I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. [1) CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:04] LET'S STAND FOR THE FLAG SALUTE, IF YOU WERE ABLE TO SALUTE PLEDGE. ALL RIGHTY, FOLKS. OK, BEING THAT WE HAVE NO INVITED GUESTS TO PROVIDE AN INVOCATION THIS EVENING, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OBSERVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL? I'M JUST [INAUDIBLE]. I APOLOGIZE, FOLKS, I'M GETTING THINGS IN ORDER HERE. ALRIGHT. PRESENTATIONS ITEM FIVE A. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION RECOGNITION FOR PEDRO RAMIREZ, THE RECOGNITION FOR [5.a. Pedro Ramirez-Recognition for the Years of Service and Dedication to the Community as a Planning Commissioner.] THE YEARS OF SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY AS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER. MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE A RECOGNITION ALREADY DELIVERED TO HIM OR WILL WE BE PRESENTING? WE WILL BE PRESENTING I THINK. THE CITY MANAGER WILL BE POSTING IT HERE ON THE SCREEN. RIGHT. HOWEVER, MAYOR, HE IS NOT HERE TO ACCEPT THE RECOGNITION. OH, VERY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM THEN. ALRIGHT. I APOLOGIZE, FOLKS, I AM HAVING SOME SERIOUS DIFFICULTY RIGHT NOW WITH MY SCREEN. FIVE PRESENTATIONS, FIVE B, IT'S A RECOGNITION FOR VICKY HEIGHT AND HER YEARS OF [5.b. Vickie Hight- Recognition for the Years of Service and Dedication to the Community as the Wasco Parks and Recreation District Manager.] SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY OF THE WASCO PARKS AND RECREATION AS THE WASCO PARKS AND RECREATION DISTRICT MANAGER. AND AT THIS TIME, I WOULD INVITE MEMBER CORTEZ TO PRESENT THAT RECOGNITION. OUTSTANDING. DO WE HAVE VICKI ON THE LINE? BELIEVE WITH DO. WE DO. GIVE ME ONE MINUTE, LET ME PROMOTE HER. PROMOTED. OH, NO, SHE ISN'T THE PANELIST. VICKI, CAN YOU HEAR US? CAN GET YOU TO UNMUTE YOURSELF ? THERE YOU ARE. YEAH, OK. I KNOW THIS TECHNOLOGY GETS A LITTLE TRICKY, DOESN'T IT? WELL, I'M ON SCOTT'S LAPTOP TONIGHT AT HOME, SO I WORK. I WOULD BE PROFICIENT. OUTSTANDING. THANK YOU. HEY, THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY. SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR YOU, WHICH IF I WAS A LOT MORE TECH SAVVY, I COULD DO THAT. LOOK AT IT ON MY PHONE AT THE SAME TIME I'M SPEAKING TO YOU, BUT I CAN'T DO THAT. SO I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO WAIT. I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU, IF I CAN. VICKI, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WHEN I FIRST WAS ELECTED IN 2004, YOU WERE WORKING PART TIME WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE CITY CLERK FOR THE CITY OF WASCO, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OK, SO WE GOT TO WORK SIDE BY SIDE FOR A FEW YEARS. YOU'RE A PHENOMENAL CITY CLERK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE THERE. AND YOU EVENTUALLY TOOK A JOB WITH THE PARKS AND REC DISTRICT. HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN? EIGHT YEARS SINCE YOU'VE BEEN THERE NOW? YES, I STARTED THERE IN EARLY 13. IT'S AMAZING HOW TIME FLIES AND YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANY OLDER, YOU LOOK YOUNGER THAN [00:05:04] THE DAY YOU TOOK THAT JOB, SO DOING A GREAT JOB. YOU KNOW, I ASKED THE MAYOR IF I COULD PRESENT THIS AWARD BECAUSE I'VE HAD SUCH A LONG, NOT ONLY PERSONAL BUT A PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. AND I'VE GOT TO SEE FIRSTHAND WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THIS COMMUNITY. AND THAT IS I DON'T THINK ANYBODY CAN QUESTION YOUR COMMITMENT TO THIS COMMUNITY. YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF THE FIRST ONES TO VOLUNTEER. STAY LATE, STAY OVER. AND YOU CAN TELL JUST IN THE ROSE FESTIVAL AND PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. I KNOW YOU HAD PEOPLE HELPING YOU, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE THE BACKBONE OF THAT ORGANIZATION. MAKE SURE THAT COMMUNITY WAS ABLE TO CELEBRATE THAT EVENT YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR. WE KNOW HOW MANY DAYS, HOURS, WEEKS IT TAKES TO PUT THAT ON FOR MORNING TO NIGHT. AND THAT'S JUST THAT WEEKEND. SO I WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY JUST SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE. YOU HAVE COMMITTED YOUR ENTIRE LIFE TO THIS COMMUNITY. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I THINK SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU MYSELF. BUT ON BEHALF OF THIS COMMUNITY, THANK YOU FOR COUNTLESS YEARS OF SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY. WE LOVE YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU. WISH YOU THE ABSOLUTE BEST IN YOUR RETIREMENT. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ, THAT'S VERY KIND. I DO APPRECIATE IT. I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY. WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE THAT I KNOW OF. WE'RE GOING TO BE STICKING AROUND. SO THE COMMUNITY HAS GIVEN BACK TO ME AS MUCH AS I'VE GIVEN, REALLY HAVE APPRECIATED OUR TIME DOING WHAT WE HAVE DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY, SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THOSE KIND WORDS. THANK YOU. WE CAN'T EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE ENOUGH FOR YOU. THANK YOU, VICKI. WE WISH YOU ABSOLUTE BEST IN RETIREMENT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE MEMBER CORTEZ, AND OF COURSE, MY APPRECIATION GOES OUT TO YOUR LIFETIME OF SERVICE. I APPRECIATE YOU. I GUESS I SPEAK AS THE YOUNGER VOICE ON THE COUNCIL, AND THAT'S TO SAY ONLY BECAUSE I ASPIRE TO HAVE MORE-- OR BE LIKE YOU AND TO HAVE OTHERS LIKE YOU WHO STICK AROUND FOR THEIR LIFETIME COMMITMENT IT TO THEIR COMMUNITY PUBLIC SERVICE. IT'S A THANKLESS JOB AND YOU CERTAINLY HAVE DONE IT AND HAVE DONE IT WELL. SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND YOU ENJOY AND WE'LL SEE YOU AROUND. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANKS AGAIN, MEMBER CORTEZ, FOR YOUR HELP ON THAT ONE. I THINK MY HEAD IS ON STRAIGHT NOW. FOLKS. WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM UP FOR DISCUSSION IS ITEM SIX, THAT'S PUBLIC COMMENTS. 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 PER SPEAKER. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A VERBAL COMMENT USING ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE 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 TIME TO SPEAK OR 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. ANYONE WHO HAS NOT PROVIDED THEIR COMMENTS BY THE CLOSE OF THIS PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING CAN EMAIL THEIR COMMENTS TO THE CLERK BY EMAIL, 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 [INAUDIBLE] REQUIREMENTS, NO ACTION MAY BE TAKEN AT THIS TIME. SHOULD YOUR COMMENTS REQUIRE FURTHER CONSIDERATION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OR ITS SUCCESSOR AGENCY THE ITEM WILL BE AGENDA FOR REPORT AND DISCUSS AT A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING. AT THIS TIME DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT MAYOR. THANK YOU. I'LL MOVE ON TO--. SEEING NO BUSINESS UNDER SEVEN SUCCESSOR AGENCY AND THEN UNDER EIGHT FOR WASCO, PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS. [9) CONSENT CALENDAR] ITEM NINE, THE 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 A COUNCIL MEMBER OR MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC REQUESTS REMOVAL OF A PARTICULAR ITEM. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE A PARTICULAR ITEM USING ZOOM PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND [00:10:02] FEATURE. IF YOU'RE USING A TELEPHONE, PLEASE 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. THIS EVENING WE HAVE ITEMS NINE A THROUGH NINE K. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND-- MADAM CLERK, SHOULD I READ THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS? YES, MAYOR. RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO READ EACH ITEM FOR THOSE THAT ARE ON THE PHONE. THAT'S CONTENT CALENDAR ITEM NINE A, APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR DECEMBER 15, 2020, SPECIAL MEETING AND DECEMBER 15, 2020, REGULAR MEETING. ITEM NINE B, RECEIVE FILE DEPARTMENT PAYMENTS TOTALING NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SEVEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FOUR DOLLARS AND FORTY ONE CENTS. ITEM NINE C, RECEIVE AND FILE THE INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE MONTH ENDED DECEMBER THIRTY FIRST TWENTY TWENTY. ITEM NINE D ADOPT A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTING VOLUME ONE OF THE KERN COUNTY MULTI JURISDICTIONAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN AND THE CITY OF WASCO'S ANNEX HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN. ITEM NINE E, APPROVAL OF THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE FINANCE AND PLANNING ANNEX SHADE STRUCTURE PROJECT AND AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CITY CLERK TO FILE THE NOTICE OF COMPLETION. ITEM NINE F, ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH THE ADAMS ASHBY GROUP, INC. TO PERFORM ALL ANNUAL MONITORING TASKS AS REQUIRED BY HOME FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS. ITEM NINE G, APPROVE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A TRANSFER OF SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS OF CASH CURRENTLY HELD WITHIN WELLS FARGO BANK AND MISSION BANK MONEY MARKET ACCOUNTS TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA LOCAL AGENCY INVESTMENT FUNDS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS [INAUDIBLE]. ITEM NINE H, ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH WILLIAM S. STATLER FOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES. ITEM NINE I, ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CALIFORNIA CENTRAL POWER IN THE AMOUNT OF FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SIXTY TWO DOLLARS AND FIFTY NINE CENTS TO PERFORM AN ENGINE AND SUSPENSION REPAIR FOR COMMERCIAL TRUCK-- EXCUSE ME FOR COMMERCIAL REFUSE TRUCK NUMBER 18 AND TO TRANSFER FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE SANITATION ENTERPRISE FUND TO REPLENISH THE DISPOSAL FLEET MAINTENANCE FUNDS. ITEM NINE J, ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE DXP ENTERPRISE INC. TO REPAIR FAIRBANKS TRICKLING FILTER PUMP AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IN THE AMOUNTS NOT TO EXCEED FIFTEEN THOUSAND FIFTY FIVE DOLLARS. ITEM NINE K, ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SIDE LETTER TO MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN SEIU LOCAL FIVE TWO ONE AND THE CITY OF WASCO EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 16, 2020. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE MEMBERS IF THEY HAVE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ON A PARTICULAR ITEM ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA. CAN I INTERRUPT, MAYOR? SURE. FOR THE RECORD, I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MEMBER PALLARES HAS JOINED THE MEETING. THANK YOU, MADAM. OK, RESUMING. THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST QUESTION MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA. NO CONFLICT, MAYOR. THANK YOU. MEMBER CORTEZ. I DO NOT. THANK YOU. MEMBER MARTINEZ. NO CONFLICTS, SIR. AND MEMBER PALLARES. NO CONFLICT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT OR REMOVE A PARTICULAR ITEM FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR, MADAM CLERK? NO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. VERY WELL. ANY MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE A PARTICULAR ITEM FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR, MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA? THANK YOU, MAYOR. DANIEL, WOULD YOU SCROLL UP? I WANT TO SEE THE--. RIGHT THERE. I WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION REGARDING ITEM D, THE KERN COUNTY [INAUDIBLE] HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN, AND I ALSO HAVE A CORRECTION, A MINOR CORRECTION ON THE MINUTES OF DECEMBER 15. [00:15:02] I DON'T WANT TO PULL THE MINUTES, I JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT CORRECTION AND [INAUDIBLE] I WAS JUST LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION AND IF WE NEED TO PULL IT FOR THAT, THEN I'M GOING TO BE OK. REGARDING THE ITEM FOR THE MINUTES UNDER REPORT FROM CITY COUNCIL, IF WE JUST NEED TO REPLACE A WORD BECAN WITH THE WORD BEACON. AND THAT WAS NOT PRONOUNCED AS BECAUSE I ALWAYS MISPRONOUNCED THE WORD. THANK YOU. IT SAYS BECAN. OH, THAT'S RIGHT. WELL, THE CLERK WILL MAKE NOTE OF THE EDITS FOR THE MINUTES AND WE WILL TAKE SEPARATE CONSIDERATION ON ITEM D, BECAUSE I DID HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT ONE, ACTUALLY, AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. MEMBER CORTEZ, ARE THERE ANY SEPARATE CONSIDERATIONS? I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM I. THANK YOU. MEMBER MARTINEZ. NOTHING, SIR. THANK YOU. MEMBER PALLARES. NOTHING FOR ME, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF ITEMS NINE A THROUGH NINE K WITH SEPARATE CONSIDERATION ON ITEM NINE A AND NINE I. [INAUDIBLE]. OH, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. YOU'RE RIGHT, THAT WAS D. MR. MAYOR, JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION AND THE APPROVAL OF NINE A WOULD BE WHAT THE CHANGE INDICATED BY MEMBER REYNA, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. THAT IT WILL BE MADE THERE. AND WE'RE HAVING A SEPARATE CONSIDERATION ON ITEMS NINE D AND NINE I. I APOLOGIZE FOR MISSPEAKING THE FIRST. IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE. THANK YOU. MARTINEZ. I SECOND THAT ALL. THOSE IN FAVOR, MADAM CLERK VOICE VOTE. MAYOR GARCIA. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER PALLARES. AYE. MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ, 2ND BY COUNCIL MEMBER-- I'M SORRY. SECOND BY MAYOR GARCIA TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR WITH SEPARATE CONSIDERATION ON ITEMS NINE D AND NINE I. AND WITH THE CORRECTION ON THE MINUTES. MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU MA'AM. WE MOVE AHEAD AND HAVE SEPARATE CONSIDERATION ON ITEM NINE D. [9.d. Adopt a Resolution of the City Council Adopting Volume 1 of the Kern County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan and the City of Wasco’s Annex Hazard Mitigation Plan.] MEMBER REYNA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I LOOKED FOR REFERENCES TO [INAUDIBLE] CREEK IN THIS DOCUMENT AND THERE WERE SEVERAL OF THEM, BUT NOT RELATED TO WASCO. AND I KNOW WE HAD REPRESENTATION IN EVERY MEETING THAT WAS HELD AND THIS WAS DISCUSSED. AND SO I'M WONDERING WHETHER WE HAVE A PLAN FOR FLOODING THAT MAY OCCUR BECAUSE [INAUDIBLE] CREEK. THIS HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST. IT'S NOT SOMETHING NEW. I KNOW ABOUT MAYBE THREE YEARS AGO, MAYBE LONGER. I'M NOT SURE. THE CREEK AT HIGHWAY FORTY THREE, THAT BRIDGE WAS CLEARED OF ANY DEBRIS SUCH AS FALLEN TREES. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST AND IT'S LIKELY TO HAPPEN AGAIN AS WATER RUSHES DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAINS. SO DO WE HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT? IS THAT PART OF THE PLAN AFTER? SO AS PART OF THIS REVIEW, THE CONSULTANTS DID PUT TOGETHER SOME MAPPING OF POTENTIAL FLOODING ASSOCIATED WITH [INAUDIBLE] CREEK. AND BASED ON THAT MAPPING, THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT WASCO WAS SUBJECT TO A SEVERE FLOOD BASED ON THE [INAUDIBLE] CREEK RIVER. SO STAFF PROCEEDED BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CONSULTANTS. I READ ON THE PLAN THAT THE CREEK PROCESS A FLOODING, NOT A MAJOR FLOODING. THEY SPEAK ABOUT THE 24 INCHES OF FLOODING, BUT THAT IS ENOUGH TO CAUSE DAMAGE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT IS TO FARM LAND OR TO HOUSING. AND I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE PLAN. THAT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE IN WASCO AND IS LIKELY TO HAPPEN AGAIN. SO THAT WOULD BE MY DIRECTION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LOOK AT THAT AND THAT WE [00:20:03] ARE PREPARED FOR SUCH A CONTINGENCY. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD DO ON A LOCAL LEVEL IS UPDATE OUR OWN LOCAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE DIRECTLY. THIS IS A MORE BROAD COUNTY WIDE PLAN, AND THE CITY ANNEX IS SIMPLY ADDRESSING POTENTIAL HAZARDS AND IDENTIFYING ACTIONS THAT THE CITY CAN TAKE TO HELP OFFSET THOSE HAZARDS. I WOULD BE FINE WITH ASKING IT LOCALLY. I JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS IN OUR RADAR THAT WE KNOW HAPPENS. AND I KNOW OTHER MEMBERS ARE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE AND THAT IT CAN HAPPEN AGAIN. THANK YOU, MR. REYNA. I WILL NOTE THAT FOR THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN UPDATE ON A LOCAL LEVEL. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. THAT'S IT FOR ME, MAYOR. THANK YOU. MR. REYNA, I'M SHARING THE KERN COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT'S 2015 FLOOD MAP THAT ENCOMPASSES [INAUDIBLE] CREEK. THE AREA SHADED IN BLUE REPRESENTS THE, I GUESS, THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S PROJECTIONS FOR A 100 YEAR FLOOD ZONE. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, AT LEAST ACCORDING TO THE COUNTY AND THE STATE'S INFORMATION, [INAUDIBLE] CREEK IS NOT SUPPOSED TO TOUCH WASCO. BUT AS YOU SAID, IT CERTAINLY MAY HAVE AN IMPACT THAT WE'LL HAVE TO FACTOR INTO OUR LOCAL PLANS. YES. I KEEP SAYING THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE, SO IT'S LIKELY TO HAPPEN AGAIN. IT SAYS ONCE THE PLAN IS APPROVED, WE, THE CITY WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS FEMA DOLLARS OR, YOU KNOW, GRANTS OR APPLICATIONS FOR FEMA DOLLARS TO MITIGATE ANY IMPACTS THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY OCCUR ACCORDING TO THE PLAN. ARE THESE FUNDS THAT WE CAN ACCESS NOW OR AT ANY TIME OR DOES IT HAVE TO BE AFTER A DISASTER? SO, MAYOR GARCIA, THE FEMA FUNDING THEY'RE REFERRING TO IS ACTUALLY SUBJECT TO A NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY. SO IT WOULD BE A CALL FOR APPLICATIONS. THIS IS A PLAN THAT'S REQUIRED IN ORDER TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING. SO NOW THE CITY WOULD QUALIFY TO APPLY FOR [INAUDIBLE] WHICH IS THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND THE FEMA FEDERAL FUNDING. VERY WELL. JUST MAKING SURE THAT, OK--. THAT COVERS ALL ON MY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM. MOVE TO A PROVEN AREA. [INAUDIBLE] YES, THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE] IS THERE A SECOND? THIS IS MEMBER CORTEZ, I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU, MEMBER CORTEZ. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU CALL THE VOICE VOTE? MAYOR GARCIA . AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINE. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER PALLARES. AYE. MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ TO APPROVE ITEM NINE D, THE MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. MOVING ON TO SEPARATE CONSIDERATION OF NINE I, ADOPT A RESOLUTION [9.i. Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate and Enter into Agreement with California Central Power in The Amount Of $48,962.59 to Perform Engine and Suspension Repair for Commercial Refuse Truck #18 And To transfer $50,000 from the Sanitation Enterprise Fund to Replenish the Disposal Fleet Maintenance Funds.] AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA CENTRAL POWER IN THE AMOUNT OF FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SIXTY TWO DOLLARS AND FIFTY NINE CENTS TO PERFORM ENGINE AND SUSPENSION REPAIR ON COMMERCIAL REFUGE TRUCK NUMBER 18. MEMBER CORTEZ. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. JUST HAD SOME GENERAL QUESTIONS, NONE TOO SPECIFIC. BUT I KNOW THAT IN A REPORT IT STATED THAT THIS WOULD EXTEND THE LIFESPAN OF THE VEHICLE TO THE SCHEDULED REPLACEMENT DATE TO 2026. HOW LONG HAVE WE HAD THIS DISPOSAL TRUCK AND ARE WE MAKING PLANS TO ACQUIRE MORE AT THIS POINT? GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. THIS IS MR. [INAUDIBLE]. I CAN ANSWER THAT RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE A PROPOSAL WE DISCUSSED BACK IN HISTORY ABOUT OUR FLEET MODERNIZATION INITIATIVE . AND THAT DOES, IN FACT, INCLUDE THE HEAVY VEHICLES AS WELL. SO BY POINTING THAT OUT, BASICALLY, I HAVE A SCHEDULED REPLACEMENT FOR ALL THE TRUCKS FOR THE [INAUDIBLE] VEHICLES THAT'S BROKEN DOWN INTO TWO FIVE YEAR INCREMENTS FOR A 10 YEAR TOTAL. THAT PLAN HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO THE CITY MANAGER AND THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AS [00:25:05] WELL. AND WE ARE CURRENTLY ANALYZING THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION, GET A LITTLE MORE DATA TO HOPEFULLY PRESENT TO CITY COUNCIL HERE IN THE FUTURE ABOUT THE OPTION OF ACTUALLY GOING INTO A LEASE OPTION RATHER THAN A DIRECT PURCHASE OPTION, WHICH IN ESSENCE, WILL ACTUALLY HELP THE CITY TO ACCRUE OVER A FIVE YEAR AND A 10 YEAR PERIOD OF TIME. SO GOING BACK TO THAT, WE DID HAVE THIS TRUCK SCHEDULED FOR REPLACEMENT IN FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY TWO. HOWEVER, WE FELT THE NEED THAT IF WE WERE GOING TO INVEST FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN REPAIRS INTO THIS TRUCK WITH THE ADVICE AND FROM OUR SANITATION DRIVERS AND ALSO FROM OUR SHOP PERSONNEL, THEY SAID THAT THEIR RECOMMENDATION WAS, YOU KNOW, LET'S KEEP THE TRUCK WITH THE NEW ENGINE, THE NEW SUSPENSION. THIS IS A VERY YOU KNOW, ASIDE FROM THAT, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, MAJOR REPLACEMENTS, IT'S A FAIRLY RELIABLE TRUCK. IT'S A GOOD TRUCK TO HAVE OUT THERE PERFORMING THE SANITATION SERVICES. SO IN ESSENCE, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IS, WE DID HAVE IT SCHEDULED FOR TWENTY TWENTY TWO FISCAL TWENTY TWENTY TWO. HOWEVER, IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT THAT INVESTMENT FOR THE NEW ENGINE SUSPENSION IN THERE, WE ARE ABLE TO PUSH THAT BACK PROBABLY ANOTHER FOUR TO FIVE YEARS AND MOVE UP THE NEXT TRUCK THAT WAS IN LINE, NEXT OLDEST TRUCK THAT WAS IN LINE TO SCHEDULE THAT FOR REPLACEMENT IN ITS PLACE. THANK YOU. AND MR. [INAUDIBLE], DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE AVERAGE LIFESPAN OF ONE OF THESE GARBAGE TRUCKS IS? IN THE INDUSTRY? THE INDUSTRY IS EIGHT TO TWELVE YEARS. THAT'S CONSIDERING, OF COURSE, HOW OUR DRIVERS TREAT THE VEHICLES, HOW WELL OUR FLEET MAINTENANCE VEHICLES. I COULD SAY THAT WITH THE VEHICLES THAT WE HAVE ARE A FEW OF THEM ARE APPROACHING 20 YEARS OLD. SO THAT'S PROBABLY A TESTAMENT TO HOW SAFE AND OPERATIONS OUR DRIVERS ARE AND ALSO OUR FLEET OPERATIONS AND MAINTAINING AND PRESERVING THOSE VEHICLES, YOU KNOW, TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF THOSE VEHICLES. BUT WE ARE SEEING TRENDS AGAIN, GOING BACK TO WHY WE HAVE THE REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE. IT'S THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS INCLUDED WHICH HAVE TO DO WITH AIR RESOURCES BOARD, TRUCKS HAVE TO START RUNNING CLEANER. AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO MAKE THOSE TRANSITIONS POTENTIALLY IN 10 YEARS TO GO TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES FOR THE CITY. SO WE ARE TRYING TO SET OURSELVES UP FOR THAT. AND BUT WE ARE ALSO TRYING TO WE ARE ALSO LOOKING OUT FOR THE TAXPAYERS AND THE CITY AS WELL. WE DON'T WANT TO PLACE ANY ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL BURDENS ON THE CITY WITH PURCHASING TRUCKS AGAIN. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THESE OPTIONS AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO PRESENT THAT TO YOU, EITHER THE FIRST COUNCIL MEETING IN FEBRUARY OR PERHAPS EVEN THE SECOND MEETING IN FEBRUARY. SO AND YOU'LL PROBABLY BE HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE IMPRESSED. I AM. SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE GIST OF IT. WE ARE ALLOWED TO KEEP THAT VEHICLE THAT'S GOING TO HELP US KEEP THAT VEHICLE. WE'RE MAKING THAT INVESTMENT AND IT'S DOING FINE FOR THE CITY SO WE CAN FOREGO THAT FOR ANOTHER FOUR OR FIVE YEARS. WELL, GREAT. THANK YOU. I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS TRUCK IS TO THE OPERATION, SO LET'S GET THAT FIXED UP AND GET BACK TO WORK. THANK YOU, SIR. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. IT HAS BEEN MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? AND IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MEMBER CORTEZ AND SECONDED BY MEMBER MARTINEZ. MADAM CLERK, VOICE VOTE. MAYOR GARCIA. AE. MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA. AYE. MEMBER CORTEZ. AYE. MEMBER MARTINEZ. AYE. MEMBER PALLARES. AYE. MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ TO APPROVE ITEM NINE I. MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU, MA'AM. [10) PUBLIC HEARINGS] MOVING ON TO ITEM 10 PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE HAVE ONE ITEM TEN A, INTRODUCTION IN WE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WASCO AMENDING TITLE EIGHT CALLED HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF WASCO MUNICIPAL CODE, CHAPTER EIGHT POINT TWELVE. CALLED SOLID WASTE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. [00:30:06] I AM INTRODUCING AN AMENDMENT TO TITLE EIGHT HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF WASCO'S MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER EIGHT POINT TWELVE SOLID WASTE. CITY STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH OUR THREE, OUR CONSULTANT AND OUR LEGAL COUNSEL, TO ESTABLISH PROGRAMS THAT MEET [INAUDIBLE] CYCLE REQUIREMENTS BASED ON THE AB THREE FORTY ONE AND AB EIGHTEEN TWENTY SIX RECYCLING MANDATES. AS NOTED IN THE STAFF REPORT IN PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETINGS, CITY STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH [INAUDIBLE] FOR SOME TIME NOW TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY IS COMPLIANT WITH THE LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE. THE ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS BEFORE YOU ARE SPECIFIC TO CORRECTING LANGUAGE THAT NEEDS TO BE IMMEDIATELY CORRECTED TO COMPLY WITH AB THREE FORTY ONE AND AB EIGHTEEN TWENTY SIX. AND THESE ARE SPECIFIC TO THE BLUE BIN RECYCLING AND THE ORGANICS RECYCLING FOR COMMERCIAL ENTITIES. THIS WILL PROVIDE THE CITY WITH THAT LOCAL AUTHORITY TO ENSURE THAT COMMERCIAL AND MULTIFAMILY ENTITIES THAT ARE SUBJECT TO AB THREE FORTY ONE AND AB EIGHTEEN TWENTY SIX ARE COMPLIANT. SOME OF THE MAJOR MODIFICATIONS DO INCLUDE THE ADDITION OF DEFINITION'S, MODIFICATIONS TO THE COMMERCIAL RECYCLING REQUIREMENTS FOR BOTH AB THREE FORTY ONE AND AB EIGHTEEN TWENTY SIX AND MODIFICATIONS TO THE CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION LANGUAGE SPECIFIED IN THE CURRENT ORDINANCE TO BRING IT TO THE CURRENT REQUIREMENTS. I DO WANT TO KNOW THAT STAFF IS WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANT AND LEGAL COUNSEL TO REORGANIZE THE ENTIRE CHAPTER AND WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT FORWARD AT A LATER TIME THIS YEAR. IT WILL INCLUDE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE THAT WILL ADDRESS ALL OF SB THIRTEEN EIGHTY THREE REQUIREMENTS. I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT I DID GET A LITTLE EXCITED HERE AND INCLUDED A CHAPTER THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED. SECTION EIGHT TWELVE POINT EIGHT ZERO SEVEN, WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH WITH SB THIRTEEN EIGHTY THREE COMPLIANCE, SHOULD NOT BE PROPOSED TO BE AMENDED AT THIS TIME. IT WILL BE INCLUDED AT A FUTURE TIME WHEN OUR PROGRAMS ARE READY TO BE ROLLED OUT. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THOSE PROGRAMS AND IT WAS INCLUDED AS AN OVERSIGHT. SO I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. STAFF IS PROPOSING THAT COUNCIL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ORDINANCE ADOPTION AND AMENDMENT WITH THE ELIMINATION OF SECTION EIGHT POINT TWELVE POINT EIGHT ZERO SEVEN, AND THAT WE REMOVE THE SB THIRTEEN EIGHTY THREE DEFINITION AS WE WILL BE PLANNING TO BRING THOSE BACK AT A LATER TIME WHEN PROGRAMS ARE READY FOR ROLLOUT. I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A VERBAL COMMENT USING ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND BUTTON AND TO REQUEST TO SPEAK. IF YOU'RE USING A TELEPHONE, PLEASE DIAL STAR NINE ON YOUR TELEPHONE KEYPAD AND 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 COMMENTS. WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED, YOU WILL BE MUTED. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS OR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS? MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE A QUESTION. ALL RIGHT, LET ME CLOSE THE HEARING. GO AHEAD AND PROCEED. THANK YOU. MS. BISHOP, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. ARE YOU ON A TIMELINE FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM OR CAN WE WAIT TO VOTE ON IT AFTER YOU MAKE THE CORRECTIONS THAT SHOULD BE MADE ON IT? MR. REYNA, THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST READ SO I CAN MAKE THOSE CORRECTIONS SO THAT WHEN I BRING IT BACK FOR A SECOND READ, IT IS ADOPTED BASED ON THE ACCEPTABLE LANGUAGE TO THE COUNCIL. SO THIS IS A TIME WHEN YOU GET TO MAKE A COMMENT ON ANY OF THE LANGUAGE. AND IF YOU'D LIKE US TO ADJUST ANYTHING OR LOOK INTO MAKING ANY ADJUSTMENTS, WE CAN DO THAT AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. I READ YOUR REPORT AND IT IS DIFFICULT FOR ME TO DETERMINE WHAT WAS NEW, WHAT WAS DIFFERENT. IS THERE A WAY THAT YOU CAN MAKE THAT CLEAR FOR US, AT LEAST FOR ME? I SHOULD ASK MYSELF. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE--WHAT PAGE IS IT ON HERE? AND IT'S IN RED. YEAH, I'VE INCLUDED THE CHANGES IN RED. AND THEN I STRUCK OUT IN RED WHAT WAS EXISTING, BUT WAS PROPOSED TO BE DELETED OR [00:35:06] AMENDED . ITS PAGE FIVE FORTY EIGHT IN THE AGENDA PACKET FOR MEMBERS. I CANNOT SEE IT WITHOUT LEAVING THE MEETING. I KNOW. I HAD TO GO TO THE EXACT PAGE. I UNDERSTAND. RIGHT. I READ THAT. SO THOSE ALL CHANGES AND THEN YOU ARE SAYING THAT YOU HAD CROSSED OUT, WHATEVER WAS BEING REPLACED. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. I MUST HAVE MISSED THAT BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE THAT ONE. [INAUDIBLE] ALL RIGHT, WELL, ANOTHER CHANCE. I WAS JUST WONDERING WHETHER WE CAN DO THIS ONCE AND REMOVE THOSE ITEMS THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO APPROVE OF THIS TIME, OR CAN WE JUST APPROVE IT HAD ESTABLISHED, YOU KNOW, LEAVING OUT THOSE ITEMS THAT YOU MENTIONED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS THE BEST APPROACH TO THIS. SO THIS IS THE FIRST READING. SO WE CAN BRING IT BACK WITH THE AMENDMENTS FOR THE ADOPTION, AND SO THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE APPROACH. HOWEVER, IF YOU'D LIKE US TO BRING IT BACK AS A PUBLIC HEARING, WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL. NO, THAT'S FINE. IF THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO DO IT, THEN I'M FINE WITH IT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF I NEEDED TO BE CLEANED UP BEFORE WE VOTE ON IT AND IT WOULD BE BETTER TO BRING IT BACK AT A DIFFERENT TIME. IF THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE TIME, THEN I'M FINE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MEMBER REYNA. MEMBER CORTEZ. NO, I'M FINE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. MEMBER MARTINEZ. NO COMMENT, SIR. HOW ABOUT MEMBER PALLARES. NO COMMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE INTRODUCTION AND WAIVING OF THE FIRST READING OF THIS ORDINANCE. MEMBER CORTEZ, SO MOVED. AND I WILL SECOND. MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU CALL THE VOICE VOTE, PLEASE? MAYOR GARCIA. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER PALLARES. AYE. MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ, SECOND BY MAYOR GARCIA TO INTRODUCE AND WAIVE THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE WITH THE REMOVAL OF THE SET SECTION, MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. YOU'RE MUTED MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE AND MADAM CLERK FOR THE VOICE VOTE AND MOVE ON TO ITEM 11 DEFERRED BUSINESS. THERE IS NONE. ITEM 12 NEW BUSINESS. [12.a. Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute a Purchase Agreement with Flock Safety to Purchase Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) Cameras for the Kern County Sheriff Wasco Substation for Use Throughout the City of Wasco. (Ortiz Hernandez)] WE HAVE 12 A, ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH [INAUDIBLE] SAFETY TO PURCHASE AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS, CAMERAS FOR THE KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S WASCO SUBSTATION FOR USE THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF WASCO. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME. THIS IS AN ITEM WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED THE LAST MEETING IN RESPONSE TO SOME OF THE RECENT CRIME ACTIVITY THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS EXPERIENCED IN THE LAST THE PRIOR CALENDAR YEAR. WE DISCUSSED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS. ONE OF THEM BEING THE ACQUISITION OF LICENSE PLATE READERS AND STAFF HAD PRESENTED A COUPLE OF OPTIONS, INCLUDING ONE SPECIFICALLY MADE BY [INAUDIBLE] SAFETY. THE CAMERAS THAT PROVIDE. JUST A REMINDER, SO PART OF THE REASON WHY WE HAD ZEROED IN ON [INAUDIBLE] SAFETY WAS ONE, BECAUSE THEY ARE THERE WIRELESS CAMERAS AND THEY DON'T REQUIRE TO BE HARD WIRED OR ANY COMPLICATED INSTALLATION OR SETUPS. AND IT'S A PRODUCT THAT'S BEING WIDELY GROWING IN NUMBERS AND IS BEING USED A NUMBER OF [INAUDIBLE] COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING MANY IN CALIFORNIA, WITH OVER THIRTY SEVEN JURISDICTIONS IN CALIFORNIA THAT HAVE INCORPORATED [INAUDIBLE] SAFETY INTO THEIR LAW ENFORCEMENT TOOLS FOR IDENTIFYING VEHICLES AND FOLLOWING UP ON LEADS DURIN INCIDENTS THAT OCCUR IN THEIR COMMUNITY. WHAT [INAUDIBLE] SAFETY DOES IS IT USES REFER TO AS A VEHICLE FINGERPRINT TECHNOLOGY IN IDENTIFYING THE FEATURES OF THE VEHICLE, NOT JUST THE LICENSE PLATE ITSELF, BUT SPECIFIC FEATURES THAT IDENTIFY THE VEHICLE AND INCLUDING MAKE MODEL COLOR AND THE LICENSE PLATE ITSELF. ONE OF THE OTHER UNIQUE THINGS ABOUT [INAUDIBLE] SAFETY IS THEY ARE ABLE TO [00:40:04] READ PAPER PLATES ON SOME OF THE NEWER VEHICLES THAT ARE COMING OUT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SOME OF THE OLDER LICENSE PLATE READER TECHNOLOGY IS CURRENTLY UNABLE TO USE. A NUMBER OF CITIES THAT HAVE GONE AND DEPLOYED FOR CAMERAS AND A NUMBER OF QUANTITIES. SOME HAVE GONE UPWARDS OF 20, 30 OR MORE CAMERAS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. SOME HAVE EXPERIENCED DROPS IN VEHICLE THEFTS BY MORE THAN 60 PERCENT AND DOUBLE DIGIT FIGURES AND IDENTIFYING STOLEN VEHICLES AND RECOVERING STOLEN VEHICLES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. BUT PART OF OUR REASON FOR LOOKING AT THIS WASN'T JUST FOR VEHICLE STOPS OR RECOVERING STOLEN VEHICLES, BUT TO ACTUALLY IDENTIFY VEHICLES IN THE AREA WHEN A CRIME IS COMMITTED. THAT WAS A PRIMARY DRIVER FOR US SPECIFICALLY AND AS A RESPONSE AND AS A JUST ANOTHER TOOL AND FEATURE THAT WOULD AID LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES IN INVESTIGATING THESE CRIMES. THE COST FOR [INAUDIBLE] SAFETY RIGHT NOW IS TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER CAMERA PER YEAR WITH 250 INSTALL FEE PER CAMERA. THEY SELL THEM IN PACKAGES OF FIVE. ONE YEAR LEASE, FOR INSTANCE, FOR 10 CAMERAS IS TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED. THEY DO UTILIZE DATA RETENTION, THAT IS, CGIS COMPLIANT WITH CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM COMPLIANCE AND CLOUD STORAGE. SO IT WON'T REQUIRE ANY HARDWARE OR ANY SERVERS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO MAINTAIN ON OUR PREMISES OR TO HAVE TO REPLACE OVER A PERIOD OF TIME WHEN THEY BECOME OBSOLETE OR BECOME SOMETHING MALFUNCTIONS WITH THEM. IT IS ALL PRETTY MUCH AN ALL INCLUSIVE PACKAGE AND IS SOMEWHAT A FAIRLY HANDS OFF FROM A MAINTENANCE STANDPOINT. [INAUDIBLE] SAFETY, AS YOU KNOW, THEY MAINTAIN IT'S A SMALL CAMERA THAT CAN BE LOCATED ON POLES. MOST OF THE TIME THEY TRY TO PUT THEM ON UTILITY POLES THAT ARE ONLY MAINTAINED BY THE CITY OR THAT THEY HAVE PERMISSION TO OPERATE ON. IF NOT, [INAUDIBLE] SAFELY CAN PROVIDE A POLE THAT CAN BE MOUNTED ON. BECAUSE OF THEIR SMALLER SIZE, THEY'RE EASIER TO RELOCATE. AND BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT HARD WIRED OR REQUIRE ANY COMPLEX INSTALLATION, THEY CAN BE RELOCATED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AS NEEDS ARISE. THE SOFTWARE IS PROPRIETARY. THEY HAVE A SOFTWARE IS SPECIFICALLY USED TO IDENTIFY THOSE KEY FEATURES OF A VEHICLE TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE MAKE MODEL TYPE AND ANY OTHER UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS. AND IT'S RATED TO BE USED AND IDEALLY IN NIGHTTIME SETTINGS WHERE WE MAY HAVE SOME MINIMUM LIGHT. AS I MENTIONED, OVER THIRTY SEVEN JURISDICTIONS IN CALIFORNIA THAT HAVE INCORPORATED [INAUDIBLE] SAFETY, INCLUDING SOME BOTH IN SOUTHERN [INAUDIBLE] AREA. I WANT TO KIND OF PUT IN PERSPECTIVE IN TERMS OF HOW THIS COMPARES TO A MUCH MORE WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER A MUCH MORE COMPLEX AND PROBABLY A ROBUST SYSTEM WITH SOME HIGH DEFINITION CAMERAS AND WHAT THOSE INTENSIVE PURPOSES REALLY SERVE. AND THAT IS I KNOW WE'VE HEARD OF THE CAMERAS THAT WE PURCHASED FOR, QUOTE, UNFORTUNATES IN PLACE AND ALLEYWAYS AND HANDLES ARE INTENDED TO TRY TO RECORD THE ACTUAL ACTIVITY AND RECORD VIDEO FOOTAGE WHEREAS FLOCK SAFETY RECORDS BURST IMAGES. IT'LL TAKE A SERIES OF IMAGES AS THE VEHICLE ACTIVATES THE MOTION SENSOR. AND THEY'RE JUST FOR PHOTOGRAPHS IN COMPARISON TO VIDEO FOOTAGE. AND SO THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY IT'S ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE VEHICLE INFORMATION AND SELECT THE BEST IMAGES THAT CAN THEN BE USED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AFTERWARDS. COMPARE THAT TO A MUCH MORE, I GUESS, A WIRE SYSTEM, AND YOU'RE HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE CONNECTIVITY ISSUES OF A SYSTEM THAT'S BEING WIRED. THIS IS KIND OF A COMPARISON OF A SYSTEM THAT PANASONIC PROVIDES AND OFFERS. IT IS A HARD WIRED SYSTEM THAT REQUIRES MULTIPLE NETWORK COMPONENTS AND SERVERS AND FIBER MEDIA CONVERTERS OF GAS FIBER THAT'S CONNECTED TO. ALSO, MANY OF THESE COMPLEX SYSTEMS REQUIRE AN ACTUAL MONITORING THAT'S DONE EITHER BY DISPATCHERS OR THROUGH A CONTROL CENTER THAT ACTUALLY MONITORS TYPICALLY THE VIDEO FOOTAGE ON A 24/7 BASIS, [INAUDIBLE] ON A PERIODIC BASIS. BUT YOU HAVE ENTIRE EQUIPMENT ROOMS THAT ARE SET UP TO SUPPORT THOSE SYSTEMS ENTIRELY IN COMPARISON TO THE FLOCK SYSTEM. THAT WON'T REQUIRE ANY OF THAT. I LOVE IT WHEN BIGGER CITIES DO A LOT OF THE HOMEWORK FOR ME AND DO SOME OF THE RESEARCH AND GIVE US EXAMPLES TO POINT TO. AND SO CITY OF SAN RAMON UP IN THE BAY AREA, RECENTLY ACQUIRED 30 FLOCK CAMERAS TO USE OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, BUT THEY DID IT IN CONJUNCTION AS A MULTIPLE COMPREHENSIVE PROCESS THAT WASN'T JUST FLOCK CAMERAS, BUT A COMBINATION OF FLOCK CAMERAS, OTHER LICENSE PLATE READER CAMERAS, AS WELL AS MORE OF THOSE SURVEILLANCE CAMERA TYPES THAT I JUST KIND OF DISCUSSED. [00:45:02] SO HERE'S A BREAKDOWN OF THE COST THEY PROVIDED UNDER STAFF REPORTS. AND YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THEY'RE LOOKING AT AN ESTIMATE OF TWO HUNDRED AND TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE FLOCK CAMERAS, FOR THIRTY FIVE CAMERAS. COMPARE THAT TO ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR 12 PERMANENT FIX MOUNTED VIGILANT LICENSE PLATE READERS; THOSE ARE GOING TO BE A COMBINATION OF POLE MOUNTED LICENSE PLATE READERS, THAT ARE GOING TO BE ON TRAFFIC SIGNALS AS WELL AS INSTALLED AND FIXED ONTO THEIR POLICE VEHICLES. YOU ALSO HAVE 42 WHAT THEY REFER TO AS SITUATIONAL AWARENESS CAMERAS, WHICH ARE REALLY JUST SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S AT A COST OF SIX HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THAT SYSTEM, NOT INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION COSTS. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE ELECTRICAL WORK THAT IT ENTAILS, AS WELL AS THE COST ESTIMATES FOR MAINTAINING INTERNET CONNECTIVITY OR CELLULAR SERVICE TO CONNECT TO THOSE SYSTEMS. WHEREAS IN THE FLOCK SYSTEM THERE ARE TWO THOUSAND OR TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER CAMERA PER YEAR IS ALL BUILT INTO THAT CELLULAR COST, AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER COMPONENTS AND THE SOFTWARE THAT'S USED AND THEIR PRODUCT. A COUPLE OF OTHER EXAMPLES OF OTHER CALIFORNIA CITIES THAT HAVE GONE TO VIDEO OR PHOTOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS TO AID IN THEIR LAW ENFORCEMENT CITY OF DELANO, JUST I THINK EARLIER LAST YEAR, PURCHASE OF THE 20 CAMERAS PAYING ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ANNUALLY. AND THOSE ARE SIMILAR CAMERAS TO WHAT WE ACQUIRED FOR OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT. AND THEY'RE MONITORED BY THEIR DISPATCH CENTER WITH THEIR LAW ENFORCEMENT. MORENO VALLEY, THEY ISSUED A CITYWIDE CAMERA SYSTEM TO SAVE MONEY. THE CITY DEFUNDED TWENTY SEVEN SWORN OFFICERS IN FISCAL YEAR 13-14 AND INVESTED OVER TWO MILLION DOLLARS AND TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY CAMERAS. BUT IT DID REQUIRE A MONITORING ROOM. REDLANDS, SIMILAR SCENARIO WAS TOO COSTLY TO INCREASE THE POLICE OFFICERS, SO THEY DEPLOYED CAMERAS IN TWO THOUSAND SIX MONITORED BY DISPATCH OPERATORS. ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY CAMERAS DEPLOYED TODAY, INITIALLY FUNDED WITH FEDERAL GRANTS AND THEN WITH REDEVELOPMENT FUNDS. AND OBVIOUSLY WE UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED WITH REDEVELOPMENT FUNDS. SO I'M NOT SURE IF THEY HAVE SINCE ACQUIRED MORE OR THAT'S THEIR CURRENT INVENTORY. CHULA VISTA FUNDED WITH MEASURE EIGHT FUNDS, I BELIEVE THAT'S SIMILAR TO OUR MEASURE X FUNDS. CAMERAS POSTED AT VARIOUS PARKS KNOWN FOR ILLEGAL ACTIVITY, UPDATED VIDEO CAMERAS AND MAIN INTERSECTIONS AND MONITORED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AGAIN, THIS REQUIRES THAT MONITORING ASPECT, STAFF, TIME, EQUIPMENT, HARDWIRED COMPONENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. FREMONT ORIGINALLY APPROVED IN 2014, THE CITY HAS 14 CAMERA SYSTEMS, INCLUDING AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READERS, HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AND AGAIN MANAGED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO YOU KNOW I WANTED TO KIND OF POINT OUT FLOCK SAFETY. THEY RECENTLY ANNOUNCED ON APRIL 2ND, 2020 A PARTNERSHIP WITH AXON. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR AXON IT'S A MAJOR COMPANY THAT INITIALLY KIND OF STARTED OFF WITH DEVELOPING THE TASERS THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT USES. THEY HAVE SINCE BRANCHED OUT AND ACQUIRED DIFFERENT PLATFORMS. DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES HAVE KIND OF ROLLED IT UP INTO THEIR COMPANY PORTFOLIO AND ARE KIND OF CONSOLIDATING AND OFFERING MULTIPLE SERVICES AS WELL AS PRODUCTS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITIES. SO PART OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE, FROM WHAT I'VE READ, IS THEY'RE INCORPORATING THE LICENSE PLATE READER TECHNOLOGY INTO SOME OF THE CAMERAS THAT AXON PROVIDES. THEY ALSO PROVIDE BODY-WORN CAMERAS AS WELL AS IN-DASH CAMERAS. AND SO IT APPEARS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO MARRY THAT TECHNOLOGY SO THAT THE LICENSE PLATE READER TECHNOLOGY IS INCORPORATED INTO AXON'S DASH CAMERA SYSTEM THAT THEY ARE ROLLING OUT WITH. PART OF THAT IS ALSO, THAT LAST QUOTE IS THEY PURCHASED A MINORITY STAKE. AND PART OF THAT IS INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH AXON AS THEY ROLL OUT AND THEY FURTHER DEVELOP THIS TECHNOLOGY THAT FLOCK SAFETY HAS ADDED. I SAY THAT BOTH WITH OPTIMISM AS WELL AS CAUTION, BECAUSE WHAT WE'VE SEEN WITH AXON AS THEY'VE EXPANDED THEIR PORTFOLIO AND THEIR PRODUCTS HAVE EXPANDED AND PROLIFERATED THROUGHOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT, SO HAS TOO THE PRICE TO MAINTAIN THOSE SERVICES AND THE FEE STRUCTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. SO THAT IS A PRO AND CON WITH [INAUDIBLE] AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH FLOCK SAFETY CAMERAS AND WHAT OTHER COMPONENTS THEY'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING TO EITHER FLOCK OR TO AXON. INITIALLY, THE COUNCIL AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING, I THINK ELECTED TO GO WITH FIVE CAMERAS POSSIBLY TEN. KIND OF GIVE YOU A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS KIND OF SHOWED THE SCENARIO OF WHAT SAN RAMON HAD DID WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] THIRTY FIVE CAMERAS. I THINK WITH THE REASONS WHY WE'RE WANTING TO DO THIS AND THE ABILITY TO DEPLOY THAT [00:50:01] AND AID AND PROVIDE SOME LEVEL OF SAFETY [INAUDIBLE] THE COMMUNITY, I'M NOT SURE IF THE COUNCIL IS COMFORTABLE, WOULD WANT TO DO TWENTY TO START OFF OR LESS OR MORE DEPENDING. BUT WE INITIALLY STARTED OFF WITH TEN. THAT'S TEN CAMERAS THAT WOULD COVER 10 LANES. MOST OF OUR STREETS ARE TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC BIDIRECTIONAL, SO IT WOULD REALLY ONLY CAPTURE THE ONE LANE AS IT CAPTURES THE VEHICLES FROM THE REAR SIDE TO CAPTURE THE LICENSE PLATE. SO I'LL LEAVE THAT TO YOU. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER. WE HAVE MR. JESSE M., WHO IS REPRESENTED WITH FLOCK SAFETY CAMERAS, AND MAY ANSWER ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. YES, MR. ORTIZ, I'M HERE. I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THE GENTLEMAN'S NAME, JESSE MUNN. THANK YOU, AND BEFORE WE DO MOVE ON TO QUESTIONS, AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A VERBAL COMMENT USING ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND 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'RE CALLING FROM AND INSTRUCTED TO SPEAK. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD BEFORE YOU BEGIN ANY COMMENTS. ONCE YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED, YOU WILL BE MUTED. AT THIS TIME, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, MADAM CLERK? OH, HOLD ON JUST A MINUTE. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT, MAYOR. RUDY GUTIERREZ. RUBY, ARE YOU AVAILABLE? ARE YOU WITH US? GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND ANY COMMENTS YOU HAVE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS RUBY. CAN YOU HEAR ME? A LITTLE BIT LOUDER; WE GOT YOU. GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS RUBY AND I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE FLOCK SAFETY CAMERA. SINCE IT'S AN AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READER, LET'S SAY IF THEY WERE IF THERE WAS A CRIME RELATED TO SOMEBODY BEING ON FOOT OR ON A BICYCLE, THEN THE CAMERAS WOULDN'T CAPTURE THAT. CORRECT? WE SPECIFICALLY ASKED THAT TO MR. MUNN AND FLOCK SAFETY AND THEIR SOFTWARE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY VEHICLES. THAT BEING SAID, THEY ARE MOTION ACTIVATED. AND SO ANY ACTIVITY THAT WOULD TRIGGER THE CAMERAS IN THAT FIELD OF VIEW, IT COULD TECHNICALLY POSSIBLY CAPTURE THAT MOTION, WHETHER IT BE A BICYCLIST OR A VEHICLE OR AN ANIMAL THAT CROSSES THAT FIELD OF VIEW AND TRIGGERS THAT MOTION. BUT SPECIFICALLY IN TERMS OF, I GUESS, THE SOFTWARE AND FUNCTIONALITY, THE WAY IT'S DESIGNED IS SO THAT IT IDENTIFIES A VEHICLE DESCRIPTION AND THE LICENSE PLATE SO THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN EASILY BE ABLE TO SCROLL THROUGH THE DATA AND IDENTIFY VEHICLES THAT TRAVEL THROUGH THAT FIELD OF VIEW WITHIN A SPECIFIED TIME PERIOD IF THEY HAVE A KNOWN TIME. VERY GOOD QUESTION. THAT WAS A GOOD QUESTION, RUBY. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? NO, THAT'S IT; THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, DANIEL. GOOD EXPLANATION BECAUSE I HAD THAT SAME QUESTION. MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR PUBLIC QUESTIONS? COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC? AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS MAYOR PRO-TEM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. DANIEL, I WANTED A MORE CLEAR ANSWER REGARDING THE QUESTION THAT WAS JUST ASKED. ARE WE SAYING THAT IT'S POSSIBLE THAT IT COULD DO IT? OR DO WE KNOW THAT IT DOES? MR. MUNN, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION? YES. THE WAY THE FLOCK SAFETY CAMERAS ARE SET UP AND POSITIONED, THEY ARE HYPER FOCUSED ON LICENSE PLATES. IN THE OFF EVENT THAT THE MOTION DOES CAPTURE, LET'S SAY BICYCLE TRAVELING BY IT WILL CAPTURE THAT IMAGE, BUT THAT IS NOT THE DESIGN OF THE CAMERA. SO TRADITIONALLY, THESE CAMERAS WOULD BE PLACED ON, LET'S SAY, A TRAFFIC SIGNAL OR A LIGHT SIGNAL POINTING SPECIFICALLY AT THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. SO THE LIKELIHOOD OF THEM CAPTURING PEOPLE ON FOOT OR ON A BICYCLE IS MINIMAL, BUT POSSIBLE. OK, THANK YOU. DANIEL, I HAD MENTIONED BEFORE THAT, YOU KNOW, I PROPOSED THAT INSTEAD OF [00:55:01] FIVE, WE GET TEN. AND I AM OF THE BELIEF THAT THE MORE WE HAVE, THE BETTER WE ARE IN TRYING TO CURTAIL THIS WAVE OF CRIME THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING. SO I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF GETTING MORE CAMERAS RATHER THAN LESS. SO 20 SOUNDS FINE TO ME. I THINK THE INVESTMENT IS MINIMAL AND THE POTENTIAL BENEFIT IS VERY, VERY BIG. SO THAT'S ALL FOR ME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO-TEM. MEMBER CORTEZ, ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? FOR ME, IT WOULD BE MY CONCERN AND MAYBE THE SERGEANT CAN ADDRESS THIS, AND SERGEANT, THIS IS NOT DIRECTED AT YOU, BUT I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD CONCERNS WITH THE RESPONSE FROM SHERIFF DONNY YOUNGBLOOD ON THE PROACTIVENESS OF CALLS, AND SO MY CONCERN IS IF WE MAKE THE INVESTMENT IN THIS TECHNOLOGY, HOW MUCH OF A RESPONSE CAN WE EXPECT FROM THE KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ON A, LET'S SAY, A FLAGGED LICENSE PLATE? LET'S SAY SOMEBODY THERE'S AN AMBER ALERT WITH A LICENSE PLATE AND IT GETS TAGGED. WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT? BECAUSE IT DOESN'T DO US ANY GOOD TO INVEST THIS MONEY IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE RESPONSE OR REACTIVENESS OR PROACTIVENESS FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. CAN YOU TRY TO ADDRESS THAT FOR ME? AND I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE THE FINAL SAY AND IT'S OUT OF YOUR HANDS, BUT I'M TRYING TO GET SOME SORT OF IDEA FROM YOU, IF I COULD. [INAUDIBLE] THAT OR-- WE DO HAVE THE SERGEANT ON THE LINE; I APOLOGIZE. YES, I'M HERE. MEMBER CORTEZ, I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THE FLOCK SYSTEM, AFTER TALKING WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE, ACTUALLY A STOLEN CAR ROLLS THROUGH AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, SIR, IT IDENTIFIES THAT AND THEY GET NOTIFIED TO OUR DISPATCH. SO EITHER THROUGH DISPATCH OR THROUGH THE OFFICERS [INAUDIBLE] THE VEHICLE. OK, SO MEMBER CORTEZ IF A STOLEN VEHICLE HAPPENS TO DRIVE BY AND IF WE DON'T SEE IT ON OUR [INAUDIBLE] AND OUR COMPUTERS, THEY WILL GET THE SYSTEM OR THE COMPANY. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WILL MAKE A PHONE CALL TO DISPATCH AND SAY, HEY, THERE IS THIS STOLEN VEHICLE AT THIS AREA AT THIS TIME. AND THAT'LL IMMEDIATELY TRIGGER A RESPONSE TO OUR DEPUTIES TO RESPOND TO THAT AREA. THERE WILL BE A CALL FOR SERVICE. AS FAR AS I KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY DIRECTION. THIS IS STILL SOMETHING FAIRLY NEW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. I KNOW THE BENEFITS OF THE FLOCK SYSTEM. REGARDING THE CRIMES WE'VE HAD GOING ON HERE IN WASCO RECENTLY. IT'S AN INVESTIGATIVE TOOL THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE AND UTILIZE. IT WOULDN'T BE ONE OF THOSE IMMEDIATE SYSTEMS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY AND, OH, A SHOOTING JUST OCCURRED. I'M GOING TO GO OUT FOR THAT VEHICLE. WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY FOLLOW UP MAYBE A LATER DATE AND LOOK FOR VEHICLES IN THAT AREA WHERE THE CRIME OCCURRED. AND AS FAR AS I MEAN, I DON'T MEAN TO DODGE YOUR QUESTION, BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE PROACTIVENESS OR NOT ON THIS, I KNOW FOR A FACT, AND YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT IT IN MY REPORT, THAT THE STOLEN VEHICLES ARE ON THE RISE HERE IN WASCO. SO I'M ACTUALLY WELCOMING THE FLOCK SYSTEM PERSONALLY. AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. MR. MUNN, IF I COULD ASK YOU A QUESTION, WHAT IS THE TYPICAL TIME IT TAKES TO GET THE CALL IN TO DISPATCH? AND IS THAT DONE BY A PERSON OR IS THAT DONE BY AN AUTOMATED SYSTEM? IT'S AN AUTOMATED SYSTEM. SO WE WILL CONFIGURE IT TO FUNCTION WITH THE KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO GO THE DIRECTION IT WANTS TO GO OR MULTIPLE AT THE SAME TIME. SO THESE ARE OPERATIONAL IN L.A. COUNTY, ORANGE COUNTY AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN THE SAME CONTRACT CITY ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE. THOSE NOTIFICATIONS GO OUT TO THE DEPUTIES IN A MATTER OF 10 TO 15 SECONDS. SO THEY HAPPEN VERY, VERY QUICK. WITHOUT GETTING TECHNICAL, IT'S VERY FAST AND IT IS AUTOMATED, IT'S NOT A DIRECT PHONE CALL FROM US, IT IS THE CAMERA AND THE SIGNAL GOES UP TO THE AMAZON WEB SERVICES, SENDS THAT NOTIFICATION DOWN TO THE USERS. WHEN WE DISCUSSED THIS AND MR. MUNN KIND OF ELABORATED MORE, THE LIST OF REGISTERED VEHICLES THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED THEFT IS UPDATED FREQUENTLY WITH FLOCK SYSTEMS SO THAT IF IT DOES, THE VEHICLE GETS STOLEN IN THE MORNING AND IT GETS FLAGGED IN THE COMMUNITY IN THE AFTERNOON, IT WOULD BE IN THE SYSTEM AND SEND THAT [01:00:04] NOTICE OUT. CORRECT, THE CALIFORNIA DOJ UPDATES THAT LIST EVERY TWO HOURS. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE SAID THAT A LOT OF THESE CRIMES, THESE THESE PROPERTY CRIMES OR EVEN OTHER GRAND THEFT AUTOS ARE DONE BY WITH PEOPLE BUYING STOLEN VEHICLE SO IF WE CAN PICK THOSE UP WHILE THEY'RE COMING INTO TOWN, I THINK THAT'S AN ENHANCEMENT AS WELL FOR SURVEILLANCE AND PICKING UP THOSE PEOPLE, COMMITTING THOSE CRIMES IN TOWN. CORRECT. AND THAT'S A STATEWIDE SYSTEM. SO IF VEHICLE WAS STOLEN IN BAKERSFIELD AND THEN THAT VEHICLE CAME INTO WASCO, THE DEPUTIES WOULD BE NOTIFIED. THANK YOU AND I WILL TELL EVERYBODY I'M ON THE FENCE ABOUT THIS. THERE'S A LOT OF PROS, A LOT OF CONS, BUT LIKE I SAID, I DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY I WANT TO GO YET, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION. THAT'S ALL, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, MEMBER CORTEZ. MEMBER MARTINEZ, ANY QUESTION OR COMMENTS? YES, SIR. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. FIRST OF ALL, SO IT ONLY TAKES A PICTURE OF THE BACK OF THE CAR. SO IT'S NOT SIMILAR TO A RED LIGHT CAMERA, WHERE THERE'S A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE DRIVER, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE NOTIFICATION, SO A NOTIFICATION GETS SENT TO THE DEPUTIES MOBILE COMPUTER IN THEIR CAR. IF THE DEPUTY DOESN'T RESPOND TO THAT, AT WHAT POINT DOES IT TRIGGER A CALL, THE DISPATCH TO NOTIFY THEM VIA RADIO? SO IT NOTIFIES EVERYBODY WHO'S LOGGED IN. SO ALL THE DEPUTIES WHO ARE LOGGED IN AND ALL THE DISPATCH THAT IS LOGGED IN GETS NOTIFIED IN REAL TIME IN MULTIPLE WAYS. RIGHT. SO THROUGH A DESKTOP NOTIFICATION, THROUGH AN EMAIL NOTIFICATION AND/OR THROUGH A TEXT MESSAGE NOTIFICATION. SO I GUESS I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED. SERGEANT MARTINEZ, MAYBE YOU COULD ELABORATE BECAUSE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE DISPATCHER WOULD BE ON THE WEST CHANNEL, MOST LIKELY WOULDN'T BE MONITORING THOSE KINDS OF NOTIFICATIONS. CORRECT. SO IT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH A CALL TAKER WHO WOULD THEN NOTIFY YOUR DISPATCHER TO SEND A DEPUTY? I'M NOT QUITE SURE, COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ, HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK. MR. MUNN CONFIRM IF THE DEPUTY IS HAS THEIR EMAIL ON FILE WITH YOUR SYSTEM AND THEY ARE SET UP TO RECEIVE THOSE MESSAGES AS LONG AS THEY HAVE THEIR PHONE WITH THEM AND OR IF THEY GET COUNTY EMAILS OR THEIR EMAIL SYSTEM, THEY'LL GET NOTIFIED IN EMAIL. CORRECT. AND VIA TEXT MESSAGE AND ON THEIR COMPUTER. SUCCESSFUL DEPLOYMENTS ARE THE DEPUTIES GETTING THE NOTIFICATIONS AND THE VEHICLES IN REAL TIME? AND THEN IS THERE A TRAINING REQUIREMENT THAT THESE DEPUTIES WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE SYSTEM? YES, WE WOULD TRAIN ALL OF THE DEPUTIES WHO WOULD USE THE SYSTEM AT THE KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. AND HOW LONG IS THAT TRAINING? IS IT LIKE A TWO HOUR CLASS, OR? YES, IT'S ABOUT AN HOUR TO AN HOUR AND A HALF, AND WE DO OFFER REFRESHER TRAINING AT NO COST. OK, AND THEN JUST TO CLARIFY, EACH CAMERA WOULD ONLY COVER ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC, IT WOULDN'T COVER, OBVIOUSLY, IN BOTH LANES IF IT'S DOING A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BACK OF THE CAR. CORRECT? SO DOES TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC IN THE SAME DIRECTION. SO IT DOES NOT DO ONE LANE HEAD ON AND THEN ONE LANE REAR. IT WOULD DO TWO LANES GOING IN ONE DIRECTION-- WHICH WE DON'T HAVE ANY ANY ROADS LIKE THAT IN TOWN HERE. SO THERE WAS A SITUATION I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS YOUR CAMERA SYSTEM, BUT LOOKING AROUND ONLINE, THERE WAS A SITUATION IN AURORA, COLORADO RECENTLY WHERE ONE OF THESE LICENSE PLATE READER SYSTEMS MISIDENTIFIED A CAR AS BEING STOLEN THAT WASN'T. IS THAT A PREVALENT PROBLEM THAT YOU GUYS HAVE? IT'S NOT. BUT THAT WAS REALLY A POLICY BREAKDOWN. YOU KNOW, POLICY STATES THAT THE NOTIFICATION COMES THROUGH FLOCK AND THAT WASN'T A FLOCK SYSTEM, JUST TO CLARIFY. BUT THE ACTIVE SOLUTION IS IT IS THEN TO BE VALIDATED BY THE DEPUTY THROUGH [INAUDIBLE]. SO THEY'RE TO VALIDATE THE HIT THROUGH THE SYSTEM, THROUGH THE STATE SWITCH TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS ACCURATE, WHICH WAS WHAT THE OFFICER IN AURORA FAILED TO DO. OK, MR. [INAUDIBLE], I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, BUT I HAVE SOME COMMENTS, DO YOU WANT TO OPEN IT UP FOR OTHER QUESTIONS FIRST, OR DO YOU WANT COMMENTS? NO, PLEASE, GO AHEAD. ACTUALLY, I TAKE THAT BACK, I DO HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION. SO, DANIEL, THIS IS A ONE YEAR LEASE, CORRECT, SO IF WE DECIDED TO TERMINATE THIS AFTER ONE YEAR, WE COULD IF WE FOUND THAT IT WASN'T EFFECTIVE? AND ACTUALLY, ONE OTHER QUESTION, SERGEANT MARTINEZ. DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO TRACK STATISTICAL DATA IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THESE WERE DEPLOYED OR IS IT ONLY A CITYWIDE CRIME TRACKING THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO? I WOULD BE ABLE TO PUNCH UP AN ADDRESS OR A STREET WHERE IT'S OCCURRING, AND I CAN SEE WHAT TYPE OF CRIME IS OCCURRING IN THAT LOCATION. AND EVEN THE COMMUNITY HAS THAT ACCESS ON THE WEBSITE. THEY CAN LOOK UP THE TECHNOLOGY, THE LINK THAT WE HAVE FOR THE SHERIFF'S [01:05:01] OFFICE TO SEE THE CRIME IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THEY CAN SEE NOT JUST ONE PARTICULAR CRIME, BUT ALL CRIMES IF THEY IF THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO LOOK AT, IF I CAN PIGGYBACK ON THAT FOR COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ, WHEN WE WERE DOING THE RESEARCH BEHIND THE SPIKES IN CRIME IN AND AROUND THE LABOR CAMP, I WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE SERGEANT MARTINEZ AND THEIR I FORGET YOUR FOLKS, BUT THEIR CRIME STATS FOLKS, PRETTY MUCH A GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARY. AND THEY IDENTIFIED ALL THE CRIMES AND CALLS FOR SERVICE WITHIN THAT BOUNDARY SO THEY CAN SET IT UP DEPENDING ON THOSE BOUNDARIES IF WE WANT TO. SO I'M NOT INHERENTLY AGAINST THE SYSTEM. I THINK THE SYSTEM IS A GOOD SYSTEM. I JUST DON'T KNOW THE VALUE FOR OUR LIMITED RESOURCES IF THIS IS ESPECIALLY GOING ON A VERY LARGE SCALE CAMERA DEPLOYMENT OF THIS, BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR CRIMES, THEY OCCUR BY PEOPLE ON FOOT OR ON BICYCLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE ALSO, AND SERGEANT MARTINEZ COULD PROBABLY ELABORATE ON THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE CRIMES ARE VERY RARELY COMMITTED IN CARS THAT ARE REGISTERED TO THE SUSPECTS IN OUR AREA. IT'S TYPICALLY EITHER AN UNREGISTERED CAR, OCCASIONALLY A STOLEN CAR THAT'S COMING OUT OF DELANO, [INAUDIBLE] AREA. YOU KNOW, JUST THE FACT THAT A CAR WAS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO PUT THESE ON ROADS THAT ARE SOMEWHAT REGULARLY TRAVELED. JUST THE FACT THAT CARS PHOTOGRAPHED GOING DOWN [INAUDIBLE] ISN'T INHERENTLY GOING TO BE INCRIMINATING WITHOUT SOMETHING ADDITIONAL TO IT. I DO THINK IT'D BE A GOOD RESOURCE, A GOOD TOOL. BUT BUT TO ECHO COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ'S COMMENT, OBVIOUSLY WITH AN AMBER ALERT OR A STOLEN CAR, OBVIOUSLY THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WOULD RESPOND RIGHT AWAY. BUT MY QUESTION WOULD BE, IF THE SUSPECT DESCRIPTION WAS A WHITE PICKUP TRUCK AND THEY PULL A 15 MINUTE TIME FRAME OF WHITE PICKUP TRUCKS GOING DOWN PALM AVENUE, I THINK IT'D BE REASONABLE TO THINK THAT THERE'D BE THREE TO FIVE WHITE PICKUP TRUCKS THAT WOULD GO DOWN PALM AVENUE IN A 15 MINUTE TIME SPAN ON A RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY IS THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT CAN ACTUALLY HAVE THE RESOURCES TO GO OUT AND CONTACT EACH ONE OF THOSE REGISTERED VEHICLE OWNERS TO FOLLOW UP. AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE OUR BAD GUY? AND SO I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT I'M NOT AGAINST THE SYSTEM. I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH VALUE WE'RE GOING TO GET OUT OF IT PERSONALLY, ESPECIALLY ON ANYTHING MORE ON A LARGE SCALE DEPLOYMENT OF LIKE 20 CAMERAS. I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE VERY EFFECTIVE FOR [INAUDIBLE]. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MR. MARTINEZ. MEMBER PALLARES ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. NO COMMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VERY WELL. WELL, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR EXPERTISE AND BEING ON THE MEETING THIS EVENING AND ALLOWING US TO GIVE YOU FEEDBACK AND ANSWERING OUR QUESTIONS. THIS IS, I THINK, AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH. I THINK MEMBER MARTINEZ, BRINGS UP SOME VERY VALID POINTS. I WILL ADMIT THAT I WAS A LITTLE HESITANT AT FIRST, BUT AS I'VE GONE THROUGH THE RESEARCH AND ALL THE MATERIAL THAT PROVIDED BY I THINK IT REALLY IS, I DON'T BELIEVE IT IS THE SOLUTION TO ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE MAGIC KEY. BUT I THINK IT IS ONE MORE TOOL IN OUR TOOL BAG WHERE WE CAN BE PROACTIVE IN APPROACHING THE TRAINING IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN WASCO. I MEAN, PUTTING UP A VIRTUAL GATE LITERALLY AROUND [INAUDIBLE] TO SEE EVERY CAR THAT COMES IN AND OUT I THINK IS A GOOD IDEA. WHETHER WE START WITH JUST 10 OR WE GO UP AS HIGH AS 20, THAT WE WOULD GET ALMOST EVERY CORNER THAT WAY, VIRTUALLY WE'RE PUTTING EYES ON EVERY ON EVERY CORNER. MOST SHOOTINGS, THE ONES THAT I'VE SEEN IN THE LAST YEAR OCCURRED, THE SUSPECT FLED ON VEHICLE, AND SO I BELIEVE THAT IF THIS WERE IN PLACE, THAT MIGHT MIGHT HAVE BEEN CAUGHT OR THAT INFORMATION MIGHT HAVE BEEN CAPTURED. BUT AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, IT'S JUST ONE MORE TOOL THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE IN OUR IN OUR TOOLBOX THAT WE CAN USE. I THINK IT'S, AGAIN, MOVING US FORWARD INTO THE 21ST CENTURY A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME. AND WE'RE BEING PROACTIVE HERE. SO I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF STARTING WITH 10, MAYBE MORE. MAYBE WE JUST START OFF WITH 10 FOR THE FIRST YEAR AS WE SEE HOW THAT WORKS OUT. [01:10:05] BUT, I MEAN, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE EXTENT OF MY COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS ON THAT. DANIEL, DO YOU WANT TO ASK ANY MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OR ANY SPECIFIC DIRECTION? I GUESS. I MEAN [INAUDIBLE] IF THE COUNCIL'S WANTING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. I THINK A NUMBER IN TERMS OF HOW MANY CAMERAS, AND THEY ARE IN INCREMENTS OF FIVE TO SELECT FROM WE OBVIOUSLY HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED THE LOCATIONS WE WOULD PUT THEM IN. AND WE'D HAVE TO KIND OF SIT DOWN WITH SERGEANT AND MR. MUNN'S TECHNICIANS TO IDENTIFY AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING THEM AND PULL THE APPROPRIATE PERMITS. CERTAINLY, I THINK, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID, THIS IS JUST ONE TOOL, AND JUDGING BY THE EXAMPLES THAT ARE KIND OF ILLUSTRATED WITH REDLANDS AND SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES, WE KNOW THAT THE COST TO MAINTAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT IS CONTINUALLY TO GO UP AND YOU CAN'T PUT ENOUGH BOOTS ON THE GROUND TO MONITOR EACH INTERSECTION. SO WE JUST NEED ALL THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE. I CAN COUNT, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING ON TWO HANDS NOW, INSTANCES OF CRIMES WHERE THERE'D BE SHOOTINGS OR HOMICIDES WHERE A VEHICLE WAS PREVALENT OR WAS USED IN SOME MANNER. AND SO WHILE NOT ALL CRIME OCCURS ON FOOT OR ON BICYCLES, WE HAVE SEEN THAT SOME OF THE MORE VIOLENT CRIMES, YOU KNOW, THE VEHICLE WAS USED. WE'RE STARTING TO SEE MORE OF AN INFLUX AND SERGEANT CORRECT ME, OF JUST OUTSIDERS COMING IN FROM OUTSIDE THE AREA, DRIVING INTO TOWN AND COMMITTING THE CRIME AND MOVING NOW. AND THAT'S JUST UNFORTUNATE SIGN OF THE TIMES OF THE CRIME IN THE REGION AND THE DRUG TRADE IN THE REGION. AND SO, I MEAN, UNLESS WE CAN FIGURE SOMETHING ELSE DIFFERENT TO COMBAT CRIME IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE LEGISLATIVE EFFORT THAT WE KNOW IS NOT, A POLITICAL WILL IS NOT THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER TOOLS WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IN THE FUTURE. YEAH, AND I DON'T THINK WE CAN WAIT AROUND FOREVER AND HOPE FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN. WE HAVE TO BE PROACTIVE, LIKE IT STATED IN COBB COUNTY, 60 PERCENT REDUCTION, WHICH IS 13 CAMERAS. IF WE IF WE DID 10, I'D BE HAPPY WITH THE 50 PERCENT REDUCTION IN CRIME. SO-- MR. MAYOR, JUST A QUICK COMMENT ON THOSE STATISTICS, SOME OF THOSE STATISTICS, OBVIOUSLY, THOSE ARE PROMOTIONAL STATISTICS. LIKE FLOCK, SOME OF THE AGENCIES ACTUALLY QUESTION HOW MUCH FLOCK HAD TO DO WITH THE REDUCTION IN CRIME AND HOW MUCH IT HAD TO DO WITH SOME OF THEIR CHANGES IN PATROLS AND DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE AREA. JUST SO YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY EFFECT, BUT THOSE ARE THEIR ADVERTISED STATISTICS. I LOVE IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, FOLKS, I THINK WE'RE LANDING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 10 OR 15. ANYONE HAVE ANY STRONG POSITIONS FOR 10 OR 15? MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH 10 CAMERAS AT THIS POINT TO EVALUATE IT AND SEE HOW THE RESULTS COME IN. SO THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION TO APPROVE THE PACKAGE FOR 10 CAMERAS. VERY WELL, THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM OR EXCUSE ME, THIS RESOLUTION WITH THIS STARTLING AMOUNT OF 10 CAMERAS. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL GO AHEAD AND SECOND THAT MOTION. MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU CALL A VOICE VOTE? APPROVE ITEM 12 A WITH 10 CAMERAS MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. VERY WELL. [12.b. Adopt a Resolution creating the Neighborhood Camera Rebate Program. (Ortiz Hernandez)] MOVING ON TO ITEM TWELVE BE ADOPTED RESOLUTION CREATING THE NEIGHBORHOOD CAMERA REBATE PROGRAM. MR. ORTIZ. AND BEFORE WE DO GO ON, I WANTED TO EXTEND MY THANKS AGAIN TO MR. [INAUDIBLE] AGAIN FOR BEING ON. THANK YOU. MR. ORTIZ? GOING TO DROP OFF. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN, LADIES. THANK YOU. PART OF THE PREVIOUS CONVERSATION WE HAD THE LAST MEETING, WE ALSO DISCUSSED THE POTENTIAL OF CREATING A CAMERA REBATE OR REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM, AND THIS WAS PIGGYBACKING, MIRRORING WHAT SOME OTHER CITIES BETWEEN TWENTY SEVENTEEN AND TWENTY EIGHTEEN HAD DONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH RING AND THEIR RING DOORBELL AND RING FLOODLIGHT CAMERAS. RING NO LONGER OFFERED THAT PARTNERSHIP, BUT THE AGENCIES THAT DID PARTICIPATE, THEY SAW SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AREAS WHERE RESIDENTS HAD DEPLOYED [01:15:05] THEM. CASE AND POINT, THE LAPD EXAMPLE, WE LOOKED AT A COUPLE OTHER EXAMPLES, BOTH WANTED WITHIN THE STATE AND CITY OF SAN JOSE HAD A SIMILAR PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THE OUTSIDE OF CALIFORNIA. WASHINGTON, D.C. HAD A SIMILAR PROGRAM WHERE THEY OFFERED IT MORE ON A GENERAL BASIS TO ANY TYPE OF CAMERA THAT RESIDENCES WOULD BE ABLE TO INSTALL ON THEIR PROPERTY AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOOTAGE OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY OR EVEN JUST IN GENERAL BASES THE ENTRYWAYS INTO THEIR PROPERTIES. LAST MEETING THE COUNCIL WAS WEIGHING PROVIDING A SET AMOUNT PER CAMERA. STAFF'S KIND OF GONE BACK, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT REPORT, WE LOOKED AT WHAT'S AVAILABLE IN RETAIL, BOTH LOCALLY AND SOME ONLINE. THE BIGGER NAME CAMERAS OR BIGGER NAME MANUFACTURERS LIKE RING, ARLO, NEST AND A FEW OTHERS THAT ARE OFFERED IN LOCAL RETAILERS ARE MORE PREVALENT. BUT YOU HAVE OTHER OPTIONS ONLINE. AND SO WE REALLY CAN KIND OF TAILOR THE AMOUNTS BASED ON YOUR GUIDANCE OR WHAT YOUR PREFERENCES. WE ESTIMATED THAT WE WOULD LOOK IN OFFERING A REBATE OF UP TO ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS FOR UP TO TWO CAMERAS, UP TO ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST CAMERA AND UP TO FIFTY DOLLARS FOR THE SECOND CAMERA. WE ALSO I KNOW MR. CORTEZ, HAD BROUGHT UP THE NOTION OF PROVIDING A LARGER REBATE, A LARGER REIMBURSEMENT FOR BUSINESSES, AS SOME OF THEM MAY INVEST IN MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE SYSTEMS. I'LL PROBABLY LOOK FOR DIRECTION ON HOW YOU WANT TO GO WITH THAT ONLY BECAUSE OF, SAY A BUSINESS PURCHASES A RESIDENTIAL UNIT THAT WOULD BE MUCH MORE LESS COSTLY OR MORE COST EFFECTIVE FOR THEM. AND THEN THERE'S A QUESTION, AN ISSUE FOR MOST BUSINESSES, WHETHER THAT'S CONSIDERED A TAX WRITE OFF THAT THEY INCORPORATE INTO THEIR TAXES AND THEN WRITE THAT OFF AS PART OF THEIR BUSINESS OPERATIONS. SO I'M NOT SURE HOW COUNCIL WANTS TO NAVIGATE THAT, BUT PROVIDES JUST SOME GENERAL INFORMATION. AS I MENTIONED, RING NO LONGER OFFERS THE REBATE PROGRAM, BUT WE MARRIED SOME OF THE STRATEGY BEHIND THAT. OUR PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO HELP DETER CRIME AND ASSIST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR INVESTIGATIONS BY ENSURING THAT BOTH RESIDENCES REGISTER THEIR CAMERAS AND, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY COOPERATE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT IN PROVIDING VIDEO FOOTAGE WHEN AVAILABLE OF CRIMES OR INSTANCES THAT OCCUR. AND THEN THE OTHER WE MIRRORED THE PROCESS TO THE CITY OF SAN JOSE. AND THIS IS WHERE IT'S GOING TO GET PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MURKY. THE CITY OF SAN JOSE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE TYPE OF CAMERA. I DON'T KNOW HOW OLD THEIR PROGRAM WAS. AND AS CAMERAS HAVE EVOLVED, SOME OF THOSE SPECS ARE HARD TO COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES. YOU KNOW, AT A BASIC LEVEL, YOU CAN HAVE AN HD CAMERA, WHETHER IT'S 4K OR 1080P. YOU CAN HAVE AN INFRARED FOR NIGHTTIME VIEWING. BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WANT TO GET MUCH MORE SPECIFIC, SUCH AS THAT IT HAS TO CAPTURE A CERTAIN DISTANCE OR WHATEVER THE CASE WILL BE. BUT AS I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED AT UP TO ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, UP TO FIFTY FOR THE SECOND CAMERA. I WANT TO PROVIDE OR INCLUDE A CAVEAT IN THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S UP TO ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS. BUT IF THEY PURCHASE A CAMERA, THAT'S LESS THAN THAT. [01:20:01] IF THEY GET IT ON SALE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO PAY THEM OR REIMBURSE THEM MORE THAN WHAT THEY PAID FOR IT. AND SO BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO COVER A PERCENTAGE OF THAT OR IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH COVERING ONE HUNDRED PERCENT, IF IT IS BELOW THAT HUNDRED DOLLAR THRESHOLD. SAY A CAMERA IS ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR SAY IT'S ON SALE FOR SEVENTY FIVE DOLLARS, WOULD YOU LIKE US TO PROVIDE A REBATE OR REIMBURSEMENT OF THAT FULL AMOUNT OR JUST SAY A PERCENTAGE, SAY SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT OR WHATEVER YOUR PREFERENCE IS? AS I MENTIONED, THE CAMERA MUST CAPTURE THE PUBLIC STREET OR SIDEWALK OR ALLEY, MAKING SURE WE CAPTURE THE RIGHT AWAY TO A CERTAIN EXTENT AND BUSINESSES MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A GREAT AMOUNT DEPENDING. AND THAT'S TO BE DETERMINED ON YOUR GUIDANCE. IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AND REALLY THIS IS KIND OF A LITTLE BIT MORE OPEN ENDED IN TERMS OF HOW WE WANT TO STRUCTURE THAT AND BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROGRAM. VERY WELL, THANK YOU, DANIEL. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A VERBAL COMMENT USING ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE TO REQUEST TO SPEAK. IF YOU ARE USING A TELEPHONE, PLEASE DIAL *9 ON YOUR 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 COMMENTS. 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, WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, MAYOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS? MEMBER REYNA? THANK YOU, MAYOR. A LOT OF NUANCES TO THIS PROGRAM. I THINK THAT THE ORIGINAL IDEA AND BY THE WAY, THIS IS ONE MORE TOOL THAT WE WERE TALKING TO HAVE IN OUR ARSENAL TO TRY TO DECREASE THE WAVE OF CRIME THAT WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING. BUT I THINK THE ORIGINAL INTENT, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, IS THAT WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO HELP THE PEOPLE PURCHASE THESE CAMERAS SO THAT THE SHERIFF COULD HAVE ACCESS TO THEM IN THE EVENT OF A CRIME OCCURRING IN A PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I DON'T REMEMBER THAT IT WAS THE INTENT TO PAY FOR THE ENTIRE AMOUNT AT ANY GIVEN TIME. SO I LIKE THE PROPOSAL OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR A CAMERA, YOU KNOW, A CAMERA. SOMEBODY MIGHT WANT TO INVEST MORE IN THAT. AND THEN IF SOMEBODY DECIDES TO INVEST LESS FOR A CAMERA, AS LONG AS IT'S WITHIN THAT PARAMETER THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY PAY FOR IT, SOMEBODY BOUGHT A SEVENTY FIVE DOLLAR CAMERA WE COULD WE COULD PAY FOR THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I LIKE THAT THE STAFF HAS MOVED FORWARD AND WORKED ON THIS AND. YOU KNOW, FIFTY DOLLARS FOR A SECOND CAMERA SEEMS REASONABLE TO ME, TOO. AND AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE TIED TO THE FACT THAT THE CAMERAS WOULD BE ACCESSIBLE IN THE EVENT OF A CRIME OCCURRING TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. SO I'M FINE WITH THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO-TEM. MEMBER CORTEZ ANY OR COMMENTS QUESTIONS, PLEASE. THANK YOU. I WANT TO ECHO SOME OF MEMBER REYNA'S COMMENTS AND THAT IS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THIS PROGRAM IS MEANT TO PAY FOR THE CAMERA SYSTEM. I THINK IT'S MEANT TO INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND ACQUIRE THEM AND OFFSET THAT COST TO DO SO AS LONG AS THEY'RE ABLE TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS I THINK YOU HAVE THIS DANIEL CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IS ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS UP TO 50 PERCENT OF THE COST. DID I READ THAT CORRECTLY? DO I RECALL THAT CORRECTLY? OR WAS IT ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST CAMERA PERIOD? I BELIEVE IT MAY HAVE BEEN IN THE STAFF REPORT AND IT TENDS TO BE MORE AS AN EXAMPLE, IF YOU WANTED TO GO DOWN THAT ROUTE UP TO 50 PERCENT, I WOULD FEEL BETTER ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, UP TO 50 PERCENT, BECAUSE, AGAIN, THE INTENT, MY INTENT AT LEAST, IS NOT TO UPSET THE ENTIRE COST OF THAT CAMERA. THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME SKIN IN THE GAME FOR THE HOMEOWNER OR THE BUSINESS IN IT TO MAKE SURE THEY TAKE CARE OF THAT CAMERA AND THEY UTILIZE IT FOR ITS BEST POSSIBLE USE. SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT [INAUDIBLE] UP TO A HUNDRED DOLLARS, BUT NO MORE THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE COST OF THE CAMERA. THAT'S FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. AND IT SHOULD ALSO BE FROM A REPUTABLE RETAILER AT THE DISCRETION OF STAFF AND NOT A, YOU KNOW, A CRAIGSLIST PURCHASE OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THAT'S GOING TO BE. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE STAFF HAVE DISCRETION AT THE END OF THE DAY TO MAKE THOSE CALLS IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, AMBIGUOUS IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. AND THEN FOR BUSINESSES, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, BECAUSE I KNOW THE BUSINESS SET UP MAY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE, WE'LL JUST BUMP THAT UP, IN MY OPINION, UP TO TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS AGAIN WITH THE LIMIT OF 50 PERCENT OF THE COST. I THINK THE AVERAGE COST OF THE SYSTEM RIGHT NOW IS FOUR TO SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR A BASIC SYSTEM THAT YOU CAN BUY A BIG BOX, RETAILERS LIKE COSTCO. SO I THINK THAT WITH THE SAME TERMS, UP TO 50 PERCENT OF THE ORIGINAL COST, THOSE ARE THE CHANGES THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU MEMBER CORTEZ. MEMBER MARTINEZ? PERSONALLY, I'M OK WITH THE WAY THAT YOU HAD IT, DANIEL, OF UP TO ONE HUNDRED. IF THEY WANTED TO SPEND ONE HUNDRED AND GET A HUNDRED DOLLAR REBATE, I'M PERSONALLY OK WITH THAT, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO MEMBER CORTEZ'S SUGGESTION. BUT JUST A QUICK QUESTION. AS FAR AS THE REQUIREMENT TO CAPTURE THE, YOU KNOW, THE STREET, WE HAVE NO WAY TO VERIFY THAT, CORRECT? WELL, WE COULD AS PART OF THE REIMBURSEMENT OR THE APPLICATION PROCESS, WE CAN REQUIRE THEM TO SUBMIT AN IMAGE OF THE FIELD OF VIEW OF THE CAMERA. [01:25:02] PART OF THE PROCESS WAS GOING TO ENTAIL THAT THEY SUBMIT CONFIRMATION THAT THEY REGISTERED WITH THE KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE CAMERA REGISTRY SO WE CAN INCORPORATE THEM DOING A SCREENSHOT OF THEIR VIEW IF WE WANTED TO. ONE OTHER QUESTION, SO LET'S JUST SAY YOU OWN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX WITH EIGHT UNITS AND YOU BUY ONE FOR EACH UNIT. WILL WE REIMBURSE FOR THE EIGHT UNITS? IF IT'S PER I GUESS THE INTENT WAS TO PER PROPERTY, SO IF THEY'RE SEPARATE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES THROUGHOUT WASCO AND NOT CONFINED TO ONE, I WOULD IMAGINE WE WOULD REIMBURSE FOR THE EIGHT UNITS. SO YOU'RE SAYING LIKE THE APARTMENT COMPLEX OWNER, IF HE PURCHASES THEM FOR EACH OF HIS TENANTS, HE COULD GET REIMBURSED FOR ALL OF THEM? I BELIEVE IN, MARIANA, IF YOU'RE ON, CORRECT ME, WE HAD INTENDED TO BE PER HOUSEHOLD. DANIEL, GOOD EVENING, IT WAS PER PROPERTY, SO IN THAT EXAMPLE THAT MEMBER MARTINEZ GAVE, BASED UPON WHAT I'VE READ IN OTHER CITIES, WHAT THEY'RE DOING, THEY WOULD ONLY GET THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS MAX, FOR IT, BECAUSE IT'S ONE PROPERTY IF I'M THE OWNER OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX. OK, SO NOW IF THE TENANTS WENT AND PURCHASED THEM ON THEIR OWN, EACH TENANT COULD GET IT THEN, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. BUT THEY WOULD ALSO HAVE TO HAVE PERMISSION FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER IF YOU RENTED OUT THE APARTMENT OR A HOME PER SAY. THAT MIGHT BE A UNIQUE SITUATION BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THE SOME OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES WOULD COVER DIFFERENT FIELDS OF YOU OR DIFFERENT STREETS. AND IF THE PROPERTY OWNER, THEN I WOULD PROBABLY MORE APPROACH THAT FROM AS A BUSINESS OWNER AS OPPOSED TO THE TENANTS. BUT IF HE CHANGED HIS MIND, THEN WE MAY HAVE TO CONSIDER WHICH APARTMENT COMPLEX WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND WHAT FIELD OF THEY COVERING. OK, NOTHING FURTHER, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, MEMBER MARTINEZ, VERY GOOD POINTS. MEMBER PALLARES? I CONCUR WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ'S CHANGES AND WOULD LIKE TO GO WITH THAT. VERY WELL. MEMBER CORTEZ, CAN YOU CLARIFY FOR ME? YOU SAID YOU HAD MENTIONED REIMBURSEMENT FOR BUSINESSES UP TO TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION, SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CAP AT ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, BUT FOR BUSINESSES, I WOULD CAP THAT AT TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS, BUT NO MORE THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL COST OF THE SYSTEM. AND IN THAT ONE, IF THEY HAD A SECOND CAMERA, ARE WE DOING THAT? I THINK IT IS JUST IN TOTAL. MOST BUSINESSES ARE GOING TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE CAMERA ON THEM, BUT THAT THEY ONLY SPEND MONEY ON CAMERA AND WILL REBATE THEM UP TO 50 PERCENT. RIGHT. OK, IT MAKES SENSE. IT'S A SYSTEM FOR THE BUSINESS. RIGHT? RIGHT. OK, SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE LIKE THE RESIDENCE WHERE THEY CAN GET UP TO TWO CAMERAS REIMBURSED FOR UP TO TWO YEARS? NOW, I JUST THINK THE GENERAL SYSTEM FOR BUSINESS ARE GOING TO HAVE MORE THAN MORE THAN ONE CAMERA. WELL, I AGREE. I THINK THIS PROGRAM WAS AN EXCELLENT IDEA FROM THE GET GO. I THINK THAT 50 PERCENT CAVEAT TO THE REIMBURSEMENT IS KEY. I WAS KIND OF ASSUMING IT WAS ALREADY IN THERE. I THINK IT WAS A QUESTION OF THAT. WE DEFINITELY NEED TO HAVE THAT IN THERE. MY FEELINGS ARE ON SPECIFICATIONS, AND I'M NOT SURE THE STAFF FEELS HESITANT ABOUT PROVIDING THEM ON THE APPLICATION OR NOT. BUT I WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE GET EQUIPMENT THAT WILL WORK IN THE CASE SHOULD THE NEED ARISE. RIGHT? IF WE'RE GOING TO GET AN IMAGE THAT'S NOT CLEARED AND WORK AND THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY USEFUL FOR OUR SERGEANT. SO I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE, DO WE WANT TO PUT SPECIFIC MODELS ON THERE THAT WE THAT WE WANT TO PUT ON THERE? OR ARE WE'RE GOING OR DO WE WANT TO SHY AWAY FROM SOMETHING LIKE THAT? I'M A LITTLE MIXED ON THAT BECAUSE ON THE ONE HAND, I AGREE THAT WE'RE ROLLING THIS OUT AS A WAY TO PROVIDE A TOOL FOR RESIDENCES TO SECURE THE PROPERTIES AND PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT IF THERE IS A SITUATION THAT ARISES. AND I STRUGGLE BECAUSE FOR SOME PEOPLE THEY MAY GO ON AMAZON OR EBAY AND PICK SOMETHING UP THAT'S LIKE FIFTY DOLLARS AND IT'S NOT THE GREATEST VIDEO OR DOESN'T WORK IN THE NIGHTTIME. AND SO I THINK IT'D BE BENEFICIAL TO NARROW IT DOWN TO PERHAPS SPECIFIC BRANDS OR MODELS AND THEN THE DISCRETION AND OR THE SPECIFICATIONS AS APPROVED BY STAFF THAT COULD POSSIBLY WORK JUST TO MAKE SURE, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT HOW THEY INSTALL IT FITS WITHIN OUR PROFILE, LIKE SOME OF THE THE RING [01:30:04] DOORBELL CAMERAS OR OTHER DOORBELL CAMERAS IN GENERAL, NOT EVERYONE HAS THEIR DOORBELL FACING TOWARDS THE DRIVEWAY OR THE RIGHT OF WAY AND SIDEWALKS. SOME OF THEM ARE FACING TOWARDS THE OUTSIDE OF THEIR HOUSE OR THE INTERIOR. AND SO AT THAT POINT, AND THAT'S A MINIMAL VALUE IN COMPARISON TO THE LARGER FIELD OF VIEW. SO THE I GUESS YOUR ANSWER IS YES. I PREFER TO NARROW IT DOWN TO SPECIFIC MODELS AS OPPOSED TO OR BRANDS OR SIMILAR TO WE CAN KIND OF PHRASE IT THAT WAY, AS OPPOSED TO GETTING TO THE FINE MINUTIA OF HOW MANY MEGAPIXELS AND HOW MUCH CLOUD SPACE. THE AVERAGE RESIDENT WOULD BE PRIVY TO. I THINK WE'RE GOING SHOPPING FOR ONE THING, IN THE SENSE OF LIKE A UNIVERSAL REMOTE SAYS, OK, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WERE ACCEPTED. AND IN THAT WAY, STAFF DOESN'T HAVE TO SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON VERIFYING WHAT DOES THIS IMAGE, WHICH IS THAT IMAGE OR DOES THIS SPECIFICALLY SORT DOES THIS? AND WE KIND OF HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF UNIFORMITY ACROSS THE TOWN. SO, OK, THAT WAS MY FEELINGS, I JUST WASN'T SURE IF STAFF WANTED TO SHY AWAY FROM THAT. BUT I AGREE MAYBE A SMALL LIST OR A NOT TOO SMALL RIGHT, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO BE TOO RESTRICTIVE EITHER. BUT SOMETHING THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF OUR DEPUTIES. THEN I HAVE ONE QUESTION THAT I TOSSED AROUND WITH THE STAFF, AND I'M GOING TO TOSS IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER. FOR IDEAS TO A SOLUTION, POTENTIALLY, I DON'T HAVE ONE FOR THIS. OK, SO THEY GET REGISTERED. AND THEY SUBMIT ALL THE PROOF AND EVERYTHING IS THERE, RIGHT? WHAT'S TO STOP THE RESIDENT FROM GETTING THEIR REIMBURSEMENT AND AFTER THEY'RE APPROVED AND TAKING THE EQUIPMENT BACK TO THE STORE AND GETTING REIMBURSEMENT OR GETTING THEIR REFUNDED. SO NOW THEY HAVE A REIMBURSEMENT AND A REFUND IN THEIR HAND. AND THERE'S NO REAL WAY TO KIND OF LOOK INTO THAT. I MEAN, THERE'S NOTHING THAT I CAN THINK OF. I WOULD PUT THAT UP TO YOU AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO POTENTIALLY GO WALK AROUND THAT. BUT HOW DO WE DO THAT? HOW WHAT'S THE ACCOUNTABILITY? AT WHAT POINT DO WE--. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS EFFECTIVE, RIGHT? SO I GUESS THAT'S MY QUESTION THAT CAME UP IN MY HEAD AND I'M NOT SURE IF ANYONE HAS ANY INPUT, BUT DEFINITELY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAYBE WORK OUT AS ONE OF THE DETAILS AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. THAT I ALWAYS SAY CRIMINALS THINK LIKE CRIMINALS. I'M TRYING TO START TO WONDER, [LAUGHTER] WE'RE ALL THINKING IT, BUT THAT'S A GOOD THOUGHT. IT'S A GOOD POINT. YOU KNOW, I THINK A SIMPLE SOLUTION. MOST OF THESE ELECTRONICS HAVE A LIKE A 90 DAY RETURN POLICY. THERE'S A LIMIT ON WHEN THEY CAN RETURN THIS STUFF. SO MAYBE IF WE EXTEND THE REBATE PERIOD AFTER 90 DAYS OR AFTER 180 DAYS OR EVEN EVEN A YEAR, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY'RE STILL GETTING THEIR MONEY BACK. BUT I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT TOO LONG. BUT MAYBE WE DO ADD THROW SOMETHING THERE, A 90 DAY WAITING PERIOD BEFORE THEY GET THE REBATE. OR MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IT'S TOO MUCH BUT I TOSSED AROUND THE IDEA OF MAYBE LIKE A REGULAR SNAPSHOT OF THE VIEW IN THE WAY OF AUDIT. BUT AGAIN, IT KIND OF GOING INTO TOO MUCH AND THEY DON'T WANT IT TO BE TOO EXHAUSTIVE. BUT THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. MAYBE PUTTING OUT THAT REIMBURSEMENT WINDOW INSTEAD OF FORTY FIVE DAYS, PUTTING THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT LONGER, MAYBE THREE MONTHS. THAT IS IS ONCE THEY SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATION WITH THE PHOTOGRAPH, THE IMAGE, THEY'RE DONE. SO EVEN IF WE HELD THEIR CHECK, THEY'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED ALL THE INFORMATION. SO IF THEY DID RETURN IT, WE'RE JUST HOLDING THEIR MONEY INDEFINITELY. MY ONLY THOUGHT WOULD BE THAT WE PUT A STIPULATION IN THAT THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE EQUIPMENT FOR ONE TO TWO YEARS OR ELSE THEY'D BE SUBJECT TO GIVING US THE MONEY BACK, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW THE REALITY OF IT IS WE WOULD NEVER GET THAT MONEY BACK. BUT, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST MAKE MAKE THAT PART OF THE AGREEMENT, YOU KNOW, THAT THEORETICALLY WE COULD COME AFTER THEM IF THEY YOU KNOW, AND THE ONLY WAY WE WOULD FIND OUT IS IF THERE WAS A CRIME AND WE NEEDED THEIR FOOTAGE. AND THEN WE FOUND OUT THERE WAS NO CAMERA THERE. RIGHT. RIGHT. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE DANIEL HAS A BETTER IDEA, BUT I DON'T REALLY PERSONALLY, I DON'T THINK THERE'S MUCH WE CAN DO. I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT. I WRAP MY HEAD AROUND THEM AND I'VE GOT A HEADACHE OUT OF IT. I'M NOT SURE THERE WAS A GOOD SOLUTION TO THAT. I WOULD SAY THE OTHER SCENARIO AND SPEAKING FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF THE OCCASION, WHEN SOMEONE ACTUALLY STEALS YOUR CAMERA AND YOU HAVE THE CAMERA OUT THERE AND CAPTURED THAT AND THEY ACTUALLY STEAL IT. AND UNFORTUNATELY, FOLLOWING, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORS OUT THESE LAST TWO WEEKS, THAT HAS OCCURRED A HANDFUL OF OCCASIONS IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS. [01:35:06] SO WE CAN HAVE A PROVISION IN THERE FOR THAT TO COVER THAT. I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THAT IF THEIR CAMERA WAS STOLEN AND THEY MADE A REPORT TO GIVE THEM A SECOND REBATE IF THEY APPLIED FOR IT. OR THEY HAVE TO REPORT THAT IT WAS AN ACTUAL REPORT. WELL, AT LEAST MY BRAND OF THE CAMERA, THE MANUFACTURER OFFERS A THEFT WARRANTY AND REPLACES YOUR CAMERA. WELL, ONE LIFETIME OCCURRENCE. I'M STILL WAITING FOR IT TO ARRIVE, BUT I GUESS I DIDN'T KNOW THEY HAD THAT. I SOMEWHAT ENJOYED LEARNING ABOUT THAT. I'M SORRY IF THAT HAPPENED TO YOU. YOU KNOW, THE OTHER OPTION WOULD BE JUST KIND OF REVERSE IT WHERE THEY CAN SUBMIT FOR REIMBURSEMENT AFTER 90 DAYS FROM PURCHASE AND HAVE A PHOTO AT THAT POINT. THAT'S WHEN THEY CAN SUBMIT THE APPLICATION. SO NOW THAT THEY'VE HAD IT FOR 90 DAYS AND THEY PROBABLY COULDN'T RETURN, IT'S AT THAT POINT PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP IT AS JUST A THOUGHT. BUT I DON'T WANT TO OVERCOMPLICATE THINGS. YOU KNOW, I THINK THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO DO HAVE HONEST INTENTIONS TO MAKE SURE THEY PARTICIPATE. BUT LIKE I SAID, I COULD SEE HOW THEY COULD CATCH WIND AND. PEOPLE CAN VIEW THE SITUATION. I THINK YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT. WE DEFINITELY WANT IT TO REMAIN ACCESSIBLE AND LET'S BE REALISTIC. OUR DEMOGRAPHICS HERE, ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS IS A LOT OF MONEY THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO SIT WITHOUT FOR THREE MONTHS. TO BE HONEST. I AGREE. AND THE INCENTIVE IS TO GET OUT--. THE IDEA IS TO HELP THEM MAKE A SAFETY MEASURES POSSIBLE IN THEIR HOMES. I DON'T KNOW, LET'S BE A RISK WE'RE WILLING TO TAKE A GUESS, RIGHT? I THINK THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING. AGAIN, ANOTHER ONE OF OUR TOOLS WHERE WE HAVE TO KIND OF RELY ON THE HONESTY AND HONOR OF OUR RESIDENTS, WHERE WE'RE MEETING THEM HALFWAY HERE. I THINK WE HAVE PUBLIC [INAUDIBLE] BEFORE. IF WE CAN, I WANT TO ASK THAT THERE ARE SOME PRODUCTS OUT THERE, SUCH AS A FLOOD LIGHT CAMERAS, AND THOSE TEND TO BE ON THE PRICIER END OF PRODUCTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE. THE RANGE CAN BE UPWARDS OF A HUNDRED OR MORE, I KNOW FROM THE MANUFACTURERS HAVE THEM FOR TWO FIFTY. AND WHETHER YOU STILL WANT TO PROVIDE THAT HUNDRED DOLLAR UP TO ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR REIMBURSEMENTS OR IF YOU WANT TO INCREASE THAT FURTHER THAN THAT. BUT I'LL LEAVE THAT UP TO YOU GUYS. I WOULD SAY LET'S NOT COMPLICATE IT ANY FURTHER, I THINK THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY UP TO TWO CAMERAS, THAT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT. AND, YOU KNOW. NO MORE THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE CAMERA. AND IF SOMEBODY WANTS A BETTER CAMERA, GOOD FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A REFUND OR REBATE FOR THEM. I THINK IT'S A NEW PROGRAM, IT'S WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THIS A SHOT AND STICK TO THESE FIRST TWO IDEAS AND THEN SHOULD THE GRANT PROGRAM BE SUCCESSFUL, AS I HOPE IT WILL BE, WE CAN EXPECT THAT IN THE FUTURE TO MAYBE GET MORE INTO THE COMPLEX DETAILS OF MAYBE THE CAMERA HAS LIGHTS OR NOT AND MAYBE A BIGGER REIMBURSEMENT. BUT LET'S GIVE THIS ONE A SHOT. AND I THINK WE HAVE A CONSENSUS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. I THINK THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE BOGGED DOWN WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SOMEBODY PULLING A FAST ONE ON US. I THINK THE MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS WILL DO THIS THE RIGHT WAY AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE REBATE THAT WILL HELP THEM AND HELP THE CITY. SO. RIGHT. I ABSOLUTELY AGREE. AND I DEFINITELY WANT TO REMAIN IN THE SPIRIT OF GETTING MORE PEOPLE ONTO THE REGISTRY PROGRAM. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE LESS THAN 50 PEOPLE. SO THAT'S THE REAL GOAL HERE, IS GETTING MORE EYES AND EARS ON THE STREET IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT NEED THEM. THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT I CAN ANSWER EASILY WAS ABOUT-- [INAUDIBLE] FOLKS, SHE ANSWERED. CARMEN ASKED IF SOMEONE ALREADY HAS A CAMERA SYSTEM ARE THEY ELIGIBLE TO ACCESS THIS IF THEY REGISTER? YES, THE QUESTION IS-- IT'S OUTLINED IN THE POLICY THAT IF YOU WERE REGISTERED AS [INAUDIBLE] INSTALLED AS OF JANUARY 1ST, CAMERA MUST HAVE BEEN PURCHASED AND INSTALLED ON THE PROPERTY AFTER JANUARY 1ST. SO IF IT WAS PURCHASED AS OF THIS YEAR AND SHOULD THIS PROGRAM BE APPROVED AS EXPECT IT WILL, WE CAN YOU CAN ASSUME THAT YOU CAN QUALIFY IF IT WAS PURCHASED AND INSTALLED THIS YEAR. DISCOUNTED. PROVIDED THAT A RECEIPT IS PRESENTED. YEAH, RIGHT. WILL WE SEE ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS ARE MET AS WELL. [01:40:04] [INAUDIBLE] MR. MAYOR, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED A LOT OF DOLLARS AND NUMBERS. AND FOR MR. PEREZ'S PEACE OF MIND, WHAT TYPE OF BUDGET ARE YOU SEEKING TO ESTABLISH FOR THIS PROGRAM? AND AS IT WAS INITIALLY PRESENTED AT THE LAST MEETING, THIS AND COMBINED WITH THE FLOCK CAMERAS, THEY'RE USING THE PROPOSALS TO LEVERAGE MEASURE X TO PAY FOR THIS. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOUR GUIDANCE ON THE TOTAL AMOUNT YOU'D LIKE TO PLEDGE TO THIS PROGRAM AND WHETHER THE INTENTION IS STILL TO UTILIZE MEASURE X AMOUNT. WHETHER IT WORKS OR HOW MANY CAMERAS WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE, I KNOW THE INITIAL IDEA. FIFTY DOLLARS AND WE BROUGHT UP ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOR BUSINESSES AND CLEARLY THAT'S GONE UP. SO WHAT HOW MUCH CAN WE GET FROM THIS BANG FOR OUR BUCK CAN WE GET A BASICALLY FOR, SAY, ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS? IF WE WERE JUST FOCUSING ON ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLAR FIGURE, ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WOULD GET YOU ABOUT SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIX CAMERAS. LIKE THAT NUMBER BECAUSE IT'S SIX SIX SIX. BUT YEAH, I KNOW PERSONALLY I THINK IT'S TOO LITTLE. I'D LIKE TO SEE A THOUSAND CAMERAS ON THE STREETS. BUT I THINK, I THINK YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE [INAUDIBLE] WITH HUNDRED THOUSAND WE CAN SEE HOW EFFECTIVE THE PROGRAM IS AND THEN WE CAN JUST FURTHER DISCUSS IT AND AMEND IT IN THE FUTURE. THE OTHER THING I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT IT TO NARROW IT DOWN SO THAT IT'S EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED ACROSS THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS, SO THAT EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT HAS AN EQUAL NUMBER AND FAIR SHARE OF PARTICIPANTS. AND THEN AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME, IF THERE'S ANY LEFT OVER IN ONE PARTICULAR DISTRICT AND THOSE FUNDS CAN BE REPURPOSED TO OTHER DISTRICTS. OR IF YOU WANT TO OFFER MORE SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD, I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOUR PREFERENCE MIGHT BE ON THAT. BUT OBVIOUSLY YOU EACH REPRESENT UNIQUE DISTRICTS WITH DIFFERENT CONSTITUENTS AND NEEDS. I THINK YOU WILL HAVE A VERY GOOD POINT, BUT I GUESS. GUESS I NEVER I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. YES, WE WANT TO BE FAIR. WE WANT TO SEE AN EQUAL DISTRIBUTION ACROSS THE CITY. BUT I DON'T WANT TO CAP IT EITHER FOR ANY PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD. I MEAN, HOW IS THAT COMPLICATED CITY STAFF BEING ABLE TO TRACK THAT? I THINK WE WILL PROBABLY JUST DO IT ON A NUMBER BASIS, SO LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU TELL ME THAT, LET'S START OFF WITH ONE HUNDRED PER HUNDRED CAMERAS PER EACH DISTRICT AND THEN WE CAN WEIGH IT FROM THERE. I MEAN, WHAT IF THEN WE GET LIKE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY APPLICATIONS FROM ONE AND--. THINK WE GET A LARGE AMOUNT FROM A DISTRICT THAT WOULD COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND JUST EXPLAIN THAT AND SAY, HEY, WE'VE GOT IN OVER SAY ONE HUNDRED OR TWO HUNDRED PEOPLE INTERESTED IN ONE SPECIFIC DISTRICT. DO YOU EITHER WANT TO INCREASE THE FUNDING OR DO YOU WANT TO SHIFT THE ALLOCATION? OK, THAT'S GOOD. I LIKE THAT. THAT WAY WE STILL ENSURE EQUAL DISTRIBUTION. WELL, THERE IS ANOTHER BENEFIT TO THIS. OK, THAT IS THIS CAMERAS ARE PLACED IN THE COMMUNITY. THEY NEED TO BE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY TO BE BENEFICIAL TO THE SHERIFF. SO THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT. IT'S NOT JUST THAT WE WANT THEM ALL IN ONE DISTRICT OR MORE, ONE DISTRICT IN ANOTHER, THAT THE MORE WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, THE BETTER IT IS. AND ALSO, WE NEED NOT TO FORGET THAT THERE ARE EXISTING CAMERAS OUT THERE AND THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO ENTICE THESE PEOPLE, PERHAPS NOT TO THE REBATE, BUT ENTICE THEM SOMEHOW TO PARTICIPATE IN REGISTERING THEIR CAMERAS IN CASE OF AN OCCURRENCE OF A CRIME WITHIN THE VIEW OF THEIR CAMERA. SO THERE'S A LOT OF CAMERAS OUT THERE. I KNOW THAT. WE ALL KNOW. AND SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF GETTING THE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO OFFER, LIKE, LET'S SAY, A TWENTY FIVE DOLLAR, ANYBODY WHO REGISTERS THEIR CAMERA, AN EXISTING CAMERA, SO PEOPLE ALREADY HAVE ONE CAN HAVE SOMETHING? I AM OF THE BELIEF THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE NOT REGISTERED THE CAMERAS BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW THAT THEY CAN. THERE'S NOT SUFFICIENT--. WHAT IS IT? PUBLICITY AROUND IT AND THAT PEOPLE WOULD IF THEY KNEW ABOUT IT. SO I THINK THAT SHOULD BE IN MY OPINION, THAT SHOULD BE OUR FIRST APPROACH. MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY CAN REGISTER THEIR CAMERAS AND SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE WE GET TO DO IT. I KNOW THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT. THAT'S MY TAKE ON THAT. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD SIDE NOTE TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE ROLL THIS PROGRAM OUT. [01:45:03] IT'S AN EDUCATION POINT THAT WE CAN DO TO THE GOAL THAT WE CAN WORK OUT. DEFINITELY IF WE CAN ALLOCATE A LITTLE BIT OF RESOURCES TO THAT, GREAT. AS FAR AS MARKETING GOES, THE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION IS A VERY GOOD POINT. HOWEVER, I THINK BOTH POINTS ARE KIND OF I THINK IT BECOMES MOOT WHEN YOU THINK OF THE FACT THAT YOU CAN'T FORCE RESIDENTS, YOU CAN'T PEOPLE AND FORCE THEM TO GET A CAMERA AND GET REGISTERED. WE JUST PUT THEM OUT THERE, SEE WHO SIGNS UP AND SEE WHERE THE NUMBERS ARE. AND WE'LL START TO SEE PATTERNS AROUND TOWN. AND THEN WE FOCUS IN ON AND SEE WHERE THOSE AREAS WHERE THERE ARE NEEDS STILL AND NOT GETTING MUCH RESPONSE FOR THE APPLICATIONS AND JUST REASSESS, LIKE YOU SAID, SHOULD WE HAVE MORE THAN THE ALLOCATED AMOUNT IN ONE AREA VERSUS ANOTHER? WE REVISIT IT. HAVING THAT REASSESSMENT--. A CAVEAT TO THIS, I THINK, WOULD BE IT HELPS [INAUDIBLE]. MEMBER CORTEZ, IF I CAN, MY INTENT OBVIOUSLY FOR THOSE PROGRAMS TO GET AS MANY CAMERAS OUT THERE AND REGISTERED AS POSSIBLE. IF WE HAVE THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE TOO MANY CAMERAS IN ONE DISTRICT FOR WHATEVER REASON, AND THAT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE. SO I'D REVISIT FUNDING ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR WHATEVER AREAS STILL ARE IN NEED. SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE. I THINK WE ADDRESS THAT WHEN WE COME. BUT THE MORE THE BETTER. YEAH. AND BASICALLY CROSSING THAT BRIDGE WHEN WE GET THERE. THERE'S A QUESTION FROM THE PUBLIC THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT. YES. IT'S GOING TO BE FROM TINA. YES, FROM TINA. WILL THIS REBATE BE A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS? AND CAN WE PRE REGISTER? AS WE'RE WORKING OUT THOSE DETAILS. THAT'S THE QUESTION I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK MEMBERS, AND THAT'S ONE HUNDRED PER DISTRICT. IS THAT WHERE WE WANT TO, LIKE DANIEL SAID, IS THAT WORK FOR YOU DANIEL? STARTING AN EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION? MEMBER CORTEZ, I'M GOING TO INTERRUPTING YOU DANIEL, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD GO BY DISTRICT, SO THIS IS THE WHOLE CITY APPROACH, IN MY OPINION. I ALLOCATE MY DISTRICTS. I DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD MYSELF. IF WE NEED MORE, THEN LET'S HAVE ANOTHER MEETING AND WE'LL FIND SOME MORE IF WE CAN. BUT I DON'T WANT OUR DISTRICTS. AND HONESTLY, I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, PREREGISTRATION KIND OF DEFEATS THE PURPOSE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SYSTEMS IN HAND, WE HAVE THE RECEIPT SUBMITTED AS THE STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED. SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE RECEIPT TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT FOR THE REFUND. AND THE IMAGE OF THE CAMERA. YES. SO TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, I GUESS BOTH QUESTIONS, THAT IS. NO, YOU DON'T NEED TO PREREGISTER. SHOULD WE RUN OUT OF REIMBURSEMENTS WE'LL REVISIT IT AS A COUNCIL AND POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, ADD THAT FUNDING TO THAT TO THIS PROGRAM AND EXPAND IT SO EVERYONE CAN GET ON BOARD. SO THERE WILL BE NO ONE LEFT OUT. IN OTHER WORDS, WE WILL FIND A WAY TO GET EVERYONE ON BOARD SHOULD WE HAVE THAT ISSUE. BUT I THINK WE HAVE THE FOUNDATIONS OF A GOOD PROGRAM AND THE NUTS AND BOLTS ARE THERE. LEFT OUT? I THOUGHT THE SAME THING MEMBER REYNA. I'M NOT SURE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT. LET ME SEE. NO ONE WILL BE LEFT OUT WHO WANTS TO BE ON THE PROGRAM. AS MANY OF THESE CAMERAS AS POSSIBLE. WE CAN'T GUARANTEE ANYTHING IN THE FUTURE. I THINK THAT'S WHAT MEMBER REYNA THAT IS TRYING TO GET OUT. RIGHT MEMBER REYNA? RIGHT. THE INTENT OF MY STATEMENT. SO DANIEL DO YOU HAVE WHAT WE NEED, WHAT YOU NEED? [INAUDIBLE], QUICK QUESTION. WILL THEY BE ABLE TO SUBMIT THIS WHOLE THING ONLINE OR ARE THEY GOING TO PHYSICALLY COME DOWN TO SUBMIT DOCUMENTS AND STUFF? WELL, WE HAVEN'T GOT THAT FAR. OK, I CAN LOOK TO TRY TO SUBMIT IT ONLINE, I THINK. LET ME TRY TO GET MY HEAD AROUND THAT ONE, I PREFER TO DO IT ONLINE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. I THINK THE REALITY WITH SOME PEOPLE, MOST OF OUR RESIDENTS, IS JUST BASED ON USAGE, HOW [INAUDIBLE] HAS ROLLED OUT AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO OFFER BOTH OPTIONS. OK. SO JUST TO KIND OF RECAP, I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT UP TO ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, UP TO ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR NO MORE THAN 50 PERCENT FOR THE FIRST CAMERA, UP TO 50 DOLLARS, BUT NO MORE THAN 50 PERCENT FROM THE SECOND CAMERA, MUST CAPTURE THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. STREET SIDEWALK OR THE ALLEY. BUSINESSES ARE ELIGIBLE UP TO 250, NO MORE THAN 50 PERCENT. [01:50:01] COUNCIL IS ALLOCATED ABOUT ONE HUNDRED OR NOT ABOUT THEIR ALLOCATING ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TOWARDS THIS PROGRAM OUT OF MEASURE X. AND I CAN'T RECALL THAT. DID WE SPECIFY THERE'D BE A DELAY FROM WHEN THEY'RE ABLE TO GET THE REIMBURSEMENT TO AVOID THAT REFUND PROCESS OR JUST--? OK, BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T REALLY WORK. AND THE PROCESS OF REIMBURSEMENT AS PEOPLE GET THEM UP AND GET THEM REGISTERED. AND I WOULD PROBABLY ADD [INAUDIBLE] ONE BENEFITS OF PROBABLY HAVING THEM SUBMIT A PICTURE OR A VIEW OF THEIR FIELD OF VIEW IS THAT IT ENSURES THAT THEY AT LEAST HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE ACCESSING THEIR FOOTAGE, BECAUSE I THINK HE HAS ENCOUNTERED A COUPLE OF INSTANCES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE CAMERAS, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE THEM. WELL, THAT MAKES SENSE. THAT PRETTY MUCH SUMMARIZES EVERYTHING. I GUESS. I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T WANT TO GO TOO MUCH INTO IT, BUT FOR FOLKS WHO ARE RENTERS, I KNOW WE HAVE A SITUATION THAT THEY HAVE TO GET PERMISSION FROM THE HOMEOWNERS. DO WE WANT TO OCCUPY OURSELVES TOO MUCH WITH WHAT HAPPENS TO THE EQUIPMENT OR WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS CAMERA SHOULD THEY MOVE? OR LIKE THE OTHER DISCUSSION ITEM, IT'S KIND OF--. WE WANT TO PUT IT LIKE A LIFETIME CAP PER FAMILY? WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT LOOK LIKE? I GUESS I'M WONDERING IF THEY END UP MOVING, ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT THEY REAPPLY UNDER THEIR NEW RESIDENCE? WELL, NO, I GUESS MY QUESTION, I GUESS, IS REALLY WOULD IT BE WORTH ASKING THEM TO LEAVE IT BEHIND OR SOMETHING OR GIVE IT TO THE HOMEOWNER IF THEY MOVE OR LEAVE TOWN? I DON'T THINK WE COULD DO THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE PUTTING MONEY INTO CONSTRUCTION. WE'LL ADJUST UNNECESSARY AND BRING STUFF BACK TO THE COUNCIL AS THINGS ARISE. SO YOU'RE RIGHT. AND JUST LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, THIS IS NEW PROGRAM. WE'RE GOING TO WORK OUT THE TWEAKS AND BUT WE HAVE THE MAKINGS OF A FOUNDATIONS WERE PRETTY, PRETTY SOLID PROGRAM. [INAUDIBLE] I HOPE SO. I HOPE SO, TOO. THIS ISN'T THE END OF IT. WE'LL DEFINITELY BE REVISITING IT MENTIONED, OF COURSE, AND ALL THE OTHER DISCUSSIONS AND--. DO YOU WANT TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS IT IS? OR DO YOU WANT ME TO FURTHER, I GUESS, INCORPORATE STUFF INTO THERE, INTO THE RESOLUTION. THE RESOLUTION WAS PROBABLY INTENTIONALLY LEFT VAGUE AS WE ARE NOT THESE DETAILS. SO WE CAN THROW INCORPORATE IN THERE OR IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE APPROVING THE RESOLUTION AND THEN WE WILL FINALIZE THE APPLICATION AND ALL THE OTHER PROCESSES FOR THAT. WELL, I LIKE THE RESOLUTION AS IT IS. AND ANY CHANGES CAN BE DONE TO MINUTE ACTION. WOULD THAT BE OK? YOUR DECISION, I'M FINE WITH THAT, IF YOU'D LIKE. I MEAN, WITH THAT, YES, THAT'S MY [INAUDIBLE]. MEMBERS. WHAT DO YOU THINK? MEMBER REYNA IS A FINE? I'M FINE WITH THE RESOLUTION. MEMBER CORTEZ. I AM ABSOLUTELY CONFIDENT WITH THE RESOLUTION, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT STAFF HAS THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE OR DENY ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE GUIDELINES WE HAVE SET FORTH BASED ON THEIR BEST JUDGMENT. AND MEMBER MARTINEZ. ON THE RESOLUTION? MEMBER MARTINEZ. YES, SIR, I'M SORRY. [INAUDIBLE] MEMBER PALLARES ON THE RESOLUTION. I'M FINE WITH IT, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. VERY WELL. I THINK SO THE RESOLUTION PROVIDES JUST THE PERFECT TOOLS FOR OUR STAFF TO GET THIS DONE AND THE WIGGLE ROOM JUST ENOUGH TO MAKE IT WORK. SO, DANIEL, I THINK YOU HAVE YOUR ACTION AND WE HAVE OUR COUNTER ACTION. I THINK HE WAS LOOKING FOR AN APPROVAL MAYOR, SO THIS IS REYNA MOVE TO APPROVE. I WILL SECOND MEMBER CORTEZ. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU CALL? MEMBER GARCIA. OK. MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER PALLARES. MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER REYNA, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ TO APPROVE ITEM 12 B. MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. [01:55:27] MINUTES. IS THAT OK? THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. WE'RE GOING TO RESUME THIS MEETING IN FIVE MINUTES. JUST FIVE MINUTES, I NEED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND RESUME WHERE WE ARE. WE'RE A NEW BUSINESS. ITEM 12. HERE WE GO. [INAUDIBLE] INFORMATION REGARDING KERN COUNTY'S PLAN TO RAISE LAND USE FEES. [12.c. Information Regarding Kern County’s Plan to Raise Land Use Fee. No Action Needed (Bishop)] [INAUDIBLE] GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS INFORMATION ONLY, I'M JUST REPORTING BACK REGARDING A MEETING I ATTENDED ON JANUARY 8TH WITH KERN COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS. THIS MEETING WAS SPECIFIC TO ILLEGAL DUMPING AND HOW IT'S A PERSISTENT PROBLEM THROUGHOUT KERN COUNTY. THEY BASICALLY STATED THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A FEE OR ANY COST RECOVERY METHOD FOR ILLEGAL DUMPING. SO THEIR PROPOSAL IS TO INCREASE THE EXISTING LAND USE FEE TO SUPPORT ILLEGAL DUMPING PROGRAMS IN KERN COUNTY. BASED ON THE CURRENT PROGRAMS THEY OFFER, THEY'VE INDICATED THAT THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. THEY CONTINUE TO SEE THE ILLEGAL DUMPING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT RAISING THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME PROPERTY TAX TO ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE PER HOME, WHICH WOULD BE A TWENTY TWO DOLLARS, 11 CENT INCREASE PER HOME. AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE APARTMENT FEE TO GO FROM SIXTY SIX 30 PER UNIT TO EIGHTY FOUR DOLLARS PER UNIT, WHICH WOULD BE SEVENTEEN DOLLARS AND SEVENTY CENT INCREASE PER UNIT FOR MULTIFAMILY APARTMENTS. BASICALLY THAT FEE THEY'RE PROPOSING THAT THAT WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT, THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC OUTREACH AND EDUCATION THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL CLEANUP CREWS. THEY'VE ANTICIPATED THERE'S GOING TO BE FIVE CREWS, TWO OF THEM LOCATED IN THE METRO BAKERSFIELD AREA, ONE IN EASTERN ONE ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE COUNTY, AND THEN ONE IN THE SHAFTER MCFARLAND AREA, WHICH IS WHERE WE WOULD FALL UNDER. THEY CURRENTLY STATED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROP TWO 18 PROCESSES AS THEY'RE REQUIRED TO TO IMPOSE THIS FEE AND DID INDICATE THAT THE LAND USE FEE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE 2012. ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE ON THE COAL STATED WAS THAT IT IS GOING TO BE PLACED IN THE GENERAL FUND. SO THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THIS MONEY WILL BE SPECIFIC FOR ILLEGAL DUMPING. SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS THAT WAS RAISED BY PEOPLE ON THE CALL. THEY'RE RECOMMENDING THAT A PORTION OF THE INCREASE FEES BE PROVIDED AND ALLOCATED TO CITIES BASED ON MAINTAINING ROAD MILEAGE. SO BASED ON THAT RECOMMENDATION, THEY'RE ESTIMATING THAT WASCO WOULD SEE AN ADDITIONAL EIGHTY TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN DOLLARS AND 20 CENTS PER YEAR IN TAXES REVENUE. AND THEY DID INDICATE THAT THEY WANTED FEEDBACK FROM CITIES TO IDENTIFY IF THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO PROCEED WITH THE INCREASE. CITY STAFF FROM WASCO [INAUDIBLE] DID EXPRESS CONCERNS, AS MOST CITIES ARE CURRENTLY GEARING UP FOR SB THIRTEEN EIGHTY THREE IMPLEMENTATION. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ADDITIONAL COST TO OUR RESIDENTS ON A LOCAL LEVEL. AND HAVING THE COUNTY PROPOSED THIS FEE INCREASE MAY POSE BURDENSOME TO SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS. SO WE DID EXPRESS THOSE CONCERNS. BUT REGARDLESS OF THAT, THEY DID INDICATE THAT THEY WILL BE PROCEEDING WITH THE NEXT STEPS, WHICH WOULD BE THE PROP 218 PROCESS, AND THEY BE HAVING VIRTUAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS. AND THEN EVENTUALLY THERE'D BE A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS VOTE AND THEY EXPECT TO ENACT THIS EFFECTIVE JULY TWENTY TWENTY ONE. SO I'M BRINGING THIS INFORMATION FORWARD TO YOU BECAUSE IT WAS PRESENTED TO US BY KERN COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS. BUT AS OUR CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES, THIS IS A TIME FOR YOU TO TELL ME HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT IT. AND IT'S ALSO A TIME FOR YOU TO EXPRESS IT TO OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISOR R EPRESENTATIVE, IF YOU ARE FOR OR AGAINST IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL, I AGREE WITH STAFF THAT IT MAY BE A BAD TIME WITH THE BACKGROUND OF THE [02:00:03] IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW RECYCLING MANDATES FROM THE STATE. IN ADDITION, THERE'S THE BACKDROP OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT INCREASING OUR-- OR THE [INAUDIBLE] OFFICE INCREASING OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT CONTRACT EXPONENTIALLY OVER THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS. MY FEEDBACK WOULD BE FOR THEM TO WAIT FOR SEVEN YEARS, BUT. THAT'S JUST MINE. I WILL OPEN IT UP TO THE OTHERS. BUT FIRST, LET ME PUT THIS DISCLAIMER OUT THERE FIRST. BEFORE [INAUDIBLE]. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A VERBAL COMMENT USING ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND BUTTON REQUEST TO SPEAK. IF YOU'RE USING A TELEPHONE, PLEASE DIAL STAR NINE ON THAT 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 ON THIS ITEM? MADAM CLERK. WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. MAYOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. NOW FOR COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS. MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS IS SORELY NEEDED, AS WE KNOW, THERE'S ILLEGAL DUMPING THROUGHOUT, YOU KNOW, WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS, OUTSIDE OUR CITIES LIMITS. BUT THIS IS A REAL BAD TIME, A REALLY BAD TIME TO IMPLEMENT THIS BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTIES FAMILIES ARE HAVING FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES BECAUSE COVID-19. SO THAT'S THE RESERVATION I HAVE THAT IT IS NEEDED. I REALIZE THAT. WHETHER THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME, I QUESTION THAT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. MEMBER CORTEZ. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. DO WE KNOW WHAT THE ESTIMATED GROSS REVENUE THAT THE COUNTY WILL RECEIVE DUE TO THE INCREASE TO THE USE FEES AND IF WE'RE GOING TO BE RECEIVING IS PROPORTIONATE TO WHAT THE INCREASE WILL BE IN TERMS OF SERVICE AND OR END FUNDS? THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE THING, BECAUSE YOU SAID THEY'RE GOING TO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE FIVE CREWS TWO IN THE METRO BAKERSFIELD AREA. THAT LEAVES THREE TO BE SPREAD OUT TO THE REST OF THE COUNTY. ARE WE GOING TO GET OUR FAIR SHARE SERVICES FOR THIS MONEY IS KIND OF IMPORTANT TO KNOW? SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS GRAPH, THEIR TOTAL EXPECTED REVENUES, ABOUT SIX POINT THREE DOLLARS MILLION. OF THAT THREE POINT SEVEN IS ANTICIPATED TO GO TO THE UNINCORPORATED KERN COUNTY AREAS, AND THEN THE REST WILL BE ALLOCATED TO CITIES FOR CITIES TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN PROGRAMS INTERNALLY. BUT THERE'S REALLY NO GUARANTEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET OUR FAIR SHARE. AND THAT WAS ALSO SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY THE EAST KERN AREA. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO GET ONE CREW AND THEY'RE A FAIRLY LARGE AREA. SO THAT'S A FAIR CONCERN. MEMBER CORTEZ. AND WITH THE EIGHTY TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE, IS THAT ENOUGH FOR US TO HAVE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS WHEN IT COMES TO ILLEGAL DUMPING? WELL, THIS INFORMATION WAS RECENTLY BROUGHT UP, SO WITHOUT DOING A FULL BLOWN ASSESSMENT OF WHAT THAT COST LOOKS LIKE FOR THE ILLEGAL DUMPING, I WOULD BE UNABLE TO TELL YOU. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE TYPICALLY HAVE TWO STAFF MEMBERS ON THE GROUND GOING THROUGH ALLEYS AND PICKING UP BULKY WASTE. AS WE SEE THAT IT STARTS TO BECOME A NUISANCE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. VERY WELL. MEMBER MARTINEZ? AND MY ONLY COMMENT IS IT'S ALWAYS A BAD TIME FOR TAXES TO GO UP. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING WE REALLY NEED, I THINK, BECAUSE, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, WE ALL DRIVE THE BACK ROADS OUTSIDE OF WASCO AND AROUND TOWN AND WE NEED THE TRASH PICKUP I FEEL. NOTHING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MEMBER PALLARES. WELL, I MEAN, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AS NEEDED. I'VE ALWAYS HAD A SENSE OF COMFORT CALLING ON DAVID [INAUDIBLE] OF STAFF AND REPORTING ILLEGAL DUMPING AND-- BUT I WOULD LIKE THE FUNDS TO BE MORE FOCUSED TO US FOR US. SO FOR NOW, UNTIL WE GET A MORE FOCUSED DIRECTION, INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING THE [02:05:05] MONEY TO GENERAL FUND, I WOULDN'T GO FOR THIS INCREASE. BUT AS FAR AS THE SERVICE ITSELF, IT IS NEEDED. RIGHT, AGREE. AND JUST ONE QUESTION IS THAT SO THERE'S ALL THE MONEY OR THE REVENUES, IT'S GOING TO GO INTO THE GENERAL FUND, AS IT'S PLANNED TO BE RIGHT NOW? AND THEN IT'S DISPERSED OUT TO THE CITIES OR TO REGIONS OR PORTION OF THAT? THE UNINCORPORATED [INAUDIBLE] IS WHAT GOES INTO THE [INAUDIBLE]. IS THAT WHAT GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND? OR I GUESS I'M CONFUSED. AND SO I DIDN'T ASK THAT SPECIFIC QUESTION AND I DIDN'T HEAR THAT QUESTION BEING SPECIFICALLY ASKED. BUT THE WAY THAT I UNDERSTOOD IT WAS THAT ALL OF THESE REVENUES ARE GOING TO GO INTO THE KERN COUNTY GENERAL FUND, WHATEVER ALLOCATION WAS THEIRS, AND THEN WHATEVER ALLOCATIONS THEY WERE GIVING TO CITIES, THEY WERE BASICALLY ALLOWING CITIES TO PUT THAT INTO THEIR OWN GENERAL FUND. OK. SO THE ONLY CONCERN WITH IT GOING INTO THE COUNTY'S GENERAL FUND IS WHAT'S THE GUARANTEE THAT THIS FUNDING IS GOING TO BE SECURED AND ALLOCATED TO THE ILLEGAL DUMPING? RIGHT, RIGHT, BECAUSE THERE ARE [INAUDIBLE]. CORRECT. AND AS YOU ALLUDED TO, THE FIRE CONTRACT, THE SHERIFF'S CONTRACT, THE COUNTY HAS OTHER FINANCIAL WOES AT THIS MOMENT, THAT THERE'S REALLY NO GUARANTEE THAT THIS MONEY WOULDN'T GET REDIRECTED IF IT GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY CONCERN, AS WE KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ANYHOW, BUT I WOULD BE ADAMANT ABOUT THAT POINT IN SAYING THAT THE COUNCIL AGREES OR AT LEAST WASCO'S COUNCIL VIEWS, THAT WE WANT SOME GUARANTEES THAT THAT WOULD BE THE SPECIFICALLY USED FOR PROGRAMING OF ILLEGAL DUMPING. I THINK, YOU KNOW ME PERSONALLY AND I YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THE COUNTY'S POSITION AND HAVING TO INCREASE THE RATES. AND I DON'T DISPUTE THE ISSUE OF ILLEGAL DUMPING AROUND THE COUNTY. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T DISMISS THE FACT THAT WITH A FIRE CONTRACT, THE COUNTY HAS SAID THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO CANNOT WILL NOT TOUCH THE FIRE FUND, THE PROPERTY TAX. BUT THEY'RE WILLING TO TOUCH THE PROPERTY TAX ASSOCIATED WITH THE ILLEGAL DUMPING. SO BEAR IN MIND THE IMPACT FINANCIALLY THAT YOU AS A COUNCILOR ARE GOING TO BE FACING NEXT YEAR, NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND FOR THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS, IF NOT MORE, WITH HAVING TO DIVERT THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND TO PAY FOR THE FIRE FUND BECAUSE THE COUNTY DOESN'T WANT TO TOUCH THE COUNTY PROPERTY TAX FIRE FUND. YEAH, AND THAT'S THE COMMENT OR POINT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE EARLIER. DANIEL ALWAYS SAYS THAT A LITTLE BIT NICER, THOUGH. THE SAME RATE. AND SO IT'S JUST IT'S FRUSTRATING THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SEEKING TO RAISE SIX POINT SIX MILLION DOLLARS, INCREASING ALL THESE RATES AND THEY'RE WANTING TO TAX ALL THE CITIES IN THE FIRE CONTRACT FUND TO RAISE TEN MILLION DOLLARS. ABSOLUTELY. AND THIS IS THE POINT I WOULD INVITE MY COLLEAGUES TO TO VOICE TO OUR LEADERS AT THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AS I ALREADY HAVE BEGUN TO. AND I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, THESE INITIATIVES ARE GOING TO GO FORWARD, THESE CHANGES ARE GOING TO GO FORWARD. WE'VE GOT TO DO OUR BEST TO ADVOCATE FOR OURSELVES AND SPEAK UP FOR OURSELVES AS A RURAL COMMUNITY. SO, NO ACTION NEEDED, AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS IT. [INAUDIBLE] AS THIS MOVES FORWARD. THANK YOU. PLEASE, PLEASE DO. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, THAT'S 12 D. [12.d. Appointment of two full-term seats in the Planning Commission. (Martinez and Pallares)] THAT'S THE APPOINTMENT OF TWO FULL TERM SEATS IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND THEY WERE INTERVIEWED BY OUR AD HOC COMMITTEE MEMBER MARTINEZ AND MEMBER PALLARES. I WILL TURN THAT OVER TO THEM FOR [INAUDIBLE] YES, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WE HAD INTERVIEWED TWO CANDIDATES FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION, PETER [02:10:04] [INAUDIBLE] AND TRACY [INAUDIBLE], AND IT'S, IF I RECALL, VINCENT, FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN THAT WE RECOMMEND THAT BOTH CANDIDATES BE APPOINTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND FURTHER, FOR THE KERN MOSQUITO ABATEMENT, WE HAD TWO CANDIDATES IN FOR ONE POSITION OPENING-- MEMBER PALLARES, I'LL GO AHEAD AND HOLD OFF [INAUDIBLE] THE NEXT ONE. SO FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WE RECOMMEND THAT WE APPROVE OF PETER R. AND TRACY [INAUDIBLE] FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MEMBER PALLARES, DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER? JUST THEY'RE BOTH ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY, AND I THINK EVERYBODY ON THE COUNCIL KNOWS THEM, THEY'RE BOTH, IN MY OPINION, VERY QUALIFIED, AND I THINK THEY'LL BOTH DO A GREAT JOB. AND WE HAVE TWO OPENINGS AND TWO APPLICANTS, SO WE RECOMMEND BOTH OF THEM BE APPOINTED. VERY WELL, EXCELLENT, THANK YOU FOR INTERVIEWING THOSE CANDIDATES FOR US. THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY AND THE OPERATIONS AND THE DECISIONS WE MAKE AS A COUNCIL. THEY'RE NOT JUST ANOTHER OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE NOT TO MAKE ANY OTHER BODY LESS OR MORE IMPORTANT, BUT THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS A VERY IMPORTANT AND [INAUDIBLE]. SO I'M EXCITED TO HAVE FOLKS WHO ARE WILLING TO SERVE, WHO ARE EXCITED AND TO BE ENGAGED AT EVERY POINT OF THEIR TERM OF THEIR SERVICE. AND I'M CONFIDENT THESE TWO CANDIDATES WILL DO THAT. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BEFORE WE CONTINUE WITH COMMENTS, AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A VERBAL COMMENT USING ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HANDS BUTTON ON YOUR ZOOM APP. IF YOU'RE USING A TELEPHONE, PLEASE DIAL *9 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 COMMENTS. ONCE YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED, YOU WILL BE MUTED. AT THIS TIME, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON THIS ITEM, MADAM CLERK? WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME, MAYOR. THANK YOU. OK. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS? MAYOR PRO-TEM REYNA? NO COMMENTS, MAYOR. THANK YOU. MEMBER CORTEZ? EXCELLENT SELECTION OF THE COMMISSIONERS. I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER PEDRO RAMIREZ FOR HIS SERVICE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION. I KNOW HE RETIRED FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION. I WANT TO THANK HIM VERY MUCH. I KNOW IT'S A THANKLESS JOB, BUT WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMISSION. THANK YOU, MEMBER CORTEZ. MEMBER MARTINEZ, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? NO, SIR. THANK YOU. MEMBER PALLARES? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO CONTINUING WITH THE APPOINTMENT FOR KERN MOSQUITO ABATEMENT--. MEMBER PALLARES, I APOLOGIZE, WE'LL VOTE ON THIS ONE BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE KERN MOSQUITO ABATEMENT. OK, BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS, I'LL GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION. NO FURTHER COMMENTS. AND SHALL I MAKE THE MOTION OR. SURE. WELL THEN, I SHALL MAKE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT PETRA [INAUDIBLE] AND TRACY [INAUDIBLE] FOR THE POSITIONS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. I SECOND THAT MOTION. COUNCIL MEMBER REYNA WILL SECOND THE MOTION. MOVED BY MEMBER PALLARES. MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL A VOICE VOTE? REYNA TO APPOINT TRACY [INAUDIBLE] AND PETRA [INAUDIBLE] FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THE MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. VERY WELL, THANK YOU. MADAM CLERK, AND THANKS TO THE TWO CANDIDATES OUR TWO NEW PLANNING COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU. IF YOU'RE ON THE CALL, WELCOME. I INVITE YOU TO GET ENGAGED TO LEAN INTO YOUR SERVICE, TO YOUR TERM. THERE ARE A MULTITUDE OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO YOU, NOT ONLY AT CITY HALL HERE ON THE COUNCIL FOR ADVICE AND DIRECTION. THERE'S ESPECIALLY THE LEAGUE OF CITIES. [02:15:02] I WOULD INVITE YOU TO LEAN INTO THEM AND STAFF WILL BE PROVIDING YOU INFORMATION AND TRAINING RESOURCES IN THE COMING DAYS FOR THOSE EVENTS IN THE COMING MONTHS [12.e. Appointment of one full term seat in the Kern Mosquito Vector Board. (Martinez and Pallares)] AND THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, AND HIGHLY ENCOURAGE NOT ONLY OUR NEWEST MEMBERS, BUT ALL OF OUR PLANNING COMMISSIONERS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM 12E. THAT'S THE APPOINTMENT OF ONE FULL TERM SEAT TO THE KERN MOSQUITO VECTOR BOARD. MEMBERS MARTINEZ AND PALLARES. CONTINUING WITH THE INTERVIEW PROCESS, WE INTERVIEWED TWO ADDITIONAL CANDIDATES, MR. DANNY BROWN AND MR. LARRY JENNINGS FOR THE KERN MOSQUITO VECTOR BOARD. AND AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ MAY JUMP IN. FROM THE INTERVIEWING PROCESS, WE RECOMMEND THAT DANNY BROWN BE APPOINTED TO THE KERN MOSQUITO VECTOR BOARD. WE FOUND BOTH CANDIDATES VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE BOARD AND, HOWEVER, FEEL THAT THE EXPERIENCE OF MR. DANNY BROWN WOULD BENEFIT THE CITY OF WASCO. VERY WELL, THANK YOU, MEMBER PALLARES. MEMBER MARTINEZ, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? YEAH, JUST THEY WERE BOTH VERY GOOD CANDIDATES--. BEFORE WE GO INTO THAT COMMENT FOLLOWING THEIR PRESENTATION. I DO HAVE TO ADD MY USUAL DISCLAIMER. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A VERBAL COMMENT USING TO PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE. AND IF YOU ARE USING A TELEPHONE, PLEASE DIAL *9 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 IS EXPIRED, YOU WILL BE MUTED. AT THIS TIME, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, MADAM CLERK? AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, MAYOR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MEMBER MARTINEZ, GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT UP AGAIN. WE HAD TWO VERY GOOD QUALIFIED CANDIDATES. UNFORTUNATELY, WE COULD ONLY PICK ONE. DANNY BROWN HAS BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. HE SERVED THE LAST TWO YEARS AS CHAIRMAN. HE'S BEEN A VERY BIG ADVOCATE FOR WASCO. HE TAUGHT MYSELF AND MEMBER PALLARES QUITE A BIT THAT WE WERE NOT AWARE OF, THAT THE MOSQUITO VECTOR BOARD DOES. VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE, HE HAS TWO MASTER'S DEGREES. VERY GOOD CANDIDATE AND VERY QUALIFIED AS WELL. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, JUST WITH DANNY'S EXPERIENCE ON THE BOARD ALREADY, HE'S IN THE MIDDLE OF COMPLETING SOME PROJECTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND WE JUST FELT THAT KEEPING HIM IN THAT POSITION FOR ANOTHER TERM SO HE CAN COMPLETE SOME THINGS HE'S ALREADY STARTED WOULD BE IN THE BEST INTERESTS TO THE CITY OF WASCO. VERY WELL, THANK YOU, MARTIN. MEMBER CORTEZ, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? YES, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO, I USUALLY DON'T OBJECT TO RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT I HAVE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS REGARDING THE SERVICE OF DANNY BROWN ON THE MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT. I'VE BEEN ON CITY COUNCIL SINCE 2004. I'M ACTUALLY NOT SURE HOW LONG HE'S BEEN THERE. I WOULD SAY MEMBER PALLARES OR MARTINEZ CAN FILL ME IN ON HOW MANY YEARS HE'S BEEN HERE, SIX TO EIGHT YEARS OR LONGER. I'VE YET TO RECEIVE A REPORT, UPDATE ANYTHING FROM MR. BROWN ON ANY OF THE MEETINGS, ANYTHING GOING ON. YOU PROBABLY KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT IN YOUR MEETING WITH THEM, THAN I THINK I HAVE RECEIVED AS A COUNCIL MEMBER OVER ALL THESE YEARS. SO I DO HAVE A CONCERN WITH HIM CONTINUING TO SERVE ON THE BOARD. THAT'S MY OBJECTION. THANK YOU. MEMBER CORTEZ. MAYOR PRO-TEM REYNA. BEFORE I SAY ANYTHING, I THINK MR. MARTINEZ WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT. YEAH, SO MR. BROWN DID TELL US THAT HE DOES HAVE A PRESENTATION PREPARED FOR OUR COUNCIL. BUT BECAUSE OF COVID, IT HAD GOTTEN DELAYED ON HIM BEING ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, THE LOGISTICS OF DOING THE PRESENTATION TO KIND OF INFORM US OF WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED AND ALSO TO GIVE US A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY DO. SO HE DID SAY THAT HE IS PREPARED TO GIVE A PRESENTATION TO THE COUNCIL. WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, MEMBER MARTINEZ FOR HOWEVER MANY YEARS HE'S YET TO REACH OUT TO ME OR THE COUNCIL FOR A PRESENTATION OR ANY INFORMATION OR UPDATE YOUR STATUS, SO I'M NOT SATISFIED WITH THAT. SO AS YOU KNOW, MEMBER REYNA HIMSELF JUST IN THE CURRENT COG MEETINGS, HE HAS A VERY LENGTHY UPDATE AFTER EVERY MEETING. [02:20:02] SO, I MEAN, I EXPECT SOMETHING OVER THE YEARS AND I'VE RECEIVED ZERO. THANK YOU, MEMBERS. MEMBER PRO-TEM REYNA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? I REALLY HAVE NO COMMENTS, MAYOR, THANK YOU. AGAIN, THIS IS FOR THE RECORD, DANNY BROWN, IS THAT RIGHT? YES, SIR. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAD THAT DOWN CORRECTLY. VERY WELL. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE OUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE'S FEEDBACK. I WILL GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION. THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER PALLARES, I MAKE THE MOTION TO NOMINATE DANNY BROWN TO THE POSITION FOR THE KERN MOSQUITO VECTOR BOARD. THANK YOU. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. THE MOTION HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, IF MADAM CLERK WILL CALL A ROLL CALL FOR US. DO YOUR JOB FOR YOU. MARTINEZ TO APPOINT DANNY BROWN AS THE KERN MOSQUITO VECTOR BOARD REPRESENTATIVE MOTION IS APPROVED WITH FOUR AYES WITH NO BY COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK, AND THANK YOU, MEMBERS, FOR YOUR COMMENTS. I THINK THAT BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT. AS I BROUGHT UP WITH THE PREVIOUS APPOINTMENT BY ALL OF OUR APPOINTEES TO LEAN IN AND GET ENGAGED, WE DON'T REQUIRE ANY OF OUR APPOINTEES TO COME TO US, ALTHOUGH IT IS OBVIOUSLY VERY, VERY MUCH APPRECIATED AND ALMOST EXPECTED. SO I INVITE EVERYONE TO BE A PART OF OUR MEETINGS AND GIVE US REGULAR UPDATES. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM 12F: UPDATE ON CITY OPERATIONS DUE TO COVID-19. [12.f. Update on City Operations due to Covid-19 (Ortiz-Hernandez)] MR. ORTIZ. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE LATEST INFORMATION, AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE, THE COUNTY IS MOVING INTO THE NEXT PHASE AND STARTING TO ROLL OUT WITH VACCINATIONS FOR OUR COUNTY RESIDENTS. THEY'RE WORKING UP A PLAN FOR DOING MASS VACCINATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTY AND OBVIOUSLY STARTING WITH THE PHASED APPROACH FOR THE HEALTH CARE WORKERS, PUBLIC SAFETY AND THEN SENIORS, THOSE OVER 65. WE'VE REACHED OUT TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND INQUIRED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT PARTICULARLY OUR DOLERITE DRIVERS AND WHERE THEY FIT WITHIN THE PHASES. AND BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE UNDERSTAND THAT HERE IN WASCO, A NUMBER OF OUR WRITERS ARE THE ELDERLY WHO UTILIZED [INAUDIBLE] IN THE PAST TO GO TO SUCH THINGS AS GROCERIES AS WELL AS GOING TO THEIR DOCTOR'S OFFICES. AND SO ONE OF THE CONCEPTS OR APPROACHES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH HAS ROLLED OUT IS MAKING VACCINES AVAILABLE THROUGH THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. AND AT LEAST I UNDERSTAND THAT [INAUDIBLE] IS GOING TO BE ESSENTIAL TO PROVIDING ACCESS FOR SOME OF THESE PATRONS. THEY ARE LOOKING RIGHT NOW AT ESTABLISHING A MASS VACCINATION SITE AT THE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS AND REACHING OUT TO PUBLIC HEALTH. THEY ARE STILL IN THE PLANNING PROCESS OF HOW TO MAKE THAT WORK AND PARTICULARLY TO TARGET AND ENABLE THE ELDERLY, THOSE OVER 65 AND RAISE THE POINT OF PUBLIC TRANSIT WORKERS AND THE AVAILABILITY OF ENSURING THAT THEY WILL GET VACCINATED SO THEY CAN PROVIDE A SERVICE FOR OUR ELDERLY RESIDENTS. HERE IN OPERATIONS OUR OFFICES WILL REMAIN CLOSED BY APPOINTMENT ONLY AND TELEPHONE ACCESS AND EMAIL. SO IF ANYONE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING OUT OK FOR THE MOST PART, AND HOPEFULLY ONCE WE HAVE A WIDER VACCINATION ACROSS THE WASCO WE'LL PLAN ON REOPENING UP SERVICES AND REOPENING OUR OFFICES. WE'RE NEARLY DONE WITH ALL OF OUR REMODELS AND ALL OF OUR PROJECTS IN OUR OFFICES WITH BARRIERS THAT WE INSTALLED. SO WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS THAT GOES ON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE THAT UPDATE. MOVING ON TO ITEM 13. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A VERBAL COMMENT USING ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND BUTTON TO REQUEST TO SPEAK. [02:25:01] IF YOU'RE USING YOUR TELEPHONE, PLEASE USE THE *9 BUTTONS ON YOUR TELEPHONE KEYPAD. YOU WILL BE CALLED UPON BY THE NUMBER YOU'RE CALLING FROM WHEN IT'S 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 COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, MADAM CLERK? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME, MAYOR. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS, MAYOR PRO-TEM REYNA? THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WILL BE ATTENDING THE NEW MAYOR'S AND COUNCIL MEMBERS' CONFERENCE, WE ASSUME THIS TIME I WILL BE ABLE TO VIEW IT BECAUSE I CHANGE THE INTERNET TO A HIGHER LEVEL OF INTERNET, SO I WON'T BE HAVING THAT WHEEL OF DEATH [INAUDIBLE] WORKING ON MY SCREEN. SO THAT STARTS ON THE 20TH. AND I'LL BE DOING THAT. AND ALSO, I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK THEY DO. A LOT OF INFORMATION IS PUT FORTH FOR US TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS. AND I KNOW I SAY THIS EVERY TIME. I APPRECIATE IT. I REALLY DO. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. AND THAT'S IT FOR ME, MAYOR. IF I MAY, JUST ONE MORE THING, MAYOR-- I'M SORRY BEFORE WE CONTINUE, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO REPORTS? I APOLOGIZE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ITEM 13? WE'RE STILL ON 12 F UPDATES ON CITY OPERATIONS FOR COVID-19. I APOLOGIZE. I THOUGHT WE WERE DONE WITH THAT. NO. YOU KNOW, OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR STAFF ARE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN THROUGH A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION. AND SO I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO TO KEEP THE CITY RUNNING, YOU KNOW, EVEN UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES. SO I THINK THAT KUDOS TO THEM FOR DOING SO. THANK YOU. AND I APOLOGIZE FOR JUMPING THE ORDER HERE. MEMBER CORTEZ? I WANT TO PIGGYBACK BACK ON MEMBER REYNA'S COMMENTS, WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH SOME UNPRECEDENTED SITUATIONS, EVENTS WITHIN THE CITY COMPOUNDED BY HIGH SPEED RAIL, COMPOUNDED BY ALL SORTS OF OTHER STUFF. SO KUDOS, AGAIN, TO THE STAFF FOR DOING THE GREAT JOB THEY'RE DOING AND COPING WITH THE COVID-19, MAKING SURE THAT THEY CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR CITIZENS IN THE BEST CAPACITY POSSIBLE. SO THANK YOU, DANIEL, AND STAFF FOR DOING THAT. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO-TEM. MEMBER MARTINEZ? NO COMMENTS, SIR. MEMBER PALLARES, ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? NO COMMENTS, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MOVING ON THEN TO REPORTS FROM COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES. [13.a. Kern Economic Development Corporation (Cortez)] MEMBER CORTEZ, DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE CURRENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. WE HAVEN'T HAD A MEETING. OUR NEXT MEETING IS JANUARY TWENTY EIGHTH. SO NEXT WEEK. SO I WILL HAVE A REPORT, AND UPDATE FOR YOU AT THE FOLLOWING COUNCIL MEETING. THANK YOU. PERFECT. THANK YOU. AND THE CURRENT COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS WON'T BE MEETING UNTIL THIS THURSDAY. I'LL HAVE A REPORT FOR THE COUNCIL AT THE NEXT MEETING. [14) REPORTS FROM SHERIFF] REPORTS FROM THE SHERIFF. SERGEANT? HERE, I'LL GIVE DANIEL A MINUTE TO GET THE POWERPOINT FIRED UP. ALL RIGHT, PERFECT. SO ON MONDAY, JANUARY 11TH, TWENTY TWENTY ONE AT ABOUT SEVEN P.M., WASCO CITY SUBSTATION DEPUTIES WERE DISPATCHED TO THE THIRTEEN HUNDRED BLOCK OF GRIFFITH AVENUE FOR A PATROL CHECK DUE TO RECENT THEFTS IN THE AREA. DEPUTIES ATTEMPTED A VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT STOP OF A VEHICLE LEAVING THE AREA. THE DRIVER LATER IDENTIFIED AS BERNARDO MONTOñES. THIRTY FOUR YEAR OLD MALE FROM WASCO EVADED DEPUTIES AND WAS LOCATED A SHORT TIME LATER. MONTOñES WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY DURING THE COURSE OF THE INVESTIGATION. DEPUTIES LOCATED A LOADED 22 CALIBER REVOLVER WHERE MONTOñES WAS FIRST SEEN IN THE 13 HUNDRED BLOCK OF GRIFFITH AVENUE. MONTOñES WAS BOOKED INTO THE KERN COUNTY JAIL FOR FELONY EVADING, FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM, PROHIBITED PERSON IN POSSESSION OF AMMUNITION, A FELONY ARREST WARRANT, ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL MISDEMEANOR CHARGES, I'VE INCLUDED A [02:30:04] PICTURE OF THIS WEAPON AND PEOPLE THINK A 22 CALIBER IS NOT A DANGEROUS--ANY FIREARM, 22 CALIBER OR ANY GUN, IS A DANGEROUS WEAPON. SO I'M PROUD OF MY DEPUTIES FOR TAKING THIS. AND I TRY TO BRING IT TO THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION WHENEVER MY DEPUTIES ARE ABLE TO LOCATE AND SEIZE AN ILLEGALLY POSSESSED FIREARM. ALL RIGHT, DANIEL. SO ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 14TH, TWENTY TWENTY ONE MYSELF, ALONG WITH DEPUTY DIEGO BARAJAS, PARTICIPATED IN A WASCO COMMUNITY EVENT AT THE 15TH STREET PARK, ALONG WITH MAYOR GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ, CITY MANAGER ORTIZ AND ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE LAW SCHOOL COMMUNITY. I WAS ABLE TO ADDRESS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY REGARDING SOME IMPORTANT TOPICS, AND I OVERHEARD MAYOR GARCIA ASKING FOR PEOPLE TO APPROACH HIM AFTER WE WERE APPROACHED AS LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND I ENCOURAGED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. ANY TIME YOU SEE A DEPUTY FLAG THEM DOWN, TALK TO THEM ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY CONCERNS. TALK TO ME IF YOU SEE ME OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. IF YOU KNOW WHERE OUR SUBSTATION IS, COME TALK TO ME AND WE CAN WORK TOGETHER THROUGH ANY COMMUNITY CONCERNS THAT YOU, CITIZENS OF WASCO WOULD HAVE. I WILL NOT GO INTO FURTHER DETAIL BECAUSE I KNOW MAYOR GARCIA IS PROBABLY GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT HERE COMING UP. ALL RIGHT, DANIEL. OK, KCSO [INAUDIBLE] RESPONDED TO SEVERAL FIRES WITHIN THE CITY OF WASCO. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND CITY STAFF AND THE COUNCIL THAT KERN COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATES ALL FIRE RELATED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THROUGH THEIR STAFF AND THE ARSON INVESTIGATORS. KCSO, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS TAKEN OVER SOME FIRE INVESTIGATIONS IN THE PAST, WHICH USUALLY INVOLVE STOLEN CARS. RECENT FIRES IN THE CITY WITHIN THE CITY OF WASCO INCLUDED THE MOST RECENT ONE ON THE 15TH AT THE OLD LABOR CAMP, THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT. THERE WAS ONE ON DECEMBER THIRTY FIRST AT ONE FIFTY SIX IN THE MORNING. IT WAS OCCURRING ON THE THREE HOUR BLOCK OF F STREET. THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE ON DECEMBER THIRTY FIRST AT ONE FORTY FIVE. THIS IS IN THE AREA OF PATTON AVENUE AND [INAUDIBLE] AVENUE. BOTH THOSE ARE BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND THEN THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL ONE ON THE 30TH OF DECEMBER AT SIX FIFTY ONE IN THE AREA OF THE 1700 BLOCK OF POPLAR AVENUE. THIS WAS INVESTIGATED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I'M NOT SURE THE OUTCOME OF THEIR INVESTIGATIONS. ONCE AGAIN, WHEN IT COMES TO THE FIRE, UNLESS IT INVOLVES A STOLEN CAR, WE WILL RESPOND, CONDUCT THE INVESTIGATION AS FAR AS THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY REGARDING THE STOLEN CAR AND THE ARSON OF THE CAR. ALL RIGHT, DANIEL. I HAVE RECENTLY SUBMITTED THE MONTHLY STATS TO THE CITY OF WASCO REGARDING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, WHICH ARE CURRENTLY POSTED ON THE WASCO CITY WEBSITE UNDER POLICE SERVICES. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THE DATA INDICATES A YEAR TO DATE AND LAST YEAR'S DATA FOR COMPARISON. DANIEL, GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. BESIDES AN INCREASE IN HOMICIDES AND ASSAULTS, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS SEEN A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN STOLEN VEHICLES. GO AHEAD AND GO WITH THE NEXT SLIDE, DANIEL. FOR COMPARISON, IN DECEMBER OF TWENTY NINETEEN, THERE WERE 11. IN THIS LAST DECEMBER, THERE WERE THIRTY ONE. THAT'S AN INCREASE OF TWENTY STOLEN VEHICLES. THAT BEING SAID, THE YEAR TWENTY NINETEEN, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN STOLEN VEHICLES THIS YEAR, TWENTY TWENTY, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THREE STOLEN VEHICLES. THAT'S AN INCREASE OF 62 VEHICLES ON THE AVERAGE OF ABOUT 15 VEHICLES A MONTH. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE COMMUNITY OF A FEW SIMPLE TACTICS THAT THEY CAN DO. VERY SIMPLE. LOCK YOUR CAR DOORS. DO NOT LEAVE YOUR KEYS IN YOUR CAR THAT'S UNATTENDED. PARK IT IN A WELL LIT AREA IF POSSIBLE. AND YOU MIGHT THINK ABOUT ADDING LIGHTING TO THE EXTERIOR OF THEIR RESIDENCE, INSTALL RESIDENCE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS, WHICH WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT. IF YOU HAVE ONE OF THESE PARK YOUR VEHICLE IN THE AREA WHERE THE SURVEILLANCE CAMERA WILL CAPTURE THE IMAGES. AND DON'T FORGET TO REGISTER THOSE CAMERAS WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. FINALLY INVEST IN A ANTITHEFT SYSTEM OR DEVICE. THIS COULD BE AN ALARM, SOME SORT OF STEERING WHEEL LOCK MECHANISM. AN IGNITION PROTECTION DEVICE OR AUTO THEFT RECOVERY DEVICE. [02:35:02] I WILL NOT NAME ANY OF THEM BY HAND ON WHICH ONES, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF TOOLS OUT THERE TO CURB THE RECOVERY OR TO CURB THE THEFT OF STOLEN VEHICLES. THAT BEING SAID, THE CAMERA SYSTEM, WHICH YOU GUYS JUST APPROVED, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ONCE IT BECOMES ACTIVE TO MAYBE MIMIC THE 60 PERCENT INCREASE IN VEHICLE THEFT RECOVERIES. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, SO THAT BEING SAID, THAT'S IT FOR MY PRESENTATION TONIGHT. VERY WELL, THANK YOU, SERGEANT. WE APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT AND I APPRECIATE YOU, AS ALWAYS, BEING THERE IN THE COMMUNITY AT THE [INAUDIBLE] LAST WEEK. FOR THE RECORD, MEMBER CORTEZ HAS LEFT THE ZOOM MEETING; HE HAS TO HEAD INTO WORK NOW, BUT WE WILL MOVE ON WITH THE AGENDA. ITEM 15 REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER. DO YOU HAVE ANY ELSE, DANIEL? NOT AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. REPORTS FROM THE MAYOR PRO-TEM REYNA. [15) REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER] THANK YOU, MAYOR. AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, I JUMPED THE GUN AND SO I'VE ALREADY SAID THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO SAY TO OUR STAFF. SO I APPRECIATE THEM TREMENDOUSLY. I DID WANT TO ADD SOMETHING ELSE, AND THAT WAS THAT I WANTED TO ASK SERGEANT MARTINEZ ABOUT A FLYER THAT WE TALKED ABOUT FOR THE CAMERA REGISTRY. I THINK THERE IS A NEED TO HAVE THAT FLYER TO BE ABLE TO GIVE IT TO PEOPLE THAT WE TALKED TO ABOUT REGISTERING THEIR CAMERAS. I'M LOOKING AT A FLYER THAT ALTHOUGH IT DOES ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO REGISTER AND IT HAS THAT LINK, I THINK THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT A QR CODE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SCAN IT AND QUICKLY GO TO THAT WEBSITE. AND SO I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. SERGEANT, HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO PULL SOMETHING TOGETHER OR IS THIS THE ONLY THING THAT IS STILL AVAILABLE TO US? RIGHT NOW, THAT'S ALL THAT'S AVAILABLE. I WILL REACH OUT TO THE CAMERA REGISTRY STAFF AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO SEE IF THE QR CODE CAN BE ADDED. I WAS ASKED FOR IF THEY HAD A HOW TO, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS YOU HAD ASKED WAS A HOW TO REGISTER. AND THE RESPONSE WAS THE REGISTRY THAT'S OUT THERE RIGHT NOW IS SUPER SIMPLE. I WATCHED A SOCIAL MEDIA POST BY MEMBER CORTEZ NOT TOO LONG AGO WHERE HE ACTUALLY REGISTERED HIS BUSINESS CAMERAS WITH THAT. VERY SIMPLE, TOOK LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES. AND HE WAS DONE. AND I JUST PULLED UP THE CAMERA REGISTRY AND I SEE HIS INFORMATION ON THERE EARLIER. SO, I WILL TALK WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE STAFF ABOUT SEEING IF THEY CAN ADD A QR CODE FOR A QUICK REFERENCE TO THAT. IF THEY WANT TO ADD IT TO THE SHEETS THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT THERE, SEE IF IT CAN BE ADDED. I'M SURE NOT VERY FAMILIAR WITH QR CODES. SO I'M NOT NOT SURE HOW THAT WORKS. BUT I'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT ONE. IT'S CALLED A QUICK RESPONSE CODE. SO ANYBODY WHO USES A CAMERA TAKES THEM DIRECTLY TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE WITHOUT ENTERING IN ANY LINK. SO THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. AND THEN ONCE YOU PUT IT TOGETHER, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THIS, SO I CAN GIVE TO MY NEIGHBORS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO-TEM REYNA, JUST AN FYI, ANYONE CAN MAKE A QR CODE. IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY EASY AS LONG AS YOU HAVE THE ORIGINAL LINK. ANY CODE MADE, ANYONE THAT MAKES ONE, IT'LL LINK YOU TO YOUR ACTUAL LINK. I CAN PROBABLY MAKE ONE REALLY QUICKLY AND SEND IT TO EVERYONE. BUT TO HIS POINT, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE THAT ON THE FLYER THAT WE USE. SO, THANK YOU. I WILL WORK ON GETTING THAT ON THE FLYER. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE I HAVE A VOLUNTEER TO HELP. [LAUGHTER] YEAH, I THOUGHT I HEARD HIM SAY HE WAS GOING TO MAKE IT FOR YOU, RIGHT? YEAH, HE DID SAY THAT HE WAS GOING TO MAKE THE QR CODE. YEAH. WE'LL HAVE IT DONE BY THE END OF THE MEETING FOR YOU, PETE. I WILL DO THAT AS SOON AS I CAN USE IT IN THE APPLICATIONS DURING OUR CONTRACTS. NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. ALL RIGHT. BUT I WILL SEND THAT ALONG. ANYWAY, LET'S SEE WHO'S NEXT. WE HAVE MEMBER CORTEZ'S GONE NOW. MEMBER MARTINEZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR REPORTS? NO REPORTS, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR CITY STAFF. AS A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER, I'VE HAD A MILLION QUESTIONS THAT I'VE BOMBARDED DANIEL AND [INAUDIBLE] AND GARY AND NANCY AND EVERYBODY ELSE WITH, AND THEY'VE ALL BEEN GREAT. AND JUST TO PASS ON A COMPLIMENT, WE HAD A COUNCIL MEMBER FROM AN ADJACENT CITY [02:40:01] WHO JOINED IN TO OUR LAST MEETING, AND HE CALLED ME THE NEXT DAY AND COMMENDED OUR CITY STAFF ON HOW PREPARED THEY ARE AND HOW THOROUGH THEY ARE IN ALL THEIR PRESENTATIONS. HE WAS JUST AMAZED AT HOW AMAZING OUR STAFF IS. SO I JUST WANT TO ECHO THOSE THAT COMPLIMENT. VERY GOOD. ON THAT TOPIC, DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES MAYBE ON THE ROUNDTABLE, ANY DISCUSSION ITEMS? JUST, MAYBE QUICK HIGHLIGHTS? YES. SO OUR ROUNDTABLE, WE HAVE A LOT OF ITEMS THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO. ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THIS LAST WEEK WE HAD I BELIEVE HIS NAME WAS STEVE [INAUDIBLE] CAME IN, HE WAS THE CREATOR OF THE SANGER TASK FORCE. HE CAME IN AND PROVIDED A PRESENTATION. VERY GOOD SPOKESMAN. AND THAT SANGER TASK FORCE, IT SOUNDS LIKE AN AMAZING PROGRAM. THEY HAVE IT IN MULTIPLE STATES NOW, MULTIPLE DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS. THE GENTLEMAN THAT RUNS THE SANGER TASK FORCE ACTUALLY BASICALLY DOES CONSULTING WORK NOW FOR OTHER CITIES TO GET THEIR PROGRAMS UP AND RUNNING. [INAUDIBLE] HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH HIM BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS VERY COMPREHENSIVE. THEY DEAL WITH EVERYTHING FROM--IT'S EXPANDED FROM INITIALLY, IT STARTED AS A TASK FORCE DIRECTED TOWARDS VIOLENT CRIME AND NOW IT'S EXPANDED INTO BULLYING, HELPING HOMELESS, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO SHE'S COORDINATING WITH HIM TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION AND HOPEFULLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION ON SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. BUT THAT THAT SOUNDS LIKE A VERY EFFECTIVE PROGRAM. THEY'VE NOT ONLY REDUCED CRIME IN SANGER, BUT, THEIR SCHOOLS HAVE WENT FROM BEING IN THE BOTTOM TWO PERCENT IN THE STATE TO THE TOP 10 PERCENT WITH THEIR PROGRAM. IT'S JUST PHENOMENAL THINGS FOR THEIR COMMUNITY. AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THE SANGER TASK FORCE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. VERY COOL, VERY COOL. SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE DOING GOOD THINGS OVER IN SANGER. I NEED TO CALL MY FRIEND ESMERALDA [INAUDIBLE] OVER THERE. AND JUST TO ADD, WE'VE CONSISTENTLY HAD OVER TWO DOZEN COMMUNITY MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN THE ROUNDTABLE, WHICH IS GOOD. VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD. AWESOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT UPDATE. MEMBER PALLARES, ANY REPORTS? I'LL BE ATTENDING THE LEAGUE OF CITIES' CLASSES VIA ZOOM, WHATEVER, AND OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. AND THEN FOR THE CITY MANAGER, IF WE CAN INVITE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BACK TO THE MEETINGS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME REPORTS OF THE FIREWORKS OVER THE NEW YEAR'S CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAY AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION THEY HAVE REGARDING THE FIREWORKS, ILLEGAL FIREWORKS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OK, FOLKS, I APPRECIATE EVERYONE BEING ON. JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON THE MAYOR WITH MOMS. SO...THIS IS JUST THE FIRST STEP, RIGHT, AND I REALLY WANTED TO START WITH ONE OF MY FAVORITE QUOTES, AND THAT'S "NEVER DOUBT THAT A SMALL GROUP OF THOUGHTFUL, COMMITTED CITIZENS CAN CHANGE THE WORLD, FOR, INDEED, IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT EVER HAS." AND MY FAVORITE QUOTE, BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN IT SO, SO MUCH; I DEDICATED MY LIFE TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZING. AND I FEEL, I'M CERTAIN THAT THIS CAN BE THE MAKINGS OF A FUTURE WASCO TASK FORCE, OUR OWN VERSION OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT. NOTHING HAPPENS OVERNIGHT. ROME WASN'T BUILT IN A DAY. YOU CAN'T TURN THE TITANIC OVER, AND MISS THE ICEBERG FAST ENOUGH--I'M MESSING UP MY IDIOMS.. ANYWAYS, THE POINT IS THIS IS THE FIRST STEP. AND I'M EXCITED FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING BECAUSE WE HAD A HANDFUL OF MOTHERS AND OTHER RESIDENTS, CONCERNED CITIZENS OF WASCO, WHO JOINED US FOR THIS CONVERSATION. AND I WAS PARTICULARLY EXCITED BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME FAMILIAR FACES, BUT THERE WERE SOME UNFAMILIAR FACES, WHICH IS SOMETHING I WAS REALLY AIMING TO DO WAS REACH THOSE FOLKS WHO AREN'T THE TYPICAL COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER, AREN'T ALWAYS AT THE COMMUNITY EVENTS OR MEETINGS BUT THEY HAVE A PASSION OR A SERIOUS CONCERN FOR THE HEALTH OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, ESPECIALLY FOR SOUTH GATE COMMUNITY. SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT, LIKE I SAID, IT'S THE FIRST STEP. WE'RE GOING TO GET ORGANIZED NOT ONLY TO HELP IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING AT THE CITY BECAUSE WE CAN CREATE ALL THE PROGRAMS, BUT IF A [02:45:05] POLITICIAN TELLS YOU TO DO IT, I DON'T THINK THAT'S AS EFFECTIVE AS MY FRIEND'S MOM OR MY MOTHER CAME TO MY DOOR AND ASKED US TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE CAMERA REGISTRY PROGRAM OR THE COMMUNITY SAFETY GROUP. AND THAT BEARS A LITTLE BIT MORE WEIGHT WHEN IT COMES FROM THE COMMUNITY AND IN ORDER TO GET COMMUNITY BUY IN AND THEN HAVE OWNERSHIP OVER NOT ONLY THIS PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE, BUT ALL THE HAPPENINGS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY HAVE TO BE BOUGHT IN AND THEY HAVE TO BE TRULY ORGANIZED FROM THE COMMUNITY FROM THE GROUND UP. SO THAT'S THE INTENT OF WHAT THE SAFETY MEETINGS ARE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING. ESSENTIALLY, IT'S [INAUDIBLE] WITH THE MAYOR TO POINT OUT SO AND I INVITE ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE AND GET INVOLVED. HELP US GET THE WORD OUT. HELP US ADVOCATE FOR MORE RESOURCES POLICIES SUCH AS REINVESTING COUNTY DOLLARS IN THE GANG TASK FORCE OR IN MORE PATROLS AND TRAINING, WHATEVER IT MAY BE. AND THAT STARTS WITH DAY ONE. AND THAT WAS LAST WEEK. SO THE NEXT ONE WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING IS, AGAIN, THE WEEK BETWEEN OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS IN FEBRUARY. I'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOME OF OUR MOMS AND WE HAVEN'T LANDED ON THE DATE YET, BUT ONE OF THE DAYS I'LL HAVE THAT INFORMATION PUT OUT TO US AND WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING IT POSSIBLY AT ONE OF THE SCHOOLS IN THE NEARBY AREA SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE FOLKS AVAILABLE OR MORE SPACE TO SPREAD OUT AND THAT'S EVERYTHING ON THAT ONE. MAYOR? YES? WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM THE PUBLIC. THAT'S RIGHT, WE DO HAVE A QUESTION FROM RUBY GUTIERREZ: WHEN IS THE NEXT COMMUNITY ROUNDTABLE? AND I'M NOT SURE IF MEMBER CORTEZ'S SET THE DATE FOR THAT YET. MEMBER MARTINEZ, DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA YET, OR IS THAT STILL TBA? WE'RE GOING TO MEET EVERY OTHER WEDNESDAY. SO THE OPPOSITE WEEK FROM THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. SO IT'LL BE NEXT WEDNESDAY, NOT TOMORROW, BUT NEXT WEDNESDAY. PERFECT, RUBY, YOU HAVE YOUR INFORMATION. EVERY OTHER WEDNESDAY. NEXT ONE WILL BE NEXT WEDNESDAY AND HOW WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO ACCESS THEM? SO EITHER THEY CAN EMAIL ME AND I CAN HAVE THEM ADDED TO THE COMMUNITY ROUND TABLE BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL BY ZOOM, SO SEND THEM AN ALERT. I BELIEVE, MARIA, MY EMAIL IS ON THE WEBSITE, CORRECT? YES, IT IS, BUT I'LL TYPE IT HERE. OK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT'S EVERYTHING I HAVE FOR THIS EVENING, FOLKS. NO CLOSED SESSION, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO ADJOURN IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE. I DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING RIGHT, MADAM CLERK? I'M JUST WAITING ON THE QR CODE FROM YOU. [LAUGHTER] DANIEL, I WILL SEND IT TO YOU. TRUST ME, I PROMISE I'LL GET IT OUT TO EVERYONE RIGHT NOW. IT'S REALLY EASY. ANYWAYS, MOVE TO ADJOURN. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. STAY SAFE OUT THERE AND WE'LL BE TALKING AGAIN. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.