Jan 18, 2022 City Council

DEAR COUNCIL MEMBER ESPINOSA MAYOR MADRANO HERE.

MAYOR PRO TEM GOMEZ WILL BE JOINING US SHORTLY.

VERY WELL.

ARE THERE ANY CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO.

MR. MAYOR.

NOW THE NEXT STEP

[ 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.]

IS PUBLIC COMMENTS.

GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE RECEIVED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GOVERNING BODY MEETING AND LIMITED TO THE THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH THE TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES FOR ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR OR CHAIR SPEAKING TIME IN 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 AND ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM OF CITY BUSINESS, NOT APPEARING ON THE SCHEDULED AGENDA PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 49, 5 4 0.3, A SUCH COMMENTS SHALL NOT BE RESPONDED TO BY THE GOVERNING BODY DURING THE MEETING.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? THAT ONE TO RHONDA, THAT ONE TO WHERE YOU WANT HER THERE, BACK THERE.

YEAH, I'M NERVOUS.

EITHER WAY IN THE REARS.

MY NAME FLORA RUN.

UNITED STATES, THE CITY THEN ACTUALLY FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE IS A FIRST TIME TO SPEAK LIKE THAT.

SO I WANT EVERYBODY LISTEN TO MY STORY AND A HAPPY ME FOR THIS PROBLEM.

AND 2017 IS I PURCHASED THE HOUSE 2 1 1, 2, 1 5 WEST OLIVE AVENUE.

CITY OF ALHAMBRA.

SO, UH, ACTUALLY I ALREADY LIKE A RETIREMENT.

SO THIS ONE FOR MY, ALL MY LIVE DEPENDS ON THAT.

THAT'S WHY I WANT FOR ALL THAT.

SO I WANT TO BE THE EDDIE YOU IN FRONT PHASE TWO, THE FIRST PHASE TWO, THE HOUSE IS A LYSA I ALREADY FOR, UH, APPLY FOR MORE THAN ONE YEARS.

SO, UH, CITY RECRUITMENT, I DO THE CITY SURVEY.

I DID IT, UH, LAST YEAR IN JULY OF LAST YEAR, 2000, UH, 21ST.

SO RIGHT NOW ALMOST A CITY CAN PROVE THIS, UH, UH, THIS, UH, LIKE A CONSTRUCTION, BUT THEY REQUEST ME.

SO FOR THE, FOR THE CITY, THE WALKWAY, SO 10 FEET IN FRANIA.

SO IF FOR 10 FIT, GETTING THAT THE TENANT WILL NO PARKING SPACE AT ALL.

AND MY ADU BUILD OFF THERE FOR IT'S A REALLY CANNOT BUILD AN ADU THERE.

I SPEND A LOT OF MONEY THERE ALREADY.

I'M SINGLE MAMA.

I'M JUST HERE.

I NEED EVERYBODY TO HAVE ME FOR THIS PROBLEM.

AND THE CLASS I CAN DO THIS ONE.

I TAKE THE LEFT SIDE, NO FAIRS.

IT'S I ALREADY DO THE CONCRETE CAN BE LIKE A CITY THAT GO WALK AWAY.

BUT I, THE CRAB, MY TENANT CAN BE PARKING THERE.

I PURCHASED WHERE I PURCHASE THE 2017 PURCHASE.

THIS, UH, THERE'S A HOUSE JUST LIKE THAT.

LED ME PAY FOR THE SURVEY, LIKE $1, 200.

10 FEET INSIDE.

MAYBE I HAVE NOT PURCHASED FOR THAT.

IT'S A NO SPACE AT ALL.

SO, AND THAT

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I ALREADY GAVE THE, AND I SHOULD PAY THE SURVEY AND UH, NO IN FRANCE, A SPACE, TWO PARKING.

I THINK I'M EITHER UNITED STATES.

RIGHT? EVERYBODY HAVE THE LIGHTS.

I WANT TO SPEAK OUT FOR MY, MY RIGHTS TOO.

SO IT'S, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT UNFAIR FOR THE LANDLORD.

SO MY, MY PROBLEM JUST LIKE THAT.

SO EVERYBODY, I KNEW THE GUYS WHO HELPED ME FOR THIS PROBLEM, I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATED.

THANKS.

MA'AM IS THERE SOMEBODY THAT WE CAN, OKAY.

W OUR CITY MANAGER, JIM SANDRA IS GOING TO SPEAK WITH YOU IN A MINUTE.

GOING TO DO ITEM NUMBER TWO ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, AND IT'S BEING REMOVED, HEARD AND ACTED UPON PRIOR TO VOTING ON THE REMAINDER OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

MOVING ON.

WE'LL GO TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

FIRST OFF, WE'RE

[2. APPROVE RESOLUTIONS REGARDING THE CONDUCT OF REMOTE "TELEPHONIC" MEETINGS DURING A STATE OF EMERGENCY That the City Council: A. APPROVE AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. _______ ENTITLED: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA, MAKING THE LEGALLY REQUIRED FINDINGS TO AUTHORIZE THE CONDUCT OF REMOTE “TELEPHONIC” MEETINGS DURING THE STATE OF EMERGENCY; and B. APPROVE AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. ______ ENTITLED: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA, MAKING THE LEGALLY REQUIRED FINDINGS TO CONTINUE TO AUTHORIZE THE CONDUCT OF REMOTE “TELEPHONIC” MEETINGS DURING THE STATE OF EMERGENCY. ]

AND THIS IS TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTIONS REGARDING THE CONDUCT OF REMOTE TELEPHONIC MEETINGS DURING THE STATE EMERGENCY.

THANK YOU FOR SHAMIRA.

THIS IS A CITY ATTORNEY, KEITH COLLINS, THE ITEMS BEFORE THE COUNCIL TONIGHT ARE TWO RESOLUTIONS THAT ARE AUTHORIZED BY A NEW VERSION, A NEW PROVISION OF THE BROWN ACT THAT AUTHORIZES CITIES TO CONTINUE TO HOLD TELEPHONIC REMOTE MEETINGS DURING THE STATE OF THE PANDEMIC.

