ALL RIGHT, GREAT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET RIGHT INTO THIS. [1) CALL TO ORDER: Mayor] [00:00:02] WE HAVE. A LOT OF BUSINESS AHEAD OF US, SO GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:00 P.M.. GOOD EVENING. THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE OF EXECUTIVE ORDER N29 20 ISSUED BY GOVERNOR NEWSOM ON MARCH 17TH, 2020. AND ALL MEMBERS ARE JOINING THIS MEETING REMOTELY BY A ZOOM WEBINARS. WE WILL NOW CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. OF COURSE. LET'S BEGIN WITH THE FLAG SALUTE IF YOU ARE ABLE TO PLEASE STAND. I PLEDGE 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 FOR ALL. UP NEXT, WE HAVE THE INVOCATION. IS THERE ANYONE ON LINE WHO CAN PROVIDE THAT THIS EVENING? IF NOT, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND OBSERVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE. OK, MADAM CLERK, LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL THE ROLL. MAYOR GARCIA. PRESENT. MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA. I'M HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ. UNMUTE YOURSELF, SIR. JUST REALIZED THAT PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PALLARES. PALLARES HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. HERE. ALL ARE PRESENT. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX PUBLIC COMMENTS, THERE ARE NO PRESENTATIONS. THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS RESERVED FOR PERSONS DESIRING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AND INCLUDING THE COUNCIL ACTING AS THE GOVERNING BOARD FOR THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY ON ANY MATTER, NOT ON THIS AGENDA AND OVER WHICH THE COUNCIL AND SUCCESSOR AGENCY HAS JURISDICTION. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A VERBAL COMMENT USING ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE PHRASE HAND BUTTON TO REQUEST TO SPEAK. IF YOU ARE USING A TELEPHONE, PLEASE DIAL STAR NINE ON YOUR TELEPHONE KEYPAD AND YOU WILL BE CALLED UPON BY THE NUMBER YOU ARE CALLING FROM WHEN IT IS WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD BEFORE BEGINNING YOUR COMMENTS. ONCE YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED, YOU WILL BE MUTED. ANYONE WHO HAS NOT PROVIDED THEIR COMMENTS BY THE CLOSE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING CAN EMAIL THEIR COMMENTS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE MINUTES BY THE CITY CLERK AT CITYCLERK@CITYOFWASCO.ORG AND THEIR COMMENTS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE FINAL RECORD. THE CITY COUNCIL IS VERY INTERESTED IN YOUR COMMENTS. HOWEVER, DUE TO THE BROWN ACT REQUIREMENTS, NO ACTION MAY BE TAKEN AT THIS TIME. SHOULD YOUR COMMENTS REQUIRE FURTHER CONSIDERATION BY THIS BODY AND OR ITS SUCCESSOR AGENCY. THE ITEM WILL BE AGENDIZED FOR A REPORT AND DISCUSS AT A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING AT THIS TIME. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, MADAM CLERK? MAYOR GARCIA. AT THIS TIME, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. GREAT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO A SUCCESSOR AGENCY BUSINESS ITEM SEVEN. [7) SUCCESSOR AGENCY BUSINESS: a. Nomination and Appointment for Chairman and Vice-Chairman] SEVEN A NOMINATION AND APPOINTMENT FOR CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN, MR. ORTIZ OR DO ALL RIGHT, SO THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY IS USUALLY BOTH THE MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO TEM RIGHT FOR THESE BODIES, RIGHT? MR. MAYOR I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE YOU AS THE CHAIRMAN FOR THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY. THANK YOU, I ACCEPT. IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT NOMINATION? THIS IS REYNA I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. WONDERFUL, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MEMBER CORTEZ AND SECONDED BY MEMBER REYNA. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ROLL CALL VOTE. MAYOR GARCIA. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER PALLARES. PALLARES AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. YES. MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO [00:05:05] TEM REYNA TO APPOINT MAYOR GARCIA AS CHAIRMAN OF SUCCESSOR AGENCY. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. LET'S MOVE ON TO THE SECOND PORTION OF THIS ITEM OF SEVEN A.. THAT'S THE NOMINATION AND APPROVAL OF THE VICE CHAIRMAN FOR THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY. I'LL GO AHEAD AND NOMINATE OUR MAYOR PRO TEM MEMBER REYNA, FOR THIS VICE CHAIRMANSHIP. IS THERE A SECOND? THIS IS MEMBER CORTEZ, I WILL SECOND THAT NOMINATION. THANK YOU, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. MADAM CLERK LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ROLL CALL VOTE. MAYOR GARCIA. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ. YES, COUNCIL MEMBER PALLARES. PALLARES AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. YES. MOTION BY MAYOR GARCIA AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ TO APPOINT COUNCIL MEMBER. MISTAKE TO APPOINT, MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA AS VICE CHAIRMAN OF SUCCESSOR AGENCY MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. CORRECT. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. MOVING ON TO ITEM EIGHT, WASCO PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY, BUSINESS ITEM EIGHT A. [8) WASCO PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY BUSINESS: a. Nomination and Appointment for Chairman and Vice-Chairman.] THE NOMINATION AND APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN FOR THIS BODY. IS THERE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIRMANSHIPS? MR. MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE YOURSELF FOR CHAIRMAN OF THE WASCO PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY. VERY WELL, I ACCEPT. IS THERE A SECOND. THIS IS REYNA I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VOICE VOTE. MADAM CLERK. MAYOR GARCIA. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER PALLARES. PALLARES AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. YES. MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ AND SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA TO APPOINT MAYOR GARCIA AS CHAIRMAN OF THE WASCO PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. VERY WELL, THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. MOVING ON TO THE SECOND PORTION OF THIS ITEM OF 8 A THAT'S THE NOMINATION AND APPROVAL OF THE VICE CHAIRMAN, I WILL NOMINATE OUR MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA FOR THE VICE CHAIRMANSHIP TO THIS AUTHORITY. IS THERE A SECOND THIS IS MEMBER CORTEZ I WILL SECOND THAT NOMINATION. THANK YOU, MEMBER CORTEZ. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED MADAM CLERK. CAN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VOICE VOTE. MAYOR GARCIA. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER PALLARES. PALLARES. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. YES. MOTION BY MAYOR GARCIA AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ TO APPOINT MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA, AS VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE WASCO PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. VERY WELL, THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. MOVING ON TO ITEM NINE, THAT'S THE CONSENT CALENDAR. [9) CONSENT CALENDAR] THE CONSENT CALENDAR CONSISTS OF ITEMS THAT, IN STAFF'S OPINION, ARE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL. THESE ITEMS ARE APPROVED IN ONE MOTION UNLESS THE COUNCIL MEMBER OR MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC REQUEST REMOVAL OF A PARTICULAR ITEM. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE A PARTICULAR ITEM USING ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISED HAND FEATURE. IF YOU ARE USING A TELEPHONE, PLEASE DIAL STAR NINE ON YOUR TELEPHONE KEYPAD NOW . YOU WILL BE CALLED UPON BY THE NUMBER YOU ARE CALLING FROM WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK. TONIGHT WE HAVE ITEMS NINE EIGHT THROUGH NINE C AND I WILL READ THEM FOR US. ITEM NINE EIGHT IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE DECEMBER 1ST 2020 REGULAR MEETING, ITEM NINE B RECEIVED AND FILE DEPARTMENT PAYMENTS TOTALING IN TWO HUNDRED AND ELEVEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY EIGHT DOLLARS AND EIGHTY FOUR CENTS. ITEM NINE C ADOPTING RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CALENDAR DATES FOR REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND OBSERVED HOLIDAYS. THE FRIDAYS CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED AND REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER 2021. AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE MEMBERS IF THEY HAVE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ON A [00:10:04] PARTICULAR ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. LET'S GO THROUGH EACH MEMBER, MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA. DO YOU HAVE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST? YOU'RE MUTED. NO CONFLICTS MAYOR APOLOGIZE SIR. THANK YOU MEMBER REYNA. LET'S GO AHEAD WITH MEMBER CORTEZ. NO CONFLICTS. THANK YOU, MEMBER MARTINEZ. NO CONFLICTS SIR. MEMBER PALLARES. NO CONFLICTS. THANK YOU. EXCELLENT. AND. ANY MEMBER THAT WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE A PARTICULAR ITEM CAN DO SO NOW, MEMBER CORTEZ. I DO NOT. MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA. MAYOR, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A CORRECTION TO ITEM A THE MINUTES STATE THAT I THANK THE NEWLY ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR WINNING THEIR ELECTION AND IT SHOULD READ THAT I CONGRATULATED THEM FOR WINNING THEIR ELECTION. JUST A MINOR THING. SURE, SURE DANIEL SHOULD WE PULL THAT ITEM SEPARATELY OR CAN WITH THAT GRAMMATICAL ERROR CAN BE DONE OFFLINE. TOM YOU'RE MUTED. NO, NOT ME OH, TOM, WOULD YOU KNOW, TOM YOU'RE MUTED. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PULL IT, YOU CAN JUST AMEND THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA TO SAY THAT ITEM A IS AMENDED AS REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER REYNA OR MAYOR PRO TEM. OKAY MEMBER PALLARES WOULD YOU LIKE TO REMOVE ANY PARTICULAR ITEMS. YES, MR. MAYOR. 9 C. EXCELLENT MEMBER PALLARES WE'LL PULL 9C. AND MEMBER MARTINEZ, DID I ALREADY ASK IF YOU'D LIKE TO REMOVE ANY PARTICULAR ITEMS. YOU DID NOT SIR, BUT I DON'T WANT TO REMOVE ANYTHING. THANK YOU. EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH APPROVAL OF ITEM 9 A AND B, IS THERE A MOTION WITH [INAUDIBLE]. MAYOR GARCIA YOU'RE [INAUDIBLE] IF THERE'S NO COMMENT FROM THE PUBLIC FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. OH, YOU'RE RIGHT. I'M SORRY. I'M FORGETTING THAT PART LET'S DEFINITELY OPEN IT UP TO THE AUDIENCE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE AT THIS TIME. REMEMBER TO USE THE ZOOM FEATURES OR THE STAR 9 ON YOUR TELEPHONE. IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE LET US KNOW NOW. MADAM CLERK, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE? MAYOR GARCIA, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. I'M GOING TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM 9 A AND B, WITH THAT CONSIDERATION. AND 9A AS AMENDED? I WILL MAKE THE MOTION, AS STATED BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS NINE A AND B, MADAM CLERK, APPROVAL BY VOICE VOTE. MAYOR GARCIA, WHO WAS THAT THE SECONDED. THAT WAS MEMBER MARTINEZ. OK. VOTE BY ROLL CALL, MAYOR GARCIA. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER PALLARES. PALLARES AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. YES. MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS NINE A WITH AMENDED COMMENTS AND NINE B. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. MOVING ON TO ITEM SEPARATE CONSIDERATION OF ITEM 9 C. [9) c. Adopt a Resolution Approving the Calendar dates for Regular Meetings of the City Council and Identify Observed Holidays, and the Friday’s City offices will be Closed and Regular Meetings of the Planning Commission for January through December 2021.] MEMBER PALLARES. I WAS JUST WONDERING FOR DECEMBER 30TH AND 31ST FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2021, SHOULD IT BE CORRECTED LIKE WE DID FOR THE TWENTY TWENTY CALENDAR YEAR OF HAVING A CONFLICT OF A HOLIDAY AND A REGULAR FRIDAY OFF. YOU MEAN, HAVING THE 30TH AND 31ST, OFF. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE TWENTY NINE AND THE 30TH AS THE HOLIDAY AND THE THIRTY FIRST [00:15:04] AS A REGULAR FRIDAY CLOSED. WITH A PAST MEETING OR TWO, WE HAD AN AMENDMENT TO THE TWENTY TWENTY YEAR BECAUSE OF THAT CONFLICT OF THOSE TWO DAYS. SO I JUST WONDERED DO WE CORRECT IT NOW OR CORRECT IT LATER. WHAT'S THE CONFLICT? I DON'T KNOW. EXHIBIT A, THE IT'S JUST THAT THE CLASSIFICATION OF DECEMBER 30TH AND THIRTY FIRST TWENTY TWENTY ONE AS A HOLIDAY AND THAT FRIDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST HAPPENS TO ALSO BE A CLOSED FRIDAY. DOES THAT CREATE A CONFLICT AGAIN OR SHOULD WE ADDRESS THAT NOW. IT DOESN'T CREATE A CONFLICT JUST IN TERMS OF HOW IT'S COLOR CODED BECAUSE THE HOLIDAY FALLS ON THAT SATURDAY, THEN THE OFFICE CLOSURE WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE THIRTY FIRST. BUT BECAUSE OF THIRTY FIRST IS OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED FRIDAY OFF, IT SHIFTS THAT OVER. SO THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BLACKED OUT. IF WE WERE TO CUT, WE CAN CHANGE THE COLOR IF YOU SO CHOOSE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL RAISE A QUESTION FROM PEOPLE ABOUT THE LEGEND SAYS THAT THE BLUE COLOR REFERENCES THE CLOSED FRIDAY SO WE CAN CORRECT IT WITH THE COLOR IF YOU SO CHOOSE. BUT IT DOESN'T CHANGE WHETHER OR NOT IT'S OPEN OR CLOSED. HAS THIS GONE OUT OR BEEN PUBLICATED YET. NOT YET. SEEMS LIKE A MINOR EDIT THAT CAN BE DONE. LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND GET THAT TAKING CARE OF. IF YOU WANT TO APPROVE IT WITH THAT REVISION WE CAN MAKE THAT CHANGE. NO WE WILL JUST APPROVE IT AS IS, BECAUSE I SUSPECT WE'LL, HAVE AN AMENDMENT LATER ON THAT YEAR, JUST LIKE WE DID LAST MEETING WITH THE TWENTY TWENTY CALENDAR. SO AT THIS POINT, IT DOESN'T DOESN'T MATTER. WHATEVER THE CITY MANAGER THINKS IS APPROPRIATE. IF I RECALL CORRECTLY. THE AMENDMENT WAS THAT BECAUSE THE FRIDAY THAT WE AMENDED WAS OFF, THEN IT NEEDED TO BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE THE THURSDAY AS PART OF THE TIME OFF FOR THE HOLIDAY. BUT THIS IS NOT THE CASE WITH THIS CALENDAR. AM I CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. IT STILL REFLECTS ON BOTH THOSE DAYS BEING CLOSED OFFICES BEING CLOSED. WHICH WAS NOT THE CASE ON THE CALENDAR FOR THIS YEAR. I BELIEVE SO, YES. OK, WELL THEN THAT'S FINE. THEN I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE 9C. MEMBER PALLARES HAS MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE NINE C IS THERE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND IT THIS IS REYNA. THANK YOU. MEMBER REYNA. MADAM CLERK. VOTE BY ROLL CALL. MAYOR GARCIA. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER PALLARES. PALLARES AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. YES. MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER PALLARES AND SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA TO APPROVE ITEM NINE C ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. THAT CONCLUDES ITEMS UNDER SECTION NINE OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR. MOVING ON TO 10, THAT'S PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE HAVE NONE. NEITHER DO WE HAVE ANY BUSINESS THAT'S BEEN DEFERRED. MOVING ON TO ITEM 12, THAT'S NEW BUSINESS 12,A. [12) a. Receive and file the City of Wasco Financial Statements for the Year Ended June 30, 2020, and the City of Wasco Measure X Financial Statements for the Year Ended June 30, 2020. (Perez-Hernandez)] RECEIVE AND FILE THE CITY OF WASCO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30 2020 AND THE CITY OF WASCO MEASURE X FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30 TWENTY TWENTY. MR. PEREZ HERNANDEZ. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR CAN HEAR ME. YES, VERY CLEAR. OK. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ZOOM ATTENDEES. STAFF RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVE AND FILE THE CITY OF WASCO'S FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30TH, 2020, AND THE CITY OF WASCO MEASURE X FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30TH 2020. THE CITY OF WASCO IS REQUIRED TO PREPARE AND HAVE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR ALL FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE PREPARED TO COMMUNICATE THE FINANCIAL HEALTH OF THE CITY. THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION GFOA IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT WAS ESTABLISHED TO ASSIST IN THE PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT OF GOVERNMENT BY DEVELOPING AND IDENTIFYING FINANCIAL POLICIES AND BEST PRACTICES THROUGH EDUCATION AND TRAINING. GFOA RELEASED A PUBLICATION ON FINANCIAL REPORTING AND BEST PRACTICES WHERE IT STATES [00:20:07] THAT FINANCIAL REPORTING SHOULD BE ISSUED WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR END IN ORDER FOR THE INFORMATION TO BE CONSIDERED TIMELY AND USEFUL BY READERS TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS. FISCAL YEAR 2013 WAS THE LAST YEAR STAFF PRESENTED THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR END. AFTER FISCAL YEAR 2013, AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS HAVE BEEN PRESENTED ON AVERAGE NINE TO 10 MONTHS AFTER THE FISCAL YEAR HAS ENDED. THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON APRIL TWENTY FIRST TWENTY TWENTY. THE CITY OF WASCOS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS HAVE BEEN AUDITED BY AN INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM OF ALBET AND ASSOCIATES LLP. THE GOAL OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDIT WAS TO PROVIDE A REASONABLE ASSURANCE THAT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE CITY OF WASCO FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30TH, 2020 ARE FREE OF MATERIAL MISSTATEMENTS. ALBET AND ASSOCIATES LLP HAVE ISSUED THE FOLLOWING AUDITED OPINION. IN OUR OPINION, THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS REFERRED TO ABOVE PRESENTED FAIRLY IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS. THE RESPECTIVE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES, THE BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES AND EACH MAJOR FUND. AND THE AGGREGATE REMAINING FUND INFORMATION OF THE CITY OF WASCO, CALIFORNIA, AS OF JUNE 30TH, TWENTY TWENTY, AND THE RESPECTIVE CHANGES IN THE FINANCIAL POSITION AND WHERE THE APPLICABLE CASH FLOWS THEREOF OR THE YEAR END DID IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES GENERALLY ACCEPTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MARK ALBET TO PRESENT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. MARK, CAN YOU HEAR US? MARK, IF YOU CAN UNMUTE YOURSELF. UNMUTE THERE YOU GO. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU. I'M ON MY THIRD DEVICE TONIGHT, JUST MY SMALLEST, SO IT'S [INAUDIBLE] TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO YOU. I PREPARED. I ASSUME YOU CAN ALL SEE THIS DOCUMENT CALLED COMPARISON OF SELECTED BALANCES ON YOUR DEVICE? YES. SO I PREPARED THIS IN ANTICIPATION OF THIS ZOOM MEETING AS A WAY TO AVOID FLIPPING PAGES. I INCLUDED THE PAGE NUMBER IN THE EVENT YOU DO WANT TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRE PAGE NOW, WE CAN DO THAT OR LATER IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK AND DO THAT LATER. THIS COMPARISON IS IN MANY WAYS, BETTER THAN LOOKING AT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, BECAUSE IT'S COMPARATIVE, IT GIVES A COLUMN, PROVIDES A COLUMN FOR LAST YEAR AN A COLUMN FOR THIS YEAR AND IN GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING, COMPARATIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WHICH IS WHAT THIS IS CALLED COMPARATIVE TWO YEARS, IS IS NOT HOW GOVERNMENTS REPORT, BUT IT'S SO MUCH BETTER TO BE ABLE TO SEE A NUMBER AND SEE IT IN CONTEXT THAT I THOUGHT THIS WAS WHILE NOT THE COMPLETE FINANCIAL STATEMENT. IT HAS THE HIGHLIGHTS, THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT, AND IT HAS THE PRIOR YEARS BALANCE OR AMOUNT THAT YOU MAY FIND INTERESTING. SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS TO PRESENT THIS DOCUMENT AND THEN IF ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER THEM, I HAVE THE COMPLETE FINANCIAL STATEMENT HERE AND I CAN FLIP TO OTHER PAGES IF YOU WANT TO. SO THE FIRST SECTION IS THE BALANCE SHEET. SECOND SECTION IS THE INCOME STATEMENT. AND THEN I HAVE AN OTHER ITEM AT THE END REGARDING THE BALANCE SHEET. THE BALANCE SHEET ASSETS AND LIABILITIES IS FOUND IN TWO DIFFERENT PAGES. THE GOVERNMENT FUNDS ARE ON PAGE FIVE AND THE BUSINESS FUNDS ARE ON PAGE NINE. THE BUSINESS FUNDS ARE WATER, SEWER, REFUSE A FEW OTHER LITTLE ONES AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS GOVERNMENT FUND, AND SO THE BALANCE SHEET IS A REFLECTION OF YOUR ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AND YOUR POSITION AT A POINT IN TIME AT THAT POINT IN TIME IS YEAR END, JUNE [00:25:05] 30, 2020, IN THE FIRST COLUMN. AN JUNE 30, 2019 IN THE RIGHT COLUMN. AND THE NUMBER I SELECTED, THE LINE I'VE SELECTED TO LOOK AT IS CALLED ON PAGE FIVE FOR THE GENERAL FUND. GENERAL FUND IS IMPORTANT IS THE UNDERSIGNED FUND BALANCE. AND THAT'S THE EQUITY IN THE GENERAL FUND. AND THE GENERAL FUND IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. THAT'S REALLY YOUR WORKING FUND, THE ONLY FUND YOU HAVE CONTROL OVER FOR THE MOST PART IN THE GOVERNMENT SECTION. AND UNASSIGNED MEANS IT'S AVAILABLE AT YOUR DISCRETION. IT'S NOT COMMITTED TO SOMETHING, AND SO THAT BALANCE AT THE END OF THE YEAR WE JUST AUDITED WAS THIRTEEN POINT THREE MILLION AND THAT'S UP FROM THE PRIOR YEAR, 10.0 AND SO YOU WANT TO SEE IMPROVEMENT IN THE GENERAL FUND. OH JUST GOT TO LOW, I'M SORRY. I'VE GOT A LITTLE BATTERY, SO HOLD ON. I KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE. YOU'RE OK, THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO WAIT FOR HIM TO POP BACK ON. DID HE FALL OUT? I'M BACK HERE. EMBARRASSING. SO THAT'S YOUR EQUITY AND THE GOVERNMENT FUND, THE SPECIFICALLY THE GENERAL FUND. AND IT IMPROVED FROM 10 MILLION UP TO THIRTEEN POINT TWO MILLION. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE. YOU WANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT NUMBER IS NOT GOING THE OTHER WAY. THE NEXT LINE DOWN IS THE UNRESTRICTED NET POSITION IN BUSINESS FUNDS. AND THIS IS BASICALLY THE SAME THING. THIS IS YOUR EQUITY IN ALL THE BUSINESS FUNDS COMBINED THAT IMPROVED FROM TEN MILLION POINT ONE UP TO 11 MILLION POINT FIVE. I WOULD HAVE TO POINT OUT, THOUGH, THAT AT THE END OF THE YEAR, JUNE 30, 20. THE BUSINESS FUND POSITION STARTED TO DETERIORATE, SOME BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT OF THE COVID ON YOUR ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, YOUR BILLING PAYMENT ON ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE BECAME A PROBLEM THERE AT THE END. AND I KNOW YOUR FINANCIAL PEOPLE ARE FOCUSED ON THAT. SO I JUST SAW IN THE AUDIT YEAR JUNE 30 IMPACT OF THAT. I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S PLAYING OUT TODAY. THE NEXT SECTION DOWN IS THE INCOME STATEMENT, PAGE SEVEN REFERENCE THERE IS THE CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE FOR THE GENERAL FUND. AND THIS IS WHAT WE CALL PROFIT IN THE LANGUAGE WE USE. AND SO THAT WAS THREE MILLION, THREE POINT TWO MILLION IN THE CURRENT YEAR. THAT COMPARES TO THREE POINT ONE NINE ONE IN THE PRIOR YEAR. SO PRETTY, COMPARABLE NUMBER. AND IF YOU'LL NOTICE THAT PROFIT EXPLAINS WHY THE VERY TOP LINE WENT FROM 10 MILLION 047 LAST YEAR TO 13 MILLION, THREE TO ONE THIS YEAR, THE NEXT LINE DOWN INCOME BEFORE TRANSFERS IN THE BUSINESS FUND. THIS IS PROFITS IN YOUR BUSINESS OPERATIONS. LAST YEAR WAS ONE POINT FIVE, ONE TWO. AND YOU'RE JUST AUDITED WAS ONE MILLION, THREE, FOUR, SIX ZERO. IT WAS REDUCED AN HERE, YOU WANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR RATES FOR YOUR UTILITIES. THOSE ARE THE BIG NUMBERS. AND AND IF I CAN GIVE ANY ADVICE ON THAT, IS TO NEVER GET BEHIND ON YOUR RATES. MY OBSERVATION IS THAT RATES FOR SEWER, WATER AND REFUSE SHOULD GO UP EVERY YEAR AT A MINIMUM FOR COST OF LIVING. TO THE EXTENT YOU DON'T INCREASE RATES FOR COST OF LIVING, YOU GET BEHIND AND THEN SOME YEAR YOU HAVE A VERY LARGE INCREASE IN CITIZENS USUALLY HAVE STRONG OPINIONS ABOUT THAT. THEY DON'T SEEM TO NOTICE. AND THEY UNDERSTAND ANNUAL COST OF LIVING INCREASES, BUT WHEN YOU GET BEHIND [INAUDIBLE] [00:30:04] AUDITORS UNDERSTAND THAT. AND THE VERY BOTTOM LINE IS HERE FOR INTEREST. THIS IS A NEW DISCLOSURE, NEW FROM ABOUT FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO, BUT A REQUIREMENT. REQUIREMENT CAME DOWN THAT REQUIRED A NEW KIND OF ACCOUNTING FOR PENSION PLANS. IT WAS GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD OPINION NUMBER SIXTY EIGHT REQUIRED FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR NET PENSION OBLIGATIONS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT. THAT NUMBER WAS SIX POINT SIX SEVEN NINE, AN OBLIGATION IN THE CURRENT YEAR'S AUDIT AND THAT THE PRIOR YEAR WAS SIX MILLION SEVEN. THAT NUMBER IS ACCURATELY CALCULATED BY CALPERS. AND IT'S NOT A CURRENT LIABILITY. IT'S NOT EVEN A LIABILITY, BUT IT'S AN OBLIGATION. AND THAT NUMBER CHANGES AS INFLATION CHANGES AND AS THE STOCK MARKET GAINS AND LOSSES CHANGE, SO THAT'S A MOVING NUMBER, BUT IT IS EVERYTHING ELSE BEING EQUAL. IT'S A NUMBER ON YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENT. IT'S PRIMARILY USED BY RATING AGENCIES. SHOULD YOU GO TO THE CAPITAL MARKETS TO BORROW MONEY. THOSE FOLKS LOOK EXTENSIVELY AT THAT NUMBER AND THAT NUMBER IS STABLE FOR THE CITY OF WASCO. THIS DOESN'T SHOW MEASURE X, BUT WE ISSUE A REPORT ALSO ON MEASURE X AND WE ISSUE TWO REPORTS ON MEASURE X, ONE REPORT ADDRESSES THE DOLLARS OF THE BALANCE SHEET AND THE INCOME STATEMENT OF THOSE FUNDS THOSE SALES TAX FUNDS AND ANOTHER REPORT IS OUR OPINION ON THE COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAWS. AND IN THIS CASE, IT WOULD BE COMPLIANCE WITH THE MEASURE X LAW THAT WAS PASSED. IS THE MONEY BEING SPENT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT LAW, SO WE ISSUE A REPORT ON THAT AND THERE WERE NO EXCEPTIONS. THERE WERE NO FINDINGS THAT WE FOUND THERE. SO THOSE ARE THE FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, AS ISAREL POINTED OUT THAT YOU'RE GETTING THE AUDIT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION EARLIER THAN ANY TIME IN THE PAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS, AND PRIMARILY THE BIG REASON FOR THAT IS SIGNIFICANT TURNOVER IN STAFF IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT IN THOSE YEARS WAS QUITE A CHALLENGE. BUT I WILL HAVE TO SAY THAT ISAREL AND DIEGO WERE JUST WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH. AND IN MY 50 PLUS YEARS OF BEING AN AUDITOR, I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER HAD A MORE RESPONSIVE CLIENT TO WORK WITH THAN ISAREL AND DIEGO IN ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS AND GETTING OVER ANY ISSUES THAT CAME UP VERY RESPONSIVE. SO THERE WERE A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH. AND IN THIS NEW AGE OF AUDITING, WE DO OUR AUDITS JUST SORT OF LIKE WE'RE DOING THIS MEETING IT'S EVERYTHING IS REMOTE RIGHT NOW. SO THOSE ARE MY HIGHLIGHTS. AND I'D BE HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION IF ANY OF YOU HAVE ONE. THANK YOU, MR. ALBET. WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR FINDINGS AND WE DO APPRECIATE YOU MAKING TIME TO BE WITH US THIS EVENING FROM THE INSIDE OF YOUR HOME. I AM PARTICULARLY EXCITED THAT WE ARE RECEIVING THIS, THIS EARLY. I DO RECALL HAVING YOU IN OUR CHAMBERS VERY RECENTLY. I THINK IT WAS EARLIER THIS YEAR DISCUSSING THE PREVIOUS AUDIT THAT WE HAD IN YOUR HANDS. YES. SO I AM EXCITED AND I THINK IT IS A TESTAMENT, AS YOU STATED YOURSELF, TO THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE AND THE WORK AND DILIGENCE THAT THEY HAVE PUT INTO THEIR JOB. SO I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT. YOU DID TOUCH ON MEASURE X FOR ME, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. AND YOUR FINDINGS ON THAT. EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SPENT IN LINE WITH THE LAW THAT CREATED THE FUND, [00:35:04] THAT'S NOT ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT FOLKS ARE IN AGREEMENT HERE. BUT I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION AND THAT IS, DO YOU IN YOUR OPINION, MARK, DO YOU THINK THE CITY HAS HEALTHY ENOUGH RESERVES TO WEATHER THIS PANDEMIC AND THE REMAINDER OF THIS PANDEMIC? NO, I DON'T WELL, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, THAT TAKES A CRYSTAL BALL. IN FACT, WE ADDED A FOOTNOTE THIS YEAR TO ALL OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, NOT JUST CITY OF WASCO. A FOOTNOTE IN THE VERY END, VERY LAST FOOTNOTE SECTION IS A CONTINGENT LIABILITY FOOTNOTE, AND WE BRING UP THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF COVID 19. TO BE HONEST. WHEN I FIRST LOOKED AT UTILITY BILLING RECEIVABLES AND UTILITY REVENUE, THE NUMBERS WEREN'T MAKING ANY SENSE TO ME BECAUSE ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE WERE SO GREAT, GREATER THAN THEY'D EVER BEEN, AND THE RATIOS WERE NOT THERE. AND THEN AS WE DUG INTO IT AND TALKED TO ISAREL IN DIEGO, THAT WAS THE ANSWER THAT CAME OUT, THAT COLLECTIONS WERE DOWN. AND THEN WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT THE DICTATES FROM SACRAMENTO ARE THAT YOU REALLY HAVE LOST YOUR TOOLS TO COLLECT. THAT IS CHILLING BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT REALLY YOU BEING A GOVERNMENT ENTITY YOU'RE NOT REALLY SET UP TO COLLECT BAD DEBTS, YOUR MENTALITY, ISN'T THAT, AND YOUR PEOPLE AREN'T TRAINED IN THAT AND YOU HAVE NO LEVERAGE. I GUESS THE ONLY LEVERAGE, IF YOU DEVELOPED A COLLECTION DEPARTMENT AN THE CITY, WERE TO PUT BAD CREDIT SCORES ON YOUR CUSTOMERS, YOUR CITIZENS. THAT WOULD BE ABOUT THE ONLY THING YOU COULD DO. AND I'M NOT SURE POLITICALLY, HOW WISE THAT WOULD BE. SO THE INABILITY TO CUT OFF WATER AND UTILITIES IS YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT LEADS. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TALK THE WORD GETS OUT THAT THE CITY CAN'T DO ANYTHING. I MADE THE JOKE IN MY OFFICE WHY ARE WE PAYING OUR UTILITIES. IT WAS A JOKE, BUT SO I DON'T KNOW. THE PROBLEM WITH THE UTILITIES, IS THESE ARE LARGE NUMBERS WHICH YOU BILL EVERY MONTH FOR SEWER, WATER, GARBAGE IS A LOT OF MONEY. AND SO THE QUESTION IS, WITH 13 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND AND I'M SURE YOU'RE FACING. OTHER NEEDS FOR THAT, FOR THAT MONEY, I DON'T KNOW IF WHEN I LOOK AT MY SHEET AGAIN, THE THREE MILLION. EXCUSE ME, ONE POINT THREE, NO, 11 MILLION OF EQUITY IN THE BUSINESS FUNDS. SO SO, YEAH, YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO EAT INTO THAT 11 MILLION SIGNIFICANTLY, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE PLACES THAT 11 MILLION 568 NEEDS TO GO LIKE NEW WATER WELLS. AND YOU HAVE OTHER OTHER NEEDS FOR THAT. SO YOU CAN'T REALLY CAN'T REALLY CUT IT THAT CLOSE. SO ISAREL WOULD HAVE A BETTER FEEL. SO, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT SINCE JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER. SO I'M FIVE MONTHS. MY INFORMATION IS FIVE MONTHS OLD NOW, AND SO ISAREL AND THE HAGUE ARE GOING TO. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S DONE SINCE THEN, BUT I CAN ONLY IMAGINE, RIGHT, OF COURSE, IF I CAN BEFORE WE CONTINUE THIS DISCUSSION, LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE. LET'S OPEN THE AUDIENCE EXCUSE ME, THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. AND WITH THIS STATEMENT, AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A VERBAL COMMENT USING ZOOM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR PLEASE USE THE RAISED HAND FEATURE IN YOUR ZOOM APP TO REQUEST TO SPEAK. IF YOU'RE USING YOUR TELEPHONE, PLEASE DIAL STAR NINE ON YOUR TELEPHONE KEYPAD. YOU WILL BE CALLED UPON BY THE NUMBER YOU ARE CALLING FROM. WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD BEFORE YOU BEGIN [00:40:03] YOUR COMMENT. ONCE YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED, YOU WILL BE MUTED AT THIS TIME. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, MADAM? AT THIS TIME, MAYOR GARCIA, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS. RIGHT, THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE ALLOWING ME TO TRY TO GET THAT ONE TECHNICAL THING IN, BUT. RESUMING THE CONVERSATION ON AS FAR AS THE HEALTH OF OUR OF OUR FANS, IT'S JUST WHAT I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT, BECAUSE IT WAS A CONCERN TO ME THAT THE CITY WAS IT HAS A GROWING IMBALANCE ESSENTIALLY OF UNPAID UTILITY BILLS. AND SO THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT I'VE BEEN HAVING WITH OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE, AS WE ARE OBVIOUSLY DOING. WE ARE TRYING TO WORK WITH OUR RESIDENTS, OF COURSE, TO THIS UNPRECEDENTED TIME. HOWEVER, WE ARE STILL RESPONSIBLE AND STEWARDS OF OUR FINANCIAL WELL-BEING AS A CITY. IF I COULD ISAREL, WHAT IS WHAT IS THAT NUMBER AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS AND MAYBE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ON THIS MATTER? MR. MANAGER, IS THAT A. CAN WE HAVE HIM SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF ISAREL HAS THE UPDATED INFORMATION ON THAT. OK. ALL RIGHT, THE INFORMATION OF THE DECEMBER 14TH, SO I CAN'T PROVIDE THE INFORMATION ON. LET ME JUST REMOVE ONE MONTH OR TWO GENERAL TERMS IF YOU HAVE A ROUGH ESTIMATE ON. YES. OK. SO AS A. NINETY DAYS ARE AGING RIGHT NOW STANDS AT ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THREE ACCOUNTS THAT ARE DELINQUENT OVER 90 DAYS OUT OF HOW MANY ACCOUNTS? HOW MANY ACCOUNTS, ONE THOUSAND OUT OF HOW MANY ACCOUNTS? FIVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THREE ACCOUNTS, A LITTLE OVER 20 PERCENT. CORRECT. AND. THAT COMES OUT TO THE DOLLAR FIGURE IS ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE DOLLARS, IT'S CURRENTLY OUTSTANDING CUSTOMERS THAT ARE OVER 20 DAYS PAST DUE ON THEIR UTILITY BILLS, WHICH IT DOESN'T INCLUDE OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER BILL. IT IS ISAREL, THIS IS MARK. YES, WE DID SET UP A RESERVE, WE AGREED ON AN HONOR TO SET UP A RESERVE AND A FINANCIAL STATEMENT TO MAKE A START TOWARDS ADDRESSING THIS PROBLEM. DO YOU RECALL WHAT THAT. THAT RESERVE WAS I HAVE THAT LOOKING. GIVE ME A MOMENT. SO IT'S LIKE ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS, CORRECT? RIGHT. AND DANIEL, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO USE COVID FUNDING FOR THESE DEBTS, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. NOT A LOT OF USE CARES ACT FUNDING FUNDING, THE OTHER FUNDING RELATED TO THE CARES ACT FUNDING THAT COMES FROM EITHER THE COUNTY OR THE STATE FOR LOST REVENUE REIMBURSEMENT. RIGHT, BOLIGEE. MARK, IN REGARD TO YOUR QUESTION, AND WE SET ASIDE SIXTY EIGHT THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY DOLLARS FOR ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS, WHICH ALSO COUNCIL APPROVED FOR US TO GO BACK IN APRIL OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE AND REEVALUATE THOSE FIGURES. WHICH ARE DEEMED COLLECTIBLE AT THAT POINT IN TIME. OK, YEAH, I SEE THAT NOW ON PAGE 27 OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT. ANYWAY, THAT WAS THE START. THAT WAS AN EFFORT WE MADE TO. SINCE WE DID HAVE SOME INFORMATION AT THAT TIME, OK, AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE. [00:45:03] WASHINGTON. IS GOING TO. BAIL OUT THE STATES OR THE LOCALITIES. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR MR ABBOTT FROM THE MEMBERS? LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO IN ORDER HERE. MAYOR PORTEN REENA. ENCOMIA. MARK ALBET ALLUDED TO THE FACT THAT OUR RATES NEED TO KEEP UP WITH THE COST OF PROVIDING THE SERVICES AND THAT THEY NEED TO GO UP EVERY YEAR. I KNOW THAT WHEN WE WORK ON THE WATER RATES, WE SET UP A BENCHMARK OR A MARKER BY WHICH OUR WATER RATES WOULD GO UP EVERY YEAR. BUT THAT IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO OFFSET ALL OF THIS UNPAID BILLS THAT OUR CUSTOMERS HAVE BEEN UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO PAY BECAUSE OF COVID-19. SO WE WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT HOW WE APPROACH THIS. I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE THE GOVERNMENT SUPPORT SO THAT WE CAN HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE THIS CAN REALLY RUIN US IF IT CONTINUES THIS WAY. ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE DOLLARS OUTSTANDING. AND WE JUST RECENTLY GOT INTO THE DISTANCE PAST. WE WROTE OFF MANY ACCOUNTS AND THAT THAT CAN BE VERY PROBLEMATIC IF WE HAVE TO DO THIS CONTINUALLY. SO WE NEED TO CONSIDER WHAT STEPS WE NEED TO TAKE TO TRY TO HOLD THIS SO THAT IT DOESN'T END UP HURTING EVERYBODY IN THE CITY. THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MEMBER REYNA, I'M GETTING USED TO REORGANIZATIONS. LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON NEXT TO A MEMBER CORTEZ. LET'S LET'S NOT LOSE FACT, LET'S NOT LOSE THE FACT THAT THIS OF DIFFERENT HAS BEEN COMPLETED AT THE END OF WITHIN THE SIX MONTHS, WHICH IS AMAZING. GOING BACK TO THE COMMENTS BEFORE, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME AND I THINK ISAREL IS TO 12, 13 WHEN WE MET THIS HOUR, OUR GOAL OF GETTING THIS DONE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. SO KUDOS TO STAFF. AND MARK, THANK YOU FOR THE COMPLIMENTS. IT'S GOOD TO HEAR FROM AN OUTSIDE PERSON THAT ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE YOU WERE PAID TO MAKE THOSE COMMENTS. BUT THERE WERE THERE WERE GREAT COMMENTS ON BEHALF OF ISAREL AND DIEGO AND THE STAFF. I THINK THEY'RE DOING WELL. I THINK THEY'RE WORKING WELL TOGETHER. SO IT'S NICE TO HEAR THAT THAT AFFIRMATION OF THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS, MARK. IN REGARDS TO OUR FINANCIAL PICTURE, I THINK THE WORST IS GOING TO BE IN TWENTY, TWENTY ONE, I THINK OUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS COME IN NEXT YEAR. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE PAYING THE PRICE NEXT YEAR FOR WHAT'S GOING ON THIS YEAR. SO JUST JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. BUT NO, I MEAN, WE'VE DONE THE BEST WE CAN WITH WHAT WE'VE WE HAD TO WORK WITH. WE'RE HOLDING STEADY. THANK YOU. TO, AGAIN, OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND EMPLOYEES FOR MAKING SURE WE KEEP THE SHIP STEADY THROUGH THIS KOED PANDEMIC. SO THANK YOU, GUYS. GREAT, GREAT REPORTER. THANK YOU, MEMBER CORTEZ MEMBER PALLARES? NO COMMENT. THANK YOU, MR.. THANK YOU. APOLOGIES NO MARTINEZ AND NO COMMENTS, MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON MR. ALBET? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD OR ADDRESS? NO, EXCEPT THE ISSUE OF INCREASING THE RATE, MAKING SURE YOU STAY CURRENT ON THE RATE DOESN'T SOLVE THE THE COVID-19 YOU COULD TRIPLE THE RATE. PEOPLE DON'T PAY IT HELP. SO THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT ISSUES. THE ONE IS JUST EXTRAORDINARY. THE PROBLEM IS EXTRAORDINARY. AND IT'S IN ITS. YOU KNOW, IT'S GOVERNMENT, IT'S STATE GOVERNMENTS. HE WAS HANDCUFFED, YOU, AND SO THEY NEED TO COME UP WITH THE ANSWER FROM FROM WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME. I AGREE. AND I INVITE MY MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME. OF COURSE, I WILL BE PICKING UP THE PHONE FIRST THING TOMORROW WITH MY PHONE CALL TO OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES. AND OF COURSE, AS SOON AS OUR NEW FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVE IS SWORN IN, WE'LL BE REACHING OUT AS WELL. THANK YOU, MR ABBOTT. [00:50:02] DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL? MOVE ON TO NOW THAT WE SOLICITED COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. WE DID. OK. OK. ALL RIGHT. AND RECEIVE. WE'RE JUST RECEIVING AND FILING THIS. I RECEIVED A FILE. THAT'S RIGHT. I UNDERSTAND A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILED. THIS IS WRITTEN AS I MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? MEMBER CORTEZ, I WILL SECOND YOU IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED BY MEMBERS REYNA AND CORTEZ RESPECTIVELY. MADAM CLERK VOICE VOTE. MAYOR GARCIA I. MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA. YES, COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ, YES, COUNCIL MEMBER PALLARES PLAYERS LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ, YES, MOTION BY MAYOR KOCH AND REYNA AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ TO RECEIVE FILE ITEM 12, A MOTION IS ANNOUNCED. THE APPROVED. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 12, BE OF THE QUESTION, WILL WE BE DANIEL? DO WE WANT TO EXCUSE? LEGAL OR SWAPPED AROUND AT THIS TIME, OR DO YOU WANT TO? I DON'T. WELL, BETTER OUR. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO READ IT OUT FIRST? DOESN'T MATTER. I'M GOING TO RECUSE MYSELF BECAUSE I'M THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR GARLAND, AND THIS DEALS WITH MCFARLAN. AND MARK BITTMAN IS HERE TO TAKE OVER AS LEGAL COUNSEL ON THIS ITEM. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU YOU WANT TO PUT ME IN A WAITING ROOM OR DO I JUST GET UP AND WALK AWAY? NOW, I MEAN, IT'S A PUBLIC MEETING, SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE IN CLOSED SESSION THAT YOU HAVE TO RECUSE HIMSELF, BUT ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OF THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE TO BE DIRECTED TO MARK BITTMAN OR MYSELF. SO, WELL, I'M GOING TO GET UP AND WALK AWAY. I'M GOING TO GET OUT OF THE PICTURE BECAUSE IT IS A CONFLICT. AND I DON'T WANT TO BE DEALING WITH THE COUNCIL AND ASKING ANSWERING QUESTIONS OR WHATEVER. SURE. I FEEL FEELING. BUT I'M JUST GOING TO LEAVE. THANK YOU. THAT'S LISTEN. AND NO. ONE, I WANT TO COME BACK. THERE YOU GO. CALL YOUR NAME, BUDDY. OK, GREAT. BEFORE WE'RE JUST GOING TO MOVE INTO 12 BEING I READ THAT ITEM NOW. [12) b. Discussion on City of McFarland Proposed Sphere of Influence Amendment to their General Plan, Potential Annexation Plans, and City of Wasco’s growth Scenarios. (Ortiz Hernandez)] DISCUSSION ON THE CITY OF MCFARLAND'S PROPOSED SPHERE OF INFLUENCE, AN AMENDMENT TO THEIR GENERAL PLAN, POTENTIAL ANNEXATION PLANS, AND THE CITY OF ROSCOE'S GROWTH SCENARIOS. MR. ORTIZ. HERNANDEZ. SO MANY MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL DECIDED BEFORE HE WAS REQUESTED BY THEN MAYOR CORTEZ COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ TO ASK YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CITY OF MCFARLAND'S PLANS FOR EXPANDING YOUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE, WHICH IS TRIGGERED BY THE NOTICE OF INPUT INTO PACKETT, AND THEN COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO THE ANNEXATION OF THE PROPERTY. YOU SEE THE MAP BEFORE YOU HAD OUTLINES BOTH THE CURRENT CITY LIMITS, THE FIRST CITY, MCFARLIN, AS WELL AS THE EXISTING SPHERE OF INFLUENCE BY THE BLUE SHADED AREA, THE THE CITY MCFARLIN. THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, TO EXPAND THEIR PROPOSED SPHERE OF INFLUENCE, EXPANDING TO THE BEING PRIMARILY TO THE SOUTH AND INCORPORATING LARGE PORTIONS DOWN TO THE FROM ALSO ENERGY AT HIGHWAY NINE AND HOW WE. FORTY SIX. THIS IS NOT A SIMPLE PROCESS. AND FOR THE PUBLIC INFORMATION, PART OF THE REASON WHY MR. SCHROEDER HAS RECUSED HIMSELF IS THAT HE DOES REPRESENT SEVERAL CITIES, BOTH IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. TEHACHAPI BEING THE MCFARLAND'S REPRESENTED BY MR. SCHROEDER. HE'S RECUSED HIMSELF AND THE CITY HAS AGREEMENTS AND RETAINED MARK BATEMAN'S, WHO WHO FILLS IN FOR MR. SCHROEDER FROM TIME TO TIME WHEN HE HAS A CONFLICT MEETING OR WHEN HE IS OUT OF TOWN. AND SO MR. STARK HAS BEEN WORKING WITH MR. BATEMAN AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE REQUEST OR AGAINST THE INITIATION BY ISD MCFARLAN TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ANY ANSWERS FOR QUESTIONS. THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE, I THINK, BEEN BENEFICIAL. WHEN I ASK MR. COBB TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF A SYNOPSIS OF THE PROCESS THAT INVOLVES WITH ANNEXATION, EXPANDING THE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE FOR THE COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND. AND THEN WE'LL KIND OF COME BACK AND EXPLAIN THE CITY'S CURRENT SPHERE OF INFLUENCE AND WHY SOME, LIKE MR. CORTEZ, WOULD HAVE QUESTIONS AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL FOR THE CITY'S FUTURE GROWTH AND [00:55:01] WHAT DIRECTION WE'RE HEADED. SO I'LL ASK MR. COBB TO KIND OF GIVE AN EXPLANATION OF THE ANNEXATION. AND WE'RE LEFKO WHAT LEFT DOES AND WHERE THEY COME IN. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL AND MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, SO THAT THE PROCESS TO AMEND A CITY SPHERE OF INFLUENCE IS ONE THAT HAS TO GO THROUGH. LEFKO REQUIRES A MUNICIPAL SERVICES REVIEW. EVERY CITY HAS A MUNICIPAL SERVICES REVIEW. THOSE HAVE TO BE REVIEWED BY LEFKO EVERY FIVE YEARS. BUT IN ORDER TO AMEND A SPHERE, YOU ALSO HAVE TO PRODUCE MUNICIPAL SERVICES REVIEW THAT BASICALLY LOOKS AT SERVICES PROVIDED BY YOUR CITY FOR THE AREA THAT YOU HAVE BOTH IN YOUR CITY LIMITS AND THE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE. IT LOOKS AT OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THAT AREA AND YOU CANNOT ANNEX LAND TO YOUR JURISDICTION WITHOUT HAVING IT IN THE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE FIRST. SO IT'S A TWO PART AT LEAST PROCESS THAT REQUIRES LOCAL APPROVAL ON BOTH BOTH ENDS. SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, BUT IT IS QUITE A DETAILED PROCESS. SO JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING MIGHT SHOW IN A GENERAL PLAN, THERE'S STILL SEVERAL STEPS AFTER THAT THAT ARE REQUIRED TO ACTUALLY BRING THAT TERRITORY WITHIN YOUR INFLUENCE AND THEN ULTIMATELY ANNEX IT INTO INTO A CITY. TO PUT IN PERSPECTIVE IN TERMS OF A CITY OF MOSCOW'S CURRENT SPHERE OF INFLUENCE, THIS IS THE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE. AS NOTED IN OUR PLAN, THE SHADED AREAS, THE CURRENT CITY LIMITS, AND THEN THE BLUE OUTLINE IS THE OUTLINE IS THE THE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE. SO YOU CAN SEE OUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE APPARENTLY DOESN'T EXTEND VERY FAR TO THE EAST. AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I THINK SOME SOME RESIDENTS WOULD ASK IS, WHY ISN'T THE CITY ROLLING TOWARDS THE EAST OR WHY ARE WE PLANNING FOR THAT? I BELIEVE IN THE NINETEEN NINETY NINE GENERAL PLAN, THERE WAS A PROPOSAL OR AT LEAST THE CONCEPT OF THE CITY POTENTIALLY GROWING IN THAT DIRECTION. BUT THAT CONCEPT DIDN'T STAND AND WASN'T HASN'T REALLY PANNED OUT. AS CARRIE ALLUDED TO, IT'S A VERY COMPLEX PROCESS THAT REQUIRES THAT JUSTIFICATION OF ABILITY TO SUPPORT AND PROVIDE SERVICES TO THAT AREA. AND SO BETWEEN BISHOP AND MYSELF AND MR. BATEMAN, WE'VE KIND OF REVIEWED THE THE INITIAL REQUEST FROM MCFARLAN. AND SO WE WILL BE SUBMITTING A REQUEST TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE INFORMATION. AND AS THEY PROVIDED OUT THE CITY, TYPICALLY AS REQUIRED, ANY CITY REQUIRED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ONLY TO THOSE AGENCIES THAT ARE AFFECTED. WE WE CAME ABOUT IT BY OBSERVING THE NOTICES THAT HAD GONE OUT. SO WE DID NOT DIRECTLY RECEIVE THAT NOTICE BY MAKING THAT REQUEST THAT WE BE INCLUDED ON THEIR DISTRIBUTION LIST WOULD ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUALLY KIND OF MONITORING UPDATE THAT FOR WHATEVER REASON AT THE COUNCIL OR THE PUBLIC MAY BE INTERESTED IN SEEING HOW THAT DEVELOPS AND THE POTENTIAL IMPACT THAT COULD HAVE ON WASCO. OBVIOUSLY, THE ONE OF THE MOST IMMEDIATE IMPACT HAS BEEN THE CITIES OF LAW EFFORT WITH THE EXPANSION OF HIGHWAY FORTY SIX, NOT FOUR LANE AS THAT WOULD EXTEND OUT TO HIGHWAY NINETY NINE. BUT BEYOND THAT, WHATEVER INTERESTS SOME RESIDENTS OR OTHERS MAY HAVE OF THE IMPACT FOR THE CITY OF MOSCOW, IF ANY. SO THERE IS ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT MS. COBB, MR. GOODVIN OR MYSELF CAN ANSWER. HEY, CARRIE, THIS IS VINCE, SO I'M ASSUMING THAT PART OF THIS, NOT ONLY IT'S WITH THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE, LIKE THEIR ABILITY TO PROVIDE POLICE SERVICES, THEY'RE THE CITY'S FINANCIAL ABILITIES, BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS MCFARLAND IS STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY. THEY'VE ONLY GOT LIKE THREE POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENT. THOSE ISSUES WOULD ALL BE CONSIDERED BEFORE THEY COULD DO ANYTHING WITH THIS. CORRECT. IF I CAN INTERRUPT REAL QUICK, MR. MAYOR, DID YOU MAKE THE STATEMENT REGARDING AARON'S PARTICIPATION IN. BEFORE WE GET TO THE DISCUSSION, I HAVE NOT AND I APOLOGIZE, I WAS ABOUT TO CLOSE MY WINDOW. COME ON, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A VERBAL COMMENT USING THE ZOOM APP, PLEASE USE THE PHRASE HAND BUTTON TO RESPECT OR EXCUSE ME TO REQUEST TO SPEAK. IF YOU ARE USING A TELEPHONE, PLEASE DIAL STAR NINE ON YOUR KEYPAD. YOU WILL BE CALLED UPON BY THE NUMBER YOU ARE CALLING FROM. WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR COMMENT. ONCE YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED, YOU WILL BE MUTED AT THIS TIME. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, MADAM CLERK? AT THIS TIME, MAYOR GARCIA, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT DISCLAIMER OUT BEFORE WE RESUME MEMBER COMMENTS. MEMBER MARTINEZ, YOU WERE YOU WERE YOU WERE SAYING GO AHEAD. [01:00:04] YEAH. SO BASICALLY, THE CITY'S FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES, THE NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS THEY HAVE IN THEIR DEPARTMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT WOULD ALL BE PART OF THE DECISION MAKING OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY COULD EVENTUALLY ANNEX THIS PROPERTY. CORRECT. THAT'S PART OF WHAT IS CONSIDERED IN A MUNICIPAL SERVICES REVIEW, RIGHT, IS IS A IT'S AN UNDERTAKING OF WHAT CAN YOU ADD SERVICES TO THAT AIR, WATER, SEWER YOU'RE LOOKING AT, WASTEWATER, POLICE, FIRE, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. SO, YES, THOSE THINGS ARE ALL ALL LOOKED AT IN MEDIA AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES REVIEW. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? MEMBER MARTINEZ. YES, SIR, DANIEL. SO IF WE DID WANT TO EXTEND OUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE OUT TO THAT AREA, DO WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL MCFARLAND'S REVIEW PROCESS IS DONE OR IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE COULD DO IF WE CHOSE TO? NOW, WE WOULD HAVE WE CAN WE CAN START GETTING IN TIME, WE WOULD HAVE TO DO THE SAME PROCESS, INITIATE THE SAME PROCESS OF DOING THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS AND NOTICES. AND SO THAT COULD BE DONE AT ANY TIME IN JUST A MATTER OF, I GUESS, CONSIDERING INTERNALLY AND A POLICY LEVEL THE REALISTIC POSSIBILITY OF EXTENDING AND PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES IN THE SAME MANNER. LAUGHABLE REVIEW. YOU ARE WATER, SEWER CAPABILITIES AND BEING ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE WHAT THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA ENTAILS THAT MIGHT PROHIBIT DATA SUCH AS THE CANAL BETWEEN HERE AND HIGHWAY NINE. BUT THE CITY CAN START THAT PROCESS. BUT THERE ARE VARIABLES INVOLVED THAT IN THE HAMPER THE CITY'S ABILITY TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THAT. THANK YOU AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ, LET'S GO BACK IN ORDER, MEMBER CORTEZ. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO, CARRIE ARE PROBABLY REMEMBER THIS. AND QUITE A FEW YEARS BACK, WE HAD AN ANNEXATION APPLICATION. I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT AREAS WE WERE TRYING TO ANNEX OR IF IT WAS A SPHERE. BUT IT WAS ALSO. IT WAS DECLINED. IT WAS REJECTED. I MEAN, THERE'S SOME PRETTY HIGH STANDARDS TO GET GET THAT SPHERE OF INFLUENCE APPROVED. BUT THE ISSUE BECOMES IS THAT HOW YOU. FORTY SIX IS OUR LIFEBLOOD THROUGH TOWN AND AS IT'S BEING EXPANDED, WE WERE JUST ON THE CONFERENCE CALL YESTERDAY WITH SENATOR MCCONNELL'S OFFICE WHERE I BROUGHT THAT UP. THAT FORTY SIX IS GOING TO BE OUR LIFEBLOOD AS IT EXPANDS FULLY TO FOUR LANES FROM NINETY NINE ALL THE WAY TO THE ONE ON ONE. BASICALLY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE TRAFFIC. AND SO I THINK IT'S IT TO ME IT JUST MAKES SENSE THAT IT'S AN EXTENSION OF OUR CITY. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE REALLY PUT EFFORT INTO MAKING THAT CLAIM ONLY BECAUSE I THINK AS THE CITY, WE WANTED TO BE FULLY PREPARED TO MAKE THAT STAND AND THAT REPRESENTATION TO LEFKO. SO, AGAIN, I AM MORE OPPOSED TO IT BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S OUR FUTURE VERSUS WHETHER WE'RE READY FOR IT JUST JUST NOW. BUT I DON'T I DEFINITELY DON'T THINK THE CITY IN MCFARLAND IS READY TO TAKE ON THAT RESPONSIBILITY AS WELL. I THINK THEY'RE GOING THROUGH SOME FINANCIAL ISSUES AS WELL. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I STAND. BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE MAKE A STATEMENT THAT WE ARE OPPOSED TO IT. I DO SEE THAT AS PART OF OUR FUTURE FOR THE CITY OF WASCO. I HAVE TO AGREE, MEMBER REYNA AND I AGREE WITH MEMBER CORTEZ, I THINK THAT THAT THAT SHOULD BE OUR LAND, SO TO SPEAK. I HAVE A QUESTION. ASSUMING THAT THEY WERE TO GET AN APPROVAL ON THE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE, THEN WOULD COME ANNEXATION ONCE THEY GET THE APPROVAL FOR EXPANDING THE TRANSFER OF INFLUENCE, IS THAT A DONE DEAL? CAN US GO BEHIND THAT AND SAY, OK, WE WANT THAT TO BE OUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE? I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU CAN GIVE ME THAT ANSWER. NOW AND KIND OF TO REITERATE, CARRIE'S POINT IS, IS EVEN GOING TO A SPHERE OF INFLUENCE PROCESS IS GOING TO BE A FAIRLY COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW THAT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY LASHKO. AND SO THERE'S NO GUARANTEES AND THAT THAT ANY CITY THAT GOES BEFORE THEIR LAST COMMISSION IS GUARANTEED THAT. BUT EVEN AFTER, SAY, IT IS APPROVED, THE ANNEXATION THEREAFTER IS A SIMILAR RIGOROUS PROCESS THAT GOES THROUGH WHETHER OR NOT THE TWO CITIES CAN HAVE AN OVERLAPPING SPHERE OF INFLUENCE. I WOULD HAVE TO REFER TO MR. BATEMAN ON THAT. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT'S POSSIBLE. AND SOMETHING THAT WILL CONSIDER, DEPENDING ON A CITY'S DESIRE TO TO ENCROACH OR EXPAND INTO AN EXISTENCE FOR ESTABLISHED INFLUENCE. [01:05:04] I PUT ON THE WEBSITE, NOT A WEBSITE ON THE SCREEN. AND I CAN ASSURE THE COUNCIL ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC ALSO WISHES CURRAN'S LASCOE DOES HAVE THE CITIZEN'S GUIDE TO ANNEXATIONS BY CITIES THAT CAN PROVIDE A MUCH MORE SIMPLE OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE ANNEXATION PROCESS ENTAILS. THERE IS A PORTION THAT ENABLES RESIDENTS THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED TO PROTEST THAT ANNEXATION. AND THAT'S SOMETIMES WHY YOU'RE LEFT WITH THE ISLANDS, COUNTY ISLANDS AND WHICH CITIES INCORPORATE AROUND, WHETHER BECAUSE OF PROTEST OR BECAUSE OF SOME OTHER ISSUE THAT COMES UP. SO THERE IS A POSSIBILITY WHETHER THE CITY HAS THE ABILITY TO PROTEST. I THINK IT DEPENDS ON A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT FACTORS. PROXIMITY, INTEREST, WHAT STATE DO WE HAVE, WHETHER THERE'S CONFLICTING INTERESTS. AND AND AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE ONE INFRASTRUCTURES IS ONE COMPONENT. BUT AS WE'VE KIND OF NAVIGATED SEGMENT HERE, GROUNDWATER AND AND THE WATER CAPABILITY IS ANOTHER COMPONENT OF THAT. THAT'S THAT'S A CRUCIAL PART AS WELL, IS NOT ONLY BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THE WATER, BUT ALSO TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE THAT RESOURCE AND BE ABLE TO PUMP THAT RESOURCE, WHETHER ONE CITY IS IN ONE AQUEDUCT OR IN ONE AQUIFER VERSUS ANOTHER AND IS GOING TO PLAY A ROLE IN THAT. SO I HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION. SO WE ARE OPPOSED TO THIS COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ'S EXPRESS EXPRESSED HIS OPPOSITION. I'VE EXPRESSED MINE. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHERS, BUT I'M ASSUMING THEY ARE OPPOSED AS WELL. WHAT IS OUR NEXT STEP? DO WE JUST KEEP QUIET AND LET THEM CONTINUE THAT PROCESS? WHAT DO WE DO? I THINK RIGHT NOW THE NEXT STEP IS, AS I KIND OF REITERATED, JUST TO SUBMIT THAT REQUEST, TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THE DISTRIBUTION OF DOCUMENTS AS THEY KIND OF COME OUT AND EVALUATE THOSE BASED OF WHAT IS STATED. AND THEN STAFF CAN KIND OF REVIEW AND PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL ON WHAT TO PROCEED IF YOU GENUINELY WANT IT TO BE MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE. AND THAT IN THE CITY'S APPROACH, WE CAN CERTAINLY EXPLORE THAT AND MR. GOODVIN CAN KIND OF PROVIDE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS. BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW IT'S IT'S A LITTLE EARLY IN THE PROCESS AND AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ALL IS GOING TO ENTAIL IN TERMS OF WHAT MCFARLIN HAS PROPOSED OR WHAT ISSUES MAY ARISE. AND SO WE KIND OF WANT TO SEE WHAT WHAT DEVELOPS BEFORE WE COMMENT AND THEN AND THEN UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE GOING TO BE THE KEY POINTS THAT WE WOULD COMMENT ON. AT THE END OF THE DAY, I GUESS THIS ONE SITUATION IS PART OF THE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE, PROCESS OR ANNEXATION OF THE CITY, COMMENTS ON IT. FOR ANY CITY AT A BASIC LEVEL, THEY JUST HAVE TO RECOGNIZE AND AND THE COMMENTS AND ACKNOWLEDGE IN THEIR REPORTS ON THEIR FINDINGS, THEY MAY NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO ADDRESS IT SPECIFICALLY. AND THAT COULD BE THEIR CHOICE. BUT ULTIMATELY, LEFKO IS ONE ONE STEP THAT DETERMINES WHETHER OR NOT THE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE OR ANNEXATION CAN MOVE FORWARD. IN A BASIC LEVEL, THE THE PROCESS WILL REVIEW ALL THE INFORMATION. A RECOMMENDATION WILL BE MADE TO LEFKO BOARD AND THE BOARD MAKES THAT FINAL DETERMINATION AND APPROVING THAT SPHERE OF INFLUENCE AFTER A GREAT DEAL OF DUE DILIGENCE MOVES FORWARD. MR. BATEMAN, ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU CAN KIND OF CHIME IN ON THAT JUST TO ADD? I AGREE WITH ALL THAT. WE ARE VERY EARLY IN THE PROCESS, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS A NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC THAT MCFARLAN IS GOING TO PREPARE A ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT ABOUT THIS ISSUE. WE DON'T HAVE THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT YET, BUT WASCO DOES WANT TO GET ITS HANDS ON THAT WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE TO REVIEW IT, PROVIDE ANY COMMENTS TO THE EFFECT. TO THE EXTENT THAT WHAT THEY'RE DOING IMPACTS THE ENVIRONMENT AND IMPACTS CITY OF WASCO, YOU DO WANT TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE COMMENTS AND INPUT PROPOSED TO POTENTIAL MITIGATION MEASURES THAT COULD BE TAKEN TO REDUCE THE EFFECTS OF WHAT MCFARLAND'S DOING ON WASCO, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. BUT IT'S ALL TO COME. FIRST STEP, GET ON RECORD OUR REQUEST FOR THE DRAFT YEAR WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. THANK YOU. SO MY COMMENT WOULD BE THAT WE NEED TO GET OUR COMMENTS HEARD AS PROMPT AS POSSIBLE ONCE THAT IS POSSIBLE TO DO SO, I'M NOT SURE WHAT PRECISELY THE POINT WOULD BE, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THAT AND EXPRESS OUR OPPOSITION TO THIS. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANK YOU. MEMBER REYNA MEMBER PALLARESA DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? [01:10:03] YES, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YEAH, WE'LL DEFINITELY GET ON THE DISTRIBUTION LIST. BUT WOULD IT BE PRUDENT TO TO LET GO AND OTHERS KNOW OUR INTENT? YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, CIRCA TWENTY SIXTEEN, I TALKED TO CITY COUNCIL VIA THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE NEEDED TO TO FOCUS ON FROM MOSUL AREA. BUT SINCE THEN. YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT BACK THEN THAT I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT WAS THAT TRANSCONTINENTAL HIGHWAY THIS IS GOING THROUGH AND BEING BUILT THROUGH BAKERSFIELD AND AND RIGHT NOW THROUGH LOST HILLS. I THINK THE OVERALL PICTURE WAS GOING TO BE SHORT, CUT IT AND BE LOWER ON THE PRIORITY LIST TO GET THE FOUR LANE. SO I'M FORTY SIX FROM NINETY NINE TO LOST HILLS. SO, YOU KNOW, AS BACK THEN I WOULD LIKE TO INCORPORATE THE MOSUL AREA AND BUT I, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS HOW MUCH FURTHER WE CAN SUPPORT, I DO NOT KNOW. IT WOULD HAVE TO INVESTIGATE. BUT DEFINITELY STARTS THE FIRST STEP DISTRIBUTION LIST AND PERHAPS START LOOKING INTO HOW MUCH AREA BEYOND FROM MOSUL WE SHOULD LOOK INTO. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, MEMBER PALLARES. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT'S HAPPENING? YES, THAT'S EVERYBODY. AND MENELIK, THERE WERE NO MORE COMMENTS, ANYONE ELSE WHO CHIMED IN MAYBE FROM THE PUBLIC BEFORE WE WANT. NO, MAYOR GARCIA, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. THANK YOU AND THANKS TO EVERYONE ON THIS DISCUSSION. IT WAS JUST A DISCUSSION. WE DON'T REQUIRE EMOTION, RIGHT, DANIEL? THAT'S CORRECT. STAFF IS ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF SUBMITTING TO A REQUEST TO RECEIVE INFORMATION. SO WILL IT WAS INFORMATION DEVELOPED. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT DISCUSSION, AND THAT IS ITEM 12. [12) c. Discussion by the City Council to Staff on Guidance for Tenants requesting to start Utility Services. (Council Member Cortez)] SEE, WE HAVE THE DISCUSSION BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO STAFF ON GUIDANCE FOR TENANTS REQUESTING TO START UTILITY SERVICE. LET'S GO AHEAD WITH MEMBER CORTEZ ON HIS PRESENTATION. GREAT, THANK YOU. SO I RECEIVED A CALL FROM A COMMUNITY MEMBER RESIDENT WHO, BY HIS ACCOUNT HAS BEEN A LONG TERM RESIDENT WHO'S RENTED AT THE SAME PLACE FOR A LONG TIME. HE RECENTLY MOVED AND WAS ASKED TO PUT A LARGER DEPOSIT THAN WHAT HE HAD BEFORE, IF HE HAD ANY. IF YOU GUYS RECALL, WE APPROVED, I BELIEVE. I THINK IT'S ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY DOLLAR DEPOSIT NOW FOR NEW APPLICANTS FOR UTILITIES AND WATER SERVICES. AND SO HE FELT THAT HIS PAYMENT HISTORY SHOULD HAVE MERITED THE SAME OR JUST A SIMPLE TRANSFER OF SERVICES OVER TO A NEW LOCATION WITHOUT HAVING THAT ADDITIONAL DEPOSIT. NOW, HE'S SUPPOSED TO JOIN US AT THIS MEETING TONIGHT. MADAM CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANYBODY IN WAITING? CITY MANAGER, CAN YOU CONFIRM IF ANYONE IS IN THE WAITING ROOM, IF HE'S ATTENDED, IF HE IS, I'M NOT SURE WHO IT IS, BUT IF THEY CAN RAISE THEIR HAND. THAT'S THE STARTING LINE, BUT I KNOW YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND READ THAT STATEMENT SO HE CAN HEAR YOU, MR. MAYOR. MR. MAYOR. I'M SORRY, CAN YOU READ THAT STATEMENT SO, YOU KNOW, THEY HIT THE START LINE? I APOLOGIZE. IT'S AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A VERBAL COMMENT USING ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE PHRASE HAND BUTTON TO REQUEST TO SPEAK. IF YOU ARE USING A TELEPHONE, PLEASE DIAL STAR NINE ON YOUR TELEPHONE KEYPAD. YOU WILL BE CALLED UPON BY THE NUMBER YOU ARE CALLING FROM WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR COMMENTS. ONCE YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED, YOU WILL BE MUTED AT THIS TIME. DO WE HAVE THOSE COMMENTS? MR. MAYOR GARCIA, I DON'T SEE ANYONE RAISING THEIR HAND OR PROVIDING ANY OTHER MOVEMENT [01:15:03] THAT THEY NEED TO SPEAK. CAN YOU CONFIRM THE SEE IF I CAN FROM THE LAST FOUR DIGITS OF THE NUMBER WE'RE LOOKING FOR? SIX ZERO THREE ZERO. NO. OK, SO HE'S NOT ON. OK, SO BASICALLY I WANTED TO I WANTED TO SHARE I WANTED TO BRING THIS UP AGAIN FOR DISCUSSION TO SEE IF WE WANT TO ENTERTAIN, MAKING EXCEPTIONS FOR THOSE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE A GOOD PAYING HISTORY OVER WHATEVER TERM. SO THEY MOVE THE MOVIE WITH THE APARTMENT NEXT DOOR OR ANOTHER PROPERTY TO BUY A HOUSE OR SOMETHING. THAT FACT, IF WE WANT TO LOOK AT THEIR PAYMENT HISTORY IN LIEU OF OF THE ELEVATED DEPOSIT THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE AT THIS POINT. AND AGAIN, JUST TO BRING THAT UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL, SEE IF THEY WOULD WANT TO ENTERTAIN THIS AS AN AGENDA ITEM FOR DISCUSSION. RIGHT, I THINK SOME KIND OF SOME KIND OF GRANDFATHERED IN CLAUSE MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONSIDER. IT'S SOMETHING THAT MORE ARE OPEN TO ENTERTAINING IN A DISCUSSION AGENDA. JENISE, DISCUSSION MEMBER. GARCIA, I'M SORRY FOR THE INTERRUPTION. WE DID HAVE SOMEONE HERE RAISING THEIR HAND, PROBABLY OUR GUEST. PHONE NUMBER ENDING IN SIX ZERO THREE ZERO. YOU MAY LIMIT YOURSELF TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL MEMBER. YES, I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT THE POSITIVE CHARGE FOR SWITCHING RESIDENTS. YES, PEOPLE IN TOWN. EXCUSE ME, SIR, CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? TODD MILLER. THANK YOU. I LIVED I LIVED AT AN ADDRESS IN TOWN ON PRIMROSE COURT FOR SEVEN YEARS, AND I PAID MY WATER BILL ON TIME AND NEVER GOT SHUT OFF, NEVER HAD AN ISSUE, AND HAD SEVEN YEARS WHERE I'VE BEEN PAYING MY WATER BILL IN THIS TOWN SINCE NINETEEN NINETY NINE. BUT I LIVED THERE ON MY OWN AND I ESTABLISHED SEVEN YEARS WORTH OF CREDIT WITH YOU GUYS. EXCELLENT CREDIT AND WAS ASKED THAT I NEED TO LEAVE A HUNDRED AND SIXTY DOLLAR DEPOSIT JUST TO CHANGE RESIDENCE. I THINK THAT I NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED TO BE REWORDED. I UNDERSTAND YOU WANT THE DEPOSIT TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND I THAT I UNDERSTAND. BUT FOR SOMEONE THAT ALWAYS HAS ESTABLISHED CREDIT, I SHOULDN'T. I'M HAPPY JEANNIE DOESN'T CHARGE A FEE AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS DIDN'T CHARGE ME A FEE. AND THEY ACTUALLY COME OUT AND CHECK YOUR APPLIANCES AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S WORKING RIGHT FOR FREE. BUT I HAD TO PAY ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY DOLLARS A DEPOSIT JUST TO SWITCH RESIDENTS. AND SO I WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT. I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS FAIR AND I FELT KIND OF INSULTED BY HAVING TO DO THAT SINCE I ALREADY HAVE ESTABLISHED CREDIT. BUT HE HAVE A DEPOSIT ALREADY ON FILE FOR HIS EXISTING RESIDENCE. I DON'T. I MEAN, I MOVED INTO THE OTHER HOUSE IN 07 AND I WAS SAYING 14 OR SO IN 2014. AND I DON'T BELIEVE I WAS ASKED FOR A DEPOSIT BECAUSE I ALREADY HAD EXISTING YOU KNOW, I WAS MOVING FROM ANOTHER HOUSE HERE IN TOWN. AND I DON'T BELIEVE I WAS EVER ASKED FOR A DEPOSIT THEN. I DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU STARTED IT, BUT I MEANT FOR YOU TO BE ASKED FOR A DEPOSIT. JUST I'M JUST SWITCHED TO THE MIDDLE OF TOWN. I YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE ALL YOU HAD TO DO IS GO INTO MY ACCOUNT AND CHANGE MY ADDRESS, AND THAT WAS IT. AND CONTINUE BILLING ME. WELL, THAT'S THAT'S NOT THE REASON FOR THE DEPOSIT TO CHANGE THE ADDRESS. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T RECALL WHETHER OUR DEPOSIT WAS IN FORCE BACK IN 2000. WOULD YOU SAY TWO SEVEN. NO, SORRY. 2014 14. YEAH, I DID SAY SEVEN, BUT I WENT AND CHANGED. YEAH. I MEAN WHEN I SAY GO AHEAD. NO, GO AHEAD AND JUST TELL IT AGAIN. I JUST WANT TO INTERJECT. WE RECENTLY APPROVED THIS. I WANT TO SAY WITHIN THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS, THE INCREASED DEPOSIT IS DUE TO A LOT OF THE UNCOLLECTIBLE DEBTS, PEOPLE MOVING OUT. AND AND SO WE WERE STUCK WITH THE BILL. SO I THINK THAT'S THAT WAS THE INTENT AS FAR AS WHEN WE APPROVED IT. BUT IT WAS RECENT. IF I CAN LAST TWO, THREE YEARS, IF I RECALL. RIGHT, I UNDERSTAND. SORRY, GO AHEAD. SORRY, MR. MILLER. PLEASE GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOUR CLOSING COMMENTS. [01:20:03] NO, I JUST I UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT THE FACT TO PROTECT YOURSELF. YOU GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE LIVING IN TOWN, AND I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR FOR, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO PAY THEIR BILLS. BUT I'M JUST IT'S I MEAN, YOU'RE THE ONLY PERSON THAT SUPPLIES WATER TO THIS TOWN. SO YOU HAVE A MONOPOLY ON IT. AND I MEAN, I FELT TO ME I'VE NEVER PAID MY WATER BILL LATE. I DON'T WANT TO BE LUMPED IN WITH THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE NOT TAKEN CARE OF THAT WATER BILL CORRECTLY. I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S FAIR. I IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN APPLYING FOR A LOAN OR BUYING A VEHICLE. I MEAN, I'VE KEPT MY CREDIT CARD WITH YOU GUYS AND NEVER IF YOU CHECK MY HISTORY OF DON'T BELIEVE I'VE EVER HAD MY WATER SHUT OFF. SO AND, YOU KNOW, SWITCHING RESIDENTS, I COULD UNDERSTAND A NEW ACCOUNT OR MAYBE WITHIN A YEAR. BUT I'VE BEEN PAYING MY BILL FOR SEVEN YEARS JUST AT THAT ONE RESIDENCE. OK, THANK YOU, MR. MILLER. I KNOW I'M A MEMBER. CORTEZ CONTESTED STATE HIS POSITION ON THIS. I'D LIKE TO MOVE ON TO MEMBER REYNA ON THIS ITEM. YES, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF SOME KIND OF POLICY THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE THAT HAVE DEMONSTRATED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS THAT THEY PAY THEIR BILLS ON TIME TO JUST DO A TRANSFER AND BE CREDITED FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, GOOD PAYING HABIT. I WOULD NOT BE OPPOSED AT ALL TO HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THAT. OK, MATT MARTINEZ. I CONCUR WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER, CORTEZ AND REYNA THAT I THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE SOME KIND OF GRANDFATHER CREDITWORTHINESS WAIVER FOR THE DEPOSIT, RIGHT. MEMBER PALLARES COMMENTS OR POSITIONS, JUST THE CONCURRENCE. AND LET'S GET IT ON THE AGENDA. AGREED, MR. MILLER. I DO BELIEVE WE'LL HAVE STAFF GO AHEAD AND PUT THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER OPTIONS AND MAYBE GET MORE SPECIFICS AS TO WHAT EXACTLY THE COUNCIL WANTS. I KNOW YOU CAN TAKE A CREDIT, BUT WHAT ARE YOU BASING THAT OR WHAT? WHAT TERMS DO YOU WANT US TO CRAFT THE RESOLUTION AROUND? I THINK SOMETHING AND I'M JUST SPIT ON HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO A GRANDFATHER CLAUSE IN THE ORDINANCE THAT SAYS IF YOU HAVE IF YOU'RE IN GOOD STANDING AND HAVE, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THREE TO FIVE MONTHS PICK A NUMBER OF THE PAST THE IMMEDIATE PAST THREE TO FIVE MONTHS, GOOD PAYMENT HISTORY THAT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT REMEDYING RESUBMITTING A SECURITY DEPOSIT. AND THEN, OF COURSE, ALSO CHECKING IF THERE IS ALREADY ONE ON FILE. IF THEY DON'T HAVE ONE, THEN WE DO NEED TO COLLECT IT. SO IT'S A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT I THINK THAT PRETTY MUCH COVERS THE SPIRIT OF THE ATTEMPT. I THINK I'D LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT, TOO, MR. MAYOR, BECAUSE THE SECOND SET WHEN YOU WHEN AND YOU'RE NOT EVEN YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THE FULL SITUATION AND HOW THAT WOULD IMPACT THE REST OF THE SYSTEM. I THINK I THINK I REPORT BACK TO THE COUNCIL ON WHAT THE RAMIFICATIONS OF DOING WHAT YOU JUST SAID ARE. YES, VERY, VERY ASTUTE THAT THAT SHOULD BE THAT IS IN ORDER, I THINK. AND I GUESS MY COMMENTS, MR. MILLER, IS WE ARE TRYING TO BE GOOD STEWARDS HERE IN THE VALLEY AND WE'RE JUST GONNA WORK OUT THE KINKS HERE AS WE ROLL OUT THE NEW THAT THAT NEW DEPOSIT SCHEDULE. IS THAT SO? WE APPRECIATE YOU WORKING WITH US AND HELPING US WORK THROUGH THESE UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES. AND WE WILL WORK TO TO MAKE THIS ORDINANCE A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND IN SERVING OUR RESIDENTS. BUT IF YOU COULD JUST ALLOW US THE TIME TO WORK ON THAT. I DO. I DO AGREE WITH OUR ATTORNEY THAT IT DOES REQUIRE SOME VERY GOOD DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO FURTHER UNFORESEEN IMPACTS. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING. I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF A LONGER TERM TWO TO THREE MONTHS. DOESN'T SEEM LONG ENOUGH FOR ME. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMEBODY WHO THAT HAS DEMONSTRATED THE ABILITY TO PAY. AND SO IT SHOULD BE A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME WHENEVER THAT IS BROUGHT UP BEFORE I'D BE OPEN TO THAT. AND AGAIN, I WAS JUST SPIT BALLING. SO I APPRECIATE THAT INPUT AND ANY OTHER INPUT FOR FOLKS ANSWERING THIS QUESTION. MR. MAYOR. MR. MAYOR, AS A MEMBER OF CORTEZ, I'M NOT SURE IF I CAN SUGGEST JUST HAVING THE OLD ITEM JUST [01:25:06] BROUGHT BACK FOR DISCUSSION JUST AS IT WAS PRESENTED BEFORE, SO WE CAN GET A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF WHY WE DID WHAT WE DID THEN MAYBE AT A SUBSEQUENT WEEK, THEN MAKE THOSE SUGGESTIONS, THIS NEXT MEETING, AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY COME BACK WITH SOME SORT OF PROPOSAL. WOULD THAT BE. WHAT DO YOU THINK, TOM? NO, I THINK THAT'S THAT'S THE RIGHT APPROACH SUBJECT TO WHATEVER DANIEL THINKS. YEAH, WE CAN REVIEW THE INFORMATION TO GET MORE SPECIFIC IN TERMS OF HOW MANY HOW MANY CUSTOMERS THAT ARE TENANTS THAT ARE RENTERS, ESSENTIALLY THE DELINQUENCY RATE WE HAVE NOW. I WANT TO JUST KIND OF REMIND THE COUNCIL YOU JUST HEARD FROM MARK BATEMAN IN TERMS OF THE PRESSURES THAT ARE ON OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS ARE IN. AND WE TALKED ABOUT WATER UTILITY, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. AND THAT BEING THE PRIMARY DRIVER OF WHAT WHAT DRIVES PEOPLE TO BE DISCONNECTED FOR FOR WATER SERVICE. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I ALSO WANT TO REITERATE THE CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED HAVE OCCURRED BECAUSE OF STATE STATUTES AND NEW LEGISLATION THAT NOW PROHIBITS THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO DISCONTINUE SERVICE FOR NONPAYMENT. WHERE BEFORE WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT AFTER THE 30 DAYS, WHICH IS CUSTOMARY IN MOST PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, TO NOW HAVE DELAYED THAT TO 90 DAYS. AND SO THERE IS JUST I'M GOING TO BE BLUNT AND JUST SAY FROM OPERATING A WATER UTILITY, MOST WATER UTILITIES NOW HAVE HAD MANY OF THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES TAKEN AWAY BY STATE STATUTE OR WHATEVER REASON. AND SO WE'RE OBVIOUSLY UNDER CONSIDERABLE BURDEN WITH THE RESOURCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE WE HAVE TO INVEST IN. AND I'D BE VERY MINDFUL AND CAUTIOUS IN WHAT WE DO THAT'S GOING TO BE DETRIMENTAL TO OUR WATER UTILITY. AND UNFORTUNATELY, OUR OUR FINANCE STAFF AND OUR UTILITY CLERKS, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY HAVE TO SERVE FIVE THOUSAND CUSTOMERS. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE THERE ARE MANY, MANY UNFORTUNATE STORIES THAT THEY HAVE TO HEAR FROM CUSTOMERS OF CIRCUMSTANCES AS TO WHY THEY CAN'T PAY. THE REALITY IS WE'RE RELYING ON OUR UTILITY CLERKS AND OUR PEOPLE AND OUR FINANCE STAFF TO INTERPRET THE RESOLUTION AND THE ORDINANCES THAT YOU PUT FORTH. SO I ASK YOU TO BE VERY SPECIFIC IN TERMS OF WHAT EXACTLY YOU WANT. SO WE CRAFT THAT AND THERE'S A LEVEL OF CLARITY AND CONSISTENCY THAT OUR STAFF CAN ENFORCE, BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN THERE IS THERE IS NOT THAT CONSISTENCY AND THERE IS A LACK OF CLARITY. YOU MAY GET THE CALL, BUT YOU GET THE CALL AFTER SO MANY MINUTES AND SO MANY LEVELS OF FRUSTRATION THAT OUR STAFF TAKES THE BRUNT OF. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE NAVIGATE THIS AND WE CRAFT WHATEVER WE CRAFT. WE MAKE SURE THAT IT'S BOTH SOMETHING THAT CAN BE EXECUTED BY OUR STAFF IN A REASONABLE AND EFFICIENT MANNER SO THAT THEY CAN ADDRESS THE CUSTOMER FIRST IN A TIMELY MANNER AND HOPEFULLY AVOID THE CALLS THAT YOU END UP GETTING DOWN THE ROAD. RIGHT. YEAH, I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND YOUR CONSIDERATIONS. WE ARE. I THINK WE'RE ALL JUST TRYING TO WE'RE TRYING TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR CITY SERVICES AND AS WELL AS THE BUDGET SO. WELL, AND WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY KEEPING IN MIND OUR RESIDENTS AND CUSTOMERS MEDIOCRITIES FIRST AND MEMBER CORTEZ'S, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD ON YOUR ITEM? NO, THAT WAS IT WAS JUST IT JUST BRINGS US BACK FOR DISCUSSION. LIKE I SAID, WE MAY END UP BACK IN THE SAME SPOT, BUT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT. AND THAT MAY BE THE CASE, BUT I THINK IT'S MAYBE WORTH REEXAMINING AS THESE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES COME UP. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE BY PASSING IT TO TOM. SO SO THAT'S OUR DISCUSSION ON THAT ITEM. SO WE'LL BRING BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING, WHICH MEANS YOUR BROTHER. YEAH, SO WE CAN GET DOWN TO THE WIRE AND SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE, REVISIT THAT INTENT. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. AND MOVING ON. IT'S JUST DISCUSSION. MOVING ON TO ITEM 12 D. YES, I MEAN, WE'RE NOT ITEM 12, THAT IS DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE MILITARY ACTION REGARDING [12) d. Discussion and Possible Minute Action Regarding Capital Improvement Project: Street Lighting Program - Citywide. (Ortiz Hernandez)] CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, PROJECT STREET LIGHTING PROGRAM CITYWIDE. MR. ORTIZ FRENETTE. LET ME BRING MY POWERPOINT UP. OK. PROGRESSIVE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, IF YOU MAY RECALL, OVER THE LAST PROBABLY, I WOULD SAY 18 MONTHS, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL INSTANCES OR TOPICS, INCLUDING BOTH THE BUDGET [01:30:01] PROCESS AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS THAT HAVE TOUCHED ON STREET LIGHTING IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS ALSO COME UP IN RECENT TIMES, AS WE'VE EXPERIENCED IN SPIKES IN CRIME IN VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. AND THERE WAS A PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR. THERE WAS CONSIDERATION AND ALLOCATION BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO ALLOCATE TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OUT OF MEASURE X TO BE USED TOWARDS EXPANDING AND ADDING ADDITIONAL STREETLIGHTS THROUGHOUT VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE AREAS THAT ARE POORLY LIGHTED, DIMLY LIT, OR JUST DON'T HAVE STREET LIGHTS. STAFF HAS KIND OF GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS IN IDENTIFYING BOTH THE LOCATIONS OF THE VARIOUS STREETLIGHTS. WE HAVE THE TYPE, WHETHER THEY'RE ON PG&E POLES OR WHETHER THEY'RE THERE ON STREET POLES, ON THE ROADS. AND SO PART OF THE DISCUSSION WE'VE HAD INTERNALLY AMONG STAFF IS IS REALLY TRYING TO IDENTIFY IT AS WHAT'S THE OBJECTIVE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE, BECAUSE A STREET LIGHT TRADITIONALLY IS DESIGNED AND DEVELOPED SPECIFICALLY FOR ILLUMINATING THE ACTUAL ROADWAY. AND I THINK WHAT WE'VE ENCOUNTERED IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS HAS BEEN A DESIRE TO PROVIDE A GREATER LEVEL OF SAFETY, TO ILLUMINATE NEIGHBORHOODS WHICH AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE WALKABLE AREAS, THE SIDEWALKS AND WALKING PATHS. TRADITIONALLY, THE STREETLIGHTS ARE NOT DESIGNED FOR THAT PURPOSE. AND SO I WANT TO BRING BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND HAVE A DETAILED DISCUSSION IN TERMS OF WHAT THE INTENT IS SO THAT WE CAN CAREFULLY CRAFT THE PATH MOVING FORWARD AND DESIGN HOW WE WANT TO DEVELOP THIS PROGRAM OR EXPAND THIS PROJECT TO BETTER ILLUMINATE THE COMMUNITY AND FULFILL THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COUNCIL REALLY WANTS TO SEE WHEN TALKING ABOUT STREET LIGHTS AND A PART OF ME IF I GET TOO TECHNICAL. BUT THE STREET LIGHTS HAVE SOME VERY DISTINCT LIGHT DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS. HERE ARE THE THREE DIFFERENT AREAS I'M SORRY, THE FIVE DIFFERENT LIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS AS IDENTIFIED BY THE ILLUMINATION ENGINEER SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA. TYPICALLY THE STREET LIGHTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF LOS FALLEN OR TYPE THREE ON. I CAN SEE IN THIS DIAGRAM ON THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER KNOW IT KIND OF GIVES YOU AN OUTLINE OF WHAT THESE TYPES OF LIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS, HOW THEY PROJECT OUT ONTO THE ROADWAY. AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S GOING TO EXPAND AND ILLUMINATE FURTHER BASED ON HOW HIGH UP ON THE STREET LIGHT POLES ARE, HOW FAR OUT INTO THE ROADWAY THEY EXTEND BECAUSE MANY OF THE LIGHT POLES ARE GOING TO BE OUT ON A ON A FOUR TO SIX OR EIGHT FOOT ARM STICKING OUT INTO THE ROADWAY TO FULFILL THE OBJECTIVE OF ILLUMINATING THE ACTUAL STREET PAVEMENT ITSELF. THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY DESIGNED WITH IN MIND, ILLUMINATING THE SIDEWALKS AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE PRIMARILY USED BY PEDESTRIANS AND THOSE WALKING PATHS. IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO VIEW THE PICTURE OR IF YOU'RE OUT DRIVING AROUND WITH NOTHING TO DO, YOU MAY NOTICE SOME OF THE STREETLIGHTS WE ACTUALLY HAVE IN TOWN. AND SO, YOU KNOW, HERE ARE SIX DIFFERENT LIGHT POLES THAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THREE THAT HAVE, AS I MENTIONED, THAT CLEAR DESIGN AND SPECIFIC NATURE OF ILLUMINATE THE ROADWAY. THOSE ARE THE THREE ON THE LEFT. AND YOU YOU HAVE THREE ON THE ON THE RIGHT THAT I HAVE BEEN USED IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT WHOSE PURPOSE, YOU KNOW, TRADITIONALLY IS PART OF THE DESIGN HAVE A DIFFERENT ROLE. AND SO THOSE VERY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SOLAR LIGHT, ALL THERE, FIVE OF THEM ARE INTEGRATED AND I WOULD SAY HARDWIRED INTO AN ELECTRIC SOURCE. AND SO WE RECEIVE A BILL FOR AND SO THERE'S PROS AND CONS BETWEEN SOLAR AND HARD WIRED AND BEING TIED TO A GRID. AND I KIND OF EXPLAIN, BUT THESE ARE ESSENTIALLY THE SIX THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE OUT THERE. FOR PERSPECTIVE, WE HAVE FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN CITY STREET LIGHTS, EIGHTY EIGHT SOLAR 12 DEVELOPER STREET LIGHTS, WHICH ARE IN A NEWER WERE DEVELOPED AREAS. FOUR HUNDRED NINETY THREE PG&E LIGHTS, WHICH WE REFER TO AS THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ACTUALLY ON PG&E POLE. THEY TAKE TEND TO HAVE A SHORTER ARM SO THEY DON'T EXTEND FARTHER OUT INTO THE ROADWAY. AND THEN THERE ARE THERE ARE 11 STAINED LIGHTS AND THOSE I BELIEVE REFER TO LIGHTS BOTH ON FIVE FORTY THREE AS WELL AS ON HIGHWAY FORTY SIX. HERE'S A NIGHTTIME PICTURE THAT COMMUNICATION SPECIALISTS SPENT BEFORE SHE WENT ON LEAVE TOOK PICTURES OF. SO THIS IS SECOND STREET. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE LIGHT IS IS ON A POLE. WHILE I DIDN'T GO OUT AND MEASURE LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT LIGHT POLES, THAT LIGHT APPEARS TO BE HIGHER THAN MOST OF OUR STREET LIGHT POLES. AND THEY VARY BASED ON WHAT POLE THEY'RE BEING PUT ON. THE HEIGHT MAY VARY BASED OFF OF WHAT WHAT'S ON THAT UTILITY POLE. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TELECOM WITH AT&T OR SPECTRUM ON THERE. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AT THE VERY TOP, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE BOTH PG&E PRIMARY OR PRIMARY ELECTRIC LINES. AND SO THAT'S ALL GOING TO VARY. BUT THIS GIVES YOU A PRETTY GOOD PICTURE OF HOW MUCH IT ILLUMINATES AND HOW FAR OUT INTO [01:35:06] THE SIDEWALK ILLUMINATES AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE IF YOU'VE DRIVEN AROUND OR IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE PICTURES FURTHER IS THE STREET LIGHTS OUR SPACE AT GREAT DISTANCES APART? AND PART OF THAT IS DRIVEN BY STANDARDS THAT ARE ESTABLISHED THAT THE CITY ADHERES TO OR THAT IT MODIFIES DEPENDING ON ITS NEEDS, AND THAT THE STANDARDS TYPICALLY FOR FOR AGAIN, PRIMARILY DESIGNED FOR ROADWAY ILLUMINATION, DO NOT SPECIFY THAT IT ILLUMINATES ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE ROADWAY. IT'S JUST A CERTAIN KEY PORTIONS AND THE SPACE OVER A CERTAIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE, WHETHER THAT BE 200 YARDS, 200 FEET, IT JUST DEPENDS. HERE'S ONE OF I THINK YOU SEE A COMBINATION OF BOTH APJ AND ELI PULLING ON THE LEFT AND THE FARTHER ONE, I BELIEVE, IS ONE OF THE CITY STREET LIGHTS. AND SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HOW ILLUMINATE THE ROADWAY. THIS IS A WIDER ROADWAY, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT SPAN, BUT YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH OF THE LIGHT EXPANDS OUT INTO THE ROADWAY AND ALSO HOW MUCH OF THE SIDEWALK IT EXPANSE. YOU SEE THE DARKNESS BETWEEN BOTH OF THOSE STREETLIGHTS IN TERMS OF THE SIDEWALK. AND SO THIS IS, AGAIN, ONE OF THOSE QUESTIONS OF WHAT IS THE INTENT YOU WANT TO FULFILL? BECAUSE IF WE'RE TRYING TO ILLUMINATE THE SIDEWALK, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PLACE A LIGHT BETWEEN THOSE TWO POLES TO ENSURE THAT THAT SIDEWALK IS LIT. HERE'S EIGHTY 1781, BECAUSE, I MEAN, THIS LIGHT IN HIS CORNER IS LOCATED IN THE CORNER, IS KIND OF TUCKED AWAY BEHIND A SIDEWALK, WHICH I'LL KIND OF EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. BUT YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT ILLUMINATES JUST THAT INTERSECTION AND JUST RUNNING THAT CORNER ON THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND, HOW HOW QUICKLY IT GETS DARK ON THAT SIDEWALK PATH. THIS WAS ONE ON PECTUS AND 11TH STREET, AGAIN, THE SAME NOTION OF HOW MUCH IT ILLUMINATES JUST THAT INTERSECTION AND THAT CROSSWALK. SO AS WE KIND OF TALK ABOUT AND TRY TO DEFINE WHAT POLICY WANTS, WANT TO DEFINE, AND WE ALSO GOT TO CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT ARE WE GOING TO TRY AND DESIRE TO ILLUMINATE ALL INTERSECTIONS OR SPECIFIC CROSSWALKS SUCH AS A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL CROSSING PATHS. THE OTHER THING THAT THIS POINTS TO IS YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THE TREE THAT HANGS OUT AND THAT BLOCKS PART OF OUR LIFE. AND SO HOW MUCH OF THAT TREE WAS IN THERE WOULD ILLUMINATE FURTHER OUT FOR MORE PARTS OF THE SIDEWALK? THIS WAS ONE AND THIS IS OVER BY IZEMBEK HISTORY. THIS IS, I BELIEVE, THE NORTH NORTHEAST CORNER OF BEKA'S OF AND WEST SIDE PARK FACING TOWARDS THE WEST. HERE YOU SEE MORE OF THAT PEDESTRIAN LAMP STYLE. IT'S MORE OF THE YELLOW GLOW. YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH THAT ILLUMINATES. I BELIEVE THIS IS A AN INCANDESCENT LIGHT. THIS IS AN LEIDY, WHICH IS ANOTHER ISSUE, BUT ONE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S OK. BUT YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT ILLUMINATES LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A WIDER AREA. THIS ISN'T A STREET LIGHT. AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE STREET LIGHTS TO YOUR RIGHT KIND OF SHINING OVER. THIS IS BIRCH AND FOURTH STREET RIGHT BEHIND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT IS A STREET LIKE IT'S MOUNTED ON THE POLE AND THAT ILLUMINATES JUST PRIMARILY THAT INTERSECTION. KNOW, TO GIVE YOU PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS THE SAME LIGHT POLE. AND ON THAT PRINCIPLE, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE SHORTER STUBBY ARM THAT THAT'S CLOSER TO THE POLE. BUT THE TYPE OF LIGHT JUST ILLUMINATES THAT THAT INTERSECTION PRETTY WELL, BUT NOTHING REALLY BEYOND TO YOUR RIGHT OR LEFT OR NORTH SOUTH ONTO THAT SIDEWALK. IN CONTRAST, AND I WANT YOU TO OVERLOOK THE FACT THAT THE LEFT HAND CANDY CANE LIGHT IS IS PARTIALLY OFF ON THE LOWER, LOWER HALF, BUT WE'LL FIX THAT LATER. BUT YOU CAN SEE THE TYPE OF LIGHT THAT THE 7TH STREET DOWNTOWN LAMPS ILLUMINATE. AND IT'S BOTH A COMBINATION OF BOTH THE TYPE OF LIGHT, THE AND THE PATTERN THEY HAVE, AS WELL AS THE NUMBER OF LIGHTS. THEY'RE MUCH CLOSER SPACED TOGETHER. THERE'S TWO LIGHTS TO EACH POLE. AND SO YOU THOSE LIGHTS ARE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR A PEDESTRIAN SCALE LIGHTING DESIGNED TO ILLUMINATE AN AREA WHERE YOU HAVE A HIGH PEDESTRIAN AREA. AND SO THESE ARE JUST MARKS FROM GOOGLE EARTH AND SOME OTHER ISSUES THAT WE'RE GOING TO COUNTER. THIS IS A LAMP POST STYLE THAT WE HAVE. I BELIEVE IT'S ON A CONCRETE POST. THE ONE THING THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT HERE, ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF OUR OLDER AND MORE ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH IS ONE OF SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND ISSUES THAT AROSE WITH THE COUNCIL AND PREVIOUS MEETINGS IS THE FACT THAT SOME OF OUR OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS ARE NOW WELL LIT. AND SO AND THOSE WERE SOME OF THE ONES YOU WANT TO TARGET. THERE'S A COUPLE OF CHALLENGES THEY'RE GOING TO ENCOUNTER. ONE IS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF EASEMENTS, AND MOST OF THE EASEMENTS FOR THESE LIGHTS FALL WITH THE UTILITY EASEMENTS THAT ARE BEHIND THE SIDEWALK. AND TYPICALLY WHAT MOST RESIDENTS WOULD CONSIDER TO BE THEIR PROPERTY. YOU SEE THIS LIGHTPOST THAT'S IN THE PERSON'S FRONT LAWN AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO MOW AND TRIM AROUND THOSE THOSE FIXTURES. THAT PATH IS THE ACTUAL EASEMENT FOR THAT, FOR WHAT I'M ASSUMING IS MOST OF THE UTILITY SERVICES. SO THAT COULD ENTAIL EVERYTHING FROM FROM THE GROUND, ELECTRIC TO WATER, SEWER [01:40:07] OR THAT UTILITY POLE. IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW THAT EASEMENT WAS ESTABLISHED TO DEFINE WHAT THAT IS. SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND DEVELOP AND EXPAND LIGHTING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, THAT'S GOING TO BE A FACTOR TO BE CONSIDERED IS WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S A UTILITY EASEMENT THAT THE CITY CAN LEVERAGE. THAT'S GOING TO BE CRUCIAL, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO LIGHT BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET BECAUSE YOU SEE THOSE LIGHT POLES ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. BUT THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THE ILLUMINATION FROM THE LIGHT POLE WOULD EXTEND ONTO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET WHERE WE MAY NOT HAVE AN EASEMENT. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE AND AN ISSUE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO NAVIGATE IN ESTABLISHING THAT EVEN IF POSSIBLE. THE OTHER THING WITH THAT EASEMENT, AND THIS IS GRIFFITTS STREET, AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE OUTLINE OF OF THE WHERE THE LIGHT POLE IS AT AND HOW THE FENCE LINE KIND OF WRAPPED AROUND THE LIGHT POLE. AND THAT WAS TO AND I'M ASSUMING TO PRESERVE ACCESS TO THAT LIGHT POLE, WHICH IS GOOD. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S NOT FAIRLY COMMON THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE PARTS OF THE CITY WHERE WE HAVE THE OLDER, ESTABLISHED LIGHTS THAT COME IN. THERE'S ANOTHER VIEW OF JUST HOW THAT KIND OF KIND OF WRAP AROUND AND ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THAT ACCESS TO IT. HERE I WANT TO SHOW THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A PEOPLE WITH A WITH LIGHT FIXTURE PUT ON, BUT I WANT YOU TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE WHERE THE POLE IS LOCATED. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE THAT WE MAY ENCOUNTER IS BECAUSE THAT POLE IS LOCATED RIGHT SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT SIDEWALK PATH. AND SO AS WE LOOK TO IDENTIFY HOW WE CONSTRUCT AND WHERE WE CONSTRUCT THESE LIGHT POLES, A LOT OF OUR OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS ARE GOING TO HAVE MORE NARROWER SIDEWALKS IF THEY HAVE SIDEWALKS AT ALL. AND SO THEN THE ISSUE OF WHERE WE PUT IT BECOMES MORE CRUCIALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO IMPEDE THAT PATHWAY OR RAISE ANY A.D.A ISSUES BY PLACING THE UTILITY POLE OR LIGHT POLE IN THAT PATHWAY THAT THAT RESTRICTS AND POSES AN ISSUE FOR ANYONE. THE OTHER ISSUE WE HAVE IS, IS STREETS NOW. CAN ANYONE IDENTIFY WHERE THE LIGHT POLE IS FINDING WALDO? DOES ANYONE SEE IT? AND SEE THE BOTTOM OF IT, YOU SEE IT NOW. THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF JUST OVERGROWN TREES WHERE THERE IS BOTH ON THE PROPERTY SIDE OR WHETHER IT'S IN THE GREEN SCAPE, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE MAINTAINED BY THE RESIDENTS ADJACENT TO THAT PROPERTY. BUT WE HAVE SEVERAL INSTANCES THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHERE YOU HAVE TREES THAT BLOCK THE THE THE THE LIGHT DISTRIBUTION PATHWAY. BUT THIS IS ALSO A STREET LIGHT THAT IS ON A POLE. AND SO PART OF WHATEVER POLICY WE ESTABLISH IS GOING TO BE WHAT LEVEL OF INVESTMENT DOES THE COUNCIL WANT TO MAKE IN BOTH STAFF TIME AND OR WHETHER IT BE US DIRECTLY TRIMMING THOSE TREES OR FROM A CODE ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE OF OF FORCING RESIDENTS TO MAINTAIN THOSE TREES THAT WOULD BLOCK EVERYTHING FROM SIDEWALKS TO TREES THAT BLOCK STREET LIGHTS. SO, AGAIN, ELECTRICITY COSTS, I HAD DIEGO AND OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT PULLED THIS FOR ME THIS, THIS THIS AFTERNOON. AND SO FOR PERSPECTIVE, OUR OUR PG&E BILL RELATED TO STREET LIGHTS WAS ABOUT 500 DOLLARS FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER AT ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN ANNUALLY, APPROXIMATELY. SO AND THAT'S JUST ACCOUNTING FOR FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN APR OUT OF THE THOUSAND LIGHTS WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN INVENTORY. SO THERE'S A QUESTION TO BE HAD THAT COUNCIL NEEDS TO ADDRESS IN TERMS OF AS WE ADD MORE LIGHTS. WHAT TYPE OF LIKE DO YOU WANT, WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE A SOLDIER OR WHETHER THERE'S GOING TO BE A HARDWIRE, AND WHERE IS THE THE THE COSTS FOR MAINTENANCE AND ELECTRICITY COSTS GOING TO COME FROM? YOU'VE ALLOCATED MEASURE X JUST TO INSTALL THE LIGHTS, BUT THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND EXPENSE WE NEED COUNCIL'S DIRECTION ON. WHERE DO YOU WANT TO SEE THAT COMING FROM SO THAT WE CAN PROPERLY BUDGET THAT IN THE COMING FISCAL YEARS? SOLAR LIGHTING, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE EIGHTY EIGHT SOLAR STREET LIGHTS RIGHT NOW, AND WHILE WE VIEW SOLAR AS A CHEAP AND EFFICIENT AND CHEAP AND EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY, THERE ARE STILL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. EACH LIGHT WE HAVE ANY SOLAR LIGHTS, EACH LIGHT FIXTURE HAS FOUR BATTERIES PER LIGHT. THE RAID ON A FIVE YEAR CYCLE. THEY MAY DIE BEFORE THEN. THEY MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED BEFORE OR AFTER. JUST NO WAY OF KNOWING EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW. ABOUT TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS PER BATTERY ESTIMATING ABOUT EIGHTY EIGHT NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REPLACE ALL BATTERIES. IF WE HAVE TO REPLACE ALL LIGHT FIXTURES AT ONCE WHERE YOU WANT THAT MONEY TO COME FROM. YOU KNOW, AND THEN FOR PERSPECTIVE, IN TERMS OF STAFF TIME, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TO REPLACE ALL THE SOLAR LIGHTS ON ON HIGHWAY 43 BETWEEN POZOLE AND FILBURN, IT TAKES ABOUT, ASIDE FROM THE PERMITTING PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH WITH CALTRANS DUE TO WITH 30 DAY ADVANCE NOTICE TO GET THE PERMIT TO BE ABLE TO PUT IN TRAFFIC CONTROL MEASURES ON THE STATE HIGHWAY. TRAFFIC CONTROL IS GOING TO BE ABOUT AN HOUR OR TWO TO SET UP TAKES ABOUT THIRTY TO FORTY FIVE MINUTES TO REPLACE THE BATTERIES ON THE SOLAR. [01:45:01] LIKE THAT'S ABOUT FORTY FOUR TO SIXTY SIX HOURS OF STAFF TIME, MIND YOU TWO OR THREE PERSONNEL FOR A WEEK AND A HALF TO REPLACE ALL THOSE SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE NEEDED. AND IT'S GOING TO ENTAIL A LIFT TRUCK, WHICH RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A TWENTY ONE LIFT TRUCK THAT HAS FAIRLY LOW MILEAGE. BUT ALL THE EQUIPMENT, THE, THE, THE ACTUAL TIRES, THE ARM TO HAVE THE BOOM TO GO UP, ALL THAT HAS TO BE MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE AND AT SOME POINT IS GOING TO BE REPLACING. SO HOW DO WE FUND THE REPLACEMENT OF. SO THE EQUIPMENT NEEDED TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT AND EXISTING STREETLIGHTS. SO. SO A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, AND I KIND OF WANTED TO HAVE JUST A BROAD DIALOG, BECAUSE WHAT I'M REALLY LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC POLICY AND GUIDANCE ON WHERE YOU WANT TO GO WITH THIS SO THAT STAFF CAN APPROPRIATELY INVESTOR TIME IN A DIRECTION YOU WANT THEM TO GO IN. A COUPLE OF THE QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF WHAT IS THE INTENT OF THE COUNCIL ONCE. AS I MENTIONED, IS IT TO PROVIDE GREATER DRIVER SAFETY? IS IT TO PROVIDE GREATER PEDESTRIAN SIDEWALK OR ENHANCE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY? AND SO WE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE ISSUE OF DO WE GO WITH STREET AND TRADITIONAL STREET LIGHTS OR DO WE WANT TO LOOK AT MORE OF A PEDESTRIAN SCALE LIGHTING LIKE WE HAVE IN LAPO STYLE, AS WELL AS ON 7TH STREET? AND, YOU KNOW, I'LL STOP THERE AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE FOR THIS FAR AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY THOUGHT PROCESS ON THAT FIRST QUESTION. YEAH, SO THANK YOU, DANIEL. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ALLOW ME THIS MOMENT TO READ THE DISCLAIMER. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A VERBAL COMMENT USING ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE PHRASE HANDS FEATURE TO REQUEST TO SPEAK. IF YOU'RE USING A TELEPHONE, PLEASE DIAL STAR NINE ON YOUR TELEPHONE KEYPAD. YOU WILL BE CALLED UPON BY THE NUMBER YOU ARE CALLING FROM WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR COMMENTS. ONCE YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED, YOU WILL BE MUTED AT THIS TIME. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON? MADAM CLARK, YOU WERE ON MUTE. THANK YOU, MAYOR GARCIA. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. OK, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO ON TO COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS OF. STARTING WITH MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA. ENCOMIA. IF ANYONE HAS EXPLAINED VERY WELL, THIS IS A VERY, VERY COSTLY PROPOSITION. I THINK THAT WHEN WE DISCUSS. ON PAST OCCASIONS, HAVING VERY DARK STREETS THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS. THAT'S WHAT WE WERE THINKING ABOUT, STREET LIGHTING. I THINK THAT IF WE WERE TO INSTALL. SIDEWALK, SIDEWALK LIGHTING FOR LACK OF A DIFFERENT TERM. THAT WOULD BE A LOT COSTLIER THAN INSTALLING STREETLIGHTS, LIGHTING, AND ALSO THAT STREET LIGHTING CAN WORK AND IT DEPENDS ON HOW FAR APART THEY ARE. WE SAW SOME EXAMPLES IN WHICH A STREET WAS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE STREET AND THEN AT THE END OF THE STREET ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE, AND THERE'S A LOT OF DARKNESS IN BETWEEN. AND SO MAYBE IT IS HOW DENSE THIS LIGHTS ARE OR HOW CLOSE TOGETHER THEY ARE, A PLACE THAT COULD HELP US LIGHT THE NEIGHBORHOODS BETTER. I JUST THINK THAT WE NEED TO THINK THIS COMPLETELY THROUGH THE ANNULUS, ASKING A QUESTION, WHERE IS THE MONEY GOING TO COME FROM TO PAY FOR THE ELECTRICITY AND TO MAINTAIN THIS LIGHTS? YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE WEBSITE PARK, WHICH I LIVE VERY NEAR BY, MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT I THINK ALL OF YOU KNOW THAT THE LIGHT POLES WERE PLACE ENOUGH CLOSE TOGETHER SO THAT THE THE LIGHT FROM ONE HOLE TOUCHES UPON WHERE THE OTHER ONE IS. LIGHT BEGINS. AND MAYBE THAT'S WHAT COULD THAT COULD BE ACHIEVED THROUGH USING STREET LIGHTS THAT WOULD LIGHT THE ROAD IN THE SIDEWALK. AS DANIEL POINTED OUT, THIS ARE THE TYPE THREE LIGHTS THAT ARE USED MOSTLY THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND THEN ALSO WE SHOULD, WHENEVER POSSIBLE, USE THE PG&E POLLS [01:50:06] BECAUSE WE PAY VERY LITTLE MONEY FOR THE ELECTRICITY FOR THOSE POLES, LAST TIME WE LOOKED INTO THIS, I THINK IT WAS JUST SLIGHTLY OVER FIVE DOLLARS A MONTH FOR EACH LIGHT. SO I THINK A COMBINATION OF THE TWO WOULD GET US WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE. THAT IS MY OPINION. I MAY ADD ON MR. IRENA'S COMMENT IN TERMS OF THE POLLS AND THE COSTS, A COUPLE OF CHALLENGES WOULD BE IS THERE IS ESSENTIALLY ALMOST LIKE A RENTAL FEE. I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S A MONTHLY COST TO RENT SPACE ON THAT WHOLE AMOUNT, THE LIGHT FIXTURE, AND THEN THERE IS A COST OF ELECTRICITY FOR THAT LIGHT FIXTURE ITSELF. ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE THAT WE JUST PULL IS THE THE LACK OF CONSISTENCY IN THE TYPE OF LIGHTING THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. AND SO ONE RECOMMENDATION I WOULD HAVE IS THAT WE WE INVEST THE MONEY AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF MAKING SURE WE HAVE CONSISTENT LIGHTING THROUGHOUT SO THAT WE STILL HAVE SOME INCANDESCENT LIGHT BULBS. WE STILL HAVE SOME NON LED BY FIXTURES OUT THERE THAT WE NEED TO REPLACE AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S SOME CONSISTENCY AND STILL WITH THAT. BUT THE PG&E POLES ARE GOING TO POSE A PROBLEM IN THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A VERY MUCH VARIATION IN THE TYPE OF LIGHT FIXTURES. HAVE WE CHECKED WITH PG&E POLE AND THEY PRETTY MUCH LIMITED BASED ON THE LUMENS YOU WANT FROM THE LIGHT FIXTURE. THEY PUT UP WHAT THEY WHAT THEY ARE AUTHORIZED TO PUT UP. WE DON'T HAVE ABILITY TO PROVIDE A VERY GOOD RECOMMENDATION ON THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD RELY HEAVILY ON PG&E, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF PG&E POLES ON EVERY STREET. YOU HAVE SOME STREETS THAT ARE ON THE ALLEYWAY, OTHERS THAT ARE IN PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS. AND SO I THINK A MUCH MORE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH IS GOING TO BE NEEDED, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOUR OBJECTIVE IS FOR ILLUMINATION IN THOSE DARK AREAS. DANIEL, THANK YOU. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, I WAS JUST SAYING THAT WHATEVER TO THOSE POLLS, WE SHOULD USE THEM, I REALIZED THAT IN SOME AREAS THEY'RE FAR AND FEW IN BETWEEN AND NOT ALL OF THEM CAN BE SO. BUT WHATEVER THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO US AND WHERE THEY SERVE THE PURPOSE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE, WE SHOULD USE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, REYNA CORTEZ. OK, SO I WANT TO I WANT TO GO BACK TO A COUPLE OF SLIDES HERE, TOO, BUT I WANT TO. I WANTED TO SET THE SCENE HERE. I'M NOT RIGHT NOW AT THIS MOMENT. I'M NOT LOOKING TO ELIMINATE THE WHOLE CITY. I'M LOOKING TO FOCUS ON THOSE AREAS THAT DO NOT HAVE ADEQUATE ILLUMINATION. LET'S NOT CALL THEM STREET LIGHTS AS CALL THEM NEIGHBORHOOD LIGHTING THAT CAN FUNCTION BOTH AS STREET LIGHTS AND ILLUMINATION FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS. WE'RE LOOKING AT SOUTHGATE. AND I'LL TELL YOU THIS RIGHT NOW, WHEN I WHEN I FIRST RAN FOR OFFICE IN. TWO THOUSAND FOUR AND I WAS ONE OF THE BIG COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE ILLUMINATION OUT WITH SOUTH GATE, WHICH IS OFF OF THE STREET, 13, 14, 15, 16 STREET, JUST AN EVEN D STREET THROUGH THOSE STREETS. THERE'S NOT MUCH LINE. YOU GO DOWN THERE NOW IT'S DARK. YOU LOOK DOWN THAT ROAD, IT'S DARK. WE NEED THE INTENT OF THIS WAS TO FOCUS ON THOSE AREAS RIGHT NOW THAT THAT NEED ILLUMINATION NOT NECESSARY TO PREVENT CRIME. BUT THE MORE ILLUMINATED A NEIGHBORHOOD IS, THE SAFER PEOPLE FEEL AND LESS LIKELY FOR THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY TO WALK AROUND AND COMMIT THESE CRIMES. SO LET'S LET'S NOT LOSE FOCUS THERE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETELY REDO THE ENTIRE CITY, IN MY OPINION. WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THOSE AREAS. AND I THINK WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION FOR S GAME. I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD STREET, FOURTH STREET RIGHT OUT THERE. SO LET'S NOT FORGET THAT SECONDLY. I WOULD LIKE TO ILLUMINATE THE SIDEWALKS AND THE STREETS IF WE'RE GOING TO IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT A LIGHT POLE SCEPTER AND A LIGHT FIXTURE, LET IT RUN ITS COURSE. I DON'T WANT THAT LIGHT HITTING THE HOMEOWNERS FRONT WINDOW. AND SO IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A FOOTBALL GAME GOING ON ON FRIDAY NIGHT IN THEIR YARD. BUT LET'S MAXIMIZE WHATEVER WE CAN WITH THE LIGHTS IN REGARDS TO LEDS AND THE COST. I MEAN, THEN GO BACK TO THAT SITE WHERE YOU WERE SAYING THERE WAS IT WAS EIGHTY EIGHT LIGHTS IN IT AND THE COST OF LIGHTING. SO THEY'RE SO YOU'RE TALKING WE SPENT ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR ON OUR LIGHTS AND WITH THAT AND WE HAD ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN WIRED LIKE HARD WIRED LIGHTS. IS THAT WHAT I UNDERSTOOD. FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTEEN WAS MORE THAN I THOUGHT, BUT RIGHT NOW, [01:55:04] FOUR FOUR EIGHTY EIGHT LIGHTS, WE'RE LOOKING AT A COST OF HOW MUCH GO BACK TO THAT SIDE. YOU'RE OUT WITH THE LIVES OF THE SOLDIERS. SO EIGHTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REPLACE ALL BATTERIES IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, I MEAN, SO THAT'S WHAT, 20 TO FIVE A YEAR OR TWENTY TWO YEAR ROUGHLY TO. FOR EACH SO RIGHT, SO AGAIN, WE HAD TO DO A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS THERE. THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE I WANTED TO ADD. BUT AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO FOCUS ON THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT NEED IT. LET'S SEE IF WE CAN START THERE AND WORK OUR WAY OUT. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT STEP TOWARDS LETTING OUR COMMUNITY. BUT BUT LIKE I SAID, SOUTHGATE HAS BEEN IGNORED SINCE SINCE I CAN REMEMBER, SINCE I WAS FIRST ELECTED. AND I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT COME TO FRUITION. THEN WE NEED TO FOCUS ON IN WHATEVER WAYS WE NEED TO DO IT. WE NEED TO FIND SOLUTIONS. IF WE NEED TO GET EASEMENTS FROM THESE HOMEOWNERS TO ALLOW US TO PUT A LABEL THERE. I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. PEOPLE WANT THAT. PEOPLE WANT THAT LIGHT IN THEIR FRONT YARD TO TO TO TRY TO KEEP THAT CRIMINAL ELEMENT AWAY FROM THEIR PROPERTY. SO I THINK THESE ARE ALL AGAIN, I AGREE WITH DANIEL. I THINK THESE ARE OBSTACLES AND WE NEED TO OVERCOME THEM, BUT I THINK THEY CAN BE OVERCOME. I THANK YOU, MEMBER PALLARES, DO YOU HAVE ANY INPUT ON THE SITE? YES, OBSERVATIONS. COULD YOU PUT IT BACK ON THE SLIDE, WHICH YOU SHOW FIVE OR SO DIFFERENT LIGHTS? YEAH, THE ONE THAT'S NOT SHOWN TO THE PGA, THE POST AND STUFF, I LOOKED INTO THAT A FEW YEARS BACK AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS IT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD TO ME THAT WHETHER IT MYSELF OR MY NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH OR WHOMEVER COST WOULD BE THERE AND YOU CAN SPLIT IT AND ALL THAT. BUT THE THE FINAL DECISION FOR ME WAS NOT PURCHASING THAT, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE IT THERE, SOMEONE IS JUST GOING TO SHOOT IT OUT. SO, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LIGHTS ARE TOUGH ENOUGH TO RESIST PELLET GUNS OR WHATEVER, BECAUSE NO SENSE PUTTING IT UP IF IT'S JUST GOING TO GET SHOT OUT AGAIN. AND THIS WAS MAINLY ON THE BAY AREA OF 5TH AND D STREET. SO PRETTY DARK NEIGHBORHOOD THERE. NOW, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE FIVE POSTS THAT YOU HAD ON EARLIER. THE THAT ONE, YES, THE NEXT ONE. THANK YOU. THE ONE ON THE FAR RIGHT AND POSSIBLY THE NEXT ONE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THOSE I NOTICED THEIR CHARACTERISTICS, WHETHER THROUGH DESIGN OR NOT, THE LIGHT WOULD BE ON FOR A CERTAIN DURATION AND THEN IT WILL SHUT OFF AND IN THE LIGHT THE NEXT BLOCK, IT WOULD TURN ON. SO WHAT'S THE WEIRDEST THING? SO I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE WERE A VALID DESIGN TO TO USE FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT. AND I ALSO NOTICED THAT RIGHT NOW, 150 FEET AWAY FROM MY HOME AT THE TIME, SOMEBODY BACKED INTO IT OR RAN INTO IT AND THEY CAME DOWN FAIRLY QUICKLY. SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, LOOK AT DURABILITY. SO WAS. WAS THAT THREE MEASURE DESIGNED TO SPECIFICALLY SNAP OFF, SO THEY'RE DESIGNED TO HAVE A WEAK POINT SO THAT IF THEY ARE STRUCK, BASICALLY THE POLE TAKES THE BRUNT OF THE DAMAGE AND ALLEVIATES THE HAZARD TO THE DRIVER OR WHOMEVER SO THAT THEY DON'T. YOU'VE SEEN PICTURES OF CARS THAT WRAP AROUND TREES. THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO AVOID. SO THAT STREET LIGHT IS DESIGNED WITH THE BOLTS IN THE BOTTOM THAT THEY CAN SNAP OFF IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. OK, WELL, TO ME, IT WAS IT WAS CERTAINLY BECAUSE THE LENGTH OF THE HEIGHT OF THE POLE THERE AND IT WAS QUITE DANGEROUS. SO BUT DULY NOTED. SO BUT THE POINT WAS, IS THAT THE LIGHT WAS INCONSISTENT ON ITS ILLUMINATION OF THE AREA, ITS BRIGHTNESS. BUT THE ONLY ONE I WOULD AVOID THAT ONE. IT DID SEEM FEASIBLE FOR ME AT THAT TIME. SO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING TO JOHN'S COMMENT, JOHN, THE LIGHT OF THE OF THE FAR RIGHT THAT YOU WERE POINTING TO WITH INCONSISTENCY ON THE LIGHTING TURNING ON AND OFF, THAT'S THE TYPE OF LIGHTING THAT EXISTS WITHIN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. [02:00:02] AND IN FACT, A LIGHT LIKE THAT IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH END OF MY PROPERTY ON THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS WHEN THE LIGHT BULBS ARE GOING OUT, THEY DO THAT. THEY CYCLE ON AND OFF. BUT ONCE YOU REPLACE A LIGHT BULB, THEY MAINTAIN CONSTANT LIGHTING. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CITY DID AND I'M NOT SURE WHETHER WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO THAT AT WHAT THOSE WERE INCANDESCENT BULBS AND THAT IS A BURNOUT. THEY'RE REPLACING THEM WITH LED BULBS AND IT PROVIDES A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF LIGHT. THERE'S ONLY ONE ON THIS STREET WHERE I LIVE, BUT THERE ARE SOME ALSO AROUND THE WEST SIDE PARK THAT ARE JUST IN ADDITION TO THE STOLEN LIGHTINGS THAT ARE NEWER. BUT THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE LIGHTS SWITCHING ON AND OFF. THE ONE WITH THAT BOTH THAT LAMP STYLE AS WELL AS WHAT YOU SEE ON 7TH STREET IS IF YOU LOOK AT THEM CLOSELY, YOU CAN SEE THE THE THE GLASS IS IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEIGE OR BROWN. THAT'S NOT THE NATURAL COLOR. THAT'S JUST OVER TIME. DIRT, FILTH, DEBRIS, WHAT IT'S COST TO THAT AND THE CITY'S INABILITY TO MAINTAIN THOSE LIGHTS AND CLEAN THOSE OUT ON A REGULAR BASIS TO, AGAIN, TO ENHANCE THAT ILLUMINATION. SO I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT. A LOT OF COMMENTS ON THE DESIGN MEMBER, MARTINEZ, THE LIGHTS ON 75TH STREET, HOW TALL ARE THOSE? ABOUT 14 FEET, I BELIEVE. SO THEY'RE STILL FAIRLY HIGH OFF THE GROUND. YOU KNOW, I WOULD JUST CONCUR WITH THAT. WHAT A COUNCIL MEMBER COURT SAID. WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE DARKEST PARTS OF THE CITY FIRST. I LIVE ON SYCAMORE AND LATE AT NIGHT WE HAVE A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AND YOU CAN WATCH THEM. THEY'LL COME BASICALLY OFF OF SEVEN STREET, DOWN A SYCAMORE, AND THEN THEY'LL TURN AROUND AND GO DOWN TO GRIFFITH AND THEN THEY'LL GO BACK NORTH UP TO SEVEN STREET. AND BASICALLY WHAT WE'VE SURMISED IS THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO AVOID BEING ON 7TH STREET BECAUSE IT'S IT'S ILLUMINATING, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE TRYING TO AVOID LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTACT. WE SEE PEOPLE CARRYING I MEAN, I'VE LITERALLY SEEN SOMEBODY PUSH A REFRIGERATOR DOWN SYCAMORE AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING AND THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO STAY IN THE DARK STREETS. IT DOES DOES MAKE US FEEL A LITTLE MORE SAFE. I MEAN, I DO HAVE A LIGHT RIGHT HERE AT THE CORNER NEAR MY HOUSE, BUT THE REST OF THE STREET IS FAIRLY DARK AND YOU SEE THE CRIMINALS TRAVELING DOWN MORE OFTEN. SO I THINK WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE DARKEST AREAS FIRST. AND I KNOW EVERYBODY WANTS MORE LIGHTING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE NO LIGHTING, I THINK NEED THE PRIORITY. THANK YOU, MEMBER MARTINEZ? I'LL GO AHEAD AND ECHO THOSE COMMENTS, PRIORITIZING, I THINK, IS IS IS KEY BEFORE WE WE WE REINVENT THE WHEEL HERE AND THAT IS TRYING TO PUT IN NEW LIGHTS WHERE THEY ARE DON'T EXIST YET AND THE NEWER PARTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT TARGETING THE PARTS THAT ARE NEEDED, I THINK IT'S TO KNOW. I MEAN, AND THE INS, IN MY OPINION, I THINK A WORTHWHILE CAUSE TO PURSUE SOLAR LIGHTING OVERALL. IN THE END, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT DOES PUT IN. BUT IF WE CAN PUT IN A ROBUST REPLACEMENT PROGRAM WHERE THEY WHERE WE KIND OF LIKE THE ROADS, WHERE WE INDEX THEM AND WE SAY THESE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE LINED UP TO BE REPLACED OR JUST RUN REGULAR ANNUAL BASIS, ROTATE AND GO AHEAD AND REPLACE SOME OF THOSE EVERY YEAR, THOSE BATTERIES. SO SPREAD OUT THE COST I WANTED I WANTED TO I'M SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF, BUT I WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EIGHTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REPLACE THE BATTERIES FOR ANY SOLAR LIGHTS. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS OF EXPENSE TO MAINTAIN THAT LIGHT. RIGHT. EIGHTY EIGHT LIGHT. WE HAVE FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN STREET LIGHTS, WE'RE PAYING FOR ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND. SO IF. I JUST WANT TO PUT IN PERSPECTIVE THAT A THOUSAND DOLLARS PER FLIGHT, WE'RE TO BE SPENDING FOUR HUNDRED. SEVENTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN FOUR YEARS FOR FOUR HUNDRED LIGHTS AND A THOUSAND DOLLARS APIECE VERSUS EIGHTY EIGHT. ALL RIGHT, IF I CAN INTERRUPT THERE, CORRECT MY MATH, IT'S OVER FIVE YEARS. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS PER HEAD PER YEAR, A THOUSAND PERLITE FOR BATTERIES PER LIKE. FOR EVERY FIVE YEARS. OK, THAT'S THAT'S THE PART THAT I DID MISS THE FOR BETTER STUFF, THAT IT WAS TWO FIFTY FOR ALL FOUR BATTERIES. NO. OK, WELL, GOOD TO KNOW, THOUGH, IS I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE PROBABLY HAVE TO DO SOME MORE [02:05:04] DILIGENCE, BUT I THINK THERE MIGHT BE MORE COST EFFECTIVENESS WITH DOING A HARDWIRE LIKE OVER THE LONG TERM AND BEARING THAT UPFRONT COST TO PUT THEM IN, ESPECIALLY WITH LEDS AND ESPECIALLY WITH OUR SOLAR FARM AND WHETHER WE WOULD EXPAND THAT IN THE FUTURE TO OFFSET THAT THOSE CREDITS. BUT I MEAN, THAT'S THE THAT'S THE POLICY DIRECTION I'M LOOKING TO YOU GUYS. TELL ME, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? RIGHT. WELL, THE DESIGN CAN CAN WE CAN WE CAN LOOK AT THAT SECONDARY. BUT DEFINITELY AS FAR AS THE INTENT, FROM WHAT I'VE SURMISED IN THIS CONVERSATION, THAT THE GOAL IS NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY, NOT NECESSARILY IN MORE ILLUMINATION IN THE STREETS WHEN WE SEE MORE STREET LIGHTING, BUT ENHANCING THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY. FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD RESIDENTS SAY THEY HAVE ISSUE. WHAT THEY DO IS THEY TAKE ISSUE, NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE ACROSS THE STREET OR INTO THE SIDEWALK ACROSS OUT THEIR WINDOW AND NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THE PEOPLE WALKING BY THEIR CARS AND WHATNOT. SO I THINK THAT'S THE REAL INTENT HERE. AND ECHOING THE COMMENTS OF THE OTHER MEMBERS THAT MADE PRIORITIZING THOSE AREAS THAT DESPERATELY NEED IT. IT SHOULD BE. SHOULD BE PARAMOUNT, SHOULD BE THE MAIN GOAL HERE. SO LOOKING AT THOSE LIGHTING STANDARDS AS FAR AS WHAT WE WANT IT TO BE. OR MAYBE WE'RE CREATING A NEW LIGHTING CENTER. I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH. THE POINT I WAS TRYING TO ARRIVE TO WAS I THINK THAT MAYBE HAVING A COMMITTEE LOOK AT THIS TO SEE WHAT WHAT WHAT'S GOING TO BE NECESSARY, CREATING A NEW STANDARD LIGHTING STANDARD OR OR PUTTING IN THE HARD HARDWIRE LIGHTING LIKE YOU HAD MENTIONED, AND BEING ABLE TO FIND OUT WHAT AREAS DO NEED TO BE PRIORITIZED. WE KNOW, GENERALLY SPEAKING, THESE NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THE D STREET AREA OR THE 5TH AND D.C. AREA, THAT THAT NEED TO BE PRIORITIZED. BUT SPECIFICALLY, WHAT AREAS AND WHERE CAN WE PUT THEM? BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, THERE ARE PARTICULAR SORT OF POCKETS THAT YOU HAVE AN EASEMENT OR YOU DON'T IN THIS BLOCK OR IN THAT BLOCK. SO HAVING A GREATER IDEA, A BETTER PICTURE, I THINK IS THE FIRST STEP. MR. MAYOR, GO AHEAD. COULD YOU REFRESH MY MEMORY THEN? WE ALREADY HAVE A PROJECT ON FIRST OR SECOND STREET THAT WE POSTPONE OR PUT ON HOLD BECAUSE OF FUNDING AND WHETHER IT WAS A GRANT OR WHAT IT WAS BECOMING TOO EXPENSIVE TO TO PROCEED TO DO. REFRESH MY MEMORY ON THAT. RECALL SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, DO YOU DO YOU REMEMBER SOMETHING OF THAT? YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SEVENTH STREET BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT, WE WERE GOING TO REDO THAT ALLEY, WE WERE TELLING ABOUT THAT IN THE SAME DISCUSSION, BUT I DON'T THINK WE PULLED THE TRIGGER ON ANYTHING. WE NEVER DECIDED ON A SPECIFIC PROJECT WITH THOSE FUNDS. BUT I BELIEVE WE HAD SOMEWHERE IN THE RANGE OF FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY THOUSAND IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME WELL. THAT'S RIGHT. WE HAVE A LOT OF MONEY WE ALLOCATED TO 16TH STREET AND WE THINK THAT WILL BE IT. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE SBE ONE FUNDS FOR BERTSCH AND A COUPLE STREETS ON WAS THE 16TH STREET ONE. WE HAD WHAT WE THINK WAS THE ROAD, BUT LIGHTING SPECIFICALLY THAT WAS ON THE NORTH PORTICO EXCUSE ME, THE NORTH PART OF TOWN. I THINK IF MY MEMORY RECALLS, I THINK WE DID ALLOCATE THAT FOR A MORE PRESSING NEED, THAT WE BELIEVE IT WAS 60 STREET FUNDS WHEN WE LEFT. YEAH, I DO BELIEVE HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE FUNDING WE HAD CONSIDERED TALKING ABOUT DOING THAT, ALI. AND THAT'S RIGHT. IT WASN'T FEASIBLE BECAUSE IT WASN'T NEARLY ENOUGH FOR THAT INFRASTRUCTURE. SO WE DID MOVE IT TO 16TH STREET. OK, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING, MAYOR, THAT WHEN WE ALLOCATED THE TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR LIGHTING, THE DISCUSSION WAS TO USE THAT IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE MOST IN NEED OF LIGHTS. SO THAT I THINK THAT PART OF THE DISCUSSION IS RIGHT NOW IS WHAT TYPE OF LIGHTING WE WANT IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. NOT THAT WE WERE GOING TO GO AROUND THE CITY AND PUTTING LIGHTS EVERYWHERE, BUT FOCUSING ON THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. THAT'S NEVER UNDERSTOOD THE CONVERSATION ALL ALONG. THAT'S RIGHT. I MEAN, WELL, I MEAN, FROM WHAT HE SAYS, I MEAN, BATTERIES ARE EXPENSIVE ON [02:10:01] SOLAR, I MEAN I MEAN, SHOULD WE JUST AGREE NOW THAT WE NEED TO PURSUE HARDWIRE? I THINK IF IT SUITS THE COUNCIL OR I COULD RECOMMEND AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE COUNCIL IS INTERESTED IN DOING A MORE COMPREHENSIVE STUDY THAT MIGHT BE MORE TIMELY AND OBVIOUSLY A COST INVOLVED WITH THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, CITIES THAT HAVE ADOPTED PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING AND TRY TO DO MORE SPECIFIC LIGHTING IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF STYLE, AT LEAST NOT THE SPECIFICS, BUT JUST THE BROADER TYPE AND STYLE OF SEATTLE OR TWO BIG CITIES. AND OBVIOUSLY, WE CAN'T COMPARE TO THEM. BUT WHAT I'D PROBABLY RECOMMEND IS IF YOU WANT, STAFF CAN DEVELOP A POLICY THAT KIND OF HELP GUIDE THE CITY MOVING FORWARD. IN TERMS OF SOME OF THESE BROADER QUESTIONS THAT I POSED TO THE COUNCIL TO PUT FORTH AS A RECOMMENDATION OR MORE OR LESS IN THE POLICIES ADOPTED BY RESOLUTIONS THAT STAFF HAS GUIDANCE IN TERMS OF AS WE NAVIGATE THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, WE ADHERE TO THAT STANDARD MOVE FORWARD. BUT IT'S ALSO GOING TO ENTAIL PROBABLY LOOKING AT AND DEVELOPING STANDARDS SPECIFIC TO PEDESTRIAN STYLE LIGHTING, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, AS IT STANDS, THOSE LAMPPOST STYLE THAT MR. AND I HAVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, THOSE AREN'T THOSE DON'T CONFORM TO OUR STANDARDS. SO WE DON'T WANT TO INSTALL SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE A STANDARD FOR BECAUSE THEN WE RAN TO QUESTIONS OF THE DEVELOPERS IN TERMS OF OF WHAT EXACTLY WE WANT IF WE'RE NOT SPECIFIC ENOUGH. AND THAT'S THE ISSUE WITH THE STANDARDS. THEY'RE THERE FOR A REASON. AS NEW DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS, THEY WERE DEVELOPED FOR A SPECIFIC REASON. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SPECIFIC IN TERMS OF HOW AND WHERE THEY ARE UTILIZED. BUT IF I MAY, ONE MORE MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT. MR. MAYOR APOLOGIZED AND THOSE DISCUSSIONS GOING ON, BUT THEN YOU HIT ON SOME KEY POINTS WITH TECHNOLOGY ALITY LED LIGHTING. LED LIGHTING IS RUNNING AT ABOUT ONE TENTH THE COST OF REGULAR LIGHTING. SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TAKE AN ACCOUNT AS FAR AS REDUCING OUR OVERALL LONG TERM COST AND AGAIN EXPANDING OUR SOLAR FOOTPRINT SO THAT WE CAN GET SOME ADDITIONAL CREDITS TO OFFSET. SO I THINK THAT MIGHT BE THE SOLUTION WITH THAT COMBINATION OF REALLY EXPANDING OUR LIGHTING SYSTEM. SO THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE. I'D ALSO SAY KIND OF PIGGYBACK LEAVE AS AN OPTION. AS YOU ALLUDED TO, IF THERE IS A COUNCIL WANTS TO ESTABLISH AN AD HOC AND DEVELOPING THIS POLICY TO KIND OF WRAP YOUR MIND AROUND IT IN GREATER DETAIL WITH STAFF, WE CAN CERTAINLY APPROACH IT THAT WAY SO THAT WE CAN WE CAN OVERWHELM TWO OF YOU WITH ALL THIS TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND NOT OVERWHELM ALL FIVE OF YOU. AND THIS WOULD BE LOVE TO VOLUNTEER FOR THAT. YES, YES, AND THE OTHER MEMBERS MAYBE WANT TO JUMP THE GUN. MANY OF OUR NEW MEMBERS FROM PARTICIPATING BETTER REMEMBER, HELPED PARTICIPATE. OK, MR. RAYANA. ALL RIGHT. AND ANYONE ELSE WILLING TO JOIN IN? YOU GUYS ARE WELCOME TO IT. THE CONVERSATION. BUT ACTUALLY, IT'S TWO MEMBERS. RIGHT. SO FOR THE RECORD, THOUGH, THE APPOINTED MEMBERS WILL BE MR. REYNA AND MR. PORTO'S. GODSPEED. GENTLEMEN, LET'S GET LET'S GET US SOME LIGHT FOR FOR NOT ONLY THOSE AREAS THAT NEED IT, BUT REPLACING THOSE ALREADY ARE REPLACING THE OLD LIGHTS WITH THOSE LED LIGHTS AS A PRIORITY. I THINK THE ESSENCE OF WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET AT WHEN I SAID LET'S GO AFTER SOLAR, OR AT LEAST SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS IS JUST IS IS RETROFITTING AND BRINGING THOSE UTILITIES IN MORE CURRENT. RIGHT. BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH RECYCLING LIGHT BULBS AND SOME AREAS ARE OFTEN BETTER. AND I BELIEVE THESE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE LACKING LIGHTING DESERVE OUR ACTION. AND TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND IF WE NEED TO GO KNOCK ON SOME DOORS TO GET SOME LAND SO WE CAN PUT A LIGHT OUT INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD, THEN LET'S DO IT BECAUSE THEY DESERVE THAT AND THEY DESERVE THAT EFFORT AND IT DESERVES THOSE SERVICES. SO SO IF WE START WITH REPLACING THOSE ALREADY LIGHTS TO GET THOSE SAVINGS, LET'S DO THAT. SO ANYWAYS, LIKE I MENTIONED, GODSPEED, MY CITY MANAGER, DOES THAT REQUIRE A A MOTION TO TO CREATE THAT AD HOC WHILE IT WAS JUST A DISCUSSION. BUT YEAH, WITH SINCE WE'RE DOING THE COMMITTEE, WE SHOULD MEMORIALIZE IT IN A MOTION. RIGHT, DANIEL? OH, YOU DON'T GET EMOTIONAL. THAT'S A THAT'S A DECISION. OK, ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO BACK TO THE MINUTES, THE IMPORTANCE OF THE EFFORT BY THE MAYOR WITH THOSE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU, M.S.. I LIKE THAT MATTER. LET'S MOVE ON THEN. [12) e. Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Sign and Execute Award of Agreement with Andersen Integrated Services, Incorporated in the amount of $44,444.00 and allowing the City Manager to execute Contract Change Orders in an Amount not to Exceed an Aggregate of $5,000.00 for the Labor Camp Asbestos Testing Project. (Bishop)] NEXT ITEM WE'VE GOT. WELL, HE WENT ON TO TALK, YOU KNOW. LET'S GET THIS DONE. I'M TRUSTEE ADOPTED RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN AND EXECUTE THE AWARD OF AGREEMENT WITH ANDERSON INTEGRATED SERVICES INCORPORATED IN THE [02:15:05] AMOUNT OF FORTY FOUR THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FORTY FOUR DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS, AND ALLOWING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE CONTRACT CHANGE ORDERS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED AN AGREED AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE LABOR CAMP ASBESTOS TESTING PROJECT. MRS.. GOOD EVENING, MA'AM. COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS PRESENTATION IS GOING TO KIND OF HIT THE NEXT TWO ITEMS, SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO OVER INTERCONNECTED AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN TAKE ACTION ITEMS SEPARATELY. THE OLD FARM LABOR CAMP, IF YOU WANT TO MOVE TO THE NEXT LINE, IT'S CURRENTLY IN A STATE OF DISREPAIR, AS WE ALL KNOW, AND HAVE BECOME A PUBLIC NUISANCE. IT'S CURRENTLY A HUB FOR UNDESIRABLE ACTIVITY, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THESE PHOTOS. IT'S BEEN CONSISTENTLY EXPERIENCING ILLEGAL TRESPASSING, LOITERING, LITTERING, ILLEGAL OCCUPATION OF BUILDINGS. THAT VANDALISM ALL FOR MORE THAN A YEAR OR SO. OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST YEAR, THERE HAVE BEEN FIVE FIRES THAT ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN STARTED BY TRANSIENTS WHO TRESPASS ONTO THE PROPERTY. AND THIS CONSISTENT ISSUE CONTINUES TO TAKE AWAY STAFF TIME IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND IT CONTINUES TO TAKE AWAY SHERIFF AND FIRE DEPARTMENT RESOURCES WHEN THEY HAVE TO RESPOND TO THE COMPLAINTS OR THE ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON HERE. AND SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THE CITY DOES HAVE TO PLAN TO DEMOLISH ALL OF THESE UNITS LOCATED AT THE SITE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE BUILDING THAT WILL BE RETROFIT TO BECOME THE NEW ANIMAL SHELTER. IF YOU MOVE TO THE SIDE WITH ALL THE BUILDINGS, IF YOU SEE THOSE TWO BLACK BUILDING AREAS ON H STREET, THE ONE THAT'S KIND OF SHAPED LIKE A U IS THE ONE THAT'S BEEN SLATED TO BE RETROFIT FOR THE SHELTER. BUT IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS DEMOLITION, WE DO HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND COMPLETE AN ASBESTOS SURVEY OF THE ENTIRE PROPERTY AND ALL OF THE STRUCTURES LOCATED HERE. TESTING WOULD ALLOW THE CITY STAFF TO HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HAZARDOUS MATERIAL IS THERE SO THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD FOR THE DEMOLITION PROCESS, WE KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO BE ABATED. SO WHAT WE DID IS WE PUT OUT AN RFP ON SEPTEMBER TWENTY SEVEN AND WE RECEIVED SIX. VINCE ANDERSON INTEGRATED SERVICES IN THE LOW COST, MOST QUALIFIED BIDDER ON THIS PROJECT. IF AWARDED, THEY'LL HAVE FORTY FIVE DAYS TO COMPLETE SAMPLING AND PROVIDE CITY STAFF WITH A REPORT OF THEIR FINDINGS. BECAUSE OF THE DATE OF DEMOLITION. THE OTHER TWO HUNDRED TWENTY UNITS IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. WITH ALL OF THE UNCERTAINTY GOING ON WITH THE HIGH SPEED RAIL PROJECT WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IT IS TO DEMOLISH. CITIES HAVE ALSO PROCEEDED WITH ADVERTISING THE BID TO INSTALL A PERMANENT FENCE ALONG THE PERIMETER OF THE PROPERTY TO HELP DETER THAT UNDESIRABLE ACTIVITY. I SPOKE OF EARLIER MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THE FENCE WILL SURROUND THE ENTIRE PROPERTY. SO IF YOU LOOK ON THE IMAGE, THE BLACK LINE IS THE FENCING AREA. AND THEN WE WILL BE INSTALLING THREE VEHICLE GATES FOR EMERGENCY SERVICE SERVICES TO ACCESS THE PROPERTY IF NEEDED IN THE EVENT THEY NEED TO RESPOND TO A CALL. WE DIDN'T PLAN FOR ANY MANDATES. AND AS PART OF THIS AWARD, SIMPLY BECAUSE WE WE ASSUMED THAT THERE WOULD BE NO TENANTS IN THE PROPERTY. AND IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS ONE MORE FAMILY THERE. BUT NO, CORTEZ HAS A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT FAMILY, SO I'LL LET HIM TOUCH ON IT WHEN I'M DONE WITH MY PRESENTATION. BUT WE DID ADVOCATE THE PROJECT ON SEPTEMBER 13TH AND WE RECEIVED 13 BIDS AND THE PRICES VARIED GREATLY FROM ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY SIX THOUSAND TO IN THE FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND COUNCILS PREVIOUSLY EXPRESSED, THEY WOULD NOT LIKE TO USE METRICS FUNDS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES LOCATED ON THIS PROPERTY. SO CITY STAFF WENT AHEAD AND PROPOSED GENERAL FUND MONIES THAT WERE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR THESE COSTS. ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS IS WHAT THE LOWEST BIDDER CAME IN AT FOR THE FENCE BECAUSE IT IS AN OLD PROPERTY, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE GROUND. SO WE ARE REQUESTING A FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLAR ALLOWANCE FOR CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE ANY UNFORESEEN CHANGE ORDERS AS PART OF THIS PROJECT ON OCTOBER 20TH COUNCIL, THEN BUDGET ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND FOR THIS PROJECT. SO WE DID FALL SLIGHTLY UNDER AND A HUNDRED AND SIXTY ONE THOUSAND. AND THEN FOR THE ASBESTOS TESTING, THE LOWEST BIDDER CAME IN AT FORTY FOUR THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR DOLLARS. AND SO THAT'S A LOT OF FORCE. AND THEN WE ARE ASKING JUST FOR ANY UNFORESEEN STEP TO ANTICIPATE THEM. BUT IT IS PUBLIC WORKS. SO WE ARE MET WITH A LOT OF UNFORESEEN IN THIS DEPARTMENT. WE ARE ASKING FOR A FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR CONTINGENCY AND FOR CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE ANY CHANGE ORDERS. IN THIS CASE, THE CITY COUNCIL DID APPROVE AS PART OF THE TWENTY TWENTY [02:20:04] TWENTY ONE S.O.P, ABOUT FIVE POINT ONE MILLION DOLLARS OF FUNDS TO DEMO THE PROPERTY. THOSE FUNDS WERE UNIDENTIFIED IN THE BUDGET, SO STAFF WOULD BE PROCEEDING WITH UTILIZING AVAILABLE GENERAL FUND MONIES. BUT AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO HAND IT OFF TO OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR SO WE CAN GIVE YOU AN OVERALL PICTURE OF WHAT THE IMPACT IS. THE GENERAL FUND. AND COUNCIL MEMBER STAFF IS PROJECTING AND ENDING FUND BALANCE AT JUNE 30 AT TWENTY TWENTY ONE OF ROUGHLY EIGHT POINT NINE MILLION IF THE LABOR CAMP DEMOLITION IS NOT PURSUED. HOWEVER, IF THE CITY MOVES FORWARD WITH THE DEMOLITION OF THE LABOR CAMP, THE ENDING FUND BALANCE WILL BE APPROXIMATELY THREE POINT NINE DOLLARS MILLION. THAT WILL BE DEVASTATING FOR THE HEALTH OF THE GENERAL FUND. THE RESULT WILL BE A FINANCIAL CRISIS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ASIDE FROM THE DEMOLITION OF THE LABOR CAMP, THE CITY ALSO HAS OTHER OBLIGATIONS. SUCH AS SIX A SIX MILLION DOLLAR CALIPERS PENSION LIABILITY TO PAY DOWN AN INCREASING CALIPERS EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION STARTING JULY 1ST. TWENTY TWENTY TWO. THIS IS DUE TO THE FINANCIAL DAMAGE CALIPERS SUFFERED THIS YEAR DUE TO COVID-19, A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT INCREASE OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY PERCENT. UNION NEGOTIATIONS. AND LASTLY, RISING HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE BLUE LINE ON THE GRAPH IS THE GENERAL FUND ANY FUND BALANCE FROM FISCAL YEAR 2014 THROUGH TWENTY TWENTY? ANY PROJECTED ENDING FUND BALANCE ON ON THE FAR RIGHT OF THE GRAPH. THE GRAPH DEPICTS THE PROJECTED ENDING FUND BALANCE, JUNE 30TH, TWENTY TWENTY ONE FOR THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH INCLUDES THE CHAIN LINK FENCE AND THE ASBESTOS SAMPLING. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. GRAPH SHOWS THE CURRENT GRAPH SHOWS THE DEVASTATING IMPACT THE GENERAL FUND WILL ENDURE WITH THE DEMOLITION OF THE GENERAL, THE DEMOLITION OF THE LABOR CAMP AND THE GENERAL FUND, NOT INCLUDING OTHER OBLIGATIONS THE CITY HAS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. FIRST, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE AUDIENCE. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A VERBAL COMMENT USING ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RACE HAND FEATURE TO REQUEST TO SPEAK. IF YOU ARE ON A TELEPHONE, PLEASE USE OR DIAL STAR NINE ON YOUR TELEPHONE KEYPAD. YOU WILL BE CALLED UPON BY THE NUMBER YOU'RE CALLING FROM WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR COMMENT. ONCE YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED, YOU WILL BE MUTED AT THIS TIME. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, MADAM? YOUR IMMUNITY AGAIN, MADAM CLERK. SORRY ABOUT THAT AT THIS TIME. MAYOR GARCIA, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. OK, MR. MAYOR, IF I CAN PUT THE STATUS OF THE TENANTS ON AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE, WE HAD AS OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING, WE HAD TWO TENANTS STILL THERE. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THERE'S IS NOW ONLY ONE TENANT LEFT IN THERE AND THAT IS UP THERE IN THE NORTH EAST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY. MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE KERN COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS ISSUED THE EVICTION NOTICE FOR THOSE TWO FAMILIES. ONE IS ALREADY OUT AND THAT THAT SHOULD BE EXECUTED HERE TO NEXT WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS. AND SO I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THAT FAMILY TO FIND THEM ALTERNATIVE HOUSING. BUT I THINK IT'S FINALLY COMING TO AN END. THE COURTS ARE PROCESSING THE EVICTIONS NOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT UPDATE. MEMBER CORTEZ AND YOU US UP WITH MEMBER COMMENTS IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD. WE'RE GOING TO TURN IT TO MEMBER REYNA WELL, I WILL ADD A COUPLE OF THINGS ON THE FENCING. I THINK THIS IS A TOUGH CALL, BUT I THINK IT'S A LIABILITY ISSUE. I THINK WE NEED TO GET IT DONE OTHER THAN JUST ALL THE ACCESS POINTS BEING ON THE WEST SIDE. THAT'S THE ONLY CONCERN I HAVE ABOUT THIS PLAN. I'D LOVE TO SEE ONE POSSIBLY WIN THAT NORTHEAST CORNER THERE WHERE THAT PARKING LOT GOES IN, WHERE THAT PARKING LOT IS THERE AND HAVE AN ACCESS POINT THERE. BUT THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. IT'S NOT A DO OR DIE OR A BIG DEAL TO ME. SO THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, WOULD THAT BE AN ADDITIONAL ACCESS POINT? WOULD YOU LIKE STAFF TO LEAVE OUT? [02:25:04] I MEAN, AGAIN, WE CAN WE HAVE THREE ON THIS SIDE, SO MAYBE WE IN ONE AND AND PUT ONE OUT THERE. BUT I MEAN, IT'S NOT HARD SAID I'M NOT I DON'T HAVE MY HEART SET ON THAT. I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING, AN ACCESS POINT AND DIFFERENT LOCATION. I WOULD GUESS PIGGYBACKING OFF OF CORTEZ. I PROBABLY DON'T HAVE THE DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE ON THE NORTH SIDE, MIDWAY MILBLOG TO. JUST THINKING OF THE RECENT FIRES AND THINKING OF FIRAXIS AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO. RIGHT. IF COUNCILS ARE OK WITH THAT, TOO, WE MAY WANT TO INCREASE THE THRESHOLD THAT YOU PROVE THE OFFENSE FOR, RIGHT? IT'S GOING TO BE ADDED COSTS TO PUT ANOTHER ACCESS POINT. EITHER THAT OR WE ROLL THE DICE AND HOPE WE DON'T HAVE ANY FIRES, BUT IF THEY DO KNOW THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS BETTER CUTTING TOOLS THAN I DO. ALL RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW HOW STRONG REMEMBER THAT IF WE THIS IS RIGHT NOW, HAVE WE BROUGHT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT INTO THIS CONVERSATION AS TO WHETHER THIS IS SUFFICIENT ACCESS OR WHETHER THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE ACCESS SOMEPLACE ELSE? WORTHY CONSIDERATION. NOW, WE DID IT AND I WOULD. I WOULD ASSUME JUST BASED OFF OFF OF RECENT EXPERIENCES WITH THE FIRES, AS THEY WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO MAXIMIZE THE NUMBER OF ACCESS POINTS, AND SO THE THE OBJECTIVE WAS THAT THIS WOULD BE A TEMPORARY FENCE TO TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT, AND THAT ONCE IT IS DEMOED, THAT THE COMPLEX WAS THE MODE, THAT THE FENCING WOULD LIKELY COME DOWN DURING THAT DEMO PROCESS, WHETHER IT COMES BACK UP OR CAN DEPEND ON WHAT THE USE OF THE PROPERTY WOULD BE. I WOULD STILL ASK THE QUESTION, YOU KNOW, AND SEE WHAT THEY THINK BASED ON OUR BUDGET, WE ARE NOT GOING TO GO OUT AND GET ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY WANT, YOU KNOW, WHERE WOULD THEY LIKE THESE THREE ACCESS POINTS? AND IS THAT THE BEST LOCATION THAT WE HAVE SELECTED? JUST MY OPINION IN REGARDS TO THE FENCE IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED. WE DISCUSSED THIS PREVIOUSLY AND IT'S NEEDED. I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE TALK ABOUT USING THE FIVE MILLION DOLLARS TO DEMOLISH THIS PROPERTY THAT WOULD BE REALLY BAD FOR OUR FUND OR GENERAL FUND. SO I HOPE THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO WORK ON GETTING HIGH SPEED RAIL TO PAY FOR IT, AND WE SHOULD NOT GIVE UP UNTIL THOSE POSSIBILITIES ARE EXHAUSTED. THAT'S HOW I WOULD APPROACH THAT, BECAUSE. I DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN RISK HAVING OUR FUND GENERAL FUND, YOU KNOW, DIMINISHED BY SO MUCH AND PUT THE CITY IN DANGER. THAT'S MY TAKE ON THAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MEMBER REYNA. A MEMBER OF THE FENCING, WE NEED IT AS BEST AS, OF COURSE, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH AND THEN AS FAR AS THE DEMOLITION WORK IN PHASES AND THEY MIGHT SAY SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, GENTLEMEN. I AGREE THIS FENCE IS NEEDED. THAT'S GOING TO GET GOING. ABSOLUTELY NEED TO GET THE ASBESTOS TESTING UNDERWAY AS WELL. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THE NUMBER OF THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR ESTIMATE IS AN AGING ESTIMATE, AND IT WAS JUST THAT AN ESTIMATE. SO I DO BELIEVE THAT THE THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH AND SAFETY DEMANDS THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ANYWAYS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S UP IN THE AIR AS TO WHO IS GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT FINANCIALLY, ULTIMATELY. BUT I THINK THE INTERESTS OF THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY, WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WITH THESE WITH THESE PROCEDURES AND IN MITIGATION EFFORTS SO THAT YOU HAVE YOUR CONSENSUS. IS THERE AN INTERESTING EMOTION AT THIS TIME? THE FIRST MOTION IS FOR THE FENCING. I'M SORRY FOR THE WEST. WE'RE STILL YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL ONLY CONSIDERING AT RIGHT NOW AND I'M SORRY, ITEM E E AND THAT'S THE FACTS AT BEST AS ITEM 12 E IS THE ASBESTOS. [02:30:04] OH, YOU'RE RIGHT. I STAND CORRECTED. YES. THIS IS THE SAME DISCUSSION, SIMILAR TOPIC, BUT STILL UNDER THE CONSIDERATION OF ITEM IX. AND SHE IS CORRECT. THAT IS THE ASBESTOS EDUCATION, ENTERTAINING OR EMOTIONAL MOVE TO APPROVE THIS. RIGHT. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MS. REYNA IS OUR SECOND I WILL SECOND MEMBER PROTEST TO MOVE AND SECONDED AND I WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VOICE VOTE. MADAM CLERK. MAYOR GARCIA, I MEAN, PRO TEM REYNA. I COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ JUST COUNCIL MEMBER PALLARES GLARES, I COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ, YES. MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ TO APPROVE ITEM 12 E MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU, MADAM. CLICK ONTO THE NEXT ITEM, SIMILAR TOPIC, BUT ITEM 12 ON THAT ONE ITEM HERE. SORRY, SIR, COUNCIL MEMBER AS WELL ON THAT ONE, I'M SORRY. YES. THANK YOU SO YES. ITEM 12 F ADOPTED RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO SIGN AND EXECUTE A WORD OF [12) f. Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Sign and Execute Award of Agreement with Rudnick Fence Co. in the amount of $146,250.00 and allow the City Manager to execute Contract Change Orders an amount not to exceed an aggregate of $15,000 for the Labor Camp Fencing Project. (Bishop)] AGREEMENT WITH REZNIK FENCE COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED FORTY SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS AND ALLOW THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE CONTRACT CHANGE ORDERS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED AN AGGREGATE OF FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE LABOR CAMP FENCING PROJECT. AND SO IN ADDITION TO MY PRESENTATION, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT ADDING ADDITIONAL ACCESS POINTS. I JUST WANT TO NOTE AT THE BEGINNING THAT A THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS PER MAN GATE. SO IF WE WANTED TO ADD TWO ADDITIONAL I'M SORRY, NOT BEFORE GATES, WE WANTED TO ADD TWO ADDITIONAL THAT WOULD JUST PUT US AT ABOUT A THIRTY FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS CHANGE ORDER SO THAT FIFTY THOUSAND SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO IDENTIFY ANY ISSUES. THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANT COUNSEL TO BE AWARE OF, I THINK, IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FIRE SAFETY, NOT TO BE OVERLOOKED AS THEY'RE BEING ASKED TO ADD THE FIRE LOCKBOXES, LOCKBOXES. AND SO WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE THAT AND NOW BE AT A COST OF. OK. WHAT DO YOU THINK WE NEED TO MAYBE INCREASE THAT TO 20 THOUSAND, PERHAPS FOR A LITTLE MORE WIGGLE ROOM IF WE'RE GOING TO ADD THE ADDITIONAL GATES, WE WANT TO TALK TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. TWENTY FIVE OR THIRTY THOUSAND POUNDS? SO, MARY, I APOLOGIZE, I HAVE TO LEAVE, SO I'M OUT OF HERE, SO DON'T FORGET TO ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. SO MY GUYS. YES. OK, SO BEFORE WE DO GO INTO THAT, HE DOES GIVE ME THE GOOD REMINDER TO TOSS IT TO THE AUDIENCE. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A VERBAL COMMENT USING ZOOM ON THIS ITEM. PLEASE USE THE RAISED HAND BUTTON TO REQUEST TO SPEAK. IF YOU'RE USING THE TELEPHONE, PLEASE DIAL STAR NINE ON YOUR TELEPHONE KEYPAD. YOU WILL BE CALLED UPON BY THE NUMBER YOU ARE CALLING FROM WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR COMMENT. ONCE YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED, YOU WILL BE MUTED AT THIS TIME. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? AND YOUR MADAM CLERK AT THIS TIME IN RUSSIA, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. SO YOU ARE COMING BACK TO DEFEND. WHAT IS THE APPETITE OF THE COUNCIL? SHOULD WE JUST GO AHEAD AND RAISE THAT UP TO TWENTY FIVE OR PERHAPS MAYBE AFTER THE DISCUSSION WITH THE FIRE? BRING THAT BACK. WHAT'S THE URGENCY, DANIEL? I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S AN URGENCY, BUT I THINK IT MAY BE CORRECT ME, THE BIDS ARE GOOD. FOR HOW LONG? IT'S A 90 DAY, AND SO WE'VE HAD IT FOR ABOUT 30, 40, FIVE DAYS, SO. OK. I WOULD SAY LET'S JUST GET IT IN THERE AND AUTHORIZE IT WITH THE MOTION UNLESS ANY OTHER MEMBERS HAVE ANY STRONG FEELINGS AGAINST THAT. ALL RIGHT. OK, FOR WHAT AMOUNT? [02:35:01] TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND, DANIEL, UNLESS YOU'RE REALLY HEART SET ON A 30 NOW, I'M OK WITH THAT. I'M UNCOMFORTABLE WITH 25 MEMBER MARTINEZ. YOU WANT TO MAKE THAT MOTION? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND. SO THERE'S A THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE THE. THE ITEM WITH THE AMENDED AGGREGATE AMOUNT THAT'S NOT TO BE EXCEEDED AND CHANGE ORDERS TO TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND IT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY MEMBER POLITESSE, MADAM CLERK, YOU WANT TO DO A VOICE VOTE? MAYOR GARCIA. I'M SORRY, I'M. WE ASKED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. I DIDN'T ASK FOR EVERYBODY ON THE MEMBERS COMMENTS BECAUSE WE DID AND WE DIDN'T GET EVERYONE'S COMMENTS, MPS. I KNOW YOU DID, BUT DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD OR ASK ABOUT THIS ITEM? NOTHING FURTHER. MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR ASKING THE SAME TEAM MEMBER, REYNA. NOTHING TO ADD IN THERE AS WELL AS YOU MEMBER MARTINEZ. LET ME ASK YOU THIS REAL QUICKLY. TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND IS STILL KEEPS US WITHIN THE ORIGINALLY BUDGETED AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS AND BRINGS US TO ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE THOUSAND. SO THAT'S ANY COMFORT TO THE COUNCIL. IT IS. SO YOU'RE SAYING WE CAN POTENTIALLY MAKE IT UP TO LIKE TWENTY NINE THOUSAND? I'M COMFORTABLE WITH TWENTY FIVE AND I AM TOO AND I'M JUST TALKING, BUT GOOD. AND WE HAVE THAT CLEARANCE FROM EVERYBODY. WE CAN RETURN TO THE VOICE VOTE. MADAM CLERK. MAYOR GARCIA, AYE, REYNA. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ IS ABSENT COUNCIL MEMBER BIOTICS. CLERICI. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ, YES, MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BIOTICS TO APPROVE ITEM 12 F WITH THE AMENDED AGGREGATE AMENDED EXCUSE ME, WE AMENDED THE AMENDED CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT NOT TO SEAT AN AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. MOTION IS APPROVED WITH FOUR A'S AND ONE ABSENT VOTE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK, JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. DID ANYONE I MEAN, I KNOW WE DIDN'T CALL TOMBAK. DID HE EVER COME BACK? DID WE NEED HIM TO COME BACK? WELL, OK. ALL RIGHT. AND I HE MIGHT HAVE ASKED A QUESTION AND I FORGOT ANYWAYS. OK, MOVING ON TO ITEM 12 G. [12) g. Nomination and Appointment of a Representative and Alternate Representative of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Special City Selection Committee. (Ortiz Hernandez)] THAT'S THE NOMINATION AND APPOINTMENT OF A REPRESENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE REPRESENT ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT, SPECIAL CITY SELECTION COMMITTEE. SO INNOCENT MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. AND THIS IS PROBABLY THE FIRST IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT COMMITTEES THAT COUNCIL MEMBER SERVE ON THE REGION. THIS IS THE SAME WORKING AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD, CITY SELECT COMMITTEE. THE CURRENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE COUNCIL MEMBER REYNA WITH THE OPTION OF BEING MAYOR GARCIA, BRING US BACK IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO KEEP THE NUMBERS AS IS OR IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO SHIFT IN ALTERNATE THE ROLES. I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE TO MEMBER REYNA, WHAT IS YOUR APPETITE? ON THAT, I KNOW I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T MIND SERVING AS THE PRIMARY CHAIR OR REPRESENTATIVE, BUT IF YOU'RE NOT ABSOLUTELY TIRED, YOU GO IN AND KEEP YOU THERE. MAYOR, IT'S A PLEASURE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SURVEY THE PRIMARY. I'M FINE WITH THAT. THIS BOARD DOES NOT MEET REGULARLY ITS OCCASIONAL MEETINGS THAT THEY HAVE. AND SO, YEAH, THAT'S IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE THE PRIMARY, WOULD REQUIRE A FINE WITH IT. AND IT IS. THANK YOU. AND I WOULD SO I WILL JUST GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. I WILL OVERTAKE THE PRIMARY MEMBER. AND TO KEEP IT SIMPLE, IF WE CAN JUST SWAP MEMBER YOU. DO YOU MIND CONTINUING TO SERVE AS ULTRANET? I DO NOT MIND AT ALL. WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER MEMBERS? HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? MEMBER MARTINEZ? THAT'S PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE, ACCEPTABLE WITH ME, SIR. THANK YOU. MEMBER PALLARES, I AM GOOD, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, EASY PEASY. WE DO A QUICK SWAP ON THAT. ON THAT ON THOSE POSITIONS, MADAM CLERK. AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND MEMORIALIZE THAT WITH THE WHAT THE MOTION, FOLKS. DID YOU MAKE THE MOTION BANKRUPTCY? I WAS ENTERTAINING ONE. WELL, MAKE THE MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT IS OUR SECOND. [02:40:11] SECOND, THANK YOU, MEMBER PALLARES, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED BY MARTINA LARUS, MADAM CLERK. THERE'S A FEAR I. MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA, YES, COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ ABSENT COUNCIL MEMBER PALLARES. PALLARES AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ, YES. MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PALLARES. TO IMPROVE ITEM 12, DUTY AND A POINT. MAYOR GARCIA AS REPRESENTATIVE AND COUNSEL AND EXCUSE ME, AND MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA AS ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT, SPECIAL CITY SELECTION COMMITTEE. MOTION IS APPROVED WITH FOUR YESES AND ONE ABSENT VOTE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ. THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK, EATING PHENOMENAL FILLING IN TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOVING ON TO ITEM 13 REPORTS FROM COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING WE WON'T BE HEARING FROM THE CURRENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION? MR. CORTEZ'S UPSET, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THERE HAS BEEN A MEETING OR UPDATES AT THIS TIME. ITEM 13 B FROM KERNEN COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS MR. GAGNON MEMBRANE. DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES? NOTHING TO REPORT ME. THANK YOU, MEET NEXT WEEK, OK? REPORTS FROM THE SHERIFF'S AND OTHER STAFF. [14) REPORTS FROM SHERIFF:] I'M SURE YOU ARE. WE ARE WE DONE HERE? I'M HERE. I'M HERE. SO ONCE I GET THAT POWERPOINT BOOTED UP THERE, I'LL. ROCK AND ROLL. JUST A FEW THINGS TO REPORT. NOTHING TOO DRASTIC AND SOME POSITIVE NEWS AT THE HIGH END UP ON A GOOD NOTE WITH THE HOLIDAYS UPON US. SO. ALL RIGHT, THEN GO AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. ALL RIGHT, ON DECEMBER 7TH, TWENTY TWENTY AT ELEVEN FORTY THREE PM LASKA DEPUTIES WERE DISPATCHED TO THE CIRCLE K AT THIRTEEN NINETY FIVE PALM AVENUE FOR BRANDISHING OF A HANDGUN INVESTIGATION. WHEN DEPUTIES ARRIVED, THEY DISCOVERED THE SUSPECTS HAD DRIVEN BY THE VICTIM AND BRANDISHED A FIREARM WHILE THREATENING THE VICTIM. THE SUSPECTS FLED THE AREA IN A SILVER HONDA VAN. DEPUTIES LOCATED A SIMILAR VEHICLE DRIVING IN THE AREA OF B STREET AND FOURTH STREET. IN WASCO, DEPUTIES INITIATED TRAFFIC STOP AND THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE STOPPED. WHEN THE VEHICLE STOPPED, THE FRONT PASSENGER EXITED AND FLED ON FOOT THE REMAINING OCCUPANTS OR DETAINED. A PERIMETER WAS ESTABLISHED, BUT THE FOURTH SUSPECT WAS NOT LOCATED THERE. ANY SEARCH OF THE SUSPECTS? A TWENTY FIVE CALIBER HANDGUN WAS LOCATED ON ONE OF THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE. THE THREE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE WERE ALL JUVENILES, TWO OR A 15 YEAR OLD MALES, AND ONE WAS A 16 YEAR OLD FEMALE, ALL FROM MOSCOW. THEY WERE ALL ARRESTED FOR CARRYING A LOADED FIREARM, TERRORIST THREATS, BRANDISHING A HANDGUN, CONSPIRACY AND PARTICIPATION IN A STREET GANG. THEN NEXT SLIDE. ON DECEMBER 12TH, 20 20 AT ELEVEN THIRTY PM, WASCO, SUBSTATION'S DEPUTY, CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON A RED HONDA IN THE AREA OF E STREET, AND FORTY SIX DEPUTIES CONTACT THE DRIVER, MARIO PACHECO, 20 YEAR OLD FROM DELANOE AND AN UNKNOWN HISPANIC MALE PASSENGER DURING THE INVESTIGATION. PACHECO FLED FROM DEPUTIES IN HIS VEHICLE AFTER A SHORT PURSUIT, PACHECO YIELDED TO DEPUTIES IN THE AREA OF AN AVENUE AND ROSE STREET DEPUTIES FOUND THE RIGHT PASSENGER HAD FLED PACHECO'S VEHICLE. THE PASSENGER WAS NOT LOCATED. A LOADED 40 CALIBER HANDGUN WAS FOUND TO HAVE BEEN DISCARDED FROM THE CHICOS VEHICLE NEAR THE WASCO GAS CONVENIENCE STORE. THE CHACAL WAS ARRESTED AND TRANSPORTED TO SANTA RECEIVING FACILITY, WHERE HE WAS BOOKED FOR MULTIPLE WEAPONS VIOLATIONS AND DELAYING AN INVESTIGATION. NIKOLAI. THIS WAS GOING TO HAVE A FEW, IF YOU WANT TO, JUST SLOWLY THERE'S THERE'S FIVE SLIDES IN A ROW, DANIEL, JUST PAGE THROUGH THEM. SO ON A TUESDAY, THE 15TH, THAT WAS TODAY, DEPUTY VASQUEZ AND DEPUTY GRINDY, ALONG WITH BOSCO'S NEWEST COPS. S DEPUTY DEPUTY REBECCA SANCHEZ, PRESENTED SIX WASCO CHILDREN FROM THE LOCAL WASCO [02:45:04] SCHOOLS WITH GIFT CARDS. THIS HAPPENS SINCE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAS NOT ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AND HOST THE ANNUAL SHOP WITH A COP. THESE CHILDREN WERE GIVEN GIFT CARDS TOTALING TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS IN ORDER TO PURCHASE ITEMS INCLUDING FOOD, GIFTS AND OTHER NECESSITIES THAT WOULD ASSIST THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES DURING THIS COVID-19 HOLIDAY SEASON. THAT ONE RIGHT THERE IS FINE. THEN ON WEDNESDAY, THE 16TH, WHICH IS TOMORROW, DEPUTY BASKIS AND DEPUTY SANCHEZ WILL BE DELIVERING OVER 30 HOLIDAY DINNERS TO LOCAL WASCO RESIDENCES. THESE FAMILIES WERE SUBMITTED BY LOCAL AREA RESOURCES AND WILL RECEIVE A HOLIDAY DINNER WITH ALL THE FIXINGS. THIS, AGAIN, IS AN ANNUAL EVENT HOSTED BY THE KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE THAT HAS TEAMED UP WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS TO ASSIST THOSE FAMILIES IN NEED IN THE HOLIDAY SEASON. AND ONE MORE. ALL RIGHT, AND THEN STARTING ON SATURDAY, THE 16TH OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE, DEPUTY SANCHEZ WILL TAKE OVER THE COPS? S DEPUTY POSITION AT THE WASCO SUBSTATION. SAL IS STILL CURRENTLY AT A STANDSTILL AND NOT PARTICIPATING IN ANY ACTIVITIES DUE TO THE COVID-19 SAFETY CONCERNS FOR THE SCHOOL KIDS AND THE SCHOOL STAFF. I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO REACH OUT TO ME AND HELP IDENTIFY, IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE THE COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING MODEL COULD BE APPLIED. I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO IDENTIFY PROJECTS THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS REGARDING PROBLEM ORIENTED POLICING MODEL. I WILL WORK WITH DEPUTY SANCHEZ TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO ADDRESS YOUR REQUESTS. AND THAT BEING SAID, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME TONIGHT. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITIZENS. THANK YOU, SERGEANT. WE APPRECIATE THE UPDATES, VERY EXCITING UPDATES AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE NEW. S DIRECTOR DANIEL, YOUR NEXT. [15) REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER:] KEEP MY COMMENTS BRIEF. QUICK UPDATE IN TERMS OF COVID-19, WE THE COUNTY IS DOING A MOBILE TESTING SITE THIS SATURDAY AT THE VFW PARKING LOT. THIS IS THE PROVIDER IS GOING TO BE THE SAME PROVIDER THAT DOES THE LIBRARY, HOWEVER THEY'RE DOING TO SHIFT SOME THINGS AROUND. AND SO THE LIBRARY ON SATURDAY IS GOING TO BE SHIFTING OVER TO THE VFW PARKING LOT TO TRY TO DO A MOBILE MOBILE CLINIC IN THAT AREA. SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET INFORMATION ON THE PAPER AND GET NOTICES OUT. AND ALSO NOTE FOR USE OF THAT EVENT AND THAT CLARIFICATION, ANYONE LOOKING TO GO TO THE LIBRARY FOR TESTING ON SATURDAY IS GOING TO BE SHIPPED TO THE VFW PARKING LOTS. SO THERE IS ANOTHER TEST, MOBILE TESTING SITE THAT THE LATINO CAUCUS IS TRYING TO HOLD. AGAIN, I BELIEVE THE TUESDAY, THE TWENTY NINTH, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. I BELIEVE THEY'RE PLANNING FOR HOSTING THAT AT THE FIESTA MARKET AGAIN OFF A PROPOSAL THAT WENT WELL LAST TIME WITH JUST A NUMBER OF PATIENTS THAT WERE COMING INTO THE STORE. AND SO WE DO PLAN ON HOPEFULLY HAVING STAFF AVAILABLE TO JUST PROMOTE THE EVENT AND ALSO HAND OUT ADDITIONAL FACE MASKS AT BOTH EVENTS. SO IF ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE OR SPEND SOME TIME WITH OUR STAFF HANDING OUT FACE MASKS AND SPEAKING TO OUR OUR RESIDENTS ABOUT COMMUNITY ISSUES AND OR COVID-19, AND WE WELCOME THAT. SO LET ME OR MARIJANA KNOW WE CAN WE CAN MAKE SURE WE GET YOU THE INFORMATION YOU NEED SO THAT I'LL KEEP IT AT THAT UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, DANIEL REPORTS FROM CITY COUNCIL. LET'S GO AHEAD AND. [16) REPORTS FROM CITY COUNCIL:] START WITH REYNA. ENCOMIA, I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP SOMETHING THAT IS GOING ON OUR CITY TODAY, CALTRANS WAS WORKING ON INSTALLING THAT BEACON ON POPLAR IN HIGHWAY FORTY SIX. I WENT AND VISITED THE SITE AND I ASKED THEM WHEN THEY WERE PLANNING TO FINISH IT. THEY SAID PROBABLY TOMORROW. SO I DIDN'T GO BACK BEFORE THE MEETING. SO I'M NOT SURE WHETHER THEY ALREADY FINISHED IT OR WHETHER THEY'LL BE COMING BACK TOMORROW. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M HAPPY TO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN TO GET IT IN PLACE. AND I THINK IT'S A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AT EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE IT COMPLETELY. WELL, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS COMPLETELY SAFE, BUT SAFER FOR THE CHILDREN AND ADULTS ACROSS HIGHWAY FORTY SIX ON THEIR WAY TO SCHOOL AND BACK HOME TO SCHOOL FROM SCHOOL. BUT IT'S A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. SO LOOK FOR THAT TO BE ACTIVE IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. [02:50:04] THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANK YOU. IT'S REALLY AWESOME. I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT ONE AS WELL. THANK YOU, REYNA. AT. MEMBER OF CORTEZ'S MEMBER, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY CONDOLENCES TO MARIANNE SUBOLESKI AND FAMILY IN THEIR LOSS AND TO WISH ALL OF YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MEMBER MARTINEZ. ANYTHING TO ADD COMMENT, I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE TWO CITY EMPLOYEES OF THE YEAR, MEIRA MADINA AND MONICA FLORES. THE EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION WAS LAST WEEK. AND THE EMPLOYEES CAME OUT AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET A LOT OF PEOPLE. AND IT WAS GOOD THAT. THANK YOU, MEMBER MARTINEZ? I JUST THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT MY ONLY COMMENT TONIGHT OUT OF THE THE INTEREST OF TIME AND WE'LL TRY TO KEEP THEM BRIEF. I WILL STOP NOW. BUT JUST TO SAY, AFTER JUST SAYING THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR FOR YOUR TRUST AND CONFIDENCE AND IN MY LEADERSHIP, I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK FAITHFULLY AND DILIGENTLY ON BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUES AND OF COURSE, MY RESIDENTS. THANK YOU TO THE STAFF FOR EVERYTHING TONIGHT. I ESPECIALLY WAS IMPRESSED TONIGHT, AS I ALWAYS AM, BUT YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME. THAT TAG TEAM REPORT BETWEEN MRS BISHOP AND FINANCE WAS AWESOME AND OFF THE CHARTS, NOT TO MENTION THE THE AWESOME TESTIMONY THAT MR ABBOTT GAVE TO OUR STAFF. WE'RE DOING IT AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT THING IN THE MORNING TO COME. SO LET'S CONTINUE TO WORK HARD AND WORK TOGETHER. GUYS AND LADIES, THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT, GREAT EVENING. ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAY SEASON. STAY SAFE OUT THERE. SEE YOU AROUND. WAIT, NO, I'M SORRY. WE GOT TO, LIKE, ADJOURN, RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT'S ALL THE ITEMS. SO LET'S JUST GET TO SLEEP DURING THESE MEETINGS THAT YOU HAVE. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.