Jul 19, 2021 City Council

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GOOD EVENING.

I WILL NOW CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL

[ 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 (excused absence) Councilmember Simonian (excused absence)]

LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT IT IS 6:30 PM.

THE INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY KEITH COLLINS FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY MAYOR PRO TEM MADRANO.

IF YOU WOULD ALL PLEASE RISE, DEAR GOD, WE HUMBLY PRAY THAT YOU WILL GRANT WISDOM TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS A CONSIDER CITY BUSINESS SET FORTH IN THE MEETING AGENDA.

TONIGHT, WE ASK THAT YOU PROVIDE THE CITY COUNCIL WITH INSIGHT AND UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AND CHALLENGES CONFRONTING OUR COUNCIL, STAFF, AND CITIZENS SO THAT TOGETHER WE CAN STRIVE TO SOLVE THESE ISSUES WITH COMMUNITY SPIRIT AND PARTNERSHIP IN MIND, PLEASE BLESS THE COUNCIL IN ITS DECISION-MAKING TONIGHT SO THAT WE MAY ACT PRUDENTLY AND RESPONSIBLY FOR THE GOOD OF THE HOPPER COMMUNITY.

AMEN.

TO SPEAK TO BERGEN AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH ONE NATION .

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. COLLINS AND MAYOR PRO TEM, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL ROLL AND PLEASE NOTE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, SHAI AND COUNCIL MEMBER STEVE SIMONIAN, HAVING EXCUSED ABSENCE, COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ, MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO HERE, MAYOR ESPINOSA HERE.

WE WILL NOW HAVE A PROCLAMATION

[1. RECOGNITION OF LA HABRA HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY BASEBALL TEAM ON ITS CIF STATE REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP]

SO WE'RE ALL GOING TO GO DOWN HERE THE DAY IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL DIAS.

OKAY.

OKAY.

THE FIRST PRESENTATION OR RECOGNITION, I BELIEVE WE, UM, I DUNNO IF WE HAVE ANYONE HERE FROM THE HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL, THE COACH FROM SOFTBALL, BUT BASEBALL.

I'M SORRY.

I'M THINKING OF THE GIRLS WHO ARE PLAYING NATIONAL SOFTBALL RIGHT NOW AS WELL.

BUT IF WE DO HAVE, FOR ANY, I COACH A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE SCHOOL, VARSITY BASEBALL.

IF WE COULD PLEASE GET YOU UP HERE, WE PRESENTED ALL THE CERTIFICATES AND EVERYTHING THAT, UH, THAT WE COULD, WE HAD A PARADE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THE INFORMATION WITH REGARDS TO THE RECOGNITION.

I THINK HE CAN EXPLAIN IT BETTER THAN I CAN WITH THE ACHIEVEMENT THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED AND UH, THE FIRST EVER.

BUT GO AHEAD.

OKAY, GREAT.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE.

UM, UH, LOBBER HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL TEAM WON A CF TITLE THIS YEAR WAS OUR FIRST TIME IN A CF CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

FIRST CF CHAMPIONSHIP.

UH, WE ALSO WENT ON TO, UH, THE SO CAL REGION REGIONALS, WHICH WAS, UH, THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

AND WE ALSO WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO WIN OUR FIRST STATE TITLE AND BASEBALL LAHABRA HIGH SCHOOL.

UM, WE HAD OUR FIRST CIO PLAYER OF THE YEAR, JOSH CASTILLO, AND WE HAD TWO MVPS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN, UH, IN THE FREEWAY LEAGUE IN OUR LEAGUE, UH, JOSH CASTILLO AND, UH, MATTHEW COATS.

WE HAD ONE ALL STATE PLAYER, UH, DAVID SHACKLEFORD, UM, AND WE SET THE SCHOOL RECORD IN WINS.

UM, IT WAS JUST A TREMENDOUS BASEBALL SEASON.

UM, OUR PRINCIPAL BACK THERE, MR. HILLS IS HERE.

UM, UM, BUT WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE A CELEBRATION WITH THE MAYOR AND THE, AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TODAY.

AND THEY GAVE US A GREAT PARADE AND HONORED OUR BOYS.

UM, IT WAS A FANTASTIC, UM, AT ABOUT A 90 MINUTE CELEBRATION.

SO WE THANK YOU GUYS FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.

UH, IT'S BEEN, UH, IT'S BEEN BEEN A DAY THAT THE BOYS WILL, AND MYSELF WILL NEVER FORGET.

ON BEHALF OF THE FULLERTON JOINT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT IN LAHABRA HIGH SCHOOL.

I'M MATT HILLS, PRINCIPAL OF LAHABRA HIGH SCHOOL.

WE JUST WANT TO THANK THE CITY.

ALL OF OUR OFFICIALS HERE, ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, OUR PARENTS, AND THEN MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR COACHES THAT ARE OUT THERE TIRELESSLY WORKING WITH OUR ATHLETES EACH DAY, UH, AND WHAT THEY ARE ABLE TO DO WITH OUR STUDENT ATHLETES OF LAHABRA AND THE CITY, UM, WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING THIS LAST YEAR.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE YEARS TO COME.

UM, IN A MOMENT, OBVIOUSLY CHEER WILL PROBABLY RECOGNIZE, BUT WE, UH, COMMEND THEM AS WELL, UH, FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF OR SO SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE BIT RECOGNITION WISE BY COVID.

BUT NEVERTHELESS, UH, THE TEAM WAS INCREDIBLE OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE CITY FOR EVERYTHING.

NOPE.

CONGRATULATIONS.

I'LL KEEP IT SHORT AND SWEET.

THEY DID A TREMENDOUS JOB.

GREAT JOB ON THE ATHLETES AND SPECTACULAR JOB COACH.

THANK YOU FOR MENTORING THESE, UH, THESE YOUNG KIDS AND WHERE'S THE ART

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HANG ON.

