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[ CALL TO ORDER: Council Chamber INVOCATION: City Attorney Jones PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor Pro Tem Medrano ROLL CALL: Mayor Espinoza Mayor Pro Tem Medrano Councilmember Gomez Councilmember Shaw Councilmember Simonian]
GOOD EVENING.I WILL NOW CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL ON JUNE SEVEN, 2021.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT IT IS 6:30 PM.
VOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY THE CITY ATTORNEY RICHARD JONES FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO.
IF YOU WOULD ALL, PLEASE RISE, ASK YOU TO PLEASE, UH, VALUE HEADS, UH, YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER, AS WE GATHER THIS EVENING TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA, UH, WE'RE REMINDED OF THE SACRIFICES THAT MANY HAVE MADE THAT WE'RE REMINDED OF RECUT RECALL DURING THE MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATIONS, FOR THOSE WHO PAY THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE TO SHOWED US EACH OF US, THAT FREEDOM IS NOT FREE.
WE ASK YOU TO WATCH OVER AND GUIDE THOSE FAMILIES AND COMFORT THEM IN THEIR MEMORIES.
WE ASK YOU TO BLESS THE CITY COUNCIL THIS EVENING, AS THEY GO FORWARD, THAT THEY WILL DO THAT, WHICH IS BEST FOR ALL THE HARBOR, BUT THEY WILL ACT WITH INTEGRITY AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS, WHAT IS RIGHT UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES WE ASK YOU TO BLESS THEM WITH WISDOM AND INSIGHT.
AND YOU SAY THESE THINGS IN THY NAME, AMEN STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER SIMONIAN.
ARE THERE ANY CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENTS OR NONE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND I WILL HAND IT OVER TO COUNCIL
[1. PRESENTATION BY THE ORANGE COUNTY MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT]
MEMBER GOMEZ.WHO'S GOING TO INTRODUCE SOME REPRESENTATIVES.
IT'S WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I INTRODUCE AMBER SIMBRO.
WHO'S THE DIRECTOR OF SCIENTIFIC TECHNICAL SERVICES.
WE ORANGE COUNTY MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL BOARD.
UM, SHE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT, UH, AN ISSUES THAT KIND OF IN HAVING BEEN HERE IN LA HABRA, WE'VE KIND OF BEEN THE HOT SPOT FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS WITH WEST NILE VIRUS, WITH THE POSITIVE CASES IN, UH, MOSQUITOES THAT ARE INFECTED WEST NILE VIRUS.
WE'VE HAD 28 CASES OF HUMAN CASES OF PEOPLE WHO'VE GOTTEN INFECTED SINCE 2004.
UH, CURRENTLY WE HAVE ABOUT 195 LOCATIONS THAT HAVE THE INVASIVE EIGHTIES, UH, SINCE 2015.
SO, UH, I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A PROACTIVE APPROACH AND WE HAD A MEETING ABOUT TWO, THREE WEEKS AGO, MYSELF, JIM SEDRO, ALSO ROB FARRIER, UH, AND MEMBERS OF THE ORANGE COUNTY VECTOR CONTROL BOARD TO TALK ABOUT I'M SORRY, I'M UH, DIRECTORS FROM THE, UH, VECTOR CONTROL, UH, THE EXECUTIVE TEAM.
SO WE THINK WE COME UP WITH A PLAN TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE IN THIS AREA.
SO WE, UM, ARE NOT THE HOT SPOT ANYMORE THIS YEAR.
UH, IT WAS SOUTH COUNTY A FEW YEARS AGO.
THE LAST THREE YEARS HAS BEEN UP HERE IN NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY.
SO AMBER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN ON SUCH A SHORT NOTICE.
UM, AND THE STAR LAHABRA COUNCIL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME, UM, COUNCIL, MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ, UM, REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT THAT WE'RE PLANNING HERE IN THE HARBOR LATER THIS MONTH, I'M WITH THE ORANGE COUNTY MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT.
WE'RE AN INDEPENDENT, SPECIAL DISTRICT.
WE SERVE THE ENTIRE COUNTY, ALL 34 CITIES AND THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS AS WELL.
AND OUR MISSION IS TO PROTECT THE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO ORANGE COUNTY FROM VECTORS AND VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES AND MOSQUITOES, BELIEVE IT OR NOT ARE REALLY THE WORLD'S DEADLIEST ANIMAL.
AND THEY'RE STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR NEARLY A MILLION DEATHS A YEAR GLOBALLY.
AND WE'VE GOT SOME MOSQUITOES THAT WE'RE REALLY QUITE CONCERNED ABOUT HERE IN THE COUNTY AND IN THE CITY OF LA HABRA.
SO, UM, THE MOSQUITOES THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN INCLUDE THE SOUTHERN HOUSE MOSQUITO CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS.
THIS MOSQUITO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PRIMARILY SPREADING WEST NILE VIRUS.
AND, UM, THE OTHER THREE SPECIES ARE RELATIVELY NEW TO THE AREA.
WE REFER TO THEM AS THE INVASIVE EIGHTIES, MOSQUITOES, THESE MOSQUITOES, UM, BRING WITH THEM THE THREAT OF SPREADING NEW DISEASES THAT WE CURRENTLY DON'T SEE HERE IN CALIFORNIA.
AND THAT INCLUDES ZIKA VIRUS, DAN GAY, CHICKEN GUNA, YELLOW FEVER.
AND SO THESE MOSQUITOES ARE REALLY CHANGING OUR QUALITY OF LIFE HERE IN ORANGE COUNTY.
THEY LOVE TO BITE US DURING THE DAY.
AND, UM, WE'RE GETTING LOTS OF COMPLAINTS TO THE VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT FROM RESIDENTS ALL OVER THE COUNTY AND ESPECIALLY HERE IN LA HABRA.
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SO GIVING YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON WEST NILE VIRUS, IT CAME INTO ORANGE COUNTY IN 2003 AND BY OH FOUR, WE HAD HUMAN CASES BY 2014 AND 15, WE HAD BACK-TO-BACK OUTBREAKS OF WEST NILE VIRUS IN 2014.WE WERE THE SINGLE JURISDICTION IN THE NATION WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CASES.
AND WE HAD 280 PEOPLE GET SICK THAT YEAR AND NINE PEOPLE DIED.
AND SO SINCE THAT TIME OF THOSE OUTBREAKS, UM, WE'VE REALLY REFINED OUR PROGRAM TO FOCUS ON MITIGATING BIG OUTBREAKS LIKE THAT IN THE FUTURE.
AND, UM, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU HOW WE'RE DOING THAT SPECIFICALLY.
LAST YEAR IN 2020, WE HAD 284 MOSQUITO SAMPLES RETURNED POSITIVE TO THE DISTRICT.
NINE PEOPLE WERE SICK LAST YEAR WITH WEST NILE VIRUS AND SADLY ONE PERSON DID PASS AWAY AND WE HAD 38 DEAD BIRDS TEST POSITIVE AS WELL.
AND IN CITY OF LA BARBARA, 26 OF THOSE SAMPLES WERE RECOVERED, UM, THAT WERE POSITIVE SAMPLES FOR WEST NILE VIRUS NEXT, PLEASE.
AND SO OVER THE COURSE OF THE 17 YEARS THAT WE'VE HAD WEST NILE VIRUS HERE IN THE COUNTY, WE KNOW WHERE THE HOTSPOTS ARE, THE MOSQUITOES AND THE HUMAN CASES ARE TELLING US WHICH AREAS ARE AT HIGHEST RISK.
AND THE CITY OF LA HABRA IS ONE OF THOSE CITIES NEXT TIME.
SO WHEN WE START TO SEE THE INFECTION RATE IN THE MOSQUITOES GO UP, WE BEGIN TO EMPLOY DIFFERENT ACTION STEPS IN RESPONSE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE WILL PUT OUT AN ADVISORY IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THE POSITIVE MOSQUITOES WERE COLLECTED.
WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR TREATMENT CYCLES ARE IN THE APPROPRIATE TIMEFRAMES.
WE'RE DOING SOURCE REDUCTION, WE'RE SETTING MORE MOSQUITO TRAPS, AND THEN POTENTIALLY IF THAT INFECTION RATE IS HIGH ENOUGH, WE WILL CALL FOR AN ADULT CONTROL MISSION TO KNOCK DOWN THOSE INFECTED ADULTS.
AND SO YOU SEE THAT, THAT TRUCK WITH THE RING LIGHT THERE IN THE BACK, UM, THAT IS OUR ADULTICIDING TRUCK AND WE'LL DRIVE THOSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO KILL THOSE FLYING INFECTED ADULT MOSQUITOES NEXT, PLEASE.
SO, UM, ON THE HEELS OF THOSE BACK-TO-BACK EPIDEMICS IN 2015, WE STARTED TO GET REPORTS FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT DE BITING BLACK AND WHITE MOSQUITOES.
AND, UM, BEFORE WE KNEW IT, THEY WERE REALLY TAKING OFF ACROSS THE COUNTY.
NEXT SLIDE IN 2011, UM, THESE MOSQUITOES KNOWN AS THE INVASIVE EIGHTIES, MOSQUITOES ENTERED CALIFORNIA AND STARTED TO SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
AND AS I MENTIONED, UM, THEY ENTERED ORANGE COUNTY IN 2015, AND CURRENTLY THEY'RE BEING REPORTED AS FAR NORTH AS SHASTA COUNTY.
NEXT SLIDE IN ORANGE COUNTY COUNTY.
THIS IS WHAT THEIR DISTRIBUTION LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW.
SO THE RED ARE THOSE, UM, THE YELLOW FEVER MOSQUITO AND THE YELLOW IS THE ASIAN TIGER MOSQUITO.
AND THE BLUE IS THE AUSTRALIAN BACKYARD MOSQUITO.
AND YOU MIGHT NOTICE UP HERE IN LA HARBOR, WE'VE GOT ALL THREE OF THOSE SPECIES AND THE, YOU KNOW, AREA'S PRETTY MUCH BLANKETED BY THE EIGHTIES, EGYPT DIE.
SO AS A REMINDER, THESE MOSQUITOES, THEY ARE, UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, REALLY TERRIBLE, TERRIBLY AGGRESSIVE.
AND WE DO GET LOTS OF COMPLAINTS FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT THEM NEXT, PLEASE.
AND THEY, THEY LOVE IT, HAVE TO EXPLOIT ALL THOSE SMALL WATER SOURCES IN PEOPLE'S YARDS AND THEY WILL COME IN TO THE HOUSE AND THEY CAN COMPLETE THEIR WHOLE LIFE CYCLE INSIDE OF RESIDENT'S HOME AS WELL.
WELL, NEXT SLIDE, THEY ARE REALLY SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE THEY LAY THEIR EGGS SINGULARLY IN, UM, ON BUCKETS AND CONTAINERS AND PLANT POTS.
AND THE EGGS ACTUALLY CAN SURVIVE OUTSIDE OF WATER FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
AND THEN WHEN THEY'RE REHYDRATED, THOSE MOSQUITO EGGS BECOME VIABLE AGAIN.
SO THAT'S HOW THEY MOVE AROUND SO SUCCESSFULLY IN THE COUNTY NEXT, PLEASE.
SO JUST KIND OF COMPARING THOSE WEST NILE CULEX MOSQUITOES AND THOSE INVASIVE EIGHTIES MOSQUITOES, UM, THE CULEX MOSQUITOES ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT BREEDING AND LIKE BACKYARD SWIMMING POOLS THAT ARE UNMAINTAINED, OR MAYBE IN A FLOOD CONTROL CHANNEL OR SOME KIND OF A CATCH BASIN, LARGER SOURCES.
THE EIGHTIES MOSQUITOES ARE GOING TO EXPLOIT ALL THOSE BACKYARD SOURCES THAT ARE REALLY SMALL AND HARD TO SEE.
AND, UM, AGAIN THERE, UM, THOSE EGGS ARE VIABLE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME OUTSIDE OF WATER, MEANING THAT THEY CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, BE MOVED ABOUT QUITE READILY NEXT, PLEASE.
SO WE HAVE A PROJECT COMING UP AT THE END OF THE MONTH HERE IN THE CITY CALLED THE WIDE AREA LARVACIDE SPRAIN PROJECT AND WHAT THIS
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WILL DO FOR AN AREA THAT'S BEEN HEAVILY IMPACTED BY BOTH WEST NILE VIRUS.AND THESE INVASIVE EIGHTIES MOSQUITOES IS THAT WE, UM, HAVE A NEW PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO DRIVE IT THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND DEPLOY A LARVACIDE TREATMENT.
AND THE GOAL OF THAT IS THAT THE PRODUCT WILL ACTUALLY MAKE IT INTO ALL OF THOSE CRYPTIC SOURCES IN BACKYARDS.
AND SO I'LL SHOW YOU THE NEXT SLIDE, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
SO W THE, THE RED IMAGES THAT YOU SEE THERE ON THE SLIDE DEPICT HOW THOSE CRYPTIC SOURCES AND THE TRUCK WITH THE LARVICIDE PRODUCT, UM, WE'LL MIST THE PRODUCT TO, INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND IT SETTLES INTO THESE CRYPTIC SOURCES THAT ARE BREEDING MOSQUITOES THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THE TARGET OF COURSE, ARE THE LARVAL MOSQUITOES, THE, IN THAT LIVE IN THE WATER THAT JUVENILE STAGE NEXT, PLEASE.
SO THIS IS WHAT THE TRUCK LOOKS LIKE.
AND AGAIN, IT'S CALLED THE AWAN SUPER DUTY.
AND, UM, WE USE A MATERIAL CALLED BTI.
IT'S A, UH, BACTERIAL SPORE THAT, UM, THE MOSQUITO LARVA EAT AND THAT'S WHAT KILLS THEM.
AND, UM, THE LARVICIDE IS DELIVERED, YOU KNOW, AS A MIST OUT OF THE BACK OF THE TRUCK.
AND, UM, IT'S BEEN DONE IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS AS WELL AS CEMETERIES AND MARSH AREAS IN THE COUNTY NEXT, PLEASE.
AND, UM, WE DID DO A SMALL TREATMENT, UH, LAST YEAR IN LA NEXT, PLEASE.
SO THE GOAL, THE PROJECT IS TWO-FOLD IN PHASE ONE.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO SUPPRESS THAT THOSE INVASIVE EIGHTIES MOSQUITOES BRING DOWN THEIR POPULATION ALONG WITH THE CULEX MOSQUITOES.
AND IN PHASE TWO, IF WE REACH A TRIGGER AND ONLY IF, UM, WHERE WE FIND INFECTED ADULT MOSQUITOES ARE SPREADING DISEASE IN THE COMMUNITY, THEN WE WOULD ALSO USE THE ULV ADULTICIDE TREATMENT TO KNOCK DOWN THE EFFECTED ADULTS NEXT, PLEASE.
SO AFTER DOING QUITE A BIT OF ANALYSIS, LOOKING THROUGHOUT THE HIGH-RISK AREA IN THE COUNTY, THERE IS A SECTION OF THE CITY WHERE REALLY IT'S AMONG THE HARDEST HIT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
IT HAS BOTH HIGH WEST NILE VIRUS ACTIVITY AND LOTS OF INVASIVE EIGHTIES, MOSQUITOES, AND LOTS OF COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS HERE IN THE CITY NEXT, PLEASE, THIS IS THE AREA THAT IS NEAR VISTA GRANDE DAY PARK.
AND SO THAT INCLUDES BEING BOUND, UH, ON THE NORTH END BY LAMBERT ROAD AND, UM, ON THE SOUTH END NEAR IMPERIAL, UH, ALONG IDAHO STREET NEXT, PLEASE.
SO WHAT THOSE TREATMENTS LOOK LIKE WOULD BE IN PHASE ONE? UM, WE WOULD DO CONSECUTIVE TREATMENTS FOR EIGHT WEEKS ON WEDNESDAY IN THE EARLY AM TIMEFRAME.
SO FROM 2:00 AM TO ABOUT 5:00 AM, AND AGAIN, WE'RE TARGETING THOSE LARVAL MOSQUITOES IN THE WATER AS PICTURED THERE.
AND LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, IF, AND ONLY IF, UM, WE HAVE, UM, WEST NILE VIRUS, POSITIVE MOSQUITOES AT A HIGH RATE, UM, LATER ON IN THE SEASON, THEN WE WOULD ADD AN ADULTICIDE TREATMENT, UM, FOR THE DATES LISTED THERE.
AND THAT WOULD CONTINUE FOR ABOUT FOUR WEEKS NEXT PLACE.
UM, SO WE'RE HERE TO, UM, TALK TO THE COUNCIL TONIGHT, OF COURSE, AND WE'D BE HANGING DOOR HANGERS FOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IN THE APPLICATION AREA, UM, YOU KNOW, DOOR TO DOOR, UM, BY OUR TEAM, UH, THE WEEK OF, UM, THE DATES I SHOULD SAY OF JUNE 22ND THROUGH THE 24TH.
AND THEN WE WILL ALSO HAVE A BOOTH TO PROVIDE EDUCATION FOR THE RESIDENTS AND THE PUBLIC, UH, AT YOUR CITRUS FAIR COMING UP.
AND THE TREATMENTS WOULD BEGIN ON, UH, JUNE 30TH.
SO THOSE FROM 2:00 AM TO 5:00 AM NEXT, PLEASE, WE'VE GOT LOTS OF INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE, UH, ALL THE FAQ'S FOR THE WALLS TREATMENT, THE BTI PRODUCT, THE APPLICATION SCHEDULE WILL BE POSTED THERE.
AND THEN WE HAVE AN AREA MAP WHERE RESIDENTS CAN GO IN AND TYPE IN THEIR ADDRESS, AND THEN THEY CAN SEE IF THEY'RE IN THE TREATMENT AREA AND THEY CAN ALSO SIGN UP FOR OUR EA ALERT NOTIFICATIONS NEXT, PLEASE.
THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF ALL THOSE DETAILS.
AND THEN FINALLY, UM, FOR SOME FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, THIS IS ALL POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE.
UM, SO THE PRODUCT IS NOT HARMFUL TO HUMANS OR PETS, AND, UM, PEOPLE DO NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE INDOORS, UH, DURING THE TREATMENT, BUT WHILE WE'RE PERFORMING THE TREATMENT, IF WE DO COME ACROSS ANYBODY, UM, OUTSIDE, WE WILL SHUT OFF THE TRUCKS AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE THEM PASS BY IT AND THEN CONTINUE ON.
UM, THE PRODUCT DOES NOT AFFECT BEES.
UM, BEES WILL BE IN THEIR HIVES
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DURING THOSE HOURS WHEN WE WOULD BE MAKING THE TREATMENT.AND THEN FINALLY, UM, DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE PRODUCT, IT DOES, UM, IT'S A DUST AFTER IT'S DISTRIBUTED OUT OF THE TRUCK.
AND SO IT MAY LEAVE JUST A SLIGHT RESIDUE, UM, THAT CAN BE WIPED OFF OR WASHED OFF, UM, ANY SURFACES, LESS HIGH.
AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE COUNCIL.
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'VE ACTUALLY HAD, I'VE TOLD THEM I SLEPT LIKE A COCOON BECAUSE I'VE HAD EVEN LITTLE MOSQUITOES INSIDE THE HOUSE, SO I'M GLAD YOU'RE GOING TO BE COMING THROUGH AND FREE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
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TO PUBLIC COMMENTS, THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, SHELBY SHELBY RECEIVED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GOVERNING BODY MEANY MEETING AND LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES FOR ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR OR CHAIR.SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOAN TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE.
SPEAKING TIME, AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMON PORTION OF 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, 4.38.
SUCH COMMENTS CANNOT BE RESPONDED TO BY THE GOVERNING BODY DURING THIS MEETING.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD WISH TO, UM, COME TO THE PODIUM AND SPEAK ON BEHALF OF A PUBLIC COMMON PORTION, PLEASE PROVIDE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
UM, THINGS SHOULD BE FINE HERE.
UH, BENJAMIN FAN 901 NORTH EUCLID STREET.
ONE I RECEIVED RECENTLY THE, UH, THE CITY PLANNING IN TERMS OF THE STREET NOISE AND TRAFFIC.
UH, I DO NOT RECALL, UM, THAT WAS THERE, UH, ITEM ON WHITTIER, MAYBE BECAUSE SINCE COLBY I'VE BEEN WORKING FROM HOME, I'VE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION NOTICE MORE FROM A HARBOR TO BEACH.
THAT SECTION OF THE WHITTIER I'VE BEEN NOTICING THERE'S HAS BEEN MORE, UM, NOISE ON THE STREET THAT, UH, MORE SPECIFICALLY THAT SOMETIME AT NIGHTTIME, THE RACING, IF NOT, HIGH-SPEED, UM, YOU KNOW, DRIVING DOWN THE STREET, YOU CAN, YOU CAN, YOU CAN HEAR THAT, UM, OR EARLY IT CAN ON THIS STREET.
I CAN HEAR THAT SOME, THAT THE, THE, THE VEHICLES ARE PRETTY LOUD.
NOT SURE IF, UM, THE CITY IS AWARE IT, OR IF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE AWARE OF IT.
UH, AT LEAST I WANT TO BRING THAT UP.
UM, AGAIN, IT'S MORE SPECIFICALLY FROM HARBOR TO BEACH ON WHITTIER.
AND SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TRAFFIC OR A CERTAIN YEAH.
RELATED TO TRAFFIC, BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY THE, UH, I MEAN, ESPECIALLY ON THE WEEKEND, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, MEANING IT'S BEEN HAPPENING MORE, UH, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SOUND OF THE TRAFFIC OR THE VEHICLES.
IT'S BOTH, I THINK IT'S THAT THE LOUDER THAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T HEAR TO MODIFY OKAY.
AND THEN ALONG WITH THE SPEED, YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T HEAR THEM RACING DOWN THE STREET.
AND A LOT OF TIME HE CAN, I CAN EITHER HERE GO ALL THE WAY UP TO HARBOR TOWARDS LA, UH, ROWLAND HEIGHTS OR VICE VERSA, BUT IT'S, IT'S BEEN HAPPENING MORE AND MORE ON WHITTIER.
I'VE BEEN IN THE CITY OF, UH, FOUR YEARS.
SO THIS TOPIC NUMBER ONE, WELL, WE MAY GET YOU TO TALK WITH, UM, CAPTAIN FOSTER.
UM, LATER AFTER THIS MEETING, IF YOU WANT TO CONNECT WITH HIM AND PROVIDE HIM SOME MORE INFORMATION SURE.
FOR A SECOND DAY, ACTUALLY IT'S A LITTLE BIT ALSO TO REWARD REGARD, REGARDLESS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THIS HAS HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND, TOOK MY TWO SONS TO THE SEMINARY ALL PARK.
UH, I'M PRETTY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS CAUSE I, I SEE OUR CONSCIOUS HAS BEEN THIS ANTI-POLICE MOVEMENT GOING ON.
I THINK OUR STATE IS DOING GREAT JOB, BUT, UH, BUT THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT, UH, ALARM ME QUITE A BIT.
I CALLED TODAY AND IRONICALLY, WE HAVE A MEETING WHICH WAS TALKING ABOUT TUCSON 602 AT SENEGAL PARK.
UM, THERE WAS A BUNCH OF KIDS WERE THERE AS WELL.
AND THE TEENAGE, I THINK ANYWHERE FROM 11 TO 13, 14 YEARS OLD, UH, THREE BOYS AND ONE GIRL, AND WE'RE JUST CHATTING A LITTLE BIT.
AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY WERE JUST ASKING THEM ABOUT, I KNOW WHAT THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO GROW UP.
AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS I SAY, HEY, YOU WANT TO BE A COP.
AND ONE OF THE TEENS RESPONDED TO LIKE, HE'S LIKE SHOOTING.
AND I SAID, OH, SO YOU WANT TO BE A COP BECAUSE HE LIKED TO SHOOT.
HE SAID, NO, I WANT TO SHOOT THE COP.
AND WHEN I HEARD THAT GOT ME SO PISSED OFF BECAUSE I GOT BUDDIES WORK AT, YOU KNOW, THE DEA AND THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT.
AND I KNOW WHAT THOSE GUYS DO EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND OF COURSE THERE'S ALWAYS SOME EDIT ANY
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INDUSTRY IN OUR SOCIETY, RIGHT.THERE'S ALWAYS THAT BAD APPLE.
BUT WHEN I HEAR THAT, I THINK IT'S A BIGGER ISSUE BECAUSE TEENS AT THAT AGE SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY TYPE OF, UH, I WOULD SAY PREJUDICE AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH OUR, EITHER OUR PARENTS, OUR LOCAL EDUCATION, THE MEDIA, I MEAN, IT'S A COMBINATION OF FACTORS, RIGHT.
BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS A RESIDENT, PERHAPS, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'M BRING THIS UP TO, TO, TO TWO AWARENESS.
UH, CAUSE I THINK FROM THE TIME I HAVE ENCOUNTER WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE, THERE'S NOTHING THAT PROFESSIONAL, THOSE GUYS HAVE BEEN PROFESSIONAL.
EVEN THE, THE, THE, THE OPERATOR YOU CAN TELL, BUT I THINK, UH, PERHAPS THE, AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU GUYS COME WITH SOME SORT OF PROJECT GOING TO THE SCHOOLS AND, YOU KNOW, GET TO KNOW MORTALS KIDS OR LET THE KIDS NOW GET TO KNOW MORE OF THE POLICE OFFICERS.
CAUSE IT WAS QUITE ALARMING AND I WAS A LITTLE BIT UPSET AND I TELL THEM, HEY, YOU WANT ME TO CALL THE OFFICER HERE? AND THEN TO SEE IF YOU LIKE TO DO WHAT YOU SAID AND, AND THEY JUST WALKED AWAY.
BUT I THINK IT'S, IT HIGHLIGHTS A BIGGER PROBLEM.
UM, UM, DAN, DAN, JUST WHAT I, WHAT I ENCOUNTER AND I HAVE NEVER ENCOUNTERED THAT BEFORE.
UH, EVEN WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, RIGHT.
OUR KIDS ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU MIGHT NOT LIKE POLICE, BUT YOU WOULDN'T SAY STUFF LIKE THAT.
THAT'S A LITTLE BIT TOO EXTREME.
SO I WANT TO BRING THIS UP TO YOU GUYS.
I DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION IN TERMS OF WHAT WE, AS A CITY, AS A GROWN ADULTS CAN DO FOR THOSE KIDS.
BUT I THINK IT DEFINITELY HIGHLIGHTS A PROBLEM THAT STARTING TO, UH, GROWING DEEP IN OUR SOCIETY.
