Oct 03, 2022 City Council

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GENTLEMEN, I WILL

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

LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT IT IS 6:30 PM THE INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY COLLINS, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ESPOSA.

AND I'LL STAND PLEASE.

DEAR GOD, WE HUMBLY PRAY THAT YOU WILL GRANT WISDOM TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS IT CONSIDERS CITY BUSINESS SET FORTH IN THE MEETING AGENDA TONIGHT, WE ASK THAT YOU PROVIDE THE CITY COUNCIL WITH INSIGHT AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND CHALLENGES CONFRONTING OUR COUNCIL, STAFF, AND CITIZENS, SO THAT TOGETHER WE CAN STRIVE TO SOLVE THESE ISSUES WITH COMMUNITY, SPIRIT AND PARTNERSHIP IN MIND.

PLEASE BLESS THE COUNCIL IN ITS DECISION MAKING TONIGHT SO THAT WE MAY ACT PRUDENTLY AND RESPONSIBLY FOR THE GOOD OF THE HABER COMMUNITY.

AMEN.

AMEN.

PLEASE TURN AND FACE OUR FLAG AGAIN.

THE FLAG, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

WILL THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK POLICE CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER SIMONIAN HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER KN HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ESPINOZA.

HERE.

MAYOR PRO.

TE GOMEZ.

HERE.

MAYOR MADRANO HERE.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL START IT OFF WITH, UH, PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATION IF, UH, IF

[1. PRESENTATION OF LA HABRA BOULEVARD SPECIFIC PLAN BY DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ROY RAMSLAND]

GOOD EVENING.

SO HERE WE ARE FOR MY SWAN SONG, , AND IT'S A GOOD ONE.

I COULDN'T SNEAK OUT THE BACK DOOR LIKE I WANTED, SO WEREN'T GONNA LET YOU.

ROY .

SO, COMING UP IN A FEW MONTHS, THE SUSAN HAS PLANNED FOR YOU GUYS IN THE FUTURE SOME THINGS TO LOOK AT OF WHERE WE GO WITH LA HARBOR BOULEVARD IN INTO THE FUTURE.

SO TO KIND OF SET THAT UP, SHE ASKED ME TO PUT TOGETHER FOR YOU GUYS A PRESENTATION OF WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.

SO TO KIND OF BOOK IN THAT FOR YOU WHEN YOU GET, GET UP TO THERE.

SO THIS IS KIND OF LIKE A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME IN LA HARBOR.

SO EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER'S HEARD THIS.

NOTHING EVER HAPPENS ON LAJA BOULEVARD.

YOU SPEND ALL THE MONEY ON WITTIER, ON IMPERIAL.

NOTHING EVER HAPPENS ON LA BOULEVARD.

WHILE THEY'RE WRONG, LOTS OF STUFF HAS HAPPENED ON LA BOULEVARD.

IT'S JUST HAPPENED OVER SUCH A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

PEOPLE DON'T NOTICE BECAUSE IT TOOK 40 YEARS TO DO.

IT JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS.

SO LITTLE BIT DIFFERENCE IN A HUNDRED YEARS.

SO FROM WHEN LA BOULEVARD OR THEN HIGHWAY ONE FIRST PAVE STREET IN THE CITY.

SO WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PLANNING THINGS, EFFORTS OVER THE YEARS.

UM, PRETTY MUCH STARTING IN 1975, UH, WITH THIS DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.

UH, THEN WHEN THEY DID A REVITALIZATION STUDY IN EARLY 1985, UM, IN 1988, WE, UM, EMBRACED THE BOULEVARD OF THE BELLS AS A DESIGN MOTIF IN 1988.

WE DID A, A SPECIFIC PLAN BASED ON THE STUDY THAT WAS PREPARED IN 1985.

UM, AND THEN WE DID A, A REVISED VERSION OF THE PLAN IN 1999.

AND I'LL GO THROUGH THAT IN A MINUTE OF WHY.

AND THEN WE DID THE LAHA GENERAL PLAN UPDATE, WHICH AFFECTED THE WHOLE CITY, BUT ALSO HAD HUGE IMPACTS FOR LAHABRA BOULEVARD.

AND THEN WE BUILT A CIVIC CENTER, LOWER PROJECT, NOBODY EVER NOTICED.

AND THEN WE HAVE A SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT WHERE WE CODIFIED SOME OF THE STUFF FROM THE GENERAL PLAN.

AND THEN THE NEWEST THING IN 2018, THE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT PUT TOGETHER A, UH, COMPLETE STREETS MASTER PLAN, WHICH AGAIN HAD A, A HUGE SECTION ABOUT WHAT TO HAPPEN FOR LAJA BOULEVARD.

SO THIS KIND OF GERRYMANDERED LOOKING MAP WAS, WAS THE FIRST REDEVELOPMENT PLAN OF LAHABRA.

BUT THIS IS JUST KIND OF SHOWING YOU A LOT OF STUFF HAPPENED WHEN THAT PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN 1975 UP, UP TO ABOUT THE, THE MID EIGHTIES.

AND THIS IS KIND OF A LIST OF SOME OF THE THINGS WE, UM, THE BUILDINGS THAT GOT IMPROVED.

BUT AS YOU ALSO NOTICE DOWN IN THE CORNER, YOU KNOW, PORT PARK IS IN THERE.

SO WE GOT THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, THE DEPOT THEATER, AROUND THIS SAME TIME IN, YOU KNOW, LATE SEVENTIES, EARLY EIGHTIES.

SO , SO

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SO WE HAD, UM, ON THE CORNER OF LA BOULEVARD AND CYPRESS, WE HAVE THE, UH, SENIOR APARTMENTS, WHICH WAS PART OF THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND THAT'S 50 UNITS FOR, FOR SENIORS, AND THAT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.

THEN WE DID THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING, THE BUILDING NE NEXT TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

THAT WAS KIND OF A PRO, UH, AGAIN, A REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT WHERE THE CITY PUT IN THE MONEY.

AND THIS IS WHAT THIS BUILDING USED TO LOOK LIKE WHEN IT WAS A REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT BACK IN 1985, IS AN OFFICE BUILDING.

UM, WE DID THE BANK OF AMERICA, UM, MCKINNONS, I BELIEVE IS WHAT IT WAS CALLED, STATIONER ACROSS THE STREET WHEN IT WAS, UH, A LONG TIME LAHABRA BUSINESS.

AND THEY REVITALIZED THAT BUILDING.

AND THEN WE DID AN EXPANSION ONTO THE LIBRARY.