THIS ONE'S IMPORTANT, BUT THIS IMPORTANT, OKAY.

LET'S HAVE A BIG SMILE.

ALL EYES HERE.

THAT FILM WAS CHEAP, CHEAP.

THE CHEERLEADERS.

AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE CHEER SQUAD AND THE COACH COME OVER HERE AS WELL.

I MEAN, I TOLD THEM, I GO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR QUICK GUIDE, WHAT KIND OF WATER IS COMING OUT OF THE DRINKING FOUNTAIN ON CAMPUS OR WHAT YOU'RE FEEDING THEM, BUT TO HAVE THIS CHAMPIONSHIP IN TO THE CHEERS AND THE, AND THE BASEBALL, IT'S INCREDIBLE.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT'S EVER HAPPENED.

SO I'M REALLY, REALLY PROUD.

I'M JUST GOING TO HAND IT OFF TO YOU.

THANK YOU.

HI EVERYONE.

I'M COACH ALISON I'M THE HEAD COACH AND ADVISOR FOR THE CHEER PROGRAM AT WEBER HIGH SCHOOL.

BACK IN 2020, WE WON OUR FIRST EVER CIF TITLE, WHICH IS THE FIRST FOR NOT ONLY OUR PROGRAM, BUT FOR THE HUBBARD HIGH SCHOOL IN ITS HISTORY.

SO TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND BRING THAT BACK WAS SUCH A GREAT THING FOR THE KIDS, FOR THE PROGRAM, FOR THEIR MORALE TO KEEP GOING.

UNFORTUNATELY, AS SOON AS WE WON IT, QUARANTINE HAPPENED AND THEY ALL GOT LOCKED IN.

SO THEY NEVER GOT A CHANCE TO BE RECOGNIZED, TO HAVE ANY FUN WITH IT OTHER THAN THEIR FEW, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS.

SO FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND DO THIS TODAY WAS SUCH AN HONOR FOR THEM.

AND THEY REALLY APPRECIATE THEM BEING WELCOMED BACK AS WELL AS FOR 2021, WE ALSO WON OUR FIRST NATIONAL TITLE.

SO TO BE ABLE TO HONOR THAT AS WELL, TO HONOR THE DUAL LENS, THEY ALL REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

THEY REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT TO KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE BACKING THEM AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

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HI, MY NAME'S HANNAH.

I AM THE VARSITY SONG COACH OUTLAW OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL, AND IT HAS BEEN SO SPECIAL TO WATCH THEM AND WATCH ALISON LEAD THIS TEAM OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE PART OF THE CHEER TEAM WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL A FEW YEARS AGO.

AND SO IT'S JUST REAL GREAT TO SEE THE COMMUNITY AND EVERYBODY SUPPORTING THEM.

SO THANK YOU.

NOW, IF WE COULD HAVE HER A PHOTO PLEASE, A PHOTO OP.

OKAY.

HERE WE OKAY.

YOU DON'T PUT IN THERE.

OKAY.

THIS ONE'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

OKAY.

I GOT IT.

GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, PLEASE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND NOW WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE

[2. RECOGNITION OF THE GONZALES FAMILY AS THE 2021 BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE AWARD RECIPIENT]

IS THERE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE FROM THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE? IF YOU'D PLEASE COME UP.

I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE MIC.

I'LL GET THE CERTIFICATE.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

WHERE'S THE GONZALEZ SAML THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME OUT.

WE WILL LIKE TO HONOR YOU WITH THIS CERTIFICATE AND THIS YARD SIGN.

WE WEIRDLY APPRECIATE YOU CHOOSING THE CITY OF LA HARVARD TO LIVE IN AND FOR TAKING PRIDE IN YOUR HOME.

CONGRATULATIONS.

ANYTHING ABOUT HOW LONG IT TOOK YOU TO REMODELING A LOT OF OVERTIME? HI, I'M LINDA GONZALEZ AND MY HUSBAND, ERIC GONZALEZ.

AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN RESIDENTS WITH LAHABRA FOR EIGHT YEARS NOW.

AND WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF BEING HERE, BEING PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.

UM, WE REALLY LOVE, UM, THE FEELING THAT WE GET WHEN WE'RE HERE, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S JUST HOME.

YOU KNOW, WE BOTH COME FROM BIG CITIES, LONG BEACH AND SANTA ANA.

SO, UH, COMING TO A SMALL COMMUNITY LIKE LAHABRA, IT'S, UM, IT'S REALLY NICE TO HAVE AND TO BE AROUND.

I THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

HERE WE GO.

OKAY.

MY JOB DEPENDS ON THIS PICTURE.

SMILE, NO GUARANTEES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH

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AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE

[3. RECOGNITION OF DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CARLOS JARAMILLO FOR HIS YEARS OF SERVICE AND RETIREMENT]

CARLOS FOR HIS YEARS OF SERVICE OF RETIREMENT WE HAD A RECEPTION FOR HIM.

I RETIREMENT, UH, GOING AWAY RECEPTION THIS LAST WEEK.

AND, UH, THERE WAS A GREAT TURNOUT AND IT WAS HARD TO SEE CARLOS LEAVE, BUT WE KNOW HE'S GROWN UP IN LA BARBARA.

HE WENT TO ALL THE K THROUGH 12 HERE IN LA BARBARA.

UM, AND IT'S TIME, IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO GO OUT.

AND WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO GO TO DISNEY LAND.

THAT'S ONE OF HIS FAVORITE THINGS TO DO, BUT, UH, I WANTED TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS CERTIFICATE FROM CONGRESSWOMAN YOUNG KIM AND ALSO THIS HEAVY PROCLAMATION PROCLAMATION IN YOUR HONOR.

UM, THANK YOU FOR THE YEARS OF SERVICE THAT YOU, WELL, HOW MANY YEARS? 30 YEARS, 40 YEARS.

CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT? INCREDIBLE.

I HAVE A PHOTO OF YOU SITTING THERE, YOU KNOW, DOING YOUR BUSINESS FOR THE CITY.