I, I NORMALLY ALLOW THE PERSON ONLY TO SPEAK THREE MINUTES EACH, BUT IT IS OF CONCERN.
AND I LET YOU GO BEYOND, BECAUSE IT IS A CONCERN FOR ALL OF US WHEN YOU SAID THAT.
UM, I THINK MAYBE DURING THAT COVID PERIOD, ESPECIALLY IN HIS CAUSED A LOT OF PEOPLE TO REACT AND BEHAVE IN A MANNER THAT, UH, NORMALLY OUR CITIZENS DO NOT.
SO THAT DOES ALARM ME AS WELL.
AND, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO HAVE FUNCTIONS THAT HELP INTERACT WITH THE CITIZENS OF RESIDENCE FOR THE MEMBERS.
SO NOW AFTER JUNE THE 15TH, UM, I'M, I KNOW THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS MANY FUNCTIONS THAT THEY HAVE.
AND IF YOU LISTEN TO THE BUDGET, THIS TV YOU'LL FIND OUT WHAT TYPE OF ACTIVITIES THEY WILL BE HAVING AND THE COMMUNITY WILL BE HAVING.
SO HOPEFULLY WITH ALL OF THAT, THEY CAN PROVIDE SOME, UH, INFORMATION AND KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE ALL TOGETHER AND WE'RE WORKING AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY THE BEST COMMUNITY POSSIBLE.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT INFORMATION WITH ME, WITH US.
I ALSO MET A MAYOR IF I CAN, ON THAT.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT AS WELL.
AND IN REFERENCE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY ARE HAVING A COFFEE WITH A COP.
THEY'RE BRINGING THAT BACK NOW THAT THE PANDEMIC IS A, IS IT'S NO WINDING DOWN.
I THINK IT'S JUNE 19TH FROM EIGHT TO 10:00 AM.
AND I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO ENCOURAGE YOUR NEIGHBORS AND ANYBODY YOU COME ACROSS TO ATTEND SO THEY CAN GET NOR POLICE OFFICERS, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'VE BEEN IN A, IN A PANDEMIC YEAR WHERE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THESE, THESE, UH, THESE PROGRAMS. SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE TO START OFF WITH AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO ATTEND AND, UH, AND TO LET YOUR NEIGHBORS KNOW, THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK? OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
I WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT
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PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER ITEM THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION, UNLESS OTHERWISE BOTTOM MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR.
SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOAN TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE.
AND COMMENTS MUST BE AGAIN, KEPT BRIEF NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND APPEAR APPEARS ON PAGE THREE THROUGH FIVE ON THE AUDIENCE AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH 15.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT STAFF WOULD WISH REMOVED? NO MATTER MAYOR.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD WISH REMOVED? NUMBER EIGHT VERY WELL.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT THE AUDIENCE WOULD WISH REMOVED THEN I WILL ASK FOR A MOTION.
WHAT THE CLARK WITH THE COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE
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MOTION PASSED FIVE, ZERO.WE WILL NOW, UM, GO BACK AND VISIT THE ITEM
[ CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS REMOVED FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION:]
EIGHT, WHICH IS TO APPROVE AN AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A FIVE-YEAR NON-EXCLUSIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LA HARBOR AND GRANTS TOW, INC, TO PROVIDE TOW SERVICES FOR VEHICLES, ANY SECURE LOCATION TO START VEHICLES THAT HAVE BEEN TOWED ARE IMPOUNDED AT THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY.WOULD YOU LIKE A REPORT? UM, MADAM MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO PULL THAT OUT BECAUSE, UH, THE COUNCIL ROUTINELY APPROVES, UH, AGREEMENTS WITH CONTRACTORS AND THEY GENERALLY APPEAR ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR WITHOUT COMMENT, WHICH MAKES A LOT OF SENSE BECAUSE IT'S TIME CONSUMING.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACTOR, UH, GRAHAM TOWING SERVICE IS WHAT WE IN THE CITY WOULD HOPE EVERY CONTRACTOR WOULD BE.
UH, THEY'RE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE IN TERMS OF PRICE OF BELOW THE COUNTY AVERAGE OF THEY'RE HIGHLY RESPONSIVE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR NEEDS AND TO THE CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, BOTH THE OWNERS ARE EXTREMELY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, DONATE THEIR TIME AND THEIR MONEY, UH, IN THIS COMMUNITY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE JUST A MOMENT, UH, TO CALL THE ATTENTION TO THE HANSON FAMILY AND LET EVERYBODY KNOW HOW MUCH WE ON THE COUNCIL AND WE IN THE CITY APPRECIATE THEIR INVOLVEMENT AS A BUSINESS WITH THAT, I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE.
I'M GOING TO INVITE THE PUBLIC TO TESTIFY FOR THIS, BUT ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL THEN I WILL MAKE THE PUBLIC TO TESTIFY AND PLEASE GIVE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD IN SUPPORT OF THE ITEM OR AN OPPOSITION.
NOW I WILL CALL FOR A MOTION COUNCIL MEMBERS AMMONIA.
I MOVED TO A PROVEN AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A FIVE-YEAR NON-EXCLUSIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LA HABRA AND GRAHAM'S TOWING, INC.
TO PROVIDE TOW SERVICES FOR VEHICLES AND SECURE LOCATION TO STORE VEHICLES THAT HAVE BEEN TOWED OR IMPOUNDED AT THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND, THE CLERK PLEASE VOTE.
OR WOULD THE COUNCIL PLEASE? LAURIE THAT'S OKAY.
NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC HEARING.
THE PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES FOR INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 60 MINUTES FOR ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL PUBLIC HEARING ITEM ON THE AGENDA, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR OR CHAIR COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
[1. DULY NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER RESOLUTIONS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES PERTAINING TO FEES FOR GENERAL SERVICES, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, BUILDING SERVICES, FIRE SERVICES, POLICE SERVICES, AMBULANCE SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS SERVICES, UTILITY SERVICES AND PENALTIES FOR MUNICIPAL CODE AND VEHICLE CODE PARKING VIOLATIONS; AND AMENDING THE MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES PERTAINING TO PUBLIC WORKS SERVICES That the City Council: A. APPROVE AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. ____ ENTITLED: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES PERTAINING TO FEES FOR GENERAL SERVICES, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, BUILDING SERVICES, FIRE SERVICES, POLICE SERVICES, AMBULANCE SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS SERVICES, UTILITY SERVICES AND PENALTIES FOR MUNICIPAL CODE AND VEHICLE CODE PARKING VIOLATIONS; and B. APPROVE AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. ____ ENTITLED: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES PERTAINING TO FEES FOR PUBLIC WORKS SERVICES]
DULY NOTED PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA BARBARA ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA AMENDING THE MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES PERTAINING TO FEED FOR GENERAL SERVICES, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, BUILDING SERVICES, FIRE SERVICES, POLICE SERVICES, AMBULANCE SERVICES, PUBLIC WORK SERVICES, UTILITY SERVICES, AND PENALTY.THAT'D BE MUNICIPAL CODE AND VEHICLE CODE PARKING VIOLATIONS AND AMENDING THE MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES PERTAINING TO PUBLIC WORK SERVICES.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO NOW TONIGHT WE COME BEFORE YOU TO PRESENT THE REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS AMENDING THE MASSIVE SCHEDULE FEES STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION ENTITLED.
YOU JUST READ IT, BUT I'LL READ IT AGAIN.
IT RELATIVE TO THE SOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OR THE CITY OF LA HARBOR, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA AMENDING THE MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES PERTAINING TO FEES FOR DENTAL SERVICES, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, BUILDING SERVICES, FIRE SERVICES, POLICE SERVICES, AMBULANCE SERVICES, PUBLIC WORK SERVICES, UTILITY SERVICES, AND PENALTIES FOR MUNICIPAL CODE AND VEHICLE CODE VIOLATIONS.
AND B ALSO ADOPT A RESOLUTION ENTITLED THE RESOLUTION ON THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HARBOR, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA AMENDING THE MASSACRE OF FLEAS PERTAINING TO FEES FOR PUBLIC WORKS SERVICES DISCUSSION SECTION 4.08010 OF THE HARBOR MUNICIPAL CODE REQUIRES THE CITY TO ADJUST VARIOUS
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FEES AND CHARGES IT ASSESSES FOR SERVICES BY THE INCREASE OR DECREASE IN THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, COMMUNITY, CONSUMER PRICE, INDEX CPI FOR ALL URBAN CONSUMERS.THE CPI CHANGE FOR THIS INDEX IN 2020 WAS 1.6% HIGHER THAN 2019.
THEREFORE IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE ELIGIBLE USER FEES CONTAINED IN THE MASTER SCHEDULE FEES BE INCREASED BY 1.6% ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST WHOLE DOLLAR UNDER STATE LAW FEES MAY ONLY BE SET IN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THE ACTUAL COST OF PROVIDING THE SERVICE FOR WHICH THE FEE IS BEING ASSESSED.
THE COST OF PROVIDING THE SERVICES BASED ON FACTORS, SUCH AS PERSONNEL COST PERSONNEL TIME AND OVERHEAD BASED ON PRIOR COUNCIL ACTION.
THE MAJORITY OF THE HYBRID FEES ARE SET AT FULL COST RECOVERY.
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CERTAIN ENGINEERING SERVICES.
THOSE SERVICES HAVE A FEES THAT RANGE FROM 60 TO 85% COST RECOVERY.
THE SETTING OF ANY FEE ASSOCIATED WITH GENERAL CITY SERVICES AT THE LEVEL BELOW FULL COST RECOVERY MEANS THE GENERAL FUND WOULD BE PARTIALLY SUBSIDIZING THE SERVICE TO OFFSET ITS FULL COST.
STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT FEES ASSOCIATED WITH CERTAIN ENGINEERING SERVICES, WHICH ARE CURRENTLY SET AT 60 TO 85% RECOVERY RATE OF THE ACTUAL COST OF THOSE SERVICES.
BE SET AT 100% RECOVERY RATE FOR THOSE SERVICES BASED ON MDTS FEES STUDY THAT WAS COMPLETED IN 2016.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? THANK YOU.
I WILL OPEN IT NOW FOR PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THOSE THAT WISH TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSE A FIRST IN SUPPORT TO PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
AND I WILL ASK THOSE IN OPPOSITION AS WELL, AND I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CALL FOR, UM, COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION THERE.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AN ADOPTER RESOLUTION ENTITLED RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA MENDING THE MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES PERTAINING TO FEES FOR GENERAL SERVICES, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, BUILDING SERVICES, FIRE SERVICES, POLICE SERVICES, AMBULANCE SERVICE, PUBLIC WORKS SERVICES, UTILITY SERVICES, PENALTIES FOR NEW MUNICIPAL CODE AND VEHICLE CODE PARKING VIOLATIONS, AND PROVEN TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION TITLE RESOLUTION AND THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF LAHABRA ORANGE COUNTY AMENDING THE MASTERS FEE SCHEDULE PERTAINING TO FEES FOR PUBLIC WORK SERVICES.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND, BUT THE COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE.
YEAH, WE WILL MOVE ON TO CONSIDERATION ITEMS. ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE MAY REQUEST TO ADDRESS A LA HARBOR CITY COUNCIL ON ANY CONSIDERATION ITEM PRIOR TO THE CITY COUNCIL TAKEN A FINAL VOTE ON THE ITEM.
PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER CONSIDERATION ITEM, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR OR CHAIR.
SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOAN TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE.
SPEAKING TIME, AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
[1. CONSIDER THE FISCAL YEAR 2021-2022 PROPOSED BUDGET PRESENTATION That the City Council receive the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Proposed Budget and direct staff regarding any revisions.]
THE CONSIDER THE FISCAL YEAR 2021, 2022 PROPOSED BUDGET PRESENTATION.AND WE WILL HAVE A STAFF REPORT AGAIN.
MADAM MAYOR ESPINOSA AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
TONIGHT WE COME BEFORE YOU TO PRESENT THE FISCAL YEAR 2122 PROPOSED BUDGET.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE CORNER VIRUS HAS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT UPHEAVAL IN THE NATIONAL STATE AND LOCAL ECONOMIES OVER THE PAST 18 MONTHS.
AND THE CITY OF LA HARBOR WAS IN, WAS NOT IMMUNE TO ITS EFFECTS.
THE COUNCIL WAS FACED WITH ADOPTING A DRAMATICALLY REDUCED BUDGET AS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, SHUT DOWN BUSINESSES AND LOCKDOWNS IN AN ATTEMPT TO CONTROL THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.
THE MOST CHALLENGING ASPECT OF BUDGETING FOR 2021 WAS NOT KNOWING THE DEPTH OR DURATION OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS CAUSED BY THE PANDEMIC.
THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL TOOK A CONSERVATIVE APPROACH GEARED TOWARDS ENSURING THAT OUR ORGANIZATION COULD CONTINUE PROVIDING CORE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.
NOW MORE THAN A YEAR REMOVED FROM THE ONSET OF THE PANDEMIC COVID-19 VACCINES ARE BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO ALMOST ALL INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN BEING VACCINATED.
AND THERE HAS BEEN A DRAMATIC REDUCTION IN THE RATE OF NEW, POSITIVE COVID TESTS AND HOSPITALIZATIONS BASED ON INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE COUNTY
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AND STATE.IT APPEARS THAT THE TRANSMISSION OF THE VIRUS IS QUICKLY APPROACHING MANAGEABLE LEVELS.
AND GOVERNOR NEWSOME, GOVERNOR NEWSOME HAS ANNOUNCED HIS INTENTION TO FULLY OPEN CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY.
YOU PICKED UP JUNE 15TH, 2021.
THESE FACTORS ALONG WITH INSTRUMENT STRENGTHENING LOCAL ECONOMY HAVE ALLOWED THE CITY'S CORE REVENUE SOURCES, PROPERTY TAX, AND SALES TAXES TO RECOVER TO PRE PANDEMIC LEVELS.
THE RESOURCES THESE REVENUES PROVIDE WILL ALLOW FOR RESTORATION OF MANY OF THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2021 EMERGENCY BUDGET REDUCTIONS THAT WERE IMPLEMENTED LAST YEAR, INCLUDING THE LIFTING OF HIRING FREEZES ON MANY CRITICAL FULL-TIME POSITIONS.
WE STARTING RECREATION PROGRAMS AND SPECIAL EVENTS, REOPENING FACILITIES FOR RENTAL AND COMMUNITY USE REDUCING THE NEED TO LAY OFF PART-TIME EMPLOYEES AND AVOID THE USE OF JONATHAN RESERVES TO BALANCE THE BUDGET BASED ON ECONOMIC FORECAST STAFF ESTIMATES THAT THERE WILL BE SUFFICIENT RECURRING GROWTH IN FISCAL YEAR 2122 TO FUND THE CITY'S CORE SERVICES, ESPECIALLY IN AREA OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, EVENTS, AND PROGRAMS. WE ASK THAT YOU RECEIVE AND CONSIDER THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2122 PROPOSED BUDGET AND DIRECT STAFF REGARDING ANY REVISIONS.
MY PRESENTATION WILL PRIMARILY BE THROUGH A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.
I WOULD GIVE YOU A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE BUDGET AND KEY FACTORS THAT WENT INTO CRAFTING THE BUDGET.
EACH, EACH DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR WILL COME FORWARD TO GO OVER KEY HIGHLIGHTS THAT WHEN THEY SAID THEIR BUDGET SUBMISSION, OUR FISCAL YEAR OF 2021 2122 BUDGET OVERVIEW, OUR PROPOSED BUDGET IS 136.4 MILLION PROPOSED FOR THE OVERALL MUNICIPAL BUDGET.
50.3 MILLION OF THE PROPOSED GENERAL FUND BUDGET EXPENDITURE BUDGET IS THE GENERAL FUND 5.7 MILLION PROJECTED INCREASE IN GENERAL FUND REVENUES COMPARED TO 21, 2021 BUDGET AND 2.8 MILLION MORE THAN THE MARCH, 2021 ESTIMATE, BASICALLY BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
WE REDUCED OUR BUDGETS LAST YEAR.
UH, NOT KNOWING WE JUST WENT WITH OUR CONSULTANTS, THE BEST ESTIMATE ON HOW HARD WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BE HIT.
SO WE REDUCED THE BUDGET AND THAT'S WHY IT LOOKS LIKE THIS INCREASES LARGER THAN A NORMAL YEAR, BUT 2.8 MILLION OF THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
WE ALSO HAVE A $4.7 MILLION MILLION INCREASE IN GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES COMPARED TO 2021.
SIMILARLY, BECAUSE WE'VE MADE DRASTIC BUDGET CUTS TO BALANCE THE BUDGET, OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET OVERVIEW, NEW AND RESTORED EXPENSES, 1 MILLION OH 79 TO RESTORE FROZEN POSITIONS FUND, UH, FUND INCREASES IN STATE MINIMUM WAGE WILL GO UP AGAIN IN JANUARY TO I BELIEVE $15 AN HOUR.
THERE WAS $937,000, UH, TO FUND INCREASES IN CALPERS NORMAL AND UNFUNDED LIABILITY PINCHING COSTS 893,000 AND RESTORED LABOR COSTS AS A RESULT OF BENDING THE EMERGENCY FURLOUGH PROGRAM.
THAT WAS ONE OF OUR BUDGET SAVING MEASURES, UH, 720 1004 INCREASED FIRE CONTRACT COSTS 400,000 AND AN ADDITIONAL 400,000 FOREIGN FUNDED LIABILITY RESERVES.
WE SET ASIDE 349,000 FOR RESTORATION OF RECREATION PROGRAMS, FACILITIES, AND SPECIAL EVENTS, $215,000 FOR INCREASED EVIDENCE CO CONTRACT COSTS AND 204,000 ALLOCATED FOR MERIT BASED SALARY INCREASES 100,000 TO COVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INCREASED ELECTRICITY CALLS, WHICH ARE PRIMARILY FOR THE STREETLIGHTS 98,000 FOR RESTORATION OF STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING THAT WAS REDUCED LAST YEAR, 69,000 TO FUND A NEW CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER $35,000 FOR DIGITAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM UPGRADE AT THE LOBBER PD AND $30,000 FOR APPRAISALS CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS AND OTHER SERVICES RELATED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
PROPOSED JENNIFER AND BALANCING MEASURES.
THE POLL PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES THE COMBINATION OF ONE LINE ITEM AT ONE TIME, BUT TO REDUCTIONS IN REALLOCATIONS, BASICALLY WE WENT BACK TO THE APARTMENTS.
THEY CAME IN, HAD THEM TRY TO REDUCE THEIR BUDGETS.
SO YOU GET US IN LINE WITH OUR REVENUE.
SO THEY REDUCED SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SEVEN THOUSAND FOUR 29.
WE ALSO DIVERT OUR VEHICLE REPLACEMENT TO THE GENERAL FUND OR 478,001 30.
OUR PARKS DIVISION IS DOING A PARTIAL REORGANIZATION THAT SHOULD HOPEFULLY SAVE US ABOUT 358,500 TO THE USE OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN DECK FOR COVID RELATED EXPENSES OF 355,007 45.
UM, WE SHOULD BE RECEIVING ABOUT 15 MILLION, 800,000 AND,
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UH, THIS API, A RPA AMERICAN RESCUE FUNDS.UM, WE WILL, OUR PLAN IS TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL THE SECOND MEETING IN JULY AND BRING A PROPOSED BUDGET FOR ADOPTION.
AND THEN WE'LL DECIDE HOW WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE MONEY.
THESE ARE THE ONLY, THIS IS THE ONLY USE OF THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE USED SO FAR.
UH, AND IT WAS STRICTLY RELATED TO COVID EXPENSIVE.
THAT WOULD NOT NORMALLY BE ON OUR BUDGET.
SO FOR THE, UM, SECURITY GUARD AT THE SKATE PARK, UH, MAINLY PP AND E AND, UM, THERE'S SOME THINGS GOING ON AT THE SPLASH PADS.
SO ONLY ITEMS THAT WOULD NOT NORMALLY BE IN THE GENERAL QUAN WERE INCLUDED HERE THUS FAR.
WE ARE NOT DIPPING INTO THAT MONEY WITHOUT COUNSEL OF AUTHORIZATION OTHER THAN THESE COSTS.
AND YOU SHOULD HOPEFULLY APPROVE THEM TONIGHT.
UM, WE ALSO HAD FREEZING CERTAIN BACON FULL-TIME POSITIONS.
UH, I THINK WE FROZE FOUR POSITIONS, WHICH SHE'LL SHOW ON ANOTHER SIDE AND NEXT TIME, THE OTHER GENERAL FUND BUDGET BALANCING MEASURES.
SO WE DID A DELAY HIRING OF THREE VACANT FULL-TIME POSITIONS AND ONE PART-TIME POSITION IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS A LIEUTENANT SERGEANT AND CORPORAL VACANCY CURRENTLY, AND ONE PART-TIME ANIMAL LICENSING CANVASSER.
WE ALSO HAD FOR, UH, FREEZE HIRING FOR FOUR VACANT FULL-TIME POSITIONS AND ACCOUNTANT AND FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT ANALYST AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, RECREATION SPECIALISTS, SPECIALISTS IN COMMUNITY SERVICES AND A CLERK AND ENGINEERING.
THERE'S NO FUNDS BUDGETED FOR THOSE POSITIONS.
UH, WE MENTIONED EARLIER THE PARTIAL REORGANIZATION OF THE PARK DIVISION AND PUBLIC WORKS AND WE, AND THE DEFERRED REPLACEMENT, UH, MAINTENANCE FOR THE VEHICLES AND THE SHIP, THE BUILDABLE CORPORATE RELATED EXPENSES IS WHAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT.
NEXT SLIDE, GENERAL FUND BUDGET COMPARISON.
SO OUR REVENUES FOR 2122 ARE GOING TO BE 50 MILLION, NINE 47, SIX 86, COMPARED TO THE AMENDED BUDGET OF 2021 45 MILLION TO 22, SEE WHERE FIVE SEVEN.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAD AN INCREASE OF 525,006, 29, BUT AS I MENTIONED, 2.8 MILLION OF THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
HAD WE NOT INCREASED THE, UH, NOT HAD WE NOT REDUCED OUR BUDGET IN ANTICIPATION OF BIG HITS FROM THE COVID SAME THING WITH THE EXPENDITURES, SAME IDEA, 50,003 47, SIX 86, A BUDGET EXPENDITURES THAT ARE PROPOSED FOR NEXT YEAR COMPARED TO THE LAST YEAR WAS AMENDED BUDGET 45, SIX 75, SEVEN 73.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAD AN INCREASE OF 4 MILLION, SIX 71, NINE 13.
AND THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS BRINGING BACK THOSE, UH, RESTORE CUTS THAT WE IMPLEMENTED IN ANTICIPATION OF, UH, REVENUE LOSSES FROM THE COVID PANDEMIC.
SO OUR 2021 PROPOSED BUDGET, EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS 20, 21 ON THIS SLIDE, IT SHOULD BE 2122 PROPOSED BUDGET IS 50 MILLION, NINE 47, SIX 86 AND REVENUES 50 MILLION, THREE 47, SIX 86 AND EXPENDITURES.
SO WE HAVE A VARIANCE LEFTOVER OF 600,000 THAT CAN HOPEFULLY BE USED FOR LABOR NEGOTIATIONS, RECURRING COST OR ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT COUNCIL, UH, DEEMED NECESSARY AND APPROVES THIS GENERAL FUND REVENUE SLIDE SHOWS OUR MAJOR SOURCES OF REVENUE BY CATEGORY IN BLUE, WE HAVE PROPERTY TAXES AT 39%.
THAT'S OUR NUMBER ONE LARGEST REVENUE.
WE HAVE SALES TAX IS A 26% PLUS TRANSACTION TAXES OF 13%.
YOU PUT THOSE TWO TOGETHER, 39%.
SO THOSE ARE OUR TOP TWO REVENUE SOURCES, PROPERTY TAXES AND SALES AND TRANSACTION TAX AND ALL THE OTHER REVENUE LICENSE AND PERMITS AND SO FORTH.
THE FINAL 22% OF OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.
THE TRANSACTION TAXES COUNCIL KNOWS IS OUR MEASURE T ONE HALF CENT, A LOCAL SALES TAX THAT WE IMPLEMENT IN LAHABRA.
UM, I SHOULD NOTE THAT THAT TAX IS SCHEDULED TO SUNSET IN 2028 AND THE GENERATES HOW MUCH, UH, ROUGHLY CURRENTLY 5.9 MILLION IS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET.
THAT'S OUR ESTIMATE, RIGHT? THANK YOU.
UH, JENNIFER AND REVENUE HISTORY OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, YOU CAN SEE, AND BLUE PROPERTY TAXES ARE A NUMBER ONE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE CLIMB SALES TAXES STILL STEADY.
THAT'S OUR NUMBER TWO, BUT WHEN YOU ADD IT TOGETHER WITH THE TRANSACTION TAX THERE, THOSE TWO EQUAL OUR PROPERTY TAX.
THE COUNCIL ON THIS CHART IS THE, UM, VERY NOTABLE
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INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAX RATE OF REVENUE GROWTH FOR THE CITY.UH, IF YOU LOOK BASICALLY FROM ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE FISCAL YEARS AGO, UH, YOU COULD START SEEING A FAIRLY STEADY, IF NOT SHARP INCREASE IN THE NUMBER AMOUNT OF PROPERTY TAXES BEING GENERATED, UH, AS CITY REVENUE, WE GET ABOUT 17 CENTS ON EVERY DOLLAR PAID A PROPERTY TAX COMES TO THE CITY.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF EACH DOLLAR PAID GOES TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OTHER OTHER, UH, ENTITIES WE GET ABOUT 17 CENTS SALES AND TRANSACTION TAX HAS ALSO SHOWN GROWTH OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, BUT THE RATE OF GROWTH IS FAR LESS PRONOUNCED THAN PROPERTY TAXES.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE IMPACTS FROM, UM, THE COVID STARTING TO IMPACT SOME OF THE OTHER REVENUE SOURCES, ESPECIALLY FOR PLANNING AND SOME PERMITTING LAST YEAR, AS, AS THINGS SLOWED DOWN.
BUT, UH, PROPERTY TAX IS NOTABLE AND AS COUNCIL KNOWS THE PROPERTY VALUATIONS RIGHT NOW ARE CONTINUING TO APPRECIATE AT A VERY RAPID PACE PROPOSED BUDGET SUMMARY BY DEPARTMENT POLICE DEPARTMENT, GENERAL FUND BUDGET 21,000,007 92, ONE 47 IS DUMPER ONE FIRE AND AMBULANCE 12,000,009 21, THREE 15 PUBLIC WORKS 5 MILLION, THREE 33, FOUR 68.
