Jan 10, 2022 Special City Council

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I WILL NOW

[ CALL TO ORDER: Council Chamber INVOCATION: City Attorney Jones PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Councilmember Simonian ROLL CALL: Mayor Medrano Mayor Pro Tem Gomez Councilmember Espinoza Councilmember Simonian]

LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT IT IS 5:00 PM.

THE INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY CITY ATTORNEY RICHARD JONES FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS SIMONIAN.

I'LL ASK YOU TO PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS.

UH, YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER.

WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO GATHER THE SEEDING, TO DO THE IMPORTANT BUSINESS OF THE CITY, TO EXERCISE OUR AS A COUNCIL, THE IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITIES OF FILLING A VACANCY ON THE COUNCIL, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT IN THE MANY DIRECTIONS AND BLESSINGS YOU PROVIDE TO US.

WE SAY THESE THINGS IN DAI NAME, AMEN.

YOU'RE JOINING ME IN FACING THE FLAG OF OUR NATION STATE.

THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE BY THE STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD .

AND WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL ROLL, PLEASE NOTE THAT MAYOR PRO TEM GOMEZ HAS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE COUNCIL MEMBER SIMONIAN COUNCIL MEMBER ESPINOSA.

DEAR MAYOR.

MADRANO HERE.

[ 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.]

SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED, EXCUSE ME, 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, WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, MARY.

WE HAVE ONE THAT WE RECEIVED VIA EMAIL.

THIS IS FROM, EXCUSE ME, PETER CRUZ SAYS DUE TO THE RESIGNATION OF COUNCIL MEMBER, TIM SHAW, I ASKED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER OPTION TWO PROVIDED BY CITY STAFF TO FILL THE CITY COUNCIL VACANCY BY APPOINTMENT.

THE PROCESS SHOULD BE TRANSPARENT AND CLEAR TO A HOPKINS THAT THE COUNCIL WILL DECIDE QUICKLY TO PREVENT A COSTLY SPECIAL ELECTION.

I BELIEVE THE PERSON WHO WOULD FAIRLY REPRESENT LAHABRA WINS IS PLANNING COMMISSIONER, MICHELLE BERNAY IF OR WHEN SHE IS PART OF THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS, I BELIEVE HER LONGSTANDING WORK IN THE COMMUNITY AND HER COMMISSION EXPERIENCE QUALIFY HER TO REPRESENT THE COUNCIL MEMBER DESIGNATE POSITION, DESIGNATE POSITION UNTIL GOVERNMENT CODE 3 6 5 1 2 B ONE IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME IN READING THIS.

THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WAITING TO SPEAK? SORRY.

I'M HAVING TO UNLOCK MY PHONE.

NO ONE RAISED HERE TO LISTEN, BUT NO, ONE'S HERE TO SPEAK.

OKAY.

OKAY.

[1. CONSIDER OPTIONS TO FILL A VACANT CITY COUNCIL SEAT That the City Council provide direction to staff regarding a process to fill a vacant City Council seat.]

PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH THE TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER CONSIDERATION ITEM, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR CHAIR SPEAKING TIME MAY OR MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOAN TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME.

AND THE COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE, CONSIDERATION ITEM NUMBER ONE, WE'RE CONSIDERING OPTIONS TO FILL A VACANT CITY COUNCIL SEAT.

CAN WE GET A STAFF REPORT SPARE, UM, DUE TO THE RESIGNATION OF COUNCIL MEMBER, TIM SHAW FROM THE LAHABRA CITY COUNCIL ON DECEMBER 21ST, 2021, THERE EXISTS A VACANCY ON THE CITY COUNCIL PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE 3 6 5 1 2 B.

THE CITY COUNCIL HAS 60 DAYS TO EITHER FILL THE VACANCY BY CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION OR FILL THE VACANCY BY APPOINTMENT OPTION.

NUMBER ONE IS TO HOLD A SPECIAL ELECTION GOVERNMENT CODE 365 1 2 B ONE REQUIRES THAT ELECTION BE HELD ON THE NEXT REGULARLY ESTABLISHED ELECTION DATE.

NOT LESS THAN 114 DAYS FROM THE CALL OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION, A PERSON ELECTED AT THE PHILLIP TO FILL THE VACANCY WOULD HOLD OFFICE FOR THE REMAINING UNEXPIRED TERM OF THE FORMER INCUMBENT, WHICH IN THIS CASE WOULD BE UNTIL DECEMBER 18TH, 2024, WHEN CITY COUNCIL REORGANIZES THE ONLY ELIGIBLE ELECTION DATE IN 2022 THAT MEETS THIS REQUIREMENT IS TUESDAY, JUNE 7TH, 2022.

STAFF CONTACTED THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER VOTERS WHO INDICATED THE ESTIMATED COST TO THE CITY OF LAHABRA FIRST STANDALONE SPECIAL ELECTION HELD ON TUESDAY, JUNE 7TH, 2022 WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $240,526 TO $277,000 TO TWO, EXCUSE ME, TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY SEVEN, A HUNDRED TWENTY $5.

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NUMBER TWO IS TO APPOINT AN ELIGIBLE RESIDENT.

THE CITY COUNCIL ALSO HAS THE OPTION TO FILL THE VACANCY BY APPOINTMENT.

THE TERM OF OFFICE FOR THE APPOINTEE WOULD ONLY EXTEND UNTIL THE NEXT GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION THAT IS SCHEDULED 130 OR MORE DAYS AFTER THE DATE.

THE COUNCIL IS NOTIFIED OF THE VACANCY, WHICH WOULD BE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH, 2020 TO ANY ELIGIBLE PERSON APPOINTED BY CITY COUNCIL TO FILL THIS VACANCY WILL SERVE UNTIL DECEMBER 19TH, 2022.

AT WHICH TIME THE REORGANIZATION OF CITY COUNCIL WILL OCCUR.

AND THE NEWLY ELECTED CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WHO SUCCESSFULLY RUNS FOR THIS TWO YEAR SEAT IN NOVEMBER, 2022 WOULD BE SWORN INTO OFFICE STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL EITHER DIRECT STUFF TO DEVELOP AN APPLICATION AND INTERVIEW PROCESS SIMILAR TO THE APPROACH THE CITY COUNCIL USES FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF COUNTY CITY COMMISSIONERS, OR MAKE A DIRECT APPOINTMENT OF ANY ELIGIBLE RESIDENT ELECTION CODE SECTION 2 0 1, TITLE ELIGIBILITY TO BE ELECTED OR APPOINTED INDICATES THAT UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED NO PERSON IS ELIGIBLE TO BE ELECTED OR APPOINTED TO AN ELECTIVE OFFICE, UNLESS THAT PERSON IS A REGISTERED VOTER AND OTHERWISE QUALIFIED TO VOTE FOR THAT OFFICE.

AT THAT TIME, THAT NOMINATION PAPERS ARE ISSUED TO THE PERSON OR AT THE TIME OF THE PERSON'S APPOINTMENT.

THERE ARE ONLY TWO REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATES FOR THE 60 DAY DEADLINE TO A POINT OCCURS ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH, 2022 CITY COUNCIL HAS THE OPTION TO SCHEDULE ADDITIONAL CITY COUNCIL, SPECIAL MEETINGS AS NECESSARY DURING THE 60 DAY TIME PERIOD TO REVIEW APPLICATIONS AND INTERVIEW CANDIDATES AND STAFF HAD GIVEN YOU A RECOMMENDED A NUMBER OF DATES IN THE STAFF REPORT.

IN THE EVENT, THE CITY COUNCIL CHOOSES TO APPOINT AN INDIVIDUAL TO THE VACANT CITY COUNCIL SEAT VIA AN APPLICATION AND INTERVIEW PROCESS.

THE CITY COUNCIL'S OFFICE WITH THE HELP OF ROB FARRIER HAS ALREADY POSTED AN APPLICATION TO THE WEBSITE.

ALTERNATIVELY CITY COUNCIL WOULD ELECTORY COULD ELECT TO RECEIVE AND REVIEW APPLICATIONS AND APPOINT AN ELIGIBLE RESIDENT TO THE VACANT CITY COUNCIL SEAT WITHOUT CONDUCTING ANY INTERVIEWS.

AND THEN ANOTHER OPTION AVAILABLE TO THE CITY COUNCIL IS TO CHOOSE NOT TO GO THROUGH AN APPLICATION AND INTERVIEW PROCESS AT ALL, BUT RATHER DIRECTLY APPOINT AN ELIGIBLE RESIDENT TO THE VACANT CITY COUNCIL SEAT.

ONCE A NEW CITY COUNCIL MEMBER HAS BEEN APPOINTED OR ELECTED CITY COUNCIL, THEN WE'LL NEED TO REAPPOINT THE FOLLOWING SEATS PREVIOUSLY HELD BY FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, SHAW CHAIR OF THE HARBOR CIVIC IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY AND MEMBER OF THE INTERNAL AUDIT COMMITTEE.

THAT'S THE REPORT.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL, NO QUESTIONS LIKE TO INVITE THE PUBLIC TO TESTIFY AND PLEASE GIVE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESSES FOR THE RECORD IF THEY CHOOSE TO TESTIFY.

UH, THERE'S NO ONE TO SPEAK.

THANK YOU.

THEN I'LL CALL FOR A COUNCIL DISCUSSION.

UM, MR. MAYOR, UM, HAVING BEEN THROUGH THIS PROCESS ONCE BEFORE AND, UH, IN THIS COMMUNITY, I BELIEVE THAT, UM, A SPECIAL ELECTION WOULD BE A TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY AND I'M TAKING AN APPLICATIONS AND GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS WORTHWHILE AND, UH, SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE ALL WOULD SUPPORT.

THE ONLY PROBLEM THAT I HAVE WITH THAT IS, UM, I HAVE A FEELING LIKE THERE MAY BE A GREAT DEAL OF INTEREST AND I DON'T THINK, UM, AT LEAST I DON'T WANT TO BE LOCKED INTO INTERVIEWING 20 PEOPLE.

SO IF WE HAD SOME TYPE OF DEVICE, UH, I REMEMBER WHEN I APPLIED FOR THE VACANCY BACK IN 1998, UH, I WAS ASKED TO DO A, AN ESSAY, UH, AS, UH, TELLING SOMETHING ABOUT MYSELF, WHY I WAS INTERESTED IN WHY I WAS BEST QUALIFIED.

AND THEY USE THAT AS A SCREENING DEVICE TO NARROW IT DOWN TO A REASONABLE GROUP OF PEOPLE THEN TO BE INTERVIEWED BY THE COUNCIL.

UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING, UM, THAT RESEMBLES THAT PROCESS.

UM, SO AGAIN THAT WE'RE NOT STUCK WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, UH, SOME OF WHICH, UM, MAY NOT BE QUALIFIED, BUT WOULD CERTAINLY, UH, TAKE UP TIME INTERVIEWING.

I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU COUNCIL MEMBER SIMONIAN.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

THERE MAY BE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT, UH, IN FACT, I KNOW THERE WILL BE A LOT, A LARGE QUANTITY OF PEOPLE THAT WILL BE APPLYING FOR THIS AND HAVING IT, UM,

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IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO? YEAH.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SOME CITIES HAVE DONE IS HAVE THE COUNSELOR GO OVER ALL THE APPLICATIONS AND THEN HAVE EACH COUNCIL MEMBER SUBMIT MAYBE TWO OR THREE NAMES WHO THEY'D RECOMMEND TO BE INTERVIEWED WITHOUT CONSULTING EACH OTHER.

SO THERE MAY BE SOME OVERLAP THAT WAY RATHER THAN SIT UP HERE AT THE DICE AND GOOGLE READ ALL THE APPLICATIONS AND DECIDING WHO TO INTERVIEW YOU INDIVIDUALLY, MAKE THAT DECISION AND THOSE WHERE THEY GET INVITED TO AN INTERVIEW.