SO A LOT OF STUFF HAPPENED IN THAT, THAT 10 YEAR PERIOD OF TIME.

SO, BUT THEN WE WANTED TO LOOK ABOUT WHAT TO DO FOR MORE ALONG THE BOULEVARD.

CUZ AS YOU NOTICED, THE BOUNDARIES OF THAT DIDN'T REALLY INCLUDE A LOT OF THE PROPERTIES.

IT WAS MOSTLY THE STREETS WITH JUST A FEW PARCELS PICKED OUT, WHICH WERE RIPE FOR, FOR DEVELOPMENT.

SO THEY DID THIS ECONOMIC STUDY TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT CAN WE DO? WHAT CAN WE COME UP WITH? AND THEN SUBSEQUENT TO US ACTUALLY ADOPTING THE SPECIFIC PLAN, IT WAS AS PART OF THE CELEBRATION FOR THE BICENTENNIAL OF THE CONSTITUTION, THE LOCAL LAHABRA HISTORIANS WANTED TO EMBRACE THE, THE EL CAMINO REAL, WHICH WAS IN 1909, ORIGINALLY DESIGNATED ALONG LAHABRA BOULEVARD AS AS THE EL CAMINO REAL.

UM, SO WHEN WE CAME TO, TO THE CENTENNIAL, THEY WANT, THEY WANTED TO MAKE A, A SPECIAL EFFORT OUT OF IT.

SO WE HAVE THE BELL MO MOTIF GOING ON WITH THE STREET LIGHTS, WHICH AGAIN WAS PART OF THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND THE UNDERGROUNDING OF THE WIRES.

YOU HAD THE, UM, BELLS SOME OF MOST OF THOSE THAT ALREADY EXISTED, WHICH ALONG LA BOULEVARD, WHICH MARKED HISTORIC PLACES.

AND THEN IT'S HARD TO SEE IN THE SLIDE, BUT WE ADDED THE LOGO UP IN, INTO THE STREET SIGNS.

SO THIS, THIS WAS JUST SOME OF THE PLACES THAT WERE IMPORTANT TO THE EARLIER SETTLE SETTLERS THAT THEY THOUGHT WERE SIGNIFICANT IN LA HISTORY.

UM, SO WE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE BELLS ARE STILL THERE AND, AND, AND THERE'S A LITTLE PLAQUE IN EACH ONE OF THEM THAT TELL, TELLS PEOPLE, UH, WHAT WHAT THEY ARE.

SO WE, WITH ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF IN PLACE, WE LOOKED AT DOING A, A SPECIFIC PLAN.

IT, AND IN THIS TIME, NOT A LOT HAPPENED BETWEEN THERE AND 99, BUT THE TWO KIND OF MAJOR THINGS THAT DID HAPPEN WAS WE BUILT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH TOOK UP A BLOCK OF DILAPIDATED RUNDOWN BUILDINGS AND KNOCKED EVERYTHING DOWN TO CREATE THE BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY CENTER.

AND AT THAT SAME TIME, WE DID A MAJOR EXPANSION TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUILDING AND DOUBLED IT IN SIZE.

SO BETWEEN THEN AND IN 1999, THERE WERE LOTS OF LITTLE PROJECTS HAPPENED HERE AND THERE, UH, KIND OF ONES THAT DON'T REALLY STICK OUT.

PEOPLE ADDED SOME TILE FACADES TO THEIR ROOFS AND PLANTED SOME, UH, LANDSCAPING AND, BUT NOT A, NOT A REALLY A LOT HAPPEN CUZ THERE WAS STILL SOME ECONOMIC CONSTRAINTS.

SO WE REVISITED IT TO LOOK AT IT.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S COME, CONTINUES TO COME UP AND WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY A PART IN THE FUTURE IS YOU'RE DEALING WITH AN AWFUL LOT OF SMALL LOTS.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUT THOSE TOGETHER TO GET A DECENT SIZE PARCEL, TO DO A GOOD, A DECENT SIZE PROJECT.

BUT WHAT WE DID IN THE SHORT TERM TO TRY TO MAKE IT MORE ATTRACTIVE IS WE MODIFIED THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, GOT LESS STRICT WITH SIT SETBACKS, UM, CARVED OUT EXEMPTIONS FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS, MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM TO DO FACADE IMPROVEMENTS.

NOT, NOT SO MUCH WORRIED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY HAD ENOUGH PARKING, BECAUSE AGAIN, WHEN THOSE BUILDINGS WERE BUILT, YOU DIDN'T THINK ABOUT BIG PARKING LOTS FOR BUILDINGS YOU PARKED ON, ON THE STREET.

AND THEN WE LOOKED AT STREAMLINING THE PROCESS AGAIN TO, AND, AND MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO TRY TO, TO DO SOME DEVELOPMENT.

AND THEN WE ALREADY HAD THE BOULEVARD OF THE BELLS GOING.

SO WE, WE ADOPTED THE, UH, EARLY CALIFORNIA SPANISH STYLE ARCHITECTURALLY OFFICIALLY WE UNOFFICIALLY DOING IT DURING THE OLD SPECIFIC PLAN.

BUT THIS, THIS MADE IT PART, PART OF THE PLAN.

AND THEN PART OF THIS PLAN WAS ALSO THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WHICH WAS ME, MEDIAN SIDEWALKS, LANDSCAPING, STREET

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AND THIS KIND OF TIES BACK INTO THE, UH, REDEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT WAS STILL IN PLACE.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET A BOND MONEY TO GET SOME MONEY TO FINANCE SOME OF THESE THINGS.

SO, UM, WE DID LANDSCAPING MEDIANS AT THE FAR ENDS OF THE BOULEVARD.

UM, I'LL SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES OF THOSE IN A MINUTE, BUT BEFORE WE COULD REALLY WIDEN SIDEWALKS AND DO STREET FURNITURE AND ALL THAT STUFF, WE HAD SOME MECHANICAL ISSUES TO DEAL WITH.

SO WE SPENT MOST OF THE MONEY REDOING ALL THE STORM GRAINS.

NOT NOTHING PRETTY THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE, BUT SOMETHING THAT ABSOLUTELY HAD HAD TO BE DONE.

SO AGAIN, SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU GO IN INTO THE FUTURE OF, YOU KNOW, WE WILL, HOW DO YOU SPRUCE IT UP ABOVE GROUND NOW? SO I'VE DIVIDED THIS ZIP INTO EAST AND WEST, AND THAT'S JUST A LIST, WHICH I'M NOT GONNA READ LIST.

I, I LIKE TO SHOW PICTURES BETTER.

SO THIS, SO THIS IS ON THE WEST END.

THIS IS LIKE, UH, FROM BEACH BOULEVARD LOOKING, LOOKING BACK TOWARDS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE CITY.

SO THIS WAS ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE LANDSCAPE MEDIANS IN.

AND A LOT HAPPENED IN THIS AREA.

WE, OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, THE NEWEST THING IS, IS THE CONDOMINIUMS THAT WENT IN, UH, WHICH WAS ALL DILAPIDATED COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.

WE HAD THE OTHER, AT THE OTHER END NEAR IDAHO, WE HAD SOME NICE CONDOMINIUMS GO IN, WHICH WAS, UH, THE RANCH MARKET, WHICH WAS, NEEDED SOME WORK.

AND THEN THIS IS AN INTERESTING PROJECT.

THIS IS ABOUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT TWO SPACE.

AND THIS WAS, IS A, AN APARTMENT BUILDING CALLED CASA NICOLINA.

AND THE REASON IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS BECAUSE WHEN WE BUILT BRIO ACROSS THE STREET OVER HERE, THEY HAD TO GIVE US IN LIEU OF MONEY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND WE USED THAT IN LIEU OF MONEY TO REHAB THIS, THIS BUILDING IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH A PRIVATE DEVELOPER.

SO AGAIN, TOOK AN OLD DILAPIDATED BUILDING AND MADE IT USEFUL FOR ON A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT FRONTS, LOOKED GOOD, AND WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE.

THAT'S, AND THEN, AND THEN THIS WAS A FACADE IMPROVEMENT.

WE DID HEAR CLOSER INTO THE CENTER PART OF TOWN WHEN WE HAD A TAR, A TARGET PROGRAM TO SEE IF WE COULD GET BUSINESSES TO GET INVOLVED WITH THAT.

SO WE HAD A COUPLE, BUT IT WASN'T REALLY, UH, EMBRACED BY THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY THIS DOWN AT THAT OTHER END.

UM, NOW DOWN TOWARDS COSTCO, WE HAD A CHURCH THAT CAME IN AND REMODELED USING THE ARCHITECTURAL THEME.

WE HAD CANNINGS DID A MAJOR REHAB.

WE HAD A, WHERE THE AAA USED TO BE, WE HAD THE, A PRESCHOOL COME IN AND REHAB THAT BUILDING IN FOLLOWING OUR ARCHITECTURAL THEME.

AND, AND THE MOOSE, OR EXCUSE ME, THE, UM, THE SONIC LODGE MASONIC GUYS, THE, THE OTHER S , THE MASON LODGE WAS ABLE TO SPRUCE UP THEIR BUILDING AND MAKE SOME MONEY AT THE SAME TIME, BECAUSE THAT'S A CELL TOWER, A VERY, VERY WELL DISGUISED ONE.

SO WE GOT THE TOWER ELEMENTS GOING AND SOME NICE AWNINGS ON IT.

AND THEN OF COURSE THE ANCHOR AT THAT END OF IS COSTCO.

IF YOU LOOK AT OUR COSTCO THE NEXT TIME YOU GO THERE, LOOK, LOOK CAREFULLY AT THE BUILDING, LOOK AT THE COLORS, LOOK AT THE TEXTURES.

WHEN COSTCO CAME TO SEE US, THEY WERE PROPOSING THE KIND OF STANDING STILL METAL BUILDING.

AND WE, I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE ONLY PERSON OR CITY TO EVER TELL COSTCO, NO, WE, WE DON'T WANT THAT.

THIS IS ON OUR INTERSECTION WHERE IT'S IMPORTANT TO US THAT YOU GUYS TRY TO DO TO BETTER WITH THAT.

AND THEY, AND THEY AGREED THAT THEY COULD DO BETTER AND THEY KIND OF ASKED US WHAT WE LIKED AND THEY WERE SHOWING US SOME PICTURES AND WE SAW ONE IN SANTA BARBARA AND WE GO, WE WANT THAT ONE.

SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE GOT.

ONE THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT SANTA BARBARA STYLE SPANISH ARCHITECTURE.

SO AGAIN, BEEN THERE A LONG TIME.

PEOPLE FORGET IS THINGS HAPPEN INCREMENTALLY.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE ON A MAP, A RED BROUGHT HOW DYNAMIC THE CHANGE HAS BEEN BETWEEN IDAHO STREET AND BEACH BOULEVARD OVER, OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS OR SO.

SO NOW DOWN AT OUR OTHER END, WE'VE HAD SOME SUCCESSES.

AGAIN, WE GOT THE LANDSCAPE MEDIANS IN.

THIS IS, UH, RIGHT THERE BY LOOKING TOWARDS WASHINGTON SCHOOL.

SO THIS WAS ONE OF OUR FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS, UM, WHERE WE LOOKED AT A BUNCH OF INTERESTING DIFFERENT STYLE ARCHITECTS, TEXTURE FOR THE TIME AND TRIED TO MAKE IT A KIND OF A COMBO LOOKING BIZARRE TYPE OF THING WHERE THE BUNCH OF LITTLE STORES, INSTEAD OF ONE BIG GIANT STOREFRONT WE HAD, UH, THIS IS ANOTHER

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AND THIS IS THE CITY DID THIS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WHAT USED TO BE CALLED THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICE.

UH, THEY'RE NOW ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH NEIGHBOR WORKS OF ORANGE COUNTY, BUT STARTED IN LA HARBORS IS NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICE.

UM, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.

BUILT A NICE, UH, BUILDING THERE ON THE, ON THE CORNER BY THE SCHOOL.

THAT'S SIX UNITS, WHICH THE RESIDENTS ALL BUILT.

AND I ADMIT I HELPED TO, I HAD A HAMMER AND SHOVEL AND I WENT TO HELP BUILD THAT ONE.

SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS A FUN PROJECT.

AND THEN DOWN AT THE FAR END WHERE PICK AND SAVE WAS AT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE STARTED ALL OF THIS, EVERYBODY WAS NOT HAPPY TO BE, YOU KNOW, THE PICK AND SAVE CAPITAL AND WE HAD SOME REALLY BAD LOOKING BUILDINGS ON THAT SITE.

SO OVER TIME WE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET A MIX OF NEW TENANTS IN THERE AND SLOWLY REHAB THE CENTER.

SO THIS OUT ON THE CORNER WAS A GAS STATION, UH, WHICH ENDED UP BEING THE STARBUCKS, UM, PICK AND SAVE, WHICH TRANSITIONED INTO BIG LOTS.

THEN ULTIMATELY THEY DID FACADE IMPROVEMENTS AND BECAME HARBOR FREIGHT.

UM, ANOTHER, THIS, ACTUALLY, THIS WAS THE FIRST PROJECT EVER DONE AFTER THE NEW SPECIFIC PLAN WAS ADOPTED, WAS THE, UH, TA DANZA, WHICH THEY TOTALLY EMBRACED THE, THE ARCHITECTURE WE WERE LOOKING FOR.

VERY, VERY NICE BUILDING AND AGAIN, VERY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS.

AND AGAIN, SO THIS IS JUST SHOWING YOU THE BLUE BO THE BLACK, THE RED BOXES SHOWS YOU THE, THESE THINGS I'VE JUST SHOWED YOU PICTURES WITH, I'VE HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE, UH, WASHINGTON SCHOOL, BECAUSE ALSO DURING THIS SAME TIME PERIOD THEY DID A MAJOR OVERHAUL TO, TO THEIR AMPHITHEATER IN THEIR PARKING LOT AND, AND THEIR, AND THEIR LOOK ON THE STREET.

SO AGAIN, LOTS OF STUFF HAVE HAPPENED ALONG THE BOULEVARD AND WE'VE HAD SOME FAIRLY GOOD SUCCESS, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE SOME, SOME GAPS.

WE NEED, NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE DO WITHIN THE FUTURE.

SO IN, IN 2014, WE DID THE GENERAL PLAN AND ONE OF THE KEY ELEMENTS OF THE GENERAL PLAN WAS CREATING MIXED JUICE ZONES TO TRY TO GET A COMBINATION OF SOME LIVE WORK UNIT GOING.

SO, ESPECIALLY LIKE IN LAHABRA BOULEVARD, WE WERE HOPING TO GET THE STOREFRONTS DOWN AT THE LEVEL WITH THE APARTMENTS.

THAT HASN'T HAPPENED YET.

IT, IT, IT COULD, YOU KNOW, IT COULD STILL HAPPEN.

THEN WE HAVE THE, THE CIVIC CENTER MASTER PLAN, WHICH I THINK GO EVERYBODY'S FAMILIAR WITH THE BUILDINGS WE REHABBED HERE.

UM, AGAIN, GREAT PROJECT, GOOD FOR THE DOWNTOWN, GOOD FOR THE SPECIFIC PLANT.

AND THEN ACROSS THE STREET AGAIN, WE GOT A LOT OF NEW CONDOS NOW.

SO YOU'RE SEEING AN AWFUL LOT OF RESIDENTIAL MIXED IN WITH THIS COMMERCIAL, BUT THAT'S HOW YOU GET CUSTOMERS TO BUSINESSES THAT THEY, THEY, THEY LIKE TO BE HOPEFULLY IN WALKING DISTANCE.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

SO AGAIN, THIS SHOWS STUFF THAT HAPPENED IN THE CIVIC CENTER, THE RED BEING WHERE THE CITY SPENT MONEY, THE BLUE BEING PRIVATE MONEY.

SO IN ADDITION TO THE HOUSING, UH, WE HAD THE SHOPPING CENTER OR SHOPPING MALL ACROSS THE STREET HERE, DID A REHAB, AND THEN THIS CAPTURES CANNINGS IN THERE AS WELL.

AND THEN THIS LAYS ON ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WERE DONE IN, IN THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA AND THE BRIO PARK AND THE BRIO NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THEN HERE'S PROJECTS THAT ARE CITIES BOUGHT, THE PROPERTIES FOR FUTURE PROJECTS TO, FOR PUBLIC USE PURPOSES.

DOWN TO THE VERY RIGHT HAND CORNER IS TWO PROJECTS THAT THE COMMISSION APPROVED, UM, WITHIN THE LAST YEAR, AGAIN FOR CONDOMINIUMS, FOR PEOPLE.

AND THIS IS, AGAIN, CLEANING UP DATED INDUSTRIAL SITES THAT, SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET RID OF THE, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT INDUSTRIAL AREA IN THE MIDDLE, MIDDLE OF THE CITY.

SO AGAIN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, QUITE, QUITE A LOT HAS HAPPENED.

AND THIS JUST SHOWS SOME OF THE AREAS IN THE SPECIFIC PLAN WHERE WE'VE CHANGED THE ZONING TO, TO THE MIXED USE AND THE ONES ON THE RIGHT, ALL THE HATCHES OR THE KIND OF THE MIXED USE OR THE HIGH DENSITY.

BUT WHAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT ON THIS ONE IS WE DIDN'T JUST DO WITHIN THE SPECIFIC PLUM BOUNDARIES, OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES, WE DID A NUMBER OF ZONE CHANGES TO RESIDENTIAL.

AND IN THE FUTURE, UM, YOU, YOU MAY WANNA CONSIDER EXPANDING THE BOUNDARIES OF

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AND THEN, UH, JUST THE LAST QUICKIE HERE IS WE DID SOME STREET SMART MASTER PLAN.

AND THIS, I LIKED THIS EXAMPLE CUZ THIS SHOWS LIKE A MIN MIN BLOCK CROSSING, WHICH WOULD CONNECT THE CIVIC CENTER HERE ACROSS THE STREET TO THE LIBRARY TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEDESTRIANS GETTING BACK, BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE STREET.

AND THE PLAN, YOU KNOW, INCLUDES ALL KINDS OF A TOOLBOX OF THINGS YOU CAN DO BULB OUTS AND REDUCING PARKING OR REDUCING LANES.

AND AGAIN, SOME OF THOSE THINGS THE COUNCIL WILL BE LOOKING AT IN THE FUTURE.

UM, THIS IS KIND OF THE EXPANDED VIEW OF IT, BUT WITH IT ALSO FORGET, DON'T FORGET ABOUT EUCLID, CUZ WE HAVE AN AWFUL LOT OF PUBLIC FACILITIES ON, ON EUCLID AND THEY'RE PART IN AND PART OUT OF THE SPECIFIC PLAN AREA.

BUT AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO TIE EVERYTHING TOGETHER INTO THE, INTO THE CIVIC CENTER.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO NEXT, .

SO ANY, ANY QUESTIONS OR, UH, ROY, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU.

YOU'VE BEEN WITH US NEARLY 40 YEARS AND YOU HAD A BIG HAND IN ALL THIS STUFF THAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED OVER THE YEARS, AND PARTICULARLY WITH THIS BUILDING.

I MEAN, YOU WERE THE THRIVING FORCE BEHIND THIS DAY IN TO DAY OUT.

I'D SEE YOU WALKING BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH, AND REALLY SIGNIFICANTLY MADE A DIFFERENCE IN PARTICULARLY WITH, WITH THIS CITY HALL.

AND YOU'RE JUST, UH, A SUPERSTAR AND HAVE JUST DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB.

AND I KNOW WE'RE GONNA HONOR YOU A LITTLE BIT LATER ON, BUT THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THOSE KIND WORDS.

I WANNA SAY TOO, THAT IF WE DECIDE TO GIVE YOU SADD ROSA'S OFFICE, WOULD YOU STAY FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS? ? NO.

, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER WELL, WELL WITH ALLIANCE CLUB BEFORE THAT.

BUT WHEN I FIRST GOT APPOINTED TO THE PLANET COMMISSION IN 2006, YOU WERE THERE AND YOU'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, I FEEL A PART OF MY LIFE EVER SINCE.

AND, UH, I'M GONNA MISS YOU TREMENDOUSLY BECAUSE I HATE TO SEE THIS KIND OF INTENSE BRAIN DRAIN SUCH INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE AND INSIGHT OVER ALL THESE YEARS.

YOU, YOU POSSESS A TREASURE TROVE OF, OF EXPERTISE, NOT JUST IN YOUR, YOUR FIELD, BUT AS IT PERTAINS TO SPECIFICALLY THE CITY OF LAHABRA.

AND, UH, IT'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, MASSIVE SHOES TO FILL.

AND I'M GONNA, I KNOW I'M GONNA SEE ALL THE TIME YOU'RE GONNA BE AROUND TOWN, BUT I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE AND I KNOW AS MY PHONE NUMBER, SO EXACTLY.

BUT I'M JUST SAYING THE CITY IS, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE A TOUGHER JOB FOR ALL OF US WITHOUT YOU.

THAT'S ALL I WANNA SAY RIGHT NOW.

WELL,

[2. RECOGNITION OF DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ROY RAMSLAND UPON HIS RETIREMENT AND 37 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE CITY OF LA HABRA]

SO IF I CAN HAVE EVERYBODY JOIN ME DOWN, YOU LIKE THAT FAVOR? YES, PLEASE.

WELL, ROY, I'LL, UH, I'LL ECHO MY COLLEAGUE SENTIMENTS.

UH, YOU AND I HAVE NOT KNOWN EACH OTHER THAT LONG, UH, BUT, UH, 37 YEARS IS A LONG TIME, I'LL TELL YOU THAT.

AND WHAT IS THAT? UH, 1985? I GUESS THAT, UH, THAT EQUATES TOO.

YEAH.

UM, I WILL SAY I WILL MISS YOU.

I WILL MISS YOU HERE AT CITY HALL, YOUR EXPERTISE, YOUR INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE.

SURE.

UH, BUT, UH, I HAVE A FEELING I'M GONNA SEE YOU THAT MUCH MORE OFTEN OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE FOR THOSE OUT THERE THAT DON'T KNOW ROY, HE IS, UH, A STAPLE IN THE COMMUNITY OF SORTS.

AND THAT, UH, YOU ARE ALSO A LION.

UH, AND, UH, I PERSONALLY, AND OF COURSE, OUR CITY COUNCIL HAS A, UH, GREAT RESPECT.

WE REVERE THE LIONS, WE REVERE YOU AND YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY, UH, BOTH PROFESSIONALLY AND PERSONALLY.

SO WE THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND, UH, WANTED TO ISSUE YOU A, UH, A PROCLAMATION, UH, ONE, UH, AND I'M NOT SURE IF, IS THERE GONNA BE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM, UH, FROM CONGRESSWOMAN KIM'S OFFICE? IF NOT, NO.

OKAY.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

THEN I WILL, UH, I WILL DO, UH, OUR DEAR CONGRESSWOMAN, AS MUCH JUSTICE AS POSSIBLE WITH THIS, AND, UH, PRESENT YOU WITH A, UH, PROCLAMATION FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESENTED TO ROY RAMSON IN HONOR OF YOUR RETIREMENT FROM THE CONGRESSWOMAN.

SO WE WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT, THAT FOR ROY, TAKE A PICTURE NEXT, A, UH, A SMALL PROCLAMATION FROM US.

SO IN RECOGNITION OF, UH, OF ROY RAMSEN.

AND, UH, I WILL, UH, I WILL READ OFF OF A, A FEW THINGS HERE.

SO, UH, ROY RAMSEN BEGAN AN OUT ASTOUNDING CAREER IN COMMUTER AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CITY OF LA HARBOR AS A PLANNING INTERN IN

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AND BASED ON HIS PERFORMANCES, ROY WAS LATER PROMOTED TO THE POSITIONS OF ASSISTANT PLANNER, ASSOCIATE PLANNER, SENIOR PLANNER, PLANNING MANAGER, AND THEN TO HIS CURRENT POSITION AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, SO ON AND SO FORTH.

I'LL SKIP OVER TO ANOTHER ONE.

ROY WAS INSTRUMENTAL AND I WANT EVERYBODY OUT THERE TO, TO LISTEN TO THIS.

AND, UH, ROY WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN APPROVING THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS, PALM COURT SHOPPING CENTER, LAHABRA MARKETPLACE, WESTRIDGE PLAZA, WESTRIDGE GOLF COURSE, COSTCO, HOME DEPOT, ALBERTSON'S, IMPERIAL PROMENADE, VALENTINA APARTMENTS, WALMART, SAM'S CLUB, AND NORTHGATE MARKET, AND OF COURSE, ROY'S INVOLVEMENT APPROVAL.

THESE PROJECTS HAVE ENHANCED THE COMMUNITY, INCREASED PROPERTY VALUES, AND THEREBY INSURED QUALITY DEVELOPMENT IN LAHARA FOR YEARS TO COME.

ROY'S BEEN HONORED AS THE CITY OF LAJA EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR, RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AS CITIZEN OF THE YEAR.

AND ROY HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN MANY LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN LAHABRA, INCLUDING SERVING AS CHAIRMAN OF H B I C AND HIS PRESIDENT OF LAHABRA HOST LYONS CLUB.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE A PROCLAIMED THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAHABRA DOES HERE BY COMMAND ROY RAMSON FOR HIS EXEMPLARY SERVICE AND COMMITMENT TO THE CITY OF LAHABRA DURING HIS 37 YEAR CAREER IN COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND WISH HIM SUCCESS IN ALL OF HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS, DATED THIS THIRD DAY OF OCTOBER, 2022.

ROY, THERE'S YOUR PROCLAMATION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND OF COURSE, A, UH, A PLAQUE.

ROY RAMSAY.

EXCUSE ME, ROY RAMSAY, CAN YOU JUST, CAN WE JUST CALL YOU RAMSEY FROM NOW ON? SURE.

I APOLOGIZE, ROY, IT'S RAMSEN.

SORRY, FOLKS.

DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GRATEFUL APPRECIATION FOR OVER 37 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF LAHABRA.

FEBRUARY 14TH, VALENTINE'S DAY OF 1985 TO OCTOBER 7TH, 2022.

SO WE STILL HAVE YOU FOR FOUR MORE DAYS, AND, UH, YOU KNOW WHAT? JIM'S OFFICE IS UP THERE.

UH, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL THROW IN A SECOND TV.

YEAH.

AND MAYBE ACCESS TO THE LIFE FEED OF, UH, OF, UH, INTERSECTIONS HERE IN LAHABRA.

OH, WOW.

THERE YOU GO.

I SEE THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING.

ROY, CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

OH, NO SPEECH.

I'LL CRY.

, I'VE GOT TISSUE.

OH, NO, THAT'S, IT'S, IT'S JUST, IT'S BEEN A GREAT RIDE.

NO PLACE OUTSIDE, WOULD'VE RATHER SPENT MY TIME, SO THANK YOU.

RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

WE APPRECIATE YOU.

THANK YOU.

YEP, DEFINITELY.

OH, I THINK WE SHOULD CALL THE MEETING AFTER THAT.

I DON'T THINK WE COULD FOLLOW, FOLLOW ANYTHING UP AFTER, UH, AFTER ROY.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'LL, EH, NOT YET.

ALL RIGHT.

MOVING

[ 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.]

WHEN ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL, PLEASE COMPLETE A SPEAKER'S CARD BEFORE LEAVING THE COUNCIL CHAMBER.

GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE RECEIVED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GOVERNED BODY MEETING, LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES.

AND FOR ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS, UNLESS OTHERWISE, MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR OR CHAIR SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR ALONE 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 COMMON PORTION OF THE MEETING ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM OF CITY BUSINESS NOT APPEARING ON THE SCHEDULED AGENDA.

PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 4 0.3 A SUCH COMMENTS SHALL NOT BE RESPONDED DUE BY THE GOVERNING BODY DURING THE MEETING.

AND, UH, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

IF YOU PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY UP TO THE, UH, PODIUM.

CAN YOU JUST, UH, GIVE US YOUR NAME, PLEASE? THANK YOU, MAYOR MADRANO AND, UH, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU TONIGHT.

MY NAME IS BRAND MCDONALD.

I AM A RESIDENT, UH, OF THE FRIENDLY VILLAGE COMMUNITY.

WE, I'M HERE WITH SOME OF MY FRIENDS HERE.

WE ARE NEIGHBORS, UH, HOMEOWNERS AT THAT COMMUNITY.

AND, UM, THE REASON WE'RE HERE IS TO EXPRESS OUR GROWING CONCERN AND FEAR OVER THESE EXPLOSIONS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE RIGHT OUTSIDE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND NOTHING BEING DONE ABOUT IT.

WE'VE BEEN ENDURING THIS FOR OVER A YEAR.

IT'S NOT BEING TAKEN SERIOUSLY.

WE CALL IT IN TO DISPATCH AND THEY TELL US ALL BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE MANPOWER OR WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES.

YOU CAN'T TELL ME THAT IN TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY.

I MEAN, YOU

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IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT THERE AT THE CORNER OF IDAHO AND LAMBERT.

SO WE ARE LIVING IN FEAR, WE ARE BEING TERRORIZED, AND, UM, AND WE, WE JUST SEE THIS AS A, AS A GROWING PROBLEM BECAUSE WE KEEP GETTING TOLD THAT IT'S ILLEGAL FIREWORKS.

IT'S NOT ILLEGAL FIREWORKS, OKAY? SOMEONE IS EXPERIMENTING WITH EXPLOSIVES BECAUSE IT IS GETTING WORSE AND WORSE, IS IT NOT? THE OTHER DAY, A PICTURE FELL OFF OF MY WALL, THE WINDOWS IN MY HOUSE RATTLED.

AND THEY CAN ATTEST TO THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE EXPERIENCING THE SAME THINGS.

OKAY? SO SOMEONE IS EXPERIMENTING WITH EXPLOSIVES AND WHERE'S IT GONNA GO? OKAY? THERE IS WHAT WE SEE HERE, AN IMPENDING POTENTIAL PROBLEM THAT'S GONNA CAUSE HARM TO PROPERTY AND LIFE AT SOME POINT IF SOMETHING ISN'T DONE ABOUT IT.

OKAY? SO, UM, WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST STARTING TO FEEL LIKE AT THIS POINT, LIKE, LAHABRA IS NOT A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE.

OKAY? SO THESE KIND OF, SOMETHING LIKE THIS NEEDS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY, OKAY? SO THIS TIME THERE'S ONLY A FEW OF US HERE, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING AFFECTED BY THIS.

EVERYBODY IN THE VICINITY OF LAMBERT AND IDAHO IS AFFECTED.

THEY'RE JUST NOT HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE NO ONE TELLS 'EM, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY SHOULD BE.

OKAY.

SO LET ME KNOW IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I NEED TO DO FURTHER FOR YOU TO TAKE THIS MORE SERIOUSLY.

OKAY? IF I NEED TO GET MORE PEOPLE HERE, LET ME KNOW.

I CAN GET A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE BEING AFFECTED BY THIS.

SO, UM, AND DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THE NOISE FROM THE VEHICLES WITH THE ILLEGAL EXHAUST THAT ARE SCO FREE.

EVEN, EVEN JUST NOW LISTENING TO YOU SPEAK, I HAD A HARD TIME HEARING YOU WITH THAT GOING BY.

I KNOW IT'S BEEN A WHILE, A LONG TIME.

MOTORCYCLES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A RIGHT TO LIVE WITH REASON AND REASONABLE PEACE IN OUR HOMES IN CALIFORNIA AND MOTORCYCLES.

WE'VE ALWAYS LIVED WITH THAT, BUT IT'S NOT EVEN THAT NOW, NOW, IT'S NOW IT'S CARS WITH HUGE VA ENGINES WITH NO EXHAUST WHATSOEVER, WIDE OPEN EXHAUST, AND THEY'RE DOING IT AT ALL TIMES OF NIGHT.

AND I SEE THEM GOING RIGHT BY POLICE CAR UNITS, UNCHECKED.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT.

OR, AND WHY THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO THIS WHEN IT'S JUST AS SIMPLE, SIMPLE AS PULLING SOMEBODY OVER, GIVING THEM A FIXIT TICKET, OKAY? THERE ARE CITIES THAT HAVE IMPLEMENTED QUIET ZONES, PLACENCIA, EVEN IN WITTIER, BUT LAJA IS WIDE OPEN FOR, FOR NOISE.

NOW, I KNOW THAT MOST OF YOU PROBABLY ARE NOT AFFECTED BY IT.

YOU MAY HAVE HOMES THAT ARE SET OFF FROM THE STREET.

WE ARE NOT IN THAT CATEGORY, AND WE LIVE RIGHT ON LAMBERT, AND WE, AND WE'RE JUST A HUNDRED FEET AWAY FROM, FROM THAT NOISE, AND IT'S ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT.

BUT ANYWAY, THE REAL REASON HERE FOR ME, FOR US BEING HERE IS ABOUT THE EXPLOSIONS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE.

AND WE HOPE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY AND TAKE IT UP WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.

OKAY? THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

THANK YOU, SIR.

AND, UH, IN RESPONSE TO THAT, YES, UH, WE DO SHARE YOUR CONCERN.

WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS I'M GONNA REFER YOU OVER TO OUR CHIEF OF POLICE, ADAM FOSTER.

HE'S GONNA GET UP IN A MINUTE, AND IF YOU CAN PLEASE TALK TO HIM.

OKAY? AND, UH, PLEASE FOLLOW UP WITH US, UH, WHETHER IT BE BY EMAIL OR HOWEVER ELSE IT IS A CONCERN.

I'M A POLICE OFFICER AS WELL, NOT HERE IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY.

UH, AND, UH, I, I KNOW I GET IT, MODIFIED EXHAUST, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

BUT I'LL HAVE YOU, UH, I'LL HAVE YOU, UH, TALK TO OUR CHIEF AND, UH, AND GET THE BALL ROLLING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE YOU AND EVERYBODY ELSE'S ATTENDANCE HERE THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU.

ON BEHALF OF OUR COUNCIL.

MAY I MAY I ALSO SAY THAT I, I LIVE CLOSE TO THERE AS WELL.

OKAY.

I LIVE OFF OF MONTE VISTA, SO I DON'T LIVE IN A REMOTE AREA.

OKAY? I'M YOUR NEIGHBOR.

AND I HEARD THE LAST ONE WAS THE HUGEST ONE.

I HAD YEAH.

EVER HEARD.

I GOT CALLS THAT EVENING.

IT WAS AT ONE OR TWO IN THE MORNING.

USUALLY HAPPENS AROUND THAT HOUR OF THE MORNING.

IT RANDOMLY HAPPENS.

YOU CAN'T, I, I'VE SAT OUT THERE HOPING THE FOLLOWING DAY THAT I COULD SEE WHERE THAT WAS BEING SHOT FROM.

ACTUALLY,

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I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT WHERE THEY'RE HAPPENING.

THEY'RE HAPPENING RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL FROM MY HOME.

OKAY? AND, UM, AND IT'S NOT IN THE, IT'S NOT HAPPENING IN THE AIR.

IT'S HAPPENING AT GROUND LEVEL.

AH, OKAY.

IT WAS, UH, IT COULD BE, WE HAVE HEARD, WE HAVE HEARD A VEHICLE LEAVING THE, THE, THE LEAVING THE AREA, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, FAST.

UM, OKAY, SO WE THINK THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT STOPS AND DOES THIS AND, AND THEN GETS AWAY REAL QUICK.

AND WHY THEY'RE DOING IT RIGHT THERE, I DON'T KNOW.

MAYBE THEY'RE DOING IT IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY, BUT IT'S FOR SURE HAPPENING.

IT ONLY HAPPENS IN THAT AREA THAT I KNOW OF.

YEAH.

SO I, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN GET THIS PARTICULAR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE DOING THIS.

SO OUR, OUR CONCERN IS THAT IF, IF SOMETHING LIKE THIS GOES OFF RIGHT, RIGHT ON IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSES, YES.

IN, IN, ON OUR STREET, I MEAN, AT, AT ONE, AT WHAT POINT, HOW LARGE WILL ONE OF THESE EXPLOSIONS BECOME? I MEAN, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE CREATING A PRETTY LARGE CONCUSSION.

YEAH.

OKAY.

AND TO WHERE IT'S RATTLING THINGS IN OUR HOMES, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY.

THIS IS A HOMELAND SECURITY PROBLEM.

IT'S BECOMING THAT WAY.

OKAY.

SO, UM, ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE'LL LOOK AT IT, SIR.

NOW, AND JUST TO, TO GO OFF OF THAT, ACTUALLY, IT'S NOW CLICKING TO MY MIND.

LAST NIGHT I WAS UP, UH, UP AT, UH, THE WEST RIDGE HILLS AREA, AND HE RESIDENT APPROACHED ME ABOUT A, ABOUT ONE OF THE LOUDEST EXPLOSIONS THEY'VE EVER HEARD THIS LAST WEEKEND.

AND I, AND I, I, I DID NOT KNOW, AND HE WAS TELLING ME HE WAS DESCRIBING IT.

AND, UH, I SAID THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M, I'M NOT SURE.

HE WAS TELLING ME, OH, MAYBE IT WAS AT THE RAILROAD TRACKS IN FULLERTON, BECAUSE HE SOMETIMES HEARS THE LOCOMOTIVES FROM THEIR HILL OVER ON THE OTHER SIDE.

WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW, BUT NOW THAT YOU'RE SAYING THIS, AND OF COURSE, MY COLLEAGUE MM-HMM.

, I'M, UH, REGARDLESS, I'M CONCERNED WHEN YOU TELL US, BUT IT'S, I'M JUST PUTTING TWO AND TWO TOGETHER, SO, GOTCHA.

AGAIN, IF YOU WILL, PLEASE JUST, UH, SPEAK WITH OUR CHIEF.

OKAY? THANK YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY.

AND OF COURSE, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

BE LETTING ME BE HEARD.

OF COURSE.

APPRECIATE YOU.

WE HAD A, UH, SECOND PERSON AS WELL TO FILL THAT, A COMMON CARD, OR EXCUSE ME, A PUBLIC SPEAKING CARD, SOMEONE COMING UP TO SPEAK.

THAT'S ME.

YES, SIR.

HI, MY NAME IS ROBERT HATCHER.

UM, AND IF ROY IS STILL HERE, I WISH YOU WERE THE GUY I WAS DEALING WITH ON SOME OF THIS, AND I'M REALLY SORRY TO SAY THAT.

UM, I'M, I'M HERE TO ASK FOR THE CITY COUNCIL'S HELP.

UM, FOR 30 YEARS, THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR 30 YEARS.

THE CITY OF LAHABRA HAS NOT BEEN IN COMPLIANCE WITH IT TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S NOW AFFECTING A BUNCH OF PEOPLE.

AND ONE OF THEM IS VERY CLOSE TO ME, SOMEONE THAT IS SEVERELY DISABLED.

NOW, I HAVE SPENT THE LAST SIX MONTHS DEALING WITH PEOPLE AT CITY HALL AND TWO PEOPLE SITTING UP THERE RIGHT NOW WHO HAVE DONE NOTHING EXCEPT MAKE IT HARDER.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LAW IS.

THEY'VE APPOINTED SOMEONE WHO'S NOT TRAINED, WHO DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE ROLE IS, WHO DOESN'T RESPOND.

WE PUT IN REQUESTS VIA THE PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS.

THEY DON'T USE THE SYSTEM.

THEY TRY TO GO AROUND IT.

WE HAVE OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE JUST IGNORED THIS, LIKE, IT'S NO BIG DEAL.

NOW, I DON'T THINK THAT CAN CONTINUE.

I THINK THAT LEAVES A BIG PROBLEM FOR YOU BECAUSE THE CITY OF TERRANCE DID THE SAME THING, COST THEM OVER $400,000.

WE DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN IN THE CITY OF LA HARBOR.

WE HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES.

THEY NEED TO GO TO THE PEOPLE HERE.

NOW, AS AN EXAMPLE, YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT A SMALL CITY LIKE THE CITY OF CARPENTER WHO HAS EMBRACED THIS 30 YEARS AGO AND DID WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO.

YOU CAN GO TO THEIR WEBSITE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY HAVE AN ADA 5 0 4 COORDINATOR.

YOU CAN SEE WHAT THEIR PROCESS IS.

YOU CAN SEE THEIR FORM, YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY RESOLVE PROBLEMS. YOU CAN GO TO A CITY OF 4 MILLION LIKE LOS ANGELES AND SEE WHERE THEY HAVE ENTIRE DEPARTMENTS TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

LA HASN'T HAD A SINGLE PERSON UNTIL, I GUESS JULY.

YOU FINALLY PUT SOMEONE IN THE END OF JULY WHO DOESN'T HAVE A CLUE AND DOESN'T RESPOND.

SO AT THIS POINT, THERE'S TWO THINGS.

THERE'S ONE, LAHABRA NEEDS TO GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER, AND I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION, NOT PART OF THE PROBLEM.

AND SECOND IS, THERE'S AN INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS A NEED THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

AND SO WHAT I'M ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL IS FOR SOMEONE FROM THE CITY COUNCIL TO SIT DOWN WITH MYSELF AND MR. SARTO OVER THERE TO RESOLVE THIS, BOTH FOR THAT PERSON AND FOR THE CITY.

THANK YOU VERY WELL, SIR.

AND, UH, WHAT WHAT WE'LL DO IS, UH, WE'LL HAVE OUR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE

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WE HAVE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION, I'M ASSUMING YOU DO.

YES, SIR.

AND, UH, WE'LL, UH, WE'LL GET WITH YOU AND SEE WHAT, UH, WHAT ISSUES CAN BE RESOLVED.

IT'S UP THE ESSENCE HERE.

THIS IS REALLY AFFECTING OUR LIFE.

OKAY? SO I EXPECT SOMETHING PRETTY SOON, AND WHEN I ASK FOR THINGS AND PEOPLE JUST CONTINUE TO IGNORE IT AND JUST THINK IT'S NO BIG DEAL, OR THEY MINIMIZE IT, THAT BECOMES A PROBLEM.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

IS THAT IT FOR, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR JOSE MADRANO AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

GOOD EVENING, MARIE.

I SAT THERE AND DEBATED WHETHER OR NOT I WOULD ADDRESS THIS CONCERN THAT I HAVE, BUT AFTER HEARING SOME OF THE OTHER SPEAKERS, I THOUGHT, OH, NO, NO, THIS REALLY DOES NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME THANK YOU FOR BEING AT THE STATE OF THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE ADDRESS THAT YOU, UM, PRESENTED.

AND FOR ALL THE, THE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS GOING ON FOR IN LAHABRA, THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND GOOD THINGS.

UM, WHERE MY CONCERN GREW WAS WHEN THERE WAS A LITTLE EXCHANGE OF WORDS IN THE FOOD LINE.

BY NO MEANS HAVE I EVER THOUGHT THAT I NEEDED SECURITY AT A STATE OF THE COMMUNITY OR ANY OTHER EVENT THAT I'VE HOSTED SIT THE CITRUS FIELD FAIR IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT BALLGAME, AND I'M NOT REFERRING TO THAT, BUT OUR LITTLE SMALL EVENTS, UM, I'VE NEVER CONSIDERED HAVING SOMEBODY POLICING THE CONVERSATIONS AND THE COMMENTS THAT ARE MADE.

I, UM, AS I'M SURE, UH, COUNCILMAN JAMES GOMEZ AND MR. SADRO AND, UM, WOULD ATTEST TO I DESIRE PROFESSIONAL, WELCOMING, NON-THREATENING EVENTS, AND I DON'T TOLERATE PEOPLE BEING DISRESPECTFUL TO ONE ANOTHER.

AND IT REALLY CONCERNED ME.

AND I, I FORMALLY APOLOGIZED TO, TO TIM SHAW AND TO OUR, UM, BOARD MEMBER BRIAN, THAT I HAD JUST INTRODUCED TIM TO OUR, UM, BOARD MEMBER.

AND, UM, IT, IT REALLY DID BOTHER ME.

AND SO WHEN I APPROACHED HIM, UH, MR. MAYOR ABOUT IT, YOU COMMENTED THAT YOU DON'T TAKE PRIORITIES OVER.

IT WASN'T, IT MIGHT NOT BE THAT WORD, BUT IT WAS SOMETHING TO, IN THAT LINE, I COULDN'T REALLY QUOTE YOU.

IT ALL HAPPENED SO QUICKLY.

AND, UM, OVER CITIZENS AND OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE IN ATTENDANCE, WHICH I WAS NOT AWARE OF, I HAVE ALWAYS CONDUCTED AS THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN TO RIBBON CUTTINGS AND OTHER EVENTS, KNOW THAT I TRY TO CONDUCT OURSELVES, OOPS.

I DROPPED MY PEN, CONDUCT OURSELVES IN, UM, ORDER OF ELECTED OFFICIALS TO CITY COUNCIL AND IN PRIORITY IN PRIORITIZING THOSE, UM, TITLES.