* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:06] GOOD EVENING. I WILL [ CALL TO ORDER: Council Chamber INVOCATION: City Attorney/Legal Counsel Collins PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor/Chair Espinoza ROLL CALL: Mayor/Chair Espinoza Mayor Pro Tem/Vice Chair Medrano Councilmember/Director Gomez Councilmember/Director Lampkin Councilmember/Director Nigsarian] NOW CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HARBOR AND THE REGULAR JOINT MEETING OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY, UH, TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF LA HARBOR, LA HARBA, CIVIC IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY, CITY OF LA HARBOR HOUSING AUTHORITY, AND THE LA HARBA UTILITY AUTHORITY OF JUNE 16TH, 2025. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT IT IS 6:30 PM AND THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBER DIRECTORS ARE PRESENT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MAYOR PRO TEM, CHAIR MEDRANO, WHO HAS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE. THE INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY, LEGAL COUNSEL COLLINS, FOLLOWED BY THE FLAG SALUTE, LED BY ME, 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 COUNCIL WITH INSIGHT AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND CHALLENGES CONFRONTING OUR COUNCIL, STAFF, AND CITIZENS, SO THAT TOGETHER WE CAN STRIVE TO SOLVE THESE ISSUES WITH COMMUNITY, SPIRIT AND PARTNERSHIP IN MIND. PLEASE BLESS THE COUNCIL IN ITS DECISION MAKING TONIGHT SO THAT WE MAY ACT PRUDENTLY AND RESPONSIBLY FOR THE GOOD OF THE HAPER COMMUNITY. AMEN. PLEASE TURN AND FACE OUR NATION'S FLAG. BEGIN. I PLED ALL ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, UNITED OF THE UNITED STATES, LA AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, THE INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WILL THE CITY CLERK SECRETARY PLEASE CALL ROLE? YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER DIRECTOR NICK SIAN HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER DIRECTOR LAMBKIN HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER DIRECTOR GOMEZ HERE AND MAYOR PRO TEM MADANO HAS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE. MAYOR, CHAIR ESPINOZA PRESENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, ARE THERE ANY, ANY CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO. MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW GO TO PRESENTATIONS [1. RECOGNITION OF 2024-2025 YOUTH COMMITTEE MEMBERS] AND IF THE COUNCIL WOULD INVITE, WOULD PLEASE COME AND JOIN ME AT THE WELL, I GOT IT DOWN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, WE HAVE THE 20 24 20 25 YOUTH COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE MELISSA RIVERA AND ADMIN AIDE NUMBER TWO, MCKAYLA ROMERO TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE. THEY WILL BE MAKING THEIR PRESENTATIONS. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR ESPINOZA AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS MIKAYLA ROMERO AND STANDING BESIDE ME IS MELISSA RIVERA AND WE ARE THE YOUTH COMMITTEE ADVISORS. BEFORE I INTRODUCE THE OUR 20 24, 20 25 YOUTH COMMITTEE, I'LL BE GOING OVER SOME THINGS WE DID THIS PAST YEAR. NO. OKAY. UM, SO AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW, THE LAHABRA YOUTH COMMITTEE YOUTH COMMITTEE SERVES AS AN ADVISORY GROUP THAT INSPIRES THE CITY'S YOUTH TO ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE, HELPING THEM GROW INTO CONFIDENT, COMPASSIONATE, AND CAPABLE LEADERS. SOME OF OUR GOALS IS TO GAIN A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE CITY LAHA OR OF THE LAHABRA COMMUNITY AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. SERVE AS YOUTH LEADERS IN POSITIVE ROLE MODELS DURING COMMUNITY EVENTS, PROMOTE AND PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE, EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT ENGAGE, THAT ENGAGE LA HARE'S YOUTH, DEVELOP LIFELONG LEADERSHIP ABILITIES AND VALUABLE PERSONAL SKILLS. ALL RIGHT. SO, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID THROUGHOUT THE YEARS IS, UH, LEADERSHIP SKILL BUILDING ACTIVITIES, AND WE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SEVERAL, UM, GUEST SPEAKERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. UM, WE HAD OUR LAHABRA POLICE DEPARTMENT COME AND SPEAK. WE ALSO HAD A DOLPHIN TRAINER, UM, AN ATTORNEY, AND AS, UM, ADVANCE. UM, SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO ADVANCE IS, ADVANCE HELPS KIDS, UM, GET PREPARED FOR COLLEGE AND WHAT WHAT TO KNOW. UM, GOING INTO THAT, I'M ON THEIR BOARD. ARE YOU OKAY? SO . ALL RIGHT. SO, UM, WE DO HAVE, LET ME SEE, SORRY, THERE WAS A LITTLE PRESENTATION . UM, SO, UH, BREAKDOWN FROM OUR YOUTH COMMITTEE MEMBERS. I THINK I CAN REMEMBER THIS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. SO FOR GRADES WE HAD ABOUT SIX EIGHTH GRADERS. FOUR NINTH GRADERS. 11 10TH GRADERS. OH, THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT, HOLD ON, PAUSE FOR A SECOND. , YOU'RE DOING GREAT. THANK YOU, . [00:05:01] ALL RIGHT. AND THEN IF WE CAN JUST, UH, GO TO SLIDE, I THINK IT'S FOUR WITH THE, THE GRADES AND THE SCHOOLS. I THINK YOU CAN SCROLL DOWN JUST, OKAY. SO, UM, YEAH. SO WE HAD, I THINK IT WAS 11 10TH GRADERS AND 10 11TH. OH, HERE WE GO. OKAY. SO 10 10TH GRADERS, 1115, 11TH GRADE AND EIGHT 12TH GRADE. UM, SO WITH THAT, OUR GOAL MOVING FORWARD IS TO RECRUIT MORE EIGHTH GRADERS, UM, SINCE THOSE ARE POTENTIAL HIGH SCHOOL LEADERS, UM, AND THAT WILL CREATE A LONG-TERM POTENTIAL TO THE COMMUNITY OR THE COMMITTEE. UM, SO FROM AUGUST, 2024 TO MAY, 2025, THE YOUTH COMMITTEE COLLECTED, UH, COLLECTIVELY COMPLETED 932.2 VOLUNTEER HOURS. SO WITH THAT, THE CITY, UM, THANKS TO THE DEDICATION OF OUR VOLUNTEERS, THE CITY SAVED, UH, OVER $16,000 IN STAFFING COSTS BASED ON THE ESTIMATED HOURLY RATE OF 1750. UM, SO SOME OF THE LIST OF VOLUNTEER, UM, THE YOUTH COMMITTEE VOLUNTEERED, UM, CITY EVENT WISE, JUST TO NAME A FEW, WAS COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE TO MOLLY FESTIVAL, EXTRAVAGANZA, LA HABER RACES AND SENIOR DANCES AND MANY MORE. UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK OUR 20 24, 20 25 LA HABER YOUTH COMMITTEE, UM, FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID FOR US. UM, AND JUST KNOW YOUR HARD WORK NEVER GOES UNNOTICED. UM, YES, . SO MELISSA, RIGHT NOW WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UM, CALL UP EACH YOUTH COMMITTEE MEMBER'S NAMES AND THEN YOU GUYS WILL LINE UP RIGHT IN FRONT. OKAY. HI. YEAH. OKAY. ALRIGHT. I'D LIKE TO BRING UP ALEJANDRA GUTIERREZ, AMY RUIZ, ANDREA SANTIAGO, AURORA ROBLES, CAMILA ROMERO, CARLOS OROZCO, OCHOA, CAROLINE CHACHA. CHANAA KOA, SORRY. ELSA ALVAREZ, ISABELLA GARCIA, JANE TRAN, JAYDEN AGIRI, LAUREN PEREZ, MIKHAIL ESTRADA, MIRANDA CIRO, AND NORA ANOKA. WOO. WELL, WE WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE HOURS THAT YOU'VE GIVEN. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US, FOR YOU ALL TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S AN EXAMPLE THAT WE ALL WANT OUR OTHER CHILDREN TO FOLLOW AS WELL. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING THE ROLE MODELS IN OUR COMMUNITY. WOO. ALRIGHT. EVERYBODY SAY YOUTH COMMITTEE, YOUTH COMMITTEE. , ALL TIME LOT PICTURES. DON'T MOVE. YES. YEAH. FAMILIES SKI PICTURES IF YOU NEED IT. NO, I DIDN'T. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU PARENTS FOR BRINGING THEM AND TAKING THEM BACK AND FORTH FOR ALL OF THIS. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. AND WE HOPE YOU'LL CONTINUE. THANK YOU. OKAY. YOU CAN EXIT OUT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OH, YEAH, YEAH. I KNOW . I'M OLDER THAN YOU. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A RECREATION. IS THERE A RECREATION THERE? ONE, WE [2. PROCLAIM "JULY IS PARK AND RECREATION MONTH" IN THE CITY OF LA HABRA] HAVE A PRO, WE HAVE A PROCLAIMED JULY IS PARK AND RECREATION MONTH IN THE CITY OF LA HARBOR. I'D LIKE TO INVITE DIRECTOR PUBLIC WORKS, ELIAS ELIAS, UM, AND DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICE. KIM BERIAN AND COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSIONER CHAIR DENISE SCHMIDT TO THE PODIUM. COME ON. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR, UM, RECOGNIZING JULY AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH. WE COULDN'T DO ALL THAT WE DO IN OUR DEPARTMENT WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, STREETS, PARKS, AS WELL AS OUR PUB, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY REALLY HELP SUPPORT, UM, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. IT JUST CONFIRMS THIS MONTH CONFIRMS ALL THE HARD WORK [00:10:01] WE DO, WHICH IS TO BUILD COMMUNITY THROUGH PEOPLE, PARKS AND PLA AND PROGRAMS. SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DENISE SCHMIDT, OUR CHAIR OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION, AND THEN WE CAN INVITE THE REST OF OUR COMMISSIONERS UP AS WELL. . OKAY. THANK YOU, KIM. WELL, UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE CALIFORNIA PARK RECREATION SOCIETY RELEASED A STATION, A STATEWIDE PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN CALLED PARKS MAKE LIFE BETTER. AND THAT IS SO TRUE. SO THE PARKS AND RECREATION IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEY HAVE, UH, THEY TAKE CARE OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, VOLUNTEERISM, CIVIC PRIDE. THEY OFFER CLASSES, EXCURSIONS FOR BOTH YOUTH AND ADULTS, SPECIAL EVENTS, SUMMER CAMPS, AND, UM, YOUTH SPORTS, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THEY SUPPORT AND THEY MEET ALL THOSE REQUIREMENTS. AND WE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF YOU AT OUR 4TH OF JULY EVENT AND OUR CONCERTS IN THE PARK COMING UP. OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'VE GOT IT OVER THERE. PICTURE ANYBODY? NO. YEP, WE GO CAMPING. YES. ALL. ONE, TWO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP. AND THE [3. RECOGNITION OF DIRECTOR OF FINANCE MELVIN "MEL" SHANNON UPON HIS RETIREMENT AND 44 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE CITY OF LA HABRA] LAST ONE IS A RECOGNITION FOR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, MEL MELVIN. MEL SHANNON UPON HIS RETIREMENT AND 44 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF LAHABRA. I KNOW WE ALL, BUT I WANT THE LONG TIME PERSON, THE MEMBER THAT HAS BEEN WITH YOU FOR THE LONGEST TO SPEAK. THANK YOU. UH, MADAM MAYOR. SO IT'S, UH, NOT OFTEN THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, TO CELEBRATE AN EMPLOYEE, UH, WHO'S RETIRING THAT'S BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR 44 YEARS. SO MEL SHANNON STARTED IN 1981 AS AN ACCOUNTANT IN THE FINANCE DIRECT, UH, DEPARTMENT, AND SPENT THE NEXT 44 YEARS WORKING FOR THIS ONE CITY BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONE CITY HE ALWAYS WANTED TO WORK FOR AND WANTED TO STAY AT. AND AS A TESTAMENT, I MEAN, WE HAVE SO MANY EMPLOYEES THAT WORK FOR THE CITY OF LA HABRA THAT HAVE BEEN HERE 20, 25, 30, 35 YEARS, BUT 44, THAT'S A SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT THAT HAS ANYBODY ACHIEVED THAT, MEL, THAT YOU KNOW OF. I THINK YOU'RE IT, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH, EXACTLY. SO, MEL, SET THE STANDARDS. SO WE TELL ALL OF OUR NEW EMPLOYEES, YOU KNOW, YOU ONLY HAVE TO WORK 43 MORE YEARS TO GET WHERE MEL SHANNON'S GOTTEN IN HIS CAREER. SO, BUT WHAT'S REMARKABLE IS MEL STARTED OFF IN 1981 AS AN ACCOUNTANT, AND OVER THE YEARS, UH, PROMOTED TO, UM, THE SENIOR ACCOUNTANT. WAS THERE ONE BACK THEN, OR NO? SENIOR? NO. SO ACCOUNTANT, UH, CITY TREASURER, UH, FINANCE MANAGER, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCE. AND THEN THE MOST RECENT POSITION HE IS HELD FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS HAS BEEN FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY. SO HE GETS TO END HIS CAREER BEING IN CHARGE OF THE DEPARTMENT HE STARTED OFF IN. AND THAT'S AN AMAZING TESTAMENT TO HIS CAREER AND THE WORK HE'S DONE. AND HE'S GOTTEN THE CITY THROUGH, UH, THE ONE OF THE WORST RECESSIONS WE'VE EVER SEEN. HE'S GOTTEN US THROUGH, UM, COVID WHEN EVERYTHING'S SHUT DOWN AND THE CITY'S REVENUE BASE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN FOR BETTER PART OF A YEAR, UH, HELP WEATHER ALL THOSE THINGS AND GET THE CITY THROUGH THAT. AND IT'S TO TESTAMENT TO HIS SKILLS AND HIS, UH, DEDICATION TO THIS COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT I WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW, IS THIS IS THE KIND OF EMPLOYEE THAT THE CITY HAS THAT WORKS FOR IT, DEDICATED, HARDWORKING, AND EXTRAORDINARILY EFFECTIVE. AND I THINK THE BEST PERSON TO HEAR ABOUT THIS IS MEL SHANNON HIMSELF. UH, THANK IS IT IS THE MICROPHONE ON? OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, APPRECIATE IT, JIM. YOU KNOW, IT REALLY WENT FAST IS ALL I CAN SAY. THAT'S HOW LIFE AND NO, I, I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT. UH, I DID START HERE IN 1981. I'VE SEEN THE CITY GO THROUGH A LOT OF CHANGES. I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT TODAY. UM, I SAW WHEN I STARTED FASHION SQUARE MALL WAS HERE AND IT WAS LIKE A GHOST TOWN. IT WAS LIKE THEY HAD MANNEQUINS IN THE WINDOW. AND WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH WITH THE RDA HELP TO DEVELOP THAT INTO THE, UM, THE MARKETPLACE, THE CHEVRON DEVELOPMENT ON WHITTIER AND BEACH COSTCO. COSTCO WASN'T HERE. THERE WAS A BIRCH FORD AND THERE WAS A DON STEVE CHEVROLET ON, UM, HARBOR AND HARBOR AND WHITTIER AND HARBOR. SADLY, THOSE WENT AWAY AFTER THE 2008 RECESSION. BUT WE'VE ALWAYS BOUNCED BACK AND WE'RE A VERY RESILIENT CITY. WE'VE GOT A RESILIENT FINANCE DEPARTMENT. UH, I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IT WITHOUT THE TEAM THAT I HAD BEHIND ME. UH, WE RECOGNIZED THEM LAST THURSDAY. THEY WERE HERE. UH, MOST OF THEM ARE RETIRED NOW. AND IT'S MY TURN. SO JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE AND, UH, IT'S BEEN A GREAT RIDE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. [00:15:01] WE HAD THIS PROCLAMATION HERE, AND I'LL JUST SAY DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, THEREFORE IT BE, IT, RECLA PROCLAIMED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HARBOR DOES HEREBY COMMEND AND HONOR MELVIN, UH, SHANNON, UH, FOR HIS EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP EXPRESSES ITS DEEPEST GRATITUDE FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXTENDS BEST WISHES FOR FULFILLING AND WELL DESERVED RETIREMENT. I REALLY APPRECIATE. DO YOU WANNA, MEL? UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, OF COURSE, WE ARE HAVE A PAVE OUT IN FRONT THAT WE, UH, NAME THAT FOR YOU AND THAT'LL BE PUT UP PRETTY SOON. IN ADDITION TO THAT, ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, WE HAVE THIS, UH, TILE, UH, TO MELVIN SHANNON, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND GRATEFUL APPRECIATION FOR YOUR 44 YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE. AND BEHIND EVERY MAN IS A GREAT LADY. AND I, I JUST WANNA MENTION YOUR WIFE, UH, MARCHELLE, WHO WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN YOUR CAREER. AND I WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT A TEAM BUILDER YOU WERE. YOU WERE KIND OF A HEAD UP, THE, THE ASSOCIATION TO, UH, HAVE ALL THE EVENTS THAT WE HAD AND YOU BROUGHT IT UP TO THE NEXT LEVEL. AND YOU ARE TRULY A TREASURE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE ALL LOVE YOU DEARLY. THANK YOU. WHEN I THINK ABOUT MEL, I THINK ABOUT NUMBER ONE, PROFESSIONALISM, COMPETENCY, UH, ABSOLUTE INCREDIBLE SKILL AT HIS JOB. UH, ASIDE FROM THAT, HE'S A WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING. AND ASIDE FROM THAT, IF YOU STILL, IF YOU MISS HIM, YOU CAN STILL SEE HIM AT 300 BOWL ABOUT FOUR NIGHTS A WEEK, YOU'LL BE THERE FROM NOW ON. AND ANOTHER LEGACY THAT HE LEAVES BEHIND ALSO IS AS THE WALT DISNEY OF HOLIDAY DECORATIONS AT CITY HALL. HE HAS A, A NATIONAL REPUTATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN THAT REGARD. SO YOU WILL BE SORELY MISSED. MEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING. 44 YEARS, ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. THANK YOU AGAIN. GO AHEAD. SO MEL, I'LL JUST SAY REAL QUICK, WE DIDN'T GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO, UH, KNOW EACH OTHER THAT LONG. HOWEVER, I WILL SAY IN THE SMALL INTERACTIONS WE'VE HAD TOGETHER, AND OF COURSE THE FEEDBACK I'VE HEARD FROM THE STAFF, UM, YOU BRING A BIT OF SUNLIGHT TO, UH, ANY ORGANIZATION, UH, I'VE HEARD YOU SPEAK AND YOU LOVE TO JOKE, YOU LOVE TO, YOU KNOW, UH, MAKE PEOPLE SMILE. AND SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT. 'CAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT IN AN ORGANIZATION, COMING INTO AN ORGANIZATION WHERE PEOPLE FEEL WELCOMED, WHERE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THEIR COLLEAGUES. AND YOU REALLY BROUGHT THAT, YOU BROUGHT THAT, THAT SUNLIGHT TO THOSE EMPLOYEES. SO THANK YOU. THANK WE WILL. NOW WE WILL PROCEED [ PUBLIC COMMENTS: When addressing the La Habra City Council, please complete a Speaker’s Card before leaving the Council Chamber. General Public Comments shall be received at the beginning of the governing body meeting and limited to three (3) minutes per individual, with a total time limit of 30 minutes for all public comments, unless otherwise modified by the Mayor or Chair. Speaking time may not be granted and/or loaned to another individual for purposes of extending available speaking time, and comments must be kept brief, non-repetitive, and professional in nature. The general Public Comment portion of the meeting allows the public to address any item of City business not appearing on the scheduled agenda. Per Government Code Section 54954.3(a), such comments shall not be responded to by the governing body during the meeting.] TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. YES, THANK YOU MAYOR. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE RECEIVED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GOVERNING BODY MEETING AND LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES FOR ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS. UNLESS OTHERWISE, MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR OR CHAIR SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOANED TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE. THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM OF CITY BUSINESS NOT APPEARING ON THE SCHEDULED AGENDA. PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 4 0.3 A SUCH COMMENTS SHALL NOT BE RESPONDED TO BY THE GOVERNING BODY DURING THE MEETING. AND FOR THE RECORD, MY OFFICE DID RECEIVE AN EMAIL PUBLIC COMMENT FROM BIANCA ANI, AND A COPY HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO ALL COUNSEL MEMBERS. THE THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS THERE ANYONE WHO, WHO WISH TO SPEAK DURING THIS PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION? IF SO, PLEASE COME UP AND PROVIDE US WITH YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. VERY WELL SEE NONE. WE WILL NOW PROCEED [ 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:] TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. YES, THANK YOU MAYOR. ALL MATTERS ON CONSENT CALENDAR ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER, CITY STAFF MEMBER OR MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE REQUEST SEPARATE ACTION OR REMOVAL OF AN ITEM REMOVED. ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOLLOWING THE CONSENT CALENDAR PORTION OF THIS AGENDA. PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER ITEM THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION. UNLESS OTHERWISE, MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR SLASH DIRECTORS SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOAN TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME [00:20:01] AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE. THE CONSENT CALENDAR INCLUDES CITY COUNCIL ITEMS ONE THROUGH 13 AND CITY COUNCIL AND UTILITY AUTHORITY ITEMS ONE AND TWO. AND I'M SORRY, CITY ATTORNEY COLLINS, IS THIS THE TIME THAT YOU NEED TO READ OUT? YES. THERE, THERE IS A REQUIRED DISCLOSURE THAT I NEED TO MAKE PRIOR TO YOUR VOTE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, UM, AS REQUIRED BY CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 3 TO PROVIDE A VERBAL SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING APPROVAL OF SALARIES FOR LOCAL AGENCY EXECUTIVES. TONIGHT'S AGENDA INCLUDES CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM NUMBER FIVE REGARDING AN AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE POSITION OF CITY MANAGER AS WELL AS PUBLIC HEARING. ITEM NUMBER ONE FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 25 26 BUDGET ADOPTION. THESE TWO ITEMS PROPOSED SALARY ADJUSTMENTS FOR MANAGEMENT AND EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES TOTALING AN INCREASE OF $580,912 CUMULATIVELY FOR ALL EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES, UH, SPECIFIC TO THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT. UH, IF APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, IT WOULD TAKE EFFECT ON JULY 1ST, 2025 AND WILL INCLUDE A 4% INCREASE TO THE CITY MANAGER'S ANNUAL BASE SALARY AT A COST OF $14,096. AND WE'LL PROVIDE FOR AN INCREASE IN SICK LEAVE HOURS, UH, CONTRIBUTION TO THE EMPLOYEE'S RETIREE HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT. SHOULD THE EMPLOYEE RETIRE FROM THE CITY AND IN LIEU OF ANY ANNUAL CPI OR COLA ADJUSTMENTS TO BASE PAY THAT MAY BE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND PROVIDED TO EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT STAFF. NOW THE CITY MANAGER WILL INSTEAD RECEIVE AN EQUAL ONE-TIME ONLY PAYMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND NOW I BELIEVE THE ONLY ONE THING I'D CLARIFY IS THAT THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT 500 AND I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH DOLLAR AMOUNT WAS, THAT'S FOR EXECUTIVE AND ALL MANAGEMENT STAFF. IT'S, IT IS ALL CITY MANAGEMENT UNREPRESENTED MANAGEMENT STAFF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THE CONSENT CALENDAR INCLUDES THE CITY COUNCIL ITEMS ONE THROUGH 13, AS WAS SAID, AND THE CITY COUNCIL AND UTILITY AUTHORITY ITEMS ONE THROUGH TWO. UM, THERE IS A REQUEST TO REMOVE AN ITEM NUMBER SIX. SO I WOULD ASK THE COUN IF, IF THERE'S ANY, UM, ANY OTHER ITEMS THE STAFF WOULD WISH REMOVED. NONE MADAM MAYOR, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD WISH REMOVED? NO MA'AM. NO, MADAM MAYOR, IS THERE ANY ITEM THAT THE AUDIENCE WOULD WISH REMOVED? I KNOW THERE'S AN ITEM SIX THAT YOU REQUESTED YES. FROM DOUG CURLEY FROM DAVID CURLEY? YES. OH, I'M SORRY. UH, THEN I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION. MADAM MAYOR AND CHAIRPERSON, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM, THE MINUS THE ITEM THAT WAS PULLED FROM THE, UH, MEMBER FROM THE AUDIENCE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. WOULD THE COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE? MOTION CARRIED. FOUR ZERO. ALRIGHT, UH, WE WILL GO TO [ CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS REMOVED FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION:] ITEM SIX. IS THERE A REPORT YOU WOULD WISH TO DISCUSS? A REQUEST FOR A REPORT? PUBLIC COMMENT. ALRIGHT THEN. UM, THERE IS NO REQUEST FOR A STAFF REPORT THEN I THERE, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL OR THE STAFF? UH, YET NO MATTER. ALL RIGHT, THEN WE WILL INVITE THE PUBLIC TO TESTIFY. PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DAVE CURLEY. UH, RATHER NOT GIVE MY ADDRESS, BUT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT ITEM SIX, WHICH IS THE AGREEMENT TO, UH, AT ANOTHER PARAMEDIC UNIT IN THE CITY OF LAHABRA, IT WOULD BE ENGINE 1 92. SO CURRENTLY LAHABRA HAS ONE PARAMEDIC SQUAD, UH, ASSIGNED TO THE CITY, AND IT SOMETIMES VENTURES OUT INTO, UH, WHITTIER, UH, OR ADA. UM, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD FIRST STEP, UH, IN TERMS OF IMPROVING MEDICAL AID RESPONSE IN THIS CITY. I DO BELIEVE THERE'S A LONG WAY TO GO. UM, AND, AND I MAKE THAT COMMENT BASED ON ORANGE COUNTY CITIES. BREA TO OUR EAST HAS FOUR PARAMEDIC UNITS. THIS AGREEMENT WOULD INCREASE WHILE HABERS FROM ONE TO TWO. SO THEY WOULD HAVE DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF PARAMEDIC RESOURCES THAT A HABER WOULD HAVE IF YOU APPROVE THIS. UM, OUTSIDE OF LAHABRA, LA COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF PARAMEDIC SQUADS TO COME INTO LA HABRA WHEN, UH, THE, THE RESOURCES HERE ARE DEPLETED. SO, UH, AS THIS HAPPENED THIS AFTERNOON, IN FACT THIS IS NOT SOME ABSTRACT, ONCE A YEAR PROBLEM, UH, THEY HAD TO DISPATCH A PARAMEDIC SQUAD FROM DIAMOND BAR LAMARA AND UPTOWN WHITTIER TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF LAHABRA. I BELIEVE THIS IS VERY, UH, EMBARRASSING, UH, ON SO MANY LEVELS FOR AN URBAN, UH, YOU KNOW, 60 SOMETHING THOUSAND PEOPLE. HERE. WE HAVE SURROUNDING, UH, FIRE AGENCIES WITH RESOURCES. LAHABRA HEIGHTS HAS A PARAMEDIC ENGINE. FULLER AND BREA HAVE [00:25:01] PARAMEDIC ENGINES. THE PROBLEM IS THE MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS ARE SO RESTRICTIVE THAT THEY ONLY WILL COME INTO CERTAIN PARTS OF LA HABRA AND NOT SERVE THE WHOLE CITY WHEN THERE'S A NEED. UM, I THINK THIS CAN BE GREATLY IMPROVED. ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AGENCIES DO NOT PLAY THESE GAMES. IF SOMEONE IS HAVING A HEART ATTACK AND THEIR RESOURCES ARE USED UP IN THE CITY ALMOST SEAMLESSLY, THEY CALL THE NEIGHBORING FIRE DEPARTMENTS FOR HELP HERE. UH, YOU KNOW, IF LAHABRA RESOURCES ARE USED UP, YOU MIGHT BE WAITING 25 MINUTES FOR A UNIT TO COME FROM DIAMOND BAR. THAT'S REALLY, UH, JUST EMBARRASSING. UH, LA HABRA CAN DO SO MUCH BETTER THAN THIS. SO I, WITH THAT, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT FIRST STEP, BUT WHAT I WOULD ASK IS THAT YOU ALSO INSTRUCT LA COUNTY FIRE TO REVISIT THOSE MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS AND COME BACK AND FIND A WAY THAT THE SURROUNDING, UH, AGENCIES CAN HELP WHEN THERE IS A NEED. UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE TO EVERYONE'S BENEFIT IN THIS CITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND MADAM MAYOR AND MR. CURLEY IS CORRECT IN AS MUCH AS PARAMEDIC CALLS ARE BY FAR THE LARGEST NUMBER OF CALLS A FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ESPECIALLY AN URBAN FIRE DEPARTMENT GETS NOWADAYS. UM, THE CITY HAS A PARAMEDIC SQUAD, DEDICATED PARAMEDIC SQUAD OUT OF STATION 1 91. UH, THAT STATION ALSO HAS A PARAMEDIC ASSESSMENT ENGINE THAT I BELIEVE HAS A PARAMEDIC ON IT. UH, STATION 1 92 IS NOW GONNA GO TO A FULL PARAMEDIC ENGINE WITH FOUR FIRE PERSONNEL ON IT, UH, INCLUDING TWO PARAMEDICS I BELIEVE. AND THEN STATION 1 93 IN TOWN ALSO IS A PARAMEDIC ASSESSMENT ENGINE. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE ADDITIONAL PARAMEDIC RESOURCES FOR SURE. BUT, UM, UH, THERE, THERE ARE CONFIGURATIONS IN ALL THREE STATIONS FOR PARAMEDIC, EITHER ASSESSMENT ENGINES, PARAMEDIC SQUAD OR PARAMEDIC ENGINE. BUT IT'S ALWAYS AN AREA WHERE'RE LOOKING TO UPGRADE BECAUSE THAT IS AN AREA WHERE THAT'S THE PRIMARY CALL THAT COME OUT OF FIRE DEPARTMENTS TODAY. FIRES ARE A SMALL PERCENTAGE NOW FOR SURE. SO, BUT SOME GOOD POINTS MADE. MATT, MADAM MAYOR, MAY I MAKE A COMMENT THIS, PAUL, LET ME ASK IF THERE IS THERE ANY MORE. OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISH TO TESTIFY? THANK YOU VERY MUCH THEN. YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD. UH, GEOGRAPHICALLY, THE WAY LA HABER'S SITUATED, WE'RE SURROUNDED BY LA COUNTY, THE NEAREST, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR, UH, ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY AND THAT AREA WOULD BE, UH, YOR, BELINDA GARDEN GROVE STATON, UM, AND BUENA PARK. SO, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE QUITE, QUITE A BIT FAR AWAY. AND WE, WE LOOKED AT THAT SEVERAL YEARS AGO, UH, TRYING AND THE COSTS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE WITH, UH, ORANGE COUNTY AS WELL, BUT IT JUST, GEOGRAPHICALLY IT SEEMED LIKE THE RESPONSE TIME WOULD BE MUCH BETTER. UM, BEING WITH LA COUNTY FIRE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? I I JUST WANT TO ADD MADAM MAYOR, UM, THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT MIXING APPLES AND ORANGES HERE AND WE TALK ABOUT THOSE DISTINCTIONS AND I AGREE THAT WE DO NEED IT, IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO HAVE MORE SERVICES. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, BREA HAS THEIR OWN FIRE DEPARTMENT. FULLTON HAS THEIR OWN FIRE DEPARTMENT, LA COUNTY. WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT MUTUAL AID, THAT'S MUTUAL AID WITHIN LA COUNTY RESOURCES. UM, BREA AND FULLERTON MAY HAVE OTHER MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS THAT DIFFER BECAUSE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT A, A UNIFIED COMMAND WITH OTHER AGENCIES THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH VERSUS LA COUNTY THAT'S BRINGING IN RESOURCES FROM THEIR OWN AGENCY. SO THAT BRINGS IN A, A, A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENT DYNAMICS. SO, UM, I MEAN, I'D BE MORE THAN WILLING AND, AND HAPPY TO MAYBE AGENDIZE, UM, MAYBE HAVING A LA COUNTY FIRE COME IN AND EDUCATING OR AT LEAST DISCUSSING WHAT THE MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT LOOKS LIKE FOR THE CITY OF LA HABRA, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. MAYBE WE CAN GET A DISCUSSION ON THAT, GET SOME THOUGHTS ON THAT. JUST SO FOR THE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC SO THEY KNOW WHAT THE DIFFERENCES IS BETWEEN LA COUNTY AND LET'S SAY BRAA AND FULLON. YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HERE, AND MAYBE WE CAN HAVE HIM TALK TO THEM IN THE MEANTIME IF THAT WAS NOT SATISFYING TO THEM. WE CAN YES, SCHEDULE SOMEBODY AT A LATER TIME, BUT FOR NOW, MAYBE THE RESIDENT CAN MEET WITH HIS, OUR GENTLEMAN HERE. I, I I, THAT WOULD BE JUST AS APPROPRIATE I BELIEVE. UM, MAYBE NOT IZING, BUT SINCE WE HAVE HIM HERE, MAYBE HAVE HIM TALK TO THE RESIDENT SO THAT WAY WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOW WE, HOW LA COUNTY FIRE RESPONDS VERSUS A BREA AND THE CITY OF FULLTON. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? NO. AND IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS, THEN MADAM MAYOR, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM NUMBER SIX, THERE A SECOND. WOULD THE COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE? DIRECTORS COUNSEL. I'M SORRY, WHO SECONDED? COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ? YES. UH, YES. THANK YOU. [00:30:01] MOTION CARRIED. FOUR ZERO. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO [1. DULY NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 LA HABRA MUNICIPAL BUDGET FOR ADOPTION, AND TO ESTABLISH THE APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 That the Council: A. Approve and adopt the City of La Habra Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Municipal Budget; B. APPROVE AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. CC 2025-____ ENTITLED: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY 1, 2025 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2026, MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CONDUCT OF CITY OF LA HABRA GOVERNMENT, ESTABLISHING POLICIES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ADOPTED BUDGET, AND FOR OTHER BUDGET RELATED PURPOSES; C. APPROVE AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. SA 2025-____ ENTITLED: A RESOLUTION OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA ADOPTING THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY 1, 2025 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2026; D. APPROVE AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. HA 2025- ____ ENTITLED: A RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA ADOPTING THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY 1, 2025, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2026; E. APPROVE AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. UA 2025-____ ENTITLED: A RESOLUTION OF THE UTILITY AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA ADOPTING THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY 1, 2025, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2026; F. APPROVE AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. CIA 2025-____ ENTITLED: A RESOLUTION OF THE CIVIC IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA ADOPTING THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY 1, 2025, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2026; G. APPROVE AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. CC 2025-____ ENTITLED: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA ESTABLISHING THE APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE XIIIB OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY 1, 2025, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2026, AND AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. CC 2024-17; H. APPROVE AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. CC 2025-____ ENTITLED: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 2024-13 AND 6123 PERTAINING TO A COMPENSATION PLAN FOR MANAGEMENT, POLICE MANAGEMENT, AND EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES; AND I. APPROVE AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. CC 2025-____ ENTITLED: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 6113 PERTAINING TO A COMPENSATION PLAN FOR GENERAL SERVICES EMPLOYEES' GROUP.] PUBLIC HEARINGS. YES. THANK YOU MAYOR. PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH THE 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 ONLY PUBLIC HEARING ITEM ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS A CITY COUNCIL AGENCY AND AUTHORITIES ITEM TITLED DUALLY NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26 HAMBRA MUNICIPAL BUDGET FOR ADOPTION AND TO ESTABLISH THE APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. 2026. THANK YOU. IS THERE A STAFF REPORT? THERE IS. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL BEFORE YOU. TONIGHT IS THE FINAL PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 25 26 MUNICIPAL BUDGET, WHICH TOLLS $173.4 MILLION ACROSS ALL FUNDS AND THE CORRESPONDING RESOLUTIONS FOR YOUR REVIEW AND APPROVAL. AT THE JUNE 2ND MEETING, MANAGEMENT STAFF PRESENTED THE PROPOSED BUDGET AS WELL AS THE GOALS FOR THEIR INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS. THE OVERALL FINAL PROPOSED MUNICIPAL BUDGET AND GENERAL FUND BUDGET FIGURES HAVE NOT CHANGED FROM THE LAST, FROM WHAT WAS PRESENTED ON JUNE 2ND. THE GENERAL FUND ACCOUNTS FOR $70.3 MILLION OF THE BUDGET WITH 68% OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET ALLOCATE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY COSTS FOR POLICE, FIRE, AND AMBULANCE SERVICES. THE FINAL PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES RESTORATION OF POSITION AND BUDGET REDUCTIONS MADE IN LAST YEAR'S FISCAL YEAR 24 25 BUDGET AS BALANCED BY NEW PROJECTED REVENUES FROM THE RECENTLY PASSED MEASURE VIIV 1 CENT TRANSACTIONS IN USE TAX. THE FINAL PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES A FEW POSITION CHANGES INCLUDING TWO NEW STAFF POSITIONS. THE FIRST POSITION IS A NEW BUILDING MAINTENANCE COORDINATOR TO ASSIST WITH ONGOING SUPPORT AND PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AT THE C'S, NUMEROUS PUBLIC FACILITIES. THE SECOND POSITION IS A FULL-TIME GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS ANALYST OR GIS ANALYST AND THE CS IT DEPARTMENT DUE TO A NUMBER OF KEY C INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEPENDENT ON GIS DATA. THESE INCLUDE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S CAD SYSTEM, THE LAND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND EVEN PUBLIC WORKS. ENGINEERING'S USE OF THE STATE MAN, UM, OF GIS, UM, DUE TO STATE MANDATED WATER AND SEWER MAPPING IN GIS FORMAT. IN ADDITIONAL POSITION CHANGES UPGRADING THE VACANT MANAGEMENT ANALYST TO POSITION IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR TO FULFILL CRITICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUNCTIONS AS WELL AS GENERAL ANALYST RESPONSIBILITIES. THE LAST OF THE POSITION CHANGES IS THE REMOVAL OF THE MANAGEMENT ANALYST POSITION FROM THE REPRESENTED GENERAL SERVICES EMPLOYEES UNIT TO THE NON-REPRESENTED MANAGEMENT GROUP WHERE THE C'S OTHER ANALYST POSITIONS EXIST. HR MET AND CONFERRED WITH THE GENERAL SERVICES EMPLOYEES UNIT AND BOTH AGREED TO THIS CHANGE. IN ADDITION TO THE VARIOUS AGENCY AND AUTHORITY RESOLUTIONS, THERE'S A RES, A RESOLUTION FOR NON-REPRESENTED MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY MANAGEMENT, AND EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMPENSATION BEFORE YOU FOR APPROVAL. THE COMPENSATION CHANGES TOTAL $580,000 AS, UM, C ATTORNEY COLLINS MENTIONED. AND AGAIN, AS FOR THE THREE, UH, VARIOUS GROUPS, MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY MANAGEMENT AND EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT, THESE INCLUDE A 3% COLA ONE-TIME PAY ADJUSTMENT OF 2% THIS FISCAL YEAR. AN INCREASE TO THE MEDICAL INSURANCE CONTRIBUTION BY $250 PER MONTH, AND AN INCREASE IN THE MATCH FOR DEFERRED COMPENSATION, AS WELL AS SIMILAR INCREASES TO POLICE MANAGEMENT POSITIONS ONLY. THAT MIRROR WHAT WAS RECENTLY APPROVED FOR THE LA HABRA POLICE ASSOCIATION. THESE INCREASES ARE FUNDED ACROSS BOTH GENERAL FUND AND NON-GENERAL FUND SOURCES. THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS BALANCED, KEEPING EXPENDITURES WITHIN AVAILABLE PROJECTED REVENUES AND PRIORITIZES PUBLIC SAFETY CAPITAL PROJECTS AND OTHER CRITICAL SERVICES. THE NON-GENERAL FUND BUDGETS REMAIN RELATIVELY STABLE WITH THE MAIN CHANGES JUST BEING COMPLETION OF PROJECTS THIS FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS WHY YOU'LL SEE BIG DIFFERENCES IN THE BALANCES LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR. SO I'M ONLY GOING TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THE CAPITAL UM, IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS BUDGET. UM, FOR THE NON-GENERAL FUND BUDGETS, THE FISCAL YEAR 25 26 CIP BUDGET INCLUDES THE ADDITION OF THREE SEVEN NEW PROJECTS FUNDED BY A NUMBER OF NEW SOURCES, TOTALING APPROXIMATELY $11 MILLION IN NEW SPENDING FOR A TOTAL OF 65 CAPITAL PROJECTS, TOTALING $51 MILLION IN TOTAL. THE MILLION DOLLARS, THE $11 MILLION IN NEW SPENDING INCLUDES A $1.4 MILLION TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE CIP TO HELP FUND SEVERAL FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS AND SPECIAL PROJECTS IN THE UPCOMING YEAR. AT THE LAST MEETING, THE COUNCIL DID PROVIDE DIRECTION AND FEEDBACK TO STAFF TO INCREASE THE SIGNING BONUS FOR NEW LATERAL POLICE OFFICERS FROM $10,000 TO $20,000. STAFF HAS ALREADY INCORPORATED THESE CHANGES INTO OUR POLICIES, [00:35:01] FUTURE BUDGETARY CHALLENGES THAT STAFF WILL CONTINUE MONITORING CENTER AROUND FISCAL UNCERTAINTY IN THE NEAR TERM. THESE INCLUDE TARIFFS, HIGH INTEREST RATES AND INFLATION, WHICH IMPACT CONSUMER SPENDING PATTERNS AND ARE DIRECTLY TIED TO THE SEA SALES TAX AND TBT, WHICH NOW COMBINED ARE THE SEA'S LARGEST SOURCE OF REVENUE. ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL THREAT ARE THE LOOMING BUDGET CUTS AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, A FEDERAL, STATE, AND COUNTY. AND THESE MAY DIRECTLY IMPACT THE SEA PROGRAMS AND OPERATIONS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE SEA RECENTLY LOST THE NORTH ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY COLLABORATIVE FUND FUNDING FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WAS USED TO FUND THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH STAFF TO, UH, IN THEIR EFFORTS TO REDUCE HOMELESSNESS IN THE COMMUNITY. THIS LOSS COUPLED WITH DELAYS IN PERMANENT LOCAL HOUSING ALLOCATION FUNDING THAT WAS PROMISED BY THE STATE, HAS SHIFTED A LOT OF THE FISCAL BURDEN TO THE CITY AND IN PARTICULAR OUR GENERAL FUND. SO YOU WILL SEE, AS WE POINTED OUT LAST TIME, THAT THE GENERAL FUND IS BACKFILLING A LOT OF THIS FUNDING. THE C RELIES ON A NUMBER OF GRANTS AND FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING, UM, FOR OTHER PROGRAMS LIKE OUR CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND WE OWE PROGRAMS. SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT THE STAFF WILL CON CONTINUOUSLY MONITOR AND KEEP THE COUNCIL APPRISED. THAT CONCLUDES MY BUDGET PRESENTATION. AND THE FINANCE STAFF WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE AND THE STAFF FOR THEIR COLLABORATION IN PRODUCING THIS FISCAL YEAR 25, 26 BUDGET. AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, IT TAKES A VILLAGE, IT TRULY DOES TO PRODUCE THIS THOUSAND PLUS PAGE DOCUMENT. AND SO WE'RE THANKFUL TO THIS ENTIRE TEAM AND TO THE COUNCIL FOR, UM, MAKING THIS HAPPEN. SO, UM, WE ARE OPEN TO QUESTIONS, BUT AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, THERE ARE REALLY NO NUMBER CHANGES TO THE DOC, REALLY TO THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU SAW LAST TIME. IT WAS MAINLY THE POLICY CHANGE TO THE SIGNING BONUS, WHICH WE'VE IMPLEMENTED. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, MA'AM. MAYOR. ALRIGHT. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING. I'D ASK THOSE WHO WANT TO GIVE THEIR COMMENTS OR SPEAK. UH, PLEASE PROVIDE US WITH YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. THOSE WHO ARE IN FAVOR, THOSE IN OPPOSITION. THEN I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'LL ASK FOR CONSULT QUESTION, DISCUSSION, INTERACTION. MAD MAYOR, I'LL GO AHEAD AND TRY TO JAB AWAY AT THIS. I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND ADOPT THE CITY OF LAHABRA FISCAL YEAR 2025 MUNICIPAL BUDGET. IS THIS ALL 2025? 2026. YOU WANT ME TO READ? YOU WANT ME TO READ IT ALL? ALL THE STAND THAT NECESSARY, JUST WHAT YOU SAID IS SUFFICIENT. I ASK KEEP THAT SO WE CAN GO THROUGH THE WHOLE THING. NO, NO, NO. JUST WHAT YOU SAID. THAT'S FINE. OKAY. AND I'LL SECOND IT. YOU JUST HAVE TO SAY 2026 AS WELL. OKAY. THROUGH 2026 MUNICIPAL BUDGET. AND I SECOND WOULD THE COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE? MOTION CARRIED. FOUR ZERO. WE'RE DONE? YES, THAT'S IT. OKAY. MR. CITY ATTORNEY, DO WE NEED TO, UM, DOES COUNSEL NEED TO VOTE SEPARATELY ON THE APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT RESOLUTION? UH, NO. IT CAN BE DONE AT THE SAME MOTION. OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE CLARIFICATION. [1. CONSIDER THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN E-BIKE ORDINANCE AND PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF That the City Council consider the development of an e-bike ordinance for the City of La Habra and provide direction to staff.] WE WILL NOW MOVE TO CONSIDERATION ITEMS. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE MAY REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE LAHABRA CITY COUNCIL ON ANY CONSIDERATION ITEM PRIOR TO THE LAW HARBOR CITY COUNCIL. TAKING A FINAL VOTE ON THE ITEM. PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER CONSIDERATION ITEM, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR OR CHAIR. SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOANED TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE. CONSIDERATION ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A CITY COUNCIL MATTER TITLED, CONSIDER THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN E-BIKE ORDINANCE AND PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF. THANK YOU. ARE THERE, IS THERE A STAFF REPORT? THANK YOU. THERE IS. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. BACK IN LATE 2024, THE ORANGE COUNTY GRAND JURY, UH, DID A STUDY ON E-BIKES AND THEIR IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY. AND ONE OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS AFTER A LOT OF RESEARCH AND TIME IS FOR OUR LOCAL CITIES HERE IN ORANGE COUNTY TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT OUR MUNICIPAL CODES AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO BETTER, UH, ENSURE THE SAFETY OF RIDERS, DRIVERS, AND PEOPLE USING OUR SIDEWALKS. SO WHAT I'M HERE TONIGHT FOR IS DIRECTION AND CONSIDERATION IN REVIEWING OUR MUNICIPAL CODE AND BRINGING BACK TO YOU MY RECOMMENDED CHANGES FOR E-BIKES. RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? NO, MADAM MAYOR. NO. MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHIEF. I WILL INVITE THE PUBLIC AGAIN TO PLEASE COME UP IF THEY WISH TO TESTIFY, TO PROVIDE [00:40:01] THEIR NAME AND THEIR ADDRESS. THOSE FOUR ARE THOSE AGAINST, I WILL ASK FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION OR ACTION. THIS HAS BEEN BANDIED ABOUT FOR A WHILE, E-BIKE, UH, THE E-BIKE ORDINANCE CONCEPT. I KNOW THE GRAND JURY HAS BEEN VERY, UM, PROGRESSIVE ON THAT, VERY PROACTIVE ON THAT. UH, I THINK THERE'S CLEARLY A NEED. SO I MEAN, I, I KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN E-BIKE ORDINANCE AND POLICY. YEAH, I I WOULD HAVE TO AGREE. UH, YOU KNOW, AS, AS TIME GOES ON, TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES AND, YOU KNOW, WITH TECHNOLOGY ADVANCING, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, IS, DO, DOES THAT TECHNOLOGY CREATE A, A SAFETY HAZARD? MM-HMM. NOT JUST FOR PEDESTRIANS, BUT FOR MOTORISTS AND THOSE THAT ARE ACTUALLY ON THE E-BIKES THEMSELVES. AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND DEVELOP AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE IS STAYING SAFE WHILE THEY'RE ON OUR ROADWAYS. WELL, THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I SUPPOSE I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO DIRECT STAFF TO DEVELOP AN E-BIKE ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF LA HARBOR. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. WOULD THE COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE? AND DIRECTORS MOTION CARRIED. FOUR ZERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE [ MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR:] WILL NOW MOVE TO THE MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR. THE COMMUNITY SERVICE DEPARTMENT IS HOSTING A LA HARBOR ACTIVE DAY CAMP NOW THROUGH FRIDAY, AUGUST THE EIGHTH. THE CAMP IS HELD AT 7:00 AM UNTIL 6:00 PM AT THE VETERAN'S HALL, 2 0 9 NORTH ORANGE STREET. THE CAMP IS OPEN TO YOUTH 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 AND CALL THE COMMUNITY CENTER AT (562) 383-4200. WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY CENTER DEPARTMENT WILL BE HOSTING A FREE IMMERSIVE WILDERNESS PROGRAM FOR AGES 12 THROUGH 17. REGISTRATION IS STILL OPEN, SPACE IS LIMITED TO 1550 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 AT (562) 383-4200. SENIOR DANCES ARE IN FULL SWING. JOIN US THIS SUNDAY, JUNE THE 22ND FROM 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. RECOMMENDED, UH, AND THE COST TO ATTEND IS $12 PER PERSON. RESERVE YOUR SPACE IN PERSON AT THE LA HARBOR COMMUNITY CENTER, OR BY PHONE BY CALLING (562) 383-4200. PLEASE JOIN THE LA HARBOR POLICE DEPARTMENT ON TUESDAY, JUNE 24TH FROM 9:00 AM UNTIL 11:00 AM FOR COP COFFEE WITH THE COPS AT STARBUCKS. 1 9 0 1 WEST IMPERIAL HIGHWAY. COFFEE WITH A COP IS AN INFORMAL COMMUNITY FOCUSED GATHERING WHERE POLICE OFFICERS AND RESIDENTS CAN CONNECT OVER COFFEE AND ENGAGE IN OPEN CONVERSATIONS. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE LA HARBOR POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 3 0 0. WE HAVE MOVIES IN THE PARK. GRAB YOUR BLANKET AND LAWN CHAIRS AND WATCH A MOVIE IN OUR GIANT MOVIE SCREEN. MUFASA WILL BE SHOWN ON FRIDAY, JUNE 27TH AT PORTOLA PARK, 3 0 1 SOUTH EUCLID STREET. ACTIVITIES BEGIN AT 6:00 PM AND THE MOVIE WILL BEGIN AT DUSK. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, 5 6 2 3 3 4 2 0 0. JOIN US AT OUR STAR SPAN 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION ON FRIDAY, JULY THE FOURTH FROM 4:00 PM UNTIL 9:00 PM AT LA BONITA. 1 4 4 0 WEST WHITTIER BOULEVARD. 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 IN A SPECTACULAR FIREWORK SHOW. FOR MORE, FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMUNITY CENTER AT (562) 383-4200. THE LA HARBOR CONCERTS IN THE PARK ARE BACK THE FIRST CONCERT IN THE SERIES, EARTH TO MARS. A BRUNO MARS COVER BAND WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, JULY THE 10TH FROM 7:00 PM UNTIL 8:30 PM AT PORTOLA PARK, 3 0 1 SOUTH EUCLID STREET. JOIN US ON THURSDAY EVENING IN JULY AND AUGUST FOR MUSIC AND FAMILY FUN. THERE WILL BE FUNNEL CAKES, CONCESSIONS, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES. [00:45:01] FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMUNITY CENTER AT (562) 383-4200. WE HAVE COOL COPS. PLEASE JOIN THE LA HARBO POLICE DEPARTMENT AS THEY HOST THEIR ANNUAL COOL COPS EVENT ON THURSDAY, JULY THE 16TH. THE EVENT WILL BE HELD AT 10:00 AM UNTIL NOON. AT OESTE PARK, 2 3 0 0 WEST LAMBERT ROAD. THE KIDS ARE INVITED TO JOIN THE LA HARBA. POLICE OFFICERS FOR A MORNING OF FUN ACTIVITIES INCLUDE FREE ICE CREAM, WATER SLIDES, AND A MOBILE MUSEUM. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 2 0 0 COMMISSION MEETINGS. THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS MEETS ON THE SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 6:30 PM IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER. THE COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION MEETS ON THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 6:30 PM IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER. LASTLY, WATER CONSERVATION CALIFORNIANS ARE ASKED TO STILL, TO PLEASE CONSERVE WATER IRRIGATION IS LIMITED TO THREE TIMES PER WEEK WITH NO MORE THAN 15 MINUTES WATERING PER STATION, AND NO RUNOFF OR TURNOFF IRRIGATION PRIOR TO AND FOLLOWING RAIN. PLEASE NOTE THAT LAWN AND IRRIGATION IS PROHIBITED BETWEEN 10:00 AM AND 4:00 PM AS IS THE WASHING OF HARD SURFACES SUCH AS SIDEWALKS AND DRIVEWAYS. DO YOUR PART TO HELP US CONSERVE OUR MOST PRECIOUS ASSET. FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TIPS ON HOW YOU CAN HELP CONSERVE WATER, PLEASE CONTACT THE LA HARBOR PUBLIC WORK DEPARTMENT AT 5 6 2 3 8 3 4 1 7 0. [ COMMENTS FROM STAFF:] AND I WILL ASK, ARE THERE ANY, UH, COMMENTS FROM STAFF? UH, YES, MADAM MAYOR. SO, I WAS GONNA SAY SOME MORE NICE THINGS ABOUT MEL SHANNON. I LOOKED UP AND, UH, HE'S GONE. SO EVIDENTLY RETIREMENT'S ALREADY SUITING HIM VERY WELL. HE DOESN'T HAVE TO STICK AROUND. UM, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY, UH, ONE MORE THING ABOUT MEL IS THAT WHEN I STARTED WITH THE CITY 21 YEARS AGO, UH, AS THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT I GOT TO MEET. AND HE WAS THE FINANCE MANAGER BACK THEN, AND WAS GRACIOUS AND INVITING AND VERY, UM, HELPFUL TO KIND OF JUST SHOW ME AND, AND INTRODUCED ME TO ALL THE STAFF. AND IT QUICKLY BECAME OBVIOUS TO ME WHY HE HAD BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL FOR SO LONG IN THE CITY. AND HE'S, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT ABOUT HIS, UH, ACHIEVEMENTS, BUT I WILL TELL YOU ONE OF THE MOST LASTING ACHIEVEMENTS THAT MEL, UM, IS GONNA LEAVE THE CITY WITH IS A REALLY, UH, STRONG, EFFECTIVE, AND HIGHLY COMPETENT FINANCE DEPARTMENT THAT THE CITY HAS. WE HAVE SOME REALLY, REALLY GOOD PEOPLE WORKING FOR US AND IS A TESTAMENT TO MEL'S RECRUITMENTS AND STAFF DEVELOPMENT THAT'S CREATED THAT, AND THAT'S GONNA, YOU KNOW, BE HIS LEGACY FOR THIS CITY. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE REAL, REAL PROUD OF WHAT, UH, MEL'S ACHIEVED IN BOTH HIS CAREER AND WHAT HE'S LEFT US WITH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, [ COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS/DIRECTORS:] WE'LL BEGIN WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LAKIN. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM, I KNEW WHERE I WANTED TO START, BUT NOW I DON'T. OH, I WANNA SAY, UH, HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL THE FATHERS OUT THERE. UM, I WILL BE SOON JOINING YOU. SO THAT'S, UH, I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. UM, ON A EVEN MORE GOOD NOTE, UH, ME AND MY WIFE, WE, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY CELEBRATED OUR, UH, FIRST WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ON SATURDAY, JUNE 14TH. AND THEN OF COURSE, FOLLOWED THAT WAS, UH, FOLLOWING THAT WAS FATHER'S DAY. I SAID I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SAY THAT IT WAS A CELEBRATION, BUT THE REALITY IS, IS THAT BOTH OF US WORKING AS FIRST RESPONDERS, WE WERE MORE SO ON STANDBY FOR A LOT OF, UM, SOME OF THE CONFLICTS THAT ARE OCCURRING IN OUR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGION. UM, BUT WITH THAT, WE, WE MAXIMIZED THAT TIME. I WAS, I SPENT, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE SATURDAY PAINTING THE NEW WHAT WOULD BE THE BABY'S ROOM. SO THAT WAS, UH, PRETTY INTERESTING. I'M STILL WAITING ON A, A POSITIVE COMMENT FROM MY WIFE ON HOW, HOW WELL I DID ON THAT. YEAH. YEAH, I'VE BEEN WARNED. UM, BUT WITH THAT, I ALSO WANT TO KIND OF MAKE REFERENCE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST WE, WE RECOGNIZE WHAT WE DO AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE OUR MILESTONES, UH, OUR OWN SMALL CELEBRATIONS, WE REALIZE THE COMMITMENT THAT WE HAVE TO OUR COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE, UM, IN LAW ENFORCEMENT EVEN TO THIS CITY. UM, I, I AM AWARE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME COMMENTS, UH, MOSTLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA OF CONCERNS AS TO HOW INVOLVED CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN IN SOME OF THE, UM, UH, POLITICAL ACTIVITY AND THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE CITY. I WANNA SAY THAT DESPITE WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD, I I I'VE BEEN OUT THERE, YES, OR ON SATURDAY, WE HAD ABOUT, I WANNA SAY 250 OR 300 RESIDENTS AT LA HABER RIGHT OUT HERE AT THIS INTERSECTION. AND THEY WERE PROTESTING IN PEACE, AND THEY WERE DOING SO RESPECTFULLY, CORDIALLY, UM, IN A WAY, I, I MEAN, I SAW PEOPLE JUST [00:50:01] COMING TOGETHER AS PEOPLE. I NEVER MADE ANY MENTION THAT I WAS OUT THERE. UM, I ACTUALLY WENT OUT THERE AFTER TALKING TO SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES AND, UM, I WENT OUT THERE. THE REASON WHY IT WASN'T IMPORTANT FOR ME TO MENTION, BUT ABOUT BEING OUT THERE IS BECAUSE IT, THE STORY'S NOT ABOUT ME, AND IT'S NOT ABOUT ANYBODY ON THIS COUNCIL. UM, THE STORY IS ABOUT THE RESIDENTS OF LA HABRA. SO I JUST STOOD OVER AT SEVEN 11 AND JUST WATCHED AND WATCHED PEOPLE ENGAGING IN SOME OF THE MOST FOUNDATIONAL, UH, ONE OF THE MOST FOUNDATIONAL, UH, FREEDOMS THAT WE HAVE AS A COMMUNITY. AND THAT IS THE RIGHT TO PROTEST. AND WE LED BY EXAMPLE, AS A COMMUNITY, AS A CITY COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM OTHER AREAS IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGION. UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE OUR RESIDENTS ARE MINDFUL THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE ONE PERSON THAT SAYS SOMETHING ON ANY FORUM DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN IT'S ACTUAL, IT'S IT'S FACTUAL. UH, WE CANNOT MAKE SOMEONE'S MEANING OF SOMETHING OUR OWN REALITY. SO WE ARE ENGAGED AND ALSO REMEMBER THAT, YEAH, WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH RESIDENTS, AT LEAST I AM, I'M GONNA SPEAK FOR MYSELF, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ANYONE ELSE, BUT A LOT OF THOSE RESIDENTS JUST WANNA HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS IN PRIVATE, IN, IN PRIVATE, EVERYTHING DOES NOT NEED TO BE PUBLICIZED. AND SO I WANT TO THANK THE RESIDENTS THAT CAME OUT ON SATURDAY. I WANT TO THANK THE RESIDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO, WHO HAVE BEEN ENGAGING WITH US. AND ALSO, I WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE DON'T JUST SERVE ONE GROUP OF RESIDENTS THAT STAND ON ONE SIDE OF AN ISSUE. WE SERVE ALL RESIDENTS OF LA HABRA, ALL BUSINESS OWNERS, ALL STAKEHOLDERS OF LA HABRA. AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE RE WE, WE ARE REMINDED OF THAT AS A COMMUNITY. UM, AND SO WITH THAT, I ALSO WANT TO, UM, UH, SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE UNITED STATES ARMY, CELEBRATING 250 YEARS. UM, YOU KNOW, FOR ANYONE THAT DOESN'T KNOW THE UNITED STATES ARMY HAD WAS AROUND ONE YEAR BEFORE WE EVEN BECAME A NATION. AND WE NEEDED THAT ARMY TO BECOME THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TODAY. I ALSO SAY, UH, THAT HAPPY BIRTHDAY BECAUSE I COME FROM A FAMILY THAT HAS SERVED IN THE MILITARY AND EVERY SINGLE GENERATION, UM, MY MY OLDER, MY OLDER BROTHER, MY FATHER, AND SEVERAL OTHERS, AND THEN AS WELL AS OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE SERVED IN OTHER BRANCHES OF THE MILITARY. AND SO, UH, WITH THAT HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AND, AND THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE ARMY VETERANS AND CURRENT PEOPLE SERVING IN THE US ARMY FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM, JUST WANT TO SAY HOW PROUD I AM OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY DID A TERRIFIC JOB. WELL, THEY DO A TERRIFIC JOB EVERY, EVERY DAY IN AND DAY OUT. BUT PARTICULARLY, UH, WHEN IT CAME OUT TO THOSE THAT, UH, WANTED TO EXPRESS, UH, UH, BY PROTESTING OUT THERE AND EVERYBODY JUST WELL BEHAVED, I, I DROVE BY THERE, UH, A FEW TIMES AND IT JUST MAKES ME PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. UM, THEY TREATED EVERYBODY WITH RESPECT THAT WENT BY THERE, THERE WAS NO INSTANCE THAT I'M AWARE OF. AND AGAIN, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT DID A FANTASTIC JOB. UH, THEY KEPT THEIR DISTANCE SO THEY CAN, UH, THEY WERE ALLOWED TO PROTEST PEACEFULLY, AND THERE WAS NO STRONGHOLD LIKE YOU'VE SEEN IN OTHER COMMUNITIES. IT JUST ALL AROUND, IT JUST JUST MAKES ME PROUD THAT, AGAIN, THAT'S WHY LA HARES CALLED A CARING COMMUNITY. AND I SAW PEOPLE PULLING OVER, GIVING THEM WATER AND, AND JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, EVEN PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT SEE EYE TO EYE, JUST THAT LEVEL OF RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER, UH, THAT WAS OUT THERE. UH, SO, UM, I'M JUST, IT WAS A VERY PROUD MOMENT FOR, FOR LAHABRA. I THOUGHT, IN MY OPINION, UH, THE MAYOR AND I, UH, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT AND, AND PRESENT SOME AWARDS AT THE LAHABRA HIGH SCHOOL CAR SHOW THIS PAST SATURDAY. AND IT WAS THE INAUGURAL EVENT, UH, YEARS AGO. IT WAS DONE ON SEPTEMBER 11TH. I THINK VICTOR LAGA USED TO PLAN THAT AND DO THAT, PUT THAT TOGETHER, UH, YEARS AGO. BUT NOW THEY'VE, UH, RE RESURRECTED THAT, UH, FOR THE LA HABER HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTERS CLUB, AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL, UH, EVENT. A LOT OF CARS OUT THERE. UH, FLAG DAY CEREMONY. THANK YOU. CARE IS CARRIE. NOPE, CARRIE LEFT ALREADY. ANYWAY, UH, I WANNA THANK HER IN THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 2 6 7 FOR A WONDERFUL, UH, EVENT. UM, I WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY RIGHT NOW, THIS TIME OF YEAR THAT WEATHER'S REALLY STARTING TO HEAT UP. AND WITH THAT, IT'S PERFECT CONDITIONS FOR THE MOSQUITOES TO START BREEDING. UH, SO REMEMBER TO GO AROUND YOUR HOME AND GET RID OF THAT STANDING WATER IF YOU CAN. IN FACT, THE ORANGE COUNTY MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT IS HAVING A CONTEST RIGHT NOW. IF YOU SHOW YOURSELF GETTING RID OF, UH, OF STANDING WATER AROUND YOUR HOUSE, TAKE A PICTURE OF THAT TOP, UH, TIP AND TOSS IT AND SUBMIT IT TO THE ORANGE COUNTY MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL. AND YOU MAY WIN A PRIZE. SO I HAVE A NUMBER OF PRIZES. IT, IT'S MOSQUITO AWARENESS WEEK THIS WEEK. SO THIS WEEK, UH, JUST, UH, GO ON THEIR LINK AND IT'LL TELL YOU WHAT TO DO. UH, I WANNA WISH A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SUSAN GATY. SHE'S TURNED 91 YEARS OLD. UH, SHE WAS A, UH, FORMER ORANGE COUNTY REGISTERED COLUMNIST FOR MANY YEARS, COVERING BREA IN FULLERTON. AND I HAD THE HONOR TO ATTEND HER BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION THIS LAST WEEK. AND ALSO THERE WAS CLETA HARDER [00:55:01] WHO WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE, UM, UH, HBIC HELP FOR BRAIN INJURED CHILDREN. SO IT WAS REALLY GREAT, UH, TO SEE THOSE, THOSE INDIVIDUALS THERE. AND SUSAN'S STILL GOING GREAT. SHE'S SHARP, AS SHARP AS CAN BE. SHE GOES WAY BACK, REMEMBER STORIES FROM YEARS AGO THAT I'VE LONG FORGOT ABOUT, AND, UH, SHE'S A WONDERFUL LADY AND I'M HAPPY I GOT TO SPEND SOME TIME ON SATURDAY EVENING WITH HER AND HER HUSBAND. ON A FINAL NOTE, I, UH, WANNA THANK THE RESIDENTS OUT ON HILLDALE DRIVE AND I, I WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF FOR RESPONDING TO THE HOMELESS ISSUES THEY HAVE. I WANNA THANK ELIAS KELLY, UM, AND OUR CHIEF ADAM FOSTER FOR THE RESPONSE, AND ALSO JIM SADRO, UH, FOR HELPING COORDINATE THAT WORLD OF DIFFERENCE SINCE THAT MEETING. AND, AND I KNOW, UM, THE HOMELESS ISSUE IS AN ONGOING ISSUE, BUT THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE ON HILLDALE DRIVE, UH, WHO CAME OUT TO THAT MEETING. SO, UH, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB SINCE WE HAD THAT MEETING. I BROUGHT YOUR CONCERNS TO THEM, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S ALL MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER NAZARIAN. THANK YOU. TWO THINGS ACTUALLY. THE FIRST IS KIND OF A PUBLIC POLICY ISSUE. I WAS CONTACTED BY A CONSTITUENT WHO HAD A COMPLAINT. SHE LIVES IN A HOUSE WHERE THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR GOT SOLD AND THE RENTERS THAT MOVED IN HAVE THIS THOUSAND WATT LIGHT THAT'S GOING AT ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT INTO THEIR, THROUGH THEIR WINDOW. AND SHE SAID, SURELY THAT'S A CODE ENFORCEMENT VIOLATION. I SAID, WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT PROBABLY IS. LET ME FIND OUT. SHORT STORY IS THAT I COME TO FIND OUT THAT WE'VE GOT AN ORDINANCE ACTUALLY THAT PROHIBITS COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES FROM SHINING LIGHTS INTO RESIDENCES, BUT NOTHING THAT DIRECTLY RELATES TO RESIDENTS, TO RESIDENTS LIKE POLLUTION. UM, AND THIS IS TERRIBLY UNFAIR. THESE FOLKS HAVE, ARE HAVING A HARD TIME SLEEPING AND IT'S JUST, IT'S MISERY FOR THEM ACTUALLY. SO IT OCCURRED TO ME, I'M AWARE THAT DIRECTOR KIM, ACTUALLY IS UNDERGOING KIND OF A, UH, REVIEW AND, UH, A REVISE OF NUISANCE ORDINANCES. SO WHAT I'M GONNA ASK OF COUNSEL FOR SUPPORT AND IS ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE INCORPORATE INTO THAT EITHER A TWEAKING OF THE ORDINANCE OR POTENTIALLY THE CREATION OF A NEW ORDINANCE THAT'S UP TO THE, THE DIRECTOR AND THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION THAT WOULD PROHIBIT THIS SORT OF SITUATION FROM HAPPENING. 