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IT'S SHOWTIME.[ CALL TO ORDER: Council Chamber INVOCATION: Assistant City Attorney/Legal Counsel Collins PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Councilmember/Director Surich ROLL CALL: Mayor/Director Nigsarian Mayor Pro Tem/Director Espinoza Councilmember/Director Gomez Councilmember/Director Medrano Councilmember/Director Surich]
ALRIGHT, FOLKS, I'LL NOW CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT IT IS NOW 6:30 PM TONIGHT'S MEETING AGENDA ORDER HAS BEEN SLIGHTLY ALTERED IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS AND REQUIRED ACTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
THE INVOCATION TONIGHT WILL BE GIVEN BY ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY COLLINS, FOLLOWED BY THE FLAG SALUTE, LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SERCH, IF YOU PLEASE RISE.
DEAR GOD, WE HUMBLY PRAY THAT YOU WILL GRANT WISDOM TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS IT CONSIDERS CITY BUSINESS SET FORTH AND THE MEETING AGENDA TONIGHT.
WE ASK THAT YOU PROVIDE THE CITY COUNCIL WITH INSIGHT AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND CHALLENGES CONFRONTING OUR COUNCIL, STAFF, AND CITIZENS, SO THAT TOGETHER WE CAN STRIVE TO SOLVE THESE ISSUES WITH COMMUNITY, SPIRIT AND PARTNERSHIP IN MIND.
PLEASE BLESS THE COUNCIL IN ITS DECISION MAKING TONIGHT SO THAT WE MAY ACT PRUDENTLY AND RESPONSIBLY FOR THE GOOD OF THE LAHABRA COMMUNITY.
WOULD YOU UNCOVER, PLEASE PUT YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
READY I PLEDGE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH TO STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY COLLINS.
WILL THE CITY CLERK PLEASE CALL ROLL.
AND THERE WAS NO CLOSED SESSION HELD TONIGHT, SO WE ARE
[1. RECOGNITION OF THE 2024 HOLIDAY HOME DECORATING "LIGHT UP THE SEASON" AWARD RECIPIENTS]
GONNA PROCEED IMMEDIATELY TO PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS.SO, UH, FIRST WE'RE GONNA DO THE RECOGNITION OF THE 2024 HOLIDAY HOME DECORATING LIGHT UP THE SEASON AWARD, UH, RE RECIPIENT.
SO IF, UH, IF WE'RE ALL WILLING, LET'S GO DOWN TO THE WELL AND HONOR THESE FAMILIES FOR THE GREAT WORK THEY'VE DONE.
AND LET ME NOTE AS WELL THAT MY MIC IS OFF.
WHAT IS IT ON NOW? IT'S ON NOW.
LEMME KNOW TOO THAT WE HAVE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSIONERS, ANNETTE LI MON AND DENISE SCHMIDT HERE.
THEY'RE REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION AND THEY'RE THE ONES NOW THAT PICK OUT ALL THE BEAUTIFICATION AWARDS AND OF COURSE, THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY DECORATING CONTEST AWARD RECIPIENTS.
FIRST I'D LIKE TO ASK, IS THE BLOOMER FAMILY HERE, BLOOMER FAMILY? IF YOU'RE IN THE HOUSE, PLEASE STEP ON UP AND MAKE SURE YOU TAKE NOTE.
WE'VE GOT THE HOUSE RIGHT HERE ON THE SCREENS.
YOU CAN SEE THE GORGEOUS WORK THEY DID.
THE WONDERFUL FESTIVE NATURE OF THEIR DECORATIONS.
ALRIGHT, MR. AND MS. BLUMER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A WORD REAL QUICK ABOUT THE, THE PROJECT? YES, JUST QUICK.
UH, I DON'T KNOW WHO NOMINATED US, BUT, UH, WE'RE JUST GLAD EVERYBODY ENJOYS IT, UH, EVERY YEAR.
DO WE HAVE THE KNOX FAMILY IN THE HOUSE? THE KNOX FAMILY? COME ON UP.
WAS IT EASY? WAS IT EASY? WAS IT A PIECE OF CAKE? LIKE WHAT, ONE OR TWO HOURS? OH, OH YEAH.
AT LEAST A COUPLE DAYS, BUT COUPLE CLOSE TO, UH, 15,000 LIGHTS.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS.ANY WORDS BEFORE YOU? I OWE IT ALL TO MY WIFE.
SHE'S, SHE'S THE, THE PERSON BEHIND IT.
BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR THE VOTING.
THESE GUYS ARE VETERANS OF THIS PROFESSIONALS.
I MEAN, THEY SHOULD EITHER HAVE THEIR OWN TV SHOW OR BE ON A TV SHOW BECAUSE YOUR HOUSE IS CONSISTENTLY GORGEOUS WHEN IT COMES TO THE HOLIDAYS.
SO YOU WON IN 22 AS WELL AND YOU'VE BEEN DECORATING FOR HOW MANY YEARS? UH, THIS IS, WELL, I DECORATE EVERY YEAR, SO MY KIDS TRY AND HELP OUT AND I ALWAYS GET A LITTLE CRAZY AND SAY, MOM HAS TO DO IT.
BUT THIS IS OUR SECOND TIME WINNING.
SO WE'LL SEE YOU PROBABLY HERE NEXT YEAR.
FINALLY, MR. TOBY FLORES FROM STATE FARM FOR A BUSINESS AWARD.
READY? LOOK RIGHT OVER THERE GUYS.
IT'S AN HONOR TO BE PART OF THIS GREAT COMMUNITY AND, UH, WHEN WE MOVED IN HERE FOUR YEARS AGO, WE JUST WANTED TO BE A BLESSING TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE CONTINUE TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO BRING SMILES TO YOUR FACES.
I JUST WANTED EVERY, EVERYBODY KNOW THAT ALL OUR, UH, WINNERS, UH, DID A WONDERFUL JOB, UH, WITH THEIR DISPLAYS.
AND IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE, STOP AND SEE 'EM.
HE'S RIGHT HERE ON THE BOULEVARD AND HE CHANGES UP FOR ALL THE SEASONS AND IT'S ALWAYS BETTER AND IT'S A NICE VIEW WHEN YOU PASS ON LAHABRA BOULEVARD.
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO ALL OF OUR WINNERS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ENLIVENING AND BRIGHTENING THE HOLIDAY SEASON AGAIN.
[2. RECOGNITION OF THE LA HABRA WOMAN'S CLUB FOR DONATION OF NEW COATS TO LA HABRA SCHOOL STUDENTS]
TWO ON THE AGENDA.THE NEXT UH, RECOGNITION IS FOR THE LAHABRA WOMEN'S CLUB FOR THE DONATION OF NEW COATS TO LAHABRA SCHOOL STUDENTS.
SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE GINA WINY TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.
TURN THAT PROCLAMATION AROUND.
CONGRATULATIONS LADIES ON WONDERFUL WORK.
BEFORE YOU GO, PLEASE A COUPLE WORDS, SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND HOW IMPORTANT
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IT WAS TO YOU AND WHAT IT MEANT TO YOU.YES, WE HAVE, UH, ACTUALLY, HARBOR WOMEN'S CLUB HAS BEEN AROUND FOR OVER 125 YEARS.
AND SINCE THEN WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A LOT OF THE LOCATIONS HERE IN LA HABRA.
A LOT OF, UH, JUST GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR CHILDREN, TO OUR VETS, MEN AND WOMEN TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL, UH, STUDENTS.
AND THE LIST JUST GOES ON AND ON.
THIS HAS BEEN A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND SO I DON'T THINK THAT, UM, DARREN ANNOUNCED IT, BUT WE HAVE GIVEN OUT OVER A THOUSAND COATS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS TO OUR, UH, MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
NOW, THIS PROJECT ACTUALLY BELONGS TO NATALIE AND I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND TURN THIS OVER TO HER 'CAUSE THIS HAS BEEN HER BABY AND SHE HAS MADE SURE FROM UH, JUST THE FIRST STEP THROUGH THE VERY END OF DELIVERING CODES THAT SHE HAS HANDLED THIS.
SO THIS IS NATALIE SCHOLAR WHITE.
BUT IT REALLY TRULY IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ALL OF OUR MEMBERS BACK THERE IF YOU COULD JUST PLEASE STAND UP AND, UM, SAY HELLO TO EVERYBODY.
IT REALLY IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.
AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, I AM GONNA TAKE A FEW MOMENTS 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, WHEN WE STARTED THIS COAT INITIATIVE BACK IN 2017, WE NEVER ANTICIPATED REACHING SUCH A SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT WITHIN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.
IT'S BEEN A JOURNEY OF LEARNING AND GROWTH FOR OUR CLUB OVER TIME.
WE BUILT STRONG RELATIONSHIPS, NOT ONLY WITH THE LA HABER ROTARY, BUT THE PROGRAM SPECIALISTS AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE, THE COMMUNITY LIAISONS AND THE SCHOOL STAFF AND EVEN PARENTS WHO ARE ALL INVESTED IN THEIR CHILDREN'S SUCCESS.
AND I DON'T KNOW, WE DID INVITE SOME OF THE COMMUNITY LIAISONS TO BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT OF COURSE THEY ALL WORK.
BUT I DON'T KNOW, DO WE HAVE ANY HERE? WE DON'T.
BUT A, A, A HUGE THANK YOU TO THEM AS WELL.
'CAUSE WE REALLY COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THEM.
THEY'RE WORKING WITH ALL OF THE STUDENTS EVERY DAY IDENTIFYING WHO THOSE STUDENTS IN NEED ARE AND WORKING WITH THEM AND WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
AND, UM, ROTARY, YOU'RE UP NEXT, BUT WE REALLY COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THEM.
SO, UM, IT REALLY IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.
AND CARRIE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE RECOGNITION AND THE COUNCIL AND WE HOPE YOU ALL LOOK US UP ON THE INTERNET AND FIND OUT WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO.
WELL, AS YOU KNOW, UM, I BELONG TO THE LA HABRA WOMEN'S CLUB AND THESE WOMEN ARE MIGHTY POWERFUL IN THE COMMUNITY.
A LOT OF, A LOT OF YOU IN THE COMMUNITY DIDN'T KNOW WHO, WHAT THE WOMEN'S CLUB REALLY IS ALL ABOUT, BUT, UM, THE CLUB IS GROWING.
YOU'RE OUT THERE GETTING MEMBERS EVERY TIME WE TURN AROUND AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST MIGHTY
A THOUSAND COATS TO OUR KIDS THIS TIME OF YEAR.
[3. RECOGNITION OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF LA HABRA FOR GRANT SUPPORT TO THE LA HABRA WOMAN'S CLUB]
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE RECOGNITION OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF LA HARBOR FOR THE GRANT SUPPORT TO THE WOMEN'S CLUB.AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE CHRIS KENNEDY COME UP.
CHRIS, I SAW YOU HEAR, THERE SHE IS.
CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS.
WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU.
THE ROTARY IS AN AMAZING GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT JUST HELP SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AND AND WOMEN'S CLUB.
WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR KINDNESS AND DONATIONS.
I WAS HOPING NOT TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
BUT, UM, ROTARY'S MOTTO, ROTARY INTERNATIONAL'S MOTTO IS SERVICE ABOVE SELF.
AND SO WE'RE SO HAPPY TO PARTNER WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT ALSO EMBODY THAT, UM, THAT MOTTO.
AND SO THERE ARE SOME ROTARIANS HERE TONIGHT.
DAWN STILLEY, YOU WANNA RAISE YOUR HAND?
AM I MISSING ANYBODY? ROSE ESPINOZA ALSO.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE RECOGNITION.
SUCH AMAZING, GOOD ACCOMPLISHED BY THE LAHABRA ROTARY.
AND THAT'S THE LAST OF OUR, UH, PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITION.
SO NOW WE'LL ADJOURN BACK TO THE DAY TO CONTINUE WITH THE MEETING.
[ RECOGNITION OF COUNCILMEMBER SURICH FOR HER SERVICES FROM APRIL 2024 THROUGH DECEMBER 2024 RECOGNITION OF COUNCILMEMBER NIGSARIAN FOR HIS SERVICES AS MAYOR FROM DECEMBER 2023 THROUGH DECEMBER 2024]
SO MAYOR, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA STAY HERE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CRICH.[00:15:01]
MM-HMMTHEN I GUESS WE'LL STAY WE RECOGNIZING HER FOR HER SERVICE.
SO I HAVE A PLAQUE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER SEARCH AND I'LL READ THIS FIRST, THEN I'LL SAY A FEW WORDS AND THEN CARRIE'S GOT A FEW WORDS OF HER OWN, I'M SURE.
SO THIS PLAQUE SAYS, IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION TO CARRIE, SEARCH, IN HONOR OF YOUR OUTSTANDING SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO THE CITY OF LA HABRA AS A MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL.
APRIL, 2024 TO DECEMBER, 2024, PLANNING COMMISSION, APRIL, 2022 TO APRIL, 2024, COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION, MARCH, 2014 TO APRIL, 2022.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS AND YEARS OF SERVICE.
LET, LET ME SAY VERY BRIEFLY, THERE'S A REASON WHY THE CITY COUNCIL APPOINTED CARRIE S UH, TO THE POSITION AFTER STEVE SIMONIAN RETIRED.
AND IT IS BECAUSE OF HER OVER TWO DECADES OF JUST RELENTLESS DEDICATED COMMITMENT TO THIS COMMUNITY.
SHE KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT THE NONPROFITS, SHE KNOWS SO MUCH ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
UH, SHE WAS AN OUTSTANDING CHOICE.
UH, WE ARE SO PROUD OF HER BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH SHE MAY NOT BE AT THE COUNCIL, DE BY NO MEANS IS THIS GONNA BE THE END OF WHAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY COMMITTED, DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE WELFARE OF THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
AND I WANNA SAY THAT GOING FORWARD, SHE'LL ALWAYS BE OUR FORMER COLLEAGUE.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I THINK TO EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM, I HOPE, AND TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, SHE'LL ALWAYS BE THE QUEEN OF OUR HEARTS BECAUSE SHE HAS ACTED OUT OF THAT SOLID GOLD HEART OF HERS JUST WITHOUT ANY HESITATION WHATSOEVER.
SO TO US, WE EXTEND YOU OUR PROFOUND GRATITUDE AND, AND TO YOU.
WE WISH YOU EVERY BEST THING IN THE FUTURE.
WOW,
I JUST WANT TO, UM, JUST TO SAY THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
AND, UM, I DID WRITE A FEW WORDS, SO I'M JUST GONNA READ 'EM BECAUSE IT'LL BE EASIER FOR ME TO READ 'EM THAN FOR ME TO STAND HERE.
SO ANYWAY, SO TONIGHT ENDS ANOTHER JOURNEY IN LIFE.
AND I AM SO VERY GRATEFUL TO SO MANY.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK MY HUSBAND FRED, SITTING RIGHT OVER HERE.
HE HAS BEEN MY STRENGTH, ENCOURAGEMENT, MY SUPPORTER, MY SOUNDING BOARD, MY NUMBER ONE FAN AND IS ALWAYS GOD ALWAYS BEHIND ME NO MATTER WHAT WILD AND CRAZY THINGS I COME UP WITH IN THE LAST 35 YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER.
I LOVE YOU HONEY
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT, AND ALL YOUR LOVE.
TO MY AWESOME COLLEAGUES, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU, DARREN ROSE, JOSE, JIM, STEVE, YOU'RE HERE TOO.
ALSO WANT TO, UM, TO THANK YOU FOR WELCOMING INTO YOUR FOLD.
THESE ASKS LAST EIGHT MONTHS HELPING ME THROUGH THE LEARNING PROCESS ON COUNCIL THROUGH ENCOURAGEMENT, GUIDANCE, AND FRIENDSHIP.
I'M SO APPRECIATIVE TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO HELP AND THAT YOU NEVER ONCE ASKED OR LEFT AT ALL MY SILLY QUESTIONS TO OUR CITY MANAGER, JIM SADRO, WHAT CAN I SAY? EXCEPT A HUGE THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP, YOUR SUPPORT, YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT, AND ALL YOUR GUIDANCE IN HELPING ME THROUGH COUNSEL TO ALL THE STAFF, RHONDA, GABBY, BRIANNA, KENYA, DEON, I DON'T KNOW WHERE DEVIN IS, WHERE SHE'S PROBABLY IN THE BACK WORKING, UM,
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TO ALL OUR AMAZING DEPARTMENTS, OUR FINANCE, PLANNING, CODE ENFORCEMENT, PUBLIC WORKS, AND ALL THE OTHERS WHO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND EVERY SINGLE DAY ASSISTING COUNSEL AND MAKING LAHABRA FIRST THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY OF LAHABRA FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT AND ALLOWING ME TO SERVE AS YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.JUST KNOW THAT I'LL CONTINUE TO SERVE BY BEING A BIG PART OF OUR GREAT CITY AS I HAVE IN THE PAST.
AS THIS IS NOT THE END, I'LL CONTINUE HELPING OUR SENIORS, OUR VETERANS, AND OUR YOUTH.
UM, FROM SENATOR, I'M SORRY, STATE ASSEMBLY ONE BLANCA PACHECOS OFFICE.
ARY IS, WOULD THIS BE THE TIME? YES.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF ASSEMBLYWOMAN BLANCA PACHECO, UM, COUNCILWOMAN, IT HAS BEEN SUCH A GREAT, UH, HONOR TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU.
UH, ASSEMBLYWOMAN PACHECO, JUST OB OBVIOUSLY LOVES THE CITY OF LAHABRA, AND WE ARE SO DELIGHTED TO, UH, BE OF SERVICE TO ALL OF YOU.
AND I SEE SO MANY GREAT INCREDIBLE, UH, LEADERS HERE.
BUT I THINK FOR US, UH, FOR ME TO SAY IS, YOU KNOW, TO KNOW COUNCILWOMAN CARE, SUR SURGE IS TO LOVE CARE SEARCH.
SO, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, UH, WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE OF APPRECIATION FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP.
AS A COUNCIL MEMBER OF LAHABRA, YOUR COMMITMENT TO ENHANCING THE WELLBEING OF ALL RESIDENTS HAS MADE A PROFOUND AND LASTING IMPACT.
AND WE KNOW THAT YOUR LEGACY OF SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO INSPIRE AND POSITIVELY SHAPE THE FUTURE OF LAHABRA FOR MANY, MANY GENERATIONS TO COME.
AND WE KNOW THAT YOU, UH, WE MET WHEN YOU WERE PART OF THE LA HABRA WOMEN'S CLUB, AND THEY ARE MIGHT, THEY ARE SMALL, BUT VERY, VERY MIGHTY.
SO, ON BEHALF OF THE STATE, ON BEHALF OF ASSEMBLYWOMAN BLANCA PACHECO, UM, WE LOVE YOU AND WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.
THANK YOU HONOR OVER HERE A PICTURE.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WE'RE AWARE OF IN TERMS OF SIR, SIR? UH, OH.
YEAH, FOR YOU, FOR YOU, FOR ME.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, UH, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
AM HERE, UH, REPRESENTING THE OFFICE OF SENATOR TOM BERG.
I JUST WANNA TAKE A QUICK MINUTE TO JUST INTRODUCE MYSELF.
I'M THE NEW, UH, DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE THAT WILL BE COVERING THE CITY LA HABRA.
I LOOK, UH, FORWARD TO WORKING ALONGSIDE ALL OF YOU AND CONTINUING THE WORK.
UM, MAYBE JOINING ONE OF YOUR, UM, GROUPS THAT YOU, UH, WORK.
AND ON BEHALF OF THE SENATOR, I JUST WANNA PRESENT A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION.
UM, ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE, I AM PROUD TO AWARD THE CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION TO COUNCIL MEMBER CARRIE SEARCH FOR HER EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE TO THE CITY OF LAHABRA.
CARRIE HAS BEEN A DEDICATED COMMUNITY ADVOCATE, INCLUDING HER, INCLUDING HER LEADERSHIP AS CHAIR OF THE LA HABRA VETERANS COMMITTEE, WHERE SHE WORKED ALONGSIDE LOCAL VETERANS TO ORGANIZE IMPORTANT EVENTS SUCH AS VETERANS DAY, MEMORIAL DAY, AND FLAG DAY.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THIS, HER SERVICE AND WISH YOUR CONTINUED SUCCESS IN ALL YOUR FUTURE IN CONGRATULATIONS.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ALONGSIDE YOU.
AS FAR AS WE KNOW, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER REPRESENTATIVES HERE FOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SEARCH FROM DOUG CHAFFEY'S, OFF SUPERVISOR DOUG CHAFFEE.
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CARRIE, IT'S, UH, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A PLEASURE TO RUN INTO YOU AT ALL THESE EVENTS THAT WE GO TO.UH, I KNOW IT'S BEEN A SHORT TIME, BUT IT'S BEEN A VERY MEANINGFUL TIME, UH, SUPERVISOR WISHES HE COULD BE HERE TODAY, BUT UNFORTUNATELY HE'S OUTTA TOWN.
WE WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK WITH YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS AND WE REALLY THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE YOU PROVIDED TO THE CITIZENS OF LAHABRA.
WE'LL ADD THIS TO THE EVER-GROWING PILE RIGHT HERE.
ALRIGHT, SO I THINK THAT CONCLUDES, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ER'S RECOGNITION FOR NOW.
COUNCIL MEMBER SER, YOU MAY HAVE A SEAT BACK AT THE DAAS.
AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ, PLEASE COME DOWN TO THE FRONT FOR RECOGNITION OF MAYOR DARREN NIAN.
AFTER JIM SAYS WHAT HE'S GONNA SAY, UH, I'M NOT GONNA TALK AT ALL BECAUSE THERE IS GONNA BE A ONE HOUR DOCUMENTARY ON MY TIME AS MAYOR THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE,
SO, BUT THERE'LL BE A RESTROOM BREAK FOR THOSE WHO NEED ONE, JUST SO YOU KNOW.
WHAT FURTHER SWEARING IN THIS WAS SWORN IN.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE TIME WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR, TO RECOGNIZE OUR GREAT OUTGOING MAYOR.
NONE OTHER THAN GREAT DARREN ERIAN.
I AM HONORED TO BE STANDING BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE REMARKABLE LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION OF MAYOR DARREN NIAN DURING HIS YEAR AS MAYOR FOR THE CITY OF LAHABRA.
OVER THE PAST YEAR, MAYOR NIAN HAS DEMONSTRATED UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
HE CHAMPION EFFORTS TO ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY, IMPROVE INFRASTRUCTURE, AND SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES.
DURING DARREN'S TENURE AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LAHABRA, WE EXPERIENCED GROWTH, SUCCESS, TRANSFORMATION, AND A FEW CHALLENGES.
WE HAVE SEEN NEW BUSINESSES OPEN THEIR DOORS, WHICH HAS CREATED NEW JOBS, SHOPPING CHOICES, AND OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS HAVE.
UM, IT'S ALSO STIMULATED OUR LOCAL ECONOMY.
FURTHERMORE, A NUMBER OF EXCITING PROJECTS TOOK SHAPE DURING HIS TENURE, AND WE'LL BE OPENING UP SOON, INCLUDING LA QUINTA IN HOTEL VISTA WALK, RESIDENTIAL, UH, DEVELOPMENT, SUCH, UH, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS.
AND ALSO WE HAVE KRISPY KREME DUTCH BROS, JUST TO NAME A FEW.
OUR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE HAS BEEN ENHANCED THIS PAST YEAR WITH A COMPLETION OF SEVERAL KEY PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE NEWLY PAVED, UH, ROAD LIKE MONTE VISTA AND THE UPGRADING PUBLIC FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENT OF, OF, UH, PUB PUBLIC PARKS.
A PARTICULARLY REWARDING PROJECT THIS PAST YEAR WAS THE GRAND REOPENING AND REDEDICATION OF THE STEVE SIMONIAN OLD RESERVOIR PARK, WHICH, UH, WENT UNDER COMPLETE RENOVATION AND DARREN WATCHED OVER THAT PROJECT AS MAYOR.
SO MAYOR SIMONIAN, CAN YOU STAND UP? OUR FORMER MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER, STEVE SENDS HIS BLESSINGS AND THANKS YOU FOR OVERSEEING THAT PROJECT.
UH, WE ALSO STARTED NEW CONSTRUCTION AT LAINA WOMEN'S CLUB PARK.
THE EVENTS SCULLY CENTENNIAL PARK, BOTH OF WHICH WE HOPE WILL BECOME KEY RECREATIONAL SPACES FOR OUR COMMUNITY IN THE FEW MONTHS, UH, IN A FEW MONTHS FROM NOW.
BUT WE ALSO FACE SOME UNCERTAIN ECONOMIC TIMES AND UNFORESEEN BALANCE, UH, UNFORESEEN BUDGET CHALLENGES.
DESPITE THESE ISSUES, WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE CRITICAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMS THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE INDICATED ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO THEM.
WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP, DARREN, THE CITY COUNCIL, WAS ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS THAT WOULD BEST SERVE THE LA HARBERT COMMUNITY, AND NOW HOPEFULLY INTO THE FUTURE BECAUSE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP.
BUT BEYOND THE POLICIES AND THE PROJECTS MAYOR AND EXPERIENCE'S, GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS HAS BEEN HIS ABILITY TO
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CONNECT WITH PEOPLE.HOW MANY HOMES DID YOU WALK OUT THERE? TRYING TO FIND OUT HOW MANY? 7,000.
WHETHER AT A COMMUNITY EVENT, CITY MEETINGS, OR SIMPLY WALKING DOOR TO DOOR, HE HAS CONSISTENTLY SHOWN A GENUINE INTEREST BY LISTENING TO RESIDENTS CONCERNS AND HAS THE RECORD FOR SETTING IN THE MOST CRMS FOR THE CITY OF LAHABRA
WHILE TONIGHT WE HONOR HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS MAYOR, WE KNOW THAT DARREN'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE, TO THE CITY OF LAHABRA ARE FAR, ARE FAR FROM OVER.
HIS PASSION FOR THE CITY AND HIS PEOPLE WILL UNDOUBTEDLY CONTINUE FOR YEARS TO COME.
UH, PLEASE JOIN ME IN A HEARTFELT ROUND OF APPLAUSE AS WE THANK DARREN ERIAN FOR HIS EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP, DEDICATION, AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO MAKING LAHABRA THE VERY BEST IT CAN BE.
DARREN, WHEN YOU GET DARREN, YOU GET A TWOFER.
AND I WANNA CALL UP HIS WIFE, UH, CAROL UP HERE.
UH, DARREN BOUGHT YOU SOME FLOWERS OVER HERE AND HE'LL GRAB ONE OF THOSE FOR YOU.
HE WANTED TO EXPRESS, UH, HOW MUCH YOU MEAN TO HIM AND THESE FLOWERS ARE FOR YOU.
SO, UH, REALLY, IT'S TRULY REMARKABLE.
CAROL HAS REALLY BEEN THAT SILENT COUNCIL MEMBER BY HIS SIDE.
SHE HAS MADE A REMARKABLE INFLUENCE IN HIS LIFE AND ALSO IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S SO GREAT TO COME UP, TURN AROUND AND SEE CAROL THERE.
MR. MAYOR, AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE UP ALEJANDRO FROM SENATOR TOM BERG'S OFFICE, WHO HAS A SPECIAL PRESENTATION.
WELL, CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR, FOR A SUCCESSFUL YEAR.
UH, ON BEHALF OF SENATOR TOM BERG, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THE CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION.
ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE OF SENATE, I'M PROUD TO AWARD THE CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION TO DARE NAZARIAN IN HONOR OF HIS SERVICE AS MAYOR OF LAHABRA FOR THE 2024 YEAR, HIS TERM WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR THE SUPPORT HE PROVIDED TO LOCAL BUSINESSES, HIS STRONG LEADERSHIP, AND HIS RESPONSIVENESS TO CONSTITUENTS.
WE THANK DARREN SERIAN FOR HIS UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING THE LAHABRA COMMUNITY THROUGH HIS PASSIONATE LEADERSHIP.
CONGRATULATIONS, AS A PROUD LAHABRA RESIDENT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
THEY'D LIKE TO GET A PHOTO WITH YOU, MR. MAYOR.
REPRESENTING, UH, ASSEMBLYWOMAN BLANCA PACHECO.
AGAIN, A DISTRICT DIRECTOR FOR ASSEMBLY WOMEN PACHECO.
UH, MR. MAYOR HAS BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH YOU THIS PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
I MEAN, THE CITY OF LA HABRA IS ONE OF THE ASSEMBLY MEMBERS, UH, FAVORITE CITIES.
AND OF COURSE WE DO HAVE TO THANK, UH, CAROL FOR SHARING YOU WITH US BECAUSE IT'S A, IT'S A, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS WORK TOGETHER SO WELL.
UH, WE WERE AT THE TAMALI FESTIVAL, UH, AVOIDING PICTURES BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE BACKGROUND AND THEY DO THE WORK.
SO, ON BEHALF OF ASSEMBLYWOMAN, UH, BLANCA PACHECO, UH, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE LEGACY OF SERVICE THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO INSPIRE A LEAD FOR THIS CITY.
UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND OF COURSE, WE WISH YOU, UH, MUCH SUCCESS AND WE KNOW YOU'LL BE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THE VERY NEXT FOUR YEARS.
SMILE FOR A PHOTO RIGHT THERE.
LOOK AT THAT MILLION DOLLAR SMILE, ARI.
YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? I'M SORRY.
WHAT? WHAT ELSE? YOU WANNA GIVE US A CHECK TOO? FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA? WE, WE STILL A BIKE TRAIL.
ALSO REPRESENTING US TODAY FROM, UH, ORANGE COUNTY SUPERVISOR DOUG CHAFFEY'S OFFICE.
SO I'M HERE, UM, REPRESENTING THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, DOUG CHAFFEE, SUPERVISOR OF
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THE FOURTH DISTRICT.HE COVERS LAHABRA AND MOST OF NORTH ORANGE COUNTY.
UH, I JUST WANNA SAY, ON BEHALF OF THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, I COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICES.
MAYOR FOR THE CITY OF LAHABRA.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL DEDICATION TO IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE CITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF ITS RESIDENTS, AND CONTINUING TO MAKE LAHARA A CARING COMMUNITY.
NOW, HOW MANY STEPS DID YOU GET IN DURING YOUR, UH, TIME WALKING? 7,000 HOUSES.
OKAY, HERE, MR. MAYOR, THE FINAL PRESENTATION IS FROM THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL.
WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THE HONORARY PLAQUE AND GAVEL AND, UH, REPRESENTING, UH, THIS LOOKS LIKE FROM, UH, CONGRESSWOMAN LORETTA, UH, LINDA SANCHEZ'S OFFICE AS WELL.
OKAY, LET'S COME ON UP FRONT THE COUNCIL, TAKE A PICTURE RIGHT UP FRONT HERE.
CARRIE DOWN HERE CAN WAIT FOR CARRIE.
IS SHE DOING BACK THERE? ONE LAST ONE.
ALRIGHT, HANG ON, MR. MAYOR, COME ON BACK.
MR. MAYOR, AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL AND OUR COMMUNITY, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU SERVE AS OUR MAYOR.
YOU SET THE STANDARD VERY, VERY HIGH AND IT'S GONNA BE VERY DIFFICULT TO OVER.
UH, THOSE, UH, YOU JUST DID A REMARKABLE JOB.
SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AGAIN, OUR MAYOR DARREN ERIAN, AND YOU GET THE LAST WORD.
BUT FOR NOW, NOTHING BUT GRATITUDE TO YOU, JIM, TO YOU ROSE TO YOU, JOSE, TO YOU KERRY.
TREMENDOUS GRATITUDE TO THE STAFF THAT MAKES THE JOB OF MAYOR RING POSSIBLE TOO.
THE MOVING PIECES ARE EXTRAORDINARY.
YOU'RE REPRESENTING THE CITY, YOU'RE REPRESENTING YOUR COMMUNITY.
BUT ALL THE HARD HEAVY LIFTING IS BEING DONE BY STAFF, MY COLLEAGUES, EVERYBODY ELSE, CAROL? I WOULD SAY PROBABLY MAINLY ACTUALLY.
SO FOR NOW, JUST PROFOUND GRATITUDE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE.
AND AGAIN, I'LL SAY SOME MORE THINGS LATER, BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SHARE THIS SORT OF RECOGNITION WITH ME.
SO I BELIEVE THIS CONCLUDES THE, UH, STUFF IN FRONT OF THE PODIUM SO WE CAN RETURN TO OUR DAYS.
[1. APPROVE AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION CERTIFYING THE RESULTS OF THE NOVEMBER 5, 2024, GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION That the City Council APPROVE AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. CC 2024-__ ENTITLED: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA, RECITING THE FACT OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD ON NOVEMBER 5, 2024, DECLARING THE RESULTS AND SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS PROVIDED BY LAW.]
OKAY.SO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS.
ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE MAY REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE LA HABER CITY COUNCIL ON THE SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS PRIOR TO THE LA HABER CITY COUNCIL.
TAKING A FINAL VOTE ON THE ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS, 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 ONLY ITEM ON SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TITLED APPROVE AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION CERTIFYING THE RESULTS OF THE NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024 GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
AS INDICATED IN THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT, THIS YEAR'S GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION WAS HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH FOR ELECTION OF THREE MEMBERS TO THE LA HABRA CITY COUNCIL, AS WELL AS TO VOTE ON LOCAL BALLOT MEASURE V.
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTRAR VOTERS CERTIFIED THE ELECTION RESULTS ON DECEMBER 3RD.
AND AS REQUIRED BY THE CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS CODE, THE CITY MUST PASS A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE ELECTION RESULTS NO LATER THAN THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING FOLLOWING THE
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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTRAR OF VOTER CERTIFICATION.AT THIS TIME, CITY COUNCIL IS ASKED TO APPROVE AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION CERTIFYING THE RESULTS FROM THIS YEAR'S GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS, UH, OF MY COLLEAGUES? NO.
UH, IS THERE ANYBODY WHO'D LIKE TO COME UP AND ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? AND FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE WILL CLOSE THAT.
AND THEN ANY DISCUSSION OR A MOTION? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, MR. MAYOR.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND VOTE, PLEASE.
UH, I WILL BE DOING A ROLL CALL VOTE.
AND I'M SORRY, MAYOR PEREZ ESPINOZA MADE THE SECOND, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.
I'LL BE TAKING A ROLL CALL AND VOTE FOR THAT MOTION.
AND SECOND, COUNCIL MEMBER SURRIDGE, HOW DO YOU VOTE? YES.
AND AGAIN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CRICH, YOUR MOTION WAS TO APPROVE AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTION? THAT IS CORRECT.
I THINK OUR NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THAT CORRECT? UM, NEXT ITEM IS INSTALLATION OF NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS.
DOES GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT COME AFTER THAT OR BEFORE? AFTER? UH, IT'S GOING TO BE AFTER THAT.
[ INSTALLATION OF NEWLY ELECTED COUNCILMEMBERS: Administration of Oath of Office to Daren Nigsarian, Rose Espinoza, and Delwin Lampkin; and presentation of Certificates of Election.]
YOU.SO AT THIS TIME, I WILL LEAD THE PORTION OF THIS AGENDA, WHICH IS INSTALLATION OF NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD, EARLIER THIS EVENING, I CONDUCTED THE OFFICIAL OATS OF OFFICE FOR NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS, DARREN ERIAN, ROSE ESPINOZA, AND DELWIN LAMBKIN.
AT THIS TIME, THEY WILL EACH BE CALLED TO THE FRONT OF THE DAAS ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS IN ORDER OF VOTES RECEIVED FOR THE CEREMONIAL OATH TO BE GIVEN BY A PERSON OF THEIR CHOOSING.
DARREN ERIAN, PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT OF THE DAAS AND INVITE THE PERSON OF YOUR CHOOSING TO JOIN YOU SO THAT THEY MAY CONDUCT YOUR CEREMONIAL OATH OF OFFICE.
THAT PERSON OF CHOICE WOULD BE NONE OTHER THAN STEVE SIMONIAN.
SO, WELL, YOU HAVE TO BE ON MY LEFT, SO I CAN PUT MY HAND THERE WHILE YOU GUYS BRING IT IN.
FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SELECTING ME AS THE PERSON WHO SWEARS YOU IN.
I'M HONORED, UH, BY THAT GIFT.
UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, UH, DARREN DID WALK, UH, OVER 7,000 HOMES, UH, IN THIS ELECTION.
UH, DARREN USED TO LOOK JUST LIKE ME.
NOW YOU UNDERSTAND WHY I DIDN'T RUN FOR REELECTION.
I, CAROL SAYS HE'S, SHE THINKS HE'S CUTE.
I'VE NEVER FELT THAT WAY ABOUT HIM.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THAT I'LL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE, THAT I'LL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND TO THE CONSTITUTION OR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
THAT I WILL TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY, THAT I'LL TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION, WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION.
AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY, AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES, DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER.
UH, DO WE HAVE A, DO WE GET A PICTURE YET? I GUESS MAYBE DON GOT A PICTURE? YEAH.
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YOU'RE NEXT.IS THIS MY OPPORTUNITY? WE'RE GONNA, IT IS, ISN'T IT? YOU CAN A FEW WORDS AT THIS TIME IF YOU LIKE.
YOU KNOW, I JUST, I, WE ALL WANNA GET TO THE ATRIUM WHERE THERE'S PUNCH AND COOKIES.
YOU KNOW, I, THIS PAST YEAR, AND EVEN MY REELECTION IS REALLY NOT AT ALL ABOUT WHAT I SAID OR WHAT I DID.
AND I THINK AS STEVE ALLUDED TO IT AND HAS BEEN SAID, IS ABOUT WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE SAID, HOW THEY FELT ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY.
I MEAN, WE ARE SO BLESSED TO LIVE IN A TOWN WHERE I WOULD KNOCK ON DOOR AFTER DOOR AFTER DOOR.
AND I, MY SHTICK WAS, HI, I'M THE MAYOR NOW YOU FINALLY HAVE SOMEBODY TO COMPLAIN TO.
AND THEY WOULD LOOK AT ME LIKE, I'M CRAZY SAYING WHAT ARE TALKING ABOUT? WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMPLAINTS.
AND I SAID, WELL, THAT'S GOOD, BUT IF THAT CHANGES, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
AND THEN THEY WOULD SAY THE BUMPER STICKER LINE, THEY'D SAY, LOOK, WE LOVE LAHABRA.
AND IT WAS SUCH A GRATIFYING, SATISFYING EXPERIENCE FOR ME TO TALK TO PEOPLE WHO WERE SO PLEASED WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF OUR STAFF, OF OUR COUNCIL.
SO HAPPY TO BE IN THIS LITTLE, WHAT SOME PEOPLE CALL A LITTLE BACKWATER OF NORTH ORANGE COUNTY, ISOLATED FROM THE FREEWAYS AND ALL THIS SORT OF THING.
BUT PEOPLE ARE GENUINELY VERY SATISFIED AND VERY CONTENT WITH LA HABRA, WHICH IS NOT TO SAY WE DON'T HAVE PROBLEMS, WE DON'T HAVE CHALLENGES, WE DON'T HAVE ISSUES, BUT WE'VE GOT A COMMITTED COUNCIL THAT'S WORKING VERY HARD TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.
AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR SOMETIMES PEOPLE JUST TO STAND THERE AND NOT SAY ANYTHING AT ALL IN MY CASE.
AND I'LL, I'LL TELL FOLKS, I'LL SAY, WELL, MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW UP.
AND THEY SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I DUNNO THAT I WILL OR NOT.
WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT YOU STOOD THERE FOR 10 MINUTES AND YOU HEARD ME BECAUSE SO OFTEN PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVES, THAT'S NOT THEIR THING.
THEY'RE NOT KNOWN FOR LISTENING AND LETTING PEOPLE BE HEARD.
SO I'LL JUST SAY THIS PAST YEAR HAS BEEN, AGAIN, ENORMOUSLY SATISFYING FOR ME, REPRESENTING THIS COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO A TRUE JOB OF JOY BECAUSE IT WAS EASY IN THAT RESPECT.
I COULD FIX WHAT I, WHAT I COULD.
IF I COULDN'T FIX IT, I HAD TO EXPLAIN WHY.
BUT I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW HOW LUCKY YOU ARE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS DAY AND AGE WITH A LOT OF DYSFUNCTIONAL CITY COUNCILS, A LOT OF CITIES WITH A LOT OF HUGE ISSUES.
WE ARE TRULY UNIQUE IN LA HARRA.
AND THAT'S THE THING THAT I LIKE TO POINT OUT.
WE CALL IT THE CARING COMMUNITY.
BUT REALLY THERE'S THIS SENSE OF FAMILY THAT PERVADES THE ENTIRE CITY OF LA HABRA.
AND WE MAY QUIBBLE OVER THIS AND THAT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE KNOW WHO WE ARE.
WE KNOW WHAT WE DO, WE DO THE BEST FOR EACH OTHER, WE TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER.
AND IT'S BEEN A TRUE JOY TO SERVE.
AND OBVIOUSLY I'M VERY HAPPY THAT I GOT SO MANY VOTES.
AND I TAKE THAT NEW RESPONSIBILITY VERY SERIOUSLY BECAUSE IT IS A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN WHAT I'M GONNA DO OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
I GUARANTEE YOU I WILL DO MY VERY BEST.
I WILL BE OUT THERE JUST AS MUCH AS I WAS THIS PAST YEAR.
SO AGAIN, TO ALL OF YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND WE ALREADY KNOW WHO MAKES THIS POSSIBLE.
THAT'S ROSIE, MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW.
THAT'S MY GRANDDAUGHTER, ISABELLA, THAT'S MY GRANDSON.
JJ WAVE GUYS, DARREN, JUST SO YOU KNOW, MY RIGHT, MY LEFT LEG COULDN'T TAKE ANOTHER YEAR OF YOU BEING MAYOR.
AT THIS TIME, WILL ROSE ESPINOZA PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT OF THE DIOCESE AND INVITE THE PERSON OF YOUR CHOOSING TO JOIN YOU SO THAT THEY MAY CONDUCT YOUR CEREMONIAL OATH OF OFFICE.
I DON'T NEED TO LOOK AT THAT WRITER.
BUT ROSE FOUND THE LARGEST BIBLE SHE COULD FIND FOR ME TO HOLD TONIGHT.
SO I'M GONNA TRY TO DO THIS AND NOT COMPLETELY EMBARRASS MYSELF.
MOSES ONCE HELD THAT I TONGUE YEAH, I KNOW.
SO YOU'RE GONNA PUT THAT AND LET YOUR MOM PUT HER LEFT HAND ON IT.
UH, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND PLEASE.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR AND AFFIRM THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND, THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
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AND DOMESTIC.THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE, AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, CONSTITUTION, OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
THAT I WILL TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY, THAT I WILL TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION, WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION.
AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY AND I WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES, DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER.
I'M NOT GONNA SAY A WHOLE LOT.
I'M JUST RECOVERING FROM A COLD.
AND NOW WHAT I HAVE IS A COUGH.
AND IF I TALK TOO MUCH, I'M GONNA START COUGHING.
THAT'S WHY, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ TOOK ON THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT HE HAD AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MEDRANO WILL TAKE ON THE REST OF IT.
SO I WON'T START COUGHING, BUT I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE VOTERS.
I AM THE SENIOR OF ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE.
I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL NOW 24 YEARS, AND THIS WILL BE, I DON'T LOOK AT THAT RIGHT?
AND, UM, THANKS TO ALL THE VOTERS, I WILL BE HERE ANOTHER FOUR YEARS TO SERVE YOU.
I'M VERY HONORED TO SERVE YOU.
AND WHEN I FIRST, OF COURSE, I LOST THREE TIMES BEFORE I ACTUALLY WON THE FOURTH TIME.
SO IT TOOK EIGHT YEARS TO GET HERE.
UH, BUT AFTER THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS LIKE, OKAY, PEOPLE GOT TO KNOW ME AND THEN THEY WERE COMFORTABLE TO REELECT ME AND REELECT ME AND REELECT ME AND REELECT ME.
AND SO I'M VERY HONORED TO BE HERE AND SERVE YOU, CONTINUE TO SERVE YOU.
UM, ANYTIME YOU NEED SOME HELP OR ANYTHING, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CALL ME.
I HAVE THE BEST COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THAT CAN SUPPORT ME.
AS YOU SEE, THEY'RE HELPING ME OUT RIGHT NOW.
THE STAFF IS TREMENDOUS AND INCREDIBLE.
UM, CITY MANAGER JIM SADRO, WE REALLY, REALLY DO HAVE AN INVESTMENT IN THIS COMMUNITY.
UH, JIM SADRO HAS GROWN UP IN THIS AREA WHEN HE WAS A KID.
OUR CITY ATTORNEY THAT IS ON LEAVE RIGHT NOW, OR YOU KNOW, HE'S ON VACATION RIGHT NOW, HE HAS LIVED IN THIS AREA ALL HIS LIFE AS WELL.
SO THESE ARE THE CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY MANAGERS WHO KNOW WHAT THIS COMMUNITY MEANS TO ALL OF US COUNCIL MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY OF US WHO HAVE BEEN HERE GENERATION TO GENERATIONS, LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ'S FAMILY.
MY FAMILY HAS BEEN HERE SINCE 1919.
SO WE HAVE NOW PLANNED A MOVIE.
THIS IS WHAT WE WANTED TO SEE THE RESULTS OF THE BEST COMMUNITY POSSIBLE, THAT WE ARE HERE FOR YOU, NOT FOR US.
AND PLEASE, IF THERE ARE ANY ISSUES OR ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH, PLEASE CONTINUE TO CONTACT US AND WE WILL DO THE POSSIBLE, WHATEVER POSSIBLE WE CAN AS A TEAM, AS A STAFF, AS A CITY, REPRESENTATIVES OF YOUR THAT WE HERE ARE HERE TO SERVE YOU.
SAR RHONDA, I BELIEVE NOW WE MOVE ON TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I WAS GONNA LET MAYOR PRO TE ESPINOZA GET SEATED.
SO AT THIS TIME, DELWIN LAMPKIN, PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT OF THE DAIS AND INVITE THE PERSON OF YOUR CHOOSING TO JOIN YOU SO THAT THEY MAY CONDUCT YOUR CEREMONY.
JOINING ME, WE WILL BE MY, UH, WIFE, MELODY.
DO I GET MIC? I'M PRETTY LOUD, SO.
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PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND, THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE, THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
THAT I WILL TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY, THAT I WILL TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION, WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION.
AND THAT I WILL, WILL, WELL AND FAITHFULLY AND I, AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES, DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER.
YOU WANT GET A PHOTO? OH, SURE.
IF WE CAN GET A PHOTO REAL QUICK.
I AM A LITTLE NEW AT THIS, SO
SO I WANNA FIRST THANK, UM, CARRIE SERVI FOR HER SERVICE.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
AND I KNOW THAT IN THE NUMBER OF DECADES YOU PROVIDED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF LAHABRA, IT WILL CONTINUE ON.
AND SO APPRECIATE ALL THE SERVICE YOU'VE GIVEN TO THE CITY OF LAHABRA AND ALL THE CAPACITIES YOU'VE HELD.
UM, I WANT TO NEXT THANK THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF LAHABRA.
NOT JUST THE RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO THE VISITORS AND ALL OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS OF LAHABRA.
AS MANY OF YOU ARE HERE, UM, THIS IS PRETTY NEW TO ME.
UM, THIS IS NOT WHAT I ENVISIONED WHEN I GREW UP IN SOUTH LA, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY THAT I LIVED IN.
UM, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE ARE DREAMING, PEOPLE TEND TO DREAM FOR, UH, FOR, FOR BIGGER.
AND ALL MY ENTIRE LIFE, ALL I'VE WANTED TO DO IS JUST DREAM FOR BETTER.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING I WOULD'VE NEVER EXPECTED IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.
UM, BUT I'M HERE AND I'M HERE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF LA HABRA.
UM, FIRST PEOPLE, UH, FIRST THING I WANNA DO IS I WANT TO FIRST ACKNOWLEDGE A FEW PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE, A FEW DIGNITARIES.
UH, JOHN HAYNES, WHICH I BELIEVE HE'S ACTUALLY WATCHING ONLINE NOW.
BUT JOHN HAYNES, UH, CAPTAIN OF LA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, UH, OF TRAINING BUREAU, UM, RALPH ELLIS, UH, FORMER LASD COMMANDER AND FORMER CHIEF POLICE OF WEST, UH, OF WESTMINSTER, WHO'S HERE TODAY.
UM, HECTOR DELGADO, WHO IS THE, UH, UM, NEWEST, OR NOT NEWEST, BUT HE WAS REELECTED TO, UH, THE CITY OF SOUTH EL MONTE CITY CITY COUNCIL.
UM, RODNEY BLAIR STEWART, UM, UH, WHO IS THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BREA.
UM, THESE PEOPLE THAT I INVITE, OR PEOPLE THAT HAVE INSPIRED ME TO DO WHAT I AM DOING TODAY, UH, MANY OF THEM HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN ME GROW UP, UM, AND SEE ME ACCOMPLISH SO MUCH IN MY LIFE.
UM, MORE SPECIFIC TO, UM, UH, MR. UH, STEWART, UM, HE HAPPENS TO BE THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN, UM, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER OF A SUNDOWN TOWN OF ORANGE COUNTY.
AND SO HERE WE ARE TODAY WHERE I CAN CARRY ON WHAT HE HAS PAVED FOR MANY WITHIN, UM, UH, NOT JUST THE COMMUNITIES I GREW UP IN, BUT ALSO THE CITY OF LAHABRA.
I SAY THAT AS I RECOGNIZE THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF LAHABRA COMING IN AT THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA.
UM, THIS CITY HAS HAD MANY CHALLENGES, UM, BUT YET WE'VE OVERCOME THOSE CHALLENGES.
AND WHAT WE ARE DOING TODAY IS WE ARE ACTUALLY TAKING THE BEST OF OUR PAST TO ACTUALLY CREATE A MUCH STRONGER HISTORY AND FUTURE FOR THE CITY OF LA HABRA.
AND, AND, AND IT'S ALL STARTING WITH YOU.
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ALL STARTING WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU THAT ARE IN THIS ROOM TODAY.UM, WHETHER IT'S SOMEONE THAT I MET JUST EIGHT MONTHS AGO, OR SOMEONE THAT I'VE MET, UM, EARLIER ON IN MY CHILDHOOD, UM, EIGHT MONTHS AGO, I WASN'T EVEN A NAME THAT ANYONE KNEW IN THE CITY OF LA HABRA.
BUT I'VE KNOCKED ON SO MANY DOORS, I'VE KNOCKED ON MANY DOORS, UM, AND MANY OF YOU HAVE WELCOMED ME WITH OPEN ARMS. AND THAT AGAIN, SHOWS THE BEST OF LA HABRA.
UM, I WANT TO THANK THE PEOPLE THAT BROUGHT ME INTO YOUR HOMES.
AND I ATE TRI TOP, UH, TRI TIP WITH YOU.
UH, I WANT TO THANK THE, THE LADY THAT TOLD ME THAT, UM, HER ENTIRE LIFE, SHE HAD NEVER VOTED UNTIL SHE MET ME, AND SHE FELT FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT SHE HAD A REASON TO VOTE.
UM, I WANT TO THANK, UM, THOSE WHO OFFERED ME WATER AS I WALKED THROUGH THE STREETS, UM, JUST THE LITTLE THINGS THAT REALLY MATTERED.
AND OVERALL, I WANNA THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU THAT JUST WANTED SOMETHING SIMPLE IN YOUR CITY, A COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND THAT WAS JUST TO HAVE A CONVERSATION.
DIDN'T REALLY MATTER ABOUT MY POLITICS, IT WAS JUST YOU WANTED TO BE HEARD AND YOU NEEDED TO BE HEARD.
AND YES, FOR SOME I WAS THERE FOR HOURS, JUST HANGING OUT AT YOUR HOUSE, YOU KNOW, UM, JUST LISTENING WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY.
UM, I WANNA THANK MY FAMILY FOR BEING HERE.
AND, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WANT TO THANK MY WIFE, MY WIFE WHO'S BEEN BY MY SIDE THIS ENTIRE TIME.
MY WIFE IS ONE THAT YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE A LITTLE UPSET AT ME, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL GET OVER IN A MINUTE HERE.
MY WIFE, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
SHE HAS BEEN NEXT TO ME THIS ENTIRE ELECTION WHEN I TOLD HER THAT I WANTED TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL, SHE SAID, THE PROBLEM I HAVE WITH THAT IS I KNOW THAT ANYTHING YOU DO, NOT ONLY ARE YOU GONNA DO IT, BUT YOU'RE GONNA DO IT FULL SPEED AND YOU'RE GONNA GIVE IT EVERYTHING YOU GOT.
SO JUST MAKE SURE THAT AS YOU'RE RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL, DON'T FORGET, WE DO HAVE A WEDDING ON JUNE 14TH.
AND SO SIX DAYS BEFORE OUR WEDDING IS WHEN I FOUND MY FIRST BIT OF PAPERWORK TO RUN FOR OFFICE.
SO THAT WAY I DIDN'T FORGET SO I COULD FOCUS THE LAST SIX DAYS ON OUR WEDDING.
AND, UM, SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE AND SHE'S ALWAYS, UM, BEEN SOMEONE THAT, I MEAN, I CAN'T SEE MYSELF WITHOUT.
UM, I WANT TO LAST LEAVE OFF WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, SITTING AROUND YOU ARE THE EVERYDAY AVERAGE PEOPLE JUST LIKE MYSELF, ORDINARY PEOPLE LIVING EXTRAORDINARY LIVES, UM, THE PEOPLE OF LA HABRA, PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE THINGS THEMSELVES.
AND A LOT OF TIMES IN SPEAKING TO SOME OF THESE RESIDENTS, THEY'VE SAID THAT, YEAH, THEY TOO HAVE ENGAGED IN DIFFERENT CHALLENGES WHERE PEOPLE SAID THEY COULDN'T DO IT, BUT HERE THEY ARE AND THEY, THEY DECIDE TO DO IT.
AND SO WITH THAT, ONE OF THE THINGS I ASK THAT YOU DO IS NOT NECESSARILY THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS TO ME OR RECOGNIZE THIS AS A DAY FOR MYSELF OR ANYONE THAT WOULD, AND, AND THOSE WHO ARE, WERE REELECTED.
BUT I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THIS AS A DAY FOR ALL OF US TO SEE THAT WE ARE GONNA BE THAT CARING COMMUNITY.
AND THIS IS A SIGN OF THAT RIGHT HERE TODAY.
AND SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I HAVE A LOT MORE TO LEARN FROM EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU IN THIS ROOM.
AND THAT'S HOW WE BUILD A STRONGER LA HARBOR LAHABRA BY BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH ONE ANOTHER.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU AND HEARING YOUR, AND BEING YOUR VOICE.
PLEASE HAVE A SEAT AT THE DAY.
SO AS MAYOR, FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER, I GET TO SAY THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBER, DELWIN LAMPKIN.
WE'RE GONNA PAUSE FOR JUST A MOMENT BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENTS TO GET THE PODIUM IN PLACE.
NOW SEE, THAT'S, THAT'S THE GREAT PICTURE RIGHT THERE WHERE YOU ACTUALLY SIT DOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME, RIGHT? ISN'T THAT THE PHOTO? I HOPE YOU GOT, YOU ALL GOT THAT RIGHT? NOT YET.
[ 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.]
ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS.WHEN ADDRESSING THE LAW 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, LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES
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FOR ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS.UNLESS OTHERWISE, MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR OR CHAIR SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOANED TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE, AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM OF CITY BUSINESS NOT APPEARING ON THE SCHEDULED AGENDA.
PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 4 0.3 A SUCH COMMENTS SHALL NOT BE RESPONDED TO BY THE GOVERNING BODY DURING THIS MEETING.
AND MAYOR, I DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD FROM RALPH ORELIA.
RALPH, MR. RALPH ORELLI, PLEASE COME ON UP.
WELCOME MAYOR, MAYOR PRO, TIM COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY STAFF, AUDIENCE.
CONGRATULATIONS, COUNCILMAN LAMPKIN.
UH, JUST A LITTLE COUPLE OF WORDS ABOUT THIS MAN, UH, WHEN HE WAS ABOUT 16 YEARS OLD WHEN HIS TWIN BROTHER CAME INTO MY WATCH COMMANDER'S OFFICE, ATLANTIC SHERIFF'S STATION.
AND I CAN TELL YOU, AT EVEN AT THAT TIME IN PLACE IN 2000 OF MARCH, THE MOUNT OF QUESTIONS CAME FROM THIS MAN AT 16 YEARS OLD WAS IMMENSE.
AND YOU HEARD HIS BEAUTIFUL SPEECH.
YOU JUST GAVE HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH HERE TODAY, BEING SWORN IN TO HIS WIFE AND THE COMMUNITY HERE.
UH, IT JUST DOESN'T SURPRISE ME AUDIENCE IF A MAN THAT HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO PUBLIC SERVICE, I WATCHED HIM FROM AFAR AS I ROSE UP THE RANKS, BUT HE WOULD VISIT ME AND CONTINUE WITH THOSE QUESTIONS.
AND, UH, COUNCILMAN LAMPKIN, CONTINUE ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW PROUD I AM OF YOU FROM THE TIME THAT YOU AND YOUR BROTHER CAME IN.
AND NOW I SEE YOU WITH YOUR BEAUTIFUL WIFE AND FAMILY.
SO COUNCIL SIGNAL HARBOR, UH, I THINK YOU'RE BLESSED TO HAVE THIS, MAN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? WE HAVE ONE MORE COMING UP.
HELLO, I'M DAVID PENA, UM, ONE OF THE COACHES DEFENSIVE COACH FOR THE LAHABRA LIONS.
I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR MR. LAMBKIN AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR BEING UP HERE.
LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU GUYS.
WE HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER ON THE WAY.
HI, MY NAME IS FATIMA MILES AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, LAMPKIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING A, UH, AMAZING ROLE MODEL FOR MAKING DECISIONS THAT SOME OF US THINK ABOUT, BUT YOU ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD AND DO THEM.
SO YOU HAVE ENCOURAGED ME TODAY.
YOU HAVE, UM, BEEN A ROLE MODEL FOR YEARS.
THIS IS NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT HE DID TODAY.
UM, AND I REMEMBER A COUPLE TIMES WHEN I MADE A COUPLE MISTAKES.
HE WAS ACTUALLY VERY HONEST WITH ME AND HELD ME ACCOUNTABLE TO A HIGHER STANDARD.
AND I DIDN'T THINK THAT IT WAS THAT GREAT THAT HE WAS BEING SO HONEST WITH ME BECAUSE I WAS IN A POSITION WHERE I FELT HURT, BUT IT MADE ME GREATER.
WHEN PEOPLE TELL YOU THE TRUTH, WHEN PEOPLE HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE, WHEN THEY ALSO HOLD THEMSELVES ACCOUNTABLE, IT ACTUALLY HELPS INDIVIDUALS, IT HELPS COMMUNITIES, AND IT CAN HELP THE WORLD.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TOMORROW, BUT I'M EXCITED ABOUT YOUR FUTURE.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TEACHING A OLDER WOMAN LIKE ME, HOW TO BEHAVE AND BE EXEMPLARY AND HOPEFUL LIKE A CHILD.
ANYBODY ELSE? WISHING TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO RHONDA FOR THE CONSIDERATION ITEM.
[1. CITY COUNCIL REORGANIZATION AND APPOINTMENTS TO GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES AND OUTSIDE BOARDS That the City Council consider and elect/appoint: A. Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem for one-year terms (December 2024-December 2025); B. Delegate and Alternate representatives to the Orange County Sanitation District for one-year terms (December 2024-December 2025); C. Delegate and Alternate representatives to the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) for the purpose of attending and voting at the SCAG General Assembly meetings held in 2025; D. Two Councilmembers to serve on the City's Internal Audit Committee for one-year terms (December 2024-December 2025); E. Delegate and Alternate Representative to serve on the Orange County Library Advisory Board for two-year terms (December 2024-December 2026); and, F. Appointment by the Mayor of one Councilmember to serve on the City's Emergency Preparedness Council as Vice Chair for a one-year term (December 2024-December 2025).]
ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSIDERATION ITEM.PLEASE NOTE THAT CONSIDERATION ITEMS WILL BE HELD PRIOR TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE MAY REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE LA HABER CITY COUNCIL ON ANY CONSIDERATION ITEM PRIOR TO THE LA HABER CITY COUNCIL.
TAKING A FINAL VOTE ON THE ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER CONSIDERATION ITEM, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR OR CHAIR.
SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOANED TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE
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SPEAKING TIME AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.THE ONLY CONSIDERATION ITEM IS CITY COUNCIL REORGANIZATION AND APPOINTMENTS TO GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES AND OUTSIDE BOARDS.
AND I APOLOGIZE, WE SHOULD ALLOW FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
AGENDA, SIR? IS THERE? THERE WE GO.
IS THERE ANYBODY, UH, IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THIS FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME, I'M NOT SEEING ANYBODY, SO WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SO AT THIS TIME, I WILL CONDUCT ROLL CALL VOTES FOR EACH ITEM ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA AND ACT AS PRESIDING OFFICER FOR THIS ITEM.
AND SO WE WILL GO THROUGH EACH ITEM A MOTION, SECOND, AND UNANIM OR MAJORITY VOTE IS REQUIRED FOR EACH OF THESE.
SO AT THIS TIME, NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE POSITION OF MAYOR FOR A ONE YEAR TERM.
RHONDA, I'D LIKE TO MOVE AND MAKE A MOTION, UH, TO NOMINATE, UH, ROSE ESPINOSA AS THE MAYOR OF LA HABER FROM DECEMBER, 2024 THROUGH DECEMBER, 2025.
I WILL SECOND, I'LL SECOND THAT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? I WOULD MOVE TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS.
SO I WILL TAKE A ROLL CALL AND VOTE FOR THE NOMINATION OF ROSE ESPINOZA FOR THE POSITION OF MAYOR FOR A ONE YEAR TERM.
FIVE ZERO ROSE ESPINOZA SHALL SERVE MAYOR, HOLD ON ONE MORE TIME.
NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE POSITION OF MAYOR PRO TIM.
FOR A ONE YEAR TERM, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE JOSE MEDRANO.
DARREN, DID YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER NICKER.
DID YOU SECOND THAT? I'M THE SECOND.
VOTE FOR THE, UH, MOTION TO NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER MADANO AS MAYOR PROTI.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY FOR JOSE MADANO.
TO SERVE AS MAYOR PROAM FOR A ONE YEAR TERM.
UH, NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE POSITION OF DELEGATE TO THE ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT.
FOR A ONE YEAR TERM, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER MEDRANO SECOND MOTION, AND SECOND TO NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER MADANO TO SERVE IN THE POSITION OF DELEGATE TO THE ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT FOR A ONE YEAR TERM, I WILL CONDUCT A ROLL CALL.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY TO, UH, NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER, OR, I'M SORRY.
MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO IS THE DELEGATE TO THE OC SAN DISTRICT.
NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE POSITION OF ALTERNATE TO THE ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT.
FOR A ONE YEAR TERM, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE MAYOR ROSE ESPINOZA.
MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS.
VOTE FOR ROSE AS, UH, MAYOR ESPINOZA TO SERVE AS ALTERNATE TO THE ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER ERIAN? YES.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY FOR MAYOR ESPINOZA TO SERVE AS THE ALTERNATE TO THE ORANGE COUNTY SAND DISTRICT FOR ONE YEAR.
TERM NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE POSITION OF DELEGATE TO THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS SCAG.
FOR THE PURPOSES OF VOTING AT SCAG GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETINGS HELD IN 2025, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE OUR MAYOR, ROSA ESPINOZA.
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VOTE NOMINATION.VOTE FOR RO OR FOR MAYOR ESPINOZA TO SERVE AS THE DELEGATE TO SCAG COUNCIL MEMBER IAN? YES.
NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN FOR THE POSITION OF ALTERNATE TO THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS SCAG FOR THE PURPOSES OF VOTING AT SCAG GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETINGS HELD IN 2025.
IS THERE A MOTION TO NOMINATE AN ALTERNATE? MAKE A MOTION, UH, FOR, UH, COUNCILMAN JIM GOMEZ.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? I'LL SECOND IF YOU WANTED TO.
WAS THAT A SECOND? YEAH, THAT'S A SECOND.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY FOR COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ TO SERVE AS THE ALTERNATE ON SCAG NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN TO APPOINT THE FIRST OF TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THE CITY'S INTERNAL AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR A ONE YEAR TERM.
UH, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, RHONDA, ISN'T IT TRADITIONALLY THE MAYOR, THE MAYOR PRO TEM WHO SERVE THAT POSITION? IT HAS BEEN, YES.
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE OUR MAYOR ROSE ESPINOZA.
AND CAN WE JUST DO IT IN ONE MOTION? OUR MAYOR PRO TEM JOSE MADANO, UM, SURE.
ONE MOTION FOR BOTH NOMINATIONS? YES.
AS LONG AS THE MOTION IS CLEAR, THEN, THEN I WOULD SECOND THAT.
WHO WAS THE SECOND? IT WAS JOSE, CORRECT? I'M SECOND.
OH, AM I? DID YOU WANT, ARE YOU NOMINATED MAYOR AND MAYOR? I'M MAYOR.
NOMINATING THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR.
SO THAT SECOND AND I MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS.
VOTE FOR MAYOR ESPINOZA AND MAYOR PRO TIM MADANO TO SERVE ON THE CITY'S INTERNAL AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR A ONE YEAR TERM.
NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN TO APPOINT THE DELEGATE REPRESENTATIVE TO SERVE ON THE ORANGE COUNTY LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD.
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE DALE LAMPKIN.
I'LL SECOND MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS.
THE MOTION IS FOR COUNCIL MEMBER LAMBKIN TO SERVE AS THE DELEGATE REPRESENTATIVE ON THE ORANGE COUNTY LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TWO YEAR TERM, I WILL CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL VOTE.
COUNCIL MEMBER NICK SARIAN? YES.
NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN TO APPOINT THE ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE TO SERVE ON THE ORANGE COUNTY LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TWO YEAR TERM.
MAKE A MOTION, UH, FOR, UH, JIM GOMEZ.
UNFORTUNATELY, I'M NOT GONNA BE AVAILABLE FOR THAT ONE.
CONFLICTS WITH VECTOR CONTROL.
UH, YOU NEED TO READ A LOT MORE BOOKS.
I'M TELLING YOU THAT RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THAT, UH, BOOK FROM 1977.
IS THAT NOT RETURN? YEAH, IT CONFLICTS WITH, UH, VECTOR CONTROL, UNFORTUNATELY.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR, UH, COUNCILMAN
YOU SECONDED THE MOTION, MA'AM.
AND SECOND TO APPOINT COUNCIL MEMBER NICK SIAN AS AN ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE ON THE ORANGE COUNTY LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TWO YEAR TERM.
I WILL CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL VOTE AT THIS TIME.
COUNCIL MEMBER NICK SIAN? YES.
AND THE LAST APPOINTMENT IS APPOINTMENT BY THE MAYOR OF ONE COUNCIL MEMBER TO SERVE ON THE CITY'S EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COUNCIL AS VICE CHAIR FOR A ONE YEAR TERM FROM DECEMBER, 2024 THROUGH DECEMBER, 2025.
I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, NOMINATE, UH, A COUNCIL MEMBER, DARIEN NAZARIAN.
AND IT'S, THERE'S NOT A NOMINATION MAYOR.
THAT CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION ITEM.
[ CONSENT CALENDAR: Senate Bill 1439 (“SB 1439”) amended Government Code Section 84308 to expand the regulation of campaign contributions in excess of $250 from donors involved in certain matters before the legislative body. If the donor has a matter pending before the agency, and the official received a campaign contribution from the donor in excess of $250 in the prior 12 months, the official must publicly disclose the contribution and cannot in any way participate in the decision of the matter. The donor also has a duty to disclose the contribution on the record. In the 12 months following the decision, a local official cannot receive campaign contributions in excess of $250 from a donor with an economic interest in the governmental decision. Public officials are encouraged to closely track all campaign contributions which collectively exceed $250 in any 12-month period from any single source. All matters on Consent Calendar are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion unless a Councilmember, City staff member, or member of the audience requests separate action or removal of an item. Removed items will be considered following the Consent Calendar portion of this agenda. Public comment shall be limited to three (3) minutes per individual, with a total time limit of 30 minutes per item that has been removed for separate discussion, unless otherwise modified by the Mayor. Speaking time may not be granted and/or loaned to another individual for purposes of extending available speaking time, and comments must be kept brief, non-repetitive, and professional in nature. CITY COUNCIL:]
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CONSENT CALENDAR.ALL MATTERS ON CONSENT CALENDAR ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER, CITY STAFF MEMBER OR MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE REQUEST SEPARATE ACTION OR REMOVAL OF AN ITEM REMOVED.
ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOLLOWING THE CONSENT CALENDAR PORTION OF THIS AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER ITEM THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR.
SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOANED TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
THE CONSENT CALENDAR INCLUDES CITY COUNCIL ITEMS ONE THROUGH NINE, CITY COUNCIL, AGENCY AND AUTHORITIES.
UTILITY AUTHORITY ITEMS ONE AND TWO.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT STAFF WOULD WISH REMOVED? NO, MADAM MAYOR, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD WISH REMOVED? NO.
ANYONE FROM THE ITEMS WOULD LIKE AN ITEM REMOVED? FEE NONE.
I'LL MOVE TO, UH, UH, APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
ARE WE GONNA DO A VERBAL? UH, YES, WE WILL.
ALL IT WILL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER NIAN.
SECONDED BY MAYOR PROTI MADANO.
I WILL TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE AT THIS TIME.
UH, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS AT THIS TIME.
[ MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR:]
WE WILL PROCEED TO THE MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR USED OIL COLLECTION.RECYCLE YOUR USED HOLIDAY OIL, COOKING OIL WITH US NOW FROM FRIDAY, JANUARY 10TH, 2025 AT THE PUBLIC WORKS YARD.
COOKING OIL SHOULD NEVER BE DISPOSED OF DOWN THE DRAIN OR THE STORM DRAIN.
UH, THIS USED COOKING OIL COLLECTION PROGRAM IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO THE HARBOR.
RESIDENTS AND APPOINTMENTS ARE REQUIRED.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL PUBLIC WORKS AT (562) 383-4170 A CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING.
CR AND R WILL COLLECT AND RECYCLE CHRISTMAS TREES DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON FROM DECEMBER 26TH THROUGH JANUARY 18TH, 2025.
PLACE YOUR CHRISTMAS TREES AT THE CURB FOR RECYCLING TREES TALLER THAN SIX FEET.
AND ALL DIRECTIONS MUST ALL DECORATIONS MUST BE REMOVED.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL PUBLIC WORKS AT (562) 383-4170.
SPREAD HOLIDAY CHEER AND HELP CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN NEED BY GIVING TO THE 2024 HOLIDAY WISH PROGRAM.
WE GRATEFULLY ACCEPT NEW TOY DONATIONS FOR KIDS FROM AGES TWO TO 16.
FINANCIAL DONATIONS AND GIFT CARDS FOR GROCERY STORES, GAS RESTAURANT, WALMART, AND TARGET DONATIONS CAN BE DELIVERED THROUGH THIS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18TH TO THE LA HARBOR COMMUNITY CENTER.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, PLEASE CONTACT THE LA HARBOR COMMUNITY CENTER AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0.
JOIN US FOR OUR NEW WINTER CAMP THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.
NEXT MONDAY, DECEMBER 23RD THROUGH FRIDAY, JANUARY 3RD, 2025 FROM 7:30 AM UNTIL 6:00 PM AT THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM AT LA HARBOR.
3 0 1 SOUTH EUCLID STREET FOR, FOR AGES FIVE TO 10 YEARS OLD CAMP WILL BE CLOSED ON DECEMBER 24TH, 25TH AND 31ST AND JANUARY 1ST, 2025.
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED AND THE COST TO ATTEND IS $60 PER DAY, OR $300 FOR ALL SIX DAYS.
SIBLING DISCOUNT ARE ALSO AVAILABLE.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0.
JOIN US TO RING THE NEW YEAR AT OUR NEW YEAR'S NOON PARTY ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31ST AT 10:00 AM UNTIL 1:00 PM AT THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.
THERE WILL BE DANCING CRAFT, A BALLOON DROP AND OTHER ACTIVITIES RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED FROM OUR INFORMATION.
CONTACT THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 3 6 OR VISIT LHC.ORG.
INTERESTED IN A FREE IN-PERSON COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM TEAM TRAINING.
THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL HOST A COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM TRAINING CONDUCTED OVER THE THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS.
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FEBRUARY, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH, 2025 TO REGISTER, PLEASE VISIT BEAT BITLY SLASH ACOD CT.FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT JENNIFER DWAN AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 3 1 0 CITY HALL CLOSURE.
LA HARBOR CITY HALL WILL CLOSE FOR THE WINTER HOLIDAYS BEGINNING TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24TH, AND REOPEN ON MONDAY, JANUARY 6TH.
THE COMMUNITY CENTER WILL BE CLOSED ON DECEMBER 24TH, 25TH, 31ST AND JANUARY 1ST.
THE CLOSURE WILL HAVE NO EFFECT ON PUBLIC SERVICES OR PUBLIC WORK SERVICES.
WATER BILLS DUE DURING THE CLOSURE PERIOD WILL INSTEAD BE DUE WHEN CITY HALL REOPENS.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 0 1 0 COMMISSION MEETINGS.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETS ON THE SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 6:30 PM IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
THE LA HARBOR, UH, THE COMMUNITY CENTER COMMISSION MEETS ON THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 6:30 PM IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER.
WATER CONSERVATION CALIFORNIANS ARE STILL BEING ASKED TO CONSERVE WATER IRRIGATION IS LIMITED TO THREE TIMES PER WEEK WITH NO MORE THAN 15 MINUTES WATERING PER STATION AND NO RUNOFF AND TURN OFF IRRIGATION PRIOR TO THE, AND PRIOR TO AND FOLLOWING RAIN.
PLEASE NOTE THAT LAWN AND IRRIGATION IS PROHIBITED BETWEEN 10:00 AM AND 4:00 PM AS IT AS IS THE WASHING OF HARD SURFACES, SURFACES SUCH AS SIDEWALKS AND DRIVEWAYS.
PLEASE DO YOUR PART TO HELP US CONSERVE, CONSERVE OUR MOST PRECIOUS ASSET.
FOR OUR INFORMATION ON AND TIPS ON HOW YOU CAN HELP CONSERVE WATER DURING THE DROUGHT, PLEASE CONTACT THE LA HARBOR PUBLIC WORKS AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 1 7 0.
[ COMMENTS FROM STAFF:]
THAT, I ASK, IS THERE, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM STAFF? YES, MADAM MAYOR.UM, ON BEHALF OF STAFF, UH, CARRIE, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME ON COUNCIL.
WE APPRECIATE IT WORKING WITH YOU AND ALL THAT YOU BROUGHT TO THE TEAM AND, UH, ALL THE COMMITMENT YOU HAD TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, TO, UH, UH, FORMER MAYOR DARREN ERIAN.
UH, I ALWAYS HAVE TO LAUGH BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY COUNCIL ROTATES COUNCIL MEMBERS THROUGH THE MAYOR, AND EVERY TIME A COUNCIL MEMBER IN DECEMBER OF A YEAR GETS SELECTED AS MAYOR, THEY'RE SO ENTHUSIASTIC.
THEY ARE SO LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
THEY'RE GUNG-HO USUALLY ABOUT SEPTEMBER, THEY'RE OVER IT.
THEY'RE DONE WITH BEING MAYOR.
THEY'RE DONE WITH BEING, UH, GOING TO ALL THE EXTRA EVENTS AND STUFF.
BUT YOU DID A GREAT JOB THIS PAST YEAR.
CONGRATULATIONS, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR REELECTION.
UM, ROSE AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR REELECTION.
IT'S AMAZING THE RUN YOU'VE HAD ON COUNCIL AND ALL THE COMMITMENT YOU'VE HAD AT THIS COMMUNITY.
AND TO DELL, CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME TO THE TEAM.
UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE AND YOUR NEW IDEAS AND THE THE THINGS YOU'RE GONNA HELP US WITH IN THIS, UH, COMING, UH, YEAR AND AND BEYOND THAT.
SO, WELCOME TO THE CITY OF LAHABRA AND, UH, ON BEHALF OF STAFF.
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE.
[ COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS/DIRECTORS:]
COUNCIL, YOUR HONOR, WHERE ARE YOU GONNA GO? THIS WAY, THIS WAY.WE WILL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER LAMBKIN.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I MEANT, I REALLY MEANT WHAT I SAID WHEN I SAID I, I, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO AS FAR AS BUILDING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE RESIDENTS OF LA HABRA.
UM, MY DOOR KNOCKING DID NOT STOP AFTER ELECTION DAY, AND I'VE KNOCKED ON MANY DOORS SINCE THEN AS, AS WELL AS VISITED VARIOUS BUSINESSES.
AND SO WITH THAT, I WANNA FIRST START WITH THE TAMALE FESTIVAL.
UH, THAT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I TOOK AWAY FROM THAT NOT ONLY SOME AMAZING, AMAZING TAMALES.
UM, I, I ALSO TOOK AWAY THAT MY MOTHER-IN-LAW IS A PRETTY GOOD JUDGE OF TAMALES WHO'S SITTING RIGHT HERE.
I THINK ALL MOTHERS SHOULD BE LIKE THE JUDGES OF TAMALE FESTIVALS.
I THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING.
UM, I SPENT THE FIRST, I ACTUALLY SPENT THE ENTIRE DAY AT THE TAMALE FESTIVAL.
THE FIRST HALF OF MY DAY WAS SPENT VOLUNTEERING WITH THE LAJA HOSTS LIONS CLUB.
AND THEN THE SECOND HALF WAS SPENT WITH MY FAMILY AT THE TAMALE FESTIVAL.
UM, I ALSO, UH, TOOK A, UH, I ALSO WENT TO, UM, UH, TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF A FIELD TRIP WITH THE LIONS CLUB, THE HARBOR HOST LIONS CLUB, THE NEXT DAY, UH, VOLUNTEERING AT THE, AT THE BREA CAR SHOW.
UM, SO THAT WAS A PRETTY, UH, PRETTY GOOD EXPERIENCE.
UH, SATURDAY, UM, THIS PAST SATURDAY, I MADE A STOP AT OUR NEWEST BUSINESS, UM, MOIP, I BELIEVE THE NAME IS, UH, THE, THE NAME OF THE STORY IS IT'S A KOREAN OWNED, UM, UH, WOMEN'S CLOTHING STORE.
AND THE, UM, THE, THE OWNER IS LOCAL TO LAHABRA.
THEY ARE RESIDENTS OF LAHABRA.
SO I WANNA WELCOME THEM TO, UH, UH, WELCOME AS NEW BUSINESS OWNERS TO THE CITY OF LAHABRA.
AND, UH, LASTLY, UM, I SPENT LAST NIGHT VISITING ALL
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FIVE LOCATIONS OF THE, UH, WINNERS OF THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, UH, CONTEST.SO, UH, THIS IS MY MEANS OF GETTING AROUND BUILDING THOSE STRONG RELATIONSHIPS.
AND THANK YOU TO THOSE RESIDENTS THAT ANSWERED YOUR DOOR LAST NIGHT WHEN I CAME TO TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR LIGHTS AND CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR WINNING.
WELL, ROSE, CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING SELECTED, MAYOR.
NOW, I THINK THIS HAS GOTTA BE A RECORD NOW, SIX TIME AS MAYOR ROSE ROSE PUT LAHABRA ON THE MAP FAR BEFORE SHE CAME ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
SHE SERVED WITH ROSIE GRO AND, AND FAR BEYOND THE BEFORE, THAT SHE WAS MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN HER COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, IT'S VERY SPECIAL FOR ME TO HAVE ROSE ON THE CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE WE GREW UP IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD AS MY GRANDFATHER GREW UP THAT, AND I HAVE SOME RELATIVES HERE, EVELYN AND HELEN, AND, UH, CHRISTIE MARTINEZ, MY FAMILY DOWN THERE, YOUR FAMILIES CAME IN ON 19, 19 HUNDREDS, OR 19, 19, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
OURS HAVE ARRIVED IN LA HARBOR DOWN THE STREET FROM YOU IN 1930.
UM, WE'VE KNOWN YOU, I'VE KNOWN YOU MY WHOLE LIFE AND YOU'VE BEEN SUCH A ROLE MODEL, NOT ONLY TO ME, BUT TO OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING SELECTED AS MAYOR.
AGAIN, DARREN, FANTASTIC JOB AS MAYOR.
YOU GOT A LOT OF ENERGY, UH,
I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU GET ALL THAT ENERGY, MAN.
AND ESPECIALLY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR FAMILY.
UH, CAROL, JUST WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL FIRST LADY.
AS, UH, YOU STOOD BY HIS SIDE, MAN.
ANY OTHER FIRST LADY WOULD'VE RAN FOR THE HILLS MAN, BUT YOU STOOD, STOOD BY HIS SIDE, UH, AND SERVED OUR COMMUNITY WELL AND YOUR CHILDREN.
NOW, LITTLE JJ OVER THERE, MAN.
HEY JJ, YOU GUYS A SUPERSTAR IN HIS OWN MIND.
UM, GREAT FAMILY AND IT WAS MY HONOR TO GET TO KNOW YOU GUYS A LOT, LOT MORE.
DALE, WELCOME ABOARD TO THE TEAM.
AND, UH, A COUPLE THINGS I WANT TO GO OVER.
UH, BREAKFAST WITH SANTA KIM OVARIAN, UH, THAT HAD TO BE THE BEST, BEST, UH, BREAKFAST WITH SANTA EVER.
YOU GUYS MOVED IT TO THE LA HABRA COMMUNITY CENTER, DID SOME CHANGES AND IT WAS FANTASTIC.
THEY SERVED OVER 600 PEOPLE THAT WEEKEND WITH HELP.
YES, THAT DESERVES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
MY SON IS 36 AND I ATTENDED THE VERY FIRST ONE WHEN HE WAS LIKE SIX YEARS OLD BACK THEN.
AND I'VE GONE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
UH, AND WE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED IT.
THE HA HOST LIONS CLUB WHO COOKED UP BREAKFAST THE NEXT DAY.
YOU GUYS CONTINUE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN THE NEXT DAY.
THOSE SENIORS HAVE A LOT OF ENERGY.
I WANT TO THANK AGAIN, THE LAHABRA HOST LIONS CLUB FOR BEING A SPONSOR OF THAT LAHABRA COLLABORATIVE.
MY GOD, THE AMOUNT OF PRIZES YOU GUYS GAVE, GAVE AWAY.
AND I KNOW A ROSES AROUND AND CARRIE S WERE AROUND FOR THAT EVENT AS WELL.
AND YOU GUYS CONTINUE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN WITH THE TAMALE FESTIVAL.
THAT WAS ANOTHER FANTASTIC EVENT.
AND I WANNA THANK KTLA CHANNEL FIVE, MY FRIENDS OVER THERE WHO GAVE US A LOT OF PUBLICITY EVEN AFTER THE EVENT THEY CONTINUED TO PROMOTE AND SAY WHAT A WONDERFUL TIME THEY HAD.
UH, I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE, I KNOW THE MAYOR POPPED BY OR IMMEDIATE, A PAST MAYOR AND OUR CURRENT MAYOR POPPED INTO WISH A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JOE MEJIA, WHO TURNED A HUNDRED YEARS OLD.
THEY HAD A GREAT BIG PARTY FOR HIM HERE AT CITY HALL.
AND IT'S WONDER HE WAS A WORLD WAR II VETERAN.
THE GUY'S GOT A LOT OF ENERGY.
HE STILL LIKES TO DANCE AND JUST A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL, UH, INDIVIDUAL BORN AND RAISED HERE IN LAHABRA HIS WHOLE LIFE.
AND HE HAPPENS TO BE KIND OF A DISTANT RELATIVE.
MY UNCLE SCIO AND HIM WERE BROTHERS, AND FORTUNATELY SIKH PASSED AWAY.
A CAR SHOW, THE HABRA HOST LIONS CLUB, ANOTHER FANTASTIC EVENT.
YOU GUYS DID LIKE FOUR OR FIVE EVENTS THIS WEEKEND, AND IT IS UNBELIEVABLE.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE NONE OTHER ROY RAMSON BACK THERE WHO'S SERVING AS PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW.
ROY RAMSON ALSO, UH, JOANNE FROM CHINATOWN EXPRESSED JOANNE DONG RECENTLY.
THEY WERE RECOGNIZED AS THE 51ST BEST CHINESE RESTAURANT IN ALL OF THE UNITED STATES.
SO YOU THINK THAT IT'S A FAST FOOD PLACE UP THERE ON WHITTIER BOULEVARD.
IT'S FREQUENTLY, UH, THERE BY STEVE SIMONIAN.
IN FACT, STEVE'S GOT HIS PICTURE ON THE WALL AUTOGRAPHED BY HIM, AND IT IS FANTASTIC BY YELP NUMBER 51.
THEY WERE AT ONE OF THE TOP 100 RESTAURANTS IN ALL OF THE UNITED STATES.
AND A FINAL NOTE ON A BITTERSWEET NOTE, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE.
AND WHERE'S, UH, WHERE'S OUR CHIEF CHIEF? PLEASE EXTEND MY SINCERE, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO DANIEL BARNES.
I THINK HE'S RETIRING AT THE END OF THIS WEEK.
SERVED OVER 30 YEARS IN LA HAVA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
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WORKED HIMSELF UP THROUGH THE RANKS, UH, TO BECOME CAPTAIN.UH, HIS FATHER USED TO PASTOR THE CHURCH HERE ACROSS THE STREET MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.
AND JUST A TREMENDOUS FAMILY, DEEP ROOTS.
HE, UH, WENT TO SCHOOL HERE, AND I THINK THAT'S WORTHY OF MAYBE GETTING HIM A TILE OUT FRONT.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION IF WE CAN, TO GET HIM MR. DANIEL BARNES, AFTER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, DEDICATING A PLAQUE IN HIS HONOR.
IF, UH, OR TILE, I SHOULD SAY OUT FRONT.
IS THAT ALL WE NEED, MR. MR. UH, CITY MANAGER? YES, SIR.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I JUST WANNA SINCERELY WISH EVERYBODY A MERRY CHRISTMAS.
AND AGAIN, MY COLLEAGUES WHO HELD A VERY SPECIAL, UM, BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION IN THE BACK ROOM, THAT MEANT A LOT TO ME.
HAVE A BIRTHDAY COMING UP ON NEW YEAR'S EVE AND STAFF.
TREMENDOUS YEAR, TREMENDOUS YEAR.
WE'RE ALWAYS KIND OF IN THE FRONT, BUT YOU GUYS ARE THE MOVERS AND SHAKERS, UH, THAT MAKE A LOT OF THIS HAPPEN.
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR A GREAT, GREAT 2024.
I CAN HARDLY WAIT TILL OUR CENTENNIAL 2025 WHEN WE COME BACK.
GENERALLY SAID EVERYTHING I WAS GONNA SAY.
AND I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY LONG MEETING FOR ALL YOU FOLKS OUT THERE.
AND I WANNA THANK ALL OF YOU WHO ARE HERE FOR INDULGING US IN THIS RITUAL, THIS TRADITION, THIS IMPORTANT BIT OF BUSINESS WHEN IT COMES TO REORGANIZATION.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING THIS MOMENT WITH US.
PROFOUND CONGRATULATIONS TO MAYOR ROSA ESPINOSA, AND PROFOUND CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEWEST COUNCIL MEMBER DELL LAMPKIN.
I'M ALSO EXCITED ABOUT NEXT YEAR IN THE CENTENNIAL.
I'M JUST GONNA, I, I THINK IT'S ALL BEEN SAID.
I'VE DONE ENOUGH TALKING FOR TONIGHT.
SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU ALL AGAIN.
WISH YOU ALL A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS, HAPPY NEW YEAR, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THAT I RECEIVED FROM MY COLLEAGUES AND ALL OF YOU WHO MADE MY MAYORSHIP SUCCESSFUL.
RIGHT? I'M GONNA MAKE THIS AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.
DID A RIBBON CUTTING THE TAMAL FESTIVAL WAS GREAT.
A LITTLE GO A LITTLE SLOWER, BUT, UH, YEAH, WE DID A RIBBON CUTTING FOR LA ICE CREAM RIGHT HERE ACROSS THE STREET.
UH, ONE 30 WEST LA HAPER BOULEVARD.
UH, THE LA HABER CITY COUNCIL CONTINUES TO SUPPORT BUSINESSES AND WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR BUSINESSES KNOW THAT, UH, THE LA HABER CITY COUNCIL IS HERE FOR YOU.
JUST THE SAME, UH, TAMAL FESTIVAL.
THANK YOU, UH, KELLY AND, UH, CREW, AS I'D LIKE TO SAY.
AND, UH, THANK YOU TO CRRA SPONSOR FOR THE, UH, TAMALI FESTIVAL AS WELL.
UH, MY WIFE AND I, UH, WERE THERE.
UH, AND, UH, I'D ALSO LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SEE IF WE CAN GET, UH, OUR NOW FORMER COLLEAGUE CARRIE SILE OUT IN FRONT OF, UH, I SECOND THAT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND, AND SERVICE THE CITY OF LAHABRA IS, UH, UH, GRATEFUL.
AND THANK YOU TO FRED AND, UH, WANTED TO WELCOME OUR NEWEST COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, DALE LAMPKIN.
AND, UH, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, HAVING YOU ON THE TEAM AND AS WELL TO THE, UH, LAKIN, UH, FAMILY AND THE EXTENDED FAMILY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, FOR WHAT YOU DO HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.
IT'S, UH, IT'S AN HONOR FOR ME TO SERVE WITH YOU.
AND, UH, AS YOUR MAYOR PRO TEM AND, UH, HOW FITTING THAT, UH, UH, YOU WILL BE, UH, SERVING AS MAYOR DURING OUR 100TH YEAR AS A CITY.
VERY FITTING A QUICK STORY, BECAUSE THERE'S A JAZZ BAND WAITING NEXT DOOR.
I, I'VE BEEN GETTING TEXTS FROM PEOPLE THAT THERE'S A JAZZ BAND.
SO PLEASE, PLEASE, UH, MAKE SURE YOU, UH, YOU SEE THE, UH, JASMINE, I THINK THEY'RE FROM, UH, RANCHO STARBUCK, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, BUT JUST THE SAME, A QUICK STORY.
ROSE AND I WERE OUT GETTING OUR TURKEYS THE OTHER DAY OVER AT THE, UH, AT THE, AT, AT THE BUTCHER SHOP.
AND, UH, WE'RE SITTING THERE AND ONE OF THE LADIES, UH, UH, RESIDENT OF WHITTIER RECOGNIZED ROSE, UH, AND, UH, SAID, HEY, ARE YOU ROSIE? YES.
AND ROSE IS, IF, IF YOU DON'T ALREADY KNOW, ROSE IS THE MOST HUMBLE PERSON IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD.
AND I DID THE SAME THING THAT DAY.
'CAUSE SHE'S NOT, AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, IT'S BEEN RECOGNIZED BY TWO OR THREE UNITED STATES PRESIDENTS, UH, FOR HER, UH, WORK WITH ROSIE'S GARAGE GOING BACK 34 YEARS NOW, I BELIEVE.
SO FOR SOMEONE, FOR SOMEONE THAT HAD ROOTS IN THIS CITY THAT GREW UP IN THE CAMPS, UH, WHEN, UH, UH, LATINOS, MEXICANS, UH, COULD ONLY, UH, LIVE IN A CERTAIN PART OF TOWN AT THE TIME, WHAT A TRIUMPH, UH, TO HAVE OUR MAYOR ROSA ESPINOZA ONCE AGAIN HERE, UH, SITTING.
AND SO I'M VERY HONORED, UH, TO BE YOUR MAYOR, PRO TIM.
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THANK YOU, THANK YOU ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS.I WILL KEEP IT VERY SHORT BECAUSE BASICALLY I KNOW WE HAVE A RECEPTION FOLLOWING THIS.
AND IT'S GREAT FOOD, GREAT MUSIC, A GREAT FELLOWSHIP.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET TO THAT.
UM, CONGRATULATIONS TO COUNCIL MEMBER LAKIN.
I, UM, ON THE FOURTH DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE FOR CAL CITIES, CALIFORNIA CITIES OF GOVERNMENT.
AND THEY ALWAYS HAVE ANNUITY ELECTED TRAINING, UH, SESSION THERE.
SO I WILL TELL YOU, I'M PRETTY SURE YOU WILL GET IT, BUT I WILL NOTIFY YOU AS WELL, UM, BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU A REALLY OPEN VIEW OF WHAT YOUR ROLE AND WHAT THE ROLE IS WITH OTHER CITIES AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
SO, UM, I WILL, I WILL NOTIFY YOU ON THAT AS WELL.
UH, CARRIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE FOR A WHILE WITH ME.
I MEAN, I WAS THE ONLY WOMAN, UH, I'M BACK TO THAT AGAIN, BUT HOPEFULLY NOT FOR LONG.
MAYBE DOWN THE ROAD OR SOMETHING.
IT WAS GREAT WORKING ALONGSIDE WITH YOU.
I KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT THE END.
WE CONTINUE TO WORK ALONGSIDE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY AS WE ALWAYS HAVE.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ATTENDING THE MEETINGS AND THE, AND THE CEREMONIES AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU HELP ORGANIZE IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO, I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S NOT THE END, SO I IT IT'S JUST ANOTHER BEGINNING THAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE.
AND I'D LIKE TO WISH HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JIM GOMEZ.
JIM, UM, YEAH, HE HAS BIRTHDAYS COMING UP SOON AND I DID NOT WANNA FORGET IT, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HE'LL GET A LOT OF ACCOLADES AND WELL WISHES AND EVERYTHING FROM THE COMMUNITY.
BUT IT'S ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, FROM US, WE ARE, WE ARE VERY BONDED HERE.
AND I, I MISS STEVE SIMONIAN WHO JUST RETIRED, WHO RETIRED THIS YEAR.
I MISS HIM SINGING TO ME, YOU KNOW, I JUST WAKE UP STEVE, WAKE UP STEVE, WAKE UP, WAKE HIM UP,
BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST, I JUST, I JUST ENJOYED EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WE'VE COME AND, AND WORKED ALONGSIDE WITH, YOU KNOW.
AND SO I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO WHATEVER WE ACCOMPLISH FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS IN LA HARBOR.
AND, UH, PLEASE DO AFTER I ADJOURN, PLEASE GO OVER TO THE RECEPTION IN THE ATRIUM.
UH, SO WITH THAT, UH, DUE TO THE UPCOMING CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAY, THE NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON JANUARY 6TH, 2025 WILL NOT BE HELD DUE TO THE OBSERVANCE OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR HOLIDAY ON MONDAY, JANUARY 20TH.
SO THAT'S THE NEXT MEETING THAT WILL BE HELD.
WE'LL BE ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 21ST, AGAIN, DUE TO THE OBSERVANCE OF THE MARTIN LUTHER JUNIOR KING ON MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 20, 25.
WISHING YOU ALL A HAPPY HOLIDAY.
BE SAFE AND WE'LL SEE YOU AT THE RECEPTION.
THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.