Apr 07, 2025 City Council

KEITH, IF YOU DON'T MIND COMING DOWN TO THE WELL, PLEASE.

AND YOUR WIFE.

MY, THERE YOU GO.

KEITH, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

I, KEITH F. COLLINS.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR 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.

AGAINST ALL ENEMIES.

FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.

THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH.

THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE, 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 TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION, WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION 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'M ABOUT TO ENTER.

I WILL NOT ADVOCATE, I WILL NOT ADVOCATE NOR BECOME, NOR BECOME A MEMBER OF ANY, A MEMBER OF ANY PARTY OR ORGANIZATION.

PARTY OR ORGANIZATION, POLITICAL OR OTHERWISE.

POLITICAL OR OTHERWISE, THAT ADVOCATES THE OVERTHROW OF THE GOVERNMENT, THAT ADVOCATES THE OVERTHROW OF THE GOVERNMENT, OF THE UNITED STATES, OF THE UNITED STATES, OR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA OR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA BY FORCE OR VIOLENCE BY FORCE OR VIOLENCE OR OTHER UNLAWFUL MEANS.

OR OTHER UNLAWFUL MEANS.

CONGRATULATIONS, KEITH.

COULD, COULD WE HAVE ALL THE FAMILY UP HERE AND HAVE A PHOTO UP, PLEASE.

AND INTRODUCE US TO ALL YOUR FAMILY? SURE.

SO THIS IS MY LOVELY WIFE, VANESSA.

AND MOM, COME ON UP THE PHOTO.

COME ON UP.

MOM.

COME ON UP.

THIS IS MY MOTHER, MARY.

HI MARY.

MY OLDEST DAUGHTER, MORGAN, BAILEY.

SHANE, LYDIA, CARLY.

AND I HAVE ANOTHER SON WHO DECIDED TO NOT SKIP LITTLE LEAGUE TONIGHT, SO HE'S NOT WITH US.

, THANK YOU.

PRIORITIES.

THAT'S, THAT'S ALL OF US.

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NOW I HAVE, MY COUNSEL WILL SHOW, UH, JOIN ME AT THE, WELL, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PRESENTATION PROCLAMATION TO GIVE TO THIS EVENING.

HAVE A, WE HAVE A RECOGNITION FOR COMMISSIONER GABRIELA GARCIA HERE.

WE NOW

[2. RECOGNITION OF OUTGOING COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSIONER GABRIELA GARCIA]

WHAT IS THIS? SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT GABRIELA.

SHE HAS SERVED ON THE, UM, ON THE COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION NOW FOR SIX YEARS.

UH, SHE HAS SERVED ON THE LA LA HARBOR COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION, WHICH IS THE, AN ADVISORY BODY TO THE CITY COUNCIL, FOCUSING ON MATTERS RELATED TO PUBLIC RECREATION, CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, AND SOCIAL SERVICES.

AND SO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF LA HARBOR, WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO THE LITTLE HARBOR COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE.

I HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED THIS TIME THAT YOU HAVE BEEN WITH THE COMMISSION.

IF YOU WOULD SAY A FEW WORDS.

SURE.

UM, IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN A PRIVILEGE AND A PLEASURE TO BE ON THE COMMISSION, SO I WANNA THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO DO THAT.

UM, I'VE MET SOME AMAZING PEOPLE.

IT'S BEEN A BIG EDUCATION FOR ME.

UM, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF FUN.

AND I JUST WANNA SAY THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS AMAZING HERE.

THEY PUT A LOT OF THEIR HEART AND HARD WORK INTO WHAT THEY DO FOR THE RESIDENTS.

SO I, I WANNA THANK THEM FOR EVERYTHING THEY DO.

UM, THEY MAKE, THEY DEFINITELY MAKE IT WORTHWHILE AND SO DOES IT.

IT ALSO MAKES IT WORTHWHILE TO SEE PEOPLE SHOW UP AND BE PART OF OUR, UH, COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES.

AND SO I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO KEEP VOLUNTEERING AND DOING WHAT I CAN FOR OUR CITY.

YOUR FAMILY.

MY HUSBAND AND MY DAUGHTER ARE HERE.

I, I ALSO WANNA THANK THEM 'CAUSE THEY WERE SO SUPPORTIVE AND GIVING ME THE TIME AND THE SPACE TO DO WHAT I LOVE TO DO, WHICH IS, UM, TO VOLUNTEER.

SO THEY'RE HIDING IN THE BACK.

COME ON DOWN.

COME ON, COME ON.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

[3. RECOGNITION OF DEANNA PUTNAM AS THE ORANGE COUNTY CUE 2025 ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR]

TO CALL DEANNA PUTNAM.

THIS IS FOR RECOGNITION AS THE ORANGE COUNTY Q 2025 ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR.

I BELIEVE THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE HERE THAT'S GOING TO BE HERE WITH YOU OR GONNA JOIN US, CARLOS.

BUT I, WE'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LA HARBOR.

WE KNOW THAT YOU LIVE THE Q MISSION TO TRANSFORM TEACHING BY CONNECTING EDUCATORS WITH IDEAS, RESOURCES, AND EACH OF AND EACH OTHER TO USE TECHNOLOGY TO PREPARE ALL STUDENTS TO SUCCEED IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD.

SO I'LL PASS IT ON FOR, TO, TO THE, FOR YOU TO GO AHEAD AND WORDS.

WE'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD WORK THAT MRS. PUTNAM HAS DONE AT EL CERRITO, OUR CODE TO THE FUTURE SCHOOL, OUR COMPUTER SCIENCE MAGNET.

SHE IS AN AMAZING LEADER AND RECOGNIZED FOR INNOVATION ALL ACROSS OUR, OUR DISTRICT AND EMPOWERING OUR STUDENTS.

WE HAVE OUR EL CERRITO FAMILY IN THE BACK AND HER FAMILY HERE, AND OUR EL CERRITO TEAM MEMBERS AS WELL.

AND ALSO, DEANNA IS A FORMER STUDENT AT EL CERRITO AS WELL.

SO CONGRATULATIONS DEANNA, AS I AM TOO.

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HI EVERYONE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I WANNA THANK FIRST OUR CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE THEY ARE TRUE SUPPORTERS OF EL CERRITO AND THEY COME TO EVERY SINGLE THING, DOC.

THANK YOU DR.

CARLOS, MY WONDERFUL TEAMMATES BACK THERE.

THEY'RE AWESOME AND AMAZING AND I LOVE YOU ALL AND MY FAMILY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND DJ JEFF IS HERE TONIGHT.

SO JUST LOVE EL CERRITO.

IT'S AN HONOR TO BE A PART OF THAT COMMUNITY AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY OF THE SCHOOL THAT RAISED ME.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU HAVE YOUR FAMILY HERE? I DO.

I'LL BRING HIM ON UP.

AND EVERYBODY ELSE FROM EL CERRITO, COME ON.

MATT FROM EL CERRITO.

OH MY GOD, YOU GOT TALL KIDS.

WE HAVE GET BEHIND HERE.

HAVE, WE'RE GONNA RECOGNIZE ALAN HUIZAR IN HONOR OF THE ARTWORK FOR THE 2025 ORANGE COUNTY MUSIC AND ARTS ADMINISTRATOR AWARD.

YOU GUYS WANNA GO BEHIND US? BEHIND US? RIGHT HERE ON THE LITTLE LEDGE HERE.

OH, SHE'S GOT FLOWERS.

OH, YOU BE UP FRONT.

YOU BE RIGHT HERE.

RIGHT HERE.

YOU GOT, RIGHT HERE YOU GO.

THE FLAMES COME UP RIGHT BEHIND US ON THIS LEDGE UP HERE.

HOPEFULLY, WE'LL DON'T, 3 1 2, 3 EL YEAH, YOU GO.

AND NOW WE

[4. RECOGNITION OF ALAN HUIZAR IN HONOR OF ARTWORK AT THE 2025 ORANGE COUNTY MUSIC AND ARTS ADMINISTRATOR AWARDS]

IS HE HERE, ALAN? SO THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS WHO EMPOWER STUDENTS TO BE CREATIVE AND WORK TOWARDS UNLOCKING THEIR POTENTIAL THROUGH ARTS EDUCATION.

THE ORANGE COUNTY MUSIC AND ARTS AWARD IS A PREMIER RECOGNITION FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY OUTSTANDING ART EDUCATORS AND IS HIGHLY REGARDED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY FOR ITS RECOGNITION OF QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES.

SO CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RECOGNITION.

I KNOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING AS WELL.

SO CONGRATULATIONS, ALAN.

SO ALLEN IS A WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL PATRIOT AND ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY, UM, THERE'S THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS THAT ARE SUBMITTING ARTWORKS, BUT ALLEN ARTWORK WAS EXCEPTIONAL OPTICAL ILLUSION, IT WAS TITLED, AND HIS ARTWORK WAS ALSO DISPLAYED ON THE PROGRAM THAT REPRESENTED THE WHOLE CELEBRATION.

FEW WORDS, , PUT HIM ON THE SPOT AND WELL, WE HAVE HIS PARENTS.

UH, IF HIS PARENTS WOULD COME UP IN FAMILY, PLEASE JOIN US.

THERE YOU GO.

ALL RIGHT.

AND NOW

[5. PROCLAIM MAY 1, 2025, AS A DAY SET APART FOR THE ANNUAL MAYOR'S PRAYER BREAKFAST IN RECOGNITION OF THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER]

WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR THE MAYOR'S PRAYER BREAKFAST.

I BELIEVE MR. BURGESS WILL BE HERE.

IT'S A COMMUNITY EVENT WHERE LOCAL OFFICIALS, RELIGIOUS LEADERS, BUSINESS PEOPLE, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS GATHER FOR A FAITH-BASED TIME OF PRAYER, REFLECTION, AND FELLOWSHIP.

THIS EVENT IS PART OF A NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER IN LA HARBOR AND IS HOSTED BY THE LA HARBOR'S WOMEN'S CLUB ON THURSDAY, MAY THE FIRST.

GO AHEAD AND THANK YOU.

SO WE DO CELEBRATE THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER IN LAHABRA BY HAVING THE LAHABRA MAYOR'S PRAYER BREAKFAST THIS YEAR.

UM, UH, MAYOR, UH, WILL BE SPEAKING AND, AND, AND, UH, UM, GREEDINESS.

AND THEN WE SIT DOWN FOR A BREAKFAST AT LASCARI, UH, FOR A BUFFET BREAKFAST.

AND THEN WE HAVE A GREAT SPEAKER THIS YEAR.

HIS NAME IS LEE STROBEL.

GRADUATED FROM YALE LAW SCHOOL, BECAME A,

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UM, EDITOR FOR THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, AND HE WROTE AN INVESTIGATIVE BOOK CALLED THE CASE FOR CHRIST AFTER HE HAD BEEN AN ATHEIST.

AND THEN THAT BOOK WAS TURNED INTO A MOVIE OF HIS LIFE.

SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TICKETS, UH, THEY'RE ALMOST GONE.

BUT YOU CAN CALL AT FIVE SIX TWO SIX NINE SEVEN 7,000 TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY LEFT.

SO HOW LONG HAVE WE WORKED TOGETHER? ABOUT 10 YEARS.

THAT'S RIGHT.

TO GET, GET LEE STROBEL AND ONE OF THE GALS BACK HERE, UH, JUST READ HIS BOOK IN SEVENTH GRADE, RIGHT? YES.

AND, UH, SO SHE SHE ENJOYED THAT.

ALRIGHT, TWO THANK GLASSES IN MY CHAIR.

[6. PROCLAIM APRIL 2025 AS DONATE LIFE MONTH IN THE CITY OF LA HABRA]

AND NOW WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR DONATE FOR LIFE.

DONATE LIFE MONTH.

APRIL IS A NATIONAL DONATE LIFE MONTH.

A TIME WHEN DONATE LIFE FOR ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

STRIVE TO MAKE LIFE POSSIBLE BY EDUCATING AND MOTIVATING INDIVIDUALS TO REGISTER THEIR DECISION TO BE ORGAN, EYE, AND TISSUE DONORS.

THIS PROCLAMATION IS PRESENTED TO IF, IF WE HAVE THE PER THE PERSON FROM THE DONATE LIFE MONTH.

AND WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO YOU THAT PROCLAIMS DMV DONATE LIFE MONTH IN THE CITY OF LA HARBOR.

AND IN, AND IN DOING SO, WE ENCOURAGE ALL CALIFORNIANS TO CHECK YES WHEN APPLYING FOR OR RENEWING THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE OR ID CARD AT THE DMV.

OH, LET'S SEE.

HOLD THAT FOR ABSOLUTELY.

I TAKE A QUICK PICTURE.

OH, OKAY.

SORRY.

I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR ONCE AGAIN RECOGNIZING APRIL AS DONATE LIFE MONTH.

AND SO I JUST WANNA TAKE A MINUTE AND SHARE MY CONNECTION TO DONATION.

AND MY CONNECTION IS RIGHT HERE IN THIS PICTURE.

IT'S A PICTURE.

MY DAUGHTER, SARAH.

SARAH WAS BORN WITH SEVERE CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE AND NOT EXPECTED TO SURVIVE WITHOUT A LIFESAVING HEART TRANSPLANT.

AND SO SHE BECAME THE 85TH BABY AT LOMA LINDA TO RECEIVE THAT SPECIAL GIFT 34 YEARS AGO.

SO THAT'S A HUGE MILESTONE FOR ORGAN DONATION.

AND THEN THE OTHER LITTLE GUY IN THE PICTURE IS MY NEPHEW LUCAS.

AND LUCAS WAS BORN WITH SEVERE FOOD ALLERGIES AND WE FOUND OUT EARLY ON, SO AS A FAMILY, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT ALL THE THINGS HE COULD AND COULDN'T HAVE.

BUT ONE PARTICULAR NIGHT, THE FAMILY TOOK HIM OUT FOR HIS FOURTH BIRTHDAY, AND SADLY, HE ATE SOMETHING THAT MADE HIM VERY SICK.

LUCAS PASSED AWAY SIX YEARS AGO.

ON HIS FOURTH BIRTHDAY, HE BECAME AN ORGAN DONOR AND WAS ABLE TO SAVE THE LIVES OF THREE PEOPLE, BOTH HIS KIDNEYS AND HIS LIVER.

AND FULL CIRCLE.

MY DAUGHTER WAS IN RENAL FAILURE AT THE SI TIME OF HER BABY'S COUSIN'S PASSING.

WELL, LO AND BEHOLD, THEY WERE A PERFECT MATCH.

AND NOW MY DAUGHTER HAS HER BABY COUSIN'S KIDNEY OF SIX YEARS.

NORMALLY IT DOESN'T HAPPEN THAT WAY WHEN YOUR OWN LOVED ONE BECOMES YOUR OWN SUPERHERO, BUT LUCAS IS OUR SUPERHERO.

AND I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU A CALL TO ACTION IF, UH, YOU HAVE THAT PINK DOT ON YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE.

THANK YOU FOR BEING A REGISTERED ORGAN ORGANIZED TISSUE DONOR.

AND IF NOT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TALK TO YOUR LOVED ONES.

IT'S A BIG DECISION AND ONCE YOU MAKE THAT DECISION, IT'S A LEGAL BINDING DOCUMENT.

SO I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SHARE MY STORY.

HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR FAIR HOUSING MONTH.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR DEDICATION AND VOLUNTEERISM TO THIS.

CAUSE IT, UH, HELPS A LOT OF PEOPLE.

YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH, APPRECI.

YEAH, I KNOW MY, MY NIECE HAD THREE LIVER TRANSPLANTS AND A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT, SO IF IT WASN'T FOR THOSE DONORS, SHE WOULDN'T, SHE WOULDN'T STILL BE HERE NOW.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, WE NOW

[7. PROCLAIM APRIL 2025 AS FAIR HOUSING MONTH IN THE CITY OF LA HABRA]

FAIR HOUSING MONTH SERVES AS A REMINDER

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OF THE PROGRESS MADE AND THE CHALLENGES THAT REMAIN IN CREATING EQUITABLE, ACCESSIBLE AND DIVERSE COMMUNITIES.

SO WE PRESENTED PROCLAMATION, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HARBOR DOES HERE RECOGNIZE THAT APRIL AS A FAIR MONTH HOUSING IN THE CITY OF LA HARBOR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU EVERYONE TONIGHT, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF FOR ALLOWING US TO BE THE FAIR HOUSING PROVIDER.

WE PROVIDE FREE EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS ON RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES, AS WELL AS INVESTIGATION OF HOUSING DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINTS.

SO I JUST WANNA BE, UH, VERY THANKFUL TODAY ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW US TO SERVE THE CITY OF LA HABRA.

AND NOW WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR EARTH DAY ARBOR DAY, UH, EARTH DAY FOCUSES ON RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND PROMOTING ACTIONS TO PROTECT THE PLANET.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

[8. PROCLAIM APRIL 12, 2025, AS EARTH DAY/ARBOR DAY IN THE CITY OF LA HABRA]

WHILE ARBOR DAY EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF TREES AND ENCOURAGEMENT ENCOURAGES TREE PLANTING.

SO THANK YOU.

SO THE CITY IS CELEBRATING, UH, ARBOR DAY BY HAVING A, AN EVENT AT THE YARD, APRIL 12TH FROM EIGHT TO 12 BY GIVING AWAY COMPOST OR MULCH DONATED BY CRR.

AND WE ARE ALSO THREE CUSA FOR THE CONTINUOUS 27 YEARS NOW.

GO AHEAD.

I HAVE A QUESTION REAL QUICK.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DO ONLINE BILLING.

THERE'S A COUPON IN THE THING.

SO IF THEY JUST HAVE THEIR ID, YOU'LL GIVE 'EM MULCH, IS THAT CORRECT? VOUCHER? YEAH.

UH, YOU NEED TO BE A RESIDENT AND HAVE A VOUCHER.

ALRIGHT.

BUT YOU DON'T GET A VOUCHER IF YOU'RE ONLINE BILLING THE VOUCHER'S AVAILABLE ON YOUR PORTAL.

SO LOOK ON YOUR PORTAL, THEY CAN GET THE VOUCHER ON THERE.

THAT'S THE ANSWER FOR EVERYBODY WATCHING.

NEXT PROCLAMATION IS NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATION WEEK.

WELL, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

DID WE TAKE A PHOTO? ELIAS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH ELIAS.

APPRECIATE IT.

AND OUR

[9. PROCLAIM APRIL 13 - 19, 2025, NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEEK IN THE CITY OF LA HABRA]

UH, DURING THE NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATION WEEK, WE HONOR THE TELECOMMUNICATION PERSONNELS IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNITY, AND WE THANK THEM FOR DEDICATING THEIR LIVES, LIVES TO SERVING THE PUBLIC.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR RECOGNIZING OUR DISPATCHERS.

THEY ARE THE FRONTLINE TO THE COMMUNITY, TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

WE COULD NOT DO OUR JOB WITHOUT THEM.

THEY MAKE, UH, OUR JOB SAFE AND THEY MAKE THE COMMUNITY SAFE.

UM, SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THEM.

WE'RE GLAD WE GET TO HONOR THEM.

AND I'M SURE THAT EITHER, UH, OUR, ACTUALLY, LET ME INTRODUCE THEM BECAUSE THEY LOVE THIS.

SO WE HAVE OUR BUREAU MANAGER, JENNIFER DEW, OUR DISPATCH SUPERVISOR, LAUREN WISE AND DISPATCHER AD LEMI HERNANDEZ, PETE PICTURE.

WANNA SAY IF YOU OH YEAH.

LONG SHIFTS, NIGHTS, WEEKENDS, HOLIDAYS.

UM, I'M LAUREN WISE, DISPATCH SUPERVISOR FOR THE LA HABER POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UM, OUR DISPATCHERS HAVE A 24 HOUR OPERATION.

UM, IT'S A TOUGH AND STRESSFUL JOB.

UM, IT'S A 24 HOUR OPERATION, SOMEONE HAS TO BE THERE.

UH, LAST YEAR WE TOOK OVER 89,000 CALLS, THAT'S EMERGENCY AND NON-EMERGENCY CALLS FROM THE RESIDENTS CITIZENS OF LAHABRA, UM, HELPING THEM WITH THEIR NEEDS.

YOU KNOW, A SPECIAL THANKS TO CHIEF FOSTER AND CAPTAIN MILLER FOR ALL THEIR SUPPORT IN OUR DIVISION.

AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO COUNCIL, UM, AND JUST SUPPORTING US AND ENSURING THAT WE'RE FULLY STAFFED AND THAT WE'RE GETTING THE BEST APPLICANTS THAT WE CAN FIND TO, YOU KNOW, STAFF OUR CENTER.

SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[10. PROCLAIM APRIL 13 - 19, 2025, AS NATIONAL ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER APPRECIATION WEEK IN THE CITY OF LA HABRA]

A PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER APPRECIATION WEEK.

UH, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY TO SHOW APPRECIATION TO ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS AND FOR THEIR HARD WORK, WHICH INCLUDES ENFORCING ANIMAL CONTROL LAWS, PROTECTING THE PUBLIC FROM DISEASES, AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON RESPONSIBILITY OF PET CARE.

SO, PASS ON THE CHIEF AGAIN.

THANK YOU MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR RECOGNIZING OUR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS.

WHAT

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YOU MAY NOT REALIZE IS WE'RE SO BLESSED TO HAVE OUR OWN ANIMAL CONTROL HERE IN THE CITY.

WHAT THAT ALLOWS US TO DO IS DO THINGS LIKE HAVE OUR OWN SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE WHERE WE PUT LOST DOGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, TRY TO REHOME THEM INSTEAD OF TAKING THEM DIRECTLY TO THE SHELTER.

THE OTHER PART TOO IS YOU'LL HEAR STORIES OVER TIME.

IF YOU FOLLOW THAT PAGE OF THINGS WHERE THEY'RE CRAWLING UNDER HOUSES TO HELP GET AN ANIMAL OUT OR, UH, RESPONDING AFTER HOURS FOR AN INJURED ANIMAL.

WE'RE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE IT AND HAVE A, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, CELEBRATE THEM IS A GREAT THING.

AND JENNIFER DEWANG IS ALSO IN RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT, SO I'M GONNA GIVE HER THE MICROPHONE.

READY.

HI EVERYONE.

UM, THIS IS OUR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER, JENNIFER MAGANA.

UM, LIKE THE CHIEF SAID, WE'RE VERY BLESSED IN THE CITY TO HAVE OUR OWN ANIMAL CONTROL UNIT.

UM, JUST SOME THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW.

IN 2024, WE, UH, PICKED UP ABOUT 190 STRAY DOGS.

AND LIKE WHAT THE CHIEF SAID, WHAT WE DO IS REALLY PRIORITIZE THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE ANIMALS AND TAKE PRIDE IN SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.

SO OUT OF THOSE 190 DOGS, WE ACTUALLY RE-HOMED FOSTER, OR ADOPTED OUT ALMOST 90% OF THEM.

AND IN ADDITION TO DOMESTICATED ANIMALS LAST YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO CAPTURE TWO MAIN COYOTES AND CONNECT THEM WITH A, UH, WILDLIFE GROUP THAT, UM, REHABBED THEM AND RELEASED THEM BACK OUT INTO THE WILD.

AND THEN JUST RECENTLY WE FOUND A STRAY DOG, UM, AND OFFICER MAGANA HERE WAS ABLE TO FIND HER CHIP AND REUNITE HER WITH HER FAMILY.

AND IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS THAT SHE'S BEEN MISSING, SO.

OH, WOW.

YEAH.

THAT'S COOL.

SO WE REALLY WANNA, YOU KNOW, THANK THE CHIEF FOR SUPPORTING US AND THE COUNCIL AGAIN FOR SUPPORTING AND RECOGNIZING THE HARD WORK THAT THE ADAM CONTROL UNIT DOES EVERY DAY.

YOU GUYS, THANK YOU SO VERY, THANK YOU.

SEE YOU AGAIN.

WHAT'S NEXT? I, IS THAT IT? I THINK THAT'S IT.

IS IT THAT, THAT'S IT.

IS THERE ANOTHER ONE? NO, THAT'S IT.

THERE YOU GO.

IT'S SPUNKY, HUH? I LIKE IT.

THANK YOU, JIM.

WE WILL NOW PROCEED

[ 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.]

TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

PUBLIC COMMENTS.

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

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

UNLESS OTHERWISE, MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR OR CHAIR SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR 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 THE MEETING.

PLUMBING CODE 3 0 1 0.5 AND 1 0 1 0.1, AS THE REASON FOR THE APPROVAL TO ALLOW THIS TANK IS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY AND HEALTH.

IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK DURING THIS PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING? IF SO, PLEASE COME UP AND PROVIDE US WITH YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.

HELLO, JENNIFER SKA, 1330 NORTH HIDDEN LANE.

HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I REPRESENT THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD OF HIDDEN LANE, 32 PEOPLE, SOME SEATED HERE TODAY.

WE ATTENDED A CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN 2021 CONCERNING THIS SMALL DIRT LOT BECAUSE OUR STREET IS SEPTIC AND NOT SEWER.

THE BUILDING AND SAFETY DEPARTMENT APPROVED A TEMPORARY WASTE HOLDING TANK FOR PERMANENT USE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 2,773 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE AT 1 6 1 WEST HIDDEN LANE.

WE SPOKE TO RAMON HERNANDEZ, WHO THE CITY SAID APPROVED IT, AND HE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT HOLDING TANKS AND SAID HE HAD TO RESEARCH IT, BUT NEVER CALLED US BACK.

THE ONLY RESPONSE WAS FROM SUSAN KIM WHO LISTED

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IT WILL NEED CONSTANT MAINTENANCE, OVERSIGHT, AND REGULATIONS THAT THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE IN PLACE CREATING AN ISSUE OF UNDERGROUND REGULATIONS.

ORANGE COUNTY DOES NOT ALLOW HOLDING TANKS AND THE COUNTIES THAT DO HAVE STRINGENT REGULATIONS IN PLACE.

LAHABRA CURRENTLY HAS NONE.

THIS APPROVAL GOES AGAINST THE PLUMBING CODE 1 0 1 0.11, WHICH STATES THAT APPROVED ALTERNATIVES MUST BE EQUIVALENT.

A TEMPORARY HIGHER MAINTENANCE HOLDING TANK IS NOT EQUIVALENT.

IT MUST BE EMPTIED BY A HAZARDOUS WASTE TRUCK EVERY FEW WEEKS, CREATING THE WEEKLY NUISANCE OF PUTRID ODOR RELEASE INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE WEAR AND TEAR ON OUR NEWLY REPAVED $80,000 PRIVATE STREET, CREATING A PUBLIC HAZARD WHEN THE TANK OVERFILLS WITH NO CITY REGULATIONS IN PLACE, THE CITY WOULD BE DEALING WITH THE SOLE BLAME FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE RUNNING DOWN THE STREET AND INTO THE STORM DRAIN, CREATING A PROBLEM BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE CALIFORNIA WATER CONTROL BOARD.

WHO ALSO THINKS THIS APPROVAL IS RIDICULOUS.

WE'VE BEEN ACTIVELY POINTING OUT THE PROBLEMS WITH APPROVING THE 1 6 1 PLANS.

WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A WRITTEN RESPONSE FROM OUR MOST RECENT EMAIL OUTREACH TO THE CITY ON 3 25 25, WHERE WE REQUESTED A PRE-LITIGATION RESPONSE TO OUR OBJECTIONS.

PLEASE REACH OUT TO US WITH QUESTIONS AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE EXPANSIVE NOTEBOOK EMAILS AND LETTERS GIVEN TO THE CITY FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS.

AS WE HAVE SPENT HUNDREDS OF HOURS BEING PASSED AROUND FROM PERSON TO PERSON AND DOING THE CITY'S JOB.

WE DON'T WANT A LAWSUIT, WHICH I ASSUME THE CITY DOESN'T EITHER.

PLEASE RESPECT YOUR TAX PAYING RESIDENCE BY RESPONDING TO OUR EMAIL AND CANCELING SUCH A RIDICULOUS APPROVAL.

THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD OF HIDDEN LANE.

GOOD EVENING.

UH, MIKE PERCA, 1330 NORTH HIDDEN LANE.

UM, I'M ALSO HERE.

DID YOU LIFT THE MIC A LITTLE BIT HIGHER TO YOU? THE MICROPHONE? OH YEAH.

BRING IT UP A LITTLE HIGHER SO WE CAN HEAR YOU.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

UM, I ALSO WANTED TO JUST KIND OF BRING UP SOME STUFF, UM, ON THE PROJECT MY WIFE WAS TALKING ABOUT.

UM, PREVIOUSLY WE'VE GONE NOWHERE WITH HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF, OF RESEARCH BETWEEN, UH, ME AND MY WIFE AND OTHER, UH, NEIGHBORS.

UH, WE'VE RECENTLY GONE NOWHERE AND THREATENED WITH LITIGATIONS AND NOW WE'RE SHOT IN THE DARK.

WE DON'T WANT TO PAY ATTORNEY FEES.

WE'D LIKE TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT.

WE AIN'T GETTING NOWHERE.

WE JUST KEEP JUST GETTING PADDLED AROUND FROM ONE, ONE OFFICE TO THE NEXT.

WE HAVE RECENTLY, UH, HAD THE PERMITS PULLED BECAUSE OF, UH, LITIGATION OR, UH, VARI UH, VARIANCES AND STUFF THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

SO THEY HAVE PULLED IT ON THEIR SIDE.

NOW WE NEED YOU GUYS TO STEP UP AND DO THE RIGHT THING AND TELL THIS GENTLEMAN THAT HE NEEDS TO RUN A SEWER BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM ON THE PROPERTY FOR A SEPTIC TANK.

SO THAT LEAVES HIM WITH A HOLDING TANK.

YOU CAN'T HAVE A PERMANENT RESIDENCE ON A HALTING TANK AND THINK THAT'S SANITARY FOR OUR CITY.

THAT'S, UH, THAT'S IT.

I'D LIKE TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS.

IF YOU GUYS COULD PLEASE REACH OUT TO US.

UH, UH, SUSAN KIM AND, UH, JIM SARO HAVE OUR EMAIL.

WE'VE BEEN BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM.

WE'D REALLY LIKE SOME MORE ATTENTION.

AND, UH, ATTORNEY COLLINS, WELCOME.

WELL, WE WILL PROCEED WITH THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK DURING THIS PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION? OKAY, THANK YOU, UH, FOR,

[ 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. ]

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

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 AN OR LOAN TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE, AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.

THE CONSENT CALENDAR INCLUDES CITY COUNCIL ITEMS ONE THROUGH 13.

MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT THE STAFF WOULD WISH REMOVED? NO, MADAM MAYOR.

ANY ITEMS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD WISH REMOVED? ITEM EIGHT EIGHT.

ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT THE AUDIENCE WOULD WISH REMOVED? I WILL, UH, MAY I HAVE A MOTION EXCLUDING THE ITEM EIGHT? IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM

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I'LL SECOND THAT.

WOULD THE COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE? MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

LIKE A STAFF REPORT? UH, YES, PLEASE.

COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ, WOULD YOU

[ CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS REMOVED FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION:]

COULD WE PLEASE HAVE A STAFF REPORT? YEAH, I'LL CALL UP.

UH, MIRANDA, ARE YOU GONNA BE ABLE TO GIVE THE STAFF REPORT? UH, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

SUSAN KIM HAD AN EMERGENCY AND SHE'S OUT TODAY.

UM, I AM AWARE THAT THE CHAMBER CAME IN TO PULL THE PERMITS FOR THE CITRUS FAIR.

THEY WERE VETTED THROUGH THE PLANNING AND THE DRC PROCESS, AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THEY WERE OKAY TO ISSUE THE, THE PERMITS, THE BANNERS FOR CITRUS FAIR.

SO TONIGHT WE'RE ASKING FOR COUNSEL'S APPROVAL ON THAT ITEM.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

UM, NUMBER ONE, DO WE HAVE ON FILE A, UM, UH, AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PROPERTY OWNER OF BIRCH FORD AND, UH, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, GIVING THEM PERMISSION TO PUT A SIGN UP THERE? UH, THAT I DON'T KNOW.

WE CAN FIND OUT.

I KNOW THAT THEY, BEFORE, BEFORE, UH, ANY THAT IS ISSUED OR WE ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A, UH, UH, AN APPROVAL OR AN AGREEMENT IN ONLINE, I'M SORRY, NOT ONLINE, UH, IN PLACE THAT STATES THAT THERE IS A PERMISSION FROM THEM TO PLACE A SIGN UP THERE AT THEIR PROPERTY BEFORE THEY'RE ABLE TO PUT THAT UP.

NUMBER TWO, UH, IN RESPECT TO THE PROPERTY, OUR PROPERTY THAT OWNED BY THE CITY OF LAHABRA, UH, WHAT IS THE TIMEFRAME TO HAVE THOSE REMOVED? UH, LAST TIME IT WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, WELL OVER A WEEK AND THERE WERE STILL UP.

UH, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, AGREEMENT IN PLACE AS TO WHEN THEY WILL BE REMOVED? GENERALLY, I THINK THEY'RE REMOVED WITHIN THREE DAYS AFTER THE END OF THE EVENT.

CAN WE INCLUDE THAT ON THERE? THAT THEY HAVE TO BE REMOVED WITHIN THREE DAYS? AND IS THERE A PROVISION IN THERE IN CASE THERE'S ANY DAMAGE TO THE GRASS THAT, UH, THEY WILL HAVE TO, UH, FIX THE GRASS AND ALSO RETURN IT TO THE ORIGINAL CONDITION? I THINK WHERE THE LOCATION IS, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY GRASS THERE.

IT MIGHT BE JUST LANDSCAPING IN THE AREA.

RIGHT OVER HERE.

YEAH, AROUND THE CORNER.

YEAH.

SO, BUT WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT.

SO THEN WE WILL CHECK WITH THE CHAMBER IN BIRCH, THE OWNERS OF THE FORMER BIRCH FORD PROPERTY TO SEE IF THERE'S SOME, WHAT AGREEMENT THEY HAVE IN PLACE.

RIGHT.

SO IF, IF COUNSEL WANTS TO APPROVE THIS ITEM, AND IN THAT MOTION DIRECT STAFF TO SECURE SUCH AGREEMENTS, UH, AND ADD THOSE OTHER ITEMS, WE CAN DO THAT.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

UH, AND THE, UH, THE ISSUE WITH IF THERE IS ANY ISSUE WITH BIRCH FORD, MAYBE FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY, BECOMES A PRIVATE PROPERTY ISSUE, ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE TO OBLIGE BY SIGNAGE.

SO IT, I MEAN, REALISTICALLY, WOULD IT HAVE ANY BEARING ON US OTHER THAN, YEAH, NO.

SO WE DON'T USUALLY GET INVOLVED IN THE AGREEMENT THAT THE CHAMBER MAY HAVE WITH A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER.

IT'S JUST BECAUSE IT'S IN THE SPECIFIC, UM, UH, PLAN ZONING.

IT REQUIRES COUNSEL TO APPROVE ANY TEMPORARY SIGNS.

SO WHETHER IT'S ON PRIVATE OR PUBLIC PROPERTY DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

THAT'S WHY THIS IS BEFORE COUNSEL.

NORMALLY SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULDN'T COME BEFORE COUNSEL, BUT BECAUSE IT'S ON THE LAHABRA BOULEVARD SPECIFIC PLAN, IT REQUIRES COUNSEL APPROVAL.

ALRIGHT.

J JUST REAL QUICK, I I JUST WANTED TO GET SOME CLARITY HERE.

IS THIS, UH, CONSISTENT WITH PAST PRACTICE, UH, FROM PREVIOUS YEARS? YEAH, THE SIZE OF THE SIGN, THE LOCATIONS OF THE SIGN ARE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT COUNCIL'S APPROVED.

SO I LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM.

JUST ADDING THAT WE HAVE, OKAY.

ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR THE COUNCIL? NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I, I'M SORRY.

I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE PUBLIC TO TESTIFY AND TO PLEASE GIVE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.

SHOULD THEY WISH TO, I THINK THE CHAMBER EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS HERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF MARIE, IF YOU HAVE A ANSWER TO THE QUESTION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ HAD? THANK YOU, MIRANDA, FOR STEPPING IN AND TRYING TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF I SHOULD JUMP UP OR WAIT.

SO, , BUT, UM, TWO, LET ME SEE.

I, I WROTE DOWN THE NOTES REGARDING THE SIGN I CAN, UM, WITH, UH, IT'S GREG JONES THAT GIVES THE AUTHORITY.

HE'S THE MANAGER OVER THERE, AND I CAN FORWARD THE WRITTEN, UM, EMAIL CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD ABOUT IT.

HE HAS NOT GIVEN ME A CONTRACT.

UH, LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT HE ACTUALLY HAD ME SIGN A CONTRACT.

WE'VE ALREADY PROVIDED THE INSURANCE AND THE EVENT THAT, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING WOULD GO WRONG OR WHATEVER JUST TO COVER AND MAKE SURE THAT HE'S COVERED.

SO THAT IT HAS BEEN DONE IN WRITING, UH, BUT JUST NOT A PER SE CONTRACT.

UH, WITH REGARD TO THE REMOVAL, IT WAS SUBMITTED WITH THE REMOVAL OF MAY 9TH, SO I CAN REDUCE IT TO A LITTLE BIT LESS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT.

SO THE FAIR ENDS ON THE SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH, SO I CAN, I THINK FIVE DAYS IS

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CONSISTENT.

WE USUALLY BEEN A WEEK, SO IT'S THREE TO FIVE DAYS.

IT'S NOT A PROBLEM.

IT'S NOT BEEN AN ISSUE FOR US IN THE PAST WITH REGARD TO THE, UM, GARDENING OR ANYTHING ELSE.

IT MAY BE WE ARE WELL AWARE THAT WE NEED TO COVER ANYTHING THAT IS DAMAGED OR INTERRUPTED IN, IN PLANT LIFE.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE.

ARE THERE ANY, UH, COUNSEL DISCUSSION AND OR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION APPROVE AS LISTED.

IS THERE A SECOND? DID YOU SAY APPROVE AS LISTED? IS THAT CORRECT? AS PER AS LISTED THERE, YES.

I'LL, UH, I'LL SECOND AS WELL.

WOULD THE COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE? MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

WE WILL NOW PROCEED.

UH, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS.

WE WILL MOVE ON TO CONSIDERATION

[1. LA HABRA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS That the City Council: A. Receive and file this report; and, B. Provide direction to staff.]

ITEMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE MAY REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE LAHABRA CITY COUNCIL ON ANY CONSIDERATION ITEM PRIOR TO THE LAHABRA CITY COUNCIL TAKING A FINAL VOTE ON THE ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER CONSIDERATION ITEM, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR 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 CONSIDERATION ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TITLED LAHABRA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS.

I'D LIKE A STAFF REPORT.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS BRIANNA HURT, I'M THE MANAGEMENT ANALYST IN THE ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT, AS YOU MAY RECALL.

AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AUDIENCE DURING COUNCIL COMMENTS AT THE FEBRUARY 18TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING COUNCIL MEMBER LAMPKIN REQUESTED, WE REQUESTED AN EVALUATION OF THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF THE CITY JOINING THE LAHABRA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

THE REQUEST WAS SECONDED BY MAYOR ESPINOZA.

HISTORICALLY, WHILE THE CITY HAS SUPPORTED THE CHAMBER THROUGH EVENT PARTNERSHIPS AND BUDGET ALLOCATIONS, IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THE CITY AS A GOVERNMENT ENTITY HAS EVER APPLIED TO BE OR BEEN A MEMBER OF THE CHAMBER.

THE CHAMBER OFFERS EIGHT MEMBERSHIP LEVELS WITH BENEFITS PRIMARILY GEARED TOWARDS BUSINESS OWNERS AND OPERATORS.

EACH MEMBERSHIP LEVEL INCLUDES BENEFITS SUCH AS NETWORKING AND BUSINESS PROMOTION TO HELP A BUSINESS GROW AND INCREASE SALES.

HOWEVER, THERE IS NO GOVERNMENT SPECIFIC TIER IN REVIEWING THE MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS AND SHOULD THE COUNCIL DIRECT STAFF TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION? IT IS THE OPINION OF STAFF THAT THE MOST APPROPRIATE AND AFFORDABLE MEMBERSHIP OPTION FOR THE CITY WOULD BE THE BASIC BUSINESS MEMBER LEVEL.

BENEFITS FOR THIS LEVEL INCLUDE NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS CONNECT UP LUNCH MOBS OR CHAMBER ON THE MOVE BASIC MEMBER WEBPAGE AND SOCIAL MEDIA ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, CHAMBER EVENTS, AND SHOWCASE MIXERS.

UM, YOU GET A MEMBERSHIP PLAQUE AND A NAME TAG, AND YOU GET ATTENDANCE AT SELECTED EVENTS HOSTED BY THE CHAMBER BUSINESS ALLIANCE, WHICH IS A COHORT OF, I BELIEVE IT'S SEVEN, UM, LOCAL CHAMBERS.

HIGHER LEVELS OFFER ADDITIONAL PROMOTIONAL BENEFITS, BUT STAFF BELIEVES THE BASIC LEVEL MEETS THE CITY'S NEEDS.

THE CURRENT ANNUAL COST FOR THE BASIC BUSINESS MEMBERSHIP IS $396 PER YEAR, PLUS A $30 ONE-TIME APPLICATION FEE TOTALING TOTALING 426 FOR THE FIRST YEAR.

AT THIS TIME, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVE AND FILE THIS REPORT AND PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF REGARDING POTENTIAL MEMBERSHIP TO THE LA HABRA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

THIS COMPLETES MY REPORT AND STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND THAT IS THE TERRIFIC RELATIONSHIP THAT THE CITY HAS HAD WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND I DON'T USE THAT WORD TERRIFIC LOOSELY.

ARE THERE ANY, UH, COUNCIL QUESTIONS? UH, NO MADAM MAYOR, BUT JUST, UH, WITH THE HOPES OF KIND OF ADDING A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, REASONING FOR ME, REMAKING THE REQUEST.

AND I WANNA FIRST THANK BRIANNA FOR, UH, PROVIDING THAT STAFF REPORT GIVES US ALL, UH, AS A COMMUNITY A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF, YOU KNOW, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE, THE CITY ITSELF.

UM, AS I MENTIONED, THE, IN THE FEBRUARY MEETING, AND ALSO THANK YOU, UM, UH, MAYOR ESPINOSA FOR SECONDING THE MOTION BACK IN FEBRUARY.

SO, UM, AS I MENTIONED IN THE, IN MY COMMENTS IN FEBRUARY, I WAS A BIT SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT, UM, AFTER SO MANY YEARS WE'VE NEVER BEEN REALLY A, A MEMBER OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

UM, HOWEVER, UM, YOU KNOW, I I I, I SEE IN THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN ON CITY COUNCIL, THIS AMAZING WHAT I FIND TO BE A VERY AMAZING RELATIONSHIP THAT HAS FORMED IN HOW WE SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER, BOTH AS A CITY, BUT ALSO WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

UM, I WANNA KIND OF CITE A FEW THINGS, UM, THAT, THAT REALLY SPECIFIES

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I SAY THAT SPECIFICALLY FROM THE COMMENTS THAT ARE LEFT ON OUR LA HABER CITY WEBSITE.

IF I CAN LEAVE A COUPLE OF, UH, IF I CAN CITE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, UM, IF YOU DO A GOOGLE, I MEAN, NOT A GOOGLE SEARCH, BUT IF YOU DO A SEARCH ON THE LA HABER CITY'S WEBSITE, THERE'S ABOUT OVER A HUNDRED, UH, PUBLICATIONS, UH, WEBSITE, UM, UH, WEBP PAGES THAT REFERENCES HABRA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

AND IN ONE OF THOSE WEBSITES UNDER THE BUSINESS SECTION OF THE WEBSITE, IT SAYS, THE CITY OF LAHABRA ENJOYS A TERRIFIC PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES AND THE LAHABRA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

UH, LAHABRA CHA, UH, LAHABRA TRULY VALUES OUR BUSINESS, UH, COMMUNITY AND WORKS TOWARDS IMPROVING THE OPPORTUNITY IN THE CITY.

IT GOES MORE ON TO SAY, LOCAL COMPANIES ARE VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY BY SPONSORING EVENTS AND TAKING PART OF CIVIC ACTIVITIES, UH, TO ENHANCE THAT PARTNERSHIP, UM, OR TO SPECIFY THAT PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITH THE CITY, UH, AND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

THE WEBSITE ALSO SAYS UNDER ITS, UH, FREQUENT ASKED QUESTIONS PORTIONS OF THE, OF THE CITY.

UM, IT SAYS, WHAT SHOULD I DO BEFORE I BEGIN MY BUSINESS? AND ON, ON OUR WEBSITE, IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS, FOR ANY QUESTIONS, UM, FOR ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON STARTING YOUR BUSINESS, PLEASE VISIT THE LAHABRA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

AND SO WITH THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I FIND IT, IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT SHOWS THAT WE'RE BUILDING THIS PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

UH, IN GENERAL, I, UH, IN, IN, IN SEEING THIS PARTNERSHIP FLOURISH AND THRIVE.

AND, UM, I I, I REALLY DON'T WANNA STAND IN THE WAY OF, YOU KNOW, UH, THE CITY JOINING THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AS A POLICY MAKER.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, MY THOUGHT IS I WANNA HAVE A ROBUST DISCUSSION AMONGST THE COUNCIL TO SEE IF WE CAN POSSIBLY MAKE THAT HAPPEN WITH THE CITY BECOMING A MEMBER OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

I ASK THAT YOU FOCUS ON THE GOAL WE HAVE IN COMMON OF BUILDING A THRIVING, SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL? I, I'LL HAVE COMMENTS DURING DELIBERATIONS.

ALRIGHT.

AND THEN I WOULD NOW INVITE THE PUBLIC TO TESTIFY AND TO PLEASE GIVE THEIR NAME AND THE ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD SHOULD THEY WISH TO NOT OLD.

OLD.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR ESPINOZA AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU TONIGHT.

FIRST, SINCE I HAVE THE MIC AND I CAN SPEAK FOR A FEW SECONDS, I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO CHAMBER NIGHT TOMORROW, AND THEN ALSO TO THE IN CHAMBER NIGHT.

AS YOU KNOW, MOST OF YOU HAVE ATTENDED, IT IS A FUNDRAISER FOR LOCAL, UM, HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS.

SO COME ON OUT AND VISIT WITH US.

ALSO, THE, UM, I KNOW MOST OF YOU HAVE ATTENDED, BUT COUNCILMAN LAMBKIN, HE, UM, WILL BE, IT'LL BE HIS FIRST TIME, SO HE'S GONNA GET A LITTLE MODIFIED VERSION OF THAT EVENT, BUT PLEASE JOIN US IF YOU CAN.

I WANNA THANK YOU, ROSE, FOR COMING OUT AND ADDRESSING THE, THE, UM, CHAMBER, MIRANDA.

NOW WE HAVE SUSAN, SO THE, THESE ARE BENEFITS TO THE CHAMBER MEMBERS WHEN YOU COME OUT AND, AND, UM, ELABORATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CITY.

SO, FIRST OF ALL, I DO AGAIN, WANNA THANK YOU, UH, COUNCILMAN LAMPKIN FOR MAKING THE MOTION AND, UH, ROSE FOR SECONDING IT.

UH, AND GETTING THESE WHOLE CONVERSATION STARTED, I AM SURE THAT WE CAN AGREE THAT BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY SMALL BUSINESSES, ARE VITAL AND, UM, CONSIDERED BY MANY AS THE BACKBONE OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND EVEN WITH REGARD TO THE SALES TAX THAT'S GENERATED, SIMPLY PUT THE CHAMBER IS THE HANDS AND FEET THAT SUPPORT BUSINESSES PROVIDING A PLATFORM AND CONNECTING MEMBERS TO MEMBERS.

IF YOU, IF YOU TALK TO SOME OF THE MEMBERS, THEY ARE DOING BUSINESS WITH ONE ANOTHER, PROVIDING INSURANCE FOR EACH OTHER OR, OR RESTAURANT ABILITIES OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.

BUT THEY ARE DEFINITELY DOING AND HELPING EACH OTHER, WHICH IS ONE OF THE GOALS OF THE CHAMBER.

UM, AND I'M SURE I DON'T HAVE TO SAY THIS BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT, BUT FOR THOSE LISTENING, THE COUNCIL GOVERNS AND ESTABLISHES POLICY.

SO THIS PROVIDES THE BUSINESSES BOTH, UM, THE BOTH PERSPECTIVES, GIVING THEM THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED.

THE LAW.

BER CHAMBER HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS, SO WE KNOW THE THEORY WORKS, ESPECIALLY NOW WITH MODERN TECHNOLOGY OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND AI AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE IN PLACE.

IT JUST CAUSES THE, THE MEMBERS TO, TO EVEN THRIVE EVEN STRONGER.

UH, AND THERE'S ALWAYS ONE MEMBER THAT KNOWS SOMETHING AND THAT ANOTHER ONE MAY NOT.

AND THEY, THEY COLLABORATE AND WORK TOGETHER TO STRENGTHEN EACH OTHER.

SO IT, IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR MANY, MANY SMALL BUSINESSES ESPECIALLY.

SO, WHICHEVER WAY THE DISCUSSION GOES TONIGHT,

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AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, AND CAUSING OUR CITY TO BE STRENGTHENED AND AN ENJOYABLE PLACE TO LIVE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR ESPINOZA AND CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS LYNETTE FALCON, THE CHAIR OF THE LAHABRA CHAMBER BOARD, AND I AM EXCITED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THE CITY OF LAHABRA BECOMING CHAMBER MEMBERS, BOTH LAHABRA CITY AND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WORK FOR THE SAME GOAL AND IS TO HELP THE BUSINESSES STAY HERE IN LAHABRA, COME TO LAHABRA AND THRIVE IN LAHABRA, UM, LAHABRA CITY BY BECOMING MEMBERS, SETS PRECEDENCE ON WHAT WE'RE BOTH TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.

SO I HOPE THAT IN YOUR DISCUSSION, YOU COME TO THAT CONCLUSION THAT WE'RE ALL HERE FOR ONE SAME GOAL, AND IT'S THE BUSINESSES.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

CONGRATULATIONS, COUNSELOR.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK? GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS MARIA MAYA, RESIDENT IN LAHABRA FOR 26 YEARS.

IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU UP THERE.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'VE HEARD SOMEBODY SAY ONCE I ASK QUESTIONS, AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THEY TEACH YOU IN LAW SCHOOL ABOUT LITIGATION IS YOU DON'T ASK QUESTIONS YOU DON'T ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER TO.

WELL, I DO RESEARCH AND RIGHT HERE I HAVE THE TAX FORMS FOR THE LAHABRA CHAMBER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FROM THE YEARS OF 2020 TO THE YEARS OF, TO 2024.

AND NOW I HAVE QUESTIONS WHY, IF NET INCOME FROM FUNDRAISING IS DOWN, IT'S DECLINING, AND IF MEMBERSHIP DUES ARE DECLINING, WHY DID THE CEO GIVE HERSELF A RAISE IN 2020? HER SALARY WAS 58,000 250, 50 $8,250 A YEAR, AND NOW FOUR YEARS LATER, IT'S $74,616 A YEAR, DESPITE DECLINING REVENUE, DECLINING FUNDRAISING, AND INCREASING EXPENSES.

I HAVE TO ASK WHY PEOPLE KEEP SAYING, OR I, WELL, NOT PEOPLE, BUT WHY COUNCIL MEMBER LAMPKIN SEEMS TO THINK THAT THERE'S A GOOD RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CHAMBER AND THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND ANYBODY THAT'S BEEN AROUND KNOWS THAT THAT'S NOT TRUE.

AND THE IDEA THAT SOMEHOW THERE IS A BENEFIT TO JOINING THE CHAMBER WHEN THEY HAVE DECLINING MEMBERSHIP, DECLINING SUPPORT AMONG THE LOCAL BUSINESSES AND AMONG THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL.

WHY THIS WOULD BE A NET BENEFIT TO THE CITY AT ALL.

I'M, I MAY BE A CYNIC, BUT IT'S NO COINCIDENCE THAT A CHAMBER THAT HELD A POLITICAL EVENT FOR ONE OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SITTING ON THIS, ON THIS DAAS, OF COURSE, HE'S GONNA BRING UP SOME FABLED GREAT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CHAMBER AND THE CITY, BUT THAT RELATIONSHIP DOESN'T EXIST.

IF IT DID, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE KICKED, KICKED OFF THEIR CITY MEMBER, THE, THE, THE BOARD MEMBER THAT REPRESENTED THE CITY.

SO I JUST DON'T SEE ANY NET BENEFIT HERE.

I DON'T THINK THAT IT WOULD BE WISE FOR THE CITY TO ENDORSE OR EVEN CONTINUE TO FUND THE CHAMBER, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE KNOW THEY WANT, THEY WANT THAT $20,000 A YEAR BACK.

IT'S NOT ABOUT LA HABER BUSINESSES, IT'S ABOUT INCREASING THEIR NET REVENUE SO THAT THEY CAN INCREASE SOMEBODY'S SALARY.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK? ? OKAY.

I WILL NOW CALL FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION.

SO I JUST, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, AS FAR AS THE YEARLY, UH, MEMBERSHIP COSTS, UH, CAN YOU, IF YOU MAY BRIANNA CONFIRM IT'S $396 AN ENTIRE YEAR? I UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME, UH, ADDITIONAL COSTS TOTALING $426 A YEAR, CORRECT? YES.

SO THE, THERE IS A ONE-TIME MEMBER, UH, APPLICATION PROCESSING FEE OF $30, AND THE ANNUAL FEE CURRENTLY THIS YEAR IS $396 FOR THAT BASIC BUSINESS MEMBERSHIP.

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AND, UM, THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT I HAVE FOR NOW AT, UH, FOR NOW IS, UH, AGAIN, FOR ME TO BE LEARNING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, UH, WHICH IS WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME, AND NOT JUST LEARNING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, BUT LEARNING HOW TO BRING US TOGETHER.

UM, I DID NOTE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL, UH, I, I, MY UNDERSTANDING, I GUESS, UM, PLATINUM DONORS OR NOT DONORS, UH, UH, PLATINUM MEMBERS WITHIN THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THOSE MEMBERS, NOT JUST FROM PLATINUM, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S THE LOWER TIER MEMBERS, THEY ARE ALSO, UM, BIG SUPPORTERS OF CITY EVENTS AS WELL.

AND THAT WAS MY MAIN FOCUS.

MY MAIN FOCUS, AGAIN, IS LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, MODELING THE WAY OR AT LEAST HAVING THE CITY MODEL THE WAY OF BEING THAT CARING COMMUNITY.

UM, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT HOW WE GO ABOUT SUPPORTING BUSINESSES, NO MATTER WHAT ENTITY IT IS, UM, WE MAY HAVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS ON HOW WE GET THERE, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE ALL TRYING TO GET TO THE SAME GOAL.

AND I THINK I HEARD THAT WITH A COUPLE OF OUR SPEAKERS HERE.

UM, I DON'T JUST SAY THIS AS SOMEONE THAT, UM, WOULD JUST WANNA SEE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN THE CITY, BUT I ALSO SAY THAT AS SOMEONE WHO IS A BUSINESS OWNER, MYSELF AND AS A BUSINESS OWNER, I THINK THAT I WOULD BE WILLING TO TAKE ANY SUPPORT THAT I COULD POSSIBLY GET TO SEE THAT MY BUSINESS THRIVES.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE PROMOTED WITH ALL BUSINESSES THAT I'VE SPOKEN WITH IN THE TIME THAT I'VE, IN MY TENURE HERE, UM, ON COUNCIL.

NOT THE CHAMBER THAT BRINGS BUSINESSES TO LAHABRA.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK OF THE COUNCIL? YOU NEED MO.

LET ME, UH, LET ME FOLLOW UP.

UM, AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATED WHAT YOU, UH, WHAT YOU HAD SAID, COUNCILMAN LAMPKIN AS FAR AS, UH, MODELING THAT FOR THE COMMUNITY.

NOW, I'VE SAID THIS IN THE PAST, AND I KNOW ONE SPEAKER HAD ALLUDED TO, UH, TO AN AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT, UH, THAT WE USED TO, UH, GIVE TO THE COUNCIL.

AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT HERE, WHAT WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT ACTUALLY.

AND I WANT TO KEEP IT ON ON TRACK.

THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT ISSUE.

THIS IS ABOUT THE CITY BECOMING A MEMBER.

I'M OF THE MINDSET, QUITE FRANKLY, THAT WE SHOULD NOT BECOME A MEMBER.

UH, AND I'LL STAY AND I'LL STAY TRUE TO THAT BECAUSE MY, UH, MY SUPPORT GOES OUT TO THE CHAMBER IN THEIR MISSION.

BUT IT GOES OUT TO EVERY BUSINESS.

'CAUSE AS I'VE SAID IN THE PAST, UH, AND, UH, AND I CONTINUE TO SAY IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, I DO A BUSINESS OF THE WEEK EVERY WEEK AND, UH, AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AS I, UH, HUMOROUSLY CALL TV LAND, UH, THAT CAME ABOUT DURING THE PANDEMIC, UH, BECAUSE, UH, BUSINESSES, UH, NEEDED AN OUTLET, UH, TO CONTINUE TO, UH, TO ADVERTISE, UH, AND, UH, AND THINGS THE WAY THEY WERE, NOT ONLY IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

UH, BUSINESSES NEEDED OUR HELP.

I TOOK IT UPON MYSELF TO GO AROUND TO BUSINESS TO BUSINESS AND DO ADVOCATE FOR THEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

I HAVE A GOOD NUMBER OF FOLLOWERS ON VARIOUS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, WHICH IS ADVANTAGEOUS TO THESE BUSINESSES.

UH, ANY AND ALL BUSINESSES, WHETHER THEY WERE A MEMBER OF THE CHAMBER OR NOT, IT DOES NOT MATTER.

UH, I I SUPPORT THEM ALL.

I THINK OUR CITY COUNCIL SUPPORTS THEM ALL AS WELL.

AND, UH, UH, FOR ME, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR BUSINESSES.

UH, THE, UH, THE BUSINESS CHAMBER HAS BEEN, UH, UH, HAS BROUGHT ABOUT THE CITRUS FAIR, ACTUALLY.

THEY BROUGHT ABOUT THE CITRUS RIGHT HERE TO THE COMMUNITY.

THEY CONTINUE TO PUT IT ON.

THE CITY CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE CITRUS FAIR AND THE MISSION OF THE CHAMBER.

SO WE DO NOT NEED TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE CHAMBER TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT MISSION, UH, AND TO SUPPORT THE MISSION FOR E EACH AND EVERY BUSINESS.

LIKE I SAID, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS ACTUALLY, AND THIS CAME UP A A FEW TIMES WITH VARIOUS BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY OVER THE COURSE OF TIME, ASKING ME IF THEY NEEDED TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE BUSINESS CHAMBER, UH, YOU KNOW, TO FUNCTION IN THE CITY.

AND I TOLD THEM UNEQUIVOCALLY, NO, YOU DO NOT.

THE BUSINESS CHAMBER CAN PROVIDE YOU CERTAIN THINGS, QUITE POSSIBLY.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO SPEAK TO THEM, UH, TO SEE WHAT BENEFIT THERE IS TO YOU.

I CANNOT MAKE THAT DECISION FOR YOU BECAUSE THAT IS A DECISION THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE FOR YOURSELF AND FOR YOUR BUSINESSES.

THE ONE THING I DID TELL THEM WAS, REGARDLESS WHETHER YOU ARE A CHAMBER MEMBER BUSINESS, I WILL SUPPORT YOUR BUSINESS.

I WILL DO EVERYTHING I CAN WITHIN MY POWER AS A CITY COUNCIL PERSON TO ADVOCATE AND TO CONTINUE TO PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS REGARDLESS.

SO I, QUITE FRANKLY, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO TO BE MEMBERS AND WE CAN STILL CONTINUE TO BE THAT CARING COMMUNITY.

UH, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT AT THE END OF THE DAY.

UM, I WILL, UH, I WILL SAY, AND, AND JUST ADDRESSING THE WHAT MS. UH, WHAT MS. FALCON HAD SAID, SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF HELPING BUSINESSES COME TO LA HABRA.

AND I DON'T WANNA MISQUOTE YOU OR, OR TAKE ANYTHING OUTTA CONTEXT, BUT I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A QUESTION IN THE PAST.

I BELIEVE IT WAS ANSWERED, THAT IT'S NOT THE CHAMBER'S MISSION TO BRING BUSINESSES TO LAHABRA.

AND I THINK, UH, I THINK MS. LAGA BROUGHT THAT TO THE DAIS A FEW YEARS AGO.

IF MEMORY SERVED ME CORRECTLY, I'D HAVE TO LOOK BACK.

UH, BUT THE CHAMBER, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, AND, AND I DON'T WANT TO, UH, MISREPRESENT, BUT IT'S

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I WANNA, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE REITERATE THAT WE HAVE SUSAN KIM IN OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, THAT, UH, THAT DOES THAT, AND HER AND HER, UH, AND HER, UH, EXCUSE ME, UH, AND MIRANDA AND OF COURSE, AND, UH, OTHER THAT WORK, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, THAT IS WHAT OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT DOES.

WE DO THAT AS A CITY.

WE GO OUT AND WE ADVOCATE FOR BUSINESSES TO COME TO THE CITY OF LAHABRA.

SO WHEN YOU SEE THAT, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT CREDIT IS GIVEN TO WHERE CREDIT IS DUE, FOR INSTANCE, WHETHER IT BE TRADER JOE'S, DUTCH BROTHERS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

ONCE THEY ARE HERE, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN THE BUSINESS CHAMBER.

THAT'S FINE.

BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM.

AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THAT THE WORK THAT YOU SEE FROM VARIOUS ENTITIES THAT HAVE COME TO THE CITY, STARBUCKS, AND AGAIN, DUTCH BROTHERS AND, UH, AND DE RAMIA AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

I SEE THESE YOUNG LADIES, THEY LOVE DUTCH BROTHERS, APPARENTLY , THAT WAS ALL DONE BY THE CITY, OKAY? BY OUR CITY AND POLICE, HARD WORK BY CITY STAFF, OKAY? THAT CONTINUES TO BE DONE, OF COURSE, WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE CHAMBER ONCE THEY ARE HERE, AND OTHER BUSINESS ENTITIES AS WELL AS THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S, THAT IS CLEAR BECAUSE I WANNA THANK OUR STAFF FOR THE HARD WORK THEY PROVIDE IN BRINGING THESE BUSINESSES TO OUR CITY.

THAT BEING SAID, I'M STILL OF THE MINDSET WELCOME TO CHAMBER.

LOVE IT.

THAT THEY PUT ON THE, UH, THE, UH, CITRUS FAIR EVERY YEAR.

UH, THE CITRUS FAIR WILL BE, UH, THIS, UH, FIRST WEEKEND IN MAY NEXT MONTH.

UH, SO, UH, WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT AS WELL.

BUT THOSE ARE MY VIEWS ON IT.

WE'LL DO ANYTHING WE CAN TO MAINTAIN IT AND TO INCREASE IT.

MAY I, COUNCILMAN NAZARIAN, WE HAVE ONE FATAL PROBLEM SLASH CHALLENGE WITH THIS, AND THAT'S, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH FORMER CITY ATTORNEY DICK JONES ABOUT THIS.

I SAID, WHAT ARE BEST PRACTICES WITH THIS? DO CITIES JOIN, UH, THEIR CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE? AND, UH, MR. JONES SAID, VIRTUALLY NO CITY IN THE AREA JOINS THEIR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, PROBABLY FOR THE ONE MOST IMPORTANT REASON THAT IT CAN PRODUCE POTENTIAL CONFLICTS GOING FORWARD.

UH, WHEN THE CITY IS A MEMBER OF THE CHAMBER, ANY POSITION OR ACTION TAKEN BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WHICH IS A PRIVATE ENTITY, IT'S A 5 0 1 C3, BUT STILL A PRIVATE ENTITY, ESSENTIALLY SEPARATE FROM THE CITY ITSELF, THAT CAN CREATE POTENTIAL LEGAL CONFLICTS.

AND ONE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT FOR, FOR ONE THING IS THAT THE CHAMBER, FOR REASONS THAT ARE STILL UNCLEAR, TOOK A, MADE A SPECIAL EFFORT TO GO OUT PUBLICLY, UH, CAMPAIGNING AGAINST OUR SALES TAX MEASURE MEASURE V, WHICH WAS, UH, PASSED OVERWHELMINGLY BY OVER 70% OF OUR RESIDENTS.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS THIS AD IDEA AT THE TIME THAT FOLKS REALIZED THAT IF WE LOST OVER SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS OF OUR BUDGET, THAT WOULD FUNCTIONALLY DEFUND POLICE AND FIRE.

BECAUSE 70% OF OUR ENTIRE MUNICIPAL BUDGET IS DEVOTED TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

SO WHAT POSITION WOULD THE CITY TAKE THEN AS A CHAMBER MEMBER, WHEN THE CHAMBER OFFICIALLY COMES OUT AND SAYS, DON'T SUPPORT THIS, THE CITY DOES, DOESN'T NEED THE MONEY.

THAT WAS, THAT WOULD BE A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF A HUGE CHALLENGE.

AND IT'S A, IT'S A FATAL FLAW IN MY VIEW.

AND THIS IS WHY CITIES DON'T JOIN THEIR CHAMBERS.

THEY MAY SUPPORT THEIR CHAMBERS, THEY MAY PARTNER WITH THEIR CHAMBERS.

AND IN POINT OF FACT, FOR DECADES, WE HAD A WONDERFUL, SOLID PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LAHABRA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

UNDER THE VERY SUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP OF OF MARK STUDEVAN.

WE WORKED HAND IN HAND AND SUPPORTED THEM.

AND AGAIN, IT WAS, UH, ALL HANDS ON DECK, A TOTAL PARTNERSHIP EFFORT, UH, THAT SEEMED TO CHANGE WITH, UH, NEW LEADERSHIP AND A NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

UNFORTUNATELY, UH, THERE CAME A TIME WHEN WE SAID, WELL, THERE'S $20,000 EVERY YEAR THAT WE SUPPORT THE CHAMBER WITH.

WOULD YOU MIND SHOWING ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY WITH THAT? WOULD YOU PLEASE GIVE US SOME BUDGETARY DETAILS? WOULD YOU SHOW US WHERE THIS MONEY IS GOING? IS IT GOING JUST TO SALARIES? IS IT GOING TO SHOP FOR HABRA? WE JUST WANNA KNOW, UH, THE REQUEST WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE BOARD.

WE NEVER HEARD BACK, SO WE NEVER RECEIVED THAT INFORMATION.

AND THIS IS AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE ANAHEIM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBERS WERE BEING INDICTED.

THERE WAS A MASSIVE SCANDAL IN ANAHEIM BECAUSE THERE WAS THIS, UH, PAY TO PLAY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

SO AT THIS POINT IN, AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THE CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZED WE DO NOT WANNA GET INTO A GIFT OF PUBLIC MONEY TO AN ENTITY THAT REFUSES TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT HOW THAT MONEY IS SPENT.

THESE ARE TAXPAYER DOLLARS, AND WE HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THAT MONEY IS GOING AND EXACTLY WHAT IT'S DOING.

SO FOR THAT REASON, WE ELECTED NOT TO CONTINUE JUST A BLANK CHECK AT $20,000.

AND I THINK THAT MADE THE CHAMBER LEADERSHIP VERY UPSET.

AND, UH, THAT'S WHEN THE RELATIONSHIP STARTED TO SUFFER.

I MAKE NO APOLOGIES FOR IT BECAUSE I KNOW IT WAS THE MORAL, ETHICAL THING TO DO AT THE TIME, BUT AGAIN, IT RUPTURED THE RELATIONSHIP, WHICH IS NOW, AND LET'S CALL IT WHAT IT IS.

IT'S DYSFUNCTIONAL.

OF COURSE, COUNCIL MEMBER MEDRANO IS CORRECT.

OUR MISSIONS ARE VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL.

WE ARE THERE TO SUPPORT BUSINESS.

THIS IS WHY WE DO RIBBON CUTTINGS.

WE DON'T MAKE BUSINESSES NECESSARILY JOIN THE CHAMBER IN ORDER TO DO A RIBBON CUTTING.

WE WANT OUR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES TO THRIVE AND FLOURISH BECAUSE SALES TAX IS IN FACT THE LIFEBLOOD OF THIS CITY.

AND

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AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

BUT IN TERMS OF SPENDING TAXPAYER MONEY TO GET THE BASIC LEVEL INCLUDES A, UH, A CHAMBER NAME TAG AND A MEMBERSHIP PLAQUE.

WELL, I, YOU, YOU, YOU, I SEE HOW WE CAN JUSTIFY TO THE FOLKS WATCHING ON TV ANYWHERE ELSE SPENDING MONEY.

THEY WORK HARD FOR THEIR TAX DOLLARS FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, I I JUST CAN'T FIND A WAY OF JUSTIFYING THAT.

AND, AND THEN AS A PREVIOUS SPEAKER MENTIONED, WE'VE GOT A CHAMBER THAT, FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS HAS, HAS GOTTEN INTO DIRE FINANCIAL STRAITS WHERE THESE FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES ARE NOT IMPACTING SALARIES, UH, THAT THE EMPLOYEES ARE GETTING PAID.

BUT NONETHELESS, IT'S A DOWNWARD TRAJECTORY THAT DOES SEEM TO INDICATE A LACK OF SUSTAINABILITY.

AND THAT CONCERNS ME AS WELL.

SO, NUMBER ONE, FROM MY VIEW, IT'S THE CONFLICT ISSUE.

I THINK THERE'S AN ETHICAL CHALLENGE WITH THAT.

NUMBER TWO IS THE FACT THAT THE PARTNERSHIP IS IN SIGNIFICANT DISREPAIR.

AND DESPITE MY BEST EFFORTS AS MAYOR LAST YEAR, I SAT DOWN WITH THE CEO FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF AND, AND, AND SUGGESTED COMPROMISE RECONCILIATION ANY WAY OF REBUILDING THAT RELATIONSHIP.

AND I WAS MET WITH A BRICK WALL.

SO THAT'S WHY I END THIS BY SAYING I'M OPPOSED TO JOINING.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ? NO, I'M JUST READY TO MAKE A MOTION WHEN YOU'RE READY.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU'RE NOT GONNA COMMENT? WELL, YEAH, I'LL JUST, GOMEZ, I'LL JUST LEAVE A, A, A FEW COMMENTS AND I APPRECIATE AND RESPECT THE, UH, COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE.

MY GOAL HERE IS WITH, WITH EMPATHY.

MAY I, CLS ARE CLOSED ALREADY.

I, SO THEY'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO.

I FEEL I NEED OKAY, THAT'S FINE.

I JUST FEEL LIKE I NEED TO, I KNOW.

BUT COMMENTS, SOME OF THESE COMMENTS ARE A, A LITTLE BIT.

COMMENTS ARE CLOSED.

AND, AND SO, UM, THANK, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

UM, YOU KNOW, MY, MY GOAL HERE IS WITH EMPATHY, UM, AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT ADDITIONAL WAYS TO IMPROVE RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN OUR CITY, UM, AS I MADE A PROMISE TO THE RESIDENTS OF LAW WAS WITH THE INTENTION OF LEARNING AS MUCH AS I COULD ABOUT THIS CITY.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN I SEE THE COMMENTS THAT ARE ON THE WEBSITE ITSELF, THIS IDEAL OF HAVING A TERRIFIC RELATIONSHIP, AS IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS, AS WELL AS REFERENCING THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UM, AS A GO-TO PLACE FOR OUR BUSINESSES AND MORE SPECIFICALLY OUR NEW BUSINESS OWNERS.

WHEN I SEE THOSE COMMENTS, UM, I GET OUT OF THE WAY.

I TRY TO STAND OUTTA THE WAY AND LOOK AT IT NOT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF A COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT TO SAY THAT IF I, IF I TAKE MYSELF OUT OF THE PICTURE, IS THIS A MEMBERSHIP THAT POTENTIALLY THE CITY WOULD WANNA JOIN? UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS SOME CONFLICT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT COMES FROM THE COUNCIL ITSELF OR OPINIONS OF THE COUNCIL ITSELF, OR IF THESE OPINIONS WERE ALSO SHARED BY CITY EMPLOYEES, BUT THERE CLEAR, THERE CLEARLY, UH, APPEARS TO BE A BIT OF A CONTRADICTION FROM WHAT I SEE ON THE WEBSITE AND FROM WHAT I'M HEARING IN TODAY'S COUNCIL.

UM, SO WITH THAT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO HEARING THE COMMENTS AND, UH, PRETTY MUCH, YOU KNOW, ASSERTING THAT TWO OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD NOT BE WILLING TO JOIN.

UM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS JUST, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE REPORT.

I YEAH.

AND MAKE NO ADDITIONAL, THERE'S COMMENTS LEFT FROM COUNCIL NORMAN.

I'M, I, I THOUGHT YOU MENTIONED YOU DIDN'T WANNA MAKE A COMMENT.

BUT, UH, AGAIN, I, I, I JUST WANNA SAY THIS IS THAT THERE'S BEEN NOBODY MORE SUPPORTIVE OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

AND I COULD LOOK AT MARIE, AND SHE KNOWS THAT NOBODY ELSE HAS BEEN MORE SUPPORTIVE OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OVER THE YEARS THAN JAMES GOMEZ.

I WAS THERE AT EVERY EVENT WEEK AFTER WEEK, WEEK AFTER WEEK.

AND I WILL JUST TELL YOU, I HAVE TRIED WHEN I WAS MAYOR TO, UH, BUILD A RECONCILIATION THERE.

AND THERE HAS BEEN NO, UM, DESIRE ON THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UH, UH, TO WANT TO RECONCILE THERE.

UH, LAST YEAR WHEN I ATTENDED THE CITRUS FAIR WITH MY COLLEAGUES, UH, AND CARRIE, YOU WERE, HAPPENED TO BE STANDING RIGHT THERE, RIGHT NEXT TO ME, UH, WHEN I WAS APPROACHED BY MARIE QUESTIONING WHY I WAS THERE.

AND , YOU KNOW, THERE, I WAS THERE TO, TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY, SUPPORT THE, UH, CITRUS FAIR.

AND I CAME UNDER QUESTION AS TO WHY I WAS THERE, AND MADE ME FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE.

I WAS INVITED RECENTLY, WELL, NOT RECENTLY, A FEW MONTHS AGO, TO A, UM, UM, UH, AN, AN EVENT CONNECT UP EVENT WHERE JP GONZALEZ WAS GONNA SPEAK.

AND HE INVITED ME AS A GUEST TO BE THERE.

IT HAPPENED TO BE EVENT, AN EVENT THAT MARIE LGA WAS NOT GONNA BE THERE.

I HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THAT.

AND THEIR AMBASSADOR OF THE, UH, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UH, THEIR CHAIRPERSON, UH, CATHERINE QUESTIONED, GOT IN MY FACE AND SAID, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS BEING HERE.

AND HE IMMEDIATELY BULLIED ME AND EMBARRASSED ME IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY THERE AGAIN, EXTENDING AN OLIVE.

BRAD SAID, IT'S NOT FUNNY.

YOU CAN JUST SIT THERE AND LAUGH.

IT'S NOT FUNNY.

IT'S REAL, IT'S REAL THAT

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THIS IS HAPPENING.

AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE.

AND THEY JUST TEND TO BE SO SELF-RIGHTEOUS.

WE HAD A STAFF MEMBER, OUR STAFF MEMBERS, AGAIN, UH, WHICH OUR STAFF TOLD US FROM A COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WHERE OUR STAFF MEMBERS, UH, A YOUNG INDIVIDUAL WAS THERE, AND THERE WAS A SITUATION THAT OCCURRED.

AND THEN, UH, VICTOR ALGA CAME UP TO THEM AND SAID, I DON'T PAY YOU TO BE ON YOUR TELEPHONE, AND IMMEDIATELY BELITTLED OUR STAFF MEMBER.

IT'S NOT THE WAY YOU TREAT PEOPLE.

THAT'S NOT THE WAY YOU TREAT THEM.

JUST SOME SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS GOING ON WITH THESE PEOPLE.

AND I'VE TRIED MANY TIMES OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND AGAIN, I DON'T GIVE A POPE.

I WILL EXTEND AN OLIVE BRANCH TO TRY TO MEET WITH YOU AND TO TRY TO DO SOME RECONCILIATION HERE.

UM, AND AGAIN, UH, IT'S JUST A VERY SAD SITUATION.

I JUST SAW THEIR WEBSITE HERE, SILS LIST.

MARK STIR EVENT IS THE PRESIDENT, CEO OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THAT HASN'T BEEN UPDATED.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY GOTTA STOP, STOP BEING SELF-RIGHTEOUS AND START SERVING THE COMMUNITY.

BE SERVANTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THAT'S MY COMMENTS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS.

I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT MAYBE FOR NOW, IT IS A GOOD THING THAT WE ARE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING, UH, BECAUSE WE ARE REACHING OUT TO MORE PEOPLE.

UH, THE CHAMBER IS REACHING OUT TO BUSINESS PEOPLE, AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE REACHING OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER, WHO FEEL LIKE THEY ARE BEING NOTICED AS WELL AND SUPPORTED.

SO I THINK IT'S WORKING FOR, FOR ALL OF US RIGHT NOW.

AND, AND, AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE BEEN SEEING AS I'VE GONE TO THE RIBBON CUTTINGS THAT AREN'T MA UH, CHAMBER MEMBERS.

SO I THINK WE'RE GRABBING MORE OF THE BUSINESS PEOPLE AND SHOWING THEM THE SUPPORT, WHETHER THEY'RE MAIN MEMBERS OR NOT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

UM, SO I WOULD, UH, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE WOULD, ON THAT NOTE, MADAM MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO, UH, AGAIN, THANK THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR PROVIDING THEIR COMMENTS.

I I DO HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER, EVEN IF IT'S NOT THROUGH THE MEMBERSHIP, UH, FROM WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE FROM, UH, WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN EXPRESSED.

UM, BUT I DO, I REALLY THINK IT'S PRETTY COOL THAT WE ACTUALLY ATTEND EACH OTHER'S EVENTS.

MM-HMM .

A LOT OF TIMES WE'VE BEEN CUTTING CEREMONIES.

UM, I HOPE THAT MAYBE THAT THAT RELATIONSHIP WOULD IMPROVE.

AND AGAIN, IT, IT'S A, UH, FROM WHAT I'M COMPARING AND CONTRASTING FOR WHAT'S ON THE WEBSITE, I, I, I, THAT'S WHERE MY CONFLICT STILL, I STILL HAVE A BIT OF CONFLICT WITH MYSELF WONDERING WHY IS IT ON, WHY IS, WHY, WHY IS THE IMPRESSION GIVEN ON, ON THE WEBSITE VERSUS SOME OF WHAT'S BEING EXPRESSED BY COUNCIL? AND IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S COMMENTS BEING EXPRESSED BY COUNCIL, NOT THE VIEWS OR THE OPINIONS OF MAYBE CITY EMPLOYEES.

UM, SO WITH THAT, DOING A LITTLE BIT MORE HOMEWORK, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE REPORT, UM, AS IS, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE THIS DISCUSSION AT A LATER TIME.

UM, IS THERE A DIFFERENT MOTION OR IS THERE A SECOND? I, I'LL SECOND.

ALL RIGHT.

WOULD THE COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE? I MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

TO OUR MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC AND FROM THE COUNCIL.

I WILL NOW MOVE

[ MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR:]

WE HAVE THE LA HARBA POLICE DEPARTMENT CITIZENS ACADEMY APPLICATION THAT NOW BE ACCEPTED FOR THE LA HARBA POLICE DEPARTMENT CITIZENS ACADEMY, WHICH WILL BE HELD EVERY THURSDAY FROM APRIL 10 UNTIL MAY THE 15TH.

ATTENDEES WILL LEARN ABOUT ALL ASPECTS OF THE POLICE OPERATION, SUCH AS PATROL TRAFFIC, SWAT CAN, CANINE UNIT, ANIMAL CONTROL, AND MORE.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CON CONTACT LAUREN WEISS AT LWS E@LAHARBORCA.GOV, OR VISIT THE LA HARBOR CA.GOV.

THERE ARE TRIPS AND TOURS.

JOIN US FOR A FUN FILLED DAY, EXPLORING SAN DIEGO'S ICONIC BALBOA PARK ON SATURDAY, APRIL THE 26TH.

THIS SELF-GUIDED TRIP ALLOWS PARTICIPANTS TO EXPLORE FASCINATING MUSEUMS, STUNNING GARDENS IN THE SAN DIEGO ZOO.

THE COST IS $65 PER PERSON, AND THE TRIP DEPARTS FROM LA BONITA PARK AT 7:00 AM AND RETURNS AT 9:00 PM.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, PLEASE CALL 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0.

THERE WILL BE A RIBBON CUTTING.

SO PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE GRAND O OPENING CEREMONY OF LORENA'S WOMEN'S CLUB PARK AT 200 WEST GREENWOOD AVENUE ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30TH, AT 5:00 PM BRING YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND COME TO CELEBRATE THIS EXCITING ADDITION TO OUR COMMUNITY, HONORING THE LEGACY OF THE LA HARBOR WOMEN'S CLUB.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, PLEASE CALL 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 0 1 0.

THEN WE HAVE LA HARBOR EARTH DAY ARBOR DAY EVENT.

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CR AND R, THE CITY WILL HOST THE ANNUAL EARTH DAY AND ARBOR DAY EVENT FOR LA LA HARBOR RESIDENTS.

IT'S

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SATURDAY, APRIL THE 12TH, AT 8:00 AM UNTIL NOON AT THE LA HARBA PUBLIC WORKS YARD, 5 2 1 WEST MOUNTAIN VIEW AVENUE, PROOF OF LA HARBOR RESIDENCY, AND A COUPON VOUCHER IS REQUIRED.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL PUBLIC WORKS, (562) 383-4170.

THEN WE HAVE THE CA CATERPILLAR ADOPTION AT THE LA HARBO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.

WE INVITE YOU TO, TO ITS ANNUAL CATERPILLAR ADOPTION DAY AND EARTH EVENT THIS SATURDAY, APRIL THE 12TH.

SESSION TIMES ARE 10:30 AM 11:30 AM OR 12:30 PM AT THE LA HARBOR CHILDREN'S MUSEUM AT 3 0 1 SOUTH EUCLID STREET.

TICKETS ARE $20 FOR MEMBERS AND WIC, EBT CAR HOLDERS, AND $25 FOR NON-MEMBERS.

EVENT TICKETS DO NOT INCLUDE MUSEUM ADMISSION.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 3 6.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE SENIOR'S DANCE, WHICH IS IN FULL SWING.

PLEASE JOIN US THIS SUNDAY, APRIL THE THIRD 13TH AT 2:00 PM UNTIL 4:00 PM AT THE LA HARBOR COMMUNITY CENTER AT 1 0 1 WEST LA HARBOR BOULEVARD.

ENJOY AN AFTERNOON OF LIVE MUSIC, DANCING, RAFFLES, AND DINNER.

PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED, AND THE COST OF A 10 TO ATTEND IS $12 PER PERSON.

RESERVE YOUR SPACE IN PERSON AT THE LA HARBOR COMMUNITY CENTER, OR BY PHONE BY CALLING (562) 383-4200.

WE HAVE EGG NIGHT.

JOIN US FOR THE ANNUAL EGG NIGHT TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY, APRIL THE 18TH, FROM 7:00 PM UNTIL 8:00 PM AT THE LA BONITA PARK, 1440 WEST WHITTIER BOULEVARD.

THE EVENT IS OPEN TO USE FROM AGES SEVEN TO 13, AND THE COST OF $15 PER CHILD AND PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMUNITY SERVICE AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE 2025 SPRING FAMILY EGG STRAVAGANZA, WHICH WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, APRIL THE 19TH AT 8:00 AM UNTIL NOON.

AT THE LA BONITA PARK, 1440 WEST WHITTIER BOULEVARD WRISTBAND PRESALE IS $6 PER PERSON AND $8 PER PERSON ON EVENT DAY.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMUNITY CENTER OR CALL 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0.

AND WE HAVE THE LA HARBOR.

I LOVE.

LA HARBOR IS A CITYWIDE DAY OF SERVICE TO HELP THOSE IN NEED AND IMPROVE OUR CITY.

JOIN US SATURDAY, APRIL THE 26 6.

CHECK IN AT PORTOLA PARK, BETWEEN 8:00 AM AND 9:00 AM PROJECTS START AT 9:00 AM AT VARIOUS SITES.

SEE SOMETHING IN THE CITY THAT NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED OR KNOWS SOMEONE WHO NEEDS HELP, SUBMIT IT THROUGH LOVE LA HARBOR.COM.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMUNITY SERVICE, UH, CENTER AT, UH, 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0.

AND WE HAVE THE MAYOR'S PRAYER BREAKFAST.

JOIN US FOR THE 41ST ANNUAL LA HARBOR MAYOR'S PRAYER BREAKFAST ON THURSDAY, MAY 1ST FROM 6:15 AM TO 8:15 AM AT THE LA HARBOR COMMUNITY CENTER, 1 0 1 WEST LA HARBOR BOULEVARD.

TICKETS ARE $20 PER PERSON AND AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT BEACH PROFESSIONAL CENTER, 800 SOUTH BEACH BOULEVARD, SUITE A.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, PLEASE CALL 5 6 2 6 9 7 7 0 0 0.

WE HAVE THE LA HARBOR CITRUS FAIR.

THE LA HARBOR CHAMBERS OF KARMA IS EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THEY'RE RETURNING FOR THE 15TH YEAR WITH EXCITING NEW RIDES, FOOD EXPERIENCE, LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, MERCHANT CHO SHOPPING AND MUCH MORE.

EVENT WILL BE HELD MAY 2ND, THIRD, AND FOURTH AT LA HARBOR BOULEVARD.

BETWEEN EUCLID STREET AND HARBOR BOULEVARD.

A BUBBLE PARADE STARTS, STARTS THE FAIR AT 5:30 PM ON FRIDAY, MAY 2ND AT CITY HALL.

AND EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL 5 6 2 6 9 7 1 7 0 4.

WE HAVE THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE AND SHRED EVENT.

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CRNR, THE CITY WILL HOST A HOUSEHOLD HAZARD WASTE AND SHRED EVENT FOR THE LA HARBA RESIDENCE ON SATURDAY MAY 17TH, UH, FROM 8:00 AM UNTIL 12:00 PM AT THE LA HARBOR PUBLIC WORKS YARD AT 5 2 1 WEST MOUNTAIN VIEW AVENUE.

PROOF OF LA HARBOR RESIDENCY IS REQUIRED.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL PUBLIC WORKS AT (562) 383-4170, WE HAVE LA HARBOR HARRE OUTDOORS.

NOW, THIS ONE IS NEW AND, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE.

UH, THE LA HARRE COMMUNITY DEPARTMENT WILL BE HOSTING A FREE IMMERSIVE WILDERNESS PROGRAM FOR ALL AGES.

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN, AND SPACE IS LIMITED TO 50 PARTICIPANTS.

THE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE JUNE 4TH THROUGH SIXTH SILVER LAKE, OVERNIGHT CAMPING TRIP, JUNE 24TH, LAKE PARIS DAY TRIP, JULY 18TH, CALIFORNIA, CITRUS STATE HISTORIC PARK, AND AUGUST 1ST, ORANGE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT AND TOUR AND END OF A SUMMER PARTY.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMUNITY CENTER OF (562) 383-4200.

WE HAVE COMMISSIONERS MEETINGS.

THE PLANNING COMMISSIONS MEET ON THE SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 6:30 PM

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AT THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER.

AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION MEETS ON THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 6:30 PM AT THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER, WE HAVE WATER CONSERVATION WATER.

CALIFORNIANS ARE STILL BEING ASKED TO CONSERVE WATER.

IRRIGATION IS LIMITED TO THREE TIMES PER WEEK WITH NO MORE THAN 15 MINUTES WATERING PER STATION, AND NO RUNOFF AND TURNOFF IRRIGATION PRIOR TO AND FOLLOWING RAIN.

PLEASE NOTE THAT LAWN AND IRRIGATION IS PROHIBITED BETWEEN 10:00 AM TO 4:00 PM AS IT IS THE WASHING, AS IS THE WASHING OF HEART SURFACE, SUCH AS SIDEWALKS AND DRIVEWAYS.

DO YOUR PART AND HELP US CONSERVE OUR MOST PRECIOUS ACID.

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TIPS ON HOW YOU CAN CONSERVE WATER, PLEASE CONTACT THE LA HARBOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT OF 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 1 7 0.

AND THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE, UH, CALENDAR I WILL NOW ASK, UH, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM STAFF? NONE, MADAM MAYOR.

I WILL BEGIN

[ COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS:]

WITH COUNCIL MEMBER.

OH, UH, ARE THERE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER NAZARIAN, ANY COMMENT FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS? OKAY.

ALL I WANNA TALK ABOUT TONIGHT IS I WANNA REASSURE FOLKS TO A CERTAIN EXTENT THAT PART OF OUR JOB ON CITY COUNCIL IS TO ACTUALLY SEE AROUND THE CORNER AND ANTICIPATE WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS.

TRY TO READ THE TEA LEAVES.

AND I, I SAY THIS BECAUSE, UH, WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME SERIOUS ISSUES OCCURRING RIGHT NOW ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL.

AND I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW, TOO, THAT THIS COUNCIL IS AWARE AND STAFF IS FULLY AWARE OF WHAT THOSE RAMIFICATIONS POTENTIALLY ARE WITH REGARD TO BUDGETING AND SUCH, UH, WITH THE TARIFFS AND, UH, A LIKELY RECESSION POTENTIALLY ON A GLOBAL SCALE THAT IS ALMOST CERTAINLY GOING TO IMPACT SALES TAX REVENUE.

SO I KNOW THAT WE HAVE OUR SALES TAX MEASURE V THAT WAS APPROVED, AND THANK GOODNESS FOR THAT.

BUT NONETHELESS, AS SALES TAX RECEIPTS START TO DROP, THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A HIT, AS I'M SURE MILK AND AGREE ON, ON THE CITY BUDGET.

SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

PLUS AS, UH, DESPITE THE FACT THAT INFLATION MIGHT START TO DROP IN THE FACE OF A RECESSION, IT'S ALSO TRUE THAT TARIFFS WILL INTEND TO INCREASE PRICES.

AND THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE CITY OF LA HABRA WHEN IT COMES TIME TO BUY ANYTHING FROM ASPHALT TO PRINTING PAPER.

SO OUR EXPENSES GO UP THERE AS WELL.

AND AS CALPERS BEGINS TO SUFFER POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING LOSSES TO THEIR INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO, THEY'RE GONNA COME BACK AND THEY'RE GONNA HIT THE CITIES WITH, UH, UNFUNDED LIABILITY.

AND THAT COULD VERY WELL COST US SOME MORE MONEY THERE TOO.

FORTUNATELY, WE HAVE A RESERVE THAT'S SET ASIDE FOR ANY OF THESE UNANTICIPATED UNFUNDED LIABILITY INVOICES FROM CALPERS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, NONETHELESS, IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THAT RESERVE.

AND THEN FINALLY, WHAT WE HAVE DEPENDED UPON IN THE PAST, IN THE FORM OF FEDERAL MONEY, FEDERAL GRANTS, MOST IMPORTANTLY, CDBG MONEY, ALL THAT'S KIND OF GONE, YOU KNOW, THE STATE WILL STILL BE THERE FOR US, BUT ALL THE FEDERAL MONEY THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH CDBG MONEY, WE DID AN AWFUL LOT OF GOOD WORK.

THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT MADE GREAT USE OF THAT MONEY, AND IT'S NOT LIKELY TO BE THERE IN THE FUTURE.

SO I BRING UP THESE FOUR POINTS JUST BY SAYING, DON'T THINK THAT WE ARE TURNING A BLIND EYE TO THIS.

WE CAN SEE WHAT'S POTENTIALLY COMING DOWN THE ROAD.

WE HAVE A WONDERFUL STAFF.

OUR CITY MANAGER IS, UH, IT'S ALL THOSE DEDICATED YEARS OF COUNTING BEING THAT HAS REALLY PREPARED HIM FOR CHALLENGES LIKE THIS.

UH, HE KNOWS WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO IT.

SO I JUST DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THINK THAT WE'RE NOT AWARE OF THE SITUATION THAT IS DEVELOPING AND THAT, AND I WANT TO FINALLY COMMENT AND SAY HOW AMAZING IT IS.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN HAPPEN IN DC CAN IMPACT THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR SLEEPY LITTLE TOWN OF LAHABRA.

BUT IT CAN, AND IT WILL.

BUT YOU'VE GOT A GOOD COUNCIL HERE WHO'S GONNA DO OUR VERY BEST TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN'T TELL.

BUT ANYWAY, THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO TOSS OUT THERE TONIGHT.

THAT'S IT.

MAYOR PROAM MADANO.

AND, UH, PIGGYBACK ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.

UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE, UH, OUT IN, UH, OUT AT HOME WATCHING US ON, ON TV AND THAT ARE WATCHING HERE, WE'LL WATCH THIS AT A LATER TIME, UH, TO SAY THAT THERE'S GONNA BE UNSCRUPULOUS PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE, UH, UH, ADDING TO THE RUMOR INNUENDO AS TIME GOES ON, WHETHER IT BE LOCALLY OR, UH, NATIONALLY, LOCALLY, IS WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT HERE.

PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ASK CITY COUNCIL, ASK, UH, ASK OUR CITY STAFF, WHATEVER THAT IS, UH, BECAUSE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET A BETTER ANSWER FROM US.

UH, AND IF YOU CAN'T GET IT FROM US IMMEDIATELY, WE WILL GET IT FOR YOU FROM OUR, UH, OUR CITY STAFF.

THEY WORK AWFULLY HARD HERE.

UH, SO I, I WANNA CAUTION PEOPLE BECAUSE, UH, I GUARANTEE YOU WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA CIRCLES IS THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA SAY THIS OR THIS AND THAT.

IN THE CITY OF LA HABRA, UH, DON'T BUY IT UNLESS YOU HEAR FROM ONE OF US OR FROM OUR CITY ITSELF.

UH, ASK THE QUESTION BEFORE YOU, UH, YOU MAKE A JUDGMENT ON SOME SORT.

UH, THAT BEING SAID, UH, I WANNA ASK THE, UH, THE TWO YOUNG LADIES HERE.

WERE YOU PART OF A, A SCHOOL, UH, THAT, THAT CAME TO WATCH CITY COUNCIL HIGH SCHOOL? YES.

WE GO TO .

WELL, I WANTED TO SAY WELCOME AND IF YOU CAN, UH, IF YOU CAN TAKE ONE OF THESE HOME, UH, IS IT GOVERNMENT CLASS OR WHAT CLASS? YEAH, WHO'S, UH, WHO'S YOUR TEACHER? MR. TECH.

MR. TE PATRICK TECH.

OKAY, MR. TEIN.

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WELL, WELCOME.

AND, UH, WHAT YOU SAW THIS EVENING WAS CITY GOVERNMENT IN EFFECT.

OKAY? IT HAPPENS TWICE A MONTH ON, UH, ON THE FIRST AND THIRD MONDAY OF THE MONTH.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

ANYTIME ANY OF YOUR CLASSMATES.

AND THE REASON WHY I SAY TAKE ONE OF THESE, UH, UH, SHEETS HOME, BECAUSE IT, IT GIVES YOU THE AGENDA.

WHAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT TO YOU, JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE DON'T TAKE IT LIGHTLY, WHAT WE DO HERE IN THE CITY, AND, UH, YOU ARE GONNA BE OUR FUTURE LEADERS.

HOPEFULLY, MAYBE ONE OF YOU WILL CONSIDER EITHER WORKING FOR A CITY, FOR OUR CITY OR A CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.

THESE ARE THE DECISIONS WE HAVE TO TAKE.

AND YOU HAVE A PRETTY GOOD CITY COUNCIL HERE.

WE GET ALONG PRETTY WELL, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

WE HAVE OUR DIFFERENCES.

THAT BEING SAID, I WANTED TO POINT TO ITEM NUMBER 13 ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, SO YOU UNDERSTAND THE, THE, THE GRAVITY OF WHAT WE DO HERE.

UH, WE APPROVED WARRANTS, WHICH IN MY MIND ARE CHECKS THAT WE ACTUALLY WROTE OUT.

OUR CITY MANAGER AND STAFF WROTE OUT IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,746,855 AND 9 CENTS.

OKAY? THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE TYPE OF MONEY THAT GETS SPENT IN A CITY.

AND IF YOU EVER HAVE A CHANCE, I'D INVITE YOU TO READ TO WHAT WE SPEND OUR MONEY ON, ALL RIGHT? 'CAUSE THERE'S FULL TRANSPARENCY.

AND I ALWAYS, I ALWAYS GO BACK TO THAT.

CHECK THE CITY WEBSITE, AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT IT IS WE APPROVE.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT, AND I WISH YOU NOTHING BUT SUCCESS, AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE UP HERE ONE DAY.

SO THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT.

AND, UH, YES, GIVE THEM A, A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

UH, MADAM MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO SAY A OPENING DAY HERE AT THE CITY WAS, UH, WAS GREAT.

WANTED TO THANK, UH, OUR CITY MANAGER, UH, JIM SADRO AND THE REST OF OUR CITY STAFF.

UH, BURGERS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE WERE GREAT.

UH, IT'S A, IT, IT'S A GREAT THING THAT OUR, THAT OUR CITY DOES FOR OUR CITY EMPLOYEES ONCE A YEAR.

UH, THANK YOU, UH, FOR THAT.

AND, UH, WANTED TO, UH, ALSO, UH, GIVE PROPS TO, UH, KELLY FU, JOE KIM BERIAN, UH, THE, UH, THEY HAD THE, UH, SUMMER JOB FAIR THIS PAST SATURDAY, UH, WHICH WAS A RAGING SUCCESS.

AND, UH, I KNOW IT WAS ON THE CITY WEBSITE AND CITY, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA.

I TALKED ABOUT IT, UH, A FEW WEEKS BACK AS WELL ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE OUR RESIDENTS KNEW, UH, THAT WE HAD A SUMMER JOB FAIR.

IT WAS ANNOUNCED WELL AHEAD OF TIME, UH, BECAUSE THERE MAY BE ONE OR TWO PEOPLE THAT DID NOT KNOW, AND THAT MAY BE ASKING IN THE FUTURE, HEY, ARE THERE ANY JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR MY SON OR FOR MY DAUGHTER IN THE CITY OVER THE SUMMER? WELL, THE OPPORTUNITY WAS THERE THIS PAST SATURDAY.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL, UH, IF THEY'RE ACCEPTING ANY MORE APPLICATIONS PER SE.

I'M SURE THEY ARE.

UH, BUT THERE ALREADY HAVE BEEN APPLICANTS THAT WERE INTERVIEWED, AND I'M SURE THEY'LL BE MAKING DECISIONS ON STAFFING SUMMER POSITIONS.

SO PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, PLEASE INQUIRE WITH OUR CITY STAFF AND, UH, WANT TO AGAIN, CONGRATULATE OUR TWO WOMEN OF THE YEAR HERE.

FORMER COUNCILWOMAN CARRIES WHO'S BACK THERE, AND, UH, OF COURSE, OUR, OUR MAYOR, ROSE ESPINOZA, WHO WAS, UH, HONORED BY, UH, OUR ASSEMBLYWOMAN BLANCA PACHECO.

AND, AND I SAY, I SAY GIRL POWER WITH ALL THE LOVE AND AFFECTION, BECAUSE I'M A GIRL, DAD, THE THREE GIRLS.

UH, SO, UH, UH, VERY PROUD OF YOU, KERRY.

AND, UH, VERY PROUD OF OUR MAYOR, ROSE ESP ESPINOZA.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ.

UH, MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO HAVE, UH, AN ITEM AGENDA.

AS YOU KNOW, YOU AND I TOURED MANY CITY HALLS BEFORE WE, WE, WE, UH, UH, BUILT THIS CITY HALL.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS, I DUNNO IF IT HAD GOTTEN OVERLOOKED, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE SAW AT SOME OTHER CITIES IS SOLAR PANELS AND SOLAR.

UH, I'D LIKE TO HAVE AGENDIZED JUST TO EXPLORE, POSSIBLY IF IT'S FEASIBLE TO ADD SOLAR, SOLAR POWERING, UH, TO THE CITY OF LAHABRA CITY HALL.

IF, UH, WE CAN AGENDIZE THAT.

IF I CAN GET A SECOND.

WE'LL GIVE A SECOND.

A SECOND.

AND NEXT ITEM IS I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH OUR CITY MANAGER AND ALSO WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

UM, AND, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT LEGALLY CAN POSSIBLY DO, UH, BE DONE, BUT I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT A POSSIBLE MORATORIUM.

UH, WE SEEM TO BE OVERSATURATED IN SMOKE SHOPS, AND I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT A MORATORIUM, SEE WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, UH, TOWARDS SMOKE SHOPS, IF WE CAN EXPLORE THAT AS WELL.

IF SOMEBODY WOULD BE WILLING TO, UH, SECOND THAT, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.

I'LL SECOND.