May 19, 2025 City Council

WILL NOW, UH, GO TO PROCLAMATION OF THE PRESENTATIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GENTLEMEN.

UH, WILL THE CITY, CITY CLERK PLEASE CALL ROLL.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBER NICKS HAS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE TONIGHT.

COUNCIL MEMBER LAMPKIN HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ.

ARE THERE ANY CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO.

MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[1. RECOGNITION OF THE LINDSKOG FAMILY AS THE 2025 RESIDENTIAL BEAUTIFICATION AWARD RECIPIENT]

IF THE COUNCIL WOULD JOIN ME IN THE WELL PLEASE.

RIGHT.

DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE FOR THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE? I THINK, UH, THEY'RE GONNA RECOGNIZE THE LINCO FAMILY AS OF, UH, AS A 2025 RESIDENTIAL BEAUTIFICATION AWARD RECIPIENT.

WE'D LIKE TO INVITE THE FAMILY UP WHEN WE STANDING THROUGH THE MAYOR ARE HERE.

OH, GREAT.

IS THIS MORE MEMBERS OF YOUR FAMILY? DO THEY WANNA COME UP? WANNA COME UP? COME ON.

WE CAN HAVE SOMEBODY TAKE A PICTURE.

YOUR SISTER WANT ME TO TAKE A PICTURE? OKAY.

I'LL TELL YOU A COUPLE.

THE BEAUTIFICATION AWARD.

WELL, ON BEHI HALF OF THE CITY OF LA HARBOR AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION, WE ARE PROUDLY AVOIDING YOU.

YOU KNOW, WE DRIVE AROUND AND YOUR HOUSE REALLY STOOD OUT.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL HOME.

THE DESIGN IS SO NICE.

I DON'T KNOW WHO DID IT, BUT YOU NEED TO GO IN BUSINESS .

IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

SO, CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE HARBOR BEAUTIFUL.

OKAY, LOOK AT KIM TWO MORE ON THIS ONE.

WE HAVE A NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK, UH, PUBLIC WORKS.

CONGRATULATIONS.

YOU TAKE IT PUT PROBABLY IN YOUR, ON YOUR ON.

YES, I THE STREET? NO, THE STREET C**K, ISN'T IT? NO, NO, NO.

THAT'S THE LAST NAME.

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE STREET THAT YOU LIVE ON? JIMMY.

WE GREATLY APPRECIATE BEAUTIFYING THE COMMUNITY.

I'VE BEEN SO EXCITED.

LIVES AND NOW

[2. PROCLAIM MAY 18-24, 2025, AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IN THE CITY OF LA HABRA]

UH, THE PROFESSIONAL FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES THAT ARE VITAL, VITAL IMPORTANCE TO SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELLBEING OF THE PEOPLE OF LA HARBOR AND THESE INFRASTRUCTURES, FACILITIES.

I WILL COME UP HERE, YOU GUYS STAY DOWN HERE.

THESE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURES, FACILITIES AND SERVICES COULD NOT BE PROVIDED WITHOUT DEDICATED EFFORT.

EFFORTS AS PUBLIC WORK PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE FEDERALLY MANDATED, FIRST RESPONDERS AND THE ENGINEERS, MANAGERS AND EMPLOYEES AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE

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FOR REBUILDING, IMPROVING AND PROTECTING OUR NATION'S TRANSPORTATION, WATER SUPPLY, WATER TREATMENT, AND SOLID WASTE SYSTEMS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES AND FACILITIES ESSENTIAL FOR OUR CITIZENS.

YOU DO A LOT.

SO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF LA HARBOR, WE DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 18TH THROUGH THE 24TH.

2025 IS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORK WEEK AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO HONOR THE MEN AND WOMEN OF LA HARBOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND TO RECOGNIZE THE SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS THEY MAKE TO PROTECTING LA HARBOR'S HEALTH, SAFETY, COMFORT, AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

PICTURE, PICTURE, SAY ANYTHING? NO, NO.

WE'RE GOOD.

HIS WIFE'S CALLING.

HIS WIFE'S CALLING HIM.

HE'S GOTTA GET HOME.

PUB POLICY, UH, POLICE WEEK.

YOU CAN USE THIS ONE TO TAKE THE PICTURE WHEN I COME UP.

OH, OKAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK.

EMERGENCY.

HOW MANY EMERGENCIES HAVE THEY HAD TO GO OUT? ALL THESE CALLS.

WE GOT MORE PEOPLE OVER HERE.

YOU CAN IN BETWEEN, WE GOT NATIONAL

[3. PROCLAIM MAY 11-17, 2025, AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK IN THE CITY OF LA HABRA]

THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 1,280,000 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SERVING THE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE DEDICATED MEMBERS, MEMBERS OF THE LA HARBOR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND, UH, MAY 15TH IS DESIGNATED AS PEACE OFFICER MEMORIAL DAY.

AND IN HONOR OF ALL FALLEN OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES, US FLAGS SHOULD BE FLOWN AT HALF STAFF AND ON MAY 15TH, MEN AND WOMEN OF LA HARBOR POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL ADORE.

HMM.

HOPEFULLY THE, OH YES.

HOPEFULLY THESE ARE WORKING.

YES, WE ARE WORKING ON IT.

IT SEEMS OKAY.

AT THIS MOMENT.

WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO READ PUBLIC COMMENTS? PLEASE? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

PUBLIC COMMENTS, WHEN ADDRESSING THE LAHABRA 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 SCHEDULE.

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 THANK YOU.

I DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS, MAYOR.

ALRIGHT.

INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER ITEM THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR.

ARE THERE ANYONE, UH, ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISH TO SPEAK DURING THE PORTION? IF SO, PLEASE COME UP AND PROVIDE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.

ALL RIGHT.

SEE NONE.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

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 REQUESTS SEPARATE ACTION OR REMOVAL OF AN ITEM REMOVED.

ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOLLOWING THE CONSENT CALENDAR PORTION OF THIS AGENDA.

PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER

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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 CONSENT

[ CONSENT CALENDAR: Senate Bill 1439 ("SB 1439") amended Government Code Section 84308 to expand the regulation of campaign contributions in excess of $250 from donors involved in certain matters before the legislative body. If the donor has a matter pending before the agency, and the official received a campaign contribution from the donor in excess of $250 in the prior 12 months, the official must publicly disclose the contribution and cannot in any way participate in the decision of the matter. The donor also has a duty to disclose the contribution on the record. In the 12 months following the decision, a local official cannot receive campaign contributions in excess of $250 from a donor with an economic interest in the governmental decision. Public officials are encouraged to closely track all campaign contributions which collectively exceed $250 in any 12-month period from any single source. All matters on Consent Calendar are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion unless a Councilmember, City staff member, or member of the audience requests separate action or removal of an item. Removed items will be considered following the Consent Calendar portion of this agenda. Public comment shall be limited to three (3) minutes per individual, with a total time limit of 30 minutes per item that has been removed for separate discussion, unless otherwise modified by the Mayor. Speaking time may not be granted and/or loaned to another individual for purposes of extending available speaking time, and comments must be kept brief, non-repetitive, and professional in nature. ]

CALENDAR INCLUDES CITY COUNCIL ITEMS ONE THROUGH NINE.

ITEMS THAT STAFF WOULD WISH, WISH REMOVED? NO.

ARE THERE ANY

[ CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS REMOVED FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION:]

MADAM MAYOR.

IS THERE ANY ITEM THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD WISH REMOVED? YES, MADAM MAYOR.

UH, I WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE ITEM NUMBER FOUR FOR CONSIDERATION AND UH, I WOULD ONLY LIKE TO JUST MAKE A COMMENT ON, UH, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT WHEN APPROPRIATE, MA'AM, LIKE TO MOVE THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

SECOND.

WOULD THE COUNSEL PLEASE VOTE? MOTION CARRIED FORWARD.

ZERO.

ALRIGHT, WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM FOUR.

WOULD YOU LIKE A STAFF REPORT? YES, MADAM MAYOR.

EVENING MADAM MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS ALBERT ZA.

I'M THE CITY ENGINEER THIS EVENING STAFF IS REQUESTING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY'S ON-CALL TRAFFIC ENGINEERING CONSULTANT TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY ASSESSMENT STUDY ON HACIENDA ROAD.

AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO INCREASE THE CONSULTANT'S PURCHASE ORDER IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $67,470 TO COMPLETE THIS STUDY AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER FURTHER INCREASE THE CONSULTANTS' PURCHASE ORDER BY ADDITIONAL 35,000 TO CONTINUE PROVIDING GENERAL TRAFFIC ENGINEERING SERVICES ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS THROUGH THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

IN FAR AREA OF THIS YEAR, MAYOR PRO TEM MEDRANO EMAIL STAFF REQUESTING THAT IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT TRAFFIC FATALITY ALONG HACIENDA ROAD NORTH OF WOODIER BOULEVARD, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN HAVE A TRAFFIC SAFETY ASSESSMENT STUDY REPORT ADDRESSING ADDITIONAL MEASURES WE CAN IMPLEMENT.

THIS REQUEST WAS LATER, SECOND VIA EMAIL BY COUNCIL MEMBER XIAN.

DURING THE SAME PERIOD OF TIME, SEVERAL RESIDENTS EXPRESSED SIMILAR CONCERNS TO THE CITY REGARDING PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR SAFETY ALONG HACIENDA ROAD FROM WHITTIER BOULEVARD TO THE NORTH, NORTH CITY.

LIMIT STAFF IS PROPOSING A DETAILED SAFETY ASSESSMENT TO EV EVALUATE TRAFFIC PATTERNS, COLLISION HISTORY, ROADWAY CONDITIONS, PEDESTRIAN ACCESSIBILITY AND TRAFFIC SIGNAL EQUIPMENT.

THE PROPOSED SCOPE OF WORK SUBMITTED BY YOUR CONSULTANT, A GA ENGINEERS.

IT'S ESTIMATED AT 67,470 AND EXCLUDES THE INTERSECTION OF WIT AND ACIE ROAD, WHICH IS UNDER CALTRANS JURISDICTION IF APPROVED.

THE CONSULTANT IS PREPARED TO BEGIN THE STUDY IMMEDIATELY WITH AN ANTICIPATED COMPLETION TIMEFRAME TIMELINE OF APPROXIMATELY 12 WEEKS.

THE STUDY WILL SUMMARIZE WORK TASK, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS IN A FINAL REPORT.

IT PROVIDES STAFF WITH OPTIONS AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT ELEMENTS THAT COULD IMPROVE ROADWAY SAFETY AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ON A HACIENDA ROAD SEPARATELY, STAFF HAS ALSO INITIATED THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING NEW STREET LIGHTS ALONG HACIENDA ROAD TO FURTHER IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR SAFETY.

THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING CONSULTANT IS ALSO PRESENT THIS EVENING AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

FOUR LANE FACILITY AND WE ARE GONNA ASSESS, UM, IT'S A TOOLING FACILITY IN THE HARBOR HEIGHTS JUST NORTH OF SANNIA.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? YES, MADAM MAYOR.

UH, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS, UM, CAN YOU KINDA GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT A, A CALMING ZONE LOOKS LIKE? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE, THE STRATEGIC PATTERNS THAT YOU MAY USE TO REDUCE TRAFFIC, UH, SPEED OR, UH, ANY OTHER HAZARDS THAT MAY EXIST ON THAT STREET? YEAH, SURE.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE, UH, GREG, WHO'S FROM A JA, WHO WE, UH, EXPLAIN MORE IN DETAIL OF WHAT YOU'RE, UH, REQUESTING.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

THANK YOU, ALBERT.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL NAME'S GREG WONG, AG ENGINEERS ONCALL CONSULTANT TO CITY OF, UM, LAHABRA.

SO YOUR QUESTION WAS, I GUESS, UM, HOW DO YOU EVALUATE SOME TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES POTENTIAL? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WHITTIER, UH, NDA ROAD, YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR.

IT'S A FOUR-LANE FACILITY, SECONDARY ARTERIAL.

AND SO YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T IMPLEMENT THE TRADITIONAL TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES 'CAUSE IT'S NOT A LOCAL RESIDENTIAL.

SO IT'S NOT PART OF THE NTMP.

SO YOU CAN'T, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD, UM, A LOT OF REQUESTS OVER THE YEARS FOR SPEED HAUL LUMPS AND SO FORTH, BUT THAT DOESN'T QUALIFY SO FAR.

THESE ARE HIGHER SPEED ROADWAY WEIGHTS.

SO TYPICALLY YOU WANNA TRY TO KIND OF NARROW DOWN THE ROADWAYS FOR PEOPLE TO FEEL MORE KIND OF LIKE CONGESTED.

SO LIKE THEY DON'T DRIVE AS FAST.

HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, IT IS A

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AND IT SEEMS TO OPERATE PRETTY WELL AS A TWO LANE FACILITY.

SO WE AREN'T GONNA ACTUALLY DO THE FULL STUDY ON SEE IF WE COULD GO TO A TWO LANE FACILITY, BUT WE MAY RECOMMEND THAT TO SEE, LOOK INTO REDUCING THE FOUR LANES OF TWO LANES.

'CAUSE IT'S NOT AN EASY PROCESS YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH.

UM, OCTA, IT'S ON THE MAN, UM, MPH MASTER, UM, FINE ARTERIAL HIGH HIGHWAYS AS A FOUR LANE FACILITY.

SO YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH OCTA TO SEE IF YOU CAN REDUCE IT TO TWO LANES.

GARDEN GROVE, I THINK IT'S WEST STREET.

THEY JUST REDUCED, IT WAS A FOUR LANE FACILITY, HAD A LOT OF TRAFFIC.

THEY JUST RECENTLY REDUCED THEIRS FROM FOUR LANES TO TWO LANES AND HAVE VERY GOOD CONNECTIONS IN GARDEN GROVE.

SO I'M GONNA SEE HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO, UM, NEGOTIATE THE OCT ON REDUCING THAT STREET TO TWO LANE FACILITY.

AND THEN THEY, THEY'VE ALSO REDUCED THE SPEEDS.

'CAUSE WHEN YOU GO IN FOUR LANES TO TWO LANES, THE SPEEDS ARE REDUCED.

SO THEY'RE ABLE, ABLE TO GET THE SPEED LIMIT REDUCED.

SO THAT, THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST WAY WE FEEL IS, IS ADDRESSING, UM, GOING FROM FOUR LANES TO TWO LANES ON REDUCING IF YOU REALLY WANNA REDUCE SPEEDS.

'CAUSE FORTON THEY PUT IN, UM, KIND OF THEIR, UM, STRIPING THROUGH DIAGONALS TRYING TO REDUCE THE, UM, LANE WIDTHS.

HOWEVER, WE NOTICED THAT STRIPING PEOPLE STILL DRIVE THE SAME SPEED AS LONG AS THE CURB TO CURB, YOU KNOW, THEY STILL FOUR LANES.

IT DOESN'T REALLY DO A REALLY GOOD REDUCTION IN SPEEDS.

AND ONE OTHER THING YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL OF, UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE, HEY, JUST CHANGE IT DOWN TO TWO LANES.

HOWEVER, YOU DO HAVE AT THE INTERSECTION OF HOSTAGE AND WHITTIER TWO LEFT TURN LANES GOING INTO HACIENDA AND IT FEEDS A LOT OF TRAFFIC.

AND SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THOSE TWO LANES STILL CONTINUING NORTH FOR SOME TIME.

'CAUSE A SINGLE LEFT TURN LANE WOULD KILL THAT INTERSECTION AND YOU'D HAVE GRIDLOCK ON WHITTIER.

SO THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF SPILL BACK ON, ON PUTTING, UM, HACIENDA HAS AS A TWO-WAY FACILITY.

BUT IF YOU, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THE PROBABLY THE BEST WAY ON REDUCING, UM, SPEED ON HAENA ROAD BECAUSE HANA ROAD, IT'S A STRAIGHT SHOT, YOU KNOW, COMING DOWN THE HILL.

SO IT KIND OF TEND LENDS ITSELF TO, TO SPEED FOR TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, COMING DOWN THE, THE HILL.

SO WHAT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT ASSESSING, OKAY, WELL SOUTHBOUND DO YOU REALLY NEED TWO LANES? MAYBE WE CAN GET AWAY WITH TWO LANES NORTHBOUND, ONE LANE SOUTHBOUND.

SO TO THAT EXTENT, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS ON SEEING HOW WE CAN, UM, REDUCE THE SPEEDS.

HOWEVER, AGAIN, IF YOU, IF YOU GO DOWN TO ONE LANE, YOU MAY ALSO CAUSE CONGESTION.

AND THEN I THINK AS YOU'RE AWARE, THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS HAD A LOT OF COMPLAINTS OVER CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC AND ANYTIME THERE'S CONGESTION, PEOPLE WILL FIND A EASIER ROUTE.

SO THAT MAY DUE CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC AS WELL.

SO I JUST WANTED TO BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR TYPE THING.

YOU DON'T WANNA REDUCE SPEEDS AND CAUSE CAUSE ANOTHER PROBLEM.

SO IF, IF THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THIS ITEM TONIGHT, THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA ASK OUR ENGINEERING CONSULTANT TO STUDY.

AND I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP SOME OF THE POINTS YOU DID BECAUSE AS COUNCIL REMEMBERS, THE WHOLE REASON CALTRANS COMPLETELY REDESIGNED THE WOODIER HACIENDA INTERSECTION WAS BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE TREMENDOUS TRAFFIC BACKUP ON HACIENDA DURING RUSH HOUR, CAUSING MYRIAD COMPLAINTS FROM THE NEIGHBORS ABOUT PEOPLE CUTTING THROUGH THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS TO BYPASS HACIENDA.

SO THE CITY AND CALTRANS WORK TOGETHER ON A, A COMPLETE REDESIGN OF THAT INTERSECTION.

NOW YOU DON'T GET ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THOSE KIND OF COMPLAINTS ANYMORE BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC FLOWS SO WELL.

SO THERE'S ALWAYS THIS PUSH AND PULL BETWEEN EFFICIENT TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND MOVING TRAFFIC QUICKLY THROUGH INTERSECTIONS AND MAKING SURE YOU DON'T GET GRIDLOCK VERSUS CONTROLLING SPEEDS AND, AND KEEPING ROADWAYS SAFE.

SO THERE'S ALWAYS TWO, UM, INTERESTS THAT DON'T ALWAYS ALIGN THAT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST OPTIONS FOR.

WE EASILY COULD CREATE OPTIONS FOR THIS ROAD THAT COULD CREATE BIGGER PROBLEMS FOR US ELSEWHERE LATER.

SO WE'RE GONNA BE COGNIZANT OF THAT.

JIM, IN INCLUDED IN THIS STUDY, WILL THERE, WILL THERE BE A, UM, HISTORY OF HOW MANY TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED BECAUSE OF SPEED? ABSOLUTELY.

WE'LL LOOK AT TRAFFIC ACCIDENT RECORDS AND ALL THAT TOO.

YES.

THAT'S, THAT'S OUR FIRST OPTION, IS THE FIRST TASK IS TO, UH, EVALUATE THE COLLISIONS ALONG ROAD.

OF WHAT SOME OF THE RESIDENTS BELIEVE NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH THAT ROADWAY.

OVERALL WITH, I MEAN, I I DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T WANNA GET AHEAD OF OURSELVES SO TO SPEAK.

SO I I I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE, UH, THE TRAFFIC REPORT AND SEE WHAT COMES UP SO WE CAN THEN PROPERLY, UH, UH, ASSESS WHAT IT IS WE NEED.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU, UH, IN, IN A SENSE OF ABSOLUTELY WE DON'T WANNA GET AHEAD OF IT.

AND I AGREE WITH JOSE QUITE, UH, UH, GREATLY, OBVIOUSLY THIS HAS BEEN A CONCERN FOR RESIDENTS, UH, FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW.

AND I WILL, I FEEL LIKE JUST ASKING THAT QUESTION I ASKED, I BIT OFF MORE THAN I CAN CHEW BECAUSE WHAT WE ARE NOW SEEING IS WE'RE IDENTIFYING SOME UNATTENDED CONSEQUENCES

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I ASKED THAT QUESTION TO ALSO, UM, IDENTIFY THE FACT THAT THESE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

AND A LOT OF RESIDENTS THINK THAT, HEY, WE HAVE A HIGH NUMBER OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS OCCURRING OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, UH, TRAGIC HAPPENS AND THEN WE JUST GO OUT THERE AND WE COULD JUST START PAINTING SOME LINES.

AND IT DOESN'T HAPPEN THAT WAY WITH THE STUDY THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING HERE.

IT'S ALSO SHOWING THAT THE CITY IS BEING PROACTIVE AND THEY'RE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THESE ISSUES AND CONCERNS EXIST.

BUT THESE THINGS TAKE TIME TO ACTUALLY ANALYZE IF WE WANT TO DO IT RIGHT.

CORRECT.

SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YES.

ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? THANK YOU THEN.

I'M GOING TO INVITE THE PUBLIC TO TESTIFY IF THEY WOULD PRE PROVIDE ME THEIR NAME.

THOSE IN FAVOR, UH, THOSE AGAINST IT.

THEN I WILL ASK FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION.

ERROR.

ACTION.

MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM.

I'LL SECOND.

WOULD THE COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE? MOTION CARRIED.

FOUR ZERO.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER LAMBKIN, YOU HAD SOME COMMENTS ON ITEM EIGHT? YES, MA'AM.

JUST A QUICK COMMENT IN REFERENCING ITEM EIGHT.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME RECENT INCIDENT OF OCCURRING, UH, THIS, THIS YEAR NATIONWIDE WITH, UM, INCIDENTS, UH, TERRORISM RELATED, NON TERRORISM RELATED, BUT THINGS WHERE WE HAVE PERPETRATORS COMMITTING, UH, ACTS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST, UH, OTHERS, UM, IN, IN, IN, IN A VARIETY OF WORKPLACES.

WE JUST SEEN A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, WE, OR, UH, YEAH, A COUPLE DAYS AGO WE HAD AN INCIDENT AT A, UH, MEDICAL FACILITY, WHICH IS STILL BEING ANALYZED AND WORKED ON.

SO WHEN I LOOK AT ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, I ACTUALLY LOOK AT THAT AS GIVING A BIT OF KUDOS TO THE LAHABRA, UM, UH, LAHABRA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND CONTINUING THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF LAHABRA, UH, MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE A SCHOOL RESOURCE DEPUTY ON SITE, AS MANY PEOPLE KNOW THAT ARE BUSINESS OWNERS WITH 10 OR MORE EMPLOYEES.

UH, WE NOW HAVE NEW LAWS IN PLACE THAT REQUIRE EMPLOYEES TO HAVE A WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION PLAN.

AND BY THE CITY OF OUR, UH, LA HABER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, ACTUALLY CONTINUING THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY BY HAVING A RESOURCE OFFICER.

IT SHOWS THAT THEY'RE BEING PROACTIVE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN AND PROTECT THE, UH, EMPLOYEES OF OUR SCHOOLS.

SO I JUST WANNA JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT AND SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND BUILDING THAT PART AND CONTINUE THAT PARTNERSHIP TO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE.

UH, DID WE PULL IT? WE PULLED IT OFF.

SO NOW WE HAVE TO VOTE ON IT.

NO, NO, NO MA'AM.

WE DIDN'T.

WELL, I JUST ASKED FOR A CON.

I JUST ASKED TO MAKE COMMENT ON IT.

ON TO CONSIDERATION ITEMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AND NOW WE PROCEED.

THERE ARE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS AT THIS TIME.

WE WILL MOVE

[1. CONSIDER CITY OF LA HABRA GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 That the City Council consider and approve the proposed City of La Habra Goals and Objectives for Fiscal Year 2025-2026, and provide direction to staff on any specific goals and/or objectives City Council would wish to add, modify or delete.]

ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE MAY REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE LA HABER CITY COUNCIL ON ANY CONSIDERATION ITEM PRIOR TO THE LA HABER CITY COUNCIL.

TAKING A FINAL VOTE ON THE ITEM, PUBLIC 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 FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.

IN CONSIDERATION ITEM IS TITLED CONSIDER CITY OF LAHAM GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26.

AND WE WILL HAVE A STAFF REPORT.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

SO, EVERY YEAR, AS COUNCILMAN KNOWS, UH, WE BRING BACK A SET OF GOALS AND OBJECTIVES THAT COUNCIL OVER THE YEARS, IF NOT DECADES, HAS, UH, STEADILY GROWN FOR US AS STAFF.

UM, CURRENTLY THERE ARE EIGHT BROAD GOALS THAT THE CITY STAFF WORKS WITH EVERY YEAR THAT HAVE, UH, AS OF THIS YEAR, 81 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES UNDER THOSE GOALS.

AND THOSE GOALS CAN RANGE FROM PROTECTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO MANAGING, MANAGING THE CITY'S RESOURCES, TO MAINTAINING THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT, UH, DEVELOPMENT OF, OF BUSINESSES, ET CETERA.

SO THIS YEAR WE HAVE, UH, STAFF IS NOT PROPOSING ANY NEW GOALS.

HOWEVER, UH, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE A FEW OF THE GOALS THAT, UM, COUNCIL SET UP, UH, AND ESTABLISHED US.

UH, LAST YEAR SPECIFICALLY THE, UH, OPENING OF WOMEN'S CLUB PARK WAS A GOAL THAT COUNCIL HAD SET UP FOR US IN PRIOR YEARS WITH A GOAL OF GETTING THAT ACCOMPLISHED.

UM, AND ANOTHER GOAL FOR US WAS A BRANDING PROGRAM IN SIGNAGE FOR CITY PARKS.

NOW YOU SEE A NEW SIGN STYLE THAT WE'RE USING AT OUR NEW CITY PARKS, EVENTUALLY WITH THE GOAL OF ROLLING THAT SIGN OUT CITYWIDE AT ALL OF OUR PARKS.

UM, THIS IS OPPORTUNITY, UH, TONIGHT IS TO REVIEW THESE OBJECTIVES THAT, UH, WE'VE PROVIDED TO COUNCIL, UM, PROVIDE US ANY COURSE CORRECTION ON ANY CHANGES YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE TO EXISTING GOALS.

UM, LOOK AT MAYBE DELETING ANY GOALS THAT YOU DON'T FEEL ARE, UM, ARE RELEVANT ANYMORE OR ADDING ANY NEW GOALS FOR US TO WORK ON TRYING TO ACHIEVE.

UM, MOST OF THE GOALS YOU'LL NOTICE ARE VERY BROAD IN

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NATURE.

FOR INSTANCE, UM, FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES OF LESS THAN FOUR MINUTES, THAT'S A PERPETUAL GOAL THAT WILL NEVER GO AWAY.

THAT WILL BE ALWAYS SOMETHING WE FOCUS ON EVERY YEAR, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS STRIVING TO ATTAIN THAT GOAL OR EXCEED IT.

OTHER GOALS ARE VERY PROGRAMMED SPECIFIC OR PROJECT SPECIFIC, LIKE COMPLETING VISTA GRANDE PARK, WHICH IS NOW VIN SCULLY CENTENNIAL PARK.

AND THAT GOAL, I'M GLAD TO ANNOUNCE, WILL BE ACHIEVED THIS FISCAL YEAR OR THIS CALENDAR YEAR.

SO AT THIS POINT, UH, I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT ANY OF THE SPECIFIC GOALS THAT ARE IN THE ATTACHMENT OR, UM, GET ANY KIND OF INPUT OR FEEDBACK FROM THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY GOALS YOU'D LIKE TO AMEND, ADD, OR DELETE.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? YES.

THIS BE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A DIALOGUE ABOUT IT NOW? YES.

UH, IF WE CAN JUST, UH, ADD AS TO ONE OF OUR GOALS TO REALLY LOOK AT.

I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT AS LOOK AT SOLAR.

IT IS ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR GOALS.

THAT'S ALREADY LISTED ON THERE.

BUT THANK YOU.

SO, SO ONE OF MY CONCERNS, MADAM MAYOR, FOR OUR DISCUSSION IS, UM, TO SEE HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE SOME OF THESE, UH, INITIATIVES AND ADDRESSING SOME OF THE HOMELESS ISSUES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

MORE SPECIFICALLY, UM, IT'S STILL A CHALLENGE TO SOLVE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS CONSIDERED FOR A LOT OF RESIDENTS A BIG CONCERN REGARDING HOMELESSNESS.

BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE CHALLENGES WE'RE HAVING IS SOME OF THOSE HOMELESS OR UNHOUSED PEOPLE ACCESSING OUR SEWER LINES, OUR WATER LINES.

SO IF I CAN JUST, UM, BRIEFLY ASK ABOUT SOME CONSIDERATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO ADDRESS THAT ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE LEVEL FROM OUR, OR MAYBE CITY ENGINEERS OR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

MAYBE OFFER SOME SUGGESTIONS OR HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING TO ADDRESS THEM FROM, UH, ADDRESS PEOPLE FROM ACCESSING OUR STORM DRAINS, OUR SEWERS, AND OUR, UH, WATERWAYS.

ANOTHER MAJOR CHALLENGE FOR US.

I THINK ELIAS WILL SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THAT.

GOOD EVENING.

ELIAS, A COLLEAGUE, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

UH, SO OUR WATER SYSTEM IS VERY TIGHT, SECURED IN EVERY WAY YOU CAN THINK OF FROM PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES TO ENTER OUR WATERWAYS OR OUR RESERVOIRS, OUR SEALED CAMERAS, SENSORS, UH, AND IT'S ALL DIRECTED TO US ENTER THE, TO DISPATCH AND ANY MOVEMENT AROUND OUR WATER SYSTEM.

SO WE HAVE A CADA SYSTEM THAT MONITORS EVERYTHING, INCLUDING DOORS, UH, GATES, WHATEVER IT IS THAT MOVES AROUND THE WATER SYSTEM, THE SEWER SYSTEM.

WE HAVE MONITORING BASICALLY JUST FOR OVERFLOWS THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE STATE, NOT TO HAVE ANY, WELL, YOU KNOW, SEWER SYSTEM, UH, FLUIDS ON THE STREET.

SO WE HAVE MONITORS THAT TELL US THAT THERE IS A, A BACKUP OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN THERE.

UM, SO WE'LL, WE'LL CATCH IT BEFORE IT GOES UP OUT OF THE SEWER.

NOW, FOR THE STORM DRAIN SYSTEM, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY KIND OF SECURITIES.

SO THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE FIRES.

WE HAVE ALREADY A COUPLE OF FIRES.

WE'VE HAD, UM, SOME PEOPLE POPPING OUT OF THE MANHOLES, UH, AROUND THE HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS VERY CONCERNING.

NOW.

WE WERE LOOKING AT MONITORING THAT.

UM, WE HAVE ABOUT 810, UH, MANHOLES OR COVERS.

SO THE SEWER SYSTEM COST US 7,000 BUCKS EACH TO PUT THE, UH, A SENSOR ON IT.

BUT THESE ARE A LOT MORE DIFFICULT TO, BECAUSE, UH, THEY'RE OPEN, OPEN SPACE.

THE SEWER SYSTEM IS CLOSED SPACE.

SO FIRST RODENTS, UH, RACCOONS GO INTO THE CATCH BASIN, GO IN THERE.

SO THEY TRIGGER THE SENSORS.

SO THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK FOR US.

THERE ARE SOME, UH, TRAPS OR, UM, SYSTEM THAT ONLY WORKS WHEN YOU POP THE, UH, THE LID.

BUT IF YOU TALK ABOUT HOMELESS, THE FIRST THING THEY'RE GONNA DO IS BREAK IT.

MM-HMM .

AND THEN WE HAVE NO MONITOR, AND IT'S COST ABOUT $1,200 EACH ONE OF THOSE.

SO IT'S STILL A MILLION DOLLARS TO PUT THOSE.

BUT WE WOULD LOOK AT, UH, SOME KIND OF A SYSTEM, WHAT WE DO WITH, UH, AREAS THAT ARE HIGH TRAFFIC, WE WELD THE, UH, THE LID, JUST, WE SHUT THE LID, UH, WE WELD IT, AND WHEN WE COME OUT, WE HAVE TO CUT THE LID.

BUT THEY DO HAVE MAKITA, THEY HAVE ALL KINDS OF MENTS AS WELL.

THEY CUT IT.

SO, BUT IT'LL MAKE IT A LOT DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO DO.

SO THAT'S WHAT PROBABLY WE'RE GONNA BE PLANNING TO DO IN THE NEXT, UH, FEW, FEW WEEKS OR SO.

IT'S JUST GONNA ATTACK WELL, THE, UH, THE HIGH, UH, MOVEMENT AREAS.

BUT AS FAR AS THE FIRES, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY COME IN FROM THE CHANNEL, FROM THE OUTLET OF THE, SO WE HAVE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF THOSE.

THEY JUST COME IN THROUGH THE, THE, THE STORM DRAIN PIPES AND THEY PUT MATTRESSES AND THEY STAY THERE AWAY FROM THE WEATHER.

SO THAT'S

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THANK, THANK YOU.

AND, AND SO I WANNA FIRST THANK YOU FOR REASSURING THE RESIDENTS, UH, REGARDING OUR WATER SYSTEM FOR ANYONE THAT HAD ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.

BUT YOU'VE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THE FACT THAT IF WE START SPENDING MONEY ON PUTTING TOGETHER SENSORS ON THE LOWER END COST, IT WILL DETECT THINGS THAT WE DON'T INTEND ON DETECTING ANY KIND OF MOVEMENT, EVEN A RAT.

BUT ON A HIGHER END LEVEL, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YEAH, WE MAY DETECT SOMETHING, SOMEONE ACCESSING IT.

BUT, UM, ONE THINGS THAT WE'RE REALIZING, I'M GONNA SAY THIS, SPEAKING FROM A LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE IN MY LAW ENFORCEMENT CAREER, WE WILL, THEY WILL FIND A WAY TO DEFEAT THE SYSTEM.

AND EVEN IF THAT MEANS DESTROYING IT, AND NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT SPENDING ANOTHER, I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT AMOUNT YOU SAID, BUT I KNOW IT'S OVER A THOUSAND.

CORRECT.

AND HOW MANY TIMES ARE WE GONNA KEEP DOING THAT AND GOING, DIPPING INTO OUR BUDGET TO, TO CONSTANTLY TRY TO REPAIR THESE THINGS? UH, THE SUM OF OUR UNHOUSED, HOMELESS PEOPLE, THEY GET VERY CREATIVE.

UM, AND EVEN IN THE LETTERS THAT WE ARE RECEIVING.

AND, AND I WANNA KNOW, I WANT THE RESIDENTS TO KNOW THAT YES, WE, WE ARE AWARE OF YOUR CONCERNS THAT YOU ARE SHARING WITH US AND EMAILING US AND CALLING US ABOUT, BUT WE SEE THAT THIS IS VERY MUCH A CAT AND MOUSE GAME.

THE MINUTE WE GO INTO AN AREA AND PULL AWAY AND, AND CLEAN UP AND, AND GIVE WARNINGS, IT'S, THEY'RE BACK AT IT AGAIN.

SO, UM, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT INFORMATION, BUT TO ALSO DEMONSTRATE TO THE RESIDENTS THAT THE CITY IS TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE, TRYING TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT WAYS TO, TO, UM, ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AND, YOU KNOW, UH, INCLUDING WELDING THOSE MANHOLE COVERS.

BUT I WOULD ALSO IMAGINE, UH, UNW WELDING THEM OR DESTROYING, I MEAN, CUTTING THEM WOULD COME AT A COST AS WELL.

IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

SO I MEAN, IT, IT, THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE, WE'RE TRYING TO DO OR NOT WE, BUT THE CITY'S TRYING TO DO.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IF ANYONE ELSE HAS ANY IDEALS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE.

BUT THE CITY'S DOING EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN, AT LEAST AT THIS POINT.

I THINK UNTIL WE CAN THINK OF SOME ALTERNATIVES, SOME ADDITIONAL ALTERNATIVES.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ.

UH, REAL QUICK, UH, AS A, AS A GOAL, I THINK I'D LIKE TO SEE IF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN REVIEW ALL THE LAWS THAT WE HAVE.

I KNOW LAST YEAR, LAST WEEK, I'M SORRY, THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE MENTIONED THE FACT THAT, UH, WHEN IT CAME TO ENCAMPMENTS, THAT HE WANTED TO GIVE HIM A, A LITTLE MORE, UH, LEEWAY THERE TO, TO ENFORCE DIFFERENT LAWS ON THAT POINT.

SO WHEN IT COMES TO STUFF LIKE THAT, UM, CAN WE AT LEAST REVIEW OUR LAWS TO SEE IF WE HAVE EVERYTHING ON THE BOOK FROM OUR STANDPOINT, TO PROVIDE OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE OUT IN THE STREETS A LITTLE MORE OF A TOOL, UH, TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE CERTAIN LAWS? ABSOLUTELY.

WE'LL LOOK AT THE, UH, EXISTING GOALS OR OBJECTIVES, AND IF THERE'S NOT ONE SPECIFIC TO THAT, AND IF COUNCIL APPROVES THAT REQUEST, THEN WE CAN ADD THAT AS A SPECIFIC OBJECT.

UH, ELIAS, UM, ON GOAL THREE, I I SEE OBJECTIVE THREE, IE RATHER MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE STREET, CITY STREETS, ALLEYS, SIDEWALKS, AND CURB RAMPS.

I KNOW THAT I HAD TALKED TO YOU, UM, MAYBE JUST IN PASSING ABOUT A RESIDENT MEMBER WHO HAS CONCERNS ABOUT THE RAILROAD TRACKS AROUND BEACH, WHERE YOU COME AND YOU HIT THE RAILROAD TRACKS, THE CARS JUST HIT REALLY HARD AND KEEP GOING, AND THEY'RE ALWAYS CONCERNED THAT DAMAGE TO THE TIRES AND ALL THAT.

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT? HOW DO WE GET THOSE REPAIRED? I KNOW ON, ON LAMBERT AS WELL, CLOSE TO, UH, THE, UH, THEY'RE ABANDONED, BUT THEY'RE NOT, YEAH.

THEY'RE NOT BEING, UH, REPAIRED OR ANY, SO THOSE ARE THE, THE RESPONSIBLE OF UPRR, UH, UNION PACIFIC.

SO, UM, WE WORK WITH THEM ALL THE TIME AND WE TRY TO GET 'EM TO COME OUT AND, AND WORK.

WE'RE NOW MEETING WITH THEM CONTINUOUSLY, SPECIFICALLY TO TRY TO RE HAVE THE, THE ONE ON LAMBERT THAT'S ABANDONED, REMOVED, TOTALLY REMOVED, BUT THEY HAVE THEIR OWN PLANS.

THEY DON'T SHARE WITH US, AND, UH, THEY JUST DON'T, TIME IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY CARE FOR.

HMM.

THEY CAN COME BACK IN 10 YEARS AND SAY, OKAY, THIS IS NOT, WE'RE NOW READY, BUT WE'RE CONTINUOUSLY WORKING WITH THEM ON A CITY PAVING PROJECT.

HOW CLOSE CAN YOU GET TO THE TRACKS BEFORE YOU CAN NO LONGER PAVE? WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BE WITHIN 15 FEET ON EACH SIDE.

SO THE UNION PACIFIC OR WHATEVER RAILROAD COMPANY IN A TOWN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE 15 FEET ON EITHER SIDE OF THEIR TRACKS TO PAVE THOSE.

YES.

AND THEY DON'T NECESSARILY USE THE SAME STANDARDS WE DO.

AND THEY DON'T NECESSARILY REPAIR STUFF DESPITE US CONTACTING THEM.

CORRECT.

NOW, THEY, THEY DO HAVE A GENERAL MANAGER THAT'S BEEN WORKING WITH US ON THE HOMELESS AND ON THE CLEANING OF THE, UH, THE RAILROADS.

AND WE'LL CONTINUE CONTINUOUSLY WORK WITH HIM UNTIL WE GET, UH, WE GET SOME RESOLUTION FOR THOSE RAILROADS CROSSINGS.

PURVIEW, OR IS THAT COUNTY OR STATE? ON SOME, THE, THE STORM DRAIN SYSTEM IS OURS.

COUNCIL, UH, MAYOR PROAM, MADANO.

I'M GONNA HAVE, UH, TWO QUESTIONS, BUT ONE FOR ELIAS AND MAYBE ONE FOR OUR CHIEF AND ELIAS, UH, AS THEY, THEY MAY CROSS OVER, BUT ELIAS, AS FAR AS THE, UH, THE STORM DRAINS ARE CONCERNED, UH, ARE THEY ALL WITHIN OUR

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UH, THE CHANNEL, MOST OF IT IS, UH, THE COUNTIES.

JUST, UH, I, I JUST WANNA DIFFERENTIATE AND, AND THAT'LL SEGUE INTO MY NEXT QUESTION, AND, UH, WHETHER THE CHIEF CAN, CAN ANSWER THIS AT THIS POINT IN TIME, UH, AND ME FOR LIFE AS WELL, THAT WE, THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE AS YOU JUST, UH, UH, ALLUDED TO THE, UH, COOPERATION WITH UPRR, UH, ALSO TO BLEED OVER TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE ANY TRESPASSING THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AND IF WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND ANY, UH, ANY TRESPASS LETTERS ON FILE OR AN AGREEMENT WITH THESE ENTITIES TO ENFORCE TRESPASSING.

SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TO CALL UPRR OR ANY OF THE OTHER ENTITIES.

WE, WE, WE HAVE, WE, US AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AND THE POLICE ARE CONTINUOUSLY WORKING TOGETHER, UH, ON THE RAILROAD, UH, CLEANING IT UP, TALKING TO THE HOMELESS, FINDING THEM HOMES, CONTINUOUS WORK.

IT'S NOT LIKE ONCE A MONTH, IT'S EVERY DAY JOB.

SO WE'RE CONTINUOUSLY MONITORING AND WORKING NOW WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH UPRR TO GET IN AND CLEAN UP, UH, THEIR BUSHES AND SHRUBBERY AND TRASH AND WHATEVER HAVE YOU.

AND CLEAN UP THE HOMELESS, UH, UH, ENCAMPMENTS.

SO WE DO THIS ON A DAILY BASIS.

WE DID IT TWICE LAST WEEK.

SO, YEAH.

DO, DO WE HAPPEN TO HAVE ANY STATISTICS ON, LIKE, ARRESTS THAT WE, WE WE'VE MADE, UH, AS A RESULT OF THOSE ISSUES? OR LIKE THE TRESPASSING ISSUES OR THAT I INFORMATION FOR COUNSEL? YEAH.

SO, UM, OUR, THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL.

NO, MA'AM.

ALL RIGHT.

I WILL NOT INVITE THE PUBLIC, UH, SHOULD THEY WISH TO TESTIFY THOSE IN, UH, PROVIDE ME THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESS THOSE IN FAVOR AND THOSE AGAINST, I THEN WILL CALL FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND INTERACTION.

MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT THE CITY CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE PROPOSED CITY OF LA HABRA GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 26, AND PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF ON SPECIFIC GOALS OR OBJECTIVES CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO ADD.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THE FACT TO JUST, UH, UPDATE OUR LAWS WHEN REGARDING OF THE HOMELESSNESS.

IF MY COLLEAGUES SHOULD DECIDE TO, I'LL SECOND.

WOULD THE COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE? MOTION CARRIED.

FOUR ZERO.

WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO THE MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR.

[ MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR:]

WE HAVE KIDS.

NIGHT OUT FIESTA WILL, THE HARBOR COMMUNITY SERVICE DEPARTMENT PRESENTS ITS TIME TO FIESTA KIDS NIGHT OUT.

THE EVENT WILL BE HELD THIS FRIDAY, MAY 23RD FROM 6:00 PM TO 10:30 PM AT THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.

3 0 1 SOUTH CLE STREET.

THE COST IS $25 PER CHILD, FOUR TO 12 YEARS OLD.

GET YOUR KIDS READY FOR A NIGHT OF FUN.

THEY WILL ENJOY A PLAN, SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING GAMES, CRAFTS, A MOVIE, SNACKS, AND DINNER.

TO REGISTER, PLEASE CALL AND VISIT THE LA HARBOR COMMUNITY CENTER.

5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0.

WE HAVE, WE'RE GONNA CELEBRATE THE UPCOMING SUMMER PROGRAMS, THE NEW SPLASH ZONE ZONE SEASON, AND THE CITY OF LA HARBOR CENTENNIAL YEAR AT THE PARTY.

AT, AT THE PARTY IN THE PARK.

JOIN US ON SATURDAY, MAY 24TH AT 10:00 AM UNTIL 2:00 PM AT PORTOLA PARK.

3 0 1 SOUTH EUCLID STREET.

ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR THE EVENT INCLUDE FOAM PARTY WATER GAMES, SUMMER CRAFTS, CONCESSION, CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, MOBILE MUSEUM, AND MORE.

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

AND WE HAVE A LA HARBA ACTIVE DAY CAMP.

THE COMMUNITY SERVICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE HOSTING THE LA HARBOR ACTIVE DAY CAMP BEGINNING MONDAY, JUNE 2ND THROUGH FRIDAY, AUGUST THE EIGHTH.

CAMP WILL BE HELD AT 7:00 AM UNTIL 6:00 PM AT THE VETERAN'S HALL.

2 0 9 NORTH ORANGE STREET.

EVENT IS OPEN TO YOUTH AGE AT FIVE TO 12 YEARS.

REGISTRATION IS $60 PER PERSON.

CAMP IS $200 PER WEEK, AND $190 PER WEEK WITH A SIBLING DISCOUNT.

LIMITED SPACE IS AVAILABLE.

SO PLEASE REGISTER TODAY.

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

WE HAVE LA HARBOR OUTDOORS.

THE LA HARBOR COMMUNITY SERVICE WILL BE HOSTING A FREE IMMERSIVE WILDERNESS PROGRAM FROM AGES 12 TO 17.

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN IN SPACES LIMITED TO 50 PARTICIPANTS.

ACTIVITIES INCLUDE JUNE 4TH THROUGH SIXTH SILVERWOOD

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LAKE, OVERNIGHT CAMPING TRIP.

JUNE 24TH, LAKE PARIS DAY TRIP.

JULY 18TH, CALIFORNIA.

CITRUS STATE HISTORIC PARK, AUGUST 1ST, ORANGE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT TOUR AND END OF SUMMER PARTY.

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

WE HAVE MOVIES IN THE PARK.

JOIN US FOR MOVIES IN THE PARK.

GRAB YOUR BLANKETS AND LAWN CHAIRS AND COME WATCH THE MOVIES ON OUR GIANT MOVIE SCREEN.

MOANA TWO WILL BE SHOWN ON FRIDAY, JUNE THE 13TH AT PORTOLA PARK.

3 0 1 SOUTH EUCLID STREET.

ACTIVITIES BEGIN AT 6:00 PM AND MOVIES WILL BEGIN AT DUSK.

MORE INFORMATION.

PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0.

THIS ONE I LIKE.

I'VE GONE TO THIS ONE SYMPHONY ON THE GO.

UH, GRAB YOUR LAWN CHAIRS AND BLANKETS AND JOIN US ON SUNDAY, JUNE THE 15TH AT 6:30 PM AT PORTOLA PARK.

3 0 1 SOUTH EUCLID STREET FOR A FREE OUTDOOR CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT FEATURING THE PACIFIC SYMPHONY PRE-CON ACTIVITIES.

AND FREE ADMISSION TO THE LA HARBOR CHILDREN'S MUSEUM STARTS AT FIVE 15.

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

WE HAVE SENIOR DANCES, THEY ARE IN FULL SWING.

JOIN US ON SUNDAY, JUNE THE 22ND AT 2:00 PM UNTIL 4:00 PM AT THE LA HARBOR COMMUNITY CENTER.

1 0 1 WEST LA HARBOR BOULEVARD.

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

IT'S A FUN NIGHT, UH, AFTERNOON.

I REALLY ENJOY IT EVERY TIME I GO.

AND THE INDIVIDUALS THERE THAT HAVE A BLAST, PRE-REGISTRATION IS RECOMMENDED.

AND THE COST TO ATTEND IS $12 PER PERSON.

RESERVE YOUR SPACE IN PERSON AT THE LA HARBOR COMMUNITY CENTER, OR BY PHONE BY CALLING FIVE SIX TWO THREE EIGHT THREE FOUR TWO.

AND WE HAVE OUR 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION.

PLEASE JOIN US AT OUR STAR SPAN JULY 4TH CELEBRATION ON FRIDAY, JULY THE FOURTH AT 4:00 PM UNTIL 9:00 PM AT LA BON PARK.

1440 WEST WHITTIER BOULEVARD.

TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED AT THE LA HARBOR COMMUNITY CENTER.

COST IS $8 FOR YOUTH AGE.

IT'S THREE TO 12 AND $10 FOR ADULT.

THAT'S A DEAL, YOU GUYS.

I SAY IT'S GOTTA BE, IT'S A DEAL.

UH, THE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION WILL INCLUDE FOOD, REAL RETAIL, RETAIL VENDORS, GAMES, KIDS ZONE, LIVE MUSIC, A FLYOVER AND SPECTACULAR FIREWORKS SHOW.

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

WE HAVE THE 2025 SUMMER CONCERTS.

THE HAR CONCERT IN THE PARKS ARE BACK THE FIRST CONCERT IN THE SERIES, EARTH TO MARS.

A BRUNO MARS COVER BAND WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, JULY 10TH FROM 7:00 PM TO 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.

FUN.

THERE WILL BE FUN.

CONCESSIONS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.

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

WE HAVE OUR COMMISSION MEETINGS.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MEETS ON THE SECOND AND FOURTH, WES, UH, FOURTH ONE MONDAY OF EACH MONTH FROM SIX 30 IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER.

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

CALIFORNIANS ARE STILL BEING ASKED TO CONSERVE WATER IRRIGATION IS LIMITED TO THREE TIMES PER WEEK WITH NO MORE THAN 50 MINUTES WATERING PER STATION, AND NO RUNOFF AND TURNOFF IRRIGATION PRIOR TO AND FOLLOWING RAIN.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE 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 ASSET.

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

NOW WE HAVE, UM, COMMENTS FROM STAFF.

NONE, MADAM MAYOR.

AND

[ COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS:]

I BELIEVE I START THIS SIDE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER LAMPKIN.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

SO, UH, JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY COUPLE EVENTS THAT I WENT TO THIS WEEK.

AND AS ALWAYS, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WARM WELCOMES I GET FROM THE RESIDENTS.

UM, WHO, UM, WHO ARE ALSO THEIR PRESENT.

UM, ON THE 9TH OF MAY, I WENT TO LA HABRA, UH, CITY EMPLOYEE BANQUET.

I WAS JOINED WITH, UM, UH, MAYOR ROSE AND PRO TIM JOSE MADANO.

AND, UM, IT WAS PRETTY GOOD TO BE AT THAT EVENT, CONSIDERING I'M A BIG PROPONENT ON EMPLOYEE WELLNESS AS WELL AS PROMOTING THE PROFESSION.

UM, UH, PROMOTING, RECOGNIZING EMPLOYEES IN CITY GOVERNMENT.

'CAUSE THE, THE JOBS THAT THEY DO MANY TIMES ARE JOBS THAT, THAT PEOPLE CAN'T DO, WON'T DO, SOMETIMES AREN'T EVEN QUALIFIED TO DO.

AND SOMETIMES THE JOBS ARE ASKED DO FEELS LIKE IT'S THE IMPOSSIBLE, BUT SOME WAY OR ANOTHER THEY FIGURE IT OUT TO MAINTAIN, UH, TO, TO WHERE WE HAVE THAT HIGH QUALITY OF SERVICE TO OUR RESIDENTS OF, UH, LA HABRA.

SO IT WAS DEFINITELY GOOD TO BE THERE.

UH, ONE OF OUR, UM, ONE OF THE CITY EMPLOYEES, UH, UH,

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ANNOUNCED HIS, UH, TIME COMING TO AN END AFTER 43 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR FINE CITY, UH, HAS DEDICATED MORE TIME TO THE CITY THAN I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN ALIVE.

SO I WAS KIND OF , KIND OF INTERESTING THERE.

UM, YEAH, , I MEAN, I'M YOUNG.

I, I I THINK, I THINK, YOU KNOW, UM, BUT YEAH, IT'S, IT'S JUST AMAZING TO SEE HOW MUCH DEDICATION THESE EMPLOYEES PUT, UH, TO, UH, OUR, UH, GIVE TO OUR CITY.

UM, ON THE 15TH, UM, I ATTENDED THE SONORA AGRICULTURAL BANQUET AT SONORA HIGH SCHOOL.

UH, THE 16TH I WENT TO ARLETA ARTS FESTIVAL.

UM, AND THEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT, WENT OVER TO THE FIRST SHOWING AT THE, UH, UM, UH, WITH THE MOVIES AT THE PARK, UM, AT THE MOVIES AT THE PARK.

THEY SHOWED THE SANDLOT.

SO IT WAS GOOD TO, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, BE WITH THE RESIDENTS THERE.

AND, UH, ON FIVE 17, SO ON MAY 17TH, I WENT TO THE HAZARDOUS WASTE MATERIAL EVENT.

UM, AND I DON'T RECALL THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE SERVED THERE, BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS LIKE FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SIX, FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY SIX VEHICLES THERE, UH, THAT, THAT DROPPED OFF ITEMS AND, AND DROPPED OFF HAZARDOUS WASTE IN A RESPONSIBLE MANNER.

SO THANK YOU RESIDENTS OF LAHABRA FOR DOING THAT.

UH, IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT, I THEN WENT TO THE LAHABRA ARTS ASSOCIATION SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY, UH, WHERE WE CELEBRATE THE ETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ART ASSOCIATION.

AND AS I MENTIONED, THE COMMENTS THERE, YOU KNOW, UH, THE, THE, THE CITY OF LAHABRA IS VERY MUCH A CANVAS.

UM, BUT WE AS THE RESIDENTS, WE AS THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE THE PAINTBRUSHES AND THE COLORS THAT ACTUALLY GET TO DETERMINE WHAT GOES ON THAT CANVAS.

AND SO WE TRY TO CREATE THIS BEAUTIFUL MOSAIC OF ART FOR OUR CITY.

UH, ALSO ON, UH, YESTERDAY, SUNDAY, I WENT TO A MEMORIAL CAR WASH FOR ONE OF THE, OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS, UM, I'LL JUST SAY HIS FIRST NAME 'CAUSE HE HAS A KID, JOSEPH, WHERE WE ACTUALLY, UM, UM, DID A FUNDRAISER, UH, DUE TO THE PASSING OF HIS FATHER.

AND THIS IS ONE OF OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO ONE OF OUR, UM, LA HABER LYONS FOOTBALL TEAM MEMBERS.

AND SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO REPORT.

MADAM MAYOR.

DORY, UH, DELGADO, RANDY STEVENS.

COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ.

UH, YEAH, ELIAS, I, I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HOSTING.

JUST A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL, UH, HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE EVENT.

AS COUNCIL MEMBER LAMBKIN SAID, THERE WERE OVER 4 86 CARS THAT CAME THROUGH.

WANNA PARTICULARLY THANK JEFF HENDERSON, WHO NOW I KNOW HIS NAME DO.

I SAW THERE, RIGO CONTRERAS, UH, STEVEN BALLARD AND BRYANT TREJO.

THEY ALL JUST WERE OUT THERE ON, UH, ON A SATURDAY.

AND THAT WAS A REALLY, REALLY GREAT, UH, GREAT EVENT.

WANNA THANK EVERYBODY WHO ATTENDED OUR, UH, RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY FOR DM DEMARCO.

IT IS A FANTASTIC RIBBON CUTTING AND THINK A BUSINESS HERE IN LAHABRA IS A DESTINATION PLACE FOR THE HOLLYWOOD STARS AND SPORTS FIGURES.

IF, IF I TOLD YOU THE PEOPLE WHO COME IN THERE TO BUY THE STUFF, IT'S, IT BLOWS, BLOWS ME AWAY.

SO, UH, IT'S REMARKABLE.

UM, YOU KNOW, EVEN , A FEW YEARS AGO, EVEN ELON MUSK BOUGHT SHOES THERE, WHICH, AND, AND WHEN THEY, HE UNVEILED THE TESLA YEARS AGO, HE WORE THOSE SNEAKERS THAT HE BOUGHT FROM THIS INDIVIDUAL.

SO THAT'S JUST MIND BOGGLING.

WANT TO THANK HER AND RECOGNIZE HER FOR ALL HER HARD WORK AND DEDICATION AS WELL.

UH, WANNA CONGRATULATE BLACKBERRY DINER ON THEIR NINTH YEAR ANNIVERSARY HERE IN LA HARBOR.

ACTUALLY, MARK TAYLOR, THE FORMER MANAGER, CAME ON DOWN AND, UH, WE HAD, UH, LUNCH OVER THERE AT BLACKBERRY DINER AND CONGRATULATE THEM FOR THEIR NINTH YEAR ANNIVERSARY.

AND, AND SOMETHING THAT WAS JUST PHENOMENAL.

WHO, IF MADAM MAYOR, IF WE CAN POSSIBLY BRING IN MISS, UH, ROSS, UH, WITH LAHABRA HIGH SCHOOL.

SHE'S BEEN A DANCING INSTRUCTOR THERE FOR 37 YEARS.

AND I WENT TO ONE OF THEIR PERFORMANCES, THEIR, HER FINAL PERFORMANCES AS THE ADVISOR THERE.

IT WAS CALLED PURE LOVE, AND IT WAS AT LA HABRA HIGH SCHOOL.

AND, UH, OVER A HUNDRED OF HER FORMER STUDENTS CAME OUT AND DID THIS FINAL PERFORMANCE.

THERE WAS NOT A DRY EYE IN THE WHOLE PLACE.

UH, IT WAS PHENOMENAL.

AND I DID, UH, GIVE CONGRATULATIONS TO HER ON BEHALF OF YOUTH MAYOR AND THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL.

IT WAS UN UNBELIEVABLE, UH, WHAT THAT ADVISOR, THE DIFFERENCE SHE'S MADE IN SO MANY OF THESE DANCERS LIVES.

CAN YOU IMAGINE 37 YEARS, UH, DOING THAT NOW, AND PEOPLE JUMP POSITIONS ALL THE TIME.

AND, UH, THERE WAS NOT A DRY EYE IN THE WHOLE PLACE.

I WAS JUST SO IMPRESSED WITH THAT.

UH, I WANT TO THANK PARTICULARLY SUSAN LOUIE, UM, WHO CAME OUT TO OUR COLLAB MEETING THAT WE HAVE HERE.

AND THERE WERE SOME BUSINESS OWNERS THERE.

AND, AND THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE, UH, CHALLENGING SITUATIONS.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK SUSAN LOUIE FOR STEPPING IN AND THE OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT SHE OFFERS FROM OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

AND SHE REGULARLY ATTENDS, NOT ONLY HERE, BUT SHE, UH, REACHES OUT TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS.

AND SHE'S JUST ONE OF OUR SHINING STARS AS MANY OTHER OUR STAFF MEMBERS ARE.

AND I REALLY, REALLY

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UH, ONE THING THAT WAS VERY SPECIAL TO ME, THAT I GOT TO ATTEND THE HERITAGE BANQUET AT, UH, THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

AND IT WAS A FANTASTIC BANQUET THERE.

AND WHAT WAS SPECIAL FOR ME IS THAT PROGRAM WAS STARTED BY MY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL NAMED ANNA ELMS. ANNIE ELMS. AND SHE STARTED THAT, UH, MANY YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.

AND IT JUST, UH, CHOKED ME UP TO SEE WHEN THEY GAVE OUT THE AWARD IN MEMORY OF HER HONOR.

AND JUST TO THINK THAT SHE STARTED THAT MANY YEARS AGO, AND HER NAME'S STILL BEING RECOGNIZED AND THE DIFFERENCE THAT SHE'S MAKING ALL THESE CHILDREN LIVES.

IT'S JUST, UH, ABSOLUTELY, UH, AMAZING.

I GOT TO ATTEND THE, UH, PLAYOFF GAME AT LA HARVA HIGH SCHOOL.

IT WAS A FANTASTIC SEASON WITH THEM BEING LEAGUE CHAMPS.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE PLAYOFFS DIDN'T GO A AS WE HAD LIKED TO, BUT A LOT OF SCHOOL SPIRIT, A LOT OF GREAT THINGS GOING ON OUT THERE, UH, AT LA HARVA HIGH SCHOOL.

BUT ONE THING I REALLY WANNA BRING UP THAT I THOUGHT WAS FANTASTIC, FANTASTIC AT LA HAVA HIGH SCHOOL, AND I GO BACK TO 1962 WHEN MY DAD WAS, BEFORE I WAS BORN, HE WAS A STUDENT THERE.

AND I GRADUATED 40 YEARS AGO THIS YEAR IS MY REUNION COMING UP.

AND MY SON WENT THERE, IS, THEY DO A PROGRAM THIS YEAR WAS THE INAUGURAL OF HIGHLANDER HIGHLIGHTS.

AND THAT'S VERY EQUIVALENT TO THE SP AWARDS.

ALL THE KIDS SHOWED UP IN THEIR GOWNS.

THEY HAD A RED CARPET.

UH, TROY HIGH SCHOOL CAME IN AND RECORDED IT ALL IN.

NO PARENTS WERE, WERE ALLOWED TO COME IN THERE, BUT THEY COULD STREAM.

AND IT WAS LIKE THE OSCARS, I WOULD JUST BLOWN AWAY TO SEE THAT GOING ON IN OUR, IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IT WAS PHENOMENAL.

I WAS TAKEN BACK JUST SAYING HOW PROUD I AM OF OUR SCHOOLS AND HOW PROUD I AM, ESPECIALLY OF LA HAVA HIGH SCHOOL.

YOU KNOW, WE LOVE 'EM ALL AS BRUCE MARTIN USED TO SAY.

BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING LIKE, I HAD NEVER SEEN A LARA HIGH SCHOOL HAVING GONE THERE AND, YOU KNOW, BEING INVOLVED WITH MY SONS THERE NOW MY, MY GODDAUGHTER'S THERE, BUT IT WAS PHENOMENAL.

MAYOR, I, UH, JOIN YOU AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LAMPKIN AT THE 70TH, UH, ANNIVERSARY TO THE ART GALLERY.

THAT WAS A NICE EVENT.

UH, I WANT TO THANK, UH, JIM SADRO, OUR POLICE CHIEF WHO'S HERE, KELLY, UH, FU JOE WHO WAS THERE AT THE, UH, HBIC TEXAS HOLDEN EVENT, UH, FOR HBIC IS A WONDERFUL EVENT.

AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE A LOT OF OUR FORMER EMPLOYEES THERE AS WELL.

SAL ELA, WHO, WHO LOST HIS THRONE, IS, UH, THE CHAMPION OF THE POKER GAME THIS YEAR.

AND, UH, TO SEE OUR FORMER CHIEF THERE AS WELL, THAT'S, UH, PHENOMENAL.

AND, UM, SENIOR DANCE SUNDAY, THAT WAS, UH, OUTSTANDING.

KELLY, I DUNNO WHERE YOU GUYS GET ALL THE ENERGY, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY NIGHT YOU GUYS GOT SOMETHING GOING ON OVER THERE.

AND THE STAFF IS FANTASTIC.

AND I, AND I DO, UM, WANNA START, UH, A JOURNEYING IN MEMORY OF SOME PEOPLE HERE.

I APOLOGIZE THAT I APOLOGIZED THAT I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE, UH, EMPLOYEE BANQUET.

UM, I LOST A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE WHO I GREW, I DIDN'T GROW UP WITH HIM, BUT HIS WIFE GREW UP IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, AND REGGIE MARTINEZ PASSED AWAY AND I'VE KNOWN THE FAMILY.

UM, THEIR SON WENT TO PRESCHOOL WITH ME.

WE WOULD CARPOOL TOGETHER BACK IN THE DAY, AND HE AND HIS WIFE ARE JUST PHENOMENAL PEOPLE.

CHRISTIE, UH, MY DEEPEST SYMPATHY GOES OUT TO CHRISTIE, UH, HIS SON LOUIS, HIS DAUGHTER EVELYN.

HE HAD BEEN A FIXTURE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND IF YOU EVER MENTIONED REGGIE, IT'S ALWAYS CHRISTIE AND REGGIE, REGGIE AND CHRISTIE.

IT'S JUST, THEY'RE LIKE ONE, THEY'RE LIKE ONE PEOPLE.

REGGIE WAS JUST SO ACTIVE AT OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE CHURCH.

IN FACT, UH, RIGHT BEFORE, UH, LENT OCCURRED, ROSIE, YOU WERE OUT THERE WITH HIM DANCING ON THE DANCE FLOOR WITH HIM, UH, UH, CELEBRATING, UM, UH, THE MARDI GRAS.

PASSED AWAY WHO ARE, WHO ARE, UM, NORMA LET WHO ON, UH, MARCH 10TH, I WENT TO CELEBRATE HER 100TH BIRTHDAY, AND SHE JUST PASSED AWAY THIS LAST WEEKEND.

AND HE JUST SO ACTIVE IN CHURCH.

HE LOVED HIS COMMUNITY.

AND, AND THEY WERE THERE WITH ME, UH, ON NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATING MY BIRTHDAY.

AND I HAVE KNOWN HIM MY ENTIRE LIFE AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THE SAME AGE AS MY DAD.

AND THEY WERE GONNA CELEBRATE THEIR 60TH ANNIVERSARY.

MY DAD'S HAD SOME HEALTH CHALLENGES AND REGGIE SAID, HEY, YOU TELL YOUR DAD HE NEEDS TO GET BETTER BECAUSE I WANT HIM THERE.

YOUR MOM AND DAD.

WE'VE KNOWN HIM, UH, FOREVER, AND THEY, THEY GOTTA BE THERE.

SO YOU TELL YOUR DAD HE BETTER GET BETTER, NOT KNOWING THAT HE WAS NOT GONNA BE MAKING IT TO THIS ANNIVERSARY.

AND JUST, DEAR SWEET INDIVIDUAL, I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN IN HIS MEMORY.

I AM GONNA MISS HIM.

UH, JUST A HUGE PILLAR IN THIS COMMUNITY, A HUGE LOSS.

I KNOW ROSE KNEW MEMORIAL WELL, A LOT OF US HERE ON THE COUNCIL KNEW THEM VERY, VERY WELL, AND THEY'D ATTEND OUR SENIOR DANCES.

AND, UM, JUST TO CLASS THAT GUY AND I, I'M GONNA MISS REGGIE A LOT.

THAT JUST, THAT HIT HARD.

IT HIT ME AND MY FAMILY HARD.

I ALSO WANT TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF ALBERT MECHA.

THAT'S OUR PLANNING COMMISSIONER'S FATHER, UH, WHO PASSED AWAY ON MAY 7TH, 2025.

AND ALSO WANNA MENTION, UM, TWO OTHER PEOPLE THAT

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UH, SHE'S VERY CLOSE TO THE SHEVERTON FAMILY.

OF COURSE, DAVE SHEVERTON, ONE OF OUR VERY, UH, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE, VERY CLOSE TO, TO HIS FAMILY AND PART OF HIS EXTENDED FAMILY.

SO SHE WAS A HUNDRED YEARS OLD AND JUST PASSED AWAY THIS, THIS WEEKEND.

AND, UH, SADLY, UH, ANOTHER PERSON WHO I GOT TO KNOW WHEN I WENT TO SCHOOL, SHE WAS A NEW DUTY AIDE, AND, AND ONE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM YOU, UH, ROSE, WAS STELLA GARCIA.

GILLIAN, WHO LIVED IN THE CAMP AREA.

SADLY, SHE, UH, SUCCUMBED TO CANCER THIS LAST WEEKEND AS WELL.

BUT, UH, SOMEBODY WHO WAS JUST A OLD TIME, LONG TIME LAHABRA RESIDENT, AND YOU MAY KNOW HER DAUGHTER CAROL, WHO'S VERY ACTIVE IN YOUTH SPORTS AND, UH, AND ACTIVE IN SO MANY PROGRAMS. SO I'M GONNA MISS HER AS WELL.

SO I KNOW I GOT A LOT HERE, BUT, UM, AND THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE INFORMATION.

UM, UH, MAYOR PROAM MADANO, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, UH, ELIAS AND, UH, PUBLIC WORKS.

UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO AND, UH, WE, UH, RECOGNIZE YOU THIS WEEK.

SO YOUR, UH, YOUR WORK, UH, DOES NOT GO, UH, UNNOTICED.

I'LL TELL YOU THAT NOT A DAY GOES BY IN THIS, UH, IN THIS COMMUNITY.

WHEN SOMEBODY DOESN'T SEND ME SOME SORT OF A QUESTION ABOUT OUR CITY STREETS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AND KUDOS TO YOU GUYS FOR, UH, FOR KEEPING US, UH, MOVING AND IN BUSINESS, SO TO SPEAK.

SO THANK YOU.

WE APPRECIATE YOU AND, UH, OF COURSE TO OUR, UH, OUR POLICE CHIEF AND THE, UH, THE EL HABER POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UH, I'D, I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION, UH, AS A MEMBER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR OVER 29 YEARS NOW.

LAST WEEK WAS, UH, NATIONAL POLICE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY, UH, LAST WEDNESDAY, UH, WHERE WE RECOGNIZE, UH, POLICE OFFICERS THAT HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.

UH, ONE THAT, UH, UNFORTUNATELY COMES TO MIND IS, UH, OF COURSE, OUR VERY OWN OFFICER, UH, O SONO WHO, UH, PASSED AWAY BACK IN 1994, I BELIEVE.

UH, SO WE HONOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY AND, UH, WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE PASS ALONG OUR, OUR REMEMBRANCE AND OUR HONOR FOR HIM, UH, TO HIS FAMILY.

UH, MEL SHANNON, OF COURSE, UH, IS, UH, RETIRING.

I KNOW HE'S, HE'S NOT HERE THIS EVENING.

UH, BUT, UH, I, I HAVEN'T KNOWN MEL LONG AND I KNOW WE'RE GONNA, WE'LL, WE'LL PROBABLY GET TO HONOR HIM A LITTLE LATER, BUT I'VE GOTTA SAY, EVERY TIME I SAW HIM THIS PAST WEEKEND, I CAME TO PICK UP SOME MAIL AND HE WAS MOVING SOME STUFF OUT, AND IT HIT ME.

THEN I KNOW I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT AT OUR EMPLOYEE BANQUET, AND IT HIT ME THEN, YOU KNOW, AND I'M WATCHING MEL LOAD HIS CAR WITH SOME STUFF.

I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, I GO, GOD DARN.

I GO, MEL LOOKS GOOD, .

YOU KNOW, HE'S, HE'S BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR, WHAT, 44 YEARS.

AND I, I, YOU KNOW, I I, I DON'T WANNA SIT UP HERE AND TELL EVERYBODY HOW OLD HE IS, UH, BUT, UH, HE REMINDS ME OF, UH, OF, UH, THE YOUNGEST TEENAGER EVER.

DICK CLARK.

THAT'S, THAT'S MEL SHANNON.

UH, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HE'LL FOREVER, YOU KNOW, HE'S STILL HERE, SO WE GOTTA, WE GOTTA, UH, WE GOTTA HYPE HIM UP, SO TO SPEAK.

HE'S, UH, HE'S GREAT.

HE, HE ALSO ANOTHER, UH, ANOTHER SPOKE IN THE WHEEL, SO TO SPEAK, THAT MAKES THE CITY GO ROUND, IF NOT THE SPOKE, HE'S PROBABLY THE SPROCKET THAT, UH, THAT MAY CITY AROUND BECAUSE HE, UH, HE, HE DEALS WITH ALL OF THE MONEY HERE.

SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT HIM AT A LATER DATE, BUT, UH, I KNOW HE IS NOT HERE, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I MENTIONED THAT.

AND, UH, WANTED ALSO, UH, CONGRATULATE THE, UH, PUMA FC BOYS 2011 SOCCER CLUB TEAM.

UH, THEY WILL BE COMPETING IN IDAHO FOR THE, UH, WESTERN REGIONALS, UH, FOR THEIR AGE GROUP.

AND, UH, THEIR HOPE IS TO, UH, UH, TO WIN REGIONALS AND TO GO OUT TO FLORIDA FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

I WANNA SEE IF, IF WE CAN HAVE THE BOYS IN HERE AT OUR NEXT MEETING.

I'VE GOT A LIST OF NAMES IF WE CAN HONOR THEM AND, UH, AND SEND THEM OFF, UH, THE RIGHT WAY.

GIVE 'EM THAT LAHABRA SENDOFF.

SO WHEN THEY PLAY IN IDAHO.

UH, THEY KNOW THAT A CITY'S, UH, A CITY'S BEHIND THEM.

HOPEFULLY, UH, HOPEFULLY THEY CAN MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

SO ANYHOW, THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

WELL, SINCE YOU'RE THERE, REAL QUICK, LEMME JUST GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO GIVE MEL A TOWEL, AND I KNOW WE'RE GONNA DO OTHER THINGS AS WELL, BUT SINCE HE'S NOT HERE, WE'LL JUST ABSOLUTELY.

I'LL SECOND.

YEP.

ALL THANK YOU.

THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON.

I'M SURE WE'VE ATTENDED, UM, TOGETHER A FEW OF THEM.

AND, UH, THE ONES, UH, THAT WE HAVE NOT GONE TO, BUT WE HAVE BEEN REPRESENTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON THURSDAY, MAY THE EIGHTH.

I ATTENDED THE CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE, AND I AM GRATEFUL TO THE STAFF BECAUSE THEY KEEP US, YOU KNOW, TOGETHER AND STRUCTURALLY MEETINGS AND, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR.

AND I'M JUST GRATEFUL FOR THE STAFF AND THE TIME THAT THEY GIVE WITH REGARDS TO THE CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AS WELL.

AND THEN, UH, THAT SAME DAY, I ATTENDED THE CITY SELECTION MEETING, UH, ON, UH, I THINK IT WAS THE CITY OF ORANGE AT THAT TIME.

AND ON FRIDAY, MAY THE NINTH, I ATTENDED THE EL CERRITO EPIC BUILD SHOWCASE, WHERE KIDS GAVE A DEMONSTRATION ON THE PROJECTS THAT THEY CREATED FROM THOSE KIDS ATTENDED FIRST THROUGH SIXTH GRADE.

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AND IT'S ALL CODING.

UH, SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE KIDS ARE DOING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

YOU SHOULD BE AMAZED AT THE QUIZ WHAT THE KIDS ARE DOING FROM FIRST TO SIXTH GRADE CODING.

THEY'RE CREATING PROGRAMS. I WAS JUST, UH, BLOWN AWAY BY WHAT ALL THE PRESENTATION, THE, THE WORDS THEY USED AND, UH, FOR CODING AND ALL.

AND I'M GOING, THERE ARE COLLEGE STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING FOR CODING, AND THESE FIRST STUDENTS, SIXTH GRADERS, KNOW A WHOLE LOT ABOUT THIS.

AND I WENT FROM CLASS TO CLASS TO SEE THEM, AND I WAS JUST AMAZED BY THEM.

AND THEN I STAYED AFTER TO HAVE LUNCH WITH YOUR LOVED ONES BECAUSE MY GRANDDAUGHTER DOES ATTEND EL CERRITO.

UM, SO SHE KEEPS ME BUSY WITH HER CODING PROJECTS AND BRINGS HER TABLET OVER AND TALKS TO ME ABOUT STUFF I DON'T KNOW AT ALL.

UM, AND THEN, UM, THE FRIDAY EVENING, UH, I ATTENDED THE HARBOR CITY EMPLOYEES RECOGNITION DINNER.

THAT WAS AWESOME.

UH, IT WAS FUN TO SEE EVERYBODY RECOGNIZED.

IT WAS FUN TO SEE EVERYBODY DANCING.

UM, THE COMPANY WAS GOOD.

UH, I, UH, IT WAS JUST, UH, A NIGHT THAT, UM, I'M GLAD THAT I WAS ABLE TO BE THERE AND RECOGNIZE ALL THE EMPLOYEES.

AND YES, MEL IS GOING TO BE MISS TREMENDOUSLY.

UM, YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.

HE DOESN'T LOOK MUCH OLDER THAN WHAT, 40, 30, LATE 30 FORTIES AROUND THERE.

UH, SATURDAY I DID ATTEND, UH, WITH COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, UH, NAZARIAN, AND I THINK JOSE MEDRANO, MAYOR PRO MEDANO AND GOMEZ WERE THERE, UH, WITH REGARDS TO THE DNM DEMARCO.

YEAH, THE DAY BEFORE, I, THEY HAD TOLD ME THAT, UH, HANK HANK, UH, WHAT'S HIS NAME? UH, .

OH MY GOSH.