Dec 01, 2025 City Council

COUNCIL MEMBER DIRECTOR GOMEZ.

UH, WILL THE CITY CLERK SECRETARY PLEASE CALL.

ROLL? YES.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBER DIRECTOR LAMBKIN HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER DIRECTOR NIAN HERE.

HERE.

MAYOR PRO TEM, VICE CHAIR MADANO.

HERE.

MAYOR CHAIR ESPINOZA HERE.

THANK YOU ALL IN ATTENDANCE.

AND THERE WAS NO CLOSED SESSION SESSION ANNOUNCEMENTS TO BE HELD.

CORRECT.

WILL NOW PROCEED TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

AND THERE ARE NO PROCLAMATION PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING.

[ 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.]

YES.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

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

GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE RECEIVED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GOVERNING BODY MEETING, 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, I DO HAVE TWO SPEAKER CARDS.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND WE WILL ASK THE PUBLIC IF THEY WISH TO SPEAK TO PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM AND PROVIDE US WITH YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.

I BELIEVE YOU HAVE TWO CARD SPEAKERS.

WE DO.

UM, IS, IS IT MATT OR SIR, DO YOU WANNA MARK, PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM HERE IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK.

MARK.

HOW YOU DOING? GOOD EVENING.

UH, MY NAME IS MARK BUSCHER.

UH, I'M HOA PRESIDENT MEIRA VISTA.

I'VE BEEN THERE FOR SEVEN YEARS.

WE'VE BEEN HAVING AN ISSUE WITH THE CNRR INCORPORATION, TRASH NOT BEING PROPERLY PICKED UP AND LEFT.

UM, I SPOKE TO THE MANAGER AND A COUPLE OF MANAGERS AND THEY'RE NOT, UM, THEIR ORGANIZATION'S A LITTLE BIT LEFT.

UM, NOT, NOT TOO, UH, CLEAR ON, UH, COMMUNICATION.

IT'S NOT VERY, UH, VERY GOOD.

AND I ASK, UH, I THINK THE BEST WAY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM WOULD TAKE PICTURES WHEN THEY EMPTIED THE TRASHCAN, TAKE PICTURES.

THAT'D BE RATIFICATION OF SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT, UH, WE'VE DONE THE JOB, HERE IT IS.

BUT MOST OF THE TIME THEY DRIVE BY AND THEY DON'T PICK UP THE TRASH.

THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE.

YOU GUYS ARE FULLY AWARE OF THAT.

THIS IS NOT HERE, THIS IS NOT THIS YEAR.

THIS IS YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.

UM, I JUST WANNA KNOW IF THERE'S A CLEAR CUT, UH, SOLUTION TO THIS ONGOING PROPERTY.

NOW I GOT A QUICK QUESTION IF I MAY GO, GO FOR IT.

YEAH.

YES.

MAR MAR VISTA.

NOW, ISN'T THAT YOU'RE IN LA HABER MAR VISTA? YES.

ARE YOU IN THE NORTHERN PART OF TOWN? 'CAUSE THEY'RE MAR VISTA AND WHITTIER RIGHT NOW.

THAT OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE.

I KNOW.

MAR I THOUGHT MAR VISTA.

SO OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, ELIAS, IS HERE AND HIS DEPARTMENT MANAGES THE TRASH CONTRACT AND, UH, REGULARLY MONITORS CR AND R SO HE CAN, UM, SPEAK WITH YOU AFTER YOU'RE DONE SPEAKING.

WELL THAT MAKES SENSE.

UM, YOU KNOW WHAT, I I WILL TELL YOU THIS.

UH, ALL THEIR TRUCKS, UH, DO COME EQUIPPED WITH CAMERAS SO THEY CAN, UH, UH, GO BACK AND LOOK IF A DRIVER MISSED THE AREA AND STUFF, FOR SURE.

MM-HMM .

SO THE, THE, THE, THE MAYOR WILL INSTRUCT YOU ON WHERE TO PROCEED WITH THIS? YES.

WELL, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT? ? UH, YOU CAN TALK ABOUT OVER HERE.

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AND HE JUST RAISED HIS HAND.

SO YOU'LL SEE WHO HE'S, HOW YOU DOING? NOT DOING A GOOD JOB.

NO, IT'S NOT HIM.

IT'S CR.

THAT'S NOT HIM.

I MEAN, HE'S THE ONE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK TO.

OH, OKAY.

BUT, OKAY.

SO LATER ON, OR IF YOU WANT TO, YOU CAN GO OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW AND SPEAK IF YOU CHOOSE TO OKAY.

TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.

UM, THAT'S THE PERSON I ADDRESSED IT.

YES, EXACTLY.

BUT WHAT DO YOU GUYS DO AS A CITY ABOUT THIS SITUATION? SO I'M GOING WITH OTHER, IF, IF I COULD, MS. MADAM MAYOR, THE PUR THE PURPOSE OF PUBLIC COMMENTS IS TO ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL FOR THEM TO HEAR YOU, NOT NECESSARILY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? PLEASE PROVIDE US WITH YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.

UH, JACK MUR MIRANDA.

I AM A, UH, RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF LAMADA.

A, UH, FAITH LEADER IN THAT COMMUNITY, UH, SERVE, UH, CREDENTIALED WITH THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD.

WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF CHURCHES WORLDWIDE.

3000 JUST HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.

I'VE SERVED AS BISHOP AND, UH, PRESBYTER.

AND WHY I'M HERE IS A BIT OF A GRIEVANCE.

UH, SOME CRITICISM.

UH, I'M A MEMBER OF THE CHA.

HOW I KNOW LA HABRA IS I'M A MEMBER OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, EXTRAORDINARILY DISAPPOINTED IN THE LAST EXCHANGE, THE LAST COUNCIL EXCHANGE, THE USE OF, UH, THE FORMER LEADER OF THE CHAMBER, HER NAME, HER ACTUAL NAME, SHE WASN'T IN, IN THE CHAMBER AT THE TIME.

UH, MARIE LAGA.

UH, I THOUGHT THIS IS, I, I I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND IT.

I BELONG TO, I'M ASSOCIATED AFFILIATED WITH LOS ANGELES LATINO CHAMBER, CALIFORNIA HISPANIC CHAMBER, ORANGE COUNTY CHAMBER.

AND I'M A MEMBER THROUGH THE JESSE UND CENTER, A NONPROFIT, NONPROFITS, AND SMALL BUSINESSES.

THAT'S WHAT THE CHAMBER IS.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S COMMUNITIES WITHIN COMMUNITIES.

THAT'S WHAT THE CHAMBER IS.

IT'S A SMALL BUSINESS TO, TO REALLY THROW OUT AN ACCUSATION, REAL, WHAT I WOULD CALL WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A BLASPHEMOUS THING, NEPOTISM, UM, THAT SHOWS, LET ME BE CAREFUL WITH THIS WORD.

A NTE OF WHAT SMALL BUSINESS IS.

NONPROFITS.

UH, AND IF, I MEAN, WE USE OUR SMALL, WE USE OUR FAMILY WHEN WE'RE STARTING BUSINESS.

AND IF, IF NEPOTISM IS AN ISSUE, WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM WITH GONZALEZ NORTHGATE MARKET.

MOST OF THEIR EXECUTIVES ARE, UH, OUR MEMBERS, FAMILY MEMBERS.

UH, ANYWAY, BESIDES THAT, THE CHAMBER IS A 5 0 1 C3.

IF WE PULL, IF YOU PULLED FUNDING, THAT'S FINE.

THAT'S YOUR, THAT'S YOUR PREROGATIVE.

BUT TO CONTINUE.

AND IF THE GOAL WAS TO REMOVE THE LEADERSHIP MISSION ACCOMPLISHED, SHE'S NO LONGER THERE ANYMORE.

BUT COUNCIL MEMBER SERIAN, YOU, YOU DID MENTION HER NAME DIRECTLY.

AND, UH, AND SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS UNFAIR.

UH, ESPECIALLY IN, IN LIGHT OF THE FACT SHE'S, SHE'S NO LONGER THERE.

I WOULD HOPE THAT THE, THE, THE RELATIONSHIP WOULD IMPROVE WITH THE NEW LEADERSHIP.

BUT TO, TO SAY THIS TO A, TO A MUNICIPALITY, UH, YOUR CHAMBER IS IMPORTANT.

YOUR SMALL BUSINESS IS THE LIFEBLOOD OF A COMMUNITY.

MO MOST EMPLOYED, UH, MOST, LET, LET ME SAY THIS, THE WORKERS, THE EMPLOYEES, SMALL BUSINESS, THAT'S WHO IT IS.

IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT YOUR BIG BOXES.

YEAH.

THEY HAVE A LOT.

BUT IT'S SMALL BUSINESS.

TO SHOW A DISRESPECT, I SAW IT AS DISRESPECT.

YOU HAD NO INTENTION OF CONSIDERING NORTH ORANGE COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND YOU KIND OF USED IT AS A, A LEVERAGE.

AND SO THAT WAS CRITICISM.

SO THANK YOU RIGHT BACK AT YOU, YOUR TIME'S UP.

SEEING NONE, WE WILL PROCEED WITH THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

AM MAYOR, I, I, I LEFT MY CARD.

SURE.

UH, IF ANY, UH, RESPONSE WE MEET, UH, CONNECT UP.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK DURING THIS PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION? YES, SIR.

PORTION OF THE MEETING? IF SO, PLEASE COME UP AND PROVIDE US WITH YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.

[ CONSENT CALENDAR: Senate Bill 1439 ("SB 1439") amended Government Code Section 84308 to expand the regulation of campaign contributions in excess of $500 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 $500 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 $500 from a donor with an economic interest in the governmental decision. Public officials are encouraged to closely track all campaign contributions which collectively exceed $500 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:]

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

ALL MATTERS ON CONSENT CALENDAR ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER, CITY STAFF MEMBER OR MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE REQUESTS SEPARATE ACTION OR REMOVAL OF AN ITEM REMOVED, ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOLLOWING THE CONSENT CALENDAR PORTION OF THIS AGENDA.

PUBLIC 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

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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 SIX, CITY COUNCIL, AGENCY AND AUTHORITIES.

ITEM ONE, SUCCESSOR AGENCY.

ITEM ONE, CIVIC IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY.

ITEM ONE, HOUSING AUTHORITY ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR.

AND UTILITY AUTHORITY ITEM ONE.

ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT STAFF WOULD WISH REMOVED? NO.

MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU.

MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTORS WOULD WISH REMOVED? NO.

MADAM MAYOR.

NO.

ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT THE AUDIENCE WOULD WISH REMOVED? ALRIGHT, I WILL CALL FOR ACTION.

MADAM MAYOR.

I'D MAKE A, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDARS SECOND WITH THE COUNCIL DIRECTORS.

PLEASE VOTE.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS AT THIS TIME AND THERE ARE NO CONSIDERATION ITEMS AT THIS TIME.

[ MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR:]

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

WE HAVE THE LA HARBA TAMALE FESTIVAL.

JOIN US ON THE 12TH ANNUAL LA HARBA TAMALE FESTIVAL THIS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6TH FROM 10:00 AM UNTIL 8:00 PM EVENT WILL BE HELD AT EUCLID STREET BETWEEN LA HARBA BOULEVARD AND EAST BRIGHTEN BECKER AVENUE AND PORT PARK.

WE ALSO HAVE BREAKFAST WITH SANTA EXPERIENCE.

A MAGIC OF A HOLIDAY SEASON AT THE ANNUAL BREAKFAST WITH SANTA ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER THE 13TH AT THE LA HARBOR COMMUNITY CENTER.

ENJOY BREAKFAST PHOTO WITH SANTA AND A HOLIDAY THEME ACTIVITY.

WE HAVE THE SENIOR DANCE.

THE THE CHRISTMAS SENIOR DANCE WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14TH FROM 2:00 PM UNTIL 4:00 PM AT THE LA HARBOR COMMUNITY CENTER.

ENJOY LIVE MUSIC, RAFFLES, DANCING, AND DINNER.

THEN WE HAVE TRIPS AND TOURS.

JOIN THE CITY OF LA HARBOR FOR A NIGHT TRIP TO CAPISTRANO LIGHTS.

MISSIONS IN LIGHTS ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19TH FROM 3:00 PM UNTIL 9:30 PM PICK UP AND DROP OFF AT LA BONITA PARK.

COST IS $60 PER PERSON.

WE HAVE HOLIDAY WISHES.

DONATE THE 2025 HOLIDAY WISHES PROGRAM AND HELP LOCAL CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.

DONATIONS OF NEW TOYS AND OR GIFTS CARDS WILL BE GRATEFULLY ACCEPTED BY STAFF AT THE LA HARBOR COMMUNITY CENTER UNTIL WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER THE 15TH.

WE HAVE THE LA HARBO WINTER DAY CAMP IN, IN.

ENROLL YOUR CHILD AT THE LA HARBO WINTER DAY CAMP AT THE LA HARBO COMMUNITY CENTER.

FROM DECEMBER 22ND THROUGH JANUARY 2ND, CAMPERS WILL ENJOY GAMES, STEM ACTIVITIES, ARTS AND CRAFTS, AND MUSEUM GALLERY VISIT LUNCH AND TWO SNACKS ARE PROVIDED DAILY.

WE HAVE NEW YEAR'S AT NOON RING IN THE NEW YEAR'S EARLY AT THE LA HARBOR CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.

NEW YEAR'S NOON CELEBRATION ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31ST FROM 10:00 AM UNTIL 1:00 PM PARTICIPATION WILL ENJOY PARTICIPANTS WILL ENJOY DANCING CRAFTS ACTIVITIES AND COUNTDOWN TO A BALLOON DROP OUR COMMISSION MEETINGS.

UM, PLANNING COMMISSION MEETS ON THE SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 6:30 PM AT THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER.

THE COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION MEETS ON THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 6:30 PM AT THE COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER AS WELL.

WATER CONSERVATION.

WHILE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF WATER AND RAIN THIS, THIS PAST FEW WEEKS, WATER CON WELL, CONSERVATION EFFORTS ARE STILL ENFORCED AND CALIFORNIANS ARE BE A ARE BEING ASKED TO CONSERVE THE WATER.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM STAFF? NO.

I WILL

[ COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS/DIRECTORS:]

GO TO COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LAGAN.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

UH, SO I WANNA WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND HOPE THAT EVERYONE HAD A ENJOYABLE THANKSGIVING WITH THEIR LOVED ONES.

UH, THROUGHOUT THE LAST TWO WEEKS, UH, I HAD A NOT SO BUSY CALENDAR, UH, FOR WITH OUR CITY, BUT ON, UH, NOVEMBER 19TH, I WENT TO A CAREER DAY OVER AT SARAH VISTA ELEMENTARY.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY COOL.

YOU GET TO SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH KIDS AND EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT DOES A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER DO? AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE DOING IS CREATING PRESENTATIONS THAT ARE INTERACTIVE AND SOMETHING THAT'S RELATABLE.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, HAD A CONVERSATION IN A 15 TO 30 MINUTE SEGMENT ABOUT, UM, VALUES BASED ETHICS DECISION MAKING.

SO I TALKED ABOUT WHAT I DO AS A COUNCIL MEMBER AS IT RELATES TO HAVING TO MAKE ETHICAL DECISIONS.

SOMETIMES THERE'S A BIT OF A MORAL IMPERATIVE WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE A DECISION BETWEEN WHAT'S RIGHT AND WHAT'S RIGHT.

AND SO, UH, IT WAS A PRETTY FUN LEARNING ACTIVITY THAT WE DID.

A COUPLE OF THEM, UH, WHICH REALLY KEPT THEM ENGAGED.

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UH, NOVEMBER 23RD, UM, I WENT TO THE LA HARE, NJB YOUTH BASKETBALL FAIR AND OPENING DAY.

UH, ABOUT 300 STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED IN DIFFERENT, UH, VARIOUS BASKETBALL TEAMS. AND IT WAS PRETTY COOL TO SEE THAT THE KIDS WERE OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, UH, BEING ACTIVE, UM, AND, AND, AND, AND INVOLVED IN SPORTING ACTIVITIES.

UM, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO, UH, ERICA GONZALEZ, WHO'S A LEAGUE DIRECTOR.

UM, AND SHE'S BEEN A LEAGUE DIRECTOR FOR SEVERAL YEARS THERE.

UM, AND SHE'S HAD QUITE THE SUCCESS OVER THE YEARS IN BUILDING UP THAT, THAT LEAGUE THERE.

UM, ON NOVEMBER 25TH, I ATTENDED THE GRAND REOPENING OF CHICK-FIL-A.

UM, AND IT WAS, IT WAS VERY GOOD TO, TO SEE THAT OBVIOUSLY CHICK-FIL-A BEING REOPENED, UH, CONSIDERING IT'S ONE OF ONE OF OUR HIGHEST REVENUE, UH, BUSINESSES IN LA HABRA.

BUT, UM, WHILE THEY, THE COMMON MESSAGE TALKED ABOUT HOW THEIR DOORS WERE CLOSED AND THAT THEY'RE HAPPY TO BE BACK, ONE THING THAT THEY NEVER CLOSED, UH, THROUGHOUT THE TIME THAT THEY WERE, UM, THE BUILDING WAS NOT OPEN, WAS THEIR HEARTS.

AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE CHICK-FIL-A THROUGHOUT THEIR CLOSURE CONSISTENTLY, CONSISTENTLY CONTRIBUTED TO OUR CITY IN, UH, PARTICIPATING IN DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, UH, THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.

AND SO I WANNA THANK THEM FOR NOT ONLY COMING BACK, BUT FOR CONTINUE TO BE A STAPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO, UH, TOBY FLORES.

I DID IN ATTEND THIS EVENT, BUT, UH, I HEARD A LOT OF GREAT THINGS ABOUT IT.

NOT ONLY JUST TOBY FLORES, BUT ALSO HIS MINISTRY, UH, KNOWN AS THE THE COST CHURCH.

UH, HE PUT ON AN AMAZING THANKSGIVING, UH, TURKEY GIVEAWAY AT THE GROCERY OUTLET ON, UH, NOVEMBER 21ST.

AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS ABOUT ATHENA GAVE AWAY SOMETHING LIKE TWO, 300 AND SOME ODD TURKEYS TO FAMILIES, UM, UH, IN, IN THE AREA, UH, SO MUCH TO THE POINT WHERE THERE WAS A LOT OF TRAFFIC BACKUP.

UM, AND IT WAS, IT WAS SUCH A HUGE SUCCESS.

AND WITH THAT, I THINK LAHABRA PD, MORE SPECIFICALLY YOUR TRAFFIC DIVISION FOR FACILITATING, UH, GETTING THAT TRAFFIC IN THERE SMOOTHLY AS WELL AS MAKING SURE WE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH BACKFLOW ON WHITTIER BOULEVARD, BUT IT WAS SUCH A GREAT EVENT TO HEAR ABOUT.

AND, UH, GOT TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT EVENT ON VIDEO, ON YOUTUBE AS WELL, UM, ABOUT, UH, LOOKING AT ITS SUCCESS.

UH, LASTLY, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST, YOU KNOW, WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SHARE WHAT I'M THANKFUL FOR.

I KNOW WE JUST HAD THANKSGIVING AND THANKSGIVING AS, AS WELL AS WITH ALL THE OTHER HOLIDAYS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP IN THE LAST MONTH IS A TIME TO REALLY GIVE THANKS FOR, UM, WHAT WE HAVE.

AND SO FOR ME, IT'S, UM, I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR MY HEALTH, UM, VERY THANKFUL FOR MY FAMILY THAT THAT'S BEEN BUILT OVER THE YEARS.

UM, AND THEN ALSO BEING THANKFUL FOR, UH, BEING ABLE TO BE OF SERVICE TO OTHERS.

UM, AND LASTLY, UM, THE FACT THAT THE CITY, THE RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT YOU THIS YEAR.

AND SO I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT, UM, BECAUSE I ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT THIS IS NOT A SEAT, THAT IT BELONGS TO ME.

IT BELONGS TO THE RESIDENTS OF LAHABRA.

AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

UM, ALONG WITH THAT, UM, WE HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES THAT ALSO PROVIDE SERVICE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, AS SOME OF YOU MAY BE AWARE, SOME OF THEM WERE NOT ABLE TO GO HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES, UH, THIS LAST WEEK FOR THANKSGIVING.

AND, UH, WHAT I'M REFERENCING IS OUR TWO NATIONAL GUARDS MEMBERS IN NEW YORK, UH, I'M SORRY, NOT NEW YORK, IN, UH, IN DC, WASHINGTON, DC UM, WHO UNFORTUNATELY WERE HARMED, AND ONE OF THEM DID NOT MAKE IT.

UM, SO WITH THAT, I WANNA PAY MY RESPECTS TO, UH, SPECIALIST, UH, NATIONAL GUARD SPECIALIST, UH, ANDREW WOLF OF, UH, 24 YEARS OLD, UH, FROM MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, UM, EXPRESSED MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES FOR, UH, 20-YEAR-OLD SARAH STROM, WHO'S A SPECIALIST OF THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD, WHO LIVED IN SUMMERSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, WHO, UH, UNFORTUNATELY SIR, CAME TO HER, UM, TO HER INJURIES.

UM, AND SO, UH, WITH PERMISSION FROM THE COUNCIL, JUST WANNA ADJOURN THE MEETING IN HER NAME, UH, TONIGHT.

AND, UM, EXPRESS GRATITUDE FOR THEIR SERVICE AS WELL AS ALL SERVICE MEMBERS, UM, THAT ARE CURRENTLY SERVING OUR ARMED FORCE ARMED FORCES.

FOOTBALL PLAYERS, THE COACHING STAFF, AND ESPECIALLY FRANK MAZZOTTA ON A TREMENDOUS WIN.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, I, I WANNA START OFF BY CONGRATULATING THE HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL'S CIF CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS.

WHAT A FANTASTIC, UH, GAME THAT WAS.

UH, I GOT TO SEE THE PLAYERS OFF, UH, AT TWO O'CLOCK, UH, BEFORE THEY WENT TO THE GAME.

AND I, UH, HAD A VIEWING PARTY WITH A BUNCH OF PEOPLE AND GOT TO STREAM IT AND WATCH IT.

AND THEN WHEN THE BUSES CAME BACK, I GOT TO CONGRATULATE THEM 11, UH, 1130 AT NIGHT, UH, UH, WHEN THEY GOT BACK TO LA HABRA HIGH SCHOOL.

SO WHAT A INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENT.

THIS IS NOW THE EIGHTH CIF CHAMPIONSHIP UNDER THE DIRECTION OF, UH, COACH FRANK MAZZOTTA.

HE'S ONLY ONE MORE AWAY FROM SETTING THE RECORD.

HE'S TIED FOR THE RECORD IN ORANGE COUNTY, AND HE'S, HE'S JUST DONE A TREMENDOUS, MY SON WAS UNDER HIS PROGRAM, UM, AT, AT LA HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL, AND IT'S JUST A GREAT, GREAT, UH, PROGRAM.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE

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AND MAYOR, UH, I THINK, UH, IF I CAN GET A SECOND ON THIS, I'D LIKE TO CONSIDER WE DO A PARADE FOR THEM.

ANYBODY WANTS TO SECOND THAT? ANYBODY WANTS, I'LL SECOND THAT.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

UM, HE'D COME HERE TO MY SWEARING IN CEREMONIES, AND WHEN I WAS MAYOR, UH, WAS HERE WHEN I GOT SWORN IN, AND HE JUST WAS ALWAYS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF ME AND HAD A LOT OF ADVENTURES WITH HIM.

UM, IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY, KELLY, CAN YOU WAVE KELLY FUJI? YES.

YOU NOT, THERE'S ONLY ONE KELLY, UH, UH, KELLY, UH, I, YOU KNOW, NEXT, NEXT MEETINGS OUR REORG.

AND I, I WANT TO THANK YOU.

KELLY HAS ANNOUNCED THAT SHE'S GONNA RETIRE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.

UH, AND I WANNA THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION.

YOU CAME IN AT A TIME WHEN WE HAD A LONG SERVING COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR, AND YOU CAME IN AND YOU, UH, MOLD THINGS KIND OF YOUR WAY, DID THINGS YOUR WAY, AND YOU TOOK IT UP, UH, A A NOTCH WITH DIFFERENT THINGS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CENTENNIAL.

UH, YOU DID A TREMENDOUS JOB WITH CENTENNIAL.

YOU WORKED HARDER THAN THAN ANYBODY I KNOW EVERY TIME.

I, I WOULD CALL YOU FREQUENTLY, UH, UH, LATE AT NIGHT, EIGHT O'CLOCK GOING, KELLY, WHAT ARE YOU STILL DOING THERE IN THE PARKING LOT? WHAT, I MEAN, YOUR CAR'S STILL HERE.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING? AND I, AND I'D, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU WORKED COUNTLESS HOURS.

YOU MADE YOUR MARK IN LA HARBA, AND THANK YOU.

WE OWE YOU A DEBT OF GRATITUDE FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION.

SO I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY JUST TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND THANK YOU.

UH, WANNA WELCOME A BRAND NEW BUSINESS INTO TOWN.

UH, WE HAD THE GRAND OPENING CEREMONY FOR, UH, HAMBURGERS, ELKO.

SO THEY'RE ON HARVARD BOULEVARD.

PLEASE DROP BY AND, UH, AND SEE THEM.

UH, I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE CHICK-FIL-A, UH, UM, REOPENING OF CHICK-FIL-A.

AND THEY'RE JUST SO SPECIAL.

THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY WERE SO KIND OF TO GRANT ME WITH AN AWARD, WHICH IS VERY SPECIAL TO ME.

UM, WHEN I WAS ON VACATION OUT IN ATLANTA AT A, AT A WRESTLEMANIA SHOW, UM, I GOT TO GO IN AND, AND, AND SEE, UH, UH, THEIR CORPORATE OFFICE AND, AND MEET WITH THEIR, THEIR, THEIR CORPORATE STAFF OVER THERE.

AND THEY'RE JUST SUCH A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION, AND I'M SO PROUD TO HAVE 'EM IN THE COMMUNITY.

I'VE, UH, UH, THOMAS PATEL AND HIS FAMILY HAVE ALL BECOME DEAR FRIENDS OF MINE.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DINNER OCCASIONALLY AND GO OUT TO LUNCH.

BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE A FANTASTIC ORGANIZATION AND, UH, WANT TO THANK THEM FOR ALL THEY DO TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE CITY OF LAHABRA.

UM, UM, RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING, UM, I WANT TO THANK CALVARY CHAPEL.

LAHABRA AGAIN.

THEY, THEY PARTNERED WITH ME TO DO MEALS.

WE DID MEALS FOR SHUT-INS.

SO, UH, ANYBODY, UH, WAS PART OF OUR, UH, MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM THAT WERE SHUT-INS THAT DID, HAD NO PLACE TO GO.

UH, ALSO SOME SENIORS THAT HAD NO PLACE TO GO.

UH, WE D WE DELIVERED, UH, 85 MEALS, UH, ON WEDNESDAY TO THOSE THAT WERE SHUT IN.

AND, UM, I WANNA THANK THOSE PEOPLE WHO, WHO HELPED ME, UH, WITH CALVARY CHAPEL TO, TO DO THAT OUTREACH IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND, UH, IT WAS JUST, IT WARMS MY HEART.

WE'VE DONE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE MEALS AT THE CHURCH, AND THEN WE, WE STARTED FOCUSING ON THE SHUT-INS.

AND, AND IT'S JUST, JUST A TREMENDOUS MINISTRY.

AND I, I WANNA THANK, UH, CAL CHAPEL, UH, PASTOR LANCE FOR COMING ALONGSIDE OF ME, UH, WITH THIS.

WE'VE DONE THIS NOW, I THINK 13 YEARS NOW, AND IT'S JUST, UH, IT WARMS MY HEART TO GO OUT THERE AND, AND SEE ALL THESE INDIVIDUALS.

I, UM, ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO HOST A, UM, AN EVENT, ATM WOOD PARK.

WE DID A LITTLE COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD OF SOME OF THE VIOLENCE THAT'S HAPPENED IN OUR PARKS.

SO WE HAD A, A PRAYER MEETING, ATM, WOOD PARK, AND WE ALSO DID A COMMUNITY OUTREACH, UH, UH, PROGRAM OUT THERE.

WE, WE HAD SOME, SOME GOODIES OUT THERE.

WE HAD SOME CUPCAKES.

WE HAD A COFFEE BAR OUT THERE.

WE HAD SOME MUSIC.

WE HAD SOME GAMES FOR THE KIDS, AND WE HAD A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT.

SO, UM, UNFORTUNATELY, CALVARY CHAPEL HAD ANOTHER EVENT GOING ON AT THE SAME THAT TIME.

SO, UM, MY COUSIN'S CHURCH DECIDED TO STEP IN AND HELP OUT WITH THAT.

SO THAT WAS REALLY NICE.

UH, I GOT TO ATTEND THE JOYS HALLMARK, SECOND YEAR ANNIVERSARY IN THEIR OPEN HOUSE THAT THEY HAD.

UH, AND THAT WAS CERTAINLY A LOT OF FUN.

THEY HAD MUSIC AND SANTA CLAUS WAS THERE, AND THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN.

ON A SAD NOTE, UM, I WANNA ADJOURN TONIGHT IN MEMORY OF MY UNCLE, UH, JUAN VIEJO.

UH, SADLY, HE PASSED AWAY ON THANKSGIVING, UH, THANKSGIVING DAY.

UH, MY CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO HIS WIFE, MARTHA, HIS KIDS, UH, JOHNNY, EZRA AND NICOLE, WHO ARE ALL, WHO ALL GROWN AND, UH, GROWN NOW AND THEIR, THEIR SPOUSES.

UM, JUAN WAS A, A VERY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN.

AND IN FACT, IF YOU TALK TO THE PEOPLE FROM NORTHGATE, THEY CREDIT HIM FOR HELPING THEM.

UH, WHEN NORTHGATE OPENED THEIR FIRST TO, JUAN FIRST STARTED HIS CAREER AT ALPHA BETA, AND HE WAS A, A, A BUTCHER.

SO HE, HE TAUGHT DON MIGUEL HOW TO CUT MEAT AND HOW TO DO ALL, ALL THAT.

AND, UH, UM, HE'S JUST A WONDERFUL GUY.

I, I'M GONNA MISS HIM.

IT'S THE SECOND TRAGEDY WE'VE HAD IN MY FAMILY IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, BUT I'M REALLY, REALLY GONNA MISS HIM.

AND, UM, HE, HE JUST WAS A HAPPY GO LUCKY GUY.

HE,

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UH, BACK IN THE DAY WHEN YOU COULD PUT PEOPLE IN THE BACK OF A TRUCK, WE'D LOAD HIS TRUCK AND WE'D GO DOWN TO THE SUNDOWN, UH, DRIVE-IN THEATER TO SEE LA MARIA AND THOSE, UH, THOSE MOVIES, AND WE'D LOAD UP IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK AND WE'D HAVE OUR, OUR, UH, LOUNGE CHAIRS IN THE BACK AND DRIVE THOSE TRUCKS.

NOW, OF COURSE, YOU GET IN TROUBLE FOR THAT STUFF, BUT WE HAD JUST A GOOD TIME WITH HIM, AND I'M CERTAINLY GONNA MISS HIM.

SO MY GOOD CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO HIS FAMILY, JUAN, JUAN, UH, VIEJO AND MADAM MAYOR.

I THINK I, I, I COVERED IT ALL.

BUT AGAIN, KELLY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER NAZARIAN WANNA DO? UH, NO, YOU MAYOR CALLED ON YOU YOUNG MAN.

YEAH, SHE, SHE DID CALL ON ME.

JUST A COUPLE, UH, FUN THINGS.

ACTUALLY.

I ALSO WENT TO THE, UH, SIERRA VISTA CAREER DAY AND WHAT, UH, MY COLLEAGUE DID MENTION IS THAT AT LEAST MY CLASS, MAYBE YOU GOT LUCKIER.

MY CLASS WERE KINDERGARTNERS.

OH.

OH, NO.

SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A CHALLENGE.

THEY'RE NOT EXPLAINING WHAT YOU DO THERE, .

WELL, YEAH.

SEE, SO THE, THE KIDS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SAY, OH, A COUNCIL MEMBER, THEY GIVE YOU THIS TREMENDOUS BLANK STARE, THEY REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.

BUT I MENTIONED TOO, THAT I SPENT 30 YEARS AS A POLICE OFFICER IN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

THAT WAS A LITTLE MORE INTERESTING.

BUT WITH KINDERGARTNERS, IT'S LIKE, I HAVE A QUESTION.

WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? WHY ARE THERE BAD PEOPLE? AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT ARE JUST KIND OF DIFFICULT TO, YOU KNOW, DELIVER A NUANCED ANSWER TO.

BUT IT WAS STILL A LOT OF FUN.

I THINK YOU HAVE MORE FUN WHEN THE KIDS ARE MORE CONSCIOUS OF WHAT A COUNCIL MEMBER IS AND THIS SORT OF THING.

BUT IT WAS GREAT.

UH, I ALSO JOINED EVERYBODY AT THE CHICK-FIL-A REOPENING.

REALLY ENJOYED THAT, BECAUSE CHICK-FIL-A IS WHAT I CALL A CONSUMMATE CORPORATE CITIZEN OF LA HABRA.

I MEAN, THEY JUST DON'T DO BUSINESS HERE.

THEY REINVEST THEIR TIME, ENERGY, AND THEIR MONEY INTO THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT, THAT ENRICHES THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.

SO I'M GRATEFUL TO THEM FOR ALL OF THEIR CORPORATE INTEREST IN THE WELFARE OF THE CITY.

THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN.

AND I WAS ALSO AT THE, UH, CLE, I SAY THAT RIGHT, UNI.

YEAH, UNI, UNI, UH, THAT GRAND OPENING.

AND, UH, DID HAVE A CHEESEBURGER.

AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, IT WAS A GREAT CHEESEBURGER.

SO, AND THEY HAVE OTHER STUFF ON THE MENU TOO, BUT IT'S ALWAYS EXCITING WHEN WE SEE SOMEBODY NEW COMING INTO TOWN.

AND WE DEFINITELY ARE NOT, WE, WERE NOT ONLY THERE FOR THEM THEN, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE THERE FOR THEM AND EVERY OTHER NEW BUSINESS IN LA HABRA GOING FORWARD.

SO WHEN THEY HAVE ISSUES, PROBLEMS, CONCERNS, WE WANNA BE THERE FOR THEM BECAUSE THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY IS A HUGE PRIORITY FOR US.

AND ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO ENRICH THEIR SUCCESS ENRICHES US.

SO THAT WAS MY TWO WEEKS, AND THAT'S ALL I GOT.

MAYOR MADANO, DID YOU HAVE BULLETS IN YOUR GUN WHEN YOU WERE A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY? I HAD ONE.

ONE.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THEY GAVE YOU ONE MORE.

THEY DIDN'T GIMME ANY, YEAH.

ANYHOW, UH, KELLY, WE'RE GONNA CELEBRATE YOU IN A FEW DAYS REGARDLESS THOUGH, BUT THANK YOU.

I WILL FOREVER.

WE SUPPORT EVERY SINGLE BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF LAHABRA.

SO I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY THANK YOU IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY.

HERE YOU ARE.

UH, THERE'S GONNA BE BIG SHOES TO FILL, I'LL TELL YOU THAT.

YEAH.

BUT, UH, YEAH, IT'LL, IT'S COMING.

I WANTED TO, UH, CONGRATULATE THE, UH, LA HABER HIGH SCHOOL, UH, FOOTBALL TEAM AS WELL, THE VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM, UH, ON WHAT A TREMENDOUS, WHAT A TREMENDOUS FEAT, UH, THIS LAST SATURDAY.

UH, GREAT TO HEAR, GREAT TO SEE.

AND AS JIM WAS SAYING, UH, COACH MAZZOTTA, UH, THE EIGHTH CHAMPIONSHIP THAT HE'S BROUGHT HOME TO LA HABRA, VERY PROUD OF THAT TEAM.

VERY PROUD OF THE, UH, UH, THE, UH, THE KIDS ON THAT FOOTBALL TEAM, WHAT THEY DO, UH, NOT ONLY ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD, BUT IN THE CLASSROOM AS WELL.

IT'S NOT EASY BEING A STUDENT ATHLETE, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM.

AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO, TO CELEBRATING THEM HERE AT CITY HALL ONCE, UH, ONCE THEY HOPEFULLY, UH, WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

SO LET'S SEE HOW THAT, UH, HOW THAT GOES THIS WEEKEND.

AND THEREAFTER, UH, ALSO WANTED TO MENTION, UH, I ATTENDED, UH, THE, UH, THE CHICK-FIL-A, UH, GRAND REOPENING AS WELL.

UH, AND, UH, YESTERDAY'S, UH, OVER ON, UH, ON HARBOR BOULEVARD, UH, GREAT EVENT, BOTH OF 'EM, GREAT EVENTS.

CHICK-FIL-A, UH, CAN NEVER SAY GOOD THINGS ABOUT THIS CHICK-FIL-A HERE SPECIFICALLY, BUT HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED ANY, ANY CHICK-FIL-A YOU EVER GO TO, WHETHER IT'S HERE IN LAS VEGAS, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, I DON'T CARE WHERE IT IS, HOW POLITE THE EMPLOYEES ARE, HOW POLITE THEY ARE, EVERY SINGLE TIME, SMILE ON THEIR FACE AND THE JOB THEY DO.

I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH GOOD THINGS.

THOMAS PERTEL, THE OWNER HERE, I'VE TOLD 'EM THAT MANY A TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF TIME WHEN MY GIRLS WERE, UH, WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL.

AND INSTEAD OF GOING SOMEWHERE, UH, EXTRAVAGANT FOR DINNER, THEY WANTED TO GO TO CHICK-FIL-A IN THEIR, UH, IN THEIR HOMECOMING DRESSES OR THEIR PROM DRESSES BEFORE THE PROM.

AND I WOULD TAKE A PICTURE OF THEM AND I'D, I'D SEND IT TO THOMAS PATEL.

THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO WHAT A GREAT BUSINESS, UH, UH, THAT CHICK-FIL-A IS AND THAT THOMAS RUNS.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM.

UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO UNI.

AND, UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, UH, THAT IT'S MENTIONED UP HERE ON THE DIOCESE, AND FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S WATCHING EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE FOR YOU STUDENTS AS WELL, SOMETHING WE DO.

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NOT JUST BUSINESSES THAT ARE A MEMBER OF A CERTAIN ASSOCIATION.

WE SUPPORT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM BECAUSE THERE ARE BUSINESSES THAT CAN'T AFFORD TO BE MEMBERS OF ASSOCIATIONS, BUT WE SUPPORT THEM ALL.

WE DO THE RIBBON CUTTINGS.

YESTERDAY'S WAS PUT ON BY, UH, BY OUR COUNCILMAN, FORMER MAYOR, JAMES GOMEZ, UH, AND, UH, THE CHICK-FIL-A ONE AS WELL.

HE COORDINATED THAT.

WE DO THAT, UH, BECAUSE THEY ASK US TO, NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE A MEMBER OF AN ORGANIZATION, BUT EVEN WHEN THEY'RE MEMBERS OF AN ORGANIZATION AND THEY ASK US TO, WE DO THAT AS WELL.

THIS IS WHAT WE DO AS A CITY COUNCIL.

SO I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU KNEW THAT AS STUDENTS AS WELL, BECAUSE IT IS A CARING COMMUNITY.

WE DON'T LEAVE ANYBODY OUT.

UH, THAT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO US.

UH, AND, UH, WE SUPPORT ALL OUR BUSINESSES BECAUSE ARE THERE ANY STUDENTS HERE THAT HAVE JOBS HERE IN LA HABRA, ANYBODY? YES.

THE LOCAL BUSINESS.

AND THAT'S WHAT LOCAL BUSINESSES DO.

THAT'S WHAT I ASK OF THEM.

IF THEY'RE GONNA DO ANYTHING, UH, UH, FOR US.

I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE FREE MEAL.

I DON'T NEED IT.

I WOULD RATHER THEM REINVEST THAT BACK INTO A JOB FOR YOU SO YOU CAN PAY FOR YOUR WAY TO SCHOOL, OR YOU CAN JUST MAKE EXTRA MONEY.

THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S WHAT IT SHOULD BE ALL ABOUT.

SO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS CLARIFIED, UH, THAT WE SUPPORT ALL OF OUR BUSINESSES AND WE CONTINUE TO DO SO.

ANYHOW.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

YEAH, BAKERSFIELD STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BAKER BAKERSFIELD.

AND, UH, MY WEEK WAS A SHORT WEEK, SO IT WASN'T AS BUSY AS IT NORMALLY IS.

UH, I ALSO ATTENDED THE SIERRA VISTA CAREER DAY, ALONG WITH, UH, MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES.

UM, I ALSO HAD KINDERGARTNER, SO IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT THE COUNCIL DOES, BUT, UH, I ACTUALLY, UM, HAD SAID, I'M LIKE, THEIR TEACHERS ALWAYS LEARNING, ALWAYS HAVING TO LEARN TO MAKE, UH, SURE THAT WE PROVIDE THE BEST THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY PROVIDE AS A TEACHER AND AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.

AND I HAD EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT, UM, AFTER FIVE YEARS ON THE COUNCIL, I DECIDED, DECIDED TO SAVE MY LANYARDS AND, AND STARTED SAVING THEM.

AND, UH, AND I, I PULLED OUT ALL THESE LANYARDS ON A, ON A REAL HEAVY HANGAR, AND THEY JUST, OUR EYES JUST POPPED OPEN.

THEY, I GO, HOW MANY DO YOU THINK ARE ON THIS HANGAR? AND THEY GO, A HUNDRED OR SO? AND I SAID, YEAH.

I GO, WE'RE ALWAYS LEARNING.

WE ALWAYS HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND LEARN THE BEST WE CAN TO PROVIDE THE BEST SERVICES FOR OUR COMMUNITY FOR ALL OF YOU.

AND AS YOUR TEACHER, WE'RE OUT THERE, THE TEACHERS ARE OUT THERE AS WELL, TRYING TO LEARN THE BEST POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE YOU THE BEST EDUCATION POSSIBLE.

SO THAT WAS MY PRESENTATION TO, TO GET THEIR ATTENTION, BECAUSE KINDERGARTNERS ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO TRY TO GET THEM TO UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF A COUNCIL AND WHAT THEY DO.

ON NOVEMBER THE 20TH, I, I ATTENDED THE OOG MEETING, ORANGE COUNTY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT.

I ATTENDED IT BY ZOOM HERE AT CITY HALL.

AND I HAD SOME GOOD NEWS THAT, UH, ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS WHO'S ON THE AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT BOARD, UM, WORKED FOR THE AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT.

CARLOS RODRIGUEZ HAD PROVIDED SOME GOOD NEWS THAT THE CITY OF LA HARBOR CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE FULLERTON JOINT UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT RECEIVE SOME GRANTS THAT THEY WILL TRANSITION THEIR BUSES FROM GAS TO ELECTRIC.

AND SO WE'RE, THEY'LL BE GETTING THE GRANTS, UH, IF NOT ALREADY.

SO I'M EXCITED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE TRANSITIONING THOSE BUSES FROM GAS TO TO ELECTRIC.

SO THAT, THAT WAS GREAT NEWS FOR ME.

AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I HEARD THROUGHOUT THE MEETING WAS THAT, THAT, UH, GREAT NEWS I DID ON.

UH, AND THEN AFTER THAT, UH, WE ALL WENT, UH, TO THE EMPLOYEE'S THANKSGIVING LUNCH, WHICH WAS REALLY WONDERFUL TO SEE ALL THE EMPLOYEES AND THOSE THAT HAD RETIRED TO COME BACK AND HAVE LIKE A REUNION.

IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO SEE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE RETIRED AND TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THEM AND HOW THEY'RE DOING IN LIFE.

SO IT WAS, UH, UH, IT WAS REALLY, REALLY NICE.

AND IT WAS HELD AT OUR LEADER, GUADALUPE, BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY CENTER WAS BEING, UH, REMODELED.

AND THERE WAS STUFF THAT HAD TO BE DONE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER ON NOVEMBER THE 25TH.

I ATTENDED ASSEMBLYWOMAN, PACHECOS, TURKEY GIVEAWAY IN, IN DOWNEY.

I WAS A LITTLE WORRIED THAT I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MAKE IT ON TIME BACK TO THE CHICK-FIL-A, BUT I DID, I WAS THERE AT THE REOPENING OF THE CHICK-FIL-A AS WELL.

AND IT WAS JUST NICE TO SEE THAT THE BEAUTY, THE BEAUTY OF THE BUILDING AND HOW IT HAS EXPANDED.

AND NOW YOU CAN ALL SIT THERE AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, SPEND YOUR TIME AND ENJOY A GOOD MEAL WITH THEM.

AND IT'S JUST A, A, A WONDERFUL BUSINESS.

THEN I'M GLAD THAT THEY HAVE, UH, DECIDED TO CONTINUE AND THEY REOPENED AND, AND THEY HAVE ANOTHER ONE IN WHITTIER AS WELL.

SO WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THE, THE WITHDRAWALS OF HANGING, HAVING CHICK-FIL-A, I DID END UP GOING TO THE ONE IN WHITTIER, AND IT WAS NICE.

AND I SAW HOW IT WAS REMODELED, AND I GO, OKAY, WELL, IF THAT'S WHAT OURS IS GONNA LOOK LIKE, IT'S WORTH THE WEIGHT.

AND I, UH, I, I DON'T MIND GOING TO WHITTIER AND HAVING A CHICK-FIL-A THERE, BUT IT'S BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL.

I LIKE TO ALSO CONGRATULATE, UH, LA HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL.

UH, COACH MDA FOR HIS EIGHTH CIS CHAMPIONSHIP, AND IT WAS HELD IN MANIFE, AND I THINK, UM, THEY'RE GOING TO NOW GO

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TO THE STATE.

BAKERSFIELD.

SO, UH, WE WISH THEM WELL.

AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU MADE A MOTION THAT WE WILL HAVE A PARADE HERE.

UH, THIS WILL BE HIS EIGHTH PARADE.

THIS IS INCREDIBLE.

SO PLEASE COME OUT FOR THAT PARADE AS WELL.

I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT'LL HAPPEN, BUT IT'LL PROBABLY HAPPEN IN JANUARY.

AND MAKE SURE AND, AND, AND BE AWARE OF WHEN THAT DATE IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

AND SO NOW I WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING IN MEMORY OF SARAH, SARAH BECKSTROM AND JUAN VIE VIEJO.

OH, OH, GO AHEAD.

I APOLOGIZE MADAM MAYOR, FOR THE INTERRUPTION.

BUT ALSO, I, WHAT I FAILED TO MENTION WAS I ALSO WANTED ADJOURN THE MEMORY OF, UH, JONATHAN MENDOZA, UH, SON, UH, TO, UH, ANGELINA ESQUEDA, ONE OF OUR BUSINESS OWNERS HERE WHO PASSED AWAY A FEW WEEKS AGO.

SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE, UH, THAT WAS MENTIONED.

AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THE INTERRUPTION.

NO, NO, NO, NO.