THAT'S THEIR GENERAL FUND PORTION ONLY, UH, ADMIN AND SUPPORT 4.2 MILLION COMMUNITY SERVICES, 3.7 MILLION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
2.3 MILLION FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF 15 MILLION, 347, SIX 86 PROPOSED GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
THIS PIE CHART GRAPH ILLUSTRATES, UH, THE NUMBERS.
WE JUST WENT OVER POLICE 43% FIRE, 26% OF THE BUDGET.
THAT'S PUBLIC SAFETY, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, 5% COMMUNITY SERVICES, 7% PUBLIC WORKS, 10% IN ADMIN AND SUPPORT 9% OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES BY TYPE, IF WE BROKE IT DOWN INTO PERSONNEL OR SOTHEBY'S OR 56%, IF WE ADD IN THE FIRE CONTRACT OF 26%, WHICH BASICALLY WE HAD OUR OWN FIRE DEPARTMENT, YOU CAN PUT THOSE TWO TOGETHER AND IT ALL BE PERSONNEL AND SMALL AMOUNTS FOR OPERATIONS AND OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE AND CAPITAL 18%.
IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO I, I TALKED ABOUT THIS EVERY YEAR DURING BUDGET, BUT I THINK IS WORTH REPEATING IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CITY DOESN'T PRODUCE WIDGETS.
WE DON'T MAKE IPHONES, WE DON'T BUILD CARS, WE PROVIDE SERVICES, RIGHT? AND SO THE, THE VAST MAJORITY OF WHAT WE DO TAKES A PERSON TO GO OUT AND DO IT, WHETHER IT'S A POLICE OFFICER IN A CAR, A FIREFIGHTER ON AN ENGINE, A, UH, AN EMPLOYEE IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT FIXING, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, MOWING THE LAWN OR STREET DIVISION, FIXING A POTHOLE, IT'S ALL LABOR.
AND SO AS LABOR COSTS INCREASE, THE PERCENTAGE OF OUR BUDGET COSTS INCREASES AS WELL.
SO, BECAUSE WE WERE SO, UM, YOU KNOW, LABOR INTENSIVE AS A, AS AN ORGANIZATION, THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE, WE SPEND MOST OF OUR MONEY.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE RESOURCES WE SPEND IN THE GENERAL FUND ARE TOWARDS LABOR, RIGHT? SO WHEN WE NEED TO CUT OUR BUDGETS TO BALANCE THE BUDGET, THAT'S WHY WE FREEZE THE VACANT POSITIONS AND, UM, DELAY HIRING ON SOME AND STAGGER THE HIRING BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY IS.
ALLOCATION OF JENNIFER AND RESOURCES, PUBLIC SAFETY, 69% AT 34.7 MILLION LEASE POWER COMBINED AND ALL OTHERS, 30, 31% AT 15.6, 3 MILLION SLIDE SHOWS OUR BUDGET GENERAL PLAN, BUDGET ALLOCATION HISTORY FROM FISCAL YEAR 1213 THROUGH 21, 22.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT I'M PRETTY MUCH, WE, WE ALMOST APPEAR TO BE FLAT BECAUSE OF OUR REVENUE GROWTH.
AND YOU DON'T SEE SHARP INCREASES WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENTS WHERE YOU JUST TRY TO STAY WITHIN BUDGET AND A BUDGET MATCH THE REVENUE.
WE TRY TO MAKE OUR BUDGET MATCH THE REVENUE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
SO POLICES IN BLUE FIRE, AMBULANCE, AND RED AND FIRE, YOU CAN SEE A SLIGHT INCREASE ON FIRE AMBULANCE, BUT IT'S A, I BELIEVE IT'S A 10 YEAR CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM.
SO IT'S A CONTRACT COST INCREASES WHEN THEY HAVE LABOR INCREASES AND OPERATIONS INCREASES, THEY PASS IT ON TO US AND WE HAVE TO PAY IT.
SO WHAT I WOULD NOTE ON THIS CHART IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK COUNCIL IN THE PAST HAS BEEN VERY CONSISTENT IN THE LEVEL OF FUNDING.
IT COMMITS TO PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, WHEN THERE IS AN INCREASE IN THE COST OF PUBLIC SAFETY, AS YOU CAN TELL BY THAT GREEN LINE, IT USUALLY COMES AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR NON PUBLIC SAFETY OPERATIONS.
SO, UM, YOU'LL SEE OVER TIME SINCE FISCAL YEAR 12, 13, WHICH
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IS ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, ROUGHLY 35% OF OUR BUDGET WAS SPENT ON NON-PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS, COMMUNITY SERVICES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, FINANCE, ADMIN SUPPORT, PUBLIC WORKS.AND THAT HAS STEADILY ERODED OVER TIME BECAUSE OF THE COST OF PUBLIC SAFETY IS, IS NOT INEXPENSIVE, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.
AND SO THAT SHIFT HAS GENERALLY COME FROM NON PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS TO HELP FINANCE THAT.
UM, AND IF YOU LOOK AT MOST FULL SERVICE IN CALIFORNIA, THE NUMBER ONE COST THEY HAVE IS PUBLIC SAFETY.
THAT'S WHERE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE RESOURCES ARE COMMITTED TO.
AND WHEN THERE ARE REDUCTIONS OFTEN THAT COMES AT THE EXPENSE OF NON-PUBLIC SAFETY.
THAT SAID, I THINK OUR DEPARTMENTS DO A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH THE RESOURCES THAT COUNCIL ALLOCATES FOR THOSE PURPOSES.
AND WE'RE ABLE TO STILL PUT ON, UH, EXCELLENT PROGRAMMING OF EVENTS, ACTIVITIES.
WE DO A GREAT JOB MAINTAINING OUR PARKS AND OUR STREETS.
SO WE MAKE THE BEST OF WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, BUT, UM, DEFINITELY THERE'S A COMMITMENT BY THIS COUNCIL OVER TIME IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY IS SAFE AND HAS A HIGH QUALITY PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE THAT SAFETY.
OKAY, NOW WE'RE READY FOR OUR DEPARTMENTAL BUDGETS.
UH, FIRST UP COMMUNITY SERVICES, BUDGET, UH, KELLY FUJIO DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES.
SO WE'LL DO THAT PRESENTATION.
SO IS IT, MAY I, I THINK YOU, UM, WELL, ROB, SORRY, WE DIDN'T COORDINATE THIS, BUT, UM, UM, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT TO YOU THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 21, 22, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT CONSISTS OF SEVEN DIFFERENT DIVISIONS.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE DO AND WHY WE BELIEVE PARKS MAKE LIFE BETTER.
THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT CONSISTS OF OUR ADMINISTRATION DIVISION, OUR CHILD DEVELOPMENT DIVISION, CHILDREN'S MUSEUM EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING FACILITY, MAINTENANCE, RECREATION, SPECIAL EVENTS, AND SOCIAL SERVICES.
THOSE ARE OUR SEVEN DISTINCT DIVISIONS.
AS YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR WAS EXTREMELY TOUGH FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, OUR RESIDENTS, OUR BUSINESSES, AND OUR STAFF, AS YOU KNOW, WE FURLOUGHED 10% OF OUR TIME, EIGHT HOURS A PAY PERIOD, BUT THE RECREATION AND, UH, WELL ACTUALLY, SORRY, COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT REALLY PIVOTED AND CHANGED WHAT THEY DID INSTEAD OF DOING SPECIAL EVENTS.
WE WORKED MORE TOWARDS SOCIAL SERVICES, UM, AND IN ADMINISTRATION WAS REALLY TOUGH BECAUSE NOT ONLY DID WE FOLLOW THE FULL-TIME STAFF LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, BUT WE ALSO FURLOUGHED NEARLY ALL OF OUR PART-TIME STAFF WITH THAT.
IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO TRY TO MOTIVATE OUR STAFF, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY STILL SERVE THE PUBLIC.
AND AS YOU KNOW, OUR STAFF TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY, WHAT WE DO FOR THE PUBLIC.
UM, HOWEVER, HAD WE FURLOUGHED ALL OF THE STAFF, THEY WOULD HAVE MADE A LOT MORE MONEY AT HOME, SITTING THERE WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT $600 A WEEK BECAUSE $600 A WEEK IS 40 HOURS, TIMES $15 AN HOUR.
AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT OUR REC LEADERS MAKE, BUT THEY ONLY WORK 28 HOURS A WEEK MAXIMUM.
SO WE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH OUR PART-TIME STAFF AND YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF ALL THAT THEY DID.
UM, PART OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT ADMINISTRATION IS WE PROVIDE ALL THE LEASES WITH THE CITY OWNED PROPERTY.
SO WE WORKED WITH THE LA HOST LIONS TO CREATE, UM, A NEW TYPE OF A LEASE FOR THAT BUILDING.
AND AS YOU KNOW, OR MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW YET THAT IT'S ALREADY WORKING FOR US BECAUSE THEY'RE REINSTITUTING THEIR PASTA FEST.
SO THEY HOPE TO, TO BRING IN A LOT OF MONEY FOR OUR SENIOR CITIZENS PROGRAMS, BY JUST HAVING ONE, ONE MORE EVENT AT ONE OF OUR FACILITIES, WE ALSO BROUGHT A CONTRACT TO YOU FOR OUR PHANTOM PROJECTS THEATER GROUP.
AND WE DID ONE FOR THE HBC AND THE CRCC AND THE, UM, LET'S SEE THE WOMEN'S CLUB AND ART ASSOCIATION AND MANY OTHER, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OR ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACTS, UM, AND ADMINISTRATION.
SO WE, UM, TOOK ABOUT 140,000 SQUARE FEET OF GRAFFITI OFF OF CITY PROPERTY.
IT'S ACTUALLY DOWN FROM LAST YEAR, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE WE PROVIDE A SECURITY AT THE SKATEBOARD PARK.
SO, UM, I THINK LAST YEAR WE ARE MORE AT 180, 180,000.
SO THAT SECURITY HAS REALLY HELPED US A LOT IN THAT MANNER TO OUR NEXT DIVISION IS CHILD DEVELOPMENT.
YOU SHOULD BE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THEM TOO.
SO WE'RE FUNDED IN OUR CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND EARLY ON IN THE PANDEMIC, THE CHILD, UM, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TOLD US THAT THEY WERE GOING TO FULLY FUND US.
IT DIDN'T MATTER HOW MANY CHILDREN WE SERVED IN IN PERSON, BUT OUR STAFF TOOK A VERY SERIOUS AND WE KNEW THAT WE NEEDED TO PROVIDE NOT JUST EDUCATION ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE STUDENTS, BUT THAT OUR PARENTS REALLY NEEDED THE CHILDCARE SERVICES.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO NOT ONLY PROVIDE SERVICES AT THE FACILITIES, BUT WE ALSO REOPENED THE GIRLS ACTIVITY BUILDING AND BROUGHT CHILDCARE SERVICES BACK THERE.
SO WE SERVED, UM, INSTEAD OF 24 PER CLASS, WE SERVE
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12 PER CLASS, BUT WE DID IT.AND WE DID IT SINCE APRIL 1ST OF LAST YEAR.
UM, WE ALSO PROVIDED THOUSANDS OF DRIVE-THROUGH FOOD BASKETS AND ARTS AND CRAFTS BASKETS FOR FAMILIES WHO WE COULDN'T SERVE.
AND THAT WANTED TO COME TO OUR PROGRAM.
WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME DEALING WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND ISOLATION ISSUES AND, UM, CHILDREN LEARNING AND GROWING IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THERE'S, THERE WAS SO MUCH LEARNING LOSS BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T IN SCHOOL EVERY DAY, BUT WE DID OUR BEST.
WE ALSO, UM, KEPT OUR EARLY HEAD START PROGRAM WITH 50 CHILDREN IN OUR EARLY HEADSTART IS FOR ZERO TO THREE YEAR OLDS.
AND WE, INSTEAD OF GOING TO THEIR HOUSES, WE DID IT BY PHONE, BUT WE MADE SURE THAT WE TALKED TO THEM EVERY WEEK.
UM, WE ALSO STILL PROVIDED OUR COUNTYWIDE FOOD PROGRAM.
SO THAT MEANS IF YOU'RE A FA FAMILY CHILDCARE PROGRAM ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY OF ORANGE, WE WILL REIMBURSE YOU FOR YOUR FOOD THAT YOU SERVE YOUR KIDS, AS LONG AS WE APPROVE THE MENU.
AND IT GOES THROUGH A NUTRITIONIST, UM, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO WE WERE STILL ABLE TO ADMINISTER THAT PROGRAM, THE NEXT DIVISION IN OUR CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF THEM.
AND ALSO BECAUSE YOU MAY HAVE SEEN OUTSIDE HERE AT, UM, ON PORTOLA PARK GROUNDS THAT WE DID, UM, AND DEVELOPED AN, A MUSEUM OUTDOORS THEME WHERE THEY WERE OUT THERE DOING ARTS AND CRAFTS AND DOING PROGRAMS WHEN YOU COULDN'T GO INSIDE OUR MUSEUM, BUT YOU STILL THOUGHT ABOUT US.
THEY ALSO INCREASED THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA.
I THINK MOST OF YOU FOLLOW THE CHILDREN'S AT LAHABRA.
IT'S A GREAT, UH, INSTAGRAM PAGE.
AND, UM, THEY, UH, TIK TOK TWO, IF YOU DO THAT, THEY, UH, THEY'VE BEEN DOING A LOT.
THEY ALSO, UM, DEVELOPED AND DESIGNED A NEW RAMP ON THE INSIDE.
SO THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE BEEN TO THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, IF YOU RECALL THE TRAIN ROOM THAT YOU HAD TO, IT WASN'T HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE.
YOU HAD TO GO THROUGH STAIRS WITH A STROLLER AND, OR A WHEELCHAIR.
WE CREATED A WHOLE ROOM NOW, WHICH ALLOWS FOR HANDICAP ACCESSIBILITY.
AND, UH, WE DID THAT THROUGH A GRANT FROM LOWE'S AND WHAT THE FRIENDS, THE CHILDREN MUSEUM.
SO I HOPE YOU COME SEE THAT SOON.
UM, WE ALSO WORKED ON OUR, UM, CALTECH PROGRAM, WHICH IS OUR LITTLE INNOVATORS FOR OUR PRESCHOOLERS TO HELP, UH, UH, TEACH THE STEM AND STEAM PROGRAMS AT THE MUSEUM.
OUR NEXT DIVISION IS OUR EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAM.
YOU CAN IMAGINE, UM, WHILE LAST YEAR, AS YOU KNOW, WE TOOK OVER THE ENTIRE COUNTY'S EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAM FOR THE AT-RISK YOUTH, UM, FROM, UM, FROM WITHIN THE ENTIRE COUNTY.
SO INSTEAD OF HAVING JUST THE NORTH COUNTY, LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR WITH ABOUT 200 YOUTH, WE HAD, UM, 600 WAS OUR TARGET NUMBER.
WE DIDN'T REACH THAT NUMBER, BUT IT WAS THE PANDEMIC AND IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFICULT.
BUT WHAT WE DID DO IS WE TOOK ALMOST 500 FILES FROM THE CENTRAL COUNTY AND THE SOUTH COUNTY PROGRAMS. WE WENT THROUGH, THEIR FILES, LOOKED AT THEIR STUDENTS, CONTACTED EACH ONE OF THEIR STUDENTS BECAUSE IT WAS REQUIRED TO DO THAT ONCE A MONTH.
SO WE HAD OVER 400 THAT WE, UM, WERE IN CONTACT WITH.
AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, WE STILL SOLICITED THREE HUNDREDS, 340 ISH NEW STUDENTS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
WE HOPE NEXT YEAR WE WILL HIT OUR TARGET NUMBER BECAUSE WE HOPE THAT THE COUNTY WILL OPEN UP.
AND, UH, WE'LL OPEN BOTH OF OUR IN-PERSON, UM, UM, CHARTER SCHOOLS.
AND WE'LL BRING STUDENTS RIGHT BACK TO OUR FIELD, UH, FACILITY MAINTENANCE.
ALL I DID THERE WAS LIST THE BUILDINGS, CAUSE THAT PROBABLY SAYS A WHOLE LOT IN THAT WE HAVE A THREE MAN FACILITY MAINTENANCE CREW AND LOOK AT ALL THE BUILDINGS THAT THEY, UM, UM, WORK ON.
AND I, WE WERE TRYING TO DO THE NUMBERS.
WE THINK IT'S 50 RESTROOMS OVER A HUNDRED STALLS.
AND SO IT'S A LOT OF WORK FOR THEM TOO.
AND, UH, WE TRY TO DO OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FACILITIES LOOK GREAT FOR OUR PUBLIC WHEN THEY VISIT US.
AND, UM, ALL OF THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS, AS YOU COULD IMAGINE, WITH ALL THESE YOUNG ONES RUNNING AROUND, THEY'RE CONSTANTLY FIXING TOILETS AND SINKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF BUILDINGS OUTSIDE HERE, THE SCOUT HUT GARRY CENTER, AND THE BOXING CLUB THAT WE ARE, UH, DEALING WITH ISSUES THAT ARE OLD.
YOU KNOW, THE BUILDINGS ARE OLD AND THEY NEED SOME HELP.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON THOSE TOO.
AND OUR FACILITY MAINTENANCE CREWS DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB KELLY, QUICK, QUICK, QUICK QUESTION.
I SPEAK, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
UM, REGARDING THE FORMER GARY CENTER BUILDING, UH, AND THIS FISCAL YEAR, ARE WE GOING TO START PUTTING THAT MONEY INTO, SO IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT OR SORRY, WHEN EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT MOVES OVER THERE, THE YOUTH SERVICES DEPLOYMENT, UM, IS THERE MONEY ALLOCATED FOR THAT, FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR? WHEN'S THAT GOING TO GO? WE'RE TRYING TO DO OUR BEST AND WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING GRANT ITSELF.
WE DO HAVE A PRETTY EXTENSIVE, UM, CAPITAL PROJECT DEFERRED LIST RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, A LOT OF OUR FACILITIES NEED HELP, BUT WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN JUST BUILDING MAINTENANCE WISE.
AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE MEALS ON WHEELS AS WELL AS, UM, EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING TO SEE IF WE CAN USE THEIR FUNDING FIRST.
SO RECREATION SERVICES, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WHEN PEOPLE THINK ABOUT RECREATION, A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE THINK OF THE PARTIES AND THE FUN AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB WITH THAT.
BUT WHAT THE RECREATION SERVICES DIVISION, THEY DID A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THIS YEAR.
SO AS YOU KNOW, THE STATE OF EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED ON FRIDAY, MARCH 13TH, LAST YEAR ON FRIDAY, OUR MONDAY, MARCH 16TH,
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THE RECREATION SERVICES OPENED UP A CHILDCARE PROGRAM FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS.WE MADE SURE THAT WE WERE THERE TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TOOK CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR RESIDENTS, AND ANYBODY ELSE WHO NEEDED ASSISTANCE.
WE ALSO DEVELOPED A PROGRAM WHERE WE CALLED SENIOR CITIZENS, IF THEY NEEDED SOME HELP, IF THEY JUST NEEDED TO TALK TO SOMEBODY BECAUSE ISOLATION IS REALLY TOUGH ON SENIOR CITIZENS.
UM, WE TRANSITIONED THAT CHILDCARE PROGRAM INTO A DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAM BECAUSE ONCE WE REALIZED THE SCHOOLS WEREN'T GOING TO OPEN UP, WE KNEW THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE A PROGRAM THAT WE COULD HELP OUR STUDENTS WITH DISTANCE LEARNING AND THEIR PARENTS BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T DO IT AT HOME.
AND SO WE THEN TOOK A BUNCH OF LAPTOPS AND A BUNCH OF PLUGS, AND WE HAD OUR CHILDCARE PROGRAM AND DID ONE-ON-ONE WITH WHETHER OR NOT THEIR TEEN VOLUNTEERS OR OUR STAFF.
SO THAT WAY WE COULD DO DISTANCE LEARNING WITH OUR STUDENTS.
UM, WE, WE ALSO DID OUR WHOLE, AN IN-PERSON EXTRAVAGANZA.
IF ANY OF YOU WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT OUT THERE, WE WERE ABLE TO DO, UM, IN PERSON.
SO THE KIDS COULD ACTUALLY HUNT FOR EGGS THIS YEAR.
IT WASN'T BIG BECAUSE WE, WE HAD TO CAP IT AT 500 KIDS, BUT WE DID 30 KIDS EVERY 30 MINUTES.
SO THEY GET TO RUN ON THE GRASS AND PICK UP AN EGG AND WE DIDN'T GET TO BRING THE HELICOPTER OUT AND DROP ALL THE EGGS LIKE NORMAL.
BUT AT LEAST WE ARE OUT THERE WITH, WITH KIDS SMILING AND ON THE GRASS.
UM, WE ALSO WERE RESPONSIBLE OF WHAT WE CALL THE DATE PORTER PROGRAM.
SO WHEN, IF CITY HALL HAD AN EXPOSURE, IF SOMEBODY CAME IN WITH COVID, OUR STAFF WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR PICKING UP A SANITIZING GUN AND COMING OVER HERE AND SANITIZING IT, UM, UH, THE FACILITIES.
SO, UM, SO RECREATION SERVICES DID A LOT THIS YEAR AND IT SEE SOCIAL SERVICES AS OUR LAST DIVISION.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE SOCIAL SERVICES STAFF, WHICH REALLY WERE COMPRISED OF RECREATION STAFF THAT WERE JUST RECOMMISSIONED INTO SOCIAL SERVICES, BUT THEY REALLY WORKED WITH OUR MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM.
BECAUSE AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WE COULDN'T BRING SENIORS TO OUR COMMUNITY CENTER.
BUT WHAT WE DID IS WE BROUGHT THE MEALS TO THEM, AND RIGHT NOW THEY'RE STILL FROZEN AND WE'RE HOPING TO GET TO, UM, HEATED MEAL SOON.
AND WE'RE HOPING TO BRING THEM BACK TO EAT WITH US, BUT AT LEAST THEY'RE BEING FED NUTRITIONAL MEALS.
WE TOOK THE PARK AT MARKET WHERE IF YOU'VE BEEN THERE ON TUESDAYS WHERE THE SENIORS COULD COME IN AND DO A LITTLE FREE SHOPPING, UM, WE PACK THOSE BAGS FOR THEM EVENLY, PUT THEM IN OUR CARS AND WE ALL DROVE THEM TO THIS PARK AT MARKET, UM, UM, UH, GUESTS.
WE ALSO, UM, LET'S SEE, UH, OH, WE'VE STILL PROVIDED OUR HOLIDAY WISHES PROGRAM AND, UM, SERVING OVER 500 FAMILIES.
WE GOT A LOT OF WELFARE CHECKS THIS YEAR, AS YOU COULD IMAGINE, WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR CODE ENFORCEMENT WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CALLING US AND SAYING, HEY, THERE'S THIS, THERE'S A SENIOR CITIZEN THAT MAY NEED A LITTLE BIT OF HELP.
IF YOU CAN GO KNOCK ON THEIR DOOR.
UM, I DIDN'T MENTION A RECREATION.
WE DID A, UM, A VETERANS PROGRAM BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE OUR VETERANS OR A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, PROVIDED, UM, THOSE PROGRAMS. WE DID THOSE THIS YEAR TOO.
SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT SO WE COULD TALK, OH, WHAT I FORGOT.
WE'RE GOING TO TELL YOU A BUNCH OF PICTURES.
SO IT'S SOMETIMES EASIER TO SEE THINGS IN PICTURES.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF OUR DRIVE-THROUGH EVENTS THAT WE DID FOR THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.
I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT WE DID VACCINATIONS AND TESTING TOO.
WE BECAME REALLY GOOD AT THAT.
IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, WE'RE NEARLY AT 5,000 VACCINATIONS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER ALONE.
SO WE WORK WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND ST.
JUDE TO PROVIDE AS MANY VACCINATIONS AS WE COULD.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS ON, UM, TEENAGERS.
SO WE HAD ANOTHER VACCINATION CLINIC SATURDAY, UM, UM, TO JUST TO FOCUS, FOCUS ON, UM, THEM, UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE SAME GROUP OR THE AT THE COUNTY IS DOING ONE AT WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL TOMORROW.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO GET PEOPLE VACCINATED HERE, OUR CHILD DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, THEY DID A DRIVE THROUGH GRADUATIONS, BUT YOU COULD SEE IN THE BOTTOM PICTURE, THEY MADE BOXES.
YOU STUDENT HAD TO STAY WITHIN A BOX BECAUSE OF THE SIX FOOT, UM, MAXIMUM, UH, DISTANCE THAT WE HAD TO PUT PEOPLE IN.
BUT, UM, THESE PICTURES HERE IS WE GOT A GRANT FROM ST.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, THE MOVE MORE EAT HEALTHY PROGRAM.
THEY PROVIDED US MONEY THAT WE COULD PUT A MURAL OUT THERE AT WHITTIER PRESCHOOL.
AND, UM, IT IT'S THOSE AREN'T THE FULL PICTURES, BUT ON ONE SIDE, IT'LL SAY MOVE MORE.
THE OTHER SIDE, IT'LL SAY, EAT HEALTHY.
AND NOW THERE'S LITTLE PICTURES.
AND THE UNIQUE THING ABOUT THIS IS WE, WE MADE IT AN OPPORTUNITY THAT OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS CAN COME OUT AND PAINT.
SO, UM, NOT ONLY DO THEY GET TO SEE HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS EVERY DAY, BUT THEIR PARENTS TOOK PART.
AND THAT MEANS EVEN MORE BECAUSE IT HELPS WITH THE LEARNING WHEN THE PARENTS ARE INVOLVED.
JUDE IS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER IN US.
THEY'VE ALSO WORKED WITH OUR CURRICULUM AND THEY'RE PROVIDING, UM, UM, COUNSELORS AND THINGS FOR US TO HELP WITH OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR MENTAL HEALTH.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE PROGRAMS FROM OUR EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING, UM, DIVISION.
IF THEY WANT TO TAKE CONSTRUCTION
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CLASSES, WE CAN ACTUALLY PAY FOR THEM TO TAKE THOSE CLASSES.UM, IT'S A LITTLE STRINGENT ON THE QUALIFICATIONS, BUT, UM, WE STILL DO A GREAT JOB AND WE, WE TARGET OUR AT RISK YOUTH AND TEENS IN EARLY ADULTS.
SO OUR, OUR BUDGET IS, UM, 3,744,992.
THAT IS OUR REQUEST FOR THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
THAT INCLUDES ALL THE DIVISIONS I TALKED ABOUT, INCLUDING A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN HALF OF JUST FOR BUILDING MAINTENANCE AS YOU KNOW, BUILDING MAINTENANCE, UM, HAPPENS REGARDLESS IF WE HAVE PROGRAMS. SO, UM, I THINK WE DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB WITH A $3.7 MILLION THAT WE'RE REQUESTING THE OTHER FUNDS THAT WE HAVE, THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
IT'S FUNDED AT, AT 6 MILLION, $311, 311,500, $10.
UM, BUT IT'S REALLY, IT PROVIDES A LOT OF SERVICES.
WE SERVE ABOUT 500 YOUTH, UM, AT EVERY DAY.
UM, CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, THAT MONEY IS WHAT THEY BRING IN IS WHAT THEY CAN SPEND.
THAT'S ALL DONATIONS, ENTRY FEES, BIRTHDAY PARTIES, RENTALS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING IS THE COUNTY FUNDED PROGRAM FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.
AND AQM D IS ACTUALLY THE SENIOR SHUTTLE PROGRAM.
SO IT, UM, IT SAYS AMD, BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE TITLE OF THAT SOON.
SO SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS REQUEST FROM YOU, UM, FROM THE CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT IS THAT THIS FUNDING, IF APPROVED WILL INCLUDE, UM, A BRAND NEW 4TH OF JULY SHOW, WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING THAT BACK.
IT'LL ALSO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE TAMALE FESTIVAL AND THE LAHABRA RACES NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE WE THINK THOSE ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'LL ALSO CONTINUE THE FUNDING FROM OUR GRANT SUPPORTERS, UH, INCLUDING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, ORANGE COUNTY HEADSTART, AND THE COUNTY OF ORANGE.
UM, ONE OF OUR REQUESTS IN THIS BUDGET IS FOR SECURITY AT THE SKATEBOARD PARK, BECAUSE IF YOU'VE BEEN BY THE SKATEBOARD PARK, IT'S REALLY A NICE ENVIRONMENT.
NOW, B THE KIDS ARE WEARING HELMETS AS THE YOUNGER KIDS ARE THERE, AND WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, STILL PEOPLE HANGING OUT, BUT IT'S REALLY A FAMILY FUN ENVIRONMENT.
NOW WE ARE, UM, FREEZING ONE OF THE, UM, UH, OUR VACANT RECREATION SPECIALIST.
UM, WE HA WE HAVE TO DO THAT, UM, TO MEET OUR BUDGET, BUT WE'RE ALSO ASKING FOR A RECLASSIFICATION OF TWO OF OUR SPECIALISTS TO RECREATION COORDINATORS, BECAUSE WE'VE ASKED THEM FOR SO LONG TO DO MORE THAN WHAT THEY WERE INITIALLY HIRED TO DO.
NOW THEY'RE COORDINATING PROGRAMS MORE THAN ASSISTING.
UM, WE'RE ASKING FOR PART-TIME STAFFING AT OUR SPLASH PADS FOR THIS YEAR, BECAUSE IF YOU'VE BEEN TO THEM, YOU SEE THAT THEY'RE VERY POPULAR.
AND WE THINK AT LEAST FOR THE FIRST YEAR, WE SHOULD DO SOME OF STAFFING.
WE MIGHT NOT TAKE RESERVATIONS, UM, AFTER THE PANDEMIC IS DECLARED OVER, BUT AT LEAST WE'LL STAFF IT SO WE COULD, UM, MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE PROVIDING, OR IT'S A SAFE PLACE TO PLAY.
UM, WE ARE ASKING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE INCREASE ALSO IN OUR PART-TIMERS BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, MINIMUM WAGE CONTINUES TO GO UP.
SO IT WENT TO, UM, $14 THIS LAST JANUARY, AND IT'LL GO TO $15 NEXT JANUARY, UM, THAT STATE OF CALIFORNIA MINIMUM WAGE, UM, THERE IS A INCREASE REQUEST IN THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT STAFF TO, BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR TASK FORCE AND, UM, WE ARE TRYING TO, UM, RAISE THEIR SALARIES ENOUGH TO BE AT THE ABOUT THE MEDIAN OF ORANGE COUNTY.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT LESS RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO WITHIN, UH, WITHIN OUR BUDGET GRANT FUNDED.
SO ESPECIALLY EVENTS, UM, UM, THAT'S OUR, OUR CHART FOR, UM, A NUMBER OF YEARS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE TRYING OF COURSE TO GET THAT NUMBER TO ZERO ONE DAY RIGHT NOW, IT'S A VERY CONSERVATIVE NUMBER, UM, WHERE WE'RE ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO FUND 4TH OF JULY, BECAUSE WE JUST CAN'T DO IT WITH ENTRY FEES AND DONATIONS BECAUSE, UM, IT'S EXPENSIVE, YOU KNOW, 4TH OF JULY, BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WE'D STILL LIKE TO KEEP THAT PROGRAM VETERANS DAY TAMALE FESTIVAL, WE'RE ASKING A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, UH, FUNDING FOR, AND THEN AS YOU KNOW, THE CORN FESTIVAL, THE CITY USUALLY, UM, ALLOWS THEM NOT TO BE CHARGED A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THEIR COSTS BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS A 70 YEAR PROGRAM.
UH, I NOTICED ON OUR ACTIVITY LOG, THE TAMALE FESTIVAL HAD TWO DATES ON THERE.
ARE WE INCREASING THE TWO DAYS? UM, NOT YET.
I MEAN, WE WOULD LOVE TO, BUT I'M, I'M NOT SURE ON, UM, ACTIVITY LOG, IF THE COUNCIL HAS PROVIDED WITH A LIST OF ALL THE ACTIVITIES AND ON THEIR HEAD CENTERED SUNDAY.
OH, WELL THAT MIGHT BE A WISHLIST SATURDAY.
MIGHT'VE BEEN FOR PRE-PLANNING EFFORTS, BUT SUNDAY'S THE EVENT.
IT'S A LOT OF SETUP FOR A ONE DAY EVENT.
SO WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO DO SATURDAY, SUNDAY, BUT IT'S HARD CAUSE IT'S THANKSGIVING WEEKEND.
SO THAT'S, UM, THAT'S OUR PRESENTATION HERE AND, UM, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER A COUPLE OF SHORT.
UH, I HAVE BEEN OUT TO SKATE PARK AND I'VE TALKED TO INDIVIDUALS AND I TELL YOU THE SECURITY TEAM THAT YOU HAVE OUT THERE HAS MADE AN ABSOLUTE WORLD OF DIFFERENCE OVER THERE THAN WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE BEFORE.
AND I FEEL A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE.
I WAS NOT A BIG FAN OF THE WAY THINGS WERE GOING ON OUT THERE, BUT, UH, I HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE OUT THERE IN THE SKATE
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PARK.SO I WOULD DEFINITELY, UH, WANT TO ENCOURAGE THAT.
WE GO WITH THIS COMPANY THEY'RE DOING VERY WELL.
UM, COUPLE OF THINGS, UH, BEF CAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE TO LEAVE, UM, THE MOVIES IN THE PARK THIS LAST WEEKEND, UH, WITH TOM AND JERRY, WE HAD A NICE TURNOUT.
PEOPLE SEEM TO BE VERY HAPPY WITH THAT AND THE SPLASH PADS AND THE STAFF OUT THERE.
I WAS THERE ON OPENING DAY, UH, WHEN YOU DID THAT.
AND THAT WAS JUST PHENOMENAL, ALL THAT GOING ON THERE.
UH, I THINK WE HAVE THE BEST GRAFFITI PROGRAM, UH, OUT IN THIS AREA.
IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE NINETIES.
UH, SO I COMMEND STAFF FOR ALL OF THAT.
UM, YOU GUYS PLAYED AN ESSENTIAL ROLE DURING THE PANDEMIC.
YOU GUYS, UM, WERE ONES THAT WERE IMPACTED THE MOST BY THE BUDGET CUTS THAT YOU GUYS ARE THE ONE THAT REACTED THE MOST, UH, DURING THE PANDEMIC.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF.
I HAVE CALLED YOU GUYS COUNTLESS TIMES.
HEY, WE HAVE THIS FAMILY WITH COVID AND YOU GUYS RESPOND.
WE'RE ABLE TO HOOK THEM UP WITH FOOD.
IN FACT, JUST LAST WEEK AGAIN, YOU CAME THROUGH FOR ME, PROVIDED THE FAMILY WAS IN DIRE NEED OF FOOD.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE THE SENIOR PROGRAMS COMING BACK, THE, THE MOVIE TO SEE THEM OUT THERE, UH, UH, SOCIALLY DISTANCING AND BEING ABLE TO COME BACK.
UH, ALSO ALL THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT STUFF GOING ON THERE, THEY WERE FEATURED ON KATIE LA.
I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THAT AS WELL.
UM, ONLY ONE, ONE CONCERN I'D LIKE TO BRING UP IS THE UPCOMING CONCERT OF THE PARK.
I'M HEARING GREAT THINGS, PHENOMENAL THINGS ABOUT THE LINEUP, THE FOUR, THE FOUR SHOWS COMING UP.
HOWEVER, I AM HEARING THAT, HEY, THE HISPANIC GROUPS ARE MISSING WITH A MARIACHI.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD BE WILLING TO KICK IN AN EXTRA $1,500 FOR SPECIAL EVENTS.
SO WE DON'T MISS THAT ELEMENT OF OUR DEMOGRAPHICS IN HERE.
MAYBE ADD A MARIACHI BAND TO THAT IF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD SO LIKE TO DONATE A $1,500 TO THE BOTTOM LINE OF THAT AND KELLY, I KNOW YOU'RE, YOU'RE HERE.
UM, WE WISH THE BEST FOR YOUR FATHER.
YOU NEED TO TAKE CARE OF HIM THE NEXT FEW DAYS, PLEASE.
ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, KELLY.
MADAM MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ELIAS CALL THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH OUR MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND, UH, PROPOSED PROJECTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO WE, UH, OBVIOUSLY COMPLETED THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE NORTH NORTHERN PARKING LOT OF A WESTERN PARK AND REPLACED MORE THAN 1700 WATER METERS AND REPAIRED.
14 WATER MAIN BREAKS USED TO BE 135 WHEN I STARTED HERE, UH, COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION, UH, OF LAST LOMAS AND LOMA VETTED THE PARKING LOT, UH, STARTED CONSTRUCTION OF SIGNAL IMPROVEMENT ON HARBOR AND, UH, OUR BELITA, UH, REALLY IT'S GOING TO GO OUT, WENT OUT TO BID AND TONIGHT YOU'VE AWARDED A NEW CONTRACT, A NEW, UH, CONTRACTOR, AND THAT WILL, THE CONSTRUCTION WILL START PRETTY SOON COMPLETED THE SPLASH PADS, UH, BREO.
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THAT'S A SEVERAL, UH, CITIES, UH, PROJECT ALL THE WAY UP TO YOUR BELINDA, BUT NOT NOW.
HEY, I'M NEXT TO ELIAS REAL QUICK.
YOU HAVE YOUR MIC ON AT OHIO STATE PARK.
ARE YOU GOING TO BE ADDING ANY ADDITIONAL PARKING OUT THERE TO THE NORTHERN PART OF THAT PARKING LOT? I KNOW YOU DID THE IMPROVEMENTS OF PAVEMENT AND STUFF, BUT ARE YOU ADDING IN THE CIP RIGHT NOW? THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL ABOUT 20 SPACES, UH, DESIGNED AT THE ENTRY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE, OF THE PARK.
OH, THAT'D BE GREAT AS YOU ENTER TO THE LEFT.
WELL, WE COMPLETED THE CONSTRUCTION OF WHITTIER BOULEVARD AND HACIENDA INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, UH, COMPLETED THE DESIGN AS, AND STARTED TO WORK ON THE 20TH 21 RESIDENTIAL STREET REHAB, ANCILLARY C A PROJECT CONTINUED THE VISTA GRANDE STATE PARK REHAB.
WE WILL HAVE PRESENTATION A LITTLE BIT LATER ON, ON THAT, UH, PROJECT COMPLETE RUSSELL'S STORM DRAIN PROJECT CONDUCTED RECYCLING OUTREACH TO NEARLY 750 BUSINESSES IN LAHABRA.
I'LL MENTION THAT IN A, IN THE NEXT SLIDES, UH, COMPLETED PHASE TWO OF THE RISK AND RESILIENCY ASSESSMENT, UH, THIS IS A, UH, TO PREVENT
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ANY EMERGENCIES AND, UH, UH, PREPARE FOR ANY DROUGHT AND, UH, ANY DISASTERS THAT MIGHT COME IN AS WATER, UH, IS CONCERNED, UM, COMPLETED THE DESIGN OF THE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS AT VIEW PARK AND, UH, MOBILE HOMES.AND THOSE TWO PROJECTS WILL COME OUT TO BED IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO THIS IS THE PARKING LOT AT A WEST DAY THAT WE JUST FINISHED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO BEFORE THE SPLASH PADS OPENED.
AND THIS IS THE SOUTHBOUND HACIENDA AS YOU ENTER TO A WHITTIER INTERSECTION, AS YOU CAN SEE THAT USED TO BE TWO LANE, UH, HIGHWAY.
NOW IT'S A FOUR LANE TO RIGHT TO LEFT AND ONE STRAIGHT, UH, UH, STREET, WHICH IMPROVED THAT INTERSECTION DRAMATICALLY.
UH, THESE ARE, UH, PICTURES OF THE BEFORE AND AFTER AT THE BREO SPLASH PAD.
YEAH, SO OUR MAJOR GOALS FOR A 2122 IS TO COMPLETE THE DESIGN OF LAMBERT SINK, UH, PROJECT COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION OF SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS AT HARBOR AND OUR BELITA, UM, CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SPECIAL EVENTS, BUS SERVICES COORDINATED BY THE COMMUNITY SERVICES.
KELLY MENTIONED THAT A COMPLETE THE ANNUAL RESIDENTIAL STREET DO WE HAVE AND WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT, ANCILLARY SEAL PROGRAM, UH, COMPLETE THE ANNUAL SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT AND ACCESS RAMP PROJECTS, UH, COMPLETED THE ANNUAL STREET STRIPING PROGRAM.
THIS IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW, AS YOU CAN SEE THE IT'S THERE ALL LAMBERT.
IF YOU PASS BY LAMBERT, UH, COMPLETE THE DESIGN OF B A M BEGIN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FINAL LAND FILL COVER, AND PARK DEVELOPMENT THAT VISTA GRUNDY PARK AUTOMATED ANOTHER 15% OF THE CITY WATER MAIN, UH, WATER MAIN WATER METERS COMPLETE THE RECONSTRUCTION OF ROADWAY AT VIEW PARK AND, UH, LAHABRA MOBILE HOME, UH, COMPLETE THE DESIGN OF FOOTHILL ZONE CONSOLIDATION, PROJECT HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS FOR SIX INTERSECTIONS, CONSTRUCTS, NEW SECURITY LIGHTING AT THE SKATE PARK.
THAT'S ALSO A HUNDRED PERCENT, UH, DESIGNED AND, UH, SPECS ARE READY TO GO OUT TO BED, UH, INCREASED BUSINESS PARTICIPATION TO A HUNDRED PERCENT UNDER THE RECYCLING AND ORGANIC PROGRAMS. THAT'S AGAIN, A SB 1383, OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS ABOUT $5 MILLION.
UH, ADMINISTRATION IS 193 STREET MAINTENANCE.
SEVEN SIX TO SEVEN STORM DRAIN IS 73,000 PARKS AND LANDSCAPE IS ABOUT 2 MILLION AND A HALF ENGINEERING, 369,000 TRACK MANAGEMENT.
1,000,030 3000 NPDS IS 339,003 20.
OUR MAIN BUDGET IS $63,000 IN TOTAL 58 MILLION OF IT IS A NON-GENERAL FUND.
THE UTILITY AUTHORITY WATER DIVISION IS ABOUT $23 MILLION.
THE ENTERPRISE FUND, THE REFUSE IS ABOUT SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
A MEASURE M TO FUND 5.8 MILLION GAS TAX IS 5.1 MILLION OTHER GRANT AND STATE FUNDS ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF MILLION SB, ONE ROAD MAINTENANCE, 3.1 MILLION UTILITY AUTHORITY SEWERS ABOUT 3.1 MILLION FLEET INTERNAL SERVICE FUND 2.1 AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT'S OUT OF.
AND GRANT PARK GRANT FUND IS 861,400.
THIS IS THE PROP 68 GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED TO COMPLETE THE, UH, UH, WOMAN'S CLUB PARK AND PARK ACQUISITION DEVELOPMENT AS 267.
TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENT FUND IS 150,000.
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY, CAN'T SEE THAT ONE SECOND.
LET ME OPEN MY, SO THE PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS IS THAT TO DECREASE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE COSTS FOR PARK MEDIAN, LANDSCAPING FUNDING, AND A NEW ADMINISTRATION AID POSITION IN THE ENGINEERING DIVISION FREEZE THE HIRING OF A CLERK POSITION IN THE ENGINEERING DIVISION, ADDITIONAL FUND FUNDING BUDGET DUE TO INCREASE COSTS IN ELECTRICITY, MOVED TO FULL-TIME POSITIONS FROM THE PARKS THAT'S FROM GENERAL FUND TO REFUSE, MOVE ONE FULL POSITION PARKS.
AGAIN, THAT'S FROM GENERAL FUND TO THE, TO THE STREET DIVISION,
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WHICH WE HAVE A VACANCY ELIMINATE ONE VACANT POSITION, UH, OR IN THE PARKS DIVISION, THE WATER AND SEWER FUND.I JUST DON'T FUND IT AND BUDGET IT TO, TO INCREASE IN COST TO PURCHASE WATER FUNDING AND ALLOCATED ANNUAL PIPE REPLACEMENT FOR ANOTHER CIP PROJECTS, IF I MIGHT ALIZE FOR A SECOND.
SO, UH, ELLA HAS MENTIONED ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR INCREASED PURCHASE OF WATER.
THAT'S GOING TO BE A CONTINUED ISSUE FOR THE CITY.
UM, LOOKING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT DROUGHT CONDITION IN THE STATE.
UH, WE, UM, RELY ON THREE SOURCES OF WATER FOR LAHABRA.
WE, WE PRODUCE WATER OUT OF OUR LA HARBOR BASIN OURSELVES.
WE IMPORT WATER FROM, UM, MELTWATER, AND WE ALSO GET WATER FROM CAL DOMESTIC FROM THE MAIN SAN GABRIEL BASIN.
WELL, THOSE SOURCES ARE UNDER PRESSURE.
AND SO WHEN, WHEN THERE HAS REDUCED WATER AVAILABILITY FROM THOSE SOURCES, THEY PASS THOSE COSTS ON, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY INCREASE, WHEN THEY HAVE A HIGHER COST OF ACQUIRING WATER OR TREATING WATER.
SO THAT'S A CONDITION THAT WE'RE CLOSELY MONITORING, UH, TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A RELIABLE AND STEADY SOURCE OF WATER FOR THE CITY.
BUT, UM, WE NEVER REALLY GOT OUT OF CONSERVATION MODE IN OUR CITY, EVEN THOUGH THE STATE RELAXED SOME OF ITS RULES A FEW YEARS AGO.
I THINK WE'RE STILL AT LEVEL, AT LEAST LEVEL ONE, STAGE TWO, OR STAGE TWO CONSERVATION MEASURES HERE.
THAT'S WHY YOU SEE SOME OF OUR MEDIANS.
UH, WE CONVERTED TO DROUGHT TOLERANT MEDIANS, OR THE ONES THAT HAD GRASS, AND WE'VE REPLACED THOSE WITH, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, DROUGHT TOLERANT OR, UH, THEY'RE NOT GETTING WATERED AS OFTEN JUST TO TRY TO HELP THAT SITUATION BECAUSE WATER IS A MAJOR CONCERN RIGHT NOW, AS FAR AS THE COSTS.
SO IN THE REFUSE INCREASED FUNDING FOR SB 1383 REGULATIONS FOR ORGANIC PROGRAM SCARS MANDATED BY THE STATE, THIS IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE OF HOW WE OPERATE FOR REFUSE.
EVERY BUSINESS IN THIS CITY HAS TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PROGRAM AND WE'RE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, KNOCKING DOORS AND EDUCATING THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO HOW AND, UH, THE COSTS INVOLVED IN THE, IN THIS SB 1383 FUNDING FOR TWO FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES TO CONDUCT ADDITIONAL CITYWIDE REFUSE CLEANUP.
THAT'S THE SAME THAT TRANSFERRED FROM THE PARKS FUNDED FOR TWO PART-TIME EMPLOYEES WERE ELIMINATED FLEET INTERNAL SERVICES, INCREASED FUEL COSTS DUE TO RECENT ECONOMIC IMPACT FUNDING FOR RECLASSIFICATION OF ASSISTANT FLEET COORDINATOR TO A FLEET SUPERVISOR.
SO THE, WHAT WE'VE PREVIOUSLY FUNDED, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IS THE VISTA GROUNDED DESIGN AND PARTIAL CONSTRUCTION.
THAT'S COMING UP NEXT YEAR, ANNUAL RESIDUAL STREET REHAB.
THAT'S OUT RIGHT NOW AND GOING FOR CONSTRUCTION AND YOU ALWAYS RESIDENTIAL REHAB FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
21 ALSO IS OUT AND WE'LL BE OUT TO BID PRETTY QUICK HERE, ARIEL ARTERIAL STREET REHAB FOR LAHABRA PALM AND CYPRUS.
THAT'S ALSO GOING UP FOR CONSTRUCTION PRETTY SOON.
UM, MOBILE HOME, UM, ROADWAYS.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AT THE ANNUAL ARTERIAL REHAB EUCLID WHITTIER OF THE CITY LIMIT.
THAT'S FROM, UH, NORTH NORTH SIDE OF, UH, WHITTIER AND THE, UH, ANNUAL WATER MAIN REPLACEMENTS FOR 1819, 1929 AND 2021, UH, OTHER MOZILLIANS PROJECTS TOTAL ABOUT $11 MILLION.
SO MAJOR PROJECTS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE, UH, UM, WORKING ON NEXT YEAR IS A LAMBERT LAMBERT ROAD REHAB.
OUR SYNC AT THE ANNUAL RESIDENTIAL STREET REHABILITATION STREET REHAB FOR MONTEVISTA THAT'S ABOUT $1.2 MILLION.
UM, THAT'S THIS STREET IS ONE OF THE, IS, IS THE WORST STREET IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW.
AND WE ARE GOING TO PAVE IT, UH, ANNUAL WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT ABOUT 1.1 MILLION, UH, FOOTHILLS ZONE CONSOLIDATION, 1 MILLION THAT'S TO IMPROVE THE WATER PRESSURE, WATER DEMAND, AND THE, UH, UH, FIRE, UH, DEMAND AT THE NORTHERN CITY LIMIT WATER METER REPLACEMENT.
WE HAVE, UH, GOTTEN A, UH, A GRANT FOR HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO DO THE AUTOMATED MUELLER FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
AND WE HAVE 500,000 FROM THE CITY CITY WATER DEPARTMENT, UH, HIGHWAY SAFETY, UH, PROGRAMS THAT'S FOR EIGHT INTERSECTIONS IN THE CITY FOR SEVEN, $784,000 HIGHWAY SAFETY.
I KNEW WELL OUT OF THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR ABOUT 650,000 OTHER PROJECTS FOR
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12, A $2.2 MILLION THING, THIS COMPLETE SYSTEM STAFF REPORT.AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, DO WE HAVE ANY, YES, ACTUALLY JUST SOME OBSERVATIONS ELIAS.
UH, I KNOW THIS EVENING, WE, UH, WE APPROVED THAT CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM, NUMBER SEVEN FOR THE ARTERIAL.
I FORGET THE EXACT NAME, THE, UH, WHAT IS IT, THE MASTER PLAN OF OUR ETERNAL HIGHWAYS OVER THE NEXT SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS? I BELIEVE IN THERE'S A CERTAIN NUMBER OF, UH, OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS. AND I KNOW WE'VE LISTED A FEW OF THEM HERE, BUT THESE ARE ALL OF COURSE LAMBERT WORLD SYNCHRONIZATION.
WHAT IS IT? THE HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAM ALONG WITH THE EIGHT INTERSECTIONS AND THE ARE BELITA, UH, SIGNAL, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
MONTEVISTA THESE ARE ALL IN AN EFFORT TO, UH, TO ALLEVIATE AND MITIGATE SOME OF OUR TRAFFIC ISSUES.
AND ALONG THAT LINE, I KNOW A COWORKER OF MINE THAT LIVES IN BRAY AND COMMUTES TO, UH, TO THE NORWALK AREA, ASIDE FROM THE DRIVING DURING THE PANDEMIC, WHICH OF COURSE WAS LIGHT, UH, HAS NOTICED, UH, YOU KNOW, DURING THESE, UH, THESE TRAFFIC TIMES, HOW MUCH EASIER IT IS TO GET THROUGH IMPERIAL HIGHWAY FROM BREAD AND NORWALK, UH, SPECIFICALLY THROUGH OUR CITY, WHICH HAS BEEN NICE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCILLOR, MICHELLE, YOU REMIND ME WHAT OUR, UH, PCI NUMBER IS AND WHEN IT GOT UPDATED, I THINK THE LAST NUMBER WAS 83.
CAN YOU ONE MORE UP 84, THERE WAS AN ARTERIAL AND A RESIDENTIAL NUMBER, RIGHT? YUP.
OUR LATEST PCI NUMBERS, 81.9 IS THAT RESIDENTIAL OR ARTERIAL OR ARTERIALS ARE 83.3.
LOCALS ARE 81.9 AND ALLEYS ARE 69.5.
81.9, RESIDENTIAL 83.3, ARTERIALS 69.5 ALLEYS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? THANK YOU VERY MUCH ELIAS.
NOW WE HAVE FIRE AND AMBULANCE.
MADAM MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, ROBERT FARRIER FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
I'LL MAKE THIS PRESENTATION, UM, AS THE COUNCIL KNOWS, BUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, UM, THE CITY IS A FULL SERVICE CITY WITH TWO NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS, AND THOSE WOULD BE FIRE AND AMBULANCE SERVICES.
WE CONTRACT WITH LA COUNTY FIRE AND CARA AMBULANCE RESPECTIVELY FOR THOSE SERVICES.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE HERE BEFORE YOU, THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FIRE AND AMBULANCE SERVICES DURING FISCAL 2122 IS ABOUT APPROXIMATELY $12.9 MILLION.
UH, THE COST FOR FIRE SERVICES IS A LARGER, LARGER PORTION OF THE TWO IT'S ABOUT 11.6 FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
THAT'S DIVIDED INTO TWO BIG COMPONENTS.
THE FIRST IS THE ACTUAL CONTRACT WITH LA COUNTY FIRE.
THEY OPERATE FOR STATIONS THAT SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
THE OTHER, A LARGE LINE ITEM IN THAT BUDGET IS FOR, UM, COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH UNFUNDED LIABILITY PENSIONS FOR THE FORMER CITY OF LAHABRA FIREFIGHTERS.
UH, AS COUNCIL KNOWS, UM, THE CITY USED TO HAVE ITS OWN, UM, UH, IN-HOUSE FIRE SERVICE, AND IT STARTED IN 2005.
WE CONTRACT CONTRACT NOW WITH LA COUNTY FIRE.
SO WE'RE STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITY COSTS FOR THE FORMER FIREFIGHTERS AND FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, IT'S ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT $1.6 MILLION.
UH, JUST AS AN FYI, THE CURRENT TERM OF THE CITY CONTRACT WITH LA COUNTY FIRE RUNS THROUGH FEBRUARY OF 25.
UH, WE'RE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH A LITTLE BIT, UH, BEYOND HALFWAY THROUGH THAT 10 YEAR CYCLE NOW 10 YEAR TERM, UM, AND AT COUNCIL'S DIRECTION, UH, THE CITY HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO SIT DOWN WITH, UM, LA COUNTY FIRE AND HAVE AN ONGOING DIALOGUE FOR WAYS TO, UH, CONTROL COSTS FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
UM, AND THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE ONGOING.
AND THE OTHER PART OF THAT BUDGET IS AMBULANCE SERVICES AS COUNCIL RAILROAD CALL IT APPROVED A FOUR YEAR CONTRACT WITH CARE AMBULANCE, UH, UM, LATE LAST YEAR, UH, AFTER AN RFP, UH, AND THAT, UH, CONTRACT ALSO PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UH, THREE ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR EXTENSIONS ON THE BACK END OF THAT FOUR YEAR TERM AT COUNCIL'S DISCRETION.
UM, THAT SUMS UP OUR PRESENTATION FOR THIS, UH, RAPID, UH, ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.AND ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? NO QUIT SHOULDN'T, BUT I'D LIKE TO ADD A ONE PERSPECTIVE TO THE FIRE CONTRACT ITSELF.
UH, SO WE, WE, IT COSTS US ABOUT $10 MILLION IN LAHABRA FOR FOUR FIRE STATIONS, UM, AND FOR ABOUT A SEVEN SQUARE MILES, SEVEN AND A HALF SQUARE MILE CITY.
SO THAT AVERAGES OUT TO ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS A FIRE STATION IN LOOKING AT THE AVERAGE COST IN OTHER CITIES, FIRE STATIONS RUN ANYWHERE FROM THREE AND A HALF TO $5 MILLION A FIRE STATION.
UM, THE REASON THAT OUR CONTRACT ALLOWS FOR, UH, A COST OF ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS PER FIRE STATION IS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY CLOSE TO 15 YEARS AGO NOW WHEN THE FIRE CONTRACT WAS FIRST NEGOTIATED, UH, I THINK THE CITY DID A VERY GOOD JOB NEGOTIATING A CONTRACT THAT PROVIDED A HIGH QUALITY, UH, REALLY WORLD-CLASS SERVICE FROM THE LA COUNTY FIRE AT A VERY AFFORDABLE COST.
THE COSTS HAVE BEEN GOING UP THE LAST FEW YEARS, NOTABLY, UH, MORE SO THAN IN THE PAST.
I THINK A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT FOR THE SAME REASONS THAT OUR COSTS ARE GOING UP FOR LABOR, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITIES, LA COUNTY FIRE IS NOT IMMUNE TO THAT.
AND THEY'RE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR COST INCREASES WHEN YOU'RE A CONTRACT CITY, YOU GET THOSE COSTS INCREASES PASSED ON TO YOU.
UH, SO WE ENDED UP HAVING A HIGHER CONTRACT COSTS AS A RESULT THAT SAID THE VALUE WE GET FOR WHAT WE PAY FOR FOR STATIONS IS PRETTY PHENOMENAL IN THE REGION.
UM, UH, LAST YEAR COUNCIL DIRECTED US TO LOOK AT WAYS OF POTENTIALLY COVERING OR, UH, CONTROLLING COSTS IN THE FIRE CONTRACT IN THE FUTURE.
AND AS ROB ALLUDED TO WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FIRE CONTRACTS AND TRYING TO REDUCE COSTS THAT COMES AT THE COST OF SERVICE.
SO THE REALLY, THE ONLY REALISTIC WAY AT THIS POINT, UM, IN DISCUSSIONS OF REDUCING CONTRACT COSTS IS TO LOOK POTENTIALLY TO, TO CLOSE A FIRE STATION OR REPURPOSE ONE.
UM, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE A TOPIC WE WOULD HAVE TO BROACH WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS FOR AN EXTENSION.
IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION COUNCIL DIRECTS US TO TAKE, UH, IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, AS WE BEGIN TO PREPARE FOR THAT, UM, THERE ARE, THERE ARE BENEFITS THAT ADD OBVIOUSLY IN COST-CONTAINMENT, BUT THERE'S ALSO, UH, YOU KNOW, THINGS WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE IN CONSIDERATION WHEN IT COMES TO SERVICE LEVEL.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE LA COUNTY FIRE WILL HAVE AN OPINION ON THAT.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER TO THE CITY.
I THINK WE'VE WORKED WELL WITH THEM AS WELL.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LEVEL OF SERVICE AND THE FEW CASES THAT WE'VE HAD MAJOR FIRE INCIDENTS, UM, LITERALLY THE WHOLE WORLD SHOWS UP TO LIBRE.
AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN ATTEST, YOU'VE BEEN TO SOME OF THOSE INCIDENCES AND SEEING THAT.
SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT YOU GET FOR THE COST THAT WE PAY.
AGAIN, IF WE HAD OUR OWN FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH FOUR STATIONS, I WOULD ASSUME THAT OUR COSTS WOULD PROBABLY BE HIGHER THAN WHAT WE'RE PAYING RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT LEAD FROM COUNCIL FROM LAST YEAR AND CONTINUE WORKING WITH LA COUNTY FIRE.
AS WE GET CLOSE TO RENEWAL TO SEE WHAT OPTIONS WE CAN PRESENT THE COUNCIL AT THAT TIME.
UH, IS THERE ANY QUESTION FROM THE COUNCIL, I THOUGHT YOU HAD YOUR HAND RAISED, JIM.
UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
NO, HE PULLED IN THE PLEXIGLASS.
I THOUGHT THE SAME THING AS WELL.
THEN, UM, WE WILL PROCEED WITH THE NEXT PRESENTATION.
CAN WE DEVELOPMENT? GOOD EVENING COUNCIL, HOW ARE YOU ALL DOING STILL AWAIT? SO WE LIKE TO START YOU OUT WITH SHOWING YOU PICTURES OF FOOD CAUSE EVERYBODY LOVES FOOD.
SO WE'LL GO THROUGH QUICK, SOME OF OUR MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THIS YEAR.
AND I THINK LIKE ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN DEALING WITH COVID, UM, EVERYBODY HAD TO GET CREATIVE AND I THINK WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF THAT WOULD JUST IN A MATTER OF A FEW SHORT DAYS, WE WERE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO TOTALLY REDO OUR PROCESSES AND BE ABLE TO ALLOW FOR APPLICATIONS TO BE SUBMITTED ONLINE AND VIA ONLINE TOOLS FOR REVIEW.
THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY DIDN'T SKIP A BEAT AND DOING WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO.
UM, AND FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2020, UH, THE BUILDING IS SAFETY ISSUED 1,792 PERMITS.
UM, THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF HOME IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, WHAT WE'VE NOTICED THIS YEAR IS SINCE PEOPLE ARE STAYING AT HOME BECAUSE OF COVID AND THEY CAN'T GO OUT, THEY'RE SPENDING ALL THEIR MONEY FIXING UP THEIR HOUSES.
SO WE'VE DONE LOTS OF RESIDENTIAL ROOM ADDITIONS AND REHABS OVER THIS LAST YEAR.
UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS RESPONDED TO 534, UM, PROPERTY MAINTENANCE VIOLATIONS.
AND THEN WITH THE PLANNING STAFF WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CITY'S RESTAURANTS, UH, TO CREATE A PROGRAM WHERE WE COULD GET THEM UP AND RUNNING WITH OUTDOOR DINING, AS SOON AS THE STATE WOULD ALLOW US TO DO THAT.
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AND AGAIN, WE WERE ABLE TO KIND OF WAVE THE RULES A LITTLE BIT AND GET THAT GOING UP WITHIN, WITHIN A FEW DAYS.AND AS YOU NOTICED, QUITE A FEW OF OUR RESTAURANTS AROUND LAHABRA, UM, TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT PROGRAM.
THE OTHER THING WE DID IS WE WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE WITH THE WORK OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, WE FACILITATED ALL THE MEETINGS THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE ZOOM PROCESS.
UM, TOOK, TOOK A FEW THE MEETINGS TO WORK THE BUGS OUT OF IT, BUT OVERALL WORK WORKED OUT AS VERY RESPONSIVE PROJECT.
AND I THINK AS A RESULT OF THIS, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD MORE, UM, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION THAN WHEN WE WERE HAVING LIVE MEETINGS.
UM, BUT AGAIN, AND THIS WAS PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING AS YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAD THE WESTBRIDGE PROJECT AND WE HAD TO DEAL WITH, YOU KNOW, UH, QUITE A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON THE, ON THE ZOOM PLATFORM.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT AND GIVE EVERYBODY THAT WISHED TO SPEAK THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK DURING THAT PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, THE OTHER THING WE'VE DONE IS WE, UH, RECONSTITUTED THE GENERAL PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF WORKSHOPS VIA ZOOM, AND WE ARE WORKING ON OUR HOUSING ELEMENT FOR THE NEXT HOUSING CYCLE, UM, THAT NEEDS TO BE TURNED INTO THE HCD BY OCTOBER AND WE'RE, WE'RE ON SCHEDULE TO MEET, MEET THAT DEADLINE.
SO WE HAVE COMPLETED PROJECTS, SO PROBABLY I DON'T REALLY FOLLOW CALENDAR YEARS OR VERY WELL FOR THE TYPES OF PROJECTS WE WORK ON.
THEY, THEY COULD BE THREE TO FIVE YEARS IN DURATION FROM THE FIRST TIME SOMEBODY WALKS IN OUR DOOR SAYING I GOT AN IDEA TILL THEY'RE OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
WE'D BEEN GOING THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS AND THE BUILDING PROCESS.
SO SOME OF THESE ITEMS I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE.
SO FIRST UP I HAVE THE, UH, THE ROW ON HARBOR, UH, AND THIS AGAIN WAS A MULTI-YEAR PROJECT.
UM, WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED HERE IS THIS WAS A CENTER THAT HAD BEEN DILAPIDATED AND RUN DOWN FOR OVER 30 YEARS, ONLY HAD TWO TENANTS IN IT AT A 14 STOREFRONTS.
SO OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE, THESE CAME IN AND THEY'VE REMODELED THE CENTER.
WE NOW HAVE ALL 14 SUITES OCCUPIED BY ACTIVE BUSINESSES.
UH, WE HAVE A FITNESS CENTER, A DANCE STUDIO, A NAIL SALON, A TUTORING CENTER, AND NINE RESTAURANTS.
WE HAD FOUR OR FIVE RESTAURANTS THAT WERE STILL ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND OPEN UP IN THIS, THIS SIX CENTER IS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
WE HAVE, AGAIN, THE OTHER BUILDING THAT WAS HOMETOWN BUFFET, AGAIN, KIND OF A MULTI-YEAR PROJECT.
SO, UM, THE PREVIOUS YEAR WE GOT STARBUCKS AND SEE'S CANDY, UH, GOING, AND THEN THIS YEAR WE HAVE FINISHED IT OUT AND WE GOT A CRUMBLE COOKIES AND BOARD AND BREW, BOTH OF WHICH ARE VERY POPULAR.
SO AGAIN, THE LAKITA IN, UM, I THINK THE COUNCIL SAW THIS COULD BE AS LONG AS FIVE YEARS AGO NOW.
UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY NOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING ALL THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE AND GETTING THEIR GROUNDWORK DONE AND ST JUDE'S, THIS IS ONE OF OUR SUCCESS STORIES.
THIS IS A NEW OFFICE BUILDING, UH, 20,000 SQUARE FEET, AND IT'S ON THE CORNER OR PETCO USED TO BE AS PART OF THE NORTH GATE CENTER ON THIS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE WORKED WITH THEM VERY CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE THEY MADE IT ARCHITECTURALLY COMPATIBLE SO THAT IT FIT IN WITH THE, WITH THE REST OF THE CENTER.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO TURN THIS PROJECT AROUND IN ABOUT SIX MONTHS AND NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND THEN WE'VE ALSO HAD OTHER ACTIVITIES.
THIS IS THIS, I PICKED THIS ONE, WHICH IS, UH, A NEW, UM, COMMERCIAL OFFICE BUILDING COMPLEX OF FOUR LITTLE OFFICE SUITES.
UM, BUT AROUND THE SAME TIME WE'VE DONE THREE OR FOUR, UM, REHAB FACADE REHAB PROGRAMS FOR A NUMBER OF SHOPPING CENTERS, UM, W WHERE ARTHUR'S IS AT, THEY'RE GOING TO BE REHABBING THAT CENTER.
UM, AND, AND, UM, YEAH, SO I JUST DIDN'T PUT SLIDES FOR EVERYTHING.
SO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, AND THEN WE'VE MORE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY.
SO THE CALLS DOWNSIZED AND SPLIT THEIR SPACE IN HALF, AND WE'RE GETTING A AMAZON FRESH.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY'S FAMILIAR WITH AN AMAZON FRESH, UM, IT'S KIND OF A NEW, ONLINE SHOPPING EXPERIENCE WHERE YOU CAN EAT.
YOU CAN GO IN PERSON AND YOU CAN SHOP ONLINE.
IF, IF YOU, UM, ORDER ONLINE, YOU CAN PICK YOUR UP IN AN HOUR.
IF YOU GO PICK IT UP YOURSELF OR THERE, IF YOU HAVE IT DELIVERED, THEY'RE
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TELLING YOU THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE TURNAROUND IN TWO HOURS AND HAVE IT DELIVERED TO YOUR HOUSE.UM, THEY'VE INDICATED IN THE INFORMATION WE HAVE THAT, THAT THERE'S ANYWHERE TO TWO TO 300 NEW JOBS THAT ARE BEING CREATED AS A RESULT OF THIS, UH, NEW CONSTRUCTION.
SO WE DID HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF RESIDENTIAL ACTIVITY THIS YEAR, NOT AS MUCH AS BEFORE WE, UM, SO WE DID A LITTLE, A THREE UNIT INFILL CONDO ON, ON WALNUT STREET.
UM, AND AGAIN, THAT'S GOING TO HELP FILL IN A KIND OF A VACANT LOT DOWN THERE AND PROVIDE SOME, SOME NEED HOUSING.
SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR, OUR MAJOR GOALS.
UM, I MAY HAVE SKIPPED A SLIDE, SORRY, SORRY.
SO BACK UP, BACK UP A LITTLE BIT HERE, I LOST MY PLACE.
UM, SO WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE HOMETOWN BUFFET AND THE MARKETPLACE AND THE STARBUCKS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND THE CONSTRUCTION AND, AND HOW WE, HOW WE WORK THROUGH ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT PROJECTS, BUT A BIG PORTION OF THIS IS, IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOO.
AND YOU KNOW, HOW WE GET THESE PROJECTS AND HOW OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION WORKS WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN COMING HERE AND THEN HOW WE, WE ALL SIT DOWN AND HELP THEM DESIGN IT TO GET A PROJECT THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD FOR THE CITY.
SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD NOW INTO OUR MAJOR GOALS, OUR MAJOR GOALS ARE TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
AND SO WE DO THIS THROUGH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS, UM, INCLUDING BUILDING CODES, CODE ENFORCEMENT AND, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND JUST KIND OF SOME EXAMPLES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT MAYBE PEOPLE DON'T DON'T THINK ABOUT AS I KIND OF GOT A FEW LITTLE SUCCESS STORIES HERE.
SO HARBOR FREIGHT, WHEN THAT WENT IN IN 2012, THAT WAS AGAIN A VACANT CENTER.
AND THEY, THEY BOUGHT THAT PROPERTY FOR FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, WENT IN AND DID SOME REMODELING, GOT A GOOD TENANT.
AND THEN THEY TURNED AROUND IN THIS LAST YEAR, THEY SOLD THAT FOR $6.5 MILLION.
SO IN A PERIOD OF FOUR YEARS, THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE A $2 MILLION PROFIT AND INCLUDE OUR PROPERTY TAX REVENUE SUBSTANTIALLY.
UH, ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT IS WHERE THE TRADER JOE'S AND THE BURLINGTON AND CVS ARE AT AGAIN, THAT THAT CENTER WAS DIVINE'S.
THEY DECIDED TO MOVE ON A GROUP, CAME IN AND BOUGHT THAT PROPERTY FOR $12 MILLION AND WORKED TO GET THE TRADER JOE'S AND SOME ENTITLEMENTS IN THERE AND GET SOME GOOD TENANTS.
AND THEY S THEY SOLD THAT CENTER IN 2019 FOR $30 MILLION.
SO THEY, THEY TRIPLED THEIR INVESTMENT ALMOST.
AND AGAIN, GREAT, GREAT NEWS FOR OUR PROPERTY TAX REVENUES, BECAUSE MEL SHOWED YOU A BAR EARLIER WHERE THE NUMBERS ARE GOING UP.
THIS IS SOME OF THE REASONS WHY, UH, AND AGAIN, ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS BLACK BEAR DINER WENT IN ABOUT, ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS.
THEY TURNED AROUND AND SOLD IT FOR A LITTLE OVER $3 MILLION.
SO, AND RAISING CANE'S RIGHT NEXT DOOR, UM, SOLD FOR $850,000 SOLD FOR ALMOST $4 MILLION.
SO THIS SHOWS YOU THAT HOW IMPORTANT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS IN WORKING WITH THESE TENANTS IN LA AND LINING THEM UP AND GETTING, GETTING THEM WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
SO, I MEAN, KUDOS TO MIRANDA WHO WORKED ON MOST OF THESE PROJECTS AND GET IT, GETTING THESE PEOPLE IN OUR CITY.
IF I CAN BUILD ON THAT FOR A SECOND, ROY, I THINK THIS IS ALSO A KEY POINT TO MAKE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY, DEVELOPMENT'S A PRETTY SMALL DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY, BUT THEY HAVE AN OUTSIZE RESPONSIBILITY IN HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING AND BUILDING AND SAFETY.
BUT IT'S THIS KIND OF THE LONG RANGE VISION THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH FROM COUNCIL FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS OR MORE OF WHAT A MIX OF, OF COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT CAN GENERATE THAT KIND OF INTEREST.
I MEAN, WE, WE HAVE NOW IT USED TO BE WHERE WE WOULD CHASE AFTER BUSINESSES TO COME HERE.
AND NOW THERE ARE BUSINESSES CONTACTING US SAYING, HEY, HOW CAN WE FIND A LOCATION IN LAHABRA WE WANT TO SPOT UP ON WITH YOUR BOULEVARD.
WE WANT A SPOT ON IMPERIAL HIGHWAY.
AND OUR STAFF WORKS WITH THEM, WORKS WITH THE CHAMBER AND TRIES TO FIND LOCATIONS FOR THESE BUSINESSES THAT WANT TO COME AND LOCATE IN LAHABRA.
WE HAVE DEVELOPERS LOOKING TO BUILD IN LAHABRA AND THAT'S A GOOD SIGN FOR THE COMMUNITY.
IT REFRESHES PROPERTIES THAT MIGHT BE BLIGHTED OR
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UNDER UTILIZED.AND YOU'RE SEEING THAT REDEVELOPMENT MONEY COMING IN PRIVATE REDEVELOPMENT TO HELP GET THAT ACCOMPLISHED.
AND AS A TESTAMENT TO OUR STAFF, WORKING HARD TO TRY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
SO, AND, AND MORE SO, I MEAN, JUST AS IMPORTANT AS COMMUNITY SERVICES THIS LAST YEAR, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HAD THE PIVOT IN THE MATTER OF MONTHS FROM PROVIDING FULL SERVICE AT THE COUNTER TO HOW DO WE SERVE THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND HOMEOWNERS WHO WANT TO DO PROJECTS WHEN THEY CAN'T COME TO CITY HALL? AND I WILL TELL YOU COVID ACCELERATED OUR ONLINE SERVICE PLANS BY DECADES, PROBABLY IN THE SPAN OF TWO MONTHS.
AND WE JUST FIGURED IT OUT AND STAFF FIGURED OUT HOW WE CAN PROVIDE ONLINE SERVICE, HOW PEOPLE CAN PAY ONLINE WORK WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND THE BANKS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO TAKE ONLINE PAYMENT PROCESSING AND GET PEOPLE'S PERMITS ISSUED.
AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UH, HELPING THESE RESTAURANTS SURVIVE, WE CAME UP WITH A TEMPLATE FOR RESTAURANTS TO COPY ON HOW TO CREATE OUTDOOR SEATING, WAIVED ALL THE PERMIT FEES, ALL THE INSPECTION FEES.
AND WE BASICALLY SAID, TELL US WHAT YOU NEED TO GET UP AND RUNNING SO THAT YOU CAN SURVIVE.
THAT WAS THE ONLY GOAL WE HAD WAS TO HELP THESE RESTAURANTS AND BUSINESSES SURVIVE BECAUSE WE KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO THEM WAS JUST DRASTIC.
AND OUR STAFF WOULD WORK CLOSELY WITH THE CHAMBER AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, IDENTIFYING GRANT FUNDS THAT WERE COMING IN FROM THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE COUNTY TO HELP TIE IT CAN CONNECT BUSINESSES WITH SOURCES OF FUNDING TO HELP THEM SURVIVE THE PANDEMIC.
AND SO IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS STORY.
WE'VE SEEN PROBABLY WE'VE SEEN BUSINESSES CLOSE, BUT NOT NEARLY THE NUMBER THAT WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT EARLY ON.
AND NOW WE'RE HOPING THAT THOSE BUSINESSES NOW FLOURISH AND START TO GROW AS EVERYTHING OPENS UP, AND WE CONTINUE GETTING A LOT OF INTEREST IN THE COMMUNITY TO LOCATE MORE HERE.
SO GREAT JOB BY THE DEPARTMENT.
SO HERE, HERE'S OUR OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE YEAR.
I THINK MEL'S KIND OF GONE OVER THESE NUMBERS ALREADY ONCE.
UM, BUT BASICALLY, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTS GOT THE LOWEST GENERAL FUND BUDGET OF, OF ANYBODY IN THE CITY.
SO WE'RE GIVING YOU LOTS OF BANG FOR YOUR BUCK.
SO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO AS WE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN INTO THE NEXT YEAR, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE BULLET POINTS HERE, BUT WHAT I WANT TO HIT HIT ON IS SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
UM, SO WE, WE WOULD LIKE TO HIRE A MANAGEMENT ANALYST TO HELP WITH DARK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.
UM, BUT WE'RE PUTTING THAT ON, ON FREEZE FOR RIGHT NOW AND HOPEFULLY BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, OR MAYBE IT MID-YEAR, WE WOULD STILL LIKE TO TRY TO BRING THAT BACK AND PUT THAT ON BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE HOW IMPORTANT THAT POSITION IS TO HELPING THE CITY OVERALL.
UM, WE'RE ALSO ASKING FOR FUNDING FOR AN ADDITIONAL CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
UM, THE LAST TIME WE HAD, UM, THREE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WAS IN THE FISCAL YEAR, 18, 19, UH, THAT YEAR WE DID ALMOST A THOUSAND CITATIONS, UM, COMPARED TO WHAT WE SHOWED YOU EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE DID 500 AND SOMETHING.
UM, IT REALLY IMPACTS THE COMMUNITY THAT WE HAD TO GIVE UP THAT POSITION.
AND WE'RE HOPING WE CAN GET THAT, UM, FUNDED BACK CAUSE IT'LL HELP US HAVE SOMEBODY TO WORK EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS, WHICH IS WHEN MOST OF THE VIOLATIONS OCCUR WHEN THEY THINK NOBODY'S LOOKING.
SO THIS WOULD HELP US CAPTURE SOME OF THOSE VIOLATIONS AND CLEAN UP THE CITY A LITTLE BIT, CAUSE I'M, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GETTING WILD OUT THERE ON WEEKENDS.
UM, THE OTHER THING WE'RE ASKING FOR IS SOME RECLASSIFICATIONS FOR SOME, THE CLERKS AND THE SECRETARIES.
UM, THIS REALLY, ISN'T A FISCAL THING.
THAT'S A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF NUMBER, UM, OVERALL, BUT IT'S BRINGING THEIR TITLES MORE IN POSITION WITH THEIR PEERS AND WITH THE ACTUAL WORK WORK THAT THEY DO.
UM, AND THEN THERE AIN'T JUST LIKE THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS WE'RE TRYING TO RE RESTORE OUR STAFF AND TRAINING THAT WE CUT LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF COVID.
AND, UH, WE'D LIKE TO GET SOME MONEY, UM, TO COVER APPRAISAL COSTS AND CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS AND OTHER SERVICES IS WE TRY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, FINDING WAYS TO DO SOME IMPROVEMENTS AROUND THE CIVIC CENTER IN LA HABRA BOULEVARD.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR YOU IF YOU HAVE, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THAT IS A LOT, UM, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW HAS A QUESTION.
WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG TO GET LAKITA DONE? UH, THE DEVELOPER'S BEEN MOVING SLOWLY.
HE'S HAD HIS ENTITLEMENTS IN PLACE FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TEM MADRONA? NO.
AND NOW WE HAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
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THANK YOU ALL BETTER LEAVING.COULD HE BE MET A MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL? I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE 2122 BUDGET FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE STAFFED WITH 107 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES, BUT THE VAST MAJORITY ASSIGNED TO THE OPERATIONS DIVISION OPERATIONS INCLUDES PATROL TRAFFIC PARKING ENFORCEMENT TO NAME A FEW.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR SUPPORT SERVICES DIVISION, WHICH IS COMPRISED OF DISPATCH ANIMAL CONTROL RECORDS AND INVESTIGATIONS.
WE RESPONDED TO JUST UNDER 40,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE, UH, LAST FISCAL YEAR.
AND WE HAD A RESPONSE TIME OF JUST OVER FOUR MINUTES TO EMERGENCY CALLS FOR SERVICE.
UH, ACTUALLY, CAN YOU GO? YEAH, THANK YOU.
PART ONE CRIMES DECREASED OVER THE LAST FISCAL YEAR WITH 12 1,230 PART ONE CRIMES REPORTED PART ONE CRIMES ARE MOST SERIOUS IN NATURE FOR REFERENCE.
IN 2010, WE HAD JUST OVER 1400 PART, ONE CRIMES REPORTED.
AND IN 2004 WE HAD 2100 REPORT PART, ONE CRIMES REPORTED SOME OF OUR SUCCESS AND MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
UH, THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR WAS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR CRIME IMPACTS TEAM.
THIS THREE OFFICER UNIT HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTACTING AND ASSISTING OUR HOMELESS COMMUNITY, ENSURING THAT RESOURCES ARE PROVIDED TO THEM AND THEY GET THE OUTREACH THAT THEY NEED.
THEY HAVE ALSO ASSISTED IN QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES, SUCH AS CATALYTIC, CONVERTER THEFT, AND GRAFFITI, OUR TRAFFIC UNIT OBTAINED A GRANT FUND TO COMBAT DUIS, RED LIGHT VIOLATIONS, SPEED ENFORCEMENT, AND DESTRUCT DISTRACTED DRIVING.
WE HAVE ALSO USED A REGIONAL TASK FORCE TO SUPPORT AND DEAL WITH THE ILLEGAL STREET RACING THAT HAS RECENTLY COME UP.
THE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO EAGER TO START HOSTING OUR NUMEROUS COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS, SUCH AS COOL COPS COFFEE WITH A COP AND NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE PANDEMIC STOPPED MANY OF THOSE EVENTS, BUT HOPEFULLY THIS SUMMER WE'LL BE ABLE TO START AGAIN, OUR GOAL FOR NEXT YEAR'S CENTER AROUND PROVIDING OUR OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE, PROVIDE OUTREACH SERVICES TO OUR MOST IN NEED AND ADDRESS OUR TRAFFIC RELATED ISSUES TO THE COMMUNITY.
ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, CAN YOU GO BACK TO MAJOR GOALS? I'M SORRY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO ADDRESS IS, UH, INCREASING OUR PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND RESERVE OFFICERS TO SPECIFICALLY DEAL WITH THE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, UH, AND TRAFFIC ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY.
OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET THIS YEAR IS $21,792,147.
AND AS YOU'RE AWARE, THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR BUDGET IS OUR PERSONNEL.
UM, WE DO HAVE SOME NON-GENERAL FUND, BUT IT'S MAINLY, UH, THE COST OF OUR PERSONNEL.
UH, CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? UH, I'M SORRY, GO BACK ON.
SO FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE HAVE PRESENTED A BUDGET, UM, AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DELAYED HIRES OR DELAYED PROMOTIONS, UH, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, WE HAVE A, UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A VACANT POLICE, LIEUTENANT VACANT POLICE SERGEANT, AND A VACANT POLICE CORPORAL.
WE ARE GOING TO DELAY THOSE FOR THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
UH, REALISTICALLY IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR US TO DO THOSE PROMOTIONS RIGHT AWAY ANYWAY, WITH OUR STAFFING LEVELS.
THE GREAT NEWS IS, IS WE HAVE FIVE NEW POLICE OFFICERS HEADING TO THE ACADEMY SHORTLY.
UH, THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING TIME FOR US.
UH, AS FAR AS GETTING NEW BLOOD INTO THE DEPARTMENT, WE'VE DONE WELL IN RECRUITING.
UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE AN ACADEMY TRAIN THAT WE ARE HIRING IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.
SO ONCE WE HAVE THOSE PEOPLE UP TO SPEED, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THESE PROMOTIONS, BUT AT THIS TIME IT WOULD JUST BE NOT REALISTIC.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT WE ARE, UH, ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IS FUNDING FOR ADDITIONAL RESERVE OFFICERS.
AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE GOING TO USE THOSE, UH, TO HOPEFULLY HELP, UH, IN OUR TRAFFIC DIVISION.
UH, WE HAVE DONE SOME REDUCTION IN OUR UNIFORM AND, AND EQUIPMENT AND ALLOCATED SOME FUNDS TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AUGMENTATION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL ON THIS COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ? UM, I JUST FORGET THIS MICROPHONE,
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APPROXIMATELY.HOW MANY OFFICERS ARE WE DOWN RIGHT NOW? UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOWN EIGHT OFFICERS.
AND WITH THESE FIVE THEY'RE COMING ON BOARD, IT'LL TAKE IT DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY THREE THAT'S CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
NOW I WILL INVITE THE PUBLIC TO TESTIFY.
AND IF SO, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS.
MADAM MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, ROBERT FARRIER, AGAIN FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, I WILL PRESENT, UH, FOR THE ADMIN AND SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS, UH, THEIR PROPOSED 2122 BUDGET.
THAT INCLUDES THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK, CITY ATTORNEY FINANCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES.
SOME OF THE MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM LAST YEAR ARE LISTED HERE ON THE SCREEN, UH, ADOPTION OF THE CITY'S ANNUAL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR AS PART OF THE BUDGET PREPARATION.
UM, EVERYTHING THAT SHOWS UP IN THE, IN THE, UH, IN THE BUDGET FROM EACH DEPARTMENT SHOULD IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, UH, SATISFY THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES THAT ARE SET FORTH BY THE CITY COUNCIL STAFF ALSO COMPLETED LAST YEAR, THE JOINED THE CONVERSATION, PUBLIC OUTREACH CAMPAIGN.
UH, THAT'S THE FIRST SURVEY THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE IN ABOUT A DECADE, UM, CONSISTENT WITH COUNCIL DIRECTION.
WE'LL BE DOING ANOTHER SURVEY, UM, UH, LATER THIS SUMMER TO MEASURE RESIDENT SATISFACTION WITH CITY SERVICES.
UM, AND IT STAFF'S INTENTION ON A GOING FORWARD BASIS TO DO SURVEYS EVERY OTHER YEAR.
WE THINK THAT PROVIDES THE CITY COUNCIL WITH A LOT OF VALUABLE INSIGHT AND, UM, AND POLICYMAKING MATERIAL, UH, FOR, UM, FOR YOUR DISCUSSION.
2021 WAS ALSO A BUSY TIME FOR OUR HR DEPARTMENT.
UH, THEY CAN GET CONDUCTED 30 RECRUITMENTS AND PROCESS NEARLY 2,500 JOB APPLICATIONS ALL WHILE DEALING WITH EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH COVID, WHICH MEANT THEY HAD TO DEVELOP PRO UH, POLICIES AND PROTOCOLS PRETTY MUCH ON THE FLY, UM, TO MEET, UH, FEDERAL AND STATE MANDATES.
AND AS YOU MIGHT RECALL, 2020 WAS ALSO AN ELECTION YEAR.
THE CITY CLERK HANDLED THAT PROCESS, UH, TO A T UH, ALL INCLUDING TWO LOCAL INITIATIVES THAT APPEARED ON THE MUNICIPAL BALLOT.
LOOKING AHEAD TO FISCAL 2122, YOU CAN SEE HERE THE GENERAL FUND OF BUDGET REQUEST FOR ALL THOSE ADMIN AND SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS IS ROUGHLY FOUR AND A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS.
THERE ARE OTHER FUNDS NON-GENERAL FUNDS THAT ARE MANAGED BY SOME OF THESE DEPARTMENTS THAT INCLUDES RISK MANAGEMENT AND THE IT FUND, UM, MAJOR GOALS FOR THE COMING FISCAL YEAR ARE SHOWN HERE.
UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, UH, STAFF'S, UH, DESIRES TO IMPLEMENT A CITY COUNCIL POLICY DIRECTION WITH AN EMPHASIS ON EXCELLENCE AND CUSTOMER SERVICE.
AND YOU HAVE TO EVERYTHING WE DO, UH, WE WILL ALSO WORK TO, UH, CONTINUE TO ADD THIS TO HEAT FOR THE CITY, FOR THE CITY'S LEGISLATIVE, UH, PLATFORM, AS WELL AS PURSUIT OF GRANT FUNDING TO HELP SUBSIDIZE, UM, UH, MONEY THAT WE BRING TO THE TABLE FOR THE GENERAL FUND FOR, UH, PRIORITY PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. UH, AS I MENTIONED, WE'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO COMPLETING THE 2021, UH, COMMUNITY SATISFACTION AND BUDGET PRIORITY SURVEY, UM, PREPARE STRATEGIES FOR COUNCIL DIRECTION RELATED TO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.
AS MEL MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION, WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT BACK TO CITY COUNCIL IN JULY, UH, FOR DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION.
UH, CURRENTLY WE'RE UNDERWAY WITH A CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH ALL EMPLOYEE BARGAINING GROUPS, UM, AND THE CITY IS ALSO WORKING UPDATE SOME OF ITS, UH, ELECTRONIC PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS SYSTEM AND RECORDS MANAGEMENT POLICY.
THAT'S THE CITY CLERK'S DOMAIN.
I KNOW THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
EVERYONE'S VERY EXCITED ABOUT RECORDS MANAGEMENT, UH, STUFF, UH, SOME OF THE BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN, THAT'S KIND OF A MIXED BAG.
UM, BUT THE FIRST COUPLE OF BULLET POINTS TALK ABOUT HOW HR AND THE CLERK'S OFFICE WILL BE LOOKING TO USE NEWER TECHNOLOGIES TO STREAMLINE THEIR PROCESS.
AS NOTED A FEW MOMENTS AGO, THE CITY'S CITY CMS OFFICE WILL ALSO BE ALLOCATED RESOURCES FOR ENHANCED PUBLIC OUTREACH.
THE LAST THREE BULLETS, UH, DISCUSS SOME OF THE STAFFING STRATEGIES, UH, THAT ARE PROPOSED BY BOTH FINANCE AND HR.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION FOR ADMIN SUPPORT.
INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM CITY COUNCIL AS IT RELATES TO THEIR RESPECTIVE AREAS OF EXPERTISE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? NO QUESTIONS.
NOW WE'LL GO WITH A SUMMARY OF THE 2021 PROPOSED BUDGET.
YES, OUR GENERAL FUND AND PROPOSED BUDGET.
AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, IT WAS 50 MILLION, THREE 47, SIX 86.
WE ALSO HAVE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS OF 32.8 MILLION.
OUR AGENCIES AND AUTHORITY BUDGETS, UTILITY AUTHORITIES WHO WERE 30.097
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ENTERPRISE FUNDS, 12 MILLION, EIGHT 35 REFUSE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM IS OUR, THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS AND MOBILE HOME PARKS.UM, INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS OF 7.6 MILLION CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS OF 2.6 MILLION AND DEBT SERVICE ON HIM.
$6,000 FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF ONE 36,440,988.
OUR, UH, GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS BALANCED USING A COMBINATION OF BUDGET CUTS AND SPENDING CONTROLS.
THEY USED HIRING AND PROPOSED REASONS OF CERTAIN VACANT POSITIONS.
IT PROVIDES FOR RESOURCES FOR RESTORED PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.
LABOR NEGOTIATIONS INCREASE PENSION APPLICATION COSTS RESTORATION OF SOME FROZEN AND ELIMINATED POSITIONS, RECLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN EXISTING POSITIONS AND FUNDS TO COVER AN INCREASE IN THE STATE MANDATED MINIMUM WAGE RECRUITMENT.
UH, AS I STATED EARLIER, LABOR NEGOTIATIONS, THEY ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET, BUT THERE'S FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR, UH, RECURRING COSTS IN THE BUDGET OF REVENUES, OVER EXPENSES.
UM, PACE OF CITY WIDE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENT ANTICIPATED ARE ANTICIPATED TO GROW ONCE AGAIN, OUR FUTURE BUDGET CHALLENGES ARE THE LINGERING EFFECTS, UH, LINGERING ECONOMIC DAMAGES SLASH DISRUPTION DUE TO COVID 19 PANDEMIC INCREASED UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITY COSTS.
OUR CURRENT UNFUNDED LIABILITY IS $91 MILLION, UH, INCREASE USE OF INTERNAL RESERVES AND DIMINISHED ABILITY TO REPLENISH THOSE RESERVES, MAINTAINING SALARIES AND BENEFITS COMPETITIVE WITH AGENCIES IN THE REGION WHO CONTROL ATTRITION RATES, RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF KEY STAFF POSITIONS, PARTICULARLY POLICE OFFICERS AND POLICE OFFICERS AND DISPATCHERS.
UM, THE GROWING ADVERSE IMPACT ON ONLINE RETAIL SALES ON LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ONLINE SALES AND TRANSACTION TAX REVENUES.
AND FINALLY THE PENDING LOSS OF MEASURE T LOCAL TRANSACTION TAX TRANSACTION, AND USE TAX IN DECEMBER 28, WHICH WE MENTIONED EARLIER WOULD BE A CURRENT LOSS OF 5.9 MILLION, WHICH WILL GROW BEYOND THAT IF IT DOES SUNSET AND 20 DECEMBER OF 2028, UH, JACK PAN BANDED, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE IS GOING TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE PENSION HISTORY AND FORECAST.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO FOR THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, UH, WE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE CITY'S PENSION COSTS AND THE INFORMATION IS DESIGNED TO SERVE AS A REMINDER THAT THE RISING PENSION COSTS IS STILL A MAJOR FINANCIAL CONCERN OF THE CITY THAT WE STILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR VERY CLOSELY.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, THIS FIRST GRAPH RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF YOU, UH, SHOWED THE CITY UNFUNDED LIABILITY BALANCE FROM 2011 TO 2019.
SO BACK IN 2011, THE COMBINED UNFUNDED LIABILITY BALANCE WAS ABOUT $45 MILLION.
AND IN JUST ABOUT NINE YEARS, THE BALANCE HAS MORE THAN DOUBLE TWO $91 MILLION IN 2019.
AND THAT'S THE MOST RECENT INFORMATION PROVIDED BY CALPERS.
UH, THE NEXT INFORMATION IS GOING TO BE PROVIDED, UH, IS, SHOULD BE COMING IN A NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
USUALLY CALPERS RELEASE THAT INFORMATION IN SUMMER.
SO THIS GRAPH RIGHT HERE SHOWED THE PENSION FUNDED STATUS FOR THE CITY FOR BOTH, UM, MISCELLANEOUS AND PUBLIC SAFETY PLAN.
SO FOR THE POINT OF REFERENCE, THE FUNDED STATUS FOR CALPERS REFERRED TO PENSION ASSET AS A PERCENTAGE OF PENSION LIABILITY.
SO THAT'S MEAN THE, IF THE FUNDED STATUS AT A HUNDRED PERCENT MEAN THAT THE PENSION ASSET THAT WE SET ASIDE WITH CALPERS IS EQUAL TO PENSION LIABILITY.
SO WHEN THE SEND IT FUNDED STATUS IS DROPPED BELOW A HUNDRED PERCENT MEAN THAT THE PENSION ASSET IS THE ACT THAT WE HAVE SET ASIDE IS LESS THAN THE PENSION LIABILITY THAT WE ASSESSED.
SO THE, UM, SO IN THE PAST 20 YEARS, THERE'S ACTUALLY, THERE'S TWO MAJOR FINANCIAL EVENTS THAT COST THE FUNDED STATUS TO DECLINE SIGNIFICANTLY.
THE FIRST EVENT THAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE GRAPH RIGHT HERE WAS THE.COM BUBBLE BURST IN 2001, UH, THIS COST THE FUNDER STATUS TO DROP SHARPLY FROM 140% IN 1999 TO JUST ABOUT 80% IN 2003.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, THE FINANCIAL MARKET RECOVER FOR A FEW YEARS.
UM, SO AS OUR FUNDER STATUS, BUT THEN THE GREAT RECESSION HIT IN 2008 AND 2009 AND OUR,
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UH, FUNDER STATUS DROP IT AGAIN.UH, THIS TIME IS DOWN TO ABOUT 60%.
AND SINCE THEN, OUR FUNDED STATUS HAS BEEN HOBBLING AROUND 60 TO 75%.
SO IN OTHER WORD, WE HAVE NEVER RECOVER FROM THE GREAT RECESSION THAT HAPPENED IN 2008 OR TUFTS, 2009.
SO THIS NEXT GRAPH HERE SHOW YOU THE, UM, THE MISCELLANEOUS CONTRIBUTION RATE AS PERCENTAGE OF PAYROLL.
SO THE GREEN LINE REPRESENT THE NORMAL COSTS THAT STAY, UH, RELATIVELY FLAT.
THE BLUE ONE REPRESENT THE UNFUNDED LIABILITY COSTS, WHICH GROWS SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
SO, AND THE RED LINE IS THE REPRESENT THE COMBINED COST OF A NORMAL AND UNFUNDED LIABILITY.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE CALL-OUT LABEL IN, UM, YEAR 2022, THE PENSION COSTS WILL BE ABOUT 20% OF THE PAYROLL.
SO NOW THE WORD FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT THE CITY PAY FOR, UM, EMPLOYEE SALARY, UH, THE CITY HAS TO SEND 27 CENTS TO CALPERS FOR PENSION COSTS, AND THAT COST WILL CONTINUE TO GROW AND PEAK AT ABOUT 33% IN 2032.
SO THIS SLIDE ACTUALLY SHOW THE SAME INFORMATION, BUT THIS ONE IS FOR SAFETY PLAN.
SO AGAIN, IN 2022, THE SAFETY PLAN PENSION COSTS WILL BE ABOUT 87% OF THE PAYROLL.
AND IT WILL PEAK IN 2032 AT ABOUT A 113%.
COULD YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE? SURE.
SO, UM, I THINK ONE THING FOR COUNCIL TO, AND FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL, TO BE AWARE OF, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT CHART, WHAT THIS BASICALLY MEANS IS, YOU KNOW, AND WHETHER IT'S FOR THE MISCELLANEOUS PLAN OR PUBLIC SAFETY IS THE CHART WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, IS THAT IN, WITHIN THE NEXT DECADE, BASICALLY THE CITY FOR EVERY DOLLAR OF PAYROLL, IT PAYS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES.
WE'RE GOING TO BE PAYING OVER ANOTHER DOLLAR TOWARDS UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITY COSTS.
SO THAT'S THE EQUIVALENT BASICALLY OF HAVING TWO DEPARTMENTS, ONE THAT WORKS FOR YOU.
AND ONE THAT YOU'RE PAYING THAT DOESN'T WORK FOR YOU, WHICH IS A RETIREES.
AND THAT'S WHERE EARLIER I TALKED ABOUT HOW MUCH OUR COSTS ARE, UH, DRIVEN BY, BY PERSONNEL AND PAYROLL.
WELL, THIS IS INDICATIVE OF WHY A LOT OF OUR PERSONNEL COSTS ARE GROWING UP, RIGHT? SO THERE'S YOUR NORMAL PENSION COSTS, WHICH IS PRETTY STABLE, WHICH IS THAT GREEN LINE.
YOU'VE GOT YOUR, UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR, UH, INFLATIONARY COSTS THAT YOU HAVE THAT IMPACT YOUR, WHAT YOU PAY YOUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES, UH, AND THE FUNDING THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO POTENTIALLY OFFER FOR, FOR, UM, OTHER FRINGE BENEFITS FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES.
BUT THEN THERE'S THIS HUGE UNFUNDED LIABILITY COSTS THAT GETS, THAT GETS ASSESSED AND WE HAVE TO PAY FOR.
AND SO THE CHALLENGE WE'VE HAD AND CHALLENGE MANY CITIES HAVE HAD IN, IN CALIFORNIA OVER THE LAST DECADE OR MORE IS DEALING WITH THIS REALITY OF GROWING UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITY COSTS.
AND AS THEY CONTINUE TO ESCALATE, IT TAKES UP MORE AND MORE OF THE RESOURCES IN THE GENERAL FUND TO PAY FOR THOSE VERSUS BEING ABLE TO, FOR INSTANCE, HIRE MORE PERSONNEL TO DO WORK, OR TO BE ABLE TO PUT FUNDS INTO, UH, PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS OR TO BUY EQUIPMENT.
YOU'RE BASICALLY HAVING TO MAKE DECISIONS ON WHERE YOUR DOLLARS GO OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
AND WITH CALPERS, THEY GET FIRST DIBS ON THE DOLLARS.
I MEAN, THE, THE OPTIONS ARE LIMITED AS FAR AS WHAT YOU CAN DO AS FAR AS NOT PAYING YOUR UNFUNDED LIABILITY.
SOME CITIES HAVE TRIED AND IT HASN'T WORKED OUT VERY WELL FOR THEM.
AND WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THESE SLIDES IN A FEW MINUTES OR A FEW SLIDES, I'M SORRY, IS IT TALKS ABOUT WHAT EVERYTHING THE CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST 10 OR 15 YEARS TO ADDRESS THIS REALITY? I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S NOT NEW.
WE REPORT THIS EVERY SINGLE FISCAL YEAR, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A DECADE, AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT INROADS TO HELPING ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM, BUT THE PROBLEM ISN'T SOLVED AND IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE.
WHAT WILL EXACERBATE THIS PROBLEM IS IF MEASURE T DOES EXPIRE IN 2028, IT'S GOING TO PUNCH A $6 MILLION HOLE INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
THAT'S GOING TO MAKE THIS SITUATION EVEN MORE, MORE OF A PRESSING FINANCIAL CONCERN FOR THE CITY, BUT THAT'S WHEN YOU SEE THIS SLIDE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT FOR EVERY IN 2032, FOR EVERY DOLLAR, YOU'RE GOING TO BE PAYING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES, YOU'RE GOING TO BE PAYING MORE THAN THAT TOWARDS UNFUNDED LIABILITY PENSIONS.
AND THAT'S AN, WHAT THEY CALL UNSUSTAINABLE LEVEL OF UNFUNDED LIABILITY COSTS.
AND THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE.
THAT'S THE MAJOR ISSUE THAT'S FACING THE CITY RIGHT NOW OF FINANCIAL CONCERN.
NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, UH, VERY MUCH THE SAME INFORMATION, BUT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, AS A DOLLAR AMOUNT.
SO IN 2022, THE CITY IS PROJECTED TO PAY, UH, $10 MILLION IN TOTAL PENSION COSTS TO CALPERS.
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AND THEN, UM, IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS.SO IN 2032, THE TOTAL PENSION COSTS WILL BE $17 MILLION, A MILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR NEXT.
SO THIS LAST LIFE FOR COPPERS, UM, IT'S THE, UH, SHOW THAT, UH, THIS GRAPH ACTUALLY SHOWS THE PENSION COSTS IN GENERAL FUND AS PERCENTAGE OF GENERAL FUND BUDGET EXPENDITURES.
SO BACK IN 2016, DID YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, THE FAR LEFT, UM, INFORMATION? SO PENSION WAS ACTUALLY LESS THAN 6% OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET EXPENDITURES, AND THEN FAST FORWARD TO 2022.
NOW THE PENSION COST HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY AND THAT'S LESS THAN 6% NOW BECOME 15.6% OF GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
AND THAT'S YET IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS, IT WILL CONTINUE TO GROW.
UM, AND THEN IS EXPECTED TO PEAK IN 2032 TO ABOUT 18% OF GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES.
AND THAT'S CONCLUDE THE PENSION PORTION OF PRESENTATION.
AND MEL WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THE REST ACTUALLY ON THIS SLIDE, MEL, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL TALK, I'LL TOUCH ON THIS SLIDE.
SO WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE A SERVICE INDUSTRY.
WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE IS THIS SLIDE SHOWS YOU THE AMOUNT OF PERSONNEL THAT THE GENERAL FUND HAS PAID FOR IN FTES OR FULL, FULL TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES GOING BACK TO FISCAL YEAR OH THREE OH FOUR.
SO IN OH THREE OH FOUR OR FOUR OR FIVE, WE USED TO HAVE OUR OWN FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENED WHEN WE TRANSITIONED TO LA COUNTY FIRE.
WE HAD ABOUT CALL IT 40 TO 42 EMPLOYEES.
FTE'S DROPPED DOWN FROM 247 IN OH FOUR OH FIVE DOWN TO 217.
AND THEN FROM TWO 20, 2005, SIX TO ABOUT 2009, 10, WE'RE AVERAGING ABOUT 217 EMPLOYEES IN THE GENERAL FUND TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.
70 OF THOSE WERE POLICE OFFICERS AND ANOTHER, MAYBE 20 OR 25 WORKED OR 30 WORKED IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN SUPPORT.
SO, YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY A HUNDRED OR 110 WERE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE OTHER HUNDRED WERE IN ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT PROVIDE SERVICE TO THE CITY, COMMUNITY SERVICES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC WORKS, ADMINISTRATION, AND SUPPORT.
WELL OVER TIME, WHAT YOU'VE SEEN IS THAT NUMBER IS NOW CONTINUED TO DECLINE NOW AS FROM 212 DOWNWARD DOWN TO 193 PEOPLE IN THE FTES IN THE GENERAL FUND.
SO WHERE WE HAVE BEEN STEADILY TRYING TO CONTROL COSTS HAS BEEN IN THE BIGGEST AREA OF OUR EXPENSE, WHICH IS LABOR.
AND SINCE WE HAVE FIXED LABOR COSTS THAT ARE GROWING EVERY YEAR IN THE FORM OF UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITIES, WHAT WE DO IS WE DECREASE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WORKING FOR THE CITY THAT DOES NOT COME FOR FREE.
THERE'S A COST YOU PAY FOR THAT.
AND THAT COST IS YOUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES.
AND COUNSEL NOTICE THERE'S A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN WE CUT TWO OUT OF OUR FOUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND BUDGET REDUCTIONS THAT VERY YEAR COUNCIL WAS COMING TO ME SAYING, WE'RE NOTICING THAT CONCERNS WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE GROWING.
AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE'RE GETTING THEM RESOLVED AS QUICKLY.
WELL, THE REASON FOR THAT IS WE CUT OUR STAFF BY HALF.
SO WE HAD HALF, AS MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE TRYING TO DO THE JOB.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE'VE NOW BROUGHT ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS BACK WAS BECAUSE OF QUALITY OF LIFE CONCERNS THAT COUNCIL WAS IDENTIFYING THE COMMUNITY WAS IDENTIFYING.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO CARVE MONEY INTO THIS YEAR'S TO ADDRESS THAT.
AND YOU SEE THAT ONE FTE PICKUP IS A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
AND SO YOU JUST, YOU END UP, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THIS OLD CLICHE, YOU KNOW, DO MORE WITH LESS, BUT THERE'S A LIMIT TO HOW MUCH YOU CAN DO WITH LESS.
AND SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S ALWAYS THE DILEMMA FOR US TRYING TO MAINTAIN HIGH QUALITY OF SERVICE AND BE ABLE TO DO THE JOB THAT THE COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL EXPECTS, BUT WITH LESS RESOURCES.
AND THEN THE REASON WE NEED LESS RESOURCES IS BECAUSE OUR FUNDING IS THE FUNDING THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY HAVE TO PUT INTO MORE BODIES FOR MORE SERVICES IS GOING TOWARDS UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITY COSTS.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S AS EASY AS I CAN SAY IT BECAUSE THOSE DOLLARS ARE GETTING SPENT EVERY YEAR.
I MEAN, OUR COSTS ARE GOING UP 800, $900,000 A YEAR.
THAT'S EIGHT, NINE, 10, 11 PEOPLE BODIES.
IF WE COULD HIRE PEOPLE THAT WERE NOT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SPEND THAT MONEY ELSEWHERE.
SO THOSE ARE JUST REAL CONCERNS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I HIGHLIGHTED FOR COUNCIL, MADAM MAYOR, IF I COULD, UH, JACK AND HIS PRESENTATION, UM, STARTED BY, UM, TALKING ABOUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEEDED TO DO WAS TO MONITOR, CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE UNFUNDED LIABILITY PENSION PROBLEM.
AND, UM, JIM JUST SAID THAT I'M TRYING TO CUT POSITIONS TO
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MITIGATE THE INCREASES IN UNFUNDED PENSION COSTS, UM, ARE NOT GETTING IT EITHER.I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT, UM, LAYING PEOPLE OFF OR FURLOUGHING PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO PAY, UH, FOR THIS PENSION, UM, DEFICIT.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A STRATEGY TO ATTACK IT, AND IT'S NOT JUST MONITORING IT, BUT DEVELOPING A STRATEGY TO FUND THE UNFUNDED LIABILITY OF THIS PENSION, UH, COSTS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THINGS THAT STRATEGIES WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT, THINGS THAT WE'RE BRINGING TO THE TABLE AND THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDRESSING, UH, BUT TO SEVERAL OF US UP HERE, IT'S THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN IS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT A STRATEGY TO WIPE OUT THE UNFUNDED LIABILITY DEBT.
UM, WE'RE READY FOR OUR FINAL TWO SLIDES.
SO ALONG THOSE LINES, WE'VE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED SOME AND OTHER POTENTIAL PENSION STRATEGIES.
SO YOU'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE, BUT THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED A LOWER TIER PENSION OPTIONS AND PLANS FOR NEW HIRES STARTING IN JULY, 2010.
UH, NEXT CALPERS PENSION REFORMAT PEPPER TOOK EFFECT IN JANUARY OF 2013 FOR ALL NEW HIRES STATEWIDE CITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHED A SECTION ONE 15 TRUST, UH, PENSION RATE STABILIZATION FUND.
UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT 3 MILLION, $50,000 AS A WAIT POOL, 30TH, 2021.
AND THAT FUND, UH, THAT CAN BE USED TOWARDS THOSE PENSIONS.
UM, CONTINUE REVIEWING CITY OPERATION TO DETERMINE WAYS TO REDUCE COSTS AND OR INCREASE REVENUES, UH, CONTINUE FACILITATING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, UH, TO BROADEN AND ENHANCE THE CITY'S CORE REVENUE BASE.
ROY WENT OVER THAT PRETTY WELL.
CONTINUE REVIEWING NEW POTENTIAL REVENUE OPTIONS UTILIZED TO OUR VACANCIES.
WE ALWAYS DO DUE TO ATTRITION TO CONSIDER DEPARTMENTAL REALIGNMENT AND TARGET ESTABLISHED, TARGETED HIRING FOR KEY POSITIONS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, RENEW SLASH RENEGOTIATE CITY CONTRACTS TO DETERMINE POTENTIAL SAVINGS.
WE'VE ALREADY UTILIZED THE MEET AND CONFER PROCESS TO NEGOTIATE EMPLOYEE CONCESSIONS TO HELP ADDRESS THE RAPIDLY INCREASING PINCHING COSTS.
UH, WE SHOULD ALSO SUPPORT THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITY EFFORTS TO LOBBY THE STATE, TO INCREASE FLEXIBILITY FOR CITIES TO ADDRESS RISING PENSION COSTS.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ONE, ONE ITEM THAT WASN'T ON THAT LIST.
HOWEVER, ALSO WAS RECENTLY THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED US LOOKING INTO A PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS AS A POTENTIAL, UM, RESOURCE TO ADDRESS THIS AS WELL.
AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT RIGHT NOW.
ARE THERE, THIS WAS A COMPREHENSIVE ONE, IF YOU NEED, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? I'M SURE.
THERE'S CERTAINLY JUST ONE, ONE QUESTION IN REFERENCE THE, UH, PENSION LIABILITIES, UH, HAVE WE WITH THE RECENT, A BUDGET SURPLUS BY THE STATE? HAVE WE, ARE WE GETTING ANY HELP FROM THE STATE, ANY MUNICIPALITIES IN THE STATE GETTING HELP FROM THE STATE AND REFERENCE, UH, PENSION LIABILITIES? NO, NO.
I MEAN, AS IN A WORD, NO, THE STATE SEES THIS AS A STRICTLY A CITY PROBLEM AT THIS POINT, NOT A STATE PROBLEM.
SO I, IT WAS EARLY IN THE PRESENTATION.
I THINK SLIDE SIX, HE'S SHOWED OUR REVENUES GOING UP 12.6%.
UM, I W I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I, I WAS CLEAR, WE WERE CLEAR ON THIS, SO IT WAS SLIDE SIX, BUT IT, IT SHOWED YOUR YEAR TO YEAR 12.6% REVENUE INCREASE IT, UH, TO, TO, TO BE CLEAR, UH, MEL, THAT, THAT DID NOT INCLUDE, THAT'S NOT INCLUDING THE COVID RELIEF MONEY WE'RE GETTING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S NOT WHAT WE KNOW.
AND THAT, AS I MENTIONED IS PARTIALLY AN ARTIFICIAL INCREASE BECAUSE LAST YEAR'S WE REDUCED IT BECAUSE WE EXPECTED REVENUES TO COME IN LESS THAN, UH, JUST DUE TO THE COVID PANDEMIC.
OUR CONSULTANTS ADVISE US TO REDUCE OUR SALES TAX, UM, PROJECTIONS, AND WE DID.
AND, UH, IT TURNS OUT THAT, UH, BEING A NON TOURIST CITY, WE WEREN'T HIT AS HARD.
WE HAVE A BUNCH OF DISCOUNTS, STORES, GENERAL DISCOUNT.
I MEAN, AS YOU KNOW, COSTCO TO WALMART SAM'S CLUB AND HOME DEPOT DID EXTREMELY WELL AND HOPING IMPROVEMENT AREA.
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THAT FEDERAL MONEY IN AUGUST, IS THAT CORRECT? UM, WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO, WELL, WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED THE FIRST ALLOCATION FOR THIS YEAR.UM, JUST UNDER $8 MILLION, SEVEN POINT, WHATEVER IT WAS, CAUSE IT WAS 15.8 FOR THE TOTAL.
AND THEN NEXT YEAR THEY'LL GIVE US A, ANOTHER 12 MONTHS LATER, WE'LL GET THE SECOND HALF OF IT, UH, UH, UH, CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM REGARDING THOSE FUNDS AND WHAT THEY CAN, UM, THE PERMITTED USE OF THOSE FUNDS BASED ON FEDERAL GUIDELINES SOMETIME EITHER LATE JULY OR EARLY AUGUST.
UM, AND WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON ALLOCATION, OKAY, WE RECEIVED THE FUNDS, BUT WE HAVEN'T DECIDED EXACTLY HOW ARE YOU GOING TO UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS? YES, THEY ALLOCATED THE MONEY, BUT THEY DIDN'T RELEASE THE GUIDELINES TOO.
I, SO, UM, PERMITTED USES, WE WERE WAITING TO FIND OUT WHAT ARE THE PERMITTED USES.
AND THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF OPTIONS TO MAKE A DECISION.
SO, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF AGENCIES.
I MEAN, THE NONPROFITS ARE HITTING US UP.
ELIAS WOULD LOVE TO HAVE 5 MILLION BUCKS.
UM, I MEAN, KELLY MENTIONED, SHE'S GOT ABOUT $7 MILLION IN FACILITIES SHE WANTS, SHE WOULD LOVE TO IMPROVE.
SO WE'VE GOT, WE CAN SPEND THAT MONEY 10 TIMES OVER, UH, THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE BUDGET TOGETHER AND BRING IT BACK FOR AUTHORIZATION ON HOW YOU'D LIKE US TO PROCEED.
THE KEY IS WHAT THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT WILL ALLOW.
UH, AND THE, AND THE LINE IS WRITTEN, HAS SPECIFIC, UH, UH, UM, ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ALLOWED BY.
UM, FOR INSTANCE, THEY SPECIFICALLY DO NOT ALLOW YOU TO SPEND IT ON YOUR UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITIES.
THEY'RE VERY CLEAR ON THAT, BUT, UM, THERE'S ALSO A PERMISSION IN THERE TO SPEND IT ON REVENUE LOSS, UM, AND SOME, UM, OPERATING COSTS AND SUCH.
SO WE'RE GOING TO PACKAGE UP, UH, EVERY SEEMS LIKE EVERY WEEK OR SO WE GET NEW GUIDANCE OR REVISED GUIDANCE FROM THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
WE'RE WORKING WITH THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES AS WELL TO GET, UH, SOME OF OUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
WE'VE BEEN STAFF HAS SAT IN ON SEVERAL WEBINARS NOW WITH LEAGUE REPRESENTATIVES AND FOLKS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND, OR AT LEAST START HAVING THEM PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY ON WHAT CAN BE USED SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WE RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL WILL BE PERMISSIBLE.
IF YOU USE THE MONEY INCORRECTLY, THE DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY EXPECTS YOU TO PAY IT BACK.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID THAT.
UM, I HAVE FUN ON A WEBSITE, A U S DEBT CLOCK.ORG.
SO I'M ON THAT RIGHT NOW AT THE MOMENT THE U S NATIONAL DEBT IS AT 28 TRILLION, $28.3 TRILLION FOR THIS YEAR ALONE, THE ANNUAL DEFICIT, RIGHT ABOUT $3.5 TRILLION JUST IN ONE YEAR IS WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S GOING TO DO TO THE DEBT SITUATION.
SO FORGIVE ME FOR STATING THE OBVIOUS, BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE IN FOR A PERIOD OF INFLATION AND OBVIOUSLY RISING INTEREST RATES, UM, AS A RESULT.
SO I THINK WE COULD SEE THE INFLATION ALREADY IN LUMBER AND FUEL, OBVIOUSLY REAL ESTATE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS ALL SAW THE HEADLINE IN THE REGISTER TODAY.
IT HAD, UH, A STORY ON THE REAL ESTATE MARKET.
IT SHOWED, UM, LAST YEAR, THE AVERAGE HOME PRICE IN ORANGE COUNTY WENT UP $117,000 FOR THE YEAR OR $13 EVERY HOUR.
YOUR HOUSE WAS EARNING YOU $13.
THE HOUSE MAKES MORE MONEY THAN YOUR, YOUR JOB THAT YOUR KIDS HAVE OR SOMETHING, BUT IT'S HI.
WE'RE JUST OBVIOUSLY GETTING, GOING TO SEE THAT, UH, INFLATION.
SO I JUST WOULD URGE JUST TO THINK ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WOULD DO WITH OUR, WITH OUR INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO, ASSUMING THERE ARE HIGHER INTEREST RATES, AS WELL AS OBVIOUSLY I THINK CAPITAL CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE PROBABLY ONLY GOING TO GET, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE.
I, I HAD A CONVERSATION THIS MORNING WITH THE CEO OF THE, UM, ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.
WE WERE TALKING AND IT'S KIND OF FUNNY, 12 YEARS AGO WITH THE GREAT RECESSION WE HAD FALLING REVENUE, BUT AT THAT TIME, W THEY BID OUT ALL KINDS OF, UM, PROJECTS, FREEWAY PROJECTS, REALLY BIG STUFF.
AND THE BEAUTY WAS, THOSE CAME IN WAY UNDER A BUDGET.
ALL THE BIG COMPANIES WERE SO DESPERATE FOR WORK.
THEY WANTED IT, THEY, THEY PUT IN THEIR BIDS REALLY LOW.
UH, SO WHILE REVENUES WERE CRASHING, IT WAS ALSO A GREAT TIME.
IF YOU DID HAVE MONEY TO DO YOUR, YOUR CAPITAL PROJECT OR TO BUY YOUR, UM, YOUR, YOUR, UH, ALL COMMODITIES AND STUFF WAS COMING IN REALLY LOW.
WELL, I THINK WE'RE KIND OF IN THE EXACT OPPOSITE SITUATION AT THE MOMENT WHERE REVENUES ARE SUDDENLY COMING IN, YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNMENT'S PRINTING MONEY OBVIOUSLY TO THE TUNES OF, OF TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR, BUT WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE PRICES, YOU KNOW, GOING UP RIGHT ALONG WITH IT.
SO IT'S SORT OF THE, THE OPPOSITE SCENARIO, BUT IF I COULD SEE, UM, WE WERE MENTIONED IN THE STATE BUDGET, I SAT THROUGH A PRESENTATION
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LAST WEEK ON THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA'S BUDGET PICTURE, THEY'RE TALKING, THEY, I HEARD THE NUMBER $100 BILLION SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR, WHICH IS SHOCKING, UH, OBVIOUSLY, BUT I HOPE WE CAN ALL BE THINKING ABOUT GETTING IN LINE FOR, UH, STATE MONEY.CAUSE IT APPEARS THAT THEY'RE OF A MIND TO SPEND IT, UH, THAT MONEY IS COMING IN AND IT'S GOING TO GO RIGHT UP, BACK OUT.
UH, SO I I'M, I'M CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC SOME OF THESE, UH, GRANTS WE'RE TRYING TO GET IN, UH, FOR SOME, YOU KNOW, OUR PARK AND OTHERS THAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT.
UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN REALLY BE DILIGENT IN CHASING THAT STATE MONEY.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MEL.
WELL, THEN NOW I WILL INVITE THE PUBLIC TO TESTIFY TO PLEASE GIVE US THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
SHOULD THEY WISH TO THERE ISN'T ANY, OKAY.
AND AN OPPOSITION OR IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM.
THEN I WILL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF IT.
AND I WILL ASK FOR COUNSEL DISCUSSION AND INTERACTION, MADAM MAYOR.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND ALL OUR STAFF FOR THE HARD WORK AND, UH, PUTTING TOGETHER THIS BUDGET.
I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US UP HERE.
UM, WE MADE IT THROUGH THE GREAT PANDEMIC AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMENTS, BUT I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION WHEN EVERYBODY'S DONE SPEAKING.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I WOULD JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, EVERY TIME WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET, I ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT WE'RE ONLY GETTING 17 CENTS FOR EVERY DOLLAR ON PROPERTY TAXES AND IT JUST IRKS ME AND WE WONDER WHAT WE CAN POSSIBLY DO, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.
AND I LIKE YOU, A COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE.
UM, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF EVERY DEPARTMENT.
UH, IT ACCOMPLISHED A LOT EVEN DURING THIS PANDEMIC AND WHILE, UH, THEY HAVE ALWAYS CONNECTED, COLLABORATED, COMMUNICATED, UH, YOU ALL, EVERY DEPARTMENT JUST TOOK IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL THAT I HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THE COLLABORATION AND THE PIVOTING THAT ALL OF YOU DID, AND YOU WORE MANY HATS THAT WEREN'T CUSTOMARILY WORN BY YOU.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I'M ETERNALLY GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DID TO KEEP US, UH, IN A WAY THAT OUR COMMUNITY WAS ALWAYS EXPECTING US TO.
SO YOU ROSE TO THE CHALLENGE AND I'M VERY PROUD OF ALL THE, ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, THEN COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ, PLEASE.
AS WE SAID, IT'S, IT'S REALLY A WORKING BUDGET.
AS THINGS COME UP, WE ALWAYS KIND OF ADJUST THE BUDGET THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT ANYWAY, WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE 20, UH, 2021, 2022 PROPOSED BUDGET AND DIRECT STAFF, UH, REGARDING ANY OTHER REVISIONS.
AND WE'LL JUST, UH, THAT'S IT I'LL SECOND, BUT THE COLLINS COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE MOTION PASSED FIVE ZERO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL OF YOU IN THE DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO ITEM
[2. CONSIDER THE VISTA GRANDE PARK DEVELOPMENT PROJECT UPDATE That the City Council receive and file the Vista Grande Park development update.]
TWO, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER THE VISTA GRANDE, A PARK DEVELOPMENT PROJECT UPDATE.IF WE COULD HAVE A STAFF REPORT, GOOD EVENING, I'LL MAKE IT AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.
SO, UM, TONIGHT WE'RE UPDATING YOU ON THE PROGRESS OF THE DESIGN AND WHERE WE'RE AT ON NEWVISTA GRUNDY PARK.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE CURRENT STATUS, THE LANDFILL FINAL CAP, THE LANDFILL, UH, MITIGATION ISSUES, PARK DESIGN PLANS, THE PLANS AND THE TREES WE'RE PLANNING TO PUT UP THE PARK EMINENT KEYS AND THE COST AND THE FUNDING, UH, OF THE PROJECT.
SO THE, THE LANDFILL FOUL COVER IN A LANDFILL GAS EXPANSION, UH, THE DESIGN AND THE GEOTECHNICAL COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT COMPLETE THE PERMIT LEVEL DESIGN.
UH, AND THAT PERMIT GOES TO, UH, THE REGIONAL WATER BOARD AND CALORIE CYCLE.
AND ABOUT IT'S ABOUT 60% COMPLETE WE'VE, UH, DISCUSSED IT WITH, UH, WITH THE DIRECTORS OF THESE DEPARTMENTS.
AND WE'RE READY TO SUBMIT, UH, AFTER TONIGHT'S, UH, DIRECTIONS, THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THE PROJECT PHASE EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR.
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UH, THE VISTA GROUNDED PARK DESIGN IS ABOUT 50% COMPLETE.UH, WE STILL HAVE TO DO THE, UH, THE LIGHTING, THE MITIGATION OF THE LANDFILL.
COMPACTIONS THE GEOFABRICS OF, UM, THE SOILS AND THE IMPACTION OF THE SOIL AND THE INJECTION OF THE SOILS UNDERNEATH OUR, UH, AMENITIES, UH, THE IRRIGATION PLANS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THOSE YOU HAVE NOT SEEN IN THESE PLANS THAT ARE, UH, A PART OF THIS AGENDA, SAY THE EXISTING CAP HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE THE LAHABRA DISPOSAL SITE, UH, NUMBER 11, THAT CLOSED IN 1948 AND REOPENED BY THE COUNTY LANDFILL TILL AND CLOSE IN 1958.
THE FINAL CAP INSTALLED AT THE TIME WAS ABOUT THREE FEET, BUT OVER TIME HAD ERODED TO ABOUT ONE FOOT.
UM, SO IT NEEDS, IT'S IN DIRE NEED OF REPAIR NOW WHERE WE ARE PUTTING THE AMENITIES FOR THAT FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS OR SO WE'VE PILED DIRT ON A TOP OF THE AREAS, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO BE PUTTING STRUCTURES? UH, SO THAT WOULD DIMINISH THE AMOUNT OF, UH, SETTLEMENT.
UH, SO NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 15 TO 12 TO 17 FEET IN SOME AREAS IN DIRT.
THAT'S BEEN SITTING THERE FOR 15 YEARS OR SO.
THE BATHROOM AREA IS IN LANDFILL, IS IN, NOT IN LANDFILL, IS IN SOLID FILL.
SO WHERE ARE WE GOING TO BE BUILDING THE BATHROOM STRUCTURE? THAT'S STILL IN SOLID FILL IN SOLID LAND.
UM, THE NEW CAP WILL BE A MINIMUM OF THREE AND A HALF FOOT OF COVER, UH, WHERE THE TREES ARE GOING TO GO.
THAT WOULD BE FIVE TO SIX FEET OF COVER.
WE WILL BUILD A DIRECT DRAINAGE SYSTEM THAT WILL TAKE THE WATER INFILTRATED AND RELEASE IT INTO COYOTE CREEK AS CLEAN WATER NEXT.
SO THE EXISTING GAS SYSTEM, UH, APOLOGIZE.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO OPEN MY BOOK.
I CAN'T READ IT, UH, FAR TOO SMALL, GETTING OLD.
SO THE MAIN, UH, ENCLOSURE DOWN AT THE, BY LAMBERT, THE EQUIPMENT REMOVED LANDFILL GAS THROUGH A HEADER PIPE, UH, TREATED AND RELEASED AS PERMITTED BY LAW THAT WE HAVE A PUMP THAT BRINGS IN THE WATER FROM THE PIPES AND PLACE INTO A HOLDING TANK LATER TREATED THE HEADER PIPE IS THE MAIN LINE THAT GOES FROM THE GAS EXTRACTION THAT COMES INTO THE ENCLOSURE.
WE HAVE 22 PROBES, UH, FOR TESTING AND MONITORING THE, THE METHANE AT THE LANDFILL.
AND WE HAVE 12 LANDFILL GAS EXTRACTION WELLS THAT RANGE FROM SIX TO 39 FEET, THE NEW LANDFILL GAS COMPONENT, WE ARE KEEPING THE MAIN ENCLOSURE AND THE PUMP THE SAME WE HAD JUST RECENTLY, UH, REID DID THOSE COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE WILL BE MODIFYING THE HEADER PIPE FOR ABOUT 160 FEET OF IT BASED ON THE REMOVAL AND RELOCATION OF THE, OF THE CAP.
THE MONITORING PROBES WILL REMAIN THE SAME.
WE HAVE 12 WELLS IN THE, IN THE LANDFILL THAT WE'LL BE MODIFYING, UH, AND THE REST OF THE, UH, THE REST OF THE WELLS WOULD REMAIN THE SAME.
SO NEXT, PLEASE, LET'S GO TO THE PRETTY STUFF.
SO THE PARK DESIGN, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S, THE ENTRY IS FROM LAS LOMAS.
YOU CAN DRIVE INTO THE PARK ON BOTH SIDES TO THE RIGHT, TO THE LEFT.
THERE'S A, UH, ABOUT 110 SPACES OF, UH, PARKING THROUGHOUT THE PARK.
THE, UH, SO THE ONLY THING THAT WE ARE CHANGING, RIGHT BY THE, UH, FOOD TRUCK KRAUT ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, WE'RE MOVING THE AMPHITHEATER OR SLIDING IT DOWN WEST NEAR THE, UH, BASKETBALL FIELD, UM, TO MOVE IT AWAY FROM THE APARTMENTS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT WITH THE ENGINEER FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
UH, WE, WE THINK WE CAN DO IT WITHOUT CROWDING THAT AREA.
THE REASON IT'S THERE, WHERE IT IS TODAY IS BECAUSE ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES ARE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PARK.
AND WE, IF WE MOVE THAT, THAT WILL INCREASE THE ACTIVITIES, ALL OF IT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PARK, WHICH WE WANTED TO KIND OF SEPARATE IT, BUT WE ARE GOING TO MOVE IT BECAUSE OF THE APARTMENTS IS GOING TO BE TOO CLOSE TO THE APARTMENTS.
SO THE PLANTS THAT WE ARE USING ARE ALMOST A HUNDRED PERCENT 20,
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A CALIFORNIA NATIVE OR CALIFORNIA FRIENDLY, UH, SPECIES, THE TREES ALSO, WE'RE USING SEVEN TYPES OF TREES THAT ARE BASICALLY SHALLOW ROOTS BECAUSE OF THE LANDFILL MEDIUM-SIZED TREES.AND, UM, SO YOU COULD SEE WHAT, WHAT THEY ARE MAINLY THE CHINESE ELMS AND THE, UH, SMALLER, MEDIUM TO MEDIUM SIZE OF TREE.
SO THE AMENITIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING IN A PARK ARE OPEN PLAY FIELDS, WALKING AND RUNNING TRACK EXERCISE STATIONS.
AND I'M GONNA MENTION THIS COUPLE OF TIMES, THESE ARE DONATED BY ST.
JUDE'S HOSPITAL, THE ROADS AND PARKING AREAS, UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLE PLAYGROUND.
WHAT THIS MEANS IS, UH, KIDS OF ALL PHYSICAL CHALLENGES CAN PLAY ON THIS, UH, ON THIS PLAYGROUND.
AND THAT'S MOST LIKELY FOR NOW ON, THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO DESIGN ALL THE PLAYGROUNDS OR WE INSTALL IN THE CITY.
UH, WE HAVE AN ART WALL IN A FOOD TRUCK CIRCLE.
THOSE WERE DESIGNED AND SUBMITTED BY THE, UH, THE STUDENTS AT HARBOR HIGH AND WERE IMPLEMENTED THESE INTO THE, INTO THE PARK, UH, AN AMPHITHEATER DROUGHT TOLERANT, UH, DEMONSTRATION GARDEN AT GAZEBO, A DOG PARK, VOLLEYBALL COURT, BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL COURT, PICNIC TABLES AND BENCHES, NEW BATHROOM AND STORAGE BUILDINGS.
THIS FRONT AREA, OR THE MAIN AREA OF THE PARK IS GOING TO BE JUST OPEN GRASS FOR RECREATION, THAT RATES, THE SECOND PORTION OF THIS IS THE WALKING AND RUNNING TRAIL.
AND IT GOES AROUND THE PARK ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF OR SO, A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN A MILE AND A HALF OF A WALK.
UH, THE LITTLE CIRCLES AT THE TRAIL.
THOSE ARE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE, UH, THE WORKSTATION, THE, UH, THE EXERCISE EQUIPMENT.
THOSE ARE THE DONATED PORTIONS OF THE JUDE'S HOSPITAL.
YEAH, THIS IS A, UH, JUST AN AREA PARKING, JUST SIMILAR.
I MEAN, THE, UH, THIS IS THE, UH, OUR, UH, VISTA DEL VAYA, UH, AREA ON THE RIGHT, BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE SIMILAR TO THAT ATAVISTIC A PARKING AREA FOR, UH, FOR THE PARK.
THIS IS THE UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLE PLAYGROUND, AND THAT'S JUST RIGHT AT THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE PARK AS YOU ENTER.
AND THIS IS A DETENTION BASIN AND THE, UH, THE WALL, THE ART WALL THAT WAS, UH, PROPOSED BY THE STUDENTS AT, UH, THE HOMBRE HIGH.
THIS IS ALSO THE FOOD TRUCK CIRCLE, AND THAT'S THE LA HABRA HIGH'S, UH, SUGGESTION, UH, AMPHITHEATER.
AGAIN, THIS MAY NOT LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME AS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, BUT THIS IS THE ONE WE'RE GOING TO SLIDE ABOUT 150 FEET TO 200 AWAY FROM THE APARTMENTS.
SO WE CAN REDUCE THE NOISE AND DESIGNED IT IN A WAY WHERE THE NOISE PROJECTION TOWARDS THE AIR, NOT TO NOT STORES THE BUILDINGS, WHETHER IT'S MORE NORTHERLY OR SOUTHERLY.
UM, THIS IS THE, UH, UH, BOTANIC PARK, UH, GARDEN AMOUNT OF COLOR, BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE IDENTIFICATIONS OF ALL THE DROUGHT TOLERANT, UH, PLANTS AND TREES THAT ARE, UH, ACCOMPANY, UH, THIS, THIS AREA, UH, NEW KAZUO WOULD BE IN THE CENTER OF THE, UH, AREA.
THIS IS A, JUST A DEMONSTRATION OF A DOG PARK, AND THAT WOULD BE AT THE NORTH RIGHT SIDE OF THE, UH, OF THE PARK.
UH, THIS IS A SAND VOLLEYBALL COURT, AND THAT'S A BASKETBALL, UH, FOOT TALL, UH, COURT.
THESE ARE JUST AMENITIES FOR THE PARK BENCHES IN PLACES IN BARBECUES FOR FAMILIES TO GATHER AND, AND, UH, HAVE THEIR DAY AT THE PARK.
THIS IS THE, UH, WEST STATE PARK PICTURE, BUT THAT'S, WE ARE GOING TO REPLICATE THAT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE COLOR THEME AT THE VISTA PARK VISTA GRANDE DAY.
SO THE ESTIMATED PROJECT COST FOR DESIGN IS ABOUT $800,000.
THE, UH, THE DEMO AND, UH, MISCELLANEOUS ABOUT ANOTHER 800,000 AMENITIES AT 3.7 MILLION LANDSCAPING IS ABOUT 2.1 MILLION, THE CONTINGENCIES AND BONDS, AND SO FORTH.
SO A TOTAL TO 888, $8,888,961.
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WHERE WE'RE PROJECTING THE, UH, THE SOURCE OF FUND THAT'S GOING TO COME IN, WE'VE APPLIED FOR PROP SIX TO EIGHT, A GRANT OF $3 MILLION, AND THE ST.JUDE'S HOSPITAL GRANT FOR 40,000 COLOR RECYCLE A GRANT $750,000.
WE ALREADY HAVE THIS MONEY AND IT JUST GOT EXTENDED EXTENDED TO THE END OF 2022, UM, ORANGE COUNTY REFU SETTLEMENT FUND $4.4 MILLION.
UM, LAHABRA WATER FUND AND THAT'S $277,000.
AND THAT WILL BE PORTIONED FOR THE DROUGHT TOLERANT, UH, PLANTS AND THE, UH, UH, CONTROLLERS OF THE WEATHER, UH, CONTROLLERS THAT SAVE US ALL THE MONEY THAT WE CAN ON, ON IRRIGATING THE SYSTEM.
SO WE HAVE A WHOLE RA PARK ACQUISITION FUND FOR ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND JONATHAN FOR 250,000 TO THE SAME TOTAL OF EIGHT, 8 MILLION, $800,000.
OR SO LAST YEAR WE APPLIED FOR PROP 68 GRANT FUNDS IN WHAT AMOUNT FOR 8 MILLION.
AND WE DID NOT GET AWARDED THE FUNDING AT THAT TIME.
SO YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS STAFF, DILIGENTLY MEETING WITH THEM, TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THIS, THIS GRANT.
THEY'RE THE SAME PEOPLE THAT MONITORED THE SPLASH PAD AND SAW THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DELIVER WHAT THE STATE WILL PROVIDE IF THEY WERE GRANTED THIS, UH, THIS, UH, GRANT.
SO, SO BASED ON SOME OF THEIR FEEDBACK AFTER THE LAST GRANT APPLICATION, WE REVISED OUR GRANT REQUESTS DOWN AND HOPEFULLY HAVE A BETTER CHANCE.
SO WE HAVE WHAT SEEMS TO BE, WE HAVE A MUCH BETTER CHANCE TODAY.
SO THE PROJECTION SCHEDULE FOR THIS, WE ARE IN DESIGN RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE ANTICIPATING, DESIGNED TO END IN NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR, THE DEMOLITION AND GRADING WILL START IN FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR TO MAY.
AND THEN WE ARE, UH, THE FINAL CAP WILL BE, UH, IN ABOUT JULY, UM, 2022.
AND THE PARK CONSTRUCTION WILL END IN JULY 23.
AND WE'RE HOPING TO OPEN THIS PARK IN AUGUST, 2023.
THIS COMPLETES OUR, UH, STAFF REPORT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AND FROM THE COUNCIL OR COMMENTS? YEAH, OUR, OUR INTENT REALLY TODAY WAS TO PRESENT YOU WHERE WE'RE AT, BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL LAST YEAR, THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC AND THE SCHOOL, UH, KIDS AT THE SCHOOL AT LA HABRA HIGH THAT PROVIDED I THINK SOME REALLY HELPFUL INPUT.
AND JUST TO GET A SENSE FROM COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU SEE THAT YOU WANT TO, UM, UH, CHANGE, OR IF THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU THINK WE'RE MISSING ON THIS, UH, GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHERE THE LAYOUT IS.
SOME OF THE EARLY FEEDBACK ON THE AMPHITHEATER WE TOOK TO HEART AS FAR AS ITS LOCATION AND, AND MADE PLANS ON MOVING IT.
BUT IF COUNCIL IS, IF YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SEEING TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD TO TRY TO GET THESE PLANS THEN COMPLETED THE DESIGN COMPLETED.
UM, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER SIMONIAN.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A LOT OF INPUT FROM LAHABRA HIGH SCHOOL.
WAS THERE ANY SOC FROM SONORA HIGH SCHOOL THAT WAS A COMBINED EFFORT, UH, BUT MOST OF THE KIDS WENT FROM LAHABRA.
UM, I, UM, I'M GLAD THAT YOU MENTIONED THE, UH, AMPHITHEATER, BECAUSE I DID HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH IT BEING OVER THERE.
I KNOW NOW IT'S OVER GOING TO BE ON THE WEST SIDE AND, UM, NOT AS NEAR AS TO WHERE ALL THE ACTIVITY WAS GOING TO BE, BUT I KNOW IF WE'RE TRYING TO PUT ON 10,000 STEPS IN IT MAY HELP US A LOT TO REACH A GOAL.
AND, UM, I KNOW THAT A, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ST.
JUDE HAS BEEN PUTTING A LOT OF MONEY AND TIME INTO MAKING SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY, UM, MOVES MORE AND EAT HEALTHY.
UM, AND, UH, I AM PART OF THE ST JUDE'S COMMUNITY BENEFIT COMMITTEE.
YOU HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAST EIGHT, EIGHT YEARS OR 10 YEARS, AND THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT NORTH ORANGE COUNTY.
WHAT CAN WE DO? YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP THE RESIDENT MEMBERS? UM, SO I, I REALIZED THAT THEY JUST DON'T DO THE TALK.
THEY DON'T TALK THE TALK, BUT THEY WALK, THEY ALSO WALK THE WALK AND ARE WILLING TO PUT THEIR MONEY IN TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS AS MUCH ACTIVITY.
AND I'M HAPPY WITH ALL THE EXERCISE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY PUT IN INVESTED AS WELL.
SO, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE A STAKEHOLDER IN OUR COMMUNITIES THAT THEY, WE RECEIVED
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A LITTLE OVER $700,000 FROM A JUDE.AND I'M VERY HAPPY THAT THEY, THEY, UM, HAVE INVESTED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO IT'S GOTTA BE A LITTLE 10,000 STEPS MORE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE WITH ALL THAT.
AND SO I'M VERY HAPPY WITH THE PRESENTATION AND THE DESIGN LAYOUT, AS WELL AS THEIR CONSOLE MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO HAS SOME CONS.
YES, JUST THE, UH, THE OBSERVATION.
UH, NOT ONLY THAT, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO INVOLVE THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH I THINK WAS VITALLY IMPORTANT, BUT, UH, OVER THE YEARS PRIOR TO ME BEING ELECTED, AND SINCE I'VE BEEN ELECTED GREENSPACE HAS BEEN AN ISSUE.
AND JUST SO THE COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT WE'VE HAD THIS PROJECT BACK IN THE DESIGN PROCESS, WELL, IS IT FEBRUARY OF 2019? AND IT CONTINUES ON, IT IS A PROCESS WE'RE STILL SEEKING FUNDING, BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY IN 2023, WHEN WE CAN OPEN UP THAT PARK.
AND THE COMMUNITY SEES THAT, UH, WE, UH, WE ADD AN ADDITIONAL VIABLE, USABLE GREEN SPACE, UH, TO, UH, AS THE MAYOR WAS SAYING, UH, TO CONTINUALLY, UH, REVIVE OUR, EXCUSE ME, UH, ADHERE TO SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS THAT ST.
JUDE IS, HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF.
AND ON A LIGHTER NOTE ELIAS, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO GET THE BAND U2 TO PLAY IN THE AMPHITHEATER TO OPEN UP THE PARK? CAN WE DO THAT? ARE, DO THEY STILL EXIST? YES, THEY DO.
SO JUST, JUST WONDERING IF WE CAN GET THEM TO PLAY FOR FREE, IT WOULD BE GREAT KELLY AS DOES KELLY'S THING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH IN LINE THAT'S FOR THE PRESENTATION.
NOW I WILL INVITE THE PUBLIC TO TESTIFY IF THEY'D LIKE TO, UM, IN OPPOSITION OR SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT, UH, TO PLEASE PROVIDED WITH THEIR NAME AND THEIR ADDRESS.
I WILL CLOSE THAT PORTION AND I WILL ASK FOR COUNSEL DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION, MADAM MAYOR.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE VISTA GRANDE'S PARK DEVELOPMENT UPDATE.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND? ALL RIGHT.
WITH THE CONTEMPLATE VOTE
I WILL THEN NOW MOVE ON TO THE MAYOR'S COMMUNITY
[ MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR:]
CALENDAR.ORANGE COUNTY IS CURRENTLY IN THE YELLOW TIER ON THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THE BLUEPRINT FOR A SAFER ECONOMY, WHICH MEANS THE SPREAD OF COVID 19 IS MINIMAL.
AND THAT IN OUR BUSINESS ACTIVITIES AND OPERATIONS ARE OPEN WITH MODIFICATIONS.
AS THE RATE OF COVID-19 TRANSMISSION CONTINUES TO FALL.
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS TARGETED JUNE 15TH FOR FULL REOPENING OF THE ECONOMY.
ASSUMING CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO IMPROVE CIRCUMSTANCES RELATED TO COVID CAN AND DO CHANGE RAPIDLY.
AND WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO REMAIN INFORMED BY VISITING THE CALIFORNIA'S COVID 19 WEBSITE, WWW.COVIDNINETEEN.CA.GOV.
AND THEN WE HAVE A LOCAL COVID VACCINATION EVENTS THAT ARE OCCURRING AT HOSPITALS, MEDICAL CENTERS, PHARMACIES, AND OTHER LOCATIONS AROUND THE COUNTY, INCLUDING HERE IN CA AND LA BARBARA, THE CITY OF LA HARBOR AND ST.
JUDE AGAIN, MEDICAL CENTER ARE HOSTING A COVID 19 VACCINATION CLINIC AT LOCATIONS AROUND LA BARBARA EVERY FRIDAY ON AN APPOINTMENT BASIS TO LEARN THE, OF THE LOCATIONS OF THE UPCOMING VACCINATION CLINICS IN LA BARBARA, PLEASE CONTACT THE LA HARBOR COMMUNITY SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT (562) 383-4200.
TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT OR FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ELIGIBILITY, PLEASE VISIT WW W MY TURN.MY TURN.CA.GOV.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE SPLASH PADS AT BREO NOS STATE PARKS THAT ARE NOW OPENED DUE TO COVID REGULATIONS.
ONLY RESERVATIONS CAN BE MADE UP TO 14 DAYS IN ADVANCE BY USING YELP VISITS ARE CURRENTLY LIMITED 30 MINUTES SESSIONS FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING SPLAT, INCLUDING SPLASH PAD HOURS AND RULES OF USE.
PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMUNITY SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT (562) 383-4200.
THE CITY OF LA BARBARA MOVIES IN THE PARKS SERIES OFFERS FREE SCREENING OF FAMILY FRIENDLY MOVIES.
ALL SUMMER LONG UPCOMING SHOWS INCLUDE THE GREATEST SHOWMAN AT EL CENTRAL PARK ON FRIDAY, JUNE 18TH, THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS TWO AT LOMA NORTH PARK ON SUNDAY, JULY 11TH, AND MY SPY AT MOUNT WOOD PARK ON FRIDAY, JULY 23RD, ALL MOVIES BEGIN AT DUSK.
REMEMBER TO BRING CHAIRS OR AR OR BLANKETS FOR SEATING AND LIGHT JACKETS.
SHOULD THE EVENING TURN COOL FOR MORE INFORMATION AND COMPLETE LIST OF FILMS ON THE SUMMER SCHEDULE, PLEASE VISIT OUR CALL BETTER
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THE COMMUNITY SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT (562) 383-4200 IT'LL HARBOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE REMINDS YOU THAT THE CITRUS FAIR IS RETURNING TO EL CENTRAL LIONS PARK FRIDAY, JUNE 25TH THROUGH SUNDAY, JUNE 27TH HOURS WILL VARY EACH DAY AS ALWAYS THE FAREWELL FEATURE RIDES, LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, FOOD AND FUN FOR ALL AGES, FOR MORE INFORMATION, AND TO PURCHASE PRE-SALE RIDE TICKETS, PLEASE CONTACT THE LA HARBOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AT (562) 697-1704.THE CITY OF LA BARBARA AND THE LAW, OR THE AMERICAN RED CROSS WILL HOST A BLOOD DRIVE AT THE LA HARBOR OF VETERANS HALL ON THURSDAY, JUNE 17TH, FROM ONE TO 7:00 PM AND FRIDAY, JULY 2ND, FROM EIGHT TO 2:00 PM, 8:00 AM TO 2:00 PM.
A RESERVATION IS REQUIRED AND EVERYONE WHO WISHES TO DONATE BLOOD MUST FIRST SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT BY VISITING WWW.REDCROSSBLOOD.ORG, OR CALL OUR BY CALLING THE ONE 800 RED CROSS TO LEARN, TO LEARN MORE, PLEASE CALL (562) 383-4200 AND THEN JOIN US AS WE CELEBRATE OUR NATION'S BIRTH WITH OUR ANNUAL 4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS SHOW AT LA BONITA PARK ON SUNDAY, JULY THE FOURTH, THE FUN BEGINS AT 4:00 PM WITH FIREWORKS TO FILL THE SKY.
LATER IN THE EVENING, THERE WILL BE LIMITED CAPACITY.
SO PATRONS ARE ASKED TO PURCHASE PRESALE TICKETS ON SALE.
NOW AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, THE COST OF THE TICKETS PURCHASED THROUGH JUNE.
THE 30TH IS $3 FOR YOUTH $5 FOR ADULTS.
TICKETS PURCHASED AFTER JUNE 30TH ARE $5 FOR YOUTH AND $7 FOR ADULTS.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT ME CONTACT THE COMEDIAN CENTER AT (562) 383-4200.
WITH THAT I ASK IF THEY HAD ANY
[ COMMENTS FROM STAFF:]
COMMENTS FROM STAFF, UH, JUST A ONE, UM, CLARIFICATION, UH, MADAM MAYOR.SO AS ALWAYS, AS WE'RE GETTING BACK INTO OUR SUMMER ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS AS STATES ALLOWING US TO REOPEN, UH, THE USE OF THE SPLASH PADS IS FREE.
THE, UH, COMING TO SEE A MOVIE IS FREE AND COMING TO OUR MOVIE, UH, CONCERTS IN THE PARK SERIES IS ALL FREE.
SO WE HAVE LOTS OF FREE ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS FOR FAMILIES AND KIDS.
UM, SOME MAY REQUIRE RESERVATIONS, BUT BY ALL MEANS EVERYBODY'S WELCOME TO, UH, PARTICIPATE AND GET BACK OUT.
THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT.
AND THEN I WILL HAVE COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS,
[ COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS:]
MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO.UH, I WANT TO DO, UH, SEE IF WE CAN ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF, UH, UH, LA COUNTY FIREFIGHTER, TORI CARLIN, WHO LOST HIS LIFE LAST WEEK, UH, AS WE ALL KNOW, LA COUNTY FIRE SERVICES, UH, THE, UH, THE LAHABRA COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT, UH, THAT WE, UH, THAT WE MOURN THE LOSS OF, UH, OF ONE OF THEIR FIREFIGHTERS, UH, TRAGIC DAY LAST WEEK, UH, IN OUR LITTLE SET.
AND I THINK IT WAS A STATION 81, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, SIR.
SO WE MOURN WITH YOU AND, UH, IF YOU CAN PLEASE PASS THAT ALONG TO THE FAMILY, TO THE CARLEN FAMILY AND, UH, WE'LL, UH, I'M SURE WE CAN FORWARD THAT CERTIFICATE TO THEM AS WELL.
UH, SO WE MOURN WITH YOU, UH, SECOND OF ALL, UH, WANTED TO COMMENT THAT TODAY THAT THE, UH, THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL MADE AN ARREST IN THE, UH, THE SHOOTING OF, UH, OF AIDEN LEO'S A SIX YEAR OLD BOY THAT WAS SHOT, UH, MAY 21ST.
I THINK IT WAS ON THE 55 FREEWAY, UH, VERY IMPORTANT, UH, AND, UH, THANK YOU TO THE CHP AND DO OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, UH, UH, FOR A FURTHER INVESTIGATION.
AND NOW THE, UH, THE PROSECUTION, HOPEFULLY, UH, THE, UH, HOPEFULLY JUSTICES, UH, IS SOUGHT OUT AND FOUND IN THAT, UH, TWO MORE THINGS, UH, ATTENDED THE, UH, LAHABRA HIGH SCHOOL AND SONORA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS, UH, LAST WEEK CREATE EVENTS.
NOW, AS WE WIND DOWN THIS PANDEMIC TO BE ABLE TO SEE THESE KIDS, UH, WALK UP ON STAGE AND GET A DIPLOMA, SO NOTHING BUT SMILING FACES AND THE BEST THING ABOUT IT WAS, UH, THEY WERE ALLOWED TO TAKE OFF THEIR MASKS AS THEY, UH, AS THEY WALKED ACROSS THE STAGE, WHICH WAS GREAT.
AND THEY WERE OUT, THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE PICTURES.
SO IT WAS VERY GRATIFYING TO SEE.
AND, UH, WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, GRADUATIONS AND SUCH, UH, I BELIEVE, UH, OUR MAYOR IS GRADUATING FROM CAL STATE FULLERTON THIS WEEK.
SO WE WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON THAT.
WELL, BEING THAT, UH, THAT YOU RUN ROSIE'S GARAGE AND THAT YOU HAVE FOR, FOR DECADES NOW, UH, ONE COULD SAY THAT YOU PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS.
UM, NOT ONLY HAVE YOU TUTORED KIDS OUT OF YOUR GARAGE EARLY ON, UH, BUT, UH, YOU WENT AND DID IT YOURSELF AND YOU, UH, YOU, YOU GOT YOUR DEGREE, SO WE'RE PROUD OF YOU ROSE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, GOMEZ, UH, SIMONIAN AND MYSELF.
WE, UH, TOOK A LITTLE TRIP AND GOT YOU SOME SWAG.
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SO, UH, WE, UH, ALUMNI, SO I KNOW YOU JOINED AT LISA, JIM SADRA AND I, AS, AS FORMER, UH, CAL STATE FULLERTON ALUMNI, CAL STATE IN THE STATE GO TIE TO IT.AND, UH, ANOTHER ITEM FOR YOU IS, UH, A, UH, LICENSE PLATE FRAME, ALUMNI LICENSE PLATE FRAME.
SO HOPEFULLY YOU CAN PUT THAT OUT THERE AS WELL, LAST BUT NOT LEAST A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOU TO COPY.
SO WE GET YOU A, UH, CAL STATE FULLERTON ALUMNI MONTH.
AND YOUR, UH, YOUR, YOUR GIFT RECEIPT IS IN THERE AS WELL IN THE EVENT, SOMETHING DOESN'T FIT.
I THINK THE SWEATSHIRT IS TOO BIG, MOVE MORE AND EAT HEALTHY.
AND, UH, I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE GOING TO BE WALKING IN THE, IN CEREMONIES.
SO, UH, A GREAT EXAMPLE, DO, UH, TO THE KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT, UH, ROSA, SPINOSA NOT ONLY, UH, UH, TALKS THE TALK, SHE WALKS THE WALK.
WELL, I ACTUALLY, I WAS WALKING UP THE STREET VISITING MY SISTER, AND THERE WAS A GIRL WHO HAS A LOW, HAS A FEW KIDS NOW SHE'S MARRIED.
UM, BUT SHE WAS ONE OF THE KIDS WE TUTORED AND SHE KEPT LOOKING AT THE SIGN AND THEN SHE WAS LOOKING AROUND AND I WAS, SHE SAW ME COMING UP THE HILL TO MY HOUSE AND SHE GOES, HEY, ROSIE, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, CONGRATULATIONS, YOU KNOW, FOR BECOMING, FOR GRADUATED.
YOU KNOW, IT TOOK THIS LONG, BUT YOU DID IT, YOU KNOW? SO I'M HOPING I'M AN EXAMPLE TO THE OTHER KID.
IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO GO BACK TO, TO SCHOOL, NEVER TOO LATE TO GET YOUR DEGREE.
AND SO, AND NOW I'M GOING TO GO FOR MY MASTER'S NOW.
SO, SO IT'S A KEEP GOING, BUT A COUNCIL MEMBER, CONGRATULATIONS, ROSE ARE VERY, VERY, VERY PROUD OF YOU.
UH, AND ALSO YOUR CONNECTION WITH ST.
I KNOW BARRY ROSS HAS JUST HAD A REAL, A DEEP HEART FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND HE'S JUST DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB.
I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE OUT IN THE AUDIENCE.
UH, SAMMY, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN HERE, BRAVED IT OUT THE HALL.
CAN YOU WAVE AT US SAMMY? HE'S OUR NEW MEMBER OF THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE APPOINTED TONIGHT ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE, YOU HAVE BIG, BIG, BIG SHOES TO FILL.
AND, AND, UH, SCARLET SAUCEDA, THAT WAS IN THAT SPOT.
YOU'VE EVER TAKEN A LOT OF PICTURES BECAUSE HE WAS TAKING PICTURES ALL THE TIME.
YOU CAN DO A PHENOMENAL JOB, VERY, VERY ACTIVE WITH THE LAHABRA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
UM, SHE, HE ATTENDS EVERY, UH, OUTREACH WITH THE CHAMBER.
SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU A BOARD SAMMY.
UH, AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK ALL THE STAFF FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK AND PUTTING THIS BUDGET TOGETHER.
UH, DURING THIS CHALLENGING TIME, I'D LIKE TO, UH, ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF ART LV.
SO IT WAS ACTUALLY MY COUSIN, JIM GENTLE GIANT GUY.
HE, UH, UH, PASSED AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY OF A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK.
MY CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO HIS WIFE, KRISTEN ALVISO, UH, HIS MOM, SANDRA, UH, HIS MOM, HIS GOES BY THE NAME MOOKY, UH, SANDOVAL AND HIS SISTER ANYA.
UH, WE'RE CERTAINLY GONNA MISS MISS HIM.
UM, AND WE'VE LOST SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE LATELY TO MASSIVE HEART ATTACKS AND UNEXPECTEDLY, UH, YOU KNOW, A FEW WEEKS BACK, WE LOST JAMES CHAMBERS.
SO, UM, THAT CAUSED ME TO GO IN AND, AND SEE MY DOCTOR, UM, BECAUSE I HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT MY HEART, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY DID A WHOLE RAY OF TESTS ON ME, MY CT SCAN.
AND, UM, I'M THANKFUL TO SAY THAT MY HEART IS PUMPING GOOD AND IT'S NO, NO PLAQUE BUILDUP.
SO DESPITE MY WEIGHT, I WAS SURPRISED THAT MY HEART WAS DOING OKAY.
SO, UM, I ENCOURAGE ANYBODY TO GO.
IF THEY HAVE CONCERNS, GO, GO SEE YOUR CARDIOLOGIST, GO SEE YOUR DOCTOR BECAUSE IT'S SCARY.
THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WE'VE LOST IN OUR COMMUNITY TO UNEXPECTED HEART ATTACKS.
SO WITHOUT A CLOSE, UH, IN MEMORY MARTIN, AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW.
DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING I SEE YOUR LIGHT ON? NO, I HAVE NO.
AND, UM, I'M ALSO GOING TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF
HE TRANSFERRED TO THE STREET DIVISION OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WHERE HE ASSISTED WITH TRAFFIC CONTROL SETUP, UH, VARIOUS CITY EVENTS AND GENERAL STREET MAINTENANCE FUNCTIONS.
HE RETURNED TO THE PARK DIVISION WHERE HE PERFORMED EXCELLENT SERVICES AS PARK ATTENDED, WHERE HE MAINTAINED PARK VEGETATION IN SHARED THAT PARKS WERE FREE OF DEBRIS AND INVENTORY, JANITORIAL SUPPLIES SO THAT THERE WERE READILY AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC USE.
HIS VAST EXPERIENCE AND EXPOSURE OF OTHER DIVISIONS WERE AN ASSET
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TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS STANLEY'S STANNY THROTTLE, CHEECH CASTING YETTA LEAVES BEHIND HIS WIFE, LORETTA ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND THE CITY STAFF.WE EXTEND OUR SINCERE CONDOLENCES.
OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH THE LORETTA, WITH LORETTA
SO I ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF CHEECH FIREMAN, TORI CARPEN, CARLIN AND ART ALITA.
AND THIS CONCLUDES THIS IMMEDIATE IS NOW ADJOURNED TO MONDAY, JUNE 21ST, 2021 AT 5:30 PM AT THE CITY COUNCIL CLOSED SESSION ROOM ONE, ONE, TWO C 100 EAST LA HARBOR BOULEVARD FOLLOWED BY THE REGULAR MEETING AT 6:30 PM IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER.