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GOOD[ CALL TO ORDER: Council Chamber INVOCATION: City Attorney/Legal Counsel Collins PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Councilmember/Director Nigsarian ROLL CALL: Mayor/Chair Espinoza Mayor Pro Tem/Vice Chair Medrano Councilmember/Director Gomez Councilmember/Director Lampkin Councilmember/Director Nigsarian]
EVENING.I WILL NOT CALL OR ORDER THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HARBOR AND THE REGULAR JOINT MEETING OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF LA HARRA, LA HARRA, CIVIC IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY, CITY OF LA HARRA HOUSING AUTHORITY, AND THE LA HARBOR UTILITY AUTHORITY OF JUNE 2ND, 2025.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT IT IS 6:30 PM AND THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
FOR THE RECORD CONSIDERATION ITEMS WILL BE HELD PRIOR TO PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. THE INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY CITY ATTORNEY LEGAL COUNSEL COLLINS, FOLLOWED BY THE FLAG SALUTE, LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DIRECTOR NAZARIAN, 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 AND ITS DECISION MAKING TONIGHT SO THAT WE MAY ACT PRUDENTLY AND RESPONSIBLY FOR THE GOOD OF THE LA HABER COMMUNITY.
PLEASE FACE THE FLAG OF OUR COUNTRY FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
AND BEGIN, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
WILL THE CITY, CITY CLERK SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL ROE.
COUNCIL MEMBER DIRECTOR NIAN HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER DIRECTOR LAMBKIN HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER DIRECTOR GOMEZ.
HERE, MAYOR PRO TEM, VICE CHAIR MADANO.
ARE THERE ANY CLOSED SESSION, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO.
MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THERE ARE NO PROCLAMATIONS AT THIS TIME.
[ 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.]
PROCEED TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.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 TWO SPEAKER CARDS.
UH, IF THE FIRST SPEAKER WOULD PLEASE APPROACH THE DAIS.
GIVE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
SUSAN PRITCHARD ROSE AVENUE, LAHABRA.
DEAR MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, MR. SADRO AND ALL OF LAHABRA.
AND ODE IS A TYPE OF LYRIC POEM THAT EXPRESSES PRAISE.
IT IS A FORM OF SPEECH THAT IS FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS, WWW.DRPSTEM.COM.
GRACIA OWED TO LA HABRA PART TWO.
GREETINGS TO ALL WHO SIT ON THE DES AND AIR.
THIS GREETING IS TO THE PEOPLE BOTH HERE AND OUT THERE IT IS WITH A LIGHT HEART AND MUCH THOUGHT PUT TO PAPER THAT WHAT I HAVE TO SAY IS BEST SAID NOW RATHER THAN LATER.
REMEMBER APRIL 8TH, WHEN SENIOR COMPOST, ONCE AGAIN SHOWED THEIR LOVE HOSTING CHAMBER AND YOUR COMPOST WERE PEACE RAINED LIKE A DOVE.
THE INCREDIBLE SENIOR COMPOST FAMILY MADE WELCOMED ALL THEIR HAPPY GUESTS BECAUSE ALL INCLUDING WAITRESSES, COOKS AND HOSTS KNEW WHAT WAS BEST.
THE SERVICE STAFF SO ATTENTIVE, THE CHEFS YUMMY FOOD FILLED TUMMIES OF PLENTY FOR THE LA HABER CHAMBERS TEAM TOILED LONG TO EARN TIPS.
THE POLICE TEAM, THE FALCONS, AND TEAM PATRIOTS WERE WELL EQUIPPED.
THEY HAD DONE THE PUBLICITY AND CALLED MANY RESERVATIONS FOR THIS NIGHT WAS SO IMPORTANT FOR THE UPCOMING HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION FOR THIS WAS A CHAMBER FUNDRAISER AND SCHOLARSHIPS WERE IN PLAY.
THE COMMUNITY EVENING WITH THE CHAMBER WAS SPECIAL IN MANY WAYS.
THE DJ FILLED WITH MUSIC THE NIGHT QUITE DELIGHTFUL.
THE GUESTS SMILED AND LAUGHED, ENJOYING EACH MOUTHFUL, AND AS THEY PAID THEIR BILL AND REACHED INTO TIP WITH CASH, IT SOON BECAME APPARENT.
THIS FUNDRAISER WAS AN AWESOME SMASH.
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THREE SCHOLARSHIPS WERE PRESENTED IN MAY.AND MAY I JUST SAY THE LA HABER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PROUDLY ORGANIZED AND RECOGNIZED.
THREE ONE EACH FROM SONORA LAHABRA HIGH AND WHITTIER CHRISTIAN UC.
AND THE CHAMBER PROUDLY STATES THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED THREE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES.
FIRST WE HONORED JOHN SERMON FROM WHITTIER CHRISTIAN HIGH, NEXT FFA SENIOR HANA, SAN PEDRO HAILED FROM SONORA.
NO LIE, OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORTED SCHOLARSHIPS DID NOT END WITH SONORA.
MBA SENIOR ROSALYN SANCHEZ COMPLETED THE TRIO.
SO PLEASE REMEMBER, 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 HABER LIFE BETTER.
CRAIG SHEETS TELLS EVERYBODY DOING TONIGHT.
I'M GONNA BRING IT UP AND LET YOU GUYS PASS IT AROUND 'CAUSE IT'S COLOR.
THIS IS A PICTURE TAKEN IN THE HARBOR AT HARBOR AND LAS PALMAS WHERE I'M STAYING AT TOMMY'S AUTO CARE.
THAT IS WHAT'S CONSIDERED BELOW.
AND WHEN WE'RE WALKING ON HERE ON EARTH IS BENEATH.
AND YOU'LL SEE CATWALKS AND DIAMOND PLATE, SOME OTHER THINGS.
I'VE TALKED TO SOME OTHER OFFICERS AT OTHER COUNCIL MEETINGS AND, UH, THEY, UH, AGREE THAT I'M PRETTY CLOSE.
SO, UH, IT'S KIND OF AN ABDUCTING THING, WHICH I'M GONNA GET TO NEXT.
UM, I'VE GIVEN YOU GUYS FEDERAL SENTENCING LAWS, A RULING ON ENSLAVING AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING, WHICH IS THE SAME THING.
THEY, THEY WOULD RUN CONCURRENT.
SO I'VE SPOKEN WITH YOU PEOPLE BEFORE ABOUT THE ADAMS APPLE, MAYBE BEING A SLAVE CALLER.
IT'S KIND OF, I DON'T HAVE ONE.
SO, AND I HAVE TALKED WITH SEVERAL GUYS AND THEY WERE GONNA HELP COME FORWARD WITH IT, BUT THEY'VE DISAPPEARED ON ME.
SO I'D LIKE TO MENTION OUT THERE TO THE PEOPLE OUT AND MAYBE WATCHING TV COME UP AND SEE ME AT TOMMY'S AUTO CARE.
IF YOU, UH, ARE A VICTIM OF THIS AND WE CAN GO TO THE FEDS AND, AND WORK ON THIS TOGETHER.
IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO FIND THE OLD RADIOACTIVE, UH, UH, HAZMAT CHART.
SO I'M SUGGESTING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, CHIEFS OF POLICE AND HIGHER RANKING OFFICIALS, MAYBE TO RUN A GEIGER COUNTER THROUGH THE BUS IN THE CLASSROOM.
MAYBE SOMETHING'S GOING ON THAT NEEDS TO BE IDENTIFIED.
AND I WOULD IMAGINE THOSE SUBJECTS ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN KILLING OUR KIDS, SELLING THEM DOPE.
UH, IT'S DEFINITELY A, A TRANSMITTING PREDATOR THAT'S BEEN DOING THAT.
NOW IT'S FENTANYL, AND I'M WORKING ON THAT VERY HARD WITH THE FBI, THE BEST I CAN.
I'M NOT AN AGENT, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST A, A PRIVATE CITIZEN DOING MY BEST, UH, PORTS.
I'VE BEEN AT ALL THE PORTS IN CALIFORNIA.
I WILL BE BRINGING THAT TO THE NEXT MEETING.
UH, YOU GUYS, I'M SURE WILL APPRECIATE THIS.
THIS IS, UH, SOME SAFETY ISSUES TO THE POLICE, UH, AND SOME TERRORISTS COMING IN, HIDING IN CONTAINERS.
AND, UH, I'LL BRING THE PHOTOS OF THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING.
BUT ENJOY THE LITERATURE AND, AND THANKS FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
OH, I GOT MANY COPIES, BUT IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK DURING THIS PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION? SEE NONE.
[ CONSENT CALENDAR: Senate Bill 1439 ("SB 1439") amended Government Code Section 84308 to expand the regulation of campaign contributions in excess of $250 from donors involved in certain matters before the legislative body. If the donor has a matter pending before the agency, and the official received a campaign contribution from the donor in excess of $250 in the prior 12 months, the official must publicly disclose the contribution and cannot in any way participate in the decision of the matter. The donor also has a duty to disclose the contribution on the record. In the 12 months following the decision, a local official cannot receive campaign contributions in excess of $250 from a donor with an economic interest in the governmental decision. Public officials are encouraged to closely track all campaign contributions which collectively exceed $250 in any 12-month period from any single source. All matters on Consent Calendar are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion unless a Councilmember, City staff member, or member of the audience requests separate action or removal of an item. Removed items will be considered following the Consent Calendar portion of this agenda. Public comment shall be limited to three (3) minutes per individual, with a total time limit of 30 minutes per item that has been removed for separate discussion, unless otherwise modified by the Mayor. Speaking time may not be granted and/or loaned to another individual for purposes of extending available speaking time, and comments must be kept brief, non-repetitive, and professional in nature. CITY COUNCIL:]
CONTINUE TO CONSENT CALENDAR.ALL MATTER 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 12 SUCCESSOR AGENCY.
CIVIC IMPROVEMENT AGENTS, OR PARDON ME, CIVIC IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY.
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AUTHORITY ITEM ONE.AND CITY COUNCIL AND UTILITY AUTHORITY ITEM ONE.
IS THERE ANY ITEM THAT STAFF WOULD WISH REMOVED? NO.
MADAM MAYOR, ANY ITEM THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD WISH REMOVED? NO.
IS THERE AN ITEM THAT THE AUDIENCE WOULD WISH REMOVED? SEEING NONE.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS LISTED.
WOULD THE COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE? I SORRY.
[1. PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 MUNICIPAL BUDGET That the City Council receive and file the Proposed Fiscal Year 2025-2026 (FY 25-26) Municipal Budget and direct staff regarding any revisions.]
PROCEED TO CONSIDERATION ITEMS. THANK YOU MAYOR.ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE MAY REQUEST TO ADDRESS THIS LAHABRA CITY COUNCIL ON ANY CONSIDERATION ITEM PRIOR TO THE LAHABRA CITY COUNCIL TAKING A FINAL VOTE ON THE ITEM.
PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER CONSIDERATION ITEM, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR OR CHAIR.
SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOAN TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
THE ONE CONSIDERATION ITEM IS TITLED PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26 MUNICIPAL BUDGET.
AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH A STAFF REPORT.
UM, I'M PLEASED TONIGHT TO, UM, PRESENT TO YOU THE FISCAL YEAR 25, 26 PROPOSED MUNICIPAL BUDGET.
UH, THE WAY THE, UH, PRESENTATION WILL GO TONIGHT IS I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE, UH, A FEW OF THE FIRST SLIDES AND HAND IT OVER TO OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, GABBY GRAB GABRIELE APP TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE SUMMARY SLIDES, AND THEN YOU'LL HEAR FROM THE DEPARTMENTS THEMSELVES.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE COUNSEL THAT AS, AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AND GOING THROUGH THE SLIDES, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO, UH, ASK AT THAT MOMENT.
'CAUSE THAT WAY WE'LL HAVE THE RIGHT FOLKS UP THERE TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
UM, AND BEFORE I JUMP INTO THE REPORT ITSELF, UH, I'D LIKE TO JUST KIND OF MENTION THE HARD WORK THAT WAS DONE BY STAFF IN PULLING TOGETHER THIS YEAR'S MUNICIPAL BUDGET.
UM, GABBY, UH, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UH, LED THE, UH, TEAM EFFORT IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO PULL TOGETHER THE BUDGET DOCUMENT ITSELF, WORKED THROUGH THE ANALYSIS OF THE FINANCES.
IT WAS HERSELF MEL SHANNON, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, WHATEVER YOU MEL, THERE YOU GO.
UM, UH, JACK PONIT, UH, WE GOT ZUKI CHU THAT WAS, UH, INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING WITH THE BUDGET AS WELL AND FINANCE.
JACKIE GUERRERO, ERIC ALMAN, AND THEN ALSO ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS AND THEIR KEY STAFF ALL HELPED PULL TOGETHER THIS BUDGET.
UH, AND A DOCUMENT LIKE THIS AND A PLANNING DOCUMENT LIKE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT.
UM, BASICALLY, UH, WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TONIGHT IS A, UM, TOTAL MUNICIPAL PROPOSED BUDGET OF JUST AROUND $174 MILLION THAT COMPRISES, UH, $70.3 MILLION GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE BUDGET.
AND THEN IT'S BROKEN INTO A SERIES OF OTHER, UH, SUPPORTING FUNDS, UM, CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS, UTILITY FUNDS AND SUCH THAT GABBY WILL GO THROUGH.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA HAND OVER THE PRESENTATION TO GABBY AND SHE CAN START WORK WALKING YOU THROUGH DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF THIS BUDGET.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, UM, THE FINANCE TEAM, AND I BELIEVE ALL THE CITY DEPARTMENTS I CAN SPEAK, UM, ON RE'S BEHALF.
WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT, UH, TONIGHT'S BALANCED BUDGET FOR YOU.
UM, AS JIM MENTIONED, THE TOLL PROPOSED MUNICIPAL BUDGET IS $173.4 MILLION.
SO THAT IS ALL FUNDS, WHICH INCLUDES NOT ONLY THE GENERAL FUND, IT ALSO INCLUDES SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, AGENCY AND AUTHORITY FUNDS LIKE THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, UTILITY AUTHORITY, UM, SUCCESSOR AGENCY, UM, ENTERPRISE FUNDS LIKE THE REFUSE FUND, THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, UM, MOBILE HOME PARK IS FS LIKE OUR INTERNAL SERVICE, WHICH ARE INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS LIKE FLEET REPLACEMENT AND IT AND RISK MANAGEMENT, AS WELL AS CAPITAL PROJECTS, FUNDS AND DEBT SERVICE FUNDS.
THE DEBT SERVICE FUNDS, IF YOU'LL RECALL, INCLUDES OUR PENSION IS BASICALLY OUR PENSION OBLIGATION BOND THAT WAS ISSUED A FEW YEARS AGO.
UH, WE WILL BE FOCUSING, UM, A LOT ON THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS 70.3 MILLION.
THIS IS WHAT, WHAT PRIMARILY PAYS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
UM, SERVICES ALSO PAYS FOR A LOT OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS, UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICES, UM, FUNCTIONS.
AND SO FOR BASICALLY ANYTHING THAT IS NOT FUNDED BY SOME OTHER, UM, DEDICATED SOURCE OF REVENUE IS PAID FOR OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND.
SO, UH, TO LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND OVERALL, WE ARE PROJECTING, UH, REVENUES TO COME IN, UH, IN FISCAL YEAR 25 26 AT $70,344,000.
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INCREASE OVER THE FISCAL YEAR 24 25 AMENDED BUDGET OF $62.1 MILLION.THE EXPENDITURES ARE PROJECTED TO, UM, COME IN AT $70.3 MILLION.
UH, THAT IS A, A $7.2 MILLION INCREASE OVER THE, UH, FISCAL YEAR 24 25 AMENDED BUDGET OF $63.1 MILLION.
SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT THAT WE DO HAVE A PROPOSED BUDGET BETWEEN, UH, REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES.
AND WE ARE ELATED TO TELL YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, AFTER, UM, WORKING ON THE BUDGET LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE PASSAGE OF MEASURE V WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT, UM, YOU KNOW, A FIRE CONTRACT SERVICES INCREASE AND THE POTENTIAL LOSS OF MEASURE T FUNDING IN A FEW YEARS, YOU KNOW, IT IS A VERY DIFFERENT LANDSCAPE TODAY FOR US, UM, COMPARED TO A YEAR AGO AND ONE THAT WE ARE EXTREMELY, UM, YOU KNOW, THANKFUL FOR.
SO, UH, GABBY, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
UH, AND THESE REVENUE PROJECTIONS, UH, HAVE YOU TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE LOST JOANNE'S, WE'VE LOST A COUPLE RIDE AGE, UH, CHICK-FIL-A'S GONNA BE CLOSING FOR, YOU KNOW, SIX, POTENTIALLY SIX MONTHS HERE AND, AND THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES THERE WITH SOME, UH, TAX REVENUE PRODUCERS? UH, OR DO YOU GUYS GO A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE IN THOSE PROJECTIONS? WE ARE GENERALLY PRE-CON CONSERVATIVE.
WE ALSO, UM, EMPLOY THE, UM, SERVICES OF HDL, WHICH IS, UM, HINDER LIGHTER DILEMMAS, WHICH, UM, BASICALLY TRACKS MOST OF THE SALES TAX, UM, AND TUT THROUGHOUT THE STATE FOR A NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES AND AGENCIES.
AND SO THEY REALLY KEEP US UPDATED WITH A LOT OF DATA AS THEY'RE, UM, YOU KNOW, TAKING A LOOK AT ALL THE RECEIPTS AND THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE, UM, UM, CD TFAS LIKE RECORDS AND STUFF.
SO THEY GIVE US REPORTS SO THAT, AND WE ALSO LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CITY SO THAT THEY CAN BUILD IT INTO THEIR MODELS WHEN THEY DO, UH, FINANCIAL, UH, LIKE REVENUE PROJECTIONS AND THE MODELING FOR WHAT'S COMING IN.
SO WE TAKE A LOT OF THESE THINGS INTO ACCOUNT AS WELL AS WHAT THEY ARE SEEING, UM, YOU KNOW, ON A STATEWIDE BASIS AS WELL AS LIKE REGIONALLY AND LOCALLY, UM, FOR OUR PARTICULAR AREA AND WHAT SECTOR.
SO YOU'RE FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT WE WENT MORE ON THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE WITH REVENUES IN THIS? YEAH, WE TEND TO BE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE REVENUES WE HAVE TO PROJECT OUT, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, IT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE LICENSES AND FEES AND FINES AND PERMITS AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THAT IS BASED ON THE LEVEL OF ACTIVITY THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING IN THE CITY.
SO WE GENERALLY TAKING MORE CONSERVATIVE VIEW.
LIKE EVEN THOUGH WE'VE BEEN HAVING SO MUCH BUILDING ACTIVITY LATELY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WITH PLAN CHECKS AND SO MANY THINGS, YOU KNOW, WE DO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ACCOUNTED FOR THAT.
WE EXPECT THAT ACTUALLY STILL BE HIGHER THAN BEFORE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I'D SAY THAT WE STILL, UM, TEND TO TAKE A MORE CONSERVATIVE VIEW, UM, IN TERMS OF THE REVENUE AND, YOU KNOW, ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, YOU KNOW, OUR STAFF IS VERY GOOD ABOUT TRYING TO, UM, LIMIT THE EXPENDITURES WHILE STILL, YOU KNOW, PRO UH, PROVIDING THE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS THAT, UM, THE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND WANTS.
SO IT, YOU KNOW, ON BOTH SIDES, I THINK WE TRY TO BE VERY, UM, FRUGAL AND PRUDENT WITH OUR MONEY, BUT ALSO LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL PROJECT OUT, UM, WHAT WE NEED, BUT WE'LL ALSO BE CAREFUL IN HOW WE'RE PROJECTING IT.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ, AS, AS, UM, YOU NOTED THERE ARE A NUMBER OF LARGE RETAIL LOCATIONS THAT ARE VACANT.
UM, AND, UH, GABBY NOTED THAT WE HAVE HDL THAT PROVIDES US WITH REVENUE PROJECTIONS.
SO THOSE REVENUE PROJECTIONS BASICALLY ARE ALREADY TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT THOSE LOCATIONS ARE NOT, UH, FILLED WITH ANY RETAILERS.
SO IN, IN A BEST CASE SCENARIO, IF THOSE SITES GET FILLED AT SOME POINT DURING THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WE SHOULD SEE AN ACTUAL PICKUP IN REVENUE THAT'S CURRENTLY NOT BEING PROJECTED.
BUT WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE CHANCE OF PROJECTING THAT UNTIL WE KNOW FOR SURE.
UM, SO OVERALL, YOU KNOW, UM, THE INCREASES IN THE GENERAL FUND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ATTRIBUTE A LOT OF IT TO RESTORING A LOT OF THE CUTS THAT WERE MADE LAST YEAR IN PREPARATION, YOU KNOW, BEFORE MEASURE V HAD PASSED.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS WE WERE LOOKING AT, UM, A MAJOR STRUCTURAL DEFICIT, UM, THE COUNCIL DID ALREADY APPROVE RESTORING A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF ITEMS LIKE THE PUBLIC SAFETY POSITIONS AS WELL AS SOME OTHER THINGS IN MID-YEAR.
SO, UH, THE FISCAL YEAR 25, 26 PROPOSED BUDGET DOES INCLUDE RESTORING THE REMAINDER OF MANY OF THOSE POSITIONS THAT WERE, UH, FROZEN LAST YEAR.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO, UM, HIGHLIGHT THE OTHER MAJOR ITEMS THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE, UM, INCREASE IN THE GENERAL FUND.
SO, YOU KNOW, TOP OF THE LIST, $1.4 MILLION IS A TRANSFER TO THE GENERAL CAPITAL PROJECTS BUDGET.
AND THAT'S REALLY AN INVESTMENT TO CONTINUE, UM, INVESTING IN THE SEAS INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAJOR PROJECTS, $978,000 FOR NEW PERS UNFUNDED LIABILITY COSTS.
UM, THESE COSTS, YOU KNOW, UM, OCCUR LIKE FOR INSTANCE, WHEN PERS DOES NOT MEET ITS TARGETS OR, YOU KNOW, WE INCUR NEW LIABILITIES LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU ADD NEW POSITIONS OR CERTAIN THINGS, BUT A LOT OF IT TENDS TO BE RELATED TO THE
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MARKET PERFORMANCE, $943,000 TO FUND THE FIRST YEAR OF A NEW FOUR YEAR LABOR AGREEMENT WITH THE POLICE ASSOCIATION.SO, YOU KNOW, AS YOU, UM, PASSED IN CONSENT, UH, WE ARE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE DID, UM, REACH AN AGREEMENT WITH THE LAHABRA POLICE ASSOCIATION.
AND SO WE NOW HAVE THE FIRST YEAR COSTS AND THESE COSTS ARE ALREADY BUILT INTO THIS BUDGET.
SO IT IS REFLECTIVE OF, UM, WHAT YOU WILL ACTUALLY SEE, YOU KNOW, FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, 26 THAT WILL BE IMPACTING THE POLICE, UM, DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET, UH, $556,000, UH, IN THE FIRE BUDGET.
AND I WANNA, UM, BREAK THAT UP.
THE $289,000 IS AN INCREASE OVER THE AMENDED BUDGET FOR THE LA COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT CONTRACT.
AND THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, ALMOST HALF IS ACTUALLY FOR, UM, FORMER, UH, LA HABRA FIRE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE PENSIONS, UM, COSTS THAT, YOU KNOW, WERE INCURRED.
THESE ARE EMPLOYEES, UH, PRIOR TO, UM, THAT WERE HERE IN THE CITY EMPLOYED BY THE CITY IN OUR OWN MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPARTMENT BEFORE THE CITY CONTRACTED OUT WITH LA COUNTY FIRE.
GABBY, CAN I JUST JUMP IN REAL QUICK? MM-HMM
THE CURRENT CONTRACT WITH LA COUNTY FIRE ALLOWS FOR, UH, THERE'S A CAP, I BELIEVE ON ANNUAL INCREASES MM-HMM
FROM LA COUNTY FIRE IS THAT FOR 500,000? I FORGET THE EXACT AMOUNT.
AND SO IT'S 4% BASED ON, UM, THE, THE COST THAT THEY CAME IN TRUE UP, IT WAS OVER $14 MILLION.
SO THEY COULD INCREASE IT UP TO 4%.
HAVE WE HEARD FROM THEM WHAT THEY INTEND TO DO? UM, WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY, WE'LL BE BREW SOMETHING AT THE NEXT MEETING TO DO A SLIGHT AMENDMENT TO THEIR BUDGET BECAUSE, UM, THEY WILL, THEY'RE PROPOSING CHANGING, UM, 1 92 FROM A THREE PERSON UNIT TO FOUR PERSON, BUT THEY WOULD BE FUNDING THE FOURTH PARA, UH, FOURTH FIREFIGHTER WHILE WE WOULD JUST MOVE THE PARAMEDIC BONUS THAT IS CURRENTLY IN OUR CURRENT CONTRACT FROM THE FIRE SPECIALIST, WHICH IS LIKE THE ENGINEER OF THE ENGINE.
INSTEAD OF HIM BEING THE ENGINEER AND A PARAMEDIC, THE PARAMEDIC BONUS WOULD MOVE TO THE SECOND FIREFIGHTER THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.
SO THESE COSTS ARE BASED ON, UM, THAT AMENDMENT WHICH WE WILL BE BRINGING AT THE NEXT MEETING IS THE 2 89 THOU 289,000.
DOES THAT REPRESENT 4%? UM, THAT DOES NOT 4%.
THAT'S JUST LIKE THE INCREASE IN COST OVER WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR.
I, I GUESS WHAT I'M DRIVING AT IS THERE'S A CHANCE THIS COULD GO UP.
I MEAN, LA COUNTY FIRE COULD ASK MORE FOR THIS.
WELL, IT'S INTERESTING 'CAUSE THE WAY THAT THE AMENDMENT THAT WE'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD, UM, IS STRUCTURED, IT ACTUALLY LOWERS OUR COST BECAUSE THE PARAMEDIC BONUS IS ACTUALLY LESS WHEN YOU ATTACH IT TO A FIREFIGHTER VERSUS A FIREFIGHTER SPECIALIST.
SO, SO WE DO HAVE SOME COST SAVINGS THERE.
SO, UM, WE'LL BRING THAT FORWARD TO YOU IF, YOU KNOW, IF NEEDED, WE CAN ADJUST IF THAT FOR SOME REASON DOES NOT PASS IN, IN THE BUDGET AMENDMENT OR THE BUDGET ESTIMATE THAT THEY PROVIDED TO US FOR THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, IT DID NOT COME CLOSE TO 4%.
NO, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S ENCOURAGING.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.
THEY DIDN'T COME CLOSE IN THAT, IN THAT NUMBER.
THEIR ESTIMATE WAS LESS THAN THAT, CORRECT.
GABBY? I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN 4% OVER THE TRUE, WHAT THEY WOUND UP TRUING UP, UM, FOR, FOR THE PRIOR YEAR, 24 25, INCLUDING THIS EXTRA FIREFIGHTER, UM, YES.
INCLUDING THIS EXTRA FIREFIGHTER.
SO THE A SO WE, WE WILL CONFIRM THAT, BUT I, I FEEL LIKE I LOOKED AT THAT AND IT WAS 4% OVER THE TRUEUP, BUT THE TRUEUP WAS LESS THAN WHAT WE HAD ANTICIPATED IN THE BUDGET.
SO, SO WE'LL HAVE THAT FOR YOU IN THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE AMBULANCE CONTRACT.
WHAT'S THE CAP ON THE, THE MAX THAT THEY CAN RAISE THAT PER YEAR? WELL, WE, UM, HAD, UM, DONE AN AMENDMENT TO THEIR AGREEMENT LAST TIME.
SO IF YOU RECALL THE LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, AS WE WERE FACING A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH OUR BUDGET, THEY AGREED TO HOLD THAT 0% FOR US INCREASED LAST YEAR, AND THIS YEAR WAS GOING TO BE 4% AND THE OUT YEARS WOULD BE 3% EACH YEAR.
SO, UM, WHICH ACTUALLY DOES TOTAL OUT TO LESS THAN IF WE HAD DONE A STRAIGHT 3% LIKE LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR AND OUTGOING YEARS.
AND SO FALK REALLY WORKED WITH US LAST YEAR TO, YOU KNOW, HELP US JUST AT LEAST STABILIZE THAT YEAR UNTIL WE KNEW WHAT WE WERE GOING TO, WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH OUR BUDGET, UM, TOWARDS THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 24, THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
AND SO, OKAY, SINCE WE'VE ALREADY COVERED FALK, UM, 300 0 460 $8,000 FOR HIGHER FACILITY MAINTENANCE COSTS, I, UM, REALLY NEED TO, UM, JUST ILLUSTRATE OR REALLY DEMONSTRATE THAT A LOT OF THIS IS COMING JUST FROM INCREASED PROPERTY INSURANCE PREMIUMS. WE ARE SEEING, UM, HIGHER RATES ACROSS THE BOARD, UH, FOR A LOT OF OUR PREMIUMS. UM, YOU KNOW, BUT IN ADDITION TO JUST OTHER FACILITY MAINTENANCE COSTS LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, INCREASE IN CONTRACTS AND SUPPLIES, UM, $309,000 IN NEW FUNDING, UM, TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING THE CEASE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM.
AND THIS UNFORTUNATELY IS DUE TO THE ANTICIPATED LOSS OF THE NORTH ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY COLLABORATIVE GRANT FUNDING.
AND SO IN ORDER TO, UM, KEEP THAT SERVICE,
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YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA FALL TO THE GENERAL FUND SINCE WE ARE LOSING THAT DEDICATED SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR THAT SERVICE.UH, WE COVERED FALK, UH, $99,000 FOR INCREASED PLAN CHECK INSPECTION CONTRACT SERVICES.
IT CAN BE DEVELOPMENT AND $85,000 MORE FOR AN INCREASE IN THE IN INLAND VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY ANIMAL SHELTERING CONTRACT.
UM, JUST AS A, ANOTHER NOTABLE ITEM IS THAT OUR COMBINED PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGETS, WHICH, UH, INCLUDE POLICE, FIRE AND AMBULANCE ACCOUNT FOR 68% OF THE SEAS TOTAL GENERAL FUND SPENDING.
AND, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT, LIKE LAST YEAR IT WAS 70%, BUT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THE PIE IS BIGGER THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE DO HAVE MORE REVENUE, WHICH IS WHY THE PERCENTAGE LOOKS SO LOWER.
BUT THE ACTUAL DOLLAR AMOUNT IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER, UM, THIS YEAR FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGETS, UH, PRIMARILY FOR POLICE.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK ALONG THE WAY.
I'M GLAD YOU ALREADY HAVE BEEN DOING THAT.
SO, SO HERE WE LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES BY MAJOR SOURCE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE SEE HERE PROPERTY TAX, UM, IS THE SINGLE LARGEST, UM, SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR THE GEN FOR GENERAL FUND.
HOWEVER, WHEN YOU TAKE SALES TAX AND TRANSACTIONS AND USE TAX TOGETHER ARE MEASURE V, THOSE TWO, UM, REVENUES ARE, UM, VERY CLOSELY LINKED.
'CAUSE OFTENTIMES THEY'RE ASSESSED ON THE SAME TYPES OF TRANSACTIONS.
SO REALLY, YOU KNOW, THOSE TWO WE TEND TO GROUP TOGETHER AND WE PUT THEM TOGETHER, THAT COMBINED SOURCE OF REVENUE IS 40% OF THE C'S BUDGET NOW.
AND SO IT HAS BASICALLY OVERTAKEN PROPERTY TAXES, REALLY OUR BIGGEST COMBINED SOURCE OF REVENUE.
UH, THE OTHER REVENUES I, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ALLUDED TO THAT THOSE INCLUDE THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, OUR FINES AND FEES, LICENSES, PERMITS, UM, THAT MAKES UP A MUCH SMALLER PIECE OF THE PIE AT 23%.
HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, WE ARE SEEING MORE, UM, DIVERSIFICATION IN TERMS OF OUR REVENUE SOURCES HERE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE ADDITION OF, UH, MEASURE V, WHICH HAS REALLY HELPED TO BUMP UP THE REVENUE BUDGET FOR THE CITY.
SO I KNOW WE BROUGHT UP ALREADY ABOUT SOME OF THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE NOT GONNA BE IN SERVICE RIGHT NOW, BUT I, I KNOW THERE'S ALSO SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH THE, AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL AS FAR AS GRANTS AND THINGS THAT WILL BE PROVIDED TO US.
SO WHAT IS THE, ANY EVENT THAT MAYBE THE, THE USE TAX ISN'T TURNING OUT TO GAIN THE REVENUE THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING? BECAUSE SOME FAMILIES MAY BE CUTTING SOME THINGS SHORT MM-HMM
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CONTINGENCY PLANS THAT THE CITY HAS CONSIDERED, UM, IN ORDER TO MAKE UP THAT LOSS IF THERE IS A LOSS? MM-HMM
WELL, WE, YOU KNOW, WE, IN OUR BUDGETING, WE DO TRY TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT BECAUSE AGAIN, WE DO STAY, UM, CONSERVATIVE IN OUR PROJECTIONS.
UM, HOWEVER, I THINK FIRST THINGS FIRST, YOU KNOW, WE'D LOOK TO SEE YOU, ARE THERE CERTAIN THINGS ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE THAT WE COULD ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, CORRESPONDINGLY, LIKE MAYBE NOT UNDERTAKE YET, OR, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A WAY THAT MAYBE WE COULD REDUCE THE COST ON IT.
YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS SEE IF WE CAN HOLD CERTAIN COSTS.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE CONTRACTS COMING UP, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED TO LIKE, KINDA LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALKED TO FA IT'S LIKE, HEY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LOOKING LIKE NEXT YEAR.
YOU KNOW, CAN WE WORK ON THIS LIKE CONTRACT INCREASE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? AND, YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW, IF WE, YOU HAVE A LONG TIME, UM, CONTRACTOR, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU ARE ABLE TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, IN EXCHANGE THEY MAYBE GET, YOU KNOW, A LONGER TERM FOR THEIR SERVICE.
THAT MEANS THEY DON'T HAVE TO KEEP COMING BACK AND COMPETING FOR IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT DIFFERENT STRATEGIES THAT WE EMPLOY TO REALLY TRY TO, UM, HELP MITIGATE IF WE START SEEING LIKE THE PROJECTIONS ARE NOT MEETING OUR FORECAST, RIGHT? LIKE WHAT WE ARE, UM, SEEING IN TERMS OF WHAT'S COMING IN ISN'T MEETING OUR FORECAST.
SO, UM, WE WILL LOOK AT DIFFERENT THINGS.
WE TRY NOT TO, UM, DIG INTO RESERVES.
RESERVES ARE REALLY THERE FOR EMERGENCIES.
THEY'RE THERE FOR, YOU KNOW, LIKE IF A MAJOR DISASTER HAPPENS, IF SOMETHING LIKE COVID, YOU KNOW, WHERE LIKE JUST IT'S KIND OF THIS LIKE ONE TIME THING.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU WANNA BECOME RELIANT ON.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY YOU REALLY TRY TO FIX, UM, YOU TRY TO ADJUST IN YOUR ONGOING EXPENDITURES IF YOU'VE GOT PROBLEMS IN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE NOT SEEING LIKE THE REVENUE COME IN, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU EXPECT.
SO WE WILL EMPLOY, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THOSE THINGS, YOU KNOW, UM, A LOT OF TIMES A LOT OF CITIES WILL ALSO MAYBE HOLD OFF ON MAYBE CERTAIN CAPITAL PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THEY WILL, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH THE BUDGET AND DIFFERENT WAYS.
SO, SO WITH THAT CAPITAL, THE CAPITAL PROJECT AS AN EXAMPLE, ARE YOU LOOKING AT TRIAGING WHAT'S IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW VERSUS MM-HMM
WHAT WE CAN PUT OFF FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR OR YEAH, OFTENTIMES.
'CAUSE I MEAN, LOOK, WE'VE PUT IN A $1.4 MILLION TRANSFER OVER THERE AND, YOU KNOW, SO IF, IF WORSE CAME TO WORSE, RIGHT? BUT HEY, THIS BUDGET REALLY IS, YOU KNOW, FALLING SOMETHING REALLY EXTREME HAPPENS AND WE'RE FALLING VERY SHORT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD POSSIBLY LOOK AT MAYBE NOT, YOU KNOW, COMP, YOU KNOW, NOT USING UP THAT WHOLE TRANSFER THAT WE HAD PUT
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IN THE CIP, BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT IDEALLY WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO DO A LOT OF THE MAJOR CIP PROJECTS THAT, UM, WE HAVE THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY THAT MAKE THE MOST DIFFERENCE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY AND THE RESIDENTS.UM, THIS IS JUST A KIND OF A HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THAT PROPERTY TAX, WHICH IS THE BLUE LINE ON TOP, HAS JUST STEADILY INCREASED, YOU KNOW, OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS.
I THINK ALL OF US LIVING IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST KNOW PROPERTY TAXES, PROPERTY VALUES HAVE JUST GONE UP, UM, OVER TIME AND IT'S BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE SEEING LATELY THOUGH, THAT WE BELIEVE, UM, MAY CAUSE IT TO TAPER OFF AND MAYBE NOT RISE AS QUICKLY IS JUST THE HIGH INTEREST RATES, EXCUSE ME, IS, UM, THE HIGH INTEREST RATES THAT HAVE, UM, KEPT A LOT OF WOULD-BE BUYERS KIND OF ON THE SIDELINES.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S, UM, BEEN SOME SHIFT IN FROM IT BEING REALLY A SELLER'S MARKET TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A BUYER'S MARKET OR JUST KIND OF STAGNANT ON THAT FRONT.
SO WE ARE NOT EXPECTING AS, UM, WE'RE NOT PROJECTING AS STEEP OF A, UM, INCREASE FOR PROPERTY TAX, UM, AS WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, BUT IT'S STILL, YOU KNOW, INCREASING STEADILY, YOU KNOW, AS, UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY WE'D INCREASE IT BY AT LEAST LIKE 2% EACH YEAR, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THE ASSESSOR NORMALLY DOES WITH PROPERTY.
THE GREEN LINE IS ALL OF OTHER REVENUES, AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS, THIS COVERS THINGS LIKE LICENSES AND FEES, UH, FINES, PERMITS.
UM, YOU CAN SEE IN THE LAST YEAR IN FISCAL YEAR 23, 24, WE HAD A BIG UPTICK THIS, UM, REVENUE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS GROUPED IN IT, YOU KNOW, HAS A TENDENCY TO FLUCTUATE MORE.
HOWEVER, WE'VE BEEN SEEING, UM, STEADY INCREASES IN IT.
AND BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED ACTIVITY WE'VE BEEN HAVING THE LAST YEAR, WE DID ADJUST THE NUMBER, UM, SLIGHTLY UPWARD FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, 26, UH, THE RED LINE, WHICH IS THE SALES TAX.
UM, THAT ONE, IT HAS INCREASED OVER TIME.
HOWEVER, YOU WILL SEE, UM, IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, IT'S LEVELED OFF.
AND ACTUALLY YOU'LL SEE IT IS PROJECTED TO, UM, DECREASE SLIGHTLY FROM THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, FISCAL YEAR 24, 25, UM, IN FISCAL YEAR 25, 26 FOR THE VERY REASONS THAT WE DISCUSSED WITH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE CLOSURES, BUT ALSO JUST SOME OF THE OVERALL SENTIMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE ECONOMY WITH LIKE, UM, TARIFFS AND, UM, INFLATION.
SO THOSE, YOU KNOW, SO WE'VE ACCOUNTED FOR THAT, UM, DECREASE IN THE SALES TAX.
THE LAST LINE, THE PURPLE LINE IS THE, UH, UM, MEASURE V TRANSACTION.
WELL, ACTUALLY I SHOULD, IT WAS MEASURE T UP UNTIL, UM, THIS NEXT YEAR, THEN MEASURE V KICKS IN.
REALLY IT KICKED IN IN APRIL OF 2025.
SO WE WILL SEE THAT BIG JUMP BETWEEN 24, 25 AND 25, 26.
AND IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE YOU WOULD EXPECT MEASURE V WHEN WE, WHEN IT HAD GONE BEFORE THE VOTERS, YOU KNOW, AT THAT TIME SALES TAX WAS GOING PRETTY STRONG STILL AND TRANSACTIONS IN USE TAX AND WE HAD PROJECTED LIKE 15.6 MILLION.
BUT BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN THE ECONOMY, THESE, UH, PAST FEW MONTHS, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S BEEN ADJUSTING SOME OF THEIR PROJECTIONS DOWNWARDS.
SO IT IS STILL A VERY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FOR THE CITY.
HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF IT BEING LIKE A HUNDRED PERCENT INCREASE, RIGHT, LIKE FROM, YOU KNOW, MEASURE T DOUBLING TO, TO MEASURE V FROM, YOU KNOW, HALF CENT TO 1 CENT, IT'S ACTUALLY SHOWING UP AS LIKE KIND OF A 70, ALMOST LIKE A 70% INCREASE VERSUS LIKE A HUNDRED PERCENT INCREASE IN THAT TUT.
SO, BUT STILL, UH, VERY NOTABLE GAIN FOR THE CITY.
TWO, ACTUALLY, IF YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE TWO, TWO NOTABLE COMMENTS ABOUT THE WAY OUR, UM, OUR TAX REVENUE WORKS FOR THE, UM, GENERAL FUND.
SO THREE QUARTERS OF THE REVENUE THAT WE BRING IN FOR CITY OPERATIONS IS MADE UP OF, OF TAX REVENUE, PROPERTY TAXES, AND SALES TAX.
UM, BOTH ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO ECONOMIC CHANGES, WHETHER IT'S UPTURN OR DOWNTURN.
THE THING ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES IS THAT GENERALLY IT REACTS SLOWER TO ECONOMIC CHANGES.
SO IF WE STARTED SEEING A DOWNTURN OR RECESSION, YOU MAY SEE PROPERTY TAX LEVEL OFF OR EVEN DECLINE, BUT IT'LL BE A SLOWER RATE OVER A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.
SALES TAX, ON THE OTHER HAND, TENDS TO BE FAR MORE VOLATILE.
IF WE HAVE A RECESSION, WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST SALES TAX SHARPLY DECLINE, UH, AND THEN REBOUND.
SO THE TWO ACT A LITTLE BIT AS A HEDGE AGAINST
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EACH OTHER, BUT BOTH ARE VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO ECONOMIC CHANGE.SO WE TRACK BOTH OF THEM CAREFULLY AND WE LOOK AT TRENDS IN BOTH CATEGORIES, UH, SEPARATELY BECAUSE WHAT AFFECTS PROPERTY TAXES DOESN'T NECESSARILY AFFECT SALES TAX.
AND THEN THIS ONE IS JUST A BREAKDOWN OF THE, UH, SALES AND TRANSACTIONS USE TAX.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE 1% BRADLEY BURNS FOR LAHABRA, THAT'S THE 1% SALES TAX THAT ALL CITIES GET.
UM, MEASURE V IS THE ONE THAT WAS PASSED IN NOVEMBER, 2024 THAT, UM, BROUGHT THE SALES TAX RATE FROM HALF CENT TO 1 CENT.
AND THEN THE OTHER STATE AND THE STATE AND OTHER TAXING ENTITIES MAKE UP 6.75%.
IF YOU RECALL, A LOT OF THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IS FOR LIKE OTHER AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE, THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY, THEY'RE NOT, UM, FOR THE CITY.
SO THE BULK OF THE SALES AND TRANSACTION USE TAXES ACTUALLY GO NOT NECESSARILY TO LA HABRA DIRECTLY.
UM, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE JACK BAN TO GO OVER THE EXPENDITURES BY DEPARTMENT.
ANOTHER DETAILED FINANCIAL INFO.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL.
SO, AND, UH, THEN THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE, UM, OUTLINE THE, UH, GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE BY DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 26.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE NUMBER, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY CONTINUED TO BE OUR TOP PRIORITIES, UH, WITH THE POLICE FIRE AMBULANCE, UH, ACCOUNTED FOR THE LARGEST PORTION, UH, FOR THE COMBINE OF 68% OF GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
AS, UM, GABBY HAS ALSO MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.
UM, AND THE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND, UM, ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT MAKE UP MOST OF THE REMAINING BUDGET WHILE THE, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REPRESENT JUST OVER 5% OF TOTAL EXPENDITURES.
THIS BREAKDOWN REFLECTS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO ESSENTIAL CITY SERVICES AND RESIDENT SAFETY.
SO THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE, UH, BREAKDOWN THE, UM, GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE BY TYPE.
SO PERSONAL COSTS MAKE UP OF 55% OF THE BUDGET.
HOWEVER, UH, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE FIRE AND AMBULANCE ALSO REPRESENT THE, UH, PERSONAL RELATED EXPENSES.
SO WHEN ACCOUNTED FOR THAT, WE ESTIMATE THAT APPROXIMATELY 70 TO 75% OF GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS ULTIMATELY DEDICATED TO PERSONNEL, RIGHT? SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S INDICATES THAT OUR, UH, BUDGET IS HEAVILY INVESTED IN PEOPLE WHO PROVIDE A DIRECT SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO HERE, UH, IN THIS GRAB RIGHT HERE, WE PRESENT THE HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE, UM, UH, GENERAL FUND BUDGET ALLOCATION.
SO THIS CONTEXT HELP US TRACK THE TRENDS OF DEPARTMENTAL SPENDING OVER TIME.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, WE ARE, WE ARE VERY CONSISTENT IN BUDGET ALLOCATIONS, UH, WITH POLICE AT ABOUT 40 TO 45% OF THE BUDGET.
UH, ALL OTHER DEPARTMENTS REPRESENT ABOUT 30 TO 35% OVER TIME AND FIRE AN AMBULANCE AT ABOUT 25% RANGE.
SO IT'S QUITE CONSISTENT, UH, OVER THE YEARS.
SO THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE SHOWED THE, UH, CITY FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT, UH, STAFFING LEVELS.
SO STAFFING REMAINS STABLE, PROV, UH, SUPPORTING OUR ONGOING OPERATINGS ACROSS DEPARTMENTS.
SO MAINTAINING THE RIGHT LEVEL OF PERSONNEL IS CRITICAL FOR DELIVERING HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICES, UH, WITHIN BUDGET CONSTRAINTS.
SO WE HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN DOING THAT.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR FTE LEVEL ARE AT ABOUT 350, UH, RANGE FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE PAST 23 YEARS.
SO IN FACT, ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY IF YOU LOOK AT THE MOST RECENT YEAR, UM, THE NUMBER IS ROUGHLY ABOUT, UM, 358.
UH, WHICH COMPARED TO 23 YEARS AGO, IT WAS OVER 400.
SO I THINK WE'RE, AS A CITY, WE'VE BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB OF KEEPING STAFF LEVEL PRETTY CONSISTENT.
AND WHAT'S NOTABLE ABOUT THAT IS OVER THE LAST 23 YEARS, THE POPULATION IN LA HABRA HAS INCREASED.
UH, WE PUT ON FAR MORE EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES IN THE CITY TODAY THAN WE DID 23 YEARS AGO.
UM, WE HAVE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF, UH, CRIME THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS.
I MEAN, YOU HAVE YOUR STANDARD CRIME THAT'S KIND OF CONSISTENT OVER THE DECADES, BUT YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, IN THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS, WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH A GREATER HOMELESS ISSUE AND STAFFING FOR THAT.
SO DESPITE THESE NEW CHALLENGES AND NEW PROGRAMS AND NEW AND NEW, UH, PROJECTS, OUR STAFFING HAS STAYED REMARKABLY CONSISTENT OVER TIME.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE, YOU DON'T SEE, FOR INSTANCE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CITY GET, UH, A A A MEASURE T OR A MEASURE V TAX PASSED AND ALL
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OF A SUDDEN A CORRESPONDING BIG SPIKE IN IN PERSONNEL.YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT BEEN THE CASE FOR THE CITY OVER TIME.
IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH STAYING WITHIN OUR MEANS, TRYING TO OPERATE AS LEANLY AS POSSIBLE AND, AND, AND IN A WAY THAT DELIVERS HIGH QUALITY SERVICE BUT DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, END UP JUST THROWING BODIES AT PROBLEMS JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK YOU CAN HIRE MORE PEOPLE.
SO IT'S BEEN A, IN A, A GOOD WAY OF BEING ABLE TO MANAGE THE, THE OVERALL COST OF THE TO THE CITY.
SO JIM, UH, THIS IS JUST OUR FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES, FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES.
SO THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE PEOPLE WHERE WE CONTRACT OUT FOR SERVICES? NO.
THAT POSSIBLY WOULD'VE BEEN ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES, CORRECT? THAT'S RIGHT.
BUT, UH, IT DOES INCLUDE THOUGH, IN POSITIONS THAT ARE ON THE BOOKS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY BACK FILLING WITH CONTRACTORS, THOSE POSITIONS ARE STILL SHOWN IN HERE.
SO, UH, UP NEXT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET PRESENTATION FROM COMMUNITY SERVICES.
UM, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL STAFF IS PLEASED TO PRESENT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT BUDGET.
OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT CONSISTS OF SEVEN DISTINCT THANK YOU SEVEN DISTINCT DIVISIONS, AND OUR MOTTO IS MAKING IT HAPPEN, THE SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, UM, FOR CHILDREN, SENIORS, AND FAMILIES.
WE DO CHILDHOOD AND SCHOOL AGE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR OVER 400 YOUTH.
WE ALSO HAVE AN EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAM THAT SERVES OVER 600 YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
WE PROVIDE PROGRAMMING AND ACTIVITIES AT THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.
WE HAVE OUR OUTREACH, UH, PROGRAM FOR THE UNHOUSED COMMUNITY.
WE DO FACILITY MAINTENANCE AT 22 BUILDINGS AND HAVE OVERSIGHT AT ANOTHER EIGHT CITY OWNED FACILITIES.
AND WE ALSO MANAGE SEVERAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
WE ALSO MANAGE, UM, AND OPERATE A GRAFFITI ABATEMENT PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE CITY SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION, UM, THAT'S DEMONSTRATED BY OUR STAFF, AND WE HAVE PRIDE IN ALL THAT WE DO, AND WE HOPE THAT IT SHOWS IN THE PROGRAM'S, EVENTS, AND SERVICES.
THE ADMINISTRATION DIVISION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A NUMBER OF THINGS, INCLUDING OUR GRAFFITI ABATEMENT PROGRAM THAT I JUST MENTIONED, THAT OPERATES SEVEN DAYS A WEEK WITH JUST ONE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE AND ONE PART-TIME EMPLOYEE.
WE DO OUR BEST TO REMOVE GRAFFITI WITHIN SEVEN, I'M SORRY, WITHIN 24 HOURS.
AND ALSO WHEN WE DO NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, UM, WHETHER IT'S FOR SAFETY OR, UM, FROM TIME TO TIME, THEY DO TAKE TIME OFF.
WE ARE FORTUNATE TO WORK WITH OUR RECREATION DIVISION AND HAVE PART-TIME RECREATION STAFF THAT HAVE BEEN PROPERLY TRAINED TO HELP SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM.
SO WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THEIR SUPPORT.
UM, WITH THIS PROGRAM, WE, UM, AS I MENTIONED, HAVE 11 FACILITIES WHERE WE MONITOR AND MANAGE LEASE AGREEMENTS, AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE DEPOT THEATER, THE TENNIS CENTER, THE GARY CENTER, AND MUCH MORE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE LIFE IN LA HABRA MAGAZINE THAT JUST CAME OUT LAST WEEK.
WE PRODUCED THAT WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND RECREATION DIVISIONS.
THAT COMES OUT TWICE A YEAR TO ALL RESIDENTS THAT HAVE A MAILING ADDRESS HERE IN THE CITY.
AND WE ALSO WORK WITH MANY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING PUBLIC WORKS, THE POLICE, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND OTHER, UM, AGENCIES TO PROVIDE, UM, AND HIGHLIGHT STORIES ON RECYCLING, CITY CELEBRATIONS, SAFETY TIPS, NEW DEVELOPMENT, AND MUCH MORE, UM, IN THIS POPULAR BIANNUAL MAGAZINE.
THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS, UM, SERVES APPROXIMATELY 280 CHILDREN EACH AND EVERY DAY.
THIS PROGRAM IS COMPLETELY FUNDED BY STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS, AND WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE ALMOST AN $8 MILLION BUDGET THIS NEXT YEAR.
WE, UM, PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS AT FIVE DIFFERENT LICENSED CHILDCARE FACILITIES WITHIN THE CITY.
WE HAVE OUR FOOD PROGRAM THAT SERVES 138 H HOMES, AND WE ALSO HAVE 10, UM, IN-HOME CHILDCARE, UH, FACILITIES WITHIN THE CITY.
THE, UM, DIVISION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR, AGAIN, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES PROGRAMS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE BEEN BUSY THIS CURRENT YEAR BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN HELD HARMLESS IN DOING A LOT OF UPDATES AND RENOVATIONS TO OUR FACILITIES THAT ARE IN MUCH NEED OF REPAIR.
SOME OF THAT INCLUDES REPLACING FLOOR COVERINGS IN SIX CLASSROOMS AND FURNITURE IN THREE CLASSROOMS. WE ARE FULLY RENOVATING TWO KITCHENS AND ONE RESTROOM.
WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEERING, UM, DEPARTMENT AND DIVISION TO COMPLETE A NEW ROOF WALLS AND INTERIOR REPLACEMENT AT THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT MAIN OFFICE.
AND WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING MUCH MORE AS WE GET READY TO REOPEN AUG IN AUGUST FOR OUR NEW SCHOOL YEAR PROGRAM.
THE DIVISION ALSO WORKS CLOSELY WITH
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THE FIRST FIVE ORANGE COUNTY, UH, PROGRAM WITH SCOTT MILLER THROUGH THE HARBOR COLLABORATIVE.AND YOU RECENTLY, UM, APPROVED AN EARLY CHILDHOOD FRIENDLY PROCLAMATION AND WE WERE THE FIRST CITY IN ORANGE COUNTY TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THIS PROGRAM.
AS YOU KNOW, THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM WAS THE FIRST CHILDREN'S MUSEUM TO OPEN WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI IN 1977.
IT'S OVER 10,000 SQUARE FOOT OF HANDS-ON EXHIBITS THAT, UM, INCLUDES ARTS, SCIENCES, WORLD CULTURES, AND EVERYDAY LIFE.
AND WE, UM, HAVE CLOSE TO 90,000 VISITORS EACH YEAR THAT VISIT.
OUR SEVEN DIFFERENT GALLERIES, OUR 14 HANDS-ON EXHIBITS, OUR OUTDOOR DINOSAUR TOPIARY, AND OUR CABOOSE, UM, TRAIN THERE IS FUN FOR YOUTH TWO AND OLDER.
AND AS YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE'VE SEEN ALL THE BUSES OUT THERE.
WE'VE HAD SO MANY TOURS THIS YEAR.
UM, THANKS TO KATIE AND HER TEAM.
WE'VE HAD 500 SCHOOL TOURS THIS PAST YEAR FROM OVER 46 DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS, INCLUDING PRIVATE AND HOME SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT ORANGE COUNTY, LA COUNTY, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES.
WE'VE REDESIGNED, UM, A SPECIAL ENTRY DAY FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
THAT MEANS WE, UM, LOWER THE LIGHTS.
WE MIGHT NOT TURN ON ALL OUR, UM, OUR SOUNDS, UM, YOU KNOW, MUSIC, UH, DIFFERENT NOISE FEATURES.
WE, UM, LIMIT THE ATTENDANT, UM, SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THESE FAMILIES HAVE THE SUPPORT, UM, THEY NEED FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO HAVE A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE MUSEUM, AS YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN, THEY'RE OUT AT EVERY CITY EVENT WITH THE MOBILE MUSEUM, WHETHER IT'S A BOOTH OR THE ACTUAL MOBILE MUSEUM.
UM, THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB, UM, GETTING THE, THE MOBILE MUSEUM OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
THEY ALSO DEVELOPED A NEW STEM EDUCATIONAL TOUR PROGRAM.
UM, SOME OF THE NEW, UH, TOPICS ARE BLUE PLANET HEROES, CALIFORNIA CRITTERS, INCREDIBLE INSECTS, DYNA FORCE, SAFARI DISCOVERY TOURS.
AND SO THESE ALL ADD-ONS TO THE REGULAR SCHOOL TOURS.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, DIFFERENT AVENUES TO INCREASE OUR REVENUE AT THE MUSEUM.
AND THEN, UM, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT OUR CHILDREN'S MUSEUM MANAGER SLASH RECREATION MANAGER, KATIE ELMORE, SHE COMPLETED AN, UM, EIGHT TWO WEEK COURSES THROUGH ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY NON-PROFIT PROGRAMS TO WORK MORE CLOSELY WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM AND TO REALLY HELP RAISE ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDS FOR THE MUSEUM BECAUSE OF COURSE, AS YOU KNOW, IT DOES OPERATE AS AN ENTERPRISE FUND.
UM, AND YOU ALSO KNOW THAT IT IS A GEM, UM, HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WE WANNA DO ALL WE CAN TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT.
DID I HEAR CORRECTLY, DID YOU SEE 90,000 VISITORS? YES.
NINE ZERO THOUSAND THAT SCHOOL TOURS OUTREACH, AND THEN PEOPLE THAT PAY TO COME THROUGH THE MUSEUM.
AND THEN OUR EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAM, UM, THEY ARE REALLY SUCCESSFUL THIS YEAR.
WE'VE MET OUR CONTRACT NUMBERS.
IN FACT, OUR ENROLLMENT TO DATE IS 718 YOUTH PARTICIPANTS, UH, THAT ARE 16 TO 24 YEARS OLD.
UM, WE'VE MET OUR CONTRACT GOAL, WHICH WAS FIVE 60.
AND, UM, WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN PLACING 115 YOUTH INTO INDIVIDUALIZED TRAINING ACCOUNTS.
AND THAT MEANS IT'S A SPECIAL CERTIFICATE PROGRAM, WHETHER IT'S WELDING, PLUMBING, NURSING, WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
UM, IN FACT, THE COUNTY GAVE US ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO SERVE MORE YOUTH PARTICIPANTS.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A PROGRAM, IT'S OUR WE PROGRAM WORK EXPERIENCE PROGRAM WHERE STUDENTS GET UP TO 360 HOURS A PAID, UH, MINIMUM WAGE, $17 TO GET WORK EXPERIENCE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY OF ORANGE.
AND THEN THE GOAL, OF COURSE, IS FOR THE, HOPEFULLY THE EMPLOYERS TO HIRE THEM, UM, AND, AND THEY GET AN UNSUBSIDIZED JOB.
UM, SO THAT PROGRAM'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AS WELL.
CAN I ASK REAL QUICK HOW, HOW MUCH OF THAT IS FEDERAL MONEY THAT MAY OR MAY NOT? THE ENTIRE GRANT IS FEDERAL MONEY.
SO THIS YEAR OUR GRANT WAS 2.7, THEY ACTUALLY INCREASED IT TO 3.1.
SO THAT'S JUST THIS MASSIVE QUESTION MARK.
WHETHER THAT GRANT MONEY WILL SURVIVE.
I WAS GONNA ASK AS WELL, WHAT IS MORE SPECIFICALLY IF YOU CAN ADD, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IF WE DO LOSE SOME OF THAT GRANT MONEY? WHAT IS, AND EVEN IF YOU HAVE ANY CONTINGENCY PLANS FOR THAT.
WELL, AS YOU MENTIONED, IT IS COMPLETELY GRANT FUNDED.
WE ARE CLOSELY MONITORING, UM, THE FUNDING.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT CHANGES DAILY.
WE JUST, YOU KNOW, OUR, UM, CONTRACT WAS JUST RENEWED BY THE CITY AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ACTUALLY TWO WEEKS AGO.
UM, AS FAR AS CONTINGENCY PLAN, WE WOULD HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, REGROUP AND LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, PARTNERING WITH OTHER AGENCIES.
BUT CERTAINLY WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS PROGRAM IS.
UM, THE COUNTIES ENTRUSTED US WITH, YOU KNOW, THIS LARGE GRANT TO SERVE OLIVE ORANGE COUNTY.
UM, BUT WE ARE SEEING SOME OTHER AGENCIES COME TO US AND ASKING US TO HELP SUPPORT THEIR PROGRAMS THAT THEY'RE LOSING.
BUT, SO WE KNOW THAT IT IS, YOU KNOW, A REAL CONCERN.
UM, SO BECAUSE WE'RE A CONTRACT OPERATOR FOR THE COUNTY, IS REALLY GONNA HAVE TO BE THE COUNTY'S DECISION.
SO IF THE COUNTY LOSES THE MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WE WOULD THEN LOOK TO THEM TO SAY, OKAY, HOW DO YOU WANT US TO MANAGE THIS
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PROGRAM? IS THE COUNTY GONNA BACKFILL FOR THE LOST REVENUE? HAVING SEEN SOME PRELIMINARY NUMBERS FROM THE COUNTY'S BUDGET, I WOULD SERIOUSLY DOUBT THAT WOULD BE THE CASE.BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO TACKLE THAT, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THAT BRIDGE WHEN WE GET THERE.
SO IT'S HARD TO ESTIMATE WHAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO DO.
UM, BUT WE WOULD DEFINITELY BRING OPTIONS BACK TO COUNCIL DEPENDING ON WHAT THE COUNTY TOLD US.
UH, SO WE DO HAVE ANOTHER CONTRACT, AS I MENTIONED FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN WE HAVE A TWO ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR GRANTS.
UM, SHOULD THE CITY CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE AND DEPENDENT ON GRANT FUNDING.
I'VE TOUCHED A LITTLE BIT ON OUR FACILITY MAINTENANCE, UM, DIVISION, BUT THEY REALLY WORK VERY HARD.
THEY'RE KIND OF OUR UNSUNG HEROES 'CAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS BEHIND THE SCENES, BUT THEY'RE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING MAINTENANCE SERVICES TO ASSURE CLEAN, SAFE, AND FUNCTIONAL FUNCTIONING OPERATED FACILITIES.
UM, THE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES MAINTENANCE TO 22 CITY OWNED BUILDINGS, AND THAT'S ALMOST 300,000 SQUARE FEET, UM, OF, UH, SPACE THAT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT INCLUDES EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING, UM, INCLUDING, UM, SERVICE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF HEATING, VENTILATE, VENTILATING, AIR AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS, SERVICE AND REPAIR, BUILDING HARDWARE, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING WALLS, CEILING AND FLOOR FINISHES, ROOFING, CARPETING, PAINTING, CARPENTRY, ELEVATORS, DOORS, GATES, ELECTRONIC GATES, CONTRACT, UH, CUSTODIAL SERVICES, AND SO MUCH MORE.
UM, THEY ALSO WORK CLOSELY WITH PUBLIC WORKS, THE ENGINEERING, UM, DIVISION TO COMPLETE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
THEY COMPLETED THE LOBBY RENOVATION AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEY WORKED WITH, UH, RECREATION TO HANG ALL THE, UH, PHOTOS IN CITY HALL AND JUST SOME LITTLE STATISTICS.
THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR 50 RESTROOMS WITH OVER A HUNDRED FIXTURES, OVER A HUNDRED AC UNITS FROM NEW AT THE MUSEUM TO OVER 20-YEAR-OLD FACILITIES.
THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR HUNDREDS OF DOORS OF WINDOW TREATMENTS, THOUSANDS OF SQUARE FOOT OF FLOORING COVERING, AND SO MUCH MORE.
AND SO THIS THREE MAN FULL-TIME CREW IS VERY INSTRUMENTAL TO OUR DEPARTMENT AND TO THE WHOLE CITY IN HELPING US MAINTAIN SAFE BUILDINGS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR COMMUNITY.
DID YOU SAY THREE MEN? THREE FULL-TIME.
AND THEY DO HAVE ONE PART-TIMER, BUT IT'S A SMALL CREW AND THEY WORK REALLY HARD EACH AND EVERY DAY TO KEEP US SAFE.
AND THEN OUR RECREATION AND SPECIAL EVENTS.
THIS IS PROBABLY YOUR MOST FAMILIAR DIVISION.
WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR SUPPORT, UM, BEING AT OUR PROGRAMS AND ALSO HELPING US PROMOTE THEM THROUGH THE SOCIAL, SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS.
UM, WE'RE THE FACE OF THE DEPARTMENT, UM, AND REALLY, UM, THE DIRECT LINE TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR RECREATION AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THIS INCLUDES CITYWIDE EVENTS, THE 5K LA HABRA, FUN RUN, UM, EXTRAVAGANZA, TAMALE FESTIVAL, 4TH OF JULY, CONCERTS IN THE PARK, MOVIES IN THE PARK, AND MUCH MORE.
IT ALSO INCLUDES DAY CAMP PROGRAMS AND INCLUDES OUR TEAM PROGRAM, OUR YOUTH COMMITTEE.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, IT SERVES YOUTH, FAMILIES AND ADULTS.
UH, WE'RE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, OUR SPORTS, UM, AFFILIATE GROUPS AND, UM, PROVIDING FIELD USAGE, STAFFING AND SUPERVISING THE SPLASH PADS AND CLOSING OUR PARKS.
WE'VE ALSO HAD SOME, UM, BIG ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE HELICOPTER DROP IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR ACTIVITIES AT THE EGG HUNT.
AND THEN OUR LAHABRA 5K RACE THIS YEAR WAS, WE WERE PRETTY, UM, ECSTATIC ON THE TURNOUT.
WE HAD OUR RECORD, UM, UM, NUMBER OF REGISTRATIONS.
WE, UM, APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED A $20,000 GRANT FROM CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS TO, UM, CONTINUE NEAR THE LA HABRA OUTDOORS CAMPING TRIP THAT ACTUALLY IS GONNA TAKE PLACE THIS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
WE'RE TAKING 30 YOUTH PARTICIPANTS UP TO SILVERADO, SILVERWOOD SILVERWOOD, UM, MOUNTAINS, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE CAMPING FOR TWO NIGHTS.
UH, KATIE'S GONNA HELP DO ALL THE COOKING AND, UM, WE'RE REALLY, UM, PLEASED TO CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM AND TO HAVE THE GRANT FUNDING.
WE ARE ALSO, UM, CONTINUING TO OPERATE OUR TEEN PROGRAM THIS SUMMER.
AND THEN OUR YOUTH PROGRAM, OUR YOUTH COMMITTEE PROGRAM, AS WELL AS WE'VE REVAMPED OUR ADULT PROGRAM.
AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAD OUR CITY'S VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION PROGRAM.
AND YOU'LL SEE, UM, THESE ARE SOME SLIDES FROM OUR YOUTH GOVERNMENT DAY THAT WE HAD IN APRIL 4TH OF JULY.
AND THEN OF COURSE TO MOLLY FESTIVAL.
AND THEN SENIOR AND SOCIAL SERVICES.
UM, AGAIN, WE'RE KIND OF THE FRONTLINE, UM, TO THESE PROGRAMS. WE, UM, OUR SENIOR AND OUR SENIOR PROGRAM HAS A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES INCLUDING SENIOR MEALS, SENIOR SHUTTLE, BINGO, EXERCISE CLASSES, LEGAL AID MOVIES, PING PONG DANCES AND MORE.
AND THIS YEAR WE CONTINUE TO OPERATE OUR SENIOR AND SPECIAL EVENTS SHUTTLE, UH, THROUGH THE ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT AUTHORITY.
WE WORK CLOSELY WITH MEALS ON WHEEL ORANGE COUNTY TO, TO PROVIDE HOT MEALS FIVE
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DAYS A WEEK AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.WE ALSO, UM, HOLD OUR SENIOR WEEK EVERY NOVEMBER AND WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE ORANGE COUNTY HEALTHCARE AGENCY POLICE DEPARTMENT IN PROVIDENCE, ST.
JUDE TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS.
AND THEN WE CULMINATE WITH A SENIOR HEALTH FAIR DAY.
AND THIS YEAR WE HAD OVER 40 VENDORS AND, UM, HEALTH PROVIDERS THAT PROVIDED IN-PERSON MINI UM, PHYSICALS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, AS WE'VE MENTIONED, UM, EARLIER, WE DO, UM, HOUSE THE HOMELESS OUTREACH PROGRAM IN THE SOCIAL SERVICES DIVISION.
AND UM, THIS PAST YEAR WE HAD 600 ENGAGEMENTS WITH DIFFERENT CLIENTS.
WE HAD 45 NEW ENROLLMENTS, WE HAD 53 STREET EXITS, AND WE COULD NOT RUN THIS PROGRAM WITHOUT THE, UM, PARTNERSHIP OF THE LA HABO POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AND OF COURSE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY OF ORANGE AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES INCLUDING THE NAVIGATION CENTERS.
UM, AGAIN, WE GET A LOT OF DIFFERENT CALLS, UM, IN THE SENIOR AND SOCIAL SERVICES DIVISION.
UM, ONE THAT JUST TOOK PLACE LAST WEEK IS WE HAD A DAUGHTER CALL FROM TENNESSEE AND ASKED IF SOMEONE COULD CHECK ON HER FATHER WHO LIVES IN TOWN.
SO ACTUALLY KATIE AND MARTHA WENT TO HIS HOUSE AND WHAT HE WANTED WAS, UM, TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.
SO THEY ACTUALLY SIGNED HIM UP RIGHT THEN AND THERE AT HIS H HOUSE.
MARTHA, OUR SOCIAL SERVICES COORDINATOR, ACTUALLY WENT AND RODE THE SHUTTLE WITH HIM ON HIS FIRST DAY LAST FRIDAY.
SHE, THE, THE SHUTTLE DRIVER PICKED HER UP AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND THEN HE WENT TO HIS HOUSE AND PICKED HIM UP SO THAT HE, UM, HAD A FRIENDLY FACE AND THAT HE FELT COMFORTABLE ON THAT SHUTTLE.
BUT THAT'S WHAT WE DO AND, UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS THAT WE ARE AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT.
I WILL JUST SAY THAT MARTHA HAS A VERY SPECIAL TALENT WITH OUR SENIORS.
HE'S JUST OUTSTANDING AT THE SENIOR DANCES.
SHE ALWAYS HAS A GREAT CONVERSATION WITH 'EM.
AND YOU COULD TELL IF SOMEBODY NOT JUST COMES HERE, UH, TO WORK, SHE COMES, SHE'S GOT A HEART FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UH, REAL QUICK, RE REGARDING THE, UM, 600 CLIENT ENGAGEMENTS.
UH, THE PUBLIC MAY BE, THEY MIGHT BE, UH, UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WE HAVE 600 HOMELESS PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
SO CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ENGAGEMENTS? UH, THESE COULD BE MULTIPLE ENGAGEMENTS WITH THE SAME PERSON.
AND, AND COMMONLY WE, WE USUALLY TELL AND OR INFORM PEOPLE THAT ON AVERAGE YOU HAVE ABOUT 50 HOMELESS PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO IF YOU CAN EXPAND ON THAT ONE, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
YES, IT'S NOT 600, UM, NEW ENGAGEMENTS OR 600, UM, UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS.
IT, IT TAKES ABOUT 10 TO 15, UM, INTERACTIONS TO BUILD TRUST AND A RAPPORT WITH, WITH INDIVIDUALS.
THOSE ARE THE STATISTICS, UM, THROUGH THE POINT IN TIME AND OTHER, UM, HOMELESS PROGRAMS. SO IT REALLY TAKES A LOT OF CONNECTING.
UM, A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE TURNED DOWN AND, YOU KNOW, AS WE BUILD MORE TRUST AND A RAPPORT, THEY SLOWLY, UM, START ACCEPTING SERVICES, UM, MAKING THEIR APPOINTMENTS, LETTING OUR TEAM, UM, DRIVE THEM TO DIFFERENT APPOINTMENTS TO HELP GET THEM CONNECTED TO THE RESOURCES THAT, UM, ARE NEEDED TO GET THEM ULTIMATELY, UM, HOUSED.
THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
AND IT ALSO JUST BRINGS UP THE OTHER IDEAL OF HOW, HOW MUCH EFFORT THE CITY PUTS IN TO ENGAGE PEOPLE THAT ARE UNHOUSED, RATHER THEY WANT TO BE HOUSED OR NOT, IS A CONSISTENT BUILDING OF A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM, BUILDING RAPPORT WITH THEM TO DO ALL WE CAN, EVEN WHEN SOMETIMES THEY DON'T WANT TO.
THEY DON'T WANT TO, THE SERVICES THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED TO THEM.
AND THEN, UM, THE SOCIAL SERVICES WORKS.
UM, SOCIAL SERVICES DIVISION WORKS CLOSELY WITH OUR FAITH-BASED, UM, UH, COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, WE'VE HAD, UM, MINISTERIAL MEETINGS THAT MEET WITH CHURCH LEADERS TO, UM, WORK TOGETHER TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE'VE DONE, WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITH OUR REVITALIZATION OF THE BACKPACK GIVEAWAY THAT WAS HELD LAST AUGUST.
WE'RE GETTING READY TO HAVE THAT PROGRAM AGAIN ON AUGUST 2ND.
AND WE WORK CLOSELY WITH, UH, THE CHURCH AT GREEN HILLS AND THEIR BETTER LIFE LA HABER NONPROFIT TO, UH, PROVIDE, UM, SUPPORT FOR NEW SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
BUT THIS LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO, OR WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE OFFERING HAIRCUTS NEW SHOES.
AND AGAIN, NOT JUST, UM, BACKPACK SUPPLIES, BUT RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
OF COURSE, WE HAVE OUR LAHABRA COLLABORATIVE AND WE HAVE ALL THE DIFFERENT CHURCHES AND NONPROFITS THAT ARE THERE TO SUPPORT OUR, UM, MOST VULNERABLE AND YOUNG, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND THEN, UM, WE REINVENTED, YOU KNOW, THE LEVEL OF HARBOR.
WE MOVED IT BACK TO APRIL, WHICH IS THE NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE.
SO WE ALIGN WITH OTHER CITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE WANNA CONTINUE TO GROW THAT AND GET OTHER CHURCHES INVOLVED.
SO HOPEFULLY THROUGH OUR MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION, WE'LL CONTINUE THAT EFFORT.
AND THEN, UM, OF COURSE, AS I MENTIONED, WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE LA HABA COLLABORATIVE AT THE HILLCREST, UM, HEALTH AND WELLNESS SITE.
UM, WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE SCOTT AND TO HAVE ALL HIS SUPPORT, UM, THROUGH VCC, THE GARY CENTER TO CONTINUE PROVIDING FOOD, UM, MEDICAL, UM, SERVICES THROUGH THE VISTA COMMUNITY CLINIC, UM, MOBILE UNIT.
HOPEFULLY YOU'VE SEEN THAT IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER A COUPLE TIMES A MONTH IN ADDITION TO THE, UM, THE FOOD, UH, MOBILE UNIT THAT'S OUT THERE AS WELL.
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AND THEN THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION THAT STARTED IN JANUARY ON THE, UH, 20, UH, 4TH OF JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.UM, WHAT CAN I SAY? WE'VE, WE'VE HAD A LOT THIS YEAR.
WE DID THE CENTENNIAL KICKOFF.
WE DID A HUNDRED THINGS TO DO IN LA HABRA, WE'VE DONE THE CORN AND CHIP QUEST, AND THEN OF COURSE, THE MURAL AND HISTORIC PHOTO EXHIBIT.
BUT WE STILL HAVE A LOT MORE TO DO IN THE NEXT, UH, SIX OR SEVEN MONTHS.
AND SO, UM, FIRST WE WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING IN THESE EVENTS AND AGAIN, FOR PROMOTING THEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND FOR ANYONE OUT THERE, UM, IF YOU DO ANY OF THESE ACTIVITIES, WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO TAG US AT HASHTAG LAHABRA 100 SO THAT WE CONTINUE TO GET THE WORD OUT AND SHARE ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING.
AND, UM, SO OVER THE NEXT SIX, SIX MONTHS OR SO, WE WILL BE RECOGNIZING PEOPLE, PLACES, AND THINGS THAT ARE A HUNDRED YEARS OLD.
AND WE'LL BE DOING THAT AT ONE OF OUR FUTURE COUNCIL MEETINGS.
WE'LL BE HOSTING THE LEGENDS AND, UH, LEGACIES DINNER ON THURSDAY, UH, AUGUST 21ST, AND THAT WILL BE THE KICKOFF TO THE CORN FESTIVAL PARADE AND FESTIVAL.
THE GREAT NEWS THIS YEAR, AS YOU KNOW, IS WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THE LAHA OPERA HOST LIONS, AND, UM, THIS YEAR'S THEME IS GONNA BE LAHABRA ALWAYS HOME.
WE'VE BEEN MEETING, UM, ON A REGULAR BASIS FOR THE LAHABRA HOST LIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND A WONDERFUL, UM, COMMUNITY EVENT FOR EVERYONE.
AND THEN ALSO WE'LL BE RELEASING THE IMAGES OF LAHABRA, UM, BOOK AND OUR CENTENNIAL MAP, AND WE WILL BE FILLING A CENTENNIAL TIME CAPSULE THAT WILL BE, UM, I GUESS BURIED OR PUT SOMEWHERE, UH, DURING THE TAMALE FESTIVAL TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY IN DECEMBER.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANNA INCLUDE IN THAT, PLEASE REACH OUT TO KELLY OR I AND WE WILL CERTAINLY BE HAPPY TO INCLUDE THAT.
AND SO, OF COURSE, IT'S BEEN A BUSY AND PRODUCTIVE YEAR.
WE HAVE SOME OF OUR GOALS LISTED HERE, SO I DON'T NEED TO GO THROUGH ALL OF 'EM.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA CONTINUE, UH, PURSUING SPONSORSHIPS TO HELP, YOU KNOW, THE GENERAL FUND AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
WE HAVE A LOT OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE NEEDED TO CONTINUE WITH OUR REVENUE GROWTH, SUCH AS RENOVATING THE COMMUNITY BALLROOM AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO WE CAN CONTINUE OUR FACILITY RENTAL PROGRAM, UH, AGAIN, WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING TO, UM, HOPEFULLY GET THE, UH, CHIROPRACTOR BUILDING AND THE ELECTRONICS BUILDING RENOVATED SO WE CAN MOVE INTO THOSE BUILDINGS AND THEN OFFER ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR OUR SENIORS AND COMPLETE VARIOUS, UH, PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT UPGRADES AT OUR CHILD DEVELOPMENT SITES.
AND THEN DO LIKE A COMPREHENSIVE FACILITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
WE KNOW THAT OUR BUILDINGS ARE GETTING A LITTLE BIT TIRED, THEY'RE HEAVILY USED, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO BE SAFE IN THEM.
AND SO WE'LL BE DOING AN ASSESSMENT, UM, AND, UH, BRINGING THAT TO YOU IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
WE'LL ALSO BE DEVELOPING A MASTER PLAN FOR THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND EXPAND, AND MOSTLY WITH FUNDING AS WELL AS WITH PROGRAMMING.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, UM, ACTIVITIES.
AND THEN, UM, IN CLOSING, THIS IS OUR DEPARTMENT REQUEST.
WE ARE, UM, AT JUST ABOUT $18.5 MILLION AS YOU CAN SEE.
AND OF THAT 18.5 MILLION, UM, 5.9 IS FROM THE GENERAL FUND, AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL IS FROM OTHER FUNDS, GRANTS, AND THEN, UM, THE MUSEUM ENTERPRISE FUND, WHICH MAKES THAT 12.5 MILLION.
WE FEEL FORTUNATE TO HAVE ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF OUR BUDGET, UM, GIVEN BY GRANTS AND OTHER PEOPLE'S MONIES, AND THAT THEY HAVE ENTRUSTED THE CITY OF LAHABRA TO BE THE STEWARD OF THAT, THAT FUNDING AND THAT WE HAVE, UM, CONTINUED TO MEET OUR NUMBERS, MEET, UM, ALL CONTRACT GRANT, UM, REQUIREMENTS.
AND SO THEY CONTINUE TO FUND US AS WELL AS THEY ALSO, UM, INCREASE OUR FUNDING, UM, EVERY YEAR.
SO WE'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT, UM, AND, UH, ALLOWING US TO PRESENT THE BUDGET.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER 'EM.
UM, BEING THAT, UH, JULY 4TH WILL BE CONSIDERED A NEW FISCAL YEAR, AND IT IS OUR CENTENNIAL, HOW ARE YOU DOING ON FUNDING FOR THAT BIG SPECIAL EVENT ON JULY 4TH? WE'RE DOING WELL.
UM, WE, WELL, ONE THING I FORGOT TO MENTION IS WE'VE, UM, CHALLENGED OUR CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE TO REALLY HELP WITH OUR FUNDRAISING EFFORTS TO HELP RAISE ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS BECAUSE THE CITY HAS GIVEN US A HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR, UM, THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION ACTIVITIES.
UM, SOME OF THOSE INCLUDE SPONSORSHIPS, THE CENTENNIAL MAP, WE'VE CHALLENGED THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THEMSELVES TO DONATE A HUNDRED DOLLARS TOWARDS THAT EFFORT AND TO GET ANOTHER 10 PEOPLE TO HELP GIVE A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
SO YOU'RE CONFIDENT THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE OKAY FOR THE 4TH OF JULY? WE ARE, AND THROUGH OUR CONTINUED SPONSORSHIPS, AND BECAUSE IT'S A BIG YEAR, WE ARE GETTING A LOT OF INTEREST.
AND SO, UM, WE BELIEVE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO COVER ALL OF OUR COSTS WITH OUR EXISTING FUNDING.
I JUST WANNA SAY HOW PROUD I AM OF YOUR DEPARTMENT.
I WAS AT A MEMORIAL SERVICE THIS WEEKEND, AND, UH, GA VASQUEZ WAS ONE OF THE PERSONS, UH, MC THE EVENT THAT I WAS AT.
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SO FORMER SUPERVISOR ALSO, UH, HE WAS, UH, AN AMBASSADOR TO, TO ITALY.AND HE SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED A LOT OF THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON.
HE SAYS, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING GOING ON IN LAHABRA.
AND THEN I WAS APPROACHED BY A PRODUCER FROM KTE THAT HAPPENS TO KNOW ME.
HE SAYS, YOU GUYS ALWAYS SEEM TO DO THINGS RIGHT IN LAHABRA WITH ALL YOUR SPECIAL EVENTS.
SO, UH, THAT MADE ME SO PROUD.
UH, NTRODUCE, ALSO GA BASQUE, SO CONGRATULATIONS FOR ALL THE GREAT JOB WITH, UH, THE EVENTS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR ESPINOZA AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
I'M SUSAN KIM, THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
I'M PLEASED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE THIS FISCAL YEAR'S MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, THE STATUS OF SOME OF THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT OUR STAFF HAS PROCESSED THIS YEAR, OUR MAJOR GOALS FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND OUR PROPOSED BUDGET.
WITH A PROMOTION OF MIRANDA COLE CORONA TO DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
THE HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION WILL BECOME PART OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION NEXT FISCAL YEAR SINCE MUCH OF WHAT THEY DO HELPS FACILITATE THE WORK OF OUR OTHER TWO DIVISIONS, BUILDING SAFETY AND CODE ENFORCEMENT AND PLANNING, AS WELL AS MANY OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE, OUR HOUSING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF WAS BUSY THIS YEAR WITH THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS THEY OVERSEE, INCLUDING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR HOME IMPROVEMENTS, PLHA AND CDBG FUNDING, OUR CITY OWNED MOBILE HOME PARKS PROPERTY ACQUISITION FOR CIVIC USES, HOSTING OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FORUM IN TOP 25 LUNCHEON, AND PROVIDING CONCIERGE LEVEL SERVICE TO PROSPECTIVE AS WELL AS EXISTING DEVELOPERS AND RETAILERS WITHIN OUR CITY.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS TWO OF THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE TO HELP IDENTIFY AVAILABLE SITES AND BROKERS FOR BUSINESSES THAT WANT TO COME RELOCATE OR EXPAND WITHIN OUR CITY.
AND THE SITES THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED IN THE STATE HAS APPROVED AS BEING SUITABLE FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT TO MEET OUR REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT, ALSO KNOWN AS RENA ALLOCATION.
IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE CITY DOES NOT OWN OR DEVELOP THESE SITES.
WE SIMPLY PROCESS DEVELOPMENT REQUESTS FROM PROPERTY OWNERS AND THEIR TENANTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL CODES AND REQUIREMENTS.
SOME OF THESE LAND USE DECISIONS REQUIRE APPROVAL BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
OVER THE LAST YEAR, OUR PLANNING STAFF PRESENTED 22 PROJECTS TO PLANNING COMMISSION, MANY OF WHICH I WILL HIGHLIGHT LATER ON IN THIS PRESENTATION, AS WELL AS A PROCESS FOR A NEW TYPE OF CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REFERRED TO AS A MINOR CUP, WHICH COUNCIL WILL HEAR ABOUT MORE LATER ON IN THIS EVENING.
IN ADDITION, OUR PLANNING STAFF PROCESSES SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS.
THEY ANALYZE OPPORTUNITIES TO STREAMLINE AND IMPROVE OUR ZONING CODE, AND HAS BEEN WORKING TO UPDATE THE LAW OPERABLE OF ARTS SPECIFIC PLAN, WHICH LATER THIS SUMMER, WE PLAN TO HOLD A WORKSHOP WITH CITY COUNCIL TO SHARE THE OUTCOMES OF OUR LATEST OUTREACH REACH EFFORTS FOR THIS PROJECT.
OUR BUILDING AND SAFETY STAFF HAS BEEN REVIEWING AND ISSUING PERMITS AND MANAGING INSPECTIONS THROUGH OUR NEW ELECTRONIC PERMITTING SYSTEM.
AND OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF CONTINUES TO WORK CLOSELY WITH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNERS TO IMPROVE AND MAINTAIN THE APPEARANCE OF PROPERTIES WITHIN OUR CITY.
NOW FOR THE EXCITING PART, UPDATES ON SOME OF OUR PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S UNDERWAY IN THE CITY.
SOME NOTABLE BUSINESSES THAT OPENED OR EXPANDED THIS YEAR INCLUDE LOOKING TO END DUTCH BROTHERS COSTCO AND BOBA DE ARE, WHICH ARE JUST A FEW OF THE MANY BUSINESSES.
NEXT SLIDE THAT ARE NEARING COMPLETION INCLUDE KRISPY KREME SEVEN LEAVES, CAFE TWO LA JORE, AND THE VISTA ROCK TOWN HOMES PROJECT ON IMPERIAL HIGHWAY.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS MANY BUSINESSES AND HOUSING PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY, SO THEY'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
A PREVIOUS SLIDE STATED THAT WE ISSUED OVER 1100 BUILDING PERMITS THIS YEAR.
WELL, WE CAN'T ISSUE THESE PERMITS UNTIL EACH PROJECT GOES THROUGH PLAN CHECK, AND THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE MANY PROJECTS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLAN CHECK.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST NOTE THAT SOME OF THESE HAVE RECEIVED DEMO PERMITS.
SO FOR INSTANCE, THE TWO, SORRY, IT'S REALLY TINY PICTURES ON THERE, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
UM, THE TWO CITY VENTURES PROJECTS ON WHITTIER, THEY'RE IN THE DEMO STAGE, THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THEIR BUILDING PERMITS YET.
AS I NOTED BEFORE, SOME PROJECTS REQUIRE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVAL.
IN ADDITION, CERTAIN PROJECTS SUCH AS THE OLG TOWN HOMES SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE ALSO REQUIRE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL.
I'M PRE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT LAST WEEK THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED MAJOR FACADE LANDSCAPING AND PARKING IMPROVEMENTS, AS WELL AS CS FOR CERTAIN USES, SUCH AS RESTAURANTS FOR THE SHOPPING CENTER LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF STERNS AVENUE AND HARBOR BOULEVARD.
AND THERE'S A PICTURE OF WHAT THEY HOPE THAT CENTER WILL LOOK LIKE.
NEXT ONE, TWO OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS THAT WERE,
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THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING PROCESSED BY PLANNING STAFF FOR REVIEW BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION INCLUDE A MIXED USE PROJECT ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF WHITTIER BOULEVARD NEAR THE WESTERN CITY BORDER, EAST OF KOOPMAN'S WAY, AND A 532 UNIT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD TAKE THE PLACE OF THE WESTRIDGE HILLS GOLF COURSE.WITH THOSE UPDATES, I'LL NOW CONCLUDE WITH OUR MAJOR GOALS FOR FISCAL, FISCAL YEAR 25, 26 LISTED HERE, WHICH ARE GENERALLY THE CONTINUATION OF THE WORK DESCRIBED IN THIS PRESENTATION.
AND OUR PROPOSED DEPARTMENT BUDGET OF NEARLY $11.5 MILLION.
WE'RE REQUESTING 3.8 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND EXP EXPENDITURES, WHICH IS ONLY A 5% INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR, WHILE THE CITYWIDE INCREASES AT 11.5%.
SO IT'S MUCH LOWER THAN OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE SEEING.
AND A 7.6 MILLION EXPENDITURES FROM THE OTHER FUNDS THAT ARE SHOWN HERE.
I'M HERE ALONG WITH MIRANDA COLE, CORONA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND GINGER IVY, OUR MANAGEMENT ANALYST TWO, TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT OUR PROPOSED BUDGET.
MORE OF A MORE OF A COMMENT, JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR, UM, THE EFFORTS AND THE WORK YOU'VE PUT IN FOR THAT LAHABRA BOULEVARD STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, WE KNOW THAT THAT COMES WITH A COST HIRING CONSULTANTS TO, YOU KNOW, SEE WHAT THAT PLAN SHOULD LOOK LIKE FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
AND, UH, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FACT THAT WE, I, I SEE IT, YOU TRIED YOUR BEST TO GET AS MANY RESIDENTS AS INVOLVED IN THIS, UH, PROJECT AS POSSIBLE.
UH, I BELIEVE THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT YOU WERE OUT THERE, UH, GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THE RESIDENTS.
THERE WAS ALSO A QR CODE THAT PEOPLE COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, SCANNED AND WENT TO OUR WEBSITE AND ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, AND INPUTTED OR ADDED, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE THEIR INPUT AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
AND I KNOW THIS IS JUST IN THE PRECURSORS AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT DONE YET, BUT, UM, I, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO GET RESIDENTS INVOLVED IN THAT, IN, IN THAT PLAN.
HOW, UM, HOW COMFORTABLE ARE YOU WITH YOUR STAFFING LEVELS? IS THERE ANYTHING COUNCIL NEEDS TO LOOK AT TO, UM, MAKE YOUR JOB EASIER, MAKE THE DEPARTMENT MORE, UH, UH, EFFECTIVE? SURE.
OUR, OUR DEPARTMENT HAS 21 FULL-TIME STAFF BUDGETED IN THIS YEAR.
WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS FOR TWO POSITIONS.
OUR MANAGEMENT ANALYST TWO AND OUR BUILDING INSPECTOR POSITION.
WE ACTUALLY HAD INTERVIEWS FOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST TWO TODAY, AND WE'RE HAVING BUILDING INSPECTOR POSITIONS, UM, INTERVIEWS TOMORROW THE SECOND ROUND.
SO WE'RE GETTING REALLY CLOSE TO HIRING FOR BOTH THOSE POSITIONS.
WE CONTINUE TO HAVE TWO POSITIONS THAT ARE ON LEAVE, OUR CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL AND OUR ASSISTANT PLANNER FOR THOSE POSITIONS WE'VE BEEN HIRING IN CONTRACT STAFF, AND THAT DOES COME AT A HIGHER COST AS WELL AS WE DID A RECRUITMENT FOR A SENIOR BUILDING INSPECTOR.
AND UNFORTUNATELY WE DIDN'T GET ANY APPLICATIONS FOR FOLKS THAT WE WANTED TO INTERVIEW.
SO WE ARE CONTINUING THAT RECRUITMENT ON A ONGOING BASIS.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE FILLING THAT POSITION WITH A CONTRACT PLANNER, I MEAN, CONTRACT INSPECTOR.
AND THOSE COSTS, AGAIN, ARE A, A LITTLE BIT HIGHER 'CAUSE THEY'RE JUST LOOKED AT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
AS I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, WHEN THEY'RE NOT WORKING, WE'RE NOT PAYING THEM.
SO THEY'RE NOT GETTING VACATION TIME, THEY'RE NOT GETTING SICK TIME OR HOLIDAY TIME.
UM, SO IT IS A LITTLE GIVE AND TAKE ON THE COST THERE, BUT, UM, I THINK OVERALL THAT WE REALLY ARE HITTING KIND OF A REALLY GOOD STRIDE WITH THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE, AND I THINK YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LOT MORE DONE OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
I'M REALLY, I'M REALLY EXCITED, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR PLANNING DIVISION THAT WE COMPLETELY REMADE FROM NEW THIS YEAR, AND THEY'RE REALLY COMING TOGETHER AND DOING A GREAT JOB.
AS, FOR INSTANCE, ON THIS PLAN, I CAN APPRECIATE, UH, YOU GOING OUT THERE AND, AND TRYING TO GET THOSE POSITIONS FILLED THAT YOU'VE MADE ALREADY, THOSE MM-HMM
AND I SHOULD NOTE THAT, UM, AS SUSAN MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THE USE OF CONTRACT STAFF IS BASICALLY ON NEED.
THIS PAST YEAR HAS BEEN BUSIER THAN WE HAD EXPECTED.
SO OUR REVENUE SIDE FROM, UH, WHAT SUSAN'S SHOP GENERATES AND PLAN CHECK FEES AND BUILDING INSPECTION FEES IS HIGHER THAN WE ANTICIPATED AS WELL, WHICH HELPS OFFSET SOME OF THOSE HIGHER COSTS.
SO THEY'VE BEEN DOING A, THEY'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK.
AND YOUR PLANNING DIVISION NOW IS LARGELY FULL STAFF NOW, CORRECT.
IT'S TWO FULL-TIME PLANNERS AND ONE PART-TIME PLANNER WHO'S THE CONTRACT PLANNER AND THEN OUR PLANNING MANAGER.
SO IT'S ABOUT AS CLOSE AS WE CAN GET RIGHT NOW WITH ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS ON LEAVE.
SO, ALTHOUGH THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SOME HIGHER INFLATION COST OUT THERE, UH, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE YOUR DEPARTMENT SLOWED DOWN ANY, DOES IT? IS THAT PRETTY ACCURATE? REALLY DOESN'T, NO.
I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST INCREASES WE REALLY SEE, AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF THE BREAD AND BUTTER OF OUR BUILDING AND SAFETY DIVISION, I HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS, BUT IT'S JUST THE ONGOING HOME RENOVATIONS, UM, THAT FOLKS ARE DOING TO THEIR PROPERTIES, REALLY ENHANCING THE PROPERTY VALUES AND THAT COMES BACK TO YOU AND PROPERTY TAX.
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EVENING.EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, ALBERT MENDOZA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, PUBLIC WORKS AND CITY ENGINEER.
I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT OUR DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 AND 26, UH, TONIGHT.
ANDREW LUNA AND MYSELF WILL BE SHARING THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER.
WE'LL HIGHLIGHT THE DEPARTMENT'S MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
WE'LL PROVIDE A SUMMARY OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, AND WE'LL ALSO OUTLINE OUR MAJOR GOALS FOR NEXT YEAR.
UH, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS SEVEN DIVISIONS.
THAT INCLUDES ADMINISTRATION, FLEET MAINTENANCE, PARSING, TREES, REFUGE AND RECYCLING, STRAIGHT MAINTENANCE, WATER, SEWER, AND ENGINEERING.
THIS YEAR WE'RE PROUD TO HIGHLIGHT SEVERAL MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
SOME OF THEM ARE THE MONTE VISTA, UH, STREET REHABILITATION PROGRAM, UH, FROM, UH, LAMBERT ROAD TO LAHORE BOULEVARD, ALSO EUCLID STREET FROM WHITTIER BOULEVARD TO THE NORTH CITY LIMIT.
UH, WE ALSO CONSTRUCTED KEY SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AT THE INTERSECTION OF HARBOR AND AORTA.
IN ADDITION, WE FINALIZED THE DESIGN, OUR TWO MAJOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION PROJECTS.
UH, THEY ARE REGIONAL CONNECTORS TO OUR NEIGHBORS IN BREA.
AND, UH, THE 17 MILE TRAFFIC SYNCHRONIZATION PROJECT ALONG EUCLID THAT WILL BE GOING FROM LA HABRA ALL THE WAY TO, UH, FOUNTAIN VALLEY.
UH, WE COMPLETED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BRAND NEW LAS RAININESS PARK, UH, AND THE VINCE COLEY CENTENNIAL PARK, FORMERLY KNOWN AS BISTA GRANDE.
IT'S NOW SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE.
UH, IT HAS A GRAND OPENING SCHEDULED FOR LATE SUMMER 2025.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO ANDREW, WHO WILL, UH, GO OVER THE CIP PROJECT SUMMARY AND OUR GOALS FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS ANDREW LUNA, THE SENIOR CIVIL ENGINEER.
I'LL BE DISCUSSING THE CIP PROJECT SUMMARY AND OUR MAJOR GOALS.
CURRENTLY PUBLIC WORKS HAS 28 PROJECTS IN, IN PROGRESS, WHICH ARE IN VARIOUS STAGES, INCLUDING PRE-PLANNING, REVIEW, DESIGN, BIDDING, OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH AN APPRO WITH AN APPROXIMATE BUDGET OF 40 MILLION.
FOR NEW PROJECTS, WE ARE PROPOSING 37 NEW PROJECTS WITH A PROPOSED BUDGET OF APPROXIMATELY 11 MILLION.
IF APPROVED PUBLIC WORK STAFF WILL BE WORKING ON A TOTAL OF 65 CAPITAL PROJECTS, TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 51 MILLION.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT DESPITE THE ENGINEERING DIVISION BEING ALMOST FULLY STAFFED, THE THIS VOLUME OF WORK WILL LIKELY OCCUR OVER SEVERAL YEARS.
AND ALSO A NU A NUMBER OF A CIP PROJECTS ARE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTS.
ANDREW, REAL QUICK, HOW MANY ENGINEERS TOTAL DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR DEPARTMENT? UM, LIKE FIVE, FOUR OR FIVE.
SO YOU HAVE FIVE FULL-TIME ENGINEERS HANDLING ABOUT 65 PROJECTS? YES, SIR.
UM, OUR MAJOR GOALS THIS YEAR INCLUDE A NUMBER OF PAVING PROJECTS.
THIS INCLUDES, UH, MACY STREET FROM WHITTIER BOULEVARD TO THE NORTH CITY LIMIT, WHICH WILL BEGIN CONSTRUCTION IN THE COMING WEEKS.
UM, OTHER PAVING PROJECTS INCLUDE, UH, LAJA BOULEVARD FROM HARBOR BOULEVARD TO FONDA STREET, PALM STREET FROM LAJA BOULEVARD TO LAMBERT ROAD, WHITTIER BOULEVARD FROM HARBOR BOULEVARD TO THE EAST CITY LIMIT IMPERIAL HIGHWAY FROM BEACH BOULEVARD TO THE WEST CITY LIMIT, AND, UH, HARBOR BOULEVARD FROM WHITTIER BOULEVARD TO THE NORTH CITY LIMIT.
AND ALSO A NUMEROUS NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL STREETS AND ALLEYS WILL, WILL BE, UH, REPAVED.
WE'LL ALSO BE BEGIN CONSTRUCTION OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THAT INCLUDES THE LAMBERT ROAD AND EUCLID STREET, OR R-T-S-S-P PROJECT THAT ALBERT MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY.
AND THE HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, UM, PROGRAM PROJECT, WHICH, UH, ENTAILS ADDING A PROTECTED LEFT TURN PHASING AT VARIOUS INTERSECTIONS AND IMPLEMENTING, UH, COUNTDOWN PEDESTRIAN, UH, TIMERS FOR WATER AND SEWER.
WE'LL BE WORKING ON THE HACIENDA WATER PUMP STATION IMPROVEMENTS, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE IDAHO STREET, WELL, THE ANNUAL SEWER LATERAL MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, AND THE ANNUAL WATER METER AND WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT PROGRAMS. WE'LL ALSO COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION OF VINCE SCULLY CENTENNIAL PARK IS ALBERT MENTIONED, UM, LATE SUMMER AND THE BUILDING RENOVATIONS AT 1 0 6 EAST FIRST STREET AND 2 0 5 SOUTH EUCLID STREET.
AND WITH THAT SAID, I'LL GO AHEAD AND HAND IT BACK OVER TO ALBERT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE BUDGET.
UH, APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY ALLEYS LEFT ARE LEFT OR, OR FROM A DOLLAR AMOUNT? HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK? HOW FAR, HOW MUCH HEADROOM HAVE WE MADE ON THE ALLEYS? I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, WE'VE, WE'VE COMPLETED, UM, THERE'S 10, THERE'S 10, UH, THERE'S 10 AREAS.
WE'VE COMPLETED ABOUT SEVEN AREAS.
SO THERE'S ABOUT THREE LEFT, BUT THOSE THREE WILL ENTAIL PROBABLY MAYBE 15 OR 16 ALLEYS.
IF, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GUM, AS YOU REMEMBER, THIS WAS A PROGRAM COUNCIL ASKED US TO INITIATE PROBABLY
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A DECADE AGO, AND REALLY GETTING A GRASP OF OUR ALLEY SITUATION.WE HAD SOME THAT WERE JUST DIRT, BASICALLY.
AND IF YOU DRIVE DOWN THE ALLEYS THAT THEY'VE FINISHED WORKING ON, THEY LOOK LIKE CITY STREETS NOW.
I MEAN, WELL PAVED, WELL MAINTAINED CONCRETE SWALES FOR WATER.
UM, UH, SO THAT DOESN'T ERODE THE ALLEYS.
AND WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS OF COMPLETING THAT ALLEY CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM.
YEAH, I THINK WE'RE BETWEEN TWO TO THREE YEARS OUT TO COMPLETE.
AND KUDOS TO STAFF THAT IN AREAS WHERE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE, UH, ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF THE CDBG FUNDING FOR, FOR SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS AS WELL.
SO YEAH, THEY, THE ALLEYS ARE LOOKING MUCH, MUCH BETTER, ESPECIALLY IN THOSE AREAS NORTH OF, UM, THE HARBOR BOULEVARD NEAR THE TUCKER AREA.
I MEAN, THOSE STUFF, THINGS WERE ALL ON DIRT OVER THERE.
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE THE VAST IMPROVEMENT THAT IS OVER THERE.
SO WITH THE 37 PROJECTS THAT YOU HAVE AT, AT AN $11 MILLION BUDGET, UM, HOW CAN YOU GIVE THE RESIDENTS A LITTLE BIT OF A FLAVOR OF HOW YOU PRIORITIZE THOSE PROJECTS TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T HAVE ANY, LIKE OVERRUNS OR DELAYS IN THOSE PROJECTS? YEAH, SO, UM, GENERALLY WHEN IT COMES TO ROADWAY PROJECTS, UM, WE HAVE A COMPANY GO OUT AND ASSESS THE, UH, THE QUALITY OF ALL THE ROADS, AND THEY GRADE IT FROM ZERO TO A HUNDRED, A HUNDRED BEING AN A PLUS AND ZERO BEING PRETTY MUCH DIRT.
UM, AND IN THAT ORDER, WE, UH, WE REPAVED STREETS FROM BOTTOM UP.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A CYCLICAL, IT'S A CYCLE PROCESS THAT RE RECURS EVERY 20 YEARS, AND WE JUST PROCEED IN THAT WAY.
UH, SO IN SUMMARY, UH, FOR THIS COME COMING FISCAL YEAR 25, 26, OUR TOTAL PROPOSED BUDGET ACROSS ALL DIVISIONS, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 73 MILLION, AND IT'S FUNDED THROUGH A COMBINATION OF GENERAL FUND, UH, ENTERPRISE REVENUES AND, UH, STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS.
UM, THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
UH, BEFORE I CLOSE, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR, THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER FOR YOUR CONTINUING SUPPORT, GUIDANCE AND LEADERSHIP.
UH, YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, MAKES PROJECTS LIKE THIS POSSIBLE, AND WE APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP, UH, EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO NOTE TOO IS IF, IF COUNCIL WILL NOTICE THIS LAST SEVERAL, UM, DEPARTMENTS, THEIR GENERAL FUND BUDGETS ARE A FRACTION OF THEIR TOTAL BUDGET.
IN SOME CASES, IT IS A THIRD OF THEIR TOTAL BUDGET.
IN THIS CASE, THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR THE ENGINEERING OR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS LITERALLY ALMOST 10% OF WHAT THEIR TOTAL BUDGET IS.
AND THIS TELLS YOU HOW FAR THEY STRETCH THE RESOURCES AND STAFFING THAT THEY HAVE TO NOT JUST TACKLE GENERAL FUND RELATED PROJECTS, BUT REALLY TO TAKE ON WATER UTILITY PROJECTS, SEWER UTILITY PROJECTS, STORM CHANNELS, ALL THESE OTHER VARIOUS PROJECTS THAT WE GET TASKED TO WORK WITH, EITHER ON OUR OWN OR PARTNERING WITH OTHER AGENCIES.
YOU KNOW, THE, UH, ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, THEY DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB.
AND THIS YEAR'S PARK MAINTENANCE BUDGET, YOU'RE SEEING THE ADDITIONAL COST IN THERE FOR TWO NEW PARKS WE'RE BRINGING ON, UH, LOS RENA PARK AND ALSO VISTA GRANDE PARK OR, UH, VIN SCULLY, UH, CENTENNIAL PARK THAT'S GONNA COME ONLINE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT, YOU KNOW, FUTURE ASSETS OF THE CITY THAT ARE GONNA BE PUT INTO PLAY AND, AND MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE MAINTAINING THOSE SO THAT THEY'RE ALWAYS KEPT AT A HIGH LEVEL OF A HIGH STANDARD OF QUALITY.
YOU KNOW, JIM, I I DO ALSO WANT TO THANK ELIAS WHO'S ON VACATION THIS WEEK, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY DO SO MUCH MORE.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE EVENT, THE EARTH EVENT THAT THEY DO, UH, THE EMERGENCY RESPONSES THEY GO DO TO WATER MAIN BREAKS AT ALL TIMES OF THE HOUR, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, SOMETIMES EVEN ON CHRISTMAS AND HOLIDAYS THAT SOMETHING GOES DOWN LIKE THAT.
UM, YOU GUYS DO A PHENOMENAL JOB.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE ANOTHER THING THAT'S REALLY NOT ON THESE SLIDES, BUT WHEN, UH, KELLY'S TEAM AND THE HOMELESS OUTREACH LIAISONS CONTACT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SAY, HEY, THERE'S, THERE'S ISSUES WITH DEBRIS, OR MAYBE THERE'S A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT THAT'S ABANDONED ON THE RAILROAD TRACKS.
IT'S THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT THAT GETS THAT PHONE CALL AND THEY SEND OUT CREWS, THEY SOUND SEND OUT EQUIPMENT TO CLEAN UP PARTS OF THE CITY THAT DON'T EVEN BELONG TO THE CITY.
IT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT WE GO ON TO ADDRESS BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING COMPLAINTS OR CONCERNS FROM THE PUBLIC OR COUNCIL THAT ARE GETTING CALLS.
AND IT'S THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE GOING OUT AND MAKING SURE THAT GETS CLEANED UP.
AND IT'S, IT'S A REGULAR OCCURRENCE, UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS EVERY WEEK THAT WE GO OUT TO, TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.
BUT THEY DO A PHENOMENAL JOB VERY QUICKLY RESPONDING TO CALLS THAT WE GET.
AND ONE LAST THING I I WANNA MENTION ABOUT GREAT TEAMWORK, THEY DID AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, AROUND
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SEPTEMBER, WE HAD THAT HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE HEAT WAVE.AND YOU REMEMBER, THEY, THEY STEPPED UP TO KIND OF HELP KELLY OUT A LITTLE BIT TO OPEN UP THE SPLASH PADS, UH, DURING THAT DIFFICULT TIME.
SO GREAT TEAM EFFORT ON YOU GUYS, UH, TO BE THERE TO HELP OUT ANOTHER DEPARTMENT, UH, TO REACH OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, COMPLIMENTS TO YOU AS WELL, BECAUSE YEAH, I'M SEEING ALL THE NON GENERAL FUND, UH, FUNDS AVAILABLE AND IT SEEMS LIKE YOU HAD GUYS HAVE TAPPED INTO AS MANY OF THEM THAT YOU CAN FIND THERE.
THAT'S, YOU TURNED OVER EVERYWHERE ABSOLUTELY.
WANT TO TRY TO FIND THESE FUNDS.
AND, YOU KNOW, JUST WANNA ALSO MAKE A NOTE.
I KNOW, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN LAKIN ASKED ABOUT PRIORITIZING THE PROJECTS.
UH, WE DO PRIORITIZE ALL THESE GRANTS FIRST.
UH, I MEAN, THIS REALLY, I MEAN, YOU CAN SEE IT'S 90% OF OUR, OUR BUDGET.
AND OBVIOUSLY WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS WHAT LOSE FUNDS.
IN FACT, WE WANNA SPEND ALL THOSE FUNDS AND TRY TO MAXIMIZE THAT BEFORE WE CAN EVEN TAP ANY GENERAL FUND.
SO, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, YEAH, THANK YOU FOR ADDING THAT BECAUSE I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS KNOW THAT IT'S JUST NOT, WE'RE JUST JUST NOT, OR NOT WE, BUT THE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS NOT JUST COME UP WITH SOME RANDOM EQUATION OF WHAT'S GONNA BE PRIORITIZED.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME STRATEGY IN THIS.
AND, AND, AND PART OF THAT STRATEGY IS WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THE RESIDENTS AT THE MOMENT, OR WHAT'S MORE CRITICAL THAN OTHER PROJECTS, SO, RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.
AND ANOTHER THING ON HERE THAT I SHOULD NOTE, BECAUSE IT'S A KUDOS TO BOTH PUBLIC WORKS AND FINANCE, IS THAT YOU'LL NOTICE MEASURE M TWO FUNDS IS $10 MILLION BUDGET.
UH, I'M SURE SOME OF YOU HAVE READ ON COUNCIL, WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN ORANGE COUNTY WITH SOME OTHER CITIES.
A COUPLE CITIES WENT THROUGH AUDITS THESE LAST FEW YEARS, INCLUDING THE CITY OF LAHABRA, BY THE WAY.
WE WENT THROUGH THE SAME AUDIT WITH OCTA AND SOME CITIES HAVE HAD THEIR, UH, HAD NEGATIVE AUDIT FINDINGS AND HAVE HAD THEIR M TWO FUNDS ESSENTIALLY SEQUESTERED FOR FIVE YEARS.
UH, BASICALLY BECAUSE OF, UH, ISSUES WITH THE AUDIT.
WE GOT OUR AUDIT RESULTS AND WE'VE PASSED WITH FLYING COLORS, AND WE CONTINUE TO GET THIS M TWO FUNDS.
AND THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, CLOSELY TRACKING COSTS IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, MAKING SURE THOSE COSTS WERE ELIGIBLE AND NOT RUNNING A FOUL, BECAUSE THAT'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO LOSE, EVEN FOR 10, EVEN FOR FIVE YEARS.
TO WAIT TO GET IT BACK WOULD PUT A HUGE DENT IN THE NUMBER OF STREETS WE COULD PAVE.
AND SO THAT'S A, AGAIN, A TESTAMENT TO STAFF AND CONFIRMING THAT'S NOT JUST, WE DON'T JUST GO THROUGH ONE AUDIT.
THERE'S SEVERAL AUDITS WE GO THROUGH EVERY YEAR.
BUT THE M TWO AUDIT IS THROUGH OCTA, SPECIFICALLY ON, UH, M TWO, UH, COUNTYWIDE, UM, REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION MONEY.
HI, GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS BRIANNA HURT AND I'M THE MANAGEMENT ANALYST FOR THE ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT.
THE ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS, UH, ENSURE THAT CITY'S INTERNAL OPERATIONS RUN SMOOTHLY.
IT INCLUDES THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, AND THE ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES THE OFFICES OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK, AND CITY ATTORNEY.
OVER THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, I'LL HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM THE ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS BEFORE I HAND IT, UM, OVER TO GABBY TO TALK ABOUT UPCOMING GOALS.
UM, THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UM, REFLECT THE CITY'S ONGOING COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY, ENSURING THAT RESIDENTS ARE INFORMED, ENGAGED, AND HAVE CONFIDENCE IN HOW PUBLIC RESOURCES ARE MANAGED, WHICH IS WHY OVER THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR, WE CONTINUED OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS.
WE SURVEYED RESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO GAUGE THEIR SATISFACTION AND HELP US SET PRIORITIES FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
WE CONTINUE TO SHARE RELEVANT INFORMATION ON CITY PROJECTS, PROGRAMS, AND POLICIES THROUGH THE LAHABRA LIFE QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER, WHICH IS MAILED TO EVERY ADDRESS IN LAHABRA.
THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, WE HOSTED THE 2024 STATE OF THE CITY AND OFFERED IT FOR FREE TO THE COMMUNITY.
ADDITIONALLY, STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION CONDUCTED THE 2024 GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION FOR THREE CITY COUNCIL SEATS, AND RECRUITED TO FILL VACANCIES ON THE CITY'S PLANNING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSIONS, UH, STAFF IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, UH, MANAGED AND SAFEGUARDED PUBLIC RECORDS.
THEY MADE SIGNIFICANT STRIDES IN MODERNIZING OUR RECORDS MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND POLICIES TO ENSURE GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY, ACCESSIBILITY, AND COMPLIANCE WITH STATE REGULATIONS.
ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT, UM, THAT'S NOT ON THIS SLIDE, IS THAT FOR THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE PROCESSED, UM, OVER 635 RE REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC RECORDS.
STRONG FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND SECURE MODERN TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR DELIVERING EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT SERVICES.
THIS PAST YEAR, OUR FINANCE AND IT TEAMS ADVANCED BOTH PRIORITIES ON THE FINANCE SIDE.
IN ADDITION TO OVERSEEING THE CITY'S BUDGET, THEY MANAGED LABOR NEGOTIATIONS, UM, AND COMPLETED A REFUNDING WATER REVENUE BOND BOND, SORRY, SAVING THE UTILITY AUTHORITY AUTHORITY AND
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RATE PAYERS NEARLY $1 MILLION.THE IT, THE IT TEAM CONTINUED TO PROTECT, PROTECT THE CITY'S FIREWALLS FROM MALICIOUS ATTACKS, WHICH RECEIVES HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF HITS FROM UNAUTHORIZED USERS DAILY.
IT ALSO MAINTAINED A CENTRALIZED, CENTRALIZED GIS SYSTEM USED BY BOTH POLICE DISPATCH AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTS LAND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND SET UP OR ENHANCED IN-HOUSE WIFI ACCESS AT CITY FACILITIES.
THIS PAST YEAR, OUR HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM FOCUSED ON ATTRACTING TOP TALENT THROUGH AN OPEN AND COMPETITIVE HIRING PROCESS.
THE HR TEAM COMPLETED 46 STAFF RECRUITMENTS, REVIEWED OVER 3,500 APPLICATIONS AND ONBOARDED 24 NEW FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.
THEY ALSO CAREFULLY TRACKED LIABILITY CLAIMS AND RECOVERY DAMAGES.
THIS PAST YEAR, THEY PROCESSED 26 CLAIMS AND COLLECTED OVER $78,000 IN DAMAGED CLAIMS. THE HR TEAM AND ADMINISTRATION ALSO OVERSAW ONGOING EMPLOYEE TRAINING, INCLUDING CUSTOMER SERVICE, STATE MANDATED, STATE MANDATED COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS, AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION TO ENSURE THAT STAFF ARE WELL EQUIPPED TO DELIVER EFFECTIVE, RESPECTFUL AND HIGH QUALITY SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
THIS INCLUDES MY PORTION AND I'LL NOW, I'LL NOW HAND IT OVER TO GABBY TO PRESENT THE MAJOR GOALS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
ALRIGHT, SO FOR MAJOR GOALS, FIRST UP IS, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
I DIDN'T BE RUDE, BUT, UH, YOU SAID, UH, 603 PRA REQUESTS, IS THAT CORRECT? 635.
THAT'S OVER, I THINK IT WAS, UH, 6 38 IN THAT REALM.
AND THAT'S KUDOS TO YOU GUYS UP THERE FOR, UH, FOR HANDLING ALL THOSE BECAUSE THAT IS NOT AN EASY FEAT, UH, IN, UH, IN HANDLING, UH, PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS.
UH, AND I POINT SOMETHING OUT THAT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, UM, IS A STAFF OF TWO FULL-TIME AND ONE PART-TIME.
UM, SO THEY ARE RESPONDING TO OVER 600 REQUESTS ANNUALLY WITH ESSENTIALLY TWO AND A HALF PEOPLE.
AND, AND EACH REQUEST IS NOT A PAGE, UH, PER REQUEST.
WE'RE TALKING MULTIPLE PAGES IN, WHETHER IT BE DIGITAL OR OR ON PAPER.
THAT'S A LOT OF REQUEST, SO THANK YOU.
KENYA, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, KENYA LOPEZ HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB MANAGING THAT.
THAT'S, SO, YES, IT'S NOT SIMPLY ONE PIECE OF PAPER AND A LOT OF TIMES IT REQUIRES A LOT OF REVIEW REDACTION.
CITY ATTORNEY REVIEW TO BE SURE THAT IT'S DISCLOSABLE RECORDS.
YEAH, I'D LIKE TO BUILD ON THAT IS THAT CITY ATTORNEY COLLINS IS INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US WITH REVIEWING PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS, MAKING SURE THE RECORDS ARE, UM, THAT ARE BEING RELEASED, ARE SUPPOSED TO BE RELEASED, UM, WORKING WITH US WITH ANY KIND OF, UH, COURT, UH, REQUESTS FOR, UH, FOR RECORDS.
AND IT'S, IT'S A REALLY, A GOOD PARTNERSHIP.
YEAH, IT, IT'S A TESTAMENT TO, UH, WHAT WE ALWAYS, UH, UH, UH, BOAST ABOUT IS, UH, IS TRANSPARENCY, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, THEY KNOW WE'RE SERIOUS.
AND I'LL JUST ADD THAT 635 PER YEAR FOR A CITY OF THIS SIZE IS ABOVE AVERAGE OF THE NUMBERS OF, OF PUBLIC RECORDS.
UH, MOVING ON TO MAJOR GOALS, UH, FOR THE ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT.
UH, SO FIRST UP, WE HAVE IMPLEMENT THE NEW PAYROLL HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH THE GO LIVE DATE OF, UH, JANUARY 1ST, 2026.
UM, AS I THINK WE'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, THAT IS THE SECOND PHASE OF OUR TYLER MUNIS SYSTEM, WHICH WILL INCORPORATE PAYROLL AND HUMAN RESOURCES FUNCTIONS.
UM, THE SECOND ITEM IS UPDATING THE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND PURCHASING POLICIES TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE C'S NEW FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
UM, AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE MOVED FROM A VERY MANUAL DOS BASED SYSTEM.
UM, AND SO A LOT OF OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES NEED TO BE UPDATED ALONG WITH, NOW THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, FINALLY REACHED, YOU KNOW, MODERNIZED THIS, UM, SYSTEM, UH, OUR IT DEPARTMENT WILL BE BUSY IMPLEMENTING AN A NEXT GENERATION EMAIL SECURITY PROTECTION SYSTEM.
THEY ARE, UM, SO OUR EMAIL ALREADY HAS A FILTERING, UM, SYSTEM.
THEY'RE ADDING ANOTHER LAYER, UM, AN ON-PREMISE SECOND LAYER OR SECOND FILTER TO ADD FURTHER PROTECTION.
SINCE, UM, AS BRIE MENTIONED, WE DO GET A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF ATTACKS, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY TO OUR SYSTEM.
YOU KNOW, YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN A LOT GET HELD HOSTAGE IN TERMS OF THEIR DATA, LIKE KNOCKING IT BACK.
UM, WE'LL ALSO BE DEVELOPING THE NEXT PHASE OF THE CS, UM, GIS SYSTEM.
AND, UM, THE HOPE IS TO CONTINUE PROVIDING MORE LAYERS, UH, TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES TO DEPARTMENTS AND THE PUBLIC AS WE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THAT SYSTEM.
UM, THAT'S RELATED TO, UH, ONE OF THE POSITIONS THAT YOU WILL SEE THAT WE ARE PROPOSING IN THE BUDGET IS A GIS, UM, ANALYST, UM, THAT WAS
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MENTIONED IN THE REPORT.UM, AND THAT IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF OUR SYSTEMS NOW HAVE A GIS COMPONENT, UM, TO THEM, LIKE THE, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTS, UM, LAND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT'S CAD SYSTEM.
SO ALL THESE, YOU KNOW, HAVE A VERY STRONG LIKE GIS DEPENDENCY ON THEM, AS WELL AS OTHER ONES LIKE INCLUDING ENGINEERING.
UM, THEY HAVE TO DO, UM, UH, GIS UH, FORMATTED MAPS TO TURN INTO THE STATE.
SO THOSE ARE MANDATED ITEMS. UM, IF I MAY ASK REAL QUICK, 'CAUSE WE MM-HMM
WE BOUGHT THE IT SECURITY TWICE ALREADY, JUST IN RECENT MONTHS, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED, UH, SOME BUDGETING ITEMS RELATED TO, YOU KNOW, SECURING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
CAN YOU JUST EX EXPLAIN TO THE RESIDENTS WHAT, WHAT IS THE IMPACT IF WE DO HAVE A DATA BREACH, OR WHAT DOES THAT DO TO A CITY AS WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER CITIES? MM-HMM
SO OUR IT TEAM IS EXTREMELY VIGILANT ABOUT SECURITY.
UM, SOMETIMES, LIKE WE, WE, I, I JOKINGLY, YOU KNOW, SAY THAT WE FEEL LIKE IT'S OVERKILL, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND LIKE THE IMPORTANCE OF IT.
YOU KNOW, THEY PUT IN SO MANY, UM, ADDITIONAL THINGS, NOT, NOT ONLY TO HELP WITH THE, UM, SYSTEM SECURITY, BUT ALSO TO HELP WITH EVEN LIKE USER, UM, VULNERABILITY IN TERMS OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, TEST, YOU KNOW, OPENING DIFFERENT THINGS.
BUT OUR, IT, UM, DEPARTMENT IS REALLY FOCUSED ON TRYING TO, UM, GET THE INFORMATION UP AND BACK AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
UM, AND SO THEY'VE, YOU KNOW, SEGREGATED CERTAIN, UM, SYSTEMS SO THAT LIKE, IF THERE'S AN ATTACK ON ONE, LIKE IT'LL BE ISOLATED TO ONE SYSTEM.
SO REALLY TO, TO SEPARATE IT SO THAT YOU DON'T LIKE, CREATE SO MUCH RISK ACROSS ALL, UM, ALL AREAS OF YOUR CITY.
LIKE YOUR PD HAS A VERY SECURE SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, SEPARATE FROM THE CITIES, YOU KNOW, SEPARATE FROM LIKE THE UTILITIES.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN SEEING SOME WATER SYSTEMS GETTING HIT, LIKE IN TERMS OF SECURITY, YOU KNOW, SINCE AS, AS MORE THINGS BECOME, UM, DEPENDENT ON, YOU KNOW, AUTOMATED SYSTEMS AND, YOU KNOW, ONLINE SYSTEMS, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE IS A NEW LEVEL OF VULNERABILITY.
SO, YOU KNOW, OUR IT DEPARTMENT HAS REALLY TRIED TO LOOK AT, UM, WHERE THAT, THOSE VULNERABILITIES MIGHT EXIST.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY DID DO LIKE, UM, I THINK AN UPGRADE TO THE SCADA SYSTEM FOR THE, UH, WATER UTILITY LIKE LAST YEAR.
YOU KNOW, SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT THEY ROUTINELY LOOK AT.
AND AS THEY SEE THINGS, THEN THEY'LL ADD, LIKE, YOU KNOW, MORE PROTECTIONS TO THAT AND ALSO EVOLVE IT AS THEY GO ALONG.
BUT REALLY, YOU KNOW, THEIR GOAL IS TO, ONE, KEEP THE ATTACKS OUT, BUT TWO, IF SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN, OR IF EVEN JUST GENERALLY, IF, YOU KNOW, IT GOES DOWN, LIKE THE, THE FIRST THING IS TO TRY TO GET EVERYTHING OPERATING, YOU KNOW, BACK AGAIN.
SO WE HAVE A CONTINUITY OPERATIONS AND WE CAN, SO THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO MITIGATE, LIKE A LOT OF THOSE RISKS.
SO, JUST TO CONFIRM, UH, AND NOT TO LEAD YOU INTO ANSWERING THIS, WHEN WE, IF WE WERE TO EVER HAVE A BREACH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN IMPACT TO, UH, AT LEAST THE TECHNOLOGY SIDE OF OUR WATER SYSTEM.
UH, ALSO NOT BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, LIKE BASIC SERVICES TO OUR, TO OUR RESIDENTS.
UH, WE CAN, THEY CAN ESSENTIALLY IMMOBILIZE OUR CITY.
AND EVEN WITH THINGS LIKE RANSOMWARE, WHERE, WHERE THEY'RE HOLDING OUR DATA HOSTAGE WHERE WE CAN'T EVEN ACCESS RECORDS, IS THAT SAFE TO SAY? YEAH, I THINK WE'D HAVE TO.
SO I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.
WELL, I JUST, I JUST WANT TO JUST ASK, IS THAT SOME OF THE VULNERABILITIES THAT WE HAVE, IF WE DON'T SPEND THIS MONEY AS FAR AS, SO, OH YEAH.
SO, SO BASICALLY EVERY PUBLIC AGENCY, EVERY PRIVATE ENTITY IS A TARGET FOR BEING HACKED.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST THE NATURE OF THE 21ST CENTURY.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE US FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GETS HACKED, UM, PRETTY ROUTINELY, AND THEY HAVE SOME OF THE BEST SYSTEMS IN THE WORLD, RIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SYSTEMS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE, THE SYSTEMS WE LOOK TO SECURE, UM, WE CREATE A NETWORK THAT IS AS SECURE AS WE CAN MAKE IT.
AND WE HAVE BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANS IN PLACE THAT IF THERE IS A BREACH, AS, AS GABBY MENTIONED, WE CAN BRING SYSTEMS BACK ONLINE QUICKLY, AND WE IDENTIFY THOSE SYSTEMS THAT ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE TO PROVIDE AN EXTRA LAYER OF PROTECTION FOR THEM.
THAT WOULD BE OUR SCADA SYSTEM, FOR INSTANCE, FOR OUR WATER SYSTEM.
OR IT COULD BE THE POLICE SYSTEMS, UH, FOR DISPATCH AND FOR, FOR POLICE OPERATIONS.
UM, AND THERE ARE LAYERS OF PROTECTION IN THERE FOR THAT AS WELL.
BUT I DON'T THINK YOU'LL EVER HAVE ANY AGENCY SAYS, SAY THAT WE'RE COMPLETELY BULLETPROOF WHEN IT COMES TO THE POTENTIAL FOR A BREACH.
ALL WE CAN DO IS PUT IN THE SYSTEMS AND INVEST THE MONEY IN WAYS THAT ALLOW US TO BE AS PROTECTED AS POSSIBLE, KEPT CURRENT WITH PROTECTION, AND BE ABLE TO COME BACK ONLINE QUICKLY WITHOUT HAVING ALL OF OUR DATA BREACHED AND NOT BE ABLE TO RECOVER IT.
UM, AND THE IT DEPARTMENT HERE DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB AT THAT.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, UM, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME YOU EXPOSE YOURSELF TO THE INTERNET, ANYTIME YOU EXPOSE YOURSELF TO CLOUD-BASED COMPUTING, THERE ARE RISKS.
AND SO WE TRY TO MITIGATE THOSE RISKS THE BEST WE CAN.
UH, ANOTHER MAJOR GOAL FOR IT IS THEY, UM, ARE LOOKING TO REPLACE ALL THE STRUCTURAL COMPUTER CABLING AT THE POLICE STATION.
SO THIS WOULD BE REPLACING ALL THE CATEGORY FIVE CABLES WITH CATEGORY SIX CABLES,
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WHICH CAN HANDLE HIGHER SPEED, AND BASICALLY ENABLE THE, UM, POLICE DEPARTMENTS, UM, COMPUTERS AND SYSTEMS TO BE ABLE TO, UM, OPERATE AT A HIGHER SPEED MORE EFFICIENTLY.UM, WE ALSO HAVE CON, UH, CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH, UM, UH, GENERAL AND FIELD UNITS AND ALSO PROFESSIONAL UNITS, UM, WHEN THEY'RE SIX MONTH, UM, CONTRACT THAT YOU APPROVE APPROVED EARLIER TONIGHT.
UM, WE'LL BE TAKING A LOOK AT THEIR AGREEMENT AGAIN, SINCE WE'LL GET THEIR FUNDING MARKS.
UM, WE DO NOT HAVE THEIR FUNDING MARKS YET, SO THOSE ARE THE THREE UNITS THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING TO COMPLETE THIS NEXT YEAR.
UM, WE ARE ALSO IN THE MIDST OF, WITH HR AND SOME OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT DEVELOPING ADDITIONAL RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES AND IMPROVING ONBOARDING PROCESSES TO IMPACT RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.
UM, AS YOU'VE HEARD, WE HAVE A LOT OF POSITIONS OPEN AND, YOU KNOW, OUR HR DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THE RECRUITMENT.
UM, THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, UPON APPROVAL OF THIS BUDGET, ASSUMING YOU APPROVE IT FOR RESTORING A LOT OF THE POSITIONS, YOU'VE ALREADY RESTORED A LOT OF POSITIONS THAT WERE CUT LAST YEAR, ESPECIALLY IN PUBLIC SAFETY.
SO WE ARE GOING REALLY HARD WITH THESE RECRUITMENTS.
WE ALSO WANNA, UM, MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REACHING OUR TARGET AUDIENCES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS, AS WE'RE REACHING OUT TO DIFFERENT, UM, GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE, I THINK DIFFERENT THINGS APPEAL TO THEM TOO.
SO WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE WE'RE, UH, REACHING THE AUDIENCE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO, UM, ATTRACT FOR THESE POSITIONS.
UM, HR WILL ALSO, UH, CONTINUE MONITOR AND ANALYZE CLAIMS AND RISK MANAGEMENT CASES, AND ALSO DEVELOP, UM, MITIGATION STRATEGIES TO HOPEFULLY BRING DOWN, UM, YOU KNOW, THE FREQUENCY OF THOSE CLAIMS AND OR THE COST, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, IS ASSOCIATED WITH CLAIMS. AND LASTLY, YOU KNOW, BRIE, I KNOW HAS BEEN WORKING VERY HARD ON A NEW CIVICS ACADEMY PROGRAM FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, SO I KNOW THAT ONE WILL BE COMING FORWARD, UM, SHORTLY.
UM, SO IN TOTAL FOR THESE, UM, ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENTS, WE HAVE, UM, BASICALLY SIX DEPARTMENTS LUMPED TOGETHER.
I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE ADMINISTRATION BUDGET OF 2.7 MILLION INCLUDES, UM, THE $1.4 MILLION TRANSFER THAT WE WILL BE MAKING TO THE CIP BUDGET.
WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THE EXPENDITURE IN THE BUDGET, SO IT IS PLACED HERE IN A NON-DEPARTMENTAL FUND, AND WE'LL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE CIP UPON APPROVAL BY THE COUNCIL.
UM, IN ADDITION, WE HAVE, UM, EARMARKED, UM, SOME FUNDING FOR MANAGEMENT AND UNREPRESENTED, UM, EMPLOYEE INCREASES IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT'S, UM, NON-DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET.
SO IF IN CASE YOU SEE LIKE, HEY, WHY IS THERE KIND OF A BIG FLUCTUATION FROM LAST YEAR? THAT'S, THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE KIND OF HOLDING PLACES FOR THOSE THINGS UNTIL THEY CAN GET TRANSFERRED OUT TO THE RIGHT DEPARTMENTS.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE OTHER FUNDS HERE, UM, UM, FROM WATER, YOU KNOW, THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, WHICH I MENTIONED IS THE PENSION OBLIGATION, UM, BOND, UH, THE RISK MANAGEMENT FUND, WHICH GOES TO PAYING FOR, YOU KNOW, CLAIMS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WORKERS' COMP AS WELL AS LIKE, UM, THE IT ISF FUNDS AND, EXCUSE ME, THE PEG.
UM, WHICH GOES TO PAYING FOR LIKE A LOT OF THESE, UM, PUBLIC, IT'S A PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL GOVERNMENTAL FUND THAT, UM, COMES FROM THE CABLE COMPANIES AND, UH, GOES TO PAY FOR THINGS LIKE BROADCASTING THIS MEETING ONTO PUBLIC ACCESS TELEVISION.
SO THOSE TOTAL 14 POINT, EXCUSE ME, $6 MILLION AND TOTAL, THE DEPARTMENT REQUEST IS $20.4 MILLION.
UM, WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT TO CHIEF FOSTER IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS.
AND MAYOR ADAM FOSTER FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I THINK, UH, WE'VE HEARD SOME PRETTY AMAZING NUMBERS FROM SOME OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
I HOPE THAT I HAVE SOME AS WELL.
UNFORTUNATELY, THOUGH, I WANNA START WITH THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR.
AT THIS TIME, WE HAD A VERY DIFFERENT, UH, PRESENTATION ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, OUR CONCERN WITH MEASURE T.
AND, UM, THE OTHER THING THAT UNFORTUNATELY HAPPENED AT MY DEPARTMENT IS, IS WE HAD SOME STAFFING ISSUES, AND IT WAS EVERYTHING FROM MEDICAL ISSUES, RETIREMENTS, UH, SOME OF OUR, UH, STAFF PROMOTING TO NEW POSITIONS, BUT EVERY PORTION OF MY DEPARTMENT HAD SOME TYPE OF IMPACT WITH STAFFING, AND THAT WAS LAST FISCAL YEAR.
I'M VERY EXCITED TO PRESENT TO YOU THOUGH THE WORK THAT THEY DID DURING THAT TIME, EVEN WITH THOSE CHALLENGES, UM, AS I THINK THAT, UH, WE'LL HAVE SOME, UH, INTERESTING NUMBERS AS WELL.
SO IF YOU PLEASE COULD GO TO THE FIRST, IT'S ALREADY THERE.
SO OUR DISPATCH UNIT, WHO, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE YEARS AGO HAD DROPPED PRETTY LOW.
WE ARE UP TO EIGHT FULL-TIME DISPATCHERS, AND THEY RESPONDED TO OVER 40,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE LAST YEAR, AND THAT'S REALLY FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
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THEY ASKED, ANSWERED THE PHONE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE TO THAT A LOT OF TIMES, UH, ASKING GENERAL QUESTIONS THAT MAYBE AREN'T FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT FOR US, THEY ANSWERED 40,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE, AND WE MAINTAINED OUR RESPONSE TIME FOR PRIORITY ONE AT UNDER FOUR MINUTES.ADDITIONALLY, OUR RECORDS, UH, WE AVERAGE 100 PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS PER WEEK.
NOW, I WILL TELL YOU THAT THAT IS A LOT OF, UH, ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, POLICE REPORTS.
IT'S A LITTLE EASIER THAN, UH, SOME OF WHAT ADMINISTRATION HAS TO DO, BUT THEY STILL HAVE TO DO THAT.
THEY PROCESS OVER 400, OVER 4,500 PARKING PERMITS AND PROCESS OVER 6,000 POLICE REPORTS EACH YEAR.
CHIEF, IF I CAN PLEASE PARDON THE INTERRUPTION, UH, BUT, UH, UH, I'M SURE ALL OF US UP HERE ARE PUBLIC SAFETY ADVOCATES AND, UH, AND KNOWING THAT YOU'RE GONNA GO THROUGH A FEW MORE SLIDES WITH ACCOMPLISHMENTS, ABSOLUTELY.
BUT GOING BACK TO THE, UH, THE, UH, RE UH, VACANCY AND, UH, AND, UH, RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION ISSUES YES.
UH, THAT YOU'VE HAD IN THE LAST YEAR, UH, KEEPING IN MIND, WE'VE GOT A BUDGET HERE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE PASSING THIS EVENING, BUT, UH, ONCE YOU FILL VACANCIES FOR THIS, UH, FOR THIS COMING YEAR, AND, UH, ONCE, ONCE ALL OF THAT, UH, THAT GETS CLEARED UP, UH, YOU KNOW, BUDGET PERMITTING, UH, WOULD, UH, WOULD IT BE, UH, FEASIBLE FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE NEED TO SEE IF WE COULD FILL THE NEED FOR AN ADDITIONAL OFFICER MM-HMM
ONCE THOSE VACANCIES ARE FILLED? IS THAT SOMETHING, AND WHAT WOULD YOU DO OR BE ABLE TO DO WITH THAT, UH, WITH THAT PERSON IN, UH, IN, IN WHAT CAPACITY? YEAH, IF YOU, IF YOU, UH, BEAR WITH ME, I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION, UM, IN JUST HIRING, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS GONNA SHARE TO YOU IS THAT AT CERTAIN POINTS, THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR, WE WERE EIGHT OFFICERS DOWN, RIGHT? UH, WE HAVE A TOTAL, YOU KNOW, 73, UH, OFFICERS, THAT'S A LOT OF OFFICERS TO BE DOWN, BECAUSE ALSO PEOPLE GET SICK, PEOPLE GO ON VACATION.
SO THAT'S A BIG IMPACT TO MY DEPARTMENT.
UH, I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH, UH, THAT, UM, THE SUPPORT THAT I GET FROM HR AND THE CITY MANAGER AND GABBY IN TRYING TO HIRE THOSE SPOTS HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL.
AND AS WE STAND HERE RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE WE HAVE SIX OF THOSE EIGHT FILLED WITH ENTRY-LEVEL POLICE OFFICERS.
THE CAVEAT TO THAT IS AN ENTRY-LEVEL POLICE OFFICER STILL NEEDS TO GO TO THE POLICE ACADEMY.
THEY STILL NEED TO FINISH FTO FIELD TRAINING, UH, PROGRAM.
THAT'S A, THAT'S A WAYS AWAY BEFORE THEY ARE, UH, SOMEONE WHO MAKES AN ACTUAL IMPACT TO THE CITY.
BUT WE ARE VERY EXCITED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PULL THAT OFF, AND THAT REALLY IS A LOT OF HARD WORK.
UH, I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE ALL THE CREDIT, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT, IT'S, IT'S HR WHO, WHO HELPS US WITH THAT.
UM, THE IDEA OF ADDING A POLICE OFFICER IS VERY INTRIGUING BECAUSE AS YOU GUYS KNOW, THE CITY'S GROWING.
UH, THERE'S A POTENTIAL FOR A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT'S A LOT OF NEW RESIDENTS, WHICH IS A GREAT THING.
BUT HOW WE SERVE THEM IS SOMETHING WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO LOOK AT.
SO I, I WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, HAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, AND SOME OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY, LOOK AT WHAT WE COULD DO WITH THAT POSITION.
UM, AND I DEFINITELY HAVE SOME IDEAS, BUT I'M NOT GONNA GET TOO EXCITED AT THE MOMENT.
YEAH, I, AND, AND ALL DUE RESPECT THAT I WOULD DEFINITELY WANT YOU TO FILL WHATEVER VACANCIES YOU NEED TO FILL.
I WOULD ASK IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD SUPPORT THE IDEA AS WELL.
AND ONCE, OF COURSE, ONCE WE GO THROUGH THIS, ONE OTHER THING IS THE, UH, THE, UH, THE RECRUITMENT, UH, UH, ASPECT OF THIS AS WELL, AND, UH, UNDERSTANDING YOU HAVE VARIOUS TYPES OF RECRUITMENT TOOLS, UH, THAT YOU USE.
IF, IF YOU DON'T, CAN YOU GIMME JUST A QUICK SYNOPSIS? WELL, SO YEAH, LET ME, LET ME JUST SHARE WITH YOU THAT, UM, WE HAVE BEEN DILIGENT ON GETTING OUT ON THE CONTEMPORARY WAYS OF RECRUITING.
UH, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THAT, NOT THAT LONG AGO, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE DIDN'T DO THAT GOOD OF A JOB.
UM, AND WE'VE REALLY TURNED TO SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE'VE REALLY ASKED HR, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE BE BETTER AT THESE TYPE OF RECRUITING? THEY HAVE BROUGHT US IDEAS.
UM, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE IS A LATERAL INCENTIVE.
UM, AND, UH, THAT'S A WAY TO RECRUIT PEOPLE TO, TO, UM, SO IT'S A FINANCIAL TOOL TO RECRUIT, UH, LATERALS.
AND THAT IS WHY, WHAT IS THAT LATERAL INCENTIVE NOW? SO RIGHT NOW IT'S $10,000, SO, AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, BEING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR 29 YEARS, I'M NOT LOOKING FOR ANOTHER JOB.
I'M, I'M CLOSE TO RETIREMENT, JUST THE SAME.
YES, I'M, I'M A FEW YEARS OUT, BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE TO SEE IF I GET, UH, SOME SUPPORT AND FOR CITY MANAGER OKAY.
IS THAT I'D LIKE TO DOUBLE THAT INCENTIVE FOR, UH, FOR LATERAL OFFICERS, BECAUSE I DO UNDERSTAND WHEN IT COMES TO LATERAL OFFICERS, YOU GET AN EXPERIENCED OFFICER THAT HAS BEEN SEASONED AND HAS WORKED THE STREET AND, AND KNOWS THE ONLY THING THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE FAMILIAR WITH MAYBE IS CITY GEOGRAPHY, UH, WHICH IS GONNA COME PROBABLY WITHIN THEIR FIRST MONTH OR TWO ONCE THEY, ONCE THEY GET UNDER F ONCE THEY PASS THEIR FTO STATUS.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT IF THERE'S ANY SUPPORT, I'LL SECOND THAT AS WELL.
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SORRY FOR THE INTERRUPTION, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT YOU SAW THE SUPPORT THERE AS WELL.SO JUST AS I'M TAKING NOTES, SO I, I BELIEVE IS YOUR FIRST REQUEST TO COME BACK WITH SOME SORT OF ASSESSMENT TO COUNSEL AT SOME FUTURE DATE ON YES.
THE ADDITION OF A POTENTIALLY ANOTHER POLICE OFFICER POSITION? YES.
ONCE, ONCE VACANCIES ARE FILLED IN THE, AND THE CHIEF SEES IT, UH, FIT ONCE HE'S COMFORTABLE WITH THE IDEA AND OKAY.
AND THEN THE OTHER REQUEST WOULD BE TO DOUBLE THE LATERAL SIGNING BONUS TO $20,000.
WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT, YES.
WHEN COUNSEL PROVIDES DIRECTION ON THE RECEIVING FILE AND ANY CHANGES TO MAKE A MOTION, AT THAT POINT, I'LL, AND IF IT'S SUPPORTED, THEN WE CAN ADD IT TO THE BUDGET.
AND JUST TO CLARIFY, 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WE'RE GONNA BE VOTING TO APPROVE OR JUST WE'RE NOT APPROVING, YOU'RE JUST MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE'RE JUST MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS AND CHANGES, SO, OKAY.
UH, SO MOVING ON FOR MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE, UH, PROCESSES, OVER 6,000 PIECES OF PROPERTY AND, AND, AND EVIDENCE EACH YEAR.
UH, AND THAT'S A REALLY BIG, UH, TASK TO BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
WE'VE HAD, UH, TWO EMPLOYEES IN OUR PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE DIVISION FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
RECENTLY WE'VE ADDED A PART-TIMER, BUT THIS IS PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP, COLLECT DOCUMENT, AND A LOT OF TIMES EITHER GIVE TO THE DA'S OFFICE OR RETURN BACK TO SOMEBODY.
SO THIS IS A LOT OF WORK FOR THEM.
AND ONE OF OUR OTHER, UH, BIG UNITS IS ANIMAL CONTROL.
THEY DO A GREAT SERVICE TO OUR DEPARTMENT.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE, UH, SOMEBODY OUT, BUT WE HAVE ONE FULL-TIMER RIGHT NOW.
THEY RESPOND TO 2,500 CALLS FOR SERVICE.
THEY WORK A SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE.
AND ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT THEY DO IS THEY TRY TO RETURN ANIMALS, UH, TO THEIR RIFLE OWNER.
YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK A LOT ABOUT THAT.
UM, OUR SRO PROGRAM, WE ARE PROUD TO BE A PART OF BOTH SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN OUR CITY.
SO WE HAVE TWO SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, UM, AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, SO LAHABRA AND SONORA.
AND THEN WE HAVE ONE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER THAT SPLITS OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR A LONG TIME.
AND WE REALLY ENJOY OUR, UH, RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
MOVING ON OUR TRAFFIC DIVISION, ANOTHER REALLY IMPORTANT ONE TO THE CITY MADE OVER 150 DUI ARRESTS ISSUED MORE THAN 400 TRAFFIC CITATIONS FOR CRIME.
PRIMARY COLLISION FACTORS CITED 150 DRIVERS FOR DISTRACTED DRIVING, ISSUED 21,000 PARKING CITATIONS CONDUCTED, UH, DIRECTED ENFORCEMENT SPECIFIC FOR DUI, RED LIGHT VIOLATION, SPEED VIOLATION, MODIFIED VEHICLES, AND ALL OF THAT COMES THROUGH GRANT FUNDING.
MOVING, MOVING ON FOR OUR OTHER, UH, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR DEPARTMENT.
UH, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HOST, UH, TWO LA HABER EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOPS, CONDUCTED CITIZENS ACADEMY, CONDUCTED CERT TRAINING IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
CONTINUE OUR EXPLORER PROGRAM.
AND WE ALSO HAVE VOLUNTEERS WITH RADIO PATROL CHAPLAINS AND COLLEGE INTERNSHIPS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, ALL OF OUR EVENTS, WHICH IS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
COPS COFFEE WITH THE COP TORCH, RUN THE TRICK OR TREAT, UH, OUR CANINE, UH, IKE AND ALL THE, UH, SCHOOL VISITS WITH RITA CROSS AMERICA, ET CETERA.
THIS ONE'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
WANNA SHARE WITH YOU GUYS THAT I HAVE BEEN AVOIDING THIS 'CAUSE I DON'T REALLY LIKE IT.
BUT, UH, IN 2021, THE FBI CAME OUT AND SAID, WE WANT TO REPORT CRIME DIFFERENT.
SO FOR MANY YEARS, AND ESPECIALLY A LOT OF YOU WHO ARE SITTING UP AT THE DAIS, UH, YOU ARE USED TO, UH, THE UCR WAY OF REPORTING.
AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE FBI CAME IN AND SAID, HEY, WE WANT IT A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
AND IT GROUPS IT A LITTLE BIT IN BROADER TERMS. AND SO WE'VE ACTUALLY BROKEN IT DOWN A LITTLE, UH, EVEN A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN HOW IT IS REPORTED TO THE FBI.
BUT ALSO, OF COURSE, CALIFORNIA HAS TO MAKE IT MORE COMPLICATED.
SO EVEN FOR CALIFORNIA, WE REPORTED A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT WE'VE BROKEN DOWN OUR CRIME STATS FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
I DON'T TAKE IT AS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO REST ON.
UH, WE ARE LOOKING GOOD FOR 2025, BUT WE STILL HAVE SIX MONTHS LEFT.
UM, SO JUST FOR YOUR KNOWLEDGE, GROUP A IS REALLY WHAT YOU CARE ABOUT.
THAT'S THE SIGNIFICANT CRIMES.
GROUP B IS SOMETHING THAT IS OF MUCH LESSER SOMETHING LIKE CURFEW, LOITERING, UH, VAGRANCY, THOSE, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
SO GROUP A IS REALLY THE, THOSE MAJOR CRIMES SUCH AS ROBBERY, BURGLARY, ASSAULT, AND SO THOSE ARE, UH, BROKEN DOWN INTO CRIMES, PERSON AND CRIMES PROPERTY.
YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE MOVING ON TO, UH, MAJOR GOALS.
AND THESE REALLY STAY THE SAME TO ME, AND THAT IS PROVIDING OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, I WANT LAHABRA TO BE A PLACE THAT PEOPLE ARE PROUD TO LIVE, WORK, AND VISIT.
WE WANT TO KEEP OUR RESPONSE TIMES UNDER FOUR MINUTES.
UH, CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE WITH THE OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS FOR GR GRAFFITI ORDINANCE AND ARE HOMELESS, AND ALSO
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CONTINUE TO COMBAT GANG VIOLENCE AND REDUCE INCIDENTS OF GANG RELATED CRIMES.OKAY, SO MOVING ON TO, UH, THE, THE LAST PORTION HERE.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT, UH, I AM, UH, VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE DID IN THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR, AND I'M VERY HONORED THAT THE COUNCIL SAW FIT TO, UH, GIVE ME ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE A FULLY FUNDED POLICE DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR.
THE REASON I STARTED WITH, UH, TALKING ABOUT LAST YEAR IS 'CAUSE LAST YEAR IT FELT DIFFERENT.
THIS YEAR, UM, IT REALLY FEELS LIKE WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH A LOT OF THE HARD WORK FROM HR.
WE ARE LOOKING LIKE A LOT OF OUR STAFFING IS GONNA BE FILLED IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS, WHICH MEANS THAT WE ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE THAT WE WANT TO IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT REALLY IS A THANK YOU TO COUNCIL FOR GIVING US THAT OPPORTUNITY.
UM, AND THEN IT'S, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE AT A FULL, UH, A FULL SERVICE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHEN THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO BE.
AND SO THIS BUDGET PRESENTED TO YOU, WHICH I'D HAPPY TO ANSWER REALLY ANY QUESTIONS, THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS DOES.
WE DIDN'T ADD A BUNCH OF EXTRA TOYS OR A BUNCH OF EXTRA THINGS.
THIS IS OUR FULL SERVICE TO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND, UH, LUCKILY TONIGHT YOU GUYS AGREED ON A CONTRACT WITH OUR POLICE ASSOCIATION, WHICH HELPS, UH, PROVIDE THEM THE, THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO CONTINUE HIRING GREAT PEOPLE.
SO WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF? NO.
JUST ONCE SAY, GREAT JOB WITH THE CITIZENS ACADEMY.
I'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK, UH, WITH IT.
I KNOW I DID A COUPLE OF PRESENTATIONS EARLIER IN THE YEAR ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GO TO THOSE AND THEY SAID THEY'RE ENJOYING THEM.
AND THEN ALSO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE EXPLORER PROGRAM.
UH, THE, UH, LAHABRA POLICE EXPLORER PROGRAM.
UH, I KNOW WHAT IT, WHAT IT MEANS TO ME.
BEING A FORMER EXPLORER MYSELF, UM, WE'RE IN A WAY KIND OF SAVING CHILDREN'S LIVES, KEEPING 'EM OUTTA TROUBLE.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT YOU GIVE TO THEM.
THIS WILL BE OUR LAST DEPARTMENT,
SO, UM, THIS ONE I WILL KEEP VERY BRIEF.
UM, YOU, WE TOUCHED ON THIS EARLIER, YOU, WE DO CONTRACT WITH LA COUNTY FIRE AS WELL AS, UM, FALK, UM, FOR LA COUNTY FOR FIRE SERVICE AND THE FALK AMBULANCE FOR, UM, AMBULANCE SERVICES.
UM, VERY QUICKLY, THEIR MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS WERE THAT THEY RESPONDED TO 4,418 CALLS FOR SERVICE IN LA HABRA.
UM, AND 86% OF THOSE WERE MEDICAL SERVICE CALLS.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALWAYS A VERY NOTABLE, UM, STAT FOR US TO LOOK AT BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE, CONSISTENTLY MEDICAL CALLS, YOU KNOW, FAR OUTWEIGH THE OTHER TYPES OF CALLS THAT, UM, LA COUNTY FIRE, UM, RESPONSE TO, UM, ON OUR BEHALF.
UM, THEIR AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME TO INCIDENTS WAS UNDER FIVE MINUTES.
AND, UM, THEY DO, UH, YOU KNOW, CONSISTENTLY DO PRACTICE DRILLS, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH NOT ONLY WITHIN THEIR OWN AGENCY WITHIN LA COUNTY FIRE, BUT ALSO WITH, UM, OTHER AGENCIES BOTH IN, UM, LA AND ORANGE COUNTY.
SO THEY HAD OVER 50 ENGINES PARTICIPATING IN THE 15 AGENCY WILDLAND DRILL IN LAHABRA HEIGHTS AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
IT WAS RIGHT, YOU KNOW, RIGHT HERE IN OUR BACKYARD IN LA HOPPER HEIGHTS AND INCLUDE LIKE, YOU KNOW, UM, OCFD AS WELL AS LIKE, YOU KNOW, CITIES, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL THE WAY LIKE THAT THEY COVER LIKE FROM WALNUT TO LAKEWOOD TO SIGNAL HILL, YOU KNOW, JUST A VERY WIDE REGION, UM, JUST SO THAT YOU, IF THERE WAS EVER A DISASTER, YOU KNOW, THE TYPE OF REGIONAL RESPONSE THAT WOULD NEED TO HAPPEN.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET, UM, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ARI ABOUT THIS, THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE COST GOES TO, UM, PENSION LIABILITY COSTS FOR, UH, PREVIOUS, UM, CITY OF LA HABRA FIREFIGHTERS.
SO THAT'S ABOUT 2 MILLION THERE.
UH, THE LA COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT CONTRACT WE'RE ESTIMATING IS GONNA BE, UH, 14.579.
AND, UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE WILL BE BRINGING FORTH, UM, AN AMENDMENT TO THEIR AGREEMENT AT THE NEXT MEETING, UM, WHICH KIND OF TALKS ABOUT LIKE SOME OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT WITH ADDING A FOURTH PERSON TO AN THE ENGINE AT 1 92.
AND US JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CHANGING THE, UH, PARAMEDIC, UH, BONUS ON THAT POSITION.
AND THEN THE FALK AMBULANCE CONTRACT, UM, YOU KNOW, WENT UP 4% AND IT'S 1.89 MILLION.
AGAIN, THAT WAS AFTER HOLDING AT A 0% FOR US LAST, OR IN THIS CURRENT YEAR, IN FISCAL YEAR 24, 25.
SO THE TOTAL FOR FIRE AND AMBULANCE IS, UM, $18.5 MILLION.
UM, AS FAR AS GOALS, YOU KNOW, CONSTANTLY JUST TO KEEP RESPONSE TIMES LOW IS, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST, UM, GOAL THAT WE HAVE FOR COUNTY FIRE.
AND THEN JUST YEAH, TO CONTINUE PREPARING FOR EMERGENCIES.
AND I DO BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE ITEM THAT WE'LL BE BRINGING FORTH, UM, TO YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING TO, UM, INCREASE 1 92 TO, FROM A 3% TO 4% ENGINE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY AND WILL NOT
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BE AN ADDITIONAL COST THAN WHAT WE WOULD'VE PAID ALREADY IN OUR EXISTING CONTRACT.BUT, UM, SINCE THE COUNTY WILL BE, UM, IS PROPOSING TO FUND THAT EXTRA FIREFIGHTER FOR US.
SO, UH, THAT CONCLUDES, UM, THE FIRE AND AMBULANCE DEPARTMENT IN CASE THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
IF NOT, I WILL TURN IT, UM, BACK OVER TO, UH, JIM SADRO.
SO, WRAPPING UP TONIGHT'S BUDGET PRESENTATION, UM, YOU SEE A TOTAL MUNICIPAL BUDGET ON THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, OF $173 MILLION IN CHANGE.
UH, THE GENERAL FUND IS OUR PRIMARY OPERATING FUND OF THE CITY.
AND DESPITE IT BEING A $70 MILLION BUDGET, IT'S PROBABLY ONLY ABOUT 40% OF OUR TOTAL BUDGET THAT WE SPEND, UH, FOR THE CITY.
SO WE HAVE QUITE A FEW OTHER AREAS THAT WE PULL FUNDS FROM TO SPEND ON PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, AND, UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS.
UM, THE, THE THING THAT'S NOTABLE ABOUT THIS PRO UH, BUDGET IS FOR THE GENERAL FUND IS FULLY BALANCED FOR MOST OF THE OTHER PROJECT, UH, OR, UH, SPECIAL, UH, FUNDS.
THEY'RE ALSO BALANCED EXCEPT FOR THE INVENT OF A CAPITAL PROJECT, UH, BUDGET THAT WE'RE DRAWING DOWN TO BUILD PROJECTS WITH.
SO, AGAIN, UH, THE MUNICIPAL BUDGET IS 173 MILLION.
UH, THE $70 MILLION GENERAL FUND BUDGETS BALANCED, UH, MEASURE V 1 CENT LOCAL TRANSACTION AND USE TAX TOOK IN EFFECT, UM, IN APRIL.
IT WAS PASSED BY THE VOTERS BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 24, AND THAT WE'RE ON TRACK RIGHT NOW, UH, FOR ABOUT JUST UNDER $15 MILLION REVENUE PROJECTION, WHICH IS, UH, ABOUT, UH, 50% HIGHER THAN, OR YEAH, IT'S PROB DOUBLE WHAT WE WERE GETTING FROM MEASURE MEASURE T.
SO MEASURE T WAS A HALF CENT TAX, UH, AS THE CHIEF MENTIONED, AND AS COUNCIL KNOWS, STAFF DID A PHENOMENAL JOB WORKING WITH THE POA TO STRUCTURE A NEW FOUR YEAR LABOR CONTRACT.
I'M NOT AWARE OF THE CITY HAVING A FOUR YEAR LABOR CONTRACT WITH THE POLICE ASSOCIATION, AT LEAST IN THE TIME I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY AND COUNCIL MEMBER.
GRUMMANS BEEN HERE LONGER THAN I HAVE.
AND ROSE, IT'S BEEN, I'M NOT SURE WE'VE EVER HAD A FOUR YEAR CONTRACT.
SO THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO STAFF AND THE POA WORKING TOGETHER ON A, ON A, A FAIR CONTRACT FOR BOTH SIDES.
UM, MORE IMPORTANTLY, OUR EQUALLY IMPORTANT IS THAT WE HAVE $1.4 MILLION IN THIS BUDGET GOING TOWARDS CAPITAL PROJECTS, WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE INVESTING IN THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND WE ARE ALSO, UH, PROPOSING A BUDGET THAT REFLECTS THE CITY COUNCIL'S GOALS AND OBJECTIVES EVERY YEAR.
WHEN YOU CREATE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR US, WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE TRANSLATED INTO WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY RECOMMENDING WE ALLOCATE RESOURCES, AND AS YOU HEARD TONIGHT, WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS LIST OF CAPITAL PROJECTS WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON THIS NEXT YEAR, ESPECIALLY A LOT OF MAJOR STREET PROJECTS, WHICH I THINK THE COMMUNITY ALWAYS APPRECIATES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE REFLECT WHAT THE CITY WANTS TO SHOW AS FAR AS QUALITY.
UH, THERE ARE ALWAYS FUTURE CHALLENGES TO BE AWARE OF.
UH, IN THE PAST YEARS, THOSE CHALLENGES HAVE RANGED, UH, IN, IN A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
I THINK THE, THE ISSUES RIGHT NOW, WE ARE THE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT OUR FISCAL UNCERTAINTY, UH, WITH TARIFFS AND INFLATION.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH WHAT TARIFFS MEAN, UH, FOR THE ECONOMY.
UM, WE'RE NOT SURE IF INFLATION'S GONNA BE IMPACTED BY TARIFFS AND THOSE IMPACTS, IF THEY DO OCCUR, COULD AFFECT THE ECONOMY, COULD IN AFFECT, AFFECT, UH, WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S A RECESSION.
AND THAT WOULD DEFINITELY, IF WE WENT INTO A RECESSION, WOULD IMPACT, UM, ONE OF OUR MAJOR REVENUE SOURCES, WHICH IS SALES AND, AND TRANSACTION AND USE TAX.
ON THE FLIP SIDE, AS GABBY MENTIONED EARLIER, WHILE IT'S NICE SEEING PROPERTY TAXES CONTINUE TO RISE BECAUSE PEOPLE'S PROPERTY VALUES HAVE INCREASED, RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU DON'T SEE HOMES FOR SALE AND BECAUSE OF HIGH MORTGAGE, UH, INTEREST RATES AND LIMITED HOUSING SUPPLY, YOU'RE NOT SEEING TURNOVER, AND THAT'S SLOWING THE HOUSING MARKET, AND THAT'S LIKELY TO CAUSE PROPERTY TAXES TO LEVEL OFF.
BUT IT ALSO IS CREATING A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT HOUSING IMPACT ACROSS THE REGION FOR THAT WE'RE ALL DEALING WITH.
AND, AND I THINK THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE STATE BEING VERY AGGRESSIVE ON MANY NEW LAWS TO ADDRESS THAT.
BUT MANY OF THOSE LAWS ARE TAKING AWAY LOCAL CONTROL, AND I'M NOT EVEN SURE IF THOSE LAWS ONCE IMPLEMENTED, WILL RESULT IN WHAT THE STATE'S HOPING FOR AS FAR AS MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK.
UM, AS FAR AS THE FEDERAL, STATE, AND COUNTY LEVELS, ALL OF THEM ARE DEALING WITH VERY DIFFICULT BUDGET SITUATIONS RIGHT NOW.
AND ALL OF THE THEM MAY, ALL THOSE SITUATIONS MAY LEAD TO THEM CON UH, PUTTING IN PLACE BUDGET CUTS.
HOW THAT AFFECTS US IS, YOU SAW THE GENERAL FUND'S ONLY A FRACTION OF THE TOTAL BUDGET, AND A LOT OF OUR BUDGET'S BASED ON GRANTS AND DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS TONIGHT MENTIONED PROGRAMS THAT ARE GRANT FUNDED.
AND THE, AND THE PROGRAMS YOU SEE ON THIS SCREEN RIGHT NOW, ALL COULD BE IMPACTED BY EITHER A REDUCTION OR ELIMINATION OF FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL GRANTS.
SO WE'RE MONITORING THOSE CAREFULLY.
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WHAT, WHAT I WILL SAY IS IF WE FIND OUT THAT THERE'S A GRANT THAT'S BEEN CURTAILED OR ELIMINATED, WE WILL COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL REPORT ON THAT AND REPORT ON THE IMPACT OF THE LOSS OF THOSE FUNDS TO GET POLICY DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL AS TO WHAT TO DO WITH THOSE PROGRAMS THAT MAY NOT BE FUNDED ANYMORE.UM, THE OTHER THING THAT'S ALWAYS IN THE BACK OF OUR MIND THAT'S NOT ON THIS SLIDE IS, IS, UH, CALPERS AND PENSION COSTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE SIGNIFICANT PENSION REFORM OVER THE YEARS.
WE HAVE A VERY LOW, UH, INTEREST RATE PENSION OBLIGATION BOND WE ISSUED A FEW YEARS AGO THAT HAS SAVED US SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY.
BUT TO A LARGE DEGREE, WE ARE, UM, AT THE MERCY OF, UH, HOW CALPERS INVEST FUNDS AND WHAT RETURN THEY GET.
AND THEY'RE SOMEWHAT AT THE MERCY OF THE GENERAL, UM, UM, STOCK MARKET AND, AND WHAT HAPPENS IN THE STOCK MARKET.
IF THEY EXCEED THEIR TARGETED RETURNS THIS YEAR, BY END OF JUNE 30, THEN WE'LL BE BACK TO BACK YEARS OF POSITIVE EARNINGS.
IF THEY DON'T BY THE END OF JUNE 30, THEN THAT CREATES A NEW UNFUNDED LIABILITY.
FORTUNATELY, COUNCIL HAS BEEN VERY ASSERTIVE TO US TO MAKE SURE WE'VE SETTING ASIDE MONEY FOR THAT.
AND I'M HAPPY TO TELL YOU THAT WE ARE SITTING ON OVER $12 MILLION IN RESERVE NOW, SPECIFICALLY FOR UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITY COSTS SUCH AS THAT 5, 6, 7 YEARS AGO, WE DID NOT, WE HAD ZERO.
AND SO THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO COUNCIL, UM, BEING, UH, ASSERTIVE IN MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE PLANNING FOR POTENTIAL UNFUNDED LIABILITIES AND WE'RE EXPERIENCING THOSE NOW.
WE HAVE SOME FUNDS, UH, QUITE A BIT OF FUNDS SET ASIDE FOR THAT EVENTUALITY.
SO, UM, WE, WE TRY TO DO OUR BEST TO, TO PLAN FOR THOSE KIND OF, UH, UM, CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN, IF THEY ARISE.
SO WITH THAT, UH, THAT ENDS THE BUDGET, UH, PRESENTATION, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY OTHER COMMENTS COUNSEL MAY HAVE.
I, UH, WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF MEL SHANNON COME TO THE PODIUM.
MEL, I KNOW YOU DIDN'T DO A PRESENTATION, BUT THIS MAY VERY WELL BE YOUR FINAL BUDGET THAT YOU PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND I JUST WANNA MENTION, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION, ALWAYS BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE CITY.
YOU'RE A CLASS ACT INDIVIDUAL, AND I'M CERTAINLY GONNA MISS YOU.
AND I KNOW YOU PLAYED A MAJOR, MAJOR ROLE IN PUTTING THIS BUDGET TOGETHER.
IF THOSE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE TO GO TO YOUR OFFICE, THERE'S STACKS OF PAPER ALL OVER THE PLACE IN THAT BUDGET.
BUT YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHERE EVERY, WHAT EVERY PIECE OF PAPER IS.
AND I KNOW YOU PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN PUTTING THIS BUDGET TOGETHER, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF HARD WORK AND DEDICATION.
THAT'S, I THINK, YES, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
THIS ROLE RIGHT HERE IS THE FINANCE MANAGERS, UH, INCLUDING MYSELF.
UH, CABBY HAD A LOT TO DO WITH IT, SO, UH, NO, WE'RE, WE'RE A TEAM EFFORT.
AND YOU SEE DEPUTIES DOING PRESENTATIONS NOW, NOT JUST FINANCE DIRECTORS.
AND THAT MANY TIMES I'D HAVE TO CALL YOU ON THE PHONE AND SAY, MEL, GO HOME.
I WANTED TO, TO, TO RECOGNIZE YOU AND MENTION YOU.
WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS FOR THE CO FOR THE COUNCIL? NOT MORE, UH, QUESTIONS.
I MEAN, THE, THE, UH, THE SLIGHT SPEAK FOR ITSELF.
I, I, ALONG WITH, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN GOMEZ, I OF COURSE WANT TO THANK MEL, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE I, UH, I THANKED OUR, UH, OUR CITY STAFF AND OUR DIRECTORS, UH, BRIANNA, AWESOME SLIDESHOW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
UH, AND I, AS I REFER TO TV LAND FOR ANYBODY, UH, THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE ON THE, UH, CITY WEBSITE AS WELL, UH, SO THEY CAN GET A, UH, AN ACTUAL PRESENTATION, A GRAPHIC OF, UH, OF THE BUDGET AND THE CITY'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
UH, WANTED TO THANK, UH, GABBY AND HER TEAM, UH, FOR, UH, RECENT, UH, NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE, UH, THE VARIOUS, UH, BARGAINING ENTITIES AND, UH, BRINGING US THROUGH THAT.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR TEAM, UH, FOR, UH, FOR, FOR GETTING THAT THROUGH.
UH, WITHOUT THAT, THIS WHOLE BUDGET DOESN'T GET DONE, OF COURSE.
AND, UH, OUR DIRECTORS FOR, UH, FOR PUTTING THE INDIVIDUAL BUDGETS TOGETHER IN YOUR RESPECTIVE, UH, UNITS.
UH, THANK YOU, UH, TO KELLY, SUSAN, MEL, UH, AND, UH, UH, ELIAS, AND OF COURSE, OUR CHIEF, UH, THANK YOU FOR, FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.
AND, UH, I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T LOOK INTO THE CAMERA AND I DIDN'T THANK THE RESIDENTS OF LAHABRA, UH, BECAUSE A BIG PIECE OF THIS WAS YOU HAVING THE FAITH IN OUR CITY STAFF AND IN THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, WHEN, UH, MEASURE V WAS PASSED.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE, THE CITY CONTINUES ON AND WE CONTINUE TO, UH, BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, CONTRARY, AND I ALWAYS SAY CONTRARY TO WHAT PEOPLE SAY, BECAUSE YOU'LL GET IT
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EVERY DAY.YOU'LL, YOU KNOW, IN, IN SOME FORM ON SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, OR SOMEBODY YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, THAT IS DISGRUNTLED SOMEWHERE IN THE COUNTY.
UH, I WON'T MENTION NAMES, I'LL BE A LITTLE MORE PROFESSIONAL ABOUT IT.
UH, BUT THAT THEY CONTINUE ON AND, UH, TRYING TO, UH, SAY THAT WE'RE NOT, UH, SPENDING OUR MONEY PROPERLY.
WE ARE, UH, AND THE PROOF IS HERE.
AND YOU, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN LAMBKIN HAD MENTIONED AUDITS, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THEM WITH WAS WITH OCTA AND, AND MEASURE, UH, MEASURE M UH, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER ONE THAT WE PASSED WITH FLYING COLORS.
AND WE CONTINUE TO PASS BECAUSE, UH, OF THE, UH, THIS, THE, THE GUIDANCE AND THE, UH, LEADERSHIP OF OUR CITY MANAGER OVER THERE, JIM SADRO, WHO'S DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB IN STEERING THIS SHIP AND, UH, GETTING US THROUGH THIS.
UH, YOU'RE, YOU, YOU AND, AND EVERYBODY ELSE'S HARD WORK IS REALLY APPRECIATED FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
I DO HAVE ONE BUDGET RELATED QUESTION OF, UH, MR. SADRO.
I WANNA DOUBLE DOWN ON ALL THE THANKS.
EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT JOSE MENTIONED.
I WANT TO ALSO EXTEND MY PROFOUND GRATITUDE.
THIS ACTUALLY COMES IN AT, I THINK IT'S 1047 PAGES, IS THIS BUDGET BOOK.
AND THIS REFLECTS THE BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT JOSE JUST THANKED.
JUST A, A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK.
I MEAN, THE MATHEMATICS BEHIND IT ALONE IS STAGGERING.
SO AGAIN, THANKS TO ALL OF YOU.
MY QUESTION, JIM, IS THAT STARTING ON PAGE 1008, THEY TALK ABOUT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, THE VAST MAJORITY OF WHICH THERE ARE SOURCES OF FUNDING ALREADY IDENTIFIED, BUT STARTING SOMEWHERE, WELL, THERE'S A RUNDOWN ON PAGE 1045 THAT TALKS ABOUT A WISHLIST OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE UNFUNDED.
SO THE MONEY'S JUST NOT THERE.
ONE EXAMPLE IS LIKE BEACH BOULEVARD MEDIAN IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH YOU AND I DISCUSSED EARLIER.
IT'S A CALTRAN STREET, BUT WE MIGHT BE TAKING OVER THE ABILITY TO, 'CAUSE I GOT A COUPLE COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT, YEAH, THE MEDIAN LOOKS TERRIBLE.
WELL, AND I, AND HE SAID, I DON'T CARE IF IT'S CALTRAN, YOU SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
WELL, AS IT TURNS OUT, WE WANT TO, WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
BUT CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY FOR EVERYBODY WHAT THE FATE AND FUTURE OF ALL THESE UNFUNDED CIP PROJECTS MIGHT BE? SURE.
UM, WITHOUT GOING THROUGH EVERY SINGLE ONE, NO.
SO GENERALLY WHAT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR IN THE BUDGET PREPARATION PROCESS IS WE LOOK AT WHAT AVAILABLE FUNDING DO WE HAVE AND WHAT AND WHAT BUCKET.
BECAUSE THE BUDGET IN THE, FOR THE CITIES IS MADE UP OF NUMEROUS BUCKETS OF MONEY.
AND THERE ARE OFTENTIMES WHERE YOU CAN ONLY SPEND CERTAIN MONEY IN A CERTAIN BUCKET ON CERTAIN PROJECTS.
SO WHAT WE LOOK AT, FIRST OF ALL, IS WHERE DO WE HAVE MONEY IN WHICH BUCKET? AND THEN WHICH PROJECTS LINE UP TO BE ABLE TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE FUNDS? WHAT OFTEN HAPPENS IS ON THE DEFERRED LIST, YOU GET INTO, I WOULD SAY MOST OF THE PROJECTS ON THE DEFERRED LIST DO NOT HAVE A DESIGNATED SOURCE OF FUNDS, FOR INSTANCE, GAS TAX FOR STREETS, OR SB ONE MONEY OR M TWO MONEY THAT'S ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE PROJECTS.
SO THOSE PROJECTS LARGELY BECOME GENERAL FUND OBLIGATIONS.
AND OBVIOUSLY THE GENERAL FUND IS PRIMARILY, UH, GEARED TOWARDS OPERATING BUDGET.
AND WHEN WE HAVE, UH, EITHER FUNDS LEFT AT OVER AT YEAR END, OR IN THIS YEAR AS A GOOD EXAMPLE, WE HAVE MONEY, WE ARE ABLE TO BUDGET FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
WE SIT DOWN AS A TEAM, WE LOOK AT COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES AND, UH, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
AND WE TRY TO DESIGNATE, OKAY, WHICH OF THESE, THESE, UM, THESE, UH, DEFERRED PROJECTS ON THIS LIST, CAN WE TAKE OFF DEFERRED AND PUT INTO THE CIP PROJECT AND FUND THOSE WITH DOLLARS THIS YEAR? AND WHERE DO WE GET OUR BIGGEST BANG FOR THE BUCK? SO A PROJECT, FOR INSTANCE, LIKE THE, THE CENTER MEDIANS ON BEACH, WHILE IT'S AN ATTRACTIVE PROJECT TO TACKLE, IT MAY NOT, UM, BE AS ADVANTAGEOUS DOING THAT AS REPLACING A ROOF, FOR INSTANCE, ON A CITY BUILDING, RIGHT? THAT'S LEAKING, RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE'S LIABILITY ISSUES, THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR INTERN OR DAMAGE.
UM, BUT WE DO TRACK THOSE DEFERRED PROJECTS.
SO COUNCIL ALWAYS SEES THEM AS WELL.
AND IF, FOR INSTANCE, THERE'S A PROJECT COUNCIL SEES ON THAT LIST ONE YEAR AND SAYS, YOU KNOW, WHY WE HAVE THIS PROJECT ON HERE, WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN THAT, THE PROJECT CAN BE ELIMINATED.
BUT THAT'S KIND OF HOW THAT DEFERRED LIST WORKS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WELL, I JUST, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF.
UM, IT REMINDS ME, IT REMINDS ME OF THIS REPORT, JUST 1000 SOMETHING REPORT REMINDS ME OF HOW MUCH THE STAFF DOES AND ACCOMPLISHES ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
YOU ALWAYS GO ABOVE AND BEYOND.
I MEAN, KATIE OVER THERE, SHE GOES COOKING AND SHE HAS A SMILE ON HER FACE, EVEN AFTER COOKING A BOATLOAD OF FOOD.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE GONNA DO IT OVER THERE FOR THE CAMPING TRIP.
ALL OF YOU GO ABOVE AND BEYOND.
AND, AND, UH, I KNOW ON BEHALF OF THE LA HARBOR RESIDENTS, UH, WE ARE FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
I WOULD NOW INVITE THE PUBLIC TO TESTIFY AND TO PLEASE GIVE THEIR NAME
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AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD SHOULD THEY WISH TO COME AND SPEAK.I SEEING NONE, I WILL ASK FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION.
UH, IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, UH, MADAM, UH, MAYOR AND I'LL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 26 MUNICIPAL BUDGET AND, UH, DIRECT STAFF REGARDING ANY REVISIONS.
UH, MR. CITY MANAGER, SHOULD I MAKE THAT A SECOND MOTION FOR, UH, DOUBLING THE, UH, YEAH, THIS WOULD BE THE GOOD TIME TO, TO MAKE THAT MOTION TO INCREASE THE, UH, LATERAL, UM, SIGNING BONUS FROM 10,000 TO 20,000, AND TO INC INCREASE THE, UH, LATERAL POLICE, UH, UH, LATERAL BONUS TO FROM 10,000 TO 20002ND, I WOULD SECOND THAT MOTION.
AND JUST TO CONFIRM, WE DON'T HAVE TO SECOND EVERY MOTION JUST OR SECOND REQUEST.
IT DEPENDS IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL REQUEST, COUNSEL ONCE MAKE DIRECTION FOR THE BUDGET.
WE DO ALL THESE ONES A HOLDING SECOND.
AND FOR THE RECORD, THE EARLIER MOTION YOU MADE, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM REGARDING COMING BACK WITH AN ASSESSMENT ON ANOTHER POSITION THAT WAS SECONDED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND SINCE IT DOESN'T HAVE A BUDGET IMPACT, WE'LL DO THAT.
ONCE WE HAVE FULL STAFFING, WE'LL COME BACK AT THAT POINT.
AND WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO PUBLIC HEARING.
PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 60 MINUTES FOR ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS.
FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL PUBLIC HEARING ITEM ON THE AGENDA, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR OR CHAIR, COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
THE TITLE OF PUBLIC HEARING ITEM NUMBER ONE IS DULY NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ZONE CHANGE, TWO FIVE DASH 0 0 1 TO REPEAL AND REPLACE CHAPTER 18.66, CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS OF TITLE 18 ZONING OF THE LAHABRA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS AND ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES FOR MINOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS.
NOW WE HAVE SUSAN HERE FOR A STAFF REPORT.
SUSAN KIM, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO, THIS ZONE CHANGE PROPOSAL WAS INITIATED BY CITY COUNCIL IN AN EFFORT TO CREATE A MORE BUSINESS FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT AND REDUCE COST TO CERTAIN BUSINESSES.
THE ZONE CHANGE IS TO REPEAL AND REPLACE THE LA HOPPER MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 18.66, WHICH DEALS WITH CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS IN ORDER TO CLARIFY PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS FOR CS AND ESTABLISH A NEW CATEGORY OF CS, A MINOR CP OR MCP.
THIS IS THE FIRST STEP AT A TWO STEP PROCESS.
FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO ESTABLISH THE MCUP PROCESS SO WE KNOW WHAT THESE TYPES OF USES WOULD GO THROUGH THE TYPE OF NOTICING AND EVERYTHING THAT I'LL GET INTO LATER.
AND THEN THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE A F FOLLOW UP ZONE ZONE CHANGE WHERE WE WOULD ACTUALLY DELINEATE WHICH USES ARE SUBJECT TO A MINOR CUPA, REGULAR CUP OR PERMITTED BY RIGHT, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 99 USES ACROSS 22 ZONES.
SO THAT'S QUITE AN EFFORT, BUT WE WILL MAKE AN EFFORT AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO HAVE JUST COMMON SENSE REGULATIONS THERE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REQUIRING CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS FOR THINGS THAT REALLY NEED TO BE THAT WAY.
SO WITH ALL THAT, YOU MIGHT BE ASKING, WHAT IS A CUP? IT'S A PERMIT THAT REQUIRES DISCRETIONARY APPROVAL FROM A CITY.
IT'S FOR A USE THAT'S NOT ALLOWED BY RIGHT IN A PARTICULAR ZONE.
AND THAT'S ALL LAID OUT IN OUR LAND USE MATRIX.
THAT WAS THE 99 BY 22, UM, TABLE THAT I MENTIONED.
IT INVOLVES, IT'S ISSUED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE LOCAL JURISDICTION.
IT'S APPROVED WITH A SET OF CONDITIONS AND IT REQUIRES PLANNING COMMISSION TO MAKE CERTAIN FIND FINDINGS.
AND SO WHAT ARE THESE FINDINGS? WHAT MAKES THEM DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER USE? WELL, THE PLANNING COMMISSION MUST MAKE THE FOLLOWING CONCLUSIONS BEFORE APPROVING A CUP FIRST, THAT IT'S FOR A USE THAT REQUIRES A CUP.
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THIS IS REQUIRED BY THE CODE? AND THEN, UM, REALLY IMPORTANT FINDINGS IS THAT THE GRANTING OF THE CUP WILL NOT BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE PUBLIC WELFARE.
IT'LL NOT INTER UNREASONABLY INTERFERE WITH THE USE POSSESSION OR ENJOYMENT OF SURROUNDING AND ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
AND IT'LL NOT IMPAIR THE CHARACTER OF THE ZONE IN WHICH IT'S TO BE LOCATED.
WE ALSO LOOK AT WHETHER THE SITE IS PHYSICALLY SUITABLE FOR THE USE, IF THE USE COMPLIES WITH ALL OF THE CODE REQUIREMENTS AND IF THE USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN.
SO HOW IS THE CUP APP APPROVED? THEY'RE REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT A PUBLIC HEARING.
WE DO A 10 DAY NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IT'S PUBLISHED IN THE OC REGISTER AND IT'S MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN
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300 FEET.WE PREPARE A STAFF REPORT AND DRAFT RESOLUTION THAT'S POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, 72 HOURS BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THE PUBLIC HEARING INCLUDES A STAFF PRESENTATION, PUBLIC COMMENTS, DELIBERATION, AND THEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVES, DENIES OR CAN CONTINUE THE ITEM.
AND THIS DECISION CAN BE APPEALED TO CITY COUNCIL WITHIN 10 DAYS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S APPROVAL.
SO WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PROPOSED MCUP VERSUS A CUP? THE APPROVAL AUTHORITY FOR A CUP, AS I MENTIONED, IS A PLANNING COMMISSION, AND IT'S A DECISION THAT MAY BE APPEALED TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE MCUP WOULD BE APPROVED BY MYSELF, THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UNLESS I RECEIVE OBJECTIONS TO THE MCUP APPLICATION, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE.
THE MCUP IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH A REQUEST THAT REQUIRES PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVAL.
SO IF THAT PROJECT IS ALREADY GOING TO PLANNING COMMISSION FOR OTHER ELEMENTS SUCH AS DESIGN REVIEW OR A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT, THEN IT WOULD, EVERYTHING WOULD JUST GO TOGETHER.
AND THEN IF THE MCUP IS NOT EXEMPT FROM CQA, SO THOSE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE MITIGATED AS WELL AS, UM, MY, MY DECISION CAN BE APPEALED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO, AS FAR AS THE NOTICING GOES, A CUP, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IT'S NOTICED IN THE PUBLIC, IT PUBLIC, IT'S PUBLISHED IN THE OC REGISTER.
IT'S SENT TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THREE A 300 FOOT RADIUS.
FOR AN MCUP, THERE WOULD BE NO PUBLIC HEARING.
THE NOTICES WOULD BE SENT TO THE DIRECTLY ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION.
AND IF OBJECTIONS ARE RECEIVED FROM THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS THAT CANNOT BE RESOLVED, THEN THE DIRECTOR WILL, MYSELF WOULD REFER THE REQUEST TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS A REGULAR CUP.
UM, THE COST IS A BIG DIFFERENCE HERE.
UH, THE COST IS $6,759 RIGHT NOW FOR OUR CS.
IN ADDITION, THEY PAY $458 AND UP FOR SQL REVIEW.
FOR INSTANCE, IF AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT IS PREPARED, THEY PAY THE DIRECT CONSULTANT COST TO PREPARE THAT EIR PLUS 25% FOR STAFF OVERVIEW OF THAT PROCESS, THE MCUP WOULD BE THE SAME AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUSTMENT, WHICH IS $386 AND THE SAME SQL EXEMP EXEMPTION, WHICH IS A LITTLE HIGHER.
BUT THAT ONE IS BECAUSE OF THE NOTICING THAT WE HAVE TO DO WITH THE CLERK RECORDER AND THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND RESEARCH.
SAME APPLICATION MATERIALS WILL BE REQUIRED FOR BOTH.
SAME FINDINGS WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR BOTH.
BUT IT'S REALLY, UM, JUST MAKING SURE THAT THESE, WHAT WOULD, WHAT I'M ANTICIPATING WOULD LIKELY BE SMALL BUSINESSES, UM, WOULD BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH A MUCH SIMPLER PROCESS THAN PROJECTS SUCH AS, UM, I PROBABLY WOULD CONTINUE TO, TO, UM, PROPOSE A CUP FOR RESTAURANTS THAT HAVE A DRIVE THROUGH BECAUSE THERE'S OFTEN VERY DIFFERENT OPERATING ISSUES WITH THOSE OR, UM, ALCOHOL SALES.
I THINK WE STILL WANNA CONSIDER CS FOR THAT, BUT COULD WE LOOK AT HAVING RESTAURANTS BY RIGHT.
OR UNLESS THEY HAVE ALCOHOL OR UNLESS THEY HAVE OUTDOOR DINING.
THOSE WILL BE THE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE ANALYZING IN THE NEXT STAGE.
UM, SO OTHER REVISIONS THAT ARE PART OF THIS ORDINANCE ARE SOME OF THE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS, JUST MINOR REVISIONS, REORGANIZATION OF INFORMATION, INCLUDING THE FINDINGS THAT, UM, OFFICIALLY REQUIRING A DESCRIPTION OF OPERATIONS, YOU'D THINK A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
THEY WOULD TELL US HOW THEY'RE USING THE, THE SPACE.
SOMETIMES WE DON'T GET REALLY GOOD DETAILS ON THAT.
SO JUST KNOWING WHO'S OPERATING, HOW MANY EMPLOYEES, WHAT ARE THE OPERATING HOURS, THOSE TYPES OF, THAT TYPES OF INFORMATION THAT OFTEN WE HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH OUR APPLICANTS.
UM, AND THEN, UH, DIFFERENT, THE DIFFERENT MAIL LISTS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR CCPS VERSUS MCUP, JUST MCUP WITH THOSE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
CCPS WOULD BE THE 300 FOOT RADIUS.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT CHANGES TO THE EXPIRATION TERMINATION OF PERMITS.
RIGHT NOW, IF THE CUP IS OR HAS BEEN UNUSED, ABANDONED OR DISCONTINUED FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR, THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IS AUTOMATICALLY TERMINATED AND CS MAY EX BE EXTENDED ONE ADDITIONAL YEAR SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER CITY COUNCIL.
WHERE WE'RE SEEING A PROBLEM WITH THIS IS WE HAVE A LOT OF RESTAURANT LOCATIONS THAT REQUIRE CUP RIGHT NOW, IF THAT RESTAURANT IS GONE FOR OVER A YEAR, AND I'D SAY PANERA IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT, WHEN THEY LEFT, IT TOOK A LONG TIME FOR ANOTHER USE TO GO INTO THAT PROPERTY, WE HAD TO PROCESS A WHOLE NEW CUP.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO REALLY STREAMLINE THAT BY, UNLESS A C, UNLESS CS UNUSED CS WOULD, UM, EXPIRE AFTER TWO YEARS.
SO IF SOMEONE GETS A CUP FOR SOMETHING, THEY NEVER COME IN AND BUILD IT.
IT EXPIRES, UM, WITH CERTAIN EXTENSION PROVISIONS.
IF THE BUSINESS LICENSE FOR A DIFFERENT USE IS APPROVED IN THAT LOCATION, SO YOU HAVE A RESTAURANT, A DAYCARE COMES INTO THAT LOCATION, THEN THAT CUP FOR THE RESTAURANT GOES AWAY.
UM, IF IT'S ABANDONED, DISCONTINUED, THEN THE LAST ONE IS WE WOULD BE NO LONGER AUTOMATICALLY TERMINATED A CUP IF THE USE IS ABANDONED OR DISCONTINUED FOR ONE YEAR BECAUSE
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WE WANNA PROVIDE DUE PROCESS.SO IF THERE IS A CUP THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO TERMINATE, THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE CONTACTING THE PROPERTY OWNER, WE'RE GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAL THE PROCESS, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, GIVING THEM DUE PROCESS ON THAT RATHER THAN TYPICALLY TAKING AWAY THAT RIGHT TO HAVE THE USE ON THE PROPERTY.
'CAUSE GENERALLY, MOST CITIES, CU PS RUN WITH THE LAND, NOT WITH THAT SPECIFIC BUSINESS.
AND SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE THE WAY THAT WE DO IT IN LA HARE.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET US MORE CONSISTENT WITH OTHER CITIES AND HOW THEY OPERATE.
SO WITH THAT, UH, MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER AND IMPROVE THE READING OF THIS ORDINANCE, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
UH, I DO, BUT I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY IMPOSE UPON YOU SOME COMMENTS AS WELL.
REALLY, THE QUESTION'S GONNA BE, JUST CORRECT ME IF I'M FACTUALLY INCORRECT ABOUT SOMETHING, BUT I WOULD, I WANT TO TOOT MY OWN HORN ON THIS BECAUSE THIS WAS AN IDEA THAT STRUCK ME ABOUT A YEAR AGO, AND I KEPT RECEIVING COMMENTS FROM FOLKS SAYING, WE WANNA LOCATE IN LAHABRA, WE WANNA DO BUSINESS IN LAHABRA.
BUT SHE, LOUISE, THE CUP IS ALMOST $7,000.
SO CONSEQUENTLY WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS AND A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THAT.
AND FOLKS WOULD SAY, WHY DOES MY DANCE STUDIO OF ALL THINGS, WHEN THERE WAS A DANCE STUDIO PREVIOUSLY NEED A CUP TO BEGIN WITH? AND AS YOU SAID, A LOT OF TIMES THEY, THEY EXPIRE, WHICH WAS BRILLIANT ON YOUR PART, SUSAN, FOR DOING THAT TWO YEAR EXTENSION, THAT SORT OF CONCEPT.
UM, SO IT'S SOMETHING I TOSSED TO, TO STAFF AS YOU WELL KNOW, BUT IT WAS AT A TIME WHEN YOU WERE SO SHORTHANDED, IT JUST, IT DID TAKE A LONG TIME.
IT'S NOT SO SIMPLE SAYING, LET'S DO A MINOR CUP.
THERE'S A WHOLE STRUCTURE AND FRAMEWORK, UH, INVOLVED IN THAT, AND THE PROCESS STILL ISN'T COMPLETE WITH THE FEE SCHEDULE.
I KNOW THAT YOU, WE MIGHT SAY $386 NOW OR WHATEVER, BUT IT'S STILL LIKELY TO BE MORE, BUT A FAR CRY FROM ALMOST $7,000.
SO IN MY VIEW, WHAT THIS IS TELLING FOLKS IS THAT WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS, WE WANNA MAKE DOING BUSINESS IN THE HARBOR AS EASY AS POSSIBLE, AND WE'RE GONNA HELP FACILITATE THAT BY REDUCING THIS LARGE BUREAUCRATIC FEE AND MAKING IT EASIER FOR YOU TO JUMPSTART YOUR BUSINESS.
SO UNLESS I HAD SAID SOMETHING WRONG, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER MY QUESTION,
WE'RE STARTING OUT WITH THE SAME COST THAT WE HAVE FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUSTMENT, AND THAT'LL BE PART OF THE FEE SCHEDULE THAT YOU'LL BE HEARING NEXT.
UM, OVER THE NEXT YEAR, IT'S ANTICIPATED THAT FINANCE WILL BE DOING A FEE STUDY RIGHT OVER THAT TIME, WE CAN SEE HOW MUCH TIME IT ACTUALLY TAKES TO PROCESS THESE REQUESTS.
DOES IT TAKE MORE HOURS, DOES IT TAKE MORE RESOURCES? AND THEN WE CAN INCREASE THAT.
WHEN I LOOKED AT SURROUNDING CITIES, UM, PROBABLY THE HIGH FOR A MINOR CUP WAS $6,000, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH WHAT YOU PAY WITH OUR CITY DOWN TO, UM, RIGHT BELOW $3,000.
SO THEY USUALLY DO COST MORE IN OTHER CITIES.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A PILOT PROGRAM TO SEE HOW IT WORKS AND THEN WE CAN TWEAK THE FEE IN FUTURE YEARS.
WELL, I'M AWFUL, I'M AWFUL PROUD OF THIS FOR, FOR DOING THIS PILOT PROGRAM BECAUSE IT'S INNOVATIVE AND IT'S GONNA STIMULATE THE LOCAL ECONOMY.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
WANNA ALSO THANK YOUR FORMER, YOUR FORMER, YOUR FELLOW ROTTER ROTARIAN, UM, GREG JONES, WHO IS A BIG, BIG, BIG PROPONENT OF THIS.
IN FACT, HE JUST CALLED ME LAST WEEK ON THIS, HE'S ON VACATION THIS WEEK.
WOULD HE? HE WANTS AN UPDATE AS SOON AS THIS, HOPEFULLY IT'LL PASS.
AND HE'S JUST A BIG PROPONENT ABOUT THIS.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? IF I, I MAY THEN.
OH, I'M SORRY, DEL NO, NO, WE HAVE TO OPEN, OH, THE PUBLIC COMMENTS TOO.
WE HAVE TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARING.
SO I'D LIKE TO ASK THOSE IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM TO PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ARE THOSE IN OPPOSITION? SHOULD THEY WISH TO SPEAK? SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC CLEARING AND NOW ASK FOR DISCUSSION.
SO I WANNA MAKE THE MOTION AND I'D MOVE CITY COUNCIL, CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE FIRST READING ORDINANCE NUMBER CC 2 0 25 TO BE DETERMINED IN ORDINANCE TO THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF LA HARBOR APPROVING ZONE CHANGE 25 TRIPLE ZERO ONE.
REPEALING AND REPLACING CHAPTER 18.66 CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS OF TITLE 18 ZONING OF THE LAHABRA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS AND ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES FOR MINOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS AND MAKING THE DETERMIN DETERMINATION THAT THE ORDINANCE IS EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT, SE A UNDER SECTION 1 1 50 61 SUB B SUB THREE COMMON SENSE EXEMPTION OF THE CQA GUIDELINES.
I SECOND, SECOND, SECOND WITH THE COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE.
WAS THAT SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM MADANO? YES.
PUBLIC HEARING ITEM NUMBER TWO IS TITLED DULY NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE CITY OF LAHA MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES PERTAINING TO FEES FOR GENERAL SERVICES, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES,
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BUILDING SERVICES, FIRE SERVICES, POLICE SERVICES, UTILITY SERVICES, AND PENALTIES FOR MUNICIPAL CODE AND VEHICLE CODE PARKING VIOLATIONS.UH, MADAM MAYOR, MEMBER, MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL, I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CITY MASTER SCHEDULE FEE FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
SO IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY MUNICIPAL CODE, UH, EACH YEAR WE REVIEW THE FEE WE CHARGE FOR VARIOUS, UM, SERVICES AND ADJUST THOSE FEE BASED ON THE CHANGES IN, UM, CONS, UH, CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, OR WE CALL IT CPI.
RIGHT? SO OVER THE PAST YEAR, THE CPI INCREASED BY 3.3%.
SO THEREFORE WE'RE RECOMMENDING A 3.3% INCREASE IN MOST USER FEE, UH, TO ENSURE THE COST RECOVERY WHILE MAINTAINING THE COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW, UH, WHICH PROHIBITS US FROM CHARGING MORE THAN THE ACTUAL COST FOR PRO, UH, FOR PROVIDING SERVICES.
UH, IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT CERTAIN FEES SUCH AS THOSE TIED TO, UH, ENTERPRISE FUNDS SUCH AS WATER SEWER REFUSE, UM, FRANCHISE AGREEMENT, AND, UH, UH, STATE REGULATED ITEMS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THIS CPI BASED ADJUSTMENT.
AND, UH, AND IT WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED.
SO THE PROPOSED MASTER SCHEDULE FEES ALSO INCLUDE THE NEW FEES FOR MINOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, UH, WHICH WERE JUST APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL JUST A MOMENT AGO IN THE PREVIOUS PUBLIC HEARING ITEM.
SO, UH, IF THE, UH, PROPOSED MASTER SCHEDULE FEE IS APPROVED TONIGHT, UH, THE NEW FEE SCHEDULE WOULD TAKE, UH, WOULD TAKE EFFECT ON JULY 1ST, 2025.
HOWEVER, PER STATE LAW, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND SOME PUBLIC WORKS FEE WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE 60 DAYS AFTER THE RES, UH, RESOLUTIONS ADOPTION.
SO WHILE THE, UM, FEE INCREASES WILL GENERATE ADDITIONAL REVENUE, UH, THE PURPOSE IS NOT JUST TO RAISE THE FEE, UH, BUT TO OFFSET THE EXISTING, UH, COST THAT C CITY INCURRED FOR, FOR PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES, UH, TO ENSURE THAT WE MAINTAIN A BALANCE AND SUSTAINABLE FISCAL STRUCTURE AND ALSO IT IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CITY GOALS AND OBJECTIVE.
AND THAT'S CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YOU DID A GOOD JOB.
I WILL OPEN IT TO PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THOSE WHO WE WISH TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM TO PLEASE COME FORWARD.
SEE NONE, I WILL ASK THOSE IN OPPOSITION AND I WILL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING.
I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION OR ACTION.
MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO, UH, MAKE THE, UH, RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER CC 2 0 2 5 ENTITLED THE RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAHABRA, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, MEANING THE CITY OF LAHABRA MASTER FEE SCHEDULE, MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES, EXCUSE ME, PERTAINING TO FEES FOR GENERAL SERVICES, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, BUILDING SERVICES, FIRE SERVICES, POLICE SERVICES, AMBULANCE SERVICES, PUBLIC WORK SERVICES, UTILITY SERVICES, AND PENALTIES FOR MUNICIPAL CODE AND VEHICLE CODE PARKING VIOLATIONS.
WILL THE COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE? AND I NOTED THAT IT, THIS MOTION WAS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER LAMPKIN, CORRECT? SURE, YES.
NOW WE WILL GO TO THE ITEM THREE.
AND NOW WE WOULD GO TO ITEM THREE.
THE THIRD AND FINAL PUBLIC HEARING ITEM IS TITLED DULY NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A POLICY AND REVIEW METRICS REGARDING ASSEMBLY BILL 2 5 6 1 JOB VACANCIES AND RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTS.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS MELINDA RODRIGUEZ AND I SERVE AS THE HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF LA HABRA.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THIS EVENING'S PRESENTATION ON THE CITY STAFFING, RECRUITMENT, AND RETENTION EFFORTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASSEMBLY.
BILL 2 5 6 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 2 5 6.
ONE IS A RECENTLY ENACTED STATE LAW THAT WENT INTO EFFECT ON JANUARY 1ST, 2025.
IT REQUIRES A PUBLIC AGENCIES TO HOLD AT LEAST ONE PUBLIC HEARING EACH FISCAL YEAR TO PRESENT INFORMATION ON WORKFORCE VACANCIES AND RECRUITMENT EFFORTS.
THE LAW WAS INTRODUCED IN RESPONSE TO STAFFING SHORTAGES ACROSS CALIFORNIA AND IS INTENDED TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY AND ENCOURAGE ONGOING DIALOGUE BETWEEN AGENCIES, EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS, AND THE PUBLIC.
I AM PLEASED TO REPORT THAT LA HABER CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN A HEALTHY WORKFORCE WITH A STRONG RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION RESULTS AS OF MAY 21ST, 2025, THE CITY
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HAS 267 BUDGETED FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS WITH ONLY 28 CURRENT VACANCIES REFLECTING A VACANCY RATE OF JUST OVER 10%, WELL BELOW THE 20% THRESHOLD SET BY AB 2 5 6 1 FOR ENHANCING ENHANCED REPORTING.SINCE JANUARY 1ST, 2025, WE'VE RECEIVED 2,421 APPLICATIONS AVERAGING ABOUT 110 APPLICANTS PER VACANCY, AND WE'VE MAINTAINED AN AVERAGE TIME TO HIRE OF APPROXIMATELY 55 DAYS.
THESE METRICS DEMONSTRATE THAT OUR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS ARE EFFECTIVE.
ON THE RETENTION SIDE, OUR ANNUAL TURNOVER RATE IS APPROXIMATELY 8.6%.
AND FEEDBACK GATHERED THROUGH EXIT INTERVIEWS SHOWS THAT MOST DEPAR DEPARTURES ARE RELATED TO CAREER ADVANCEMENT OR PERSONAL LIFESTYLE CHOICES, SUCH AS A CHANGING CAREER PATH, RETIREMENT, OR CHOOSING TO STAY HOME WITH CHILDREN.
IN ADDITION TO THIS REPORT, THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT IS RECOMMENDING ADOPTION OF THE CITY'S NEW AB 2 5 6 1 POLICY, WHICH OUTLAW OUTLINES OUR PROCEDURE FOR THESE ANNUAL PUBLIC HEARINGS AND FORMALIZES OUR COMMITMENT TO WORKFORCE TRANSPARENCY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OUR EFFORTS TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN A QUALIFIED HIGH PERFORMING WORKFORCE.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? NONE.
I WILL OPEN PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THOSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM TO PLEASE COME FORWARD OR THOSE IN OPPOSITION.
THEN I WILL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION.
MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CITY'S PROPOSED POLICY FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING AND REPORTING ON VACANCIES AND RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTS AND COMPLIANCE WITH GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 3 5 0 2 0.3.
WOULD THE COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE? MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
[ MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR:]
MOVE ON TO THE MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR.THE COMMUNITY SERVICE DEPARTMENT IS HOSTING THE LA HARBA ACTIVE DAY CAMP, STARTING TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY, AUGUST 8TH.
CAMP IS HELD AT FROM 7:00 AM UNTIL 6:00 PM AT VETERANS HALL.
2 0 9 NORTH ORANGE STREET CAMP IS ALSO OPEN TO USE FROM AGES FIVE TO 12.
REGISTRATION IS $60 PER PERSON.
CAMP IS $200 PER WEEK, AND $190 PER WEEK WITH A SIBLING DISCOUNT SPACE IS LIMITED.
TO INQUIRE ABOUT AVAILABILITY, PLEASE VISIT OR CALL THE COMMUNITY CENTER AT (562) 383-4200.
THE LA HARBOR COMMUNITY SERVICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE HOSTING A FREE IMMERSIVE WILDERNESS PROGRAM FROM AGES 12 THROUGH 17.
REGISTRATION IS STILL OPEN, SPACE IS LIMITED TO 50 PARTICIPANTS.
ACTIVITIES INCLUDE JUNE 24TH LAKE, PARIS DAY TRIP, JULY 18TH, CALIFORNIA, CITRUS STATE HISTORIC PARK, AND AUGUST 1ST, THE ORANGE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT TOUR AND END OF SUMMER PARTY.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMUNITY CENTER, (562) 383-4200.
JOIN US FOR MOVIES IN THE PARK.
GRAB YOUR BLANKET AND LAWN CHAIR AND COME WATCH MOVIE ON OUR GIANT MOVIE.
SCREEN MOANA TWO WILL BE SHOWN ON FRIDAY, JUNE 8TH, 13TH AT PORTOLA PARK.
ACTIVITIES BEGIN AT 6:00 PM AND MOVIE WILL BEGIN AT DUSK.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMUNITY CENTER AT (562) 383-4200.
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, FEATURING THE PACIFIC SYMPHONY PRE-CON ACTIVITY.
AND FREE ADMISSION TO THE HARVARD CHILDREN'S MUSEUM STARTS AT 5:15 PM FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CON THE CONTACT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
WE HAVE SENIOR DANCE, SENIOR DANCES ARE IN FULL SWING.
JOIN US ON SUNDAY, JUNE 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.
PRE-REGISTRATION IS RECOMMENDED AND THE COST IS TO ATTEND IS $12 PER PERSON.
RESERVE YOUR SPACE IN PERSON AT THE LA HARBOR COMMUNITY CENTER, OR CALL OR BY PHONE BY CALLING (562) 383-4200.
WE HAVE THE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION COMING UP.
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FOR OUR STAR SPANGLED 4TH OF JULY, A CELEBRATION ON FRIDAY, JULY 4TH AT 4:00 PM UNTIL 9:00 PM AT LA BONITA PARK.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 RETAIL VENDORS, GAMES, KIDS ZONE, LIVE MUSIC, AND A FLYOVER AND SPECTACULAR FIREWORK SHOW.
PLEASE CALL THE COMMUNITY CENTER (562) 383-4200 FOR MORE INFORMATION.
WE HAVE THE 2025 SUMMER CONCERTS.
THE LA HARBA SUMMER CONCERTS IN THE PARK ARE BACK.
THE FIRST CONCERT IS 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 PORTELLA PARK, 3 0 1 SOUTH EUCLID STREET.
JOIN US ON THURSDAY EVENINGS IN JULY AND AUGUST FOR MUSIC AND FAMILY FUN.
THERE WILL BE FUNNEL CAKES, CONCESSION, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMUNITY CENTER (562) 383-4200.
WE HAVE COMMISSION MEETINGS THAT MEET ON THE SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 6:30 PM IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER.
AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION MEETS ON THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 6:30 PM AT THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER.
WATER CONSERVATION CALIFORNIANS ARE STILL BEING ASKED TO CONSERVE WATER IRRIGATION IS LIMITED TO THREE TIMES PER WEEK WITH NO MORE THAN 15 MINUTES PER WATERING STATION, AND NO RUNOFF OR TURNOFF IRRIGATION PRIOR AND TURNOFF IRRIGATION PRIOR TO AND FOLLOWING RAINS.
PLEASE NOTE THAT LAW AND IRRIGATION IS PROHIBITED BETWEEN 10:00 AM TO 4:00 PM AS IS THE WASHING OF HEART SERVICES SUCH AS SIDEWALKS AND DRIVEWAYS.
DO YOUR PART TO HELP US CONSERVE OUR MOST PRECIOUS ACID.
FOR OUR INFORMATION AND TIPS ON HOW YOU CAN HELP CONSERVE WATER, PLEASE CONTACT THE LA HARBERT PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 1 7 0.
AND THEN WE HAVE, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM STAFF? NO, MADAM MAYOR,
[ COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS/DIRECTORS:]
COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL? WHERE DID I START? OVER HERE.I STARTED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER NAZARIAN.
I JUST WANT TO BEGIN BY EXTENDING, I THINK ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US IN THE ENTIRE CITY, OUR PROFOUND CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND THE BALDWIN PARK POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE LOSS OF, UH, OFFICER SAMUEL RIVEROS, UH, AS WE KNOW HE WAS KILLED TWO NIGHTS AGO, TWO DAYS AGO WHEN OFFICER WAS INJURED.
UM, THIS IS ALWAYS A CAUTIONARY TALE IN TERMS OF THE DANGER THAT OUR OFFICERS FACE EACH AND EVERY DAY OUT ON THE STREET.
AND, UH, THESE KINDS OF CALLS LIKE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALLS ARE ALSO EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
BUT A MAN WITH A GUN, YOU NEVER KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE GONNA ROLL UP ON.
AND, UH, THIS OFFICER PAID WITH, UH, PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE.
SO I FEEL HORRIBLE ABOUT THAT, AND I KNOW WE ALL DO.
ANOTHER THING TOO IS THAT DAILY TIMES THIS MORNING HAD AN ARTICLE ABOUT SE QA, WHICH IS THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.
AND, UH, THERE'S TWO BILLS NOW PENDING IN THE LEGISLATURE THAT WOULD FURTHER KIND OF GUT, IF NOT ENTIRELY DISEMPOWER THE SE QA LAWS THAT CITIES USE TO DETERMINE WHETHER A LAND USE IS APPROPRIATE, LIKE FOR BUILDING HOUSES.
'CAUSE I CONTINUE TO SEE ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOLKS SAYING, OH, WHAT'S GONNA GO IN TO THIS ONE LOCATION? AND 10 PEOPLE SAY, WELL, THE CITY'S GONNA BUILD MORE HOUSES.
AND IT'S FRUSTRATING BECAUSE AS SUSAN KIM SAID, THE CITY DOESN'T BUILD HOUSES, NUMBER ONE.
AND NUMBER TWO, WE HAD TOOLS IN OUR TOOLBOX THAT COULD CONTROL, UH, THE PARAMETERS OF ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT TRYING TO PRESERVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THIS ENTIRE CITY.
AND ONE OF THOSE TOOLS WAS QUA.
IN OTHER WORDS, LIKE EVEN THE RANCHO PROJECT SOME YEARS AGO, UH, THAT WAS, UH, UH, REJECTED WAS DONE SO BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T MITIGATE THE TRAFFIC IMPACTS.
WELL, ALL THESE TOOLS ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY.
SO THE POINT I'M GETTING TO IS THAT WHEN FOLKS SAY, WELL, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE YOU LETTING SO MANY HOUSES GET BUILT? AND IT'S NOT TOO THAT EVERY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IS WRONG OR BAD, BECAUSE WE'VE OBVIOUSLY APPROVED A LOT OF 'EM AND THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE.
THE PROBLEM NOW IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY WAY OF SAYING NO.
SO THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE SOMETHING GOING UP, DON'T THINK THAT IT DOESN'T CONCERN US, AND THAT WE'RE NOT IMPACTED BY THIS.
WE'RE NOT WELL AWARE THE TRAFFIC IS BAD IN TOWN.
UH, WE, AS I'VE SAID MANY TIMES UP HERE FROM THE DAY OF SEVEN SQUARE MILES, 63,000 PEOPLE, IT'S A CROWDED CITY.
BUT NONETHELESS, SACRAMENTO IS LITTLE BY LITTLE REMOVING ANY POSSIBILITY OF US EITHER ADJUSTING A DEVELOPMENT OR REJECTING A DEVELOPMENT ENTIRELY.
SO THAT'S WHY THESE THINGS GO FORWARD.
SO I JUST WANT FOLKS TO, TO REALIZE THAT AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE JUST AS SENSITIVE TO THE ISSUES THAT, YOU KNOW, RAPID REDEVELOPMENT IMPOSE UPON ALL OF US.
AND THE FINAL THING IS I WANT TO THANK I GINGER,
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WHICH IS, IS SHE GONE? GINGER IVY'S GONE.OH, SHE SENT ALL OF US A NICEST THANK YOU NOTE.
SEE, THE CITY HELPS WITH THE EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR EMPLOYEES, AND GINGER GOT HER DEGREE THROUGH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE CITY, WHICH WAS SOMETHING APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.
AND SHE WROTE THE NICEST THANK YOU, HANDWRITTEN THANK YOU NOTE TO ALL OF US.
SO I WAS, I WAS HOPING SHE WAS STILL HERE.
I WAS GONNA SAY, YOU'RE WELCOME.
AND I'M SO GLAD YOU MADE GOOD USE OF THAT PROGRAM, AND IT'S JUST ONE MORE EXAMPLE OF THE KINDS OF THINGS THE CITY DOES TO SUPPORT OUR EMPLOYEES IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR PROTE MADANO.
UH, I WANTED TO SHARE THE, UH, THE, UH, THE SENTIMENT AND THE, THE MOURNING, THE LOSS OF THE, UH, BALDWIN PARK POLICE OFFICER.
UH, A COUPLE NIGHTS I HAPPENED TO HAVE A COUSIN THAT, UH, THAT WORKS THERE AND THAT WAS AT THE SCENE AND, UH, DESCRIBES CERTAIN THINGS TO ME.
BUT, UH, THE REGARDLESS, UH, JUST, UH, AN ANOTHER, ANOTHER REMINDER OF, OF WHAT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE DAY.
UH, YOU KNOW, IT JUST, IT HURTS WHEN YOU SEE A, A, A FELLOW OFFICER, UH, MAKE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE UNNECESSARILY BECAUSE SOME IDIOT DECIDED, UH, YOU KNOW, TO TAKE SOMETHING OUT ON, ON SOCIETY.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY HE'LL HAVE HIS, UH, HE'LL HAVE JUSTICE, UH, SERVED ON HIM.
UH, BUT, UH, IT JUST, IT IT KILLS ME EVERY SINGLE TIME.
AND, UH, AND I, YOU KNOW, I, I ASK THE PUBLIC, I ASK OUR RESIDENTS TO CONTINUE, YOU KNOW, TO SUPPORT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR CHIEF, UH, HIS STAFF, UH, MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, NOT JUST THE SWORN, BUT THOSE, UH, OFFICERS AND THOSE DISPATCHERS, UH, THE CSOS, EVERYONE, UH, THAT, UH, THAT WORKS AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE IT'S NOT AN EASY JOB.
BEEN DOING IT FOR A WHILE MYSELF, AND IT'S SOMETIMES IT'S THANKLESS.
BUT, UH, FOR, FOR US AND FOR THOSE THAT HAVE LIKE, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN ERN, WHO'S NOW RETIRED, WE DO IT.
UH, AND COUNCILMAN LAKIN, WHO CURRENTLY SERVES AS WELL, WE DO IT BECAUSE, UH, 'CAUSE WE LIKE IT.
I, I, I WOULDN'T HAVE, UH, I WOULDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING.
AND, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR HEART SQUAD, UH, SAMUEL'S, UH, FAMILY, UH, IT'S JUST, UH, IT'S HEARTBREAKING WHEN YOU SEE WHAT, UH, WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
UH, AND IF WE CAN, I'LL TURN THE CARD ON BEHALF OF, UH, COUNCILMAN NICKER AND US.
SO, UH, WE, UH, WE SENT OUR CONDOLENCES TO THE, UH, BALDWIN PARK POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY, BUT MOST OF ALL, UH, OFFICER, UH, RIVERA'S, UH, FAMILY, UH, SAD, SAD, SAD.
AND ALSO WANTED TO, UH, ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF, UH, OF, OF A VERY GOOD FRIEND, UH, UH, JULIA CASTILLO, UH, WHO IS A MOTHER TO, UH, UH, FRIENDS, LIFELONG FRIENDS, UH, THAT, UH, WENT, UH, WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH, AND, UH, LIVED HERE IN THE CITY ACTUALLY AS WELL.
UH, BUT, UM, MOVED OUT A FEW YEARS AGO.
BUT WHOSE, WHOSE GRANDKIDS ACTUALLY ATTENDED, UH, LA HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE WAS, UH, UH, AN INTEGRAL PART OF, UH, OF, OF MY LIFE, UH, AT, UH, AT DIFFERENT POINTS, UH, IN, IN SOME INSTANCES, LIKE AN AUNT, UH, AND, AND LIKE A MOTHER AS WELL.
UH, BUT, UH, SHE'LL BE DEARLY MISSED BY HER FAMILY.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, NICK AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE, UH, ISABELLA, GRADUATING YOU.
UH, WERE NOT HERE AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, AND I JUST CANNOT FATHOM THE FACT THAT SHE'S MADE OUTTA HIGH SCHOOL ALREADY.
I MEAN, SHE WAS JUST A LITTLE, LITTLE GIRL WHEN, STILL LOOK 12.
I KNOW, RIGHT? SHE STILL LOOKS 12.
WELL WISHES TO HER ON BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, JJ GRADUATE AS WELL.
ALSO WANNA EXTEND MY, UM, DEEP CONDOLENCES TO THE PEOPLE OUT IN BALDWIN PARK.
I, UM, GOT TO COMMUNICATE WITH, UH, DANNY DAMIEN, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBER OVER THERE IN, IN BALDWIN PARK.
AND I, I EXTENDED OUR LOVE AND PRAYERS TO HIM AND MEMBERS OF HIS CITY AS WELL.
YEAH, I SIT ON THE ORANGE COUNTY, UH, MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT, AND NOW THAT WE'RE ENTERING THE SUMMER MONTHS AND IT'S STARTING TO HEAT UP, WE EXPECT THIS YEAR TO BE, UH, A BIG, UH, YEAR WITH MOSQUITOES.
I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY, UH, TO BE SURE TO TIP AND TOSS.
AND I KNOW THE MANY OF YOU HELPED ME OUT WITH PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE PAST, UH, FEW YEARS.
SO JUST IF YOU SEE ANY STANDING WATER, UH, GET RID OF IT.
IF YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW SOMEBODY THAT'S GOT A GREEN POOL, UH, CONTACT THE ORANGE COUNTY MOSQUITO OF VECTOR CONTROL, WE'LL, UH, DISTRICT OR GIVE ME A CALL, WE'LL SEND SOMEBODY OUT THERE.
OR IF YOU SEE AN ABUNDANCE OF MOSQUITOES IN YOUR AREA, PLEASE REACH OUT TO US AND WE'LL SEND SOMEBODY OUT THERE, A TECHNICIAN TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE, UH, THEY, UH, WE GOTTA GET THOSE REAL EARLY.
SO BE SURE TO GET RID OF ALL STANDING WATER.
WANNA MENTION JUST A COUPLE THINGS VERY QUICKLY.
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LA HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION, AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE, UH, JUST, IT WAS JUST A PHENOMENAL GRADUATION, BUT SOMETHING THAT REALLY TOUCHED ME IS RIGHT NOW WHEN THERE'S A LOT OF DIVISION GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY AFTER GRADUATION, I WAS OUT IN THE PARKING LOT GETTING READY TO LEAVE, AND THERE WAS A FAMILY THAT TOOK A BOND, A MEXICAN BOND OUT THERE, AND THERE WERE PEOPLE OF ALL DIFFERENT RACES OUT THERE ENJOYING THIS MEXICAN BAND OUT THERE.SO THE DIVERSITY IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE LOVE, UM, THAT WAS OUT THERE JUST ALMOST BROUGHT ME TO TEARS.
I JUST COULD NOT, COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT.
AND THAT WAS JUST PHENOMENAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY, UH, EXEMPLIFIES A CARING COMMUNITY TO SEE THAT, UH, OCCUR HERE IN LAHABRA.
REAL QUICKLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY MEMORIAL DAY WAS A FANTASTIC EVENT AND ALSO WANT TO GIVE A KUDOS, UH, TO KELLY AND HER STAFF OUT THERE FOR THE SUMMER KICKOFF OUT THERE.
I ONLY GOT TO SAY FOR LIKE 45 MINUTES BECAUSE I HAD A MEMORIAL SERVICE TO GO DO LATER ON.
BUT ROSE, I UNDERSTAND YOU WERE IN THE, IN THE PHONE MACHINE HAVING A REAL GOOD TIME.
UH, AND, AND I HEARD THAT WAS A GREAT BIG HIT.
I I SAW VIDEOS AND PEOPLE JUST SAID THAT WAS THE MOST POPULAR THING GOING ON THERE.
BUT AGAIN, YOU PEOPLE AT COMMUNITY SERVICES DON'T STOP AT ALL.
IT'S HARD TO KEEP UP WITH YOU, BUT CONGRATULATIONS ON THE GREAT EVENT.
UM, OF COURSE, UM, I WANT TO TO EXPRESS MY CONDOLENCES FOR THE, UH, FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND THE FELLOW OFFICERS, WHICH ARE VERY MUCH LIKE FAMILY OVER IN BALDWIN PARK.
UM, AS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MADANO MENTIONED, YOU HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, ON THIS DIOCESE THAT ARE, UH, RETIRED AND CURRENT LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AND WHEN THESE THINGS HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, UH, IT'S A REMINDER FOR US IN THAT PROFESSION TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE VIGILANT KNOWING THAT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ANY OF US.
UH, THESE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE.
I KNOW FOR ME, THE CONVERSATION IS, UH, AT THE ACADEMY TALKING TO RECRUITS, AND WE ASKED HIM, IS THIS A JOB YOU STILL WANNA DO? KNOWING HOW INHERENTLY DANGEROUS, DANGEROUS THAT IT IS.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, IN THOSE MOMENTS, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE REMINDED OF WHY THIS JOB IS SO NOBLE.
UM, SO I ASKED EVEN, YOU KNOW, I ASKED EVEN FOR THE RESIDENTS OF LAHABRA THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE YOUR POLICE OFFICERS WHEN THEY'RE RESPONDING TO CALLS OR SERVICE, KNOW THAT THIS IS ON THE, IN THE BACK OF THEIR MIND.
SO IT NATURALLY THEY MAY BE A LITTLE UPTIGHT AND, YOU KNOW, JUST BE A LITTLE PATIENT WITH THEM BECAUSE THIS HITS, HITS HOME FOR ALL OF US.
YOU KNOW, HE WASN'T, UH, HE WASN'T TARGETED BECAUSE OF HIM PERSONALLY, BUT IT'S BECAUSE OF NATURE OF THE JOB THAT WE DO.
AND SO, UM, JUST, I JUST ASK FOR A LITTLE BIT OF PATIENCE AND GRACE, UH, WITH OUR OFFICERS AS THEY GO OUT THERE AND, AND, AND DO THIS WORK.
UM, SECOND, I WANNA THANK THE CITY STAFF FOR PUTTING TOGETHER AN AMAZING, UH, BUDGET, BUDGET PRESENTATION.
UM, I'M LOOKING AT THESE STACKS OF BOOKS THAT ARE ON THE DESK HERE, AND IT IS A LOT OF WORK, UH, A TRE, TREMENDOUS AMOUNT, AMOUNT OF WORK.
UM, BUT EVEN WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING IN THE AUDIENCE AND, YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT SHOWED UP FOR TODAY'S, UM, MEETING.
UH, IT'S, IT'S A HIGHLIGHT FOR ME BECAUSE SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, WE COMMONLY GET ASKED, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE BUDGET.
PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT PERCEPTIONS OF HOW THEY THINK THE, UH, CITY IS SPENDING THEIR DOLLARS.
AND, UM, I ONLY WISH THAT MORE RESIDENTS SHOWED UP TO THIS TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE AND, UH, BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS, UM, BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, HEAR SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED.
AND WHEN WE NEEDED MORE CLARITY, WE ASKED MORE QUESTIONS.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST WANTING THEM HERE SO THEY CAN BE A PART OF THIS, BUT TO ACTUALLY GET TO SEE THE STAFF THAT PUT IN SUCH THE, UH, SUCH AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF WORK, UH, IN, IN, IN, IN PUTTING TOGETHER THIS PLAN.
AND SO, UH, I LAST LEAVE OFF WITH SAYING THAT ONE OF THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL DUTIES OF THE COUNCIL IS TO BE OVERSEERS OF THE CITY'S COFFERS.
AND, UH, WHILE THIS WAS A LONG MEETING, IT WAS AN IMPORTANT MEETING, AND IT NEEDED TO BE THIS LONG FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET CLARITY AS TO WHAT THE FUTURE OF LA HARBOR LOOKS LIKE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR FUNDING.
UH, QUICKLY, I ATTENDED THE OG MEETING ON THURSDAY, MAY THE 22ND.
COUNCIL MEMBER LAMPKIN AND COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ, ALONG WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND THE POLICE CHIEF, ATTENDED A, UH, HOME OWNERSHIP ASSOCIATION MEETING AT NORTH HILLS.
IT WAS NICE TO ATTEND AND MEET THE RESIDENT MEMBERS THERE.
UH, THAT FOLLOWING SATURDAY, I WAS PARTY IN THE PARK.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE THAT FOAM, YOU CAN'T RESIST
IT'S A NEW TOY, IT'S A NEW FUN.
BUT GETTING IN THERE AND, AND HAVING FUN LIKE THE KIDS DID.
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VERY MUCH FOR, UH, THE IDEA OF COMING UP WITH THAT.AND, UH, I KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO ATTRACT MORE KIDS AND MORE KIDS AND ADULTS LIKE MYSELF.
UM, AND, UH, ON MAY THE 26TH, UH, MONDAY, UH, MAYOR PROTE, MADANO COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LAMPKIN ATTENDED THE MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES.
UM, I THANK, I THANK THEM FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE TO DO.
THE LIONS CLUB ALSO, UH, COOKED HAMBURGERS THERE AS WELL.
ON THURSDAY, MAY THE 29TH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, LAMPKIN AND MAYOR PROTE MADRAN AND I ATTENDED, UH, THE GRADUATION, UH, FOR SONORA, I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ ATTENDED THE LA HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION.
WE REPRESENTED THE 28TH, SO WE WERE WELL REPRESENTED.
AND ON, UH, UH, MAY MONDAY, UH, I RATHER, YEAH, MONDAY, MAY THE 30TH, OR FRIDAY THE 30TH, I ATTENDED THE, UH, CONDITION OF CHILDREN, UH, PRESENTATION THAT WAS PRESENTED HERE AT THE ATRIUM CITY HALL BY CHAIRMAN, UH, CHAFFEE.
UM, I, I ONLY HOPE THAT WE HAD EXTRA BOOKS FOR THAT.
IT WAS A PLETHORA OF INFORMATION, SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE OR SUPPORT THE IDEAS THAT, UH, THE COUNTY IS SUPPORTING.
I KNOW IT WAS FIRST FIVE OC I BELIEVE THAT PRESENTED THIS, UH, CREATED THIS BOOKLET, BUT IT HAS A WEALTH OF INFORMATION FOR THE KIDS FOR OUR FUTURE.
AND I THINK THAT, UH, I'M HOPING THAT WE HAVE SOME EXTRA BOOKLETS THAT WE CAN GIVE TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IT'S NOT, I'LL GET THEM, I'LL GET THEM AS WELL FROM, UH, THE STAFF OF CHAIRMAN CHAFFEE.
AND WITH THAT, UH, THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED IN MEMORY OF JULIA CASTILLO.
SAMUEL RIVEROS TO MONDAY, JUNE 16TH, 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.