'CAUSE THIS IS A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE. WE ALL HAVE ISSUES THAT CROP UP BETWEEN NEIGHBORS. MOST OF THE TIME THEY'RE RESOLVED AMICABLY BETWEEN NEIGHBORS, BUT WHEN THEY'RE NOT, THE CITY HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO TRY TO PROTECT THOSE WHO ARE BEING VICTIMIZED BY SOMETHING UNREASONABLE. AND I'M KIND OF CURIOUS WHAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LAMPKIN THINKS AS A FELLOW LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, VETERAN WHEN IT COMES TO ORDINANCES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT WHAT I'M GONNA ASK FOR ESSENTIALLY IS A SECOND TO AGENDIZE A HEARING ON IT THAT INCORPORATES CLEARLY THAT ASPECT AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHERS THAT SUSAN'S WORKING ON. UH, THANK YOU, SIR. SO, I, I MEAN, MY THOUGHTS ARE, I MEAN, I THINK BACK TO, YOU KNOW, WORKING THOSE, THOSE LONG HOURS AND, AND NOT GETTING, HAVING THOSE, NOT HAVING THOSE TRADITIONAL HOURS OF SLEEP THAT IS NEEDED WORKING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. I COULD TELL YOU IF I GOT A LIGHT FLASHING IN MY WINDOW WHILE I'M TRYING TO SLEEP, MAYBE GETTING FOUR HOURS BEFORE I GET ONTO THE NEXT SHIFT, I MEAN THAT, THAT, THAT'S GONNA BE A HUGE PROBLEM THAT'S GONNA, THAT, THAT, THAT JEOPARDIZES, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST OFFICER SAFETY, BUT THE, THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY. UM, BUT I ALSO THINK ABOUT THIS FACT THAT WE GOTTA DO A LITTLE BIT IF THIS IS WHAT'S OCCURRING AND WE GOTTA DO BETTER AT, YOU KNOW, JUST BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. AND I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MOTIVE IS BEHIND IT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TO BE SPITEFUL OR IF THERE'S DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THESE NEIGHBORS, BUT I'M ALWAYS FOCUSED ON MAKING A MORE COHESIVE COMMUNITY. SO I DEFINITELY SUPPORT, EITHER OR RATHER WE CREATE A NEW ORDINANCE, OR IF WE MODIFY THE CURRENT ORDINANCE, I WOULD'VE NEVER THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO APPLY THE COMMERCIAL ORDINANCE, UH, WHICH I'M AWARE AS A COMMERCIAL ONE TO RESIDENTS AS WELL. BUT IF THAT'S WHAT'S NECESSARY TO BRING A, A, A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, TO BRING MORE COHESIVENESS AMONGST NEIGHBORS, THEN I, I I HOLD ARE YOU SECOND THAT MOTION? SO THAT'D BE A MOTION TO SECOND THEN TO DIRECT STAFF TO COME BACK, UH, TO US WITH A, UH, REPORT ON THAT. GOT IT. ALRIGHT. GOT IT. AND THEN THE FINAL THING TOO IS THAT, UH, CAROL AND I ALSO DROPPED BY THE, UH, NO KING DAY PROTEST ON SATURDAY. AND I WANT TO ECHO WHAT ALL MY OTHER COLLEAGUES SAID. IT WAS A COMPLETELY PEACEFUL, UH, ALMOST A JOVIAL KIND OF EVENT. I MEAN, FOLKS WERE IN A GOOD MOOD. UH, IT LEFT A VERY POSITIVE VIBE. UH, THE PD DID AN ENORMOUSLY GOOD JOB OF BEING DISCREET. AND EVEN WITH THEIR DISCRETION, THERE WAS NO VIOLATION OF THAT TRUST BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE POLICE. THEY STAYED OUTTA THE STREETS. AND THAT'S A HUGE ISSUE IN OTHER PARTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S STREET BLOCKADES AND THIS SORT OF THING. SO IT KIND OF DID MY HEART GOOD, JUST LIKE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ SAID, TO SEE THE COMMUNITY, UH, IN SUCH A UNIFIED AND POSITIVE WAY EXPRESSING THEIR ENSHRINED RIGHT TO, TO SPEAK THEIR MIND. THIS IS A, A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE SO UPSET ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE, THIS IS THE POINT I WANNA MAKE. FOR THOSE THAT ARE UPSET ABOUT THE WAY THAT THINGS ARE GOING NOW, THE THINGS THAT THEY SEE OUT THERE, AND HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN DO. YOU CAN VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATES AND THE REPRESENTATIVES THAT REPRESENT YOUR VALUES, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO DO GOING FORWARD. IF YOU THINK THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW IS FINE, [01:00:01] AND YOU SUPPORT THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF FEDERAL POLICY, STATE POLICY, LOCAL POLICY, THEN YOU NEED TO VOTE FOR THAT REPRESENTATIVE OR THAT CANDIDATE WHO REPRESENTS YOUR VALUES. SO FOR FOLKS WHO ARE MIRED IN A SENSE OF HOPELESSNESS, SAYING, WHAT CAN WE DO? WELL, OF COURSE, THE PROTEST IS AN IMPORTANT THING BECAUSE CHANGES WERE MADE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AS A RESULT OF SOME OF THESE PROTESTS AT NO KING DAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SO THAT IS VALUABLE, BUT WHAT'S THE MOST VALUABLE THING? EXERCISING YOUR PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY, WHICH IS TO VOTE. SO ALWAYS KEEP THAT IN MIND. AND WITH THAT, I'M DONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH ON, UM, WELL, I WENT TO A LOT OF MEETINGS ON THURSDAY, JUNE THE FIFTH. I ATTENDED THE, UH, SOUTHERN SCAG, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT. IT WAS HERE AT CITY HALL, WHICH GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST GO DOWNSTAIRS AND ATTEND THE ROTARY CLUB MEETING ON TUESDAY, JUNE THE 10TH, I ATTENDED A HOUSING ORGANIZATION, NEIGHBORWORKS ORANGE COUNTY ANNUAL BOARD MEETING AND RETIREMENT. AND THEN THAT FOLLOWING AFTER THAT, I THINK MOST OF US ATTENDED THE RETIREMENT RECESSION FOR THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, MEL SHANNON, WHICH WAS AWESOME. UH, IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR ALL THE STORIES AND, UH, SEE THE PAST EMPLOYEES WHO HAD WORKED WITH HIM. AND SO IT WAS JUST NICE TO, TO GET TOGETHER LIKE THAT ON, UH, THURSDAY, JUNE THE 12TH, I ATTENDED THE CENTENNIAL MEETING WHERE WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH THE CENTENNIAL YEAR, BUT THERE WAS STILL SO MUCH CELEBRATION TO COME, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AS WELL. ALSO, THAT EVENING, I ATTENDED THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA DIVISION MEETING, UH, IN IRVINE, WHERE A PRESENTATION BY THE LA AND OC BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADE COUNCIL WAS GIVEN, AS WELL AS A LEGISLATIVE UPDATE BY OUR REGIONAL PUBLIC AFFAIRS MANAGER, CONNOR MEDINA. AND THEN A PANEL THAT DISCUSSED SB 1 3 83 TITLED TRASH TALK ACHIEVING COMPLIANCE WAS SB UH, 1383 AND SATURDAY JUNE THE 14TH, ALONG WITH COUNCIL MEMBER NIAN AND GOMEZ AND ASSEMBLYWOMAN PACHECO, WE ATTENDED THE, UH, AMERICAN LEGION POST 2 6 7 FLAG RETIREMENT DAY. UH, AND I ALSO WENT TO ANOTHER ONE IN BUENA PARK, A FLAG DAY EVENT THERE. AND WHILE I HAD PLANNED TO ATTEND A LUNCH GATHERING THAT DAY AFTER I DECIDED TO GO TO A, THE SCHEDULED DEMONSTRATION AT CITY HALL INSTEAD. AND, UH, THERE WAS LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT WHO WAS ORGANIZING THIS EVENT, AND I WANTED TO FIND OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT THE DEMONSTRATION DID, DID NOT GET OUTTA HAND. UH, I MINGLED AMONG THE SMALL GATHERING, IT WASN'T THAT BIG. IT WAS NICE. I, I MET A LADY WHO CAME FROM HACIENDA HEIGHTS. HER DAUGHTER HAD COMMENTED THAT HER MOTHER FELT COMPELLED TO COME TO A DEMONSTRATION. THEY HEARD ABOUT THE ONE IN LA HARBOR, AND WE CHATTED FOR A WHILE. SHE WAS A VERY NICE LADY. ANOTHER LADY CAME WITH HER, UH, FROM LA HARBA HEIGHTS AND WHO BROUGHT HER HUSBAND'S AMERICAN FLAG, UH, THAT WAS GIVEN TO HER ON HIS PASSING, UH, PASSING OF HER HUSBAND, ROLAND VAN DO DORP, UH, A VETERAN I, ME AND TO ME, I MENTIONED THAT I KNEW THE VON DORP FAMILY AND THAT MY OLDER SIBLINGS HAD WORKED FOR THE V DORP PRESERVE COMPANY BACK IN THE 1960S. MY MOTHER USED TO CLEAN THEIR HOUSE, AND MY SIBLINGS USED TO WORK AT THEIR COMPANY, THEIR PRESERVE COMPANY. SO IT WAS LIKE A REUNION OF SEEING PEOPLE THAT I HADN'T SEEN BEFORE. IT WAS JUST PEOPLE THAT, IT WAS REALLY COMMU A FEELING OF COMMUNITY. SO I WAS GLAD I WAS THERE. IT WAS A REALLY PEACEFUL EVENT. UH, I WAS HAPPY, I WAS HAPPY I DIDN'T GET TO FIND OUT WHO HAD ORGANIZED IT, BUT, UH, NEXT TIME, MAYBE, HOPEFULLY THERE ISN'T A NEXT TIME. UH, AND THEN I WENT ALSO WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ. WE WENT TO THE LA HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL, UH, FUNDRAISER RALLY FOR THE LA HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM. AND YESTERDAY, JUNE THE 15TH, I ATTENDED THE PACIFIC SYMPHONY ON THE GO AT PORTOLA PARK, WHICH WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED. THE CROWD IS GROWING BIGGER, AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THE, THE STAFF, THE RECREATION STAFF, BECAUSE THEY, UH, PROVIDED HAMBURGERS AND HOT DOGS AND CHIPS AND SALAD AND ALL FOR THE, FOR ALL THE FAMILIES AND THE FATHERS THAT WERE THERE. AND THERE WERE PLENTY OF FATHERS THERE THAT WERE ENJOYING THE EVENT. SO THANK YOU. IT WAS A PERFECT SPECIAL WAY TO SPEND THAT FATHER'S DAY EVENING. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF YOU AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO TOGETHER. SO FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE COMMUNITY. WITH THAT, UM, THIS MEETING IS NOW A ADJOURNED. GOOD EVENING, KELLY. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.