UM, UH, IT YOU'RE GOING TO BE MISSED AND ESPECIALLY BY JIM SADRO BECAUSE YOU HAVE SO MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, SO MUCH INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE, AND IT'S JUST HARD, HARD WHEN ANYONE IS GOING TO LEAVE FROM OUR CITY STAFF, BUT OKAY.

LET'S SMILE.

HE WANTS ME TO BE QUIET.

IF YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND INTRODUCE YOUR FAMILY.

OKAY.

LET ME SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS.

UH, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT CARLOS IS VERY, VERY SPECIAL.

UH, HE'S BEEN MY GO-TO GUY JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY.

MY FIRST PHONE CALL IS TO CARLOS, UH, DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

OR IF I'M NOT HERE AT CITY HALL, I'D SEE THEM HOLDING COURT WITH ROY RAMBLIN EVERY DAY.

AND HE'S JUST SPECIAL.

LIKE I SAID, HIS FAMILY GREW UP IN BORN AND RAISED HERE, AND HIS UNCLE HAS BEEN MY PARENTS' NEIGHBOR FOR MANY 50, OVER 50 YEARS.

AND CARLOS HAS BEEN GIVEN HIS HEART AND SOUL OF THIS COMMUNITY.

YOU DRIVE AROUND THE BRUH AND HE'D GO UP.

CARLOS HAD A PART OF THAT.

CARLOS HAD A PART OF THIS.

CARLOS HAD A PART OF THAT AND CARLOS HERE IS SPECIAL.

YOU KNOW, I LOVE YOU DEARLY.

AND YOU'VE BEEN A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND I'M REALLY GONNA MISS YOU.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO EVERY MORNING.

I WANT KNOW WHO TO CALL.

I KNOW I GO GET SKITTLES AND M AND M'S FROM A LITTLE MACHINE THERE AS WELL, YOU KNOW, SO I'M GOING TO MISS THAT, BUT I THINK ROY IS GOING TO MISS YOU IMMENSELY AS WELL IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A NEW NORMAL FOR ALL OF US, BUT, UH, WE KNOW WE'VE HAD YOU FOR A LONG TIME AND IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO GO OUT THERE AND ENJOY LIFE AS WELL.

SO HERE AND TO YOUR FAMILY, IF YOU'LL INTRODUCE YOUR FAMILY, PLEASE.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IT'S BEEN AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO WORK HERE AT THE CITY OF LAHABRA FOR 40 YEARS.

UM, ISN'T A PLACE I'D RATHER BE THAN HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY.

UH, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY MOM, UH, LUCY .

SHE WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN THE CITY OF LA BARBARA.

UH, TAUGHT ME THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY.

UM, MY FATHER UNFORTUNATELY PASSED AWAY LAST YEAR.

UH, HE WAS A WORLD WAR II VETERAN.

UH, HIS FAVORITE PRESIDENT WAS, UH, PRESIDENT KENNEDY AND TAUGHT ME THE IMPORTANCE OF A PUBLIC SERVICE AND THAT IT WAS A REAL PROFESSION.

AND SO, UH, IT WAS AN HONOR TO, TO BE ABLE TO, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY I GREW UP WITH AND LIVED IN.

UM, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY, UH, IMMEDIATE FAMILY.

UM, I HAVE MY SON, UM, CJ, CARLOS HAD ROMEO AND HIS WIFE, DIANA THAT'S HERE.

UM, I HAVE MY SON, NORMAN AND CHILE, AND MY TWO-WEEK OLD FIRST GRANDDAUGHTER LUNA THE ROOM.

AND THEN I HAVE MY, UH, SISTER, UM, I NEZ AND MY SISTER EILEEN HERE ALSO WITH THEIR FAMILY.

SO, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, LAST YEAR, UNFORTUNATELY I LOST MY WIFE AND, UH, IT WAS, UM, HER THAT ALLOWED ME TO BE ABLE TO DO ALL THAT I WAS ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH HERE.

UH, SHE WAS THE ONE THAT, UH, TOOK CARE OF THE KIDS WHEN I WAS HERE WORKING LATE, UM, HERE AT, AT NIGHT ON CITY BUSINESS.

AND I WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

UM, BUT, UH, CERTAINLY SHE WAS A MAJOR PLAYER IN EVERYTHING THAT I WAS ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.

AND SO WITH THAT, I KNOW IT'S TIME TO HEAD ON, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING.

THANK YOU.

IF WE COULD HAVE THE PHOTOGRAPHER, THE PHOTO PHOTO UP, COME ON AGAIN AND AGAIN, HE GOES, YOU MEET AGAIN.

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HANG ON 1, 2, 3, GO AND ENJOY DISNEYLAND AND NOW THERE'S

[4. RECOGNITION OF NEWLY PROMOTED CHIEF OF POLICE ADAM FOSTER]

THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE A RECOGNITION FOR THE NEWLY PROMOTED CHIEF OF POLICE, ADAM FOSTER, UM, BELIEVED THAT HE'S GOING TO BE SWORN IN, OR HE HAS BEEN SWORN IN, UH, FOR THE LA HARBOR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO I'LL GIVE THIS MIKE OVER TO LAURIE, ACTUALLY, LET ME HAND YOU THAT ONE.

WOULD YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME, I STATE YOUR NAME.

DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR? I, ADAM FOSTER DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THAT I WILL TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY, BUT I WILL TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL, MENTAL RESERVATION, WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION, AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES, DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU.

BUT HERE IS YOUR, UM, CERTIFICATE AND CONGRESSIONAL RECOGNITION FROM CONGRESSMAN YOUNG KIM.

WE HAVE A NEW CHIEF HERE.

UM, AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOUR FAMILY AND SAY, IF YOU WEREN'T SURE.

UM, SO I HAVE A WHOLE LIST OF FAMILY HERE, UH, TO THE VERY FRONT, MY WIFE, MELISSA, UH, MY IN-LAWS SANDY I'M IN TROUBLE, CANDY AND DAVE, UH, MY BROTHER, ANDREW, UH, MY NIECE, MIKAYLA, MY BROTHER ALEC, UH, NEPHEW MASON, MY TWO LITTLE ONES, UH, TAYLOR AND HAYLEY, MY AND DAD, PATTY AND ANDY .

SO I JUST QUICKLY WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT I NEED TO THINK.

UM, THERE'S PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE SO MUCH FOR ME.

SO FIRST MADAM MAYOR COUNCIL, AND OF COURSE, CITY MANAGER, JIM SANDRA, THANK YOU.

I'M TRULY HONORED TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF LA HABRA AND LAHABRA POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UH, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK, I HAVE TWO FORMER CHIEFS HERE, UH, CHIEF PRICE AND CHIEF.

HYNEK TWO PEOPLE WHO GAVE ME A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY AND MENTORSHIP.

I TRULY APPRECIATE IT.

UM, AND OF COURSE, UH, MY FAMILY, I STILL REMEMBER WHEN I WAS IN THE ACADEMY, MY MOM MADE MY LUNCH AND MY DAD KEPT ME FROM FALLING ASLEEP AT THE DINNER TABLE, CAUSE I STILL HAD HOMEWORK TO DO.

UM, AND THEN OF COURSE MY WIFE AND KIDS, ALL THAT THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH THROUGH MY CAREER.

I REALLY BELIEVE THAT IT'S FAMILY WHO GETS US THROUGH THIS LAW ENFORCEMENT CAREER.

UM, I HAVE A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD A GREAT BUNCH OF WOMEN AND MEN OF MY DEPARTMENT.

UH, THEY ARE TRUE, UM, PROFESSIONALS.

THEY ARE DEVOTED TO THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE A BLESSED OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD THEM DOWN THE PATH THAT THE FORMER CHIEFS HAVE ALREADY SET FOR US.

IT'S A LITTLE BITTERSWEET FOR ME TONIGHT TO BE HERE.

UH, OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL PROMOTIONS AT THE PD, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THEM.

SO THIS YEAR AT OUR AWARDS CEREMONY, I LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING ALL OF THE PD SUCCESS AND THEIR PROMOTIONS, OUR RANK AND FILE DESERVE THEIR RECOGNITION.

THE FAMILY DESERVES THEIR RECOGNITION MORE THAN ME.

SO I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

BUT THANK YOU.

WHEN THEY POINTED IT OUT, WHEN THEY POINTED HIM OUT TO ME AND THEY SAID, THIS IS GOING TO, THIS IS THE POTENTIAL NEW POLICE CHIEF.

AND I GO, HE LOOKS LIKE 21 YEARS OLD.

WHEN I CAME TO FIND OUT YOU'VE BEEN HERE 19 YEARS, I'VE GOT ONE SHOT LEFT.

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YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE CAMERA, MAN.

JIM, COME ON 1, 2, 3.

OKAY.

GOT IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OH, HERE.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO ONTO THE COUNCIL BUSINESS.

THIS IS THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE RE RECEIVED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE, THIS IS THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION I BELIEVE.

AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL BE RECEIVED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GOVERNING BODY MEETING AND LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES FOR ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS, UNLESS OTHERWISE, UH, 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 PORTION OF THE MEETING ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM OF CITY VISITS, NOT APPEARING ON THE SCHEDULED AGENDA PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 49, 5 4 0.38.

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

IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK DURING THIS PORTION? IF SO, PLEASE COME UP TO THE DIET'S THE PODIUM BROTHER.

ALL RIGHT.

SEE, NONE.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO

[ CONSENT CALENDAR: All matters on Consent Calendar are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion unless a Councilmember, City staff member, or member of the audience requests separate action or removal of an item. Removed items will be considered following the Consent Calendar portion of this agenda. Public comment shall be limited to three (3) minutes per individual, with a total time limit of 30 minutes per item that has been removed for separate discussion, unless otherwise modified by the Mayor. Speaking time may not be granted and/or loaned to another individual for purposes of extending available speaking time, and comments must be kept brief, non-repetitive, and professional in nature.]

CALENDAR ALL MATTERS IN THE CONSENT CALENDAR ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF MEMBER, OR MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE REQUESTS, SEPARATE ACTION OR REMOVAL OF AN ITEM REMOVED ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOLLOWING THE CONSENT CALENDAR PORTION OF THIS AGENDA.

PLEA PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER ITEM THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR.

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

SPEAKING TIME.

AND COMMENTS MUST BE AGAIN, KEPT BRIEF NON-REPETITIVE AND PERSONAL IN NATURE.

THE CONSENT CALENDAR APPEARS ON PAGES TWO THROUGH FIVE ON THE AUDIENCE AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH 14.

ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT STAFF WOULD WISH REMOVED? NO MATTER MAYOR.

ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT COUNCIL WOULD WISH REMOVED? NO MATTER MAYOR.

IS THERE ANY ITEM THAT THE AUDIENCE WOULD WISH REMOVED? THEN I WILL CALL FOR ACTION.

MADAM MAYOR.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS LISTED I'LL SECOND, BUT THE CLERK CALL ARE WELL, WE CAN VOTE, RIGHT? YES.

YES.

WHAT THE CAPITAL PLEASE VOTE.

SEE MOTION PASSED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO PUBLIC HEARING.

PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL, BUT THE TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 60 MINUTES FOR ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL PUBLIC HEARING ITEM ON THE AGENDA, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY MAYOR OR CHAIR, COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL NATURE.

ITEM

[1. DULY NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2019-2020 ACTION PLAN TO INCLUDE THIRD ROUND OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT-CORONAVIRUS (CDBG-CV3) FUNDS That the City Council consider and approve a substantial amendment to the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Action Plan to include a third round of Community Development Block Grant-Coronavirus (CDBG-CV3) funds to be utilized to help prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19 impacts.]

