Jun 03, 2024 City Council

CITY ATTORNEY JONES.

COUNCIL MEMBER S WILL THE CITY CLERK PLEASE CALL? ROLE? YES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBER CRICH.

HERE, COUN.

COUNCIL MEMBER MADANO.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ.

HERE.

MAYOR PRO TEM ESPINOZA.

HERE.

MAYOR NICK SIAN HERE.

MAY I ASK IF THERE'S ANY CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT? NO REPORT THIS EVENING.

VERY GOOD.

WE HAVE NO PROCLAMATIONS OR PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT, SO WE WILL PROCEED DIRECTLY TO,

[ 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.]

UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS.

OR MURDERS OR WHAT, BUT IT'S A REHAB.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

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

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

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

THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM OF CITY BUSINESS NOT APPEARING ON THE SCHEDULED AGENDA.

PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 4 0.3 A, SUCH COMMENTS SHALL NOT BE RESPONDED TO BY THE GOVERNING BODY DURING THE MEETING.

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK TONIGHT ON ANY ITEM? NOT ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE STEP FORWARD.

WELCOME YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.

UH, PAM PURCELL.

I LIVE IN LA HABRA.

SIX TWO.

DID YOU SAY ADDRESS A NAME AND ADDRESS? YES, PLEASE.

AT 6 2 1 LAURA STREET, LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA.

UM, I JUST WANNA SAY, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR COMING.

THOSE THAT WERE ABLE TO COME TO OUR COOKOFF ACROSS THE STREET, I HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOYED THE TOUR.

I'M JUST FOLLOWING BACK UP AROUND SO THAT THAT SQUEAKY WHEEL YOU GUYS WERE, I'M IN FRONT OF YOU.

YOU'LL KNOW THAT WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN EXTENDING OUR LEASE THERE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO.

I MEAN, I COULD BRING NUMBERS TO YOU TO SEE HOW, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY RESIDENTS AT LAJA ROAD U UTILIZE THAT FACILITY OR, YOU KNOW, OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON.

UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO COME BACK AND JUST CIRCLE BACK AROUND AND SEE IF THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY OF GETTING THIS ON THE AGENDA.

I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT.

I KNOW YOUR FISCAL YEAR IS GETTING READY TO COME UP, I THINK JUNE 30TH.

SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO OR IF WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO DO THIS FOR ANOTHER YEAR, JUST WANTED TO BRING IT TO THE FOREFRONT.

UH, ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK TONIGHT? GOOD EVENING.

UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WELCOME.

MY, MY NAME'S CTO CASTILLO.

I'M A RESIDENT OF, UH, EL CAMPO.

I WAS BORN AND RAISED THERE.

I WAS BORN IN THE HOUSE ALMOST NEXT DOOR TO ME WHERE I LIVE.

AND I, I'M JUST HERE TO ASK A QUESTION THAT WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

UH, WE WOKE UP THE OTHER DAY AND WE HEARD THAT ACROSS THE STREET WAS, UH, REHAB OR, UH, REHAB HOUSE OR, UH, WHERE PEOPLE COME OUTTA JAIL.

THEY GO THERE AND WE HAD NO INDICATION WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN THERE.

THOSE ARE FOUR BRAND NEW HOUSES.

THEY WERE ON SALE FOR A MILLION, 400,000 ABOUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

AND NOW WHAT WE HEARD, WE HAVE NO INDICATION WHAT'S GOING ON.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF REHAB IS A DRUG, PEDOPHILES

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IT'S NOT A RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE.

AND WE LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING BECAUSE, UH, LIKE I SAY, UH, WE BUILT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE 1980 WHEN OUR, OUR, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD WAS DEEMED LOST.

IT WAS NOBODY WANTED LOAN MONEY TO BUILD, BUILD HOUSES, BUT LITTLE BY LITTLE, WE, WE, WE IMPROVED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE POINT WHERE OUT OF THE 52 PROPERTIES OVER HALF HAD BEEN BUILT SINCE 1980.

AND THE ONES THAT THAT HAVEN'T, THEY'RE IN REAL GOOD SHAPE.

WE, WE FOUGHT, 'CAUSE IT USED TO BE DRUG GUYS ON THE EVERY CORNER, AND NOW THEY'RE IN MILLION DOLLAR HOMES.

AND WE'D LIKE TO KNOW, IS IT A CITY PROGRAM, STATE PROGRAM OR FEDERAL PROGRAM.

I MEAN, THEY HAVEN'T TOLD US ANYTHING.

SOMEBODY SAID THERE'S 10 PEOPLE GONNA LIVE THERE.

THEY'RE ALREADY THERE.

THERE'S, UH, POLICE HAVE BEEN THERE A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND, UH, IT'S GONNA LOWER OUR PROPERTY VALUES.

I MEAN, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE WOKEN UP? AND THEN THE NEXT MORNING, YOUR HOUSE IS NEXT DOOR TO A REHAB.

AND I ASKED A LADY THAT'S IN CHARGE OF YOUR, UH, PROBLEMS, AND SHE SAID THEY DON'T, THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT IS.

SO IT'S SO BELIEVABLE THAT, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DOESN'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

I MEAN, WHETHER THEY APPROVE IT OR NOT, THEY SHOULD KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

YOU KNOW, IT, IT TOOK US A LONG TIME TO PROVE OUR, OUR, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE, WITH THE STROKE OF A PEN WE'RE REVERTING BACK TO WHAT IT WAS.

OKAY? THAT'S ALL I WANNA SAY.

THANK YOU MR. CASTILLO.

I UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION, MR. SANDRA.

MY HEARING IS NOT TOO GOOD.

I HAD A COLD AND THAT, SO I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO CONVERSE WITH YOU TOO MUCH, MR. NO, THAT'S MR. CASTILLO.

WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS HAVE A MEETING TO LET US KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

CAN YOU GET, LIKE I SAID, SOMEBODY SAID THERE'S GONNA BE 10 PEOPLE PER, UH, PER HOUSE.

THERE'S FOUR HOUSES ON THAT PROPERTY, BRAND NEW ONES.

AND IT WAS A COMPLETE SURPRISE.

HANG ON ONE SECOND.

COUNCILOR WILD DREAMS. SURE.

TO LEAVE, FIRST OF ALL, IF YOU CAN BE SURE TO LET HAPPEN, IF YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR ADDRESS THERE AND YOUR CONTACT NUMBER SO THE CITY MANAGER CAN CONTACT YOU DIRECTLY.

BUT JUST REAL QUICK, 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE NOT FEELING WELL.

UH, MANY OF THESE FACILITIES THAT POP IN, THEY POP IN INTO THE RADAR SCREENS.

IT'S DONE BY THE STATE AND THEY'RE PROTECTED BY THE STATE.

WE CERTAINLY DON'T LIKE 'EM.

I WOULDN'T WANT IT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

ANY OF OUR, MY COLLEAGUES IN THE CITY COUNCIL WOULDN'T WANT IT IN OUR, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING BATTLE WITH THESE SOBER LIVING FACILITIES.

THEY'RE ALWAYS PROTECTED AND THEY, THEY ARE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO LET ANY OF US KNOW BY THE CITY WHATSOEVER.

NOW, IF THERE'S, THIS IS THE PREVIEW OF COMING TO ATTRACTIONS, IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU GUYS WHERE YOU LIVE AND, AND IT, AND SADLY IT HAS, UH, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THREE BLOCKS FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, HAD HAPPENED IN THE PAST.

SO IF WE CAN JUST GET THE ADDRESS SO WE CAN MAYBE LOOK IN TO SEE IF, IF WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT, AND MAYBE KEEP AN EYE ON IT.

MAYBE THERE'S SOME CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES WE CAN DO.

CHECK OUT AND SEE IF THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE.

SO JUST LET YOUR SPEAKER'S CARD.

WELL, I LET YOU KNOW WHAT, HOW WE FEEL THERE, YOU KNOW.

WELL, WE, WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING AND LETTING US KNOW, BUT MAKE SURE IT BE, YOU HAVE A CONTACT NUMBER THERE SO WE GET BACK TO YOU.

FINISH, PLEASE.

IT'S NOT YOUR, I KNOW IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.

I DON'T KNOW WHOSE FAULT IT IS.

CAN I MAKE SURE, DO WE HAVE A PHONE NUMBER, RHONDA, ON THE SPEAKER CARD? WE'RE GONNA GET HIS PHONE NUMBER.

OKAY, GREAT.

THANK YOU MR. CASTILLO.

GOD BLESS YOU GUYS.

AND THANK YOU, MR. ANDY.

YOU, ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK? LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE MR. GIBBON AB WELCOME.

THEY WERE PERFECT LAST YEAR.

LET'S SEE.

LAST TIME I KNOCKED THIS DOWN, SO WE'LL TRY NOT TO DO THAT.

UH, DOUG GIEN, COMMANDER AMERICAN LEGION POST 2 67.

TWO 10 NORTH MARION STREET, LA HABRA.

I WANNA TALK ABOUT MEMORIAL DAY.

WE HAD A WONDERFUL CEREMONY.

UM, THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR.

HOPEFULLY WE'RE GONNA HAVE IT A THIRD.

UM, BUT MEMORIAL DAY IS NOT ABOUT ME, AND MEMORIAL DAY IS NOT ABOUT YOU.

UM, ON HONOR, ON MEMORIAL DAY, WE HONOR ALL THE SOLDIERS, SAILORS, MARINES, AIRMEN, WHO GAVE THEIR LIFE ON MEMORIAL DAY.

WE HONOR THE SPOUSES, THE CHILDREN, THE PARENTS, THE BROTHERS, THE SISTERS OF OUR FALLEN HEROES.

WE HONOR THOSE THAT LIVE EVERY DAY WITH ONLY MEMORIES.

ONE DAY A YEAR, WE ASK THAT EVERYBODY PUT EVERYTHING ASIDE AND PUT OUR FALLEN HEROES BEFORE POLITICS ONE DAY.

WE JUST FINISHED OUR SECOND ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY, BOTH LAST YEAR AND AGAIN THIS YEAR.

THE VETERANS COMMITTEE HAS BEEN PRESSURED TO ALLOW A POLITICIAN FROM OUTSIDE OF LA HABRA COME AND SPEAK.

BOTH YEARS, EACH POLITICIAN MADE COMMENTS TO THE CROWD ABOUT THEMSELVES.

I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT IT'S IMPORTANT.

IT IS THAT WE REMEMBER HOW TO HONOR OUR FALLEN HEROES.

UM, WE DON'T WANNA BE PRESSURED.

AGAIN, THIS IS A LAHABRA EVENT.

UH, MR. MAYOR, YOU, YOUR COMMENTS WERE SPOT ON.

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MAYOR GOMEZ, YOUR COMMENTS WERE FINE, BUT WE GET THESE FOLKS COMING FROM OUT OF LAHABRA AND MAYBE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

I, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT WE ASK THEM TO STAY ON POINT FOR WHAT THE DAY IS ALL ABOUT AND THEY GO OFF THE RAILS.

AND SO I'M HERE TO ASK YOU, WE WANNA DO IT AGAIN, BUT WE'VE GOT TO REMEMBER WHAT MEMORIAL DAY STANDS FOR.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE UNDERSTOOD.

THANK YOU, DOUG.

ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT.

SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT

[ 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. CITY COUNCIL:]

CALENDAR.

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 COMMENTS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH THE TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER ITEM THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION, UNLESS OTHERWISE, MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR.

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

THE CONSENT CALENDAR INCLUDES CITY COUNCIL ITEMS ONE THROUGH NINE, SUCCESSOR AGENCY.

ITEM ONE, CIVIC IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY.

ITEM ONE, HOUSING AUTHORITY, ITEM ONE, AND UTILITY AUTHORITY ITEM ONE.

MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

WOULD STAFF LIKE ANY ITEMS REMOVED? NONE.

MR. MAYOR, DO MY COLLEAGUES WISH ANY ITEM REMOVED? NO.

IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE A CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM REMOVED? SEEING NONE THEN MAY I HAVE A MOTION? MR. MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND PLEASE.

MOTION IS SECOND VOTE PLEASE.

TO THE CONSIDERATION ITEM.

AND NOW I BELIEVE SLIGHTLY OUT OF ORDER, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON

[1. RECEIVE AND FILE THE FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 PROPOSED BUDGET PRESENTATION That the City Council receive and file the Proposed Fiscal Year 2024-2025 (FY 24-25) Budget and direct staff regarding any revisions.]

YES, THAT'S CORRECT, MAYOR.

NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDERATION ITEMS. LET ME CLEAR THAT VOTE.

ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE MAY REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE LA HABER CITY COUNCIL ON ANY CONSIDERATION ITEM PRIOR TO THE LA HABER CITY COUNCIL.

TAKING A FINAL VOTE ON THE ITEM.

PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER CONSIDERATION ITEM, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR OR CHAIR.

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

THE ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION IS RECEIVE AND FILE THE FISCAL YEAR 20 24, 20 25, PROPOSED BUDGET PRESENTATION.

AND FOR THE RECORD, A COPY OF AN EMAIL, PUBLIC COMMENT WAS RECEIVED TODAY FROM DR.

P SUSAN PRITCHARD.

AND A COPY OF THAT EMAIL COMMENT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS.

620,000, AND WE DEFERRED OUR VEHICLE REPLACEMENT CHARGES ANOTHER 620.

STAFF REPORT PLEASE.

UH, YES, MR. MAYOR.

IT'S, UH, THAT TIME OF THE YEAR AGAIN WHERE WE PRESENT THE, UH, PROPOSED MUNICIPAL BUDGET TO CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.

UM, IN YOUR AGENDA PACKETS, YOU HAD AN EXTENSIVE STAFF REPORT THAT DISCUSSED, UH, THE STATUS OF THE BUDGET AND, UM, THE VARIOUS, UH, BUDGET BALANCING MEASURES THAT WE IMPLEMENTED AND PROPOSED THIS YEAR TO BALANCE THE BUDGET.

TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION WILL BE LARGELY DONE VIA THE, UH, A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.

UM, IT'S GONNA BE, UM, PRE, UH, UH, PRESENTED BY OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UH, GABRIEL APP, PLUS OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT STAFF.

AND THEN EACH DEPARTMENT WILL COME UP AND PRESENT THEIR OWN SECTIONS.

BEFORE WE GET INTO THE BUDGET, I'D LIKE TO MENTION, UH, IT WAS A CHALLENGING YEAR TO, TO ADDRESS THIS BUDGET.

UM, WE HAD UNANTICIPATED COSTS, UH, THAT ARE FAIRLY WELL KNOWN AT THIS POINT WITH LA COUNTY FIRE THAT WE HAD TO INCORPORATE INTO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET THAT, UH, PUT QUITE A BIT OF UPWARDS, UM, PRESSURE ON OUR BUDGET FOR EXPENDITURES AND TO BALANCE THE BUDGET REQUIRED, UH, A NUMBER OF CUTS TO BRING OUR COSTS IN LINE WITH OUR REVENUES.

I WILL SAY THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK OUR STAFF DID IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT UNDER, UH, GABBY'S WATCH, ALONG WITH ALL THE DIRECTORS AND ALL THEIR STAFF AND ALL THE DEPARTMENTS TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER ON, UH, IDEAS, UH, TO BE ABLE TO REDUCE COSTS IN A WAY THAT STILL PRESERVES, UH, FUNDING TO DO OUR CORE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS THAT WE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE POLICIES AND, UM, GOALS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL'S ESTABLISHED FOR US.

UH, DURING THE PRESENTATION, I'D OFFERED TO CITY COUNCIL TO, UH, INTERRUPT

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STAFF AND ASK QUESTIONS.

IT MIGHT BE EASIER WHEN WE'RE ON A GIVEN SLIDE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS COUNCIL MAY HAVE.

AND WE ARE ALSO, UM, EVERYONE ON STAFF IS AVAILABLE AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AS WELL.

SO AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO GABBY AND HAVE HER START GOING THROUGH THE DIFFERENT SLIDES.

THERE'LL BE A FEW SLIDES THAT I'LL JUMP IN ON, BUT, UH, GABBY, ALL YOURS.

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

UM, YOU KNOW, FIRST OFF, I REALLY JUST WANNA THANK ALL OF THE STAFF.

WERE REALLY CONTRIBUTING TO THIS BUDGET.

IT REALLY WAS A TREMENDOUS TEAM EFFORT, AND I WANNA GIVE SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, UH, MARYANNE S JACK , AND MEL SHANNON.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THIS TEAM HAS REALLY WORKED TO REALLY HELP TO PRODUCE THE NUMBERS AND GATHER ALL THE INFORMATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT.

SO REALLY SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO, UM, THIS CORE TEAM IN FINANCE.

UM, I'M ACTUALLY GONNA FIRST KICK IT OFF, UH, TURN IT OVER TO MEL TO KICK US OFF WITH THE BUDGET OVERVIEW, AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH, UM, THE REST OF THE SLIDES.

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

MY NAME IS MEL SHANNON, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE WITH THE CITY OF LA HARBOR.

I'LL START OFF WITH THE 24 25 PROPOSED BUDGET OVERVIEW.

THE TOTAL BUDGET ENCOMPASSING ALL FUNDS OF THE CITY IS $183 MILLION.

PROPOSED MUNICIPAL BUDGET OF THAT AMOUNT, $62 MILLION PROPOSED IS FOR THE GENERAL FUND, THE CORE OPERATING BUDGET OF THE CITY, WHICH EQUATES TO ABOUT 34%.

WE SHOWED WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND $2.5 MILLION OF PROJECTED REVENUE INCREASE, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.

HOWEVER, UM, THE EXPENDITURE ESTIMATES WERE 3.5 MILLION INCREASED OVER THE PRIOR YEAR.

SO THE REVENUES WENT UP OVER THE PRIOR YEAR BY 2.58.

EXPENSES, UH, WENT UP AS WELL.

SO THAT LEFT A GAP OF, UH, $984,000, WHICH WILL COVER ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

OKAY, SO AFTER WE DID OUR BUDGET CUTS PROJECTIONS, WE CAME OUT WITH REVENUES COMPARED TO THE PRIOR YEAR.

YOU CAN SEE THE REVENUE FOR 24 25.

THE GENERAL FUND IS 61.0 5, 5 60 1000000.05, UM, COMPARED TO THE AMENDED BUDGET FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 2324, WHICH IS 58000000.4 72.

SO WE HAD A YEAR OVER YEAR CHANGE.

IT INCREASED, THAT'S THE 2.5, $2.6 MILLION, WHICH IS, UH, 4.4% INCREASE ON REVENUES.

BUT AS I SAID, EXPENSES WENT UP FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.

UH, SO WE'RE SUBMITTING A PROPOSED BUDGET GENERAL FUND OF 62 MILLION OH FOUR OH, AND VERSUS THE PRIOR YEAR, 58 MILLION 4 72.

SO THOSE, THAT BUDGET INCREASED OVER THE PRIOR YEAR BY 3.5 MILLION, WHICH IS A 6.1% INCREASE.

SO THE 24 25 PROPOSED BUDGET, ESTIMATED REVENUE, 61 MILLION.

WHAT WE DID, UH, WAS WE SET UP A SECTION ONE 15 TRUST A FEW YEARS AGO, UM, TO COVER, UM, PERS UNFUNDED LIABILITIES.

WE'VE GOT ABOUT $10.6 MILLION IN THERE.

SO PERS DIDN'T HIT THEIR FUNDING TARGETS ON THEIR INVESTMENTS, SO WE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND USE THAT MONEY TO COVER THE CURRENT YEAR BECAUSE DUE UNFUNDED LIABILITY OF 984 80 $5,000.

SO PROPOSED EXPENDITURE, 62 MILLION, WE'RE SUBMITTING A BALANCE BUDGET FOR THE GENERAL FUND.

NEXT SLIDE.

OKAY, SO ONCE AGAIN, THIS SLIDE CHOSE THE TOTAL REVENUE AT 61 MILLION OH 55 2 63.

IF WE, THE DEPARTMENT SUBMITTED THEIR BUDGETS, FULL COST BUDGETS, 63 MILLION 2 22, 2 48.

WE ARE GONNA ADD IN THAT UNFUNDED LIABILITY.

THAT'S THE NEW ONE FROM PERS 984,000.

AND THEN THE FIRE CONTRACT INCREASED THAT JIM MENTIONED MANY TIMES PRIOR WAS, UH, 3.1 8 3 117.

SO THAT MEANS OUR TOTAL EXPENSES ARE ACTUALLY $67 MILLION 3 93 10.

SO THAT LEAVES A FUNDING GAP OF EXPENSES OVER REVENUE.

WE'RE IN THE WHOLE 6 MILLION 335 0 47.

SO DOWN BELOW WE SHOW WHAT DO WE DO TO BALANCE THE BUDGET, TECHNICALLY? WELL, WE HAD DEPARTMENTS, AND WE NORMALLY DO THIS OUT OF ORDER.

WE NORMALLY, WE TRANSFERRED IN TO 9 84 FOR THE SECTION ONE 15 TRUST TO COVER THE NEW UNFUNDED LIABILITY.

UM, AND THEN WE USE SOME DEFERRED INTERNAL SERVICE FUND CHARGES.

SO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR OUR COMPUTERS AND SO FORTH.

WE DEFERRED $592,000 WORTH OF CHARGES.

UM, WE DEFERRED RISK MANAGEMENT LIABILITY CHARGES OF

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AND THEN WE WERE A BALANCE.

SO WE HAD TO GO BACK TO THE DEPARTMENTS AND HAVE THEM CUT THEIR BUDGET REQUESTS BY THREE AND A HALF MILLION 515 EQUATES TO ABOUT 6.3% FOR EACH DEPARTMENT.

UH, ONCE THAT WAS DONE, WE'RE IN BALANCE SHOWING A ZERO BUDGET DEFICIT.

NEXT SLIDE.

OKAY, SO SOME OF THE, UM, PROPOSED GENERAL FUND BUDGET CUTS.

SO FREEZE HIRING, UH, NINE VACANT FULL-TIME POSITIONS.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE POSITIONS THEY'RE GONNA FREEZE HIRING ON A BUILDING, INSPECTOR CODE ENFORCEMENT INSPECTOR, ASSISTANT PLANNER, ACCOUNTANT IN FINANCE, A CRIME ANALYST, A COMMUNITY SERVICES OFFICER, TWO POLICE DISPATCHERS, AND A POLICE RECORD SPECIALIST.

SO WE WORKED WITH EACH DEPARTMENT AND DECIDED THIS WAS THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION THERE.

UM, MOST OF THE POSITIONS WERE ALREADY VACANT, SO WE WENT WITH THAT.

UH, WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S APPROVAL.

UH, WE'RE ALSO GONNA ELIMINATE ONE VACANT PART-TIME POSITION IN THE ADMINISTRATION OFFICE.

THAT'S A CLERK POSITION.

WE REDUCED FUNDING AND OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE THROUGHOUT ALL THE DIVISIONS.

ALL THE DEPARTMENTS SUBMITTED, UH, REDUCTIONS.

AND THEN THESE ARE DEFERRED CHARGES WE MENTIONED BEFORE.

WE DIVERT, DEFERRED SOME OF THE CH UH, INTERNAL SERVICE FUND CHARGES AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, RISK MANAGEMENT AND FLEET REPLACEMENT.

THESE INTERNAL SERVICE CHARGES, THEY HAVE SUFFICIENT FUND BALANCE IN THEIR FUNDS CURRENTLY, SO THAT'S WHY WE WERE ABLE TO DEFER THEM, BUT WE DON'T WANNA LIVE OFF OF RESERVES AND DEPLETE THESE BALANCES.

UM, SO HOPEFULLY AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, IF WE COME UP WITH A SURPLUS OF REVENUES OVER EXPENSES OR SAVINGS ON EXPENSES, WE WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, REPLENISH THESE FUNDS AT THAT TIME.

NEXT, WE HAVE A JOHN THAT HIGHLIGHTS THIS, MIC'S GOING IN AND OUT.

UM, HIGHLIGHTS OR NOTABLE INCREASES.

SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT WERE NEW COSTS THAT INCREASED THE BUDGET.

UM, 3.1 82 3,182,000 LA COUNTY FIRE CONTRACT.

THAT'S WHERE THREE FIRE STATIONS, SO WE HAD TO REDUCE FROM FOUR TO THREE.

IN ESSENCE, WE'RE PAYING FOR, UH, MORE MONEY FOR LESS SERVICE.

AND THIS IS THE UNFUNDED LIABILITY WE MENTIONED BEFORE, DUE TO S NOT BEING ABLE TO HIT THEIR INVESTMENT TARGETS.

UH, THEY UNDERPERFORMED ON THEIR INVESTMENTS.

SO WHENEVER THEY UNDERPERFORMED, THEY PASSED IT ON TO THE, ALL THE AGENCIES WITHIN CALPERS.

SO, UM, THAT'S A NEW UNFUNDED COST.

UH, WE HAD AN INCREASE OF 183 AND THE AMBULANCE COSTS AT THE CONTRACT COSTS, AND WE ALSO HAD 180,000 INCREASE IN PLAN CHECKS AND INSPECTION SERVICES THERE.

HAD A LOT OF VACANCIES IN THAT DIVISION.

SO, UH, AND INCREASED DEVELOPMENT.

SO THEY WANNA SET ASIDE MONEY FOR THAT TO KEEP THOSE PROJECTS MOVING.

THEY ALSO HAVE $130,000 INCREASE FOR A NEW LAND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

I THINK IT WENT LIVE IN APRIL.

SO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HAS A NEW ELECTRONIC PERMITTING SYSTEM TO STREAMLINE AND IMPROVE THEIR DEVELOPMENT PROCESSING.

THERE'S ALSO 72,000 SET ASIDE FOR ON-CALL PLANNING CONSULTANT SERVICES.

ONCE AGAIN, THEY HAVE HAD A LOT OF TURNOVER IN THEIR STAFFING, SO THEY'RE GONNA USE SOMEONE CALLED CONSULTING SERVICES.

UM, ANIMAL SHELTERING, ANIMAL SHELTERING CONTRACT COSTS WENT UP, SO THAT'S A $50,000 INCREASE AS WELL AS $26,000 INCREASE FOR JAIL SERVICES IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO THE JACK PINE BONNET.

OH, I GOT A QUICK QUESTION.

SO IN, WHEN DOING THESE CUTS, IT WAS APPROXIMATELY 6.3% CUT.

WAS IT, WERE THE DEPARTMENT HEADS ASKED TO CUT ACROSS THE BOARD 6.3, WAS IT EQUAL CUTS ACROSS THE BOARD IN EVERY DEPARTMENT? YES.

WE TOOK A PERCENTAGE OF, UM, EACH DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET SUBMISSION AND WE JUST DIVIDED IT.

SO THAT'S A WAS THE FAIREST WAY TO DO IT.

THE BIGGER YOUR BUDGET, UM, THE BIGGER YOUR CUT TARGET WAS.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

SO WHATEVER THEY SUBMITTED, YEAH, IT'S ON A RATIO.

ONE QUICK THING, MEL, TOO.

WHAT I, YOU WERE MENTIONING EARLIER ABOUT THE UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITY.

WAS IT 980,000? YES.

BUT AGAIN, THAT COMES OUT OF ABOUT, IS IT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 10 AND 11 MILLION? NOW THE CITY IS SET ASIDE FOR THESE EVENTUALITIES.

AS OF APRIL, WE HAVE, UH, 10.6 SET ASIDE, 10 MILLION, 600,000 SET ASIDES.

SO SINCE IT'S THE CURRENT FUND INCREASE THAT WE HAVE TO PAY THIS YEAR, RIGHT, UH, THE OTHER UNFUNDED LIABILITY WE HAVE, MAYBE IT'S AROUND 38 MILLION OR SO, BUT YOU HAVE, IT'S, UH, FACTORED IN OVER 20 YEARS.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY IT ALL AT ONCE.

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BUT THIS IS A NEW COST.

SO WE'RE PAYING, YOU HAVE TO PAY IT ALL WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR.

SO WE'RE GONNA USE THAT MONEY THAT WE SET ASIDE FOR THAT PURPOSE.

THAT WAS INITIALLY PART OF THE PLAN THAT THE PENSION OBLIGATION BOND VOTE COVERED.

RIGHT? WAS SETTING ASIDE MONEY FOR THIS SITUATION WHERE PERS ASKED FOR MORE MONEY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

YEAH, WE TRY TO SET ASIDE, PER THE POLICY, 50% OF THE SAVINGS.

50%, YES.

FROM, UH, WHEN WE ISSUED THE PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS.

SO WE SET ASIDE THAT MONEY JUST FOR PURPOSES LIKE THIS.

OBVIOUSLY A VERY SMART DECISION.

THE ONLY THING THAT PERTURBS ME IS THAT THE STOCK MARKET HAS BEEN SO STELLAR LATELY, AND YET THERE'S STILL UNDERPERFORMING AND ASKING CITIES FOR MORE MONEY POSSIBLY.

BUT THERE'S ALWAYS A TWO YEAR LAG.

SO NO MATTER WHAT IT IS, IT TAKES TWO YEARS BEFORE YOU REALIZE IT.

I SEE.

SO WHETHER IT'S GOOD OR BAD, THEY GIVE YOU TIME.

YOU KNOW IT'S COMING, RIGHT? THEY TELL YOU WHAT IT IS, BUT THEY WON'T START IMPLEMENTING UNTIL TWO MORE YEARS.

IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME TO GATHER ALL THE INFORMATION FROM ALL THE AGENCIES AND COME UP WITH NUMBERS AND THEN GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO PREPARE FOR IT.

YOU'RE RIGHT, THE UNFUNDED LIABILITY WE'RE FACING NOW ARE FROM PERS UH, PERFORMANCE ISSUES FROM TWO YEARS AGO.

FROM TWO YEARS AGO.

SO THE, THE PERFORMANCE THAT THEY POST AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR IN JUNE 30, ASSUMING THAT IT'S, UH, UH, HIGHER THAN THEIR TARGET COULD REDUCE OUR UNFUNDED LIABILITY.

SO IT FLUCTUATES ON A YEAR TO YEAR BASIS, BUT THERE'S A TWO YEAR LAG WOULD EXPECT.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MEL.

ANYBODY ELSE BEFORE MEL LEAVES? ARE WE ALL GOOD? THANK YOU, MEL.

ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT HERE IS THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE HISTORY FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS.

SURE.

I'M GONNA SWITCH DOWN.

GOOD EVENING.

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

MY NAME IS JACK POND, VAN, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.

SO, UM, AS DIRECTOR OF FINANCE MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, UM, THE, UH, GENERAL FUND HAS AN INITIAL BUDGET GAP OF 6.3 MILLION.

SO THE INFORMATION IN THIS SLIDE IS BASICALLY, UM, THE, UH, JUST HIGHLIGHT AND REPEAT A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.

SO WHAT I LIKE TO POINT OUT IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES A COMBINATION OF THE LINE ITEM AND ALSO THE, UH, ONE TIME BUDGET REDUCTIONS AS WELL AS THE, UH, RELOCATION OF THE STAFF PAYROLL, AS WELL AS THE TRANSFER OF SECTION ONE 15.

UH, WHAT SECTION ONE 15 TRUST THAT JUST WE JUST MENTIONED.

SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, UH, DEPARTMENT LINE ITEM BUDGET CUTS WAS, UH, FI UH, 3.5 MILLION.

AND EVERY DEPARTMENT HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY TO FIND A WAY TO TRIM DOWN THEIR RESPECTIVE BUDGETS WHILE STILL TRYING TO, UH, MAINTAIN THE HIGH QUALITY OF SERVICE FOR OUR RESIDENTS, UH, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

SO, HAVING SAID THAT, UH, WE ANTICIPATE THAT THERE STILL WILL BE SOME, UH, SERVICE IMPACT BECAUSE OF THIS CUT, UH, THOSE CUTS.

UM, AND THEN EACH DEPARTMENT WILL DISCUSS THE IMPACT, UH, WHEN THEY PRESENT THEIR RESPECTIVE BUDGET SECTIONS.

AND ALSO PART OF THIS CUT AS WELL IS A DEFERRED OF INTERNAL CHARGES.

SO THERE'S THREE, UM, DIFFERENT CHARGES THAT IMPACT BY THIS.

THERE'S IT RISK MANAGEMENT AND THE VEHICLE REPLACEMENT CHARGES.

SO I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT THESE SUPPOSED TO, UM, MEANT TO BE TEMPORARILY CUT.

UH, IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A LONG-TERM SOLUTION BECAUSE THESE ARE OPERATING FUNDS THAT NEED TO CHARGE FUND AT, UH, FEES AT SOME POINT IN ORDER TO KEEP, UM, THE FUND OPERATING.

AND, UH, THE LAST ITEM HERE, UM, JUST LIKE THE MAIL JUST MENTIONED BEFORE, IT'S A SECTION ONE 15 TRUST.

UH, WE SET ASIDE THE MONEY AND WE ACCUMULATED THE BALANCE UP TO ABOUT 10.6 MILLION AT, AT THIS POINT.

AND WE SET ASIDE A FUND FOR THIS VERY PURPOSE OF TO PAY FOR OUR FUTURE PENSION COSTS.

HECK, ON TOP OF, UH, UM, PROPOSING TO ALLOCATE THIS 984,000 THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR BY COUNCIL ADOPTED PENSION POLICY, HOW MUCH DO WE FUND INTO THIS TRUST EVERY YEAR AS WELL? UH, WE START OFF, UH, IN 2022 AFTER WE ISSUED A PENSION OBLIGATION BOND.

WE START OFF WITH ABOUT 1.3 MILLION, AND EACH YEAR WE INCREASE THE AMOUNT BY THE CPI.

SO IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 24 25, WE PLAN TO SET ASIDE, UM, CLOSE TO 1.5 MILLION, 1.4 AND CHANGE FOR EACH YEAR.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO IN THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE, WE'RE, UH, LOOKING AT THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE IN A PIE CHART.

SO THE TOP THREE MAIN, UH, SOURCES OF REVENUE FOR THE CITY ARE PROPERTY TAX, SALES TAX, AND TRANSACTION TAX.

AND JUST FOR THE CLARIFICATION, THE TRANSACTION TAX IS A VOTER APPROVED MASTER T HAVE SEND LOCAL TRANSACTION AND USE TAX THAT'S SET TO EXPIRE IN 2028.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE CHART RIGHT HERE, UH, THOSE THREE MAIN SOURCES, UH, COMBINED FOR 77% OF GENERAL FUND REVENUES.

SO WHAT WE

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AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT AT VERY TOP OF THE CHART RIGHT HERE, IT'S, UM, THE BLUE, THE BLUE LINE REPRESENT THE, UH, PROPERTY TAX REVENUE.

YOU CAN SEE THE, UM, THE, THE, UH, STEADY GROWTH FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS, RIGHT? UH, BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION RIGHT HERE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE LEFT OF THE CHART RIGHT HERE, YOU SEE THE GAP BETWEEN PROPERTY TAX AND THE REST OF THE REVENUE IS ACTUALLY QUITE NARROW, OR IS NOT AS WIDE IN COMPARED TO, UM, CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS ON THE RIGHT OF THE SCREEN.

SO WHAT IS TELLING US RIGHT HERE IS THAT THE GROWTH OF THE PROPERTY TAX HAD BEEN, UH, GROWING STEADILY FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS, BUT THAT HAS MAY NOT BE THE CASE FOR THE REST OF THE REVENUE, RIGHT? FOR SALES TAX.

UH, TRANSACTION TAX IN FACT HAS BEEN QUITE, UM, SOMEWHAT LEVEL, ESPECIALLY THE LAST FEW YEARS, UH, SINCE THE COVID IT'S BEEN PRETTY MUCH JUST FLAT.

AND THEN NEXT, THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, SO NEXT THE, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UH, WILL PRESENT THE, UH, PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX REVENUE BREAKDOWN.

THANK YOU, JACK.

UM, SO I'LL GIVE A OVERVIEW OF, UH, THIS IS OUR LARGEST TAX BASE, WHICH IS PROPERTY TAX.

AND THERE'S AN ASSUMPTION, I THINK, FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, CITIES RECEIVE ALL OF THE PROPERTY TAX COLLECTED FROM THE PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CITY.

VAL HARA, WELL, THIS CHART, YOU WILL DISPEL THAT MYTH.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CITY ACTUALLY ONLY, YOU KNOW, GETS PAID ABOUT 18 CENTS FOR EVERY DOLLAR IN PROPERTY TAXES PAID IN LA HABRA.

AND THAT'S THE PORTION THAT GOES TO THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH GOES TO, UM, PAY FOR SO MANY SERVICES, UM, THAT THE CITY PROVIDES.

UM, THE MARKET HAS BEEN UP, YOU KNOW, AT THIS TIME, HOUSING, YOU KNOW, THE MARKET VALUATION IS PROBABLY THE HIGHEST IT'S EVER BEEN.

AND SO THE CITY HAS BEEN, UM, RECEIVING QUITE A BIT.

PROPERTY TAX REVENUE, ABOUT 24.9 MILLION IS PROJECTED IN THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

UM, YOU KNOW, IT, THE FED HAS INDICATED THAT THEY'LL PROBABLY BE WAITING TO, UM, LOWER THE INTEREST RATE.

THEY'RE GONNA WAIT TILL INFLATION IS DEFINITELY IN CHECK AT, ITS 2% TARGET BEFORE LOWERING ANYTHING.

SO WE WILL PROBABLY STILL BE SEEING SOME STAGNATION IN TERMS OF, UM, PROPERTY TURNOVERS, YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE SEEN SALES HAVE BEEN DOWN, UM, IN THE REAL ESTATE MARKET.

SO THAT IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING.

UM, PROPERTY TAXES AGAIN, MAKE UP 41% OF THE SEAS REVENUE, AND IT HAS EXPERIENCED JUST A LOT OF GROWTH, UM, OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS, AS YOU SAW FROM THE CHART BEFORE.

NEXT SLIDE.

GABBY, IF I CAN, SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU.

NO.

JUST THE ONE QUESTION GOING BACK TO THAT CHART.

MM-HMM.

, UH, AND I'VE, OF COURSE I'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE, UH, HAVING LOOKED AT THE SLIDESHOW PRESENTATION OVER THE WEEKEND.

UH, BUT SOMETHING JUST CAUGHT MY EYE AS WELL FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW.

UH, SO IF I HAVE THIS RIGHT, IS IT LAHA ELEMENTARY GENERAL FUND? IS THAT THE LAHABRA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT? UH, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

AND YEAH, SO YOU WILL SEE MOST OF THE, UM, PROPERTY TAXES IN THE STATE ACTUALLY GO TOWARDS EDUCATION IN VARIOUS FORMS. UM, OKAY.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FIRST, THEN THE HIGH SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, AND THEN EVEN LIKE THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT AND EAF, WHICH IS THE EDUCATIONAL REVENUE AUGMENTATION FUND AT THE STATE.

SO IT GOES TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT POTS, YOU KNOW, GOING RIGHT FUND A LOT OF THINGS IN THIS, UH, COMMUNITY AND ALSO AT THE STATE LEVEL.

THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.

OR CHALLENGES THAT WE ARE FACING IS THAT THERE HAS BEEN A SHIFT IN, I THINK ONE IN THE WAY, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SHOP, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SHOPPING ONLINE AND YOU KNOW, THE ALLOCATION OF THAT SALES TAX USED USED TO GO TO THE COUNTY POOL AND THEN BE DISTRIBUTED TO CITIES.

AND MOVING ON TO SALES TAX.

SO SALES TAX REVENUE, UM, IS OUR SECOND LARGEST SOURCE OF, UM, GENERAL FUND REVENUE IN THE CITY.

UM, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE CHART ON THE LEFT, THE PIE CHART LAHABRA RECEIVES 1% FROM THE STATEWIDE BRADLEY BURN SALES TAX, WHICH IS ABOUT 14.3 MILLION, UM, PROJECTED THIS NEXT YEAR.

AND LAHABRA MEASURE T IS OUR LOCAL PORTION, WHICH RECEIVES A HALF CENT, UM, OF THE 8.25% SALES TAX RATE.

AND THAT PART IS LOCALLY CONTROLLED AND CANNOT BE TAKEN AWAY BY THE STATE.

THE OTHER 6.75% OF THE 8.25% COLLECTED, UM, IN THE SALES TAX RATE GOES TO THE STATE AND OTHER TAXING AGENCIES.

UM, YOU KNOW, PART OF IT GOES TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE COUNTY OR TO LIKE CERTAIN THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, OCTA, WHICH IS THE ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.

SO IT GOES TO FUND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF, UM, HIGHER LEVEL GOVERNMENT, UM, ITEMS TYPICALLY.

UM, ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT IT IS FOR EVERY DOLLAR OF SALES TAX ACTUALLY PAID IN LA HABRA, THE CITY RECEIVES 6 CENTS FOR A MEASURE.

T 12 CENTS FOR THE BRADLEY BURN SALES TAX.

AND 82 CENTS AGAIN, GOES TO THESE OTHER TAXING ENTITIES.

UM, FORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, LAHABRA, WE DON'T HAVE LIKE, YOU KNOW, TOTAL OCCUPANCY TAX.

WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME HOTELS OR, YOU KNOW, NECESSARILY AS DIVERSE OF A REVENUE TAX BASE AS OTHER CS.

BUT THE C HAS DONE REALLY A GREAT JOB IN DOING A LOT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND BRINGING IN REALLY KEY, UM, CONSUMER BUSINESSES.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS

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BUT NOW A LOT OF IT IS GOING TO PRIMARILY CITIES THAT HAVE THESE LARGE FULFILLMENT CENTERS LIKE AMAZON, YOU KNOW, FULFILLMENT CENTERS THERE, YOU KNOW, AND SO A LOT OF THE TAXES WE'RE SEEING IT, UM, GO TO THOSE PLACES AND NOT NECESSARILY BEING SPREAD, UM, TO THE REST OF, YOU KNOW, THE CITIES AS IT HAD BEEN.

UM, AGAIN, WE ARE SEEING, UM, A SHIFT IN, UM, BUYING, UM, YOU, ACCORDING TO A LOT OF TRENDS, PEOPLE ARE FOCUSING LESS ON LIKE EXPENSIVE GOODS OR LUXURY GOODS, AND THEY'RE FOCUSING MORE ON LIKE HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, WHICH YOU WORKS WELL FOR LAHABRA BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF THOSE KEY BUSINESSES THAT SERVE THIS REGION.

UM, AND SO THAT IS A BENEFIT IN THAT WE ARE LESS PRONE TO, I THINK, WIDE SWINGS IN TERMS OF, UM, PEOPLE SHOPPING HABITS.

'CAUSE THEY WILL CONTINUE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU SAW IN COVID, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL STILL KEEP GOING TO COSTCO OR THEY'LL STILL KEEP GOING TO THESE STORES, BUT WE ARE SEEING, UM, A SLIGHT DECREASE IN SALES TAX.

AND YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT I CAN SEE FROM A LOT OF THE OTHER SEAS, THEY ARE ALSO PROJECTING, UM, A VERY SIMILAR TREND.

SO, UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THIS IS JUST A BREAKDOWN OF, UH, THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE ENDED UP WITH BY DEPARTMENT.

YOU CAN SEE POLICE AND FIRE AT THE TOP WITH THE BIGGEST, UM, PIECES OF THE PIE.

ACTUALLY, CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? THIS IS ACTUALLY, I THINK, A BETTER VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THAT BUDGET.

UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, POLICE, YOU KNOW, FIRE AND AMBULANCE, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY IS THE TOP PRIORITY OF THE CITY.

IT TAKES UP 70% OF THE BUDGET OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET, AND 30% IS LEFT FOR THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, WHICH INCLUDE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS, AND ADMIN SUPPORT.

AND SO THIS, UM, THE COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, HAS ALWAYS PRIORITIZED PUBLIC SAFETY.

UM, AND IT IS HUGELY IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT HAS REPEATEDLY COME BACK AS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR, UM, THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN SEEING THAT IN THE JOIN THE CONVERSATION SURVEYS, YOU KNOW, AND JUST I THINK REPEATED SURVEYS THAT THE CITY HAS DONE OVER THE YEARS.

UM, WE DO TRY TO REALLY DO A LOT WITH THE 30% THAT WE HAVE LEFT THAT NEEDS TO COVER ALL THE REST OF THE DEPARTMENTS.

YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THAT GOES TO PAYING THING FOR THINGS LIKE ALL SO MANY OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS, EVENTS, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT, UM, ARE NOT FUNDED BY, UM, THAT PUBLIC WORKS DOES, LIKE PARKS MAINTENANCE, UM, AS WELL AS ADMIN SUPPORT, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE LEGAL THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO COMPLY WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, SO MANY OF THE STATE LAWS AND REGULATIONS.

UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

AND THIS TELLS YOU, UM, OUR EXPENDITURES BY TYPE FOR, UH, WHAT WE DO WITH OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES.

AND YOU'LL SEE THE, IT SHOWS 55% FOR PERSONNEL AND 29% FOR FIRE AND AMBULANCE AND, UH, 16% FOR, UM, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE AND CAPITAL.

BUT REALLY, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER THAT FIRE AND AMBULANCE IS REALLY, EVEN THOUGH IT'S TECHNICALLY A CONTRACT, WE ARE REALLY PAYING FOR LABOR.

WE ARE PAYING FOR BODIES TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES.

UM, IT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT PROVIDING LIKE A PRODUCT OF SOME SORT.

YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DO IS VERY MUCH SERVICE AND RESPONSE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, CLEANING UP GRAFFITI OR POLICE OFFICERS RESPONDING TO INCIDENTS OR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TAKING CARE OF THE PARKS OR CODE ENFORCEMENT.

SO REALLY SO MUCH OF WHAT WE DO, PROBABLY O OVER 80% IS REALLY DIRECTED TOWARDS LABOR.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

OH, ACTUALLY, IN THIS NEXT ONE, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR SENIOR MANAGER, JIM RA, TO TAKE CARE OF THAT SLIDE.

UH, THANK YOU GABBY.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UM, WHERE WE ALLOCATE RESOURCES AND WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE TIME THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON BUDGETS, WE'VE STARTED TO SEE SOME REAL, UM, INDICATIVE SHIFTS ON WHERE WE SPEND MONEY.

UM, NOT SURPRISING WHEN WE HAD TO RENEGOTIATE THIS LAST 10 YEAR EXTENSION WITH LA COUNTY FIRE AND THEIR CONTRACT DEMANDS EXCEEDED WHAT WE EXPECTED.

WE KNEW WE WERE GONNA HAVE TO BALANCE THE BUDGET BY MAKING CUTS, BUT THAT'S DONE TWO THINGS.

FIRST OF ALL, IT'S OBVIOUSLY, UH, PUSHED MORE MONEY INTO PAYING FOR FIRE SERVICES.

UH, EVEN THOUGH THAT CAME AT THE EXPENSE OF CLOSING A FIRE STATION, HAD WE KEPT THAT FIRE STATION OPEN, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN ANOTHER $5 MILLION HIT TO THIS BUDGET, BY THE WAY.

AND UP TO THE LAST MAYBE COUPLE MONTHS OF NEGOTIATIONS, LA COUNTY FIRE WAS STICKING PRETTY, UM, FIRMLY TO THEIR, UM, DEMANDS THAT THE CITY PAID A HUNDRED PERCENT OF FIRE SERVICES WITH NO SUBSIDY.

AND TOWARD THE END, WE WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE A 50% SPLIT ON FIRE STATION 1 94.

HAD WE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL DOING THAT, IT WOULD'VE BEEN ANOTHER TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS HIT TO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.

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A QUESTION ON THAT AS WELL, AND, AND JUST TO, UH, FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING AND THAT ARE HERE IN THE, UH, IN IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, UH, IF MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY, THE, UH, THE FIRE STATION CLOSURE WAS AT THE BEHEST OF, UH, THE, UH, LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE CHIEF WHEN HE ASSESSED LAHABRA AND SAID THAT, UH, LAHABRA WAS AT THREE FIRE STATION CITY, NOT A FOUR FIRE STATION CITY, CORRECT? YEAH.

SO WHEN WE DISCUSSED THE FIRE STATION ALLOCATION FOR THE COMMUNITY, IT WAS HIS, UH, OPINION THAT LAHABRA DIDN'T REQUIRE FOUR FIRE STATIONS.

OUR NEGOTIATING POSITION AT THE TIME WAS THEN THAT'S FINE, LET'S CLOSE STATION 1 94 ON BEACH BOULEVARD, WHICH IS THE NEWEST STATION, AND IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY, IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS IN LATA, UH, AND WE'LL KEEP STATION 1 91, 2 AND THREE.

LA COUNTY FIRE MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT IF WE, UM, IF OUR DESIRE WAS TO CLOSE THAT FIRE STATION, THAT WOULD TERMINATE OUR CONTRACT BECAUSE THAT FIRE STATION SERVES LA COUNTY FIRE'S NEED TO PROVIDE FIRE SUPPRESSION SERVICES AND, AND PARAMEDIC SERVICES IN LA COUNTY PRIMARILY LAMATA SOME PARTS OF UNINCORPORATED WHITTIER.

AND THAT'S WHY THAT STATION WAS SO IMPORTANT TO LA COUNTY FIRE 20 YEARS AGO WHEN THEY NEGOTIATED A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY THAT HAD THE CITY PARTNER WITH THEM TO BUILD THAT NEW FIRE STATION.

SO CLOSING FIRE STATION 1 94 WAS NOT AN OPTION.

KEEPING FIRE STATION 1 93 OPEN, UH, WOULD'VE COST ANOTHER $5 MILLION.

AND SO WE LOOKED AT THE, THE VOLUME OF, OF CALLS COMING OUT OF BOTH 1 93 AND FOUR.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE FACT THAT THE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S DEMANDS WERE WELL IN EXCESS OF WHAT FUNDING THAT WE WOULD HAVE AVAILABLE, IT WAS AT THAT TIME DETERMINED THAT WE WOULD CONVERT THAT FIRE STATION INTO, NOW WE USE IT FOR AMBULANCE DISPATCH, BUT IT WAS NOT WHAT OUR INITIALS NEGOTIATING POSITION WAS.

JIM, ARE WE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY MAINTENANCE OF THOSE BUILDINGS THAT LA COUNTY FIRE USES? SO LA COUNTY FIRES REQUIRE FOR ALL BASIC MAINTENANCE OF THEIR FACILITIES, INCLUDING BASIC LANDSCAPING.

UH, WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO ANY KIND OF HEAVY REPAIRS TO THE BUILDINGS, IF ANY, UH, FOR INSTANCE, ROOF REPAIRS OR ANY DAMAGE OR ANY TREE MAINTENANCE IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY.

SO THERE'S NO WAY TO RECOUP ANY ADDITIONAL COSTS FROM LA COUNTY FOR THE MAINTENANCE THAT THAT WE HAVE ON THE, NOT, NOT IN THE CONTRACT THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN.

SO, UH, THE POINT OF THIS SLIDE THOUGH IS, IS WHAT'S NOTABLE IS BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN THE LA COUNTY FIRE CONTRACT, YOU NOW SEE AN ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES TOWARDS FIRE AND AMBULANCE COMBINED GOING FROM ABOUT 22 OR 23% OF THE GENERAL FUND UP TO ALMOST 30% THIS YEAR.

UM, LA COUNTY FIRE HAS A, IN FACT, ONE OF THE OTHER PROVISIONS THAT WE HELPED NEGOTIATE KEEPING WAS, UH, IN OUR LAST 20 YEARS, WE HAD A, A, A, UH, CAP IN THE CONTRACT FOR THE FIRST HALF OF EACH 10 YEAR PERIOD WHERE THE CONTRACT COULDN'T GO GO UP BY MORE THAN 4% A YEAR.

UH, LA COUNTY'S PROPOSAL WAS TO ELIMINATE THAT CAP FOR THIS NEXT 10 YEAR, UH, CONTRACT EXTENSION.

AND WE PUSHED BACK AND SAID, WE CAN'T OPERATE A BUDGET NOT KNOWING WHAT OUR ANNUAL COST LIMITS WOULD BE.

SO WE KEPT A 4% CAP, BUT NOW 4% INCREASE OF LA COUNTY WERE TO PROPOSE THAT NEXT FISCAL YEAR IN 25 26 4% ON THIS CONTRACT IS GONNA BE ALMOST $600,000 INCREASE.

SO IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN, I WOULD ANTICIPATE NOT HAVING ANY OTHER CHANGES IN WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE THAT THE ACTUAL LA COUNTY FIRE AND THE, UH, LAHABRA AMBULANCE CONTRACT COMBINED NEXT FISCAL YEAR OF 25 26 COULD VERY WELL EXCEED THE COMBINED BUDGETS OF ALL OF OUR NON-PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS.

THAT'S WHERE THIS TREND LINE LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING RIGHT NOW.

SO THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET IN THE PAST HAS BEEN ROUGHLY BETWEEN 43 AND 45% OF WHAT WE SPEND OUR MONEY ON.

AND BECAUSE MORE MONEY IS NOW BEING SHIFTED INTO THE FIRE AMBULANCE SIDE, IT'S HAVING AN IMPACT ON THE POLICE SIDE.

NOW, THEIR BUDGET, UM, STAYED FAIRLY FLAT THIS FISCAL YEAR COMPARED TO LAST FISCAL YEAR, BUT ON AN, ON A TOTAL ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES, BECAUSE LA COUNTY FIRE CONTRACT IS TAKING UP MORE RESOURCES, IT'S COMING FROM EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND THE BIGGEST IMPACT YOU SEE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS AGO WE SPENT ABOUT 35% OF OUR BUDGET ON ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS OUTSIDE OF PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC WORKS, COMMUNITY SERVICE, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, ALL THE INTERNAL SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS, ROUGHLY A THIRD OF WHAT WE SPENT MONEY ON THIS YEAR, IT'S DOWN TO 30%, AND NEXT YEAR IT COULD DROP BELOW THAT.

AND SO THAT REALLY CAUSES A LOT OF STRAIN ON THE ORGANIZATION TO PROVIDE CODE ENFORCEMENT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE COVERING GRAFFITI TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE STAFFING AVAILABLE TO PATCH POTHOLES, TO UH, FIX UP AND, AND MAINTAIN OUR PARKS, FOR INSTANCE.

SO THESE ARE THE CHALLENGES WE'RE FACING ORGANIZATIONALLY BECAUSE WE HAVE A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT NOW OF HAVING TO FUND SO MUCH INTO, INTO PUBLIC SAFETY AT THE EXPENSE OF EVERYTHING ELSE.

JIM, BACK TO THE FIRE CONTRACT.

UM, WE WERE THE FIRST ONES UP TO BAT TO NEGOTIATE OUR CONTRACTS.

SINCE THEN, I UNDERSTAND OTHER CITIES HAVE GONE TO BAT TO NEGOTIATE THEIR CONTRACTS.

ARE THEY SEEING THE SAME INCREASES THAT WE HAVE? I DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS FOR ALL THE OTHER, THERE'S 13, I BELIEVE, CONTRACT CITIES, UH, IN LA COUNTY, AND WE'RE THE ONLY NON LA COUNTY

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CITY.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE ALL BEING EXPECTED TO FUND SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER COSTS FOR FIRE SERVICES AS WELL.

CAN WE, CAN WE KEEP AN EYE ON THAT TO SEE IF, IF IT'S PROPOSED, IF THEY'RE BEING FAIR WITH ALL THE OTHER CITIES AS WHAT THE INCREASE WE HAD? ABSOLUTELY.

ALRIGHT, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, WHAT CITY COUNCIL DOES TODAY AND AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING WHEN THE BUDGET'S ADOPTED, IS PROBABLY THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT ROLE THE CITY COUNCIL HAS, RIGHT? IT'S THE, IT'S THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR SERVICES AND PROGRAMS. IT IS THE POWER OF THE PURSE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AS ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE.

YOU LOOK AT THIS CHART GOING BACK TO 2005 SIX, WHEN THE CITY TRANSITIONED FROM LA COUNTY FIRE, WE USED TO HAVE OUR OWN MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND WE TRANSITIONED OUR FULL-TIME STAFFING IN ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING POLICE DEPARTMENT WENT DROPPED DOWN TO 217, WHAT THEY'RE CALLED FTES, FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STAFF IN THE GENERAL FUND.

OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS, WE HAVE NOT SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED THE STAFFING TO PROVIDE ALL THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW, IN ALL THESE OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

AND IN FACT, WITH THE BUDGET REDUCTION MEASURES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING THIS FISCAL YEAR BY FREEZING NINE POSITIONS, WE'RE GONNA DROP TO 198 FTES.

SO THAT MEANS THAT THIS FISCAL YEAR, IF THE BUDGET'S APPROVED, WE'RE GONNA HAVE FEWER PEOPLE ASSIGNED TO THE GENERAL FUND PROVIDING SERVICES, PROGRAMS AND WORK THAN WE DID 20 YEARS AGO.

THE POPULATION HAS INCREASED IN OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS.

THE, THE, THE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE HAS AGED MORE IN THE LAST 20 YEARS REQUIRING MORE MAINTENANCE.

WE PUT ON MORE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TODAY THAN WE DID 20 YEARS AGO.

20 YEARS AGO, LA ORANGE COUNTY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR HOMELESS SERVICES FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO THAT SHIFTED TO CITIES, AND NOW WE PROVIDE HOMELESS OUTREACH AND SERVICES.

SO WE'RE TAKING ON NEW PROGRAMS, NEW, NEW, UM, NEW, UH, SERVICES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING.

UH, KELLY'S SHOP AND COMMUNITY SERVICES PUTS ON AMAZING EVENTS.

SOME OF THOSE EVENTS WEREN'T WHAT WE DID 20 YEARS AGO, LIKE THE TAMALI FEST, BUT WE STILL STRETCH THE STAFFING WE HAVE AND WE GET ALLOCATED AMAZINGLY EFFICIENTLY TO PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF SERVICES WE DO IN THIS COMMUNITY.

SO THE ONE THING THIS CHART SHOWS IS THE COST INCREASES THAT WE'RE FACING AREN'T BECAUSE WE'VE INCREASED OUR STAFF BY 50% OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS.

IF ANYTHING, IT'S, IT'S DROPPED AND AT THIS RATE, I DON'T SEE IT REVERSING ANYTIME SOON WITH THE CUTS WE HAD TO MAKE THIS YEAR.

I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.

UM, AND I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER NOW TO THE, UH, DEPARTMENTS.

THE EACH DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO GO THROUGH AND PRESENT THEIR OWN BUDGETS, AND THEY'RE GONNA BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT SOME, UM, UH, OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, SOME OF THEIR GOALS FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

THEY'RE GONNA RECAP THEIR BUDGET AND THEY'RE REALLY GONNA SPEND MOST OF THEIR TIME TALKING ABOUT THE PROPOSED CUTS THAT THEY'RE, UH, MAKING IN THEIR BUDGETS AND THE IMPACT THOSE CUTS HAD, BECAUSE NONE OF THE PROPOSED CUTS WE'RE PROVIDING, UH, TO COUNCIL TODAY TO CONSIDER, UM, DON'T HAVE ASSOCIATED IMPACTS TO THIS ORGANIZATION AND TO THE COMMUNITY.

UM, AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO, UH, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER FIRST TO COMMUNITY SERVICES.

ASK KELLY TO COME UP AND START THE, UM, START THE PRESENTATION.

AND AS SHE GETS READY TO DO THAT, I'M GONNA MENTION THAT THE CUTS YOU SEE IN THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT, PRESENTATION SLIDES ARE NOT COMPREHENSIVE.

THESE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CUTS THAT WERE MADE.

BUT THERE ARE A MYRIAD OF OTHER INDIVIDUAL LINE ITEM CUTS THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE LISTED, LIKE TRAINING AND BUDGET AND SUPPLIES.

THESE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL CUTS THAT EACH DEPARTMENT HAS TO MAKE.

SO WITH THAT, KELLY, ALL YOURS.

GOOD EVENING.

UH, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES 24 25 BUDGET REQUEST.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS MADE UP OF SEVEN DISTINCT DIVISIONS.

WE HAVE ADMINISTRATION, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING, FACILITY MAINTENANCE, RECREATION AND SPECIAL EVENTS AND SOCIAL SERVICES.

SO WE HAVE A FULL SERVICE DEPARTMENT.

I WANNA GO OVER JUST BRIEFLY A LITTLE BIT OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR EACH ONE OF OUR DIVISIONS.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, OUR ADMINISTRATION DIVISION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MILITARY BANNERS THAT ARE ON THE STREET.

UM, WE TAKE IN, UM, PUT THEM UP AND DOWN, UH, MEMORIAL DAY AND VETERANS DAY.

WE ALSO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LEASES WITHIN THE CITY TO OUR NONPROFITS AND, AND GRAFFITI IS A BIG, UH, PORTION OF THE ADMINISTRATION.

AND WE TOOK OVER 180,000 SQUARE FEET OF GRAFFITI OFF THIS YEAR.

UM, OUR, OOPS, UM, SORRY.

BRIANNA , UM, OUR CHILD DEVELOPMENT DIVISION.

HEY, KELLY? YES.

I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.

IT'S OKAY.

HOW MANY, HOW MANY THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF GRAFFITI? CAN YOU SAY IT A LITTLE BIT LOUDER? 180,000 SQUARE FEET, SQUARE FEET.

SO IT'S ABOUT, UM, I, I HAVE A SLIDE ON THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT IT'S ABOUT, UM, 520 SQUARE FEET A DAY.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT A 10 BY 10 TENT, THAT'S THE WAY I LOOK AT IT.

IT'S, UM, YEAH, FIVE OF THOSE.

IT'S A LOT.

AND, UM, BUT, UM, BUT I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT GRAFFITI.

ALL OF CALIFORNIA THAT IS ALLOWED TO DO THAT.

SO OUR STATE FUNDED CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IS FUNDED THROUGH GRANTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.

WE'RE VERY LUCKY AND VERY UNIQUE.

WE'RE THE ONLY CITY.

UM, THERE'S ONLY ONE OTHER CITY IN

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WE SERVICE 280 CHILDREN THIS YEAR.

UM, BUT WE'VE ALSO FOCUSED HEAVILY THIS YEAR ON SOME OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.

SO WE'RE REMOVING AND REPLACING SOME OF OUR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, OUR FLOORING IN THE CLASSROOMS, OUR CABINETS, UM, OUR FURNITURE, AND WE'VE DONE A LOT.

WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE FIRST FIVE OF CALIFORNIA ON THEIR EECE, THEIR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND THEIR, UM, EDI EARLY DEVELOPMENT INDEX TASK FORCE IS, UM, LET'S SEE, WE, WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN FUNDED AT $2 MILLION MORE THAN WE WERE JUST TWO FISCAL YEARS AGO.

SO WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO WORK WITH BOTH CDE AND CDSS.

OUR CHILDREN'S MUSEUM HAS, UH, BEEN VERY ACTIVE.

ALSO, WE'VE INSTALLED A NEW SECURITY SYSTEM WITH NEW CAMERAS.

YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN OUR MOBILE MUSEUM OUTSIDE AT OUR EVENTS LIKE EXTRAVAGANZA OR THE RACES.

UH, HOPEFULLY I THINK YOU ALL WENT TO THE EMPIRE ON THE NILE.

ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR, UM, GALLERIES FOR, IN A RECENT TIME, WE'RE WORKING WITH ENGINEERING TO REPLACE THE ROOF AND THE HVAC SYSTEM, AND WE'VE ACTUALLY REACHED OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND, UH, YOUTH AND, UH, FAMILY MEMBERS THROUGH THIS YEAR.

OUR EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING DIVISION FUNDED THROUGH A GRANT FROM THE COUNTY OF ORANGE.

UH, WE'RE COMPLETING OUR FOURTH YEAR OF THIS NEW GRANT.

WE'RE IN OUR 49TH YEAR OR 50TH YEAR.

WE DON'T, UM, HAVE ACTUAL RECORDS ON IT, BUT IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME IN OUR CITY.

SO, UM, THIS YEAR WE'RE ABLE TO MEET OUR NUMBERS FOR 600 YOUTH THAT WE'VE ENROLLED INTO OUR PROGRAMS, OVER A HUNDRED OF THEM INTO WHAT WE CALL INDIVIDUAL TRAINING ACCOUNTS, WHICH SENDS THESE STUDENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS TO, UH, PLUMBING OR HVAC OR LOCKSMITH OR WELDING TRAINING AND GIVING THEM SKILLS THAT CAN ALLOW THEM TO GET JOBS AND HAVE A SECURE FEATURE.

WE APPLIED FOR, AND WERE AWARDED ANOTHER FOUR YEAR CONTRACT, UM, FOR ONE YEAR AT A TIME FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS AT A, UM, 2.7 MILLION.

SO IT'S $600,000 MORE THAN LAST YEAR'S FUNDING.

WHILE THE PROGRAM IS NO LONGER BASED ACTUALLY IN THE CITY OF LAHABRA, IT'S OKAY BECAUSE WE FOCUS REALLY HARD ON REACHING LAHABRA RESIDENTS AND LAHABRA SCHOOLS AND LAHABRA BUSINESSES.

SO WE'RE DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB WITH THAT.

WE'VE SERVED 30 KIDS THIS YEAR, YOUNG ADULTS THIS YEAR, AND WE, UM, HOPE TO, UH, SERVICE EVEN MORE INTO THOSE ITTS.

OUR FACILITY MAINTENANCE, UH, DIVISION IS PROBABLY OUR UNSUNG HEROES.

NOT SURE IF YOU KNOW, BUT THEY MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE AND SERVICE, UH, OVER 20 BUILDINGS.

UM, IN THE CITY.

UH, AS YOU KNOW, OUR BUILDINGS ARE AGING AND INFRASTRUCTURE IS, UM, UH, SUSPECT.

UH, YOU KNOW, AND WITH THE RAIN THAT WE'VE HAD FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE DEALT WITH A LOT OF LEAKS AND DAMAGE.

AND SO WE'VE REALLY WORKED HARD ON THAT, BUT IT'S ALSO EXPOSED A LOT OF OUR VULNERABILITIES WITH OUR BUILDINGS.

SO WE'VE WORKED, UM, REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE, UM, ARE PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE.

UM, WE ALSO INSTALLED, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE VETERANS HALL, WE HAVE SOUND ABSORBING PANELS THERE, SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY TALK THERE WITH THE MICROPHONE NOW.

SO IT'S, UM, ACTUALLY, UH, NICE TO GET THAT PROJECT COMPLETE.

UM, RECREATION, WELL, YOU KNOW, RECREATION, THEY'VE DONE A WHOLE LOT OF, UH, SPECIAL EVENTS THIS YEAR.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID DO WAS ESTABLISH OUR CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE.

WELL, WE HAVEN'T HAD A MEETING YET BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE HOPEFULLY TO GET OUR FUNDING THROUGH OUR BUDGET PROCESS TONIGHT.

ONCE WE DO THAT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING BACK THE COUNCIL A REPORT AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, UM, THAT HOPEFULLY CAN OUTLINE IT THROUGH THE FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING.

UM, WE'VE ALSO USED OUR JOINT USE AGREEMENTS WITH THE SCHOOLS.

WE OFFER, UM, YOUTH SPORTS ACCESS TO OUR PARKS AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PARK, UM, PARKS AND SPORTS SITES TO EIGHT LEAGUES AND EIGHT DIFFERENT SPORTS.

I'M NOT SURE IF YOU KNOW, WE BUILT A, UM, A COMMUNITY GARDEN.

HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A, UM, LITTLE RIBBON CUTTING SOON.

BUT WE WORK WITH THE COLLABORATIVE AND OUR COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS UP AT SAN MIGUEL DIANDRE, DIANDRE PARK, AND IT'S A NICE LITTLE COMMUNITY GARDEN, SO HOPEFULLY, UM, YOU GUYS COULD COME TO THAT.

UM, SOCIAL SERVICES, REALLY BUSY DIVISION AS, UH, THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, UM, OUR HOMELESS ACTIVITIES AND, UM, ARE THOSE FOR THE UNHOUSED.

UM, IN THE TWO YEARS SINCE INCEPTION, WE'VE HAD 121 EXITS.

WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE NUMBERS FOR RECIDIVISM.

AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT'S NOT THE EASIEST TO TRACK, BUT 121 WITH EIGHT OF THOSE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.

SO, UM, IT'S DIFFICULT.

BUT THE HOUSING VOUCHERS FROM THE COUNTY, UM, ARE HELPING US DO THAT.

WE'VE HAD, UM, 226 ENROLLMENTS WITH 14 OF THEM BEING VETERANS INTO, UM, OUR SYSTEM.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, IT'S REAL IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO HOLD BLOOD DRIVES.

SINCE COVID, UH, STARTED, WE HAVE COLLECTED 1,621 PIPES.

SO I THINK YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF ALL YOUR RESIDENTS AND FRIENDS WHO ARE DONATING BLOOD AT THOSE EVENTS.

OUR TAXI SERVICE IS PRETTY IMPORTANT.

NOT SURE HOW MUCH, UM, PEOPLE KNOW, BUT WE HAVE A TAXI SERVICE THAT'LL TAKE SENIOR CITIZENS 60 AND OVER TO, UM, GROCERY SHOPPING OR MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS.

MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS, UM, ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTY OR PIH AND THE VETERANS HOSPITAL IN LONG BEACH OR ANY, UM, DOCTOR'S OFFICE IN ORANGE COUNTY.

AND THEY'LL TAKE YOU SHOPPING IN LAHABRA.

UM, OUR SHUTTLE SERVICE TAKES YOU JUST TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR OUR LUNCH PROGRAM.

SO SOCIAL SERVICES HAS

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BEEN VERY, VERY BUSY.

SO ONE OF OUR BIG PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, IS GRAFFITI SERVICES.

SO WE MADE YOU A LITTLE SLIDE HERE THAT TELLS YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PROGRAM.

UM, OUR CHART HERE TELLS YOU THAT IN, UH, FISCAL YEAR 21, 20 21, WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT MUCH GRAFFITI BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS COVID.

AND SO, UM, BUT IT'S STEADILY INCREASED.

AND, UM, IT CONTINUES TO INCREASE A LITTLE BIT EACH YEAR.

RIGHT NOW WHAT THE TAGS, NUMBER TAGS REMOVE THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE EXPECT TO, UH, TOP OFF AT ABOUT 16,680 TAGS.

NOW, SOMETIMES A PIECE OF GRAFFITI MIGHT HAVE MULTIPLE TAGS, UM, BUT WE TAKE A PICTURE OF EACH ONE, AND IF IT'S GANG RELATED, WE SEND IT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT WE CATALOG IT ALL.

UM, AND THEN THE, UM, GRAFFITI SQUARE FOOTAGE IS, LIKE I SAID, 520 SQUARE FEET A DAY.

WE DO OPERATE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, EXCEPT FOR THE MAJOR HOLIDAYS WITH, UH, WE HAVE ONE FULL-TIMER AND ONE PART-TIMER, UM, THAT OPERATES OUR GRAFFITI ABATEMENT PROGRAM.

THE PROGRAM IS FUNDED PARTLY BY GENERAL FUND, BUT ALSO PARTLY BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.

UH, 45% GOES INTO THE COMMUNITY DE DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.

SO WHAT OUR STAFF HAVE TO DO IS WHEREVER THE GRAFFITI IS, THEY CHECK THE ADDRESS, AND IF IT'S AN ELIGIBLE CDBG ELIGIBLE, UM, AREA, THEN THEY CHARGE IT TO THE GRANT.

IF NOT, THE GENERAL FUND PAYS FOR THAT.

SO THAT'S HOW GRAFFITI WORKS.

NOW, ONE ONE REAL QUICK COMMENT ON GRAFFITI.

IN PRIOR YEARS, A LOT OF THE TAGS THAT WE HAD TO DEAL WITH WERE, I'D SAY, SMALLER IN SIZE.

IT MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, LETTERS THAT ARE A FOOT OR A FOOT AND A HALF TALL.

THIS LAST YEAR, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT WE'VE SEEN WALLS WITH SIX FOOT TALL TAGS ON IT, AND THE AMOUNT OF WORK IT TAKES TO COVER A WHOLE WALL THAT'S FULL OF PAINT AND AND TAGGING, IT TAKES A LOT MORE TIME, A LOT MORE EFFORT, A LOT MORE EQUIPMENT, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S DRIVING A LOT OF THE INCREASE IN SQUARE FOOTAGE OF TAGS WE HAVE TO COVER EVERY YEAR.

YES, THANK YOU.

WE DO HAVE SOME VIDEOS THAT WE COULD, UM, UM, SEND YOU GUYS TOO, THAT WE'VE TAKEN RECENTLY.

SO, SPECIAL EVENTS, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE'RE REALLY KNOWN FOR HERE IN THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

SO WE MADE YOU A SLIDE THAT OUTLINES THAT 18 BIGGEST SPECIAL EVENTS THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

UM, THERE'S 18 THERE, BUT ONE OF 'EM IS, UH, THE CORN FESTIVAL.

ACTUALLY TWO OF 'EM, UH, THE CITRUS FAIR AND THE CORN FESTIVAL THAT ARE NOT RUN BY THE CITY, BUT WE PUT THEM IN THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, UH, SPECIAL EVENTS WITHIN THE CITY.

SO OF THOSE, UM, 18 EVENTS, THE TOTAL COST IS ABOUT $406,000, WHICH 202,000 COMES DIRECTLY FROM STAFFING, AS YOU SAW THE SLIDES EARLIER.

STAFFING JUST IS THE BIGGEST CHARGE IN MOST EVERY EVENT OR ACTIVITY.

UH, WE DO BRING IN SOME REVENUE, THOUGH.

WE HAVE SPONSORS, WE HAVE VENDOR FEES, WE HAVE ADMISSIONS AND SALES.

WE BRING IN ABOUT 226 TOTAL THOUSAND, UM, IN REVENUE.

SO, UM, OF THE, UH, THE 18 EVENTS, THE CITY STILL PAYS ABOUT $180,000 FOR THOSE SPECIAL EVENTS.

PRETTY GOOD DEAL IF YOU ASK ME.

UM, IF YOU TAKE OUT THE 27,000 THAT WE SUBSIDIZED FOR THE, UM, THE CORN FESTIVAL, THEN IT'S REALLY DOWN TO 152,000 FOR ALL OF THE CITY SPONSORED EVENTS.

WE HOPE TO DO EVEN BETTER NEXT YEAR AS WE TRY TO GET, UH, LARGER SPONSORS AND, UM, AND MORE REVENUE.

SPEAKING OF SPECIAL EVENTS.

SO THAT BRINGS US TO OUR CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.

SO TONIGHT WE'RE HERE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, WHICH WE HOPE TO HAVE A A YEAR LONG CELEBRATION THAT PEOPLE WILL TALK ABOUT FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE PLANNED, A CITYWIDE ART, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S MURALS OR BANNERS, AND WE WOULD STILL LIKE TO HAVE A SIGNATURE EVENT, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S A ONE DAY OR A THREE DAY EVENT THAT EVERYBODY CAN COME OUT AND CELEBRATE THE HUNDRED YEARS OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA.

WE WILL DEFINITELY ENHANCE ALL OF OUR OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS.

SO THERE'LL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE AT THE LIONS PARADE OR A LITTLE BIT MORE AT THE LA HABRA RACES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE HOPE TO HAVE MEMORABILIA AND MEMENTOS THAT PEOPLE CAN, UM, PURCHASE, UH, TO CELEBRATE OUR CITY'S CENTENNIAL.

AND WE HOPE TO STILL HAVE OUR IMAGES OF AMERICA BOOK TODAY.

WE'RE ASKING FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE ASKED LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS $250,000.

OF COURSE, IF THERE'S MORE, WE WOULD TAKE MORE, BUT WE'RE, ONCE WE HAVE THAT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO REALLY START PLANNING, UM, A MEMORABLE EVENT.

AND FOR THE, UH, COUNCIL, UM, UH, COUNCIL'S KNOWLEDGE, IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO, THE $250,000 IS BEING PROPOSED FOR THE CENTENNIAL PLANNING AND, AND ANY OF THE EVENTS THAT ARE GONNA BE AUGMENTED IS NOT A DIRECT GENERAL FUND EXPENSE.

WE'VE BEEN, UM, PUTTING MONEY ASIDE FOR PROB PROBABLY THE LAST SIX OR SEVEN YEARS IN ANTICIPATION OF THE CENTENNIAL.

SO THIS IN A, A SPECIAL EVENT RESERVE CALL IT, UM, THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR USE.

IT'S NOT COMING OUTTA THE OPERATING BUDGET.

LIKE IT.

I LIKE IT.

ALL RIGHTY.

SO WITH THAT, WE STILL HAVE SOME, UH, GOALS FOR NEXT YEAR, NOT JUST A CENTENNIAL, BUT THE, TO CONTINUE AND REIMAGINE A LOT OF OUR, UM, SERVICES, OUR ACTIVITIES, UM, WE WANT TO COMPLETE THE RENOVATIONS THAT WE WANNA DO AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.

UM, WE ARE, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO A FULL FACILITY ASSESSMENT BY THE END OF NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

SO THAT WAY WE, WE DO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH OUR BUILDINGS IN THE FUTURE.

UM, WE HOPE TO MOVE THE

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ART ASSOCIATION WOMEN'S CLUB, UH, HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AND REALLY WORK ON OUR CULTURAL AND ARTS DISTRICT DOWN, UM, EUCLID BOULEVARD.

PART OF OUR OTHER GOALS ARE OUR GRANT FUNDED PROGRAMS. SO, UM, WE'RE REALLY GOOD ABOUT USING OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY.

AS I MENTIONED, $2.7 MILLION IS COMING TO US FROM THE COUNTY TO RUN OUR 24 25 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAM FOR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS.

AND, UM, THERE'S ABOUT $7 MILLION IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT MONEY, LIKE I MENTIONED, $2 MILLION MORE THAN THERE WAS TWO YEARS AGO.

UM, WE ARE A CALTECH CERTIFIED CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

SO THAT, WHAT THAT MEANS IS CALTECH IS TEACHING OUR TEACH TEACHERS HOW TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN.

SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT.

UM, WE'RE HOPING THAT IT'S REALLY TRANSLATING.

WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT COVID LAG THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT, BUT OUR CHILDREN ARE DOING REALLY WELL.

HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE ABLE TO STOP BY ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS SOON AND YOU'LL SEE ALL OF THE, UM, UPGRADES THAT WE'VE MADE WITH THE FLOORING AND THE, AND THE POUR IN PLACE AND THE RUBBER SURFACING.

UM, WE ANTICIPATE DOING MORE PROJECTS AS WE CAN THIS YEAR, AS LONG AS THE FUNDING IS AVAILABLE.

HOPEFULLY.

WE WE'RE WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING TO FINISH THE PLAYGROUND AT LA BON PARK, UH, PLAYGROUND, UH, CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER UP THERE, AS WELL AS, UM, SOME OF THE WINDOWS AND SOME OF THE, UM, OTHER, UM, THE INTERIOR OF MAINE BECAUSE, UH, WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES THERE.

WE'LL, ADDITIONALLY, HOPEFULLY SEEK OUT ADDITIONAL GRANTS AND CONTINUE TO GET MONEY.

THESE PROGRAMS ARE SELF-SUPPORTING PROGRAMS, SO A HUNDRED PERCENT OF WHAT THEY COST IS PAID BY SOMEBODY ELSE.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY ALSO PAY FOR ANY USAGE THAT THEY HAVE WITH FINANCE OR HR.

SO WE HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE THAT, UM, WE CAN TAKE FROM EACH GRANT TO, TO COVER A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THEIR COSTS.

SO WE, UM, WE LOVE THOSE PROGRAMS. SO FOR OUR TOTAL DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE THE SIX DIVISIONS HERE OF GENERAL FUND, $4.871 MILLION.

BUT IF YOU SEE $1.7 MILLION OF THAT IS ACTUALLY FOR BUILDING MAINTENANCE.

AND AS I MENTIONED, SINCE OUR BUILDINGS ARE, UM, UM, GETTING A LITTLE BIT OLD AND AGING, WE REALLY DIDN'T TOUCH THAT BUDGET FOR OUR BUDGET CUT RECOMMENDATIONS AT THIS POINT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DEFER ANY MORE MAINTENANCE BECAUSE THAT, UH, PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE IS WE, WE HAVE TO DO THAT, RIGHT? AND THEN THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE IS VERY DIFFICULT.

UM, SO 36% OF OUR BUDGET IS REALLY BUILDING MAINTENANCE.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE BRING IN ABOUT $640,000 IN JUST REVENUE, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S CONTRACT CLASSES, SPECIAL EVENTS, AND ALL THAT OTHER.

SO, UM, THE GENERAL FUND ALLOCATION TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS REALLY CLOSER TO 2.5 MILLION IF YOU TAKE THOSE THINGS OUT.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHEN I TALKED ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 7.45 MILLION EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 2.7 CHILDREN'S MUSEUM IS 1.187.

THAT'S A LOT, BUT THAT INCLUDES $300,000 TO HOPEFULLY REPLACE THE DECKING AND, UM, SOME OF THE WINDOWS AND MAYBE PAINT IT, IF WE CAN GET THAT ALL DONE FOR 300,000.

THE OTHER LOCAL GRANTS IS, UM, PAYING FOR OUR TWO OUTREACH COORDINATORS, AND IT'S A QMD SLASH O CT A, THE, UM, OCTA GRANT PAY FOR THE, UM, THE TAXI SERVICE AND THE SHUTTLE AS WE TALKED EARLIER.

SO OUR TOTAL GENERAL FUND BUDGET, UM, I MEAN, SORRY, TOTAL FUND BUDGET IS, UH, 16 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE YEAR.

SO WE COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, CUTS.

OUR CUTS, UH, TARGET CUT WAS ABOUT $290,000.

UM, WELL, IT HAS TO COME FROM STAFFING, RIGHT? THAT'S JUST, UM, WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.

'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY IN SUPPLIES, AS YOU SAW THAT MOST OF OUR COSTS ARE FOR, UM, STAFFING.

SO OUR PROPOSAL IS TO CUT 5,200 PART-TIME HOURS.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYBODY'S LOSING THEIR JOB, IT JUST MEANS THAT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO KEEP A LOT OF STAFF AFTER THE SUMMER AND THE SEASONAL EMPLOYEES.

UH, BUT 5,200 DOES MEAN A HUNDRED HOURS A WEEK.

SO IT DOES MEAN THAT, UM, THERE ARE THINGS THAT AREN'T GOING TO HAPPEN OR OCCUR LESS.

UM, WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING THAT WE ELIMINATE THE $15,000 SUBSIDY THAT THE COUNCIL PUT IN PLACE LAST YEAR TO HELP SUBSIDIZE CPR CLASSES FOR THE PUBLIC.

UM, WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING ELIMINATING THE SECURITY GUARD AT THE SKATE PARK.

THAT'S A, THAT'S A TOUGH ONE, BUT, UM, PRE COVID, WE DIDN'T HAVE A SKATE PARK, UH, SECURITY GUARD, UM, FOR, FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

UH, IT DOES COST ABOUT $78,000 A YEAR FOR THAT.

WE'RE, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A HIT IN A LITTLE BIT OF STAFF TRAINING AND, AND CONFERENCES.

SO 9,500 OF THAT, I DIDN'T PUT IT ON HERE, BUT $8,500.

WE TRY TO REPLACE SOME TABLES AND SHARES EVERY YEAR FOR OUR RENTALS.

WE KIND OF PUT THAT ON HOLD, BUT WE BOUGHT 500 SHARES TWO, TWO FISCAL YEARS AGO.

SO WE FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THAT.

WE ARE, UM, GONNA ALLOCATE OUR ADMIN ANALYST.

25% OF HIS GENERAL FUND SALARY WILL NOW BE PAID THROUGH THE ADMIN OF OUR EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAM, SO HE CAN DO THE ADMIN WORK THERE AND FREE UP THEIR STAFF.

KELLY, SORRY TO INTERRUPT REAL QUICK, SIR, BEFORE YOU GO INTO IMPACT, TELL ME WHAT THE CUTS, WHAT IMPACT THAT WILL HAVE ON GRAFFITI ABATEMENT.

WELL, WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING CUTTING ANYTHING ON GRAFFITI ITSELF, HOWEVER, WE'VE BEEN SUBSIDIZING A LOT OF THE GRAFFITI.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IS, WHEN WE HAVE THE ONE FULL-TIME AND THE ONE PART-TIME STAFF, IF THERE'S GRAFFITI, WHEN ONE OF THEM ARE GONE, WE JUST ASK A REC LEADER, GO DO IT.

SO, UM, OUR STAFF HAVE TRAINED A NUMBER OF REC LEADERS TO GO TAKE IT OFF.

'CAUSE OUR GOAL IS TO GET IT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY,

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BUT WITHIN 24 HOURS NO MATTER WHAT.

WE'RE GONNA STILL TRY TO DO THAT, BUT I CAN'T PROMISE THAT IT'S GONNA BE 24 HOURS ALL THE TIME NOW, UH, RIGHT NOW, UM, I, I GUESS I FAILED TO MENTION ON THAT SLIDE, WE'RE SUBSIDIZING ABOUT 30, $35,000 A YEAR JUST FROM OUR REC LEADERS AND OUR, WHAT WE CALL PARK ATTENDANTS AND A PARK PATROL.

SO, UM, THERE COULD BE AN IMPACT.

YOU KNOW, WE HOPE THAT WHATEVER'S GOING ON, MAYBE IT ALSO DIMINISHES THE AMOUNT OF GRAFFITI, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON IT.

UM, AND WE'LL COME BACK AT A ANOTHER TIME IF AND WHEN WE CAN'T HANDLE IT.

ANY, ANY AS WELL AS WE'D LIKE TO.

IT'S NOT GONNA BE FAIR TO HOLD YOU TO THAT 24 HOUR WINDOW LIKE WE DO NOW.

I MEAN, THAT TAG MIGHT BE UP FOR A WEEK INSTEAD, RIGHT? THAT'S POSSIBLY, YEAH.

I, I REALLY DON'T WANNA SAY A WEEK, BUT, UM, IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH.

I, BUT EVERYBODY HAS TAKEN HITS, UM, ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY, SO, UM, UM, WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO.

OUR STAFF DO A GREAT JOB.

YOU BARELY SEE A GRAFFITI RIGHT NOW.

THEY, THEY WORK EARLY, SO HOPEFULLY BY THE TIME EVERYBODY GETS UP AND STARTS DRIVING TO WORK, YOU REALLY DON'T SEE A LOT.

BUT MAN, WE'RE JUST GETTING HIT SO BAD OVERNIGHT.

AND, UM, OUR PARK BATHROOMS, WE CLOSE OUR BATHROOMS BETWEEN, UM, EIGHT AND 10:00 PM AT NIGHT, AND ONE OR TWO OF THEM EVERY NIGHT ARE JUST COMPLETELY OBLITERATED WITH GRAFFITI.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON IT, AND WE'RE TRYING TO IDENTIFY TRENDS IN TIMES, AND I KNOW THE POLICE ARE WORKING VERY HARD ON IDENTIFYING.

IN FACT, I'VE SEEN TWO THINGS COME ACROSS OUR DESK ABOUT RESTITUTION, SO I KNOW THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB.

AND, UM, THANK YOU, KELLY.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, I I WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION.

I CAN'T TELL YOU, THERE SEEMS TO BE EVERY WEEKEND THAT I'M CALLING YOU ON THE PHONE AND SAYING, WHAT IN THE HECK ARE YOU DOING, GIRL? YEAH.

YOU, YOU, YOU WORK LIKE A WORKHORSE.

AND I, I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND EFFORTS, AND I KNOW YOU DO IT BECAUSE YOU CARE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY.

SO I WANNA SAY, SAY THAT OUT FRONT.

I'M ASKING ABOUT, UH, REDUCTION IN SPLASH PAD STAFFING.

WHAT DOES THAT DO? WHEN WE HAVE, UH, A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE BACTERIA LEVELS, WHO'S GONNA BE MONITORING THAT IN CASE, I MEAN, QUITE FRANKLY, THERE'S KIDS THAT POOP AND WE HAVE TO SHUT IT DOWN.

WHO'S GONNA MONITOR THAT IN THE SITUATION WHERE THAT HAPPENS? THEN IT BECOMES AN UNHEALTHY SITUATION WHEN THAT HAPPENS AND THERE'S NOBODY THERE TO, TO VISIT TO.

SO OUR STAFF WILL STILL MONITOR IT.

RIGHT NOW, THE STAFF SPLASH PAD STAFFING WAS BEING PAID FOR OUT OF ARPA.

OF COURSE, ARPAS GONE.

SO NOW, ACTUALLY THE CITY HAD TO GIVE US MORE MONEY JUST TO PUT STAFF UP.

WE HAD FOUR STAFF TWO WORKING AT EACH PARK.

AND SO WE HAD TWO CONTINUOUS STAFF AT EACH PARK.

SO THAT MEANT, UM, THEY CHECKED THE, UH, PH LEVELS OR THE CHLORINE LEVELS AND ALL THAT, BUT THEY ALSO DID ACTIVITIES.

WE CALLED THEM SPLASH TASTIC ACTIVITIES.

SO IF YOU GO RIGHT NOW, EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, YOU'LL SEE.

THEN THEY DID WATER BALLOON TOSSES OR CRACKS AND THINGS.

BUT SO WHAT'S THE REDUCTION GONNA LOOK LIKE? TWO, WE'RE GONNA GO DOWN TO TWO.

SO WE'LL HAVE TWO STAFF GOING BACK AND FORTH.

SO HAVE SOMETHING THERE.

YES, SIR.

SO THERE'LL ALWAYS BE OKAY.

HAD NO TOLERANCE FOR THESE TYPE OF SITUATIONS BACK IN THE DAY.

KELLY, WHAT ABOUT THE, UM, IT SAYS TO ELIMINATE THE FUNDING FOR SECURITY AT THE SKATE PARK.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I MEAN, HOW BAD IS THAT GOING TO GET WITHOUT, WELL, IT DEPENDS ON, YOU KNOW, HOW YOU LOOK AT IT, RIGHT? SO, UM, PRIOR TO COVID, WE HADN'T HAD A SECURITY GUARD THERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF GRAFFITI.

ALMOST EVERY DAY WE WERE TAKING GRAFFITI OFF THE PARK.

UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF VANDALISM.

THE KIDS WOULD TAKE THE, UM, THE BENCHES FROM THE TOP OF THE PARK AND THEY WOULD TREK 'EM ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE BOTTOM SO THEY COULD GRIND ON THOSE.

THERE WAS A LOT OF POLICE ACTIVITY, RIGHT? THERE'S, UM, I MEAN, IT'S ACROSS THE STREET FROM A HIGH SCHOOL, SO THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES THAT COME WITH IT.

UM, HOWEVER, WITH THE SECURITY GUARD AT THE PARK, THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO ENFORCE THE LAW.

THE LAW SAYS YOU HAVE TO HAVE SAFETY EQUIPMENT.

SO WE COULD NOT, IF WE STAFF IT WITH A STAFF PERSON OR A SECURITY GUARD, WE COULD NOT ALLOW ANYBODY TO USE THOSE PARKS WITHOUT HAVING HEADGEAR.

AND, UM, SUPPOSED TO BE ELBOWS AND KNEE PADS ALSO.

SO IT DEPENDS ON, ON HOW YOU LOOK AT IT.

THERE DEFINITELY IS GONNA BE AN UPTICK BETWEEN US PUBLIC WORKS AND POLICE, THOUGH, BY NOT HAVING A SECURITY GUARD THERE.

RIGHT.

ESPECIALLY NOW, UM, YOU KNOW, SUMMER'S COMING UP, SCHOOL'S OUT, AND, UM, YES.

SO RIGHT NOW WE STAFF THE PARK FROM 1:00 PM TO 8:00 PM WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE LIMITING THE NUMBER OF HOURS THAT ARE THERE.

THE SECURITY GUARD COMPANY THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, UM, THEY WILL ONLY DO A SIX HOUR SHIFT.

IT'S TOO HARD FOR THEM TO KEEP SOMEBODY AT FOUR HOURS, UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY WANT MORE HOURS.

UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE IF WE COULD FIND ANOTHER COMPANY MAYBE TO DO FOUR.

AND IF WE JUST FIND THE MOST VULNERABLE TIME, WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR OPTIONS OF WHAT WE CAN AND CAN DO.

AND IN THE PAST, KELLY, UH, BEFORE SECURITY, THERE WERE TIMES WHERE WE ACTUALLY WOULD STAFF THE PARK WITH CITY STAFF.

AND MAYBE YOU CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT THAT CREATED.

WELL, THE SAME THING, RIGHT? SO IF WE STAFF, IT WAS BEFORE ME, BUT IF WE STAFF IT WITH CITY STAFF, THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE RULE ENFORCEMENT TOO, RIGHT? YOU AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO MAKE THEM WEAR THEIR EQUIPMENT.

AND, UM, AND THEN IT BECOMES A REC LEADER TRYING TO BREAK UP A FIGHT VERSUS A SECURITY GUARD.

SO IT MAKES IT A LITTLE DIFFICULT.

UM, THE VANDALISM, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SOMETIMES THAT CAN HAPPEN RIGHT IN FRONT OF ONE OF OUR 18, 19-YEAR-OLD REC LEADERS TOO.

AND, UM, WE HAVE TO GET ON THE PHONE, CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, THEN THEY BECOME SECURITY GUARDS.

SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT ON THEM 'CAUSE THEY HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO DO.

UM, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A DOUBLE-EDGED KNIFE, RIGHT? UM, AND WHAT HAPPENED IN, BACK IN RO AND COUNCIL MEMBER ROSE SPINOZA WILL REMEMBER THIS, WE

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WE WOULD SHUT THE PARK DOWN, WE WOULD SHUT THE SKATE PARK DOWN.

IF THEY GRAFFITIED IT, IT WOULD BE CLOSED FOR TWO AND THREE DAYS UNTIL WE FINALLY GOT AROUND TO, TO COVERING UP.

AND THAT'S MAYBE THE HARD LINE APPROACH WE HAVE TO DO WHERE WE HOLD THESE PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS YOURS AND YOU GUYS HAVE TO POLICE EACH OTHER RIGHT.

TO BE DOING THE RIGHT THINGS THERE.

HONESTLY, WHEN COVID FIRST HAPPENED AND WE STARTED LOCKING IT UP, THEY WERE LITERALLY CUTTING THE GATE, RIGHT? THE CHAIN LINK FENCE.

SO WE PUT UP WAS, UH, THE BIG, AS THE TIGHTEST GET, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC WORKS WAS OUT THERE EVERY DAY TRYING TO SECURE THE FACILITY.

UM, THOSE ARE SOFT COSTS THAT IT'S HARD TO MEASURE, BUT IT'S A LOT.

AND SO, UM, IT'S A, IT'S A HARD REQUEST, $78,000 A YEAR.

UM, BUT IT'S, WHAT WE HAVE TO DO AT THIS POINT IS, IS AT LEAST PUT THAT ON THE TABLE TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE TOUGHER CUTS IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAN, THAN OUR DEPARTMENT.

SO, LOOKING AT ALL YOUR CUTS, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS YOUR MOST SIGNIFICANT CUT HERE THAT'S GONNA IMPACT YOUR DEPARTMENT AND BE THE MOST CHALLENGING PART FOR YOU? WELL, THE PART-TIME HOURS OF COURSE, BECAUSE A HUNDRED HOURS A WEEK RIGHT NOW.

SO 5,250 HOURS, 5,252 WEEKS, A HUNDRED HOURS A WEEK.

UM, RIGHT NOW WHAT HAPPENS IS, UH, IF CITY HALL CALLS AND SAYS, OH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, UH, AN EVENT OR THERE'S SOMEBODY IN THE, UM, THE ATRIUM, CAN YOU COME CLEAN UP THEIR MESS? OR CAN YOU MOVE A TABLE? ALL THOSE KIND OF ON DEMAND THINGS, WE WON'T REALLY BE ABLE TO DO A LOT OF THOSE.

SOME OF THE SMALLER EVENTS WE WENT, WE'RE, WE'RE PROPOSING TO GO FROM NINE MOVIES IN THE PARK TO SIX.

I MEAN, SIX IS A GREAT NUMBER FOR A CITY.

UM, SO IT'S NOT THE WORST THING.

WE, WE DON'T LIKE TO EVER GO BACKWARDS, BUT, UM, IT'S SIX GREAT MOVIES THIS YEAR.

UM, AND THEY, THEY'RE NOT THAT STAFF INTENSIVE, BUT THERE ARE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH EVERYTHING.

SO, UM, AND, AND IN THE FUTURE, MAYBE WE GO BACK TO THREE CONCERTS OR FOUR CONCERTS INSTEAD OF FIVE.

THERE'S JUST SO MANY THINGS BECAUSE OUR DEPARTMENT IS MADE UP OF, IT MIGHT BE $16 MILLION, BUT THERE'S JUST SMALL POTS EVERYWHERE.

WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, A BIG POT WHERE WE COULD JUST CUT ONE THING AND THAT WE MEET OUR NUMBERS.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT OUR FEE SCHEDULE FOR RENTING OUR FACILITIES? EVERY YEAR WE DO.

SO WE RAISED, WE DIDN'T RAISE THEM THIS FISCAL YEAR, BUT WE RAISED THEM LAST FISCAL YEAR.

SO WE BRING IN, UM, ABOUT $150,000 A YEAR.

AND I'VE SEEN IT WE'RE WE'RE RENT, WE'RE WE'RE BEING USED JUST ABOUT EVERY WEEK? BOTH.

BOTH FACILITIES? BOTH FACILITIES, YES.

AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER? YES.

UM, WE HAVE A, UM, AN INCREASE IN THIS BUDGET FOR THINGS THAT ARE WHAT I CALL REVOLVING.

SO WHEN THEY PAY US, UH, FOR THEIR SECURITY GUARD, IT GOES INTO OUR BUDGET AND THEN WE WRITE A CHECK BACK, UH, TO THE SECURITY GUARD COMPANIES.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF MAYBE FALSE CHARGES WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT.

AND IN FACT, WE MADE A NEW RULE THIS YEAR THAT, UM, GROUPS OVER, UM, 300, INSTEAD OF HAVING TWO, WELL, 300 WITH ALCOHOL, INSTEAD OF HAVING TWO SECURITY GUARDS, WE'RE REQUIRING THREE NOW.

SO THEY CAN MONITOR NOT JUST THE BAR, BUT BOTH ENTRANCE AND EXIT.

SO NOW THAT COST, THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO INCREASE THAT COST, BUT IT'LL ALSO INCREASE THE REVENUE BECAUSE THE GROUP WILL HAVE TO PAY IT.

UM, SO WE ALSO DO, UM, RESERVATIONS FOR NONPROFITS.

WE HAD OVER 250, SOME OF THEM WEEKLY, BUT SOME OF THEM ONE TIME ONLY.

SO WE HAVE 250 RESERVATIONS WE DO FOR NONPROFITS ALSO.

ONE OF YOUR SLIDES HAD, UH, THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, AND EARLIER THIS YEAR, MYSELF AND THE MAYOR MET WITH INDIVIDUALS FROM THE LA HABER CORN FESTIVAL.

AND, UH, OF COURSE, EVERY, EVERY UH, UH, CENT AFTER FUNDING GOES BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY.

AND YOU, OF COURSE, BEING AN ALLIANCE CLUB MEMBER, UH, THEY'RE, THEY, UH, REALLY DIDN'T HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK MONEY TO THE COMMUNITY LAST YEAR.

'CAUSE IT WAS A NON, UH, THEY REALLY DIDN'T GENERATE AS MUCH REVENUE AS THEY HAVE IN THE PAST.

AND, UM, I KNOW WHEN WE HAD LOOKED BACK, UM, TO ALLOCATE SOME MONEY TO DO SOME PARK IMPROVEMENTS, WE'D MOVED FORWARD WITH DOING THE PARK IMPROVEMENTS AT LIONVILLE CENTRAL PARK.

AND WE HAD THOUGHT ABOUT ALLOCATING SOME MONEY OVER THERE.

SO I, I PROMISED THEM THAT I WOULD LOOK INTO, UH, THE REVENUE SHARE FOR AT LEAST THIS YEAR.

IT'S THEIR 75TH ANNIVERSARY.

IT'S A BIG ANNIVERSARY FOR THEM.

THIS, THIS FISCAL YEAR COMING UP, ACTUALLY.

UH, YEAH, I WOULD BE, 'CAUSE IT'S OCTOBER 75TH, UH, ANNIVERSARY FOR THEM.

AND, UH, JIM, UM, WHAT COULD WE POSSIBLY LOOK AT WITH THAT? I KNOW, I KNOW IT'S A TIGHT, TIGHT BUDGET, BUT, UH, THIS IS A SPECIAL YEAR AS LIKE AS IN OUR CENTENNIAL YEAR, AND THAT PAYS REVENUES BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY, SO TO SPEAK, BECAUSE, UH, THEY OFFER CERTAIN SERVICES THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF.

WE HAD A WORSE BUDGET HIT THAN THIS YEAR.

SO, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL FROM YEARS AND YEARS AGO, UH, IN FACT, PRIOR TO MY TIME WITH THE CITY 20 YEARS AGO, UM, ALWAYS HAD SOME DEGREE OF SUPPORT FOR THE CORN FESTIVAL PARADE AND EVENT.

UM, I THINK YEARS AGO IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THAT, UM, THE CITY BASICALLY COVERED 75, 70, 70 5% OF ITS COSTS AND ONLY ALLOCATED 25 OR 30% TO THE CORN FESTIVAL TO PAY.

I THINK WHAT CHANGED IN, UM, PROBABLY THE MID TWO THOUSANDS WAS THE, UH, GREAT RECESSION.

AND THAT REALLY PUT A LOT OF BUDGET PRESSURE ON THE CITY AT THE TIME.

IN FACT, THAT YEAR, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE GREAT RECESSION,

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AND COUNCIL AROUND THAT TIME BASICALLY STARTED NUDGING UP THAT SUBSIDY TO WHERE WE GOT TO TODAY'S, WHICH IS 50 50.

SO BASICALLY WE ONLY CHARGE HALF OF OUR COST TO THE CORN FESTIVAL, UM, TO PAY.

UM, COMPARED TO, FOR INSTANCE, LIKE THE, UH, CITRUS FAIR FOR THE CHAMBER PAYS A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THEIR COST.

UM, WITH RESPECT TO THE CORN FESTIVAL, IF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO CHANGE THAT SUBSIDY LEVEL FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR, ESPECIALLY, UH, AS A ONE-OFF, UM, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE ALLOCATE SOME OF THAT ADDITIONAL SUBSIDY TO THE $250,000 ONE-TIME, UH, CENTENNIAL BUDGET AND LET THAT BE PART OF THE CENTENNIAL BUDGET.

SO FOR NEXT YEAR, SAY, RATHER THAN CHARGE, UM, THE, UH, CORN FESTIVAL, THE LIONS CLUB FOR 50% OF OUR COSTS, COUNCIL CAN DIRECT US TO LOWER THAT, INCREASE THE CITY SUBSIDY AND LOWER THE AMOUNT THAT THE LIONS HAVE TO PAY.

AND THAT WOULD BE A COUNCIL POLICY DECISION, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE SOURCE OF FUNDS I WOULD USE.

THAT WAY IT DOES NOT IMPACT THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

NO, I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT A ONE TIME.

AND IT WOULD BE, COMING OUT OF THAT SOURCE, IS THERE MORE THAN 250,000 YOU HAVE, I DON'T WANNA SAY SQUANDERED AWAY, PUT AWAY FOR RAINY DAY OR WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, SQUIRRELING AWAY MONEY, BUT IF, IF THE COUNCIL WERE TO SAY, WE NEED, UH, MORE MONEY FOR A CENTENNIAL IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T IMPACT THE GENERAL FUND DIRECTLY, WE CAN LEMME JUMP IN THERE TOO, BECAUSE IT WAS A MEETING THAT, UH, I JOINED COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ AT, WITH, UH, VANESSA PERKINS.

AND, UH, WE DID TALK ABOUT EXACTLY THAT, OBVIOUSLY TAKING THE SUBSIDY BACK TO ROUGHLY THE 70%, UH, POINT.

AND, AND WHAT THEY WERE TELLING US IS THAT THEY MADE ZERO MONEY, UH, THE PREVIOUS YEAR, AND THEY'RE NOT CERTAIN AT ALL ABOUT THE FUTURE OF NOT ONLY THE PARADE, BUT THE CORN FESTIVAL ITSELF WITH THE CURRENT ECONOMIC METRICS THAT THEY'RE FACING.

AND I THINK TO BOTH GEMINI, IT'S UNCONSCIONABLE TO THINK THAT WE LOSE THE CORN FESTIVAL AFTER 75 YEARS IN THE COMMUNITY OF LAHABRA.

SO WE ARE EXTREMELY COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING THAT TRADITION IN LAHABRA.

SO I'M SURE THAT, UM, THAT GEM AND I AGREE THAT DOING EXACTLY THAT IS A GREAT APPROACH, PUTTING THE SUBSIDY BACK TO 70% USING A LITTLE BIT OF THAT CENTENNIAL MONEY TO BACKFILL IT.

SO THAT WOULD BE, UH, AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION, AT THE END OF PUBLIC COMMENT, WHEN COUNSEL GETS TO DISCUSSION AND DELIBERATION, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A, UM, MOTION TO, TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND IT'S SECONDED AND APPROVED, WE WILL INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE FINAL BUDGET.

AND I KNOW, I KNOW, LOOKING AT THE CENTENNIAL, I KNOW OF A COUPLE INDIVIDUALS HAVE COME TO ME AND HAVE STATED THAT THEY WANNA DONATE MONEY TO THE CENTENNIAL FUND.

SO, UH, THAT WOULD NOT BE AN ENTIRE TOTAL LOSS OF, UH, I MEAN NOT, I MEAN, IT WOULD BE A FRACTION OF WHAT WE'RE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

YEAH, SO IF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO GO BACK TO A 70%, UM, SUBSIDY LEVEL FOR THE LIONS CLUB, I THINK LAST YEAR WE PAID ABOUT 27,000 OUT OF POCKET.

INSTEAD OF GETTING REIMBURSED, IT'D PROBABLY DROP THAT DOWN.

IT'D BE ABOUT ABOUT $10,000 IMPACT TO THE CENTENNIAL BUDGET.

SO IT WOULDN'T BE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WOULDN'T BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE, UH, DIFFICULT FOR US TO HANDLE AS, AS POLICY DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL AT THIS POINT.

AN AS NEEDED BASIS TO CONDUCT INSPECTIONS IN ADDITION TO THE CITY'S FULL-TIME SENIOR BUILDING INSPECTOR.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

SO I CAN'T GIVE A LITTLE PLUG TO ALLIANCE CLUB.

ALSO, AS YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER, THEY'VE HAD THE PASTA FEST THE LAST TWO YEARS.

AND SO THAT FUNDRAISER IS EXCLUSIVELY DONE FOR OUR SENIOR CITIZEN PROGRAMS. YEAH.

SO LAST YEAR THEY RAISED $17,000 A YEAR BEFORE THAT 21.

WE HOPE WE GET HIGHER THIS YEAR.

SO AUGUST 10TH SAVED THE DAY, BUY SOME TICKETS, IT GOES A HUNDRED PERCENT BACK TO, UH, US HERE AT THE CITY.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, IT PAYS DIVIDENDS BACK TO US ORGANIZATIONS.

YES, THE LIONS, THAT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HAPPY AT THE VETERANS HALL.

