Aug 07, 2023 City Council

IT IS WITH GREAT HONOR AND PLEASURE THAT WE BRING YOU HERE TODAY.

THEY WERE RECOGNIZED RECENTLY IN DALLAS, TEXAS AS A NATIONAL KEYSTONE CLUB OF THE YEAR, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I THINK YOU'RE FANTASTIC THAT IF YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION HOW MANY, UH, CLUBS THERE ARE NATIONWIDE, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.

YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HAVE PUT LAHABRA ON THE MAP AND WE ARE VERY PROUD FOR THAT.

MANY YEARS AGO, 1985, WE HAD A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF, UH, JOSE, I'M SORRY, CARLOS ROMO, WHO BECAME THE YOUTH OF THE YEAR.

SO YOU GUYS HAVE SET THE THRESHOLD FOR ALL KEYSTONE CLUB MEMBERS.

SO LEMME GET ALL YOUR NAMES VERY QUICKLY.

BRIAN MONTANO, AMBER V SINOR, AND YOU ARE THE, THE DIRECTOR.

BERNICE LOUDIN, MARLENE PIMENTEL, RUBY HERNANDEZ, ALYSSA SANDOVAL, TRENT PORTER.

YOU LOOK YOUNG ENOUGH TO BE A MEMBER, BUT I THINK YOU'RE, YOU'RE ON THE BOARD RIGHT ON.

CINDY SINGER, BOARD PRESIDENT CHRIS KENNEDY, BOARD MEMBER JACOB NUNEZ, JAYLON RAY, MIKEY EGAN, BOARD MEMBER, DON STILLY, BOARD MEMBER.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE TWO OTHER BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAPPEN TO BE ON THE COUNCIL.

WE HAVE STEVE SIMONIAN'S, A BOARD MEMBER, AS WELL AS DARREN ERIAN.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO ALLOW OUR, UH, OH, COME ON UP HERE.

MARK, YOU GOTTA BE PART OF THIS AND ALSO COME HERE.

MARK, PLEASE.

MARK HAS ANNOUNCED HE'S THE DIRECTOR OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS TURN AROUND.

MARK REAL QUICK, IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, AND HE HAS ANNOUNCED THAT HE'S GOING TO RETIRE.

WHAT A WAY TO GO OUT, RIGHT? YES, WE DID IT.

AND I'LL LET OUR, OUR DIRECTOR SAY GETTING HERE IN THE PHOTO.

SURE.

YOUR KIDS, ALLOWING THEM TO COME WITH THEIR BUSY SCHEDULES.

UM, YEAH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS, TEENS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN, COME ON.

GO AHEAD GUYS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING FOR YEAR AFTER YEAR.

UM, THEY'VE WORKED SO HARD, UM, NOT ONLY SERVING THEIR CLUB AND THE MEMBERS, BUT SERVING THE COMMUNITY.

UM, YOU GUYS ARE, YOU KNOW, THE ADVOCATES FOR TEENS AT OUR CLUB, AND WE'RE JUST SO PROUD OF YOU.

EACH OF YOU GUYS HAVE YOUR OWN UNIQUE THING THAT YOU BRING TO THE CLUB.

UM, AND YOU MAKE WHAT THE CLUB MEANS TO ALL OF US.

SO SPECIAL.

SO CELEBRATE, YOU KNOW, TAKE IN THIS BIG MILESTONE THAT'S SO BIG.

I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE EVER WON CLUB OF THE YEAR NATIONALLY.

CORRECT.

SO THIS IS THE VERY FIRST ONE, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN KEEP IT GOING.

UM, BUT YEAH, FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, I'M PROUD OF ALL OF YOU GUYS.

AND ALSO THANK YOU TO YOUR PARENTS FOR ENTRUSTING THE CLUB WITH

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ALL OF THESE KIDS HERE, TEENS, , THEY BALANCE SCHOOL, THEY BALANCE SPORTS, THEY BALANCE BABYSITTING SIBLINGS AND BALANCE COMMUNITY SERVICE ON TOP OF GREAT GRADES.

SO WE ARE JUST SO PROUD OF YOU.

UM, AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR NOT ONLY THE LEADERSHIP OF OPHELIA AND MYSELF AND MISS SONYA, BUT ALSO MARK.

SO WE ARE JUST VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOU AND WE'LL MISS YOU AS WELL.

HEY, SO LET'S LET JIM KNOW THAT PRETTY SOON WE'RE GONNA DO THE MANU BREAKFAST THEN YOU GUYS.

AND PORN FESTIVAL.

THEY MAKE A PRETTY KILLER.

MANU, YOU GUYS .

BRIANNA, YOU WANNA GET IN? EVERYBODY READY? NOW? THIS IS THE ONE THAT'S GONNA GO ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

THIS IS THE ONE AWESOME.

A COUPLE OF BOARD MEMBERS I FORGOT TO MENTION WAS DICK JONES AND KENT ROBERTS OVER THERE.

SO AGAIN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LET'S GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO OUR LAHABRA BOYS GIRLS CLUB KEYSTONE CLUB.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THAT WAS ALL WEEKEND AWAY WITH LAUREN.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, GO AHEAD AND START READING IT.

OKAY,

[ PUBLIC COMMENTS: When addressing the La Habra City Council, please complete a Speaker’s Card before leaving the Council Chamber. General Public Comments shall be received at the beginning of the governing body meeting and limited to three (3) minutes per individual, with a total time limit of 30 minutes for all public comments, unless otherwise modified by the Mayor or Chair. Speaking time may not be granted and/or loaned to another individual for purposes of extending available speaking time, and comments must be kept brief, non-repetitive, and professional in nature. The general Public Comment portion of the meeting allows the public to address any item of City business not appearing on the scheduled agenda. Per Government Code Section 54954.3(a), such comments shall not be responded to by the governing body during the meeting.]

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

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

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

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.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD, EMAIL, PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL RECEIVE AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION FROM CRAIG SHEETS AND MELISSA MERRILL WITH A COPY OF BOTH EMAILS PROVIDED AT THE DIOCESE FOR EACH CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.

OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I WILL NOW OPEN PUBLIC COMMENTS.

IT LOOKS LIKE CRAIG SHEETS, YOU'RE THE FIRST ONE UP.

WELCOME BACK, SIR.

WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOU? APPRECIATE IT.

THE ELECTRICIAN, WISCONSIN.

SO ALL THE WAY OUT THERE IN MY VAN.

WELL, I, I THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T COME BACK SINCE, UH, TOM BEAMISH LEFT.

I MINE FAVORITES AROUND HERE.

YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT, UH, WHEN I GOT HERE, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN SPEAKING AGAINST SPEC LABS FOR QUITE A WHILE.

EVERYTHING I'VE BEEN DOING, IT'S DOCUMENTED WITH THE F D I, SALT LAKE CITY.

I TALKED TO THEM TWICE A WEEK.

HERE ARE THE LOCATIONS THEY ROTATE.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE IT'S COMING FROM.

AND NOW, UH, WITH THE DEATH TOLL OF FENTANYL, RISING BIG TIME, I MEAN, OUR, OUR COUNTRY IS KILLING OUR KIDS.

I THINK THERE'S 23 COUNTRIES THAT EXECUTE DRUG DEALERS.

GUESS HOW MANY OF THEIR KIDS ARE DYING? ZERO.

SO WE GOT HILLS, WE GOT OCEAN OFFSHORE.

NOBODY'S GONNA BE ABLE TO GET OUT THERE AND DO ANY INVESTIGATING UNLESS THEY GET SOMEBODY THAT GETS WORD.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO.

AND WE GOT OIL TANKERS AND CARGO SHIPS, MOBILE METH LABS ON THE OCEANS.

THAT'D BE A LITTLE HARD TO TRACK.

AND TORNADO SHELTERS IN THE MIDWEST, THOSE AS WELL HAVE WEAPONS ALONG WITH THE OFFSHORE OIL WELLS.

UH, DEPLETED URANIUM.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE STUDIED ANY OF THAT STUFF, BUT IT'S PRETTY WICKED AMMUNITION NOT GOOD.

AND THEN I COUNTY LANDFILLS.

LIKE I SAID, I CAN'T POINT OUT WHICH ONE'S WHICH.

'CAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW, THEY ROTATE.

THEN YOU GOT THE MILITARY.

THEY'VE BEEN BRINGING COCAINE AND HEROIN OVER HERE.

LET'S ASK OLIVER NORTH.

AND THEY'VE BEEN KILLING OUR KIDS LEFT AND RIGHT.

THERE'S SO MANY COCAINE AND HEROIN UNATTENDED DEATH CERTIFICATES.

IT'S MURDER GOING ON, PERIOD.

YOU KNOW, AND, UH, I'M TRYING TO GET THE FEDS TO UP THE PENALTIES AND MAYBE GET, UH, STIFFER PENALTIES GOING.

LIKE I SAID, I, WE SHOULD JUST EXECUTE 'EM.

'CAUSE IF YOU'RE KILLING KIDS, THAT'S JUST UNNECESSARY.

VERY BAD STUFF.

THEN YOU GOT YOUR PREDATORS.

THEY'RE THE SAME ONES THAT ARE SELLING DOPE ON THE SCHOOL YARDS IN THE BARS.

IT'S THE SAME TOO.

HUMAN HUMANS, UH, MAYBE, UH, STRAPPED

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IN SOME RUBBER, BUT THEY'RE NOT, UH, HUMAN UNDERNEATH THAT RUBBER.

I I'M SAYING CAT AND CAT URINE WOULD PROVE THAT.

AND THEN, UH, REPTILE.

AND, UM, THANKS FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.

THANK YOU, CRAIG.

GOOD SEEING YOU GUYS.

CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? UM, MY NAME IS MICHELLE LACKEY.

GOOD EVENING.

AND I LIVE AT 10 20 NORTH CYPRESS STREET.

I'M THE DIRECT NEIGHBOR TO THE SOUTH OF THE 10 30 NORTH CYPRESS RESIDENCE THAT I HAVE CONCERNS OVER WITH SEVERAL OF THEIR REMODELING PROJECTS.

MY FIRST CONCERN IS THE POOL ROOM SLASH REC ROOM CONVERSION THAT IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE HOUSE.

AT NO TIME DID THIS STRUCTURE HAVE A BATHROOM, SHOWER, OR TOILET, NOR DID IT HAVE AN ENCLOSED CEILING, BUT RATHER IT WAS ONE LARGE ROOM WITH ONE BEAM CEILING.

THE ENTIRE ROOF OF THIS STRUCTURE HAS SINCE BEEN REMOVED, AS WELL AS ALL RAFTERS REPLACED WITH THE PITCHED ROOF.

IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CONVERTED FROM A REC ROOM INTO AN APARTMENT WITHOUT THE CITY'S AWARENESS OR APPROVAL.

MY SECOND CONCERN IS THE TOOL SHED CONVERSION THAT IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.

THIS STRUCTURE WAS PREVIOUSLY A WOODEN LEAN, TWO TYPE SHED WITH TWO WOOD WALLS AND A FLAT TOP ROOF THAT HAD NO UTILITIES PRIOR.

NOW, IT IS A FULLY ENCLOSED HIGH PITCH ROOF STRUCTURE, WHICH APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CONVERTED FROM A LEANN TWO SHED INTO AN APARTMENT AGAIN WITHOUT THE CITY'S APPROVAL OR AWARENESS.

MY THIRD CONCERN IS THE NEW 7,700 SQUARE FOOT SECOND STORY EDITION THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED ON THE MAIN EXISTING HOUSE.

WE WERE TOLD IN PERSON BY THE CITY AS OF LAST WEEK THAT THIS ENORMOUS ADDITION HAS NOT YET BEEN APPROVED.

I WANT TO KNOW WHAT ACCOMMODATIONS THE CITY REQUIRES FOR PARKING ON THE PROPERTY WITH 12 TO 14 PEOPLE MINIMUM THAT ARE LIVING THERE NOW.

AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE THREE STRUCTURES THAT HAVE BEEN CONVERTED ON THAT PROPERTY.

THE TOOL SHED, THE REC ROOM, AND THE NEWLY PERMITTED TWO STORY 1,250 SQUARE FOOT A D U THAT IS ON THE BACK EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.

WHAT IS THE CITY CODE FOR ADUS AND WHAT IS THAT PROPERTY ZONED FOR? MY LAST CONCERN IS THE HAPHAZARD CURB AND GUTTER THAT THEY POURED LAST WEEK WITHOUT A PERMIT.

THE MEASUREMENTS FOR THIS CURB AND GUTTER ARE NOWHERE NEAR THE CITY'S SPECS, SLOPES BACKWARDS AND IS A CONCERN FOR ANY RUNOFF OR DE DEBRIS, DEBRIS FLOW FROM WINTER RAINS.

I'VE ATTACHED PHOTOS THAT WERE TAKEN BY THE REALTOR JUST PRIOR TO THE SALE OF THE HOUSE, AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OF THE PHOTOS IF NEEDED.

THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND I SEE THERE'S OTHER HOMEOWNERS FROM CYPRUS THAT ARE HERE AS WELL.

WHEN ALL THREE OF YOU TESTIFY, I'D LIKE YOU TO MEET WITH SUSAN KIM, WHO'S RIGHT OUT THERE.

SHE'S THE DIRECTOR, UH, WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT AND HANDLES ALL THOSE.

YOU CAN ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS.

WE CAN DEFINITELY GET SOMEBODY OUT THERE TO AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

OKAY, SO WE ALL NEED TO GO TO HER THEN, RIGHT? RIGHT.

AFTER I, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S PROBABLY TWO MORE OF YOU THAT YOU'RE GONNA TESTIFY.

YEAH, YEAH.

AND AM I ALLOWED, I KNOW MY THREE MINUTES IS PROBABLY UP, BUT I ALSO HAVE A LETTER FROM ANOTHER NEIGHBOR THAT'S NOT HERE.

CAN I READ IT FROM HER OR JUST GO TO HER? UH, YOU KNOW, WHY DON'T YOU JUST GO AHEAD AND PRES PRESENT IT TO HER, IF THAT'S OKAY.

AND THEN OKAY.

AND THEN SHE HAS ALL THE INFORMATION THERE.

AND WE'LL HEAR THE OTHER TWO TESTIFY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

IF YOU HAVE THE LETTER THOUGH, IF YOU COULD GIVE IT TO THE CITY CLERK.

WE'LL PUT IT INTO THE RECORD.

A COPY? YEAH.

I'LL PUT IT ON THE RECORD HERE.

OH, SURE.

PERFECT.

CAN I WALK UP THERE NOW? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

ABSOLUTELY.

HI THERE.

HI.

AND YOU WERE HERE BRIGHT AND EARLY.

I WAS WELCOME.

THANKS FOR BEING PATIENT.

I'VE PROBABLY, AND WAITING PROBABLY LIVED HERE THE LONGEST, SINCE 1961 ON THE SAME PROPERTY.

I HAVE PICTURES OF THAT.

YOU'RE ALSO ON CYPRESS.

I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU, YOU'VE ALSO LIVED ON CYPRUS THAT MANY YEARS SINCE 1961.

SINCE 1961.

I'M BUILDING A NEW WALL ON THE PROPERTY LINE OVER THERE.

SO I'VE ENJOYED A WONDERFUL, UH, HALF ACRE YARD THAT WAS EXTREMELY PRIVATE.

AND IN A FEW YEARS, BECAUSE OF MY AGE, I'M KNOW THAT I WILL HAVE TO SELL THE PROPERTY.

WHEN THE GENTLEMAN FIRST SOLD HIS PROPERTY TO THE WEST OF ME, HE CAME TO MY HOUSE, KNOCKED ON THE DOOR AND SAID, HI,

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AND I SAID, WELL, I, I SHARE THAT PROPERTY LINE WITH YOU.

AND HE, BUT HE WAS ALL ABOUT WHAT HE WANTED ANYWAY.

I TOLD HIM THAT I MIGHT EVEN BE INTERESTED IN GOING IN ON A, A FENCE WITH HIM, BUT HE TOLD ME HE WANTED TO PUT IN A BLOCK WALL.

I HAD RESERVATIONS.

I DIDN'T THINK HE HAD A PERMIT.

I CAME DOWN TO THE CITY.

I ASKED, HE DID NOT HAVE A PERMANENT PERMIT.

THE NEXT DAY HE GOT A PERMIT, UH, IN THAT WALL IS A SQUARE HOLE AT THE BOTTOM OF A BLOCK WALL, WHICH ALLOWS HIS YARD TO DRAIN ONTO MY PROPERTY.

I UNDERSTAND AFTER TALKING TO THE INSPECTOR ROMERO, THAT THAT'S TOTALLY ILLEGAL.

SO I DON'T THINK I CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE TWO STORY STRUCTURE, BUT HE CAN SEE FROM HIS SECOND STORY RIGHT INTO MY DINING ROOM, MY ENTIRE PATIO, MY WHOLE BACKYARD.

HOW IS THAT? OKAY.

ARE, ARE YOU, SO FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THE CITY OF LAHABRA DOES NOT HAVE IT SOMETHING CALLED STORY POLES.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT LIKE OTHER CITIES DO.

AND WHAT IT DOES IS GIVE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS THE ABILITY TO BE NOTIFIED WHEN ITS STRUCTURE IS GOING TO GO UP.

AND TIME TO COMMENT ABOUT THAT.

IT'S IN THE, UH, GUIDELINES FOR THE CITY OF LA HARBOR HEIGHTS, AND I'VE PRINTED THAT OUT FOR YOU TOO.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE EXACT, BUT I WISH THE CITY OF LAHORE WOULD ADOPT SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE THE LEVELS OF OUR PROPERTY, I'M MUCH LOWER THAN HE IS.

WHEN HE BUILT ON TOP OF AN ALREADY HIGH PROPERTY LINE, HE'S UP LIKE 50 FEET NOW.

IT'S OUTRAGEOUS.

AND I HAVE TO LIVE THERE.

PLUS HE TOOK AWAY ALL THE DIRT I HAD ON MY SIDE SO I COULD PLANT A TREE.

THE TREE THAT YOU SEE IN THE PICTURE IS MINE.

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

GIRLS HAVE ALREADY COVERED ME.

MY NAME IS CINDY TRUMP, AND I LIVE AT 10 31 NORTH CYPRESS STREET.

I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE ZONING OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD, AS WELL AS THE CONSTRUCTION BEING DONE ON WEEKENDS AND AFTER HOURS DURING THE CLOSE OF CITY BUSINESS.

THE HOME WAS SOLD A FEW YEARS BACK, AND I REMEMBER THE LISTING INDICATED ADDITIONAL LIVING QUARTERS.

THE HOME NEVER HAD ADDITIONAL LIVING QUARTERS.

THERE WAS A POOL HOUSE FOR THE POOL THAT WAS BURIED AND AN OFFICE ATTACHED TO THE GARAGE.

WE NOW HAVE SEVERAL FAMILIES LIVING IN THE HOME, AND IT, AND LOOKS AS THOUGH THE POOL ROOM, OFFICE AND GARAGE HAVE BEEN REDONE OR LIVING QUARTERS.

I'M GETTING SHORTER.

THERE IS ALWAYS APPROXIMATELY 10 CARS PARKED ON THE GRASS DAILY, AS WELL AS THREE TO SEVEN CARS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY.

HONESTLY, IT'S A HORRIBLE EYESORE TO LOOK AT.

I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ANYONE UPGRADING THEIR HOME, BUT WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS BEING DONE LEGALLY.

A TRIP TO THE CITY HALL, UH, ENCOUNTERED THAT AN OPEN PERMIT HAD BEEN PULLED FOR AN A D R, WHICH HAS BEEN STARTED, AS WELL AS A PERMIT WAITING FOR APPROVAL OF A 7,700 SQUARE FOOT HOME.

ONE WOULD THINK THAT THE EXISTING LIVING QUARTERS WOULD BE ILLEGAL IF THEY WERE NOT PERMITTED WITH THE CITY, AND THAT THIS WAS WHAT WAS BEING DONE DURING BEING DONE BUILT DURING OFF-TIME HOURS.

LET'S FACE IT, A THREE BEDROOM HOME DOES NOT HOUSE THAT MANY CARS ON A DAILY BASIS.

COMING HOME FROM WORK THE OTHER DAY, I NOTICED THEM PUTTING UP THEIR OWN CURB AND GUTTER AND FINDING OUT WITH THE CITY OF LA HARBOR THAT THERE WERE NO PERMITS.

I'M ASKING THAT AN INSPECTION BE MADE OF THE EXISTING LIVING QUARTERS SO THAT ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS MADE ARE GUIDED WITH A PERMIT AND INSPECTION FOR FIRE AND OVERLOAD OF CROWDED PEOPLE LIVING IN THOSE CONDITIONS.

I AM ALSO ASKING THAT THE CITY PROVIDE US IMMEDIATE PLANS AND SPECS FOR ANY IMPROVEMENTS MADE TO THAT PROPERTY.

THANK YOU MR. TRUMP, FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME IN.

I'D ALSO LIKE YOU TO MEET WITH MRS. TRUMP.

UM, UH, SUE KIM, I'M SORRY, UH, AS WELL.

SUE, CAN YOU PROVIDE THE COUNSEL WITH AN UPDATE AFTER, UH, YOUR FINDINGS, PLEASE? UH, MRS. UM, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WANTS TO TESTIFY? ANYBODY RELATED TO CYPRUS? THEY WOULD LIKE TO TALK ON THIS ITEM.

PREVIOUSLY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ESPINOZA GOMEZ AND MEDRANO.

A FEW FOLKS WANNA GO AHEAD AND MEET WITH MS. KIM RIGHT NOW.

THAT'D BE FANTASTIC.

AND SHE'LL PROVIDE US WITH AN UPDATE ONCE THE INSPECTION'S DONE.

YES, SIR.

GREETINGS COUNSEL.

I'M JACK MUR MIRANDA.

I AM A DIRECTOR OF THE, UH, JESSE MURDA CENTER FOR HISPANIC LEADERSHIP.

UH, I WILL NOT, UH, CHALLENGE YOU WITH ANY ISSUES.

I I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.

I KNOW, I KNOW SOME OF YOU.

I'M FROM THE CITY OF LAMADA AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF, UH, MEETING

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UH, I'M HERE TO, TO, I GUESS JUST TO EXPLAIN WHAT THE MI MIRANDA CENTER DOES.

WE HISPANIC LEADERSHIP FOCUSED ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR, UH, LATIN COMMUNITY, LATINA LATINX COMMUNITY, UH, INCLUDING OUR BUSINESSES AND SO ON.

SEPTEMBER 21ST, LOVE TO INVITE YOU WITH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE, UH, UH, LA HABRA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

WE'RE NEW MEMBERS, A YEAR AND A HALF.

UH, THE CENTER, UH, COMING AGAIN, WE'RE HEADQUARTERED OUTTA LAMATA.

AND, UH, AS NEW MEMBERS, WE, WE, WE TOOK, UH, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF COUNCIL MEMBER ESPINOSA REMEMBERS, UH, SAYING THIS, WHAT IS THE CO WHAT IS THE CHAMBER DOING FOR HISPANIC SPANISH DOMINANT, UH, BUSINESSES IN THIS COMMUNITY? AND WE'RE TAKING THAT.

UH, AND, UH, GONNA DO SOMETHING WITH IT.

WE'RE GONNA RALLY THE SPANISH DOMINANT, UH, UH, BUSINESSES THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN PARTNERING IN NETWORKING IN, UH, BUSINESS TO BUSINESS, AND JUST INTRODUCING THE WHOLE IDEA OF WHAT A CHAMBER REPRESENTS.

AND SO, JUST SEPTEMBER 21ST, NORTHGATE, WHICH IS A GOSH, WHICH IS A MODEL FOR, UH, MEXICAN AMERICAN BUSINESSES.

UH, WE'RE HAVING, UH, IN THE EVENING, WE'RE INVITING OURSELVES INTO THAT LITTLE PLAZA.

WE EXPECT ABOUT 10 TO 20 FOLKS TO START THIS OFF, JUST TO GO OUT AND IN SPANISH, INVITE THEM INTO, UH, THIS, THIS COMMUNITY SMALL BUSINESS.

I WOULD REMIND OUR COUNCIL AND MY COUNCIL IN LAMARA GETS, THEY ROLL THEIR EYES WHEN THEY SEE ME COME UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

SMALL BUSINESS IS VITAL TO OUR COMMUNITY.

