Jul 18, 2022 City Council

COUNCIL MEMBER, DIRECTOR SIMONIAN, COUNCIL MEMBER, DIRECTOR, AND EXPERIAN COUNCIL MEMBER, DIRECTOR ESPINOSA HERE, MAYOR PRO TEM DIRECTOR GOMEZ, MAYOR DIRECTOR.

MADRANO HERE.

THERE ANY CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENTS, YOUR HONOR, THROUGH THE MATTER OF EHRS OF A GEARY VERSUS LAHABRA ON A FIVE OF THE CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A SETTLEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $265,000.

ARE

[ CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT: PROCLAMATIONS/PRESENTATIONS:]

VERY WELL.

MY COLLEAGUES MEET ME DOWN IN THE WELL, AS WELL AS, UH, PHIL MERCHANT, IF YOU CAN COME FORWARD AS WELL.

AND, UH, WE'LL MOVE ON.

DO A PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS.

IF I CAN HAVE

[1. RECOGNITION OF MEALS ON WHEELS VOLUNTEER PHIL MERCHANT ON HIS 28 YEARS OF SERVICE]

YEAH, YOU LOOK GREAT.

HOW ARE YOU? THANK YOU.

CAN WE HAVE CARMEN MILLER UP HERE AS WELL, PLEASE? YOU WANT TO STAND NEXT TO US? SO PHIL, ON BEHALF OF THE, UH, LAHABRA CITY COUNCIL WANTED TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION, UH, FOR YOUR VOLUNTEER TIME WITH MEALS ON WHEELS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

SOMETHING FOR THE CITY AND THERE WAS TWO OR THREE THINGS WE CAME DOWN TO AND THERE WAS TWO OR THREE OPTIONS FOR US TO DO.

AND WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE YOUR, UH, YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND ON BEHALF AGAIN, OF THE LIBRARY CITY COUNCIL, WELL, I'LL HAND THE MIC OVER TO YOU AS WELL.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IF YOU WORK, UH, FOR 29 YEARS, MY WIFE AND I HAVE SERVED MEALS ON WHEELS HERE IN LA HARBOR, AND I'VE SEEN A LOT OF PERSONNEL COME AND GO A LOT OF PLACES WHERE PICKED UP FOOD AND MAKES THE FOOD AND EVERYTHING.

BUT NOW WE HAVE A GROUP OF LADIES THAT ARE THE FINEST THAT I'VE SEEN OVER TIME.

AND HERE THEY ARE, THEY NEED A NOT NICE TAN.

LET'S GIVE IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I DO APPRECIATE IT.

YOU ARE VERY WELCOME.

ABSOLUTELY.

I'M GOING TO HAND THE MIC OVER HERE TO CARMEN MILLER.

THANK YOU MIRROR.

UH, YES, WE ARE JUST SO SAD TO SEE YOU LEAVE.

WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU, BUT WE WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR YEARS OF LOYALTY AND DEDICATION AND NOT JUST OUR BOARD, BUT PASSPORTS.

I'VE TALKED TO SOME OF THE OTHER PRESIDENTS FROM WAY BACK IN THE DAY AND THEY ALL HAD GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT YOU.

AND ON BEHALF OF OUR BOARD, WHICH TODAY CARRIE SEARCH, WHO'S THE PRESIDENT, JAMES GOMEZ.

WHO'S A BOARD MEMBER AND MY, AND THEY DEAN.

ANYWAY, WE WANT TO THANK YOU.

AND WE, WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU AS WELL.

YOU CAN TAKE THAT WITH YOU TOO.

LIKE, YOU'RE VERY, I'M SORRY.

YOU'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, IDAHO, UH, UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU.

UH, WHEN WE FIRST, UH, WELL, WE'VE LIVED HERE FOR A LONG TIME, BUT WHEN WE WERE BOTH RETIRED, WE SAID WE WANTED TO DO

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WE PICKED MEALS ON WHEELS AND IT WAS A VERY, VERY GOOD OPTION.

AND WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE, THE YEARS THAT WE SPENT HERE.

AND THANK, THANK YOUR MOM.

IF WE CAN HAVE THE OTHER FAMILY, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

CAN WE COME IN THAT MIDDLE HERE? LADIES WILL GET IN THE DON'T GO ANYWHERE.

KARMA GETS STAMPED HERE ALL TOGETHER, RIGHT HERE, ALL TOGETHER.

RIGHT IN HERE.

YOU LOOK RIGHT HERE AT THIS YOUNG LADY RIGHT HERE.

SMILE, SMILING, SMILE.

WE'VE GOT A FEW MORE.

[2. RECOGNITION OF THE ZARATE FAMILY AS THE 2022 DISTRICT 4 RESIDENTIAL BEAUTIFICATION AWARD RECIPIENT]

WE HAVE A, OH, HERE WE GO.

RIGHT HERE.

SO YEAH, THE WHOLE FAMILY PLEASED AT THE FAMILY.

PLEASE COME UP.

SO WE'RE RECOGNIZING THE SAUDI FAMILY FOR THEIR RESIDENTIAL BEAUTIFICATION AWARD.

AND I'LL GIVE THIS TO YOU LIBERTY.

WE HAVE THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS YARD SIGN, AS WELL AS THIS CERTIFICATE.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING PRIDE IN YOUR HOME.

NEXT BEAR WITH ME HERE.

SO I'M GOING TO

[3. RECOGNITION OF PROVIDENCE ST. JUDE EMPLOYEES TRACY BRYARS AND BARRY ROSS UPON THEIR RETIREMENT]

HAVE A KELLY FUJI WILL COME UP.

ABOUT WHAT IT IS TO BE INVOLVED WITH PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE WAY THAT IT'S MEANT AND HELPING US BETTER UNDERSTAND NOT ONLY AS ADMINISTRATORS AND MANAGERS, BUT ALSO HELPING TO BRIDGE IT INTO THE COMMUNITY SO THAT THE COMMUNITY BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS TO LIVE HEALTHIER.

AND, UH, WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE, UH, TRACY BRIARS AND BARRY ROSS OF THE ST.

JUDE MEDICAL CENTER.

I THINK KELLY'S GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS FOR US.

HELLO THERE.

HELLO.

THERE.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT WHAT ST.

JUDE HAS DONE FOR THE CITY OF LA BARBARA AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, BUT I'D ALSO LIKE IF I COULD, MR. MAYOR, AS DAVID DELI OWNED TO COME UP, CAUSE HE'S BEEN WORKING SO LONG WITH BOTH BARRY AND TRACY.

SO IT WOULD PROBABLY BE EVEN MORE SPECIAL FOR THE WORDS TO COME FROM HIM IF THAT'S OKAY.

UM, I DIDN'T EXPECT THIS.

SO, UM, WHAT ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO? EIGHT YEARS AGO, UH, ST.

JUDE MEDICAL CENTER, UM, STARTED A PROGRAM CALLED A COMMUNITY BENEFIT.

AND WHAT THEY DID WAS A WE'RE GOING TO DEDICATE MONEY TO INVEST IN FOUR COMMUNITIES OF WHICH LAHABRA WAS ONE OF THEM.

AND IN THE EARLY BEGINNINGS, IT WAS MOSTLY FOCUSED ON THINGS WE DIDN'T KNOW, BUT WE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO INVOLVE HEALTHY, HEALTHY COMMUNITY.

AND SO BARRY AND TRACY HAD APPROACHED THE CITY MANAGER AND, UM, SOMEHOW I ENDED UP, UH, WORKING WITH THEM AND THAT JOURNEY WAS THE FIRST STEP OF MANY PROGRAMS THAT YOU'VE PROBABLY HAD THINGS LIKE, UM, THE, ALL OF THE, UH, EXERCISE EQUIPMENT YOU SEE AT THE PARKS, WHICH SAID BREALL, UM, , UM, LAS LOMAS AND WASHINGTON, AND, AND, AND ALSO AT IMPERIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE'RE ALL FUNDED BY ST.

JUDE MEDICAL CENTER.

UM, ALSO THE, THE MURALS THAT YOU'RE SEEING AROUND THE CITY SPRINKLED AROUND WE'RE FUNDED BY THE, BY THE, UM, ST JUDE MEDICAL CENTER GRANT.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT WASN'T ALWAYS ON THINGS THAT WE COULD SEE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY WAS HAVING A COMPLETE STREETS PLAN, WHICH WAS FOCUSED AROUND SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL.

AND, UM, THAT WAS AN INVESTMENT THAT WAS SUGGESTED BY BARRY.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION TO NOT ONLY DEVELOP THE PLAN HERE, BUT COME, UM, INCLUDE, UM, STITCH IT IN AS PART OF THE OVERALL COUNTY PLAN.

SO NEEDLESS TO SAY, THOSE ARE JUST A SMALL SAMPLE OF THE THINGS THAT BARRY AND TRACY HAD BEEN PART OF, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY TAUGHT US

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AND SO OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO, UM, ORGANIZE IT.

BUT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY CAME OUT OF IT WAS THE COLLABORATIVE, THE COLLABORATIVE MODEL HAS REALLY ALLOWED FOR US TO REALLY EXTEND OUR, OUR TENTACLES INTO, UH, PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE NORMALLY WOULDN'T DO IT.

SO, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, I CAN CONTINUE TO SING A LOT OF THINGS, BUT REALLY, I MEAN, IT'S TESTIMONY JUST BY THE THINGS THAT I SUGGESTED THAT I SAID THAT, UM, YOU'VE REALLY MADE AN IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY.

I'VE NEVER SEEN IT IN ANY OTHER COMMUNITY.

I'VE NEVER HEARD OF ANY OTHER MEDICAL CENTER INVESTING IN THE COMMUNITY LIKE YOU, YOU HAVE, AND, AND THAT'S JUST WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE IN LA HABRA.

I KNOW THAT THAT LOVELY, UH, BUENO PARK AND PLACENTIA AND FLORIDA, AND YOU'VE ALSO MADE AN INVESTMENT IN, SO ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY, WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE.

I KNOW THAT TRACY YOU'RE SEMI-RETIRED, BUT STILL TEACHING AT CAL STATE FULLERTON AND BARRY JUST TRANSITIONED INTO ANOTHER PLACE OUT AT, UH, THE SISTERS OF ST.

JOSEPH'S.

AND SO CONTINUING TO DO THEIR WORK IN THE WAY THAT THEY KNOW HOW, WHICH IS SERVING THE COMMUNITY.

SO ON BEHALF OF THAT SO I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU, DAVID.

YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT PARTNER.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK ROSE WHO HAS BEEN ON OUR HOSPITAL COMMUNITY HEALTH COMMITTEE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

WHO'S HELPED APPROVE A LOT OF OUR BUDGETS.

AND, UM, JUST TO SAY THAT AS WE WORK WITH ALL OF THE CITIES, LA, OPERA'S ALWAYS BEEN THE ROLE MODEL.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE WOULD SAY TO OTHER CITIES, LOOK AT WHAT LAHABRA IS DOING AROUND HEALTH AND, AND, UH, WE WOULD INVITE DAVE TO TALK TO OTHER CITIES BECAUSE WE REALLY FELT YOU'VE EMBRACED IT.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH WONDERFUL PARTNERS.

AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY EMPHASIZE AGAIN, WHAT DAVID WAS SAYING ABOUT THE RESIDENTS AND HOW WE, YOU KNOW, HAD A LEADER, A RESIDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, AND NOW THEY'RE ADVOCATES FOR CREATING HEALTHIER CITIES AND BRING THEIR, YOU KNOW, THE NEEDS, UM, TO THE CITY.

AND WE WORK TOGETHER.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT IS BRINGING EVERYBODY TOGETHER, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE CITY, AND THE COMMUNITY AND THE RESIDENTS.

SO THANK YOU.

AND IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL PLEASURE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF LA HABRA.

CARLOS, IF I CAN HAVE A

[4. RECOGNITION OF THE LA HABRA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT ON ITS 125TH ANNIVERSARY]

DR.

MARIO KATANAS AND, UH, UH, SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT, CYNTHIA GARY, UP HERE, PLEASE.

SO WE ARE ALSO RECOGNIZING THE LAHABRA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THEIR A HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE.

