[ CALL TO ORDER: Council Chamber INVOCATION: City Attorney/Legal Counsel Jones PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor/Director Gomez ROLL CALL: Mayor/Director Gomez Mayor Pro Tem/Director Nigsarian Councilmember/Director Espinoza Councilmember/Director Medrano Councilmember/Director Simonian]
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I WILL NOW CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAHABRA, AND THE REGULAR JOINT MEETING WITH A SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF LAHABRA, THE LAHABRA CIVIC IMPROVEMENT, CIVIC IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY, THE CITY OF LAHABRA HOUSING AUTHORITY, AND THIS LAHABRA UTILITY AUTHORITY OF JUNE 5TH, 2023.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT IT IS 6:30 PM AND ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT WITH EXCEPTION OF MAYOR PRO TIM, UH, DARREN ERIAN, WHO DOES HAVE AN EXCUSE ABSENCE.
UM, WILL, OUR INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY, UM, COUNCIL, UM, OUR ATTORNEY, DICK JONES, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY OUR COUNCIL MEMBER JOSE MADRANO, EVER PLEASE STAND, ASK YOU TO PLEASE STAND, UH, YOUR HANDS.
UH, DO YOU HAVE HEAVENLY FATHER, WE HUMBLY COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING AS WE BEGIN TO DO THE BUSINESS FOR THE CITY OF LAHABRA.
OUR HEARTS ARE FULL OF GRATITUDE FOR THE MANY FINE PEOPLE THAT SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, THE WONDERFUL CHURCHES AND INSTITUTIONS WE HAVE THAT, THAT PROVIDE SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL, THE WISDOM AND INSIGHT THEY GIVE TO DIRECT AND GUIDE THIS CITY.
WE ASK YOU TO BLESS THEM THIS EVENING WITH WISDOM AND INSIGHT, AND WE SAY THESE SIX HUMBLY, SON, JESUS CHRIST.
FACE THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FRAUD.
OKAY, WITH OUR CITY CLERK, PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
WE EXCEPTION OF MAYOR PROAM, DARREN ERIAN, WHO HAS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE.
CLOSED SESSION OCCURRED EARLIER TODAY.
WILL PLEASE BE NOTED TO MYSELF AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY, ABSTAIN ON THE ITEMS, UH, RELATED TO LENAR.
WERE THERE ANY FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, MR. CITY ATTORNEY? NO OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS.
WE HAVE NO PROCLAMATIONS AT THIS TIME.
BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER, I NEED A, A COUPLE ITEMS OF CLEANUP.
FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PURCHASE A CITY PAVER, UH, TO OUR FORMER, UM, RECREATION MAN, DAVE DELEON.
I JUST NEED TO CLEAN UP ON THAT, IF WE CAN DO THAT.
AND WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I LIKE TO WELCOME BACK ELIAS.
ELIAS HAS BEEN OUT FOR A WHILE.
LET'S GIVE A WARM WELCOME BACK.
THANK YOU, ELIAS, FOR BEING BACK.
[ 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.]
OKAY.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 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.
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 5 4 9 5 4 0.3 A SUCH COMMENTS SHALL NOT BE RESPONDED TO BY THE GOVERNING BODY DURING THE MEETING.
ANYBODY WASHINGTON TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE COME UP THIS TIME.
ANYBODY GOING ONCE LAST CALL? OKAY.
[ 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. CITY COUNCIL:]
GO TO CONSENT CALENDAR? YES.AT THE, AT THIS TIME, IT'S CONSENT CALENDAR.
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 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 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.
THE CONSENT CALENDAR INCLUDES CITY COUNCIL ITEMS ONE THROUGH 14 AND SUCCESSOR AGENCY ITEM ONE.
UH, WILL THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO HAVE ANY ITEMS REMOVED? WILL OUR COUNCIL LIKE TO HAVE ANYTHING REMOVED? I'D LIKE TO HAVE ITEM 11 REMOVED.
ITEM NUMBER 11, STAFF NONE, MR. MAYOR.
UH, CAN I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE ITEM? MR. MAYOR? I MOVE, MOVE TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR ON THE REGULAR AGENDA ITEM ONE THROUGH 14, EXCLUDING ITEM 11 AND SUCCESSOR AGENCY ONE, A,
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B, AND C.ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ANY, UH, NOS? ANY ABSTENTIONS? OKAY.
[ CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS REMOVED FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION:]
GO TO ITEM NUMBER 11, APPROVE AWARD A CONTRACT TO THE CALIFORNIA CUSTOM ELECTRIC FOR THE MOUNT WOOD LIGHTING PROJECT, CITY PROJECT THREE DASH P DASH 22 ROSE.YOU LIKE TO HAVE THE STAFF REPORT? NO, I, I REALLY DON'T NEED A STAFF REPORT.
I JUST WANTED TO PULL IT BECAUSE I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND.
I KNOW THE INITIAL PROJECT WAS GOING TO COST $158,344 AND 12 CENTS, AND YOU WERE ABLE TO BRING IT DOWN TO HALF OF THAT, NEARLY HALF OF THAT, UH, BECAUSE YOU TOOK IT UPON YOURSELVES TO, UH, FIND THE BIDDERS TO, UH, DO THE JOB FOR US OF, OF THE POLES AND, AND INSTALLATION OF THOSE LIGHTING POLES AS WELL.
AND, UH, I WAS JUST, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR DOING THAT, UH, INSTEAD OF JUST GOING WITH THE, THE BID THAT WAS, UH, GIVEN TO US.
SO, AND, UH, THE MOUNT WOOD PROJECT DEARLY NEEDS LIGHTING THERE, SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT AS WELL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY KUDOS TO YOU AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFFORD FOR DOING THAT.
YEAH, WE'RE ALL UNITED AND WANTING TO HAVE THAT, UH, PROJECT OVER THERE.
IT'S MUCH NEEDED AND ESPECIALLY THOSE APARTMENT PEOPLE.
SOUNDS LIKE YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION.
WHAT IS IT? UH, TO ITEM NUMBER 11, WHAT IS IT? WHAT, UH, I HEREBY MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AN AWARD, A CONTRACT TO THE CALIFORNIA CUSTOM ELECTRIC FOR THE AMOUNT WOOD PARK LIGHTING PROJECT CITY PROJECT, UH, NUMBER THREE DASH P UH, DASH 22 AS PER RECORD ITEMS A, B, AND C.
YOU HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
[1. DULY NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER RESOLUTIONS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA AMENDING THE MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES PERTAINING TO FEES FOR GENERAL SERVICES, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, BUILDING SERVICES, FIRE SERVICES, POLICE SERVICES, AMBULANCE SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS SERVICES, UTILITY SERVICES, AND PENALTIES FOR MUNICIPAL CODE AND VEHICLE CODE PARKING VIOLATIONS That the City Council: A. APPROVE AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. ______ ENTITLED A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA AMENDING THE MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES PERTAINING TO FEES FOR GENERAL SERVICES, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, BUILDING SERVICES, FIRE SERVICES, POLICE SERVICES, AMBULANCE SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS SERVICES, UTILITY SERVICES AND PENALTIES FOR MUNICIPAL CODE AND VEHICLE CODE PARKING VIOLATIONS; and, B. APPROVE AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. ______ ENTITLED A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA EXTENDING REDUCED RATES FOR SOLID WASTE SANITATION FEES AND SOLID WASTE FRANCHISE FEES.]
NOW GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 60 MINUTES FOR ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTE MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR OR CHAIR.
COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE, AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER ONE, DULY NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER RESOLUTIONS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAHABRA, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA AMENDING THE MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES PERTAINING TO FEES FOR GENERAL SERVICES, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, BUILDING SERVICES, FIRE SERVICES, POLICE SERVICES, AMBULANCE SERVICES, PUBLIC WORK SERVICES, UTILITY SERVICES, AND PENALTIES FOR MUNICIPAL CODE AND VEHICLE CODE AND PARKING VIOLATIONS.
SEC SECTION 4.08010 OF THE HOBB MUNICIPAL CODE REQUIRES THE CITY TO ADJUST VARIOUS FEES AND CHARGES.
IT ASSESSES FOR SERVICES BY THE INCREASE OR DECREASE IN THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS CONSUMER PRICE INDEX.
THE C P I CHANGE FOR THIS INDEX IN 2022 WAS 7.45% HIGHER THAN IN 2021.
THEREFORE, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE ELIGIBLE USER FEES CONTAINED IN THE MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES BE INCREASED BY SEVEN 4.45% ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST OLD DOLLAR.
UNDER STATE LAW FEES MAY ONLY BE SET AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THE ACTUAL COST OF PROVIDING THE SERVICE FOR WHICH THE FEE IS BEING ASSESSED.
ALSO, THE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS PROPOSING TO COMPRESS THE CURRENT BUILDING VALUATION FEE TABLE.
THE PROPOSED COMPRESSION COMPRESSED VALUATION TABLE SIMPLIFIES THE BUILDING PLAN, CHECK, GRADING PLAN CHECK AND BUILDING PERMIT FEE STRUCTURE TO A MUCH SHORTER SCHEDULE WITH STAFF RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY ASSESSES THE LOWEST, LOWEST FEE WITHIN EACH NEW VALUATION RANGE.
ALSO, LAST YEAR, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED A TEMPORARY ONE YEAR REDUCTION IN THE CITY SANITATION AND REFUSED TO OFFSET THE INFLATIONARY IMPACTS THAT WERE INCREASING REFUSE COLLECTION COSTS.
PUBLIC WORK STAFF RECOMMENDS EXTENDING THE RATES, THE REDUCED RATES FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OR UNTIL THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTS A RESOLUTION, RESTORING THE FULL RATES.
IN THE FUTURE, IF THESE ADJUSTMENTS ARE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, THE INCREASE IN REVENUE FROM THE C P I ADJUSTMENTS TO ELIGIBLE FEES WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND.
HOWEVER, ANY NEW REVENUES WILL BE DIRECTLY OFFSET BY THE COST OF PROVIDING THE SERVICE FOR WHICH THE FEES HAVE BEEN ASSESSED.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A PROFIT MAKER FOR THE CITY, IT'S JUST RECUPERATING OUR FEES.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MY COLLEAGUES? NO, MR. COMMAND.
I WILL NOW OPEN PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYBODY WISH YOU TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL? PLEASE COME AT THIS TIME.
ONCE, TWICE, THREE TIMES IS OKAY.
WE'LL ASK, UH, FOR, UH, A MOTION
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OR MR. MR. STERN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION ENTITLED RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL.THE CITY OF LAHABRA, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES PERTAINING TO FEES FOR GENERAL SERVICES, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, BUILDING SERVICES, FIRE SERVICES, POLICE SERVICES, AMBULANCE SERVICES, PUBLIC WORK SERVICES, UTILITY SERVICES AND PENALTIES FOR MUNICIPAL CODE AND VEHICLE CODE PARKING VIOLATIONS.
AND ALSO APPROVE AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION ENTITLED, RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAHABRA, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, EXTENDING REDUCED RATES FOR SOLID WASTE, SANITATION FEES, AND SOLID WASTE FRANCHISE FEES.
OKAY, THERE IS A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER JOSE MADON.
I HEAR A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, STEVE SIMONIAN.
ANY OPPOSITION? ANY ABSTENTION? THE ITEM PASSES, UH, UNANIMOUSLY FOUR ZERO.
[1. RECEIVE AND FILE THE FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024 PROPOSED BUDGET PRESENTATION That the City Council receive and file the Proposed Fiscal Year 2023-2024 (FY23-24) Budget Presentation and direct staff regarding any revisions.]
MOVE TO CONSIDERATION ITEMS, CONSIDERATION ITEMS. ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE MAY REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE LAW OR CITY COUNCIL ON ANY CONSIDERATION ITEM PRIOR TO THE HOPPER CITY COUNCIL TAKING A FINAL VOTE ON THE ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH THE TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER CONSIDERATION ITEM, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR OR CHAIR.SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED 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.
THE FIRST ITEM IS CITY COUNCIL, AGENCY AND AUTHORITIES CONSIDERATION ITEM, RECEIVE AND FILE THE FISCAL YEAR 20 23, 20 24 PROPOSED BUDGET PRESENTATION.
OKAY, WE WELCOME BACK TO THE MIC.
MEL SHANNON, ONCE AGAIN, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
YOU CAN, DO YOU WANT ME TO DO IT? OKAY.
THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT WORKING IN CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH THE OTHER CITY DIVISIONS AND, UH, DIRECTORS OF THE BUDGET TEAM HAVE PREPARED OR PROPOSED MUNICIPAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2324, UM, COMING OUT OF THE COVID YEARS.
AND NOW THAT THAT'S BEHIND US, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH RETURNING TO NORMAL BUDGETING.
SO THE PRESENTATION ONLY HAD A FEW FACTORS.
THE ONE OF THE MAIN, SOME OF THE MAIN HIGHLIGHTS WERE ON CONCERNS OF OURS WERE THE INCREASING INTEREST RATES.
UM, THE, THE TALK OF A RECESSION IS A POSSIBILITY IN THE FUTURE.
SO THAT'S AN UNKNOWN UNCERTAINTY.
AND JUST, UM, JUST WRAPPING RISING COSTS OF, UH, CONSTRUCTION AND LABOR AND DELIVERY OF GOODS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO, INSTEAD OF READING A STAFF REPORT, WE'RE GONNA USE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION AND THEN HAVE EACH OF THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS TO COME UP AND GO OVER THEIR INDIVIDUAL BUDGETS.
UM, OUR TOTAL MUNICIPAL BUDGET IS 187 MILLION FOR THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR, BUT THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS OUR PRIMARY FUND OF THE CITY THAT SUPPORT MOST OF OUR POLICE, PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES AND FINANCE, HUMAN RESOURCES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, ET CETERA.
UH, THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS 55 MILLION OF THAT 187 MILLION.
UM, WE HAD A PROJECTED INCREASE IN REVENUES OF 3.35 MILLION.
AND EXPENSES WE KEPT DOWN TO ITS INCREASE 0.39%, BUT THAT'S PRIMARY DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE NOT CONCLUDED OUR LABOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE VARIOUS BARGAINING GROUPS.
UM, WE'RE DOING A CONTRACT WORKING ON A CONTRACT EXTENSION, HOPEFULLY WITH LA COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO, UH, THE EXPENSES, WE SHALL SEE THOSE ARE EXPECTED TO RISE.
OKAY, SO JUST A FEW MAIN ITEMS WERE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET INCREASED 1,224,000.
WE HAD A NET INCREASE IN STAFFING COSTS FOR, UH, 223,000 FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CODE ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISIONS, ADDING ADDITIONAL STAFF IN SOME, UH, ELIMINATED POSITIONS.
COMMUNITY SERVICES HAD AN INCREASE OF 82,000 IN THEIR PART-TIME FUNDING REQUESTS.
AND WE HAVE A $30,000 PILOT PROGRAM FOR, UH, EMPLOYEE EDUCATION REIMBURSEMENT NEW PROGRAM.
THIS IS THE SUMMARY OF OUR GENERAL FUND.
BASICALLY, OUR REVENUES OVER THE PRIOR YEAR ARE UP 3 MILLION, 3.3 MILLION EXPENSES, AS I MENTIONED, DOWN ALMOST 400.
WELL, THEY INCREASED 400,000, BUT THAT'S WITHOUT LABOR NEGOTIATIONS AND CONCLUSION OF THE FIRE CONTRACT.
WE'VE CARVED OUT A RESERVE OF $3 MILLION FOR FUTURE APPROPRIATION.
ONCE, UH, WE CONCLUDE WITH SOME OF THOSE ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS.
OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES PROPERTY TAX, ALWAYS NUMBER ONE AT 40% SALES TAX 25.
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TAX IS 13% ON THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.THIS IS JUST SHOWING A 10 YEAR GEN FUND REVENUE CHART SHOWING OUR GROWTH IN PROPERTY TAXES AT THE TOP, PROPERTY TAX, SALES TAX, OTHER TAXES, UH, GOING IN AND UPPER DIRECTION.
OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES FOR EXPENDITURES FOR 2324.
UM, POLICE DEPARTMENT, 23.9 MILLION.
FIRE 14 PUBLIC WORKS 5.9 COMMUNITY SERVICES, 4.4 ADMINISTRATION, 4.1 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, 2.7 FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF 55 MILLION FOR 44, 6 20 FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
AND THIS CHARGE ILLUSTRATES OUR COST BY POLICE IS 43% OF THE BUDGET.
FIRE 26 IN THE OTHER DIVISIONS, ROUND OUT THE REMAINDER OF THE BUDGET BY TYPE.
54% OF OUR COSTS ARE PERSONNEL.
THE FIRE CONTRACT, FIRE AND AMBULANCE SERVICES CONTRACTED OUT ANOTHER 26% OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE AND CAPITAL, THE REMAINING 20%.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS THAT PUBLIC SAFETY ACCOUNTS WERE 68% OF OUR BUDGET WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE GENERAL FUND, 31%.
THIS IS AN EXPENDITURE ALLOCATION SHOWING BASICALLY SMALL DECLINES OVER TIME, BUT IT'S A 10 YEAR REFLECTION.
POLICE AT THE TOP, THE OTHER DIVISION'S PUBLIC SA UH, FIRE DEPARTMENTS AT THE BOTTOM AND OTHER DIVISION'S COMBINER IN THE MIDDLE.
EACH DIRECTOR WILL COME UP AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THEIR BUDGET.
COMMUNITY SERVICES IS UP FIRST.
WE HAVE KELLY FUO FROM COMMUNITY SERVICES TO THE MIC.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO PRESENT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BUDGET.
THIS FOR 2023 TO 2024 IN THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
WE SHOULD DO OUR BEST TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY, LOW-COST EVENTS AND SERVICES FOR OUR PUBLICS WHILE WE ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESSES.
AND WE DO THIS IN HOPES THAT WE MAKE THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY MANAGER, AND ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS PROUD OF OUR EFFORTS.
WE LOVE TO HEAR IT WHEN PEOPLE SAY, WOW, LAHABRA REALLY IS MAKING IT HAPPEN.
SO THAT'S OUR NEW THEME FOR HOPEFULLY THIS YEAR AND BEYOND LAHABRA MAKING IT HAPPEN.
SO TONIGHT, UH, WE'RE GONNA TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR DEPARTMENT AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE MANAGERS PRESENT EACH ONE OF THEIR BUDGETS AND, UH, ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND GOALS.
SO WE DO OUR WORK WITH, UH, SEVEN DISTINCT AND UNIQUE DIVISIONS, ADMINISTRATION, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, OH, I DON'T THINK, UH, CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING FACILITY, MAINTENANCE, RECREATION AND SPECIAL EVENTS.
AND SENIOR AND SOCIAL SERVICES.
OH, THEY ARE LETTING IT FLY IN.
CHILD DEVELOPMENT,
SO, UP FIRST TO TELL YOU ABOUT, UH, THE ADMINISTRATION DIVISION IS KIM ALBIAN, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES MANAGER.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE ADMINISTRATION DIVISION MAINTAINS PERSONNEL FILES, MONITORS THE DIVISION, THE DIVISION BUDGETS AND GRANTS SUCH AS THE PROVIDENCE ST.
JUDE GRANT THAT IS GONNA BE FUNDING THE FITNESS EQUIPMENT AND A NEW HYDRATION STATION DOWN AT THE HILLCREST, UH, WELLNESS CENTER.
BY NOW, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED YOUR, UH, MOST RECENT SUMMER AND FALL LIFE IN LAHABRA, UH, ACTIVITY GUIDE THAT GOES OUT TO 62,500 RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.
AND IN ADDITION TO THE NONPROFITS THAT ARE LISTED ON THIS SLIDE, WE ALSO, UM, MANAGE THE, UH, LEASE AGREEMENTS FOR THE TENNIS CENTER AND THE DEPOT THEATER.
AND MOST RECENTLY, THE LAHABRA ROTARY CLUB IS NOW UTILIZING THE ATRIUM, UH, CONFERENCE ROOM ON THURSDAYS FOR THEIR LUNCH MEETINGS.
THE GRAFFITI ABATEMENT TEAM CONTINUES TO OPERATE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK WITH A SMALL CREW OF ONE FULL-TIME AND TWO PART-TIME, UH, EMPLOYEES.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY, UM, REQUESTING 300 ADDITIONAL HOURS TO HELP MANAGE THAT PROGRAM.
WE'LL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CODE
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ENFORCEMENT, UH, DIVISION TO CREATE A, A PLAN FOR PRIVATE PROPERTIES AND BUSINESSES TO HELP THEM REDUCE AND, UH, ELIMINATE GRAFFITI AS WE KNOW IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED OVER THE YEARS.AND NOW IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE JOANNA PEREZ, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY FINISHING UP OUR CURRENT YEAR, MOVING INTO OUR, UM, NEW YEAR AND OUR KEEPING IN MIND OUR GOAL IS TO MEET, UM, FIRST FIVE CALIFORNIA'S GOAL OF A CHILD CENTER COMMUNITY.
AND WE'RE HERE TO PROMOTE THAT THIS NEW YEAR, WE WILL INCLUDE, UM, PROVIDING CHILDCARE QUALITY SERVICES TO APPROXIMATELY 350 FAMILIES.
THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR OF OH, OKAY.
THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST YEAR EVER SERVING 96 FULL DAY PRESCHOOL STUDENTS.
SO THAT IS A LOT OF PRESCHOOL AGED KIDS, ESPECIALLY IN, UM, THIS COMMUNITY AT THIS TIME, CONSIDERING THERE IS A BIG PUSH FOR UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL.
SO WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THIS, UH, MOVING INTO OUR NEW YEAR.
UM, SO HOW DO WE DO ALL THIS? YOU KNOW, WE DO THIS THROUGH OUR CALIFORNIA STATE PRESCHOOL CONTRACTS AS WELL AS OUR, UM, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT SOCIAL SERVICES CONTRACTS, WHICH COMBINED TOTAL OUR APPROXIMATELY 6 MILLION.
UM, AND WE DO DO THIS WITH A QUALITY PRESCHOOL TEACHING TEAM, AND WE MAINTAIN THAT BY PROVIDING, UM, LET ME READ
SO THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO, IN ENSURE THAT THESE CHILDREN ARE GETTING THE BEST TEACHERS POSSIBLE IN THE EARLIEST YEARS OF THEIR LIFE.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE COLLABORATIONS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA STATE FULLERTON NURSING PROGRAM, AND THEY PROVIDE US IN OUR GOAL TO SUPPORT ST.
JUDE'S INITIATIVE OF A MORE HEALTHY CAMPAIGN WHERE THEY'RE IN THE CLASSROOM WITH THE STUDENTS PROVIDING HANDS-ON LEARNING EXPERIENCES.
UM, AND ONE, SOMETHING WE ARE REALLY PROUD TO DO IS ALSO COLLABORATE WITH THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.
AND WE ALSO ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A, UM, COLLABORATION WITH THE CALIFORNIA UM, INSTITUTE, UM, CALTECH INSTITUTE OF THE EARLY LEARNING CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTER.
SO THEY FOCUS ON STEM WITH US.
THEY COME TRAIN OUR TEACHERS, WORK WITH US ON HOW WE CAN BEST SUPPORT A STEM AND MATH, UM, COMPONENT IN OUR CLASSROOMS. UM, AND THIS IS AL ALWAYS, THIS IS ALLOWED BY THE FACILITATION AND CONTINUATION OF CARE IS SUPPORTED BY, UM, ALSO IMPLEMENTING THE CORE STANDARDS IN OUR SCHOOL-AGE PROGRAM.
UM, KINDER READINESS ASSESSMENT.
SO WE COMPLETE QUARTERLY AND A STEM FOCUS IS WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN THIS AGE GROUP RIGHT NOW.
WE WANNA SEE SUCCESS THREE YEARS FROM NOW, FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, 10 YEARS FROM NOW.
UM, OUR SITES, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO CAME TO OUR OPEN HOUSE, YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR HOUSE, OUR SITES ARE VERY WARM AND INVITING.
AND THE WAY WE ARE GONNA MOVE INTO THE NEW YEAR IS BY CREATING CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT SUPPORT THAT, WHICH IS GONNA BE, WE'RE REDOING OUR FLOORS AND SEVERAL SITES POUR IN PLACE THAT IS DESPERATELY NEEDED IN OUR PLAYGROUNDS.
THIS ALSO INCLUDES A LOT OF, UM, A PUSH FOR FURNITURE.
WE'RE REPLACING A LOT OF FURNITURE IN OUR PROGRAMS TO ENSURE OUR KIDS HAVE THE BEST THEY DESERVE THE BEST.
UM, AND ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE PARTS OF OUR PROGRAM AND CHILDREN'S SUCCESS IS GONNA BE OUR PARENT INVOLVEMENT.
SO OUR PARENTS LOVE OUR PROGRAM, THEY ARE COMMITTED.
THEY COME YEAR AFTER YEAR, BRING, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT, HAVE GREAT THINGS TO SAY ABOUT OUR PROGRAM.
AND I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IS EVIDENT IN OUR ENROLLMENT FOR THE NEW YEAR.
UM, AND ALTOGETHER THIS, UM, CREATES OUR, UM, THE HARVARD CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS WHERE OUR MOTTO IS WE CARE, WE LOVE AND WE TEACH.
SO, UM, NOW I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF ALSO, UM, INTRODUCING KATIE, OUR RECREATION MANAGER FOR, AND SHE WILL SPEAK ON THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.
UH, YOU SAID, UH, WARM AND INVITING.
YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS DO A PHENOMENAL JOB.
AND THE OPEN HOUSE WAS, UH, WA WAS WAS A CREDIT TO YOU GUYS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WHAT YOU DO THERE.
WE'RE TRYING TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE COMPLIMENT.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
UM, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.
SO THE EFFORTS OF THE MUSEUM 16 EMPLOYEES, ALONG WITH THE SUPPORT FROM THE CITY OF LAHABRA, THE FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, THE MUSEUM GUILD, VOLUNTEERS AND DONORS WHO WORK HARD TO ENSURE THE LONG-TERM CON CON CONTINUITY OF THE CHIL OF THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUMS AND ITS SUCCESS.
THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM IS AN AWARD-WINNING NONPROFIT PUBLIC MUSEUM THAT PROVIDES UNIQUE HANDS-ON EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXPERIENCES TO YOUNG CHILDREN.
AND WHOSE MISSION IS TO ENCOURAGE ENTHUSIASM ABOUT LEARNING AND HANDS-ON ENVIRONMENT THAT OPENS THE WORLD TO EVEN THE YOUNGEST CHILD.
WE ARE SO EXCITED BECAUSE THIS IS THIS YEAR.
UM, I'M ABLE TO COME TO YOU AND TELL YOU THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME WE HIT OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND VISITORS AT OUR CHILDREN'S MUSEUM THIS YEAR.
UM, WE HAD A VERY BUSY YEAR, NOT JUST WITH GUESTS, WE, IN OUR CENTENNIAL FARM EXHIBIT, WE INSTALLED OUR
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BARN AND BEEHIVE, AND THEN WE OPENED OUR CHANGING EXHIBIT, OUR SPACE NEIGHBORS.UM, ADDITIONALLY THIS YEAR WE HOSTED SENSORY FRIENDLY SESSIONS, WHICH, UH, PROVIDED A SAFE PLACE FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM AND SENSORY PROCESSING DIFFERENCES.
AND CHILDREN IN THEIR COMPANIONS CAN EXPLORE THE MUSEUM WITHOUT THE CROWDS AND NOISES AND THE BRIGHT LIGHTS OF A TYPICAL MUSEUM DAY.
WE'VE REVAMPED OUR TOUR PROGRAM AND INTRODUCED A NEW SET OF TOURS CALLED OUR DISCOVERY TOURS, AND THEY ALIGN WITH OUR NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS.
AND IN THE PAST THREE MONTHS, WE HOSTED OVER 150 OF THOSE SCHOOL TOURS.
WE INTRODUCED OUR MOBILE MUSEUM, WHICH WE TAKE OUT TO COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND THEN WE PARTNERED WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS WATER DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE OVER 1,250 STUDENTS FROM TITLE ONE SCHOOLS.
THE OPPORTUNITY OF A FEW, A FREE FIELD TRIP THAT FOCUSED ON WATER CONSERVATION HERE AT THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.
ADDITIONALLY, WE PROVIDED FREE WATER CONSERVATION EDUCATION ACTIVITIES TO THE COMMUNITY AT OVER 10 COMMUNITY EVENTS.
THE PAST YEAR WE PARTNERED WITH THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT DIVISION FOCUSING ON OUR STEAM PROGRAMMING, PROVIDING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEIR STUDENTS AND EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS FOR THEIR TEACHERS.
WE ARE EXCITED TO, UM, IN THIS UPCOMING YEAR TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW MASCOT.
AND SO WE'RE CURRENTLY HAVING A NAMING CONTEST FOR OUR NEW MASCOT.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE, UM, PLEASE ENTER A NAME.
AND THEN TO REALLY KICK OFF THIS SUMMER, WE'RE EXCITED TO HOST THE PBS SOCAL PBS'S SUMMER LEARNING DAY.
THEY CHOSE LAHABRA HISTORICALLY, THE EVENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN HELD IN, IN LA COUNTY, AND THEY WANTED TO COME TO ORANGE COUNTY.
WE PUT OUR NAME IN AND THEY CHOSE US.
SO WE'RE EXTREMELY EXCITED TO HOST IT.
IT IS A CRITICAL EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND IT'S, UH, OH, IT WILL BE FREE THIS YEAR.
THEIR THEME IS DISCOVER LEARNING EVERYWHERE, AND IT WILL PROVIDE HANDS-ON EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES FOR THE FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE DAYS, THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
THE FAMILIES WILL HAVE FREE ENTRANCE TO THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM AND THEN MEET AND GREETS WITH THEIR FAVORITE PBS CHARACTERS, INCLUDING CURIOUS GEORGE NATURE CAT, AND ELEANOR FROM ELEANOR WONDERS WHY.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A, A SPECIAL READ ALOUD FROM OUR MAYOR.
I WAS THE CLOSEST ONE TO LOOK LIKE BARNEY, THAT'S WHY THEY INVITED ME TO
AND THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING ON SUNDAY, JUNE 17TH FROM 11 TO 5:00 PM SO, HEY, UH, ONE THING I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO FIX THE FRIENDSHIP WHISTLE.
AND ANOTHER THING I, SO I DON'T FORGET BY THE END OF THE MEETING, UH, GREAT, GREAT JOB WITH THE KICKOFF FOR THE SPLASH PADS, THE BARBECUE.
IT WAS REALLY THE MELTING POT OF LA HARBOR THERE.
WE SAW ALL NATIONALITIES THERE, ALL DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS, AND THAT WAS FANTASTIC.
AT THIS TIME IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRO, TO BRING BACK KIM ALBIAN, WHO WILL BE TALKING ABOUT EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING.
SO WE ARE IN OUR THIRD YEAR OF OFFERING THE READY SET OC PROGRAM THAT SERVES YOUTH 14 TO 24 YEARS OLD THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COUNTY OF ORANGE.
WE'RE PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER A FOURTH YEAR.
UM, WE WERE RECENTLY GIVEN THE FOURTH YEAR TO OFFER, UH, ONE MORE YEAR OF PROGRAMMING TO SIX DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT ORANGE COUNTY, INCLUDING MOVING TO BREA AND OPENING UP A NEW OFFICE IN LAGUNA NIGEL.
WE EXPECT TO SERVE 448 NEW PARTICIPANTS IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
WE ALSO WILL BE, UH, EVALUATING OPTIONS TO RESPOND TO THE COUNTY'S RFP FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEAR CYCLE.
WE ARE PLEASED TO, UH, SAY THAT OVER THE LAST YEAR WE'VE HAD A HUNDRED PARTICIPANTS ENROLLED IN THE I T A, UM, WHICH IS THE INDIVIDUAL TRAINING ACADEMY PROGRAM, AND THAT IS TO SERVE YOUTH AND PROVIDE THEM WITH ADDITIONAL TRAINING IN NURSING, AUTOMOTIVE, UM, TECHNOLOGY WELDING, AND OTHER TYPES OF TRADES, UM, THAT ARE NON-TRADITIONAL IN INSTEAD OF GOING TO COLLEGE.
AND WE INVITE YOU TO ATTEND THE JOHN MUIR, UH, GRADUATION.
THAT'S COMING UP ON THURSDAY, JUNE 22ND AT FOUR O'CLOCK AT THE LAHABRA COMMUNITY CENTER.
WE HAVE A VERY STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH THE JOHN MUIR CHARTER SCHOOL.
AND WHAT MAKES THIS SCHOOL UNIQUE IS THAT THEY OFFER AN ACTUAL HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, NOT A G E D.
SO IT'S REALLY SPECIAL THAT THERE'S ANOTHER OPTION FOR YOUTH THAT ARE STRUGGLING IN A TRADITIONAL HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM TO ACTUALLY RECEIVE A, A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.
THEY FEEL SO GREAT TO HAVE A REGULAR DIPLOMA LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.
SO HOPEFULLY YOU CAN ATTEND AND WE'LL BE SENDING OUT INVITATIONS SOON AND MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO FACILITY MAINTENANCE.
