Oct 05, 2020 City Council

SO THE FIRST STEP WILL BE A PRESENTATION BY ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, THE BEACH BOULEVARD, CORRIDOR STUDY.

WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE COUNCIL MEMBER, DIRECTOR, SHAW COUNCIL MEMBER, DIRECTOR.

MADRANO YEAH.

COUNCIL MEMBER, DIRECTOR GOMEZ HERE.

MAYOR PRO TEM, VICE CHAIR, ESPINOSA MAYOR CHAIR.

BEAMISH I AM HERE AND THERE ARE NO CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT.

[1. ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY BEACH BOULEVARD CORRIDOR STUDY]

AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE IF THEY'RE HERE OR COMING IN DAN FU AND SAM CERVINI FROM OCJ TO GIVE THE PRESENTATION.

YEAH, RIGHT THERE, BACK THERE ON THAT CORNER.

GOOD EVENING.

I'M DAN FU FROM THE OTTA.

YOU STAND REALLY CLOSE TO THE LIGHT.

GOOD EVENING.

I'M DAN FOO.

IS IT ON, HOLD ON A SECOND.

I DON'T THINK IT'S ON.

I'M DAN FOO FROM THE ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.

ALSO HERE WITH ME TONIGHT IS, IS SAM CERVINI FROM THE OTTA PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

I'M GOING TO BE GIVING YOU A PRESENTATION ON THE BEACH BOULEVARD CORRIDOR STUDY.

SO THIS WAS ROUGHLY ABOUT A 12 MONTH BETWEEN THE OTTA CAL TRANS, WHO, UM, NAMELY OWNS MOST OF THEY'RE THE OWNER OPERATOR FOR MOST OF BEACH BOULEVARD.

UM, AS WELL AS THE NINE QUARTER CITY PLUS THE COUNTY OF ORANGE.

SO IT WAS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS ON BEACH BOULEVARD, UM, AMONG THE, THE VARIOUS PARTIES.

SO OCT WORKED CLOSELY.

WE WOULD EACH ONE OF THE QUARTER CITIES AND EACH QUARTER CITY ACTUALLY DESIGNATED A POINT OF CONTACT SO THAT WE CAN BE SURE THAT THE INFORMATION IS DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT THE CITY STAFF.

UM, THE CITY, THE STUDY WAS COMPLETED IN SPRING OF THIS YEAR, SO THAT IT WAS JUST RECENTLY COMPLETED.

AND THE DRAFT REPORT WAS ACTUALLY PROVIDED TO THE, EACH OF THE QUARTERS CITY POINT OF CONTACT EARLIER IN THE YEAR, AS WELL AS IN SPRING OF THIS YEAR WHEN IT WAS FINALIZED.

SO HERE'S A MAP OF THE BEACH BOULEVARD QUARTER STUDY EFFECTIVELY.

IT WAS ACTUALLY FROM BASICALLY THE COAST ALL THE WAY TO THE INLAND.

SO IT'S ALL OF ORANGE COUNTY.

IT'S A 21 MILE, UH, STUDY FROM BASICALLY PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY ALL THE WAY TO WHITTIER BOULEVARD OR, UH, I THINK, UH, ROUTE 72.

AND IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT A BUFFER FOR THE STUDY AREA, WE LOOKED AT ONE AND A QUARTER MILE TO THE EAST AND TO THE, TO THE WEST OF BEACH BOULEVARD.

AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, ACROSS THIS, UH, NINE TOTAL CITIES, EIGHT ORANGE COUNTY CITY CITIES, PLUS THE STUDENTS, IF I COULD INTERRUPT YOU, IS THERE A REASON YOU CAN NOT WEAR THE MASK? OH, I APOLOGIZE.

I THOUGHT I WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE IT OFF.

I ALWAYS SPEAK NO, NO.

OH NO.

I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

IF YOU WERE JUST KIND OF STAND CLOSER TO THE MIC.

OF BEACH BARS, TYPICALLY BETWEEN SIX TO EIGHT LANES.

I'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.

I APOLOGIZE.

I DID NOT, NOT A PROBLEM.

THANKS.

UM, SO IT'S A QUARTER CITIES IN ORANGE COUNTY THAT IT CROSSES OVER PLUS THE CITY OF LA MIRADA IN LA COUNTY, PLUS THE UNINCORPORATED PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY OF ORANGE, THE CONFIGURATION

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AND IN TERMS OF THE WIDEST CONFIGURATION, IT'S BETWEEN, UH, ESSENTIALLY THE FOUR OR FIVE TO ABOUT THE 91 IS THE WIDEST CONFIGURATION.

AND THAT'S WHERE THERE'S THE MOST AMOUNT OF LANES AS WELL AS THE HIGHEST TRANSIT USER, UH, THE TRANSIT RIDERSHIP.

SO THE, UM, DAILY TRAFFIC VOLUME RANGES FROM 30,000 TO 85, 30,000 IS CLOSER TO THE COAST AND AN 85,000.

IS THAT AREA THAT I JUST DESCRIBED A MOMENT AGO.

SO IN TERMS OF THE STUDY GOES IN OBJECTIVES.

WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS MORE CLOSELY WITH EACH ONE OF THE QUARTER CITIES, TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE HAVE A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OUT THERE ON BEACH BOULEVARD, BECAUSE EACH ONE OF THE QUARTER CITIES REALLY KNOW BEST WHAT, WHAT IS GOING ON WITHIN THEIR JURISDICTION, AS WELL AS UNDERSTANDING FROM A LAND USE PERSPECTIVE, WHAT ARE PLANS THAT ARE IN THE WORKS FROM EACH ONE OF THE QUARTER CITIES.

SO WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE QUARTER CITIES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE LAND USE PLANS ARE GOING FORWARD.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS ALSO DEVELOP A TOOLBOX OF APPLICABLE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE CAN LATER HAND OVER TO THE QUARTER CITIES SO THAT THEY CAN SPONSOR PROJECTS WITH CALTRANS AND OCT WILL BE IN THE ROLE OF HELPING THEM FIND FUNDINGS AS WELL AS ASSISTING THEM FROM MORE OF A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE.

AND THE, THE OTHER ASPECT OF THIS STUDY IS THAT WE ALSO HAD A COUPLE ROUNDS OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND I'LL, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT LATER.

SO THE PURPOSE OF NEED THERE, AGAIN, REALLY TO TAKE AWAY ON THE PURPOSE OF NEED WAS TO LOOK AT A MULTIMODAL STUDY ON BEACH BOULEVARD TO SEE WHAT CAN BE MAXIMIZED BY WAY OF THROUGHPUT FOR ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.

SO IN TERMS OF THE OUTREACH APPROACH, WE PARTNER WITH THE QUARTER CITIES, UM, THERE'S A POINT OF CONTACT, AND THEN WE ALSO HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE VARIOUS QUARTER CITIES IN TERMS OF WHO TO ENGAGE FOR INSTANCE, WOULD IT BE A VARIOUS COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT ARE WITHIN A PARTICULAR CITY OR ANY, ANY PARTICULAR GROUP THAT THEY WANTED US TO TRY TO TARGET WITH RESPECT TO THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT? SO THERE WERE ALSO ONLINE SURVEYS, TWO ROUNDS OF THEM.

WE HAD A COMMUNITY EVENTS AND POPUP EVENTS FOR WHICH WE HAD PR UH, PROVIDING INFORMATION ON THIS BEACH BOULEVARD QUARTER STUDY.

WE'D ALSO, UH, PRESENTED TO PREVIOUS, UH, TO OTHER CITY COUNCIL, UH, AS WELL AS THIS GROUP FROM ABOUT A YEAR AGO, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY GROUPS.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAD, UM, AN ONBOARD BUS CUSTOMER OUTREACH ON ROUTES 29 AND FIVE 29.

THOSE ARE THE TWO ROUTES THAT ACTUALLY, UM, OCT RUN BUS SERVICE ON BEACH BOULEVARD.

SO IN TERMS OF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SURVEY, WE COLLECTED A TOTAL OF ABOUT 2300 SURVEYS PHASE ONE, IF YOU WILL, OF THE SURVEY WAS REALLY TO GET A GAUGE ON HOW THE PUBLIC FELT ABOUT BEACH BOULEVARD BY WAY OF WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN TERMS OF THE IMPROVEMENTS ON BEACH BOULEVARD.

SO THAT WAS KIND OF A BASELINE UNDERSTANDING WHO'S OUT THERE, WHO'S OUR TARGET AUDIENCE, AS WELL AS UNDERSTANDING WHAT ARE THEIR KIND OF WISHES AND WHAT THEY SEE CAN BE IMPROVED BECAUSE THEY ARE THE USERS ON BEACH AND THEY KIND OF HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND IN A SENSE, SINCE THEY, SINCE THEY USE ON A REGULAR BASIS, THEN THE SECOND PHASE, WE ACTUALLY PROVIDED SOME CONCEPTS AND TRYING TO GET FEEDBACK ON HOW THEY REACTED TO THE VARIOUS CONCEPTS THAT WE PROVIDED.

SO IN TERMS OF THE TOOLBOX DEVELOPMENT THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, WE LOOKED AT BASICALLY FOUR DIFFERENT MODES.

IT WAS BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN TRANSIT, AS WELL AS YOUR TRADITIONAL VEHICULAR.

SO IT WAS TO LOOK AT ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION FROM AN EXISTING STANDPOINT, WHAT'S ON BEACH BOULEVARD, AS WELL AS IN CONJUNCTION, WE'RE UNDERSTANDING THE LAND USE THAT'S ON BEACH BOULEVARD AND LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO REALLY MAXIMIZE THE THROUGHPUT WITH ALL FOUR OF THOSE MODES.

AND IN TERMS OF ANOTHER IMPORTANT ASPECT OF LOOKING AT THIS STUDY, IS IT PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT ONE WHOLE CORRIDOR, EVEN THOUGH WE UNDERSTOOD THERE'S MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS, IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ALSO UNDERSTAND FROM A QUARTER STANDPOINT WHERE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CORRIDOR WIDE IMPROVEMENTS VERSUS IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE MORE ENDEMIC OR LOCALIZE.

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SO IN TERMS OF CASE STUDIES, WE LOOK TO AT, UH, VARIOUS, UM, BASICALLY SAMPLES, SAMPLE LOCATIONS ON BEACH BOULEVARD FROM THE COAST ALL THE WAY TO INLAND AND W WITHOUT REPEATING THOSE SUB BULLETS.

THOSE WERE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CONFIGURATIONS THAT WE LOOKED AT ON BEACH FROM A MAJOR INTERSECTION, ALL THE WAY TO A SIX LANE ROADWAY SEGMENT.

SO THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE OF A CASE STUDY THAT WE LOOKED AT.

SO ON THE LEFT SIDE, YOU WILL SEE THE EXISTING LAYOUT ON BEACH IN KIND OF A TYPICAL AREA.

AND THEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU SEE POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS.

I EMPHASIZE THESE ARE REALLY POTENTIAL CONCEPTS BECAUSE IN ORDER TO REALLY DEVELOP FULLY DEVELOP THESE, WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH BOTH CALTRANS WHO'S THE OWNER OPERATOR FOR MOST OF THE BEACH, AS WELL AS THE LOCAL JURISDICTION ON FURTHER DEVELOPING THE ACTUAL CONCEPTS INTO REAL PROJECTS DOWN THE LINE.

BUT FOR INSTANCE, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR BALL BELTS, AS WELL AS A PEDESTRIAN OVER-CROSSING TO FACILITATE MOVEMENT OF PEDESTRIAN ON, ON BEACH BOULEVARD.

SO THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF A NUMEROUS CASE STUDY THAT WE LOOKED AT.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO IN TERMS OF, UM, EXAMPLES FOR THE CITY OF LA HABRA, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH, FOR OTTA TO FURTHER WORK WITH YOUR STAFF ON VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS FROM TRANSIT, PEDESTRIAN, BICYCLE, AND VEHICULAR FOR, UM, VARIOUS, UH, JURISDICTIONS WITHIN YOUR CITY AND TRANSIT.

THERE ARE BUS STOPS AND STATION AMENITY OPPORTUNITIES.

SINCE OCD DOES PROVIDE A BUS SERVICE THROUGH, UH, THROUGH THE CITY OF LA HOVER AS WELL.

AND THEN THERE'S ALSO PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, SUCH AS HIGH VISIBILITY CROSSWALKS AND, AND, UM, PEDESTRIAN REFUGE, ISLANDS, AND CORNER AND SIDEWALK BULL BUYOUTS.

SO THAT'S JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT COULD BE FURTHER DEVELOPING CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY, AS WELL AS WITH CALTRANS GOING FORWARD.

FAST RULE, BUT EVERY SO OFTEN WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY WORK WITH THE LOCAL JURISDICTION TO GO OUT THERE AND FIND, I THINK MAYBE THE EASIEST WAY TO LOOK AT IT IS TO FINE TUNE THE SIGNALS, TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS THE BEST THROUGHPUT FOR BOTH INTERSECTIONS, NOT NECESSARILY JUST FOR BEACH AND ALLOW CARS TO GO THROUGH ON BEACH WHILE THE, UM, THE, THE OTHER INTERSECTIONS HAVE CARS QUEUING UP.

SO IN TERMS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION APPROACH, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE LOCAL AGENCIES, THE, THE NINE JURISDICTIONS PLUS THE COUNTY OF ORANGE, AND AS WELL AS CAL TRANS.

AND WHAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO DO WAS HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE LAND USE GOING FORWARD WITH WAS FOR EACH ONE OF THE JURISDICTIONS.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT GOING FORWARD, I THINK OCT CAN BE A TECHNICAL RESOURCE.

AND AS FAR AS, UM, HELPING EACH ONE OF THE CITIES, SHOULD THEY HAVE A DESIRE TO PROCEED IN THE FUTURE WITH SPECIFIC CONCEPTS OF PROJECTS THAT THEY WANT THEY WANT TO PURSUE.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS.

I BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU, DAN.

DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE A QUESTION, JIM? THANK YOU.

UM, IF YOU CAN BACK UP ONE SLIDE, MAYBE EXAMPLES OF POSSIBLE AFTER TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND PINEY ACCESS.

I THINK IT'S ON, DID I TURN IT OFF? SORRY ABOUT THAT.

FORGIVE ME.

SO UNDER VEHICULAR THERE, UH, ACTIVE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, ADVANCED TRAFFIC SIGNAL, TIMING, ACCESS MANAGEMENT.

COULD YOU JUST EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT TO A STAND? SO, UM, I THINK FOR PEOPLE WHO AT HOME, YOU KNOW, WHO, WHO MIGHT DRIVE BEADS, THIS IS KIND OF A WHERE THE REAL CRUX MIGHT BE, UH, WHAT IMPROVEMENTS THEY MIGHT SEE.

SO COULD YOU PUT A LITTLE MEAT ON THE BONE THERE? SURE.

SO OCT AS A REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AGENCY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH VARIOUS CITIES THROUGHOUT ORANGE COUNTY OVER THE YEARS ON FOR INSTANCE OF SIGNALS SYNCHRONIZATION PROGRAM AND THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM, DEPENDING ON THE SPECIFIC LOCATION IN, I THINK IN LAYMAN'S TERMS WOULD BE TO MAXIMIZE THE THROUGHPUT ON WHATEVER ARTERIAL IS BEING LOOKED AT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE IT'S BEACH BOULEVARD.

SO IT'S AN WITH TRAFFIC PATTERN, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC AND TRAFFIC PATTERN HAS CHANGED.

SO EVEN IRRESPECTIVE OF THE PANDEMIC, WE'RE IN OVER THE YEARS, TRAFFIC PATTERN CHANGES AND THE VOLUME OF CARS ON ANY GIVEN ROADWAY ALSO CHANGES.

SO IN ORDER TO REALLY MAXIMIZE THE THROUGHPUT EVERY SO OFTEN, THERE'S NO HARD AND

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SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERS, UM, WITH OTTA HAVE DONE OVER THE YEARS TO ASSIST THE VARIOUS LOCAL JURISDICTIONS WHO REALLY, I THINK EFFECTIVELY JUST MAXIMIZE THE THROUGHPUT FOR THE MAJOR MATERIALS, AS WELL AS THOSE THAT ARE CROSSING THOSE ARTERIALS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, ONE QUESTION FOR YOU? UM, IT JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, HOW, HOW HAS RIGHT, HOW HAD WRITERS SHOULD HAVE BEEN PRE COVID? HAS IT BEEN GOING UP OVER THE YEARS OR DOWN? UM, I, I'M NOT, UH, UH, I APOLOGIZE.

I'M NOT ON THE TRANSIT OPERATIONS.

I CAN, I CAN CERTAINLY GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU, BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS PRE COVID AROUND.

THIS IS A BALLPARK AROUND THE FEBRUARY TIMEFRAME.

WE WERE AVERAGING ABOUT 130,000 RIDERS PER DAY AT THE LOWEST POINT WITH COVID.

I WANT TO SAY THAT SOMETIME IN THE APRIL TIMEFRAME, I THINK IT DROPPED INTO THE HIGH TWENTIES.

SO YOU CAN SEE A SIGNIFICANT DROP GETTING INTO AUGUST.

AND I THINK SEPTEMBER, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE A REBOUND, BUT IT'S STILL NOWHERE NEAR THE ONE 30.

I WANT TO SAY SOMEWHERE ABOUT ONE HALF ABOUT FIFTIES AND 60 THOUSANDS TODAY.

SO THERE, THERE IS, UM, IT'S ENCOURAGING SIGNS THAT WE'RE SEEING IT GO BACK UP, BUT IT'S STILL NOWHERE NEAR THE STATE OF FEBRUARY TIMEFRAME WHERE WE HAD ABOUT 130,000 WRITERS ON ANY GIVEN DAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DAN.

I THINK THAT'S IT.

HEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

HAVE A, ANOTHER PRESENTATION, ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, EMPLOYMENT, AND TRAVEL SURVEY.

THEN WE

[2. ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY EMPLOYMENT AND TRAVEL SURVEY]

AND WE'LL HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS SHAW INTRODUCE THE SPEAKER I BELIEVE IS ON THE PHONE.

YES, YES.

YEAH.

LIVE IN PLAY, UH, IN, IN THE STATE AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

SO PLAYED OPPORTUNITIES AS A COUNCIL MEMBERS REPRESENT NORTH ORANGE COUNTY ON THE ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

AND, UM, WE'VE BEEN GETTING UPDATES, UM, AS A BOARD RECENTLY, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PANDEMIC IS GOING TO DO TO TRAVEL PATTERNS IN THE COUNTY AND MAYBE EVEN, YOU KNOW, PERMANENTLY AFFECTING HOW PEOPLE TRAVEL.

SO, UH, AS I'VE GOTTEN SOME OF THAT, THOSE STAFF PRESENTATIONS I'VE MADE COPIES AND BROUGHT, BROUGHT THEM BACK HERE TO MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL AND THE STAFF, BUT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE, UM, ILLUMINATING TO HAVE A LITTLE PRESENTATION HERE AT OUR, OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS.

SO WE HAVE WITH US ON THE LINE, DR.

TIM MCLARNEY, HE, UH, HELPED US CONDUCT A EMPLOYMENT AND TRAVEL SURVEY, UH, AT OCCA TO DEVELOP STATISTICALLY RELIABLE, UM, DATA ON WHAT'S GOING TO GOING TO BE HAPPENING WITH THESE TRAVEL BEHAVIORS AND, UH, WORK ARRANGEMENTS.

AND THE LIKE DR.

MCLARNEY IS THE PRESIDENT OF TRUE NORTH RESEARCH, A FIRM THAT SPECIALIZES IN DESIGNING STATISTICALLY RELIABLE SURVEYS FOR PUBLIC AGENCIES TO DATE HE'S DESIGNED AND CONDUCTED MORE THAN 1000 SURVEYS FOR PUBLIC AGENCIES, INCLUDING DOZENS FOR OTTA AND MEMBER, UM, AND, AND CITIES THROUGHOUT ORANGE COUNTY.

DR.

MCLARNEY RECEIVED HIS PHD FROM CORNELL UNIVERSITY IN THE STUDY OF GOVERNMENT WITH AN EMPHASIS IN SURVEY METHODOLOGY, STATISTICS, AND PUBLIC OPINION ANALYSIS.

SO DR.

MCCLENNY YOU'RE ON, WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE WARM INTRODUCTION.

UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UH, TIM MCLARNEY WITH TRUE NORTH RESEARCH AND AS MENTIONED, UH, I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH OCT OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS.

AND TONIGHT I'M ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU THE RESULTS OF A RECENT STUDY THAT WE CONDUCTED, WHICH WAS REALLY, UM, THIS IS THE FIRST PART OF A TWO PART STUDY WHERE WE WERE EXAMINING WHAT THE IMPACTS OF COVID-19 AND THE EFFORTS TO REDUCE ITS SPREAD OF HAT ON EMPLOYMENT AND WORK ARRANGEMENTS AND COMMUTE PATTERNS IN ORANGE COUNTY.

SO, UM, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION AND GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT SOME OF THE KEY TAKEAWAYS WERE.

UM, AS I GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, I WELCOME QUESTIONS.

IF THEY'RE ALREADY, OBVIOUSLY YOU'D HAVE TO JUMP IN AND GIVE ME A VERBAL CUE ON THAT, UH, OR WE CAN SAVE INTO THE END, WHICHEVER IS YOUR PREFERENCE.

SO IF WE CAN GO TO SLIDE TWO, IT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY? UM, YOU KNOW, THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT COVID OBVIOUSLY IS THAT IT IS IMPACTED SEEMINGLY EVERY ASPECT OF HOW WE WORK

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UM, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S JUST SORT OF NO ASPECT OF OUR LIVES THAT IS EITHER, UH, NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IMPACTED BY CODE THAT.

AND THERE'S LOTS OF ANTIDOTES OUT THERE THAT TALK ABOUT SOME OF THAT, YOU KNOW, SORT OF PAINT A PICTURE OF WHAT THE IMPACTS HAVE BEEN.

WE DO HAVE SOME DATA AT THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL, UM, BUT THERE REALLY WASN'T ANY DATA THAT LOOKS AT ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITIES SPECIFICALLY, AND UNDERSTANDING HOW COVID HAS IMPACTED THOSE COMMUNITIES IN PARTICULAR, IN, IN, IN EMPLOYMENT AND COMMUTE BEHAVIORS.

AND SO OCCA REACHED OUT TO, TO CONDUCT THIS STUDY AND IT'S GOING TO BE CONDUCTED IN TWO PHASES THAT I MENTIONED, UH, THIS FIRST INITIAL SURVEY WAS REALLY DESIGNED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THUS FAR, RIGHT? SO WHERE WERE WE PRIOR THE, TO THE PANDEMIC AND WHERE ARE WE AT THE TIME THAT THE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF THOSE CHANGES? THERE WILL BE A FUTURE STUDY, UM, THE TIMING OF THAT AS YET TO BE DETERMINED, BUT THE IDEA BEING THAT AFTER THE PANDEMIC RECEIPTS, AND AS THINGS RETURNED TO WHATEVER THAT NEW NORMAL LOOKS LIKE, UM, THERE WILL BE A STUDY TO SEE TO WHAT EXTENT THESE CHANGES THAT ARE PRETTY DRAMATIC, THAT I'LL SHARE WITH YOU, THEY, UH, ENDURE INTO THE FUTURE.

AND SO, BECAUSE WE WERE LOOKING AT, UH, WHAT CHANGES HAVE HAPPENED, YOU'LL SEE, IN THE STUDY, WE ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT THEIR EMPLOYMENT AND COMMUTE PATTERNS WERE LIKE IN FEBRUARY, PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC.

AND THEN WHERE ARE THEY AT THE TIME THAT WE CONDUCTED THE STUDY, UH, WHICH IS IN JULY.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON A LOT IN THE SLIDES WE'RE GOING THROUGH.

SO IF WE CAN THEN GO NOW TO THE METHODOLOGY SLIDE TO SLIDE NUMBER THREE, JUST QUICKLY.

UM, WE USE WHAT'S CALLED A MIXED METHOD APPROACH TO THESE SURVEYS, WHICH IS REALLY THE BEST PRACTICES AND SURVEY METHODOLOGY THESE DAYS, WHERE YOU ARE REACHING OUT USING MULTIPLE RECRUITING METHODS.

IN THIS CASE, WE REACHED OUT USING BOTH TELEPHONES THAT'S LANDLINE, THEN CELL PHONES, AS WELL AS EMAIL.

AND WE GAVE FOLKS THE OPTION OF PARTICIPATING EITHER BY TELEPHONE OR ONLINE IN A PASSWORD PROTECTED WEBSITE.

UM, WE HAD ACTUALLY SET OUT TO DO 2000 INTERVIEWS AND WE WALKED BACK IN THE DOOR WITH OVER 2,500.

UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE SORT OF SILVER LININGS, IF YOU WILL, OF THE PANDEMIC IS MORE PEOPLE ARE HOME, RIGHT? THEY'VE GOT MORE TIME ON THEIR HANDS.

THEY'RE PROBABLY A LITTLE TIRED OF TALKING TO THE PEOPLE THAT THEY LIVE WITH.

THEY WANT TO TALK TO SOMEBODY ELSE, IT'LL CHANGE THE PACE.

AND, UH, BECAUSE OF THAT, UH, WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS ALL THE SURVEYS WE'VE BEEN CONDUCTING IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS ARE OUR PRODUCTION, OUR PRODUCTION, AND OUR PARTICIPATION RATES ARE REALLY HIGH.

UM, AND SO THAT ALLOWED US TO OVER DELIVER ON, ON COMPLETE, UH, CONDUCTED IN THREE LANGUAGES NOW, BECAUSE THIS WAS A RANDOM SAMPLE OF 2,548 INDIVIDUALS AND NOT A CENSUS OF ALL ADULTS IN THE COUNTY.

IT HAS, WHAT'S KNOWN AS A MARGIN OF ERROR DUE TO SAMPLING.

AND IN THIS CASE, THAT'S PLUS OR MINUS ABOUT 1.9%.

NOW WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE CAN BE 95% CONFIDENT THAT THE RESULTS I'LL SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT ARE WITHIN 1.9% OF WHAT WE WOULD HAVE FOUND.

HAVE WE SPOKEN WITH ALL ADULTS IN THE COUNTY? OKAY.

SO ONTO THE INTERESTING STUFF, UM, IF YOU TURN TO SLIDE FOUR, WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES, WE OPEN UP THE SURVEY WITH A FEW HIGH LEVEL KIND OF WARM UP QUESTIONS.

THE FIRST OF WHICH WAS THINKING ABOUT ORANGE COUNTY AS A WHOLE, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE FACING ORANGE COUNTY TODAY? THIS QUESTION WAS ASKED IN AN OPEN ENDED MANNER, MEANING THAT WE DIDN'T READ THEM THAT LIST OF OPTIONS AND ASK THEM TO CHOOSE.

THEY JUST GOT TO TELL US IN THEIR OWN WORDS, WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THEIR RESPONSES AND THEN GROUP THEM INTO THE CATEGORIES.

DO YOU SEE HERE TOP OF THE LIST, NOT SURPRISING COVID-19 CONCERNS AND ISSUES ABOUT A THIRD OF INDIVIDUALS SAID THAT THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE FACING THE COUNTY TODAY.

UM, YOU HAD ABOUT 15% WHO WERE NOT SURE COULDN'T THINK OF AN ISSUE.

AND THEN AFTER THAT YOU SEE HOMELESSNESS, HOUSING AVAILABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY AND TRAFFIC CONGESTION.

WHAT'S INTERESTING IS IF YOU SAME EXACT QUESTION.

WE ASKED FOR A SURVEY OF ORANGE COUNTY RESIDENTS IN 2018 FOR OTTA AND THE TOP THREE ISSUES AT THAT TIME WERE, UH, HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS, TRAFFIC CONGESTION.

SO THE TOP THREE ISSUES THEN ARE, ARE, IF YOU SUBTRACT COVID OUT OF THIS ARE STILL THE TOP THREE, BUT OBVIOUSLY COVID HAS SORT OF SUCKED A LOT OF AIR OUT OF THE ROOM, UH, IN, IN RECENT MONTHS.

SO GO AHEAD AND TURN TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WHICH IS OPINION OF COVID-19.

UH, PAGE FIVE.

WE ALSO ASKED INDIVIDUALS TO TELL US WHICH OPINION IS CLOSER TO THEIR OWN VIEW ABOUT WHERE ORANGE COUNTY STANDS IN THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK IS THE WORST BEHIND US, OR IS THE WORST YET TO COME.

YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT AT THE TIME WE COLLECTED THE DATA IN JULY, UH, AND YOU HAD ABOUT 20% WHO FELT LIKE THE WORST OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC WAS BEHIND US.

YOU HAD A LARGE MAJORITY AT 63% WHO FELT LIKE THE WORST WAS YET TO COME.

IT'S INTERESTING.

I THINK TIMING HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH HOW THESE ANSWERS PLAYED OUT.

IF YOU LOOK AT A STATEWIDE SURVEY A COUPLE OF MONTHS EARLIER, SAME EXACT QUESTION,

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IT WAS EVENLY SPLIT.

YOU HAD ABOUT HALF THE PEOPLE THAT HAD AN OPINION FELT THAT THAT THE WORST WAS BEHIND US.

AND ABOUT HALF WHO FELT THAT THE WORST WAS YET TO COME.

THAT WAS IN MAY TIMEFRAME, I BELIEVE.

AND IF YOU REMEMBER ABOUT MAY, WE'VE BENT THE CURVE, THINGS WERE LOOKING GOOD.

THERE WASN'T A SENSE LIKE, HEY, WE WE'VE REALLY CONTROLLED THIS.

AND THEN COME JULY.

WE HAD, WE WERE HAVING, UH, SPIKES AGAIN IN CORONAVIRUS CASES.

AND I THINK THAT PLAYS OUT IN THE ANSWERS TO THIS QUESTION.

OKAY, NEXT SLIDE.

SO IF YOU GO TO FIVE, SIX, UH, EMPLOYMENT STATUS, UM, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HERE IS A SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISONS.

AND SO FOR RESPONDENTS, WE ASKED THEM THINKING BACK TO FEBRUARY, OBVIOUSLY PRE PANDEMIC TIMES, RIGHT? WHAT WAS THEIR EMPLOYMENT STATUS IN FEBRUARY? SAME QUESTION WE LATER ASKED ABOUT WHAT WAS THEIR EMPLOYMENT STATUS IN JUNE.

AND YOU CAN SEE IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY AT THIS SLIDE, THAT FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT DECREASED BY 9% BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND JUNE PART TIME EMPLOYMENT DECREASED 1% SELF-EMPLOYMENT DECREASED 1.6%.

CONVERSELY, THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO WERE UNEMPLOYED OR LOOKING FOR WORK LAID OFF ARE FURLOUGHED INCREASED FROM 4% IN FEBRUARY, ALL THE WAY UP TO 18% BY JUNE, RIGHT? SO WE HAD A BIG NET LOSS OF JOBS BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND JUNE.

AND AGAIN, THIS DATA IS SPECIFIC TO ORANGE COUNTY.

UM, IN THE REPORT, YOU CAN DIG INTO HOW THIS BREAKS DOWN ACROSS DIFFERENT GROUPS.

BUT THE ONE THING THAT'S VERY CLEAR IS THAT THE UNEMPLOYMENT, THE NET LOSS OF JOBS WAS NOT FELT EVENLY ACROSS THE COUNTY.

AND THAT YOU FOUND THAT INDIVIDUALS FROM LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLD, LATINOS, AFRICAN AMERICANS, AND YOUNGER INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCED MORE NET JOB LOSSES THAN THEIR COUNTERPARTS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE SLIDE SEVEN.

THIS IS THE ONE TITLED WORKDAYS PER WEEK, FEBRUARY IN JUNE.

SO ON THE PRIOR SLIDE, WE SAW THAT THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF JOBS BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND JUNE.

WE ALSO WANTED TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW, UM, IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF DAYS PEOPLE ARE WORKING PER WEEK WAS THAT IMPACTED.

AND SO WE ASKED INDIVIDUALS IN FEBRUARY, HOW MANY DAYS PER WEEK THEY WORK.

UM, AND YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM ON AVERAGE, IF YOU WERE EMPLOYED IN FEBRUARY, YOU'RE AVERAGE, YOU AVERAGE 4.95 DAYS PER WEEK, RIGHT? SO THAT'S ALMOST FULL EMPLOYMENT FOR EVERYBODY BY JUNE AMONG THOSE WHO WERE EMPLOYED, NOT ONLY WAS THAT A SMALLER NUMBER OF PEOPLE, WHEN YOU ASK THEM HOW MANY DAYS PER WEEK THEY WORK, WHAT YOU SEE AS THE AVERAGE WAS 4.73.

SO WE HAVE FEWER PEOPLE WORKING OVERALL AT, AMONG THOSE WHO ARE WORKING.

WE HAVE FEWER DAYS PER WEEK BEING WORKED, SLIDE EIGHT, PLEASE.

THIS IS THE ONE TITLED TELEWORK DAYS PER WEEK, FEBRUARY IN JUNE.

AND YOU ARE GOING TO SEE SOME VERY DRAMATIC CHANGES HERE.

UM, WE ASKED INDIVIDUALS BACK IN FEBRUARY, UM, HOW MANY DAYS OF WEEK THEY WORK FROM HOME, RIGHT? AND THEN WE ASKED THE SAME THING FOR JUNE POST PANDEMIC, RIGHT? OR ONCE THE PANDEMIC THAT OCCURRED.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S BEEN THIS VERY DRAMATIC CHANGE IN WHERE BUSINESSES BEING CONDUCTED IN ORANGE COUNTY.

UM, IN FEBRUARY, YOU HAD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF EMPLOYEES, 23%, WHO INDICATED THEY WORKED FROM HOME AT LEAST ONE DAY PER WEEK, RIGHT? WHICH RESULTED IN THE COUNTY WIDE AVERAGE OF ALL EMPLOYEES, UM, OF ABOUT 0.6, SEVEN, SIX DAYS WORKING AT HOME PER WEEK.

SO IF YOU TOOK THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF DAYS WORKED AT HOME PER WEEK AMONG ORANGE COUNTY EMPLOYEES IN FEBRUARY, IT WAS 0.7, SIX DAYS FAST FORWARD TO JUNE, RIGHT? SO JUST A MATTER OF A FEW MONTHS, AND YOU CAN SEE SUCH A DRAMATIC CHANGE THAT IN JUNE, THE AVERAGE ORANGE COUNTY RESIDENT WHO WAS EMPLOYED WAS WORKING FROM HOME 2.5 DAYS, TWO DAYS PER WEEK.

AND SO WE HAVE THE MAJORITY OF, OF WORK HOURS.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT NOW, BEING IN THE HOME, AS OPPOSED TO AT AN OUTSIDE PLACE OF BUSINESS, UM, GO AHEAD AND SWITCH IF YOU WILL SLIDE NINE, THE WORK COMMUTE.

SO AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE WITH EVERYBODY WORKING FROM HOME, OR A LOT OF, A LOT OF, UH, INDIVIDUALS NOW TRANSFERRING FROM AN OUTSIDE WORKPLACE TO WORKING AT HOME THAT THAT COULD IMPACT, UM, THE COMMUTE STATUS.

AND SO IN FEBRUARY, WHEN WE ASKED THEM TO DESCRIBE, UM, WHEN THEY COMMUTE TO A DESTINATION OUTSIDE OF THEIR HOME, UH, HOW DO THEY COMMUTE? YOU CAN SEE THE VERY LARGE PERCENTAGE, 77% INDICATED THAT THEY DRIVE ALONE TO WORK RIGHT BY JUNE THAT 77% HAD TURNED INTO 48%, RIGHT? DUE TO THAT BIG GROWTH IN THE WHITE PART OF THE CHART THERE, WHICH IS THE PERCENTAGE OF FOLKS WHO SAID, I ONLY WORK FROM HOME NOW.

I DON'T ACTUALLY COMMUNITY ANYWHERE.

YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT IN THE USE OF PUBLIC TRANSIT, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND CARPOOLING AND VAN POLLING, WHICH ARE CLUSTERED TOWARDS THE TOP OF THOSE BARS.

EACH OF THOSE WERE CUT ROUGHLY IN HALF, RIGHT? SO WE'VE SEEN A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN COMMUTES OVERALL, AND A DRAMATIC INCREASE, CONSEQUENTLY, IN THOSE VARIOUS, MMM, GO AHEAD AND TURN TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

JUST SLIDE 10.

UM, YOU KNOW, TOO, FOR INDIVIDUALS

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BE ABLE TO WORK FROM HOME, RIGHT? THEY NEED AN EMPLOYER.

WHO'S WILLING TO DO THAT AND ALLOW THAT.

AND WHAT WE SEE IN THIS SLIDE IS THAT THE PANDEMIC HAS REALLY FORCED A LOT OF EMPLOYERS TO CHANGE THEIR POLICIES IN THIS RESPECT.

UM, IN JUNE WE ASKED INDIVIDUALS, UH, DID YOUR, I MEAN, I'M SORRY.

IN FEBRUARY, PRIOR TO THE KRONOS CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS, WE ASKED THEM IF THEIR EMPLOYER GAVE THEM THE OPTION TO WORK AT HOME AT LEAST ONE DAY PER WEEK.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ABOUT 70% OF EMPLOYEES THAT KNOW RIGHT.

THAT MY EMPLOYER DOESN'T GIVE ME THAT OPTION BY JUNE, THAT 70% HAD SHRUNK TO 34%, RIGHT.

ROUGHLY CUT IN HALF.

AND SO YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF EMPLOYERS WHO PREVIOUSLY DID NOT ALLOW WORKING FROM HOME ARE NOW ALLOWING IT BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR ONLY OPTION.

IN SOME CASES, IF YOU TURN THE PAGE TO TELEWORK ALLOWED BY INDUSTRY, THAT'S SLIDE 11.

WHAT'S INTERESTING AS YOU DIG INTO THIS IS NOT ONLY WAS THERE A BIT, THERE WAS A BIG CHANGE IN TERMS OF EMPLOYERS ALLOWING TELEWORK DO PREVIOUSLY DIDN'T.

SO THE LIGHT GREEN BAR, THERE IS THE PERCENTAGE OF THE EMPLOYERS WHO ALLOWED TELEWORK IN FEBRUARY.

THE DARK GREEN BAR IS THE PERCENTAGE WHO ALLOWED IT IN JUNE.

BUT WHAT YOU SEE IS THAT AS A, NOT EVENLY DISPERSED ACROSS INDUSTRIES, AND THERE ARE CERTAIN INDUSTRIES, NAMELY EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT, AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCIAL SERVICES THAT SHOWED LARGE INCREASES IN THE PERCENTAGE OF EMPLOYEES SAID THEIR EMPLOYER ALLOWS THEM TO TELL WORK FROM HOME.

OTHER SECTORS, THOUGH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT RETAIL AND SECURITY, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY POSTED MUCH SMALLER INCREASES.

AND SO DEPENDING ON WHAT INDUSTRY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, SOME ALLOWED A LOT OF TELEWORKING FROM HOME DURING THIS PERIOD AND OTHERS REALLY DIDN'T MOVE NEXT SLIDE.

IF YOU WOULD, SAME TYPE OF ANALYSIS IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT THE PERCENTAGE OF EMPLOYERS WHO ALLOWED TELEWORKING IN FEBRUARY AND IN JUNE ONLY THIS TIME, INSTEAD OF BREAKING IT DOWN BY INDUSTRY, WE BROKE IT DOWN BY OCCUPATION.

AND HERE AGAIN, YOU SEE THAT THERE'S SOME DRAMATIC DIFFERENCES HERE, TEACHERS, IT PROFESSIONALS, AS WELL AS PROFESSIONAL SPECIALTY OCCUPATIONS POSTED THE LARGEST INCREASE IN THE PERCENT OF EMPLOYERS THAT WE'RE NOW ALLOWING TELEWORKING.

UH, MEANWHILE, OTHER INDUSTRIES, PARTICULARLY IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT NURSING, FOR EXAMPLE, IT BARELY MOVES, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, CERTAIN OCCUPATIONS IN CERTAIN INDUSTRIES, UM, WEREN'T IN A POSITION TO REALLY CONTINUE OPERATING, UM, IN, YOU KNOW, OR TO OPERATE FROM A TELEWORKING PERSPECTIVE, WHEREAS OTHERS WERE REALLY ADEPT AT IT AND ADJUSTED.

NOW, IF YOU TURN TO SLIDE 13, TELL WORKDAY PREFERENCES, POSTCODE.

UM, AS I MENTIONED AT THE OUTSET, ONE OF THE THERE'S GOING TO BE A SECOND SURVEY AND THAT SECOND SURVEY IS GOING, TELL US, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH, SO THESE DRAMATIC CHANGES THAT WE'VE SEEN IN TELEWORKING FOR EXAMPLE, WILL STICK, RIGHT? THAT ONCE THE PANDEMIC RECEDES, ONCE PEOPLE HAVE THE OPTION OF GOING BACK INTO OFFICE SPACES THAT ARE, ARE MORE CROWDED, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF THEM NEVERTHELESS, WIND UP CONTINUING TO WORK FROM HOME AT A RATE THAT'S ELEVATED FROM WHERE IT WAS PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC.

BUT WE DID WANT TO GET A SENSE OF HOW THE EMPLOYEES FELT ABOUT THAT, RIGHT? TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY WANT TO, OR DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE WITH WORKING FROM HOME.

THAT'S OBVIOUSLY GOING TO SHAPE TO SOME DEGREE WHAT THAT FUTURE LOOKS LIKE.

AND SO WE ASKED INDIVIDUALS, TELL US, YOU KNOW, OF A, WHETHER THEY BASICALLY LOOKING AHEAD TO THE FUTURE, REMINDED THEM OF THE PERCENTAGE OF DAYS THAT THEY CURRENTLY TELL WORK FROM HOME AND DO THEY WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT PERCENTAGE? THEY WANT TO INCREASE IT OR DECREASE IT ONCE THE PANDEMIC RECEDES.

AND WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS THAT OVERALL ABOUT 63, 64% OF YOUR EMPLOYEES INDICATED THAT THEY EITHER WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT ELEVATED LEVEL THAT THEY'RE AT NOW, OR THEY WANT TO INCREASE IT, RIGHT? JUST ABOUT 35% SAID THAT THEY WANTED TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT THAT THEY'RE TELEWORKING FROM HOME AND TO THE RIGHT.

IT SHOWS HOW THAT BREAKS DOWN ACROSS, BY ACCORDING TO WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THEIR CURRENT DAYS THEY ARE TELEWORKING FROM HOME.

I THINK THE STRIKING THING IS EVEN AMONG EMPLOYEES WHO ARE CURRENTLY WORKING FROM HOME AT LEAST 50% OF THE DAYS, THAT THE MAJORITY OF THEM 60% PLUS WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT IN THE FUTURE OR EVEN INCREASE IT.

RIGHT.

SO THERE SEEMS TO BE QUITE A BIT OF AN APPETITE FOR TELEWORKING AMONG EMPLOYEES.

OVERALL, NEXT SLIDE, PERSONAL ACTIVITIES, FEBRUARY VERSUS JUNE.

THAT'S SLIDE 14, PLEASE.

SO I SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT EMPLOYMENT SITUATION.

I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT, CAN YOU, UM, BUT WE DID ALSO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE SURVEY TO LOOK BEYOND THOSE TWO THINGS.

AND SO FOR THE LIST OF ITEMS THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THIS SLIDE, WE ASKED PEOPLE TO TELL US HOW MANY DAYS THEY DID THIS TYPICALLY BACK IN FEBRUARY, RIGHT? AND HOW MANY DAYS THEY DID IT IN JUNE.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE OR DECREASE AS REPRESENTED IN THIS CHART.

SO BARS THAT GO OFF TO THE RIGHT REPRESENT THAT ACTIVITY HAS INCREASED BY A CERTAIN PERCENT RELATIVE

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TO JUNE.

I MEAN, TO FEBRUARY AND THE BARS I GO LEFT, AND THEN AS IT'S DECREASED AND THE TOP THING, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE THINGS SORT OF MAKE SENSE, BUT IT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF THE MAGNITUDE OF THESE CHANGES.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, PURCHASING GROCERIES OFFLINE ONLINE, THE NUMBER OF DAYS, THE AVERAGE ORANGE COUNTY RESIDENT DOES THIS INCREASED 111% BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND JUNE, RIGHT? ORDERING FOOD FOR PICKUP FROM A RESTAURANT INCREASED 42% ORDERING FOOD FOR DELIVERY AND RESTAURANT 40, 40%, ET CETERA.

AS YOU LOOK DOWN TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST, WHAT YOU SEE, AND THIS KIND OF GETS TO THE POINT THAT SPEAKER OR THE PRIOR PRESENTATION MADE RIGHT AT THE IS WE DID ALSO SEE DRAMATIC REDUCTIONS IN USE OF ALL OF, UH, TRANSIT AND, UH, ALTERNATIVE MODES.

SO RIDING METRO LINK OR AN AMTRAK TRICK RAIL DOWN 88%, UM, YOU SEE EATING MEALS AT A RESTAURANT, AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, DOWN 81% USING ON-DEMAND RIDE SHARE.

THAT'S LIKE UBER AND LYFT, THAT'S DOWN 81%.

AND SO YOU'RE SEEING THIS DRAMATIC DIFF REDUCTION IN TRIPS, EVEN THOSE THAT AREN'T COMMUTE TRIPS, RIGHT? AND IF YOU TURN TO THE NEXT SLIDE, FIVE 15, I WON'T GET INTO THE DETAILS HERE.

BUT WHAT THIS SLIDE BASICALLY SHOWS IS THAT THESE, THESE DRAMATIC CHANGES, PARTICULARLY THE NEGATIVE ONES TOWARDS THE BOTTOM.

THEY'RE NOT JUST DRIVEN BY PEOPLE LOSING THEIR JOBS, RIGHT? IF YOU LOOK AT IT, THE THREE BARS REPRESENT THE DARK BLUE ARE THOSE WHO ARE EMPLOYED IN FEBRUARY, END IN JUNE.

THE MEDIUM BLUE IS EMPLOYED IN FEBRUARY, BUT NOT IN JUNE.

THOSE ARE PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR JOBS IN BETWEEN THAT TIME AND THE LIGHT BLUE, WHICH IS NOT EMPLOYED IN BOTH OF THOSE MONTHS.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT A LOT OF THOSE BARS ARE VERY SIMILAR.

AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE REDUCTIONS IN RIDING METRO LINK ARE USING UBER AND LYFT ARE BEING, ARE KIND OF ACROSS THE BOARD.

IT'S NOT JUST THE LOSS OF JOBS THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THAT.

YOU'RE ALSO SEEING PEOPLE WHO ARE EMPLOYED JUST DOING THAT LESS OFTEN BY CHOICE, OR PERHAPS THEY'RE TAKING LESS TRIPS, BUT IT'S KIND OF AN ACROSS THE BOARD IMPACT.

TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT SHE'LL BE RECEIVED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GOVERNING BODY MEETING AND LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES FOR ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR OR CHAIR.

UM, IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS WILL BE MY LAST SLIDE, KEY TAKEAWAYS, SLIDE 16.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I STARTED THIS STUDY, YOU KNOW, I KNEW I WASN'T, YOU KNOW, I HAD SOME EXPECTATION ABOUT WHAT THE DIRECTION OF THE EFFECTS WOULD BE, RIGHT? COVE IS GOING TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF EMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS.

COVE IS GOING TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF TELEWORKING FROM HOME.

WHAT I WAS PROBABLY NOT PREPARED FOR WAS THE MAGNITUDE OF THE EFFECTS THAT WE FOUND IN THIS STUDY, RIGHT? THESE ARE DRAMATIC CHANGES IN A RELATIVELY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME IN TERMS OF, UH, BOTH EMPLOYMENT AND COMMUTE PATTERNS.

YOU SAW THAT UNEMPLOYMENT WENT FROM 4% TO 18% BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND JUNE.

RIGHT? UH, THE NUMBER OF DAYS WORKED FROM HOME, WENT FROM 0.7, SIX TO 2.56.

OVERALL FOR THE AVERAGE EMPLOYEE WORKING FROM HOME EXCLUSIVELY WENT FROM 12% OF EMPLOYEES IN ORANGE COUNTY TO 47% OF EMPLOYEES.

RIGHT? AND THEN YOU ALSO SAW LARGE REDUCTIONS IN COMMUTE, NON-WORK TRIPS USE OF ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND TRANSIT.

AND WE SAW THAT A KIND OF ACROSS THE BOARD THAT WASN'T JUST THE UNEMPLOYED FOLKS THAT WERE DOING THIS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS SORT OF NATURAL EXPERIMENT OF THE PANDEMIC, YOU KNOW, HAS CREATED BEHAVIOR CHANGE AT FAR GREATER AND FAR FASTER THAN I THINK WE WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE IN A LOT OF WAYS.

I MEAN, EVEN THE MOST AMBITIOUS PROGRAMS THAT ARE OUT THERE TO PROMOTE WORKING FROM HOME AND TELEWORKING, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE A FEW PERCENT INCREASE IN THE EMPLOYEES DOING THAT OVER THE SPACE OF A FEW YEARS, THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A RESOUNDING SUCCESS, RIGHT? AND YET HERE WE HAVE THE PANDEMIC CREATING MASSIVE CHANGE IN THAT AREA OVERNIGHT, THE $64 MILLION QUESTION IS HOW MUCH OF THIS STICKS, RIGHT? ONCE THE PANDEMIC TIDE RECEDES, YOU KNOW, TO WHAT DEGREE IS THE N IS THE NORMAL, IT COMES BACK TO A NEW NORMAL, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, MORE PEOPLE WORKING FROM HOME? ARE WE GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, FEWER COMMUNITIES, HOW'S IT GOING TO IMPACT OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND OUR TRANSIT? UM, THOSE ANSWERS STILL REMAIN RIGHT.

AND THERE WILL BE A SECOND STUDY, UH, DOWN THE LINE.

THAT'LL GIVE US A HANDLE ON THAT.

UM, BUT I THINK GIVEN THE MAGNITUDE OF THESE DRAMATIC CHANGES, EVEN IF THAT TIDE ROLLS BACK QUITE A BIT, WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE AT A, AT AN ELEVATED LEVEL AND A LOT OF THESE MEASURES, UH, EVEN WITH THAT RECEDING TIDE.

SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

AND I WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY, THANKS, TIM.

ANY QUESTIONS? MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE A QUESTION.

UM, AT THIS TIME I ORDINARILY GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT I WOULD, UH, TAKE A RECESS TO FIVE MINUTES ON THAT

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

SPEAKING TIME, AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEFED ON 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 SCHEDULE, THE AGENDA PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION FIVE, FOUR, NINE, FIVE, FOUR DOT THREE, A SUCH COMMENT SHALL NOT BE RESPONDED TO BY THE GOVERNING BODY.

DURING THE MEETING AS A CONSIDERATION TO OTHERS, PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL SPEAKERS AND THE SWEAR INAPPROPRIATE FACE COVERING AND KEEP IT ON WHILE SPEAKING TO HELP PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COVID-19, WHICH I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH.

THERE WAS AN EX EXECUTIVE ORDINANCE ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL WHERE THEIR MASKS ARE REQUIRED FOR SAFETY.

SO HAVING SAID THAT, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? THERE ARE THREE MAYOR.

I'M SORRY, WHAT? THERE ARE THREE SPEAKERS, SPEAKERS.

GREAT.

BRINGING IN ONE AT A TIME.

HI.

CAN YOU HEAR ME ALL RIGHT.

AH, YES.

THANKS.

FURTHERMORE, YOU'RE USING TAX.

YOU MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.

I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE HARBOR SKATE PARK AND ITS CURRENT STANDING IN RELATION TO OTHER ORANGE COUNTY SKATE PARKS.

I'M A PROFESSIONAL FREESTYLE SCOOTER RIDER.

I'VE BEEN TO HUNDREDS OF SKATE PARKS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND I'VE BEEN RIDING AT LA HARBOR SKATE PARK AND OTHER LOCAL SKATE PARKS FOR OVER 13 YEARS.

WELL, HOPPER SKATE PARK IS THE ONLY SKATE PARK IN ORANGE COUNTY THAT IS HAVING ITS CLOSURE AND FORCED.

SOME ORANGE COUNTY SKATE PARKS ARE OFFICIALLY OPEN AND THE REST ARE UNOFFICIALLY OPEN.

WHAT DO I MEAN BY THAT? YOU ABLE TO SKATE AT OSI PUBLIC SKATE PARKS WITHOUT GETTING KICKED OUT.

AND THEY'VE BEEN AS BUSY AS EVER ALL SUMMER LONG.

THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY PROBLEMS WITH SKATERS GETTING COVID-19 RE SKATE PARK IS OFFICIALLY OPEN.

I GO THERE EVERY WEEK.

THERE'S LOTS OF KIDS, LOTS OF PARENTS, THEY ALL LOVE IT.

I HAD CHAT WITH BRAY AS PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR, AND HE TOLD ME THAT HE'S RECEIVED A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THEIR DECISION TO KEEP THEIR SKATE PARK OPEN UP AND TALKING WITH OUR PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR.

DAVE, ABOUT OPENING A HARBOR SCAPE ARC, AND HE'S HELD FOR HIM THAT WILL HARBOR IS DOING WHAT IS NECESSARY TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.

ALL OF THE DOZENS OF OTHER LOCAL PARKS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN AT FULL CAPACITY ALL SUMMER LONG.

AND WE HAVE NOT HAD ONE ISSUE WITH COVID-19 AT ANY OF THESE SKATE PARKS.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT NECESSARY TO KEEP PARK CLOSED IN ORDER TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.

YOU'RE USING CITY FUNDING TO PAY A SECURITY GUARD, TO SIT IN A RECLINER IN THE SHADE AND PREVENT KIDS FROM SKATING AT LA HARBOR SKATE PARK.

KIDS ARE JUST GOING ACROSS THE STREET TO LAHABRA HIGH SCHOOL AND HANGING OUT AND SKATING ON CAMPUS.

THE NEW MAYBERRY SKATE PARK IN LA COUNTY IS OFFICIALLY OPEN.

I READ THEIR YESTERDAY AND HAD A GREAT SESSION.

THERE'S A REGULAR ATTENDANCE OF DOZENS OF SKATEBOARDS, SKATEBOARDERS.

AND AGAIN, THEY HAVE NOT HAD ANY ISSUES WITH COVID-19 AT THE PARK.

OTHER LOCAL SKATE PARKS AREN'T OFFICIALLY OPEN, BUT THE POLICE WON'T KICK YOU OUT EITHER.

WHY WOULD THAT BE? I'M ASKING THEM DIRECTLY.

WHEN I SEE THEM POSTED UP IN THE PARKING LOT, THEY SAID THAT WHILE THE SKATE PARK IS IN TECHNICALLY OPEN, THEY'RE LETTING KIDS SKATE BECAUSE THEY KNOW IT'S BETTER FOR THEM TO BE DOING SOMETHING CONSTRUCTIVE, LIKE SKATING RATHER THAN BEING AT HOME, PLAYING VIDEO GAMES, SITTING IN THE MIDST OF A DESTRUCTIVE HOMELAND OR GETTING OUT INTO, INTO TROUBLE OUT ON THE STREET.

A SKATE PARK IS A POSITIVE OUTLET FOR KIDS WITH DELINQUENT TENDENCIES.

IF YOU STRIP THEM OF THEIR MOST CONSTRUCTIVE THING TO DO, THEN THEY'LL JUST GO SOMEWHERE ELSE AND SKATE SOMEWHERE.

THEY'RE LIKELY TO GET INTO TROUBLE BY CLOSING ONE HOPPER SKATE PARK, YOU'RE DISLOCATING, LOCAL SKATE PARK SKATE YOU'RE DISLOCATING, LOCAL SKATERS LIKE MYSELF AND CAUSING MORE SKATERS TO CONGREGATE AT OTHER PARKS LIKE BRIA, FULLERTON, AND WHITTIER.

I SEE OTHER LITTLE HOPPER SKATERS AT THESE PARKS ALL THE TIME.

IF YOU REALLY WANT TO TRY AND MITIGATE COMMUNITY SPREAD, THEN OPEN UP LA HARBOR SKATE PARKS THAT THERE WILL BE LESS CROWDING AT THE SURROUNDING CITY SKATE PARKS.

WE HAVEN'T STOPPED SKATING JUST BECAUSE OUR LOCAL PARK IS CLOSED.

WE'RE GOING TO OTHER LOCAL SKATE PARKS WHERE WE'RE ALLOWED TO SKATE.

PLEASE REVIEW THIS, FOLLOW UP WITH OTHER LOCAL CITY OFFICIALS AND OPEN THE SKATE PARK.

YOU FILL OUT A CONTACT CARD SPEAKER'S CARD DEAD.

I WILL SPEAK WITH THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR AND WE'LL HAVE SOMEONE GET BACK TO YOU.

I APPRECIATE IT.

HAS SOCIAL MEDIA AND, AND READS FACEBOOK AND ALL THAT.

HI, MY NAME IS MARIBEL LOPEZ AND I JUST WANT TO COMMEND THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER BECAUSE MY SON DOES SKATE AND HE HAS TO GO TO OTHER SKATE PARKS IN OTHER CITIES.

SO I THINK THAT THAT WAS A REALLY VALID POINT.

HE, HE MADE, BUT ANYWAY, UM, I'M HERE BECAUSE I WANTED TO, THERE WAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WE MADE ON FACEBOOK LAST WEEK AND I REALIZED THAT NOT EVERYONE

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SO I WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME TO READ THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

UM, SO ANYWAY, WHAT IT SAYS IS WE HAVE SOME EXCITING NEWS TO SHARE FOR ALL OF YOU WHO ARE SUPPORTERS OF SAVE LAHABRA OR STEVE SIMONIAN FOR CITY COUNCIL.

YOU'LL BE PLEASED TO KNOW THAT TODAY WE ARE ANNOUNCING AN IMPORTANT MUTUAL ENDORSEMENT AFTER GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER OVER MANY MONTHS AND HAVING CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION.

WE'VE COME TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE SEE EYE TO EYE ON A GREAT MANY THINGS, INCLUDING THE IMPORTANCE OF OPEN SPACE IN OUR LA HARBOR COMMUNITY.

WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT SAVE LA HARBOR.COM IS ENDORSING STEVE SIMONIAN IN HIS CAMPAIGN FOR A SEAT ON THE CITY.

COUNCIL SAID JAMES LEASE CO FOUNDER OF SAVE LAHABRA.COM.

STEVE SIMONIAN IS ALSO ENDORSING SAVE LAHABRA.COM BOTH IN ITS AMP CAMPAIGN TO STOP RANCHO HOMBRE AND ITS CAMPAIGN FOR YES.

ON MEASURE X, THE CITIZENS INITIATIVE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF OPEN SPACE, A RESIDENT OF LA BARBARA FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS, STEVE HAS BEEN A DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANT IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR DECADES, INCLUDING PREVIOUSLY SERVING 13 YEARS ON THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND FOUR TIMES AS MAYOR, HE WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL ARCHITECTS OF LA HARBOR'S GENERAL PLAN, THE LONGTERM GUIDELINES, WHICH GUARANTEED THAT OPEN SPACE WOULD FOREVER BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE CITY'S FUTURE.

STEVE TURNED THE BLIGHTED CHEVRON OIL FIELDS INTO THE BEAUTIFUL GOLF COURSE GREEN BELT THAT HAS BEEN ENJOYED BY THOUSANDS OF LA HARBOR CITIZENS.

FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES.

STEVE UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF RETAINING OUR OPEN SPACES AND THE POSITIVE IMPACTS THAT OPEN SPACES HAVE ON OUR SUBURBAN WAY OF LIFE.

I'M NOT AGAINST DEVELOPMENTS THAT BENEFIT LAHABRA, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE REASONABLE AND CONTROLLED GO GROWTH THAT WILL BENEFIT ALL OF THE COMMUNITY SAYS SIMONIAN.

IN THE PAST, I SUPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF WESTRIDGE PLAZA, COSTCO HOME DEPOT, THE ALBERTSONS AND RITE AID SHOPPING CENTER.

BUT THE END RESULT BENEFITS ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS, THE RANCHO LA HARBOR DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT SIMONIAN SAID.

HE TOTALLY UNDERSTANDS THAT THE CITY IS FACING SOME VERY DIFFICULT FINANCIAL CHALLENGES.

HOWEVER, THE NEED FOR INCREASED TAX REVENUE, CAN'T BE THE DRIVING FORCE FOR A PROJECT, THE SIZE OF RANCHO LA HARBOR WITHOUT CONSIDERABLE REVIEW OF THE NEGATIVE IMPACT TO OUR RESIDENTS.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT COMMUNITY BE HEARD AND ALL DETRIMENTAL ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT BE CONSIDERED.

JAMES LEES DESCRIBED STEVE AS A PUBLIC OFFICIAL.

WE CAN TRUST STEVE'S MOTTO IS DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE RIGHT REASONS.

AND HE IS RUNNING AGAIN BECAUSE HE SEES THAT OUR CITY NEEDS GUIDANCE FOR THE CRITICAL CHALLENGES THAT LIE AHEAD.

WE BELIEVE STEVE IS THE IDEAL CANDIDATE TO PROVIDE THAT GUIDANCE TO THE CITY SAID LEE'S, STEVE IS AN HONORABLE PUBLIC SERVANT AND HIS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE, VALUABLE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND GREAT LOVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY BE OVERTIME OR A BELL TO KINDA SUMMARIZE IT, WRAP IT UP IN A SECOND OR TWO.

IT JUST SAYS HERE THAT STEVE SIMONIAN SUPPORTS HIS, UM, MEASURE X, THE INITIATIVE TO PROVIDE RESIDENTS THE RIGHT TO DETERMINE LA HARVEST FUTURE GROWTH.

UM, STEVE SIMONIAN SAID HE'LL DEFEND MEASURE X WHEN SERVING ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND WE HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US IN SUPPORTING OUR MUTUAL EFFORTS AND, UM, AND SUPPORT STEVE SIMONIAN FOR CITY COUNCIL, AS WELL AS YES, ON MEASURE X TO PRESERVE OUR OPEN SPACES FOR FUTURE GENERAL GENERATIONS.

SO WE'RE DONE NO MORE SPEAKERS.

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

THAT I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS

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PUBLIC COMMENT, SHE'LL BE LIMITED THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL, OR THE 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 LOAN TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE.

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

THE CONSENT CALENDAR APPEARS ON THE AUDIENCE AGENDA ITEMS. ONE THROUGH 11 WITH THE STAFF LIKES TO REMOVE AN ITEM.

NO.

MR. MAYOR,

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ANDREW COUNCIL DIRECTORS.

ANY ITEM YOU'D LIKE TO REMOVE? NO.

NOPE.

AND IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE OR WE'RE ALL KNOWING IS OUT THERE? THOSE WERE THE ONLY THREE SPEAKERS.

THAT WAS IT.

AND I'LL CALL FOR ACTION.

MR. MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR, PLEASE.

ALL SECOND, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER.

DIRECTOR MEDRANO.

COUNCIL MEMBER, DIRECTOR SHAW COUNCIL MEMBER, DIRECTOR GOMEZ, MAYOR PRO TEM.

VICE CHAIR.

ESPINOSA.

MAYOR CHAIR BEAMISH YES.

MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.

FIRST ITEM AND ONLY ITEM THAT LOOKS LIKE IS APPROVED CARES AT GRANT FUNDING, BUDGET, APPROPRIATIONS STAFF REPORT.

THERE WAS NO PUBLIC HEARINGS AT THAT TIME.

WE'LL GO TO A CONSIDERATION ITEM.

ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE MAY REQUEST TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL ON ANY CONSIDERATION ITEM PRIOR TO THE CITY COUNCIL TAKING THE FINAL VOTE ON THE ITEM PUBLIC COMMENT, SHE'LL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER CONSIDERATION ITEM, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR.

SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR ALONE TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE.

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

OUR

[1. APPROVE CARES ACT GRANT FUNDING BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS That the City Council: A. Approve a budget appropriation plan for $1,309,023 received from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) funding; and B. Approve and authorize the City Manager to increase/decrease spending allocations of the grant funds within approved spending categories, as necessary.]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, EXCUSE ME? WHAT DO YOU MEAN? AMRO MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON MARCH 16, 2020, THE CITY OF LA HARBOR DECLARED THE STATE OF EMERGENCY DUE TO DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC KNOWN AS COVID-19 SINCE THEN, THE CITY'S PRIORITY HAS BEEN TO REDUCE THE HEALTH RISKS TO OUR RESIDENTS, VISITORS, BUSINESS, COMMUNITY, AND EMPLOYEES IN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CITY EFFORT AND RESOURCES.

I'VE BEEN DEDICATED TO THIS GOAL.

AND IT CONTINUES TO BE A PRIORITY FOR BOTH COUNCIL AND STAFF ON MARCH 27, 2020 CONGRESS ENACTED THE FEDERAL CARES ACT, WHICH INCLUDED FUNDING FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS PUBLIC HEALTH NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, WHICH WERE CREATED AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC.

SMALLER CITIES LIKE ALHAMBRA DID NOT RECEIVE A DIRECT FEDERAL FUNDING ALLOCATION.

HOWEVER, BOTH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE COUNTY OF ORANGE ELECTED TO ALLOCATE A PORTION OF THEIR CAREERS, X FUNDING TO MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS.

AS A RESULT, THE CITY OF LA HARBOR WAS ALLOCATED 526,005 73 FROM THE COUNTY OF ORANGE AND AN ADDITIONAL $782,450 FROM THE STATE RESULTING IN A COMBINED ALLOCATION OF CARES ACT FUNDING UNTIL THE HARBOR OF 1,000,003 OH NINE OH 23 CARES THAT FUNDING MAY ONLY BE USED TO PAY FOR COSTS, THE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT REDUCE THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC ON OUR RESIDENCES RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND THE CITIES AND EAST CENTRAL EMPLOYEES.

THE CITY HAS INCURRED COVID-19 COSTS RELATED TO STAFFING AND OPERATION OF THE CITY'S EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, REGULAR SANITISATION OF CITY FACILITIES, VEHICLES, AND EQUIPMENT STAFF ASSISTANCE TO THE COMMUNITY FOOD GIVING PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY THE COMMUNITY RESOURCES CARE CENTER, AS WELL AS THE MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM, PUBLIC OUTREACH OUTREACH INTENDED TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ON HOW TO SLOW THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS CHILDCARE FOR CHILDREN, EMERGENCY RESPONDERS AND WORKERS AND OTHER ACTIONS AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY STAFF REQUEST TO CITY COUNSEL CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PROPOSED SPENDING ALLOCATION PLAN ATTACHMENT A WHICH INCLUDES EXPENDITURES INCURRED SO FAR AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE FUNDING PERIOD, AS WELL AS IMPLEMENT OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WILL FURTHER BENEFIT OUR RESIDENTS BUSINESSES AND THE CITY'S ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES.

SOME OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED TO ASSIST THE PUBLIC ARE ASSISTING SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

SERVICING WILL HARBOR WITH DISTANCE LEARNING THROUGH FUNDING FOR WIFI, MOBILE DEVICES, ET CETERA, A RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR INCOME QUALIFIED RESIDENTS BEHIND ON THEIR RENT.

COVID-19 ENHANCED CLEANING AT CITY HALL AND PARK RESTROOMS. COVID-19 REGULATION ENFORCEMENT AT CITY PARKS, RESTROOMS, THE SKATE PARKS, SPLASH PADS, ET CETERA.

KAZAKH FUNDING HAVE A VERY STRICT REPORTING SPENDING, REPORTING AND SPENDING TIMEFRAME, WHICH ENDS ON DECEMBER 30TH, 2020.

ANY UNSPENT FUNDS MUST BE RETURNED TO THE STATE.

THEREFORE STAFF RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL GRANT AUTHORIZATION TO THE CITY MANAGER TO ALLOCATE APPROPRIATED FUNDS BETWEEN PROGRAMS AS NECESSARY TO ADJUST FOR ACTUAL UTILIZATION.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANKS, MEL.

ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE A QUESTION FOR MEL? NOPE.

NOPE.

ALL.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

THEN I'D INVITE THE PUBLIC TO TESTIFY.

I ASSUME THERE'S NO ONE.

THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS.

NO ONE.

I'LL CALL FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION OR ACTION.

THEN

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MR. MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE COUNCIL.

THE BUDGET APPROPRIATION PLAN OF FOR $1,309,023 RECEIVED FOR THE CORONA VIRUS AID RELIEF, ECONOMIC SECURITY ACT CARE ACTS FUNDING, AND BE APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE A CITY MANAGER TO INCREASE DECREASED SPENDING ALLOCATION OF THE GRANT FUNDS WITHIN APPROVED SPENDING CATEGORIES AS NECESSARY.

I'LL SECOND.

IT WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER.

MADRANO YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW.

COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ.

MAYOR PRO TEM ESPINOSA.

MAYOR BEAMISH YES.

MOTION PASSED FIVE ZERO.

WE'LL GO TO THE MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR.

[ MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR:]

AND THERE IT IS.

THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS CREATED A COLOR CODED SYSTEM WITH CRITERIA FOR LOOSENING OR TIGHTENING RESTRICTIONS ON ECONOMIC ACTIVITY.

DUE TO COVID-19 ORANGE COUNTY IS CURRENTLY IN THE RED TIER, WHICH MEANS SOME NON ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES MAY RESUME INDOOR BUSINESS OPERATIONS, SUBJECT TO SPECIFIC MODIFICATIONS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BLUEPRINT FOR SAFE OR SAFER ECONOMY, PLEASE VISIT CALIFORNIA'S COVID-19 WEBSITE, WHICH WE'VE BEEN INFORMING YOU, UH, FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

NOW AT COVID-19 DOT CA.GOV WEBSITE INCLUDES A SEARCH TOOL THAT ALLOWS YOU TO LEARN THE STATUS OF SPECIFIC COUNTIES AND ECONOMIC SECTORS.

ALTHOUGH IT APPEARS WE'RE COLLECTIVELY MAKING PROGRESS AND OUR FLIGHT, IT GETS THE CORONAVIRUS.

REMEMBER TO STAY INFORMED AND DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO HELP SLOW THE SPREAD CDC, THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH AGENCY.

REMIND EACH OF US THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL SIMPLE ACTIONS WE CAN TAKE THAT CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

AS WE SAID ON THE PAST, WASH YOUR HANDS THOROUGHLY AND FREQUENTLY WITH SOAP OR USE AN ALCOHOL BASED HAND SANITIZER COVER YOUR MOUTH AND NOSE WHEN COUGHING OR SNEEZING AVOID TOUCHING YOUR EYES, NOSE AND MOUTH CLEAN AND DISINFECT FREQUENTLY TOUCHED SURFACES.

UH, FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO THE OCC HEALTH INFORMATION.COM WEBSITE AGAIN, OR THE COVID-19 CA.GOV SITE.

OR YOU CAN GO TO THE CDC WEBSITE@CDC.GOV COVID-19 CAN SPREAD EASILY FROM PERSON TO PERSON AND BECAUSE IT IS POSSIBLE TO HAVE COVID-19 AND YET DISPLAY NO OBVIOUS SYMPTOMS. THE SIMPLE ACT OF WEARING A MASK IN PUBLIC CAN HELP SLOW THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE.

BE CONSIDERATE OF OTHERS AND WEAR A MASK IN ANY INDOOR PUBLIC SPACE.

WHEN WAITING IN LINE, WHEN USING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OR A RIDE SHARING SERVICE AT WORK WHEN NEAR OTHERS ARE MOVING THROUGH COMMON AREAS AND OUTDOORS, IF YOU CAN'T MAINTAIN A SOCIAL DISTANCE OF SIX FEET FROM OTHERS, EVERYONE WEARS A MASK WE'RE ALL BETTER PROTECTED FROM COVID-19.

AND WE CAN OPEN THINGS UP MORE.

AS THE NUMBERS GO DOWN, CITY HALL, THE POLICE, THE HARBOR POLICE STATION LOBBY AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER FRONT DESK ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BUT ALL OTHER CITY FACILITIES ARE CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

PUBLIC PARKS ARE OPEN FOR PASSIVE USE SUBJECT TO SOCIAL DISTANCING, BUT PLAYGROUNDS FITNESS EQUIPMENT AND SPORT FIELDS ARE TEMPORARY CLOSED AS ALWAYS CITY OPERATIONS CONTINUE AND STAFF IS AVAILABLE BY PHONE OR EMAIL FOR THOSE WHO WISH NOT TO COME TO CITY HALL.

IF YOU DO VISIT A CITY FACILITY, PLEASE REMEMBER TO WEAR A MASK OR FACE COVERING.

THE 2020 ELECTION IS BRINGING MANY NEW CHANGES TO THE WAY ELECTIONS ARE CONDUCTED.

VOTERS.

NOW HAVE SEVERAL CONVENIENT METHODS TO CAST THEIR VOTE, INCLUDING VOTING FROM HOME BY MAIL IN BALLOT, DROPPING THEIR BALLOT OFF AT ANY SECURE BALLOT DROP BOX OR BY VOTING IN PERSON AT ANY DESIGNATED VOTING CENTER IN ORANGE COUNTY, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTERED VOTERS WILL SEND A VOTE BY MAIL BALLOTS TO EACH REGISTERED VOTER VOTER BEGINNING THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 5TH, TO VOTE BY MAIL VOTERS NEED ONLY MARK THEIR BALLOT.

FOLLOWING THE PRINTED INSTRUCTIONS OUT OF THE BALLOT SHEET, THEN RETURN IT, RETURN IT TO THE REGISTER OF VOTERS IN THE ENCLOSED POSTAGE PAID ENVELOPE.

VOTER MAY ALSO CHOOSE TO DEPOSIT HIS OR HER COMPLETED BALLOT AT ANY BALLOT DROP BOX IN ORANGE COUNTY OR IN THE EVENT OF VOTER WISHES TO CAST HIS OR HER VOTE IN PERSON THEY MAY VISIT ANY ORANGE COUNTY VOTE CENTER.

GONE ARE THE DAYS OF VOTERS BEING ASSIGNED TO A SPECIFIC CALL LOCATION, DETERMINED BY ADDRESS TO LEARN MORE, INCLUDING THE LOCATION OF VOTING CENTERS, DROP BOXES HERE IN LA HARBOR AND THROUGHOUT ORANGE COUNTY, PLEASE VISIT THE REGISTER OF VOTERS WEBSITE@OCCVOTE.COM.

I THINK MYSELF AND ALL MY COLLEAGUES WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO VOTE.

WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS ELECTION IS AND THE INITIATIVES.

SO PLEASE VOTE COMMENTS FROM STAFF, NONE.

MR. MAYOR.

JOSE COUNCIL, UH, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS.

[ COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS/DIRECTORS:]

YES, MR. MAYOR.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO, UH, ENCOURAGE OUR, UH, OUR LAHABRA RESIDENTS TO REMEMBER

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TO VOTE AND, UH, REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU VOTE, REMEMBER WE'RE A CARING COMMUNITY AND, UH, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE STILL HAVE TO GET ALONG REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOUR PARTY AFFILIATION IS.

IT DOES NOT MATTER.

UH, PLEASE GET OUT THERE AND VOTE.

UH, ALSO, UH, WANTED TO MENTION, UH, I MADE IT TO THE VERY END OF THE, UH, CONNECT UP, UH, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EVENT.

THIS PAST THURSDAY WAS NICE, UH, UH, TO SEE A, QUITE A FEW PEOPLE OUT THERE.

UH, I DIDN'T GET TO, I DIDN'T GET TO BE THERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE, UH, THE EVENT.

UH, ALSO ATTENDED THE, A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY FOR A SMOKING FIRE, SOCIAL LEADERY ON THURSDAY.

I WAS A VERY GOOD TURNOUT AND A VERY NICE TO SEE, UH, ONE OF OUR, UH, LOCAL BUSINESSES, UH, UH, THRIVING, UH, ESPECIALLY, UH, DURING THIS, UH, THIS TIME OF COVID AND IT WAS A, IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO REMIND A FELLOW RESIDENTS IN LAHABRA TO CONTINUE TO PATRONIZE OUR, UH, OUR BUSINESSES HERE IN LA HABRA, SMALL AND BIG, ESPECIALLY THE SMALL ONES.

UH WE'RE UH, WE'RE HOPING TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THEM OPEN RESTAURANTS AND ANY OTHER BUSINESSES THAT ARE OUT THERE.

SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE PATRONIZE OUR LOCAL, UH, BUSINESSES.

THAT'S IT, MR. MAYOR.

THANK YOU, COUNSELOR.

NEVER MEDRANO COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW.

I HAVE NO COMMENTS.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ.

UH, REAL QUICK.

I, UH, WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK ALL OUR STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE BEEN OUT AND ABOUT AND WORKING VERY HARD, ESPECIALLY WHEN A RECOGNIZED PUBLIC WORKS.

UH, THERE WAS A BIG WATER LEAK IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE AND THEY WERE GOT OUT THERE AND TOOK CARE OF THAT, UH, WATER MAIN BREAK AND, UH, DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THINGS I'VE THROWN YOUR WAY THE LAST WEEK FROM RESIDENTS HAVE CALLED IN.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUICK RESPONSE, SOME ISSUES ALONG THE RAILROAD AS WELL.

I, UH, AM VERY HAPPY WITH THE APPROVAL TONIGHT OF, UH, THE CARES ACT, UH, THAT MONEY HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED.

THANK YOU TO THE, UM, STAFFING KELLEY WORKED ON IT AND JIM AND THE OTHER STAFF MEMBERS WORKED ON THIS AND, UH, IT GETS SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

I MEAN, THERE'S SOMEBODY IN THERE FOR SOME RENT ASSISTANCE, FOOD, UH, YOU KNOW, PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS.

AND THERE WAS VERY CAREFULLY THOUGHT OUT AND WANT TO THANK THEM, UH, UH, FOR, FOR PUTTING THAT ON THERE.

AND FINALLY, I WANT TO THANK SMOKING FIRE.

I GOT TO ATTEND THE RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY, UM, THIS LAST WEEK ON THURSDAY, AND WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR GENEROUS DONATION TO OUR MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM.

THEY DON'T NEED ANY $700 AND THAT'S A PROGRAM THAT I VOLUNTEER WITH AND HELP THEM OUT.

I ALSO SERVE ON THE BOARD SO VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

THAT'S IT? MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU.

MAYOR PRO TEM BANANAS.

I ALSO ATTENDED A SMOKE AND FIRE, A RIBBON CUTTING.

AND I ACTUALLY WENT BACK ON SATURDAY AND TOOK MY SON BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT THEY HAVE, OR, UM, VERY GOOD BEER.

I DON'T DRINK BEER.

SO, UM, I WANTED TO FIND OUT IF, IF IT WAS GOOD, BUT HE SAID HE DIDN'T WANT TO DRINK BEER THAT NIGHT.

SO, UH, I WON'T KNOW UNTIL LATER ON.

UM, BUT IT WAS A GOOD EVENT.

IT WAS A VERY BUSY ON SATURDAY AS WELL.

PEOPLE REALLY LIKED THAT AREA.

IT WAS, THEY HAD A SCREAM FOR FOOTBALL.

THEY HAD A SCREEN THERE FOR SOCCER.

THEY HAD A SCREEN THERE FOR A BASEBALL AND THEY HAD A, A GUITAR PLAYER THAT WAS PLAYING THERE.

SO THERE WAS QUITE A LOT OF ACTIVITY THERE.

AND I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT PEOPLE WERE JUST TO SEE, BUT YET SOCIALIZING AND HAVING A GOOD TIME.

SO I CAN SEE THAT BUSINESS HAVING, UM, A LONG LINE OF PEOPLE THAT WILL BE QUEUING UP TO GO INSIDE AND SOCIALIZE AS WELL.

SO I TOLD THEM THAT IF THEY COULD MAKE IT NOW, THEY CAN MAKE IT ANY TIME BECAUSE IT IS INCREDIBLE.

BUT I'D LIKE TO THANK STAFF AS WELL.

I KNOW THAT I SAW MEL LATE ON A FRIDAY.

I THINK IT WAS WORKING.

I GO, YOU GUYS HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK AS WELL.

YOU GUYS NEED TO TAKE A LITTLE BREAK, A MINI BREAK AS WELL.

DON'T WORK.

I KNOW, I KNOW WORK IS IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US, BUT YOU JUST NEED TO TAKE A LITTLE BREAK, ALL OF YOU.

SO, UM, WE'RE DEEPLY INDEBTED TO YOU AND GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU GIVE TO OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.

AND, UH, I HAD, UH, WE HAD A CANDIDATE FORUM WITH THE LEGAL WOMEN VOTERS, AND I WAS VERY HONORED TO SAY THAT, UH, UM, THAT, UM, WE LIVE UP TO OUR MOTTO.

WE, WE HAVE RESIDENT MEMBERS.

I MEAN, WE HAVE STAFF THAT LIVES FROM LA.

THAT'S BEEN OUR CITY ATTORNEY THAT HAS KNOWS LA BARBARA FROM LIKE THE BACK OF HIS HAND, THE CITY MANAGER, WHO WAS GREW UP AROUND HERE IN THIS AREA, STAFF THAT HAS LIVED IN LA HARBOR FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

SO I MEAN THEIR EMPLOYEE THAT HAD PRACTICALLY NO MORE ABOUT LA HARBIN THAN THEY DO THEIR OWN CITY THAT THEY LIVE IN BECAUSE OF THE YEAR THAT THEY HAVE SPENT HERE.

SO, I MEAN, UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR THE TIME THAT YOU GIVE.

AND, UH, I WISH YOU GOOD HEALTH.

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