UH, IF THE DISPROPORTION, EXCUSE ME, THOSE MEN IN, UH, UNIFORM, THE DISPROPORTION OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDING, YES, WE NEED TO BE SAFE AND ALL OTHER RESOURCES.

UH, AGAIN, PLEASE DON'T TELL MY, MY, UH, COUNSEL, I'M SAYING THIS.

UH, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO BE HEALTHY.

UH, WHAT THAT GENTLEMAN SAID AT THE VERY BEGINNING, UH, OF PUBLIC, WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE FUNDING SYMPTOMS AND NOT CAUSES.

AND THAT INCLUDES BUSINESS.

AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO JUST INVITE YOU 21ST, YOU'RE OUR COUNCIL HERE IN LAHABRA, NO STRINGS ATTACHED.

WE'LL GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS AS TO THE DATE AND TIME WE'RE ASKING NORTHGATE TO FEED US AND, UH, JUST, UH, HOST US.

AND SO WE'LL BE THERE.

JACK NDA WITH THE JESSE NDA CENTER FOR HISPANIC LEADERSHIP.

I LEFT ONE OF THESE, UH, UH, FILLED OUT AND GOD BLESS YOU.

THANK YOU, PASTOR JACK.

ANYBODY ELSE WANTING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL? COME AT THIS TIME.

OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GO TO CONSENT

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

CALENDAR.

SURE.

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 THE TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER ITEM THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION, UNLESS OTHERWISE, MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR.

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

THE CONSENT CALENDAR INCLUDES CITY COUNCIL ITEMS ONE THROUGH 12, CITY COUNCIL AND UTILITY AUTHORITY, ITEMS ONE AND TWO, AND UTILITY AUTHORITY ITEM ONE.

WILL THE STAFF LIKE TO HAVE ANY ITEMS REMOVED? NONE.

MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL? YES, MR. MAYOR? I'D LIKE ITEM NUMBER TWO REMOVED ON THE, UH, NOT REMOVED, BUT, UH, PULLED TO HEAR A STAFF REPORT ON THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL AND UTILITY AUTHORITY AUDIENCE, LIKE TO HAVE ANYTHING REMOVED.

CAN I GET A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE, UH, CONSENT CALENDAR? MR. MAYOR? I'LL MAKE A, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

I HEAR A MOTION.

DO I HEAR A SECOND? SECOND.

THERE'S A MOTION TO SECOND.

UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

HELLO? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

ANY OPPOSITION? ANY ABSTENTION STAFF REPORT ON ITEM TWO, PLEASE?

[ CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS REMOVED FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION:]

UH, MAYOR, CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND DIRECTORS.

MY NAME IS ALBERT MENDOZA.

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

TONIGHT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE EUCLID WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT CITY PROJECT NUMBER ONE DASH W DASH 21 AWARD, A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE EUCLID WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT TO LUCAS BUILDERS INC.

OF LAHABRA, CALIFORNIA IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,372,662, AND REJECT ALL OTHER BIDS AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH LUCA'S BUILDERS IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,372,662, AND AUTHORIZE STAFF TO ISSUE A PURCHASE ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF 1,650,000, WHICH INCLUDES A 20% CONTINGENCY.

THE PROPOSED PROJECT CONSISTS OF INSTALLING NEW WATER PIPELINES OF VARIOUS SIZES ALONG EUCLID STREET, AND DUE TO BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS, THE CITY ADVERTISED A PROJECT TO INCLUDE AN ADDITIVE ALTERNATIVE BID ITEMS FOR WATER IMPROVEMENTS FROM WOODIER BOULEVARD TO 981 NORTH EUCLID STREET, THE PRIORITY BEING THE BASE BID, WHICH IS THE INSTALLATION OF A 12 INCH WATER PIPELINE FROM 9 81 NORTH EUCLID STREET TO NORTH CITY LIMITS, AND A NEW SIX INCH WATER PIPELINE AT NORTH WYATT WAY.

ON JULY 20TH TO 2023, THE CITY OF LAHABRA RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 10 BID PROPOSALS FOR THE PROJECT STAFF.

REVIEWED THE PROPOSAL FROM ALL BIDDERS AND FOUND LUCA'S BUILDERS TO BE TO THE, WITH THE TOTAL BID TO BE THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE BID.

THEIR BASE BID IN THE AMOUNT OF 1,047,442 IN THE ADDITIVE BID AMOUNT OF 325 200 $20, RESULTING IN A COMBINED TOTAL BID OF $1,372,662.

THE TOTAL BID AMOUNT IS APPROXIMATELY 19% LESS THAN THE ENGINEERED ESTIMATE.

THEREFORE, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS DIRECTORS APPROVE A AWARD OF CONTRACT TO LUCA'S BUILDERS FOR THE BASE BID AND THE ADDITIVE BID.

IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE, AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS WATERLINE PROJECT, PAYMENT REHABILITATION WILL COMMENCE.

CURRENTLY, CITY STAFF IS WORKING ON FINALIZING THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATION FOR THE EUCLID STREET REHAB PROJECT.

THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS INCLUDED IN THE ADOPTED FISCAL YEAR 2324 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WITH A TOTAL APPROVED BUDGET OF $2 MILLION FROM WATER ENTERPRISE FUNDS AS A TO, AS A TOTAL PRO PROPOSED PROJECT COST IS NOW ESTIMATED $1,650,795 INCLUSIVE OF A 20% CONTINGENCY.

THERE IS SUFFICIENT BUDGET FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT, AND NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS ARE BEING REQUESTED AT THIS TIME.

THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ALBERT.

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.

WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT WATER MAIN BREAK OVER THERE, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THAT, UH, TAKE PLACE OVER THERE.

JOSE, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO, JUST WANTED TO OKAY.

TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR, WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS KNEW THAT, UH, WE'RE LISTENING AND, UH, WE'RE, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GONNA DO, STARTING WITH THAT WATER MAIN AND, UH, EVENTUALLY, UH, DOWN THE LINE, THE, UH, THE RESURFACING OF THE STREET AND TAKING CARE OF THAT ISSUE.

SO, THANK YOU, ALBERT, FOR ALL THE, ABSOLUTELY.

ALBERT THE MAIN THAT BROKE, IS THAT THE ONE THAT'S GONNA BE REPLACED WHERE WE HAD THAT BIG BREAK? THAT, THAT WILL BE PART OF IT? YEAH, THAT'S THE ADD ADDITIVE BID FROM WHITTIER TO NORTH 81.

THAT WILL BE ALSO BE COMPLETED.

ROSE OR STEVE, ANYTHING ELSE? WELL, I DO HAVE, I'M SORRY, ONE MORE THING.

IT IS STILL A ROUGH TIMELINE FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE ACTUAL ROAD RENOVATION, SO FOR FOLKS UP THERE, SO, SO, SO THIS PROJECT, IT'S LIKE A THREE MONTH PROJECT, SO WEATHER PERMITTED, UH, WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN START THE PAVING REHAB EITHER AT THE END OF THE YEAR IN DECEMBER OR SEPTEMBER.

UM, I NOTICED THAT IT'S A 20% CONTINGENCY RATE.

UH, WHAT IS THEIR HISTORY OF CHANGE ORDERS? I'M, I'M ACCUSTOMED TO SEEING 10%, BUT HERE IT'S 20%.

IS IT BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF THE COST OF THE PROJECT OR, AND WHAT IS THEIR HISTORY OF THIS COMPANY FOR CHANGE ORDERS? YEAH, SO WE, WE DID SOME REFERENCE CHECKS.

UH, THERE WAS NO EXCESSIVE CHANGE ORDERS.

THEY'VE DONE WORK FOR CITY OF ANAHEIM, UH, LA COUNTY, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, UH, WATER AND POWER.

UH, TYPICALLY, NORMALLY STANDARD IS 10%, BUT WITH ALL THIS INFLATION COSTS UNCERTAINTIES, ESPECIALLY WHEN START DIGGING TRENCHES.

UH, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST DON'T KNOW.

SO WE, WE ADDED THAT EXTRA CUSHION FOR, FOR UNFORESEEN CONDITIONS.

SO, THANK YOU.

THANK, THANK YOU.

BEFORE WE APPROVE IT, ROSE, ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THE CURRENT CONTINGENCY? YES.

PLEASE EXPLAIN YOUR, OKAY.

I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

IF SO, CHOOSE TO PUBLIC COMMENT, HUH? OH, IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO ADDRESS THE PUBLIC ON THIS ADDRESS AS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? SAY NONE.

WE'LL MOVE, UH, A MOTION BY SOMEBODY.

ANYBODY? YEAH.

MR. MAYOR, I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER TWO ON THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL UTILITY AUTHORITY.

I THINK IT IS.

I'M TRYING TO GET BACK.

KAY.

I HAVE A MOTION TO HEAR A SECOND.

SECOND.

KAY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSITION? ANY ABSTENTION.

ITEM PASSES FIVE ZERO PUBLIC HEARING.

[1. CONDUCT A DULY NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING ON ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES PERTAINING TO REFUSE COLLECTION FEES That the City Council: A. Conduct a duly noticed public hearing on a resolution amending the Master Schedule of Fees pertaining to refuse collection fees; and B. ADOPT AND APPROVE RESOLUTION NO. ____ ENTITLED: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES PERTAINING TO REGULATED REFUSE COLLECTION FEES CHARGED BY CR&R TO ITS CUSTOMERS.]

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 ITEM ON THE AGENDA, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR OR CHAIR.

COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE,

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AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.

PUBLIC HEARING.

ITEM NUMBER ONE, CONDUCT A DUALLY NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING ON ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION, AMENDING THE MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES PERTAINING TO REFUSE, REFUSE COLLECTION FEES.

AND THE NEXT SLIDE WOULD BE THE SUMMARY OF RECENT REFUSE RATES.

STAFF REPORT PLEASE, JEFF, AFTER SO MANY YEARS, I NOW KNOW YOUR NAME.

WELCOME.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

MY NAME IS JEFF HENDERSON, SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST WITH A, WITH A PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

YOU MIGHT WANNA MOVE MIC UP A BIT.

THERE YOU GO.

WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

AND TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT THE PROPOSED RATE ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE REFUSE RATES.

AND, UH, WE HAVE SEVERAL REFUSE RATE FACTORS.

WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS RATE ADJUSTMENTS, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA REGULATIONS, SOME NEW SERVICES THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ADDING, AND A SUMMARY OF RATE INCREASES IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS.

LET'S FIRST START WITH THE RATE ADJUSTMENTS.

STAFF REVIEWED ALL THE REFUSE RATES.

UH, WE, WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH C N R, THE TRASH COMPANY THAT REQUIRES THE APPLICATION OF AN ANNUAL INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.

PUBLIC HEARING ALLOWS ADJUSTMENTS FOR UP TO FIVE YEARS.

IN THIS CASE, IT WOULD BE THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 27, 28.

IF THE INFLATION IS LOWER, THE RATES WOULD INCREASE AT A LOWER RATE OR POSSIBLY REMAIN UNCHANGED.

UM, WE, WE HAVE, UH, SANITATION FEES AND FRANCHISE FEES THAT REMAIN UNCHANGED.

A YEAR AGO, THE CITY FEES WERE TEMPORARILY REDUCED BY THE COUNCIL FOR ONE YEAR.

AND IN JUNE, 2023, THESE CHANGES WERE MADE PERMANENT.

SOME OF THE RATE ADJUSTMENT IMPACTS THE BASIC RESIDENTIAL RATE WILL INCREASE BY TWO EIGHT PER MONTH, AND THE COMMERCIAL RATES WILL INCREASE DEPENDING ON THE SERVICE LEVEL AND FREQUENCY.

UM, LIKE THE THREE YARD BIN, ONE TIME A WEEK RATE WILL BE 1507, AND THE SIX YARD BIN SIX TIMES A WEEK WILL BE 79 48.

NOW, SOME OF THE REGULATIONS THAT ARE AFFECTING SOME OF THE NEW RATES THAT WE'RE INTRODUCING SB 1383, UM, REQUIRES A THREE CONTAINER COLLECTION SYSTEM FOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.

UH, BUSINESSES MAY APPLY FOR WAIVERS IF THEY HAVE A LACK OF SPACE OR LOW ORGANICS GENERATION.

THE LAW ALSO RE REQUIRES, UH, EDIBLE FOOD RECOVERY FOR FOOD WASTE GENERATORS.

IT ALSO REQUIRES INSPECTIONS AND MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT.

C ARE REQUIRED TO CONDUCT ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AGAINST NON-COMPLIANT REFUSE CUSTOMERS STARTING ON JANUARY 1ST, 2024.

THIS INCLUDES CUSTOMERS WHO MAY CONTAMINATE A BIN OR CART.

IF THE CITY FAILS TO CON CONDUCT THESE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.

THE STATE MAY OPEN ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AGAINST THE CITY, AND THEY'RE ALREADY TRACKING, UM, HOW MANY ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS WE, WE HAVE DONE SO FAR.

UM, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, HERE ARE SOME OF OUR NEW SERVICES.

WE'RE GONNA BE DOING A CART ROLLOUT SERVICE FOR COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS.

THIS IS OFFERED UPON REQUEST BY THE BUSINESS OR WHEN THE SERVICE IS NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH SB 1383.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF, UM, A COMMERCIAL CUSTOMER DOESN'T HAVE THE TIME TO TAKE THE CARD OUT TO THE STREET, OR IT'S TOO FAR AND THEY DON'T WANT TO, BUT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO RECYCLE OR HAVE ORGANICS, THEN WE WOULD IMPLEMENT THIS NEW SERVICE FEE.

THIS PRICE HERE IS A MONTHLY FEE, 39 12 FOR A ONE TIME PER WEEK CART.

UM, SOME OTHER FEES THAT ARE GONNA BE STARTED UP ARE COMMERCIAL ROLL OFF ACCOUNT, SET UP FEE FOR 32 67.

NEXT SLIDE.

COMMERCIAL CART DELIVERY FEE, COMMERCIAL BIN DELIVERY FEE FOR 32 67 EACH.

AND THEN NEXT SLIDE, THE, THE RECYCLING CONTAMINATION FEE.

SO THIS WILL BE CHARGED WHEN A CART OR A BIN IS OBSERVED TO BE CONTAMINATED WITH THE WRONG, IF YOU PUT THE WRONG ITEM IN THE WRONG BIN OR A CART.

WE'RE GONNA BE PRACTICING, UM, AN APPROACH THAT IS GEARED MORE TO EDUCATION ON THE CUSTOMER.

IF THIS HAPPENS MORE THAN THREE CONSECUTIVE OCCASIONS WITHIN A SIX MONTH PERIOD, THAT IS WHEN THE FEE WILL BE, UM, IMPLEMENTED.

AND THE FEE FOR EACH OF THOSE IS 39 21.

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ADJUSTMENTS IN SURROUNDING CITIES.

THEY RANGE FROM 11% IN LAGUNA BEACH ALL THE WAY UP TO ALMOST 30% FOR THE CITY OF IRVINE.

CITY OF LAHABRA INCREASE IS ABOUT 9%.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.

WE'LL OPEN UP NOW, UH, FOR QUESTIONS BY COUNSEL.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

FIRST OF ALL, UH, THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IS PEOPLE ARE WATCHING GET, LET'S GIVE 'EM A STRAIGHT SOUNDBITE.

PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WHICH AMPLIFIES THE SITUATION SIGNIFICANTLY, WHO ARE SAYING, UH, WHY ANOTHER INCREASE TO MY REFUSE COST? WHY, WHY, WHY CAN WE, HOW CAN WE, WHY ARE WE JUSTIFYING IT, I GUESS IS THE QUESTION I HAVE? WELL, AS YOU KNOW, THAT THERE'S, UM, THERE'S BEEN SOME SIGNIFICANT INFLATION AND ITS IMPACTS NOT ONLY THE CITY, BUT THE, THE TRASH COMPANY AS WELL.

AND WE HAVE COSTS THAT WE NEED TO, TO MAINTAIN.

UM, SO WE, WE TRY TO KEEP THESE COSTS DOWN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

AND BY CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION, WE ARE REQUIRED THROUGH THE CONTRACT TO OFFER A C P I INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT EACH YEAR IN COMPARISON TO THE 31 32 CITIES IN ORANGE COUNTY, WHERE DO YOU THINK LAHABRA, UM, LIES IN THE FEES THAT WE CHARGE COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES? OUR FEES, THE C R R FEES THAT, THAT WE ISSUE ARE IN THE LOWEST THIRD IN THE COUNTY.

UH, SO WE ARE VERY COMPETITIVE WITH BETWEEN THE OTHER AGENCIES IN THE COUNTY OF ORANGE.

WHEN A RESIDENT IS EXPERIENCING, UH, A DISRUPTION IN SERVICE OR A CONCERN WITH CR AND R'S SERVICE, WHAT IS THE BEST WAY FOR THEM TO HANDLE A SITUATION THAT COMES UP? THE BEST WAY FOR THE PUBLIC TO HANDLE ANY TYPE OF SERVICE RELATED ISSUE IS TO CONTACT C N R FIRST.

AND, UM, AND THEY ARE MORE THAN CAPABLE OF ADDRESSING THAT ANY ISSUE THAT COMES UP.

AND IF FOR ANY OTHER REASON, ANY REASON THEY NEED ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE, THE CITY IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE.

THEY CAN CONTACT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN TERMS OF CHECKS AND BALANCES.

DOES THE CITY HAVE A CREW THAT GOES OUT, UH, JUST TYPICALLY AN INVENTORY, UH, THE SERVICE, AND IF, IF WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING, THEY'RE OUT THERE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, COLLECTING THE TRASH, DO WE HAVE A STAFF MEMBER THAT GOES OUT THERE PERIODICALLY JUST TO SEE THAT THE SERVICES, YOU KNOW, UH, GOING ACCORDINGLY AND IT'S NOT SPILLING ON THE STREET? OR HOW, HOW DO WE, HOW ARE WE HOLDING CR R ACCOUNTABLE IS, I GUESS MY QUESTION.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF STAFF MEN, STAFF MEMBERS IN PUBLIC WORKS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO, TO CHECK ON, UM, TRASH IN THE CITY, UH, ILLEGAL DUMPING.

AND THEY ALSO HELP OUT WITH MONITORING THE, THE TRASH COMPANY.

HOW OFTEN, HOW OFTEN ARE THEY OUT THERE EVERY DAY, EVERY DAY.

AND HOW DO WE DOC, HOW DO WE DOCUMENT THE PROBLEMS WE, OR CONCERNS? WE KEEP TRACK OF ALL THE CONCERNS THROUGH CONSTANT EMAIL CO CORRESPONDENCE WITH, UH, MY CONTACTS AT C R R.

SO EVERY ISSUE IS DOCUMENTED.

ON A TYPICAL DAY, HOW MANY CONCERNS ARE YOU HAVING FROM OUR STAFF MEMBERS, FROM THE TRASH HAULER THAT YOU'RE SEEING, YOUR CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE WITH THE PICKUPS OR LACK OF PICKUPS, OR TYPICALLY, WHAT, WHAT KIND, HOW MANY CONCERNS DO YOU GET ON A DAY TYPICALLY? I MEAN, IT HAS BEEN, IT HAS BEEN HIGHER IN PAST, YOU KNOW, IN PAST YEARS, YOU KNOW, RELATING TO THE, TO THE AFTER EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC.

BUT THAT WAS MAYBE AT THE HEIGHT OF IT, YOU KNOW, YOU GET FIF, YOU KNOW, FIVE TO 15 CALLS A WEEK.

NOW IT'S DOWN TO MAYBE ONE OR TWO, WHICH IS LIKE A NORMAL LEVEL.

ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH WHERE, WHERE WE'RE AT? OBVIOUSLY WE WANT EVERYTHING TO GO PERFECT, BUT ARE YOU FAIRLY COMFORTABLE? AND I, I PRESUME SINCE YOU'RE HERE REPRESENTING ELIAS AND, UH, MAYBE PUBLIC WORKS, UH, ARE YOU, HAP ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH US CONTINUING THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH C R R? WELL, LET ME, LET ME STEP IN THERE.

SO WE HAVE A CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH C R.

SO STAFF'S, YOU KNOW, OPINION ON WHETHER THAT CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP SHOULD CONTINUE OR NOT, THAT'S A POLICY DECISION OF THE COUNCILS.

AS FAR AS THE SERVICE LEVELS, I WOULD SAY THAT WITHIN THE LAST YEAR, A YEAR AGO, WE WERE GETTING CONSTANT COMPLAINTS.

THE COUNCIL WAS DIRECTING COMPLAINTS TO US THAT YOU WOULD GET DIRECTLY.

UH, WE ALSO TRACK OUR COMPLAINTS THROUGH OUR COMP CASE SYSTEM.

UH, WHEN WE GET COMPLAINTS DIRECTLY FROM STAFF, UM, WE WOULD COMMUNICATE THOSE TO CRYSTAL AT C R N R.

AND, UM,

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I THINK THEY READILY ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEMS THEY WERE HAVING WITH DRIVERS AND, AND WITH, WITH STAFFING.

AND THOSE PROBLEMS HAVE LARGELY BEEN CORRECTED.

IS IT PERFECT YET? IT IS NOT.

WE CONSTANTLY WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH C R N R TO, TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES AS THEY COME UP.

BUT THE SITUATION TODAY IS, I WOULD SAY, MARKEDLY IMPROVED OVER A YEAR AGO.

SO YOU'RE HAPPY WITH THE REACTION FROM CR R I THINK THEY HAVE, THEY TAKE CUSTOMER SERVICE VERY SERIOUSLY THERE, AND THEY HAVE BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE.

COULD THEY DO BETTER? ABSOLUTELY.

BUT WE'RE ALWAYS WORKING ON, ON WORKING WITH THEM ON THAT.

FAIR ENOUGH.

COUNSEL, JOSE? YES.

SO I, I'LL I SHARE THE SAME CONCERNS THAT MY COLLEAGUE, UH, THE MAYOR DOES.

UH, BUT I'M NOT GONNA BEAT A DEAD HORSE.

I, I TOO, I, I UNDERSTAND.

AND, UH, AND WITH CRYSTAL'S HELP IN THE PAST, UH, WE'VE, UH, WE'VE HAD SOME OF THOSE, UH, ISSUES RESOLVED.

MY QUESTION WOULD BE, AND I THINK CRYSTAL WOULD, MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS A LITTLE BETTER.

UH, I WAS CONCERNED IN READING SOME OF THE, UH, LETTERS THAT, THAT WERE WRITTEN BY RESIDENTS, UH, PARTICULARLY SENIORS THAT ARE ON FIXED INCOMES, LOW INCOMES.

IS THERE, UH, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT C R R OFFERS, UH, SENIORS OR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT ARE, I GUESS, QUOTE UNQUOTE LOW INCOME? CAN YOU TELL US SOMETHING OF THAT, UH, AT ALL? EITHER YOU OR CRYSTAL? I'M NOT SURE.

YEAH, WE DO HAVE A LOW INCOME SENIOR PROGRAM.

AND, UH, IT'S CURRENTLY ACTIVE AND WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE ENROLLED.

AND IF SOMEONE IS INTERESTED, THEY CAN CONTACT A C N R TO START THAT UP.

SO THESE, SO SOME OF THESE, UH, RESIDENTS, THESE SENIORS THAT HAVE CONTACTED US BY, BY VIRTUE OF WRITING A LETTER, UM, WOULD THEY HAVE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH C R R DIRECTLY? IS THAT WHAT IT IS? I THINK WE ALREADY, SINCE WE ALREADY HAVE THEIR LETTERS AND THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION, YES.

WE'LL JUST CONTACT THEM DIRECTLY.

SO, SO SOMEBODY WILL CONTACT THEM, SO WE WILL REACH THEM.

EXCELLENT.

I, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF MY MAIN CONCERNS.

I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AT THE VERY LEAST, THAT THE ISSUE GETS ADDRESSED IN SOME WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM, SO THAT THEY'RE HEARD.

AND, UH, AND WE DO, AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING, WE, UH, WE, WE DO HAVE COPIES OF THE LETTERS YOU'VE SENT.

COUNSEL HAS READ 'EM, AND, UH, I, I AM LISTENING AS I ALWAYS SAY, BUT SO, UH, SO ARE MY COUNSEL COLLEAGUES, SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, CRYSTAL.

MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMAN SIMONIA? YES, SIR.

COULD WE GO BACK, UH, ON THE, UH, PRESENTATION TO WHERE THOSE, UH, FINES OR FEES WERE TO RESIDENCE RECYCLING CONTAMINATION? YEAH.

UH, YEAH, YOU'VE GONE BY IT A COUPLE TIMES RIGHT THERE.

YEAH, IT'S ONE MORE.

AND THE NEXT TIME THEY'LL PROBABLY CORRECT THEIR ACTION.

SO, NO, THOSE ARE, UH, THAT'S NOT THE ONE, ONE AFTER, YEAH.

ONE MORE, ONE MORE SLATE.

THERE YOU GO.

YEAH, GO RIGHT THERE.

THERE YOU GO.

THESE, UH, FINES OR FEES, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL 'EM, AGAINST OUR, UH, FOLKS, UH, ARE THEY PART OF THE CONTRACT? THESE ARE PART OF THE STATE LAW.

WHAT, WHERE IS THIS COMING? THESE ARE PART OF THE STATE LAW AND THE, THE POLICY IS IN THE, IS IN OUR AGREEMENT WITH C N R.

SO THESE ARE SORT OF THE, THE FRIENDLIER VERSION.

THE, THE STATE LAW DOESN'T SPECIFY THREE CONSECUTIVE TIMES.

SO WE'RE GOING A LITTLE MORE OF A EDUCATIONAL APPROACH TO THIS, WHICH I THINK IS FRIENDLY INTO OUR RESIDENTS AND WILL HELP THEM TO UNDERSTAND THESE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A BIG CHANGE FOR THEM, FOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.

SO WE WANNA TAKE THAT APPROACH RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, THE HARSHER APPROACH.

BUT EITHER WAY, THE STATE IS TRACKING ALL OF THESE AND, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE EXPECTING ENFORCEMENT ACTION.

MY, I GUESS MY PROBLEM WITH IT IS THAT OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, UH, WE'VE HAD, UM, PROBLEMS WITH THE SERVICE.

IT'S NOT BEEN DENIED BY THE HAULER.

AND, UH, I, I THINK OUR RESIDENTS, ALTHOUGH THEY TAKE THE TIME TO CALL IN, HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY PATIENT.

UH, AND I JUST HATE TO SEE THEM PENALIZED AT THE FIRST CHANCE THAT THE HAULER GETS, UH, TO PENALIZE THE PEOPLE THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN SO PATIENT OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS WITH LESS THAN STERLING SERVICE.

IT, IT JUST SEEMS GROSSLY UNFAIR TO ME.

I AGREE.

BUT IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT THE POLICY, IT'S GONNA BE, IT HAS TO BE MORE THAN THREE CONSECUTIVE OCCASIONS, AND EACH TIME A COURTESY PICKUP WILL BE ISSUED.

AND I, I DON'T THINK THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN AS MUCH AS PEOPLE THINK IT WILL.

I THINK IF SOMEONE DOES HAVE A, PUTS THE WRONG THING IN THE WRONG PLACE, THEY'LL BE NOTICED.

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THEY'LL HAVE ABOUT THREE TIMES, AND WE'LL GIVE THEM WARNINGS EACH TIME.

AND I THINK IT, IT'S NOT GONNA BE AS, I'M HOPING IT'S NOT GONNA BE AS COMMON AS WE THINK IT IS.

IT JUST SEEMS VERY PUNITIVE TO ME.

AND, UH, IF I COULD, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS ASK YOUR, UH, DEPARTMENT TO TRACK IT AND LET THE COUNCIL KNOW HOW OFTEN OR LESS OFTEN IT OCCURS.

I WOULD FEEL MUCH, MUCH BETTER IF I WERE AS OPTIMISTIC AS YOU ARE THAN THINKING THAT IT MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR.

BUT, UH, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A GROUP OF FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN SO PATIENT AND SO WILLING TO MAKE THIS WORK FOR C R N R THAT NOW AT THE FIRST CHANCE THE HAULER GETS, WE'RE LIVING $40 FINES AGAINST THEM.

YEAH, I THINK, UM, THE CONCERN, THE MOST LIKELY SCENARIO THIS WILL HAPPEN IS SOMEONE WHO FILLS UP THEIR REGULAR TRASH AND HAS NOWHERE ELSE TO PLACE TRASH, AND THEY MAY PLACE IT IN THEIR RECYCLING BINS, AND THAT CREATES THE CONTAMINATION THAT CREATES PROBLEMS FOR THE HAULER THEN TO SEPARATE OUT THE RECYCLING FROM TRASH.

RIGHT? SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE STATES PUT IN FAIRLY DRACONIAN PENALTIES THAT THEY WANT TO SEE 'EM APPLIED.

UM, AND IF THE CITIES DON'T FOLLOW THOSE GUIDELINES TO COME UP WITH A PROGRAM AND THE STATE DOES GIVE US SOME FLEXIBILITY TO DESIGN THE PROGRAM, THEN THE CITY GETS FINED.

I DON'T, JEFF, DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW HOW MUCH THE CITY'S FINE IS PER DAY FOR NON-COMPLIANCE? UM, UM, OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT'S A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT.

I MEAN, 10,000 A DAY, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT'S A BIG NUMBER.

I CAN'T EXACTLY REMEMBER WHAT IT IS.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BENEFITS, UM, THAT LA HABER HAS IS CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED A LOT OF THESE NEW ORGANICS RULES EARLY, AND THAT GAVE US OPPORTUNITIES TO DESIGN THE PROGRAM OVER TIME.

A LOT OF CITIES NOW ARE PLAYING CATCH UP TO WHERE WE'RE AT GETTING THEIR PROGRAMS IMPLEMENTED.

WELL, WE'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO WORK WITH C R R ON DEVELOPING THESE PROGRAMS, AND MAYBE CRYSTAL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE DONE THIS IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS, YOU CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THIS CROSS CONTAMINATION WORKS AND HOW WE'RE GONNA HANDLE IT.

SO I'LL INVITE CRYSTAL FROM C R R TO COME UP.

HI, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

MAYOR, POT COUNCIL MEMBERS JUST WANTED TO SHARE, SHED A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT ABOUT WHAT THIS IS.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE'RE JUST AUTOMATICALLY WANTING TO FIND CUSTOMERS, BY ALL MEANS.

NOT AT ALL.

THIS IS A REQUIREMENT FROM THE STATE WITH SB 1383.

THE NEXT PHASE THAT ROLLS OUT STARTING JANUARY 1ST, 2024, IS THE ENFORCEMENT PHASE.

SO WE'VE ALREADY DONE STAFF'S WORK VERY WELL WITH PUTTING TOGETHER THE PLAN, ADOPTING AN ORDINANCE, EVERYTHING THAT'S REQUIRED FROM THIS LEGISLATION.

SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER, UH, ITEM TO PUT ON THE BOOKS TO HAVE THIS, TO BE ABLE TO DOCUMENT FOR THE STATE, AND THAT WE HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE.

OUR BIG FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS EDUCATION, IS UNDERSTANDING HOW TO SORT WHERE THE MATERIALS GO, UM, WHAT IS CONSIDERED A CONTAMINATION, WHAT IS NOT.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THREE CONTAINERS.

WE HAVE A THREE CART SYSTEM.

WE HAVE THE ONE FOR REFUSE, WHICH WE JUST WANT ALL REFUSE.

WE HAVE YOUR RECYCLING CART, THE BLUE ONE FOR ALL YOUR MIXED RECYCLES PAP PAPER BOTTLES, CANS, AND THEN OF COURSE NOW YOUR ORGANICS CART, WHICH NOT ONLY INCLUDES YOUR YARD WASTE AND GREEN WASTE, BUT ALSO FOOD SCRAPS AS WELL.

SO REALLY THE BIG FOCUS IS ON EDUCATION.

AND WHERE THIS ALL COMES DOWN TO, INTO, UH, THE NEW LAW WITH 1383.

AS THIS PROGRESSES AND WE GO INTO THE NEXT PHASE, UM, OVERALL, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE SYSTEM HOLISTICALLY.

THE WHOLE GOAL WITH 1383 WAS TO KEEP ORGANICS OUT OF THE LANDFILL TO REMO REDUCE METHANE GAS EMISSIONS.

THAT WAS THE WHOLE FOCUS.

SO PART OF THIS WITH THIS NEXT PHASE IS TO MONITOR HOW ARE PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM? ARE THEY UTILIZING IT? ARE WE SEEING FOOD SCRAPS IN THE APPROPRIATE CONTAINER? DO WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT ON THE OTHER END ON FACILITIES? ANYBODY THAT'S A FACILITY OPERATOR, WE ALSO HAVE TO MONITOR TO SEE WHAT LEVEL OF THRESHOLD WE HAVE IN CONTAMINATION.

AND THAT COMES BACK TO WHERE THE MATERIAL'S COMING FROM.

SO IT'S A WHOLE SYSTEM APPROACH.

WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO JUST INDIVIDUALLY START ARBITRARILY FINING.

THE WHOLE APPROACH IS TO BE ABLE TO GET CLEANER PROGRAM AND KEEP ORGANICS OUTTA THE LANDFILL.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? NO.

THANK YOU, CRYSTAL.

RATE INCREASES SINCE JANUARY 23 UNTIL JANUARY 20.

AT THIS TIME IS NOW THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL TO, UH, I'M SORRY, THE COLLEAGUE, THE PUBLIC TO TESTIFY THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC, WE SHOULD COME AND TESTIFY.

CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, MA'AM? YES.

HELLO EVERY GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS KATHY SAEV.

I LIVE AT 10 0 1 SOUTH CITRUS DRIVE.

I AM THE LAST HOUSE ON CITRUS THAT IS IN ORANGE COUNTY IN THE CITY OF LAHABRA.

AND I'M OPPOSED TO THIS RATE INCREASE.

I'VE HAD FOUR

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UM, JANUARY 22 TO JANUARY 23.

AND ALSO, SOMETIMES THE REFUSE PEOPLE CAN'T FIND US WHEN THEY GOT COME OFF AND RA TO DRIVE.

IF THEY LOOKED LEFT TO MAKE THAT RIGHT HAND TURN, THEY SEE OUR GREEN GREEN WASTE ON THE CURB AND THEY MAKE THE TURN AND JUST KEEP ON GOING.

LAST FRIDAY, I HAD A RUN OUT THERE AND TELL THE GUY, HEY, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BACK UP AND GET ME.

HE, YEAH, I KNOW, I GET YOU.

AND THEN HE BACKED UP.

OTHERWISE HE WOULD'VE LEFT WITHOUT PICKING US UP.

IT TOOK ME LIKE THREE MONTHS TO GET A GREEN REFUGE SPIN AND THEN THEY CAN'T FIND US TO DROP IT OFF.

THEY CAN'T FIND US TO PICK IT UP.

SO I AM TOTALLY OPPOSED TO THIS RATE INCREASE.

OH, AND BY THE WAY, THE SENIOR DISCOUNT, YOU GET A SMALLER TRASH CAN FOR A SENIOR DISCOUNT.

YOU DON'T GET THE SAME SIZE GREEN, GRAY TRASH CAN.

IT'S A SMALLER ONE.

SO THAT'S AGAINST THE SENIORS TOO.

WE HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF TRASH AS EVERYBODY ELSE, SO WHY DO WE GET PENALIZED TO GET A SMALLER CAN? THANK YOU, MS. SISSY.

I'M SORRY, WHAT'S YOUR ADDRESS? IF YOU DON'T MIND SAYING HERE, WHAT'S YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE? AGAIN? 10 0 1 SOUTH CITRUS DRIVE, 10 0 1.

THERE ARE TWO 10 OH ONES ON OUR STREET.

YEAH, THERE IS A 10 0 1 NORTH THAT IS AT CITRUS.

AND RYAN, YOU'RE SOUTH AND SOUTH.

10 0 1 SOUTH.

THAT IS AT CITRUS AND ENTRADA.

I'M GONNA HAVE TO, I I LIVE VERY CLOSE, SO I'M CURIOUS NORTH.

ALRIGHT.

OF THE NORTH ONE, ARE YOU NORTH OF ENTRADA? YES.

ALRIGHT.

I, I HAVE A, A QUESTION FOR CRYSTAL, IF YOU MAY.

IS THERE A SMALLER TRASH CAN FOR SENIORS? AND IF THERE IS WHY? WHAT WE HAVE IN THE CURRENT AGREEMENT NOW IS IT'S A 10% DISCOUNT.

IT'S A LOW VOLUME SENIOR DISCOUNT RATE.

SO IT'S USING THE MEDIUM SIZE TRASH CAR.

WE ACTUALLY OFFER THREE DIFFERENT SIZES.

THE LARGEST BEING A 95, THIS ONE IS THE 65 GALLON WOULD BE THE MEDIUM SIZE FOR THIS PROGRAM.

SO THAT, THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

HERE'S THE FIRST I'VE HEARD, I'M SORRY THAT FOR THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD.

THAT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME AS TO WHY.

AS WHAT THEN WHAT GOOD IS THE DISCOUNT? IT STILL OFFERS A DISCOUNT.

USUALLY IT'S TYPICALLY FOR LOWER VOLUME GENERATORS, SENIORS, UM, IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT.

IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT.

IF THAT'S A CONCERN OVERALL.

WELL, IT, IT IS A CONCERN.

UH, AND I I THINK THAT'S WRONG 100%.

I I I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.

UH, SMALLER BIN, THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE IN MY EYES.

UH, BECAUSE THEN WHAT GOOD IS THE DISCOUNT IF YOU ASK ME THAT DOESN'T WORK FOR ME.

IT STILL PROVIDES A DISCOUNT.

I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN.

UM, TYPICALLY FOR THESE TYPES OF DISCOUNTS, USUALLY IT'S TIED TO A LOW VOLUME GENERATOR DISCOUNT BASED ON VOLUME BASED DISCOUNTS.

UM, AND ALSO THE SENIOR DISCOUNT AS WELL.

BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S INTERESTED TO THE COUNCIL IN TURN LOOKING AT A PROGRAM THAT'S MORE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S BENEFICIAL IN TERMS OF ALL SIZES AVAILABLE.

WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.

I WOULD PLEASE, YES.

MM-HMM.

, IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.

THAT CONCERNS ME, AS DOES THE REST OF US, I BELIEVE AS WELL.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO.

UH, I WILL INVITE ANYBODY ELSE WANTING TO TESTIFY FROM THE PUBLIC.

PLEASE COME UP.

RON.

I'M RON WOODWARD, PALM STREET.

WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRASH, UH, IT'S BEEN ON MY MIND FOR A LONG TIME.

EVEN BACK WHEN STEVE ANDERSON WAS SITTING UP THERE, THE RESIDENTS OR THE TRASH HAULER PUSHES THE CARTS OUT TO THE CURB.

THE SUN GOES DOWN AND YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN WITH YOUR BOULEVARD, ANY OF THE STREETS IN TOWN.

SUDDENLY YOU SEE THESE TRASH CANS.

WHY CAN'T THERE BE SOME TYPE OF REFLECTED DEVICES PUT ON THESE TO AVOID ACCIDENTS? NOW, I WOULD SUSPECT NO ONE HAS EVER HIT THEM YET, BUT THEY MIGHT.

AND I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO POSSIBLY AVOID AN ACCIDENT.

THANK YOU, RON.

ANYBODY WOULD CRYSTAL BE THE PERSON TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT? OR IS I'M ALL DONE? YOU COULD TALK TO HER ABOUT THAT.

THANKS.

ANYBODY ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WANNA TESTIFY, PLEASE COME UP TO THIS TIME.

I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

AND NOW THAT ENDS THE PUBLIC HEARING.

I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION OR COMMENTS FROM ANYBODY.

ANYBODY, ANY COMMENTS? ANYBODY WANNA RUN WITH THIS? I GUESS IT'S GONNA FAIL FOR LACK OF A MOTION HERE.

ANYBODY ? NO.

MR. MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION, UH, IF I CAN MAKE A MOTION, UH, TO, UH, ONE SECOND.

MAKE A MOTION TO CONSIDER AN APPROVED STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR IMPROVEMENTS.

SORRY, I GOT THE WRONG ONE HERE.

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RIGHT HERE.

CONDUCT A DULY NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING.

WE'VE DONE THAT.

ALRIGHT, THERE WE GO.

MOTION TO CONDUCT A NOTE, A DULY NOTICE HEARING ON A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE OF FEES PERTAINING TO REFUSE COLLECTION FEES AND TO ADOPT AN APPROVE RESOLUTION.

NUMBER 6 1 2 4 ENTITLED THE RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA, MEANING THE MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES PERTAINING TOD REFUSE COLLECTION FEES CHARGED BY C R N R TO ITS CUSTOMERS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WILL WANT TO LOOK INTO THE TRACKING OF CONTAMINATION FEES AS WELL AS THE SENIOR, UH, BIN PROGRAM AS TO WHY, UH, TO SEE IF WE CAN HAVE THAT INCREASE TO A REGULAR SIZE BIN AS WELL.

WE LIKE STAFF TO LOOK INTO THAT.

IS THAT'S ALL INCLUDED IN THE MOTION? YES.

WITH THAT AMENDMENT? I WILL SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.

UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY ABSTENTIONS PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ANY OPPOSITION? SAY NO.

FIVE ZERO.

MOVE TO CONSIDERATION ITEMS. ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE MAY REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE LAHABRA CITY COUNCIL ON ANY CONSIDERATION ITEM PRIOR TO THE LAHABRA CITY COUNCIL TAKEN A VOTE ON THE ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER CONSIDERATION ITEM, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR OR CHAIR.

WE NOW

[1. CONSIDER AMENDMENT TO THE REWARD FUND PROGRAM BY ELIMINATING THE ESTABLISHED BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO A NEW STREAMLINED PROCESS TO FACILITATE A QUICKER RESPONSE TO SERIOUS CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS OR PROPERTY That the City Council: A. Consider and approve staff recommendations for improvements to the Reward Fund Program; and B. APPROVE AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. ____ ENTITLED: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA, DISBANDING THE LA HABRA REWARD FUND COMMITTEE AND ESTABLISHING A PROCEDURE FOR THE CITY OF LA HABRA TO PROVIDE REWARDS FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO FELONY ARRESTS.]

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.

CONSIDERATION ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A CITY COUNCIL ITEM ENTITLED, CONSIDER AMENDMENT TO THE REWARD FUND COMMITTEE BY ELIMINATING THE ESTABLISHED BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO A NEW STREAMLINED PROCESS TO FACILITATE A QUICKER RESPONSE TO SERIOUS CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS OR PROPERTY.

WELCOME TO OUR POLICE CHIEF ADAM FOSTER.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

THIS EVENING.

I BRING BEFORE YOU A RECOMMENDATION TO REVAMP OUR REWARD FUND PROGRAM.

BACK IN 1995, COUNCIL WAS PRESENTED AND LATER APPROVED A REWARD FUND PROGRAM THAT WAS GOVERNED BY A BOARD OF DIRECTOR.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WERE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, AND THE COMMUNITY.

IF A REWARD WAS DESIRED, THE BOARD WOULD CONVENE WITH A OFFICIAL SECRETARY AND A PRESENTATION WAS PROVIDED.

THE BOARD WOULD THEN DETERMINE IF A REWARD WAS APPROPRIATE, AND AT THAT TIME, THE BOARD COULD DETERMINE AN AWARD WHICH COULD GO UP TO $50,000.

IN THE LAST 30 YEARS OR SO, THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW CASES PRESENTED TO THE BOARD.

HOWEVER, THERE HAVE BEEN, UH, NO REWARDS AWARDED.

RECENTLY, STAFF HAS REVIEWED OUR PROCESS TO DETERMINE IF THERE COULD BE IMPROVEMENTS MADE OR BE MORE PROFICIENT.

THE KEY TAKEAWAY FOR THE OUR ANALYSIS WAS THE TIMELINESS OF OUR PROCESS.

WITH CHANGES IN TECHNOLOGY OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS, UH, VITAL INFORMATION CAN CHANGE QUICKLY.

SOCIAL MEDIA HAS MADE IT EVEN MORE IMPERATIVE THAT WE MOVE QUICKLY TO GAIN VALUABLE INFORMATION, WHETHER IT BE LOCATIONS, VEHICLES, OR CELL PHONES.

ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IS IMPORTANT.

STAFF RECOMMENDS A CHANGE TO THE REWARD FUND THAT WOULD ALLOW THE CHIEF OF POLICE TO PRESENT A FORMAL WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE CITY MANAGER.

THE REQUEST, AT MINIMUM, WOULD HAVE THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE CRIME, DATE OF OCCURRENCE AND THE PROPOSED REWARD AMOUNT.

THE CITY MANAGER WOULD BE ABLE TO AUTHORIZE A REWARD UP TO $25,000, BUT NOT TO EXCEED.

AND THE INFORMATION MUST BE PROVIDED TO THE LAHABRA POLICE DEPARTMENT WITHIN 90 DAYS OF THE REWARD UNLESS OTHERWISE EXTENDED BY CITY COUNCIL.

THE REWARD WOULD ONLY BE PAID UPON VERIFIED INFORMATION RESULTING IN THE ARREST AND CONVICTION.

AND NO CLAIM FOR REWARD SHALL BE, UH, GIVEN UNTIL THE CITY INVESTIGATES AND VERIFIES THE ACCURACY OF THE CLAIM AND DETERMINES THAT IT QUALIFIES FOR THE REWARD.

THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE NOTIFIED OF ANY AND ALL REWARD FUNDS AND WILL BE AND WILL AUTHORIZE THE BUDGET MODIFICATION IF APPROVED.

THE CURRENT REWARD FUND PROGRAM AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL BE DISSOLVED AND REPLACED WITH THE UPDATED REWARD FUND PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND CITY MANAGER TO MOVE EFFICIENTLY TO OFFER THE REWARD.

THEREFORE, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE REWARD FUND PROGRAM BE ESTABLISHED, UM, AND THE 1995 REWARD FUND BE DISSOLVED AND REPLACED.

THERE IS NO FISCAL IMPACT AT THIS TIME AS THERE IS NO GENERAL FUND MONEY ALLOCATED TO THIS PROGRAM.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF.

UH, ANY QUESTIONS OF OUR CHIEF? OKAY.

AND ACTUALLY, MR. MAYOR, IF I CAN, UM, PUT

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SOME CONTEXT TO THIS.

ABOUT A YEAR AGO, THERE WAS AN INCIDENT AT SEVEN 11, UM, AND THERE WAS A, UM, A CRIME SPREE ESSENTIALLY GOING ON AT THE TIME.

AND THE COUNCIL AT THAT TIME HAD MADE INQUIRIES REGARDING THE CITY'S REWARD, UH, PROGRAM.

AND I THINK WHAT WAS, UH, QUICKLY FOUND OUT BY COUNCIL WAS THE, THE WAY THE CITY'S REWARD PROGRAM OPERATES TODAY IS FAIRLY CUMBERSOME.

IT REQUIRES, UM, A, A MEETING OF THIS BOARD.

UM, WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE, UH, AT THE TIME ANY PUBLIC MEMBERS OF THE BOARD IDENTIFIED BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SO LONG.

SO AT THAT POINT, THE COUNCIL HAD ASKED, YOU KNOW, IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN LOOK TO UPDATE OUR REWARD POLICY TO MAKE IT MORE, UM, UH, NIMBLE AND MORE EFFICIENT? AND THE CHIEF'S BEEN WORKING ON IT EVER SINCE AND CAME UP WITH THIS PROPOSAL TONIGHT FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION.

I WILL NOW OPEN UP THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WANT TO TESTIFY, PLEASE COME UP AT THIS TIME SEEING NONE.

I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND, UH, ASK FOR, UH, ANY COMMENTS OR ACTION FOR MY COLLEAGUES ON THE CITY COUNCIL, I'M SORRY, MR. MAYOR.

I WOULD MOVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE REWARD FUND PROGRAM BY ELIMINATING THE ESTABLISHED BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO A NEW STREAMLINED PROCESS TO FACILITATE A QUICKER RESPONSE TO SERIOUS CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS OR PROPERTY.

AND WE HAVE A QUESTION HERE.

SORRY.

WE HAVE, WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM STEVE SIMONIAN BEFORE WE, THAT MOTION HAPPENS.

UM, I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A QUESTION OR, UM, A REQUEST, UH, TO CHANGE THE POLICY IN THAT I THINK IT SHOULD BE INCLUDED, UH, AND CODIFIED THAT THE CITY, CITY MANAGER IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

THE WORST THING IN THE WORLD IS TO HAVE SOMETHING GOING ON AND PEOPLE ASKING US QUESTIONS AND WE DON'T HAVE ANSWERS FOR, I WOULD DEFINITELY ADD THAT TO THE BODY OF MY MOTION.

IN FACT, WE COULD GO ONE STEP FURTHER, NOT ONLY IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY COUNCIL WHEN A REWARD'S BEING OFFERED, BUT THEN TO AGENDIZE A REPORT AFTERWARDS SO THAT THERE'S COUNCIL ACTION ON THE, UH, BUDGET FOR THAT.

UH, WE GOT A MOTION IN RIGHT CASE THERE.

A SECOND.

I WILL SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND AMENDED, UH, ON THE RECORD.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSITION? ANY ABSTENTIONS ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

FIVE ZERO.

I CAN, MR. MAYOR, UH, BEFORE WE GO ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, RESPECTFULLY, I'D, I'D JUST LIKE TO TAKE A QUICK MINUTE, UH, TO ACKNOWLEDGE RON WOODWARD, WHO HAS BEEN, UH, A, A PART OF THE COMMITTEE IN THE PAST.

UH, AND I KNOW MY, WHEN I FIRST CAME ONTO COUNCIL, WHEN, UH, HE WAS REAPPOINTED, UH, TO DO THIS.

RON, IF YOU DON'T MIND, IF YOU DON'T MIND STANDING UP, JUST SO WE CAN, AND I, I, I KNOW YOU PROBABLY DON'T LIKE THIS, BUT RON, PLEASE STAND UP BECAUSE YOU, YOU'RE HERE AT EVERY COUNCIL MEETING.

GO TO CONSIDERATION THE DELEGATION OF VOTING DELEGATE AT THE ALT ALTERNATES TO THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITY'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE STAFF REPORT, PLEASE.

ALRIGHT.

SO I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME AND FOR ALWAYS BEING ON THIS COMMITTEE.

UH, IT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE NEVER HAD TO WHAT'S, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, WE'VE NEVER HAD TO USE IT.

BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU PERSONALLY FROM SOMEBODY THAT'S IN LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT UNDERSTANDS THE NECESSITY FOR THESE REWARDS, UH, TO FURTHER CASES AND, UH, AND TO ACTUALLY CULTIVATE INFORMANTS, UH, IN SUCH A WAY THAT, UH, WHEN CRIMES DO HAPPEN, THAT PEOPLE SPEAK UP.

SO, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME, RON.

[2. CONSIDER THE DESIGNATION OF VOTING DELEGATE AND ALTERNATES TO THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE That the City Council designate a voting delegate and up to two (2) alternate voting delegates to attend the League of California Cities (Cal Cities) Annual Conference in Sacramento, September 20-22, 2023.]

I BELIEVE THAT'S BRIANNA.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS BRIANNA HURT FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

EACH YEAR, THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES HOST AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE FOR ITS MEMBER CITIES THIS YEAR, THE CONFERENCE WILL BE IN SACRAMENTO FROM SEPTEMBER 20TH THROUGH THE 22ND.

ON THE LAST DAY OF THAT CONFERENCE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND, LEAGUE MEMBERS WILL CONSIDER AND VOTE UPON RESOLUTIONS THAT ESTABLISH LEAGUE POLICY FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.

IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE TO CAST A VOTE DURING THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING, THE COUNCIL MUST FIRST DESIGNATE A VOTING MEMBER FROM AMONG ITS MEMBERS.

THE COUNCIL MAY ALSO DELEGATE UP TO TWO ALTERNATES WHO WOULD ACT IN PLACE OF THE VOTING DELEGATE.

SHOULD HE OR SHE BE UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE ON THE 22ND OF SEPTEMBER.

THE VOTING DELEGATE, OR THE ALTERNATE MUST BE IN ATTENDANCE TO CAST THEIR VOTE FOR THE CITY.

THE BUDGET THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR INCLUDES FUNDING FOR EACH CITY COUNCIL MEMBER TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE SHOULD HE OR SHE SO DESIRE.

THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME.

UH, WHY DON'T WE APPOINT YOU AS A SECOND ALTERNATE AND, UH, I WILL BE OUT OF TOWN, UNFORTUNATELY THAT DAY AS WELL.

ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I OPEN PUBLIC HEARING? THERE'S NO QUESTIONS.

I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYBODY CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING WITH THAT, I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPOINT ROSA SPINOZA.

SHE, UH, USUALLY ATTENDS THAT, UH, CONFERENCE.

I'D LIKE TO APPOINT TWO AL I'D LIKE TO APPOINT TWO ALTERNATES TO DARREN ERIAN AND JOSE MADANO IS THE THIRD CHOICE.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT I HAVE A CONFLICT ON SEPTEMBER 22ND THIS YEAR, SO I WOULD BE UNABLE TO ATTEND.

AND SO I'LL APPOINT JOSE IN THE SECOND ROLE.

I WILL, I WILL NOT, UNFORTUNATELY, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO THE WORK OBLIGATIONS.

UH, BUT,

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SO, STEVE, ARE YOU AROUND? NO.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ONE DELEGATE.

ROSE, YOU BETTER BE THERE.

UH, DO I HEAR MOTION? I HAVE NEVER NOT BEEN THERE.

SECOND.

SHE ALWAYS DOES.

DO I HEAR A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND.

UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSITION? LOOKS LIKE IT PASSED.

FIVE ZERO.

THAT WAS EASY, RIGHT?

[ MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR:]

COMMUNITY CALENDAR.

WE'RE ALMOST DONE, GUYS.

THIS SATURDAY, AUGUST 12TH.

HELP SUPPORT THE LA HABRA HOST LIONS CLUB.

IT'S ANNUAL PASTA FUFU FESTIVAL FUNDRAISER ON SATURDAY.

THE EVENT BEGINS AT 5:00 PM AND WILL BE HELD AT THE LA HABER COMMUNITY CENTER.

COST IS ONLY $25 TO ATTEND, WHICH INCLUDES PASTA, SALAD, BREAD, DRINK, AND DESSERT.

THERE WILL ALSO BE LIVE MUSIC RAFFLES, AND MUCH, MUCH MORE.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL KATHY FELIX AT (562) 889-2805 MOVIES IN THE PARK.

THE NEXT MOVIE IN THE PARK WILL BE SUPER MARIO BROTHERS.

UH, ACTIVITIES BEGIN AT 6:00 PM WITH MOVIES AT DUST.

SO BRING YOUR BLANKET, YOUR LAWN CHAIR, AND COME OUT AND WATCH A GREAT MOVIE.

PARENTS DROP OFF YOUR KIDS AT A FUN FILL EVENT AT THE LAHABRA COMMUNITY CENTER.

KIDS NIGHT OUT ON AUGUST 25TH, KIDS AGES FOUR TO 12 WILL ENJOY DINNER, SNACKS, GAMES, CRAFTS IN THE MOVIE, WEAR COMFY SWEATS OR PAJAMAS, BRING A PILLOW AND A BLANKET FOR A MOVIE.

COST IS ONLY $20.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL 5 6 2 3 3 4200 OR GO TO OUR WEBSITE, WWW.LAHABRACA.GOV.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS, MEET ON THE SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 6:30 PM THE LAHABRA COMMUNITY UH, SERVICES COMMISSION MEETS THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 6:30 PM IN THE LAHABRA COUNCIL CHAMBERS, ARE YOU MAKING A DIFFERENCE? ARE YOU MOTIVATED A CAN-DO PERSON? IN THAT CASE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD PEOPLE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

APPLY FOR, UH, ONE OF OUR MANY POSITIONS AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 0 7 9, OR GO TO WWW.CA.GOV.

PLEASE JOIN OUR CARING COMMUNITY.

DESPITE THE WINTER'S RAIN AND SNOW, WE ARE REMINDING YOU TO PLEASE IRRIGATE ONLY THREE TIMES A WEEK WITH NO MORE THAN 15 MINUTES OF WATERING.

OR BETTER YET, TURN OFF YOUR SPRINKLER SYSTEM AS MOTHER DAY NATURE WATERS YOUR LAWN.

REMEMBER, IRRIGATION TIMES, UH, SHOULD NOT TAKE PLACE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 10:00 AM AND 4:00 PM PLEASE DO YOUR PART TO CONSERVE WATER.

WITH THAT, WE GO TO COUNCIL.

UH, COMMENTS FROM

[ COMMENTS FROM STAFF:]

STAFF? NONE, MR. MAYOR.

[ COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS/DIRECTORS:]

COUNCIL MAYORS, WHY DON'T WE START WITH ROSE? NO, NO COMMENTS.

NO, DARREN, I JUST WANNA SAY AGAIN, HOW PROUD I AM OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB KEYSTONE CLUB.

YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ON THAT BOARD FOR 15 YEARS.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE EVER WON THE CLUB OF THE YEAR, THE KEYSTONE CLUB, AS YOU CAN SEE, IF YOU WERE HERE, THESE KIDS ARE WONDERFUL, AND I'M JUST SO, JUST SO PROUD OF 'EM.

I WANNA CONGRATULATE THEM AGAIN.

AND I WANNA JUST SHOUT OUT AGAIN TO MARK CHAVEZ, WHO'S DONE SUCH AN OUTSTANDING JOB FOR OUR ORGANIZATION, HOW MUCH HE'LL BE MISSED IN HIS IMPENDING RETIREMENT.

FINALLY, THANK YOU, KELLY.

THANK YOU, KIM, FOR THE CONCERTS IN THE PARK.

I'M SO GLAD THAT FOR THE SECOND YEAR, THE COUNCIL WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE FIVE OF THESE CONCERTS, AND WE WENT OUT WITH A BANG.

I THINK MODERN HIGHWAY WAS FANTASTIC.

THEY WERE ALL GREAT, BUT MODERN HIGHWAY WAS REALLY GREAT.

THEY, THEY DID A GREAT JOB.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE TREMENDOUS WORK YOU PUT INTO THAT EVENT.

I KNOW THIS COMMUNITY LOVES CONCERTS IN THE PARK AND, UH, ROSE SPINOZA, MAY I JUST ADD THAT, UH, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, THE LONGEST BOARD MEMBER THERE IS OUR OWN DICK JONES.

DICK JONES, YES.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN THERE? SINCE, SINCE 76.

76, 19 76.

I WAS, I WAS THE THIRD GRADE THEN.

I WAS ONLY TWO YEARS OLD BOARD MEMBER.

CONGRATULATIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS UP 30 YEARS.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU, JOSE.

YES, MR. MAYOR.

I JUST WANTED TO REPORT OUT THAT, UH, MYSELF, COUNCILMAN ERIAN AND COUNCILMAN, UH, SIMONIAN, UH, HAD ATTENDED A, UH, CONFERENCE, UH, THE, UH, INDEPENDENT CITIES ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE, UH, A WEEK AND A HALF AGO IN SAN DIEGO.

AND, UH, VARIOUS COURSES WERE OFFERED, UH, THAT WE ATTENDED ON, UH, ON A FRIDAY AND A SATURDAY, UH, DAY, UH, HAVING TO DO WITH, UH, ETHICS IN VARIOUS STATE LAWS.

AND, UH, SPEAKING ABOUT, UH, THE, UH, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, IF YOU WANNA SAY THAT, OF WHAT ELECTEDS IN VARIOUS CITIES ARE GOING THROUGH, UH, WITHIN, UH, WITHIN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

THE INDEPENDENT CITIES ASSOCIATION, OF COURSE, UH, IS ONE THAT, UH, UH, ENTAILS, UH, CITIES FROM LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND A FEW CITIES FROM ORANGE COUNTY NOW.

SO IT WAS A, IT WAS A GOOD WEEKEND, UH,

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AND, UH, TIME IN A CONFERENCE TO BE ABLE TO, UH, SHARE STORIES AND, UH, COMPARE NOTES, IF YOU WANNA SAY THAT, WITH OTHER ELECTEDS IN OTHER CITIES.

SO, WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GOT THAT OUTTA THE WAY.

I ALSO WANTED TO BRING UP, UH, UH, ONE LAST THING.

UH, BACK IN LATE JUNE, UH, OUR SECOND MEETING IN JUNE, UH, WHEN WE APPROVED OUR, OUR FISCAL YEAR BUDGET, UH, I MADE A MOTION TO, UH, STOP FUNDING OUR, UH, OUR CITY OF LAHABRA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UH, TO THE TUNE OF $20,000 A SUBSIDY THAT THE CITY OF LAHABRA WAS PROVIDING THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

UH, AND I'M NOT GONNA CRY, IGNORANCE, UH, IT, IT WAS HAPPENING, UH, ALONG BEFORE I HAD EVER GOTTEN TO CITY COUNCIL.

AND THERE WERE VARIOUS REASONS FOR IT IN AN EFFORT TO, UH, TO ASSIST THE CHAMBER OVER THE COURSE OF, UH, MANY YEARS.

UH, AND, UH, MOST RECENTLY THERE WERE ARTICLES WRITTEN, ONE I KNOW OF IN THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER.

AND, UH, AND A FEW, UH, THAT WERE, UH, WRITTEN IN THE, UH, THE VOICE OF OC THREE SPECIFICALLY LAST WEEK, UH, THAT I GOT A NUMBER OF, UH, OF MESSAGES ON, ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

AND I, I FIELDED CALLS, UH, QUITE A NUMBER OF CALLS AFTER WE DID OUR, UH, OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION, AND WE APPROVED THE BUDGET.

THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO DIDN'T UNDERSTAND, UH, MY MOTION AND WHY I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, TO HURT OUR CHAMBER.

THAT WAS NOT WHAT THIS WAS ABOUT.

AND, AND I WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR, UH, WHAT, UH, WHAT MY REASONS WERE AND, AND I THINK MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL, UH, FOR THAT.

BUT THESE WERE MY CONCERNS, UH, IN HAVING BEEN ELECTED FOUR YEARS, ACTUALLY NOW, FIVE YEARS AGO FOR THE FIRST TIME, REELECTED THE SECOND TIME.

AND I, AND I TAKE TRANSPARENCY VERY SERIOUS AND WITH THESE ARTICLES AND INVITE PEOPLE TO READ 'EM.

I HAVE COPIES HERE, BUT YOU CAN FIND 'EM ONLINE.

AND, UH, THERE WAS A, UH, UH, REPORT DONE BY, UH, THE CITY OF ANAHEIM BEHIND THE INVESTIGATION OF SPECIAL INTERESTS ELECTED OFFICIALS, UH, AT THE CITY OF ANAHEIM THAT OBSTRUCTED.

AND, AND THERE, THERE'S A CORRUPTION PROBE.

SO, UM, AGAIN, ABOUT, UH, FOUR AND A HALF YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST CAME ON THE CITY COUNCIL, I HAD RESIDENTS APPROACH ME AS TO WHY THE CITY WAS CHARGING TO HEAR THE MAYOR SPEAK AT THE MAYOR STATE OF THE CITY.

WELL, I DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER, AND, AND I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW I WAS NEW.

AND AGAIN, I'M NOT GONNA CLAIM IGNORANCE AND I, AND I WOULDN'T DODGE THE ISSUE AND I WON'T TODAY EITHER.

UH, COVID O HIT, OF COURSE, WE CAME OUT OF C O V I D I WAS MAYOR LAST YEAR.

I TRIED WHAT I COULD DO TO GET RESIDENTS, UH, BY USING MY OWN PERSONAL FUNDS TO BUY A TABLE.

UH, RESIDENTS, UNFORTUNATELY, WERE UNABLE TO ATTEND.

THAT BEING SAID, UH, WE, UH, WE TOOK IT UPON OURSELVES TO CHANGE THAT COURSE.

UH, AND, UH, WITH OUR NOW MAYOR, UH, JAMES GOMEZ, HE, UH, HE WAS ABLE TO, UH, FIND SPONSORS, UH, TO TAKE OVER THE, UH, THE STATE OF THE CITY.

AND, UH, IT WAS A QUITE A SUCCESSFUL EVENT.

SO, I'M GONNA REWIND A BIT.

UH, LAST YEAR, THE CITY OF ANAHEIM, UH, CAME UNDER INVESTIGATION, SPECIFICALLY THE, UH, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN THE CITY OF ANAHEIM.

THIS IS THE CITY OF ANAHEIM, NOT THE CITY OF THE HARBOR.

UH, AND THERE WAS A, UH, AN F B I PROBE WHERE THE, UH, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, C E O, UH, WAS INDICTED.

UH, AS A RESULT OF THAT, THE MAYOR OF ANAHEIM ENDED UP RESIGNING, UH, OVER QUESTIONABLE, UH, PRACTICES, UH, WITH THE, UH, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND WITH OTHER ENTITIES WITHIN THE CITY THAT GOT ME THINKING LAST YEAR AS MAYOR AS TO WHAT OUR RELATIONSHIP WAS WITH OUR BUSINESS CHAMBER HERE, AND WHY WE WERE PROVIDING THEM WITH A SUBSIDY OF $20,000.

AND IN THE PAST, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IT, IT WAS ANYWHERE NEAR 40 TO $60,000 IN YEARS PRIOR.

I HAD A PROBLEM WITH THAT, UH, AFTER, UH, AFTER LOOKING AT IT AND, AND WONDERING WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT, WELL, WE DID HAVE THE CHAMBER, C E O HERE BACK IN DECEMBER, MARIE LAGA, WHERE WE ASKED HER QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, MONEY THAT WAS BEING SPENT.

AND SHE ALSO PROVIDED US WITH A, UH, WITH A BUDGET, WHICH I STILL HAVE A COPY OF RIGHT HERE.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, PART OF THAT GOES OVER, UH, THE $20,000 CITY SUBSIDY IS IN THERE.

HOW WAS BEING SPENT? WE DON'T KNOW.

I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT.

UH, SO OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST, UH, WHAT WERE SIX MONTHS, I HEMMED AND HAWED AND, AND WONDERING, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT I COULD DO TO HELP THE SITUATION AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY WOULD NEVER FIND ITSELF IN THE, UH, IN, IN THE AREA THAT, UH, ANAHEIM AND THEIR BUSINESS CHAMBER WAS.

ANAHEIM IS A BIGGER CITY.

UH, IT'S A DIFFERENT, WE'RE COMPARING APPLES AND ORANGES HERE, ANAHEIM TO LAHABRA.

UH, BUT AS A POLICE OFFICER, AS A DETECTIVE, I TAKE TRANSPARENCY TO HEART, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE NEVER ENCOUNTERED SUCH ISSUES.

NOT THAT WE HAVE, I MADE THE MOTION THE FORWARD, BUT ALSO, UH, ONE THING I I, I PASSED OVER WAS THAT IN THE TIME THAT, UH, THE C E O OF THE CHAMBER WAS HERE, UNFORTUNATELY THEY'RE NOT HERE THIS EVENING, BUT IN THE TIME THAT, UH, THAT MARIE LAVIA WAS HERE PRESENTING HER, UH, HER BUDGET, UH, WE KNEW BEFORE THAT, THAT SHE WAS EMPLOYING A FAMILY MEMBER, UH,

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WITHIN THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UH, TO THE TUNE OF NEARLY $20,000.

I HAD A PROBLEM WITH THAT, UH, BECAUSE THAT IS NEAR THE SUBSIDY THAT WE PROVIDE OR PROVIDED, UH, FOR THE, UH, FOR THE CHAMBER.

UH, AND OF COURSE, WE NO LONGER DO THAT.

SO, YOU KNOW, THOSE WERE, UH, THOSE WERE MY REASONS, UH, FOR, FOR DOING WHAT I FELT WAS NECESSARY IN LIGHT OF, UH, OF GETTING NUMEROUS QUESTIONS LEADING UP TO THAT DECISION OF MINE TO BRING ABOUT THAT MOTION FORWARD.

SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, UH, PUBLIC KNEW THAT, UH, THAT YES, THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL TAKES THAT VERY SERIOUS.

AND, UH, WE STILL SUPPORT OUR BUSINESSES.

I DO NOT WANT ANY BUSINESS HERE, WHETHER YOU'RE A PART OF THE BUSINESS CHAMBER OR NOT.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW WE STILL SUPPORT YOU.

WE SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE CHAMBER.

WE REALLY DO.

UH, THAT GOES WITHOUT QUESTION, BUT, UH, IN LIGHT OF, UH, OF LOOKING AT THE, THE CHAMBER'S BUDGET, THEY NO LONGER NEEDED THAT SUBSIDY.

AND THAT SAME EVENING THAT MS. LAGA CAME FORWARD, SHE ASKED FOR AN ADDITIONAL $10,000.

WELL, I WASN'T GONNA DO THAT.

NOT WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE, UH, AT THE BOOKS AND SEEING WHAT WAS THERE.

AND AGAIN, WHAT CAUSED CONCERN WERE THESE ARTICLES, BUT WAS THE, UH, THE, THE INVESTIGATION BY THE F B I LAST YEAR, THEM INDICTING THE, UH, THE HEAD OF THE BUSINESS CHAMBER, AND THEN THE MAYOR RESIGNING AND THE, UH, THE, THE PRIVATE INVEST OR THE, UH, INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION THAT THE CITY HAD DONE AND JUST CULMINATED, UH, THAT, UH, THAT THEY'VE PROVIDED COPIES TO THE PRESS AND TO CERTAIN PEOPLE, THE REDACTED COPIES OF THAT INVESTIGATION.

SO IT'S OUT THERE FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE, IF YOU WANNA SEE IT, YOU'D HAVE TO CONSULT THE CITY OF ANAHEIM.

BUT I THOUGHT IT VERY IMPORTANT TO BRING THAT UP AND TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS UNDERSTOOD, AND THAT OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THAT WE STILL SUPPORT YOU.

THERE IS NOTHING, UH, NOTHING DIFFERENT HAPPENING HERE.

SO, THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

OH, THANK, THANK YOU, JOSE.

AND JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF OF HISTORY, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, SEVERAL, SEVERAL YEARS AGO BEFORE DARREN AND JOSE WERE ON THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, MY COLLEAGUE STEVE SIMONIAN AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, CAME TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND HELD THIS COUNCIL TO A HIGHER STANDARD IN OUR DIRECTORS, WHERE HE ENACTED A NEPO NEPOTISM LAW, WHICH MYSELF, OR ANY OF THE DIRECTORS, WE CANNOT HIRE ANY FAMILY MEMBERS.

WE CANNOT HIRE MY SON OR DAUGHTER.

SO BACK THEN, JOSE, UH, UM, STEVE SIMON WAS ON THE COUNCIL, ROSA SPINOZA AND I, AND WE UNANIMOUSLY VOTED THAT, UH, TO TAKE PLACE TO HOLD OURSELVES TO A HIGHER STANDARD AS WELL.

SO, UM, THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY AS TO WHAT WE DID, BUT CAME TO THE COUNCIL FROM STEVE SIMONIAN.

STEVE, YOU'RE UP, SIR.

UH, REAL QUICK, I, I HAVE A REAL CONCERN.

I'VE GOT A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT SPLASH PAD AT RIO PARK.

UH, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO GET THAT RESOLVED.

I DON'T CARE IF WE HAVE TO DRIVE A STAFF MEMBER OUT TO GET OUT THERE.

IF WE HAVE TO GET EXTRA PEOPLE OUT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

WE NEED TO GET THAT REPAIRED ONCE IN FALL.

WE ARE, IT'S ONE OF THE MOST UNDERSERVED AREAS, AND IN THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER, THIS AREA NEEDS IT MORE THAN EVER.

SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, I WANNA PUT THAT ON THE RADAR SCREEN TO GET, LET'S GET THAT REPAIRED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

I WANT TO THANK OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UH, FIRST NIGHT OUT WAS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.

PHENOMENAL AS ALWAYS.

UM, IT WAS GREAT.

IT'S, IT SURPRISED ME AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT COMES OUT, UH, TO THAT EVENT.

UH, I WANT TO THANK, UH, AS WELL AS OUR, UM, COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAD A BIG ROLE IN THAT AS WELL.

AND OUR PUBLIC WORK SKIES WERE OUT THERE.

WE, YOU KNOW, PUTTING OUT THE TRASHCAN BINS, A GREAT, GREAT TEAM EFFORT, UH, WITH THAT ITEM.

UH, THE FIRST NIGHT OUT WAS ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL.

UH, THE CONCERTS IN THE PARK, IN THE, IN THE MOVIES IN THE PARK HAD BEEN VERY, VERY WELL ATTENDED.

UH, THE COMMUNITY CENTER COMMUNITY SERVICES ARE GETTING IT DONE.