* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] SOMEBODY. ALRIGHT ON THE CALL ORDER THE [ CALL TO ORDER: Council Chamber INVOCATION: City Attorney Jones PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Councilmember Medrano ROLL CALL: Mayor Nigsarian Mayor Pro Tem Espinoza Councilmember Gomez Councilmember Medrano Councilmember Surich] REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA OF MAY 20TH, 2024. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT IT IS NOW 6:30 PM AND THAT ALL COUNCILS MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. THE INDICATION THIS EVENING WILL BE GIVEN BY CITY ATTORNEY JONES, FOLLOWED BY THE S**T, LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MADANO. ASK YOU TO PLEASE, UH, STAND BY YOUR HEADS. UH, DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE'RE GRATEFUL TO COME THIS EVENING BEFORE YOU. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS WE RECEIVED BY READING RESIDENTS AND LIVING AND WORKING IN THIS WONDERFUL CITY OF LAHARA. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS THE CITY RECEIVED. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WORK AND SUPPORT OUR, OUR COMMUNITY. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE WONDERFUL PARKS AND FACILITIES WE HAVE THAT ALL OF US CAN ENJOY. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL AND THE WISDOM AND INSIGHT THAT THEY HAVE, THAT THEY WILL DO THAT WHICH IS BEST FOR ALL LAHARA. AND WE SAY THESE THINGS HUMBLY AND BY NAME. AMEN. AMEN. THANKS THE FLAG OF OUR COUNTRY. REPEAT AFTER ME. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN INDIVISIBLE, WITH THE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR, FOR ALL. THANK YOU. CITY ATTORNEY JONES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MEDRANO. WILL THE CITY CLERK PLEASE CALL ROLE? THANK YOU MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER SAGE HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER MEDRANO. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ. HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM ESPINOZA. HERE. MAYOR NICK SIAN HERE. THANK YOU ALL IN ATTENDANCE. MAY I INQUIRE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY IF THERE'S ANY CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT? NO ANNOUNCEMENTS. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, SO WE, [ CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT: PROCLAMATIONS/PRESENTATIONS:] UH, HEAD TO PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS. I'D LIKE TO ASK ALL MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN EVERYONE DOWN HERE IN FRONT OF THE PODIUM. THE FIRST ONE'S GOING TO BE NATIONAL POLICE WEEK. SEE YOU DOWN THERE. COME ON UP, ALL OF YOU GUYS. COME ON UP. COME JOIN US. PLEASE, SIR. PLEASE, PLEASE. SO, YES, THIS WILL BE A PROCLAMATION OF MAY 12TH THROUGH THE 18TH, 2024 AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK IN THE CITY OF LAHABRA. AND WE HAVE HERE POLICE CHIEF ADAM FOSTER, AND WE'VE GOT THE PROCLAMATION RIGHT THERE. HOLD THAT AND UP HERE, GUYS. EVERYBODY EVERYBODY BRING IT IN. BRING IT IN. HERE WE GO. HERE LEMME STAND UP HERE SO YOU DON'T COVER ME COMPLETELY. THERE WE GO. OKAY. YEAH, HE IS. I'LL BE OVER YOUR RIGHT SHOULDER. PHOTO OFF FIRST. OH, HERE YOU GO. RIGHT HERE. PERFECT. READY? 1, 2, 3. PERFECT. A FEW WORDS FROM THE CHIEF. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. I'D JUST LIKE TO MENTION IN YOU GUYS GOTTA STAY UP. IN 1962, PRESIDENT KENNEDY DECLARED MAY 15TH AS NATIONAL PEACE OFFICER MEMORIAL DAY. SINCE THAT TIME, THE WEEK MAY 15TH FALLS IS CONSIDERED NATIONAL POLICE WEEK. AS THIS POLICE WEEK COMES TO A CLOSE, WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE 138 OFFICERS WHO PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR OF 2023. WE'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE HABER POLICE OFFICER MICHAEL AIO, WHO WAS FATALLY INJURED OCTOBER 31ST, 1994, WHEN A DRUNK DRIVER RAN A RED LIGHT AND SMASHED TO HIS POLICE VEHICLE. OFFICER AIO WAS JUST 26 YEARS OLD AND HAD JUST COMPLETED HIS FIRST YEAR AS A POLICE OFFICER. EVEN THOUGH THESE TRAGEDIES ARE PAINFUL MEMORIES, IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE NEVER FORGET OUR HEROES AND THEY REMEMBER THE SACRIFICE THEY MADE FOR ALL OF US. SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNSEL. AND BEFORE YOU GUYS GO, I HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF INTERACTION WITH FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY AS MAYOR, AND A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR, UH, THE WAY THEY FEEL ABOUT THE POLICE AND THE WAY THE POLICE FEEL ABOUT THEM. I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THE INCREDIBLY POSITIVE REACTIONS I GET FROM THE PEOPLE OUT THERE ON THE STREET. THEY SAY, GOD, WE LOVE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND I SAID, LEMME TELL YOU SOMETHING. THEY LOVE YOU BACK. THEY FEEL THEY'RE A MEMBER. THEY'RE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY. AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A TWO-WAY. STATE OF AFFECTION. YOU GUYS ARE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB. AND ON THE BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT WE SHALL PROCLAIM MAY 19TH THROUGH 25TH, 2024 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IN THE CITY OF LA HARBOR. WHERE'S OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR? OH, HERE WE GO. ALL VERY GOOD. HERE YOU GO. THERE'S YOUR PROCLAMATION. CONGRATULATIONS FOR THAT. THE MAYOR STAND RIGHT HERE. ME, I DON'T STEP ANYBODY'S FOOT. NO, THAT'S FINE. ALL RIGHT. BOUNCE OUT [00:05:01] HERE. HE'S GONNA TAKE A PICTURE. NOBODY WANTS A PICTURE. NOBODY WANTS NOBODY. ONLY THE COP. THERE WE GO. DAVIN WANTS A PICTURE. THERE WE GO. ONE, TWO, GO. GOT IT. YOU GOT IT ALL. ALRIGHT, TAKE ONE. RIGHT HERE. READY? 1, 2, 3. ALRIGHT, A FEW WORDS REAL QUICK. SURE. ON BEHALF OF PUBLIC WORKS, UH, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PROCLAIMING, UH, THIS WEEK NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK. UH, IT RECOGNIZES ALL THE HARD WORK, UH, THAT THE PUBLIC WORK STAFF AND YOU CAN SEE IT, UH, OUT IN THE COMMUNITY OF ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS AND ALL THE, UH, THE HARD WORK THAT WE PUT INTO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ALBERT. WE'RE GONNA RETURN TO THE DAAZ FOR THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS A PRESENTATION BY CALIFORNIA DOMESTIC WATER COMPANY. SO LET'S GO BACK UP FOR THAT. AND MR. MAYOR, I'LL BE STEPPING OFF THE DICE BECAUSE I SIT ON THEIR BOARD. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO TE AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS LINDA NORIEGA. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF CALIFORNIA DOMESTIC WATER COMPANY. WE OBVIOUSLY ARE, ARE ONE OF THE SUPPLIERS OF, OF THE WATER THAT YOU GUYS SUPPLY TO YOUR RESIDENCE. AND SO IT'S JUST, I'M JUST HERE TO GIVE AN ANNUAL UPDATE. IT, IT'S NICE TO SEE SOME NEW FACES. IT'S BEEN A COUPLE YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. UM, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. HOW SHOULD I DO WITH THE SLIDE SELECTION? OKAY, I'LL, I WILL WORK WITH DEVIN ON THAT. OKAY. NEXT SLIDE. THIS JUST PROVIDES A QUICK HIGHLIGHT OF SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH. SO WITH CALIFORNIA DOMESTIC WATER COMPANY, WE'VE BEEN EXTREMELY FOCUSED ON OUR 2020 STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVE. SO I WILL GIVE AN UPDATE REGARDING THOSE. I'LL GIVE AN UPDATE ON OUR WATER SUPPLY AND THEN ALSO THE GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS IN THE MAIN SAN GABRIEL BASIN, WHICH IS WHERE WE SUPPLY OR WHERE WE ACTUALLY PRODUCE 100% OF THE SUPPLY THAT IS SUPPLIED TO YOU GUYS. AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH, UM, THE CITY OF LAHABRA AND HOW OUR WATER OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN WITH YOU, PROJECTED WATER PURCHASES FOR YOUR CURRENT, YOUR END, AND THEN PROJECTED COST OF THOSE WATER PURCHASES. SO FOR ONE OF OUR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, ONE OF THE PRIMARY FOCUSES FOR THIS 2324 FISCAL YEAR HAS BEEN THE RECRUITMENT OF A SENIOR WATER UTILITY WORKER. WE DID HAVE A VACANCY IN 2022, WE'RE IN ONE OF OUR, OUR SERVICE WORKERS HAD, UH, MOVED ON TO A DIFFERENT WATER AGENCY. AND SO WITH THAT, WE LOOKED AT THE POTENTIAL FOR BRINGING SOMEONE IN AT ENTRY LEVEL AND OR TRYING TO REPLACE SOMEONE IN A SENIOR LEVEL. SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN REALLY FOCUSED ON FOCUSED IS RECRUITING AND ALSO RETENTION. IT HIRING HAS BECOME SO DIFFICULT IN THIS DAY AND AGE FOLLOWING POST COVID. SO NOW WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO TO BRING IN SOMEONE AT A HIGHER LEVEL WITH HIGHER LEVELS OF CERTIFICATION, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME SENIOR UTILITY WORKERS WHO ARE AT OR APPROACHING RETIREMENT, INCLUDING OUR, WHAT WE CALL OUR DIRECTOR OF WATER OPERATIONS. SO IF WE BRING SOMEONE IN AT A HIGHER LEVEL, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IF THAT PERSON COULD SUCCEED. OUR DIRECTOR OF WATER OPERATIONS, SO THIS WAS A PRIMARY FOCUS FOR OUR BOARD THIS YEAR, WAS TO BRING IN SOMEONE AT A HIGHER LEVEL. AND WE WERE ACTUALLY SUCCESSFUL. THE NEW OPERATOR WILL BE STARTING JUNE 3RD, SO JUST IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE EVERYBODY WE HAVE IN HOUSE IS AT A SENIOR WATER UTILITY WORKER LEVEL BECAUSE THEY'VE WORKED, BUT THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO MOVE INTO THAT DIRECTOR OF WATER OPERATIONS. IT JUST DOESN'T FIT THEM. THEY LIKE BEING OUT IN THE FIELD. SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THIS NEW INDIVIDUAL THAT WILL BE STARTING WITH US WILL BE, WE WILL LOOK TO THEM TO SEE IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO MOVE INTO A HIGHER LEVEL MANAGEMENT POSITION. ONCE THEY'VE GOT THEIR FEET SETTLED, IT DOES TAKE A COUPLE OF YEARS. OUR SYSTEM IS FAIRLY COMPLEX. IT'S NOT EASY. SO WE, WE ANTICIPATE PUTTING A LOT OF RESOURCES INTO THAT INDIVIDUAL TO SEE IF THEY ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUCCEED OUR DIRECTOR OF WATER