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OKAY.GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
[ CALL TO ORDER: Council Chamber INVOCATION: City Attorney Jones PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Councilmember Simonian ROLL CALL: Mayor Gomez Mayor Pro Tem Nigsarian Councilmember Espinoza Councilmember Medrano Councilmember Simonian]
WILL NOW CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LA HABER CITY COUNCIL OF SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2023.LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT IT IS 6:30 PM AND THE ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE INDEED PRESENT.
THE INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY RICHARD D. JONES, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, BY OUR COUNCIL MEMBER STEVE SIMONIAN.
WILL EVERYBODY PLEASE STAND, ASK YOU TO PLEASE, UH, BOW YOUR HEADS.
UH, DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING WITH GRATITUDE.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY AND THE MANY OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE IN THIS CITY TO SUCCEED.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THOSE WHO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL.
WE ASK YOU TO BLESS THE DECEIVING AND THE WILL DO THAT WHICH IS BEST FOR ALL A AS THEY DELIBERATE.
AND WE SAY THESE THINGS HUMBLY AND THY NAME.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN SALUTING THE FLAG OF OUR NATION.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
WILL OUR CL CITY CLERK, PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS AGAIN ARE PRESENT.
DICK, ARE THERE ANY, UH, CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENTS? DICK? NO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE UP FROM, UM, ALZHEIMER'S, ORANGE COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE KRISTEN MOSS, CULBERT.
COME ON, MR. MAYOR, BEFORE WE GO FORWARD, I, PERHAPS WE REALLY SHOULD ANNOUNCE THAT COUNSEL DID GIVE AUTHORITY IN CLOSED SESSION FOR US TO PROCEED TO CONSIDER AMICUS BRIEF IN THE, UH, GRANTS PASS CASE AND DID SO UNANIMOUSLY.
[1. PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 2023 AS "WORLD ALZHEIMER'S AWARENESS MONTH" IN THE CITY OF LA HABRA]
I'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU, DID YOU WANNA FIRST OF ALL GIVE A PRESENTATION A LITTLE BIT OR SAY ANYTHING, UH, REGARDING PROCLAIM? WE'RE GONNA PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 20, UH, 2023 WORLD ALZHEIMER'S MONTH IN THE CITY OF LAHABRA.DID YOU WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS? FIRST, I'LL GIVE YOU THAT WAY YOU HAVE THE MICROPHONE THERE, AND THEN WE'LL COME ON DOWN.
JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, UH, TO THE CITY AND STAFF FOR TAKING THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE WORLD ALZHEIMER'S MONTH AND TO ANYBODY IN THE CITY WHO MAY BE WATCHING OR LISTENING.
UM, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW IS THAT THEY'RE NOT ALONE.
UH, THERE'S A WHOLE TEAM TO SUPPORT FAMILIES WHO MAY BE EXPERIENCING ANY SORT OF DEMENTIA OR MEMORY LOSS.
SO THEY CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE IF, IF, AND THAT WEBSITE NUMBER IS WWW.AZ.ORG.
KRISTEN, WE'RE GONNA COME DOWN AND GIVE YOU THAT PROCLAMATION.
IF COUNSEL, CAN YOU PLEASE JOIN ME.
AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, WE COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
LET'S GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL HER HARD WORK AND DEDICATION.
CAN YOU COME DOWN TO OUR, UH, HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT? WE'RE GONNA PROCLAIM
[2. PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 26, 2023, AS "HUMAN RESOURCES PROFESSIONALS DAY" IN THE CITY OF LA HABRA]
HUMAN RESOURCES PROFESSIONALS DAY IN THE CITY OF LAHORE.AND OF COURSE, HUMAN RESOURCES AND OUR PROFESSIONAL DAYS DO PLAY A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT ROLE.
I SEE ALL OUR LADIES WORKING OUR WAY DOWN.
LUCY, WHY DON'T YOU INTRODUCE 'EM ALL HERE.
THIS IS ARI PSO, DANIELLE GOMEZ AND ROCIO DE LAS PALOS.
AND LUCY, DO YOU WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT, UH, ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO DOWN THERE AND ALL YOUR DEPARTMENT? SURE.
NOT ONLY DO WE DO RECRUITMENTS, BUT WE ALSO PROCESS NEW EMPLOYEES.
WE DO ALL THE RISK MANAGEMENT.
WE DO ALL OF THE, UH, EMPLOYER EMPLOYEE RELATIONS.
WE DO TRAINING, AND WE DO POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR THE CITY.
VERY SMALL STAFF OF VERY MIGHTY STAFF, FOR SURE.
ALL YOU DO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND I WILL GIVE YOU THIS PROCLAMATION.
AND IT'S ALL POSED FOR A PICTURE.
COME ON DOWN, TIGHTEN UP HERE.
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NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS[ 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.]
PUBLIC COMMENTS.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, UNLIMITED 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 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 5 4 9 5 4 0.3 A, SUCH COMMENTS SHALL NOT BE RESPONDED TO BY THE GOVERNING BODY DURING THE MEETING.
ANYBODY WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL? PLEASE COME UP AT THIS TIME.
NEEDING NO INTRODUCTION, BUT CAN YOU JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? OKAY.
MY NAME'S CANDICE STEVENS, AND MY HUSBAND KEITH KIMBALL AND RONNIE BASMA.
WE HAVE A BUSINESS ON LAMBERT.
IT'S A NORWALK TRANSFER IN OUR ADDRESS.
CAN YOU JUST PULL THE MICROPHONE A LITTLE HIGHER? THAT WAY THEY CAN HEAR YOU REALLY GOOD.
WE HAVE A BUSINESS IN LA HABRA, NORWALK TRANSFER, AND WE'RE AT 7 55 EAST, UH, LAMBERT ROAD.
AND OUR PROBLEM IS THE HOMELESS THAT CAMP OUT ON OUR PROPERTY.
THEY DO DRUGS, THEY VANDALIZE, THEY, UM, WE HAVE A TRUCKING COMPANY.
THEY THROW ROCKS, THEY BREAK INTO OUR PROPERTY AND DESTROY OUR EQUIPMENT.
WE'VE SEEN THEIR, THEY'VE STOLEN AIR CONDITIONING UNITS, AND SO IT'S A REAL PROBLEM.
AND THE, THEY MEET IN OUR PARKING LOT AND DO DRUG DEALS.
SO WE'VE TAKEN A LOT OF PHOTOS.
I GIVE THEM TO THE GAL OVER HERE, IF WE COULD SUBMIT TO YOU SO YOU CAN SEE HOW BAD THIS IS.
SO, UM, WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS IF WE, I HAVE CONTACTED THE UNION PACIFIC, IF THERE'S A WAY TO FENCE OFF THE LAMBERT ENTRANCE ALL THE WAY AROUND TO WHERE IT'S AT CYPRUS, OR WHERE IT CUTS OFF, YOU KNOW, IS, ARE THOSE TRACKS IN SERVICE? UM, WE'VE GOTTA KEEP THESE PEOPLE OUT OF THERE.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING WITH THIS FOR THREE YEARS AND IT'S GETTING WORSE.
SO I, UH, I AGREE WITH YOU WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
AND IF YOU HEARD EARLIER, THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY MADE THAT'S RELATED TO THE HOMELESS ISSUE, SOME OF THE ACTIONS THAT WE TAKEN AT A HIGHER LEVEL IS RELATED TO THE HOMELESS ISSUE.
WHAT I'D LIKE YOU TO DO IS MEET WITH KELLY FU.
IS KELLY HERE? IS KELLY FU HERE? SHE'S BACK HERE IN THE BACK.
SHE'S A SUPERVISOR, DIRECTOR IN CHARGE DIRECTLY OF OUR HOMELESS IS LIAISON.
I HAVE ALSO SENT SOME STUFF TO KELLY, KELLY TO OUR, OUR CITY MANAGER, JIM SADRO, WITH HER CONCERNS THAT CAME IN VIA EMAIL.
IF YOU TWO CAN MEET, YOU CAN GET HER NUMBER AND GET SOME MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS IN ADDITION TO WHAT JIM HAS, THAT'D BE GRATEFUL.
WELL, DID I SUM IT UP FOR YOU GUYS, OR DO YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING TO IT? DO YOU, CAN WE SHOW YOU THE PICTURES THAT WE HAVE? WE HAVE, YEAH.
WE'LL, WE'LL GET AHOLD OF THOSE.
YEAH, WE'LL DEFINITELY LOOK AT THOSE.
UM, WE CAN'T PUT 'EM UP ON THE SCREEN, BUT DEFINITELY WE'LL LOOK AT 'EM.
CANDACE, ANYTHING ELSE? WELL, I GUESS THAT'S ENOUGH FOR ME.
YOU WANT, DO YOU WANNA TALK, RONNIE? OKAY.
AND IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AS WELL.
AND CAN YOU JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? UH, RON BMA.
AND I DO SOME WORK WITH KEITH OVER THERE IN OPERATIONS IN THE EVENINGS.
SO I JUST WANNA STATE THAT, UH, THE CONCERN OF THE STUFF THAT SHE JUST SAID.
I SUPPORT WHAT SHE JUST SAID, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF GOES ON AT NIGHT AFTER DARK.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT SCARY BEING THERE AT NIGHT, WHICH, THAT'S WHEN I'M THERE.
SO, UM, I KNOW THE POLICE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH KEITH A. LITTLE BIT ON HELPING US OUT, SO I GUESS IF WE COULD JUST GET THEM TO COME BY MORE OFTEN, UH, IN THE EVENING AND, UH, JUST WATCH OVER THINGS.
BUT, UH, WE'LL GET WITH KELLY THEN, AND, OKAY.
WELL, IN ADDITION TO THAT, I'D LIKE YOU TO GO AHEAD AND MEET WITH OUR POLICE CHIEF.
UM, HE'S, HE'S RIGHT BACK HERE AND HE'LL, HE'LL MEET WITH YOU SO WE CAN GET SOME ADDITIONAL PATROLS OUT THERE AND GET THAT OUT THERE.
HIS NAME'S, UH, CHIEF ADAM FOSTER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING IN TONIGHT.
ANYBODY WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL? PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? I, MY NAME IS, UH, MATT LEWIS.
UM, HELLO MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
UM, I DON'T LIKE TO TALK IN PUBLIC, BUT
UM, I'VE, I'VE, UH, READ THE MINUTES AND I'VE READ SOME OF THE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE LA COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY HAS TRIED VERY, VERY HARD, UH, TO REACH, UH, SOME SORT OF NEGOTIATION TO CONTINUE THE SERVICE.
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UH, BUT THAT SAID, I'M JUST HERE TO BE A VOICE FOR MY COMMUNITY AND RAISE A HAND AND A VOICE.AND, UM, I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF LAW HARBOR SINCE 1995.
I'M ALSO A RETIRED LA COUNTY FIRE, FIRE PARAMEDIC, UH, AFTER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE.
SO, UM, I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO BE AS A RESIDENT, UH, UH, HAD THEIR SERVICE.
AND I'VE ALSO GIVEN SERVICE TO THE, TO THE CITY.
AND, UH, I WANNA SAY THAT, UH, I BELIEVE THAT MANPOWER MATTERS AND MINUTES MATTER ON CRITICAL MEDICAL, UH, CALLS AND ON, UH, ANY KIND OF FIRE OR RESCUE.
UM, A PERSONAL EXAMPLE, I HAD MY FATHER WITH ME, UH, HE HAD ALZHEIMER'S, AND WE WERE GOING FOR A WALK AROUND OUR COMMUNITY, AND HE STEPPED OFF A CURB AND HE MISSTEP AND HE, UH, WENT HEAD, HEAD FIRST ONTO THE, UH, STREET, CRACKED OPEN, HIS HEAD, KNOCKED HIMSELF UNCONSCIOUS.
AND I WAS SITTING THERE WITH MY HAND UNDERNEATH HIS HEAD IN A POOL OF BLOOD, AND HE'S UNCONSCIOUS.
AND I WANNA SAY THAT'S THE LONGEST FIVE TO SEVEN MINUTES YOU COULD EVER WAIT WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR LOVED LOVED ONES, UH, IN YOUR HANDS, BLEEDING AND UNCONSCIOUS.
AND ANOTHER TIME MY DAD, ONCE HE WAS IN A CARE FACILITY IN FULLERTON, DECIDED TO COME AND VISIT ME.
SO HE WALKED ALL THE WAY THROUGH FULLERTON, UP GILBERT TO IDAHO, AND THEN GOT TO MY FRONT GATE AT THE HARBOR, WEST HILLS, AND COLLAPSED.
AND HAPPY TO SAY THAT THE FIRE STATION 1 93 WAS RIGHT THERE, AND THEY WERE TAKING CARE OF HIM EVEN BEFORE I HAD A CHANCE TO FIND OUT HE WAS THERE.
AND THEN THE THIRD, UH, THE THIRD INCIDENT I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS OUR BRUSH FIRE THAT WE HAD SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
UM, I WAS HOME WHEN I NOTICED ALL THE COMMOTION.
I SAW SMOKE, SAW HELICOPTERS AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
I SAW THAT THERE WAS A FIRE GOING ON CLOSE BY.
I ALERTED SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO EVACUATE.
AND THEN I JOINED MY FELLOW FIREFIGHTERS IN THE BACKYARD OF ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS.
THEY ALREADY HAD EXTENDED HOSE LINES AND THEY WERE READY FOR THE FIRE.
THERE WAS A, A FLAMES, UH, A WALL OF FLAMES SO CLOSE TO US THAT YOU COULD FEEL THE HEAT ON OUR FACE LOOKING OVER THE BACKYARD FENCE.
SO I PERSONALLY, I'M VERY GLAD THAT THEY WERE THERE THAT DAY AND THAT THEY TOOK CARE OF THE JOB.
UM, AGAIN, I WANNA SAY THAT I BELIEVE THAT MANPOWER MATTERS AND MINUTES MATTER.
I, I, I HOPE THAT THE CITY CONTINUES TO TRY TO WORK OUT A GOOD SOLUTION.
UM, AND I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT RECENTLY I SPENT 10 DAYS IN MAUI WITH SOME FELLOW FIREFIGHTERS HELPING THE RESIDENTS THERE.
AND THAT WAS, UH, 20 OR 30 OF THEIR OWN FIREFIGHTERS LOST THEIR OWN HOMES WHILE THEY WERE FIGHTING IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY.
AND WE WENT THERE AND WE MINISTERED TO THOSE FIREFIGHTERS IN THE COMMUNITY FOR 10 DAYS I WAS THERE.
AND, UH, I CAN'T EVEN EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE.
IT LOOKED LIKE A WAR ZONE, LIKE NEPAL WAS DROPPED MILES OF DEVASTATION.
AND I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THEY NEVER, THEY NEVER EVER IMAGINED ANYTHING LIKE THAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, THEY HAD REALLY TRAGIC RESULTS.
UM, SO, UM, I, I'M JUST, I'M JUST HERE TO SAY THAT NOT ALL MY NEIGHBORS UNDERSTAND.
THEY DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND THAT THE FIREHOUSE IS CLOSING.
THEY THOUGHT THE SIGN THAT WAS ON THE GATE WAS A JOKE.
AND THEY ALSO THINK THAT THE, THE FIRE STATION DOWN ON ROSE CRINGE, WHICH IS FROM FULLERTON, WOULD BE THE NEXT, UH, STATION THAT WOULD COME AND HELP US.
AND THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S NO AGREEMENT BETWEEN FULLERTON TO COME INTO THE HARBOR.
IF THEY, IF THEY COULD, I MEAN, MAYBE THEY WOULD, BUT
OKAY, SIR, YOU'RE, YOU'RE OVER ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A MINUTE AND 30 SECONDS HERE.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I, I, AND THE ENTIRE COUNCIL SHARES YOUR SENTIMENT.
WE DON'T WANNA CLOSE ANY FIRE STATION.
THERE WILL BE, UH, WE'RE NOT ENTIRELY SHUTTING IT DOWN.
THERE WILL BE A PARAMEDIC UNIT, UM, UH, AT THE AM SORRY AMBULANCE UNIT THERE AT, AT THE SITE.
WE ARE WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY TO TRY TO APPLY FOR GRANTS TO HAVE THAT STATION REOPEN.
BUT IF YOU LOOK WHERE OUR FIRE STATION, THE SERVICES WENT FROM $10 MILLION TO $4 MILLION.
AND IF WE KEPT THAT STA I'M SORRY, YEAH, 10 MILLION TO FOUR 14 MILLION THAT, YEAH.
AND THAT WOULD BE IF TO OPEN, KEEP THAT ONE OPEN, BE AN ADDITIONAL $5 MILLION ON TOP OF THAT ALREADY.
THEY AVERAGE ABOUT TWO CALLS A DAY.
SO WE'RE VERY WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY TO TRY TO GET GRANTS FOR THAT.
BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS, IF YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR INFORMATION THERE, WE CAN GIVE YOU REGULAR UPDATES TO OUR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON.
PUBLIC SAFETY IS OUR NUMBER ONE CONCERN.
I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING HERE TONIGHT.
IF YOU JUST GIVE, I UNDERSTAND.
AND, AND WE, WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN HERE AND YOU HAVE TO HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE.
AND IF YOU JUST LEAVE THAT INFORMATION WITH RHONDA, WITH YOUR, WITH NAME AND PHONE NUMBER, WE'LL GIVE YOU REGULAR UPDATES.
ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL, COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
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HELLO.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES MANAGEMENT TEAM, SALVADOR ORTEGA.
HE'S OUR NEW RECREATION SUPERVISOR, AND HE'S VERY BUSY ALREADY GETTING READY, UH, FOR LOVE LA HABRA AND THE COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE.
SO I'D LIKE TO WELCOME SALVADOR ORTEGA.
UH, DO YOU WANNA SAY JUST A COUPLE WORDS BEFORE YOU? A COUPLE WORDS? OKAY.
WELL, NO, I, I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY.
I JUST, I'M THRILLED AND EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH LA LAHABRA OVER 22 YEARS AS A RECREATION PROFESSIONAL.
AND I'M EXCITED TO BRING WHAT I'VE LEARNED THROUGH THE FIVE CITIES I'VE BEEN IN.
AND, UM, HAPPY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF LAHABRA.
WELL, HOPEFULLY, UH, THIS ONE WILL BE YOUR FINAL DESTINATION.
WELCOME TO THE LA HABRA FAMILY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL? OKAY.
UM, THIS IS VICKI WITH VICKI BALLOONS, AND IT'LL BE FOLLOWED BY NET LIM.
SO VICKI WILL SPEAK FIRST IN SPANISH TO OUR SPANISH SPEAKING PEOPLE OUT THERE.
AND, UH, UH, MS. NETTE WILL FOLLOW SAYING A FEW THINGS RIGHT AFTER.
UH, MR. ANNETTE, ANNETTE LIMON INGLES.
AND GOOD, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS ANNETTE LIMON AND I'M HERE IN BEHALF OF THE LATINOS, HISPANICS IN LA HABRA.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF BUSINESSES THAT, THAT HAVE OWNERS THAT AREO AND THEY'RE IN THE CHAMBER, OR THEY WANNA BE IN THE CHAMBER.
UM, SO TOGETHER WITH THE CHAMBER, WE ARE MAKING A BUSINESS, UM, HISPANIC GET TOGETHER AT NORTHGATE PASEO.
AND MY MAIN FOCUS, TOO IS, UH, THEY WOULD LIKE TO MEET THEIR COUNCILMEN.
THEY WOULD LIKE TO MEET THEIR MAYOR.
THEY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND WHAT GOES ON IN THE CITY AND HOW TO GET THEIR PERMITS AND WHAT THEY AND CAN AND CANNOT DO.
AND, UH, BECAUSE IT'S, UM, HISPANIC HERITAGE HERITAGE MONTH, WE WILL BE HAVING AT THE PATIO THERE AT NORTHGATE, UH, FOOD AND DANCE AND MUSIC, AND YOU CAN HAVE A CHANCE TO MEET SOME OF THE HISPANOS THAT HAVE BUSINESSES HERE.
AND THEY ARE SO EXCITED TO MEET SOME OF OUR, OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND MAYOR, IF YOU CAN FIND IT IN YOUR SCHEDULE TO, TO BE THERE, WE WOULD REALLY LOVE IT.
IS THAT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? IT'S, UH, WE'RE ONLY DOING IT FOR THE HISPANIC, UM, BUSINESSES, SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE AN INVITE.
ANYBODY ELSE? WISHING TO ADDRESS THE HARBOR CITY COUNCIL? PLEASE COME UP AT THIS TIME.
AYE, COUNSEL, JUST TO, UH, PIGGYBACK
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ON WHAT THESE ARTICULATE, UH, WOMEN SAID, UH, WE ARE, UH, LET ME GIVE CREDIT TO COUNCILWOMAN ROSE ESPINOSA FOR THIS IDEA.WHAT ARE, WHAT IS THE CHAMBER DOING FOR, UH, WHAT DO I WANNA SAY? I DON'T WANNA SAY NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING, BUT PREDOMINANTLY SPANISH OR OTHER LANGUAGE, UH, BUSINESS OWNERS.
SO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THIS IS, WE WANT, I THINK AS A MEMBER OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, PASTOR JACK MENDA, NONPROFIT, JESSE NDA, CENTER FOR HISPANIC LEADERSHIP.
THIS FITS INTO MY, UH, MY, UH, WHAT DO I WANNA SAY? JUST MY, MY LANE.
UM, THE CHAMBER CAN DO THE WORK.
WE JUST WANT SOME PARTICIPATION.
COOPERATION, AND THAT'S THE INVITATION.
AND IF YOU RECEIVED ONE OF THESE, UH, I'LL LEAVE IT, I'LL LEAVE THEM HERE.
BUT LET ME JUST, VICKI DOES SOMETHING REAL EXTRAORDINARY.
UH, SO IF THE, IF THE TABLES WERE TURNED AND I WENT TO A SETTING WHERE IT WAS SPANISH DOMINANT AND I HAD TO SPEAK SPANISH, AND I, AND MY FIRST LANGUAGE IS ENGLISH, JUST SO INTIMIDATING.
SO WHEN VICKI SHOWS UP, WHEN SANDRA SHOWS UP, WHEN LAURA SHOWS UP AND THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE IS, IS SPANISH, AND THEY JUST WANT TO ADVOCATE AND LIFT UP THEIR BUSINESS, I THINK THAT'S EXTRAORDINARY.
YOU HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS, UH, COMMUNITY, UH, AND JUST LIKE, UH, OUR PEACE.
ANNETTE, UH, IT'S HARD TO GET MAD AT HER.
UH, SHE, UH, SHE SAID IT WELL.
SO I JUST WANT TO, UH, REPEAT, ARTICULATE, PUT IN A, A WORD FOR YOUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CAN DO ALL THIS WORK.
WE JUST WANT YOUR, UH, PARTICIPATION AND INVOLVEMENT.
ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL THIS TIME? OKAY, WE'LL, NOW CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[ 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.NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CONSENT CALENDAR.
ALL ITEMS 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 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 EIGHT.
IS THERE ANY ITEMS THAT THE STAFF WOULD LIKE TO HAVE REMOVED? NONE.
MR. MAYOR, ANY ME ITEMS THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO HAVE REMOVED? NO.
UH, COUNCIL, UH, AUDIENCE MEMBERS, ANYBODY LIKE TO HAVE ANYTHING REMOVED? CALL, ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE PASS AND ADOPT CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH EIGHT.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.
UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY ABSTENTION, RHONDA, THE ITEM PASSES THE UNANIMOUSLY FIVE ZERO.
[1. DULY NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE 2022-2023 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT (CAPER) AND AUTHORIZE STAFF TO SUBMIT THE REPORT TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT That the City Council conduct a public hearing to review and approve the 2022-2023 Community Development Block Grant Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) and authorize staff to submit the CAPER to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.]
IS PUBLIC HEARINGS.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, AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
PUBLIC HEARING ITEM NUMBER ONE.
ONE IS TITLED DUALLY NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE 20 22 20 23 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, C D B G CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT, CAPER, C A P E R AND AUTHORIZED STAFF TO SUBMIT THE REPORT TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS SUSAN LOUIE FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
THE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT IS SCHEDULED TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT, ALSO KNOWN AS A CAPER FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2022, AND ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2023.
THE CAPER IS A SUMMARY OF THE ACTIVITIES AND EXPENDITURES FUNDED WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, ALSO KNOWN AS C D B G.
IT REQUIRES A 15 DAY PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD, AND IT TIES INTO THE CITY'S GOALS AND ACHIEVEMENTS FOR THE FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN.
HUD REQUIRES JURISDICTIONS THAT RECEIVE C D B G FUNDING TO COMPLETE AT THE AT LEAST TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS PER YEAR
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THROUGH THE 2223 ACTION PLAN PROCESS.CITY COUNCIL APPROVED NINE PROJECTS TO BE FUNDED.
TOTAL AMOUNTS EXPANDED IN FISCAL YEAR 2223 IS APPROXIMATELY 1.6 MILLION.
SOME MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE CITY DURING THE 2223 FISCAL YEAR INCLUDE FUNDING THE FOLLOWING SERVICES, COMMUNITY SERVICES SOCIAL SERVICES PROGRAM FOR A COUNCIL COUNSELOR LIAISON POSITION TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS AND HOUSEHOLDS WHO ARE AT RISK OF EVICTION HOMELESSNESS, AND TO PROVIDE C OVID 19 EDUCATION AND SUPPORT FAIR HOUSING FOUNDATION FOR BOTH TENANTS AND LANDLORDS TO EDUCATE THEMSELVES ABOUT FAIR HOUSING RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
MERCY HOUSE SLIMMING CENTER FOR TEMPORARY HOUSING SOLUTIONS, INCLUDING SHELTERS AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, SPONSORED PASSES TO THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES CITY'S EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AS PART OF THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO THE C OVID 19 PANDEMIC.
AND CONTINUED WORK ON CAPITAL PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE CITY'S ALLEY'S IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, PLAYGROUND PARK, PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENTS, AND VARIOUS RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION PROJECTS.
LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PEOPLE WERE SERVED BY CITY PROGRAMS FUNDED BY C D B G DURING FISCAL YEAR 2223.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF PEOPLE SERVED IS ESTIMATED BY CALCULATING ALL INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN WHAT IS DETERMINED BY HUD AS LOW INCOME CENSUS TRACKS THAT RECEIVE AREA-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES.
FOR EXAMPLE, GRAFFITI REMOVAL IS CONSIDERED TO BE AN AREA-WIDE ACTIVITY.
AND SINCE 35,132 INDIVIDUALS LIVE IN LOW INCOME CENSUS TRACKS WHERE GRAFFITI WAS REMOVED, HUD ASSUMES THAT ALL THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE ASSISTED AS A RESULT OF THE CITY'S GRAFFITI REMOVAL PROGRAM FUNDED BY C D B G.
TO DATE, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND AFTER CONDUCTING THE PUBLIC HEARING, APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR 2223 CAPER AND AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGERS MANAGER TO SUBMIT THIS REPORT TO HUD.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS A ANY COUN UH, QUESTIONS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS? DARREN, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO, I DID NOT.
WE'RE HEARING NONE, THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYBODY WANNA SPEAK IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? PLEASE COME UP AT THIS TIME.
WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND A CALL FOR COUNCIL ACTION DIRECTION COMMENTS, OR WHATEVER YOU'D LIKE TO DO.
MR. MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE 20 22 20 23 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT.
THERE'S A MOTION BY STEVE SIMONY.
DO I HEAR A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
ANY ABSTENTIONS RON TO THE ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[1. CONSIDER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION AD HOC PLANNING COMMITTEE AND A COMMUNITY SERVICES NON-PROFIT FOUNDATION That the City Council: A. Approve the formation of a Centennial Celebration Ad Hoc Planning Committee to assist with the planning for the City's 100-year birthday celebration that will occur in 2025; and, B. Approve the formation of a Community Services Non-Profit Foundation to assist with fundraising efforts to support the City's Centennial Celebration, as well as provide fundraising opportunities to support the City's other future community based programs, services, activities and events.]
ITEMS YES.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 FINAL VOTE ON THE ITEM.
PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER CONSIDERATION 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.
CONSIDERATION ITEM NUMBER ONE IS CONSIDERED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION AD HOC PLANNING COMMITTEE AND A COMMUNITY SERVICES NONPROFIT FOUNDATION.
WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME KELLY FU JOE COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR OF THE FRONT GIVE STAFF REPORT, PLEASE.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT THIS ITEM TO YOU TONIGHT.
THIS ITEM WILL INCLUDE TWO UH REQUESTS.
ONE IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OR DIRECTION ON THE FORMATION OF THE OUR 100TH ANNIVERSARY CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION COMMITTEE.
AND TWO WOULD BE THE REQUEST OF APPROVAL OR DIRECTION ON THE FORMATION OF A 5 0 1 C THREE NONPROFIT FUNDRAISING ARM FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
SO, AS YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW, THE CITY OF LAHABRA WAS FOUNDED IN 1896, A LONG TIME AGO, BUT WE WERE INCORPORATED ON JANUARY 20TH, 1925.
THAT MAKES US THE NINTH OLDEST CITY IN ORANGE COUNTY.
AS WE APPROACH OUR HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY.
THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS BEGUN THE
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PROCESS OF TRYING TO GIVE A GLOBAL IDEA OF WHAT WE CAN DO IN OUR HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY AND OUR PLANNING EFFORTS IN, UM, FOR THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.THIS MAY INCLUDE NEW EVENTS OR ENHANCED EVENTS, OR AS WELL AS OTHER PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES.
IT INCLUDES BRANDING AND HOPEFULLY A COMMUNITY ART PROJECT AND OTHER THINGS THAT OUR RESIDENTS, OUR BUSINESSES, AND OUR GUESTS CAN ALL ENJOY.
SO, TO DO THIS, STAFF HAVE REACHED OUT TO, UM, ALMOST EVERY CITY ACROSS THE COUNTY THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD TALK TO US ABOUT FOUNDATIONS.
AND WE FOUND, OR ABOUT CENTENNIAL, SORRY, THE ABOUT THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.
UM, SO WE TALKED TO BREA, WHO HELD THEIRS IN 2017, AND, UH, SEAL BEACH, WHO HAD HA HANDED THEIRS IN 2015.
THERE WAS A COUPLE OTHERS, LIKE TORRANCE WAS 21 AND HAWTHORNE 22.
BUT WE TRIED TO STAY WITHIN, UM, MOSTLY THE, UM, CITIES IN ORANGE COUNTY.
ONE OF THESE THINGS THAT WE FOUND OUT BY TALKING TO THESE OTHER CITIES WAS THAT COMMUNITY COMMITTEES WERE REALLY A BIG HELP IN PROVIDING GUIDANCE, EFFORT, YOU KNOW, MANPOWER, EXPERTISE, AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GOES INTO PUTTING ON A LARGE SCALE EVENT.
WE FOUND THAT THERE ARE, THAT THE LONG-TERM, UH, RESIDENTS THAT ARE ON THESE COMMITTEES, UH, PROVIDE CONTEXT AND INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, ABOUT OUR EVENTS AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST AND ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE CITY.
UM, THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ALSO PROVIDE EXPERTISE.
WE'RE HOPING THAT WE FIND SOME THAT MIGHT BE GOOD IN, UM, PROMOTIONS, PUBLICATIONS, SOCIAL MEDIA, OR FINANCES AND ACCOUNTING, UM, MAYBE EVEN PUBLIC RELATIONS, YOU KNOW, LIKE A P I O FOR, UM, THE, THE COMMITTEE.
SO WE BELIEVE THAT A COMMITTEE IS A VITAL TOOL IN HELPING TO MAKE THIS EVENT A SUCCESS.
SO WITH THIS IN MIND, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT ARE ASKING THAT WE, WE WOULD LIKE TO ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY COMMITTEE TO HELP THE PLANNING, AND WE'VE CREATED A LIST OF POTENTIAL MEMBERS TO BE APPOINTED TO THE COMMITTEE.
WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A BROAD SPECTRUM, A CROSS SECTION OF THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CITY OF LAHABRA.
AND WE ARE SUGGESTING THAT THIS COMMITTEE BE A COMPRISED OF 23 MEMBERS, INCLUDING ONE PLANNING COMMISSIONER, ONE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSIONER, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, LIONS CLUB, ROTARY CLUB, WOMEN'S CLUB, BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM ART ASSOCIATION, AS WELL AS TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUR FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY, TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY, ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH OF OUR THREE SCHOOL DISTRICTS HERE, TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND OUR VOLUNTEERS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, AND ONE REPRESENTATIVE APPOINTED BY EACH OF YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WHILE THE 23 MEMBER SUB, UH, COMMITTEE SOUNDS LARGE, WE EXPECT TO BREAK DOWN THOSE 23 MEMBERS INTO SMALLER SUBCOMMITTEES FOR SUCH A LARGE EVENT.
THE SUBCOMMITTEES COULD BE BRANDING AND PUBLICITY, UM, SPONSORSHIP AND FUNDRAISING, SIGNATURE EVENT DEVELOPMENT, ENHANCED EVENT DEVELOPMENT, UH, CITYWIDE ART PROJECTS, OR WE'VE, THE ONE THING WE HAVE COMMITTED TO IS CREATING OUR OWN IMAGES OF AMERICA BOOK, IF YOU'VE SEEN THOSE, UM, FROM OTHER CITIES AROUND.
UM, SO AS YOU REMEMBER, COUNCIL, UH, OH, NO.
IF APPROVED COUNCIL, UH, IF A COUNCIL APPROVES THE FORMATION OF THIS COMMITTEE, STAFF ARE PREPARED TO SEND OUT LETTERS TOMORROW TO ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO LET THEM KNOW THAT COUNCIL HAS MADE THIS APPROVAL AND TO ASK THEM TO SUBMIT, UM, A RECOMMENDATION FROM THEIR ORGANIZATION.
UM, STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDS IF CITY COUNCIL CHOOSES TO MAKE THEIR ONE APPOINTMENT, THAT YOU CAN DO THAT ON THE OCTOBER 16TH MEETING, SO THAT WAY WE CAN GET OUR COMMITTEE, UH, STARTED BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS.
SO, AS YOU RECALL, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL ALLOCATED $250,000 TENTATIVELY FOR THE, THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION IN 2025.
WHILE WE KNOW THIS NUMBER, IT MAY CHANGE AS THE CITY'S FINANCES EVOLVE, WE ARE HOPING THAT WE GET APPROVAL FROM THE CITY COUNCIL ON OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR AT LEAST FORMING THE COMMITTEE.
SO, OR ANY OTHER DIRECTION THAT YOU MAY GIVE US.
SO THAT, THAT CONCLUDES THE REPORT ON THE FIRST PART.
IF I COULD TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, I COULD DO THAT.
UH, KELLY, I THINK YOU HIT IT RIGHT ON THE HEAD WITH THE FINANCES PART QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS.
THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY CONSIDERING WE JUST HAD, YOU KNOW, A GENTLEMAN HERE CONCERNED ABOUT CLOSING A FIRE STATION.
AND HERE WE'RE GONNA GO AND HAVE A BIG PARTY AND SPEND A QUARTER OF A MILLION, POTENTIALLY A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLAR.
UM, SO I GUESS MY CONCERN IS IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I WOULD CERTAINLY, UH, BE MINDFUL OF OUR BUDGET.
AS YOU STATED, YOU WERE KIND OF ALREADY STATED THAT, UH, BECAUSE WE ARE IN, UM, TUFTS DUFF STRAITS RIGHT NOW WITH, WITH FINANCES, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THE VAST MAJORITY OF IT COME FROM SPONSORSHIPS.
AND, UM, I'D ALSO, UH, LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, ABOUT WHAT THE NONPROFIT WILL LOOK LIKE FOR THIS.
OH, I'LL, I'LL GO TO THAT REPORT AFTER THE, UM, CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION COMMITTEE FORMATION.
I CAN, I CAN MOVE ON NOW ON THIS.
AND, AND TO YOUR COMMENT, MR. MAYOR.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN SETTING ASIDE FUNDING OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS TOWARDS THE CENTENNIAL, KNOWING THAT IT WAS COMING DOWN THE PIKE.
I I THINK THE AMOUNT THAT WE'VE SET ASIDE AS A POTENTIAL BUDGET IS REALLY THERE
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FOR, UM, RESOURCE ALLOCATION.I THINK ULTIMATELY IT'S GONNA BE A POLICY DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL TO US, WHAT YOU ENVISION AND WANT TO SEE AS FAR AS THE TYPE OF EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES.
AND WE CAN SCALE IT TO MEET WHATEVER THE, THE DESIRE OF THE COUNCIL IS.
SO OBVIOUSLY HAVING THESE FUNDS ALLOWS US TO LEVERAGE IT.
IF WE GET SPONSORSHIPS, WE CAN MAYBE MATCH SPONSORSHIP DOLLARS AND REALLY LEVERAGE THAT ABILITY.
KELLY, DID YOU HAVE MORE OF YOUR PRESENTATION YOU WANTED TO DO? UM, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION ON THE, UH, CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE FORMATION.
AND THEN YOU HAVE AN ADDITIONAL PRESENTATION ON YES, I CAN GO TO THAT IF YOU'D LIKE, GO AHEAD AND GO FORWARD WITH THAT, AND THEN WE'LL OPEN, OPEN UP FOR MORE QUESTIONS.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, MR. MAYOR, UH, KELLY, I, I THINK THAT MAYOR IS EXPRESSING A CONCERN THAT, UH, I CERTAINLY FEEL, AND, UM, AND I THINK IT'S PARTLY YOUR FAULT, UHOH
SO YOU GUYS GET SOMETHING AND YOU JUST MAKE IT THE MOST FANTASTIC EVENT EVER.
AND SO WE ARE ALL VERY, VERY PROUD THAT WE'RE CELEBRATING OUR CENTENNIAL AND THE ONLY COUNCIL MEMBER THAT'S CLOSE TO CELEBRATING HIS OWN CENTENNIAL.
UH, I AM, I'M MORE THAN PROUD TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU AND THE COMMITTEE FOCUS IN ON DOING THE BEST YOU CAN WITH LIMITED RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.
AND THOSE RE RESOURCES ARE SHRINKING.
AS I BELIEVE, UH, COUNCILMAN ERIAN, UH, STATED EARLIER WITH COMMENTS ABOUT THE CLOSING OF THE FIRE STATION, THE, UH, COSTS OF, OF, UH, JUST KEEPING LA COUNTY FIRE, UH, AS OUR FIRE SERVICE PROVIDER HAS GONE FROM 10 MILLION YES.
UH, WE'RE EXPERIENCING, UH, RAISES IN ALL CITY YES.
STAFF COSTS, UH, ALL COSTS, INCLUDING FUEL.
SO THE RESOURCES ARE GETTING SMALLER AND SMALLER.
AND I THINK THE WORST MESSAGE OF ALL IS TO CELEBRATE OFF THE BACKS OF, OF PEOPLE.
SO I WILL SAY THAT, UM, THE, WHEN THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE $250,000 FOR THE CENTENNIAL, THAT WAS BEFORE WE EVEN KNEW THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE, UM, A FIRE CONTRACT ISSUE.
YOU KNOW, OUR CONTRACT WASN'T EXPIRING TILL NEXT YEAR.
THEY, UM, FAST TRACKED IT FOR US.
AND SINCE YOU'RE PROUD OF US, YOU SHOULD BE PROUD THAT WE HAVEN'T SPENT A NICKEL OF THAT MONEY YET,
AND WHAT ARE WE THREE MONTHS INTO THIS BUDGET? WE HAVEN'T TOUCHED IT.
SO WE, WE WILL, WE'LL BE VERY COGNIZANT OF WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE 25,000, 2,500 OR, OR NO MONEY AT ALL.
WE JUST WANT TO DO THE BEST WHAT, WHAT COUNCIL DESIRES AND, UM, WHAT REALLY IS RESPECTFUL TO OUR CITY AND OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.
SO WE FULLY UNDERSTAND WE'D STILL LIKE TO FORM A COMMITTEE.
AND IF THE DIRECTIVE IS IN THREE MONTHS THAT WE HAVE ZERO MONEY, THEN WE FIGURE OUT THAT WAY.
AND WE'LL HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A ROBUST FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE.
