Mar 20, 2023 City Council

RICHARD D. JONES AND STEVE SIMONIAN.

WILL OUR CITY CLERK PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

THERE ARE NO ABSENCES.

ARE THERE ANY CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENTS MR. JONES? THERE, THERE, THERE ARE NONE.

AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GONNA RECOGNIZE, UH, LAHABRA OFFICER CAMILLE, UH, FLING FUSS FOR HEREDIC EFFORTS THIS MORNING WITH THE RESCUE OF AN 87 YEAR OLD FEMALE FROM A BIRDING, UH, HOUSE.

I'D LIKE TO HAVE, UM, CAPTAIN MILLER, COME TO THE FRONT, PLEASE.

AND I MUNCHED UP THAT NAME TERRIBLY.

UM, SO YOU CAN JUST, I'M SORRY, SAY IT AGAIN.

CLEAN FIST.

THAT'S SOMEBODY'S RELATIVE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

UH, SO LAST ONE, LAST NIGHT.

UH, ABOUT ABOUT FOUR.

CAN YOU GIVE HIM A MICROPHONE, PLEASE? OH, CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YES.

SO, UH, AROUND LAST NIGHT, BETWEEN FOUR AND FOUR 30 IN THE MORNING, UM, WE GOT A CALL OF A HOUSE THAT WAS, UH, ON FIRE, A STRUCTURE, STRUCTURE FIRE.

UH, AT THAT TIME, UH, OFFICERS ARRIVED ON SCENE.

OFFICER KFI WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ARRIVE ON SCENE WITH, UH, CORPORAL GONZALEZ.

AND, UH, WE WERE GETTING REPORTS THAT THERE WERE STILL A, UH, ELDERLY LADY INSIDE THE HOUSE.

UH, TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, OFFICER KLAUS WENT INSIDE THE HOUSE, FOUND THE ELDERLY LADY.

SHE WAS 87 YEARS OLD.

SHE HAD SOME DEMENTIA, AND, UH, WENT INSIDE, INSIDE THE HOUSE AND PULLED HER OUTSIDE THE HOUSE.

UM, FROM WHAT I HEARD IS YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF SMOKING INHALATION.

CORRECT.

ALL RIGHT.

WHY DON'T YOU COME UP HERE? SO, SO WE HAVE SOMEONE HERE FROM THE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

MY NAME'S JASON ROBERTSON, ACTING ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF FOR DIVISION FOUR, WHICH SERVICES THE CITY OF LAHABRA.

SO FIREFIGHTERS, THEY ALSO HAVE HEROES.

AND THOSE HEROES ARE OUR POLICE OFFICERS FROM OUR LOCAL POLICE AGENCIES AND SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

THIS TRULY WAS A LIFE-SAVING EFFORT BY OFFICER CLVI, AND SHE DID SAVE A LIFE OF AN 87 YEAR OLD WOMAN AND IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

SO, ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THIS RECOGNITION TO OFFICER KLING FUS IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR HEROIC EFFORTS.

THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES HEREBY COMMEND YOU FOR THE SWIFT ACTIONS AND LIFESAVING SKILLS IN BRAVING THE FIRE CONDITIONS BY GOING INSIDE A BURNING HOUSE AND PULLING OUT AN 87 YEAR OLD FEMALE TO SAFETY.

SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AT ABOUT, UH, FIVE 15 THIS MORNING, I GOT A WAKE UP CALL LETTING ME KNOW ABOUT THE, THE FIRE ON COFAQ, AND I DROVE OVER THERE AT ABOUT, UH, EIGHT 15 THIS MORNING.

AND THAT THING IS COMPLETELY ENGULFED FROM THE, FROM THE GARAGE ON OVER AND ON BEHALF OF THE LA HARBOR CITY COUNCIL, WE DON'T HAVE ANY AWARDS YET, BUT WE'RE GONNA WORK ON HIM, GET YOU A REAL NICE ONE PUT TOGETHER.

BUT THAT'S SOMEBODY'S MOM.

AND YOU JUST DID A HEROIC JOB.

AND WE THANK GOD THAT YOU WERE THERE TO BE ABLE TO SAVE THIS PERSON'S LIFE.

AND WE COMMEND YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEART.

WE, WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH WORDS TO EXPRESS HOW THANKFUL WE ARE FOR YOU TO PUT YOUR OWN LIFE, UH, ON THE LINE FOR THAT.

AND THE ENTIRE, UM, THAT ENTIRE COMMUNITY REALLY, THAT COULD HAVE GONE REALLY MORE CRAZY.

BUT YOU SAVED A LIFE AND GOD KNOWS, UM, YOU

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HAD, YOU WERE GUARDIAN, ANGEL AT THE RIGHT TIME AT THE RIGHT PLACE.

SO WE COMMEND YOU.

WE THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

WELL, I REALLY THINK THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT, SO I THINK MY ENTIRE TEAM NEED TO BE, UH, RECOGNIZED AS WELL.

UM, UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I THINK OFF, UH, CORPORAL GONZALEZ, UH, SHE WAS A VOICE THAT KIND OF LED ME OUTTA THE HOUSE.

UH, SO I SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THE REST OF THE TEAM AS WELL, UM, EVACUATING ALL THE HOUSES, UM, WITH ALL THE CHAOS THAT WAS THERE AS WELL.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR TION AS WELL.

UH, JUST GUIDING US.

YOU DID ALL THE WORK.

NOW IS THE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS PORTION OF THE AGENDA.

AND YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND IT'S HER BIRTHDAY TOMORROW, SO IF WE CAN ALL PLEASE SING.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY .

READY, ONE, TWO, THREE.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR OFFICER KALINA , HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU AGAIN.

UH, ON BEHALF OF A HALL COMMUNITY, MY GOODNESS, WE ARE JUST SO VERY PROUD OF YOU.

TAKE THOUSANDS OF LIVES.

MYSELF.

I KNOW WE NEED TO MOVE THE DEVIN THE PODIUM

[ 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 LAHABRA 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 MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES FOR ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS.

UNLESS OTHERWISE, MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR OR CHAIR SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOAN TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.

AND HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNSEL, I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT AN EMAIL PUBLIC COMMENT WAS RECEIVED TODAY FROM LAHABRA RESIDENT DR.

SUSAN PRITCHARD, AND ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE PROVIDED WITH A COPY OF THAT PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, RHONDA.

AT THIS TIME I'LL OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ANYBODY WISHING TO ADDRESS LA HARBOR CITY COUNCIL? PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

ANYBODY WISHING TO COME FORWARD JUST WHEN WE DO OUR COMMENTS, THE CARD? YES, ABSOLUTELY.

UNLESS IT'S A NON AGENDAS ITEM, HOPES, UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA THAT YOU SPECIFICALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT, IF IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.

NO, I MENTIONED EARLIER, I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE SPEED BUMPS OFF OF RANDALL STREET IN LAHABRA.

UM, I WANTED TO TALK TWO THINGS, BUT I'M ONLY, UH, DO ONE ABOUT THE SPEED HUMS AND ALSO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT.

THERE'LL BE ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL TALKS ABOUT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT.

WE WERE, UH, A NON INCORPORATED WHEN WE GOT INCORPORATED THE CITY OF LAHABRA.

I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THESE SPEED BUMPS SINCE ABOUT ABOUT EIGHT YEARS.

TALKED TO THE OTHER MAYOR ABOUT THIS.

HE LIVES IN THE SAME AREA.

UH, TALKED TO MICHAEL EARLIER.

SO HE'S, HE'S GONNA SAVE A LOT OF THE TIME.

I WOULD TAKE UP RIGHT NOW.

THAT HE'S CHANGING THAT I WANTED TO GO TO SPECIFIC STREETS RATHER THAN NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT HE SAID WE ARE ON A LIST FOR THE NEXT BATCH OF SPEED HUMS. SO I WON'T WASTE YOUR TIME OR THE CITIZENS TIME WITH THIS, BUT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS, UH, TRIED TO BE PROACTIVE, I DON'T KNOW, FROM, UH, 2011.

AND I DON'T HAVE, MY KIDS ARE ALL GROWN UP AND GONE NOW, BUT OUR STREET NOW HAS ALL NEW INDIVIDUALS AND THEY'VE ALL SIGNED, I'VE SHOWED MICHAEL ON THAT.

I HAVE THE PETITION WITH EVERYBODY'S NAME ON THERE TO GET THIS DONE.

AND I'M ONLY HOPING THAT SPEAKING TO YOU GUYS, WE COULD GET OUR AREA DONE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.

AND I HAVE A LETTER ON RECORD THAT YOU COULD READ.

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IF YOU COULD SUBMIT THAT PAPERWORK TO RHONDA OVER HERE, OUR CITY, OUR ACTING CITY CLERK.

THAT'D BE GREAT.

AND, UH, TO MAKE ONE THING CLEAR, YOU NEVER WASTE OUR TIME BY COMING HERE.

WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME OUTTA YOUR BUSY SCHEDULE.

ALL RIGHT.

TO MAKE US AWARE OF THAT.

AND WE'LL BE IN CONTACT WITH MICHAEL PLOTNIK AS WELL.

IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE AS WELL.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.

NEXT SPEAKER WANTING TO COME AND ADDRESS SL HARBOR CITY COUNCIL.

WELCOME.

AND CAN YOU JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? GIVE ME ONE SECOND.

LET ME POST OR PUT DOWN WHAT I HAVE AS FAR AS EVIDENCE BASED ON EXHIBIT, LET'S SAY ONE, TWO, AND THREE TOWARDS THE HARBOR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THE DAY IN QUESTION WAS 0 3 1 4 23.

I WAS WRONGFULLY DETAINED BY THE YOUNG LADY THAT WAS GIVEN A PLAQUE OR AN AWARD.

THE OTHER MAN THAT JUST LEFT ANTONIO WAS ANOTHER ONE.

I HAVE IT ON VIDEO AND I SEND IT OVER TO YOU OFFICIALS BEFORE THIS MEETING.

I ASKED FOR MY MEDICINE DURING THAT TIME, OVER AND OVER WHILE I WAS DETAINED.

I WAS NEVER ARRESTED TO GET THE PAPERWORK.

I WAS NEVER DETAINED.

I WAS HELD WITHOUT CLOTHES AND I WAS WEARING THIS, MY DRAWERS FOR HOURS UNTIL I WAS FINGERPRINTED.

I WAS NEVER GIVEN MY MIRANDA RIGHTS.

AND I WAS JUST TOLD BECAUSE I CAN, IN THAT YOUNG LADY VIOLATED MY RIGHTS.

I ASKED HER, AM I BEING DETAINED? SHE DIDN'T HAVE AN ANSWER.

AND I SAID, THEN I CAN LEAVE.

AND THEN THAT'S WHEN ANTONIO CAME UP TO ME AND THEY BOTH GOT ME.

I WAS WALKING TO MY, ABOUT MY BUSINESS ON WHITTER BOULEVARD AT THE TIME OF QUESTION, YOU GUYS CAN HAVE THIS BECAUSE YOU GUYS DIDN'T GET F*****G, I DON'T GIVE A F**K ABOUT YOU GUYS EITHER.

AND I WANT MY HANDCUFFS BACK BECAUSE I'M A LEGAL CITIZEN.

THEY CAN HAVE A PAIR OF HANDCUFFS.

THEY DIDN'T GET.

HOLD ON.

YOU BE QUIET.

I PAY FOR YOUR F*****G DEAL.

NOW I NEVER GOT MY, MY HANDCUFFS THAT DAY.

I WAITED.

I NEVER GOT THE COPY OF MY FORMS. I SHOULD ACTUALLY GIVE YOU THAT.

BUT I'M NOT HARVARD.

THIS IS TOTAL B******T FOR THIS, THIS CITY IS LIKE A MAYBERRY.

AND THEY SHOULD HAVE STOOD HERE WHILE I SPOKE BECAUSE I SHOULD, I SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST ONE TO SPEAK.

NOT ANYONE ELSE.

I WAS HERE BEFORE YOU P CITY OFFICIALS, BEFORE ANYBODY THAT WAS HERE.

I'VE BEEN WAITING HERE SINCE FOUR O'CLOCK, SITTING OUTSIDE WITH WAITING WITH MY F*****G INTEGRITY.

BUT I WAS SAYING, I NEED MY MEDICATION.

I HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURES AND I WAS NOT GIVEN ONCE MY MEDICATION.

AND YOU KNOW, WHAT ELSE DID YOUR, YOUR POLICE OFFICERS DID TO ME? THEY TOOK ALL, THEY TOOK ALL MY F*****G CLOTHES OFF.

THEY TOOK MY CLOTHES OFF.

THEY HAD ME SHIRTLESS, LIKE LITERALLY SHIRTLESS.

AND THEY F*****G KEPT ME IN MY UNDERWEAR FOR SEVERAL HOURS UNTIL I WAS RELEASED.

WHEN I WAS FINGERPRINTED.

HOW MANY HOURS I WAS FINGERPRINTED BEFORE I WAS RELEASED.

GIMME A A SIMPLE THANK YOU, SIR, VERY MUCH.

YOUR TIME IS UP.

I'M NOT FINISHED.

YOUR TIME IS UP, SIR.

THEY GAVE ME, THEY RELEASED ME.

THEY, THEY FINGERPRINTED ME AND THEN THEY RELEASED ME.

I WAS ASKING FOR THE MAYOR.

YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED, SIR.

I WILL HAVE, UH, WOULD YOU LIKE OUR POLICE CHIEF TO GIVE YOU A CALL? I HAVE, UH, DON'T FORGET, I KNOW HIS NAME TOO.

WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE OUR POLICE CHIEF TO GIVE YOU A CALL? THAT'S A WASTE OF MY TIME.

DON'T WORRY.

I'M WORKING ON MY HOMEWORK.

I GOT, I GOT IT ALL TAKEN CARE OF.

BUT YOU COULD HAVE THESE TWO OF THEM.

NO, HOLD ON ON, YEAH, THEY, THEY GET THAT TO ME.

THEY GET THAT TO ME.

YOU, YOU TELL YOUR BOYS TO GET THAT S**T BACK.

DON'T EVEN GET THAT FAR WHEN I WAS DETAINED.

YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED, SIR.

I'M GOING, I'M GOING.

FREEDOM MUCH SPEECH.

ALL YOU'RE ENTITLED TO YOUR FREEDOM SPEECH.

NO ONE'S TRYING TO, DON'T EVEN GET CLOSE.

I'M BEING STRINGED AND EVERYBODY THAT KNOWS ME IS BEING, IS WATCHING FULLY UNDERSTAND, SIR.

THEN CALM DOWN.

I'M VERY THANK YOU.

AND YOUR CITY IS F*****G CORRUPT.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE SEAT, SIR.

PLEASE.

WIDE OPEN AND VENOMOUS, CAUSTIC, SOMETIMES VERY UNPLEASANT, SHARP ATTACKS AGAINST OUR POLITICAL ARENA HERE.

NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

WOW, THAT BEATS THE HECK OUT OF ME, MR. MAYOR.

BUT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR GOVERNOR, OUR GOVERNOR AND HIS POLITICAL AGENDA OF MAKING PEOPLE HOMELESS.

AND I'M NOT HAPPY, NOR SHOULD YOU, BECAUSE AGAIN, THE PUBLIC ISSUES OF UNHI, ROBUST,

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WE'VE SOMETIMES FIND THINGS VERY OFFENSIVE, LIKE THE N WORD.

WELL, THAT'S A COMMON WORD IN AMERICA.

STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON.

THEY USED IN MULTIPLE TIMES, N****R AND ON RECORD, I'M GOING TO PRESENT POLITICALLY BRANDON BERG VERSUS OF OHIO, US 3 95.

4 44 19 69, WHERE IT BEGINS, HOW FAR IS A N****R GOING? YEAH.

THIS IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO TO THE N*****S.

A DIRTY N****R, SEND THE JEWS BACK TO ISRAEL.

LET'S SAVE AMERICA.

NOW IN QUESTION, ARE WE SAVING AMERICA, SEEING THAT THE HOMELESS CONTINUE TO LIVE ON OUR SIDEWALKS AND STREETS? MATTER OF FACT, JUST GETTING OFF THE BUS ACROSS THE STREET AT SEVEN 11, I NOTICE YOU HAVE A HOMELESS POPULATION.

AND NO OFFENSE, KAREN BASS, THIS C**T B***H F*****G STUPID SUPERVISOR UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF JANICE HAHN, RIGHT? WHAT HAS SHE DONE TO IMPROVE HOUSING, CONDOMINIUMS AND ALL THIS EXPENSIVE CONDO OF REAL ESTATE IS NOT FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, LAHABRA NEEDS TO FIGURE OUT THE SINKHOLE AND GET THAT F*****G S**T WIPED OUT BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS HOMEOWNERS ARE CHALLENGED BY 8 MILLION THAT YOU SIT ON WASTING AN ADMINISTRATIVE COST WHEN THAT 8 MILLION SHOULD BE ALLOCATED TO IMPROVE THE WELLNESS AND THE HABITAT OF QUALITY OF LIFE IN THIS COMMUNITY, WHICH I, ON THE FRONT WORRY, MY WORK UNIFORM, MR. MAYOR IS TRYING TO IMPROVE LAHABRA TRYING TO IMPROVE IT.

BUT LET ME FINISH OFF WITH SNYDER VERSUS PHELPS.

AND DON'T FORGET THE DECISION OF THE SUPREME COURT'S 5 62 US 4 43 AMERICA IS DOOMED.

THANK GOD FOR IEDS.

NOT BLESSED.

JUST CURSE POPE AND HELL PRIEST RAY BOYS, YOU'RE GOING TO HELL.

GOD HATES YOU.

AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE IN TORRANCE, HOW DARE THE CITY PAYS $750,000 OVER A CLAIM THAT THE F*****G POLICE PAINTED SWAT STICKERS ON SOMEONE'S PROPERTY.

WHY? WHY DO WE HAVE THAT? YOUR JOB IS TO PERFORM ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC.

AND MY RECORDS HERE ARE GONNA INDICATE AND EXPRESS MY OPINION.

YOUR TIME IS UP.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

WOULD I TURN IN THESE, UH, PUBLIC DOCUMENTS? YOU CAN TURN 'EM OVER TO OUR CITY, ACTING CITY CLERK, PLEASE.

HAVE A A GOOD EVENING.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE HARBOR CITY COUNCIL? PLEASE COME UP AT THIS TIME.

THAT'S FOR THE RECORD.

IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M GONNA PICK UP A FEW ITEMS. SOMEBODY, THANK YOU FOR PICKING THOSE UP, SIR.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

PART OF MY MAINTENANCE DUDE.

WELCOME.

GILBERT DELGADO.

WE LIVE ON 9 94 12 RANDALL AVENUE LAHABRA.

WE ARE NOT PART OF YOUR CITY FOR A LONG TIME.

AND ONE OF THE REASONS I DIDN'T WANNA BE, BECAUSE WE'D BE, WE'LL BE HARASSED BY THE, YOUR, UM, YOUR DEPARTMENT, YOUR, YOUR, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT, DANIEL SILVA.

I HAVE A DECK THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR, SINCE THE HOUSE HAS BEEN THERE.

HE, UH, I HAVE A CREEK THAT RUNS BEHIND ME.

WE HAVE BAMBOO THAT USED TO OVER MINE, EVERYTHING AND GROW OVER EVERYTHING.

I CLEANED ALL THE BAMBOO OUT TRYING TO DO IT THAT YOU GUYS ASKED US TO DO.

SO NOW YOU SEE A DECK THERE.

HE'S TELLING ME I DON'T HAVE PERMITS ON IT.

THERE'S NOTHING, IT'S, IT'S BEEN THERE EVER SINCE THE HOUSE WAS BUILT.

I BOUGHT IT WITH HIM THERE, AND NOW HE'S HARASSING ME.

HE, TWO YEARS EARLIER, HE SENT ME A LETTER SAYING THAT, WELL, YOU NEED TO GET THIS FIXED, DO THIS, DO THAT, GET, UH, PULL PERMITS.

AND I GO, WHY? IT'S BEEN THERE EVER SINCE.

WE SHOULD BE GRANDFATHERED IN WHEN YOU GUYS TOOK US OVER TWO, UH, THREE YEARS AGO OR HOW MANY FOUR YEARS AGO.

2018.

IS THAT WHEN YOU GUYS TOOK US OVER THE SEVEN, THE SIX ISLANDS? RIGHT.

I, I DON'T RECALL.

YOU GUYS TOOK US OVER YOU IN, YOU INCORPORATED US.

WE WERE NON INCORPORATED.

I JUST CAN'T REMEMBER THE DATE OFF ANNA.

SO WERE YOU, WERE THERE THEM ABOUT FIVE OR SIX YEARS? FIVE OR SIX.

IT'S 2018.

IT'S 2018 WHEN IT WAS DONE.

HAS HIS OWN CODE GOING ON ATTACKING PEOPLE.

SO NOW YOU GUYS WERE ATTACKING ME AGAIN AND THEN TWO YEARS LATER HE SAID, HE SAYS, I SENT LETTERS BACK, SAID THIS HAS BEEN OUR HERE EVER SINCE DOWN THE CREEK.

YOU GUYS ARE GONNA NEED TO CLEAN UP.

IT'S LIKE FIRE HAZARD AND MAJOR BAD.

I CLEANED MINE UP AND THEN THEY ATTACKED ME FOR MY, MY DECK AND NOW HE WANTS ME TO DEMO IT AND DO ALL THIS STUFF.

IT'S A PERMANENT DECK.

IT'S BEEN THERE EVER SINCE.

I HAD TO REPLACE WOOD ON IT.

YES, IT'S, I DON'T PAY PERMITS TO REPLACE THE WOOD, SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

HE'S, AND I GET A LOT OF, I TALKED TO A LOT OF BUSINESS OWNERS AND HOMEOWNERS WITH THE SOLAR BUSINESS AND DANIEL SILVA IS A, HE'S PRETTY RUTHLESS.

HE'S, HE'S

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PEOPLE DON'T EVEN WANT TO DO NO, UH, YOU KNOW, SOLAR PANELS NO MORE.

THEY DON'T WANNA DO A LOT OF WORK HERE BECAUSE HE'S SO RUTHLESS WITH THE PEOPLE.

HE HAS HIS OWN CODE AGENDA.

SO I DON'T KNOW.

HE'S ATTACKING ME FROM MY DECK NOW AND I'M JUST GETTING SICK OF IT.

I MEAN, IT'S BEEN THERE.

HOW DO YOU PROVE THIS? I MEAN, AND THEN HE'S SENDING ME A LETTER THAT YOU HAVE TO DEMO IT AND THIS AND THAT, SIR, WHAT I, WHAT I, ARE YOU DONE? ARE YOU TALKING? SURE.

NO, IF YOU WANT MORE TIME, I'LL DO YOU MORE TIME YOU GUYS GOING, BUT I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST IS YOU SET UP AND MEET WITH SUSAN KIM WHO'S RIGHT OVER HERE.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND, UH, SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN WORK OUT THERE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO COME UP AND SPEAK AND IF YOU CAN PLEASE JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE, SIR.

HI THERE.

WELCOME SIR.

BIGGEST F*****G ANTI-SEMITIC, ANTI-CHRIST CATHOLIC CHURCH ST.

UM, MIKE GREENSPAN AND THE TWO WHO WON'T GO BACK TO FLORIDA, BUT ORDERED BY SOMEBODY IN BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN BURBANK.

GUY NAMED HARRY NEERS.

FINBAR.

GO BACK TO FLORIDA.

YOU TOO.

I'VE HEARD THAT FOR SO MANY YEARS ON PUBLIC BALL FIELDS WHEN UMPIRING.

SO I FIGURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU GET OUT THERE IN PUBLIC AND YOU GIVE THE RESPONSE BACK IN PUBLIC BECAUSE IT STARTED ON A PUBLIC FIELD.

TAXPAYER FUNDED.

WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE GOOSE IS GOOD FOR THE GANDER.

I DON'T LIKE TO HEAR THAT KIND OF STUFF, BUT I GUESS SWEEP, SWEEP.

WE JUST SWEEP IT UNDER THE RUG.

THAT'S HOW THINGS OPERATE.

WELL, GONE ON THE DAYS OF THAT ROYAL OAK PRIEST, FATHER FRANCIS COGHLAN, WHO WOULD HAVE HIS RADIO SHOW, AND HE WENT FROM 1932 CALLING THE NEW DEAL A CHRIST SEND TO 1936, CALLING IT THE JEW DEAL.

CONSENT CALENDAR TIME FOR THE MEETING AGENDA.

FOLKS, MY FAMILY'S FROM MICHIGAN.

THEY, I I WAS BORN IN OAK PARK AND ROYAL OAK IS VERY NEARBY.

THIS FAMOUS HATE MONGERING PRIEST WAS A FAVORITE ON THE RADIO.

IRISH CATHOLICS IN NEW YORK WOULD GO HIT JEWS AND IRISH CATHOLIC POLICE LOOKED THE OTHER WAY WHEN IT HAPPENED.

YES, THAT HAPPENED.

ALL RIGHT.

AND PEOPLE DON'T SAY ANYTHING.

WE JUST LOOK THE OTHER WAY BECAUSE OF A MAJORITY.

I'M STILL KICKING MYSELF IN THE BUTT FOR SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED AS A TEENAGER WHEN A KLAN BAPTIST MINISTER FROM THE F*****G BAPTIST IN THE KLAN TOLD ME THE CATHOLICS HAVE FALSE DOCTRINES.

I WOULDN'T BELIEVE HIM.

THE GUY WAS A GEORGE WALLACE FOR PRESIDENT VOTER AND I WAS A TEENAGER, WHICH MEANT I WAS JUST YOUNG, DUMB AND FULL OF CALM.

WELL, NOW I'M OLDER AND I'M STANDING UP TO EVERY FORM OF HATRED.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WEAR A HOOD AND A ROBE AND BUY THE THING FROM A GUY NAMED HUCKABEE.

THAT'S WHAT WE CALL THEM.

HUCKABEES.

AND PUT KEROSENE ON THE WAGS THAT WHACK 'EM ON THE CROSS.

NO, YOU COULD BE SERVING FISH TO PEOPLE ON FRIDAY IN THE SCHOOL LUNCHROOM CAFETERIA.

OVER A FALSE DOCTRINE.

A JEW SHOULDN'T HAVE TO APPEASE A FALSE CATHOLIC DOCTRINE AND EAT THAT FISH ON FRIDAY.

STINKY YELLER FISH.

I WAS DEPRIVED OF A NUTRITIOUS LUNCH BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE'S DOCTRINES WITH A TAXPAYER SUBSIDIZED LUNCH IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT.

HEY, WE HAD SEPARATE COLORED IN WHITE SCHOOLS.

I TOLD A NEW YORKER, WHY DIDN'T WE HAVE SEPARATE BURGER AND FISH LINES? I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO APPEASE THEIR RINES AND I NEVER WILL.

AND WHEN JEWISH PEOPLE TRY TO GET ME TO EAT FISH, I SAY, I DON'T EAT ANTI-CHRIST CATHOLIC FOOD.

I'M SICK OF IT.

AND NOW YOU HAVE YOUR LENT.

WELL, I SEE A SPECIAL ON SHRIMP AND ON CATFISH FOR LENIN.

WELL, JESUS NEVER ATE THAT STUFF.

WE ARE OUTTA TIME.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR.

HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TO OUR CARING COMMUNITY.

HEY, ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE HARBOR CITY COUNCIL.

PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

OKAY, WE ARE NOW CLOSED OF PUBLIC COMMENTS.

RHONDA, NOW IS

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

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

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AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.

THE CONSENT CALENDAR INCLUDES CITY COUNCIL ITEMS ONE THROUGH 10.

ARE THERE ANY ITEMS STAFF WOULD LIKE TO HAVE REMOVED? NO.

MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS? NO.

MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.

OKAY, MR. MAYOR, I MOVE ACTUALLY.

COUNCIL MEMBER, MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE.

IS THERE A MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE THAT I COULD HAVE AN ITEM REMOVED? UH, YES.

I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR INSTRUCTIONS ON THE LAHABRA MEETING MINUTES OF, UH, MARCH 6TH, PLEASE.

CAN WE GET A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE? MR. MAY, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, UH, APPROVE THE, UH, BALANCE OF THE, UH, CONSENT CALENDARS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF, UH, NUMBER TWO.

ITEM NUMBER TWO.

UH, MARCH 6TH, 2023.

UH, MEETING MINUTES.

WE THAT WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND EVERYBODY IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

ANY ABOVE OPPOSITION? ANY, UH, THOSE, UH, ABSTAINING PASSES? FIVE ZERO STAFF REPORT, PLEASE.

WAS THERE A SPECIFIC QUESTION, SIR, THAT WE CAN ANSWER? THAT'S YOU, SIR.

YOU PULL THE ITEM ON THE MINUTES.

WHY, WHY DON'T YOU COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE SO WE CAN HEAR YOU PLEASE.

WAS THERE A SPECIFIC ITEM THAT YOU WOULD LIKE A CLARIFICATION ON THAT WE CAN PROVIDE FOR YOU? YES.

THERE, THERE WAS NO PUBLIC TESTIMONY ON MARCH 6TH FROM THE PUBLIC, AND THAT MEETING SEEMED TO BE VERY QUICKLY EXERCISED.

AND, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT IN THE FUTURE, MAYBE YOU COULD MAYBE, UH, PUBLICIZE IN YOUR, IN YOUR PAPER THAT THESE EVENTS ARE OCCURRING EVERY FIRST AND THIRD OF THE MONTH AND YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION WILL BE FOLLOWING EVERY SECOND AND FOURTH OF THE MONTH SO THE PUBLIC CAN ENGAGE AND PARTICIPATE.

OTHERWISE, WE'RE JUST HAVING JUST A, JUST A GRAND SLAM, UH, VOTED ALL IN.

YOU KNOW, I I, I GOT NICE OFFICERS BEHIND ME PROTECTING ME BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT MARCH 6TH WAS A VERY UNPLEASANT DAY IN, IN THE HISTORY OF LAHABRA SAYING THAT NO ONE PARTICIPATED.

AND WE GOTTA HAVE FULL PARTICIPATION.

OTHERWISE WE'LL HAVE THAT SINKHOLE IN LAHABRA FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IRONICALLY, YOU SAY THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE A SLIDE IN THERE INVITING PEOPLE TO OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION MEETING AND OUR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, YOU'LL SEE A SLIDE COMING UP A LITTLE LATER TODAY.

CAN I HAVE A MOTION NOW ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE? MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM NUMBER TWO.

DO I HEAR A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

ANY OPPOSITION? THAT MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.

NUMBER ONE IS CONSIDER APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONERS AND ALTERNATES TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION.

NOW WE GO TO CONSIDERATION ITEMS. YES.

ANY MEN, ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE MAY REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE LAHABRA CITY COUNCIL ON ANY CONSIDERATION ITEM PRIOR TO THE LAHABRA CITY COUNCIL TAKING A FINAL VOTE ON THE ITEM.

PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER CONSIDERATION.

ITEMS ITEM, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR OR CHAIR SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOAN TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.

ITEM

[1. CONSIDER APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONERS AND ALTERNATES TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION That the City Council consider and appoint: A. Two individuals to the Planning Commission to fill two 4-year terms that will expire on March 31, 2027, and two individuals as alternates; and, B. One individual to the Community Services Commission to fill one 3-year term that will expire on March 31, 2026; and two individuals as alternates.]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, RHONDA.

UH, MAY I HAVE A STAFF REPORT, PLEASE? THANK YOU.

THAT WOULD BE ME.

HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AS DIRECTED BY CITY COUNCIL STAFF, INITIATED THE ANNUAL COMMISSION RECRUITMENT TO FILL VACANCIES ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION.

THE APPLICATION FILING DEADLINE WAS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH AT 5:00 PM A TOTAL OF NINE APPLICATIONS WERE RECEIVED THIS YEAR.

THERE ARE TWO VACANCIES ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND ONE VACANCY ON THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION.

AT A SPECIAL MEETING HELD ON MONDAY, MARCH 13TH, CITY COUNCIL CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS WITH EIGHT APPLICANTS, AND TODAY AT A SPECIAL MEETING HELD AT 4:30 PM CITY COUNCIL CONDUCTED THE FINAL APPLICANT INTERVIEW.

TONIGHT, CITY COUNCIL SHOULD CONSIDER AND MAKE TWO FOUR YEAR APPOINTMENTS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND ONE THREE YEAR APPOINTMENT TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION.

CITY COUNCIL IS ALSO ASKED TO CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS OF TWO ALTERNATES ON EACH COMMISSION.

SHOULD AND UNSCHEDULED VACANCY OCCUR PRIOR TO NEXT MARCH, I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS? OKAY, THANK YOU.

UH, I'VE NOW OPENED UP THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC PEOPLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO TESTIFY.

SIR, DO YOU WANNA TESTIFY? YES, PLEASE COME FORWARD TO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE SUBMITTING THAT CARD ON YOUR, UH, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

THAT ON ONE SIDE WE HAVE, UH, HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION OF PLANNING COMMISSIONS VERSUS LAHABRA CITY PLANNING COMMISSION.

SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, A UH, SOLUTION FOR THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION TO FILL A TWO YEAR TERMS. I FIND THAT VERY SUSPICIOUS NOW THAT WE'VE BEEN IN A SINKHOLE OF PROBLEMS IN LAHABRA, UH, THE DISPUTE

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AND I FIND THAT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST DUE TO THE MATTER THAT WE FIND THAT THIS, UM, INDIVIDUALS, UM, ALTERATIONS OF, UH, WHAT $8 MILLION CAN DO FOR THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN BASICALLY PUT ON HOLD.

AND I'M HERE TO, UH, CHANGE THAT ORDER OF, UH, PATTERN AND PRACTICE ON BEHALF OF LAHABRA CONSTITUENTS BECAUSE I BELIEVE A PERSON HAS A RIGHT TO THEIR PROPERTY AND IT'S CALLED ENJOYMENT.

AND THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS ENJOYMENT IF MISS ESP ESP ESPINOSO DOESN'T COMMENT ABOUT IT.

BECAUSE WE NEED WOMEN TO SUPPORT THE FAMILIES THAT WILL SOON BE HOMELESS DUE TO A SINKHOLE.

AND THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS A HISTORY.

HAVE YOU HEARD EARLIER IN A PUBLIC TESTIMONY OF PUBLIC COMMENT, ONE GENTLEMAN WAS ATTACKED OVER A GRANDMA MALL CARPORT OR SITUATION ON HIS PROPERTY.

WHY IS THAT? AREN'T WE NOT ALL HUMAN? AND SHOULDN'T WE ALL BE HEARD ON THE TESTIMONY THAT AFFECTS AND IMPACTS OUR PROPERTY AND THE VALUE OF OUR PROPERTY? I UNDERSTAND.

BUT THIS MAN TOLD YOU, HE, ALL HE DOES IS REPLACE ONE PLYWOOD TO BRING THE AESTHETIC OF THE APPEARANCE TO FIT INTO LAHABRA A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY.

AM I RIGHT OR WRONG? TELL ME.

BUT AT THIS POINT, I FOR A FACT KNOW, COMING FROM THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES WHERE THAT GARBAGE, ERIC GARCETTI AND THAT RUTHLESS WOMAN CALLED THE MAYOR, HAS LIED AND FAILED US ABOUT HOUSING.

AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE INDIVIDUALS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT I FEEL THE FOUR YEAR TERMS IS TOO LONG BECAUSE THERE'S JUST TOO MUCH CONSPIRACY TO, TO GET INVOLVED IN ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT LIKE JOSE LEWIS WEEZER, MARK RIDLEY THOMAS, OR MITCHELL INLANDER AND SOME OTHER FOOLS THAT THINK THAT THEY'RE ABOVE THE LAW LIKE THE TORRANCE POLICE PUTTING SWAT STICKERS ON PEOPLE'S PROPERTIES WHILE IT'S UNDER, UNDER THE CURE OF THE MAYOR, THE COUNCIL PEOPLE, THE CITY ATTORNEY.

SO MY ACTION FOR TONIGHT IS HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARD AND BE HEARD ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT THEY DON'T WANT FOUR YEARS, THREE YEARS IS ENOUGH TIME FOR YOU TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS, IF NOT FOUR YEARS YOU BECOME AN ENTERPRISE OF RICO RACKETEERING AND EMBEZZLEMENT LIKE LOS ANGELES.

AND WOULD I TURN IN MY PAPERWORK FOR THE RECORD? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY, SIR.

WHERE'D I TURN IT IN, SIR? RIGHT OVER THERE.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE HARBOR CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT? PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME ON THIS ITEM.

SAY NONE.

I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

UM, I WILL NOW AT THIS TIME OPEN UP NOMINATIONS TO APPOINT ONE INDIVIDUAL TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO A FOUR YEAR TERM UNLESS I HEAR OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY ANYBODY ELSE, IF THEY HAVE ANY INTEREST IN CHANGING THAT FROM FOUR SOMEBODY ELSE DIFFERENT.

PLANNING COMMISSION, CORRECT.

SO I WILL NOW ACCEPT NOMINATIONS FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MR. MAYOR, THIS FOR PLANNING COMMISSION CORRECT.

I, UH, I NOMINATE, UH, THAT, UH, CARRIE SEARCH, UH, TO CONTINUE ON HER, UH, POST AS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER.

DO I HEAR ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR THIS POST? IS THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? OKAY.

I DON'T HEAR ANY MORE NOMINATIONS.

I'D LIKE TO THEREFORE CLOSE NOMINATIONS.

AND, UM, SO I MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS, A CASTING UNANIMOUS VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSITION WITH YOUR MOTION? YOU NEED A SECOND? OKAY.

DO I HEAR A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSITION? ANYBODY ABSTAIN? CONGRATULATIONS.

CARRIE SER YOU HAVE BEEN REAPPOINTED TO A FOUR YEAR TERM.

OKAY, NOW WE ARE NOW OPENING UP NOMINATIONS, UH, FOR A SEC FOR ONE INDIVIDUAL TO FILL THE FOUR YEAR, UH, TERM EXPIRING ON MARCH 31ST, 2027.

DO I HEAR ANY NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR, MR. MAYOR? YES, SIR.

WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE, UH, JASON MANLEY TO CONTINUE IN HIS ROLE AS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER AS WELL.

I HEAR A MOTION FOR JASON MANLEY.

ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR? OKAY.

WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLAUSE NOMINATIONS? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION.

MR. CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO ADD? DO I HEAR A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

AND THAT MOTION IS TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS AND COUNSEL UNANIM VOTE, CORRECT.

MR. SIMONIAN? YES.

CONGRATULATIONS, JASON, ON BEING,

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSITION? ANYBODY, UH, ABSTAINING THAT MOTION PASSAGE, UH, FOR, UH, FIVE ZERO.

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UM, RIGHT BACK.

SO, UH, DO I, UH, DO WE NEED ALSO TWO ALTERNATES? IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

WE'D SUGGEST TWO ALTERNATES.

I NOW OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS FOR, UM, ALTERNATES TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

DO I HEAR ANY NOMINATIONS MR. MAYOR? I'D LIKE TO, UH, NOMINATE ROY RAMEL.

I WILL GO AHEAD AND LIKE TO SECOND THAT.

OR I I'M SORRY.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR THE FLOOR? ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR THE FLOOR? OKAY, WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS AND CASSIE MANEZ VOTE.

DO I HEAR A SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND.

WHERE'S A SECOND? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSITION? ACTUALLY, DID COUNCIL MEMBER ESP ESPINOZA MAKE THE MOTION? YES, SHE DID MAKE A MOTION.

SHE, SHE CAN'T SEC, UM, SECOND HER OWN MOTION.

I'M, I SHE MADE THE, SHE MADE THE NOMINATION.

AND I MADE THE MOTION TO, TO NOMINAT CLOSE, CLOSE NOMINATIONS NOMINATION WITH THE NOMINATION WAS MADE BY MRS. ESPINOZA.

THE MOTION WAS MADE BY MR. NOMEZ AND THE SECOND WAS MADE BY MRS. YES.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S LEGAL ESPINOZA? YES, SIR.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

CONGRATULATIONS ROY RAMSON.

ANY OPPOSITION? ANY ABSTENTIONS PASSES? FIVE ZERO.

NOW I WILL LOOK FOR A SECOND ALTERNATIVE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

ANY NOMINATIONS FOR THE FLOOR? YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT LEGALLY REQUIRED TO? WE DON'T HAVE TO.

SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW WHAT MR. MAYOR, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA SUGGEST THAT, UH, WE HOLD OFF ON THE SECOND, OKAY? AND, UH, VI REVISIT THAT.

SO WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO, SO I DON'T NEED ANY OTHER ACTION, CORRECT, DICK? NO, IT'S FINE.

NOW LET ME GO DOWN.

DO I HAVE A LOT OF STUFF RIGHT HERE? OKAY, NOW I AM NOW OPENING UP NOMINATIONS FOR, OH MY GOODNESS, I'M SORRY.

THIS WOULD BE FOR THE ONE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION VACANCY.

I DON'T HAVE THE DATE EXPIRES HERE.

WHEN'S HE EXPIRING FOR THAT ONE? UH, MARCH 31ST.

2026.

THAT'S A THREE YEAR TERM.

DO I HEAR ANY MOTIONS FOR THAT POSITION, PLEASE, MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE, UH, MS. ANNETTE LAMONE TO THAT POSITION.

OKAY? I HEAR A MOTION.

DO I HEAR ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR? I HEAR NO MORE NOMINATIONS FOR THE FLOOR.

DO I HEAR A MOTION DUE? CLOSE NOMINATIONS TO CATCHING ADAM'S VOTE MR. MAYOR SECOND.

I'M SORRY.

YOU NEED A SECOND? OKAY, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

OKAY, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE NEED A NOMINATION TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS AND CASTING MANAGER'S VOTE.

FIRST OF ALL, WAS THERE A MOTION WE NEEDED A SECOND? WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM STEVE.

WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR THIS PERSON.

WHAT DO WE NEED NOW, DICK? WE NEED A MOTION TO CLOSE THE NOMINATION, RIGHT? CAST BALLOT, RIGHT? CORRECT.

SO, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS AND CASSIE UNANIM VOTE I MAKE THAT NOMINATION.

DO I HEAR A SECOND MOTION? I MAKE SECOND.

I MAKE THAT MOTION.

I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSITION? ANY ABSTENTIONS? OKAY, I WILL NOW OPEN THE FLOOR FOR AN ALTERNATE.

DO WE HAVE AN ALTERNATE? DO WE NEED FOR THAT STILL, MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE MS. MADELINE.

MEGAN MORRISON.

DO I HEAR THE OTHER NOMINATIONS ON THE FLOOR? MR. MAYOR? I'D LIKE TO, UH, I'D LIKE TO, UH, MAKE THE MOTION TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS AND, AND CAST UNANIM CAST UNANIMOUS BALLOT.

DO I HEAR A SECOND? I HEAR A SECOND.

SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSITION? ANY ABSTENTIONS THAT PASSES THE UNANIMOUSLY FIVE ZERO.

AND DO WE, DO YOU WANNA DO A SECOND, UM, ALTERNATIVE OR NO? OKAY, WE'RE DONE WITH THAT.

MR. MAYOR? YES, SIR.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, UH, A SECOND.

UH, ALTERNATE POSITION.

DENIZ.

I HEAR A MOTION.

DO I HEAR ANY OTHER MOTION? AND DO I HEAR ANY NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR? OKAY.

DO I HEAR A MOTION TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS AND CAST UNANIMOUS VOTE FOR THAT ALTERNATE.

SO MOVED.

DO I HEAR A SECOND? SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

CONSIDER THE FISCAL YEAR 2023.

ANY OPPOSITION? OKAY.

CONGRATULATIONS FOR A SECOND.

NOMINATIONS.

WE ARE NOW DOWN WITH THAT, CORRECT.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

WE NOW GO TO

[2. CONSIDER THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023 MID-YEAR BUDGET UPDATE That the City Council: A. Receive and file the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 (FY2022-23) Mid-Year Budget Update; and, B. Approve an appropriation in the amount of $80,000 from anticipated year-end General Fund savings to the Human Resources Department's professional services budget account 163101-7739; and, C. APPROVE AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. ____ ENTITLED: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 6092 PERTAINING TO A COMPENSATION PLAN FOR EXECUTIVE AND MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES; to approve the classification of the "City Clerk" position on the City's Management Salary Schedule at pay range 304.]

20 22, 20 23 MIDYEAR BUDGET STAFF REPORT.

PLEASE.

WELCOME, SIR.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

UH, I'M MEL SHANNON, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE FOR THE CITY OF LA HARPER TONIGHT WOULD LIKE YOU TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE FISCAL YEAR 20 22 23 MID-YEAR BUDGET UPDATE.

THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR, JANUARY, I'M SORRY, JULY ONE THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, AND PROJECTIONS ON HOW WE EXPECT TO END THE FISCAL YEAR.

UH, WE WOULD ALSO LIKE YOU TO APPROVE AN APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $80,000 FOR THE ANTICIPATED, UH, FROM ANTICIPATED YEAR IN GENERAL FUND SAVINGS

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TO FUND, UH, HUMAN RESOURCES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ACCOUNT FOR, UH, LEGAL SERVICES THAT WERE UNBUDGETED THAT WOULD BE USED FOR LABOR NEGOTIATIONS.

AND WE WOULD LIKE TO APPROVE AND ADOPT A, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AMENDING, UH, RESOLUTION 6 0 9 2 PERTAINING TO A COMPENSATION PLAN FOR EXECUTIVE AND MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES TO APPROVE CLA THE CLASSIFICATION OF CITY CLERK POSITION ON THE CITY MANAGEMENT'S SALARY SCHEDULE AT A PAY RANGE OF 3 0 4.

OKAY, SO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS PREPARED THE 20 22 23 MID-YEAR BUDGET UPDATE FOR COUNCIL REVIEW AND DISCUSSION.

IN SUMMARY, THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH SUPPORTS MOST OF THE CITY'S CORE PUBLIC SERVICES, IS PROJECTED THE END OF FISCAL YEAR WITH THE REVENUES OVER EXPENDITURES OF APPROXIMATELY 2.6 MILLION, PARTLY DUE TO PROJECTS, UM, PROJECTED YEAR END REVENUES, EXCEEDING BUDGET ESTIMATES ACROSS SEVERAL MAJOR CATEGORIES.

AND I'LL GO THROUGH, UH, POWERPOINT PRESENTATION AND WE'LL PULL OVER THAT AS WELL AS THE SAVINGS IN THE BUDGET EXPENSES.

SO I'LL DO, UM, FIRST FIVE SLIDES AND TURN IT OVER TO ENGINEERING.

OKAY, SO OUR PRESENTATION, THE FIRST SLIDE SHOWS THAT WE HAD A BUDGET OF 55 MILLION ADOPTED REVENUE, UM, AND AN ADOPTED EXPENDITURE BUDGET OF 55 MILLION.

UH, OUR ADOPTED EXPENDITURE BUDGET, WE PLAN ON FINISHING THE YEAR AT, UH, 54 MILLION, WHICH IS ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS UNDER BUDGET, OR 1.9%.

SO THAT'S A SAVINGS TO THE JOURNAL FUND.

WE ALSO HAD REVENUE BUDGET OF 55 MILLION, AND WE EXPECT TO END THE YEAR AT 56 POINT, WHATEVER, 62 REVENUES.

SO THAT'LL BE A 1.5 MILLION VARIANCE OVER BUDGET.

SO COMBINED WE'LL HAVE ABOUT 2.6 MILLION INCREASE WHERE OUR NET POSITION THAT WE CAN USE TO, UM, FUND SOME OF OUR OTHER PROJECTS AND REPLENISH SOME OF OUR INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS.

NEXT SLIDE.

SO OUR ESTIMATED GENERAL FUND REVENUES.

THESE SHOWS THE MAJOR CATEGORIES, PROPERTY TAX, HEALTH TAX, TRANSACTION, ET CETERA, LICENSES, USE OF MONEY, TOTAL GENERAL FUND REVENUES BROKEN IN THE CATEGORIES.

YOU CAN SEE THE BUDGETS ARE IN THE FIRST COLUMN ARE PROJECTIONS BASED ON MEETING WITH THE DEPARTMENTS, HOW THEY'VE DONE THE FIRST SIX MONTHS.

THEY EXTENDED IT OUT SIX MONTHS.

THEY EXPECT TO END AT 56 MILLION, WHICH WOULD BE ONE AND A HALF MILLION OVER BUDGET, OR 2.7% INCREASE.

SO OUR PROPERTY TAXES 400,000 OVER BUDGET, SALES TAXES LOW, BUT STILL POSITIVE TRANSACTION TAX, 1 0 3 FRANCHISES, 91,000 FINES AND FORFEITURES AND SO ON.

FEES AND CHARGES.

SO REVENUES COMING OUTTA THE PANDEMIC.

WE'RE STILL DOING FINE.

WE'RE A MILLION AND A HALF AHEAD OF BUDGET.

NEXT SLIDE SHOWS A GRAPHICAL PRESENTATION.

OUR MAJOR CATEGORIES, PROPERTY TAXES, 38% OF OUR BUDGET.

UH, SALES TAX IS MADE UP OF 25% AND AN ADDITIONAL 13% FOR OUR TRANSACTION AND USE TAX.

ALL OTHER REVENUES ARE 24%.

THAT'S 100% OF OUR BUDGET.

MEL, CAN I INTERRUPT YOU FOR JUST ONE SECOND, SIR? UH, QUESTION FOR YOU ON THE, UH, THE PIE CHART, THE PREVIOUS, UH, SLIDE YES.

TRANSACTION AND USE TAX IS THAT MEASURE T, THAT'S MEASURE T ITSELF, THAT'S MEASURE T STANDALONE 13%.

THAT'S BRINGS IN ABOUT 7.3 MILLION.

THAT'S CORRECT, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

OF THE GENERAL FINE.

AND, AND THAT'S, UH, MEASURE T THAT, UH, SUNSETS IN 2028.

TO DECEMBER, 2028.

GREAT.

IF IT'S NOT REAPPROVED BY THE VOTERS, THEY NEED TO REAPPROVE IT.

YEP.

WE, WE ISSUED A PENSION OBLIGATION BOND.

NEXT SLIDE.

THIS IS EXPENDITURES SUMMARY.

ONCE AGAIN, THESE ARE OUR MAJOR DIVISIONS OF THE CITY, CITY COUNCIL MANAGER, CITY CLERK, LEGAL SERVICES, FINANCING AND RESOURCES.

YOU CAN SEE THEM LISTED.

POLICE AND FIRE PUBLIC WORKS FIRST COLUMN SHOWS EACH ONE EACH BUDGET FOR EACH DIVISION.

UH, THIS IS OUR EXTRAPOLATED, HOW, HOW THEY EXPECT TO END THE FISCAL YEAR.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT PRACTICALLY EVERY DEPARTMENT WAS GONNA BREAK, EVEN COME IN AT BUDGET OR MOST DEPARTMENTS HAD A SAVINGS OF BUDGETS.

UM, MOST OF THESE SAVINGS, A LOT OF 'EM HAD TO DO WITH VACANCIES AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR, EITHER BEGINNING OF THE YEAR OR PEOPLE THAT LEFT DURING THE YEAR.

AND SOME ARE STILL VACANT, BUT THAT, ALONG WITH DIRECTORS MANAGING THEIR BUDGETS PRETTY CLOSELY ALLOWED US TO BRING, WE, WE EXPECT TO HAVE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS.

UH, IT MAY GROW, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL KNOW MORE AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND REPORT BACK TO YOU.

NEXT SLIDE.

AND ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS THE PIE CHART.

THE MAJORITY OF WHAT WE DO, SALARIES AND BENEFITS, 41%, IT SAYS PERS AND FUNDING LIABILITY.

11.

AS YOU KNOW,

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SO REALLY THAT'S THE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT ON WHAT WOULD'VE BEEN OUR, UH, UNFUNDED LIABILITY PAYMENT.

UM, PERS COST IS THE NORMAL COST CITY CHAIR, 4% TO PERS ON OUR SALARIES, FIRE AND AMBULANCE CONTRACTS ARE 20% OF THE BUDGET AND OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.

NORMAL OPERATING COSTS TAKE 24% OF THE BUDGET.

AND CITY ENGINEER ALBERT MENDOZA IS GONNA GO OVER SOME OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE, BRIEF UPDATE ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND WHAT THEY WILL BE DOING.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS ALBERT MENDOZA.

I'M THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND CITY ENGINEER.

UH, I HAVE A FEW SLIDES.

UH, I'D LIKE TO UP UPDATE YOU ON OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.

THIS, UH, MID-YEAR FISCAL 20 22, 23, UH, MAJOR PROJECTS.

UH, I'M NOT GONNA GO OVER THEM IN DETAILED.

UH, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, UH, NOTABLE PROJECT THAT I LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE ULI STREET IMPROVEMENTS FROM LAHABRA TO WHITTER BOULEVARD.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

UH, STILL IN PROGRESS IS THE FISCAL YEAR 2122 ARTERIAL STREETS.

UH, AND ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE, UH, COMPLETION OF THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATION FOR THE ULI STREET WATERLINE AND STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FROM WHITTIER TO OUR NORTH STATE LIMITS.

AND ALSO THE, UH, BEGINNING OF CONSTRUCTION OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FROM FISCAL YEAR 16, 17, 18, 19, AND 1920.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

MAJOR PROJECTS EARLY IN PROGRESS.

UH, UH, WE GOT A COUPLE, UH, PARK PROJECTS.

THE OLD RESERVOIR PROJECTS THAT IT'S, UH, FINALIZED, UH, FINALIZING DESIGN AT THE MOMENT.

UH, OLD RESERVOIR, IT'S IN CONSTRUCTION.

UH, WE'RE ALSO STARTING THE COMMUNITY CENTER PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENTS.

AND OUR BISHOP, UH, STORM GREEN PROJECT.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND PROJECTS THAT ARE STILL PENDING, THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE, UH, ARE THE OTE PARK IMPROVEMENTS, EL CENTRAL PARK, AND ALSO ARE EUCLID STREET CORRIDOR TRAFFIC AND SYNCHRONIZATION PROJECT.

NEXT.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

AND MR. MAYOR, BEFORE WE GET BACK TO, UH, FINANCE DIRECTOR SHANNON, I'D LIKE TO, UM, MAKE A COMMENT.

SO A LOT OF THE PROJECTS WE WORK ON EVERY YEAR WE PLAN FOR IT, RIGHT? AND WE WORK ON, UM, PULLING TOGETHER THE, THE PLANS THAT WE HAVE OR PROJECTS THAT WE KNOW OF.

OBVIOUSLY, UM, SOMETIMES PROJECTS COME UP THAT WE DON'T PLAN FOR.

ONE OF THEM AS COUNCIL, WELL, IS WELL AWARE OF IS THAT LAST WEDNESDAY WE WERE NOTIFIED BY THE COYO VILLAGE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, THAT A PORTION OF THEIR STORM CHANNEL, THEY THIS PRIVATE STORM CHANNEL THAT'S IN THEIR PROPERTY, UM, THE, UM, ROOF OF THE CHANNEL FAILED INTO THE CHANNEL.

SO WE GOT A CALL LATE WEDNESDAY.

STAFF WENT OUT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, ENGINEERING AND BUILDING AND SAFETY ASSESSED THE SITUATION.

UH, THE HOA REACHED OUT TO THE CITY, UH, LAST WEEK, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE HOA AND THEIR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES, REPRESENTATIVES ON THEIR SITUATION.

AND I CAN, UH, CONFIRMED TO THE COUNCIL THAT THE CITY HAD RETAINED AN CONTRACTOR WENT IN, HAD OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS, UH, ENDING YESTERDAY, REMOVED ALL THE DEBRIS FROM THE CHANNEL SO THAT IT WOULD FLOW FREELY, UH, BEFORE THE NEXT SET OF STORMS. UM, IN THAT, UH, THERE'S BEEN SOME COMMENT, UH, AS ALSO ABOUT THE, UM, FUNDING FROM THE STATE THAT SENATOR JOSH NEWMAN WAS ABLE TO SECURE FOR THE CITY TO DO, UH, PERMANENT REPAIRS TO THAT STORM CHANNEL.

UM, WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT THE STATE INDICATED THAT THEY HAVE, UH, APPROVED FUNDING IN THEIR BUDGET, AND THAT FUNDING HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED.

UH, IT WILL GO TO THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES WHO WILL ACT AS THE STATE GRANTING AGENCY TO THE CITY, BUT THOSE FUNDS HAVE NOT BEEN DELIVERED TO THE CITY YET.

WE JUST REACHED, UH, WERE, UH, HAD STAFF FROM DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES REACH OUT TO THE CITY, UM, TO TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS THEY'RE GONNA WANT TO ENTERTAIN TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD.

BUT THAT'S IN THE WORKS RIGHT NOW, SO I CAN CONFIRM THAT AS WELL.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.

THANK, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.

AND THAT HAS BEEN A TOP PRIORITY FROM THE CITY COUNCIL AS WELL.

GO AHEAD, CONTINUE, MEL.

TO SPEND, THEY'RE EXPECTED TO FINISH THE YEAR ON TARGET.

AND, UH, AS WELL AS THE GENERAL FUND, OUR PRIMARY FUND OF THE CITY, WE'VE COVERED THAT.

NOW, OUR NON-GENERAL FUND BUDGETS ARE MAINLY, PARTICULARLY THE GRANTS AND ENTERPRISE FUNDS SUCH AS, UH, THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.

UM, WE GOT OPERATING UTILITY, WATER AND SEWER AND REFUSE.

UM, ALL THOSE BUDGETS ARE TRENDING AT COMING IN, AT BUDGET, UH, OR IF THEY WERE GOING TO, IF THEY HAD A BUDGET, THEY'D FUND BALANCE THAT THEY WERE GOING

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SO OUR NON-GENERAL FUND BUDGETS ARE TRACKING.

WELL, NEXT SLIDE.

OKAY, SO I THINK I WANT TO IN CON HMM, CONCLUSION OKAY.

FORECAST.

HERE IT IS.

OKAY, WELL, LET ME DO THE FORECAST THEN.

I'LL DO, GO BACK TO THE FISCAL IMPACT.

UM, BASICALLY OUR FUTURE FORECAST, THE CITY'S CONCERNED TWO BIGGEST CONCERNS.

AFTER THREE YEARS OF ENDURING IMPACTS FROM THE COVID 19 GLOBAL PANDEMIC.

UH, THINGS ARE FINALLY COMING BACK TO, UH, PRE PANDEMIC NORMALCY.

UM, BUT TWO ITEMS TO CONSIDER THAT COULD CHANGE IS, UM, ECONOMIC INDICATORS, UH, SUCH AS HIGHER INFLATION, FUEL COMMODITY COSTS, INTEREST RATES, MORTGAGE INTEREST RATES, UM, ELEVATED COSTS OF HOUSING.

THOSE ARE CONCERNS FOR THE FUTURE.

A LOT OF ECONOMISTS ARE PREDICTING THE POSSIBILITY THAT WE'RE HEADED TOWARD A RECESSION COULD HAPPEN LATER THIS YEAR.

UM, SOME PEOPLE THINK WE'RE IN A RECESSION, BUT IF IT DOES, IF WE HIT A RECESSION, THAT WOULD CHANGE THINGS FOR THE FUTURE.

IT'LL AFFECT OUR, IT COULD POSSIBLY AFFECT OUR SALES TAX AND DEFINITELY THE PROPERTY TAXES BECAUSE HOME SALES HAVE LEVELED OFF.

AND, UH, JUST SOMETHING TO BE AWARE OF.

BUT WE'LL BE BRINGING THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET TO YOU NEXT YEAR, AND WE'LL, UH, WORK WITH OUR OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS AND TRY TO, UH, SEE HOW, WHAT THEIR PREDICTIONS ARE.

OUR SECOND BIGGEST, UH, AREA OF CONCERN YOU ALREADY MENTIONED, IT IS THE MEASURE T WE'D JUST LIKE TO KEEP IT OUT THERE IN, IN FRONT.

UH, SO OUR SALES AND TRANSACTION TAX MEASURE T WHICH WAS VOTED ON BY THE VOTERS BACK IN 2008, UH, BRINGS IN ABOUT 7.3 MILLION A YEAR ANNUALLY.

