Feb 16, 2021 City Council

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ALL RIGHTY, FOLKS, CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? I THINK WE SHOULD GET STARTED NOW AT SIX O'CLOCK, ONE MINUTE PAST.

GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

MADAM CLERK, ARE WE READY? YES, WE ARE.

ALRIGHTY. GOOD EVENING, FOLKS, THIS STUDY EXCUSE ME, I THINK I PRINTED THE WRONG ONE.

[1) CALL TO ORDER]

ALL MEMBERS ARE JOINING THIS MEETING REMOTELY VIA ZOOM WEBINAR.

WE WILL NOW CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

MADAM CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL AFTER THE FLAG SALUTE.

IF EVERYONE WILL PLEASE STAND.

IF YOU'RE ABLE AND JOIN ME IN THE FLAG SALUTE.

AND ACTUALLY BEFORE THE ROLL CALL WE HAVE THIS EVENING, MR. CARLOS HARRISON, AN ASSOCIATE FROM [INAUDIBLE] BAPTIST CHURCH, ON THE CALL THIS EVENING TO PROVIDE THE INVOCATION.

MR. HARRISON, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? GO AHEAD AND RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE ON ZOOM OR DIAL STAR NINE, IF YOU'RE ON THE PHONE.

MADAM DO WE SEE OUR GUEST THIS EVENING? NO, WE DON'T.

I DON'T SEE THEM RAISE HAND.

ALL RIGHTY THEN, VERY WELL, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OBSERVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN THE ABSENCE OF AN INVOCATION.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO ITEM FOUR FOR ROLL CALL, MADAM CLERK.

CALL] ALL MEMBERS PRESENT.

EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.

MOVING ON TO ITEM FIVE, PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[6) PUBLIC COMMENTS]

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD BEFORE MAKING YOUR PRESENTATION.

THE CITY COUNCIL IS VERY INTERESTED IN YOUR COMMENTS.

HOWEVER, DUE THE BROWN ACT REQUIREMENTS, NO ACTION MAY BE TAKEN AT THIS TIME.

SHOULD YOUR COMMENTS REQUIRE FURTHER CONSIDERATION, PLEASE, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OR THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY? THE ITEM CAN BE AGENDA FOR REPORT AND DISCUSS AT A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING AT THIS TIME.

DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC MADAM CLERK? YOU HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT, MAYOR.

TINE. TINA, YOU'RE WITH US THIS EVENING AGAIN, GO AHEAD AND GIVE US YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

HI, GOOD EVENING.

JUST I WAS CALLING OR TEXTING, TALKING FOR MY CLIENTS, I WORK AT CSO AND I SERVICE THE DISABLED ADULTS AND THEIR QUESTION OR THEIR COMMENT FOR ME TO MAKE TO YOU.

THEY ARE INTERESTED IN KNOWING WHEN DIAL A RIDE WILL BE BACK UP AND RUNNING.

THEY'RE WITHOUT SERVICES, EVEN INCLUDING MYSELF.

YOU KNOW, I CAN'T TRANSPORT THEM IN THE BUS AS OF YET.

SO THEY SORT OF RELY ON A LOT OF SERVICES FROM THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

SO IF THAT COULD I KNOW IT CAN'T BE ADDRESSED TONIGHT, BUT MAYBE PUT ON A ON THE AGENDA SO I CAN HAVE A COMMENT TO REFER BACK TO THEM, PLEASE.

THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. SURE THING, TINA.

WE'LL DEFINITELY GO AHEAD AND BRING THAT UP IN THE NEXT AGENDA SO WE CAN REVISIT THAT DISCUSSION. I WILL SAY, AS WE ARE LIMITED DUE TO THE PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS, WE ARE CONTINUING TO SUSPEND SERVICES AT THIS TIME.

SO WE WILL BRING THAT UP FOR DISCUSSION AND REPORT HERE IN THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU, TINA, FOR THAT COMMENT.

MADAM CLERK ANY FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? MAYOR GARCIA, I THINK YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.

PLEASE. YES, SORRY, I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT SHAFTER IS UP AND

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PERFECT TINA.

ACTUALLY, I WILL DO YOU ONE BETTER.

I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CONTACT YOU DIRECTLY TOMORROW MORNING AND WE'LL HAVE A MORE THOROUGH DISCUSSION ON SOME OF THE POINTS OF THIS OF THAT POINT.

I WILL GO AHEAD AND STOP TALKING ON THIS ITEM BEFORE I GET US IN TROUBLE.

BUT THANK YOU. PLEASE THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT.

I WILL BE REACHING OUT SOON DIRECTLY.

MADAM CLERK ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO OTHER COMMENT AT THIS TIME MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.

[INAUDIBLE] PLEASE. I DO HAVE ONE MORE PUBLIC COMMENT.

RICARDO.

RICARDO, ARE YOU WITH US? HI CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YES.

HELLO. OH, PERFECT.

SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING US THE TIME TO DO SOME INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY.

MY NAME IS RICARDO DELHOYO.

R I C A R D O LAST NAME DELYHOYO, D E L H O Y O.

I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF UNITED DOMESTIC WORKERS UDW.

WE REPRESENT HOME CARE WORKERS, ALSO KNOWN AS IHSS IN-HOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.

AND THERE'S OVER SIX THOUSAND MEMBERS HERE IN KERN COUNTY, SOME OF THEM HERE IN THE CITY OF WASCO THAT WORK HERE, LIVE HERE, PLAY HERE.

AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR, YOU KNOW, STARTING THIS NEW YEAR.

ON A GOOD NOTE, YOU GUYS ARE DOING VERY GOOD WORK.

WE HEAR, YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF WASCO, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOING ON. AND, YOU KNOW, WE JUST WANT TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT THERE IS IHSS WORKERS THAT ARE IN THE CITY OF WASCO.

YOU KNOW, THEY TAKE CARE OF A VERY VULNERABLE POPULATION KNOWN AS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY OR PEOPLE THAT HAVE REACHED A LATER STAGE IN THEIR LIFE.

AND SO I DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC NUMBERS FOR YOU GUYS TODAY, BUT WE JUST WANT TO SALUTE YOU GUYS AND, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL THE DUE DILIGENCE.

AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DRIVE IN WASCO AND YOU SEE THE YOU KNOW, THE JUST THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE POPPING UP, THE OBVIOUSLY THE HIGH SPEED RAIL.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST IT'S GREAT TO SEE A CENTRAL VALLEY CITY DOING GREAT WORK IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THE MAYOR WITH HIS, YOU KNOW, INITIATIVE OF TALKING WITH MOTHERS.

AND WE JUST APPRECIATE YOU GUYS AND ALL THE DUE DILIGENCE AND THE HARD WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING AND APPRECIATE THE STAFF AS WELL.

SO I JUST WANTED TO JUST INTRODUCE MYSELF, LET YOU GUYS KNOW, THERE'S IHSS WORKERS IN YOUR CITY. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO ADA, ANYTHING WITH, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH HELPING SENIORS WITH TRANSPORTATION OR HELPING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND, YOU KNOW, INCREASING THE ACCESS TO ADA, BOTH WITHIN YOUR DOWNTOWN, BOTH WITH WITHIN THE OUTER AREAS, YOU KNOW, THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS, AS WE CALL THEM.

YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO REMEMBER THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL COMMUNITIES THAT DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT.

SO BUT OTHER THAN THAT, JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING.

AND THAT'S THAT WILL CONCLUDE MY COMMENTS FOR TODAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR REACHING OUT MR. DELHOYO AND ESTABLISHING YOUR PRESENCE.

I ALREADY SEE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A COLLABORATION JUST BASED OFF OF THOSE LAST TWO COMMENTS. SO I WILL BE REACHING OUT AND WE'LL BE HAVING A DISCUSSION HOPEFULLY SOON ON THAT MATTER AND SOME OTHERS.

THANK YOU. MADAM CLERK DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS MAYOR.

VERY WELL, THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.

NO SUCCESSOR AGENCY BUSINESS, NO WASCO PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY BUSINESS.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS ITEM NINE, BEGINNING WITH THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

[9) CONSENT CALENDAR]

THIS EVENING WE HAVE ITEMS NINE A THROUGH NINE E AND I WILL READ.

MADAM CLERK, SHOULD I READ EACH ITEM ON THIS FIRST AT THIS TIME? YES, PLEASE. OK, WE'RE GOING TO GO AND READ THOSE OUT, ESPECIALLY FOR FOLKS OUT ON THE PHONES. SO AGAIN, THE CONSENT CALENDAR, WE HAVE ITEM NINE A APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 2ND TWENTY TWENTY ONE STUDY SESSION SLASH REGULAR MEETING.

ITEM NINE B RECEIVE AND FILE DEPARTMENT PAYMENTS TOTALING ONE MILLION, ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY THREE DOLLARS AND EIGHTY NINE CENTS.

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ITEM NINE E EXCUSE ME, ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND ENDORSE THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT, TO THE AGREEMENT WITH KERN PLUMBING AND BACKFLOW SERVICES INC.

TO CONTINUE OPERATING THE CROSS CONNECTION CONTROL PROGRAM IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR TWO YEARS WITH AN END TOTAL OF TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AT THIS TIME. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ANY MEMBERS IF THEY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON ANY PARTICULAR ITEM ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA? NO CONFLICT MAYOR. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. MEMBER CORTEZ? NO CONFLICT MR. MAYOR. VERY WELL.

MEMBER MARTINEZ? NO CONFLICT MR. MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MEMBER PALLARES? NO CONFLICT.

THANK YOU.

VERY WELL. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT OR REMOVE A PARTICULAR ITEM FROM THE CALENDAR? MADAM CLERK. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC MAYOR.

VERY WELL. ANY MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE A PARTICULAR ITEM FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON THE BILL PAY.

I WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER THAT.

ALL RIGHT. VERY WELL. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PUT ITEM NINE B FOR A SEPARATE CONSIDERATION.

MEMBER CORTEZ.

NOTHING TO PULL MR. MAYOR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MEMBER MARTINEZ? NOTHING, SIR.

HOW ABOUT MEMBER PALLARES? NOTHING. THANK YOU.

VERY WELL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEMS NINE A, NINE C, NINE D AND NINE E. SO MOVED MR. MAYOR, THIS IS MEMBER CORTEZ.

THANK YOU, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MEMBER CORTEZ, IS THERE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND, MEMBER MARTINEZ.

THANK YOU, MEMBER MARTINEZ, FOR THAT SECOND.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE BY ROLL CALL, MADAM CLERK.

MAYOR GARCIA. AYE.

MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA.

AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ.

AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ.

AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER PALLARES.

PALLARES AYE.

MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR WITH SEPARATE CONSIDERATION ON ITEM NINE B.

MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

YOU'RE MUTED, MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.

MOVING ON TO ITEM NINE B, SEPARATE CONSIDERATION BY MEMBER REYNA.

[9) b. Receive and File department payments totaling $ 1,140,143.89]

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE A QUESTION JUST REGARDING ON THE BILL PAY, I BELIEVE, IS THE SECOND PAGE OF THE BILL PAY AN ITEM FOR FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED NINETY ONE DOLLARS AND FIFTY FIVE CENTS.

AND THAT IS RELATED TO SPECIAL EVENTS, STREET RACING AND RADAR TRAINING, TRUNK OR TREAT.

AND I WANTED TO ASK AND I KNOW THIS IS THIS IS FOR THE QUARTER A TWENTY SECOND QUARTER OF TWENTY TWENTY AND TWENTY TWENTY ONE.

AND I WANTED TO ASK HOW MANY MEMBERS OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, HOW MANY DEPUTIES WERE TRAINED ON STREET RACING AND RADAR TRAINING, HOW TO MITIGATE THAT.

WE JUST SENT FOUR NEW DEPUTIES THROUGH THE LIDAR, RADAR TRAINING, AND ONE OF OUR DEPUTIES ACTUALLY JUST NEEDED THE RADAR.

SO WE HAD A TOTAL OF FIVE ATTEND THAT.

THE STREET RACING SEMINAR.

I DON'T REMEMBER THE DATE.

I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THEM.

I KNOW I WAS TRYING TO SEND AS MANY DEPUTIES AS POSSIBLE LAST YEAR BEFORE OR RIGHT AS COVID WAS HITTING.

WE HAD THREE GO THROUGH IT.

I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SENDING SIX MORE THROUGH IN JANUARY AND THE CLASS GOT CANCELED DUE TO COVID. JUST ONE MORE QUESTION, IF I MAY.

SO THIS TRAINING OCCURRED LAST YEAR, IS THAT CORRECT, SERGEANT, OR IS IT RECENT? I WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH THE CITY MANAGER TO FIGURE OUT WHEN THESE OCCURRED.

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I'M NOT SURE HOW THE FISCAL YEAR RUNS WITH YOU.

IF IT IS OURS USUALLY ENDS IN JULY ONE OR JUNE 30TH.

SO IF IT DID, IF YOU GUYS HAVE THE SAME FISCAL YEAR AS WE DO, THEN CHANCES ARE IT WAS DURING THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY WHICH IS JULY ONE TO JUNE 30TH.

I WILL GET BACK TO YOU ON THE EXACT DATES, THOUGH.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT.

MAYOR PRO TEM? YES? THIS IS ISRAEL.

IN RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION PERTAINING TO THE DATES FOR THE SPECIAL EVENTS, THE STREET RACING OCCURRED IN OCTOBER 6TH, 2020.

AND ON OCTOBER 30TH, WE HAD THE TRUCK OR TREAT.

AND ON NOVEMBER 16TH AND 17TH, THERE WAS A RADAR TRAINING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ISRAEL.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

OK, SO I DO HAVE ONE FINAL QUESTION FOR SERGEANT MARTINEZ, AND THAT IS HOW MANY DEPUTIES DO WE NOW HAVE THAT ARE TRAINED IN THIS CATEGORY, BOTH STREET RACING AND RADAR TRAINING? IN STREET RACING. I CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR DEPUTIES THAT ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE ON WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN STREET RACING.

AS FAR AS THE LIDAR, RADAR.

I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU TO GET TO THE EXACT NUMBERS.

I KNOW IT'S AT LEAST EIGHT, MAYBE NINE THAT ARE TRAINED IN LIDAR AND RADAR.

LIDAR IS THE NEW TECHNOLOGY.

WE ARE PERFORMING ON THAT ONE MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

THAT'S THE NEW SCHOOL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND [INAUDIBLE] LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING THAT INFORMATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE.

VERY WELL, THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED.

IS THERE A SECOND? MEMBER CORTEZ WILL SECOND.

VERY WELL, THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MEMBER REYNA AND SECONDED BY MEMBER CORTEZ.

MADAM CLERK VOICE VOTE. MAYOR GARCIA.

AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA.

AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ.

AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ.

AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER PALLARES. PALLARES AYE.

MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ TO APPROVE ITEM NINE B.

MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

VERY WELL. GO AHEAD AND SKIP ITEM 10, PUBLIC HEARINGS THERE ARE NONE.

ITEM 11, DEFERRED BUSINESS, THERE ARE NONE.

THERE ARE THERE IS NO NEW BUSINESS AT THIS TIME.

SO SKIPPING ITEM 12 TO 13 REPORTS FROM THE COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES.

13 C CURRENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, MEMBER CORTEZ.

IS THERE AN UPDATE AT THIS TIME? NO, WE HAVE NOT HAD A MEETING SINCE OUR LAST MEETING TWO WEEKS AGO.

VERY WELL, AND THE NEXT [INAUDIBLE] MEETING ISN'T UNTIL THIS THURSDAY, WHICH I WILL BE

[13) d.Kern Council of Government (Garcia)]

WE DID SEE A RESPONSE FROM THE DISTRICT DIRECTOR AT CALTRANS.

SO WE HOPE THAT SOME MITIGATION WILL BE, WELL THERE WAS MITIGATION, AGAIN, I'LL ALLOW DANIEL TO EXPAND THAT. BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, AS BEING REPRESENTATIVE FOR KERN [INAUDIBLE] TO THE KERN EXCUSE ME, TO THE CALIFORNIA EVENT AUTHORITY, [INAUDIBLE] HELD THEIR FIRST MEETING AT THE END OF LAST MONTH AND JUST ONE ITEM OF NOTE, ASIDE FROM BEING FORMALLY APPOINTED.

ITEM E ON THE AGENDA.

THERE WAS A STAFF REPORT STATING THAT THERE ARE FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY SEVEN ACTIVE VAN POOLS. I REQUESTED THE AMOUNT THAT WERE ACTUALLY ACTIVE IN THE CITY OF WASCO BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT NUMBER.

IN ADDITION, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHEN THE 118 VANS THAT ARE BEING THAT ARE CURRENTLY PREPARED FOR AUCTION WILL BE AUCTIONED OUT TO SUM FOR THAT INFORMATION IN CASE WE MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THOSE.

BUT ASIDE FROM THAT, NO BUSINESS OR NEW BUSINESS FROM KERN [INAUDIBLE].

MOVING ON TO ITEM 14 REPORTS FROM THE SHERIFF.

[14) REPORTS FROM SHERIFF]

JUST A FEW THINGS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

ONE OF THEM PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.

DANIEL GO AHEAD IN THE FIRST SLIDE. I'M GOING TO REWIND BACK TO DECEMBER SEVEN AT ELEVEN FORTY FIVE OR ELEVEN FORTY THREE PM WASCO SUBSTATION DEPUTIES WERE DISPATCHED TO THE CIRCLE K AT THIRTEEN NINETY FIVE PALM AVENUE FOR A BRANDISHING OF A FIREARM

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THE SUSPECTS FLED THE AREA.

DEPUTIES LOCATED A SIMILAR VEHICLE DRIVING IN THE AREA OF D STREET AND 4TH IN WASCO INITIATED A TRAFFIC STOP.

WHEN THE VEHICLE STOPPED, THE FRONT PASSENGER EXITED AND FLED ON FOOT.

THAT'S I'M GOING TO ADDRESS THAT HERE SHORTLY.

THE REMAINING OCCUPANTS WERE DETAINED.

THE SUSPECT HAD FLED ON FOOT, WAS NOT LOCATED THAT NIGHT.

DURING A SEARCH OF THE SUSPECTS THAT WERE IN CUSTODY OR DETAINED.

A TWENTY FIVE CALIBER HANDGUN WAS LOCATED ON ONE OF THE MALE JUVENILES.

THE THREE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE, TWO 15 YEAR OLD MALE JUVENILES AND ONE SIXTEEN YEAR OLD FEMALE JUVENILE, ALL FROM WASCO, WERE ARRESTED FOR CARRYING A LOADED FIREARM, CRIMINAL THREATS, BRANDISHING A DEADLY WEAPON, CONSPIRACY AND PARTICIPATION IN A STREET GANG. SO I BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION, BECAUSE JUST RECENTLY, DURING THE COURSE OF THIS INVESTIGATION, WASCO DEPUTIES IDENTIFIED THE FOURTH SUSPECT THAT FLED FROM THE VEHICLE AS OSCAR DOMÍNGUEZ.

TWENTY SEVEN YEAR OLD MALE FROM WASCO.

AND HAD A WARRANT ISSUED FOR HIS ARREST JUST RECENTLY ON FEBRUARY 9TH.

A FEW DAYS AGO AT TEN THIRTY PM, THEY LOCATED AND ARRESTED MR. DOMÍNGUEZ IN THE ELEVEN HUNDRED BLOCK OF HIGHWAY FORTY SIX WITHOUT RESISTANCE OR DELAY.

HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE KERN COUNTY JAIL FOR THE ACTIVE WARRANT FOR HIS ARREST, WHICH INCLUDED THE CHARGES OF POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A PROHIBITED PERSON, CARRYING A LOADED FIREARM IN A PUBLIC SPACE, PARTICIPATION IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG AND RESISTING DELAYING ARREST.

SO ALL FOUR SUSPECTS IN THAT INCIDENT FROM DECEMBER 7TH HAVE BEEN LOCATED AND ARRESTED.

DANIEL. JUST, I TRIED TO UPDATE THE WEBSITE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

I MISSED YOU GUYS THE LAST MEETING.

I'M SORRY. AND SINCE THEN, THE NEW STATS GO AHEAD, DANIEL, HAVE BEEN UPDATED ON THE CITY WEBSITE, AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE, THE CITIZENS, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, EVERYONE TO VIEW.

I'VE BROUGHT UP A FEW IMPORTANT ONES.

THE CALLS FOR SERVICE IN DECEMBER.

WE HAD SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY THREE.

WE ACTUALLY HAD EIGHT HUNDRED AND ONE IN JANUARY, SO IT INCREASED A LITTLE BIT.

MISDEMEANOR ARRESTS IN DECEMBER.

WE HAD FORTY FOUR. IN JANUARY WE HAD FORTY SEVEN.

THE NUMBER OF DUIS IN BOTH MONTHS, DECEMBER AND JANUARY REMAINED AT THREE.

SO WE GOT THREE IN DECEMBER, THREE IN JANUARY.

THE NUMBER OF ASSAULTS.

THIS IS SIMPLE ASSAULTS, THIS IS VIOLENT ASSAULTS.

IN DECEMBER WE HAD SIXTEEN.

IN JANUARY WE HAD NINETEEN.

THE NUMBER OF ASSAULTS CLEARED.

IN DECEMBER WE CLEARED SIX.

HOWEVER, IN JANUARY LAST YEAR, THIS LAST JANUARY, WE CLEARED NINE OF THEM.

AND ONE OF MY PRIOR MEETINGS I BROUGHT UP GRAND THEFT AUTO, GTAS.

THEY'VE ACTUALLY INCREASED.

THERE WERE THIRTY ONE STOLEN CARS STOLEN FROM THE COMMUNITY OF WASCO IN DECEMBER.

WE HAD THIRTY SEVEN STOLEN IN JANUARY.

I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND INDIVIDUALS, DO NOT LEAVE YOUR KEYS IN YOUR CAR.

SECURE YOUR CAR.

LOCK IT UP. DON'T LEAVE IT RUNNING.

DON'T LEAVE IT UNATTENDED.

PARKING IN A WELL LIT AREA.

THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO AS A CITIZEN TO HELP DETER THESE INDIVIDUALS FROM GRAND THEFT AUTO. AND JUST RECENTLY, PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF WASCO AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE PASSED A CERTAIN TRYING TO GET MORE CAMERAS IN THE COMMUNITY. AND I'M PROUD TO SAY AS OF TODAY, BECAUSE I CHECKED IT THIS MORNING, THERE WERE TWENTY SIX RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND BUSINESSES THAT HAVE REGISTERED THEIR SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS WITH THE KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

I'M GOING TO SEE THAT NUMBER GROW.

I'M GOING TO REPORT THAT NUMBER IN THE FUTURE MEETINGS TO YOU GUYS SO YOU CAN ALSO TRACK THIS PROGRESS. AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS MY LAST THING.

SHORT AND SWEET TONIGHT, AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

WE APPRECIATE THE REPORT, SERGEANT, ESPECIALLY ON THAT ONE METRIC WHICH WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO TRACKING.

ALRIGHT, REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER.

[15) REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER]

SO [INAUDIBLE] REPORT ONE, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE TALKED ABOUT ADDITIONAL STREET LIGHTING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN THE SOUTH GATE AREA AND SOME OF THE OLDER PARTS OF TOWN BETWEEN 1ST AND 4TH STREET.

STAFF'S BEEN WORKING ON IDENTIFYING THE LOCATION.

WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING TOWARDS IDENTIFYING ALL THE STREET LIGHTS AND THEIR SPECIFICATIONS FOR EACH STREETLIGHT AND LAMPPOSTS.

WE CURRENTLY ARE WAITING FOR THE ARRIVAL OF TWO DEMO UNITS TO TEST OUT THAT HAVE A HIGHER

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WE'VE ALSO HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH PG&E.

PG&E ACTUALLY HAS A PROGRAM THAT'S AVAILABLE TO MUNICIPALITIES IN WHICH THEY ASSIST WITH THE FINANCING OF RETROFITTING OLDER LIGHTS, BOTH LAMPPOSTS AND STREET LIGHTS, AS WELL AS POTENTIAL FOR FINANCING THE ADDITION OF ADDITIONAL STREETLIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND OR THE INSTALLATION BY PG&E OR PG&E CONTRACTOR.

SO WE'RE WAITING FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THEM THAT MIGHT PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE ENTIRE CITY ALL AT ONCE, AS OPPOSED TO TRYING TO PIECEMEAL AS FUNDS BECOME AVAILABLE OR AS THE RESOURCES BECOME AVAILABLE FOR THE CITY TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO I'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS THAT KIND OF MOVES FORWARD.

JUST THIS MORNING DURING MY WEEKLY CALL WITH THE COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE COUNTY, I RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT THE COUNTY WAS CONSIDERING OR LOOKING FOR A LOCATION IN WASCO TO ESTABLISH A VACCINATION SITE FOR COVID-19 VACCINES.

THEY ARE BEING DRIVEN OR I GUESS, THE COUNTY WAS ASKED BY THE STATE TO SECURE A SITE, PREFERABLY IN WASCO.

HAPPY TO REPORT. WE'VE KIND OF HELPED COORDINATE AND FACILITATE A DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE WASCO RECREATION AND PARKS DISTRICT AND THE KERN COUNTY.

IT APPEARS THEY'RE GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD WITH LOCATING THAT VACCINATION SITE AT THE VETERANS HALL AT BARKER PARK.

IF ALL PANS OUT, THE STATE IS LOOKING TO GET THAT OPERATIONAL AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL COME TO FRUITION.

OTHERWISE, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE STATE AND THE COUNTY ARE LOOKING TO SECURE AND HAVE THAT SITE AVAILABLE FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.

THE COUNTY IS ANTICIPATING TO BE ABLE TO VACCINATE IT PROVIDED THEY'RE AVAILABLE UP TO FOUR HUNDRED PEOPLE, 400 RESIDENTS A DAY TO SERVE NOT ONLY WASCO, BUT ALSO THE OUTLYING COMMUNITIES. AND SO THAT'S A THAT'S A BIG EFFORT AND A BIG RESOURCE THAT'S COMING TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THE TIMES WE'RE IN THAT ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED.

SO ALSO TO TOUCH ON MAYOR GARCIA'S POINTS REGARDING THE, I GUESS, THE SITUATION BACK ON FEBRUARY 7TH, ROUGHLY IN THE EVENING, WHILE MANY OF YOU WERE WATCHING AND FINALIZING THE TAIL END OF THE SUPER BOWL, I'M NOT SURE WHICH TEAM YOU WERE ROOTING FOR, BUT SEVERAL OF US IN THE COMMUNITY EXPERIENCED A POWER OUTAGE THAT WAS CAUSED APPARENTLY BY AN ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED OFF OF HIGHWAY 99 AND SEVEN STANDARD IN WHICH A VEHICLE TOOK OUT A POLE THAT HAD A POWER LINE THAT FED A CERTAIN PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THAT BLACKOUT RESULTED AND TOOK OUT THE INTERSECTIONS AND VARIOUS STREET LIGHTS, NOT ONLY IN A NUMBER OF STREETS, BUT ALSO THE INTERSECTIONS OF FORTY SIX AND GRIFFITH AND FORTY SIX AND F STREET.

WE RECEIVED MULTIPLE REPORTS FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND TRIED TO COMMUNICATE AND COORDINATE WITH CALTRANS TO GET A TECHNICIAN OUT THERE.

WE WERE INITIALLY HAVING SOME DIFFICULTY TRYING TO COORDINATE AND GET SOMEONE OUT, BUT FORTUNATELY TOWARDS THE END OF THE EVENING WE DID GET A TECHNICIAN TO COME OUT AND RESET THOSE STREET LIGHTS. I'M TRYING TO PULL UP THE VIDEO OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE SO I CAN SHOW YOU. NOW, GIVE ME ONE SEC.

NO, IT WON'T SHOW.

THE INTERSECTION WAS COMPLETELY BLACKED OUT AND DEPUTIES WERE ATTEMPTING TO USE FLARES ON THE ROAD TO TRY TO GET DRIVERS ATTENTIONS, IN MANY CASES IT WAS TOO LIMITED OR NO AVAIL, AS THERE WERE A NUMBER OF INSTANCES OF SEMI TRUCKS AS WELL AS VEHICLES JUST DRIVING THROUGH THE INTERSECTIONS BECAUSE IT COULDN'T TELL THAT THAT INTERSECTION WAS COMPLETELY DARK. FORTUNATELY, THERE WERE NO INCIDENTS.

BUT THE FOLLOWING DAY I DID CONTACT OUR KERN [INAUDIBLE] EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [INAUDIBLE], AND WE COORDINATED AND HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH CALTRANS TO HELP ENSURE THAT THOSE TWO INTERSECTIONS WOULD BE ADDRESSED AND THE BATTERY BACKUP SYSTEMS INSPECTED AND UPDATED TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE AVAILABLE AND RELIABLE WHEN WE HAVE OUTAGES.

WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON A MEETING BETWEEN BOTH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WITH SERGEANT MARTINEZ, MYSELF AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS STAFF TO BETTER COORDINATE AND UNDERSTAND HOW TO BOTH RESPOND AND SHARING RESOURCES WHERE POSSIBLE FOR INCIDENCES AND EVENTS THAT OCCUR ON HIGHWAY FORTY THREE AND HIGHWAY FORTY SIX.

THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION.

I'M NOT SURE WHERE IT WAS ATTRIBUTED TO, BUT IN MOST OTHER COMMUNITIES AND MOST UNINCORPORATED AREA, CHP IS THE ONE THAT RESPONDS TO INCIDENCES ON HIGHWAY FORTY SIX AND

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AND SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL KIND OF STREAMLINE AND MAKE THINGS EASIER TO RESPOND AND PROVIDE RESOURCES WHEN THINGS DO ARISE.

OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL THE INFORMATION I HAVE.

VERY GOOD, THANK YOU. REPORT.

MOVING ON TO ITEM 16, REPORTS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, WE HAVE A SHORT AGENDA THIS EVENING,

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DO WE HAVE A REPORT? MEMBER REYNA? YES, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE SHERIFF ON THE CAMERA REGISTRY SIGN UPS.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WAS SPEAKING ABOUT FOR A WHILE.

AND SO I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT PEOPLE ARE RESPONDING AND THEY'RE SIGNING UP.

CONGRATULATIONS, SHERIFF.

I THINK THAT'S A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

A BIG STEP. BIG STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

THE REASON FOR MY QUESTIONS EARLIER IS THAT STREET RACING CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM IN WASCO. YOU HEAR IT, I HEAR IT.

I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF, BUT I KNOW EVERYBODY HERE.

SO IF I CAN HEAR YOU CAN HEAR IT THROUGHOUT TOWN.

AND I REALLY WONDER WHAT OUR DEPUTIES WHAT TICKETS.

ARE DEPUTIES ISSUING FOR THIS STREET RACING, WHETHER ANY CARS ARE BEING IMPOUNDED, THAT WOULD DEFINITELY PUT A DENT IN THAT ACTIVITY.

SO MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS RIGHT NOW, BUT MAYBE NEXT TIME YOU CAN REPORT AS TO HOW MANY TICKETS WERE ISSUED FOR STREET RACING AND OTHER VIOLATIONS, INCLUDING VIOLATIONS. NONE OF THEM WERE IN YOUR REPORT, AS I UNDERSTOOD THAT.

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. NO, SIR.

AND JUST IRONICALLY, JUST YESTERDAY, ONE OF MY DEPUTIES ACTUALLY SPOTTED A VEHICLE RECKLESS DRIVING SQUEALING THE TIRES AT AN INTERSECTION, MADE CONTACT WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL, WROTE THEM, DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TO TOW THAT PERSON'S VEHICLE.

BUT I GUARANTEE THIS, HE'S GOING TO GET A HEFTY FINE.

A LOT OF THESE I HAD THE LUXURY PROBABLY MAYBE SIX MONTHS AGO.

ONE OF MY DEPUTIES HAD SPOTTED SOMEBODY IN THE AREA OF WEST SIDE PARK DOING DONUTS.

AND WE STILL HAVE A PROBLEM.

I SEE THE BLACK MARKS IN THE STREET ALL OVER TOWN, AND I WANT TO CATCH THEM.

WE HAVE TO CATCH THEM IN THE ACT OF DOING IT, AND WE WILL.

AND WHEN WE DO, I'M GOING TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION.

THANK YOU. IF WE COULD JUST, YOU KNOW, REALLY FOCUS ON TRYING TO DIMINISH THIS ACTIVITY BECAUSE IT IS A VERY DANGEROUS ACTIVITY, AS YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY IS GOING TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND GO HIT AN INDIVIDUAL OR PROPERTY, AND THAT WOULD BE A TRAGEDY IF THAT WERE TO OCCUR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND NO FURTHER COMMENTS FROM MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM.

MEMBER CORTEZ. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.

ISRAEL, THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS FROM MR. REYNA. I KNOW IT'S HARD TO ANSWER SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS, BUT OUTSTANDING JOB BEING PREPARED AND BEING ABLE TO LOOK THAT UP.

IN REGARDS TO HIGHWAY FORTY SIX IN A POWER OUTAGE, I DID THAT GO DOWN THAT ROAD WHILE IT WAS OUT AND ABSOLUTELY WHAT DANIEL STATED, IT WAS COMPLETE DARKNESS.

PEOPLE WERE RUNNING THE STOP SIGNS OR STOP LIGHTS BECAUSE THERE WAS NO POWER TO THEM, THERE WAS NO FLASHING RED. SO IT IS A SAFETY CONCERN TO OUR RESIDENTS.

AND I APPRECIATE DANIEL AND STAFF REALLY DEDICATING A LOT OF TIME TO GET THAT RESOLVED IN THE SHORTEST AMOUNT OF TIME POSSIBLE.

SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR DOING THAT.

I KNOW THESE ARE LATE HOURS AFTER HOURS AND THEY'RE PUTTING THE TIME, THAT STUFF THAT THAT OUR RESIDENTS DON'T ALWAYS SEE.

SO I WANT TO GIVE THEM KUDOS FOR THAT.

THE OTHER THING IS JUST THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT'S BEING DONE RIGHT NOW.

I KNOW STAFF IS BOMBARDED AND OVERWHELMED, OVERLOADED WITH SUCH MAJOR ISSUES AS HIGH SPEED RAIL, MAKING SURE THAT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE SECURE, MAKE SURE WE'RE ADDRESSING THE BIG ISSUES. AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE THEM AND GIVE THEM THANKS.

AND THAT GOES DOWN FROM EVERYBODY ON THE FRONT LINE ALL THE WAY TO DIRECTOR LEVEL.

I THINK THEY'RE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB OF CREATING A BLUEPRINT, A ROADMAP TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE, A WELL OILED MACHINE.

AND LIKE I SAID, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT IT DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR EFFORT.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU MEMBER CORTEZ.

MAYOR? THIS IS REYNA, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D JUST LIKE TO ADDRESS SOMETHING THAT I ADDRESS

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AND THAT IS TO THANK THE STAFF AND EXCUSE ME, MEMBER CORTEZ BROUGHT UP SOMETHING THAT I SHOULD NOT OVERLOOK. AND THAT IS HOW QUICK WAS ISRAEL TO BRING UP THE ANSWER TO THE ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD.

SO OUR STAFF IS WONDERFUL.

THEY DO A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF JOB THAT YOU CAN TELL THAT THEY'RE REALLY WELL PREPARED FOR THIS MEETING. AND SO I SAY AT EVERY MEETING, AND I DO MEAN IT FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR GIVING ME THE TIME.

ABSOLUTELY. HOW ABOUT MEMBER MARTINEZ? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, ECHO THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMENTS THAT WE'VE GOT A WONDERFUL STAFF, I'M SURE THEY'RE PULLING THEIR HAIR OUT RIGHT NOW, ANSWERING ALL MY QUESTIONS, RESETTING MY PASSWORDS EVERY WEEK AS I TRY TO LEARN ALL THESE LITTLE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO.

BUT THEY'VE BEEN WONDERFUL IN HELPING TO GET ME UP TO SPEED.

SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY ON OUR STAFF.

JUST TWO THINGS. ONE, I WANT TO COMMEND THE HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THEY BROUGHT A LOT OF POSITIVE ATTENTION TO WASCO THIS LAST WEEK BECAUSE WASCO HOSTED THE FIRST SPORTING EVENT IN ALMOST A YEAR IN IN KERN COUNTY WITH CROSS COUNTRY MEET.

THEY DID IT AGAINST BAKERSFIELD CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN AGAINST [INAUDIBLE] THE FOLLOWING DAY. THEY DID THE EVENT VERY SAFELY.

THEY KEPT THE PARENTS AWAY FROM THE KIDS, THE KIDS AWAY FROM THE MEDIA.

THERE WAS A LOT OF BAKERSFIELD NEWS MEDIA AND I'VE JUST SEEN THE COMMENTS ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA OF ALL PEOPLE FROM THROUGHOUT KERN COUNTY PRAISING WASCO FOR PUTTING THE KIDS FIRST, FINDING A SAFE WAY TO DO THIS.

SO I JUST WANT TO COMMEND THE HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR NOT TAKING THE EASY WAY AND JUST SAYING, WELL, THERE'S LIABILITY ISSUES, IT'S LOGISTICAL PROBLEMS. THEY FIGURED OUT A SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM AND THE KIDS WERE ELATED.

I JUST DID THE TEAM PICTURES FOR THE CROSS-COUNTRY TEAM YESTERDAY.

AND THOSE KIDS WERE SO EXCITED THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO HAVE BASICALLY FOUR, THREE OR FOUR EVENTS TO COMPETE IN THIS YEAR, THEY'RE EXCITED THAT THEY GOT TO DO SOMETHING. SO PRAISE TO THE HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND WE HAD OUR COMMUNITY ROUNDTABLE MEETING LAST WEEK.

WE BROUGHT SAM [INAUDIABLE] AGAIN.

FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW WHO SAM IS.

SAM WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL CREATORS OF THE SANGER TASK FORCE, WHICH HAS DONE REALLY WONDERFUL THINGS UP IN SANGER AND SAM CAME IN.

GIVE US ANOTHER PRESENTATION AND WE SELECT MARCUS BALLARD TO I FORGET THE OFFICIAL TITLE, BUT BASICALLY BE THE FACILITATOR, THE ROUNDTABLE TASK FORCE.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU IF YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH MARCUS, BUT A VERY INTELLIGENT MAN, I BELIEVE IS A TEACHER AT HOME AVENUE SCHOOL [INAUDIBLE] A VERY PROMINENT LEADER IN OUR COMMUNITY, VERY INTELLIGENT MAN.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GET THINGS FROM HIM LEADING THE TASK FORCE.

VERY WELL, I THINK YOU MEMBER MARTINEZ.

MEMBER PALLARES? QUESTION FOR SERGEANT MARTINEZ OR JUST A REQUEST, IF YOU COULD JUST REMIND THE PUBLIC THE BEST WAY TO GET IN CONTACT WITH YOU, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS THEY'VE ALREADY CONTACTED YOU ABOUT LOUD MUSIC, BREAK INS, RESPONSE TIMES.

SO IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE EVERYBODY A HEADS UP HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU.

ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH ME IS VIA EMAIL.

MY EMAIL LINK IS ON THE CITY WEBSITE.

YOU CAN LOG IN TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND IT TAKES IT RIGHT TO ME.

THE OFFICE NUMBER.

I GET MESSAGES ALL THE TIME.

I GET A LITTLE PEEK NOTES TO CALL A CITIZEN ON AVERAGE ABOUT TWO TO THREE A DAY.

I MAKE PHONE CALLS TO CITIZENS ABOUT CONCERNS, THE COMMUNITY, LOUD MUSIC, STREET RACING.

AND THEN THOSE ARE TWO HOT TOPICS LATELY AMONG COMMUNITY CONCERN.

SO I'VE BEEN ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE AND I'M ENCOURAGING THOSE TO DIAL 861-3110 WHEN THEY SEE THAT ACTIVITY.

AND THAT GOES RIGHT TO OUR DISPATCH, WHICH WILL GO RIGHT TO OUR DEPUTIES.

IF THEY TRY CALLING THE SUBSTATION, THEN THEY GET TRANSFERRED TO DISPATCH AN THEN THEY GET THE CALL. SO IT'S BASICALLY ANOTHER 30 SECONDS TO A MINUTE AND 30 SECONDS TO A MINUTE. A RECKLESS DRIVER CAN BE ALMOST OUT OF TOWN.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU MEMBER PALLARES.

I DON'T HAVE TERRIBLY TOO MUCH, JUST A FEW QUESTIONS, DANIEL.

IF YOU CAN PROVIDE MAYBE AN UPDATE AS TO THE SITUATION THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AT THE LAST MEETING AND PUBLIC COMMENTS AS A PUBLIC WORKS MATTER.

I BELIEVE THE WALKING PATH ON CENTRAL AVENUE WAS.

IS THERE AN UPDATE ON THAT ITEM? MAYBE PUBLIC WORKS CAN SPEAK TO THAT.

I DON'T RECALL I THINK I MEANT TO ASK THE WALKING PATH AND THE ROUTES AND THE TREES.

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ALL RIGHT. UPDATE THE COUNCIL AS WELL.

I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.

I JUST I DO REMEMBER SEEING BARRICADES GOING UP IMMEDIATELY.

AND I RECENTLY PASSED BY AND THEY'RE GONE NOW.

SO I'M SORRY.

I APPRECIATE THE QUICK ACTION.

BUT WHATEVER WAS TAKEN CARE OF, I WOULD APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPORT BACK TO THAT [INAUDIBLE]. WE'LL GET YOU AN UPDATE.

THANK YOU. MRS. MORALEZ. ANOTHER RESIDENT IN THE COMMUNITY HAS BROUGHT UP AN ISSUE WITH ANIMAL SERVICE.

I BELIEVE THERE WAS A CALL A COUPLE OF WEEKENDS AGO THAT THEY HAD A COUPLE OF WILD DOGS THAT WERE OUT THERE ATTACKING THEIR LIVESTOCK, ALMOST ACTUALLY KILLED SOME OF THEM.

AND SO IT'S ACTUALLY A BIG CONCERN FOR THEM AND THEIR BUSINESS, ESSENTIALLY.

SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS I BELIEVE THERE WAS ONE ANIMAL THAT WAS CAUGHT, BUT THE OTHER ONE GOT AWAY. MY QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE POLICY OR WHAT IS DONE WITH THAT ANIMAL? IF THEY'RE CAUGHT, IF THE OWNER PICKS IT UP.

IS THERE ANY REPERCUSSIONS OR CONSEQUENCES FOR THE OWNER OR WHAT IS WHAT HAPPENS THERE? AND IF IT IS THERE AN EFFORT TO GO BACK AND POTENTIALLY CATCH THE OTHER DOG THAT GOT AWAY? BECAUSE, I MEAN, IT'S IT WOULD BE IN MY OPINION, I BELIEVE IT'S COMMON SENSE THAT ANIMAL WOULD BE COMING BACK AND PROBABLY ATTACKING THEIR LIVESTOCK AGAIN.

SO THIS IS A CONCERN THAT SHE SHARED WITH ME.

AND I JUST WANT TO CONVEY THEM AND JUST KIND OF GET SOME ANSWERS ON THEM.

IF YOU'RE NOT PREPARED TO MAYBE SPEAK AND THEN MAYBE DISCUSS THAT.

IN AN ITEM IN A FUTURE MEETING.

I THINK IF YOU DON'T MIND, WE CAN AGENDIZE IT FOR ANOTHER MEANING JUST FOR THE SAKE OF NOT VIOLATING THE BROWN ACT. OH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

WE CAN GET MORE DETAILS ON THE CASE.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE REGISTRY NUMBERS SLOWLY CLIMBING.

THAT'S THE WHOLE IDEA OF ESTABLISHING THIS PROGRAM.

I SURE HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO GET THE WORD OUT.

I PUT IT ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA AND WE'RE GOING TO THAT'S ONE OF THE AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE COMMUNITY MEETING THAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING ON THE TWENTY FOURTH.

THAT'S NEXT THURSDAY.

THAT'S BASICALLY THAT THIS MONTH'S MEETING OF MAYOR AND MOMS. BASICALLY WE PUSHED THAT BACK.

BUT WE'RE HAVING THAT NEXT THURSDAY AND IT'LL BE AT FIVE THIRTY AT THE 15TH STREET PARK THAT PLAYS FACILITY HAS BEEN RESERVED AND DINNER IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE PROVIDED FOR GUESTS. SO IT'S JUST HELP ME GET THE WORD OUT.

WE'RE GOING TO GET THE FOLKS INVOLVED IN THAT AND CONTINUE THAT EFFORT AGAIN.

THAT'S GOING TO BE IT'S COMING TOGETHER.

WE HOPE TO CONVERGE THESE EFFORTS UNDER ONE UMBRELLA WITH THE ROUNDTABLE.

AGAIN, ON THE AGENDA IS THE CAMERA REBATES PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN USE THEM AS A VEHICLE TO CONTINUE TO GET THE WORD OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY IN THE FAITH COMMUNITY BEYOND.

IN ADDITION TO THE TO THAT AGENDA ITEM, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT ESTABLISHING A WALKING PROGRAM. RESIDENTS, AS I MENTIONED, HAVE EXPRESSED IN THE PAST ABOUT GETTING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND GET SOME KIND OF PRESENCE ESTABLISHED THERE.

AND TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE.

WE'RE GOING TO TURN IT INTO LIKE A VOLUNTEER CLEANING PROGRAM.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE TRASH PICKERS, BAGS, VESTS, SO THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET THAT STARTED AS WELL.

WITH THE GROUP, IN ADDITION TO THAT, I'M SOLICITING FEEDBACK ON THE LIGHTING PROGRAM AND AS WELL AS REALLY GETTING TO THE CORE OF IT, AND THAT IS ESTABLISHING AN ADVOCACY ARM THROUGH THAT, THROUGH THAT, THROUGH THE COMMUNITY PRESENCE AND THROUGH THE COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT AS I MENTIONED IN THE PAST, WE WOULD LIKE TO ADVOCATE FOR A MORE WALKING PATROLS, MORE BIKING PATROLS IN THE COMMUNITY.

BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'S OTHERS.

THERE'S OTHER ADVOCACY ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO GET GOING, AND THAT INCLUDES CONTACTING OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES, [INAUDIBLE] STATE SENATOR HURTADO, AS WE'VE MENTIONED IN THE PAST, OUR RESIDENTS, WE NEED THEM TO SPEAK UP.

WE NEED THEM TO BE. BUT I CAN'T BE THE ONLY ONE.

AND I SHARE THAT AND ECHO THAT MESSAGE TO YOU ALL, MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL TO TRY TO SEND A QUICK TEXT, TO RUDY SEND A QUICK TEXT TO MELISSA OR REACH OUT TO THEIR OFFICE.

AND JUST ONCE A WEEK, IT IS REALLY IT WOULD BE HELPFUL THAT THEY JUST CONTINUE TO GET THAT MESSAGE AND HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY AND WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ACTIVATE THE COMMUNITY [INAUDIBLE].

WELL, FOR FOR ADVOCATING FOR POLICIES AND ANOTHER JUST OTHER ACTION IN THE VEIN OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY.

SO SO THAT'S THAT.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. I DID HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION FOR DANIEL.

IS THERE AN UPDATE ON THE UTILITY ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT THAT WAS INFORMED WITH SELF HELP?

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I JUST SIGNED THE ONE I THINK WAS PROBABLY A SECOND VERSION OR A SECOND AGREEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PROCESS.

ALL RIGHT. VERY WELL.

I DO BELIEVE THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING.

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MARK [INAUDIBLE].

[18) CLOSED SESSION ACTION]

COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ ABSTAIN, BUT OTHERWISE IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED AND THERE IS NO OTHER REPORTABLE ACTION.

THANKS AGAIN. THANKS, GENTLEMEN.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ADJOURN.

GOODBYE. HAVE A GOOD ONE FOLKS.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. BYE.

NIGHT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.