YEAH, I, I AGREE WITH THE FORMATION OF THE COMMITTEE, AND THE SOONER THE BETTER.
UH, IT'S GONNA TAKE I THINK, A LITTLE LONGER RATHER THAN A LITTLE LESS, YEAH.
WITH LIMITED RESOURCES, HOW DO YOU PROVIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO PROVIDE WITH LESS MONEY? RIGHT.
SO I THINK IT'LL TAKE MORE TIME.
SO I'M, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THANK YOU.
SETTING THAT UP AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
SO THE WAY I UNDERSTAND THE STAFF REPORT, I THINK YOU GUYS ARE ONLY ASKING POSSIBLY LIKE UPFRONT, MAYBE, LIKE YOU'RE GONNA BE REIMBURSING ABOUT $1,600, IS THAT CORRECT? FOR THE, THAT'S FOR THE FOUNDATION.
CONTINUE ON WITH YOUR STAFF REPORT.
SO THE SECOND PORTION OF OUR STAFF REPORT TONIGHT IS THAT WITH THE EFFORTS OF FUNDRAISING, OUR IDEA WAS THAT WE REALLY SHOULD THINK ABOUT, UM, ESTABLISHING, UM, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, A FUNDRAISING ARM, IF YOU WILL, NOT JUST FOR THE CENTENNIAL, BUT HOPEFULLY FOR THE FUTURE OF THE REST OF OUR PROGRAMMING.
UM, WE WOULD LIKE, UH, COUNCIL APPROVAL OR INPUT ON HOW WE CAN DO THAT.
AS YOU KNOW, SPECIAL EVENTS ARE EXPENSIVE, AND AS YOU SAID, PRICES ARE GOING UP EVERY DAY, WHETHER GAS IS IN THE $6.
AGAIN, WE, WE TOTALLY UNDERSTAND, UH, OUR, OUR PARAMETERS AT THIS POINT, BUT I THINK OUR DEPARTMENT DOES A PRETTY GOOD JOB RIGHT NOW ON TRYING TO SOLICIT FOR DONATIONS AND FIND SPONSORS.
BUT IT'S JUST GETTING HARDER AND HARDER BECAUSE THOSE NUMBERS ARE, ARE DWINDLING TOO.
SO, AS YOU KNOW, UM, THE CITY OF LA HARA OR ANY CITY IS NOT A 5 0 1 C.
THEY ARE NOT NONPROFIT, AND THEY'RE NOT TAX DEDUCTIBLE.
SO IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO, TO FUNDRAISE OR TO WRITE GRANTS.
SO WE'RE WE, SOMETIMES WE'LL WORK WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO TRY TO PARTNER FOR GRANTS, BUT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.
SO AS WE SEE THIS, WE ARE TRYING THEN TO, TO ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION TO HELP FOR THESE SPONSORSHIPS AND, UM, DONATIONS.
WE MET WITH A NUMBER OF CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTY AND FOUND THAT MORE THAN HALF OF THE CITIES HAVE AN ARM.
IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT, UM, STAFF IS ON THEIR BOARD.
EVERYBODY OPERATES DIFFERENTLY, BUT OVER HALF
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ACTUALLY HAVE FOUNDATIONS.SO WE'VE INITIATED THE PROFIT, UH, UH, WE INITIATED THE PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING THIS NONPROFIT BY GOING TO LEGALZOOM BECAUSE IT'S THE EASIEST WAY TO GET YOUR PAPERWORK THROUGH.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, IF APPROVED BY COUNSEL, WE WOULD SEEK INTERESTED RESIDENTS RIGHT NOW JUST TO ESTABLISH THE INITIAL EXECUTIVE BOARD, THREE PEOPLE, PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT AND TREASURER.
AND FROM THOSE THREE PEOPLE, THEN THEY WOULD THEN STABLISH ESTABLISH BYLAWS AND, UH, THE SIZE OF THE BOARD.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME, UH, FOUNDATIONS IN THE COUNTY THAT HAVE 17 MEMBERS ON THEIR BOARD, SO THAT WAY YOU CAN'T GET ONE FACTION MAYBE TO SKEW THINGS.
AND SO I THINK I FOUND ONE THAT HAD 23 MEMBERS, AND THE LOT, THE SMALLEST I FOUND WAS EIGHT.
I KNOW THAT SOUNDS WEIRD 'CAUSE IT'S NOT, IT'S UN IT'S EVEN
SO, UM, IF APPROVED BY COUNCIL, UM, THAT'S HOW WE WOULD FORM THE BOARD ITSELF.
UM, IT'S THE INTENTION OF STAFF TO WORK WITH THIS FOUNDATION, LIKE THE FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, WORK WITH THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OR THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY, WORK WITH THE LIBRARY, OR EVEN PTAS WORK WITH THE SCHOOLS LIKE THAT, WHERE IT'S JUST A, UM, A CRUTCH OR A HELPING HAND OR A FUNDRAISING ARM, IF YOU WILL.
AND SO IF THE CITY NEEDED SOMETHING, UM, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT OR A SPECIAL EVENT, THEN WE CAN GO TO THAT FOUNDATION AND SAY, HEY, IF YOU CAN FIND A GRANT FOR THIS, OR YOU CAN HELP US OUT WITH THAT, THAT'S THE INTENT OF THIS, UM, FOUNDATION.
NOW, WE WOULD STILL HAVE A STAFF LIAISON.
ALMOST EVERY CITY THAT HAS A NONPROFIT HAS A STAFF LIAISON, SOME HAVE STAFF ON THE BOARD.
WE'RE PROPOSING THAT THERE ARE NO COUNCIL MEMBERS, THERE ARE NO COMMISSIONERS, THERE ARE NO OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS.
UM, AND THERE ARE NO STAFF ON THESE BOARDS.
SO THAT WAY IT CAN STAY INDEPENDENT AND WE CAN STAY AWAY FROM ANY OTHER, UM, NON-TRANSPARENT, UM, ACTIVITIES.
SO THAT'S WHY WE WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE OURSELVES, BUT THEN WE'RE THERE AS A SAFETY NET TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING AS WE SEE IT.
THE CITY WOULD HAVE A LINE ITEM IN OUR BUDGET THAT WE PRESENT TO COUNCIL EACH YEAR, IT MIGHT SAY $50,000 AND JUST BE, UM, FOR THE FOUNDATION.
AND AS THE FOUNDATION RAISES MONEY AND THEY GIVE IT TO THE CITY, THE CITY COUNCIL IS STILL THE ONE APPROPRIATING THE MONEY, BUT THAT'S EARMARKED FOR CERTAIN ACTIVITIES.
SO IF WE GET A GRANT THAT SAYS, OH, $15,000 FOR, UH, MOVIES IN THE PARK, THEN THAT MONEY HAS TO BE SPENT ON MOVIES IN THE PARK, BUT AT LEAST IT GOES THROUGH THE CITY.
AND SO THAT WAY WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTROL WITHOUT CONTROLLING AN INDEPENDENT BODY LIKE A NONPROFIT.
SO IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, UM,
WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S NOT NOW MAYBE IN THE FUTURE, BUT WHAT WE HOPE IS THAT WE HAVE JUST A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR A FEW THOUSAND, WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT.
UM, FOR INSTANCE, YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT WE HAD A, UM, A CAR DEALERSHIP SPONSOR OUR TAMALE FESTIVAL TWO YEARS AGO, OR THREE YEARS AGO NOW, IF YOU REMEMBER THE CAR IN THE MIDDLE.
UM, BUT THEY TOLD US THEY JUST REALLY CAN'T COME BACK UNLESS WE HAVE A NONPROFIT.
SO UNLESS I WENT TO ANOTHER GROUP AND SAID, HEY, CAN YOU KNOW THE COMPANY GIVE YOU MONEY AND THEN YOU GIVE IT TO US? BUT I DON'T WANNA DEAL WITH THAT.
I THINK IT'S BETTER THAT WE ARE MORE TRANSPARENT AND THEY DONATE TO THE FOUNDATION ITSELF.
UM, AND AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF, UM, GIVING CORPORATIONS OR FOUNDATIONS WITHIN OUR CITY THAT JUST WILL NOT DONATE TO THE CITY EITHER.
THEY ONLY DONATE TO NONPROFITS.
AND I GET IT BECAUSE PEOPLE SOMETIMES FEEL LIKE THE CITY'S A BLACK HOLE AND THEY'LL NEVER SEE ANY MONEY FROM IT.
UM, BUT THIS IS WHY WE'RE, WE'RE ASKING TO ESTABLISH THIS OR AT LEAST GUIDANCE ON HOW YOU FEEL.
UM, SO THAT WAY WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND MAYBE ALLEVIATE SOME OF THESE FUNDRAISING ISSUES THAT WE HAVE.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT ON THE, UH, FOUNDATION.
IF ANYBODY WOULD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE TWO.
NO, JUST A COMMENT, KELLY, AND, AND YOU, UH, YOU NAILED IT.
YOU HIT THE, THE, UH, THE NAIL RIGHT ON THE HEAD AS WELL AS MY COLLEAGUES.
UH, BUT ONE THAT YOU RAISE AND ONE THAT, UH, THAT I WILL CONTINUALLY RAISE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY IS TRANSPARENCY.
UM, AND IF, UH, IF A 5 0 1 C THREE DOES THAT, UH, IT SEEMS LIKE, UH, MANY MORE CITIES AND GOVERNMENT ENTITIES ARE GOING, UH, ARE GOING THAT ROUTE, I'M GOOD WITH IT AS LONG AS WE HAVE THE RIGOROUS CONTROLS BECAUSE IT, UH, IT IS TAXPAYER MONEY.
AND, UH, AND IN THIS DAY AND AGE, AS I CONTINUE TO SAY, AND I LOOK OVER TO OUR NEIGHBORS, UH, OVER ANAHEIM AND WHAT'S RECENTLY HAPPENED WITH INDICTMENTS AND WHAT HAVE YOU YES.
AND THEIR BUSINESS CHAMBER VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
BUT, UH, YEAH, THANK YOU FOR, FOR DOING THIS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DARREN? I JUST COMMENT TOO, TO SAY THAT I AGREE WITH, UH, BOTH, UH, JOSE AND STEVE, AND I THINK THIS IS KIND OF FORTUITOUS THAT, THAT WE'RE BUNDLING THESE TWO THINGS TOGETHER, THE CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE AND THEN THE, AND THE, AND THE FORMATION OF THIS, OF THE, WHAT YOU CALL IT, AGAIN, THE FOUNDATION, ONLY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T FORESEE WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW BACK WHEN THE MONEY WAS SQUIRRELED AWAY YES.
