[1. CONSIDER A REQUEST BY THE CITY'S CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION SUBCOMMITTEE FOR A BUDGET APPROPRIATION TO SUPPORT A COLLABORATIVE MEXICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE EVENT ON MARCH 28, 2026 That the City Council: A. Consider a request by the Centennial Celebration Subcommittee for the City to support and host a proposed Mexican American Heritage event; and, B. Approve a budget appropriation of $8,016 from available Centennial Celebration funding for expenses related to the proposed event. ]
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THAT HAD BEEN STARTED TO CONCLUDE IT WITH, UH, A, A GROUP OF RESIDENT MEMBERS.AND WHAT I FOUND THAT ADDED TO IT WAS ALL THE DISPLAYS THAT WERE MADE BY THE CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE THAT REALLY ENHANCED AND WERE VISUAL FOR THOSE GENERATIONS THAT HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS OR NEVER WITNESSED IT.
I CAN SEE THAT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL PROBABLY ATTEND THIS TO KNOW THE HISTORY OF, OF THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY HERE IN THE CITY OF LAHABRA AND BEYOND, BECAUSE THIS ALSO AFFECTED OTHER CITIES THROUGHOUT ORANGE COUNTY.
SO I, I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WE ARE CONTINUING WITH IT FOR, TO HAVE THIS LAST PANEL GROUP THAT WILL DISCUSS IT AND I WILL ALSO BE SUPPORTING IT.
WELL, COUNCILMAN KIN JUST WANNA EXPRESS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE HAVE EVENTS LIKE THIS, SO THAT WAY WE CAN LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY OF OUR CITY.
UM, I, I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF, SOMEONE WHO DIDN'T GROW UP IN LA HABRA.
SO THESE OPPORTUNITIES ARE A MOMENT FOR ALL OF US TO LEARN ABOUT WHERE WE, WHERE WE WERE IN OUR HISTORY, UM, AND WHERE WE'RE GOING.
UM, THEIR STORIES OF YESTERDAY IS OUR STORIES OF TODAY AND THE STORIES THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO CARRY ON FOR TOMORROW.
AND I ALSO WANNA JUST, YOU KNOW, HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT THE CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE STILL CONTINUES EVEN AFTER THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION TO PROVIDE SERVICE, UM, TO BE ABLE TO SHARE, UM, THE HISTORY OF OUR CITY WELL BEYOND THE CENTENNIAL.
AND SO I WANNA THANK THEM FOR THEIR WORK.
AND I THINK PART OF THINKING FOR, IN A WAY THAT WE CAN THANK THEM FOR THEIR WORK IS TO BE ABLE TO PUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS ON BECAUSE THEY'RE SO ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT CONTINUING, UH, UH, UH, THE EDUCATIONAL PORTION OF, OF LEARNING ABOUT OUR CITY.
MR. MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A REQUEST BY THIS QUICK IATION.
I'M SORRY, I, I STILL WANTED TO, I WANTED TO ADD MY 2 CENTS TO THE, UH, TO THE MATTER AS WELL.
I AM IN SUPPORT OF IT AS WELL.
UH, AND, UH, MY ONLY CONCERN IF THERE IS A CONCERN IS THAT THE QUESTION CAME UP AS TO HOW OFTEN WE WILL BE DOING THESE.
AND, UH, I, YOU KNOW, I IT'S UNDERSTOOD THAT THE, UH, FISCAL IMPACT, UH, THIS IS, UH, LEFT ON MONEY, SO TO SPEAK, FROM THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, FULLY SUPPORT THAT, I DON'T KNOW GOING FORWARD AS FAR AS, UH, UH, HOW OFTEN IF WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO THESE, BUT I THINK WE TAKE 'EM ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, OF COURSE, IN THE INTEREST OF BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CITY AS WELL.
BUT, UH, I SHARE THE ENTHUSIASM AND THE, UH, AND THE LIKE-MINDEDNESS THAT MY, MY COLLEAGUES HAVE EXPRESSED, SO I'LL BE SUPPORTING IT AS WELL.
I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE A REQUEST BY THE
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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE CITY TO SUPPORT AND HOST A PROPOSED MEXICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE EVENT AND TO APPROVE A BUDGET APPROPRIATION OF $8,016 FROM AVAILABLE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION FUNDING FOR EXPENSES RELATED TO THE PROPOSED EVENT.ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA FLIP A COIN ON THE SECOND.
WE'LL,
WILL THE COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE? MY YES, BUT YEAH, I GOT ISSUES WITH, YEAH, THERE WE GO.
I, NOW I SEE WHY I HAD THE PROBLEM EARLIER.
OKAY, SO I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER NICK SIAN.
AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LAMPKIN.
RIGHT? OKAY, SO THE ITEM PASSES FIVE ZERO.
[2. CONSIDER A REQUEST FROM THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 267 FOR A FACILITY RENTAL FEE WAIVER FOR ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER That the City Council consider a request from the American Legion Post 267 to reduce or waive the remaining facility rental fees for its 100th Anniversary dinner to be held on April 11, 2026, at the La Habra Community Center. ]
ALRIGHT.CONSIDER A REQUEST FROM THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 2 6 7 FOR A FACILITY RENTAL FEE WAIVER FOR ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER.
CAN WE GET A STAFF REPORT, PLEASE? GOOD EVENING.
MAYOR MADANO AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL STAFF IS HERE TO ASK THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER A REQUEST FROM THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 2 67 TO REDUCE OR WAIVE THE REMAINING FACILITY RENTAL FEES FOR ITS HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY DINNER TO BE HELD AT THE LAHABRA COMMUNITY COMMUNITY CENTER ON APRIL 11TH.
AS YOU KNOW, THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 2 67 PARTNERS WITH THE CITY OF LAHABRA ON THE ANNUAL VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION EVENT.
THEY ALSO PARTICIPATE IN SEVERAL CITY EVENTS AND USUALLY HAVE A BOOTH AT THE 4TH OF JULY, SPECTACULAR COMMUNITY, OPEN HOUSE CONCERTS IN THE PARK AND OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS.
THEY ALSO HOST THE ANNUAL FLAG DAY MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY, AND RECENTLY HAVE STARTED THE NATIONAL JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS FLAG FOOTBALL GAME AT LAHABRA HIGH SCHOOL.
MAY ALSO ARRANGE FOR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO ATTEND.
THE BOYS STATE A WEEK LONG SUMMER LEADERSHIP PROGRAM IN SACRAMENTO TO LEARN ABOUT THE THREE BRANCHES OF THE GOVERNMENT.
THIS YEAR, THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 2 67 IS CELEBRATING ITS HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY AND IS PLANNING TO HOST THIS FREE DINNER EVENT WITH ALCOHOL.
MR. DOUG GMAN, COMMANDER OF POST 2 67 HAS BEEN WORKING WITH CITY STAFF TO SCHEDULE AND SECURE THE FACILITY FOR APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED GUESTS.
AND HE IS ASKING THAT ALTHOUGH THE FACILITY RENTAL FEES HAVE BEEN WAIVED, WE DO HAVE DIRECT COST OF STAFF AND SECURITY DUE TO THE ALCOHOL FOR A TOTAL OF $770.
IF WE WERE TO ADD THE RENTAL FEES, THE TOTAL FOR THE RENTAL FOR THE NONPROFIT RATE WOULD BE $2,570.
AT THE REGULAR MEETING IN JANUARY, ON JANUARY 20TH OF THIS YEAR, MR. GMAN SPOKE DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS AND ASKED FOR CONSIDERATION THAT THESE FEES BE WAIVED.
THE FISCAL IMPACT WOULD BE THAT, UH, WE WOULD NOT RECEIVE ANY REVENUE FOR THIS PARTICULAR FACILITY RENTAL.
AS YOU KNOW, THE FACILITY RENTAL PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO BE FULL COST RECOVERY AND ALL RELATED EXPENSES COVERED BY USER FEES.
SHOULD THE CITY MAKE AN EXCEPTION FOR THESE LOCAL NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE LA HABER COMMUNITY, THAT IS UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
THESE COLLABORATIONS ALSO ALLOW CITY STAFF TO REDUCE SOME OF THE NORMAL FEES THAT HELP REINFORCE THE CITY'S MISSION AS A CARING COMMUNITY.
TYPICALLY, THE FEES ASSOCIATED WITH DIRECT COSTS ARE, ARE ASSESSED TO THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
STAFF HAS ALREADY WAIVED APPROXIMATELY $1,800 IN NORMAL RENTAL FEES FOR THE PROPOSED EVENT.
AND IF THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTS STAFF TO WAIVE THE REMAINING $770 IN FEES, THE TOTAL REVENUE IMPACT TO THE CITY WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $2,570.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT SHOULD THE, UH, FEES BE WAIVED, IT COULD ALSO IMPACT THE REQUEST FOR FUTURE, UM, REQUESTS FROM OTHER NONPROFIT AGENCIES.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
UM, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS IT, IS IT GONNA BE LIKE AN OPEN BAR OR WHAT, WHAT, WHAT KIND OF LIQUOR IS GONNA BE SERVED OR WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE PLAN WITH THAT? I DON'T KNOW THAT ANSWER, BUT WE HAVE OUR COMMANDER, UH, DOUG GMAN HERE THAT COULD ANSWER THAT.
SO THE PLAN IS TO HAND OUT TWO TICKETS TO EVERYONE THAT ATTENDS AND THEY GET TWO DRINKS WITH THE TICKETS.
WE'RE NOT GONNA SELL ANY ALCOHOL.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAND OUT TWO TICKETS TO EVERYBODY THAT ATTENDS, AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA GET TWO DRINKS WITH THOSE TWO ALCOHOLIC DRINKS, AND THEN WE'RE NOT GONNA SELL ANY ALCOHOL AND NOT GO BEYOND THOSE TWO DRINKS.
HOW IMPORTANT IS IT THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE, HAVE TO SERVE ALCOHOL AT AN EVENT? FOR ME, IT'S NOT, BUT WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT LIKE TO DRINK WHEN THEY'RE ON IN THE EVENING.
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WE DON'T SERVE ALCOHOL AT ANY OTHER EVENT.NOW, DOUG, I'VE KNOWN YOU A LOT OF YEARS AND YOU'VE TESTIFIED HERE SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE YEARS, AND YOU'VE KIND OF CHIMED THE CHIME OF, UH, YOU KNOW, LESS GOVERNMENT AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
WHAT DO, WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD BE FAIR? UH, OF COURSE I SUPPORT WHAT THE VETERANS SAY, BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD BE FAIR FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO DO IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS? BEING YOU HAVE A PHILOSOPHY ON, YOU KNOW, SMALL GOVERNMENT.
WHAT, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO? UH, WE HAVE NO PROBLEM PAYING THE $700.
WE'RE ASKING FOR IT TO BE RE RELIEVED, BUT WE HAVE NO PROBLEM PAYING IT.
BUT WE, OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR IS $20,000 AND LAST YEAR IT WAS $12,000.
SO, AND MOST OF THAT IS FOR THIS CENTENNIAL EVENT THAT WE'RE INVITING A HUNDRED PEOPLE AND JUST HAVING A BIRTHDAY PARTY.
SO, UM, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE DONE? UH, WHATEVER WAY YOU GO IS OKAY WITH US.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE TOLD ANYBODY THAT'S BEEN, THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO, UM, KIM COVERED MOST OF WHAT WE DO AND WE NEVER CHARGE ANYONE FOR ANYTHING.
NOT THE, NOT THE KIDS THAT WE WORK WITH, NOT THE ADULTS THAT WE WORK WITH, NOT THE VETERANS THAT WE WORK WITH.
WE DON'T CHARGE ANYONE FOR ANYTHING.
SO WE JUST FINISHED THE POLICE AND FIRE EVENT THAT COST US OVER $2,000 AND WE JUST, IT COMES OUT OF OUR BUDGET.
SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR A LITTLE MORE HELP.
I, I, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO FOR ME, IT WAS A, A QUESTION AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION THERE.
UM, I AGENDIZED THIS A FEW WEEKS AGO BECAUSE I NEEDED CLARITY ON WHETHER THERE WAS ANY DISCOUNTS GIVEN.
I DIDN'T KNOW, I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THIS DISCUSSION.
UH, I NOW KNOW THAT THERE WAS DISCOUNTS GIVEN, AND SO I, I THINK MY QUESTION IS ALREADY ANSWERED IN THAT ASPECT.
I, I GUESS JUST FOR EDIFICATION, WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS THE EXPENSES RELATED TO, TO THE REMAINING BALANCE OF THE 700 OR SO DOLLARS? WHAT DOES THAT COST GOING TOWARDS? THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER LAMPKIN, THAT IS DIRECT STAFF COSTS AND SECURITY COSTS DUE TO THE ALCOHOL AND CONFIRMING THE, AT LEAST FROM MY UNDERSTANDING WITH SECURITY AND HOW THAT'S PROVIDED, THAT'S PROVIDED THROUGH A THIRD PARTY.
IT IS, WE CONTRACT WITH A, A THIRD PARTY SECURITY COMPANY.
AND THAT'S $250, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
QUESTIONS? NO MORE QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT.
SEEING THAT THERE ARE MORE QUESTIONS, UH, I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE PUBLIC TO TESTIFY.
PLEASE GIVE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD IF THEY WISH TO TESTIFY ANYONE FOR OR AGAINST WENT ONCE, GOING TWICE, SEEN NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON CALL FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION.
SO MY, AGAIN, I, YOU KNOW, MY CONCERN WAS, WAS THERE ANY DISCOUNTS GIVEN THERE WAS NO, ANY, ANY CLARITY ON THAT? SOUNDS LIKE THERE WAS, WHEN IT COMES TO REMAINING COSTS, UH, THAT'S GOING TOWARDS CITY STAFF AND THEN OF COURSE SECURITY, UM, I'M ASSUMING THE SECURITY IS BECAUSE OF THE ALCOHOL BEING SERVED.
IS THAT ACCURATE? SO I THINK IN GENERAL THAT'S PROBABLY AN EXPENSE THAT WE WOULD DEFINITELY WANT THEM TO PAY FOR.
I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE THE REASON WHY THE CITY WOULD PAY FOR A COST FOR SERVING OF ALCOHOL.
UM, AND AS FAR AS THE CITY STAFF, THE STAFF HAS TO GET PAID.
I MEAN, I'M ASSUMING THEY, THEY WOULD GET PAID ONE WAY OR ANOTHER BECAUSE IT'S COME IN BECAUSE IT'S IT'S CITY STAFF.
BUT I THINK THERE'S, I'M OKAY WITH, WITH WHATEVER DISCOUNTS OR, YOU KNOW, I'M OPEN, I'M OPEN TO ANY IDEALS AS WHAT, HOW YOU GUYS WANNA SEE THE DISCOUNTS BE GIVEN.
BUT I THINK, UH, $1,800, AT LEAST FROM WHAT I WROTE DOWN HERE, IS A PRETTY GOOD DISCOUNT FOR OUR VETERANS.
AND, YOU KNOW, A GOOD WAY TO THANK OUR VETERANS FOR, YOU KNOW, BEING IN OUR CITY FOR A HUNDRED YEARS AND FOR, TO HELP THEM CELEBRATE.
WELL, LET ME, UH, I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST SOMETHING IF I MAY.
AND THAT'S TRUE, A TREMENDOUS DISCOUNT HAS BEEN GIVEN ALREADY.
THEY'RE MAKING A REQUEST TO WAIVE AN ADDITIONAL $770.
AND I THINK ALL THE POINTS SO FAR WE'VE MENTIONED ARE, ARE VERY SOUND AND PRUDENT.
THE ONLY EXCEPTION IN THIS CASE IS THAT IT IS KIND OF A ONE-OFF SITUATION WHERE IT'S THEIR 100TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER.
AND THE LEGION DOES DO TREMENDOUS WORK.
THEY ARE COMING OFF A VERY GOOD EVENT.
UH, MY PERSONAL FEELING IS I'D HAVE NO PROBLEM WAVING THAT SEVEN 70, BUT I WOULD DRAW THE LINE AT THE TWO 50 FOR THE SECURITY GUARD.
IT'S, IT'S A CHOICE TO HAVE LIQUOR THIS EVENT.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA, BUT I THINK YOU SHOULD PAY FOR IT.
I THINK YOU SHOULD PAY FOR THE SECURITY GUARD, BUT IN, IN HONOR OF THE LEGION AND ITS FINE WORK AND THE AUSPICIOUS NATURE OF THIS EXACT EVENT, UH, I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF, OF WAIVING THE SEVEN 70, BUT I WILL OBVIOUSLY DEFER TO THE MAJORITY OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THAT.
DOUG, I, YOU, YOU WOULD AGREE WITH THAT? ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY.
SORRY, ROSE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING, UH, ANYTHING TO ADD? NO, I, I'M FINE EITHER WAY.
UM, THE 250 THAT THEY SHOULD PAY OR WE, WE TAKE IT AS WELL.
I THINK YOU GUYS DO TREMENDOUS WORK.
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THE POLICE AND THE, THE FIREFIGHTERS.I MEAN, YOU DO BE, YOU DO MORE, YOU DO MORE FOR THE LITTLE GROUP THAT YOU HAVE NOW THAN, UM, BIG GROUPS MAY DO, YOU KNOW, SO WHATEVER THE COUNCIL DECIDES, I I WOULD RATHER JUST GO AHEAD AND WAIVE THE ENTIRE COST.
AND, AND IF I, IF I JUST MAY MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT.
UH, I, DURING THE PRESENTATION THERE WAS MENTIONING OF CONCERNS OF SETTING PRECEDENTS OF IF WE DO THIS FOR ONE ENTITY, WE, WE MAY DO THIS FOR OTHERS OR OTHERS MAY REQUEST IT.
I THINK THIS, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, IS A ONE-OFF BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A HUNDRED YEAR CELEBRATION, A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.
AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT NOTE THAT WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA DO FOR EVERYONE.
I THINK THIS IS SOME VERY SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE WE WANNA HONOR OUR VETERANS IN OUR HUNDREDTH YEAR OF BEING IN OUR CITY.
SO IF, UH, IF, IF I CAN ADD TO THAT AS WELL, UH, JUST THE SAME, I'M, I'M OF THE SAME MINDSET, UH, THAT, UH, THAT IT IS A ONE-OFF AS YOU'RE SAYING, UH, BECAUSE, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, I MEAN WHEN YOU'RE, UH, WHEN YOU'RE PART OF A BODY OF A CITY COUNCIL THAT, UH, THAT IS, UH, RESPONSIBLE, UH, FOR, UH, FOR CITY BUDGETS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, UH, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE SOMETHING LIKE THIS FOR, UH, FOR A TRUE CHARITY.
AND, UH, THE AMERICAN LEGION DOES DO A LOT FOR THE CITY.
UH, WE JUST RECENTLY ATTENDED THE POLICE AND FIRE AWARDS, WHICH WERE GREAT.
AND, UH, AND I THANK THEM THEN AND I'LL THANK THEM AGAIN.
UH, I TOO SEE A A A GREAT SIGNIFICANCE.
UH, WE JUST CELEBRATED A HUNDRED YEAR ANNIVERSARY FOR THIS CITY, UH, THAT I THINK IT'S VERY SIGNIFICANT THAT WE, UH, ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR VETERANS, UH, FOR THIS, UH, HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY AS WELL.
SO I, I AS WELL WILL, UH, YEAH, I AS WELL WILL ENTERTAIN EITHER WAY, BUT, UH, I'M ALSO A PROPONENT, UH, TO PAY FOR THE WHOLE THING AS WELL.
SO, REAL, REAL QUICK, SINCE IT IS A HUNDRED YEAR ANNIVERSARY AND WE HAD LEFTOVER MONEY FROM THE CENTENNIAL MONEY, CAN WE EARMARK A PORTION OF THAT CENTENNIAL MONEY THAT MAY BE LEFT OVER TO APPROVE THIS? HOW DOES THAT LOOK? THAT WE WERE NOT, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A CITY MANAGER OR ATTORNEY
SO THE ISSUE IS AT THIS POINT, DIRECT COSTS, RIGHT? THERE'S TWO DIRECT COSTS STAFF TIME OF ABOUT $520, AND THEN THE $250 CHARGE THAT WE GET ASSESSED BY THE SECURITY COMPANY.
SO WHAT WE DO IS WE OFFSET THOSE CHARGES FOR GROUPS THAT ARE RENTING CITY FACILITIES WITH THE FEES WE CHARGE, AND THAT REVENUE GOES TO PAY FOR THOSE COSTS.
SO IF THE CITY COUNCIL MAKES A MOTION TO, FOR INSTANCE, NOT CHARGE THE CITY'S EXPENSE, THEN WE JUST DON'T COLLECT THE REVENUE FOR THAT.
UM, AND FURTHERMORE, IF THE CITY COUNCIL DECIDES NOT TO CHARGE FOR THE SECURITY COST SECURITY COMPANY COST, THE CITY WOULD END UP PAYING FOR THAT OUT OF ITS BUDGET.
SO THAT WOULD BE A GENERAL FUND EXPENSE, OR IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT SOURCE IT COMES FROM, THE CITY WOULD THEN BE PAYING FOR THE SECURITY COMPANY, WHICH IS THE ONLY TIME THE CITY HAS DONE THAT IS WHEN IT'S BEEN A CITY EVENT.
USUALLY NONPROFITS WILL PAY FOR THEIR OWN.
AND WE HAVE SEVERAL NONPROFITS THAT SERVE ALCOHOL AT DIFFERENT EVENTS AND THEY'RE ALL ASSESSED.
I I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER HAD AN EVENT AT THIS COMMUNITY CENTER WITH ALCOHOL WITHOUT A SECURITY.
YEAH, SO, SO REALLY IT'S JUST WHATEVER POLICY DIRECTION COUNCIL WANTS TO GIVE US AT THIS POINT.
I WOULD STILL LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THE FACT THAT I'VE GOT NO PROBLEM WAIVING, UH, THE CITY FEES IN THIS CASE, BUT I DON'T FEEL IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR TAXPAYERS TO PAY FOR A SECURITY GUARD SO ALCOHOL CAN BE SERVED.
I THINK IT'S, AGAIN, IT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA.
I JUST DON'T THINK THAT TWO 50 SHOULD BE COMING OUTTA THE GENERAL FUND, RIGHT.
SO AN ORGANIZATION CAN SERVE ALCOHOL, BUT THE REST I'M FINE WITH WAIVING BECAUSE THAT, THAT'S A DISCRETIONARY EXPENSE.
IF THEY DON'T SERVE ALCOHOL, THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY THE FEE.
WELL, I'M ASSUMING THAT THEIR, THEIR EVENT AND PLANNING IS ALREADY IN ORDER.
SO I'M ASSUMING THAT THAT'S GONNA BE A, A STAPLE OF THAT EVENT.
AND SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE THAT THE CITY PAY FOR THE STAFFING COST OF THE EVENT, HOWEVER, HAVE THE, UH, VETERANS PAY FOR THE SECURITY FEES OF THE EVENT, IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE.
WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND.
WILL THE COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE? OKAY.
THE SAID MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.
ALRIGHT, DOUG, IF YOU PLEASE, UH, RELAY THAT TO, UH, TO THE GROUP AT THE AMERICAN LEGION, AND PLEASE THANK THEM FOR WHAT THEY DO.
DO WE GET INVITED? ABSOLUTELY.
AND GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR EVENT.
[ MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR:]
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NEW YEAR CELEBRATION 2026.CELEBRATE THE YEAR OF THE HORSE THIS ENTIRE MONTH AT THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.
THERE WILL BE SPECIAL TO, EXCUSE ME, STORY TIMES CRAFTS AND ACTIVITIES THAT COMMEMORATE THE OCCASION COMMISSION RECRUITMENT INTERESTED IN, PARTICIPATE IN YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, APPLY FOR A VACANCY ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION, OR BOTH APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY WEBSITE OR FROM THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
AND MUST BE SUBMITTED BY 6:00 PM THIS NEXT THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH, READ ACROSS AMERICA.
CELEBRATE READ ACROSS AMERICA AT THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH FROM 10:00 AM UNTIL 3:00 PM THERE WILL BE SPECIAL GUEST READERS FUN CRAFTS AND LITERACY ACTIVITIES INCLUDED WITH PAID MUSEUM ADMISSION TRIPS AND TOURS.
JOIN THE CITY OF LAHABRA FOR A DAY TRIP TO MORONGO CASINO ON THURSDAY, MARCH 12TH FROM 9:00 AM UNTIL 4:30 PM PICK UP AND DROP OFF AT LA BONITA PARK AND COST US $60 PER PERSON.
DON'T MISS THE CITY'S ANNUAL LA HABER RACES ON SATURDAY, MARCH 14TH, STARTING AT 7:30 AM THIS YEAR'S THEME IS RACED TO THE GOALS IN HONOR OF THE 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP EVENT FEATURES A 5K WALK RUN, A ONE K KITTY RUN, AND A 50 YARD TODDLER TRY SENIOR DANCE.
PATRICK'S DAY SENIOR DANCE WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAY, MARCH 22ND FROM 2:00 PM UNTIL 4:00 PM AT THE LAHABRA COMMUNITY CENTER.
ENJOY LIVE MUSIC, DANCING, DINNER, RALPHS AND DESSERT KIDS NIGHT OUT.
REGISTER TODAY FOR THE UPCOMING KIDS NIGHT OWL SPRING FLING NIGHT ON FRIDAY, MARCH 27TH FROM 6:00 PM UNTIL 10:30 PM AT THE HARBOR COMMUNITY CENTER.
KIDS AGES FOUR TO 12 YEARS WILL ENJOY AN EVENING PACK WITH GAMES CRAFTS, A MOVIE, AND PLENTY OF TASTY SNACKS AND DINNER 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.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WATER CONSERVATION.
WATER CONSERVATION EFFORTS ARE STILL ENFORCED.
CALIFORNIANS ARE BEING ASKED TO CONSERVE WATER.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S RAINING, RIGHT? BUT HEY, WE NEED THE WATER AND WE'VE GOTTA MAKE SURE WE GET THAT WATER IN RIGHT MESSAGES.
ALRIGHT, ANY, UH, COMMENTS FROM STAFF? UH, NO, MR. MAYOR.
[ COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS:]
COUNCIL MEMBERS? START HERE.UH, WITH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ESPINOZA.
I DID ATTEND THE SENIOR DANCE.
UM, YOU HAD JUST LEFT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ AND I ACTUALLY DANCED
YEAH, THEY DRAGGED ME OUT TOO.
IT WAS STAFF THAT TOOK ME OUT THERE, BUT IT WAS NICE TO SEE THAT THE STAFF WAS PARTICIPATING WITH THE, WITH THE RES WITH THE COMMUNITY.
HONESTLY, I KNOW THAT LONGEVITY, IF YOU, IF THERE'S LONGEVITY IN LIFE, THAT THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO.
UH, I, I ACTUALLY VIDEOTAPED A 94-YEAR-OLD LADY THERE.
SHE DOESN'T LOOK ANYTHING PAST 60.
AND I AM LIKE, THEY KEPT TRYING TO CONVINCE ME THAT SHE WAS 94.
I GO, THERE'S NO WAY SHE'S 94.
BUT SHE CAME UP AND, AND SHE SAID, YES, I'M 94.
AND I GO, SO PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOUR SECRET IS.
AND, AND SHE, I VIDEOTAPED HER SO I COULD PUT IT ON INSTAGRAM.
AND SHE SAYS, JUST KEEP MOVING.
ENJOY LIFE, DANCE, YOU KNOW, DON'T STAY HOME STUCK.
AND HONEST TO GOD, I COULD NOT BELIEVE THIS LADY WAS 94.
THERE WAS ANOTHER GENTLEMAN THAT WAS DOING MORE GYMNASTICS THAN I COULD EVER DO NOW.
AND I'M LIKE, I WENT AND I DANCE ONE DANCE, AND I WAS OUT OF BREATH.
AND I GO, THESE PEOPLE, EVEN AFTER THE MUSIC, THE BAND IS TAKING A BREAK AND THEY PUT ON THE MUSIC FROM THE, FROM, UH, THAT THEY'RE STILL STANDING THERE WAITING TO DANCE.
AND THEY ASK, THEY GO, CAN WE HAVE SOME MORE MUSIC WHILE THEY'RE TAKING AN INTERMISSION BECAUSE WE WANNA KEEP DANCING? AND I GO, THIS IS CRAZY.
BUT YEAH, THEY WERE JUST STANDING THERE WAITING FOR THE NEXT DANCE, AND THEY BUILD UP AN ENDURANCE, A STAMINA, AND THEY'RE JUST ENJOYING LIFE.
AND THEY KEEP TA TELLING ME, TELLING ME TO TELL THE STAFF, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
THEY LOOK FORWARD TO THESE DANCES AND, UH, THE MEALS AND THE, THE RAFFLE PRIZES.
AND THEY LIKE THE HOUR OF THE DAY THAT THIS IS PROVIDED AS WELL.
SO, UH, I'M JUST PASSING IT ON TO THE STAFF MEMBERS BECAUSE THEY REALLY THINK YOU GUYS ARE ALL AWESOME.
AND EVEN THE HIGH SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE THERE HELPING, UM, THEY WERE SO GRACIOUS AND HELPFUL AND WOULD GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO SAY, WELL, DO YOU WANT SOME LEMONADE? DO YOU WANT SOME WATER? AND IT WAS JUST LIKE, THIS IS A, THIS, I JUST HAD A SMILE THE WHOLE TIME I WAS THERE.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE ST.
PATRICK ONE AND SEE WHAT ALL, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE, BUT IT IS, IT IS SOMETHING THEY REALLY, REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO.
SO I'M, I'M GRATEFUL TO THE CITY AND THE STAFF AND ALL OF THEM FOR, FOR PROVIDING THEM THIS HAPPY TIME.
AND I HOPE TO DANCE WITH THEM MORE THAN ONE DANCE.
AND MAYBE I'LL CAN LIVE TO BE 94 AS WELL.
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THE, UH, UH, POLICE AND FIRE RECOGNITION CEREMONY THAT, UH, AMERICAN LEGION POST 2 65 PUT ON.UH, FOLKS, WOULD YOU SHOUT OUT THE NAME OF THE OFFICER? I DON'T, I DIDN'T WRITE DOWN THE NAME, HUH? OH, OF THE, OF THE OFFICER THAT WE RECOGNIZED.
IT'S ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER NOW.
PAN PINE PINEDA, PINEDA PINEDA, OFFICER PINEDA.
AND I REMEMBER THE FIRST NAME OF THE FIREFIGHTER, ERIC, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER HIS LAST NAME.
SO PINEDA AND PINGER WERE THE TWO, UH, AWARDEES, POLICE AND FIRE.
AND, UH, THEY DESERVE THAT HONOR TREMENDOUSLY.
ANOTHER BIG THING HAPPENED TODAY WHERE, UH, OUR CONGRESSWOMAN LINDA SANCHEZ SHOWED UP RIGHT HERE, AS A MATTER OF FACT, BEARING ONE OF THOSE BIG HUGE CARDBOARD CHECKS FOR THE CITY AND THE AMOUNT OF $1,090,000.
AND THAT MONEY IS EARMARKED FOR OUR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY OF LA HABRA.
AND THIS IS GONNA GO TO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT PROJECTS THAT WILL IMPROVE AND INCREASE WATER PRESSURE IN KEY PORT PARTS OF THE CITY THAT RIGHT NOW HAVE SUBSTANDARD PRESSURE LIABILITIES.
AND IF THERE'S, IN FACT, I KNOW, 'CAUSE I LIVE IN ONE OF THE AREAS THAT'S UNDERSERVED BY THE WATER PRESSURE IN THAT AREA, AND I'VE HEARD BEFORE THAT IF THERE'S A BAD FIRE UP THERE, THESE HOUSES ARE JUST GONNA BE WIPED OUT, ESSENTIALLY.
SO THAT'S A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO BRINGING ALL THESE CRITICAL SYSTEMS UP TO SNUFF.
AND IT'S TO THE GREAT ENORMOUS CREDIT OF OUR CONGRESSWOMAN LINDA SANCHEZ, WHO WENT TO BAT FOR US IN WASHINGTON, DC GOT THAT MONEY.
NOT EVERY CITY GOT NEARLY SO MUCH FOR THESE KINDS OF PROJECTS, BUT SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN VERY GOOD TO THE CITY OF LAHABRA.
AND WE WERE VERY HONORED, UH, TO RECEIVE THAT CHECK TODAY.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO CONGRESSWOMAN LINDA SANCHEZ FOR THAT.
UH, UH, THE ONLY OTHER THING IS A BIG BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR MR. WARREN NOLAN AT HYATT PARK.
HYATT PARK REGENCY, IF I'M SAYING THAT CORRECTLY.
UH, MR. NOLAN TURNED, DID I MENTION THIS LAST MEETING? I DON'T THINK I DID.
UH, AND THIS GENTLEMAN IS STILL DOING VERY WELL.
HE'S HAS A LITTLE EAR MUFFS AND YOU HAVE TO TALK INTO A MIC, BUT HE'S STILL VERY COGENT AND COHERENT AND RESPONSIVE AND, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY SAID, WHAT'S YOUR SECRET? AFTER 109 YEARS? HOW DID YOU MANAGE THAT? HE JUST LOOKED AT US AND SAID, WELL, IT'S NOT GUY I WAS TRYING TO LIVE BE 109
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, HE STILL HAD A LITTLE SENSE OF HUMOR TO HIM.
SO IT'S MY GREATEST HOPE AND DESIRE THAT WE WILL RETURN NEXT YEAR FOR HIS A HUNDRED AND 10TH.
SO, AGAIN, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO WARREN NOLAN.
AND FINALLY, I HOPE EVERYBODY HAD A GOOD PRESIDENT'S DAY YESTERDAY.
THE FEDERAL HOLIDAY PRESIDENT'S DAY, A DAY THAT WE HONOR SOME OF OUR GREATEST PRESIDENTS, THOSE WHO ESPECIALLY RECOGNIZE THE PREEMINENCE AND THE VALUE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE US CONSTITUTION.
UNDERSTAND THAT THE OFFICE ITSELF IS, UH, ALWAYS LARGER THAN THE MAN WHO OCCUPIES IT.
AND, UH, I WANT US ALL TO REMEMBER THAT WE'VE HAD PRESIDENTS WHO TRULY HAVE, UH, SERVED THEIR NATION HONORABLY AND COURAGEOUSLY AND WITH INTEGRITY.
SO IT WAS, IT WAS A GOOD DAY FOR THAT.
UH, SO STARTING FEBRUARY 10TH, UH, I ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION OF WARREN NOLAN.
I KNOW ROSE SAID THAT SHE WISHED AND SHE HOPES TO LIVE TO 94.
AT LEAST THAT'S WHERE WE CAN ALL AIM FOR, YOU KNOW, LET'S GO HIGHER, YOU KNOW.
AND, UH, TO ADD TO THE HUMOR OF, UM, MR. UH, NOLAN, YOU KNOW, THEY ASKED HIM, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE 109? AND HIS RESPONSE WAS 110.
AND SO I WAS, I WAS LIKE, MAN, THIS GUY'S REALLY SHOOTING FOR THE STARS THERE.
UM, ON FEBRUARY 12TH, UH, OF COURSE I ALSO ATTENDED THE, UH, POST 6 2 6 7 LA HARBOR POLICE AND FIRE LUNCHEON, UH, TO HONOR OUR, UH, OUR DETECTIVE, DETECTIVE PINEDA AND, UH, UH, EIGHT FOOT 12.
IS THAT AN ACCURATE MEASUREMENT OF FIREFIGHTER INGER SIX 10? YEAH, THIS GUY, HE, HE'S, HE WAS SKYSCRAPING OVER ALL OF US.
AND I, I JUST, WHEN I THOUGHT I WAS TALL, UM, LET'S SEE HERE.
WE, UH, ON FEBRUARY 12TH THAT NIGHT, ACTUALLY, I ALSO ATTENDED, UH, AN EVENING EVENT CALLED THE MIRACLE MENTALITY WITH TIM STORY.
UH, IT WAS HELD AT R BANQUET, UH, BY THE LA HABER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
AND, UH, THIS IS WHERE MY FAMILY AND ALONG WITH MANY OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, GOT TO HEAR FROM THE, UH, WILEY NO MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER, TIM STORY.
UH, ON FEBRUARY 14TH, I ATTENDED THE, UM, UH, SOFTBALL OPENING CEREMONY FOR GIRLS LITTLE LEAGUE AND A FEW OF, UH, OUR, UH, FELLOW COLLEAGUES AS A MATTER OF, WERE WE ALL THERE? YEAH, NO, WELL, MOST OF US WERE THERE.
AND, UH, YEAH, IT WAS PRETTY GOOD TO ATTEND THAT EVENT ONCE AGAIN.
UM, I ATTENDED LAST YEAR AND, UH, IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT THESE YOUNG ATHLETES ARE LEARNING SO MANY SKILLS AT SUCH AN EARLY AGE THAT WILL TAKE THEM MUCH FARTHER INTO THEIR LIVES.
CONGRATULATIONS TO, UM, UH, THE LA HABER GIRLS SOCCER.
UH, I ACTUALLY ATTENDED THEIR GAME AS WELL THAT NIGHT OF FEBRUARY 14TH.
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VALENTINE'S DAY DATE FOR ME AND MY WIFE.UH, WE WENT OUT TO GO SEE THEM PLAY AT THE CIF ROUND TWO OVER AT LA HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL.
AND, UH, EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T GET THE OUTCOME WE WANTED, UM, IT WAS A LOT OF FIRE ON THAT FIELD.
UM, A LOT OF, UH, HARD WORK FROM, FROM THESE GIRLS.
AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT SEASON.
UM, I ALSO WANNA CONGRATULATE SONORA HIGH SCHOOL'S CHEERING SONG.
UH, YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT THIS, UH, BUT THEY ACCOMPLISHED THE FIRST PLACE AT THE NATIONAL DANCE TEAM COMPETITION IN PALM AND SECOND PLACE FOR THE JAZZ TEAM.
REASON WHY I SAY WE DIDN'T, PROBABLY DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT THIS 'CAUSE THEY WERE ACTUALLY IN FLORIDA AS WELL WITH LA HABRA HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL.
AND, UH, SO WHILE WE WERE CELEBRATING THE FOOTBALL TEAM, THEY WERE OUT THERE COMPETING.
UH, I ACTUALLY MANAGED TO CALL THE HEAD COACH, UH, OF THE TEAM, JENNIFER, UH, GAVIN, UH, WHILE THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY BACK HOME, THEY WERE ACTUALLY ON THEIR WAY TO THE AIRPORT IN FLORIDA.
AND SO I GAVE 'EM A CALL AND JUST EXPRESSED OUR CONGRATULATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL FOR THEIR WINS.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I WANNA ALSO THANK CONGRESSWOMAN LINDA SANCHEZ, UH, FOR THE $1,000,090 THAT SHE PROVIDED TO US.
THIS IS YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF EVEN THOUGH OUR CITY DOES HAVE A CITY BUDGET AND GENERAL FUNDS, WE'RE ALWAYS SEEKING NEW MONIES FROM OTHER PLACES.
AND THIS IS YOUR CITY GOVERNMENT AND YOUR COUNCIL WORKING HARD TO DO THAT, UH, EVERY SINGLE DAY.
UH, LASTLY, UH, I WANT TO, UH, LET'S SEE.
LASTLY, I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE CHINESE NEW YEAR'S, UH, ALSO KNOWN AS THE NEW YEAR, LUNAR NEW YEAR.
TODAY, UH, THE CELEBRATION MARKS THE TIME RENEWAL, FAMILY GRATITUDE, AND HOPE FOR THE YEAR AHEAD.
IT'S, UH, TRADITION RICH IN HISTORY AND CULTURE CENTERED ON UNITY, PROSPERITY, AND NEW BEGINNINGS, UH, TO OUR RESIDENTS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE CELEBRATING, I WISH YOU HAPPINESS, GOOD HEALTH, AND CONTINUED SUCCESS IN THE YEAR AHEAD.
MAY THIS NEW YEAR BRING PEACE TO YOUR HOMES AND STRENGTHENED, UH, AND STRENGTH TO OUR, UH, COMMUNITY.
HAPPY NEW, UH, LUNAR NEW YEAR TO ALL THOSE WHO OBSERVE THIS HOLIDAY TODAY.
I JUST, AGAIN, WANT TO THANK THE STUDENTS AND THE ADVISOR FROM A SB LAHABRA HIGH SCHOOL.
IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE YOU GUYS.
YOU GUYS JUST DO A TREMENDOUS JOB OVER THERE.
AND, UH, YOU GUYS COME IN REALLY EARLY.
YOU GUYS STARTED A ZERO PERIOD AND YOU GUYS SPENT SO MUCH TIME THERE AND YOUR ACTIVITIES OVER THERE.
SO I JUST GIVE YOU A BIG KUDOS TO ALL THAT YOU GUYS DO OVER THERE.
I GOT TO ATTEND, UM, THE ART GALLERY JAM SESSION, UH, WITH MR. AMARO ON, UH, VALENTINE'S DAY.
AND THAT WAS FANTASTIC TO, TO TO SEE, UH, THEM PERFORM AT THE ART GALLERY.
YOU COULDN'T, IT WAS JAM PACKED IN THERE.
YOU COULDN'T GET ANOTHER PERSON INSIDE THAT ART GALLERY.
I GOT TO ATTEND THE 51ST ANNIVERSARY AT SENIOR CAMPOS.
UH, JOHN CAMPOS FAMILY INVITED ME.
UH, THEY HAD A LITTLE SMALL DINNER FOR HIM, HONORING HIM IN CONJUNCTION, UH, WITH HIS BIRTHDAY AND THE F 51ST BIRTHDAY OF SENIOR CAMPOS.
SO THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY NEAT.
I WANNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY.
WE HAD A HUGE STORM COME THROUGH LA HARBOR YESTERDAY.
WANNA THANK ELIAS AND ALSO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I CALLED, UH, UH, THREE DIFFERENT PROBLEMS THAT WE HAD AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT JUMPED RIGHT ON TOP OF IT.
OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WAS RIGHT OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY, UH, AN AREA THAT WAS, UH, TWO AREAS THAT WERE PRETTY RIGHT NEAR, UH, TERRAZA PARK, THAT STORM DRAIN OVER THERE.
AND ALSO THE ONE ON, UM, LAMBERT ROAD.
AND, UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO OUR POLICE, FIREFIGHTERS AND PUBLIC WORKS GUYS.
AND ALSO TODAY THERE WAS ANOTHER ISSUE, UH, OVER THERE BY IMPERIAL BODY SHOP TODAY.
YOU GUYS RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY AND TOOK CARE OF THAT ISSUE, UM, WITH THAT WATER ISSUE OVER THERE.
VALENTINE'S DAY DANCE TO SENIOR KIM.
I WISH I COULD HAVE STAYED LONG.
USUALLY I STAYED FOR THE WHOLE THING.
UNFORTUNATELY, MY DAD'S BEEN HAVING SOME MEDICAL ISSUES, SO I WANTED TO GET BACK AND HELP MY MOM WITH THAT.
BUT ONE, ONE, UM, THING THAT OUR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ESPINOZA MENTIONED ABOUT HOW GRACIOUS THE KIDS FROM THE YOUTH COMMITTEE WERE, WELL, THEY ARE, THEY'RE REALLY, UH, ONE OF THE SENIORS HAD DROPPED, UH, HIS LEMONADE DOWN THERE AND MENTIONED IT TO THE KID INSTEAD OF CALLING THE STAFF MEMBER WHATEVER, HE SAID, YOU KNOW, DON'T WORRY, SIR.
HE WENT OVER THERE, GRABBED SOME NAPKINS, AND HE CLEANED IT UP HIMSELF.
SO GRACIOUS AND LOVING TO OUR SENIORS.
UH, SO IT WOULD JUST WARNED MY HEART, UH, TO SEE THAT I GOT TO ATTEND THE, UH, CIF CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL GAME BANQUET, UH, THIS LAST SUNDAY.
THAT WAS A BANQUETS OF BANQUETS.
I HAD A LOT OF FUN ATTENDING THAT.
I, ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES, ATTENDED, UH, THE, UM, SOFTBALL OPENING DAY FOR GIRLS SOFTBALL THAT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED.
IT BROUGHT BACK MEMORIES TO ME.
UM, BACK IN THE DAY, MY DAD AND A GUY BY THE NAME OF JOE VALENCIA, UH, ROSE WOULD KNOW WHO HE IS AND SOME OTHER VIEWS IN THE COMMUNITY.
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DAD USED TO COACH WITH HIM BECAUSE, UM, I WAS TOO YOUNG TO PLAY BASEBALL BACK.I WAS ONLY FOUR YEARS OLD, SO I WAS A BAT BOY FOR GIRLS SOFTBALL BACK IN THE DAY.
AND, UH, HAVE WARM, FOND MEMORIES OF, OF GIRLS SOFTBALL.
UM, ONE ALSO, UM, I ATTENDED THE POLICE AND FIRE AWARDS AS WELL.
AND, UH, ONE TO WISH, A CONGRATULATIONS TO CHESTER JANG, WHO WAS A LONG TIME DENTIST AND ATTORNEY IN HERE.
HE'S GONNA BE MOVING TO UTAH AND HE'S SOLD HIS PRACTICE.
AND, UH, HE RESIGNED, UH, FROM THE, UH, SCHOOL BOARD EFFECTIVE, I THINK LIKE A MONTH FROM NOW.
UH, BUT HE, HE DID A TREMENDOUS JOB AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER.
DID A TREMENDOUS JOB IN SERVING AS A DENTIST MANY TIMES.
THERE WERE INDIVIDUALS THAT I CAME ACROSS THAT HAD A SEVERE DENTAL PROBLEM AND NEEDED SOMETHING EXTRACTED AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY.
AND QUIETLY AND UNDER THE RADAR SCREEN, HE WOULD STEP UP AND HELP THESE INDIVIDUALS.
ON A COUPLE OCCASIONS, HE ALL ALSO HOSTED THESE TOY GIVEAWAYS FOR PEOPLE IN THE UNDERSERVED AREA RIGHT NEAR THERE.
AND HE DID SO MUCH STUFF AND IT WAS ALWAYS UNDER THE RADAR.
HE DIDN'T, NEVER WANTED ME TO PUT ANYTHING ON A POST.
KEEP IT LOW KEY AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA MISS CHESTER.
UH, BUT HE'S GONNA BE MOVING TO UTAH AND WE WISH HIM A LOT OF LUCK.
AND AGAIN, UH, WARREN NOLAN, WHAT A TREMENDOUS MAN.
AND I THINK JOSE SHARED THE, THE VIDEO OF, UH, THE PIECE THAT THEY DID ON KCBS CHANNEL TWO NEWS.
109 YEARS OLD, AN INCREDIBLE FEAT.
UH, I WON'T BORE YOU WITH THE DETAILS.
I ATTENDED, UH, SOME OF THESE EVENTS WITH MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL.
UH, ONE OF THE ONES THAT REALLY STUCK OUT, OF COURSE, THAT STICKS OUT EVERY YEAR FOR ME IS, UH, LAHABRA, UH, LAHABRA GIRL SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION, WHICH HAS PLAYED OVER LA BONITA PARK.
MY COLLEAGUES HAVE MENTIONED IT.
ALWAYS GREAT, UH, TO SEE THESE, UH, THESE YOUNG LADIES, UH, UH, COME OUT AND, UH, AND PLAY SOFTBALL.
IT HITS, UH, IT HIT, IT HITS HOME FOR ME BECAUSE I DID COACH THERE.
UH, BUT MY THREE DAUGHTERS HAD, UH, PLAYED SOFTBALL THERE FOR QUITE A NUMBER OF YEARS.
SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THEIR OPENING DAY.
UH, WANTED TO THANK OUR, UH, CONGRESSWOMAN ONCE AGAIN.
UH, SHE CAME BY THIS AFTERNOON, TOOK TIME OUT OF HER DAY TO DROP OFF THAT CHECK, THAT CHECK IN THE AMOUNT OF 1 MILLION AND $90,000.
I MENTIONED THAT, UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE A, UH, WE, WE HAVE A CONTINGENT HERE FROM, UH, LAHABRA HIGH SCHOOL, UH, SENIORS, CORRECT.
FROM, UH, MS. HERNANDEZ'S GOVERNMENT CLASS.
THIS IS SOMETHING YOUR CITY COUNCIL DOES.
WE, UH, WE REACH OUT, WE COLLABORATE, UH, NOT ONLY WITH, UH, LOCAL AND STATE OFFICIALS, BUT WITH OUR FEDERAL OFFICIALS.
AND, UH, OUR CONGRESSWOMAN IS LINDA SANCHEZ.
AND SHE'S BEEN VERY GOOD TO THE CITY, UH, IN, UH, IN YEARS PAST.
AND OF COURSE, TODAY, AGAIN, UH, WHEN SHE CAN, SHE FINDS FUNDING FOR US FOR SOME OF THE, UH, VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT, UH, THAT WE ADVOCATE FOR AND, UH, WANTED YOU TO KNOW.
SO AS YOU GO THROUGH, UH, YOUR TIME AT LAHABRA AND, UH, SOME OF YOU'RE GONNA BE OFF TO COLLEGE, SOME WILL BE OFF TO TRADE SCHOOLS AND WHAT HAVE YOU, AND YOU COME BACK HOME, THIS IS WHAT YOUR CITY COUNCIL DOES, AND THIS IS WHAT YOU SHOULD DEMAND OF YOUR CITY COUNCIL.
THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS HERE THAT SPOKE A PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WAS FRUSTRATED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD, HE HAS EVERY RIGHT TO BE FRUSTRATED TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
I, AND I WILL CALL HIM JUST AS WELL.
UH, WE WILL WORK OUT WHATEVER WE CAN.
I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT ISSUE, UH, BUT, UH, THOSE ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT YOUR CITY COUNCIL DOES AND THAT WE SHOULD TRY TO FIND ANSWERS FOR IF WE CAN.
IT'S NOT ALL THE GOOD, IT'S NOT ALL THE RIBBON CUTTINGS.
IT'S, UH, IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, ACCEPTING THE CHECKS.
IT'S THIS, IT'S, UH, IT'S ANSWERING DO OUR RESIDENTS DAY IN, DAY OUT.
AND, UH, WE WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT JUST AS WELL.
AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING YOUR TEACHER HERE.
I'VE KNOWN YOUR TEACHER FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW.
THEY SPEAK VERY HIGHLY OF HER.
UH, AND, UH, UH, THEY DON'T CALL HER MS. HERNANDEZ ANYMORE.
THEY CALL HER BY HER FIRST NAME, BUT I'M NOT GONNA EMBARRASS HER IN THAT FASHION.
BUT, UH, THEY KNOW HER, UH, THEY KNOW HER JUST AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU MS. HERNANDEZ, UH, FOR WHAT YOU DO AT LA HABRA HIGH SCHOOL AND FOR THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE YOU ARE PROVIDING FOR OUR FUTURE WITH THESE STUDENTS.
SO WE, WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU AND, AND YOUR COLLEAGUES AT SCHOOL.
UH, ERIC, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UH, FOR TAKING THE CALL AND FOR, UH, DOING OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
ERIC, AGAIN IS THE, UH, A SB PRESIDENT AT LA HABER HIGH SCHOOL.
WANNA MAKE SURE YOU KNEW THAT.
AND, UH, WITH THAT, ANY, UH, OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, WE'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
JUST WANNA THANK THE RESIDENTS FOR COMING.
AND, UH, MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.
TIME IS, UH, 7 23 AND WE ARE WHOOP, EXCUSE ME FOR ONE SECOND.
MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED TO MONDAY, MARCH 2ND, 2026 AT 5:30 PM IN THE
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CITY COUNCIL.CLOSED SESSION ROOM ONE 12 C 100 EAST LAHABRA BOULEVARD, FOLLOWED BY THE REGULAR MEETING AT 6:30 PM IN THE CITY.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, HAVE A GREAT EVENING.