AS YOU KNOW, FACILITY MAINTENANCE IS HOUSED IN COMMUNITY SERVICES, AND WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND SAFETY OF OUR 20 CITY FACILITIES.
THIS INCLUDES, UH, WINDOWS LOCKS, HVAC ALARMS, UTILITIES, AND MUCH MORE.
FACILITY MAINTENANCE IS ALSO IN, IN CHARGE OF THE CUSTODIAL CONTRACT, WHICH IS A FULL SERVICE, UM, WHICH OFFERS FULL SERVICES.
WE ARE ON A MONTH-TO-MONTH CONTRACT RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'LL BE GOING OUT TO RFP IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
AND THEN ALSO, WE'RE WORKING ON INSTALLING NEWS DOWNS, ABSORBING PANELS AT VETERAN'S HALL.
WE HAVE ALL OUR BIDS IN, WE'RE
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JUST WORKING ON INSTALLATION AND SCHEDULING DATES.AND THEN WE HOPE TO FINISH THAT PROJECT OVER HERE AT CITY HALL IN THE ATRIUM CONFERENCE IN THE ATRIUM COURT BECAUSE THAT SPACE IS UTILIZED ON THE REGULAR BASIS AND WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE THE SOUND QUALITY THERE.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE'RE WORKING ON A WATER HYDRATION FILLING STATION HERE AT AT CITY HALL.
IT'S NEEDED AND WE'RE, AGAIN, JUST FINISHING GETTING QUOTES, UM, FROM DIFFERENT VENDORS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO COMPLETING THAT PROJECT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
AND NOW I'D LIKE TO ASK KATIE ELMORE TO COME BACK UP.
SO, RECREATION, WE HAD A REALLY BUSY YEAR.
WE HOSTED OUR, OUR ANNUAL PROGRAMS, WHICH INCLUDED MINI SPORTS, OUR SUMMER ENRICHMENT AT TWO SITES, LAHABRA, CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND LITTLE JOINT.
WE HAD DAY CAMP, WHICH WAS SOLD OUT BOTH LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR WE SOLD OUT IN RECORD TIME.
UM, WE'RE EXCITED FOR THIS YEAR.
WE'RE GONNA BE HOSTING AQUATICS, COMMUNITY OPEN SWIM SESSIONS, CONTRACT CLASSES, UM, AND TRIPS AND TOURS.
WE ARE WORKING TO BOOST THOSE AND BRING THEM BACK.
THOSE WERE, UH, TWO OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WERE DIFFICULT COMING BACK OUTTA COVID, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON BOOSTING THOSE AND BRING THOSE BACK.
HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE OFFER A FULL LINE OF, OF CONTRACT CLASSES, WHICH INCLUDE KARATE, FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS, TAI CHI, ZUMBA, DANCE GYMNASTICS, AND OTHER, OTHER FITNESS CLASSES, AND, UM, ENRICHMENT CLASSES.
THIS YEAR, THIS PAST YEAR, WE HOSTED A NUMBER OF SPECIAL EVENTS, WHICH INCLUDED THE LAHABRA RACES, OUR MOVIES IN THE PARK SERIES CONTEST IN THE PARK, 4TH OF JULY, TAMALI FESTIVAL, SPRING FAMILY EXTRAVAGANZA, OUR IGNITE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IN COLLABORATION WITH THE, UM, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND COOL COPS LOVE LAHABRA, AND THEN THE COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE.
UM, THIS YEAR WE ALSO COLLABORATED WITH OUR LOCAL YOUTH SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE FIELD AND FACILITY ACCESS FOR THEIR PROGRAMS. AND THEN OUR FACILITY RENTAL PROGRAM IS GOING STRONG.
UH, OUR LAHABRA COMMUNITY CENTER IS BOOKED PRETTY MUCH EVERY OF OPEN SATURDAY THAT WE PUT OUT OUT, UM, THAT'S AVAILABLE.
AND THE ATRIUM IS ANOTHER, UM, SOUGHT OUT VENUE THAT IS ALMOST BOOKED EVERY SATURDAY.
UM, LET'S SEE IT RECENTLY WE JUST HOSTED OUR PARTY IN THE PARK, WHICH WAS A KICKOFF TO SUMMER.
AND SO WE SERVED OVER 700 HOTDOGS AND OVER 550 SNOW CONES.
THE EVENT FEATURED WATER SLIDES ACTIVITIES, AND WE WERE PROMOTING ALL SUMMER ACTIVITIES, WHICH WILL INCLUDE OUR UPCOMING MOVIES IN THE PARK, CONCERTS IN THE PARK.
AND OUR, UM, 4TH OF JULY EVENT, WHICH WILL FEATURE MUSIC FROM ELECTRIC VINYL AND A W AND A FLYOVER FROM A WORLD WAR II TEXAN AIRCRAFT.
I'M GONNA MOVE ALONG TO SOCIAL SERVICES.
SO THIS YEAR WE WORKED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE LAHABRA COLLABORATIVE TO OFFER FREE FOOD GIVEAWAYS, RESOURCE FAIRS, EDUCATION, HEALTH AND, UM, EDUCATION, HEALTH EVENTS, AND MORE.
ORANGE COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS HOSTED THEIR DINING FOR SENIORS, WHICH, UH, WHICH SENIORS CAN COME DOWN FOR A HOT MEAL MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FOR A $3 DONATION.
AND THEN WE CONTINUED ON WITH OUR SENIOR TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.
SO WE OFFERED TWO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. WE HAVE A RIDE WITH PRIDE SHUTTLE, SO THAT WOULD TRANSPORT RIDERS TO AND FROM THEIR HOMES TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS DINING PROGRAM, AND THEN ALSO FOR THE SENIOR ACTIVITIES AND THEN BACK TO THEIR HOME.
WE ALSO OFFER A CAR SERVICE, WHICH IS AVAILABLE FOR MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS IN ORANGE COUNTY AND ALSO TO P I H AND THEN GROCERY OR SUPPLY SHOPPING IN LAHABRA.
AND THOSE RIDES ARE 50 CENTS WHAT, UM, 50 CENTS ONE WAY RIDES.
WE PARTNERED WITH NORTH ORANGE COUNTY CONTINUING EDUCATION TO OFFER SENIORS A WEEKLY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CLASS.
AND WE'RE EXCITED FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR TO CONTINUE OFFERING ADDITIONAL CLASSES.
SENIOR PROGRAMS INCLUDED ART CLASSES, BINGO, WE DAYS TABLE TENNIS, TAI CHI MOVIE DAYS, UH, GAME DAYS, BOOK EXCHANGES, AND OTHER SPECIAL OR HOLIDAY EVENTS FOR THE SENIORS.
WE HAD OUR SENIOR DANCES THAT WERE HOSTED BY THE LAHABRA HOST LIONS.
THIS, UH, THEIR ANNUAL VET PASTA FEST, WHICH IS COMING UP, UM, RAISES FUNDS FOR ALL THESE SENIOR ACTIVITIES.
AND SO EVERY PENNY DONATED TO THE PASTA FEST COMES RIGHT BACK TO SENIOR ACTIVITIES.
WE WERE ABLE TO HOST 10 SENIOR DANCES, AND WE HAD OVER, UM, ABOUT, UH, ABOUT 60 TO 80 PARTICIPANTS AT EVERY, EVERY SENIOR DANCE.
AND THE SENIOR DANCES INCLUDE LIVE MUSIC AND DINNER.
NEW THIS YEAR WAS THE CITY'S COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM, WHICH FOCUSED ON HOMELESSNESS.
AND THEY AS, AND WE ASSISTED OVER 75 INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TO, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THEM ACCESS TO SHELTER PROGRAMS AND PROVIDED ANOTHER 150 INDIVIDUALS WITH CONTACT THIS YEAR.
WE ALSO SUPPORTED RED CROSS' BLOOD DRIVES AND COLLECTED OVER 300 PINTS OF BLOOD.
SO I'M GONNA INVITE KELLY FU BACK.
AND AS YOU GO ON, GREAT WORK THAT THE STAFF IS DOING, UH, WITH EVERYTHING, UH, A READY SET, OC, BIG PROPONENT OF, YEAH, THE EMPLOYMENT TRAINING PROGRAM AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
I'M REALLY HOPING WE GET IT BACK, UH, FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS.
I, I THINK IT'S A, IT IT'S A GREAT SERVICE
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FOR, FOR A MARGINALIZED PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT, UH, THAT MAYBE SOMETIMES WOULD FEEL LEFT OUT AND, UH, UM, WE, WE GET TO ACTUALLY GIVE 'EM SOME ATTENTION.UM, THE RFP FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS WILL COME OUT BEFORE THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
AND SO WE'LL PUT TOGETHER, UH, AN APPLICATION, WE'LL, WE'LL DECIDE ON WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WHAT WE WANNA DO, BUT PROBABLY PUT TOGETHER AN APPLICATION.
SO I'M JUST GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT MAYBE, UM, DID NOT COME, OR, OR THE BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS, I GUESS IS WHAT I'M DOING RIGHT NOW.
UM, WITH THIS BUDGET THAT WE'RE PRESENTING OR REQUESTING FROM YOU TONIGHT.
UM, I WON'T REPEAT SOME OF THE THINGS, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT WAS C P R CLASSES.
IN THIS BUDGET, WE PUT ASIDE $15,000 BECAUSE I THINK THE COUNCIL REQUESTED THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE C P R CLASSES FOR THE PUBLIC, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S, UM, FULL COST RECOVERY OR IT'S, UM, PARTIAL COST RECOVERY OR FREE FOR THE PUBLIC, BUT THERE'S $15,000 IN THIS BUDGET IF YOU APPROVE IT.
IT ALSO PROVIDES, UH, SECURITY AT THE SKATEBOARD PARK AND STAFFING FOR THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR, UM, AS WELL AS THE SPLASH PAD ON THE WEEKENDS.
SO, UM, WE ALSO ARE ASKING TO RECLASSIFY OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES MANAGER TO A DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
AND WE'RE ASKING TO, UM, UPGRADE A VACANT, PART-TIME SENIOR REC LEADER TO BE THE SOCIAL SERVICES COORDINATOR TO HELP US WITH THE SENIOR PROGRAMS. NOW THAT WE'RE COMING OUT OF COVID.
IT'S, IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER TO GET THE SENIORS OUT.
SO THEY'RE DANCING ON, YOU KNOW, EVERY OTHER SUNDAY, ONCE A MONTH ON SUNDAYS, BUT WE'D LIKE TO GET 'EM OUT TO OUR NUTRITION PROGRAM TOO, YOU KNOW, UM, THE THEME FOR OUR, OUR SOCIAL SERVICES PROGRAM IS THAT WE, WE PREVENT, UH, PREMATURE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF OUR SENIOR CITIZENS, AND WE DO THAT BY PROVIDING SOCIALIZED SERVICES, UH, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S PING PONG THAT THEY'RE TRYING, OR MOVIES OR, UM, JUST THE LUNCH PROGRAM, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE SENIORS OUT OF THEIR HOMES, UM, AND, AND OUR CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM THROUGH ATTRITION.
AND BECAUSE OF COVID, WE'RE DOWN FIVE FULL-TIME VACANCIES AT THIS POINT, SO WE INTEND TO, TO FULLY, UH, FILL THOSE POSITIONS THIS YEAR.
SOME OF THE GOAL, OH, I FORGOT ABOUT THIS THING.
UM, SOME OF THE GOALS, UH, THANK YOU, BREE, IF YOU DID THAT ALREADY.
UM, FOR THIS YEAR, ADMINISTRATION WE'RE, WE ARE STARTING OUR HUNDREDTH HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION COMMITTEE.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, IT'S ONLY, UH, 18 MONTHS AWAY, AND THE CITY MANAGER KEEPS TELLING ME, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA COME HERE QUICK, UH, KELLY, SO WE'RE KICKING IT OFF.
AND SO THERE'S A FUNDING REQUEST WITHIN THIS BUDGET FOR THAT TOO.
WE HAVE TO DEVELOP OUR LOGO AND OUR WEBSITE AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT, THAT GOES WITH IT, LET ALONE THE CALENDAR.
UM, WE'RE ALSO WORKING HARD TO PUT TOGETHER A NONPROFIT JUST FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY GRANTS AND SERVICES OUT THERE THAT AREN'T AVAILABLE SINCE WE ARE NOT A 5 0 1
A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS WILL COME THROUGH THE CHILDREN'S, THE FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, OR THE LIONS OR OTHER NONPROFITS THAT ARE WITHIN THE CITY.
BUT WE'D LIKE THE ABILITY TO PPRI APPLY FOR GRANTS OURSELVES.
ONE OF THE OTHER, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE GOALS IS TO FINALLY MOVE THE WOMEN'S CLUB AND ART ASSOCIATION INTO THE TWO BUILDINGS OVER HERE, AS WELL AS OUR HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
UM, RECREATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES, UM, LET'S SEE.
WE ARE, UM, OH, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON OUR MUSEUM AND CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT HERE, SO WE CAN GET THAT MOVING.
AND WITH THAT, UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR, OUR TENNIS CENTER.
IT'S OUR PORTOLA PARK TENNIS AND SPORTS FACILITY, AS WE LIKE TO CALL IT.
BUT THE, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR TO MAYBE EVEN INCLUDE THIS AREA AS PART OF HER LAHABRA BOULEVARD SPECIFIC PLAN AND BULL OUT THIS AREA.
SO, UM, SHE COULD HELP US WITH THAT.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO INCREASE AND EXPAND OUR CONTRACT CLASSES AND OUR TOURS, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT BACK TO PRE PANDEMIC LEVEL, UH, WITHIN OUR FACILITY MAINTENANCE DIVISION.
UM, WE'RE, WE ARE, WE NEED TO UPDATE OUR CUSTODIAL CONTRACT AND WE NEED TO, UH, RENOVATE THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND SOME OF OUR OTHER BUILDINGS.
AS YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY CENTER, OR YOU HEARD IS VERY BUSY WITH RENTALS.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO UPDATE OUR AUDIOVISUAL SYSTEM BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY ORIGINAL TO THAT BUILDING.
UM, IN THE SOCIAL SERVICES, WE WANT TO, UM, IMPROVE AND MAYBE EVEN EXPAND ON OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH HOMELESS PROGRAM AND, UM, DEVELOP OUR PLANS FOR OUR SENIOR CENTER AND, UM, OUR CPR CLASSES FOR OUR CHILD DEVELOPMENT, THE GOALS ARE TO CONTINUE, IMPROVE AND MEET THE STANDARDS OF THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES.
WE WANNA WORK WITH SCOTT WHO'S ALREADY BRINGING FOOD AND SUPPLIES TO ALL OF OUR, UH, UH, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, UM, CLASSROOMS EVERY WEDNESDAY.
BUT WE'RE TRYING TO EXPAND THAT, UH, TO OTHERS MAYBE MORE, WHERE THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A LITTLE STOP AND SHOP AT EACH ONE OF OUR CHILD FACILITIES, CHILDCARE FACILITIES.
HE ALSO, UM, GIVES US SUPPLIES FOR OUR WORKING FAMILIES OR PARENTS IN OUR EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAM.
UM, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO IMPROVE OUR FACILITIES.
UH, YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT E D I, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING BETTER.
OUR, OUR SCHOLARS ARE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE CLIMBING, BUT EVERY YEAR'S A DIFFERENT YEAR.
SO, UM, AS, UH, JOANNA MENTIONED, WE ARE TRYING TO ENGAGE OUR PARENTS
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A LOT SO THAT WAY THEY COULD, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY NEED TO TEACH THEIR, THEIR CHILDREN AT HOME.SO THE, THE EDUCATION CAN'T STOP WHEN THEY WALK OUT OF SCHOOL OR THEY WALK OUT OF OUR PROGRAM OR ROSIE'S GARAGE OR THINGS LIKE THAT, RIGHT? THEY HAVE TO BE A PART OF YOUR, YOUR HOUSEHOLD WORDS AND, UM, PROGRAMS. SO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, WE STILL NEED TO IMPROVE OUR OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY, UM, SIX AND UP, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WAY FAMILIES CAN COME AND NOT JUST THE TWO AND THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLDS.
WE WANT TO DEVELOP MORE, UM, INTERACTIVE OR DIGITAL ACTIVITIES TO HELP US WITH THAT.
AS KATIE MENTIONED, WE HIT THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND MARK FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, SO WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AT TRYING TO IMPROVE OUR ATTENDANCE.
UM, AND I THINK THAT, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE THAT EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING.
UM, WHEN KIM MENTIONED THAT WE'RE GOING TO ENROLL 448 NEW STUDENTS, THAT DIDN'T INCLUDE THE OVER 600 THAT WERE GONNA CARRY IN WITH US AND WITH FOLLOW UP AND ADDITIONAL CARE THAT ARE IN OUR PROGRAM RIGHT NOW.
SO WHEN WE SAY WE HAVE TO ENROLL 4 448, THAT'S BRAND NEW STUDENTS, BUT THEY, THE ONES THAT ARE ENROLLED RIGHT NOW GET TO CARRY ON.
UM, WE HOPE TO SUCCESSFULLY MANAGE THAT PROGRAM AND MEET ALL OF OUR CONTRACT GOALS THIS YEAR.
SO, UM, WHEN, WHEN WE TALK AB, OOPS, WE TALKED ABOUT NUMBERS.
UM, OUR, OUR BUDGET IS FOR, LET ME GO BACK TO THAT PAGE, SORRY.
UM, OUR BUDGET IS A TOTAL 14,300,000, BUT FOUR HUN, 4.4 MILLION OF THAT IS ACTUALLY JUST THE GENERAL FUND.
FOUR, 4.4 GIVES US, UH, 1.6 MILLION ON JUST BUILDING MAINTENANCE ALONE, UTILITIES AND, AND ALL THAT.
SO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES, THANKS, BREE.
THE CONS, COMMUNITY SERVICES IS REALLY ONLY, UM, 3 MILLION IN JUST GENERAL FUND.
THE REST COMES FROM OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY.
UM, AND SO WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL, I THINK IN THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
AND I, THAT CONCLUDES OUR, UH, BUDGET PRESENTATION.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME BACK TO ELIAS.
UH, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THE PUBLIC WORKS PRESENTATION WILL BE, UH, DONE BY OUR STAFF, BEGINNING WITH OUR DEPUTY, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, UH, ALBERT MENDOZA.
ELIAS, HAPPY TO SEE YOU BACK AGAIN ON YOUR FEET.
UM, UH, I'M GONNA START WITH, UH, OUR FISCAL YEAR 2223, UH, MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UH, OUR BREAD AND BUTTER STREETS AND ALLEYS AND SIDEWALK PROJECTS.
UH, NOT ONLY THIS IS A MULTI-YEAR, UH, PROJECTS THAT WE DID.
WE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE GOING THROUGH AND READING EACH SINGLE PROJECT, I LIKE TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN PLAYING CATCH UP.
WE ACTUALLY DID FISCAL YEAR 18, 19, 19, 20, 21, 22, AND 22, 22 23, WHICH INCLUDES EUCLID STREET FROM LAHABRA TO WHITTER BOULEVARD.
THIS YEAR, WE'VE PAVED OVER NINE MILES OF STREETS COMPARED TO FIVE MILES LAST FISCAL YEAR, AND COMPARED TO FOUR MILES OF, OF STREETS THAT WE DID IN 2021, UM, ALSO IN OUR ANNUAL SIDEWALKS, WE ALSO PLAYED CATCH UP.
UH, TO PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE, UH, WE'VE COMPLETED 59 88 CURRENT CITYWIDE, UH, AND ALSO IMPROVE OVER 17,000 SQUARE FEET OF SIDEWALKS, UH, IN TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC.
UH, I'M HA HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE'VE COMPLETED OUR LAST THREE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM ORIGINAL 15 ORIGINAL NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE PROGRAM.
UH, THAT INCLUDES, UH, AREAS E ECA, K L M M J F.
UH, THIS INCLUDES 60 OVER 68 SPEED LUMPS.
UH, 14 SOLAR PANEL, UH, POWERED FLASH FLASHING SIGNS, AS WELL AS SPEED RADAR SIGNS.
UH, AFTER, SINCE THE CONCLUSION OF OUR PROGRAM, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND DO AN AFTER STUDY, UH, WHICH WE'LL COME BACK, UH, IN ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO GO OVER THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROGRAM, AND ALSO, UM, COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND REPORT WHAT WILL BE, UH, HOW WE CAN SIMPLIFY THE, THE, THE PROGRAM AND MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFECTIVE.
UM, CONTINUE WITH OUR UTILITIES AND STORM DRAIN PROJECTS.
UH, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT, UH, BISHOP STORM BRAIN IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
I KNOW THAT PROJECT HAS BEEN IN THE BOOKS FOR QUITE SOME YEARS.
UH, WE, WE STARTED CONSTRUCTION A FEW WEEKS AGO.
UH, ALSO HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE, UH, WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT ON UCLI EUCLID STREET HAS BEEN,
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UH, FINALIZED.UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, THE CITY, THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY, IT'S WAITING FOR STREET REPAIRS FOR EUCLID EUCLID FROM, UH, WHITTIER TO THE NORTH SALE LIMIT.
AND THAT'S COMING, UH, THAT'S COMING.
SO WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE GOING OUT TO BID PRETTY SOON ON THE WATER, AND THEN IT'LL BE FOLLOWED BY, BY OUR STREET, UH, PAYMENT RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM.
UH, WE ALSO STARTED THE HAILY PROJECT, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, DESIGN, UH, OF THE SAND PUMP STATION IN OUR RESTAURANT PROJECT AT OSORIO PARK.
UM, IN ADDITION TO OUR ONGOING WATER METER REPLACEMENT, UH, CITYWIDE, NOT ONLY FOR THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT ALSO COMMERCIAL AND, UH, INDUSTRIAL AREAS, US IN OUR PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENTS, UH, WE'VE, UH, STARTED THE COMMUNITY CENTER PARKING LOT THAT, UH, UH, SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.
UH, AND THAT WOULD ADD AN ADDITIONAL 25 PARKING SPACES TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
UH, WE ALSO COMPLETED A DEMOLITION OF THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME AT 1 0 7, UH, SECOND AVENUE.
THAT'S THE, UH, PARCEL THAT IT'S RIGHT ACROSS, UH, THE BRIO SPLASH PADS.
AND, UH, OUR, OUR GOAL IS TO, UH, DESIGN A NEW PARKING LOT THERE, RIGHT IN FRONT OF, UH, THE BRIO, UH, SPLASH PADS PARK IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, WE BEGAN CONSTRUCTION OF THE OLD RESERVOIR PARK, UH, AS WELL AS THE INSTALLATION OF NEW SH UH, SHADE STRUCTURE AT CORONA PARK.
UH, WE'VE COMPLETED DESIGN FOR THE WOMEN'S CLUB, UH, THE NA, THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD PARK AT THE FORMER WOMEN'S CLUB SITE, AS WELL AS MR. GRANDE.
YOU SHOULD BE SEEING THOSE TWO PROJECTS COMING UP, UH, IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS.
UH, IN ADDITION TO PLANNING OVER 60 STREET TREES CITYWIDE, THE THE FOLLOWING SLIDES ARE EXHIBITS TO SHOW AND, YOU KNOW, MAPPING ALL THE STREETS THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED, UH, THIS YEAR.
UH, HERE IS EXHIBIT OF THE ARTERIAL STREETS FISCAL YEAR, 1920, UH, 18, 19, 19, 20, 21, 22, AND ALSO OUR ALLEY AREA SIX IMPROVEMENTS AND OUR FISCAL YEAR, 21, 22, 22, 23 SIDEWALK AND 88 IMPROVEMENTS.
THESE RED DOTS REPRESENT EACH LOCATION OF CURB RAMPS OR SIDEWALKS, OR CONCRETE WORK THAT WE DID THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THAT'S A RENDERING OF HOW THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD PARK WILL LOOK AT THE FORMER WOMEN'S CLUB SITE OR RESERVOIR PARK, CORONA CHASE STRUCTURE BEFORE AND AFTER OF OUR ANNUAL STREET ALLEY SIDEWALK PROJECTS.
SIDEWALK, N T M P, NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
UH, HERE BEFORE THERE WEREN'T ANY CROSSWALKS, SO WHAT WE DID IS WE INSTALLED CROSSWALKS AND ACTUALLY GAVE A BUFFER ZONE FOR PEDESTRIANS.
SO YOU SEE THERE'S A STOP BAR, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST SOUTH OF THE, UH, A STOP BAR SOUTH OF THE CROSS SECTION OF THE, OF THE INTERSECTION.
SO THAT WILL ALLOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM FOR CARS TO STOP BEFORE THEY GET ENCROACHED TO THE CROSSWALK.
UH, SPEED LIMITS, WHICH IS THE PRIMARY, UH, TRAFFIC CALMING ELEMENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
OKAY, ALBERT, WE GOT A QUICK QUESTION.
ALBERT, JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.
THIS IS BY MON WOOD, ACTUALLY, IT IS THE MONT WOOD PARK AREA.
AND, UH, AND RESIDENCE THERE ARE, UH, ARE ELATED.
UH, AND THEY'VE ASKED FOR IT FOR QUITE A LONG TIME, SO THANK YOU.
AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE TONY WHO'S GONNA GO OVER OUR GOALS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2324.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
I'LL GO OVER SOME OF THE NOTABLE PROJECTS THAT'S IN PROGRESS AND UPCOMING FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2324.
AND SOME OF THE MAJOR GOALS INCLUDE COMPLETING THE MA WATER MAIN IMPROVEMENTS AND STREET PAVING ON EUCLID STREET FROM WHITTIER BOULEVARD TO NORTH CITY LIMITS ANNUAL ALLEY IMPROVEMENTS, PROJECT ALLEY NUMBER EIGHT, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION BEGIN SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AT HARBOR BOULEVARD NEAR ARITA DRIVE.
INITIATE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, PRIORITY LIST REPORT,
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COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BI BISHOP'S STORM DRAIN CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS, COMPLETE DESIGN OF THE HACIENDA PUMP STATION AND RESTROOM PROJECT, GROUNDBREAKING AND BEGINNING CONSTRUCTION OF THE VISTA GRANDE PARK IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.AND ALSO BEGINNING, UH, CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW PARK AT THE FORMER WOMEN'S CLUB, UH, SITE AND COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION OF THE OLD RESERVOIR PARK IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE PROJECTS, UM, THAT ARE UPCOMING AND SOME ARE MAJOR GOALS.
AS ALBERT HAD ALREADY GONE THROUGH SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, BUT SOME OF OUR PRIOR FISCAL YEAR PROJECTS THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION ARE NOW THAT MOUNTAIN WOOD PARK WAS APPROVED THIS EVENING.
WE'LL GET US STARTED WITH THE CONTRACTOR.
THE POLES ARE ALREADY ON, ON THEIR WAY, SO WE'LL GET THAT COMPLETED, UH, THIS YEAR.
AND ALSO INCLUDES, UH, NEW SCOREBOARD INSTALLATION AT SLI PARK AND LAB BONITA PARK, FINISHING THE DESIGN AND GETTING VISTA GRANDE PARK CONSTRUCTED AS WELL AS THE WOMEN'S CLUB PARK.
SOME OF OUR FISCAL, UM, PRIOR FISCAL YEAR PROJECTS THAT'S CURRENTLY IN DESIGN.
WRAPPING UP IS, UH, AS ALBA MENTIONED, ULI STREET WATERLINE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THAT'LL BE GOING OUT TO BID, UM, WITHIN WEEKS HERE.
ALSO, UH, HAS PUMP STATION AND RESTROOM PROJECT.
WE'RE, UM, FINISHING UP THE DESIGN FOR THAT PROJECT.
AND SOME OF OUR, UH, PROPOSED FY 2324 PROJECT INCLUDE BUILDING RENOVATION AT 1 0 6 EAST FIRST AVENUE AND 2 0 5 EUCLID, WHICH IS THE, UM, OH, THE PROPERTIES THAT WE ACQUIRED, WHICH USED TO BE THE, UH, CHIROPRACTOR AND THE ELECTRONICS BUILDING ACROSS CITY HALL AND ALSO INCLUDES CHILDREN'S MUSEUM FACILITY UPGRADES, INSTALLATION OF NEW ROOF AND OTHER FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS LIKE HVAC, O STATE PARK PARKING LOT, AND ADA IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, SOME OF OUR, WE HAVE 65 TOTAL PROJECTS IN PROGRESS, TOTALING APPROXIMATELY $46 MILLION.
AND FOR THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2324 PROJECTS, WE HAVE 25 TOTAL NEW PROJECTS, APPROXIMATELY 16 MILLION.
IF THE PROPOSED CIP P BUDGET IS APPROVED, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL BE WORKING ON A TOTAL 90 C I P PROJECTS, APPROXIMATELY $62 MILLION.
WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT OVER TO MR. MICHAEL PLOTNIK, OUR TRAFFIC MANAGER.
SO TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE UPDATE ON THE BIKE PROJECT, THE OC BIKE LOOP OR CONNECTION, SO WE'LL BE CONSTRUCTING APPROXIMATELY 3.1 MILES OF A ASPHALTED BIKE TRAIL WITH AMENITIES, SIGNAGE, AND LANDSCAPING, WHICH WILL CONNECT LAHABRA TO BREA AND WHITTIER, AND IT'LL BE PART OF THE 66 MILE OC LOOP.
UH, AS THE TIME GOES ON, THE COST GOES UP.
SO RIGHT NOW OUR ESTIMATES AROUND 40 MILLION, WHICH WE NEED TO ACQUIRE GRANT FUNDING FOR.
WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN THE PROCESS OF SUBMITTING OUR OFFER PACKAGE TO UNION PACIFIC.
AND WE'LL BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS ALONG WITH BREA, AND ONCE THEY AGREE ON A PRICE, THEN WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH ESCROW.
AND WE'RE STILL, WE'RE GONNA FINISH THE DESIGN, SEND THAT OVER TO THEM, AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE APPLYING FOR ANY KIND OF FUNDING AVAILABLE, WHICH WOULD BE STATE OR FEDERAL OR WHEREWHERE ELSE WE CAN GET THE MONEY FROM.
AND WE'RE HOPING TO TAKE THIS, WHICH IS THE EXISTING TRAIL AND TURN IT INTO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
AND NOW I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO ALBERT.
SO OUR PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET THAT IT COMPRISED OF GENERAL FUND, IT'S, IT'S 5.9 MILLION, THE CHUNK OF IT, IT'S PARKED AND, UH, LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, WHICH IS JUST OVER A MILLION.
UH, AND THEN YOU HAVE STREET MAINTENANCE, ENGINEERING AND PDFS.
AND OUR BUDGET, WE'RE USING ALL FUNDS.
IT'S AT 97 MILLION, UH, THAT INCLUDES JUST SHY OF 6 MILLION FROM THE GENERAL FUND AND 91 MILLION OF NON-GENERAL FUND.
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OF THE MONEY THERE, IT'S OUR WATER UTILITY, WHICH IS AT ALMOST 30 MILLION.OUR REFU ENTERPRISE FUND AT, UH, ALMOST 10 MILLION.
AND ONE OTHER FUND TO NOTE IS THE OTHER STRAIGHT STATE, UH, GRANTS, WHICH INCLUDES STATE AND FEDERAL, WHICH IS AT 50 MILLION.
AND THE REST, UM, YOU CAN SEE THERE, IT'S MEASURE M TWO, UH, PARK GRANTS, UH, SEWER CAPITAL PROJECTS, ET CETERA.
UH, BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS, UH, NO DOUBT THAT OUR BUDGET HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT BY THE RISING CU COST OF INFLATION, SUCH AS LABOR COST, EQUIPMENT, MATERIAL PROCUREMENT, AND ALL THAT.
UH, OUR TRIMMING CONTRACTS, I MEAN, IT'S ACROSS THE BOARD, UH, CONTRACTS, WHETHER IS, UM, CONTRACTOR OR JUST, UH, UH, COMPETITIVE BIDS.
UH, WE'VE BEEN SEEING ESCALATED PRICES, UH, FROM TREE TRIMMING, UM, FROM PURCHASING A WATER, UH, BUYING VEHICLES, UH, AND, UM, REPAIR SERVICES.
UM, AND ALSO, ONE LAST THING HERE IS, UH, PART OF OUR GENERAL FUND, UH, THAT WE ARE BRINGING BACK IS, UH, TWO PART-TIMERS FROM, UH, FOR OUR PARKS DIVISION AND OUR STREET, UH, DIVISION.
THESE ARE, UH, POSITIONS THAT WERE, UH, WERE, UH, REMOVED BACK IN THE EARLY START IN COVID.
AND, UH, IF APPROVE THESE TWO POSITIONS WILL, UH, PROVIDE, UH, AND MAINTAIN, UH, ADEQUATE STAFFING LEVELS.
AND WITH THAT, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
BUSY, BUSY YEAR ON BEHALF OF US.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO ESPECIALLY THE NORTH EUCLID GETTING DONE.
A COUPLE OF, UH, COMMENTS ON THE PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET.
WHEN, UM, ALBERT TALKS ABOUT COST GOING UP, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON NOW FOR US TO SEE PROJECTS THAT WE HAD ENGINEERED ESTIMATES COMING IN AT TWICE THE COST.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE A PROJECT THAT'S COMING IN WITH BIDS TWICE AS EXPENSIVE AS YOU HAD PLANNED WHEN YOU HAD RECEIVED FUNDING FOR THE ORIGINAL PROPOSED BUDGETS, CREATE SOME MAJOR, MAJOR PROBLEMS FOR US.
AND STAFF'S DONE A GOOD JOB THIS YEAR LOOKING AT THE PROJECT LISTS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO COUNCIL AND UTILIZING FUNDS FROM SOME THAT AREN'T NOT READY TO MOVE FORWARD YET TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE MONEY FOR OTHERS THAT ARE UNDERWAY SO THAT WE CAN COMPLETE THOSE.
UM, ONE PROJECT OF PARTICULAR NOTE THAT'S A CONCERN IS VISTA GRANDE PARK.
WE HAD ORIGINALLY BUDGETED ABOUT EIGHT AND A HALF OR $9 MILLION FOR THAT PROJECT, AND WE HAVE THOSE FUNDS IN HAND FOR THAT PROJECT.
WE ARE CONCERNED THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE BIDS COME IN WELL OVER 10 MILLION FOR THAT PROJECT.
SO WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THAT PROJECT DONE OR FIND ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO MAKE SURE THAT PROJECT LIVES UP TO OUR EXPECTATIONS.
THE OTHER PROBLEM THAT WE'RE FACING WITH, WITH ENGINEERING ESPECIALLY, IS WE HAVE 90 PROJECTS.
WE ARE, WE HAVE REACHED, IF NOT EXCEEDED OUR STAFF CAPACITY TO TAKE ON PROJECT VOLUME.
AND SO FOR US IT'S A MATTER OF DO WE HAVE THE STAFFING AND HOW WELL CAN WE MANAGE THROUGH THIS LIST OF PROJECTS TO GET THEM ALL DONE? AND THERE'S, THERE'S A LIMITED NUMBER OF STAFF.
WE'RE EVEN FINDING PROBLEMS WITH ENGINEERS, UH, CONTRACT ENGINEERING FIRMS THAT CAN PROVIDE US STAFFING TO GET THESE PROJECTS DONE.
UM, ON THE PLUS SIDE, WE'RE LOOKING TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR WITH, UH, NEXT FISCAL YEAR WITH A NTMP PROGRAM, UM, TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM, RE RECAP FOR COUNCIL HOW THE FIRST 15 NEIGHBORHOODS WENT OVER THE LAST DECADE.
AND, UM, DEMONSTRATE THE NET RESULTS OF THOSE, UM, CHANGES WE MADE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND THEN DECIDE IF, UH, SEE IF COUNCIL'S INTERESTED IN RE-UPPING THAT PROGRAM.
IF SO, WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE SOME RECOMMENDED CHANGES, BUT WE ALREADY HAVE A LIST OF PROBABLY ANOTHER 15 TO 20 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE ASKED TO BE PART OF THE NEXT ROUND OF NTMP.
AND THEN ONE PROJECT THAT'S A HUGE PROJECT THAT'S NOT ON THIS LIST IS THE, THE, UH, COYOTE VILLAGE, UH, PRIVATE STORM CHANNEL THAT HAD THE ROOF COLLAPSE ON IT.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN, UH, VERY WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH, UH, DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES.
UH, SENATOR NEWMAN WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING AN EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET ALLOCATION FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO HELP, UH, REPAIR THAT PRIVATE STORM CHANNEL SEGMENT.
UH, THE CITY WILL BE, UM, VERY INVOLVED WITH THAT PROJECT BECAUSE WE ARE THE GRANTEE AGENCY.
WE'RE GONNA GET THE FUNDS AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, WHO'S THE GRANTING AGENCY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THAT PROJECT DONE THIS NEXT YEAR.
SO OUR STAFF'S WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE STATE AND ALSO WITH THE HOA REPRESENTATIVES ON FIGURING OUT HOW TO GET THIS PROJECT DONE.
CHIEF, I THINK YOU'RE UP NEXT.
ACTUALLY, I'LL BE HANDLING OKAY, NEXT TWO SLIDES.
UM, SO FIRE AND AMBULANCE BUDGETS.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, UH, OUR AMBULANCE BUDGET AND FIRE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.
UH, WE HAVE AN EXISTING CONTRACT WITH LA COUNTY THAT GOES THROUGH FEBRUARY OF 2025.
THERE'S A REPORT LATER TONIGHT THAT'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL ABOUT THAT.
UM, WE HAVE RECEIVED, UH, AN INITIAL COST ESTIMATE FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
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THAT WILL INCREASE OUR COST BY ABOUT 1.2 MILLION NEXT YEAR.UM, IT HAS ABOUT A $900,000 COST COMPONENT THAT'S PART OF THE FORMULA, BUT ALSO INCLUDES PRIOR YEAR EXCESS CHARGES THAT WERE BEYOND THE CAP, CUZ WE HAVE AN ANNUAL CAP ON HOW MUCH CHARGES CAN GO UP.
THOSE EXCESS COSTS GET ROLLED OVER TO THE NEXT YEAR.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING AS PART OF THOSE EXCESS COSTS ROLL INTO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, UM, WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH LA COUNTY FIRE TO ATTEMPT TO ATTEMPT TO, UH, NEGOTIATE AN EXTENSION OF THAT AGREEMENT.
UH, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER TONIGHT.
UH, AMBULANCE COSTS CONTINUE TO RISE, HOWEVER, THEY'VE BEEN TEMPERED A LITTLE BIT THE LAST, UH, YEAR OR TWO.
SOME OF THE BIGGER INCREASES WE SAW, UM, ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO HAVE LEVELED OFF, BUT WE'RE STILL EXPECTING ABOUT A $46,000 INCREASE IN THE AMBULANCE CHARGES.
UH, BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON FIRE AMBULANCE.
UH, WE HAVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, SUSAN KIM.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
SUSAN KIM, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, WHERE OUR MISSION IS TO CREATE A VIBRANT COMMUNITY.
OUR DEPARTMENT CONSISTS OF THREE DIVISIONS, THE BUILDING SAFETY AND CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION, THE PLANNING DIVISION, AND THE HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION WITHIN THE BUILDING SAFETY AND CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION.
OUR BUILDING AND SAFETY DIVISION, UM, ISSUED TWO OVER 2000 BUILDING PERMITS LAST YEAR FOR A CONSTRUCTION VALUATION OF 36.3 MILLION.
AND THEN CODE ENFORCEMENT WAS EQUALLY BUSY.
THEY RESPONDED TO 743 PROPERTY MAINTENANCE VIOLATIONS, AND THEIR AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME TO CONDUCT AN INSPECTION AFTER THEY'VE RECEIVED A COMPLAINT OR THEY'VE, UM, SEEN SOMETHING OUT IN THE FIELD AND ISSUE A NOTICE OF VIOLATION IS FIVE DAYS.
AND THEY'VE REALLY BEEN KEEPING TO THAT SCHEDULE TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY CAN IN OUR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT DIVISION, WE'VE ASSISTED 73 HOUSEHOLDS THROUGH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ARPA, WITH BILL ASSISTANCE TOTALING OVER $180,000.
WE ASSISTED 30 BUSINESSES AT LOST INCOME DURING THE PANDEMIC WITH GRANTS TOTALING OVER $300,000.
WE'VE DESCRI DISTRIBUTED $200 GIFT CARDS TO QUALIFIED HOUSEHOLDS IN THE DINE-IN SHOP PROGRAM, AND WE ALSO COMPLETED OUR FIRST ANNUAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FORM FORUM WITH LAHABRA BUSINESSES LAST OCTOBER, WHICH WAS A HUGE SUCCESS, AND WE HOPE TO, UH, CONTINUE THAT ON THIS NEXT YEAR.
IN ADDITION, WE RECENTLY HOSTED THE TOP 25 BUSINESS LUNCHEON.
THAT IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE HOSTED THAT IN PERSON.
SINCE THE PANDEMIC IN THE PLANNING DIVISION, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON OUR GENERAL PLAN.
WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO FIND OUT THAT WE WERE FOUND BY THE STATE TO BE IN SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW FOR OUR HOUSING ELEMENT, WHICH WAS A REALLY BIG, UM, MILESTONE FOR US.
UH, ABOUT HALF OF THE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS IN ORANGE COUNTY HAVE COMPLETED THAT, AND SO WE'RE HAPPY TO BE AMONGST THAT.
UM, HALF THAT'S, THAT'S DONE WITH THAT PROCESS.
WE ARE WORKING ON OUR SAFETY ELEMENT UP TO UPDATE IT TO REFLECT NATURAL DISASTERS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PREPARED FOR EMERGENCIES AS WELL AS ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON AS NEW STATE MANDATED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GOALS AND POLICIES FOR OUR GENERAL, WE ARE MAKING ZONE CHANGES TO COMPLY WITH STATE LAW, AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE OF THE SIGN CODE TO MAKE IT MUCH EASIER TO UNDERSTAND AND MORE IMPORTANTLY TO IMPLEMENT.
I'LL RUN THROUGH A FEW OF OUR PROJECTS, BUT I KNOW THESE HAVE BEEN HIGHLIGHTED IN A LOT OF OTHER DIFFERENT VENUES, AND SO I'LL THROUGH THEM RELATIVELY QUICKLY.
INSIDE OF CYPRESS STREET, WE'VE GOT 16 RESIDENTIAL CON THAT ARE ON THE WEST SIDE, AND THEN ON EAST SIDE THERE'S 10 RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM UNITS THAT ARE ALL UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE VALARA PROJECT BY BONINI, WHICH IS ON EAST ELECTRIC AVENUE, WHERE 57 OF THE 58 UNITS HAVE RECEIVED CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY.
WE'VE GOT VISTA OLSEN COMPANY, WHICH YOU MAY SEE ON IMPERIAL BOULEVARD THAT BEGINNING HAVE GRADING TAKE PLACE ON THAT PROPERTY WITH, AND THEY'LL BE, THAT'LL BE 117 RESIDENTIAL UNITS WITH 12 UNITS SET ASIDE FOR MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES.
AND THEN IN ADDITION, ON THE QUINTA INSIGHT WE'VE SEEN NOW THAT THE TACO BELL'S INSTALLED, AND I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO GO TO THE GRAND OPENING OF THAT LAST YEAR.
NOW WE'RE SEEING THE QUIN IN GET UNDERWAY IS THE HALLMARK.
I JUST NEED TO SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE.
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AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT THAT'S PENDING THAT'S MOST LIKELY GOING TO BE A DUNKING DONUTS.I THINK AN EXCITING BUSINESS THAT'S COMING TO LAHABRA, AND WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THE FIRST ONE OF THESE IN OLIVE OF ORANGE COUNTY.
WE WERE DEFINITELY THE FIRST ONE TO PERMIT IT DESPITE WHAT, WHAT THE OC REGISTER SAID.
AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE WAY THAT WE WORKED WITH THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY ON THAT ONE.
UM, WHEN IT CAME TO PLANNING COMMISSION AT THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE HEARD A NUMBER OF COMMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY ON THE PROJECT, AND WE WORKED WITH THE DEVELOPER TO REDESIGN IT SO THAT IT WOULD HAVE MUCH LESS OF AN IMPACT ON THE SURROUNDING HOMES.
WE HAVE CRISPY KREME DONUTS, WHICH I'M HAPPY TO SAY THEY'VE ALREADY EVEN SUBMITTED BUILDING PLANS FOR THIS, SO THIS SHOULD BE COMING ALONG PRETTY SOON.
AND WE'RE AGAIN, EXCITED TO HAVE THEM BACK IN, UM, LAHABRA SINCE THEY WERE THE FIRST LOCATION ON THE WEST COAST.
SO OUR MAJOR GOALS FOR NEXT YEAR ARE TO CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT OUR LAND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
IT'S GONNA HELP US REALLY STREAMLINE THE PERMITTING SYSTEM, AS WELL AS KEEP REALLY ACCURATE RECORDS TO SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ALL OF OUR CASES.
FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT TO PLANNING TO BUILDING PERMITS, WE'RE GONNA BEGIN UPDATING THE LAJA BOULEVARD SPECIFIC PLAN.
I ANTICIPATE HAVING AN AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU AND JULY FOR THIS PROJECT.
WE ARE PLANNING TO COMPLETE OUR SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GENERAL PLAN ELEMENT UPDATES THAT I MENTIONED.
THOSE SHOULD BE COMING TO YOU IN THE FALL.
WE ARE GOING TO COMPLETE AND ADOPT IN AN UPDATED SIGN CODE.
AGAIN, HOPING TO SEE THAT IN THE FALL.
AND AS WELL AS WE'RE PURSUING GRANT FUNDING, UM, TO UPDATE OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN UPDATED BACK IN 2020.
SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT THAT COULD BE A GRANT FUNDED.
THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY OUT THERE, AND SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO CATCH THAT MONEY.
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR BUSINESS OUTREACH AND RECRUITMENT AND CODE ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS.
WE'RE GONNA PRESENT A PROPOSED RENTAL INSPECTION PROGRAM TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
UM, BUILDING UPON THE SUCCESS THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR.
WE'RE GOING TO UPDATE THE CITY'S HOMELESS PREVENTION AND RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM, AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING THE HIGH LEVEL OF APPEARANCE OF THE PROPERTIES THAT WE EXPECT IN LAHABRA, AS WELL AS WITH, UM, AS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, THINGS ARE GENERALLY BACK TO NORMAL POST COVID.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE CREATING A NEW BUSINESS WELCOME PACKET AND REALLY GETTING BACK OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THE SERVICES THAT WE OFFER.
OVERALL, OUR BUDGET IS A LITTLE OVER 2.7 MILLION IN, IN THE GENERAL FUND, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY A 2.3% DECREASE FROM LAST FISCAL YEAR WITH OUR OTHER FUNDS.
IT COMES TO A TOTAL OF, FOR OUR DEPARTMENT OF A BIT OVER $12 MILLION
AND WE ONLY REALLY HAVE A FEW THINGS BECAUSE WE'RE JUST REALLY CONTINUING TO, UM, WORK ON THINGS THAT WE STARTED LAST YEAR AND REALLY GAINING MOMENTUM, BUT ALLOCATING THOSE CDBG FUNDS TO THE OLD REDS OF OUR PARK IMPROVEMENTS, AS WELL AS THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT, PRESCHOOL, PLAYGROUND, REHAB, BEGINNING IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR LAND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
AND THAT WAS COMPLETELY FUNDED BY GRANT FUNDING FROM SB TWO AND OUR, AND ARPA, AS WELL AS WE'RE LOOKING FOR FUNDING FOR A NEW CODE ENFORCEMENT INSPECTOR, WE'RE ACTUALLY JUST ASKING TO REPLACE A PART-TIME INSPECTOR WITH A FULL-TIME INSPECTOR.
WE FEEL THAT THAT'S REALLY GONNA HELP US GET, UH, GET AHEAD OF SOME OF THE PROPERTY, UH, MAINTENANCE AND, UM, ISSUES THAT WE'RE SEEING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY POST COVID.
AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, KIM, NOT A QUESTION.
JUST, UH, AN OBSERVATION MADE BY, UH, UH, A LOCAL ELECTED IN ONE OF THE SOUTHEAST LA COUNTY CITIES.
HADN'T BEEN TO LAHABRA IN QUITE A WHILE.
UH, I WAS TALKING TO 'EM ON THE PHONE THE OTHER DAY.
UH, THEY HAD CALLED, AND THEY WERE QUITE IMPRESSED WHEN THEY WERE COMING EASTBOUND IN IMPERIAL HIGHWAY TO GO NORTH ON, UH, BEACH BOULEVARD.
THEY NOTICED THE BUSINESS ACTIVITY, UH, SO MUCH SO THAT THEY HAD TO MAKE A U-TURN TO GO FURTHER ON IMPERIAL HIGHWAY, UH, TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON IN LAHABRA AND, AND, AND UP TO WOODARD BOULEVARD.
THEY WERE VERY IMPRESSED AT THE, UH, THE AMOUNT OF BUSINESSES, UH, THAT, UH, WE HAVE HERE IN LAHABRA, TRADER JOE'S, UH, AND EVERYTHING ELSE IN BETWEEN.
SO, GREAT JOB BY, UH, BY YOU GUYS.
WHO'S NEXT? CHIEF? CHIEF, COME ON UP BEFORE WE LOSE DICK JONES HERE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
TO SET THE STAGE FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR, I HAVE SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE LAST YEAR.
SO LAST YEAR WE RESPONDED TO OVER
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40,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE AND WE'RE ABLE TO LOWER OUR RESPONSE TIME TO PRIORITY ONE CALLS TO UNDER FOUR MINUTES.WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN GRANT FUNDING FOR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT RELATED ISSUES SUCH AS D U I SPEED, DISTRACTED DRIVING, AND RED LIGHT VIOLATIONS.
WE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN A COUNTY STREET RACING TASK FORCE THAT FOCUSED ON STREET TAKEOVERS AND MODIFIED VEHICLES.
ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT OF LAST YEAR WAS OUR PILOT PROGRAM CALLED ABOVE THE INFLUENCE.
THIS PROGRAM DESIGNATED, UH, TO TARGET KIDS AGES 12 TO 15 YEARS OLD AND TEACH 'EM THE SCIENTIFIC REASONS TO SAY NO TO DRUGS.
THE PILOT PROGRAM WAS TESTED AT BOTH WASHINGTON AND IMPERIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED.
WE ALSO CONTINUED TO HOST OUR, UH, ANNUAL EVENTS, INCLUDING COOL COPS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, AND OUR OPEN HOUSE.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE GREAT SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A RESPONSE TIME OF UNDER FOUR MINUTES FOR EMERGENCY CALLS AND CONTIN CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY THROUGH EVENTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA.
I WANT TO TOUCH ON A FEW OF THE GOALS.
UM, SO THROUGH THE HARD WORK OF OUR EMERGENCY MANAGER, WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN A GRANT, UH, TO SUPPORT FUNDING FOR A SPANISH CERT PROGRAM.
THIS PROGRAM WILL BE RUN THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAILOR THE CLASSES TO BEST FIT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE NORTH ORANGE COUNTY CITIES HAVE COLLABORATED TO FIND SOLUTIONS, UH, FOR HOMELESSNESS.
THIS COLLABORATIVE HAS ADVANCED OVER THE LAST YEAR, UH, WHICH INCLUDES OPENING OF THE HOPE CENTER.
THE HOPE CENTER, WHICH IS BASED OUT OF THE FULLERTON, FACILITATES THE ABILITY, UH, TO PROVIDE A COMBINATION OF RESOURCES THAT ARE EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO THE NORTH ORANGE COUNTY REGION.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR US? IT MEANS THAT WE CAN SEND HOMELESS COORDINATORS, MENTAL HEALTH TECHNICIANS, OR OTHER RESOURCES DIRECTLY TO THE PERSON IN NEED, WHICH ALSO ALLOWS US THE ABILITY TO TRANSFER NON-EMERGENCY CALLS AWAY FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND TO THESE RESOURCES, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING TO HAVE MORE OF A PRESENCE ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR RECRUITMENT.
YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN OUR RECENT VIRTUAL RIDE ALONG POST AND OUR POST ON A TRAFFIC SAFETY REGARDING TO SCHOOL AREAS THIS SUMMER.
WE ARE ALSO PLANNING MULTIPLE ENGAGEMENTS WITH OUR DETECTIVES THAT'LL ALLOW OUR COMMUNITY TO BE BETTER INFORMED ABOUT CRIME TRENDS AND WAYS TO PREVENT BEING VICTIMS OF THEM.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO STRIVE FOR FULL STAFFING.
WE HAVE SEEN A RECENT SUCCESS IN OFFICER RANKS, BUT ARE CURRENTLY IN NEED OF DISPATCHERS.
WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER AND HR, WE ARE EXPLORING ALL OPTIONS TO RECRUIT VIABLE CANDIDATES.
THIS, AND LASTLY, OUR MOST IMPORTANT GOAL IS TO KEEP LAHABRA A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND VISIT.
WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE NOT SEEN A SIGNIFICANT, UH, CRIME SPIKE OVER THE OR MAJOR ISSUES OVER THE LAST YEAR.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THOSE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES AND STAY UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST CRIME TRENDS AROUND THE COUNTY.
UH, WE HAVE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.
WE'RE NOT ADDING ANY ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER WHATEVER QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ON IT.
CHIEF, REAL QUICK, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU AND YOUR STAFF.
THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH IN THIS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN OVER THE TOP THIS PAST YEAR.
UM, I FEEL THAT, THAT THE COMMUNITY FEELS MUCH MORE, UH, UM, THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE MORE WITH THE POLICE OFFICERS AND SEE THEM IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT, JUST A TREMENDOUS JOB UNDER SOME VERY, VERY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.
THANK EVERYBODY OF YOUR, UH, DEPARTMENT OF JUST IN A PHENOMENAL, PHENOMENAL JOB.
AND MAY I ALSO ADD THAT I WAS OUT THERE IN THE MOUNT WOOD BURWOOD AREA, UH, TALKING TO SOME OF THE RESIDENT MEMBERS, AND ONE RESIDENT MEMBER HAD BROUGHT UP CERT MM-HMM.
UH, THERE'S GONNA BE A SPANISH CLASS, UH, SESSION.
AND, UM, THEY, HE WAS CONCERNED BECAUSE HE HAD TAKEN IT BEFORE YEARS AGO MM-HMM.
AND I TOLD HIM, I'M PRETTY SURE YOU CAN.
I KNOW I'VE TAKEN IT TWICE BEFORE, AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO TAKE A REFRESHER.
UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU REALLY NEED IT, YOU'LL BE PREPARED FOR IT.
UH, SO HE HAS BEEN, UH, TELLING OTHER RESIDENT MEMBERS IN THE BURWOOD AREA, SO I'M VERY HAPPY THAT, UH, YOU ARE ABLE TO, YOU ARE ABLE TO FIND FUNDING FOR THAT.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
UH, MEL, ARE YOU UP? OH, OH, I'M SORRY.
WHO IS BRIANNA? BRIANNA, OKAY.
THANK YOU MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS BRIANNA HART AND I'M THE MANAGEMENT ANALYST FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
I WILL BE PRESENTING THE BUDGETS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS THIS EVENING.
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OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, CITY CLERK, LEGAL SERVICES, FINANCE, AND IT, AND HUMAN RESOURCES AND RISK MANAGEMENT.AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE HERE, I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL OF THESE BULLET POINTS, BUT HERE IS A SNAPSHOT OF SOME OF THE SELECTED FISCAL YEAR 22, 23 MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED THE CITY'S ANNUAL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND ITS LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM.
THESE ARE TWO PRETTY IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS THAT INFORMED NOT ONLY POLICY POSITIONS FOR THE CITY, BUT ALSO ARE KIND OF THE BUILDING BLOCK OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS.
HR COMPLETED 77 FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME RECRUITMENTS PROCESSED MORE THAN 2000 JOB APPLICATIONS AND PROCESS THE ONBOARDING OF 31 NEW FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE HIRES.
THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE WAS ALSO BUSY IN FISCAL YEAR 20 22, 20 23.
THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTED THE 2022 MUNICIPAL ELECTION FOR THREE CITY COUNCIL SEATS, AND CONDUCTED AN ANNUAL RECRUITMENT TO FILL VACANCIES ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION.
WE CON CONTINUE TO PLACE AN EMPHASIS ON ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE, VALUES, AND CUSTOMER SERVICE AS TOP PRIORITIES THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION.
STAFF FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IN CONJUNCTION WITH STAFF FROM ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE CITY'S LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM AND SEEK GRANT FUNDING TO SUPPORT CITY PRIORITY PROJECTS AND PROGRAM AND PROGRAMS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON NEW REVENUE THAT CAN BE USED TO EITHER SUPPLEMENT OR REPLACE LOCAL FUNDS.
THE SECOND TO LAST BULLET POINT ON THIS SLIDE, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT IS IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING ITS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO INCLUDE A NEW BUDGETING AND HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
AND OF COURSE, WE WILL CONTINUE OUR COMMUNITY INTERACTION EDUCATION OUTREACH EFFORTS ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS, BE IT THE CITY WEBSITE, CHANNEL THREE NEWSLETTER, SOCIAL MEDIA, OR OUR PRESENCE AT COMMUNITY EVENTS.
THIS SLIDES SHOWS THE TOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT BUDGETS.
IT IS ABOUT 4.1 MILLION SPREAD ACROSS THOSE MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS.
THERE ARE OTHER FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, INCLUDING DEBT SERVICE OR RISK RISK MANAGEMENT FUNDS.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SLIDE, WHICH TOTAL ABOUT 19.1 MILLION, YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE THAT THE COMBINED BUDGET FOR ALL THOSE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THOSE VARIETY OF FUNDS IS JUST OVER 23 MILLION.
BEFORE I CONCLUDE, I'D LIKE TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION SOME OF THE SPECIFIC BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS THAT YOU'LL FIND FOR ADMIN AND SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS, WHICH INCLUDE FUNDING FOR A PILOT EMPLOYEE EDUCATION REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM, AN INCREASE IN LEGAL SERVICES AND HR FUNDING FOR COMPENSATION SURVEYS, AND FUNDING FOR EMPLOYEE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT.
THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
EITHER I OR DIRECTORS FROM OUR SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
I, I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE HEAD CALL, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING TROOPER MEL, LET'S BRING THIS HOME.
YES, I SHOULD SAY, UH, MR. MAYOR, THAT BRIANNA ALSO IS IN CHARGE OF THE LAHABRA LIFE NEWSLETTER NOW, AND THAT'S BECOME A VERY POPULAR WAY TO OUTREACH TO HER COMMUNITY.
AND SHE DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH HER.
MR. CITY MANAGER, I WANNA SAY SHE RUNS THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT
HER WORDS HAVE NEVER BEEN SAID.
UH, SHE ALSO HANDLED THE STATE OF THE CITY THIS LAST YEAR.
SO IN SUMMARY, THIS IS OUR PROPOSED BUDGET, MUNICIPAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2324.
AS STATED EARLIER, OUR GENERAL FUND IS 55.4 MILLION.
WE'VE GOT SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS OF 60 MILLION AGENCIES AND AUTHORITIES, WATER SEWERS, ET CETERA, REFUSE 37 MILLION, UH, ENTERPRISE FUNDS, UH, INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS, 9 MILLION CAPITAL PROJECTS, FUNDS, DEBT SERVICE FUNDS FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF 187.4 MILLION TOTAL GENERAL FUND PROPOSED BUDGET.
SO IN SUMMARY, UM, WE, THE PROPOSED GENERAL FUND BUDGET PROVIDES SUFFICIENT RESOURCES FOR MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS FOR COUNCIL POLICY.
WE'VE SET ASIDE OUR PENSION FUNDING POLICY.
SO WE HAVE A PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS THAT WE REFINANCE.
WE HAVE A 2.8 MILLION SAVINGS, AND WE JUST SET ASIDE A FUNDING POLICY TO SET ASIDE 50% OF THAT.
SO WE'LL BE SETTING ASIDE ANOTHER 1.4 MILLION IN RESERVE.
UH, WE'VE GOT SUFFICIENT FUNDING FOR PROPOSED STAFFING CHANGES.
WE'VE ALSO CARVED OUT OVER 3 MILLION RESERVES TO TAKE CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEE LABOR AND BENEFIT NEGOTIATIONS THAT ARE ONGOING AND NOT YET COMPLETED.
POTENTIAL COST INCREASES FOR THE CITY EXTENDING ITS EXISTING FIRE SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH LA COUNTY, AND TR THE BALANCE WOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO THE GENERAL CAPITAL FUND TO SUPPORT ONGOING PROJECTS THAT HAVE A SHORTFALL SUCH AS SOME OF THE PARK PROJECTS, ET CETERA.
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AS WE CANNOT FORGET OUR UPCOMING SUNSET OF THE CITY'S MEASURE T LOCAL TRANSACTION AND USE TAX SUNSETS IN DECEMBER, 2028.THIS CURRENT BUDGET WOULD, UM, WELL, THE FISCAL 2324 BUDGET, WE ANTICIPATE BRINGING IN ANOTHER 7.7 MILLION.
UH, THAT AMOUNT WILL CONTINUE TO GROW AND ITS SUNSETS IN DECEMBER, 2028.
OTHER FISCAL CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE, SOME ARE UNCERTAIN, SOME ARE IN PROCESS OR HIGH INFLATION AND INTEREST RATES.
THERE'S OTHER ECONOMIC INDICATORS STATING THAT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF A RECESSION, UH, LOOMING IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
WE ALSO HAVE, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO SECURE ADDITIONAL GRANT PROGRAMS. WE NEED ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDING TO COMPLETE SOME OF OUR HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS SUCH AS VISTA GRANDE PARK AND OTHERS THAT WE HAVE, UH, THAT WE HAVE IN OUR C I P BUDGET, UH, RECRUITING AND MAINTAINING STAFF SALARIES AND BENEFITS AND LEVELS TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER EMPLOYERS IN A TIGHT LABOR MARKET.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DEPUTY DIRECTOR, JACK.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
JUST A LAST COUPLE THINGS BEFORE WE CONCLUDE OUR PREVIOUS PRESENTATION RIGHT HERE IS TO POINT OUT THE, UM, THE, UM, PROJECTED CASH FLOW FOR THE NEXT 15 YEARS, UH, ASSUMING THE LOSS OF MEASURE T, SO AGAINST, UH, THE MEASURE T IS THE, UH, THE HALF CENTS LOCAL TRANSACTION AND USE TAX, UM, THAT THE VOTER APPROVED IT BACK IN 2008.
SO IT IS SCHEDULED TO, UH, SUNSET IN DECEMBER, 2028.
AND, UM, AS OF, UH, FISCAL YEAR 2324, IT'S ANTICIPATED TO GENERATE ABOUT 7.7 MILLION OR 13% OF GENERAL FUND.
SO, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE GRAPH RIGHT HERE, THE, UH, REVENUE, UH, PRESENTED BY, UH, REPRESENTED BY THE BLUE RI LINE, AND I'M SORRY, ACTUALLY, REVENUE IS PRESENTED BY THE GREEN LINE AND EXPENDITURE, UH, REPRESENTED BY THE, THE BLUE RYAN.
AND THE, UM, SO OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUE ACTUALLY HAS BEEN GROWING AT THE HEALTHY RATE OF ABOUT 4.9%.
AND EVEN WITH A HIGHER OPERATING COST, THE, UH, STAFF ANTICIPATE THAT, UH, WE WILL BE ABLE TO BALANCE THE BUDGET IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
UH, HOWEVER, WITH THE LOSS OF MASTER T IN DECEMBER, 2028, UH, THIS WILL IMPACT THE CITY ABILITY TO CONTINUE PROVIDING THE SAME LEVEL OF PROJECTS AND SERVICES AND, UM, AS REPRESENTED IN THE RED AREA IN THE GRAPH, STARTING FROM FISCAL YEAR 28 AND 29.
SO THIS LAST SLIDE RIGHT HERE, THE PURPOSE OF ITS IS TO SHOW THE, UH, STAFFING LEVEL FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS, UH, IS TO SHOW THE LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY, UH, FOR THE FULL-TIME POSITIONS.
AND THE, UH, THE AVERAGE OF THE FULL-TIME POSITION THAT'S FUNDED BY GENERAL FUND IS ABOUT 210 POSITIONS.
AND, UH, STAFF PROPOSED, UH, IN THE FISCAL YEAR 23, 24, THAT, UH, 207 POSITION WILL BE FUNDED BY GENERAL FUND, AND THEN 163 WILL BE FUNDED BY GENERAL FUND.
AND THAT'S CONCLUDE OUR PRESENTATION.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS? HEY, ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US, THANK YOU TO ALL OUR DEPARTMENTS, A PHENOMENAL, PHENOMENAL YEAR.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WILL PERSEVERE AND GET THROUGH THE MANY, MANY CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE.
BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU AND PLEASE GET THAT WORD OUT TO ALL YOUR STAFF MEMBERS.
ON, ON BEHALF OF ALL FIVE OF US, I KNOW DARREN'S ON VACATION.
THANK YOU ALL VERY, VERY MUCH.
I WILL NOW OPEN UP TO THE PUBLIC FOR ANY QUESTIONS, PUBLIC, PLEASE COME UP THIS TIME.
RON, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? YES, NO.
WE'RE CLOSING PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I WILL NOW, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION REAL QUICK, MR. MAYOR, IF I CAN.
UH, YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS, UH, MY, MY SHORT TIME HERE ON CITY COUNCIL, UH, I CONTINUE TO SEE THE, UH, THE SLIDE OF, UH, OF MEASURE T.
AND, UH, I, I GO BACK TO 2008.
UH, AND, AND I'M NOT GONNA CLAIM IGNORANCE, UH, ON THIS, BUT AT THE TIME, UH, I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CITY OF LAHABRA.
I ONLY KNEW THAT THERE WAS A, UH, A SALES TAX MEASURE.
WELL, ME, NATURALLY, I'M NOT THE BIGGEST TAX GUY IN THE WORLD, AND I KNOW THAT THEY ARE NECESSARY.
AT THE TIME, I WOULD'VE THOUGHT, OH, WHY ANOTHER SALES TAX? UH, BUT SINCE BEING A PART OF CITY GOVERNMENT, I WILL TELL EVERYBODY OUT THERE, AS I SAY JOKINGLY, BUT SERIOUSLY IN TV, LAND MEASURE T IS GONNA EXPIRE IN FIVE YEARS.
UH, AND ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T GET TO VOTE FOR IT THE FIRST TIME, I WOULD TELL YOU, UH, IF I HAD A TIME MACHINE, I WAS TO GO BACK AND ABLE TO VOTE ON IT, I WOULD VOTE ON IT.
AND, UH, UH, I WOULD TELL OUR RESIDENTS TO THINK SERIOUSLY ABOUT THIS.
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WE HAVE FOUND, UH, EXCUSE ME, SOUND FISCAL MANAGEMENT IN THE CITY OF LAHABRA.UH, WE HAVE VERY CONSERVATIVE SOUND FISCAL MANAGEMENT.
WITHOUT MEASURE T IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE GONNA BE GOING AWAY.
UH, WHETHER, AND THIS IS NOT A, UH, A POLITICAL PLOY OF ANY SORT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO VOTE FOR ME.
THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
IT'S ABOUT YOU AND ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR SERVICES, WHETHER IT BE FIRE, POLICE, COMMUNITY, SERVICES, EVERYTHING, AND ANYTHING WE'RE, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT A, UH, A CITY THAT SPENDS EXCESSIVELY, UH, QUITE THE OPPOSITE.
UH, WE, UH, WE DO WATCH WHERE EVERYTHING GOES, AND YOU HAVE A CITY COUNCIL UP HERE THAT DOES THE SAME.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE, UH, OUR RESIDENTS TO TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK AS THIS IS COMING TO, UH, TO A CLOSE, UH, IN FIVE YEARS.
SO PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND I'LL JUST ECHO, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR BUDGET, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A PACMAN.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR EXPENSES GOES TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND TO KEEP OUR PUBLIC SAFE.
THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO FAT, SO TO SPEAK.
UH, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, MR. MAYOR, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE MOTION.
I, AND I'VE BEEN, UH, ON THE COUNCIL FOR, UM, 14 YEARS, 15 YEARS.
UM, EVERY TIME THERE'S A BUDGET PASSED AND THERE'S A BUDGET PRESENTATION, THE NUMBERS ARE HUGE.
PEOPLE AT HOME, PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE LOOKING AT ALL THESE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
AND I ALWAYS GET QUESTIONS AFTER BUDGET PRESENTATIONS ABOUT, HEY, HOW MUCH OF THE COUNCILMEN MAKE
UH, WE GET PAID $500 A MONTH EACH.
I THINK MOST OF US SPEND OVER THAT MUCH IN, UM, RAFFLE TICKETS AND EVERYTHING THAT ELSE THAT WE'RE ASKED TO BUY, UH, FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS.
UH, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT STIPEND HAS BEEN RAISED IN OVER 25 YEARS.
UH, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR A LOT OF MONEY, AND I THINK WE DO A GOOD JOB IN MAKING SURE THAT THE, UM, BUDGET IS BALANCED, THAT THE SURFACE IS THE BEST THAT WE CAN BUY.
AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IT DOESN'T GO INTO THE POCKETS OF THE FIVE OF US SITTING UP HERE.
OH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, RECEIVE AND FILE THE FISCAL YEAR 20 23, 20 24, UH, PROPOSED BUDGET DIRE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY OPPOSITION? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE ITEM PASSES FOUR ZERO, UH, UNANIMOUSLY WITH, UH, DARREN DERIAN, WHO IS OUT TODAY.
[2. STATUS UPDATE ON FIRE SERVICES AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT That the City Council receive and file this report on the status of fire services agreement negotiations with the Los Angeles County Fire Department, and provide direction to staff regarding terms and conditions.]
RECEIVE A STATUS ON THE FIRE SERVICES AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS WITH LA COUNTY FIRE STAFF REPORT, PLEASE.SO, IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR AT THE COUNCIL MEETING, UH, COUNCIL PROVIDED DIRECTION TO STAFF TO, UM, ENTER INTO FORMAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH LA COUNTY FIRE TO, UH, ATTEMPT TO RENEW OUR CONTRACT WITH THEM.
UM, THE STAFF REPORT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS FAIRLY EXTENSIVE.
I WON'T RECAP THE ENTIRE REPORT, UH, TO HIGHLIGHT IT.
UH, PRIOR TO 2005, THE CITY HAD ITS OWN MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, UH, CITY COUNCIL AT THE TIME, UH, NEGOTIATED PUT OUT PROPOSALS FOR FIRE SERVICES.
LA COUNTY FIRE PRESENTED A PROPOSAL THAT THE CITY ACCEPTED, AND THAT CONTRACT BEGAN IN 2005.
IT WENT FOR ITS FIRST 10 YEAR TERM.
IT WAS RENEWED IN 2014 TO TOOK TAKE EFFECT IN 2015 FOR ANOTHER 10 YEARS AT THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE MOST PART, AS WHAT THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT CONTEMPLATED.
UM, WE ARE NOW, UH, APPROACHING OUR 10 YEAR DEADLINE ON THAT TERM, AND THAT REQUIRES BOTH AGENCIES TO START THE PROCESS OF DISCUSSING A CONTRACT NEGOTIATION POSSIBILITY.
THE CONTRACT CURRENTLY ENDS IN FEBRUARY OF 2025.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE STAFF REPORT, UM, THE CITY HAS, UH, DONE A LOT OVER THE COURSE OF THIS AGREEMENT TO MEET BOTH THE OPERATIONAL NEEDS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BOTH IN THE CITY OF LAHABRA AND IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
ADJACENT LOS ANGELES COUNTY JURISDICTIONS.
IN EXCHANGE, THE CITY 20 YEARS AGO AGREED TO BUILD A NEW FIRE STATION, UM, ON BEACH BOULEVARD.
SO THE CITY HAD THREE FIRE STATIONS ORIGINALLY, ONE ON I ON LAHABRA BOULEVARD, ONE ON HARBOR, ONE ON IDAHO, AND THE FOURTH BRAND NEWMAN WAS
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BUILT, UH, AS PART OF THIS CONTRACT, UH, ON BEACH BOULEVARD.ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT IN THE CITY OF LAHABRA, PHYSICALLY, IT'S JUST OVER THE BORDER IN THE CITY OF LA MARARA IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
UM, IN EXCHANGE FOR THE FACT THAT LOS ANGELES COUNTY UTILIZES THE STATIONS HERE IN LAHABRA TO PROVIDE SERVICE NOT ONLY JUST TO LAHABRA, BUT ALSO SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, MAINLY IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY JURISDICTIONS, UM, WE HAD A, UH, FEE STRUCTURE COST SHARE IN PLACE OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS THAT PROVIDED THAT THE CITY OF LAHABRA WOULD PAY ROUGHLY HALF OF THE RESOURCE COSTS FOR FIRE SERVICES AT THE FOUR STATIONS IN ON AVERAGE.
AND THEN LA COUNTY WOULD PAY THE OTHER HALF.
UH, THERE WERE ADDITIONAL COSTS ASSESSED TO THE CITY FOR FIRE PREVENTION, WHICH TOTALED ABOUT $380,000.
AND THEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ASSESSES AN OVERHEAD ALLOCATION CHARGE OF ABOUT 36%.
THAT TOTALS ABOUT 3 MILLION A YEAR, UH, ON THE CITY'S SIDE OF THAT.
SO, UM, IN LOOKING AT NEXT YEAR'S COST ESTIMATES THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM LA COUNTY FIRE USING THIS MODEL, THE CITY ANTICIPATES TO PAY ABOUT 7.7 MILLION FOR FIRE RESOURCES, AND LA COUNTY WOULD PAY 8 MILLION.
WHEN YOU FACTOR IN THE ADDITIONAL COST OF, OF FIRE PREVENTION AND DISTRICT OVERHEAD.
THE CITY'S COST IS RIGHT AROUND 11 MILLION, AND LA COUNTY PAYS ABOUT 8.2 MILLION IN THIS COST SHARE THAT WE'VE HAD FOR 20 YEARS.
UM, LA COUNTY AGREES TO PAY ROUGHLY 30% OF STATION 1 91 ON LAJA BOULEVARD.
THE CITY PAYS A HUNDRED PERCENT OF STATION 1 92 ON HARBOR.
UH, LA COUNTY PAYS 75% OF THE FIRE RESOURCE COSTS ON STATION 1 93 ON IDAHO, AND THE CITY PAYS 25%.
AND THE, THE, UM, LA COUNTY, UH, PAYS A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE COST FOR STATION 1 94 ON BEACH BOULEVARD.
SO IN REACHING OUT TO LA COUNTY FIRE IN LATE, UM, DECEMBER, UH, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR TO START THIS DISCUSSION, UM, LA COUNTY STAFF INDICATED THAT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN CONTINUING PROVIDING US SERVICE TO THE CITY OF LAHABRA AND WOULD, UH, ENTERTAIN ANOTHER, UH, CONTRACT EXTENSION.
HOWEVER, VERY EARLY ON, THEY MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY COULD NO LONGER AFFORD TO, UH, PAY THE COST SHARE ARRANGEMENTS THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 2005.
UM, STAFF AT LA COUNTY FIRE INDICATED THAT THEIR COST IN THEIR BUDGET, THEIR, THEY HAVE SIGNIFICANT BUDGET SHORTFALLS AND BUDGET CHALLENGES THAT THEY'RE ADDRESSING, NOT TO MENTION STAFFING ISSUES FOR FIRE, UH, PERSONNEL.
AND AS A RESULT, UM, THEY PROPOSED THEIR INITIAL PROPOSAL, OR AT LEAST INITIAL DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY, IS THAT THIS 50 50, UH, ESSENTIALLY 50 50 RESOURCE SHARE WOULD NEED TO GO AWAY.
THE CITY WOULD NEED TO PAY A HUNDRED PERCENT OF ITS COSTS.
UM, THAT WOULD, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CURRENT STAFFING MODEL AND THE CURRENT NUMBER OF STATIONS WE HAVE, THAT WOULD RAISE OUR PRICE, UM, PER YEAR BY ALMOST 10 MILLION, ALMOST 11 MILLION, UH, TO 21, ALMOST $22 MILLION.
AND, UH, WE INDICATED TO THE LA COUNTY FIRE, THAT'S NOT A FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE PROPOSAL FOR THE CITY BY ANY STRETCH.
UM, SO WE GOT, WE CAME BACK TO COUNCIL, UH, AT THE APRIL MEETING AND INDICATED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD SOME PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS AND WE WANT TO, UM, UH, DISCUSS FORMAL PROPOSALS.
COUNCIL GAVE US THAT DIRECTION.
OUR INITIAL FORMAL PROPOSAL TO LA COUNTY FIRE WAS THAT WE KEEP THE CURRENT COST SHARE ARRANGEMENTS IN PLACE, AS IS TODAY.
UM, THEIR RESPONSE TO THAT WAS A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD, UM, HAVE THE LA COUNTY, UM, SYSTEM, THEY, UH, PROPOSE THAT WE, UM, POTENTIALLY REDUCE OR REMOVE RESOURCES AT STATION 1 93, ALLOW THAT STATION ON IDAHO TO BE USED FOR OTHER POTENTIAL PUBLIC SAFETY PURPOSES FOR THE CITY.
AND, UM, THEY DISCUSSED A POTENTIAL COST SHARE ARRANGEMENT FOR STATION 1 94.
UM, IN FACT, THEIR FEE PROPOSAL WAS THAT WE'D SPLIT THE COST OF STATION 1 94 EVENLY AT ABOUT 1.6 MILLION STAFF RE RETURNED, UH, WITH A COST PROPOSAL TO LA COUNTY FIRE.
UM, BASED ON THAT DISCUSSION, UM, INTERESTINGLY EARLY IN THE DISCUSSIONS WITH LA COUNTY FIRE, THE OBSERVATION FROM THE STAFF AT LA COUNTY WAS THAT THE CITY IS REALLY SIZED FOR THREE FIRE STATIONS.
WE'VE TRADITIONALLY HAD THREE FIRE STATIONS WELL BEFORE THE LA COUNTY FIRE CONTRACT, UH, CAME INTO PLACE.
AND SO A THREE STATION MODELS THEY INDICATED IS APPROPRIATELY SIZED FOR THE SIZE CITY.
UH, WE HAVE, I SHOULD NOTE THAT ON AVERAGE OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, UH, OUR FOUR FIRE STATIONS RESPOND TO APPROXIMATELY 20 CALLS PER DAY.
THAT'S BOTH CALLS INSIDE OF LAHABRA AND TO, UH, SURROUNDING JURISDICTIONS.
AND IT APPEARS BY THE DATA THAT WAS SHARED WITH US FROM LA COUNTY FIRE ABOUT THE THIRD OF THE CALLS THAT ARE RESPONDED TO
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OUT OF LAHABRA EV EVERY YEAR GO INTO LA COUNTY JURISDICTIONS.UM, INTERESTINGLY, STATION 1 91, BECAUSE IT'S GOT A PARAMEDIC ASSESSMENT ENGINE PLUS A SEPARATE PARAMEDIC SQUAD, IS BY FAR THE BUSIEST STATION IN THE CITY RUNS ABOUT 11 CALLS PER DAY ON AVERAGE, UM, WITH THE OTHER STATIONS, UM, CONSIDERABLY LESS.
STATION 1 92 IS THE NEXT BUSIEST AT ABOUT FOUR CALLS PER DAY ON AVERAGE STATION 1 93 ON IDAHO, ONLY TWO CALLS PER DAY ON AVERAGE, AND THEN STATION 1 93 ON BEACH BOULEVARD, ABOUT THREE CALLS PER DAY.
SO THIS, THE DATA SEEMS TO INDICATE THAT THERE'S A RATIONALE BEHIND BEING A THREE STATION CITY, UH, JUST BECAUSE OF THE CALL VOLUMES.
UM, FURTHERMORE, UH, IN TALKING TO LA COUNTY FIRE, PULLING FIRE RESOURCES OUT OF STATION 1 93 AND, AND USING THAT STATION FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES, UH, WOULD POTENTIALLY EXTEND SOME, UH, RESPONSE TIMES, BUT NOT BEYOND THEIR FIVE TO EIGHT MINUTE THRESHOLD THAT THEY UTILIZE FOR, UH, LOOKING AT CALL RESPONSE BECAUSE OF THE, UM, PROXIMITY OF STATIONS 1 91 AND 1 92 TO THAT AREA.
SO, TAKING ALL THIS INFORMATION IN, UM, WE COUNTER TO LA COUNTY FIRE SAYING, IF WE WERE GONNA CLOSE THE STATION, WHY DON'T WE CONSIDER CLOSING STATION 1 94? SINCE IT'S PHYSICALLY NOT LOCATED IN THE CITY, IT'S, IT WAS BUILT AS AT THE REQUEST OF LA COUNTY FIRE IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY ITSELF.
AND LET'S KEEP STATION 1 93 OPEN AND CHANGE THE COST SHARE FORMULAS TO MAKE THE COST, UH, LOWER FOR LA COUNTY FIRE.
AND WE WOULD, UH, SHOULDER A HIGHER COST.
UH, AS A RESULT, UH, LA COUNTY CONSIDERED THAT OFFER, UM, AND ULTIMATELY REJECTED IT BECAUSE THEY FOUND THAT WHEN THEY CLOSED STATION 1 94 IN THEIR MODELS, IT CREATED, UM, UNACCEPTABLY LONG RESPONSE TIMES TO THEIR JURISDICTIONS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, PRIMARILY LA MARATA, BUT ALSO SOME OF THE UNINCORPORATED PORTIONS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
SO WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE, UH, TODAY AT LEAST, UM, LA COUNTY HAS INDICATED THAT THEIR LAST PROPOSAL STANDS WHERE, UH, THEY HAVE REQUESTED THE CITY TO PAY A HUNDRED PERCENT OF STATIONS, 1 91, 1 92.
IT'S THE CITY'S DISCRETION AS, AS TO WHETHER OR NOT TO PULL RESOURCES OUTTA STATION 1 93, BUT IT'S AGAIN, THEIR OBSERVATION THAT WE'RE A THREE STATION FORMAT AND THAT THE CITY WOULD AGREE TO PAY HALF OF THE COST OF STATION 1 94.
UM, IN LOOKING AT ALL THESE PROPOSALS AND LOOKING AT THE ISSUES THAT LA COUNTY FIRE, UM, BROUGHT UP, YOU KNOW, I THINK BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED, LA COUNTY FIRES FACING OBVIOUSLY FINANCIAL CHALLENGES, AND THEY'RE TRYING TO, UM, FIGURE OUT A WAY TO BALANCE THEIR NEED TO PROVIDE FIRE SERVICES, BUT ALSO THEIR ABILITY TO PAY FOR THOSE.
UM, WHAT I WILL SAY IS, IN LOOKING BACK, AND IN FACT IN THE STAFF REPORT, YOU'LL SEE A CHART THAT GOES BACK TO THE INITIAL FISCAL YEAR THAT WE STARTED THIS AGREEMENT.
THIS, UM, ARRANGEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH LA COUNTY FIRE IS, HAS BEEN EXTREMELY ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE CITY.
UH, OUR COSTS FOR FIRE SERVICES, IF YOU LOOK ACROSS ORANGE COUNTY, UM, HAS BEEN PROBABLY THE, THE LOWEST ONE OR TWO LOWEST CITY COSTS FOR FIRE SERVICES IN ALL OF ORANGE COUNTY.
AS A RESULT OF THIS, OF THIS, UH, ARRANGEMENT, UH, I DON'T BELIEVE BASED ON WHAT LA COUNTY FIRE HAS TOLD US TO DATE, THAT THIS COST SHARING ARRANGEMENT WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE IN THE CONDITION IT'S IN.
UM, THEY'VE MADE IT CLEAR THAT IF WE CANNOT MEET THE RESOURCES THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IN AN AGREEMENT THAT THEY WOULD CONSIDER NOT EXTENDING OUR CONTRACT BEYOND ITS CURRENT TERM, OR WORSE YET, GIVE US A ONE YEAR TERMINATION NOTICE EARLY AND, UH, END THE CONTRACT.
UH, IN LOOKING AT THAT AND REALIZING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE WE'VE BEEN GETTING FROM LA COUNTY FIRE FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY, UM, WE ARE, WE PUT TOGETHER A FINAL PROPOSAL FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION.
UM, IT'S NOT, UH, IDEAL AND AS MUCH AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S GONNA BE HIGHER COSTS TO THE CITY, UM, BUT ALSO, UH, POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF SERVICE.
BUT IT DOES ALLOW US TO CONTINUE PROVIDING A HIGH DEGREE OF SERVICE FROM A PREMIER FIRE AGENCY IN, IN THE REGION.
UH, THIS PROPOSAL WOULD, UH, HAVE THE CITY PAY A HUNDRED PERCENT OF STATION 1 91, WHICH RIGHT NOW WE ONLY PAY 75% OF, OR 70% OF.
SO THAT WOULD INCREASE A HUNDRED PERCENT.
WE WOULD CONTINUE PAYING A HUNDRED PERCENT OF STATION 1 92.
UM, WE WOULD AGREE TO PULL FIRE RESOURCES OUT OF STATION 1 93 AND, UH, UTILIZE THAT STATION FOR OTHER, OTHER POTENTIAL PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, PURPOSES THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT INTERNALLY.
UM, AND THEN, UM, THE DIFFERENCE IS, UH, WE FEEL THAT WE SHOULD PROPOSE TO LA COUNTY FIRE THAT THEY CONTINUE PAYING A HUNDRED PERCENT OF STATION 1 94, UH, AS THAT STATION IS NOT IN THE CITY AND HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO LA COUNTY PRIMARILY, ALTHOUGH I
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WILL SAY THAT MORE THAN HALF THE TIME THEY ARE MAKING CALLS, RUNS INTO LAHABRA FROM THAT STATION.UH, TO KEEP IN MIND, UM, THIS PROPOSAL WOULD INCREASE, UH, OUR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET IS AROUND 10 MILLION, 10.2 MILLION FOR FIRE SERVICES.
UM, IT'S PROJECTED TO GO UP TO, UH, JUST OVER 11 MILLION NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
UNDER THE CURRENT COST MODEL, UH, THIS PROPOSAL WOULD INCREASE THAT TO 12.1 MILLION, SO IT'D BE A MILLION DOLLARS MORE THAN WE'RE PLANNING.
UM, AND THAT WOULD REDUCE LA COUNTY'S FIRE, UH, COMPONENT THEIR COST FROM ABOUT 8.2 MILLION A YEAR DOWN TO ABOUT 3.4 MILLION A YEAR.
UM, LA COUNTY FIRE HAS INDICATED THAT IF THIS AGREEMENT IS NOT CONTINUED, UM, OR IF IT'S TERMINATED EARLY, THEY INTEND TO UTILIZE A PROVISION OF THE EXISTING CONTRACT THAT ALLOWS THEM TO CONTINUE OPERATING OUT STATION 1 94 FOR FREE, UH, FOR A FIVE YEAR PERIOD THAT'S IN THE AGREEMENT FROM 2005.
UH, THE AGREEMENT ALSO ALLOWS THEM TO THEN APPROACH THE CITY ABOUT LEASING THE FACILITY AT AN, AT A MONTHLY OR ANNUAL LEASE COST FOR AN ADDITIONAL SIX AND A HALF YEARS AFTER THAT.
AND THAT PROVISION WOULD OCCUR, UM, WHEN THE, THE AGREEMENT, UH, ENDS, WHETHER IT'S TERMINATED AFTER A YEAR OR GOES TO FULL TERM AT FEBRUARY OF 2025.
SO THEIR COST RIGHT NOW, IF THEY OPERATE THAT STATION AT, UH, THREE MAN, UH, THREE FIREFIGHTER, UM, PROPOSAL IS ABOUT 3.2 MILLION A YEAR.
OUR COST PROPOSAL THAT WE ARE PUTTING IN FRONT OF COUNCIL TONIGHT WOULD R UH, COST ABOUT 3.4 MILLION A YEAR.
SO THEIR COST WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE THE SAME.
IT'S ALMOST COST NEUTRAL TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IF THEY CONTINUE UTILIZING THAT STATION AFTER THEY NO LONGER PROVIDE SERVICE TO THE CITY IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO RENEW.
UH, AND SO WE GET THEM PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT TARGET NUMBER.
THAT SAID, BASED ON, UM, THE VERY, I THINK, POINTED CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD OVER THE LA COUNTY FIRE'S BUDGET CONCERNS, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT PROPOSAL WOULD NECESSARILY GET THEM TO, UM, AGREE TO A CONTRACT AND THEY MAY END UP, UM, REJECTING THE CITY'S OFFER, EVEN REDUCING THEIR PRICE DOWN TO 3.4 MILLION AND INCREASING OUR COSTS, UM, AND CLOSING A STATION, UH, WITH FIRE RESOURCES.
SO THERE IS RISK THAT THEY GET THIS PROPOSAL AND THEY, UH, OPT NOT TO RENEW THE CITY'S CONTRACTOR, TERMINATE US EARLY.
UM, THE ONLY OTHER OPTION WOULD BE IF CITY COUNCIL WANTED TO CONSIDER, UM, FUNDING PARTIAL, UH, PORTION OR SOME PERCENTAGE OF STATION 1 94, UM, THAT THE LA COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS PROPOSED.
I WILL SAY, HOWEVER, THAT THE CURRENT PROPOSED BUDGET THAT YOU JUST HEARD TONIGHT INCLUDES, UH, FUNDING TO MEET THE CITY'S PROPOSAL.
ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT, UH, WOULD REQUIRE ADDITIONAL BUDGET CUTS OR REVENUES TO FIND, UM, TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THAT.
UH, THE BUDGET'S BALANCED, UM, AND DID NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ANY COSTS ABOVE THAT 12.1 MILLION NUMBER THAT WE'VE PROPOSED WITH THAT.
UM, THAT'S THE CURRENT STATUS AND NEGOTIATIONS, AGAIN, I HAVE A FEELING IT'S NOTHING TO DO WITH, UH, THEIR DESIRE OF WANTING TO CONTINUE PROVIDING SERVICE TO LAHABRA, BUT IT'S MORE OF A FINANCIAL CONCERN, I THINK THAT THEY HAVE AND THE REALIZATION THAT THE CITY'S HAD A, A VERY BENEFICIAL AGREEMENT FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
JIM, I THINK IT'S ALSO INTERESTING TO NOTE, AND IT GOES TO YOUR POINT THAT, UM, UH, IT'S DUE TO A FINANCIAL CRISIS THAT LA COUNTY IS EXPERIENCING, THAT THEY HAVE ACTUALLY, UH, USING OUR NEGOTIATION AS A MODEL FOR ALL THEIR CONTRACT
THE, THE POINT WAS MADE TO US IS THAT WE ARE ONE OF 13 CONTRACT CITIES.
WE HAPPEN TO BE THE ONLY CONTRACT CITY WITH LA COUNTY FIRE THAT'S NOT WITHIN LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
AND THAT THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING WITH LA COUNTY FIRE WOULD LIKELY BE OCCURRING WITH THE OTHER CONTRACT CITIES AS WELL SHORTLY.
WE JUST HAPPENED TO BE FIRST IN THE HOPPER, AND SO WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THE, KIND OF THE PRELIMINARY, UM, RESULTS OF SOME OF THESE DIFFICULT DISCUSSIONS.
I'M GONNA INVITE THE PUBLIC TO PLEASE COME UP AND TESTIFY.
ANYBODY WISH TO TESTIFY? OKAY.
I'M SORRY, MICHELLE, GO AHEAD.
HI, UM, MICHELLE BERNER, B E R N I E R.
WHAT IS MIKE? OH, I'M CONCERNED.
YOU KNOW, THE STATION THREE IS VERY CONCERNING AND IT'S GONNA CHANGE OUR ETA.
I KNOW YOU GUYS LOOKED AT THAT.
THAT'S IN THE, IT'S IN THE PAPERWORK AND, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A RESPONSIBLE THING.
UH, IT'S FROM A RESIDENT'S PERSPECTIVE IS WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IT.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
YOU KNOW, MY, MY WORRY IS THOUGH, IT'S SAYING 11, UH, CALLS PER STATION AND TWO AND FOUR, BUT THAT'S NOT ACCOUNTING FOR HOLIDAYS.
AND WHEN THEY RUN 19 AND 25, WE'VE GOTTA LOOK AT THAT.
WE STILL NEED TO LOOK AT THE AMBULANCE
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ALSO.I'M, I'M CONCERNED AND I, I, I GET IT.
YOU'VE LOOKED AT THIS AND THEY MIGHT NOT COME BACK WITH THIS AND OR PROVE IT, BUT I THINK MY PERSPECTIVE IS, I'M HOPING THAT WE STILL LOOK AT THE OTHER ALTERNATIVES FOR ORANGE COUNTY AND THEN LOOKING BACK AT THE BREA AND FULLERTON COLLABORATION THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT PREVIOUSLY BEFORE.
ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO TESTIFY? ANYBODY? I HAVE A QUESTION, UH, FOR OUR CITY MANAGER, CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
YEAH, UH, I MEAN, AS FAR AS FIRE SERVICES UP AND DOWN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, NOW I HAVE A LIMITED KNOWLEDGE OTHER THAN WHAT OF COURSE, WHAT WE READ HERE AND, AND BY VIRTUE OF OUR CONVERSATIONS, UH, BUT, UH, COLLEAGUES AND, UH, AND, UH, OTHER FIREFIGHTERS THROUGHOUT THE REGION, WHAT DOES IT COST TO RUN A FIRE STATION GENERALLY, NOT JUST IN LAHABRA, BUT IN ANY CITY, SAY A BREA, FULLERTON, UH, UH, AN ALANI, UH, ANYBODY THAT HAS THEIR OWN FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, CAN DO YOU HAVE A, A ROUGH IDEA? YEAH.
ANECDOTALLY, UH, THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE SEEN FROM BUDGETS FROM OTHER CITIES AND INFORMATION FROM TALKING TO OTHER, UH, CITY UH, PERSONNEL IS IT GENERALLY RUNS FOR A FULL SERVICE CITY, UH, FOR A FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, BETWEEN FOUR AND 5 MILLION PER STATION, DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF SERVICE, THE TYPE OF APPARATUS, THE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL PER UNIT.
IT COULD BE HIGHER, IT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT LOWER, BUT FOUR TO 5 MILLION IS, IS ROUGHLY THE RANGE.
SO ESSENTIALLY, UH, I MEAN, JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING, UH, WE COULD BE PAYING THAT OR MORE, UH, RIGHT.
YEAH, I MEAN, DEPENDING ON WHO WE WERE TO CONTACT, WHETHER IT'S ANOTHER MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, OR A COUNTY LIKE FOR INSTANCE, O CFA, UM, AND WHICH WE HAVE NOT, WE HAVE NOT DISCUSSED ANY FORMAL DISCUSSIONS WITH ANYBODY, OBVIOUSLY CUZ WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH LA COUNTY FIRE.
EVEN IF WE WERE TO TRY TO REESTABLISH OUR OWN FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, THERE WOULD BE FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT STARTUP COSTS AND, AND, AND PENSION COSTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE ELSE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE WITH OUR CURRENT AGREEMENT, EVEN BASED ON NEXT YEAR'S COST INCREASES GOING INTO PLACE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR OVERALL COST THAT WE'RE SCHEDULED TO PAY NEXT YEAR FOR THE NUMBER OF FIRE STATIONS THAT WE HAVE, UM, WE PAY ROUGHLY ON AVERAGE ABOUT 2.7 TO 2.8 MILLION PER STATION COMPARED TO THE, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THE INDUSTRY AVERAGE IS, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER, AND THAT'S LARGELY A RESULT OF SPLITTING THE COST SHARE WITH LA COUNTY FIRE FOR FIRE RESOURCES.
AND BEFORE WE, WE TAKE ACTION ON THIS, I JUST WANNA REASSURE MICHELLE, THAT OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL IS, UH, I MEAN, WE LEAVE THE SAME COMMUNITY AS YOU, AS YOU DO, UH, IS PUBLIC SAFETY.
UH, RESPONSE TIME IS IMPORTANT AND AND MORE IMPORTANTLY IS MOST OF THESE CALLS ARE FOR MEDICAL AID AND WITH AN AGING COMMUNITY, BELIEVE ME, THAT IS ON THE TOP OF OUR PRIORITY.
SO WE, WE HEAR YOU AND, AND TO PUT, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MEDRANO'S, UH, QUESTION IN PERSPECTIVE.
UH, RIGHT NOW, A RESOURCE COST, WHICH IS JUST A STRAIGHT RESOURCE COST NO OVERHEAD.
UM, NONE OF THE OTHER COSTS INCLUDED FOR A PARAMEDIC ASSESSMENT ENGINE, WHICH IS A THREE PERSON UNIT, UM, IS 3.2 MILLION BY LA COUNTY FIRE.
AND THAT WHEN YOU ADD IN THE, THE OTHER, UH, DISTRICT OVERHEAD TO THAT, THE COST IS CLOSE TO $4 MILLION AND THEY SPLIT THAT WITH US.
I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION OR QUESTIONS OR WHATEVER DIRECTION YOU WANT.
I'D LIKE TO PUT A MOTION, UH, TO SEE IF, UH, ONE, UH, RECEIVE AND FILE THE REPORT.
UH, SECOND PART OF A MOTION WOULD BE, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THE STAFF PRESENT THE RECOMMENDED PROPOSAL TO LA COUNTY FIRE, BUT TO INCLUDE A DISCUSSION OF THE CITY PARTICIPATING IN A PAR IN A PARTIAL COST SHARE OF FIRE STATION 1 94 AND TO HAVE ANY NEW COST PHASED IN OVER TIME IF POSSIBLE.
UH, I WILL GO AHEAD AND SECOND THAT.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSITION? ANY ABSTENTIONS? UH, THANK YOU ALL COUNSEL VERY MUCH.
THAT PASSES FOUR ZERO UNANIMOUSLY WITH DARREN, UM, OFF TODAY.
UH, WE WILL NOW GO FOR COMMENTS FROM STAFF ANONYMOUS MAYOR, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I, YOU KNOW, I HAVE MY COMMUNITY CALENDAR, IF IT'S OKAY, CAN WE JUST, UH, EVERYBODY CAN STILL GET THE WEBSITE AND WE'LL GO ONTO THERE IF THAT'S OKAY FOR THE COMMUNITY EVENTS? YEAH, THAT OKAY? OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS? ANYBODY? NO.
UH, THE MEETING IS NOW AND AGAIN, ALL YOU DIRECTORS AND ALL YOU WHO TOOK THE TIME OUT TO BE HERE TODAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ON BEHALF OF ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED TO MONDAY, JUNE 19TH, 2023 AT 5:30 PM IN THE CITY COUNCIL.
CLOSED SESSION ROOM ONE 12 C AT 100 EAST LA HARBOR BOULEVARD, FOLLOWED BY THE REGULAR MEETING AT 6:30 PM IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED.