Sep 20, 2021 City Council

WHETHER THEY ADOPTED A FAMILY TO CLEAN UP A YARD, WHETHER THEY WERE DOING FOOD DELIVERIES IN PERSON TO, TO COVID, THEY HAVE ALWAYS, ALWAYS HAVE HAD THIS TRADITION FOR NUMBERS OF YEARS TO HELPING OUR COMMUNITY.

IF I COULD JUST SAY A QUICK, QUICK WORD, PLEASE.

YEAH, I THANK YOU VERY $21,000.

PUT IT RIGHT HERE AND RIGHT HERE, I JUST, JUST WANT TO SAY THAT DESPITE THE PANDEMIC WE GET AFTER A WEEK, THE LIONS CLUB STILL FOUND A WAY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

WHETHER THEY'RE OUT THERE OLG DOING FOOD DISTRIBUTION,

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THEY TRULY MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

AND I COMMEND EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU BECAUSE YOU GUYS TRULY TRULY CARE.

THERE WERE SO MANY TIMES I WOULD CALL UP, YOU KNOW, RANDY ON THE PHONE AND SAY, HEY, I HEARD ABOUT THIS FAMILY THAT'S DOWN AND OUT.

THEY NEED SOME HELP.

CAN YOU GUYS HELP OUT? THE ANSWER WAS ALWAYS YES.

SO I COMMEND YOU GUYS.

YOU GUYS ARE JUST AWESOME.

COMMITTEE WHO IS GOING TO RECOGNIZE A RESIDENT MEMBER YOU'RE TAKING THE CHIP.

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AS WELL.

I MEAN, UM, I BELIEVE YOU'RE THE HIGHEST CALIBER OF LION'S CLUB THAT THERE IS THROUGHOUT THE REGION AND BEYOND.

IT'S AMAZING WHAT YOU ARE ABLE TO DO.

UM, I JUST KEEP YOU IN MY PRAYERS.

I WANT TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF VITAMINS YOU GUYS ARE TAKING SO I CAN GET THAT ENERGY THAT YOU HAVE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL TEQUILA.

AND NOW WE WILL GO ON TO INVITE THE BEAUTIFICATION

[1. BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE RECOGNITION OF THE SARKISSIAN FAMILY, 1460 MARLEI ROAD, AS THE 2021 DISTRICT 1 AWARD RECIPIENT]

YOU CAN'T TAKE THAT CHECK IT'S THE SARKISYAN FAMILY IN THE AUDIENCE THIS EVENING.

CAN YOU PLEASE COME BACK TO THE BACK PODIUM? SO WE CO WELCOME YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR SCHEDULE TO COME ACCEPT THIS AWARD FOR TAKING PRIDE IN YOUR HOME.

WE, THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE IS GOING TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS CERTIFICATE AND THIS YARD SIGN.

SO THESE ARE DARREN'S AND CAROL'S NEIGHBORS, HUH? OH, OKAY.

EVERYBODY HERE WITH A LINE.

CONGRATULATIONS.

AND CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING RECOGNIZED.

CONGRATULATIONS.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? THANK YOU FOR MARK AND CAROL.

I MEAN, CAROL AND DARREN, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE GREATEST NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS ANYBODY COULD HAVE.

I AGREE.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

AND THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK TO YOU, MAYOR ESPINOSA.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU CAN TAKE THAT SIGN WITH YOU, PUT ON YOUR YARD, PROBABLY DISPLAY THAT, AND NOW I WILL CALL UP A CHIEF PO SHE BE POLICE FOSTER, THE CHIEF HERE.

UH, WE WILL HAVE THE EMERGENCY SERVICE

[2. PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 2021 AS "NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH" IN THE CITY OF LA HABRA]

COORDINATOR.

DAVID GONZALEZ TO ACCEPT A 20 SEPTEMBER, 2021 IS NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH PROCLAMATION.

I BELIEVE IT'S UP THERE ON THE PODIUM.

IT IS.

MUCH SCARED ME, BUT THANK GOD.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY ABSOLUTELY GOOD EVENING.

MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND DIRECTORS.

THANK YOU AGAIN FROM THE LA POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR RECOGNITION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

BEING PREPARED FOR ALMOST ANYTHING THAT MOTHER NATURE, OTHER HUMANS ARE GONNA THROW AT US.

THE CITY OF LA HABRA IS EMERGENCY AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT IS SITUATED UNDER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE HAVE TWO ESSENTIAL GOALS.

ONE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR LOCAL CITY GOVERNMENT IS PREPARED TO RESPOND TO WHATEVER IT IS WE NEED TO RESPOND TO.

AND THE SECOND IS TO ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY OF LAHABRA TO, TO PREPARE THEMSELVES, TO HELP THEMSELVES AND THEIR NEIGHBORS.

WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS, WE'RE REMINDED BY THE RECENT PANDEMIC THAT THIS IS GOING TO OCCUR.

UNFORTUNATELY, THINGS THAT DON'T GO AS SCHEDULED AS PART OF OUR LIVES.

AND SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE NEED TO BE PREPARED.

WE ENCOURAGE LAHABRA ANS TO BECOME PREPARED BY GOING TO READY.GOV AND ALSO TO PREPARE TO GET COMMUNICATION FROM YOUR LOCAL AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT, BY GOING TO ALERT OSI.COM, ALERT, OSI.COM.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR ALWAYS BEING A PARTNER AND PREPAREDNESS, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR RECOGNITION.

OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I THOUGHT ABOUT ALL THE CERT TRAINING, ALL THE TRAINING I HAVE HAD, UH, BECAUSE OF THE EARTHQUAKE THAT WE JUST HAD THIS WEEKEND, UH, THAT PRETTY

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IT WASN'T A BIG MAJOR ONE, BUT I THOUGHT OF ALL THE WATER I HAVE STORED AND MY PREPAREDNESS KIT AND EVERYTHING.

AND SO I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD BE AS PREPARED AS POSSIBLE.

AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU GUYS ARE PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO PREPARE AS WELL TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND NOW I WILL INVITE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

[3. PRESENTATION BY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON REGARDING WILDFIRE MITIGATION]

EDISON GOVERNMENT RELATION MANAGER, CYNTHIA QUIMBEE TO THE PODIUM TO GIVE THE WILDLIFE MITIGATION PRESENTATION, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR ESPINOSA AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, AND VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE THIS EVENING.

I'M DAVID.

IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU IN PERSON WE'VE.

UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF FOR THE LAST YEAR, UM, VIRTUALLY ROBIN AND JIM, AND, UM, REALLY APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, THE GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE.

UM, WANT TO, UM, ALSO INTRODUCE MY COLLEAGUE, BOB STEENS.

WHO'S HERE TONIGHT.

HE'S ONE OF OUR SENIOR ADVISORS IN OUR LOCAL PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT AND HE'S OUR EXPERT ON ALL OF OUR WILDFIRE MITIGATION AND PSPS MITIGATION EFFORTS.

UM, SO WITH THAT, WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO I, BEFORE WE GET INTO OUR WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLAN, I WANTED TO, UM, JUST SHOW YOU THIS SLIDE THAT REALLY ILLUSTRATES, YOU KNOW, WHEN I SAY THAT WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP, A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF LA HABRA, WE TRULY DO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP.

UM, A FEW STATISTICS.

I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT ON THIS SLIDE.

UM, YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE IN THE CITY OF ALHAMBRA, UM, 20,514 OF OUR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE 3,200 BUSINESS CUSTOMERS AND 96 OF OUR OWN EMPLOYEES ACTUALLY ARE RESIDENTS OF YOUR CITY, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE.

UM, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF, UM, HOW WE INVEST BACK INTO OUR COMMUNITIES.

UM, EDISON INTERNATIONAL IS ONE OF THE LARGEST CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTORS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND HERE IN LA HABRA, WE'RE, UM, VERY HONORED THAT WE'VE, YOU KNOW, UM, PARTNERED AND INVESTED IN THE HARBOR AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

THEY SEE MARIE HERE TONIGHT.

UM, ALSO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF LAHABRA, UM, CAL STATE FULLERTON, PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION, AND OTHER REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LIKE BIG BROTHERS, BIG SISTERS OF ORANGE COUNTY AND THE UNITED WAY.

UM, SO AGAIN, I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE GOOD PARTNERS WITH THE CITY.

SO WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GET INTO OUR PLAN.

UM, OUR CONVERSATION TODAY IS REALLY ABOUT WILDFIRE SAFETY OVERALL.

AND I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE MAKING WITH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY POWER SHUTOFF PROGRAM.

UM, AS YOU'RE ALL AWARE, 2020 WAS A YEAR OF, UM, UNIMAGINABLE TRAGEDY.

UM, FOR MANY CALIFORNIANS, IT WAS THE WORST YEAR ON RECORD WITH FIRES BURNING OVER 4.2 MILLION ACRES AND CONSUMING ABOUT 4% OF ALL THE LAND IN CALIFORNIA AND HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FROM SUMMER TO THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'D EXPERIENCED RECORD DRY FUEL LEVELS FROM HEAT WAVES AND FROM THE LACK OF RAIN.

UM, AND THIS YEAR WE'VE ALREADY HAD MORE THAN 2.2 MILLION ACRES BURN STATEWIDE.

THIS IS A REALLY CRITICAL ISSUE, AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AT EDISON AND WHAT YOU CAN BE DOING HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE ELEMENTS THAT YOU SEE HERE UP ON THE SCREEN.

FIRST PART OF OUR PLAN IS, IS, UM, GRID HARDENING, AND WE ARE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE THE GRID MORE RESILIENT IN OUR, IN OUR HIGH FIRE RISK AREAS.

WE'VE INSTALLED OVER 960 CIRCUIT MILES OF COVERED CONDUCTOR, OVER 6,000 FIRE RESISTANT POLES, OVER 3000 FAST ACTING FUSES AND 49 ADDITIONAL, UM, DEVICES TO BETTER SEGMENT OUR SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN REALLY, UM, REDUCE PSPS BY REALLY TARGETING THE AREAS THAT ARE AT RISK.

UM, AND THEN IN ADDITION, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, IN LA HABRA, UM, THIS YEAR WE'RE CHANGING OUT 73 POLES, UM, TO FIRE RESISTANT POLES AND WE'RE SCHEDULED TO CHANGE OUT ANOTHER 40 NEXT YEAR AS WELL.

WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING TO BOLSTER OUR SITUATIONAL AWARENESS CAPABILITIES.

UM, WE HAVE OVER 1,050 WEATHER STATIONS AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO INSTALL MORE, UM, ALONG WITH 166 FIRE SPOTTING HIGH DEFINITION CAMERAS TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE WE'RE MONITORING, UM, LOCATION SPECIFIC REAL-TIME CONDITIONS.

AND AGAIN, THIS WILL HELP US REALLY INFORM OUR DECISION-MAKING.

IF WE HAVE TO SHUT OFF POWER, WE ALSO HAVE A TEAM OF METEOROLOGISTS WITHIN SCE AND WE HAVE A FIRE SCIENTIST AS WELL.

AND, UM, THEY USE THESE CAPABILITIES ALONG WITH OTHER TOOLS TO BETTER FORECAST AND PREDICT WILDFIRES, AND THEN ANNUALLY WE'RE INSPECTING ALL OF OUR OVERHEAD EQUIPMENT AND HIGH FIRE RISK AREAS TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARDS.

OUR FIELD CREWS ALSO ARE CONDUCTING INSPECTIONS ON THE GROUND AND WE'RE USING DRONES AND HELICOPTERS CONDUCT TO CONDUCT THE AERIAL INSPECTIONS.

THESE INSPECTIONS WERE COMPLETED.

WE HAD A COUPLE IN LAHABRA, UM, THIS YEAR AND THEY WERE COMPLETED IN, IN JUNE AND JULY OF THIS YEAR.

AND THEN, UM, UM, VEGETATION MANAGEMENT IS CRITICAL AND WE, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE INSPECTING ABOUT 1.4 MILLION TREES ACROSS OUR SERVICE AREA.

UM, EVERY YEAR TO DETERMINE IF THEY COULD POSE A HAZARD BY MAKING CONTACT WITH OUR POWER LINES.

LAST YEAR, WE ASSESSED NEARLY A HUNDRED THOUSAND HAZARD TREES AND WE REMOVED, UM, OVER 12,200 THAT COULD FALL INTO POWER LINES AND POTENTIALLY LEAD TO IGNITIONS.

AND THIS YEAR

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WE'RE PLANNING TO ASSESS APPROXIMATELY UP TO 200,000 HAZARD TREES IN OUR HIGH FIRE RISK AREAS AND REMOVE THEM IF THEY'RE DEEMED UNSAFE.

AND THEN, UM, WE'LL ALSO BE REMOVING, UM, 11,000 PALM TREES, UM, OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS THAT MAY COME INTO CONTACT WITH OUR POWER LINES AND ANY CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE PLUM TREES IN THEIR YARDS.

UM, THEY WILL BE CONTACTED BY EDISON AHEAD OF TIME TO DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE.

AND THEN FINALLY, OF COURSE THE PUBLIC SAFETY POWER SHUTOFFS, I WANT TO MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY EMPHASIZED.

THESE ARE TOOL OF LAST RESORT.

THESE ARE NOT SOMETHING THAT WE, YOU KNOW, USE HAPHAZARDLY AND THEY'RE ONLY DONE IF EVERYTHING ELSE WE'VE TAKEN, YOU KNOW, TH THERE'S NO OTHER OPTION AND THERE TRULY IS A THREAT OF WILDFIRE.

SO THIS, THIS SLIDE HERE SHOWS, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR LOCAL WEATHER STATIONS THAT ARE NORTH OF THE CITY.

SO THE CITY OF LA HABRA ITSELF IS NOT A HIGH FIRE RISK, UM, CITY, BUT RIGHT ABOVE YOU IS ALL HIGH FIRE RISK AREAS.

SO YOUR, YOUR NEIGHBORS UP IN LAHABRA HEIGHTS.

AND SO, UM, WE ARE MONITORING THROUGH THESE WEATHER STATIONS THAT YOU'LL SEE NORTH OF THE CITY.

UM, AND THIS REALLY HELPS US TO CA TO BOLSTER OUR AWARENESS ON THE GROUND OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND THEN HERE, YOU CAN SEE THESE PURPLE ARTERIES.

THESE ARE PSPS CIRCUITS.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT UP IN THE NORTH OF THE CITY AND THE HIGH FIRE RISK AREAS.

YOU'VE GOT QUITE A FEW OF THOSE PSPS CIRCUITS, BUT THEY DO COME DOWN INTO LAHABRA AND THAT'S WHY IT IS, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO TALK ABOUT PSPS BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE CUSTOMERS WHO COULD POTENTIALLY BE IMPACTED.

NOW, THE GOOD NEWS IS WITH THE SEXUALIZATION THAT WE'RE DOING, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY RARE THAT YOU WOULD BE AFFECTED IT'S, THERE'S, THERE'S A PRETTY SMALL CHANCE THAT THE CUSTOMERS WOULD BE IMPACTED, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE.

I NEVER SAY NEVER.

AND, UM, I DID LOOK UP, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN 2019 AND 2021, THERE WERE NO PSPS OF SHUTOFFS ACTUALLY THAT HAPPENED IN THE CITY.

SO TH THIS IS A PRETTY FREQUENT QUESTION.

WE GET, YOU KNOW, WHY, UM, DOES MY NEIGHBOR HAVE POWER AND WHY DO I NOT HAVE POWER EVEN DURING A PSPS SHUTOFF? SO THIS ILLUSTRATION IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE ON THE HOUSES, ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, THEY'RE FED BY AN UNDER UNDERGROUND LINE, AND THAT'S CONNECTED TO THAT OVERHEAD EQUIPMENT THAT GOES KIND OF TRAVERSES UP THROUGH THOSE HILLS INTO THE HIGH FIRE RISK AREA.

AND THAT IS A PSPS CIRCUIT BECAUSE IT GOES THROUGH THAT HIGH FIRE RISK AREA ON THE, ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THOSE HOUSES, THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, BUT THEY'RE FED BY A DIFFERENT CIRCUIT.

AND THAT IS IN THE PSPS CIRCUIT.

SO, UM, EDISON REMAINS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING TIMELY NOTIFICATION, UM, TO POTENTIALLY IMPACTED CUSTOMERS, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS.

UM, BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER A D D E D E M.

I CAN'T SAY THAT WORD STANDARDIZATION EVENTS, IF EDISON DETERMINES THAT A PSP PS EVENT IS NECESSARY AS A LAST RESORT, UM, DUE TO THESE DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS, AND WE'LL NOTIFY OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS, 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE, UM, WE'LL THEN NOTIFY OUR CUSTOMERS AND 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE.

AND WE DO HAVE, UM, WE DELIVER THESE NOTIFICATIONS IN A VARIETY OF LANGUAGES.

UM, CUSTOMERS CAN ALSO OPT IN HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE CONTACTED.

SO THAT CAN BE A TEXT MESSAGE.

IT CAN BE AN EMAIL, IT CAN BE A PHONE CALL.

SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THROUGH TO CUSTOMERS.

AND THEN CUSTOMERS CAN ALSO SEND IT FOR ZIP CODE ALERTS, OR THEY CAN DECIDE THEY CAN SEND IT FOR AN ALERT THROUGH THE NEXT DOOR APP.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE HEARD FROM OUR AGENCY PARTNERS, YOU KNOW, AND ALSO FROM CUSTOMERS IS THAT OUR, OUR NOTIFICATIONS, UM, HAVE SOMETIMES BEEN A BIT COMPLICATED AND, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF SOMETIMES WE'RE OVER NOTIFYING THE CUSTOMERS.

AND SO, UM, WE'VE REALLY, SINCE JANUARY BEEN VERY FOCUSED ON FIGURING OUT WAYS WE CAN IMPROVE THE WAY THAT WE'RE NOTIFYING OUR CUSTOMERS AND OUR PARTNERS.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO POINT OUT, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.

UM, I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE A ZIP CODE ALERTS RIGHT NOW.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO STARTING IN THE FOURTH QUARTER IS ACTUALLY HAVE YOU LOOK AT AN ADDRESS, SPECIFIC LOCATION.

SO INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, SEEING, OKAY, THERE MAY BE A POTENTIAL SHUTOFF IN THE ZIP CODE, AND YOU MAY NOT BE IMPACTED AT ALL BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT ON ONE OF THOSE PSPS CIRCUITS.

YOU CAN NOW LOOK UP AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WILL THIS HOMELESS SHELTER, OR WILL THIS FAMILY MEMBER BE AFFECTED? IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY HELPFUL TOOL.

THAT WE HAVE THAT YOU'LL SEE.

SO JUST VERY QUICKLY, I WANTED TO LIST HERE SOME OF OUR CUSTOMER CARE PROGRAMS. UM, WE HAVE OUR CRITICAL CARE BACKUP BATTERY PROGRAM, WHICH HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ALL MEDICAL BASELINE CUSTOMERS IN HIGH FIRE RISK AREAS.

UM, THIS YEAR, UM, ADDITIONALLY WE HAVE A $500 REBATE FOR PORTABLE GENERATORS AND, UM, WE'VE ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE 201 REFERRAL ORGANIZATION TO CONNECT OUR ACCESS AND FUNCTIONAL NEEDS CUSTOMERS WITH VARIOUS SERVICES.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, HERE ARE A FEW MORE PROGRAMS

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UM, WE HAVE A PORTABLE GENERATOR, UM, $200 REBATE.

UM, AND THESE ARE FOR CUSTOMERS, ANY CUSTOMERS IN A HIGH FIRE RISK AREA.

AND THEN WE'VE ALSO INCREASED OUR $50 REBATE FOR PORTABLE BATTERIES TO $75.

AND THEN LASTLY, YOU'LL SEE HERE, WE'VE EXPANDED OUR NETWORK OF HOTELS THAT HAVE DISCOUNTS UP TO 25% IN OUR HIGH FIRE RISK AREAS.

NEXT SLIDE.

SO, UM, NEXT, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE AWARE WE ARE DOING ALL WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITIES.

UM, WE, UM, ARE DOING, YOU KNOW, WE, WE OBVIOUSLY PARTNER WITH OUR CITIES AND MEET WITH OUR CITY OFFICIALS.

WE'RE DOING COMMUNITY MEETINGS THROUGHOUT ORANGE COUNTY AS WELL.

AND, UM, WORKING WITH TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS, AND I'M ALSO WORKING WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE REACHING OTHER VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I JUST MENTIONED.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, UM, SUPPORTING OUR FIRE AGENCIES IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO EDISON, AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THE ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY AND COLSON AVIATION, UM, TO BRING THE WORLD'S LARGEST FIRE HELICOPTER TO SEE SERVICE AREA LAST YEAR.

AND WE ALSO CONTRIBUTED NEARLY $18 MILLION THIS YEAR TO LEASE THREE HELLA TANKERS WITH, UM, UNIQUE WATER AND FIRE RETARDANT DROPPING CAPABILITIES.

AND THEN ALSO ONE COMMAND AND CONTROL HELICOPTER TO PROVIDE BOTH DAY AND NIGHT TIME FIRE SUPPRESSION SUPPORT ACROSS OUR SERVICE TERRITORY.

SO JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY AN HONOR, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN MENTIONING, UM, IT'S NATURAL, UM, NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH AND, YOU KNOW, JUST THE HEROISM OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE IN BOTH OUR FIRE AGENCIES AND POLICE.

AND JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S REALLY AN HONOR THAT WE GET TO WORK WITH THESE WONDERFUL AGENCIES.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO FINALLY, UM, HOW CAN, HOW CAN YOU HELP YOUR COMMUNITY BE PREPARED? SO THIS IS A GREAT SLIDE THAT SHOWS SOME REALLY GREAT WEBSITES THAT YOU CAN ACCESS AND SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY.

ONE IS SCE.COM BACKSLASH WILDFIRE, WHICH INCLUDES A LOT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES RELATED TO WILDFIRE AND PSPS.

AND YOU CAN ALSO SIGN UP FOR A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER THAT WE PUT OUT ON VARIOUS WILDFIRE MITIGATION ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE DOING AT THE COMPANY.

AND THEN I'M AT SC.COM BACKSLASH PSPS.

YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THOSE PSPS ALERTS AND NOTIFICATIONS THAT WE MENTIONED.

AND, UM, ROB NEXT SLIDE HERE, UM, A FEW MORE LINKS THAT, UM, PROVIDE SOME GREAT INFORMATION AS WELL.

AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, JUST WANT TO KIND OF CLOSE BY SAYING THANK YOU FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, FINDING THIS ISSUE IMPORTANT.

THANK YOU FOR BEING A GREAT PARTNER WITH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON, AND BE VERY HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CYNTHIA, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? YES, WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER MICHELLE.

THANK I JUST WANTED TO, UM, COMMEND A CE FOR, UH, THE AWESOME, UM, INFORMATION ALWAYS FOUND ON THE WEBSITE WHEN THERE IS AN OUTAGE I'VE, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING IF THE POWER GOES OUT OF YOUR HOUSE, BUT I'VE ALWAYS FOUND IT VERY, UM, HELPFUL TO BE ABLE TO OPEN YOUR PHONE AND KIND OF READ ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, AS WE SPEAK, THERE'S EXACTLY ONE OUTAGE IN ORANGE COUNTY EFFECTING 58 CUSTOMERS DOWN IN NEWPORT BEACH AREA, AND THEY'VE ESTIMATED WILL BE RESTORATIVE 9:00 PM.

SO I TH I'VE FELT LIKE MAN, IF THAT'S MY HOUSE, AT LEAST I KNOW, OKAY.

THEY THINK IT WILL BE DONE BY 9:00 PM.

YOU KIND OF HAVE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, TO LOOK FORWARD TO.

SO I THINK IT IS AWESOME.

HOW, HOW WELL YOU COMMUNICATE, UH, WITH THE PUBLIC WHEN THOSE, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATE OUTAGES DO OCCUR.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

THANK YOU ALL.

COUNCIL MEMBER ANYMORE.

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

WILL PROCEED TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.

SO I JUST DON'T GO ONLINE TO PAY THE BILL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

AND NOW I

[ 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.]

THE 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.

UH, WITH SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOAN TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME, AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL 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 5 49, 5 4 0.3, A SUCH COMMON SHALL NOT BE RESPONDED TO BY THE GOVERNING BODY DURING THIS MEETING.

IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD WISH TO SPEAK, PLEASE? UH, GO UP TO THE PODIUM, PROVIDE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.

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HELLO, MY NAME IS JENNIE VALENCIA AND I'M A RESIDENT AT 4 4 0 EL RANCHO DRIVE.

UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR SPINOSA AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, AS I SAID, MY NAME IS JENNIE VALENCIA, AND I'M A RESIDENT ON EL RANCHO DRIVE, WHICH IS PART OF NEIGHBORHOOD.

E MANY RESIDENTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ARE HIGHLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFICALLY, IS THIS REGARDING TO AN ITEM THAT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING AT THIS EVENING? NOT TO SEE EVENING? NO.

WHERE NEIGHBORHOOD E SO I BELIEVE A AND C ARE ON THE AGENDA.

AND, UH, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT HE AS WELL, ACTUALLY NEIGHBORHOOD.

HE IS ALSO IN THE STAFF REPORT AND THAT'LL BE HEARD IN A FEW MINUTES.

IF YOU COULD WAIT UNTIL WE CALL UP THAT ITEM, THEN YOU CAN, UH, YOU CAN PROVIDE US THAT INFORMATION YOU WANT TO, TO.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK, UH, DURING THIS PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE PROVIDE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.

HELLO.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

MIRROR SPINOSA AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS JESSICA GUERRERO AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF SUPERVISOR DOUG CHAFEE.

I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY, JUST AN UPDATE ON OUR FOUR DISTRICT KINDNESS WORDS, IF THAT'S OKAY.

COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE DOWN YOUR MOUTH? OH, I FORGOT.

THE APPLICATION IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE@BOSFOURDOTOCGOV.COM.

UM, SO SUPERVISOR DOUG CHAFEE, WHO ALSO REPRESENTS THE CITY OF THE HUBBARD LIGHT TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT OUR APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR, FOR DISTRICT KINDNESS AWARDS EACH YEAR ON NOVEMBER 13TH, UM, SUPERVISOR DOUG CHAFEE HOSTS, THE FORCED DISTRICT KINDNESS AWARDS TO HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE EXHIBITED EXCEPTIONAL ACTS OF KINDNESS AS NOVEMBER 13 IS WORLD KINDNESS DAY, A GLOBAL DAY.

THAT PROMOTES THE PRETENSE OF BEING KIND TO EACH OTHER YOURSELF AND TO THE WORLD.

AND YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE FORM AND EMAIL IT BACK TO OUR OFFICE.

UM, THE INFORMATION IS ALSO ON THE FLYER, WHICH I'VE PROVIDED, UH, TO OUR CITY, TO THE CITY CLERK.

IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE HAVE RECOGNIZED PASTOR MIKE MURPHY AND CURL SEARCH FROM THE CITY OF LA HABRA.

AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO LOOK FORWARD TO RECOGNIZING ANOTHER GREAT INDIVIDUAL FROM THE CITY OF LA BARBARA.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUR OFFICE.

WE ALL HAVE YOUR INFORMATION HERE AND WELL DISSEMINATED.

I WILL MOVE ON TO CONSENT.

APPRECIATE IT.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK? SEE, NONE

[ 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. ]

CALENDAR MATTERS THAN CONSENT CALENDAR ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION UNLESS THEY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF MEMBER, OR MODERATE MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE REQUESTS, SEPARATE ACTION AND 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 OUR LOAN TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE, SPEAKING TIME AND COMMENTS WITH BE KEPT BRIEF NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.

THE CONSENT CALENDAR APPEARS ON PAGES THREE THROUGH FIVE ON THE AUDIENCE AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH 12.

ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT STAFF WOULD WISH REMOVED NO MATTER, BUT MADAM EVERYBODY DEDICATED ITEM SIX IS THE CONTACT WITH BY LAW FIRM AND THEREFORE WE'VE DECLARED A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

ALL RIGHT, MADAM MAYOR, I TOO WILL RECUSE MYSELF FROM ITEM NUMBER SIX.

SO YOU WILL ABSTAIN YOU'RE RECUSING AND JONES IS REFUSING.

IS THERE ANY ITEM THAT THE AUDIENCE WOULD WISH REMOVED THEN I WILL ASK FOR A MOTION AND, AND, UH, I HAD A MAYOR LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR, NONI, A TELEPHONE NUMBER SIMONIAN EXTENSION ON THAT ITEM.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, BUT THE CONSOLE PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSED FOUR ZERO.

FIRST ITEM IS ITEM ONE DULY NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING AN AMENDMENT TO

WE WILL NOW GO TO PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 60 MINUTES FOR ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL PER HERE, PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR OR CHAIR COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.

[1. DULY NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING AN AMENDMENT TO LA HABRA MUNICIPAL CODE, TITLE 13, PUBLIC SERVICES, CHAPTER 13.40, WATER CONSERVATION AND WATER SUPPLY SHORTAGE PROGRAM That the City Council: A. Conduct a public hearing as required by State law to solicit input on an amendment to La Habra Municipal Code, Title 13, Public Services, Chapter 13.40, Water Conservation and Water Supply Shortage Program; and B. Approve the first reading of ORDINANCE NO. ______ ENTITLED: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA REPEALING IN ITS ENTIRETY CHAPTER 13.40, "WATER CONSERVATION AND WATER SUPPLY SHORTAGE PROGRAM" OF TITLE 13 "PUBLIC SERVICES" AND REPLACING IT WITH CHAPTER 13.40, "WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY RESPONSE".]

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THE LA HARBOR MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE 13 PUBLIC SERVICES, CHAPTER 13.40 WATER CONSERVATION AND WATER SUPPLY SHORTAGE PROGRAM.

AND I BELIEVE ELIAS IS HERE FOR A REPORT.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ON JUNE 21ST, 2021.

AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE LAW, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED RESOLUTION NUMBER 6,016 AND ADOPTED THE 2020 CITY OF LA URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN, INCLUDING A WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN.

THIS SHORTAGE PLAN PROVIDES A STRUCTURED GUIDELINE FOR THE CITY TO ADDRESS POTENTIAL WATER SHORTAGES BY INCORPORATING PRESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION WITH SIX LEVELS OF SHORTAGES RANGING FROM 10% TO GREATER THAN 50%.

THESE SIX LEVELS BEEN, UH, STANDARDIZED THROUGHOUT OUR REGION AND ACROSS THE STATE TO PROVIDE A CONSISTENT APPROACH TO CONVEYING THE RELATIVE WATER SUPPLY SHORT.

THIS CONDITIONS THAT DEMAND REDUCTIONS FOR EACH LEVEL ARE DETERMINED BY THE EACH URBAN WATER SUPPLIER AS REQUIRED BY THE STATE LAW, UH, WATER CODE.

OUR CURRENT WATER CONSERVATION ORDINANCE WAS ENACTED IN 20 OH 2009 IN RESPOND TO SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS.

AT THAT TIME, THE ORDINANCE IDENTIFIED FOUR STAGES OF WATER SUPPLY SHORTAGE LEVELS RANGING FROM 10% TO 40% IN WATER DEMAND, IDENTIFY A MEASURES TO BE IMPLEMENTED WITH EACH STAGE AND ASSESSED PENALTIES TO NON-COMPLIANCE HOWEVER, SIGNIFICANT DRY YEAR CONDITIONS OF 2012 TO 2017 PROMPTED THE, THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE TO MODIFY THE URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLANNING ACT IN 2018 TO INCLUDE A WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY CONTINGENCY PLAN AS A STANDALONE REQUIREMENT FOR EVERY URBAN WATER SUPPLIER, THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE TONIGHT, REPEALS AND REPLACES CHAPTER 13.4, WATER CONSERVATION AND WATER SUPPLY SHORTAGE PROGRAM OF TITLE 13 PUBLIC SERVICES OF OUR MUNICIPAL CODE.

THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE WAS REVIEWED BY THE CITY LEGAL COUNSEL FOR CONTENT AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE LAW.

SO WHAT DOES THIS ALL MEAN TO US AND OUR LEVEL ONE, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO LEVEL TWO OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE.

SOME RESTRICTIONS IN LEVEL TWO IS NO WASTING WATER AND OF ANY KIND OR WASHING HARD, UH, UH, SCAPES, NO RUNOFFS TO THE STREET OF ANY KIND WATERING IS FROM 6:00 PM TO 9:00 AM.

AND THREE TIMES A WEEK ON NOVEMBER 1ST, WE WILL BEGIN WATERING ONCE A WEEK AND WE ARE PLANNING TO CONTINUE THIS LEVEL FOR NOW, UH, LEVEL THREE OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE WE REDUCED IRRIGATION IS THE TWO TIMES A WEEK, A LEVEL FOUR, WHICH IS TWO UP TO 40% FURTHER IRRIGATION REDUCTIONS TO ONCE A WEEK AT LEVEL FIVE, THE NEW SWIM, NO NEW SWIMMING POOLS, NO LANDSCAPE AREAS ARE PERMITTED AND ALL IRRIGATIONS ARE PROHIBITED AT LEVEL SIX.

WATER USE IS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY PURPOSES.

ONLY THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE HAS AN ENFORCEMENT PART AS WELL.

WE DID NOT HAVE TO ASSESS ANY PENALTIES IN THE PAST STAFF APPROACH IS TO FOCUS ON CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATION, AND IT WILL, AND IT HAS BEEN WORKING.

OUR RESIDENTS HAVE CONSERVE OVER 20% FOR THE LAST EACH YEAR OF LAST FEW YEARS, WITHOUT ANY ENFORCEMENT.

THE PREPARATIONS OF THE PLANS AND THE ORDINANCE WERE, WERE COMPLETED BY ARCADIS IN COLLABORATION WITH MODOK FOR THE AMOUNT OF $44,000 TO 140 FROM THE UTILITY AUTHORITY ANNUAL OPERATION BUDGET.

THIS CONCLUDES STAFF REPORT.

AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THERE AT LAMBERT IN IDAHO AREA, AND WE WENT AHEAD AND WE BOUGHT ABOUT $10 MILLION, $12 MILLION, UH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT LIVE IN MORE THAN 25 FOR THE, WELL, I WAS ONLY THINKING ABOUT, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT FOR BOTH OF THEM? YES.

I BELIEVE.

UH, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, MA'AM NO QUESTIONS COUNSELOR MICHELLE.

OH, WELL I, SO IT'S GOING TO MAKE THE POINT, YOU KNOW, I, I JOINED THIS COUNCIL, UM, I THINK IT WAS DECEMBER OF 2008 AND SHORTLY AFTER GETTING ON THE COUNCIL, WE, UM, HAD A VERY, UM, INTERESTING IDEA TO BUILD THE DRILL NEW WATER WELLS HERE IN THE LAHABRA BASIN.

WE HAD ONLY ONE

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OH, I'M SORRY.

THE COMPLETE THE SYSTEM.

I COMPLETE THE ENTIRE SENTENCE.

THE DRILL THE WELL AT LA BONITA PARK.

WASN'T THAT? THAT WAS A, AN $11 MILLION AT CALL.

THAT'S IT.

WELL, WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY GETTING A, THE WELL DRILLED THERE, LA BENITA, AND THEN OVER AT, UH, PORTOLA.

AND, UM, AT THE TIME IT SEEMED LIKE, GOSH, WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY AND IT SEEMED LIKE THIS IS MAYBE THIS IS WHY WE STARTED, THIS WAS THE RIGHT MOVE.

BUT BOY, LOOKING BACK, PRAISE THE LORD.

WE, WE DID IT.

WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE ACCESS TO OUR OWN, UH, GROUNDWATER.

SO I'M JUST, UH, I KNOW IT DIDN'T, IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR US TO REALIZE THAT WAS SORT OF THE RIGHT MOVE.

SO THAT, THAT WAS, AND TONIGHT UTILITY AUTHORITY MEETING, WE ARE, UM, ASKING FOR A STUDY TO, UH, LOOK FOR A BEST LOCATION FOR A NEW WELL AS WELL FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

UM, WE ARE BENEFITING, BENEFITING FROM IT FROM NOW, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S GREAT THAT NOT ONLY IN SHORTAGE, BUT IN, IN COST, IT COST US ABOUT $240 TO AN ACRE FOOT AND NOW TO PUMP IT FROM OUR GROUNDWATER AND IT LOOK, IT'S COSTING $1,200 RIGHT NOW TO PURCHASE.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL? THANK YOU.

WE'RE ADDRESSING WATER SHORTAGE.

VERY, VERY MUCH ELIAS.

I WILL NOW OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKED FOR THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM TO PLEASE COMMENT, PROVIDE US THEIR NAME AND THEIR ADDRESS THOSE IN, UM, UP IF YOU'RE IN OPPOSITION, UH, OR IN SUPPORT TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

YES, I'M A LYNN FRANKLIN AND I LIVE AT 1700 LAGUNA DRIVE RIGHT ON THE CORNER OF LAGUNA AND HACIENDA BOULEVARD.

AND THEY HAVE SIGNS UP THERE THAT SAY NO U-TURN AND THEN SPECIFIC HOURS DURING RUSH TIME.

AND IT'S ALL ON ONE SIGN AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE NO U-TURN PERIOD.

AND THEY PULL, THEY THERE'S, YOU TURNS THEY'RE CONSTANTLY.

AND THEY PULL INTO MY DRIVEWAY CONSTANTLY.

I, ARE YOU SPEAKING ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? YEAH.

WE'RE, WE'RE ADDRESSING THE WATER SHORTAGE.

SORRY, NOBODY.

IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO CHIEF FOSTER WITH REGARDS TO THIS, HE JUST LIFTED UP HIS HAND.

HE CAN TALK TO YOU INDIVIDUALLY.

OH, OKAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM THAT HAS TO DEAL WITH WATER, PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM.

THEN I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'D ASK FOR A MOTION.

MADAM MAYOR, LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HORA.

PETE REPEALING IT IN ENTIRETY, CHAPTER 13.4 O WATER CONSERVATION AND WATER SUPPLIES, SHORTAGE PROGRAM OF TITLE 13 PUBLIC SERVICES AND REPLACING IT WITH CHAPTER 13.4 O WATER SHORTAGE, CONTINGENCY RESPONSE.

UM, AND, AND YOU WANT TO READ ITEM B AS WELL? THAT'S ME.

THAT'S ALL I NEED TO READ.

YEAH.

IS THAT CORRECT ATTORNEY? CORRECT.

IS THERE IS ALL RIGHT WITH THE COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE MOTION PASSED FOUR ZERO.

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM TWO, WHICH OF THE DULY NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE 20 20, 20, 20 21 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CDBG CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT CAPER AND AUTHORIZED STAFF TO SUBMIT THE REPORT TO THE U S DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.

[2. DULY NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE 2020-2021 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT (CAPER) AND AUTHORIZE STAFF TO SUBMIT THE REPORT TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT That the City Council conduct a public hearing to review and approve the 2020-2021 Community Development Block Grant Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) and authorize staff to submit the CAPER to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.]

AND WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS SUSAN LEWIS FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

THE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT IS SCHEDULED TO REVIEW AND IMPROVE AND APPROVE THE CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT.

ALSO KNOWN AS A CAPER

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FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2020 AND ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2021.

THE CAPER IS A SUMMARY OF THE ACTIVITIES AND EXPENDITURES FUNDED WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ALSO KNOWN AS CDBG.

IT REQUIRES A 15 DAY PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD, AND IT TIES INTO THE CITY'S GOALS, GOALS, AND ACHIEVEMENTS FOR THE FIVE-YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN, WHICH WILL END JUNE OR ENDED JUNE, 2021.

HUD REQUIRES JURISDICTIONS THAT RECEIVE CDBG FUNDING TO COMPLETE AT LEAST TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS PER YEAR THROUGH THE 20 20, 20, 20, 20 21 ACT, UM, CAPER PROCESSES, CITY, OR THROUGH THE ACTION PLAN PROCESS.

I'M SORRY.

CITY COUNCIL APPROVED 12 PROJECTS TO BE FUNDED TOTAL AMOUNT EXPENDED, WHICH INCLUDES PREVIOUS YEAR CDBG AND CDBG CV PROGRAMS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 IS $990,710 AND 21 CENTS.

ALSO DURING FISCAL YEAR 20 20, 20 21 WITH CDBG C C V FUNDS, THE CITY ASSISTED 19 HOUSEHOLDS FROM BEING EVICTED DUE TO LACK OF RENT RENT PAYMENT.

THE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE TO ASSIST QUALIFIED THE HARBOR RES RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

LASTLY, A TOTAL OF 29,614 PEOPLE OF LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PERSONS WHO ARE SERVED BY CITY PROGRAMS FUNDED BY CDBG TO DATE.

WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS.

WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT CITY COUNCIL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND AFTER CONDUCTING THE PUBLIC HEARING APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 CAPER AND AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT THIS REPORT TO HUD.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? NO MATTER MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE REPORT.

I WILL NOW OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THOSE WHO WOULD WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM TO PLEASE COME FORWARD AND SPEAK.

COULD YOU PROVIDE US YOUR NAME OR YOUR ADDRESS AND IN, OR AN OPPOSITION OF THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'LL ASK FOR COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION AND INTERACTION.

I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO REVIEW THE AND APPROVE THE 2021 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION, CALIPER, AND AUTHORIZED STAFF TO SUBMIT A CAPPER TO THE U S DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND THAT A MAYOR I WISH TO EXCUSE MYSELF AND RECUSE MYSELF ON ITEM SIX, ALL RESERVOIR PARK.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M WITHIN THAT THOUSAND FEET LIMIT, BUT I DO LIVE A BLOCK BLOCK AND A HALF AWAY FROM THE PARK.

SO ON ITEM SIX, I WILL RECRUIT MADAM MAYOR.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND ADJUST MY, UH, OF RECOMMENDATION OR MY, MY, WHATEVER YOU CALL IT.

I JUST DID MY MOTION AND, UH, NO.

WHAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER, STEVE SIMONIAN SAID RECRUITED HIMSELF ON THAT ITEM ON THE MOTION.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW SECONDED.

I BELIEVE WITH THE COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE MOTION PASSED FOUR ZERO.

IS CONSIDER RESOLUTION TO BE CONSIDERED BY VOTING MEMBER DURING THE 2021 LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES, L O C C ANNUAL CONFERENCE TO OCCUR IN SACRAMENTO, SEPTEMBER 22ND THROUGH THE 24TH, 2021.

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO CONSIDERATION ITEMS AND THE MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE MAY REQUEST TO ADDRESS A LOT HARVEST CITY COUNCIL ON ANY CONSIDERATION ITEM PRIOR TO THE LA HARBOR CITY COUNCIL, TAKING 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, THE MAYOR OR CHAIR SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOAN TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME, AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.

THE FIRST ITEM TO CONSIDER

[1. CONSIDER RESOLUTIONS TO BE CONSIDERED BY VOTING MEMBERS DURING THE 2021 LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES (LOCC) ANNUAL CONFERENCE TO OCCUR IN SACRAMENTO, SEPTEMBER 22-24, 2021 That the City Council provide direction to the City of La Habra voting delegate and alternate voting delegate regarding resolutions that will be considered by voting members during the 2021 League of California Cities (League) Annual Conference in Sacramento, September 22-24, 2021.]

IF WE COULD HAVE A BRIEF A STAFF REPORT, THANK YOU.

MADAM MAYOR ROBERT FARRIER FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

AS YOU MENTIONED EACH YEAR, THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES HOSTS AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE FOR ITS MEMBER CITIES.

THIS YEAR, THE CONFERENCE WILL BE IN SACRAMENTO.

IT WILL, IT

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WILL TAKE PLACE LATER THIS WEEK, THE 22ND TO 24TH ON THE 24TH, THE LEAGUE WILL HOST IT'S A BUSINESS MEETING AT WHICH TIME THE VOTING DELEGATE FOR EACH MEMBER CITY WILL CAST A VOTE FOR HIS OR HER CITY ON RESOLUTIONS THAT ARE BEFORE THE LEAGUE, UH, AT ITS MEETING ON JULY 19TH, THE CITY COUNCIL DESIGNATED MAYOR ESPINOSA AS LAHABRA HIS VOTING DELEGATE ALONG WITH MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO, AS LABA AS VOTING ALTERNATE.

AT THIS TIME, THERE ARE TWO RESOLUTIONS THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED ON THE 24TH SUMMARIES OF WHICH WERE INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT ON THIS MATTER RESOLUTION NUMBER ONE, WHICH WAS PRESENTED BY THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA CONCERNS, ONLINE SALES TAX EQUITY.

IF THAT RESOLUTION IS APPROVED, LEAGUE STAFF WOULD BE DIRECTED TO ADVOCATE FOR LEGISLATION THAT PROVIDES FOR A FAIR AND EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF THE BRADLEY BURNS A 1% SALES TAX FROM IN-STATE ONLINE PURCHASES BASED ON DATA WHERE PRODUCTS ARE SHIPPED SUPPORT FOR RESOLUTION.

NUMBER ONE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S APPROVED FYI 2122 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM, AS WELL AS ITS FYI, 2122 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES STAFF THEREFORE RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECT ITS VOTING DELEGATE TO SUPPORT RESOLUTION.

NUMBER ONE, RESOLUTION NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS PRESENTED BY THE CITY OF SOUTH GATE CONCERNS, RAILROAD PROPERTY MAINTENANCE.

IF THAT RESOLUTION IS APPROVED, LEAGUE STAFF WOULD BE DIRECTED TO URGE THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE REGULATORY AUTHORITY AND NECESSARY FUNDING TO ASSIST CITIES WITH RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY MAINTENANCE THAT ADDRESSES ILLEGAL DUMPING, GRAFFITI AND HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS THAT SOMETIMES APPEAR ALONG THE RIGHT OF WAY.

AND WHICH CONSTITUTE PUBLIC SAFETY MATTERS SUPPORT FOR RESOLUTION.

NUMBER TWO IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH BOTH THE CITY'S APPROVED FYI 2122 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM AND ITS GOALS AND OBJECTIVES STAFF THEREFORE RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECT ITS VOTING DELEGATE TO SUPPORT RESOLUTION.

NUMBER TWO, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.

WE'RE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ROB.

OR I WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL IF THEY SUPPORT THIS IDEA.

WELL, WE'LL HAVE A VOTING.

UM, AND I WILL INVITE THE PUBLIC TO TESTIFY AND PROVIDE THEIR NAME AND THEIR ADDRESS IN REGARDS TO THIS ITEM IN OPPOSITION OR APPROVAL.

ALRIGHT, THEN I WILL ASK FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION.

I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO ASK THAT OUR DELICATE, UH, SUPPORT BOTH RESOLUTIONS ITEM ONE AND TWO WITH THE COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE MOTION PASSES FOUR ZERO.

TWO, CONSIDER NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR NEIGHBORHOODS C AN A.

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM

[2. CONSIDER NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR NEIGHBORHOODS "C" AND "A" That the City Council: A. Approve Neighborhood "C" Traffic Management Plan and direct staff to proceed with the design and construction of the traffic calming devices as indicated on the Neighborhood "C" Traffic Management Plan; and B. Approve Neighborhood "A" Traffic Management Plan and direct staff to proceed with the design and construction of the traffic calming devices as indicated on the Neighborhood "A" Traffic Management Plan.]

IF WE COULD HAVE A REPORT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE, MADAM MAYOR.

IF I MIGHT BEFORE THE REPORT, I JUST WANTED TO STATE MY MOTHER-IN-LAW LIVES OFF OF CYPRUS, UM, JUST NORTH OF WHITTIER BOULEVARD.

SO THAT IS GETTING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS C AREA.

SO I, UH, OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, I'VE CHOSEN TO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION AROUND NEIGHBORHOOD IS C.

117 HOUSEHOLDS E CONTAINING 309 HOUSEHOLDS AND C CONTAINING 403 HOUSEHOLDS, RESPECTIVELY, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE HOUSEHOLDS INCLUDE HOUSES, APARTMENTS, AND OWNERS OF EACH OF THE HOUSES AND APARTMENTS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR ESPINOSA AND HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS MICHAEL AND I'M THE CITY TRAFFIC MANAGER STAFF PRESENTS TO YOU A REQUEST TO CONSIDER A NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLANS OR N T M P AS WE'VE COME TO KNOW IT FOR NEIGHBORHOODS C N A AT THIS TIME NEIGHBORHOOD E WHICH IS PART OF THIS FINAL GROUP OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE STUDIED WILL PRESENT WILL BE PRESENTED AS A STANDALONE REPORT AT A LATER MEETING, THE MTM P PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED IN 2011 OR 15 NEIGHBORHOODS WERE SELECTED TO HAVE TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES DEVELOPED BY THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN THOSE VERY NEIGHBORHOODS SINCE THEY WOULD BE THE MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE OF TRAFFIC CONCERNS FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AS THEY LIVED THERE.

WE'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS FOR 12 OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE NOW PRESENTING NEIGHBORHOODS 14 AND 15 KNOWN AS A AND C.

THIS PROCESS FIRST STARTED OUT WITH STAFF MAILING LETTERS IN LATE JANUARY, 2020 FOR A MEETING TO TAKE PLACE IN MID FEBRUARY, 2020.

SO EACH OF THE HOUSEHOLDS IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH A CONTAINING

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SOME ARE RENTAL PROPERTIES.

DURING THE FIRST MEETING, TRAFFIC COMMITTEES WERE ESTABLISHED CONTAINING 18 INDIVIDUALS FROM NEIGHBORHOOD A 12 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD C AND 32 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD E THREE MEETINGS WITH EACH OF THE COMMITTEES WOULD TAKE PLACE OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS DUE TO COVID-19.

WE TYPICALLY DO THIS OVER A THREE MONTH PERIOD, BUT WE HAD TO STRETCH THINGS OUT.

UNFORTUNATELY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NEIGHBORHOODS, SEE, WE HAD TO HOLD AN ADDITIONAL MEETING BECAUSE WE COULDN'T MEET CONSENSUS WITH THE COMMITTEE.

SO WE TRIED TO HAVE THEM COME TO CONSENSUS ON THE FOURTH MEETING, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO FOR THAT.

SO THEN WE SENT OUT A VOTE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, HAD A DISCUSSION AND TRIED TO FINALLY COME TO CONSENSUS, WHICH WE HAD ALMOST.

AND THEN WE HAD TO REACH OUT TO SOME OF THE MEMBERS TO GET SOME GUIDANCE.

WE NEEDED GUIDANCE FROM THE CITY MANAGER TO HELP GET THINGS MOVING ALONG MORE SMOOTHLY, WHICH WE DID.

WE WERE FINALLY ABLE TO HAVE A VOTE WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS APPROVING ONE OF THE PLANS, AND THEN WE MOVED FORWARD.

SO WE, SO AFTER THAT, THEN WE HELD THE FINAL MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UH, SO THEY FINALLY, SO NEIGHBORHOOD, HE CAUGHT UP THE CNA.

SO AFTER THE THREE TYPICAL MEETINGS, WE THEN TAKE THE PLAN THAT'S DEVELOPED BY THE TRAFFIC COMMITTEE BACK TO THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEN THEY VOTE ON, OR THEY MAKE COMMENTS IF THEY WANT TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE DRAFT PLAN, OR IF THEY'RE ACCEPTING IT, HOW IT IS, IF THEY ACCEPT IT, HOW IT IS, WE THEN SEND IT OUT TO THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR VOTE, FOR A VOTE AND SUPPORT.

IF WE RECEIVED SUPPORT, THEN WE TAKE IT BACK TO COUNCIL, WHICH IS NOW.

AND SO A FINAL NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING TOOK PLACE IN 2021.

AND THERE WAS A GREAT TURNOUT FOR EACH NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THIS WAS CNA AND NO CHANGES WERE PROPOSED AT THAT TIME DURING THOSE MEETINGS.

AND THE DRAFT PLAN WAS DISTRIBUTED AS IT WAS BALLOTS, ALONG WITH A PACKET OF INFORMATION DESCRIBING EACH OF THE TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES WERE SENT OUT TO EACH HOUSEHOLD AND WE PROVIDED A LETTER AND PACKET INFORMATION, AND WE REQUESTED THAT ALL THE HOUSEHOLDS SEND BACK THEIR VOTE BY JUNE 11TH, 2021, WHICH WOULD GIVE RESIDENTS APPLE TIME TO RESPOND.

POSTAGE WAS ALREADY INCLUDED.

ALL THEY NEEDED TO DO WAS CHUCK.

YES, THEY SUPPORT THE PLAN OR NO, THEY DO NOT SUPPORT THE PLAN AND SEND THE POSTCARD BACK.

AND WE WOULD DO THE REST.

BOTH NEIGHBORHOODS, CNA HAVE SENT BACK ENOUGH BALLOTS AND OF THOSE BALLOTS, THEY, WE RECEIVED ENOUGH SUPPORT TO HAVE THE PLANS MOVE FORWARD.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE NOW IN THE PROCESS.

WE'RE NOW PRESENTING IT TO CITY COUNCIL.

AND I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT JUST BECAUSE A PLAN HAS BEEN APPROVED, SUPPORTED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE COUNCIL STILL HAS THE DECISION TO MAKE ANY CHANGES OR REJECT IT.

AND I KNOW THE SPEED LUMPS BECOME QUITE CONTROVERSIAL IN CERTAIN PLACES AND OTHER DEVICES.

THEY STILL NEED TO GO THROUGH, EVEN IF THIS IS APPROVED, COUNCIL APPROVED IT.

WE STILL HAVE TO MEET WITH THE NEIGHBORS WHERE WE INSTALL THESE DEVICES AND GET THEM TO SIGN OFF AND TELL US IT'S OKAY.

THE MAP IS JUST SHOWING A GRAPHICAL LOCATION.

IT'S NOT THE FINAL LOCATION.

SO BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING, WE ALWAYS GET THEIR PERMISSION AND THEN WE MOVE FORWARD.

SO THERE ARE FOUR STAFF REQUESTS AT THIS TIME THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER APPROVAL FOR NEIGHBORHOODS, SEE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN AND DIRECT STAFF TO PROCEED WITH THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES, AS INDICATED ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD SEAT, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN STAFF ALSO REQUESTS AT THIS TIME THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER APPROVAL FOR NEIGHBORHOOD, A TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN AND DIRECT STAFF TO PROCEED WITH THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF

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TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES, AS INDICATED ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD, A TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLANT.

AND I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

UM, I WILL NOW ASK, UH, COUNSEL IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MADAM MAYOR, IF I COULD JUST ASK A COUPLE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS ABOUT ME.

SO MICHAEL, UM, JUST TO, TO BE CLEAR FOR THE RECORD.

SO WHEN, UM, A GIVEN NEIGHBORHOOD REQUESTS, THE TRAFFIC SPEED HUMP TO BE PLACED ON A STREET, THE MAP HAS PROVIDED TO THE NEIGHBOR HOOD TO VOTE ON IS AN APPROXIMATE LOCATION, WHICH WOULD BE IDEAL IF WE COULD FIND A SPACE, CORRECT? YES.

IT'S JUST A GRAPHICAL LOCATION ON, LIKE YOU SAID, THE IDEA OF LOCATION, BUT SOMETIMES WE CAN'T GET IT THERE.

SO WE HAVE TO GET IT AS CLOSE AS WE CAN TO THEIR SO IN THE EVENT YOU HAVE TWO HOMEOWNERS ACROSS THE STREET FROM EACH OTHER WHO ONE OR BOTH DO NOT WANT THAT SPEED HUMP BY THEIR HOMES.

WE WILL NOT PLACE THAT SPEED HUMP THERE, CORRECT? CORRECT.

WE WILL GO TO THE ADJACENT HOUSES AND ASK THEM IF THEY'LL CONSIDER LETTING THE SPEED BUMP GO IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE.

AND IF WE ASK AROUND TOO FAR AWAY, THEN WE JUST CAN'T DO IT.

AND SOMETIMES THAT'S HAPPENED WHERE WE JUST CAN'T INSTALL SPEED LUMP.

AND WHEN YOU DISCUSS THIS WITH THE TRAFFIC COMMITTEE OR THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE VOTING ON IT, THEY UNDERSTAND THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE ACTUAL PLACEMENT IS SPEED LUMPED.

THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS THAT COULD INFLUENCE THAT FINAL PLACEMENT, OR IT'D BE CLEAR DURING THE MEETING.

AND I'VE BROUGHT IT UP ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS TO LET THEM KNOW THIS IS JUST A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION AND NOT THE FINAL LOCATION, BUT THE QUESTION COMES UP ENOUGH.

SO SOMETIMES IT'S NOT CLEAR NOW WITH RESPECT TO NEIGHBORHOOD E I KNOW YOU'VE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME WORKING WITH THE TRAFFIC COMMITTEE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND MOST RECENTLY, A COMMITTEE, A COMMUNITY MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORS.

UM, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WAS SOME, SOME MOVEMENT, UH, RECENTLY ON A PLAN THAT WAS SUBMITTED, BUT THAT PLAN IS STILL BEING SUBJECT TO REVISION OR DISCUSSION.

SO WE HAD MET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE PRESENTED THE PLAN.

THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS OKAY WITH THE SPEED LUMP LOCATIONS.

THERE WAS A CONTENTIOUS POINT ABOUT HE, NO RIGHT TURN SIGN.

AND SO WE TOLD THEM BECAUSE THE SEEMS TO STILL BE A BIG CONCERN, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ALL THE COMMENTS FROM THE MEETING, WHICH HAPPENED LAST WEDNESDAY AND SEND IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE FOR APPROVAL ON WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO, WHETHER TO REMOVE IT, LEAVE IT OR CONSIDER ANY OTHER OPINIONS THAT WERE DISCUSSED AT THE MEETING.

AND SO WE'LL BE DOING THAT THIS WEEK AND HOPEFULLY THEY CAN TURN IT AROUND QUICKLY AND WE CAN GET IT OUT TO VOTE.

SO YOUR INTENTION IS OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FEW WEEKS TO A MONTH OR SO TO TRY TO GET A PLAN BACK TO THE RESIDENTS TO SEE IN THAT NAME, IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, IF THERE'S SUPPORT FOR THAT.

AND THEN IF THERE IS, YOU'D BRING THAT BACK TO THE COUNCIL AT THAT POINT, IF IT'S APPROVED AND ENOUGH SUPPORT.

MADAM MAYOR, IF I COULD ASK MICHAEL, UM, WITH RESPECT TO THE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS THAT YOU BROUGHT FORWARD, CNA, COULD YOU, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE FORMAT BROKEN DOWN, BUT COULD YOU TELL US HOW MANY RESIDENTS ARE AS EACH ONE OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, HOW THEY VOTED? YES AND NO.

AND HOW MANY PEOPLE DID NOT VOTE? SO IF WE GO THROUGH THE SLIDES, I APOLOGIZE, A HOVER UP, CHANGE IT.

WE DO HAVE THAT ON THESE SLIDES ALMOST.

AND THEN OF THE TWO HUNDRED, THREE, A HUNDRED AND FIFTY THREE SAID, YES.

SO THIS IS NEIGHBORHOOD C, SO THERE'S A TOTAL OF 403 PROPERTIES.

UH, WE RECEIVED 203 RESPONSES BACK.

AND THESE ARE ON THE POSTCARDS THAT WE PROVIDE.

I HAVE ALL OF THEM.

AND THEN THIS IS NEIGHBORHOOD A THERE'S 117 PROPERTIES.

WE RECEIVED 61 BACK AND OF THE 61 52 SAID YES, AND SUPPORT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO THEY'VE MET BOTH NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE MET BOTH THRESHOLDS, WHICH IS THE FIRST STEP IS, DO WE GET A 50% RESPONSE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD? IF WE DO, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TO STEP TWO, WHICH IS THEN A TWO THIRDS APPROVAL OF THE PLAN.

IF WE DON'T GET EITHER OF THOSE, WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD.

AND THE PLAN SITS UNTIL SOMETIMES WE COME BACK AND WE ASK COUNCIL FOR GUIDANCE ON WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE US TO DO, WHETHER IT WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR HAVE THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS HELP OUT GET MORE VOTES OR LEAVE IT AS IT IS.

BUT

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IN THIS CASE, BOTH NEIGHBORHOODS MET BOTH REQUIREMENTS AND THESE VOTES TOOK PLACE.

WHEN, SO WE HAD SENT OUT BELIEVE WE SENT IT OUT IN EITHER THE BEGINNING OF JUNE OR POSSIBLY THE END OF MAY.

AND WE GAVE THEM ABOUT THREE WEEKS TO RESPOND AND I HADN'T RECEIVED ENOUGH BY THE DEADLINE.

SO I JUST LET THE VOTES, THEY WOULD TRICKLE IN A COUPLE AT A TIME AND SOMETIMES I WOULD GET QUITE A FEW OVER THE WEEKEND.

AND SO I JUST LET IT GO TILL WE GOT ENOUGH.

AND SO WE ENDED UP FINALLY GETTING ENOUGH FOR BOTH NEIGHBORHOODS BY AUGUST.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, UM, B UH, NEIGHBORHOODS, HE WILL BE COMING AT A STANDALONE REPORT AND WILL BE COMING AT A LATER DATE AFTER DISCUSSION WITH, UH, THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.

SO IF, IF WE CAN MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS, I'LL BRING IT BACK.

JUST LIKE I'M BRINGING THESE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS AND THAT, AND WE'VE DISCUSSED NEIGHBORHOOD E AMONGST STAFF.

AND, UH, I THINK OUR INTENTION WOULD BE WHETHER A PLAN IS APPROVED OUT OF THEIR TRAFFIC COMMITTEE, UM, OR APPROVED BY THE, UH, AND ASSUMING A PLANS DEVELOPED THAT THE TRAFFIC COMMITTEE SUPPORTS WHETHER THAT PLAN IS VOTED AND SUPPORTED BY THE RESIDENTS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD OR NOT.

WE'LL BRING AN ITEM BACK TO COUNCIL, LETTING COUNCIL KNOW THE RESULTS.

AND SO IF, IF THERE IS SUFFICIENT SUPPORT, THEN IT WOULD BE A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE A PLAN.

IF THERE'S INSUFFICIENT SUPPORT, WE'LL COME BACK TO COUNCIL REQUIRED REQUESTING DIRECTION.

NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE CONCERNED ABOUT CUT-THROUGH TRAFFIC SPEEDING, UH, ALL SORTS OF OTHER, UH, IMPACTS TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, FACILITATE A DISCUSSION AMONGST THOSE NEIGHBORS AND THOSE RESIDENTS, AND GIVE THEM A TOOLBOX OF OPTIONS AND HELP THEM SEE WHAT PLAN THAT THEY LIKE TO TRY TO DEVELOP.

A COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW.

THANK YOU NOW WITH REGARDS TO NEIGHBORHOOD E AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT WE WE'RE LOOKING TO DO, CONTINUE TO WORK FOR THAT CONSENSUS.

IF THERE'S NOT EVER A TWO THIRDS CONSENSUS.

I HERE'S MY CONCERN, AS I'VE LOOKED IN, LOOKING AT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, SOUTHERN PART OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD HAS L PATELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

I HAVE FOUR KIDS AT EL PORTELLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND PART OF THAT DROP-OFF AND PICK-UP SCENARIO.

AND IT'S, IT'S PRETTY, PRETTY BRUTAL THERE.

I GATHER MAYBE I'M WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE IS GENERAL CONSENSUS ON THE TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES THAT COULD BE EMPLOYED ALONG EL PORTEL DRIVE THERE IN THAT SOUTHERN PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I, IF THERE WERE DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT WHAT TO DO, KIND OF IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THAT, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD, I, I HATE TO THINK THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THE TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES WHERE ON THE SOUTHERN PART, WHERE THERE IS CONSENSUS BETWEEN EVERYBODY.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, AND MAYBE WE JUST TRY TO KEEP IT ALL AS ONE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, GOING, YOU KNOW, GIVE IT ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, LAST-DITCH EFFORT HERE, BUT IF NOT, I MEAN, PERHAPS I CAN JUST THROW OUT THIS IDEA THAT MAYBE WE BREAK APART THAT NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE A NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN SECTION WHERE WE COULD AT LEAST DO THE, UH, CALMING MEASURES ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE WHERE AROUND THE SCHOOL WHERE I THINK IT IS PROBABLY DESPERATELY NEEDED AND WANTED BY EVERYBODY.

UM, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR PROCESS WOULD BE IF WE HAVE ONE TO KIND OF SPLIT IT IN HALF, IF THAT CAN, IF THAT IS DOABLE OR POSSIBLE, BUT THAT WOULD BE ONE IDEA I WOULD THROW OUT.

AND ONE PART DOES, IT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE OTHER ONE.

SO I THINK YOU NEED TO HAVE A CONSENSUS.

HAVING BOTH TOGETHER IS MY THOUGHT.

I DON'T KNOW.

SO W W WE IN ALL THE TIME AND MICHAEL FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME AND I, AT THE TIME WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS PROGRAM FOR JUST OVER 10 YEARS NOW.

AND AS MICHAEL INDICATED, OUR LAST FEW NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T REALLY RUN INTO A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS, UM, SPLIT, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE TYPE OF TRAFFIC CALMING, THAT IT WAS INTERESTED IN FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP THAT WE IDENTIFIED.

AND WE'VE HAD TIMES WHERE TRAFFIC COMMITTEES DEVELOPED PLANS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD REJECTED AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO MOVE FORWARD, WHICH IS FINE.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE NOT HAD A TIME WHERE A TRAFFIC COMMITTEE COULDN'T COME UP WITH A PLAN, WHAT WE TRY TO DO BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, A LOT OF IT DO REVOLVE AROUND THE SCHOOL.

UM, WE BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TRAFFIC THAT ARE PICKING UP AND DROPPING OFF.

KIDS HAS AN IMPACT ON THAT ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE'VE TRIED TO KEEP IT, UM, OUR FOCUS ON A CONTIGUOUS PLAN, UH, FOR TRAFFIC CALMING.

UM, I THINK THAT THE BEST NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE TRAFFIC COMMITTEE AND THE, AND THE RESIDENTS TO SEE IF THEY CAN COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT THEY FEEL THAT THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE THING THAT WE'VE ALWAYS TOLD NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH IS THAT IT'S NOT THE CITY'S DESIRE TO IMPOSE TRAFFIC ON ME.

UM, THE COUNCIL MADE IT CLEAR 10 OR 11 YEARS AGO WHEN WE HAD

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AND THEN IF THERE'S SUFFICIENT SUPPORT, WE WILL PAY TO BUILD THOSE DEVICES AND INSTALL THOSE DEVICES.

THAT'S OUR GOAL HERE.

UH, WE'RE REALLY A FOCUSED ON TRYING TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS TO SEE IF THEY CAN GET CONSENSUS BEHIND SOMETHING THAT THERE'S BROAD SUPPORT FOR.

UM, IF IT'S SO TENUOUS COMING OUT OF THE TRAFFIC COMMITTEE, IT'S LIKELY TO HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING BROAD SUPPORT NEIGHBORHOODS, A AND C ARE GOOD EXAMPLES OF BROAD SUPPORT OVER HALF RETURN BALLOTS AND A CLEAR MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT RETURNED BALLOTS WERE SUPPORTIVE OF A PLAN.

THAT'S KIND OF WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING LESS THAN THAT, IT CAN BE PROBLEMATIC GETTING A PLAN APPROVED.

SO THAT WOULD BE OUR NEXT STEP.

I THINK WE DO THAT FIRST COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW, SEE HOW THAT, THAT WORKS AND SEE IF WE CAN ACHIEVE THAT GOAL.

AND IF NOT, WHEN WE COME BACK TO COUNCIL, WE CAN GET DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL AT THAT TIME.

I AGREE WITH YOU, JIM, AND GOOD APPROACH.

ANY MORE QUESTIONS THE COUNCIL MEMBER, MICHELLE.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY MORE QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? NO MATTER MA'AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MICHAEL.

I WILL INVITE THE PUBLIC NOW TO TESTIFY WHEN THEY DO, PLEASE COME UP AND DOES PROVIDE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

I WOULD ASK FOR THOSE IN OPPOSITION OF, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS TO SEE DO, PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM THAT WAS IN FAVOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD C, PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM, FRIDAYS, YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

THEN I WILL ASK FOR, OH, IS IT FOR NEIGHBORHOOD C? MAYBE I COULD SUGGEST MADAM MAYOR TO INFORM THE, INFORM THEM WHAT NEIGHBORHOODS SEE.

SO THAT WOULD BE THE ONE UP BY CYPRUS AND WHITTIER BOULEVARD.

UM, OKAY.

SO THAT WOULD BE A, YES.

THAT WOULD BE OKAY.

WHERE WELDING ON C RIGHT NOW, BUT, WELL, WE'LL BE ASKING A NEXT, UM, AND THAT MAD AMERICAN, WE GO AHEAD AND TAKE HIM SEPARATE AND GO AHEAD.

AND WE ARE TAKING THEM SEPARATELY.

LET ME GO AHEAD AND SEE WHAT IT CLOSES.

THE COMMENTS FOR C.

I'M CLOSING THE COMMENTS NOW.

MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SEE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN AND DIRECT STAFF TO PROCEED WITH THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES AS INDICATED ON NEIGHBORHOOD C TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN.

IS THERE A SECOND? I WILL SECOND IT WITH THE MAYOR CONTEMPLATE VOTE.

UH, THEN WE WILL ASK FOR, UM, IT WAS THREE TO ONE.

THERE WAS AN ABSTENTION.

THIS IS THE ONE I'LL BE ABSTAINING ON.

YES, MY MOTHER-IN-LAW LIVES THERE.

AND NOW WE CAN GO TO ITEM THE NEIGHBORHOOD A, WHICH IS, I BELIEVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD YOU WANTED TO SPEAK UPON.

THAT'D BE GREAT.

THAT'S YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOOD A IF YOU'D LIKE TO COMMENT NOW, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THAT ONE? OH, WELL SHE PUTS CARE OF IT.

WELL THEN NO, YOU WANT TO GIVE THE SECOND MOTION? YEAH, GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC.

WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE'LL ASK FOR COUNCIL ACTION OR DISCUSSION.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE NEIGHBORHOOD, A TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN AND DIRECT STAFF TO PROCEED WITH THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES AS INDICATED ON NEIGHBORHOOD, A TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN, NOT A MERRILL SECOND, WHAT THE CONTEMPLATED VOTE MOTION PASSED.

IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, SPECIFICALLY THE DOWNHILL SPEED ON BOTH EL RANCHO DRIVE AND HACIENDA, AS WELL AS THE NUMEROUS MOTORISTS WHO FAILED TO STOP AT THE STOP SIGN ON THE CORNER OF EL RANCHO DRIVE AND EL DORADO.

AND NOW THAT WE HAVE APPROVED A CNA, IF THERE ARE ANY HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON NEIGHBORHOOD E UH, PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND PROVIDE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS JENNIE VALENCIA AND MY ADDRESS IS 4 4 0 EL RANCHO DRIVE.

AND I AM IN NEIGHBORHOOD E SO GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR SPINOSA AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS JENNIE VALENCIA, AND I'M A RESIDENT ON EL RANCHO DRIVE, WHICH IS PART OF NEIGHBORHOOD EAT.

MANY RESIDENTS.

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ARE HIGHLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC

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IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THE TRAFFIC IS AN ISSUE AND THAT CALMING MEASURES NEED TO GO INTO PLACE.

I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE IS IN AGREEMENT TO.

I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE INITIAL REQUEST TO THE CITY TO PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF TRAFFIC CALMING WAS DONE WITH THE BEST INTEREST OF THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I BELIEVE THOSE THAT BROUGHT IT TO THE CITY'S ATTENTION, WANTING TO MAKE SURE BOTH CHILDREN AND ADULTS WERE KEPT SAFE.

HOWEVER, THIS AWESOME IDEA SOMEHOW HAS TURNED INTO LOOKING OUT FOR INDIVIDUAL INTEREST VERSUS THOSE OF THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD.

IF WE WERE TRULY LOOKING OUT FOR THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEN IT WOULD BE EASY TO COME TO CONSENSUS ON SPEED HUMPS AND FLASHING LIGHTS ON THE STOP SIGNS.

IN FACT, THE TRAFFIC COMMITTEE AGREED TO THIS.

HOWEVER, AFTER THE TRAFFIC COMMITTEE AGREED TO IT, A COMMITTEE MEMBER BROUGHT UP AN IDEA OF A NO RIGHT HAND TURN SIGN TO BE PLACED AT THE CORNER OF EL RANCHO DRIVE AND ELDORADO.

WHEN COMMITTEE MEMBERS SHARED THEIR CONCERN ABOUT HOW THIS WOULD NOT REDUCE TRAFFIC, BUT INSTEAD CAUSE MOTORS TO BE DIVERTED TO ELDORADO AND HACIENDA AND PUT THOSE NEIGHBORS AT RISKS OF MOTORISTS WHO ARE CONFUSED AND TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEEDS, THEY WERE TOLD BY A CERTAIN COMMITTEE MEMBER IT'S TIME TO SHARE THE BURDEN.

THIS MAKES ME SAD BECAUSE THAT TYPE OF STATEMENT DOES NOT REPRESENT THE AWESOME NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I LIVE IN.

I LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE NEIGHBORS WATCH EACH OTHER'S HOUSES.

WHEN THEY'RE OUT OF TOWN, I LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE NEIGHBORS TAKE OUT THEIR ELDERLY NEIGHBORS, TRASH CANS FOR THEM.

I LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE NEIGHBORS HELP EACH OTHER WITH HOME IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE OUR CHILDREN KNOW THEIR NEIGHBORS.

AND WE HAVE OUTDOOR BARBECUES AND GET TOGETHERS.

I DON'T LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE'RE ONLY LOOKING OUT FOR OURSELVES.

I AM A MOM OF THREE.

AND AS A PARENT, I KNOW THE FIRST PRIORITY IS KEEPING OUR CHILDREN SAFE, PLACING A NO RIGHT HAND, TURN SIGN AT THE CORNER OF EL RANCHO DRIVE AROUND DRO DRIVE.

AND OUR ELDORADO CREATES A BLIND SPOT FOR MY NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET AND WILL PUT THEIR CHILDREN'S SAFETY IN JEOPARDY.

A NO RIGHT-HAND TURN SIGN GIVES OUR NEIGHBORS ON EL DORADO AND HACIENDA MORE TRAFFIC.

THEY ALREADY HAVE TRAFFIC COMING UP AND DOWN THEIR STREET.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS SOLUTION MAKES LIFE BETTER FOR EVERYONE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE REAL PROBLEM IS THE DOWNHILL SPEED ON HACIENDA AND EL RANCHO DRIVE, AS WELL AS THE FAILURE TO STOP AT THE STOP SIGN AND A RANCHER DRIVE GOING FORTH WITH SPEED HUMPS AND FLASHING LIGHTS IS A GREAT WAY TO CALM THE TRAFFIC.

I DON'T THINK THAT ADDING A CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR THE ADDITION OF A NO RIGHT-HAND TURN SIGN IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF ALL THE RESIDENTS IN HACIENDA VILLAGE, A PLAN THAT PUTS CHILDREN, NEIGHBORS AT RISK SHOULD IMMEDIATELY BE TAKEN OFF THE TABLE FOR CONSIDERATION.

LASTLY, I BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR THE RESIDENTS ON EL PORTAL AVENUE.

SAFETY IS A HUGE ISSUE, NOT ONLY FOR THE RESIDENTS, BUT FOR THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF EL PORTAL ELEMENTARY.

I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO WORK WITH LO JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT TO CREATE A NEW DROP-OFF AREA SLASH PARKING LOT THAT WILL ALLOW RESIDENTS ACCESS TO THEIR HOME DURING PEAK SCHOOL HOURS AND ALLOW FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLES TO GET TO RESIDENTS ON EL PORTAL.

DURING THOSE TIMES, I DO NOT BELIEVE THE RESIDENTS OR SCHOOL CHILDREN SHOULD HAVE TO WAIT FOR THOSE IN HACIENDA VILLAGE TO COME TO CONSENSUS IN ORDER FOR SAFETY MEASURES TO BE ADDED TO THEIR STREET.

WE NEED TO PUT SAFETY FIRST.

ATTENTION, BUT THE CONCERN IS WHAT IS CURRENTLY BEING PROPOSED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. VALENCIA, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK ON NEIGHBORHOOD E PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM, PROVIDE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS SHANNON BERG AND I LIVE AT SEVEN 20 HACIENDA DRIVE ALSO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD E UH, AREA.

UM, I ALSO HAVE SAT ON THE TRAFFIC CALMING COMMITTEE NOW FOR OVER A YEAR AND A HALF.

UM, I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALLOWING ME AND THE OTHERS HERE THIS EVENING TO SPEAK ON A MATTER THAT IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THE RESIDENTS OF HAAS SANTA DRIVE, ELDORADO DRIVE, AND THE SURROUNDING STREETS.

UM, WE BOUGHT OUR HOME IN 2010, KNOWING WHAT A SPECIAL COMMUNITY HASI AND THE VILLAGE WAS.

IT HAS BEEN A GREAT PLACE TO RAISE OUR TWO CHILDREN, EVEN BEFORE WE HAD PURCHASED OUR HOME.

IT'S TRUE THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS LONG BEEN AWAY FOR CUT-THROUGH TRAFFIC OVER THE YEARS WITH THE USAGE OF APPS, SUCH AS WEIGHS AND OTHERS.

AND ALSO THE BEAUTIFUL ADDITION OF THE NORTH GATE SHOPPING CENTER AND THE IN AND OUT STARBUCKS DESTINATION TRAFFIC HAS GROWN CONSIDERABLY THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

ALMOST WORSE THAN THAT.

OUR STREETS HAVE BECOME A DRAG RACE, STRIP DRIVERS FLYING DOWN THE STREETS.

WE HAVE NO SIDEWALKS AND IT TRULY IS A SAFETY HAZARD FOR ALL.

THAT'S WHAT INSPIRED ME TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE TRAFFIC CALMING COMMITTEE.

I KNOW OUR STREETS NEEDED TO RECEIVE THE MUCH I KNOW OUR STREETS NEEDED MUCH ATTENTION, MUCH NEEDED

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UM, AND SOON TO BE PRESENTED TO THE GREATER NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM FOR ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

IN FACT, THIS PROPOSED PLAN WAS NOT APPROVED BY THE TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY PER THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN.

THE IDEA OF THE PROPOSED NO RIGHT TURN SIGN, ONLY DER DER DIVERTS, AND REDIRECTS THE TRAFFIC OFF EL RANCHO DRIVE AND PUSHES THAT TRAFFIC TO NEW, UH, NEW STREETS AND NEW NEIGHBORS, NAMELY THOSE ON HACIENDA DRIVE AND EL DORADO AVENUE.

ADDITIONALLY, THIS NO RIGHT TURN SIGN HAS CREATED.

DIVISIVENESS HAD, HAS NOT INCREASED THE NEIGHBORHOOD LIVABILITY PER ITS GOAL FOR N N T M P THE RESIDENTS STRONGLY OPPOSED THE OPTION TO INCLUDE A NO RIGHT-HAND TURN SIGN.

AND WE HAVE, UM, A PETITION HERE THAT BASICALLY HAS ALMOST A HUNDRED PERCENT, UM, SIGNATURES FROM HACIENDA DRIVE ELDORADO, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OTHER RESIDENTS ON THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE STRONGLY OPPOSED.

THE ADDITION OF ADDING A NO RIGHT TURN SIGN AS PART OF THEIR TRAFFIC CALMING PLAN.

UM, ALSO I WANT TO SHARE A CONCERN ABOUT THE LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ALBERTO ELEMENTARY.

IT IS ALSO IN NEED OF SAFETY MEASURES WHERE 560 STUDENTS ATTEND THE SCHOOL WAS DESIGNED TO BE A WALK-IN SCHOOL AND A BEST IN SCHOOL, NOT TO BE TRAVERSED BY EACH AND EVERY FAMILY ALPER TALL DRIVE IS A NEED OF CROSSWALKS AND SPEED LUMPS.

AND OUR COMMITTEE ACTUALLY AGREED WITH BROAD SUPPORT OF 89% THAT IT WAS APPROVED TO HAVE THOSE TRAFFIC MEASURES.

THIS SCHOOL STREET NEEDS TO HAVE THE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY MEASURES IMPLEMENTED AS IT SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE REST OF EA TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT.

WE BELIEVE ALCATEL DRIVE AS A SCHOOL STREET.

IN ADDITION TO IT BEING A RESIDENTIAL STREET WOULD HAVE BEST BEEN SERVED ON ITS OWN TRAFFIC PLAN AND NOT LUMPED INTO THE REST OF NEIGHBORHOOD II TRAFFIC PLAN.

THANK YOU FOR HEARING OUR CONCERNS.

AND WE HOPE THE CITY ABIDES BY THE PROCESS SET FORTH BY THE NTMP TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD AREA AND NOT JUST FOR A HANDFUL OF RESIDENTS WHERE IT IS CURRENTLY PROPOSED TO COMM ONLY EL RANCHO DRIVE.

OUR HOPE IS PLAN E IS ABOVE WAIT.

OUR HOPE IS OUR PLAN.

HE IS ABLE TO PROCEED WITH WORK ON EL PORTAL AND SPEED LUMPS ON EL RANCHO AND HACIENDA DRIVE.

BUT THE OPTION TO INCLUDE A NO RIGHT TURN SIGN IS TO BE ADMITTED BEFORE IT IS CONSIDERED BY THE GREATER NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE SURVEY AND BEFORE IT IS APPROVED BY COUNCIL.

UM, IN ADDITION, I JUST WANT TO SAY THE MOST RECENT MAILING THAT WAS RECEIVED BY THE GREATER NEIGHBORHOOD IN REGARDS TO OUR WEDNESDAY MEETING, UNFORTUNATELY, WAS MISLABELED, WHICH INADVERTENTLY COSTS THE CITY MONEY, UM, BY HAVING WRONG MISLEADING INFORMATION.

AND I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT AS TO WHAT ACTUALLY IS GOING TO BE PROPOSED, UM, SINCE THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL DIFFERENT PLANS AND EVEN THE MOST RECENT PLAN AT WEDNESDAY'S MEETING WAS NOT EVEN ACTUALLY ANYTHING THAT ANY OF US HAD RECEIVED BEFORE.

SO I THINK WE NEED SOME ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION.

UM, BUT ANYWAYS, I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HEARING OUR CONCERNS AND HOPEFULLY, UM, YOU, THIS PROCESS CAN BE FAIR AND JUST FOR ALL OF NEIGHBORHOOD E DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO.

THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD AND IS IN THE PLAN.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON NEIGHBORHOODY? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND WE'LL WAIT TILL THE OUTCOME AND THE REPORTS AND THE MEETINGS, THE FUTURE MEETINGS AND REPORT THAT WILL COME DOWN.

CAN I ACTUALLY ASK A QUESTION ABOUT AMERICAN, UM, ON THIS, I DUNNO IF IT WAS PART OF THE, UM, SCOPE OF, OF A TRAFFIC CALMING COMMITTEE, BUT YOU KNOW, THE SUBJECT OF SIDEWALKS CAME UP AND IT WAS OCCURRING TO ME, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW A LOT OF THE HOMES THERE DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS AND, YOU KNOW, I SEE THE KIDS WALKING TO AND FROM SCHOOL AND THEY KIND OF ENDED UP WITHOUT A SIDEWALK JUST TRAIPSING THROUGH PEOPLE'S FRONT YARDS.

UH, I DON'T KNOW, IS THAT PART OF THE SCOPE OF THIS WAS LOOKING AT PUTTING IN SIDEWALKS? I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THE RESIDENTS WOULD WANT THAT OR NOT.

I WOULD THINK IF I HAD A HOME WITHOUT A SIDEWALK AND KIDS ARE JUST WALKING BACK AND FORTH ON MY LAWN, I'D RATHER, I WOULD RATHER HAVE A SIDEWALK THAT I WOULD THINK, BUT I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S PART OF THE SCOPE OF THE TRAFFIC CALMING COMMITTEE, BUT PERHAPS I COULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, UH, OR, OR CONSIDERATION FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND, UM, I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION, I WAS SPEAKING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT OF LOWELL, UH, LAST WEEK.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW THIS, BUT THE DROP OFF AREA IN THE PARKING LOT THERE AT EL PORTEL, THERE IS A PLAN TO EXTEND IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO BEACH BOULEVARD.

SO IT WOULD BE A MUCH LONGER, MUCH BIGGER PARKING LOT AND METS LONG, LONGER DROP-OFF AND PICKUP CURB, AND THAT'S

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SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THAT.

I THINK THAT WOULD REALLY, YOU KNOW, HELP ALLEVIATE THE, THE FLOW AND THE, AND THE BACKUP THAT IT'S ALWAYS HAPPENING THERE ON, ON EL PATEL.

BUT, UM, THOSE ARE MY TWO COMMENTS THERE.

I THINK THAT'S THE BUDGET'S TAKE NOTED BY THE STAFF AND, UH, AND HAVE THOSE DISCUSSED DURING THEIR FUTURE MEETINGS.

SO, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYONE.

AND NOW WE

[ MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR:]

WILL GO TO THE MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR.

WE HAVE A LOCAL COVID VACCINATION EVENT THAT IS OCCURRING AT HOSPITALS, MEDICAL CENTERS, PHARMACY THAN OTHER LOCATIONS AROUND THE COUNTY, INCLUDING HERE IN LA BARBARA.

IN ADDITION, TESTING IS ALSO AVAILABLE TO LEARN THE LOCATION ABOUT COMING BACK SUNATION CLINICS IN LA HARBOR, OR HOW YOU CAN GET TESTED.

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, BILITY, OR LOCATIONS OF VACCINATION EVENTS OUTSIDE OF LA HARBOR, PLEASE VISIT WWW MIKE.MY TURN.CA.GOV.

AND THEN DON'T FORGET TO JOIN US AT THE LAST MOVIE IN THE FREE THAT IS FREE MOVIES IN THE PARK SERIES, WHICH WILL BE THE ANIMATED FILM ONWARD.

THE MOVIE WILL BE SHOWN AT OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE CHURCH ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER THE 22ND.

THE MOVIE BEGINS AT DEATH.

SO REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR CHAIRS OR BLANKETS FOR SEATING AND LIGHT JACKET SHOULD BE, SHOULD BE A ISH AND A LIGHT JACKET, BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE COOL THAT EVENING.

AND FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMUNITY SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0.

THEN MEET THE WOMEN AND THE MEN OF THE LA HARBOR POLICE DEPARTMENT DURING THEIR ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE.

ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER THE 23RD OPEN HOUSE HOURS ARE FROM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM AND THE OFFICERS WILL BE THERE TO DISPLAY EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES TO THE PUBLIC LEAD DEMOS, OR JUST TO STOP BY AND SAY HELLO FOR THAT INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 3 0 0 AND THEN TO HONOR LAW HARBORED MILITARY VETS DURING OUR ANNUAL VETERANS DAY PROGRAM, WHICH WILL OCCUR AT THE LA HARBOR COMMUNITY CENTER ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER THE 11TH, THE PROGRAM BEGINS AT 11:00 AM.

IF YOU'RE A VETERAN, PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDAR AND JOIN US SO THAT WE CAN SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMUNITY SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS? JUST TWO QUICK ITEMS THAT A MAYOR I LIKE TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF TWO UP PEOPLE TONIGHT.

THERE'S A CORRECTION THAT THAT'LL BE HELD AT PORTOLA PARK TOTAL PARK.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT CORRECTION AND BRINGING IT TO US AND THE LAST BUT NOT LEAST THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY SEASON IS A TIME TO GIVE THANKS.

BE WITH FAMILY AND LOVED ONES AND ENJOY DELICIOUS FOOD.

WHAT BETTER WAY TO MARK THE HOLIDAY THAT BY JOINING US AT THE LA HARBOR TAMALE FESTIVAL, WHICH WILL OCCUR ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER THE FOURTH, THE TAMALE FESTIVAL WILL TAKE PLACE ALONG EUCLID STREET BETWEEN THE HARBOR BOULEVARD AND BRIGHT AND BECKER AVENUE.

ENJOY THE QUALITY ENTERTAINMENT, GETTING SOME HOLIDAY SHOPPING, AND OF COURSE EAT SOME DELICIOUS TAMALES FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0.

ARE THERE ANY, UH, COMMENTS FROM, UH, FROM STAFF, NO MATTER MAYOR,

[ COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS:]

I LIKE TO ADJOURN THE MEMORY OF MELISSA REESE.

UH, THIS IS A FATHER OF OUR FORMER LIEUTENANT, UH, MEL, RIGHT REESE.

UM, HE, UM, HAD TWO KIDS, OF COURSE, MEL, WHO WORKED FOR A POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND HIS DAUGHTER, MARY HE'S 50 YEAR RESIDENT OF LAHABRA RAN MEL'S BOATS AND, UH, GOT TO ATTEND THE MEMORIAL SERVICE AS WELL AS OUR CHIEF GOT TO ATTEND THAT.

AND I LIKE TO JOURNAL IN MEMORY OF MELISSA REESE, ALSO LIKE TO ADJOURN THE MEMORY OF JOHNNY LEE LOZANO.

UM, FOR MANY YEARS, YOU MAY REMEMBER HIM.

HE WAS A MAIL CARRIER HERE IN LA HABRA AND HAD A VERY, UH, HIGH PROFILE AREA THAT HE DELIVERED TO ALL DOWN WELL HARBOR BOULEVARD FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

UM, AS A SIDE JOB, HE USED TO DO BRICK WORK AND WAS VERY, VERY WELL KNOWN AND RESPECTED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND HE RECENTLY PASSED AWAY, UH, OF COURSE, UH, EARLIER, UH, BECAUSE OF COVID HIS WIFE COCO HAD PASSED AWAY.

SO, UH, DURING THE MEMORY OF MEL MELISSA REASON, JOHNNY LOZANO, PLEASE.

YOU'RE VERY MUCH COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ, UM, COUNCIL, MY MICHELLE.

UH, WITH EVERYTHING GOING ONLINE BECAUSE OF COVID.

SO I HAVE A FEW ITEMS TO REPORT OUT ON THIS EVENING.

I'VE HAD A LITTLE SIDE HUSTLE FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS,

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I WAS ABLE TO DO EVERYTHING ONLINE.

I WAS TAKING, UM, SOME COURSES THROUGH THE HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT.

SO I F I STARTED OFF WITH A CLASS ON THE STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF REGULATORY AND ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THEN WENT TO, UM, I SPENT A WEEK, MAY 3RD THROUGH SEVENTH.

I TOOK OFF WORK, SO I COULD DO THIS.

FULL-TIME TAKE A CLASS IN LEADERSHIP IN CRISIS.

SO THE WHOLE, UH, MODEL OF LEARNING THERE OF COURSE IS A CASE STUDY.

SO WE LOOKED AT THE CASE STUDY OF THE SAN DIEGO WILDFIRES, THE FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR REACTOR DISASTER, SEPTEMBER 11TH, THE OIL SPILL IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, AND MANY OTHER THINGS, AND SORT OF HOW THE GOVERNMENT RESPONDED AND WORKED ON THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE KEYS, UM, TAKEAWAY IS, YOU KNOW, HOW THE GOVERNMENT IS COMMUNICATING WITH THEIR RESIDENTS DURING A DISASTER LIKE THAT.

AND, UM, NO SURPRISE, UH, PREPARATION BEING KEY.

THE MORE PREPARED YOU ARE, UH, OBVIOUSLY THE BETTER OFF YOU ARE IN THOSE SITUATIONS.

THEN I, UH, MY, MY THIRD AND FINAL CLASS, IT WAS A, A TWO-WEEK CLASS, ACTUALLY, JUNE 21ST THROUGH JULY 2ND WAS CALLED SENIOR EXECUTIVES AND STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEADING RESILIENT COMMUNITIES.

SO WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, THE ART AND SKILL OF NEGOTIATIONS, UH, PUBLIC FINANCE, AND IN GENERAL, WHAT MAKES COMMUNITIES RESILIENT AND COMING UP WITH WHAT THE PROFESSOR WAS CALLING A POLICY WHEEL FOR HOW TO SOLVE DIFFICULT CHALLENGES, UH, CONFRONTING PUBLIC AGENCIES.

SO, UM, ACTUALLY WITH THOSE THREE COURSES, I SORTA GRADUATED.

THEY GIVE YOU A CERTIFICATE.

I GOT AN EXECUTIVE CERTIFICATE IN PUBLIC LEADERSHIP, UH, FROM THE HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT.

SO THAT WAS, UH, ONE THING I WANTED TO REPORT ON.

UM, I SHARED MY SLIDES WITH, UH, UH, THE CITY MANAGER.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, W OUR STAFF CAN HOPEFULLY A BENEFIT A LITTLE BIT THERE AS WELL.

UM, I ALSO ATTENDED THE, UM, LET'S SEE THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AWARDS AND INSTALLATION LUNCHEON, AUGUST 25TH, OVER AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

AND ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, I ATTENDED THE BOY IN A PARK STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS REPRESENTING LAHABRA AT THAT EVENT DOWN AT KNOTT'S BERRY FARM HOTEL.

UM, I DIDN'T WANT TO PAUSE THE MEETING.

WE HAD A VERY FUN ITEM ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

UM, I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE IT OFF OR ANYTHING, BUT, UH, I'LL MENTION IT HERE.

WE HAVE A PROJECT GOING TO SYNCHRONIZE ALL THE STREETLIGHTS ON EUCLID AVENUE.

SO FROM MAHAMUDRA OR ALL THE WAY DOWN, WAY DOWN SOUTH INTO ORANGE COUNTY, ALL OF THE CITIES THAT GO THROUGH, UM, WELL, THE, THE LIGHTS WILL BE SYNCHRONIZED.

SO AS YOU, UH, WHEN THAT'S DONE, OF COURSE, WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN EUCLID, THE TIMING WILL WORK OUT BETTER AND YOU WON'T, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF GREEN LIGHTS AND NOT AS MANY RED LIGHTS.

SO THAT'S A GREAT PROJECT.

WE, I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT WAS ITEM SEVEN ON OUR CONSENT CALENDAR, AND, UH, LAST BUT NOT LEAST FOR ME, UM, THERE'S BEEN AN ISSUE KIND OF GOING ON IN ORANGE COUNTY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, THE IDEA OF BRINGING A VETERAN'S CEMETERY TO ORANGE COUNTY.

WE DON'T HAVE A DEDICATED VETERAN CEMETERY IN ORANGE COUNTY.

THERE WAS A SITE, UH, CONTEMPLATED IN IRVINE.

IT WAS VERY CONTENTIOUS AND THERE WAS PEOPLE NOT WANTING THIS.

SO, UM, I'M HEARING ABOUT A NEW SITE THAT'S WOULD BE OUT IN THE ANAHEIM HILLS AREA THAT SEEMS TO HAVE A BROAD SUPPORT, AND I DON'T KNOW OF OPPOSITION TO IT.

SO, BUT THEY ARE GATHERING, UM, RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT FROM CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO I WAS, I WAS WHAT ASKED MY COLLEAGUES IF WE COULD AGENDIZE FOR A FUTURE MEETING, A DISCUSSION AND A POSSIBLE RESOLUTION AND SUPPORTIVE THIS VETERAN CEMETERY IN ANAHEIM HILLS.

DO YOU NEED A SECOND? ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'LL SECOND THAT, THANK YOU.

HERE.

I INADVERTENTLY FORGOT TO REPORT OUT ON THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LUNCHEON AS WELL.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SIMONIAN.