OPERATIONS. UM, ANOTHER, ANOTHER INITIATIVE THAT WE HAD SLATED FOR THIS YEAR WAS LOOKING AT OUR OPERATIONS. AND FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, WE'VE BEEN A WHOLESALE AND A RETAIL PROVIDER, UM, WITH THE CITY [00:10:01] OF LA HABRA. WHEN THE MOU WAS FINALLY FINALIZED, WE TRANSFERRED ALL OF OUR REMAINING RETAIL SHAREHOLDERS TO YOUR SERVICE AREA. BUT THERE'S A BIT OF A CAVEAT WITH THAT WHEREIN WE STILL PROVIDE THOSE SHAREHOLDERS WITH A BILL IF THEY HAVE A CAL DOMESTIC SHARE. AND THEN WE TURN AROUND AND WE PAY THE CITY OF LA HABRA. SO THOSE BILLS ARE STILL IN OUR NAME. AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON IS TRYING TO BECOME A 100% WHOLESALE OPERATOR. AND IN DOING THAT, UM, WE'VE HAD TO BUY BACK SHARES FROM THOSE SHAREHOLDERS WHO WANT TO SELL AND THEN TRANSFER THEIR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF LA HABRA. SO THIS YEAR WE FOCUSED ON PUTTING TOGETHER SOMETHING WHERE WE COULD HAVE SOME FORM OF CONSTANT CONTACT BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT BEEN, UM, VERY, I WILL SAY BECAUSE OUR SYSTEMS ARE VERY PRIMITIVE IN THAT WE DON'T COLLECT EMAIL ADDRESSES, WE DON'T PROVIDE UTILITY BILLS THAT ARE ELECTRONIC. EVERYTHING WITH US IS STILL PAPER THAT WE SERVE TO THEM. SO IN DOING THAT, WE, WE OFFER AND REALLY HIGHLIGHT AND SHOWCASE SOME OF THE, THE ITEMS THAT ARE BENEFICIAL TO THEM. IF THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS, WE SAY THE CITY OF LA HABRA OFFERS THAT. SO YOU CAN TRANSFER UTILITY SERVICE OVER THERE AND RECEIVE THOSE BENEFITS, AND THEN WE WILL BUY BACK YOUR SHARE AND YOU CAN BECOME THEIR CUSTOMER. AND IN DOING THAT, WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE DONE THE SHAREHOLDER, YOU CAN SEE THERE'VE BEEN A FLYERS THAT HAVE GONE OUT IN THE BILLS AND THEY'LL ALSO DOOR HANGERS. IT JUST KEEPS IT AT THE TOP OF MIND THAT THEY CAN SELL THEIR SHARE BACK TO US AND BECOME ONE OF YOUR GUYS' PERMANENT CUSTOMERS AND, AND GET A BILL FROM YOU INSTEAD. AND SO BY DOING THAT, THIS EFFORT HAS YIELDED 19 SHARES THAT WE'VE BOUGHT BACK FROM OUR COMMON STOCK SHAREHOLDERS. AND THEN WE'VE TRANSFERRED 24 CUSTOMERS, WHICH MEANS THOSE FIVE CUSTOMERS WANTED TO KEEP THEIR SHARE OF CAL DOMESTIC STOCK, BUT THEY STILL WENT AND TRANSFERRED SERVICE TO YOU GUYS. SO THAT IS GOOD BECAUSE THAT IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST, UM, YIELD THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THIS ARENA. WE USUALLY WOULD GET TWO, THREE, MAYBE FOUR A YEAR, BUT THIS REALLY YIELDED A LOT. SO WE CAN, WE SEE THAT THE CONTACT, HAVING SOME KIND OF CONTACT WITH THE RETAIL CUSTOMER HAS BEEN BENEFICIAL. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THIS GOING FORWARD. WE STILL HAVE ABOUT 151 REMAINING RETAIL SHAREHOLDER ACCOUNTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO TRANSFER. SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK AND CHISEL THAT NUMBER AWAY SO WE CAN GET TO A 100% WHOLESALE OPERATION. AND THEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST INITIATIVES FOR THIS YEAR FOR US WAS TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE BYLAWS, WHICH REALLY SET THE TONE FOR HOW THINGS ARE GOVERNED, OUR GOVERNANCE, OUR PRACTICES, AND OUR PROCEDURES FOR HOW THINGS ARE WITHIN THE BUSINESS STRUCTURE. AND SO THESE, THESE HAD NOT BEEN LOOKED AT OR UPDATED IN ABOUT 12 YEARS OR SO. AND SO IT WAS A BIG LIFT. THERE WERE SOME SIGNIFICANT REVISIONS BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE HAD INTERNALLY. AND SO WE, WE WENT THROUGH AND DID THAT AND WE MADE SURE THAT WE WERE VERY INCLUSIVE OF OUR SHAREHOLDERS AND THEIR FEEDBACK. SO WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH, UH, JIM AND HIS TEAM TO GET THEIR COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK ON THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE PROPOSED. AND THEY HAD SOME PRETTY GOOD FEEDBACK FOR US TO GO BACK AND CONSIDER CERTAIN THINGS. WE WENT BACK, WE LOOKED AT THAT, MADE SOME ADDITIONAL REVISIONS AND GAVE THEM WHAT WE LOOKED TO BE OUR FINAL DRAFT. SO THEY'RE CURRENTLY DOING THAT. OUR BOARD WILL CONSIDER FINAL ADOPTION OF THESE AMENDMENTS IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR AT OUR ANNUAL PLANNING MEETINGS. AND THIS WILL BE A BIG AND SIGNIFICANT STEP FOR US MOVE GOING FORWARD. SO WE'RE REALLY, WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THIS ONE. NEXT I'LL GO OVER OUR WATER SUPPLY AND WHERE WE'RE AT. I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD ABOUT PFOS AND, AND WHAT IT'S DOING AND WHERE WE'RE AT WITH IT. SO CAL DOMESTIC DID HAVE PFOS. WE DO HAVE PFOS IN A NUMBER OF OUR WELLS, ONE OF THEM THAT DOES REQUIRE TREATMENT. IT'S OUR, WELL, EIGHT. AND WHAT WE OPTED TO DO WAS TO INSTALL AN ION EXCHANGE TREATMENT FACILITY FOR THE REMEDIATION OF PFAS. FROM IT. WE COMPLETED, UH, OUR CONSTRUCTION IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, AND THE TREATMENT FACILITY WILL TREAT ABOUT 3000 GALLONS PER MINUTE. TOTAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT FOR US WAS 4.6 MILLION. WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN RECEIVING A GRANT OF 2.6 MILLION FROM THE WATER QUALITY AUTHORITY. AND SO WITH THAT, UM, THE TOTAL OUT OF SHAREHOLDER, YOU KNOW, WHAT WILL BE [00:15:01] COOKED INTO OUR RATES GOING FORWARD IS ABOUT $2 MILLION. AND THEN PROJECTED ANNUAL OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE EXPENSES FOR US ARE ABOUT $450,000 PER YEAR, WHICH INCLUDES TESTING, SAMPLING, THE MEDIA USED TO TREAT, AND WHEN THAT'S FULLY EXHAUSTED, IT WILL BE CHANGED OUT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. AND THEN ALSO, UM, HAVING OUR OPERATORS GO OUT AND LOOK AT THESE FACILITIES ON A DAILY BASIS TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE OPERATING AT THEIR OPTIMAL CAPACITY. UM, CAL DOMESTIC ALSO TOOK ACTION IN NOVEMBER TO OPT INTO THE CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING FINALIZED WITH THE COURT. THERE WAS ONE THAT WAS FINALIZED WITH BOTH DUPONT AND 3M AND THERE IS ALSO A THIRD ONE THAT'S COMING FORWARD WITH TYCO. AND SO THAT'S ABOUT ANOTHER $750 MILLION, BUT THIS IS NATIONWIDE. SO IN TOTAL THERE'S ABOUT 12 TO $13 BILLION THAT WILL GO TO THE WATER PURVEYORS NATIONWIDE WHO HAVE PFAS IN THEIR SYSTEM. AND CAL DOMESTIC HAS, UM, CHOSEN AND TOOK ACTION TO OPT INTO THOSE SETTLEMENTS. SO NOW WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE ATTORNEYS TO ENSURE THAT OUR CLAIM CAN BE SUBMITTED AND WE HAVE CLAIMS THAT NEED TO BE SUBMITTED IN EARLY JUNE. WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL START SEEING SOME SETTLEMENT PAYMENTS FROM THIS SOMETIME IN THE FALL, NO LATER THAN THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, WE SHOULD START RECEIVING SOME PAYMENTS, WHICH WILL ALSO HELP WITH SOME OF THE REMEDIATION AND TREATMENT THAT WE'VE PUT IN AS WELL. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $2 MILLION IN CAPITAL INVESTMENT THAT WE ARE JUST CURRENTLY COLLECTING THROUGH RATES, BUT THIS WILL ALSO HELP WITH THAT. WE ALSO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ITEMS THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT, UH, GOING FORWARD. UM, AND THEY'RE SIGNIFICANT IN COST AS WELL. SO THIS WILL HELP WITH THAT SIGNIFICANTLY. LINDA, COULD I INTERRUPT JUST REAL QUICK. WHERE DOES, WHERE DOES PFOS COME FROM? THAT'S NOT AN, IS THAT AN ORGANIC SUBSTANCE OR IS THAT A CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE WE'VE INTRODUCED INTO THE AQUIFER? YES. IT WAS A, IT WAS, UM, IT'S NOT ORGANIC, IT'S INORGANIC. IT WAS MANMADE CHEMICAL. THEY USE IT FOR FIREFIGHTING FOAMS, IT'S PUT ON FOOD PACKAGING. IT IS REALLY EVERYWHERE, UNFORTUNATELY. I HAVE A REALLY GOOD SLIDE, I SHOULD HAVE PUT IT IN THIS, BUT A REALLY GOOD SLIDE THAT SHOWS JUST HOW IT GETS EVERYWHERE BECAUSE IT'S EVEN IN SOME OF THE PESTICIDES THAT ARE USED FOR AGRICULTURE. SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE SEEING IT GET INTO THE GROUNDWATER BASINS AS WELL. THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS. BUT THE PRIMARY ONE FOR COW DOMESTIC SEEMS TO BE FOCUSED ON SOME OF THE FIREFIGHTING FOAMS THAT WERE PUT IN THE AREA. AND THEN ALSO YOU HAVE THE LANDFILLS. ANYTHING THAT'S GOING IN THERE, THE LEACHING FROM THERE GETS INTO THE GROUNDWATER AS WELL. OKAY, INTERESTING. WANNA SHARE THAT SLIDE WITH JIM? HE COULD FORWARD IT TO US IF IT'S JUST EDUCATION. I SURE CAN. I CAN DO THAT TOMORROW. I'LL MAKE SURE I DO THAT, JIM, SO YOU CAN SEE IT. YOU, UM, SO WE PUMP 100% OF THE WATER SUPPLY THAT IS SUPPLIED TO YOU, UH, FROM THE MAIN SAN GABRIEL BASIN. AND THE MAIN SAN GABRIEL BASIN HAS ENDURED ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DROUGHTS IN THE PAST 10 YEARS. AND IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE PROBABLY HAD MORE RAINFALL, I THINK. UM, WATER MASTER AND LA COUNTY HAVE REPORTED THAT THESE LAST TWO YEARS OF RAINFALL HAVE BEEN THE TWO WETTEST CONSECUTIVE YEARS THAT THEY'VE SEEN SINCE THE LATE 18 HUNDREDS. SO YOU'RE TALKING MORE THAN 120 YEARS. UM, AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THIS. WELL, THE, THE PRIMARY FOCUS IS SEEING THAT THE LINES ARE ABOVE THAT LOWER RED LINE AND, YOU KNOW, STILL CONTINUING TO GO UP. SO THERE'S SOME SIGNIFICANCE WITH THAT. UM, CURRENT, WELL ELEVATION, GROUNDWATER ELEVATION WAS ON MAY 3RD. IT WAS 239.3 FEET. CURRENTLY IT'S OVER 240 FEET. IT'S APPROACHING 245 FEET BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL PUTTING AND SPREADING LOCAL WATER IN THE AQUIFERS THERE. AND SO I'VE BEEN DOING, I'VE BEEN IN THE BUSINESS FOR OVER 25 YEARS. THIS IS THE HIGHEST I'VE EVER SEEN THIS ELEVATION. AND SO THAT'S TELLING WHAT TWO YEARS CAN DO BECAUSE JUST A COUPLE YEARS AGO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DROUGHT AND ABOUT WHAT, UH, THE CUSTOMERS COULD DO TO SAVE AS MUCH AS THEY COULD BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE WE WERE GONNA GET OUR WATER FROM. SO THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT. SOME OF THE DETAILS BEHIND THAT, TALK ABOUT ANNUAL RAINFALL. SO FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, YOU CAN SEE WE HAD JUST OVER 28 INCHES AND 23 AND ABOUT 24 INCHES HERE IN 24. THIS WAS THROUGH APRIL. THERE'S NO TELLING, YOU CAN STILL SEE THAT IT'S COLD OUTSIDE THIS MORNING. I HAD A LITTLE BIT OF DRIZZLE AS I WAS DRIVING INTO WORK, BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE SIGNIFICANT RAIN ANYMORE. SO AVERAGE RAINFALL FOR THE YEAR IS ABOUT 18 INCHES. SO WE'RE WELL ABOVE IN BOTH YEARS. AND WHAT WE'RE MOST CONCERNED WITH IS WHAT'S CALLED THE RUNOFF. SO I INCLUDED THOSE NUMBERS THERE, [00:20:01] AND YOU CAN SEE IN 23 RUNOFF IS WHAT IS SAVED IN THE STORAGE FACILITIES FOR FUTURE GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT. AND THEN THEY SPREAD IT WITHIN THE SPREADING BASINS. AND THEN THAT'S HOW IT GETS TO THE GROUNDWATER. AND THE GROUNDWATER ELEVATION THEN RISES. IN 23, WE HAD 281,500 ACRE FEET, WHICH IS 256% OF AVERAGE. THAT WAS SIGNIFICANT. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT FROM LAST YEAR WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT CLIMB. IF YOU LOOK AT JUNE OF 23 ON LAST YEAR OR ON THE MAP, WE WERE AT 169 FEET AND NOW WE'RE WELL OVER 240 FEET. THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE THIS YEAR. UM, THE GROUNDWATER RUNOFF FOR REPLENISHMENT IS CURRENTLY AT THE END OF APRIL, IT WAS 65,700. THEY ANTICIPATE THAT WHEN THEY'RE DONE SPREADING ALL OF THE LOCAL WATER THAT'S AVAILABLE, THAT IT WILL BE ABOVE THE 100,000 ACRE FEET FOR THE YEAR, WHICH IS ABOUT AVERAGE. ON AVERAGE, IF WE GET A WET YEAR OR EVEN AN AVERAGE RAIN YEAR, WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE CAN SPREAD FOR GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT ABOUT 110,000 ACRE FEET. SO THAT'S ALL GOOD NEWS. SO FOR OUR OPERATIONS FOR THIS YEAR, UM, WE ARE A WHOLESALE WATER PROVIDER PROVIDING WATER TO SUBURBAN WATER SYSTEMS. CITY OF LA HABRA AND THE CITY OF BRENT. THIS YEAR WE ANTICIPATE SELLING 20,600 ACRE FEET OF WATER, WHICH IS 6.7 BILLION GALLONS, WHICH HAS SERVED TO THE THREE, UM, UTILITIES WHO THEN OBVIOUSLY SERVE IT TO THEIR CUSTOMERS. SO PROJECTED REVENUES FOR CAL DOMESTIC IS JUST OVER 14 MILLION FOR 2324. WITH RESPECT TO THE CITY OF LAHABRA, WE ARE PROJECTING THAT CITY OF LAHABRA WILL PURCHASE FROM CAL DOMESTIC JUST UNDER 5,700 ACRE FEET. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR COMPARATIVES AND WHERE THAT, NOW THIS IS JUST OUR SUPPLY. YOU GUYS HAVE SOME OTHER SUPPLIES THAT YOU WOULD UTILIZE IN THE EVENT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE, OR WHAT WE DO PROVIDE IS NOT ENOUGH. SO THIS IS JUST FOR COW. DOMESTIC AND ACTUAL WATER PURCHASES ARE DOWN FROM THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS, BUT YOU GUYS ARE PRETTY STEADY. A COUPLE HUNDRED ACRE FEET IS NOT THAT MUCH IN INDIFFERENCE. SO, UM, IT IT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO, TO BEING THE SAME. UM, I KNOW THAT LEGISLATION WAS PASSED A COUPLE YEARS AGO REALLY ABOUT MAKING WATER CONSERVATION A WAY OF LIFE AND SETTING GCDS SO, UM, GALLONS PER CAPITA PER DAY FOR INDIVIDUALS. SO WE ANTICIPATE AT LEAST CAL DOMESTIC IS ANTICIPATING THAT THOSE LEGISLATIVE MATTERS WILL START TO REFLECT WITHIN OUR BUDGET AND WITHIN OUR SUPPLY GOING FORWARD. BECAUSE WE ARE STARTING TO SEE OUR DEMANDS GO SIGNIFICANTLY DOWN AND WE'RE ASSUMING THAT THIS HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT AS WELL. AND THEN FINALLY, FOR WE'RE JUST COMPARATIVE PURPOSES, ONE OF YOUR OTHER SUPPLIES COULD BE MODOC, WHICH IS THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT. SO THIS MUNICIPAL ORANGE COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT OF ORANGE COUNTY, WHICH IS MODOC, THEIR MET MEMBER AGENCY. IF YOU WERE TO BUY THE SAME AMOUNT OF WATER FROM THEM JUST ON A FIXED OR ON A VARIABLE COST BASIS FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF WATER THAT YOU PURCHASED FROM CAL DOMESTIC, YOU WOULD LOOK AT SPENDING ALMOST $3 MILLION MORE. SO YOUR INVESTMENT AT WORK THERE WITH US, UM, WE AVERAGE COST FOR THE YEAR WAS $734 PER ACRE FOOT, UM, WHERE MODOC AND METROPOLITAN WAS 1,230. SO SAVINGS OF ALMOST $500 IN AN ACRE FOOT. AND WITH THAT, THAT'S WHAT I GOT TODAY. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. LINDA. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MY COLLEAGUES? YES, MR. MAYOR LINDA, IF I CAN, UH, SO FOR PURPOSES OF THE, UH, OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR TRANSPARENCY'S SAKE, UH, IF, UH, WHEN DOES THE, UH, THE, UH, CAL DOMESTIC BOARD MEET? WHEN DO WE MEET? WE MEET ON THE THIRD FRIDAY OF EACH MONTH. OKAY. AND, UH, DO THEY MEET, UH, ARE THERE SOME MONTHS WHERE THEY MEET MORE THAN THAT OR IS IT JUST THE ONE THE THIRD FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH? WE MEET THE THIRD FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH, UM, DEPENDING ON THE ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED THAT IT MAY BE CANCELED, BUT WE TYPICALLY TRY AND HAVE AT LEAST ONE A MONTH. AND ARE THOSE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? NO, THEY'RE OPEN TO THE SHAREHOLDERS, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE GYM. CORRECT. AND, AND THE OTHER CITIES AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM SUBURBAN. SO IF MEMBERS, UH, OF THE PUBLIC WERE TO ASK US, UH, WHY AREN'T THEY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? WHAT, UH, WHAT CAN YOU TELL THEM? CAL DOMESTICS ORGANIZED AS A PRIVATE MUTUAL WATER COMPANY. RIGHT. AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY GOVERNED AND OWNED BY SHAREHOLDERS. SO THE SHAREHOLDERS HAVE THE ABILITY TO ATTEND BOTH BOARD MEETINGS AND ANNUAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS, ANY OTHER MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS, REALLY. SO IN THAT RESPECT, WE LOOK AT IT FROM THE CITY MANAGER BEING THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CITY OF LAHABRA RIGHT NOW WITH CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, BE ABLE TO ATTEND THESE MEETINGS, [00:25:02] NOT IN PLACE OF OUR CITY MANAGER, BUT IN ADDITION TO, JUST TO OBSERVE. UM, I I HAVE NOT BEEN ASKED THAT QUESTION, BUT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD ASSUME IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DEFINITELY TALK ABOUT. WE, WE TYPICALLY DON'T HAVE ANYBODY JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY. OH, YEAH. I, I WOULD HAVE TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT, BUT NORMALLY IT IT'S THE CITY MANAGER. YEAH. SO YEAH, IT'D BE GREAT JUST, JUST TO FIND OUT, I'M NOT LOOKING TO ATTEND ANYTIME SOON, BUT IF I WANTED TO AND IF I NEEDED TO, I'D LIKE TO ATTEND IF THE OPTION'S OPEN. OF COURSE. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. INDIVIDUAL, INDIVIDUAL SHAREHOLDERS ARE ALSO ABLE TO ATTEND THESE MEETINGS, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. YES. THANK YOU, LINDA. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION WITH REGARDS TO THE, UH, THE COMPANY, UH, THE, THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK THAT ARE FROM RETAIL SHAREHOLDERS. UH, YOU SAID THAT THERE WAS A 19 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK THAT WERE TRANSFERRED, I BELIEVE, YES. OR NOW ARE THESE, UH, SHARES, YOU SAID SOME OF THEM CAN BE LA HARBOR RESIDENTS. ARE THEY FROM THE UNINCORPORATED AREA FORMALLY, OR ARE THEY THROUGHOUT THE STATE? SOME OF THEM ARE, ARE THROUGHOUT, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE, WE HAD TWO SECTIONS, SO WE HAD TO GO THROUGH LAV CO WITH THE MOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE A PORTION IN LA AND A PORTION IN ORANGE COUNTY. SO THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE THE REMAINING IN ORANGE COUNTY, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S STILL SOME SPARSED OUT FROM THE LA SIDE AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OH, AND, AND YOU, THEY MENTIONED EIGHT EIGHT WELLS. HOW MANY WELLS ARE THERE IN TOTAL? EIGHT, OR ARE WE HAVE ACTUALLY SEVEN WELLS TOTAL THAT WELL IS JUST CALLED, WELL, EIGHT, THE, THE NAME OF IT. UM, BUT WE HAVE, UH, SEVEN WELLS TOTAL SIX THAT RUN ON A REGULAR BASIS, ONE THAT'S REALLY ON STANDBY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, MY QUESTION WAS ON THE 151 THAT HAVE NOT TRANSFERRED, WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS? YOU KNOW, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, SOME OF THEM ARE RELATIVELY OLDER INDIVIDUALS AND, AND THEY TELL US, WE JUST DON'T WANNA CHANGE AT ALL. THEY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, I WOULD SAY THEY'RE, THEY'RE OPPOSED TO HAVING TO DO PAPERWORK THAT MAKES IT A CHANGE. SO THAT'S THE PRIMARY FOCUS THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THEM. OTHER THAN THAT WE'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT OPEN WITH US ABOUT WHY THEY'RE NOT CHANGING. OKAY. WE ARE JUST TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO THEM OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, UH, AS, AS A CORPORATION AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO AND ACHIEVE, TO TRY AND GET THEM TO CONVINCE THEM TO TRANSFER. THEY REALIZE THE VALUE IN THOSE SHARES. RIGHT. AND AND WHAT'S THE TIMEFRAME FOR YOU THINKING THAT 151 MAY EVENTUALLY TRANSFER YEARS THAT YOU EXPECT? I MEAN, IT'S NOT GONNA BE LESS THAN FIVE YEARS, UNFORTUNATELY. WE'VE BEEN AT THIS SINCE THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF LA HABRA WAS PROBABLY SIGNED IN 20 13, 20 14. AND HERE WE ARE TODAY. WE HAD, WE HAD OVER 300 TOTAL RESIDENTIAL SHAREHOLDERS WHO WERE ABOUT HALFWAY THERE. AND THAT'S TAKEN A LITTLE MORE THAN 10 YEARS. SO, UM, BUT WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WITH THE ADDITIONAL EFFORTS AND RE HAVING SOME FORM OF CONSTANT CONTACT WITH THOSE CUSTOMERS, WE'LL YIELD RESULTS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE SEEN THIS YEAR. AND FOR THE RECORD, UH, THE CITY'S WATER DEPARTMENT ALSO PURCHASES THOSE SHARES. SO SOMETIMES WE'LL RANDOMLY BE CONTACTED BY A RESIDENT SAYING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SELL THEIR SHARE AND THE CITY WILL PURCHASE THOSE SHARES. ANYBODY, ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING, LINDA. THANK YOU. MOST APPRECIATED, APPRECIATE THE TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. WE SHOULD INVITE CITY ATTORNEY JONES BACK TO THE DAAS GOING TO GET HIM. OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE WAY. ALRIGHT, I'M SORRY. PUBLIC COMMENTS. ALRIGHT. [ 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.] NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS PLEASE. THANK YOU. I'LL WAIT UNTIL THE CITY ATTORNEY GETS SEATED. HE'S BACK. PERFECT. THANK YOU. 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 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 WE DO HAVE TWO SPEAKER CARDS. THANK YOU VERY [00:30:01] MUCH HON. THOSE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM NOW. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. YOU SAID NAME AND ADDRESS RIGHT? YES, PLEASE. OKAY. SO MY NAME IS GIA MCGEE AND I LIVE AT FOUR 20 LA PLAZA COURT. UM, SO I LIVE ON, UH, ONE OF THE BACKYARD BOARD OUR BACKYARD BORDERS, THE SOUTHERN PARKING PARKING LOT OF LA BONITA PARK. AND OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF, THERE HAS BEEN A MOTOR HOME THAT IS ESSENTIALLY LIVING IN THE SOUTHERN PARKING LOT. MYSELF AND OTHER NEIGHBORS HAVE INQUIRED ABOUT THIS WITH THE LAHABRA DE PEACE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS TO WHAT TYPE OF RECOURSE AS WE AS RESIDENTS OF LA HABRA HAVE REGARDING THIS MATTER. THEY'VE ADVISED THAT IF THE MOTOR HOME IS STILL PARKED AFTER HOURS TO NOTIFY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OR CONTACT THE CITY COUNCIL WITH THE HOPE OF A NEW ORDINANCE THAT CAN BE DRAFTED PROHIBITING RVS FROM USING THE CITY PARKS PARKING LOTS. MULTIPLE PHONE CALLS HAVE BEEN MADE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ADVISING THEM THAT THIS RV IS STILL PARKED. HOWEVER, EVEN AFTER CONTACT WITH THEM, THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE TO NO DETERRENCE FROM THE INDIVIDUALS CONTINUING TO PARK THEIR MOTOR HOME ALONG OUR BACK WALL. AS A STAY-AT-HOME, MOTHER OF THREE YOUNG CHILDREN, THERE IS A SAFETY CONCERN FOR ME BECAUSE A LARGE PORTION OF THE, OF THEIR WINDOWS HAVE CLEAR LINE SIGHT INTO MY BACKYARD AND HOME. AS OF LAST MONTH, THERE IS NOW A SECOND MOTOR HOME THAT IS PARKING IN THIS LOT. THEY BOTH ARRIVE AROUND 6:00 AM AND DO NOT LEAVE UNTIL 10:00 PM JUST LAST WEEK THERE WAS A HOSTILE VERBAL INTER INTERACTION WHILE OUR NEIGHBOR WAS PERFORMING YARD WORK ALONG THEIR WALL. MY QUESTION TO THE COUNCIL IS, WITH THIS KNOWLEDGE, WILL THE COUNCIL TAKE ACTION TO PREVENT THIS PARKING LOT FOR BECOMING A MOBILE HOME PARK? OR WHAT RECOURSE DO I HAVE AS A HOMEOWNER IN THIS CITY TO PREVENT THIS FROM ESCALATING FURTHER? THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT. I'M SORRY YOU'VE HAD THIS EXPERIENCE, UH, CITY MANAGER SORO, WHAT ADVICE OR RECOMMENDATION, WHAT MIGHT YOU MAKE IN THIS CASE? UH, WE, WE WILL LOOK AT IT, UH, CITY, THE, UH, POLICE CHIEF'S IN THE BACK CORNER, UM MM-HMM. . SO IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A MOMENT TO SPEAK WITH HIM AFTER YOU'RE DONE, UH, WITH PUBLIC COMMENT, HE CAN GET MORE INFORMATION FROM YOU AND WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT IN, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, CHIEF, IF YOU FEEL THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO TIGHTENING UP OUR ORDINANCE FROM A CITY COUNCIL STANDPOINT, WE PLEASE GET BACK TO US AND I WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO DO THAT IF NECESSARY. IT'S TRUE, JUST FOR THE, TO BE CLEAR, THE THE MOTOR HOMES ARE COMING IN IN THE MORNING AND LEAVING IN THE EVENING. MM-HMM. THEY'RE NOT STAYING OVERNIGHT. THEY'RE NOT STAYING OVERNIGHT, WHICH I KNOW IS LEGAL. RIGHT. BUT THEY'RE COMING EVERY SINGLE DAY, ALL DAY LONG. OKAY, FINE. YEAH. THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL. AND IT'S JUST, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THE NORTH PARKING LOT, THEY CAN GO UP THERE. THERE'S NO RESIDENT HOMES THAT THAT BARKS INTO UP AT THAT NORTHERN PARKING LOT. SO IT'S LIKE, CAN YOU JUST GO PARK OVER THERE ? WELL, I'M SORRY. YOU'VE HAD THIS EXPERIENCE. YOU'RE IN THE CUL-DE-SAC? YES. OKAY. ON THE SOUTHERN PART? YES. MM-HMM, . IT'S RIGHT THERE. YEAH, WE'RE RIGHT THERE FOR THE CHURCH. YEP. YEP. YEAH. OKAY. WE'LL TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT IT. SO THERE'S NOTHING BEING WORKED ON ABOUT THIS. WE'VE HEARD, WE'VE HEARD RUMBLINGS THAT OH, CITY COUNCIL. NO. SO I WAS HOPING SOMETHING WAS KIND OF BEING WORKED ON ALREADY, BUT DOESN'T IT SOUND LIKE THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU JUST, YOU, YOU, YOU THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD ABOUT IT WHEN YOU CAME UP HERE TONIGHT? YEAH, SAME HERE. I'VE NOT HEARD ANYTHING. OH REALLY? WE'VE BEEN BEING NICE NEIGHBORS FOR THE PAST YEAR. ? NO, NO. HOPEFULLY HE'LL LEAVE, BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S JUST ATTRACTING MORE. YEAH. HAD I BEEN EMAILED OR I THINK HAD ANY OF US BEEN EMAILED OR EVEN CALLED, I ALWAYS PASSED OUT MY CELL PHONE. I WOULD'VE, UH, ENGAGED IN DIALOGUE WITH YOU ON THIS. BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I THINK ANY OF US HAVE HEARD THIS, SO OKAY. BUT WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK INTO IT NOW. FOR SURE. SO IN THE CASE OF WRITING A CITY ORDINANCE, HOW DOES THAT GO ABOUT? WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S A PROCESS THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT LET'S FIND OUT EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE, WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT THE STATE OF THE CURRENT ORDINANCE IS, WHAT THE SITUATION IS. AND THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK THIS ENTIRE COUNCIL MIGHT BE OPEN-MINDED TO. YEAH. BUT IT HAS TO BE IN A METHODICAL FASHION STEP BY STEP. SO YEAH, I KNOW. YEAH. YEAH. LET'S GET ALL THE FACTS AND GO ON FROM THERE. OKAY. SO WILL I REACH OUT TO, WILL I BE CONTACTED OR CHIEF? WELL, I'M NOT SURE. SHOULD LEAVE YOUR WELL YOU LET YOUR CONTACT INFO. RIGHT. AND SPEAKER, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY KNOW SOME POLICE OFFICERS AND THEY'RE JUST LIKE, OH, YOU GOTTA GO TO CITY COUNCIL. SO THAT'S WHY I'M LIKE, OKAY. YEAH. AND THEN NOW YOU GUYS ARE KIND OF PUSHING ME BACK TO THEM. SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE YEAH, THAT'S THE CHIEF OF POLICE. HE'S THE PROBABLY THE BEST POLICE OFFICER TO TALK TO BECAUSE HE'S THE BOSS. YEAH, HE'S THE BOSS. HE'S THE F BUT, BUT SHARING THE INFORMATION WITH HIM, HE WILL BE ABLE TO START LOOKING AT, UH, POTENTIALLY WHAT CAN BE DONE FOR AN ORDINANCE AND THEN WE WILL ADVISE COUNSEL. OKAY. AND IF HE NEEDS SOMETHING, HE'LL COME BACK TO US AND WE'LL, WE'LL ALL, WE'LL MAKE THE MOTION AND WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT FOR SURE. PERFECT. OKAY. BUT BY ALL MEANS, I'M SORRY. CONTINUE, CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO US. DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN'T REACH OUT TO SOMEONE. YEAH. LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, SHOULD I KEEP DOCUMENTING THIS? LIKE TAKE PHOTOS EVERY SINGLE DAY SO I HAVE A FILE? YES. SHOULD WOULD THAT BE? ABSOLUTELY. WOULD THAT BE RECOMMENDATION? YEP. AND OUR CELL PHONE'S READILY AVAILABLE TO CONTACT ANYONE YOU INVEST THAT YOU WANT. LOOK, IF YOU'RE HERE AT, TOWARDS THE END OF THE MEETING, MY BUSINESS CARD'S GOT MY EMAIL ADDRESS AND MY CELL PHONE. IF YOU, IF YOU WANT IT, I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU. AND BECAUSE LIKE WE'VE GOT YOUR INFORMATION ON THE SPEAKER CARD BECAUSE HE'S AWARE, LIKE I HEARD HIM THE LAST WEEK IN MORNING, I FINISHED MY WORKOUT 7:00 AM AND I HEAR HIM TALKING TO THE OTHER RV GUY AND HE'S LIKE, CITY COUNCIL WANTS ME OUTTA HERE . SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE'S HEARING THAT INFORMATION. YOU KNOW, LIKE HE'S AWARE THAT THAT'S HIS, HE'S WORKING THIS SYSTEM THAT'S HIS IMAGINARY [00:35:01] FRIEND TELLING HIM THAT. 'CAUSE THIS IS AGAIN, THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HEARD THIS, BUT I GUARANTEE IT. WE'LL FOLLOW UP AND FOLLOW THROUGH. ALRIGHT. OKAY. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT, ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK? STEVE CISNEROS. HELLO. HELLO. GOOD EVENING. STEVE CISNEROS WITH THE PHANTOM PROJECTS THEATER AT 3 1 1 SOUTH EUCLID. HEY STEVE, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD, THANKS. GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY. JUST WANTED TO GIVE EVERYBODY A QUICK UPDATE ON THE THRIVING PERFORMING ARTS SCENE WE HAVE IN LA HABRA GOING ON, WHICH JUST FEELS SO GOOD TO SAY THAT. UM, JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME NUMBERS WITH YOU ALL AND SOME UPDATES ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP. UM, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK WHAT WE'RE MOST EXCITED ABOUT IS THE, UM, EXPLOSION OF OUR ARTS EDUCATION, UH, DEPARTMENT, WHICH JUST IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS SAW 3,600 STUDENTS BUST IN ON FIELD TRIP PERFORMANCES. WE ONLY SEAT 132 AT A TIME. SO WE DO THAT MATH, THAT'S 28 SOLD OUT FIELD TRIP SHOWS WITH ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO HAVE COME TO WATCH PERFORMANCES JUST IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS. UM, AND, UH, WE ARE THRILLED TO SAY THAT, UH, SCHOOLS ARE ALREADY SIGNING UP AND LINED UP FOR THE NEXT 12 MONTHS OF FIELD TRIP PERFORMANCES. SO SCHOOLS ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON HERE IN LAHABRA. UM, THEY ARE CALLING US BEFORE WE EVEN HAVE TITLES PICKED JUST TO SEE, UM, WHAT OTHER SHOWS WE'RE GOING TO BE ANNOUNCING. UM, BECAUSE THE STUDENTS ARE JUST ENJOYING IT THAT MUCH. AND A LOT OF LAHABRA, UM, UH, BASED SCHOOLS ARE COMING, UH, SHOW AFTER SHOW. UH, WE COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED ABOUT THAT ELEMENT. UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, UH, A BUNCH OF FUNDRAISERS HAPPENING. THE LA HABER WOMEN'S CLUB JUST JOINED US, UH, FOR THEIR SECOND FUNDRAISER WITH US. THEY SOLD EVERY SINGLE TICKET TO, UH, BRITAIN'S FINEST OUR BEATLES TRIBUTE PERFORMANCE, UH, WHICH SOLD OUT A WHOLE WEEKEND OF SHOWS. UM, AND WE ARE JUST GETTING, WE ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE REPETITIVE WITH THAT PHRASE, SOLD OUT, SOLD OUT, SOLD OUT. UM, AND WE COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. UM, THIS COMING WEEK OR NEXT WEEK, WE OPEN SWEENY TODD, MAY 31ST. WE RUN THAT FOR THREE WEEKENDS. AND I MENTIONED THAT NOT ONLY TO JUST MENTION WE'RE OPENING THAT SHOW, UM, BUT WE HAD 500 PERFORMERS AUDITION TO BE A PART OF THAT, WHICH WE JUST, NOT JUST THE PUBLIC THAT WANTS TO BE A PART OF WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IN LA HABRA, BUT OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE AWARE OF WHAT WE HAVE ON STAGE HERE AND THE QUALITY OF WHAT WE HAVE ON STAGE. AND THEY ALL WANNA BE A PART OF IT. WE WERE AT THE THEATER UNTIL 2:00 AM THREE NIGHTS IN A ROW, SEEING EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE 500 PEOPLE AUDITION. AND THE CAST IS ONLY 14 PEOPLE. SO YOU CAN THINK OF THE MATH IN TERMS OF, UM, THE QUALITY OF PERFORMERS WE WERE ABLE TO SELECT OF THAT 500. UM, THIS SUMMER, UM, WE HAVE OUR FIRST EVER ALL YOUTH MUSICAL. WE'RE DOING MATILDA JUNIOR. UM, AND, UH, IT'LL BE FOR PERFORMERS IN THE AGE OF EIGHT AND 18. UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN TRUMPETING TO EVERYONE THAT'LL, THAT'LL LISTEN TO US IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING THIS SHOW, UH, WITHOUT ANY FEES OR ANY TUITION FOR ANY YOUNG PERSON WHO WAS CAST IN THE PERFORMANCE. UM, AND THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION WE GET ASKED FROM PARENTS WHO ARE CALLING ABOUT THIS IS, OKAY, BUT REALLY WHAT ARE YOU CHARGING? AND WE SAY, THERE'S, THERE'S NO FEE. AND THEY SAY, OKAY, BUT WHAT'S THE COST? THERE'S NO COST. I MEAN, THEY THINK WE'RE LYING TO THEM. THAT'S HOW UNHEARD OF IT IS FOR THERE TO BE ANY COMMUNITY HAVING AN ALL YOUTH MUSICAL THAT HAVE NO FEES ATTACHED TO IT. UM, THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION WE'RE ASKED AFTER THAT ONE IS, WELL, HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS? HOW ARE YOU AFFORDING IT? WELL, TICKET SALES. SO WE NEED EVERYONE TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WILL BE A PART OF THE SHOW. 'CAUSE THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THIS HIGH QUALITY NO COST PRODUCTION, THE OLD FASHIONED WAY THROUGH TICKET SALES. UM, AND SO WE ARE THRILLED ABOUT THAT. UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME GREAT CONCERTS. BEATLES ARE BACK. SELENA. UM, WE HAVE, UH, PLEASE, PLEASE FORGIVE ME, BUT WE'RE ABOUT 20 SECONDS INTO THE RED, SO IF YOU CAN KIND OF GREAT AND SCENE. THAT'S HOW WE DO . YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. NO, THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE A CROWN JEWEL IN THE NEW BURGEONING LA HARBOR ART SCENE. SO WE ARE SO OVERJOYED WITH YOUR SUCCESS AND WE'RE JUST SO WISHING FOR CONTINUED GREAT SUCCESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANKS YOU. WE'LL SEE YOU AT THE THEATER. YOU BET IT. ANYBODY ELSE? WISHING TO SPEAK TONIGHT. SEEING NONE. WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND [ CONSENT CALENDAR: Senate Bill 1439 (“SB 1439”) amended Government Code Section 84308 to expand the regulation of campaign contributions in excess of $250 from donors involved in certain matters before the legislative body. If the donor has a matter pending before the agency, and the official received a campaign contribution from the donor in excess of $250 in the prior 12 months, the official must publicly disclose the contribution and cannot in any way participate in the decision of the matter. The donor also has a duty to disclose the contribution on the record. In the 12 months following the decision, a local official cannot receive campaign contributions in excess of $250 from a donor with an economic interest in the governmental decision. Public officials are encouraged to closely track all campaign contributions which collectively exceed $250 in any 12-month period from any single source. 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. ] PROCEED TO CONSENT CALENDAR. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CONSENT CALENDAR. ALL MATTERS ON CONSENT CALENDAR ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER, CITY STAFF MEMBER OR MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE REQUEST SEPARATE ACTION OR REMOVAL OF AN ITEM REMOVED. ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOLLOWING THE CONSENT CALENDAR PORTION OF THIS AGENDA. PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER ITEM THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR. SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR 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. THANK [00:40:01] YOU RHONDA. WOULD STAFF LIKE ANY ITEM REMOVED? NONE. MR. MAYOR, WOULD MY COLLEAGUES LIKE ANY ITEM REMOVED? ITEM SIX. ITEM SIX REMOVED. ALRIGHT, DOES THE UH, ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE ALSO WISH FOR AN ITEM TO BE REMOVED? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, MAY WE PLEASE HAVE A STAFF REPORT ON ITEM [ CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS REMOVED FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION:] SIX? UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. UM, ITEM NUMBER SIX IS RELATED TO APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING, UM, THE, UH, REVISED AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR TO THE FIRE SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT. UM, IF YOU RECALL, UH, BACK IN, I WANNA SAY AT THE MEETING OF, LET ME SEE, AUGUST 21ST, 2023. UM, STAFF HAD PRESENTED THE HISTORY OF THE COST SHARING AGREEMENT WITH LA COUNTY FIRE AND HAD, UM, THE COUNCIL HAD AUTHORIZED, UM, NEGOTIATIONS, UM, BETWEEN CITY STAFF AND UM, LA COUNTY FIRE. THEY HAD BROUGHT FORWARD STAFF HAD BROUGHT FORWARD AMENDMENTS, UH, NUMBER THREE, WHICH WERE, UM, ULTIMATELY APPROVED. HOWEVER, THERE WERE STILL POINTS THAT NEEDED TO BE APPROVED IN AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR. UM, PRIMARILY MOST OF THE TERMS STAYED THE SAME. UM, MEANING THAT THE EFFECTIVE DATE WOULD BEGIN JULY 1ST, 2024 FOR A CHANGE IN THE, UM, MODEL OF FIRE SERVICE WITH REDUCED SERVICE. WITH THE CLOSING OF WELL STATION, UH, 1 93 HAD CLOSED IN OCTOBER OF 2023. UM, HOWEVER, THE COST SHARING THAT, UM, THE CITY ORIGINALLY SHARED WITH THE COUNTY THAT ENDED AND THE CITY WAS NOW, UM, FACED WITH A MUCH LESSER VERSION OF A COST SHARING AGREEMENT THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE. ORIGINALLY THE COUNTY HAD WANTED THE CITY TO FULLY FUND A HUNDRED PERCENT INCREASE IN THE COST OF FIRE SERVICE. SO SEA STAFF WAS ABLE TO NEGOTIATE SOME OF THOSE, UM, CHANGES TO AT LEAST HAVE SOME, UH, SEMI FORM OF COST SHARING. UM, THERE WERE ALSO CHANGES TO THE PARAMEDIC, UM, STAFFING AT THE STATIONS. AND, AND SO GABBY, YES. SORRY, LET ME JUST GET BOTTOM LINE. UM, HOW MUCH EXTRA MONEY ARE WE PAYING PER YEAR? SO IS OUR, MY COLLEAGUE, UH, JOSE MEDRANO, UH, SOFT AND SAYS PEOPLE OUT IN TV LAND, UH, WILL UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE LOOKING AT. SO IT IS APPROXIMATELY $4.4 MILLION HIGHER PER YEAR FOR THREE STATIONS INSTEAD OF FOUR STATIONS. UM, YOU WILL SEE IN SCHEDULE TWO E THAT IT, WE ARE NOW HAVING TO BUDGET 14.425 MILLION FOR THE THREE FIRE STATIONS. UM, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN WHAT THE CITY HAS BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO PAYING FOR. SO BASICALLY WE'RE PAYING SO MUCH MORE FOR 25% LESS SERVICE. YEAH. THANK YOU GABBY. UH, JIM, WHAT DOES A $5 MILLION HIT TO OUR BUDGET MEAN TO US? WE'RE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW. UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON ABOUT A FIVE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS BUDGET CUT, UH, ACROSS ALL THE DEPARTMENTS. UH, ALL THE DEPARTMENTS MINUS OBVIOUSLY FIRE AND AMBULANCE, UM, 'CAUSE THOSE ARE UNDER CONTRACT ARE LOOKING AT ABOUT SIX AND A HALF PERCENT DECREASE IN THEIR BUDGETS. UH, MOST OF THE DEPARTMENTS ARE GONNA BE PROPOSING TO COUNSEL, UM, ELIMINATING POSITIONS THAT WERE FROZEN, UM, TAKING THE FUNDING OUT OF THOSE. ALSO, THERE'LL BE SOME PROGRAMMATIC REDUCTIONS IN SOME OF THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE. WOULD IT BE ACCURATE TO SAY THAT WE WERE ALL BLINDSIDED BY THIS? YEAH. WELL, BEING THAT WE WERE ON THE NEGOTIATING TEAM ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO WHEN WE THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA JUST SIMPLY RENEW ANOTHER 10 YEAR EXTENSION. ABSOLUTELY. UH, FOR 20 YEARS WE'VE HAD A 50 50 COST SHARE WITH LA COUNTY FIRE. AND UH, THE FIRST MEETING WE HAD ON THIS NEW 10 YEAR EXTENSION, IT WAS MADE PRETTY CLEAR TO US RIGHT AWAY THAT IT WAS, THAT DEAL WAS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. A HUNDRED PERCENT OR NOTHING WAS BASICALLY THE, THE DEAL THAT THEY OFFERED. IS IT ACCURATE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL LOOKED AT OTHER OPTIONS TO CLOSE FIRE STATION 1 94 RATHER THAN STATION 1 93? OH, ABSOLUTELY. IN FACT, UH, WHEN WE DISCUSSED HAVING TO CLOSE A FIRE STATION TO SAVE $5 MILLION ON TOP OF THIS $5 MILLION INCREASE, UM, YEAH, OUR POSITION WAS LET'S CLOSE STATION 1 94, LA COUNTY FIRE MADE IT CLEAR, IF WE TRIED TO CLOSE STATION 1 94, THEY TERMINATE OUR CONTRACT. OKAY. I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR GABBY? YEAH, WELL ACTUALLY, JIM OR GABBY, UH, AND JUST FOR FURTHER THE, UH, THE SIGNIFICANCE, UH, OF, UH, BECAUSE WE PUT OUT STATION 1 94, WHICH IS ON BEACH BOULEVARD, AND AGAIN, UH, FOR THOSE OUT IN TV LAND, WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE OF 1 94 FOR LOS ANGELES COUNTY? YEAH, SO 1 94, UH, WHEN, WHEN THE CITY ORIGINALLY WENT FROM THE CITY MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPARTMENT 20 YEARS AGO TO LA COUNTY FIRE, WE ONLY HAD THREE FIRE STATIONS, 1 91, UH, WHICH IS ON LA HARBOR BOULEVARD, UH, 1 92, WHICH IS ON HARBOR BOULEVARD AND 1 93, WHICH IS THE STATION WE ULTIMATELY CLOSED LAST OCTOBER, WHICH IS UP ON IDAHO RIGHT NEAR THE BORDER OF LAHABRA AND FULLERTON. UH, AT THE TIME, UH, ONE OF THE, UM, [00:45:01] POINTS, UH, FOR THIS DEAL WITH LA COUNTY FIRE TO COME TO LAHABRA WAS THEY WANTED THE CITY TO JOIN THEM IN FINDING A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND PURCHASING THAT PROPERTY AND BUILD A FIRE STATION. LA COUNTY FIRE AGREED TO PURCHASE PAY FOR HALF THE COST OF THE PURCHASE IN CONSTRUCTION. WE WOULD ULTIMATELY OWN THE PROPERTY AND THE BUILDING AND THE, THE SITE THAT WAS FOUND WAS ON BEACH BOULEVARD. IT'S ACTUALLY MAINLY IN LAMADA. IT'S, IT'S JUST OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM, UH, 20 YEARS AGO WAS LA COUNTY FIRE HAD A NEED TO PROVIDE MORE ENHANCED FIRE SERVICES INTO LA COUNTY, ESPECIALLY LA MARTA IN THAT AREA. SO THIS BUILDING, THIS NEW FIRE STATION WAS DONE, UH, TO PROVIDE A LEVEL OF SERVICE TO LA COUNTY AND THAT'S WHY THEY WANTED THAT STATION BUILT. BUT WHEN WE STARTED NEGOTIATING THIS LAST GO AROUND FOR THIS NEW 10 YEAR EXTENSION, OUR POSITION WAS, IF YOU'RE GONNA CLOSE A FIRE STATION, CLOSE THE ONE WE DON'T NEED, WHICH IS THE ONE DOWN ON BEACH. AND THEY HAD NO INTEREST IN DOING THAT, UNDERSTANDABLY. I MEAN, THAT'S THE STATION THEY'RE USING TO SERVICE MAINLY LA COUNTY. AND UH, ONE LAST THING FOR ME, READING ON THE, UH, THE CAP, UH, LA COUNTY ACTUALLY, UH, DID NOT WANT A CAP IMPLEMENTED, IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, THAT CAUGHT US A LITTLE BIT BY SURPRISE BECAUSE WHEN WE CAME TO COUNCIL, UH, WITH THIS, UH, ORIGINAL AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR, UM, I THINK THERE WAS JUST AN ASSUMPTION THAT THAT CAP FROM THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT 20 YEARS AGO WOULD STAY. AND WE FOUND OUT LATER THAT, UH, LA COUNTY WAS TELLING EVIDENTLY ALL OF ITS CONTRACT CITIES WE'RE ONE OF 13 CONTRACT CITIES, UH, THE ONLY ONE OUTSIDE OF LA COUNTY THAT, THAT UH, CAP, UH, PROVISION WAS NOT LONG, NO LONGER GONNA BE PROVIDED. AND I, WE PUSHED BACK IMMEDIATELY AND I SUSPECT A NUMBER OF CITIES ALSO DID, UH, IN THE, AMONG THE OTHER CONTRACT CITIES, THE 4% CAP BASICALLY ALLOWS LA COUNTY FIRE TO INCREASE THEIR FEE FOR SERVICE TO THE CITY BY UP TO A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE EVERY YEAR WITHOUT A CAP THERE WOULD BE NO LIMIT. SO THEY COULD LITERALLY COME IN AND TELL THE CITY NEXT YEAR YOUR NEW CONTRACT'S 10% HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR. WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A $15 MILLION CONTRACT, THAT'S A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLAR COST INCREASE AND THE CITY DOESN'T PRINT MONEY LIKE THAT. I MEAN, THERE'S NO CAPACITY FOR THAT. SO WHAT A 4% CAP DOES IS LIMIT IT TO ABOUT A FIVE OR $600,000 POTENTIAL INCREASE, WHICH IS STILL SIZABLE, BUT SOMETHING THAT ALLOWS US SOME BUDGET CERTAINTY TO BE ABLE TO, TO START FIGURING OUT HOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY. I FULLY ASSUME THAT LA COUNTY FIRE IS GONNA BE INCREASING OUR CONTRACT BY UP TO 4% EVERY YEAR. SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO START FIGURING OUT ANYWHERE FROM A FOUR TO $600,000 HIT EVERY YEAR TO THE BUDGET, BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE A CAP. THANK YOU. YEP. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JIM OR GABBY? I HAVE ONE. SO DID WE LOOK INTO THE ORANGE COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT 20 YEARS, SEE WHAT THEIR YEAH. COST WOULD LOOK LIKE 20 YEARS AGO? YES. UM, IN THIS GO AROUNDS, UH, BECAUSE OF THE TIMEFRAME WE WERE OPERATING UNDER WITH A 12 MONTH, UH, THREATENED TERMINATION, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DO A IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS ON WHAT OTHER OPTIONS WOULD BE TO BE ABLE TO STAND UP ANOTHER, UH, POTENTIAL FIRE SERVICE IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME. UH, ONE THING THAT COUNCIL MIGHT RECALL WHEN WE CAME TO COUNCIL, I WANNA SAY EITHER FEBRUARY OR EARLY MARCH WITH THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THIS F FOLLOWING UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, ONE OF THE GOALS THAT COUNCIL PROVIDED TO US AS STAFF WAS TO EVALUATE OUR CURRENT FIRE SERVICE MODEL AND COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITH A DISCUSSION ON THE CURRENT MODEL WE HAVE IN PLACE AND WHAT OPTIONS WE MIGHT HAVE. UM, WE WERE GONNA, WE WILL BE WORKING ON THAT IN THE NEXT, UH, FISCAL YEAR TO BE ABLE TO BRING THAT REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL. UH, ONE OF THE PROVISIONS IN THIS, UH, AMENDMENT YOU'LL NOTICE IS NOW WE WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE WITH LA COUNTY FIRE THAT THEY CAN NO LONGER TERMINATE US ON 12 MONTH NOTICE. IT'S A TWO YEAR NOTICE NOW, WHICH GIVES US MORE TIME IF THEY WERE TO DECIDE FOR SOME WHATEVER REASON THEY DIDN'T WANT TO PROVIDE SERVICE ANYMORE, AT LEAST IT GAVE GIVES US MORE TIME TO PREPARE. ON THE OTHER HAND, WE STILL RETAIN THE ABILITY TO TERMINATE THE CONTRACT WITH 12 MONTH NOTICE. SO WE HAVE, UH, MORE FLEXIBILITY ON OUR SIDE. NOW, 2020 YEARS AGO, UM, CARRIE, JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME BACK ROWS AND I WERE, WE'RE ON THE COUNCIL AND WE LOOKED AT ALL OPTIONS. WE WENT OUT TO TO ORANGE COUNTY, TALKED TO THEM, WE LOOKED AT TRI-CITY CONCEPTS, WE TALKED ABOUT PARTNERING UP WITH BREA AND ALL THE OTHER, UM, FIRE SERVICES PUT ON THE TABLE WERE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS SERVICES FOR A LOT MORE MONEY IN THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BACK THEN. 20 YEARS AGO WHEN WE LOOKED AT IT, THIS WAS A SWEETHEART SALE FOR US. IT WAS A SWEETHEART DEAL. CLEARLY THE HONEYMOON'S OVER NOW AND, UH, AND UH, GO AHEAD. VERY TRUE. THAT'S IT. ANYBODY ELSE? ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO TESTIFY ON THIS ITEM? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, I'LL GO BACK TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION. I, I WILL JUST SAY, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY, VERY PAINFUL. I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT, BUT I, I JUST WANT [00:50:01] THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE LOOKED AT EVERY SINGLE OPTION, UH, TO THIS. UH, WE WERE BLINDSIDED BY THIS. WE WENT OUT AND TRIED TO TALK TO SOME REPRESENTATIVES FROM LA COUNTY, UM, AND IT REALLY WAS NOT MUCH OF A NEGOTIATION DEAL. IT WAS PRETTY MUCH, UM, SHOVED DOWN OUR THROATS. WE'RE WE'RE PAYING FOR THE CADILLAC OF FIRE SERVICES. THEY'RE A GREAT ORGANIZATION. I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE FOR US. UM, UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE OF INFLATION AND THEIR A RISING COST, UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PICK UP MORE OF THIS. AND WITH THAT, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AND REVISE THE AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR TO THE FIRE SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAHABRA AND THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ. DOES THAT INCLUDE THE REMAINDER OF THE, UH, CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS AS WELL? UH, SURE. MOTION FOR THE ENTIRE CONSENT CALENDAR. AND I WILL SECOND THANK CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH EIGHT. YES. AND I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER MADANO SECONDED. THANK YOU. PLEASE VOTE. PLEASE VOTE. THAT'S FINE. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU RHONDA. THANK YOU. [ MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR:] WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO THE VERY LAST BIG THING, WHICH IS THE MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR. LET'S START OUT WITH THE MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY. PLEASE JOIN US FOR LA HABER'S ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY AS REMEMBER AND HONOR THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN SERVICE TO OUR NATION. THIS CEREMONY WILL BE HELD NEXT MONDAY, MAY 27TH FROM 11:00 AM UNTIL 1:00 PM AT EL CENTRAL ALLIANCE PARK, THREE 20 EAST ERNA AVENUE. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL 5 6 2 3 8 3 4200 LA HABRA ACTIVE DAY CAMP. THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL BE HOSTING THE LA HABRA ACTIVE DAY CAMP MONDAY, JUNE 3RD THROUGH FRIDAY, AUGUST 9TH FROM 7:00 AM UNTIL 6:00 PM FOR YOUTH AGES FOUR TO 12 YEARS OLD. REGISTRATION FEE IS $45. FEE IS $175 PER WEEK AND $165 PER WEEK WITH A SIBLING DISCOUNT LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE. REGISTERED TODAY BY CALLING THE COMMUNITY CENTER AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4200 CPR AND FIRST AID CLASSES WILL BE OFFERED ON SELECT SATURDAYS FROM 9:00 AM UNTIL 12:00 PM AT THE LAHABRA COMMUNITY CENTER. WITH THE LAST CLASS HELD ON SATURDAY JUNE 8TH, COST IS $32 PER PERSON FOR AGES 12 AND UP. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4200 KIDS. NIGHT OUT LUAU, DROP YOUR KIDS OFF WITH COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF AND ENJOY AN EVENING TO YOURSELF. EVENT WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY, JUNE 14TH FROM 6:00 PM UNTIL 10:30 PM AT THE LA HABER COMMUNITY CENTER. THERE'LL BE GAMES, CRAFTS, A MOVIE, SNACKS, AND DINNER. COST IS $20 PER CHILD. FOR REGISTRATION OR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4200. JOIN US FOR MOVIES IN THE PARK. GRAB YOUR BLANKET AND LAUNCH SHARE AND COME WATCH A MOVIE ON OUR GIANT MOVIE SCREEN. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES MUTANT MAYHEM WILL BE SHOWN ON FRIDAY, JUNE 21ST, BEGINNING AT 6:00 PM AT LANITA PARK, 1440 WEST WHITTIER BOULEVARD. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL COMMUNITY SERVICES AT (562) 383-4200. LA HABER'S. CONCERTS IN THE PARK ARE BACK. JOIN US ON THURSDAY EVENINGS IN JULY AND AUGUST FOR MUSIC AND FAMILY FUN FUNNEL CAKES, CONCESSIONS, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES. THE FIRST CONCERT OF THE SERIES LATIN SOUL BAND WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, JUNE 11TH FROM 7:00 PM UNTIL 8:30 PM AT PORTOLA PARK, 3 0 1 SOUTH EUCLID STREET. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL COMMUNITY SERVICES AT (562) 383-4200. JOIN US FOR OUR 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION ON THURSDAY, JULY 4TH FROM 4:00 PM UNTIL 9:00 PM AT LA BONITA PARK. 1440 WEST WHITTIER BOULEVARD. PURCHASE TICKETS AT THE LA HABER COMMUNITY CENTER. TICKETS ARE $6 FOR YOUTH AGES THREE THROUGH 12 AND $8 FOR ADULTS AGES 13 AND OLDER. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMUNITY CENTER AT THREE EIGHT THREE FORTY TWO HUNDRED, THE CITY IS UPDATING ITS AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT 80 DA SELF-EVALUATION AND TRANSITION PLAN. AND WE'RE ALSO SEEKING INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY. TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY, PLEASE VISIT LAHABRA.GOV. A SPANISH VERSION OF THE SURVEY IS ALSO AVAILABLE. REMEMBER, THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETS ON THE SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 6:30 PM IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER. AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION MEETS ON THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 6:30 PM IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER. CALIFORNIANS ARE STILL BEING ASKED TO CONSERVE WATER. IRRIGATION IS LIMITED TO THREE TIMES PER WEEK WITH NO MORE THAN 15 MINUTES WATERING PER STATION, AND NO RUNOFF AND TURNOFF IRRIGATION PRIOR TO AND FOLLOWING RAIN. PLEASE NOTE THAT LAWN IRRIGATION IS PROHIBITED BETWEEN 10:00 AM TO 4:00 PM AS IS [00:55:01] THE WASHING OF HARD SERVICES SUCH AS SIDEWALKS AND DRIVEWAYS. AND AS WE LEARN TONIGHT, THE WATER SITUATION IS ABUNDANTLY BETTER THAN IT WAS, BUT IT ONLY TAKES A COUPLE YEARS OF DROUGHT TO START DROPPING THAT AQUIFER AND PUT US RIGHT BACK INTO TROUBLE. SO PLEASE DO YOUR PART AND HELP US CONSERVE OUR MOST PRECIOUS ASSET. JOIN THE CONVERSATION ABOUT LA HABER'S FIRE 9 1 1, AND QUALITY OF LIFE SERVICES. THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE FROM THE PUBLIC AS WE CONSIDER A 2024 BUDGET WHERE FUNDING CUTS ARE ANTICIPATED. PLEASE TELL US WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU BY COMPLETING A COMMUNITY FEEDBACK SURVEY BY SCANNING THE QR CODE OR VISITING LA HABER CO.GOV/JOIN THE CONVERSATION. AND THAT IS I'M VERY PLEASED TO REPORT THE LAST SLIDE. LET'S START, UH, WITH, UH, COMMENTS FROM OUR ESTEEMED STAFF. UH, NONE, MS. MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'RE GONNA GO RIGHT TO LEFT. [ COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS:] SO WE BEGIN WITH THE, UH, FAMOUS COUNCIL MEMBER JOSE MADANO. FAMOUS AMONGST THE FIVE OF US, RIGHT? CORRECT. THANK YOU. JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE KNEW THAT. UH, I WANNA REPORT OUT, UH, ATTENDED, UH, SONORA HIGH SCHOOL'S, UH, FFA BANQUET, UH, LAST WEEK, UH, WHICH WE HAD GOTTEN A, UH, PERSONAL INVITATION FROM HANNA MENDOZA, YOUNG LADY AND STUDENT THAT WAS HERE, UH, THE, UH, THE NIGHT OF OUR PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WE HAD A GREAT EVENT. AND, UH, HANNAH AND HER MOTHER HAD ASKED ME, UH, THAT EVENING, UH, WHY CITY COUNCIL DOESN'T ATTEND SONORA SCHOOL EVENTS. AND, UH, AND I HAD TO TELL 'EM, I SAID, NO. UH, WE DO, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHENEVER WE'RE INVITED, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TRY TO ATTEND WHATEVER WE CAN. LIKE WE DO ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS, ALL THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. BUT WHAT I LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY IS THIS IS, YOU HAVE A, A CITY COUNCIL HERE THAT IS FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF OUR COMMUNITY. UH, AND NOT ONLY THAT, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, LA HABRA CITY, LOWELL JOINT, AND, UH, FULLERTON JOINT AS WELL, WE TRY TO MAKE EVERYTHING WE CAN. AND THERE ARE FIVE OF US HERE. SO, UH, ONE OF US MAY MAKE IT TO SOMETHING THAT THE OTHER FOUR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO, BUT WE REPRESENT THE CITY COUNCIL AS SUCH. UH, WHETHER OUR MAYOR'S ABLE TO MAKE IT OR NOT, OR, OR ALL OF US ARE ABLE TO MAKE IT. SO IT'S, UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, THAT, THAT WE DO AMONGST OURSELVES AS WELL. WE TRY TO GET OUT TO WHATEVER WE CAN. UH, BUT, SO, NORA'S FFA BANQUET WAS QUITE A DELIGHT. IT WAS GREAT. I HOPE THEY, UH, EXTEND THE INVITATION FOR, UH, FOR YEARS TO COME. AND, UH, THANK YOU HANNA MENDOZA AND HER MOM FOR, UH, FOR INVITING THE CITY COUNCIL. IT WAS, UH, IT WAS AN HONOR, UH, TO ATTEND, UH, ALSO ATTENDED THIS PAST WEEKEND, UH, UH, I TENNIS, UH, OR I PICKLE LA HABRA HERE AT, UH, AT 3 51 SOUTH EUCLID, ACROSS THE STREET, UH, BEHIND THE, UH, UH, BEHIND PORTOLA PARK. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE FACILITY, IT IS SUCH A GOOD FACILITY, A GREAT FACILITY IF YOU ASK ME, UH, THAT, UH, THEY HAVE, UH, TENNIS COURTS, BUT, UH, THEY HAVE MORE PICKLEBALL COURTS. NOW. IF ANYBODY IS NOT FAMILIAR WITH PICKLEBALL, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH PICKLEBALL. THE, UH, THE STORY FOR ME WAS THAT MY DAUGHTER GOT ME A, UH, A SOME PICKLEBALL PADDLES FOR, UH, CHRISTMAS AND A BOOK ON THE HISTORY OF PICKLEBALL, BECAUSE MY ELDEST DAUGHTER WANTED ME TO GO OUT AND PLAY PICKLEBALL WITH HER. AND I SAID, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND, UH, SHAMEFULLY, HAVE I BROKEN THE PADDLES OUT? NO. UH, BUT, UH, I ATTENDED I PICKLES, UH, UH, OPEN HOUSE AND BARBECUE THAT THEY HAD ON SATURDAY. WHAT A WONDERFUL EVENT AND HOW HOSPITABLE THEY WERE. UH, SO, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, GETTING A GAME OF PICKLEBALL GOING. I DID BREAK THE PADDLES OUT, UH, AFTER, UH, AFTER SATURDAY. SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, UH, MAKE SURE I, I GET A GAME OF PICKLEBALL IN AND INVITE OUR CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF, UH, TO DO THE SAME AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE. AND, UH, ONE LAST THING. I WANTED TO THANK OUR CITY STAFF AGAIN FOR THE, UH, THE ENDLESS WORK THAT YOU DO HERE FOR, UH, FOR, TO PREPARE NOT ONLY THE STAFF REPORTS, UH, BUT FOR THE EVENTS THAT WE PUT ON AS A CITY, BUT THAT YOU PUT ON FOR OUR RESIDENTS. VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY THANKFUL, UH, FOR WHAT YOU DO, UH, FOR MANY OF THE THINGS. AND, UH, AS YOU SAW THE STAFF REPORT ON LA COUNTY FIRE, THAT, UH, THAT TOOK A, A LOT OF, UH, UH, NEGOTIATING ON OUR CITY STAFF'S PART TO GET US THE, UH, THE BEST DEAL POSSIBLE. AND, UH, NOT ONLY THAT, BUT ON MANY OF THE OTHER ITEMS THAT, UH, THAT YOU DON'T HEAR ABOUT THEM MAY ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR OR THAT WE DISCUSS. SO DO OUR CITY STAFF. THANK YOU, UH, OUR POLICE CHIEF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PUBLIC WORKS, UH, UH, IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR WEEK AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND ONE LAST THING, UH, MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY IS THIS WEEKEND. UH, I ASK OUR RESIDENTS AND, UH, ANYBODY ELSE OUT THERE WATCHING, UH, WHETHER IT BE ON THEIR COMPUTER, ON TV, TO REMEMBER WHAT THE HOLIDAY IS ABOUT, UH, FOR THOSE THAT GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR OUR GREAT COUNTRY, UH, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THANKFUL THAT, UH, WHEN WE'RE BARBECUING AND ABLE TO HAVE A, A COLD DRINK, WHETHER IT BE A SOFT DRINK OR A BEER, OR WHATEVER IT IS ON, UH, ON OVER THE, OVER THE HOLIDAY, WHETHER IT BE SATURDAY, SUNDAY, OR MONDAY, BE THANKFUL, REACH OUT TO A VETERAN, UH, OR A VETERAN'S FAMILY, A VETERAN THAT MAYBE, UH, MADE THAT ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. AND TO SAY THANK YOU, UH, FOR, UH, FOR GIVING US THOSE FREEDOMS, THOSE FREEDOMS THAT, UH, THAT HOPEFULLY WE DON'T TAKE FOR GRANTED. AND, UH, AS YOU LOOK AROUND THE [01:00:01] COUNTRY TODAY, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, THAT YOU SEE, UH, THAT, UH, HOPEFULLY PEOPLE TAKE A STEP BACK AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE PRETTY DAMN LUCKY THAT WE LIVE IN A COUNTRY THAT WE CAN SAY WHAT WE WANNA SAY AND, AND DO WHAT WE WANT FOR THE MOST PART. UH, BUT, UH, THANK YOU, UH, TO THE FAMILY OF THOSE VETERANS THAT DID MAKE THAT ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. AND I SHOULD ALSO SAY THAT, UH, OUR, UH, NEWEST COUNCIL MEMBER HERE, CARRIE SERGE'S, FATHER SERVED IN THE MILITARY AS WELL AS HER SON IN MARINES. CORRECT. HE'S NOW RETIRED ARMY, SORRY, DAD, DAD WAS IN THE, UH, COAST GUARD. COAST GUARD. OKAY, GOOD ENOUGH. SO THANK YOU. ANYHOW, THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, JOSE MAYOR. PROAM ESPOSA. WELL, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER MADANO MENTIONED IT ALL. UM, BUT I DO WANNA THANK STAFF. YOU CAN'T DO ENOUGH OF THAT. UH, THEY'RE ALWAYS BUSY, ALL OF THEM. AND NOW THAT SUMMER'S KICKING IN, IT IS GONNA TAKE IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL AS ALWAYS. AND FROM THERE ON, IT GOES ON TO ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE BEING HELD THE 4TH OF JULY, LIKE THE CALENDAR SAID, AND THEN IT GOES INTO, UH, THE TAMALE FESTIVAL IN CHRISTMAS TIME. AND SO THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY GONNA BE BUSY. AND I JUST WANNA THANK THE POLICE, UH, FOR BEING ABLE TO, UM, HELP AT THE CITRUS FAIR AS WELL. UM, AND IT WENT OFF SUCCESSFULLY. UH, TO MY UNDERSTANDING AS WELL. I UNFORTUNATELY DID NOT GET TO ATTEND THE HAZARDOUS WASTE, UH, BUT I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ ALWAYS ATTENDS IT. UM, FORTUNATELY I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT I HAD TO GET RID OF, SO THAT WAS A GOOD THING BECAUSE THEY HAVE IT EVERY YEAR. AND SO I USUALLY GET RID OF ALL THE STUFF THAT TIME. BUT I'M, I CAN PRETTY, PRETTY MUCH, UH, UH, BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS, UH, INUNDATED WITH A LOT OF STUFF THAT THE RESIDENT MEMBERS WANTED TO GET RID OF. I DID, I DID ATTEND THE PICKLEBALL. UM, THEY INVITED US. UH, I HAVE NOT BEEN TO THE TENNIS COURT SINCE IT WAS ALL TENNIS. NOW THEY HAVE A LOT OF PICKLEBALL. THEY HAD, UM, LIKE AN ARTIFICIAL TURF THERE WHERE PEOPLE CAN SIT AND SOCIALIZE. THEY HAD FIRE PITS WHERE THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO, UM, HAVE S'MORES AFTERWARDS IN THE EVENING. THEY HAD MUSIC PLAYING. IT WAS JUST SO INVITING. I REALLY DIDN'T WANNA LEAVE AFTERWARDS. UH, NOT THAT I WANNA PLAY PICKLEBALL, BUT I, I, I, I'M A FANATIC ABOUT WATCHING TENNIS, BUT I, I GO TO THE TENNIS COURT NOT TO PLAY, JUST TO WATCH. AND THAT'S THE SAME THING I'LL DO WITH PICKLEBALL. I'LL JUST GO THERE TO PLAY AND SOCIALIZE. BUT, UH, MAYBE I WILL PICK UP A PADDLE, ONE THAT YOU MAYBE LEAVE BEHIND. BUT I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UM, THIS IS GONNA BE AN AWESOME SUMMER. ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT THE, THE, THE CITY'S HAVING. I'M JUST GRATEFUL THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HOLD ALL THESE EVENTS. UH, AND AS ONE RESIDENT MEMBER SAID, UH, I REALLY DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE THE CITY. EVERYTHING I NEED AND WANT IS HERE, ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE, KEEP ME BUSY HERE THAT, UH, I DON'T NEED TO GO ELSEWHERE. SO I JUST WANNA THANK, THANK ALL THE STAFF IN THE CITY FOR THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF FOLKS SAY, WELL, CITY COUNCIL, YOU JUST MEET, UH, TWICE A MONTH. IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL REALLY. BUT, UH, LEMME TELL YOU, SINCE THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO, FIRST THERE WAS REED CONMIGO AT EL CERRITO. THIS IS ALL FOR ME. THEN THERE WAS A SCHOOL BUILD EVENT AT LARA PALMA. THEN THERE WAS THE MOTHER'S DAY DANCE AT OUR SENIOR CENTER. THEN THERE WAS THE BUSINESS EXPO, WHICH I KNOW JIM'S GONNA TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE, WHICH WAS A GREAT SUCCESS. THEN THERE WAS THE FFA BANQUET, WHICH I REALLY ENJOYED A GREAT DEAL. THEN THERE WAS THE NORTH HILLS HOA MEETING THE NEXT NIGHT. THEN THERE WAS A SONORA SIGNING DAY THAT FRIDAY. AND THEN FINALLY WE TOPPED IT OFF WITH PICKLE BALL. SO, UM, YEAH, I'M JUST BORED STIFF. GOTTA TELL YOU ONE THING THOUGH, THAT I AM WANTING TO ANNOUNCE, IT'S A NIGHT THAT I HAD SOME TIME AGO. AND THAT IS TO ULTIMATELY START MAKING SOME PROGRESS, SOME HEADWAY ON CREATING A MORE BUSINESS FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT IN THE CITY OF LAHARA. AND BY THAT, I MEAN, I'VE GOTTEN SO MANY COMMENTS FROM FOLKS WHO EITHER WANT TO RELOCATE THEIR BUSINESS OR WHO WANT TO START A BUSINESS IN LA HABRA, AND THEY'RE PUT OFF BY WHAT THEY SEE AS HIGH CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FEES. AND THEY ARE VERY EXPENSIVE. AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN MY CONCERN THAT FOLKS ARE LESS LIKELY TO ENGAGE IN CERTAIN ACTIVITIES, WHETHER THAT'S IMPROVING THE PROPERTY, WHERE THEY, WHERE THEY ARE AT, AND GOING TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION, OR SIMPLY COMING INTO LA HABER TO SET UP SHOP, BECAUSE THESE CUP FEES ARE SO HIGH. UH, SO WHAT I HAVE DONE IS I'VE ASKED STAFF TO, UH, PRODUCE A REPORT ON REVISING AND JUST TOTALLY REEXAMINING THE WHOLE COST STRUCTURE FOR THOSE CS. AND THAT REQUEST WAS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SEARCH. AND SO THAT STAFF REPORT WILL AT SOME POINT IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE BE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO STREAMLINING THAT PROCESS, MAKING IT FAR MORE ECONOMICAL, LESS EXPENSIVE FOR FOLKS TO DO BUSINESS. I THINK WE STAND A MUCH BETTER CHANCE OF ATTRACTING NEW BUSINESS TO LAHABRA BY NOT MAKING IT SO PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, I WANNA, FIRST OF ALL, ALBERT HERE. ALBERT, YEAH. I WANNA COMMEND EVERYBODY WHO ATTENDED, UH, AND, AND PARTICIPATED IN ALL OUR STAFF THAT WAS OUT THERE, THAT HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE EVENT. WE HAD [01:05:01] OVER 600 RESIDENTS SHOW UP TO THAT EVENT. IT WAS THE LARGEST EVER IN THE HISTORY OF, OF THAT EVENT. SO, UH, PLEASE EXTEND OUR APPRECIATION FROM THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL FOR A GREAT EVENT. I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY HAPPY FACES. THAT'S ONE EVENT WHERE YOU ALWAYS SEE HAPPY FACES WHEN YOU GO THERE. YOU SHOW UP, YOU DON'T GET ANYBODY IN A BAD MOOD THERE. EVERYBODY'S HAPPY THERE. THEY'RE GETTING RID OF THEIR STUFF. YEAH, GET RID OF THEIR STUFF, RIGHT? UM, KELLY MINISTERIAL MEETING, UH, THAT WAS AN OUTSTANDING EVENT. EVERY ONE OF OUR CHURCHES WERE THERE. UM, AND IT'S REALLY GREAT WHERE THEY COLLABORATE WITH ALL OUR CHURCHES AND DISCUSS WAYS THAT THEY CAN COLLABORATE AND WORK TOGETHER. THEY ARE, THEY'RE WORKING ON THE NEW REVISE LOVE HABRA EVENT COMING UP. UM, THEY ALSO HAVE A BACKPACK GIVEAWAY PLANNING. THEY HAVE ALL KINDS OF GREAT THINGS COMING UP, AND IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE ALL THE CHURCHES COMING TOGETHER, MAN, THEY ALL REPRESENT THE SAME GOD. SO IT WORKS OUT REALLY GOOD. YOU KNOW, UH, WANNA THANK, UH, COLLEAGUES AND THE PUBLIC. AND I KNOW DELL, YOU WERE THERE FOR THE HOWARDS EXPO. I GOT A NICE PHONE CALL FROM THE CEO PETER, UH, TROS, WHO COMMENDED OUR CITY FOR BEING VERY BUSINESS FRIENDLY AND FOR COMMEND, UH, FOR ITS HAVING THAT EVENT. HE, THEY REACHED OUT TO ME. THEY SAID THEY WANTED TO DO A BUSINESS EXPO. WE HAD AN OUTSTANDING ATTENDANCE THERE. AND THEY WERE VERY, VERY PLEASED, UH, WITH THAT. AND IN FACT, THEY SAID, UH, MENTIONED TO ME IS THEY WANNA BE BUSINESS OF THE WEEK SOON. SO THEY, THEY, THEY REACHED OUT AND ASKED ABOUT WANTING TO BE BUSINESS OF THE WEEK AS WELL. UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, I HAD THE HONOR TO SPEAKING AT THE HERITAGE, UH, BANQUET. UH, AND IT WAS VERY SPECIAL FOR ME, THIS ONE BECAUSE THEY GAVE AN AWARD CALLED THE ANN ELMS, UH, MEMORIAL AWARD. AND SHE HAPPENED TO BE THE VICE PRINCIPAL WHEN I WENT TO SCHOOL. I DID NOT KNOW SHE STARTED THE HERITAGE PROGRAM. SO FOR ME, THAT WAS VERY SPECIAL, UM, TO ATTEND THAT. UM, I WANNA ALSO CONGRATULATE BRIANNA, BRIANNA, I GUESS ON VACATION. SHE'S OUT. SHE'S OUT. AND, UH, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE HER ON RECEIVING THE ELGL TOP INFLUENCER AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AWARD AS A NATIONAL AWARD. AND, UH, SHE WAS RECOGNIZED, UH, NATIONWIDE AND PARTICULARLY RECOGNIZED FOR HER WORK WITH THE BRAND NEW STATE OF THE CITY EVENT. AND THAT HAS JUST GONE TO PROVE, UH, PROVE WITH A RECENT RULING THAT CAME DOWN ABOUT BROWN ACT VIOLATIONS AND HOW, UH, STATE OF THE CITIES SHOULD BE FREE, BECAUSE THEN YOU COULD VIOLATE THE BROWN ACT. UH, I, I WAS JUST ELATED TO HEAR, RECEIVE THAT AWARD AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS. BRIEF. YOU GET TO WATCH THIS. I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF YOU. AND A FINAL NOTE, I WANNA THANK HBIC FOR HOSTING A TERRIFIC, UH, UH, UH, POKER EVENT. WELL, THE REST OF YOU WERE PLAYING PICKLEBALL. I WAS OUT THERE WITH A, WITH A POKER PEOPLE, AND JIM SADRO, YOU, YOU YOU HELD ON FOR QUITE A WHILE. CHIEF DID PRETTY WELL HOLDING HIS OWN UP THERE. BUT THE BIG WINNER OF THE NIGHT WAS OUR VERY OWN SAL ELA, RETIRED COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSIONER SOUTH, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR, SAL ELA, WHO WON. AND, AND I GUESS ALL THE SCHOOLING IS GONNA DO FOR POKER THAT HAS PAID OFF. HE WAS THE GREAT BIG WINNER OF THAT NIGHT. SO WENT TO A GREAT CAUSE. SO IT WAS, IT WAS PACKED OUT. I REMEMBER WHEN THEY USED TO BE IN A SMALL ROOM IN HBIC AND IT HAS GROWN IMMENSELY. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE AND THANK YOU MY COLLEAGUES. IT'S SUCH AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. THANK YOU, JIM. LIKEWISE. WELL, WE'LL HAVE A COLLABORATIVE, SO YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THAT ONE TOO. ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER SEARCH. WELL, IT WAS A BUSY COUPLE OF WEEKS, . UM, EVERYONE ASKED ME, WELL, HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN A ON THE COUNCIL? WELL, I MADE A MONTH . YEAH, SO, UM, BUT WE STARTED OUT AT, UH, LADERA PALMA AND MRS. HELBERG RECEIVED THE GRANT FROM, UH, THE KEMPER CORPORATION WHERE SHE USED MONEY. UM, SHE WAS GIVEN THIS GRANT BECAUSE SHE WENT OUT AND, AND GAVE THEM THIS, UH, STORY THAT THEY WERE GOING TO, UM, USE THE MONEY AND THIS IS HOW WE'RE GONNA DO IT. THEY GOT A GREEN SCREEN, THEY HAD THE KIDS PARTICIPATED, UM, IN PUTTING ON THEIR OWN SHOW. AND I MEAN, IT WAS JUST WONDERFUL. SO IT'S, IT'S GREAT THAT OUR, UM, LA HARBOR SCHOOLS ARE GETTING RECOGNITION THAT WAY TOO. AND RECEIVING THE GRANT AT THE EL CERRITO EPIC BUILD SHOWCASE. UM, DAN BARNES WAS THERE WITH THE KIDS, SO, UM, OUR PD WAS BEING REPRESENTED, UM, ALSO, AND THE KIDS, IT'S AMAZING WHAT THEY CAN DO AT THAT SMALL AGE. I MEAN, THEY'RE A GREAT SCHOOL DOING ALL THESE, UH, FANTASTIC THINGS. UM, I JUST FELT VERY INFERIOR STANDING THERE WATCHING THEM SHOW THEIR DISPLAY AND IT'S LIKE, OH MY GOD, THAT JUST NEVER HAPPENED. WHEN WE WENT TO SCHOOL 50 YEARS AGO, UM, , UM, I ATTENDED THE, UM, MOTHER'S DAY, SENIOR SENIOR DANCE. AND THAT WAS KIND OF FUN TO, TO WATCH. AND YOU KNOW, I EVEN HAVE MY AUNT OUT THERE AND SHE'S ALWAYS DANCING AND HAVING A GOOD TIME. [01:10:01] I GOT TO DANCE YOUR AUNT. YES YOU DID. YEAH, SHE DID. UM, SATURDAY WE ATTENDED THE WALNUT INTERNATIONAL SPRING FESTIVAL. BOY, WAS THAT FUN? I FORGOT ABOUT THAT. I WAS THERE TOO. THEY HAD POLYNESIAN DANCERS. AND DARREN, YOUR WIFE USED TO DANCE WITH THIS GROUP. SO SHE DID. SHE, SHE HAD FUN AND SHE WAS SINGING THE SONGS AND DOING THE MOVES. I SAW HER DOING THAT. IT WAS, IT WAS PRETTY FUN. UM, WE ALSO ATTENDED THE FFA, UM, FFA AWARDS. UM, AND I TOOK MY HUSBAND ALONG 'CAUSE I SAID, OKAY, YOU WANNA SEE WHAT I'M DOING? . SO HE WENT WITH US. WE, WE HAD A GOOD TIME. AND, UM, IT WAS NICE TO SEE ALL THE KIDS GETTING SO INVOLVED IN, UM, THE AGRICULTURE AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOING TO, THEY'RE GONNA MOVE ON AND, AND BE, UH, FANTASTIC. UM, YOUNG ADULTS JUST LEAVING HIGH SCHOOL NOW AND, UM, DOING THEIR THING. SO YEAH, THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON. COLLABORATIVE. AND IT, IT WAS, IT WAS GOOD BUSY. IT WAS GOOD TO GET OUT, BUSY AND ONLY GETTING BUSIER. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU ALL. SO WITH THAT, THE MEETING, IT IS NOW ADJOURNED TO MONDAY, JUNE 3RD, 2024 AT 5:30 PM IN THE CITY COUNCIL. CLOSED SESSION ROOM ONE 12 C 100 EAST LA BOULEVARD, FOLLOWED BY THE REGULAR MEETING AT 6:30 PM IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER. AGAIN, THANKS ALL FOR ATTENDING. I. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.