SO A FIGURE A HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS, WHAT THAT MEANS AND TO HOW FAR THE LAHABRA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS COME.

AND, UH, DR.

MARIO CARLOS CAN GIVE US A, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF, OF INSIGHT AS HE GAVE US THE A LITTLE BIT THAT FEW WEEKS AGO DURING THE, UH, DURING THE CELEBRATION, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO YOU, SIR.

HERE'S YOUR PROCLAMATION.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

ON BEHALF OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD, PRESIDENT, CYNTHIA GALEA AND MEMBERS OF OUR BOARD, WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE CONTINUED SUPPORT AND COLLABORATION.

OUR PARTNERSHIP IS GREAT, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.

UM, BEHALF OF ALL OF OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STUDENTS, WE WILL CONTINUE OUR JOURNEY OF EXCELLENCE IN ACADEMICS, ALSO SUPPORTING ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING, AND JUST CONTINUE TO STRIVE TO KEEP THEM MOVING FORWARD.

SO THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR AND RECOGNITION.

YOU SAID IT ALL DR.

CARLOS AND WONDERFULLY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND ALL OF OUR FAMILIES.

ALL-STAR GAME HERE IN LOS ANGELES, OF COURSE, WE'RE ALL WEARING OUR, UH, OUR APPROPRIATE THAT BASEBALL GEAR.

WE'LL COME AND TAKE A PHOTO OVER HERE.

COME OVER HERE, DR.

CARLOS, CYNTHIA, OVER HERE.

GOOD.

AND IF ANYBODY'S WANTING, TOMORROW'S A

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IT'S TIME NOW

[ 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.]

FOR A PUBLIC COMMENTS, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE RECEIVED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GOVERNING BODY MEETING AND LIMITED TO 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 MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND ARE LOANED TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE.

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

THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMON PORTION OF THE MEETING ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM OF CITY BUSINESS, NOT APPEARING ON THE SCHEDULED AGENDA FOR GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5, 4 9, 5, 4 0.3, A SUCH COMMENTS SHALL NOT BE RESPONDED TO BY THE GOVERNING BODY DURING THE MEETING.

DO WE HAVE ANYBODY, UH, WHO HAD WISHED TO HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? SURE.

PARDON ME, SIR.

THIS IS REGARDING IN THE, IN THE GRIEVANCE.

YES, SIR.

AND ANYTHING THAT'S, THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT, PLEASE.

IF YOU JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND IF YOU WANT TO ADJUST THE, A MICROPHONE.

YOU'RE SPEAKING OF IS, HAS NO LONGER BEEN ENFORCED.

THANK YOU RIGHT THERE.

UM, MY NAME IS , UH, BEEN LIVING HERE FOR ABOUT, UH, 15 TO 16 YEARS.

SO, UM, I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE COME INTO THE BETTER CIRCUMSTANCES AS, UH, I CAME HERE TO ADDRESS THE COMPLAINT I HAVE ON THE DAY ORDINANCE ON MY STREET, SOUTH MARION STREET.

UM, UH, BASICALLY I FEEL IT'S JUST WRONG THE WAY IT IS.

I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF ON THIS SO I CAN STAY WITHIN THAT MINUTE OF TIMES.

UH, WE PAID FOR, UH, UH, PAY FOR TEXTED FOR PUBLIC STREETS.

DO WE BE REPAIRED AND CLEAN? AND WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO USE OUR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, AS IT IS, UH, WE ALREADY PAID FOR OVERNIGHT PARKING.

UM, BUT THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH.

SO THIS ORANGE IS NOW HAS THIS PAIN, ANOTHER PERMIT, WHICH IS TOO MUCH, WE ALL PAY OUR FIRST SHIRT, BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND MY, UH, MY STREET INTO OTHER SHARE THE SAME STRAIN COORDINATES, UM, AND, AND THE WAY THE POLICE ARE TRANSLATING THIS ORDINANCE, WE WILL NEED TO HAVE TWO PERMITS PER CAR, TO PARK IN THE STREET AS A RESIDENT OF MY STREET, WHICH WILL MEAN I, AND THE REST OF THE RESIDENTS CAN NOT HAVE FAMILY OR FRIENDS CAUSE WE NEED TO USE THE PERMITS FOR OURSELVES.

THIS ORDINANCE DOES NOT HELP.

THE RESIDENTS IS JUST ANOTHER AVENUE OF REVENUE THROUGH US.

THE TAXPAYER, I HAVE TALKED TO MY NEIGHBORS AND AS YOU COULD PREDICT, THEY'RE WERE NOT HAPPY AT ALL.

ABOUT TWO PLUS MONTHS AGO, I HAVE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE MAYOR, WHICH I EXPLAINED TO HIM THE SITUATION THAT IT WAS UNFAIR FOR THE RESIDENTS OF, FOR THIS PARKING ORDINANCE.

AND AFTER SPEAKING TO HIM FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES, IT SOUNDED LIKE HE UNDERSTOOD MY FRUSTRATION AND TOLD ME HE WILL LOOK INTO IT.

I ALSO SPOKE WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND EXPLAINED TO HIM THE SITUATION ALSO, UH, TOLD HIM, UH, FIRST WENT TO FRONT OF THE OFFICE FOR AN EXPLANATIONS ABOUT THE ORDINANCE OF THE FRONT, UH, TO THE POLICE.

AND IT GAVE ME A, WHAT IS, IT COULD NOT GIVE ME A STRAIGHT ANSWER ON HOW MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS COULD VISIT ME.

UM, AND MY FAMILY WITH THE PERMITS ARE STRUCTURED TO BE USED.

WHAT THEY CAME UP WITH WAS EVERY TIME I HAD A COMPANY OVER THAT I WOULD HAVE TO CALL THE POLICE FOR PERMISSION.

NOW, NOW IMAGINE HOW BAD THAT SOUNDS, UM, THAT I HAD TO ASK PERMISSION FROM THE GOVERNMENT TO HAVE PEOPLE PARK THEM ON THE PUBLIC STREET TO VISIT ME AND MY FAMILY.

I ASKED HIM WHAT HE THOUGHT OF THE MATTER.

YOU WOULD GO ON TO SAY THAT IT WILL BE FULFILLED LIKE BIG BROTHER WAS WATCHING OVER YOU, WHICH I WOULD AGREE IN THIS CASE.

UH, ONE LAST PERSON I SPOKE TO WAS TRAFFIC.

SERGEANT EDDIE TAURUS.

YOU CLARIFY THAT PEOPLE WITH OVERNIGHT STICKERS FOR NOT NEED AN EXTRA PARKING PERMIT AND THE PLASTIC PASS WAS FOR FAMILY, FRIENDS VISITING ME AND MY FAMILY, WHICH AT THE MOMENT I TOLD HIM, THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

I THOUGHT I HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE, BUT ON FRIDAY MY DAD GOT A TICKET AND HIS TRUCK HAD AN OVERNIGHT PARKING PERMIT.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WHAT WOULD THIS BED ORDINANCE I'M ASKING FOR THE COUNCIL TO THINK OF THE TAX PAYING RESIDENTS.

WE JUST WANT TO ENJOY THE HOME WHEN THEY COME HOME FROM A HARD DAY AT WORK, PLEASE REMOVE THIS ORDINANCE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, SIR.

AND, UH, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO SPEAK TO OUR CHIEF OF POLICE.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE, WHAT THE CITATION WAS FOR ON FRIDAY.

UH, BUT, UH, I THINK THE, UH, THE ORDINANCE

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AND IT'S THE 6:00 AM TO 6:00 PM.

AND WE WERE GIVEN THE PLASTIC LIKE A COLLEGE PASS JUICE ON THERE.

BUT THE, THE THING THAT WAS CONFUSING IS IT WAS LED TO, BY EDDIE TORRES, UH, SERGEANT MERITORIOUS, THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE PUT OFF FOR FRIENDS WOULD COME OVER AND FAMILY THEY'LL CALL, RIGHT? THEY COME OVER, YOU GIVE IT TO THEM, THEY PARKED THE LEAD.

THEY GIVE YOU THE PASS AND THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY, THE PERMANENT, UH, OVERNIGHT PARKING AS IT IS.

IT'S ALREADY A RESIDENT PARKING CAUSE OBVIOUSLY I WOULDN'T GET ONE IF I DIDN'T LIVE HERE.

SO, UH, FOR THEM TO HAVE THAT MIXED UP OF HAVING TOOL OF YOUTH, WHICH WOULD NEGATE FAMILY COMING OVER AND BEING TO USE THAT BECAUSE IF I TAKE IT AWAY, LET'S JUST SAY THE PARKING ENFORCEMENT COMES IN, GIVE ME A TICKET IF I TAKE IT AWAY AND THEN THEY GET A TICKET.

SO YOU SEE IT'S JUST FLOPPING BACK AND FORTH.

AND THIS WAS THE TICKET THAT HE RECEIVED.

I TOOK A PICTURE OF MY DAD'S BUMPER, WHICH HAD THE, UH, OVERNIGHT PARKING STICKER AND IT'S, AND I HAVE THE TICKET.

I HAD THE TICKET AND I WENT TO GO SHOW THEM.

I GO LOOK, IT'S CONTRADICTING TO WHERE I WAS BEEN.

I WAS BEEN TOLD AND WHAT I GOT, SO IT'S NOT, I DIDN'T KNOW.

SO I JUST EITHER WANT A CLARIFICATION OR JUST TO, OR MAYBE THE POLICE IS NOT GETTING IT CORRECTLY, HOW IT SHOULD BE, AND I'M NOT BLAMING NOBODY.

I JUST, THERE SHOULD BE SOME CLARIFICATION TO HOW THIS I'LL ENCOURAGE YOU TO TALK TO OUR CHIEF AND SEE IF WE CAN, UH, IF WE CAN WORK SOMETHING OUT HERE AND, AND GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHATEVER IT IS.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AGAIN.

IT WAS GREAT TALKING TO YOU A FEW MONTHS AGO.

GREAT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

AND MR. MAYOR, JUST FOR THE RECORD, UH, YOU DID COME TO STAFF WITH THAT, A CONCERN THAT WAS RAISED BY THE RESIDENTS THERE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN LOOKING INTO IT.

THE ORDINANCE HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR A VERY LONG TIME, AND WE'RE NOT COMPLETELY SURE WHY THERE WAS DAYTIME PARKING ENFORCEMENT IN THAT AREA.

UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT BRINGING SOMETHING TO COUNCIL.

ONCE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION, UH, AS TO WHY IT WAS EVEN ENACTED AND IF IT'S EVEN NECESSARY ANYMORE.

APPRECIATE IT.

ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? ALRIGHT.

SEE, NONE.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT

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

CALENDAR.

ALL MATTERS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER, CITY STAFF MEMBER, OR A MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE REQUEST 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 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 THEN ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME, AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.

THE CONSENT CALENDAR INCLUDES CITY COUNCIL ITEMS, ONE THROUGH NINE CITY COUNCIL AND HOUSING AUTHORITY ITEM ONE AND CITY COUNCIL AND UTILITY AUTHORITY.

ITEM ONE, WE HAVE ANY, UH, UH, CALL FOR REMOVAL OF ITEMS BY STAFF.

NO.

MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, DIRECTORS, ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE.

CALL FOR ACTION.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION, MR. MAYOR? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS LISTED.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, WILL THE COUNCIL AUTHORITY PLEASE VOTE? MAYOR.

I'M GOING TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.

VERY GOOD.

HAVING SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES.

MY APOLOGIES.

NO WORRIES.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, DIRECTOR SIMONIAN.

COUNCIL MEMBER, DIRECTOR NIX.

ARION.

COUNCIL MEMBER, DIRECTOR ESPINOSA.

MAYOR PRO TIM DIRECTOR GOMEZ.

MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

MAYOR DIRECTOR MADRANO YES.

ITEM UP IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF GUIDELINES FOR THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDED BILL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

NEXT UP CONSIDERATION ITEMS. ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE MAY REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE LAHABRA CITY COUNCIL ON ANY CONSIDERATION ITEM PRIOR TO THE HARBOR CITY COUNCIL TAKING ANY FINAL VOTE ON AN ITEM.

EXCUSE ME, 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 OR CHAIR.

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

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

FIRST

[1. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF GUIDELINES FOR THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT (ARPA) FUNDED BILL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM That the City Council consider and approve: A. Program guidelines, applications and agreements for the $500,000 APRA funded Bill Assistance Program; and B. Program guidelines, applications and agreements for the $300,000 ARPA funded Small Business Assistance Program; and, C. Authorize staff to make minor modifications and revisions to the guidelines, applications, and agreements, if necessary.]

AND SUSAN, LOUIE, CAN WE GET A STAFF REPORT DODGER FAN YOU YES.

HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS SUZANNE LOUIE HOUSING SPECIALIST FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021, WHICH IS KNOWN AS ARPA WAS ADOPTED BY THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS AND

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SIGNED INTO LAW BY PRESIDENT BIDEN ON MARCH 11TH, 2021, ARPA IS A 1.9 TRILLION FEDERAL ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE THAT PROVIDES A WIDE VARIETY OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS INTENDED TO ADDRESS THE NEGATIVE ECONOMIC IMPACTS CREATED BY THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC ON JANUARY 18TH, 2022, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED AN ALLOCATION PLAN FOR THE CITY'S ARPA FUNDS TO PROVIDE ASSIST ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO LA HARBOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES NEGATIVELY AFFECTED BY COVID-19.

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE PROPOSED PROGRAMS THAT WERE CREATED FOR THE COMMUNITY AND WILL BE FUNDED WITH ARPA FUNDS.

THE BILL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH WILL BE, WILL BE REFERRED TO AS BAP.

THE PURPOSE OF THE BILL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS PER IS TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO ELIGIBLE LAHABRA RESIDENTS, STRUGGLING TO RESPOND TO THE ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS CREATED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF BELIEVES THAT BAP CAN FILL AN ASSISTANT SCAP, NOT PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE TO LA HARBOR RESIDENTS BY PROVIDING A MEANS FOR HOUSEHOLDS TO HELP PAY EXPENSES THAT MAY NOT HAVE QUALIFIED FOR ASSISTANCE THROUGH OTHER CITY, STATE COUNTY AND DISTRICT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS UNDER BAP, THE CITY WOULD PROVIDE PAYMENTS TO, OR ON BEHALF OF INCOME QUALIFIED, ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS.

ASSUMING THESE HOUSEHOLDS CAN PROVIDE PROOF THAT THEY HAVE AT LEAST $2,500 IN EITHER PAST DUE OR CURRENT BILLS, BAP ASSISTANCE CAN BE USED TO PAY FOR A VARIETY OF OBLIGATIONS, INCLUDING RENT UTILITIES, MORTGAGE PAYMENTS, PROPERTY TAXES, HEALTH INSURANCE, PAYMENTS, CHILDCARE, ET CETERA.

APPLICANTS MUST PROVIDE INCOME DOCUMENTATION SUCH AS PAY STUBS OR BANK STATEMENTS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS 80% OR BELOW THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME FOR A HOUSEHOLD OF FOUR INDIVIDUALS.

THIS MEANS ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME CANNOT EXCEED 88,100 BAP WOULD PROVIDE ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS WITH THE ONE-TIME PAYMENT OF UP TO $2,500 UPON VERIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY.

THE PROPOSED TOTAL AMOUNT OF ARPA FUNDS FOR BAP IS 500,000, WHICH IS ESTIMATED TO PROVIDE DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO AT LEAST 200 LAHABRA HOUSEHOLDS AT THE FULL GRANT AWARD LEVEL.

THE SECOND PROGRAM IS A SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO ASSIST SMALL BUSINESSES WITHIN LA HYBRIS, STRUGGLING WITH THE LINGERING EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC.

THE CITY WOULD PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES THAT CAN DEMONSTRATE EVIDENCE OF A FINANCIAL LOSS DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WOULD PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THAT COULD BE USED FOR A VARIETY OF BUSINESS EXPENSES, INCLUDING PAYROLL AND BENEFITS COSTS COSTS OF RETAINING EMPLOYEES AND OPERATING COSTS SUCH AS MORTGAGE RENT AND UTILITIES.

THE PROPOSED PROGRAM, THE PROPOSED SPAT, WHICH IS SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WILL LIMIT THE LIMIT WOULD BE 10,000 PER BUSINESS.

THE PROPOSED TOTAL AMOUNT OF ARPA FUNDS AVAILABLE FORCE BAP IS 300,000, WHICH STAFF ESTIMATES CAN PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO AT LEAST 30 LOCAL BUSINESSES AT THE FULL GRANT AWARD LEVEL APPLICATIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE BEGINNING ON AUGUST 1ST, 2022 APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS THROUGH AN ONLINE PORTAL.

AND IN-PERSON THROUGH THE ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AT CITY HALL.

ADDITIONALLY, FLYERS WILL BE SENT TO BUSINESSES, LETTING THEM KNOW THE PROGRAM WILL BE AVAILABLE AUGUST 1ST, ALONG WITH SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE CITY'S WEBSITE STAFF IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE THIRD PROGRAM THAT WILL ALSO ASSIST RESIDENTS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES AND WILL BE PRESENTED AT A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING FOR APPROVAL.

TONIGHT, WE ARE ASKING FOR COUNCIL TO APPROVE A PROGRAM PROGRAM GUIDELINES, APPLICATIONS, AND AGREEMENTS FOR THE $500,000 ARPA FUNDED BILL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM B PROGRAM GUIDELINES, APPLICATIONS AND AGREEMENTS FOR THE 300,000 ARPA FUNDED SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND C AUTHORIZED STAFF TO MAKE MINOR MODIFICATIONS AND REVISIONS TO THE GUIDELINES, APPLICATIONS, AND AGREEMENTS IF NECESSARY.

THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER SUSAN, I HAVE ONE, UH,

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IN REFERENCE TO THE, UH, THE MODIFICATIONS AND GUIDELINES, UH, TO MAKE THEM IF NECESSARY, UH, THE, UH, THE DINING, EXCUSE ME, THE DINING SHOP.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.

I, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, UH, AS YOU, AS YOU MOVE ALONG AND YOU BRING A REPORT BACK TO US THAT THEY WILL BE VETTED AS FAR AS, UH, WHO WILL BE GETTING THEM.

SO THE GIFT CARDS ACTUALLY GO TO PEOPLE THAT NEED THEM.

ANYONE ELSE? VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU, SUSAN.

IF I CAN, I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE PUBLIC TO TESTIFY.

PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

ANYONE WISH TO TESTIFY.

VERY WELL.

CALL FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION.

MR. MAYOR, I'LL I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

I JUST NEED TO ASK A POINT OF ORDER.

DO I NEED TO READ IN THE BODY OF THE MOTION, A, B AND C, OR SIMPLY THE, A APPROVAL OF THE GUIDELINES.

I'M GOING TO SAY A, B AND C, BUT THEN A CLARIFICATION.

I WOULD DO A, B AND C.

WE WILL NOT BE SEEKING ANY FUNDING.

THEN I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE GUIDELINES FOR THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, ARPA, THE FUNDED BILL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT CONSISTS OF A PROGRAM GUIDELINES, APPLICATIONS AND AGREEMENTS FOR THE $500,000 ARPA FUNDED BILL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND B PROGRAM GUIDELINES, APPLICATIONS AND AGREEMENTS FOR THE $300,000 ARPA FUNDED SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND C FINALLY AUTHORIZED STAFF TO MAKE MINOR MODIFICATIONS AND REVISIONS TO THE GUIDELINES, APPLICATIONS, AND AGREEMENTS.

IF NECESSARY.

ARE YOU GOOD WITH THE COUNCIL? PLEASE VOTE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

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[2. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PROGRAM GUIDELINES FOR THE PROPOSED "LA HABRA COMMUNITY NON-PROFIT GRANT PROGRAM" FUNDED THROUGH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT That the City Council: A. Approve the proposed La Habra Community Non-Profit Grant Program Guidelines; and B. Authorize the City Manager to establish a three member Application Review Board comprised of City staff, and designate the Community Services Commission to consider any appeals; and, C. Authorize the City Manager to approve grant requests and allocate funding as recommended by the Application Review Board and/or the Community Services Commission appeal process, not to exceed a maximum of $25,000 per application and not to exceed the City Council approved program funding of $500,000.]

RIGHT.

NEXT ITEM.

UP ON THE CONSIDERATION.

CALENDAR IS CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF PROGRAM GUIDELINES FOR THE PROPOSED LAHABRA COMMUNITY NONPROFIT GRANT PROGRAM FUNDED THROUGH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A STAFF REPORT, GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT THIS ITEM TO YOU TONIGHT.

UH, THIS ITEM WILL SOUND VERY, VERY SIMILAR TO THE ITEM THAT WAS JUST PRESENTED TO YOU, BUT THIS ONE WILL BE, UH, REGARDING NONPROFITS WITHIN OUR CITY.

SO FORGIVE IF I SOUND REPETITIVE, BUT WE PROBABLY NEED TO GET A FEW ITEMS INTO THE RECORD.

SO, UM, AS YOU ARE AWARE, THE CITY OF LA HARBOR RECEIVED OVER $15 MILLION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT KNOWN AS ARPA.

THIS FUNDING WAS GRANTED TO THE CITY TO HELP US DO A NUMBER OF THINGS, INCLUDING SUPPORTING PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE EXPENDITURES AS TO, UM, THE MITIGATION OF THE PANDEMIC, UM, MITIGATION OF THE P UH, THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC.

UH, THE REPLACE LOST REVENUE THAT WE MAY HAVE RECEIVED PROVIDE PREMIUM PAY FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS, INVEST IN WATER, SEWER, AND BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE AND ADDRESS THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS CAUSED BY THE PANDEMIC, INCLUDING ECONOMIC HARM TO HOUSEHOLDS, SMALL BUSINESSES AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

THE ITEM I AM PRESENTING TO YOU FALLS INTO THE LAST CATEGORY.

AS YOU PROBABLY RECALL, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED AN ARPA ALLOCATION PLAN ON JANUARY 18TH OF THIS YEAR.

AND YOU INCLUDED $500,000 FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS OPERATING INSIDE THE CITY OF LA HABRA OR BENEFITING LAHABRA RESIDENTS.

OUR FUNDING GUIDELINES ALLOW GOVERNMENTS TO USE THESE FUNDS TO PROVIDE LOANS OR GRANTS, TO NONPROFITS, TO MITIGATE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, TO IMPLEMENT COVID 19 PREVENTION OR MITIGATION EFFORTS, AND TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR GUIDANCE FOR BUSINESSES AND NONPROFITS TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE PANDEMIC.

THESE GRANTS MAY NOT BE, BE USED FOR GENERAL OR ECONOMIC WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

HOWEVER, AND RECIPIENTS MUST BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE FUNDING IS BEING USED TO DIRECTLY ADDRESS THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF THE CORONA VIRUS, PANDEMIC STAFF READ THROUGH AND ANALYZE THE ARPA GUIDELINES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE DIRECTIVES REALLY MEANT.

AND WE ALSO INVESTIGATED WHAT OTHER CITIES WERE DOING, AND IF ANYBODY ELSE WAS HAVING A PROGRAM SUCH AS THIS, AND WE CAME UP WITH OUR PLAN THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU TONIGHT UNDER OUR PLAN AND ELIGIBLE APPLICANT MUST BE A LAHABRA BASED 5 0 1 C3 OR NON LAHABRA BASED 5 0 1 C3, BUT SERVING LAHABRA RESIDENTS APPLICATIONS WILL BE RECEIVED, ARE REVIEWED ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS WITH APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE STARTING AUGUST 1ST, WE'LL ACCEPT, COMPLETED APPLICATIONS UP TO, AND INCLUDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, IF THERE ARE STILL FUNDING AVAILABLE, APPLICATIONS WILL BE SCORED BY A THREE MEMBER PANEL OF STAFF FROM COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES, COMMUNITY

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SERVICES.