HONORABLE MADAM MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS SUSAN LOUIE HOUSING SPECIALIST.

TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE FINAL COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE 20 19 20 20 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.

THE CITY WILL RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL 569,260 IN CDBG COVID FUNDING REFERRED TO AS CDBG CV, THREE STAFF RECOMMENDS COUNCIL APPROVE THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS, SOCIAL SERVICES PROGRAM FOR AT-RISK PERSONS IN THE AMOUNT OF 200,000 TO PROVIDE COUNSELING SERVICES FOR AT RISK POPULATION RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $255,408 TO PROVIDE SHORT-TERM RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO HOUSEHOLDS ADVERSELY IMPACTED BY COVID-19

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AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS.

WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT CITY COUNCIL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND AFTER CONDUCTING THE PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE 1920 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.

THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? NO MATTER MAYOR, THANK YOU ALL.

WE'LL OPEN UP TO PUBLIC HEARING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I WILL ASK THOSE WHO WANTED TO SPEAK, UH, IN, ON THIS ITEM TO PLEASE PROVIDE US WITH THEIR NAME AND THEIR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

AND I WOULD INVITE THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT TO PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM.

SEE NONE.

I WILL ASK THOSE IN OPPOSITION TO ALSO COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND NOW I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL ASK FOR COUNCIL ACTION DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS.

MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE IN ST.

LOUIS, EXCUSE ME ON, EXCUSE ME.

HERE WE GO.

UH, TO, UH, APPROVE THE PROPOSED SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 20 19 20 20 ACTION PLAN TO INCLUDE THIRD ROUND OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CORONAVIRUS, CDBG, C3 FUNDS, AND SARAH.

SECOND, SECOND, WHAT THE COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE.

PASS THREE, ZERO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO CONSIDERATION ITEMS. ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE MAY REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE LA HARBOR CITY COUNCIL ON ANY CONSIDERATION ITEM PRIOR TO THE LA HARBOR CITY COUNCIL TAKE ANY FINAL VOTE ON THE ITEM.

PUBLIC COMMON 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 THE PURPOSE OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE.

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

[1. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF BONDS TO REFUND CERTAIN PENSION OBLIGATIONS OF THE CITY, APPROVING THE FORM AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A TRUST AGREEMENT, AND AUTHORIZING JUDICIAL VALIDATION PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS As part of the process to evaluate the possibility of issuing Pension Obligation Bonds, that the City Council "APPROVE AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. _____ ENTITLED: A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF BONDS TO REFUND CERTAIN PENSION OBLIGATIONS OF THE CITY, APPROVING THE FORM AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A TRUST AGREEMENT, AUTHORIZING JUDICIAL VALIDATION PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS AND AUTHORIZING ACTIONS RELATED THERETO" to have the option of issuing Pension Obligation Bonds at a future date to refund some or all of its CalPERS Unfunded Accrued Liability, in an amount not to exceed $94.0 million, to approve the form and authorize execution of a Trust Agreement relating thereto and to engage Fieldman, Rolapp & Associates as Municipal Advisor and Quint & Thimmig LLP as Bond/Disclosure Counsel.]

IF THERE IS A STAFF REPORT, I GET A GOOD EVENING.

MADAM MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS JACK PAWN VAN IT DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.

SO I'M ON APRIL 8TH, 2021, A STUDY SESSION STAFF ALONG WITH A TEAM OF FINANCIAL ADVISORS FROM PHILMAN ROLL-UP AND ASSOCIATES, AND THE ACTUARY FROM BARTELL AND ASSOCIATES MADE A PRESENTATION ON A PENSION OBLIGATION.

BONDS ARE TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO AS DISCUSSED DURING THAT STUDY SESSION, THE FIRST STEP REQUIRE PRIOR TO THE ISSUE AND APPEAL IS TO OBTAIN THE JUDICIAL VALIDATION, UH, AT THAT MEETING THE COUNCIL RECEIVE AND FILE THE POV'S REPORT AS WELL AS AUTHORIZED STAFF TO INITIATE A COURT VALIDATION PROCESS.

SO FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS, UM, STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH OUR FINANCING TEAM THAT COMPRISE A FINANCIAL ADVISOR TO ACTUARY AND ALSO THE BOND COUNSEL TO IDENTIFY ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO INITIATE THE COURT VALIDATION PROCESS, TO ISSUE TO POB.

SO BEFORE THE VALIDATION ACTION CAN BE FILED, THE CITY MUST AT FIRST ADOPT A RESOLUTION THAT DOES THE FOLLOWING THREE THINGS.

NUMBER ONE, TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY, TO ISSUE THE PO POB, TO REFUND CALPERS UNFUNDED LIABILITY FOR THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $94 MILLION, WHICH IS THE UNFUNDED LIABILITY BALANCE OF $91.7 MILLION.

PLUS THE ISSUE IN COSTS AND CONTINGENCY.

SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS NOT TO EXCEED $94 MILLION.

AND NUMBER TWO IS TO, UH, APPROVE THE TRUST AGREEMENT.

AND NUMBER THREE IS TO AUTHORIZE THE, UM, JUDICIAL VALIDATION PROCEEDING RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE POB.

AND, UH, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION TONIGHT DOES NOT OBLIGATE THE CITY TO ISSUE THE POB.

IF THE VALIDATION PROCESS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE ULTIMATE DECISION TO ISSUE THE POV'S WILL BE MADE BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT A FUTURE MEETING.

AND THAT'S CONCLUDE A STAB REPORT.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE REPORT.

I WOULD ASK COUNSEL IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, NO MATTER MAYOR.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

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ARE WE LOOKING AT HERE FOR THIS, FOR THIS TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL? YES.

UH, IF THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE RESOLUTION TONIGHT, UH, THE VALIDATION PROCESS WILL START NEXT WEEK.

SO THE BOND COUNCIL WILL WE'LL START FILING WITH THE COURT AND THE VALIDATION PROCESS CAN TAKE UP TO 90 DAYS.

AND AFTER THAT WE, UM, PROCEED WITH THE, UM, THE ANALYSIS OF THE, UH, THE PLPS AND GET THE ASIAN PROCESS GOING.

GOOD.

THANK YOU.

WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

I WILL NOW INVITE THE PUBLIC TO TESTIFY AGAIN.

PLEASE PROVIDE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEE NONE.

I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND I WILL ASK FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND INTERACTION.

MADAM MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE A RESOLUTION, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF BOND TO REFUND CERTAIN PENSION OBLIGATIONS OF THE CITY, APPROVING THE FORM AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT, AUTHORIZING JUDICIAL VALIDATION PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS AND AUTHORIZING ACTIONS THERE TOO TO HAVE, SHOULD I CONTINUE ON HERE OR, OR IS THAT SUFFICIENT? INSUFFICIENT? INSUFFICIENT.

OKAY.

THAT'S SUFFICIENT.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND, BUT THE CONSOLE PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES THREE ZERO.

THANK YOU.

AND

[2. CONSIDER THE DESIGNATION OF VOTING DELEGATE AND ALTERNATES TO THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE That the City Council designate a voting delegate and up to two alternate voting delegates to attend the League of California Cities (LOCC) Annual Conference in Sacramento, September 22-24, 2021.]

IF WE COULD HAVE NEW STAFF REPORT, THANK YOU.

MADAM MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, ROBERT FARRIER FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE EACH YEAR, THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES HOSTS AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE FOR ITS MEMBER CITIES.

THIS YEAR, THE CONFERENCE WILL BE IN SACRAMENTO, SEPTEMBER 22ND THROUGH THE 24TH, THERE IS A BUSINESS MEETING ON THE LAST DAY OF THE CONFERENCE ON THAT FRIDAY AT WHICH, UH, CITY MEMBERS CAN VOTE ON POLICY RESOLUTIONS, WHICH ARE PUT FORWARD BY THE LEAGUE.

UH, THOSE RESOLUTIONS ARE FORTHCOMING AND STAFF WILL PRESENT THEM TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION, UH, BEFORE THE CONFERENCE, IN ORDER FOR CITIES TO CAST A VOTE, THEY MUST FIRST DESIGNATE A VOTING DELEGATE AND UP TO TWO ALTERNATES, ALTERNATES ARE ENCOURAGED BUT NOT REQUIRED, BUT A CITY CANNOT, UM, CAST THEIR VOTE UNLESS IT, UH, CHOOSES A VOTING DELEGATE, UH, WHO MUST BE A COUNCIL MEMBER.

AND THAT VOTING DELEGATE MUST BE IN ATTENDANCE AT THE MEETING ON FRIDAY, UH, STAFF REQUESTS THAT COUNCIL SELECT A DELEGATE AND UP TO TWO ALTERNATES AT ITS DISCRETION.

UM, AND THEN STAFF WILL NOTIFY THE LEAGUE, UH, WHO HAS BEEN SELECTED ON, UH, TO SERVE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.

UH, I SHOULD KNOW IF THERE IS FUNDING AVAILABLE IN THE CITY COUNCIL'S BUDGET FOR FISCAL 21, 22 FOR ALL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE.

IF THEY WISH BE A VOTING DELEGATE OR NOT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.

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

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, ROB.

UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL, JESSE? YOU KNOW, I'VE ALREADY APPOINTED MYSELF.

I SAID I'LL VOLUNTEER TO BE THE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS.

OH, OKAY.

OKAY.

UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL SEEING NONE ARE THERE? OKAY.

THEN I'LL INVITE THE PUBLIC TO TESTIFY.

PLEASE PROVIDE ME YOUR NAME AND YOUR NUMBER.

IF I NAME YOUR NUMBER, YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM, SEE NONE.

THEN I WILL CALL FOR DISCUSSION INTERACTION.

I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND NOMINATE, UH, OUR MAYOR TO BE OUR DELEGATE WITH THE ALTERNATIVE OF MAYOR PRO TEM, JOSE MEDRANO, AND CLOSED NOMINATIONS AND CASSIE NAM VOTE.

WOULD THAT SOUND GOOD? SECOND.

OKAY, COUNSEL, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSED.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, WE NOW HAVE THE MAYOR'S

[ MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR:]

CALIFORNIA HAS ENDED RESTRICTIONS ON PHYSICAL DISTANCING CAPACITY LIMIT ON BUSINESSES AND THE COUNTY TIER SYSTEM.

HOWEVER, SOME LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH RULES AND GUIDANCE MAY REMAIN IN EFFECT.

FOR EXAMPLE, ALTHOUGH THE STATE LIFTED THE REQUIREMENT FOR VACCINE VACCINATED INDIVIDUALS TO WEAR MASKS, UH, IS MOST IN MOST SITUATIONS, UNVACCINATED INDIVIDUALS MUST CONTINUE TO WEAR A MASK WHEN INDOORS DOORS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND OTHERS.

SOME BUSINESSES MAY ALSO REQUIRE ALL PATRONS TO CONTINUE WEARING A MASK REGARDLESS OF THEIR VACCINATION STATUS, AS ALWAYS CIRCUMSTANCES RELATED TO COVID CAN AND DO CHANGE RAPIDLY.

AND WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO REMAIN INFORMED BY VISITING THE CALIFORNIA'S

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AND THEN WE HAVE THE LOCAL COVID VACCINATION EVENTS ARE OCCURRING AT HOSPITALS, MEDICAL CENTERS, PHARMACIES, AND OTHER LOCATIONS AROUND THE COUNTY, INCLUDING HERE IN LA HABRA.

THE CITY OF LA HARBOR AND ST.

JUDE MEDICAL CENTER ARE HOSTING COVID-19 VACCINATION CLINICS AT LOCATIONS AROUND LA BARBARA ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS TO LOOK TO LEARN THE LOCATION OF UPCOMING VACCINATION CLINICS IN LAHABRA.

PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMUNITY SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0 TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT OR FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ELIGIBILITY, PLEASE VISIT WWW MY TURN.CA.GOV.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE SPLASH PADS THAT BREO N O S D PARK ARE NOW OPEN ENTRANCE IS BY RESERVATION AND CABBY MADE UP TO 14 DAYS IN ADVANCE BY USING YELP VISITS ARE CURRENTLY LIMITED TO THREE 30 MINUTE SESSIONS FOR, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, INCLUDING SPLASH PAD HOURS AND RULES OF USE USE.

PLEASE VISIT THE COMMUNITY CENTER SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0 AND THEN THE EVER POPULAR LA HARBOR CONCERT IN THE PARK WILL HOST ITS NEXT SHOW.

THIS THURSDAY, JULY 22ND, AND FEATURED SOUTHLAND ONE OF THE ORANGE COUNTY'S BEST ROCK AND RNB GROUP.

ALL SUMMER CONCERTS ARE FREE AND WILL TAKE PLACE AT PORTOLA PARK WITH EACH SHOW BEGINNING AT 7:00 PM.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT, UH, FOR THE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE WWW LA HARBOR CA.GOV, OR CALL 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0.

AND THEN DON'T FORGET THE LA HARBOR MOVIES IN THE PARK SERIES OFFERS FREE SCREENINGS OF FAMILY FRIENDLY MOVIES.

ALL SUMMER LONG UPCOMING SHOWS INCLUDE MY SPA AT MONTWOOD PARK ON FRIDAY, JULY 23RD AND SONIC THE HEDGEHOG AT OST ON AUGUST 11TH.

ALL MOVIES BEGIN AT DESK REMEMBERED TO BRING CHAIRS OR BLANKETS FOR SEATING AND A LIGHT JACKET.

SHOULD THE EVENING TURN COOL FOR MORE INFORMATION AND A COMPLETE LIST OF FILMS ON THE SUMMER SCHEDULE, PLEASE CALL THE COMMUNITY SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0.

NOW, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM STAFF AND NO MAYOR?

[ COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS:]

UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME A BOARD DAVID CRABTREE, UH, WHO'S WITH US AS OUR INTERIM, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.

AND, UH, FOR YEARS IT WAS ALWAYS MY WISH TO HAVE DAVID COME HERE TO LA HABRA.

WHENEVER WE LOSE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, I HAD TALKED TO HIM AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, EVERY THOUGHT OF COMING TO LA HABRA, I GOT TO WORK WITH HIM ON SEVERAL PROJECTS, UH, WITH MY EMPLOYER BACK IN BRIA, BACK IN THOSE DAYS, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.

AND, AND DAVID IS JUST VERY CUSTOMER SERVICE ORIENTED AND JUST A WELL-RECOGNIZED IN HIS AREA.

SO DAVID, I KNOW YOU'RE ONLY OUR INTERIM FOR A TIME BEING, BUT ANYTIME WE HAVE YOU HERE, I'M JUST SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE AND, UM, WELCOME ABOARD.

I'D LIKE TO, UH, THANK, UH, KELLY AND KIM FOR THE CONSCIENCE OF THE PARK.

THEY'RE JUST OVER THE TOP THIS YEAR.

GREAT JOB WITH, UH, WITH THAT.

AND ALSO THE MOVIES IN THE PARK ARE, HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC.

UNFORTUNATELY I MISSED THE LAST CONCERT.

UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO, I FORGOT TO MENTION LAST TIME, THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WEIGHTS ELIAS, THAT WAS A BIG EVENT AND PEOPLE WERE VERY PLEASED AFTER A YEAR OF ABSENCE TO FINALLY GET RID OF THEIR WASTE IN THERE AND THEIR STUFF OUT THERE.

ONE ALSO RECOGNIZE, AND THANK MEL AND LV FOR YOUR WONDERFUL JOB WITH THE NEGOTIATIONS AND PUTTING ALL THAT TOGETHER AND LV LAST WEEK IS SERVING AS A CITY MANAGER.

APPRECIATE YOU STEPPING IN FOR JIM WHEN HE WAS ON VACATION.

AND FINALLY, UM, ALTHOUGH I WAS AWAY AT A WEDDING THIS WEEKEND, I HEARD A LOT OF GREAT THINGS ABOUT THE LION'S CLUB, PASTA FESTIVAL, UH, KELLY.

I KNOW YOU'RE A, YOU'RE A MEMBER LIONS COVEN.

ROY RAMSON IS MR. CORN ZILLA FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

SO YOU GUYS JUST DID A GREAT JOB AND LOOK AT THIS, THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEES JUST STAY AS STUCK IT OUT.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO AS WELL.

YOU GUYS HAVE ALL BEEN AT ALL OF OUR CONCERTS AND VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO IT'S ALL GREAT TO SEE YOU GUYS ACTIVE AT ALL OUR EVENTS.

IT JUST MEANS SO MUCH TO US TO SEE YOU OUT THERE.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

AND YOUR PREP TIME IN TORONTO? YES.

UH, A FEW ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AS WELL.

UH, GOING BACK TO THE, UH, THE 4TH OF JULY, UH, KELLY AND HER CREW PUT ON A, A, A GREAT PROGRAM.

KELLY, THANK YOU, KIM.

THANK YOU.

UH, THAT WAS A, A WONDERFUL DISPLAY WAS NICE TO SEE OUR COMMUNITY, UH, OUT AND ABOUT.

I KNOW I WALKED THE CONCOURSE, SPOKE TO A FEW PEOPLE AND THEY WERE VERY HAPPY, UH, THAT WE WERE, THAT WE WERE BACK TOGETHER AGAIN IN, UH, IN, IN DOING THE FIREWORKS SHOW.

SO THAT MEANT A LOT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PUTTING YOURSELVES OUT THERE.

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IT WAS A GOOD TURNOUT.

I KNOW I GOT STOPPED BY A FEW OF THE STORMTROOPERS, THE IMPERIAL STORMTROOPERS.

THEY WERE, THEY WERE GREAT.

ACTUALLY, IT WAS A GREAT ADDITION.

DIDN'T EXPECT THAT, BUT A BEAUTIFUL CARS AND A WONDERFUL TIME.

UH, I HAD TO LEAVE A LITTLE EARLY, BUT UH, WANTED TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THAT AS WELL.

AND THE LIONS FOR, UH, FOR PUTTING THAT ON.

UH, AND ALSO FOR THE CONCERTS IN THE PARK.

I KNOW I ATTENDED BRIEFLY LAST WEEK.

OUR, UH, I KNOW OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE THERE AS WELL LAST WEEK AND, UH, ATTENDED THE, UH, THE LIONS CAR SHOW.

SO ONE TO THANK EVERYBODY.

I IT'S, UH, IT'S NICE TO SEE OUR COMMUNITY BACK IN BUSINESS, SO TO SPEAK AND, UH, HOPEFULLY WITH THE WAY THINGS SEEM TO BE GOING THAT, UH, THAT WE DON'T GET A SHUTDOWN AGAIN.

UM, I'M HOPING, SO, UH, THE MESSAGE OUT THERE TO PEOPLE IS IF YOU, IF YOU FEEL IT, PLEASE GET VACCINATED FOR THE, UH, FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T.

BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, THANK YOU.

AND THANKS FOR OUR HARD HARDWORKING STAFF.

APPRECIATE YOU ALL.

YEAH, HARDWORKING.

THEY ARE TRULY, UM, IT SEEMS LIKE THE GATES JUST OPENED AND EVERYBODY JUST WENT OUT AND STARTED.

YOU SAW THE ENERGY THAT WAS PENNED UP IN THEM AND ACTIVITIES AND COMMITMENT TO ALL THESE CONCERTS IN THE PARK MOVIES IN THE PARK, COOL COPS.

IT WAS ALL THESE ACTIVITIES.

AND THEN LAST WEEK WE HAD THE COMMUNITY SERVICE DEPARTMENT HAD A, UH, TOUR OF ALL OF US.

WE WENT TO 20 SITES.

I BELIEVE IT FROM NINE IN THE MORNING.

AND LV WAS THERE WITH US THE ENTIRE TIME ALVIE FROM, FROM NINE IN THE MORNING UNTIL AROUND ALMOST 4 45 AROUND THERE IN THE, UH, AFTERNOON, UH, WE VISITED THE, UH, CHILDREN'S MUSEUMS. WE MADE VISITED THE MUSEUMS, OLD SETTLERS AS WELL, ALL THE DAYCARES, UH, THE SOFTBALL FIELDS.

UH, IT WAS, UH, WHAT ELSE? UM, THERE WAS SO MUCH OUT THERE.

THE, THE, THE SKATE PARK, THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, IT WAS JUST A PLETHORA OF, OF, UH, ACTIVITIES.

I LIKE TO THANK THE COMMUNITY, UH, AND THE, AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSIONERS AS WELL FOR ATTENDING THIS.

WE HAD FUN.

I SAW SOME OF THEM GO UP ON THE, UH, THE WATER SLIDE ACTUALLY COME DOWN AND GET ALL WEATHER ALONG WITH THE POLICE OFFICERS.

BUT IT WAS JUST A FUN ACTIVITY.

I HAVE TO TELL YOU THE COMMUNITY OUT THERE AND THE SPLASH PADS, WE'RE JUST ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR HAVING THIS FLASHBACK THERE.

UM, THEY WERE JUST EXCITED.

THERE WAS ICE CREAM AVAILABLE.

THERE WAS THE POLICE EXPLORERS OUT THERE.

IT WAS JUST A FIELD DAY OF ACTIVITIES.

UH, WE WALKED A LOT.

WE SAW THE GARY CENTER, THE FARMER GARY CENTER, THE BOXING CLUB, UH, ALL OF THESE, UH, GIVING ORGANIZATIONS THAT GIVE AND MAKE OUR COMMUNITY.

ONE OF THE CARING COMMUNITIES THAT YOU SEE, AND IT, IT WAS JUST MY HEART SWELLED TO SEE JUST HOW MUCH OF A COMMITMENT PEOPLE MAKE MEALS ON WHEELS, EVERYONE.

IT WAS JUST, IT WAS INCREDIBLE TO SEE JUST HOW MUCH IT PROVIDED TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND, UH, I'M JUST GRATEFUL THAT, UH, FOR ALL OF YOU, FOR ALL THE STAFF, ALL THE STAFF THAT IS OUT THERE HELPING.

SO, UM, AND I UNFORTUNATELY COULD NOT ATTEND THE PASTA FESTIVAL.

I W MY INTENTIONS WERE TO GO THERE, BUT I HAD VISITED MY NIECE AT UCLA MEDICAL CENTER.

AND BY THE TIME I GOT ON THE FREEWAY, IT WAS A VERY, VERY TIGHT.

AND BY THE TIME I GOT HOME, IT WAS JUST TOO LATE TO MAKE IT, BUT, UH, A LOT OF ACTIVITIES WELCOME MR. CRABTREE, AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AS WELL.

UM, SO THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, MANY OF YOU AS A VOLUNTEER.

SO I'M REALLY, REALLY GRATEFUL.

AND I'LL SEE YOU AT THE NEXT CONCERT IN THE PARK AS WELL.

AND I HAVE RESERVED FOR MY GRANDDAUGHTER, THE SPLASH PAD TO DO, TO COME TO SATURDAY.

SO, UM, I'M TAKING PART IN EVERYTHING, ALMOST EVERYTHING YOU GUYS HAVE.