Jun 06, 2022 City Council

AND I'D LIKE TO, UH, INTRODUCE OUR, UH, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS PUBLIC AFFAIRS MANAGER FOR ORANGE COUNTY CLARISSA SERVICE.

WELCOME, GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

I APPRECIATE THE TIME THIS EVENING TO FORMALLY INTRODUCE MYSELF AGAIN.

MY NAME IS CLARISSA SURFACE.

I AM THE NEW PUBLIC AFFAIRS MANAGER FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY, AND I WILL BE SERVING THE CITY OF LA HABRA AND OTHER CITIES IN NORTH ORANGE COUNTY, WHICH INCLUDE BRIA BUENO PARK, CYPRUS FULLERTON, IRVINE, ORANGE PLACENTIA, TESTON VILLA PARK.

AND YOUR BELINDA JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT MYSELF.

MAJORITY OF MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS, SPECIFICALLY IN THE UTILITY AND ENERGY INDUSTRY.

I RECEIVED MY BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN COMMUNICATIONS FROM CAL POLY POMONA.

AND ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I LIVE IN NEIGHBORING WHITTIER WITH MY HUSBAND AND THREE YOUNG DAUGHTERS.

AND YOU MAY SEE US BIKING OR WALKING THE LOCAL GREENWAY TRAIL.

NOW JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY.

WE ARE THE NATION'S LARGEST NATURAL GAS PROVIDER.

WE SERVICE MORE THAN 21 MILLION CUSTOMERS AND MORE THAN 500 COMMUNITIES.

AND OUR MISSION IS TO BUILD THE CLEANEST, SAFEST AND MOST INNOVATIVE ENERGY COMPANY IN AMERICA.

BUT THAT MISSION STARTS WITH THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE.

SO AS YOUR NEW REPRESENTATIVE, I AM COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH EACH OF YOU AND YOUR CITY STAFF AS ISSUES ARRIVE IN THE CITY OF LA OPERA.

AND HERE AT THE GAS COMPANY, WE BELIEVE THAT EVERY CALIFORNIAN DESERVES CLEAN, AFFORDABLE, AND RESILIENT ENERGY, AND WE ARE DEDICATED TO LEADING THE WAY TO FULFILL THAT GOAL THROUGH INNOVATION AND COLLABORATION.

SO AGAIN, MY GOAL HERE TODAY IS TO MAINTAIN A STRONG RELATIONSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF LA HABRA AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO BUILD THAT CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE.

SO JUST TO CLOSE, I DID LEAVE YOU WITH, UM, A SMALL THANK YOU ON YOUR DESK THERE.

AND, UH, IT ALSO INCLUDES SOME VALUABLE READING INFORMATION ABOUT SOME OF OUR LATEST RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS THAT WE DO CURRENTLY HAVE GOING ON.

SO AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EACH OF YOU.

AND IT'S PLEASURE MEETING YOU.

AND YOU SAY THREE DAUGHTERS.

YES, SIR.

I'M RIGHT THERE WITH YOU.

THREE DAUGHTERS.

OH, WONDERFUL.

WELL, I MAY NEED TO CALL YOU FOR ADVICE SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE.

MAYBE MY WIFE SHE'D BE THE BETTER ONE.

SHE'S SHE'S THE BRAINS OF THE OUTFIT.

YEAH, WILL DO.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU, COUNSEL.

[ 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.]

ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE RECEIVED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GOVERNMENT BODY MEETING LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH THE 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 ARE LOANED TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE.

SPEAKING TIME, IT MUST KEEP MUST BE KEPT BRIEF NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.

THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMON PORTION OF THE MEETING ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM OF CITY BUSINESS, NOT APPEARING ON THE SCHEDULE AGENDA OR GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 49, 5 4 0.38.

SUCH COMMON SHALL NOT BE RESPONDED TO BY THE GOVERNING BODY.

DURING THE MEETING, WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE MOVE

[ 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. ]

ALL MATTERS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION.

UNLESS THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, 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 MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH THE TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER ITEM, THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR.

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SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND ARE LOANED TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSE OF EXTENDED.

EXCUSE ME, EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.

THE CONSENT CALENDAR INCLUDES CITY COUNCIL ITEMS ONE THROUGH 12.

YOU HAVE ANY CALL FOR REMOVAL OF ITEMS BY STAFF.

NO.

MR. MAYOR COUNCIL, NONE.

ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE? ALL RIGHT.

SEEING NONE.

CAN I? AND I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH 12, MR. MAYO.

SECOND.

THAT VERY WELL.

CAN WE HAVE A VOTE PLEASE? MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

AND FILE THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 20 22, 20 23 BUDGET PRESENTATION.

MOVING ON.

NO PUBLIC HEARINGS AT THIS TIME, CONSIDERATION ITEMS, ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE MAY REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE HOPPER CITY COUNCIL ON ANY CONSIDERATION ITEM PRIOR TO THE HARBOR CITY COUNCIL, TAKING A FINAL VOTE ON THE ITEM.

PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH THE TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER CONSIDERATION ITEM LIST, OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE MIRROR CHAIR.

SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND ARE LOANED TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING THE AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME.

AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.

FIRST, THE ONLY ITEM UP IS TO RECEIVE

[1. RECEIVE AND FILE THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023 BUDGET PRESENTATION That the City Council receive and file the Proposed Fiscal Year 2022-2023 (FY22-23) Budget Presentation and direct staff regarding any revisions.]

WE CAN HAVE A REPORT PLEASE.

YES.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT.

IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BRING TO YOU THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 20 22, 23 MUNICIPAL BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF LAHABRA THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND THE MANAGEMENT STAFF FROM ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS HAS PREPARED THE FISCAL YEAR, 2223 PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, FOR CITY COUNCIL.

WE VIEW SINCE MARCH, 2020, THE CITY HAS STRUGGLED WITH FISCAL AND OPERATIONAL UNCERTAINTY CAUSED BY THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.

WELL THAT FISCAL INTERNSHIP WELL THAT FISCAL UNCERTAINTY, ALONG WITH THE LINGERING EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC AND OTHER FACTORS SUCH AS RISING INFLATION INTEREST RATES, THE CONFLICT IN EUROPE HAS MADE BUDGETARY PLANNING MORE CHALLENGING.

THE LOCAL AND ECON AND REGIONAL ECONOMY REMAINS STRONG.

THE CITY'S CORE REVENUE SOURCES, PROPERTY TAXES AND SALES TAXES CONTINUE TO GROW THE OVERALL 2223 MUNICIPAL BUDGET TOTALS 166,000,002 OH $4,768 OF WHICH THE GENERAL FUND COMPRISES 54,644,895.

SO TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION WILL INCLUDE A COMPARISON OF THE FYI 21, 22 AMENDED BUDGET.

THAT'S OUR CURRENT YEAR TO THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR, 20 22, 23 BUDGET.

IT ALSO INCLUDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSED BUDGETS BY DEPARTMENTS AND A SUMMARY OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND GOALS FROM EACH DEPARTMENT DURING FISCAL YEAR 21, 22, ALONG WITH THE PREVIEW OF THE PROPOSED DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS, I'M GOING TO PRESENT THIS PRESENTATION PRIMARILY THROUGH A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, AND THEN EACH DIRECTOR WILL COME UP AND GO OVER THEIR DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET FOR YOU.

SO AS I SAID, OUR FIRST SLIDE SHOWS THAT OUR OVERALL BUDGET IS $166 MILLION.

THAT'S ALL FUNDS OF THE CITY, ALL GENERAL SPECIAL REVENUE, UTILITY AUTHORITY, EVERY FUND.

AND THEN THERE'S OUR GENERAL FUND AT $54.6 MILLION.

UH, IT'S BEEN A WHILE, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE, IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS, BUT WE REALLY ARE ABLE TO BALANCE THE BUDGET.

WE'RE BACK TO WHAT WE CONSIDER A NORMAL BUDGET PRE COVID.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO BRING BACK SOME PROS AND POSITIONS WHERE YOU STORE OPERATIONS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY CUT OR DELAYED DURING THE COVID OUTBREAK.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO REVERSE MOST OF THOSE FISCAL YEAR COVID SUSPENSIONS AND FURLOUGHS AND BUDGETS, AND BRING BACK SOME STAFFING.

WE'RE ABLE TO RESTORE FUNDING FROM A DEFERRED FLEET REPLACEMENT CHARGES, WHERE WE'RE EVEN ABLE TO PUT ASIDE FUNDING FOR OUR PENSION UNFUNDED LIABILITY RESERVES.

AND WE HAVE A MODEST UNENCUMBERED FUND BALANCE OF ABOUT $475,000 THAT HOPEFULLY WILL GO TOWARD CAPITAL PROJECTS OR ANY OTHER FUND RESERVES THAT YOU CHOOSE.

AND PREVIOUS NEGOTIATED LABOR AND EMPLOYEE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN REACHED.

SO NEXT SLIDE IS OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET OVERVIEW.

UM, OVER $2 MILLION WERE SPENT IN HIS BUDGET TO WE STORE COSTS TO THE CITY OPERATIONS THAT WERE FROZEN FROM LAST YEAR DUE TO THE COVID PANDEMIC

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SO I'LL PICK OUT A FEW OF THE KEY THINGS WE BROUGHT BACK AND WE SPENT ABOUT 925,000 OR WE'RE PROPOSING $925,000 ARE ALLOCATED TOWARD PREVIOUSLY NEGOTIATED CONTRACTS AND BENEFITS, STATE MANDATED MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES AND MERIT BASED SALARY INCREASES.

NEXT HIGHEST WOULD BE 623,000.

WE BROUGHT BACK PROPOSED, UH, WELL, WE'RE BRINGING FORTH SEVERAL PROPOSED FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME NEW POSITIONS SUCH AS A PERMIT CLERK FROM IT, SERVICES CLERK, UH, SECOND COMMUNITY OUTREACH LIAISON TO NEW MANAGEMENT ANALYSTS, POSITIONS AND ASSOCIATES, CIVIL ENGINEER FOR OUR TIME CODE ENFORCEMENT.

AND WE CAN, AND EVENINGS EXTRA HOURS FOR THE PART-TIME CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

UH, WE WERE, YEAH, I MENTIONED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO RESTORE THE FLEET REPLACEMENT, INTERNAL SERVICE CHARGES TO THE FUNDS, THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS WITHIN A GENERAL FUND RATHER.

AND FINALLY, WE SET ASIDE SOME MONEY FOR THE NOVEMBER 22ND MUNICIPAL ELECTION.

NEXT SLIDE.

SO HERE'S, THIS SLIDE SHOWS THAT BASICALLY OUR REVENUES HAVE INCREASED OVER THE PRIOR YEAR'S BUDGET BY $4 MILLION.

OUR EXPENSES CAME IN OVER $3.6 MILLION.

SO SINCE THE REVENUES WERE HIGHER THAN EXPENSES, WE HAVE ABOUT $473,000 AVAILABLE UNENCUMBERED FUNDS FOR COUNCIL, UH, DISCRETION AND DIRECTION.

NEXT SLIDE.

IT THERE'S NO BIG PEAKS AND VALLEYS.

UH, THIS GENERAL FUND BY ESTIMATED AS SOON AS LIKE WE'RE OUT OF ORDER.

SO THE SHELVES ARE OUR REVENUE BY SOURCES.

PROPERTY TAX IS OUR NUMBER ONE REVENUE AT 39%.

WHEN YOU COMBINE SALES TAX AT 26 AND 13 FOR OUR TRANSACTION TAX, THAT'S ANOTHER 39%.

SO THAT'S 78% OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET FROM THOSE TWO REVENUE SOURCES AND, UH, LEAVES 28% AND 22% FOR THE REMAINING GENERAL FUND.

OTHER SOURCES, MUNICIPAL FINES, FORFEITURES, UH, BUILDING RENTALS, EVERYTHING ELSE.

OKAY, THERE IT IS.

THIS SLIDE IS SHOWING THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE HISTORY OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS.

SO YOU CAN SEE PROPERTY TAXES HAVE BEEN STEADILY CLIMBING WE'RE AT AN ALL TIME HIGH RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS I'M SURE YOU'RE WELL AWARE OF, UM, OUR SALES AND TRANSACTION TAX CONTINUED TO GO UP.

THERE WAS NO MAJOR DIPS, EVEN DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.

WE WERE FORTUNATE.

SO WE HAD A STRONG SHOWING THERE AND OUR OTHER TAXES MAKE UP THE REMAINDER.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE PROPOSED FISCAL 2223 BUDGET BY DEPARTMENT.

UM, POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS THE LARGEST BUDGET AT 24 MILLION FIRE COMES RIGHT BEHIND IT.

13 MILLION PUBLIC WORKS GENERAL FUND PORTION OF PUBLIC WORKS IS 5.9 MILLION ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT 4.4 MILLION ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT IS MADE UP OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, LEGAL SERVICES, FINANCE, AND IT AND HUMAN RESOURCES.

SO THAT ALL COMBINES INTO ONE ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT.

WE'RE ALL SUPPORT DIVISIONS, COMMUNITY SERVICES, 4.3 MILLION IN TOTAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, 2.8 MILLION FOR A GENERAL FUND BUDGET OF 50 POINT $54.6 MILLION.

UH, THIS SHOWS THE SAME INFORMATION AND A PIE CHART THAT THE POLICE SAME 24 MILLION IT'S 44% OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

FIRE IS 24.

SO WHEN YOU COMBINE THOSE TWO, THAT 68% OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET GOES TOWARDS PUBLIC SAFETY.

UH, THE REMAINING BALANCE, UH, 32% IS ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS COMBINED PUBLIC WORKS, ADMINISTRATION, COMMUNITY SERVICES, ET CETERA, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

AND THIS SLIDE JUST SHOWS YOU EXPENDITURES BY TYPE WHERE WE SPEND OUR MONEY.

UM, 55% OF WHAT WE DO IS IN SALARIES.

UM, FIRE CONTRACT IS 24% AND WE HAVE OPERATIONS AND, UH, WELL THAT'S REALLY, UH, THE O AND O AND M AND THE OTHER MATERIALS AND CAPITA WE'RE AT 21%, JUST ANOTHER ILLUSTRATION OF THE SAME INFORMATION.

I JUST SAID, PUBLIC SAFETY, 68% OF THE GENTLEMAN BUDGET AND 32% FOR ALL OTHERS GENERAL FUND BUDGET ALLOCATION OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, YOU CAN SEE IS PRETTY STEADY.

UM, PLEASE NUMBER ONE, BUT

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IT LOOKS PRETTY CONSISTENT ON EACH ONE ON FIRES DOWN BELOW IN RED.

UH, THAT'S THE CONTRACT AND ALL OTHERS ARE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.

I THINK WHAT'S NOTABLE ABOUT THIS CHART IS THAT OVER THE YEARS, IF YOU NOTICE THAT, UM, WITH THE CITY PRIORITIZING PUBLIC SAFETY, OBVIOUSLY IS OUR NUMBER ONE SPENDING CONCERN.

IT'S ERODED SOME OF WHAT WE HAVE FUNDING FOR OTHER OPERATIONS, WHETHER IT'S COMMUNITY SERVICES, UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UM, PUBLIC WORKS AND WHAT THIS BUDGET DOES.

IT STARTS TO CONTINUE THE REBUILDING PROCESS OF GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE FUNDING PUT INTO THOSE DEPARTMENTS.

UH, ESPECIALLY AS WE COME OUT OF COVID, WE'RE STILL BELOW OUR PEAK YEARS OF ABOUT 35% OF THE BUDGET GOING TOWARDS THOSE DEPARTMENTS.

WE'RE GETTING UP TO ABOUT 32%, BUT, UM, IT'S, IT'S, UH, CHIPPING AWAY A LITTLE BIT AT SOME OF THE CUTS WE'VE MADE IN THE PAST.

THAT WE'RE DOING THINGS SAFELY AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE OPERATING WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL CODE.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER.

WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, KELLY FUJIO IS GOING TO COME UP AND GO OVER HER DEPARTMENT BUDGET EXCUSE ME.

GOOD EVENING.

UM, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT TO YOU THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BUDGET FOR 2020 2 23 REQUESTS.

SO AS YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES LIKE THAT PICTURE, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT CONSISTS OF SEVEN DIVISIONS, ADMINISTRATION, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, CHILDREN'S MUSEUM EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING FACILITY, MAINTENANCE, RECREATION, AND SPECIAL EVENTS.

OH, UM, FORGOT TO DO THAT.

UM, SENIORS IN SOCIAL SERVICES.

SO I FORGOT I WAS DOING THIS ROB.

THOSE ARE OUR SEVEN DIVISIONS.

SO WE HAD AN ACTIVE AND PRODUCTIVE YEAR UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE STEWARDSHIP FROM THE CITY MANAGER, WE REMOVED GRAFFITI, WE EXECUTED LEASE AGREEMENTS.

WE SERVED OVER 300 CHILDREN AND BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE AND ANOTHER 200 IN PRESCHOOL SERVICES, WE CREATED AN INSTALLED A NEW SEMI-PERMANENT GALLERY, THE CENTENNIAL FARM AT OUR CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.

I I'M GOING FAST.

I KNOW YOU GUYS COULD READ THIS, BUT, UH, SO THAT'S OUR CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.

UM, WE ALSO PROVIDED OVER 600 OR OVER 400 YOUTH IN, UM, ENROLLMENT OR GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL FROM ENROLLMENT INTO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION AND OR MILITARY SERVICES, OR WE PROVIDED THEM EMPLOYMENT IN OUR EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING DIVISION.

WE ALSO PROVIDED FACILITY MAINTENANCE, ALARMS, CUSTODIAL SERVICES FOR ALL OF OUR CITY OCCUPIED BUILDINGS FOR THE FUN STUFF.

WE HAD A FULL YEAR OF SPECIAL EVENTS FOR THE FIRST TIME, SINCE COVID WE HAD OUR 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION, WE HAD OUR EXTRAVAGANZA, WE HAD OUR TAMALE FESTIVAL WITH AN EXPANDED TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY.

WE HAD A LOT IN RECREATION.

WE ALSO BROUGHT BACK OUR SENIOR CITIZENS MEALS PROGRAM, INCLUDING OUR OH CTA SPONSORED SHUTTLE PROGRAM.

WE CONTINUED OUR VACCINATION EFFORTS AS WELL AS OUR TESTING EFFORTS AND OUR RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVES AND OUR NEWEST EFFORT.

WE LAUNCHED A CITY-WIDE HOMELESS OUTREACH AND REFERRAL PROGRAM.

WE HAD A PRETTY BUSY YEAR.

SO WE TRY TO DO THAT WITH MOSTLY OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY.

AS THIS CHART WILL SHOW YOU OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS JUST OVER $4.2 MILLION WHILE OUR GRANT AND ALTERNATIVE FUNDS IS OVER 14 AND THAT'S GROWING AS WE RECEIVE OUR FUNDING FROM THE CDE.

AND CDSS, AS YOU WERE AWARE, UM, AS, UH, AS EACH OF YOU WERE MOSTLY AT ALL OR MANY OF OUR EVENTS AND YOU SUPPORTED OUR SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE THINK IT REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE.

OUR RESIDENTS ARE VERY FORTUNATE THAT YOU GIVE US WHAT WE CAN TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS.

AND WHILE I THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS IN THAT, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME ON BEHALF OF OUR DEPARTMENT TO THANK THE REST OF THE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY, WHILE WE MIGHT BE THE FACE OF A SPECIAL EVENT OR A SERVICE, IT REALLY TAKES ALL OF US TO MAKE THESE THINGS HAPPEN.

SO PUBLIC WORKS IS THERE TO HELP PROVIDE CLEAN AND SAFE PARKS FOR US.

THEY ALSO PROVIDE OUR FLEET SERVICES WITH OUR TRUCKS AND OUR, OUR VEHICLES.

THEY PROVIDE ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT.

HR IS THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST CANDIDATES TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE RIGHT LEVELS OF INSURANCE.

UM, PD IS THERE AT EVERY ONE OF OUR EVENTS, NOT JUST TO KEEP US SAFE, BUT THEY'RE THERE TO SHOW THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY CARE ABOUT US AND THE COMMUNITY.

UM, FINANCES, THEIR GOODNESS, TO KEEP OUR BILLS PAID AND TO KEEP OUR EMPLOYEES PAID.

UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS THERE TO MAKE SURE

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OF COURSE, OUR ADMIN OFFICES ARE ALSO THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO EVERYTHING LEGALLY AND EFFECTIVELY.

SO WE THANK EVERYBODY FOR THE HARD WORK.

I MIGHT'VE SAID THAT, UH, ALL THESE THINGS TO ALL THESE DEPARTMENTS, BECAUSE WE HAVE A PRETTY LOFTY SET OF GOALS FOR THIS COMING YEAR.

WE'LL NEED EVERYBODY'S HELP TO MAKE THIS SUCCESSFUL.

IN THIS BUDGET.

YOU WILL FIND REQUEST FOR TWO NEW POSITIONS, ONE, UM, IT'LL REPLAY, IT'S AN ADMIN ANALYST TWO THAT WILL REPLACE A LONG TIME, A FROZEN AND ELIMINATED POSITION.

THAT'LL GET US A LITTLE BIT ON TOP OF SOME OF OUR, UM, GRANTS AND OUR ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT, THAT WE CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FUNDING IS SECURE.

WE'RE ALSO REQUESTING A SECOND PERSON FOR OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM.

MOST OF YOU HAVE ALREADY MET PAUL MAHONEY.

HE'S HERE TONIGHT.

UM, OUR FIRST LIAISON.

SO OUR PROGRAM IS OFF TO A GREAT START, BUT WE BELIEVE A SECOND BODY WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT.

UM, IT MIGHT FREE UP A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CIT TEAM, UM, SO THEY CAN FOCUS ON THINGS THAT OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.

SO WITH THAT, HERE'S SOME OF OUR GOALS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.

EVERYBODY'S HEARD OF YOU PK UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL.

SO YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE PRESCHOOLS, WE'LL BE WORKING ON OUR PRESCHOOL.

WE'LL BE NAVIGATING THE NEW RULES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICE TO PROVIDE THE BEST PRESCHOOL SERVICES AROUND.

AND THAT MEANS HAVING EVERY TEACHER AND EVERY CLASSROOM FOCUS ON OUR STUDENTS AND OUR EDI SCORES, UH, WE WILL EXPECT THE SAME FROM OUR SCHOOL AGED TEACHERS.

ALSO, WE'RE WORKING ON UPDATING OUR CHILDREN'S MUSEUM AND THE OFFERINGS WE PROVIDE THERE.

WE'RE WORKING HARD TO FIND ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF FUNDING TO SUPPORT THAT PROB PROGRAM TOO.

WE'LL BE IN OUR THIRD YEAR OF OUR WEOA THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT FUNDING, AND WE'LL WORK HARD TO TRY TO GET 600 NEW STUDENTS WHILE CONTINUING TO SERVE THE S THE 400 THAT WE HAVE LAST THIS YEAR.

UM, WE'RE WORKING ON A BUNCH OF RECREATION AND SPECIAL EVENTS, INCLUDING DESIGNING, UM, THANKS, RAMA AND ARTS AND CULTURAL DISK, UH, DISTRICT, UM, THAT WE, UM, AROUND HERE AT CITY HALL WITH THE BUILDINGS THAT WE HAVE, INCLUDING OUR, OUR MUSEUM, WE'LL ALSO BE IMPLEMENTING OUR BUS BENCH ART CONTEST WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WHERE WE STARTED THAT PRE COVID, BUT WE'LL BE WORKING WITH OUR ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOLS TO CREATE BEAUTIFUL ART AROUND OUR BUS BENCHES.

WE'LL BE WORKING WITH ELIAS AND PUBLIC WORKS ON UPDATING THE TWO NEW BUILDINGS THAT YOU BOUGHT HERE ACROSS FROM CITY HALL.

PROBABLY THE TWO MOST EXCITING PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.

ONE IS WE'RE WORKING WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM OF OUR NEW HOMELESS OUTREACH.

WELL, ACTUALLY, UM, OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

SO THAT WAY WE, WE'RE NOT JUST HELPING THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, BUT WE ARE HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY HELPING THE BUSINESSES TOO, THAT ARE FEELING THE EFFECTS OF HOMELESSNESS, BUT ALSO THE SENIOR CITIZENS THAT ARE AT RISK OF HOMELESS, THE LONELY, THOSE WHO MAY NEED OUR SERVICES FROM TIME TO TIME.

AND WE'RE WORKING WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO DO THAT THROUGH ONE OF OUR CDBG BLOCK GRANT FUNDS, THE SECOND AND EQUALLY EXCITING PROJECT WE WILL LAUNCH THIS CALENDAR YEAR WILL BE OUR HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE.

UM, WHILE OUR ANNIVERSARY IS NOT UNTIL JANUARY OF 20, 25, WE KNOW IT'LL COME UP QUICK.

SO WE WOULD LIKE TO START THAT THIS CALENDAR YEAR, I KNOW EACH OF YOU WILL WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT.

SO I THINK IT WILL BE EXCITING FOR ALL OF US TO WORK TOWARDS THAT CELEBRATION.

SO THAT WENT PRETTY FAST, BUT I'LL BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF SHE SHOULD HAVE ANY.

YEP.

OUT THIS COMING WEDNESDAY, WE JUST SET IT TODAY.

UM, WHAT I JUST FOUND OUT, IT WAS WHAT YOU TOLD ME THIS THIS WEEKEND, I GUESS KATIE'S NOW OVERSEEING THE, THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.

KATIE IS, IS, IS HER FUNDING NOW BEING PROVIDED BY THE FRIENDS OF THE MUSEUM? OR IS IT STILL UNDER GENERAL FUND RIGHT NOW? SHE'S UNDER GENERAL FUND.

AND THE REASON WE DID THAT WAS BECAUSE, UM, THE MUSEUM IS AN ENTERPRISE FUND, RIGHT? SO THEY CAN ONLY SPEND THE MONEY THAT THEY BRING IN.

AND BECAUSE OF COVID, WE HAD A NUMBER OF YEARS WHERE WE DIDN'T BRING IN ENOUGH REVENUE TO HAVE A FULL-TIME MANAGER THERE.

AND SO KATIE HAS JUST BECOME A HYBRID PERSON.

SO THAT WAY WE CAN HOPEFULLY MOVE TOWARDS SELF-SUFFICIENCY THERE WITH A FULL-TIME MANAGER OR A FULL-TIME PERSON IN GENERAL.

WELL, SINCE YOU'RE UP HERE RIGHT NOW, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WAS A FANTASTIC JOB THIS WEEKEND WITH THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER, I WENT OUT THERE AND IN FACT, I WENT TO A KINGSTON AT YESTERDAY, AND ONE OF THE PARENTS THAT WENT TO THIS EVENT HAD MENTIONED TO ME WHAT A GREAT EVENT THAT THEIR KIDS HAD NEVER BEEN TO THE MUSEUM BEFORE.

AND THEY REALLY ENJOYED THE MOVIE AND THE OUTREACH.

SO THANK YOU.

AND YOUR STAFF ARE A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL EVENT THIS WEEKEND.

IT WAS FANTASTIC.

THANK YOU WHERE WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO WORK TO INTEGRATE SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS. AND AS WE COME OUT OF COVID, WE ALL KNOW THE LEARNING LOSS THAT CHILDREN EXPERIENCED, AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO OUR BEST TO PROVIDE, UH, PROGRAMS HERE IN LA HABRA THAT THESE CHILDREN CAN THEN WORK TOWARDS GOING TO, UM, AND THE MUSEUM IS PROBABLY THE BEST PLACE TO START.

UM, I'LL INVITE YOU ALL.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME

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WE'RE HAVING OUR LITTLE PRESCHOOL GRADUATION, WEDNESDAY AT 6:00 PM AT PORTOLA PARK.

THERE'LL BE 32 GRADUATING IN THE FIRST CLASS IN 16 IN THE SECOND CLASS.

KELLY, JUST ANOTHER THING.

UH, AND YOU PRETTY MUCH A, WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER TO BE THE, UH, THE FACE OF THE CITY WHEN IT COMES TO THESE, UH, MANY OF THESE PROGRAMS, SPORTS PROGRAMS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN ATTENDING TO FOR, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS WITH MY KIDS, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I DO LIKE TO SEE IN WHAT YOU MENTIONED, THE ARTS AND CULTURAL DISTRICT, A YOUTH MENTORSHIP IS HUGE FOR ME.

AND I KNOW FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL AS WELL, EVERYBODY UP HERE, A BUS BENCHES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT YOU'RE INCORPORATING ANYTHING TO GET OUR KIDS IN OUR YOUTH INVOLVED KUDOS TO YOU, UH, BECAUSE YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU CONTINUE TO FIND AVENUES HOW TO GET OUR COMMUNITY INVOLVED.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO ALLOW US TO DO THAT.

ANOTHER THING KELLY DIDN'T MENTION IS THAT SHE'S BEEN WORKING WITH OUR LOBBYISTS ON A DIRECT FUNDING ALLOCATION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF POTENTIALLY UP TO $2 MILLION FOR RENOVATIONS TO THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM BUILDING ITSELF.

UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER WITH STAFF AND OUR LOBBYIST ON, AND ALSO THE, OUR LEGISLATIVE, UH, UH, PARTNERS, UM, TO SEE IF WE CAN SECURE THAT FUNDING.

AND IF THAT HAPPENS, THAT COULD BE A PRETTY BIG GAME CHANGER FOR US FOR OUR CAPITAL INVESTMENT.

SO IF YOU HAPPEN TO SEE YOUNG KIM SHE'S PUSHED US INTO THE SECOND ROUND, UM, AT 1.5 MILLION, UM, SENATOR PEDEA, IF HE HAPPENS TO BE AROUND, HE'S PUT US IN THE SECOND ROUND FOR 2 MILLION AND, UH, SENATOR FEINSTEIN FOR 250,000.

OF COURSE, ROB HAS BEEN VERY, UM, HELPFUL IN THAT PROCESS TOO, WITH, UM, TOWNSON.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT UP WILL BE PUBLIC WORKS.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WE'RE PRESENTING THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH OUR, UH, MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF LAST YEAR.

AND ONE OF THEM IS THE MOBILE HOME PARK PAVEMENT AND OUR MAJOR COMPLETION OF THE, UH, SEVERAL ANNUAL PROJECTS SUCH AS THE STREETS, SIDEWALKS, TRAFFIC SIGNALS.

WE ARE ON OUR FINAL NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, COMPLETION, THE TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM, THE NTMP.

AND WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS TO DISCUSS THE OUTCOME AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROGRAM AND THE MODIFICATION OF OUR PROPOSED PROGRAM TO SIMPLIFY THE CURRENT PROCESS IN OUR WATER DEPARTMENT, WE COMPLETED, OR JUST ABOUT TO COMPLETE THE AUTOMATION OF ALL, ALL OF OUR METERS.

WE REPAIRED ABOUT 30, UH, WATER MAIN BREAKS.

UH, WE ALSO COMPLETED THESE, UH, THESE ESCAPE PARKS SECURITY SYSTEM JUST RECENTLY, UH, COMPLETED.

WE ARE WORKING ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS, UM, BULLET RESISTANT PROJECT, AND WE STARTED THE DESIGN OF THE WOMAN'S CLUB PARK, AND WE ALREADY, OR JUST ABOUT TO BE OUT TO BED FOR THE OLD RESERVOIR PARK.

AND SOON AFTER VISTA GRANDDAD PARK, THESE ARE SOME OF THE, UH, PICTURES OF BEFORE AND AFTER.

THIS IS THE MOBILE HOME PARK, AND THIS IS THE SIGNAL ON, UH, OUR BELITA AND, UH, HARBOR.

AND WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A TEMPORARY, UM, UH, TAPERING PROGRAM TO, UH, REDUCE SPEED AND REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF ACCIDENTS WE'RE HAVING THERE, AND ALSO DESIGNING A PERMANENT SOLUTION TO THAT INTERSECTION.

AND THIS IS THE SECURITY OF THE SKATE PARK, AND THIS IS ANOTHER SIDEWALK ON ADA CURB RAMP IMPROVEMENTS.

THIS IS AN ALLEY THAT WAS JUST COMPLETED, AND THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF OUR STREETS AND ANNUAL PROGRAMS. THIS IS A SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT WE HAVE HERE.

SO OUR MAJOR GOALS OF, UH, THE 2223 IS TO CONTINUE THE ANNUAL STREET IMPROVEMENT AND TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN OUR BUDGET, INCLUDING EUCLID STREET THAT HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR YEARS.

WE'RE WAITING TO SEE IF WE CAN AFFORD A STORM DRAIN SYSTEM THAT'S DEEMED TOO EXPENSIVE TO DO, ESPECIALLY AT THE INFLATIONS AND THE TIMES THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

AND WE ARE PLANNING TO PAVE THE STREET AND WE'LL, UH, THIS WILL LAST US ANOTHER 20 TO 30 YEARS.

AND W WE'LL THINK ABOUT IT THEN, AND SEE WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO WITH THE STORM DRAIN SYSTEM.

IT'S JUST THE WATER FLOWS PRETTY HIGH AT THAT STREET WHEN IT RAINS, IF IT EVER

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DOES.

AND, UH, AND OUR DESIGNS ALSO TO COMPLETE THE BISHOP'S STORM DRAIN, UH, COMPLETE THE HACIENDA PUMP STATION DESIGN, THAT'S PART OF THE NORTH HILLS, UM, WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS.

AND OF COURSE THE BEGIN THE CONSTRUCTION OF VISTA GRANDE DAY.

AND AS FAR AS THE REFUSE, ENSURE THE PARTICIPATION OF THE ORGANIC RECYCLING PROGRAM, I'M GOING TO HAVE ALBERT COME OUT AND TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET AND THE SCHEDULING OF THE CIP.

THANK YOU, ELIAS NEW MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, HAVE A FEW SLIDES.

SO KIND OF JUST TO SHOWCASE, UH, THE MAJOR FUNDING SOURCES, THE ESTIMATE, AND THE SCHEDULE THAT WE HAVE FOR THESE, UH, PROJECTS THAT SOME OF THEM ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND THERE IS A DESIGN BID, OR, UM, THAT WILL BE ALSO PROPOSED FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, UH, UH, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE, THE ARTERIAL AND RESIDENTIAL STREET IMPROVEMENTS.

UH THAT'S UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE, UH, WE AWARDED THAT CONTRACT NOT TOO LONG AGO.

AND, UH, WE PLANNING ON HOPING TO GROUNDBREAK, UH, THE STREETS NEXT MONTH.

UH, UH, THAT INCLUDES A WALNUT POEM.

CYPRUS RISKS ARE AT A BUTTER, UH, A DOZEN OTHER, UH, RESIDENTIAL STREETS AS WELL.

THE SKATE PARK THAT ELIAS JUST MENTIONED, UH, THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED, UM, LOBBY SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN ALSO, UH, INSTALLATION AT THE MOMENT, EIGHT, EIGHT SIDEWALK, CURVED CITYWIDE.

ALSO THAT'S A THAT'S SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED NEXT NEXT MONTH.

UH, THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER DESIGN OR IN BID PROCESS, UH, STREETS TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, EUCLID IN WATER IMPROVEMENTS.

THESE WERE BETWEEN WHITTIER AND THE NORTH CITY LIMITS MONTEVISTA, UH, BETWEEN LAHABRA AND LAMBERT, UH, A UP PUMP STATION, UH, IN THE BISHOP'S STONEBRIDGE CHANNEL ON THE HACIENDA PROJECT.

ONE INTERESTING THING THAT THE DEPARTMENT'S DONE IS, UM, AT, UM, OR SONIA PARK IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO RESTROOMS. SO AS PART OF THIS PROJECT DESIGN ELIAS AND HIS TEAM LOOKED AT THE PUMP STATION LAYOUT AND WAS ABLE TO INCORPORATE, UH, PUBLIC RESTROOMS INTO THAT FACILITY.

SO THAT AT THAT SPORT'S PARK AREA, THEY'RE GOING TO BE RESTROOMS ONCE THIS PROJECT IS COMPLETED.

SO IT WAS A GOOD DESIGN IDEA THAT THEY HAD WHEN THEY LOOKED AT THE PROJECT.

UH, CONTINUE ON, UH, THIS, UH, THIS SLIDE, UH, WE HAVE, UH, PARKS, UH, WE HAVE THAT, UH, WE, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GROUNDBREAK SPRIG OF STUFF NEXT YEAR.

UH, THE OLD RESERVOIR PARK, WHICH SHOULD BE A GROUNDBREAKING, UH, THE FALL OF THIS YEAR, THE WOMEN'S CLUB CLUB, WHICH IS IN DESIGN.

NOW, HOPEFULLY WE CAN ALSO, UH, GROUNDBREAK IN THE SPRING OF 2023 AND ALSO THE COMMUNITY CENTER PARKING LOT, WHICH, UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN BREAK GROUND ON THE SUMMER OF THIS, THIS YEAR.

THESE ARE PROJECTS FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR, UH, EUCLID STREET IMPROVEMENTS.

UH, I KNOW WE HAVE, UH, EUCLID IN THE PIPELINE FROM WHITTIER NORTH.

WE ARE NOW PLANNING ON IMPROVING EUCLID STREET FROM LAHABRA TO LAMBERT.

UH, THIS IS THE OTHER SECTION, JUST SOUTH OF WHERE THE STORM BRAIN ISSUES ARE, UH, WHICH IS THAT PART OF IT AS WELL.

UH, MACY STREET, UH, WE'RE GONNA GET FUNDED, UH, FROM THE FEDERAL GRANT, UH, FROM A FEDERAL GRANT TO IMPROVE THE, UH, THE STREET ALSO THE, UH, ADA IMPROVEMENTS AND ALSO SIDEWALKS THAT'S BETWEEN WITTERS AND THE NORTH CITY LIMIT.

UH, AND ALSO WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SUBMIT A COMPETITOR APPLICATION AND WE WILL BE RECEIVING A GRANT FUNDING OF 5.8 MILLION FROM OTTA.

THIS IS TO IMPROVE, UH, TRAFFIC, SINGLE SICK SYNCHRONIZATION, UH, THROUGHOUT, UH, FROM, FROM FOUNTAIN VALLEY ALL THE WAY TO A HOMBRE, WHICH WILL STRADDLE THROUGH ABOUT FIVE, SIX CITIES, UH, AND, UH, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, NEVERMIND, UH, FROM THIS LIGHT, IT'S A PARK WHICH, UH, THIS WILL INCLUDE A PARKING LOT, AS WELL AS, UH, PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, TRASH, TRASH ENCLOSURE, AND OTHER AMENITIES, UH, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I HAVE THE HELI HYDRANT INSTALLATION AT WEST RICH RESERVOIR IS, UH, THIS KIND OF A UNIQUE, UH, UH, HYDRANT IT'S FOR HELICOPTERS TO, UH, TAP INTO THE WATER, TAP INTO THIS WATER, UH, WATER HYDRANTS, SO THEY CAN, UH, PROTECT FIRE FLOWS, UH, POTENTIAL WILDFIRES, UH, CLUBHOUSE REHAB PART AT PARK LA, UH, LAHABRA MOBILE, MOBILE HOME PARK.

UH, THIS IS BUILDING AND EXTERIOR RENOVATIONS AS WELL AS A CHILD DEVELOPMENT PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUND THAT WILL INCLUDE SITE IMPROVEMENTS.

AND, UH, YOU

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PLAY AROUND EQUIPMENT.

SO ON THE HELLA HYDRANT PROJECT, UM, WITH THE WILDFIRES THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING AT A GREATER FREQUENCY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, UH, SEVERAL CITIES IN THE REGION HAVE BEEN INSTALLING WHAT EFFECTIVELY ARE ABOVE GROUND POOLS, ALMOST THEY'RE LARGE TUBS THAT FILL RAPIDLY WITH WATER.

THEY CAN BE REMOTELY TRIGGERED BY A FIRE HELICOPTER, PILOT OR CREW, UH, AND THEN THE IT'LL FILL UP.

UM, WHAT WE'RE HOPING IS IF WE INSTALL ONE ON THE HILLS BETWEEN US AND FULLERTON ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN, WHERE WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF FIRES IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, UH, THERE'S A COUPLE CITIES NEARBY US THAT ARE ALSO LOOKING TO INSTALL, UM, SIMILAR TYPE OF INSTALLATIONS.

SO WE'LL HAVE A BRACKET AND SERIES OF THESE, UH, FIREFIGHTING APPARATUS AVAILABLE TO HELICOPTERS AND HELP OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT BE ABLE TO TACKLE THESE QUICKLY IF THEY COME UP LAHABRA HEIGHTS WAS PUTTING ONE.

AND I THINK WE DID A LETTER SUPPORT.

THAT'S CORRECT.

AND I BELIEVE THE CITY OF BRAY IS ALSO LOOKING AT ONE.

THAT WAS PART OF OUR DISCUSSION FOR WHOLESALE HILLS OPEN SPACE EDUCATION COALITION, RIGHT? SO BETWEEN BRAY LAHABRA HEIGHTS AND LAHABRA, WE HAVE A NICE TRIANGULATION OF THESE, UH, UNITS THAT ARE CLOSE SO THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAN ACCESS WATER QUICKLY.

UH, JUST, UH, THIS IS TO SUMMARIZE, UH, OUR PROJECTS.

WE, UH, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 49 PROJECTS THAT WE'RE CARRYING FROM PRIOR FISCAL YEARS, UH, THAT ARE EITHER IN PLANNING REVIEW DESIGN, UH, BETTER OR IN CONSTRUCTION, UH, TOTAL BUDGET THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED AS 35.7.

UH, THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR OF 2023.

WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 41, UH, PROJECTS WITH AN APPROXIMATELY 13 MILLION.

UH, IF THE PROPOSED CIP IS APPROVED, THEN THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE WORKING APPROXIMATELY 90 CAPITAL PROJECTS WITH APPROXIMATELY 40.7 MILLION.

UH, DESPITE BEING ALMOST FULLY STAFF, UH, THAT'S FALLING WILL WORK WILL LIKELY TAKE SEVERAL YEARS TO COMPLETE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE SORT OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE MULTI-YEAR.

SO, SO THE PROBLEM WE HAVE NOW IS NOT FUNDING.

WE HAVE FUNDING, WE HAVE PROJECT GOOD PROJECTS, MANY GOOD PROJECTS, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE ALMOST A FULL ENGINEERING STAFF IS JUST THE VOLUME OF WORK IS BEYOND THE STAFFING LEVEL THAT WE HAVE.

UH, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THERE'S A ENGINEERING, I THINK AID POSITION THAT'S BEING PROPOSED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, AND WE'RE STILL TAPPING INTO CONTRACT ENGINEERING SUPPORT FOR MANY OF THESE PROJECTS, BUT THE CONTRACTORS, THESE CONSULTANTS ARE EQUALLY TAPPED.

THEY ARE RUNNING OUT OF STAFFING, AVAILABLE TO CITIES, UM, FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.

SO THE LIMITATION ON GETTING THESE PROJECTS DONE IS NOT GOING TO BE A POLITICAL SUPPORT BECAUSE WE HAVE PLENTY OF POLITICAL SUPPORT FROM COUNCIL.

FOR THESE PROJECTS, WE HAVE PLENTY OF FUNDING.

WE HAVE PLENTY OF GOOD PROJECTS TO DO.

IT'S JUST MANPOWER AND JUST GETTING TO THE PROJECTS ONE AT A TIME TO GET THEM DONE, BECAUSE IT TAKES QUITE A WHILE TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT THESE PROJECTS.

GOING TO BE HOSTING MORE OUTREACH MEETINGS NOW THAT WE HAVE THE GREEN LIGHT.

AND WITH THAT, UH, I'LL INTRODUCE MICHAEL PLOTNIK OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER.

HE'LL BRIEFLY GO OVER A COUPLE OF SLIDES GIVING US AN UPDATE ON THE OSI LOOP BIKE TRAIL PROJECT.

THANK YOU, ALBERT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MAGENTO CITY COUNCIL.

SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE BIKE TRAIL.

I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT.

YOU INCLUDED CAUSE YOU GOT QUESTIONS.

AND SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT HERE, THIS IS NOW EXISTING.

THIS IS BEACH BOULEVARD.

SO RIGHT BY THE TRACKS AND WHEN WE'RE FINISHED WITH IT, WE HOPE TO TURN IT INTO THIS AND THAT'LL CONTINUE FROM WHITTIER TO BRIA.

AND SO WHAT IT IS, IT'S 3.1 MILES, IT'LL GO.

LIKE I SAID, FROM BRIA TO WHITTIER AND IT'S PART OF THE OSI LOOP, WHICH IS 66 MILES.

I BELIEVE IT'S 88% COMPLETE RIGHT NOW.

SO US AND BRAYA AND A LITTLE BIT OF POINT APART WHERE THE LAST FEW SEGMENTS AND WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE RAILROAD RIGHT NOW, THEY'VE FINALLY SAID THEY'RE GOING TO ALLOW US TO PURCHASE THE LAND.

SO WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THAT DOCUMENTATION FROM THEM.

WE'RE ALSO GETTING SOMEONE TO REVIEW THE APPRAISAL AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S FAIR, WHAT THEY'RE SENDING US.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING AFTER FUNDING BECAUSE WE STILL NEED FUNDING TO PURCHASE THE LAND.

AND THEN WE NEED FUNDING FOR CONSTRUCTION.

SO ATP CYCLE SIX IS DUE IN A FEW WEEKS AND WE'LL BE APPLYING FOR THAT.

THAT'LL JUST BE FOR THE LAND AFTER WE GET THAT AND WE'RE ABLE TO PURCHASE IT, THEN FUTURE CYCLES WE'LL GO AFTER CONSTRUCTION FUNDING OR ANY OTHER SOURCES WE CAN FIND SO FAR, WE'VE RECEIVED ABOUT $5.2 MILLION IN FUNDING.

AND THAT'S JUST FOR LAND ACQUISITION AND THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'LL BE ABOUT 36 MILLION.

SO WE'LL NEED QUITE A BIT MORE.

AND WE'RE WORKING WITH OTTA AS WELL AS CALTRANS.

SO THAT'S THE CTC, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT GIVE THE ATP FUNDING AND WE'RE

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SO AT THE CITRUS FAIR, WE HAD OUR LITTLE BOOTH AND A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME BY AND HAD QUESTIONS AND THEY WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT.

AND I TOLD THEM, WE'LL TRY TO HAVE MEETINGS MONTHLY NOW JUST TO GET THEIR INPUT AND KEEP THEM UP TO DATE, KEEP THE WEBSITE UPDATED.

AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.

I KNOW CITY COUNCIL RECEIVES A LOT OF INQUIRIES ABOUT THIS PROJECT WE DO AS STAFF AS WELL.

THE CHALLENGE IS UNION PACIFIC OWNS THE RIGHT AWAY AND THEY'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO SELL US ANYTHING.

AND IT'S BEEN A PRETTY EXTENSIVE NEGOTIATION FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

UM, OUR PARTNERS AT THE OTTA HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN BEING ABLE TO GET A UNION PACIFIC TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE TO TALK ABOUT PRICE.

UH, THE PRICING IS EXPENSIVE FOR THE LAND.

UM, WE'RE WORKING ON TRYING TO NEGOTIATE THAT TO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE AFFORDABLE AND THE DESIGN IS GOING TO BE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'VE SEEN IN OTHER CITIES.

ONCE WE SECURE THE RIGHT AWAY, WE DO NOT YET ON THE RIGHT OF WAY.

AND THAT'S BEEN A IMPEDIMENT FOR US TO SECURE FUNDING FOR CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE THE STATE'S NOT GOING TO GIVE US GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION.

IF WE CAN'T PROVIDE EVIDENCE THAT WE OWN THE RIGHT OF WAY.

SO THE BIGGEST NEXT STEP FOR US IS TO SECURE A NEGOTIATED PURCHASE.

AND THEN ONCE THAT'S DONE, UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING.

ROB HAS BEEN WORKING ALSO WITH MICHAEL ON, UH, WORKING WITH OUR LOBBYISTS TO GET THE STATE FUNDING LINED UP, UH, FOR US TO MAKE SOME ASKS COMING HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

BUT AS PROJECTS, WELL, MAINE BEING WELL-MANAGED VERY ACTIVELY, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF NEGOTIATING SOME, UH, PROPERTY ACQUISITION.

RIGHT.

IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

NOPE.

SO I WILL SAY, UH, JUST A QUICK STATEMENT, MIKE, SORRY.

AND, UH, RECENTLY ATTENDED THE, UH, UH, I FORGET THE NAME HERE.

ANYHOW.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT, UH, OUR, A NEW REPRESENTATIVE, UH, HERE IN THE, UH, IN THE DISTRICT IS, UH, MAYOR FRED YOUNG FROM THE CITY OF FULLERTON AND, UH, CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH HIM, UH, HAD A CUP OF COFFEE WITH HIM, NOT TOO LONG AGO.

HE, UH, HE PLEDGED TO HELP US OUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

AND OF COURSE, ALONG WITH, UH, WITH THOSE, UH, THERE THEY'RE ON CTA.

SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAKE SOME HEADWAY WITH THIS BIKE TRAIL.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN THE PRESENTATION BACK OVER TO THE LIES.

UM, SO WE, WE ALSO HAVE IN THE FLEETS DEPARTMENT ALL THE WHILE YOU'VE, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE, THE FUEL COSTS AND THE DIESEL COSTS, UH, UM, RIGHT NOW THE, ALL THE INCREASES THAT ARE AFFECTING THE EXPENDITURES OF OUR BUDGET, THIS REALLY COMPLETES THE CITY'S PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

SO MEL HAD MENTIONED OUR JONATHAN PORTION OF THE FUNDS IS ABOUT $5.8 MILLION.

THE BULK OF IT IS IN THE ARCS AND THE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT ABOUT $1 MILLION.

THE, THE REST OF THE FUND, IT COMES IN FROM A NON-GENERAL FUND OF THE WATER COMPANY.

THE WATER DEPARTMENT IS THE BULK OF THIS IS ABOUT 26.6 MILLION.

AND THE REFUSE ABOUT $10 MILLION GAS TAX, ABOUT FIVE TO A TOTAL OF $77 MILLION IN, UH, IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET SAYING THAT THAT DOESN'T MEAN MUCH ANYMORE BECAUSE OF ALL THE INFLATION THAT WE HAVE.

SO, UH, WE BID A JOB, UH, ABOUT A MONTH AGO.

OUR BID, OUR PROPO COST ESTIMATE WAS 1.2.

IT CAME IN ABOUT 2.1 AND THAT'S THE LOWEST BIT, THE REST OF THE BIDDERS.

WE HAD SEVEN BEDS ALL HIGHER.

SO WITH THAT IN MIND, WE HAD, UH, THIS REALLY, THIS SLIDE SHOWS, UH, WHAT'S HOW THIS IS AFFECTING OUR OPERATION.

UH, IN GENERAL FUND INCREASES THE TREE SERVICES AND THE TREE PROTECTION HAS WENT UP, UH, WITH THE CONTRACTS.

A, UH, THE, OF COURSE WE HAVE AWARE, WE HAD MENTIONED THAT WE ARE ADDING A NEW ASSOCIATE POSITION FOR THIS TO HELP US WITH THE, UH, ALL THE CIPS WE PRESENTED TONIGHT AND ALSO TO HELP WITH THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CITY, PLANNED REVIEWS AND OTHERWISE, UM, WE DO HAVE, AS JIM MENTIONED, SEVERAL CONTRACTS WITH, UH, CIVIL ENGINEERS, UH, TO HELP US OUT, BUT THEY'RE OVERTAXED AS WELL.

SO WE HAVE ABOUT 750,000 BUCKS IN CONTRACTS TODAY WITH, AS PART OF THIS BUDGET FOR, UH, CONTRACT OUT CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES.

UM, THE INFLATION HAD CAUSED THE WATER PURCHASE, UH, TO GO HIGHER AS WELL.

SO NOW OUR WATER PER ACRE FOOT IS MUCH HIGHER THAN WE ANTICIPATED.

WE ALSO, UH, REQUESTING A TEMPORARY TECH AT THE WATER DEPARTMENT AND TWO POSITIONS AT THE, A ONE IN A WATER AND ONE IN A SEWER TECH THREE, WE ARE ELIMINATING FOUR VACANT PART-TIME POSITIONS IN THE WATER DEPARTMENT.

UM, AGAIN, THE INFLATION HAD AFFECTED THE REFUSE SERVICES, THAT STREET SWEEPING SERVICES, THAT TREATMENT, THAT TREE TRIMMING CONTRACT, UH, ALL HAVE INCREASED IN THIS BUDGET.

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AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ELIAS.

I HAVE A QUESTION IN TERMS OF THE FLEET COSTS FOR FUEL, HOW MANY ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES DO WE OWN? WE, I DO NOT HAVE ANY ALTERNATIVE FUELS ALL OF OUR, EITHER OUR HEAVY TRUCKS, OUR DIESEL, OUR VEHICLES, OUR GASOLINE, WE ARE LOOKING INTO THIS BUDGET FOR HYBRID.

WE ARE IN OUR BUDGET IN THIS BUDGET.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR TWO HYBRID POLICE VEHICLES AND AS WELL AS A FEW HYBRID, UH, VEHICLES IN THE, UH, IN THE CIVILIANS, UH, PORTION OF THE FLEET.

AND WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT ANY ELECTRICAL VEHICLES AT ALL, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT ELECTRONIC.

ALSO ONE OTHER THING ON STREETS WITH RESPECT TO EUCLID.

I THINK WE'RE ALL, UH, DISAPPOINTED AT THE COSTS OF, UM, PUTTING IN A PROPER DRAINAGE SYSTEM.

UM, BUT REALIZING THAT IT HAS TO BE PAVED.

NOW, WE CAN'T WAIT ANOTHER THREE, FOUR YEARS FOR THE COST TO GO DOWN.

UH, I THINK IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE UTILIZE THE, UM, ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE DESIGN OR THE, THE, UM, MATERIAL THAT WE CAN USE ON EUCLID TO MAKE IT LAST LONGER, EITHER, UM, YOU KNOW, ROUND IT BETTER USE CONCRETE IN THE MIDDLE IN THE SIDES, YOU KNOW, DO SOMETHING WITH, WITH RESPECT TO SOME CLEVER ENGINEERING.

WE HAVE LOOKED AT SEVERAL ALTERNATIVES, UH, THE TRADITIONAL, UH, RCP PIPES, SO TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION, AND WE LOOKED AT THE PLASTIC PIPE.

THERE ARE NOW PLASTIC PIPES THAT ARE AGED 20 LOADING APPROVED, AND THAT'S A LITTLE CHEAPER, BUT NOT ENOUGH.

WE'RE STILL IN A $5 MILLION PROJECT TO, TO DO THE COST, THE STORM DRAIN.

I, UM, I SAW A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN, UM, THE COST OF ELECTRICITY.

WHAT WOULD YOU ATTRIBUTE THAT TO? WOULD IT BE THESE CHARGING STATIONS, A SPLASH PAD, OR W WHAT WOULD BE THE, IT'S JUST THE COST OF ELECTRICITY GOING ON? OKAY.

IF I MAY ELIAS THE ELIMINATION OF A FOUR VACANT PART-TIME MAINTENANCE LABOR POSITIONS, UH, IS THAT THE SORT OF LABOR POSITION THAT NORMALLY WOULD BE CALLED OUT FOR A, LIKE A MAIN LEAK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND IS THE BURDEN BEING SHIFTED TO A THIRD-PARTY VENDOR? MOST OF THE, THE JOB FOR THE PART-TIMERS WERE, WERE TO REPLACE THE, UH, AUTOMATION, THE ATM ATR MEETINGS THAT WE METERS THAT WE HAD FOUR.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH DONE.

AND, UH, NOW WE'RE PHASING INTO THE OPERATION PORTION OF THE, UH, OF THE BUSINESS.

SO THE ELIMINATION OF THOSE PART-TIME POSITIONS, WON'T BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE LEVEL OF SERVICE WE PROVIDE.

NO.

THANK YOU, ELIAS.

I KNOW I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE COUNCIL, BUT WE WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.

YOU GUYS, DO, YOU GUYS GET THE CALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHEN THERE'S A WATER MAIN BREAK AND YOU GUYS ARE KIND OF OUR UNSUNG HEROES WITH OUR CITY, BUT, UH, ON BEHALF OF EVERYBODY HERE, WE THANK YOU.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

AND APPROVAL FOR FISCAL 2223, WE'RE BUDGETING $1.4 MILLION.

UH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, ROBERT FARRIER FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, AND I'LL BE HANDLING THE FIRE AND AMBULANCE BUDGET PRESENTATION AS COUNCILMAN COUNSELORS KNOW, AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THEIR AUDIENCE, THE CITY OF A HARBOR CONTRACTS WITH LA COUNTY FIRE FOR FIRE SUPPRESSION AND EMERGENCY SERVICES.

IT'S SOMETHING OF A UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP CONSIDERING WE'RE AN ORANGE COUNTY, BUT IT'S NOT A NEW RELATIONSHIP.

WE'VE HAD A CONTRACT WITH LA COUNTY FIRE SINCE 2005.

OUR CURRENT CONTRACT RUNS WITH THEM THROUGH 2025.

AND IT'S BEEN A GOOD RELATIONSHIP, I THINK FOR BOTH PARTIES DURING THAT TERM, OUR BUDGETED COSTS FOR FIRE SERVICES IN FISCAL 22, 23 IS ABOUT $10 MILLION.

THAT'S A SLIGHT INCREASE FROM FISCAL 21, 22, BUT IT'S NOT A MANAGEABLE INCREASE BY ANY MEANS OR UNMANAGEABLE, INCREASED BY ANY MEANS.

LIKEWISE, THE CITY CONTRACTS WITH FALK DOING BUSINESSES CARE AMBULANCE FOR EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION SERVICES HERE IN THE CITY, WE ARE ENTERING THE THIRD YEAR OF A FOUR-YEAR AGREEMENT WITH, UH, CARE AMBULANCE.

UH, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY RECALL THAT AGREEMENT MAY BE EXTENDED FOR THREE ONE-YEAR TERMS AT THE END OF THE INITIAL TERM, SUBJECT TO CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION

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AGAIN, THAT'S A SLIGHT INCREASE FROM 2122, BUT IT IS ENTIRELY CONSISTENT WITH THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH CARE.

NOW, UM, UH, THE FIRST BULLET POINT THERE ON THE PAGE, TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PENSION COSTS ALLOCATED FOR OUR FORMER CITY OF LA HARBOR FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AS YOU WILL RECALL, PRIOR TO OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH LA COUNTY FIRE, WE HAD OUR OWN LAHABRA FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO, UM, SERVE WITH THE CITY, UM, WE STILL A BUDGETED LINE ITEM FOR THEIR PENSION COSTS.

UH, AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S ABOUT ONE AND A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS IN FISCAL 22, 23, THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR FIRE AND AMBULANCE SERVICES IN 22, 23 IS ABOUT $13 MILLION.

UH, STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING THE CONTRACT.

I KNOW THAT CHIEF RASH HERE FROM LA COUNTY FIRE IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER OPERATIONAL QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM.

AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION FOR THIS PART, ROB, HOW MUCH ARE WE RECEIVING RIGHT NOW FROM THE SUBSCRIPTIONS TO PEOPLE PAYING THEIR WATER BILL FOR AMBULANCE? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

I CAN FIND OUT FOR YOU.

UM, TH THAT DOES DIFFER, UH, THAT DOES DEFRAY SOME OF OUR COSTS.

UM, I THINK IT'S, I DUNNO, 68,000.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MARIANNE AND MILL $68,000 A YEAR.

THANK YOU, ROB, IN THIS, UH, THIS MAY GO TO, UH, TO THE CHIEF FIRE CHIEF CHIEF, UH, GIVEN THE, UH, GIVEN THE STATE OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE DROUGHT AND, UH, AND THE DRIER CLIMATE HERE IN CALIFORNIA.

WHAT W IF YOU CAN, CAN YOU GIVE US A, UH, AN OUTLOOK AS TO, AS TO WHAT'S COMING, UH, AS FAR AS, UH, HERE, UH, IN LOS ANGELES, IN OUR PART OF ORANGE COUNTY, I ACTUALLY, UM, UH, I'M, I'M QUITE CONCERNED THAT, UH, THAT AS WE GET DRIER, THAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE JOB THAT YOU AS FIREFIGHTERS, UH, ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE DOING WELL.

GOOD EVENING.

UH, CHRIS RASH, LA COUNTY FIRE, I'M LOCAL BATTALION CHIEF HERE, UM, EVERY YEAR IS THE DROUGHT.

THIS IS THE NORM.

THIS IS THE NEW NORM FOR US.

UH, NOTHING'S CHANGED EVERY YEAR.

IT'S THE BIGGEST FIRE FIRE SEASON THAT WE'VE EVER SEEN, AND WE CONTINUE TO PLAN AND PREPARE FOR IT.

UH, I'LL TOUCH ON THE HELLA HYDRANT THAT YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT, UH, FOR THE SOUTH SOUTH END OF TOWN, LAHABRA HEIGHTS HAS JUST INSTALLED THERE'S IT'S UP OFF OF SKYLINE AND FULLERTON ROAD.

UM, IT'S A VERY, UH, IT'S A VERY UNIQUE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.

IT'S VERY HELPFUL.

UM, IT CAN BE TURNED ON BY A FEW CLICKS OF THE RADIO FROM THE HELICOPTER PILOTS, AND IT FILLS UP WITH ABOUT 8,000 GALLONS OF WATER WHILE THEY'RE MAKING THEIR INITIAL DROP.

UH, OUR HELICOPTERS, WHEN WE GET DISPATCHED TO A BRUSH FIRE, OUR COPTERS COME IN WITH A FULL LOAD OF WATER.

SO BY THE TIME THEY'D MAKE THEIR FIRST DROP THAT TANK UP ON THE HILL, THERE IS HALFWAY FULL AND THEY CAN PICK UP WATER AND GET READY FOR THEIR NEXT, UH, NEXT LOAD.

SO THAT IS, THAT'S A VERY USEFUL TOOL FOR OUR FOLKS, BECAUSE NOW THAT FREES UP AN ENGINE COMPANY THAT CAN GO PROTECT A COUPLE HOMES INSTEAD OF FILLING UP A HELICOPTER.

SO THAT THAT'S A VALUABLE TOOL.

UM, THE VEGETATION IN TOWN IS VERY, VERY, VERY DRY IN TINDER ALREADY.

WE JUST HAD A MULTI-AGENCY DRILL TWO WEEKS AGO, UH, UP ON THE BORDER OF THE HOPPER HEIGHTS AND THE CITY, UH, BOFFA FULLERTON AND SKYLINE.

UM, I'VE LOOKED AT THE HILLS TO THE SOUTH OF US, BETWEEN THE CITY AND FULLERTON, AND IT'S VERY DRY UP THERE AS WELL.

UM, I'M NEW TO THE AREA.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF BRUSH CLEARANCE WE HAVE HERE IN THE SOUTH END OF TOWN THAT BUTTS UP AGAINST THE HOMES.

I KNOW LAHABRA HEIGHTS HAS A VERY ROBUST PROGRAM AND THEY'RE DOING REALLY GOOD BRUSH CLEARANCE, BUT A FIRE SEASON IS ALWAYS, IS ALWAYS HERE ANYMORE.

AND IT'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE TO, UH, ANY AGENCY THAT'S COMBATING THE WILDFIRE.

THE GOOD THING ABOUT LA COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT IS YOU GET A REALLY ROBUST RESPONSE FROM LA COUNTY FIRE.

WE SEND 27 PIECES OF EQUIPMENT WITH SIX CONTRACT THEY'RE TOTAL FROM OUR AIR IN THE CONTRACT THERE.

AND WE GET THERE RATHER QUICK, AND WE, UH, IF WE NEED MORE RESOURCES, WE HAVE OTHER RESOURCES READILY AVAILABLE TO US WITHIN A 15 TO 20 MINUTE RESPONSE TIME THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

SO, UH, IT'S A LOT DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS WHEN IT USED TO BE JUST THE LOBBER FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH THREE FIRE STATIONS.

SO WHEN IT COMES TO WILD LAND, UM, WE PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS, AND YOU GET THE BANG FOR THE BUCK.

SO, AND, UH, CHIEF ON THAT, I, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED THAT THE BEST FAR AS YOUR, UH, YOUR RESPONSE A WEEK, A FEW WEEKS AGO ON CYPRUS, UH, NORTH OF, UH, WINTER BOULEVARD.

UH, YEAH.

YEAH, QUITE IMPRESSIVE.

UH, THE, UH, THE, NOT ONLY THE RESPONSE, BUT THE RESPONSE TIME AND, UH, HOW, HOW MUCH OF THE STRUCTURE IS YOU WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO DO A, TO SAVE.

SO THANK YOU.

I KNOW, UH, I KNOW I'VE RUN INTO A FEW OF THE FIREFIGHTERS OUT AND ABOUT NOT ONLY HERE, BUT,

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UH, IN THE NEIGHBORING CITIES OF WINTER AND LAMARA THAT ACTUALLY RESPONDED.

AND IF THANK THEM PERSONALLY, UH, BECAUSE, UH, THERE COULD HAVE BEEN, UH, A GREATER LOSS, NOT ONLY STRUCTURES WOULD POSSIBLY LIVE.

SO THANK YOU.

TO DEVELOP A LAND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT WILL REALLY PROVIDE BETTER COORDINATION AND TRACKING AND REPORTING OF OUR DISCRETIONARY PROJECTS AS WELL AS OUR BUILDING PERMITS SO THAT WE CAN BETTER MONITOR THEM IN THE EVENT THAT WE FIND THAT SOMEONE'S FALLING BEHIND SCHEDULE.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BRUSH? ALRIGHTY, LIKE YOU GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

THIS IS SUSAN KIM, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHERE IT IS OUR MISSION TO BUILD A VIBRANT COMMUNITY.

SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR DEPARTMENT IS AS PART OF THIS BUDGET, YOU'RE SEEING A REORGANIZATION OF OUR DEPARTMENT INTO TEAMS THAT ARE INTENDED TO WORK EFFICIENTLY TOGETHER TO REALLY PROVIDE ENHANCED CUSTOMER SERVICE.

AND TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE COMPLIANCE WITH OUR CITY STANDARDS FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY AND OUR STANDARD OF LIVING THAT WE EXPECT HERE IN THE CITY OF LA HABRA.

WE'VE GOT OUR BUILDING SAFETY AND CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION, OUR PLANNING DIVISION AND OUR HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION.

AS FAR AS BUILDING AND SAFETY LAST YEAR, THEY ISSUED 917 PERMITS WITH A CON CONSTRUCTION VALUATION OF ALMOST OVER $33 MILLION.

OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT RESPONDED TO OVER 500 PROPERTY MAINTENANCE VIOLATIONS OF HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REACT REACTIVATED THE RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION PROGRAM, AS WELL AS WE PROVIDED ASSISTANCE FOR BOTH RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES THAT WERE AFFECTED WITH COVID, INCLUDING ASSISTING 26 HOUSEHOLDS WITH RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR OVER $127,000.

WE PROCESSED ZONE CHANGES NECESSARY TO BRING OUR ZONING CODE INTO COMPLIANCE AS WELL AS TO STREAMLINE STREAMLINE PROJECT APPROVALS AND REDUCE COSTS FOR USES SUCH AS TAKEOUT, RESTAURANTS, AND OUTDOOR DINING, AS WELL AS WE WORKED ON THE UPDATE OF OUR HOUSING AND SAFETY ELEMENTS.

NOW WE'LL GO ONTO THE PRETTY PICTURES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT WE DO.

AND I WANT TO APOLOGIZE AT THE VERY BEGINNING THAT THIS FIRST ADDRESS AS A PERIOD IS INCORRECT.

IT'S 12 AT ONE WEST WHITTIER BOULEVARD, WHICH IS THE ST JUDE MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING.

THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF WOODIER AND IDAHO.

AND THEN ALONG WITH THAT, WE'VE GOT THREE RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM UNITS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT, ON SOUTH WALNUT STREET.

WE'VE GOT 58 CONDOS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON ELECTRIC AVENUE.

WE'VE GOT A, UM, CONVENIENCE STORE AND, UM, THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT LAHABRA BOULEVARD IN BEACH BOULEVARD.

OOPS, STOP MOVING FORWARD, YOUR EXTRA MILE THERE.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE 117 RESIDENTIAL UNIT PROJECT THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON EAST IMPERIAL HIGHWAY BETWEEN, UM, IT GETS, OH, I DON'T HAVE THE STREET NAMES.

UM, JUST, JUST, UM, JUST EAST OF THE KAISER HOSPITAL THERE.

I'M SORRY, JUST THE POMONA BOX, THE BOX COMPANY.

SORRY ABOUT THAT FIRST TIME UP BEFORE YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS.

SO I'LL, I'LL ADD THAT IN WALNUT AND EUCLID.

YES, OF COURSE.

UM, AND THAT ONE I THINK IS REALLY EXCITING IN THAT IT DOES INCLUDE 12 MODERATE INCOME UNIT, UM, HOMES IN THAT COMMUNITY.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UM, THE, UH, TACO BELL THAT WAS RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED OVER ON IMPERIAL HIGHWAY HERE.

IT'S GOT, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A LOOK LOOKING INTO HOTEL THAT'S IN PLAN CHECK RIGHT NOW, AS WELL AS YOU RECENTLY APPROVED A HALLMARK STORE OR YOUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING ON THIS SITE.

AND THEN THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL PAD FOR A DRIVE-THROUGH RESTAURANT THAT'S STILL PENDING.

WHAT, WHAT BRAND THAT'LL BE SORRY, GOT A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER.

HERE'S OUR 117 RESIDENTIAL UNITS.

AND THEN THE NEXT PROJECTS ARE ONES THAT ARE APPROVED PROJECTS THAT ARE PENDING CONSTRUCTION.

SO THEY'RE NOT UNDER CONSTRUCTION YET.

UM, AND REALLY THAT LAST ONE, THAT 117 CONDO UNITS DEMOLITION IS UNDERWAY AS OF TODAY.

SO YOU'RE SEEING, UM, DIRT MOVING OUT THERE AS WE LIKE TO SAY.

AND THEN OVER ON SCIFEST STREET, WE'VE GOT 12 CONDO UNITS ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET AND 10 CONDO UNITS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET, WHICH WERE RECENTLY APPROVED BY OUR PLANNING COMMISSION IN FEBRUARY, WE'VE GOT THE HABIT BURGER BURGER, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY PLANNING COMMISSION BACK IN 2021.

THAT'S TAKING THE PLACE OF THE BURGER KING THERE.

AND THEN WE GET INTO OUR MAJOR GOALS FOR, UM, WHAT I'M HOPING THAT WE'LL PROVIDE WITH OUR DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR.

AND THAT'S THE ENHANCED CUSTOMER SERVICE.

IT'S PART OF THE REORGANIZATION THAT I MENTIONED AS WELL AS PROVIDING ONLINE SYSTEMS. WE'RE LOOKING

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WE'RE BETTER ABLE TO RUN REPORTS AND SEE WHERE EXACTLY PROJECTS ARE AT.

UM, WE'LL ALSO BE LOOKING AT THE LAHABRA BOULEVARD SPECIFIC PLAN TO CREATE A VIBRANT COMMUNITY OR ORIENTED DOWNTOWN DISTRICT, REALLY BUILDING ON WHAT KELLY SAID ABOUT THAT ARTS AND CULTURAL DISTRICT DOWN, DOWN IN THIS DOWNTOWN AREA AND MAKING IT A REALLY SPECIAL PLACE.

AND I THINK THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN A GOAL FOR THE HOPPER FOR A LONG TIME, GETTING THESE NEW BUILDINGS, HAVING CITY HALL CONSTRUCTED HERE, REALLY, IT'S STARTING TO BUILD THAT EXCITEMENT AND REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND BETTER.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR IN OUR DOWNTOWN AREA? HOW IS IT GOING TO BE DIFFERENT THAN BEACH AND IMPERIAL? HOW IS IT GOING TO BE REALLY COMMUNITY CENTERED? SO THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING.

AND WITH THAT ON THE ARTS LINE, WE'RE, UM, GOING TO BE EXPANDING OUR MURAL AND UTILITY RAP PUBLIC ART PROGRAM.

WE'RE GOING TO BE OOPS, ADOPTING OUR HOUSING ELEMENT.

HOPEFULLY WE ARE IN OUR THIRD ROUND OF REVIEW.

WE'RE GETTING REALLY CLOSE TO GETTING IT CERTIFIED BY THE STATE.

I BELIEVE WE'VE BEEN TALKING EXTENSIVELY WITH YOUR BELINDA AND IRVINE, WHICH ARE THE ONLY TWO CITIES IN ORANGE COUNTY THAT HAVE CERTIFIED HOUSING ELEMENTS TO SEE HOW DID THEY GET THERE? AND IT REALLY IS WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH HTD TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT EXACTLY ARE THEY LOOKING FOR.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE IN CONTINUOUS CONTACT WITH HCD TO REALLY GET THAT, GET IT FINALED OUT AND MOVE ON WITH ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING AND BUILDING NEW HOUSING UNITS, WHICH IS THE GOAL OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT, NOT JUST TO WRITE POLICY.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT HOW TO IMPLEMENT OUR PRO FUNDED PROJECTS.

ONE IS A PAY YOUR BILLS PROJECT FOR OUR RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY COVID.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF RESPONSE TO RENTAL ASSISTANCE, AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS OUT THERE, BUT THERE'S ALSO BILLS THAT ARE REMAINING UNPAID.

AND SO WE REALLY WANT TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE INCOME QUALIFIED TO PAY THOSE BILLS AS WELL AS, UM, A REALLY NOT UNIQUE PROGRAM.

BUT I THINK IT'S A UNIQUE SOLUTION AND THAT IS, UM, PROVIDING GIFT CARDS TO SOME OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT WE'LL BE GIVING OUT TO HELP BRING BUSINESS TO THE LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND THEN ALSO PROVIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, A NICE INCENTIVE FOR SOME OF OUR HOMEOWNERS ALSO.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S EXCITING AS WELL AS WITH THE COVID MONEY AND HELPING PEOPLE RECOVER.

WE'RE ALSO BEGINNING TO GO AFTER SOME OF OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS THAT WERE PUT ON SUSPENSION DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE COVID RESTRICTIONS AND REALLY TRYING TO BRING PEOPLE IN COMPLIANCE.

I MENTIONED THE CODE AMENDMENT ABOUT ALLOWING OUTDOOR DINING AND AS WELL AS, UM, REALLY DOING IT A LITTLE BIT OF A SLOW ROLL, BUT GOING AFTER SOME OF THE ILLEGAL BANNERS AND THINGS THAT HAVE GONE UP THAT PEOPLE HAVE WANTED TO SAY, WE'RE OPEN, WE'RE OPEN, WE'RE OPEN.

NOW WE ALL KNOW THEY'RE OPEN AND IT'S TIME TO KIND OF CLEAN IT UP A LITTLE BIT SINCE THEN, SINCE WE'RE NOT QUITE IN THE EMERGENCY THAT WE WERE.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE'RE LOOKING TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR LAHABRA RESIDENTS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, CONTINUE IMPLEMENTING OUR CODE STREAMLINING AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

YOU KNOW, JUST CONTINUING TO LOOK AT OUR CODE, OUR CODE VERY STRATEGICALLY, HOW CAN WE MAKE THINGS SIMPLER FOR BUSINESSES AND EVEN HOMEOWNERS TO DO IMPROVEMENTS ON THEIR HOMES? YOU KNOW, DOES IT HAVE TO BE AS HARD AS IT IS RIGHT NOW? SOMETIMES IT DOES, BUT THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN HELP IMPROVE AND MAKE IT SIMPLER FOR, FOR, UM, BOTH OUR BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS, UM, SB 2 96 WAS APPROVED LAST YEAR, WHICH REQUIRES THE CODE ENFORCEMENT SAFETY PROGRAM, UM, WHICH IS NOT JUST CODE ENFORCEMENT INSPECTORS, BUT IT ALSO GOES INTO OUR BUILDING INSPECTORS AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS INSPECTOR, MAKING SURE THAT WHEN THEY'RE ON THIS ON-SITES THAT THEY HAVE THE SAFETY PROCEDURES AND TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO BE SAFE BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT AS SAFE AS AN ENVIRONMENT AS IT USED TO BE.

I THINK, UM, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE DANGEROUS STEPPING ONTO SOMEONE'S PRIVATE PROPERTY.

SO WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE COMPLETELY READY FOR ANYTHING THAT MIGHT COME OUT OUT IN THE FIELD.

AND THEN ALSO I'LL BE LOOKING TO YOU COUNSEL TO SEEK SOME GUIDANCE ON, UM, PROVIDING A POTENTIAL APARTMENT INSPECTION PROGRAM.

I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S COME UP OVER THE YEARS.

I'VE HEARD, IT MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES.

I COME FROM A CITY THAT HAD A PRETTY ACTIVE APARTMENT INSPECTION PROGRAM, AND I THINK IT'S A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING A REALLY SAFE HOUSING ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

AND SO I'LL BE LOOKING TO YOU TO GET SOME IDEAS ABOUT HOW FAR DO YOU WANT TO GO? HOW MUCH STAFFING DO WE WANT TO HAVE? HOW DOES THAT EXACTLY ROLL OUT? UM, BUT REALLY EXCITED ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT HERE IN LA HABRA.

AND SO THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF OUR BUDGET, UM, WHICH IS IN TOTAL, JUST UNDER $14 MILLION, BUT THAT'S WITH ALL OF OUR EXTRA FUNDS, WE JUST DRAW 2.8 MILLION FROM THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH AS YOU SAW IS ONE OF THE SMALL STRAWS FOR, UM,

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DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY.

UH, AND THEN JUST A FEW HIGHLIGHTS OF WHERE'S THAT MONEY GOING FOR OUR SPECIAL FUNDS.

WE'RE GOING TO BE ALLOCATING CDBG FUNDS TO THE OLD RESERVOIR PARK IMPROVEMENTS, THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT, PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUND REHAB.

WE'RE GOING TO BE ALLOCATING MOBILE HOME PARK FUNDS FOR A CLUBHOUSE REHABILITATION AND MAINTENANCE BUILDING UPGRADES AT PARKLEIGH HOMBRE.

AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'RE GOING TO BE MERGING THE BUILDING AND SAFETY AND CODE ENFORCEMENT INTO A NEW BUILDING SAFETY AND CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION AS PART OF THAT DEPARTMENT REORGANIZATION.

SO YOU'LL SEE SOME CHANGES IN THE BUDGET ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, INCLUDING A NEW PERMIT, SUPER SERVICES SUPERVISOR, REALLY TO GIVE FOLKS AT CONCIERGE APPROACH TO COMING TO CITY HALL AND WHEN THEY WANT TO PULL UP PRINTED AND REALLY BEING ABLE TO HELP THEM THROUGH EVERY STEP OF THE PROCESS AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S GOING SMOOTHLY TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE SOME OF THE OVER-THE-COUNTER PERMIT RE REVIEWS THAT RIGHT NOW WE SEND ALMOST ALL OF OUR PLAN CHECKS OUT TO A CONSULTANT FOR REVIEW, TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THOSE IN HOUSE REALLY TRIAGED THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WE HAVE COMING IN.

SO PROVIDE A GREAT SERVICE THERE AS WELL AS PART-TIME CODE ENFORCEMENT HOURS.

WE KNOW AS WE GO OUT AND START ENFORCING OUR CODE IN THE SAME WAY THAT WE USED TO, THAT WE ARE GETTING NEEDS SOME MORE OF THOSE HOURS, ESPECIALLY IN THE EVENINGS DURING THE WEEKENDS.

UM, WHEN FOLKS MAY THINK THAT THE CITY'S NOT AT WORK, WE'LL BE OUT THERE.

SO THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT SOME OF THAT FUNDING IS FOR.

AND, UM, FINALLY TO PURCHASE SAFETY EQUIPMENT FOR THE BUILDING CODE ENFORCEMENT INSPECTORS, LIKE I MENTIONED, AND AS WELL WITHOUT US PLAN CHECK-IN INSPECTOR INSPECTION CONTRACT SERVICES THAT WE DO GO OUT FOR RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE COMPLETELY FUNDED BY THE REVENUES THAT WE GET FROM OUR, OUR PERMITS AND FROM, FROM OUR PARENTS TO COVER THOSE.

BUT WE'VE SEEN THEM GO UP OVER THE OVER TIME.

THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAVE BEEN REALLY BUSY.

WE'VE HAD, UM, A LOT OF PERMITS, NOT JUST FOR THE BIG DEVELOPMENTS THAT I SHOWED YOU, BUT A LOT OF HOMEOWNERS ARE DOING SMALL, SMALL IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR HOMES THAT OVER THE PERIOD ARE CREATING A LOT OF INSPECTIONS AND PERMIT REVIEWS, AS WELL AS ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS HAS BEEN ANOTHER BIG GROWTH AREA THAT WE'VE SEEN.

SO, UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF OUR BUDGET.

AND I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN SUCH A PLEASURE JOINING THE CITY OF THE HOPPER.

IT'S BEEN GREAT TO WORK HERE FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING HERE MUCH LONGER, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

AND I MIGHT WANT TO BUILD OUT A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT SUSAN MENTIONED WITH THE LAND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND THIS PERMIT SERVICES SUPERVISOR.

ONE OF THE, UH, UM, AREAS WHERE I THINK SHE'S SEEING THAT WE COULD IMPROVE ON IS A LOT OF WHAT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DOES WHEN THEY RECEIVE AN APPLICATION FOR A PERMIT ALSO INVOLVES WORK THAT THE CITY'S ENGINEERING DIVISION NEEDS TO DO.

AND SINCE ENGINEERING FALLS UNDER PUBLIC WORKS, YOU HAVE TWO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND YOU HAVE TWO DIFFERENT BUREAUCRACY.

SO TO SPEAK WITHIN THE CITY, THEN THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH A PROJECT.

AND WHILE STAFF WORK REALLY WELL TOGETHER AND, UH, ELIAS AND SUSAN WORKED WELL TOGETHER ON PROCESSING THAT THIS SYSTEM AND THE KIND OF WORK THAT SUSAN'S LOOKING TO DO WITH REORGANIZATION AND THE DEPARTMENT IS DESIGNED TO STREAMLINE.

SO THAT PROJECTS DON'T FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS WHERE IT STARTS OFF IN ONE DEPARTMENT AND THEN IS BEING HANDLED BY ANOTHER.

AND BECAUSE OF DELAYS, HOMEOWNERS MIGHT GET FRUSTRATED OR BUSINESS DEVELOPERS MAY GET FRUSTRATED WITH WHERE THE PACING OF SOMETHING OR WHERE THE PROJECT IS ON THE PROCESS.

WE'RE COMING UP WITH MORE OF AN AUTOMATED APPROACH THAT WE CAN GIVE A LOT OF, UM, UPDATED INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO TRACK WELL WHERE THESE PROJECTS ARE AND PERMITS ARE, AND TRY TO EXPEDITE PROJECTS THROUGH THE SYSTEM, BECAUSE I MEAN, WE KNOW THE COST OF TIME WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS.

THERE'S NO DIFFERENCE FOR A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER, A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNER DEVELOPER.

THERE THERE'S TIME COST THEM AS WELL.

SO IF WE CAN HELP STREAMLINE THAT, THAT WOULD HELP WITH THEIR PROJECT.

SO IT WAS A GOOD INITIATIVE THAT SHE STARTED THIS LAST YEAR, JUST ONE, SUSAN.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, THE, THE COMMON QUESTION FROM, UH, FROM RESIDENTS AS I GET THEM FROM TIME TO TIME ARE OUR TWO PROPERTIES, THE OLD BIRCH FORD PROPERTY AND THE NORTH CAMP PROPERTY, AND THE SUGGESTIONS THAT THEY COME UP WITH ARE GREAT, UH, CAN, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE, UH, WHAT THE ISSUES ARE THERE WITH MULTIPLE OWNERS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

CAN YOU JUST SHED SOME LIGHT ON, ON THOSE PROPERTIES AND OTHERS THAT HAVE MULTIPLE OWNERS, JUST SO PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING CAN CAN UNDERSTAND.

SURE.

AND IN THE SHORT TIME THAT I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY, WE HAVE HAD SOME PROPOSALS COME IN, NOTHING'S STUCK YET.

THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T WANT TO INCLUDE THEM IN THE APPROVED PROJECTS, BUT WE DO GET PROPOSALS FROM TIME TO TIME.

BUT BOTH OF THOSE PROPERTIES THAT YOU MENTIONED ARE OWNED BY MULTIPLE PROPERTY OWNERS, THE BIRCH FORD PROPERTY IN PARTICULAR, THAT NORTHWEST CORNER IS OWNED BY A HANDFUL OF PROPERTY OWNERS TOGETHER WHO ONLY WANT TO GROUND LEASE THE PROPERTY, WHICH CREATES A BIG CHALLENGE TO SOMEONE WHO MIGHT WANT TO DEVELOP A SITE.

MOST DEVELOPERS WANT TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY.

THEY DON'T WANT TO DO A GROUND LEASE.

SO WE'VE REALLY BEEN TRYING TO WORK WITH THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS AND TRY AND FIND A SOLUTION THERE, UH, WE'VE COME CLOSE, UM, AS FAR AS MAYBE APPLICATIONS BEING SUBMITTED, BUT NOTHING QUITE YET, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE THAT.

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WE JUST WENT TO THE ICC CONFERENCE AND TRIED TO REACH OUT TO SOME COMMERCIAL OPERATORS TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THAT SITE.

AND WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT IS SUCH A KEY CORNER RIGHT THERE.

AND IT'S BEEN VACANT FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.

I KNOW I'VE DRIVEN BY IT FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.

GREAT PLACE TO GO GET A PUMPKIN OR A CHRISTMAS TREE, BUT THAT'S REALLY NOT THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE.

SO, UM, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT SOME OPPORTUNITIES ON THAT SITE.

SAME WITH NORTH GATE.

I THINK THAT COULD COME OUT OF A PROPOSAL THAT WE HAVE THAT'S IN RIGHT NOW, BUT IT ALSO COULD COME THROUGH THIS, UM, LAHABRA BOULEVARD, SPECIFIC PLAN UPDATE THAT PERHAPS WE'RE MISSING SOMETHING IN OUR REQUIREMENTS, THAT IF WE CHANGE THINGS, IF WE INCENTIVIZE THINGS DIFFERENTLY, IF WE JUST MAYBE LOOKED AT IT FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, MAYBE IT WOULD HELP US UNLOCK SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, BETTER ON THAT SITE.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY HOPING WE WANT, WE WANT SOMETHING WE DON'T WANT TO SETTLE FOR SOMETHING THAT'S JUST, OKAY.

WE SEE THAT AS A VERY IMPORTANT PROPERTY TO, AND SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR SOMETHING GOOD THERE AS WELL.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.

I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM MY 20 20 21 22 FISCAL YEAR.

WE HAVE SEVERAL HIGHLIGHTS ALREADY ON THE POWERPOINT, BUT I WANT TO SHARE SOME WITH YOU THAT ARE NOT ON THERE.

AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN LONG PARTICIPANTS IN TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS, INCLUDING ONES FOR DUI, DISTRACTED DRIVING AND SEATBELTS.

DURING THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, WE CONDUCTED APPROXIMATELY FIVE CHECKPOINTS AND NUMEROUS DUI SATURATION RESULT PATROLS.

THIS RESULTED IN JUST UNDER 30 DUI ERS, ALONG WITH NUMEROUS CITATIONS FOR OTHER TRAFFIC RELATED VIOLATIONS, TRAFFIC UNIT ANTICIPATES RECEIVING ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDING TO CONTINUE OUR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS.

ADDITIONALLY, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR CRIME IMPACT TEAM, WHICH INCLUDES HOMELESS LIAISON SERVICES.

WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN WORKING WITH THE CITY AND COUNTY RESOURCES TO HELP HOMELESS AND NEAR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS.

MANY OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING TEMPORARY HOUSING, AND ONE OF THE TWO SHELTERS WE PARTNER WITH, WE HAVE ALSO BEEN ACTIVE IN CLEANING UP THE FLOOD CONTROL AND RAILROAD AREAS, WHICH COULD NOT BE DONE WITHOUT THE HARDWORKING PUBLIC SERVICE DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE ALSO INSTALLED THIS YEAR, A LICENSE PLATE READER, AND ONE OF OUR INTERSECTIONS TO GIVE YOU PERSPECTIVE ON HOW WELL THIS CAMERA'S WORKED IN THE MONTH OF APRIL, WE SCAN JUST OVER 900,000 LICENSE PLATES, WHICH RESULTED IN FIVE CONFIRMED HITS ON STOLEN VEHICLES, WANTED PERSONS AND A MISSING PERSON.

THIS IS JUST IN ONE INTERSECTION OF OUR CITY.

ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE BEEN PARTNERING WITH LAS INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN'S TASK FORCE.

THIS PARTNERSHIP HAS LED TO SIGNIFICANT ARRESTS OF INDIVIDUALS TARGETING AND EXPLOITING CHILDREN.

WHAT THIS PARTNERSHIP WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO OBTAIN SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT TO ASSIST WITH THESE TYPES OF INVESTIGATIONS.

WE ANTICIPATE CONTINUING THIS PARTNERSHIP AND HAVING MORE SUCCESSFUL STORIES OVER THE YEAR THAT LEADS ON TO NEXT YEAR'S FISCAL GOALS.

OUR GOAL IS TO CONTINUE WITH OUR GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE.

THIS WILL ACQUIRE US TO REMAIN STAFFED IN ALL AREAS OF THE DEPARTMENT.

THE PD WITH THE HELP OF HUMAN RESOURCES HAS DONE A GREAT JOB THIS YEAR IN STAFFING.

IN FACT, OVER THE LAST YEAR, WE HAVE HIRED NINE OFFICERS TO RECORD SPECIALISTS, TWO COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS AND A CRIME ANALYST IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.

WE HAVE ALSO REQUESTED A MANAGEMENT ANALYST.

THIS IS NEW TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS GOING TO BE GREATLY BENEFICIAL TO THE DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO TO THE CITY AS A WHOLE.

OUR GOAL IS FOR THIS MANAGEMENT ANALYSTS TO HELP US WITH GRANTS, OUR BUDGET AND OTHER AREAS, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND THIS POSITION CAN LATER GROW INTO ANOTHER POSITION IN THE CITY.

THESE PEOPLE, UM, WHO ARE MANAGEMENT ANALYSTS IN OUR COMMUNITY WILL BE ABLE TO LEARN OUR DIFFERENT SYSTEMS. AND THEN LATER WHEN, UH, FUTURE JOBS ARE AVAILABLE, THESE WILL BE THE CANDIDATES WE CAN RECRUIT FROM IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE STAY WELL-STAFFED SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE OUR MINI PROGRAMS BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY.

I TALKED TO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM, UM, OUR INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN, AND ALSO OUR CIT THESE BENEFIT, UH, THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WE HAVE OFFICERS WHO CAN DEDICATE TO THESE SPECIFIC TASKS.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF AGENCIES, UH, IN ORANGE COUNTY ARE FACED WITH SIGNIFICANT STAFF INITIATIVES.

THEY'RE UNABLE TO PARTNER WITH THESE TASK FORCE OR WORK WITH THE HOMELESS.

LIKE WE DO MANY PDS ARE USING INCENTIVES, SUCH AS HIRING BONUS TO ATTRACT THESE OFFICERS.

WE'RE LUCKY RIGHT NOW, WE ONLY ARE SHORT A FEW OFFICERS, BUT WE CAN'T STOP THAT MOMENTUM.

WE NEED TO KEEP MOVING.

AND ONE OF THE OTHER BENEFITS FOR BEING FULL STAFF IS WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE A VALUE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NORTH ORANGE COUNTY, PUBLIC SAFETY COLLABORATIVE.

I KNOW MANY OF YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE THIS COLLABORATIVE THAT HELP US WITH THE HOMELESS WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN RECEIVING BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING TO FIGHT THIS HOMELESS ISSUE.

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WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THOSE RESOURCES TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND OF COURSE OUR MINI PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE SUCH AS COOL COPS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT OUR OPEN HOUSE, THESE ALL OF THESE EVENTS ARE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN OF COURSE THEY COULDN'T BE DONE WITHOUT COMMUNITY SERVICES.

SO AS WE PRESENTED YOU TO THIS BUDGET, WE HAVE A LOT OF GOALS THAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE THIS YEAR.

A LOT OF THEM ARE BECAUSE OF THE SUPPORT THAT WE GET FROM YOU, UH, AND OUR FELLOW DIRECTORS.

I HAVE NOT MUCH ELSE TO ADD TO OUR GOALS.

AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

ONE THING THAT HIS BUDGET WAS ABLE TO DO, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO A NUMBER OF YEARS IS BECAUSE OF PRIOR YEAR BUDGET CONSTRAINTS.

IT WAS NOT, UM, UNUSUAL FOR US TO STAGGER THE HIRES OF, OF INCOMING POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS, UH, FREEZE FUNDING FOR A POSITION FOR SIX MONTHS, ANTICIPATING IT WOULDN'T BE FILLED UNTIL LATER IN THE YEAR.

UH, IN SOME CASES, UH, FREEZE POSITIONS COMPLETELY, UH, BECAUSE OF FUNDING, UM, UH, SHORTFALLS THIS YEAR AND THIS BUDGET, ALL THE POLICE POSITIONS THAT ARE IN THE BUDGET ARE FULLY FUNDED ON DAY ONE.

UM, UH, ADAM AND HIS TEAM, UH, HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH HUMAN RESOURCES ON CONTINUAL HIRING.

SO AS WE GET GOOD CANDIDATES COME THROUGH THE SYSTEM, WE WERE ABLE TO HIRE THEM RIGHT AWAY.

AND WE'VE HAD SOME PRETTY GOOD LUCK HIRING LATERALS FROM OTHER AGENCIES AS WELL.

SO WE'RE, UM, WE'VE ALWAYS MAINTAINED A VERY HIGH STANDARD OF WHO WE EXPECT TO WORK FOR THE CITY AND WORK FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND DESPITE HIRING CHALLENGES, WE WON'T SACRIFICE THOSE STANDARDS.

SO ADAM'S DONE A GOOD JOB CONTINUING THE WORK THAT JERRY PRICE DID.

AND, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING BUILDING THE DEPARTMENT OUT.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, ROBERT FARRIER, AGAIN FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, I WILL PRESENTING THE BUDGETS FOR THE ADMIN AND SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS.

SO THAT INCLUDES THE CITY COUNCIL BUDGET, THE ADMIN, THE CITY MANAGER, BUDGET, CITY CLERK, LEGAL SERVICES, FINANCE IT AND HUMAN RESOURCES, RISK MANAGEMENT.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE HERE, I WON'T READ ALL OF THESE BULLET POINTS, BUT JUST A SNAPSHOT OF SOME SELECTED FYI, 21, 22 MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

UH, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED THE CITY'S ANNUAL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND A LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM.

THOSE ARE TWO PRETTY IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS THAT INFORMED NOT ONLY, UM, UH, POLICY POSITIONS FOR THE CITY, BUT ALSO ARE KIND OF THE BUILDING BLOCK OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS.

WE COMPLETED THE 2021 COMMUNITY SATISFACTION AND BUDGET PRIORITY SURVEY.

UM, AND WE ALSO PREPARED, PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL STRATEGIES FOR THE ALLOCATION OF ARPA, WHICH IS THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS THE CITY HAS RECEIVED.

UM, I UNDERSTAND FROM FINANCE, WE RECEIVED OUR SECOND CHECK FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UH, THIS WEEK OR LAST WEEK.

UH, SO THE CITY'S $15.8 MILLION ALLOCATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED.

HR COMPLETED 54 FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME RECRUITMENTS PROCESSED MORE THAN 1700 JOB APPLICATIONS AND PROCESS THE ONBOARDING OF 30 NEW FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES HIRES AND THEN PROCESS 31, UH, FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE SEPARATIONS, UH, BOTH HR AND CITY CLERK'S OFFICE COMPLETED ONGOING MANDATED TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING THE HARASSMENT AND DIVERSITY TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES.

UH, THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE TRANSITIONED THIS LAST YEAR TO THE NEW ELECTRONIC PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST SYSTEM.

IT'S A FANTASTIC THING TO HELP US, UH, STREAMLINE THE PROCESS AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE HAS DEVELOPED A NEW CITY NEWSLETTER FOR INITIAL PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION.

I THINK A COPY THAT WAS SHOWN TO YOU LAST WEEK.

WE WILL HAVE THAT OUT IN THE MAIL TO RESIDENTS HERE IN LAHABRA SHORTLY LOOKING AHEAD FOR THE MAJOR GOALS THAT THESE, UH, SUPPORT, UH, DEPARTMENTS WILL HAVE DURING FISCAL 2223, OF COURSE, TO IMPLEMENT THE COUNCIL POLICY DIRECTION.

UH, WE PLACED AN EMPHASIS ON ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE, VALUES AND CUSTOMER SERVICES SERVICES ARE TOP PRIORITIES THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND CONJUNCTION WITH, UH, STAFF FROM THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE CITY'S LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM AND THEN SEEK GRANT FUNDING TO SUPPORT CITY PRIORITY PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON NEW REVENUE THAT CAN BE USED TO EITHER SUPPLEMENT OR REPLACE, UH, LOCAL FUNDS.

WE WILL ALSO PREPARE FOR THE UPCOMING 2023 COMMUNITY SATISFACTION AND BUDGET PRIORITY SURVEY.

UM, THE SECOND TO LAST BULLET POINT, YOU'LL SEE THERE ON THAT, ON THE SLIDE, UH, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT IS IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING ITS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO INCLUDE A NEW BUDGETING AND HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

AND OF COURSE, TO CONTINUE OUR COMMUNITY INTERACTION, EDUCATION OUTREACH EFFORTS ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS,

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BE IT THE CITY WEBSITE, CHANNEL THREE, UH, NEWSLETTERS, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA.

WHAT HAVE YOU KIND OF A SHOTGUN APPROACH? THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE TOTAL ADMIN AND SUPPORT BUDGETS.

IT'S ABOUT $4.4 MILLION SPREAD ACROSS THOSE MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS.

THERE ARE OTHER FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, UM, INCLUDING DEBT SERVICE, OUR RISK MANAGEMENT FUND.

YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THE SLIDE THAT, SO THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR ALL THOSE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THOSE VARIETY OF FUNDS IS $22 MILLION.

SOME OF THE SPECIFIC BUDGET BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS THAT YOU'LL FIND, UH, FOR THE ADMIN AND SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS INCLUDE FUNDING TO IMPLEMENT NEW TECHNOLOGY AND SOFTWARE TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY IN THE HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT.

I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THEY'RE PARTICULARLY EXCITED ABOUT, UH, FUNDING TO COVER THE COST OF THE UPCOMING ELECTION.

2022 IS ELECTION YEAR.

UH, SO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE HAS FUNDING IN THERE TO, UH, HAVE THE, UH, COUNTY ROV OFFICE BASICALLY RUN OUR ELECTION ON OUR BEHALF, AND THEN THERE'S FUNDING FOR, UH, ADDITIONAL SHARED SUPPORT STAFF AND THE ADMIN AND THE CITY CLERK'S DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE PARTICULARLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

UH, HAVING A FEW EXTRA HANDS TO HELP TO KIND OF SPREAD THE LOAD AND THEN THE REST OF THOSE BULLET POINTS, AS YOU CAN SEE, ARE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT POSITIONS IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

UH, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION, UH, EITHER I OR OTHER DIRECTORS FROM THOSE SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.

WE'RE GOING TO DO A SUMMARY AND WRAP IT UP HERE.

UM, NEXT SLIDE.

SO AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS $54.6 MILLION.

UH, SPECIAL REVENUE PHONES ARE BASICALLY GRANT FUNDS, ALL THE BARRIERS, CHILD DEVELOPMENT WHEEL OR PROGRAMS AND SO FORTH.

OH, CTA MEASURE ROOM TWO GRANTS, AGENCY FUNDS AND AUTHORITIES AND 35 MILLION ENTERPRISE FUNDS CHILDREN'S MUSEUM REFUGEES FUND $14 MILLION.

INTERNAL SERVICE PHONES IS MAINLY FLEET MANAGEMENT, UH, AND, UH, IT SERVICES DEBT, SERVICE PAYMENTS $4.8 MILLION AND CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS FOR A TOTAL MUNICIPAL BUDGET OF $166 MILLION.

FUTURE CHALLENGE THAT WE FORESEE THAT WOULD DEFINITELY IMPACT SERVICES TO THE GENERAL FUND TREMENDOUSLY.

SO THE PROPOSAL GENERAL PLAN BUDGET IS BALANCED AND HAS SUFFICIENT RESOURCES TO RESTORE OPERATIONS TO PRE COVID LEVELS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NORMAL PRE COVID BUDGET, UH, PER CITY POLICY PER CITY COUNCIL POLICY FUNDING HAS BEEN SET ASIDE FOR UNFUNDED LIABILITY RESERVES.

UM, SUFFICIENT FUNDING IS PROPOSED TO WE STORE AN ENHANCED GENERAL FUND PROGRAM SERVICES AND INTERNAL SUPPORT UNENCUMBERED FUNDS REMAIN AVAILABLE FOR THE TRANSFER TO CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS AND OPERATING RESERVES.

AND THEN WE WANT TO PACE PACE OF CITY WIDE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENT IS ANTICIPATED TO GROW, UH, FUTURE BUDGET CHALLENGES.

UM, THE NUMBER ONE CHALLENGE THAT WE FORESEE IN THE FUTURE IS THE LOSS OF THE CITY'S MEASURED T LOCAL TRANSACTION AND USE TAX.

THAT'S SCHEDULED TO SUNSET IN DECEMBER, 2028.

AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR A FEW YEARS, BUT IT'S GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER.

UM, CURRENTLY WE GET $7.2 MILLION FROM THAT FUND AND WAS GOING TO GROW TO NINE OR $10 MILLION BY THE TIME THAT SUNSETS, SO THE LINGERING, UH, ECONOMIC DAMAGE AND DISRUPTION AND PATIENT DUE TO COVID 19 PANDEMIC AND GLOBAL, GLOBAL ECONOMIC AND GEOPOLITICAL TURMOIL, TURMOIL, EXCUSE ME.

UH, THAT'S A CHALLENGE, UH, SUPPLYING TO SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES THAT CONTINUE TO IMPACT REGIONAL ECONOMY.

UH, AND IT'S IMPACTING US COMPLETING OUR, UH, PROJECTS ON TIME.

YOU CAN'T GET THE MATERIALS ON TIME, UH, MAINTAINING STAFF SALARIES TO KEEP US COMPETITIVE AND, UH, RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF KEY STAFF POSITIONS, ESPECIALLY POLICE OFFICERS AND DISPATCHERS.

SO BACK TO OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE, THE MEASURE T THIS SLIDE IS A SEMINAR 4.6% GROWTH IN REVENUE AND EXPENSES OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO ALWAYS BRING IN A BALANCED BUDGET AS WHY IT STARTS OFF FLAT FOR THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OR SO.

UM, WE'RE GONNA, WE ALWAYS, UH, REDUCED THE BUDGET TO MATCH OUR REVENUE SOURCES.

SO WE DON'T BRING UNBALANCED BUDGETS.

SO, BUT ONCE IT SUNSETS IN DECEMBER OF 28, UM, WE WILL HAVE THAT REVENUE FOR SIX MONTHS AND IT WILL SUNSET.

SO WE'LL LOSE ABOUT FOUR, A LITTLE OVER $4.6 MILLION, AND YOU CAN SEE AS IT GOES OUT FURTHER, WE'RE GOING TO LOSE BE UP TO ABOUT $10 MILLION BY THE TIME IT SUNSETS.

SO, UM, THIS IS, UH, THE MOST IMPORTANT

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UH, AND I THINK AS THE LAST SLIDE JUST SHOWS OUR STAFFING LEVELS, FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT FULL-TIME PART-TIME, THE BLUE IS GENERAL FUND.

THE REDS ARE OTHER FUNDS.

UH, I THINK WE HAVE A FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT OF 347 EMPLOYEES.

WE TRY TO, UH, THEY'RE NOT ALL IN THE GENERAL FUND BECAUSE, UH, THE ONES IN RED ARE USUALLY GOING TO THE WATER PHONES WHO ARE FINE, UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS, FUND, GRANT FUNDS.

SO, BUT WE HAVEN'T REALLY GROWN THAT MUCH AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, SOME PROGRAMS GO AWAY, SOME EMPLOYEES LEAVE AND OTHERS COME IN.

SO THAT COMPLETES OUR, UH, BUDGET PRESENTATION.

WE'VE BEEN IN THE TWO HUNDRED TWELVE, TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN, UH, 216 EMPLOYEE LEVEL.

IF YOU COULD GO BACK A COUPLE OF SLIDES, PLEASE.

UH, ROB, SO OBVIOUSLY, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THIS CHART HERE, UH, THIS IS THE ONE FACTOR THAT WE KEEP OUR EYE ON AND, AND THE, UM, FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND ADMINISTRATION TO PUT THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE, BY THE TIME THE MEASURE T EXPIRES, IT WILL BE GENERATING AS MUCH AS THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SPENDS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SPENDS AS BUDGETS IN TOTAL.

SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, ASSUMING THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO IMPACT PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, OR AT LEAST MINIMIZE IMPACTS TO PUBLIC SAFETY, THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT BRINGS IN IS ENOUGH TO WIPE OUT ENTIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGETS IN NON PUBLIC SAFETY UNITS.

SO IT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUNDING, MORE.

SO WE HAVE BEEN PUTTING MORE AND MORE MONEY EVERY YEAR OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND INTO CAPITAL PROJECTS.

WE ARE FUNDING MATCHES TO GRANTS.

WE'RE PUTTING MONEY INTO DISCRETIONARY PARKS PROJECTS, UH, OTHER FACILITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

SO IT'S NOT JUST OPERATIONS.

THAT MEASURE T HELPS FUND BECAUSE AS A GENERAL TAX AND AS PART OF THE GENERAL FUND, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO PULL MONEY OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND ANNUALLY INTO CAPITAL PROJECTS.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER AREA OF CONCERN FOR US.

AND IF YOU GO ONE SLIDE FORWARD, PLEASE.

UM, THE OTHER THING I WOULD NOTE IS THAT DESPITE UNFREEZING POSITIONS AND ADDING POSITIONS IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, UM, OUR PROJECTED, UH, FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS FOR GENERAL FUND IS 200 EMPLOYEES.

IT'S STILL CONSIDERABLY LOWER THAN WE'VE BEEN AVERAGING OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS.

AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN COME CLOSE TO, UH, UH, REALIZING THOSE LEVELS OF, OF STAFFING.

AND I THINK AT THIS POINT, WE'VE GOT A CERTAIN DEGREE OF EFFICIENCY IN THE, IN THE ORGANIZATION WHERE WE CAN, WE THINK WE CAN DO A GOOD JOB WITH THE LEVEL OF STAFFING WE'VE PROPOSED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, BUT NOW WE'VE BEEN REDUCING STAFFING, KNOWING THAT WE HAVE THESE FUTURE CHALLENGES COMING AT US, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T SIT THERE AND WAIT UNTIL THE DAY IT HAPPENS.

WE HAVE TO START PLANNING NOW.

UM, BUT THE DEPARTMENT FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE A FINE JOB WORKING WITH ALL THE CITY DEPARTMENTS ON CRAFTING BUDGETS THAT THEY FELT NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT COUNCIL WANTS US TO DELIVER.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PROUD OF BRINGING TO YOU A BALANCED BUDGET AND ONE THAT HELPS FUND RESERVES, UH, TONIGHT AS COUNCIL CONSIDERS THIS.

AND AS YOU LOOK AT ANY CHANGES YOU'D LIKE TO PROPOSE, THE ONE THING WE WOULD ASK FOR DIRECTION FOR IS ON THAT UNENCUMBERED AMOUNTS IN THE BUDGET, OUR RECOMMENDATION, AS WE PLACE THAT ENTIRE AMOUNT INTO OUR CIP RESERVES TO GO TOWARDS CAPITAL PROJECTS.

NEXT YEAR, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PROJECTS COULD USE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO BE COMPLETED, AND THAT WOULD BE A HELPFUL A ONE-TIME USE OF THOSE FUNDS.

AND WITH THAT, WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS QUESTION FOR EITHER A MEL OR OUR CITY MANAGER, UH, WITH THE, UH, SUNSETTING OF MEASURE T UH, IN, IN GRAND, WE ARE STILL A LITTLE OVER SIX YEARS AWAY, UH, FOR ANYBODY OUT THERE THAT'S WATCHING, AS I, AS I'VE COME TO LEARN BEING A PART OF CITY GOVERNMENT, BEING AN ELECTED HERE IS, UH, THAT, UH, THAT TRANSACTION TAX, UH, SAY IT WAS TO GO AWAY.

AND IT WASN'T TO BE RENEWED, UH, ARE THERE OUTSIDE ENTITIES THAT CAN, UH, THAT CAN TAKE OVER THAT, THAT TRANSACTION TAX IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, AND, UH, IT NOT BENEFIT THE CITY.

SO THE WAY A SALES AND TRANSACTION TAX WORKS IS THAT THERE'S A STATE CAP ON HOW MUCH A RATE CAN BE ESTABLISHED IN ANY GIVEN COUNTY.

UM, AND OF THAT, I WANT TO SAY IT'S A 2% CAP ON WHAT THAT LOCAL TRANSACTION TAX CAN BE.

THE STATE DOESN'T CARE WHO RAISES THAT TAX.

SO IF, FOR INSTANCE, UH, OTTA ISSUED MEASURE M TWO, I THINK THAT'S A HALF CENT TRANSACTION TAX.

IS THAT TRUE? THAT'S A COUNTY-WIDE TRANSACTION TAX THAT COUNTS AGAINST THAT 2%.

SO IF LET'S SAY SOME FICTITIOUS COUNTYWIDE AGENCY WERE TO ISSUE A TAX AND THE COUNTY, UH, VOTERS ACROSS THE COUNTY APPROVED IT FOR, LET'S SAY ONE AND A HALF PERCENT, THEN THEY WOULD EAT UP THE REST OF THAT CAPACITY OF THAT LOCALLY

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ADMINISTERED TAX.

SO YOU'RE RIGHT.

IF THE CITY'S TRANSACTION TAX WENT AWAY, THERE'S NOTHING THAT WOULD KEEP ANOTHER ENTITY ON A REGIONAL BASIS TO GO TO THE VOTERS ON A REGIONAL BASIS AND HAVE A TAX MEASURE PASSED THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY TAKE THAT CAPACITY BACK.

AND THEN IT WOULDN'T BE A LOCAL TAX ANYMORE.

IT WOULD BE A REGIONAL TAX.

I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK MEL AND MARYANNE FOR THE BUDGET, ALL THE DEPARTMENT, HEADS, MANAGERS, AND STAFF FOR THAT.

UM, IT'S A VERY OPTIMISTIC BUDGET.

UM, I RECALL SITTING HERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND SAYING, WE HAVE TO CUT HERE, DEFER THIS THERE.

SO, UH, IT'S NICE TO SEE, UH, A BETTER BUDGET THAT'S THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WILL BETTER SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.

AND ALL I'D LIKE TO SAY IS, I THINK WE HAVE LIKE $400,000, UM, EXTRA REVENUE THERE.

AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KIND OF PUT THAT AWAY FOR A RAINY DAY.

NO, UH, I MEAN, AS FAR AS THE RAINY DAY YET, I KNOW OUR CITY MANAGER HAD A, HAD RECOMMENDED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

I LIKED THE IDEA OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, AND SPECIFICALLY WE'VE GOT EUCLID AVENUE HERE, UH, THAT, UH, THAT, THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED.

I'M GETTING, UM, I AM NOT KIDDING YOU WHEN I'M GETTING DOZENS OF PHONE CALLS IN A MONTH IN REFERENCE, UH, EUCLID AVENUE HERE FROM THE HARBOR BOULEVARD, ALL THE WAY NORTH OF THE CITY LIMITS IT'S IT'S IN HORRIBLE SHAPE.

UH, SO I MEAN, I WOULD, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT IN OUR CAPITAL THAT, SO IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE, LIKE YOU COULD OBVIOUSLY YES, YES, ABSOLUTELY.

PLACE THIS UP HIGHER IN THE QUEUE, LIKE YOU MENTIONED.

SO EUCLID, UH, THE EUCLID PAVING PROJECT FROM LAHABRA BOULEVARD NORTH ALL THE WAY TO CITY LIMITS IS FULLY FUNDED IN THE, IN THIS BUDGET WITH CAPITAL FUNDS, UH, STREETS, FUNDS OF VARIOUS, UH, COMPONENTS.

THE ONE PROJECT WE ARE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS WE HAVE, UH, SOME PARTIAL FUNDING FOR SOME IMPROVEMENTS WE'D LIKE TO DO AT EL CENTRAL PARK.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S, UM, UH, SHADES OVER THERE, UH, LIKE, UM, UH, PATIO SHADES AND THE CONCRETE AREAS ARE IN PRETTY, PRETTY ROUGH SHAPE.

AND WE USE THAT PARK REALLY, UM, QUITE OFTEN FOR A MAJOR CIVIC EVENTS.

SO WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD CONCEPTUAL IDEA OF A PROJECT, UH, FOR THAT PARK, BUT WE DON'T HAVE FULL FUNDING FOR THAT.

IF COUNCIL WERE TO APPROVE TRANSFERRING THIS, UM, UH, EXCESS FUNDING OR THE SURPLUS FUNDING IN THE BUDGET TO CAPITAL, UH, WE'D RECOMMEND PUTTING ALL THAT INTO, INTO THAT, UH, L CENTRAL PARKS PROJECT AND HELP US DO SOME RENOVATIONS OVER THAT ARE MUCH NEEDED.

IF I MAY, MR. MAYOR, I THINK WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT TWO DIFFERENT THINGS HERE.

WE'RE LOOKING WHERE THE MAYOR BEGAN TALKING ABOUT EUCLID, WHICH IS SOMETHING, A CONCERN THAT WE'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU, SECONDARILY, WHAT TO DO WITH THAT EXTRA 470,000.

I THINK IT'S RECOMMENDATION TO STAFF TO GIVE THAT INTO CAPITAL PROJECTS, ESSENTIALLY.

SO ARE YOU LOOKING FOR APPROVAL FOR THAT TRANSFER TONIGHT FROM COUNCIL? WE JUST NEED DIRECTION.

IF YOU WERE, IF YOU WERE AMENABLE TO PUTTING IT INTO CAPITAL, WE WILL THEN ADJUST THE FINAL BUDGET DOCUMENT TO SHOW IT BEING TRANSFERRED FROM THE GENERAL FUND INTO CAPITAL.

AND WE'LL ASSIGN IT TO A PROJECT FOR FINAL APPROVAL AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

JUST BE CLEAR, YOU COULD, ISN'T AN ISSUE BECAUSE AS YOU SAY, IT'S BEEN FULLY, IT'S NOT YET THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT MONEY IS NOT AN ISSUE HERE AT ALL THE STREAM.

I'M SORRY.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY NOT A STREAM.

THE WATER DRAIN ISSUE.

NO.

SO THE, THE STORM DRAIN PROJECT UNDERNEATH THE EUCLID IS AT THIS POINT, PROBABLY A FOUR AND A HALF TO $5 MILLION EXPENSE, AND WE DON'T HAVE FUNDING SUFFICIENT TO PAY FOR THAT.

AND SO WHAT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE SIMPLY JUST PAVE EUCLID AND THEN WE'LL ADDRESS THAT, UH, STORM CHANNEL ISSUE IN THE FUTURE, UM, AT A LATER DATE, UM, WHEN ADDITIONAL FUNDING MIGHT BECOME AVAILABLE.

MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY, IF I CAN DIGRESS BACK TO EUCLID FOR A SECOND, DAN, I JUST WANT TO STATE MY POSITION ON THAT PERSONALLY.

AND THAT'S THAT I'D LIKE TO USE A MEDICAL ANALOGY WHEN IT COMES TO EUCLID IS PROBABLY THE WORST STREET IN THE CITY.

AND I THINK THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, MEDICALLY, YOU TRIAGED CERTAIN PROJECTS AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW THE PRIORITIZATION IS TAKING PLACE WITH REGARD TO THE VERY NEXT MAJOR STREET RENOVATION WHERE THAT'S GOING, BUT I CAN SAY THAT EUCLID AS A PATIENT IS IN THE CENTER OF THE ICU AND IT'S ON A VENTILATOR, RIGHT.

AND I THINK FOLKS ARE I GET THIS A LOT WHEN I'M OUT AND ABOUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND I HEAR THIS CONSTANTLY IS THAT THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA SUE THE CITY FOR A NEW SUSPENSION BECAUSE EUCLID IS SO TERRIBLE.

SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE CAN'T ACTUALLY PUT THAT IN THE QUEUE AND TAKE THAT TO THE VERY TOP REORDER THE LIST OF THE VERY NEXT STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

UH, YEAH.

I CAN TALK WITH OUR ENGINEERING STAFF AND WE CAN, IF, IF THE BUDGET IS APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED AND THE FUNDING IS MADE AVAILABLE BY COUNCIL, WE CAN LOOK AT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO EXPEDITE THAT PROJECT AND MAYBE BUMP A FEW, UM, THE ONES THAT ARE ALREADY OUT FORBID OR HAVE BEEN AWARDED THOSE WILL MOVE FORWARD ANYWAY, BUT WE CAN PROBABLY

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WELL, AND IF I CAN, UH, MAYBE AFTER WE, UH, WE FIGURED OUT HERE WHAT'S DONE WITH THE BUDGET, BUT WE CAN GET A STAFF REPORT ON EUCLID TO SEE WHEN IT IS EXACTLY THAT IS GONNA, IS GOING TO BE DONE.

UH, SO WE CAN, UH, SO WE CAN PUT THAT OUT AND LET OUR RESIDENTS KNOW THAT, UH, THAT IT'S ONE OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES.

NOW THE EUCLID PORTION FROM WHITTIER BOULEVARD TO NORTHERN CITY LIMITS, THAT'S BEEN IN THE BUDGET, I BELIEVE THAT'S ALREADY DESIGNED.

AND WE'RE GOING OUT TO BID ALBERT FOR THAT, OR HAS THAT BEEN BID? UH, WE ARE IN A IMPROVE THE WATERLINE IS THERE, CAN YOU COME INTO THE MICROPHONE? SO PEOPLE AT HOME CAN HEAR YOU PLEASE.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

SO THE STREET IMPROVEMENTS ARE AT 90% OR 90, 95%, WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THE WATERLINE IMPROVEMENT.

SO WE DON'T WANT TO GO AHEAD BIT THE PROJECT, UH, AND RECONSTRUCT THE PAYMENT A YEAR LATER, COME OUT AND DO THE WATER.

SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

THERE, THERE HAS BEEN SOME HOTSPOTS THERE.

SO WE WENT TO, UH, NOW IT'S THE TIME TO CUT IT ONCE AND THEN PAVE IT BACK.

UH, ONCE THE WATERLINE PERMITS ARE THERE.

SO WE ARE EXPECTING TO GET A FINALIZED PLANTS, HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE YEAR OR EARLY NEXT YEAR.

SO ONCE THAT WE'LL FACE OUT THE PROJECT, WE'LL DO THE WATER LINE IMPROVEMENTS, AND THEN WE CAN START ON THE PAVING.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS EUCLID FROM NORTH OF WHITTIER BOULEVARD.

THAT IS CORRECT FROM WHITTIER TO NORTH CITY LIMIT.

SO THEN THE SOUTHERN PORTION FROM WHITTIER BOULEVARD TO LAHABRA, WE'LL LOOK AT HOW WE CAN ACCELERATE THAT IN THE PLANS.

IF WE, UH, IF WE CAN GET A STAFF REPORT ON THAT, IF SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO SECOND THAT, UH, SO WE CAN GET A, UH, A GOOD SCHEDULE OF WHEN LAHABRA TO WHITTIER, UH, TH THAT YOU PART OF EUCLID WOULD, WOULD IT GET DONE? I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT, MR. MAYOR.

I WOULD SECOND THAT MOTION.

IF IT'S EMOTION, WE'LL BRING A REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL.

ONCE WE HAVE A BUDGET ADOPTED AND WE HAVE A GOOD, GOOD GAME PLAN ON WHERE WE CAN SLOT THAT IN AS HER MAYOR.

IF I MIGHT ASK A QUESTION TO THE CITY MANAGER, IF, IF THIS EXTRA MONEY IS NOT ALLOCATED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, WHERE DOES IT GO? UM, IT WOULD NORMALLY THEN GO TO THE GENERAL FUND RESERVE IF IT'S NOT ALLOCATED APPROPRIATE FOR, AND IT'S IN THE GENERAL FUND RESERVE, IT CAN BE USED FOR ANY, FOR ANYTHING GRAND CAPITAL, CORRECT.

SO, IF I CAN, I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR A PUBLIC DISCUSSION, PUBLIC COMMENT, ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC BULLYING, UH, WANTING TO TESTIFY, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD IF YOU'RE WILLING TO DO SO, SEEING NONE CALL FOR COUNSEL DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION, MR. MAYOR, I'VE MOVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, THE HARBOR RECEIVE AND FILE A PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR BUDGET PRESENTATION AND DIRECT STAFF REGARDING ANY REVISIONS.

IF I MAY, UH, DO WE STILL HAVE TO DETERMINE THE, UH, THE OVERAGE, CORRECT? WELL, WE CAN DO THAT TONIGHT.

IF WE GET DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL, WHAT YOU'D LIKE US TO DO WITH THAT 470,000, WE CAN PLAN FOR IT IN THE FINAL BUDGET DOCUMENTS THAT WE'LL BRING BACK AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, OR WE CAN WAIT UNTIL THAT MEETING, BUT THE BUDGET WON'T BE, UM, WON'T SHOW ANY ASSIGNMENT OF THOSE FUNDS AT THAT TIME, WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A BUDGET AMENDMENT LATER.

SO HAVING RETHOUGHT THIS, UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM GOLDMAN'S HAD BROUGHT UP ABOUT PUTTING INTO THE GENERAL FUND, CORRECT? YEP.

I WILL GO AHEAD AND SECOND THAT AS WELL.

WE'LL TRANSFER THOSE TO RESERVES.

VERY GOOD.

I DON'T KNOW IF I MADE THE PROPER MOTION OR NOT.

DID I JUMP, UH, RECEIVING FILES? CORRECT.

AND, UH, I UNDERSTAND COUNSEL'S ACTION IS TO PLACE ANY, UH, UNENCUMBERED FUNDS INTO RESERVES.

YES.

WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING INCORPORATED INTO MY EMOTION.

I'LL SECOND.

IT ALL RIGHT.

CAN WE GET A BOAT MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

ONTO THE MAYOR'S CALENDAR.

MOVING

[ MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR:]

EXCUSE ME.

YEP.

NO GOOD MAYOR'S CALENDAR.

LOCAL COVID VACCINE.

EXCUSE ME.

LOCAL COVID VACCINATION AND BOOSTER SHOT EVENTS CONTINUE TO OCCUR TO HOSPITALS, MEDICAL CENTERS, PHARMACIES, AND OTHER LOCATIONS AROUND THE COUNTY, INCLUDING HERE IN LA HABRA APPOINTMENTS FOR VACCINATION AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER ARE AVAILABLE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, 7:00 AM TO 6:00 PM AND FRIDAYS 8:30 AM TO 5:00 PM.

AND THEY'RE CLOSED WEEKENDS TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT, PLEASE VISIT

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WWW.MY TURN.CA.GOV.

IN ADDITION, THE COMMUNITY CENTER ALSO HOSTS COVID TESTING EVENTS EVERY MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7:00 AM AND 6:00 PM AND FRIDAY 8:30 AM TO 5:00 PM CLOSED WEEKENDS.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR TO LEARN MORE, PLEASE CALL THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0.

PARENTS LOOKING FOR A FUN WAY FOR YOUR KIDS TO BEAT THE HEAT.

THIS SUMMER KIDS AGES FOUR TO 12 MAY NOW ENROLL IN THE CITY OF LA HABRA SUMMER ACTIVE DAY CAMP DAY CAMP IS A GREAT WAY FOR KIDS TO SPEND THEIR SUMMER LEARNING AND EXPERIENCING NEW ADVENTURES THROUGH ARTS AND CRAFTS GAMES AND WEEKLY EXCURSIONS CAMP OPEN TODAY AND WILL REMAIN IN SESSION DAILY FOR THE NEXT 10 WEEKS THROUGH AUGUST 12TH.

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY CALL 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, OR VISIT US ONLINE@WWWDOTLAHABRACA.GOV.

JOIN US FOR THE CITY OF LAHABRA IS FREE SCREENINGS OF FAMILY FRIENDLY MOVIES AS PART OF OUR SUMMER MOVIES IN THE PARK SERIES, WHICH KICKS OFF AT OSD PARK ON FRIDAY, JUNE 17TH, WITH THE SHOWING OF THE ANIMATED MOVIE, SEEING TWO ADDITIONAL MOVIES AND LOCATIONS WILL BE ANNOUNCED THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0.

THE HARBOR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT INVITES ALL THE HARVARD KIDS TO JOIN THEM FOR COOL COPS AT OSD PARK ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22ND.

IT WILL BE AN AFTERNOON OF WATERSLIDES ICE CREAM CRAFTS AND SPLASH PAD FUN WITH THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE LAHABRA POLICE DEPARTMENT.

ALL ACTIVITIES ARE FREE AND SMILES ARE GUARANTEED FOR EVERYONE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

CALL 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND PLAN ON JOINING US FOR THE CITY OF LA HOMBRES.

4TH OF JULY, FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR ON MONDAY, JULY 4TH, THAT LABA NITA PARK TICKET AND SHOW INFORMATION COMING SOON.

BRING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND HELP US CELEBRATE OUR NATION'S BIRTHDAY.

ALSO, DON'T FORGET THAT THE CITY WILL HOST IS POPULAR CONCERTS IN THE PARK SERIES THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF JULY WITH CONCERTS OCCURRING EACH THURSDAY EVENING AT 7:00 PM.

THE SERIES WILL FEATURE A DIFFERENT PERFORMER AT PORTOLA PARK AND ALL CONCERTS ARE FREE.

VISIT US@WWWDOTLAHABRACA.GOV OR CALL 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0 FOR MORE INFORMATION AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST THE LAHABRA CHILD DEVELOPMENT DIVISION IS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATION APPLICATIONS FOR ITS FULL DAY UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL AND TK PROGRAMS FOR THE UPCOMING 20 22, 20 23 SCHOOL YEAR, HELP YOUR CHILD DEVELOP A SOLID EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION THROUGH A FOCUS PROGRAM THAT ENHANCES SCHOOL DISTRICT CURRICULUM SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE FOR INFANTS, PRESCHOOL AND SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN FROM SIX WEEKS OF AGE TO 12 YEARS OLD.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 7 0.

ANY COMMENTS FROM STAFF, NOT MR. MAYOR COMMENTS

[ COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS:]

FROM COUNCIL? YES.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR SHOWING UP, UH, TO MY AWARD SHOW, UH, THIS LAST WEEK.

THANK YOU ALL.

AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ROSA.

SPINOSA OUR HALL OF FAMER, UH, CONGRATULATES WELL-DESERVED.

I WANT TO THANK OUR LEGACY LIFETIME LEGACY AWARD, STEVE SIMONIAN, AND OUT IN THE CROWD.

WE HAVE CAPTAIN MILLER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND CONGRATULATIONS, TEASER FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.

UH, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, PAUL MAHONEY.

I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU A LOT OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND IT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

I, I, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF DIFFERENCE WITH THE HOMELESS SITUATION GOING ON OUT THERE.

SO I THANK YOU FOR THIS DRIVE THAT YOU'RE MAKING OUT THERE.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO ALL OF US TO WORKING WITH YOU.

I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF A COUPLE OF PEOPLE, MR. MAYOR, UH, TED ESPARZA.

UH, YOU MAY KNOW HIS WIFE.

UH, SHE'S WORKED WITH THE LIBRARY HERE IN LA FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

UH, UH, HER HUSBAND PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK AND OUR CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO, TO ROSELEE OR SONS, SONS, ERIC, UH, CHRIS AND GREG, AND, UH, DAUGHTER MONICA.

AND ALSO WE LOST LOWEST LUNBERG JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.

LOIS LUNDBERG WAS A LEGEND IN THE, UM, REPUBLICAN PARTY.

UH, SHE WAS AN ADVISOR BELIEVER NOT TO PRESIDENT REAGAN AND PRESIDENT NIXON.

UH, SHE HAD A CONSULTING FIRM HERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

IN FACT, SHE RAN MY FIRST CAMPAIGN, UH, AND I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THAT THE ICON THAT, THAT SHE WAS, UH, SHE'S SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTER, SHARON OR SON-IN-LAW BRIAN AND, UH, HER GRANDCHILDREN, UH, BUT OUR CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO THE ENTIRE LUNDBERG FAMILY.

THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

YEAH, A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS.

UH, IT WAS SO MUCH FUN TO ATTEND THE OLD HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION WITH, UH, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER.

ESPENOSA OVER 600 KIDS.

AND I, IT, IT LEFT ME WITH SUCH A WONDERFUL FEELING OF OPTIMISM AND PRIDE TO SEE HOW WONDERFUL THOSE KIDS WERE AND THE VALEDICTORIAN SPEECH AND ALL THAT.

AND JUST WHEN YOU START THINKING MAYBE THAT THIS GENERATION DOESN'T HAVE WHAT PREVIOUS GENERATIONS

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HAD, ALL IT TAKES IS TO ATTEND A GRADUATION LIKE THAT, OR TO REMIND YOURSELF THAT YES, THEY'VE GOT THAT AND MORE SO THAT WAS GREAT FUN AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE GRADUATES.

SO 20 22 2 ON THE TOWN GALA WARD BASH WAS SPECTACULAR.

IT WAS JUST LIKE THE ACADEMY AWARDS ONLY WITH A BETTER HOST, GOOD JOB, JIM, GREAT JOB TO YOU AND MARIE.

AND MY FINAL COMMENT IS JUST TO BE MINDFUL OF THE FACT THAT IT WAS 78 YEARS AGO TODAY THAT WE HAD THE, UH, THE D-DAY LANDINGS AT NORMANDY, CAROL AND I ARE FORTUNATE TO ACTUALLY WALK THOSE BEACHES.

AND I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER SIMONIAN HAS BEEN THERE BEFORE AS WELL, VERY SOLEMN PLACE, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT ON THIS NIGHT WE REMEMBER THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE PAID BY THOSE MEN TO PRESERVE OUR FREEDOM.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

I ALSO ATTENDED THE GRADUATION FOR LA HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL.

UM, AND I CONGRATULATE HIM AS A COUNCIL MEMBER.

AND EXERIENCE SAID THEY SPOKE SO ELOQUENTLY THAT YOU JUST FELT ASSURED THAT THE FUTURE IS IN GOOD HANDS.

AND, UH, I WAS GLAD TO SEE THAT WE FINALLY HAD A GRADUATION.

UH, AND I KNOW THESE KIDS HAVE BEEN MISSING THAT FOR SOME TIME NOW.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING ME.

IT WAS, UH, IT WAS, NO, IT WAS, IT WAS GOOD TO BE THERE WITH ALL THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE BEING RECOGNIZED THAT EVENING.

I FELT, I FELT LIKE I WAS IN A, IN A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE MOVERS AND SHAKERS, BUT THEY'RE ALL MOVERS AND SHAKERS.

EVERYONE THERE THAT WAS ATTENDING HAS REALLY MADE A COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND IT, IT TAKES ALL, ALL THESE INDIVIDUALS, NONPROFITS, POLICE FORCE, UM, INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE THE CHURCH, UH, MONSIGNOR MCCARTHY, UH, ALL OF THEM MADE SUCH A DIFFERENCE IN CONTINUING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I WAS JUST HONORED TO BE AMONG THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND ED ARNELL WAS THERE CARLO DICARLO.

I MEAN, THEY WERE BEING RECOGNIZED AS WELL.

AND HE ACTUALLY REMEMBERED ME.

HE MEAN, HE CALLED ME BY MY FIRST NAME.

HE'S GOT A GREAT MEMORY AND I HADN'T SEEN HIM SUCH A LONG TIME AS WELL.

UM, AND AS WELL, I WAS, UM, I POPPED IN WHILE I USUALLY ATTEND OUR SUNDAY MASS AT OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE EVERY SUNDAY.

AND I WAS, UH, I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THAT MAYOR MADRONA WAS THERE RECOGNIZING TWO, UH, SISTERS THAT WERE RETIRING OR LEAVING THE, THE, UM, THE CITY, THE ST.

JOSEPH IS IT THAT, THAT WAS WHAT'S CALLED THE HOUSE OF PRAYER THERE ON CITRUS.

UM, AND SO IT WAS NICE TO SEE THAT YOU WERE THERE TO RECOGNIZE HIM.

AND, UM, I'M ALWAYS IN THE CRY ROOM, SO I'VE NEVER SEEN INSIDE, UH, WITH THE OTHER PEOPLE, BUT, UH, FATHER BECKER ALWAYS KNOWS THAT I'M THERE.

AND, UH, I, UM, WAS ABLE TO GO OUTSIDE OF THE CRY ROOM.

AND AS I TOLD, ONE OF THE PERSONS, IT'S NICE TO GET OUT OF THE CRY ROOM ONCE IN A WHILE WITH MY GRANDDAUGHTER WHO'S, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO TEACH HER HOW TO, YOU KNOW, BE ACTIVE IN THE CHURCH AS WELL.

UH, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HONORING THE SISTERS THERE.

AND, UH, OVER MEMORIAL HOLIDAY, I DID RECEIVE A CALL FROM A LADY WHO I WANTED TO, UH, PUT SOME FLOWERS AT THE MONUMENT, COMMEMORATING OUR LA HARBOR FALLEN SOLDIERS.

AND I HAD TOLD HER WHERE IT WAS AT THAT IT'S LOCATED OVER THAT THE VALENCIA APARTMENTS, UH, WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR HER TO ACTUALLY GO OVER THERE AND PLACE FLOWERS.

SO I, I LIKE TO SEE IF I COULD GET THE SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL TO POSSIBLY CONSIDER HAVING ANOTHER MONUMENT OVER HERE IN THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY WHERE RESIDENT MEMBERS CAN, UH, CAN COME HERE LOCALLY IN FRONT OF THE HEART OF THE CITY, INSTEAD OF ALL THE WAY OUT THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY TO COMMEMORATE OUR FALLEN SOLDIERS SITE, LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN POSSIBLY DISCUSS THAT AND GET THE SUPPORTIVE COUNCIL.

UH, YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT.

ROSE ONE THING THE, UH, AMERICAN LEGION POST 2 67 IS PROPOSING, IS DOING A MEMORIAL KIND OF RIGHT THERE, RIGHT ACROSS TO THE AREA THERE WHERE THAT NEW GREENBELT IS THAT WE PUT THERE RIGHT BY EL CENTRAL PARK.

OH, THEY'RE CONSIDERING MAYBE DOING SOMETHING THERE RIGHT NOW.

AND THEY'RE KIND OF BEEN TALKING TO KELLY AND, YOU KNOW, NOTHING OFFICIALLY YET, BUT THERE'S BEEN A DIALOGUE GOING ON ABOUT DOING SOMETHING THERE.

WELL, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE, UH, PEOPLE WANT TO COMMEMORATE THEM AND PLACE FLOWERS OR WHATEVER.

AND, UH, HAVING THE CEREMONY, MAYBE THERE WOULD BE A MUCH BETTER THAN HAVING IT THERE ON A BEACH BOULEVARD.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

SO I, TO A, WELL, ACTUALLY I, UH, I ATTENDED, UH, LAST PLACIDO AS A PYP YOUTH.

IT'S A PRIMARY YOUTH PROGRAM THAT I ATTENDED AT THE END OF THEIR SCHOOL YEAR.

AND WHAT IT IS IS A FIFTH GRADERS PUT ON EXHIBITIONS, UH, IN REFERENCE A DIFFERENT, UH, DIFFERENT SUBJECT MATTERS, QUITE ENLIGHTENING.

I'LL TELL YOU THIS.

AND, UH, THEY WERE, UH, THEY WERE TUGGING AT ME TO COME SEE THEIR EXHIBIT.

EACH ONE OF THEIR EXHIBITIONS.

THERE MUST HAVE BEEN OVER 13

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EXHIBITIONS THERE.

AND I GOT TO SEE MAYBE SIX OF THEM OVER THE COURSE OF TIME.

AND, UH, JUST THE FACT THAT THEY WERE, UH, THAT THEY WERE VERY HAPPY THAT, THAT THE MAYOR WAS THERE TO SEE THEIR EXHIBITION.

SO I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THEY, UH, WHAT THEY PRESENTED.

AND THESE WERE FIFTH GRADERS AND THEY WERE QUITE, UH, QUITE INTERESTING TO SAY THE LEAST, UH, EXHIBITS ON SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, UH, PLASTICS IN THE OCEAN, CLEAN DRINKING, WATER, HOMELESSNESS, AND OTHERS, QUITE INTERESTING IN THE SUBJECT MATTER AND THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT THEY KNEW ABOUT THE SUBJECT MATTER IN THE QUESTIONS SO MUCH SO THAT THE EVALUATION PROCESS, THEY, UH, THEY HAVE, YOU ACTUALLY SCAN A, UH, WHAT DO YOU CALL THE, UH, THE, THE QR CODES YES.

WITH YOUR PHONE, AND YOU CAN PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THEIR, ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS, WHICH WAS SUPER COOL.

AND IT WAS NICE.

UH, IT WAS NICE FOR THE YELLOWHAMMER HARBOR CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

OF COURSE, UH, JOANNE CULVERHOUSE WAS OUT THERE AND, UH, OTHER REPRESENTATIVES AS WELL.

SO IT WAS A, QUITE A, QUITE A FEAT, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, TO SEE WHAT THESE KIDS ARE UP TO.

AND IT WAS VERY, VERY NICE ECHOING ON THE SENTIMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUE, DARREN EXPERIAN, AND THE DIRECTION OF OUR YOUTH, UH, IN, IN GOOD HANDS HERE AT THE LAVA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I'LL TELL YOU THAT, UM, ALSO ATTENDED THE LRI SCHOOL GRADUATION LAST WEEK, WHICH WAS GREAT, GREAT TO SEE.

AND IT WAS ACTUALLY NICE TO, UH, TO SHAKE HANDS AND, UH, AND REALLY FIST BUMP THESE KIDS AS THEY WERE WALKING UP TO RECEIVE THEIR DIPLOMAS.

THEY WERE QUITE GRATEFUL TO SEE, UH, THE PRESENCE OF THE CITY COUNCILS.

SO, UH, I WANTED TO THANK LAHABRA HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE, UH, FOR THE INVITATION AND PUT IT OUT THERE EVERY YEAR AND I WILL ATTEND AS POSSIBLE.

UH, I REALLY DO BELIEVE IN, IN YOUTH MENTORSHIP, AS WELL AS MY FA MY OTHER FOUR COLLEAGUES UP HERE, THE FIVE OF US REALLY, REALLY DO.

AND WE SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE ALWAYS HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE THERE, IF NOT ALL OF US WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO WELL UP HERE.

UH, THE FIVE OF US, WE, UH, WE TAKE TURNS IN, IN DOING WHAT WE CAN WHEN ONE OF US CAN MAKE IT.

UH, WE DO SO, UH, IT'S, UH, IT, IT, IT'S A BREATH OF FRESH AIR TO SEE THAT HERE ON THIS COUNCIL, OUTSIDE OF THAT, UH, YES, YESTERDAY, UH, WENT IN ON HONORED SISTER, MARGARET AND SISTER MARY, OVER AT, UH, OLG, OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE.

UH, IT WAS A, IT WAS A NICE MASS, UH, AND, UH, NICE TO BE IN FRONT OF THE, UH, THE CONGREGATION AND HONORING, UH, THESE, UH, THESE TWO WOMEN OF FAITH.

SO, UH, IT WAS A GOOD EVENT OUTSIDE OF THAT.

THANK YOU TO OUR CITY STAFF, MEL, I GOT TO TELL YOU, UH, YOU ARE, UH, YOU ARE THE NUMBERS GUY OUTSIDE OF OUR, UH, OF OUR ROLES HERE ON CITY COUNCIL AND WORKING FOR THE CITY.

WHEN I GO TO VEGAS ONE, I'M TAKING YOU WITH ME.

THAT'S JUST THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY, BUT KNOWING YOU'RE NOT ABSOLUTELY NOT, BUT, UH, I THANK YOU.

UH, ALL OF THE, UH, THE DIRECTORS AND OUR CITY STAFF THAT, UH, PRESENTED THAT BUDGET, WE UNDERSTAND IT'S, UH, IT, IT, IT IS TIRESOME, UM, LOOKING AT ALL THOSE NUMBERS, BUT, UH, BUT IT'S FOR A GOOD CAUSE.

AND OUR RESIDENTS SHOULD KNOW THAT, UH, THAT OUR CITY IS IN GOOD HANDS.