UH, SO LONG AS THE BODY MAKES CERTAIN SPECIFIED FINDINGS, UM, INITIALLY, WHICH IS THE FIRST RESOLUTION, AND THEN ON AN ONGOING BASIS, WHICH IS THE SECOND RESOLUTION, AND THOSE FINDINGS NEED TO BE RENEWED EVERY 30 DAYS.

UM, SO THE TWO RESOLUTIONS THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, WHAT AUTHORIZE THIS BODY AND ALL SUBORDINATE BODIES OF THE CITY TO USE ZOOM AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES TO HOLD TELEPHONIC, REMOTE MEETINGS DURING THE STATE OF THE EMERGENCY THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN.

AND IF WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM STAFF, FROM OUR COUNCIL AND ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE VERY WELL, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE AND ADOPT RESOLUTION ENTITLED A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA, MAKING THE LEGAL REQUIRED FINDINGS TO AUTHORIZE THE CONDUCT OF REMOTE TELEPHONIC MEETINGS DURING THE STATE OF EMERGENCY, AND TO APPROVE AN ADOPT A RESOLUTION ENTITLED A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA, MAKING THE LEGALLY REQUIRED FINDINGS TO CONTINUE TO AUTHORIZE THE CONDUCT OF REMOTE TELEPHONIC MEETINGS DURING THE STATE OF EMERGENCY.

I WILL SECOND THAT LOCALLY.

WELL, THE COUNCIL ELECTRONICALLY VOTE THIS TIME AND FOR THE REMAINING OF THE MEETING, I'LL DO VOICE ROLL CALL.

SOUNDS GOOD.

COUNCIL MEMBER ESPINOSA.

WOULD YOU PLEASE ELECTRONICALLY VOTE? OH, ELECTRONIC.

MOTION PASSED.

THREE ZERO COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ.

ARE YOU ON THE LINE? I AM.

COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ HAS ENTERED THE MEETING.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE, UH, THE REST OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

RIGHT NOW THAT WE HAVE COUNCILMAN GOMEZ ON,

[ 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 MEMBERS, CITY STAFF MEMBER, A MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE REQUESTS SEPARATE ACTION OR REMOVAL OF AN ITEM ROOM 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 IN HER LOAN 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 TWO THROUGH FOUR ON THE AUDIENCE AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH NINE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN HEARD AND VOTED UPON.

IS THERE, UH, ANY CALL FOR REMOVAL OF ANY ITEMS? UH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF CORRECTIONS ON A CONSENT ITEM, NUMBER SEVEN, ATTACHMENT ONE PAGES 13 AND 14.

THE ACTUAL CALENDARS ARE CORRECT, BUT THE, UM, MONTHS THE DATES A YEAR DATES ON TOP OR WERE NOT CORRECT.

SO I'VE GOT SOME AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC AND I'LL POST IT ON THE WEB TOMORROW.

AND ALSO FOR, UM, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WE'VE GOT ITEM NUMBER SIX, PAGES 14 AND 15, AND ITEM SEVEN PAGES,

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13 AND 14.

THANK YOU, COUNSEL.

YOU CAN REMOVE ANY ATOMS AND FROM OUR AUDIENCE, NONE CALL FOR ACTION.

MR. MAY OR MAY JOHN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

NOTING THE CORRECTIONS MADE BY THE CITY CLERK.

MAY I HAVE A SECOND MAYOR? MADRANO YES.

MAYOR PRO TEM GOMEZ.

COUNCIL MEMBER ESPINOSA.

MOTION PASSED FOUR ZERO.

THERE ARE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS AT THIS TIME.

IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

ONE IS CONSIDERED EXPIRING TERMS IN VACANCIES ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, COMMUNITY SERVICES, COMMISSION, BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE, AND PROVIDE STAFF DIRECTION.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSIDERATION ITEMS. ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE MARIE QUEST, TO ADDRESS THE LAHABRA CITY COUNCIL ON ANY CONSIDERATION ITEM PRIOR TO THE LAVA CITY COUNCIL TAKING ANY FINAL VOTE ON THE ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOLL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER CONSIDERATION ITEM, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR OR CHAIR.

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

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

ITEM NUMBER

[1. CONSIDER EXPIRING TERMS AND VACANCIES ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION, AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE; AND PROVIDE STAFF DIRECTION That the City Council direct staff to: A. Reappoint eligible/interested Community Services Commissioners and advertise the recruitment and interview schedule for one (1) vacancy on the Planning Commission; up to six (6) vacancies on the Community Services Commission; and two (2) vacancies on the Beautification Committee; or, B. Advertise the recruitment and interview schedule for expiring terms and scheduled/unscheduled vacancies on the Planning Commission, Community Services Commission, and Beautification Committee; with the option of approving to reduce the Beautification Committee from seven members to five members which would leave no vacancies. C. Postpone the annual Commission recruitment and appointment process until March 2023, and extend any expiring terms by one year due to the current restrictions associated with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.]

WE HAVE A REPORT, YES.

PLANNING COMMISSION ON MARCH 31ST, 2020 2, 1 4 YEAR TERM FOR A MEMBER OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL EXPIRE ON JULY 6TH, 2021.

ESTHER ROJAS AS THE FIRST ALTERNATE WAS SWORN IN AS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER TO COMPLETE FORMER COMMISSIONER JERRY PALS TERM COMMISSIONER ROJAS HAS INDICATED INTEREST IN REAPPOINTMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION ON MARCH 31ST, 2022 TO EXTENDED THREE-YEAR TERM APPOINTMENTS.

AND FOUR THREE-YEAR APPOINTMENTS WILL EXPIRE AS FOLLOWS.

COMMISSIONER KERRY SEARCH HAS SERVED A TOTAL OF EIGHT YEARS AND HAS EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN REAPPOINTMENT COMMISSIONER.

THERESA KERR HAS SERVED A TOTAL OF FIVE YEARS AND NINE MONTHS AND HAS EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN REAPPOINTMENT COMMISSIONER.

DENISE SCHMIDT HAS SERVED A TOTAL OF THREE YEARS AND HAS EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN REAPPOINTMENT COMMISSIONER, GABRIELLA GARCIA.

THERE'S A CORRECTION HERE.

THE REPORT SAYS SHE RESIGNED, WHICH IS NOT RIGHT.

UM, SHE HAS SERVED A TOTAL OF THREE YEARS AND SHE HAS EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN REAPPOINTMENT COMMISSIONER.

KATHY FELIX HAS SERVED A TOTAL OF ONE YEAR AND SIX MONTHS AND IS NOT INTERESTED IN REAPPOINTMENT COMMISSIONER.

RICHARD ROJAS HAS SERVED A TOTAL OF 11 MONTHS AND HAS EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN REAPPOINTMENT.

IF COUNCIL PROCEEDS WITH A RECRUITMENT PROCESS, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL STAGGER APPOINTMENTS DUE TO THE DELAYS AND APPOINTMENTS FOR TWO YEARS, AS A RESULT OF THE CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC, WHICH HAS GOT SIX OF THE SEVEN COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSIONER'S POSITION TO HAVE EXPIRING TERMS THIS YEAR.

AND I LISTED A SUGGESTED STAGGERING TERM.

THE FIRST TWO WOULD SERVE TIL MARCH OF NEXT YEAR NUMBERS THREE AND FOUR WOULD SERVE TWO YEAR TERMS TO 3 30, 1 24 AND NUMBERS FIVE AND SIX THREE-YEAR TERM TO 3 31, 2025.

BASED ON THE LISTING ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE, STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDS THAT CITY COUNCIL ONCE AGAINST LIKE TWO ALTERNATES TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION IN THE EVENT OF A VACANCY, I WANT TO KNOW ALSO ON FEBRUARY 21ST, 1989 CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED ORDINANCE 1351 THAT'S SPECIFIED PLANNING, COMMISSIONER TERMS, PLANNING, COMMISSIONS, COMMUNITY SERVICES, TERMS, TERM LIMITS WERE NOT ESTABLISHED BY THIS ORDINANCE.

SO IT'S THE OPINION OF THE CITY ATTORNEY THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE OPTION TO REAPPOINT AS THEY SO CHOOSE THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE.

THERE ARE CURRENTLY TWO VACANT SEATS TO BE FILLED ON THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE, ONE BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND ONE BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COMMITTEE MEMBER MANUAL MUNOZ, A COUNCIL APPOINTEE AGREED TO SERVE ON BOTH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE UNTIL HIS CITY COUNCIL APPOINTED POSITION ON THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE COULD BE FILLED COMMITTEE MEMBER, GRACE GARCIA, A CHAMBER APPOINTEE SUBMITTED A RESIGNATION EFFECTIVE JANUARY 6TH, 2022.

THE CITY COUNCIL DOES HAVE THE OPTION OF REDUCING THE SIZE OF THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE FROM SEVEN MEMBERS TO FIVE MEMBERS AND NOT FILL THE TWO VACANCIES.

IF THE, IN THE EVENT, THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZES STAFF TO ADVERTISE AND SCHEDULE INTERVIEWS FOR VACANCIES AND ALTERNATE SEATS FOR EACH COMMISSIONING COMMITTEE INTERVIEWS WILL BE TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED PRIOR TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS OF FEBRUARY 14TH, MARCH 7TH, MARCH 21ST AS NEEDED THE CITY COUNCIL COULD THEN CONSIDER COMMISSION COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS AT ITS REGULAR MEETING ON MARCH 21ST OR APRIL 4TH, 2021.

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STAFF RECOMMENDS THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS, A REAPPOINT ELIGIBLE, INTERESTED COMMUNITY SERVICES, COMMISSIONERS, AND ADVERTISE THE RECRUITMENT AND INTERVIEW SCHEDULE FOR ONE VACANCY ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION UP TO SIX VACANCIES ON THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION AND TWO VACANCIES ON THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE OR ADVERTISE THE RECRUITMENT AND INTERVIEW SCHEDULE FOR EXPIRING TERMS AND SCHEDULED UNSCHEDULED VACANCIES ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, COMMUNITY SERVICES, COMMISSION, AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE WITH THE OPTION OF APPROVING TO REDUCE A BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE FROM SEVEN MEMBERS TO FIVE, WHICH WOULD LEAVE NO VACANCIES OR POSTPONE THE ANNUAL COMMISSION RECRUITMENT AND APPOINTMENT PROCESS UNTIL MARCH, 2023 AND EXTEND ANY EXPIRING TERMS BY ONE YEAR DUE TO THE CURRENT RESTRICTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.

THAT'S THE REPORT.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES? NO.

I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE PUBLIC TO TESTIFY.

AND PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD IF YOU WISH TO DO SO HAVE ONE GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS CARRY SYRINGE WITH A COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, JUST TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EXPIRING COMMISSIONS RIGHT NOW, I MEAN, WE HAVE SEVEN COMMISSIONERS AND MOST OF THOSE ARE BEING EXPIRED.

SO IN ORDER TO STAGGER THAT, UM, I THINK LAST YEAR DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, WE WERE, UH, THREE OF US WERE EXTENDED ONE YEAR.

SO IF WE HAD TWO YEARS EXTENDED, THAT WOULD CATCH US UP TO THE THREE YEARS.

AND THE NEW COMMISSIONERS BEING APPROVED WOULD BE ON FOR A THREE-YEAR TERM THAT WOULD GET A LITTLE BIT OF SEGREGATION AND NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN, WITH ALL NEW COMMISSIONERS, IT'S HARD FOR NEW COMMISSIONERS TO COME IN AND NOT KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENED.

SO I APPRECIATE, AND I'VE ENJOYED MY EIGHT YEARS ON THE COMMISSION.

HONORABLE MAYOR MUDRA, GENTLE.

THANK YOU, CARRIE.

WE HAVE ANOTHER, HOPEFULLY I MADE MY FONT LARGE ENOUGH FOR ME TO READ IT WITHOUT MY GLASSES.

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US AND, UH, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS MARIE LAVEGA AND I'M WITH THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION TONIGHT.

UM, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME, FIRST OF ALL, TO ADDRESS YOU, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE EXPIRING VACANCIES AND ON THE COMMUNITY SERVICES, PERHAPS YOU WOULD, UM, AGREE WITH ME THAT THESE ARE TOTALLY DIFFERENT TIMES, EVEN FROM A YEAR AGO.

AND LAST YEAR AS THE, UH, AS CARRIE MENTIONED, CARRIE AND THERESA WERE EXPIRING AND WE WERE DOING OUR MEETINGS TELEPHONICALLY AND, UM, WE HAD REQUESTED, I HAD ACTUALLY APPROACHED YOU AND REQUESTED THAT, UM, THOSE TERMS BE EXTENDED FOR THE THREE YEARS, KNOWING THAT ALL SIX, UH, ME EXCLUDED WOULD BE COMING UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT THIS YEAR.

AT THAT TIME, I DID ENCOURAGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO REAPPOINT AND IT WAS VICE CHAIR, THERESA KEMPER, AND THERESA AND CARRIE SPHERIC, UH, FOR THE FULL TERM.

UH, BUT THAT WAS JUST EXTENDED.

SO HERE WE ARE, WE FIND OURSELVES WITH ALL SIX EXPIRING.

UH, SO MY, MY THOUGHT WAS TO ALL SIX, WELL, ONE OF THE SIX DO NOT WANT, DOES NOT WANT TO BE, UM, REAPPOINTED TO EXTEND CARRIE AND TERESA FOR THE TWO YEARS.

ONE OF WHICH THEY'VE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED IN THIS PAST YEAR.

AND THEN, UM, THE OTHER THREE, WHICH WOULD BE, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, DENISE SCHMIDT, GABRIELA GARCIA, AND RICHARD ROJAS WHO HAVE FAITHFULLY SERVED AND MANEUVERED AND, AND, UH, CHANGED.

AND IT'S A HARD THING.

AND TO BE WE'RE LIVE OR NOT LIVE OR MASS WE'RE UNMASKED, WE'RE IN RE IT'S A HARD THING.

AND THEY HAVE SO GRACIOUSLY JUST GONE WITH THE PROGRAM AND BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF ALL THE CITY EVENTS, HOWEVER THEY LOOKED.

AND SO WE'RE A GREAT TEAM.

WE'RE REALLY, WE REALLY SERVE WELL TOGETHER.

AND SO I WOULD REQUEST THAT THEY, THEY BE STAGGERED, UM, FOR THE ONE TO THREE YEARS.

AND, UM, AND SO THAT WILL BE BACK ON, ON THE I'M

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THE ONLY ONE I THINK WE'LL BE EXPIRING.

I FEEL LIKE I'M DYING, WE'LL BE RE UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT NEXT MARCH.

SO I MUZZLE PUT A PLUG IN THERE.

I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO, BUT ANYWAY, SO WE WOULD HAVE THE FIVE, SIX SEATS, UM, FILLED AND THEN WE WOULD STILL HAVE ONE OPENING.

SO THAT WOULD BE MY HOPE AND MY THOUGHT TO YOU.

WE ARE A GOOD TEAM TOGETHER AND WE, UM, HAVE THE, THE KNOWLEDGE OF BEFORE COVID ALL OF US.

WELL, RICHARD CAME IN A LITTLE BIT LATER BEFORE AFTER, AND, UM, AND WE WERE WORKING GREAT TOGETHER.

SO THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION WITH REGARD TO, IF I, SINCE I HAVE THE MAG WITH REGARD TO THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE CHAMBER, WE DO HAVE A PERSON INTERESTED.

UM, IT WOULD BE, UM, CATHERINE BADAMI AND SHE HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND VERY ACTIVE WITH THE LIONS.

SHE IS A PART OF THE ACTION TROPHY WITH THE DOUG, AND SHE'S VERY INTERESTED IN SERVING THAT POSITION IF YOU SO CHOOSE TO, UH, LEAVE THAT OPEN.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MARIE.

DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE? NO, MAYOR.

THANK YOU LADIES.

WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO CALL FOR A COUNCIL DISCUSSION INTERACTION.

UM, MR. MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION IF I MIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MOVE THAT WE, UM, ADVERTISE RECRUITMENT AND INTERVIEW SCHEDULED FOR EXPIRING TERMS AND SCHEDULE AN UNSCHEDULED VACANCIES ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION, AND THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE WITH THE OPTION OF APPROVING TO REDUCE THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE TO SEVEN FROM SEVEN MEMBERS TO FIVE MEMBERS, WHICH WOULD LEAVE NO VACANCIES.

JUST, JUST TO CLARIFY, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER SIMONIAN.

WOULD YOU WANT US TO ADVERTISE FOR THOSE TWO BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE PLACES OR IS THERE A MOTION TO REDUCE THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE TONIGHT TO FIVE? REDUCE IT TO FIVE.

SO WE WOULD NOT ADVERTISE FOR THOSE TWO BAKERIES.

I WILL SECOND THAT GOOD MAYOR MADRANO YES.

MAYOR PRO TEM GOMEZ.

COUNCIL MEMBER ESPINOSA.

MOTION PASSED FOUR ZERO.

MR. MAYOR, IF I MIGHT BE UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE POSITIONS WILL BE STAGGERED AS THE TWO SPEAKERS HAVE REQUESTED, UM, IS THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING AS WELL? THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING AS WELL.

YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

AND THE COUNCIL CAN STILL MAKE THAT DETERMINATION LATER WHEN, WHEN THE DECIDE TO APPOINT POSITIONS TO SO, RIGHT.

IS ITEM NUMBER TWO, CONSIDER THE PROPOSED ALLOCATION PLAN FOR FEDERAL FUNDS PROVIDED TO THE CITY OF LA HARBOR PURSUANT TO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT.

NEXT ITEM UP

[2. CONSIDER THE PROPOSED ALLOCATION PLAN FOR FEDERAL FUNDS PROVIDED TO THE CITY OF LA HABRA PURSUANT TO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT That the City Council approve the recommended budget allocation plan for American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds received by the City of La Habra for municipal operations, projects and programs.]

WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT.

THE CITY'S SECOND ARPA ALEC ALLOCATION ALSO OF ABOUT $7.9 MILLION WILL BE RECEIVED FROM TREASURY LATER THIS YEAR, CONSISTENT WITH THE FINAL RULE BY TREASURY, WHICH DESCRIBES THE METHOD BY WHICH FUNDS, UH, MAYBE USE AND HOW TREASURY WILL IMPLEMENT ARBA CITIES ARE REQUIRED TO OBLIGATE ALL FUNDS RECEIVED BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2024, AND THEN SPENT BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2026.

MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, ROBERT FARRIER FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AS COUNSEL AND THE PUBLIC IS AWARE LAST YEAR, THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT ALSO KNOWN AS ARPA WAS SIGNED INTO LAW AND PROVIDED ALMOST $2 TRILLION IN FEDERAL STIMULUS AID TO SUPPORT A WIDE VARIETY OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS MEANT TO ADDRESS THE NEGATIVE ECONOMIC IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC.

FOR AN IDEA OF SCALE, $2 TRILLION IS TWO FOLLOWED BY 12 ZEROS.

SO IT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY.

A PORTION OF ARPA, APPROXIMATELY $350 BILLION WAS SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATED TO STATE LOCAL TERRITORIAL AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS FOR THEIR USE.

THIS CARVE-OUT, WHICH WAS KNOWN AS THE CORONA VIRUS, STATE, AND LOCAL FISKER FISCAL RECOVERY FUND INCLUDED A $65 BILLION ALLOCATION THAT WAS DIVIDED AMONG THE ROUGHLY 19,000 CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

WELL, HARBOR IS OPERA.

ENTITLEMENT IS ROUGHLY $15.8 MILLION, WHICH IS PAID BY THE TREASURY IN TWO EQUAL ALLOCATIONS, APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR APART, THE FIRST ALLOCATION OF ABOUT $7.9 MILLION WAS RECEIVED BY THE CITY LAST YEAR.

AND THEN SET ASIDE IN A DEDICATED FUND PENDING TREASURY'S APPROVAL OF ITS FINAL RU RULES.

THOSE FINAL RULES WERE JUST, UH, UH, PROVIDED BY TREASURY EARLIER THIS MONTH,

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SO ONE OF THE KEY THING TAKEAWAYS IN THIS PRESENTATION YOU'LL LEARN IS THERE'S A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY IN HOW YOU CAN USE THE FUND.

AND TREASURY'S GIVE YOU A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU WANT TO DO THAT.

SPECIFICS ON BOTH ARPA AND THE STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL YEAR FISCAL RECOVERY FUND CAN BE FOUND ON THE TREASURY'S WEBSITE, WHICH IS HOME.TREASURY.GOV.

NOW PURSUANT TO THE FINAL RULES THAT WERE ATTACHED TO THE STAFF REPORT.

CITIES ENJOY A GREAT DEAL OF FLEXIBILITY ON HOW THESE FUNDS MAY BE PROGRAMMED IN USE SUBJECT TO SOME KEY PROHIBITIONS THAT ARE LAID OUT IN THE LAW.

FOR EXAMPLE, FUNDS MAY BE USED TO SUPPORT PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS AND EXPENDITURES THINGS LIKE COVID-19 MITIGATION EFFORTS, UM, CERTAIN PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY EXPENSES.

THEY MAY ALSO BE USED TO ADDRESS THE NEGATIVE ECONOMIC IMPACTS CAUSED BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, INCLUDING ECONOMIC HARM TO WORKERS, HOUSEHOLDS, SMALL BUSINESSES IMPACTED INDUSTRIES AND THE PUBLIC SECTOR.

THEY MAY ALSO BE USED TO REPLACE LOST, UH, LOST PUBLIC SECTOR REVENUES.

UM, ARPA PROVIDED GOVERNMENTS, UM, STRIKE THAT USING ARPA TO PROVIDE GOVERNMENT SERVICES TO THE EXTENT OF THEIR REDUCTION IN THE REVENUE, WHICH WAS CAUSED BY THE, UM, PANDEMIC.

AND THEN FUNDS MAY ALSO BE USED TO INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, THINGS, WATER, SEWER, AND BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE IN REGARD TO INELIGIBLE USES AREPAS SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITS DEPOSITS INTO PENSION FUNDS, PAYMENTS TOWARD DEBT SERVICE USE TOWARDS LEGAL SETTLEMENTS OR JUDGMENTS AND OR DEPOSITS INTO RAINY DAY FUNDS OR FINANCIAL RESERVES.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THE OVERARCHING GOAL OF ARPA AS IT RELATES TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS TO PROVIDE AGENCIES WITH RESOURCES NECESSARY TO RESPOND TO THE COVID PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY AND ITS RELATED NEGATIVE ECONOMIC IMPACTS.

ONE KIND OF CAVEAT I WOULD MENTION AS IT RELATES TO THE PROHIBITION ON DEPOSITS AND THE PENSION FUNDS TREASURY INTERPRETS A DEPOSIT AS AN EXTRAORDINARY PAYMENT INTO A PENSION FUND FOR THE PURPOSE OF REDUCING AN ACCRUED UNFUNDED LIABILITY.

THAT'S ESSENTIALLY A NO, NO, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

HOWEVER, TREASURY ALSO DISTINGUISHES A DEPOSIT FROM A PAYROLL CONTRIBUTION, WHICH OCCURS WHEN EMPLOYERS MAKE PAYMENTS INTO PENSION FUNDS ON A REGULAR INTERVALS WITH CONTRIBUTION AMOUNTS BASED ON A PREDETERMINED PERCENTAGE OF AN EMPLOYEE'S WAGES AND SALARIES.

THAT'S OKAY UNDER THE LAW.

IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ARPA FUNDS ARE ONE-TIME IN NATURE.

IN OTHER WORDS, THEY'RE NOT A RECURRING SOURCE OF REVENUE SUCH AS PROPERTY TAX OR SALES TAX THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET EVERY SINGLE YEAR AS SUCH, WHEN IT COMES TO THE QUESTION OF HOW FUNDS SHOULD BE PROGRAMMED OR COULD BE PROGRAMMED HERE IN LA HABRA, IT WOULD BE PRUDENT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER FUNDING ELIGIBLE, UH, KIND OF FUNNY ELIGIBLE ONE-TIME, UH, PROGRAMS AND USES THINGS LIKE CAPITAL PROJECTS, EQUIPMENT ACQUISITION, REIMBURSEMENT OF ELIGIBLE INCURRED COSTS, OR TO REPLACE LOST MUNICIPAL REVENUE RATHER THAN PROGRAMMING FUNDING TO SUPPORT RECURRING PROGRAMS OR OTHER OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

ALL RECIPIENT AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE CITY OF LA HABRA ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT QUARTERLY PROJECT AND EXPENDITURE REPORTS TO TREASURY TO DEMONSTRATE HOW THESE, THESE FUNDS ARE BEING USED FOR ELIGIBLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW USE OF FUNDS FOR INELIGIBLE PURPOSES, COULD RE-TRIGGER EVERY PAYMENT SCENARIO.

I READ AN ARTICLE OVER THE WEEKEND ABOUT THE STATE OF ARIZONA RECEIVED SOME FUNDS AND THEY PROGRAMMED IT FOR A SPECIFIC USE.

UM, UH, AND TREASURY SAID NO, AND RETHINK HOW YOU'RE GOING TO USE THOSE FUNDS.

AND IF YOU DECIDE TO SPEND IT ON WHAT YOU WANT TO SPEND IT ON, YOU'RE GETTING ROLLED UP, WE'RE IN A CALL THEM BACK.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO KIND OF BE VERY, UM, PRUDENT IN HOW YOU DECIDE TO USE THE FUNDS IN TERMS OF PROPOSED BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS.

UH, WHEN PREPARING OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION STAFF LOOKED FIRST EXISTING COUNCIL APPROVED POLICY DOCUMENTS, THINGS THAT, UM, STATE POLICY THAT CLARIFY THE CITY'S SHORT AND LONGTERM VISION FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THIS INCLUDED A REVIEW OF THE GENERAL PLAN.

IT INCLUDED A REVIEW OF THE FISCAL 2122 BUDGET AND INCLUDED A REVIEW OF THE FISCAL 2122 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.

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EACH OF THESE DOCUMENTS IS INTERCONNECTED TO ONE DEGREE OR ANOTHER, AND THEY PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON HOW CITY RESOURCES, INCLUDING ONE-TIME FUNDS LIKE ARPA-E CA COULD BE PROGRAMMED TO ACHIEVE COUNCILS DIRECTIVES AND THE COMMUNITY'S PRIORITIES AS NOTED IN THE STAFF REPORT, STAFF PROPOSED USE OF THE FUNDS FALL INTO FOUR BROAD CATEGORIES.

AND THESE ARE REVENUE REPLACEMENT SUCH AS, UH, USED TO HELP WITH CYBERSECURITY MODERNIZATION FACILITY UPGRADES AND OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICES INVESTMENTS IN INFRASTRUCTURE, SPECIFICALLY STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURES, SUCH AS THOSE THAT HELP TO CONTAIN AND MITIGATE THREAT OF COVID-19 AND THEN PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS NEGATIVE ECONOMIC IMPACTS CAUSED BY COVID-19 AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, I'M TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE HOMELESS OUTREACH AND ASSISTANCE, RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND BUSINESS, NONPROFIT ASSISTANCE OF THESE FOUR CATEGORIES.

REVENUE REPLACEMENT IS THE LARGEST, UH, CONSTITUTING, APPROXIMATELY $10 MILLION OF THE CITY'S ALLOCATION OR THE CITY'S ENTITLEMENT INVESTMENTS IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURES ARE MOUNTED TO ABOUT 2.5 MILLION AND $2 MILLION RESPECTIVELY, AND THEN PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS LOCAL NEGATIVE IMPACTS CAUSED BY COVID ARE TARGETED ABOUT ONE AND A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS IN REGARD TO THE PROPOSED ALLOCATION OF THIS FUNDS.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER A FEW KEY POINTS VERY QUICKLY.

I'LL TRY TO GO OVER THEM FIRST.

IT'S NOT LIKELY THAT ANY ADDITIONAL FEDERAL ASSISTANCE RESULTING FROM THE COVID PANDEMIC WILL BE FORTHCOMING.

AT LEAST NOT TO CITIES TO BE CANDID.

A FEDERAL ALLOCATION OF THIS MAGNITUDE HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE.

AND TO BE HONEST, FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, I'M KIND OF SURPRISED THAT WE GOT ANYTHING TO BEGIN WITH.

FRANKLY, SECOND WHILE OUR PORT HAS A LARGE PROGRAM, NEARLY $2 TRILLION, IT REPRESENTS JUST ONE ELEMENT AND A LARGER SUITE OF RELIEF PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED IMPROVED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED IN MARCH, 2020, FOR EXAMPLE, MORE THAN $1 TRILLION HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO SMALL BUSINESSES ACROSS THE NATION, AS WELL AS ANOTHER $1 TRILLION IN DIRECT PAYMENT TO INDIVIDUAL.

THESE ARE THE STIMULUS PAYMENTS THAT MANY PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY RECEIVED LAST YEAR, AS WELL AS ANOTHER $600 BILLION IN UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, ALL TOLD THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ALREADY DEDICATED $6 TRILLION IN AID ACROSS TWO PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATIONS, ALMOST NON OF WHICH HAS BEEN EARMARKED FOR LOOKING GOVERNMENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ARPA.

THIRD STAFF'S PROPOSED ALLOCATIONS ARE JUST THAT THESE ARE PROPOSALS.

IF COUNCIL WISHES TO MODIFY THEM IN SOME WAY THAT'S ITS PREROGATIVE, UM, WITHIN THE PARAMETERS ESTABLISHED BY THE TREASURY, OF COURSE.

AND LASTLY, THIS EVENING STAFF IS REQUESTING ONLY THAT SOME POLICY GUIDANCE FROM THE COUNCIL BE PROVIDED ON THESE APPROPRIATIONS, NOT THE ACTUAL SPENDING OF THE FUNDS, SIMILAR TO THE APPROPRIATION PROCESS THAT COUNCIL GOES THROUGH EVERY YEAR WITH THE BUDGET, UH, STAFF WILL PRESENT SPECIFIC PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION OF FUNDING APPROVAL, AS THEY'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD.

LIKE I SAID, THIS IS ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THE WAY COUNCIL APPROACHES, UM, FUNDING FOR THINGS LIKE CAPITAL FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AS PART OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS, AND THEN APPROVES THE ACTUAL DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS FOR A PROJECT AT A LATER DATE, STAFF RECOGNIZES THAT A COUNCIL MAY NOT YET READY TO IDENTIFY SPECIFIC PROJECTS OR PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT USING THESE ARPA FUNDS AND BECAUSE OUR REPLACES AN EMPHASIS ON FLEXIBILITY AND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME TO MAKE THOSE CHOICES, UM, RECIPIENT AGENCIES HAVE UNTIL THE END OF 2024, LIKE I SAID, TO ACTUALLY OBLIGATE THE FUNDS, WE ASKED THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET ALLOCATION PLAN SET FORTH IN THE STAFF REPORT OR PROVIDE ALTERNATE DIRECTION STAFF FROM BOTH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND THE FINANCE DEPARTMENTS ARE HERE THIS EVENING TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATIONS.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, ROB.

UH, ANY, UH, QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON COUNCIL? NO QUESTION.

UH, AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE PUBLIC TO TESTIFY AND, UH, PLEASE GIVE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD IF THEY WISH TO TESTIFY YOU HAVE ANYBODY.

NO, I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

WE GOTTA CHECK REAL QUICK.

ALL RIGHT, NOLAN.

MY COLLEAGUES COUNCILWOMAN ESPINOSA.

AND I'LL CALL FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION.

YES MA'AM.

I DID.

THANK YOU, ROB, FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT AND ALL THE STAFF THAT WENT THROUGH ALL THIS, CAUSE I ACTUALLY LOOKED AT EVERYTHING AND AFTER A CERTAIN POINT, MY EYES JUST GLAZED OVER THE, THE ITEMS. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES, BUT, UH, GOD BLESS YOU FOR GOING THROUGH IT ALL AND MAKING THIS REPORT.

UM, I DID LOOK AT THE BUDGET OVERALL AND I LOOKED AT THE, UH, PARTICULAR PART WHERE IT SAYS ADDRESS NEGATIVE ECONOMIC IMPACTS CAUSED BY COVID 19 HOMELESSNESS, OUTREACH

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ASSISTANCE, RENTAL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE, AND NONPROFIT.

I REALLY WOULD, UH, WANT THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER, UM, MAKING IT A 500,000 FOR ALL THE LEVELS, THE HOMELESS OUTREACH ASSISTANT 500,000 RENTAL ASSISTANCE, 500,000 BUSINESS ASSISTANCE, 500,000 NONPROFIT ASSISTANCE, 500,000 AS WELL.

AND TWO TO SEE IF THEY CAN TAKE IT FROM THE OTHER, UH, CATEGORIES THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF THE, THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN.

I KNOW THAT IT'S JUST BEEN A TREMENDOUS FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND HAS IMPACTED BUSINESSES MORE.

WE HAVE EVER SEEN THE DISPARITY BETWEEN THOSE WHO OWN AND THOSE WHO RENT.

UM, I SEE THE STORIES AND I HEAR THE INDIVIDUALS AND I THINK THAT 250 IS JUST GOING TO GO SO RAPIDLY, UM, THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND $500,000 THERE AND NONPROFITS, THE CARS COULD OFFER YOU THAT AS WELL.

AND SO I WOULD, UM, WHEN THE MOTION IS MADE, I WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER THAT WE UP ALL THOSE THREE AMOUNTS FOR RENTAL BUSINESS AND NONPROFIT TO 500,000 AS WELL.

MR. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, IT'S BEEN OVER THE W WHERE WE SUGGEST THE, UH, ADJUSTMENT BE MADE AT.

YEAH, I WOULD LEAVE THAT UP TO THE STAFF, BUT I NOTICED THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE TOOK 5% AWAY FROM EACH ONE AND, AND WHATEVER THE BALANCE WOULD BE REQUIRED, UM, MAYBE TAKING IT, TAKING IT AS WELL FROM A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM THE OTHER GOVERNMENTAL SERVICE GOVERNMENT SERVICES, BUT 5%, UH, I THINK WOULD HELP ALONG THE WAVES.

AND, UH, AS I SAID, ANY LITTLE DIFFERENCE THAT THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED, UH, MAYBE THE, UH, OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICES WOULD, COULD, COULD ALSO ACCUMULATE TO THE 500, BUT I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO STAFF.

THEY CAN DECIDE HOW TO, WHERE IT'S MORE IMPORTANT, BUT I WOULD, I WOULD MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, ESPINOSA, IF COUNCIL WOULD CHOOSE TO GO THAT ROUTE THAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING WITH THE REALLOCATION, I WOULD SUGGEST WE REDUCE CITY FACILITY UPGRADES BY $500,000 AND THE STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BY $250,000.

AND WE REALLOCATE THAT $750,000 EQUALLY TO THE THREE CATEGORIES THAT YOU IDENTIFIED.

THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.

I, THAT SOUNDS, THAT SOUNDS GREAT TO ME AS WELL.

I THINK IT'S A, I THINK IT'S A GOOD, UH, A GOOD THING.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, SMALL.

MR. MAYOR, I, I, UM, I DID HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY MANAGER TODAY, UH, REGARDING THE LOWER AMOUNTS FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE BUSINESS ASSISTANCE AND NON-PROFIT ASSISTANCE.

AND HE, UM, POINTED OUT SOMETHING THAT WE ALL I'M SURE ARE AWARE OF, BUT PEOPLE AT HOME MAY NOT BE.

AND I CERTAINLY HAD FORGOTTEN THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS DIRECTLY FUNDED THOSE ENTITIES, UM, THROUGH THEIR BUDGETS DIRECTLY TO THE STATES AND IN THE TUNE OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

SO THERE IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY AVAILABLE THROUGH THE STATE FUNDING.

NOW, HAVING SAID THAT, I AGREE WITH, UM, MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL THAT THESE NUMBERS ARE TOO LOW.

UM, MOSTLY BECAUSE SOME OF OUR BUSINESSES ARE NOT NECESSARILY A SOPHISTICATED ENOUGH TO KNOW HOW TO ACCESS THAT MONEY.

AND IT CERTAINLY IS A LOT EASIER FOR THEM TO CONTACT A MEMBER OF COUNCIL OR TO WALK INTO THE CHAMBER OR TO WALK INTO CITY HALL AND SAY, HOW DO I STOP FROM GOING BANKRUPT? I NEED THIS BECAUSE OF THINGS THAT OCCURRED DURING COVID.

SO I WOULD AGREE WITH THE ROSE ON THE NUMBERS, I WOULD AGREE WITH THE CITY MANAGER ON WHERE TO TAKE THAT OUT OF THE BUDGET.

I MAY ADD.

I MEAN, WE HAVE, IF, IF THAT MONEY IS NOT USED, WE HAVE THE OPTION THAT IT CAN BE REALLOCATED TO ANOTHER ONE OF THESE CATEGORIES, RIGHT? YES.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THAT IF ANYBODY THINKS THAT THERE'S ALL THE MONEY THAT, THAT, UH, IS BEING OFFERED TO BUSINESSES, UM, OR RENTAL ASSISTANCE, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT THE CASE.

THERE ARE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ALREADY HANDED OVER TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AWAITING ACCESS.

SO WITH THAT, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE REPORT ON ARPA AND, UH, WITH THE NECESSARY CHANGES AS AMENDED BY THE COUNCIL.

I WILL SECOND THAT MAYOR, MAYOR MEDRANO.

MAYOR PRO TEM GOMEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER ESPINOSA.

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SHOULD PASS FOR ZERO.

TO THE MAYORS COMMUNITY CALENDAR, LOCAL COVID VACCINATION AND BOOSTER SHOT EVENTS CONTINUE TO OCCUR.

MOVING ON, MOVE ON

[ MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR:]

HOSPITALS, MEDICAL CENTERS, PHARMACIES, AND OTHER LOCATIONS AROUND THE COUNTY, INCLUDING HERE IN LAHABRA AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER APPOINTMENTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR VACCINATION AND BOOSTERS ON MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAY, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 9:00 AM AND 4:00 PM TO SCHEDULE THE APPOINTMENT, PLEASE VISIT WWW.MY TURN.CA.GOV.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN THE LOCATION OF A VACCINATION OR BOOSTER SHOT EVENT OUTSIDE OF LAHABRA, PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0.

IN ADDITION, THE COMMUNITY CENTER ALSO HOSTS COVID TESTING EVENTS EVERY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7:00 AM AND 7:00 PM.

TESTING IS DONE ON AN APPOINTMENT BASIS.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR TO LEARN MORE, PLEASE CALL THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0.

AND AS A REMINDER, CITY HALL IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY FROM 7:30 AM TO 6:00 PM AND CLOSED EACH FRIDAY.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL EMPLOYEES AND VISITORS ARE REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK INSIDE CITY HALL, REGARDLESS OF HIS OR HER COVID STATUS.

THE CITY WILL GLADLY SUPPLY MASS TO ALL INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY NEED ONE FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 0 1 0.

AND LASTLY, THE LA HUBBARD CHILDREN'S MUSEUM WINTER HOURS ARE INEFFECTIVE.

MARCH 18TH, HOURS OF OPERATION ARE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAYS, 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM, FRIDAYS 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM, 9:00 PM EARLY ENTRANCE FROM MUSEUM MEMBERS, SATURDAYS 10:00 AM TO 5:00 PM, SUNDAYS 1:00 PM TO 5:00 PM.

THE MUSEUM IS CLOSED ON MONDAYS AND MAJOR HOLIDAYS.

AND FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 3 6.

AND WITH THAT, WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM STAFF.

NOW, MR. MAYOR, ANY COMMENTS FROM

[ COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS:]

OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS? I JUST LIKE TO SAY, I HOPE EVERYONE HAD CELEBRATED THEIR HOLIDAYS, YOU KNOW, WITH LOWER ATTENDANCE OR WHATEVER, WITH CLOSE FAMILY MEMBERS AND NOT, UH, OUT IN BIG CROWDS OR ANYTHING.

WELCOME BACK.

IT'S A NEW YEAR AND I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT THINGS WILL GET BETTER AND PEOPLE WILL NOT, UH, WILL BE WEARING THEIR MASK AND GET VACCINATED.

AND, UM, I'M JUST OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ALL THAT.

SO WELCOME BACK TO ALL OF YOU.

AND, UH, I HOPE YOU WERE HAD A RESTED HOLIDAY AND BACK INTO THE GRIND AGAIN, THANK YOU.

I'D LIKE TO ECHO THOSE SENTIMENTS AS WELL AS MY COLLEAGUE HAD STATED, WANT TO WELCOME EVERYBODY ELSE BACK AS WELL.

I KNOW WE'D BEEN BACK FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND WE, UH, WE HAVE SOME FUTURE MEETINGS AND ONE TO DETERMINE A FEATURE OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND WHO WE APPOINT IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS HERE.

SO I ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC NOT TO FORGET THAT THE, A FILING DATE FOR THAT IS THIS THURSDAY.

THAT IS THE FINAL DAY OUTSIDE OF THAT COUNCILMAN GOMEZ.

DO YOU HAVE ANY PARTING COMMENTS? NO, SIR.