAT ARE THEY SEEING? AND THIS JUST ISN'T THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I GREW UP IN.
AND IT'S VERY DISTRESSING BEFORE MY FATHER PASSED AWAY.
HE WANTED ME TO WANT, HE WANTED TO SELL THE HOME AND SAY, JUST, LET'S BUY SOMETHING SMALLER.
YOU DON'T NEED A BIG HOUSE LIKE THIS.
AND I SAID, NO, I GREW UP HERE.
I WANT TO STAY HERE WITH ALL OF THIS GOING ON.
SHOULD I HAVE DONE IT? SHOULD I HAVE SAID, OKAY, LET'S SELL THE HOUSE BECAUSE THIS IS A 4,700 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE.
I'M LIVING IN FIVE BEDROOMS AND HAVING TO HEAR THIS.
I COME HOME WORKING WITH FIRST GRADERS AND I HAVE TO SAY A COUPLE OF TIMES I'VE COME HOME.
THE RENTERS HAVE STARTED COMING WHILE I WAS GONE.
I COME HOME AND I CAN ALREADY HEAR IT.
AND IT'S LIKE, OH, HERE WE GO AGAIN.
AND I JUST AM VERY DISTRESSED OVER THE FACT THAT I'VE HAD NEIGHBORS COME OVER TO MY HOUSE WHERE WE'VE TRIED TO IGNORE.
I HAVE NEVER, I HAD NEVER CALLED THE POLICE BEFORE AND REGISTERED A COMPLAINT, BUT I'VE HAD NEIGHBORS COME OVER WHERE WE'VE TRIED TO IGNORE IT.
AND THEN THEY WERE, THEY WERE UNSURE ABOUT THEIR SAFETY TO GO HOME THAT NIGHT AND ENDED UP SPENDING THE NIGHT AT MY HOUSE.
AND THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE.
AND WITH ALL OF I'M SURE THIS GENTLEMAN'S AIRBNB MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT THING, BUT IT'S JUST ON THE WHOLE, OUR CITY IS JUST NOT, UH, EQUIPPED WITH A AMUSEMENT PARK OR WE'RE NOT THAT CLOSE TO THE BEACHES THAT THERE WERE OTHER PLACES THAT WOULD BENEFIT MORE FROM AIRBNB'S THAN LAHABRA.
SO I URGE YOU TO PLEASE PASS THE ORDINANCE THAT HAVE NO SHORT TERM RENTALS.
I HAVE A QUESTION BEING THERE.
YOU, YOU LIVE THERE AND YOUR PARENTS WERE THE ORIGINAL OWNERS, CORRECT? UH, DO YOU KNOW THE ACTUAL PROPERTY OWNER THAT WAS THERE? THE ORIGINAL PROPERTY OWNER IS RENTING THIS OUT? YES, I HAVE MET JOHN.
AND, AND, UH, BEING THAT YOU KNOW HIM, WHY DO YOU THINK HE'S BEEN UNRESPONSIVE TO ALL THE NEIGHBORS CONCERNS? AND HE'S JUST BASICALLY JUST TURNED AS, IS HIS HEAD ON AND EVERYBODY IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, WHAT'S YOUR GUT FEELING? YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST TO ME AND I DON'T LIKE TO SAY THIS.
I KNOW LIKE TO BE NEGATIVE, BUT IT'S MORE OF, HE MOVED TO A BETTER AREA WHEN HE MADE, UH, HIS, I GUESS, MORE MONEY IN, IN THE INTERNET.
AND HE, THEY HAD THREE SONS, BUT SOON AS THEY, HE, I DON'T KNOW IF HE CHANGED POSITIONS OR HE HAD A WINDFALL.
I'M NOT SURE, BUT THEY DECIDED TO KEEP THAT AS A RENTAL AND MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND I HAVE TRIED TO BE NEIGHBORLY AND HE HAS BEEN APPRECIATIVE, BUT ON THE OTHER TIMES, THE PROPERTY MANAGER AND, UH, MS. UH, JOHN AS WELL, UH, WOULDN'T RESPOND OR COME WHEN THERE WAS SOME MAJOR PROBLEMS. AND HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THE HOUSE WAS BEING OCCUPIED WHEN IT WASN'T RENTED UNTIL THE POLICE INFORMED HIM OR THE CITY, CITY HALL, ONE OF THE OTHER.
BUT I MEAN, I S I SAID TO HIM, CAUSE I WAS NICE.
I'D SAY YOU'VE GOT SOMEBODY HERE RENTING, AND IT'S LEAKING OIL ALL OVER YOUR CAR.
AND HE WAS APPRECIATIVE, YOU KNOW, I TRIED TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR ABOUT IT, BUT HE WASN'T TRYING TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR WHEN WE WERE SAYING, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON YOUR PROPERTY.
MANAGER'S NOT ANSWERING WHEN, WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE, SORRY, TIME'S UP.
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I JUST, I, I JUST WASN'T FEEL WE WERE RECEIVING THE SAME CONSIDERATION AS WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GIVE THEM OR WHAT THE OTHER NEIGHBORS WERE TRYING TO GIVE TO HIM.AND IT'S JUST LIKE, WHEN WE MENTIONED A PROBLEM, HE GOES, WELL, THE CAMERAS WERE DOWN.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND I SAID, IF YOU HAVE THE CAMERAS DOWN, CAUSE YOU HAVE CAMERAS, WHY WEREN'T YOU THERE RIGHT AWAY TO SEE WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM? NOT JUST IGNORE IT.
SO BASICALLY AN ABSENTEE LANDLORD, WHO'S MORE CONCERNED ABOUT COLLECTING HIS MONEY.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION? EXCUSE ME, IF I'M INAPPROPRIATE, BUT I JUST HAD A QUESTION LAST.
I FEEL FOR BOTH PARTIES, OBVIOUSLY ONE, WHO'S TRYING TO DO A LEGITIMATE BUSINESS AND THEN ONE WHO'S BEING THEIR LIFE IS BEING DISRUPTIVE.
SO I DO FEEL FOR BOTH, BUT LAST MEETING, I REMEMBER A LETTER COMING IN AND I JUST WONDERED IF YOU EXPLORED THAT OPTION.
AND IS THERE ANY WAY TO BAN THIS SITUATION AND ALLOW THE REST OF THE CITY TO CONTINUE IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO THE SHORT RENTALS? SO THAT'S MY ONLY QUESTION TO YOU.
NOW I WILL, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK? THANK YOU.
I WILL NOW, UM, HAVE, UH, COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND INTERACTION.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO, OH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW? WELL, IT'S INTERESTING THAT MARIE ASKED THAT QUESTION.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LETTER HERE ON OUR DIETS FROM EXPEDIA GROUP.
UM, I GUESS WAS JUST SENT TODAY.
SO, UM, ONE OF THE PROVIDERS OF SORTS OR MENTAL HOUSE, UH, PROPERTIES.
SO SHE WROTE, UM, SAYING I'LL, I'LL READ IT.
FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, IT CAME TO OUR ATTENTION THAT ONE SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF LAHABRA HAS A HABITUAL NOISE AND NUISANCE OFFENDER TO YOUR COMMUNITY.
LATER THAT WEEK EXPEDIA GROUP SLASH VRBO ACTED SWIFTLY AND IS PERMANENTLY REMOVED THAT PROPERTY FROM OUR PLATFORM.
SO I THINK TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THE, UH, PROVIDERS LIKE AIRBNB OR VRBO CAN TAKE A HABITUAL PROBLEM AND THEY PUT THEM IN THE PENALTY BOX AND THEY KICK THEM OUT.
AND SO IT OBVIOUSLY MAKES IT A LOT MORE DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO, UH, OPERATE A SHORT-TERM RENTAL, IF THE WEBSITES ARE, ARE KICKING YOU OFF.
SO, UM, W WHERE I'M HAVING MY CONSTERNATION, I, IT SEEMS THAT THIS WHOLE ISSUE KIND OF DID RISE UP BECAUSE OF THE ONE, ONE PROPERTY ON, UM, AND WE SHOULD ADDRESS IT.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING THEM KICKED OFF OF THESE WEBSITES AND SO FORTH, BUT WHERE WE'VE BEEN UP TO NOW, WE WE'VE BEEN A CITY WITH NO REGULATIONS.
THIS IS KIND OF THE WILD WEST OUT THERE, AND WE'VE HAD ONE PROBLEM AND WE'RE ABOUT TO GO OUTLAW THEM CITYWIDE.
I I'M ALWAYS CAUTIOUS ABOUT HAVING, UM, YOU KNOW, A MORE MEASURED APPROACH PERHAPS WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE SITUATION, UH, AND CREATING CITY-WIDE POLICY BASED ON THAT.
SO, UM, IT SEEMS TO ME, WE, WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE, UH, A MIDDLE GROUND OF REGULATING SHORT-TERM RENTALS WHERE WE CAN BE MINDFUL OF THE BAD ACTORS AND, UM, REPORT THEM AS, AS APPROPRIATE TO THE WEBSITES AND SO FORTH.
UM, WHILE STRIKING A BALANCE WITH, WITH PEOPLE LIKE MR.
SO I, UH, MY FEELINGS MATTER MAYOR WOULD BE THAT WE, UM, TAKE THE, THE DIFFICULT PROPERTY, LIKE WE'VE HAD A TEAKWOOD AND MAKE SURE WHERE THEY ARE REPORTED AND REMOVED FROM THE PLATFORMS LIKE AIRBNB AND VRBO AND ADOPT SOME, UH, REGULATORY SCHEME, UH, SO THAT PEOPLE LIKE MR. MATHIAS AND OTHERS WHO WERE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING, UM, YOU KNOW, CAN, CAN OPERATE WITHIN PARAMETERS WITHIN OUR REGULATORY STRUCTURE, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE, THAT WE ADOPT.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE FROM THE COUNCIL THAT WOULD WISH TO SPEAK? YES, MADAM MAYOR.
I, UM, I UNDERSTAND WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, SHAI IS ALLUDING TO.
AND WHEN YOU FIRST READ MR.
YOU READ THE WHOLE THING IN DETAIL, AND YOU YOU'RE, I'M ACUTELY AWARE AT THE END OF IT THAT EVEN THOUGH HE HAS DONE EVERYTHING WITHIN HIS POWER TO RUN THIS AS A, UM, SENSITIVE, UM,
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ONGOING INSTITUTION IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HE CARES ABOUT, UH, IT STILL HAS THE SAME OLD PROBLEMS OF NEIGHBORS HAVING TO CALL THE POLICE, HAVING THEM HAVE TO RESPOND TO THEM MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO SHUT DOWN LOUD MUSIC, LOUD NOISES.UM, WHAT SOUNDS LIKE PARTIES BEING, UM, GOING ON IN THE BACKYARD? UH, POLICE DEPARTMENTS BEEN CALLED, I BELIEVE THE NUMBER WAS SEVEN TIMES, UH, TO MR.
SO I DON'T, UM, I DON'T FEEL LIKE EVEN WITH ALL THE RULES THAT HE'S PUT INTO PLACE, THAT IT CAN BE RUN, UH, THE WAY THAT A REGULAR NEIGHBORHOOD OPERATES WITH THE PEACE AND QUIET THAT SHOULD BE AFFORDED EVERY RESIDENT WITHIN A NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S NOT ZONED FOR, UH, UH, PARTY RENTALS.
UH, IT'S A RESIDENCE WHERE PEOPLE GO TO REST AND, UH, TO RAISE THEIR CHILDREN PEACEFULLY.
UM, I'M SORRY THAT MR. MATHIAS IS HAVING TO RELY ON THE INCOME, UH, FOR HIS FAMILY.
UM, BUT, UH, I DO KNOW THAT OTHER CITIES I'VE STUDIED ORDINANCES FROM OTHER CITIES.
UH, FOR INSTANCE, THERE'S SEVERAL OUT IN THE, THE, UM, UM, COACHELLA VALLEY THAT, UH, IF YOU CALL THE POLICE, THE OWNER HAS TO RESPOND WITHIN 20 MINUTES AND RESOLVE WHATEVER THE COMPLAINT IS WITHIN 20 MINUTES, OR THERE'S A $5,000 FINE.
AND THE FINE GOES UP $5,000 EVERY TIME THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL CALL.
SO, UH, THEY'VE SEEN FINES UP TO $20,000.
SO I DON'T THINK MR
I JUST DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN RUN THIS TYPE OF AN OPERATION WHERE PEOPLE COME TO YOUR HOME WITH NO VESTED INTEREST.
THEY DON'T KNOW THE NEIGHBORS, THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY'RE THERE TO HAVE A GOOD TIME AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD TIME.
SO I'M, UH, JUST LIKE I WAS TWO WEEKS AGO, UH, UM, IN FAVOR OF NOT ALLOWING SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
ARE THERE ANY ONE OFF OF THE COUNTER WISHING TO SPEAK? YES.
METTA MAYOR I'D LIKE TO FURTHER IN AND JUST POINT OUT FOR THE, FOR THE RECORD THAT MR. MENDEZ AND THE TEAK WOULD ADDRESS TWO SEPARATE ADDRESSES.
I'M JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE.
UH, BUT, UH, MY, MY CONCERN STILL REMAINS, AND THIS IS, UH, UNDERSTANDING, UH, MR. MENDEZ THAT, UH, THAT YOUR FAMILY RELIES ON THIS INCOME.
UM, BUT THERE, THERE ARE OTHER LOCATIONS OUTSIDE OF LAHABRA, UH, WHERE, WHERE THESE ARE PERMITTED AND, UM, I'M OF THE MINDSET THAT THERE IS A PROPENSITY, UNFORTUNATELY, AND THERE HAVE BEEN SEVEN CALLS FOR SERVICE FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT THERE TO YOUR LOCATION AND A NUMBER OF OTHERS OVER AT, UH, AT TEAKWOOD, UM, THAT, UH, THAT HAVE OCCURRED AS WELL.
AND, UH, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT TOOK ME OVER TO THE TOP WAS THE VIDEO I SAW FROM TEAKWOOD.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, WHAT NAME I SHOULD HAVE FOR THE RECORD SHOULD HAVE GAVE THE, UH, THE PLAY BY PLAY OF SORTS.
UH, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT, UH, THAT THE AVERAGE PERSON WOULD WANT TO SEE DISPLAYED ON A VIDEO.
IT WAS A VIDEO OF A, A YOUNG LADY, UH, URINATING OUTSIDE OF A CAR WHERE SHE OPENED UP THE BACK DOOR.
THE FRONT DOOR GOT IN BETWEEN, PULLED UP HER SKIRT AND, UH, AND BEGAN URINATING AT THE CURB.
UM, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT'S HAPPENING WHERE YOU ARE, SIR, BUT I'VE SEEN IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN, UM, IN, IN CERTAIN PLACES WHERE THIS HAPPENS, PARTIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR HAPPENS.
IT'S NOT JUST WOMEN, IT'S MEN TO DO THE SAME THING.
THAT'LL URINATE IN PEOPLE'S YARDS AND THROW TRASH BECAUSE THERE'S NO PRIDE OF OWNERSHIP, UNFORTUNATELY, AND YOU'RE DOING ALL THE RIGHT THINGS.
AND, AND I, UH, IT'S UNFORTUNATE, UH, BUT, UM, I'M STILL AT THE SAME MINDSET AS I WAS A FEW WEEKS AGO.
UH, I HAVE A QUESTION OF THE POLICE CHIEF THAT'S OKAY.
CHIEF FOSTER, UH, JUST SO I HAVE IT ON RECORD AND, UH, TO MAKE SURE I I'M, UH, STILL 100% WITH THIS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY STRONG OPINION ON THE SUBJECT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER? UH, I BELIEVE THAT THE, UH, CITY STAFF
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PROVIDED, UH, TWO VIABLE OPTIONS.UM, I THINK THAT, UH, WHICHEVER DIRECTION YOU GUYS FEEL BEST REPRESENTS THE CITY, REMEMBER, WELL, LET ME REPHRASE THE QUESTION AS A MEMBER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND YOUR EXPERTISE.
UM, DO YOU HAVE A CONCERN WITH, UM, WITH SOME OF THE ACTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE, UH, WITH THE OPERATIONS OF AIRBNBS? I HAVE A CONCERN, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY WITH TEAKWOOD, UM, THAT ONE HAS DRAWN A LOT OF CONCERN BY THE NEIGHBORS, AND WE HAVE RESPONDED OUT TO THAT ONE, FOR SURE.
BESIDES THAT, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER THE CONCERNS? I HAVE A CONCERN THAT THOSE TYPE OF ACTIONS WOULD CONTINUE AT OTHERS.
SO RIGHT NOW YOUR COMFORT LEVEL, ISN'T WHERE IT SHOULD BE TOO.
WOULD YOU SAY THAT, UH, I I'M CONFIDENT THAT A, UH, A DECISION EITHER WAY, UM, WHETHER YOU BAN THEM OR YOU GO WITH A DIFFERENT ORDINANCE WOULD, UH, HELP WITH THE SOLUTION.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY STRONG OPINION, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER VOLUME, THE POLITICS OF THIS.
I THINK THAT WE DO HAVE SOME OPTIONS.
UM, I, I DO HAVE A QUESTION, UH, CHIEF, BUT I THINK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE, FOR THE POLICE CHIEF? I JUST HAVE ONE SIMPLE QUESTION, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT AS, UM, SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL SAID THAT IN THE REPORT, THE STAFF REPORT, WHICH I ALSO READ THAT THERE WAS NUMEROUS CALLS MADE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE MR.
UH, THEY START, UM, APPROXIMATELY OF AUGUST OF 2020.
AND THE LAST CALL WAS, UH, MARCH 6TH OF THIS YEAR.
IF I COULD JUMP IN FOR JUST A SECOND.
THE REASON THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER IS NODDING THEIR HEAD IN DENIAL IS THAT THESE ARE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE CALLING ABOUT LOUD MUSIC AND LOUD PARTY NOISES.
THE POLICE GOES OUT CONTACTS WHOEVER'S BEHIND THAT DOOR AND SAYS, KNOCK OFF THE NOISE.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO EVER TELL THE PROPERTY OWNER HOW THAT WORKS.
SO I DON'T EXPECT THEM TO KNOW ABOUT EVERY PHONE CALL MADE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REGARDING THOSE SHORT-TERM RENTALS, BUT THEY ARE IN REALITY, SOMETHING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ASKED HER RESPOND TO TAKE TIME AWAY FROM OTHER THINGS TO HANDLE.
THIS OWNER IS NOT THE OWNER OF THE TEAKWOOD PROPERTY.
UM, LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN OUT TO THE TEAKWOOD PROPERTY.
I HAVE WITNESSED FIRSTHAND THE PROBLEM THAT'S BEEN THERE, I'VE SMELLED THE AROMA OF THE MARIJUANA FLOWING OUT THERE.
UM, I THINK IF EVER, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE THIS, UH, I WOULD CERTAINLY WANT IT, UM, CONTROLLED BY THE CITY, OR THEY'D HAVE TO GO AND FILE A LICENSE FEE, SUBJECT TO INSPECTIONS, RENEWALS, AND ALL, ALL SORTS OF REGULATIONS GET AHOLD OF IT.
BUT AT THIS TERM RIGHT NOW, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING STRUCTURED RIGHT NOW, OR I HAVEN'T SEEN A MODEL THAT WORKS IN OTHER CITIES.
UH, SO I'M STILL GONNA STICK TO MY ORIGINAL VOTE.
I BELIEVE HE HAS SOME COMMENTS.
LOOK, THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SAYING HERE, GUYS, YOU COULD OWN THE HOME OR HAVE A LONG-TERM LEASE AND LITTER AND GET DRUNK AND URINATE IN YARDS AND USE MARIJUANA AND BE A PROBLEM IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE FACT, THE IDEA THAT WE ARE LINKING SHORT-TERM RENTALS WITH THESE BEHAVIORS, SOME MIGHT DO THAT, BUT SOME AREN'T WE'RE PAINTING WITH FAR TOO BROAD, A BRUSH BY OUTLYING SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO CURE LITTER AND NOISE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND MARIJUANA AND ALL THESE THINGS.
WE ARE SIMPLY OVERSIMPLIFYING THE REALITY OF THE UNIVERSE OUT THERE.
AND, AND THE, YOUR SOLUTION IS TO THESE PROBLEMS. I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO BAN OUT SHORT-TERM RENTALS AND THERE WILL STILL BE PEOPLE LITTERING AND USING MARIJUANA AND PLAYING MUSIC IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
AND OUR COPS WILL HAVE TO BE CALLED FOR SERVICE.
TH TH TH THIS IS NOT A SOLUTION THAT'S GOING TO SOLVE ALL OF THAT.
I MEAN, I, I HOPE WE'RE NOT SO OVERSIMPLIFIED IN THE UNIVERSE TO THINK THAT WE CAN JUST PASS THIS AND WE'VE JUST SOLVED THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS. IT'S A SIMPLY NOT REALITY.
SO LIFE IS RARELY THAT SIMPLE, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK THE WAY YOU'RE IMAGINING KNOWING THAT IN.
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SOMEWHAT COUNCILMAN SHAW.UM, BUT SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR 26 YEARS IN HIS ANSWERED SOME OF THESE CALLS, YOU HAVE NOT, UM, RESPECTFULLY.
AND I SAY THAT RESPECTFULLY, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THE PROPENSITY FOR THESE THINGS IS IT'S A YES, YOU'RE RIGHT.
UH, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN WITH LONG-TERM RENTALS AS WELL, OR WITH ANYBODY THAT LIVES IN NORMAL NEIGHBORHOOD THAT OWNS A HOME.
UH, BUT THERE'S A HIGHER PROPENSITY WITH SHORT-TERM RENTALS, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THESE THINGS TO HAPPEN.
AND, UH, AND THIS DOES HAPPEN.
AND THE CHIEF ALLUDED TO THAT, UH, THAT THERE WOULD BE A PROPENSITY OF CALLS FOR SERVICE, MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY FOR URINATING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UH, BUT THERE WOULD BE A THAT'S THE UNFORTUNATE PART.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, MR. UH,
BUT THAT'S THE UNFORTUNATE PART.
UH, I STAND WITH, UH, WITH COUNCILMAN SIMONIAN IN THAT, UH, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE FOR JUST THAT FOR RAISING KIDS AND, UH, AND, UH, BEING ABLE TO GET HOME AND NOT EVEN HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT SHORT-TERM RENTAL IT'S EITHER NEXT DOOR OR DOWN THE STREET AND THE ODOR OF MARIJUANA EMANATING, OR PEOPLE DEFECATING AND URINATING OUT IN THE STREET AND, UH, HAVING PARTIES AT DIFFERENT HOURS AND NOT ABIDING BY THESE, UH, BY NEIGHBORHOOD ORDINANCES.
ARE THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION THE QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL WITH THAT MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE NUMBER 1836 ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA, MANY TITLE 18 ZONING BY MODIFYING SHORT TERM 18.0 4.03 TERMS. DEFINE ADDING THE DEFINITION FOR SHORT-TERM RESIDENTIAL RENTALS AND SECTION 18.0 6.040 TABLE 18.0 6.04.
A LAND USE MATRIX ADDING SHORT-TERM RESIDENTIAL RENTALS AS PROHIBITED USE IN THE CITY OF ALHAMBRA.
IF THERE A SECOND, SECOND, BUT THE COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE MOTION PASSES FOUR TO ONE.
THERE ARE NO PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS THIS EVENING.
[1. CONSIDER AND REVIEW THE 2021-2029 DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT (6TH CYCLE) AND AUTHORIZE STAFF TO FORWARD THE DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (HCD) FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT That the City Council approve the 2021-2029 Draft Housing Element (6th Cycle) and authorize staff to forward the Draft Housing Element to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for review and comment. CEQA: This project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA guidelines.]
NOW MOVE TO ITEMS. ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE MAY REQUEST TO ADDRESS A LITTLE HARBOR CITY COUNCIL ON ANY CONSIDERATION ITEM PRIOR TO THE LA HARBOR CITY COUNCIL, TAKING A FINDING OF A FINAL VOTE ON THE ITEM.PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER CONSIDERATION ITEM, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR OR CHAIR.
SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOAN TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE.
SPEAKING TIME, COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
THE FIRST ITEM IS CONSIDER AND REVIEW THE 2021 THROUGH 2029 DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT SIX CYCLE AND AUTHORIZE STAFF TO FORWARD THE DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HCD FOR REVIEWING COMMENT, IF WE COULD HAVE A STAFF REPORT.
YES, MADAM MAYOR, AFTER THE STAFF REPORT WAS PREPARED, UH, WE DID RECEIVE A LETTER OF A COMMENT LETTER FROM THE KENNEDY COMMISSION.
UM, SO THOSE, THOSE, UM, ITEMS ARE NOT ADDRESSED WITHIN YOUR STAFF REPORT.
UM, BUT WE WOULD, STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE COMMENTS AND WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT THE ISSUES RAISED ARE WELL COVERED IN OUR HOUSING ELEMENT.
AND WE DON'T SEE ANY REASON AT THIS POINT THAT WE NEED TO MAKE ANY MODIFICATIONS BASED ON THESE COMMENTS.
SO AT THIS POINT, I WOULD TURN THIS OVER TO MR. WOODY TASHAR WHO WILL GO THROUGH A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ON THE HOUSING ELEMENT.
GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR.
AGAIN, I FEEL THIS IS ALMOST LIKE A SECOND HOME, SO I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE BACK WITH YOU TONIGHT.
I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU, UH, THE, AND INTRODUCE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, THE HOUSING ELEMENT TONIGHT.
LET ME JUST START THE DISCUSSION WITH A SORT OF A REMINDER OF WHAT A HOUSING ELEMENT IS AND ITS PLACE IN STATE LAW.
UM, IT IS A REQUIRED ELEMENT, BUT UNLIKE ALL THE OTHER SECTIONS OF THE GENERAL PLAN ETHICAL DIFFERENCES, ONE IS THERE IS A REQUIREMENT THAT IT IS UPDATED ON A REGULAR BASIS.
IN THIS CASE, IT'S AN EIGHT YEAR CYCLE FOR UPDATE, UH, FOR THE PARTICULAR DOCUMENT.
THE OTHER MAJOR DIFFERENCE OF THOSE FROM ANY OTHER ELEMENT OF YOUR GENERAL PLAN IS THAT IT MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR THEIR REVIEW
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AND THEIR CERTIFICATION FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE HOUSING LEGISLATION ITSELF.UH, BUT WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO REALIZE AS A PART OF THIS ALSO IS IT'S IT'S LAHABRA PLAN.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT IS A PLAN THAT IS A REFLECTION OF THIS COMMUNITY, ET CETERA.
AND ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS OF THIS PLAN THAT ALSO MAKES IT UNIQUE FROM, AGAIN, OTHER PLANNING DOCUMENTS THAT THE CITY CONSIDERS AND PREPARES IS THAT THERE, THERE IS A TARGETED NUMBER THAT IS GIVEN TO LAHABRA IN TERMS OF A QUANTITY, A CAPACITY OF HOUSING THAT THAT HOUSING ELEMENT MUST PROVIDE AND ACCOMMODATE WITHIN THE JURISDICTION FOR THIS PLANNING PERIOD.
SO AGAIN, REMIND YOU, IT IS A PLANNING DOCUMENT.
IT CREATES THE ABILITY TO HOUSING, BUT IT DOESN'T MANDATE THE PRODUCTION OF THE HOUSING THROUGH CITY EXPENDITURE AT ALL.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT CREATES THE MECHANISMS WHICH HOUSING CAN BE BUILT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND AS SUCH, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN AND HAS GOALS AND POLICIES ABOUT HOW THAT IS TO BE ACHIEVED.
IT IS ALSO NOT A REGULATORY DOCUMENT IN THAT IT DOESN'T ALSO CREATE OR CHANGE ZONING FROM YOUR EXISTING ZONING THAT IS IN PLACE TODAY IN THE CITY OF LA HOMBRE, AND NOR DOES IT PRE-APPROVE ANY PROJECTS.
SO IT DOESN'T ELIMINATE THE KINDS OF REVIEW PROCESSES THAT YOU HAVE HERE TODAY AS WELL.
SO AGAIN, WHAT'S REALLY MINDFUL OF, SINCE THE LAST TIME YOU UPDATED THE GENERAL PLAN, THERE'S BEEN A PLETHORA AND THAT'S BEING GENEROUS OF LEGISLATION AND NEW NEW LAWS THAT HAVE BEEN ENACTED THAT WERE NOT REFLECTED IN YOUR PAST GENERAL, UH, PLAN HOUSING, BUT HAVE TO BE INDEED INCORPORATED NOW.
AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS OF THIS PLAN IS TO LOOK AT AND ADDRESS THE NEW REQUIREMENTS AND LEGISLATION ONE KEY ASPECT OF THIS IT'S AGAIN, DIFFERENT IS THAT, THAT WE HAVE TO BASICALLY DEMONSTRATE THAT IF WE IDENTIFY A SITE AS BEING A SUITABLE FOR LOCATION FOR A HOUSE, AND WE MUST PROVIDE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF EVIDENCE OF PROOF AND INDEED HOUSING CAN ACTUALLY BE BUILT AND FEASIBLY DEVELOPED ON THAT SITE.
ANOTHER VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF LEGISLATION THAT'S CHANGED IS THAT ONCE THE DEVELOPMENT CAPACITIES, FOR EXAMPLE, OF YOUR GENERAL PLAN HAD BEEN SET IN PLACE, YOU ARE NOT, WHEN YOU ACTUALLY DO APPROVE PROJECTS, ABLE TO ACTUALLY REDUCE THE ULTIMATE AMOUNT OF HOUSING ON THAT SITE, WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO INDICATE HOW YOU MIGHT MAKE UP THAT DEFICIT IN SOME OTHER LOCATION, THAT'S ADEQUATELY ZONED WITHIN THE CITY AND THIS, UH, THIS HOUSING ELEMENT ALSO EXPANDS FAIR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND OBLIGATIONS ON THE CITY, UH, TO MEET, UH, AND TO MIRROR FEDERAL STATE LAW AS WELL.
AND THEN THE OTHER, AGAIN, THE OTHER KEY CHANGE FROM YOUR PRIOR ELEMENT IS THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL LEGAL CONSEQUENCES AND FINANCIAL PENALTIES FOR A NONCOMPLIANT ELEMENT, RIGHT? SO WHAT THIS HOUSING ELEMENT DOES, AND IN TERMS OF OUR STARTING POINT AGAIN, IS NOT TO THROW OUT WHAT HAS BEEN A VERY GOOD HOUSING ELEMENT FOR THE CITY OF LA HABRA, BUT TO MAKE SOME CHANGES, ONE IS TO INCORPORATE THE LAW CHANGES THAT WE HAVE MADE.
IT IS ALSO INDEED AN OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE THE HOUSING ELEMENT, TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY WITH ALL OF THE OTHER POLICY DOCUMENTS WITHIN THE CITY, SUCH AS THE GENERAL PLAN.
AND THEN THIRDLY, IT IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK AND ASSESS IF YOU WILL, THE TEMPERATURE IN THE SENSE AND THE VALUES OF THE COMMUNITY OF LAHABRA TO ENSURE THAT THE CONCERNS OF THIS COMMUNITY, THE NEEDS OF THOSE COMMUNITY R AND D BEING MET AS A PART OF THE PLAN.
NEXT SLIDE, ROY, THROUGH THIS PROCESS, UH, THERE WAS AN INCREDIBLE PERIOD OF ROBUST PUBLIC OUTREACH.
THIS WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MORE DIFFICULT PUBLIC OUTREACH PERIODS WE'VE HAD BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS, HAD TO BE CONDUCTED IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT ON MIKE, THE ABILITY IN A MEETING LIKE THIS, OF EVEN COMING TOGETHER, MASS.
WE DID NOT HAVE THAT FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME PERIOD IN WHICH THE PLAN WAS PREPARED, BUT WE STILL SPENT A LOT OF TIMES IN THE TRENCHES WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AND JUST TO REITERATE SOME OF THOSE, THE GENERAL PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING FROM A FEW YEARS AGO WAS RECONSTITUTE.
AND WE HAD FIVE MEETINGS WITH, UH, THE, UH, ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT WERE INVITATIONS TO VARIOUS COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, ADVOCACY GROUPS, UH, OF OUR DATABASE, UH, TO PARTICIPATE WITHIN, UH, THE, THE EFFORT, THE CHAPTER OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT SITES.
AND WE'LL IDENTIFY ALL THE COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
WE HAD A WEBSITE AND THEN A COLLABORATIVE, ET CETERA, OVERALL, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE COVID COVID SITUATION.
I WOULD SAY THIS EFFORT TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC
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WAS BEYOND THE NORMAL PROCESSES REQUIREMENT.PLUS IT ALSO BUILDS UPON AN EXTENSIVE PROCESS THAT WAS UNDERTAKEN FOR THE CONSOLIDATED HOUSING PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND MANY OF THE PROGRAMS AND THE POLICIES WITHIN THIS PLAN, ECHO INDEED, WHAT WAS INDEED VETTED THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE PUBLIC PROCESS AT THE TIME OF THE PREPARATION.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST AN, I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS IN ANY DETAIL, IN TERMS OF THIS IS THE TABLE OF CONTENTS YOU WILL FIND WITHIN THE DOCUMENT ITSELF.
UH, IT DESCRIBES THE OUTREACH PROCESS.
IT IS A CHAPTER THAT QUANTIFIES THE NEED FOR HOUSING UNITS AT VARIOUS INCOME LEVELS.
IT HAS A DISCUSSION OF WHAT THE MAJOR CONSTRAINTS ARE FOR HOUSING, THE KEY COMPONENT, AGAIN, BASED UPON THE CURRENT LEGISLATION AND WHERE CAN WE DEVELOP THE HOUSING? WHAT ARE THE SITES THAT ARE AVAILABLE? IT LOOKS AT YOUR PREVIOUS HOUSING ELEMENT THAT WAS PREPARED TO SEE HOW SUCCESSFUL YOU WERE IN ADVANCING AND ACHIEVING HOUSING OBJECTIVES FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN IT HAS THE GOALS, POLICIES, AND IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMS. THESE ARE THE CHAPTERS AND THE CONTENT THAT'S REQUIRED THROUGH STATUTE THAT HAS TO BE ACTUALLY ADDRESSED WITHIN THE CONTENT OF THE BODY OF THE PLAN ITSELF.
SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE FIRST ANALYSIS I TALKED DISCUSSED IS HOUSING NEED LAHABRA YEAH.
IS BASICALLY WHAT WE WILL PUT IN THE CATEGORY OF A STABLE COMMUNITY.
YOU'RE NOT INDEED GROWING IT AT A INCREDIBLY FAST RATE COMPARED TO PARTICULARLY IN EARLIER YEARS, YOU'RE APPROACHING, BUILD-OUT ONE OF THE KEY REASONS THAT THE POPULATION GROWTH AND IT HAS BEEN PRETTY STABLE OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
AND BETWEEN 70 AND 2000, YOU HAD A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT BURST OF GROWTH, BUT SINCE IT'S SLOWED DOWN AGAIN, PRIMARILY DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF AVAILABLE LANDS IN WHICH NEW DEVELOPMENT COULD OCCUR AND INDEED THE CURVES AND THE BARS, I THINK VISUALLY TO PICK THAT GROWTH OVER THE PERIODS OF TIMES AND THE PROJECTIONS, IF WE LOOK FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE IS THAT THE TRENDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MODEST IN THE FUTURE.
AND THERE'S NO ALEKS EXPECTATION OF A BIG SPURT OF POPULATION GROWTH, AGAIN, MOVING INTO THE FUTURE.
SO THE ONE THING, AND TO BE MINDFUL OF THOUGH, IS LOOKING AT THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION WE'RE CHANGING AS A COMMUNITY.
AND THE, THE, EVEN THOUGH THE GROWTH NUMBERS ARE LIMITED, THE ACTUAL COMPOSITION OF THE POPULATION IS CHANGING BASICALLY REALLY IMPORTANTLY, WE'RE GETTING OLDER.
I COUNT MYSELF IN THAT CATEGORY AS WELL.
ONE FIRST STEP MINT IN THE CITY OF LA HABRA, THE YOUTH CHILDREN DECLINED 11% IN NUMBERS.
WELL, THE ADULTS OVER 55 YEARS OF AGE INCREASED BY A QUARTER BY 25%.
SO YOU'RE SEEING A BIG SHIFT IN TERMS OF THE TYPE OF POPULATION WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, THE RACE AND ETHNICITY.
UH, OF COURSE, I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE THAT THE SPANISH POPULATION IS OVER THE MAJORITY OVER 68% OF THE POPULATION, BUT WHAT ALSO IS INTERESTING, THE BIGGEST, IF YOU WILL, BLIP IN TERMS OF CHANGE OF THE CURVE OF POPULATION HAS BEEN WITH THE ASIAN POPULATION IS INCREASED IN THE FASTEST NUMBER, WHICH IS NOW ABOUT 28% OF THE CITY'S POPULATION AS WELL, UH, EQUAL TO THE AGING OF THE POPULATION.
I THINK OBVIOUSLY THE SIDE OF THE FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN HAVE DECLINED OVER A PERIOD OF TIME AND INDEED THE LARGE FAMILIES.
UH, I THINK AGAIN, RELATIONSHIP, UH, HAS ALSO DECLINED OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
SO OUR POPULATION IS EVOLVING AND CHANGING SINCE THE LAST TIME WE WORKED ON THE HOUSING RIGHT NEXT DOOR, WHAT IS THE REAL CRUX THAT WE'RE FACING? NOT JUST IN LAHABRA, BUT THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA, WE HEAR ON THE NEWS AS THE COST OF HOUSING.
IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE TOP PORTION OF THE SLIDE, WHICH SAYS HOUSING COSTS, YOU WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THE WATER.
WE'RE A LITTLE LESS THAN, UH, IN TERMS OF THE MEDIAN INCOME AND THE FAMILIES A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AS WELL, 95 OR SO THOUSAND DOLLARS, UM, THAT AFFORDABLE.
IF YOU TAKE A LOOK, THE NORMAL MULTIPLIERS OF HOW MUCH A PERSON SHOULD BE ABLE TO PI OR WHAT THE, WHAT THE PRICE SHOULD BE IN TERMS OF PURCHASE WITH THAT INCOME, THE NORMAL IS A LITTLE BIT OVER THREE.
WHAT YOU WILL SEE THAT THE HOUSING COSTS FOR THE, THE AVERAGE AND THE MEDIAN INCOME SHOULD BE ABOUT 360, BUT YOU'RE ALMOST DOUBLE THAT YOU'RE ALMOST AT A $635,000 MEDIAN HOUSING COST AS WELL.
SO THERE'S A BIG GAP BETWEEN INDEED WHAT IS AFFORDABLE AND INDEED WHAT THE HOUSING CRISIS ARE TODAY.
SIMILARLY, IN THE RENTAL AREA, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE MEDIAN RENNER INCOME IS ABOUT 58, 50 $9,000 AND THE, THAT KIND OF MONTHLY RENT, WOULD IT BE EQUIVALENT ABOUT A $1,500 A RENTAL UNIT, BUT IN REALITY, WORLD WAR $2,000 A MONTH NOW, SO
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YOU SEE THESE GAPS AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN IS REALLY THE SUMMATION.AND REALLY THE IMPORTANT FINDING OF THIS ANALYSIS IS THAT 41% OF OWNERS TODAY IN THE CITY OF LA HARBOR AND 51% OF THE RENTERS TODAY IN THE CITY OF LA HABRA ARE PAYING BEYOND THEIR MEANS BASED UPON THE SALARY THEMSELVES.
AND THEN WHAT HAS BEEN A MANIFESTATION OF THIS AND PARTICULARLY IN THE RENTAL UNITS IS THE FACT THAT WE'RE FINDING TWO AND THREE HOUSEHOLDS, ESPECIALLY IN THE RENTAL UNITS OR MULTIPLE GENERATIONS OF FAMILIES LIVING AND MOVING INTO THE SAME RENTAL UNIT.
SO WE HAVE ABOUT 6% OF THE OWNERS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE IN OVERCROWDED UNITS.
AND JUST IN THE DEFINITION OF OVERCROWDING IS ONE PERSON PER ROOM.
SO WHEN OTHERS, WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR RELATIONSHIP, BUT ALMOST A QUARTER, ALMOST 21% OF THE RENTERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY ARE LIVING IN GUADALAJARA, UH, TECHNICALLY ILLEGALLY OVER, UH, CROWDED UNITS THEMSELVES.
SO AGAIN, AND I MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION, THAT PART OF THIS IS TO INDEED RESPOND PART ABOUT HOUSING ELEMENT IS TO RESPOND TO A NUMBER OF WHAT'S CALLED RENA.
THE REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ALLOCATION AS WELL.
AND BASICALLY JUST THIS CHART SHOWS YOU HOW THAT NUMBER IS DERIVED WITHOUT GETTING INTO THE TECHNICAL DETAILS OR MODELING.
IT STARTS AT THE STATE LEVEL OR THE STATE BASICALLY INDICATES.
AND IT DOESN'T ASSESSMENT OF WHAT THE HOUSING NEED IS ON A STATEWIDE BASIS.
ONCE THAT DETERMINATION IS MADE, THE STATE THEN ALLOCATES A PORTION OF THOSE UNITS TO EACH REGIONAL WITHIN THE STATE ITSELF.
SO IN OUR CASE, IN, WITHIN THE SCAG REGION AND THEN THIS GANG AND DISTRIBUTES THOSE UNITS AND ALLOCATIONS AND TARGETS FOR EACH OF THE CITIES AND COUNTIES WITHIN THE SCAG REGION HIMSELF.
SO THE NUMBER THAT YOU ARE TARGETING FOR IN TERMS OF PROVIDING IN THIS HOUSING ELEMENT CAPACITY FOR IS ABOUT 804 UNITS.
LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF COMPARISON WITH OTHER CITIES, BECAUSE WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT, AND THIS IS PROBABLY, I SHOULD SAY THE MOST ROBUST NUMBERS WE HAVE SEEN, I MAY NOT SAY EVER, BUT I'VE EVER SEEN IN HOUSING ELEMENTS TERMS OF IT BEING THE TARGETED NUMBERS COMING DOWN FROM THE STATE BECAUSE OF THE HOUSING NEEDS HAVE BEEN PROJECTED.
BUT IN COMPARISON, YOU'VE GOT ABOUT A HUNDRED, 800 UNITS NEXT DOOR IN THE CITY OF BRAYA.
THEIR TARGET NUMBER IS TWENTY THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE UNITS.
WHITTIER TARGET NUMBER IS THIRTY FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE UNITS.
AND THEN IF YOU GO TO FULLERTON, IT'S 13,200.
SO YOUR NUMBER ON A REGIONAL STANDPOINT IS RELATIVELY CONSERVATIVE AND RELATIVE MODEST, NEXT SLIDE.
SO ONCE YOU HAVE THIS NUMBER, THERE IS THEN THE BREAKDOWN.
I MENTIONED THE AFFORDABILITY OF HOUSING, AND IT'S IN THIS CHART.
AGAIN, I WON'T IN ANY DETAIL, BUT WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS AS THE BOTTOM LINE DOWN THERE IN THE BOTTOM ROWS, YOUR 804 UNITS, AND THOSE UNITS ARE THE ESTIMATE WITHIN EACH OF THE INCOME LEVELS OF THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE, UH, THE PLAN FOR BY CAPACITY FOR, AT EACH OF THOSE PRICE LEVELS.
WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE PARTICULARLY IS THE LOWER INCOME UNITS, WHICH ARE THE MOST DIFFICULT TO PRODUCE IN TERMS OF ISSUES OF COST OF CONSTRUCTION AND COST OF LAND, ET CETERA.
IT'S ABOUT 38% OF THE TOTAL NUMBER IN TERMS OF OUR HOUSING UNITS ARE INDEED AT THAT LOWER LEVEL.
SO WHY DO WE HAVE FROM THE STATE IN TERMS OF HOW WE TAKE THAT NUMBER, THAT 804, HOW DO WE BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT IT ACHIEVING THAT NUMBER? WELL, THE STATE GIVES US THIS GUIDANCE.
IT SAYS, WELL, SOME OF THAT NUMBER IS IF WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE YEAR 20, 29 WATER, W W W DO WE ANTICIPATE AS A COMMUNITY AND PROJECTS THAT MAY COME ON BOARD, WE MAY NOT HAVE A COMMITMENT THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE ACTUALLY DEVELOPED, ET CETERA, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME INTENT FOR THESE TO OCCUR, ET CETERA.
THE STATE LAW ALSO INDICATES THAT WAREHOUSING CAN BE BUILT, THAT THAT IS CREDITED TO THE RENA.
IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE HAVE ZONE CAPACITY.
SO IF WE HAVE PROPERTY ZONE FOR, LET'S SAY, SINGLE FAMILY OR MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD CREATE NUMBERS AND CREATE CAPACITIES FOR HOUSING UNITS AS WELL.
AND WHAT IS ALSO IMPORTANT AS WE CREATE AND MOVE FORWARD IS THAT ANY OF THESE SITES HAVE TO BE AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES.
AND THAT, AND INDEED, AS WE THINK ABOUT MAKING THESE SITES AVAILABLE FOR HOUSING, THAT IT IS AN EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION, ANYBODY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, IT'S WHAT WE CALL THE FAIR HOUSING LAWS HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO A DEED, EITHER PURCHASE OR RENT THAT HOUSING.
SO AGAIN, AS I SAID, THIS IS LAHABRA
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IS A PLAN A IN TERMS OF THE COMMUNITY CONSIDERATION.SO INDEED ONE OF THE BENCHMARKS IS OF COURSE, TO GO BACK TO THE GENERAL PLAN AND LOOK AT IT AS ITS FOUNDATION AND FIND THAT THIS IS INDEED CONSISTENT WITH THE VISIONS WITHIN THE GENERAL PLAN AND THE GOALS AND POLICIES IN THE GENERAL PLAN.
SECOND CONSIDERATION IS THE NEED TO BE VERY EXPLICIT ABOUT IDENTIFYING THOSE SPECIFIC PROPERTIES IN WHICH HOUSING WILL BE LIKELY DEVELOPED OVER TIME.
BUT IT ALSO CONSIDERS NOT ONLY VACANT LANDS, BUT ANY LANDS IN WHICH THERE COULD BE SOME POTENTIAL RE-INVESTMENT.
SO LET'S SAY YOU HAVE AN UNDER-UTILIZED USE THERE TODAY, UH, ET CETERA, WHETHER THAT PROPERTY CAN CHANGE OVER DURING THE LIFE OF THE PLAN AS WELL.
AND THEN IT DEED IS THE LATTER TWO BULLETS, UH, SORT OF REDUNDANT HERE, BUT IT, UH, IT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS AND ALL UNMET NEEDS AND FAIR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.
SO THE HOUSING ELEMENT IN FRONT OF YOU BASICALLY IDENTIFIES THREE STRATEGIES ON HOW TO ACHIEVE THOSE NUMBERS.
IN OTHER WORDS, IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE'RE GOING TO TOTAL THAT 804, HOW ARE WE GOING TO TABULATE UNITS WITHIN EACH OF THOSE SORT OF ACTIONS? ONE IS A GROWING TREND THAT WE'VE SEEN NOT ONLY HERE IN LA HOMBRE, BUT WE'RE SEEING THROUGHOUT, UH, CALIFORNIA AND ACTUALLY INDEED THROUGHOUT THE NATION.
AND THAT'S THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AS A SECOND UNIT, BASICALLY ON A SINGLE FAMILY LOT TODAY.
UM, AND THE TREND HAS BEEN UPWARDS, UH, BETWEEN, UH, 2018 AND 2019, THE CITY, UH, I BELIEVE, UH, DEVELOPED, UH, OR HAD PERMITS FOR FIVE UNITS OF ADU.
SO THAT'S NOT A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER, BUT IN THE YEAR 2020, THERE WAS ACTUALLY UP TO, UH, I BELIEVE AROUND 43 UNITS THAT WERE ACCOMMODATED THAT YEAR.
SO WE'RE SEEING THAT THE TREND TO INDEED DEVELOP THE SECOND UNITS ON SINGLE FAMILY, LOTS IS INCREASING, AND ONE OF THE REASONS ARE MULTIPLE REASONS ON THIS.
IT GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ADDITIONAL INCOME FOR THE PRIMARY OWNER OR THE INDIVIDUAL ON THE PROPERTY AND SECONDARILY, AND I THINK EVEN MORE SO IT'S BEEN THAT THE LEGISLATION HAS CHANGED THE LEGISLATION INDEED IN CREATING AN EASIER AND A PROCESS TO MOVE FORWARD FASTER IN TERMS OF, UH, THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
SO THAT'S STRATEGY ONE OR THOSE ADU UNITS WILL REFER TO IT TO USE A RIGHT.
THE SECOND STRATEGY IS THAT THERE ARE INDEED A NUMBER OF ON THE IMPENDING PROJECTS IN FRONT OF THE CITY.
UH, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF APPROVED PROJECTS AND THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PENDING PROJECTS ARE OUT THERE, UH, IN TERMS OF BEING DEVELOPED AFTER JULY 1ST OF THIS YEAR.
SO WE DID ALREADY HAVE SORT OF IN THE HOPPER, I WILL USE THAT TERM.
WE HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING SOME PENDING UNITS, UH, NUMBERS THAT CAN BE CREDITED TOWARDS THAT RENA NUMBERS AS WELL.
THE THIRD STRATEGY AGAIN IS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON THE TABLE TODAY IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION, BUT WE DO HAVE AREAS DESIGNATED WHERE WE CAN ACCOMMODATE ADDITIONAL HOUSING UNITS THEMSELVES.
UM, THOSE OF YOU WHO REMEMBER BACK IN THE GENERAL PLAN, THERE WAS AN EFFORT AT THAT POINT IN TIME TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE DENSITIES, ESPECIALLY IN THE MULTIFAMILY AREAS.
AND AS A PART OF THAT PROCESS, INDEED DID, UH, UP THE MAXIMUM DENSITIES WITH, WITHIN THE CITY AT THAT PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME, PARTICULARLY ALONG THE MAJOR CORRIDORS, NOT IN THE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT IN THE CORRIDORS AND IN MIXED USE OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.
THERE ALSO AS A PART OF THE HOUSING SITES THAT THERE HAVE BEEN PROPERTIES, WHICH MAY NOT HAVE APPLICATIONS BEFORE THE CITY TODAY, BUT IN WHICH, WHICH DEVELOPERS HAVE ALREADY EXPRESSED SOME INTEREST IN TERMS OF HAVING SAYING WELL, THE POSSIBILITY OF DEVELOPING HOUSING ON THESE SITES IN THE FUTURE AS WELL.
AND THEN AGAIN, BASICALLY THE THIRD BULLET IS SHOWN HERE AS IT COULD BE APARTMENTS, CONDOMINIUMS, MIXED JUICES THAT ARE AFFORDABLE AT VARIOUS LEVELS AS WELL.
I THINK THE FUNDAMENTAL NOTION HERE IS UNLIKE SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE, UH, AS PARTICULARLY THE GREW UP THROUGH THE GENERAL PLAN PROCESS, YOU HAVE CREATED A FAIR AMOUNT OF LEGAL CAPACITY.
IN OTHER WORDS, HOUSING ELEMENTS, NOT GOING TO REQUIRE TO GO BACK AND REZONE SIGNIFICANT OR EGREGIOUS OF LAND TO CREATE THE CAPACITY YOU HAVE ALREADY TAKEN THAT STEP FORWARD TO DO THAT AS WELL.
SO HOW DO THESE THREE STRATEGIES NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS JUST A GRAPHIC SHOWING YOU THE BLUE BAR AT THE VARIOUS INCOME LEVELS AND BARS.
UH, THE, UH, INDEED THE, UM, VARIOUS, UH, THE, THE MOOD BARS OR THE CAPACITIES, THE RED BARS ARE THE NEEDS AT THE LEVEL OF, OF CAPACITY AND WHY YOU SEE OBVIOUSLY THE, THE, THE, THE BIGGEST
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DISCREPANCY IN DIFFERENCES AT THE VERY LOW INCOME LEVELS.BECAUSE AGAIN, THE ISSUES OF HOW DO YOU PRODUCE THOSE UNITS THEMSELVES TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION COSTS IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST, OR WHO SUBSIDIZES THOSE KINDS OF HOUSING UNITS THEMSELVES.
WHAT, IN TERMS OF WHEN THIS DOES GO TO THE STATE FOR REVIEW, THE STATE WILL REALLY LOOK AT THE COMBINATION OF THE VERY LOW AND THE LOW.
SO IF YOU'LL TAKE A LOOK INTO THOSE TWO CATEGORIES, CUMULATIVELY, YOU WILL INDEED, THROUGH YOUR STRATEGIES THAT ARE SHOWN IN THIS PLAN HAVE SUFFICIENT TO MEET THE HOUSE, THE ARENA NUMBER AS WELL.
SO THE HOUSING ITEM, AS I SAID, HAS GOALS, POLICIES, AND PROGRAMS. I THINK EVERYONE HERE KNOWS WHAT THOSE BASIC DEFINITIONS ARE.
A GOAL IS THE EXPECTED END STATE OF, OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT.
THE POLICY IS HOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET THERE AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OR THE RULES ARE GOING TO SET IN PLACE TO GET THERE.
SO AGAIN, AS I INDICATED THAT WE HAVE STARTED WITH YOUR EXISTING HOUSING ELEMENT AND WRITING THE GOALS, POLICIES, AND PROGRAMS, WE'VE UPDATED, THAT VIS-A-VIS LEGISLATION AND SOME CASES THERE WAS LACKING, WHICH THAT MAY HAVE BEEN VAGUE A LITTLE BIT AND NEEDED TO BE TUNED UP, UH, IN TERMS OF MAKING IT MORE UNDERSTANDABLE TO THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS TO CITY STAFF AND IMPLEMENTING AND ET CETERA.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY IN THE PERIOD OF TIME, SINCE THE LAST TIME YOU ADOPTED THE GENERAL PLAN, YOUR PRIORITIES AS A CITY COUNCIL, AS A COMMUNITY MAY HAVE EVOLVED AND CHANGED AS WELL.
SO THAT'S REFLECTED NEXT SLIDE, RIGHT? SO THERE ARE FOUR GOALS WITH MULTIPLE POLICIES WITH MULTIPLE PROGRAMS. UH, THESE ARE IN YOUR DOCUMENT.
AND AGAIN, FOR THE INTEREST OF TIME, I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE AT ALL IN ANY DETAIL, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU THE BASIC GOAL STRUCTURE, BUT LET ME ALSO INDICATE TO YOU THAT AS YOU SEE ON THIS CHART HERE, WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT PROGRAMS, THERE ARE A CATEGORY CALLED NEW THERE'S A CATEGORY CALLED SAME, AND THEN THERE'S A CATEGORY CALLED REVISED.
THOSE THAT ARE SAME IS BASICALLY A RECITATION OF WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR EXISTING HOUSING ELEMENTS.
SO THE PROGRAM REMAINS THE SAME AS IT WAS BACK.
THE LAST TIME YOU WORKED ON YOUR HOUSING ELEMENT, THOSE THAT ARE REVISED ARE THOSE THAT ARE IN THE CATEGORY WHERE WE'VE MODIFIED SOME LANGUAGE FOR, AGAIN, SOME UNDERSTANDABILITY IN SOME CASES OR INDEED FOR, UH, UH, JUST TO MAKE MORE CLEAR, TO MAKE MORE USABLE AND TO INDEED ADDRESS WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
AND THEN THE LAST CATEGORY OF THE NEW ONES ARE THOSE, AGAIN, NOT NECESSARILY NEW IN THIS ELEMENT TO THE CITY OF LA HABRA, THEY, BUT THEY ARE NEW IN THE SENSE THAT THEY MAY BE PROGRAMS THAT YOU HAVE INTRODUCED OR ADOPTED OR IMPLEMENTED SINCE THE LAST TIME YOUR HOUSING ELEMENT WAS UPDATED.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE VERY FIRST ONE DOWN THERE ON THE PROGRAM, THE LOVE LAHABRA PROGRAM IS A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM THAT YOU'VE HAD IN PLACE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
IN FACT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE DATA IN THE CITY, UH, YOUR PROGRAMS, UH, UH, RUNNING, UH, THAT A PROGRAM, WHICH IS A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM FOR, UH, BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO HELP, UH, IMPROVE NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH IMPROVING PROPERTIES, ET CETERA, YOU'VE ALREADY, UH, YOU HAVE AROUND 700 PARTICIPANTS PER YEAR.
THIS IS WHAT THE DATA TELLS US IN TERMS OF THAT PROGRAM BEING IN PLACE.
SO AGAIN, THE NEW, THAT'S A NEW PROGRAM TO THIS ELEMENT, BUT IT'S NOT A NEW PROGRAM TO THE CITY.
SO THE BASIC GOALS ARE RELATIVE TO A SERIES OF PO A POLICY, AS YOU CAN READ ON THE SCREEN HERE OR WITHIN THE ELEMENT AND A SERIES OF PROGRAMS ABOUT A WAY THAT WE TAKE HOUSING STOCK THAT WE HAVE TODAY, AND ANY NEW HOUSING STOCK THAT WE ACCOMMODATE IN THE FUTURE AND ENSURE THAT IS OF A HIGH QUALITY AND, AND INDEED OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS ALSO MAINTAIN THE HIGH QUALITY OVER TIME.
CODE ENFORCEMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, IS A WAY TO HAVE A QUALITY AND MAINTAIN QUALITY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, ROY, THE NEXT SLIDE, THE NEXT BASIC GOAL AS THE CREATING OF THE OPPORTUNITIES, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY PROGRAM ONE ADEQUATE SITES, WE NEED TO HAVE ADEQUATE PROPERTIES AND WE KNOW THROUGH ZONING, WE DO HAVE THAT.
AND THEN THERE ARE ANOTHER OF OTHER KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES WE HAD CREATED.
YOU CREATED, UH, IN YOUR GENERAL PLAN, A MIXED USE ZONE THAT WAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED, ET CETERA.
AND THAT IS NEW FROM THE LAST TIME YOU WORKED ON YOUR HOUSING ELEMENT, ET CETERA.
BUT AGAIN, ALL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE LISTED THERE AND IN THIS SECTION OF THE PLAN ARE ABOUT HOW ONE CREATES AGAIN, THAT CAPACITY.
THEN WE HAVE NUMBERS AND DENSITIES AND SUITABLE LAND AVAILABLE AND HOW WE MIGHT PRIORITIZE CERTAIN KINDS OF DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE AREA, SUCH AS A PRIORITY PROCESSING FOR LOW AND A LOWER-INCOME UNITS.
THE THIRD GOAL, THE THIRD GOAL IS TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHIN THOSE CAPACITIES, ET CETERA.
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DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE TARGETED TO, TO THAT FROM PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, SUCH AS THE, UH, COUNTY HOUSING TRUST ON OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL.ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU RECENTLY ENACTED THERE IS THE INCLUSIONARY HOUSING ORDINANCE, WHICH IS DIRECTED AGAIN AT AFFORDABILITY AND A PARTICULAR INCOME LEVEL.
MOBILE HOMES ARE A SOURCE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
YOU BELIEVE, OWN AND OPERATE A COUPLE OF MOBILE HOME PARKS, WHICH AGAIN, CONTRIBUTES TO THE SUPPLY OF MOBILE HOMES IN THE CITY.
THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THROUGH WORKING WITH THE COUNTY, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER, ET CETERA, THAT PROVIDES, UH, MAKEUP, UH, GAP WHERE A PERSON CANNOT AFFORD THEIR HOUSING AND THEN THE LAST GOAL.
SO THOSE, THOSE THREE GOALS THAT I JUST REVIEWED AND THE PROGRAMS ARE BASICALLY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT YOU HAVE AND REPLICATE AND UPDATE WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR EXISTING GENERAL PLAN.
THE ONE GOAL THAT'S NEW AND THE REASON IT'S NEW IS BECAUSE IT, AGAIN, THE NEW REQUIREMENTS FROM THE STATE THAT WE ACTUALLY AFFIRMATIVELY ADVANCE FAIR HOUSING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, FURTHER FAIR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.
INDEED HOUSING IS EQUITABLY, UH, ACCESSIBLE AND AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE AS WELL.
AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT YOU WILL SEE HERE, AND YOU CAN READ ABOUT IN THE PLAN FROM SENIOR HOUSING, SPECIAL NEEDS HOUSING FOR SPECIAL GROUPS, UM, HOUSING FOR DISABILITIES, UH, HOUSING FOR THE HOMELESS JOB TRAININGS AND FAIR HOUSING SERVICES AS WELL.
UM, THAT, UH, HERE, UH, MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL FOR ANY QUESTIONS, AS I'M JOINED BY MARK HOFFMAN, WHO'S SITTING IN THE SECOND ROW THERE, WHO IS THE PERSON WHO CAN ANSWER ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS REGARDING CONTENT OF THE PLAN.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE ELEMENTS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? YES.
UH, JUST ONE, UH, WOODY, THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR, FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
AND JUST FOR THE RECORD THAT THE MAYOR AND I HAD, UH, HAD SAT IN ON THOSE, UH, ON THOSE MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR TO BRING ABOUT THE HOUSING ELEMENT, BUT THAT ASIDE WHAT HE JUST FOR THE PUBLIC AND I REITERATED THIS IN THE PAST, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF, IF PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THIS IN OUR CITY, UH, THERE'S A, THERE'S AN ARENA NUMBER AND IT'S 803 UNITS THAT WE HAVE TO PLAN FOR NOT ACTUALLY BUILD IT THIS TIME, BUT PLAN FOR, AND APPARENTLY WE HAVE THAT PLAN, BUT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS MANDATING.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEING MANDATED BY THE STATE, CORRECT? THE, THE, YEAH, THE, THE, THE, THE, THERE WAS HOUSING LEGISLATION, HOUSING LAW IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA STATE HOUSING LAW, WHICH HAS AT EVERY COMMUNITY SHALL PROVIDE ADEQUATE AND FAIR HOUSING FOR EVERY RESIDENT, UH, WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, AND THE POLICY AND, AND UP TO NOW HAS BEEN RELATIVELY IF I WILL, I WON'T SAY LOOSE, BUT IT'S BEEN RELATIVELY LOOSE.
THE STATE HAS BEEN INCREASING THEM BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN READING IN THE PRESS AND YOU'VE HEARD THE ISSUE OF I'LL JUST, AGAIN, I HATE TO USE CLICHES, BUT THE HOUSING CRISIS WITHIN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN BUILDING SUFFICIENT HOUSING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF EVEN THE CURRENT POPULATION, LET ALONE POPULATION GROWTH ITSELF.
SO THE RENA NUMBER, THE NUMBER THAT IS THE TARGET HAS BEEN ACTUALLY EFFECTIVELY GIVEN TO YOU BY THE REGIONAL AGENCY THAT CAME FROM THE STATE NUMBER.
THE STATE HAD A NUMBER OF ABOUT 3 MILLION UNITS THAT WAS THEIR TARGET.
AND THEN SCAG HAD, I BELIEVE IT WAS ABOUT 1.2 MILLION OF THOSE, AND THEN SCAG DISTRIBUTED THOSE 1.2 MILLION.
AND AGAIN, WHEN I DID THAT COMPARISON FOR YOU, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT COMPARISON SHOW, DID YOU HAVE A RELATIVELY MODEST NUMBER COMPARED TO SOME OF YOUR SURROUNDING JURISDICTIONS WHO ARE HAVING TOUGH TIME FINDING THAT THERE ARE SOME JURISDICTIONS WHO ARE REALLY WRESTLING WITH ACTUALLY CREATING THE CAPACITY? AS I SAID, THE GOOD NEWS HERE IS THROUGH THE GENERAL PLAN A FEW YEARS AGO, THE CAPACITY WAS BASICALLY CREATED.
MUCH OF THE CAPACITY IS AS YOU'RE GETTING NOW, THE REAL CRUNCH FOR YOU WILL BE HOW YOU'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY GET THE PRODUCTION GOING AND WILL INDUCE THE KIND OF DEVELOPMENT THAT'S DESIRED BECAUSE THERE'S A REPORTING FUNCTION.
NOW THAT EVERY YEAR YOU'LL BE REPORTING BACK TO THE STATE ABOUT YOUR PROGRESS ON MEETING THOSE NUMBERS.
BUT THERE ARE NO, THERE ARE NO PENALTIES FOR THE PENALTY RIGHT NOW IS FOR FAILURE TO HAVE A COMPLIANT ELEMENT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
A FEW DAYS AGO, I WAS TALKING TO MY FRIEND FROM THE HUNTINGTON BEACH CITY COUNCIL.
I THINK THEIR NUMBER IS 13,000 AS WELL THERE.
AND, UH, WE GOT 800, SO IT'S QUITE A DISCREPANCY, BUT, UM, I, Y ONE COMMENT, YOU KNOW, AND THAT SLIDE EARLIER WE SHOWED THE, THE DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE IN LAHABRA
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AND IT'S, UH, HOW WE'RE JUST GETTING OLDER AND THERE'S FEWER KIDS.AND, UM, I HAVE, UH, A CHART ON, UM, OUR ENROLLMENT AT SCHOOLS.
IF YOU LOOKED AT THE LAHABRA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU WOULD SEE A VERY PRECIPITOUS DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS OR SO.
SO IT'S THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT, UH, AS WE HAVE THIS DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE, I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING, BUT, UM, ONE QUESTION HERE, SO WE HAD A SLIDE, I WAS JOTTING IT DOWN REAL QUICK.
YOU HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET TO OUR 800 AND WHATEVER UNITS, UH, THE VERY LOW AND LOW, IT LOOKED LIKE, UH, I HAD 192 FOR VERY LOW AND 116 LOW, UM, IN THE CATEGORY OF ADU.
SO IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THAT'S, I MEAN, ALMOST GETTING CLOSE TO HALF OF OUR VARINA NUMBER W PRESUMABLY BEING SOLVED BY ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, UM, SEEMS LIKE WE'RE REALLY HANGING OUR HAT ON THAT.
UH, CAN, CAN YOU, I KNOW WE HAD THE CHANGE IN STATE LAW WHERE WE REALLY CAN'T SAY NO REAL EASILY TO AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT.
COULD YOU EXPLAIN HOW THAT WORKED? EXACTLY.
SOMEONE WALKS IN WANTS AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT? WHAT ARE THE CONSTRAINTS, IF ANY, ARE, OR PARAMETERS THAT WE CAN, UM, PUT ON THAT ADU, I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUE HERE TO ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS IS WHEN I, IF I, UH, WHERE I START TO, UH, UH, FLUBBER ON THEM A LITTLE BIT, UH, THE, THE STATE HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT THE LEGISLATION.
YOU ARE REQUIRED TO ALLOW THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, BUT YOU CAN SET DESIGN GUIDELINES OR STANDARDS, ET CETERA, FOR HOW THOSE FIT.
YOU CAN SET MASSING STANDARDS ON THOSE AS WELL.
SO THERE ARE MASSING, I'M SORRY, STANDARDS, MASSING, BUILDING MASSING, BUILDING FORM, AND MASS AND SHAPE.
SO INDEED THE ISSUES OF, YOU KNOW, SOME COMMUNITIES I'VE SEEN HAVE COME IN WITH, UH, AND SOME OF THE CRITICISM IS THAT THIS ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT IS LIKE A, UH, AN OLD BARN ON HALL PIECE OF PROPERTY.
AND IT'S A SIMPLE, SIMPLE BOX, BUT YOU CAN CREATE INDEED DESIGN, OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT COMPATIBLY FITS, UH, AND THE ISSUES WHERE THERE'VE BEEN SOME CONTROVERSY AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE CONTROVERSY ARE ON PARKING.
BECAUSE AGAIN, THE ISSUE IS THE STATE IN TERMS OF ITS LEGISLATION.
INDEED, UH, YOU, YOU ARE LIMITED IN TERMS OF YOUR ABILITY TO IMPOSE PARKING UPON THAT ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT OR ADDITIONAL PARKING THAN WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE, UH, PREVIOUSLY, UM, AS, AS, AS WELL.
UH, LET ME JUST SAY, IN TERMS OF BACK TO ONE OF YOUR FIRST PARTS OF THE QUESTION, IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER, THAT NUMBER, BEING A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF YOUR, UM, OF YOUR LOWER INCOME, VERY LOW INCOME CATEGORY, IF YOU ADD UP ALSO THE POTENTIAL OUT OF THE VERY, UH, THE INCLUSIONARY ORDINANCE, ET CETERA, THAT ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO THE KNOWN NUMBER.
UM, I THINK WHAT WE WILL FIND IS ONCE YOUR HOUSING ELEMENT IS SUBMITTED AS SAY, THE QUESTION OF HOW MANY UNITS ARE ACTUALLY COUNTABLE, OR WILL BE CREDITED IN THAT ADU CATEGORY, IS THAT FOR THE QUESTIONS, BECAUSE WE'VE LEARNED THROUGH HCD RIGHT NOW IN THEIR DISCUSSIONS THAT THEY'RE HAVING INTERNAL DEBATES ABOUT HOW MANY UNITS IN THAT ADU CATEGORY.
SO THAT'S GOING TO STILL CONTINUE TO BE AN OPEN QUESTION AS THIS MOVES FORWARD.
YOU MENTIONED THE INCLUSIONARY, UH, HOUSING ORDINANCE.
UM, I WAS I'M ON THE ELEMENT ITSELF.
IT'S NOT A PART OF THE POWERPOINT, BUT, UM, NEAR THE END OF THAT SECTION, YOU HAVE, I DON'T KNOW WHO WROTE IT, BUT SOMEONE'S WRITTEN THE IHO, THE INCLUSIONARY HOUSING ORDINANCE IS NOT A CONSTRAINT TO THE PRODUCTION OF MARKET RATE OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PERIOD.
NOW THAT'S AS SIMPLY NOT TRUE.
MARK, DO YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT IN TERMS OF, UM, THE INCLUSIONARY HOUSING ORDINANCE? THE WAY IT'S STRUCTURED IS THAT 15% OF, OF PROJECTS OF QUALIFIED SIZE, WHETHER IT'S RENTAL OR OWNERSHIP HAVE TO BE AFFORDABLE.
UM, IF IT'S RENTAL, THEY HAVE TO BE 15% FOR 50% HAS TO BE AFFORDABLE TO LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.
IF IT'S OWNERSHIP 15% HAVE TO BE AFFORDABLE TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.
UM, THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS DESIGNED IS THAT IT HITS A THRESHOLD OF 15%.
IF THE THRESHOLD IS HIGHER THAN 15%, THAT WOULD TRIGGER AN AUTOMATIC REVIEW BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE IHO, YOUR INCLUSIONARY REQUIREMENT IS A CON IS AN UNDUE CONSTRAINT TO HOUSING.
I MEAN, CERTAINLY ANY TAX, ANYTHING THAT AFFECTS DEVELOPMENT COULD BE SEEN AS A CONSTRAINT OR, OR PRECLUDE HOUSING.
AND IN SOME CASES IT MAY FOR LOWER MARGIN PROJECTS, BUT THE THRESHOLD AT WHICH IT BECOMES AN ISSUE FOR THE STATE IS WHEN IT EXCEEDS 15% AND STAFF HAS STRUCTURED THE INCLUSIONARY HOUSING ORDINANCE TO NOT EXCEED 15%.
SO IT WOULD NOT BE DEEMED A CONSTRAINT AT THIS POINT.
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IT'S A GLOBAL STANDARD.I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE, UM, UM, THERE'S GOING TO BE QUESTIONS ON THAT.
ANOTHER THING THAT THE ORDINANCE ALSO DOES IS IT, IT MEANS THAT QUALIFIED PROJECTS ARE ONLY THOSE PROJECTS WITH YOUR 10 UNITS AND GREATER.
SO ALL OF THE SMALLER PROJECTS WHERE INCLUSION A COULD BE A FINANCIAL CONSTRAINT, THOSE HAVE BEEN TAKEN OFF THE BOARD.
SO I THINK IT IS A GLOBAL STATEMENT, BUT YOU KIND OF HAVE TO UNRAVEL IT A BIT AND SAY THAT THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS DESIGNED IS TO MAKE SURE THAT SMALL PROJECTS DON'T GET HURT AS WELL AS TO ENSURE THAT WE DO NOT CROSS THE THRESHOLD WHERE HCD THE STATE REGULATORY BODY CONSIDERS THE HOUSING, THE INCLUSIONARY HOUSING AS A POTENTIAL CONSTRAINT.
I, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, BUT WELL, HOW OUR ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN AND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT A THRESHOLD.
LET ME JUST, SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHETHER THE STATE WILL SEE THAT AS A CONSTRAINT, BUT I GUESS MY POINT WAS, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS, GOVERNMENT IS SAYING IT IS AN ECONOMIC CONSTRAINT ON THE PRODUCTION OF MARKET RATE HOUSING.
SO TO SAY THAT THE IHO IS NOT A CONSTRAINT TO THE PRODUCTION OF MARKET RATE OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THAT IS FACTUALLY INCORRECT IN ECONOMIC TERMS. BUT I GUESS WE ARE POINT OF SAYING BY THE STANDARDS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THEY WILL FIND IT AS A, AS NOT AN OVERLY INTRUSIVE CONSTRAINT.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? EXACTLY.
AND MAYBE WE CAN, WE CAN MAKE THE MODIFICATIONS TO THE LANGUAGE AND THE CLARIFICATIONS THAT ARE NEEDED.
IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE REPORT, MR. TASHI.
AND I WILL ASK IF ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM TO PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM AND PROVIDE US WITH THEIR NAME AND THEIR ADDRESS.
I WILL ASK FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION ANOREXIA VERY WELL.
THEN I WILL, I WILL ASK THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE 21 20 21 THROUGH 2029 DRAFT HOW THE IN ELEMENTS CYCLE SIX AND AUTHORIZES STAFF TO FORWARD THE DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR REVIEWING COMMENT SEQUENCE.
THIS PROJECT IS EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT PURSUANT TO THE SECTION 1 5 0 6 1 B3 OF THE SECRET GUIDELINES.
IS THERE A SECOND, BUT THE COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE, RIGHT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[2. CONSIDER TO APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER That the City Council: A. Approve and authorize execution of an employment agreement for the office of City Manager with Mr. Jim Sadro, which will remain in effect unless amended or terminated by mutual agreement of both parties; and B. APPROVE AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. ______ ENTITLED: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 6006 PERTAINING TO A COMPENSATION PLAN FOR EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES]
WILL PROCEED TO ITEM TWO, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER, TO IMPROVE, TO APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER.UH, CAN WE HAVE OUR PRESENTATION? THANK YOU.
HE WANTS TO, SHE'S WELCOME TO DO SO WE'RE OUT OF TIME.
WE'LL CONTINUE THIS TILL NEXT WEEK.
COULD WE GO THROUGH THE WOODY, TOOK ALL THE TIME.
I'LL QUICKLY GO THROUGH THE ELEMENTS.
UH, THIS IS A CONTRACT TO EMPLOY.
MR. CHAD WAS YOUR CITY MANAGER.
UH, THE CONTRACT INCLUDES A SALARY OF $250,000, A 4 57 57 DEFERRED COMP INCREASED FROM THREE TO 5%.
THE CITY PAID RETIREE HEALTH SAVINGS PLAN INCREASED A ONE TO 3%, A TOTAL ANNUAL COST OF THIS CONTRACT OF $36,059.
THERE'S OTHER TERMS AND ELEMENTS TO THE CONTRACT FOR YOUR REVIEW AND APPROVAL AND AS SUBMITTED TO YOU FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
ASSUMING, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? I JUST HAVE A COMMENT.
UH, I, I JUST WANT TO SAY JIM HAS DONE A EXEMPLARY FAIRY JOB, JUST DONE A GREAT JOB, UH, WITH US.
AND DURING THOSE TIMES OF CHALLENGING TIMES AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES, HE HAS BEEN ONE TO, UM, STEPPED UP AND VOLUNTARY LI GIVE HIMSELF A PAY CUT.
LAST TIME WAS SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF LIKE 10% AND HAS ALWAYS DONE THINGS FOR THE RIGHT REASONS AND HIS, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT BEEN SELF-SERVING AND HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS LEADER IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION.
UH, NOW ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS MAY I SAY AS WELL? I, I THINK, UM, I'M PROBABLY GOING TO GET JIM, UH, VOTED DOWN HERE BY, UH, SAYING THIS, BUT I THINK HE HAS AN OUTSTANDING CITY MANAGER AS WELL.
SO, UM, I REMEMBER WHEN HE WAS THE, UH, CITY FINANCE DIRECTOR OF THE UNIVERSE, I THINK WE HAD DUBBED HIM, SOMEONE DUBBED HIM AT THAT.
AT SOME POINT HE DID AN OUTSTANDING
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JOB FOR US THERE AND HAS BEEN AN OUTSTANDING CITY MANAGER.ANY MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, THEN I WILL OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC IF THE PUBLIC WOULD DO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS SIDE AND TO PLEASE COME FORWARD AND ADDRESS, UH, PROVIDE US WITH THEIR NAME AND THEIR ADDRESS.
FAENA AND I WILL ASK FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND INTERACTION.
UM, MADAM MAYOR, I THINK LET'S SEE, WHERE AM I HERE, MAYOR? I WOULD APPROVE OR ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE AND ADOPT RESOLUTION ENTITLED RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING RESOLUTION NUMBER 6, 0 0 6, PERTAINING TO A COMPENSATION PLAN FOR EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES.
UH, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE COMPLAINT? YOU DIDN'T READ PART A, SHOULD INCLUDE THE APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT? YEAH, BECAUSE NUMBER ONE TO 2, 2 8, 8, ALSO READ NUMBER EIGHT, ITEMIZED APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE OFFICE OF CITY MANAGER WITH MR. JIM SADRO, WHICH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNLESS AMENDED OR TERMINATED BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT BY BOTH PARTIES.
IS THERE A SECOND? I SEE THAT AGAIN WITH THE COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE MOTION PASSED FIVE, ZERO.
AND BEFORE I PROCEED WITH THE MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR, I'D LIKE TO SEE, AND I KNOW THIS IS A LAST MINUTE REQUEST, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE IF, UH, OUR CHIEF FOSTER COULD PLEASE COME UP AND GIVE US AN UPDATE, UH, AND OF THE OFFICER MARK MILWARD, AND ANYTHING ELSE HE MAY WANT TO ADD.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AS YOU KNOW, OFFICER MARK MILWARD WAS SHOT AND SERIOUSLY INJURED ON FRIDAY, AUGUST.
HE SPENT ABOUT A WEEK IN THE HOSPITAL.
UH, THANKFULLY HE WAS RELEASED JUST THIS LAST FRIDAY.
UH, HE'S RESTING WITH FAMILY AND WE ARE HOPEFUL FOR A FULL RECOVERY, THE REST OF THE PDS DOING OKAY, THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD.
UH, THEY FEEL BETTER KNOWING THAT, UH, MARK'S OUT OF THE HOSPITAL NOW.
UM, WE'VE GOT PEER SUPPORT AND COUNSELORS AVAILABLE FOR ALL THE STAFF THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT.
UM, WHAT I REALLY LIKE TO DO IS THANK THE COMMUNITY CITY STAFF.
AND OF COURSE THE COUNCIL FOR THE OVERWHELMING SUPPORT THAT WE RECEIVED DURING THIS, UH, TRAGEDY, UH, IT IS A TRUE BLESSING TO WORK OR LIVE IN SUCH A CARING COMMUNITY.
AND IT WAS MORE THAN SHOWN DURING THIS INCIDENT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ASK THE CHIEF OR CO COMMENTS CHIEF? I, I, UH, WOULD JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU AND THE ENTIRE STAFF AT THE LA POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, BEING THAT YOU ARE A ROOKIE CHIEF, YOU HANDLED YOURSELF LIKE A SEASONED VETERAN.
YOU SHOWED TRUE LEADERSHIP IN A TIME OF CRISIS.
I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF YOU, THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT WORK AT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND REALLY THE OUTPOURING OF LOVE THAT CAME OUT FOR, UH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY, UH, AND CONCERN THAT THEY HAD FOR THE OFFICERS.
UH, ONE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO THROW OUT THERE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS NEEDS COUNCIL APPROVAL, BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE DONE IS, UH, YOU CANNOT PUT A PRICE ON A LIFE.
AND I WOULD LIKE, UH, UM, TO ASK THAT MAYBE YOU AND, UM, MAYBE BRING IN A TEAM TO LOOK AT THE SECURITY MEASURES THAT ARE BEING TAKEN AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I'D LIKE TO HAVE AN AUDIT DONE.
AND IF WE NEED TO PONY UP SOME MONEY TO MAKE THAT A SAFER WORK ENVIRONMENT, NOT ONLY IN THE LOBBY, BUT THE BACK AREA AND EVERY ASPECT THERE, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE, THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE SAFE WHEN THEY GO TO WORK THERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS WE GO DOWN THE ROAD, I LIKE TO HAVE OTHER CITIES, CITY FACILITIES LIKE THAT, BUT PARTICULARLY I'D REALLY LIKE TO LOOK AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, IT'S BEEN A PRIORITY SINCE THIS INCIDENT, UM, FROM CITY MANAGER SADRO AND OTHER CITY STAFF TO LOOK AT OUR FACILITY, UH, THAT HAS MADE, UM, SOME OF OUR STAFF FEEL BETTER KNOWING THAT THERE IS A CONCERN.
AND I KNOW THEY'LL APPRECIATE YOUR WORDS.
I'LL SECOND THAT JIM, I AGREE, UH, TO LOOK AT THAT, UH, TO LOOK AT, UH, A SECURITY PLAN FOR SUCH AND, AND OF COURSE FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL.
CHIEF, UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY PLEASE EXTEND, UM, OUR BEST TO, TO EVERYONE WHO WAS INVOLVED.
AND, UM, I'M JUST THINKING THAT THERE'S A, PROBABLY A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO FELL, UH, FELT VERY CONCERNED AND WANT TO DO SOMETHING TO HELP OR EXPRESS THEIR GRATITUDE TO OUR POLICE OFFICERS.
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WITH, UH, COOKIES? YOU GUYS WOULD PROBABLY ONLY TAKE SO MANY COOKIES, BUT, UH, WE WANT TO DO WE WANT TO DO THINGS AND I THINK PEOPLE OUT THERE WOULD THIS THINK, HEY, IF YOU WANT, UM, WHATEVER IT IS, IF YOU GUYS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL US ON THE SPOT, BUT, UM, MAYBE WE COULD TRY TO PAY SOUTH THE COOKIES AND A BANANA BREAD AND, UH, YOU KNOW, OTHER GOODIES WE CAN BRING OVER, BUT ANYTHING YOU CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, LET THE, LET US KNOW, LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW.I THINK YOU'RE GONNA FIND, UM, A LOT OF VERY ANXIOUS PEOPLE TOO, WHO WANT TO HAVE SOME TOKEN OF, OF EXPRESSION OF, OF THEIR THANKS AND APPRECIATION FOR THE GREAT WORK YOU'RE DOING.
SO MAYBE IF YOU KNOW SOMETHING OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD RIGHT NOW, YOU WANT TO SAY, OR I CAN SHARE WITH YOU THAT, UH, WE WERE, UM, BLESSED WITH SOME COOKIES, SOME PIZZA, THERE WAS A LOT OF STUFF BROUGHT TO THE PD.
UM, THERE EVEN SOME DRAWINGS, UM, BY SOME KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY, THEY'RE ALL FANTASTIC.
UH, I THINK ONE OF THE WAYS THAT, UH, WE LOVE TO SEE THE APPRECIATION AND WE'D LIKE TO SHARE BACK OUR APPRECIATION IS WHEN PEOPLE SHOW UP TO OUR OPEN HOUSE AND JUST COME HAVE A GOOD TIME, MEET US, INTERACT WITH US.
UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO SHOW YOUR APPRECIATION.
ARE THERE, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE FROM THE CONTENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT OR SAY ANYTHING THAT ONE CHIEF I'LL TELL YOU THIS I'LL SCREAM IT OUT FROM THE TOP OF MY LUNGS AND I'LL PUT IT ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA.
I'VE GOT OVER 6,500 FOLLOWERS AND I'LL PUT IT OUT THERE AND I'LL PUT IT OUT THERE AS LONG AS I CAN.
YOU ALREADY KNOW I'M A, I'M ONE OF YOUR BIGGEST FANS.
WELL, I JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT, UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
UM, SOMETIMES WE SAY THAT SOME SHOES CAN NEVER BE FILLED, BUT CLEARLY YOU SHOWED THAT IT CAN.
AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE OUR CHIEF HERE IN THE CITY OF LA BARBARA.
UM, I DID GO VISIT ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL OFFICER MARK MILLWARD, AND IT WAS GOOD.
I TOLD HIM THAT OUR CITY HELD ITS BREATH.
WE ARE HARD SKIPPED MANY BEADS BECAUSE WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOME WAS GOING TO BE.
AND OF COURSE, SEEING HIM IN THE HOSPITAL JUST GAVE US SOME GRATEFUL RELIEF TO SEE THAT HE WAS IN GOOD SPIRITS AND HE WAS DOING FINE.
AND THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REALLY, REALLY CARES ABOUT THEIR COLLEAGUES AS WELL.
AND NOT ONLY THE CITY OF LA HARBOR, BUT HUNTINGTON BEACH AND ALL OTHER CITIES CAME ALONG AS WELL.
AND IT WAS JUST, UH, IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THAT, UM, THAT HE WAS CARRIED ABOUT A LOT AND WE CONTINUE TO CARE FOR HIM.
AND SO I THANK YOU ALL FOR I AND ALL THE MESSAGES AND EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE WOULD SEND TOWARDS YOUR DEPARTMENT.
AND PLEASE TELL HIM THAT WE WISH HIM, UH, NOT A QUICK RECOVERY, BUT A RESTFUL RECOVERY, AND HE CAN COME BACK WHEN HE'S READY TO COME BACK.
BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR THANK YOU, CHIEF.
YOU PROBABLY KNOW HOW FRUSTRATING IT IS TO BE ON THIS SIDE OF THE SITUATION AND NOT WANT TO RUSH, UH, DOWN TO THE DEPARTMENT OR DOWN TO THE HOSPITAL.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT, BUT JUST IF YOU COULD COMMUNICATE HOW MUCH WE CARE AND HOW MUCH WE RESPECT WHAT THEY DO AND HOW THEY DO IT, WE WERE, WE GOT VERY LUCKY AND I THINK ALL OF US KNOW WE GOT VERY LUCKY.
UH, I WOULDN'T GENERALLY DO THIS, BUT, UM, I'M GOING TO STICK MY NECK OUT AND JUST VOLUNTEER AS A OVERFLOW SITE FOR THE COOKIES.
WE NEED A HERO COOKIE MONSTER.
[ MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR:]
THE COMMUNITY CALENDAR ON JUNE 15TH, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA PHASED OUT THE BLUEPRINT FOR A SAFER ECONOMY AND THE COLOR CODED SYSTEM HAS NOW BEEN IN EFFECT TO MONITOR THE RATE OF COVID-19 TRANSMISSION IN EACH COUNTY.ALTHOUGH CALIFORNIA HAS ENDED MANY COVID RELATED RESTRICTIONS, SOME LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH RULES AND GUIDANCES STILL REMAIN IN EFFECT.
FOR EXAMPLE, STAFF AND VISITORS TO THE CIVIL HARVEST CITY HALL, BOTH VACCINATED AND UNVACCINATED ARE REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK IN PUBLIC AREAS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE IN ORDER TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND OTHERS.
SOME LOCAL BUSINESSES MAY ALSO REQUIRE PATRONS TO CONTINUE WEARING A MASK REGARDLESS OF THEIR VACCINATION STATUS, AS ALWAYS CIRCUMSTANCES RELATED TO COVID CAN AND DO CHANGE RAPIDLY.
AND WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO REMAIN INFORMED BY VISITING CALIFORNIA'S COVID WEB WEBSITE AT WWW DOTS COVID-19 DOT CA.GOV.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE LOCAL COVID VACCINATION EVENTS ARE OCCURRING AT HOSPITALS,
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MEDICAL CENTERS, PHARMACIES, AND OTHER LOCATIONS AROUND THE COUNTY, INCLUDING HERE IN LA HOMBRE, TO LEARN OF THE LOCATIONS OF UPCOMING BACK SUNATION CLINICS IN LA BARBARA, PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMUNITY SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0 TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT OR FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ELIGIBILITY OR THE LOCATIONS OF VACCINATION EVENTS OUTSIDE OF LA BARBARA, PLEASE VISIT WWW.MY TURN.CA.GOV, AND THEN THE LA HARVEST.CHILDREN'S BE THERE AND WE'LL BE CLOSED AUGUST 23RD THROUGH THE 30TH FOR ITS ANNUAL RENOVATION AND CHANGE OF EXHIBITS.
BUT WE'LL ONCE AGAIN, HOST THE LET'S PLAY OUTSIDE EXPERIENCE FROM AUGUST 24TH.
THROUGH AUGUST 26, FAMILIES ARE WELCOMED TO EXPERIENCE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM PERFECT FOR CHILDREN UP TO EIGHT YEARS OF AGES OUTSIDE OF THE MUSEUM ON THOSE DATES, RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED AND THE COST IS $5 PER PERSON FOR MEMBER AND $6 PER PERSON FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE MUSEUM AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 3 6.
AND LET'S NOT FORGET TO JOIN US FOR A FREE MOVIES IN THE PARK WITH SHOWS CONTINUING ALL SUMMER LONG.
UPCOMING MOVIES INCLUDE JURASSIC WORLD AT PORTOLA PARK ON AUGUST 27TH.
AND SO A LAW AT LAMA LAMA, NORTH DEER PARK ON SEPTEMBER 17TH, ALL MOVIES BEGIN AT DUSK.
REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR CHAIRS AND BLANKETS FOR SEATING AND LIGHT JACKET SHOULD BE, UH, SHOULD THE EVENING TURN COOL.
UM, AND THEY HAVE DELICIOUS POPCORN.
SO FOR MORE INFORMATION AND A COMPLETE LIST OF FILMS ON THE SUMMER SCHEDULE, PLEASE CALL THE COMMUNITY SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0.
AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO, UM, BEFORE I ASK FOR COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL OR THE STAFF, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF MY COLLEAGUES, I KNOW THAT WE HAD, UH, I HAD SAID WE HAD BROUGHT UP THE COMPENSATION OF POSSIBLY HAVING A PAVER IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER, RECOGNIZING FORM YOUR DEPTH, FORMER DEPUTY DIRECTOR IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, CARLOS HAD A MEAL'S 40 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY.
AND I'D ASK FOR A SECOND FOR THIS REQUEST.
NOW, IS THERE ANY, UH, COMMENTS
[ COMMENTS FROM STAFF:]
FROM STAFF? UH, YEAH.UM, I ASKED MADAM MAYOR TO, UH, COMMENTS NUMBER ONE.
I'D LIKE TO JUST THANK COUNCIL FOR YOUR KIND WORDS TONIGHT.
UM, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE WORKING FOR THE CITY AND WORKING FOR THIS COUNCIL.
UH, YOU'VE PUT UP WITH ME FOR GOING ON 16 YEARS HERE AT THE CITY.
UM, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER SUCCESSES THAT I'VE HAD AS A CITY MANAGER OR DIRECTLY AS A RESULT OF THE GREAT TEAM THAT YOU HAVE WORKING FOR THE CITY, IT STARTS WITH THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS AND ALL THE WAY DOWN THROUGH THEIR STAFFS, TO EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE IN THE CITY.
AND WE, UH, WE TRY TO DO OUR BEST FOR THIS COMMUNITY FOR THIS COUNCIL.
AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE CITY, AND WE ALWAYS STRIVE TO IMPROVE.
AND SECONDLY, UM, HAVING, UM, DISCUSSED WHAT HAPPENED A WEEK AND A HALF AGO IN FRONT OF THE POLICE STATION WITH OUR CHIEF OF POLICE, I WILL TELL YOU THAT I'VE NEVER BEEN MORE PROUD WITH THE WAY OUR EMPLOYEES AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR POLICE OFFICERS, OUR CIVILIAN STAFF RESPONDED TO A REALLY HORRIFIC AND TRAGIC INCIDENT THAT COULD HAVE ENDED MUCH, MUCH WORSE FOR OUR OFFICER AND OUR COMMUNITY, BUT THE LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM THAT WAS DISPLAYED AT THAT INCIDENT.
AND AFTERWARDS TRULY MAKES ME APPRECIATE SOME OF THE QUALITY STAFF THAT THE CITY HAS HIRED IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HAS TRAINED IN THE LEADERSHIP IN THAT DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS THEIR JOBS.
AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT, UM, IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT YOU GET TO SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT AND THEY REALLY DID A TREMENDOUS JOB.
OUR OFFICER, UM, IS, UM, NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED, UH, COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH, MUCH WORSE, UH, AND HE'S HOME RESTING NOW, BUT, UM, REALLY TO THE FOLKS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHAT AN OUTSTANDING JOB THAT IS.
[ COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS/DIRECTORS:]
OR THEY COUNT COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL.YES, MADAM MAYOR AND, UH, AND I'LL APOLOGIZE TO EVERYBODY IN CHIEF AND WHAT I, WHAT I DID FORGET TO MENTION WHAT I WANTED TO MENTION, UH, AND FOR THE, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT, UH, UM, THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER OFFICER INVOLVED AND THAT, UH, THAT STOPPED THIS THREAT, UH, FROM GETTING ANY FURTHER THAN WHAT OUR CITY MANAGER ALLUDED TO WAS HOW MUCH WORSE HE COULD HAVE BEEN.
IT WAS BAD ENOUGH THAT ONE OF OUR OFFICERS WAS, UH, WAS HURT.
UH, BUT, UH, PLEASE, UH, EXTEND MY THANKS.
AND I'M SURE THAT OF MY COLLEAGUES, UH, TO, UH, THAT, UH, THAT OTHER OFFICER THAT, UH, THAT ENDED UP STOPPING THE, UH, THE THREAT ULTIMATELY, UH, AND, UM, I'M GONNA GUESS NEVER
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HAVING BEEN IN THAT SITUATION, THAT, THAT WAS TOUGH FOR THAT OFFICER, BUT, UH, BUT THEY DID THEIR JOB AND, UH, I AM GRATEFUL THAT, UH, THAT THEY DID THEIR JOB.ANY OTHER MORE COMMENTS? YEAH, I, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MEDRANO JUST TOOK THE WORDS OUT OF MY MOUTH.
I WAS GOING TO MENTION THAT AS WELL.
SHE'S DEFINITELY A HERO AND WE APPRECIATE HER EFFORTS AND REALLY SAVED US FROM BEING A WORST TRAGEDY THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.
I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER SIMONIAN IS GOING TO BE MENTIONING.
UH, I'D LIKE TO EXTEND MY, UM, DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO THE ZINBERG FAMILY, UH, WHETHER THEY'RE TRUE PILLARS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT PASSED AWAY, STEVE WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE MEMORIAL SERVICE TODAY.
UM, GOT TO ATTEND THE RUBY REDS, BARBECUE OF RIGHT OVER THERE AT THE LA HABRA MARKETPLACE.
I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GO AND SUPPORT A LOCAL BUSINESS, HAD A WONDERFUL RIBBON CUTTING, HOSTED BY THE HARBOR AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
NICE JOB, MARIE WAS A GREAT, GREAT EVENT.
AND ON A FINAL NOTE, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN THE MEMORY OF LARRY HERMAN, THE FORMER MAYOR OF LA PALMA.
UH, HE AND I SERVED ON THE ORANGE COUNTY VECTOR CONTROL FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND HE, UH, HE PASSED AWAY IN A GREAT, GREAT, UH, GENTLEMEN, HE'S GOING TO BE MISSED.
ARE THERE ANY MARK COMMENTS, MADAM MAYOR? UM, I WOULD ASK THAT WE ADJOURN IN THE NAME OF SHELDON ZINBERG DR.
UM, HE AND HIS WIFE, NANCY WERE, UM, ANDREW GOLD PART OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
UH, NANCY SERVED ON A LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND, UM, SHELLY WAS ALWAYS BY HER SIDE AND ACCOMPANYING HER TO CITY FUNCTIONS AS WELL AS SCHOOL BOARD FUNCTIONS.
THEY WERE HUGE DONORS IN THE COMMUNITY, LITERALLY DONATING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.
BASICALLY HPIC EVERY CHARITY ORGANIZATION IN TOWN.
THEY WERE THERE FOR NEVER ASKING ANYTHING IN RETURN, BUT ALWAYS BEING THERE.
NANCY DIED ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO.
AND SHELLY JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE WILL TO LIVE AFTER THAT.
THEY WERE MARRIED OVER 60, SOME ODD YEARS.
THEY WERE CHILDHOOD SWEETHEARTS IN NEW JERSEY WHERE THEY LIVED ORIGINALLY AND THEY WERE BEAUTIFUL TOGETHER.
IT WAS A LOVE AFFAIR THAT NEVER ENDED, AND I'M GLAD THAT HE'S WITH HER TODAY, BUT THEY WILL BOTH BE VERY, VERY MUCH MISSED BY THIS COMMUNITY.
UM, I ALSO ATTENDED NANCY NANCY VAN BERG'S FUNERAL WHEN SHE DID, WHEN THEY DID TO HAVE THE SERVICES FOR HER.
AND, UM, YEAH, YOU COULD SEE IN HIM THAT A LOT WAS LOST AFTER SHE PASSED AWAY, BUT SHE WAS THE ONE THAT GOT ME INVOLVED, UM, IN COMMUNITY SERVICE.
SHE WAS, SHE WAS THE ONE THAT GOT ME INVOLVED IN ALL THIS AND GUIDED ME ALONG THE WAY.
SO, UH, UM, YEAH, SHE WAS GIVING.
AND SO WAS HER HUSBAND, I THINK HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE LAST GROUP THAT YOU WERE ALL INVOLVED.
I THINK IT WAS THE BUDGET COMMITTEE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THE CITY'S, UM, FISCAL REVIEW COMMITTEE.
UM, LAST, YES, THAT WAS, THAT WAS HIS LAST SERVICE TO THE CITY AS FOLLOWS AS FAR AS THE VOLUNTEER.
UM, SO YES, I WILL THEN ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF DR.
SHELDON ZINBERG AND LARRY HERMAN.
AND THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED AND.