IT'S BEEN, UM, A VERY, VERY GOOD PARTNERSHIP AND THANK YOU AS WELL AS FOR HELPING OUT THE LIONS CLUB AND BEING AS DEDICATED TO, BUT THEY'RE AN AMAZING ORGANIZATION.

UH, YOU CAN'T SAY ANYTHING ENOUGH ABOUT THEM.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHTY, THANKS KELLY.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.

SUSAN KIM, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

THE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT CONSISTS OF THREE DIVISIONS, THE BUILDING SAFETY AND CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION, THE PLANNING DIVISION, AND HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION WILL HIGHLIGHT OUR DEPARTMENT'S MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR, THE STATUS OF VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ASSIGNED TO OUR DEPARTMENT FOR THE COMING FISCAL YEAR, OUR PROPOSED BUDGET TO IMPLEMENT THESE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND THE ANTICIPATED IMPACT OF PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS ON THESE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.

THERE WE GO.

DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE ISSUED NEARLY 1300 PERMITS WITH A CONSTRUCTION VALUATION OF OVER $40 MILLION, AND IMPLEMENTED A NEW ELECTRONIC PERMITTING SYSTEM TO STREAMLINE AND IMPROVE DEVELOPMENT PROCESSING.

THIS WORK WAS COMPLETED BY BOTH IN-HOUSE AND CONTRACT STAFF.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES THAT HAS FACED THE, THE BUILDING DIVISION THIS YEAR, AS BEEN IN THE TURNOVER OF BUILDING INSPECTORS.

DUE TO THIS TURNOVER, THE DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY UTILIZING A CONTRACT BUILDING INSPECTOR ON

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IN ADDITION TO THESE BUILDING INSPECTIONS ALSO, ALL OF OUR PLAN CHECKS ARE PERFORMED BY THE CITY'S ON-CALL CONSULTANT.

BY USING ON-CALL CONSULTANTS, WE'RE ABLE TO RESPOND TO FLUCTUATIONS IN CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY.

HOWEVER, THE HOURLY RATE FOR ON-CALL CONSULTANTS IS TYPICALLY MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE HOURLY RATE IF WE WERE TO HIRE FULL-TIME CITY STAFF.

ADDITIONALLY, THE DEPARTMENT'S NEW ELECTRONIC PERMITTING SYSTEM REQUIRES ONGOING MAINTENANCE BY THE CITY'S CONSULTANT, WHICH IS A NEW EXPENDITURE IN OUR BUDGET.

DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE OPENED 576 CODE ENFORCEMENT CASES, AND AS INDICATED ON THE SLIDE, THESE CASES ARE MANAGED BY TWO INSPECTORS AND A SUPERVISOR.

THE TYPES OF COMPLAINTS RECEIVED, ESPECIALLY IN REGARD TO FOOD VENDORS, OFTEN REQUIRE AFTER HOURS OR WEEKEND ENFORCEMENT, WHICH RESULTS IN INCREASED COSTS FOR OVERTIME PAY.

THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE WERE BUDGETED FOR THREE INSPECTORS.

HOWEVER, ONE OF THOSE INSPECTORS LEFT MID-YEAR AND THE POSITION HAS BEEN FROZEN IN RESPONSE TO ANTICIPATED BUDGET CUTS.

THE INCREASE IN CASELOAD PER INSPECTION DUE TO THIS, DUE TO THIS VACANCY, OFTEN RESULTS IN LONGER LEAD TIMES FOR INSPECTIONS AND ISSUANCE OF NOTICES OF VIOLATION.

ALTHOUGH THIS HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING YEAR FOR THIS TEAM DUE TO INCREASED WORKLOADS, A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THEIR HARD WORK HAS SHOWN IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THIS SLIDE THROUGH DILIGENT ENFORCEMENT, THIS PROPERTY WAS CLEANED UP, PUT UP FOR SALE AND RESOLVING A BLIGHTED CONDITION THAT HAD IMPACTED ALL OF THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.

KIM, IF I MAY, AND SORRY FOR THE INTERRUPTION, BUT ON THAT PROPERTY ITSELF, YOU HAVE IT IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER.

I KNOW I HAD GOTTEN NUMEROUS CALLS ON THE PROPERTY, AND I WANT TO COMMEND, UH, YOUR STAFF FOR TAKING CARE OF THAT.

AND WHAT THE, UH, WHAT THE RESIDENTS MAY NOT REALIZE IS THAT THIS JUST WASN'T DONE OVERNIGHT, BECAUSE THERE ARE LEGALITIES THAT YOU HAVE TO, UH, THAT YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN LINE WITH PER SE, UH, UH, FOURTH AMENDMENT ISSUES AS I CALL 'EM, UH, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T JUST SEE SOMEBODY'S PROPERTY OVERNIGHT.

UH, SO, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, TO THE RESIDENTS, NOT ONLY IN THAT AREA, BUT MY FEAR GOING FORWARD AS WE MAKE THESE BUDGET CUTS IS THAT MORE AND MORE PROPERTIES LIKE THIS MAY COME UP AND IT'S GONNA BE THAT MUCH HARDER, AND OUR AREA IS GONNA BE MORE BLIGHTED.

SO THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR THAT.

ESTABLISHING A ROBUST DOWNTOWN DISTRICT ALONG THE HABER BOULEVARD, IDENTIFYING FUNDING TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF WELL-DESIGNED, AFFORDABLE AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, IMPLEMENTING THE GENERAL PLAN AND COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW, AND UPDATING, UPDATING THE ZONING CODE TO COMPLY WITH RECENT STATE LEGISLATION AND STREAMLINE PROJECT PROCESSING.

OUR HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DIVISION IS FULLY STAFFED AND IN LARGE PART FUNDED BY NON-GENERAL FUND REV REVENUE SOURCES.

SOME HOUSING HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE OUR PILOT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM AND HOME REHABILITATION LOAN PROGRAM, AND OUR ONGOING MANAGEMENT OF FUNDING FOR EMERGENCY HOUSING, FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN NORTH ORANGE COUNTY, AS WELL AS MANAGEMENT OF OUR TWO CITY OWNED MOBILE HOME PARKS.

OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON RAMPING UP EFFORTS TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN NEW BUSINESSES, KNOWING THAT SALES TAX IS A BIG PART OF OUR BUDGET, SOME OF THEIR MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE LISTED ON THIS SLIDE.

OUR PLANNING DIVISION EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE TURNOVER OF STAFF THIS FISCAL YEAR, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OUR PLANNING MANAGER, SONYA LOUIE, WITH A TEAM THAT INCLUDES BOTH CONTRACT AND PART-TIME STAFF.

SONYA HAS SUCCESSFULLY LED THIS STAFF TO PRESENT 14 PROJECTS TO PLANNING COMMISSION AND PROCESS MULTIPLE AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL PLAN.

IN ADDITION, HER TEAM HAS UPDATED THE SIGN CODE TO MAKE REQUIREMENTS MORE FLEXIBLE AND EASIER TO UNDERSTAND UPDATED ZONING REQUIREMENTS FOR HOUSING AND COMPLIANCE WITH EVER-CHANGING STATE LAW REQUIREMENTS AND BEGAN WORK ON THE HABER BOULEVARD SPECIFIC PLAN.

ONE OF THE MOST TANGIBLE WAYS TO MEH MEASURE OUR EFFORTS ARE BY THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT OUR DEPARTMENT HAS PROCESSED.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS JUST A FEW OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE, THAT WERE COMPLETED THIS YEAR.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S MISSING PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST RECENT COMPLETIONS, WHICH IS THE EXPANSION OF THE COSTCO GAS STATION.

THIS SLIDE, IN ADDITION, A NUMBER OF MUCH ANTICIPATED SALES TAX REVENUE GENERATING PROJECTS ARE ALSO IN PLAN CHECK.

OH, I'M SORRY, SKIPPED AHEAD, .

WELL, THESE PROJECTS RIGHT HERE ARE, ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND AS I MENTIONED, THESE ARE OUR PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PLAN CHECK, ANTICIPATING SALES TAX REVENUE FOR MANY OF THEM.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS SEVERAL RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS THAT WERE RECENTLY APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY VENTURES PROJECT RESULTED IN THE NEED FOR MAGNOLIA VINTAGE TO RELOCATE TO A NEW LOCATION, WHICH I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECENTLY REAPPROVED RIGHT NEXT TO HARBOR FREIGHT.

FINALLY, PLANET FITNESS WILL BE MOVING FO MOVING INTO THE FORMER NORTHGATE SITE, PROVIDING MUCH NEEDED LANDSCAPING AND FACADE IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS SHOPPING CENTER.

SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER PLANNING REVIEW AND WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR FUTURE REVIEW, UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION ARE SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE IN MARCH.

THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED ITS GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, A NUMBER OF WHICH ARE IMPLEMENTED BY OUR DEPARTMENT.

THESE INCLUDE IDENTIFYING BLIGHTED AND UNDERUTILIZED PROPERTIES AND ADDRESSING THIS CHALLENGE, DEVELOPING LAND TO ITS HIGHEST AND BEST USE, IMPROVING AND MAINTAINING THE APPEARANCE OF PROPERTIES, RETAINING AND EXPANDING BUSINESSES, FOSTERING A BUSINESS-FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT,

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IN ADDITION, WE ARE ASKED TO TASK WITH CREATING A PUBLIC ART PROGRAM, FACILITATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH QUALITY HOUSING AT A VARIETY OF INCOME LEVELS, IMPLEMENTING THE CITY'S CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, SUPPORTING PROJECTS THAT COULD FOSTER COMMUNITY PRIDE, AND ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF THE UNHOUSED COMMUNITY.

WITH THESE GOALS AND AND OBJECTIVES IN MIND, WE PREPARED OUR PROPOSED BUDGET.

THE PROPOSED GENERAL FUND BUDGET REF REFLECTS A 4% INCREASE OVER THE BUDGET ADOPTED FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.

THESE INCREASES ARE PRIMARILY DUE TO INCREASES IN COSTS FOR OUR CONSULTANTS.

HOWEVER, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET ONLY REPRESENTS 5% OF THE CITY'S OVERALL BUDGET.

SO THIS 4% INCREASE IN RELATIVE TERMS IS PRETTY SMALL.

AFTER SUBMITTAL OF OUR BUDGET, WE RECEIVED A REQUEST TO REDUCE OUR BUDGET BY APPROXIMATELY $214,000.

TO MEET THIS TARGET, WE'RE PROPOSING TO FREEZE THREE VACANT POSITIONS.

AS I'VE MENTIONED, WE HAVE A LOT OF TURNOVER IN THE LAST YEAR, SO WE DO HAVE THESE VACANT POSITIONS AND TO, AND THE POSITIONS ARE SHOWN HERE TO HELP MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF THE FROZEN ASSISTANT PLANNER POSITION.

WE ARE PLANNING TO RETAIN AN EXISTING PART-TIME ASSOCIATE PLANNER, AND UTILIZE CONTRACT PLANNERS ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS TO HELP MITIGATE THE FROZEN BUILDING INSPECTOR POSITION.

WE WOULD UTILIZE CONTRACT INSPECTORS, AGAIN ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS AND TO HELP MITIGATE THE FROZEN CODE ENFORCEMENT INSPECTOR POSITION.

WE WOULD INCREASE SOME OVERTIME HOURS FOR OUR EXISTING INSPECTOR POSITIONS.

WHILE ALL THESE MITIGATION STRATEGIES WOULD HELP WITH THE INCREASED WORKLOADS THAT OUR REMAINING STAFF WILL NEED TO ACCOMMODATE DUE TO THE FROZEN POSITIONS, THERE STILL WOULD BE IMPACTS TO THE LEVEL OF SERVICES RECEIVED BY OUR CUSTOMERS AND COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS CUT OF $214,000.

I CAN'T EMPHASIZE HOW CHALLENGING THE LAST YEAR HAS BEEN FOR OUR PLANNING DIVISION WITH OUR TURNOVER STAFF, IT'S BEEN EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND QUALIFIED FULL-TIME CITY OR CONTRACT STAFF TO PROCESS OUR PLANNING APPLICATIONS AND PROJECTS.

FOR INSTANCE, WE HAD ONE CONTRACT STAFF MEMBER THAT CAME IN FOR JUST TWO DAYS, THOUGHT THE WORK WAS TOO MUCH FOR THEM, AND LEFT THEIR ID AND WALKED OUT THE DOOR.

SO IT'S BEEN, AS I SAID, EXTREMELY CHALLENGING.

BACK TO THAT ONE, MANY OF THE IMPACTS OF THESE STAFFING CHANGES ARE OUTLINED ON THIS SLIDE, INCLUDING POTENTIAL TURNOVER IN OUR PART-TIME STAFF.

AS A SECURE FULL-TIME POSITIONS RESULTING IN CONTINUALLY TRAINING OF NEW STAFF, I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT ONE OF OUR INTERNS JUST LEFT TO JOIN IN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING, UM, AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING FIRM.

HOWEVER, THAT MEANS WE LOST THAT INTERN.

WE HAD ONE OF OUR CONTRACT STAFF MEMBERS GET A FULL-TIME JOB WITH THE COUNTY OF LA AND THEY ONLY HAVE TO GO INTO THE OFFICE ONE DAY A WEEK BECAUSE THEY CAN WORK THE REST OF THE TIME FROM THEIR HOME.

SO IT'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ISSUES.

IT ALSO RESULTS IN A LACK OF LAHABRA SPECIFIC PLANNING, EXPERTISE AND HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE.

WITH OUR, WITH OUR CONTRACT STAFF.

IT, IT PROVIDES, IT CREATES A REDUCTION IN CUSTOMER SERVICE HOURS IN THE PLANNING DIVISION, AND DIFFICULTY IN CLEARING THE BACKLOG OF PLANNING APPLICATIONS AND PLAN CHECKS CONTINUES, DELAYS IN PROJECT PROCESSING AND DELAYS IN MOVING FORWARD WITH PRIOR COUNCIL INITIATIVES, INCLUDING UPDATING THE LAW HA BOWL OF ARTS, FISCAL PLAN CODE STREAMLINING AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, OUR PUBLIC ART ORDINANCE, AS WELL AS THERE'S POTENTIAL CHALLENGES IN ENSURING CONTINUED COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONS, CONSTANTLY CHANGING STATE LEGISLATIVE MANDATES AND NEW LAWS.

AND TO THAT POINT, REAL QUICKLY, I KNOW IN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, UH, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE CONTACTED ME AFTER BEING CONTACTED BY DEVELOPERS, PROPERTY OWNERS, FRUSTRATED THAT THEIR PROJECTS DON'T SEEM TO BE MOVING AS FAST AS THEY EXPECTED.

WHAT HAPPENS OFTEN IS I GET A, YOU GET A PHONE CALL FROM SOMEBODY WHO'S FRUSTRATED.

UM, YOU CALL ME, I CALL SUSAN.

AND BASICALLY WHAT SUSAN DOES IS THEN TAKE WHATEVER STAFF WE HAPPEN TO HAVE THAT DAY WORKING, UH, AND THEN RE-TASK THEM TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT CONCERN AND A DIVERTS STAFF RESOURCES FROM DOING THEIR, THEIR OTHER WORK.

BUT SOMETIMES IT'S A MATTER OF JUST TRYING TO TAKE SOMEONE OFF AN EXISTING PROJECT TO HAVE THEM FOCUS ON SOMETHING THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN DELAYED FOR A NUMBER OF WEEKS AS WE'RE WAITING TO GET EITHER A STUDY BACK FROM A CONSULTANT OR INTERNAL STAFF PROCESS.

BUT THE BIGGEST THING I THINK, ON THIS SLIDE THAT, UM, SUSAN MENTIONED WAS THE LACK OF LAHABRA, UM, PLANNING EXPERTISE.

WE BRING IN CONTRACT INSPECTORS OR WE BRING IN PART-TIME STAFF.

THEY DON'T KNOW THE CITY'S CODE, THEY DON'T KNOW ITS ZONING, THEY DON'T KNOW ITS PROJECT APPLICATION PROCESS.

UH, AND SO IT TAKES A NUMBER OF WEEKS TO GET THEM TRAINED, EVEN TO THE POINT WHERE THEY'RE BASICALLY FUNCTIONAL ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.

AND WHAT

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WE'RE FINDING OUT IS AFTER A FEW MONTHS, SOME OF THESE STAFF, AS SUSAN JUST ALLUDED TO GET FULL-TIME JOBS AND THEY LEAVE US.

AND SO YOU'RE RIGHT BACK INTO FINDING SOMEONE WHO'S PART-TIME OR A CONTRACTOR TO COME IN AND BACKFILL.

AND NOW YOU'RE TRAINING AGAIN AND YOU'RE SPENDING ALL THIS TIME GETTING THOSE EMPLOYEES UP TO SPEED TO HELP WITH THE WORKLOAD.

I'M NOT GIVING EXCUSES, I'M JUST SHOWING THE PRACTICAL IMPACTS WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW IN THE PLANNING DIVISION.

I'D LIKE TO SAY WE'RE UNIQUE.

I THINK A LOT OF CITIES ARE DEALING WITH TURN STAFF TURNOVER RIGHT NOW, AND ESPECIALLY IN THE PLANNING AND, AND ENGINEERING, UH, DIVISIONS OF THEIR CITIES.

AND, BUT IN OUR CASE, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M HAPPY SONIA LOUIE KEEPS COMING TO WORK EVERY DAY BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN UNDER A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF STRESS, UH, TRYING TO KEEP THESE PROJECTS GOING FORWARD.

NOW I WOULD JUST RE RE REITERATE THAT WE ARE HEARING FROM OUR CUSTOMERS AND WE'RE RECEIVING COMPLAINTS ON THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES TO PROCESS A PLANNING APPLICATION OR RECEIVE PLANNING COMMENTS ON A PLAN CHECK.

SO WITH THE PROPOSED REDUCTION, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO SET NEW EXPECTATIONS FOR THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT CUSTOMERS CAN ANTICIPATE WHILE CONTINUING TO PURSUE STRATEGIES TO WORK MORE EFFICIENTLY AND STREAMLINE PROJECT PROCESSING.

SO WORKING SMARTER, HOPEFULLY, AND NOT HARDER, BUT DEFINITELY WE'LL NEED TO CHANGE SOME OF THOSE EXPECTATIONS.

AND THEN, AS I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, WE'VE ALSO HAD HIRING CHALLENGES TO FILL A CURRENTLY VACANT BUILDING INSPECTOR POSITION.

THEREFORE, WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO FREEZE THIS POSITION AND USE CONTRACT INSPECTORS ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS.

THE DOWNSIDE TO THIS STRATEGY IS THAT CONTRACT INSPECTORS COULD RESULT IN HIGHER OVERALL COSTS DEPENDING ON THE WORKLOAD, AND IF COSTS EXCEED THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES BUDGET.

CUSTOMER CUSTOMERS MAY RECEIVE LONGER WAIT TIMES FOR BUILDING INSPECTIONS DUE TO LACK OF AVAILABLE INSPECTORS.

IN ADDITION, CONTRACT INSPECTION INSPECTORS OFFER LA OFTEN LACK LAHABRA SPECIFIC EXPERTISE IN HISTORICAL PROJECT KNOWLEDGE.

JUST AS JIM JUST MENTIONED.

FINALLY, BY FREEZING THE CODE ENFORCEMENT INSPECTOR POSITION, WE WILL ONLY HAVE TWO REMAINING INSPECTORS.

STAFF WILL HAVE TO REEVALUATE ROUTINE AND LOWER RISK COMPLAINTS INSPECTIONS IN ORDER TO PRIORITIZE HIGHER RISK OR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.

THIS COST SAVING MEASURE COULD ALSO REDUCE OUR ABILITY TO ENFORCE CITY, STATE, AND FEDERAL CODES, WHICH MAY RESULT IN MORE UN PERMITTED WORK BEING DONE AND PROVIDE OUTREACH, EDUCATION AND ASSISTANCE AS WELL AS IT WOULD RESULT IN HIGHER PER INSPECTOR CASELOAD, WHICH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN DELAY IN RESPONDING TO COMPLAINTS AND ADDRESSING CODE OF VIOLATIONS.

OVERALL.

FREEZING VACANT POSITIONS DOES HAVE AN ADVANTAGE OVER ELIMINATING ANY EXISTING STAFF TO MEET OUR BUDGET TARGET.

HOWEVER, IT WILL IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO IMPLEMENT THE, THE CITY COUNCIL'S FISCAL YEAR 24 25 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I'LL NOW HAND THE PRESENTATION OVER TO PUBLIC WORKS UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR SUSAN? I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

UM, HELP ME UNDERSTAND, UH, WHEN IT SAYS HERE'S CHALLENGING TO PROACTIVELY IMPLEMENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.

CAN YOU PEEL AWAY THAT A LITTLE BIT? YEAH, I, I ADMIT THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE AS FAR AS ONE OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, BUT IT REALLY PLANNING DIVISION, UM, ISSUES THAT MIGHT OCCUR WITH THE FROZEN POSITION.

HOWEVER, IT DOES ROLL OVER INTO BUILDING AS WELL.

UM, WE HAVE CERTAIN TIMEFRAMES THAT WE HAVE TO PROVIDE REVIEWS OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS.

UM, THE STATE LAW CHANGES YEAR TO YEAR, AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY HAVING TO STAY ON TOP OF THOSE LAWS.

AND WE ARE ALWAYS AT THE THREAT OF LAWSUITS OR, YOU KNOW, FOLKS CHOOSING TO USE OTHER STREAMLINING PROVISIONS THAT WE NEED TO BE ON TOP OF, AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE STAFFING TO CARRY THOSE OUT TO MEET THE STATE'S OBJECTIVES.

AND THESE ARE ALL UNDER STATE LAW AND NOT UNDER ANYTHING THAT WE ADOPTED OURSELVES.

CAN YOU TALK HERE ABOUT COULD REDUCE CITY'S ABILITY TO ENFORCE, UH, I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT STATE AND FEDERAL CODES.

WOULD ANY OF THOSE PUT US IN JEOPARDY OF A LAWSUIT OR LIABLE IF WE ARE NOT ENFORCING STATE AND FEDERAL CODES? I WOULD ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

NO, HE'S NOT HERE AT THE MOMENT.

YEAH, WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH, UH, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

YEAH, A LOT OF TIMES IT'S A MATTER OF US COORDINATING, UM, OUR ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS WITH STATE OR FEDERAL AGENCIES THAT MIGHT ALSO HAVE SOME CODE ISSUES THAT THEY'RE LOOKING INTO.

SO IF WE BLATANTLY, YOU KNOW, CUT A POSITION AND IT COULD AFFECT STATE AND FEDERAL CODES, I I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE LIABILITY ISSUE.

IT, IT LEAVES WITH US.

MM-HMM, .

AND THAT'S A QUESTION I WANT TO ASK OUR ATTORNEY.

AND, AND I CAN, UH, POSE THAT QUESTION TO, TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE EITHER TONIGHT OR AFTER THE MEETING.

I THINK THE BIGGER ISSUE IS WE STILL HAVE TWO CODE ENFORCE.

OH, HERE, HE'S HERE RIGHT NOW.

THERE WE GO.

WELCOME BACK.

I, IT WAS SO EXCITING, .

I DID HEAR THE COMMENTS, THE QUESTION, UM, IN, IN THE BROADER SENSE IT'S EXPOSURE, BUT ULTIMATELY IN TERMS OF ANALYZING THE EXPOSURE, IT'S REALLY PROJECT BY PROJECT AND, AND LOOKING AT OUR PARTICULAR SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES

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ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.

BUT CLEARLY, UM, IF I WERE PRIORITIZING YOUR, YOUR BUDGET, THIS IS AN AREA WHERE I WOULD NOT WANT TO UNNECESSARILY CREATE RESTRICTIONS GIVEN THE PRESSURE AT THE STATE LEVEL AND THE POTENTIAL PENALTIES WITH RESPECT TO, UH, THE HOUSING.

SO SPECIFICALLY JIM, I MEAN, WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY WHAT THAT IS AND WHERE WE HAVE THE EXPOSURE AT.

THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

AND WHAT WAS ULTIMATELY GONNA HAPPEN WITH SOME OF THOSE INSTANCES IS THAT SOME OF THAT RESPONSIBILITY WILL SHIFT TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR GONNA HAVE TO PROBABLY HANDLE DIRECTLY.

SO AFTER YOU WITH STAFF AND WE DO THE FINAL APPROVAL, CAN YOU COME BACK TO US WITH SURE.

WHAT THE ANSWER IS? ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU SUSAN VERY MUCH.

PURCHASED THE, THE, THE LIGHTING AND ACCESSORIES, UH, SEPARATELY, AND WE BIDED THE INSTALLATION OUT.

I THINK WE'LL ALL BE SAYING MORE ABOUT THIS DURING DELIBERATIONS.

ELIAS.

HEY, ELIAS.

GOOD EVENING, ELIAS.

I CALL DIRECTOR PUBLIC WORKS, ALBERT MENDOZA AND I WILL BE TAG TEAM IN THIS, UH, PRESENTATION.

UM, AND, UH, ALBERT WILL BEGIN WITH OUR ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THIS YEAR.

THANK YOU, ELIAS.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR.

UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS ALBERT MENDOZA.

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

UH, TONIGHT I WILL BE GOING OVER THE DEPARTMENT'S, UH, ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR AS WELL, AS WELL AS OUR GOALS FOR NEXT YEAR.

UH, SOME OF THE MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

IT'S, UH, THE COMPLETION OF THREE MAJOR ARTERIAL STREETS, UH, THAT WILL BE REPAVED, THAT WILL, THAT WILL BE REPAVED THIS, THIS COMING YEAR.

AND THAT INCLUDES EUCLID, MACY STREET, AND MONTE VISTA STREET.

I'LL ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE COMPLETION OF THE BISHOP AND CYPRESS CYPRESS STORM DRAIN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT WHAT USED TO BE AN OPEN CHANNEL.

IT'S NOW A UNDERGROUND PIPE, UH, WITH RESTORATION THAT IT'S SUBJECT, UH, TO COMPLETION.

THE NEXT COUPLE, COUPLE MONTHS, UH, PARK, UH, SECTION, WE'VE, UH, COMPLETED THE MAJORITY OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE, AND FULL RENOVATION OF THE STEVE SIMONIAN OLD RESERVOIR PARK, WHICH IS, UH, SLATED TO BE COMPLETED, UH, IN JULY.

AND ALSO, UH, WE STARTED THE IMPROVEMENTS AT VISTA GRANDE.

UH, I KNOW KELLY MENTIONED, UH, SOME, UH, BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE, WE'RE ASSISTING HER, HER SHOP WITH THE RENOVATION AT THE CHILDREN MUSEUM.

UH, WE'RE DOING SOME ROOF AND HVAC IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL AS IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.

UH, THIS PICTURE SHOWS THE HALE HYDRANT INSTALLATION.

FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT A HALE HYDRANT IS, IS AN OPEN TOP TANK THAT ALLOWS, UH, WATER DROPPING HELICOPTERS, UH, TO DIP THEIR SNORKEL AND, AND, UH, QUICKLY REFILL THEIR TANK.

UH, THEREFORE, UH, MAXIMIZE THEIR WATER DROPPINGS AT INTO, UH, FOR FIREFIGHTING.

UH, THE TANK, UH, HOLDS UP TO 8 80, 8500 GALLONS OF WATER, AND IT CAN REFILL, UH, UNDER, UNDER 10 MINUTES.

THERE'S SOME PICTURES OF THE, OF THE E EAST BISHOP STORM RIB PROJECT, THE TOP PICTURE TO THE LEFT CORNER.

IT'S WHAT USED TO BE AN OPEN CHANNEL.

UH, THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER PICTURE SHOWS, UH, YOU KNOW, A NEW VINYL FENCE IN THE MIDDLE.

THAT'S MORE OR LESS WHERE THE, UH, PIPE IS.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES.

UH, SOME PICTURES OF THE, UH, ROOF REPLACEMENT THAT WE DID AT THE LA THE HABRA MOBILE HOME PARK.

UH, WE ALSO WERE PRETTY BUSY THIS YEAR WITH A LOT OF HEAVY RAIN.

THERE WAS A LOT OF EMERGENCY WORK, UH, THAT WAS PERFORMED TO OUR AGING STORM DRAIN SYSTEM.

THIS IS ONE OF 'EM AT HARBOR AND ARITA.

UH, AND I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, NOTE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LINE ITEM FOR STORM DRAIN IMPROVEMENTS.

SO WE WERE HIT SIGNIFICANTLY.

WE WERE IMPACTED SINCE ALL OF OUR GENERAL FUND GOES DIRECTLY TO, UH, TO PERFORM THESE TYPE OF REPAIRS.

SO THIS IS ONE OF TOO MANY WARD PARK LIGHTING.

UH, INITIALLY THIS WAS A PROJECT THAT PERHAPS WOULDN'T COME INTO FRUITION JUST BECAUSE OUR, WHEN WE BIDDED THIS PROJECT, IT CAME ALMOST AT 160,000, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, TO INSTALL SEVEN LIGHTS AT THE PARK.

SO WHAT STAFF DID THEY CAME UP WITH CREATIVE IDEAS, UH, AND WE

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UH, THAT RESULTED IN SAVINGS AT APPROXIMATELY $77,000.

UH, THIS IS A SHADE STRUCTURE THAT WE COMPLETED ALSO AT CORONA PARK.

WE ALSO INSTALLED SOME SECURITY CAMERAS AT PORTOLA.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE EUCLID WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT UNDERWAY, WHICH SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, AND PAVING WILL START SOMETIME IN THE SUMMER.

THE, UH, STEEL SIMON AND OLD RESERVOIR PARK IS, UH, IT'S NEAR COMPLETION ALSO, WE SHOULD EXPECT, UH, FINAL COMPLETION IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS.

AS MENTIONED BEFORE, VISTA GROUND IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, UH, WITH AN ANTICIPATED COMPLETION DATE OF SPRING 2025.

UH, LAST RAIN US CLUB, UH, WE AWARDED A CONTRACT, UH, LAST MONTH AND WE SHOULD KICK OFF THIS PROJECT IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.

UH, AN UPDATE ON THE OC LOOP, UH, BIKE TRO PROJECT.

UH, THIS IS A $47 MILLION PROJECT.

UH, WE SUBMITTED AN OFFER A FEW WEEKS AGO TO THE, UH, THE RAILROAD COMPANY.

UH, WE ARE EXPECTING TO HEAR BACK, UH, EITHER A FORMAL RESPONSE WITH EITHER A COUNTER OFFER OR THEIR, THEIR INITIAL THOUGHTS TO OUR, OUR OFFER PACKAGE.

UH, I'LL GO OVER OUR MAJOR GOALS.

UH, OUR MAJOR GOALS, AGAIN, IT'S MAKE SURE THAT WE PAVE, UH, THOSE ARTERIAL STREETS THAT WE JUST FINISHED.

DESIGN, UH, MONITOR THE PRIVATE CHANNEL AT COYOTE VILLAGE.

THIS IS THE PROJECT THAT THE CITY, UH, STAFF SECURED EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO MAKE REPAIRS TO THE, UH, COYOTE CREEK CHANNEL AT IMPERIAL HIGHWAY.

UH, COMPLETE VISTA GRANDE AND ALSO COMPLETE LAS RENA WOMEN'S CLUB.

UH, JUST TO, UH, INTERRUPT FOR A SECOND.

SO, AGAIN, THE, UH, COYOTE VILLAGE STORM CHANNEL PROJECT, THAT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT FUNDED FROM A STATE, UM, BUDGET LINE ITEM THAT WAS SECURED BY SENATOR NEWMAN'S OFFICE FOR THE CITY AND FOR THIS PRIVATE HOA THAT THE CHANNEL, UH, THAT, THAT THEY OWN.

SO WE'RE IN THE MONITORING OF THAT, BUT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION.

UH, JUST WANTED TO ALSO TALK ABOUT THE FILI IMPROVEMENTS.

I KNOW KELLY MENTIONED THAT, UH, THEY, UH, WE ARE ASSISTING WITH RENOVATING, UH, THE BUILDINGS AT 1 0 1 0 6 EAST FIRST AND ALSO EUCLID STREET, WHICH WILL HOUSE THE WOMEN'S CLUB, THE ARTS ASSOCIATION, HISTORICAL SOCIETY, COMMUNITY SERVICES, AND ALSO ANIMAL CONTROL.

UH, IN SUMMARY, UH, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 34 TOTAL PROJECTS THAT ARE EITHER IN PRE PRE-PLANNING, REVIEW, DESIGN, BIDDING OUT OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION, UH, WITH AN APPROXIMATE BUDGET OF 62.6 MILLION.

UH, WE ARE SCALING DOWN ON, UH, NEW PROJECTS AND THAT'S OUR GOAL IS TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE COMPLETE OUR PROJECTS, UH, WITHIN TIME AND BUDGET, UH, SO THAT WE'RE PROPOSING 18, UH, NEW PROJECTS, UH, FOR APPROXIMATELY 5.7 MILLION, UH, WITH AN OVERALL CIP OF 68.3.

AND WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN THAT OVER TO MR. ELIAS.

THANK YOU, ALBERT.

THE PARKS MAINTENANCE, 2.9 MILLION, ENGINEERING 4.4 MILLION, 400,000, SORRY.

SO THIS IS OUR PORTION OF THE GENERAL FUND, ABOUT 10%, 5.9 MILLION.

UH, SUMMARY GOES TO THE ADMINISTRATION, ABOUT 200,000.

THE STREET MAINTENANCE, ABOUT 900,000 OR SO.

STORM DRAIN IS 90,000.

AS ALBERT MENTIONED, WE DON'T HAVE MUCH BUDGET FOR STORM DRAIN SYSTEM.

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT ABOUT WHAT? A MILLION IN MPDS, THE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM, ABOUT 354,000.

BESIDES GENERAL FUND, WE HAVE A NON-GENERAL FUND FOR ABOUT $84 MILLION.

UH, MOST OF IT IS IN THE UTILITY AUTHORITY, 27 MILLION, REFUSE $10 MILLION.

THE REST OF THE STACK IS, IS EITHER, EITHER ALLOCATED THROUGH THE STATE FUND OR GAS TAX.

THOSE, MOST OF THIS FUND GOES TO CIP, UH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COURSE, OF THE FLEET INTERNAL, UH, SERVICE FUND AND AT TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENT FUND.

SO IN OUR PROPOSED BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS, UH, WE ARE ANTICIPATING

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FOR GENERAL FUND AND INCREASE IN THE PARK TREE TRIMMING CONTRACT.

UH, THE REASON BEING IS THE CONTRACT'S ABOUT, UH, EXPIRED AND WE NEED TO RENEW, BUT THE BIDS ARE ON THE STREET RIGHT NOW WITH THE NEIGHBORING CITIES, ABOUT 20% INCREASE.

SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT, UH, FOR US AS, AS WELL, UH, AS WELL AS THE COST FOR MAINTENANCE ON CONTRACTS FOR THE PARKS, UH, SUCH AS THE SPLASH PAD.

UH, E ELECTRICIANS.

JANITORS.

IS, IS WEST COAST ARBOR KIND OF THE ONLY GAME IN THE FIELD THAT PRIMARILY USED BY THEM, OR ARE THERE OTHER PEOPLE? THEY ARE NOT.

THERE ARE SOME OTHERS.

NORMALLY THEY COME IN CHEAPER AND THEY'RE, UH, MASTERS OF WHAT THEY DO.

AND, UH, SO THERE'S OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK AT OTHER, WHEN WE BID IT, WE BID OUT.

OKAY, GOOD.

AND IF WE DON'T BID OUT OURSELVES, WE HA WE DEPEND ON NEIGHBORING CITY THAT IS EQUIVALENT TO US THAT HAD JUST BID AND CAME UP WITH THE RESULTS AND SEE IF WE TAG ON THEIR BIDS.

UH, WE HAD SOME FUNDS FOR, UH, ANNUAL PIPE REPLACEMENT AND OTHER CIP PROJECTS FOR THE WATER AND SEWER.

THIS YEAR WE WENT DOWN FROM 1.2 MILLION TO $800,000 TO MANAGE THE INCREASE IN THE WATER RATES.

UH, THAT HAPPENED, UH, LAST, UH, ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO.

AND WE, UH, WE ARE IN THE FLEET DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE SOME DECREASE IN, IN THE PURCHASE OF FUEL PURCHASE JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE THE, THE, UH, FUEL PRICES WENT DOWN.

UH, WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN VEHICLE PURCHASES AND REPAIRS FOR A COUPLE REASONS.

ONE IS THE LACK OF, UH, SUPPLIES STILL, WE'RE STILL, UM, SUFFERING FROM THAT.

AND THERE ARE NO GOVERNMENT PRICING NO LONGER.

FORD IS NOT PROVIDING GOVERNMENT PRICING.

SO WE HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND SHOP LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE FOR OUR VEHICLES.

OUR TARGET WAS HIT BY $411,000.

THAT'S WHAT THE 6.6% THAT WE HAVE TO REDUCE.

SO WE ARE, UH, WE HAVE ALREADY PREVIOUSLY REC, UH, REORGANIZED THE, UH, PARKS, DIVISIONS, UH, STAFFING BY ADDING CONTRACTS AND REDUCING STAFF.

WE'RE FREEZING ONE POSITION RIGHT NOW IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO MEET THAT REQUIREMENT.

UH, WE ARE TRYING TO REDUCE EFFICIENTLY THE WATER COST.

WE SPEND ABOUT $400,000 A YEAR ON WATER TO WATER OUR PARKS.

UH, WE'RE MONITORING THE, UH, THE LANDSCAPE AND WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO REDUCE SOME OF IT.

UH, IF IT DOES NOT GET TOO HOT AND SEE WE HAVE, IF WE DO REDUCE 10%, THAT'S $40,000.

ELI, HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT.

YOU, YOU WANT TO GET A WATER SAVINGS THERE BY REDUCING WATER, BUT YET WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING SOME NEW FACILITIES COME ON BOARD.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE VISTA GRANDE ON THERE AND WE'RE ALSO GONNA HAVE LOT RAIN THIS PARK ON THERE, UH, STEVE SIMON AND ALL RESERVOIR PARK.

UM, HOW, HOW DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO REDUCE, IF, IF, IF WE'RE GONNA BE ADDING MORE LANDSCAPE? SO WE ARE GONNA BE, YEAH, WE'RE GONNA BE SPENDING MORE WHEN THOSE COME ON ONLINE.

THOSE, WE ARE ANTICIPATING 300,000 BUCKS OF ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES JUST FOR VISTA GRANDE A YEAR FOR MAINTENANCE AND WATER.

SO THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THERE WITH VISTA GRANDE TO RE-LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO USE LOW WATER, UH, DROUGHT RESISTANT PLANNING.

OH, WE ALWAYS DO FOR LANDSCAPING THE OUTER AREAS.

AND WE, WE ALWAYS DO, AND WE ALWAYS USE, UH, SYSTEMS THAT ARE VERY EFFICIENT.

THEY'RE, UH, SENSITIVE TO THE SOIL, UH, TEMPERATURE TO THE SOIL'S MOISTURE, AND THE CONTROLLERS WON'T TURN ON IF THERE'S ENOUGH MOISTURE IN THE SOILS.

SO WE HAVE ALL THAT CONTROLLED AT THE YARD.

AND, UH, SO REALISTICALLY, WITH THE NEW PARKS COMING ON BOARD, WHAT DO YOU REALLY THINK THE SAVINGS IS GONNA BE? UH, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE AN INCREASE, RIGHT? BUT UNLESS WE, UNLESS WE DO SOMETHING DRASTIC, LIKE, DON'T, DON'T MAINTAIN 'EM AS MUCH AS WE SHOULD.

SO I THINK ONE THING TO NOTE IS THAT, UM, THE NEW PARKS THAT ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED, WOMEN'S CLUB AND VISTA GRANDE, UM, ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

SO THERE ARE NO NEW PARK MAINTENANCE COSTS IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET FOR THOSE PARKS.

'CAUSE THOSE WILL STILL BE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION.

BUT THERE WILL DEFINITELY BE A BUDGET IMPACT THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.

OBVIOUSLY WE ARE CUTTING DOWN ON STREET MAINTENANCE, AND THAT REALLY IS GONNA BE SIGNIFICANTLY APPARENT TO THE PUBLIC AS IF, IF WE ARE, WE, YOU KNOW, WE, THIS FUNDING WENT DOWN ABOUT 25%.

SO YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT YEAR ON THAT.

ON, ON MORE CUTS.

UM, WE HAVE REDUCED THE MPDS FUNDING BY $50,000 THIS YEAR.

AND

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UH, THE STEAM CLEANING FOR THE SIDEWALKS, WE WENT DOWN 50%.

SO WE NORMALLY DO IT EVERY QUARTER.

NOW.

WE'LL PROBABLY DO IT AT THE EVENTS LIKE THE, UH, LIKE THE PARADE OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THAT'S GONNA BE REDUCED.

UM, WE TOOK ON THE MAINTENANCE FOR THE, UH, CITY OWNED BUS SHELTERS IN HOUSE.

SO WE ARE, WE'RE SAVING THAT CONTRACT.

WE CANCELED THE CONTRACT, AND WE'RE, WE'RE DOING IT IN HOUSE.

ELIA, IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY THERE TO GAIN ANY FUNDING FROM THESE BUS SHELTERS? NOW SOME OF 'EM, I KNOW THEY, THEY GO AND THEY ETCH 'EM UP AND THE GLASS ALL, BUT IS IT JUST, I MEAN, IS THERE ANY REVENUE POSSIBILITIES FOR ADVERTISEMENTS OR THAT THING? I JUST KIND OF SEE THEM KIND OF EMPTY MOST OF THE TIME.

WELL, WE, THERE ARE MUNICIPAL CODE DOES NOT ALLOW ADVERTISEMENT ON OUR, OUR, UH, BUS STOPS.

WE'RE REMOVING THE, UH, YOU'VE BEEN TAKING 'EM OUT AND THE PLEXIGLASS LOOKS LIKE THEY'VE BEEN TAKING SOME, WE'RE TAKING THE PLEXIGLAS OUT SOME AREAS, RIGHT? YES.

FOR YOU CAN'T READ WHAT WE ADVERTISE FOR THE CITY PURPOSES.

WE ADVERTISE OUR EVENTS.

BUT YOU CAN'T READ 'EM BECAUSE THEY GRAFF EM AND SCRATCH 'EM AND, OKAY.

SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING THEM ALL OUT, JUST GIVINGS.

WE DON'T GET ANYTHING FROM OCTA TO HELP WITH THOSE AT ALL.

WE DON'T, THE OWNERSHIP OF THE, UH, BUS SHELTERS IS THE CITY.

SO, AND THAT'S BEEN LIKE THAT FOR YEARS, AND IT'S NEVER CHANGED.

LET'S SEE.

I LOST MYSELF.

I THINK YOU WANNA GO UP A SLIDE THERE.

I, I KIND OF LOST MYSELF.

YEAH, I THINK THEY, THEY MOVED UP RIGHT THERE.

THERE, THAT'S THE RIGHT ONE.

THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE AT.

SO WE KIND OF, WE WENT THROUGH THOSE ALREADY THROUGH THE, UH, THROUGH THE GLASSES.

SO I GOT A QUESTION ON THAT.

SO WE ABATEMENT ON THE RAILROAD AND OPEN PARCELS.

WE ABATEMENT ON THE RAILROADS.

MY GOD, THAT'S A BIG PET PEEVE OF MINE.

WHY, WHY CAN'T WE HOLD THE RAILROAD ACCOUNTABLE? I MEAN, I MEAN, IT'S THEIR RAILROAD AND YOU FREQUENTLY SEND STAFF OUT THERE AND IT COSTS US MONEY.

WHAT'S OUR RECOURSE? WHO, WHO DO WE DO WE NEED TO GO? WE, WE WENT ALL THE WAY TO, TO OMA OMAHA WITH, UH, WITH MAINTENANCE.

WE WENT TO THE, UH, LOCAL, UH, REPRESENTATIVES MANY TIMES.

AND THE BEST I GOT OUT OF THEM IS CLEANING PORTION OF IT ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO FROM WHITTIER TO ABOUT, UH, WALNUT.

AND THAT'S IT.

SO, SO TYPICALLY WITH HOMEOWNERS, WE GO AND WE'LL, WE'LL, IF WE HAVE TO, WE'LL GO TO COURT AND THEN WE WILL GO AND PUT A LIEN ON THAT PROPERTY.

, I MEAN, I MEAN, WE WANNA PLAY HARDBALL BY DOLLARS AND CENTS JUST TO SEND A MESSAGE OUT TO THESE PEOPLE.

THINK YOU A DAMN PROPERTY.

UPR IS UNDER FEDERAL, FEDERAL, UH, JURISDICTIONS.

WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO AUTHORITY IN THERE.

OKAY? UM, WE DO IT OURSELVES TO MAINTAIN, UH, OUR, OUR CITY'S, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, STANDARDS WE ARE WITH, WITH JUST GRAFFITI, WITH, UH, HOMELESS, UH, ENCAMPMENTS, ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

WE JUST, WE JUST HAVE TO DO IT.

WE JUST CAN'T KEEP IT.

WE CAN'T LET IT GO.

AND WE TRIED EVERY WAY WE KNOW HOW TO, UH, TO GET THEM TO COME OVER AND, AND CLEAN UP.

THEY DON'T, AND ELI, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IN OUR NEGOTIATIONS WITH UNION PACIFIC FOR THE BIKEWAY TRAIL, ISN'T IT THEIR EXPECTATION THAT TO GET A DEAL DONE WITH THEM, THAT THEY WILL TRANSFER MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS AND, AND, UM, RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THEIR RIGHT OF WAY TO THE CITY? THAT'S ONE OF THE THING THAT WAS APPEALING TO THEM, IS FOR US, BECAUSE WE ARE CLEANING THEIR, THEIR AREAS, AND THAT'S, THEY PUT IT AS A CONDITION.

IT COST US ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND TO 125,000 BUCKS A YEAR TO CLEAN THEIR, THEIR RAILROAD.

IT'S A LOT OF MONEY.

SO WE'RE GONNA COUNT IT.

OUR COUNTER OFFER TO THEM WILL BE FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS.

THEY'LL PAY FOR IT, BUT THEY'LL PAY BY REDUCING THE PROPERTY VALUE AND WE'LL, WE'LL MAINTAIN IT.

I WAS, I WAS JUST GONNA SUGGEST ELIAS THAT, UH, THAT YEAH, I'D, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PAY FOR THE, UH, FOR THE ABATEMENT ON A, UH, ON A SPACE MAYBE 20 FEET BY 3.2 MILES.

IF THEY JUST WANT TO DEED THAT PROPERTY OVER TO US, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PAY FOR THAT.

SO YEAH, IT, WE CALCULATED A HUNDRED THOUSAND OVER THE NEXT 50 YEARS, AND PART OF THE NEGOTIATION WILL REDUCE THAT NUMBER TO THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY.

THERE'S HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS.

GOOD.

AND PART OF THE REASON WE DO, UM, CLEANUPS AND WEED ABATEMENT ON THE RIGHT OF WAY, IT'S EASY WHEN WE GET COMPLAINTS, LET'S SAY FROM THE PUBLIC OR RESIDENTS THAT LIVE ALONG THE TRACKS, THEY'LL CALL US AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, THERE THIS, THERE'S WEEDS THAT ARE SIX FEET TALL.

THERE'S SOMEBODY JUST DUMPED A TRUCKLOAD OF CONCRETE ON THE SIDE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY.

OR, OR CHICKENS.

OR CHICKENS, EXACTLY.

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DEAD CHICKENS .

AND THEY LOOK TO THE CITY TO SAY, OH, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU GET UNION PACIFIC TO COME OUT AND FIX THIS? WE KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS.

WE KNOW THE ANSWER FROM UNION PACIFIC IS, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY HANGING UP THE PHONE AND NOT BOTHERING TO COME OUT.

SO AS STAFF, WE HAVE TWO CHOICES.

TELL THE RESIDENTS WE'RE SORRY, WE CONTACT UNION PACIFIC.

THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO.

OR ELIAS AND HIS CREWS AND HIS STAFF AND HIS CONTRACTORS GO OUT AND TAKE CARE OF IT.

AND WE DO THAT BECAUSE IT'S OUR CITY.

IT'S OUR, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT THE CITY TO HAVE BLIGHT.

WE DON'T WANT THE CITY TO, TO HAVE THESE ISSUES, ESPECIALLY ON THIS CORRIDOR, UH, AS RIGHT OF WAY CORRIDOR.

BUT IT COMES WITH A COST.

IT COMES A HUNDRED TO TWO, YOU KNOW, $150,000 A YEAR TO DO.

THIS IS NOT INSIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY.

AND ALSO SOME OF THE ISSUES WE DEAL WITH.

AND, YOU KNOW, OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE OUT THERE ALL THE TIME.

THEY KNOW EXACTLY SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE DEAL WITH ON THOSE ENCAMPMENTS.

AND I, I'D CAUTION OUR RESIDENTS ON THAT ONE AS WELL, UH, FOR, FOR PURPOSES OF OUR, UH, OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, IS THAT, UH, UH, WHAT, WHAT I DON'T WANT AND WHAT I'VE PERSONALLY SEEN PROFESSIONALLY SPEAKING IN AREAS IN SOUTH LOS ANGELES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THE RAILROAD DOESN'T CLEAN UP OUT THERE.

NEITHER DOES THE CITY, NEITHER DOES THE COUNTY.

AND YOU HAVE HOMELESS, AND YOU HAVE LITERALLY, YOU HAVE DEAD PEOPLE FROM TIME TO TIME THAT TURN UP THERE, UH, THAT ARE THERE FOR, FOR, FOR DAYS, PERIODS OF TIME.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GO MISSING AND THEY TURN UP DEAD THERE.

AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST THE REALITY OF WHAT WE'RE LIVING IN.

UH, THAT THAT'S WHAT I DON'T WANT IT TO COME TO.

SO, UH, IT, IT, IT'S MONEY WELL SPENT ON OUR PART.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE TO, AND OUR POLICE OFFICERS CONTINUE TO GO OUT THERE AND MONITOR THESE AREAS.

SO TO TRY TO CLEAR ALL THE SHRUBBERY, ALL THE TREES AND EVERYTHING SO WE CAN SEE AS, AS THE COPS PASS THROUGH, THEY CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, ON CORRECT ON THE RIVER.

THE OTHER THING I'LL NOTE ABOUT THE UNION PACIFIC PROJECT FOR THE BIKE TRAIL IS WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

IT'S BEEN A DECADE OF WORKING ON THIS DILIGENTLY AND DEALING WITH A, UH, UNWILLING PARTNER IN UNION PACIFIC, TO SAY THE LEAST.

BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS, ONCE, IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN LANDING THE GRANT FUNDS TO BUILD THIS, AND WE ARE ACTUALLY SUCCESSFUL IN CONSTRUCTING THIS BIKE TRAIL SYSTEM THAT CONNECTS WHITTIER TO BREA THROUGH OUR TOWN, IT WILL COST A LOT OF MONEY EVERY YEAR TO MAINTAIN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ELECTRICITY BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE LIGHTING, WE'RE GONNA HAVE IRRIGATION, WE'RE GONNA HAVE VANDALISM.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO ALLOW THE POLICE TO EFFECTIVELY PATROL WHAT'S EFFECTIVELY A 15 OR 20 FOOT WIDE TRAIL FOR THREE MILES.

UH, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TACKLE AT A COST, BUT IT'S BEEN A PRIORITY OF THIS COMMUNITY AND THIS COUNCIL FOR DECADES.

AND WE'RE GONNA GET IT DONE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING HAS A COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

AND THIS WILL BE, AGAIN, SOMETHING SHIFTS TO THE GENERAL FUND TO PAY FOR.

AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO INCORPORATE THIS.

THOSE WILL BE NEW OPERATING COSTS WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE ON.

SO TO KIND OF SUM UP, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO, WITH THIS REDUCTION IS WE ARE GONNA HAVE A REDUCED FUNDING FOR EMERGENCIES AND REPAIRS, LIKE POTHOLES, CURBS.

AND SO OUR RESPOND RIGHT NOW IN A COUPLE HOURS, THAT'S PROBABLY NOT GONNA HAPPEN AS, AS FAST AS WE ANTICIPATED.

WE HAVE SOME, UH, PRODUC IN TRASH IN ALLEYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO GO PICK IT UP AS WELL.

'CAUSE THEY LACK STAFF AND LACK OF FUN.

UM, AS WELL AS THE, THE REDUCED BUS SHELTER, CLEANING SIDEWALKS, STEAM CLEANING AS, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE.

UM, SO THIS, THIS, UH, ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL COST ON SOME OF THE OPERATIONS, UH, THESE COSTS DO NOT INCLUDE, WERE NOT INCLUDED IN, IN KELLY'S BUDGET.

THESE ARE ADDITIONAL TO HER BUDGET.

OUR GRAFFITI ABATEMENT IS ABOUT $75,000.

OUR VANDALISM REPAIRS IN THE PARKS AND FACILITIES, ABOUT $85,000.

CITYWIDE CLEANUP COST IS $235,000.

THAT INCLUDES THE, UH, UPRR AND STORM DRAIN CLEANING AND THE HOMELESS EN ENCAMPMENT.

SO WE HAVE FOUR PARKS IN HERE, UH, SPORTS PARKS THAT COST US ABOUT $1.1 MILLION A YEAR TO MAINTAIN.

OUR GENERAL USE PARKS ABOUT ONE AND A HALF MILLION.

AND OUR CITYWIDE MAINTENANCE FOR THE MEDIANS IS ABOUT 311,000.

AND CITY FACILITIES 167,000.

AS I SAID, THAT'S ASIDE FROM WHAT, WHAT KELLY SPENDS ON, ON THE PARKS AND ON MAINTENANCE.

AND ON THAT NOTE, I MEAN, WE HAVE, THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE SPENDING ALMOST AS MUCH FOR FOUR SPORTS USE PARKS FOR ANNUAL MAINTENANCE AS WE DO FOR THE BALANCE OF ABOUT 21 GENERAL PURPOSE PARKS IN TOWN.

IN TOWN.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE MAINTAIN

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OUR SPORTS FACILITIES AT A HIGH LEVEL.

I MEAN, YOU GO TO LA BENITA PARK, YOU GO TO ELLI PARK.

SOME OF THE ENHANCEMENTS WE MADE TO PORTOLA PARK, WE DESIGNED THOSE TO BE MAINTAINED AT A HIGH LEVEL FOR THE YOUTH SPORTS TEAMS TO BENEFIT FROM IN THE FAMILIES.

BUT THAT TAKES UP A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EXPENSE.

AND WE DON'T CHARGE YOUTH SPORTS FOR FACILITY USE.

YOU KNOW, THEY PAY A MINOR AMOUNT FOR ELECTRICITY, I THINK, EVERY YEAR.

AND I THINK, UH, AT ELLI THEY SHARE SOME OF THE TOP LOT PARKING LOT, UH, LEASE COST WITH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON.

BUT WE DON'T HAVE A, A DESIGNATED FEE TO USE SPORTS LEAGUES FOR THE COST THAT IT COSTS THE CITY GENERAL FUND TO MAINTAIN THOSE SPORTS USE PARKS.

WE DO THAT TO PROVIDE A, AN EXCELLENT, UH, FACILITY FOR OUR LOCAL KIDS TO HAVE, UH, FOR BASEBALL, FOR SOCCER, FOR, FOR SOFTBALL AND FOR FOOTBALL.

WE REALLY TAKE PRIDE OF THE SPORTS PARKS, AND WE ARE, UH, NOT EASILY CONVINCED THAT WE'RE GONNA REDUCE COSTS TO NOT MAINTAIN THEM.

UH, FOR, FOR TWO REASONS.

FIRST, WE WE'RE CLASS IN, IN THE SPORTS PARKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THE SECOND IS IT TAKES A LOT OF MONEY TO RENOVATE.

SO IF WE ARE TO JUST QUIT ON MAINTAINING THEM TO THE STANDARDS WE HAVE, WE'RE GONNA NEED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO PUT 'EM BACK IF WE EVER DO SO, WE'RE GONNA LOSE THEM.

IF WE LOSE THEM, IT'LL BE FOREVER.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU'VE GONE OUT TO BID FOR THE CITY? UH, FOR THE CITYWIDE, THE MEDIUMS AND THE PARKWAYS.

OH, TWO YEARS AGO.

AND WHEN ARE WE DUE TO COME BACK? I'M SORRY? DO WE DO TO COME BACK? UH, THERE ARE FIVE YEARS CONTRACTS.

I'D LIKE TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT.

THE, THE MEDIUMS. THE MEDIUMS. OH YEAH, YEAH.

A COMPLETE DOES 'EM RIGHT NOW.

SO I THINK THEY ARE ON A YEAR TWO.

SEEMS LIKE WE'VE HAD GAUCI QUITE A WHILE.

GAUCI HAD, UH, IS NO LONGER DOING THE MEDIANS.

SO COMPLETE TOOK THE MEDIANS, THEY BID IT BETTER.

HE DOES, UH, OUR, UH, FACILITIES LIKE THE CITY HALL AND OKAY.

AND OTHER MAINTENANCE.

HE DOES A COUPLE PARKS AS WELL.

THIS IS PRETTY MUCH IT FOR US.

IF YOU, ELIAS, I, UH, WANNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, TO THANK YOUR GUYS AND YOUR, YOUR STAFF.

YOU'RE KIND OF OUR UNSUNG HEROES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I KNOW WITH BISHOP STREET, YOU WERE OUT THERE AT 11 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT WHEN I DROVE BY.

THERE, YOU WERE OUT THERE WITH, WITH YOUR GUYS.

THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SO RESPECTED BY YOUR STAFF BECAUSE YOU'RE IN THE TRENCHES WITH THEM.

UH, I KNOW WE HAD A HEAVY RAINS THIS SEASON AND YOU GUYS WERE OUT THERE UNDER VERY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.

WHENEVER THERE'S A WATER MAIN BREAK, YOU GUYS ARE THERE.

AND THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

UH, YOU, YOU'RE, YOU'RE A SUPERSTAR.

THAT'S WHY WE CALL YOU JUST ELIAS .

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THIS, IT'S OUR STAFF THAT'S MAKING ME LOOK GOOD.

UH, I STAND THERE.

THEY WORK.

I GET CONCERNED WHEN I HEAR THAT YOUR LAST ONE JUST GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE.

HUMAN RESOURCES HAS BEEN, UH, WORKING ON IS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF RECRUITMENTS.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.

ANYBODY ELSE FOR ELIAS? ARE WE ALL GOOD? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ELIAS.

ALRIGHT.

UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, UM, BRIANNA HURT AND I WILL BE, UH, TAG TEAMING ON THE ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS.

SO THIS CONSISTS OF THE C COUNCIL, ADMINISTRATION, C CLERK, LEGAL SERVICES, FINANCE, AND, UH, FINANCE, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES THE IT DIVISION AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS.

SO FOR FISCAL YEAR 23, 24, UM, OUR MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE BEING IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND HUMAN RESOURCES SYSTEM TO REPLACE AN OBSOLETE LEGACY SYSTEM AND TO UPDATE AND STREAMLINE THOSE PROCESSES.

UH, TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, UH, THIS IS A DOS BASED SYSTEM THAT WE ARE REPLACING FROM BACK PROBABLY IN THE EIGHTIES OR SO.

UH, THE CITY DID, UH, WISELY USE ARPA MONEY TO INVEST IN THIS SOFTWARE, WHICH IS BADLY NEEDED, UM, AND IS GOING TO A NEW TYLER MUNI SYSTEM.

UH, ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT WAS AS THE SEA MANAGER, UM, DISCUSSED, WAS THAT WE SUCCESSFULLY EXECUTED, UM, AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT WITH LA COUNTY FIRE TO RETAIN FIRE SERVICE CONTRACT, WHICH WILL COMMENCE ON JULY 1ST.

UM, AGAIN, THIS DOES STILL INCLUDE SOME COST SHARING FOR ONE FIRE STATION.

AND ALSO, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO LIMIT SOME ANNUAL INCREASES AND, UM, IMPLEMENT CANCELLATION CLAUSES, UM, THAT HELPED TO PROTECT THE CITY.

UM, ADDITIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE IMPLEMENTING SB 5 53 OH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

UH, WHICH IS THE WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION PLAN.

UM, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT IS A NEW LAW.

IT WAS SIGNED INTO, UH, LAW BY THE GOVERNOR IN SEPTEMBER, 2023.

THIS IS SOMETHING NEW THAT ALL CITIES AND ACTUALLY ALL EMPLOYERS IN CALIFORNIA ARE REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT BY JULY 1ST.

AND SO OUR STAFF IN HUMAN RESOURCES HAS BEEN WORKING WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO REALLY, UM, CRAFT A PLAN AND IMPLEMENT TRAINING AND THE NEEDED, YOU KNOW, INSTANT LOGS AND RECORD KEEPING, UM, ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS REQUIRED BY THIS NEW LAW.

UM, ANOTHER MAJOR, UM, THING THAT

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UM, JUST TO DATE, THEY'VE COMPLETED 85 FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME RECRUITMENTS AND PROCESSED 3,608 JOB APPLICATIONS AND ONBOARDED 31 NEW FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE HIRES AND 18 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE SEPARATIONS.

UM, I THINK YOU SAW IN THE REPORT THERE'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF TURNOVER OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

UM, IN THIS FISCAL YEAR ALONE, WE HAD THREE PEOPLE RETIRE.

16 RESIGN, YOU KNOW, IN THE LAST FULL FISCAL YEAR IS NINE PEOPLE RETIRED, 35 PEOPLE RESIGNED.

SO THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGES WE'RE HAVING WITH SIGNIFICANT EMPLOYEE TURNOVER.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, JUST I THINK SOME OF THE THINGS THE SEA MANAGER, UM, MENTIONED EARLIER WITH JUST, YOU KNOW, I THINK THEN THE WORK BEING DISTRIBUTED TO OTHER PEOPLE AND JUST THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING, UM, ORGANIZATIONALLY.

UM, ANOTHER THING I DO REALLY WANNA, UM, EMPHASIZE HERE IS ENHANCING THE CS NETWORK SECURITY SOFTWARE AND SYSTEMS. THIS HAS BECOME EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AS, UH, MORE OF CITY SERVICES AND EVERYTHING BECOMES RELIANT ON TECHNOLOGY AND SECURITY.

TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE GRAVITY OF THIS, UM, OUR IT DIVISION, YOU KNOW, DID A SAMPLING OF LIKE ABOUT A MONTH OR SO.

AND AN, UH, AN ESTIMATED DAILY AMOUNT OF HITS OR ATTACKS TO OUR SYSTEM IS 770,000 HITS OR ATTACKS ON OUR SYSTEM ALONE.

JUST ON AVERAGE DAILY, I ALMOST FELT LOUD MY CHAIR, 'CAUSE I WAS LIKE, AM I READING THAT RIGHT? BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY 770,000, UH, THINGS THAT THEY BLOCK DAILY, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE VARIOUS FIREWALLS AND SECURITY SYSTEMS AND WAYS THAT THEY'VE SET SERVERS AND, YOU KNOW, UH, DIFFERENT AUTHENTICATION TOOLS THAT WE HAVE.

UH, MOVING ON TO MAJOR GOALS.

ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, I WILL BE JUST COVERING THE ITEMS IN, UH, FINANCE AND HR, AND THEN I'LL BE TURNING OVER TO BRIANNA TO COVER THE REST OF THE ITEMS FOR ADMINISTRATION.

UM, SO AS WE MENTIONED, WE BEGAN IMPLEMENTATION YOU, UH, IN THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR FOR, UH, THE NEW FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT IS EXPECTED TO GO LIVE ON JULY 1ST.

AND THAT'S PRIMARILY THE ACCOUNTING PORTION OF THAT.

THE SECOND PART OF THAT HUMAN RESOURCES AND PAYROLL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IS, UM, GOING TO INVOLVE LIKE PAYROLL AND INTEGRATING LIKE, YOU KNOW, EMPLOYEE TIME CARDS AND THE OTHER PARTS RELATED TO THAT.

AND THE EXPECTATION IS THAT WE WILL BE WORKING ON THAT IN THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR IN 24 25.

UM, THAT'S PHASE TWO, AND THAT THAT WILL GO LIVE ON JULY 1ST, UH, 2025.

I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO BRIANNA TO GO OVER THE REST OF OUR GOALS AND ITEMS IN THIS DEPARTMENT.

THANK YOU GABBY.

I'D LIKE TO PICK UP WHERE GABBY LEFT OFF AND HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THE GOALS OF THE ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT ON THIS SLIDE AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE THE CITY'S LEGISLATION LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM.

AS COUNCIL MAY BE AWARE, AND FOR THE PUBLIC'S INFORMATION, CONGRESS AND THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE CONTINUE CONSIDER THOUSANDS OF BILLS EACH YEAR, MANY OF WHICH HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO AFFECT LOCAL, LOCAL GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE CITY'S INTERESTS.

WE OFTEN ADVOCATE FOR OR AGAINST CERTAIN LEGISLATION.

SOMETIMES WE DO THIS ON OUR OWN, BUT MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, AS PART OF COALITIONS THROUGH ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES OR THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, WE WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO SEEK GRANT FUNDING TO EITHER SUPPLEMENT OR REPLACE DIRECT CITY FUNDING FOR CITY PRIORITY PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. THIS MEANS THAT WE IDENTIFY AND PURSUE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, INCLUDING CITY BUILDINGS, FACILITIES, INFRASTRUCTURE, RECREATIONAL OUTLETS, AND OTHER PROJECTS THAT COULD BE OF VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE ALSO PLAN TO HIRE A CONSULTANT TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE FEE STUDY TO REVIEW ALL OF THE CITY'S FEE BASED SERVICES FOR COST RECOVERY TARGETS AND SUBSIDIES WHILE CONFORMING WITH PROP TWO 18.

FURTHERMORE, WE WILL CONTINUE EDUCATING AND ENGAGING WITH THE LA HAPER COMMUNITY THROUGH OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS AT COUNCIL'S DIRECTION.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO SHARE RELEVANT INFORMATION ON CITY PROJECTS, PROGRAMS, AND POLICIES THROUGH PLATFORMS SUCH AS THE LA HAPER LIFE, UH, NEWSLETTER, PUBLICATION, UH, CITY'S WEBSITE, CHANNEL THREE, AND OUR VARIOUS SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES.

UM, ADDITIONALLY, STAFF OFTEN ENGAGES WITH THE COMMUNITY AT SPECIAL EVENTS THROUGH A CITY INFORMATION BOOTH AND COLLABORATES WITH OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, UM, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, LOCAL NONPROFITS, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND THE FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY TO ATTEND VARIOUS OUTREACH EVENTS.

AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS SLIDE, THE GENERAL FUND TOTAL FOR ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT BUDGETS IS JUST OVER $4.5 MILLION.

THIS INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY 2 MILLION FOR ADMINISTRATION, WHICH INCLUDES THE BUDGETS FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, AND THE NON-DEPARTMENTAL FUND.

UH, IT INCLUDES 1.4 MILLION FOR FINANCE AND IT 640,000 FOR HR, $300,000, $300,000 FOR LEGAL SERVICES, AND APPROXIMATELY

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$79,000 FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.

UM, ALL OTHER FUNDS LISTED BELOW TOTAL JUST OVER 13.7 MILLION FOR A TOTAL OF 18.2 FOR ALL FUNDS.

AS YOU MAY RECALL, ACROSS THE BOARD, DEPARTMENTS WERE ASKED TO CUT APPROXIMATELY 6.3% FOR ADMINISTRATION AND THE SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS.

THIS TARGETED BUDGETED CUT, UH, TOTALED APPROXIMATELY $296,000.

TO SUMMARIZE THE PROPOSED, THIS INCLUDES FREEZING ONE ACCOUNTANT POSITION IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND ONE PART-TIME CLERICAL POSITION IN ADMINISTRATION AND REDUCING FUNDING FOR NON-DEPARTMENTAL PROGRAM CONTINGENCY.

THE CITY'S PILOT EDUCATION REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM, THE WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM THAT GABBY MENTIONED A FEW SLIDES AGO.

TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES AND LEGAL SERVICES FOR CIVIL AND PERSONNEL CASES.

THE, UM, OBVIOUS AND OR IMMEDIATE IMPACT AS A RESULT OF FREEZING OR ELIMINATING POSITIONS IS THAT IT CREATES WORKFLOW ISSUES AND HEAVIER WORKLOAD AMONG FEWER STAFF.

FEWER STAFF WILL BE REQUIRED TO TAKE ON ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES, INCREASING RESPONSE TIMES FOR REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION OR ANALYSIS FROM THE DEPARTMENT.

IT COULD ALSO CREATE POTENTIAL DELAYS IN COMPLETING FINANCIAL REPORTS, EXCUSE ME, AND IMPACT SUCCESSION PLANNING IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT FOR THE ADMIN AND SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS.

IT REDUCES COVERAGE AT THE FRONT COUNTERS OR ASSISTANCE DURING WORKING HOURS WHEN STAFF ATTENDS MEETINGS, TRAININGS, OR CITY SUPPORTED EVENTS.

IT ALSO REDUCES THE CITY'S ABILITY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING TOOLS FOR ITS EMPLOYEES, ESPECIALLY AS NEW LAWS AND REGULATIONS ARE IMPLEMENTED EACH YEAR.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND AT THIS TIME, TIME I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO GABBY TO COVER THE FIRE AND AMBULANCE BUDGET, BUT I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

GREAT.

ANYTHING FOR BRIANNA? MM-HMM.

UH, SO THIS NEXT, UH, REPORT ON FIR AND AMBULANCE WILL BE PRETTY BRIEF BECAUSE WE WILL BE COVERING MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT THERE WERE NO CUTS BECAUSE THEY ARE A CONTRACT SERVICE AND WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO THOSE.

UM, SO FOR, OH, DO YOU MIND, UM, THE NEXT SLIDE? SO FOR FISCAL YEAR 2324, MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE, UM, LA COUNTY FIRE RESPOND TO 4,099 INCIDENTS OF WHICH 3,548 WERE MEDICAL AID CALLS.

SO THIS IS ABOUT SLIGHTLY OVER 86% WERE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CALLS THAT THEY'VE RESPONDED TO IN THE CITY OF LA HARA.

UH, THE AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME TO INCIDENCE WAS UNDER FIVE MIN FIVE MINUTES, WHICH IS UNDER THEIR, UH, COUNTY AVERAGE IN GOAL TIME.

UM, AND LA COUNTY FIRE WAS ALSO RECENTLY AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN THE MULTI-AGENCY DIVISION FOUR BRUSH DRILL, WHICH INCLUDED ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY AND LAHABRA HEIGHTS FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THIS ALSO INCLUDE THEM TESTING, UM, THE HELLA HYDRANT THAT THE CITY RECENTLY BUILT.

THAT PUBLIC WORKS, UH, WAS SO INSTRUMENTAL IN, UH, DEVELOPING AN, UH, BUILDING, UM, FALK AMBULANCE ALSO BEGAN OPERATING OUT OF THE NEW AMBULANCE OPERATION CENTER, WHICH WAS FORMERLY FIRE STATION 1 93 THAT WAS CLOSED IN OCTOBER DUE TO THE INCREASING FIRE CONTRACT COSTS.

AND NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

UH, THE TOLL BUDGET FOR FIRE AND AMBULANCE IS $17,856,000, 5,850 $6,000.

UH, THE PENSION LIABILITY COSTS RELATE, UH, RELATED TO, UM, FORMER CITY OF LA HABRA FIREFIGHTERS, UM, FROM BACK WHEN THEY, UH, WORKED FOR THE CITY, UM, IS $1,430,000, UH, WHICH WAS AN INCREASE OF 250, ROUGHLY $257,000 COMPARED TO, UH, THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.

UM, OUR LA COUNTY FIRE CONTRACT COST INCREASED TO $14,425,210.

UM, AGAIN, THAT'S AN INCREASE OF $3,183,117 COMPARED TO FISCAL YEAR 2324 FOR THREE STATIONS, NOT FOUR.

UM, AND AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, STAFF COMPLETED NEGOTIATIONS, UM, TO EXTEND THE CURRENT AGREEMENT.

UM, OUR AMBULANCE CONTRACT IS $1,677,778.

THAT IS AN INCREASE OF A $183,000 COMPARED TO THIS FISCAL YEAR.

THAT IS, UM, THEIR CONTRACT RATE HAS REMAINED THE SAME.

THAT IS PRIMARILY DUE TO SURGE PRICING.

UM, SO WHENEVER THERE ARE MEDICAL CALLS, UM, AND THEY HAVE TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL UNIT, UM, IS A PREARRANGED, YOU KNOW, PRICING THAT THEY, UM, GIVE US A PICTURE LIKE AN UBER, YOU KNOW, IF IT, THERE'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO CALL SOMEBODY ELSE IN OR THERE'S, YOU KNOW, IT IS JUST LIKE RELATED TO HAVING TO CALL IN ANOTHER UNIT.

UM, AND THEY DO SEARCH PRICING BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH MORE DEMAND FOR IT.

AND SO THAT, THAT FUNDING IS, UH, THE ADDITIONAL INCREASE IS PRIMARILY, PRIMARILY RELATED TO THAT, JUST TO, UH, AN INCREASE IN THOSE CALLS.

UM, AND I BELIEVE THAT IS IT FOR, UM, OUR ADMIN AND FIRE REPORT.

WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS FOR GABBY?

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NO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GABBY.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

IS NEXT.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

I'LL BE PRESENTING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S FISCAL YEAR 20 24, 25 BUDGET THIS EVENING.

I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO START BY SHARING SOME OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR.

I RE TO OVER 40,000 COMBINED CALLS TO OUR DISPATCH CENTER AND KEPT OUR RESPONSE TIME UNDER FOUR MINUTES FOR PRIORITY ONE CALLS.

WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN A GRANT TO FUND OUR VERY OWN SPANISH SHIRT AND HAVE A RECENT GRADUATION IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS.

WE SHOULD BE HAVING ANOTHER CLASS COMING LATE SUMMER OR EARLY FALL.

ANOTHER ACCOMPLISHMENT WAS BRINGING OUR DISPATCH CENTER FROM THREE FULL-TIME DISPATCHERS UP TO EIGHT.

WE ARE ALLOTTED 10 AND WE HAD TO WORK VERY HARD WITH HUMAN RESOURCES TO GET BACK UP TO, UH, OUR EIGHT FULL-TIME AT THIS TIME.

AND JUST LET YOU KNOW, IT TAKES JUST OVER EIGHT MONTHS TO GET AN APPLICANT TO BEING A FULL-TIME DISPATCHER.

AND THAT'S WITH NO ISSUES.

SO WE WERE VERY LUCKY THIS YEAR.

ANOTHER ACCOMPLISHMENT IS OUR CRIME RATE.

AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP A MAJOR CRIME SPIKE FROM OCCURRING IN OUR CITY AND WE'VE KEPT OUR RATES RELATIVELY LOW, SLOW, LOW.

EXCUSE ME, ON THE NEXT FEW SLIDES.

OUR CRIME STATS ARE LAID OUT FOR THE PREVIOUS CALENDAR YEAR.

AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, HOW WE REPRESENT OUR CRIMES IS PART ONE AND PART TWO.

PART ONE, CRIMES ARE YOUR SERIOUS OFFENSES.

UH, BURGLARY, ROBBERY, ASSAULT, AND OTHERS ARE PART TWO CRIMES.

SO FOR A COMPARISON FROM CALENDAR YEAR 22 TO 23, WE SAW A SLIGHT DECREASE IN OVERALL PART ONE CRIMES.

OUR VIOLENT CRIMES, WE SAW A DECENT DECREASE FROM 247 AND 22 TO 180 AND 23 AND PROPERTY CLIMBS.

WE SAW A VERY SLIGHT INCREASE FROM 1 2, 4, 4 5 INTO 2023, WHICH IS 1, 2, 6 7.

SOME OF OUR MAJOR GOALS THAT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO IN 24 25, OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO CONTINUE OUR, UH, HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICE AND OUR, UH, RESPONSE TO PRIORITY ONE CALLS UNDER FOUR MINUTES.

THE MAJOR THING THAT WE WANT TO DO IS KEEP COLLABORATING WITH COMMUNITY SERVICES AND PUBLIC WORKS FOR OUR HOMELESS POPULATION.

WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE OF HOMELESS, MANY OF THEM ORIGINALLY NOT FROM LA HABRA.

THEY MAY HAVE COME ON THE BUSES OR JUST BROUGHT THEMSELVES TO OUR CITY.

BUT THAT INCREASE IS, UH, AFFIRMED THE NEED FOR OUR UNIFIED RESPONSE.

SO WE NEED TO WORK WITH NOT ONLY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT COMMUNITY SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS, AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.

AND OF COURSE, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH OUR, UH, LOCAL BUSINESSES, UH, IN REGARDS TO RETAIL THEFT.

SO WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE MAYBE WATCHING ON TV OR IN THE AUDIENCE IS WHAT WE PROVIDE AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I'M PROUD TO SAY WE ARE A FULL SERVICE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

EVERY POLICE DEPARTMENT'S PRIMARY FUNCTION IS TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND PUBLIC SAFETY.

WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE MORE.

AND I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU A FEW EXAMPLES OF THAT.

OUR CRIME IMPACT TEAM, WE HAVE DEDICATED OFFICERS WHO DEAL WITH A VARIETY OF ISSUES.

UH, THEY ASSIST CODE ENFORCEMENT.

THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR RETAIL, UH, PARTNERS TO DEAL WITH THE THEFT UNPLANNED EVENTS.

BUT ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THEY DO IS THEY DEAL WITH THE HOMELESS.

THEY HAD OVER 300 CONTACTS LAST YEAR.

THEY DID THREE LARGE SCALE CLEANUPS AND OVER 40 SMALL SCALE CLEANUPS.

WE HAPPEN TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE RAILROAD TRACKS.

YOU CAN'T REALLY TELL IN THIS PICTURE, BUT THIS IS RIGHT OFF OF OUR RAILROAD TRACKS, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE CLEANUPS WE DID.

IT'D BE SAFE TO SAY THAT WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT THE PARTNERSHIP OF PUBLIC WORKS.

I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HEARD ELIAS TALK ABOUT IT, BUT IT IS IMPERATIVE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THAT STUFF OUT OF THE WAY, INCLUDING THE BRUSH AND LARGE PIECES OF PROPERTY CHIEF.

UH, ON THAT, ON THAT NOTE, I, I WANNA COMMEND YOU GUYS ON GETTING THAT NEW VEHICLE THAT'S ABLE TO GO OUT INTO THOSE HARD HIT AREAS AND DIFFICULT TO GET TO AREAS.

UH, I HAVE NOTICED A SIGNIFICANT, UM, DECREASE IN HOMELESS PEOPLE OUT THERE 'CAUSE OF YOUR, YOUR EFFORTS BECAUSE THAT LITTLE UNIT THAT YOU HAVE TO GO HUNT THROUGH THAT OFF ROAD THING, THAT'S REALLY COOL.

ON THEM, AS I MENTIONED TO YOU THAT OUR, UH, FULL SERVICE DISPATCH CENTER RECEIVES OVER 40,000 CALLS IN THE YEAR 24 7 365.

OUR SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS UNIT, THESE, UH, OFFICERS ARE TRAINED IN SPECIALTY AREAS SUCH AS GANGS AND NARCOTICS.

THEIR ABILITY TO WORK WITH THESE TYPES OF CRIMES ALLOWS US TO KEEP OUR CRIME LEVELS LOW AND BE ABLE TO REACT TO ISSUES THAT ARISE TO COMPLETE THESE HIGH LEVEL INVESTIGATIONS.

WE ARE ALSO VERY LUCKY TO HAVE OUR IN-HOUSE POLICE DISPATCH RECORDS AND PROPERTY.

AND JUST FOR SOME INFORMATION

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THEY'RE ANSWERING YOUR CALLS.

THAT'S EVERYTHING FROM WATER LEAKS TO INJURED ANIMALS, AND THEY ALL GO TO OUR LOCAL DISPATCH CENTER.

OUR RECORDS AND PROPERTY UNITS.

THEY PROCESS OVER 6,000 POLICE REPORTS AND 6,000 PIECES OF EVIDENCE EACH YEAR.

THEY ALSO RECEIVE OVER 100 PUBLIC RECORDS EACH WEEK.

THOSE ARE REQUESTS AND THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THESE RESPONSES AT THE FRONT COUNTER TO OUR COMMUNITY EVERY DAY.

WE ARE ALSO VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THREE SROS.

WE HAVE TWO FOR EACH OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND ONE FOR OUR JUNIOR HIGHS.

UH, WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT THEY ARE, UH, LARGELY FUNDED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

HOWEVER, WE RECEIVE A GREAT, UH, ASSET TO HAVING THEM IN OUR SCHOOLS.

THEY PARTICIPATE IN A LOT OF THE EVENTS THAT ARE HELD AT THE SCHOOLS, IF YOU CAN SEE THEM AT FOOTBALL GAMES, BASKETBALL GAMES.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR JUNIOR HIGH SRO TO TEACH ABOVE THE INFLUENCE, WHICH IS OUR VERSION OF DARE OUR TRAFFIC UNIT.

WE HAVE TWO TRAFFIC UNIT THAT COMPRISES OF TWO OFFICERS AND A SERGEANT.

WE ALSO HAVE COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS AND PARKING ENFORCEMENTS OFFICERS.

SOME OF THEIR HIGHLIGHTS FROM JUST LAST YEAR WAS OVER 400 CITATIONS FOR PRIMARY COLLISION FACTORS.

WHAT'S THAT? WHAT THAT MEANS IS THEY SPECIFICALLY GO OUT FOR THINGS THAT CAUSE ACCIDENTS.

SO SPEEDING, DISTRACTED, DRIVING, UH, YOU KNOW, UNSAFE, UH, TURNING MOVEMENTS.

THEY DID OVER 400 AND JUST LAST YEAR AND IS SPECIFICALLY 130 DISTRACTED DRIVING.

ANOTHER INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT, UH, OVER THIS LAST YEAR, OUR TRAFFIC UNIT WROTE OVER 21,000 PARKING CITATIONS.

OUR ANIMAL CONTROL.

THESE SPECIALIZED, UH, ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS ARE A GREAT RESOURCE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

THEY RUN THEIR OWN SPECIAL SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT TO RELOCATE ANIMALS.

THEY FIND SHELTERS FOR OTHERS AND THEY RESPOND TO INJURED AND, UH, INJURED ANIMALS AND PROVIDE THEM CARE.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT OUR ANIMAL CONTROL IS LARGELY FUNDED THROUGH GENERAL FUND.

ALTHOUGH WE DO COLLECT FEES FOR LICENSES.

THAT'S ONLY A VERY SMALL PORTION OF THE COST.

AND I WANT TO, UH, MENTION OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

OF COURSE, WE HAVE OUR CITIZENS ACADEMY, OUR OPEN HOUSE, OUR ENGLISH AND SPANISH CERT, OUR EXPLORER PROGRAM VOLUNTEERS.

WE RUN ALL OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA IN HOUSE.

A COUPLE OF OUR HIGHLIGHTS FROM NATIONAL NIGHT OUT COOL COPS AND OUR TRICK OR TREAT EVENTS.

SO OUR 20 24 25 BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NOT ASKING FOR ANY ADDITIONAL POSITIONS OR SIGNIFICANT INCREASE TO EQUIPMENT OR TRAINING.

IN FACT, STAFF WAS ASKED TO REDUCE THE BUDGET BY OVER $2 MILLION.

WITH OVER 90% OF OUR BUDGET BEING PERSONNEL, WE HAD TO MAKE DIFFICULT REDUCTIONS THAT WILL HAVE SOME IMPACT ON SERVICES.

WE WERE FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO FIND SAVINGS WITHOUT FREEZING SWORN OFFICER POSITIONS.

THE POSITIONS WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO BE FROZEN ARE SUPPORT ON THE SUPPORT SERVICES SIDE, BUT AS I MENTIONED, WILL HAVE SOME IMPACT.

WE WILL ALSO BE CUTTING SIGNIFICANT OVERTIME, WHICH WILL ALSO HAVE AN EFFECT ON SERVICES.

OUR RECOMMENDATIONS WILL NOT AFFECT WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT, WHICH IS PUBLIC SAFETY.

WE'LL ALWAYS PUT PUBLIC SAFETY FIRST.

HOWEVER, WE WILL BE AFFECTED AS OUR FULL SERVICE AND RESPONSE TO AREAS SUCH AS TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE TO MINOR CRIMES, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS, EXCUSE ME, ANIMAL CONTROL AND BACK FILLING POSITIONS.

I'M GONNA GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.

OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS, ONE OF THE POSITIONS WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO BE FROZEN, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE TO TAKE TRAFFIC COLLISIONS, TAKE MINOR CRIME REPORTS, CONDUCT PARKING ENFORCEMENT.

THIS ALLEVIATES TRAFFIC AND PATROL OFFICERS FROM RESPONDING AND, AND LEAVES THEM AVAILABLE FOR PRIORITY CALLS WITH ONE FROZEN POSITION AND ANOTHER CSO OUT ON LEAVE.

WE'LL NEED TO ROUTE THESE CALLS TO OFFICERS WHEN THEY'RE AVAILABLE.

ADDITIONALLY, WE'LL NOT HAVE THE OVERTIME BUDGET TO BACKFILL THESE POSITIONS.

SO WHAT IS VACANT WILL STAY VACANT.

THE VE REALISTIC EXPECTATION IS THERE WILL BE A DELAY IN RESPONSE AND THE TIMELESS OF THOSE REPORTS.

ALTHOUGH EVERY EFFORT WILL BE MADE, THE IMPACT WILL BE FELT.

THE SAME COULD BE SAID FOR OUR OTHER FROZEN POSITIONS.

SIMPLY PUT, IT WILL AFFECT THE WAY WE PROVIDE SERVICE AND THE TIMELESS OF OUR RESPONSE.

I BELIEVE OUR REDUCTION THIS FISCAL YEAR IS MANAGEABLE.

I DO HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

OH, MY STAFF HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO PENCIL OUT ADDITIONAL CUTS IF THEY'RE DEEMED NECESSARY.

WITH THAT IN MIND, IT COULD BE A REAL POSSIBILITY THAT SWORN POSITIONS WOULD NEED TO BE FROZEN TO MEET THE BUDGET NEEDS.

THAT WOULD CHANGE THE WAY WE DO SERVICE FROM WHAT WE ARE NOW, A FULL SERVICE DEPARTMENT AS I'VE BEEN EXPLAINING TO BASIC POLICE SERVICES.

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SO IN CLOSING, HERE'S MY CONCERN IS, IS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PENCIL OUT THESE SAVINGS THIS YEAR BECAUSE I CAN'T REALLY LOOK AT EQUIPMENT OR TRAINING BECAUSE THOSE ARE FOR SAFETY OR THEY'RE REQUIRED BY THE STATE.

I UNFORTUNATELY HAVE TO LOOK AT PERSONNEL AND THE SPOTS THAT WE HAVE NOW ARE CURRENTLY VACANT.

SO NO ONE'S LOSING A POSITION.

BUT THAT WOULD BE IT.

I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER SPOTS.

SO WE WOULD HAVE TO START LOOKING AT, IF WE DID GET POSITIONS WHERE IF SOMEONE WERE TO RETIRE OR LEAVE AS A POLICE OFFICER, I'D HAVE TO SERIOUSLY LOOK AT THOSE POSITIONS FOR COST SAVINGS.

'CAUSE I WOULDN'T HAVE REALLY ANYWHERE ELSE TO LOOK.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PART OF THE, UH, PRESENTATION.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

CHIEF, I I HAVE A QUESTION.

UH, BEING THAT THE DISPATCH HAS BEEN SO CHALLENGING IN HIRING EMPLOYEES AND IT TAKES EIGHT MONTHS TO GET A NEW PERSON IN THAT POSITION, PEEL AWAY A LITTLE BIT WHAT THE IMPACT'S GONNA BE, SPECIFICALLY WITH FREEZING, UH, ANOTHER DISPATCHER.

SO HAVING THE FROZEN DISPATCHERS, WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE A FEW PART-TIME DISPATCHERS, HOWEVER, THEY CAN ONLY WORK SO MANY HOURS.

SO WHAT IT'S GONNA CAUSE IS IT'S GONNA CAUSE POLICE OFFICERS TO START WORKING OVERTIME IN DISPATCH.

IT'S MANAGEABLE IF EVERYONE STAYS HEALTHY, EVERYBODY IS AVAILABLE.

WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.

OVER THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN HERE IN, IN LA HABRA, WE'VE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT TO HAVE A VACANCY OR TWO IN DISPATCH.

UH, HOWEVER, WE'RE WALKING THE RAZOR'S EDGE BEING AT EIGHT.

WE HAVE ONE OR TWO GO OUT FOR VARIOUS REASONS.

WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING FOR OFFICERS TO FILL THAT OVER TIME.

I, I HEARD OF SOME AGENCY I, AND I WAS TRYING TO FIND IT HERE ON, ON MY PHONE TO LOOK, BUT THERE WAS SOME AGENCY WHERE, UH, THE DISPATCHERS WERE DISGRUNTLED BECAUSE OF THE, THE, THE, ALL THE HOURS AND THE OVERTIME THEY HAD TO WORK.

I THINK IT MAY HAVE EVEN BEEN A, UH, A FIRE AGENCY AND, UH, IT WAS CAUSING HAVOC.

MM-HMM, .

UM, SERIOUSLY PEEL, PEEL AWAY.

I KNOW YOU'RE, YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO, TO, TO MAKE THESE CUTS.

UM, IN THE IDEAL WORLD, I MEAN, ARE YOU REALLY COMFORTABLE WITH DOING CUTTING THE DISPATCHER? SO WHAT I WANT TO DO IS I WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE THAT THE CITY DESERVES.

AND SO I'M TRYING TO LOOK HOLISTICALLY AT MY BUDGET AND WHERE WE CAN FIND AREAS TO CUT.

UM, I, I WANT US TO GIVE THE BEST SERVICE TO OUR CITY.

SO, UH, ALTHOUGH I DON'T LIKE REALLY ANY OF THE CUTS WE'RE MAKING, I HAVE TO REALISTICALLY LOOK AT DISPATCH.

'CAUSE THERE ARE TWO VACANCIES.

I THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, THE CITY MANAGER HAS SUGGESTED IS THAT THERE, IF THERE IS ANOTHER VACANCY, WE CAN MAKE CONSIDERATIONS FOR BRINGING BACK A DISPATCHER.

RIGHT NOW, I I DON'T HAVE THAT.

WHAT IS THE OVERTIME COST VERSUS HAVING A PERSON AT REGULAR COST? WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? IT'S, SO THERE ARE COST SAVINGS WHEN SOMEONE WORKS OVERTIME INSTEAD OF HIRING A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE.

BUT THAT'S SHORT-LIVED.

AND I WOULD CAUTION THAT BECAUSE IT'S THE, AS YOU MENTIONED, IT'S THE IMPACT ON THE EMPLOYEE.

THERE'S ONLY SO LONG THAT YOU CAN MAINTAIN THAT.

WHAT IS THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IN THAT DISPATCHING POSITION? SO, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF GABBY HAS THAT SPECIFIC NUMBER ON A DISPATCHER.

I WOULD SAY THEY'RE A LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND.

I I I, IN MY WORLD, I, I JUST DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE CUTTING THAT POSITION RIGHT NOW.

I, I DON'T, I I WOULD, I I JUST, I COULD NOT AGREE WITH, WITH, WITH CUTTING THAT POSITION.

I'M JUST, I'M SORRY.

THAT'S JUST MY, MY FEELING.

WELL, I HAVE TO AGREE.

UM, DISPATCH, I MEAN, THAT'S THE KEY TO ALL THE, UH, INCIDENTS THAT HAPPEN OUT THERE.

AND THAT PUTS, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC IN DANGER THAT PUTS THE OFFICERS IN DANGER TRYING TO MAYBE GET TO THE, TO THEIR NEXT, UM, CALL AND KEEPING IT UNDER THAT FOUR MINUTES.

YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, THAT'S THE FIRST LINE LINE THAT THE, THE PUBLIC HAS OUR OFFICERS HAD.

THAT'S REALLY THE, THE PULSE OF, OF, OF THE DEPARTMENT PART OF IT.

WHAT I GOT, KAREN, YOU'RE GOOD.

YEAH, I, I AGREE.

OBVIOUSLY WITH, WITH JIM AND CARRIE ON THAT, TWO THINGS THAT I GET ASKED ABOUT ALL THE TIME OUT IN THE FIELD ARE KIND OF MUNDANE, BUT THEY'RE SO IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE THAT I TALK TO AND THAT'S DIRECTED TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AND, UH, PARKING ENFORCEMENT.

SO MANY TIMES I HAVE PEOPLE SAYING, HEY, I'VE GOT CARS ALL UP AND DOWN MY STREET.

NOBODY'S GOT A PERMIT.

AND, UH, I SAY, OKAY, WE'LL GET A CAR OUT THERE.

WE'LL SCRATCH SOME SIGHTS AND WE'LL WORK ON THAT FOR A FEW DAYS AND WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN'T CLEAR THAT UP.

AND ALSO, SOMEBODY'S RUNNING THIS STOP SIGN EVERY SINGLE DAY ON THE HOUR, EVERY HOUR.

AND I SAY, OKAY, WE'LL GET A MOTOR COP OUT THERE.

WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN'T, UH, CHILL THAT OUT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

SO GOING FORWARD, UH, I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T PROMISE PEOPLE , YOU KNOW, A A A PERMIT SWEEP OR EVEN DIRECT TO TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AT INTERSECTIONS.

IS THAT CORRECT? SO I, I THINK RIGHT

[02:30:01]

NOW WE'RE OKAY.

THAT'S THE BEST WAY I CAN SAY IT.

BUT THE REASON THAT I WANTED TO EXPLAIN A FULL SERVICE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS WE HAVE DISPATCH, WE HAVE PATROL THAT IS A PRIMARY FUNCTION, BUT THAT'S BASIC.

THE ABILITY TO HAVE A UNIT LIKE TRAFFIC AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO, UM, THERE'S A COST ASSOCIATED TO IT AND THERE'S MANPOWER ASSOCIATED TO IT.

IF WE WERE STARTING TO REDUCE RESOURCES, CIT TRAFFIC, NARCOTICS, GANGS, THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO REDUCE TO BRING INTO PATROL.

'CAUSE THAT'S OUR PRIMARY FUNCTION.

SO THERE'S A REALISTIC POSSIBILITY THAT IF JUST THROUGH TIME WE LOSE SOME OFFICERS, THAT THEY'RE GONNA COME FROM TRAFFIC TO FILL PATROL OR THEY'RE GONNA COME FROM CIT, WHICH DOES OUR HOMELESS TO FILL PATROL.

SO THERE COULD BE A REALISTIC POSSIBILITY OF YOU NOT BEING ABLE TO MAKE THAT PROMISE.

RIGHT.

$2 MILLION IS A SIGNIFICANT CHUNK OF MONEY.

UM, AND MY CONCERN IS, IS NOW IN THE KIND OF THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN RIGHT NOW, I MEAN, YOU SEE A LOT OF SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, THESE BURGLARIES AND BREAKING INS AND CA YOU KNOW, STEALING MERCHANDISE AND IT'S UPHILL.

IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT WORLD WE LIVE IN NOW.

SO, MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS, I OBVIOUSLY, I'M NOT, I'M NOT GONNA AGREE WITH THE DIS THE DISPATCHER, BUT MOVING FORWARD, I MEAN, EVERY MONTH YOU, YOU REALLY GOTTA KEEP THE COUNCIL POSTED ON WHERE WE ARE WITH CRIME STATISTICS.

MM-HMM.

BECAUSE IF WE SEE A SIGNIFICANT SPIKE, I, I WANNA KNOW ABOUT IT AND I WANT OUR, OUR HAND ON THE PULSE AND I WANT US TO RESPOND TO THAT IMMEDIATELY.

ANYBODY ELSE FOR THE CHIEF? YEAH, CHIEF.

UH, UM, I, I AM, YEAH, I, I'M, I'M WITH JIM AND THE REST OF THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS AS WELL.

MY CONCERN IS THIS IS, I THINK WE NEED MORE OFFICERS, QUITE FRANKLY, UH, JUST LIKE WE NEED MORE POSITIONS IN, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, JUST THE SAME, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY RIGHT NOW.

UH, WE SAW THE NUMBERS AND I, AND I SPECIFICALLY ASKED KELLY ABOUT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF GRAFFITI, UH, THAT WE SAW THIS LAST YEAR, 180,000 SQUARE FEET.

THAT'S FOUR ACRES.

THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S A FEW CITY BLOCKS.

THAT'S JUST GRAFFITI.

AND OUR OFFICERS FROM MY OBSERVATIONS, ARE PRETTY DARN GOOD AT BEING PROACTIVE POLICE OFFICERS.

HERE IN THIS CITY.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT YOU DON'T SEE ANYMORE.

UH, COMING FROM WHERE I COME FROM IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, YOU DON'T SEE PROACTIVE POLICING MUCH ANYMORE.

THIS COMMUNITY HOPEFULLY UNDERSTANDS WHAT PROACTIVE POLICING MEANS AND WHAT OUR OFFICERS DO DAY IN, DAY OUT, TRAFFIC STOPS, PEDESTRIAN STOPS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO STOP CRIME FROM OCCURRING.

SUMMER'S JUST STARTING.

UH, AS IT GETS WARMER, PEOPLE MAY NOT REALIZE, BUT MORE KIDS ARE OUT IN THE STREET.

CRIME SEEMS TO TAKE A SPIKE IN THE SUMMER IN MOST COMMUNITIES JUST BY EXPERIENCE.

UH, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST AS MY COLLEAGUES ARE SAYING JUST THE SAME, I FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS I WILL TELL MY COLLEAGUES, UH, THAT, UH, THAT I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA PROPOSE IN A LITTLE BIT THAT, UH, THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED TO LOOK AT BECAUSE YOU'VE, YOU'VE HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT NOT ONLY TO US, BUT TO THIS COMMUNITY, NOT ONLY WITH PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT WITH THE OTHER, UH, WITH THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

AND I'M HOPING THAT OUR COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, UH, BECAUSE IT, YEAH, ONE OF 'EM WAS A RESULT OF, OF WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING HERE WAS THE COST AND FIRE SERVICES.

UM, THE COMMENTS BEING MADE, UH, DO NOT REFLECT ANY SPECIFIC POSITION BY THE CITY COUNCIL WITH RESPECT TO THIS TAX MEASURE.

THAT'S THE OBVIOUS ONE.

BUT THINGS ARE GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE.

THE CITY DOES NOT, UH, DOES NOT PRODUCE THINGS THAT WE CAN SELL.

WELL, THERE'S, THERE'S NOT, I I MEAN, I'M HOPING THAT OUR, OUR CITY STAFF IS LOOKING AT, UH, AT REVENUE, UH, ENHANCING, UH, MEASURES THAT WE CAN LOOK AT IN THE NEAR FUTURE, UH, TO, UH, TO OVERCOME THESE THINGS.

UH, ONE OF THE MAJOR CONCERNS FOR ME, NOT, I MEAN, COMING FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY BACKGROUND, IS THAT MEASURE T IS GONNA EXPIRE.

THAT'S IN EXCESS OF $7 MILLION A YEAR.

UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE A, A HARD LOOK AT CITY COUNCIL, UH, CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE TO SEE WHERE WE, WHERE WE'RE GONNA NEED TO CUT FURTHER.

BECAUSE THE WAY I'M LOOKING AT IT IS, UH, I DON'T MEAN TO BE PESSIMISTIC, BUT I'M LOOKING AT IT AS MEASURE T NOT COMING BACK.

WHAT IF IT DOESN'T? YOU GOTTA START LOOKING THERE AND, UH, I'M HOPING IT DOES.

I'M HOPING THE COMMUNITY COMES THROUGH, NOT A TAX GUY, BUT I WILL TELL THE COMMUNITY, IF IT WAS VOTED ON 20, ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO, BRING IT BACK.

AND, UH, AND I WOULD SAY BRING MORE BACK, UH, BECAUSE I'M NOT GONNA BE HERE FOREVER, AND I DON'T WANT TO KICK THIS CAN DOWN THE ROAD FOR ANYBODY ELSE TO HAVE TO TAKE OVER.

IF IT MEANS ME NOT GETTING REELECTED, I DON'T CARE.

UH, THE, THE, WHAT, WHAT'S COMING IS NOT GONNA BE GOOD FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

AND THIS IS, UH, UH, AND OUR CITY STAFF ACTUALLY DOES A LOT OF GOOD THINGS, UH, UH, TO, UH, UH, TO DO WHAT THEY CAN WITH, UH, WITH WHAT WE HAVE.

UH, I'M SORRY, DICK, WAS IS THERE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SAY? I DID.

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AND WE SHOULD BE VERY CAREFUL WITH RESPECT TO THE TAX MEASURES WE GOT DURING COUNCIL MEETINGS.

EXPRESS OPINIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE TAX.

MY APOLOGIES.

ANYHOW, UH, WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M LETTING OUR COMMUNITY KNOW IS THAT, UH, THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE OUT OF OUR CONTROL, UH, THE, UH, THE, THESE MEASURES THAT ARE HAPPENING.

UH, AND IT'S, UH, IT'S IMPACTING PUBLIC SAFETY AND IT'S IMPACTING, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES AS A WHOLE.

UH, BECAUSE WHEN, UH, WHEN KIDS DON'T HAVE, UH, SOMETHING TO DO OUT IN THE SUMMER, UH, AND THEY DON'T HAVE THESE CITY ORGANIZED ACTIVITIES THAT ARE BEING PUT ON BY KELLY'S SHOP, THE UNFORTUNATE PART IS THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THINGS TO DO.

AND, AND SOMETIMES BAD THINGS HAPPEN AND, AND KIDS TURN TO CRIME.

NOT ALL.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS IN, IN EVERY ASPECT, BUT, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE RELYING ON A LOT OF, UH, COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO, TO TAKE UP THE SLACK AND WE'RE ASKING FOR A LOT.

SO CHIEF, THANKS FOR, UH, THANKS FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND FOR THE OFFICERS WITHOUT TALKING, UH, ABOUT ATTACKS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

BUT QUITE SIMPLY, LIKE THAT SONG SEND SAYS, MONEY CHANGES, EVERYTHING , AND THAT'S PLAIN AND SIMPLE.

ANYTHING FROM YOU? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF.

RENEGOTIATE AND HAVE YOU PAY MORE.

UM, BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE FINAL SUMMARY SLIDES, YOU KNOW, THE ONE THING I'LL COMMENT AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ IS RIGHT, $2 MILLION IS A, A BIG BUDGET CUT FOR A DEPARTMENT.

AND OBVIOUSLY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET CUT NOMINAL BUDGET CUT WAS MORE THAN EVERY OTHER DEPARTMENT, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THEY ALSO HAVE THE LARGEST BUDGET, RIGHT? SO THE, UH, THE BUDGET THAT WAS REDUCED WAS I THINK NORTH OF $27 MILLION DOWN TO THE 25 THAT WAS PROPOSED.

I CAN'T THANK THE CHIEF ENOUGH FOR WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE BUDGET TEAM, WORKING WITH ADMINISTRATION TO IDENTIFY THE CUTS THAT, UM, THE CHIEF AND HIS STAFF FELT THEY COULD WORK WITH TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

UM, IN LIGHT OF, UM, ALL THE OTHER CUTS THAT ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS HAD TO ALSO CONSIDER.

UH, YOU KNOW, ONE THING CHIEF AND I TALKED ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, UM, THE, THE RELATIVE IMPACT OF BUDGET CUTS ACROSS THE BOARD.

AND I THINK OUR OBSERVATION WAS, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB, BUT AS THE CHIEF ALLUDED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IT CAN'T BE AS EFFECTIVE AS IT IS IF IT ISN'T FOR PUBLIC WORKS HELPING THEM OR COMMUNITY SERVICES HELPING THEM OR, OR, OR, UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORKING WITH THEM ON DIFFERENT, UM, PROGRAMS AND DIFFERENT INITIATIVES.

SO IT REALLY, THERE IS, YOU KNOW, A, A, A GREAT DEAL OF COORDINATION THAT HAPPENS BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS AND YES, THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, EASILY SHOULDERING THE LARGEST, YOU KNOW, OVERALL COST IN THIS BUDGET.

BUT AGAIN, EVERY DEPARTMENT WAS ASKED TO CUT THE SAME PERCENTAGE FROM THEIR BUDGETS.

SO AGAIN, TO THE SUMMARY SLIDES TO, TO KIND OF WRAP EVERYTHING TOGETHER AGAIN, THE OVERALL, UH, SLIDE PLEASE.

THE OVERALL CITY, UH, MUNICIPAL BUDGET IS JUST UNDER $183 MILLION.

UM, 62 MILLION OF IT BEING THE GENERAL FUND.

UM, BUT YOU CAN SEE BY THIS THAT WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE ADDRESS EVERY SINGLE YEAR WITH THE SAME STAFF THAT YOU SEE WORKING IN THE GENERAL FUND.

MANY OF THOSE GENERAL FUND STAFF ALSO ALLOCATE PART OF THEIR TIME TO THESE SPECIAL REVENUES OR ON PROJECTS OR IN INTERNAL SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE A SECOND SET OF STAFF SOMEWHERE THAT WORK ON OTHER THINGS.

UH, A LOT OF TIMES IT'S THE SAME PEOPLE THAT ARE CHARGED OUT.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

UM, I THINK WHAT IS THE MOST NOTABLE ABOUT THIS BUDGET IS THAT, UH, IT'S BEEN, UM, PRODUCED AS A BALANCED BUDGET WITHOUT DRAWING ON THE GENERAL FUNDS PRIMARY RESERVE.

UM, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE DEFERRING SOME INTERNAL SERVICE FUND, UH, CHARGES TO DEPARTMENTS.

THAT MEANS THAT NORMALLY WE WOULD BE FUNDING SOME OF OUR INTERNAL SERVICE FUND RESERVES, UH, UH, MORE, UM, WITH MORE FUNDS THAN WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING FOR THIS NEXT YEAR.

BUT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS LOOKED AT THOSE INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS, AND WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR WITHOUT ANY MAJOR IMPACTS TO WHAT THOSE FUNDS SUPPORT.

THE MOST NOTABLE INCREASES, UM, TO THE BUDGET THAT REALLY KIND OF ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL WAS WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE LA COUNTY FIRE SERVICES CONTRACT THAT WE ALREADY DISCUSSED.

A $3.2 MILLION HIT FROM THAT, UH, RENEGOTIATED CONTRACT AND ABOUT A, JUST UNDER A MILLION DOLLARS IN NEW UNFUNDED AC UH, ACCRUED PENSION LIABILITIES.

FORTUNATELY, THE CITY COUNCIL'S, UH, PRIOR ACTIONS TO NOT ONLY ISSUE, UM, LOW INTEREST RATE PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS THAT SAVED THE CITY ROUGHLY $22 MILLION FROM WHAT WE PREVIOUSLY OWED, UH, PERS, BUT REALLY IS ESTABLISHING THAT PENSION FUNDING POLICY THAT ALLOWED US TO PUT OVER $10 MILLION AWAY IN A RESERVE FOR EXACTLY THIS KIND OF SITUATION.

AND WITH RESPECT TO LA COUNTY FIRE, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY CAME TO THE CITY SAYING, HEY, WE NEED TO

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THEY HAVE THEIR OWN BUDGET CONCERNS.

I MEAN, I'M NOT GONNA DISPARAGE THAT ORGANIZATION IN THE LEAST.

UH, THEY'RE A CLASS ACTION, A CLASS ORGANIZATION.

THEY, THEY, UH, HAVE PHENOMENAL RESOURCES AND EXCELLENT, UH, SERVICE PROVI PROVISION.

BUT AS CHIEF MARONEY TOLD US, YOU KNOW, WE'RE EXPENSIVE AND WE MAY BE COME TOO EXPENSIVE FOR THE CITY OR IN ANY OF THE CITIES TO, TO CONTRACT WITH.

FOR THAT REASON, THE CITY COUNCIL, WHEN YOU ESTABLISH GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR US EARLIER THIS FISCAL YEAR, UH, ONE OF THOSE WAS STUDYING THE FIRE SERVICE MODEL THAT WE HAVE IN LA HABRA AND TO DETERMINE IF WHAT WE HAVE WITH LA COUNTY FIRE IS THE BEST FIRE SERVICE MODEL FOR THE CITY, AND IS IT THE MOST AFFORDABLE MODEL THAT PROVIDES THE BEST LEVEL OF SERVICE.

WE HAVE FUNDING IN THIS PROPOSED BUDGET TO DO EXACTLY THAT STUDY, AND WE'RE GOING TO ENDEAVOR IN DOING THAT SO THAT WE KNOW IF THIS ARRANGEMENT WITH LA COUNTY FIRE IS THE BEST ARRANGEMENT FOR THE CITY, OR THERE ARE OTHER ALTERNATIVES THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CAN CONSIDER.

AND WE'LL HAVE THAT FOR YOU LATER THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR IF THE BUDGET'S APPROVED.

UM, THE ONE THING I'LL NOTICE, UH, NOTE ABOUT THE THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS THAT ALL THE DEPARTMENTS CUT, YOU HEARD A LOT ABOUT POSITIONS BEING FROZEN AND THEY, THEY ARE BEING PROPOSED TO BE FROZEN.

WHAT YOU DIDN'T HEAR A LOT ABOUT WAS PROGRAMS BEING TERMINATED.

UM, MOST OF THE IMPACTS THAT WERE DISCUSSED ACROSS ALL THE DEPARTMENTS RESULTED IN EITHER LE LESS FREQUENCY OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY, UM, OR IT TAKING LONGER TO GET IT DONE.

AND I WANNA NOTE THAT BECAUSE WITH EXCEPTION OF MAYBE A HANDFUL OF PROGRAMS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO, UM, STOP AND FOR INSTANCE, IN KELLY'S SHOP, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE PART-TIME STAFF, MOST OF OUR OTHER SERVICES WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE PROVIDING STILL HAPPEN.

IT'S JUST GONNA TAKE LONGER FOR US TO GET BACK TO, UH, PEOPLE.

IT MIGHT TAKE LONGER FOR A CODE CASE, IT MAY TAKE LONGER.

WE MAY INSTEAD OF REPAIRING, UH, WE'LL GET A CALL ON A BROKEN CURB AND WE MIGHT HAVE A CREW OUT THAT NEXT DAY OR NEXT WEEK TO REPAIR IT.

NOW WE MIGHT WAIT TILL WE GET FIVE OR SIX REPORTED CURB BREAKS AND THEN CONTRACT WITH A CONTRACTOR TO DO 'EM ALL AT ONCE AND SAVE MONEY DOING IT THAT WAY.

SO IT WON'T BE THAT THEY WON'T GET FIXED, IT MIGHT JUST TAKE A LOT LONGER FOR SOME OF THESE THINGS TO HAPPEN.

UM, AS WAS NOTED TODAY, UH, YOU KNOW, THE THING THAT WE'RE ALREADY PLANNING FOR AS STAFF IS THE, UM, THE CURRENT, UM, SUNSET DATE FOR MEASURE T.

ITS SUNSETS IN DECEMBER, 2028.

IT'S A $7.8 MILLION, UM, REVENUE SOURCE FOR US THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

UM, ALL WE KNOW IS THAT IT'S SUNSET.

SO WE NEED TO START MAKING PLANS TODAY FOR WHAT THAT MEANS.

UM, WE'RE, IF COUNCIL APPROVES IT WHEN WE BRING BACK COUNT THE BUDGET FOR ADOPTION IN TWO WEEKS, UM, WE WILL LIKELY START AN AGGRESSIVE PLAN TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL CUTS THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR, UM, TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT IF WE CAN START CUTTING MAYBE AS MUCH AS $2 MILLION A YEAR FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS LEADING UP TO THE SUNSET OF THE TAX.

BECAUSE WE CAN'T WAIT TILL 2028 AND START DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM.

WE KNOW WHAT'S ON THE HORIZON NOW.

WE NEED TO START ADDRESSING THOSE CUTS.

UM, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, UM, THE, THE VAST MAJORITY OF WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROPRIATES FOR SPENDING AND WHERE WE SPEND OUR MONEY OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND IS PUBLIC SAFETY.

BY FAR, UH, 70 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR GOES TOWARDS POLICE, FIRE, AND AMBULANCE SERVICES.

AND WE OPERATE EVERYTHING ELSE YOU SEE IN THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND OFF 30 CENTS.

UM, THAT RATIO CONTINUES TO SHIFT IN A DIRECTION THAT IS LONG TERM, PROBABLY NOT SUSTAINABLE.

UM, TO EXPECT EVERYTHING ELSE TO START TAKING LESS THAN 30 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR TO GET DONE IS GONNA CAUSE FURTHER AND FURTHER DELAYS UNTIL THE POINT WHERE CERTAIN THINGS JUST DON'T END UP HAPPENING ANYMORE.

AND THAT'S GONNA BE A MATTER OF POLICY DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL AND REALLY WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS COMFORTABLE WITH.

UH, AND THAT WILL BE SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA EXPLORE AS WE START LOOKING AT THESE ADDITIONAL CUTS.

UM, WE HAVE HEARD FOR TWO YEARS NOW ABOUT THIS PENDING RECESSION THAT'S SUPPOSED TO HIT US, HASN'T HAPPENED YET.

UNEMPLOYMENT STAYS IS STILL VERY LOW.

UM, AND PEOPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE STILL INVESTING IN THE ECONOMY.

SO THE ECONOMY CONTINUES TO, TO, UM, MOVE ALONG.

BUT WE ARE COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT AT SOME POINT A RECESSION IS LIKELY TO HAPPEN.

WE DON'T KNOW WHEN, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF AND NEED TO BE PLANNING FOR.

UH, AND THEN FINALLY, RECRUITING AND RETAINING STAFF HAS BECOME A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM.

UM, THERE'S A LOT OF AGENCIES AT, YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO STRIVE TO GET OUR STAFF, UH, SALARIES, COMPENSATION TOWARDS, OR AT LEAST NEAR COUNTY AVERAGE.

'CAUSE WE'RE COMPETING WITH 33 OTHER CITIES IN ORANGE COUNTY.

UM, WHEN YOU SAY WE TRY TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, STAFF COMPENSATION AT COUNTY AVERAGE, THAT MEANS THERE'S GONNA BE AT LEAST HALF THE COUNTY THAT PAYS MORE THAN WE DO.

AND THIS COUNTY IS NOT THAT DIFFICULT TO DRIVE ACROSS.

SO OFTEN YOU FIND PEOPLE LEAVING THE CITY TO GET OPPORTUNITIES TO PROMOTE OR, OR MAKE MORE MONEY.

WE HAD A RECENT IN INCIDENT WHERE WE HAD A, UH, A, UH, UH, ENGINEERING EMPLOYEE TAKE ACTUALLY A, A REDUCTION IN A POSITION THAT PAID THE SAME AS WHAT

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HE WAS GETTING PAID HERE AT A HIGHER LEVEL POSITION.

AND SO HE LEFT THE CITY FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY.

UH, BASICALLY IT WAS A, YOU KNOW, A LOWER LEVEL STRESS JOB FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF PAY.

SO IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE ALWAYS CHALLENGED WITH.

I WILL TELL YOU AGENCIES RIGHT NOW ARE AGGRESSIVELY, UH, RECRUITING FOR POLICE OFFICERS FROM EACH OTHER, AND THEY'RE OFFERING HIGHER AND HIGHER, UM, BONUS PACKAGES AND LATERAL TRANSFER PACKAGES TO, IN ENTICE, UH, POLICE OFFICERS TO TRANSFER AGENCIES.

WE HAVE BEEN AMAZINGLY FORTUNATE, THAT WE HAVE ALMOST FULL POLICE STAFFING.

WE'RE ONE OF, PROBABLY, WE'RE MORE THE EXCEPTION THAN THE RULE RIGHT NOW, I THINK IN THE COUNTY WHERE WE HAVE ALMOST FULL POLICE STAFFING IN OUR, IN OUR CITY.

AND THAT'S AMAZING.

UH, AND IT, IT IS A TESTAMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT.

IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT'S VERY SUPPORTIVE OF PUBLIC SAFETY HERE AND A COUNCIL THAT'S BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE TO NAVIGATE THAT ENVIRONMENT.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO THIS IS RECAPS WHERE WE SPEND THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR MONEY AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE APPROACHING AND REACH THAT 70% MARK OF WORK.

WHAT GOES INTO PUBLIC SAFETY IS A, UH, A, A CONCERNING NUMBER BECAUSE IF WE GO OVER 70%, IT'S GONNA START DEGRADATING THE, THE BALANCE OF WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

FINALLY, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT WHAT WE'VE DONE, UH, IN PRIOR YEARS.

UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

UM, BACK IN THE MID TWO THOUSANDS, AND THEN AGAIN IN 2019, THE CITY COUNCIL CONVENED AN AD HOC FISCAL REVIEW COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT THE CITY'S FINANCES AND TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT WHAT CHANGES COULD BE MADE TO HELP STREAMLINE OPERATIONS, TO HELP, UM, UH, LOOK AT DIFFERENT SERVICE MODELS, LOOK AT WAYS OF ENHANCING REVENUES FOR THE CITY.

UM, I WILL SAY THAT OUT OF THOSE EFFORTS, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL ENACTED AGGRESSIVE PENSION REFORMS STARTING IN 2010.

WE REDUCED PENSION, UH, FORMULA TIER FOR NEW HIRES.

UH, WE REQUIRED EMPLOYEES, UM, TO PAY FAR MORE INTO THEIR PENSIONS THAN THEY WERE BEFORE.

UH, WE ISSUED PENSION ON, UH, OBLIGATION BONDS TO REFINANCE OUR DEBT TO CALPERS AT, UH, JUST OVER 3% VERSUS THE ALMOST 7% THAT WE WERE PAYING CALPERS.

AND THEN THE PENSION RATE STABILIZATION FUND AND THE PENSION FUNDING POLICY HAS ALLOWED US TO CREATE A RESERVE TO ADDRESS NEW UNFUNDED LIABILITY.

ALL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE DISCUSSED OUT OF FISCAL REVIEW COMMITTEES AND, AND ACTIONS THAT THE CITY COUNCILS HAVE TAKEN OVER THE LAST, UH, DECADE TO 15 YEARS.

UM, WE ALSO ARE VERY, VERY AGGRESSIVE ABOUT PURSUING GRANTS.

WE'VE LANDED OVER $60 MILLION IN GRANTS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS TO ACCOMPLISH MAJOR PROJECTS FOR THIS COMMUNITY THAT OTHERWISE WE WOULD NEVER HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO.

VISTA GRANDE PARK IS A PRIME EXAMPLE.

WE BROUGHT IN MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THAT PARK PROJECT.

IT'S A 14 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS PROJECT.

THERE WAS NO WAY WE WOULD HAVE 14 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS OF CITY RESOURCES ALONE TO GET THAT DONE.

BUT STAFF AND WORKING WITH OUR CONSULTANTS, UH, AND WORKING WITH OUR STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATORS HAVE HAD TREMENDOUS SUCCESS IN LANDING GRANT FUNDS TO GET GREAT PROJECTS.

THE TWO SPLASH PADS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE.

WE WOULDN'T HAVE THOSE SPLASH PADS IF IT WASN'T FOR DIRECT STATE FUNDING TO GET THOSE PROJECTS DONE.

UH, AND FINALLY, YOU KNOW, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, IS A MAIN, UH, FOCUS OF THIS CITY COUNCIL, AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN FOR DECADES, UH, A FOCUS, UH, TO, TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESS CO UH, COMMUNITY AND REALLY ENHANCE THE ONE REAL, UH, DRAW FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A, A BLEND OR A DIVERSE REVENUE BASE, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A DIVERSE REVENUE BASE.

WE HAVE PROPERTY TAXES AND SALES AND TRANSACTION TAXES, WHICH IS BASICALLY LOCAL SALES TAX.

WE DON'T HAVE, UM, RESORT HOTELS ON THE, ON THE BEACH.

WE DON'T HAVE, UH, A AN AMUSEMENT PARK IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN THAT HAS, UH, RESORT HOTELS AROUND IT THAT GENERATE HOTEL TAXES.

WE HAVE, UM, A, UH, VERY WELL DEVELOPED COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR THAT THE CITY HAS INVESTED HEAVILY IN OVER THE DECADES TO BUILD UP.

AND WE DRAW IN PEOPLE FROM ALL AROUND LAHABRA TO COME SHOP IN LAHABRA.

AND THAT SHOPPING AND THAT SALES TAX BASE HAS REALLY HELPED GROW THE CITY FINANCIALLY AND PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR US TO KEEP OUR STREETS PAVED, TO MAINTAIN OUR PARKS, TO PROVIDE LOCAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMS. AND WE, YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN VERY CAREFUL ON USING THE, THE ASSETS AND THE RESOURCES THAT THE CITY COUNCILS HAVE APPROVED AND THE TAXES THAT THIS COMMUNITY HAS PAID.

YOU DON'T SEE, UM, A DOUBLING OF THE AMOUNT OF STAFF WE HAVE.

WE DON'T SEE, YOU KNOW, UH, OUR, OUR, YOU KNOW, STAFF'S COMPENSATIONS IN THE TOP OF THE COUNTY PAY SCALES.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN VERY CAREFUL TO MAINTAIN STAFFING LEVELS VERY CLOSE TO WHAT WE'VE HAD FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.

AND WE STRIVE TO TRY TO BE COMPETITIVE IN THE COUNTY, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A STRUGGLE.

UM, AND WE ARE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE DOLLARS THAT ARE INVESTED BY THE COMMUNITY IN THE CITY AND REALLY STRETCH THEM TO GO A LONG WAY TO PROVIDE EXCELLENT PROGRAMS, EXCELLENT SERVICES.

SO, LOOKING OUT IN THE FUTURE, OBVIOUSLY THE BIGGEST, UM, UH, CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING RIGHT NOW IS THE GROWING

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INCREASED COST OF FIRE SERVICES.

UH, AND COMBINING THAT WITH A LOSS OF MEASURE T IN A FEW YEARS, THE COMBINATION OF THOSE TWO FACTORS ARE LIKELY TO EXCEED THE ABILITY OF OUR NON-PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS TO ABSORB THOSE COSTS INCREASES ALONE.

UH, WE NEED TO CONTINUE PLANNING FOR THAT.

WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE THAT PLANNING PROCESS ONCE THIS BUDGET'S ADOPTED, UM, SUBJECT TO ANY CHANGES COUNCIL DIRECTS US FOR.

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA START WORKING ON THAT AS SOON AS THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR STARTS, UH, TO START PREPARING FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, 26.

UM, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WITHOUT MORE SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURAL CUTS TO THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE BUDGET, OR FINDING NEW POTENTIAL SOURCES OF REVENUE, AND THE FEE STUDY THAT COUNCIL IS, UM, CONSIDERING FOR APPROVING FUNDS FOR THIS NEXT YEAR IS EXACTLY THAT KIND OF TOOL.

WE GO OUT AND DO A FEE STUDY AND SEE IF WE CAN, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THE FEES THAT WE'RE CHARGING AT LEAST ARE COVERING THE COST OF PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES.

AND THAT COULD HELP US AS WELL.

BUT IF WE DON'T FIND THOSE SOURCES OF REVENUE AND FIND ADDITIONAL CUTS TO OUR BUDGET, WE'RE GONNA BE SAFE, UH, FACING, UM, REALLY A, A DEEPER STRUCTURAL BUDGET CUT STARTING 25, 26.

BUT AS ALWAYS, WE'RE STRIVING TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES, BRING COUNCIL VIABLE ALTERNATIVES, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PROPOSE BUDGETS THAT PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WANTS US TO PROVIDE.

AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS STAFF'S AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

NEXT, UH, PROCESS IS TO RECEIVE PUBLIC TESTIMONY.

I THINK WE ASKED A LOT OF OUR QUESTIONS ALREADY.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, UH, FOR CITY MANAGER AT THIS TIME? ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD.

FOLKS.

UH, BEFORE WE GET INTO, UM, PUBLIC TESTIMONY ON THIS, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A QUICK COMFORT BREAK FOR HOPEFULLY LESS THAN 10 MINUTES.

LET'S TRY TO READ ADJOURN BY NINE 30.

ABOUT, UH, EIGHT MINUTES FROM NOW.

WE'RE ADJOURNED.

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SO I'LL ASK IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.

SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND WE WILL PROCEED TO DISCUSSION AND ACTION.

AND I AM GOING TO TAKE MAYOR'S PREROGATIVE BY KICKING IT OFF AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

UM, EVERY ONE OF US UP HERE, I THINK HAS GOT PRIORITIES THAT, UH, WE HAVE AND HOLD AS SUBJECTIVE PRIORITIES.

UH, I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING THAT DISTURBS ME.

UH, THE WHOLE SITUATION DISTURBS ME.

ACTUALLY, I FIND IT QUITE DEPRESSING.

BUT, UH, I THINK THAT ONE OF MY PRIORITIES IS THE, UH, IS KILLING THE GOOSE THAT LAYS THE GOLDEN EGG.

I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW IS LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR SALES TAX BASE BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ENCOURAGE BUSINESS TO DO BUSINESS IN LAHABRA, AS OPPOSED TO DOING IT IN WHITTIER OR BREA OR FULLERTON.

UH, I HAVE RECEIVED COUNTLESS COMPLAINTS ABOUT, UH, THE SLOW PERMITTING PROCESS ABOUT, UH, DELAYS IN CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS ABOUT INSPECTIONS AND ALL THESE THINGS.

AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE SHORT STAFFED.

IT'S NOT THROUGH ANY FAULT OF STAFF.

BUT WITH THESE, UH, ADDITIONAL $214,000 IN CUTS, THAT'S GONNA SLOW THAT PROCESS DOWN EVEN MORE.

AND AT A CRITICAL TIME WHERE WHAT WE NEED MORE THAN ANYTHING IS ADDITIONAL REVENUE AND A BROADER, DEEPER SALES TAX BASE TO MAKE IT HARDER TO DO BUSINESS IN LA HABRA SEEMS EXTREMELY COUNTERPRODUCTIVE, WHICH IS NOT TO SAY FOR A SECOND THAT EVERY SINGLE THING WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING DOESN'T HAVE A CERTAIN PRIORITY, ISN'T CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.

BUT WE WE'RE LOOKING AT 214,000 HERE, WHICH ISN'T A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY.

AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE NECESSARILY AT THIS POINT CUT SOMEBODY ELSE BY THAT EXACT AMOUNT OF MONEY TO RESTORE SOME FUNCTIONALITY TO COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

BUT I'M INTERESTED IN THE IDEA OF MAYBE NOT FREEZING AN ASSISTANT PLANNER.

I'M INTERESTED IN THE IDEA MAYBE OF NOT GETTING RID OF A BUILDING INSPECTOR.

I MEAN, THESE ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THINGS.

AND I HEAR ABOUT THIS STUFF ALL THE TIME OUT IN THE FIELD.

I WAS TALKING TO A LADY YESTERDAY AND SHE SAID, AND SHE'S NOT A BUSINESSWOMAN, SHE SAID, PEOPLE TELL ME THAT THE LAST PLACE THEY'D WANNA DO BUSINESS IS LAHABRA, BECAUSE IT JUST TAKES FOREVER.

AND AGAIN, IT'S THROUGH NO FAULT OF OUR STAFF OR SUSAN KIM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IS BECAUSE YOU ARE, YOU REMAIN SHORT STAFFED, AND NOW THESE HITS ARE GONNA DECIMATE YOUR ABILITY TO FUNCTION EVEN MORE.

AND WHAT, WHAT THAT'S GONNA DO IS DRIVE AWAY SALES TAX.

'CAUSE PEOPLE FIND IT SO MUCH EASIER TO DO BUSINESS ELSEWHERE.

SO THAT, THAT'S A HUGE THING.

AND FOR ME TOO, UM, PUBLIC WORKS, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, EMERGENCY REPAIRS, UH, ENGINEERING PLAN REVIEWS, THESE SORTS OF THINGS, WHICH ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, I'VE ALREADY EXPRESSED SOME OF MY CONCERNS.

I MEAN, I HATE TO, TO, TO KNOCK THEM BACK AT ALL FROM FULFILLING THEIR MISSION, WHICH IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.

I'M TOSSING THIS OUT HERE TO MY COLLEAGUES BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING AT THIS POINT IN TIME TO MAKE A MOTION TO RESTORE ANY OF THE PROPOSED CUTS FOR CED.

AND UNLESS WE ALL DELIBERATE AND AGREE THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD CONSIDER THAT BY A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS, EITHER

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BY SQUEEZING THE BALLOON AND ASKING STAFF TO FIND SOMEPLACE ELSE TO CUT TO KEEP COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTIONING AS HIGHLY AS WE CAN.

OR, AND I KNOW THAT STAFF DOESN'T LIKE THIS IDEA.

WE DO HAVE AN $11 MILLION RESERVE SLIPPERY SLOPE.

I GET THAT.

IT'S A BAD PRECEDENT.

THEN YOU START, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, WE, WE DON'T EVER WANNA USE RESERVES AS A FORM OF SUSTAINABLE BUDGETING.

I GET THAT VERY CLEARLY, BUT THAT'S A POSSIBILITY NONETHELESS.

OR THE FINAL AND THIRD OPTION IS SIMPLY GIVE STAFF DIRECTION AND SAY, IF THE REVENUE SITUATION IMPROVES, IF THE FORECAST IMPROVES EVEN SLIGHTLY, ONE OF THE FIRST AREAS WE LOOK AT IN RESTORING THIS FISCAL FUNCTIONALITY IS, UH, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

WE COULD DO THAT TOO.

SO WITH THAT, WE'RE GONNA WORK OUR WAY, UH, TO MY RIGHT TO LEFT.

AND I'M CURIOUS WHAT YOU ALL THINK ABOUT WHAT I JUST SAID.

AND THEN OF COURSE, I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE YOUR PRIORITIES AND THOUGHTS AND WISHES.

SO WE'LL JUST TAKE IT ONE AT A TIME.

WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MADANO.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

SO, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE OUTLAID OUR CONCERNS AND WE'VE HEARD, UH, OBVIOUSLY WE, WE'VE HEARD WHAT EACH, UH, DEPARTMENT HEAD HAD TO, UH, HAD TO PROPOSE IN IN THEIR CUTS.

I'M, I'M, I'M GONNA TRUST EACH DEPARTMENT HEAD IN SAYING THAT, UH, IN, IN GOING WITH WHAT, UH, WITH WHAT WE'RE GOING WITH.

AND, UH, MR. CITY MANAGER, IS IT, IS IT OVERALL ACROSS THE BOARD, EVERYBODY WAS CUTTING, WHAT ABOUT 7%? 6.46, RIGHT OUTSIDE OF FIRE AND AMBULANCE, EVERYBODY WAS ASKED TO CUT 6.3% OF THEIR BUDGET.

SO I'M GONNA LOOK AT MY, UH, AT MY COLLEAGUES HERE.

UH, SOME THINGS I WAS JUST THINKING OF IN MY HEAD.

ONE IS, UH, AND THIS IS LARGELY SYMBOLIC, I MEAN, BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY NOT GONNA PUT A BIG DENT IN THE BUDGET.

UH, BUT AS FAR AS, UH, CITY COUNCIL IS CONCERNED, WE HAVE A TRAINING BUDGET EVERY YEAR.

IF, UH, IF DEPARTMENTS ARE BEING ASKED TO CUT 6%, I'M GONNA ASK THAT OUR TRAINING BUDGET BE CUT, UH, 10%.

UH, AND AGAIN, LARGELY SYMBOLIC.

THERE IS SOME MONEY THAT CAN BE REALLOCATED INTO THE BUDGET SOMEHOW.

UH, AND WE CAN DEPEND ON THE CITY MANAGER TO REALLOCATE THAT.

THAT'S, THAT'S A PROPOSAL.

UH, NUMBER TWO IS, UH, UH, THIS MAY NOT BE THE MORE POPULAR ONE, UH, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING AT, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE PROPOSED, CUTTING PART-TIME POSITION IN COMMUNITY SERVICES, UH, THE, UH, RISK MANAGEMENT ISSUE WHEN IT CAME TO, TO, UH, SUSAN KIM'S DEPARTMENT AS FAR AS, UH, KEEPING UP WITH, UH, CITY, STATE, AND FEDERAL LAWS.

AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, UH, POLICE SERVICES IS, UH, WE HAVE A, UH, UH, A CENTENNIAL COMING UP AND WE HAVE A CENTENNIAL BUDGET.

AND I THINK, UH, I THINK, UH, COUNCILMAN SIMONIAN HAD, UH, HAD TOUCHED ON THIS BEFORE HE HAD LEFT.

UM, I MEAN, $250,000, THAT'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY, UH, WHEN WE'RE ASKING FOR OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS AND FOR THE, UH, UH, THE, THE REST OF THE CITY, YOU KNOW, TO, TO, TO TAKE SOME OF THIS, UH, OR TO LOOK AT SOME OF THESE CUTS, UM, LOOK INTO, INTO CUTTING SOME OF THAT.

AND I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE LIONS CLUB IS CON IS CONCERNED, EVEN IF THAT MEANS 10% OFF THE TOP, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, TO REALLOCATE INTO THE BUDGET.

THAT'S MY PROPOSAL.

UM, I, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S A LOT OF MONEY, $250,000, UH, TO PUT TOWARDS A CENTENNIAL.

UH, AND I MEAN, UH, KELLY'S, UH, KELLY'S, UH, SHOP HAS, HAS COME THROUGH TIME AND TIME AGAIN EVERY YEAR WITH, UH, WITH ACTIVITIES, UH, CONCERTS IN THE PARK, UH, THE TAMAL FESTIVAL, UH, THE, UH, THE, THE LAHABRA, UH, 5K RUN EVERY YEAR.

IF, YOU KNOW, IF IN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, UH, WE CAN GEAR THOSE, THOSE EVENTS THAT ARE ALREADY HAPPENING TO BE SOME SORT OF CENTENNIAL EVENTS AND SAVE MONEY IN THE PROCESS.

PART OF THAT CENTENNIAL MONEY IS MY, IS MY PROPOSAL, HOW THAT CAN BE, UH, ALLOCATED.

I, I MEAN, I WILL LEAVE UP TO THE CITY MANAGER AND, AND, UH, AND THE, UH, THE DIRECTORS OF EACH DEPARTMENT, BUT I, UH, I DON'T WANNA, SO YOU'RE PROPOSING TAKING 10% OFF OF THE CENTENNIAL, WHICH WOULD BE $25,000, IS WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING? YES.

UH, AT AT, AT THE VERY LEAST, UNLESS SOMEBODY WANTS TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING ELSE.

BUT, UH, UH, AND AGAIN, ASK A QUICK QUESTION.

I'M SORRY.

IS THAT ON TOP OF, WE TALKED ABOUT HELPING OUT THE LIONS WITH THE CORN FESTIVAL THROUGH THE CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE, RIGHT? SO IS THAT IN ADDITION TO STILL HELPING OUT THE LIONS? IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU? THAT'S FINE.

I MEAN, WE, WE, WE CAN HELP OUT THE LIONS AS MUCH AS WE, UH, POSSIBLY CAN.

UH, BUT AGAIN, THEN 10% FROM THE, UH, FROM THE CITY COUNCIL'S TRAINING BUDGET AS WELL.

UM, THAT'S IT.

UH, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M, I'M HOPING AS, UH, AS TIME GOES ON THAT, UH, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO FIND, UH, OTHER REVENUE SOURCES, UH, DOWN THE LINE, UH, THAT, UH, THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD, UH, WOULD BE ABLE TO, UH, TO, TO ENTERTAIN.

SO ANYHOW, THAT BEING SAID, I'LL, I'LL

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PASS IT OFF.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

MAYOR PRO TEM ESPINOSA.

WELL, THIS IS ALWAYS A DIFFICULT TIME OF THE YEAR.

I MEAN, I'VE GONE THROUGH 20, 23 BUDGETS THROUGHOUT MY 23 YEARS ON THE COUNCIL, AND I DREAD IT EVERY YEAR THAT WE HAVE TO APPROACH IT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT MOST EVERY DEPARTMENT HAS A WISHLIST OVER THE YEARS.

THEY'VE HAD A WISHLIST, AND THAT THE WISHLIST HAS EVERY YEAR COLLECTED DUST.

AND THIS IS ANOTHER YEAR THAT IT'S GOING TO COLLECT MORE DUST.

UH, BECAUSE EVERYTHING COSTS, I MEAN, IT, THIS IS THE DAY I ALWAYS DREAD.

'CAUSE I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO SUPPLY EVERYTHING, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S ABOUT, UH, THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENT MEMBERS.

AND I KNOW THAT, UH, WE TRY TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE, UH, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

SO I, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU, YOU JUST TRY TO DO WHAT YOU CAN DO EVERY TIME.

BUT I, I, I WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER MAYBE THAT WE LOOK AT, UM, A POSSIBLE COST REDUCTION DOWN THE ROAD OF, OF, UH, LOOKING INTO SOLAR PANELS.

BECAUSE THERE'S AN ELECTRIC BILL THAT I KNOW THAT THEY SAID ABOUT THE ELECTRIC COST IN ONE OF THE REP PRESENTATIONS.

I, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, CAN WE HAVE SOLAR PANELS? WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE THAT COST CUT COME DOWN FOR EACH DEPARTMENT? I MEAN, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THERE THAT WE COULD SAVE A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY THERE, YOU KNOW? UM, BUT, UM, IT'S JUST DIFFICULT BECAUSE YOU HAVE ALL THESE THINGS THE RESIDENT MEMBERS EXPECT.

THEY'VE COME TO GET USED TO IT.

UH, THEY LIKE ALL THE THINGS THAT THE CITY'S PROVIDING.

AND ALL I CAN SAY TO THE RESIDENT MEMBERS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU SHOP LA HARBOR, CONTINUE TO BUY IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, BECAUSE THAT HELPS US WITH ALL THE REVENUES THAT WE HAVE AS WELL.

SO, I MEAN, WE WANT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENT MEMBERS, THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE BUSINESS OWNERS.

AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE EVERY YEAR IT JUST GETS DIFFICULT.

I HAD SAID I SAW A LOT OF RED ON THIS PRESENTATION THIS TIME AROUND, BUT, UH, I THINK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ HAD SAID THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN AROUND THIS, THIS, THIS, UH, THIS ROUTE, UH, UH, NUMEROUS TIMES.

AND, BUT, UH, LO AND BEHOLD, IT WASN'T THE WORST OF THE WORST, BUT STILL, IT DOESN'T GET ANY EASIER.

SO, THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU, ROSE.

COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ, UH, AGAIN, I WANNA THANK THE, UH, DEPARTMENT HEADS AND STAFF WHO LOOK AT THIS.

AND, AND AS ROSE STATED, UH, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS.

BACK IN 2010, UM, WAS THE WORST OF THE WORST ONE WE HAD TO DO 8.7, UH, PERCENT OF, OF, OF, OF BUDGET CUTS, AND EVERYBODY WAS ON FURLOUGHS BACK THEN.

UM, I JUST KNOW THAT LOOKING BACK AT THE HISTORY OF BEING ON HERE, AND WE ALWAYS SEEM TO BE VERY CONSERVATIVE ON THE REVENUES THAT ARE COMING.

SOMEHOW BY MIDYEAR, WE, WE SEE THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXCESS.

SO I, I, I THINK MAYBE, UM, NELL, YOU OUGHT TO RE-LOOK AT THE REVENUES, BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU TEND TO BE A LITTLE CONSERVATIVE.

AND I KNOW THAT'S PROBABLY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY MANAGER BECAUSE HE HAS A HISTORY OF BEING VERY CONSERVATIVE AS WELL.

SO, UH, I THINK YOU SHOULD SHARPEN THAT PENCIL JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THAT CALCULATOR AND LOOK THERE, BECAUSE I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY COME UP WITH A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS VERY EASILY FOR IT TO SAVE THAT DISPATCH POSITION, WHICH I, WHICH I LIKE.

UM, I, I REALLY WANNA LOOK AT SAVING THAT DISPATCH POSITION.

PUBLIC SAFETY IS, IS, IS OF COURSE, NUMBER ONE.

UM, THE REST OF THE CUTS, UH, I'M, I'M FINE WITH.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE CAN, WE CAN BY ALL MEANS CUT OUR, OUR TRAINING BUDGET BY, BY 10%, UM, CENTENNIAL, IF WE WANT TO CUT 10% THERE, UH, THAT'S FINE WITH ME.

WE'LL JUST HAVE A LESS VIGOROUS CELEBRATION THAN WE WANNA DO.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO, TO ALLOCATE, UH, 20% MORE TO OFFSET, UH, THE CORN FESTIVAL.

AND THAT'S, AGAIN, BECAUSE THEY, IN, IN ESSENCE, IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE CENTENNIAL, UH, BEING THEIR 75TH ANNIVERSARY, AND THEY PAY DIVIDENDS TO THIS COMMUNITY WITH ALL THEY DO.

THEY HELP FOR OUR SENIOR PROGRAMS, THEY, THEY GIVE, THAT MONEY'S GONNA COME BACK TO US ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

WHAT, WHAT WE HELP 'EM OUT.

SO I, I WOULD LOOK, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M KINDA LOOKING AT.

HEY, JIM, JUST TO, JUST TO CLARIFY.

SO WITH THE, UH, DISPATCH POSITION, UM, WHICH I'M FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, SO LONG AS THEY DON'T CUT ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGET, IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, I THINK, UH, I THINK WE CAN LOOK AT THIS FOR, FOR A QUARTER AND SEE WHERE THE REVENUES COME BACK AND REVISIT THAT IN, IN ABOUT A QUARTER.

I GUESS, JIM, JIM, I GUESS, AND TO BE CLEAR, THERE'S TWO DISPATCH POSITIONS THAT ARE PROPOSED TO BE FROZEN.

AND SEE, UH, WHERE, WHERE THE REVENUES ARE AT THAT POINT.

WHAT, WHAT I'M, WHAT, WHAT I DON'T WANT DOWN THE LINE IS THAT, UH, THAT THEY, UH, THAT, THAT THERE'S, UH, I DON'T WANNA CUT ANY POSITIONS, OBVIOUSLY, BUT, UH, BUT IF A, UH, DISPATCH POSITION IS, UH, IS RESCUED SO TO SPEAK, THAT THEY LOOK ELSEWHERE, TO CUT A POLICE OFFICER OR NOT HIRE A POLICE OFFICER THAT THEY NEED TO HIRE THAT, THOSE ARE THE THINGS I'M LOOKING AT.

SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY BEFORE WE, UH, BEFORE WE GO FORWARD,

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SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RESTORING FUNDING FOR ONE OF THE TWO, OR WAITING TO SEE IF REVENUE'S IMPROVED DURING THE FISCAL YEAR AND THEN RESTORE? I, I WOULD FOR SURE WANT TO RESTORE ONE OF THEM FOR SURE.

IN THE BUDGET RIGHT AWAY.

AND THEN I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS, JIM, IF YOU CAN LOOK OVER HERE, UH, YOU TENDED TO TO BE A LITTLE MORE CONSERVATIVE ON REVENUES.

DO YOU THINK THERE'S ANY MORE OPPORTUNITY THERE THAT REVENUES MAY EXCEED WHAT YOU HAVE CURRENTLY PROJECTED? YEAH.

I, I RELY HEAVILY ON OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO LOOK AT REVENUE, REVENUE HISTORY, LOOK AT PROJECTIONS, WHERE THE ECONOMY MIGHT GO.

UM, WE DON'T FABRICATE.

WOULD, WOULD IT, WOULD IT, I'M SAYING YOU'RE FABRICATE.

NO, WE DON'T FABRICATE REVENUE PROJECTIONS.

WE'RE VERY CONSERVATIVE IN THAT.

BUT WE, I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS IT, IS IT A LOT FOR THE COUNCIL TO ASK FOR THAT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO BE RESTORED FOR THAT? IT'S NOT A LOT FOR COUNCIL TO ASK THAT AT ALL, BUT IT MAY BE A LOT TO DELIVER THAT.

SO WE RELY ON REVENUE PROJECTIONS FROM HDL, WHO'S OUR REVENUE CONSULTANTS.

THEY USE ECONOMIC MODELS.

THEY PROVIDE US WITH REVENUE ESTIMATES BASED ON PROPERTY AND SALES TAX PROJECTIONS.

SO WE REALLY RELY ON THEIR EXPERTISE.

I, I'D LOVE TO TELL YOU, YEAH, WE CAN PROJECT ANOTHER A HUNDRED THOUSAND.

SO AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR THAT WE ARE, WHICH IS COMING TO THE END HERE, AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE EXCESS REVENUE LEFT OVER? YEAH.

AND CAN THAT BE CARRIED OUT OVER? YEAH.

SO ABSOLUTELY.

SO WHAT WE DO WITH THE YEAR END CARRYOVER AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR WILL LARGELY GO TO REPLENISH THOSE RESERVES THAT WE CANNOT PUT MONEY INTO BECAUSE WE'RE PROPOSING TO CUT THOSE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

SO THAT MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY THERE, BUT IT'S ONE TIME MONEY.

WELL, THAT THEN WE'LL DEAL WITH THAT NEXT YEAR.

I SEE.

I MEAN, IT'S COUNCIL, COUNCIL PREROGATIVE.

SURE.

THAT'S, THAT'S, I'M JUST ONE VOTE.

I'M JUST NO, NO, I GET IT.

NO, AND I UNDERSTAND A HUNDRED PERCENT.

I MEAN, I PREFER, ACTUALLY, IF COUNSEL GAVE ME DIRECTION TO SAY, DON'T CUT A DISPATCH POSITION, FIND OTHER CUTS, BECAUSE THAT TO ME IS MORE DEFENSIBLE.

AND IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO IDENTIFY THOSE CUTS.

AND MAYBE WE CAN FIND CUTS THAT COULD BE RESTORED LATER ON IF REVENUES DO IMPROVE OR WE SECURE, LET'S SAY COUNCIL APPROVES SOME NEW, UM, FEE STRUCTURE OR SOMETHING THAT CREATES MORE REVENUE LATER.

UH, I'M JUST, I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO TELL COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ.

YEAH, WE'VE GOT, WE'RE GONNA DO BETTER THAN WE EXPECT.

AND WE USUALLY DO.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

I MEAN, THAT'S THE PROBLEM IS LIKE EVERY YEAR WE END UP WITH REVENUES THAT EXCEED OUR EXPECTATIONS.

BUT THAT'S BECAUSE WE TEND TO NOT TRY TO GET OVER OUR SKIS ON WHAT WE THINK WE'RE GONNA BRING IN.

'CAUSE I'D HATE TO HAVE TO TELL DEPARTMENTS WE MISSED OUR REVENUE TARGET.

SO NOW YOU HAVE TO CUT YOUR BUDGET HERE IN APRIL BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY FOR EVERYTHING.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE ARE TEND TO BE CONSERVATIVE.

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, WE ARE CONSERVATIVE WHEN WE COME TO THOSE PROJECTIONS.

AND, AND JUST, AND, AND THE REASON WHY I'M SO BIG ON THAT IS BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THE STRESS LEVELS IN THE DEPARTMENT.

I, I'VE, I'VE HEARD INDIVIDUALS CALLING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THE STRESS LEVELS THERE WHEN, WHEN THERE'S A MAJOR EMERGENCY.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE THESE DISPATCHERS OVERWORKED.

THEY WORK HARD LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE IN, IN ALL OUR DEPARTMENTS.

BUT IT'S A MAJOR POSITION.

THEY'RE THE FRONT LINE THERE.

DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR THE, UH, THE LIONS CLUB, UH, SUBSIDY OR NO? IS THAT JUST STAFF DIRECTION? WELL, RIGHT NOW YOU'RE JUST TALKING TO EACH OTHER.

WE'RE DELIVER TALKING RIGHT NOW.

DELIVER WHOEVER WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION AT THE END OF THIS.

UH, I'D APPRECIATE IF YOU INCORPORATE WHATEVER CHANGES YOU'D LIKE.

IF YOU WANT TO BREAK EACH MOTION INTO ITS SEPARATE ITEMS TO SEE WHAT SUPPORT LEVEL THERE ARE FOR SOME OF THESE RESTORATIONS OR CHANGES.

YEAH, NO, AFTER, I'LL LEAVE THAT TO COUNCIL AFTER KERRY TALKS.

I WAS JUST WONDERING IF I NEEDED TO MAKE THE MOTION OR IF IT'S SIMPLY AN ACT OF DIRECTING STAFF.

NO, NO.

WE'LL NEED A, WE'LL BE A MOTION.

WE'LL NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND AND A VOTE ON ALL THESE.

THAT'S FINE.

YOU GOOD? I'M COUNCIL MEMBER SEARCH.

HELLO EVERYBODY.

YOU'RE STILL THERE.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO STAFF AND ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS FOR REALLY COMING TOGETHER, UM, PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY DIGGING DEEP TO FIND OUT WHAT CAN AND CANNOT BE CUT, IF ANYTHING.

UM, MY THOUGHT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT TO CUT THE DISPATCH.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, UH, ALONG WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ, IT IS, IT IS THE, UH, THE FIRST, THE FIRST CALL IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GET SOMEBODY OUT THERE IN A DISTRESSED SITUATION, IN A HARMFUL SITUATION.

UM, AND MAYBE FIND ANOTHER REVENUE STREAM, UH, JIM THAT, SO IF WE DON'T CUT THE DISPATCH, WE CAN FIND IT SOMEPLACE ELSE.

UM, ON THE CENTENNIAL, I'M GOOD WITH, UH, THE 10% AND THEN WITH HELPING THE LIONS WITH THEIR 75TH ANNIVERSARY WITH THAT GOING FROM 50 50 TO BACK

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TO 70.

70, OKAY.

70 30.

UM, BUT, UM, WE, I THINK WE, WE REALLY NEED TO RETHINK AND MAYBE TRY TO FIND ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE TO HELPING, UM, GET THESE COSTS.

AND IF, IF THERE IS MONEY LEFT OVER, UM, THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

'CAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M DOING THIS, SO, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT REAL FAMILIAR ON HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK.

BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, CAN WE PUT THAT EXTRA MONEY TO WORK FOR THESE AREAS THAT ARE GONNA BE CUT? 'CAUSE EVERY DEPARTMENT IS IMPORTANT.

EVERY DEPARTMENT, UM, OUR COMMUNITY RELIES ON EVERY DECISION THAT EVERY DEPARTMENT IS MAKING IF WE WANNA CONTINUE TO, TO, UM, KEEP LA HABRA THE CARING COMMUNITY.

I THINK THIS IS WHERE IT STARTS RIGHT HERE IS, IS REALLY DIGGING DEEP AND SAYING, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN DO WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, THE ONE THING THAT I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO SEE IS THAT WE'RE NOT REALLY DISPLACING ANYBODY.

THESE ARE VACANT VACANCIES THAT HAVE BEEN VACANT ONLY BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, HIRING AND TRAINING AND ALL OF THAT.

BUT WE DON'T WANNA SEE ANYBODY OUT OF A JOB.

SO, I'M GOOD.

YOU'RE GOOD? MM-HMM, .

ALRIGHT, SO, SO IF I COULD RECAP KIND OF WHAT I'VE HEARD SO FAR, UM, I'M, I'D LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING TO IT SURE.

TO THE BUDGET CUT.

I'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE COUNCIL, UH, CONFERENCE AND TRAINING IN 2223 WAS, UH, $9,632, AND NOW WE HAVE IT AT $25,000.

I'D LIKE TO JUST CUT IT $15,000 AND KEEP $10,000 OF THAT.

I THINK THAT'S THE SAME LINE ITEM THAT COUNCIL MEMBER OF MADANO HAD RECOMMENDED A 10% CUT.

SO I JUST NEED DIRECTION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER ON THAT.

I'D LIKE 15,000 CUT OFF.

IS THAT A MOTION OR NO? OKAY.

SO HERE, HERE'S, HERE IS, LET ME, I MAKE A NOTE FOR MYSELF.

UM, LET'S GO THROUGH EACH COUNCIL'S REQUEST AND THEN IN ONE MOTION, IF WE DO IT ALL IN ONE MOTION, IT'D BE MUCH MORE EFFICIENT.

SO LET ME KIND OF RECAP WHAT I'VE HEARD.

UM, SO FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ RESTORE ONE OF THE TWO FROZEN DISPATCH POSITIONS IN THE BUDGET CUT LEGAL SERVICES BY 10%.

LEGAL SERVICE.

I DIDN'T TALK ABOUT LEGAL SERVICES.

WAIT A MINUTE.

I THOUGHT YOU DID.

WAS THAT, WAS THAT ME ALL, ALL OF A SUDDEN CITY ATTORNEY PERKED UP.

WAIT A MINUTE, ? NO.

ALRIGHT.

MAYBE I WAS WISHFUL THINKING, HEY, HEY, I TRIED CHIEF, I TRIED, I TRIED FINDING YOUR FUNDING FOR YOU, BUT THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID, NO, , THAT'S PRETTY ALL RIGHT.

UM, AND THEN, UM, SUB SUBSIDIZE THE CORN FESTIVAL BY 70% AND ONLY CHARGE 30% BACK TO LIONS CLUB.

IS THAT FOR FISCAL YEAR 24, 25? ONLY FOR NOW.

THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR? YES.

GOT IT.

COMPETING MOTION OR DISCUSSIONS.

COUNCIL MEMBER MADANO, UH, WAS A MOTION TO CUT OR DISCUSSION TO CUT CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE AND TRAINING BY 10%.

HOWEVER, COUNCIL MEMBER ESPINOZA RECOMMENDED CUTTING THE CONFERENCE AND TRAINING FOR CITY COUNCIL BY 15,000, WHICH WOULD BE A BIGGER NUMBER.

I, I WOULD AGREE WITH HER.

SO THAT, THAT'S THE TWO, THAT'S FINE WITH ME.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER MURANO CUT CENTENNIAL BUDGET BY 10%, WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT $25,000.

UM, THAT'S NOT A GENERAL FUND IMPACT, BUT IT'S, UH, IT IMPACTS THAT BUDGET, UM, BECAUSE IT'S A ONE-TIME MONIES FOR THAT PRO PROGRAM.

BUT THAT WOULD BE A $25,000 REDUCTION.

AND THEN ALSO THE, THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA CHARGE KORN FESTIVAL, IS THAT ALSO TO COME FROM THE SAME CENTENNIAL FUNDING? YES.

BUDGET.

FROM CENTENNIAL? YES.

AND THEN FINALLY, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ESPINOZA TALKED ABOUT SOLAR PANELS, BUT YOU'RE NOT MAKING A BUDGET MOTION, YOU'RE JUST ASKING US TO LOOK INTO THAT.

I GOT THAT ON MY LIST.

SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE.

I THINK WHEN, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER MADANO HAD MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE REGULATIONS, YOU WERE GONNA COME BACK TO US, WE'RE GONNA LOOK INTO WHAT, INTO THAT, SEE IF THERE IS TO MAKE SURE ANY, ANYTHING THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

SO WE DON'T, UM, YOU KNOW YEAH.

AND THAT HAD MORE TO DO WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

PERSONNEL AND, WE'LL, WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT.

I DON'T WANNA MAKE A FORMAL MOTION WITH REGARD TO THE CUTS AND COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ALL THAT, BUT I GUESS MAYBE IN THE BODY OF THE MOTION IS THIS IDEA THAT I'M REALLY JUST KIND OF BESEECHING STAFF TO SEE IF THEY CAN DO ANYTHING WHEN YOU FINALLY, WHEN THE DUST SETTLES AFTER THIS PROCESS, RIGHT.

IF YOU'RE SENSITIVE TO MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE ECONOMIC ENGINE OF THIS CITY IS THE SALES TAX BASE PRIMARILY, AND IT'S SUSAN'S SHOP THAT, THAT FACILITATES THAT.

RIGHT.

SO I JUST WANNA STATE THAT FOR THE RECORD.

SO BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT IF WE ARE ABLE TO RESTORE CUTS LATER NEXT FISCAL YEAR, YOU'D LIKE TO PRIORITIZE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

ALRIGHT, SO THAT'S SO WELL AS OPPOSED TO, AS OPPOSED TO FINDING FUNDS FOR, UH, FOR A DISPATCHER.

GOT IT.

AND IF YOU WANNA MAKE THAT AS PART OF THE MOTION, THAT MAKES IT OFFICIAL ON THE RECORD TOO.

YES, PLEASE.

PLEASE.

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IS THAT CORRECT? I MEAN, BECAUSE, UH, WE'RE, THE CITY MANAGER IS GOING TO, UH, IS GOING TO LOOK TO, UH, TO SEE WHERE, WHERE TO TAKE FROM TO CONTINUE WITH THAT DISPATCHER.

THAT'S THE PRIORITY, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT, THAT POSITION'S BEING ASKED, AT LEAST BY COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ RIGHT NOW TO RESTORE IN THE BUDGET STARTING ON DAY ONE.

SO WE, WE'VE IDENTIFIED PROBABLY ABOUT $45,000 RIGHT NOW IN ADDITIONAL CUTS TO APPLY TO THAT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, WHICH 45,000.

WE, WE, WE OUT, WE, WE FOUND $25,000 FROM THE CENTENNIAL.

ANOTHER 15, UH, THOUSAND DOLLARS.

BUT WE'RE, BUT WE'RE INCREASING, WE'RE BASICALLY SHIFTING SOME OF THAT INTO THE LIONS CLUB NOW.

'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE LIONS CLUB SUBSIDY CUT.

SO WE WOULD NORMALLY GET MORE OF A RE REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE LIONS CLUB, AND WE'RE NOT.

SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REDUCE OUR BUDGET FOR THAT.

BUT WE'RE GONNA OFFSET IT FOR THE CUTS FOR THE CENTENNIAL.

SO THERE'S ALL, IT'S NOT QUITE A WASH, BUT IT'S PRETTY CLOSE.

WE HAVE THE COUNCIL 15,000.

I'LL TELL YOU, LET, LET US WORRY ABOUT THE FINDING EVERYTHING, BUT I THINK WE HAVE, AS LONG AS WE HAVE CLEAR DIRECTION, WHAT YOU WANT US TO RESTORE, WE'LL FIND THE REST.

WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT, AND WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET WITH THE RECOMMENDATION.

THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

SO WHO, WHO WANTS TO MAKE THAT MOTION? I MAKE THAT MOTION JUST AS STATED.

IS THERE A SECOND? WELL, LET'S GET CLARITY HERE.

LEMME DO IT RIGHT.

LET, LET ME, CAN I, CAN I SUGGEST A MOTION? ABSOLUTELY.

MR. CITY MANAGER, PLEASE, PLEASE.

SO THE MOTION COULD BE, MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, RESTORE ONE OF THE TWO FROZEN DISPATCH POSITIONS IN THE BUDGET TO, UM, INCREASE THE CITY'S SUBSIDY OF THE LIONS CLUB FOR THE CORN FESTIVAL FROM 50% TO 70% AND ONLY CHARGE THEM 30% FOR FISCAL YEAR 24, 25 ONLY.

AND TO GET THE FUNDING FOR THAT, UH, REVENUE LOSS FROM THE CENTENNIAL BUDGET TO REDUCE THE CITY COUNCIL'S CONFERENCE AND TRAINING BUDGET, UM, BY $15,000 TO REDUCE THE CENTENNIAL, UM, BUDGET BY $25,000.

AND TO, UM, IDENTIFY POTENTIAL MEANS TO RESTORE SOME OF THE F UH, POSITION FREEZES IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

SOUNDS RIGHT TO ME.

I, AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, I HEREBY MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE FISCAL YEAR 24, 25 PROPOSED BUDGET.

MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

WE STILL HAVE ONE PUBLIC HEARING, THOUGH, TO PLOW THROUGH.

UH, YES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA

[1. DULY NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE CITY OF LA HABRA MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES PERTAINING TO FEES FOR GENERAL SERVICES, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, BUILDING SERVICES, FIRE SERVICES, POLICE SERVICES, AMBULANCE SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS SERVICES, UTILITY SERVICES, AND PENALTIES FOR MUNICIPAL CODE AND VEHICLE CODE PARKING VIOLATIONS That the City Council: Approve and adopt RESOLUTION NO. CC 2024-__ ENTITLED: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA AMENDING THE MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES PERTAINING TO FEES FOR GENERAL SERVICES, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, BUILDING SERVICES, FIRE SERVICES, POLICE SERVICES, AMBULANCE SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS SERVICES, UTILITY SERVICES AND PENALTIES FOR MUNICIPAL CODE AND VEHICLE CODE PARKING VIOLATIONS.]

IS PUBLIC HEARING.

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.

THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM IS TITLED DUALLY NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE CITY OF LAHABRA, MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES PERTAINING TO FEES FOR GENERAL SERVICES, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, BUILDING SERVICES, FIRE SERVICES, POLICE SERVICES, AMBULANCE SERVICES, PUBLIC WORK SERVICES, UTILITY SERVICES, AND PENALTIES FOR MUNICIPAL CODE AND VEHICLE CODE PARKING VIOLATIONS.

RHONDA.

STAFF REPORT, PLEASE? YES, UH, THANK YOU RHONDA.

UH, L SHANNON, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, UH, SECTION 4.0, 8.010 OF THE HARVARD MUNICIPAL CODE ALLOWS THE CITY TO ADJUST VARIOUS FEES AND CHARGES.

IT ASSESSES FOR SERVICES THAT BY THE INCREASE AND DECREASE IN THE BUREAU OF LABOR, LABOR STATISTICS CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR ALL URBAN CONSUMERS.

THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, CPI FOR LOS ANGELES LONG BEACH ANAHEIM HAS BEEN USED FOR THE CITY AS THE BENCHMARK FOR THESE ADJUSTMENTS.

THE CPI CHANGE FOR THIS INDEX IN 2023 WAS 3.4% HIGHER THAN IN 2022.

THEREFORE, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT ELIGIBLE USER FEES CONTAINED IN A MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES BE INCREASED BY THAT 3.48% ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST WHOLE DOLLAR.

THE FISCAL YEAR 24 25 PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES FUNDING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE USER FEE STUDY TO BE, BE TO BE DONE SO THAT WE'LL BE SURE THAT WE'RE RECOVERING 100% OF OUR COSTS FOR PROVIDING THE SERVICES THAT THESE FEES PAID FOR.

PAID FOR PERIOD UNDER STATE LAW FEES MAY ONLY BE SET IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THE ACTUAL COST OF PROVIDING THE SERVICE FOR WHICH THE FEES ARE BEING

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ASSESSED.

IN ADDITION TO THE CPI ADJUSTMENTS, THE LAHABRA UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT ANIMAL CONTROL DIVISION WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN INCREASE IN ANIMAL LICENSING FOR NON NEUTERED ANIMALS, UH, FROM $103 INCREASE TO $159.

THE LA HABER PD ANIMAL CONTROL DIVISION CONTACTED ORANGE COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL SINCE THEY PROVIDE PET LICENSING SERVICES FOR 13 ORANGE COUNTY CITIES.

EACH OF THESE 13 CITIES COLLECT $159 FOR NON NEUTERED ANIMALS FOR NON NEUTERED ANIMALS.

UM, SO IN ORDER TO KEEP COMPETITIVE WITH THE NEIGHBORING SURROUNDING CITIES AND RISING COSTS IN VETERINARY SERVICES AND SHELTERING ANIMALS, UH, THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT FEE INCREASED.

UH, THERE ARE NO ADJUSTMENTS, UH, CURRENTLY BEING PROPOSED FOR ANIMAL LICENSING FOR NEUTERED ANIMALS, WHICH WILL REMAIN AT $32 FOR A ONE YEAR LICENSE.

THE FISCAL IMPACT IF APPROVED BY COUNCIL, THE INCREASE IN REVENUE FROM THE CPI ADJUSTMENTS AND PET LICENSING FEES FOR NON NEUTERED ANIMALS WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND.

HOWEVER, THESE RESOURCES WILL BE USED ONLY TO OFFSET DIRECT COSTS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY INCURRING.

STAFF ESTIMATES THAT WE'RE NOT TOTALLY SURE HOW MUCH THE FEES INCREASE WILL BE FOR THE, UM, INCREASE IN THE CPI ADJUSTMENTS, BUT THE RESEARCH IS DETERMINED, UH, BY THE HARBOR PD THAT THE INCREASE IN LICENSING FEES WILL BE $37,000, UH, MORE PER YEAR TO THE ANIMAL CONTROL.

SO PRETTY MUCH BASED ON THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY LICENSING, UH, I'M SURE THEY DID A MULTIPLICATION AND CAME UP, BUT THAT'S ADDITIONAL 37,000 TO THE GENERAL FUND.

AND AS WELL AS THE CPI INCREASES, WE'RE GONNA GO BACK AND CALCULATE THAT.

UM, MARIANNE'S HOPING THAT IT'LL BE AROUND 80,000.

UH, THAT'S HER ESTIMATE, BUT THAT'S JUST BASED ON THIS MEETING.

SO WE'RE GONNA GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE MORE CLOSER.

ANYWAY, THESE FEE ADJUSTMENTS WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE RESOLUTION, EXCEPT FOR CERTAIN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FEES AND, UM, PUBLIC WORKS FEES THAT'LL BECOME EFFECTIVE 60 DAYS AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE RESOLUTION.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

NOW, ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? NO.

THANK YOU, MEL.

ANYBODY WHO'D LIKE, UH, TO SPEAK, UH, ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE STEP FORWARD NOW.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL CLOSE, UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS AND WE WILL, MR. MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ SECONDED.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTION NUMBER CC 2024 ENTITLED A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HARBOR, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA AMENDING THE MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES PERTAINING TO FEES FOR GENERAL SERVICES, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, BUILDING SERVICES, FIRE SERVICES, POLICE SERVICES, AMBULANCE SERVICES, PUBLIC WORK SERVICES, UTILITY SERVICES, AND PENALTIES FOR MUNICIPAL CODE AND VEHICLE CODE PARKING VIOLATIONS.

I'LL SECOND MOTION TO SECOND VOTE, PLEASE.

I'M SORRY.

YES, THANK YOU.

MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

LET'S, UH, GET THROUGH THE MAYOR'S, UH, COMMUNITY CALENDAR AS QUICKLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

ALRIGHT,

[ MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR:]

THE HABER ACTIVE DAY CAMP 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.

REGISTRATION FEE IS $45.

FEE IS $175 PER WEEK AND 1 65 PER WEEK WITH A SIBLING DISCOUNT.

LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE.

REGISTERED TODAY BY CALLING THE COMMUNITY CENTER AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0 CPR.

AND FIRST AID CLASSES WILL BE OFFERED ON SELECT SATURDAYS FROM 9:00 AM UNTIL 12:00 PM AT THE HARBOR COMMUNITY CENTER.

WITH THE LAST CLASS HELD THIS SATURDAY, JUNE 8TH, COST US $32 PER PERSON FOR AGES 12 AND UP.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL COMMUNITY SERVICES AT (562) 383-4200 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 WILL BE GAMES, CRAFTS, SOME MOVIES, SNACKS, AND DINNER.

COST IS $20 PER CHILD FOR REGISTRATION OR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL COMMUNITY SERVICES AT (562) 383-4200.

SENIOR DANCES ARE HEATING UP FOR THE SUMMER.

JOIN US ON SUNDAY, JUNE 23RD FROM 2:00 PM UNTIL 4:00 PM AT THE LA HABER COMMUNITY CENTER FOR A SUNDAY AFTERNOON OF LIVE MUSIC, DANCING, AND DINNER.

COST IS $8 PER PERSON

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AND PREREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.

RESERVE YOUR SPACE IN PERSON AT THE LA HABER COMMUNITY CENTER OR BY PHONE AT THREE EIGHT THREE FORTY TWO HUNDRED.

JOIN US FOR MOVIES IN THE PARK.

GRAB YOUR BLANKET AND LAWN CHAIRS AND COME WATCH A MOVIE IN OUR GIANT MOVIE SCREEN.

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES MUTANT MAYHEM WILL BE SHOWN ON FRIDAY, JUNE 28TH, BEGINNING AT 6:00 PM AT LANITA PARK, 1440 WEST WHITTIER BOULEVARD.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT 3 8 3 42.

WELL, HA'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 THIS SERIES, LATIN SOUL BAND, WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, JULY 11TH FROM 7:00 PM UNTIL 8:30 PM AT PORTOLA PARK, 3 0 1 SOUTH EUCLID STREET.

FOR INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL COMMUNITY SERVICE SERVICES AT THREE EIGHT THREE FORTY TWO HUNDRED.

JOIN US FOR OUR 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION ON THURSDAY, JULY 4TH FROM 4:00 PM UNTIL 9:00 PM AT LAB BONITA PARK, 1440 WEST WHITTIER BOULEVARD.

PURCHASE TICKETS AT THE LA HABER COMMUNITY CENTER.

TICKETS ARE $6 FOR YOUTH AGES THREE THROUGH 12 YEARS OLD, AND $8 FOR ADULTS AGES 13 AND OLDER.

MORE INFORMATION CALL COMMUNITY SERVICES AT THREE EIGHT THREE FORTY TWO HUNDRED.

THE CITY IS UPDATING ITS AMERICA'S WITH DISABILITIES ACT, ALSO KNOWN AS A DA SELF-EVALUATION AND TRANSITION PLAN, AND SEEKING INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY.

TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY, PLEASE VISIT LAHABRA CO.GOV.

A SPANISH VERSION OF THE SURVEY IS ALSO AVAILABLE.

PLANNING COMMISSION MEETS ON THE SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAYS OF EACH MONTH AT 6:30 PM IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER 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, SO PLEASE DO YOUR PART AND HELP US CONSERVE THIS MOST PRECIOUS ASSET.

JOIN THE CONVERSATION ABOUT LA HABER'S FIRE 9 1 1 AND QUALITY OF LIFE SERVICES CITY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE FROM THE PUBLIC AS WE CONSIDER, UH, WHAT WE JUST DISCUSSED ALL NIGHT LONG.

OUR OUR NEXT BUDGET, PLEASE TELL US WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU BY COMPLETING A COMMUNITY FEEDBACK SURVEY BY SCANNING THE QR CODE OR VISITING LA HABER COD.GOV/JOIN THE CONVERSATION.

[ COMMENTS FROM STAFF:]

ANY COMMENTS FROM STAFF THIS EVENING? MR. SADRO? UH, YES, MR. MAYOR, JUST AGAIN, TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT STAFF DID IN ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE, HUMAN RESOURCES, AND REALLY IN EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT TO HELP PULL THIS PROPOSED BUDGET TOGETHER.

IT WAS NOT EASY BY ANY STRETCH.

EVERYBODY WORKED HARD TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS TO MAKE THE CITY COUNCIL.

WE APPRECIATE THE TIME YOU TOOK TO GO THROUGH IT TONIGHT, THE FEEDBACK WE GOT.

AND WE'RE GONNA, UH, ASSEMBLE AN ADOPTED BUDGET TO PROPOSE TO YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING FOR ADOPTION.

SO, THANK YOU AGAIN.

THE STAFF, UH, DID A PHENOMENAL JOB.

COUNCIL MEMBER

[ COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS/DIRECTORS:]

SEARCH, .

WELL, AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OUR, UH, DEPARTMENT HEADS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, COMING UP WITH ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND, UM, THE, THE CUTS THAT YOUR DEPARTMENTS ARE ALL GOING TO BE MAKING.

WE APPRECIATE STAFF SO VERY MUCH AND, UM, GETTING US PREPARED FOR THIS.

AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S IT.

YEAH, ESTO.

THIS IS LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT JUST DID THIS, LITERALLY OUT OF THE BLUE.

COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ.

YEAH, AGAIN, I, I WANNA THANK STAFF AND, AND I KNOW THEY WORK LONG AND HARD WHEN I PULL UP HERE ON SATURDAY MORNING.

SEE JIM SATURDAY HERE.

UM, MANY SHORTS WORKING, UH, THE BUDGET.

I KNEW THAT EVERY EFFORT WAS MADE ON BEHALF OF ALL OUR DIRECTORS AND STAFF MEMBERS, SO THANK YOU.

IT'S LATE AND IT'S PAST MY BEDTIME.

I ONLY HAVE ONE LAST THING TO SAY.

I'D LIKE TO OFFER MY DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO, UM, BRIANNA HURT AND HER ENTIRE FAMILY.

SHE LOST HER UNCLE RECENTLY.

HE LIVED IN LAHABRA A A LONG TIME.

HE WAS A GRADUATE FROM LAHABRA HIGH SCHOOL, EVEN OWNED HIS BUSINESS HERE.

HIS NAME'S DANA HURT.

I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN IN HIS MEMORY.

AND, AND ALTHOUGH I DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET HIM, IF HE'S ANYTHING LIKE BRIANNA HURT IS, UH, HE'S GOTTA BE A CLASS ACTING INDIVIDUAL.

SO BRIANNA, MY DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY AND YOUR MOM, DANA.

HURT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

UM, OKAY, UM, I'M I'M NOT ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE STUFF I DID OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

IF I DID, MY COLLEAGUES WOULD THROTTLE ME AND DRAG ME OUT OF THIS CHAIR.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO, I WILL SAY THIS THOUGH REAL QUICK, AND I WANNA MAKE THIS SO CLEAR TO EVERYBODY WHO STUCK THIS THROUGH TONIGHT.

AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, WHAT YOU HEARD TONIGHT.

WHAT YOU SAW TONIGHT IS NOT THE RESULT OF ANYTHING THAT THIS CITY DID THAT ANY CITY DEPARTMENT DID THAT ANY COUNCIL MEMBER DID.

THIS IS WHAT'S KNOWN AS A PERFECT STORM.

THIS IS LIKE A TSUNAMI THAT LITERALLY COMES IN FROM THE OCEAN AND STARTS DOING ENORMOUS DAMAGE.

THIS IS LA COUNTY FIRE SAYING WE ARE GOING TO INITIALLY INCREASE YOUR FIRE COSTS BY $5 MILLION A YEAR, BUT THROUGH THE DILIGENCE OF STAFF, ACTUALLY WHITTLED THAT DOWN TO 3.5 MILLION, MORE OR LESS, WHICH IS DOING ENORMOUS DAMAGE.

SO WE ARE RESPONSIVE TO THAT.

WE ARE REACTIVE TO THAT.

WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN WITH THAT.

BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, THIS WAS NOTHING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ANTICIPATED.

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AND I WANNA SAY THAT, AND I ALSO WANNA SAY, THE ONLY THING I'LL SAY ABOUT WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING IS THAT YOU GOTTA GO SEE, UH, SWEENEY TODD, THE, THE, THE DEMON OF FLEET STREET AT THE DEPOT THEATER.

I SAW THAT A COUPLE NIGHTS AGO.

OFF BROADWAY EXPERIENCE, FANTASTIC TALENT, STUPENDOUS STAGING AND CHOREOGRAPHY.

REALLY AMAZING AND VERY INEXPENSIVE.

SO THEY'RE STARTING TO SELL OUT.

THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF OTHER GREAT SHOWS COMING DOWN THE PIKE TOO.

SO I ENCOURAGE FOLKS, IF YOU THINK, I MEAN, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I FELT AND I WAS SITTING THERE, I SAID, I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M IN WA HARBOR RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, WATCHING THIS SHOW, BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING, AGAIN, YOU'D HAVE TO GO TO DOWNTOWN LA IN MY VIEW.

SO ANYWAY, I ENCOURAGE THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERY MEMBER OF THE STAFF THAT DID WORK SO HARD ON THIS, AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR WORKING SO HARD YOURSELVES ON THIS TONIGHT.

WE REALLY, WE KNOCKED OURSELVES OUT.

I KNOW.

AND THAT'S ALL I GOT.

MAYOR PRO TEM.

I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.

AND I WISH I COULD SAY YOU GUYS COULD SLEEP IN TOMORROW, BUT THAT'S NOT MY, MY TO SAY, .

WE HAVE IT IN THE BUDGET, , AND I PLAN TO BUY A LOT OF TICKETS NOW.

SO IF I EVER, I WIN, I'M GONNA BRING BACK THE MONEY TO YOU GUYS.

THAT'S IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER MADANO.

WELL, THE BENEFIT OF GOING LAST IS I CAN TELL YOU WHAT I DID THE LAST TWO WEEKS, ACTUALLY, NOT THAT THE MAYOR WOULD, BUT, UH, NO, I WON'T KEEP YOU HERE LONG.

THE, UH, HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS WERE GREAT.

THE, UH, MEMORIAL DAY, UH, FLAG CEREMONY WAS GREAT.

THANKS TO DOUG GIM.

I KNOW HE IS NO LONGER HERE, BUT THANK HIM AND, UH, THE LIONS CLUB FOR THE TREMENDOUS WORK THEY DO AND FOR HOSTING THE, UH, THE LITTLE LUNCH AFTERWARD.

AND, UH, WANTED TO THANK OUR CITY STAFF, UH, DITTO TO WHAT EVERYBODY HAD, UH, HAD SAID.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

UH, I KNOW THE, UH, THE THE CUTS ARE, ARE PAINFUL.

UH, I FEEL THE PAIN WITH YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT, DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DO IT.

BUT, UH, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S WHAT THE BUDGET DICTATES.

AND, UH, ALSO, UH, NOT TO, UH, BELABOR THE POINT, BUT, UH, ALL, UH, IN LINE WITH WHAT OUR CITY MANAGER HAD MENTIONED AS FAR AS LA COUNTY FIRE.

UH, YES, THIS HAPPENED, UH, AS A RESULT OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE LA COUNTY FIRE.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, THERE'S STILL THE PREMIER FIRE AGENCY, UH, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, IF NOT IN THE STATE, THE COUNTRY, THE WORLD, UH, BECAUSE THEY ARE WORLD RENOWNED, THEY RESPOND TO, UH, UH, MAJOR INCIDENTS, NOT ONLY THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY WHEN CALLED UPON, BUT SOME PLACES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

AND, UH, I WANT TO THANK THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE, UH, OF LA COUNTY FIRE.

THEY DO A TREMENDOUS JOB FOR US, UH, AND, UH, AND UNDERSTANDING THAT, UH, COSTS HAVE GONE UP, UH, NOT JUST FOR LA COUNTY FIRE EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK.

AND THIS IS WHAT THIS IS A RESULT OF.

SO I DON'T WANT TO, UH, UH, I, I DON'T WANT TO COME DOWN ON LA COUNTY FIRE.

THAT'S JUST A, A RESULT OF, OF WHAT THE ECONOMY HAS BROUGHT OVER THE COURSE OF TIME AND OVER THE COURSE OF DECADES.

SO, UH, AND THEN WANTED TO MENTION ONE MORE THING, UH, WITH THE, UH, MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES, THE, UH, NEWEST, UH, GERMAN SHEPHERD IN THE MEDRANO FAMILY DOES GET FIXED THIS WEEK.

SO IT'S, UH, 32 BUCKS INSTEAD OF 159 FOR, UH, FOR LITTLE MAX.