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STATES, OUR 2026 CIF CHAMPIONS FOR CONTINUING TO SHOW THAT HARD, THE HARD WORK IT TAKES TO MAINTAIN EXCELLENCE WITHIN OUR SPORT.
ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GONNA CALL YOU UP ONE AT A TIME, AND IF YOU DO US A FAVOR, JUST PLEASE STAND UP HERE WITH YOUR, UH, CERTIFICATE ONCE WE DO, AND, UH, FIRST ONE WE'RE GONNA CALL IS, AND IF I BUTCHER THESE, FORGIVE ME.
ALL RIGHT? MAKE SURE YOU ROLL YOUR RS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS THING HERE.
I MEXICAN BORN, I'LL TELL YOU THAT.
SO YOU, YOU GIRLS CAN TELL ME IF I DO OR I DON'T.
RIGHT? FOR THOSE THAT, THAT GET THE ROLLED RS, UH, A MARIE SANDERS, CONGRATULATIONS.
CONGRATULATIONS, ANDREA BROWN.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE TELLING ME TO EXIT OUT THE DOOR.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL, WE'LL HOLD ON TO HALEY'S.
ACTUALLY, WE'LL GIVE IT TO THE COACH ONCE THE COACH COMES UP HERE.
CONGRATULATIONS, ISABELLA PAUL.
SHE, SHE'S WHERE? SHE'S NOT HERE.
I KNOW MOM AND DAD IN JOAQUIN.
I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA GIVE 'EM ONE OVER THE HEAD FOR THAT ONE.
JAYDEN SUTTON, CONGRATULATIONS.
CONGRATULATIONS JADEN AGUILERA.
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CONGRATULATIONS.SEE IF I DON'T BUTCHER THIS ONE.
IS IT JANIA ESTEVE? DID I GET IT RIGHT? JANIA ESTEVE.
CONGRATULATIONS MALIA GONZALEZ.
CONGRATULATIONS OLIVIA FLORES.
CONGRATULATIONS AND PRESLEY TERRY.
NO, YOU'RE NOT BELLA, RIGHT? YEAH.
IS THAT YOU WANT ME? BELLA, THAT'S ME.
WHY DON'T WE GET THEM TO THE, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? YOU KNOW WHAT, WHY DON'T WE GET YOU GIRLS IN THE FRONT HERE, AND WE WILL STAND UP BEHIND YOU AND WE'LL TAKE A, WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE, COACH, IF YOU WILL, PLEASE DO US THE HONORS OF COMING UP, PLEASE.
WE CAN GET SOME OF YOU BACK HERE, I THINK, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH.
YOU KNOW WHAT, IF, IF YOU'D LIKE, YOU CAN ALSO GET NEXT TO US, BUT, UH, THAT WAY WE ALL FIT SOMEBODY I SOME ROOM ON THIS SIDE.
HEY GUYS, CAN YOU ALL SHIFT TOWARDS ME? THERE'S ROOM OVER THIS WAY SHIFT.
YOU GUYS MAKE SURE FRONT ROW YOU GUYS ARE GOING DOWN.
AS LOUD AS YOU CAN I, WHEN I SAY 1, 1, 2, 3, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.
THAT, HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON.
THAT DID NOT WIN YOU CIF DO IT AGAIN.
THE LA HABRA CITY COUNCIL IS VERY PROUD OF YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENT.
AND, UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT WAS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNEW WHO WE WERE HONORING.
NOT ONLY THAT IT WAS A COLLECTIVE WIN, OF COURSE, BUT THAT INDIVIDUALLY THAT YOU HEARD THEIR NAMES.
UH, VERY, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENT, UH, THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU UP HERE AGAIN, SENIORS, SORRY, UH, JUNIORS AND SOPHOMORES.
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NO PRESSURE.HOPEFULLY WE SEE YOU IN THE FUTURE.
MR. GARCIA, CAN WE HAVE YOU COME UP HERE FOR A SECOND, PLEASE, SIR.
UNSCHEDULED, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE ALWAYS, UH, WE, YEAH, WE'VE GOT A MIC FOR YOU, SIR.
UM, I THINK FOR ME, I JUST WANNA REALLY THANK THE FAMILIES.
I MEAN, I'VE, I'VE HAD THE FORTUNATE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, YOU KNOW, HANG OUT WITH THEM AT THE COMPETITIONS ON FRIDAY NIGHTS, SOMETIMES EVEN PASSING.
AND REALLY WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE IS SET AN INCREDIBLE FOUNDATION, UH, FOR YOUR KIDS.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE YOU GUYS AS FAMILIES ON OUR CAMPUS AND TO SEE HOW, UH, WONDERFUL YOUR CHILDREN ARE.
I'M BLESSED TO BE THEIR PRINCIPAL.
UH, COACH MAI ALSO HAS BUILT A DYNASTY.
I MEAN, WE'RE KNOWN FOR FOOTBALL, WE GET THAT RIGHT? BUT THE REALITY IS, IS WHAT OUR TEAM HAS BEEN ABLE TO CREATE, UH, IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANOTHER SCHOOL IN ANOTHER SPORT IN ALL THE CIF WHO'S FINISHED IN THE TOP TWO FOR SIX OF THE LAST SEVEN YEARS TO HAVE THREE CIF CHAMPIONSHIPS AND THREE FINALISTS.
UH, JUST SETS A SUPER HIGH STANDARD.
UH, AND THAT'S REALLY ALL WE WERE LOOKING FOR, RIGHT? IS WHAT'S THE STANDARD? AND COACH, YOU'VE SAID IT, AND THE GIRLS HAVE PUT AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF WORK, UH, AND THEN ALSO WANT TO THANK ALSO THE CAPTAINS, RIGHT? EARLIER THIS YEAR, UH, THEY KNEW THAT THIS WAS GONNA BE SOMETHING SPECIAL AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT, YOU KNOW, WITH BELLA, WITH KAITLYN, WITH JADEN, WITH KYLA, AND WITH CASSIE.
UH, AND WE SPENT MAYBE ABOUT AN HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF.
UM, AND I WON'T FORGET THAT, RIGHT? YOU GUYS SAID, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT, AND REALLY JUST SET THE TONE FOR THE YEAR.
AND I KEPT KIND OF FALLING BACK ON THAT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SEASON AND THEIR JOURNEY.
UH, AND REALLY JUST TO KIND OF SEE YOU GUYS, UH, UNDERSTAND IT WASN'T ABOUT YOU, IT WAS ABOUT THE ENTIRE PROGRAM AND EVERYBODY ELSE MAKING SURE YOU GUYS WERE MOVING IN ONE DIRECTION.
UH, AND FROM, YOU KNOW, THE REST OF MY CAMPUS, UH, THE REST OF THE ALUMNI, OUR PARENTS, OUR STUDENTS COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF JUST THE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE.
YOU GUYS ARE BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE, SO, LOVE YOU GUYS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME ON THIS RIDE.
ALRIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THESE ARE YOUR CAF CHAMPIONS.
ALRIGHT, NOW WE'RE GONNA GET ON TO OTHER PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS.
UH, SECOND OF ALL HERE, WE'RE GONNA INVITE, UH, OUR CITY CLERK, RHONDA BARONE AND HER STAFF TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.
YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT? WHY DON'T WE, UH, WHY DON'T WE GIVE 'EM A SECOND TO CLEAR OUT AND THEN WE'LL COME UP.
THANK YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
OH, YOU GONNA WANT ME TO PUSH THIS BACK NOW OR DO YOU WANNA WAIT? I'LL AIM BACK OVER FISH.
ALRIGHT, SO IF I CAN, WE'LL DO IT AGAIN.
INVITE CITY CLERK RHONDA BRON AND HER STAFF TO THE PODIUM.
ACTUALLY, WE'LL GIVE YOU THE MIC HERE.
HOW'S THAT? BUT, UH, WHAT NOW? IN ITS, UH, NOW IN ITS 57TH YEAR, THE PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERKS WEEK IS CELEBRATED THE FIRST FULL WEEK OF MAY TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS MUNICIPAL CLERKS MAKE TO THEIR COMMUNITIES.
HERE IN LA HABRA, WE RECOGNIZE THE VITAL ROLE OF THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE IN RECORDS MANAGEMENT ELECTIONS, AND TRANSPARENCY IN PUBLIC MEETINGS.
THE CLERK'S OFFICE WORKS BEHIND THE SCENES TO ENSURE THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS WITH ACCURACY AND INTEGRITY, AND WE THANK THEM FOR THEIR INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO KEEPING OUR CITY ORGANIZED AND ACCESSIBLE.
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JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE IN HONOR OF PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERKS WEEK WHO WILL BE ACCEPTING.RHONDA, WILL YOU BE ACCEPTING? OR R YEAH, RHONDA.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, NOT ONLY FOR THIS RECOGNITION, BUT FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
IT, IT MEANS A LOT TO US AND I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY SUPPORT TEAM, KENYA LOPEZ, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, AND CANDACE MARTINEZ, ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK.
THEY ARE PHENOMENAL, REALLY PHENOMENAL.
SO WE APPRECIATE THIS VERY MUCH.
ALL RIGHT, OUR THIRD PROCLAMATION IS, UH, GONNA BE MAY.
WE'RE GONNA PROCLAIM MAY, 2026 IS BUILDING AND SAFETY MONTH IN THE CITY OF LAHABRA.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, SUSAN KIM TO THE PODIUM AND HER AND HER STAFF.
SO THE CITY COUNCIL, HEREBY PROCLAIMS MAY, IS BUILDING AND SAFETY MONTH IN THE CITY OF LAHABRA, HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFE, SUSTAINABLE, AND RESILIENT CONSTRUCTION IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IN LAHABRA, OUR BUILDING AND SAFETY DIVISION PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN REGULATING THE CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF ALL BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, ENSURING THE INTEGRITY OF OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT, THEIR WORK PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN EDUCATING AND SAFEGUARDING THE PUBLIC.
THEREFORE, PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING THE CITY OF LAHABRA BUILDING AND SAFETY DIVISION IN HONOR OF BUILDING AND SAFETY MONTH PROCLAMATION.
ACTUALLY, I'M GONNA WELCOME UP OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR TO COME SAY A COUPLE COMMENTS.
WE JUST WANTED TO THANK COUNCIL FOR RECOGNIZING BUILDING AND SAFETY MONTH AND FOR, UM, RECOGNIZING ALL THE HARD WORK OF OUR STAFF.
AND WE ALSO WANNA APPRECIATE NAALI CASILLAS, WHO'S OUR PERMIT SERVICES SUPERVISOR, WHO'S HERE WITH US TONIGHT, AND SHE REALLY MAKES SURE THOSE PERMITS KEEP ROLLING.
LET'S GOT ONE MORE, RIGHT? NO, UH, IT'LL BE EXTRA.
OH, YOU GOING PUBLIC COMMENTS HERE? YEAH.
WE WILL, WE'LL STAY UP HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE'RE GONNA DO, THANK YOU, MAYOR, WE'RE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS POINT.
IS THAT CORRECT? SO WE CAN GO BACK THERE, MAYOR.
DO YOU WISH TO OPEN THAT AT THIS TIME? PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, PLEASE.
WHEN ADDRESSING THE LAHABRA CITY COUNCIL, PLEASE COMPLETE A SPEAKER'S CARD BEFORE LEAVING THE COUNCIL CHAMBER.
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE RECEIVED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GOVERNING BODY MEETING 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 LOAN TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE, AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM OF CITY BUSINESS NOT APPEARING ON THE SCHEDULED AGENDA.
PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 4 0.3 A.
SUCH COMMENTS SHALL NOT BE RESPONDED TO BY THE GOVERNING BODY DURING THE MEETING.
AND OUR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT, ONCE UPON A TIME, A LITTLE GIRL SAT DOWN WITH PENCIL AND PAPER IN HAND, AS SHE WROTE, SHE HAD DAYDREAMS ABOUT CHANGING THE WORLD.
THIS LITTLE GIRL WANTED TO HELP PEOPLE IN NEED.
MY NAME IS KENZIE, AND I AM 10 AND A HALF YEARS OLD.
THE PASSION TO END HOMELESSNESS AND FIND A WAY TO HELP EVERY CHILD AND ADULT IN NEED HAPPENED WHEN I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD, ONE DAY ON MY WAY TO SCHOOL WITH MY FAMILY, I SPOTTED A PERSON LYING ON THE GROUND WITH A GROCERY CART FOR A VARIETY OF THINGS.
I WANTED TO KNOW WHY HE WAS THERE AND WHAT I COULD DO TO HELP.
I DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHY SOME PEOPLE ARE POOR, SOME
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ARE RICH, AND SOME ARE IN THE MIDDLE.WHEN I WENT TO MY PARENTS' HOUSE, HAWAII, IT WAS LIKE THAT.
THEY ANSWERED, THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS.
AND THEN CAME THE IDEA OF MY CLUB.
I CALL IT THE HOMELESS SHELTER RESISTANCE CLUB.
MY MISSION IS TO END HOMELESSNESS, HELP EVERY FOSTER CHILD FIND A FOREVER HOME AND MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.
WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT STARTING A CLUB AT SCHOOL, I MADE A SLIDESHOW TO SHOW MY PRINCIPAL HOW SERIOUS I WAS ABOUT IT.
SHE THEN LET, ALLOWED ME TO HAVE CLUB MEMBERS AND RAISE FUNDS IN OUR SCHOOL.
MY CLUB BECAME VERY SUCCESSFUL WHEN WE COLLECTED $232 ON OUR FIRST FUNDRAISER.
THE MOST RECENT FUNDRAISER WE RAISED $344 TOTAL, OUR COMBINED FUNDS AT $576.
I'M PROUD TO SAY, I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE MONEY TO FOSTER FOSTER AGENCY AND EVEN GOT TO INTERVIEW ONE OF THE REP PRESS SENT TO.
AND WE ARE HOPING TO IDENTIFY SEVERAL OTHER FACILITIES THAT WILL USE THE FUNDS TO HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES.
MY DREAM IS THAT I CAN BE AN INSPIRATION TO KIDS WHO ALSO WANT TO FOLLOW THEIR DREAMS. WHO KNOWS, MAYBE ONE DAY MY NAME KENZIE EDDINGTON WILL BE REMEMBERED.
UNTIL THEN, I'LL KEEP HELPING THOSE IN NEED.
THANKS TO MR. DALE LAMBKIN, WE HAVE BEEN I ABLE TO IDENTIFY ANOTHER ORGANIZATION IN OUR AREA TO DONATE MONEY TO.
UM, IS IS MS. KIM IAN HERE? HERE, MS. KIM BERIAN WITH THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM, PLEASE ACCEPT THIS DONATION ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE HOMELESS SHELTER RESISTANCE CLUB OF $200.
OUR HOPE IS TO SEE PEOPLE IN NEED, REALLY GET HELP WITH OUR DONATIONS FROM ORGANIZATIONS LIKE YOURS.
SO WE WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE DONATION, BUT NOT ONLY THAT, HOW OLD ARE YOU? ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE NOT LIKE, UH, 30? ARE YOU SURE? ON OUR WAY TO CONGRESS? YEAH, ON YOUR WAY TO CONGRESS.
GO TO CONGRESS AND PLEASE SHOW THEM HOW TO, HOW TO HANDLE HOMELESSNESS.
ON BEHALF OF THE LA HABER CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU.
AND IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO HEAR YOUR STORY TO MEET YOU.
AND I'M GONNA GIVE IT OVER TO MR. LAMPKIN OVER HERE.
HE IS GONNA SAY A FEW WORDS AND PRESENT YOU WITH SOMETHING KINSLEY, WHAT CANNOT BE SAID ABOUT HOW AMAZING YOU ARE FROM THE TIME THAT I MET YOU DURING, UM, PALM, UH, PALM OR NOT PALM SUNDAY, DURING, UH, EASTER FRIDAY.
YOU HAVE IN, IN, IN MANY WAYS JUST AMAZED SO MANY PEOPLE.
AND YOU, YOU SAID THAT YOU HOPE THAT PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER YOUR NAME.
I'M GONNA TELL YOU, PEOPLE ARE NOT ONLY GONNA REMEMBER YOUR NAME, BUT THEY'RE GONNA BE PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT KNOW YOUR NAME, BUT THEY'RE GONNA REMEMBER YOUR HEART.
AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT YOU'RE GONNA TOUCH SO MANY LIVES.
I I JUST SEE SO MUCH OF A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR YOU.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO AND JUST KEEP SHINING.
I, I TOLD YOU WE'RE GONNA BRING YOU BACK HERE.
I TOLD YOU WE'RE GONNA RECOGNIZE YOU AND YOU ARE ALL THE MORE DESERVING OF THIS AWARD AND THIS RECOGNITION.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LAHABRA BEHALF, ON BEHALF OF MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES, MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, WE WANNA PRESENT THIS CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION TO YOU AND KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
ALL RIGHT? KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
YOU'RE TOUCHING SO MANY LIVES.
WE GOTTA DO A QUICK SELFIE HERE.
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JUST WANNA SAY, I, I THINK THAT KINSLEY'S PROBABLY THE, WELL FOR SURE FOR MYSELF.
UM, SHE'S THE YOUNGEST PERSON TO EVER COME TO THAT PODIUM DURING OPEN COMMENT OR PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO, MAYOR, DO YOU WANNA ASK IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING TO NEXT.
IF THERE ARE ANYONE ELSE, UH, WISHES TO COMMENT DURING PUBLIC GENERAL COMMENT, PLEASE DO SO NOW ON ANY ITEMS, UH, NOT BEING COVERED THIS EVENING.
I'M ON THE AGENDAS CONSENT CALENDAR.
ALL MATTERS ON CONSENT CALENDAR ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION.
UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER OR A 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 LOANED 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 EIGHT AND LAHABRA UTILITY AUTHORITY ITEM ONE.
UH, ANY UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR OUR CONSENT CALENDAR? SEE NONE.
I'LL, UH, CALL FOR ANY REMOVAL OF ITEMS, UH, BY STAFF.
UH, CITY COUNCIL DIRECTORS? NO, MR. MAYOR.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS LISTED.
WHO SECONDED? COUNCILMAN? THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER LAMBKIN YOUR VOTE, PLEASE.
MADAM CITY CLERK, MOVE ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS.
PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 60 MINUTES FOR ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS.
FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL PUBLIC HEARING ITEM ON THE AGENDA, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE MAYOR OR CHAIR, COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE, AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE IS TITLED DUALLY NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE CITY OF LA HABRA, MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES PERTAINING TO FEES FOR GENERAL SERVICES, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, BUILDING SERVICES, FIRE SERVICES, POLICE SERVICES, AMBULANCE SERVICES, PUBLIC WORK SERVICES, UTILITY SERVICES, AND PENALTIES FOR MUNICIPAL CODE AND VEHICLE CODE PARKING VIOLATIONS.
WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT, PLEASE.
TONIGHT'S ITEM IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER ADOPTING THE RESOLUTION AMENDING THE MASTER SCHEDULE FEES.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS TO UPDATE THE MASTER SCHEDULE FEES BY ADJUSTING CERTAIN ELIGIBLE FEES BY THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX OR CPI.
SO OVER THE PAST YEAR, THE CPI IN OUR REGION INCREASED BY 3.16% AND THAT'S WHAT, UM, OUR, UH, RECOMMENDATION IS FOR TONIGHT.
UH, THIS ADJUSTMENT ENSURES THAT THE CITY KEEP PACE WITH THE RISING COST OF PROVIDING SERVICES, UH, WHILE MAINTAINING COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT NOT ALL THE FEES IS ADJUSTED BY THIS CPI, UH, FEES RELATED TO ENTERPRISE FUNDS SUCH AS WATER, SEWER, REFUSE, REFUSE, UH, INCLUDING FRANCHISE FEE AND STATE REGULATED FEES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS, UH,
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IN THIS ADJUSTMENT.SO THESE FEE REMAIN, UH, AT THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED LEVEL THAT ARE GOVERNED BY SEPARATE REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.
SO IF THIS, THIS RESOLUTION IS APPROVED, MOST ADJUSTED FEES WILL BE BECOME EFFECTIVE ON JULY 1ST, 2026.
CERTAIN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS FEE WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE 60 DAYS AFTER ADOPTION.
SO, UH, STAFF RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONDUCT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AMENDING MASTER SCHEDULE FEES.
AND THAT'S CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM, UH, COUNCIL STAND? I I'LL TAKE THE, I'LL TAKE A QUESTION.
UH, JUST SO THE PUBLIC IS AWARE, CAN YOU SHARE HOW YOU INTEND ON NOTIFYING THE PUBLIC OF THE HEARING MM-HMM
TO HOPEFULLY ENCOURAGE 'EM TO BE INVOLVED OR TO COME AND SPEAK.
WE FOLLOW THE STANDARD PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS BY, UH, PUBLISH THE, UM, PUBLIC NOTICE, UM, 10 DAYS BEFORE THE, THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
SO THE PUBLIC HAS A CHANCE TO COME IN AND, UH, TESTIFY, YOU KNOW, UM, AND HAVE, UH, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR STAFF AND THE COUNCIL SO WE FOLLOW, UH, DULY PUBLIC NOTICE.
UM, IF YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE IT COMPARABLES TO CITIES OF THIS, OF, OF A SIMILAR SIZE POPULATION, UM, WHERE DO OUR SCHEDULING FEES LIE IN COMPARISON TO OTHER CITIES? UH, WE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF DONE THE COMPREHENSIVE FEE STUDIES, UM, THE COMPREHENSIVE FEE STUDY IS ONGOING RIGHT NOW, AND WHICH WE, WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL FUND, UH, CONSIDERATION IN THE FUTURE.
UH, AS FAR AS THIS FEE SCHEDULE, WE ADJUSTED BY CPI, UH, NUMBERS EVERY YEAR.
UM, WE, UM, AS FAR AS COMPARING TO, UH, NEIGHBORING CITIES, THAT WILL BE PART OF COMPREHENSIVE FEE STUDY THAT, UH, WILL COME BECOME AVAILABLE LATER ON THIS YEAR.
NO, MR. MAYOR, JACK, JUST THE ONE LAST QUESTION.
THE, UH, AND THE, UH, THE FEES ARE, ARE DETERMINED, AT LEAST THE INCREASE ARE DETERMINED BY CPI, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ARBITRARILY PUTS OUT THERE AND SAYS, THIS IS WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
WE FOLLOW THE STATE LAW THAT, UH, WE CANNOT CHARGE THE FEE MORE THAN THE COST OF PROVIDING SERVICES.
AND THAT HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CASE FOR, UH, LAHABRA FEES.
UH, IT WAS COUNCIL POLICY DIRECTION, PROBABLY BETTER PART OF A DECADE OR MORE AGO, TO ESTABLISH A FEE SCHEDULE, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH A FEE STUDY AND THEN TO ADJUST THOSE ELIGIBLE FEES BY CPI EVERY YEAR.
SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT CONSISTENTLY SINCE.
I'LL, UH, OPEN THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING, UH, ASKING ANY OF THOSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK.
PLEASE GIVE THEIR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND PLEASE NOT BE REDUNDANT IN YOUR TESTIMONY.
I'D LIKE THOSE IN SUPPORT, UH, WISHING TO SPEAK.
I INVITE THOSE IN OPPOSITION TO SPEAK.
I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
CALL FOR COUNSEL, QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION, AND OR ACTION.
MY COLLEAGUES, MR. MAYOR, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION.
UH, ENTITLED A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.
UH, AMENDING THE CITY OF LAHABRA, MASTER FEES, SCHEDULE OF FEES PERTAINING TO FEES AND GENERAL SERVICES, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, BUILDING SERVICES, FIRE SERVICES, POLICE SERVICES, AMBULANCE SERVICES, UH, PUBLIC WORK SERVICES, UTILITY SERVICES, AND, UH, PENALTIES AND MUNICIPAL CODE AND VEHICLE CODE VIOLATIONS.
I WILL SECOND WILL THE COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE? I LIKE THE FONT ON THIS ONE.
MOVING ON TO OUR, UH, CONSIDERATION ITEMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE MAY REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE LAHA OR CITY COUNCIL ON ANY CONSIDERATION ITEM PRIOR TO THE LAHABRA CITY COUNCIL TAKING A VOTE, 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 LOAN TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
CONSIDERATION ITEM NUMBER ONE IS TITLED, APPROVE AN ENCROACHMENT LICENSE
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AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAHABRA AND JOSE EEZ, LICENSEE FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7 7 0 DURHAM STREET.MADAM CITY CLERK, I'M GONNA MAKE A CORRECTION.
IT'S, UH, YEZ, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
IT SHOULD BE A-Y-E-P-E-Z ON THE, UH, I THINK, UH, WE HAVE IT WRONG ON THE, UH, ON THE REPORT.
IT SHOULD, THE LAST NAME IS Y-E-P-E-Z YEZ, CORRECT? YEP.
AND IF WE CAN HAVE A STAFF REPORT, PLEASE.
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, SEVERAL PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS RAISED, UH, BY THE RESIDENTS LIVING ADJACENT TO LAS LOMAS PARK, PROMOTED STAFF TO PROPOSE THE INSTALLATION OF FENCING OVER AN ACCESSIBLE CITY OWNED DRAINAGE EASEMENT LEADING FROM THE PARK TO DURHAM STREET.
THE PROPOSED FENCING WOULD CLOSE OFF THE DRAINAGE EASEMENT FOR ANY PUBLIC ACCESS AND WOULD REQUIRE AN AGREEMENT WITH MR. EZ WHO LIVES IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO BOTH THE PARK AND THE EASEMENT.
THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT WOULD GRANT MR. Y LOPEZ'S FAMILY TO USE THE, THE DESIGNATED AREA FOR SIDE YARD PURPOSES, WHICH INCLUDE RESTRICTIONS AGAINST ANY MODIFICATIONS FOR THE FENCING OR THE GATE AND PLACEMENT OF ANY HEAVY LOADS ON THE CULVERT THAT COULD PRO COMPROMISE ITS INTEGRITY.
ADDITIONALLY, THE CITY WOULD MAINTAIN A PERMANENT RIGHT OF ENTRY TO THE SITE FOR THE REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE DRAINAGE CULVERT AND THE FENCING.
THE DRAINAGE CULVERT ALSO ENCUMBERS THE NORTHLY FIVE FOOT PORTION OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTY AT SEVEN 80 SOUTH.
UH, DURAM STREET STAFF CONTACTED THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, MR. ARTUR DIAZ, TO INQUIRE IF HE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN A SIMILAR EASEMENT UH, AGREEMENT.
HOWEVER, MR. DIAZ INDICATED THAT HE IS, HE WAS NOT INTERESTED AND INSTEAD GAVE THE ACCESS RIGHTS TO MR. YEZ AS DESCRIBED IN THE ATTACHED AGREEMENT.
WHILE THE EXISTING DRAINAGE EASEMENT IS NOT A DESIGNATED WALKWAY, NOR IS IT A DA COMPLIANT HA, IT HAS BEEN USED AS A PUBLIC ACCESS TO LAS LOMAS PARK FROM DURAM STREET.
IF COUNSEL APPROVES THIS AGREEMENT, THIS ACCESS AT THE POINT OF, TO THE POINT OF THE PARK WILL BE FENCED OFF ENCLOSED TO THE PUBLIC REQUIRING ALL PARK PATRIOTS TO ACCESS THE PARK FROM THE MAIN ENTRANCE AT EUCLID, UH, STREET.
AND THE CITY WILL BE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INITIAL INSTALLATION OF THE ON FOR ONGOING MAINTENANCE FOR THE NEW VINYL FENCING AND THE GATE AND UP FOR ABOUT A COST ABOUT $10,000.
STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE AN ENCROACHMENT LICENSE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND MR. YEZ AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT.
UH, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF REPORT.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MY COLLEAGUES? ELI? I JUST HAVE ONE.
UH, THE, UH, THE EASEMENT ORIGINALLY, UH, IT, I MEAN IT'S A HARD TOP EASEMENT CONCRETE ORIGINALLY MEANT, UH, FOR, UH, FOR WATER.
IT, IT TAKES WATER FROM THE PARK TO THE STREET.
AND THEN THE DRAIN OUT INTO THE DRAINS AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
SO THAT WAS THE, THAT WAS THE ONLY AN INITIAL PURPOSE OF, UH, CORRECT.
THERE'S NO INGRESS AND EGRESS, UH, ACCESS IT WASN'T INTENDED FOR, FOR PEDESTRIAN.
ANYBODY ELSE FOR QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, SCENE NONE.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE, UH, PUBLIC TO TESTIFY AND, UH, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
IT'S TIME FOR, UH, PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
MAYOR, I WILL NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT WE DID RECEIVE A PUBLIC COMMENT EARLIER TODAY.
AND EACH COUNCIL MEMBER RECEIVED A COPY OF THAT.
UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THE EASEMENT OCCURRENCES THAT WAS PROVIDED TO YOU.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH, I'M JUST GONNA READ ALONG.
UM, PRETTY MUCH AT THE SEVEN 70 AND, UH, SEVEN 80 DURHAM STREET.
SO PRETTY MUCH LIKE ON NOVEMBER 14TH, 2023, THERE WAS A BURGLARY SUSPECT.
APPROXIMATELY 10 30, UH, BURGLARY SUSPECT IN ACTIVE FOOT PURSUIT RAN THROUGH THE WALKWAY EASEMENT BETWEEN SEVEN, SEVEN AND 70 80 DURHAM STREET, UH, RESIDENCES TO DEVOID CAPTURED.
HE JUMPED OVER THE FENCE AND INTO THE BACKYARD OF 77 DURHAM RESIDENCE.
BURGLARY, SU SUSPECT LORDED AROUND THE BACKYARD.
TWO RESIDENTS OVER RESIDENTS WERE HOME DURING THE INCIDENT.
UH, THEN ON THE NEXT IMAGES, UH, TWO LOADED FIREARMS ON DECEMBER 6TH, 2023, APPROXIMATELY, UH,
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10:00 PM MORE THAN EIGHT MALE, UH, SUSPECTS FLED FROM THE POLICE VIA WALKWAY EASEMENT BETWEEN SEVEN 70 AND 70 80 DURHAM STREET RESIDENCES.AS THEY FLED ONE ONE SUSPECT TOSSED A SEMI-AUTOMATIC FIREARM OVER THE SEVEN 70 DURHAM RESIDENCE FENCE, UH, INTO THE BACKYARD, ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY SUSPECT TWO HIT AN AN A SECOND LOADED FIREARM BETWEEN THE WOOD.
UM, BLANKS OF THE SEVEN 80, UH, FENCE, UH, SUSPECTS WERE EVENTUALLY APPREHENDED BY POLICE, AND THEN THE FIREARMS, UH, WERE RECOVERED.
RESIDENTS WERE HOME DURING THE INCIDENT.
UM, ON NOVEMBER 18TH, 2025, THERE WAS A SHOOTING APPROXIMATELY 10:00 PM UH, CAPTURED ON THE RING CAMERA.
UH, TWO MALE SUSPECTS WEARING HOODED SWEATERS WALKED THROUGH THE, THE WALKWAY EAST.
IN BETWEEN SEVEN 70 AND 70 80 DURHAM STREET RESIDENCES, ONE SUSPECT AND TWO OBSERVED AN UNKNOWN MALE AT THE LOS LOMAS PARK, AT WHICH SUSPECT ONE AND TWO DAWN, A FULL HEADED MASS COVERING SUSPECT ONE AND TWO SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES AND STRUCK AN UNKNOWN MALE WITH, UH, THE FIREARMS SUSPECT ONE AND TWO THEN FLED THROUGH THE WALKWAY EASEMENT TO AN UNKNOWN LOCATION.
RESIDENTS WERE HOME DURING THE INCIDENT.
UM, THEN ON THE NEXT AGENDA IS A LOADED FIREARM.
UH, JANUARY 31ST, 20, UH, 26, APPROXIMATELY 11:00 PM UH, POLICE CONDUCTED A, UH, TRAFFIC STOP ON MULTIPLE SUSPECTS.
UH, SUSPECTS FLED AND RAN THROUGH THE WALKWAY EASEMENT BETWEEN SEVEN 70 AND 70 80 DURHAM STREET AS THEY RAN AN UNKNOWN SUSPECT THROUGH A LOADED MODIFIED FIREARM OVER THE FENCE OF SEVEN 70 DURHAM STREET RESIDENCE INTO THE BACKYARD.
POLICE WHO, UM, POLICE WHO HAD HAD AN ACTIVE, UM, PERIMETER ESTABLISHED WERE, UM, CONTRACTED BY THE RESIDENTS TO RETRIEVE THE WEAPON.
RESIDENTS WERE HOME DURING THE INCIDENT ONCE AGAIN.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, UM, LIKE TO ALSO, UM, NOTE OTHER THINGS, UM, IN REGARDS TO URINATING AND DEFECATION, UH, DEFECATING, SORRY, UH, MAN WAS CAPTURED URNING ON THE WALKWAY EASEMENT BETWEEN SEVEN AND 70 AND 70 80 DURHAM STREET RESIDENCE MAN WAS CAPTURED, UH, DEFECATING ON THE, THE WALKWAY EASEMENT BETWEEN SEVEN, SEVEN AND 70 80 STREET RESIDENCES.
UM, HOMELESS LOITERING AND NARCOTICS.
A MALE AND FEMALE HOMELESS COUPLE WERE CAPTURED LOITERING AND USING NARCOTICS AT THE END OF THE WALKWAY EASEMENT IN LOS LMOS PARK.
UM, CAM, I APOLOGIZE, BUT YOUR TIME IS UP.
THERE'S LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME, UH, BUT, UH, I'D WELCOME, UH, ANYBODY OR THE NEXT PERSON UP TO TESTIFY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TESTIMONY AND KEEPING IN MIND THAT YOU HAVE, UH, THREE MINUTES.
UH, IT IS THREE MINUTES, CORRECT, RHONDA, FOR THIS? YES.
ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO TESTIFY? GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS JESSICA YPE AND I LIVE AT 7 7 0 DURHAM STREET RESIDENCE WITH MY HUSBAND, MY TWO CHILDREN, MY PARENTS, AND MY LITTLE SISTER.
WE BOUGHT OUR HOME THERE 15 YEARS AGO.
AND WE TRULY LOVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COMMUNITY, AND THE ACCESS TO THE NEARBY PARK.
LIKE MANY FAMILIES IN LA HABRA, WE CHOSE TO PUT DOWN ROOTS HERE BECAUSE OUR PARENTS DID THE SAME FOR US.
THEY BUILT A LIFE HERE, AND NOW WE WANT TO PROVIDE THE SAME SENSE OF STABILITY AND SAFETY FOR OUR OWN CHILDREN.
BUT OVER TIME, SAFETY HAS BECOME A GROWING CONCERN, ONE THAT NOW OUTWEIGHS ANY CONVENIENCE THIS EASEMENT MAY PROVIDE.
THIS EASEMENT NEXT TO OUR HOME HAS UNFORTUNATELY BECOME A RECURRING SOURCE OF PROBLEMS. WE'VE EXPERIENCED ONGOING ISSUES RANGING FROM TRESPASSING AND LOITERING TO MORE SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS INCIDENTS.
SOME OF THESE OCCURRENCES HAVE INVOLVED FIREARMS. THESE ARE NOT MINOR CONCERNS.
THEY ARE REAL SAFETY RISKS THAT NO FAMILY SHOULD HAVE TO LIVE WITH.
WHAT MAKES THIS ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT IS THAT DESPITE MY BACKGROUND AS A POLICE OFFICER AND DETECTIVE WITH THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN EVEN I FEEL A SENSE OF HELPLESSNESS IN ADDRESSING WHAT THIS EASEMENT HAS BECOME.
WE'VE DONE OUR PART STAYING VIGILANT, REPORTING INCIDENCES, AND TRYING TO WORK WITHIN THE SYSTEM, BUT THE PROBLEMS PERSIST AT SOME POINT.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ENVIRONMENT ITSELF AND RECOGNIZE THAT IT IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ISSUE.
CLOSING THIS EASEMENT IS A PROACTIVE COMMON SENSE STEP.
IT WOULD REDUCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES LIKE THE ONES YOU JUST HEARD, IMPROVE SAFETY AND HELP RESTORE THE PEACE OF MIND THAT FAMILIES IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD DESERVE.
I STAND HERE NOT JUST AS A RESIDENT, BUT AS A PARENT AND AS SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE REALITIES OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
I WANT TO DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO PREVENT ANY TYPE OF TRAGEDY BEFORE IT HAPPENS.
I HOPE THAT OUR CITY AND OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES WILL HEAR AND UNDERSTAND OUR CONCERNS AND TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE WHO CALL THIS COMMUNITY HOME.
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.HOW YOU DOING MEMBERS? GOOD EVENING.
UM, WE BOUGHT THE HOUSE IN 2011 IN DECEMBER, AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE OUR FOREVER HOME, BUT SINCE ACCIDENTS BEEN HAPPENING, EXCUSE ME, CAN I JUST GET YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? JUST, I'M SORRY, SIR.
I LIVE IN SEVEN, SEVEN, UH, ZERO DURHAM STREET.
UM, WE BOUGHT THE HOUSE IN 2011.
UM, HOPING THIS WAS OUR FOREVER HOME, BUT THIS THING'S BEEN HAPPENING AND, UH, YOU KNOW, GRAFFITI AND, UH, JUST BAD THINGS.
AND WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR HELP.
WE'RE ASKING FOR HELP FROM YOU GUYS BEFORE SOMETHING HAPPENS TO US.
I MEAN, YEAH, I MEAN, MY, UH, MY NEIGHBOR HAS A LOT MORE PICTURES TO SHOW A, UH, A LOT OF MORE GRAFFITI TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT IS JUST BEEN HORRIBLE.
SO WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF HELP.
ANYONE ELSE? WISHING TO SPEAK.
UH, I'D LIKE TO CALL FOR, UH, COUNSEL.
MS. ANY OF MY, UH, YEAH, MR. MAYOR, UH, I GOT TO TALK TO THE, UH, PROPERTY OWNER, AND I KNOW YOU WENT DOWN THERE AND ACTUALLY VISITED THE PROPERTY.
UH, I AM FULLY SUPPORTED THIS ITEM.
I THINK IT'S A COMMON SENSE APPROACH.
UH, IT'S A PROACTIVE APPROACH AND AGAIN, PUBLIC SAFETY HAS BEEN ALWAYS BEEN A PRIORITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND I THINK I, I WOULD DEFINITELY, UH, SUPPORT, UH, THIS, UH, AND I THINK IT'D BE A GREAT THING TO DO.
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO COMMENT? YES, ROSE.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE CAMERAS THERE BECAUSE YOU WERE ABLE TO CAPTURE THINGS THAT, UH, INDIVIDUALS WILL NOR NOT NORMALLY HAVE IF THEY DON'T HAVE CAMERAS.
I HAVE CAMERAS AS WELL IN MY PROPERTY.
UM, AND I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL AND THAT'S HOW I, I STARTED AN, OR A PROGRAM TO HELP LOW INCOME KIDS BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL IN GANGS AND STARTED, UH, IN 1991.
I DIDN'T WANNA LIVE WITH THIS KIND OF STUFF.
AND SO I'M VERY, VERY HAPPY THAT YOU CAME, AND I'M GLAD, LIKE I SAID, THAT YOU HAVE CAMERAS.
I'M GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT IT TO OUR CITY'S ATTENTION, AND I HOPE THAT, UH, WE WILL FINALLY GIVE YOU SOME PEACE AND PEACE OF MIND.
UH, I, I WAS VERY, UH, STRUCK BY THESE PHOTOS.
THESE PHOTOS TAKE ME BACK TO MY UPBRINGING AND GROWING UP IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOS ANGELES.
AND AS I LOOK AT THESE PHOTOS, IT REMINDS ME OF THE VERY SAME SITUATION I HAD TO DEAL WITH AT THE AGE OF SEVEN, ALL THE WAY UP TO THE AGE OF 19, WHERE OUR, THE SIDE OF OUR HOUSE IN THE TWO BEDROOM APARTMENT WE WERE RENTING, UH, YOU WOULD HAVE GANG MEMBERS THAT WOULD ATTEMPT TO RUN AWAY FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OR DO SOME TYPE OF DRUG ACTIVITY OR ENGAGE SOME OTHER CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.
AND THEY WOULD USE OUR BACKYARD AS A PASS THROUGH ONTO THE NEXT STREET.
PLENTY OF GUNS WERE FOUND, UM, PEOPLE WERE, YOU KNOW, VIOLENTLY ASSAULTED, UH, ON THE SIDE OF MY HOUSE AND, AND MY BEDROOM WINDOW FOR ME AND MY TWIN BROTHER WAS RIGHT THERE AT THE, RIGHT THERE AT THE PASS THROUGH.
SO WHEN I LOOK AT THESE PHOTOS, IT REALLY DOES TAKE ME BACK.
AND I'M LOOK, AND, AND I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE ENOUGH.
UM, I'M LOOKING AT PHOTOS HERE.
YOU GUYS HAVE THE RING CAMERAS, BUT LOOK, AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU'VE DONE MORE THAN ENOUGH TO BRING US TO OUR ATTENTION.
UM, WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IS WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE AN ATTEMPT, AS COUNCIL MEMBER GOMEZ SAYS, TO BE PROACTIVE ABOUT IT.
WE'RE, IN TODAY'S WORLD, WE CALL THIS ENVIRONMENTAL PREVENTION THROUGH, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, DESIGN.
AND WE ARE TRYING TO USE OTHER RESOURCES TO TRY TO STOP CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR OTHER THAN JUST CONTINUOUSLY CALLING LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AND SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO, TO, TO OUR ATTENTION.
I, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID.
UM, WE GOTTA TAKE CARE OF THIS.
AND I, I DON'T, I I CAN'T SEE HOW YOU WERE ABLE TO LIVE THROUGH THAT.
I MEAN, I, THIS IS, THESE TYPES OF THINGS ARE THE REASON WHY I'M IN LA HABRA NOW FOR A BETTER LIFE, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M ABLE TO SHARE THAT BETTER LIFE WITH YOU.
UM, SO, UH, I TOO, I MEAN, AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS, UH, I CAME TO MEET THE Y SM I THINK IT WAS BACK IN DECEMBER, UH, WHEN YOU HAD REACHED OUT.
UM, AND, UH, AND I WENT OUT TO YOUR HOME AND, AND, AND SAW THE ISSUE, UH, AND SAW THE, UH, THE, THE VIDEO FOOTAGE, THE, THE STILL PHOTOS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
AND, AND IT BRINGS TO MIND, UH, WHAT, UH, WHAT COUNCILMAN, UH, LAMBKIN WAS SAYING AND, AND HAVING BEEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, UP UNTIL RECENTLY 30 YEARS, AND HAVING WORKED IN THOSE AREAS IN SOUTH LOS ANGELES AND LOS ANGELES AND OTHER AREAS, MOSTLY
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LOS ANGELES, UH, AREAS THAT I WORKED IN THAT, UH, THAT I, I NOTICED AT ONE TIME OR OTHER.AND MISS YPE, YOU MAY, YOU MAY KNOW YOU'VE SEEN IT, I'M SURE ALLEYS THAT HAS SINCE BEEN CLOSED OFF, UH, THROUGHOUT MANY OF THE, UH, THE AVENUES, UH, EXCUSE ME, THE STREETS, UH, IN LOS ANGELES, UH, JUST, UH, SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES AND EVEN WEST OF DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES.
AND FOR A REASON, BECAUSE OF THE, UH, OF, OF THE RAMPANT, UH, CRIME THAT WAS HAPPENING THERE IN THE EIGHTIES, IN THE NINETIES AROUND THE MACARTHUR PARK AREA.
THERE'S A LOT OF ALLEYS THAT ARE CLOSED FOR THIS SAME REASON, UH, FOR THE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL REASONS, THE ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN LAKIN HAD, UH, HAD PROPOSED.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT JUST HAPPENS OVERNIGHT, UNFORTUNATELY.
UM, AND, UH, AND NO FAULT, UH, NO FAULT OF, OF THE YPE FAMILY, OF THE NEIGHBORS, OF OUR, UH, PUBLIC WORKS OR OUR POLICE OFFICERS WHO ARE OUT THERE DAILY AND, AND TRYING TO APPREHEND, UH, UH, CRIMINALS AND QUELL CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IS GONNA HAPPEN ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE, UNFORTUNATELY.
AND, UH, WHEN IT DOES, UH, IT, UH, IT LOOKS FOR ESCAPE ROUTES, UH, MALE, FEMALE, HOMELESS, WHATEVER YOU CALL IT.
WHATEVER, IF THEY'RE CARRYING CONTRABAND, IF THEY'RE CARRYING GUNS, KNIVES, IF THEY'RE THERE JUST TO URINATE OR TO DEFECATE, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR EXITS AND FOR ENTRY POINTS, AND THIS WAS ONE OF THEM, AND I ASKED OUR, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR, UH, WHAT THIS, UH, WHAT THIS EASEMENT ORIGINALLY WAS INTENDED FOR, FOR WATER SIMPLE.
AND, UH, WHAT IT WAS, UH, WHAT IT WAS USED FOR, FOR THE RESIDENTS TO GET TO AND FROM THE PARK IS ONE, BUT THEY'LL, THEY'LL STILL HAVE ACCESS.
UM, I'M AGAIN IN FAVOR OF THIS.
I'M GONNA GUESS THAT MY COUN, MY COLLEAGUES ARE AS WELL, UH, ACCESS IS STILL GONNA BE THERE, UH, FROM, UH, FROM EUCLID AVENUE.
UH, THE WALK IS A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
UH, NO ONE CAME IN, UH, AND SAID THAT THEY WEREN'T IN FAVOR OF THIS, UH, FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT I WOULD JUST TELL THE RESIDENTS, UH, THIS IS, UH, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ITEMS, UH, ONE OF MANY, BUT ONE OF THOSE PUBLIC SAFETY ITEMS THAT I'LL LIVE AND DIE ON THE HILL FOR, SO TO SPEAK.
UM, YOU DON'T, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE THAT ARE, IF THEY WEREN'T IN FAVOR, I'D SAY, I'M SORRY.
UM, BUT, UH, THE, UH, THE WAY TO GET AROUND IT IS TO, UH, IS TO WALK UP OR DOWN DURHAM STREET, LAS LOMAS OR, OR ONTO, UH, LAMBERT AND, AND GET OVER TO THE PARK THAT WAY.
IT'S A BIT MORE OF AN INCONVENIENCE, UH, BUT NOT ONE THAT, UH, THAT I WOULD WANNA BE UP HERE ADDRESSING AS MAYOR ON THE SIX OR 11 O'CLOCK NEWS THAT IF SOME CHILD OR SOME FAMILY MEMBER WAS HIT BY AARON GUNFIRE, UH, YOU KNOW, FROM, UH, FROM THAT CRIMINAL ELEMENT.
UH, AND THAT'S WHAT COULD HAPPEN HERE, AND IT CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE.
UH, IT'S NOT, IT'S LA HABER'S NOT IMMUNE TO IT, UNFORTUNATELY.
AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES A DAMN GOOD JOB, DAMN GOOD JOB OF, UH, OF, OF DOING WHAT THEY CAN, UH, DAY AND NIGHT.
UH, BUT AGAIN, CRIME HAPPENS AND, UH, WHAT I DON'T WANT IS FOR THE YPE FAMILY OR ANOTHER FAMILY TO HAVE TO SUFFER THROUGH THIS.
UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE WHERE I WILL, I WILL DIE ON THE HILL, SO TO SPEAK, BECAUSE I'VE LIVED IT THROUGHOUT MY CAREER AND I'VE SEEN IT, AND, UH, AND I'VE SEEN THE NOT SO GOOD PART OF IT WHERE, UH, WHERE FAMILIES ARE TORN APART BECAUSE OF AN ERRANT BULLET, BECAUSE OF, UH, OF A FIGHT, BECAUSE OF SOMETHING OR OTHER.
AND, UH, I COMMEND THE ESS FAMILY FOR WAITING AS LONG AS YOU HAVE AND FOR BEING AS PATIENT.
WHEN YOU FIRST BROUGHT THIS TO MY ATTENTION BACK IN DECEMBER, AND I'LL SAY, AND I APOLOGIZE THAT IT'S TAKEN THIS AMOUNT OF TIME, UH, BUT THIS IS CITY GOVERNMENT UNFORTUNATELY, AND, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO UNFORTUNATELY TO, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DOT ALL OUR I'S CROSS ALL OUR T'S.
UM, AND, UH, I'M HOPING, YOU KNOW, SHORTLY THAT, UH, THAT WE WILL HAVE GREAT NEWS FOR YOU.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPING FOR.
SO, WITH THAT, AND IF APPROPRIATE, SINCE WE'RE, AND I'M GONNA MAKE THE MOTION.
UH, SO I'M GONNA MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE AN ENCROACHMENT LICENSE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAHABRA AND JOSE YEZ LICENSEE FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT SEVEN 70 DURHAM STREET.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.
AND IF THE CITY COUNCIL WILL PLEASE VOTE, MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND TO THE YPE FAMILY, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA VENTURE TO GUESS, ALTHOUGH, UH, COUNCILMAN NICKER IS ON VACATION AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT VETERAN OF 30 YEARS HIMSELF, I'M GONNA GUESS HE WOULD'VE SAID YES TO, IS JUST MY ONLY GUESS.
HE'S PROBABLY WATCHING RIGHT NOW.
AND, UH, AND AGAIN, APOLOGIES, BUT, UH, WE TRIED TO DO IT AS SOON AS WE COULD, SO THANK YOU.
AND, UH, MERRY EARLY CHRISTMAS AND A BELATED MERRY CHRISTMAS AS WELL.
THE SECOND AND FINAL CONSIDERATION ITEM ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS ENTITLED CONSIDER A REQUEST
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FROM THE LAHABRA HOST LIONS CLUB FOR THE CITY TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PLANNING, COORDINATION, FUNDING, STAFFING, AND OPERATION OF THE ANNUAL CORN FESTIVAL AND PARADE.ALRIGHT, UH, MAY WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT, PLEASE? GOOD EVENING.
MAYOR MADANO AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL STAFF IS REQUESTING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER A REQUEST FROM THE LAHABRA HOST LIONS CLUB FOR THE CITY TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PLANNING AND COORDINATION, FUNDING AND STAFFING AND OPERATIONS OF THE ANNUAL CORN FESTIVAL AND PARADE, AS WELL AS ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS AND TO PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF.
LIONS ANNUAL CORN FESTIVAL AND PARADE HAVE BEEN AN ASSET AND ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY EVENT FOR CLOSE TO 80 YEARS IN LAHABRA AND IS THE OLDEST AND LARGEST COMMUNITY EVENT.
TYPICALLY, THE CORN FESTIVAL IS HELD EVERY WEEKEND IN EARLY AUGUST AT EL CENTRO LIONS PARK.
IT'S A CLASSIC CELEBRATION THAT RESOLVE REVOLVES AROUND COMMUNITY SERVICE, LOCAL PRIDE, AND OF COURSE, THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF CORN FUNNEL CAKES AND MORE CARNIVAL RIDES, GAME BOOTHS, CRAFT BEERS, ENTERTAINMENT AND MORE ARE ALSO OFFERED AS AMENITIES AND ACTIVITIES.
IN PAST YEARS, ATTENDANCE AT THIS COMMUNITY EVENT AND REGIONAL EVENT REACHED OVER 20,000 VISITORS OVER THE THREE DAYS.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE CORN FESTIVAL IS THE LION'S LARGEST OR BIGGEST FUNDRAISER AND PROCEEDS GO DIRECTLY BACK TO LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, SCHOOLS, YOUTH, SPORTS GROUPS, CITY PROGRAMS, INCLUDING CHILDREN'S MUSEUM AND SENIOR PROGRAMS. DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENTS PORTION OF THE MARCH 16TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING, A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE LA HABER HOST LIONS CLUB ASKED THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER MAINTAINING THE DISCOUNTED CITY SERVICES FEES REQUIRED TO HOST THE CORN FESTIVAL.
ADDITIONALLY, THEY ASKED FOR THE CITY TO CONSIDER ASSUMING FULL FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CORN FESTIVAL PARADE.
THE REPRESENTATIVES TRUST THAT DUE TO RISING COST AND DECLINING ATTENDANCE, CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER HAVING THE CITY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE CLUB FOR THEIR ANNUAL CORN FESTIVAL EVENT AND PARADE.
THIS REQUEST REFLECTED CONCERNS RAISED BY THE CLUB REGARDING INCREASING FISCAL CHALLENGES IN SUSTAINING THE EVENT.
DURING THIS COUNCIL MEETING, MAYOR PROTON GOMEZ MADE A MOTION REQUESTING STAFF TO EVALUATE THE LION'S CLUB REQUEST AND RETURN WITH A REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL.
THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY MAYOR MADANO.
FOLLOWING THE COUNCIL MEETING, CITY STAFF FOLLOWED UP WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE LIONS CLUB AND ASKED THAT THEY PROVIDE A REQUEST IN WRITING FOR FURTHER EVALUATION.
THE ANNUAL CORN FESTIVAL AND PARADE HAVE HAD A STRONG HISTORY IN LA HARE AND HAVE RUN IN FINANCIALLY AND HAVE RUN FINANCIALLY TO THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY, RESULTING IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN GRANTS.
UNFORTUNATELY, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2020, THE CORN FESTIVAL AND PARADE WERE CANCELED DUE TO THE COVID PANDEMIC, AND WHEN THEY CAME BACK IN 2021, THE LIONS REQUESTED A NEW FOOTPRINT THAT WAS PROPOSED TO GO OUT ONTO LE HABER BOULEVARD FROM CYPRUS TO EUCLID STREET.
THIS WOULD PROVIDE BETTER VISIBILITY AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR LARGER AND MORE CARNIVAL RIDES.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE NEW FOOTPRINT DID NOT NECESSARILY MEAN INCREASED ATTENDANCE OR BETTER REVENUE.
THEY ALSO, IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR, REQUESTED TO MOVE THE FOOTPRINT OVER TO THE TAMALE FESTIVAL FOOTPRINT OVER IN PORTOLA PARK ON EUCLID STREET BETWEEN BRIAN BECKER WAY AND LAHABRA BOULEVARD.
AGAIN, EVEN THOUGH THE NEW FOOTPRINT PROVIDED A DIFFERENT TYPE OF VISIBILITY AND NEW AMENITIES IN 2024 AND 2025, BOTH OF THESE EVENTS DID NOT NECESSARILY INCREASE ATTENDANCE AND OR REVENUES.
ACCORDING TO THE ALLIANCE, A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO THE PROFITABILITY OF THE CORN FESTIVAL HAS BEEN DUE TO THE AMOUNT THE CITY HAS ASSESSED AND COST FOR ITS SUPPORT TO THE EVENT.
IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS PRIOR PER PRIOR CITY COUNCIL DIRECTION, THE CITY PROVIDED THE CLUB WITH APPROXIMATELY A 75% SUBSIDIES.
AND THAT MEANT THAT THE CITY WOULD ONLY CHARGE ABOUT 25% OF ITS COSTS FOR FESTIVAL PREPARATION, STAFFING, CLEANUP, ADDITIONAL DISCOUNTS, AND OTHER PARADE PREPARATIONS DUE TO FISCAL CHALLENGES FACED BY THE CITY IN LATER YEARS, UM, THE CITY DID INCREASE ITS SUBSIDY OR DECREASE ITS SUBSIDY AND RESULTED IN A 50 50 COST SHARE FOR VARIOUS ASPECTS TO RUN THE CORN FESTIVAL AND PARADE.
THE LIONS MEMBERS BELIEVE THAT THE CITY DID NOT CHARGE FOR THE CLUB FOR ANY CITY EXPENSES RELATED TO THE CORN FESTIVAL PRIOR TO 2000.
AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S CURRENT
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AND PRIOR CITY COUNCILS HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE LIONS CLUB AND HAVE HAD A VERY STRONG PARTNERSHIP OVER THE YEARS.IN 2024, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A 70% SUBSIDY IN CELEBRATION OF THE LIONS 75TH ANNIVERSARY AND PROVIDED 70% OF THE OVERALL COST TO HAVE THEIR EVENT.
AND IN 2025, AS PART OF THE CITY'S CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, THE CITY PROVIDED UP TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OR A HUNDRED PERCENT SUBSIDY FOR THE CORN FESTIVAL SO THAT THEY COULD BE PART OF THE CITY'S CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION ACTIVITIES.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS THE LEVEL OF CITY, UM, EXPENSES AND THE SUBSIDY TO THE LINES, AS WELL AS THE COSTS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
AND YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE WAS DEFINITELY AN INCREASE IN CITY COSTS FROM 2021 UP THROUGH 2025.
IN A LETTER FROM THE LIONS SENT TO CITY STAFF IN JANUARY, THE CLUB REQUESTED THAT THE CITY OF LAHABRA PARTNER WITH THEM TO PROVIDE REDUCED COST AND ALSO TO CONSIDER SPONSORING THE PARADE IN FULL COST AND TO REVISIT THE ACTUAL PROPOSED COST FOR THE EVENT.
A SUBSEQUENT LETTER WAS SENT IN APRIL AND IT ASKED FOR FULL COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY AND THAT IT WAS ESSENTIAL FOR THE FESTIVAL SURVIVAL.
AND IF THE CITY WERE INTERESTED IN ASSUMING LEADERSHIP OF THE KORN FESTIVAL AS A COMMUNITY EVENT, THE LIONS WOULD BE OPENING TO TRANSFERRING OR TRANSITIONING THAT RESPONSIBILITY.
FURTHERMORE, THE LETTER INDICATED THAT THE LA HABRA HOST LIONS CLUB CANNOT MOVE FORWARD WITH ORGANIZING ANOTHER CORN FESTIVAL INDEPENDENTLY.
UNDER THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES, IT APPEARS THAT BASED ON THESE LETTERS AND THE CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF, THE DESIRED OUTCOME FOR THE LIONS WOULD BE THAT THE CITY ULTIMATELY TAKE OVER A DIRECT LEADERSHIP ROLE IN ORGANIZING FUNDING AND HOSTING THE ANNUAL CORN FESTIVAL AND PARADE, ESSENTIALLY MAKING THIS A CITY RUN COMMUNITY EVENT MOVING FORWARD.
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE THIS DIRECT EXPERIENCE IN ORGANIZING SUCH A LARGE EVENT.
HOWEVER, WE DO OFFER, WE DO RUN SEVERAL OTHER EVENTS THAT ARE ONE DAY EVENTS SUCH AS THE TAMALI FESTIVAL AND 4TH OF JULY.
IN ADDITION TO TAKING ON ADDITIONAL COSTS, THE ALLOCATION OF ADDITIONAL STAFFING AND RESOURCES TOWARDS THIS EVENT MAY IMPACT THE CITY'S ABILITIES TO SUPPORT OTHER PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS.
WE MAY NEED TO PRIORITIZE VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND STAFFING NEEDS.
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE LIONS CLUB HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY INTEND TO REMAIN A COMMITTED PARTNER AND WILL HELP WITH ANY TRANSITION AND WILL ALSO REMAIN A SUPPORTIVE ORGANIZATION THAT WILL HELP OPERATE THEIR TRADITIONAL FOOD BOOTHS, SUCH AS THE CORN FUNNEL, CAKES, HAMBURGERS, HOT DOGS, AND MORE.
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS SEVERAL POLICY OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO THEM REGARDING ALLIANCE REQUEST, AND EACH HAS DISTINCT BENEFITS AND COSTS ASSOCIATED.
OPTION ONE IS A REQUIREMENT OF A HUNDRED PERCENT CITY COST REIMBURSEMENT WITH NO SHARING COSTS.
WHILE THIS IS AN OPTION AVAILABLE TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH OTHER OPTIONS WITH OTHER AGENCIES, WE, THE CITY HAS HAD A LONGSTANDING COUNCIL POLICY PROVIDING SOME AMOUNT OF COST SUBSIDY TO THE LIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE CORN FESTIVAL AND PARADE.
SHOULD THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THIS OPTION, THE CITY WOULD POSSIBLY COVER APPROXIMATELY $80,000 OR MORE PER YEAR, DEPENDING ON THE OVERALL COST FOR THIS YEAR'S EVENT.
THIS OPTION WOULD ALSO RESULT IN THE CITY HAVING NO OPERATIONAL CONTROL OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE EVENT THE LIONS CLUB HAS INDICATED IT'S NOT SURE IF THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO STILL MANAGE AND RUN THIS EVENT, UM, IF THERE'S NOT ANY SUB, IF THE CITY IS NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE A GENEROUS SUBSIDY.
OPTION TWO IS THAT WE REVERT BACK TO THE CITY'S TRADITIONAL COST SHARING SUBSIDY OF 50 50.
AND UNDER THIS OPTION, THE CITY COUNCIL COULD REESTABLISH ITS PRIOR, UH, COST SHARING SPLIT.
UM, THE LION'S CLUB WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE TO REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR APPROXIMATELY, IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT 25 20 25 EXPENSES THAT WAS ABOUT $86,000, IT WOULD BE A $43,000 REIMBURSEMENT BACK TO THE CITY AND A $43,000, UM, GENERAL FUND EXPENSE FOR THE CITY.
THE LIONS HAVE INDICATED THAT THIS OPTION IS NO LONGER FINANCIALLY VIABLE FOR THEIR ORGANIZATION AND IT MAY LEAD TO THEM CANCELING THE PORN FESTIVAL AND PARADE.
OPTION THREE IS FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER A, UH, COST SHARING SUBSIDY ARRANGEMENT.
AND AGAIN, IN 2025, AS PART OF THE CITY'S CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, WE DID PROVIDE UP TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS SUBSIDY FOR THE CORN FESTIVAL AND PARADE.
AND SHOULD THE CITY OF COUNCIL AGREE TO PROVIDE SOME LEVEL OF SUBSIDY ABOVE ITS MORE THAN 50% COST SHARING, THE CITY WOULD AGAIN, NEED TO ABSORB AND INCUR EXPENSES OF APPROXIMATELY
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$80,000 MORE TO, DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF SUBSIDY THAT IS ULTIMATELY DECIDED.THE HIGHER SUBSIDY COMMITMENT OPTION WOULD REQUIRE THE CITY BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 26, 27, TO BE, UM, INCREASED TO SUPPORT THIS EVENT.
OPTION FOUR IS THAT THE CITY WOULD ASSUME FULL FINANCIAL, UM, AND OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY TO PLAN, HOST AN HOST THE ANNUAL CORN FESTIVAL AND PARADE.
THIS MAY BE THE PREFERRED OPTION BY THE LIONS CLUB, AND, UM, WE FEEL IT WOULD PROVIDE THE BEST CHANCE FOR THE LONGSTANDING VIABILITY OF THIS EVENT TO CONTINUE IN THE FUTURE.
HOWEVER, WHILE ASSUMING FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND OVERALL CONTROL OF THE PORN FESTIVAL AND PARADE, IT WOULD HELP PRESERVE A LONGSTANDING COMMUNITY TRANSITION, BUT IT WOULD REQUIRE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT AND COMMITMENT OF THE CITY FOR ITS GENERAL FUND, RESOURCES, STAFF TIME AND PLANNING, AS WELL AS OVERALL LIABILITY.
IF THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTS STAFF TO TAKE ON FULL FISCAL AND OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CORN FESTIVAL AND PARADE, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT COUNCIL DIRECTION BE GIVEN AT THIS TIME TO BECOME A SOLELY CITY ORGANIZED, PLANNED, AND RUN EVENT.
HIS WITH HELPS STREAMLINE THE PROCESS AND AVOID MISUNDERSTANDINGS FOR THE LIONS REGARDING WHO HAS OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF THE THREE DAY EVENT AND PARADE FESTIVAL AND PARADE AND FESTIVAL, WHILE THE LIONS CUPBOARD WELCOME STAFF TO HELP RUN VARIOUS FOOD VENING AND OTHER ASSOCIATED BOOSTS DURING THE EVENT.
THEY WOULD, LIKE IN THE PAST BE CONSIDERED A VENDOR AND THEY WOULD NO LONGER HAVE ANY BRANDING AS PART OF THIS EVENT MOVING FORWARD, IT WOULD MOST LIKELY BECOME THE LAHABRA PORN FESTIVAL AND PARADE TO PROVIDE A PERSPECTIVE ON THE TOTAL, UM, POTENTIAL COSTS INVOLVED.
THE TABLE BELOW REFLECTS THE LIONS CLUB REVENUES AND EXPENSES RELATED TO THE 2025 PORN FESTIVAL AND PARADE, WHICH INCLUDES THE AMOUNT OF THE CITY SUBSIDY THAT WAS WAIVED $86,000.
AND BASED ON THAT, THAT INFORMATION, THE CITY ASSESSED ITS FULL EXPENSES FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
THE EVENT, UM, THROUGH THE LION'S, UH, NUMBERS WOULD'VE LOST CLOSE TO $50,000 IF THE CITY WERE TO TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY TO PLAN AND ORGANIZE AND HOST THREE DAY FESTIVAL AND EVENT STAFF ESTIMATES THAT THE GROSS COST TO THE GENERAL FUND COULD RANGE FROM APPROXIMATELY $140,000 TO WELL OVER 200,000 PER YEAR.
MUCH OF THE ADDITIONAL COSTS TO RUN THIS EVENT WOULD BE DUE TO STAFF LABOR COSTS, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES A LOT OF OVERTIME THROUGH OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS COMMUNITY SERVICES.
THE LIONS CLUB, UM, LARGELY AFFORDS A COST SUCH AS THIS DUE TO THEIR UNPAID VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION.
ANOTHER IMPACT OF THIS OPTION WOULD BE THAT UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY CITY COUNCIL, THE LIONS CLUB WOULD NO LONGER HAVE OPERATIONAL CONTROL OR DIRECT CONNECTION WITH THIS LONG STANDING TIME FESTIVAL, NOR WOULD THEY BE INCLUDED IN THE BRANDING OF THE CORN FESTIVAL AND PARADE, WHICH HAS HAD BEEN THEIR SIGNATURE FOR DECADES.
OPTION FIVE IS REALLY A HYBRID OF OPTIONS THREE AND FOUR, AND THIS WOULD BE TO PROVIDE SOME LEVEL OF SUBSIDY TO THE LIONS FOR COST ASSOCIATED WITH A THREE DAY CORN FESTIVAL, AND THE CITY WOULD ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL AND ORGANIZATION OF THE PARADE.
WHILE THIS OPTION WAS NOT NECESSARILY PROPOSED BY THE LIONS, IT COULD PROVIDE CITY COUNCIL WITH A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE FOR CONSIDERATION.
STAFF DISCUSSED THIS POTENTIAL WITH THE LIONS CLUB PRESIDENT AND WERE TOLD THAT THE LION'S CLUB WOULD BE WILLING TO ENTERTAIN THIS OPTION, WHICH WOULD ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE TO ORGANIZE THE THREE DAY FESTIVAL AND MOVE FORWARD FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR.
UNDER THIS OPTION, THE CITY COUNCIL COULD CHOOSE TO ESTABLISH SOME SORT OF, SOME LEVEL OF SUBSIDY TO THE LION'S FOR THE CITY'S EXPENSES RELATED TO THE THREE DAY FESTIVAL PORTION OF THE EVENT.
THE CITY WOULD THEN BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PARADE.
UM, THE CITY'S COSTS OR THE PARADE COSTS ANTICIPATED ARE BETWEEN 30,000 UP TO 70,000 DEPENDING ON STREET CLOSURES, STAFFING, AND IF THE CITY CAN POTENTIALLY FIND A PROFESSIONAL PARADE ORGANIZER TO HELP RUN THIS EVENT.
WHILE THIS OPTION, AGAIN, WOULD BE AN ADDED EXPENSE TO THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND, AS WELL AS AN ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, IT WOULD LIMIT THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CORN FESTIVAL THIS YEAR.
AND TO PLAN AND ONLY HOST THE PARADE, WE WOULD REQUIRE THE LIONS TO CONTINUE TO PLAN FOR AND MANAGE THE BALANCE OF THE THREE DAY FESTIVAL AS THEY HAVE IN THE PAST.
AN ADDED OPTION IS THAT ALLIANCE COULD CONTINUE TO PLAN BRAND AND HOST THEIR ANNUAL PORN FESTIVAL EVENT AND CONTINUE THIS LONGSTANDING TRADITION IN LA HABRA.
ADDITIONALLY, THIS OPTION COULD ULTIMATELY COST THE CITY BETWEEN 30,000 TO WELL OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DEPENDING ON THE FINAL COST OF THE PARADE AND THE LEVEL OF SUBSIDY THAT THE CITY DECIDES TO APPROVE COVERING.
ANY AND ALL COSTS FOR THE LIONS CORN FESTIVAL.
DEPENDING ON THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE FISCAL
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IMPACT COULD VARY FROM $0 TO WELL OVER $200,000 PER YEAR, WHICH WILL NEED TO BE INCLUDED AGAIN IN THE FISCAL YEAR 20 26, 27 BUDGET.THIS CONCLUDES OUR STAFF REPORT.
WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL, AS WE HAVE MEMBERS FROM THE LAHABRA HOST, LIONS CLUB OF FAILURE, HANSON AND ROY RAMSON TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU FOR THE STAFF REPORT.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS FROM CITY COUNCIL? I HAVE SOME WITH THE ALLIANCE CLUB WHEN THEY COME UP.
UH, I, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH ACTUALLY.
UM, MY FIRST QUESTION IS, CAN YOU ADD CLARITY WHEN YOU MENTIONED ABOUT IF THE CITY TAKING OVER, THEY WOULD NEED TO, UH, FIND A PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZER.
WHAT IF I'M, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF, IF YOU MENTIONED OR NOT, BUT WHAT WOULD BE THE COST IN THAT? SO WE HAVE LOOKED INTO A COUPLE PARADE COMPANIES THAT IN THE PAST, THE LIONS, UH, WORKED WITH PAGEANTRY AND, UM, SO IT REALLY RANGES ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT 40,000 ALL THE WAY UP TO 70,000.
WE DID GET AN UNOFFICIAL QUOTE FOR ABOUT 15,000 TODAY, BUT WE'RE NOT SURE IF IT, IT INCLUDED THE OVERALL SCOPE OF THE EVENT.
WE, WE LITERALLY JUST GAVE 'EM, UM, THE FOOTPRINT OF THE PAST PARADE ROUTE AND, UM, SO WE'RE NOT COMFORTABLE JUST SAYING 15,000 AT THIS POINT.
SO THAT WAS THE OTHER THING I NEEDED CLARITY ON.
UM, IN, IN RESEARCHING THIS, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT JUST FOR THAT SEGMENT, JUST FOR THE PARADE OR IF THIS IS FOR LIKE A WHOLE ALL THREE DAYS? I'M SORRY.
IT WOULD ONLY BE FOR THE PARADE AND IT WOULD ONLY BE AN OPTION.
OF COURSE, STAFF BELIEVE THAT WE COULD ALSO, UM, COORDINATE THE PARADE.
WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR OPTIONS, DEPENDING ON TIMING OF THIS EVENT, WHICH RIGHT NOW IT WOULD BE THE THIRD WEEKEND OF AUGUST.
AND THAT'S ALSO WHEN WE JUST START RUBBING UP FOR OUR TAMALE FESTIVAL.
SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT OPTIONS.
SHOULD WE, UM, MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, UH, COORDINATING THEIR PARADE EFFORTS.
UM, AGAIN, STAFF CAN CERTAINLY COORDINATE THAT AS WELL, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT OPTIONS WE HAVE.
UM, YOU MENTIONED IN THE, THAT THE, UM, PAST FEW HAS BEEN PAST FEW YEARS, BUT THERE'S BEEN NO INCREASE IN ATTENDANCE.
UM, IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL OPINION, HAS THERE BEEN A DECREASE IN ATTENDANCE THAT YOU'VE SEEN AND AND COULD YOU PRO POSSIBLY PROVIDE INSIGHT AS TO MAYBE WHAT YOUR OPINION IS AS TO WHY OR? I DO KNOW THAT, UM, ACTUALLY THAT MIGHT BE A BETTER QUESTION ASKED TO THE LIONS BECAUSE THEY SHOULD KNOW THEIR ATTENDANCE NUMBERS BETTER THAN WE WOULD.
I JUST WANNA GET CLARIFICATION.
WHEN YOU USE PAGEANTRY PRODUCTIONS FOR THE PARADE, IS IT CORRECT THAT THE REASON WHY THEY DO THAT IS BECAUSE THEN BANDS WILL PARTICIPATE AND THEY PROVIDE THE JUDGES AND THAT'S WHY, UH, OR ELSE WHEN WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN THEM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE BANDS DON'T COME OUT.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
THEY, THEY CAN HELP ORGANIZE A, A LITTLE BIT OF A MORE REGIONAL PARADE THAT BRINGS, UM, A VARIETY OF HORSES, UM, OTHER TYPES OF, UM, ENTRIES, PARADE ENTRIES.
I BELIEVE THAT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WE'VE GONE TO A MORE, UM, LOCAL COMMUNITY PARADE, WHICH IS ALSO GREAT.
BUT, UM, WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, GROW THE PARADE.
ROSE, YOU KNOW, I DO HAVE, UH, ONE MORE QUESTION TO ASK.
UM, 'CAUSE IT KIND OF JUST, I CAN'T, I JUST LOST IT.
UH, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT.
QUESTIONS FOR, UH, ANY OF THE LINES? IF WE CAN HAVE, UH, SOMEBODY FROM THE LINES, UH, ONE OR TWO OF YOU, OR THREE OF YOU, WHATEVER IT TAKES.
I THINK ROY WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING FIRST, RIGHT? OH, OKAY.
MY NAME IS, UH, ROY RAMS LAND AND I WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE CORN FESTIVAL FROM 2006 TO 2019.
SO DURING THAT TIME WHEN I TOOK OVER THE CORN FESTIVAL, UM, AS WE HAD AN AG AN AG UNWRITTEN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY, AS, AS KIM SAYS, THERE'S NO RECORDS BEFORE THE TWO THOUSANDS, BECAUSE THAT WAS BACK IN 1947, SOMEBODY DID A HANDSHAKE DEAL AND WE DID THE HANDSHAKE DEAL UP UNTIL THE TWO THOUSANDS.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, THE, SO THE CITY HAS ALL WHIZ BEEN A PARTICIPANT IN PARTNERING WITH THE LIONS TO MAKE SURE THE CORN FESTIVAL AND THE PARADE HAPPENS.
DURING, DURING ALL THAT TIME, TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, OR AT LEAST DURING MY TENURE, THE CITY ALWAYS PAID OR COVERED ALL THE CITY'S EXPENSE THAT WAS, AND THE LIONS COVERED THE LIONS EXPENSES.
UM, SO PARTICULARLY WITH THE PARADE AT THAT TIME, WE WERE HIRING PAGEANTRY PRODUCTIONS AND THAT WOULD COST US ABOUT 15 TO $20,000 A YEAR.
AND THEN THE CITY WOULD COVER ALL
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THE CITY COSTS, ALL THE PUBLIC WORKS GUYS AND THE POLICE AND ANY OTHER SERVICES THAT THE CITY PROVIDES.BUT WE WOULD PAY IF WE WOULD HIRE SOMEBODY TO MANAGE THE PARADE FOR US DURING THAT TIME.
AND WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY PAY THE BANDS.
WHAT, WHAT WE DO IS WE PAID FOR THE BUS TRANSPORTATION TO BRING THE BANDS HERE.
THAT WAS HOW YOU GET THE BANDS HERE.
'CAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO GET HERE UNLESS SOMEBODY BUYS THEIR GAS
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY THEY WORKED.
SO AGAIN, SO THIS HAS BEEN THE PREMIER EVENT IN THE CITY SINCE 1947 WITH THE PARADE STARTING IN 1951.
AND LIKE DURING ALL OF THAT TIME UP UP UNTIL 2015 ISH, I WOULD GUESS WAS WHEN JIM AND I AND THE CHIEF FIRST NEGOTIATED AN ACTUAL KIND OF A WRITTEN AGREEMENT WERE.
AND WHAT WE WERE PAYING AT THAT TIME WAS 35% OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS OVERTIME.
BUT THAT, THAT EXPANDED DURING THE FESTIVAL.
AND OVER A PERIOD OF WAS I THINK THREE YEARS, JUNE, WE GOT THAT UP TO 50%.
WE WEREN'T PAYING ANYTHING FOR PUBLIC WORKS OR ANY OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS FOR THE THINGS THEY DID.
YOU KNOW, THE CITY ALWAYS, ALWAYS COVERED THOSE COSTS.
UM, SO WITH THAT ARRANGEMENT, IT, IT, WE WERE ABLE TO PROBABLY AVERAGE ABOUT 35 TO $40,000 A YEAR.
SO JUST DURING MY TENURE, WE PUT ABOUT $400,000 IN MONEY COM BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY, TO THE NONPROFITS.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT WORKED AND, AND WE GET IT.
TIMES HAVE CHANGED, THINGS HAVE GOTTEN MORE EXPENSIVE, UM, SAFETY REQUIREMENTS OF INTENSIFIED BECAUSE OF THE WORLD'S CHANGE.
AND THERE'S CRAZY PEOPLE AND YOU HAVE TO PROTECT YOURSELF FOR STUFF WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO 25 YEARS AGO.
SO, YOU KNOW, SO THE COST DID GO OUT.
SO IN TERMS OF ALL THESE OPTIONS, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY OF 'EM THAT ALIGN WITH EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR YOU TO DO.
WE, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO THE STATUS QUO, JUST KEEP DOING WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOREVER.
IT'S BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND IT, AND IT'S, AND IT'S ALWAYS WORKED.
UM, IF WE, WE UNDERSTAND THE, THE COST MIGHT HAVE TO GO UP AGAIN BECAUSE OF THESE EXTRA SAFETY THINGS.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT OPTION WITH THE 50 50 IS PROBABLY THE CLOSEST.
AND, AND WE THINK WE COULD PROBABLY STILL OPERATE WITHOUT A LOSS, IF ANY, IF WE HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING FOR THE PARADE.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE, WE'RE GONNA OPERATE AT A LOSS.
IT JUST COSTS TOO MUCH MONEY TO, TO STAFF, YOU KNOW, PAY FOR CITY STAFF TO PUT ON A PARADE.
YOU KNOW, IT JUST IS, IT IS WHAT IT IS.
UM, SO, UM, THE, THE, I THINK THE, WE, THE LETTERS YOU GOT FROM, FROM OUR, OUR PRESIDENT MAY HAVE BEEN MISINTERPRETED BY STAFF.
I I THINK THE CITY TAKING OVER COMPLETELY WAS KIND OF THE NUCLEAR OPTION.
YOU KNOW, FOR SOME REASON, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO TRY THIS ONE MORE YEAR THOUGH, KIND OF IN THE TRADITIONAL MODEL TO SEE HOW IT GOES.
AND, AND THEN IF, IF WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY MONEY, THEN MAYBE NEXT YEAR CONSIDER OR NOT WHETHER WE, OR THAT WE CAN KEEP DOING IT.
AS FAR AS ATTENDANCE, THERE'S NO WAY TO ACTUALLY COUNT, YOU KNOW, WE JUST DO ESTIMATES, BUT IT'S BASED, WHAT WE BASE OUR ATTENDANCE ON IS HOW MANY TICKETS WE SELL TO RIDE.
THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE, THE WATERMARK OF HOW, WHETHER WE'RE HAVING A GOOD YEAR OR, OR A BAD YEAR.
SO ON, YOU KNOW, SAID SOME YEARS WE'VE DONE, YOU KNOW, $90,000 IN RIGHT TICKET SALES BEFORE GROSS BEFORE OUR PERCENTAGE.
SOME YEARS IT'S ONLY BEEN 60 OR 70.
AND THAT ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER.
UM, THE ECONOMY, THE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD.
UM, THREE YEAR, I THINK MY LAST YEAR I DID IT, WE HAD A SHOOTING IN THE PARK THE WEEK BEFORE.
YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME TO A PUBLIC EVENT.
SO IT'S, THERE'S THINGS THAT HAPPEN THAT ARE BEYOND OUR CONTROL, BUT WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR THING AND DOING OUR ADVERTISING AND EVERYTHING'S WORKING OUT WELL, UH, YOU KNOW, WE THINK WE CAN STILL MAKE THIS WORK.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE TRIED MOVING IT TO OTHER LOCATIONS TO SEE IF THAT MADE A DIFFERENCE.
AND ALL THAT DID WAS INCREASE OUR COSTS WITHOUT REALLY CHANGING THE ATTENDANCE AT ALL.
SO I THINK MO MOVING BACK TO OUR TRADITIONAL MODEL BACK, BACK TO OUR PARK AND MAKING IT WORK THERE, WHAT I THINK WE, WE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL.
SO WITH THAT, I, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
I I HAVE A FEW, UM, BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND LET YOU GO.
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OR GO AHEAD, JIM.UM, FOR COST SAVINGS, HAVE YOU GUYS CONSIDERED, UH, OPERATING THE WAY, THE ORIGINAL FOOT FOOTPRINT WAS ON JUST FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, AND WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? HOW FAR BACK DO YOU WANT TO GO IN, IN 1947, IT WAS ONE DAY, YOU KNOW, BY, BY THE MID FIFTIES IT WAS TWO DAYS.
AND WHEN YOU GOT INTO THE SEVENTIES, I REMEMBER MY, MY ERA WAS THE SEVENTIES AND I REMEMBER IT WAS TWO DAYS.
AND THE THREE DAYS DOESN'T REALLY AFFECT CITY COSTS BECAUSE ONCE YOU PUT THE BARRICADES UP, YOU GOTTA TAKE 'EM DOWN.
WHETHER YOU TAKE 'EM DOWN AFTER ONE DAY, TWO DAYS, OR THREE DAYS, IT'S THE SAME AMOUNT.
WHAT WE GAIN BY THAT THIRD DAY IS SELLING MORE RIGHT.
I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S THE MATH OF WHY WE WENT TO THREE DAYS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
'CAUSE IT'S SUMMER AND WHAT HAPPENS IN THE SUMMER IS NOBODY COMES OUT TILL IT COOLS DOWN IN THE EVENING.
SO YOU CAN GO OUT THERE DURING THE DAY AND IT'S REALLY LOOKS SLOW AND LIKE NOTHING'S HAPPENING.
AND THEN SOON AS, YOU KNOW, THE AFTERNOON BREEZES START COMING AT ABOUT 4 30, 5 O'CLOCK AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY SHOWS UP TO THE, TO THE PARK.
AND SO ANOTHER FACTOR TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ABOUT THE THREE DAYS, WHICH IS TWO DAYS, IS THAT IT'S GONNA BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO SECURE A CONTRACT WITH A CARNEY FOR JUST TWO DAYS.
THEY'RE REALLY PUSHING THE THREE DAYS BECAUSE IT BENEFITS THEM AS WELL.
OH, AFFILIATE, SINCE YOU'RE RIGHT THERE, UH, GIMME YOUR OPINION.
UH, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS YOU GUYS WERE THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN.
THERE WAS NO, UH, CITRUS FAIR, THERE WAS NO TAMALE FEST.
UH, WHAT, WHAT IMPACT, IF ANY, DID THE CITRUS FAIR HAVE ON, UH, ON PEOPLE IN THE ATTENDANCE OF THE CORN FESTIVAL? SO, AS A TIME, I'M SORRY, WOULD YOU PLEASE SPEAK DIRECTLY TO MIKE FOR THE AUDIENCE? OH, PHILLY HANSEN.
UM, SO AS A KID GROWING UP HERE, WE HAD THE EYE LEVEL HARBOR FAIR AS WELL.
SO WE DID HAVE TWO BIG EVENTS IN, IN THE CITY THAT WAS, UH, SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTED.
UM, HOWEVER, WITH THE CITRUS PHE, I FEEL THE PROBLEM WITH THAT WAS THAT IT STARTED EARLY IN THE YEAR AND IT KEPT GOING CLOSER AND CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE AUGUST STATE.
AND THEN, AND, AND IN RETURN, WE PUSHED OUR CARNIVAL AFTER COVID INTO OCTOBER TO SEE IF THAT WOULD HAVE A DIFFERENCE.
UM, BUT YES, I FEEL THAT THE FACT THAT IT CAME CLOSER TO OUR EVENT, UM, OUR OUR FAMILIES IN LA HARBOR, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA CHOOSE ONE AND THEY'RE GONNA CHOOSE ONE EVENT.
AND UNFORTUNATELY THE, UH, CITRUS FAIR WAS PRIOR TO THE CORN FESTIVAL.
SO, SO IT DID HAVE AN IMPACT ON, ON REVENUE, YOU THINK? YES.
UH, NEXT QUESTION WITH, WITH ATTENDANCE.
HAVE YOU GUYS CONSIDERED WORKING WITH OCTA TO GET A SHUTTLE? UH, BECAUSE I FEEL ONCE THE HOMES WENT IN OVER THERE, IT ALSO IMPACTED THE PARKING SITUATION OVER THERE.
AND HAVE YOU GUYS CONSIDERED WORKING WITH OCTA? UH, WE, WE WORKED WITH DAVID DA LEONE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS WHEN THEY GOT A GRANT AND WE DID SHUTTLES.
UM, DIDN'T SEEM TO MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE, BUT, BUT WE TRIED IT FOR, FOR A COUPLE YEARS AND, YOU KNOW, AND JUST, JUST TO SEE IF WE COULD MAKE IT WORK.
AND I SAID IT WAS A, IT WAS A, UM, GRANT THING FROM OCTA, SO IT DIDN'T COST US ANYTHING.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, FOR US TO DO THAT OURSELF, UM, WITHOUT SOME SORT OF GRANT OR SOMEBODY ELSE PAYING FOR IT, THEN WE BECOME, AS AN ORGANIZATION LIABLE INSURANCE-WISE FOR TRANSPORTING PEOPLE AROUND AND HAVING
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO TAKE ON AS A, AS A BURDEN FOR FAIR, FOR CLARIFICATION.
UH, THE REVENUE THAT YOU DO GENERATE FROM THEM AFTER YOUR COST, WHERE DOES THAT GO TO? JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, JUST SO PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF THAT.
ALL OF YOU GUYS PAID LA HOPPER CHEER.
SO NONE OF YOU ARE ON SALARY? YES.
SO IT'S, SO IT GOES TO ALL OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND ALL OUR SPORTS GROUPS.
IT GOES TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, IT GOES TO HBIC, IT GOES TO THE GARY CENTER.
SO A HUMONGOUS AMOUNT OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS YOU GUYS GIVE BACK AND SERVE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM AT THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, COME BACK CITY.
YOU ALSO SEND SOME OF IT TO CITY PROGRAMS TOO, CORRECT? YES.
SO IT GOES, I I GET THE IDEA THERE.
SO IN AN IDEAL WORLD TONIGHT, WHICH OPTION WOULD YOU GUYS PREFER? 1, 2, 3, 4, OR FIVE? WELL, I, I THINK TWO PROBABLY ALIGNS CLOSEST TO THE WAY WE'VE TRADITIONALLY GOT IT.
UM, AGAIN, THAT'S A LITTLE HIGHER THAN TRADITIONAL, BUT I OPHELIA'S BEEN LOOKING AT THE, THE NUMBERS AND SHE THINKS SHE THINKS THAT WE CAN DO, MAKE THAT WORK.
YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ABOUT WHEN IT COMES, I JUST, I JUST WANNA MAKE, JUST CLARIFY, YOU KNOW, ON, ON THIS REPORT HERE, THE FIRST PARAGRAPH, IT'S GOING IN AND OUT, BUT THE, THE PARA, THE, IT'S QUOTED HERE, WHEN I CAME AND SPOKE ON THE MARCH 16TH IN REGARDS TO MAINTAINING A DISCOUNTED CITY, UH, CL SERVICES FEES REQUIRED TO HOST THE ACTUAL CARNIVAL
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PART PORTION OF IT, AND THEN ASKING YOU GUYS TO FULLY ACCEPT, UH, THE, UM, FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CORN FESTIVAL.WE WOULD STILL DO THE, THE LEGWORK, BUT WE'RE ASKING YOU FOR THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT.
A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE PARADE NOW ON OPTION FIVE, IT CLEARLY STATES HERE THAT, UH, PROVIDES SOME LEVEL OF SUBSIDY TO THE LE UH, LIONS CLUB FOR CON UH, COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR THREE DAY CARNIVAL AND HAVE THE CITY ASSUME FLU RESPONSIBILITY IT STAY HERE TO PLAN AND HOST.
BUT THAT WASN'T WHAT, THAT WASN'T, THAT'S KIND OF ALMOST SIMILAR TO WHAT I WAS ASKING, BUT I WAS JUST ASKING FOR YOU GUYS TO TAKE A HUNDRED PERCENT RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FINANCIAL PORTION OF IT.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO, TO WORK TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, BRING THE PARADE BACK, YOU KNOW, TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THEN ALSO ON THE SECOND PARAGRAPH IT SAYS, WELL, THIS OPTION WAS NOT PROPOSED BY THE LIONS CLUB, BUT THAT WAS KIND OF WHAT WE WERE GETTING AT.
SO, UM, LIKE ROY SAID, NINA, NONE OF THESE OPTIONS ARE WHAT WE ORIGINALLY REQUESTED.
SO, UM, YES, I FEEL THAT WE CAN AFFORD PROBABLY TO DO, UH, 50% OF WHAT THE PARK COST IS GONNA COST US.
IF I, IF I, I JUST NEED SOME CLARITY HERE.
UM, AS I'M HEARING THE, THE QUESTION OR MENTIONING ABOUT WHICH OPTION IS BETTER, WHERE'S THE MESSAGING COMING FROM FROM THE STAFF REPORT WE RECEIVED? 'CAUSE AND, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I, I HEARD DURING THE STAFFING REPORT THAT THE 50 50 OPTION WAS NOT VIABLE, BUT NOW WE'RE SAYING IT IS.
I I'M NOT SAYING THE 50 50 IS VIABLE FOR THE PARK, NOT THE PARADE.
AND I WAS VERY CLEAR ON THAT ON MARCH 16TH WHEN I CAME AND SPOKE TO YOU GUYS.
UM, IS THERE, IS THERE ANOTHER SOURCE THAT WE'RE HEARING INFORMATION FROM THAT'S CONTRARY TO WHAT WAS JUST REPORTED BY KIM? I, YOU RECEIVED A COUPLE OF LETTERS FROM, UH, FROM OUR PRESIDENT, AND I THINK THE WAY THEY WERE INTERPRETED WAS NOT THE INTENT BEHIND THE WAY THEY WERE WRITTEN.
YOU, YOU KNOW, THAT HAPPENS SOMETIMES WHEN YOU WRITE LETTERS.
IT CAN, AND I THINK THAT MIGHT HAVE CAUSED SOME CONFUSION TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES STAFF.
'CAUSE I DON'T THINK IT WAS CLEARLY WRITTEN AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ON US.
YEAH, I MEAN, JUST TO BE CLEAR FOR THE RECORD, IT WASN'T JUST THE LETTERS THAT STAFF WAS UTILIZING, IT WAS MEETINGS.
UH, MS. BERIAN HAD A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THE, UH, PRESIDENT, CLUB PRESIDENT MM-HMM
AND YOU WAS PRETTY CLEAR IN WHAT HIS EXPECTATIONS WERE.
I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THE STAFF REPORT, I BELIEVE ACCURATELY REPRESENTS THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WERE HAD BETWEEN HIM AND STAFF.
NOW, IF THERE'S A DISAGREEMENT, MAYBE WITHIN THE LIONS CLUB, I, I COULDN'T TELL YOU, BUT WE TRIED TO BEST REFLECT WHAT WE WERE BEING TOLD BOTH IN WRITING AND IN THESE CON FOLLOW UP CONVERSATIONS.
SO WE, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE CLEAR TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE REQUEST WAS BEING MADE OF STAFF SO THAT WE COULD THEN CONVEY THAT ACCURATELY TO COUNSEL.
AND I BELIEVE THE STAFF REPORT HAS DONE THAT.
NOW, IF THERE IS SOME DIFFERENT METRIC OR DIFFERENT, UH, OPTION THAT THE LINES WOULD PROPOSE, MY SUGGESTION IS RIGHT NOW, TONIGHT BEING VERY CLEAR WHAT THAT IS.
SO WHAT, WHAT I'M KIND OF HEARING IS THE LIONS IS REC REQUESTING A 50 50 COST SHARE FOR THE THREE DAY FESTIVAL? CORRECT.
AND A 100% COST SHARE OR 100% SUBSIDY OF ANY COST RELATED TO THE PARADE.
IS THAT ACCURATE? YES, A HUNDRED PERCENT.
SO BASED ON THE NUMBERS THAT KIM AND I HAVE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST, THAT'S LIKELY TO BE CLOSE TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MORE, AND WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL THE ACTUAL COSTS COME IN.
UM, AND, AND THE LIONS ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
THE, THE, THE BIGGEST COST FOR US IN THE, IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS HAS BEEN RENTING AND, UH, PUTTING IN WATER BARRIERS UP AND DOWN THE BOULEVARD.
UH, WITH WHAT YOU'VE SEEN HAPPEN AT MAJOR EVENTS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, THE AMOUNT OF SECURITY AND SECURITY SYSTEMS THAT WE'RE PLACING IN, IN, IN THESE MAJOR PUBLIC EVENTS NOW HAS SKYROCKETED OUR COSTS.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN SHARING THOSE COSTS WITH VARIOUS GROUPS, OR WHEN IT'S A CITY EVENT, WE EAT THOSE COSTS, WHICH IS WHY A LOT OF TIMES CITY EVENTS DON'T NET ANY PROFIT BECAUSE YOU HAVE SO MUCH COST MM-HMM
BUT WE ALWAYS WEIGH THE COST VERSUS THE BENEFIT OF DOING THE EVENT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S A COUNCIL POLICY DIRECTION TOO.
SO, SO I THINK TONIGHT WHAT YOU'VE HEARD, UH, FROM OPHELIA IS PRETTY MUCH AT LEAST THE CURRENT REQUEST OF COUNSEL TO GIVE YOU SOME SENSE OF WHAT THAT REQUEST IS.
AND AGAIN, THAT COST WILL LIKELY BE AT LEAST A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR.
SO, SO I, I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AND I, AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HAD ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT I HAD TO INTERRUPTED.
LET ME, UH, LET ME GET TO ROSE REAL QUICK, BUT SHE MAY ANSWER, SHE MAY HAVE QUESTIONS THAT MAY BE ANSWERED.
SO NO, SHE'S BEEN WAITING HERE.
I DID HAVE ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WAS ASKED BY CO MAYOR PROAM GOMEZ WITH REGARDS TO THE DAYS, COULD IT BE CUT DOWN FROM THREE DAYS TO TWO, TWO DAYS.
BUT YOU EXPLAINED ABOUT THE CARNEY CARNIVAL RIDES, AND SO I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND, AND GIVEN THAT YOU FUND
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MANY NONPROFITS, HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF INVITING THEM TO COLLABORATE WITH YOU IN SETTING UP, TAKING DOWN MANNING, MANNING THE, THE, THE BOOTH? UM, I KNOW THAT NOW IN THIS DAY AND TIME, WE ARE ENCOURAGED TO COLLABORATE AND NOT, AND DISCOURAGE US TO BE IN SILOS.AND I THINK IF, UH, THESE INDIVIDUALS OR OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE YOU'RE HELPING, UM, ARE INVITED TO COLLABORATE, THEY'LL PROBABLY HAVE A STAKE IN THE SUCCESS OF IT AND WANT TO GIVE MORE OF THEIR TIME.
AND APART FROM THAT, IF SAY FOR EXAMPLE, I WERE PART OF IT, I'D BE TELLING ALL MY CONTACTS AND PEOPLE, HEY, COME TO THE, COME TO THE CORN FESTIVAL, AND SO IT'D BE A HIGHER ATTENDANCE.
UH, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SEE WOULD HAPPEN.
YEAH, WELL, SO OF, OF COURSE THIS IS THE LAHABRA.
SO NO VOLUNTEER IN LAHABRA BELONGS TO JUST ONE ORGANIZATION,
SO, SO ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE GIVE MONEY TO DO CONTRIBUTE, UM, IN, IN THE EVENT, IN, IN ONE MANNER OR ANOTHER.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, UM, BACK IN THE OLD DAYS, ALL THE FOOD BOOTHS USED TO BE RUN BY NONPROFITS, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM, ALL THE SCHOOL SPORTS TEAMS AND OTHER NONPROFITS IN TOWN.
UM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WHEN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT CHANGED ALL THE RULES ABOUT WHAT YOU HAD TO DO FOR FOOD SERVICE, THEY WERE NO LONGER TO PARTICIPATE, BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE ANYMORE.
AND THAT WAS SAD BECAUSE IT REALLY WAS A COMMUNITY EVENT WHERE ALL THE, ALL THE GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY WERE THERE DOING SOMETHING DO OTHER, OTHER, 'CAUSE THIS IS A SIGNATURE, UH, EVENT FOR YOU, THE LIONS CLUB.
I'M IMAGINING THAT LION ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER, OTHER CITIES AND ALL THAT, THEY DON'T HAVE THIS KIND OF SIGNATURE EVENT IN THEIR, THEIR CITIES OR, OR CLUBS.
WE, WE, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF LIONS FROM ALL OVER OUR DISTRICT THAT, THAT COME TO OUR, COME TO OUR EVENT.
UM, WELL KI AND KIND OF THE WAY IT WORKS TOO, IN TERMS OF, SOMEBODY ASKED ME EARLIER, I THINK ABOUT HOW YOU PROMOTE IT, HOW YOU, HOW WE PROMOTE IT IS, YOU KNOW, WHO DO YOU GET TO BE THE GRAND MARSHAL AND, AND IS IT SOMEBODY THAT'S A PUBLIC FIGURE AND IS IT SOMEBODY THAT'S GOING TO GO ON THE RADIO AND TELL EVERYBODY, HEY, I'M, I'M GONNA BE IN THE CORN FESTIVAL, COME AND SEE ME.
YOU KNOW? AND THAT'S BEEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL MODEL FOR US.
AND JIM'S BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN FINDING THOSE PEOPLE TO HELP US DO THAT.
SO WE DO GET REGIONAL NEWS COVERAGE.
SO, AND COUNCIL MEMBER ESPINOZA, TO YOUR POINT, UH, AND, AND MAYBE YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION OVER THE YEARS, ESPECIALLY THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS, A NUMBER OF SIGNATURE PARADE EVENTS IN OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE EITHER STRUGGLED OR ACTUALLY BEEN CANCELED.
AND SO IT IS NOT UNUSUAL WHAT THE LIONS CLUB IS FACING EITHER.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST IN, IN OUR CITY.
AND UH, I, THERE WAS, WHAT WAS THAT KIM? THAT CITY THAT STOPPED HUNTINGTON BEACH IN JULY? YEAH.
SO THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF CITIES THAT HAVE HAD TO, YOU KNOW, PAIR BACK OR CANCEL EVENTS BECAUSE OF THE COSTS WEREN'T, YOU KNOW, BEING OFFSET BY REVENUE.
AND IN TERMS OF THIS LAST YEAR WHERE WE HAD THE EVENT AND THE EVERY, EVERY EVENT THAT EVERY LIONS CLUB DOES IN ORANGE COUNTY WAS DOWN IN ATTENDANCE FOR VARIOUS DIFFERENT REASONS WITHOUT GOING INTO POLITICS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY WERE ALL THE, THE, THE CORN, OUR CORN FESTIVAL, THE, UH, SEAL BEACH FISH FRY, THE HUNTINGTON BEACH, THE COSTA MESA FISH FRY, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY WERE ALL DOWN ON THEIR NUMBERS LAST YEAR JUST BECAUSE OF THE, THE ENVIRONMENT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WELL MAYBE, MAYBE THE NONPROFITS CAN'T SELL FOOD, BUT THEY CAN STILL VOLUNTEER.
AND THEY DO MANNING BOOZE OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, TO HELP.
UH, NO, WE HAVE HAVE VOLUNTEERS BECAUSE IT'S ALL VOLUNTEERS.
WE HAVE LOTS OF VOLUNTEERS THAT SHOW UP TO HELP US THAT AREN'T LIONS DURING, DURING THE EVENT.
SO, AND YOU KNOW, THE, UH, LA HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL COMES OUT AND CHUCKS CORN EVERY YEAR FOR YOU GUYS.
AND, AND, AND MANY OF YOU ARE ALSO INVOLVED LIKE ROY, HVIC
SO A LOT OF 'EM, LIKE YOU SAID, THEY POLLINATE, A LOT OF THEM TEND TO JUMP ALSO WITH A LION CLUB AND VICE VERSA.
SO THIS IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A DISCUSSION I KNOW COUNCIL'S HAD OVER THE YEARS, AND THE NONPROFITS HAVE, A LOT OF OUR NONPROFITS ARE AGING AND THERE'S NOT NEW YOUNGER MEMBERSHIP COMING IN TO JOIN TO ADD TO THE RANKS, RIGHT? SO, WHICH PUTS A BIGGER AND BIGGER ONUS ON THE EXISTING MEMBERS THAT ARE FEWER TO DO MORE OF THE WORK.
AND IT BECOMES AN IMBALANCE AT SOME POINT WHERE YOU JUST DON'T HAVE THE, THE PHYSICAL LABOR AVAILABLE TO YOU TO DO A LOT OF THESE.
I KNOW HOW MUCH OUR STAFF WORKS TO PUT ON THE 4TH OF JULY AND THE TAMALE FEST.
I CANNOT IMAGINE THE AMOUNT OF
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WORK AND PLANNING THAT GOES INTO A THREE DAY FESTIVAL AND A PARADE IS EXPONENTIALLY MORE.AND THESE ARE UNPAID VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE DOING THIS THROUGH ALLIANCE CLUB.
SO I, I HAVE A, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS MYSELF.
UH, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? I, I JUST HAD A COUPLE.
YOU KNOW, LET ME, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET ME GO AHEAD.
LET ME, LET ME GO ON FOR A SECOND.
UM, SO JIM TOUCHED ON SOMETHING, UM, AND I THINK MAYBE DALE DID AS WELL.
UH, I ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER TO THESE THINGS, BUT I ASK THESE QUESTIONS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WATCHES OR THAT'S GONNA COME BACK AND WATCH ON THE INTERNET AT SOME POINT OR OTHER.
THE LIONS CLUB HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR HOW MANY YEARS NOW? NEARLY 80 YEARS.
I, I'M SORRY, THE LA HABER LAW.
AND THE, UH, THE CORN FESTIVAL CAME ABOUT IN 19 51, 19 49 WAS THE FIRST CORN FESTIVAL.
AND HOW MUCH WERE THEY PAYING THEMSELVES TO PUT THESE THINGS ON? SAME, WE GET PAID NOW HOW MUCH IS THAT ROY
AND, AND JUST FOR EVERYBODY TO SAY FREE 99 WAS THE ANSWER.
WE SAY THAT FACETIOUSLY, BUT YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE ANY OPERATING EXPENSES FOR ONE, YOU DON'T PAY A SECRETARY, YOU DON'T PAY A PRESIDENT, YOU DON'T PAY A CEO FOR ANY OF THAT.
THIS IS WHAT I WANT THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND.
UH, AND THIS IS WHY I ASK THESE QUESTIONS, ALTHOUGH THEY MAY SEEM REDUNDANT AND I APOLOGIZE TO YOU GUYS.
UH, BUT I ASK 'EM FOR A REASON BECAUSE I DO WANT THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND.
SO FOR, JUST SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS IN, IN OUR LIONS CLUB.
WE HAVE THE LA HABRA LIONS CLUB, AND WE HAVE THE LA HABRA HOSTS FOUNDATION.
ALL THE CORN FESTIVAL MONEY, AND ALL THE MONEY WE RAISE GOES INTO THE FOUNDATION AND 90 TO 95% OF ALL THE MONEY THAT GOES INTO THE FOUNDATION GOES BACK OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
WE HAVE VERY SMALL ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS 'CAUSE WE COVER THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS IN OUR OTHER ACCOUNT, BUT WE DO HAVE TO PAY INSURANCES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.
BUT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE PROCEEDS AFTER THOSE EXPENSES GO OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
SO AFTER THE CARNIVAL OPERATORS PAID, AFTER THE RIDES ARE PAID, UM, WHICH IS WHAT NORMALLY HAPPENS AT ANY FUNCTION, EVEN THE CITY FUNCTIONS THAT WE PUT ON, UH, 4TH OF JULY AND SO ON AND SO FORTH, ANYTHING THEREAFTER DOESN'T GO TO PAY THE PRESIDENT LIONS CLUB.
IT GOES ACTUALLY TO THE COMMUNITY, TO HBIC, TO TO THE CHEERLEADERS THAT WERE HERE, UH, TO THE CHEER PROGRAM, UH, YOU GUYS PUT ON, UH, EYEGLASSES.
UH, YOU GIVE FREE EYEGLASSES, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, ONCE A YEAR.
IT'S A VERY WELL ATTENDED PROGRAM AND VERY SOUGHT AFTER, UH, BY, UH, BY THE NEEDY AND NOT ONLY IN OUR COMMUNITY, BY SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIMIT IT TO JUST THE HARBOR COMMUNITY, THAT EYEGLASS EVENT.
UM, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT, UH, THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE, THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS, UM, OF WHAT THE LIONS NOT ONLY IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT IN ALL COMMUNITIES DO.
EVERYTHING GOES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
EVERYTHING GOES BACK TO THE LAHABRA COMMUNITY, PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
UM, THERE'S A, AND AGAIN, I'LL, I'LL SAY IT AGAIN.
YEAH, IT'S, AND, AND JUST TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT, AS, AS RORY SAID, WE HAVE A, THE, THE LIONS CLUB AND THE FOUNDATION, AND FOR THE CORN FESTIVAL, WE DO HAVE A MERCHANT AREA WHERE THE VENDORS, AND THEY, THERE IS A FEE THAT IS ASSOCIATED TO THOSE VENDORS.
AND IT'S CLEARLY STATED IN THE CONTRACT THAT THAT WILL BE GOING TO ADMINISTRATIVE COUNT THAT HELPS US PAY FOR THE INSURANCE, THE OVERAGE OF THE INSURANCE, AND ALL THE OTHER GOOD STUFF.
SO THAT DOES GO INTO THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNT.
SO SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID, WELL, YOU GUYS SAY LIKE, A HUNDRED PERCENT GOES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
WELL, IT DOES, BUT WE DO PUT IN SOME, INTO OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ACCOUNT FOR THOSE, FOR THOSE REASONS, YOU HAVE TO PAY THE BILLS.
AND, AND REAL QUICK TO CLARIFY IS BACK IN THE DAY, THE CORN FESTIVAL, ONE OF OUR JERRY VERY GENEROUS CONTRIBUTORS WAS PAUL GOLDBERG, WHO USED TO PICK UP THE ENTIRE COST OF THE CORN FESTIVAL, PRAYED BACK IN THE DAY.
IF I AM, I, IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, AT LEAST THE LIONS CLUB PORTION OF IT, THEY'D PAY FOR THE PARADE COMPANY AND NORTHGATE PAID FOR IT ONE YEAR.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE HAD SOME BIG SPONSORS, BUT, BUT TRADITIONALLY THE CITY'S ALWAYS COVERED THE CITY'S COST FOR THE CITY EMPLOYEES.
UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ADDING CLARITY TO WHAT YOUR INTENTIONS ARE AND WHAT YOU WANNA SEE HAPPEN WITH THOSE DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
IT HELPED ME A LOT ACTUALLY, UH, TREMENDOUSLY.
NOW THAT WE HAVE A SINGLE MESSAGE HERE, UM, CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE FOOTPRINT, MAYBE GOING BACK TO THE LIONS PARK, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT MAKING IT SMALLER VERSUS THE STREET? SO THAT MAY CUT DOWN SOME COSTS? CORRECT.
YEAH, WE, WE PLANNING ON GOING BACK TO EL CENTRAL PARK, SO.
AND THEN MARKETING STRATEGIES.
YOU MENTIONED MARKETING AS FAR AS PICKING SOMEONE, UH, UH, UM, UH, SOMEONE TO BE IN THE PARADE THAT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROMOTE IT FOR, FOR THE ALLIANCE CLUB FOR THE CITY, ARE YOU LOOKING INTO OTHER MARKETING STRATEGIES AND IF SO, ARE THOSE MARKETING STRATEGIES GONNA INCUR A COST? IF, IF, IF WE HAVE SOME CLUB MEMBERS WITH THOSE SKILLS THAT COULD HELP US WITH THAT, THAT'D BE WONDERFUL.
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BUT WE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, WE WILL BE MARKETING THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AS WE NORMALLY DO.UM, AGAIN, WE SUPPORT ALL OF THE NONPROFITS, SO THE NONPROFITS WILL ALSO BE HELPING US.
THE KEARNEY, UH, PRESALE TICKETS, THAT'S ALSO A MARKETING TOOL FOR US AS WELL, BECAUSE WE ARE SELLING PRESALE TICKETS.
UM, THAT, AND, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY IS AWARE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING GONNA BE HAPPENING PRETTY SOON BECAUSE WE START SELLING THE PRESALE TICKETS.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
UM, WE DO HAVE, UH, A COMMITTEE THAT'S GOING TO BE ALSO WORKING, UM, TO FIGURE OUT HOW, YOU KNOW, JUST TO, WE, WE DO, WE DO MARKET.
UM, AND OUR BIGGEST MARKETING, UM, IN THE PAST HAD ALWAYS BEEN OUR CAR, UH, RAFFLE, BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE IT BECAUSE FOR THE CAR RUFFLE, WE WERE OUT THERE EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND PROMOTING THE CORN FESTIVAL.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING TOO THAT WE HAVE, UM, DISCUSSED.
AND ALTHOUGH IT WON'T HAPPEN THIS YEAR, BUT SOMETHING THAT MIGHT COME BACK.
UM, AND, AND THE BIGGEST THING IS, IS, YOU KNOW, UM, IS WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO OUR PARK BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HEARING.
WE'RE LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY, THEY'RE REQUESTING, WHY DID YOU GUYS MOVE IT? IT'S NOT THE CAR FESTIVAL.
SO WE'RE GONNA TRY IT, WE'RE GONNA SEE, BUT WE'RE ALSO GONNA ASK OUR COMMUNITY TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT US.
ADDITION TO TELEVISION, WE, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET YOU GUYS, UH, ADVERTISED ON K EARTH 1 0 1.
AND THEN WE ALSO, WHEN THE FISH WAS HERE, NOW THIS, THE STATION'S BEEN SOLD, BUT, UH, WE HAD, WE HAD A BOOTH WITH THE FISH OUT THERE ADVERTISING AS WELL, LI LIVE PRODUCTION FROM OUT THERE.
SO WE HAVE USED DIFFERENT MARKETING TOOLS, UH, IN THE MEDIA AS WELL.
UM, MY LAST QUESTION WOULD BE FOR KIM, BUT MAYBE IT MIGHT BE A BETTER QUESTION FOR THE CITY MANAGER.
AND IT'S THAT QUESTION I, UH, FOR THAT I COULDN'T REMEMBER.
UM, IF THE CITY WERE TO TAKE OVER THE, UM, THE FESTIVAL WE MENTIONED WE HAVE TO BUDGET INTO THE 26TH, 27 YEAR, UH, BUDGET.
DOES THAT MEAN CONSIDERING WHERE THIS USUALLY OCCURS IN AUGUST, DOES THAT MEAN THAT PLANNING AND COST AND THINGS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO START UNTIL AFTER THE FISCAL YEAR STARTS TO KNOW WHAT OUR FUNDING LOOKS LIKE FOR THAT? UM, I MEAN, IF, IF THE CITY COUNCIL, WHICH I'M NOT HEARING THE LIONS SAYING THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT, RIGHT? BUT IF THE CITY COUNCIL WERE TO TAKE OVER THE ENTIRE FESTIVAL DIRECT STAFF TO DO THAT, WE COULDN'T WAIT TILL JULY 1ST.
I MEAN, WE'RE ALREADY, AS I WOULD IMAGINE, WE'RE ALREADY BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL.
I MEAN, THIS IS THREE MONTHS OUT FROM THE FESTIVAL NOW.
IT WOULD BE A STRETCH TO EVEN THINK THAT WE COULD PULL OFF A FESTIVAL FOR THREE DAYS WITH A PARADE IN THREE MONTHS.
BUT I'VE GOT TREMENDOUS FAITH IN OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES STAFF.
WE WOULD HAVE TO START THAT YESTERDAY.
I MEAN, IT WOULD BE IMMEDIATE, I WOULD IMAGINE.
SO THERE WOULD DEFINITELY BE COST INCURRED RIGHT AWAY, PLUS NEXT YEAR.
BUT FOR FORTUNATELY, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S NOT EXACTLY WHAT THE LINES ARE ASKING.
WHAT I'M HEARING TONIGHT IS THEY'RE BASICALLY ASKING FOR A FINANCIAL CON, UM, SUBSIDY OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE, UH, TO DEFRAY THEIR COSTS AND THAT THEY WOULD STILL CONTINUE TO PLAN AND ORGANIZE ALL ASPECTS OF THE FESTIVAL AND THE PARADE, BUT THE COST RELATED TO THAT PARADE WOULD BE ABSORBED BY THE CITY, AT LEAST THE CITY'S COSTS, I'M ASSUMING.
SO, SO LIKE I SAID, I MEAN, IF, IF YOU'RE ASKING ME AS STAFF WHAT I THINK WOULD BE AN IDEAL OPTION, CITY STAFF NOT, NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS MAJOR EVENT AND RUNNING IT, UH, YET, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING SOME DEGREE OF FINANCIAL SUBSIDY FOR THE ALLIANCE WOULD PROBABLY BE THE BEST OUTCOME BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE EXPERTISE.
WE DON'T, THEY HAVE LITERALLY 80 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE DOING THIS AND WE DON'T.
UH, AND WE'VE PARTNERED WELL WITH THEM IN THE PAST AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO SO.
THE BIGGEST CONCERN I THINK WE HAVE AS STAFF IS SEEING THE CORN FESTIVAL NOT HAPPEN.
AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ON THE LIONS CLUB NOR STAFF, AND I IMAGINE THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD EVER WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.
I I JUST WANTED TO CHECK THAT BOX AND ASK THAT QUESTION.
I'LL RESERVE, UM, MY REASONING FOR WHY I ASKED THAT QUESTION FOR THE COMMENT PORTION.
UH, I'M GONNA INVITE THE, UH, PUBLIC TO TESTIFY AND PLEASE GIVE THEIR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
ANYONE OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC WISHING TO TESTIFY? I DON'T, I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO REALLY QUICKLY INTRODUCE SOME OF, UM, OUR LIONS MEMBERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY HERE.
WE DO HAVE, UM, TONY MARTINEZ AND HIS WIFE PAM.
TONY IS ACTUALLY THE CHAIR FOR THE CORN FESTIVAL THIS YEAR.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UH, A THIRD CHAIR, AND HE'S ALSO THE THIRD CHURCH.
AND AS WELL AS, UM, ANNETTE LIMON, WHO IS OUR, UH, FIRST VP AND WE HAVE ANGELA, UH, BUSINESS OWNER HERE IN LAHABRA, ROBERT, UH, ROBERTS, I ALWAYS GET HER LAST NAME WRONG, BUT ROBERTSON, WHO'S ALSO A SECOND VP.
UM, AND WE HAVE MS. KATHY FELIX, WHO'S OUR MEMBER MEMBERSHIP CHAIR FOR DECADES.
AND, UM, I THINK I GOT EVERYBODY, OH, AND MRS. PERKINS, WHO'S OUR FORMER, UM, TONY IS THE PARADE.
UH, SEEING NO ONE ELSE WILLING TO TESTIFY, UH, WE'LL
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GO ON FOR, UH, COUNSEL DISCUSSION, INTERACTION, AND WE'LL START ON MY LEFT.UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LAMBKIN, PLEASE.
SO, UM, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAITED UNTIL THIS PORTION TO KIND OF EXPRESS MY THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE.
UH, PAR, I MEAN, I THOUGHT I CAME HERE PREPARED WITH, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT BETTER IDEAL OF WHAT MY THOUGHTS WERE, BUT NOW THAT WE'VE GOTTEN CLARITY ON WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR, IT ACTUALLY MADE IT, IT MAKES MY DECISION A LOT EASIER.
UM, I, I WENT OUT THERE AND I SPOKE TO THE RESIDENTS ABOUT THIS AND, UH, AT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS HAS TO HAPPEN.
WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS CORN FESTIVAL.
UM, HOW IT HAPPENS IS, IS WHERE WE'RE HAVING THIS, THIS DISCUSSION HERE.
UM, WE ARE IN A TIME WHERE, WHERE ENTERTAINMENT IS CHANGING, NOT JUST IN OUR CITY, BUT ALSO IN ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
FESTIVALS SLOWLY DWINDLING DOWN.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A NEW GENERATION OF PEOPLE THAT AREN'T EVEN FINDING, SITTING DOWN IN A MOVIE THEATER TO BE ENTERTAINING ANYMORE.
SO, UM, IT IS MY HOPE THAT AS WE GO FORWARD THROUGHOUT THE NEXT, UH, NEXT FEW YEARS, THAT WE TRY TO FIND NEW WAYS TO ATTRACT A YOUNGER AUDIENCE TO OUR FESTIVALS.
UM, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, UM, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN HELP MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
I SAY THAT WITH REMINDING MYSELF OF WHAT WE SAID LAST YEAR.
UM, IF I RECALL DURING THE MEETING LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE, UM, YOU KNOW, BUDGETING THIS FOR THE CENTENNIAL, UH, FEW OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND INCLUDING MYSELF, KIND OF REFERENCED THE FACT THAT, HEY, WE'RE GONNA GIVE THIS HUGE SUBSIDY BUT DON'T EXPECT IT NEXT YEAR.
AND THE REASON WHY WE'RE DOING THIS THIS YEAR IS BECAUSE OF THE CENTENNIAL.
BUT NOW THAT WE ARE HERE IN 2026, AND IT'S NOT TO BE CONTRADICTING, IT'S, WE ARE IN A DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCE IN A DIFFERENT TIME RIGHT NOW.
AND PART OF THAT IS, IS TRYING TO GET PEOPLE INTERESTED IN COMING TO THIS FESTIVAL, BUT IN ALSO RECOGNIZING WHY THE ACC UH, UH, THE COUNT IS LOW.
UH, RO ROY MENTIONED THAT HE'S NOT GONNA GET POLITICAL, BUT I AM, BECAUSE WE ARE IN A POLITICAL POSITION, WE'VE HAD SOME CHALLENGES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WITH COVID, SOME CHALLENGES WITH, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN LAWS, AND IT HAS BROUGHT DOWN ATTENDANCE FOR ANY CROWD GATHERING ANY EVENT IN, IN PUBLIC SPACES.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I PERSONALLY AM IN FAVOR OF THE 50 50 ALONG WITH PAYING FOR THE FULL COST OF THE, UM, OF THE PARADE.
REASON WHY I AM INTERESTED IN THAT IS BECAUSE WHAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE IS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME NUMBERS, SEE IF WE CAN COLLECT SOME NUMBERS FROM THIS YEAR WHEN WE DO THIS FESTIVAL.
AND, UH, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ASK IN DOING THAT, THAT WE MAYBE, UH, IF THE LIONS CLUB IS OPEN TO IT, MAYBE A BIT OF AN AUDIT TO SEE, TO LOOK AT THE BOOKS, TO SEE EXACTLY HOW THE MONEY FLOWS, WHERE IT WORKS, SO THAT WAY WE CAN, IF IT WAS NECESSARY TO HAVE THE CITY TAKE IT OVER FOR 2027, THEN THAT'S A CONVERSATION WE CAN HAVE LATER ON THE RIGHT.
NOW, THAT'S NOT THE, THAT'S NOT THE TIME FOR THAT CONVERSATION.
WE, WE SHOULD NOT BE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND, AND, AND IT'S FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.
BIGGEST ONE IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE CITY STAFF TO DO ANY OF THAT.
SO, BUT IF THEY'RE OPEN TO THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO, WHATEVER WE DECIDE TO MOTION THAT WE INCLUDE SOME TYPE OF AUDIT THAT THEY'LL BE WILLING TO SHARE WITH US OF THEIR BOOKS.
UH, HAVE YOU BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE LAW HOST LIONS CLUB SINCE 1981? WHEN I BROUGHT MY FIRST GRAND MARSHAL OUT AND MY UNCLE, UH, HAVING BEEN, UH, LIONS CLUB PRESIDENT MANY YEARS AGO, THE LA HABRA HOST LIONS CLUB HAS A HEART FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE WHENEVER THERE'S A NEED IN THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION OR WHERE, IT WAS AN EVENT THAT I ATTEND RECENTLY, MEMORIAL SERVICE AT, UH, THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.
YOU WERE OUT THERE COOKING FOR THAT.
AND SO MANY THINGS, WHETHER IT'S, UH, AT A SCHOOL, UM, YOU'RE COMING TO US IN A TIME OF NEED, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE CITY IS THERE FOR YOU IN THIS TIME OF NEED, AND YOU GUYS HAVE A HEART FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND I, YOU KNOW, THIS GOES BACK TO MY DAD, WHO'S 81 YEARS OLD, THAT'S ALL HE KNOWS IS THE CORN FESTIVAL.
I, I GET FREQUENTLY ASKED, UH, YOU KNOW, WHO'S THE COOK PARADE, GRAND MARSHALL, WHO'S THIS GOING TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR? AND IT, IT, IT IS PART OF OUR IDENTITY, IT'S PART OF OUR FABRIC OF LAHABRA, AND I WILL DEFINITELY, UH, BE VOTING TO SUPPORT YOUR ORGANIZATION, UH, WITH A, THE 50 50 COST SHARE AS WELL AS, UH, PICKING UP THE COST FOR THE CORN FESTIVAL PARADE.
JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE HISTORY IS BACK IN THE DAY, THE, THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL A LONG TIME AGO, UH, USED TO DO WHAT WAS CALLED A COMMUNITY GRANT.
AND WE USED TO OFFER 50, $55,000.
JIM IS, I THINK, WAS THAT THE, KINDA THE NUMBER THAT WE USED TO DO? AND WE WOULD HELP DIVVY THAT UP TO THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
UH, I THINK AT A TIME LIKE THIS, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE STEPPED UP BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT? EVERY, EVERY, EVERYTHING'S GONNA GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S GONNA PAY DIVIDENDS, IT'S GONNA GO BACK AND HELP.
SO THAT, THAT'S WHERE I'M AT, MR. MAYOR.
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COUNCILWOMAN ESPINOZA.I, I DO HAVE A PICTURE OF ME AT THE CORN FESTIVAL.
BACK THEN, THE, THERE WAS NO GRASS.
WE WERE JUST SITTING ON THE DIRT.
UM, BUT EVEN THEN WE WERE, WE HAD A PHOTO OF IT.
I, I KNOW THAT, UM, I'M JUST GRATEFUL THAT YOU GUYS ARE HERE.
I, I'VE, I WAS, I RECEIVED A TEXT RECENTLY ABOUT, UM, THE CITRUS FAIR AND WAS THE CITRUS FAIR HAPPENING AND WAS IT NOT? AND I SAID, NO, IT'S NOT.
UH, THEY DECIDED TO POSTPONE IT THIS YEAR.
NOW THEY'VE ONLY BEEN AROUND, WHAT, FOUR OR FIVE YEARS OR EVEN A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT.
CAN YOU IMAGINE? 18? COULD YOU IMAGINE IF WE, IF THE, THE LIONS CORN FESTIVAL DID NOT HAPPEN? I THINK WE WILL ALL BE
BUT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
AND I KNOW EVEN WHEN YOU, WHEN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LAKIN SAID, YOU KNOW, THAT THE YOUNG, YOUNGER GENERATION IS NOW, UH, NOT, THIS IS NOT THE KIND OF THING THAT HAPPENS, THAT THIS HAS GONE BY THE WAYSIDE NOW, BUT I I DON'T BELIEVE THAT.
I BELIEVE THAT WHATEVER GOES, COMES LEAVES, THEN IT'LL EVENTUALLY COME BACK.
THAT THESE PEOPLE WILL REALIZE THIS IS A GEM YOU HAVE IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS AND DECADES AND DECADES.
AND SO WE DON'T WANT IT TO STOP.
I MEAN, I, I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO THE CORN FESTIVAL.
I WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO THE CORN.
I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO THE NETWORKING, TO WATCHING THE PEOPLE ENJOYING THEMSELVES AT A TIME WHEN, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR BUDGET IS TIGHT.
THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN SIT AND SOCIALIZE AND HEAR THE MUSIC AND JUST SEE ALL THE, THE GOOD FEELINGS YOU GET FROM THE COMMUNITY.
AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF YOU GUYS, THE HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS YOU SACRIFICE AND YOU GIVE TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND IF, IF THEY DON'T HAVE A DIME TO PLAY, UH, TO PAY ANYTHING, THEY STILL HAVE THE CAMARADERIE, THE COMMUNITY, THE FEELING OF, OF WARMTH, YOU KNOW? AND SO THAT'S WHAT YOU JUST EPITOMIZE THE CARING COMMUNITY AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.
UM, NO, WE CANNOT LET THE LIONS CLUB, UH, NOT HAVE THIS CORN FESTIVAL BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND, AND, UH, THIS IS WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT.
THIS IS WHAT GIVES YOU THAT SIGNATURE EVENT AS THE LIONS CLUB.
UM, MY 2 CENTS, THANK YOU, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ESPINOZA.
SO I'M, I'M, UH, I'M, I'M ON THE SAME TRAIN, UH, WITH MY, UH, WITH MY COLLEAGUES.
UH, WHAT, AND WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT, AND I I, I THINK COUNCILMAN LAMBKIN IS RIGHT FOR TODAY'S DAY AND AGE, AND PLEASE DON'T TAKE OFFENSE TO IT AS FAR AS AUDITS AND THINGS OF THAT ARE CONCERNED.
UM, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE AS PUBLIC ENTITIES, AS, UH, AS GOVERNMENT ENTITIES HAVE TO DEAL WITH NOWADAYS IN, UH, IN, IN TRANSPARENCY.
AND YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS ARE GREAT ABOUT THAT.
WE, AND THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, UH, THAT, UH, THERE ARE THINGS THAT THE CITY GOVERNMENTS, UH, UH, DO DAY IN DAY OUT THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR, UM, AND, UH, AND EVEN FAMILIES FOR INSTANCE, BUT CITY GOVERNMENTS, PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, THE OTHER PART TO THAT IS, UH, THE HEART AND SOUL OF A COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, WHAT I RELATE TO MOVIE MAGIC WHEN IT COMES TO THESE, UH, WHAT IT'S A CITY FESTIVAL, BUT IT'S A CORN FESTIVAL AND IT'S PUT ON BY A VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION, I THINK IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
AND, AND I SAY MOVIE MAGIC BECAUSE AS A KID GROWING UP, YOU WATCH MOVIES AND HOW SOME OF THESE MOVIES WE'RE FOCUSING IN ON, ON A CARNIVAL, ON A, ON A CITY CARNIVAL SOMEWHERE, UM, WHETHER IT BE A, UH, A COUNTY FESTIVAL, SOMETHING, ANYTHING, IT JUST MADE YOU FEEL GOOD.
THAT'S WHAT THE CORN FESTIVAL IS FOR LA HABRA.
UM, AND, UH, AND IT'S, IT'S PUT ON BY AN ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION.
AND I, AND THE REASON WHY I STRESS, I STRESS THAT IS BECAUSE THE QUESTION WAS BROUGHT ABOUT RECENTLY, UM, AND IT WAS IN REFERENCE TO THE CITRUS FESTIVAL, UH, BEING FULLY TRANSPARENT.
I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE CITRUS FESTIVAL, UM, THAT IS DONE BY A, UH, UH, AN ENTITY, THE LAHABRA BUSINESS CHAMBER.
UH, THEY'RE NOT A 5 0 1 C3, THEY'RE NOT ANYBODY THAT WISHES TO SAY OTHERWISE.
THE LIONS CLUB IS A 5 0 1 C3, A TRUE CHARITY THAT EVERYTHING THEY DO, EVERYTHING THEY DO COMES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THERE IS, UH, THERE ARE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS THAT YOU INCUR INSURANCE AND YOU JUST WENT OVER THOSE.
UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THAT THAT DOES NOT GO AWAY.
UM, AND, UH, AND AS BEST AS POSSIBLE THAT, UH, THAT THE CITY CAN HELP.
UH, THAT, UH, THAT, THAT GOES, UH, FOR THE, UH, THE LAST 24 YEARS OF MY OLDEST DAUGHTER'S LIFE, AND, UH, BRINGING HER HERE AND BRINGING MY SECOND DAUGHTER AND MY THIRD DAUGHTER, MY WIFE AND
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I, AND THE GIRLS, UM, THEY'RE IN COLLEGE NOW, BUT GUESS WHAT? UM, WHILE THEY WERE IN COLLEGE AND, UH, IF THEY WEREN'T HERE, HEY DAD, UH, WINS THE CORN FESTIVAL AND MORE SO AFTER COVID, UH, MY DAUGHTER, THE, MY, MY BABY, WHO I SAY IS MY BABY'S 21, SHE'S IN SAN DIEGO.AND, UH, HEY, DAD, UH, WINS THE CHORD FESTIVAL.
WELL, IT'S IN AUGUST AGAIN, I CAN'T GO.
AND BECAUSE SHE PLAYS SOCCER, SOCCER STARTS IN AUGUST AND IT GOES ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
AND, UH, IT'S NOT ON AN OFF WEEKEND.
WE'RE SITTING AND SHE'S HEARTBROKEN, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU CAN'T GO.
UM, THAT'S JUST CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE IN OUR, IN OUR HOME.
I CAN IMAGINE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT GO ON IN OTHER HOMES, UM, YOU KNOW, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, KNOW, AND, AND IT GETS MORE EXPENSIVE, UH, NOT NOT JUST FOR THE CITY, BUT FOR FAMILIES, UM, YOU KNOW, TO, UH, TO ATTEND THE CORN FESTIVAL.
UM, BUT, UH, ROSE TOUCHED ON IT, NOT LIKE YOU HAVE TO COME AND RIDE A RIDE AT THE CORN FESTIVAL TO HAVE FUN.
YOU CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN COME, UH, BUY, UH, BUY A CORN ON THE COB, UM, BUY A TACO, BUY ANYTHING, BUY A CUP OF CUP OF COFFEE, A FUNNEL CAKE YEAH.
TO MUSIC, RIGHT? LISTEN TO THE MUSIC.
ANY AND ALL OF THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, THAT IS WHAT LIVING IN THIS COUNTRY IS ALL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, IS, UH, AFTER YOU'RE, AFTER YOU'RE DONE WORKING FOR THE WEEK AND YOU'RE ABLE TO HAVE SOME FUN, THIS IS, UH, THIS IS PART OF THE HEART AND SOUL OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I DEFINITELY DO NOT WANNA SEE THAT GO AWAY.
I DO WANNA, I, WE'RE DEALING WITH THIS ONE FOR THIS YEAR, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO, AT SOME POINT RIGHT AFTER THIS CORN FESTIVAL HAVE, UH, HAVE A FRANK CONVERSATION AS WELL WITH THE LIONS TO SEE WHERE WE ARE GOING FORWARD BECAUSE, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF PLANNING.
UM, AND QUITE FRANKLY, I SEE WHAT OUR CITY MANAGER, UH, WAS SAYING AS FAR AS, UH, PUTTING ON AN EVENT LIKE THIS.
I THINK THAT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR OUR CITY STAFF TO DO THAT WITH EVENTS THAT ARE COMING UP 4TH OF JULY, THE MAAH FESTIVAL, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
UM, YOU KNOW, EVENTS THAT, UH, THAT TAKE A LOT OF PLANNING AND THOSE ARE ONLY ONE DAY EVENTS.
UM, BUT, UH, YEAH, I MEAN, I AM, I'M, I'M IN SUPPORT JUST THE SAME.
SO I, UH, I WILL LEAVE IT UP TO WHO WANTS TO, IF I COULD JUST ASK YES.
JUST TO MAKE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION SO WE UNDERSTAND, UM, POTENTIALLY KIND FROM WHAT THE LIONS HAVE PROPOSED AND WHAT COUNCIL'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT UP HERE.
WHAT I'M HEARING IS, UM, THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION BY COUNCIL THAT SEEMS SUPPORTIVE OF A 50% SUBSIDY OF CITY DIRECT AND INDIRECT EXPENSES REGARDING THE THREE DAY CORN FESTIVAL EVENT, AND A 100% SUBSIDY OF THE CITY'S DIRECT AND INDIRECT EXPENSES REGARDING THE CORN FESTIVAL PARADE.
AND THAT THE CITY WOULD NOT TAKE ANY OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PLANNING OR HOSTING OF THE CORN FESTIVAL EVENT OR PARADE.
IS THAT SEEM ACCURATE OF WHAT DOES WHAT YOU SAID RIGHT NOW? THAT IS THE FORM OF A MOTION.
I WILL SECOND, WILL THE COUNCIL PLEASE VOTE? MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
I THINK COUNCILMAN ERIAN WOULD'VE DONE THE SAME.
JUST HAVE TO THROW IT OUT THERE.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND, UH, GET BUSY AND THEY YEAH, YEAH.
BUT, UH, THEY SAID IT HAS WORK TO DO AND, UH, WE, WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO IN OUR COMMUNITY.
ALRIGHT, UH, MOVING ON TO THE, UH, MAYOR'S COMMUNITY CALENDAR, HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE AND SHRED EVENT.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CRR, THE CITY WILL HOST A HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE AND SHRED EVENT FOR LA HABER RESIDENTS ON SATURDAY, MAY 16TH FROM 8:00 AM UNTIL 12:00 PM AT THE LA HABER PUBLIC WORKS YARD.
5 2 1 WEST MOUNTAIN AT VIEW AVENUE SENIOR DANCE.
THE ALOHA SENIOR DANCE WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAY, MAY 17TH FROM 2:00 PM UNTIL 4:00 PM AT THE LA HABRA COMMUNITY CENTER.
ENJOY LIVE MUSIC, DANCING, DINNER, RAFFLES, AND DESSERT TRIPS AND TOURS.
JOIN THE CITY OF LAHABRA FOR SIP, SAVER AND STROLL THE JULIAN TEA EXPERIENCE ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 20TH FROM 8:00 AM UNTIL 5:00 PM PICK UP AND DROP OFF AT LA BONITA PARK.
COST IS $149 PER PERSON PARTY IN THE PARK.
THE LA HABER COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT PRESENTS PARTY IN THE PARK ON SATURDAY, MAY 23RD FROM 10:00 AM UNTIL 2:00 PM AT OSTA PARK.
FAMILIES CAN ENJOY A VARIETY OF SUMMER ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING A FOAM PARTY, WATER GAMES, CRAFTS, CONCESSIONS, AND CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, MOBILE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, MOBILE MUSEUM MOVIES IN THE PARK.
JOIN US FOR A PREHISTORIC NIGHT UNDER THE STARS.
GRAB YOUR BLANKETS AND LAWN CHAIRS FOR A SCREENING OF JURASSIC WORLD ON OUR GIANT MOVIE SCREEN ON FRIDAY, MAY 29TH AT VINCE SCULLY CENTENNIAL PARK MOVIE STARTS AT DUSK.
THAT SHOULD BE COOL AT THAT PARK, BY THE WAY, WITH THE VIEW JUST SAYING, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN.
THANKS CITY STAFF FOR OPENING THAT PARK UP.
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WE APPRECIATE YOU.UM, LAHABRA ACTIVE DAY CAMP REGISTRATION IS STILL OPEN FOR THE LAHABRA ACTIVE DAY CAMP BEGINNING JUNE 1ST THROUGH AUGUST 7TH AT VETERANS HALL FOR AGES FIVE TO 12 YEARS OLD.
REGISTRATION IS $60 A PERSON AND CAMP IS $200 PER WEEK.
LAHABRA SUMMER CONCERT IS 2026.
THE LAHABRA SUMMER CONCERT SERIES RETURNS THURSDAY, JULY 9TH FROM 7:00 PM UNTIL 8:30 PM WITH THE SMOOTH SOUNDS OF SANTANA PLAYING AT VINCE SCULLY CENTENNIAL PARK.
ENJOY LIVE MUSIC, LOCAL VENDORS AND FAMILY ACTIVITIES.
GET READY FOR THE 2026 LOVE LA HABRA DAY ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH.
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING IN THE CITY THAT NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED OR KNOW SOMEONE WHO NEEDS HELP, SUBMIT IT THROUGH LOVE LA HABRA.COM.
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.
AND WATER CONSERVATION EFFORTS ARE STILL ENFORCED.
CALIFORNIANS ARE BEING ASKED TO CONSERVE WATER.
ALRIGHT, ANY, UH, COMMENTS FROM STAFF? UH, JUST ONE.
UM, SOME OF THE COUNCIL MAY, UM, REMEMBER OUR FORMER POLICE CHIEF DENNIS KEYS, UH, WHO'S RETIRED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
I'M SAD TO REPORT THAT HIS WIFE RECENTLY PASSED AWAY.
AND I WOULD ASK THAT, UM, COUNSEL ADJOURN AND THE MEMORY OF TINA KEYS.
UM, UH, SO SHE'LL BE VERY MISSED AND, AND OUR HEARTS, UH, OUT TO, TO DENNIS AND HIS FAMILY.
UH, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS.
START ON MY RIGHT WITH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ESPINOZA.
WELL, THERE WASN'T A WHOLE LOT THAT I ATTENDED, BUT I DID ATTEND ONE VERY WELL, A COUPLE OF IMPORTANT ONES, BUT THE ONE WAS THE LA HARBOR 1 0 1.
I'M SO HAPPY WITH THE RESIDENT MEMBERS THAT ARE TAKING, UH, THIS, UH, EIGHT WEEK SESSION.
IT WAS, UH, THIS LAST WEEK AND I THINK IT WAS ON FINANCE, A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.
'CAUSE SOMEONE SAID, PROBABLY GONNA BE, UM, NOT AS EXCITING AS THE FIRST ONE.
A LOT OF QUESTIONS WERE ASKED BY THE RESIDENT MEMBERS AND, AND SO I WAS GLAD THAT I SAT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SESSION TO WATCH THEM.
AND, UH, UH, NO, I THINK EVERY SESSION'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT TO THEM.
AND SO I'M REALLY, REALLY HAPPY FOR ALL THE RESIDENT MEMBERS THAT ARE ATTENDING THE LA HARBOR 1 0 1 TO LEARN ABOUT THE CITY AND HOW IT WORKS.
AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE ALL THOSE THAT WERE RECOGNIZED AT THE VOLUNTEER RECEPTION.
SO, I MEAN, IT SEEMS I WHEN, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE LION, THEY COME UP FOR THE LIONS AND THEN THEY COME UP FOR THE, FOR THE HBIC AND THEN THEY COME UP FOR THE BOYS.
I MEAN, DO YOU GUYS EVER REST FOR
ALL THESE, UH, VOLUNTEERS HAVE A PASSION FOR THE CITY.
AND, UH, SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAD NEVER ATTENDED, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE, UH, CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE OR THE, THE, THE ONES THAT WERE, UH, THAT WERE PARTICIPATED IN THE CAMPS, THE RED CAMPS AND, AND BASEBALL SESSIONS, UH, THAT WAS THEIR FIRST TIME THEY HAD ATTENDED.
THIS IS GREAT, YOU KNOW, SO HOPEFULLY THEY WILL CONTINUE TO GET MORE INVOLVED.
AND IT'S JUST HAVING THEM BE RECOGNIZED, WHICH IS, UH, WHAT I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THE CITY, UH, DOING IS RECOGNIZING THE VOLUNTEERS.
AND, UH, WHEN THEY SEE THAT THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE GIVING TO THE COMMUNITY, THEY JUST WANNA CONTINUE COMING BACK AND GIVE MORE AND MORE.
SO, UH, THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU THAT ARE MULTI MULTITASKING IN VARIOUS NONPROFITS.
WELL, WELL COMMENDED AND, AND YOU DESERVED EVERY BIT OF THAT RECOGNITION THAT YOU RECEIVED.
SO, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT COUNCIL, UH, MAYOR PERAM GOMEZ.
UH, WHAT A GREAT ORGANIZATION.
I WANNA THANK YOU FOR, FOR, UH, ALL THAT YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, WHEN WE GIVE TO YOU AS A CITY, WE KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, INVESTING IN GOOD SOIL.
WE KNOW IT'S GOOD SOIL, AND THAT SOIL HAS DEEP ROOTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, I WANNA WELCOME PLANET FITNESS INTO THE COMMUNITY.
I WAS THERE FOR OPENING DAY AT 7:00 AM WHEN THEY OPENED.
AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING A RIBBON CUTTING THERE VERY SOON.
UM, WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CONGRATULATE AGAIN? LA HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL ATTENDED THEIR RING CEREMONY, UH, FOR THEIR CIF CHAMPIONSHIP.
I TELL YOU, THOSE RINGS LOOK JUST LIKE THE PRO THE PROS NOW.
BIG, BIG, UH, BIG, GREAT BIG RINGS.
UH, WANT TO ALSO CONGRATULATE ALL THOSE INDIVIDUALS, UH, UH, AT THE VOLUNTEER RECEPTION.
UH, ALWAYS SOMETHING I ALWAYS LOOK, UH, LOOK TO, AND I THINK THEY FIGURED OUT WITH, IF WE WERE TO PAY EVERY VOLUNTEER HOUR, UH, THE MINIMUM WAGE, IT WOULD GO INTO THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IF YOU WERE TO ADD THAT ALL UP.
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THAT, UH, WE'RE CERTAINLY SAVING BY, BY THE VOLUNTEERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.UH, ELIAS, WANNA THANK YOU, UH, FOR EARTH DAY.
SAW DORY AND SAW RIGO OUT THERE.
AND AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THOSE GREAT, UH, EVENTS OUT THERE.
I REMEMBER THE OLD DAYS WHEN THE, THE STAFF USED TO HAVE TO SHOVEL EVERYTHING UP AND PUT IT IN, IN, IN BAGS.
THEY HAVE TO BRING PEOPLE OUT TO BRING THEIR OWN BAGS.
AND NOW IT'S SUCH MORE EFFICIENT NOW THAT CRR HAS THESE PREPACKAGED BAGS, AND IT'S, IT IS NOT NEARLY AS CRAZY AS IT USED TO BE WHEN THEY USED TO HAVE TO SHOVEL THEIR OWN, THEIR OWN COMPOST BACK THEN.
UH, WANNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE, UH, AND CELEBRATE THE FACT THAT IT'S INTERNATIONAL, UH, FIREFIGHTERS DAY TODAY, AND WANNA THANK THEM.
AND OVER THE WEEKEND, I GOT TO ATTEND A VERY SPECIAL EVENT, UM, WITH LOS LOS ANGELES, DODGER BROADCASTER.
UM, RICK MONDAY, UH, ON SATURDAY WAS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIM SAVING THE AMERICAN FLAG.
HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHICAGO CUBS BACK THEN.
AND TWO, UH, INDIVIDUALS WANTED TO START THE FIRE, START THE FLAG ON FIRE, AND RICK MONDAY CAME OVER AND SCOOPED UP THE AMERICAN FLAG.
AND ON SATURDAY WAS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY.
AND WE HAD AN EVENT OUT IN CHINO ON SATURDAY, AND I WAS HONORED TO BE, UH, UH, INVITED TO ATTEND THAT.
AND WHAT A, WHAT A GREAT EVENT, UH, THAT WAS.
AND RICK MONDAY, ONE OF MY FAVORITE DODGER PLAYERS BACK IN THE DAY.
NOW HE'S A WONDERFUL BROADCASTER.
YOU HEAR HIM ON THE RADIO, AND I WAS HONORED TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND THAT EVENT.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW, MR. MAYOR.
AND I SAY THAT LOOKING AT THE TOTALITY OF WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH HERE TODAY.
UH, WE GOT TO HONOR OUR LA HARBER CHEER, RECOGNIZE THEM, AND THEN WE HAD KINSLEY COME IN, UM, JUST DOING SOME PHENOMENAL WORK OUT THERE.
AND WHO KNOWS, MAYBE ONE DAY SHE MIGHT BECOME A LION, YOU KNOW? SO, UM, 'CAUSE SHE'S DOING THAT GREAT VOLUNTEER WORK.
AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE OUR, SHE GOT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THE LIONS CLUB MEMBERS COME IN AND, UM, JUST PUSHING TO, TO PUT IN WORK FOR OUR CITY.
AND, UM, WHILE THERE'S BEEN MANY THANKS FOR WHAT YOU DO, I'M GONNA TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER AND SAY, NOT ONLY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO, BUT THANK YOU FOR PUTTING FOOD ON THE TABLES OF SOME OF OUR FAMILIES.
UM, BECAUSE WHAT YOU DO IS YOU, YOU'RE, YOU'RE FEEDING FAMILIES OUT THERE.
THE BREAKFAST THAT YOU DO THE, EVEN IF IT'S A FUNNEL CAKE, I MEAN, THAT GOES A LONG WAY FOR SOME OF THESE FAMILIES.
UM, AND I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE JUST HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE TO HAVE, UM, SUCH A, A ROBUST ORGANIZATION, UM, IN OUR CITY WHO'S WILLING TO TAKE THAT EXTRA MILE, GO THAT EXTRA MILE TO REALLY FIGHT FOR PUTTING ON EVENTS AND FEEDING FAMILIES.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAD A ROBUST CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, AND I, AND I, AND I THINK THAT WAS IMPORTANT.
IT WAS VITAL SO THAT OUR RESIDENTS KNOW THAT WE ARE PUTTING SOME VERY DETAILED, THOROUGH THOUGHTS INTO THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING.
UH, EVEN IF WE, YOU KNOW, ARE ALL FOR IT, WE'RE LIKE, HEY, LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CHALLENGES THAT WE MAY HAVE AHEAD OF US, UM, WITH THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAY MAKE.
SO I THINK IT WAS A REALLY GOOD NIGHT OVERALL.
UM, DURING THE WEEK, I ALSO ATTENDED THE LAHABRA DONOR AND VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION RECEPTION, BUT IT WAS ONLY FOR A BRIEF MOMENT.
UM, I WAS ONLY ABLE, ABLE TO STAY THERE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR, AND THAT'S BECAUSE I HAD TO GO TO THE, UM, LIBRARY ADVISOR, UH, ADVISORY BOARD MEETING IN SANTA ANA.
UH, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T RECALL, I HAPPENED TO BE ON THE ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES ADVISORY BOARD.
UM, BUT IT WAS GOOD TIMING BECAUSE I SAW ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS THERE.
AND ROY HAPPENED TO BE ONE OF THE, UH, OR NOT THERE AT THE, AT THE MEETING, BUT AT THE RECOGNITION DINNER.
AND I HAPPENED TO, RAN INTO ROY, WHO EXPRESSED SOME CONCERNS THAT I TOOK STRAIGHT TO OUR, UM, LIBRARY BOARD, AND HOPEFULLY ARE, HOPEFULLY ARE WILLING TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS REGARDING SOME OF THE TRANSIENT ACTIVITY THAT WE HAVE ON THE SIDE OF THE LIBRARY.
UM, AFTER I LEFT THERE, UH, IT WAS A PRETTY BUSY DAY, BUT RIGHT AFTER THAT, I WENT OVER, UH, TO THE LA HOPPER 1 0 1 TO CHECK IN WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS.
AND, UH, UM, AND I JUST LIKE MY OTHER CO UH, COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, I HOPE THEY'RE GETTING A LOT OF VALUE OUT OF THE, UH, COURSES THERE.
AND THAT WEEK THEY HAPPEN TO BE TALKING ABOUT, UM, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
UH, LET'S SEE, ON APRIL 25TH, I ALSO WENT TO EARTH DAY, SPENT A COUPLE OF HOURS THERE, THANK YOU TO THE CITY STAFF, UM, FOR SETTING THAT UP AND BEING ABLE TO GIVE OUT THOSE BACK TO OUR RESIDENTS AND ALSO CRCR AND R FOR THEIR HELP.
UM, AS A REMINDER, UM, NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THOSE DAYS, THOSE TWO DAYS OUTTA THE YEAR WHERE WE CAN RECYCLE AND PICK UP COMPOST, BUT KEEP IN MIND WE ALSO HAVE THAT, UM, COMPOST OVER AT LOMA NORTH DAY PARK.
UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THERE.
I ACTUALLY HAVE MADE THREE VISITS THERE.
'CAUSE I GOT SOME, A, A COUPLE OF GARDENING PROJECTS AND I'M, THAT I WAS VOLUNTOLD TO DO BY MY WIFE
UM, BUT
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SO PLEASE CONTINUE.I WOULD LOVE TO COME THERE ONE DAY AND IT'S NOTHING THERE.
UM, 'CAUSE THE, THE, THE MORE WE GET RID OF IT, THE MORE YOU USE IT, THE MORE WE REFILL IT AND THE, AND THE CITY BENEFITS FROM THAT.
OTHER THAN THAT, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, I WANT TO ADJOURN.
UH, TONIGHT'S MEETING, UH, IN HONOR OF GARY MCDOWELL.
UM, ALLAH HABER RESIDE RESIDENTS, A RESIDENT OF OURS.
UM, I MET GARY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND, UM, WE SAT DOWN AND WE HAD, HAD HAD DINNER, AND HE WAS EXPRESSING ME SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT HE HAD IN, IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND AS WE GOT TO TALKING, I STARTED TO REALIZE THAT WE DEFINITELY LIVED TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS, BUT WE HAD ONE THING IN COMMON, AND THAT WAS THE DESIRE TO SERVE OTHERS.
UM, HIS WAY OF SERVING OTHERS WAS HE WOULD, HE ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED IN A PROGRAM KNOWN AS THE EDUCATION BASED INCARCERATION PROGRAM FOR LA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, WHERE HE WOULD ACTUALLY GO EVERY SINGLE WEEK TO TWIN TOWERS AND, UM, HELP OUT PEOPLE WHO ARE INCARCERATED.
HOW WAS HE HELPING THEM? UH, JUST TALKING TO THEM ABOUT BASIC SKILLS THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED, LIKE HOW TO DRESS FOR A JOB INTERVIEW.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY MAY ASK? HOW DO YOU GET BACK ON YOUR FEET AFTER YOU'RE ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS, UH, OR YOU'RE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS? UM, YES.
UM, HOW, HOW, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, UM, JUST GET BACK ON A ON OUR FEET AFTER, YOU KNOW, YEARS OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
UM, I SAID THAT WE LIVED TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS, BUT I MEAN, HE WAS SUCH AN AMAZING GUY, UM, WHO CAME OUT OF THE DARKNESS OF A LOT OF EXPERIENCES IN HIS YOUNGER YEARS.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, SOME OF IT WAS SOME OF THE DECISIONS THAT HE MADE.
BUT WHAT WAS AMAZING ABOUT HIM IS AS HE CAME TO A FOR RECOVERY, GETTING BACK ON HIS, ON HIS FEET, HE TOOK OTHER PEOPLE WITH HIM.
UM, HE WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP SOMEONE ELSE THAT WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME THINGS HE EXPERIENCED GROWING UP OR THROUGHOUT HIS YOUNGER YEARS.
AND I, AND I JUST FOUND THAT TO BE SO PROFOUND.
I, I REMEMBER SEEING, RECEIVING SO MANY TEXT MESSAGES FROM HIM SAYING, HEY, THIS IS THE SITUATION I GOT GOING ON.
WHAT DO YOU THINK I SHOULD DO? HEY, SHOULD I CALL THE HOWARD PD? SHOULD I, WHO DO I REACH OUT TO FOR, FOR, FOR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THESE PEOPLE WERE EXPERIENCING? BUT HE NEVER DID IT FOR HIMSELF.
AND, UM, SO HE, HE, UM, PASSED AWAY ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, AND, UM, HE'S SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE SUSAN.
UM, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR.
UH, YEAH, I ALSO, UH, ATTENDED THE, UH, VOLUNTEER AND DONOR RECEPTION.
AND, UH, THANKFUL THAT, UH, THAT OUR CITY DOES RECOGNIZE OUR VOLUNTEERS AND OUR DONORS, UH, AND, UH, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
UH, IT, UH, IT DEFINITELY DOES.
MANY OF THINGS, NOT ONLY ACKNOWLEDGES THEM, BUT, UH, UH, THEY COME BACK TO HELP AGAIN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S A SIMPLE THANKS.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY TELL US, YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU SHOULD DO IT JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BUT, UH, THANKS IS ALL I NEED.
AND, UH, AND I'M, I'M THANKFUL THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PUT ON SOME SORT OF AN EVENT FOR OUR VOLUNTEERS.
SO THANK YOU TO OUR CITY STAFF, UH, FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
UM, I HAVE, UH, I HAVE NO PROBLEM, UH, SIGNING, UH, UH, 200 PLUS CERTIFICATES OR HOWEVER MANY IT WAS.
IT'S, UH, IT'S A BADGE OF HONOR, I'LL TELL YOU THAT.
IT, IT REALLY IS, UH, AS MAYOR AND, UH, UH, DELL, YOU'LL BE THERE ONE DAY, I'M SURE.
UH, BUT, UH, FOR ALL OF US THAT HAVE BEEN MAYOR AND, YOU KNOW, SIGNING CERTIFICATES, IT IS A BADGE OF HONOR, MAN.
IT'S COOL BECAUSE WHEN YOU SEE THE, THE NAMES THAT GO ACROSS THE DESK AND YOU'RE SIGNING THESE, UH, CERTIFICATES, I'M THINKING TO MYSELF, WOW, THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE.
UM, AND, UH, I, I DON'T, I, I DON'T MIND AT ALL SIGNING, BUT THAT'S A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS.
THAT'S A COOL THING, UH, TO SEE.
SO, YOU KNOW, TO SEE THAT, UH, AS, AS COUNCILMAN LAMBKIN WAS SAYING, WE DID A LOT OF GOOD THINGS TODAY.
WELL, YOU KNOW, WHAT, THE, UH, THE RESIDENTS ALSO, AND, UH, VOLUNTEERS HAVE DONE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS FOR US.
UH, SO ANYWAY, WITH THAT, UH, I WANTED TO, UH, ALSO MENTION, UH, LAHABRA 1 0 1.
I DIDN'T GO TO THIS LAST WEEK'S, BUT, UH, JUST BEFORE OUR MEETING HERE, I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF THE LAHABRA PARENTS WHO WAS ALSO ONE OF 'EM IS ATTENDING, UH, LAHABRA 1 0 1, AND, UH, WAS SINGING STAFF'S PRAISES AND THE, UH, THE CURRICULUM PRAISES.
UH, HE HAD, UH, HE HAD DONE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO ANOTHER CITY WHERE, WHERE HE WORKS.
HE GOES, MAN, HE GOES, YOU GUYS', CITY STAFF JUST PUTS IN THE WORK HERE.
HE SAYS, UH, HE GOES, THERE'S NO COMPARISON.
THE LA HABRA 1 0 1 IS NO COMPARISON TO WHAT HE SAW AT THIS OTHER CITY.
AND I, AND I WON'T NAME THE OTHER CITY.
UH, WELL, HE WASN'T SPEAKING BAD OF THE OTHER CITY.
HE WAS JUST SAYING HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH MORE IN DEPTH WE WENT INTO, INTO SUBJECT MATTER, AND, UH, HOW MUCH, UH, HE REALIZES THAT OUR CITY STAFF DOES.
OUR CITY STAFF DOES A LOT HERE, UH, QUITE A BIT.
UH, YOU SAW THE STAFF REPORTS THAT THEY PUT TOGETHER THIS EVENING, UH, IN DEPTH, A LOT OF ANALYSIS AND A LOT OF THOUGHT, UH, GO INTO THOSE.
SO I ALWAYS LIKE TO THANK OUR CITY STAFF FOR THE WORK THEY DO.
UH, UH, ROY WAS ONE OF OUR CITY STAFF FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
ROY KNOWS, UH, HE'S NOW, UH, BENEFITING FROM THE FRUITS OF
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HIS LABOR NOW, UH, HE'S NOW CITY STAFF, UH, OVER WITH THE LIONS, UH,BUT, UH, NO, BUT PEOPLE LIKE ROY HAVE, UH, AND, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, AND OUR CITY STAFF THAT CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
BUT ALSO, ONE MORE TIME, I, UH, I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR CITY CLERK, RHONDA AND HER STAFF, UH, CANDACE AND KENYA.
UH, BUT, UH, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A, A BIG APPLAUSE BECAUSE YOU WERE PART OF WHAT PUTS ON THESE MEETINGS AND, UH, UH, SENDING EMAILS AND, UH, KEEPING US APPRISED OF OUR, OF OUR FPPC FORMS WHEN THEY'RE DUE.
AND, UH, COME, UH, COME AUGUST, EVERY, UH, EVERY TWO YEARS, UH, OH, ACTUALLY, YEAH, AUGUST.
UM, YOU'VE GOTTA PUT TOGETHER, UH, AN ELECTION, SO TO SPEAK.
SO THANK YOU THREE FOR WHAT YOU DO.
WE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.
THIS IS YOUR WEEK, AND, UH, IF ANYBODY ON CITY STAFF GETS THE EXTRA APPLAUSE THIS WEEK, IT'S GONNA BE YOU.
YEAH, IT'S, UH, IT, IT'S AN HONOR TO WORK BESIDE YOU AND AN HONOR TO KNOW YOU.
UH, ALSO, UH, WE'LL, WE'RE GONNA CLOSE, UH, IN MEMORY OF, UH, TINA KEYS AND IN MEMORY OF, UH, GARY MCDOWELL.
WITH THAT, WE'LL, UH, ADJOURN THE MEETING.
CLOSE MY BOOK A LITTLE TOO EARLY MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED ON MONDAY, MAY 18TH, 2026 AT 5:30 PM IN THE CITY COUNCIL.
CLOSED SESSION, ROOM ONE 12 C 100 EAST LA HABER BOULEVARD, FOLLOWED BY THE REGULAR MEETING AT 6:30 PM IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER.