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ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'LL
[ CALL TO ORDER: Council Chamber INVOCATION: City Attorney Jones PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Councilmember Surich ROLL CALL: Mayor Nigsarian Mayor Pro Tem Espinoza Councilmember Gomez Councilmember Medrano Councilmember Surich]
NOW CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA OF SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2024.LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT IT IS NOW 6:30 PM AND THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
THE INDICATION TONIGHT WILL BE GIVEN BY CITY ATTORNEY DICK JONES, FOLLOWED BY THE FLAG SALUTE, LED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER S ASK YOU TO PLEASE STAND BOW YOUR HEADS.
UH, DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING AS WE BEGIN TO DISCUSS THE IMPORTANT MATTERS FOR THE CITY OF LA HARA.
WE'RE SO GRATEFUL TO LIVE IN THIS WONDERFUL CITY, IN THIS SPECIAL COUNTRY.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THOSE WHO SERVE OUR, SERVE, OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY OUR POLICE AND FIRE SERVICES.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL AND THIS, THIS EVENING, THEY DO THAT WHICH IS BEST FOR ALL THE HABRA.
WE SAY THESE THINGS IN THY NAME, AMEN.
COMMENT, PUT YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART, PLEASE AND READY.
IP ALLEGIANCE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU, CITY ATTORNEY JONES.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ER WILL THE CITY CLERK PLEASE CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER S HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MY APOLOGIES.
MAYOR PERAM ESPINOZA HERE AND MAYOR NICK SIAN HERE ALL PRESENT.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE NO CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENTS.
SO NOW I'D LIKE TO TAKE TO THE FLOOR TO BE AGAIN, OUR PROCLAMATIONS,
[1. PROCLAMATION IN RECOGNITION OF CENTRAL DRUGS PHARMACY'S 70TH ANNIVERSARY]
UH, CEREMONY.SO I WILL BE DOWN ON THE FLOOR FOR THAT.
THIS IS SOMETHING I'M EXCITED ABOUT.
THE VERY FIRST ONE ON THE AGENDA IS TRULY EXCITING FOR THE COUNCIL, AND I KNOW FOR THE RECIPIENTS, THIS IS A PROCLAMATION IN RECOGNITION OF CENTRAL DRUGS PHARMACY, 70TH ANNIVERSARY.
SO EVERYBODY, BEN, EVERYBODY WANTS TO COME UP.
70 YEARS, HARD TO BELIEVE, AND THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY ASSOCIATED WITH CENTRAL DRUGS AND, AND YOUR ROLE AND ALL THAT.
SO, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THIS PROCLAMATION SAYS, THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIMED THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE CITY OF HABRA DOES HEREBY RECOGNIZ AND CONGRATULATE CENTRAL DRUGS PHARMACY FOR ITS 70 YEAR ANNIVERSARY AND ION AND WAN, IF I SAID THAT CORRECTLY, FOR THEIR 25 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF LEADERSHIP IN LAHABRA AND WISHES OF MANY MORE YEARS OF SUCCESS.
YES, AND PLEASE READ THE PICTURES FIRST.
WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME WORDS FROM ANY OR ALL OF YOU WHO'D LIKE TO TAKE THE MIC, TALK TO US ABOUT CENTRAL DRUGS AND ABOUT THIS AUSPICIOUS MOMENT, PLEASE.
IT, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE SERVING THE COMMUNITY FOR THE LAST, SAY, 70 YEARS FOR PHARMACY TO BE THERE.
WE TOOK OVER 25 YEARS AGO, SO IT'S AN HONOR JUST TO EVEN SERVE THE COMMUNITY FOR 25 YEARS.
WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, HAD NO CLUE WHERE WE WERE GONNA END, BUT WE STARTED WITH SERVING THE IMMEDIATE LOCAL COMMUNITY, I WOULD SAY FOR IMMEDIATE LA HABRA AND THEN SHOWERING NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND 25 YEARS LATER, WE ARE LICENSED IN THREE, THREE STATES.
SO WE HELP PATIENTS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
IT'S, UH, IT'S ONE OF, UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE NOT WE ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT THE HELP OF ALL OF OUR PEOPLE THAT HAVE HELPED US THROUGHOUT THEIR JOURNEY.
I WOULD SAY THAT'S, IT STARTS FROM OUR STAFF, UH, PAST, PRESENT, EVERYONE ALONG WITH OUR PATIENTS, ALL OUR VENDORS.
OBVIOUSLY IT WAS CITY OF LA HABRA FOR HELPING US EVERY WHICH WAY.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND LIKE TO SEE WHERE THE NEXT 25 WILL GO.
WE HAVE SUCH A SMALL, TIGHT-KNIT COMMUNITY IN LA HABER TOO.
I, I FREQUENTLY CALL IT MAYBERRY, ONLY WITH WIFI.
AND IN EVERY TOWN LIKE MAYBERRY, THERE HAS TO BE A FAVORED LOCAL FRIENDLY PHARMACIST THAT WE TURN TO, AND THAT REALLY IS CENTRAL DRUGS.
SO AGAIN, BENJAMIN, CONGRATULATIONS.
CONGRATULATIONS, AND CONGRATULATIONS.
IF I MAY MENTION, UH, THIS WAS STARTED YEARS AGO BY HARRY KREMIN AND HARRY KREMIN WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
VERY ACTIVE, BELIEVED IN GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, AND OF COURSE SOMEBODY VERY SPECIAL TO MYSELF.
AND, AND ALSO ROSE WAS LUPITA THAT WE'D ALWAYS SEE THERE.
LUPITA GUZMAN, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
AND, UH, SHE WAS ALWAYS IN THE FRONT COUNTER.
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AS A KID, I GREW UP IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALWAYS GO DOWN THERE AND THEY HAD, THEY HAD, IT WAS KIND OF PHARMACY WHERE WE'D GO AND GET CANDY AND HAD EVERYTHING IN THERE.SO VERY SPECIAL PLACE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
YOU STILL, YOU'LL SELL CANDY, DON'T YOU? SORRY.
AND THEN BOB TOOK OVER AFTER THAT.
THE ONLY THREE OWNERS IN THE LAST 70 YEARS.
IT WAS BOB AND THEN YOU FOLKS.
YEAH, GUYS, REMEMBER GOING THERE AS A KID MYSELF, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT WAS THE, THE PLACE TO GO.
I MEAN, THIS WAS, WE DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT IN THE AREA, AND IT WAS ALWAYS, WELL, LET'S GO TO THE DRUGSTORE.
AND THAT WAS A PLACE WE WOULD ALWAYS GO WHERE ALMOST ANYTHING THAT WE WANTED, YOU KNOW? SO I WAS GLAD THAT IT'S STILL AROUND AND YOU'RE STILL HERE AND IT'S STILL VIBRANT.
[2. PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 2024 AS "WORLD ALZHEIMER'S AWARENESS MONTH" IN THE CITY OF LA HABRA]
TO PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER, 2024 AS WORLD ALZHEIMER'S AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF LAHABRA.AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INVITE UP THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION OF ORANGE COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE KRISTEN MOS TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE, OR UP HERE WITH ME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
AND I WON'T READ ALL THE WHEREASES, BUT I'LL JUST SAY AT THE END HERE, IT'S PROCLAIMED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF LAHABRA, DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AS WORLD ALZHEIMER'S AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF LAHABRA.
THERE'S YOUR PROCLAMATION, AND PLEASE GIVE US A FEW WORDS ABOUT YOUR ORGANIZATION.
THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL, STAFF, AND CITY OF LAHABRA ALZHEIMER'S, ORANGE COUNTY HAS BEEN SERVING THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1982.
WE PROVIDE FREE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO FAMILIES AND THOSE AFFECTED BY ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND ANY FORM OF DEMENTIA.
SO WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT FAMILIES AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR RECOGNITION, UM, OF THE WORK THAT WE DO.
AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
[3. PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 26, 2024, AS "HUMAN RESOURCES PROFESSIONALS DAY" IN THE CITY OF LA HABRA]
FINALLY, WE'RE GONNA PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2024 AS HUMAN RESOURCES PROFESSIONALS DAY IN THE CITY OF LA HABRA.AND FOR THAT, I'M GOING TO INVITE OUR CITY MANAGER, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES.
GABBY YAPP TO STEP UP, PLEASE.
SO WE HAVE OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
I THOUGHT I WOULD'VE SAID THAT TO START, BUT IT WASN'T ON THE SCRIPT.
THESE ARE REALLY THE PEOPLE AT THE HR, RIGHT? RIGHT, EXACTLY.
SO AGAIN, IT'S PROCLAIMED TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE CITY OF LA HABRA DOES RECOGNIZE SEPTEMBER 26TH AS HUMAN RESOURCES PROFESSIONALS DAY IN THE CITY OF LA HABRA, AND FURTHER EXTEND APPRECIATION TO OUR WONDERFUL HR PROFESSIONALS FOR THE VITAL SERVICES THAT THEY PERFORM.
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU COULDN'T FUNCTION WITHOUT YOU.
WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK, LUCY? YES, GO AHEAD.
UM, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR RECOGNIZING, UM, HR PROFESSIONALS DAY.
THIS IS THE TEAM THAT MAKES IT HAPPEN, AND I'M VERY PROUD TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE LADIES.
THANK YOU AGAIN, SO MUCH TO ALL OF YOU.
NO, HOW ARE YOU? OH, DON'T FORGET YOUR, YOUR PROCLAMATION.
ALRIGHT, THAT, UH, IS THE END OF OUR PROCLAMATIONS, SO I WILL RETURN TO THE DEUS.
[ 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.]
TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.UH, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT 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 CHAIR.
SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOAN TO AN ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM OF CITY BUSINESS NOT APPEARING ON THE SCHEDULED AGENDA.
PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 4 0.3 A, SUCH COMMENTS SHALL NOT BE RESPONDED TO BY THE GOVERNING BODY DURING THE MEETING.
AND WE DID RECEIVE SEVERAL PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS, UM, AS WELL AS TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS VIA EMAIL PRIOR TO THE MEETING,
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UM, BY FRANK CORRAL AND BOB PANZA.UM, BOTH HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO YOUR, UM, DIOCESE.
NAME AND ADDRESS IF YOU WOULD PLEASE, SIR.
UM, I'VE SPOKEN WITH MOST OF YOU IN THE PAST ABOUT ALMOST 10 YEARS AGO DURING THE ANNEXATIONS, AND I HATE TO ADMIT I'VE LOST MOST OF MY HEARING SINCE THEN, SO I'M GONNA DO THE BEST I CAN.
I GOT A NEIGHBOR HERE WHO'S DOING A LITTLE TRANSIT.
WELL, LET'S JUST HAVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
DID YOU HEAR ME SAY THAT? YOUR NAME? SCOTT WILSON.
UM, MAYOR, WE HAVE INTERACTED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC ON MACY AND I HAVE FORWARDED TO YOU AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND APPARENTLY FORMER, UM, TRAFFIC COMMISSIONER MICHAEL PLOTNICK, A STUDY THAT THE CITY OF LA HABRA CONDUCTED ON MACY BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2018.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT THIS TO THE REST OF THE CITY COUNCIL WHO MAY NOT HAVE SEEN IT BEFORE AFTERWARDS, I ASSUME.
UM, BASICALLY WHEN WE WERE COUNTY OF ORANGE, WE HAD NO LUCK WHATSOEVER TRYING TO HAVE MACY TREATED AS A RESIDENTIAL STREET WITH A 25 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT.
UM, BACK THEN IT WAS A CHP WHO HAD TO COME IN AND HANDLE TRAFFIC, AND IT WAS ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF FOR CRIME AND WHATNOT.
ONE OF THE SALES PITCHES, IF I CAN USE THAT TERM FOR BEING ANNEXED BY THE CITY, WAS YOU GUYS REALLY CARED ABOUT US AND YOU WERE, YOU WERE GONNA HELP US OUT.
I WANTED TO BRING THIS BECAUSE THIS WAS A STUDY DONE AT ANNEXATION TIME, AND IT SHOWED THAT 85% OF THE PEOPLE DRIVE AT 40 MILES AN HOUR ON A 25 MILE PER HOUR ROAD, AND 5% OF THE PEOPLE ARE DRIVING UP TO 60 MILES PER HOUR ON THAT ROAD.
AND THIS IS A 25 MILE PER HOUR ROAD BETWEEN WOODIER BOULEVARD AND RUSSELL AVENUE.
AND THERE'S A SCHOOL, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, MACY'S SCHOOL.
AT THE TOP OF THAT, UM, I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE MAYOR AND TRAFFIC COMMISSIONER, MAY HE HAVE A GOOD LIFE DOWN AT FULLERTON NOW, AND THERE HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP MANY DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES, WHETHER IT BE, AS I NOTED, THERE'S ONLY TWO SPEED LIMIT SIGNS.
ONE IS ON NORTHBOUND 10 YARDS NORTH OF MACY, OR 10 YARDS NORTH OF WHITTIER, AND IT SAYS 25 MILE PER HOUR.
ONE OF THEM IS JUST SOUTH OF RUSSELL BOULEVARD AND IT SAYS 25 MILES PER HOUR.
SO THE WHOLE STRETCH, THERE'S NO SPEED LIMIT SIGNS, IT'S A GORGEOUS WIDE ROAD.
PEOPLE DRIVE LIKE IT'S A ARTERIAL STREET.
UM, I WOULD LIKE HOPEFULLY FOR THE COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND REALIZE THAT THIS WOULD BE A VERY BIG BENEFIT FOR THE CITIZENS WHO LIVE ON MACY, IF WE COULD BRING THE TRAFFIC SPEED BACK DOWN.
UM, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF IDEAS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO
BUT BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE PODIUM, I REMEMBER WE HAVE CONVERSED ON THIS BEFORE, AND I THINK WE EVEN TALKED FACE TO FACE ABOUT THIS BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE PODIUM.
MY UNDERSTANDING ACTUALLY WAS THAT THE MACY STREET TRAFFIC CALMING PROJECT WAS IN THE QUEUE FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
AND MAYBE I'M MISSPEAKING, BUT PERHAPS OUR CITY MANAGER CAN SHED SOME LIGHT ON THAT.
YEAH, I, I DON'T KNOW, UH, WHEN THAT STREET IS, UM, GONNA BE U UH, PUT IN FOR TRAFFIC CALMING.
I KNOW WE HAVE A PAVING, A PAVING PROJECT FOR THAT STREET COMING UP.
WHAT I MIGHT DO IS OFFER, IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO OUR, UH, CITY ENGINEER ALBERT MENDOZA AND THE AUDIENCE AFTERWARDS, AND HE'LL WALK OUT WITH YOU AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON, ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT STREET, AND WE CAN GET MORE INFORMATION TO YOU.
AS YOU RECALL, MR. WILSON, I ASKED FOR SEVERAL EMAILS FROM RESIDENTS ASKING FOR TRAFFIC CALMING, WHICH TYPICALLY GENERATES A MAIL SURVEY THAT GOES OUT.
AND IF THE VOTES THAT COME IN ARE 50% PLUS ONE, THEN IT'S IN THE QUEUE FOR TRAFFIC CALMING.
I WAS LED TO BELIEVE THAT THAT, THAT THAT THRESHOLD HAD BEEN REACHED.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHAT FISCAL YEAR, AND NOW WE'RE INTO A NEW ONE.
SO IT WASN'T GONNA HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, BUT IT WAS GONNA HAPPEN WAS MY UNDERSTANDING.
BUT TALK TO MR. MENDOZA FOR THE, FOR THE VERY LATEST UPDATE ON THAT.
JERRY WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ALSO.
MY NAME'S JERRY MAHO, AND I LIVE AT 1292 MACY STREET, AND I'VE BEEN, BEEN THERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
AND, UH, MR. WILSON, MY NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET, HE'S ALREADY GAVE DETAIL.
IT, IT'S, IT'S JUST A, A RACEWAY FROM WOODY BOULEVARD
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TO RUSSELL.THE TRAFFIC IS JUST UNBELIEVABLY FAST.
UM, I KNOW THEY WANNA DO A CALMING AREA, BUT MY, IN MY HUMBLE OPINION IS I WOULD PREFER A STOP SIGN AT WAL AND MACY ABOUT MIDPOINT BECAUSE ONE, IT WOULD BE CHEAPER TO MAINTAIN BECAUSE ONCE YOU PUT A STOP SIGN UP THERE, THEY LAST DECADES.
SO IT'D BE CHEAPER ALSO FOR ENFORCEMENT, SOMEONE RUNS A STOP SIGN, BOOM, THEY CAN GET A TICKET INSTEAD OF TRYING TO PACE THEM OR TRY TO GET A, AN EXACT SPEED.
SO ENFORCEMENT AND THAT, AND I THINK HAVING A STOP SIGN MIDWAY WOULD, IT WOULD BREAK THAT UP AND, AND SLOW THE TRAFFIC DOWN A LOT.
ALSO WITH THE SPEED HUMPS, UH, I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF THOSE BECAUSE IF THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY, LET'S SAY PARAMEDICS NEEDED TO GET TO SOMEPLACE, I'VE HAD TO CALL THE PARAMEDICS TWICE AT MY HOUSE.
AND WHEN SECONDS COUNT, YOU DON'T WANT A FIRETRUCK OR PARAMEDICS HAVE TO SLOW DOWN, GO OVER THOSE HUMPS.
UH, THEY COULD GO RIGHT THROUGH A STOP SIGN OR A RED LIGHT, BUT THERE ARE RED LIGHTS AND SIRENS.
SO, UH, THAT'S MY 2 CENTS ON THIS ISSUE HERE.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, IF I, GO AHEAD.
JERRY, I, UH, WANT TO, THIS IS JERRY MAHO.
WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU AND JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY YEARS OF SERVICE HERE WITH LAHABRA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I KNOW IN YOUR FINAL YEARS OF YOUR CAREER AT LA HABRA HIGH SCHOOL AND ALWAYS ENJOYED THE THE RIDE ALONG.
I WENT ON WITH YOU AND JUST THANK YOU.
I HOPE YOU'RE ENJOYING RETIREMENT.
I'M ENJOYING IT, AND I'M BECOMING A HIPPIE, SO THAT'S WHY I GOT MY
ANYBODY ELSE TONIGHT? PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO, WELCOME.
FRANK CRAWL, UM, MEMBERS OF THE HARVARD CITY COUNCIL.
AT THE REGULAR MEETING IN THE OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT TIME YOU WERE PRESENTED THE UNITED SOVEREIGN AMERICANS RESOLUTION, I FIRST LEARNED OF THEM HERE THAT NIGHT.
I'M GRATEFUL TO BE GIVEN THE FLOOR BY ASKING EACH MEMBER TO ADOPT AND MOVE THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD AS MUCH AS OUR REPRESENTATIVES HAVE IN THEIR POWER AND CONTROL TO DO SO, EIGHT PARAGRAPHS A RESOLUTION CLARIFIES A SIMPLE ITEMS, THE VOTING SYSTEM, WHICH WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN OUR CALIFORNIA STATE, AND THE SOLUTIONS FOR CORRECTING IT.
UNITED SOVEREIGN AMERICANS DEMONSTRATED HERE THAT NIGHT IN THEIR RESOLUTION, HOW INACCURACY AND EXCUSES HAVE REPLACED ROBUST OVERSIGHT PROCESS REQUIRED UNDER THE LAW FOR THE PRESENT DAY SYSTEM TO DESERVE OUR TRUST, THEY FURTHER IDENTIFIED THE CRITICAL SYSTEM CONTROLS AND REMEDIES FOR THE PEOPLE TO HAVE TRUST.
AGAIN IN OUR ELECTION BALLOT BOX FOR OUR CITY'S COUNTY AND STATE, OUR WONDERFUL CITY NEEDS YOUR HELP TO ENSURE LEGALLY VALID ELECTIONS THAT ARE FAIR, ACCURATE, AND TRUSTWORTHY.
WE DO NOT NEED ANYONE ELSE TO MEASURE THE EFFECTS OF UNQUALIFIED INSTANCES OF APPARENT ELECTION FRAUD.
MANY HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND FOUND TO BE BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IN THE 2022 MIDTERM ELECTIONS.
I HELP, UH, I I HELP TO HELP AND ASSIST US WORK FOR A TRUSTWORTHY VAL VOTER BOX.
THE UN UNITED SOVEREIGN AMERICAN RESOLUTION HAVE PUT IT ALL TOGETHER FOR US INTO A COMPREHENSIVE AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND FRAMEWORK.
FIRST, THEY SHOWED HOW OUR VOTING SYSTEM IS BROKEN AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH QUALIFIED CITIZEN VOTERS HAVE BEEN DROWNED OUT BY ERROR AND ABUSE.
SECONDLY, THEY OUTLINED THE PLAN TO FIX THESE ABUSES.
LASTLY, HOW TO BUILD AND HOLD OUR, UH, OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE FOR PROTECTING THE BALLOT BOX.
I LISTED IN, IN MY LETTER TO EACH OF YOU IN DETAIL, HOW IN ONLY A SHORT TIME AGO, KELLY WONG, A FOREIGN NATIONAL AND NOT LEGALLY ALLOWED TO VOTE, WAS SEATED AS A MEMBER ON THE SEVEN MEMBER COMMISSION AS AN OVERSIGHT AND POLICY CREATOR OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CITY DEPARTMENT OF ELECTION COMMISSION.
THIS KIND OF ABUSE MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO BE LEFT UNCHECKED.
I WISH THAT I COULD BE KIND ABOUT OUR PRESENT DAY, ALL MAIL-IN BALLOT SYSTEM.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ROAD IT HAS TAKEN US TO GET HERE, BUT IT IS NOT JUST FINALLY U AS CITIZENS LIVING IN THIS CITY, COUNTY, AND STATE, WE'RE LOSING OUR GUARANTEED RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION AND GOVERNING BY THIS PRESENT UNVERIFIABLE MAIL-IN BALLOT SYSTEM.
THIS BALLOT SYSTEM IS A SHAM AND MUST BE STOPPED.
IN CONCLUSION, I HAVE TWO REQUESTS.
FIRST, I'M ASKING THAT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER ORDER OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION, TO MAKE IT THEIR PART TO MAKE THIS REFORM POSSIBLE.
SECOND, I ASK EACH MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PETITION THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, STATE OFFICIALS TO CORRECT OUR CORRUPT VOTING BALLOTS ELECTION SYSTEM, WHICH WE HAVE TODAY.
PLEASE, UM, BY HIS GRACE AND MERCY
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WE'LL FACE TOMORROW TOGETHER.ANYBODY ELSE FOR GENERAL COMMENTS TONIGHT? WELCOME.
UM, WE ARE SUZY AND RICH FI AND WE HAVE LIVED AT 1365 CITRUS FOR, IT'LL BE 40 YEARS NEXT YEAR.
UM, AND WE'RE CURRENTLY ENJOYING OUR THIRD YEAR OF RETIREMENT, WHICH HAS BEEN AWESOME.
BUT WE WE'RE HERE TO ASK YOUR HELP AND MAYBE GET SOME OF YOUR DIRECTION IN DEALING WITH AN ISSUE WE'VE HAD FOR AT LEAST THE HALF, HALF OF THE TIME WE'VE LIVED THERE, WHICH IS A LOUD, CONTINUOUS AND VERY ANNOYING NOISE THAT FRONTIERS THREE CHILLERS PRODUCE.
AND THEY ARE LOCATED, UH, 900 NORTH IDAHO.
AND OUR HOME IS ADJACENT ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF FRONTIER, WHICH IS, AND WE ARE SEVERAL FEET ABOVE.
SO THE NOISE NOT ONLY COMES ACROSS, IT COMES UP.
AND THESE THREE CHILLERS, I MEAN, THEY ALSO, LET'S SEE, I WANTED EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT WE, SERIOUSLY, WE NEVER OPENED THE WINDOWS ON THAT SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
I MEAN, ALL THE BEDROOMS, SORRY, THREE BEDROOMS, BECAUSE THIS NOISE IS CONTINUOUS.
IT'S NOT AS, YOU KNOW, IT, IT ISN'T AS LOUD IN THE MORNINGS, BUT WHEN, WHEN IT REACHES 70, I MEAN 70, IT KICKS ON UP.
ANYWAY, SO RECENTLY, UM, AND THIS HAS BEEN SINCE LABOR DAY, WE HAD TWO REALLY LOUD NOISE INCIDENTS, AND ONE OF THEM ACTUALLY I SAW ON NEXT DOOR, AND I'M LIKE, OH MY GOSH, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY ELSE WAS EXPERIENCING THIS BESIDES MY IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS.
BUT, UM, SO ANYWAY, WHEN, WHEN THIS HAPPENED, IT WAS ON THE FIRST TIME ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
NO, YOU KNOW, NOBODY'S WORKING ON FRIDAY NIGHT EXCEPT THE POLICE.
AND SO MY HUSBAND CALLED THE POLICE AND THEY WERE VERY, YOU KNOW, THE NON-EMERGENCY LINE, AND THEY CAME AND THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THERE'S NO POST.
THERE IS A POSTED SIGN, WHICH WAS REQUIRED BY THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, BUT IT'S OUT OF ORDER.
IT'S PROBABLY BEEN OUTTA ORDER FOR A LONG TIME.
SO HE COMMISERATED HE LISTENED TO THE LOUD NOISE, AND THEN HE LEFT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I SENT A COMPLAINT IN JUST TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP RECORD.
SO THEN THE NEXT WEEK, AND SO I THINK IT'S BE, THIS HAS BEEN WORSE.
IT'S ALWAYS WORSE IN AUGUST BECAUSE OF THE, IT HAS BEEN SUPER HOT, YOU KNOW, DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY.
ANYWAY, THE SECOND INCIDENT WAS ON THE NEXT FRIDAY, AND THIS HAPPENED IN THE MORNING, AND MY HUSBAND GOT UP AND HE'S LIKE, OH MY GOSH, YOU GOTTA COME HEAR THIS.
ANYWAY, UM, SO THE CHILLERS, ALL THREE WERE RUNNING SUPER LOUD SQUEAKING.
I MEAN, AND AGAIN, IT'S, NOBODY'S WORKING.
WE'RE LOOKING AT ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, TWO DAYS OF NOISE OR, YOU KNOW, ANYWAY, SO WE AGAIN CALLED THE NON-EMERGENCY LINE, AND THEY SENT OUT A REALLY, YOU KNOW, PROFESSIONAL, UM, AND POLITE, YOU KNOW, OFFICER.
AND HE ACTUALLY, OF COURSE, STILL COULDN'T GET, HAS NO PHONE NUMBER TO CONTACT THEM.
AND, BUT HE WAS ABLE, HE ACTUALLY DROVE OVER, DROVE BEHIND THE BUILDING.
WE'RE ABOUT SIX SECONDS OVER AT THIS POINT.
CAN I MAKE IT REALLY QUICK? PLEASE? WHAT I WANNA DO, PLEASE.
OKAY, SO BASICALLY WE'RE REQUESTING A REVIEW OF THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND THE MODIFICATIONS THAT ARE RELATED TO FRONTIER.
AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING, I THINK AT VERIZON IT LOOKS LIKE IS GONNA BE PURCHASING FRONTIER.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S BASICALLY WE WANT CONTINUOUS NOISE MONITORING AND WE WOULD BE HAPPY WE GOT IT.
JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, IS THIS THE ONE ADJACENT TO NORTHGATE ON THE SIDE THERE? YEAH.
IS THAT THE, THAT THE FACILITY, YEAH, ACROSS THE STREET FROM NORTH.
MR. SADRA, WHAT'S YOUR RECOMMENDATION? YEAH, ACTUALLY, UH, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, SUSAN KIM IS RIGHT BEHIND YOU AGAINST THE WALL.
IF YOU COULD SPEAK WITH HER AND GIVE HER SOME MORE INFORMATION, CODE ENFORCEMENT FALLS UNDER HER DEPARTMENT.
AND SHE CAN, AND SHE ALSO IS THE DEPARTMENT THAT, UM, MANAGES AND ISSUES C PS.
SO NOT, SO SHE'S THE PLANNING COMMISSION? YEAH, SHE WORKS WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT SHE'D BE THE RIGHT PERSON TO TALK TO.
GIVE MY REGARDS TO CASEY CARE.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHERS FOR, UH, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS? WELCOME.
I DID FILL OUT SOMETHING ON THE WEBSITE, SO, BUT THIS IS IN REGARDS TO A COURTESY NOTICE.
UM, THIS IS IN REGARDS TO A COURTESY NOTICE THAT I RE MY, MYSELF AND
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MY NEIGHBORS RECEIVED.WE ALL LIVE ON GREENBRIAR LANE AND IT WAS DATED, UH, AUGUST 26TH, EXCUSE ME.
AND SPECIFICALLY IT'S IN REGARDS TO THE ORANGE COUNTY GRADING ORDINANCE, 7.1 0.8 35.
I SENT IN MY CONCERNS TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, DIVISION.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS ABOUT THIS.
I HAVE THE LETTER AND MY RESPONSE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ IT, BECAUSE I'M PRETTY SURE YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT
UM, BUT BASICALLY THIS ORDINANCE IS ABOUT EROSION CONTROL, SPECIFICALLY IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S ABOUT EROSION CONTROL ON LARGE EXCAVATION PROJECTS, NOT A RESIDENTIAL STRIP OF LAND THAT BORDERS ON A HIGHWAY.
UM, AND SO AFTER READING IT, I JUST GENERATED SEVERAL QUESTIONS.
THE FIRST WAS, AND I'LL COME BACK TO THIS AFTER 30 YEARS OF LIVING THERE, WHY IS THIS COMING UP? BUT I'LL GET BACK TO THAT.
UM, THE, MY OTHER CONCERNS ARE, IS THIS A ONE-TIME DEAL? IS THIS GONNA BE YEARLY? I DON'T, I DON'T CARE WHAT LANDSCAPING YOU PUT IN, IT REQUIRES MAINTENANCE.
IS THE CITY GONNA MAKE IT SAFE FOR US TO GO MAIN MAINTAIN IT? IF SO, IS IT GONNA BE ON A SCHEDULE? WHAT HAPPENS IF IT DOESN'T TAKE, ARE WE GONNA HAVE TO GO AND REPLANT IT EVERY YEAR? IT, IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO MAKE SENSE, ESPECIALLY AFTER 30 YEARS OF LIVING HERE.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT ITEM K SPECIFIES THAT IF A SLOPE IS LESS THAN FIVE FEET, NO EROSION CONTROL IS REQUIRED.
HAS THE CITY DONE A SURVEY TO SEE WHICH OF OUR, MY NEIGHBORS ARE EXEMPT? I KNOW SEVERAL, INCLUDING MYSELF, WHO COULD POTENTIALLY BE EXEMPT.
SO, UM, IF YOU'VE DONE A SURVEY, ARE YOU GONNA MAKE IT SO WE CAN SEE IT? YOU KNOW, IS THERE GONNA BE COMMENTS? THE OTHER THING IS THIS IS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF MY NEIGHBORS ARE ELDERLY AND ON FIXED INCOME.
I MYSELF, PHYSICALLY CAN'T BEND OVER AND, YOU KNOW, PLANT ALL THESE LITTLE THINGS.
AND PLUS BEING ON FIXED INCOME, IT'S GONNA BE EXPENSIVE.
IT'S GONNA BE AT LEAST A THOUSAND DOLLARS BY MY ESTIMATE.
AND I CAN'T EVEN GET A QUOTE FROM PEOPLE 'CAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO IN, IN SUMMARY, THIS, WHY DID THE, WHY ARE YOU BRINGING OUT A 1993 ORDINANCE WHEN THE TIME TO DO IT WAS WHEN YOU DID THE, THE BLOCK WALL? THAT WOULD'VE BEEN THE TIME TO DO EROSION CONTROL WHEN THERE WAS A LARGE EXCAVATION.
I SEE THE LIGHTS, SO I'M TRYING TO MOVE FAST.
UM, YEAH, I JUST DID, WE JUST TURNED RED.
WELL, ANYWAY, I'D RATHER THAN SEND OUT A THREATENING LETTER, CAN'T WE, YOU KNOW, WORK TOGETHER AT A DIALOGUE AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH BOB.
LET ME ASK REAL QUICK, UH, MR. SEIDER, WOULD THIS BE, UH, ALBERT OR WOULD IT BE SUSAN MAYBE THAT HE CAN, IT IS PROBABLY A COMBINATION.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AGAINST THE BACK WALL, UM, I BELIEVE THE, THE SECTION YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS A SLOPE THAT'S ON IMPERIAL HIGHWAY.
AND IT'S A STRETCH THAT I KNOW WE'VE CLOSED THE STREET IN THE PAST TO ALLOW THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO COME IN AND DO MAINTENANCE ON THAT OVER THE YEARS.
AND YOU HAVE TO RIGHT, EXACTLY.
I HAVE NO RIGHT TO BLOCK THAT LANE, BUT THAT'S, YEAH, THAT'S A STRETCH OF PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT GETS, UM, OVERGROWN AND THERE'S EVERY ABOUT ONCE A YEAR, I THINK THEY WOULD COME IN AND, AND, AND I THINK ONE YEAR CARE OF YOU ASKED US TO DO IT TWICE.
SO I WOULD TALK TO OUR, START WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND IF THE NOTICE CAME FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT, SUSAN KIM, WHO'S OUTSIDE ACTUALLY DEALING, UH, UH, SPEAKING WITH THE OTHER TWO RESIDENTS WOULD BE THE OTHER PERSON TO SPEAK WITH.
I, I THINK THAT, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I BELIEVE WE'VE REACHED OUR 30 MINUTE LIMIT FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING.
WELL, IT'S, IT'S SEVEN O'CLOCK.
WELL, YOUR WEBSITE SAYS FIVE MINUTES AND 60 MINUTES OF PUBLIC COMMENT.
NO, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S TRUE ACTUALLY.
I JUST READ IT ON THE WEBSITE AFTER.
OH, IT'S PROBABLY FOR, UH, CON CONSENT OR CONSIDERATION MIGHT BE, YEAH.
ALRIGHT, SO WE DO HAVE MORE TIME.
ANYBODY ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT? NOBODY.
I'M GONNA CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON WITH 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. ]
CALENDAR.UH, ALL MATTERS ON THE 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 REQUESTS SEPARATE ACTION OR REMOVAL OF AN ITEM REMOVED.
ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOLLOWING THE CONSENT CALENDAR PORTION OF THIS AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT
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OF 30 MINUTES PER ITEM THAT HAS, THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR.SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOAN TO ANY OTHER 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 16.
WOULD STAFF LIKE ANY ITEM REMOVED? NONE.
MR. MAYOR, WOULD ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES LIKE AN ITEM REMOVED? NO.
WOULD ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE LIKE A CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM REMOVED? SEEING SAY NONE? IS THERE A DISCUSSION MOTION? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
I'LL SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND VOTE, PLEASE.
[1. DULY NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE 2023-2024 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT (CAPER) AND AUTHORIZE STAFF TO SUBMIT THE REPORT TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT That the City Council conduct a public hearing to review and approve the 2023-2024 Community Development Block Grant Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) and authorize staff to submit the CAPER to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.]
OUR FIRST AND ONLY PUBLIC HEARING.UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR PUBLIC FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION.
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 FIRST, UM, THE FIRST AND ONLY PUBLIC HEARING ITEM IS TITLED DULY NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE 2023 THROUGH 2024 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, CDBG CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT AND AUTHORIZED STAFF TO SUBMIT THE REPORT TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS SUSAN LOUIE FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
THE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT IS SCHEDULED TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT, ALSO KNOWN AS A CAPER FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2023, AND ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2024.
THE CAPER IS A SUMMARY OF THE ACTIVITIES AND EXPENDITURES FUNDED WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, ALSO KNOWN AS CDBG.
IT REQUIRES A 15 DAY PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD AND IT TIES INTO THE CITY'S GOALS AND ACHIEVEMENTS FOR THE FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN.
HUD REQUIRES JURISDICTIONS THAT RECEIVE CDBG FUNDING TO COMPLETE AT LEAST TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS PER YEAR THROUGH THE 2324 ACTION PLAN PROCESS.
THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED EIGHT PROJECTS TO BE FUNDED.
TOTAL AMOUNT EXPANDED IN FISCAL YEAR 2324 IS APPROXIMATELY 755,000.
SOME MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE CITY DURING THE 2324 FISCAL YEAR INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING SERVICES, COMMUNITY SOCIAL, I'M SORRY.
COMMUNITY SERVICES, SOCIAL SERVICES PROGRAM FOR A COUNSELOR POSITION TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS AND HOUSEHOLDS WHO ARE AT RISK OF EVICTION HOMELESSNESS AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE COVID-19 EDUCATION AND SUPPORT FAIR HOUSING FOUNDATION FOR BOTH TENANTS AND LANDLORDS TO EDUCATE THEMSELVES ABOUT FAIR HOUSING RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
MERCY HOUSE LIVING CENTER FOR TEMPORARY HOUSING SOLUTIONS, INCLUDING SHELTERS AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, PROVIDE FUNDING FOR GRAFFITI REMOVAL, REMOVAL IN LOW INCOME AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SPONSORED PASSES TO THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES, PROVIDED FUNDING TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM TO ASSIST ADULTS THAT ARE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS OR HOMELESS.
FIND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, CONTINUED LEAD, LEAD BASED PAINT AND ASBESTOS TESTING FOR LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLD HOUSEHOLDS AS PART OF THE RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION PROGRAM.
AND CONTINUED WORK ON CAPITAL PROJECTS INCLUDING THE CITY'S PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUND AND SITE IMPROVEMENT, OLD RESERVOIR PARK IMPROVEMENT AND VARIOUS RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION PROJECTS.
LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PEOPLE WERE SERVED BY CITY PROGRAMS FUNDED BY CDBG DURING FISCAL YEAR 2324.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF PEOPLE SERVED IS ESTIMATED BY CALCULATING ALL INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN WHAT IS DETERMINED BY HUD AS LOW INCOME CENSUS TRACKS THAT RECEIVE AREA WIDE ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES.
TO DATE, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT CITY COUNCIL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND
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AFTER CONDUCTING THE PUBLIC HEARING, APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR 23, 20 4K AND AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT THIS REPORT TO HUD.IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF IS AVAILABLE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR SUSAN BY MY COLLEAGUES? I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, IN COMPARISON TO OTHER YEARS, CAN YOU TELL ME, UH, WHAT WAS ALLOCATED FOR THE GRAFFITI REMOVAL PROGRAM COMPARED TO OTHER YEARS? I THOUGHT IT WAS A, A TAD BIT MORE THAT WE USED TO ALLOCATE FOR THEM.
UM, WELL, WE'VE BEEN IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE RECEIVED LESS, LESS MONEY FROM HUD, SO THE AMOUNT IS LESS FOR ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS. UM, GENERALLY FOR, WHAT WAS THE FUNDING FOR GRAFFITI? PROBABLY AROUND 65,000 I WOULD SAY, UM, FOR GRAFFITI.
IT WASN'T CLOSER TO 75 TO PROBABLY IN MAYBE LIKE THE LAST MORE FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, BUT WE'VE USED TO RECEIVE CLOSE TO ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS AND NOW IT'S MORE LIKE 580,000 OF CDBG FUNDS AND IT'S GETTING LESS AND LESS EVERY YEAR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION, SUSAN.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT, UH, UNDER THE, UH, LEAD BASED PAINT.
SO I KNOW THAT LA HABA HAS A LOT OF AREAS THAT ARE OLDER AND LEAD BASED PAINT IS WHAT, 1978 OR MM-HMM.
UM, SO HOW IS THAT DONE? ARE ARE THE RESIDENTS REACHING OUT TO YOU OR DO YOU REACH OUT TO ALL THE HOMES THAT ARE WITHIN THAT AGE GROUP? IT'S USUALLY DONE AS PART OF OUR RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION PROGRAM.
SO IF A FAMILY IS APPLYING OR HOUSEHOLD IS APPLYING FOR THE RESIDENTIAL REHAB PROGRAM, THEN WE USE FUNDS, WE HAVE TO, THEN WE DO THE LEAD ASBESTOS AND LEAD TESTING THROUGH THAT PROGRAM.
BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU SEND OUT THE NOTICE TO EVERYBODY IN THE CDBG AREAS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S QUITE A FEW HOMES, RIGHT? NO, IT'S, THAT'S NOT HOW, UM, THE CITY OF LA HARE SETS THAT UP.
IT'S THROUGH THE RESIDENTIAL REHAB PROGRAM.
CAN YOU PEEL AWAY A LITTLE BIT AND TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE CV, UH, SOCIAL SERVICES PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE GONNA GIVE 306,000 OR SUGGEST THAT WE GIVE THAT AMOUNT OR OUR, UM, SOCIAL SERVICES PROGRAM FOR THE, YEAH, CAN YOU PEEL AWAY AT THAT A LITTLE BIT? LET ME KNOW.
SO WILL THAT ENTAIL, THAT POSITION IS, UM, TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS AND HOUSEHOLDS WHO ARE AT RISK OF EVICTION OR HOMELESSNESS, BUT THAT WAS THROUGH OUR CV PROGRAM.
OUR CV FUNDS THAT WERE GIVEN TO LA HARAN 2020, WE'RE NOT RECEIVING ANY NEW CV FUNDS THROUGH CDBG.
SO THOSE ARE THE FUNDS THAT WE USE FOR THEIR PROGRAM.
THEN AFTER THE PRIOR YEARS, I, OH, I'M SORRY.
CV WAS ASSOCIATED WITH CARES ACT DURING COVID.
YEAH, I JUST, I DIDN'T SEE THE TITLE UP ABOVE.
ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, UH, WANTING TO COME UP AND TESTIFY ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE DO SO NOW, SEEING NONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'LL ENTERTAIN FURTHER DISCUSSION AND OR A MOTION.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION IF THERE'S NOT A DISCUSSION ON THE TABLE.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE, UH, THE MOTION A DULY NOTED PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE 20 23 20 24 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT KNOWN AS CDBG CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT, KNOWN AS CAPER AND AUTHORIZED STAFF TO SUBMIT THE REPORT TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
I'LL SECOND MOTION AND SECOND VOTE PLEASE.
JUST WAITING FOR IT TO DISPLAY UP ON THE SCREENS.
THAT'S OUR ONLY PUBLIC HEARING FOR TONIGHT.
WE HAVE TWO CONSIDERATION ITEMS,
[1. CONSIDER RENAMING VISTA GRANDE PARK TO CENTENNIAL PARK AS PART OF THE CITY'S 2025 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION That the City Council: A. Consider the Centennial Committee's recommendation to rename Vista Grande Park to "Centennial Park" in honor of the City's 2025 Centennial Celebration; and, B. Direct staff to initiate the park renaming process per City of La Habra Policies and Procedures Policy Number 1.60.]
SO LET'S MOVE ON TO THE FIRST ONE PLEASE.A, ANY ITEM AND, SORRY, ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE MAY REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE LA HABRA CITY COUNCIL ON ANY CONSIDERATION ITEM PRIOR TO THE LA HABRA CITY COUNCIL.
TAKING A FINAL VOTE ON THE ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENTS 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.
SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOAN TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL.
FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE, AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
THE FIRST ITEM ON CONSIDERATION IS
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TITLED CONSIDER RENAMING VISTA GRANDE PARK, TWO CENTENNIAL PARK AS PART OF THE CITY'S 2025 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL STAFF IS ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THE CENTENNIAL, UH, COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION TO RENAME VISTA GRANDE PARK TO CENTENNIAL PARK IN HONOR OF THE CITY'S 2025 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION AND ALSO TO DIRECT STAFF TO INITIATE THE PARK RENAMING PROCESS FOR THE CITY OF LA HARE'S POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
AT THE JULY 11TH CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE MEETING, IT WAS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER RENAMING VISTA GRANDE PARK TO CENTENNIAL PARK IN RECOGNITION OF THE CITY'S CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.
THE CITY OWNS SITE CONSISTS OF 17.7 ACRES OF UNDEVELOPED LAND CURRENTLY BEING DEVELOPED.
THE SITE WAS FORMALLY OPERATED AS AN ORANGE COUNTY LANDFILL, WHICH HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR SEVERAL DECADES.
AND AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF PLANNING, DESIGN AND COMMUNITY INPUT, THE CITY COUNCIL SELECTED A CONTRACTOR TO DEVELOP THE SITE FOR A FAMILY O OPERATED, UM, A FAMILY ORIENTED RECREATIONAL PARK THAT INCLUDES A NEW DOG PARK CONSTRUCTION BEGAN EARLIER THIS YEAR AND A EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN SPRING OF 2025 IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY'S CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION THAT WILL TAKE PLACE STARTING IN JANUARY DURING ITS JULY 11TH COMMITTEE MEETING.
UM, IT WAS PART OF THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING AND BRANDING MARKETING FOR THE CITY CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION TO GAIN INTEREST IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THE CELEBRATION THROUGH ENHANCED PROGRAMS, SERVICES AND EVENTS AND RENAMING VISTA GRANDE PARK WHILE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION WILL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BOTH PROMOTE INTEREST IN THE PARK AND TO HELP BUILD SYNERGY FOR THE CITY'S CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.
THE COMMITTEE BELIEVES RENAMING THE PARK WILL HONOR THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CITY REACHING ITS A HUNDRED YEAR MILESTONE.
IN NOVEMBER OF 1993, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED A COUNCIL POLICY FOR RENAMING PUBLIC FACILITIES THAT INCLUDES PARKS AND CITY OWNED LAND.
UM, MOST RECENTLY, UM, EL CENTRAL PARK LIONS CLUB IN 1994 WAS RENAMED FROM EL CENTRAL PARK.
OIO PARK IN 2000 WAS PREVIOUSLY NAMED HACIENDA PARK AND MOST RECENTLY STEVE SIMONIAN OLD RESERVOIR PARK IN 2024.
AND THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY NAMED OLD RESERVOIR PARK IF APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, THE RENAMING OF VISTA GRANDE PARK CENTENNIAL PARK WILL NOT AFFECT THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT NOR INCUR ANY ADDITIONAL COSTS OR DELAYS.
UM, THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL COSTS AT THIS TIME, AND IF APPROVED STAFF WILL BEGIN THE PARK RENAMING PROCESS IN ACCORDANCE WITH POLICY 1.0.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM.
ANY QUESTIONS? I DO, UH, WERE ANY OTHER, UH, NAMES THROWN OUT, UH, BY THE COMMITTEE? THERE WERE NO OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, DID YOU HAPPEN TO DO ANY RESEARCH AS TO THE PAST NAMES OF VISTA GRANDE THAT WERE THERE BEFORE, AS TO WHAT THE NAMES WERE BEFORE? NOT SPECIFIC RESEARCH, ALTHOUGH WE KNOW THAT, UH, VINCE GILLEY PARK WAS, UM, A PASS NAME AND UM, BUT THAT NAME DID NOT COME UP AS PART OF THE DISCUSSION.
WASN'T IT ALSO CALLED BLAKE FIELD AT ONE TIME? BLAKE FIELD AT ONE TIME? YEAH.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS.
ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? YES, WE DO.
UH, REAL QUICK, I, I LIKE THE IDEA OF RENAMING THE PARK.
UH, MY ONLY CONCERN WOULD BE ABOUT VIDEO, UH, AT NIGHTTIME THAT IS GOING IN RIGHT NOW THAT WOULD HELP PREVENT DRUG CELL ON THAT PARK BECAUSE IT'S VERY ISOLATED.
MIKE FROM THE MIKE AND I SHOW.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME COME UP HERE FOR JUST A FEW MINUTES.
I HAPPEN TO BE A MEMBER OF THAT GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO SUGGESTED THAT WE RENAME IT CENTENNIAL PARKS.
SO I KNOW THAT, UH, I HAVE BEEN A A, UM, WHAT AM I, OH, I'M A CITIZEN OF THIS CITY.
I'M, YOU HAVE TO SHOOT ME TONIGHT.
I'M GONNA SHARE WITH YOU SOMETHING REAL QUICKLY.
UM, IKE, YOU KNOW, MY DOG, WHO IS USUALLY RIGHT NEXT TO ME, I'M A LITTLE OFF KILTER TONIGHT.
IKE WAS, UH, LAST WEDNESDAY WAS IN AN ALTERCATION WITH ANOTHER DOG WHILE ON WALK, AND UNFORTUNATELY, IKE'S, UM, DID HAVE SOME INJURIES.
BUT I AM TOTALLY LOST WITHOUT MY DOG.
SO, SO, AND YOU KNOW HOW IT IS, AND I, MYSELF PERSONALLY GOT A JUST A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY AND I THANK THE MAYOR FOR THIS TO ACTUALLY, TO ACTUALLY GO OUT AND SEE
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THE PARK, AND IT IS GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL PLACE FOR EVERYONE HERE IN LAHABRA.I WANNA SPECIFICALLY SPEAK ABOUT THE DOG PARK AREA, WHICH IKE ENJOYED ALREADY.
HE FEELS PRETTY, UH, EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE WAS THE FIRST, UH, TO USE THAT PART OF THE PARK.
BUT REAL QUICKLY, MY WIFE AND I HAVE RAISED SERVICE DOGS SINCE 2005.
WE HAVE, UH, GIVEN 20 YEARS OF OUR LIFE, UH, TO PROVIDING DOGS FOR THE BLIND TO DOING SEARCH AND RESCUE DOGS.
AND AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE IKE AND WE'VE RAISED HIM AND TAUGHT HIM AS WELL.
AND HE HAD A PREDECESSOR, HIS NAME WAS EMERSON.
EMERSON SERVED THIS CITY FOR NINE YEARS AND HE DID A FANTASTIC JOB.
EMERSON ACTUALLY WAS, UH, ONE OF THE VERY FIRST, UH, OF HIS TYPE OF DOG TO BE USED IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND IN 2009, WE BROUGHT EMERSON ON AS THE FIRST IN ORANGE COUNTY, A COMFORT CANINE.
AND SO EMERSON AND I WOULD GO OUT AND HELP PEOPLE.
I'VE HAD MANY PEOPLE TALK TO ME ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GREAT TRIBUTE TO EMERSON TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM IN THIS NEW DOG PARK.
AND SO TONIGHT, I'M JUST BRINGING THAT UP BEFORE THE COUNCIL TO SEE IF THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT YOU FEEL WOULD BE A GOOD THING TOO, TO JUST, UH, RECOGNIZE HIM AS BEING OUR FIRST COMFORT CANINE.
OF COURSE, IKE IS WORKING IN THAT CAPACITY NOW, BUT HE IS MORE THAN HAPPY TO SEE HIS, UH, HIS, HIS
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TONIGHT.
I JUST NEEDED TO BRING THAT UP.
MANY PEOPLE HAVE TALKED TO ME ABOUT IT AND I SHOW, I SHARED WITH THEM THAT I WOULD COME BEFORE YOU, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AT LENGTH THAT DAY.
SO IT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO ASK WHAT WOULD BE THE PROCEDURE TO, TO NAME THE, THE DOG PARK, THE EMERSON DOG PARK.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROTOCOL WOULD BE, BUT I KNOW IF YOU NEED A MOTION TO GET THAT PROCESS STARTED, IT WOULD COME FROM ME.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A SECOND, BUT I THINK THAT'S A, A VERY NICE IDEA.
I MAKE A MOTION TO AGENDIZE IT.
YEAH, WE CAN, EITHER THAT OR IF COUNCIL'S, UH, TONIGHT DIRECTS US TO PASS THAT IN, UM, REQUEST ALONG TO THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION AS PART OF THIS NAMING.
THEY CAN EVALUATE BOTH AND COME BACK WITH BOTH.
IT'S UP, IT'S UP TO COUNCIL, HOWEVER YOU'D LIKE TO HANDLE THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION.
I'LL, UH, I WILL, UH, BACK, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ'S, UH, MOTION TO, UH, TO AGENDIZE THAT FOR A FUTURE.
MIKE, UH, UH, PLEASE, UH, LOVE AND BEST WISHES TO IKE.
A LITTLE EXTRA LOVE AND KIBBLE FOR HIM WHEN YOU GET HOME.
WELL, BELIEVE ME, HE'S, HE'S MILKING IT.
UH, TO BE CLEAR THOUGH, THIS IS AN, THIS WAS AN OFF-DUTY INCIDENT, THOUGH, CORRECT? THIS WAS OFF DUTY, CORRECT? YES.
YES, MR. MAYOR, UH, MR. CRAWL, I'M SORRY, SIR, BEFORE YOU LEAVE.
UM, AND, AND I HEARD WHAT YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT SECURITY, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ADDRESSED, UH, UNDER THE POLICE.
THAT IS, UH, OUR NUMBER ONE CONCERN, UH, NOT ONLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE PARK, BUT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY IN GENERAL, AND THAT WE DO, UH, SPEAK WITH OUR CHIEF AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THAT THEY GIVE US THE PROPER PROTOCOLS AND CONSULTATIONS THAT'S TELL US TO HOW PUBLIC SAFETY WILL BE, UH, WILL BE ADMINISTERED.
UM, AND AS FAR AS CAMERAS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, I'M HOPING THAT THAT'LL BE CONSIDERED, UH, WHENEVER WE DO, UH, CONSIDER THAT I'M RIGHT THERE WITH YOU, UH, BECAUSE, UH, THE LAST THING I WANT, UH, AND I'M SURE ANY OF OUR CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE WANT FOR ANY OF OUR OPEN SPACE PARKS, UH, UH, TO GO BY THE WAYSIDE AND NOT BE, UH, UH, PROPERLY, UH, UH, WATCHED AFTER.
SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR MENTIONING THAT.
UM, AND, UH, MR. MAYOR, UH, JUST AS WELL ON THIS, UH, SUBJECT OF THE, UH, OF THE RENAMING, UM, I WOULD, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN CONSIDER, UH, ADDING, UH, GRANDE VISTA, OR EXCUSE ME, VISTA GRANDE CENTENNIAL PARK AS A WHOLE.
UM, JUST, UH, JUST TO KEEP IN, IN LINE WITH SOME OF THE PARKS THAT WE HAVE.
FOR INSTANCE, OLD RESERVOIR PARK.
WE ADDED STEVE SIMON AND OLD RESERVOIR PARK, THE SAME WITH, UH, UM, EL CENTRO PARK.
WE ADDED, UH, LIONS TO THAT, THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY, UH, PROPOSAL.
I, I WAS KIND OF THINKING ALONG THE DIFFERENT LINE WHEN WE HAD ORIGINALLY NAMED IT.
IT WAS, UH, NAMED AFTER THE VERY DEAR, UH, VINCE SCULLY.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE VINCE SCULLY, UH, CENTENNIAL PARK, UH, NAME THERE.
AND IT MEANT SOMETHING TO HIM BECAUSE, UH, WHEN I, PRIOR TO HIS DEATH, I HAD VISITED HIM AND HIS DAUGHTER HAD LIVED HERE IN LAHABRA, AND HE ACTUALLY DROVE HER DOWN TO SHOW HER THE VERY FIRST, UH, FIELD NAMED AFTER HIM, THE FIRST PARK NAMED AFTER HIM.
AND THEN HE SAID IT WAS A DIRT PARKING LOT, AND HE WAS, YOU KNOW, HE WASN'T COMPLAINING ABOUT IT, BUT IT MEANT SOMETHING TO HIM.
AND I, I PROMISED HIM SOMEHOW WE WOULD, UH, RECOGNIZE HIM THE FACT.
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A, HE'S A TREASURE, AND NOT EVERY CITY CAN SAY THAT WE WERE THE FIRST TO NAME SOMETHING AFTER VINCE SCULLY.AND I KNOW THAT IF WE WERE TO DO THAT AND RECOGNIZE IT AS VINCE SCULLY, CENTENNIAL PARK AND SPORTS COMPLEX, OR, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN PLAY AROUND WITH THAT.
I KNOW THE DODGERS WOULD GET BEHIND IT.
WE HAVE THE EIGHT MILLIMETER FILM FROM BACK IN THE DAY, AND AFTER ALL, IT WAS ORIGINALLY NAMED AFTER HIM.
AND I KNOW IT WOULD MEAN A LOT TO HIM, UH, TO HIS FAMILY.
I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU THEN.
UH, YOU, YOU CAN EASILY SWAY ME ANYWAY TO THAT.
UH, BUT, UH, WHO WERE THE, UH, STARTING FOR INFIELDS IN THE LATE SEVENTIES FOR THE LA DODGERS? START WITH THIRD, THIRD BASE.
I CAN, I CAN, UH, RUSSELL LOES SAY RUSSELL.
I, I, I STILL KIND OF LEAN TOWARDS JUST SOMETHING CLEAN AND SIMPLE LIKE, AND WE GO OUT TO THE OUTFIELD.
WE CAN SAY DUSTY BAKER, RICK MONDAY, AND REGGIE SMITH.
LEMME JUST GET THIS ONE STRANGE OUT 59.
I'M STILL LEANING TOWARDS JUST CENTENNIAL PARK, BUT I CAN BE SWAYED AS WELL.
SO I DON'T KNOW, LET'S SEE HOW ROSE AND CARRIE FEEL ABOUT IT.
BUT I JUST LIKE THE CLARITY OF CENTENNIAL PARK AT THE MOMENT AGAIN.
WELL, I'D LIKE TO, LET ME GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION TO SEE WHERE, LET'S ASK, LET'S ASK OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
ARE THEY, WELL, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, MY FATHER WAS A VERY BIG DODGER FAN.
UM, AND KNOWING THE HISTORY OF VISTA GRANDE, UM, TO PUT THAT IN THERE AS THE VIN SCULLY CENTENNIAL, I MEAN, WE WILL GET 'EM BOTH IN THERE.
UM, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT LAHABRA COULD BE PROUD OF.
AND I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF ANGEL FANS IN LAHABRA, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE MAJORITY ARE DODGER FANS.
WELL, VINCE SCULLY TRANSCENDED THOSE, UH, BROADCASTING LINES.
HE'S, HE'S WORLD RENOWNED, SO HALL OF FAME AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZED BY THE PRESIDENT AND ORIGINALLY, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS ORIGINALLY NAMED AFTER HIM.
WAY BACK IN THE DAY, WE HAVE THE EIGHT MILLIMETER FILM.
WE LOVE TO, WELL, ROSE DOESN'T HAVE A COMMENT, SO YOU MAKE THE MOTION.
UH, MY LORD, MY LORD, MY LORD.
WHEN I NEED SOMETHING, I DON'T COUNT.
UH, I LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO CONSIDER, ANYWAY, I, I, I'LL JUST MAKE IT SIMPLE.
I HEREBY MAKE A MOTION TO CONSIDER THE RENAMING OF VISTA GRANDE PARK, UH, IN MEMORY OF, UH, VINCE SCULLY, TO NAME IT.
VINCE SCULLY, UH, CENTENNIAL PARK AND SPORTS COMPLEX.
AND THAT ITEM PASSES FOUR ONE.
SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, YOU, THE MOTION WAS TO RENAME IT WITHOUT GOING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION OR GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, CORRECT.
THAT'S THAT THE COUNCIL HAS ESTABLISHED FOR NAMING A PARKS.
AND SO THE NAME NOW IS GONNA BE VINCE SCULLY, CENTENNIAL PARK AND SPORTS COMPLEX.
AND WE DON'T HAVE SPORTS FIELDS THERE THOUGH.
THAT'S THE ONLY COMMENT I'D MAKE.
WAS IT YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO GO THROUGH THE COMMISSIONS? IT WAS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, BUT COUNCIL HAS THE, IS THIS COUNCIL POLICY IS, UH, POLICY 1.60 OF RENAMING FACILITIES TO GO THROUGH THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSIONS.
COUNSEL CAN DECIDE NOT TO FOLLOW ITS POLICY AT ITS OWN DISCRETION.
CERTAINLY IT'S A POLICY DECISION.
SO YOU CAN MAKE THE POLICY DETERMINATION, BUT IN RECOGNITION OF OUR PRO OUR PROCESS AND HAVING HONOR THAT PROCESS, THIS SEEMS MORE APPROPRIATE FOR YOU GUYS TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION TO THAT PROCESS.
LET THEM CONSIDER IT, COME BACK WITH THEIR, UH, APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF THAT THAT PROCESS WAS BYPASSED WHEN STEVE SIMONIA RESERVOIR PARK WAS NAMED.
YOU DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE COMMISSIONS.
UM, SO IT'S, IT IS COUNCIL'S DIRECTION TO STAFF HOW YOU WANT US TO DO IT.
IT DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA BE A COUNCIL DETERMINATION.
IF YOU DO WANT TO GO THROUGH THE COM, UH, TO THE DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS PER THE POLICY, WHAT YOU CAN DO IS MAKE A MOTION OF THE NAMES THAT YOU WOULD WANT THEM TO CONSIDER AND, AND COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION OR LIKE WHAT YOU DID JUST NOW IS NAME IT.
NOW, IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE NAME, WE'RE GONNA NEED ANOTHER VOTE.
WELL, MY CONCERN IS THE ADDITION OF THE SPORTS.
DID YOU, DID YOUR MOTION INCLUDE SPORTS? YEAH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE, UH, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO THOUGH RIGHT.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY BASEBALL FIELDS OR NO, NOT BASEBALL, BUT SOCCER OR WHATEVER.
IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A RECREATIONAL PARK FOR FAMILIES.
IT'S GOT VOLLEYBALL, TENNIS COURT, I MEAN PICKLEBALL, UM, BASKETBALL, BUT NOTHING LIKE, WELL, I THINK WHAT WE WANTED, DO WE WANT IT TO BE VINCE SCULLY
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CENTENNIAL PARK, PERIOD? WELL THEN WE DO, WE NEED TO REMAKE, REMAKE THE MOTION.I MAKE A MOTION HEREBY TO NAME THAT PARK VINCE SCULLY CENTENNIAL PARK.
SO JUST AT A POINT OF ORDER THAT IS THE MOTION.
DICK DOES, DO THEY NEED TO THEN WITHDRAW THEIR PRIOR MOTION? THEY ALREADY TOOK A VOTE.
SO YOU'LL HAVE TO WITHDRAW THAT.
IT'D BE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER.
MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE NAMING TO VINCE SCULLY CENTENNIAL PARK.
SO YOU SECOND AND VOTE ON THAT.
I WILL SECOND THAT AND VOTE ON THAT.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION TO RECONSIDER SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION? SO NOW YOU'RE RECONSIDERED.
SO IT'S, UH, I WONDER IF WE SHOULD DO IT ELECTRONICALLY THEN IN THAT CASE THAT'S FINE FOR THE RECORD.
FOUR ONE COUNCILOR ROSE VOTING KNOW.
AND THEN NOW THE MOTION IS TO NAME THE PARK.
I MAKE THE MOTION TO HEREBY, UH, RENAME THE PARK TO VINCE SCULLY CENTENNIAL PARK.
JUST WAITING FOR ONE MORE VOTE.
AND THAT MOTION PASSES FOR WHEN.
[2. CONSIDER A DESIGNATION OF VOTING DELEGATE AND ALTERNATES AND A RESOLUTION TO BE CONSIDERED BY VOTING MEMBERS DURING THE 2024 LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES (CAL CITIES) CONFERENCE IN LONG BEACH FROM OCTOBER 16-18, 2024 That the City Council: A. Designate a voting delegate and up to two (2) alternate voting delegates to attend the League of California Cities (Cal Cities) Annual Conference in Long Beach, October 16-18, 2024; and B. Provide direction to the City of La Habra voting delegate and alternate voting delegates regarding a resolution that will be considered by the voting members during the 2024 Cal Cities Annual Conference.]
SECOND CONSIDERATION ITEM.UH, SECOND CONSIDERATION ITEM IS TITLED, CONSIDER A DESIGNATION OF VOTING DELEGATES AND ALTERNATIVES AND A RESOLUTION TO BE CONSIDERED BY VOTING MEMBERS DURING THE 2024 LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITY'S CAL CITY CONFERENCE IN LONG BEACH FROM OCTOBER 16TH THROUGH THE 18TH, 2024.
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM THE MANAGEMENT ANALYST FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
EACH YEAR THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES HOSTS AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE FOR ITS MEMBER CITIES.
THIS YEAR THE CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD IN LONG BEACH FROM OCTOBER 16TH TO THE 18TH.
THAT IS A WEDNESDAY TO A FRIDAY.
ON THE LAST DAY OF THAT CONFERENCE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18TH, LEAGUE MEMBERS WILL CONSIDER AND VOTE UPON RE RESOLUTIONS THAT ESTABLISH LEAK POLICY FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE TO CAST A VOTE DURING THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THE COUNCIL MUST FIRST DESIGNATE A VOTING MEMBER FROM AMONG ITS MEMBERS.
THE COUNCIL MAY ALSO DELEGATE UP TO TWO ALTERNATES WHO WOULD ACT IN PLACE OF THE VOTING DELEGATE SHOULD HE OR SHE BE UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE ON THE 18TH OF OCTOBER.
THE VOTING DELEGATE OR ALTERNATE MUST BE IN ATTENDANCE TO CAST THEIR VOTE FOR THE CITY ON PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS.
THIS YEAR, ONE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN INTRODUCED FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
THE RESOLUTION TITLE READS A RESOLUTION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES CALLING FOR THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE TO ENACT LAWS THAT ENSURE THAT WHAT APPLIES TO ONE APPLIES TO ALL IN THE FAIR AND EQUAL TREATMENT OF ALL GOVERNMENTAL OFF OFFICIALS AT ALL LEVELS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
THIS RESOLUTION BROUGHT FORTH TO CAL CITIES IN RESPONSE TO CONCERNS ABOUT THE PERCEIVED UNEQUAL TREATMENT OF LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTAL OFFICIALS.
UNDER CURRENT CALIFORNIA LAW SEEKS TO ADDRESS THE DISCREPANCY WHERE CERTAIN LAWS AND REGULATIONS APPLY SOLELY TO LOCAL OFFICIALS, BUT NOT TO SLATE STATE LEGISLATORS.
THE END GOAL OF THIS RESOLUTION IS TO ENSURE FAIRNESS AND EQUAL TREATMENT ACROSS ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT.
UM, IN ADDITION, AT A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL ON MAY 6TH, 2024, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED AND DIRECTED STAFF TO DRAFT A RESOLUTION IN RESPONSE TO SB 1439 TO ADDRESS THE DISCRE DISCREPANCY WHERE CERTAIN LAWS AND REGULATIONS APPLY SOLELY TO LOCAL OFFICIALS BUT NOT TO STATE LEGISLATORS.
THE CITY COUNCIL FURTHER DIRECTED STAFF TO WORK WITH THE LEAGUE, CALIFORNIA CITIES OR OTHER ADV ADVOCACY GROUPS TO DRAFT A RESOLUTION.
STAFF CONTACTED THE LEAGUE, CALIFORNIA CITIES AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE UM, CAL CITIES WOULD NOT TAKE ANY ACTION UNTIL THE RESOLUTION IS CONSIDERED AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING AT, UM, IN OCTOBER.
THEREFORE, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE VOTING DELEGATE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON OCTOBER 18TH.
IF APPROVED, THE CITY WILL THEN WORK WITH CAL CITIES FOR FURTHER ACTION IF REQUIRED.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IS IT POSSIBLE FOR OUR DELEGATE TO APPEAR FOR THE, UH, OCTOBER 18TH VOTE, BUT NOT NECESSARILY BE THERE ON THE 16TH THROUGH THE 17TH? OR IS IT COMPULSORY THAT OUR DELEGATE BE PRESENT FOR ALL THREE DAYS? NO, YOU CAN ONLY REGISTER FOR ONE DAY OR THREE DAYS.
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SO IF YOU ONLY PLAN TO GO TO THE FRIDAY VOTING, YOU HAVE THAT OPTION.I'LL JUST SAY THAT I, I UNDERSTAND, UH, EARLIER THAT THERE'S CONFLICTS, UH, UH, THAT I HAVE AND THAT, UH, MAYOR PROMOSA HAS AND COUNCIL MEMBER S HAS.
SO THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OBVIOUSLY, THAT, UM, WHO YOU ARE, YOU WERE THE PREVIOUS DELEGATE.
I KNOW THAT THE CONFLICT IS ON A THURSDAY EVENING, RIGHT? THIS VOTING IS ON A FRIDAY.
ROSE, ARE YOU THE DELEGATE NOW? I'VE ALWAYS BEEN ELECTED THE DELEGATE.
YOU'VE BEEN DELEGATE, BUT I'M OFFERING IT TO ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO GO.
BUT IF, IF, IF NOBODY WANTS TO ACER YOU, YOU'RE WILLING TO GO ON FRIDAY AND MAYBE ACTUALLY, MR. MAYOR, BEFORE YOU GET INTO DELIBERATIONS, I'D UM, UH, RECOMMEND YOU ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
WELL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THOUGH, RIGHT NOW FROM US BEFORE WE OPEN UP? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO.
ANYBODY FROM THE AUDIENCE LIKING TO TESTIFY ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE CLOSED.
SO, AS WE WERE SAYING,
AND, AND VOTING IN SUPPORT, IF THAT'S WHAT THE COUNCIL WANTS.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, APPOINT ROSA SPINOZA, MAYOR PRO TEM ROSA SPINOZA AS OUR DELEGATE.
I WILL, UH, I WILL SECOND THAT AS WELL.
DO WE DO TWO ALTERNATES AS WELL? YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY IS THAT THE BODY OF THE MOTION INCLUDE THE DELEGATE AND THE ALTERNATES OR SEPARATE MOTIONS.
CAN, YOU CAN ASSIGN THE DELEGATES, UM, AT THE SAME TIME AND ALSO WOULD NEED TO, UH, PROVIDE DIRECTION TO, TO THE, UM, VOTING MEMBER.
WELL, THAT'S A SECOND MOTION, RIGHT? THAT'S A SECOND MOTION FOR THE ALTERNATES.
ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE DELEGATE.
UH, THAT PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION PASSES 5 1 5 OH, I'M SO SORRY.
NOW THE NEXT PART IS, DO YOU WANNA NAME AN ALTERNATE COUNCIL MEMBER SEARCH? WOULD YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST IN SERVING AS AN ALTERNATE? I'M NOT AVAILABLE ON THE 18TH.
ON THE 18TH, DOES THE, UH, CITY MANAGER QUALIFY AS A VOTING? YES.
I'D LIKE TO HEREBY, UH, NOMINATE JIM STA GENERALLY ROSE AND I SIT TOGETHER.
THE CITY ATTORNEY, HE REPRESENTED WEST FINNER THAT TIME AND HE WAS THE ONE THAT VOTED DELEGATE SINCE DICK WILL BE THERE ANYWAY.
I'M SURE THIS, I'M SURE THE CITY MANAGER WOULD LIKE.
I, I, SECOND JIM'S MOTION POST DRAWS YOU GUYS.
AND THAT MOTION ALSO PASSES FIVE ZERO.
IF I MAY, MR. MAYOR, I DIDN'T, UH, UH, A COMMENT ON THAT.
SO THE GENERAL PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS, UH, THAT, UH, IN, IN SOME OF THESE CASES, UH, THERE ARE CONFLICTS, UH, THAT OCCUR.
UH, PERSONAL CONFLICTS, UH, I STILL WORK FULL-TIME.
UM, SO THERE'S A CONFLICT FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO SHOW UP, UNFORTUNATELY.
BUT JUST THE SAME, IT'S, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
ALTHOUGH YOU SEE THE BANTER UP HERE, WE DO WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT, UH, THAT WE ALWAYS DO HAVE A DELEGATE THERE.
AND THAT, UH, OUR, OUR FOCUS AND, UH, ON THESE RESOLUTIONS THAT WE ARE ALL, UH, IN, IN UNISON SUPPORTING, UH, WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR OUR CITY AND, UH, AND TO SUPPORT THESE, UH, THESE INITIATIVES AS WELL.
WELL, AND ALSO FOLLOWING THE NEXT VOTE IS YOU'RE GONNA BE GIVING SPECIFIC DIRECTION CORRECT.
AND THAT IS AN IMPORTANT ITEM TOO, THAT WE'RE VOTING ON.
I, I DON'T WANNA SHORTCHANGE THAT, SO, ALRIGHT.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR CONSIDERATION ITEMS FOR THIS EVENING.
WE NEED, YOU NEED TO MAKE A MOTION ON HOW TO, UM, WHAT DIRECTION YOU WANT TO GIVE TO YOUR DELEGATE TO VOTE ON THAT RESOLUTION.
YOU WANT DELEGATE TO VOTE FOR OR AGAINST THE RESOLUTION.
I WOULD, I WOULD MAKE THE MOTION FOR OUR DELEGATE TO, UH, VOTE FOR THE RESOLUTION AND, UH, THAT RESOLUTION, UH, I'LL READ IT AGAIN.
UH, RESOLUTION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES CALLING FOR THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE TO ENACT LAWS THAT ENSURE THAT WHAT APPLIES TO ONE APPLIES TO ALL IN FAIR AND EQUAL TREATMENT OF ALL GOVERNMENTAL OFFICIALS AT ALL LEVELS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
AND I'LL SECOND MOTION A SECOND VOTE, PLEASE.
SO, THAT CONCLUDES OUR CONSIDERATION ITEMS. WE MOVE ON TO, UH, THE MAYOR'S COMMUNITY
[ MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR:]
CALENDAR.SO JOIN US FOR MOVIES IN THE PARK.
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LAUNCH CHAIRS AND COME WATCH A MOVIE ON OUR GIANT MOVIE SCREEN.JAWS WILL BE SHOWN THIS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH, BEGINNING AT 6:00 PM AT PORTOLA PARK, 2300 WEST LAMBERT ROAD.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4200.
THE BIG CALIFORNIA COASTAL CLEANUP IS ALMOST HERE.
JOIN US FOR THE 2024 INTERCOASTAL CLEANUP THIS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST FROM 8:00 AM UNTIL NOON AT COYOTE CREEK BIKEWAY, 2000 WEST IMPERIAL HIGHWAY.
NEXT TO THE AT AND T STORE, VOLUNTEERS ARE INVITED TO HELP REMOVE TRASH AND DEBRIS FROM A PORTION OF THE COYOTE CREEK CHANNEL AS PART OF KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY CLEAN.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT LYDIA RAMIREZ AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 1 5 1.
JOIN US FOR OUR MONTHLY SENIOR DANCES.
JOIN US THIS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND FROM 2:00 PM UNTIL 4:00 PM AT THE LA HABER COMMUNITY CENTER FOR A SUNDAY AFTERNOON OF LIVE MUSIC, DANCING, RAFFLES, AND DINNER.
COST IS $8 PER PERSON AND PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
RESERVE YOUR SPACE IN PERSON AT THE LA HABER COMMUNITY CENTER, OR BY PHONE BY CALLING (562) 383-4200.
CELEBRATE THE LA HABER HOST LIONS ANNUAL CORN FESTIVAL ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11TH TO SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13TH AT PORTOLA PARK COMMUNITY PARADE WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12TH, BEGINNING AT 9:30 AM ENJOY MANY RIDES AND ATTRACTIONS, GAMES AND CRAFT BOOTHS, FOOD VENDORS, LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, AND FRESH CORN.
FOR INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT LION SHARE, RANDY MCMILLAN AT 5 6 2 4 5 8 1 7 7.
DROP OFF YOUR KIDS WITH US AND ENJOY AN EVENING TO YOURSELF ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18TH FROM 6:00 PM UNTIL 10:30 PM AT THE LA HABER COMMUNITY CENTER.
1 0 1 WEST LA HABER BOULEVARD.
COST IS $20 PER CHILD, AGES FOUR THROUGH 12 YEARS.
THERE WILL BE GAMES, CRAFTS, A MOVIE STACKS AND DINNER WILL BE PROVIDED.
REGISTER YOUR CHILD ONLINE, IN PERSON AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER OR BY PHONE BY CALLING (562) 383-4200.
THE CITY'S PLANNING COMMISSION MEETS ON THE SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 6:30 PM IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER.
AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION MEETS ON THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH OF EACH MONTH AT 6:30 PM IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER.
CALIFORNIANS ARE STILL BEING ASKED TO CONSERVE WATER.
PLEASE REMEMBER, IRRIGATION IS LIMITED TO THREE TIMES PER WEEK WITH NO MORE THAN 15 MINUTES WATERING PER STATION, AND NO RUNOFF AND TURN OFF IRRIGATION PRIOR TO AND FOLLOWING RAIN.
PLEASE NOTE THAT LINE IRRIGATION IS PROHIBITED BETWEEN 10:00 AM TO 4:00 PM AS IS THE WASHING OF HARD SURFACE, SUCH AS SIDEWALKS AND DRIVEWAYS.
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TIPS ON HOW YOU CAN HELP CONSERVE WATER DURING THE DROUGHT, PLEASE CONTACT LAHABRA PUBLIC WORKS AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 1 7 0.
SO, ANY COMMENTS FROM STAFF THIS EVENING? UH, NONE, MR. MAYOR.
[ COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS:]
MY LEFT TO RIGHT.WELL, A BIG THANK YOU TO STAFF AS ALWAYS FOR PUTTING TOGETHER ALL THE INFORMATION ON THE DIFFERENT, UM, ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR HARD WORK AND RECOGNIZING ALL OF THOSE CENTRAL DRUGS, OUR, UM, HR DEPARTMENTS AND THE, UM, ALZHEIMER'S, UM, THAT IS SO, IT'S NEAR AND DEAR BECAUSE I, I HAD A MOM WHO WAS GOING THROUGH THAT, UM, DURING THE LAST PART OF HER, HER TIME WITH US.
AND IT IS HARD ON THE FAMILIES.
UM, A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO RECOGNIZE WHO THEY ARE ANYMORE OR WHO YOU ARE.
UM, SO I WISH I WOULD'VE HAD THE KNOWLEDGE PRIOR TO MY MOM EXPERIENCING THIS, KNOWING WHAT SHE WAS GOING THROUGH ANYWAY, SO I I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, THIS WEEKEND WAS BUSY FOR A LOT OF, UM, THE HABER HOST LIONS, AND THEY DID THEIR EYESIGHT, UH, EVENT, WHICH WAS ALWAYS, UH, A WONDERFUL EVENT TO SEE FROM THE SMALL KIDS TO THE, UM, THE GRANDPARENTS GETTING THEIR EYES EXAMINED FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, GETTING GLASSES FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.
I SPOKE TO A YOUNG MAN WHO WAS THERE, UM, FOR HIS JOB THAT HE DOES AT WORK.
UM, HE WORE CONTACTS, BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, HE WA HE'S NOT ABLE TO USE HIS CONTACTS DURING HIS WORK HOURS, UH, FOR WHATEVER JOB.
AND SO HE WAS SO EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO GET GLASSES THAT HE WAS GONNA BE ABLE TO, UM, CONTINUE DOING HIS JOB VERY WELL.
UM, SO THAT WAS REALLY GOOD TO SEE.
AND THEN ON SATURDAY, UM, ATTENDED, UM, A WORLD WAR II VETERANS 99TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION HERE IN LA HABRA AND OUR AMERICAN LEGION POST 2, 6 7 WERE THERE.
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WISH HIM, WISH HIM WELL, HIS 99 YEARS, UM, HERE YEAR PROTECTING OUR, OUR, UH, ALL OF US.SO IT WAS MR. MR. RUBIN CARLOS, WORLD WAR II NAVY VETERAN.
UM, AND WE WISH HIM WELL FOR THE FUTURE YEARS TO COME.
HE WAS, HE WAS A, A WONDERFUL YOUNG MAN TO SIT AND TALK TO, SO IT WAS A, A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR ME.
MY DAD WAS A WORLD WAR II VETERAN, SO THAT'S ALL I GOT.
UH, NOT TO REPEAT WHAT, WHAT CARRIE HAD SAID.
I'LL JUST GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WANT TO THANK, UH, KELLY FU JOE AND HER STAFF.
WE HAD, UH, HORRIBLE DOG DAYS IN THE SUMMER, 107 UP TO A HUNDRED TEN ONE DAY IN LA HABRA.
AND ON A SHORT NOTICE, YOU PUT IT TOGETHER AGAIN.
AND THEN KIM AS WELL, AND ALL THE STAFF OVER THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, YOU LIVE TO YOUR MOTTO.
YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
THERE'S NEVER ANY GRUMBLING OR WHATEVER.
YOU GUYS SUCK IT UP AND MAKE IT HAPPEN.
AND ALSO, I WANT TO THANK PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
I KNOW, UH, ALBERT ELIAS, YOU SEND YOUR STAFF OUT THERE WORKING TOGETHER.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO SAY, WELL, THIS IS MY JOB, THIS IS MY JOB, THIS IS MY DEPARTMENT, THIS IS YOUR DEPARTMENT, WHATEVER.
YOU GUYS BROUGHT IT TOGETHER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
LIKE I SAID, NEVER GET A PEEP OR A COMPLAINT OUTTA YOU GUYS.
I KNOW THOSE RESIDENTS WERE VERY, UH, HAPPY AND VERY GRATEFUL TO BE OUT THERE, AND IT MADE ME HAPPY TO DRIVE BY THERE AND SEEING KIDS, YOU KNOW, BEAT THE HEAT.
THE ONLY THING I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS, UH, WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE A VERY SUCCESSFUL STATE OF THE CITY EVENT.
WE HAD ON AUGUST 28TH, WE HAD ABOUT 300 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THAT EVENT.
I THINK THERE WERE 600 IN THE COUNTY ROCK.
UH, I CERTAINLY WISH THAT WERE TRUE, THAT'S TRUE.
BUT NONETHELESS, IT WAS A PRETTY FULL ROOM.
AND, UH, I'D, I'D LIKE TO TAKE MORE CREDIT FOR IT THAN I'M ENTITLED TO, BECAUSE REALLY THE PRESENTATION WAS PUT TOGETHER MASTERFULLY BY STAFF.
IT WAS, UH, MR. SADRO, IT WAS, UH, BRIANNA HERD, IT WAS GABBY APP.
IT WAS ALL THESE FOLKS WHO WORKED TOGETHER AS A TEAM TO REALLY PUT TOGETHER A GREAT PRESENTATION THAT REALLY FOCUSED ON WHAT'S MOST CRITICAL FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE CITY.
AND THAT'S HOW WE FINANCE, UH, ALL THE SERVICES, ALL THE RESOURCES THAT THE CITY OF LA HARBOR OFFERS.
THE IMPORTANCE, THE PRIMACY, EVEN OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T EXPLAIN ENOUGH TO FOLKS THAT 70% OF OUR BUDGET IS DEDICATED EXCLUSIVELY TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND WE DO EVERYTHING ELSE YOU SEE FROM PUBLIC WORKS TO THESE SOCIAL PRO, THESE, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS ON THAT REMAINING 30%.
SO, AND I AND I SPOKE A BIT ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW, AND THAT IS SPECIFICALLY WITH RELATION TO THE LA COUNTY FIRE CONTRACT, WHICH INCREASED OUR COSTS BY $3.5 MILLION A YEAR BEGINNING THIS YEAR.
SO IT HAS REQUIRED A LOT OF ADJUSTMENT.
IT'S REQUIRED CUTS ACROSS ALL CITY BUDGETS TO THE TUNE OF A LITTLE OVER 6%.
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE DOING OUR VERY BEST WITH WHAT WE HAVE AND THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT NOT NOTICEABLE TO THE AVERAGE CITIZEN THAT WE'VE MADE THOSE CUTS.
BECAUSE OUR COMMITMENT AS A COUNCIL IS TO ALWAYS BALANCE THE BUDGET AND WE WILL ALWAYS CUT TO FIT AND MAKE IT WORK.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A CREDIT CARD OR, OR BORROWING TO MAKE THIS CITY RUN.
WE WILL ALWAYS BALANCE OUR BOOKS.
SO THE ULTIMATE MESSAGE, I THINK FOR THE STATE OF THE CITY WAS THAT THE STATE OF LA HABRA IS SOUND.
AND WE HAVE AN AWFUL LOT OF, GENERALLY VERY CONTENT, VERY SATISFIED RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS WHO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE COMMUNITY WHERE MOST PEOPLE ARE QUITE HAPPY.
NOT THAT WE DON'T HAVE CHALLENGES AND OCCASIONAL ISSUES.
I TALK TO FOLKS ALL THE TIME THAT ARE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR CITY TREE AND THEIR PARKWAY.
AND I CAN, STUFF LIKE THAT WE CAN FIX EASILY.
BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE HAVE WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DESCRIBED TO ME AS KIND OF A SEVEN SQUARE MILE OASIS OF GENERAL CALM AND QUALITY OF LIFE THAT IS VERY HIGH.
SO I TRIED TO HIT THAT ON THE NOSE AS HARD AS I COULD AT THE STATE OF THE CITY.
AND, UH, THANKS TO STAFF PUTTING TOGETHER A, A GREAT SLIDESHOW AND FANTASTIC VIDEOS, I THINK THE MESSAGE WAS VERY EFFECTIVE.
AND, UH, I THINK THE AUDIENCE WAS VERY SATISFIED WITH WHAT THEY HEARD.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL OF THAT.
UH, THE ONLY OTHER THING I'LL MENTION IS THAT I HAVE SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO ON THURSDAY, AND THAT'S THAT, UH, CHIEF ADAM FOSTER HAS BEEN GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO ALLOW ME A RIDE ALONG WITH HIS DEPARTMENT.
BUT IT'S NOT JUST YOUR EVERYDAY RIDE ALONG.
THIS IS GONNA BE ON AN ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE CONTRAPTION, WHICH I BELIEVE IS CALLED, IS IT THE KOMODO? LIKE THE, LIKE THE DRAGON.
SO IT'S THIS OFF THE ROAD VEHICLE THAT TYPICALLY OFFICERS USE TO PATROL THE, UH, RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY.
SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY OFFROADING AND IT'S AN, AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF PATROL BECAUSE THIS AREA IS, IS SECLUDED, UH, IT'S, UH, FREQUENTED OCCASIONALLY BY THOSE WHO WOULD, UH, UH, SEEK TO CONCEAL THEMSELVES AND ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES THAT ARE TYPICALLY ILLEGAL.
SO I'LL BE JOINING THE OFFICER ON
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THURSDAY MORNING FOR THAT AND IT'S GONNA BE VERY ILLUMINATING.AND I'LL REPORT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY WHAT MY EXPERIENCE IS LIKE.
AND IF FOR SOME REASON I DON'T COME BACK, YOU'RE RUNNING THE MEETING NEXT TIME.
BUT ASIDE FROM THAT, THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.
THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM, MR. MR. MAYOR, REAL QUICK.
TYPICALLY THE BEST VIEWS OF THOSE AREA OUT THERE ARE LIKE, ARE SIX IN THE MORNING, JUST SAY SIX IN THE MORNING.
HE'S BAITING ME 'CAUSE HE KNOWS I'M NOT A MORNING PERSON.
THANK YOU CHIEF FOR THE 10 O'CLOCK TIME.
ALRIGHT, WELL, I'D JUST LIKE TO REPORT OUT THAT ON AUGUST 22ND I ATTENDED THE ORANGE COUNTY, UH, FORUM OF HER EARLY CHILDHOOD AT THE HYATT REGIS IN IRVINE.
UH, SCOTT, I WENT THERE BECAUSE, UH, SCOTT MILLER AND THE LA HARBOR COLLABORATIVE WAS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE PANELIST GROUPS THERE WHO SPOKE ON, ON THE SUBJECT OF CHILDREN IN EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND THE ROLES OF PARENTS AND SCHOOLS WITH THESE CHILDREN.
AND IT WAS, UM, VERY INTERESTING.
UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE ALL VERY BUSY, SO WE HAVE JUST A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE CAN GO, BUT I WAS HAPPY TO ATTEND THAT.
ON THAT SAME EVENING, I ATTENDED THE, UM, THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES, UH, UH, UH, ELECTION.
I HAVE BEEN THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE FOURTH DISTRICT IN ORANGE COUNTY HERE AS A LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE.
AND I AM HONORED TO SAY THAT I WAS REELECTED AGAIN AS THE FOURTH DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE.
AND, UH, AT THE, A WHILE AFTER THAT, UH, THE PRESIDENT OF THE, UH, LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITY FOR ORANGE COUNTY AND OUR, UH, COMMUNITY AFFAIRS PERSON, CONNOR MEDINA, ASKED IF I WOULD CONSIDER JOINING THE 20 24 25 CAL CITY'S ADVANCING EQUITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS THE ORANGE COUNTY DIVISION REPRESENTATIVE.
UH, SO I, UH, WHILE I, WE ALL ARE BUSY, I SAID YES BECAUSE IT IS DURING THE DAY HOURS, DAY HOURS.
I DO HAVE SOME TIME, EVENING HOURS, I DON'T, UH, BUT I ALWAYS WANT LA HARBOR TO BE REPRESENTED AND TO BE ASKED TO REPRESENT ORANGE COUNTY IS JUST ANOTHER FEATHER IN THE CITY OF LA HARBOR'S CAP.
THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN TASKED WITH TWO GOALS.
ONE IS PROVIDING SUPPORT TO CITIES WITH A GOAL OF STRENGTHENING THEIR CAPACITY TO ELIMINATE RACIAL DISPARITY, HEAL RACIAL DIVISIONS, AND BUILD A MORE EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES.
AND THE SECOND IS TRANSLATING CAL CITY'S ORGANIZATIONAL DIVERSITY GOALS INTO INTENTIONAL AND CONSISTENT PRACTICES AT ALL LEVELS OF THE ORGANIZATION.
I'M EAGER TO LEARN WHAT THEY, THEY WILL HAVE US DO, UH, THE FIRST COMMITTEE, THE VIRTUAL ONE AS UH, WILL THE OTHER FOUR FOR THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.
AND OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE, OUR FIRST MEETING WILL BE OCTOBER THE FOURTH, UH, FROM 10 TO 12:00 PM SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, MR. MAYOR, YOU WERE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR HOW LONG? 30 YEARS? UH, THAT WOULD BE 30 YEARS.
SO WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME IS THAT, UH, NOW AFTER BEING RETIRED FOR WHAT, 10 YEARS? 10 YEARS THAT IS RIGHT.
I'VE FORGOTTEN EVERYTHING I LEARNED.
AND, UH, AND YOU'RE DONE GETTING UP EARLY, IF ANYTHING, 30 YEARS OF GETTING UP EARLY, YOU SAID NO MORE.
ACTUALLY I HAVE SAID THAT BEFORE.
I THINK THREE DECADES OF GETTING UP EARLY IS, IS ENOUGH.
WOULDN'T YOU AGREE, ROSE? OH, ABSOLUTELY.
CHIEF, JUST MAKE SURE THEY DON'T LET HIM DRIVE THAT KOMODO, PLEASE.
YEAH, AND I MEAN, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA ASK FOR SOME PICTURES.
I'M GONNA SHARE THEM ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA.
RIDES A KOMODO DRAGON IS WHAT I'M GONNA RIDES A KOMODO DRAGON.
ALL JOKING ASIDE, I, I TOO WANTED TO THANK OUR, UH, OUR CITY STAFF.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO, KELLY AND YOUR GROUP, UH, THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR TAKING THAT LAST MINUTE, UH, UH, REQUESTING.
WE APPRECIATE IT, OUR RESIDENTS APPRECIATE IT.
AND, UH, GABBY, OF COURSE, AND BRIANNE AND ALL THOSE WHO, UH, WHO MAKE THE MAGIC HAPPEN HERE BECAUSE IT, IT REALLY IS NOT MAGIC.
IT'S HARD WORK, UH, THAT THEY MAKE HAPPEN.
SO WE WANTED TO THANK YOU, UH, AND, UH, AND THANK OUR POLICE CHIEF AS WELL FOR CONTINUING TO, UH, TO KEEP THE CITY SAFE AND, UH, MEL FOR, UH, KEEPING THE, UH, THE CITY AFLOAT OF COURSE, AND, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE SPEND OUR MONEY THE RIGHT WAY.
UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, A BIG THANK YOU TO THE LIONS FOR THE, UH, FOR THE, UH, THE EYE EXAM, UH, EVENT THIS PAST SATURDAY.
UH, THE GIFT OF SIGHT, PROBABLY ONE OF THE BETTER, UH, GIFTS THAT YOU COULD GIVE, UH, MANKIND AS I'D LIKE TO SAY.
SO IT WAS GREAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
THANK YOU TO THE LIONS FOR CONTINUE TO DO WHAT YOU DO.
ALRIGHT, WHAT WE NEED TO DO NOW IS ADJOURN THE REGULAR MEETING AND THEN WE'RE GONNA RECONVENE AS THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
SO THE REGULAR MEETING THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOW ADJOURNED TO OCTOBER 7TH, 2024 AT 5:30 PM AND THE CITY COUNCIL CLOSED SESSION ROOM ONE 12 C 100 EAST LA HARBOR BOULEVARD, FOLLOWED BY THE REGULAR MEETING AT 6:30 PM IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER.