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[ CALL TO ORDER: Council Chamber INVOCATION: City Attorney Collins PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Councilmember Gomez ROLL CALL: Mayor Espinoza Mayor Pro Tem Medrano Councilmember Gomez Councilmember Lampkin Councilmember Nigsarian]
I WILL NOW CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR MEETING NEAR THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HARBOR OF MAY 5TH, 2025.LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT IT IS 6:30 PM AND THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
THE INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY CITY ATTORNEY COLLINS, FOLLOWED BY THE FLAG SALUTE, LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ, IF YOU WOULD ALL PLEASE STAND.
DEAR GOD, WE HUMBLY PRAY THAT YOU WILL GRANT WISDOM TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS IT CONSIDERS CITY BUSINESS SET FORTH IN 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 LA HABRA COMMUNITY.
EVERYBODY, PLEASE FACE THE FLAG AND REPEAT AFTER ME.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR VERY MUCH.
WOULD THE CITY COURT PLEASE CALL ROLL? YES.
ARE THERE ANY CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO.
[1. RECOGNITION OF THE PARRA FAMILY AS THE 2025 RESIDENTIAL BEAUTIFICATION AWARD RECIPIENT]
WILL NOW PROCEED WITH PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS.IF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WOULD PLEASE JOIN ME AT THE WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE UP HERE.
OUR FIRST RECOGNITION IS FOR A FAMILY, A RESIDENTIAL BEAUTIFICATION AWARD RECIPIENT.
AND I WILL HAND THIS OVER TO THOSE IN CHARGE OF THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE HERE BETWEEN THE MAYOR AND MYSELF.
OH MY GOSH, HENRY, BETWEEN THE MAYOR AND THANK YOU.
IS THE FAMILY PRESENT? OUR FAMILY.
LAURA, YOU WANNA PLEASE COME UP? DO YOU WANT THE REST OF YOUR FAMILY TO COME UP? YES, IT'S FINE.
WELL, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION AND THE CITY OF LA HARBOR, WE CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR HOME.
BEING NOMINATED FOR THIS BEAUTIFICATION AWARD NOT ONLY SHOWS YOUR HOME OWNERSHIP, YOUR PRIDE IN HOME OWNERSHIP, BUT IT MAKES OUR CITY MORE BEAUTIFUL
[2. PROCLAIM MAY 4-10, 2025, AS PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERKS WEEK IN THE CITY OF LA HABRA]
FOR PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CO CLERK WEEK, UH, IN THE CITY OF LA HARBOR.IF RHONDA WOULD PLEASE COME UP HERE.
THIS PROCLAMATION SAYS, WHEREAS THE OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CODE, A TIME HONORED AND VITAL PART OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXISTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
AND THE OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERK IS THE OLDEST AMONG PUBLIC SERVANTS.
AND THE OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CODE PROVIDES THE PROFESSIONAL LINK BETWEEN THE CITIZENS, THE LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES AND AGENCIES OF GOVERNMENT AND AT OTHER LEVELS.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HARBOR DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 4TH THROUGH THE 10TH 20 20 12.
2025 IS PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CODE CLERKS WEEK.
I DO WANNA, UH, INTRODUCE MY STAFF AS WELL, PLEASE.
ASSISTANT CITY CLERK KENYA LOPEZ AND PART-TIME CLERK, CANDACE MARTINEZ.
THEY'RE PART OF THIS WONDERFUL TEAM.
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.IT'S AMAZING WHAT THREE INDIVIDUALS CAN DO.
[3. PROCLAIM MAY 2025 AS BUILDING SAFETY MONTH IN THE CITY OF LA HABRA]
THE BUILDING SAFETY MONTH FOR THE CITY OF LAHABRA.UH, I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE COMMUNITY DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SUSAN KIM, TO THE PODIUM.
IT SAYS HERE, EACH YEAR IN OBSERVANCE OF BUILDING SAFETY MONTH, AMERICANS ARE ASKED TO CONSIDER PROJECTS TO IMPROVE BUILDING SAFETY AND SUSTAINABLE AT HOME AND IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES PROVIDED TO ALL OF US BY LOCAL AND STATE BUILDING DEPARTMENTS, FIRE DE, UH, PREVENTION BUREAUS AND FEDERAL AGENCIES IN PROTECTING LIVES AND PROPERTIES.
SO THE CITY DOES, COUN CITY COUNCIL DOES PROCLAIM THAT MAY, 2025 HAS BUILDING SAFETY MONTH IN THE CITY OF LA HARBOR.
AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE MIRANDA COLE CORONA, WHO MOST OF YOU KNOW, BUT SHE WAS RECENTLY PROMOTED TO DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND AS IN THAT ROLE, SHE'LL BE OVERSEEING OUR BUILD BUILDING SAFETY AND CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION IN ADDITION TO HOUSING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
[ 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.]
PUBLIC COMMENTS.WHEN ADDRESSING THE LAHA OR CITY COUNCIL, PLEASE COMPLETE A SPEAKER'S CARD BEFORE LEAVING THE COUNCIL CHAMBER.
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE RECEIVED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GOVERNING BODY MEETING AND LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES FOR ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UNLESS OTHERWISE, MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR OR CHAIR SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOAN TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE, AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM OF CITY BUSINESS NOT APPEARING ON THE SCHEDULED AGENDA.
PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 4 0.3 A SUCH COMMENTS SHALL NOT BE RESPONDED TO BY THE GOVERNING BODY DURING THE MEETING.
AND MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A FEW SPEAKER CARDS.
ALRIGHT, UM, PLEASE, ANYONE CAN COME UP HERE TO THE DIOCESE.
FIRST, PROVIDE US WITH YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I LIVE AT TWO 10 EAST FRANCIS AVENUE IN LA HABRA.
I'M A RESIDENT FOR GOING ON 47 YEARS.
I COME HERE TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY IS AWESOME.
I'VE LIVED HERE IN ALL THE YEARS AND I'VE GONE THROUGH MANY COUNCILMEN, MANY MAYORS, AND NOTHING'S CHANGED.
YOU ALL HAVE BEEN KIND, GRATEFUL, AND COMMUNITY FRIENDLY.
WHENEVER THERE'S A RIBBON CUTTING AN EVENT, A GRAND OPENING, UM, SOFTBALL, WHATEVER IT IS, NOT 1, 2, 3, YOU'RE ALL THERE VERY OFTEN.
NOT OFTEN THAT YOU'RE NOT ALL THERE.
AND FOR THAT SHOWS THAT YOU GO FAR BEYOND WHAT IS ASKED OF YOU.
AND WE CAN SEE IT ON YOUR PERSONALITIES, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
NOT ONLY DOES IT GO TO OUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL, BUT IT GOES TO OUR CITY MANAGER WHERE AS RESIDENTS, WE HAVE COME UP TO HIM AND ASKED FOR HELP.
WE HAVE GONE TO HIM TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND HE'S ANSWERED THEM.
EVEN OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES, WHICH ARE GREAT, OUR STAFF AND HOUSING, WHERE A LOT OF THE SPANISH SPEAKING PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WELL, THEY HAVE ANSWERS.
OUR CITY COUNCIL IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO COME.
I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN WATCHING AND COMING TO, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL EVER SINCE I LIVED HERE.
AND THEN IT WAS ON CENTURY CABLE, THEN I STARTED WITH THAT.
BUT MY APPRECIATION FOR MY APPRECIATION FOR YOU IS GOES BEYOND THE STARS.
YOUR COMMUNITY SERVICES IS WONDERFUL.
THAT'S WHY I DECIDED TO SIGN UP FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE, UM, SERVICES.
UM, THERE'S NO NEED FOR US TO LEAVE OUR CITY.
WE HAVE EXTRAVAGANZA CONSCIOUS OF THE PARK.
WE HAVE THE, UM, CORN FESTIVAL.
UH, THERE'S SO, SO MANY THINGS THAT WE HAVE HERE THAT WE GO BY.
THAT MODEL LAHABRA MAKING IT HAPPEN.
AND ONCE AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK
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EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU GOING FROM YOU TO EVEN RHONDA.RHONDA ANSWERS, ANSWERS, QUESTIONS WHEN I WENT IN NERVOUSLY TO HER OFFICE AND SHE ANSWERED ALL MY QUESTIONS.
SO, UM, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR LAHABRA.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL PEOPLE.
I LIVE AT 1430 WEST LAMB ROAD AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THIS ENTIRE CITY AND THE PEOPLE.
DID YOU LEARN ALL THAT ON ROSE? I, I'M SORRY MAYOR.
I DID NOT CATCH HER NAME, PLEASE.
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER, STAFF AND PUBLIC.
CARRIE SAGE, 2000 WEST ELM, CROFT CIRCLE, LAHABRA, 35 YEAR RESIDENT.
ANYWAY, I WANTED TO FIRST SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH ALSO TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR THE REPRESENTATION TO OUR COMMUNITY.
WITHOUT CITY COUNCIL, WE WOULD HAVE NO RULES, NO REGULATIONS, CHAOS WOULD BE AMONG THE STREETS.
UM, I ALSO WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO CHIEF FOSTER.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, FOR THE HABRA PD, FOR ALL THEIR, UH, PROTECTION THAT, UH, YOU HAVE GIVEN US POLICE PRESENCE THIS WEEKEND WAS AMAZING.
I ALSO WANTED TO SAY, UM, THANK YOU TO COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR ALL YOU DO, KIM KELLY ANTHONY, WHO WE ARE NOW ON THE SAME TEAM.
I MEAN, THEY DO SUCH A TREMENDOUS WORK BRINGING ALL THE EVENTS TO US, THE COMMUNITY.
THAT'S WHAT BRINGS ALL OF US TOGETHER.
AND THAT'S WHAT ALL, YOU KNOW, THE CARING COMMUNITY IS ALL ABOUT.
IT IS ALL ABOUT TAKING CARE OF OUR RESIDENTS, OUR CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOLS.
UM, AND OH, BY THE WAY, I'VE NEVER BEEN EMBARRASSED BY ANYONE DRESSING ON CITY COUNCIL, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
UM, THE OTHER ITEM I WAS HERE TONIGHT FOR, UM, AMERICAN LEGION POST 2 6 7 IS HAVING OUR THIRD ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY ON MEMORIAL DAY, MAY 26TH FROM 11 TO ONE.
LA HABER HOST LIONS WILL BE COOKING UP A BARBECUE AFTER THE PROGRAM'S OVER.
WE WANT TO INVITE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU UP HERE, PLUS ALL THE RESIDENTS TO COME OUT AND HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR ALL FOR ALL OF US, FOR OUR PROTECTION, FOR OUR FREEDOMS THAT WE TAKE.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, MEMBERS, ALL THE CITY OFFICIALS HERE TONIGHT.
I LIVE AT ONE 50 G GLENWOOD AVENUE.
I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF LAHABRA NOW FOR 40 YEARS.
I MOVED HERE AS A SINGLE WOMAN.
I BOUGHT A CONDO AND, UM, BUT BY ONLY INVOLVEMENT WAS REALLY GOING TO CHURCH.
I HAD A FEW FRIENDS THAT LIVED HERE IN LAHABRA, BUT I REALLY DIDN'T GET TOO INVOLVED.
BUT MORE RECENTLY, OR SINCE I GOT MARRIED AND HAD MY CHILDREN, THEY STARTED PARTICIPATING IN SPORTS AND DANCE CLASSES.
I GOT TO MEET MORE PEOPLE AND BECOME A LITTLE MORE INVOLVED WITH THE CITY EVENTS.
BUT MORE RECENTLY, I'VE, UH, BECOME VERY INVOLVED.
I'VE BECOME, UH, BEGAN TO VOLUNTEER AND ALSO ATTEND A LOT MORE EVENTS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS IMPRESSED ME THE MOST IS YOUR PRESENCE THERE.
I THINK THAT JUST MAKES, SAYS SO MUCH FOR YOU THAT YOU CARE ABOUT THE CITY AND THAT YOU'RE THERE FOR US.
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I KNOW THAT I CAN COME HERE WITH ANY CONCERN THAT I MIGHT HAVE.I ACTUALLY, I REMEMBER A TIME WHEN MY HUSBAND STOPPED COUNCILMAN GOMEZ OUT IN FRONT OF A STORE OR SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT THE WATER, UH, ISSUE.
AND HE ASKED YOU, WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE WHO WATER THEIR LAWNS ALL THE TIME? AND SO YOU LISTENED TO HIM.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE WERE ABLE TO HELP THE PROBLEM, BUT AT LEAST YOU WERE THERE TO LISTEN TO HIM.
BUT ANYWAY, I JUST CAME HERE TO THANK YOU.
YOUR PRESENCE IS VERY APPRECIATIVE AT ALL THE EVENTS, AND I KNOW THAT WE CAN ALWAYS COME HERE AND YOU WILL LISTEN TO US.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THE ANSWER ISN'T YES IF WE ASK FOR SOMETHING, BUT WE KNOW THAT WE WILL BE HEARD.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO.
P 1 5 1 EAST ROSE AVENUE, LAHABRA.
DEAR MAYOR, COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER AND AUDIENCE, FIRST, HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO.
AN ODE IS A TYPE OF A LYRIC POEM THAT EXPRESSES PRAISE.
SO PLEASE ALLOW ME TO TRY MY ODE FOR YOU, DR DR PSTM.COM O TO HABRA.
PART ONE, GREETINGS TO ALL WHO SIT ON THE DAY AND AIR.
THIS GREETING IS TO THE PEOPLE BOTH HERE AND OUT THERE IT IS WITH A LIGHT HEART AND MUCH THOUGHT TO PAPER.
WHAT I HAVE TO SAY IS BEST TO SAY NOW RATHER THAN LATER.
FOR THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE SPRING, THE BEST OF THE CITY PEOPLE HAVE COME SHOWING SMILES AND BEING QUITE WITTY FOR THE CITRUS FAIR.
PROUDLY AND HUMBLY PUT ON BY THE CHAMBER HAS ONCE AGAIN SHOWN US GRANDEUR AND COLLECTED MUCH FAVOR FOR THE CROWDS WERE AMAZING.
THE VENDORS ALL CREATIVE, AND THE FOOD OFFERINGS QUITE YUM.
FAMILIES CAME FROM LA HABRA AND MANY CITIES.
AND FROM FURTHER TO ENJOY THE FAVORITE, THE CHAMBER CITY FAIR WITH FERVOR, OUR POLICE AS ALWAYS KEPT ALL OF US SAFE AS THEY STOOD COURAGEOUSLY AND KEPT PEACE IN OUR PLACE.
WE ARE THANKFUL FOR OUR MANY WORKERS, BOTH CITY AND VOLUNTEERS.
THEY TOILED CONSTANTLY AND THEY KEPT OUR FAIRGROUNDS CLEAN AND CLEAR.
THE CITRUS FAIR BRINGS HUGE CROWDS YEARLY TO HAVE FUN AND EXPLORE ALL OF THE BEST OF OUR CITY, OUR STUDENTS, AND MUCH MORE.
IT CANNOT BE DENIED THAT OUR YOUTH WAS SO WELL REPRESENTED.
INDEED, THEIR DEDICATION TO THEIR ANIMALS, WHETHER THEIR GOAT, SHEEP, OR STEED GAVE ALL WHO ENJOYED THEIR AGRICULTURAL D AGRICULTURAL DISPLAY, THEY ARE OUR FUTURE IN SUCH A WONDERFUL WAY.
THEIR OPENING CEREMONY WITH BUBBLE BLOWING AND PATRIOTIC DISPLAY OF THE COLORS, THEIR BEAUTIFUL SONGS, THEIR SMILES ALL SHARED WITH OTHERS.
THE EVER-GROWING TRADITION OF OUR STUDENTS FLYING THEIR DRONES INTO THE SKY, CHAMPIONING THEIR ESPORTS, GUIDING THEIR ROBOTICS, AND SCORING AIRBORNE SOCCER QUITE HIGH.
ALL OF THESE TALENTS ARE INSPIRED, HONORED, AND IMPROVED WITH CARE.
THIS IS WHY WE PROUDLY SHARE THEM YEARLY WITH OUR CITRUS CHAMBERS.
SO, IN CLOSING, FOR NOW, WE ALL ALL OWE OUR THANKS AND RESPECT AS IT IS NOT THE FIRST TO THE HARDWORKING MEMBERS OF THE LAHABRA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WHOSE VISION IS UPLIFTING FOR ALL OF OUR BUSINESSES DOES GO THE CREDIT THANKS AND MUCH LOVE FOR THEIR DILIGENCE AND SUPPORT AND YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
JOINING THE CHAMBER IS THE BEST OPPORTUNITY.
SUPPORTING THE CHAMBER PROVIDES CONTINUED UNITY FOR OUR CITY, OUR YOUTH, OUR BUSINESSES.
TOGETHER, THE CHAMBER STRIVES EACH DAY TO MAKE LA HARBOR LIFE BETTER.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK? GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR ESPINOZA AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS LOU BANKS AND I'M HERE IN BEHALF OF THE LA HARBOR ART ASSOCIATION, UH, 10 YEAR.
THIS IS MY SECOND COUNCIL MEETING.
THE VERY FIRST ONE I ATTEND WAS 10 YEARS AGO, AND I WAS TO PROMOTE THE GALLERY.
AND NOW, 10 YEARS AFTER I COME BACK, BECAUSE THIS MAY 17TH, WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR 70TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY AT THE PRESTIGIOUS EMBASSY SUITE IN ANAHEIM.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE, THE WHOLE OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND
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EVERYONE HERE PRESENT TO CELEBRATE WITH US.THIS IS THE VERY FIRST TIME IN 70 YEARS THAT THE GALLERY IS CELEBRATING ANYTHING.
UM, I'M SO, WE'RE ALSO GRATEFUL FOR THE CITY WRITING, THE HARBOR ART ASSOCIATION WITH A WONDERFUL PLACE FOR ARTISTS CAN GROW AND THE CITY CAN ENJOY THE BEAUTY THAT THE ARTISTS BRING TO THE GALLERY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND THANK YOU.
I'LL BE COMING HERE MORE OFTEN FROM NOW.
I HOPE YOU COME TO THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY.
MAY 17TH, 11:00 AM TO 4:00 PM THANK YOU.
LA THE THE, WE ARE A GROUP THAT HAVE UNITED TOGETHER, UM, THAT WANT TO STOP THIS VAPOR, UH, BUSINESSES THAT THERE ARE SO MANY IN TOWN THAT ARE EVEN AFFECTING, UH, PLACES OF LIVING AS FAR AS APARTMENTS AND CONDO SPACE.
AND THIS GROUP WOULD LOVE TO, UH, HAVE YOUR HELP TO MAKE THIS SOMEHOW A VAPE FREE OR VAPE CONTROLLED STORES THEY WOULD LOVE AND WOULD LIKE YOU TO BE THEIR SUPPORT AGAINST THIS VAPE, VAPE STORES AND HAVING IT MORE CONTROLLED.
UH, AND THEY'RE GETTING ADVICE, UH, FROM LAST YEAR THAT OUR CITY MANAGER, MR.
AND YOU INSPIRED SO MANY OF US, AND ESPECIALLY THE SPANISH SPEAKING.
YOU ACTUALLY ATTENDED OUR LATINA MONTH AND YOU SHOWING YOUR PRESENCE THERE, MR. SARO, PEOPLE HAVE SO MUCH CONFIDENCE IN YOU.
SO TODAY THEY COME FORWARD FOR, FOR YOUR HELP TO AND SUPPORT ESPECIALLY.
YOU KNOW, UH, ANNETTE AND NORMA, BEFORE YOU GO TO, I FEEL LIKE INTERJECTING REAL QUICK.
IT WAS ACTUALLY COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ WHO MADE A MOTION TO BRING BACK A STAFF REPORT ON A POTENTIAL MORATORIUM ON VAPE AND TOBACCO SHOPS WITHIN THE CITY OF LAHABRA.
SO JUST FOR YOU PROBABLY KNOW, BUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AUDIENCE AND THOSE OUT ON TV LAND, AS JOSE SAYS, THAT WILL BE COMING BACK TO CITY COUNCIL IN THE FORM OF A STAFF REPORT FOR CONSIDERATION TO ACTUALLY PLACE A MORATORIUM WITHIN THE CITY ON THOSE TYPES OF BUSINESSES.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH.ONCE AGAIN, SHE JUST WANTS TO THANK YOU THAT, UH, SHE'S ADVOCATING FOR THE CHILDREN.
IT'S SAD TO, TO SEE THAT AT A YOUNG AGE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN GET CANCER AND OTHER DISEASES.
SO ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU TO OUR CITY MANAGER FOR LISTENING TO US TWO YEARS AGO AND TO OUR COUNCIL AND MAYOR.
AND JUST REALLY QUICK, MADAM MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO, UM, THANK ANNETTE LIMON FOR TRANSLATING SO THAT WAY WE CAN ALL BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION AS A COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, ANNETTE.
[ 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. ]
NOW PROCEED TO THE 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 SEVEN.
THERE ANY ITEMS THAT STAFF WOULD WISH REMOVED? NO, MADAM MAYOR, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD WISH REMOVED? ITEM FOUR.
AND MADAM MAYOR, I DON'T HAVE ANY ITEMS TO REMOVE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, ITEM NUMBER SIX, JUST AS A NOTATION FOR THE PUBLIC, UH, JUST TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT THE CITY IS DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN ANY INVESTMENTS THAT WE DO MAKE.
FOR ANYONE THAT'S CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT THE TREASURER'S INVESTMENT REPORT IS, THE CITY DOES MAKE INVESTMENTS.
AND, UH, AS MY UNDERSTANDING IN LOOKING AT THE REPORTS, UM, THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS A 4%, UM, UH, RETURN OF, OF REVENUE AS A RESULT OF THOSE, UM, THOSE INVESTMENTS WE HAVE MADE.
SO YOU'RE NOT WANTING TO PULL ITEM SIX? YOU'RE JUST TRYING NO, MA'AM.
JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO MAY BE CURIOUS, UH, BECAUSE WE OFTEN GET QUESTIONS FROM THE, UH, RESIDENTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS, YOU KNOW, HOW THE CITY IS, IS UTILIZING OUR FUNDS AND, AND MAKING INVESTMENTS.
UM, ARE THERE ANY ITEM THAT THE AUDIENCE WOULD WISH REMOVED? UH, MAY I HAVE A MOTION THEN? YEAH.
MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UH, CONSENT CALENDAR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM FOUR, WHICH WILL REGRET SEPARATELY.
I'LL SECOND WITH THE COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUS UNANIMOUSLY.
[ CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS REMOVED FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION:]
ON ITEM FOUR? I, I, I DO NOT.I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM AND, AND I JUST WANT TO PARTICULARLY THANK STAFF FOR THIS ITEM.
IT'S THE MONTE VISTA STREET REHABILITATION, UH, PROJECT.
AND THIS WAS AN AREA WHICH IS PRETTY CLOSE TO YOUR HOME, UH, MADAM MAYOR.
AND IF YOU EVER WENT DOWN THAT STREET, IT WAS, UH, A BUMPY ROAD TO SAY THE LEAST.
AND THEN TO SEE THIS AND COME BACK AT $54,000 UNDER BUDGET, I JUST WANT TO GIVE A KUDOS TO STAFF BECAUSE, UH, THAT IS FANTASTIC IN THIS TIME AND AGE.
NORMALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL SEE SOMETHING WHERE THEY'LL TRY TO GET THE FEW MORE BUCKS OUT OF SOMETHING OR WHATEVER, BUT THIS WAS A VERY, UH, WELL-MANAGED, UH, PROJECT.
THEY CAME IN UNDER BUDGET AND THE STREET LOOKS FANTASTIC.
I GO BY THERE JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY.
UH, AND, UH, I KNOW THAT THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE RIGHT NEAR CENTRAL BAKERY AND THE HOMES IN THAT AREA ARE VERY HAPPY WITH THE PROJECT.
SO, WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION.
JUST GO AHEAD AND, UH, APPROVE THE NOTICE OF COMPLETION FOR MONTE VISTA STREET REHABILITATION PROJECT.
YOU KNOW, UH, COUNCILMAN GOMEZ, SINCE YOU'RE COMMENTING, I'VE, I'VE, I'VE GOTTA POINT OUT HOW INSTRUMENTAL YOU'VE BEEN IN, UH, IN ADVOCATING FOR A LOT OF THESE, UH, UH, STREET REHABILITATION PROJECTS, INCLUDING THIS ONE.
BUT, UH, KUDOS TO OUR CITY STAFF AND OUR CITY MANAGER AS WELL FOR THE SAVINGS ON, AND I WILL, UH, I WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE OR SECOND IT AS YOU HAVE.
WILL THE COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE? MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
THERE ARE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS AT THIS TIME.
[1. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A REGULATORY AGREEMENT WITH LA HABRA 4 INV, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY CORPORATION, FOR THE RESTRICTION OF TWO AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO MODERATE-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS THROUGH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DENSITY BONUS LAW (STATE DENSITY BONUS LAW) FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 120 EAST WHITTIER BOULEVARD AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A REGULATORY AGREEMENT WITH LA HABRA 4 INV, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY CORPORATION, FOR THE RESTRICTION OF THREE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO MODERATE-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS THROUGH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DENSITY BONUS LAW (STATE DENSITY BONUS LAW) FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 310-330 EAST WHITTIER BOULEVARD That the City Council: A. Approve a Regulatory Agreement with La Habra 4 Inv, LLC, a Delaware limited liability corporation, for the restriction of two affordable housing units to be made available to moderate-income households through the State of California Density Bonus Law (State Density Bonus Law) for the property located at 120 East Whittier Boulevard; and, B. Approve a Regulatory Agreement with La Habra 4 Inv, LLC, a Delaware limited liability corporation, for the restriction of three affordable housing units to be made available to moderate-income households through the State of California Density Bonus Law (State Density Bonus Law) for the property located at 310-330 East Whittier Boulevard.]
TO CONSIDERATION ITEMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE MAY REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE LA HABER 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 LOAN TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL
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FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE, AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.THIS AGENDA INCLUDES ONE CONSIDERATION ITEM ENTITLED CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A REGULATORY AGREEMENT WITH LA HABER, FOUR I-N-V-L-L-C-A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY CORPORATION FOR THE RESTRICTION OF TWO AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS THROUGH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DENSITY BONUS LAW, STATE DENSITY DENSITY BONUS LAW FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 2 0 EAST WHITTIER BOULEVARD.
AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A REGULATORY AGREEMENT WITH THE HABER FOUR I-N-V-L-L-C-A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY CORPORATION FOR THE RESTRICTION OF THREE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS THROUGH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DENSITY BONUS LAW, STATE DENSITY BONUS LAW FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3 1 0 THROUGH 3 3 0 EAST WHITTIER BOULEVARD.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO STATE FOR THE RECORD THAT AN EMAIL PUBLIC COMMENT WAS RECEIVED BY THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE TODAY FROM JAMES M. LLOYD, WITH A COPY PROVIDED TO EACH CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THE, UH, STAFF REPORT.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS MIRANDA KONA FROM COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THE CONSIDERATION ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT ARE FOR TWO REGULATORY AGREEMENTS WITH LAHABRA FOUR I-N-V-L-L-C FOR A TOTAL OF FIVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR CELL TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS THROUGH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA'S DENSITY BONUS LAW PROJECT.
ONE CONSISTS OF 18 FOREST SALE TOWN HOMES THAT WILL BE BUILT AT ONE 20 EAST WHITTIER BOULEVARD.
OF THESE 18 TOWN HOMES, TWO WILL BE SOLD TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.
PROJECT TWO CONSISTS OF 22 FOR SALE TOWN HOMES THAT WILL BE BUILT AT THREE 10 THROUGH 3 3 30 EAST WHITTIER BOULEVARD.
OF THESE 22 TOWN HOMES, THREE WILL BE SOLD TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS EACH YEAR.
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA'S DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RELEASES THE INCOME LIMITS FOR LOWER AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.
FOR EXAMPLE, AS OF MAY 9TH, 2024, A HOUSEHOLD OF FOUR EARNING $154,800 OR LESS WOULD QUALIFY AS MODERATE INCOME BY DESIGNATING 10% OF THE UNITS FOR SALE TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.
THE DEVELOPER WAS ENTITLED TO INCENTIVES AND CONCESSIONS, SUCH AS REDUCED PARKING WAIVERS FOR UTILITY UNDERGROUND REQUIREMENTS FOR POWER LINES ON WHITTIER BOULEVARD AND REDUCED REAR YARD SETBACKS.
HOWEVER, IN ADDITION TO STATE DENSITY BONUS LAW, THIS PROJECT IS ALSO SUBJECT TO AND MUST COMPLY WITH THE CITY OF LA HABER'S INCLUSIONARY HOUSING ORDINANCE.
UNDER THE INCLUSIONARY HOUSING ORDINANCE, THE DEVELOPER IS REQUIRED TO DESIGNATE 15% OF THE UNITS AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING ARE TO PAY AN IN LIEU FEE.
BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER IS REQUIRED TO BUILD UNITS UNDER STATE'S DENSITY BONUS LAW, THE DEVELOPER HAS CHOSEN TO BUILD FIVE, UH, TOTAL UNITS THAT ARE REQUIRED UNDER STATE DENSITY BONUS LAW, AND TO PAY AN IN LIEU FEE FOR THE REMAINING TWO UNITS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED UNDER THE CITY'S INCLUSIONARY HOUSING ORDINANCE ON APRIL 22ND, 2024.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED RESOLUTIONS NUMBERS 24 0 8 AND 24 0 9, APPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 18 UNITS AT ONE 20 EAST WHITTIER BOULEVARD AND APPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 22 UNITS AT THREE 10 THROUGH THREE 30 EAST WHITTIER BOULEVARD.
TONIGHT'S CONSIDERATION ITEM FOCUSES ON THE FIVE AFFORDABLE UNITS THAT WILL BE RESTRICTED FOR SALE TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.
THE AFFORDABLE UNITS ARE RESTRICTED TO A MAXIMUM SALES PRICE BASED ON HOUSEHOLD CRITERIA THAT INCLUDES THE MEDIAN INCOME LIMITS AS WELL AS COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH HOME OWNERSHIP, SUCH AS THE FOLLOWING THINGS, THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS, PRIVATE MORTGAGE INSURANCE, PROPERTY TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS, HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE, REASONABLE ALLOWANCES FOR UTILITIES, REASONABLE ALLOWANCES FOR MAINTENANCE AND HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION FEES.
BASED ON OUR CURRENT MEDIAN INCOME LIMITS AND HOUSEHOLD COSTS, THE AFFORDABLE SALES PRICES SET AT 482,
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UM, THOUSAND $62 FOR THE TWO BEDROOM UNITS AND $563,253 FOR THE THREE BEDROOM UNITS.IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE AFFORDABLE SALES PRICE CAN BE ADJUSTED ONCE A YEAR AFTER THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA RELEASES INCOME LIMITS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE CURRENT AFFORDABLE SALES PRICE ARE BASED ON INCOME LIMITS THAT WERE RELEASED ON MAY 9TH, 2024.
ONCE THE STATE RELEASES INCOME LIMITS FOR 2025, THE DEVELOPER CAN REQUEST A CALCULATION, UM, TO ADJUST THE AFFORDABLE SALES PRICE OF BOTH THE TWO AND THE THREE BEDROOM UNITS.
STATE DENSITY BONUS LAW REQUIRES THE UNITS BE INITIALLY SEWED TO A MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLD, UM, AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE.
HOWEVER, AFTER THE UNITS ARE RESOLD, THE LAW REQUIRES THE INITIAL PURCHASER BE BOUND TO AN EQUITY SHARE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY.
UNDER THE EQUITY SHARE AGREEMENT, THE CITY WILL RECEIVE THE INITIAL SUBSIDY THE BUYER RECEIVED, PLUS A PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF APPRECIATION FUNDS RECEIVED BY THE CITY THROUGH THE EQUITY SHARING AGREEMENT WILL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE CITY'S HOUSING AUTHORITY ACCOUNT AND EARMARKED FOR REINVESTMENT IN FUTURE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF LAHABRA.
WE ARE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE REGULATORY AGREEMENTS WITH LAHABRA FOR I-N-V-L-L-C, RESTRICTING TWO AFFORDABLE UNITS TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS AT THE PROJECT SITE LOCATED AT ONE 20 EAST WHITTIER BOULEVARD, AND TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT RESTRICTING THE THREE AFFORDABLE UNITS, UM, TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS AT THE PROJECT SITE, LOCATED AT THREE 10 THROUGH THREE 30 EAST WHITTIER BOULEVARD.
THIS CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION ON THE REGULATORY AGREEMENT.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MAY HAVE.
MIRANDA, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? YOU, YOU MENTIONED BRIEFLY, UH, EARLIER AND, UH, ABOUT THE PARKING.
UH, CAN YOU SHARE WHAT THE, WHAT LAHABRA ORDINANCE IS RELATED TO? HOW MANY PARKING SPACES THAT UNIT WOULD HAVE IF THEY FOLLOWED OUR ORDINANCE VERSUS WHAT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ALLOWS THEM? OR IT'S SAYING THAT THEY ONLY HAVE TO HAVE, IF THAT MAKES, IF THAT QUESTION MAKES SENSE.
SO THE FIRST PROJECT THAT'S LOCATED AT ONE 20 EAST WHITTIER BOULEVARD, UM, STATE, UH, DENSITY BONUS LAW WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO PROVIDE 33 PARKING SPACES.
THE CITY'S, UM, MUNICIPAL CODE WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO PROVIDE 68 PARKING SPACES.
UH, FOR PROJECT NUMBER ONE, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE DEVELOPER IS DOING MORE THAN WHAT THE STATE REQUIRED BY PROVIDING 40 PARKING SPACES FOR PROJECT NUMBER TWO, THAT IS LOCATED AT THREE 10 THROUGH THREE 30 WHITTIER BOULEVARD.
UM, STATE, UH, DENSITY, UH, LAW REQUIRES THEM TO PROVIDE 44 SPACES.
THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL CODE WOULD REQUIRE 77, AND AGAIN, THE DEVELOPER IS PROVIDING MORE THAN WHAT THE STATE REQUIRES BY GIVING, UH, 53 PARKING SPACES.
SO, I, I JUST WANNA JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I, I WANT THE RESIDENTS TO KNOW WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO, UM, THE NUMBER OF SPACES THAT WE AS A COUNCIL, OR I'LL, I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF, UH, KNOWING WHAT THE CONCERNS ARE OF OUR CITY AND, AND, AND WHAT WE THINK IS BEST FOR OUR CITY.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE IMPEDED ONCE AGAIN BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, UM, IN, IN HINDERING US THE NUMBER OF SPACES THAT WE THINK WOULD BE MORE REASONABLE TO HAVE.
'CAUSE I KNOW THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC AND PARKING AND, YOU KNOW, ACCESSIBILITY TO VEHICLES.
AND SO I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR, FOR THE PUBLIC.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ARE THE COUNCIL NO, MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WOULD NOW LIKE TO INVITE THE PUBLIC TO TESTIFY.
I'D LIKE TO HAVE THEM PROVIDE THEIR NAME AND THEIR NUMBERS, SO I WILL ASK THOSE WHO ARE IN, UH, A SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT TO PLEASE COME UP FORWARD.
ARE THOSE IN OPPOSITION? THANK YOU.
I WILL CALL FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION.
YOU WANNA START ON MY SIDE? YEAH, GO AHEAD, YOUR HONOR.
WELL, I, I THINK THAT I'M NOT GONNA BE THE ONLY ONE TO SAY IT WHEN I EXPRESS FRUSTRATION ABOUT THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT MANAGE TO SKIRT OUR OWN ORDINANCES AND OUR OWN LAWS.
YOU KNOW, UH, IT'S ENORMOUSLY FRUSTRATING BECAUSE AS COUNCIL MEMBER LAMPKIN SAID, WE GET SO MANY COMMENTS AND COMPLAINTS WITH REGARD TO TRAFFIC AND PARKING THROUGH THIS SEVEN SQUARE MILE CITY OF 63,000 PEOPLE.
AND OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD'VE REQUIRED AS, UH, MIRANDA WAS SAYING, UH, 40 SPACES FOR PROJECT 1 77, I'M SORRY, 68 SPACES FOR PROJECT 1 77 FOR PROJECT TWO.
AND THAT'S BEING DEBASED QUITE A BIT BY WHAT THE DEVELOPER GETS BY STATE DENSITY BONUS LAWS.
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I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE FOLKS UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, WE ARE, AT LEAST, I'M JUST AS FRUSTRATED AS YOU ARE, AND I BET YOU IT'S GONNA BE A FEELING SHARED BY MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES.AND EVEN SOMETHING LIKE THE, UH, UNDERGROUNDING REQUIREMENTS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OBVIOUSLY DOES SERVE THE PUBLIC INTEREST WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING ELECTRICAL LINES GOING OVER A STREET UNDERGROUND.
OBVIOUSLY, IT'S ONE LESS THING FOR A CAR TO HIT.
IT STABILIZES THE, UH, ENERGY GRID FURTHER FOR THE CITY OF LA HABRA, LESS OF A FIRE HAZARD WHEN LINES ARE UNDERGROUND.
BUT AGAIN, IF THE STATE SAYS WE CAN'T REQUIRE IT, THEN OUR HANDS ARE TIED BY SACRAMENTO.
AND THE SETBACKS ARE KIND OF, UH, ARE JUST REALLY, UH, EXTREME.
IF WE REQUIRE A 20 FOOT REAR SETBACK, IT'S BEING REDUCED TO AS LITTLE AS FIVE FEET.
AND AGAIN, WE CAN'T REQUIRE OTHERWISE, BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S MANDATED BY THE STATE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THOSE COMMENTS BEFORE THERE'S FURTHER DIALOGUE AND A VOTE ON THIS.
BUT, UH, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE FOLKS UNDERSTAND MY OWN PERSONAL FRUSTRATION AND PROBABLY THE FRUSTRATION SHARED BY MY COLLEAGUES.
I, UH, I TOO SHARE THAT, UH, THAT SENTIMENT, UH, WAS, UH, VERY ELOQUENTLY, UH, SAID BY A COUNCILMAN ERIAN.
IT'S THE ONGOING DILEMMA THAT WE FACE AS CITY COUNCIL HERE IN LAHABRA, NOT ONLY HERE IN LAHABRA, BUT THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
UH, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, THAT ARE SAYING THAT, UH, THAT WE NEED MORE HOUSING.
YES, WE PROBABLY DO NEED MORE HOUSING.
THAT'S JUST, THAT'S JUST THE SAD FACT.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T HAVE EXCESS NUMBER OF LAND.
I MEAN, EXCESS AMOUNT OF LAND, UH, THAT WE COULD BUILD UPON.
UH, SO, UH, SO THE STATE DENSITY BONUSES COME IN INTO PLAY, AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEY WANT TO BUILD ON TOP OF OTHER HOUSES AND ADUS, WHICH SERVE A PURPOSE, UH, AS WELL.
AND, UH, I, I WILL, UH, I WILL REWIND A LITTLE BIT.
A FEW YEARS BACK, UH, PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL, UH, THE, UH, THE INCLUSIONARY, UH, HOUSING ORDINANCE, UH, CAME INTO EFFECT.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAD PUT OUT THERE, UH, IN OPPOSITION BY THE BUILDING INDUSTRY.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE, UH, THEN PRESIDENT OF THE BUILDING INDUSTRY WAS SITTING HERE IN THE, UH, COUNCIL CHAMBERS ADVOCATING FOR US NOT TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT WOULD HURT THEIR BOTTOM LINE.
WELL, YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND THAT IN ONE HAND, WE HAVE A, A, A HOUSING SHORTAGE, AND ANOTHER HAND YOU HAVE AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING SHORTAGE.
WHERE, WHAT ARE WE TO DO? UH, WE WANNA MAKE IT AFFORDING AFFORDABLE, EXCUSE ME.
UH, AND WE WANNA HELP OUT WITH THE HOUSING SHORTAGE, BUT WE'RE BUILT OUT.
AND YET WHEN WE TRY TO HELP WITH THE HOUSING, UH, THE AFFORDABILITY PART OF IT, UH, THAT'S NOT A, I MEAN, UH, UH, FIVE UNITS OF, OF THE TOTAL, WHAT IS IT, UH, 30 OR 30 SOMETHING ODD UNITS MORE THAN THAT ACTUALLY, UH, THAT ARE, THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED, PROBABLY NOT ENOUGH FOR THOSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVOCATES, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE HERE OR, OR ARE GONNA HEAR ABOUT THIS LATER, THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH.
QUITE THE CONTRARY, WE DID A FEW YEARS BACK, WE PASSED THAT INCLUSIONARY HOUSING RULE FOR THIS, UH, FOR THIS MATTER.
THE OTHER PART TO IT, OF COURSE, IS LOCAL CONTROL, WHICH I'VE BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR FROM THE VERY FIRST DAY, I'VE, I'VE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE I EVER GOT ELECTED LOCAL CONTROL, THAT IS WHAT WE NEED TO KEEP HERE IN LAHABRA.
THAT IS WHAT THE MUNICIPALITIES HERE IN THE STATE NEED TO KEEP, BECAUSE THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND CERTAIN LEGISLATORS CONTINUE TO TELL US WHAT WE NEED HERE IN LAHABRA.
THEY REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT WE NEED IN LAHABRA.
THEY COULD GIVE A A RAT, THEY COULD CARE LESS WHAT LAHABRA ACTUALLY NEEDS ONE, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO PUT IT.
AND I'M, AND I'M, I'M BEING NICE.
AND IT GETS FRUSTRATING TO A POINT BECAUSE YES, LIKE EVERY OTHER CITY WE ARE, THERE'S MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN CARS.
WE CAN'T GET PEOPLE OUTTA CARS.
THAT'S JUST A SAD, IT'S SAD FACT.
UH, IF YOU LOOK AT, UH, AT WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE, SHOULD I THANK THE DEVELOPER FOR, FOR, FOR MAKING, UH, WHAT IS IT, UH, SEVEN AND, UH, NINE MORE SPACES AT THE OTHER PROJECT, UH, ABOVE WHAT THE STATE DENSITY BONUS ALLOWS? NOT REALLY, UH, BECAUSE WHAT IT IS, IS WE'RE LEAVING 33 SPACES ON THE TABLE BECAUSE THE STATE GOT INVOLVED, OKAY? AND THIS GOES OUT TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING.
AND THAT'S WHY I KEEP TELLING PEOPLE, PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN, NOT ONLY IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
OKAY? IT'S NOT ABOUT ME GETTING BOATS.
I COULD CARE LESS ABOUT THAT AT THIS POINT.
UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CALIFORNIA, OKAY? IT'S LOCAL CONTROL.
AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE RUNNING FOR OFFICE IN THE FUTURE YEARS.
THEY'RE GONNA TELLING YOU, OH, IT'S NOT ABOUT LOCAL CONTROL, IT'S ABOUT HOUSING.
BECAUSE HOW ARE YOU GOING, HOW, HOW DO YOU EXPECT CITIES TO FUNCTION? INFRASTRUCTURE, OKAY, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.
COUNCILMAN ERIAN JUST SAID, POWER LINES GOING ABOVE GROUND AS OPPOSED TO UNDERGROUND.
DIDN'T WE JUST, DID WE NOT JUST HAVE FIRES HERE IN CALIFORNIA THAT WERE, THAT SOME SAY WERE ALLEGEDLY CAUSED BY, BY THE POWER COMPANIES? NOT PUT ANYBODY OUT THERE ON BLAST, BUT THE ALLEGATIONS AND EVIDENCE IS POINTING TO THAT.
WHY WOULD WE CONTINUE TO KEEP THESE ABOVE GROUND? AGAIN,
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DEVELOPERS AREN'T GONNA SAY ANYTHING.THEY REALLY DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR SAFETY.
AT THE END OF THE, AT THE END OF THE DAY, ALL THEY CARE ABOUT IS THEIR BOTTOM DOLLAR.
THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO REALIZE.
UM, THERE'S PLENTY OF LAND IN CALIFORNIA OF WHERE WE CAN BUILD.
THAT'S WHAT I'LL CONTINUE TO SAY.
OKAY? UH, BUT I DO WANT RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST TO KEEP A HEALTHY BALANCE ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOUSING.
AND WE'VE MET THE STATE'S MANDATE OF OUR, UH, OF OUR REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT, OUR ARENA NUMBERS.
WE HAVE A PLAN OF WHERE THOSE HOUSES CAN BE BUILT, BUT THE STATE CONTINUES TO DO THAT.
TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY UP AND DOWN THE STATE, COUSINS, WHOMEVER, YOU KNOW, UP AND DOWN THE STATE TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT WHO THEY'RE VOTING INTO THE STATE ASSEMBLY AND INTO THE STATE SENATE, BECAUSE IT, IT CONTINUES TO AFFECT US.
PEOPLE ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO MOVE OUTTA STATE BECAUSE OF THESE HOUSING POLICIES.
IT'S NOT AFFORDABLE, AND, UH, YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANYWHERE WITH IT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ.
MADAM MAYOR, THEY'VE, THEY'VE STATED IT, UH, VERY ELOQUENTLY.
AND UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, I WILL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION.
WELL, COUNCIL MEMBER DOUBT, I THINK NO, I, I MADE MY POINT VERY CLEAR.
MADAM MAYOR, LISTEN, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S BITTERSWEET.
THE FACT THAT WE HAVE MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS THERE, IT'S ACTUALLY BITTER THAT WE HAVE THE BONUS DENSITY THERE, AND WE LOSE A LOT OF PARKING SPACE.
IT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED IF WE HADN'T, UH, VOTED ON INCLUSIONARY HOUSING.
SO, WITH THAT, MADAM MAYOR, I GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A REGULATORY AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY FOR, UH, AND I GUESS IT'S INVESTORS, LLC, UH, DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY CORPORATION FOR THE RESTRICTION OF, UH, RESTRICTION OF TWO AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS THROUGH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DENSITY BONUS LAW, STATE DENSITY BONUS LAW FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED 1 2 0 EAST WHITTIER BOULEVARD.
AND I FURTHER MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE A REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO LA HABRA FOR INVESTORS, LLC DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY CORPORATIONS FOR THE RESTRICTION OF THREE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS THROUGH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DENSITY LAW, STATE DENSITY BONUS LAW FOR THE PROPERTIES LOCATED AT THREE 10 TO THREE 30 EAST WHITTIER BOULEVARD.
IS THERE A SECOND? UM, AND LET ME INTERRUPT, MAYOR, ON THAT SECOND MOTION.
MIRANDA, IT'S APPROVE A REGULATORY AGREEMENT, CORRECT? NOT AMENDMENT.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
[ MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR:]
NOW WE'RE GONNA GO INTO THE SUMMER.JOIN US FOR MOVIES IN THE PARK.
GRAB YOUR BLANKET, YOUR LAWN CHAIRS, AND COME WATCH A MOVIE ON OUR GIANT MOVIE SCREEN.
THE SANDLOT WILL BE SHOWN ON FRIDAY, MAY 16TH, BEGINNING AT 6:00 PM AT PORTOLA PARK, 3 0 1 SOUTH EUCLID STREET.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0.
WE HAVE HOUSEHOLD HAZARD WASTE AND SHRED EVENT.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CRNR, THE CITY WILL HOST A HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE AND SHRED EVENT FOR LA HARBOR RESIDENCE ON SATURDAY, MAY 17TH FROM 8:00 AM TO 12:00 PM AT THE LA HARBOR PUBLIC WORKS YARD, 5 2 1 WEST MOUNTAIN VIEW AVENUE.
PROOF OF LA HARBOR RESIDENCY IS REQUIRED.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT PUBLIC WORKS AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 1 7 0.
THE SENIOR DANCE ARE IN FULL SWING.
JOIN US ON SUNDAY, MAY 18TH 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 RECRE RECOMMENDED, AND THE COST TO ATTEND IS $12 PER PERSON.
PLEASE RESERVE YOUR SPACE IN PERSON AT THE LA HARBOR COMMUNITY CENTER, OR BY PHONE BY CALLING (562) 383-4200 PARTY IN THE PARK.
CELEBRATE THE UPCOMING SUMMER PROGRAMS, A NEW SPLASH ZONE SEASON, AND THE CITY OF LA HARBOR CENTENNIAL YEAR AT THE PARTY IN THE PARK.
JOIN US ON SATURDAY, MAY 24TH AT 10:00 AM UNTIL 2:00 PM AT PORTOLA PARK.
ACTIVITIES AND PLANNED EVENTS.
ACTIVITY PLANNED FOR THE EVENTS INCLUDE FOAM PARTY WATER GAMES, SUMMER CRAFTS, CONCESSIONS, CRAFTS AT CHILDREN'S MUSEUM MOBILE MUSEUM, AND MORE.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0.
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WE HAVE KIDS NIGHT OUT FIESTA.THE LA HARBOR COMMUNITY SERVICE DEPARTMENT PRESENTS ITS TIME TO FIESTA KIDS NIGHT OUT EVENT WILL BE HELD FRIDAY, MAY THE 23RD FROM 6:00 PM UNTIL 10:30 PM AT THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.
COST IS $25 PER CHILD, FOUR TO 12 YEARS OLD.
GET YOUR KIDS READY FOR A NIGHT OF FUN.
THEY WILL ENJOY A PLANNED SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING GAMES, CRAFTS, A MOVIES, SNACKS, AND DINNER.
PLEASE VISIT OR CALL THE LA HARBA COMMUNITY CENTER AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0.
WE HAVE LA HARBA ACTIVE DAY CAMP.
THE COMMUNITY SERVICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE HOSTING THE LA HARBA ACTIVE DAY CAMP BEGINNING MONDAY, JUNE 2ND THROUGH FRIDAY, AUGUST 8TH.
CAMP WILL BE HELD FROM 7:00 AM UNTIL 6:00 PM AT THE VETERAN'S HALL, 2 0 9 NORTH EU, UH, ORANGE STREET.
AN EVENT IS OPEN TO USE FROM AGES FIVE TO 12 YEARS OLD.
REGISTRATION IS $60 PER PERSON CAMPUS, $200 PER WEEK, $190 PER WEEK WITH A SIBLING DISCOUNT.
REGISTER TODAY, PLEASE CALL 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0.
WE HAVE THE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION COMING UP.
JOIN OUR STAR SPAN, STAR SPANGLED JULY 4TH, CELEBRATION ON FRIDAY, JULY 4TH AT 4:00 PM UNTIL 9:00 PM AT LA BONITA PARK.
1 4 4 0 WEST HARBOR BOULEVARD.
THE TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED AT THE LA HARBOR COMMUNITY CENTER.
COST IS $8 FOR YOUTH AGES THREE TO 12 AND $10 FOR ADULTS.
THE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION WILL INCLUDE FOOD AND RE AND, UH, RETAIN VENDORS, GAMES, KIDS ZONES, LIVE MUSIC, A FLYOVER, AND A SPECTACULAR FIREWORKS SHOW.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0, AND WE HAVE THE 2025 SUMMER CONCERTS.
THE LA HARBOR CONCERT IN THE PARK ARE BACK.
THE FIRST CONCERT IN THE SERIES IS EARTH TO MARS.
A BRUNO MARS COVER BAND WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, JULY 10TH FROM 7:00 PM UNTIL 8:30 PM AT PORTOLA PARK, 3 0 1 SOUTH EUCLID STREET.
JOIN US ON THURSDAY EVENING IN JULY AND AUGUST FOR MUSIC AND FAMILY.
OKAY, CONCESSIONS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES, PLEASE CALL 5 6 2 8 3 8 3 8 3 4 2 0 0.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, WE HAVE LA HARBOR OUTDOORS.
THE COMMUNITY CENTER DEPARTMENT WILL BE HOSTING A FREE IMMERSIVE WILDERNESS PROGRAM FOR AGES 12 TO 17.
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN, AND SPACE IS LIMITED TO 50 PARTICIPANTS.
ACTIVITIES INCLUDE, 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 TOUR, AND INTO THE SUMMER PARTY.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0 COMMISSION MEETINGS.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS MEET ON THE SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 6:30 PM IN THE LA HARBOR CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER.
THE COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION MEETS ON THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 6:30 PM AT THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER AS WELL.
WATER CONSERVATION CALIFORNIANS ARE STILL BEING ASKED TO CONSERVE WATER.
IRRIGATION IS LIMITED TO THREE TIMES PER WEEK AND NO MORE THAN 15 MINUTES WATERING PER STATION AND NO RUNOFF AND TO, AND TURN OFF IRRIGATION PRIOR TO AND FOLLOWING RAIN.
PLEASE NOTE THAT LAWN AND IRRIGATION IS PROHIBITED BETWEEN 10:00 AM AND 4:00 PM AS IS THE WASHING OF HARD SURFACES, SUCH AS SIDEWALKS AND DRIVEWAYS.
DO YOUR PART TO HELP US CONSERVE OUR MOST PRECIOUS ACID.
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TIPS ON HOW YOU CAN HELP CONSERVE WATER, PLEASE CONTACT THE LA HARBOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 1 7 0.
[ COMMENTS FROM STAFF:]
ACTUALLY, MADAM MAYOR, IF I CAN MAKE A COMMENT FROM STEPH.JUST WANTED TO, HE NEVER HAS ANY COMMENTS.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO, UH, FIRST OF ALL SAY, UH, APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ'S COMMENTS ABOUT MONTE VISTA STREET.
UM, THAT IS, IF NOT LARGELY, IF NOT SOLELY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF, UH, ELIAS CAULEY AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
THEY DO A PHENOMENAL JOB ON THEIR STREET PROJECTS.
HE AND ALBERT MENDOZA, OUR OUR TEAM IN ENGINEERING, DID A GREAT JOB ON THAT PROJECT.
UH, AND YOU NOTED THAT WAS ON THE, UH, UM, CONSENT CALENDAR TONIGHT.
BUT ANOTHER IMPORTANT PROJECT THAT WAS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR TONIGHT THAT WE DID A NOTICE OF COMPLETION FOR WAS LESSER ANUS WOMEN'S CLUB PARK.
AND I'M NOT GONNA TAKE THE WIND OUT OF, UH, I'M NOT GONNA TAKE THE WIND OUT OF COUNCIL SAILS TONIGHT ON COMMENTING ABOUT THAT.
I JUST DO WANNA SAY THOUGH, HOW PROUD I AM
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OF THE WORK THAT ELIAS AND ALBERT MENDOZA AND THEIR TEAM DID ON BUILDING THAT PARK.COULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT THE COOPERATION FROM KELLY FUGI AND HER TEAM AND, UH, SUSAN KIM AND HER TEAM IN HELPING DESIGN THAT PARK.
BUT REALLY, THIS STARTED 7, 8, 9 YEARS AGO WITH THE VISION OF THE CITY COUNCIL BACK THEN TO GIVE US POLICY DIRECTION ON WHAT YOU WANTED.
AND YOU WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THE STAFF, AND YOU GAVE US, UH, THE DIRECTION YOU WANTED US TO GO.
AND AFTER THAT, WE TOOK THE BALL AND RAN WITH IT.
AND I'LL TELL YOU, THAT PART CAME OUT, I THINK, BETTER THAN ANYBODY EXPECTED.
SO A PHENOMENAL JOB BY ELIAS AGAIN AND HIS TEAM.
AND WE HAVE ANOTHER BIG PARK PROJECT WE'RE GONNA UNVEIL THIS YEAR AT, UM, UM, THE, UH, VIN SCULLY CENTENNIAL PARK, WHICH IS FORMER VISTA GRANDE PARK, UH, PROBABLY AUGUST, SEPTEMBER.
BUT IT'S JUST BEEN A FUN YEAR SO FAR.
SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE STAFF KNOWS WHAT A GREAT JOB THEY'VE DONE.
[ COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS:]
LIKE TO SAY THE HIGHLIGHT SINCE THE LAST MEETING FOR ME, WAS ADDING A PARK.IT'S SO MUCH MORE FUN TO ADD PARKS INSTEAD OF HOUSES
AND SO IT WAS A TREMENDOUS JOY TO BE THERE AT THE OPENING OF THE LOS ARENAS WOMEN'S CLUB PARK.
I KNOW THE WOMEN'S CLUB IS SO PROUD OF THAT PARK, AND YOU HAVE EVERY REASON TO BE, AND I'M JUST SO OVERJOYED THAT, UH, PUBLIC WORKS AND ALL THE STAFF THAT THAT WORKED ON, IT DID SUCH A FANTASTIC JOB BECAUSE, UH, IT'S VERY UNUSUAL IN THIS DAY AND AGE FOR CITIES TO ACTUALLY ADD OPEN SPACE TO THEIR COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY BUILT OUT CITIES LIKE LAHABRA, EXTREMELY DENSE.
SO ADDING RECREATIONAL OPEN SPACE IS A TRUE JOY TO BEHOLD.
AND OF COURSE, AS, UH, CITY MANAGER SAYS, UH, VIN SCULLY CENTENNIAL PARK'S GONNA BE ANOTHER 16 ACRES PLUS, UH, PUBLIC SPACE, OPEN SPACE FOR ALL OF LA HABER TO ENJOY.
SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
I WANNA TAKE A MINUTE TO THANK CHIEF FOSTER, BECAUSE THE CITRUS FAIR HAS CONCLUDED, CONCLUDED LAST NIGHT, AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTABLE INCIDENCES OF ANY GREAT MAGNITUDE.
IT WAS AN EXTREMELY SAFE EVENT FOR ALL THE ATTENDEES AND THE VENDORS WHO WERE THERE.
AND THIS IS AT A PARTICULARLY PRECARIOUS TIME FOR THESE KINDS OF OPEN STREET FAIR STYLE EVENTS.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I TOOK A, A BRIEF GETAWAY WITH MY WIFE TO THE CITY OF VANCOUVER, UM, A MATTER OF DAYS AGO.
AND THE DAY WE DEPARTED VANCOUVER WAS THE DAY WHERE THEY HAD THAT HORRIFIC ATTACK, A VEHICLE ATTACK ON A STREET THERE IN THE CITY OF VANCOUVER.
AND SO ALL OF US HAD EXPRESSED OUR CONCERNS TO, TO THE CHIEF ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THESE EVENTS ARE COMPLETELY SAFE.
AND I THINK THAT IT WAS ALL HANDS ON DECK WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, ALL POSSIBLE PRECAUTIONS WERE TAKEN, AND I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE FOR THAT.
AND AS IT TURNS OUT, IT WAS A SAFE EVENT.
AND I CAN PLEDGE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT GOING FORWARD WHEN WE HAVE THESE OPEN AIR STREET FAIR STYLE EVENTS, WHETHER IT'S A TAMALE FESTIVAL OR OPEN HOUSE, WE'RE GONNA TAKE EVERY REASONABLE PRUDENT PRECAUTION WE CAN TO GUARANTEE THE SAFETY OF ALL THE ATTENDEES.
AND THEN, UH, FINALLY, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UH, THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 19TH, I'M GONNA PUT IT ON RECORD NOW, AND I'VE NEVER MISSED A COUNCIL MEETING, I THINK SINCE I GOT APPOINTED.
BUT, UH, MY GRANDDAUGHTER IS GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL THAT NIGHT, AND SHE ALSO JUST GOT ACCEPTED TO, UH, ISABELLA SCOTT GOT ACCEPTED TO U UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE.
SO US AND THE WHOLE FAMILY ARE VERY PROUD.
BUT OF COURSE, WHEN YOU GOT A GRANDDAUGHTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL, THAT, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T TAKE PRIORITY OVER THE WELFARE OF THE CITY, I LOVE, BUT NONETHELESS, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I MUST ATTEND.
SO I'M AFRAID I WON'T BE HERE FOR THE 19TH.
FROM THE BLEACHERS THERE, RIGHT? SO ANYWAY, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WITH THAT, AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT EXCEPT TO WISH ALL A HA A VERY HAPPY CIN DE MAYO.
UH, AND, UH, WITH THAT, CONGRATULATIONS, ISABELLA, BY THE WAY.
UH, SHE'S GONNA BE AN AUNT EATER, AND I'M JUST GONNA PUT IT OUT THERE FOR YOU IN SEPTEMBER, THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO TRAVELS TO UCI TO PLAY THE AUNT EATERS.
MY DAUGHTER IS THE GOALKEEPER AT USD.
SO, UH, IT'S, UH, GO TORAS IS, UH, WHAT I'M TELLING YOU.
UH, BUT, UH, NO CONGRATS IN ALL REALLY.
THAT'S, AND I KNOW YOU'RE A PROUD, UH, PROUD GRANDPA.
SO VERY WELL, UH, VERY WELL DESERVED.
UH, UH, WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, LOVE LA HARE.
THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF, UH, FOR PUTTING ON, UH, THE, UH, LOVE LA HARE EVENT, AND WANTED TO THANK THE VOLUNTEERS THAT MADE OUR CITY MORE BEAUTIFUL THAT DAY AND CONTINUE TO MAKE THE CITY MORE BEAUTIFUL.
UH, I WAS ABLE TO, UH, SHOW UP UNFORTUNATELY THIS YEAR BECAUSE I'VE GOT A BUM BACK AND A BAD KNEE.
I COULDN'T, UH, I COULDN'T GET OUT THERE AND SHOVEL DIRT OR, OR PAINT OR ANY OF THE OTHER STUFF.
BUT, UH, I WAS OUT THERE TO SUPPORT.
SO, WANTED TO THANK OUR, UH, OUR CITY STAFF, CALI, FUJI, AND THE PEOPLE IN, UH, IN YOUR DEPARTMENT AS WELL, KIM AND EVERYBODY ELSE INCLUDED.
UH, AND, UH, YEAH, LORENA'S WOMEN'S, UH, CLUB PARK.
I SHARE THE SAME SENTIMENT THAT COUNCILMAN ERIAN SHARES ABOUT, UH, OPEN SPACES AND HOW MUCH BETTER THAT IS, UH, TO, UH, INTRODUCE A NEW PARK.
UH, WANTED TO THANK OUR CITY STAFF FOR THAT AS WELL.
ELIAS AND COMPANY AND, UH, AND THE REST OF OUR CITY STAFF, OUR DIRECTORS AND MANAGERS
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AND SUPERVISORS THAT MADE THAT HAPPEN.AND, UH, SPECIAL THANKS TO THE WOMEN'S CLUB WHO, UH, A FEW MEMBERS THAT ARE SITTING HERE BEFORE US, BECAUSE, UH, LET'S NOT FORGET THAT THEY DEDICATED THAT LAND TO BE USED SPECIFICALLY FOR, FOR A, UH, A SPACE THAT THE COMMUNITY, UH, COULD ENJOY.
AND, UH, I LOOK BACK, UH, TO WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A NAME FOR THE, UH, FOR THE PARK AND, UH, THE WOMEN'S CLUB.
OF COURSE, ESTHER, I KNOW YOU WERE, UH, VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN THAT, UH, BEING HERE THAT NIGHT AND, UH, AND WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD LORENA'S IN THERE.
UH, AND, UH, VERY FITTING, UH, ESPECIALLY FOR, UH, FOR, FOR THE CONTRIBUTION THAT THE WOMEN OF THIS COMMUNITY HAVE GIVEN US OVER THE, THE COURSE OF OUR, UH, OF OUR CITY'S EXISTENCE.
UM, I WANT TO THANK, UH, PARTICULARLY THE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
WE'VE HAD LIKE THREE WATER MAIN BREAKS THE LAST, UH, THREE WEEKS OR SO.
AND THEY HAVE BEEN OUT THERE, UH, TAKING CARE OF THAT.
AND SO THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
THE PARK DEDICATION AT, UH, LOS ELNA, UH, WOMEN'S CLUB PARK, IT'S PHENOMENAL.
UH, I'VE GONE BY THERE SEVERAL TIMES AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN A PARK BEING MORE UTILIZED RIGHT NOW.
AND EVEN THE EXERCISE EQUIPMENT IS BEING USED OUT, USED OUT THERE.
AND IT'S, UH, IT'S A PHENOMENAL PARK.
AND I WANNA THANK ALL THE LADIES FROM THE WOMEN'S CLUB FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR VERY, UH, KIND COMMENTS.
I WAS HONORED TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE ASSEMBLYWOMAN BLANCA PACHECOS DISTRICT UPDATE IN DOWNEY.
SO I GOT TO REPRESENT THE COUNCIL THERE, AND WE GOT SOME, SOME NICE UPDATES FROM OUR ASSEMBLYWOMAN OUT THERE, UM, WHERE THE EVENT WAS HELD OUT IN DOWNEY.
AND AS ALWAYS, SHE'S ALWAYS VERY RECEPTIVE TO RECEIVE OUR PHONE CALLS.
AND I'M VERY HAPPY THAT THEY FREQUENTLY ATTEND THE GROUP.
THEY, OUR, OUR, UH, OUTREACH EVENTS, OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS.
YOU CAN ALWAYS COUNT A REPRESENTATIVE TO BE THERE IF THE ASSEMBLYWOMAN CANNOT BE THERE.
SO, UH, THANK YOU TO OUR ASSEMBLYWOMAN BLANCA PACHECO, UH, LOVE LAHABRA.
PHENOMENAL, GREAT, GREAT JOB WITH STAFF.
I GOT TO VISIT SEVERAL OF THE JOB SITES AND I WAS NOT OUT THERE WORKING, BUT I VISIT A LOT OF 'EM.
AND JIM, I'M GLAD YOU DIDN'T GET SICK, DALE.
I'M GLAD YOU DIDN'T GET SICK 'CAUSE YOU GUYS WERE, WERE SOAKED AS WELL OUT THERE.
AND IT WAS CRAZY, UH, HOW MUCH, A LITTLE BIT OF DRIZZLE CAN, YOU CAN ADD UP REALLY QUICK.
AND, UH, PEOPLE BRAVE THE, THE WEATHER.
AND I WANNA THANK CHICK-FIL-A LA HABRA FOR THEIR GENEROUS DONATIONS OF ALL THE BREAKFAST SANDWICHES THAT THEY GIVE GAVE THAT DAY.
AND THAT I GOT TO ATTEND THE GRAND OPENING OF ALMA DE LA INFORMA EVENT, UH, LAST WEEK AT, UH, WESTRIDGE GOLF CLUB.
I WANNA THANK, UH, UH, MR. IS IT MR. KKI DIDN'T KNOW WHAT LETTER IT WAS A KZ, BUT K MR. K FOR HIS KINDNESS.
AND IT, IT WAS A VERY NICE EVENT.
AND, UM, ALSO CHIEF THANK YOU, UH, TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR ALL THEY DID WITH THE, UH, TAKE BACK DRUG EVENT.
IT'S A VERY NICE SERVICE TO HAVE.
UM, I GOT TO DROP BY THERE AS WELL.
AND, UH, MAYOR'S PRAYER BREAKFAST, IT WAS A PHENOMENAL EVENT, ROSE, BECAUSE YOUR NAME WAS ON IT.
IT WAS THE RECORD CROWD THAT SHOWED UP BECAUSE OF YOU.
AND, UH, LIKE I SAID, IT WAS A RECORD CROWD.
WE HAD A WAITING LIST OF OVER 40 PEOPLE ON THE WAITING LIST, AND WE HAD A, A KEYNOTE SPEAKER BY THE NAME OF ELISE STROBEL, AND WE'VE TRIED TO BRING HIM FOR ABOUT, UH, 10 YEARS.
AND IT WORKED OUT THAT HIS GRANDSON'S BIRTHDAY WAS IN TOWN, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THE TRANSPORTATION TO FLY HIM HERE, SO IT WORKED OUT JUST WELL.
UH, SO THANK YOU, UH, FOR THAT.
THE LOVE LAHABRA KIND OF CONTINUED ON A FEW DAYS LATER ON WHEN OUR, UH, STUDENTS FROM WHITTIER CHRISTIAN CAME OUT AND THEY WORKED AT LAB BONITA PARK.
I WENT OUT THERE TO, TO SEE THEM.
THEY'VE DONE THIS FOR, FOR SEVERAL YEARS WHERE THEY HAVE A DAY OF SERVICE.
LAST YEAR THEY WERE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, AND NOT ONLY DID THEY DO SOME WORK AROUND THE COMMUNITY CENTER, THEY ALSO TAUGHT CLASSES FOR THE TEENS IN TECH, UH, EVENT THERE.
AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A KUDOS TO MARTY.
MARTY IS SO GREAT WITH THOSE STUDENTS.
HE'S PHENOMENAL THE WAY HE TREATS THOSE STUDENTS AND, AND JUST, HE'S, HE'S JUST A LIGHT AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
ALL THE STAFF ARE GREAT, BUT HE'S JUST EXCEPTIONAL THE WAY HE TREATS PEOPLE.
AND IT WAS A NICE, NICE EVENT.
I WAS GLAD TO GO OUT THERE LOBBYING A PARK.
AND I WAS SURPRISED THERE ARE ALMOST 50 STUDENTS OUT THERE WORKING.
UH, THEY TAKE A DAY OFF AND THEY GO OUT THERE AND THEY, THEY, THEY'VE DONE THE RAILROAD TRACKS BEFORE.
THEY'VE DONE OUR COMMUNITY CENTER.
THEY'VE DONE, UH, ALL KINDS OF PROJECTS OVER THE YEARS.
UH, THE PANCAKE BREAKFAST, I ATTENDED THAT WITH SONORA HIGH SCHOOL, UH, THIS LAST SATURDAY, UH, FOR THEIR CHEER.
AND ON A FINAL NOTE, I WANNA WISH, UH, ROSE, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY.
I WANNA WISH A HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO EVERYONE OUT HERE, UH, IN THE AUDIENCE AND EVERYBODY WATCHING AT HOME.
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THE, THE, THE COUNCIL MEETINGS AND WANNA WISH MY MOM A, UM, A HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY AS WELL.UH, WHEN I WAS SICK, UM, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, SHE MOVED INTO MY HOME FOR ABOUT A MONTH, AND, UH, LIKE MOMS DO, THEY, SHE NURSED ME BACK TO HEALTH AND I'M SO APPRECIATIVE FOR HER FOR, FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE FOR ME.
UM, GOING OVER AND SUMMARIZING WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID ABOUT THAT LOVE OF LAHA EVENT.
UH, AND IT WAS AN AMAZING EVENT, UM, TO SEE THE COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER AND TO DO SOMETHING GREATER THAN THEMSELVES.
UM, YOU KNOW, I WISH THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO EVERY DAY.
AND ACTUALLY IT IS, IT'S SOMETHING THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US CAN DO EVERY SINGLE DAY, JUST IN OUR OWN DIFFERENT UNIQUE WAYS AND HELPING OUR RESIDENTS, OUR NEIGHBORS.
UM, I ACTUALLY GOT A CHANCE TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF CLEANUP, UM, AROUND A 700 BLOCK OF IMPERIAL HIGHWAY, ROUGHLY OVER AT THE RAILROAD TRACKS.
AND I WAS WITH THE CITY MANAGER.
AND, UH, I, I GOTTA SAY KUDOS TO YOU FOR BEING THE LAST ONE OUT OF THAT, UH, SPILLWAY.
UM, WE GOT SOME GOOD ADVICES THAT RAIN WAS COMING DOWN, THAT WATER STARTED FILLING UP PRETTY FAST.
AND, UM, I GOTTA SAY THAT, UH, I, I, I TRAVELED TO MANY CITIES DURING THE WEEK, UM, TALKING TO OTHER CITY GOVERNMENTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, ORGANIZATIONAL, CULTURAL, UH, ISSUES.
AND NEVER HAVE I MET A CITY MANAGER WHO IS AS INVESTED IN THEIR CITY AS MUCH AS YOU ARE.
AND SO, WHEN I SAW THAT, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
AND SO AS WE WERE OUT THERE CLEANING UP, AND I SAW YOU WERE THE LAST ONE OUTTA THERE, I WAS LIKE, MAN, KUDOS TO YOU.
I WAS LISTENING TO THE GOOD ADVICE OF ALEJANDRA WHEN SHE SAID, GET OUTTA HERE, THAT THAT WATER'S NOT CLEAN WATER.
BUT HE, HE DID HIS THING, SO THANK YOU.
UM, I, I ALSO, UH, ATTENDED ON THE 29TH, UM, THE LAHABRA PD EXPLORER MEETING, UH, THE LAHABRA, UH, LAHABRA PD EXPLORER MEETING.
THEY, UH, PART OF OUR MEETING, THEY DID A, UM, UH, A USC ICE BUCKET MINE CHALLENGE, AND SOME OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THAT AS THE, UH, ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE, WHERE THEY POUR THE, UH, WATER, UH, ICE WATER OVER YOU, UH, TO PROMOTE SOME TYPE OF SOCIAL AWARENESS.
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, IT WAS THE, UM, TO PROMOTE AWARENESS FOR AND FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH, UM, THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION, ACTIVE MINDS.
AND, UH, I WAS SO HAPPY TO REALLY PARTICIPATE.
I WAS SO HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT AS A FORMER EXPLORER MYSELF.
UM, AND SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING AWARENESS TO, UH, MENTAL HEALTH AS WE, UM, UH, MEMORIALIZE THAT IN MENTAL HEALTH MONTH THIS MONTH.
UH, THE LOS RENA WOMEN'S CLUB PARK.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, I COMMENTED ON EARLIER, UH, TODAY BEFORE THE MEETING WAS, UM, THE, THE AESTHETICS OF THE PARK.
I, I COMPARE THAT THE AESTHETICS TO THAT PARK, TO THAT OF A, A PARK THAT YOU WOULD FIND IN A PRIVATE COMMUNITY.
UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S, YOU DON'T FIND MANY PARKS LIKE THAT IN MANY PARTS OF ORANGE COUNTY OR EVEN IN LA COUNTY.
AND SO IT WAS A PHENOMENAL JOB THAT THE CITY STAFF DID TO BRING THAT TOGETHER.
AND, UH, I HOPE THAT THE RESIDENTS IN THAT SURROUNDING AREA REALLY APPRECIATE THAT PARK.
AND ALSO, HOPEFULLY IT BRINGS A LOT OF PROPERTY VALUE, UH, INCREASE IN PROPERTY VALUE TO THEM AS WELL.
UM, AGAIN, ATTENDING THE LAHABRA PRAYER BREAKFAST, UM, WE GOT TO LISTEN TO LEE STROBEL.
AND, UH, I WAS REALLY FASCINATED BY, UM, HIS MESSAGE AND HIS, UH, STORY AS HE TOLD, TALKED ABOUT HOW HE REACHED HIS, UM, UH, OR HOW HE ABOUT HIS JOURNEY TO FINDING CHRIST.
UM, THIS SATURDAY, SUNDAY, THIS SUNDAY, I, I ATTENDED THE, UM, UH, BOOK SIGNING OF JENNY MARTINEZ FOR ANYONE WHO'S FAMILIAR WITH HER.
SHE'S A BOOK AUTHOR IN, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA SENSATION.
UH, SHE GOT HER START DURING COVID, HER AND ALL IT TOOK WAS HER DAUGHTER TO RECORD HER, UH, COOKING A MEAL, AND IT WENT VIRAL OVER A MILLION VIEWS.
AND SO SHE SINCE THEN, HAS CREATED, UM, SHE CREATED HER OWN COOKBOOK NAMED MY MEXICAN MESA, UH, ELITO.
AND, UH, THERE'S NOT MANY TIMES MY WIFE GETS OUT WITH ME TO CITY EVENTS, IF AT ALL, BUT THIS ONE, SHE SAID, NO, WE'RE GOING
AND, UH, SO WE GOT TO SEE HER SPEAK, AND ACTUALLY, WE MADE SOME SAUCE OVER AT THE, UH, LA HABER LIBRARY.
UM, SPEAKING OF THAT, I DO WANT TO MAKE A QUICK NOTE THAT THE LA HABER BRANCH LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSING ON MAY 22ND.
UH, AND IT IS CLOSING FOR RENOVATIONS.
UH, THE RENOVATIONS WILL BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY 20 MONTHS TO ABOUT 24 MONTHS, AT LEAST AS SCHEDULED.
SO THAT'S ABOUT A TWO YEAR CLOSURE.
UM, I ENCOURAGE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF, UH, OUR RESIDENTS TO GO, IF YOU UTILIZE LIBRARY SERVICES, PLEASE UTILIZE MUCH OF, UH, MUCH AS MUCH OF IT AS YOU CAN, UM, UNTIL THAT DAY.
UM, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY HOLDS OR ANY BOOKS YOU NEED TO RETURN AFTER ITS CLOSURE, YOU CAN DO THAT AT THE, UH, BREA BRANCH, UM, LIBRARY, COUNTY LIBRARY.
UH, LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO, I ALSO WANT TO, UM, THANK,
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UH, OR CONGRATULATE AND THANK THE LA HABER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR A SUCCESSFUL CITRUS FAIR.A LOT OF FOOD, LOT OF MUSIC, LOT OF FUN, LOT OF DANCING.
UM, I WAS ON STAGE KIND OF DOING MY DRUMLINE KIND OF, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANNA CALL THAT, BUT IT WAS SORT OF, KIND OF A DRUMLINE DANCE.
AND, UH, UH, AS THE LAHABRA BAND, LAHABRA HIGH SCHOOL BAND, SONORA HIGH SCHOOL BAND WAS, UH, UM, UH, PLAYING.
AND IT WAS, IT WAS A AWESOME EVENT TO, TO BE A PART OF.
UH, ALSO THE LAHABRA DURING THE SAME TIME, THE LAHABRA ART ASSOCIATION KARAOKE NIGHT WAS HELD ON SATURDAY.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR, UM, EMBRACING ME AND WELCOMING ME INTO THAT IN, INTO THAT KARAOKE NIGHT.
AND, UH, I SEE WE HAVE A LOT OF TALENT IN LAHABRA.
UH, SOME, SOME, UH, GREAT SHOWER SINGERS LIKE MYSELF, I GUESS
HE IS THE FATHER OF JOSEPH RINGWOOD.
UM, AND JOSEPH RINGWOOD IS ONE OF OUR, ONE OF OUR CHILDREN OF LAHABRA WHO IS CURRENTLY IN THE 11 U UH, LAHABRA 11 U LIONS FOOTBALL, UH, TEAM.
AND SO, UM, HIS FATHER PASSED AWAY ON, UH, APRIL 4TH OF THIS, OF, OF, OF LAST MONTH.
AND SO I WANNA ADJOURN THE MEETING IN HIS MEMORY.
AND THAT'S, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, YEAH, IT SEEMS LIKE WE WERE ALL BUSY
AFTER THAT, UH, IN THE EVE AFTERNOON, I ATTENDED HO SIX HILLS OPEN SPACE EDUCATION COALITION ALONG WITH THE CITY MANAGER.
IT WAS A ZOOM MEETING THIS TIME AROUND, BUT IT WILL BE HELD NEXT TIME IN THE CITY OF WHITTIER ON THURSDAY, APRIL THE 24TH.
I ATTENDED THE OOG REPRESENTING THE CITY, ORANGE COUNTY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT IN IRVINE.
AND THEN I WENT TO THE LA HARBOR VOLUNTEER RECEPTION, WHICH WAS FANTASTIC, AT THE LA HARBOR COMMUNITY CENTER.
I JUST WANNA THANK EVERYBODY THAT VOLUNTEERS AND GIVES THEIR TIME.
AND I KNOW THAT NOT ALL VOLUNTEERS WERE THERE, AND THERE WERE MORE HOURS PUT THAN WHAT, UH, WE HAD COMMENTED AND QUOTED AS BECAUSE, UH, THE CITY WOULD NOT FUNCTION WITH ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT GIVE AND GIVE AND GIVE.
SO I'M GRATEFUL TO ALL OF THEM.
I DID DURING THAT WEEK, GO TO THE, THE HARBOR ART GALLERY, WHERE, WHERE I JUDGE THE PAINTINGS.
UH, I, UM, DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I WAS QUALIFIED
I KEPT TELLING HER, I GO, I DON'T FEEL LIKE I TOLD BRUCE SPANK.
I GO, I DON'T FEEL LIKE I'M QUALIFIED TO JUDGE THESE.
BUT, UH, KNOWING THAT THE THEME WAS IN, UH, LA HARBOR, AND I SAID, OKAY, I HAVE AN IDEA.
AND THEY, THEY WERE INCREDIBLE.
I CANNOT BELIEVE THE TALENT, UM, THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE.
AND YOU OUGHT TO, SHE, THERE ARE CLASSES ON SATURDAYS AS WELL THAT YOU OUGHT TO DROP IN AND, AND, UH, TAKE SOME OF THOSE CLASSES AT THE LA HARBOR ART GALLERY.
I KNOW I WILL BE THERE FOR YOUR SEVENTH, UH, 70TH ANNIVERSARY.
I WILL BE ATTENDING THAT ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL THE 30TH.
OF COURSE, IT WAS THE LA HARBA WOMEN'S CLUB, LAA PARK, UH, RIBBON CUTTING.
UH, I, I THINK IT'S THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PARK WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF LA HARBA.
THE LIGHTS, THE LIGHTS, THE LIGHTS IN THE PARK ARE JUST BEAUTIFUL.
I COULDN'T, THEY JUST LOOK ANTIQUE.
AND THEY LOOK LIKE THE PARK HAS BEEN THERE FOR SOME TIME ALREADY.
AND I HAD MENTIONED AT THE, UH, MAYOR'S PRAYER BREAKFAST THAT IT SEEMS LIKE YOU LOOK AT OTHER PARKS AND YOU SAY, OH, THE, THE PARK COULD USE THIS, OR THE PARK COULD USE THAT.
UH, BUT THIS PARK HAS EVERYTHING.
AND THERE'S GONNA BE MORE LITTLE FREE LIBRARY THAT'S GONNA BE DESIGNED AND THE STYLE OF THE FORMER LA HARBOR WOMEN'S CLUB.
AND ONE, UH, PARTICULAR NEIGHBOR THERE SAID THAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO HAVE A MONTHLY BARBECUE AND INVITE ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, THERE TO JOIN IN.
SO IT'S GOING TO REALLY BRING A GOOD BOND IN THE COMMUNITY THERE.
AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO THE DESIGN AND TO THE WORK THAT WAS PUT IN BY EVERYONE.
IT, AND IT WAS JUST THE BEST CELEBRATION EVER.
YOU COULD SEE THAT IN ALL THE WOMEN FROM THE WOMEN'S CLUB AS WELL, THAT THEY WERE JUST ELATED TO BE THERE AND, AND PROUD OF WHAT TRANSITIONED IN THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY THERE.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL IN THE WOMEN'S CLUB.
ON MAY THE FIRST, OF COURSE, WE HAD THE MAYOR'S PRAYER BREAKFAST, BUT I ALWAYS REGRET THAT I'M NE NEVER ABLE TO STAY THERE OTHER THAN TO WHEN THEY WELCOME US, INTRODUCE US AS A COLLEAGUE ON THE COUNCIL, AND THEN I HAVE TO EXIT AND DRIVE TO PALM DESERT BECAUSE I ATTEND THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT FROM, UH, MAY THE FIRST TO MAY THE SECOND.
UH, AND THEN I'M, I JOINED SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL ON MAY THE SECOND AT THE CIRUS
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FAIR, THE KICKOFF OF THE CITRUS FAIR.AND THEN, UH, SATURDAY, MAY THE THIRD, I WAS INVITED BY SENATOR BERG TO BE A PANELIST FOR THE YOUNG SENATOR PROGRAM HE HAS AT THE ANAHEIM WEST TOWER.
UM, I WAS THERE AT THE PANEL GROUP ALONG WITH CONGRESSMAN LOU CORREA, SENATOR TOM BERG, ASSEMBLY MEMBER TREE TA AND TRUSTEE VALERIE MAGDALENO OF THE SANTA ANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND THE SUBJECT IS, WHERE IS THE POWER AT ALL THE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT? UM, AND I WAS VERY PROUD TO SEE THAT THERE WERE ULA HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THERE, AND WE TOOK SOME PHOTOS AND THEY WERE HAPPY.
AND IT WAS JUST A, A GOOD TIME TO BE THERE WITH THESE YOUNG INDIVIDUALS AND SEE, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, I ALWAYS SAY THIS, WHEN WE WERE, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY.
I GO, WE HAVE SO MANY TALENTED, AND I STUDENTS AND I, I TOLD THEM ABOUT WHAT KIND OF INVOLVEMENT OUR STUDENTS HAVE.
THEY SAID, WHAT KIND OF ACTIVITIES DO YOU HAVE FOR YOUR, FOR THE STUDENTS, THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS? WE HAVE WITH STUDENT GOVERNMENT DAY? WE JUST RECENTLY ADDED, WE HAVE THE STUDENT LEADERSHIP PROGRAM THAT, UM, THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO HELP THE CITY HERE AS WELL.
I GO, THERE ARE TONS OF THINGS THAT THE STUDENTS CAN HAVE AND PARTICIPATE IN.
SO, UM, THEY WERE JUST HAPPY TO BE PART OF THIS EVENT.
AND I WAS, UH, VERY HONORED TO BE PART OF, OF COURSE, SENATOR ENBERG MAY HAVE NOT LIKED THAT I WAS HONEST AND SAID THAT I WASN'T HAPPY WITH THE PASSING OF THAT.
THEY DIDN'T APPROVE OUR HOUSING ELEMENT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAD APPROVED IT, BUT ONLY WHEN HCD HAD.
AND, UH, SO I'M NOT SURE, I'M HOPING THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO, TO GET SUPPORT, BUT I WAS JUST TRYING TO BE HONEST.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT CAME OUT
HE WAS VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT WE WERE ALL THERE.
AND I HOPE TO ATTEND FUTURE ONES BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT ALL OF OUR YOUNG KIDS AND THE FUTURE OF THEM.
AND, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO ANY KIND OF ACTIVITIES THAT WE WILL BE ATTENDING WITH REGARDS TO OUR YOUTH IN LA HARBOR.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL, THE MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED, UH, TO A MEETING ON MAY 19TH AT 2025 AT 5:30 PM IN THE CITY COUNCIL.
CLOSED SESSION ROOM 1 1 2 C 100 EAST LA HARBOR BOULEVARD, FOLLOWED BY THE REGULAR MEETING AT 6:30 PM IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER.