* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] OKAY. THIS EVENING, OUR AGENDA INCLUDES A REGULAR MEETING AND A REGULAR JOINT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF ALHAMBRA, THE LAHABRA CIVIC IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY, THE CITY OF LAW OR HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THE LAHABRA UTILITY AUTHORITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, DIRECTORS WILL RECEIVE ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION AS A RESULT OF THE CONVENING OF THE CITY OF LA FOR HOUSING AUTHORITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD EVENING. ALL I WILL NOW CALL TO ORDER [ CALL TO ORDER: Council Chamber INVOCATION: City Attorney/Legal Counsel Jones PLEDGE OF ALLEGIENCE: Mayor Pro Tem/Director Medrano ROLL CALL: Mayor/Director Espinoza Mayor Pro Tem/Director Medrano Councilmember/Director Gomez Councilmember/Director Shaw Councilmember/Director Simonian] THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE REGULAR JOINT MEETING WITH A SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF LA BARBARA, THE HARBOR CIVIC IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY, THE CITY OF LA BARBARA HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THE LA HARBOR UTILITY AUTHORITY OF DECEMBER 20TH, 2021. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT IS A 6:30 PM. THE INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY THE CITY ATTORNEY LEGAL COUNSEL AND MR. JONES FOLLOWED BY THE FLAG SALUTE LED BY MAYOR PRO TEM DIRECTOR MEDRANO. IF YOU WOULD ALL, PLEASE RISE, ASK YOU TO PLEASE A VALUE YOUR HEADS, YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER. AS WE GATHER THIS EVENING, WE ASK YOU TO BLESS ALL OF US WITH LOVE AND PEACE AND HAVE THE INPUT AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUR PRESENCE IN OUR LIVES. WE ASK YOU TO BLESS THE CITIZENS OF LAHABRA, BUT THIS COMING YEAR WILL BE A YEAR OF HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY. THEY WILL KNOW ALL OF THE MANY GOOD THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THIS CITY. WE ASK YOU TO BLESS THE CITY COUNCIL WITH WISDOM AND INSIGHT THAT THEY WILL DELIBERATE FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF ALL THE HOMBRE. WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PRESENCE IN OUR LIVES. AND WE SAY THESE THINGS IN BY NAME, AMEN. WE ALSO PRAY FOR A SPECIAL BLESSING OVER JUDY JONES AND HER, UH, PROCEDURE THAT SHE'S HAVING TOMORROW. WE PRAY FOR DICK AND HIS FAMILY AND YOUR NAME. WE PRAY. AMEN. OKAY. SO OUR NATION'S FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELL, THE CITY CLERK, SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL RO COUNCIL MEMBER, DIRECTOR SIMONIAN, COUNCIL MEMBER, DIRECTOR, SHAW COUNCIL MEMBER, DIRECTOR GOMEZ, MAYOR PRO TEM DIRECTOR. MADRANO HERE MAYOR, DIRECTOR ESPINOSA HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ARE THERE ARE NO CLOSED SESSIONS THIS EVENING? WE WILL NOW PROCEED A PROCLAMATION AND PRESENTATIONS. WE HAVE THE 2021 HOLIDAY [1. 2021 HOLIDAY HOME DECORATING "LIGHT UP THE SEASON" AWARD] HOME DECORATING LIGHT UP THE SEASON AWARD. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO THE PODIUM TO PRESENT THE AWARD TO THE BARBARA GREEN FAMILY. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THE AWARD FOR ORIGINAL THING TO THE GREEN FAMILY. YOU WERE SELECTED OUT OF 20 NOMINATIONS. IF YOU GET UP, LET ME GET OVER HERE. OKAY. I'LL ALL EYES HERE. CAN YOU SEE ME? THANK YOU. YOU SHOULD PHOTO BOMB THIS RIGHT. STAND UP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. AND NOW MAYOR PRO TEM MADRONA WILL PRESIDE OVER THE PRESENTATION FOR ITEM TWO. SO UNDER ITEM TWO, A WE'RE GOING [2. RECOGNITION OF OUTGOING MAYOR ESPINOZA FOR HER SERVICES FROM DECEMBER 2020 THROUGH DECEMBER 2021] TO RECOGNIZE OUR OUTGOING MAYOR ROSE ESPINOSA, AND, UH, HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE, UH, HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED HERE IN THE LAST YEAR UNDER HER LEADERSHIP. SO IF YOU WILL INDULGE ME FOR A QUICK SECOND. UM, SO WE'LL START OFF WITH A COMPLETION OF THE LA HARBOR BOULEVARD STREET SERVICING PROJECT, AS WELL AS A COMPLETION OF THE WHITTIER HACIENDA INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT [00:05:01] PROJECT IN PRE-ROLL HIGHWAY LIGHT SYNCHRONIZATION PROJECT COMPLETION OF THE OSD PARK AND BREO PARK SPLASH PAD PROJECTS, THE RENOVATION AND THE OPENING OF THE ROW ON HARBOR RESTAURANT AND COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES PROJECT, THE COMPLETION AND OPENING OF SEVERAL NEW EATERIES IN THE LOTTERY MARKETPLACE, INCLUDING CRUMBLE COOKIES, BORDON BREW, AND RUBY REDS, BARBECUE AMONG OTHERS, THE CITY SUCCESSFUL GRANT APPLICATION TO HELP FUND CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW VISTA GRUNDY PARK PROJECT. THE STARTUP CONSTRUCTION FOR VOLARA HOMES, A 58 UNIT CONDOMINIUM PROJECT HERE DOWN THE STREET FROM CITY HALL, THE OPENING OF AMAZON FRESH AND YOU GROCERY MARKET ON IMPERIAL HIGHWAY AND THE START OF CONSTRUCTION OF ST. JUDE'S NEW MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING AT WHITTIER AND IDAHO. AND ONE FINAL ONE. UH, ALSO OUR, UH, OUR ESTEEMED MAYOR GRADUATED FROM CAL STATE FULLERTON THIS YEAR. SO ON ACKNOWLEDGED THAT AS WELL, I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, WONDERFUL THAT, UH, UH, ROSE, AS WE ALL KNOW, UH, HAS STARTED ROSIE'S GARAGE. WELL OVER TWO DECADES AGO IS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED. AND AS I SAID AT THE NIGHT, UH, WE HONORED HER A FEW MONTHS AGO. SOMEBODY THAT PUTS HER MONEY WHERE HER MOUTH IS, SHE GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE, AND I THINK SHE'S ENTERTAINING THE IDEA OF OBTAINING HER MASTER'S DEGREE AS WELL, SO KUDOS TO, UH, TO OUR MAYOR. SO ALL OF THIS OCCURRED DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC A TIME WHEN PUBLIC AGENCIES EVERYWHERE, INCLUDING THE CITY OF LA HABRA, HAD TO PIVOT AWAY FROM THEIR USUAL MODE OF SERVICE DELIVERY AND IMPLEMENT NEW METHODS OF SERVING THE PUBLIC THAT TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION THE STATE AND COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDELINES THAT WERE CONSTANTLY CHANGING OFTEN TIMES ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS PER OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AS MAYOR IS A TESTAMENT TO HER CHARACTER AND HER OVERFLOWING PATIENTS AND DEMONSTRATES THE VERACITY OF LAW HARVARD'S REPUTATION AS A CARING COMMUNITY. MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND ARE GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING ROSE HAS DONE THIS PAST YEAR TO KEEP US FOCUSED AND ON TRACK. THANK YOU, ROSA. SO I WOULD, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE, UH, OUR OUTGOING MAYOR TO, UH, COME DOWN HERE TO THE WELL WITH ME. THANK YOU. I'LL FOLLOW YOU. NOT SUPPOSED TO BE FOLLOWING YOU SO ROSE WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THE, UH, THE GAVEL FOR YOUR TIME, HAVE A SERVICE HERE, AND WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE THANK YOU. MY BODY GUARD, BRUCE IS THE BODYGUARD. YES, ABSOLUTELY. WE PUT THIS UP HERE FOR YOU, AND IF I CAN INVITE, UH, CONGRESSWOMAN YOUNG'S OFFICE, UH, TO COME UP AND PRESENT A, UH, A CERTIFICATE ON BEHALF OF, UH, CONGRESSWOMAN YOUNG KIM, YOU THANK YOU. HELLO, MS. MAYOR, HOW ARE YOU DOING, DOING WELL? AND JUST ON BEHALF OF CONGRESSWOMAN YOUNG KIM I'M HERE TODAY TO RECOGNIZE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR DEDICATION. I MEAN, MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO JUST STATED ALL OF THE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE CITY OF LAHABRA AND WE ARE JUST WISHING CONTINUED SUCCESS FOR THE CITY AS WELL AS CONTINUED GREAT LEADERSHIP. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I WANT TO THANK THE ONE THAT GAVE ME THESE LOVELY FLOWERS AND BUFFY AS WELL. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IF I CAN HAVE, UH, OUR ORANGE COUNTY SUPERVISOR FOR THE FOURTH DISTRICT SUPERVISOR, DOUG CHAFEE COME UP AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAVE YOU ROTATED THROUGH THIS BEFORE? HAVEN'T YOU AND NOW YOU'VE GOT A DEGREE. SO NEXT TIME YOU ROTATE THROUGH, WE EXPECT TO HAVE A MASTER'S WELL, EVERY TIME I COME UP HERE, I SEE SOMETHING SPECTACULAR LIKE THAT TAMALE FESTIVAL. THEY HAD EVERYTHING IN THERE FROM CRAFTS [00:10:01] TO A TREE LIGHTING TO FIREWORKS. I'VE NEVER SEEN TAMALES LIKE THAT BEFORE. SO IT'S MY GREAT PLEASURE PINCH WITH A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION WHILE YOUR THOUGHTFUL DEDICATION, GIVEN THE CITY, THE SERVICE THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO HELP MAKE YOUR CITIZENS BETTER IN EVERYDAY LIFE AND THE WAY YOU RUN ROSIE'S GARAGE. BOY, THAT'S REALLY SPECIAL TOO. SO THANK YOU. EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT. IF I CAN HAVE A ASSEMBLY MEMBER FIELD CHIN FROM THE 50 FIX GIVES ME 55TH DISTRICT OR A, UH, A REPRESENTATIVE THEY'RE NOT HERE YET. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, UH, OUR, UH, WE DO HAVE, OKAY, SORRY ABOUT THAT. SO I'LL READ THE CERTIFICATE ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATED COMMITMENT, LEADERSHIP AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY BY SERVING ON THE LAHABRA CITY COUNCIL, BEST WISHES FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUCCESS. SO THIS IS FROM THE 55TH ASSEMBLY. UH, OUR REPRESENTATIVE PHILLIP CHIN. WE'VE GOT A FEW MORE. WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE ALL NIGHT. ROSE. NEXT UP IS MARIE LAVA FROM THE, UH, EXCUSE ME. IT'S JOSH NEWMAN. OH, PARDON ME? SENATOR JOSH NEWMAN'S OFFICE BEFORE WE, UH, WE GET UP ON THERE AND THAT'S A, FOR THE, I'LL READ THIS ONE AS WELL IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF YOUR RECENTLY COMPLETED TERM AS MAYOR LA HABRA THROUGH YOUR LEADERSHIP AND COUNCIL, YOU SUCCESSFULLY GUIDED THE CITY THROUGH THE MANY DAUNTING CHALLENGES PRESENTED BY THE PANDEMIC, YOUR CHAMPIONING OF LOCAL BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS AND YOUR, YOUR ADEPT STEWARDSHIP OF CITY FINANCES HAVE ASSURED THE FISCAL SECURITY OF THE CITY FOR YEARS TO COME ON BEHALF OF CALIFORNIA'S 29TH SENATE DISTRICT. I EXTEND YOUR, SINCE OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WISH YOU THE VERY BEST AS YOU CONTINUE TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF LAHABRA SIGNED BY SENATOR JOSH NEWMAN. GOSH, I KNOW NOW IF I CAN HAVE MARIE LAVA YOGA FROM THE ALHAMBRA BUSINESS CHAMBER, YOU'RE THE CHAIR OF OUR BOARD. I NEED TO LIFT WEIGHTS. WELL, MAYOR, WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, ROSA. YOU KNOW, SUCH A SPECIAL PERSON, SO MUCH HELP IN THE COMMUNITY. YOU'VE BEEN SO GOOD TO OUR BUSINESSES AND ON BEHALF OF THE CHAMBER, WE JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. AND, UH, ONE MORE HERE FROM OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSIONER, RICHARD ROJAS, SHE WAS, WELL, THEY SAID YOU WERE COMING UP RICH. YOU'RE HERE, MARY ESPINOSA. WE'RE A NEWLY ACQUAINTED. I'VE ONLY BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY SINCE, UH, 2016, BUT I HAD THE PLEASURE AND THE HONOR TO SPEND THE DAY WITH, UH, OUR MAYOR AND OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES STAFF AND OUR OTHER FELLOW COMMUNITY COMMISSIONERS, UH, TOURING THE CITY'S FACILITIES, OUR PARKS, OUR EARLY EDUCATION, CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, OUR HEALTHCARE, OUR SENIORS PROGRAMS. AND I GOT TO KNOW THE MAYOR A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER BACKGROUND, ABOUT HER WORK WITH ROSIE'S GARAGE AND ABOUT HER PASSION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY. SO WE TOURED ALL DAY LONG WAS PRETTY EXHAUSTING, TREATED LIKE KINGS AND QUEENS BY KIM AND KELLY AND ALL THE COMMUNITY SERVICES STAFF. AND AT ONE POINT WE WERE AT THE CHILDCARE FACILITY NEAR PORTOLA PARK, AND WE'RE GOING TO THE LAST OF THE FEW. BESIDES THERE, SOME OF THE FOLKS ARE HITTING THE AUDIENCE HERE AND THE KIDS WERE JUST BEAMING WITH JOY TO SEE ROSIE. AND THERE WAS ONE LITTLE BOY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER HIM, ABOUT EIGHT YEARS OLD. HE SHOUTED OUT TO HIS CLASSMATES, [00:15:01] HEY, THAT'S MERE ROSIE. I WANT TO BE HER FRIEND AND ROSIE STOPPED DEAD IN HER TRACKS. AND SHE WENT OVER TO THE LITTLE BOY AND THE EXCHANGE PLEASANTRIES. AND THEN SHE ASKED THE YOUNG MAN AND HIS COLLEAGUES THERE, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A SELFIE? AND HE SAID, ABSOLUTELY. AND AS I LOOKED ACROSS THE ROOM THERE AT ALL THE OTHER CHILDREN, THEIR SMILES WERE EAR TO EAR AND THEY SAID, THAT'S OUR MAYOR. THAT'S MAYOR ROSIE. SO FOR THAT, I WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU BEHALF OF MY CHILDREN THAT ARE, OR MY GRANDCHILDREN AND MY CHILDREN IN THE BACK ROW. THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH A GREAT LEADER AND FINE EXAMPLE FOR ALL OF US. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IF I CAN HAVE EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION TO THE TV MONITORS, I THINK THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS GOING TO RECOGNIZE YES. ROSE, I'M SORRY. NINE NEGLECT TO DO, UH, UH, IF YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE PRESENT FOR, COME DOWN FOR PICTURES. MY, YEAH, I KNOW MY SON JUST CAME OUT OF WORK, SO HE'S PROBABLY IN HIS WORK CLOTHES I CAN SEE, BUT MY SON, CHRIS, OVER THERE IT'S SPINOSA AND MY GRANDSON, I CALL HIM MY ONLY GRANDSON. SO I ONLY HAVE ONE GRANDSON, ALEX ESPINOSA. AND, UH, ONE OF MY GRANDDAUGHTERS, ASHLEY HAS SPINOSA IS HERE AS WELL. WE'LL TAKE A PHOTO LATER. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH MAYOR PRO TEM. I APPRECIATE ALL OF THIS FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, BUT ACTUALLY, I MEAN, WELL, I GET ALL THE RECOGNITIONS. IT'S ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE BACKGROUND THAT MAKE IT HAPPEN. SO I NEVER FORGET THAT THAT IT'S THE STAFF, IT'S THE LEADERSHIP OF THE, MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL THAT MAKE IT POSSIBLE. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN BY ONE PERSON BY ITSELF. SO WHEN YOU GAVE ME THESE RECOGNITIONS, YOU RECOGNIZE THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND THE STAFF THAT IS HERE AT OUR CITY OF LA HARBOR. SO PLEASE GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE AS WELL. AND NOW, UH, WE WILL PROCEED TO [ PUBLIC COMMENTS: When addressing the La Habra City Council, please complete a Speaker’s Card before leaving the Council Chamber. General Public Comments shall be received at the beginning of the governing body meeting and limited to three (3) minutes per individual, with a total time limit of 30 minutes for all public comments, unless otherwise modified by the Mayor or Chair. Speaking time may not be granted and/or loaned to another individual for purposes of extending available speaking time, and comments must be kept brief, non-repetitive, and professional in nature. The general Public Comment portion of the meeting allows the public to address any item of City business not appearing on the scheduled agenda. Per Government Code Section 54954.3(a), such comments shall not be responded to by the governing body during the meeting.] PUBLIC COMMENTS. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE DID RECEIVE AN EMAIL FROM A MR. MAHMOOD. UM, SO WITH THAT, UH, THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS 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 WILL BE KEPT BRIEF NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE. THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMON PORTRAIT PORTION OF THE MEETING ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM OF CITY BUSINESS. NOT A PERIOD ON THE SCHEDULE, THE AGENDA PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5, 4, 9, 5, 4 0.38. SUCH COMMENTS SHALL NOT BE RESPONDED TO BY THE GOVERNING BODY DURING THE MEETING. IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK DURING THIS PUBLIC COMMON PORTION OF THE MEETING? THERE'S NO ONE IN THE ATRIUM. ALL RIGHT. UM, THEN, UH, NOW WE HAVE THE 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, TAKING 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 TIMES MAY NOT BE AGAIN GRANTED AND OR LOAN TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE. SPEAKING TIME, AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT NON BRIEF NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE. UM, THE [1. CITY COUNCIL REORGANIZATION AND APPOINTMENTS TO GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, AUTHORITIES, AND OUTSIDE BOARDS That the City Council consider and elect/appoint: A. Mayor for a one-year term (December 2021-December 2022); B. Mayor Pro Tem for a one-year term (December 2021-December 2022); C. Chair and Vice Chair for the Successor Agency to the La Habra Redevelopment Agency for a one-year term (December 2021-December 2022); D. Chair and Vice Chair for the Civic Improvement Authority for a one-year term (December 2021-December 2022); E. Chair and Vice Chair for the Housing Authority for a one-year term (December 2021-December 2022); F. Delegate and Alternate Representative to the Orange County Sanitation District for a one-year term (December 2021-December 2022); G. Delegate and Alternate Representative to the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) for the purposes of voting in SCAG General Assembly meetings to be held in 2022; H. Two Councilmembers to serve on the Internal Audit Committee for a one-year term (December 2021-December 2022); I. Appointment by the Mayor of one Councilmember to serve on the Emergency Preparedness Council as Vice Chair for a one-year term (December 2021-December 2022); and J. One Citizen-At-Large vacancy on the La Habra Rewards Fund Committee with an indefinite term.] CITY COUNCIL REORGANIZATION APPOINTMENT OF GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, AUTHORITIES, AND THE OUTSIDE BOARD, THE CITY CLERK WILL NOW ACT AS A PRESIDING OFFICER FOR THE ELECTION OF MAYOR. THANK YOU. NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE POSITION OF MAYOR FOR A ONE-YEAR TERM, MADAM MAYOR WHO WISH TO PLACE A NAME OF JOSE MADRANO MAYOR PRO TEM. I LIKE TO SECOND THAT I LIKE TO SECOND THAT AND CLOSE NOMINATIONS. OKAY. TAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS. UH, [00:20:02] YOU MAY VOTE MOTION PASSED FIVE ZERO. CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR MADRANO THE CITY CLERK WILL CONTINUE WITH THE COUNCIL REORGANIZATION AND APPOINTMENTS TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE POSITION OF MAYOR PRO TEM FOR A ONE-YEAR PERIOD. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE A COUNCIL MEMBER, JIM GOMEZ. SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS? OH, IT SHOULD BE CLOSE. SO BE IT. CAN WE, IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND? I WILL. SECOND IT PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSED FIVE ZERO. CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR AND THE NOMINATION NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE POSITION OF CHAIR FOR ONE YEAR TERM FOR THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE STEVE SIMONIAN. ALL SECOND. I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS. CASSIE NANA'S VOTE. I WILL SECOND PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSED FIVE, ZERO. CONGRATULATIONS. DENOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE POSITION OF VICE CHAIR FOR ONE YEAR TERM FOR THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY. LIKE TO NOMINATE A COUNCILMAN, UH, EXCUSE ME. OUR MAYOR PRO TEM JAMES GOMEZ. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? I WILL SECOND IT, YEAH. WE'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE NOMINATIONS AND CAST UNANIMOUS BELT AND CASTING. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, PLEASE VOTE MAYOR MADRONA. WOULD YOU PLEASE? THANK YOU. MOTION PASSED FIVE ZERO. CONGRATULATIONS. VICE CHAIRMAN TORONTO. I MEAN, I'M SORRY. VICE CHAIR GOMEZ. I APOLOGIZE. EXCUSE ME. HE'S THE CHAIR. HE CAN'T BE A CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, CHAIR. I APOLOGIZE. THANK YOU. NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE POSITION OF CHAIR FOR ONE-YEAR TERM, FOR THE CIVIC IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY. LIKE THE NOMINATE COUNCILMAN, TIM SHAW. SECOND, KATHY. YOU NOW I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS AND DO A CAST, A UNANIMOUS BALLOT. IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSED FIVE ZERO. CONGRATULATIONS, CHAIR. SHAW NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE POSITION OF VICE CHAIR FOR ONE YEAR TERM [00:25:01] FOR THE CIVIC IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY. THE MOTION TO NOMINATE OUR IMMEDIATE PAST MAYOR ROSA SPINOSA AND ALSO CLOSED NOMINATIONS AND CASSIE NOW AS VOTE I'LL SECOND, PLEASE VOTE MOTION PASSED FIVE ZERO. CONGRATULATIONS, VICE CHAIR, ESPINOSA NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE POSITION OF CHAIR FOR ONE YEAR TERM FOR THE CITY OF LA HABRA HOUSING AUTHORITY. LIKE IF WE MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE A MAYOR PRO TEM JAMES GOMEZ, I GET A SECOND, A SECOND AND A, IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS AND THE CASSIE UNANIMOUS BALLOT? IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. OKAY. MOTION PASSED. FIVE ZERO. CONGRATULATIONS, CHAIR, GOMEZ. NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE POSITION OF VICE CHAIR FOR ONE YEAR TERM FOR THE CITY OF HOUSING AUTHORITY, LIKE TO NOMINATE A COUNCIL MEMBER. STEVE SIMONIAN. SECOND. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS AND CASSIE HUMANA'S VOTE SECOND, PLEASE. YES. MOTION PASSED FIVE ZERO. CONGRATULATIONS. VICE CHAIR, SIMONIAN. NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE POSITION OF DELEGATE FOR A ONE-YEAR TERM TO THE ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT. LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, DO A NOMINATE COUNSEL WOMAN ROSE ESPINOSA. SECOND, LIKE THE FURTHER NOMINATIONS SECOND. YES. WHO COUNTS THE SECOND? I'M SORRY. MEDRANO. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSED FIVE, ZERO CON. CONGRATULATIONS, STELLA. GET US. SPINOSA NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE POSITION OF ALTERNATE FOR ONE YEAR TERM TO THE ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT. MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE A COUNCILMAN. STEVE SIMONIAN. SECOND. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS AND CAST A UNANIMOUS BALLOT. SECOND, PLEASE VOTE MOTION PASSED FIVE ZERO. CONGRATULATIONS. ALTERNATE SIMONIAN. NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE POSITION OF DELICATE FOR ONE-YEAR TERM TO THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS. I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE COUNSEL WOMAN, ROSA SPINOSA OH SECOND. AND UH, ALSO, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS AND CASKET UNANIMOUS BALLOT. PLEASE VOTE MOTION PASSED FIVE ZERO. CONGRATULATIONS. DELICATE ESPINOSA NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE POSITION OF ALTERNATE FOR A ONE-YEAR TERM TO THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS. I LIKE TO NOMINATE MAYOR JOSE MADRANO SECOND, LIKE THE MOVE THAT THE, UH, CLOSED AND MOVED FOR A UNANIMOUS VOTE. THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. PLEASE VOTE. [00:30:06] MOTION PASSED FIVE ZERO. CONGRATULATIONS. ALTERNATE MAGENTO NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN TO APPOINT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER TO SERVE ON THE INTERNAL AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR ONE-YEAR TERM. THIS IS THE, FOR THE FIRST APPOINTMENT, LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE COUNCILMAN TIM SHAW SECOND ALSO FOR THE, MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS AND CASSIE UNANIMOUS VOTE. SECOND MOTION PASSED FIVE ZERO. CONGRATULATIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN TO A POINT. THE SECOND APPOINTMENT OF COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THE INTERNAL AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR WHEN YOUR TERM LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT A COUNSEL. EXCUSE ME, OUR MAYOR PRO TEM JAMES GOMEZ, SECOND, AND, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS AND CAST A UNANIMOUS BALLOT. SECOND, PLEASE VOTE MOTION PASSED FIVE ZERO. CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR PRO TEM GOMEZ. THANK YOU. NOW'S THE TIME THAT THE MAYOR MEDRANO APPOINTS ONE COUNCIL MEMBER TO SERVE ON THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COUNCIL AS VICE-CHAIR FOR WHEN YOUR TERM LIKE THE NOMINATE COUNCILMAN STEVE SIMONIAN SECOND. OH, ACTUALLY IT'S YOUR APPOINTMENT. YOU JUST APPOINT CONGRATULATION COUNCIL MEMBERS SIMONIAN. CONGRATULATIONS. NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN TO APPOINT ONE CITIZEN AT LARGE TO THE LA HOPPER REWARDS FUND COMMITTEE FOR AN INDEFINITE TERM. AND THIS COULD BE OUTSIDE OF THE COUNCIL OR IS IT, ARE WE LOOKING FOR COUNSELING AT LARGE? SO IT WOULD BE A CITIZEN RESIDENT. YES. IT COULD BE ANYONE WHO'S CURRENTLY SERVING ON THERE. JUST REMIND ME. WE HAVE, WE HAVE, UM, MR. RONALD WOODWARD, AND THEN WE HAVE A VACANCY, UH, THE MAYOR PRO TEM SERVE ON THERE. AND SO DOES THE CHIEF OF POLICE. OKAY. I LIKE TO NOMINATE, UH, DARREN, NICK, SARIAN ALL SECOND. AND UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS AND CAST A UNANIMOUS BALLOT. I WILL SECOND. OKAY. PLEASE VOTE MOTION PASSED FIVE, ZERO CONGRATULATION MYSTERY. AND THAT CLOSES THE NOMINATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. FIND YOUR MIC. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION REGARDING CALIFORNIA CITIZENS RE DRIFTING, EXCUSE ME, REDISTRICTING COMMISSION AND BOUNDARY MAPS. IF I COULD INTERRUPT. YES, SIR. SURE. ATTORNEYS, DO WE NEED TO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE END OF THAT FIRST CONSIDERATION ITEM? YOU COULD INVITE OTHER COMMENT. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND WE DO THAT. I'D LIKE TO GOING BACK TO OUR, UH, OUR FIRST ITEM, I'D LIKE TO INVITE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE, UH, WHO, UH, WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, DARNELL COMMENTS. WE'LL MOVE ON. THANK YOU. AND OUR NEXT ITEM UP IS GOING TO BE TO, UH, UH, APPROVE A RESOLUTION [2. APPROVE A RESOLUTION REGARDING CALIFORNIA CITIZENS REDISTRICTING COMMISSION BOUNDARY MAPS That the City Council APPROVE AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. ________ ENTITLED: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA, REGARDING CALIFORNIA CITIZENS REDISTRICTING COMMISSION BOUNDARY MAPS.] REGARDING CALIFORNIA CITIZENS, REDISTRICTING COMMISSION, BOUNDARY MAPS. AND I'D LIKE TO CALL FIRST THAT REPORT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, ROBERT FARRIER FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, ONCE A DECADE MAPS FOR CONGRESSIONAL STATE SENATE AND STATE ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS ARE REDRAWN, UH, THAT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE LATEST POPULATION DATA FROM THE U S CENSUS IN CALIFORNIA, THE CALIFORNIA CITIZENS, REDISTRICTING COMMISSION MANAGES THIS PROCESS. AND ACCORDING TO THEIR MANDATE, THE COMMISSION, UH, DRAWS LINES IN CONFORMITY WITH NON-PARTISAN RULES MEANT TO CREATE DISTRICTS OF ROUGHLY EQUAL POPULATION THAT PROVIDE FAIR AND EQUITABLE REPRESENTATION FOR ALL CALIFORNIANS SPECIFIC DETAILS ON THE COMMISSION AND ITS WORK CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT, WE [00:35:01] DRAW THE LINES CA.ORG. IN NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR, THE COMMISSION PUBLISHED ITS PRELIMINARY MAPS, HOSTING PUBLIC MEETINGS TO SEEK PUBLIC INPUT. FINAL MAPS ARE REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF STATE. NEXT WEEK, THESE PRELIMINARY MAPS HAVE UNDERGONE EXTENSIVE REVISION AND THEY CONTINUE TO CHANGE FREQUENTLY. OFTEN ON A DAILY BASIS. UH, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE, UH, ARE AWARE, THE CITY HAS ALREADY SENT A LETTER TO THE COMMISSION, UH, REQUESTING THAT LAHABRA REMAIN IN DISTRICTS WITH OTHER NORTH ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITIES. THIS POSITION IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AS WELL AS IT'S A LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM, WHICH ARE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ANNUALLY AND IS PREDICATED UPON THE CITY'S LONG HISTORY OF WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH OTHER NORTH ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITIES ON ISSUES OF MUTUAL SHARED IMPORTANCE, SUCH AS HOMELESSNESS, HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, AND PUBLIC SAFETY REMAINING IN A DISTRICT WITH OTHER NORTH ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITIES, UH, WOULD BOLSTER OUR EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES AS WELL AS FOCUSING ON FUNDING PRIORITIES AND PROVIDING A VOTE OF VOICE TO AFFECTED RESIDENTS. THE ITEM BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL THIS EVENING ASKS THAT YOU, UH, CONSIDER AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD THEN ASK THE COMMISSION TO KEEP AND DISTRICTS THAT INCLUDE OTHER ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITIES. IF THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THAT RESOLUTION STAFF WILL TRANSMIT, WILL TRANSMIT IT TO THE COMMISSION FORTH WITH THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. STAFF'S AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ANY OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NO, BUT IT JUST, JUST ESSENTIAL THAT WE, UH, GROUP OURSELVES WITH ORANGE COUNTY LIKE CITIES AND, YOU KNOW, AND I WANT TO COMMEND A FEW YEARS BACK. OUR FORMER MAYOR ROSE HAS BEEN OVER THE WIND UP TO SACRAMENTO AND LOBBYING ON OUR BEHALF WHERE THEY WANTED TO TAKE US OUT OF THERE, UH, AND CONNECT US WITH LA COUNTY. AND, UH, FOR ALONG WITH JENNIFER SERVE, VONTEZ ARTICULATED, UH, THAT MESSAGE TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS UP THERE. AND THANKFULLY WE GOT REDISTRICTED THE WAY WE SHOULD BE. SO I'M HOPING THE SAME THING FOR THIS AS WELL. ANYONE ELSE? WE ARE THE ONLY CITY, UH, THE ORANGE OIL, ONLY ORANGE COUNTY CITY THAT IS, IS LUMPED IN WITH ALL OF THE REST OF THE LA CITIES IN BOTH THE SENATE, THE CONGRESSIONAL AND THE ASSEMBLY. SO IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE SENSE. AND OUR SERVICES ARE ALL IN ORANGE COUNTY. SO, UH, WE SHOULD, UM, IF, IF EVERYONE COULD POSSIBLY EVEN NOW JUST GO AHEAD AND WHENEVER YOU HAVE AVAILABLE TIME, CALL HIM AND TELL HIM THAT WE WANT TO KEEP LAHABRA IN ORANGE COUNTY. I THINK WHERE THE CONFUSION WAS IS THAT LAHABRA HEIGHTS IS AN LA COUNTY AND THEY WOULD ASSUME THAT LAHABRA IS IN LA COUNTY TOO, BUT IT IS NOT. SO THAT IS WHERE I BELIEVE THE CONFUSION WAS 10 YEARS AGO AND CONTINUES TO BE THIS TIME AROUND. SO I APPRECIATE ANYBODY CALLING AND TELLING THEM THE MAHAMUDRA IS IN ORANGE COUNTY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? MR. MAYOR LIKED TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE A RESOLUTION REGARDING. OKAY. WE HAVE TO INVITE THE PUBLIC TO TESTIFY. SO IF I CAN, IF I I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE PUBLIC TO TESTIFY, IF YOU DO SO, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU CAN COME UP TO THE DYESS UM, MICHEL BARNIER B E R N I E R. I'VE BEEN IN ALL THOSE MEETINGS THESE LAST SIX MONTHS, ACTUALLY NINE MONTHS. AND I AGREE, WHICH IS SAY IN ORANGE COUNTY, BUT WE DO NOT NEED TO BE LUMPED IN WITH MISSION VA HO OR ANAHEIM HILLS. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT DOING. SO WE ALL NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT BECAUSE IF WE DO, WE'LL DEFINITELY LOSE OUR VOICE AS OUR COMMUNITY. WE STRIVED REALLY HARD THESE LAST 10 YEARS TO MAKE SURE THE LAHABRA HAS A VOICE. SO KEEP THAT IN MIND. WE DO NOT NEED TO BE LUMPED IN WITH MISSION BAY, HO OR ANAHEIM HILLS. WE WILL LOSE ALL OF OUR VOICES. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VITA. ANYONE ELSE TO, UH, SPEAK ON THE ISSUE? SEE NO ONE ELSE I'D LIKE TO CALL FOR A COUNCIL DISCUSSION INTERACTION. MR. MERRITT, FURTHER LIKE TO MOVE, TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION REGARDING THE CALIFORNIA CITIZENS REDISTRICT DISTRICT COMMISSION BOUNDARY MAPS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL PROVEN ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA REGARDING CALIFORNIA CITIZENS, REDISTRICTING COMMISSION, BOUNDARY MAPS. SECOND, WILL THE COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE MOTION PASSED FIVE ZERO UP NEXT IS THE CONSENT CALENDAR. [ CONSENT CALENDAR: All matters on Consent Calendar are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion unless a Councilmember, City staff member, or member of the audience requests separate action or removal of an item. Removed items will be considered following the Consent Calendar portion of this agenda. Public comment shall be limited to three (3) minutes per individual, with a total time limit of 30 minutes per item that has been removed for separate discussion, unless otherwise modified by the Mayor. Speaking time may not be granted and/or loaned to another individual for purposes of extending available speaking time, and comments must be kept brief, non-repetitive, and professional in nature. ] ALL MATTERS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION. UNLESS THE COUNCIL MEMBER CITY [00:40:01] STAFF MEMBER, A MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE REQUESTS SEPARATE ACTION OR REMOVAL OF AN ITEM REMOVE ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOLLOWING THE CONSENT CALENDAR PORTION OF THIS AGENDA. PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH THE TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER ITEM, THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR. SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOANED TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE. SPEAKING TIME, AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE. THE CONSENT CALENDAR APPEARS ON PAGES THREE TO SIX ON THE AUDIENCE CITY OF COUNCIL AGENDA ITEMS, ONE THROUGH 13 SUCCESSOR AGENCY ITEM ONE, CIVIC IMPROVEMENT, AUTHORITY ITEM ONE, HOUSING AUTHORITY ITEM ONE AND CITY OF COUNCIL AGENCY AND AUTHORITIES ITEM ONE CALL FOR ANY REMOVAL ITEMS BY STAFF. NO. MR. MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL AUTHORITY MEMBERS, I WOULD LIKE TO BE RECORDED AS A NO VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR, ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE. SO I MAKE A CALL FOR ACTION WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ANY OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE REMOVED. I CAN MOVE THE CALENDAR, MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE IT, TO APPROVE YOUR CALENDAR. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, WILL THE COUNCIL AUTHORITY PLEASE VOTE MOTION PASSED FIVE ZERO WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW VOTING. NO ON ITEM FOUR. SO, UH, WE HAVE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS AT THIS TIME. I'D LIKE TO GO OVER THE, UH, THE MAYOR'S [ MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR:] COMMUNITY CALENDAR NEXT LEARNING. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL READ OVER THE MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR. LOCAL COVID VACCINATION EVENTS ARE OCCURRING AT HOSPITALS, MEDICAL CENTERS, PHARMACIES, AND OTHER LOCATIONS AROUND THE COUNTY, INCLUDING ONE HERE IN LA HOMBRE. IN ADDITION TESTING IS ALSO AVAILABLE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN THE LOCATION OF UPCOMING CLINICS IN LAHABRA FOR YOUR INITIAL VACCINATION OR TO RECEIVE A BOOSTER, OR IF YOU JUST NEED TO GET TESTED, PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0 TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT OR FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ELIGIBILITY OR THE LOCATIONS OF VACCINATION EVENTS OUTSIDE OF LAHABRA, PLEASE VISIT WWW.MY TURN.CA.GOV KIDS WELCOMING THE NEW YEAR WITH THE NEW YEAR'S NOON PARTY AT THE LA HARBOR CHILDREN'S MUSEUM. ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31ST, THE PARTY STARTS AT 10:00 AM AND GOES TO 1:00 PM AND KIDS CAN CELEBRATE WITH HAT, MAKING FACE, PAINTING, DANCING, CONFETTI CANNONS, AND A BALLOON DROP AT NOON. MUSEUM ADMISSION IS REQUIRED, BUT FEEL FREE, EXCUSE ME, BUT FREE TO MUSEUM MEMBERS FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 3 6. AND LASTLY, PLEASE REMEMBER THE HARBOR CITY HUB WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE HOLIDAYS BEGINNING WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22ND, 2021. AND REOPENING MONDAY, JANUARY 3RD, 2022. THE CLOSURE WILL NOT IMPACT PUBLIC SAFETY OR PUBLIC WORK SERVICES, WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE AS NORMAL. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 0 1 0. AND DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM STAFF? [ COMMENTS FROM STAFF:] A COUPLE OF ITEMS, MR. MAYOR, FIRST OF ALL, ON BEHALF OF STAFF, LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER ESPINOSA FOR HER YEAR AS MAYOR, UH, IT'S BEEN A, UH, EVENTFUL YEAR, UH, WITH US REOPENING, UH, FROM THE COVID CLOSURES AND, UM, ALL THE, THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU PROVIDED US, UH, AND HELP, UM, GETTING THE WORD OUT TO THE COMMUNITY FOR VACCINATIONS AND TESTING WAS, WAS CRITICAL. AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU, UH, IN THIS PAST YEAR, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO COUNT, UH, TO NEW MAYOR MEDRANO, UH, WELCOME ABOARD AS MAYOR. UH, I'M SURE, HOPEFULLY WE DON'T HAVE AS, UH, AS AN EXCITING YEAR WITH COVID NEXT YEAR, BUT I'M SURE IT'LL BE A YEAR OF, UH, UH, MANY ACHIEVEMENTS. UH, ALSO WANTED TO WISH A COUNCIL MEMBER OR A MAYOR PRO TEM GOMEZ, AN EARLY HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU. IS COMING UP HERE IN A FEW WEEKS, SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND THEN VIOLENTLY ON BEHALF OF STAFF, I WANT TO WISH A HAPPY, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO COUNCIL, TO OUR STAFF, TO THE COMMUNITY, SPEND A QUICK 20, 21. FOR SOME REASON IT SEEMED LIKE IT WENT BY VERY FAST. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO 2022, WORKING WITH COUNCIL AND, UH, AND OUR NEW AGENDA NEXT YEAR. ANY COMMENTS FROM [ COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS/DIRECTORS:] CITY COUNCIL? SURE. YEAH, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MAYOR ROSA SPINOSA. SHE DID A FABULOUS JOB AS MAYOR AND VERY [00:45:01] ACTIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND EVERY TIME I CALLED ON HER TO COME OUT FOR A SPECIAL EVENT, SHE WAS ALWAYS VERY ACCOMMODATING AND, AND THERE, AND SHE IS JUST BROUGHT NATIONAL EXPOSURE TO US. SHE ALWAYS JUST MAKES US PROUD. SHE'S A CLASS ACT, A TRUE LADY IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD. AND ONE THING THAT I REALLY ADMIRE MOST ABOUT HER, AND THIS IS THIS LAST MAYOR, TIME WAS JUST WONDERFUL CARE. YOU TOOK CARE OF ALEX. I JUST, JUST, YOU JUST, YOU JUGGLE THE NUMBER OF JOBS AND TO BE THERE FOR HIM, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST TO BE A WONDERFUL WIFE AND YOU LIVE TO YOUR VOWS TO DEATH, TO PART FOR THAT, I WILL ALWAYS ADMIRE YOU ABOVE ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE. AND JUST, YOU JUST DID HAD A WONDERFUL YEAR. CONGRATULATIONS, ROSE ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE OUR BRAND NEW, UH, MAYOR JOSE. YOU'RE GOING TO DO A WONDERFUL JOB AND VERY SPECIAL HERE TO HAVE ALL YOUR BEAUTIFUL LADIES BACK IN TOWN. YOU'LL NEVER FORGET THE DAY YOUR DAD BECAME MAYOR. UM, I KNOW WHEN I BECAME MAYOR, THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT IS BOY, WHEN I DIED, LIKE I SAID, HE WAS MAYOR. I MEAN, IT'S JUST SO JUST, THIS IS A SPECIAL TIME. TAKE IT ALL IN AT, AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. UH, WANT TO THANK, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES, STAFF HOLIDAY WISHES PROGRAM WAS A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL EVENT, UM, THAT PEOPLE WENT AWAY WITH NOT ONLY TOYS, FOOD COOKIES, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT NOW, THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM. SO THANK YOU, KELLY AND HER STAFF FOR THAT. AND WHILE I WAS THERE, I RAN INTO DARREN EXPERIAN AND HE REMINDED ME TODAY. I'M DOING A FOOD GIVEAWAY AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW. AND I DOUBLE BOOKED MYSELF. SO UNFORTUNATELY, I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO JOIN THE FOLKS AT THE RECEPTION. I GOT TO GO SAY, THANK YOU TO ALL MY VOLUNTEERS. THEY'RE ALL DOWN THERE. THEY'LL HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL TEAM SEND 40 OF THEIR PLAYERS IN THEY'RE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, GIVING OUT FOOD TO THE COMMUNITY. SO I APOLOGIZE. I GOT TO HEAD OVER THERE AND I'LL FIND A LOAD AGAIN, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES, THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, FOR THIS WONDERFUL COMMUNITY THAT I LOVE SO MUCH. AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU GUYS HERE FOR SUPPORTING OUR MAYOR AND OUR MAYOR, UH, EXITING MAYOR, UH, ROSE HAS BEEN ABLE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER, SHAWN. THANK YOU. SO I'M TRYING TO HELP GET THE WORD OUT ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, DECEMBER 31ST, THE ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY WILL BE OFFERING A FREE BUS RIDES BEGINNING AT 6:00 PM AND GOING UNTIL TWO 30 IN THE MORNING, UH, THE AUTHORITY OF COURSE, WANTS TO CUT DOWN ON DRUNK DRIVING. SO MAKING IT COMPLETELY FREE FOR ANYONE TO BOARD THE BUS ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, STARTING AT 6:00 PM AND GOING THROUGH TWO 30 IN THE MORNING. SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN PROMOTE THAT ON OUR CITY. WHY ARE WE DOING THAT? OKAY, TERRIFIC. SO THANK YOU MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THE RECOGNITIONS THAT WERE GIVEN. AND AGAIN, IT'S, I'M THE, I'M NOT THE ONE THAT'S DOING IT ALL ALONE AND WE HAVE A TEAM HERE. AND SO I THANK EVERYONE THAT IS HERE AS WELL, THE STAFF AND ALL, I WANT TO THANK, UM, THOSE THAT ATTENDED TODAY AND THAT AND BUFFY. AND I SEE THE YOUNG NORMA OVER THERE, YOU KNOW, SHE'S A RESIDENT ADVOCATE AND ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE COME THIS EVENING FOR EV EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER HERE, MARIE, I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO WORK WELL WITH JOSE HERE AS MAYOR AND, UH, AND JIM, OF COURSE, JIM, WHO DOESN'T KNOW JIM. SO HE JUST DID A WONDERFUL VIDEO AT NORTH GATE MARKET. UH, IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL VIDEO AND I THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO AS WELL. UM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NEW, WONDERFUL YEAR COMING IN. IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE HOW THE STAFF AND THE COUNCIL WERE ABLE TO EVEN UNDER COVID ACCOMPLISH MUCH. THERE WAS SO MUCH THAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE DURING THIS 18 MONTHS TO KEEP THE CITY THRIVING AND MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE RESIDENT MEMBERS WERE INFORMED WITH COVID AND TRANSLATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE. IT WAS JUST, UH, A HUGE TASK TO TAKE ON, UH, TO PIVOT AS THEY SAY. AND, UH, ALL OF THEM VOLUNTEERED. THERE WERE VOLUNTEERING HAPPENING THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY THAT MADE THIS A, TRULY, A COMMUNITY THAT WAS CARING FOR EACH OTHER. SO I COMMEND EVERYONE FOR THAT AS WELL. I, I CONGRATULATE THE MAYOR, PRO MAYOR MEDRANO AND MAYOR PRO TEM GOMEZ FOR THE POSITIONS AND LEADERSHIP THAT THEY TAKE ON. THEY ARE PREPARED FOR IT, AND I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE WITH THE COUNCIL THAT I AM RIGHT NOW. SO I WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY HOLIDAY AND BE SAFE AND WE'LL, UH, COME IN AND 2022 WITH, UH, OPTIMISM AND PEACE AND CARING AGAIN. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE, MARY MADRANO. I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, NUMBER ONE, TAKE ON THE ISSUE OF OUR PAST MAYOR. UM, I WAS LUCKY [00:50:01] ENOUGH TO BE ON THE COUNCIL WHEN SHE WAS FIRST ELECTED, UH, WAY BACK IN THE OLD DAYS AND, UM, WHAT A REMARKABLE GROWTH AND WHAT A REMARKABLE LADY. UH, SHE REALLY EPITOMIZES EVERYTHING THAT EVERY POLITICIAN, EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL SHOULD BE STRIVING FOR. SHE HAS INTEGRITY. SHE HAS A GREAT PERSONALITY, BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, SHE HAS A GREAT BIG HEART. AND FOR THAT, I CAN NEVER SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH. YEAH, YOU CAN SAY YOU ARE MY PALSY. YOU'RE THE ONE HIT WONDER ACTUALLY THERE'S TWO. I ALSO WROTE AND SANG THE MULTIPLE MEALS SONG WAY OLDER THAN YOU. EDGAR, IS THIS YOUR STOMACH TALKING? MULTINOMIAL EDGAR. THAT ONE. I WAS, I REMEMBER IT. I WATCHED TV AS A KID. THAT WAS THE THIRD VERSION. OH, THERE YOU GO. ROSIE. THANK YOU. ON BEHALF OF EVERYBODY, REALLY, REALLY A CLASS ACT, UH, FOR OUR NEW MAYOR, UH, WHO I'VE KNOWN FOR SOME TIME. UM, GREAT MAN, GREAT BRAIN. GREAT DAD, GREAT HUSBAND, NOT SO GREAT INVESTIGATOR AT THE DA'S OFFICE, BUT I, YOU HIRED ME FOR HIS DEBILITATED FAMILY, UH, BROTHERS. UH, YOU ARE THE SHINING EXAMPLE. HOPEFULLY THEY LEARNED FROM YOU. I LOVE YOU AND I'LL DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO MAKE YOUR YEAR SUCCESSFUL. AND I KNOW THAT THE REST OF THE COUNCIL WILL AS WELL TO OUR MAYOR PRO TEM. UM, I KNOW YOU'LL DO GREAT. UH, YOU'RE DEDICATED YOU CARE. JUST TRY NOT TO GET IN TROUBLE AND EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE. SO I'M, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEXT YEAR. UH, I THINK WE'LL DO WELL AS A CITY. WE'RE POSED TO DO, UH, A LOT OF GREAT THINGS. UH, FINANCIALLY, A LOT OF CHANGES IN THE COMMUNITY, A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIRS, A LOT OF PARKS BEING BUILT AND JUST SOME GREAT THINGS HAPPENING. SO, UH, HOPEFULLY THIS TURNS OUT TO BE THE YEAR THAT I THINK IT WILL, BUT, UH, FOR ALL OF YOU UP HERE AND FOR ALL OF YOU OUT THERE, MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY NEW YEAR, HAPPY HOLIDAYS, AND GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FOLLOW THAT UP. SO, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, STEVE SIMONIAN HIRED ME AT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WHEN I LATERALED OVER FROM THE CITY OF PASADENA ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 17 YEARS AGO. SO IT'S HIS FAULT. HE HIRED ME, HE WAS MY POLICE CHIEF THEN. AND, UH, I, UH, I AFFECTIONATELY, UH, UH, IN PRIVATE STILL CALL HIM CHIEF WHEN, UH, WHEN I CALL THEM. AND, UH, AND WHENEVER WE, UH, WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS. SO THANK YOU, CHIEF MEANS A LOT. APPRECIATE YOU WORKING FOR WHO NOW. WELL, YOU GOT A POINT THERE. YOU, YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU MAY REGRET THAT COMMENT, BUT, UH, WE'LL, UH, WE'LL GO, WE'LL GO WITH THAT. THANK YOU. AND, UH, I WANTED TO THANK, UH, I WANTED TO THANK OUR COMMUNITY FIRST AND FOREMOST, UH, THREE YEARS AGO. YES. YOU ELECTED ME. I APPRECIATE THAT. I WANT TO DO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR BESTOWING THE HONOR ON ME AS WELL, MUCH APPRECIATED. UH, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY IT IS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, UH, AT THE END OF THE DAY. AND, UH, THAT'S WHY THE FIVE OF US ARE UP HERE. SO, UH, WE NEVER WANNA FORGET THAT. THANK YOU TO OUR CITY STAFF, UH, FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK YOU DO ALL YEAR ROUND, IT IS MUCH APPRECIATED FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN HERE. I'D LIKE TO NAME EVERYBODY. UH, I KNOW I CAN'T, BUT, UH, LORI, THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME GET READY FOR THIS EVENING. I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE, UH, THE TIME AND EFFORT YOU PUT IN. AND OF COURSE EVERYBODY ELSE HERE AT CITY STAFF, I WISH EVERYBODY HERE, A HAPPY HOLIDAY, MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY NEW YEAR AS WELL. AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE UPCOMING YEAR. WANTED TO THANK MY FAMILY, MY, MY THREE DAUGHTERS. IF I CAN HAVE YOU GIRLS STAND UP, PLEASE. I KNOW, I KNOW AND OF COURSE THE, UH, THE BEDROCK OF OUR FAMILY, MY WIFE, ALLIE, IF YOU CAN STAND UP, PLEASE. SO SHE'S, UH, SHE'S, SHE'S GONNA HATE ME FOR [00:55:01] DOING THIS, BUT ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, SHE WAS PROMOTED AT THE USA AT THE US ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. SHE'S NOW A, A DEPUTY CHIEF IN THE CIVIL DIVISION OF THE US ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. SO WE WANTED TO GIVE HER HER, UH, HER KUDOS FOR THAT ACCOMPLISHMENT. AND OF COURSE, AS I TELL EVERYBODY MY GIRLS TAKE AFTER THEIR MOTHER, OF COURSE, SO WE'LL, UH, WE'LL LEAVE THAT ONE THERE, BUT WANTED TO WISH EVERYBODY AGAIN AND HAPPY HOLIDAY. AND, UH, AT THE END, NOW WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN THEM IN THE MEMORY OF ANTONIO DINIS, COELHO, UH, ANTONIO, DENISE QUELLO, FATHER OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER, LUCY COIL LAFFER NEAR PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 91. HE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN OUT THAT IS THE SIERRA, UH, CHORUS, AND WAS THE SECOND ELDEST OF FOUR CHILDREN BORN TO ANTONIO COELHO, DENISE AND PALAMIDA MET, SAYS MARIETTA AND MARRIED MARIA IRENE LOURENCO ON APRIL 24TH, 1955 IN THEIR HOMETOWN OF ALTADIS IN JULY, 1956. THEY WELCOMED THEIR FIRST CHILD, MARIA ADELAIDE. AND IN APRIL, 1957, ANTONIO IMMIGRATED TO CANADA TO WORK ON BUILDING THE RAILROAD ACROSS CANADA, WHERE THEY SET UP HOME IN WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, WHERE THEY WELCOMED FOUR MORE CHILDREN. LARRY IRENE, ALICE AND LUCY ON ANTONIO WORKED AS A LICENSED BARBER AND IN THE CONSTRUCTION TO PROVIDE FOR HIS FAMILY IN JULY, 1966 ON TONYA AND MUDDY IRENE DECIDED TO IMMIGRATE TO THE UNITED STATES, MAKING THEIR HOME IN ARTESIA, CALIFORNIA. THEY WELCOME THEIR SIXTH CHILD ANTHONY IN JANUARY OF 1972 TO COMPLETE THEIR FAMILY ON THROWING YOUR WORK. THE VARIETY OF JOBS IN CALIFORNIA FROM VELVA SIM VELVET ASSEMBLER TRUCK DRIVER TO HIS FINAL JOB AS A FOREMAN FOR ALBERTSON'S BREAD DISTRIBUTION CENTER, RETIRING JANUARY OF 1992 ANTONINA HAS ALWAYS HAD A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY. HE WAS A CHIEF MOVER AND FOUNDER OF THE ARTESIA DES MARCHING BAND SERVED AS TREASURER ON VARIOUS FUNDRAISING COMMITTEES FOR PROJECTS IN BRAZIL, PORTUGAL, AND HIS OWN VILLAGE ABOUT DATIS AND SERVED ON THE RADIO. TELEVISION. ARTESIA IS RTA FIRST BOARD OF DIRECTORS AS TREASURER FROM 1993 TO 2003 IN 1999. ANTONIO FOUNDED THE PORTUGUESE SENIOR GROUP CALLED AURA SOCIAL PORTUGIESER AND LED THE GROUP FOR A TOTAL OF 19 YEARS. ANTONIO WAS ADMIRED FOR HIS PRIDE IN THE ARTESIA PORTUGUESE COMMUNITY AND DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF WITH HIS CONTRIBUTION OF TIME AND TALENT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY. HE WAS PROUD OF HIS FAMILY AND WAS A MEMBER OF HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH SINCE 1966 ANTONINA WAS PROCEEDED IN HIS DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, HIS SIBLINGS, AND THEIR SPOUSES, AND HIS NEPHEWS, TONY COSTA, 20 DUARTE AND JOLA WRINKLE. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 66 YEARS. MARIA IRENE, HIS CHILDREN MEDEA COIL HO LARRY COIL, HO IRENE RASMUSSEN, ALICE , LOUIS, EXCUSE ME, LUCY COIL, WHOLE LOVE FOR NEAR AND ANTHONY COIL HOME, 10 GRANDCHILDREN, NIECES AND NEPHEWS, GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS, GODCHILDREN AND COUSINS. ON BEHALF OF MY CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES IN THE CITY STAFF, WE EXTEND SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO LUCY QUILLA FURNIER AND HER FAMILY. OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH THE QUELLO FAMILY DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME. AND WITH THAT, I'D ALSO LIKE TO INVITE, UH, MEMBERS HERE AND THOSE THAT ARE OUTSIDE, UH, WE'RE HAVING A RECEPTION IN THE ATRIUM IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS MEETING. SO PLEASE WELCOME ALL FOR, UH, FOR SOME CONVERSATION AND FELLOWSHIP. AND WITH THAT, WHAT WAS WANTED TO DO THIS? THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.