AND NOW WE SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHAT WITH THE FIRE CONTRACT AND THESE OTHER ISSUES COMING UP.
SO HOW PERFECT AND COMPLIMENTARY IS THAT, THAT THE FOUNDATION CAN HELP PERHAPS FUND SOME OF THESE CENTENNIAL WE'RE HOPING FESTIVITIES.
SO YEAH, I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON THAT AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ROSE OR STEVE
UH, MR. MAYOR, I UNFORTUNATELY
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HAVE HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF WORKING WITH A FOUNDATION, UM, THAT WAS NOT OPERATED PROPERLY, CAUSED THE CITY, UH, THAT I WORKED WITH A LOT OF GRIEF, SORRY, A LOT OF BAD PRESS.AND SO I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT THE FOUNDATION.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO, UM, BECAUSE THIS ISN'T THE CITY THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT,
UM, I'M WORRIED ABOUT, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED EARLY ON WITH THIS COMMUNITY WAS THAT THIS FOUNDATION DECIDED BECAUSE THEY WERE RAISING THE MONEY, THEY SHOULD BE, UH, RESPONSIBLE FOR SAYING WHERE IT WAS SPENT.
IT WASN'T RESTRICTED BY GRANT, IT WAS JUST MONEY THAT WAS RAISED.
AND THEN THEY WERE DICTATING TO THE COUNCIL HOW THEY WANTED THE MONEY SPENT.
AND AT SOME POINTS, THE FOUNDATION BOARD GOT TO BE, UH, WAY OUTTA CONTROL.
AND AT ONE POINT WAS INVESTIGATED, SO I DON'T WANT TO GO THERE AGAIN.
SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS MOVE FORWARD THE, THE COMMITTEE AND HOLD BACK ON THE FOUNDATION TILL WE GET A LITTLE MORE STRUCTURE IN WRITING SO THAT WE'LL ALL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT IT AND FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH CONTROL THAT IT WON'T GO OFF THE TRACKS.
CERTAINLY WE CAN DO THAT IF THAT'S COUNCIL'S DESIRE.
UM, IT'S A, IT DOES HAVE TO BE AN INDEPENDENT BODY, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE SAFEGUARDS ARE IN PLACE, THAT THE CITY IS JUST A SAFETY NET, THAT, UM, THE CITY CAN'T NECESSARILY CONTROL IT ANYWAYS UNLESS THE CITY WANTS TO ESTABLISH IT, WHERE THE COUNCIL PEOPLE ARE ALL ON THE BOARD, BUT THEN IT BECOMES A VERY POLITICAL ORGANIZATION AND MAYBE EVEN MORE TOUGH TO, TO FIND DONATIONS.
SO WE CAN BRING BACK TO, TO YOU, UM, ANY BYLAWS OR, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, IN OTHER WAYS THE SIZE.
AND INSTEAD OF HAVING THE, UM, NONPROFIT ITSELF ESTABLISH THOSE STAFF CAN DO THAT AND BRING 'EM TO YOU IF YOU'D LIKE.
AND THEN WE HAVE, INSTEAD OF HAVING THEM HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT, THIS BOARD CAN DO THAT.
SO AS YOU SAID ABOUT, ABOUT HAVING THE CITY NOT BEING INVOLVED AND HAVING HIM INDEPENDENTLY OPERATED, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, READING THE STAFF REPORT, IS IT SAY, WILL YOU APPOINT THE TREASURER, PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY? JUST THE INITIAL EXECUTIVE BOARD.
SO, SO I WONDER IF WE SHOULD TAKE THAT AND JUST HAVE IT BE DIRECTED BY JUST, OR APPOINTED BY THE ACTUAL COMMITTEE THEMSELVES.
MAYBE IF THAT JUST TAKES A LITTLE BIT MORE OUT OF THAT IN TRANSPARENCY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK WE CAN DO THAT? THE, SO WHAT HAPPENS WITH LEGALZOOM AND OR WHEN YOU FILE YOUR DOCUMENTATION, YOU HAVE TO INITIATE THOSE.
SO I THINK IT'S ME AS THE PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW, KIM AS THE SECRETARY OR TREASURER AND ANOTHER STAFF PERSON, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GIVE SOMETHING INTO LEGALZOOM.
AND SO FROM THERE WE FIGURED WE CAN THEN APPOINT THREE PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST HEAVILY INVOLVED RIGHT NOW, BUT AREN'T POLITICALLY MOTIVATED OR CAPITALIZED WITHIN OUR GROUP.
UM, SO I, 'CAUSE I DO, I WANT, I I DON'T WANNA BE INVESTIGATED.
DICK JONES, DO YOU HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT THAT HAVING, UH, MEMBERS OF A STAFF SET UP AS A BOARD? WELL, AGAIN, INITIALLY THEY CAN SET UP AS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD JUST TO CREATE THE FORMATION, BUT THE ONGOING NATURE OF THE ORGANIZATION HAS TO BE SEPARATE FROM THE CITY.
SO YOU COULD, YOU COULD DO IT AS A FIRST STEP.
UM, I WOULD SAY THAT I, I DO SHARE, UH, MR. SIMONIA'S CONCERNS HAVING GONE THROUGH THIS BEFORE IN OTHER COMMUNITIES WHERE THE PRIVATE SECTOR PORTION OF THE BOARD GOT TO THE POINT WHERE THEY VIEWED THE MONEY THEY WERE RAISING AS THEIR MONEY, AND IT CREATED A CONFLICT BETWEEN THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE BOARD WITH RESPECT TO GIVING DIRECTION ON HOW THE MONEY WAS TO BE SPENT.
THAT'S, AND IT IS JUST PART OF HUMAN NATURE.
I SUSPECT THAT THAT CAN CAN'T OCCUR, UH, THAT THAT IS A VERY REAL PROBLEM.
BUT AS FAR AS THE INITIAL FORMATION, I THINK KELLY'S DOING A GOOD JOB IN STARTING IT OUT.
LET ME GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP FOR THE PUBLIC WE CAN HERE TO HAVE THEM CHIME IN ON THIS ITEM.
ANYBODY WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION? PLEASE COME UP AT THIS TIME.
LET'S SEE IF I CAN'T BREAK AT THIS TIME.
WOULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? DOUG GIMM.
UH, HAD TO LEAVE THE AMERICAN LEGION MEETING TONIGHT TO BE HERE.
UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF, UM, COMMENTS.
UM, RIGHT IN THE, UM, AGENDA THAT WAS PASSED OUT.
UM, IT STATES, UM, THAT THIS WOULD BE FUNDRAISING TO SUPPLEMENT
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OR REPLACE GENERAL FUND RESOURCES, FUNDRAISING TO REPLACE GENERAL FUND RESOURCES.SO I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A, OF A STRUGGLE WITH THAT.
UM, AND THEN AFTER THE CENTENNIAL, IT'S NOT GONNA END.
SO I HAD PREPARED SOMETHING, BUT I'D RATHER JUST SPEAK, UH, I'VE BEEN FUNDRAISING IN THIS TOWN FOR 40 YEARS, 45 YEARS.
IT'S NOT EASY AT ALL FOR PTAS, FOR BOY SCOUTS, FOR, UH, A Y S O, FOR WHOEVER.
EVERYBODY'S OUT THERE FUNDRAISING.
AND IF THE CITY'S GONNA GO OUT NOW AND START FUNDRAISING FOR THE CENTENNIAL, HOW IS THIS GONNA AFFECT ALL OF THESE OTHER NON-PROFITS IN LAHABRA LARGE AND SMALL? AND I JUST, I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT BEFORE YOU MAKE YOUR DECISION.
AND KELLY AND I HAVE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, AND I THINK IF WE'RE WRITING GRANTS AND GETTING MONEY FROM OUTSIDE OF LAHABRA, THAT'S GREAT.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S A WIN-WIN.
BUT IF WE'RE TAKING MONEY THAT'S ALREADY INSIDE LAHABRA, IN MY OPINION, THERE'S A FINITE AMOUNT AND THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER REALLY GOOD ORGANIZATIONS THAT NEED IT.
SO I THINK YOU SHOULD JUST BE REALLY, REALLY CAREFUL, UM, ABOUT TAKING MONEY THAT COULD BE GOING TO OTHER NONPROFITS AND PUTTING IT TO A CITY NONPROFIT.
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE COME UP AT THIS TIME, CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? SORRY, I'M LITTLE.
UM, UH, THE FIRST THING I HAVE TO UH, UM, MENTION IS THAT I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN INCLUDE SOMEBODY FROM THE LA HABRA ART WALK.
WE, IM PRI VERY PIVOTAL WITH ALL OF THE ART THAT'S IN THE COMMUNITY THE PAST 10 YEARS WITH LOVE LA HABRA AND SOMALI FESTIVAL AND THE ART WALK AND PUTTING ART IN THE COMMUNITY WITH THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND THE SCHOOLS.
I'M HOPING THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERATION FOR ONE OF US ON THE LA HABRA ART WALK.
AND THEN TWO, I WAS PART OF A NONPROFIT THAT WENT AWRY.
LIKE, UM, COUNCILMAN SIMON HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT WAS, UM, FUNNY DEALINGS WITH MONEY.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S NOT GONNA, THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, ABSOLUTELY NOT.
BUT I'M WORRIED ABOUT, SAME THING WITH, UH, UH, DOUG HAD MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, MONEY JUST BEING PUT IN AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS IN HERE THAT HAS AN A REALLY HARD TIME RAISING MONEY.
AND THE LAST THING IS, IF YOU DO SET UP A NONPROFIT, THERE'S A PERSON, KELLY IN THE COMMUNITY, SHE HAS HELPED, UH, REESTABLISH THE CHAMBER AND REVAMP THEIR STUFF THROUGH A NONPROFIT FOR THE, UM, COLLABORATIVE AND MANY OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND HELP THE CITY WITH GRANTS.
SO I CAN GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION.
JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW, UM, I'LL CALL YOU LATER ON OR TOMORROW, BUT THANK YOU.
THAT'S MICHELLE BEIER, UH, CITY CLERK FOR THE RECORD.
ANYBODY ELSE PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND CALL FOR, UM, DIRECTION FROM OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HERE.
MR. MAYOR, WHAT I WOULD, UH, OFFER IS TO APPROVE, UH, THE, UM, FORMATION OF A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION AD HOC PLANNING COMMITTEE TO ASSIST WITH THE PLANNING FOR THE CITY'S 100 YEAR BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION THAT WILL OCCUR IN 2025 AND ASK THAT STAFF GO BACK AND PROVIDE, UM, MORE CODIFIED INFORMATION REGARDING THE NONPROFIT FOUNDATION TO ASSIST WITH THAT FUNDRAISING EFFORT.
AND MR. MAYOR, I WOULD SECOND THAT IF IT'S OKAY.
SO I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE JUST VOTING TO APPROVE A COMMITTEE, THAT'S IT.
NO FINANCES APPROVED OR ANYTHING ELSE, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
COME BACK WITH A, OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THE ITEM PASSES FIVE ZERO UNANIMOUSLY.
RHONDA, THANK YOU TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO TESTIFIED.
WE NOW GO TO, I BELIEVE IT'S THE COMMUNITY CALENDAR, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
[ MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR:]
COMMUNITY CALENDAR.UH, THIS SATURDAY, GIVE BACK THE COMMUNITY AND BE PART OF THE LAW OF LAHABRA ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, UH, A DAY OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE WHERE EACH CAN DEMONSTRATE HOW AND WHY LAHABRA IS KNOWN AS A CARING COMMUNITY.
WE WILL BE MEETING AT PORTOLA PARK THIS SATURDAY AT 8:00 AM THEN BREAK OFF INTO DIFFERENT WORK GROUPS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT TOWN.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL 5 6 2 3 3 4200 OR VISIT WWW.LOVE LAHABRA.COM.
UH, ALSO THE SAME DAY FOR OUR 2023 INNER CO COASTAL CLEANUP DAY, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, UH, FROM 8:00 AM TO 12 NOON, VOLUNTEERS ARE INVITED TO HELP REMOVE TRASH AND DEBRIS FROM PORTIONS OF COYOTE CREEK CHANNEL AS PART OF THE KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY, KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY CLEAN.
WE'RE GONNA BE MEETING AT COTA
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COYOTE CREEK BIKE TRAIL, 2000 WEST IMPERIAL HIGHWAY, RIGHT NEXT TO THE AT T STORE ON THE CORNER OF BEACH AND IMPERIAL HIGHWAY.FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL LYDIA RAMIREZ AT FIVE SIX TWO THREE THREE FOUR ONE ZERO.
HEY, JUST AROUND THE CORNER, DON'T FORGET THE ANNUAL CORN FESTIVAL.
IT'S IN OCTOBER, OCTOBER 13, 14 AND 15.
AT LIONS EL CENTRAL PARK, THERE'S GONNA BE NUMEROUS RIDES, ATTRACTIONS, GAMES, CRAFT BOOTS, FOOD VENDORS, LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, AND FRESH CORN.
AND DON'T FORGET, THE CORN FESTIVAL PARADE BEGIN AT NINE 30, UH, BEGINNING AT L L G AND WORKING ITS WAY DOWN THE HABER BOULEVARD.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE CHAIRMAN OF THIS EVENT, RANDY MCMILLAN AT 5 6 2 4 5 8 1 7 7 3 KIDS NIGHT OUT MONSTER MASH KIDS NIGHT OUT, UH, RESUMED ON OCTOBER 20TH AT THE LAHABRA COMMUNITY CENTER.
FROM SIX TO 10:00 PM YOU MUST PRE-REGISTER.
AND PLEASE CALL OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR MORE INFORMATION.
AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4200, GET RID OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD HA HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WEIGHTS.
THE CITY OF THE HARBOR, C R R WILL BE HOSTING THEIR, UH, BIANNUAL HAZARDOUS HOUSEHOLDS WASTE EVENT.
IT'LL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21ST FROM 8:00 AM TO 12:00 PM AT FIVE 12 WEST MOUNTAIN VIEW AVENUE.
CALL THAT NUMBER THERE, FIVE SIX TWO SIX NINE FOUR THREE SEVEN THREE OH OR 1-818-667-FOUR 2 8 8 5 0.
AND JUST AS A WORD OF CAUTION, EVERYBODY TAKES THE EARLY APPOINTMENTS, SO USUALLY ABOUT 10:00 AM YOU CAN GET IN WITHOUT A WAIT AT ALL.
NEXT, UH, ITEM IS THE HABRA COMMUNITY.
UH, OPEN HOUSE IS COMING BACK AGAIN ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28TH, FROM 10 TO 2:00 PM THE LAHABRA POLICE DEPARTMENT CITY HALL STAFF WILL MEET, UM, COME OUT AND ENJOY THIS GREAT EVENT.
UM, FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL 5 6 2 3 3 4200.
ARE WE GONNA BE DOWN LAHABRA BOULEVARD AGAIN THIS YEAR? OKAY, WE'RE GONNA BE DOWN LAHABRA BOULEVARD.
SO WE'LL SEE EVERYBODY, UH, ON OCTOBER 28TH FROM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM AND WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION AS THE DATE BECOMES CLOSER.
HEY, JOIN US AT OUR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS, AMY, ON THE SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY OF THE MONTH.
AND THEN OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES, UH, COMMISSION MEETS ON THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH AT 6:30 PM IN FACT, BOTH MEETINGS MEET AT 6:30 PM RIGHT HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
WE HAVE SEVERAL OPENINGS HERE AT THE LAHABRA, UM, CITY OF LAHABRA.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THEIR OPENINGS, PLEASE CALL WW OR PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT WWW DOT LAHABRA UH, G UH.GOV OR CALL 5 6 2 3 3 4 0 7 9.
HEY, JUST A REMINDER, PLEASE, PLEASE CONSERVE WATER YOUR IRRIGATION TIMES.
UH, NO LAWN IRRIGATION SHOULD TAKE PLACE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 10:00 AM 4:00 PM DON'T BE WASHING DOWN THE SURFACES AS SIDEWALKS AND DRIVEWAYS.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO CONSERVE WATER, PLEASE GO TO WWW.LAHABRA.GOV OR CALL 5 6 2 3 3 4 1 7 0 AND ASK FOR JIM SADRO.
OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES OUR, UH, UH, COMMUNITY CALENDAR.
WE NOW GO TO COMMENTS FROM OUR STAFF.
[ COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS:]
COUNCIL MAYORS, WE'LL START WITH ROSE DAY ROSE.YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING HOW, UH, WE LEARN THAT THINGS ARE NOT BLACK AND WHITE.
THERE ARE SHADES OF GRAY ISSUES AND PUBLIC POLICIES OR COMPLICATED.
I LEARNED THINGS TONIGHT WITH REGARD TO THIS PARTNERSHIP, THEORETICALLY BETWEEN THE CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE AND THE FOUNDATION.
AND AS COUNCIL MEMBER SIMONIAN EXPRESSED, THERE'S LIFE EXPERIENCE THERE THAT TELLS US THAT FOUNDATIONS HAVE GONE SOUTH IN THE PAST AND THEY POSE THESE THREATS AND HAZARDS ON THE FACE OF IT.
AND EVEN DOUG GIBBONS SAYS SOMETHING LIKE, YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT'S TO RAISE MONEY IN LA HABRA.
AND YOU KNOW, DOUG, I GET THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY UP HERE HAS AN IDEA HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO RAISE MONEY.
SO THE IDEA THAT THAT'S GONNA BE SOME KIND OF A MAGIC, YOU KNOW, WAND THAT IS WAIVED, AND THERE'S A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE CENTENNIAL.
YOU'RE RIGHT, THAT'S GONNA BE ONE HECK OF A CHALLENGE.
SO I GUESS I LIKE THE APPROACH THIS COUNCIL'S ADOPTING BY TAKING A MEASURED INCREMENTAL APPROACH, FORMING THE COMMITTEE, TAKING A LOOK AT BETTER LANGUAGE TO SEE WHAT KIND OF CONSTRAINTS WE CAN DRAW ON THE FOUNDATION.
I THINK THAT'S ALL VERY BENEFICIAL.
SO I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES AND ALL THOSE WHO SPOKE ON THESE ISSUES.
UH, FINALLY, I WANNA THANK THE LIONS SINCE WE HAVE SOME LIONS HERE.
YOU KNOW, THIS VISION THING THAT, THAT THE LIONS CLUB DID AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB ON SEPTEMBER 9TH WAS MAGNIFICENT.
THE LIONS CLUB, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GREATER LIONS ORGANIZATION, PROVIDED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH FREE EYEGLASSES, FREE EXAMS. THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF THAT A LOT OF KIDS AND ADULTS, UH, WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO AFFORD.
AND EVEN THOSE OF US WITH GOOD VISION
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PLANS SOMETIMES CAN'T AFFORD IT.SO I JUST WANNA GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT, AND THANKS TO THE LIONS WHO MADE THAT WORK, THEY, THEY WORKED REALLY HARD ON THAT AND, AND THEY DID A WORLD OF GOOD.
AND MY FINAL COMMENT IS I JUST WANNA EXPRESS, UH, HOW HEARTBROKEN I WAS AT THE LOSS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, SHERIFF'S DEPUTY, UH, DEPUTY CLINK BROOMER.
UH, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE SEEN MY POST ON FACEBOOK AND SAY HOW RELIEVED AND OVERJOYED I AM AT THE HARD WORK OF A, OF THOSE DETECTIVES THAT WOUND UP MAKING AN ARREST IN THAT CASE.
SO, AS I SAID, THEN I'LL SAY AGAIN, NOW IS THE TIME FOR JUSTICE.
AND MY HEARTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO, UH, NOT ONLY HIS PARTNERS, BUT OF COURSE HIS FAMILY.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MR. MAYOR.
UH, UH, ALONG THE LINES OF OUR, UH, OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS, WANTED TO THANK OUR POLICE CHIEF IN THE LAHABRA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, THIS PAST FRIDAY, THE, UH, HELD AN EVENT OVER AT THE MOUNT WOOD PARK AREA FOR THE, UH, RESIDENTS OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, PREDOMINANTLY LATINO NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, UH, IN HONOR OF, UH, HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.
UH, THEY PUT ON, UH, UH, TACOS, CIA TACOS WITH A COP FOR SOME OR TACOS WITH POLICE OFFICERS.
IT WAS A VERY WELL ATTENDED EVENT BY THE COMMUNITY.
THEY HAD A GREAT TIME, UH, HOW MANY, UH, HOW MANY RESIDENTS, UH, SHARED WITH US, HOW, HOW GREAT IT WAS FOR THEM TO INTERACT WITH OUR POLICE OFFICERS, LITERALLY, UH, INTERACTING WITH OUR POLICE OFFICERS.
IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE KIDS PLAYING, UH, PLAYING SOCCER, PLAYING OTHER, UH, GAMES.
UH, THEY HAD, UH, CORNHOLE GAMES OUT THERE.
AND OF COURSE, THE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS, UH, DOING WHAT, UH, PART OF WHAT THEY DO BEST, UH, OTHER THAN CATCH CRIMINALS AND HELP PEOPLE.
THEY WERE, UH, INTERACTING, COLLABORATING WITH OUR KIDS AND OUR, UH, AND, AND OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, ALSO, UH, FOR OUR, UH, LIONS CLUB, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN.
I KNOW DOUG, UH, GIM, UH, YOU'RE A PART OF LIONS, KATHERINE BADAMI, UH, YOUR WIFE ALSO, AND THE REST OF THE LIONS THAT ARE HERE AS WELL.
AND THOSE THAT ARE, AS I ALWAYS SAY, UH, ON, ON TV, LAND AND OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO.
UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THE GIFT OF EYESIGHT IS HUGE.
UH, ONE, UH, AND, UH, TWO, UH, WHAT YOU DO THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.
YOU'RE OUT THERE EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE, UH, AT, AT THE LA HABRA FOOTBALL STADIUM, UH, FOR OUR, UH, FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.
NOT ONLY THERE, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT THE CORN FESTIVAL, UH, YOU'VE GOT A BUNCH OF OTHER EVENTS THAT YOU DO.
UH, AND, UH, YOU DON'T ASK FOR ANYTHING IN RETURN.
OH, WELL, ACTUALLY, YOU DO, YOU ASK FOR PEOPLE TO BUY THE, UH, UH, YEAH, THE FUNNEL CAKES.
UH, SO, AND THEY'RE GREAT FUNNEL CAKES AT THAT.
SO YEAH, THEY, THEY'RE DELICIOUS.
I WANTED TO, UH, CLOSE IN MEMORY OF, UH, MY UNCLE WHO RECENTLY PASSED AWAY.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE BURIED HIM LAST WEEK.
HIS NAME IS, UH, ALDO ORKO, UH, 91 YEARS OLD.
UH, MY, UH, MY MOM'S, UH, BROTHER-IN-LAW, UH, WHO WE, UH, WHO WE LOST, UH, A FEW WEEKS BACK, AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA MISS HIM DEARLY.
AND, UH, JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ONE THERE, MR. MAYOR.
AND OUTSIDE OF THAT, THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
UM, I, I JUST WANT TO COMMENT THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT'S COME A LONG WAY.
IT USED TO BE DONUTS IN THE COPS.
NOW IT'S JUST TACOS IN THE COPS.
I SHOULD HAVE STUCK AROUND A FEW MORE YEARS.
UM, I DID WANT TO TELL A STORY ABOUT, UM, SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED TO ME THIS LAST WEEK.
I WAS OUT OF THE COUNTRY AND, UM, I GOT A PHONE CALL THAT THE CITY MANAGER WANTED TO SPEAK TO ME.
SO I CALLED IN AND TO FIND OUT THAT THIS NEW WATER METER SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE SHOWED THAT MY HOME HAD THE WATER RUNNING FOR OVER 30 HOURS WITHOUT BEING SHUT OFF.
AND, UM, OBVIOUSLY I WAS SHOCKED,
SO I HAD A NEIGHBOR, UH, RUN OVER FOR ME AND TAKE A LOOK, AND IT'S THE NEIGHBOR THAT TAKES CARE OF MY HOUSE WHEN I DO LEAVE.
AND, UH, SHE HAD TURNED ON A SOAKER HOSE TO WATER MY VEGETABLE GARDEN AND FORGOT TO SHUT IT OFF.
BUT WHAT A MARVELOUS THING THAT WE HAVE ARE THE SMART METERS THAT TELL YOU WHEN YOU'VE LEFT WATER RUNNING OR WHEN A PIPE BREAKS.
UH, SO I, UH, WAS SO PLEASANTLY SURPRISED.
I'M SURE THAT I HAD, UH, SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE REST OF US IN APPROVING THESE METERS, BUT IT DIDN'T MEAN ANYTHING UNTIL THIS HAPPENED.
AND I'M GOING, WOW, THIS IS REALLY GREAT.
SO THANK YOU, UH, JIM, AND THANK YOU ELIAS, UH, FOR THE, UH, ADDED
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SERVICE THAT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT WE HAD, BUT IN AN EFFORT TO SAVE WATER.AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, THE MAYOR TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.
UH, THIS CERTAINLY WOULD GO A LONG WAY IN HELPING DO THAT.
YOU ARE NOW OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED AS A WATER WASTER.
UM, I GUESS ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY, I GUESS IT'S UP TO ME NOW.
I HAVE, UM, CERTAINLY WANNA THANK THE LIONS CLUB AT WAS HIGH OPENING, LITERALLY THAT EYEGLASS, UH, UH, UH, EVENT WAS OVER THE TOP.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE BEING SERVICED.
AND WHAT REALLY CAUGHT MY ATTENTION IS HOW MANY STUDENTS NOW THAT ARE IN SCHOOL WILL ACTUALLY GA BE ABLE TO SEE, AND HOW MUCH THAT'S GONNA HELP 'EM WHEN THEY GO TO SCHOOL.
THAT IS JUST ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
IT COST THEM ABSOLUTELY 0, 0, 0.
OVER 200, OVER 250, 250 PEOPLE.
SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
IN FACT, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING THE ALLIANCE CLUB MEMBERS INTO A FUTURE MEETING JUST TO THANK THEM PERSONALLY, GIVING 'EM A CERTIFICATE FOR THAT.
THAT'S ABSOLUTELY OVER THE TOP, AND I WANT TO THANK 'EM FOR THAT.
UM, I ALSO DO WANNA RECOG OR MENTION, UH, THE SYMPHONY.
WE HAD NEVER BROUGHT A SYMPHONY FROM PACIFIC.
UH, SYMPATHY, SYM, SYMPATHY SYMPHONY THAT CAME OUT THIS LAST SATURDAY.
THEY HAVE A MOBILE UNIT THAT COMES OUT, AND IT WAS A FANTASTIC EVENT.
DIDN'T COST A CITY, NOT ONE DIME.
THEY COME OUT, THEY PLAYED, THEY EDUCATED THE CROWD ABOUT, ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE PLAYING, THE HISTORY OF THE SONG.
AND WE HAD LIKE 140 PEOPLE THERE.
IT WAS A REALLY NEAT, NEAT, NEAT EVENT.
SO KELLY AND YOUR STAFF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR THAT AS WELL.
UM, COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS I I DO WANNA MENTION IS, UH, WE LOST A COUPLE PEOPLE, AND I'LL BE CLOSING IN THEIR MEMORY OF MANUEL CETO.
OUR, UH, MANUEL, UH, PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 95 YEARS OLD.
HE LIVED ON FOURTH STREET IN ROSE, MAY NOT REC, MAY RECOGNIZE HIM.
THERE WERE NEIGHBORS TO THE SANTANA FOR MANY YEARS DOWN THERE.
AND, UH, HE PASSED AWAY TODAY.
SO OUR CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO HIS DAUGHTER, UH, GLORIA AND ELLA, UH, WHO NOW LIVE RIGHT BY LAHABRA HIGH SCHOOL, 95 YEARS OLD, WHAT AMAZING LIFE HE LIVED.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE, MICHAEL WEST, WHO HAD LIVED, LIVED UP IN THE AREA OF, UH, SACRAMENTO, UH, WAS VERY CLOSE TO THIS AREA.
HE PASSED AWAY ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO.
AND OUR CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO THE WEST AND THE CANARD FAMILY, AND ALSO ONE, A LEGEND, JOHN LASCARI, WHO STARTED LASCARI, PASSED AWAY.
I GOT TO ATTEND HIS MEMORIAL, AND ALSO THEY HELD A SPECIAL RIBBON CUTTING.
AND I WAS HONORED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
JOHN LUSCAR, SARI'S GOTTA START ACTUALLY IN LA HABRA ON WHITTIER BOULEVARD.
THEY STARTED IN 1970 AND THEY USED TO BE MARIO'S DELI AND A LITTLE MARKET THERE ON, ON WHITTIER BOULEVARD.
AND THEN THEY DECIDED TO MOVE AND BECOME THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS.
AND, AND, UH, THEY OPENED UP AND THEY JUST BECAME VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL.
THEY DO OUR MAYOR'S PREP BREAKFAST EVERY YEAR.
THEY SERVE, UH, THE FOOD FOR THAT.
UH, THEY LEAVE BEHIND, UH, HIS WIFE GAIL.
UM, 20 GRANDCHILDREN, 21, GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, SEVEN CHILDREN.
UH, AGAIN, THE LASCARI, UH, FAMILY.
AND JOHN WAS TRULY A LEGEND, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN A MEMORY OF HIM.
SO, WITH THAT, LET ME GET MY NOTES HERE.
WHERE IS MY NOTES HERE? MY GOODNESS, MY GOD.
UH, THE MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED TO MONDAY, OCTOBER 2ND, 2023 AT 5:30 PM IN THE CITY COUNCIL.
CLOSED SESSION ROOM ONE 12 AT 100 WEST LAHA BOULEVARD, FOLLOWED BY THE REGULAR MEETING AT SIX 30, UH, PM IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
THE MEMORY, THE ADMITTING MEETING IS ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF RONALDO.
UH, HELP ME OUT WITH THE LAST NAME OR SR.
UM, MANUEL SALCEDO, MICHAEL WEST AND JOHN LASCARI.