[ 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]
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I WILL NOW CALL THE ORDER, THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF OCTOBER 4TH, 2021.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT IT IS 6:30 PM.
THE INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY CITY ATTORNEY RICHARD JONES FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY MAYOR PRO TEM MADRANO.
IF YOU WOULD ALL, PLEASE RISE, ASK YOU TO PLEASE A VALVE, YOUR HEADS, YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER.
WE FEEL SO BLESSED TO SEE IF NEED TO GATHER HERE SO MANY GOOD THINGS HAVE HAPPENED TO US.
THE FREEDOMS THAT WE ENJOY IN THIS COUNTRY AND THE WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST IN THE CITY OF THE HOMBRE.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THOSE WHO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, OUR POLICE OR FIRE OR PUBLIC WORKS, AND OTHER EMPLOYEES WHO MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR THE CITY OF
WE WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR OUR CHURCHES AND FOR OUR SERVICE CLUBS, MANY ORGANIZATIONS AND NONPROFITS THAT SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL AND ASK THEM TO BLESS THEM WITH WISDOM AND INSIGHT THEY WILL DO WITH THAT, WHICH IS BEST FOR ALL HARBOR.
BASED ON OUR NATION'S FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO REPUBLIC STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE.
WELL, THE CLERK, PLEASE CALL ROLL.
COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ, MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO, MAYOR ESPINOSA.
HERE, ARE THERE ANY CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS EVENING? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[1. PROCLAIM THE SECOND WEEK OF OCTOBER 2021 AS CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WEEK IN THE CITY OF LA HABRA]
GO ONTO PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS.I BELIEVE THERE IS A PROXY PRO UH, TO PROCLAIM THE, THERE IS A PROCLAMATION UP THERE AT THE PODIUM, UH, TO PROCLAIM THE SECOND WEEK OF OCTOBER, 2021 IS CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WEEK IN THE CITY OF LA BARBARA.
AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE, IS THERE ANYONE HERE? I THINK THERE IS, UM, THERE IS CODE ENFORCEMENT, SENIOR CODE ENFORCEMENT INSPECTOR, CYNTHIA
ARE THEY HERE? UM, THERE IS A, UH, A CERTIFICATE UP THERE.
WE WERE ALSO GOING TO HAVE SOME SLIDES AND I BELIEVE SOMEONE'S GOING TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.
UM, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL AND MAYOR.
UM, MY NAME'S JENELLE DECAL SKI.
I'M THE CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER.
UM, KCO HAS RECOGNIZED THE SECOND WEEK OF OCTOBER AS CODE ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION WEEK.
AND IT'S OUR TIME TO RECOGNIZE CYNTHIA AND DANIEL FOR THEIR HARD WORK.
UM, NOT ONLY ARE WE AN ENFORCEMENT ARM WITH THE CITY, UH, WE'VE ALSO JUST PARTICIPATED ANNUALLY, EXCUSE ME.
UM, THE PICTURES YOU SEE UP THERE IS THE 2021 PROJECT.
UM, WE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR US AND A TEAM FROM THE CHURCH, UM, PAINTING THE HOUSE, PLANNING SOME VEGETATION AND WORKING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO BEAUTIFY THEIR PROPERTY.
UM, THERE'S A COUPLE MORE SLIDES.
SO THIS ONE WAS A LONG, UM, LONG AND DRAWN OUT CODE CASE.
BUT, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE, BEFORE IT WAS PEELING PAINT, OVERGROWN VEGETATION, JUST LACK OF OVERALL MAINTENANCE AND THE AFTER PICTURE.
UM, WE ENDED UP HAVING AN INVESTOR COME AND, UM, REHAB THE PROPERTY, GIVE IT SOME TLC.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE AFTER LOOKS LIKE THEY PLANTED NEW VEGETATION, NEW PAINT, NEW ROOF, UM, GOT RID OF IT, NOT VEHICLES AND IT'S THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOOKS A LOT BETTER AND THE NEIGHBORS ARE REALLY THANKFUL OF, UM, OUR DEDICATION AND STAYING ON TOP OF THIS ONE BECAUSE IT WAS A NICE WAR FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
UH, THIS CASE ALSO SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES, UM, JUST LACK OF VEGETATION, UH, WORK WITHOUT PERMITS THAT WAS OPEN FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS.
