[ LA HABRA COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2024 6:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER 100 EAST LA HABRA BOULEVARD LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA 90631 ]
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SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH OUR INVOCATION AS WE GATHER TO CONSIDER CITY BUSINESS SET FORTH IN THE MEETING AGENDA TONIGHT.
THAT OUR HEARTS AND MINDS BE OPEN TO THE SPIRIT OF COMPASSION AND COLLABORATION.
MAY OUR DISCUSSIONS BE FILLED WITH WISDOM? OUR DECISIONS BE JUST, AND OUR ENDEAVORS BE A TESTAMENT TO THE STRENGTH THAT LIES WITHIN OUR COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCE AND DEDICATION.
LET US BE MINDFUL OF THE IMPACT WE CAN HAVE AS WE WORK TOGETHER FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AND COME READY TO CONTRIBUTE OUR SKILLS, TIME AND ENERGY TO IMPROVE SUPPORT AND ASSIST WITH THE NEEDS OF OUR CARING COMMUNITY.
LA HABRA, IF YOU'LL ALL PLEASE STAND AND, UH, JOIN ME IN THE PANCE.
PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ANTHONY, IF YOU CAN DO A ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
I'LL BE TAKING ROLL CALL CHAIR GARCIA HERE.
COMMISSIONER HANNAH IS ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER LIMON HERE AND COMMISSIONER ROJAS HERE.
UH, WE'RE IN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE RECEIVED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GOVERNING BODY MEETING, LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES FOR ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE 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.
SO SEEN NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE WILL SKIP TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
ALL MATTERS ON CONSENT CALENDAR ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION.
UNLESS A COMMISSIONER CITY STAFF MEMBER OR MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE REQUEST SEPARATE ACTION OR REMOVAL OF AN ITEM REMOVED.
ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOLLOWING THE CONSENT CALENDAR PORTION OF THIS AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER ITEM THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED OR S REMOVED FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION.
UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE 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.
SO THE FIRST ITEM IS THE NOVEMBER MEETING MINUTES.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MEETING MINUTES? NOPE.
CAN SOMEONE MAKE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE METS.
ANY OPPOSED? APPROVE, UH, CONSIDERATION ITEMS. ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE MAY REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY CONSIDERATION ITEM PRIOR TO THE COMMISSION 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 CHAIR.
SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND ALONE TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL.
FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
UH, THE FIRST ITEM, CENTENNIAL PARK DOG PARK.
RULES AND RECOMMENDATIONS? YEAH.
SO THE FIRST CONSIDERATION ITEM WE HAVE HERE IS FOR THE DOG, I'M SORRY, THE PICKLEBALL COURTS THAT ARE GONNA BE BUILT AT VIN CULLY CENTENNIAL PARK.
UH, WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THE SPRING OF 2025.
SO IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE DEVELOPING SOME POLICIES ON HOW WE WANT THOSE TO BE RUN.
UM, BELOW YOU'LL SEE A, A CHART THAT KIND OF SUMMARIZES, UH, SURROUNDING CITIES AND BOTH HOW THEY OPERATE THEIR COURTS AND WHAT RULES THEY INCLUDE.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE LOOKED AT ANAHEIM, BUENA PARK, PLACENTIA TUSTIN AND WHITTIER, UM, FOR INDOOR OUTDOOR FACILITIES.
UH, EVERYONE BUT BUENA PARK, THEY'RE ALL OUTDOOR.
BUENA PARK ONLY HAS AN INDOOR FACILITY.
UM, OURS IS GOING TO BE OUTDOOR, OBVIOUSLY.
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LEAST SOME TIME DEDICATED TO FREE DROP IN PLAY.UM, PLACENTIA, WHITTIER AND ANAHEIM, THEIR FACILITIES, UH, ARE COMPLETELY FREE TO USE WHILE TUSTIN AND BUENA PARK HAVE AGE LIMITED OR CERTAIN HOURS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, UH, BUENA PARK, IT'S FREE FOR SENIORS UNTIL 5:00 PM AND THEN 5:00 PM AND AFTER ANYONE CAN USE IT.
AND THEN WITH TUSTIN, ONLY THOSE NON-PEAK HOURS OF 12 TO FOUR, IS IT OPEN.
AND THEN OUTSIDE OF THAT, THEY DO TAKE RESERVATIONS, UH, STAFF SUPERVISION.
OBVIOUSLY OUR PARK IS GOING TO BE UNSUPERVISED BECAUSE IT'S AWAY FROM OUR COMMUNITY CENTER.
WE GENERALLY DON'T STAFF FOR PARKS UNLESS IT'S FOR A PARTICULAR EVENT.
UM, SO LIKE BUENA PARK AND TUSTIN AND WHITTIER, THEY ALL HAVE THE BENEFIT.
THEIR PARKS ARE LO OR THEIR COURTS ARE LOCATED AT A PARK, SO THEY'RE ABLE TO STAFF AND ENFORCE THESE RULES.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THAT.
SO OURS ARE GONNA BE MORE SIMILAR TO ANAHEIM AND PLACE IN THAT WAY WHERE WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THAT DIRECT STAFF OVERSIGHT.
UM, OPERATING HOURS ARE PRETTY CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE ACTUAL TIMEFRAME.
MAY CHANGE JUST DEPENDING ON, UH, GENERAL PARK RULES, BUT FOR THE MOST PART THEY'RE DONGA, DUSK.
UH, OUR COURTS ARE NOT GONNA HAVE LIGHTS AS FAR AS WHERE WE AT LEAST DIRECTLY OVERHEAD.
UM, SO WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT DONNA DUSK OR, UM, SOMETHING IN THAT RANGE, WHETHER WE SPECIFY IT BEING SIX TO 10, SEVEN TO 10, WHATEVER THAT IS.
BUT THAT'S GENERALLY THE, THE FRAME WE'RE GOING WITH.
UH, AS FAR AS MEMBERSHIP, UH, ANAHEIM ONLY HAS A MEMBERSHIP FOR THEIR TENNIS CENTER, NOT PICKLEBALL COURTS.
AND NONE OF THE OTHER CITIES HAVE HAD ANY SORT OF MEMBERSHIP.
THEY'VE ALL EITHER BEEN FREE TO USE OR YOU HAVE TO HAVE A RESERVATION, BUT NO ADDITIONAL MEMBERSHIPS REQUIRED.
UM, SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF, UH, DIFFERENT BETWEEN EACH CITY IS THEIR RULES REGARDING TIME LIMITS FOR GROUP PLAY.
UM, A LOT OF CITIES KIND OF LEAVE IT LAISSEZ FAIR WHERE IT'S FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE, AND THEY GENERALLY WANT PEOPLE TO BE RESPECTFUL OF EACH OTHER, BUT THERE'S NO HARD RULES ON IF THERE'S A CROWD, WHAT CONDUCT YOU SHOULD HAVE.
UH, PLACENT AND WHITTIER BOTH HAVE TIME LIMITS OF 30 MINUTES.
IF THERE'S A LINE, THERE'S NO LINE.
OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN PLAY INDEFINITELY.
BUT THE OTHER CITY'S MENTION OF ANAHEIM, BUENA PARK AND TUSTIN DID NOT HAVE ANY EXPLICIT RULES.
UH, LIMITING ANY SORT OF TIMEFRAME OF PLAY AND RULES OF PICKUP PLAY IS SIMILAR TO GROUP PLAY.
BUT AS AN EXAMPLE, LIKE PLACENTIA HAD SPECIFIC RULES OF, UH, WINNERS GET TO STAY ON FOR TWO GAMES OR UP TO 30 MINUTES.
UM, AND THEN THEY HAVE TO SWITCH OUT REGARDLESS IF THEY KEEP WINNING.
UM, WHILE THE OTHER CITIES DIDN'T HAVE ANY SORT OF LANGUAGE REGARDING, UM, SPECIFICALLY THOSE PICKUP RULES.
SO THEN THE NEXT SECTION WE HAVE OUR PROPOSED RULES, UH, WHICH WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOME FEEDBACK AND ANY OTHER GUIDANCE YOU MIGHT HAVE.
UM, WE'RE PROPOSING THAT THE HOURS OF OPERATION BE 7:00 AM TO 9:00 PM WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH, UM, OUR PARK POLICIES.
OUR OPERATING HOURS FOR ALL THE PARKS HAS WRITTEN IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE.
UM, THAT'S THE EXACT SAME HOURS WE HAVE.
UM, WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE RESERVATIONS, UM, BOTH BECAUSE WE DON'T STAFF THE PARK AND WE WANT IT TO BE A FREE AMENITY.
WE WANT EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO USE IT.
UM, COURTS WILL BE ON A FIRST COME FOR SERVE BASIS AND WE'RE PROPOSING THAT THERE'LL BE LIMITED TO 30 MINUTES OF PLAYING TIME IF THERE ARE OTHER GROUPS WAITING.
THERE ARE NO OTHER, IF THERE'S NO OTHERS WAITING GROUPS CAN PLAY INDEFINITELY.
UM, BUT WE WANT ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SHARE THE COURT.
UM, AND ALSO WE WANNA ENFORCE THAT GROUPS ARE REQUIRED TO LEAVE THE COURT ONCE PLAYING TIME IS CONCLUDED.
SO WE HAVE SOME WAY TO ENFORCE THAT 30 MINUTE RULE.
UH, WE'RE ONLY GONNA ALLOW CITY APPROVED CONTRACT INSTRUCTORS FOR PRIVATE INSTRUCTION.
UM, CURRENTLY WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS TO DO THAT, BUT WE STILL WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE AREN'T GOING OUT THERE AND USING IT FOR PROFIT AND, UM, NOT ALLOWING, KIND OF MONOPOLIZING THE COURT.
UM, COURTS ARE TO BE USED FOR PICKLEBALL ONLY.
NO OTHER ACTIVITIES ALLOWED ON THE COURTS BE COURTEOUS AND CONSIDERATE TO FELLOW PLAYERS, PARK USERS, NO FOOD ON THE COURTS.
AND THEN PARTICIPANTS ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW THE POSTED RULES.
SO ALL OF THESE LISTED HERE ARE SOMETHING ARE ITEMS THAT WE FOUND ON PRETTY MUCH EVERY SINGLE CITY.
UM, NOTHING REALLY OUT OF THE ORDINARY, KIND OF THE GENERAL GUIDELINES AS FAR AS OUTDOOR PICKLEBALL COURTS GO.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT THIS WILL, UH, SERVE AS A GOOD GUIDELINE.
IN THE MEANTIME, UH, SOMETHING ELSE WE'RE CONSIDERING IS A SYSTEM IF WE WANNA ENCOURAGE, UM, WHAT'S THE WORD? NOT RESERVATIONS, BUT A, A SYSTEM WHERE WE CAN ENSURE THAT EVERYONE'S KIND OF CYCLING THROUGH PROPERLY.
SO WHETHER THAT'S A CHALKBOARD THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU WRITE YOUR NAME UP, UM, SOME KIND OF OTHER, YOU KNOW, WIRELESS OR ELECTRONIC CUE SYSTEM WHERE, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOUR TURNS UP JUST TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET THE GROUPS GOING.
UM, BUT THAT WASN'T LISTED IN EVERY SINGLE CITY.
IT WAS KIND OF UP TO THE CITIES AND HOW THEY WANTED TO DO THAT.
BUT WE JUST WANTED TO BE ORDERLY AND ESPECIALLY SINCE WE DON'T HAVE STAFF THERE, WE WANTED TO BE, YOU KNOW, AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE.
WE DON'T WANT ANYONE MONOPOLIZING THOSE COURTS.
SO, UH, WE'LL, I'LL LEAVE IT OPEN TO DISCUSSION OR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
IS, UM, REMIND ME, IS THE VIN SCULLY CENTENNIAL THE SAME AS THE CENTENNIAL
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PARK? YES.AND WHERE IS THAT? THE VISTA GRANDE PARK? YES.
SO YEAH, WE PROPOSED IT BEING RENAMED TO CENTENNIAL PARK AND THEN, UH, COUNCIL ENDED UP MAKING VINALI CENTENNIAL PARK.
SO THAT'S THE OFFICIAL NAME, BUT THERE'S A STORY THERE SOMEWHERE.
IS THE PICKLE COURT ENCLOSED, LIKE FENCED IN? NO, IT'S GONNA BE WIDE OPEN, SO IT'S GONNA BE WIDE OPEN.
UM, HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO ANY OF THE REC FOLKS AT THE OTHER CITIES THAT YOU HAVE THIS CHART? UH, I'VE SPOKEN TO THEM, NOT SINCE I'VE HAD THIS CHART, BUT JUST I'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM, JUST GETTING A FEEL FOR HOW THEY OPERATE.
UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGES AND THE OPPORTUNITIES I, OPPORTUNITIES I GUESS, FOR HAVING A PICKLE COURT.
A LOT OF 'EM HAVE BEEN HANDS OFF AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.
LIKE THE CITY OF ANAHEIM, THEY HAVE I BELIEVE FOUR PARTS THAT HAVE PICKLEBALL COURTS THAT ARE NOT STAFFED.
UM, AND THEY'RE, YEAH, THEY'RE NOT STAFFED.
THEY'RE VERY HANDS OFF WITH IT.
THEY'RE CONSIDERED, THEY'RE, I'M SORRY? THEY'RE CONSIDERED DROPPING COURTS YEAH.
IN COURTS AND THAT'S WHAT OURS WILL BE.
BECAUSE, UM, I'M SORRY BECAUSE WE DO HAVE OUR TENNIS CENTER THAT IS STILL GONNA BE IN OPERATIONS OF COURSE.
AND THEY OFFER, UM, EYE TENNIS AND UH, OR TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL.
BUT WE ARE ACTUALLY, UM, IN EARLY DISCUSSIONS OF RENEGOTIATING A LONG-TERM LEASE WITH THEM.
AND WE ALSO WILL BE INCLUDING SOME DROP IN, UM, HOURS AT THE TENNIS CENTER AS WELL.
SO WE SHOULD PROBABLY MENTION THAT.
NOW THAT MIGHT BE THE WAY TO DO IT.
I MEAN, YOU COULD HAVE A WHITEBOARD, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I, I DID LOOK AT, I DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING SPECIFIC FOR PICKLEBALL, BUT THERE ARE CUE SYSTEMS FOR, UM, JUST GENERAL USE.
LIKE I, I'VE SEEN IT USED IN, YOU KNOW, LIKE PICKUP BASKETBALL OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, SO IF YOU WERE, WERE PLANNING TO GO, RIGHT? MM-HMM
INSTEAD OF JUST GOING DOWN THERE, FIND OUT THERE'S THREE GROUPS IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU CAN GO ON THE APP CHECK, YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THERE IT'S GONNA BE AN HOUR DELAY.
SO CHECKING IF THERE'S AN APP, IF THERE'S NOT, WE COULD PROBABLY COME UP WITH ONE AND WE WERE LOOKING AT IT TOO, OR IN MY RESEARCH, UM, SINCE IT'S AT THIS, YOU KNOW, NEW DEVELOPMENT PARK, UM, YOU KNOW, SAY SOMEONE JOINS THAT ELECTRONIC QUEUE IN THE MEANTIME THEY CAN GO AND WALK THE TRAIL.
THEY CAN DO SOMETHING ELSE AT THE PARK RATHER THAN JUST STANDING AND WAITING AT THE COURT.
THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, SEE WHAT ELSE THE PARK HAS TO OFFER.
UM, HOW MANY COURTS WILL THERE BE FOR PLAY? SO ACTUALLY DO WE HAVE A, A FINAL NUMBER? I WAS LOOKING AT THE PLANS AND UM, THEY DIDN'T LIST A FINAL NUMBER.
I BELIEVE IT'S ONLY ONE ONE COURT.
I CAN IMAGINE THAT THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY POPULAR.
WITH PICKLEBALL BEING SO POPULAR.
SO HAVING THAT SYSTEM TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO LIKE CYCLE THROUGH IS GONNA BE IMPORTANT TO HAVE, UM, RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING.
ESPECIALLY 'CAUSE I'M GUESSING THERE WERE NO OTHER CITIES CLOSE BY THAT HAD COURTS BESIDES THE ONES THAT ARE IN THIS TABLE, LIKE BRAVE OR FULL FULLERTON.
UH, THERE ARE MORE, THIS WAS JUST A SAMPLE OF LIKE THE NEIGHBORING CITIES, BUT MOST CITIES AROUND US HAVE SOME FORM OF PICKLEBALL COURT, WHETHER IT'S PRIVATE OR PUBLIC.
UM, THEN I WAS WONDERING, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE DOG PARK THERE AS WELL.
DOES THERE NEED TO BE RULES AROUND PETS ON THE COURT? UH, WE, WE HAVE RULES ABOUT PETS GENERALLY IN OUR PARKS.
'CAUSE THE DOG PARK IS CLOSE AND I ASSUME PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY GONNA BE WALKING.
SO WE CAN PUT THAT INTO, I THINK IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA.
NO, THAT'S NOT A BAD IDEA AT ALL.
KEEP 'EM FROM TAGGING THE COURT.
THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION.
DID I HEAR YOU SAY EARLIER THAT THERE'S GONNA BE NO LIGHTS? NOT DIRECTLY OVERHEAD, THE COURT, UH, IT'S, I BELIEVE IT'S GONNA BE AROUND LIKE THE TRAIL, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY GONNA BE RIGHT ON TOP OF THE COURT.
SO THEY MIGHT BE HAVE SOME AMBIENT LIGHT THAT COMES IN, BUT IT'S NOT GONNA BE OVERHEAD LIKE AN OUTDOOR BASKETBALL COURT MIGHT HAVE WHERE YOU CAN FULLY SEE EVERYTHING INTO THE NIGHT.
UM, WHERE THE PICKLEBALL COURTS ARE AT, I BELIEVE THEY'LL GET SOME LIGHT IN, BUT IT'S NOT GONNA BE SUPER BRIGHT.
SO THERE MIGHT STILL BE PEOPLE OUT THERE PLAYING AT NINE DARK.
THEY MIGHT BRING THEIR OWN FLASHLIGHT, BUT, UM, AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE'S NO DIRECT OVERHEAD LIGHTING.
THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION THOUGH.
WELL, IT'S ONLY ONE COURT, SO THAT'S GONNA BE A CHALLENGE.
BUT WE COULD ALWAYS COME BACK WITH ANOTHER GRANT AND TRY TO EXPAND THE COURT OR GET IT LIT.
IT'D BE NICE IF WERE PLUMB FOR LIGHTING MM-HMM
AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT.
BUT THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT SUPER EXPENSIVE TO ADD LATER.
AND ALSO MAYBE IN THE FUTURE, LIKE A SECURITY CAMERA OR SOMETHING LIKE WE HAVE AT THE SKATE PARK.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO AT, SORRY, SAY THAT AGAIN.
A SECURITY CAMERA MAYBE IN THE FUTURE.
I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE BUDGETED IN THIS
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PROJECT, UM, THROUGHOUT THE PARK.WE CAN GET YOU THESE ANSWERS AND, AND COME BACK TO, YOU NEED A VOTE OR WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM US? COME BACK TO YOU WITH RECOMMENDATIONS.
DO WE NEED A FORMAL VOTE OR, UM, IT'S A DISCUSSION, A RECOMMENDATION, RECEIVE AND FILE.
BUT WE'LL, UM, WE'LL DO A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH AND COME BACK AND PROVIDE ANOTHER UPDATE.
SO THE NEXT ITEM IS THE DOG PARK RULES AND RECOMMENDATIONS, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO AS WE WE JUST MENTIONED, UH, THE DOG PARK IS ALSO GONNA BE A PART OF, UH, THE VIN CULLY CENTENNIAL DOG OR VIN, VIN CULLY CENTENNIAL PARK.
UH, LAHABRA HASN'T HAD A, A DEDICATED DOG PARK BEFORE, SO WE'RE ALSO GONNA HAVE TO DRAFT UP RULES FOR THIS DOG PARK.
UM, WE DID SOME, SOME MORE RESEARCH OF SIMILAR SURROUNDING CITIES.
UM, AND WE, WE CAME TO SOME GUIDELINES THAT WE FOUND IN UNIVERSALLY IN EACH CITY THAT'S COMMON, THAT'S STANDARDIZED.
UM, FIRST BEING AGGRESSIVE, DOGS ARE NOT ALLOWED AND DOGS EXHIBITING AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR MUST BE REMOVED.
UM, FEMALE DOGS IN HEAT PREGNANT ARE LACTATING, ARE NOT ALLOWED.
LEASHES MUST BE ON IN ALL AREAS EXCEPT WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE DOG PARK, WHICH THAT WILL BE CRUCIAL SINCE THIS IS AN ENTIRE PARK.
AS WE MENTIONED, UH, NO OUTSIDE FOOD OR DRINKS OTHER THAN WATER.
UH, ALL DOGS MUST HAVE VALID REGISTRATION TAGS AND VACCINATIONS PUPPIES.
SO THAT'S DEFINED AS DOGS LESS THAN FOUR TO SIX MONTHS.
THERE'S A LITTLE WIGGLE ROOM, WHICH I'LL GO INTO LATER ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE PARK.
SO DOGS LESS THAN FOUR MONTHS BY STATE LAW ARE NOT ALLOWED.
SOME CITIES FOLLOW THE STATE LAW, SOME SAY ANYTHING LESS THAN SIX.
SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, DEPENDING ON HOW WE WANNA DO IT, HOW CONSERVATIVE WE WANT TO BE IN THAT JUDGMENT.
UH, NO SPIKE PINCH OR SHOCK COLLARS.
UM, EACH ADULT IS ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF THREE DOGS AT THE PARK.
SO IF THERE'S DOG WALKERS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, OR SOMEONE WITH JUST A LOT OF DOGS, ONLY THREE PER ADULT, UH, ALL DOGS, I'M SORRY, ALL PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT DIGGINGS NOT PERMITTED AND MUST BE FILLED IN BY THEIR HANDLER.
ALL OWNERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PICKING UP AFTER THEIR DOG.
AND ALL OTHER ORDINANCES THAT GOVERN PUBLIC SPACES AND PARKS ALSO APPLY TO THIS PARK.
SO THESE ARE ALL THE ONES THAT WE'RE PRETTY MUCH GOING TO INCLUDE.