ON A SCALE OF ONE TO 100 POINTS WILL BE AWARDED IN FOUR CATEGORIES ON A SLIDING SCALE, UP TO 35 POINTS FOR ESTABLISHED AND DOCUMENTED COVID 19 NEGATIVE IMPACTS UP TO 25 POINTS FOR HOW THE FUNDS WILL BE USED TO MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF COVID-19 OR PREPARE FOR FUTURE PANDEMICS UP TO 25 POINTS FOR THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS SERVED AND UP TO 15 POINTS FOR ADDRESSING MULTIPLE COVID-19 RELATED COMMUNITY NEEDS.

AS POINTS ARE TOLD THAT AN APPLICATION WILL RECEIVE A FINAL SCORE APPLICATIONS THAT RECEIVED 70 OR UNDER WILL NOT RECEIVE FUNDING, BUT CAN REAPPLY AND PERHAPS CHANGE THEIR NARRATIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NONPROFIT IS MEETING OUR REQUIREMENTS FROM ARPA, OR THEY CAN MAKE AN APPEAL TO THE W THEIR CURRENT APPLICATION.

AND THE APPEAL WILL BE HEARD BY THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION.

THOSE WHO SCORE BETWEEN 70 AND 79 POINTS CAN RECEIVE UP TO $5,000.

THOSE WHO SCORE BETWEEN 80 AND 89 CAN RECEIVE UP TO $15,000.

AND THOSE WHO SCORE BETWEEN 90 AND A HUNDRED POINTS CAN SERVE, CAN RECEIVE UP TO $25,000.

THE REASON I SAY UP TO IS BECAUSE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS CAN ONLY RECEIVE UP TO 25% OF THEIR ANNUAL BUDGET IN THIS PLAN.

SO FOR INSTANCE, IF THEY SCORE 84 POINTS AND THEIR ANNUAL BUDGET IS 60,000 AND OVER, THEY CAN STILL RECEIVE THE FULL $15,000.

BUT IF THEIR ANNUAL BUDGET IS ONLY 30,000 AND THEY STILL RECEIVE A SCORE OF 84 POINTS, THEY CAN ONLY RECEIVE UP TO 7,500 POINTS, THE A HUNDRED DOLLARS, THE RECEIVING, UH, THE REASONING BEHIND THE SCORING AND THE SCORING CATEGORIES IS BASED ON A NUMBER OF THINGS, INCLUDING THAT WE WANTED TO, TO TRY TO FUND AS MANY NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AS WE COULD.

BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO ENSURE THAT THE FUNDING THAT WE DO PROVIDE THE ORGANIZATIONS ARE MEANINGFUL TOO.

IF WE LIMIT FUNDING TO SAY $5,000 TO EVERY APPLICANT, THAT MIGHT NOT BE ENOUGH TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR LARGER GROUPS, BUT YET IF WE PROVIDE $25,000 TO EVERY ORGANIZATION, THEN THAT MIGHT BE TOO MUCH AND INCLUDE A HUNDRED PERCENT OR EVEN MORE OF A NONPROFITS ANNUAL BUDGET.

WE FOUGHT THAT THAT WOULD BE UNREASONABLE AND OUR MONEY WOULD GO TOO FAST.

I LOOK TODAY ON THE IRS 5 0 1 C3 WEBSITE, AND THERE ARE 278 REGISTERED RIGHT NOW IN LAHABRA.

THERE WAS MANY MORE THAN THAT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

I REMEMBER WHEN THE NUMBER WAS OVER 400, IN THE LIMITED TIME I'VE BEEN HERE, WE KNOW THAT NOT EVERY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION ASSISTED OR OPERATED DURING THE PANDEMIC, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT EVERY ONE OF THEM CAN APPLY THROUGH OUR PPA STANDARDS.

THEY JUST MIGHT NOT SCORE HIGH ENOUGH ON OUR, UH, CHART TO RECEIVE FUNDING.

UM, THEY, THEY W THEY WOULD HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY, UH, THEY WOULD ABILITY TO DEMONSTRATE A NEGATIVE IMPACT FROM THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, BUT ALSO OUR RESPONSE TO IT.

AND, AND A PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.

WE PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO OUR PLAN, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL WANTS TO, WANTS TO PROVIDE ARPA FUNDING TO ALL OF OUR NONPROFITS, BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY DID SO MUCH FOR US DURING THE PANDEMIC.

AND WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FUND AS MANY AS POSSIBLE.

WE KNOW THAT THE, DURING THE PANDEMIC, IT WAS A VERY SCARY TIME FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.

AND OUR NONPROFITS REALLY CAME AND HELPED OUT.

AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SHOW THEM THAT WE APPRECIATE THEIR, UM, THEIR EFFORTS.

ALSO, THEY DID A LOT DURING THE PANDEMIC, AND THEY SHOWED EXACTLY WHY WE ARE CONSIDERED A CARING COMMUNITY.

OUR APPLICATIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AND AT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS CITY HALL.

AND WE WILL, UM, BE ABLE TO SEND THEM VIA EMAIL OR OUR, OUR MAIL IF THEY WANT, BUT THEY WILL BE SCORED ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS SO THAT WE ARE ASKING THE STAFF ARE ASKING FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO DO THREE THINGS.

TONIGHT.

ONE APPROVE THE PROPOSED LAW HARBOR COMMITTEE, NONPROFIT GUIDELINES TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER, TO ESTABLISH A THREE MEMBER APPLICATION REVIEW BOARD, COMPRISED OF CITY STAFF AND DESIGNATE THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION TO CONSIDER ANY APPEALS AND THREE AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE GRANT REQUESTS AND ALLOCATE FUNDING AS RECOMMENDED BY THE APPLICATION REVIEW BOARD AND OR COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION APPEAL PROCESS, NOT TO EXCEED $25,000 PER APPLICATION AND NOT TO EXCEED THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED BUDGET OF $500,000.

SO I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF SHE SHOULD HAVE ANY, UH, KELLY, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE EVENT THAT A, THE WHOLE $500,000 IS NOT USED? WELL, WE REAL ALLOCATE THEM INTO ANOTHER PROGRAM, OR SO WE DON'T LOSE THAT FUND BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

I KNOW WE ONLY HAVE A CERTAIN WINDOW TO SPEND THOSE, AND WE DO HAVE A CERTAIN WINDOW TO SPEND IT, BUT WE THINK THAT, UM, IF THE FUNDING IS NOT EXHAUSTED BY JUNE 30TH OF NEXT YEAR, WE'LL COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND ASK FOR GUIDANCE, OR WE CAN JUST GO INTO A SECOND ROUND OF FUNDING.

IT WOULD BE UP TO THE COUNCIL AT THAT TIME.

I JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I AM A EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF A NONPROFIT WHILE I BELIEVE STRONGLY,

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I WOULD LIKE TO RECUSE MYSELF VERY WELL NOTED.

UH, I LIKE, EXCUSE ME.

IF I CAN INVITE THE PUBLIC TO TESTIFY, PLEASE GIVE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

IF THEY WISH TO TESTIFY.

IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE? NOPE.

GOING ONCE GOING TWICE.

MOVE ON, COUNSEL, UH, DISCUSSION, UH, INTERACTION DICK.

UH, I HAVE CLARIFICATION.

UM, I SIT ON THE MEALS ON WHEELS BOARD, US COUNCIL MEMBER SIMONIAN SITS ON THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB BOARD.

ALSO NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, ALSO DARREN EXPERIAN COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IT'S ON THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB BOARD.

SO WE NEED DIRECTION.

IF WE HAVE TO, UH, YOU CAN PARTICIPATE AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT CONTROLLING THE ORGANIZATION.

IF I WAS IN A POSITION OF CONTROL OF THE ORGANIZATION, I GOT NO CONTROL.

SO BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, ROSIE'S SITUATION IS DIFFERENT THAN YOURS BECAUSE SHE ACTUALLY RUNS THAT ORGANIZATION AS OPPOSED TO BEING A BOARD MEMBER.

THANK YOU, SIR.

I WAS GOING TO BE LEFT UP TO ME.

I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY YES.

SO, SORRY.

THIS IS THE ONLY BOARD I SIT ON.

ANYHOW.

UH, ANYONE ELSE FROM A COUNCIL DISCUSSION ACTION.

PUBLIC.

CAN I GET A MOTION? OH, I'M SORRY.

HI, DAIRY.

DID YOU THINK ABOUT IT IN THE PUBLIC? YES.

MR. MAYOR.

UM, I FEEL THE NONPROFITS WERE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF OUR COMMUNITY ON EVERY DAY, BUT ESPECIALLY DURING THE PANDEMIC WITH THAT, I LIKE IT TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND PROPOSE A, THE PROPOSAL HARBOR COMMITTEE, NONPROFIT GRANT PROGRAM GUIDELINES, AND AUTHORIZE OUR CITY MANAGEMENT MANAGER TO ESTABLISH THREE MEMBER APPLICATION, REVIEW BOARD COMPRISED OF CITY STAFF AND DESIGNATED THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION TO CONSIDER ANY, UH, APPEALS.

FURTHERMORE, I'D LIKE TO BE GOING TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE GRANT REQUESTS AND ALLOCATE FUNDING AS RECOMMENDED BY THE APPLICATION REVIEW BOARD AND OR THE COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSIONED APPEAL PROCESS, NOT TO EXCEED A MAXIMUM OF $25,000 PER APPLICATION AND NOT TO EXCEED THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED PROGRAM FUNDING OF $500,000 SECOND.

WILL THE COUNCIL WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A COUNCIL WOMAN, ESPINOSA WHO HAS RECUSED HERSELF FROM THIS VOTE, PLEASE VOTE MOTION CARRIED FOUR ZERO WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ESPINOSA RECUSING.

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[3. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT WITH MERCY HOUSE LIVING CENTERS FOR A PILOT PROGRAM THAT WILL PROVIDE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS IN THE CITY OF LA HABRA That the City Council: A. Approve a professional services agreement with Mercy Housing Living Centers to provide scattered-site Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) in La Habra; and B. Authorize the City Manager to utilize Program Design Option #1 as outlined in Mercy House's Proposal; and C. Authorize the City Manager, if units are available and if an individual or family does not meet the criteria of program design Option #1, to utilize Program Design Option #2 as outlined in Mercy House's Proposal; and, D. Authorize a budget appropriation of $25,219 to cover the expenses associated with providing one-year of PSH for one unit of housing under Option #2, as necessary. ]

RIGHT.

LAST ITEM ON THE CONSIDERATION CALENDAR, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT WITH MERCY HOUSE LIVING CENTERS FOR A PILOT PROGRAM THAT WILL PROVIDE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS IN THE CITY OF LA HABRA.

I MEAN, WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT, MIRANDA DODGER FAN.

INTO A MASTER LEASE AND THEN SUBLEASE THE UNITS TO THE FAMILY UNDER THIS OPTION.

GOTCHA.

GOOD EVENING.

HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

TONIGHT.

WE ARE CONSIDERING AN AGREEMENT WITH MERCY HOUSE LIVING CENTERS FOR A PILOT PROGRAM THAT WILL PROVIDE SCATTERED SITE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS IN THE CITY OF LA OPERA.

OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS, THE CITY HAS BEEN WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NORTH ORANGE COUNTY SERVICE PLANNING AREA TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND SHELTER FOR PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

THE CITY HAS CONTRIBUTED FUNDS TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES OF KRAMER AND CONTINUES TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO BRIDGES OR KRAMER THROUGH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS, PUBLIC SERVICES PROGRAM.

FOR OVER FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS, THE CITY HAS ALSO PROVIDES PERMANENT LOCAL HOUSING ALLOCATION PHONE FUNDS KNOWN AS PLE J FUNDS THROUGH THE STATE'S SB TWO PROGRAM TO SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS OF THE NAVIGATION CENTERS LOCATED IN THE CITIES OF BUENO PARK AND PLACENTIA WHILE EMERGENCY AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING OFFERS MEET AT TEMPORARY HOUSING FOR PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, THERE ARE FEWER OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE READY TO TRANSITION INTO LONG-TERM HOUSING.

A 2017 STUDY DETERMINED THAT THERE IS A NEED TO CONSTRUCT 2,700 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS IN ORANGE COUNTY IN ORDER TO ASSIST LA HARBOR COMMUNITY.

UM, THE HARBOR RESIDENTS, UM, STAFF HAS REACHED OUT TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROVIDERS TO DISCUSS A PILOT PROGRAM FOR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SERVICES.

THE PILOT PROGRAM WOULD ALLOW FOR ONE TO THREE APARTMENT UNITS OR MOBILE HOMES TO BE RENTED IN THE CITY OF LA OPERA.

MERCY HOUSE WOULD HOLD A MASTER LEASE WITH THE LANDLORD AND THEN WOULD ENTER INTO A SUBLEASE WITH A FAMILY.

THERE ARE TWO OPTIONS FOR FUNDING AND SELECTION OF THE FAMILIES THAT WILL OCCUR, UM, TO FILL THESE UNITS.

THE FIRST OPTION IS THAT MERCY HOUSE WOULD ENTER

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MERCY HOUSE WOULD COVER RENT AND SERVICES WITH HUD FUNDING, AND THERE WOULD BE NO COST TO THE CITY FOR ASSUMING THE, UM, FOR ASSISTING THE FAMILIES.

UM, IF THEY CAN DOCUMENT THAT THE FAMILIES ARE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY'VE BEEN, UM, ON HOUSE FOR AT LEAST 12 MONTHS, OR THEY'VE BEEN IN AND OUT OF HOUSING FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST FOUR YEARS.

AND IF THE FAMILY IS ALREADY IN THE FAMILY COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM, THE FAMILIES OCCUPYING THE UNITS WOULD BE PRIORITIZED.

UM, THE FOLLOWING WAY, UM, THE FIRST PRIORITY WOULD BE TO FAMILIES THAT WERE HOMELESS IN LAHABRA AT THE TIME OF ENTRY INTO THE FAMILY COORDINATED SYSTEM, MEANING THAT THEIR LAST KNOWN ADDRESS WAS HERE IN THE CITY OF ALHAMBRA.

THE SECOND, UM, WAY THAT THEY WOULD PRIORITIZE FAMILIES IS FOR FAMILIES THAT HAVE CHILDREN AND THE LA HARBOR SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE SOMEONE IN THE HOUSEHOLD IS CURRENTLY WORKING IN THE CITY OF LA HOMBRE.

AND FINALLY, A FAMILY COULD BE PRIORITIZE INTO ONE OF THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS IN, UM, IF THEY WERE HOMELESS AND NORTH ORANGE COUNTY AT THE TIME OF ENTRY INTO THE FAMILY COORDINATED ENTRY STUDY UNDER OPTION TWO MERCY HOUSE WOULD STILL PROVIDE HOUSING BY ENTERING INTO A MASTER LEASE, UM, WITH THE LANDLORD AND THEN SUBLEASING TO A FAMILY.

HOWEVER, INSTEAD OF USING HUD FUNDS AND THE FAMILY COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM, UM, THE CITY OF LA BARBARA WOULD COVER THE COST FOR THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UP TO $25,000 PER YEAR.

AND THE CITY OF LA BARBARA WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE REFERRALS TO MERCY HOUSE TO FILL THOSE UNITS, BASICALLY, MEANING THE CITY WOULD BE ABLE TO CHOOSE WHICH TENANTS WOULD LIVE IN THOSE UNITS UNDER BOTH OPTIONS.

ONE AND TWO, THE CITY WANTS TO ENSURE THAT MERCY HOUSE SCREENS, POTENTIAL TENANTS TO ENSURE THAT REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS AND PERSONS WITH VIOLENT FELONY, CRIMINAL BACKGROUNDS REMAIN AND ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE THROUGH THIS PILOT PROGRAM, AS THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE HOUSING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICE TO FAMILIES WITH MINOR CHILDREN THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

WE ARE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO ALLOW STAFF TO ADD TO THE PROFESSIONAL AGREEMENT, THE END ELIGIBILITY OF REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS AND PERSONS WITH VIOLENT CRIMINAL BACKGROUNDS, UM, SO THAT THEY CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN THIS PARTICULAR PILOT PROGRAM.

MERCY HOUSE WOULD PROVIDE BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR CONFIRMATION OF ELIGIBILITY, UH, POTENTIAL TENANTS AND WHAT KEEP THOSE DOCUMENTS IN THEIR PROJECT FILES.

SO WE ARE ASKING THAT THE COUNCIL, UM, APPROVE THE FOLLOWING A THAT WE APPROVE THAT YOU APPROVE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH THE MERCY HOUSE LIVING CENTERS TO PROVIDE SCATTERED SITE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

AND LAHABRA B THAT YOU AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO UTILIZE PROGRAM DESIGN OPTIONS AS OUTLINED IN MERCY HOUSES, PROPOSAL C THAT YOU AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER IF UNITS ARE AVAILABLE.

AND IF A HOUSEHOLD DOES NOT MEET THE CRITERIA OF PROGRAM DESIGN OPTION ONE TO UTILIZE PROGRAM DESIGN OPTION TWO, AS OUTLINED IN MERCY HOUSES, PROPOSAL DE AUTHORIZE AND APPROPRIATION OF $25,219 TO COVER THE EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING ONE YEAR OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR ONE UNIT OF HOUSING UNDER OPTION TWO AS NECESSARY.

AND THEN FINALLY WE WANT THE COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ADD TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT, THE INELIGIBILITY OF REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS AND PERSONS WITH VIOLENT FELONY CRIMINAL BACKGROUNDS, UM, TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS, UM, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PILOT PROJECT.

BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, AND WE ALSO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM MERCY HOUSE HERE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOURSELF, I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

UM, WOULDN'T IT BE BENEFICIAL.

ALSO USE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN RE UH, ARRESTED FOR DRUG USE.

SO, YOU KNOW, DRUG USE, UM, THERE ARE GOING TO BE FAMILIES THAT HAVE VARIETY OF DRUG USE ISSUES IN THEIR FAMILIES THAT MIGHT BE GOING THROUGH REHABILITATION.

UM, THE PROGRAM GUIDELINES WITH MERCY HOUSE ALLOWS MERCY HOUSE TO CONTINUE PROVIDING SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO THOSE FAMILIES.

AND THEY HAVE A, BASICALLY A CONTRACT THEY ENTER INTO ON, ON HOW THEY CONDUCT THEMSELVES.

AND IF THERE'S ANY SORT OF ISSUE BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY CAN MIDDLE LOSE THEIR HOUSING.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF INCENTIVES FOR THEM TO STAY IN A, IN ANY KIND OF A SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THEM FOR WRAPAROUND SERVICES.

WELL, WE FREQUENTLY GET MIRANDA'S QUESTIONS FROM, FROM INDIVIDUALS THAT SAY, WOW, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE

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ALL FOR ADDRESSING THE HOMELESS ISSUE AS LONG AS IT'S NOT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, WILL THEY BE? AND I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.

I THINK IT'D BE HOUSING SINGLE FAMILY UNITS.

NO, RIGHT NOW IS INDICATED WE'RE LOOKING, UM, AT APARTMENTS AND MOBILE HOME PARKS.

SO RIGHT NOW, NO, THE PILOT PROJECT WOULD NOT ADDRESS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, UH, AS THEY GET HOUSED IN, IN THESE FACILITIES, UM, WILL THEY BE CONTINUED, UH, YOU KNOW, CHECKING ALL THESE PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES AND NOT FALLING.

THEY WON'T FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS AND WE WON'T HAVE A SITUATION LIKE A SOBER LIVING FACILITY OR, YOU KNOW, A SITUATION WHERE THERE WAS A BIG OUTCRY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

LIKE BY OLG, I BELIEVE WAS PEOPLE CAME ON GROVES AGAINST THAT.

CORRECT.

UM, THE TENANTS WILL BE ASSIGNED A CASE MANAGER FROM MERCY HOUSE AND MERCY HOUSE.

WE'LL DO REGULAR VENTED, UH, VISITS TO THE HOUSEHOLD TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ABIDING BY, UM, ANY RULES AS SET FORTH BY MANAGEMENT AND THE LANDLORD SO THAT THEIR TENANTS ARE GOOD NEIGHBORS TO THE PEOPLE THAT ALSO LIVE IN, UM, AND THE SURROUNDING HOUSING.

UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT MERCY HOUSE WORKS UP A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LANDLORD AND PROPERTY MANAGERS SO THAT THEY CAN BE CONTACTED IMMEDIATELY IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES GOING ON WITH THE TENANT MERCY HOUSE PREFERS TO BE THE FIRST POINT OF CONTACT SO THAT THEY CAN COME OUT AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, SEE IF THEY CAN TAKE CARE OF IT, AND THEN THEY CAN REACH OUT TO OTHER HELP AS NECESSARY.

I PRESUME THAT THE DIRECTOR OF A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HAS REVIEWED ALL OF THIS IS SUSAN HAVE ANY OTHER CONCERNS ON HERE? YOU OKAY.

MAYOR HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MR. MAYOR, I HAVE ONE QUESTION HAS, UM, MERCY HOUSE UTILIZED OR CONSIDERED USING MOTELS AS WELL.

UM, WE DO USE A MOTELS FROM TIME TO TIME, UH, TO PROVIDE KIND OF TRANSITIONAL OR KIND OF A INTERIM SHELTER FOR CLIENTS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE COMING OUT OF THE SHELTER, IF THEY'RE NEWLY EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

UM, BUT, UH, THE COST OF PHONE TELLING IN THE LONG RUN, UH, CAN BECOME VERY, VERY HIGH.

UH, YOU NOTICE THE COST FOR THIS IS, UH, EVEN IF THE CITY TAKES THE WHOLE COST IS UNDER $26,000 A YEAR.

IF YOU PUT SOMEONE IN A HOTEL FOR A YEAR THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE THE COST WOULD SKYROCKET ABOVE THAT, AND THAT COST INCLUDES ONGOING CASE MANAGEMENT AND REFERRALS TO, UH, WHATEVER THE, THE, THE NEEDS ARE OF THAT HOUSEHOLD.

SO WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A POPULATION THAT, UH, CAN HAVE, UH, LOTS OF DIFFERENT CHALLENGES, RIGHT? WE TALKED ABOUT DRUG USE EARLIER.

UH, THERE'S A LOT OF TRAUMA THAT COMES WITH BEING HOMELESS.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS FOR UP TO TWO MORE THAN TWO YEARS SOMETIMES.

UM, OF COURSE NOW DON'T DO THIS.

THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, A LOT OF HARDSHIP THAT THESE FOLKS ARE, ARE, ARE CARRYING WITH THEM IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN HOUSING, ESPECIALLY, UH, THIS IS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THEM.

UM, AND I'LL SAY WE HAVE A TRACK RECORD HERE IN ORANGE COUNTY OF SUCCESS IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

WE HAVE, UH, PROBABLY OVER 200 UNITS IN THE COUNTY OF PSH.

UM, AND WE HAVE OVER 95% RETENTION RATE YEAR OVER YEAR.

UH, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE WRAPPING AROUND THESE CLIENTS.

UM, WE, WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE VERY VULNERABLE AND THEY NEED SUPPORT, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONNECT THEM TO THE SUPPORTS, THE NEED BASED ON WHAT THOSE NEEDS ARE.

UH, SOMETIMES IT'S A HOTEL ROOM, UH, BUT MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, IT'S, IT'S OUR STAFF GOING IN AND PROVIDING GUIDANCE, UH, BEING AN INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN A LANDLORD AND THE TENANT, UH, HELPING THE TENANT UNDERSTAND HOW TO BE A GOOD TENANT.

HOW TO, HOW DO YOU STAY IN AN APARTMENT, UM, WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH ALL THE TRAUMAS FROM THE STREETS AND TO BE CLEAR, UM, THESE AREN'T HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ON THE STREET TODAY, FOR INSTANCE, GOING INTO A PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNIT, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS, UH, APPROVED TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RESOURCES TO GO INTO EMERGENCY SHELTER, BED CAPACITY THAT THE CITY IS ABLE TO UTILIZE.

UH, SO THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE GONE TO AN EMERGENCY SHELTER, AND THEN THEY MAY HAVE TRANSITIONED TO A TRANSITIONAL SHELTER TO GET ADDITIONAL SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, MAYBE DRUG REHABILITATION, ALCOHOL REHABILITATION, AND THEY'RE SHOWING AN INTEREST OF SAYING, I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK ONTO THE STREET.

I'M TRYING TO WORK WITH THE PROGRAM AND SERVICES TO, TO GET MY LIFE WHERE I WANT IT TO BE.

AND THEN THEY BECOME ELIGIBLE TO GO INTO SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AS A LONGER-TERM SOLUTION.

AND IT GIVES US ANOTHER TOOL BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, IF A HOMELESS FAMILY OR A HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL HAS TO EXIT TRANSITIONAL HOUSING WITHOUT ANOTHER OPTION, THEY'RE BACK ON THE STREET.

AND I KNOW THAT'S A PRIORITY.

THE COUNCIL HAS TOLD US IS TRY TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF HOMELESS ON THE STREET.

THIS GIVES US ANOTHER TOOL, BUT FOR US, THIS IS A PILOT PROGRAM WHERE THAT'S WHY WE'RE RECOMMENDING ONLY A VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF UNITS TO START WITH, SEE HOW THIS WORKS, SEE HOW MERCY HOUSE IS ABLE TO OPERATE UNDER THE GUIDELINES.

AND THEN WE CAN REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL.

SO WHAT HAPPENS?

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I JUST HAD A QUESTION FOR MERCY HOUSE REAL QUICK.

UH, AS FAR AS, UH, UH, THE AREAS YOU HAVE OPERATED IN, UM, AND UNDERSTANDING THIS IS A HUMANITARIAN ISSUE.

UM, I, I, I FULLY SUPPORT THE, UH, THE ISSUE, UH, BUT WHAT OTHER AREAS HERE IN ORANGE COUNTY, UH, AND OUTSIDE OF ORANGE COUNTY, YOU CAN JUST GIVE US A QUICK SYNOPSIS.

YEAH, OF COURSE.

SO MERCY HOUSE WAS FOUNDED IN 1989.

SO WE'VE BEEN OPERATING A HOMELESS PROGRAMS FOR OVER 30 YEARS NOW.

UH, WE WERE FOUNDED ACTUALLY IN, IN SANTA ANA BY FATHER JEROME KARTRA, UH, OF A CARL'S JR.

UH, THE KARTRA FAMILY.

UM, BUT WE OPERATE, UH, HOMELESS SERVICE PROGRAMS, UH, EVERY TYPE OF HOMELESS SERVICE PROGRAM IN THE WHOLE CONTINUUM.

SO WE DO OUTREACH, WE DO CHECK-IN CENTERS.

WE DO, UM, EMERGENCY SHELTER.

UH, WE DO, UM, WHAT'S CALLED RAPID REHOUSING, WHICH IS LIKE A SHORT-TERM FINANCIAL, UH, INTERVENTION WHERE WE'LL PAY SOMEONE'S RENT, WE'LL PAY DEPOSIT, AND WE'LL GIVE THEM CASE MANAGEMENT FOR A LIMITED TIME.

UM, AND WE ALSO DO, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

THE LAST CATEGORY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, THAT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, AND THIS IS REALLY AN INTERVENTION THAT'S MADE FOR, UH, THOSE FOLKS WHO HAVE, UH, REALLY STRUGGLED WITH THEIR HOMELESSNESS FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN HOMELESS FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

THEY'RE LIVING WITH A DISABILITY, OFTEN MULTIPLE DISABLING CONDITIONS.

UH, TH THESE ARE THE FOLKS WHO, UH, BUT FOR AN ONGOING INTERVENTION, UH, WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BE SUSTAINABLE ON THEIR OWN.

SO THE, WE RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, THERE'S A REAL NEED.

THESE ARE THE MOST NEEDY FOLKS.

UM, AND IF WE DO THIS RIGHT, AND WE DO, WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT RIGHT NOW, UM, WE CAN BE VERY SUCCESSFUL, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE, OUR FIRST PSH, OUR FIRST BIG PSH PROJECT, I SHOULD SAY IN ORANGE COUNTY IS AN 80 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX IN SANTA ANA.

UM, AND THAT, THAT CAPEX IS ACTUALLY ABOUT THREE, UM, THREE ADDRESSES DOWN FROM OUR MAIN OFFICE.

UM, AND IT WAS FORMERLY, IT WAS A RUNDOWN.

IT WAS THE TYPE OF MOTEL THAT YOU MAKE BAD ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO, WE WERE ABLE TO ACQUIRE IT AND REHAB IT AND TURN IT INTO, UH, HONESTLY THE MOST, MAYBE THERE'S NEW DEVELOPMENT NOW, BUT FOR AWHILE, IT WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY ON THE BLOCK.

UM, WE RECENTLY WHERE YOU HAD, UM, UH, A HOTEL IN SANTA ANA, WHICH IS CALLED THE CASA LORENCIA, UH, WE TOOK SOME OF YOUR CITY STAFF MEMBERS ON A TOUR THERE.

UM, AND IT IS, IT'S A STUNNING FACILITY.

YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THAT EVERY RESIDENT THERE IS FORMERLY HOMELESS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES.

AND THE REASON THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IS BECAUSE WE BRING ALL OF THE SERVICES THEY NEED, UH, TO THAT FACILITY.

WE HAVE A STAFF THAT ARE, THAT ARE, THAT OUR OFFICE THERE.

WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH PUBLIC HEALTH, WITH, UH, WITH, WITH COUNTY, UM, OUTREACH AND OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT WITH, UM, WITH FULL SERVICE PARTNERSHIPS LIKE TELECARE, UH, THAT ARE ABLE TO BRING THE RESOURCES OF THIS CLIENT'S NEED TO THE CLIENTS WE OPERATE, UM, UH, HUD, HUD GRANT, UH, CALLED OUR, WE CALL IT OUR PSH PROGRAM.

THAT'S SCATTERED SITES.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO USE IN, UH, IN THE OPTION.

ONE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT HERE, UH, WHERE WE HAVE CASE MANAGERS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO, UH, CLIENTS WHO HAVE APARTMENTS OR, YOU KNOW, OR UNITS OUT IN THE MARKET.

AND WE MASTER LEASE, WE TAKE THE LIABILITY OF BEING ON THE LEASE, AND THEN WE SUBLEASED IT TO THOSE CLIENTS.

AND WE WERE COMFORTABLE TAKING THAT LIABILITY BECAUSE WE, WE KNOW, UH, WE KNOW HOW TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORT.

THOSE CLIENTS NEED TO STAY SUCCESSFUL.

RIGHT.

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE I SAY SOMETHING.

I SAY SOMETHING LIKE 95%.

UH, REAL QUICK, UH, WITH THE COST OF RENT GOING ON RIGHT NOW, UM, YOU KNOW, RECORD PRICES.

IT'S NOT GONNA TAKE LONG BEFORE THESE $25,000 ARE SPENT.

SO WHAT HAPPENS THESE FAMILIES ONCE WE GO THROUGH THE $25,000, UH, SO THE, THAT $25,000 IS, UM, I THINK IT'S MODELED OVER A, A RENT PROJECTION THAT WE USE.

SO WE USE A FAIR MARKET RENT.

UH, THAT'S PROVIDED BY HUD TO PROJECT, UH, THE AMOUNT FOR RENT FOR THE UNITS.

AND SO THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN THAT YEAR OVER YEAR.

SO WE, UM, DID SOME CALCULATIONS AND LOOKING AT RENT FOR SOME OF THE UNITS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

THE 25,000 WOULD BE MORE THAN ENOUGH TO COVER THE COST OF THE RENT PLUS A FEES VERSUS THE, FOR THE SERVICES.

SO WE'RE SURE THAT IT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO DO IT FOR THE UNIT.

AND THE OTHER BENEFIT UNDER OPTION TWO IS WE HAVE A DEDICATED SB TO STATE FUNDING FOR, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMELESS, UH, UM, SERVICES.

SO THE COST FOR OPTION TWO, IF WE WERE TO GO THAT ROUTE, UH, FOR A GIVEN FAMILY WOULD NOT IMPACT THE GENERAL FUND AT ALL.

ANY MORE QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MIRANDA.

MERCY HOUSING HELPING US WITH THIS SITUATION, WITH THIS PILOT PROGRAM.

DID YOU HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

SORRY.

YOU CAN GO.

I MEAN, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UH, I'VE BEEN ON A BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF HOUSING NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES NOW NEIGHBORWORKS ORANGE COUNTY AND MERCY HOUSING IS ONE OF THOSE.

WE HAVE BOARD MEMBERS FROM MERCY HOUSING AS WELL.

SO I KNOW THE ORGANIZATION AND I'M VERY COMFORTABLE WITH, UH,

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UH, I WILL INVITE THE PUBLIC TO TESTIFY.

PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

ANYONE WISHING TO TESTIFY.

SEE NO ONE I WILL CALL FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION INTERACTION.

WHAT I, IF I CAN, WHAT I'D LIKE TO ADD TO THAT, UH, MR. CITY MANAGER.

UM, I, UH, I, I REALLY DO LIKE THE IDEA, AND THIS IS A, THIS IS THE FINAL STEP, SO TO SPEAK, UH, UH, IN, UH, IN, UH, YEAH.

TRENTON FROM TRANSITIONAL HOUSING TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE.

OF COURSE, I LIKE THE IDEA.

UM, MY, UH, MY QUESTION OR MY PROPOSAL WOULD BE TO INITIALLY LIMIT THIS, UH, MAYBE TO, TO IF AT ALL POSSIBLE AND, UH, IN AN EFFORT TO KIND OF DIP OUR TOE IN THE WATER, SO TO SPEAK AND ALL DUE RESPECT TO MERCY HOUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I, I AM NOT FAMILIAR, UH, FULLY I'VE HEARD OF MERCY HOUSE.

AND, UH, UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU HAVE, UH, WHAT YOU HAVE TOLD US IN WHAT ARE CALLED.

HE GETS TOLD US AS WELL, AND MAYBE, UH, EITHER WAIT SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR.

AND I KNOW THE, THE PILOT PROGRAM SAYS YOU'RE A YEAR.

AND FOR STAFF, MAYBE TO GET BACK TO US TO SEE WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS.

SO IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS SUCCESSFUL, UH, THAT WE CAN NOT IMPLEMENT IT, UH, IT, UH, OTHER APARTMENTS AND TOWNHOMES, IF, UH, IF POSSIBLE AND, UH, THROUGH, UH, MERCY HOUSES, UH, UH, SUPERVISION, OF COURSE.

SO, UH, THAT'S UH, IF IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE HERE, THAT'S MY, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE DO INITIALLY.

AND, UH, AND AGAIN, ONE OF THOSE IS, IS, UH, JUST TO BE FISCALLY PRUDENT ABOUT IT AND DO A, LEND OUR LINDAR HAND TO THIS PROBLEM.

I THINK IT'S GREAT.

I REALLY DO.

I, IF COUNSEL WOULD LIKE TO LIMIT IT TO, TO START OFF WITH NO MORE THAN TWO UNITS FOR THE FIRST YEAR, ALL WE WOULD NEED IS COUNCIL DIRECTION IN THE, IN THE MOTION FOR THAT.

ANYONE ELSE? SUGGESTIONS, COMMENTS, UH, MR. MAYOR, JUST A COMMENT.

AND I THINK YOU CAN SENSE THERE'S SOME APPREHENSION ON THIS ISSUE.

AND THE APPREHENSION I THINK, IS NATURAL IN THAT GOVERNMENT DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB OF TAKING ONE PROBLEM AND SPINNING IT INTO THREE MORE.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GUARD AGAINST.

UM, WE, WE REALLY, ALL OF US ARE COMPASSIONATE AND WANT TO SEE THE HOUSING PROBLEM SOLVED, BUT THE PROBLEM FOR ALL OF US UP HERE, AS WE HEAR EXPERTS EVERY DAY FROM THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TELL US THAT THE UNHOUSED ARE AS A RESULT OF UNAFFORDABLE HOUSING.

UH, THERE'S THREE POLICE OFFICERS UP HERE ON THIS DAY, AS WHO KNOW BETTER.

WE INTERACTED WITH THE UNHOUSED FOR YEARS, AND WE REALIZED THAT UPWARDS OF 80% HAVE MENTAL ILLNESS AND ADDICTION ISSUES, UH, UNTIL THIS SOCIETY IS READY TO DEAL WITH THOSE ISSUES.

UH, THEY'LL NEVER BE A SOLUTION FOR THE UNHOUSED.

YOU CAN BUILD ALL THE HOUSES YOU WANT.

WE CAN STICK THESE PEOPLE IN ALL THE APARTMENTS THAT YOU WANT UNTIL THOSE PROBLEMS ARE DEALT WITH.

AND WE MAKE SOME HEADWAY, UH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

AND W WE DON'T WANT TO DO FROM UP HERE IS TO SPEND THIS PROBLEM INTO OUR RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND MAKE IT OUR, UH, CITIZENS PROBLEM RATHER THAN A PROBLEM OF A UNIQUE GROUP OF PEOPLE, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE WANT TO HELP.

SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SENSING.

AND, UH, I APPLAUD THE MEASURED APPROACH AND I WOULD SUPPORT THAT AS WELL.

AND I KNOW THAT THE WHOLE THING IS WRAPPED AROUND AND ONE OF THE COMPONENTS IS MENTAL HEALTH.

UM, SO I'M, I'M CONFIDENT THAT, UH, MERCY, HOW THESE WILL BE HANDLING THAT COMPONENT FROM THE GET, GO FROM THE TRANSITION THAT IS GOING INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.

SO I'M, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH, UH, THE PROPOSAL.

AND SO AS WE GO ON MR. CITY MANAGER AND, UH, AND OUR STAFF, UH, JUST TO UNDERSTAND, UH, THAT, UH, FROM, FROM THE INITIAL CONTACT OF A PERSON THAT IS HOMELESS, UH, UH, WHATEVER NATURE THAT MAY BE, WHETHER IT BE SOMEBODY THAT'S SUFFERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES OR DRUG ADDICTION, OR JUST SOMEBODY THAT'S DISPLACED AND FALLEN ON HARD TIMES, UH, THE, UH, THE, THE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING THAT WE HAVE NOW AVAILABLE, UH, BOTH IN, UH, IN PLACENTIA AND WAYNE PARK THAT THEY PROVIDE WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAT THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES AREN'T GOING TO STOP, CORRECT, UH, THAT, UH, THAT THIS ROAD TO RECOVERY OF SORTS AGAIN, FOR WHATEVER CATEGORY THEY, UH, THEY STAND IN THAT THE, THE, UH, THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

CORRECT.

VERY GOOD.

THE RECORD THAT I, UH, I ALSO UNDERSTAND ALL TOO WELL, THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS GAP IN THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS WHEN IT COMES TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

I'LL JUST SAY QUICKLY, IF I CAN, FOR

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SO I THINK IT IS A WONDERFUL IDEA.

I KNOW MERCY HOUSE DOES A GREAT JOB.

I ALSO THOROUGHLY APPLAUD AS DOES COUNCIL MEMBER SIMONIAN AND APPRECIATE THE MEASURED, MODERATE RESPONSE THAT THE MAYOR IS PROPOSING.

AND I, TO CONCUR THAT THE GREATEST PROBLEM FACING THE HOMELESS IS OF COURSE ADDICTION AND MENTAL ILLNESS.

SO AT ANY RATE, I WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD OF SAYING, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING, MR. MAYOR IS A GOOD IDEA.

ANYONE ELSE DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, CAN I GET A MOTION, MR. MAYOR, I'D MOVED TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT WITH MERCY HOUSE LIVING CENTERS FOR A PILOT PROGRAM THAT WILL PROVIDE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS IN THE CITY OF LA HOMBRE, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH MERCY HOUSE LIVING CENTERS TO PROVIDE SCATTERED SITE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IN LAHABRA AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER UTILIZED PROGRAM DESIGN OPTION.

ONE IS OUTLINED IN MERCY HOUSE'S PROPOSAL AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER IF UNITS ARE AVAILABLE.

AND IF AN INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY DOES NOT MEET THE CRITERIA PROGRAM DESIGN OPTION ONE TO UTILIZE PROGRAM DESIGN OPTION TWO IS OUTLINED IN MERCY HOUSE'S PROPOSAL AND AUTHORIZE A BUDGET APPROPRIATION OF $25,219 TO COVER THE EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING ONE YEAR OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR ONE UNIT OF HOUSING UNDER OPTION TWO, AS NECESSARY, AND TO INCORPORATE THE MAYOR'S SUGGESTIONS AS STATED BEFORE SEX OFFENDERS ALSO.

SO WE WILL LIMIT, UH, WE WILL EXCLUDE, UH, SEX OFFENDERS OR VIOLENT FELONS FROM THE PROGRAM AND LIMITED THE NUMBER OF UNITS IN THE FIRST YEAR.

NO MORE THAN TWO THAT'S CORRECT? YES, SIR.

WELL, THE COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

TO THE MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR, LOCAL COVID VACCINATION AND BOOSTER SHOT EVENTS CONTINUE TO OCCUR TO HOSPITALS, MEDICAL CENTERS, PHARMACIES, AND OTHER LOCATIONS AROUND THE COUNTY, INCLUDING HERE IN LABRUM APPOINTMENTS FOR VACCINATION AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AVAILABLE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, 10:00 AM TO 5:00 PM CLOSED FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY.

WE'LL MOVE ON

[ MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR:]

TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT, PLEASE VISIT WWW.MY TURN.CA.GOV.

IN ADDITION, THE COMMUNITY CENTER ALSO HOSTS COVID TESTING MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7:00 AM TO 6:00 PM AND FRIDAY 7:00 AM TO 5:00 PM CLOSED ON WEEKENDS.

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.

PARENTS LOOKING FOR A FUN WAY FOR YOUR KIDS TO BEAT THE HEAT.

THIS SUMMER KIDS AGES FOUR TO 12 MAY NOW ENROLL IN THE CITY OF LA HABRA SUMMER ACTIVE DAY CAMP DAY CAMP IS A GREAT WAY FOR KIDS TO SPEND THEIR SUMMER LEARNING AND EXPERIENCING NEW ADVENTURES.

DO ARTS CRAFTS GAMES AND WEEKLY EXCURSIONS CAMP IS IN SESSION.

NOW THROUGH AUGUST 12TH, CALL 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, OR VISIT US ONLINE@WWWDOTLAHABRACA.GOV.

FIRST UP IS THE HIGHWAY MAN SHOW, WHICH WILL OCCUR THIS THURSDAY, JULY 21ST, FOLLOWED BY THE MARIACHI DIVAS ON THURSDAY, JULY 28TH.

AND MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 4TH FOR OUR ADDED SHOW TO THIS SERIES AND THE FINALE 24 MAGIC, A BRUNO MARS TRIBUTE SHOW ALL CONCERTS.

WE'LL BE AT PORTOLA PARK WITH PERFORMANCES BEGINNING AT 7:00 PM.

ARRIVE EARLY, BRING LAWN SEATS OR BLANKETS AND A PICNIC DINNER, AND JOIN US FOR A GREAT EVENING.

HAVE FUN VISIT WWW.LAHABRACA.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION, JOIN US FOR THE CITY OF LAHABRA IS FREE SCREENS, A FAMILY FRIENDLY MOVIES AS PART OF OUR MOVIES IN THE PARK SERIES ALL SUMMER LONG.

THE NEXT MOVIE WE'LL BE SHOWN WILL BE JURASSIC WORLD FALLEN KINGDOM AT EL CENTRO LION'S PARK ON FRIDAY, JULY 29TH.

ADDITIONAL MOVIES AND LOCATIONS WILL BE ANNOUNCED THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MOVIES IN THE PARK SERIES CALLED THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT THREE EIGHT, EXCUSE ME, 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND BRING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO PORTOLA PARK ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 2ND, FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IN NATIONAL EVENT THAT EMPHASIZES PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE SPIRIT OF THE COMMUNITY EXPERIENCED PUBLIC SAFETY DEMOS BY THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE HARBOR POLICE DEPARTMENT, FAMILY FRIENDLY, FUN FOOD, FREE ADMISSION TO THE HOPPER CHILDREN MUSEUM, AND A FREE SCREEN OF THE MOVIE IN GUSTO.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0.

AND DON'T FORGET TO SUPPORT SENIOR PROGRAMS IN LAHABRA.

BY JOINING THE LAHABRA HOST LIONS FOR THEIR ANNUAL PASTA

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FEST IN-CAR SHOW AT THE LAHABRA COMMUNITY CENTER ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 6TH, PASTA FEST IS $25 PER PERSON.

ALL PROCEEDS DIRECTLY BENEFITS SENIOR PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY THE LA HARBOR COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

ATTENDEES WILL ENJOY TELLING CUISINE THE CAR SHOW RAFFLE AND ESCAPE ROOM DONATIONS AND SPONSORSHIPS ARE GREATLY ACCEPTED BY THE LIONS FOR MORE INFORMATION.

CALL 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0.

AND LASTLY, EACH OF US IS REMINDED THAT WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES ARE NOW IN EFFECT.

IRRIGATION IS LIMITED TO THREE TIMES PER WEEK WITH NO MORE THAN 15 MINUTES WATERING, PERSONATION AND NO RUNOFF LAWN IRRIGATION IS PROHIBITED BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 9:00 AM AND 6:00 PM AS IS THE WASHING OF HARD SURFACES, SUCH AS SIDEWALKS AND DRIVEWAYS FOR MORE INFORMATION AND HELPFUL TIPS ON HOW YOU CAN DO YOUR PART TO HELP CONSERVE WATER DURING THE DROUGHT, PLEASE CONTACT THE LA HARBOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 1 7 0.

WITH THAT, ANY COMMENTS FROM STAFF?

[ COMMENTS FROM STAFF:]

UM, YES.

MR. MAYOR, I WISH THE ANGELS HAD A BETTER RECORD AT THE ALL-STAR BREAK.

UM, WE'RE WEARING OUR JERSEYS PROUDLY, BUT YEAH, IT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT BETTER IN THE WINS AND LOSS CATEGORY, BUT, UH, THAT SAID GOOD LUCK TO THE DODGERS.

YOU GUYS ARE FAIRLY WELL-POSITIONED I BELIEVE.

WELL, I GOT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT, YOU STICK WITH YOUR TEAM THROUGH THICK AND THIN AND AS MUCH AS A LOT OF FIN RIGHT NOW.

WELL, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

HE LISTENED FOR 32 YEARS.

IT TOOK US 32 YEARS TO WIN ANOTHER WORLD SERIES.

SO I'M RIGHT THERE WITH YOU.

UM, YOU KNOW, SECOND FAVORITE TEAM IS THE ANGELS, BUT I'M A DODGER FAN ART.

SO I, I SHARE YOUR SENTIMENT.

UH, ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? YEAH.

ANYBODY,

[ COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS:]

WELL, REAL QUICK, MR. MAYOR.

UM, I KNOW, UH, WHEN I WATCHED THE PRESS CONFERENCE THE OTHER DAY, I WAS EXTREMELY PROUD TO SEE OUR POLICE CHIEF ADAM FOSTER, STANDING UP THERE.

AND I KNOW WHAT THE SENTIMENT GOES UNITED HERE TO SEE YOU UP THERE, YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOU RECENTLY CELEBRATED YOUR FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY ON JULY 3RD AS OUR POLICE CHIEF.

AND LET ME TELL YOU, YOU'VE SERVED AS A SEASONED VETERAN.

YOU'VE GONE THROUGH QUITE A BIT AND THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, FIRST YEAR IN FEW DAYS.

AND SO, SO I JUST, I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW PROUD I AM.

AS MANY OF YOU'VE HEARD OF AN ARREST WAS MADE IN THE VIOLENT BARBARIC ACTS OF THE ROBBERIES AT THE SEVEN 11 STORES.

AND, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL WAS READY, UH, IF THE CHIEF NEEDED TO, UM, PROVIDE FUNDS NECESSARY FOR A REWARD LEADING IT TO THE REST AND CONVICTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL.

UH, BUT THANKFULLY, UM, THE INDIVIDUALS TWO SUSPECTS WERE ARRESTED AND HAVING, UH, THREE PEOPLE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AND, UH, ROSE WHO STARTED ROSIE'S GARAGE, WHO, YOU KNOW, WORKED VERY DILIGENTLY IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD TO PREVENT GANGS AND FIGHT CRIME IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD.

UH, WE ARE UNITED FIVE, UH, AGAINST CRIME AND THOSE TYPE OF, UH, UH, ROBBERIES THAT OCCURRED.

UH, SO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US CALL THE CITY MANAGER IMMEDIATELY AND SAID, WHAT CAN WE DO AS THE COUNCIL? WHAT CAN WE DO TO OFFER OUR ASSISTANCE? THAT WAS ALL OF US UNITED, WE'RE CALLING THE CITY MANAGER, CALLING, UH, ADAM FOSTER, OUR CHIEF AS TO WHAT WE COULD DO.

UH, SO AGAIN, CHIEF, I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M PROUD OF YOU AND OUR ENTIRE DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR JOB.

WELL, WELL DONE AND MY PRAYERS AND CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO THE INDIVIDUALS, UH, THAT WERE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, DIRECT VICTIMS OF THIS CRIME.

AND OF COURSE WE DID LOSE ONE PERSON FROM THE HOMBRE WHO WAS WORKING IN BRIA THAT, THAT PASSED AWAY IN OUR CONDOLENCES, GO OUT TO HIM.

A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS.

I JUST WANT TO MENTION, UH, MYSELF AND THE MAYOR GOT TO ATTEND THE SONORA RAIDERS, UH, BOOSTERS, UH, FOOTBALL, UH, COMEDY NIGHT AT OUR BANQUET.

AND THAT WAS JUST A FABULOUS TIME.

UH, WE ENJOYED OURSELVES THERE AND, UH, CONSCIOUS OF THE PARK THERE OVER THE TOP.

FANTASTIC, FANTASTIC, UM, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT OUT THERE.

AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE WHOLE COMMUNITY COME OUT.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MR. MAYOR.

GOOD.

I HAVE TO SAY TOO, THAT I'M JUST, I WAS SO GREATLY RELIEVED AND GRATIFIED BY THE ARRESTS MADE AFTER WHAT I CAN ONLY DESCRIBE AS A TREMENDOUS WAVE OF TERROR, ACTUALLY THAT, UH, VICTIMIZED ALL OF US, OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.

SO I'LL JUST A MAYOR PRO TEM SAID IT BEST, BUT, UH, THANK YOU CHIEF.

AND THANK YOU TO YOUR DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TASK FORCE AND ALL OF OUR EFFORTS AND LEADING TO, TO ARREST MADE, UH, CONCERTS IN THE PARK ARE FANTASTIC, BIGGEST CROWDS I'VE EVER SEEN, UH, FIREWORKS SELL.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT.

WE HAVE NOT MET SINCE, UH, THE FOURTH AND THE SHOW ITSELF WAS A MAGNIFICENT, I THINK LAVA NEED IS WORKING OUT AS A GREAT ALTERNATIVE TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.

UM, YOU KNOW, I'M OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, WALKING AND TALKING QUITE A BIT.

AND, UH, EVERYBODY I TALKED TO AFTER THE FOREST SAID, OH MY GOSH, IT WAS JUST HELLACIOUS OUT THERE.

IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS SO LOUD AND JUST, IT SOUNDED LIKE A WAR ZONE AND IT WASN'T EVEN JUST, UH, THE CHEAP STUFF

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THAT USED TO BE THE CASE.

NOW IT'S LIKE $150 ROCKETS TO PROFESSIONAL STYLE STUFF THAT FOLKS ARE SHOOTING UP.

SO WHAT I WANT TO SUGGEST TO COUNCIL, UH, I'M MINDFUL OF THE FACT THAT SOME COMMUNITIES HAVE, UM, AND LET ME JUST SAY IT, THAT THERE'S NOT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT WE CAN DO ABOUT ILLEGAL FIREWORKS.

THE POLICE DO THE BEST THEY CAN, BUT THEY HAVE TO WITNESS THE VIOLATION FIRSTHAND IN ORDER TO SITE FOR IT.

AND AS IT IS, I THINK THEY ISSUED, IT WAS AT ABOUT 25 SITES ON THE FOURTH CHIEF.

SO THEY'RE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN, BUT SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES TYPICALLY HAVE HIGHER FINES, WHICH I KNOW IS NOT A, A CURE ALL, BUT I THINK IT'S A DISINCENTIVE.

WHEN IF YOU DO GET CITED THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE TO PAY A LOT MORE THAN WHAT THEY MIGHT BE PAYING NOW, WHAT ARE YOUR, MY UNDERSTANDING IS WENT UP TO $5,000 AS A, AS A TOP END OF THEIR, OF THEIR FINE STRUCTURE.

SO IF I HAVE THE SUPPORT OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, I'D LIKE TO ASK STAFF, IF THEY COULD GET BACK TO US AT THE NEXT MEETING, FIND OUT WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING, LOOKING AT THESE ABILITY AND THE LOGISTICS OF INCREASING OUR FINE STRUCTURE FROM 1000 TO PERHAPS AS HIGH AS 5,000, THE PORT YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT AS WELL.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

THE ONLY REQUEST I WOULD HAVE IS CAN WE HAVE MORE THAN ONE MEETING? IT MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO PULL TOGETHER SOME INFORMATION.

WHAT ABOUT, WE'LL BRING YOU BACK SOMETHING IN THE, IN THE COMING MONTHS ABOUT FINES, WHAT WE FIND FROM OTHER AGENCIES AS WELL.

BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE, THE LAHABRA POLICE DEPARTMENTS, UH, PROFESSIONALISM AND INSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIVE ABILITIES.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, MR. MAYOR, WITH RESPECT TO THE FIREWORKS.

I, I HAD COVID DURING THE FOURTH, MY WIFE AND I BOTH.

SO WE STAYED HOME AND COULDN'T MAKE THE, UH, THE EVENT, BUT WE WERE BOTH SITTING THERE, UH, TRYING TO CALM OUR DOG.

AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS JUST LIT UP WITH PROFESSIONAL FIREWORKS.

IT WAS AMAZING HOW BIG AND HOW MASSIVE THESE THINGS HAVE GOTTEN.

THEY ROCK THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD.

MY WIFE AND I GOT INTO THE CAR, DROVE TWO MINUTES AND FOUND A HUGE, UH, SET UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET ON A CUL-DE-SAC WHERE THESE PEOPLE WERE LAUNCHING THESE MAJOR ROCKETS.

SO I SUGGEST THAT WE DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT NEXT YEAR.

MAYBE PUT SOME PLAIN CLOTHES CARS OUT THERE AND TRY TO FIND THESE PLACES.

I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT THAT DIFFICULT TO LOCATE ONCE IF THINGS GO UP IN THE AIR 150 FEET AND EXPLODE ALL OVER THE NEIGHBORHOODS, SO WE'VE GOT TO DO BETTER.

IT'S A PROBLEM THAT WE'VE HAD FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.

THIS IS NOTHING NEW.

IT'S NOTHING THAT'S GROWN ALL THAT MUCH.

I MEAN, IT'S BEEN A CITY-WIDE JOKE THAT VIRGINIA STREET, UH, PUTS ON AS GOOD AS SHOW IS WHAT WE PUT ON, ON, ON, UH, AT LA BONITA PARK.

AND YET NOBODY GOES TO VIRGINIA STREET AND NEVER DOES ANYTHING.

SO, UH, I MEAN, IT'S, AT SOME POINT WE'VE GOT TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT THIS AND SEE IF WE CAN'T STOP.

UH, IT'S, IT'S GETTING DANGEROUS.

AND, UM, PEOPLE ARE REALLY UPSET ABOUT IT.

UH, I HAD NEIGHBORS KNOCKING ON MY DOOR, YOU KNOW, GEEZ, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? AND, UH, SO I'M JUST TRYING TO GET SOME REST.

I'M SICK, LEAVE ME ALONE.

DIDN'T WORK ANYWAY, WE NEED TO DO BETTER.

UM, AND HOPEFULLY WE GET SERIOUS ABOUT APPROACHING THE PROBLEM AND, AND DIGGING INTO SOLVE IT.

IT'S ALL I HAVE.

VERY GOOD.

UM, I WILL, UH, I WILL PIGGYBACK ON THAT AS WELL.

AND, UH, YEAH, I'M GOING TO BEAT THE DEAD HORSE ON THAT AS WELL.

UH, BUT, UH, I, I'D DONE SOME READING RECENTLY, UH, AS FAR AS FIREWORK ISSUES AND, UH, IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS DOING THE BEST THEY CAN WITH THE RESOURCES THEY HAVE.

IT'S TOUGH.

IT'S TOUGH TO BE OUT THERE WHEN PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY LIGHTING THE WICK OF A FIREWORK AND, UH, AND BEING ABLE TO SITE, I KNOW THE, UH, THE, THE CITY OF SALINAS, CALIFORNIA UP NORTH IS ACTUALLY UTILIZING DRONES.

AND I THINK A PART OF THEIR, UH, UH, PART OF WHAT, WHAT THEY SAY IS LIKE THE WIC AND, UH, AND YOU KNOW, YOU GET A, UH, YOU GET A CITATION IN THE MAIL OR SOMETHING OR OTHER, SO YOU KNOW, MANY OF POSSIBILITIES, AND OF COURSE OUR CITY STAFF WILL RESEARCH ANY AND ALL OF THESE.

SO WE, WE STILL, UH, YOU KNOW, WE DO APPRECIATE THE, UH, THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT YOU PUT IN, IN CHIEF, UH, JUST THE SAME, BUT, UH, YEAH, IT IS.

IT'S, UH, UH, I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT'S A WAR ZONE BECAUSE IT'S NOT FAIR TO THOSE THAT HAVE, UH, THAT HAVE SERVED THIS COUNTRY IN A WAR ZONE, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS, I SPOKE TO A KOREAN WAR VETERAN, UH, LAST WEEK WHO STATED THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME ON THE 4TH OF JULY OR LEADING UP TO THE 4TH OF JULY IN THE NEW YEAR, HE, UH, HE TELLS HIS WIFE, HE GOES, YOU KNOW WHAT? HE GOES, I'VE, I'VE GOT TO TAKE A SEDATIVE OR SOMETHING BECAUSE, UH, IT, IT GETS BAD.

IT GETS BAD IN HERE FOR HIM.

AND, UH, I FEEL FOR THEM.

UM, SO YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT, UH, HOPEFULLY, UH, WITH SOME OF THESE PROPOSALS, WE CAN, UH, WE CAN DO SOMETHING, BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, I'D ALSO LIKE TO, UH, PIGGYBACK ON THE, UH, ON THE THANK YOU'S CHIEF FOR LAST WEEK'S RESPONSE.

UH, YEAH, WE UNDERSTAND IT WAS A, IT WAS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT,

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UH, I THINK IT WAS WHAT OVER THE COURSE OF FOUR DAYS, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THAT'S DAMN GOOD.

UM, AND I WILL SAY IT TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING ON TV, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT DID A PHENOMENAL JOB.

SO DID THE COLLABORATIVE AND AGENCIES ON THIS INVESTIGATION FOUR DAYS, UH, FROM THE INCIDENT TO, UH, TO AN ARREST, THANK YOU TO, UH, ALL INVOLVED, BUT THANK YOU, CHIEF, UH, TO OUR DETECTIVES AND OUR UNIFORMED OFFICERS.

UH, YEAH, YOU HAVE THREE OF US UP HERE TOO, THAT ARE NOW RETIRED AND EVENT HAVE DONE THEIR THEY'RE GREAT SERVICE.

I'M STILL ACTIVE AND I UNDERSTAND FOUR DAYS IS PHENOMENAL.

UH, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

AND I KNOW I HAD, UH, I HAD UNFORTUNATE, I HAD BENT THE, A CITY MANAGER'S EAR ABOUT WHAT CAN WE DO? DO WE NEED TO DO AN ISSUE, A REWARD? AND THEN, YOU KNOW, HE WAS TELLING US, YEAH, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT IT.

AND I KNOW WE'VE GOT RON WOODWARD HERE WHO SITS ON OUR REWARD COMMITTEE IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.