* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:02:36] WILL THE CLERK PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS 3:25 PM? YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND FOR THE RECORD, ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE RECONVENED. [1. CONDUCT INTERVIEWS FOR ANNUAL EXPIRING TERMS AND TWO ALTERNATES ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION That the City Council conduct interviews for annual expiring terms and two alternates on the Planning Commission and Community Services Commission.] SO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CONSIDERATION ITEM. ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE MAY REQUEST TO ADDRESS THIS, THE LAHABRA CITY COUNCIL ON ANY CONSIDERATION ITEM PRIOR TO THE LAHABRA CITY COUNCIL TAKING A FINAL VOTE ON THE ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER CONSIDERATION ITEM, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR OR CHAIR. SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOANED TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE, AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE. THE ONLY CONSIDERATION ITEM ON THIS AFTERNOON'S AGENDA IS CONDUCT INTERVIEWS FOR ANNUAL EXPIRING TERMS AND TWO ALTERNATES ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION. ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD. UH, SO A TOTAL OF, UH, 14 ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS, ACTUALLY 13 ARE BEING CONSIDERED FOR EXPIRED TERMS AND ALTERNATE POSITIONS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION. MAYOR, I'M SORRY, IT IS 14. IT IS 14. MM-HMM . OKAY. FOUR TODAY AND 10 ON MARCH 2ND. SO I CORRECTED THAT ON YOUR SCRIPT. YES. UH, THANK YOU. I HAVE IT HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO, A TOTAL OF 14 ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS ARE BEING CONSIDERED FOR EXPIRED TERMS AND ALTERNATE POSITIONS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION. TONIGHT, CITY COUNCIL WILL CONDUCT THE SECOND AND FINAL INTERVIEWS WITH FOUR APPLICANTS, THE CITY COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS MADE AT A FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. EACH APPLICANT WILL BE SEATED AT THE TABLE FACING THE DIAZ AND ANSWER QUESTIONS ASKED BY EACH CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. THE TIMER WILL BE SET FOR 10 MINUTES WITH RED, YELLOW, AND GREEN LIGHTS REPRESENTING THE TIME REMAINING. APPLICANTS MAY TAKE A SEAT IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER OR LEAVE THE MEETING ONCE THEIR INTERVIEW IS COMPLETED. FIRST, APPLICANT NOAMI VALENZUELA IS ASKED TO PLEASE TAKE A SEAT SO THAT THE INTERVIEW PROCESS CAN BEGIN. MS. VALENZUELA, GOOD AFTERNOON. HOW ARE YOU? I'M DOING GREAT. HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING? DOING WELL, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, SO YOU'RE OUR FIRST, UH, APPLICANT, UH, TO BE INTERVIEWED THIS AFTERNOON. I JUST WANTED YOU TO TAKE A LOOK UP HERE AT THE, UH, THE TIMER. [00:05:01] UH, THE TIMER WILL BE GOING, UH, FROM GREEN TO YELLOW TO RED. UH, ONCE WE START, ONCE IT HITS RED, THAT MEANS THAT, UH, WE'VE, UH, UH, REACHED THE ALLOTTED NUMBER OF TI THE AMOUNT OF TIME. AND, UH, WE HAVE 10 MINUTES. WE'LL START THIS NOW AND, UH, WE WILL, UH, START WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN NICK SIAN HERE ON MY RIGHT FOR THE FIRST QUESTION. OKAY. HI, NOW AMY. HI, HOW ARE YOU? VERY WELL, THANK YOU. UH, LET ME ASK YOU THIS. YOU HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING, UH, I HOPE OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION DOES. SO TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK TWO OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMISSION ARE. I MEAN, THEY OVERSEE A NUMBER OF SERVICES AND PROGRAMS, THEY ADVISE COUNCIL ON ALL THESE THINGS. WHAT ARE THE TWO MOST CRITICAL ONES, WOULD YOU SAY? UM, I THINK THAT WE'RE PART OF THE COMMUNITY. MORE PEOPLE. WE TEND TO BE OUT IN EVENTS AND, UM, ANYTHING ABOUT THE CITY AND PEOPLE ARE TRUSTWORTHY OF WHO YOU ARE. LIKE FOR MYSELF, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE, SO PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK ME LIKE, WHAT CAN I DO? WHAT ADVICE CAN I GIVE? SO I GET FEEDBACK OF, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT PEOPLE NEED, WHAT PEOPLE WANT. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT COMMUNITY SERVICE IS GOING OUTSIDE BEYOND AND, UM, LOVING YOUR COMMUNITY AND KNOWING WHAT THE, WHAT THE RESIDENTS WANT AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. NEXT QUESTION WILL BE, UH, BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROSE ESPINOZA. HELLO, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD, GOOD. UH, MY QUESTION IS, WHAT DO YOU WISH TO ACCOMPLISH AS YOU, UH, COME ONTO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION? I WOULD LOOK TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT THE RESIDENTS REALLY WANT. WHAT IS NEEDED IN OUR COMMUNITY. OUR COMMUNITY. I FEEL LIKE IT'S, IT'S, WE ARE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WE DO HAVE. UM, BUT THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT SOMETIMES NEED TO NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. AND BEING OUT THERE, KNOWING THE COMMUNITY, WE COULD BRING THAT, I COULD BRING THAT TO THE TABLE. I COULD, UH, BE ABLE TO GO TO RIBBON CUTTINGS AND, AND BE INVOLVED WITH THE COMMUNITY, WITH THE RESIDENTS AND JUST MAKE A DIFFERENCE, YOU KNOW, MAKE A DIFFERENCE. LIKE ALL YOU GUYS MAKE A DIFFERENCE AS WELL AS MYSELF, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN A COMMUNITY. I GREW UP HERE IN THE CITY OF LAHABRA AND I, I FEEL LIKE ME BEING HERE, I COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND, UM, ALWAYS SINCE I WAS 6-YEAR-OLD, I WANTED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND I THINK I'VE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT OF GOALS THAT I HAVE AND THIS IS ONE OF 'EM. SO IF I COULD DO THIS TOO, THAT WOULD BE AMAZING TO ACCOMPLISH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, MOVING OVER. WE'LL GO TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, EXCUSE ME, A MAYOR PRO TIM JAMES GOMEZ. HI, NAOMI. HI, JIM. MY QUESTION IS, UH, HOW DO YOU SEE LAHABRA IN THE NEXT, LET'S SAY 10 YEARS? WHAT DO YOU SEE HAPPENING? THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES IN LAHABRA, A LOT OF HOMES, AND I THINK, UH, IT'S AWESOME, ESPECIALLY WITH THE PARKS THAT WE'RE DOING. UH, LIKE, UH, UH, WHAT IS VINCE COLLI? CENTRAL PARK? CENTENNIAL PARK. THAT WAS AWESOME. THAT'S LIKE ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE PARKS HERE. AND IT'S AMAZING THAT WE BOUGHT A PARK THAT A LOT OF CITIES DO NOT HAVE. UM, I, I SEE MYSELF, I SEE THE CITY OPENING, UM, PARKS FOR SENSORY FOR KIDS WITH DISABILITIES. I SEE, UH, A LOT OF CHANGES BEING DONE AND, AND OUR CITY IS LOOKING AWESOME AS THERE'S DIFFERENT APARTMENTS BEING BUILT. UH, THERE'S PARKS. SO I BELIEVE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW OUR, OUR CITY BECAUSE WE'RE A CARING COMMUNITY AND BECAUSE WE LOVE WHAT WE DO, AND LIKE, YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB. AND, UM, I JUST, I DON'T SEE NOTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT OUR CITY. I SEE MORE POSITIVE. THANK YOU. YOU ARE WELCOME. COUNCILMAN LAMPKIN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, HI NOAMI. HI. UM, I'M LOOKING AT YOUR APPLICATION HERE AND THERE'S A, A, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT'S NOT HERE. IT'S, I DON'T, UM, SO I, I REALLY WANNA KNOW MORE ABOUT WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING TO THE TABLE. UH, IF YOU COULD JUST SHARE WITH ME, IT'S TWO PIECES, TWO PART QUESTION, BUT IT'S ONE. OKAY. UM, ALTOGETHER, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU HAVE SOME COLLEGE, UH, AS FAR AS YOUR EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND AND THAT, UH, UNDER, DO YOU POSSESS ANY SPECIAL SKILLS? YOU MENTIONED A ADVOCATE FOR THE CITY OF LA HABRA. CAN YOU EXPAND ON THAT? I WOULD BE, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT YOUR EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND. SO, UH, SOME COLLEGE I DO HAVE, I'M A COSMETOLOGIST, SO I WENT TO FULLERTON COLLEGE. I GOT MY DEGREE AS A COSMETOLOGIST, BUT THEN I PUR DID NOT PURSUE IT 'CAUSE IT WASN'T WHAT I WANTED. UM, AN ADVOCATE, I ADVOCATE A LOT FOR OUR COMMUNITY, UM, FOR OUR HISPANIC COMMUNITY, UH, AS WELL AS EVERYBODY THAT LIVES HERE. A LOT OF PEOPLE COME UP TO ME AND THEY ASK ME, CAN YOU DO THIS? CAN YOU HELP ME? CAN YOU HELP ME FILL OUT THIS PAPERWORK? AS A CHILD, LIKE I SAID, I ALWAYS WANTED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. MY MOM DIDN'T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE, SO I WAS ALWAYS THE TRANSLATOR. AND I SAID, WHEN I GROW UP, THAT'S NOT GONNA BE, IF SOMEBODY NEEDS HELP, I'M NOT GONNA LIMIT MYSELF TO NOT HELP THEM. I WILL BE ABLE TO HELP 'EM OUT, WHATEVER THEY NEED. IF THEY NEED TO COME AND SAY SOMETHING TO THE COUNCIL, I WOULD BE WILLING TO COME AND TRANSLATE, UM, FILL OUT PAPERWORK AS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, BUT I USED TO WORK FOR [00:10:01] THE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER. I WAS A, A REFERRAL SPECIALIST THERE. SO I KIND OF, I MOSTLY KNOW A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY. UM, I ADVOCATE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO BE A VOICE, EVEN IF YOU DO NOT SPEAK THE LANGUAGE. SO I FEEL LIKE I AM THE VOICE FOR THOSE THAT ARE SILENT AND THEY'RE TRUSTWORTHY. THEY TRUST ME, SO I'M ABLE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. UM, IT'S JUST, I LOVE MY COMMUNITY. I WANT PEOPLE TO NOT BE SCARED AND I ALWAYS OPEN MY, UM, MY TRANS AID SKILLS. UM, I'M ALSO PART OF THE SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL IN WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL. THEY VOTED ME IN. A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW WHO I AM. I ALSO WAS, UH, PART OF THE, UH, DISTRICT FOR DOUG SHAFFEY. I GOT THE KINDNESS AWARD IN 2022. I ALSO RECEIVE THE AWARD FOR, UH, TO ON THE TOWN FOR THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY. SO I'M, I TRY TO BE IN A LOT OF THE EVENTS, UM, TO ATTEND THE COUNCIL MEETINGS. SOMETIMES I'M ABLE TO, SOMETIMES I LOOK AT THEM ONLINE AND I'M ABLE TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY. SO, UM, DO YOU NEED ME TO FURTHER ANYTHING ELSE OR? NO, I, I'M ONLY SHORT I'M ONLY DOWN TO ONE QUESTION, SO I'M GONNA JUST THANK YOU FOR CONTRIBUTING THAT AS WELL. UM, I, I WISH I WOULD'VE SEEN IT ON THIS APPLICATION HERE, BUT THANK YOU. YEAH, YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR ASKING. ALRIGHT. NO, MEAN, I'M, I'VE GOT THE LAST QUESTION. WE'VE GOT ABOUT THREE AND A HALF MINUTES LEFT. AND, UH, I, I'M JUST GONNA ASK YOU JUST OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, AND THIS IS, UH, WHATEVER YOU THINK, WHATEVER YOU'RE THINKING OR WHATEVER YOU HAVE THOUGHT TO THIS POINT, IF YOU WERE TO SEE, UH, UH, OR IF YOU WANTED TO SEE AN EVENT COME TO THE CITY OF LAHABRA, WHAT WOULD THAT BE? I THINK WE COVER A LOT OF EVENTS, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THE CORN FESTIVAL. WE DO HAVE A LOT OF EVENTS GOING ON. I THINK A CULTURE EVENT WILL BE NICE. WE HAVE DIFFERENT CULTURES HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND JUST HAVING A CULTURE EVENT AND KNOWING THE BACKGROUND OF EVERY CULTURE, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME FOR EVERYBODY BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY KNOWS THEIR, UH, CULTURE. THEY JUST KNOW WHAT PEOPLE SAY, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. SO MAYBE HAVE A CULTURE EVENT WHERE PEOPLE COULD COME AND SHOW THEIR CULTURE AND HAVE OUR KIDS KNOW WHAT THE, WHAT THE CULTURE'S ABOUT. NOT ONLY HEARING IT, BUT SEEING IT. BECAUSE A LOT OF CULTURES THEY DO, THEY DO DO THEIR, LIKE WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO AND THEIR LIKE IN THEIR, UM, COUNTRY, BUT WE DON'T SEE IT 'CAUSE IT'S DIFFERENT. SO JUST EXPRESSING AND OPENING THE CULTURES TO OUR KIDS AND OUR COMMUNITY, I THINK THAT WILL BE AWESOME. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, YOU'RE WELCOME. UH, FOR YOUR ANSWERS. WELCOME AND FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION. THE BEST OF LUCK. UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT CANDIDATE FOR QUESTIONS. UH, YOU'RE WELCOME TO REMAIN IN THE, UH, COUNCIL CHAMBERS, BUT THAT'S IT FOR, UH, FOR YOUR INTERVIEW. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN. THANK YOU. I ASK YOU QUICKLY, IS IT THE FIVE O'CLOCK? THIS NOT GONNA BE, OR FIVE DANA. DANA IS THAT COMING? ELLA? RIGHT. SO THE FIRST APPLICANT COUNSELED AND THEN THE 4 45 APPOINTMENT, UH, IS ILL AND UNABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY. SO STAFF IS CHECKING TO SEE IF WE CAN REARRANGE SOME OF THE SCHEDULE HERE TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE CONSISTENT FOR TIMING AND COUNSEL. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. THANK SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO GIVE ANOTHER UPDATE TO TODAY'S SCHEDULE. THE 5:00 PM CANCELED. SO WE ARE WAITING ON THE 4:00 PM AND FOUR 15. SO TWO MORE CANDIDATES FOR TODAY. FOR A TOTAL OF THREE. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. [00:18:07] HE WAS YOU. YEAH. THESE ARE ALSO, YEAH. OR AND THEY'RE BOTH HERE. THANK YOU MAYOR. [00:20:02] THE TWO NEXT CANDIDATES HAVE ARRIVED, SO IF YOU'RE READY, CANDACE IS HERE. ABSOLUTELY. WE'LL, WE'LL BRING HER IN. THANK YOU. YES. HI CANDACE, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. AND YOU? DOING WELL, THANK YOU. PLEASE HAVE A SEAT AND MAKE YOURSELF COMFORTABLE. RELAX. UH, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS, UH, YOU HAVE THE FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS UP HERE. EACH ONE WILL ASK YOU A QUESTION. I'M GONNA POINT YOU TO THE TIMER UP HERE. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE 10 MINUTES. ONCE WE START, STARTS OFF AT GREEN. WHEN YOU START GETTING LOW ON TIME, IT'LL GO TO YELLOW. AND WHEN YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO MORE TIME IT'LL GO TO RED. AND WHEN IRBY WILL BE CONDUCT, UH, WILL BE OVER. UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, UH, WE'LL GET STARTED. AND, UH, I'M GONNA START, UH, OVER WITH COUNCILWOMAN ROSE ESPINOZA FOR THE FIRST QUESTION. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU. UM, I JUST, I KNOW, UM, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE. YOU'RE VERY ACTIVE, SO I KNOW THAT. UM, BUT WHAT DO YOU WISH TO ACCOMPLISH? UM, SHOULD YOU GET ONTO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION? SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ACCOMPLISH IS MAYBE HAVING MORE VISIBILITY, UM, AS FAR AS THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS GO THAT THE CITY OFFERS. I KNOW SOME THINGS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, YOU GUYS SEND OUT MAILERS. UM, A LOT OF THE YOUNGER GENERATION USE SOCIAL MEDIA AS A TOOL FOR NEWS AND JUST FOR EVERYTHING. SO I WOULD HOPE TO JUST HAVE MORE VISIBILITY FOR THE PROGRAMS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN LAKIN. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, OBVIOUSLY JUST LIKE MY OTHER FELLOW COLLEAGUES, WE KNOW QUITE A BIT ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND. YOU KNOW, UM, DOING MANY THINGS IN THE CITY OF LAHABRA, ONE OF THOSE BEING PROBABLY ONE OF THE CENTER, UM, UH, ONLINE TOWN SQUARES FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO COMMUNICATE WITH ONE ANOTHER AND EVEN THEIR GOVERNMENT. UM, ALSO WITH THAT IS YOUR CONTRIBUTION ON THE CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE. YES. UM, IF I MAY ASK, HOW DO YOU THINK THAT BOTH OF THOSE TWO THINGS, YOU, UM, UH, MANAGING A SOCIAL MEDIA GROUP AND BEING ON A CENT CENTENNIAL COMMUNITY CAN HELP, UH, HELP YOU, UH, IN YOUR ROLE AS A COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSIONER? WELL, I THINK MANAGING THE SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE, I'M ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF OUR RESIDENTS ON A DAILY BASIS. I UNDERSTAND, UM, THE NEEDS AND THE WANTS OF SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS. AND AS FAR AS THE CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE, UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS ABLE TO ASSIST WITH SOURCING A LARGE NUMBER OF IMAGES FOR THE IMAGES OF AMERICA BOOK, WHICH WAS A NEED AT THE TIME. UM, THE COMMISSION, OR EXCUSE ME, THE COMMITTEE WASN'T GETTING A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS, SO I WAS ABLE TO HELP WITH THAT. UM, I'M ALSO A PART OF THE PTA AT TWO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. I WAS ELECTED AS SOCIAL MEDIA CHAIR FOR LA HABRA HIGH SCHOOL FOR THIS YEAR. UM, AND I'VE BEEN ELECTED TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD, UM, AS SECRETARY FOR THE HA HIGH SCHOOL PTA FOR NEXT YEAR, UM, ON THE SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL FOR MY LITTLES, UM, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SO I'M ABLE TO HELP DETERMINE BUDGETARILY WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE DIFFERENT PLANS SHOULD BE FOR THAT. SO I THINK, UM, BEING WELL-ROUNDED, I'LL JUST BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE MORE TO THIS COMMISSION. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TIM. HI, CANDACE. FIRST OF ALL, UH, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY UNDER VERY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES. I OFFER MY CONDOLENCES TO YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY, AND YOU HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS, TREMENDOUS JOB. I JUST WANNA TELL YOU THAT, UH, FROM YOUR RECENT VIDEOS, I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH THOSE RECENT VIDEOS YOU'VE POSTED, YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE, CENTENNIAL WORK, EVERYTHING YOU DO, CLASS ACT. WHAT DOES LAHABRA MEAN TO YOU? I'M SORRY. I'M SO SORRY. I'VE LIVED, I'VE LIVED IN LA HABRA FOR, IT'LL BE 30 YEARS THIS YEAR. UM, I WENT TO, I, I STARTED GOING TO IMPERIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL. I WENT THROUGH LA HABRA HIGH SCHOOL. THIS IS A CITY THAT I CHOSE TO RAISE MY CHILDREN IN. SO I BELIEVE IN ITS MISSION AND I'D LIKE TO HELP SUPPORT IT IN ANY WAY I CAN. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. COUNCILMAN, UH, NICK'S HEARING. HI, CANDACE. HI. SO, COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION KIND OF OVERSEES AND ADVISE US ON A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT THINGS, WHICH I'M SURE YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE OF. BUT OUT OF, UH, THIS, THE MANY THINGS, WHETHER IT'S BEAUTIFICATION, WHETHER IT'S YOUTH AWARDS, WHETHER IT'S PARKS AND MUSEUMS, WHETHER IT'S SENIOR SERVICES, CAN YOU PICK TWO THAT YOU THINK ARE PERHAPS THE MOST CRITICALLY IMPORTANT, OR AT LEAST ONES THAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED? I WOULD HAVE TO SAY FIRST AND FOREMOST OUR YOUTH COMMISSION OR YOUTH COMMITTEE. UM, ONLY BECAUSE THAT'S THE NEXT GENERATION OF UP AND COMING LEADERS WITHIN [00:25:01] THE CITY. UM, AND IF I HAD TO PICK A SECOND, IT WOULD, IT'S HARD BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY OFFERS. UM, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY BEAUTIFICATION. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. HEY, CANDACE. HI. I HAVE THE, UH, I HAVE THE LAST QUESTION AND I'LL ASK YOU WHAT I ASKED THE, UH, THE PREVIOUS CANDIDATE. UH, IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S ONE EVENT THAT THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE, UH, THAT DON ON A COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE COME DILLA HARA OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, WHAT WOULD THAT BE? WELL, I THINK WE OFFER A LOT OF GREAT EVENTS. UM, THERE'S A LOT OF EVENTS FOR KIDS. UH, I BELIEVE THERE'S A CATERPILLAR ADOPTION COMING UP, THE EXTRAVAGANZA. I LOVE THE CONCERTS IN THE PARK TAMALE FESTIVAL. IF I WOULD HAVE TO SAY ONE THAT WE NEED MAYBE MORE A CULTURAL MULTICULTURAL EVENT, UM, KIND OF LIKE WHAT THE CITY OF ORANGE OFFERS AT THE ORANGE, UH, CIRCLE. OH YEAH. YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT STREETS. THEY HAVE STREETS FOR, UH, ITALIAN FOOD FOR MIDDLE EASTERN FOOD. MEXICAN FOOD, ASIAN FOOD, MAYBE SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. SO IT'S MULTICULTURAL. UM, I'M GETTING HUNGRY. ANSWER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, THAT, UH, THAT CONCLUDES OUR INTERVIEW. UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT. WE APPRECIATE YOU AND, UH, YOU'RE WELCOME TO STICK AROUND FOR THE, UH, FOR THE NEXT INTERVIEW IF YOU'D LIKE. OTHERWISE, UH, YOU'RE FREE TO GO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CANDACE. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN. HELLO. HI. I GET MY MICROPHONE WORKING IN HERE. GOOD AFTERNOON. HOW ARE YOU? I'M GOOD. I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK YOU. I DON'T WANNA BUTCHER YOUR LAST NAME. IS IT PIRE? PICARELLA. PICARELLA GORILLA. GOT IT. PICARELLA. MS. PICARELLA, WELCOME. THANK YOU. UH, WE'RE GONNA CONDUCT YOUR INTERVIEW, FIVE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. UH, EACH ONE OF US WILL ASK YOU A QUESTION. I'M GONNA POINT YOU HERE TO THE TIMER WHERE THERE'S A GREEN, YELLOW, AND RED BUTTON. RED LIGHT GREEN IS, UH, THE INTERVIEW. WE'RE GONNA BE CONDUCTING THE INTERVIEW YELLOW, YOU'RE GONNA GET SHORT ON TIME. AND THE RED IS, UH, WHEN YOU'RE OUT OF TIME, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A TOTAL OF 10 MINUTES, UH, FOR THIS INTERVIEW ONCE WE GET STARTED. OKAY, GREAT. UH, OUTSIDE OF THAT, UH, WE'LL START THE QUESTIONS AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM GOMEZ, START OFF THE QUESTIONS. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. TELL ME SOMETHING. UM, TELL ME WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND WHAT'S SOMETHING YOU THINK WE HAVE A BIGGEST OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE? WHAT I LIKE MOST IS THE CONNECTIONS OF EVERYBODY. UM, IT'S A LOT. IT SEEMS LIKE A BIG, BIG SMALL CITY. SO LIKE, EVERYONE'S CONNECTED IN SOME WAY. EITHER YOU SAW EACH OTHER AT THE MARKET, YOU WORK WITH THEM OR YOU'VE DONE A SPORTING EVENT WITH THEM. LIKE WE ARE ALL CONNECTED IN SOME WAY. SO IT'S VERY, UH, CLOSE. I FEEL LIKE. UM, WHAT COULD BE MORE IS, UM, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR EDUCATION EVENTS. UM, MORE FAMILY EVENTS LIKE, UM, IN REGARDS TO HOMESCHOOL COMMUNITIES. UM, THE, ALSO THE K THROUGH 12, UH, JUNIOR HIGH, THE TRANSITION FROM ELEMENTARY GOING INTO JUNIOR HIGH, I NOTICED THAT THERE'S ALWAYS A GAP. IT'S LIKE, UM, WE FOCUS ON SMALL, SMALL CHILDREN EVENTS AND THEN IT JUST KIND OF PUSHES TO, UM, THEY JUMP TO JUNIOR HIGH AND IT'S KIND OF SCARY. SO I FEEL LIKE MORE EDUCATIONAL EVENTS, UM, IN PLANNING AS THE KIDS GROW. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER NICKER. HI NADINA. HI. SO COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION DOES A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF. THEY OVERSEE A BUNCH OF THINGS. THEY ADVISE, UH, TO COUNCIL. AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE, OUT OF ALL THE MANY THINGS, WHETHER IT'S BEAUTIFICATION OR OR YOUTH SCHOLARSHIPS OR SENIOR PROGRAMS OR THINGS LIKE THAT, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY ARE TWO OF THE MOST CRITICAL FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT? REC RECREATION FOR SURE. UM, EVENTS. ALL THE EVENTS, THE, UM, HOLIDAY EVENTS, UH, THE OPEN EVENTS FOR, UM, LIKE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DO THE EVENTS LIKE THAT. UM, JUST MAKING THAT CONNECTION SO IT'S NOT SO SCARY AND THEY UNDERSTAND HOW TO CONNECT WITH THE COUNCIL AND WITH THE COMMUNITY. UM, EVEN SENDING OUT THOSE, UM, [00:30:01] MAGNETS THAT GO IN YOUR FRIDGE THAT HAVE THE NUMBERS FOR EVERYBODY LIKE THAT STUFF IS, IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, NOT IMPORTANT, BUT IT IS. 'CAUSE WHEN YOU, YOU DON'T KNOW YOU NEED SOMETHING UNTIL YOU NEED IT. AND THEN HOW DO I GET IT? LIKE, EVEN RIGHT NOW, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE WERE LIVE STREAMED AND I FOUND THAT OUT SO I WAS ABLE TO LOOK ON THE LINK AND THEY SHARE THAT INFORMATION. SO JUST HAVING ACCESS TO HOW TO OBTAIN INFORMATION I THINK IS SUPER IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY ASPECT. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MM-HMM . AND, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ESPINOZA. HI, HOW ARE YOU? HI, HOW ARE YOU? I'M DOING FINE, THANK YOU. UH, THE HAR THE HARBOR IS KNOWN AS A CARING COMMUNITY AND WE ENCOURAGE A SENSE OF VOLUNTEERISM IN THE COMMUNITY. COULD YOU PLEASE SHARE WITH ME WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN THE PAST THREE YEARS TO VOLUNTEER OR PARTICIPATE IN LA HARBA COMMUNITY THINGS? YES. SO I DO A LOT . I RUN, UM, I GRASSROOTS ON FACEBOOK, MOMMIES OF LAHABRA, UM, WITH A FELLOW MOM. UM, WE RUN THAT AS JUST A COMMUNITY GROUP. IT'S GROWN. WE HAVE, I THINK CLOSE TO THREE K IN THERE NOW. I ALSO VOLUNTEER IN THE COMMUNITY RUNNING DIFFERENT EVENTS FOR HOMESCHOOL COMMUNITIES AND ALSO FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES. UM, I WAS A TUTOR AT SCHOOL ON WILLS, WHICH IS, UM, A TUTORING. IT'S BASICALLY EDUCATION ON THE GO FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES AND PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND I ALSO VOLUNTEER AT OUR CHURCH. I TEACH SUNDAY SCHOOL ON THE FIRST AND THIRD OF EVERY SUNDAY. AND I RUN A FREE SUMMER PROGRAM CALLED ADVENTURE SEEKERS IN THE SUMMERTIME, WHERE WE OFFER, UH, A DROP OFF PROGRAM FOR K THROUGH 12. AND WE HAD CLOSE TO 50 KIDS, UH, LAST SUMMER AND THIS SUMMER AGAIN, HAVE ANOTHER ONE. UM, I ALSO WORKED, UM, WORK AS A REC LEADER WITH THE CITY OF WHITTIER AND THE HABRA, SANTA FE SPRINGS TEACHING MUSIC AND MOVEMENT AND UH, PARENT CONNECTIONS. THAT'S JUST STUFF I LIKE TO DO. SO I DO THAT AND I DO THAT ALONG WITH, UM, OTHER FAMILIES AND IT'S FUN. I LIKE TO DO THAT STUFF. SO THAT'S HOW IT LED ME TO THIS POSITION HERE. , THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMAN LINCOLN. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AND UH, I WANNA FIRST CONGRATULATE YOU AND SAY KUDOS ON YOUR EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND. THANK YOU. UM, I AM SOMEONE WHO IS A BIG PROPONENT FOR TRANSPARENCY AND BEING ABLE TO MAXIMIZE OUR OUTREACH TO OUR CONSTITUENTS. YES. SO I WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND ON WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO KEEP PEOPLE INFORMED, THINGS YOU WISH YOU HAD AND SO FORTH, SO ON. NO, WHAT IS IT THAT WE CAN DO AS A CITY? WHAT ARE SOME IDEALS THAT YOU HAVE ON HOW WE CAN EXPAND OUR OUTREACH TO OUR CONSTITUENTS BEYOND WHAT WE ALREADY ARE DOING? I THINK A MORE INTERACTIVE WEBSITE, WHICH IS HUGE, RIGHT? SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION IS BIG. UM, I HAVE A BACKGROUND IN, UH, CLOUD TECHNOLOGY. I WORKED AT A TECHNOLOGY DISTRIBUTION COMPANY IN, UH, SANTA ANA NOW IRVINE, UH, FOR A LONG TIME. AND I KNOW THAT WEBSITE DEMAND IS HUGE. IT'S ALSO EXPENSIVE, BUT I KNOW THAT IT'S HUGE. I THINK JUST BEING ABLE TO HAVE, UM, ACCESS TO THINGS EASY CLICK, RIGHT CLICK THROUGH AND TO FIND THINGS, ESPECIALLY AS OUR COMMUNITY GROWS OLDER, RIGHT? WE HAVE A BIG GENERATION THAT'S GONNA COME UP THAT, UM, TECHNOLOGY'S SCARY. AND SO, UM, THE COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT THEY DO GET THOSE MAGNETS ON THE FRIDGE AND ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS ARE GREAT. BUT TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT THE YOUTH WITH THE OLDER GENERATION, I THINK IS HUGE. UM, AND I THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE PUSHED A LOT MORE. WE HAVE LIKE AN ENCORE GROUP OF, OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A YOUNG VIBRANT YOUTH, UM, THAT ARE LEADING AND LEADING THROUGH TECHNOLOGY. AND I THINK THAT THE WEBSITES AND THINGS LIKE THAT COULD BE, UM, A LOT MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE AND TEACHING THEM HOW TO USE IT. LIKE THAT'D BE GREAT. LIKE TO HAVE A COMMUNITY EVENT TO TEACH THEM HOW TO USE IT. IT'S NOT SCARY. UM, MY MOTHER-IN-LAW IS 96, I THINK 96, AND I TAUGHT HER HOW TO USE HER IPHONE AND UH, SHOWED HER HOW TO DO THAT. AND IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT. I THINK COMMUNICATION IS KEY, UM, FOR OLD AND YOUNG. AND THAT'S ONE THING I THINK THAT JUST FIGURING OUT HOW TO CONNECT PEOPLE, UM, IT SHOULDN'T BE HARD. LIKE I THINK WE COULD DO IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, NADINE, I HAVE THE, UH, THE LAST QUESTION HERE. YES. AND I'VE ASKED THIS OF THE PREVIOUS TWO, UH, APPLICANTS AS WELL. SO IF THERE'S AN EVENT THAT THE CITY OF LAHABRA DOES NOT HAVE RIGHT NOW, WHAT, WHAT EVENT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE COME TO LAHABRA FARMER'S MARKET? . I WANT A FARMER'S MARKET. WHY? TELL ME WHY LOCAL PRODUCE AND IT CONNECTS EVERYBODY AND WE CAN HAVE BOOTHS THAT COULD CONNECT PEOPLE TO INFORMATION AND SHARE IT AND UM, FARMER'S MARKET IS JUST LIKE THE PLACE THAT YOU CAN GO AND TALK TO PEOPLE AND HANG OUT. UM, THAT'S HUGE. I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON THAT. UM, AND I'M LIKE A BIG FAN. UM, AND ALSO LIKE YOUTH EVENTS, LIKE HAVING LIKE, YOU KNOW, A SKATEBOARDING EVENT OR SOMETHING COOL, BMX BIKE [00:35:01] EVENT, THINGS LIKE THAT TO BRING IN, UM, WOULD BE SUPER COOL SO THAT WAY FAMILIES CAN COME AND ENJOY IT AND IT'S NOT INTIMIDATING. UM, EVEN HAVING EVENTS WITH, UM, LO YOU KNOW, LOCAL RADIO STATIONS COME DOWN. I HAVE A HUGE BACKGROUND IN PROMOTION AND MARKETING AND RADIO AND ENTERTAINMENT AND I WAS THAT PERSON OUT THERE THROWING OUT THOSE T-SHIRTS FOR MANY YEARS. SO I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO JUMP ON THE MIC AND HAVE TO DO THOSE KIND OF EVENTS, BUT I LOVE IT. IT'S SUPER FUN AND IT'S ALSO A GREAT WAY TO CONNECT PEOPLE, UM, TO COME TOGETHER AND DO THAT. BUT FARMER'S MARKET FOR SURE, LIKE THAT SHOULD BE NUMBER ONE ON YOUR LIST RIGHT NOW. YOU'VE GOT A GOOD ENERGY. SO YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. UH, THAT CONCLUDES THE INTERVIEW. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT. THANK YOU. AND, UH, TAKING THE TIME. UH, AND UH, THAT'S IT FOR US AS FAR AS INTERVIEWS ARE CONCERNED. YOU'RE FREE TO GO. . THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU . THANK YOU FOR COMING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BYE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SEEING THAT, THAT WAS OUR LAST INTERVIEW, THE PUBLIC IS NOW INVITED TO TESTIFY. IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISHES TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. SEE NO ONE I'LL CALL FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION. MOTION RECEIVE AND FILE THE APPLICATIONS WE RECEIVED. SECOND. WILL THE COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE? MY BUTTON'S NOT WORKING. RHONDA, I'M OUT. WE CAN, UH, LET ME TAKE A ROLL CALL. VOTE HERE. WE DO A ROLL CALL. VOTE YES, PLEASE. SO THE MOTION IS TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE COMMISSION INTERVIEWS THAT WERE CONDUCTED TODAY MADE BY MAYOR PRO TEM GOMEZ. SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER IAN, PLEASE STATE YOUR VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER LAMBKIN? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER IAN? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ESPINOZA? YES. MAYOR PRO TEM GOMEZ? YES. MAYOR MADANO. YES. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. AND, UH, THE MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED TO THE ADJOURN REGULAR MEETING AT 5:30 PM IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER. CLOSED SESSION ROOM. * 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.