UH, WE MIGHT EXPAND UPON SOME OF THESE, BUT THESE ARE ALL VERY STANDARD IN TERMS OF, UH, WHAT WE'VE SEEN AT OTHER DOG PARKS AND NEIGHBORING CITIES.
BUT THERE'S SOME DIFFERENCES IN THE CITIES HOW THEY GOVERN BELOW, WHICH I KIND OF OUTLINED IN THIS TABLE.
UM, NUMBER ONE IS STAFF OVERSIGHT.
LIKE I MENTIONED, THE STAFF'S NOT GONNA, OR, UH, THIS PARK'S NOT GONNA BE STAFFED BY US, BUT TWO OF THESE PARKS, WHEN A PARK IN FULLERTON DO HAVE STAFF THAT OVERSEE THE PARK.
UM, AS FAR AS I'M AWARE, AT THE OPENING AND CLOSING, THE DOG PARK IS GONNA BE PROBABLY REC CREW CLOSING, POTENTIALLY REC OR PUBLIC WORKS OPENING WHENEVER THOSE HOURS ARE ESTABLISHED.
UM, AND FULLERTON, THEY HAVE, UH, A DOG PARK FOUNDATION AND THEY HAVE VOLUNTEERS THAT COME AND OPEN AND CLOSE THE PARKS OR CLOSE THE PARK.
UM, ALL THE, ALL OF THE, THE CITIES EXCEPT FOR SEAL BEACH ARE FREE TO USE.
BUT SEAL BEACH DID HAVE A, A NON-RESIDENT FEE.
SO IF YOU'RE NOT A RESIDENT, YOU HAVE TO PAY, I BELIEVE, UH, IT WAS ABOUT $8 A MONTH TO USE IT AS A NON-RESIDENT, YOU HAVE TO BE REGISTERED AND ALL THAT WITH THE CITY.
UM, THAT WAS THE ONLY CITY I SAW THAT HAS SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
ALL THE OTHER CITIES, UH, THEY HAD NO RESTRICTIONS ON RESIDENTS.
UM, THE AGE FOR RESPONSIBLE ADULTS.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP TOO.
UM, SOME CITIES SAID 18 OR OVER SOME SAID 16 BECAUSE I GUESS THEY FIGURED A 16 OR 17-YEAR-OLD MIGHT BE OLD ENOUGH TO HANDLE A DOG OR THE FAMILY DOG.
UM, WHAT WE WERE THINKING IS, UH, THE LEGAL ANGLE OF THAT, SHOULD ANYTHING HAPPEN, IF THERE'S AN AGGRESSIVE DOG, UM, ANY OF THESE RULES ARE VIOLATED, THERE'S ANY SORT OF INCIDENT.
IF A MINOR'S INVOLVED, THAT'S A LOT HARDER TO DEAL WITH.
UM, AND WE DON'T WANT TO BE LIABLE IN ANY SORT OF WAY FOR ANYTHING.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT KEEPING IT 18, BUT THIS IS JUST TO SHOW YOU THAT THERE ARE CITIES THAT HAVE IT, 16 OR OVER.
UM, AND THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES IN AGE RESTRICTIONS PERIOD.
AND NOT NECESSARILY HANDLING A DOG, BUT EVEN BEING IN THE PARK ITSELF.
SO BUENA PARK, IF YOU'RE UNDER 18, YOU NEED AN ADULT NO MATTER WHAT.
FULLERTON FULLY, UH, PROHIBITS CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHT.
UM, SO EVEN IF THEY'RE WITH AN ADULT, EVEN IF IT'S IN THE SMALL DOG PARK, UM, NO CHILD'S UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHT, EVEN IF THEY'RE ACCOMPANIED.
UM, THEY WERE THE ONLY CITY THAT HAD A, A LOWER RESTRICTION LIKE THAT.
UM, ORANGE SAID ANYONE UNDER 16 NEEDS AN ADULT AND THEN SEAL BEACH AND IRVINE, ANYONE UNDER 18 NEEDS AN ADULT, UM, REGARDLESS IF THEY HAVE A DOG OR NOT.
AND SOME CITIES, SOME DIDN'T HAVE LANGUAGE EXCLUDING PRIVATE
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DOG OBEDIENCE LESSONS.UH, BUENA PARK AND ORANGE DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY OUTLAW IT, BUT FULLERTON, IRVINE AND SEAL BEACH DID.
AND I KNOW WE, WE DISCUSSED IN THE PICKLEBALL COURT RULES THAT WE WERE PLANNING ON EXCLUDING THAT.
SO THAT WOULD BE CONSISTENT SHOULD WE DECIDE TO GO FORWARD WITH THAT WITH THE PICKLEBALL COURT RULES.
SO THESE ARE, THESE ARE THE PROPOSED RULES WE HAVE, AND ONCE AGAIN, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION.
IF THERE'S NO STAFF THERE AND SOME OF THESE RULES ARE BROKEN, HOW WOULD THAT BE? SO WE, WE WOULD STILL HAVE IT IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE ADOPTED.
SO WE WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST THAT PERSON AS LONG AS IT'S ADOPTED.
NOW WE, WOULD WE NECESSARILY CATCH THEM IN THE ACT RIGHT AWAY? NO, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE STAFF THERE.
HOWEVER, SHOULD AN INCIDENT HAPPEN AFTER THE FACT, WE HAVE THOSE RULES IN PLACE AND THAT PROTECTS US.
SO WE WILL HAVE REC STAFF, WE'LL HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT, AND WE'LL HAVE POLICE, UM, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY EARLY ON, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE PARK JUST OPENS.
BUT THE ORDINANCE WILL HELP US, AS ANTHONY MENTIONED, TO UM, ENFORCE ANY, UM, ONE THAT IS, YOU KNOW, VIOLATING THE POLICY.
SO IF WE GET REPEAT CALLS ABOUT A CERTAIN PARTICULAR PERSON, THEN WE CAN SPECIFICALLY GO OUT, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS PERSON OR DOG.
BUT, UM, AND, AND SAME WITH PICKLEBALL RIGHT NOW I THINK WE WANNA START WITH THE POLICY.
'CAUSE WE WANNA SEE HOW, UM, YOU KNOW, THINGS, HOW THINGS PROGRESSED AND WHAT THE NEEDS ARE, WHAT THE CONCERNS ARE.
BECAUSE IT'S SO NEW TO US TO HAVE A OPEN DROP IN COURT, BUT THE DOG PART IS PRETTY STANDARD.
UM, AS FAR AS HAVING AN ORDINANCE THAT WILL HELP US BE ABLE TO ENFORCE AND, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THE RULES ARE BEING FOLLOWED.
UM, ARE THESE RULES GOING TO BE POSTED OR ARE THEY JUST PART OF A NORTH? THEY'RE ALL POSTED.
AND THEN I SAW THAT, I MEAN, I HEARD THAT YOU MENTIONED THERE'S GONNA BE A SMALL AND A LARGE SECTIONS.
IS THERE, WHAT ARE THE SIZES? IS IT GONNA BE POSTED LIKE DOGS UNDER THIS SIZE OR WEIGHT? I, I BELIEVE IT'S 25 AND UNDER IS SMALL.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S A, IT'S A HARD ENFORCEMENT OF THAT.
UM, MOST CITIES, THAT'S HOW THEY OPERATE TOO.
IT'S 25 OR UNDER AND THERE'S NO MIXING.
EVEN IF IT'S, UH, A SMALLER DOG THAT GETS ALONG WITH BIGGER DOGS, THEY JUST, YOU DON'T WANT THE LIABILITY SHOULD ANYTHING HAPPEN.
UM, SO IT'S 25 AND UNDER AND THEN EVERYTHING OVER 25 IS THE BIG DOGS.
AND I'M SORRY, I'M GONNA CORRECT OURSELVES ON THE PICKLEBALL.
AND BECAUSE IT'S CONSIDERED A PASSIVE PARK, IT WILL BE CLOSING AT DESK.
THAT'S WHY THERE'S NO LIGHTS AT DESK.
UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE TRYING TO SQUEEZE IN A THIRD COURT
'CAUSE WE DEFINITELY NEED 'EM.
UM, SO AGAIN, WE'LL, WE'LL COME BACK IN, UH, JANUARY WITH A LITTLE MORE UPDATE.
SO I JUST ASKED MY FRIEND AI, WHAT IS THE STANDARD LENGTH OF A LEASH FOR A DOG PARK? AND HE SAYS SIX FEET.
HEARD THAT OR SEEN THAT ANYWHERE BEFORE? I BELIEVE SIX FEET DOES SOUND FAMILIAR.
UM, I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT CITY, BUT DURING MY RESEARCH I DID SEE ONE OF THE CITIES HAD SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTING THE LEASH.
'CAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE SOME LONG LEASHES THAT ARE WAY MORE THAN SIX FEET.
UM, IF WE WANNA INCLUDE THAT, WE ABSOLUTELY CAN TO LIMIT IT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE.
STATE PARKS FROM MY EXPERIENCE, ALSO HAS THE SAME LENGTH, LEASH, LENGTH OF SIX FEET, SIX FEET IN, IN THEIR DOG PERMITTED AREAS.
AND IT DOES GO ON TO SAY THAT SHORTER LEASHES ARE BETTER FOR CONTROLLING THE DOG.
AND THEN EIGHT TO 10 IS GOOD FOR TRAINING.
AND THEN 50 TO 150 IS GOOD FOR DISTANCE COMMAND TRAINING, ALL OF WHICH WERE NOT ENCOURAGING.
SO I WOULD GO BACK TO THE DEFAULT.
ANY FORMAL OBEDIENCE TRAINING MUST BE APPROVED BY THE CITY OR WHATEVER THAT LANGUAGE IS THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THERE.
SO WHAT, BUT WE'RE GONNA SAY THAT YES.
WHERE YOU HAVE HERE THE ALL DOGS MUST BE, IS IT ON A LEASH? LEASHES MUST BE ON AT ALL AREAS.
OF THE PARK EXCEPT INSIDE THE DOG PARK, THEN THE LEASHES ARE OKAY.
SO SOMEWHERE I, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU SAY THAT, ALICIA.
WELL, UM, AND, AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, THIS IS A VERY PRELIMINARY, WE'LL COME BACK IN JANUARY, UM, OR FEBRUARY BEFORE WE, UH, TAKE THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
YOU MIGHT ASK, ASK FULLERTON OR BREA, WHAT'S, WHAT'S YOUR, WHAT'S YOUR REGULATION FOR DOGS AND PARKS? YES.
AND IF YOU COULD JUST ADOPT THAT.
'CAUSE PEOPLE KNOW THEY GO FROM CITY TO CITY.
BE CONSISTENT THAT WAY WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA.
SO WE, WE TALKED ABOUT LIKE, HOW, HOW ARE THESE ENFORCED IF THERE'S NO ONE THERE? SO THAT'S FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR ANY KIND OF RECURRING MINOR PROBLEM, SOMEONE MIGHT CALL THE CITY AND, AND SAY, THERE'S ALWAYS THIS DOG, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
WHAT IF IT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING URGENT? LIKE THERE'S AN AGGRESSIVE DOG THAT'S ACTIVELY, UM,
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ATTACKING SOMEONE.IS THAT LIKE A 9 1 1 SITUATION? I THINK THAT WOULD BE A 9 1 1.
DOG FIGHT OR A DOG ATTACK WOULD BE, YEAH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE WILL HAVE PARK MAINTENANCE DEDICATED TO THAT PARK.
SO OF COURSE THERE'LL BE, YOU KNOW, UM, LIKE THEY DO TO ALL OUR CITY PARKS.
YOU KNOW, THEY, THERE WILL BE SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, ON SITE AT SOME POINT DURING THE DAY, UM, YOU KNOW, TO HELP, UM, MAINTAIN THE PARKS.
BUT, UM, AGAIN, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S SO NEW AND IT'S UM, YOU KNOW, HAS NEW AMENITIES FOR US, WE WILL, YOU KNOW, HAVE A CLOSER EYE ON IT EARLY ON AND MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE RUNNING SMOOTHLY BEFORE WE, YOU KNOW, PULL BACK.
AND YOU WILL, YOU HAVE GENERAL RULES FOR THE PARK, I MEAN, YES.
AND THEN LIKE IN AN EMERGENCY CALL 9 1 1.
YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY STANDARD STUFF.
I'M JUST THINKING, I WONDER IF WE NEED SOMETHING THAT LIKE MORE, MORE PROACTIVELY TELLS PEOPLE IF, IF YOU SEE AGGRESSIVE DOG BEHAVIOR, DO THIS.
I MEAN, COULD WE INCLUDE THAT IN THE POSTED RULES OF HAVING SOME KIND OF PROTOCOL, NOT NECESSARILY IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE, BUT, YOU KNOW, POSTED SIGNS MM-HMM
AND IN THE EVENT OF SOME KIND OF EMERGENCY.
YEAH, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.
I WOULD EXPLORE AGAIN, WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE SAYING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO.
AND DID, YOU DIDN'T NEED TO VOTE OR ANYTHING, RIGHT? NO, NO, NO.
UH, SO THE LAST ITEM IS A 2024 LIGHT UP THE SEASON HOLIDAY HOME DECORATING CONTEST UPDATES.
SORRY, I'M, I'M TRYING TO SEND, I HAVE OUR, OUR NOMINATIONS HERE, UH, THE BEAUTIFICATION SUBCOMMITTEE.
AND I MET THIS MORNING TO NOMINATE, UM, A SET OF PROPERTIES THAT I HAVE ON DISPLAY, BUT IT WOULD HELP IF I PLUG THIS IN.
WE SHOULD TURN THAT INTO, WE, WE CAN GO SEE YEAH.
WORKING RIGHT BEFORE IT WAS, I REMEMBER MM-HMM
I HAD ENOUGH RIGHT BEFORE AND I, THAT WAS LIKE OUR TREE LIGHTNING, OUR TREE LIGHTING AT THE CHURCH THIS WEEK.
DID THEY GET 'EM ON THOUGH? YEAH.
WELL, I'LL JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT IN THE MEANTIME WHILE I TRY TO GET THIS SET UP.
UH, WE GOT, I BELIEVE 46, 47 NOMINATIONS, SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE.
UM, WE SELECTED FIVE WINNERS, UH, ALL BEAUTIFUL HOMES AND ONE PROPERTY.
UM, AND WE'RE GONNA BE RECOGNIZING THEM AT MONDAY'S COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, SO THAT'S THE COUNCIL REORG.
BUT ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS IS GONNA BE US.
SO IF YOU CAN ATTEND, YOU KNOW, WE'D LOVE TO SEE ALL OF YOU THERE AND SUPPORT AT THE THESE HOMES.
BUT MAN, I REALLY WANTED TO SHOW YOU, 'CAUSE SOME OF THESE ARE REALLY IMPRESSIVE, BUT THIS JUST DOESN'T WANNA WORK.