UM, THIS WAS ONE OF CYNTHIA'S CASES.
SO SHE STAYED ON TOP OF THIS ONE, WORKED WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND NOW THE PROPERTY OWNER IS IN COMPLIANCE AND ALSO THIS ONE JUST STANDARD CODE CASE.
SO, UM, THIS ONE ALSO WENT TO THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
UM, WE HAD NUMEROUS HANDS ON DECK FROM PUBLIC, WORKS TO PD GOING WITH US.
UM, WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE AND NEED THE ASSISTANCE OF PUBLIC WORKS QUITE OFTEN.
AND, UM, POLICE ALSO, UM, SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT, UM, THE END RESULT IS VERY REWARDING FOR US AND THEN THE COMMUNITY ALSO.
SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE A BIG THANK YOU TO CYNTHIA
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AND DANIEL AND THEY'RE PART OF MY TEAM AND I'M HAPPY AND PROUD TO, UM, SUPERVISE THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE GOOD PEOPLE AND THEY KNOW WHAT IT'S, WHAT IT TAKES TO BUILD LONG LASTING RELATIONSHIPS IN THE COMMUNITY.AND I'M GLAD TO HAVE YOU GUYS.
SO JEANELLE, IF I COULD ASK FOR A SECOND.
SO WITH YOUR RELATIVELY SMALL STAFF, HOW MANY CASES DO YOU MANAGE ANNUALLY, UH, WITH YOUR STAFF ROUGHLY? UM, I WOULD SAY ANYWHERE FROM 200 TO 400, IT JUST REALLY DEPENDS.
SO, UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE KIND OF ON THE SLOW SEASON, IF YOU CAN CALL IT THAT, BUT, UM, YEAH, THEY'RE QUITE BUSY ALL THE TIME.
I FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN THE STATE WHERE WE COULD PROBABLY BE PROACTIVE A LITTLE BIT.
SO, AND NOW WE'RE DOING WEEKEND ENFORCEMENT, SO WE JUST KIND OF DEALING WITH A LOT OF THE VENDORS AND ANYTHING THAT COMES UP REALLY.
AND IF COUNCIL RECALLS IN THIS FISCAL YEAR AS BUDGET COUNCIL AUTHORIZED A PHYSICIAN TO BE ADDED BACK TO CODE ENFORCEMENT, WE USED TO HAVE, UH, FOUR FULL-TIME CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND THEN AT LEAST ONE OR TWO PART-TIME EMPLOYEES, I THINK IN THE PAST AS WELL.
AND THEN WE, BECAUSE OF BUDGET CUTS THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, CUT THAT BACK TO TWO FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME IF WE HAD IT, BUT NOW WE'RE ABLE TO RESTORE SOME STAFFING THERE AND YOU CAN SEE THE QUALITY OF TRYING TO IMPROVE THE NEIGHBORHOODS AS BEST WE CAN AND HELP PROPERTY OWNERS.
I MEAN, A LOT OF TIMES THE STAFF LOOKS TO FIND SOLUTIONS, UH, FOR PROPERTY OWNERS AND WORK WITH THE CHURCHES AND LOCAL GROUPS OF LIONS CLUBS ARE ALSO BEEN A GREAT PARTNER WITH US ON HELPING PROPERTY OWNERS.
I KNOW THAT, UH, THE FIRST SLIDE YOU SHOWED, I WAS ACTUALLY, I WENT TO GO HELP THE CHURCH.
I ACTUALLY DUG THOSE FOUR HOLES FOR THE PLANT THAT TRIM THE TREE ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
I WAS SORRY, THE NEXT DAY, BUT IT FELT GOOD JUST TO HELP A NEIGHBOR IN THE COMMUNITY AND, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO AS WELL, BECAUSE I ONLY DID IT ONE DAY.
UH, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND, UH, I HOPE YOUR WORK LIGHTENS UP, BUT I'M JUST HOPING, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND NOW, UH, WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMON SHALL BE RECEIVED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GOVERNING BODY MEETING AND LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES FOR ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR OR CHAIR.
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 COMMENT PORTION OF THIS MEETING ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM OF CITY BUSINESS, NOT APPEARING ON THE SCHEDULED AGENDA PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5, 4, 9, 5, 4 0.3, A SUCH COMMON SHALL I'LL BE RESPONDED TO BY THE GOVERNING BODY DURING THE MEETING.
AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE PERSON THAT WOULD WISH TO SPEAK DURING THIS PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION.
IF SO, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP AND PROVIDE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS? CONSIDERATION CONSIDERATION ITEM ONE.
YOU'LL TALK, STARTING CONSIDERATION.
ARE YOU SPEAKING ON THE VETERANS? OH, WELL THEN THAT WILL BE LATER.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK? IF SO, PLEASE PROVIDE US WITH YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
[ 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. ]
WILL PROCEED TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.ALL MATTERS OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION AND UNLESS SAY, 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 PORTION OF CALENDAR PORTION OF THIS AGENDA.
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 A SEPARATE DISCUSSION UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR.
SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND ARE LOW INTO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE.
SPEAKING TIME, AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT.
NON-REPEATING A BRIEF NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL NATURE THAT CONSENT CALENDAR APPEARS ON PAGES THREE THROUGH FOUR ON THE AUDIENCE AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH NINE.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT THE STAFF WOULD WISH REMOVED? NO MATTER MAYOR.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT COUNCIL WOULD WISH REMOVED? I WOULD LIKE TO BE RECORDED AS A NO VOTE ON NUMBER SIX.
UM, AND IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD WISH, WISH AN ITEM REMOVED THEN I WILL ASK FOR A MOTION.
MAY I LIKE TO APPROVE, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR? NOTING TIM SHAW'S SHAW A NO VOTE ON NUMBER SIX.
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SECOND WITH THE COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE MOTION PASSED FIVE ZERO.THERE IS NO PUBLIC HEARINGS AT THIS TIME.
AND SO 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 HARBOR 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 A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF A VETERANS CEMETERY IN ORANGE COUNTY That the City Council: APPROVE AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. ____ ENTITLED: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA, IN SUPPORT OF A VETERANS CEMETERY IN ORANGE COUNTY.]
ONE IS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF A VETERAN SARAH CEMETERY IN ORANGE COUNTY.IF WE COULD HAVE A REPORT, THANK YOU.
MADAM MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, ROBERT FARRIER FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE DURING THE COUNCIL COMMENTS PORTION OF THE SEPTEMBER 20TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING, COUNCILMAN SHAW REQUESTED THE CITY CONSIDER A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF A VETERAN CEREMONY CEMETERY IN ORANGE COUNTY.
THAT REQUEST WAS SECONDED BY MAYOR ESPINOSA, THE PROPOSAL TO CONSTRUCT A VETERAN'S CEMETERY IN ORANGE COUNTY, AS LONG BEING CHAMPION BY VETERANS, THEMSELVES, THEIR FAMILIES AND ADVOCACY GROUPS.
FOR YEARS, THESE GROUPS PROPOSED TO BUILD A CEMETERY ON A PORTION OF THE FORMER EL TORO MARINE CORPS AIR STATION.
HOWEVER, THAT PROPOSAL MADE LITTLE PROGRESS RECENTLY, THOUGH.
AN ALTERNATIVE SITE HAS BEEN SUGGESTED ON, UH, 200 ACRES OF COUNTY OWNED LAND NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF THE 91 FREEWAY AND THE 2 41 TOLL ROAD AND ANIME HILLS ON JULY 27TH OF THIS YEAR, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, UH, THAT CEMETERY ON THE SITE.
AND THEY ALSO ALLOCATED FUNDING TOWARDS THE PROJECT, UH, STAFF REQUESTS, THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER THE RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE STAFF REPORT ON THE MATTER AND PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? SEE, NONE I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE PUBLIC TO TESTIFY AND TO PLEASE GIVE US THEIR NAME AND THEIR ADDRESS IN OPPOSITION AND THOSE IN SUPPORT.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND AN HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M A PROUD VIETNAM VETERAN, A US NAVY, VIETNAM VETERAN, AND A PROUD AND DEDICATED VALOR MEMBER.
NOW AT THE JULY 1ST, 2021 PRESS CONFERENCE, I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE PRIDE OF A HISTORICAL ENERGETIC MOMENT THAT WAS BEING UNVEILED IN OUR COMMUNITY UP IN THE HILLS OF ANAHEIM AS SUPERVISOR DON WAGNER, SUPERVISOR DOE BARTLETT, FOLEY, AND CHAFEE CONFIRMED THEIR COMMITMENT TO ESTABLISH A VETERAN CEMETERY IN THE COUNTY OF ORANGE.
ALSO WATCHED SOME OF MY VETERAN BROTHERS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY SHARE THEIR SUPPORT FROM THE ORANGE COUNTY VETERANS ADVISORY COUNCIL, THE ORANGE COUNTY VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILY COLLABORATIVE, THE VALOR AMERICAN LEGION, THE VFWS AND VETS, D A V A U S A VIETNAM VETERANS, AND ALSO RECEIVED A ENCOURAGING APPROVAL PHONE CALL FROM THE CHAIR OF THE STATE CALIFORNIA BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
THE UNIFIED VOICE OF OVER 157 VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS AND NOW 156 BI-PARTISAN ELECTED OFFICIALS, CONGRESSWOMAN CONGRESSMEN, STATE SENATORS, ASSEMBLY MEMBERS, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND OTHERS AS RAPIDLY MAKING A VETERAN CEMETERY A REALITY.
I WAS ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO TO SHARE MY APPRECIATION PUBLICLY TO THE BOARD FOR THEIR DYNAMIC IX EFFORTS AND THEIR POSITIVE, MOTIVATING, AND VETERAN ENDEAVOR TO APPROVE $20 MILLION TO MOVE OUR VETERANS CEMETERY AGENDA.
THERE ARE 34 CITIES IN ORANGE COUNTY WITH THE POPULATION OF 3.2 MILLION.
AS OF THIS MORNING, THERE ARE 27 CITIES.
WHO'VE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED CITY RESOLUTIONS SUPPORT THE CEMETERY IN ANAHEIM HILLS IN THE GYPSON CANYON AREA.
AND THOSE 27 CITIES REPRESENT OVER 80% OF THE COUNTY POPULATION.
AGAIN, RESPECTFULLY, WE ASKED YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE RESOLUTION OF OUR VETERANS AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING VETERANS TODAY.
UM, SO IS THERE ANY, UH, COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION? YES.
MADAM MAYOR, UH, MORE, UH, AND THAT'S IT.
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WE DID.MR. MCDONALD AND I, UH, I SPOKE TO WITH, UH, WITH, UH, NICK BERDINO AS WELL, A FEW WEEKS AGO, UH, IN REFERENCE TO THIS RESOLUTION, BUT THAT ASIDE I WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME TO PERSONALLY AND I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUES WILL, AS WELL AS THE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.
UH, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT THING AND I COULD GO ON AND ON, BUT, UH, MY HEARTFELT THANKS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR SACRIFICE DURING OUR NATION'S TIME OF NEED.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE, WHAT YOU CAN DO, UM, DISCUSS THIS OR ACTION.
I LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION.
MADAM MAYOR TO APPROVE AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION ENTITLED RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT OF THE VETERANS CEMETERY IN ORANGE COUNTY.
THE SECOND, BUT THE COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE MOTION PASSED FIVE ZERO.
A COUNCIL MEMBER SHALL FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SUPPORT SOMEONE THEN ANYONE THAT HAS SERVED IN THE ARMY AND, AND HAS PROVIDED US TO PROTECT US AND SERVE.
AND WE'RE HERE TO SERVE YOU AS WELL.
SO I'LL SEE YOU AT THE NEXT BLACK HISTORY PARADE, HOPEFULLY.
[ MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR:]
WILL GO TO MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR.THE LOCAL COVID VACCINATION EVENTS ARE OCCURRING AT HOSPITALS, MEDICAL CENTERS, PHARMACIES, AND OTHER LOCATIONS AROUND THE COUNTY, INCLUDING HERE IN LA BARBARA.
IN ADDITION, TESTING IS ALSO AVAILABLE TO LEARN THE LOCATION OF UPCOMING VACCINATION CLINICS IN LAHABRA AND HOW YOU CAN GET TESTED.
PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMUNITY SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0 TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT OR FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ELIGIBILITY OF LOCATION, THE VACCINATION EVENTS OUTSIDE OF LA HARBOR PEEVE, PLEASE VISIT WWW DOT
AND PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO JOIN US AT THE LAST MOVIE IN THE FREE MOVIE TO THE PARK SERIES, WHICH WILL BE THE ANIMATED FILM ONWARD.
THE MOVIE WILL BE SHOWN AT OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE CHURCH ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER THE 22ND.
SO REMEMBER TO BRING CHAIRS OR BROUGHT BLANKETS FOR SEATING AND A LIGHT JACKET SHOULD BE EVENING TURN COOL FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMUNITY SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0.
AND PLEASE MEET THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE LA HARBOR POLICE DEPARTMENT DURING THE DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE.
ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER THE 23RD OPEN HOUSE HOURS ARE FROM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM AND THE OFFICERS WILL BE THERE TO DISPLAY EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES TO THE PUBLIC LEAD, UH, DEMOS.
AND TO JUST SAY HELLO, FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 3 0 0 AND HELP US HONOR LAW HARBORS MILITARY VETERANS DURING OUR ANNUAL VETERANS DAY PROGRAM, WHICH WILL OCCUR AT PORTOLA PARK ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER THE 11TH, THE PROGRAM BEGINS AT 11:00 AM.
AND IF YOU'RE A VETERAN, PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDAR AND JOIN US SO THAT WE CAN SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMUNITY SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0 AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST MARK YOUR CALENDAR AND PLAN TO JOIN THE LA HARBOR TAMALE FESTIVAL, WHICH WILL OCCUR AT SATURDAYS.
THE TAMALE FESTIVAL WILL TAKE PLACE ALONG EUCLID BETWEEN LA HARBOR BOULEVARD AND BRIGHTON BECKER AVENUE.
ENJOY THE QUALITY ENTERTAINMENT, GETTING SOME HOLIDAY SHOPPING AND OF COURSE, EAT THE TASTY TAMALES, UH, FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CON CONTACT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0.
AND WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM STAFF, NO MATTER MAYOR COMMENTS
[ COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS:]
FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ.UM, LIKE TO THANK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, PARTICULARLY OFFICER BENDER, THERE WAS A SITUATION THAT I KIND OF WITNESSED RIGHT OUTSIDE OF LA HABRA HIGH SCHOOL.
AND HE WAS RIGHT ON TOP ACT, MADE ME VERY PROUD.
HE ACT LIKE A TRUE PROFESSIONAL UNDER SOME VERY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.
SO PLEASE EXTEND MY, UM, GOOD JOB TO HIM AND WHAT HE DID THERE.
ALSO THE INVESTIGATION THAT TOOK PLACE OUTSIDE THE, UH, CHILDREN'S MUSEUM AND SOME VERY ACTIVE OUT THERE, UH, THIS WEEKEND, IT WAS VERY HOT OUT THERE AND THEY, THEY DID A GREAT JOB THERE, LIKE TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF A COUPLE OF PEOPLE.
UM, SADLY MY FIRST COUSIN ROBERTA MOLINA TUNE, UH, PASSED AWAY OVER THE WEEKEND FROM COVID.
SHE'S A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF LAHABRA.
SHE WAS BEHIND HER HUSBAND, RICK AND TWO CHILDREN, UH, RICKY AND SUNNY AND, UH, I THINK LIKE FIVE OR SIX GRANDCHILDREN.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY, AND SHE, UM, YOU KNOW, LIVED IN STEVE SIMONIAN'S NEIGHBORHOOD UP THERE, HUNG WOODCREST,
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AND SADLY SHE PASSED AWAY VERY TRAGICALLY.UH, REBECCA DUFFY, YOU MAY REMEMBER HER.
SHE HAD LIVED IN THIS AREA FOR MANY YEARS.
SHE, UH, WAS SPEARHEADED THE MOVE, MORE EAT HEALTHY MOVEMENT HERE WAS ACTIVE IN OUR SCHOOLS, UH, FOUGHT CHILDHOOD OBESITY, UH, WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH ST.
JUDE HOSPITAL FOR THE WORKOUT EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE AND HAD CLASSES WITH THAT.
UM, SHE WAS MINE IN SANDY BOLSTERS HIS PERSONAL TRAINER.
SHE WAS VERY COMPASSIONATE, CARING AND JUST A TOUGH, TOUGH GIRL, BUT GREAT, UH, TRAGICALLY.
SHE PASSED AWAY AND, UM, AND OUR, UH, HER LITTLE, UH, POLARIS AND IT FLIPPED AND SHE DIED AND PASSED AWAY, BUT WONDERFUL YOUNG LADY WHEN SHE LIVED HERE, UH, VERY ACTIVE IN OUR CUNY CERTAINLY MADE A DIFFERENCE.
SO I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN IN HER MEMORY, ALSO REBECCA DUFFY AND ALSO ROBERTA TUNE MOLINA.
THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.
COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ COMPLIMENT MICHELLE.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, REPRESENT LAHABRA AT THE PLACENTIA STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS LAST WEEK AND, UM, HEARD FROM, UH, MAYOR CRAIG GREEN AND, UH, THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR THERE, UH, BOTH SPOKE ON THE STATUS OF THINGS IN PLACENTIA.
I THINK, UM, THE GENERAL MESSAGE WAS THEY HAVE, UH, UM, HAD SOME TROUBLE IN THE PAST, BUT ARE, ARE REBOUNDING.
AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE IN BETTER FINANCIAL SHAPE NOW THAN THEY, THAN THEY WERE JUST A FEW YEARS AGO.
SO IT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR, UH, ABOUT PLACENTIA.
I JUST WANTED A COUPLE OF THINGS.
I NEEDED TO REPORT OUT, UH, THE, UH, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UH, AWARDS, INSTALLATION, UH, THAT I ATTENDED AT THE LAVA COMMUNITY CENTER ON AUGUST 25TH THIS YEAR, AND ALSO, UH, ICA SUMMER SEMINAR THAT WE ATTENDED THE MAYOR MYSELF AND COUNCILMAN STEVE SIMONIAN ON AUGUST 26TH OR THE 29TH AND THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA.
UH, QUITE INTERESTING, SOME OF THE, UH, THE TOPICS THAT WERE COVERED, UH, DURING THIS, UH, SEMINAR, ONE OF THEM OF INTEREST, OF COURSE, WHICH CAME TO FRUITION, UNFORTUNATELY IN MY EYES, UH, WHERE THE GOVERNOR SIGNED A BILL, I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE ON, UH, ASSEMBLY BILLS.
WHAT IS IT? NINE AND 10 OR SB NINE AND NINE AND 10, UH, IN REFERENCE, UH, UH, HOUSING AND WHAT HAVE YOU AND SPLITTING HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
UH, THE UNFORTUNATE PART ABOUT THIS IS THE, UH, THE, UH, THE LOBBYING THAT GOES ON IN SACRAMENTO BEHIND THIS.
AND ONE OF THOSE OF COURSE IS THE BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, WHICH WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH AND, UH, THEY DO THEIR BIDDING AND THEY DONATE OR, UH, FUND, UH, QUITE A FEW POLITICIANS, UH, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
AND OF COURSE THAT'S THEIR RIGHT, UH, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S THE WAY OUR SYSTEM IS.
BUT THE UNFORTUNATE PART ABOUT IS THAT WE'RE LOSING LOCAL CONTROL OVER SOME OF THESE, UH, SOME OF THESE HOUSING AND LOCAL CONTROL ISSUES THAT, UH, THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE LOSING LOCAL CONTROL.
AND SO THE UNFORTUNATE PART THERE AGAIN, IS THE BIA MEDDLING IN MY BOOK, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH POLITICIANS AND WHAT HAVE YOU AND DONATING MONEY, UH, THAT'S THE UNFORTUNATE PART, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GO TO THE BALLOT BOX AND WE, UH, WE VOTE CERTAIN WAYS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND WHY, WHY WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO WHAT WE DO, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO US, SOME OF THESE ISSUES.
SO I WOULD IMPLORE OUR COMMUNITY TO EDUCATE THEMSELVES ON SOME OF THESE ISSUES.
UH, FURTHERMORE, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF I COULD, UH, IF I COULD GET SOME, UH, SOME HELP HERE ON IN CON CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO HAVE, UH, THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 8TH, WHICH, UH, W WERE GOING TO HAVE THE VETERAN'S DAY, UH, UH, EVENT, UH, HERE AT PORTOLA PARK ACROSS THE STREET TO SEE IF WE COULD GET A, THAT, THAT DECLARED AS YELLOW RIBBON WEEK HERE IN LA HABRA.
AND, UH, THE REASON FOR THAT IS I WAS CONTACTED BY A FAMILY, MOST NOTABLY AMERICA HERNANDEZ HERE IN LA HABRA, UH, WHOSE SON IS A MARINE AND, UH, HE'S SERVING OVERSEAS.
UH, I WON'T SAY WHERE, UH, BECAUSE, UH, HE'S, UH, HE'S CURRENTLY SERVING ACTIVELY AND, UH, THE, UH, FAT BEHIND THIS IS, UH, AND I'LL READ YOU WHAT, WHAT EXACTLY YELLOW RIBBON WEEK, UH, IT, UH, WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE YELLOW, THE YELLOW AWARENESS RIBBON IS USED TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR OUR TROOPS AND TO BRING ATTENTION TO PRISONERS OF WAR OR THOSE MISSING IN ACTION.
I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE NOT ONLY THOSE, THAT UNFORTUNATELY WERE UNABLE TO COME HOME BECAUSE THEY MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE, BUT ALSO TO RECOGNIZE THOSE THAT CONTINUE TO SERVE, AND THAT CAN'T BE HOME WITH THEIR FAMILIES BECAUSE THEY'RE SERVING OUR COUNTRY.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE, WE COULD CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO HAVE YELLOW RIBBON WEEK THAT WEEK.
I WOULD, UH, GO AHEAD AND SUPPORT THAT THEY HAD THE FAMILY HAD REACHED OUT TO ME AS WELL, AND, UH, DEFINITELY WANT TO LEND MY SUPPORT.
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IS THAT IT FOR THE COUNCIL? UH, MADAM MAYOR, IF I CAN JUST BRING UP A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, ACTUALLY, SEVERAL, A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO, I TALKED ABOUT, UH, LOOKING AT THE SECURITY MEASURES AND HAD ASKED TO AGENDIZE IT AND HAS NOT BEEN DONE YET.I HADN'T GOTTEN A SECOND BY A MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO.
SO IF I CAN GET AN UPDATED, MAYBE IN A NEWSLETTER OR SOMETHING ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT, I'D APPRECIATE IT.
COUNCILMAN REMEMBER GROWING AS IT'D BE HAPPY TO JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE'VE MOVED AHEAD WITH GETTING BIDS ON SEVERAL SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS AT THE STATION.
WE'LL PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION AND COUNSELING.
I WILL NOW ADJOURN THE MEETING AND MEMORY OF ROBERTA MALINA TUNE AND REBECCA DUFFY TWO MONDAY, OCTOBER 18TH, 2021 AT 5:30 PM.
AND THE CITY COUNCIL CLOSED SESSION ROOM 1, 1, 2 C 100 EAST LA HARBOR BOULEVARD FOLLOWED BY THE REGULAR MEETING AT 6:30 PM IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER COULD EVENING MAYOR GOOD MEETING MAYOR.