THAT'S ONE WAY, THE OTHER WAY IS TO SIMPLY BRING ALL THE APPLICATIONS HERE FOR YOU AT THE DAYAS DECIDE WHO GETS AN INTERVIEW.

THAT'S A LITTLE MORE CUMBERSOME PROCESS, BUT YOU CAN DO OBVIOUSLY DO THAT AS WELL.

I, I LIKED THE IDEA.

I, I WAS THINKING ALONG THE SAME LINES AS FAR AS THAT, UH, SO FAR AS TO, TO SAY THAT, UH, THAT, UH, POTENTIAL APPLICANTS MAYBE SUBMIT A PAGE TO A PAGE AND A HALF ESSAY.

AND IN THERE THE ANSWER, THE QUESTION AS TO WHY THEY'RE SEEKING THE APPOINTMENT AND MAYBE A SPECIFIC ENOUGH AS, AND WE CAN DISCUSS THIS IS A, WHAT DO YOU SEE AS, AS ISSUES AFFECTING THE CITY OF LA HABRA, UH, GOING FORWARD.

BUT AGAIN, THAT'S UP FOR DISCUSSION.

IF THOSE ARE PROPER QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN ASK, I LIKED THE IDEA AND I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S A GREAT SCREENING TOOL TO BE ABLE TO DO A SIFT THROUGH THE APPLICATIONS AND THEN GOING FORWARD, INVITE THOSE, THOSE APPLICANTS THAT WE SEE FIT TO PARTICIPATE FURTHER.

AND MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE PERHAPS THAT THE COUNCIL DIRECTS TO THE CLERK AS TO WHAT THAT APPLICATION FORM MIGHT LOOK LIKE OR WHAT YOU'D LIKE IT TO CONTAIN.

THE SECOND QUESTION WAS THEN HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD? ONE OF THE WAYS WOULD BE YOU CALL THE APPLICATIONS AND WHO WOULD BE INTERVIEWED.

SO WE, UH, WE SUBMIT THAT WE ASKED THE CITY CLERK OR STAFF, AND JUST, IF YOU CAN DIRECT THE SECRET CUP, WHAT KIND OF APPLICATION FROM YOU WILL YOU WANT AN ESSAY? IF YOU WANT SPECIFIC QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED, YOU CAN STILL ADVISE HER.

SHE CAN HAVE THE APPLICATION FORM REFLECT THE COUNCIL DIRECTOR.

OKAY.

AND HOW DO MY COLLEAGUES FEEL AS FAR AS QUESTIONS ARE CONCERNED ON THERE? I WOULD AGREE.

I WOULD, I WOULDN'T MIND HAVING QUESTIONS AS WELL BECAUSE THIS, WHAT, GIVE ME AN IDEA IF THEY KNOW THE ISSUES THAT THE PRESENT COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY IS FACING RIGHT NOW, AS FAR AS, UH, AS FAR AS FACING THESE ISSUES.

UM, SO I, I WOULDN'T MIND HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF SOME KIND OF ESSAY THAT COUNCIL MEMBER SIMONIAN SAID.

MAYBE BOTH OF THEM COULD BE PART OF IT.

I KNOW THAT, UM, MAYBE JIMMY HAS SOME IDEAS IF I MAY.

SO LORI AND A RUB ON THE APPLICATION THAT WE ARE MODIFYING THAT WE CURRENTLY USE FOR THE COMMISSION MEMBERS.

WHAT, WHAT IS IN THAT APPLICATION AS FAR AS QUESTIONS TO THE APPLICANTS, IT'S JUST THE GENERAL APPLICATION.

LIKE WHAT EDUCATION DO YOU HAVE? WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU SEE IN LAHABRA THAT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT? IT'S ALL THE STANDARD THAT WE'VE USED IN THE PAST.

SO WE HAVE THE EXISTING APPLICATION THAT ASKS SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS YOU MENTIONED, AND WE COULD DO WHAT WE COULD DO IS ALSO A PEN THAT PROCESS TO INCLUDE A ESSAY, NOT TO EXCEED TWO PAGES, UH, TO GO ALONG WITH THAT APPLICATION, IF THAT WOULD SATISFY COUNCIL, I WOULD SAY NOT TO EXCEED A PAGE AND A HALF, TWO AND A HALF AT THE MOST.

AND IF, IF POSSIBLE, I LIKE TO SEE A RESUME BEHIND THAT UNLESS THE RESUME IS, UH, IS THE ACTUAL RESUMES THAT THE APPLICATION, OR CAN WE SEE A RESUME? WELL, LET, LET ME JUST TELL YOU THAT WHEN I DID THIS, THE RESUME WAS ACTUALLY A PART OF THE ESSAY.

THE ESSAY WAS, TELL US WHY YOU WANT THIS POSITION AND THEN TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHY YOU'RE QUALIFIED, HOW YOU THINK YOU'RE BEST QUALIFIED.

THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD ADD TO THAT, UH, IS I BELIEVE THAT I HAD TO FILL OUT AN APPLICATION.

I MAY BE WRONG, BUT JUST SO THAT IT HAD MY DATE OF BIRTH, MY UNIT HAD ALL THE PARTICULARS IN IT.

UH, SOMEBODY MAY NOT INCLUDE THAT IN AN ESSAY FORMAT, BUT I'M ADDING THE QUESTIONS.

UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU FEEL THAT'S IMPORTANT, THAT'S FINE.

I WOULD SUPPORT THAT, EXCEPT THAT, THAT I THINK IF THOSE PEOPLE DO QUALIFY FOR THE INTERVIEW PROCESS, THEN THAT GIVES YOU SOMETHING IN THE INTERVIEW PROCESS TO ADD, IN ADDITION TO JUST REGURGITATING THEIR APPLICATION SO, OR THEIR, THEIR, THEIR ESSAY.

SO IN ORDER TO KEEP IT CONCISE, SOMETHING THAT STAFF OR US HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO, TO, TO TRY TO KEEP IT DOWN TO A REASONABLE NUMBER, A PAGE PAGE, AND A HALF IS PLENTY.

UM, THAT'S JUST

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NO, I CONCUR.

AND, UH, AND I LIKE WHAT COUNCILMAN SIMONIAN IS, UH, HAS PUT FORTH IF WE CAN, UH, WE CAN GO ALONG THOSE LINES IN, YES.

OKAY.

SO WILL SOMEONE MAKE A FORMAL MOTION, PLEASE? I WILL.

IF, IF YOU DON'T MIND, MR. MAYOR, UH, I WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT THE, UM, UH, COUNCIL ISSUE, UM, AN ADVERTISEMENT TO GO OUT, UM, DURING THE VARIOUS WAYS THAT WE ADVERTISE, UM, INCLUDING SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, ASKING FOR APPLICATIONS THAT WOULD INCLUDE A, UM, AN ESSAY THAT WOULD ASK FOR, UH, THAT, THAT PERSON'S PERSONAL INFORMATION, UM, TELLING US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEMSELVES, WHY THEY'RE QUALIFIED AND, UM, WHY WE SHOULD PICK THEM.

WHAT MAKES THEM BEST QUALIFIED, NOT TO EXCEED A PAGE AND A HALF, AND THEN ONCE THAT'S SUBMITTED, THEN, UH, WE WOULD, UM, GO OVER THAT AND DECIDE, UH, HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD GO TO AN INTERVIEW PROCESS THAT WE WOULD THEN SET UP AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO GO THROUGH.

UM, WHAT WOULD BE THE TERM FOR THE APPLICATIONS? IS THERE A DUE DATE BY WHICH TIME THEY WOULD ASK, HOW LONG DO YOU WANT US TO LEAVE IN, IN THE STAFF BAR? EXCUSE ME.

IN THE STAFF REPORT I HAVE FROM JANUARY 11TH TO JANUARY 20TH TO ACCEPT APPLICATIONS 10 DAYS.

IS THAT YEAH.

THAT'S YEAH.

THAT'S PLENTY LONG ENOUGH THAT INCLUDED IN YOUR MOTION THAT MR. SIMONIAN.

YES, OKAY.

MAY I HAVE, MAY HAVE A SECOND.

I WILL SECOND.

THE COUNCIL VOTE, PLEASE.

SORRY.

MY FINGERS REALLY COLD.

THERE IT GOES, BUT IT'S NOT SHOWING IT'S THREE, ZERO.

UM, MR. BEAR.

OKAY.

I WILL DO THAT.

UM, MAYOR MADRANO YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER ESPINOSA.

YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER SIMONIAN.

YES.

THANK YOU.

THREE ZERO.

OH, UH, MR. MAYOR HAVE AN ADDITIONAL QUESTION FOR OUR ATTORNEY.

YES.

DICK IN PROVIDING THE DATE FOR APPLICATIONS.

SHOULD WE ALSO HAVE A MOTION TO INCLUDE, INCLUDE THE DATE FOR THE INTERVIEWS AND THEN A DATE FOR AN APPOINTMENT? YOU COULD USE A COUNSELOR, MAYBE THE AMERICANS SLEPT SET THOSE DATES.

THE IMPORTANT THING RIGHT NOW FOR LEGAL PURPOSES IS TO SET THE TIME PERIOD FOR THE APPLICATION PERIOD.

ONCE THAT'S CLOSED, YOU THEN HAVE THE ABILITY TO DECIDE HOW EVER YOU WANT YOU TO, IN TERMS OF DATES FOR INTERVIEWS WHO'S TO BE INTERVIEWED, THAT'S ALL WITHIN YOUR DISCRETION LEGALLY.

AND THEN IF WE WAIT ON THAT, IT'LL GIVE THE CITY CLERK AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE COUNCIL'S AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE DATES, UM, AND WHAT TIMES AND, UH, OF THE DAY AS WELL, BECAUSE WE'LL PROBABLY NEED TO DO A FEW SPECIAL MEETINGS.

I UNDERSTAND.

THANK YOU.

EXCUSE ME.

AND IN THE STAFF REPORT, I SUGGESTED CERTAIN DATES THAT WE COULD HAVE, BUT YEAH, WE CAN SEE WHEN YOU'RE AVAILABLE.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, ANY, UH, THAT BRINGS IT TO A CONCLUSION.

ANY COMMENTS FROM STAFF,

[ COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS:]

OKAY.

ANY COMMENTS FROM OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS SEE NONE? WELL THEN COUNCIL ON THIS, JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT, UM, UM, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS, SHAW THAT I, I HIGHLY RESPECT HIS DECISION TO RESIGN.

UH, I KNOW THAT THE LA HARBOR RESIDENTS ARE GRATEFUL FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION THAT HE MADE TO THE CITY OVER THE YEARS AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.

AND, UH, UM, THE, UH, DID MAKE A DIFFERENCE HERE.

AND I JUST WANT TO WISH HIM THE BEST OF LUCK AND THE NEXT STEP OF HIS CAREER.

DULY NOTED.

I WISH THE SAME.

THANK YOU, MADAM COUNSEL, WOMAN.

AND I'D ALSO JUST LIKE TO ADDRESS THE RESIDENTS, RESIDENTS OF LA HABRA THAT, UH, THIS IS, UH, THIS IS YOUR, YOUR CITY GOVERNMENT IN, IN MOTION PER SE.

AND THAT, UH, WE, UH, WE TAKE THIS PROCESS SERIOUS.

AND I THINK IN THE, IN, IN HONOR OF A FULL TRANSPARENCY, WE'RE, WE'RE GOING FORWARD WITH, UH, WITH AN AGENDA TO, UH, TO INTERVIEW CANDIDATES, SO TO SEEK CANDIDATES AND THEN INTERVIEW THEM.

SO THAT'S IT.

AND, UH, WITH THAT, UH,

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