ARE WE ALLOWED TO SHARE THE ADDRESSES ON SOCIAL MEDIA? LIKE IF PEOPLE WANNA SEE THE HOMES, ONCE WE NOTIFY THEM, UM, LETTERS ARE GOING OUT TOMORROW MORNING AND WE LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY'VE WON, UM, THEN WE DO POST THE, UH, WINNERS AND THEIR ADDRESSES.
I THINK ONLY ONCE IN MY TIME HERE DID WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT DIDN'T WANNA HAVE THEIR ADDRESS POSTED.
DO YOU WANNA MAYBE TAKE THE COMPUTER JUST UP TO THE DIOCESE? YEAH, I CAN DO THAT.
WELL, WE SEE YOU CAN GO THAT WAY.
UM, SO YEAH, THIS IS THE MM-HMM.
RIGHT HERE ON THE HOPPER BOULEVARD THAT HE WENT COMPLETELY ALL OUT
I SAW IT EVEN BEFORE HE GOT NOMINATED.
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THAT LOOKS, IT LOOKS REALLY, THEY ALWAYS DO.I MEAN, I KNOW LAST YEAR I SAW AND IT WAS REALLY GOOD AND THIS YEAR IT'S EVEN BETTER.
THIS ONE, THERE'S A BETTER PHOTO.
UH, I GOTTA GO, I'LL PROBABLY, AFTER THIS MEETING, I'LL GO AND TAKE A, A BETTER ONE.
UM, JUST 'CAUSE SOMETIMES THE WAY HOUSES ARE SHAPED, IT'S HARD TO GET LIKE A FULL VIEW OF EVERYTHING.
SO I'M GONNA GO AND TRY AND SEE IF I CAN GET A BETTER VIEW.
BUT THEY HAVE SOME INFLATABLES, LIKE ON THIS SIDE, AND THEN THEY HAVE PROJECTIONS, MULTIPLE PROJECTIONS ACTUALLY ON THE ROOF.
AND THEN THE SIDE OF THE WALL.
THAT'S PRETTY, UH, THIS ONE NORTH BRIGHTON STREET.
A AGAIN, JUST THE, THE DETAIL I THINK WE REALLY LIKED ON THIS ONE.
I THINK THIS ONE RECEIVED MULTIPLE NOMINATIONS, ONE FROM THE COMMISSION AND ALSO I GOT A NOMINATION FOR IT FROM THE PUBLIC.
UM, OVER AT 1330 LAKEVIEW AVENUE, THEY HAVE ALL THE LIGHTS ALONG THE TOP OF THE ROOF, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKS LIKE SNOW.
I MEAN, IT, IT REALLY STANDS OUT AND IT WAS UNIQUE AND IT'S JUST VERY WELL MANICURED.
IT MUST BE VERY BRIGHT WHEN YOU GET CLOSE BY
SHE, DENISE, THE ONE WHO TOOK THE PHOTOS, SO MADE ME STOP AND THIS'S ANOTHER ONE ON, UH, CIRCLE DRIVE.
YOU CAN SEE THEY HAVE A BUNCH OF TREES OUT FRONT.
AND I THINK THERE'S ONE MORE, UNLESS TOBY WAS THE LAST ONE.
I THINK THOSE WERE THE FIVE WE NOMINATED.
AND WE HAVE A COUPLE, UM, THAT WE NOMINATED JUST IN CASE LIKE ANY OF THESE WE HAD ANY ISSUES WITH OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO, BUT WE, WE GOTTA CODE ENFORCEMENT ALREADY APPROVED THEM ALL.
CODE ENFORCEMENT ALREADY APPROVED ALL OH, WE'RE ALL READY TO GO AND, OKAY.
WE'RE GONNA SEND OUT THE LETTERS TOMORROW AND HOPEFULLY, UM, ALL CAN MAKE IT UP.
WE ACTUALLY HAND DELIVER THE LETTERS BECAUSE OF THE QUICK TURNAROUND.
WE SHOULDN'T AS COMMISSIONERS TELL ANYBODY.
UM, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UM, COMMENTS FROM STAFF.
WELL, IT'S BEEN BUSY, UM, THE LAST MONTH SINCE WE MET, BUT, UM, AND MAYBE RICHARD CAN JUMP IN, BUT SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, WE FELT PRETTY GOOD ABOUT MEASURE V, UM, LOOKING GOOD AT THE TIME ON THE, UM, 13TH WHEN WE MET, BUT IT'S OFFICIAL, UM, IT HAS PASSED.
AND, UM, AGAIN, WANNA THANK EVERYONE, UM, FOR HELPING ME OUT WITH THIS EFFORT.
IT COULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT, UM, YOUR SUPPORT, YOUR TIME, UM, AND EFFORT AND, AND, UM, GETTING THE RIGHT INCORRECT INFORMATION OUT THERE.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, RICHARD, FOR TAKING THE LEAD AS ONE OF THE CHAIRS, WE REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW, RICHARD, IF YOU WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS.
I, I, I SHARED THIS AFTERNOON, A FEW OF US GOT TOGETHER FROM THE COMMITTEE AND, UH, HAD LUNCH AND SOME OF THE STAFF THAT ALSO DID SOME VOLUNTEERING.
AND I, HER PHONE'S NOT ON, SO I'LL TRY THAT.
SO ANYWAY, I I, I WAS JUST, UM, SHARING WITH THE GROUP TODAY HOW, UH, EXCITED I WAS TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT.
UH, AND SO FORTUNATE THAT WE HAD SAL, UM, ALLY AS OUR CHAIR, WHO WAS A, A WIZ AT RAISING MONEY.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO TWIST GABBY'S ARM AND SHE BECAME OUR COMMS DIRECTOR AND DID SOME MAGIC WITH PUSHING OUR, OUR CONSULTANTS TO, UH, DO MORE WITH LESS IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE PRESENTATIONS THEY WANTED TO PRESENT IN THE WEBPAGE.
AND SOCIAL MEDIA ADS, YOU KNOW, ROBOCALLS, MAILERS, UH, GABBY'S EYE IS VERY METICULOUS AND, UH, DETAILED TO OUR BENEFIT BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO GET, GET WHAT WE WANTED FOR THE MONEY WE WERE SPENDING.
SO THANKS TO GABBY FOR ALL THAT SHE DID, INCLUDING MAINTAINING OUR SOCIAL, UM, MEDIA, WEBSITE, UM, SITES.
HAD SOME REAL GREAT INTERACTIONS WITH, WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UM, A FEW TIMES THAT I DID GET OUT, PUT SOME SIGNS OUT, I HAD MY SON AND AND GRANDDAUGHTER A COUPLE WORK A COUPLE WEEKENDS GOING DOOR TO DOOR.
AND THEY CAME BACK WITH SOME GREAT STORIES.
AND THEN TODAY WE HEARD SOME STORIES FROM SOME OF THE VOLUNTEERS WHO SHOWED UP AT OUR LUNCHEON.
AND, UH, THE ONE GENTLEMAN FROM THE CITY, YOU REMEMBER HIS NAME? WAS IT ROBERT OR YEAH, THE EMPLOYEE UNIFORM ON, REMEMBER? OH, JAMES.
HE TOLD A STORY WHERE HE PUT UP A SIGN ON HIS YARD, NO, IT WAS, I THINK IT WAS A RELATIVE'S YARD.
AND THE RELATIVES SHARED WITH HIM THAT THE NEIGHBORS CAME TO THE HOUSE AND, UH, ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY HAD VOTED FOR MEASURE V THINKING THAT THEIR NEIGHBOR IS THE ONE THAT WAS CAMPAIGNING FOR THE MEASURE.
AND HE SAYS, OH NO, THAT'S MY COUSIN, OR WHOEVER THE RELATIVE WAS, OR THE EMPLOYEE WITH THE CITY.
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VOTED FOR HER ANYWAY.AND SO JAMES WAS ALSO SAYING THAT HE HAD, HE HAS, HE, IN HIS WORDS, A LOT OF FAMILY MEMBERS THAT LIVE IN LAHABRA, BUT ALL ON MY WIFE'S SIDE, HE SAID
AND WHEN THEY WOULD GATHER, HE WOULD ALWAYS, UM, PRESENT OR PITCH THE NOTION THAT MEASURE V IS NEEDED TO KEEP THE CITY, YOU KNOW, SOLVE IT WITH THEIR PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAMS. SO HE, HE EVEN DID SO MUCH AS GOING THROUGH, WALK THEM THROUGH THE BALLOT AND SAID, IF YOU VOTE FOR NO OTHER MEASURE, NO OTHER, YOU KNOW, CANDIDATE, TURN TO THE BACK OF THE BALLOT AND MAKE SURE YOU COLOR IN MEASURE V.
AND THAT'S JUST ONE, ONE EMPLOYEE, ONE RESIDENT DOING THEIR PART.
SO, YOU KNOW, I LEARNED A LOT, WE LEARNED A LOT IN HOW TO MANAGE OR BE MANAGED BY A CONSULTANT, CAMPAIGN CONSULTANT, BUT WE, I THINK ALL OF US SELL, UH, GABBY AND I REALLY PRESSED THE, THE CONSULTANTS THAT WE PAID TO GIVE US WHAT WE EXPECTED.
AND I THINK THAT RAISED THE BAR FOR US, AND IT RAISED THE BAR FOR THEM.
AND IN RETROSPECT, YOU KNOW, THERE MIGHT'VE BEEN A FEW DOLLARS THAT I WOULD'VE HELD BACK, YOU KNOW, THE NIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION.
'CAUSE AT 69 OR 68.9%, WHICH WAS OUR VICTORY NUMBER, I THINK WE HAD IT IN THE BAG ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE, MAYBE EVEN TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE ELECTION.
IT WAS TIMING, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, THE STARS WERE ALIGNED.
THEIR, THE RESIDENTS OF THIS TOWN ARE VERY HAPPY WITH THE QUALITY OF LIFE EXPERIENCES THEY ENJOYED THROUGH COMMUNITY SERVICES WORK, THROUGH ALL OF YOUR WORK, ALL OF YOUR VOLUNTEER WORK.
MY GRANDCHILDREN ARE THE BENEFIT OF THE SUMMER, YOU KNOW, SUMMER PROGRAM THAT THE CITY PROVIDES.
AND WE'VE ALL GONE TO CONCERTS IN THE PARK AND IT JUST DOES SOMETHING TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY WHEN YOU HAVE SUCH A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND YOU WANNA KEEP IT GOING.
AND I THINK MAKING THE CITY SAFE IS AT THE TOP OF OUR LIST.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHY PEOPLE SHOWED UP FOR MEASURE V.
SO DON'T LET ANYBODY SELL THIS CITY SHORT THAT WE DON'T CARE.
AND WE DO IT BY SHOWING ACTION AND VOLUNTEERING.
SO I'M SO HAPPY AND SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE MET AND KNOWN AND MANY OF YOU HERE, BUT A LOT OF FOLKS OUT THERE.
SO, AND I'M NOT RUNNING FOR OFFICE.
UM, AND WE'RE JUST SO HAPPY THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT DID PASS, IT MEANS A LOT OF OUR PROGRAMS WILL CONTINUE, UM, BUT WE'LL STILL WORK HARD TO, UM, BE EFFICIENT WITH OUR DOLLARS.
WE'LL STILL WORK ON SPONSORSHIPS AND, UM, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS THAT MAKE SENSE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE CAN, UM, SHARE OUR RESOURCES.
SO WITH THAT, WE HAD A, UM, A VERY SUCCESSFUL, WHAT WE BELIEVE SENIOR HEALTH FAIR.
UM, ANNETTE WAS THERE, GABBY, I THINK YOU STOPPED BY.
UM, WE HAD, WE FELT LIKE THE LAYOUT WAS GREAT.
WE HAD, UM, AN INCREASE IN PARTICIPATION THIS YEAR.
WE HAD MORE VENDORS THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST, AND IT WAS JUST A REALLY GREAT, UM, MORNING, UM, OFFERING DIFFERENT SERVICES AND RESOURCES TO OUR, UM, ACTIVE ADULTS AND SENIOR COMMUNITY.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HOSTING IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR AND EXPANDING IT.
WE'VE HAD SOME OTHER CITIES CALL AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ASK ABOUT IT.
SO THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD THING.
THAT MEANS THE WORD'S GETTING OUT THERE THAT WE OFFER A GREAT, UM, SENIOR HEALTH FAIR.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE JUST RECENTLY HAD OUR TAMALE FESTIVAL THIS PAST SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7TH.
I THINK WE SAW SOME OF YOU GUYS OUT THERE.
AND SO, UM, AGAIN, WE FELT LIKE IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.
WE FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN SAY WE BELIEVE WE HAD 10,000 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE DAY.
THAT WAS FROM 10:00 AM TO 8:00 PM THAT INCLUDES THE TREE LIGHTING EVENT THAT WE HAD.
BUT, UM, IF YOU WERE THERE AT ANY GIVEN TIME, THERE WAS CONSISTENTLY A COUPLE THOUSAND PEOPLE THERE.
WE BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, BASED ON OUR, UM, CALCULATIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THAT WE OFFERED, UM, TICKET SALES, UH, FOOD SALES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST A LAHABRA COMMUNITY EVENT, WHICH WE REALLY WANNA OFFER TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S A REGIONAL EVENT AND IT BRINGS PEOPLE TO LAHABRA AND THEY ALSO WILL SHARE IN, UM, YOU KNOW, SPENDING MONEY IN LAHABRA, UH, WHETHER IT'S GAS OR BUYING THINGS ON THEIR WAY IN OR OUT.
SO, UM, EVENTS LIKE THESE REALLY ALSO HELP OUR COMMUNITY, UM, WITH OUR SALES TAX REVENUE.
DID EVERYONE STAY FOR THE TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY? SEE THE FIREWORKS? I WASN'T ABLE TO STAY FOR THAT LONG.
YEAH, THEY WERE PRETTY SPECTACULAR.
SO, UM, THERE ARE SOME VIDEOS OUT THERE, I THINK ON FACEBOOK, BUT IF YOU SAW THEM, WE HAVE OUR CENTENNIAL COMING UP IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
SO JUST THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE EVEN MORE SURPRISES THIS NEXT YEAR.
SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THIS SATURDAY WE HAVE BREAKFAST WITH SANTA, UM, THAT BENEFITS THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM THIS YEAR IT WILL BE HELD AT THE CHILDREN'S MU, I'M SORRY, HELD AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, SO THAT WE CAN SPREAD OUT AND HAVE A LITTLE MORE ROOM.
UM, THEY'VE KIND OF OUTGROWN THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM MULTIPURPOSE ROOM, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS YOU CAN EITHER GO TO THE MUSEUM RIGHT AFTER YOU HAVE BREAKFAST, YOU'LL GET A
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FREE, UM, NOT A FREE, YOU'LL GET A, AN ADMISSION PASS FOR THE MUSEUM AS PART OF YOUR BREAKFAST, UM, TICKET OR IF YOU HAD ENOUGH AT THE BREAKFAST BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE SO MANY ACTIVITIES THERE, SANTA, ALL THAT.SOME FAMILIES FEEL LIKE IT'S TOO MUCH TO DO IT ALL IN ONE DAY SO THEY CAN DO BREAKFAST WITH SANTA AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND THEN COME VISIT THE MUSEUM ON ANOTHER DAY.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT EVENT ON SATURDAY.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL HOLIDAY WISHES PROGRAM.
AND MOST OF YOU'RE INVOLVED WITH THAT PROGRAM AS WELL, WHETHER YOU DONATE OR VOLUNTEER, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU.
I THINK THERE'S A FLYER ON THE DAIS.
OUR, UM, HOLIDAY GIVE GIVING OR GIVEAWAY WILL BE THIS THURSDAY, NEXT THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19TH FROM THE TWO TO FIVE 30 AT THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.
WE'LL HAVE THE LA HABRA COLLABORATIVE THERE, GIVING OUT FOOD AND HEALTH AND WELLNESS ITEMS, PICTURES WITH SANTA ARTS AND CRAFTS, AND THEN THEY'LL GET THEIR, UM, THEIR BAG OF TOYS.
UM, THESE FAMILIES HAVE ALL BEEN PRE-SCREENED THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THROUGH SOME OF THE LOCAL CHURCHES, THROUGH OUR EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAM AND THROUGH OUR, UH, COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM THAT SERVES THE UNHOUSED, UM, POPULATION.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXPANDING OUR REACH, BUT WE ALSO, UM, ARE PLEASED THAT THEY'RE ALL, THEY'VE ALL BEEN REFERRED AND VETTED SO THAT, UM, WE'RE SERVING THOSE THAT NEED IT MOST.
AND THEN OF COURSE OUR CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, LIKE I MENTIONED, IS THE KICKOFF IS REALLY ON MONDAY, JANUARY 20TH.
IT HAPPENS TO BE MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY.
SO OUR ACTUAL RECEPTION WILL BE THE VERY NEXT DAY ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 21ST.
WE'RE LOOKING AT FOUR TO SIX 30 AT THE, UH, CITY HALL HERE IN THE ATRIUM.
AND IT'LL ACTUALLY BE BEFORE A COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO PRETTY MUCH UNVEIL A VARIETY OF NEW PROGRAMS AND, UM, EVENTS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING.
WE'RE PLEASED TO HAVE, UM, SOME FUNDS REINSTATED FROM OUR CITY COUNCIL.
WE HAVE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WAS REINSTATED AT OUR LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
AND SO WE FEEL VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE A BUDGET NOW THAT WE CAN WORK WITH AND, UM, THAT WILL HELP, UH, KICK OFF OUR, UM, CELEBRATION YEAR.
WE WILL BE DOING EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR, ENHANCING A LOT OF OUR EVENTS, UM, HAVING A LOT OF, UM, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT OTHER, UM, ORGANIZATIONS ARE DOING.
WE'RE GONNA BE PARTNERING WITH THEM IN PARTICULAR THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF OUR CENTENNIAL.
SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, GIVING OUT A SCHEDULE IN JANUARY.
WE'RE GONNA, UM, HAVE A A, A FULL PROGRAM AT THE KICKOFF RECEPTION IN JANUARY, SO STAY TUNED FOR THAT.
WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE THAT ARE ON THAT CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE, SO WE'LL SEE YOU ALL TOMORROW AT 10 30.
AND, UM, SO THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING.
AND THEN, UH, LAST, UM, BUT NOT LEAST, WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING READY FOR OUR CDBG, UM, FUNDING ALLOCATIONS.
WE JUST MET WITH OUR CITY MANAGER AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON, BUT IN JANUARY AT OUR COMMISSION MEETING, UH, MIRANDA AND STAFF WILL BE COMING TO, UH, TALK ABOUT THE UM, CDBG FUNDING REQUESTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED.
AND THEN OF COURSE, UM, SO THEY'LL DO A PRESENTATION AT THAT MEETING.
OUR SUBCOMMITTEE WILL MEET, UM, PRIOR TO THE FEBRUARY MEETING, AND THEN HOPEFULLY THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSION WILL GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN MARCH.
SO THAT IS WHAT'S COMING UP, UM, IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.
ANY COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS? I DO.
I HAVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO, UH, UH, THE LA HABER GIRLS SOFTBALL AND THEIR TOURNAMENTS.
UM, AND THEY RAISED A LOT OF TOYS.
UH, THEY TOOK A U-HAUL TRUCK FULL TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, I LIKE TO GIVE KUDOS TO DEAN OOLA AND ALL THE COACHES, UM, FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THEY DO WITH THE KIDS.
I'M SORRY, I TOTALLY, UM, SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THEM.
UM, THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR DONATIONS.
UM, THE TOYS, THE GIFT CARDS, AND THEIR SUPPORT OF THE HOLIDAY WISHES PROGRAM.
IT WAS WONDERFUL TO MEET YOUR DAUGHTER AS WELL.
OH, DID YOU MEET HER? I JUST GOT TO MEET HER.
COMMISSIONER SCHMIDT? UM, NO, JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO, I'M GONNA GO SEE THE CAT IN THE HAT ON SATURDAY
I'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT AFTER.
THEY'VE HAD, LAST WEEK THEY HAD OVER A THOUSAND KIDS, UM, BUST IN ON FIELD TRIPS OH MY GOD.
SO THE DIRECTOR THERE IS DURING AN AMAZING JOB AND I KNOW MOST OF THE SHOWS ARE SOLD OUT.
UM, SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO HAVE A, HAVE LIVE THEATER IN, IN LA HABRA AND QUALITY WONDERFUL SHOWS.
UH, COMMISSIONER ROJAS, ANY COMMENTS? NO.
SO JUST A REMINDER THAT WE DO HAVE, UH, THE LA LAHABRA HOST LIONS CLUB IS HAVING THE SANTA CLA CAR SHOW THIS SATURDAY FROM 9:00 AM TO 1:00 PM AT THE LAHABRA MARKETPLACE.
SO HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS CAN STOP BY.
UM, THERE'S GONNA BE A LIVE BAND, I THINK IT'S SUBOR BAND, UH, DRAWINGS AWESOME, AWESOME CARS TO LOOK AT.
AND THEN WE'RE COOKING UP OUR TRIT TIP, FAMOUS TRIT TIP APPARENTLY.
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SHOULD BE A FUN TIME.SO I INVITE YOU TO ATTEND TO THAT OR ATTEND THAT.
UM, AND THEN JUST THE TAMALE FESTIVAL WAS AWESOME.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW NUMBERWISE HOW HE DID COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, BUT I SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE, THERE WAS A LONG LINE FOR ONE PARTICULAR VENDOR.
I HEARD IT WAS 45 MINUTES LONG.
THEY MAKE, UH, TAMALES WITH CHICHA CHICHA.
AND PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER.
THAT LINE WAS LONG FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END.
SO HOPEFULLY THERE WAS A, AN INCREASE IN ATTENDANCE BECAUSE I, I DID SEE A LOT OF FOLKS I WASN'T ABLE TO SEE THE WHOLE TIME, BUT THERE, THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE ENJOYING THE MUSIC AND THE VENDORS AND AT THE PARK.
SO IT WAS, UM, JUST A NICE SIGHT ON THAT DAY.
AND IT WAS JUST A, A, A NICE DAY TOO.
SO IT WAS, EVERYTHING WORKED OUT PERFECTLY.
AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
SO IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN TO WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8TH AT 6:30 PM NEXT YEAR.