* 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. [ CALL TO ORDER: Council Chamber INVOCATION: City Attorney Collins PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: La Habra Student Dominic Orozco ROLL CALL: Mayor Espinoza Mayor Pro Tem Medrano Councilmember Gomez Councilmember Nigsarian Councilmember Lampkin] [00:00:07] GOOD EVENING. I WILL NOW CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF DECEMBER 15TH, 2025. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT IT IS 6:30 PM THE INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY THE CITY ATTORNEY COLLINS, FOLLOWED BY THE FLAG SALUTE BY LED BY A LA HARBOR STUDENT. DOMINIC OROZCO, IF YOU WOULD ALL PLEASE STAND. DEAR GOD, WE HUMBLY PRAY THAT YOU WILL GRANT WISDOM TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS IT CONSIDERS CITY BUSINESS SET FORTH IN THE MEETING AGENDA TONIGHT. WE ASK THAT YOU PROVIDE THE CITY COUNCIL WITH INSIGHT AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND CHALLENGES CONFRONTING OUR COUNCIL, STAFF, AND CITIZENS, SO THAT TOGETHER WE CAN STRIVE TO SOLVE THESE ISSUES WITH COMMUNITY, SPIRIT AND PARTNERSHIP IN MIND. PLEASE BLESS THE COUNCIL IN ITS DECISION MAKING TONIGHT SO THAT WE MAY ACT PRUDENTLY AND RESPONSIBLY FOR THE GOOD OF THE LA HABER COMMUNITY. AMEN. AMEN. WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE A MICROPHONE FOR, UH, YEAH. DO YOU WANT HIM UP AT THE DIOCESE OR DO YOU WANT US TO GET UP THE MIC? YEAH. OR UP OR UP AT THE DICE. THERE'S FINE IF, UH, LET HIM COME UP HERE. PODIUM. YEAH. OR YOU WANT COME UP DOMINIC, COME UP HERE. IT'S IMPORTANT. YEAH. COME UP HERE. COME AROUND THAT. YEAH, COME AROUND. THAT ONE. YOU JUST GO SAY, AND YOU TELL EVERYBODY RIGHT THERE WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. SO TELL I'M READY, BEGIN AND THEN WE'LL FACE THE FLAG. READY? BEGIN BUDGET ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OVER. AND ONE PATIENT UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE LIBERTY. THANK YOU, DOMINIC. NICE JOB, DUDE. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU, DOMINIC. THANK YOU. UH, KEEP. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU. WILL, WILL THE CITY CLERK PLEASE CALL. ROLL. YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER LAMBKIN HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER NICK ARIAN. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ. HERE. MAYOR PRO. TEM MADANO. HERE. MAYOR ESPINOZA HERE. ALL IN ATTENDANCE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THERE WAS NO CLOSED SESSIONS HELD. AND NOW [1. RECOGNITION OF THE 2025 HOLIDAY HOME DECORATING "LIGHT UP THE SEASON" AWARD RECIPIENTS] WE WILL GO TO PROCLAMATION, THE PRESENTATIONS IF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD JOIN ME AT THE WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO WE ARE HAVE THE RECOGNITION OF THE 2025 HOLIDAY HOME DECORATING LIGHT UP FOR LIGHT UP THE SEASON AWARD RECIPIENTS. AND WE HAVE, UH, THE, UM, DENISE, I BELIEVE IT IS, THAT'S GOING TO BE, UM, INVITED HERE TO GIVE THIS AWARD A RECOGNITIONS. SO IF YOU'D PLEASE COME UP AND ANYBODY ELSE, I GUESS, ON THE COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION CAN ALSO COME UP. I DON'T WANNA STAND IN FRONT OF YOU. . WHEREVER YOU LIKE THE OKAY. IS IT ON? IT'S ON. IT'S ON YOU. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. WE ARE SO EXCITED TO PRESENT TO THE FAMILIES THE RECOGNITION FOR THEIR HOMES THAT TRULY CAPTURE THE SPIRIT OF THIS HOLIDAY. SO THERE WERE SO MANY NOMINATIONS, IT WAS SO DIFFICULT TO CHOOSE. BUT, UM, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE FROM THE PICTURES UP THERE THAT THESE HOMES SHOW A LOT OF CARE AND CREATIVITY. SO THE FIRST ONE WE'D LIKE FOR THE FAMILY TO COME UP IS THE CARILLO FAMILY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THAT'S NICE. SO, GETTING AN AWARD, A BEAUTIFUL AWARD. NICE. COME ON UP HERE. LIGHT UP THE SEASON HOME DECORATING AWARD FOR 2025. YAY. YOUR REMOTE LIGHT UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THERE'S THEIR, IF YOU COULD LOOK UP THERE, THERE'S THEIR HOUSE. [00:05:09] OH, S THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE NEXT FAMILY, IF THEY WOULD COME FORWARD IS THE SMITH FAMILY. OH MY GOODNESS. SO CUTE. THAT WAS REALLY NICE. HI. CONGRATULATIONS. HI. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL HOME. YOU KNOW THAT. YEAH. DID YOU HELP? DO ALL THAT. GUYS HAVE A GOOD JOB. CONGRATULATIONS, YOUR SCIENCE. APPRECIATE HOW YOU DOING. THANK YOU. BEAUTIFUL JOB. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. HI. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK CONGRAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. I'M GONNA TO CRY. . THANK YOU. YOU CAN PUT IT RIGHT THERE FOR ME. PICTURE. THERE YOU GO. CONGRATULATIONS. AW. MY US SENDING IN FRONT OF YOU. 'CAUSE YOU'RE OKAY. HERE WE GO. THREE SMILE. OH, NO. DO YOU WANT TO STAND? 1, 2, 3. THAT'S WHAT I GET. WHEN I WAS WITH SANTA, WHEN I WAS A LADY. OH. GOT THE MAGIC TOUCH. 1, 2, 3. YAY. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE NEXT FAMILY. IF I SAY YOUR NAME WRONG, I APOLOGIZE. P PAVONE. P PAVONE. THAT'S TAKING PICTURE. LEMONADE STAND. GOOD JOB. BEAUTIFUL. HERE YOU, HERE YOU GO. THIS IS, I DIDN'T, OKAY, HERE WE GO GUYS. SMILE. 1, 2, 3. OH, GREAT JOB. TWO THREE. MERY CHRISTMAS. THANK YOU. MERRY CHRISTMAS. YES. MERY CHRISTMAS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE NEXT FAMILY IS THE GHO FAMILY S YOU SAY IT BETTER. GALLEGOS. GALLEGOS. I THINK YOU WERE GONNA BE ABLE TO, YOU'RE NOT HERE. OKAY. NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO BE HERE. OKAY. WELL THERE'S A HOME. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. . IT IS THAT IT? AND THE NEXT FAMILY, I DON'T BELIEVE THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT. PET PET CO . WHICH ONE? THERE IT IS. HE, HE. COPPER . DEBBIE KE. COME ON DOWN. ARE YOU HERE? YEAH, THEY'RE NOT HERE EITHER. OKAY. WELL, BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL HOMES. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. REAL QUICK, I JUST WANNA SAY, THESE TROPHIES ARE ACTUALLY AMAZING. ARE THEY NOT? THESE ARE ACTUALLY BUILT BY THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF LAHABRA AT THEIR NEW SPIDER LAB. THEY'RE THE ONES WHO DID THIS FOR US. THAT'S FANTASTIC, ISN'T IT? JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT. GIVE 'EM CREDIT. THERE YOU GO. DENISE. I THINK WE'RE, I THINK WE'RE DONE. SO THANK YOU ALL THERE. HERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL THAT. UH, WERE IN THIS CONTEST. THEIR, THEIR HOMES ARE BEAUTIFUL. YOU LIGHT UP THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND EVERYBODY LOVES IT WHEN A NEIGHBORHOOD LIGHTS UP THEIR DECORATES THEIR HOMES. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THAT. YES. AND NOW WE [2. RECOGNITION OF THE CITY'S CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION COMMITTEE] HAVE, UM, THE RECOGNITION FOR THE CITY CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION COMMITTEE. I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE COMMUNITY SERVICE DIRECTOR, UH, KELLY FUO TO THE PODIUM. YOU DID AN AWESOME JOB. I THINK YOU NEED, YOU NEED A MICROPHONE, DON'T YOU? YOU GOT, YOU WANT THIS ONE? YES. TAKE THIS OVER FOR NOW. PERFECT. THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU, UM, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL [00:10:01] FOR TAKING THE TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR CITY CENTENNIAL, UH, COMMITTEE AND ALL THE EFFORTS THAT THEY HAD ALL YEAR, YEAR LONG. AS YOU KNOW, WE APPOINTED, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS. BOY. OH, I LOVE IT. YOU WE'RE STILL IN THE SPIRIT. SO THEY WORKED HARD ALL THE, ALL YEAR LONG, AND THEY HAD A GREAT TIME. BUT THEY REALLY, UM, I THINK DID THE CITY OF LA HARBOR JUSTICE, THE CITY OF LA HARRANS. WE, UH, THEY DESERVED WHAT WE CELEBRATED THIS YEAR. SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE CELEBRATED, WE STARTED WITH THE KICKOFF IN JANUARY, REMEMBER THE BIG EVENT AND THE, THE PICTURES THAT ARE ON THE WALLS THERE. IT WAS VERY NICE. UM, AND THEN WE MOVED ON TO, UM, THE LEGENDS AND LEGACIES DINNER. AND WE HAD OUR, UM, THE COMMUNITY TALK THAT CELEBRATED THE MEXICAN AMERICANS IN CAMPS, UH, IN THE CITRUS INDUSTRY, AS WELL AS BASEBALL IN THE CITY THAT BROUGHT TO LIFE, UH, JUST, UH, MEMORIES AND, UM, UH, JUST THE GREAT TIMES OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE CAMPS. WE HAD, UH, WE PARTNERED WITH, UH, THE LA HABRA HOST LIONS AND, UM, HAD A GREAT PARADE. I THINK ALL YOU GUYS WERE IN CARRYING OUR BIG BALLOONS. WE DEDICATED TWO PARKS THIS YEAR. ONE THE WOMEN'S CLUB, WHICH IS 127 YEARS OLD NOW, THAT REALLY DID HELP SHAPE THE CITY OF LA HABRA, AS WELL AS OUR, PROBABLY THE PRIME PARK THAT WE HAVE, THE VINCE SCULLY CENTENNIAL PARK. WE ALSO, UM, PUBLISHED THE, SORRY, THE, WE PUBLISHED THE, UH, IMAGES OF AMERICA BOOK AND WE'RE ABOUT READY TO COME OUT WITH, UM, OUR CENTENNIAL MAP. SO IF YOU DIDN'T PARTICIPATE IN THE HUNDRED THINGS TO DO IN LA HARE, YOU CERTAINLY CAN STILL, UH, PARTNER IN THAT, TAKE A SELFIE IN FRONT OF SOME OF OUR MONUMENTS, SOME OF OUR PARKS. IT WAS, UH, A GREAT TIME. UM, WE DO HAVE ONE MORE THING THAT WE WILL CELEBRATE, WHICH IS OUR TIME CAPSULE. WE'LL DO THAT IN JANUARY AS WE END THE FULL CENTENNIAL YEAR. SO WE'LL BE PLACING A HUNDRED ITEMS INTO A NEW TIME CAPSULE. . YEAH. RIGHT, RIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'LL HAVE THE, THE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT HELPED PLAN THE, UH, MEXICAN AMERICANS IN THE CAMPS OF LAHABRA. THEY'RE CONTINUING ON WITH THE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION OF OUR HISTORY HERE IN LAHABRA. AND THEY'LL BE PRODUCING SOMETHING ELSE IN MARCH, HOPEFULLY AT LAHABRA HIGH SCHOOL IN THEIR THEATER. UM, BECAUSE THE DEPOT THEATER JUST WASN'T BIG ENOUGH. AND IF YOU WEREN'T THERE FOR THAT EVENT, IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING. WE LAUGHED, WE CRIED, WE CELEBRATED. AND, UM, IT'LL BE WONDERFUL TO REALLY BRING THAT BACK TO LIFE TOO. SO WITH THAT, LET'S, UH, INTRODUCE OUR COMMITTEE. WE'LL HAVE THEM COME UP ONE BY ONE AND, UM, I THINK STAFF ARE GONNA HELP WITH THE, UH, WE HAVE, UH, CERTIFICATES. AND, UM, IF YOU DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN OUR COIN AND CHIP CHALLENGE, YOU COULD SEE SOME OF THE, THE, THE COINS AND CHIPS THAT WE HAVE HERE. THEY'RE ALSO FOR SALE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. SO, UM, WE ARE GIVING EACH COMMITTEE MEMBER, UM, A LITTLE SHADOW BOX OF ALL OF OUR CHIPS. SO IF I COULD HAVE OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS COME UP WITH US. FIRST ONE IS AN ANNETTE LIMON WELCOME. VERY NICE. CARRIE SEARCH. DANNI CARDENAS. DAVID DE DENISE SCHMIDT. UM, GABBY GARCIA. I DIDN'T SEE HER YET. HUH? SO, I'M SORRY. AM I TRYING TO ONLY CALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE? UH, MAYBE SHE'LL, I THINK SHE'S COMING THOUGH. UM, GINGER, IVY, JESS BADILLO. AND FROM RETIREMENT, WE HAVE JIM COOMBS WITH US HERE TODAY. CANDICE GUTIERREZ. YAY. YES. THERE YOU GO, FRIEND. MS. MARY SCHULTZ. PASTOR MIKE MURPHY. MIKE AND I, UH, RANDY MCMILLAN. I DIDN'T SEE HIM YET EITHER. HE SAYS HE'S COMING. UH, OH. WE HAVE MAYOR ESPINOZA'S ON OUR COMMITTEE. I THINK THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A JIM GOMEZ APPOINTEE. RIGHT? ROSA ESPINOZA. UH, ROY RAMS. LYNN AND VANESSA PERKINS. [00:15:01] SO SAMANTHA, YEAH. I'M GONNA GO THROUGH STAFF TOO. SO, UM, IN ADDITION TO THE, UM, UH, THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT WERE HERE, WE, UM, WE ALSO HAD A GREAT SET OF STAFF, UH, THAT WERE PARTICIPATING AND HELPING. ONE OF THE STAFF THAT WASN'T IN REGULAR RECREATION IS SAMANTHA SIMLAN. SAMANTHA. WOO-HOO. AND OF COURSE WE HAVE, AND I'LL JUST SAY I'M ALL FAST, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO CLAP AT ALL OF 'EM. KIM MALARIAN, KATIE ELMORE, S ORTEGA, AND MARTHA MONTOYA. YAY. ALL RIGHT. SO IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE CAN ALL SQUEEZE IN, WE MIGHT HAVE TO MOVE THE FLOWERS IN THE BACK. I'LL MOVE THIS ONE BACK. BUT LET'S TAKE ONE BIG COMMITTEE. UH, PICTURE. MAKE US MORE ROOM. HUH? ISN'T THIS ENOUGH TAKE OH, COME ON UP, GABBY. PERFECT TIMING. WHERE'S GABBY'S CALLING? CAN WE GET HIM ALL THERE? KELLY? KELLY. KELLY. KELLY. KELLY IN THERE. LET'S JUST HAVE, WE'LL, ALL THE SAYS. IF YOU GUYS, IF SHE HAS TO JUMP IN, YOU'RE JUMPING INTO THE WIRE'S FINE. STILL WORKING HERE. OKAY. READY? 1, 2, 3. YEAH, ONE MORE. CONGRATULATIONS. WANNA GO THAT WAY? OKAY. SO I FORGOT BRIANNA HURT OF COURSE. BUT WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE ANYTHING WITHOUT BRIANNA. SO, SORRY, I TRIED TO GO SO FAST AND THEN I MISSED ONE. BUT BEFORE WE LEAVE, WE'D LIKE TO, UM, ACKNOWLEDGE OUR SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE, UM, MEXICAN-AMERICANS IN THE CAMPS THAT WE DID OVER AT THE DEPOT THEATER. UM, AND I WAS HOPING JESS BADILLO COULD, UH, OH, HE'S ALREADY HERE. CAN COME UP AND INTRODUCE THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR US. I WILL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY PUTTING THE GROUP TOGETHER WAS A MY PLEASURE AND HONOR, REALLY. THEY, UM, GREAT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY. AND SO, UH, THEY PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO THIS GREAT STORIES. THEY REALLY HAD THE AUDIENCE ENTERTAINED AND ENLIGHTEN. SO IT'S MY PLEASURE. AND I'LL INTRODUCE ONE, ONE AT A TIME. UH, FIRST OF ALL, LUPE , ARE THEY COMING, COMING UP? ARE THEY COMING UP? WILL THEY BE COMING UP, JOHN? YEAH, COME UP. BY THE WAY, THEY'RE ALL OLD TIME RESIDENTS OF LAHABRA THE CAMPS. AND I HAVE STELLA HERNANDEZ, MARIA DURAN, AND RUBEN MEJIA. I DIDN'T MAKE CERTIFICATES WITH THEM BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE COMING, SO NO ATE. I'LL GET THEM THOUGH. NOW WE ALSO HAD A PARTNER THAT, UH, WE DON'T HAVE A CERTIFICATE AT FOR, BUT ED VELASQUEZ, IF IT WOULD COME [00:20:01] UP, COME JUST COME ON IN FOR A PICTURE. ME? I ALREADY DID. OKAY. OH, I'M SORRY. ONE LAST PERSON. MY, MY APOLOGIES. RON GUZMAN. . I'M SO HIDDEN. I'LL HEAR ABOUT THIS IS DAVID. DAVID, COME ON IN. DAVID, AGAIN. ALL RIGHT. TEST, TEST. HELLO. HELLO. TEST NOT WORKING. GRAB NUMBER ONE FROM THE PODIUM. WE'LL WORK IT OUT. TEST, TEST, TEST. YES. TEST TWO ISN'T WORKING. ALRIGHT. IT WORKS. YOU GUYS. CAN YOU ME BACK THERE? YES. ALRIGHT. I'VE GOT A JOKE TO TELL YOU. I BETTER NOT, I'LL GET FIRED, ACTUALLY. UH, [ RECOGNITION OF COUNCILMEMBER ESPINOZA FOR HER SERVICE AS MAYOR FROM DECEMBER 2024 THROUGH DECEMBER 2025 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.] BUT, UH, WE'RE HERE, UH, UH, THIS EVENING WHERE YES, WE'RE GONNA DO A REORGANIZATION, BUT I THINK, UH, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE'RE GONNA DO THIS EVENING IS HONOR OUR OUTGOING MAYOR ROSE ESPINOZA. SO, SO BEFORE I START READING THIS, HOW FITTING IT IS FOR OUR MAYOR ROSE, WHO WAS ACTUALLY BORN IN THIS COMMUNITY, WAS RAISED IN THE CAMPS, AND IS NOW OUR MAYOR FOR OUR HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR CENTENNIAL. HOW FITTING IS THAT? SO, GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR OUR ANNUAL COUNCIL REORGANIZATION. TONIGHT WE COME TOGETHER NOT JUST TO CLOSE ANOTHER CHAPTER IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY, BUT TO RECOGNIZE A LEADER WHOSE DEDICATION, ENERGY, AND HEART HAVE EXEMPLIFIED WHAT IT MEANS TO BE ABLE TO HAIN WHO HAS LED THE CITY THROUGH A TRULY EXTRAORDINARY YEAR. AS OUR YEAR LONG CENTENNIAL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION COMES TO A CLOSE, IT'S ONLY FITTING THAT WE HONOR MAYOR ROSE ESPINOZA FOR TAKING ON THIS LEADERSHIP ROLE, AS WELL AS BEING THE CITY COUNCIL'S REPRESENTATIVE ON THE CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE DURING THIS ONCE IN A LIFETIME MILESTONE EVENT. SO, AS YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR, LA HABER CELEBRATED 100 YEARS WITH THE FULL CALENDAR OF CENTENNIAL ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS THAT BROUGHT OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND HONORED THE PEOPLE STORIES AND PLACES THAT SHAPED WHO WE ARE TODAY. UNDER MAYOR ESPINOZA'S LEADERSHIP, WE RECOGNIZED OUR CITY'S RICH HISTORY, HONORED OUR DIVERSE ROOTS, AND HIGHLIGHTED THE HARDWORKING FAMILIES WHO WORKED TOGETHER TO BUILD THIS VERY SPECIAL COMMUNITY. WE HONORED MANY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS AT EVENTS SUCH AS THE LEGENDS AND LEGACIES AWARD DINNER, OR AT A DISCUSSION PANELS HELD AT THE DEPOT THEATER WHERE RESIDENTS RECOUNTED LIFE IN THE CAMPS AND HOW IMPORTANT BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL WERE TO THEIR COMMUNITY LIFE. MAYOR ESP ESPINOZA ALSO DELIVERED AN INSPIRING STATE OF THE CITY AT US, REMINDED US OF HOW FAR WE'VE COME AS A CITY AND HOW BRIGHT THE FUTURE IS BEFORE US. AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, MAYOR ESP ESPINOZA WAS PRESENT TO DOZEN OF ACTIVITIES, EXCUSE ME, DOZENS OF CIVIC EVENTS, MILESTONE CELEBRATIONS WITH FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY, AND SUPPORTING LOCAL AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. MANY OF US WILL NEVER FORGET SEEING ROSE JUMP INTO THE BUBBLE FOAM AT THE PARTY IN THE PARK, SHOWING THAT EVEN MAYORS CAN HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FUN. THIS YEAR WAS ALSO MARKED BY A SPECIAL PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR ROSE, AS SHE WAS HONORED AS THE WOMAN OF THE YEAR FOR [00:25:01] ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 64 REPRESENT ASSEMBLY DISTRICT, UH, 64, REPRESENTED BY OUR ASSEMBLY MEMBER BLANCA PACHECO. THIS IS A WELL LEARNED RECOGNITION FOR HER. DEC UH, EXCUSE ME, A WELL LEARNED DEC RECOGNITION FOR HER DECADES OF SERVICE, LEADERSHIP, AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF LA HABRA. BUT THIS YEAR WAS ALSO A YEAR OF MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR OUR CITY. UNDER HER GUIDANCE, THE CITY OPENED TWO BRAND NEW PARKS, INCLUDING THE BEAUTIFUL LORENA'S WOMEN'S CLUB PARK, AND THE BRAND NEW VINCE SCULLEY CENTENNIAL PARK. THESE SPACES WILL SERVE GENERATIONS OF FAMILIES IN LA HABRA AND STAND AS LASTING SYMBOLS OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S COMMITMENT TO KEEPING LA HABRA A FAMILY FRIENDLY, ACTIVE, AND CONNECTED COMMUNITY. MAYOR SPINO ALSO LED EFFORTS TO CONTINUE IMPROVING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. WE PAVED IN REPAIR STREETS ACROSS THE CITY, INCLUDING LONG AWAITED IMPROVEMENTS ON EUCLID STREET, AND MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN SECURING FUNDING FOR THE LONG AWAITED OC LOOP PROJECT THROUGH LA HABRA. NOTICE I SAID SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS WE'RE GETTING THERE AND ROSE WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN THAT. WE ALSO WELCOME NEW BUSINESSES TO LAHABRA, STRENGTHENING OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND OFFERING EXCITING NEW OPTIONS FOR FAMILIES. COMPANIES LIKE KRISPY KREME FOR US COPS ON COUNCIL, NOT BAD POWER SERVICE, IS YOURS AND LAQUINTA TO NAME A FEW ALL CHOSE TO MAKE LAHABRA THEIR HOME THIS YEAR. WHILE ROSE WAS MAYOR, WE CONTINUED OUR EFFORTS TO REVITALIZE OUR DOWNTOWN. AS WE WORKED TO UPDATE THE LAHABRA BOULEVARD SPECIFIC PLAN. OUR GOAL IS SET THE STAGE FOR A MORE VIBRANT AND WALKABLE DOWNTOWN. AS PART OF THIS VISION, WE BEGAN RENOVATING TWO CITY OWNED BUILDINGS ON EUCLID STREET THAT WILL SOON BECOME THE NEW HOMES OF THE LAHABRA ART ASSOCIATION, THE WOMEN'S CLUB AND THE HISTORICAL MUSEUM TO BRING ARTS, CULTURE AND HISTORY TO WHAT WILL BECOME THE HEART OF OUR NEW ARTS AND CIVIC CENTER IN DOWNTOWN LAHABRA MAYOR ESPINOZA. YOUR YEAR AS MAYOR HAS BEEN IMPACTFUL AND REFLECTIVE OF THE LAHABRA SPIRIT. NOT TO MENTION SUPER BUSY FOR YOU. YOU'VE SHEPHERDED LAHABRA THROUGH MAJOR PROJECTS, MAJOR CELEBRATIONS, AND MAJOR ENROLLMENTS THAT WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR DECADES. AND YOU'VE DONE IT WITH YOUR TRADEMARK, KINDNESS, HUMILITY, AND PASSION FOR PEOPLE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LAHABRA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOUR SERVICE, AND YOUR UNWAVERING LOVE FOR THIS COMMUNITY. WE ARE GRATEFUL. EXCUSE ME. THERE WE GO. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS, NOT JUST THIS YEAR, BUT THROUGHOUT YOUR MANY YEARS OF DEDICATION TO OUR CITY. PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING AND THANKING MAYOR ESPINOZA FOR AN EXCEPTIONAL YEAR OF SERVICE. THANK YOU. SO ROSE, AS A TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION, PLEASE ACCEPT THIS GAVEL PLAQUE HONORING YOUR YEAR AS MAYOR OF THE THE CITY OF LA HABRA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PICTURE BILL, GET OVER HERE. ALRIGHT. ONE, TWO, YEAH, PUT IT BACK. SO THIS IS WHAT WE CALL A ROSE AMONGST THORNS. . IF YOU DON'T ALREADY KNOW THAT, SHE'S THE GLUE THAT KEEPS US TOGETHER, HONESTLY. ALRIGHT, SO AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO EXTEND THEIR GRATITUDE TO PLEASE COME FORWARD. AND WE'LL START WITH, I BELIEVE, UH, REPRESENTATIVE ALEJANDRA ELIA FROM SENATOR TOM BERG'S OFFICE. SHE HERE, SHE'S NOT HERE. SHE'S NOT HERE. OKAY. YES, WE HAVE, UH, WE'RE WE, WE'RE GOING IN ORDER HERE. OKAY. SO WE'LL GO, UH, REPRESENTATIVE, UH, ACTUALLY IT'S GONNA BE, UH, ARI RUIZ FROM ASSEMBLY MEMBER BLANCA. PCA'S OFFICE. ARI. ARI, RIGHT HERE, BROTHER. VERY GOOD. HI EVERYBODY. UH, MY NAME IS ARI. I'M THE DISTRICT DIRECTOR FOR ASSEMBLY MEMBER BLANCA PACHECO. AND, UM, I AM SO EXCITED TO BE HERE TO CELEBRATE YOU, UH, FOR YOUR SERVICE OF, TO THE CITY OF, OF LAHABRA. CHRISTOPHER CANIS, OUR FIELD REP. TYPICALLY, HE COMES AND THEY JOINS YOU GUYS. AND WHEN HE CALLED OUT TODAY, I WAS VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE . SO, UH, LIKE THE MAYOR PROTE MENTIONED, UM, SIMILAR, MAYOR PACHE COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY BECAUSE SHE HAS ANOTHER ENGAGEMENT. HOWEVER, UM, WHEN WE THOUGHT ABOUT WHO SHOULD BE THE WOMAN OF THE YEAR, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY WE KNOW WE, WE FLY 'EM UP TO SACRAMENTO. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THEY KNOW THAT LA HABRA AND ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 64 IS WELL REPRESENTED. AND, AND SO YOUR LEGACY WILL CONT WILL BE HERE FOREVER. [00:30:01] I, I LOVE IN THE WORK THAT YOU DID TO MAKE SURE OPEN UP NEW PARKS, LESS JAYNA PARKS. THAT'S YOUR LEGACY. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE ON. AND WHEN PEOPLE LOOK BACK AND THEY SAY, THAT'S THE MAYOR ESPINOZA'S, UH, JEWEL. SO ON BEHALF OF ASSEMBLY MEMBER BLANCO PACHECO, CONGRATULATIONS ON A ANOTHER YEAR OF SERVICE. AND, UM, WHEN MAYOR ROSA ESPINOZA SUCCEEDS, LAHARA SUCCEEDS. HEY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WHERE WE'LL, OKAY. OKAY, GREAT. BETTER DO SOMETHING. PERFECT. GOOD. GREAT. RIGHT THERE. BIG SMILE AND ONE FOR VIDEO. HERE WE GO. SORRY. ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS, ROSE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BACK. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. AND NEXT, OUR, UH, REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE FOURTH DISTRICT OF ORANGE COUNTY. OUR SUPERVISOR, DOUG CHAFFEE. SEE YOU, SIR. YOU DON'T GET A HANDSHAKE. YOU HAD A HUG. , THANK YOU. FITTING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL, IT'S A SPECIAL HONOR TO BE HERE. THE ONLY MARE I KNOW OF THAT COULD BE THE HARBOR CENTENNIAL MARE. THERE'S ONLY ONE INDEED IS INDEED FITTING IN PROPERTY THAT ROSE ESPINOZA BE THAT MARERE. NOW I'VE NOTICED SEVERAL THINGS TONIGHT. ONE, I SAW SOME HOMES BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED 'CAUSE PEOPLE CARE. THAT'S WHY THEY WERE DONE SO BEAUTIFULLY. AND A COMMITTEE TO HELP OUT WITH THE CENTENNIAL, WHAT I SAW FROM THEM WAS A WAVE OF CARE. EVERY ONE OF THEM CARED TO BE IN THAT COMMITTEE TO CELEBRATE THE HARPER'S HERITAGE. AND SO TRULY, YOU ROSE REPRESENT THE HARBOR BEST BECAUSE THEBA TRULY IS A CARING COMMUNITY. THAT'S ITS MODEL, AND YOU REPRESENT THAT FANTASTICALLY. SO IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH A THING. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY ROOM LEFT TO HANG THIS ANYWHERE. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR MAKING THE RESIDENTS OF HARBOR A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE AND ENJOY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK ONE MORE, UM, SINCE WE STARTED. HERE YOU GO. SMILE. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS BACK TO SOMEBODY. THANK YOU, SIR. SEE YOU AT . YEAH, TOMORROW. OH NO, WEDNESDAY, . OKAY, WE'RE DONE. WELL, UH, I'M GONNA PUT IT OUT THERE IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE. I BELIEVE THERE'S, MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOMEBODY HERE FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. NO, THERE WAS A CALL. THEY HAD A CALL. YES. THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY THINK THEY'RE, THEY THINK THEY'RE AS BUSY AS POLICE OFFICERS ARE OR SOMETHING, OR WHAT? THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. EXACTLY. NO. WELL, ONE MORE. HOW ABOUT WE GIVE YOU THIS ONE . I GOTTA USE THIS ONE JUST THERE. ROSE, WE JUST WANTED TO SAY, ON BEHALF OF EVERYBODY HERE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO LA HABRA WITHOUT YOU. UM, THERE'S A LOT THAT HAS HAPPENED UNDER YOUR, UH, MAYOR MAYORSHIP FOR TODAY. . WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU'VE DONE, EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE CONTINUOUSLY LEADING UP TO THIS FULL YEAR OF THE CENTENNIAL. YOU'VE LED US WITH DIGNITY, WITH GRACE, WITH SMILES, WITH GRATITUDE, UH, JUST BEING VERY HELPFUL TO EVERY CITIZEN OF LAHABRA AS ONE. I APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH. YOU ARE A LEGACY. AND, UM, FOR EVERY FEMALE THAT FOLLOWS IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS, WE HAVE BIG SHOES TO FILL. BUT THANK YOU. MEALS ON WHEELS. I'M REPRESENTING MEALS ON WHEELS, THE LA HABER WOMEN'S CLUB, THE CENTENNIAL, THE VETERANS, UM, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION. UM, I'M REPRESENTING MY FAMILY, SO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THOSE. [00:35:10] I'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING ABSOLUTELY ROSE. WE LOVE YOU. THE WHOLE CITY LOVES YOU. I CALL HER HAMMA BECAUSE SHE'S A JEWEL. SHE'S A HIDDEN JEWEL IN OUR COMMUNITY. SHE HAS OPENED SO MANY DOORS FOR THESE CHILDREN THAT GO IN FOR TUTORING, THAT HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM YOU AND HAVE COME BACK TO YOU AS PROFESSIONALS AND WITH WONDERFUL MEMORIES, NOT ONLY FOR THEM, BUT FOR THEIR PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN. YOU ARE A BLESSING IN THIS COMMUNITY AND YOUR LEGACY THAT YOU HAVE AND ARE LEAVING IT, YOU'RE NOT DONE YET. SO I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE AMIGOS CLUB AND BEING A PROUD LION MYSELF, YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE FOR ALL THE NONPROFITS. YOU FILL YOUR CALENDAR WITH EVERY EVENT THAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY, AND WE LOVE YOU FOR THAT. AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE CENTENNIAL AND ALL YOUR INPUT AND STORIES. GOD BLESS YOU AND GIVE YOU GOOD HEALTH. THANK YOU. OKAY. ON BEHALF OF ALL YOUR FRIENDS, THANK YOU. THANK, BOY, THAT'S, THAT'S A LOT TO FOLLOW. I, UH, , WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT YOU, ROSE, THAT HASN'T BEEN SAID ALREADY, EXCEPT, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME, I'M JUSTIN ROGERS, NEWLY ELECTED BOARD PRESIDENT OF THE LA HABER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND ON BEHALF OF OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT, I JUST WANTED TO EXTEND A HEARTFELT THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND THROUGHOUT THE DECADES OF SERVICE THAT YOU HAVE PUT FORTH TO THE COMMUNITY. OUR FAMILIES ARE SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE YOU AS A LEADER AND ALL OF YOU AS A LEADER, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THERE'S AMAZING THINGS GOING ON, AND OUR KIDS ARE DEFINITELY THE FUTURE, AND YOU ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO ENSURE THAT THEIR FUTURE IS VERY BRIGHT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. ON BEHALF OF LA HABER CITY SCHOOLS, ROSE, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CINDY. ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, I'M GONNA, THIS IS ONE OF WHAT THEY CALL A MICRO MOMENT. GOODNIGHT, EVERYBODY. KIDDING. WE STILL HAVE MORE MEETING TO GO. ALRIGHT. OKAY, ROSE. OH, OH, WAIT A MINUTE. WHY DOES ROSE GET TO TALK ? I'M NOT GONNA SAY A WHOLE LOT BECAUSE OF THE RECEPTION THAT'S GOING TO BE AFTERWARDS OVER HERE AT THE ATRIUM, BUT I JUST WANNA THANK YOU BECAUSE IT'S NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT THESE GENTLEMEN, MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL WHO SUPPORT ME ALL THE TIME, THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, UM, THESE LADIES THAT SPOKE, WE'RE ALL PART OF THE CITY, AND WE ALL GIVE TREMENDOUS HOURS TO OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE FOR US TO LIVE. WE CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER ON A DAILY BASIS. I MEAN, I'VE BEEN MAYOR SIX TIMES NOW, SO IT'S, UH, I HAVE AROUND SIX GAVELS ALREADY , BUT IT, IT IS, UH, THIS YEAR IT TOOK IT UP TO ANOTHER LEVEL THAT I NEVER EVER THOUGHT I WOULD EVER BE AT SO MANY MEETINGS, UH, IN ADDITION TO WHAT I USUALLY DO REPRESENTING THE CITY ON BOARDS, UH, DIRECTORS AND SUCH. BUT IT WAS BECAUSE, AND THEN I REMEMBER THAT, UH, VANESSA HAD SAID, I ALWAYS SAY THAT, THAT AT THE COMMITTEE, SHE SAID, THIS IS A CHALLENGING, AMBITIOUS, AMBITIOUS, UH, PROJECT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE CENTENNIAL, ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GONNA BE DONE. BUT IF THEY WERE GONNA BE AMBITIOUS, MY ENERGY WAS GOING TO BE AMBITIOUS AS WELL AND PARTICIPATED IN EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAD. I AM SO HAPPY, SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE BEEN PART OF THE CENTENNIAL AND BE THE MAYOR AT THAT TIME BECAUSE IT CAME ACROSS, YOU MET PEOPLE THAT I HAD NEVER MET BEFORE, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND, AND EVERYONE SPOKE OF HOW PROUD THEY ARE OF OUR CITY. UH, I, I HAD WORE MY MAYOR SHIRT. UH, I WAS AT IMPERIAL BURGERS GETTING SOMETHING IN. THERE WAS A LADY THERE, AND I HAD MY SHIRT THAT SAID, MAYOR. AND SHE, SHE SAID, YOU'RE THE MAYOR. AND I GO, YES. AND SHE SAYS, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE LIVED HERE FOUR YEARS. SHE SAYS, BUT THERE'S JUST, IT'S A DIFFERENT CITY. SHE SAID, IT'S, IT'S A FEELING OF COMMUNITY HERE. SHE SAYS, I REALLY FEEL THE COMMUNITY HERE. AND I GO, YEAH, ALL OF US FEEL IT. YOU, YOU'LL FIND THAT PEOPLE STAY FOR GENERATIONS AND GENERATIONS. THEY DON'T LEAD BECAUSE THEY LIKE THE LIFESTYLE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND I SEE THOSE THAT WERE PART OF THE, THE COMMITTEE FOR THE RED CAMPS AND THE BASEBALLS. THEY'VE LIVED HERE GENERATIONS AND THEY JUST ENJOY IT. AND THEY'RE, THEY ARE GLAD THAT THEY WERE PART OF THE CENTENNIAL, THAT THEIR VOICES GOT HEARD, THEY WERE SEEN THE HISTORY OF IT. AND THAT'S NOT THE LAST OF IT. THERE'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER ONE IN MARCH. SO THIS REALLY FELT LIKE COMMUNITY FOR ALL OF US. AND EVERYONE PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE AND YOU'RE GONNA PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE FROM HERE ON IN. SO WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE. I'M VERY FORTUNATE, AND THE STAFF IS INCREDIBLE. UH, EVERYONE HAS DONE THEIR PART OVERWHELMINGLY TO MAKE THIS SUCCESSFUL CITY THAT WE ARE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALL I WANTED WAS JUST TO BE PART OF THE MAYOR [00:40:01] AND BE PART OF THE CENTENNIAL. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE PRIVILEGES YOU GAVE ME. AGAIN, AFTER YOU MAYOR, WE UP THERE OKAY. FROM HERE? YEAH, WE CAN, WHATEVER YOU LIKE. ANYWAY, ROSE, YOU ARE A TRUE TREASURE. AND THE THING I ADMIRE ABOUT YOU MOST IS YOU ALWAYS BROUGHT US IN AS A TEAM. NOT ONLY THE COUNCIL, BUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. AND, UH, IT TOOK YOU A LONG TIME TO GET HERE, BUT WHEN YOU CAME HERE, YOU'VE DEFINITELY HAVE MADE YOUR MARK HERE IN LAHABRA. AND CONGRATULATIONS, IT'S AN HONOR FOR ME TO SERVE WITH YOU ON THE CITY COUNCIL. AND AGAIN, YOU'RE JUST A TRUE TREASURE AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY CALL HER THE MOTHER THERESA OF LAHABRA. AND I THINK THAT'S A VERY APT TERM BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S BEEN SAID ALREADY, BUT SHE IS SO SYMBOLIC, EMBLEMATIC OF EVERYTHING THAT THIS COMMUNITY IS HAVING BEEN BORN IN THIS CITY AND ALL THE COUNTLESS DECADES OF WORK SHE'S PUT INTO THE WELFARE OF THIS COMMUNITY. IT IS A TRUE JOY, PLEASURE, UH, AND, UH, AND FILLS ME WITH ENORMOUS PRIDE TO SERVE WITH YOU, ROSE, BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB THIS YEAR. AND THE CENTENNIAL ITSELF WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE, BUT NOBODY REPRESENTS QUITE LIKE ROSE ESPINOSA. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S BEEN A JOY TO, TO SERVE WITH YOU. THANK YOU. SO, UH, MADAM MAYOR, I WAS GONNA SAVE MY COMMENTS FOR CLOSING, BUT UM, IN PART WHAT I WAS GONNA REFERENCE WAS THE CONVERSATION WE HAD WHEN I FIRST CAME ON TO COUNCIL. UM, KNOWING THAT I WAS COMING IN AS A BIT OF AN UNKNOWN TO THE CITY AND TO OUR, MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES, UM, ONE OF THE FIRST CONVERSATIONS WE HAD WAS YOU CALLED ME AND SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, YOUR VOTE IS JUST AS EQUAL AS ANYONE ELSE. UH, UH, ELSE UP HERE. YOU WELCOME ME TO THE TEAM WITH OPEN ARMS. AND THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS THAT WAS SAID ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE VERBS THAT WERE USED TO DESCRIBE YOU. BUT ONE OF THE ONES THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT IS EMPATHY. SOMEONE WHO REALLY EXPRESSED A, A, A, A TRUE PARTNERSHIP, A TRUE MOTHER, LIKE CARE FOR ME, BEING UP HERE, IT'S NOT EASY BEING UP HERE ON THE, ON THE DIET HERE, BUT YOU MAKE IT SO MUCH EASIER KNOWING THAT, UM, I'M GONNA GIVE THE BEST THAT I CAN GIVE, BUT I GIVE THE BEST THAT I CAN GIVE TO BE SUCCESSFUL, NOT JUST FOR MYSELF, BUT FOR EVERYONE UP HERE. YOU MADE THAT HAPPEN FOR ME. AND SO I WANNA THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WELCOMING ME WITH OPEN ARMS FOR YOUR GENEROSITY AND FOR THE EMPATHY YOU'VE SHOWED ME THROUGHOUT THIS PAST YEAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH. GOT OUR, CAN YOU TAKE A OUTGOING PICTURE HERE? NO, NO, NO. OH MY GOODNESS. WE HAVE FUN. WE HAVE A LOT OF FUN. 1, 2, 3. ALRIGHT GUYS. ALL RIGHT. HERE WE GO. PERFECT. ALL WE GOT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR I LOVE THAT. AND NOW WE, NOW WE WILL PROCEED [ CONSIDERATION ITEMS: Any member of the audience may request to address the La Habra City Council on any Consideration Item, prior to the La Habra City Council taking a final vote on the item. Public comment shall be limited to three (3) 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.] TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. THANK YOU MAYOR. WHEN ADDRESSING THE LA HAPER CITY COUNCIL, PLEASE COMPLETE A SPEAKER'S CARD BEFORE LEAVING THE COUNCIL CHAMBER. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT 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 MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF SPEAKER CARDS. ALRIGHT. IF THEY WOULD PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM, PROVIDE US WITH YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. I'LL TAKE THE FIRST SPEAKER. OH, PLEASE. WHAT? I ALREADY SAID IT. OH, HE ALREADY SAID IT. OKAY. THEN WE WILL GO ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. I'M SORRY. MAYOR RICHARD ROJAS. RICHARD ROJAS. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS RICHARD ROJAS [00:45:01] AND I SERVE ON THE CITY'S COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION. I'M HERE WITH MY GRANDSON, CALVIN. HE'S MY BACKUP TONIGHT. I COME HERE TONIGHT WITH THREE GOALS IN MIND. NUMBER ONE IS TO THANK MAYOR ESPINOSA AND OUR CITY COUNCIL OR CITY STAFF AND OUR CITY, CITY COMMUNITY LEADERS. I'M SORRY FOR THE INCREDIBLE YEAR OF MILESTONES, WONDERFUL MEMORIES AND HOPE FOR A BETTER FUTURE FOR THE CITY. THE SECOND GOAL HERE TONIGHT IS TO THANK OUR AMAZING LA HABER CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION COMMITTEE. MY GOODNESS, WHAT WORK, YOUR PASSIONATE, DEDICATION AND HARD WORK THIS YEAR WAS SIMPLY MAGICAL. THE THIRD REASON I'M HERE TONIGHT IS TO ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS, INCLUDING THE CITY COUNCIL, TO REACH OUT AND LIFT UP YOUNG ADULTS IN LA HARBA TO BECOME INVOLVED IN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. YOU MIGHT ASK WHY SHOULD YOUNG ADULTS GET INVOLVED IN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT? WHEN PEOPLE HEAR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, THEY OFTEN THINK OF NATIONAL POLITICS. BUT THE MOST IMMEDIATE AND MEANINGFUL CIVIC DECISIONS HAPPEN LOCALLY IN OUR CITIES, IN OUR SCHOOLS, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THAT'S WHERE THE YOUNG ADULTS HAVE A GREATEST OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE. CIVIC ENGAGEMENT GIVES YOUNG PEOPLE A VOICE ON ISSUES DIRECTLY AFFECTING THEIR LIVES. LIKE HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC SAFETY, HEALTH EDUCATION, AND THE ENVIRONMENT IT'S WITH THESE, UH, YOUNG ADULTS AREN'T INVOLVED. THOSE DECISIONS GET MADE WITHOUT THEIR PERSPECTIVE, AND THEY WILL, WITHOUT CONSIDERING THE LONG-TERM FUTURE, THEY WILL HAVE AN INHERIT. SO LOCAL INVOLVEMENT ALSO LEADS TO VIABLE RESULTS SERVING ON A COMMISSION. VOLUNTEERING, HELPING ORGANIZE THE COMMITTEE EFFORT CAN QUICKLY LEAD TO IMPROVEMENTS. PEOPLE CAN SEE AND FEEL AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. ONE COMMITTED PERSON TRULY MATTERS. CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ALSO BUILDS LIFELONG LEADERSHIP SKILLS. YOUNG ADULTS LEARN HOW TO COMMUNICATE, HOW TO COLLABORATE, HOW TO SOLVE PROBLEMS, AND MAKE ETHICAL DECISIONS, SKILLS THAT CARRY INTO A CAREER AND LEADERSHIP ROLE. MOST IMPORTANTLY, ENGAGEMENT STRENGTHENS OUR DEMOCRACY AND OUR COMMUNITIES. IT CREATES BALANCE, INCLUSION, AND A SENSE OF BELONGING. IT TURNS PEOPLE FROM OBSERVERS INTO STAKEHOLDERS. THE TRUTH IS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT DOESN'T REQUIRE POLITICAL AMBITION OR SOCIAL EXPERIENCE. IT SIMPLY REQUIRES SHOWING UP WHEN YOUNG ADULTS GET INVOLVED, COMMUNITIES STAY STRONGER AND THE FUTURE BECOMES BRIGHTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND IT'S SO TRUE, SO TRUE. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK DURING THIS PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION? VERY WELL SEEN. NONE. WE HAVE, UH, THE [1. CITY COUNCIL REORGANIZATION AND APPOINTMENTS TO GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES AND OUTSIDE BOARDS That the City Council consider and elect/appoint: A. Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem for one-year terms (December 2025 to December 2026); B. Delegate and Alternate representatives to the Orange County Sanitation District for one-year terms (December 2025 to December 2026); C. One Councilmember to serve on the County of Orange Bridges at Kraemer Place Community Advisory Board for a two-year term (December 2025 to December 2027); D. Delegate and Alternate representatives to the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) for the purpose of attending and voting at the SCAG General Assembly meetings held in 2026; E. Two Councilmembers to serve on the City's Internal Audit Committee for one-year terms (December 2025 to December 2026); and, F. Appointment by the Mayor of one Councilmember to serve on the City's Emergency Preparedness Council as Vice Chair for a one-year term (December 2025 to December 2026).] CITY CLERK WILL BE, UH, MENTIONING THE CONSIDERATION ITEM. YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING, CONSIDERATION ITEMS WILL BE HELD PRIOR TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE MAY REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE LA HABER CITY COUNCIL ON ANY CONSIDERATION ITEM PRIOR TO THE LAHABRA CITY COUNCIL TAKING A FINAL VOTE ON THE ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH THE TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER CONSIDERATION ITEM, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR OR CHAIR. SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOAN TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE, AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE. THE ONLY CONSIDERATION ITEM ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS ENTITLED CITY COUNCIL REORGANIZATION AND APPOINTMENTS TO GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES AND OUTSIDE BOARDS. SO MAYOR, IF YOU'D LIKE TO PLEASE CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS FIRST. OKAY. UM, I WOULD LIKE, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC TO TESTIFY IF THEY'D LIKE TO GIVE THEIR NAME AND THEIR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. C NONE. WE WILL PROCEED. OKAY. THANK YOU. I WILL ACT AS PRESIDING OFFICER TONIGHT FOR EACH ITEM ON THE AGENDA. AND THE FIRST ITEM IS FOR MAYOR FOR A ONE YEAR TERM, DECEMBER, 2025 THROUGH DECEMBER 20, 26. NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE POSITION OF MAYOR FOR A ONE YEAR TERM. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE JOSE MEDRANO. AND I'LL SECOND. SECOND. I'D ALSO LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS AND CAST A UNANIMOUS VOTE. SECOND, UH, MADAM MAYOR. OKAY, MADAM MAYOR, IF I COULD INTERJECT, UH, PLEASE. IT'S ADVISABLE IF WE TAKE A ROLL CALL, VOTE FOR EACH OF THESE APPOINTMENTS RATHER THAN VOTING BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT. THANK YOU. THAT WAY THERE'S A CLEAR RECORD OF EACH OF THE APPOINTMENTS, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT, THEN WE WILL HAVE THE CITY CLERK DO THAT. THANK YOU, KEITH. SO THE MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SIAN TO NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER OR MAYOR PRO TEM JOSE MEDRANO FOR THE POSITION OF MAYOR FOR ONE YEAR TERM. I WILL DO A ROLL CALL. VOTE FOR THAT MOTION. COUNCIL [00:50:01] MEMBER LAMBKIN? YES. HOW DO YOU VOTE? COUNCIL MEMBER NIAN? YES. MAYOR PRO TEM MADANO. I DON'T KNOW. I YES. . I ACCEPT COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ. YES. AND MAYOR ESPINOZA. ABSOLUTELY. YES. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. FIVE ZERO. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS MAYOR PRO TEM FOR A ONE YEAR TERM. DECEMBER, 2025 THROUGH DECEMBER, 2026. NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE POSITION OF MAYOR PRO TEM FOR A ONE YEAR TERM. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER JAMES GOMEZ IN THAT ROLE. SECOND. SECOND. THANK YOU. THE MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER NICK ERIAN TO NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ FOR THE POSITION OF MAYOR PRO TEM FOR ONE YEAR TERM MOTION. SECONDED BY MAYOR MEDRANO. WE'LL TAKE A ROLL CALL. VOTE FOR THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER LAMPKIN? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ERIAN? YES. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ESPINOZA? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ? YES. MAYOR MADANO. YES. CONGRATULATIONS MAYOR PRO TEM GOMEZ. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS FOR DELEGATE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT FOR A ONE YEAR TERM. DECEMBER, 2025 THROUGH DECEMBER, 2026. NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE POSITION OF DELEGATE TO THE ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT. FOR A ONE YEAR TERM, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE MAYOR MEDRANO FOR THAT ROLE. I'LL SECOND AND I'M SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER LAMBKIN. SECOND IN. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. I WILL CONDUCT A ROLL CALL, VOTE FOR THAT MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ERIAN TO NOMINATE MAYOR MADANO FOR THE POSITION OF DELEGATE TO THE ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT FOR WHEN YOUR TERM MOTION. SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER LAMBKIN TAKING A ROLL CALL VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER LAMBKIN? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER NIAN? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ESPINOZA? YES. MAYOR PRO TEM GOMEZ? YES. MAYOR MADANO? YES. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS FOR ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT FOR A ONE YEAR TERM. DECEMBER, 2025 THROUGH DECEMBER, 2026. NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE POSITION OF ALTERNATE TO THE ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT. FOR A ONE YEAR TERM, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER ROSE ESPINOZA. SECOND. THANK YOU. THE MOTION WAS MADE BY MAYOR MADANO TO NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER ESPINOZA FOR THE POSITION OF ALTERNATE TO THE ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT FOR A ONE YEAR TERM MOTION. SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM GOMEZ. ROLL CALL. VOTE FOR THAT MOTION. COUNCIL MEMBER LAMPKIN? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER NIAN? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ESPINOZA? YES. MAYOR PRO TEM GOMEZ? YES. MAYOR MEDRANO. YES. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS. ONE. COUNCIL MEMBER TO SERVE ON THE ORANGE, OR EXCUSE ME, ON THE COUNTY OF ORANGE BRIDGES AT KRAMER PLACE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TWO YEAR TERM. DECEMBER, 2025 THROUGH DECEMBER 20, 27. NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR ONE COUNCIL MEMBER TO SERVE ON THE COUNTY OF ORANGE BRIDGES AT KRAMER PLACE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TWO YEAR TERM, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER LAMPKIN FOR THAT, PLEASE. I'LL SECOND THANK YOU. MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER NIAN TO NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER LAMBKIN TO SERVE ON THE COUNTY OF ORANGE BRIDGES AT KRAMER PLACE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TWO YEAR TWO YEAR TERM MOTION. SECONDED BY MAYOR MADANO RULE CALL VOTE ON THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER LAMBKIN? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER NIAN? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ESPINOZA. YES. MAYOR PRO TEM GOMEZ? YES. MAYOR MADANO. YES. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS DELEGATE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS SCAG FOR THE PURPOSE OF ATTENDING AND VOTING AT THE SCAG GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETINGS HELD IN 2026. I NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE POSITION OF DELEGATE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT SCAG FOR THE PURPOSE OF ATTENDING AND VOTING AT THE SCAG GENERAL ASSEMBLY [00:55:01] MEETINGS IN 2026. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER ROSE ESPINOZA. I'LL SECOND THANK YOU. MOTION MADE BY MAYOR PRO TEM GOMEZ TO NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER ESPINOZA FOR THE POSITION OF DELEGATE TO THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT SCAG FOR THE PURPOSE OF ATTENDING AND VOTING AT THE SCAG GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETINGS HELD IN 2026. MOTION SECONDED BY MAYOR MEDRANO. ROLL CALL, VOTE ON THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER LAMPKIN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER NIAN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ESPINOZA. YES. MAYOR PRO TEM GOMEZ. YES. MAYOR MEDRANO. YES. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS SCAG FOR THE PURPOSE OF ATTENDING AND VOTING AT THE SCAG GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETINGS HELD IN 2026. NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE POSITION OF ALTERNATE TO THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT SCAG FOR THE PURPOSE OF ATTENDING AND VOTING AT THE S SCAG GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETINGS HELD IN 2026. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE MAYOR MADANO. I'LL SECOND. SECOND. OH, PARDON ME. WHO SECONDED? UH, MAYOR PROM GOMEZ. MAYOR PROM. NO THANK YOU. MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER SIAN TO NOMINATE MAYOR MADANO FOR THE POSITION OF ALTERNATE TO THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS SCAG FOR THE PURPOSE OF ATTENDING AND VOTING AT THE SCAG GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETINGS HELD IN 2026. MOTION SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM GOMEZ. ROLL CALL. VOTE ON THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER LAMPKIN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER NICK ERIAN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ESPINOZA. YES. MAYOR PRO TEM GOMEZ? YES. MAYOR MEDRANO. YES. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS TO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THE CITY'S INTERNAL AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR ONE YEAR TERMS. DECEMBER, 2025 THROUGH DECEMBER 26. NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN TO APPOINT THE FIRST OF TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THE CITY'S INTERNAL AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR A ONE YEAR TERM. ROUND A POINT OF ORDER IF I CAN. UH, MR. CITY MANAGER, DID WE WANT, UH, TO CONTINUE TO HANDLE THAT? THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR PRO TEM? UH, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY THE COUNCIL'S DISCRETION. IN THE PAST THAT'S BEEN THE PRACTICE. UH, BUT IT CAN BE ANY TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE THE MAYOR. THAT'S FINAL. I'LL SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. AND COUNCIL MEMBER ESPINOZA. SECONDED THAT? YES. IS THAT WHAT I, AND THAT'S JUST FOR THE FIRST ONE, RIGHT? YOU'RE NOT DOING BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO COUNCIL MEMBER NIAN MADE A MOTION TO NOMINATE MAYOR MEDRANO FOR THE FIRST OF TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THE CITY'S INTERNAL AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR A ONE YEAR TERM MOTION. SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ESPINOZA ROLL CALL. VOTE ON THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER LAMPKIN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER NICK IAN? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ESPINOZA. YES. MAYOR PRO TEM GOMEZ? YES. MAYOR MADANO. YES. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ORDER. BUSINESS TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THE CITY'S INTERNAL AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR ONE YEAR TERMS. I'M SORRY, THIS WOULD BE FOR THE SECOND. LET ME ALSO BE FOR THE SECOND SEAT. I'M SORRY. YES. NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN TO APPOINT THE SECOND OF TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THE CITY'S INTERNAL AUDIT COMMITTEE. FOR A ONE YEAR TERM, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE MAYOR PRO TEM GOMEZ. THERE WE GO. OKAY. SECOND. I'M SORRY. WHO SECONDED THE MOTION? THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ESP ESPINOZA MADE A MOTION TO NOMINATE MAYOR PRO TEM GOMEZ FOR THE SECOND OF TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THE CITY'S INTERNAL AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR A ONE YEAR TERM MOTION. SECONDED BY MAYOR MADANO RULE CALL VOTE ON THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER LAMPKIN? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER NICK SIAN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER AT SPINOZA? YES. MAYOR PROM GOMEZ? YES. AND MAYOR MADANO? YES. THAT IS ALL. THE ITEM F IS FOR APPOINTMENT BY THE MAYOR OF ONE COUNCIL MEMBER TO SERVE ON THE CITY'S EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COUNCIL AS VICE CHAIR FOR A ONE YEAR TERM DECEMBER, 2025 THROUGH DECEMBER, 2026. AND THIS IS, DOES NOT REQUIRE A MOTION, JUST AN APPOINTMENT BY YOU. MAYOR MEDRANO. I'D LIKE TO APPOINT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DARREN ERIAN AND I ACCEPT WITH GRATITUDE. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION ITEMS. AND [ 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 or City staff member 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 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. ] MAYOR MADANO, WE ARE NOW ONTO CONSENT CALENDAR, IF YOU'D LIKE FOR ME TO READ THAT OUT. SURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL MATTERS ON CONSENT CALENDAR ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE [01:00:01] AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER OR CITY STAFF MEMBER 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 LOAN TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE, AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE. THE CONSENT CALENDAR INCLUDES CITY COUNCIL ITEMS ONE THROUGH 10. I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE, UH, PUBLIC TO TESTIFY AND PLEASE GIVE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. ANYBODY WISHES? SEE NO ONE CALL FOR REMOVAL OF ITEMS BY STAFF. NONE. MR. MAYOR, UH, ANY UH, REMOVAL OF ITEMS BY, UH, CITY COUNCIL? NO SIR. NO SIR. MAYOR. ALRIGHT. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE ALL VOTE. I WILL TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE MAYOR. SURE. THANK YOU MADAM. SO THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. UH, THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE ALL CONSENT AND CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH 10. COUNCIL MEMBER LAMPKIN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER NIAN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ESPINOZA. YES. MAYOR PROTE GOMEZ? YES. MAYOR MADANO. YES. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. WE ARE NOW [ MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR:] ON TO MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR. ALRIGHT. MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR. FIRST UP, HOLIDAY WISHES. DONATE TO THE 2025 HOLIDAY WISHES PROGRAM AND HELP LOCAL CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. DONATIONS OF NEW TOYS AND OR GIFT CARDS WILL BE GRATEFULLY ACCEPTED BY STAFF AT THE LARA COMMUNITY CENTER UNTIL WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17TH. TRIPS AND TOURS, JOIN THE CITY OF LA HABER FOR A NIGHT TRIP TO THE CAPISTRANO LIGHTS, MISSION AND LIGHTS. THIS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19TH FROM 3:00 PM UNTIL 9:30 PM PICK UP AND DROP OFF AT LA BONITA PARK. AND HIS COST IS $60 PER PERSON. THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL LIGHT SHOW, BY THE WAY, IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING. LAHABRA WINTER DAY CAMP, ENROLL YOUR CHILD IN THE LAHABRA WINTER DAY CAMP AT THE LAHABRA 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 PROVIDED DAILY CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING. CRR PROVIDES CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING AND COLLECTION SERVICES DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON. TREES WILL BE PICKED UP ON REGULAR COLLECTION DAY, BEGINNING DECEMBER 26TH THROUGH JANUARY 18TH, 2026. NEW YEAR'S AT NOON RING IN THE NEW YEAR EARLY AT THE LA HABER CHILDREN'S MUSEUM. NEW YEAR'S NOON CELEBRATION ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31ST FROM 10:00 AM UNTIL 1:00 PM PARTICIPANTS WILL ENJOY DANCING CRAFTS ACTIVITIES AND COUNTDOWN. TWO, A BALLOON DROP. CITY HALL CLOSURE IN OBSERVANCE OF THE WINTER HOLIDAYS. CITY HALL WILL BE CLOSED BEGINNING NEXT WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24TH WITH REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS RESUMED ON MONDAY, JANUARY 5TH, 2026. THE LA HARBOR COMMUNITY CENTER WILL BE CLOSED ON DECEMBER 24TH, 25TH, 31ST, AND JANUARY 5TH. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT WATER BILLS DUE DURING THE CLOSURE WILL NOW BE DUE THE DAY. CITY HALL OPENS COMMISSION MEETINGS. THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETS ON THE SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 6:30 PM IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER. THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION MEETS ON THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 6:30 PM IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER. WATER CONSERVATION, WATER CONSERVATION EFFORTS ARE STILL ENFORCED AND CALIFORNIANS ARE BEING ASKED TO CONTINUALLY CONSERVE WATER. THAT IS THE MAYOR'S, UH, CALENDAR AND, UH, GO ON TO, UH, [ COMMENTS FROM STAFF:] COMMENTS FROM CITY STAFF. YEAH. JUST TO, UH, COMMENTS, MR. MAYOR. UH, FIRST OFF WOULD LIKE TO AGAIN REITERATE AND A DEEP GRATITUDE TO THE CITY'S CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE. UH, THIS IS A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT SPENT BETTER PART OF TWO YEARS OF THEIR LIVES HELPING PLAN FOR A YEARS LONG CELEBRATION THAT, UH, THIS COMMUNITY ENJOYED. UH, IT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT THEIR HARD WORK. AND, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE UNPAID POSITIONS AND LONG HOURS AND A LOT OF, UH, UH, DEEP PLANNING AND, AND REALLY COMING UP WITH SOME GREAT IDEAS. UH, AND THAT CAME TOGETHER WITH A LOT OF SUPPORT AND HELP FROM OUR CITY STAFF ACROSS ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, BUT PREDOMINANTLY COMMUNITY SERVICES. I MEAN, THEY TOOK THE LEAD ON PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING THAT COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENTS DO IN THEIR CAREERS IS PLANNING FOR A CENTENNIAL, UH, PARTY FOR A CITY. AND THEY REALLY, I THINK, EXCEEDED ALL OF OUR EXPECTATIONS ON WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO. AND FINALLY, THANK YOU TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR HAVING THE CONFIDENCE IN US TO PULL OFF A GREAT YEAR OF EVENTS AND, AND PROVIDING US WITH A BUDGET AND LETTING US, UH, JUST GET CREATIVE WITH IT. AND YOU COULD SEE WHAT, WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO WITH THAT AND THE CREATIVITY FROM THE COMMITTEE AND THE STAFF. AND THEN SECONDLY, I'D LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF SHE IS STILL IN HERE. IS KELLY [01:05:01] STILL IN HERE OR DOES SHE DUCK OUT? COME HERE, KELLY. COME HERE, KELLY. ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE PODIUM. ALL THE WAY OUT. YEAH. AND I KNOW YOU'RE DUCKING BACK THERE. UM, IT'S BITTERSWEET THAT I HAVE TO, UH, MENTION THAT WE ARE GONNA LOSE KELLY FUO, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR, KELLY, IS GOING TO SOON, UM, UM, ENJOY A WELL-EARNED RETIREMENT AFTER MORE THAN, WHAT, 40 YEARS IN THE BUSINESS. UM, ALMOST SEVEN OF WHICH HAVE BEEN WITH THE CITY OF LAHABRA. UM, IT'S FUNNY, SHE STARTED WITH THE CITY OF LAHABRA AND THEN, UH, HAD WE HAD GREAT PLANS AND IDEAS, AND SHE HAD REALLY TOOK THE BULL BY THE HORNS ON SOME THINGS SHE WANTED TO DO. AND THEN COVID HIT . AND, UH, LIFE CHANGED FOR US VERY QUICKLY. AND, BUT TO HER CREDIT AND HER STAFF'S CREDIT, THEY PIVOTED QUICKLY TO GOING FROM, UH, PLANNING COMMUNITY EVENTS TO PLANNING ON PUBLIC SA UH, HEALTH, UH, BASICALLY, AND, AND REALLY HELPING THE COMMUNITY WEATHER THROUGH THE COVID PANDEMIC. BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH, KELLY, FOR ALL THE WORK YOU AND YOUR STAFF HAVE DONE AND, YOU KNOW, TAKING WHAT WAS ALREADY A REALLY GOOD DEPARTMENT AND MAKING IT BETTER AND REALLY BRINGING IN A NEW, UM, IDEAS AND, AND CITY COUNCIL. YOU GUYS HAVE CONTINUOUSLY TOLD THE COMMUNITY AND STAFF AND AT THIS DAIS HOW MUCH YOU APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK COMMUNITY SERVICES, UH, DOES. IT STARTS AT THE TOP AND IT'S REALLY THAT KIND OF LEADERSHIP ROLE THAT WE GET WITH KELLY. SO, WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTOOD WHAT A GREAT JOB YOU'VE DONE AND HOW MUCH WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU, KELLY. BUT YEAH, CONGRATULATIONS. ANYONE ELSE FROM CITY STAFF? NO. MR. MAYOR, VERY GOOD COMMENTS [ COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS:] FROM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE'LL START OVER TO MY LEFT. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DEL LAMPKIN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I WANNA GO RIGHT BACK TO KELLY. I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. UM, I BELIEVE YOU STARTED IN JANUARY OF 1986 AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH 40 YEARS OF SERVICE, WE'RE, WE'RE LOSING A LOT OF TALENT HERE. UM, BUT I'M SURE THAT YOU DID A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SUCCESSION PLANNING AND MAKING SURE THAT SOMEONE CAN FILL YOUR SHOES OR A GROUP OF PEOPLE CAN FILL YOUR SHOES WITH THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS. UM, I KNOW YOUR WORK IS GONNA CONTINUE ON. UM, I KNOW YOU'RE KIND OF DABBLING INTO NON-PROFITS AND THINGS, AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, I BELIEVE YOU JUST RECENTLY FINISHED A CERTIFICATION AND NON IN, UH, IN, UH, A NONPROFIT CERTIFICATION FROM, I BELIEVE IT WAS ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY. SO KUDOS TO YOU ON THAT. JUST SPEAKS TO, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH OF A LIFELONG LEARNER YOU ARE. AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE, AND I HOPE THAT YOUR WORK CONTINUES HERE IN THE CITY OF LAHABRA. UM, I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE FOR THE AMAZING WORK THAT THEY PUT TOGETHER. UM, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. UM, IT HAS ACTUALLY HELPED ME TREMENDOUSLY AS A NEW CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. I, I FEEL LIKE I GOT A BIT OF AN ADVANTAGE BECAUSE COMING IN AT THE CENTENNIAL LEVEL OR AT THE CENTENNIAL YEAR, UM, IT GAVE ME KIND OF AN ACCELERATED, UH, READER DIGEST OF NOT JUST MY ROLE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT ALSO THE HISTORY OF OUR CITY AND HOW MUCH PROGRESS WE'VE MADE. UM, AS SOME OF YOU ARE ALREADY AWARE, THERE'S A PUBLICATION THAT I MADE, UM, IN HONORING THE CENTENNIAL WITH, UH, THIS TIME CAPSULE THAT'D BE COMING UP. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT, I DID POSE A FEW QUESTIONS, UM, TO NOT JUST THE CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE, BUT TO THE RESIDENTS OF LAHABRA. AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE WANT OUR RESIDENTS A HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW TO READ ABOUT US? AND WHAT IS THE LEGACY THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US ARE LEAVING, NOT JUST IN THE CITY, BUT ALSO IN OUR HOUSEHOLDS? UM, WHAT ARE THE STORIES THAT WE WANT THEM TO BE TELLING ABOUT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US? AND I CAN TELL YOU THE CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB IN BEING ABLE TO HELP US FULFILL THAT, THOSE QUESTIONS OF WHO WE ARE AS A COMMITTEE, UH, AS A COMMUNITY, AND WHO WE ARE AS PEOPLE. AND SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE, UM, IN, IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. UM, I LAST WANNA JUST LEAVE OFF IN, YOU KNOW, COMMENTING ON MY FIRST YEAR ON CITY COUNCIL. UM, YOU KNOW, I, I LOOK BACK AT, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST DAY I WAS HERE AND I FELT LIKE EVEN THOUGH I HAD A LOT TO SAY, I WAS TRYING TO SAY IT ALL AT THE SAME TIME, BUT IT WAS ALL CONFUSING AND, UH, WITH A LOT TO LEARN, A LOT OF NERVOUSNESS. AND HERE IT IS ONE YEAR LATER AND EVERYTHING STILL SEEMS LIKE IT'S A BUNCH OF STUFF TO SAY AT THE SAME TIME. STILL A LOT TO LEARN AND STILL A LOT OF NERVOUSNESS. BUT WITH, UH, THE HELP OF MY CO UH, COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, THE HELP OF THIS CITY GOVERNMENT AND THE HELP OF THE RESIDENTS OF LA HARBOR, YOU HAVE MADE IT SO MUCH EASIER FOR ME. YOU REALLY HAVE, UM, I I I, I CAN'T THINK OF, THINK OF ONE PERSON, UH, UH, WITHIN THE CITY THAT IS DESIRING TO SEE ME FAIL. UM, [01:10:01] YOU WANT TO SEE ME SUCCEED, NOT JUST FOR ME, BUT AGAIN FOR THE SUCCESS OF OUR CITY, FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE RESIDENTS OF LAHABRA. UM, OF COURSE, I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY WIFE WHO'S HERE, WHO HAS GUIDED ME THROUGH THIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU KNOW, UH, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF, LOT OF GOOD DAYS, BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO BEEN SOME WHERE I'M JUST LIKE, MAN, THIS IS, THIS IS ROUGH. YOU KNOW, THIS IS A, SOME VERY TOUGH DECISIONS I HAVE TO MAKE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I SIT DOWN WITH MY WIFE AND WE TALK ABOUT IT AND SHE'S, SHE'S JUST, SHE'S JUST AN AMAZING WOMAN. AND HERE WE ARE. I HAVE MY SON HERE AS WELL. UM, A LOT OF MILESTONES THAT WE'VE CREATED JUST IN A MATTER OF A YEAR AND MANY YEARS TO COME. AND SO I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH ME. I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GUIDANCE. I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT. IT, IT'S REALLY HELPED ME QUITE A, UH, A, A GREAT DEAL. AND, UH, LASTLY, I JUST WANNA REMIND THE RESIDENTS. 'CAUSE ALWAYS, I ALWAYS REMIND MYSELF OF HOW GRATEFUL I AM TO BE UP HERE. AND I, AND, AND I GOT UP HERE BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS OF LAHABRA FELT THAT I WAS THE, THE, THE RIGHT PERSON TO BE HERE. AND SO AS I, YOU KNOW, CLOSE OUT MY COMMENTS, I, I SAY THAT AGAIN. THIS IS NOT MY SEAT FOLKS. THIS IS, THIS IS NO OWNERSHIP TO ME AT ALL. THIS IS YOUR SEAT. AND I ALLOW, I, I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE, TO SIT AT THIS DI AND TO SIT AT YOUR TABLE. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TIM GOMEZ. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UH, FIRST OF ALL, I, I WANNA START OFF WITH, UH, OUR IMMEDIATE PAST MAYOR ROSA SPINOZA AGAIN. WHAT AN ABSOLUTE INCREDIBLE YEAR. UM, YOU'RE THEIR SHINING STAR OF OUR, OUR COMMUNITY. YOU ALWAYS KEEP THE BOYS IN LINE WHEN WE , WHEN WE TEND TO JOKE AROUND. BUT YOU JUST DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB. AND LIKE I SAID, MOST IMPORTANT ABOUT THAT. YOU WERE JUST SO INCLUSIVE OF THE WHOLE TEAM. UH, YOU TREATED ALL OF US THE SAME. AND, UH, IT JUST, IT WAS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO ATTEND THE EVENTS WITH YOU. AND, AND I, I REALLY LOVE THAT, JOSE, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. THEY'RE ALL HERE TODAY, AND I SEE IRENE'S THERE, IRMA, IS HERE. UH, ANYWAY, UH, CONGRATULATIONS. IT'S OBVIOUSLY A, A GREAT MOMENT, UH, FOR THAT. KELLY. WHERE'S KELLY? THAT'S KELLY. KELLY. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE LEGACY. AND MARK YOU'VE LEFT HERE IN LAHABRA. UM, YOU KNOW, SHE REALLY LEFT HER MARK HERE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR SENIOR DANCES AND, AND ROSE AND I ARE, UH, LOVE TO ATTEND THOSE EVENTS. BUT , SHE, SHE PIVOTED AND STARTED HAVING TO STAFF COOK THE FOOD. FOR EXAMPLE, THIS LAST WEEKEND HERE, UM, MY GOODNESS, UH, THEY WERE, THEY WERE COOKING OLE BACK THERE, CHICKEN POZOLE. THEY HAD TAMALES. THEY HAD, UH, A ROSE CON LECHE. I MEAN, YOU, YOU NAME IT. THEY DID. AND THEN, UM, LAST YEAR WHEN THE HOLIDAYS CAME AROUND, KELLY SAID, NOPE, WE'RE NOT GONNA CLOSE DOWN FOR THE HOLIDAYS. THERE'S A LOT OF SENIORS THAT DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO GO, AND WE'RE NOT GONNA CLOSE DURING THAT BREAK. AND I, I REALLY DON'T KNOW ANYBODY WHO'S MORE COMMITTED THAN KELLY. I, I SHARED THIS BEFORE, BUT I WOULD BE DRIVING BY AND, UH, SHE CAR WOULD BE THERE COUNTLESS HOURS. AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I'M GONNA MISS IS YOUR OFFICE . IF EVER THERE'S AN EMERGENCY, YOU GOTTA GO TO COMMUNITY CENTER. THAT'S WHERE OUR RED CAR STATION IS. BUT KELLY'S GOT EVERY FOOD ITEM YOU CAN THINK OF IN HER OFFICE. EVERY SNACK, FOOD, EVERY JUNK FOOD ITEM, EVERY SODA YOU COULD THINK OF IN HER OFFICE. IT'S THE MOST COMFORTABLE OFFICE AROUND. I KNOW OF, UH, ONE FORMER DIRECTOR WHO JUST HAD ROCKS IN HIS OFFICE. I WON'T MENTION ANY NAMES, BUT KELLY, MY GOD, INCREDIBLE. BUT KELLY, THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. YOU CERTAINLY LE LEFT YOUR MARK AND ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOU ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE. YOU, YOU HAVE A CARING HEART. AND NOT ONLY THAT, YOU ARE ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE LIONS CLUB. AND, UH, MORE IMPORTANTLY, I APPRECIATE YOU ALWAYS SPEAKING UP YOUR MIND. YOU, YOU WERE NEVER SHY TO EXPRESS YOUR FEELINGS. AND FOR THAT, I APPRECIATE IT. UH, WHEN HE THOUGHT MAYBE SOMETHING THAT WAS OFF THE MARK, YOU WEREN'T SHY TO TELL ME. AND FOR THAT, UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR TRANSPARENCY AND YOU SPEAKING UP, AND YOU ARE A TRUE TREASURE. AND I'M DEFINITELY GONNA MISS YOU. UH, RIGHT HERE IN THE FRONT ROW HERE, HE'S BACK. HE WAS OFF FOR A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, ARI RES, AND WE ALL KIND OF YELL. ARI, ARI, HE AND, UH, ASSEMBLY WENT PACHECOS OFFICE. JUST DO A TREMENDOUS JOB. AND, AND ARI JUST, UH, HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN OUR HEART BECAUSE HE, HE JUST DOES SUCH A GREAT JOB. AND WE ALL LOVE ARI, AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE BACK. UM, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK. UH, JUST WANNA MENTION A COUPLE OF ITEMS. SENIOR DANCES LAST WEEKEND. AGAIN, IT WAS, IT WAS FANTASTIC. I CANNOT BELIEVE ALL THE FOOD THAT THEY MADE THERE FOR THE SENIORS. IT WAS A FANTASTIC, UM, FANTASTIC, UH, DEAL THERE THAT IT HAD THERE. I WANNA THANK CITY OF WHITTIER FOR THE 71ST ANNUAL UPTOWN WHITTIER, UH, CHRISTMAS PARADE. I GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT THIS WEEKEND. THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN. UH, LA HARBOR HOST, LIONS CLUB, KELLY, I KNOW YOU'RE A LIONS CLUB MEMBER, AND THERE'S A FEW OTHER LIONS CLUB MEMBERS OUT HERE TODAY. THAT WAS A GREAT CAR SHOW, UH, THIS LAST WEEKEND. THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN. UH, AND AGAIN, ANOTHER ONE OF KELLY'S EVENTS WAS THE, UH, BREAKFAST WITH SANTA. YOU WERE IN THE BACK KITCHEN COOKING. YOU DID A TREMENDOUS JOB BACK [01:15:01] THERE, COOKING ALL THOSE PANCAKES AND, AND, UM, IT'S REALLY GREAT WHEN YOU'RE PAST, IMMEDIATELY PAST, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR WAS THERE, UH, WITH HIS GRANDKIDS. SAL ELA WAS THERE. I WANNA CORRECT CONGRATULATE, UH, MRA RAMEN, MRA RAMEN. THEY WERE RECENTLY NAMED OVER THE WEEKEND, YELP'S TOP 100 RAMEN PLACES. THEY WERE NUMBER SIX IN THE NATION, NOT JUST, UH, UH, THEY ACROSS THE WHOLE NATION. THEY WERE NUMBER SIX. THEY'RE ON HARBOR BOULEVARD, MRA RAMEN NUMBER SIX IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY ACCORDING TO YELP. UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM. UM, I WANT TO THANK OF, UH, THE MONTESSORI, UH, SCHOOL. UH, OUR IMMEDIATE PASS, MAYOR ROSE SPINOZA AND I ATTENDED THEIR, UH, CHRISTMAS PROGRAM, AND THEY JUST DID. THEY, THEY WERE SO CUTE. THESE KIDS. THEY WERE FANTASTIC. REALLY CUTE, UH, THAT I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE COACH MURPHY FROM SONORA HIGH SCHOOL ON 700 WINS WITH HIS BA UH, BASKETBALL TEAM. UH, HIM AS A COACH DID A TREMENDOUS JOB, UH, WITH THAT. AND A FINAL NOTE, UH, AGAIN, I WANNA WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY NEW YEAR. MERRY CHRISTMAS. AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE YOU IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO VOTED, UH, FOR ME TO, TO BE MAYOR PRO TEM. I REALLY AM HONORED, UH, TO HAVE THAT POSITION. SO, UH, DALE, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FIRST YEAR. THANK YOU, SIR. OKAY, THAT'S ALL. MR. MAYOR COUNCILWOMAN ESP PENZER, YOU AS WELL. I KNOW I ALWAYS INTRODUCE YOU AS THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL. NO LONGER YOU'RE NOT. YOU'RE, YOU'RE A ROOKIE NOW. YOU'RE NOT A ROOKIE ANYMORE. YOU'RE A PRO NOW. SO CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR ENTIRE YEAR AS WELL. THANK YOU. I'VE JUST HAD A BLAST. IT'S BEEN A BLAST THIS WHOLE ENTIRE YEAR, KELLY. YOU ARE INCREDIBLE. INCREDIBLE. ALL THE, UM, I MEAN, IT WAS A WHIRLWIND OF ACTIVITIES. EVERYTHING FROM THE BEGINNING TO, TO THE PARADE TO, UH, EVERYTHING. IT WAS JUST INCREDIBLE. UH, I JUST, I, THERE WAS SO MUCH. YOU CAN'T, I CAN'T RECALL EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED, BUT IT'S JUST, UM, IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY, REALLY A WHIRLWIND OF EVENTS. I ENJOYED IT ALL THE COMMUNITY ENJOYED IT. ALL THE PARADE, THE HELIUM BALLOONS. IT WAS JUST INCREDIBLE. THE MAPS, THE, THE MEETING WITH THE COMMITTEE, I MEAN, THAT WAS, THAT WAS REALLY AWESOME TO GET TO SOCIALIZE WITH THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND DISCUSS WHAT THE, WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO. AND YOU JUST GOT A CLOSER FEELING WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE THEY'RE AS COMMITTED, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY AS YOU WERE WITH THE PROJECTS THAT YOU HAD. THE STAFF WAS VERY HELPFUL. THE PICTURES THAT WERE BROUGHT IN FOR THE BOOKS, UH, IT WAS ALL JUST INCREDIBLE TO SEE IT ALL COME TOGETHER. AND FINALLY, YOU KNOW, IT WAS THE, THIS LEGEND LEGACY DINNER. IT WAS, OH MY GOD, YOU COULDN'T KEEP THAT PEOPLE QUIET. 'CAUSE IT, IT WASN'T GONNA HAPPEN. . THEY, THEY WERE TALKING AND YOU COULDN'T HEAR WHO THE RECIPIENTS WERE, BUT ONLY BECAUSE THEY HADN'T SEEN EACH OTHER FOR SUCH A LONG TIME. AND THEY WANTED TO CATCH UP, AND THEY WANTED TO FIND OUT WHO WAS THERE AND WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THEIR LIVES. IT WAS JUST A FANTASTIC EVENT THAT WE ALL HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING THERE. SO WE WERE VERY, VERY LUCKY. I WISH YOU WELL, AND I KNOW YOU GOT A PASS FOR DISNEYLAND, SO YOU'RE, I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO BE ALMOST, UH, EVERY TIME, UH, NEXT YEAR AT LEAST. SO HOPEFULLY I'LL BE SEEING YOU OUT THERE. IT WAS JUST, UM, AN INCREDIBLE EVENT. THE TAMALE FESTIVAL AND EVERYTHING. I GOT THE PRIVILEGE TO GO WITH KELLY AND, AND GABBY, UH, TO SACRAMENTO TO RECEIVE THE WOMEN OF THE YEAR AWARD. AND IT WAS JUST FANTASTIC TO BE THERE AND SEE ALL THE OTHER WOMEN THAT WERE BEING RECOGNIZED WITH ASSEMBLY WOMEN, BLANCA PACHECO, AND TO ALSO HAVE OUR, OUR CITY RECOGNIZED, UH, BY, UM, THE SENATOR AS OUR CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE AS WELL. SO IT WAS JUST A, A FANTASTIC, UH, UH, TIME TO, FOR ME TO BE MAYOR AND HAVE ALL THE PRIVILEGES OF BEING THERE. SO, AND I THANK ALL MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL FOR, UH, NOMINATING ME FOR MAYOR FOR THAT TIME, BECAUSE I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE, UH, REALLY BUSY TAKING IT UP TO ANOTHER LEVEL. BUT IT WAS JUST THE EXCITEMENT OF WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO NEXT. AND THE YEAR WENT BY SO, SO QUICKLY. BUT I HAD ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO CHANNEL FIVE TO PROMOTE THE TAMALE FESTIVAL, AND IT WAS AWESOME. AND TO GET TO SEE MY, SOME COMEDIANS, UH, IT WAS TIFFANY HADDISH THAT WAS THERE, AND BRIANNA AND I WERE LIKE, OH MY GOD, WE GOTTA GET A PICTURE OF HER. WE GOTTA GET A PICTURE WITH HER. AND THEN TO SEE THE, UH, ONE OF THE ACTORS THAT CAME OUT ON STAR TREK THERE AS WELL, AND IT WAS LIKE, WOW, PINCH ME. THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING ALL THIS TIME. BUT IT WAS JUST A FANTASTIC YEAR. I ALSO ATTENDED, OF COURSE, THE REGULARS, LIKE YOU SAID, WE WENT TO THE HARBOR MONTESSORI SCHOOL AS WELL. UM, WE HAD THE TAMALE FESTIVAL AS WELL. WE HAD THE, UM, THE ART GALLERY HAD ITS, UH, AFTERNOON OPEN JAZZ JAM SESSION AS WELL, BREAKFAST WITH SANTA. THE KIDS WERE SO EXCITED. THE PAR, YOU COULD JUST SMELL THE, THE, THE, THE PANCAKES, THE SAUSAGES, THE SCRAMBLED EGGS [01:20:01] THAT WERE BEING COOKED. AND I SAW SOME OF THE LION MEMBERS THERE THAT WERE HELPING AS WELL. AND I TOOK SOME PHOTOS OUT OF THEM. IT TAKES A TEAM EFFORT TO MAKE ALL THIS HAPPEN. THE LION'S CAR CLUB, I THINK YOU WON A PRIZE, DID YOU NOT? YES. YOU WON A RAFFLE PRIZE. I, I WON THREE OF THEM AS WELL, SO I WAS HAPPY FOR THAT. NOW I'M GOING TO GIVE HIM HIS CHRISTMAS GIFTS NOW. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT . AND OF COURSE, THE CAMP, THE CAMP LECTURE, OH MY GOD, THAT WAS INCREDIBLE. IT WAS PACKED IN THE CHILDREN'S, UH, THE PLAYHOUSE, THE DEPOT. IT WAS JUST PACKED WITH PEOPLE. AND EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WERE SAYING, OH, AND DON'T FORGET THIS. AND YOU REMEMBER THIS MAN, AND YOU REMEMBER THIS MAN. AND IT WAS LIKE THE, THERE WAS SUCH AN INTERACTION WITH THE PANEL GROUP AND THE PEOPLE OUT IN THE AUDIENCE. SO IT WAS JUST LIKE THEY WERE ANXIOUS TO, TO SHARE THEIR STORIES. AND THE PHOTOS AND EVERYTHING YOU HAD ON DISPLAY THERE WAS JUST VERY PROFESSIONAL. IT REALLY BROUGHT, UH, I THINK, UH, I HAVE TO SAY THAT THE COMMITTEE WAS EXTREMELY PROUD, AND THE PANEL GROUP WAS PROUD OF THE WAY IT WAS ALL SET UP FOR THEM, AND THEIR STORIES WERE TOLD. AND OF COURSE, IT'S NOT GONNA BE THE LAST TIME THERE'S GONNA BE IN MARCH. THEY'RE GONNA HAVE THE SECOND SET OF LECTURES, OF THE HISTORY OF THE HARBOR CAMPS AND THE BASEBALL, UM, AND SOFTBALL AS WELL. AND SO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WILL BE ON FACEBOOK. YOU KNOW, YOU LIVE IN LA HAR IF YOU WANT TO, UH, KNOWING ANY MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. SO I JUST HAD AN AWESOME TIME. IT WAS A WONDERFUL TIME. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S GONE ALREADY, BUT YES, I'M READY TO R AND R RELAX, LEISURE AND RELAXATION, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME NOW. I GO, NOW IT'S YOUR, THERE WAS SOMETHING GOING TO HAPPEN ON THE 17TH. I GO, HEY, THAT'S YOUR SHIFT. IT'S NOT MINE ANYMORE. SO IT'S YOUR SHIFT. SO I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT. I HAD A BIG GRIT ON THERE, BUT I WANNA WISH EVERYBODY A MERRY CHRISTMAS, BE SAFE. UM, YOU KNOW, SHOP LA HAR, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN LA HAR AND KEEP AN EYE ON THE CALENDARS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT TO BE DONE IN THE CITY ITSELF. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MERRY CHRISTMAS. COUNCILMAN. ER, I'M GONNA BE VERY BRIEF BECAUSE EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM IS ONLY THINKING ABOUT ONE THING RIGHT NOW, CHICK-FIL-A IN THE ATRIUM, AND IT'S NOT GETTING ANY FRESHER. SO LET ME JUST SAY VERY BRIEFLY THAT KELLY WENT OUT WITH ALSO A TREMENDOUS BLAZE OF GLORY WITH THE TAMALE FESTIVAL. THAT WAS THE BEST EVER. THERE MUST HAVE BEEN ABOUT 10,000 PEOPLE OVER THE WHOLE COURSE AND SCOPE OF THE EVENT. IT WAS MAGNIFICENT. MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY SAID PRETTY MUCH WHAT I, WHAT I WOULD SAY. SO I JUST WANNA SAY AGAIN, WHAT I SAID TO KELLY AT HER RETIREMENT PARTY ON THE 10TH. I FEEL PERSONALLY ROBBED AND CHEATED BY THE FACT I ONLY HAD A COUPLE YEARS WITH YOU. I WISH I HAD ANOTHER FIVE OR 10 YEARS, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A TIME OF YOUR LIFE WITH CHAPTER TWO. SO YOU KNOW HOW BELOVED YOU ARE BY ALL OF US, AND YOU ARE BY THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. SO AGAIN, EVERY BEST THING IN THE WORLD TO YOU, KELLY, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. AND TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND TO THE CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE. UM, I ALSO WENT TO BREAKFAST WITH SANTA TWO. NOTHING LIKE SEEING THE FACES ON THOSE KIDS WHEN THEY SEE SANTA CLAUS UP THERE THAT I SAW SO MANY SANTA CLAES ON SATURDAY ALONE. I AM STILL NOT COMPLETELY SURE WHICH ONE IS REAL . UH, THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR FOR ME TOO WAS REALLY VINCE SCULLY CENTENNIAL PARK. THAT IS A WORK OF ART WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC PARKS. I'VE BEEN THERE A COUPLE TIMES WITH CAROL SINCE THEN. PLACE IS PACKED. THE DOG PARK, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THE DOGS ALMOST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM. THERE'S SO MANY. SO THAT WAS JUST A HUGE, HUGE HIT. SOMETHING I THINK WE'RE ALL VERY PROUD OF. AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO STAFF AND EVERYBODY WHO'S INVOLVED WITH THAT PART, BECAUSE IT'S THE ADDITION OF A TREMENDOUS RESOURCE TO THIS COMMUNITY. HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO MAYOR MADANO. AND GUESS WHAT? HE'S STILL LISTENING. THAT'S RIGHT. ALWAYS. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO MAYOR PRO TEM GOMEZ AND TREMENDOUS GRATITUDE TO WHAT I CALL YOU MOTHER TERESA, MAYOR ESPINOSA, FOR A MAGNIFICENT YEAR. CONGRATULATIONS TO DELL FOR HIS FIRST FULL YEAR. AND, UM, TO ALL OF YOU, IT'S MY GREAT HONOR AND PLEASURE TO SERVE AS WELL. I WISH YOU ALL. MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS, THE HAPPIEST OF NEW YEAR'S. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT, NOW ON TO ME, I'M GONNA MAKE THIS AS QUICK AS I POSSIBLY CAN, AND I'M GONNA THANK, UH, UH, QUITE A FEW PEOPLE, AS MANY AS I CAN, BUT IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, KELLY, WE SAID IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN. WE CELEBRATED YOU THIS PAST WEEK. AND, UH, I'M, I'M NOT GONNA WEAR IT OUT, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW WHAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS. WE LOVE YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR US. UH, KELLY, OF COURSE, FIRST STARTED IN THE CITY OF GARDENA ALMOST 40 YEARS AGO. SHE'S A GARDENA, UH, UH, ORIGINALLY A GARDENA RESIDENT, CORRECT? SO, UH, WE BONDED OVER A, A RESTAURANT OR TWO OVER THE TIME AND SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MY TIME IN GARDENA, WAY BACK WHEN AS A KID, UH, FIRST THREE YEARS OF MY LIFE. BUT THANK YOU AGAIN, KELLY. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH. WANTED TO THANK, UH, OUR CITY STAFF FOR ALL THE HARD WORK. UH, YOU PUT IN DAY IN, DAY OUT, YEAR IN, YEAR OUT, EACH AND EVERY DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO AND FOR THE RESIDENTS OF LAHABRA. THIS IS A VERY, VERY HARDWORKING CITY STAFF THAT YOU HAVE HERE, EACH AND EVERY DEPARTMENT. YOUR TAX DOLLARS ARE WELL SPENT. [01:25:01] I WILL TELL YOU THAT. UH, AND, UH, WE, UH, WE HAVE THE, UH, RECEIPTS TO PROVE IT, UH, BECAUSE, UH, YOU'RE DRIVING ON THOSE RECEIPTS EVERY SINGLE DAY. UH, WE HAVE A PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, UH, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, UM, AND, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES, AND OF COURSE OUR, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL. SO, THANK YOU TO ALL, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, I, UH, I THANK THE, UH, POLICE CHIEF AND THE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT STAY SAFE. AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS KNOW, UH, FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, THREE OF US THAT ARE UP HERE AS WELL AS THE CHIEF IN HIS TIME AND HIS CAREER AS POLICE OFFICER, THAT, UH, DURING THESE HOLIDAYS WHEN WE ARE ALL ASLEEP AT NIGHT, THEY ARE STILL AWAKE AND THEY'RE KEEPING THE WATCH AND THEY ARE KEEPING US SAFE. UH, WHEN YOU CALL FOR AN EMERGENCY, THEY'RE THE FIRST ONES TO SHOW UP. FIREFIGHTERS WILL STAGE AND, UH, THEY GET THEIR, THEY GET THEIR DUE CREDIT. THE FIREFIGHTERS DO, BUT THEY'RE THE FIRST ONES THROUGH THAT DOOR, ALWAYS KNOCKING ON THAT DOOR. SO PLEASE CONVEY TO THE, UH, MEN AND WOMEN OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SIR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, AND, UH, OF COURSE, UH, MAYOR ESPINOZA. I'VE GOT SOME, UH, BIG SHOES TO FILL. I CAN'T FILL 'EM. IT'S JUST NOT GONNA HAPPEN. UH, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. NOPE. LIKE I SAID, YOU'RE, YOU'RE THE ROSE AMONGST THORNS. SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD, UH, YOU KNOW, TO, UH, TO SERVING THE NEXT YEAR. AND DO MY CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE, UH, CONFIDENCE IN ME. HOPEFULLY THE, UH, THE, UH, KRISPY KREME I SEND EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOUR DOORS, UH, INFLUENCED YOUR VOTE IN SOME WAY. YEAH. OKAY, GOOD. JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS AND THOSE THAT ARE HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS UNDERSTAND THAT. UH, I, UH, I JOKE A LOT. UM, AND A, A PART OF THAT, UH, IS YOU CAN CALL GALLOW'S HUMOR TO A DEGREE, UH, YOU KNOW, BEING IN THE, IN THE, THE PROFESSION THAT I'VE BEEN IN FOR ALL THIS TIME. BUT A PART OF IT IS, IS BECAUSE WE HAVE A VERY GREAT CITY COUNCIL HERE, WE DO ALL GET ALONG. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU SEE IN OTHER CITIES. WE EACH HAVE OUR DIFFERENCES, WE HAVE OUR OPINIONS, UH, AND, UH, WE, UH, WE BELIEVE IN EXPRESSING OUR OPINIONS. UH, BUT WE GET ALONG AT THE END OF THE DAY. UH, WE JUST HAD DINNER EARLIER, AND WE DO BEFORE EVERY CITY COUNCIL MEETING. AND UNLESS WE HAVE A CLOSED SESSION, AND, UH, WE GET ALONG VERY WELL. SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU, UH, YOU HAVE, UH, UH, FOUR OTHER GOOD PEOPLE, GREAT PEOPLE THAT ARE UP HERE REPRESENTING YOU AS WELL. SO THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT, UH, OUR RESIDENTS KNOW THAT. AND, UH, UH, ONE MORE THING, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES, UH, COMMISSIONER RICHARD ROJAS WAS UP HERE EARLIER FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. I KNOW HE HAD TO LEAVE. UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, HE SPOKE ABOUT GETTING OUR YOUTH INVOLVED. UH, HE RECENTLY SPOKE AT A, AT AN EVENT THAT WE HAD FOR, UH, FOR MAYOR ESPINOZA. AND HE, AND HE WAS REITERATING THOSE THOUGHTS AS WELL. AND SOMETHING CAME TO MIND. AND I SPOKE TO, UH, COUNCILMAN ERIAN AT THE TIME, AND I SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, UH, UH, THERE, THERE'S A YOUNG MAN IN THE CITY. WE HAPPEN TO KNOW THAT I HAPPENED TO MEET THIS EVENING, DOMINIC OROZCO, ACTUALLY. UH, AND WHEN, UH, WHEN, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSIONER RICHARD ROYAL SAID THAT HE CAME TO MIND, UH, A COMMUNICATION THAT, UH, DOMINIC'S FATHER AND I HAD HAD OVER SOCIAL MEDIA AND, UH, HAD THE, UH, WE HAD THE HONOR OF HAVING YOU HERE. UH, SO I, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I THANK THE ROSCO FAMILY. AND, AND DOMINIC, CAN YOU STAND UP REAL QUICK, BUDDY? IS THIS ONE OF OUR LA HABRA STUDENTS? THANKS, BUDDY. THIS IS, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT, UH, WHAT I THINK, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, ROJAS WAS TALKING ABOUT. AND WE NEED TO GET OUR YOUTH INVOLVED. WE REALLY DO. I KNOW, UH, I KNOW WE ALL BELIEVE THAT UP HERE IN THE CITY COUNCIL. UH, I WANNA DO THAT AGAIN. I'M GONNA PUT IT OUT THERE ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR OTHER LA HABER STUDENTS, UH, YOU KNOW, TO COME IN HERE AND, UH, DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE OR WHATEVER ELSE, JUST TO GET THEM INVOLVED BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. SO, UH, THANK YOU DOMINIC VERY MUCH, AND THANK YOU, MR. AND MRS. OROZCO FOR, FOR COMING OUT AND GRANDMA OROZCO AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, ONE LAST THING. UH, I WANTED TO WISH EVERYBODY A, UH, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR. HAPPY HANUKKAH STARTED. HANUKKAH STARTED, UH, YESTERDAY. I BELIEVE IT WAS. HAPPY HANUKKAH, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT CELEBRATE HANUKKAH AND WHATEVER ELSE YOU CELEBRATE IN THE CITY OF LA HABRA AND OUTSIDE, UH, WISH YOU, UH, PEACE, JOY, AND HAPPINESS, UH, FOR ALL OF YOUR FAMILIES. AND, UH, ONE LAST IS, UH, THANK YOU TO MY FAMILY, UH, MY WIFE AND TWO OF MY THREE DAUGHTERS WHO ARE HERE, UH, WITH ME TODAY, AND MY SISTER AS WELL, WHO HAPPENS TO, UH, BE MY, UH, MY, MY, ACTUALLY MY, MY FINANCE DIRECTOR THERE FOR MY CAMPAIGNS. UH, THANK YOU ALL AGAIN. I KNOW MY YOUNGEST COULDN'T BE HERE. SHE'S AT SCHOOL. UH, BUT IT MEANS A LOT TO ME, UH, THAT, UH, THAT I'M ABLE TO DO THIS, UH, WITH, UH, WITH THE HELP OF MY FAMILY. SO THANK YOU GIRLS, VERY MUCH. LOVE YOU GIRLS. AND, UH, WITH THAT, I WILL, UH, ADJOURN. DUE TO THE UPCOMING CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR HOLIDAY, THE NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING OF JANUARY 5TH, 2026 WILL NOT BE HELD. THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 20TH, 2026, DUE TO THE OBSERVANCE OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR HOLIDAY ON MONDAY, JANUARY 19TH, 2026. [01:30:01] THE MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED. HAVE FUN. NEXT DOOR. * 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.