ANNUALLY.

AND, UH, IF WE LOST THAT SOURCE OF REVENUE, IT'D HAVE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND.

SO THAT'S ALWAYS IN THE BACK OF OUR MIND, BUT REALLY IT'S IN THE FRONT OF OUR MIND.

IT'S ON THE HORIZON.

SO, UH, IT'S GONNA GO QUICKLY.

WE JUST NEED TO GET THAT, UH, TO THE VOTERS AND HOPEFULLY REAFFIRMED AS FAR AS FISCAL IMPACT, THERE IS NO FISCAL IMPACT TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE MID-YEAR UPDATE.

UH, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MEL.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

NO, WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I JUST WANNA SAY THAT THE TAKEAWAY FOR ME IS THAT WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE, AND I THINK THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR DILIGENCE AND ALSO TO THE GUIDANCE OF COUNSEL OVERALL FOR MY COLLEAGUES.

SO OVERALL, IT'S ENCOURAGING, BUT STILL ONLY A CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC, UH, VISION OF THE FUTURE AT BEST, AS YOU SAY, IT IS CHALLENGES TO BE SURMOUNTED AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL, WE WILL THANK, THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT.

HEY, MEL, ONE QUESTION.

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STEPS IN TO WIPE THEIR ASS CLEAN.

UM, AND I'M GONNA GO BACK TO MEASURE T BECAUSE IT IS CONCERNING, UH, BECAUSE IT SUNSETS IN 2028.

CAN YOU JUST GIVE US A, AN OVERVIEW, IF YOU CAN, CAN JUST TOUCH ON IT AS TO WHAT LIFE IN LAHABRA MAY LOOK LIKE IF, UH, IF THE VOTERS DO NOT REAPPROVE, UH, UH, MEASURE T AS WE'RE GETTING CLOSER.

A ACTUALLY, IF I COULD, UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THAT DEPENDS ON THE DIRECTION WE GET FROM CITY COUNCIL.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE CITY COUNCIL IS ALWAYS DIRECTED STAFF TO DEVELOP BUDGETS THAT ARE BALANCED.

AND SO IF THE CITY WERE TO HAVE LESS REVENUE, WE WOULD, UM, COME TO COUNCIL WITH OPTIONS AND, AND DIS UH, DISCUSS WHAT OPTIONS COUNCIL WOULD WANT TO PURSUE.

BUT IT WILL REALLY BE A POLICY DIRECTION OF THE COUNCIL AS TO WHAT REDUCTIONS WOULD BE NECESSARY TO CON TO KEEP WITHIN OUR BUDGETED REVENUES.

THANK YOU, JIM.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I WILL NOW INVITE THE PUBLIC TO TESTIFY.

PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

ANYBODY WISHING TO TESTIFY? SIR, DID YOU WANNA TESTIFY? UH, IS THAT ME, MR. MAYOR? THAT'S YOU, SIR.

SURE, WHY NOT? SO AS WE HEARD, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION OF IMPACT IS A RESULT OF 38% PROPERTY TAXES AND THE 41% OF SALARIES.

BUT MEASURE T MEANS TOUGH S**T, RIGHT? AND 2028 MONEY RUNS OUT.

NO MORE CASH COW F*****G MONEY DON'T GROW ON TREE.

AND THE F*****G RESIDENTS OF HARBOR ARE GONNA BE LIKE THOSE F*****G BANKS THAT THAT REP MISREPRESENTED THOUSANDS IF NOT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO HARDWORKING PEOPLE AND THE F*****G

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BECAUSE THESE IDIOTS, I MEAN, THESE IDIOTS COULDN'T MANAGE A BUDGET TO KEEP THE BANK AFLOAT.

NOW, IF I WERE A WHITE N****R TOO, I'D BE DOWN THERE TAKING OUT MY 250,000 K RIGHT AWAY.

CUZ THERE'S NO F*****G WAY.

I'M GONNA DEPEND ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BECOME A SLUSH PIGGY BANG FOR WHITE COLLAR F*****G CRIMES AND THESE M***********S STEALING OUT OF THE APPROVAL AND ADOPTIONS OF RESOLUTION TO A BUDGET.

SO IN THAT, I HEARD THERE WAS ADA IMPROVEMENTS.

WELL, YOUR PIE DOESN'T SHOW WHAT PERCENTAGE.

CUZ WHEN I F****D DOWNEY INSIDE AND OUT FOR 21 MILLION UNDER THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TO PUT NEW CURVES, NEW RAMPS, ALL UNDER A BUDGET, GUESS WHAT? S**T HAPPENS.

S**T HAPPENS.

AND I GOT BRAND NEW CURVES, BRAND NEW RAMPS, BRAND NEW TACTILE, AND I IMPROVE THE THE COMMUNITY 25% CUZ I'M ONE WHITE N****R TOO.

IN A BUDGET THAT YOU CLAIM, OH WELL IF WE RUN OUT OF MONEY, F**K IT.

HIGH HYDRANT INSTALLATIONS, THEY DON'T GET REPAIRED.

FIREMEN CAN'T PUT OFF FIRES.

OFFICERS HERE CAN'T GET THEIR PURS, THEY CAN'T GET THEIR KICKBACK RETIREMENTS OF EIGHT GRAND A MONTH AND LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER UP THERE IN THE F*****G MOUNTAINS WITH THEIR BUDDIES.

SO I'M HEARING PROTESTS FOR, FOR THE FACT THAT WE'RE PAYING LEGAL SERVICE N*****S TO TAKE CARE OF THESE NEGOTIATIONS.

ARE YOU F*****G KIDDING ME? A BUDGET OF, OF THAT KIND OF MONEY.

SO, LIKE I SAID, NO OFFENSE, BUT SOMETHING MUST GET DONE TO CONTROL THE SPENDING IN EVERY M***********G CITY BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A BANK OF AMERICA SLUSH FUND WHERE THE F*****G PRIESTS RAPED THE CLERGY CUZ THEY'RE OWNED BY BANK OF AMERICA.

BUT I'M SAYING IS GET YOUR HANDS ON THE RINGS OF THE RUNNING HORSE BECAUSE WHEN THE WAGON TRAIN FALLS OFF THE TRAIL AND THE MONEY'S LOOTED AND THE MONEY'S LOST AND THE MONEY'S NOT THERE FOR YOUR F*****G CONSTITUENTS, THEY'RE GONNA BE IN AN UPROAR.

REALLY F*****G P****D OFF BECAUSE IT'S SAD.

THERE'S YOUR TEA, LIKE YOU'RE IN TIME IS IS OVER.

MIKE, MY APOLOGI.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND CALL FOR ACTION OR QUESTIONS OR WHATEVER YOU LIKE.

MR. MAYOR? UH, I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE CONSIDERATION ITEMS. UH, NUMBER TWO, A, B, AND C.

UH, DICK, DO YOU WANT ME TO, UH, READ NUMBER C THE CLERK CAN READ THE RESOLUTION.

A PROVEN ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER BLANK HAS NOT BEEN ASSIGNED YET.

ENTITLED A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAHABRA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING RESOLUTION NUMBER 6 92 PERTAINING TO A COMPENSATION PLAN FOR EXECUTIVE MAN EXECUTIVE AND MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES.

OKAY, THAT IS A MOTION BY STEVE, UH, SIMONIAN.

I'LL TAKE HERE A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSITION? ANY ABSTENTION? ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

FIVE ZERO MAY.

PARDON ME? MAYOR, WHO MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER MADRANO JOSE.

MAD COUNCIL MEMBER MADRANO.

MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR.

MAYOR'S

[ MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR:]

COMMUNITY CALENDAR.

THERE IT'S, CAN SOMEBODY BRING THAT UP ON THE SCREEN HERE? OKAY.

YOUR, I KNOW I RATHER JUST LOOK OFF THE SCREEN.

THE FONT'S NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR ME.

CHILDREN'S NIGHT OUT ON MARCH 24TH.

PLEASE COME ON DOWN TO THE HOPPER COMMUNITY SEC CENTER.

UM, TICKETS ONLY $20 EACH.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, UH, PLEASE CALL 5 6 2 3 8 3 4200.

THE SENIOR DANCE IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER ON MARCH 26TH, A DAY OF LIVE MUSIC DANCING DINNER TWO TO 4:30 PM AT THE LAHABRA, UH, CITY HALL ATRIUM LOCATED 110 EAST LAHABRA BOULEVARD.

TICKETS ARE ONLY $8 EACH AND YOU MUST MAKE A RESERVATION.

BE JIAN.

PLEASE CALL 5 6 2 3 3 4200 IGNITE.

THE ANNUAL IGNITE, UH, WILL TAKE PLACE AT LOBBY TO PARK ON FRIDAY, APRIL 7TH, 2023 AT LAA PARK.

UM, FROM SEVEN TO 8:00 PM THIS EVENT IS FOR YOUTH BETWEEN THE AGES OF SEVEN AND 13 YEARS OLD.

COST IS $10 AND YOU MUST PRE-REGISTER AGAIN AT THE LAHABRA COMMUNITY CENTER AT 5 6 23 3 4200 OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

IT'S

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HARD TO BELIEVE THE 2023 SPRING FAMILY EXTRAVAGANZA WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, APRIL 8TH, 2023 AT LA BONITA PARK, LOCATED 1440 WEST WOODIER BOULEVARD FROM 8:00 AM TO 12 NOON.

UM, WRISTBANDS MUST BE PURCHASED FOR ONLY $8.

THAT'S PRESALE.

AND, UH, PRESALE WILL GO ON UNTIL APRIL 7TH.

UH, AT THE DAY OF THE EVENT, IT GOES UP TO $10.

UH, THERE WILL ALSO BE A PANCAKE BREAKFAST.

UM, ALL WRISTBANDS INCLUDE ACTUALLY A PANCAKE BREAKFAST AND THEY ARE STILL LOOKING FOR VENDORS.

SO IF YOU'RE A VENDOR OUT THERE, PLEASE UH, CONTACT OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

IF YOU WANT TO BE A VENDOR, IT'S VERY REASONABLE PRICE TO PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL 5 6 2 3 3 4200 LA HARBOR PUBLIC WORKS WILL BE DISTRIBUTING FREE COMP COMPOSTS AND, UH, TREE SEATINGS AT THE EARTH DAY ARBOR DAY ON APRIL 22ND.

UM, LOCATED OUR CITY YARD AT 5 31 WEST MOUNTAIN VIEW AVENUE FROM EIGHT TO 12:00 PM YOU MUST, UM, BRING A, THE COUPON THAT'S GONNA BE LOCATED IN YOUR MONTHLY WATER BILL.

UM, WE'LL DISTRIBUTE THAT UNTIL SUPPLIES LAST.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL PUBLIC WORKS AT (562) 383-4170.

AND JUST AS I PROMISE, HERE'S MORE INFORMATION TO ATTEND OUR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETS OUR, OUR MEETINGS ARE HELD ON THE SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY.

THAT'S THE SECOND, FOURTH MONDAY HERE IN THE COUNCIL.

CHAMBERS LOCATED 100 EAST LAHABRA BOULEVARD.

OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, UH, COMMISSION DOES MEET HERE EVERY SECOND WEDNESDAY A MONTH.

THOSE MEETINGS AT 6:30 PM LOCATED IN THE SAME BUILDING, UH, MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

PLEASE APPLY.

WE HAVE SEVERAL JOB OPENINGS RIGHT NOW.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE, WWW.LAHABRACA.GOV.

AND UH, I KNOW WE'VE HAD A LOT OF RAIN, JUST EVERYBODY PLEASE BE RESPONSIBLE AND CONTINUE TO SAVE WATER.

AND THERE'S NOT A SLIDE HERE FROM, UH, HERE, BUT I WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY.

LA HARBOR HOST LIONS CLUB IS, UH, HOSTING THEIR ANNUAL PANCAKE BREAKFAST ON APRIL 1ST AT LA EL LIONS, EL CENTRAL PARK LIONS, EL CENTRAL PARK.

THAT'S UP, UP FOR THE, THAT'S IT FOR THE MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR.

COMMENTS

[ COMMENTS FROM STAFF:]

FROM STAFF.

YES, MR. MAYOR.

UM, I HAVE TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT PERFECT AT WHAT WE DO IN GOVERNMENT, AND WE TRY OUR BEST EVERY DAY TO DO OUR BEST JOB WE CAN, BUT IT'S NOT OFTEN WHEN YOU SEE, UH, AN EMPLOYEE REALLY STEP ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT YOU EXPECT THEM TO DO.

AND I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW, UM, IMPRESSED AND PROUD I AM OF OFFICER KLING FUSS.

UM, IT'S, UH, IT IS SOMETHING YOU, I DON'T THINK, UH, SERGEANT, I DON'T THINK THEY TREAT YOU, TEACH YOU IN THE, IN THE, UH, ACADEMY TO RUN IN BURNING BUILDINGS, RIGHT? AND IT'S EITHER SOMETHING YOU HAVE IN YOUR OR NOT.

AND SHE SAVED A LIFE TODAY.

AND I TELL YOU THAT'S PRETTY EXCEPTIONAL WHEN YOU REALIZE THIS IS ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES DOING SOMETHING THAT I THINK, UH, IS REALLY ABOVE AND BEYOND.

SO JUST WANTED TO SAY HOW PROUD OF WHERE I AM.

STEVE SIMONIAN, YOU'RE GONNA GO FIRST SINCE I ALMOST SKIPPED YOU LAST MEETING.

I HAVE NOTHING.

THAT'S JOSE.

[ COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS:]

YES, I DO.

UH, MR. MAYOR, UH, JUST WANTED TO REPORT OUT.

WE, UH, WELL, ACTUALLY I ATTENDED, UH, THE, UH, LAHABRA, EXCUSE ME, THE SONORA HIGH SCHOOL, UH, SENIOR VARSITY, UH, BASEBALL GAME THIS PAST SATURDAY, UH, REPRESENTING OUR CITY COUNCIL.

AND IT WAS, UH, GREAT TO SEE, UH, THE, UH, THE SENIORS, UH, THAT, UH, ARE GONNA BE PLAYING, UH, SOME OF THEIR LAST GAMES, UH, STARTING THIS NEXT WEEK, I BELIEVE THEY START THEIR LEAGUE GAMES, BUT THEY'VE BEEN IN THEIR, UH, THEIR PRESEASON MODE, SO TO SPEAK.

THEY BEAT, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS, UH, RAMONA HIGH SCHOOL FROM THE INLAND EMPIRE.

THEY BEAT 'EM, UH, HANDILY, UH, EIGHT TO THREE, I BELIEVE IT WAS, UH, GREAT PITCHING PERFORMANCE AND, UH, GREAT, UH, BALLGAME.

AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SENIORS ON THE, UH, BASEBALL TEAM.

AND, UH, THEY WERE QUITE HAPPY THAT, UH, UH, WE HAD A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE CITY COUNCIL OUT THERE.

SO I, UH, I DID LET THEM KNOW ON YOUR BEHALF, MR. MAYOR AND, UH, THE REST OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THAT HOW PROUD OF 'EM WE WERE.

SO, UH, VERY THANK, IMPORTANT, THANK THAT WE'RE, UH, OF COURSE AND, UH, WANTED TO CLOSE OUT, UH, UH, ADJOURN THE MEMORY OF, UH, ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS, UH, FORMER RESIDENT NOW, MARTIN LARO.

UH, HIS, UH, HIS FA HIS SON IS, UH, RODNEY LARO.

I'VE GOT A CARD HERE FOR YOU.

UH, HE PASSED AWAY ON, UH, FEBRUARY 15TH, UH, LAST MONTH.

AND, UH, HE, UH, MR. LARO WAS A, UM, A 50 YEAR MEMBER OF THE KIWANIS CLUB FROM WHAT, UH, RODNEY WAS TELLING ME.

UH, AND UH, WE, UH, WE SEND OUR CONDOLENCES, UH, TO THE LAROQUE FAMILY.

SO, UH, WANT TO DO THAT.

I'LL GIVE YOU THAT.

AND, UH, THAT'S IT FOR ME.

MORE KIDS, MORE PARENTS THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

THANK YOU, KAREN.

MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO EXTEND BEST WISHES TO THE HARBOR LITTLE LEAGUE ON A GREAT SEASON.

WE WERE ALL OUT THERE ON OPENING DAY ON MARCH 12TH, AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE A BIGGER CROWD,

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THERE'S STILL PENT UP PANDEMIC DEMAND, I SUPPOSE, BUT, UM, IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY AND I HOPE THEY HAVE A GREAT SEASON.

I ALSO ATTENDED THE EL RTO ROBOTICS LEGOS SHOW ON, UH, MARCH 17TH AT EL RITA SCHOOL, AND SO DID THE MAYOR.

AND, UH, THESE LEGO CREATIONS, THESE ROBOTS, THESE KIDS ARE BUILDING ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

AND IT DOES FILL YOU WITH PRIDE AND HOPE FOR THE FUTURE WHEN YOU SEE HOW SMART THESE KIDS ARE, WHICH ARE SMARTER THAN WE WERE, IS THAT AGREED MR. MAYOR.

ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.

AND THEN I WAS ALSO AT THE LIBRARY TODAY FOR WORLD STORY DAY, WHICH IS, UH, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS TO GET RED STORIES BY THIS FANTASTIC GENTLEMAN.

I SHOULD HAVE HIS NAME HERE, BUT I DON'T.

BUT THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN.

AND THE IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY THERE FOR ME IS THAT THERE'S A PROGRAM AND YOU CAN, AND LEARN ABOUT IT THROUGH OC REED.ORG THAT TUTORS PEOPLE ON HOW TO IMPROVE THEIR WRITING AND READING SKILLS.

BECAUSE I LEARNED TODAY THAT IT'S A FACT THAT ONE FOURTH OF ALL ADULTS IN ORANGE COUNTY HAVE LESS THAN AN EIGHTH GRADE ABILITY TO READ AND WRITE.

AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S AN ENORMOUS IMPACT ON YOUR JOB PROSPECTS.

IT'S AN ENORMOUS IMPACT ON THE EXTENT TO WHICH YOU CAN HELP YOUR OWN KIDS IN SCHOOL.

SO TO THOSE THAT ARE EMBARRASSED BY THAT FACT, WANNA IMPROVE THEIR SKILLS, YOU CAN JUST UN ANONYMOUSLY GO ON THIS SITE, GET THE INFORMATION, AND I URGE YOU TO DO THAT BECAUSE I THINK THIS COUNCIL TRULY VALUES LITERACY CRITICAL LIFE SKILL.

AND FINALLY, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, AND THANKS TO OFFICER KLA FUSS.

THERE'S THREE OF US UP HERE WITH A LAW ENFORCEMENT BACKGROUND.

WE UNDERSTAND THE TREMENDOUS DANGER THAT SHE FACED AND THE RISK SHE TOOK IN DOING THAT HEROIC ACT.

AND AGAIN, THANKS TO HER.

THANKS SARGE.

THAT'S IT, ROSE.

JUST QUICK AND SHORT, I WANNA THANK THE LA HARBOR COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR THE 5K, UH, 5K WALK, RUN, RAIN OR SHINE, THEY PROMISED AND WE WERE OUT THERE, ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE OUT THERE.

UH, I DID TAKE PART IN THE WALK PART OF IT.

UH, AND I DIDN'T GET TIME BECAUSE I ACTUALLY DIDN'T GO UNDER THE, UH, THING THAT STARTS YOUR, YOUR TIMING ON THE BIB.

SO I CAN SAY THAT I PROBABLY WALKED IN IN 15 MINUTES, BUT NO .

I THINK IT TOOK, UH, WE WERE, WE WERE TAKING OUR, MY GRANDDAUGHTER AS WELL AND, AND A WAGON.

SO IT TOOK A LITTLE, AROUND, AROUND AN HOUR WE ESTIMATE, BUT WE HAD FUN.

THERE WAS, UH, AN ESTIMATED 600 PEOPLE THAT REGISTERED.

SO, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO AND STAFF AS WELL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.

AND THANKS FOR THE COUNCIL FOR SHOWING UP.

I, I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT WASN'T ON STAGE CAUSE I WAS STILL WALKING, BUT , THANK YOU.

THAT WAS IT.