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6 32.[ LA HABRA COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2026 6:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER 100 EAST LA HABRA BOULEVARD LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA 90631 ]
AND I CALLED THIS MEETING TO ORDER.AND IF WE CAN ALL, UM, STAND FOR THE INVOCATION.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE SERVING OUR AS COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSIONERS, AND WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AS WE REVIEW TONIGHT'S AGENDA SO THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER FOR THE BEST INTEREST FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
NOW, UM, MRS. HANNAH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO? SURE.
S PLEASE FACE THE FLAG RIGHT HAND UNDER YOUR HEART.
I ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
SO WE'LL GO ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WHEN ADDRESSING THE COMMISSION, PLEASE COMPLETE A SPEAKER'S CARD BEFORE LEAVING THE CO.
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE RECEIVED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GOVERNING BODY, ME, UH, MEETING AND LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL OF TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES FOR ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE CHAIR.
SPEAKING TIME MAY BE GRANTED OR MAY NOT BE GRANTED OR LOAN TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSE.
EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BREATHED, NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THIS MEETING ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM IN THE CITY BUSINESS THAT'S APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULED AGENDA PER GOVERNOR.
CODE 5 4 9 5 4 3 A SUCH COMMON SHALL NOT BE RESPONDED TO OR BY GOVERNING.
UM, GOT BODIES DURING THIS MEETING.
AT THIS TIME, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS? IF NOT, WE WILL PROCEED THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
ALL MATTERS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY THE ONE MOTION.
UNLESS COMMISSIONER OR OR CITY STAFF MEMBER REQUEST SEPARATE ACTION OR REMOVAL OF THE ITEM REMOVAL REMOVED ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOLLOWING THE CONSENT CALENDAR PORTION OF THE AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL OF LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER ITEM, AND THAT THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED OR SEPARATE FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE CHAIR.
SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED OR LOANED TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME, ANY COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL NATURE TO THE CHAIR.
IF I COULD, UH, PLEASE ASK THAT WE, UH, MOVE CONSIDERATION.
ITEM NUMBER TWO, CONSIDERATION OF RECOGNITION OF OUTGOING CHAIR SCHMIDT AND OUTGOING COMMISSIONER HANNAH TO THE END OF THE COMMISSION MEETING JUST SO THAT WE CAN END, UM, AND HAVE OUR REFRESHMENTS, IF THAT WOULD BE OKAY.
SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GOING TO, UM, SWITCH TWO AND THREE ON THE, UH, CONSIDERATION.
IS THERE, UH, ANY PERSON THAT HAVE ANY, UH, CONSIDERED CONSIDERATION ITEMS? ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE, UH, OF THE AUDIENCE MAY REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY CONSIDERATION ITEM PRIOR TO THE COMMISSION TAKING THE FINAL VOTE ON THAT ITEM? PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMITED OF 30 MINUTES PER CONSIDERATION ITEM, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE CHAIR.
SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED, UH, OR LOAN TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME AND COMMENTS MUST BE THE MINUTES.
AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE, BUT IN PROFESSIONAL NATURE.
SO, FOR THE COMMUNITY CALENDAR, UM, THE COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSIONER AP FOR APRIL, 2026, SIX MEETINGS.
THE COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION WILL REVIEW AND APPROVE THE MINUTES.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES.
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OKAY.SO NOW, UM, WITH THE ADVICE, DO WE NEED TO VOTE? YES.
DO WE VOTE NOW? WE'RE, YEAH, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE.
COMMISSIONER SCHMIDT APPROVE COMMISSIONER SEARCH? YES.
AND THEN COMMISSIONER HANNAH WAS ABSENT, SO SHE DOESN'T HAVE A VOTE FOR THAT ONE.
NOW WE'LL GO INTO A CONSIDERATION ITEM, WHICH IS THE COMMUNITY SERVICE DEPARTMENT SUMMARY EVENTS UPDATE, EVERYBODY GOT THE, THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE UPDATES.
ANY COMMENTS FROM STAFF? THE FIRST, UM, THE FIRST ONE IS, IT'S THE ELECTION, RIGHT? ELECTION, YEAH.
SO THE FIRST ONE, THE ELECTION IS COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION VICE CHAIR.
WE CONDUCT NOMINATIONS AND SELECT VICE CHAIR TO SERVE FOR THE UPCOMING TERM IN ORDINANCE WITH THE CS COMMISSION BYLAWS.
SO AT THIS TIME, DO WE LIKE TO VOTE ON A CO CHAIR? YES.
ANY NOMINATIONS? I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE RICHARD, DO WE WANNA VOTE ON THAT SECOND? IS THERE A SECOND? IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
ANY OTHER VOTES? ALL IN FAVOR? LET'S VOTE.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S ONLY ONE NOMINATION, ONE NOMINATION FOR VICE, UM, CHAIR, RIGHT NOW.
ONE NOMINATION FOR VICE CHAIR.
ARE THERE ANY, ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR THE VICE CHAIR? OKAY.
THIS NOMINATION HAS BEEN APPROVED WITH CONGRATULATIONS.
SO, UH, OUR CONSIDERATION FOR SECOND AND THIRD, UH, SECOND IS THE REC RECOGNITION AND OUTGOING CHAIR, SMIT AND COMMISSIONER HANNAH? YES.
WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY FLIP THOSE.
UM, MARTHA'S GONNA GIVE A PRESENTATION ON OUR, UM, UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS.
AND THEN IF YOU DON'T MIND, WE'LL DO STAFF COMMENTS AND COMMISSION COMMENTS.
AND AS PART OF OUR, UM, CLOSING, WE WILL DO OUR RECOGNITION OF OUR COMMISSIONERS.
UM, SO ALL OF YOU HAVE THE SPECIAL EVENTS CALENDAR, THE THREE MONTH CALENDAR IN FRONT OF YOU.
BUT I WANTED TO GO A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH BECAUSE OUR SUMMER IS, AS YOU KNOW, VERY BUSY, VERY FUN.
WE HAVE A LOT OF REALLY AWESOME THINGS PLANNED, AND WE WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS HAVE A LITTLE FIRST LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR THIS SUMMER.
SO OUR FIRST UPCOMING EVENT IS OUR PARTY IN THE PARK.
THAT IS GOING TO BE SATURDAY, MAY 23RD FROM 10 TO TWO AT OSTE PARK.
AND THIS EVENT WILL INCLUDE SUMMER PROGRAM INFORMATION, A PHONE PARTY, WATER GAMES, SUMMER CRAFTS, CONCESSIONS, CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, MOBILE MUSEUM, AND MORE.
UM, WE WILL BE GIVING AWAY OUR FREE HOT DOGS AT THIS EVENT, LIKE WE TYPICALLY DO TO THE FIRST, I BELIEVE IT'S THE FIRST 500 PEOPLE.
SO WE LOVE TO HAVE THIS EVENT TO INTRODUCE TO THE PUBLIC WHAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE SUMMER.
UM, SO IF YOU GUYS ARE AVAILABLE, WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU THERE.
BRING THE KIDS, MAKE SURE YOU BRING A CHANGE OF CLOTHES.
AND THEN THAT SAME WEEKEND WITH THE PARTY IN THE PARK, WE ALSO OPEN OUR SPLASH ZONES.
SO OUR SPLASH ZONES WILL BE OPEN FOR THE SUMMER DAILY FROM 11:00 AM TO 6:00 PM BEGINNING ON THE 23RD THROUGH SEPTEMBER 7TH.
AND WE WILL HAVE SPLASH ACTIVITIES AVAILABLE, WHICH, UM, OUR FUN GAMES AND ACTIVITIES THAT, UM, THAT THE STAFF FACILITATE WITH THE KIDS THAT COME TO THE PARKS.
UM, SO WE WILL HAVE SOME ON, WE'LL HAVE THE SPLASH ACTIVITIES AT BRIO FROM ON JUNE 6TH AND THE 20TH, JULY 5TH AND 19TH AND AUGUST 9TH AND 30TH.
AND THEN AT OSA WE WILL HAVE SPLASH ACTIVITIES ON THE 14TH AND THE 28TH, JULY OF JUNE, AND THEN JULY 11TH AND 25TH AND AUGUST 1ST AND 22ND.
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ALLOW PRIVATE RENTALS.IT COSTS $75 AND, UM, YOU CAN HAVE A RENTAL ANY, ANY DAY OF THE WEEK FROM 10:00 AM TO 11:00 AM OR 6:00 PM TO 7:00 PM SO THAT WOULD BE A PRIVATE RENTAL.
SO IT'S ONLY OPEN FOR YOUR PARTY, UM, FOR THAT HOUR.
AND THEN IF YOU HAVE IT BEFORE THE SPLASH ZONE OPENS, THEN ONCE YOUR HOUR IS UP, IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND YOU WOULDN'T BE LIKE KICKED OUT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT WOULD JUST BE THE PUBLIC IS ALLOWED TO COME IN.
AND I DID WANNA MENTION, UH, THAT WE HAVE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS EXTENDED OUR SUMMER HOURS.
UM, BECAUSE TYPICALLY SEPTEMBER'S A VERY HOT MONTH.
SO WE HAVE SOMETIMES STAYED OPEN, UM, THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER.
WE JUST KIND OF PLAY IT BY EAR, DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER.
AND I DID WANNA POINT OUT, I KNOW WE HAD A REALLY HOT SPELL, I THINK IN MARCH.
IT WAS THAT IT WAS LIKE REALLY, REALLY HOT.
THERE WERE A LOT OF COMMENTS ON FACEBOOK OR SOCIAL MEDIA.
YOU KNOW, WHY AREN'T WE OPENING UP THE SPLASH PADS? WELL, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE'S THOSE, UM, SPLASH PADS ARE DORMANT AND THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A VERY EXTENSIVE MAINTENANCE, UM, PROCESS TO GET THEM READY FOR THE SUMMER.
THEY, THEY, THEY ARE TURNED OFF THE WATER, THE IRRIGATION, ALL THAT IS SHUT DOWN FOR THE WINTER MONTHS.
AND SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE WITH, UH, THE CHLORINE AND EVERYTHING AND THAT NEEDS TO GO INTO, UM, GETTING THEM READY FOR THE SUMMER, WE JUST WEREN'T ABLE TO OPEN ON THOSE DAYS.
IT WAS UNFORTUNATE, BUT I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZED THAT.
SO IF YOU HEAR ANY OF THAT KIND OF TALK, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS IS, IS, UM, THERE'S QUITE A, A MAINTENANCE.
WE TEST THE WATER, WE MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE CHEMICALS ARE RIGHT.
WE HAVE A ACTUAL PROFESSIONAL COMPANY THAT COMES OUT AND, UM, HELPS US TEST ALL THAT AND HELPS TRAIN OUR, OUR PARKS, UH, AND MAINTENANCE STAFF AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR REC LEADERS.
AND SO IT, IT'S A PRETTY EXTENSIVE PROCESS.
WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW.
UM, ALL OF THE SPLASH PADS WILL BE PRESSURE WASHED, CLEANED UP, AND READY FOR THE SUMMER.
SO, UM, THAT'S JUST A LITTLE EXTRA INFORMATION IN CASE YOU HEAR STUFF LIKE THAT OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, ON THE PRIVATE RENTALS MM-HMM
SO IF MY FAMILY WAS GONNA RENT IT, ARE THERE OTHER FAMILIES THAT ARE RENTING IT THAT SAME TIME? NO.
SO IT WOULD BE PRIVATE ONCE IT'S BOOKED, THEN IT'S BOOKED JUST FOR YOUR PARTY.
AND YOU WOULD GO THROUGH THE RENTAL PROCESS THE SAME WAY THAT WE RENT OUR FACILITIES.
SO YOU WOULD COME TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER, FILL OUT A SMALL APPLICATION, AND THEN PAY THE $75, AND THEN THE DAY OF YOUR RENTAL, THERE WILL BE STAFF THERE.
THEY WILL GIVE YOU, UM, THE WRISTBAND SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT THAT PERSON IS PART OF YOUR PARTY.
AND THEY WOULD ONLY ALLOW THOSE PEOPLE INTO THE SPLASH ZONE AND THEY'LL HAVE AN FRAME FOR THAT HOUR.
THAT SAYS THAT IS RESERVED FOR A PRIVATE PARTY AND IT WOULD BE STAFF WITH A ROCK LEADER.
IS THERE A NUMBER, A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT CAN BE IN THAT PRIVATE PARTY? UM, BECAUSE OF THE ZONE IT WOULD BE 50, BUT THAT'S STILL REALLY GOOD AMOUNT.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD SPLASH PARTY
WE'VE ALREADY BEEN RECEIVING APPLICATIONS, SO WE JUST WOW.
I REALIZE SOMETIMES 10 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING'S A LITTLE BIT EARLY AND SOMETIMES NOT AS WARM.
BUT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, TRIED SOME OF THE PRIVATE EVENTS DURING OTHER HOURS AND IT'S JUST REALLY TOO DISRUPTIVE TO CLOSE IT FOR AN HOUR TO LET A PRIVATE PARTY COME IN.
IT'S NOT REALLY FAIR TO THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, UM, TO ASK THEM TO LEAVE FOR AN HOUR AND THEN COME BACK.
SO WE SURVEYED OTHER CITIES AND HOW THEY OPERATE OR DO THEIR PRIVATE RENTALS AND A LOT OF 'EM DO IT ON THE FRONT AND BACK END OR THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY AND THE END, END OF THE DAY.
UM, SO FOR NOW THAT'S WHAT'S WORKING BEST FOR US.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL CERTAINLY IF THERE ARE, UM, REQUESTS FOR OTHER TIMES, YOU KNOW, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO KIND OF SEE HOW, UM, WE NAVIGATE THROUGH THOSE REQUESTS.
BECAUSE WE DO HAVE DAY CAMPS THAT COME AND ALL THAT.
AND SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T COME JUST FROM 10 TO 11 OR THEY, YOU KNOW, THEIR CAMP IS OVER AT SIX, UM, INCLUDING OUR OWN DAY CAMP, BUT WE GO WITH ALL THE OTHER KIDS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE.
SOME GO TO THE PLAYGROUND, SOME GOING TO THE SPLASH PADS, SOME, YOU KNOW, HANG OUT UNDER OUR CANOPY WITH ACTIVITIES.
SO WE REALLY TRY TO MANAGE, UM, THE DIFFERENT USES, UM, AT THE PARKS.
WELL, SPEAKING OF DAY CAMP, THAT'S THE NEXT MM-HMM
OUR LA HABER ACTIVE DAY CAMP IS GOING TO BE BEGINNING ON JUNE 1ST AND GOING ALL THE WAY THROUGH AUGUST 7TH.
AND THE TIME IS FROM 7:00 AM TO 6:00 PM AT VETERANS HALL.
THE AGE GROUPS ARE FOR FIVE TO 12 YEARS OLD, BUT MOST ACTIVITIES ARE PRIMARILY DESIGNED FOR AGES FIVE TO 10.
IT'S FILLING UP VERY FAST, SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN ENROLLING, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO IT SOON, BECAUSE SOME OF THE WEEKS ARE ALMOST AT CAPACITY.
UM, I KNOW ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS HAS HAD HIS GRANDCHILDREN IN THE PROGRAM, AND I'M SURE HE CAN SHARE.
UM, THEY DO A LOT OF FUN THINGS.
SO THEY DO EVERYTHING FROM ARTS AND CRAFTS GAMES, CREATIVE ACTIVITIES,
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UM, TO WATER PLAY, OUTDOOR FUN.THEY BUILD A LOT OF FRIENDSHIPS AND MAKE MEMORIES.
WE HAVE SOME CAMPERS WHO, UM, THEIR PARENTS HAVE SHARED THAT THE PEOPLE THAT THEY'VE MET IN CAMP HAVE BECOME THEIR BEST, BEST FRIENDS AND THEY ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO COMING TO CAMP EVERY YEAR.
SO, UM, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT DAY CAMP COMING BACK.
UM, THE REGISTRATION FEE IS $60, IT'S $200 PER WEEK, AND WE DO PROVIDE SIBLING DISCOUNTS.
AND THAT $200 ALSO INCLUDES FOOD.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, AGAIN, WE DO OUR SURVEYS, WE COMPARE TO OTHER CITIES.
SOME CITIES PROVIDE LUNCH AND SNACK AND A LIGHT BREAKFAST, SOME DON'T.
SO IF THEY DON'T, THEN YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE THAT THOSE FEES ARE A LITTLE BIT LOWER.
BUT BECAUSE WE DO OFFER, UM, A MEAL PLAN, SO TO SPEAK, THAT'S WHY OUR FEES MIGHT SEEM A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.
SO IS THAT BREAKFAST AND LUNCH AND SNACK? IT'S LIKE, WE CALL IT LIKE CONTINENTAL, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT FULL PANCAKES OR ANYTHING.
ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE PANCAKES SOMETIMES ON FRIDAYS.
BUT, UM, IT'S A COUPLE SNACKS, I THINK A MORNING, AFTERNOON, AND THEN A LUNCH.
SO TYPICALLY THEY'LL DO LIKE CEREAL.
IT'LL BE, UM, A CHOICE BETWEEN A COUPLE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CEREAL.
AND THEN, UM, THEY'LL DO A SNACK.
SO THE SNACK WILL BE LIKE, UM, A STRING CHEESE AND UM, LIKE CRACKERS AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ELSE.
AND THEN, UH, UM, AND THEN A CUP OF WATER OR WHATEVER.
AND THEN FOR LUNCH, THE LUNCHES VARY.
FRIDAYS TYPICALLY THEY, UM, GRILL HOT DOGS AND, YOU KNOW, THEY ALWAYS INCLUDE A COMPONENT OF LIKE A VEGGIE AND A FRUIT, AND THEN IT'LL BE THE MAIN ENTREE.
SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE CHICKEN NUGGETS SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT TAQUITOS.
UM, AND THEN THE PM SNACK WILL BE SOMETHING LIKE PUDDING AND ANIMAL CRACKERS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THEN, UM, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT, BUT IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON HOW GOOD OF THE A CHEF THE REC LEADERS ARE.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE REC LEADERS THAT LOVE TO COOK, SO YOU'LL, YOU CAN TELL IT'S A LITTLE ENHANCED AND YOU GET OTHERS THAT ARE DOING THE VERY BASICS, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THEY WEREN'T HIRED TO BE CHEFS, BUT, UM, THEY CAN FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS
DO, DO SOME OF THE PARENTS BRING A LUNCH WITH THEIR KIDS? YES, YES.
BUT, UM, YEAH, SOME PEOPLE, BECAUSE OF DIETARY RESTRICTIONS AND STUFF, UM, THEY'LL EITHER PROVIDE THEIR OWN LUNCH OR IF THEY COMMUNICATE CERTAIN THINGS, THEN WE MIGHT MAKE CERTAIN ACCOMMODATIONS.
LIKE IF THEY'RE, UM, IF THEY HAVE A GLUTEN INTOLERANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE USUALLY HAVE SOME OPTIONS FOR KIDS THAT LACTOSE TO ALL THAT KINDA STUFF.
NEXT WE HAVE OUR TEEN, OUR SUMMER TEEN LEADER PROGRAM THAT WILL BE GOING FROM JUNE 1ST THROUGH AUGUST 8TH.
APPLICANTS MUST BE 14 TO 17-YEAR-OLD, OLD YEARS OLD OF AGE BY JUNE 1ST, AND THE DEADLINE IS THIS FRIDAY.
SO, UM, THIS PROGRAM IS A REALLY AWESOME PROGRAM.
IT REALLY HELPS TO, UM, TEACH RESPONSIBILITY, LEADERSHIP, AND, UM, WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR OUR TEENS THAT SERVE IN THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY DOES HELP TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF, UM, THE COST OF STAFFING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, IT BUILDS A LOT OF CHARACTER AND A LOT OF THE TEENS THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROGRAM OFTEN COME BACK AND APPLY TO BE REC LEADERS.
SO IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN BEING A TEAM LEADER, WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE IT.
UM, WE DO GIVE THEM A SCHEDULE, UM, THAT THEY COMMIT TO WORKING THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.
AND, UM, IT'S JUST A REALLY AWESOME OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TEENS.
AND THEN AT THE END, WE DO DO A CELEBRATION TO JUST RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THEM FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION.
RICHARD, THE QR CODE SAYS DEADLINE IS THE EIGHTH, BUT THE YEAH, WE EXTENDED IT.
I KNOW IT SHOWS THE EIGHTH, BUT WE DID EXTEND THE DEADLINE TO THIS FRIDAY.
NEXT WE HAVE OUR MOVIES IN THE PARK SERIES.
SO OUR FIRST MOVIE WILL BE MAY 29TH AT VINCE SCULLY CENTENNIAL PARK.
WE WILL BE WATCHING JURASSIC WORLD.
AND THEN JUNE 26TH WILL BE THE BAD GUYS TOO.
JULY 24TH WILL BE THE SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE.
AND AUGUST 4TH WE HAVE OUR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND WE WILL BE WATCHING HOPPERS.
ALL OF THESE MOVIES, UM, INCLUDE FREE PREMO ACTIVITIES THAT BEGIN AT 6:00 PM THE MOVIE IS SHOWN AT SUNDOWN.
THERE ARE CONCESSIONS AVAILABLE.
UM, PLEASE BRING A BLANKET AND A LAWN CHAIR AND COME READY FOR FUN.
ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES ARE USUALLY THEMED AROUND THE MOVIE, SO IT'S A LOT OF FUN.
AND EACH OF THESE MOVIES WILL BE AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
SO LIKE WE SAID, UM, THE FIRST MOVIE'S AT VIN SCULLY CENTENNIAL PARK.
AND THEN WE WILL BE GOING TO EL CENTRO ALLIANCES PARK ON JUNE 26TH.
AND THEN JUNE 24TH WILL BE HERE AT PORTOLO PARK.
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WE'LL BE AT BRIO PARK.AND, AND WE ROTATE THE PARKS TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
TO MAKE OR THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY, WHETHER THEY HAVE A VEHICLE OR NOT.
YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM ARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEY CAN WALK YES.
TO THE, UH, GREAT IDEA TO THE PARKS.
NEXT WE HAVE OUR LAHABRA SUMMER CONCERT SERIES.
SO AT OUR CONCERTS IN THE PARK, WE HAVE FOOD FUNNEL CAKES, FAMILY FUN, AND VENDORS.
OUR CONCERT SERIES IS ON THURSDAYS, BEGINNING IN JULY.
UM, OUR FIRST CONCERT IS GOING TO BE SMOOTH SOUNDS OF SANTANA, WHICH IS A CARLOS SANTANA COVER BAND.
SORRY, MY, UM, SLIDE GOT A LITTLE MESSED UP THERE, BUT THIS ONE WILL BE AT VINCE SCULLY CENTENNIAL PARK.
AND WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE FOR ALL OF OUR VINCE SCULLY CENTENNIAL PARK CONCERTS, UM, WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THE SHUTTLE, UM, I'M HOPING WE WILL
SO FROM, I'M SORRY, SHUTTLE FROM FROM WHERE TO TO VINCE SCULLY.
SO WHERE DO THEY PARK? SO LIKE, COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, OH, CITY HALL.
LIKE IT FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING, BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT PARKING IS LIMITED AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS MANY PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO ATTEND AS POSSIBLE, WE'RE FINALIZING OUR, UM, ADDITIONAL PARKING LOCATIONS.
IT COULD BE LAS LOMA SCHOOL, UH, LA HABER MARKETPLACE COMMUNITY CENTER AS, UM, MARTHA SAID, AND CITY HALL.
WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE LOOKING FOR INCENTIVES TO GET PEOPLE TO, UM, HOPEFULLY TAKE THE SHUTTLE.
IT'LL, IT'LL CONTINUE TO ROTATE, YOU KNOW, EVERY 20 MINUTES SO PEOPLE DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE STUCK AT THE, THE, UM, CONCERT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT GIVE 'EM A $5 VOUCHER TO, TO BUY FOOD AT.
UM, WELL, PROBABLY THE LIONS 'CAUSE IT'LL BE COOKING FOOD.
OR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY GET, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF, UM, LITTLE PROMOTIONAL ITEM.
BUT WE'RE REALLY GONNA TRY TO TIE IT TO AN INCENTIVE TO TAKE THE SHUTTLE, UM, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT PARKING'S VERY LIMITED UP THERE AND THAT IS ONE OF THE CONCERNS OF HAVING SO MANY EVENTS UP THERE.
SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT OTHER OPTIONS SO THAT IT IS ATTRACTIVE FOR PEOPLE TO WANNA COME.
AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GONNA WALK THERE FROM ALL THE CONDOS AND THAT'S WONDERFUL.
SO OUR FIRST CONCERT IS SMOOTH SOUNDS OF SANTANA, WHICH IS A CARLOS SANTANA COVER BAND.
AND THEN WE WILL COME TO PORTOLA PARK AND, UM, THE MARIACHI DIVAS WILL BE PERFORMING ON JULY 16TH.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER CONCERT AT VIN SCULLY CENTENNIAL PARK ON JULY 23RD, WHICH WILL BE NO DUH, WHICH IS A NO DOUBT COVER BAND.
AND THEN ON JULY 30TH, WE WILL BE BACK HERE AT PORTOLA PARK AND ELECTRIC VINYL WILL BE PERFORMING, AND THEY ARE A CLASSIC ROCK COVER BAND.
AND THEN WE WILL CLOSE OFF OUR CONCERT SERIES AT VINCE SCULLY CENTENNIAL PARK WITH PAST ACTION HEROES, WHICH IS AN EIGHTIES AND NINETIES COVER BAND.
IT, IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY NICE VENUE FOR CONCERTS.
WE ACTUALLY WERE, WE'RE UP WITH THIS, THIS, UM, OR TODAY AT LUNCHTIME WITH OUR SOUND ENGINEER, UM, TO DO A FULL SETUP BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A NEW LOCATION, IT'S A BIGGER LOCATION.
THE SOUND IS GOING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, UM, FROM, UH, PORTOLA PARK.
HE IS GOT BIGGER SPEAKERS, HE'S GOT TALLER SPEAKERS.
AND SO I THINK IT'S GONNA SOUND PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
AND, UM, IT CAN ACCOMMODATE OBVIOUSLY A LARGER CROWD UP THERE AS WELL.
NO CAN NO CANOPIES ALLOWED RIGHT.
UMBRELLAS, I MEAN, 'CAUSE IT'S A NEW PARK AND IT'S KIND OF OPEN.
SO THAT DID COME UP TODAY AND, AND AS WE FOR, UH, 4TH OF JULY APPARENTLY, WHICH I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW UNTIL LAST YEAR, WE ALLOW UMBRELLAS AND CANOPIES.
WE JUST ASK IF THEY COME DOWN BEFORE THE FIREWORKS.
SO KIND OF RIGHT NOW, WE SAID NO, 'CAUSE CONCERTS START AT SEVEN, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT LATER.
BUT AGAIN, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA KEEP TRACK OF THE WEATHER RIGHT NOW AND SEE WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN.
UM, WE SHOULD ALLOW THEM, WE WE'RE JUST GONNA PUT UP SOME SIGNS AHEAD OF TIME SAYING, YOU KNOW, PLEASE TAKE YOUR CANOPY OR UMBRELLAS DOWN, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE START, THAT TYPE OF THING.
WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA PLAY IT BY EAR.
WE HAVE THE GREAT OUTDOOR JUBILEE ON SATURDAY, JUNE 13TH FROM 10 TO TWO AT THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM CALLING ALL EXPLORERS, JOIN US FOR A DAY, CELEBRATING NATURE, FAMILY FUN, AND ALL THINGS OUTDOORS.
SO THAT IS PROMISED TO BE A REALLY FUN EVENT.
SO IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE JUNE 13TH, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO JOIN THAT EVENT AS WELL.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR LA HABRA HOST LIONS PASTA FEST FUNDRAISER, WHICH WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAY, JUNE 28TH FROM THREE TO 6:00 PM AT THE LAHABRA COMMUNITY CENTER.
THE PROCEEDS FOR THIS EVENT, UM, GO TOWARDS SUPPORTING OUR SENIOR PROGRAMMING.
SO EVERY TICKET HELPS TO ENRICH THE LIFE OF OUR LOCAL SENIORS.
THERE WILL BE ENTERTAINMENT, A RAFFLE, AND SO MUCH MORE.
DINNER INCLUDES A VARIETY OF PASTAS, BREADS, SALAD, DESSERT, AND BEVERAGES.
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OFFICIALLY ON SALE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, TO COME SHOW YOUR SUPPORT, BUY A TICKET, SHARE ABOUT THE EVENT, UM, INVITE OTHERS.
YOU CAN PAY BY VENMO, YOU CAN PAY BY CASH, YOU CAN PAY BY CREDIT CARD OR DEBIT CARD.
HUH? CAN YOU PAY ONLINE? IS IT ON THE WEBSITE? UM, NO, IT'S VENMO.
YEAH, THERE'S A QR CODE THAT TAKES YOU TO THE VENMO.
SO, UM, AND, AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT IS, THEY DID CHANGE THE DATE TO A SUNDAY.
AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT DAY WORKS BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY OR THE AUDIENCE WE'RE TRYING TO TARGET.
AND THE OTHER THING IS WE MOVE THE TIME UP A LOT EARLIER.
UM, A LATE AFTERNOON, YOU KNOW, SUPPER MM-HMM
UM, SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, MIX THINGS UP AND, AND SEE WHAT WORKS FOR, UM, FOR THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FEEDBACK TO SEE IF, IF SUNDAYS ARE BETTER, IF THE TIME IS BETTER.
SO IF YOU HEAR, YOU KNOW, THAT OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, OF COURSE WE HAVE SOME LIONS MEMBERS HERE.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THAT FEEDBACK MOVING FORWARD.
MAYBE YOU CAN, UM, HAVE A TABLE AT THE SENIOR DANCE.
NEXT WE HAVE OUR 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION.
THIS 4TH OF JULY WILL BE ON A SATURDAY.
THIS EVENT IS FROM 4:00 PM TO 9:00 PM AT LA BONITA PARK.
AND THIS IS ALSO GONNA BE AMERICA'S 250TH BIRTHDAY.
AND THEN CALIFORNIA IS 175TH BIRTHDAY.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT EXTRA SPECIAL TICKETS GO ON SALE BEGINNING MAY 26TH.
IT IS $8 FOR YOUTH AND $10 FOR ADULTS.
AND UM, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE A LOT IN STORE FOR THIS SPECIFIC EVENT, JUST WANTING TO MAKE IT EXTRA SPECIAL.
UM, WE HAVE TWO BANDS THAT WILL BE PERFORMING.
THERE WILL BE FIREWORKS, FOOD VENDORS, RETAIL VENDORS, UM, THE KIDS ZONE, UH, WORLD WAR II, TEXAN AIRCRAFT, FLYOVER AND GAMES, AND SO MUCH MORE.
SO WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE.
AM I READING EARTH TO MARS? YES.
UM, SO I DID WANNA POINT OUT THAT WE GOT APPROVAL TO USE THIS AMERICA TWO 50 LOGO.
BRANDON REGISTERED US WITH I THINK A NATIONAL REGISTRY.
WE HAD FILL OUT SOME PAPERWORK.
SO IT'S PRETTY EXCITING TO USE THE NATIONAL LOGO FOR THIS.
AND, UM, WE ALSO LISTED OUR, OUR CITY EVENTS RIGHT FOR THE SUMMER AS PART OF THE KICKOFF.
AND THEN WE ARE, I DON'T WANNA GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, DO WE GIVE SOMETHING TO THE FIRST 250 THAT BUY WRISTBANDS OR THE FIRST 250 THAT ENTER THE GATES AT 4TH OF JULY? WE'RE GONNA BE DOING SOME PROMO THINGS.
AND SO WE HAVEN'T FINALIZED THOSE PLANS YET, BUT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO HAVE SOME EXTRA LITTLE SPECIALTY ENHANCEMENTS AS PART OF THIS CELEBRATION.
SO, UM, BE ON THE, UH, LOOKOUT FOR THAT.
ONE THING I WILL SHARE, UM, IS WE'RE GONNA DO A CALL FOR ARTISTS TO SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
NORMALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S THROUGH A CONTACT OR SOMEONE WE KNOW OR, UM, SOMEONE'S RECOMMENDED SOMEONE.
BUT WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN TO DO A CALL FOR ARTISTS.
WE'RE WE'RE, UM, WAITING, YOU KNOW, TO SEND SOME INFORMATION TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY JUST TO REVIEW AND UM, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD SUBMIT A VIDEO, YOU KNOW, THROUGH LIKE A GOOGLE DOC FORMAT.
AND, UM, THEY HAD TO SING THE SONG EXACTLY AS THEY'RE GONNA SING IT, UM, AT THE EVENT.
IT'S NOT QUITE AS EASY AS WE THOUGHT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S INTERPRETATION WHEN WE MET AS STAFF IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S GOOD THAT WE, WE TALK IT OUT BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE, WE WERE USING THE WORD WINNER AND I'M LIKE, WELL NO, THEY DON'T GET A PRIZE OTHER THAN THEY GET TO SING IN FRONT OF, YOU KNOW, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE,
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA BE CLEAR THEY DON'T GET MONEY.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GETTING THE OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, NICE GIFT CARDS.
AND SO I THINK IT'LL BE EXCITING.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND THEY HAVE TO BE A LOCAL HARBOR RESIDENT.
THEY HAVE TO BE, I THINK WE'RE SAYING 16 AND OVER, WAS THAT THE AGE? AND AGAIN, SO WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO REVIEW THE, UM, GUIDELINES AND THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FORM, UM, THAT, UM, THEY CLEARLY UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS IS NOT A PAYING THING AND THAT, UM, IT WILL BE, UM, VIDEOTAPED AND SO USED FOR MARKETING.
SO THERE'S ALL THOSE THINGS TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, BUT I THINK IT, I'M HOPING IT'LL DRUM UP SOME INTEREST AND, UM, KIND OF BE EXCITING FOR A LOCAL, UH, LA HAIN YOUTH TO, UH, PARTICIPATE IN THE 4TH OF JULY.
NOW, ARE THE FOOD VENDORS GONNA BE INSIDE THE FENCE AGAIN, OR ARE THEY GONNA BE ALLOWED TO BE ON THE OUTSIDE WHERE THERE WAS MORE PEOPLE? NO,
I, I JUST REMEMBER LAST YEAR THAT AGAIN, THERE WAS AN ISSUE BECAUSE, UM, THE FOOD VENDORS WERE IN OH, THAT'S RIGHT.
AND THEN THE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T PAY COULDN'T GET IN TO BUY.
SO IF THEY HAD ACCESS TO BE OUT WHERE THERE'S EVERYBODY WANDERING, THEY'D BE, I THINK THEY'D BE BETTER FOR THE VENDORS.
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LET'S, UM, I MEAN MAYBE RIGHT, BECAUSE ONLY THE PEOPLE THAT PAY TO GET TO GO IN THERE AND BUY FOOD RIGHT.SO LET'S MAKE A NOTE OF THAT, MARTHA, AND WE NEED TO DEFINITELY, UM, ADDRESS IT.
'CAUSE WE ARE HOPING FOR A LARGER CROWD THIS YEAR.
WELL, ANY IDEAS YOU HAVE TO LET US KNOW.
WELL, SO OUTSIDE MAKE, MAKE SENSE FOR THEM AS WELL AND IF THEY'RE OKAY WITH BEING ON THE OUTER PERIMETER OF THE EVENT.
YEAH, I THINK, UM, SOME OF THE PLACES DO LIKE TO SET UP THE DAY BEFORE AND WE DO PROVIDE THE SECURITY OVERNIGHT.
IT'D BE HARDER TO DO ON THE, ON THE PERIMETER, BUT WE CAN MAYBE, MAYBE WE PUT A HANDFUL OF VENDORS.
MAYBE THE LIONS WANNA BE OUTSIDE THE GATES BECAUSE THEY COULD WORTH TO TRY A TRACK MORE.
SO I THINK WE CAN MAYBE DO HALF AND HALF, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL DEFINITELY TAKE THESE COMMENTS BACK AND, UM, CIRCLE BACK AND LET YOU GUYS KNOW.
BUT I DO RECALL THAT THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE WITH THAT, SO THANK YOU.
BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY LAST YEAR, SO I REMEMBER THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR REMINDING US ONE OF THE ISSUES.
AND FOR THIS EVENT, WE ALSO WILL BE HAVING THE ADDITIONAL PARKING AND THE SHUTTLE SERVICE, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE'RE TRYING TO UTILIZE OUR SPECIAL EVENT SHUTTLE MORE THIS YEAR AS WELL.
NEXT WE HAVE COOL COPS, WHICH IS GONNA BE HELD ON TUESDAY, JULY 14TH AT OSA PARK.
THIS EVENT INCLUDES FREE ICE CREAM, WATER SLIDES, WATER GAMES, AND THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM AT LARA'S MOBILE MUSEUM.
AND IT'S JUST A TIME FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH OUR POLICE OFFICERS.
AND, UM, IT'S A TIME FOR FAMILIES TO JUST HAVE FUN IN THE SUMMER.
I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE NOT WASTING TREES, BUT
OH, BY THE WAY, I AM EMAILING THIS OUT TOMORROW MORNING.
I WILL EMAIL THE POWERPOINT TO, I DID WANNA SAY COOL COPS IS VERY COOL.
STAFF AND, AND THE CITY COUNCIL COMMISSIONERS THERE.
THEY JUST EAT IT UP AND BE ABLE TO GET ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE, WITH THE OFFICERS IS SO COOL.
A LOT OF, UM, WOMEN OFFICERS LAST YEAR AND TOOK MY GRANDDAUGHTER AROUND TO ALL AND INTRODUCED HER AND YEAH.
AND YOU GET FREE ICE CREAM TOO, AND WE GOT FREE ICE CREAM.
IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD THING TOO, ESPECIALLY IN THE HEAT AT THAT TIME.
UM, OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE SYMPHONY ON THE GO, WHICH WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, JULY 28TH AT 6:30 PM AT PORTOLA PARK.
UM, THIS IS REALLY THIRD, HUH? THIS WOULD BE OUR THIRD, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND, YOU KNOW, UM, THIS IS A REALLY AWESOME OPPORTUNITY THAT OUR CITY GETS TO PARTNER WITH THE PACIFIC SYMPHONY AND, UM, JUST EXPOSE THIS DEMOGRAPHIC TO, YOU KNOW, THIS TYPE OF MUSIC.
AND, UM, IT'S A LOT OF FUN BECAUSE THEY PLAY EVERYTHING FROM, YOU KNOW, UM, THE BEATLES TO, YOU KNOW, MORE MODERN SONGS, EVERYTHING INSTRUMENTAL, AND IT'S JUST A REALLY FUN TIME FOR THE FAMILY.
SO IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE THAT DAY, I DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UM, GO WATCH THE SHOW.
AND TYPICALLY WE'LL HAVE OUR CONCESSIONS OUT THERE.
AND THEN, UM, YOU'LL HAVE ACCESS TO THE MUSEUM AS WELL.
NEXT WE HAVE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, WHICH IS ANOTHER FUN EVENT, WHICH COMMUNITY SERVICE PARTNERS WITH, UM, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.
THIS EVENT INCLUDES LA HABER POLICE DEPARTMENT, DISPLAYS, BARBECUE DINNER, CANINE DEMONSTRATIONS, CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES, FREE ADMISSION TO THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, THE SWAT TRUCK, UM, COMES OUT.
AND THEN THE, THERE'S COMMUNITY BOOTHS, GAME BOOTHS, CRAFTS, AND SO MUCH MORE.
AND THEN, AS I SAID BEFORE, WE WILL END THE NIGHT WITH A MOVIE IN THE PARK AT BRIO, UM, WATCHING HOPPERS.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL WATERMELON EATING CONTEST.
'CAUSE WE'LL, IT'LL, IT'LL BE A BUNCH OF THE KIDS THAT COME TO THE EVENT THAT, UM, PARTICIPATE.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS THAT ALSO LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
NEXT WE HAVE OUR BACK TO SCHOOL BLOCK PARTY.
AND THIS IS THE EVENT THAT KICKS OFF, UM, YOU KNOW, BACK TO SCHOOL THE END OF SUMMER.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 8TH FROM 9:00 AM TO 12:00 PM AT PORTOLO PARK.
THIS EVENT IS HOSTED BY BETTER LIFE LAHABRA IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY OF LAHABRA.
AND, UM, THIS IS FOR OUR FAMILIES THAT ARE IN NEED.
UM, WE HELP TO PROVIDE FREE SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND SO MUCH MORE.
THIS ONE'S NOT TO EVEN COME AND VOLUNTEER AND, UM, JUST TO BE, BE PART OF THAT EVENT.
SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I COULD CONNECT YOU WITH THE PEOPLE WHO
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ARE HELPING TO PLAN THAT.ARE THEY HAVING THE SHOES? I THINK THEY'RE STILL WORKING OUT THOSE DETAILS THAT IN THE PAST, AS CARRIE MENTIONED, AND COMMISSIONER SARA MENTIONED, THEY'VE GIVEN OUT FREE SHOES, WHICH IS PRETTY AMAZING.
UM, ADDITIONAL CLOTHING, BRAND NEW CLOTHING.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO THOSE IN NEED, I MEAN, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE IN TODAY'S ECONOMY, I MEAN, MORE THAN ONE CHILD IS EXPENSIVE.
AND, AND A LOT OF OUR FAMILIES HAVE, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN ONE, TWO, UM, OR EVEN THREE KIDS.
AND SO IT'S A REALLY NICE COMMUNITY RESOURCE AND WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT NONPROFIT GROUPS AND CHURCHES THAT COME TOGETHER FOR THIS EVENT.
UM, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
WAS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF OUR SUMMER EVENTS? NO.
LIKE I SAID, I WILL BE EMAILING THIS OUT TO YOU GUYS TOMORROW MORNING AND IF YOU THINK OF ANY QUESTIONS OR IF YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK ABOUT ANYTHING, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT BECAUSE AS KIM SAID, YOUR FEEDBACK IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AND WE DO CONS TAKE IT INTO CONSIDERATION WITH THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE.
I WAS GETTING READY TO GET OUT TOWN THE DAY OF THE DOG EVENT AT VIN SCULLY.
I WAS LIKE, DO YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER OR DENISE CAN ANSWER.
IT WAS, I THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD.
I MEAN, I GO TO THE PARK A LOT.
AND SO THE FEEDBACK THAT I RECEIVE IS ALL BEEN POSITIVE.
UM, I DO WANNA SHARE A COMMENT, IS THAT OKAY IF I SHARE IT? A COMMENT, UM, THAT WAS MADE THAT, UM, THE SPEAKERS WERE REAL CLOSE TO WHERE THE CHILDREN WERE MM-HMM
AND SO SOME OF THE KIDS THAT HAD MAYBE SOME SENSORY ISSUES, IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO BE IN THAT AREA.
SO MAYBE NEXT TIME WE CAN SEPARATE THE SPEAKERS FROM THE CHILDREN'S AREA.
BUT OVERALL, IT WAS A GREAT, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.
IT GOT HOT UHHUH SO PEOPLE LEFT A LITTLE EARLY, I THINK BECAUSE OF THE HEAT.
AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE FEEDBACK WE GOT IS MAYBE WE'LL START A LITTLE BIT EARLIER NEXT YEAR AND ENDED EARLIER.
'CAUSE IT DEFINITELY GOT HOT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE COULD START AS EARLY AS EIGHT 30 OR, OR DO A NINE TO 12.
UM, SO WAS IT WELL ATTENDED LOTS OF PEOPLE? OR IT WAS THROUGHOUT THE DAY? IT WAS WELL ATTENDED FOR SURE, DEFINITELY EARLIER IN, IN THE, THE MORNING.
UM, IT DID TRICKLE PROBABLY ABOUT 11 30, 12 UNTIL IT WAS OVER AT ONE.
TWO, I'M SORRY, TWO ABOUT TWO.
UM, SO YES, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, PARKING WASN'T A PROBLEM.
PARKING WAS, NO, IT SEEMED TO MOVE.
I MEAN, I KNOW A COUPLE PEOPLE SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND PARKING AND WE WERE DISAPPOINTED ABOUT THAT.
'CAUSE FROM WHAT WE WERE TOLD BY OTHERS THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAME AND WENT.
I WILL SAY THAT WE HAD SEVEN DOGS THAT WERE BROUGHT FROM INLAND VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY AND, AND ALL BUT ONE, SO SIX DOG ADOPTIONS.
AND THAT POOR LAST LITTLE DOG WAS A, UM, LITTLE CHIHUAHUA CHIHUAHUA.
AND I MEAN, I WAS ABOUT TO TAKE IT HOME, EVEN THOUGH MY HUSBAND WOULD PROBABLY DIVORCE ME.
UM, WE JUST COULDN'T FIND A HOME FOR IT.
SO IT WAS SO SAD, UM, TO JUST HAVE ONE LITTLE DOG GET RETURNED.
AND I'M HOPING THAT THAT SUCKS.
THAT HE, UM, HOPEFULLY YOU WOULD'VE BROUGHT IT HOME.
I MEAN, LITERALLY, I LITERALLY TEXTED A BUNCH OF PEOPLE.
IT WAS NOT LIKE YOUR TYPICAL CHIHUAHUA.
THAT'S HIS HEARTBREAKING BATTLE.
VERY FRIENDLY WITH KIDS AND WITH, YOU KNOW, ADULTS AND OTHER DOGS.
THEY HAD A LOT OF VENDORS THERE.
AND I SEE THE DOGS WALKING AROUND THEIR LITTLE HAT STILL.
I BROUGHT A SOMBRERO FOR MY DOG, SO WAITING TO SEE THE PICTURES.
IT WAS THE, THERE WAS THE MAYOR THERE WITH HIS DOG.
AND THEN WE HAD ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER THERE WITH HIS THREE DOGS.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER LAMBKIN HAS THREE DOGS.
AND, UM, SO IT WAS A REALLY FUN DAY AND YEAH, DEFINITELY.
UM, IF YOU HEAR INPUT, I, I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, ON THE RECORD THAT WE WEREN'T THRILLED WITH THE SOUND AND THE MUSIC, SO, YOU KNOW, WE WILL NOT HAVE THAT PARTICULAR VENDOR BACK.
DIDN'T HAVE DOG FRIENDLY MUSIC.
I MEAN, IT WAS BACK IN MY YEARS TOO.
SO, UM, IT'S GONNA BE ANNUAL EVENT.
I MEAN, I TALK ABOUT BUDGET IN A MINUTE, BUT YEAH.
UH, IT'S KUDOS TO THE CITY ON YOU GUYS.
SO I'D LIKE MARTHA TO GET RECOGNIZED BEING A FIRST EVENT, OUR FIRST, OUR OUR FIRST EVENT.
UM, AND THEN AT A NEW, A NEW VENUE.
SO I, WE THOUGHT IT, THE LAYOUT AND EVERYTHING WENT PRETTY WELL, SO COOL.
YEAH, IT WAS, IT WAS A TALK OF SURROUNDING CITIES TOO.
OKAY, WELL THAT CONCLUDES MY PORTION.
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IF YOU DON'T MIND IF WE COULD MOVE TO STAFF COMMENTS AND THEN COMMISSIONER COMMENTS, AND THEN WE'LL DO THE RECOGNITION IF THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE.DO WE HAVE ANY, UM, STAFF COMMENTS? I HAVE A COUPLE.
UM, FIRST, UM, EVERYONE HERE HAS MET BRANDON HARRIS, OR NO, NOT EVERYONE HAS.
THIS IS BRANDON HARRIS, OUR MANAGEMENT ANALYST TOO, THAT STARTED, UH, APRIL 6TH.
WE'RE THRILLED THAT HE'S COME BACK EVERY WEEK
UM, AND HE SEEMS TO BE FITTING IN REALLY WELL WITH OUR TEAM.
HE COMES FROM THE CITY OF DUBLIN, CALIFORNIA.
UM, AND WAS AN ICMA FELLOW ANALYST UP THERE FOR A COUPLE YEARS.
AND SO, UM, HE AND HIS WIFE RECENTLY MOVED DOWN FOR THIS PARTICULAR JOB.
AND, UM, HE HAS EXPERIENCE WORKING IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE A LOT TO DO WITH, UM, POLICY LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES.
UM, I THINK HE WORKED A LOT WITH, UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND SO HE'S ALREADY BROUGHT A LOT OF NEW IDEAS, PERSPECTIVES ON PERSPECTIVE ON THINGS.
AND HE'S GONNA HELP US WITH OUR PROCESSES, OUR SYSTEMS, AND, UM, SO WE'RE THRILLED TO HAVE HIM.
AND THEN HE WILL BE ATTENDING OUR COMMISSION MEETINGS AS WELL, SO YOU'LL GET TO KNOW HIM, UM, AS WE MOVE ALONG.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, HE, UM, CAME AT THE TAIL END OF OUR BUDGET, UM, PREPARATION, BUT HE WAS ABLE TO HELP ME WITH, UM, GETTING OUR BUDGET READY TO PRESENT AT OUR DEPARTMENT, UH, MEETING WITH OUR CITY MANAGER AND ADMIN TEAM AND FINANCE TEAM.
AND I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT, UM, WE HAD VERY FEW CUTS AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
WE HAD TO CUT ABOUT 35 $40,000, WHICH ISN'T BAD.
WE, WE WERE THINKING IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO OUR PROPOSED BUDGET THAT WILL BE GOING TO THE COUNCIL ON JUNE 1ST IS, UH, 16, A LITTLE, ALMOST $16.4 MILLION FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT BUDGET.
A LITTLE OVER 4 MILLION IS GENERAL FUND, AND THE OTHER 12 MILLION IS ALL GRANTS.
SO IT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE TO HAVE SUCH A LARGE BUDGET.
AND, UM, SO MUCH OF IT IS GRANT MONEY.
UM, AND THEN ALSO I THINK IT JUST SHOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S BEEN VERY FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WITH THESE GRANTS.
WE, YOU KNOW, GET CLOSE TO 7 MILLION FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT.
WE HAVE 3 MILLION FOR OUR EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAM, AND THE REST OF THE MONEY, OR THE GRANT MONEY COMES FROM A QMD, UM, OCTA, UM, AND THEN SOME OTHER SMALLER, UH, GRANTS THAT WE RECEIVED, PROVIDENCE ST.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE FELT PRETTY EXCITED THAT OUR BUDGET WILL, UM, REMAIN FAIRLY STABLE THIS NEXT YEAR.
WHAT ALSO WAS, UM, INCLUDED WAS, UH, A KITE FESTIVAL, UM, A DAY OF THE DEAD EVENT, UM, A DOG PARK.
WE'RE NOT CALLING IT PAVER, A DOG PARK, SOMETHING PROGRAM WHERE, UM, PEOPLE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUY LIKE A LITTLE ACRYLIC DOG BONE OR PAW AND THEY WILL BE DECORATIVE AND, UH, DISPLAYED AROUND THE, UH, DOG PARK FENCES.
SO A LITTLE BIT OF A FUNDRAISER.
IT DOES NEED TO BREAK EVEN THAT, THAT PROGRAM.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO REALLY BE, UH, DEVELOPING OUR CULTURAL ARTS DOWNTOWN OR DISTRICT AREA NOW THAT OUR WOMEN'S CLUB, OUR ART GALLERY, OUR ART ASSOCIATION, AND THE HISTORICAL MUSEUM WILL BE MOVING INTO THAT BUILDING IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
BUT WE'VE ALREADY HAD OUR BUILDING DEDICATIONS, SO THINGS ARE REALLY FALLING INTO PLACE.
AND WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON A CULTURAL ARTS, UM, PLAN THAT WE'LL BE TAKING TO THE COMMISSION AND THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL WITH, YOU KNOW, OUR PROPOSED IDEAS.
OUR CONCEPTS, NOT UNTIL SEPTEMBER, MAYBE OCTOBER.
WE WANNA TAKE THE TIME WE HAVE TO WORK WITH, UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SLASH PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
AND, UM, BUT WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE REALLY COMING TOGETHER AND WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD SYNERGY GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE GONNA BE COLLABORATING CLOSELY WITH THE ART GALLERY OR THE ART ASSOCIATION.
UM, AND WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH THE WOMEN'S CLUB.
AND THEN WE MET WITH THE, UM, ORANGE COUNTY LIBRARY STAFF AND, UH, COUNTY STAFF BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, THE LIBRARY IS GETTING COMPLETELY REMODELED.
AND, UM, THAT'S THROUGH A GRANT.
THE CITY ISN'T PAYING FOR ANY OF THE RENOVATIONS.
WE, UM, ARE GONNA BE ENTERING INTO A LONG-TERM LEASE AGREEMENT, WHICH WE ALREADY HAVE.
I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT LEASE AGREEMENT, BUT THEY STARTED A LEASE AGREEMENT IN 1980 THAT WAS GONNA EXPIRE IN 2035.
AND THEN THIS NEW AGREEMENT WILL KICK IN 2036, LIKE THAT NEXT DAY IN JANUARY AND GO THROUGH 2060.
UM, BUT BECAUSE OF ALL THE RENOVATIONS AND BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE STATE GRANT FUNDING THAT WAS, UM, INCLUDED IN THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, THEY NEEDED TO HAVE SOME SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE THAT THE CITY'S NOT GONNA TAKE THAT BUILDING BACK OR, UM, YOU KNOW, TELL 'EM THAT THEY CAN'T USE IT ANYMORE BECAUSE THERE'S A, UM, YOU KNOW, RESTRICTIONS ON THE FUNDING.
SO I BELIEVE IT'S A 10 YEAR THAT,
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AND WE WOULDN'T ANYWAYS.THERE'S A BENEFIT TO HAVE A, A LIBRARY IN, IN TOWN.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THEY HAVE A NEW LIBRARIAN AND SO SHE WAS VERY WONDERFUL AND REALLY WANTS TO CONNECT BETTER WITH THE CITY ON PROGRAMMING, ON HAVING AUTHOR, YOU KNOW, UM, UM, EVENINGS OR BOOK SIGNINGS.
AND IT'S JUST GONNA BE GREAT TO TIE IN WITH THIS WHOLE AREA DOWN HERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT OUR, UM, UH, CITY HALL LOBBY.
WE TALKED ABOUT EVEN DOING IT AT THE ART GALLERY OR THE WOMEN'S CLUB BUILDING.
I MEAN, WE REALLY WANNA KIND OF DRAW PEOPLE INTO THIS AREA.
SO I THINK THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'VE TALKED BRIEFLY ABOUT THE LA HABER BOULEVARD SPECIFIC PLAN, AND THAT'S A, THAT'S A HUGE UNDERTAKING, A VERY EXCITING PROJECT.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU IT'S PROBABLY NOT GONNA HAPPEN DURING MY TIME OR SOME OF US, BECAUSE IT'S JUST SUCH A HUGE PROJECT AND THERE'S SO MANY MOVING PARTS AND IT'S JUST GONNA BE SUPER EXPENSIVE.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT WON'T HAPPEN ONE DAY, BUT IT'S GONNA BE A SLOW PROCESS.
AND, UM, A VERY METHODICAL ONE BECAUSE IT IMPACTS TRAFFIC, IT IMPACTS PARKING, IT IMPACTS, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST A LOT OF BUSINESSES THAT WANNA COME TO LA HABRA, BUT THE PARKING'S NOT IDEAL OR, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE OTHER CONCERNS.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO RESOLVE SOME OF THOSE.
BUT IT'S A PRETTY EXCITING TIME.
AND WHAT I'M HAPPY ABOUT IS THAT OUR DEPARTMENT GETS TO BE PART OF THIS BUILT OUT, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY ARTS DISTRICT AREA.
AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WORKING WITH THE LIBRARY MORE CLOSELY.
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY GREAT NEXT YEAR THAT WE'RE GONNA BE, UM, YOU KNOW, MOVING INTO JULY ONE AS OUR NEW FISCAL YEAR.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME NEW STRONGER ENHANCED PARTNERSHIPS.
AND THEN ALSO SOME NEW ACTIVITIES, SOME NEW PROGRAMS. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT THE COUNCIL OR THAT THE CITY MANAGER AT THIS POINT HAS LEFT EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE PUT INTO OUR BUDGET.
AND OF COURSE, IT'LL GO TO THE COUNCIL ON JUNE 1ST.
WE DON'T ANTICIPATE, I DON'T THINK THEY'VE EVER REALLY MADE MAJOR CUTS.
THEY MIGHT HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW, CUT A LITTLE BIT.
WE DON'T CARE WHERE IT IS, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA REDUCE IT A LITTLE BIT.
BUT WE DON'T EVEN ANTICIPATE THEM DOING THAT.
AND THEN AFTER THE JU JULY, JUNE 1ST MEETING, THEN IT WILL GET OFFICIALLY ADOPTED ON JUNE 15TH, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE AN APPROVED BUDGET TO START JULY 1ST.
UM, SO YEAH, WE'RE, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE ON OUR BUDGET.
AND, UM, OUR BUDGET REALLY DIDN'T CHANGE.
I THINK IT WENT UP ABOUT 300,000.
I WILL SAY A LOT OF THOSE COSTS ARE, UM, ARE MANDATED CITY COSTS, RISK MANAGEMENT, UM, VEHICLE MAINTENANCE, YOU KNOW, FOR, WE HAVE SEVERAL CITY VEHICLES.
OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH TEAM, YOU KNOW, DRIVES A, A BIG TRUCK.
UM, OUR GRAFFITI ABATEMENT TEAM DRIVES A CITY VAN AND WE HAVE, UH, TRUCKS FOR OUR REC LEADERS TO CLOSE ALL THE PARKS.
SO, I MEAN, AGAIN, A LOT OF THAT'S JUST REQUIRED COSTS BACK TO THE CITY.
WE HAVE IT COSTS, OF COURSE, WE HAVE RISK MANAGEMENT COSTS TO, UM, FOR OUR INSURANCE, FOR ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT PROGRAMMING.
SO IT'S REALLY NOT DISCRETIONARY MONEY.
IT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CITY.
UM, SO WE FEEL LIKE WE HAD A PRETTY RESPONSIBLE BUDGET THAT WE PRESENTED AND, UM, THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF CUTS.
I THINK IT HELPED THAT WE ALL WORE GREEN TO OUR MEETING.
WE ENTICED HIM WITH GREEN CANDY, GREEN JELLY BEANS.
AND THEN, UM, MARTHA MADE A REALLY GREAT, MAYBE AFTER THE MEETING SHE CAN SHOW YOU, WE, WE MADE A, SHE MADE A REALLY CUTE PIZZA BOX AND, UM, PRINTED ALL THIS FAKE MONEY AND MADE IT LOOK LIKE A PIZZA.
AND WE GAVE THAT TO OUR CITY MANAGER.
SO HOW COULD HE NOT, YOU KNOW? OH, THAT'S, THEN LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DOUGH.
SO SHE CAN TELL YOU AFTER, IT WAS GREAT.
AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, REAL QUICK, THE LA HARBOR 1 0 1, UH, CLASS THAT THE CITY OFFERED, UM, IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE OFFERED THIS PROGRAM.
WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS IN HERE RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE CANDACE AND OUR CHAIR, UM, ANNETTE LIMON, WHO ARE PARTICIPANTS AND BRAND AND BRANDON, WELL, HE'S NOT A PARTICIPANT.
UM, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF GREAT FEEDBACK FROM THE STUDENTS.
YOU GET A EVALUATION AFTER EVERY SESSION.
AND, UM, THE BEST PART IS THEY SAVED, I THINK THE BEST DEPARTMENT FOR LAST.
WE'LL BE WRAPPING UP OR CLOSING THE, UH, SERIES ON MAY 28TH.
UM, COMMUNITY SERVICES WILL BE PRESENTING TO THE GROUP.
AND THEN ON JUNE 1ST, I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE A TOUR AND A LITTLE GRADUATION CEREMONY.
BUT, UM, A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK, A LOT OF GOOD INPUT, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAYING THEY JUST HAD NO IDEA HOW THE CITY OPERATES OR HOW MUCH THE CITY DOES IN TERMS OF, UM, SUPPORT FOR THE RESIDENTS OR HOW THE FUNDING WORKS OR WHAT THE PROCESS IS.
YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S A PRA, WHETHER IT'S, UM, A SPECIAL EVENT OR HOW TO REPORT A CODE CASE OR WHATNOT.
SO, UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT IS THIS, THIS GROUP TO BECOME CITY AMBASSADORS
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FOR THE CITY.MAYBE THEY'RE GONNA BECOME FUTURE COMMISSIONERS, FUTURE COUNCIL MEMBERS OR JUST POSITIVE MEMBERS IN THE CITY THAT CAN, UM, SPEAK INTELLIGENTLY
AND, YOU KNOW, I BROUGHT UP THE SPLASH PATCH EARLIER.
'CAUSE AGAIN, ON FACEBOOK I SAW ALL THESE THINGS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THESE FLASH PADS ARE JUST SITTING THERE.
BUT YOU KNOW, NO ONE REALLY KNEW THAT THERE'S A WHOLE MAINTENANCE COMPONENT TO IT.
AND IT'S JUST REALLY GETTING THE RIGHT INFORMATION OUT.
AND I KNOW CANDACE DOES A GREAT JOB AND ALL OF YOU DO A GREAT JOB TOO, HELPING US WITH SOME OF THAT INFORMATION.
UM, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO PRESENT.
UM, I WISH I COULD INVITE YOU GUYS.
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU NEED TO BE IN THE CLASS.
AND ALSO SPACE IS PRETTY LIMITED IN THERE, THAT THAT ROOM'S A LITTLE TIGHT
BUT WHAT WE WILL DO IS, UM, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY NOT IN JUNE, BUT AT THE JULY MEETING, WE WILL BRING THAT PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE GIVING, UM, ON MAY 28TH.
WE'LL BRING IT TO THE, THE COMMISSION.
WE'RE GONNA, UM, WELL WE THINK NO ONE ELSE HAS DONE IT.
I GUESS SOMEONE DID A LITTLE SNIPPET, BUT WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, SOME VIDEOS AND SOME OTHER FUN THINGS.
BUT, SO WE WANNA SHARE IT WITH THE COMMISSION 'CAUSE IT CERTAINLY WILL HIGHLIGHT, UM, ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT WE DO IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION.
DID YOU SAY YOU'RE GONNA BE 300 K DOWN FROM LAST YEAR? NO, NO.
OUR BUDGET INCREASED BY ABOUT 300,000.
BUT THAT'S ALL, I MEAN, REALLY IT'S NOT FOR NEW PROGRAMS AND STUFF.
A LOT OF IT IS, YOU KNOW, UM, BENEFITS LIKE, YOU KNOW, SALARIES AND BENEFITS, LIKE, UH, IT'S RISK MANAGEMENT.
BUT I MEAN, WE INCREASE SALARY, UH, SALARIES.
I WISH WE INCREASED SALARIES, WE INCREASED OUR SUPPLY BUDGET, LET'S JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, RIGHT.
IN THE ECONOMY, EV EVERYTHING'S MORE EXPENSIVE.
WE INCREASED, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR, UM, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES BECAUSE WE KNOW, AGAIN, THOSE COSTS ARE GOING UP.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE, WHEN WE HIRE VENDORS, JUST, UM, SO MOST OF THAT COST IS, YOU KNOW, REALLY JUST COST OF LIVING THE ECONOMY.
UM, AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE FEEL GOOD THAT WITH THE SMALL INCREASES THAT WE DID MAKE THOSE GOT TO STAY.
HAVE YOU EVER CON HAD A CONVERSATION WITH A CITY MANAGER ABOUT MEASURE V FUNDS FOR, UH, GRAFFITI ABATEMENT? NOT IT'S RELATED TO CRIME, RIGHT? RIGHT.
IT'S TRYING TO ABATE, YOU KNOW, THE HABITUAL GRAFFITI PEOPLE OUT THERE.
I'M GUESSING THE COOL COPS PROGRAM, THE SALARIES ALL IS PAID BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? YES.
SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU COULD BE REIMBURSED FOR.
AND THE ACTIVITIES ARE PART OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A ANTI-CRIME OR SUPPORT POLICE SUPPORTIVE NECESSARILY.
BUT CLEARLY THE GRAFFITI ABATEMENT SHOULD BE FUNDED UNDER MEASURE V.
I MEAN, WE HAVE GENERAL FUNDS THAT COVER PARTLY GRAFFITI ABATEMENT PROGRAM, AND THEN WE HAVE CDBG FUNDING.
SO WE'RE FORTUNATE THAT THE COMMISSION, UH, APPROVES THAT GRANT MONEY AND UM, I THINK IT WAS 58,000 MAYBE FOR THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
UM, AND THEN THE REST OF, OF, UM, THE SALARIES AND THE SUPPLIES COME FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
SO THAT WOULD TIE INTO MEASURE V I'M SURE YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
SO, UM, WE'RE FORTUNATE THAT THE GENERAL FUND DOES COVER OUR TWO COMMUNITY OUTREACH LIAISONS FOR HOMELESSNESS.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL SEES THE VALUE IN THOSE PROGRAMS AND CHOOSES TO USE GENERAL FUND MONEY.
AND THEY COULD SAY, GO OUT AND GET GRANTS OR GO OUT, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND THEY DON'T BECAUSE THEY REALIZE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THAT'S ALSO HARD TO SUSTAIN THAT FOR SALARIES AND THINGS.
AND SO, UM, I'M THANKFUL THAT THEY GIVE US GENERAL FUND MONEY 'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S HARD TO SUSTAIN GRANTS SOMETIMES FOR VARIOUS PROGRAMS. GOOD.
AND I, I, I MEAN I'M, UM, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY YES, PART OF MEASURE BEING AS GO, 'CAUSE IT'S GENERAL FUND MONEY.
I'VE NEVER DRILLED DOWN ON THE CITY'S BUDGETS PER SE, BUT I IMAGINE THE SALES TAX GO INTO A GENERAL FUND BUCKET, RIGHT? I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY A GOOD PERCENTAGE AND YOU WERE ONE OF THE CHAIRS.
UM, A A LARGE PERCENTAGE IS GOING TO THE FIRE CONTRACT SAFETY.
UM, THOSE COSTS SEEM TO INCREASE EVERY YEAR.
AND WE UNFORTUNATELY DON'T REALLY GET MUCH NEGOTIATION ON THAT.
THEN PART OF THE SALES PITCH THOUGH, WHEN WE, WE DID THE CANVASSING, WAS THAT IT'S GONNA BE MORE THAN JUST PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE I THINK IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE BECAUSE MEASURE E PASSED, IF IT, IF IT DIDN'T DEFINITELY, I TELL YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT HERE IN THE CITY, INCLUDING OUR DEPARTMENT.
WE'RE THE SOFT CONSIDER THE SOFT ORGANIZATION, EVEN THOUGH I BELIEVE WE'RE AN ESSENTIAL DEPARTMENT.
WE'RE, WE'RE QUITE A RESOURCE, I BELIEVE.
UM, BUT IT'S JUST A MATTER OF PRIORITIZING, UM, SERVICES AND, YOU KNOW, LUCKILY WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION
UM, BUT WE WOULD'VE, AND, AND, UM, YEAH.
IT WOULD BE A REALLY DIFFERENT CONVERSATION.
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ALL I HAVE.I'M SORRY I TOOK UP SO MUCH TIME.
UM, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY MOVE THE COMMISSION COMMENTS.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FOR, FROM THE COMMISSION? I DON'T, NO, NO.
JUST EXCITED THAT THE EVENTS THAT I MISSED ARE SO WELL ATTENDED AND POSITIVE AND BUILDING ON YOUR PROGRAMMING.
ANY COMMENTS? UH, SCHMIDT SOMETHING REAL, REAL MINOR, BUT I'M JUST GONNA BRING IT UP ANYWAY.
A COMMENT MADE AT THE PARK WAS THAT, UM, AND I WASN'T THERE.
SO THE, A LOT OF PEOPLE BRING DOG TOYS TO THE PARK.
THEY'RE JUST, THEY'RE COMMUNITY DOG TOYS.
AND SOMEBODY SAID THAT WHEN THE WORKERS COME AND THEY DO A GOOD JOB CLEANING, THEY TAKE THE TOYS AWAY 'CAUSE THEY WERE TOLD TO PICK UP EVERYTHING.
AND SO THEY'RE PICKING UP EVERYTHING AND REMOVING 'EM.
SO WHAT THIS PERSON SAID OVER AT BREA, THEIR IDEA TO UM, DEAL WITH THAT IS THEY PUT SOME TYPE OF A BASKET OR SOMETHING.
IT WAS LIKE A COMMUNITY TOY BASKET.
SO TOYS ARE LEFT 'CAUSE THEY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, FIX THE LAWN AND STUFF.
THEY COULD THROW IT IN THAT BASKET AND IT WOULD BE THERE FOR THE NEXT DAY FOR THE DOGS.
SO IS THERE ANY, LIKE A LITTLE TOY BOX? YEAH.
IS THERE ANY RISK OF, UH, SHARING INFECTION OR DISEASE? YEAH, I MEAN THAT, THAT, WELL MY DOG DOESN'T PLAY WITH THEM, BUT LIKE PARVA, EVERYBODY LIKES IT.
NO, YOU RUN INTO, I, I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT AND I UNDER AND CERTAINLY, UM, UM, EMPATHETIC ROJAS TOO.
UM, WHAT HAPPENS IS TOYS BREAK AND UM, THERE BECOMES OTHER ISSUES, YOU KNOW, UNLESS SOMEONE'S GONNA MAINTAIN 'EM AND, AND YOU KNOW, THROW BROKEN PARTS OFF OR BITTEN PARTS OFF OR WHATEVER IT IS.
AND THAT'S WHY 'CAUSE WE HAD SURVEYED A LITTLE BIT TOO, AND SOME SAY NO TOYS AT ALL, YOU KNOW? NO, BUT, UM, I MEAN, WE CAN LOOK INTO IT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S NOT A BAD IDEA.
DON'T, BUT THERE, THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY.
AND AGAIN, IF A DOG CHOKES ON IT, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE?
THE CITY OR WHOEVER BROUGHT THE TOY.
AND THEN YOU'LL NEVER FIND OUT WHO BROUGHT THE TOY AND OR JUST A LITTLE SIGN SAYING, PLEASE TAKE YOUR, YOUR, YOUR CHILDREN'S TOYS BACK WITH YOU SO THAT YOU CAN BRING THEM BACK THE NEXT TIME.
'CAUSE OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY GET TAKEN AWAY, THEY'RE PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, TOSSED AWAY.
WELL, YEAH, I MEAN IT'S NOT, I DON'T HAVE THAT ISSUE.
'CAUSE I THINK IF YOU BRING IT, TAKE IT WITH YOU.
BUT, UM, I JUST WANNA THROW IT OUT THERE.
SO I MEAN, I THINK IN THEORY IT'S A NICE IDEA.
I THINK JUST WE ARE WORRIED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RISK AND, UM, LIABILITY AND THEN WHO'S RESPONSIBLE, YOU KNOW, WHEN, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE DOG TOYS, I HAVE A DOG MYSELF.
THERE'S COTTON EVERYWHERE AND IT'S A MESS.
AND IT'S JUST MORE WORK FOR PARKS TO HAVE TO MAINTAIN.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL SHARE THE IDEA AND SEE IF WE CAN COME TO A CONSENSUS OF HOW WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD, IF WE WANNA ALLOW IT OR NOT.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THAT PEOPLE, SOME DOG OWNERS BRING FOOD AND START PASSING OUT FOOD TO OTHER DOGS.
'CAUSE MY DOG CAN'T HAVE ANYTHING.
MAYBE THAT'S A GOOD SIGN TO PUT.
YEAH, DON'T BE ANOTHER NO, NO.
I MEAN, I JUST TELL 'EM DON'T DO IT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A BIGGER ISSUE TO ME.
BUT YEAH, I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT, WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR DOG PART RULES, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, AND JUST MAYBE WE NEED TO UPDATE THEM OR, UM, AMEND THEM OR SOMETHING.
WE'LL TALK TO, UH, OUR FRIENDS IN THE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
JUST GIMME A BIG BADGE AND A STICK AND I'LL GO FIX IT.
I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A PART-TIME JOB UP THERE, DENISE.
YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.
UM, ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO, TO SAY THANK YOU TO MARTHA.
I DIDN'T GET TO GO EARLY IN THE DAY, BUT I STOPPED BY, UM, AT THE END AND JUST TO SEE THE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE FAMILIES WITH THEIR DOGS AND IN THE, THE DIFFERENT CAGES AND GOING TO ALL THE VENDORS.
AND AT THAT POINT, I WISH, ALMOST WISHED I HAD A A PET.
I DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PETS AT HOME.
YEAH, I HAVE SIX ANIMALS AT HOME.
SO ANYWAY, NO, UM, IT WAS JUST A GREAT EVENT, SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.
YOU DID A GREAT JOB AS EVERYTHING YOU TACKLED.
UM, I DID WANT TO INVITE EVERYONE FOR MEMORIAL DAY AND I HOPE ALL THE COMMISSIONERS WILL STOP BY.
IT'S, UH, I KNOW THE LIONS ARE COOKING THE BARBECUE FROM 12 TO
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ONE.THE, UM, EVENT STARTS AT 11 O'CLOCK ON MEMORIAL DAY, MONDAY THE 25TH.
AND, UM, IT'S A VERY WELL ATTENDED EVENT.
THIS IS OUR FOURTH YEAR THAT IT'S BEEN IN EXISTENCE.
AND WE HAVE A GREAT KEYNOTE SPEAKER WHO IS A THREE TIME PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT.
WE HAVE THE FAMILY OF A GOLD STAR, UM, SOLDIER.
AND, UM, IT'S JUST GONNA BE A VERY NICE EVENT.
WE WORK REALLY HARD TO BRING THOSE EVENTS JUST LIKE THE CITY.
WELL NOW, UM, IF THERE'S NO OTHER, SO I JUST WANTED TO, I'M, I CAN'T BRING UP THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH MARTHA, FOR ALL YOUR EFFORT.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT LAHABRA 1 0 1 CLASS IS INCREDIBLE IF, UH, I PRETTY MUCH STAY IN TUNE WITH THE CITY, YOU KNOW, EVENTS AND, AND BUSINESS AND CITY COUNCIL.
BUT FOR PEOPLE THAT WANNA KNOW, YOU KNOW, HOW TO OPEN A BUSINESS, HOW YOU KNOW, WHAT LICENSE TO GET, UH, WHAT CODE IT IS ON, ON YOUR WATER, GAS BILL.
UH, WANNA BUILD ANYTHING FROM A TO Z AND THIS CLASS IS INCREDIBLE.
AND LA HABRA, THE CITY OF LA HABRA HAS A WONDERFUL, UH, EMPLOYEES OF ENGINEERS AND WATER MAINTENANCE.
AND, UH, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IF THAT CLASS COMES AGAIN, THAT EVERYBODY TAKE IT BECAUSE, UH, IT IS SO INTERESTING THAT WE DON'T EVEN WANNA BREAK, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS WE, AND IT'S TIME TO GO AND WE, WE WANNA STAY THERE.
I I NEVER HEARD OF ANOTHER CITY HAVING ONE LIKE, LIKE THIS ONE.
BUT, UM, I WOULD SUGGEST EVERYBODY ATTEND NEXT TIME.
SO AT THIS TIME BEFORE, UH, WE, WE CLOSE, UH, WE ARE GONNA GIVE THE RECOGNITION OF INCOMING AND, UH, OUTCOMING CHAIR AND, UH, OUTCOMING COMMISSIONER, UH, FOR THEIR DEDICATED SERVICE AND THEN FOR OUR INCOMING NEW, UM, COMMISSIONER.
WELL, I'D LIKE TO, IF WE COULD HAVE, UM, COMMISSIONER HANNAH STAND UP.
WE HAVE A, UH, WE'LL TAKE SOME PICTURES.
YOU TAKE SOME PICTURES, CANDACE.
SO COMMISSIONER HANNAH, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SERVICE ON THE COMMISSION.
UM, YOU'RE ALWAYS A GENERAL SPIRIT
AND SO, YOU KNOW, VERONICA IS JUST, AND I WORKED IN, I LIVED IN DUBLIN AND WORKED IN SAN RAMON.
BUT, AND REASON TO, I ALWAYS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, VERONICA ON THE SIDE, BUT SOMETIMES GIVE US SOME INPUT OR SHARE HER EXPERIENCES, YOU KNOW, DEALING WITH SOME ISSUES WHETHER WAY YOU, UH, OR, UM, SPORTS OR FIELDS OR, WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE BIGGER EVENTS THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERY CITY HAS THEIR CHALLENGES AND, UM, SIMILARITIES.
BUT, UH, WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YOUR GENERAL SPIRIT.
IT'S JUST A NICE CALMING, UM, PRESENCE.
AND THEN CERTAINLY YOUR CONNECTION WITH THE LAW OFFERS LIONS.
I THINK THAT HELPED OUR PARTNERSHIP STRENGTHEN WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THAT WE DO WITH THE LIONS.
AND, UM, WE, I ENJOY, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH BUCK ON THE PARADE AND YOU AS WELL WITH THE PORN FESTIVAL.
WE'RE VERY THRILLED THAT THE EVENT IS GONNA CONTINUE ON, UM, THIS SUMMER AND OR, AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IN THE FUTURE TOO, BUT JUST WITH SOME CITY SUPPORT AND, AND CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AND, UM, WE WISH YOU WELL.
UM, I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT GOING ON AND WE WISH YOU WELL IN, YOU KNOW, THE FUTURE AND, AND ALL THAT YOU DO.
AND, AND WE'LL ALL BE HERE WORKING FOR YOU GUYS.
I YOU THAT PLAQUE AND AW, COME MARTHA HAVE A FANCY IPAD.
OH, FROM HERE WE WANNA TURN DOWN THERE.
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NO, DON'T MOVE.UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK DENISE AS OUR OUTGOING CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION.
KIM SAID SHE WAS GONNA REAR IT.
SHE ALSO HAD A CALM DEMEANOR AND UM, AS YOU KNOW, IS IS THRILLED TO BE, UH, PART OF THE DOG PARK.
AND UM, YOU KNOW, I, I LOVE IT 'CAUSE I MEAN WE HAVE LIKE A DOG PARK AMBASSADOR, SO I GET, YOU KNOW, I'M KIND YOU RECENTLY, BUT I, I GET LEAD ON CHECK-INS ABOUT THE DOG PARK AND UM, YOU KNOW, WE, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT FROM THE COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, TO HOPEFULLY HEAR WHAT YOU GUYS ARE HEARING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY OR ANY COMPLAINTS OR POSITIVE THINGS THAT YOU'RE HEARING, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PARTLY OR REALLY WHY YOU GUYS WERE SELECT.
UH, AND SO THANK YOU FOR LEAVING THIS GROUP.
UM, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU SUCH A VARIETY OF PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, UM, UM, DEMEANOR OF BRINGING EVERYONE TOGETHER AND UM, GOOD IDEAS AND ALL OUR WEEKLY OR OUR MONTHLY, YOU KNOW, CHECK-INS.
IS THAT FAIR YET? AND UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AS CHAIR AND THEN CONGRATULATIONS TO CHAIR LIMON AND TO VICE CHAIR RICHARD ROJAS MORNING, UM, YOU AND OUR LEADERSHIP ROLES.
AND THEN OF COURSE THE REST OF OUR COMMISSION.
AND THEN AT THE JUNE MEETING, WE'LL BE SWEARING IN CANDACE GUTIERREZ AS OUR NEXT, UM, SO THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE JUNE MEETING.
CAN WE TURN THAT? I'M STILL RECORDING THIS WITH YOUR SIGN.
ALRIGHT, LET'S GRAB SOME, UH, MARTINIS OR TAKE SOME ON THE WAY HOME IF YOU WANT.
WHERE AM I? HERE? BUT THEY HAVE TO COME BACK UP, RIGHT? ONE THOSE HOME? YEAH, SHE'S GOING TO ADJOURN.
THE MEETING WOULD ALSO BE OKAY TO SHARE WHAT WE RECEIVED.
OH, CAN I DO, CAN YOU DO ME THIS AND TAPE IT? VIDEO TAPE ME DOWN THERE.
WE'LL, BUT I JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU OKAY, FINE LADIES.
SO AT THIS TIME I WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING AT