WELL. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. [1) CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:02] THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE OF EXECUTIVE ORDER N-2920 ISSUED BY GOVERNOR NEWSOME ON MARCH 17TH OF 2020. ALL MEMBERS ARE JOINING THIS MEETING REMOTELY THIS EVENING BY VIA ZOOM WEBINAR. WE WILL NOW CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE EXCUSE ME FIRST? LET'S ALL IF YOU ARE ABLE TO LET US ALL STAND FOR A FLAG SALUTE. SALUTE, PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH AND ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL RIGHT, FOLKS. ANYONE ON THE CALL OR THIS MEETING THAT IS ABLE TO PROVIDE THE LOCATION FOR A MEETING THIS EVENING. GO AHEAD AND USE THE RAISED HAND OR STAR NINE FEATURE IF YOU . IF NOT, WE WILL OBSERVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE. ARE THERE ANY VOLUNTEERS, MADAM CLERK? NO, GARCIA, I DON'T SEE ANY AT THIS TIME. VERY WELL, THANK YOU. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOLKS, PLEASE. VERY WELL, MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU CALL THE ROLL. MAYOR GARCIA? PRESENT. MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA? I'M HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ? PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ? PRESENT. AND COUNCIL MEMBER PALLARES? PRESENT. ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. ITEM FIVE PRESENTATIONS, WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION THIS EVENING. [5)a. Recognition In Honor of the Veteran of Foreign Wars Post 6742 75th Anniversay.] IT IS 5A RECOGNITION AND HONOR OF THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS POST 6742 SEVENTY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY. THIS EVENING, WE HAVE JAMES MEDRANO OF POST 6742 TO RECOGNIZE OR TO ACCEPT THE CITY OF WASCO'S CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION. AGAIN, IN RECOGNITION FOR YOUR SEVENTY FIVE YEARS OF DEDICATION AND INVOLVEMENT SERVING THE VETERANS OF THE CITY OF WASCO AND RESIDENTS, FOR THAT MATTER. SO THANK YOU. ON THIS 20TH DAY OF APRIL, 2021, WE RECOGNIZE THAT OUR VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS AND THEIR ANNIVERSARY. THANK YOU, MR. MEDRANO. ARE YOU ON THE LINE THIS EVENING? YES. YES, I AM. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. WOULD YOU PLEASE SAY A FEW WORDS, MAYBE YOUR POSITION AT THE POST THIS EVENING? OH, I WOULD BE HONORED. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR, FIRST OF ALL, HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF REPRESENTING THE VFW POST 6742 WASCO. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CITY FOR THE RECOGNITION. I WANT TO THANK I WANT TO RECOGNIZE PAST MEMBERS OF THE VFW, PEOPLE LIKE FORREST PRUITT, SNOW AGINS, [INAUDIBLE] ALL THESE GREAT PEOPLE THAT WERE NOT ONLY VETERANS, BUT THEY WERE CONSIDERED PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT GAVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY SO STRONG. AND I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THAT OUR POST IS STILL GOING STRONG AND IT'S STILL ALIVE. AND A LOT OF OUR DISTRICT, WHICH IS BASICALLY KERN COUNTY, HAVE NOT BEEN AROUND AS LONG AS WE HAVE. SO PART OF IT'S PART OF THE CITY WAS ABLE TO DO THAT IN THE COMMUNITY. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. WELL, WE ARE TO THE COMMUNITY EVERY DAY IN AND DAY OUT HERE, IN THE CITY OF WASCO. ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE MAKE A COMMENT OR ASK ANY QUESTIONS? MEMBER CENA? THANK YOU, MAYOR. CERTAINLY, I WANT TO THANK THE POST FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ALWAYS INVOLVE IN MANY ASPECTS OF THE BENEFIT OF OUR TO BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO I THANK THEM FOR THAT WORK THAT THEY DO. YOU KNOW, PERIODICALLY THEY SERVE BREAKFAST AND SOMETIMES THEY SERVE LUNCH AND THEY DO THAT TO RAISE FUNDS. AND I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE, AS MANY OF US HAVE. SO I THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. HOW ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ? AND AGAIN, I JUST THE SAME THING, I WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS. YOU GUYS ARE SUCH A BIG PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. YOU SERVED OUR COUNTRY. NOW YOU'RE SERVING YOUR COMMUNITY IN THE SAME WAY. WE JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE AND EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO. YOU GUYS CONTINUE TO BE INVOLVED, ARE CONTINUALLY INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY. [00:05:03] AND I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. THANK YOU. MEMBER MARTINEZ OR PALLARES? MR. MEDRANO, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND PLEASE EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TO THE REST OF THE POST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR RECOGNITION OF THE [INAUDIBLE] FIVE YEARS. WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK AND YOUR NOT ONLY YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY, BUT THE CONTINUED SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO WE APPRECIATE YOU, YOUR POST COMMANDER, DANNY RAITA, FOR INVITING US DOWN TO HELP FEED THE HOMELESS. COUNCIL MEMBER REYNA AND MAYOR GARCIA WAS THERE PLENTY OF TIMES TO HELP OUT. AND WITHOUT YOU, WE COULDN'T HELP YOUR TALENTS AND YOUR LOVE FOR THIS CITY IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. MEDRANO, FOR BEING WITH US THIS EVENING. PLEASE SEND OUR BEST REGARDS TO THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE POST. I SURE WILL. AND ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. WONDERFUL, WHAT A WONDERFUL RECOGNITION. OH, EXCUSE ME, WE WILL MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM SIX PUBLIC COMMENTS. [6) PUBLIC COMMENTS] THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS RESERVED FOR PERSONS DESIRING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, 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 RAISED HAND FEATURE. IF YOU ARE 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. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR COMMENT. ONCE YOUR TIME HAS BEEN EXPIRED, YOU WILL BE MUTED. ANYONE WHO HAS NOT PROVIDED THEIR COMMENTS BY THE CLOSE OF THE COMMENT PORTION SECTION OF THE MEETING, PLEASE EMAIL THEIR COMMENTS TO CITY CLERK AT CITYCLERKOFCITYOFWASCO.ORG AND YOUR COMMENTS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE FINAL RECORD. THE CITY COUNCIL IS VERY INTERESTED IN YOUR COMMENTS. HOWEVER, DUE TO BROWN ACT REQUIREMENTS, NO ACTION MAY BE TAKEN AT THIS TIME. SHOULD YOUR COMMENTS REQUIRE FURTHER CONSIDERATION BY THIS COUNCIL OR ITS SUCCESSOR AGENCY, THE ITEM WILL BE AGENDIZED FOR REPORT AND DISCUSSED AT A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING. AT THIS TIME, MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? MAYOR GARCIA, WE DO. WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT FROM HEATHER SHIRLEY. VERY WELL. HEATHER, ARE YOU WITH US? I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME FOR ME TO SPEAK. I'M THE WARDEN AT WASCO STATE PRISON AND I HAVE I JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO YOU ALL AND JUST OPEN UP THE OFFER IF YOU GUYS NEED ASSISTANCE OR IF THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN WORK WITH YOU GUYS ON. I KNOW WASCO HAS HAD A BIG PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY IN THE PAST AND JUST WANTED TO ASSURE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WASCO IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO ASSIST WITH HELPING AS MUCH AS WE CAN OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND GET A CHANCE TO ADDRESS YOU GUYS AND AGAIN, INTRODUCE MYSELF. I WAS THE CHIEF DEPUTY WARDEN HERE FOR FOUR YEARS BEFORE WARDEN SUTTON RETIRED. SO AFTER HE RETIRED IN NOVEMBER, I TOOK OVER AS THE WARDEN AND CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH THE VETTING PROCESS TO BECOME THE PERMANENT WARDEN HERE AT WASCO. SO I'M HONORED TO CONTINUE TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE TIME. HOPEFULLY THIS IS WHEN I WAS SUPPOSED TO SPEAK. I WASN'T SURE, SO I DIDN'T WANT TO PASS UP ON MY OPPORTUNITY. BUT I JUST WANTED AND ALSO TO ASK YOU GUYS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME AS WELL. CERTAINLY. THANK YOU, WARDEN, TO BE. WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT AND WE WELCOME YOU. THAT'S THE PERFECT TIME. SO I ACTUALLY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU AFTER THE MEETING IF YOU COULD JUST ENSURE THAT THE CITY CLERK HAS YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION. WE'LL BE IN TOUCH THIS WEEK. THANK YOU, WARDEN. DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? WE HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENT AT THIS TIME, MAYOR GARCIA. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. NO ITEMS UNDER SEVEN OR EIGHT. [9) CONSENT CALENDAR] ITEM NINE CITY COUNCIL BUILDINGS CONSENT CALENDAR. THE CONSENT CALENDAR CONSISTS OF ITEMS THAT ARE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL. THESE ITEMS ARE APPROVED IN ONE MOTION UNLESS THE COUNCIL MEMBER OR A MEMBER OF PUBLIC REQUESTS REMOVE A PARTICULAR ITEM. THIS EVENING WE HAVE. [00:10:01] ITEM 9A-9C. 9A [INAUDIBLE] FIRE DEPARTMENT PAYMENTS TOTALING ONE MILLION, ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY EIGHT DOLLARS AND TWENTY SEVEN CENTS. ITEM 9B, ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENDORSE AND ENTER INTO AN ON CALL SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES RELATED TO WASTEWATER. WITH JOHN KUGLER CONSULTING. ITEM 9C, ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE A LASER FISH RECORDS MANAGEMENT MODULE FROM THE CITY'S CURRENT IMAGING SYSTEM PROVIDER, RAY MORGAN AND COMPANY, IN THE AMOUNT OF ELEVEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY SEVEN DOLLARS AND SIXTY CENTS, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE ANY HOURS AS NEEDED. AGAIN, THIS CONSENT CALENDAR, IT CONSISTS OF ITEMS THAT ARE IN STAFF'S OPINION ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL, THESE ARE APPROVED IN ONE MOTION. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE ANY PARTICULAR ITEM USING ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISED HAND FEATURE. IF YOU ARE ON THE TELEPHONE, YOU STAR NINE ON YOUR KEYPAD, YOU WILL BE CALLED UPON BY THE NUMBER YOU'RE CALLING FROM WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ANY MEMBERS IF THEY HAVE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ON ANY PARTICULAR ITEM ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA? NO CONFLICT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MEMBER CORTEZ?NO CONFLICTS, THANK YOU. MEMBER MARTINEZ? NO CONFLICTS, SIR. MEMBER PALLARES? NO CONFLICT, THANK YOU. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENT OR REMOVE A PARTICULAR ITEM FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT ACTION,.. MAYOR GARCIA, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS AT THIS TIME THAT WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE A PARTICULAR ITEM FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA? NO ITEMS TO REMOVE. THANK YOU. MEMBER CORTEZ? NO, SIR. MEMBER MARTINEZ? NO, SIR. MEMBER PALLARES? NONE FOR ME, THANK YOU. NOW, I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR. PALLARES, SO MOVED, CORTEZ SECOND. VERY WELL. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED BY. MEMBER PALLARES AND MEMBER CORTEZ. MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU CALL THE ROLL? MAYOR GARCIA? AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER COURTEZ? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ? AYE. AND COUNCIL MEMBER PALLARES? AYE. MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER PALLARES, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR. MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. NO DEFERRED BUSINESS THIS EVENING. MOVE ON TO ITEM 12 NEW BUSINESS ADOPT A RESOLUTION. EXCUSE ME, ADOPT A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WASCO, AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM AND EXECUTION OF A GRANT AGREEMENT AND ANY AMENDMENTS THERE TO FROM THE 2020-2021 FUNDING YEAR OF THE STATE'S CDBG PROGRAM. MADAM, EXCUSE ME, MRS. COBB? MR. MAYOR, ACTUALLY, YEAH, THAT ITEM JUST ABOVE THAT IS THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE DISCUSSION OF SUBMITTAL, THAT'S THE ITEM WE NEED TO DO FIRST. I APOLOGIZE, I DID READ THE ACTION FIRST. SO, YES, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. FIRST, WE HAVE TO MOVE INTO ITEM 10 PUBLIC HEARINGS. [10)a. Discussion of Submittal of a 2021 Community Development Block Grant Application. (Cobb)] SIMILAR ITEM 10A DISCUSSION OF SUBMITTAL OF A 2021 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT APPLICATION. MRS. COBB, DIRECTOR COBB PLEASE TAKE IT AWAY. THERE WE GO. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. THE CDBG PROGRAM REGULATIONS REQUIRE THAT THE CITY CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON ALL CDBG RELATED MATTERS TO PROVIDE FOR AND ENCOURAGE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION, PARTICULARLY BY LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PERSONS WHO RESIDE IN AREAS IN WHICH CDBG FUNDS ARE USED. THEREFORE, TONIGHT, WHEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN, THE PUBLIC WILL BE INVITED TO COMMENT ON THE CITY'S PROPOSED SUBMITTAL OF A 2021 CDBG GRANT APPLICATION AND A CDBG PROGRAM INCOME APPLICATION AND MAKE THEIR COMMENTS KNOWN TO, ON THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES. THE CITY IS ANTICIPATING APPLYING FOR CDBG FUNDS UNDER THE 2021 [INAUDIBLE] TWO PLANNING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS FOR UP TO TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A STORM DRAIN MASTER PLAN UPDATE AND A WATER MASTER PLAN UPDATE. AND IN ADDITION, THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO COMMIT UP TO FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF EXISTING CDBG PROGRAM INCOME FOR PLANNING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, GRANT FOR PREDEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF ADA SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS AND STREET LIGHT PROJECT IN THE SOUTH [INAUDIBLE] AREA. WHEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN, CITIZENS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ASK QUESTIONS AND OR COMMENT ON THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES AND APPLICATIONS OR ON ANY ASPECT OF THE CDBG PROGRAMS. SO STAFF TONIGHT IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE MAYOR OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING TO ACCEPT [00:15:04] COMMENTS ON THE CITY'S PROPOSED APPLICATIONS IN RESPONSE TO THE 2021 STATE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY AND TO SOLICIT PUBLIC INPUT. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR COBB. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER ITEM. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE YOUR VERBAL COMMENT USING ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISED HAND FEATURE TO REQUEST TO SPEAK, PLEASE DIAL STAR NINE ON YOUR TELEPHONE KEYPAD. IF YOU'RE ON THE TELEPHONE, 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 DO BEGIN YOUR COMMENTS. ONCE YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED, YOU WILL BE MUTED. AT THIS TIME, MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? MAYOR GARCIA, WE HAVE NO COMMENTS AT THIS TIME, MR. MAYOR CAN I MAKE A QUICK CORRECTION? I APOLOGIZE. I SHOULD HAVE SAID A WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN, NOT WATER MASTER PLAN. VERY WELL, THANK YOU. QUICK CORRECTION. YES, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, MADAM CLERK? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. ANY COMMENTS? MAYOR GARCIA? I'M SORRY, DID YOU OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, I DID NOT OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND IT WAS HIGHLIGHTED FOR ME, I DO APOLOGIZE. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC AT THIS TIME? NO COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. AT THIS TIME, I WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS? MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA? NO COMMENTS, MAYOR THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MEMBER CORTEZ? I HAVE NO COMMENTS, THANK YOU, GREAT APPLICATION. MEMBER MARTINEZ? NO COMMENT. MEMBER PALLARES? NO COMMENTS, THANK YOU. VERY WELL. SEEING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. THIS IS REYNA, MOVE TO APPROVE. VERY WELL, IT'S BEEN MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? PALLARES SECOND. THANK YOU, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED BY MEMBERS, MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA AND MEMBER PALLARES. MADAM CLERK WILL YOU CALL A VOTE, VOICE VOTE? MAYOR GARCIA? AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ? AYE. AND COUNCIL MEMBER PALLARES? V AYE. MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PALLARES TO APPROVE ITEM 10A. MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. AND NOW WE CAN MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS ITEM 12A WHERE WE ATTEMPTED TO JUMP AHEAD, AND THAT [12)a. Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Wasco Authorizing Submission of an Application to the Community Development Block Grant Program and Execution of a Grant Agreement and any Amendments Thereto from the 2020-2021 Funding Year of the State CDBG Program. (Cobb)] IS, AGAIN, ADOPT A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WASCO AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM AND THE EXECUTION OF A GRANT AGREEMENT AND ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO FROM THE 2020-2021 FUNDING YEAR OF THE STATE. CDBG PROGRAM. DIRECTOR COBB? YES, MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THIS IS THE FOLLOW UP TO THE PREVIOUS ITEM AND IS THE RESOLUTION THAT'S REQUIRED FOR THE CITY CDBG APPLICATION. I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE ONE QUICK CORRECTION. AGAIN, IT SAYS IN THE RESOLUTION WATER MASTER PLAN UPDATE, IT SHOULD SAY WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN UPDATE. SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. I NEED TO MAKE THAT CORRECTION AND WE'LL MAKE THAT CORRECTION TO THE RESOLUTION. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZES THE SUBMITTAL OF THE 2021 GRANT APPLICATIONS AND ONE PROGRAM INCOME APPLICATION TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR FUNDING UNDER THE CDBG PROGRAM AND IF SELECTED, THE EXECUTION OF STANDARD AGREEMENTS AND REQUIRED PROGRAM DOCUMENTS. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR COBB. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES FOR A SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT USING ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISED HAND FEATURE TO REQUEST TO SPEAK. IF YOU ARE ON THE TELEPHONE DIAL STAR NINE ON YOUR KEYPAD TO REQUEST TO SPEAK. YOU WILL BE CALLED UPON BY THE NUMBER YOU ARE CALLING FROM WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR COMMENTS. ONCE YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED, YOU WILL BE MUTED. AT THIS TIME, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, MADAM CLERK? AT THIS TIME, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. OK, THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. I THINK I'M MISSING SOMETHING THAT'S WHERE I APOLOGIZE HER. OK, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE FROM THE MEMBERS? [00:20:05] MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA? NO COMMENTS, MAYOR, THANK YOU. MEMBER CORTEZ? NO COMMENTS, THANK YOU. HOW ABOUT MEMBER MARTINEZ? NO COMMENTS. SIR. ANY COMMENTS FROM MEMBER PALLARES? NO COMMENTS, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I WILL GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. THIS IS REYNA AND I MOVE TO APPROVE. CORTEZ WILL SECOND. THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA AND MEMBER CORTEZ. MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU CALL A VOICE VOTE, PLEASE? MAYOR GARCIA? AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ? YES, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER PALLARES? PALLARES, AYE. MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA, SECONDED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ TO APPROVE ITEM 12A. MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. MOVING ON TO ITEM 12B, ACCEPTING ALL BIDS AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY [12)b. Accept all bids and Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to enter into an Agreement with Midstate Sheetmetal Inc. in the amount of $87,799.00 and allowing the City Manager to execute Contract Change Orders in an amount not to exceed an aggregate of $45,000 for the Re-Roofing of the City Annex Building and Make Necessary Budget Adjustments to Pay for the Project. (Bishop)] MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH MID-STATE SHEETMETAL INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF EIGHTY SEVEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY NINE DOLLARS AND ALLOWING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE CONTRACT CHANGE ORDERS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED AN AGGREGATE OF FORTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE REROOFING OF THE CITY ANNEX BUILDING AND MAKE NECESSARY BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS TO PAY FOR THE PROJECT. DIRECTOR BISHOP? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YES. OK, SO THIS PROJECT BEFORE YOU IS DEALING WITH THE REROOF AT THE ANNEX BUILDING. THIS IS A BUILDING THAT HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING MULTIPLE LEAKS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. AND WE HAVE PUT THIS PROJECT OUT TO BID THREE TIMES. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS ROOF IS PRETTY COMPLEX, SO IT HASN'T PANNED OUT WITHIN BUDGET PARAMETERS. SO STAFF WAS HOPING THAT WE WOULD REBID THIS PROJECT AFTER JULY 1 AND BUDGET APPROPRIATELY FOR IT. HOWEVER, CIRCUMSTANCES AROSE DURING THE RAINY SEASON THAT HAVE LED US HERE WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY REQUESTING AN APPROVAL AND A BUDGET AMENDMENT. SO IN NOVEMBER, WE DID EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT LEAKING THAT CAUSED QUITE A BIT OF DAMAGE ATTACHED TO THIS STAFF REPORT. YOU WILL SEE THE BREAK ROOM AT THE FINANCE AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT. THE CEILING DID EXPERIENCE SOME FAILURE, SO WE DID HAVE THAT SPOT REPAIRED. AND IT WAS DURING THIS REPAIR THAT WE IDENTIFIED THERE WERE THREE EXISTING LAYERS OF ROOFING MATERIAL ON THE BUILDING THAT WERE IN BAD CONDITION AND ON A ROOF OF THIS SLOPE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IT IS AGAINST BUILDING CODE TO HAVE MORE THAN TWO LAYERS OF ROOF. WE ANTICIPATED WE'D BE ABLE TO PATCH AND MAKE IT THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FISCAL YEAR. HOWEVER, SINCE OUR MOST RECENT RAIN, WE'VE ALSO SEEN ADDITIONAL LEAKING IN THAT SAME SECTION. SO IN THE PHOTOS YOU SEE THAT SECTION ALSO LEAKING. AGAIN, WE PUT THIS PROJECT OUT TO BID AND WE RECEIVED THREE BIDDERS BASED ON THE BIDS WE RECEIVED. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING AWARDING THE BID TO MID-STATE SHEETMETAL IN AN AMOUNT OF EIGHTY SEVEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY NINE DOLLARS. WE ORIGINALLY BUDGETED SEVENTY THOUSAND FOR THIS ROOFING PROJECT. HOWEVER, BECAUSE WE HAVE BID IT OUT MULTIPLE TIMES, WE ONLY HAVE SIXTY SIX THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN DOLLARS AND FORTY THREE CENTS REMAINING. THEREFORE, WE DO NEED AN ADDITIONAL TWENTY ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SEVEN DOLLARS AND FIFTY SEVEN CENTS TO FUND THE PROJECT. HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT CONDITION OF THE WOOD IN THE ROOF AND THE UNKNOWNS THAT COULD EXIST WITHIN THE WALLS AND THE DECK, WE ARE ALSO REQUESTING THAT YOU ALLOW THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE CONTRACT CHANGE ORDERS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED AN AGGREGATE OF FORTY FIVE THOUSAND JUST SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE MOVING THE ROOF REPAIR FORWARD. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR BISHOP. 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 RAISED HAND FEATURE. IF YOU ARE USING TELEPHONE PLEASE DIAL STAR NINE WITH YOUR TELEPHONE KEYPAD. YOU WILL BE CALLED UPON BY THE NUMBER YOU ARE CALLING FROM WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR COMMENTS. ONCE YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED, YOU WILL BE MUTED AT THIS TIME. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, MADAM CLERK? THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. [00:25:06] THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS? MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA? NO COMMENTS OTHER THAN WE NEED TO FIX IT. THANK YOU. MEMBER CORTEZ? I AGREE WITH MEMBER REYNA. THE PROJECT THAT'S BEEN NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED FOR A LONG TIME. I'M GLAD WE'RE FINALLY GETTING THERE. MEMBER MARTINEZ? I CONCUR WITH THE OTHER MEMBERS. ANY COMMENTS, MEMBER PALLARES? NO COMMENTS, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I AGREE. WE HAVE A LONG LIST OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT REALLY NEED TO BE TACKLED AND WE REALLY SHOULDN'T LET THIS ONE LANGUISH AND FURTHER DEVELOP AND JUST KIND OF GET WORSE. THE COST TO ONLY BE MORE IN THE FUTURE. WE'RE NOT GETTING A NEW CITY HALL ANY TIME SOON, SO LET'S MAKE THAT INVESTMENT TO MAKE THE REPAIRS. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE. PALLARES MAKES THE MOTION. THANK YOU, MEMBER PALLARES HAS APPROVED. I'M GOING TO SECOND THAT. MADAM CLERK, GO AHEAD AND CALL A VOICE VOTE, PLEASE. 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 PALLARES, SECONDED BY MAYOR GARCIA TO APPROVE ITEM 12A. MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. WE'VE GOT A NEW ROOF COMING, FOLKS. ITEM 12C INFORMATION ON A NEW [INAUDIBLE] STOP LOCUTIONS. [12)c. Information on New Dial-a- Ride Stop Locations. (Bishop)] DIRECTOR BISHOP? GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY . WE ARE MAKING YOU AWARE OF SOME MOST RECENT CHANGES THAT HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. [INAUCIBLE] DRIVERS WERE RECENTLY EXPRESSING SAFETY CONCERNS ASSOCIATED WITH DROPPING PASSENGERS OFF IN VARIOUS AREAS THROUGHOUT TOWN. WE DID REVIEW THE MUNICIPAL CODE AND PER SECTION 10.40.070, THE TRAFFIC AUTHORITY IS AUTHORIZED TO ESTABLISH BUS ZONES OPPOSITE CURB SPACE FOR THE LOADING AND UNLOADING OF BUSSES OR COMMON CARRIERS OF PASSENGERS. AND THE TRAFFIC AUTHORITY'S DEFINED AS AN OFFICER OF THE CITY DESIGNATED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, WHICH IS DESIGNATED BY RESOLUTION. I DID DO SOME RESEARCH AND IN 2002, THE CITY COUNCIL DESIGNATED THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AS THE TRAFFIC AUTHORITY. SO I PARTNERED WITH THE CITY CLERK AND THE TRANSIT STAFF TO ASSESS THE MOST VIABLE LOCATIONS TO UNLOAD PASSENGERS BASED ON THE MOST FREQUENTED SITES. AND WE DID ADD EIGHT NEW BUS STOPS AND THOSE WERE ADDED IN THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN DISTRICT. WE DID ADD FOUR THERE. WE ADDED SOME NEAR HIGHWAY 46, WHICH WAS RITE AID, SOME NEAR BARKER PARK, NOT BARKER PARK. BARKER SQUARE, I'M SORRY. AND THEN WE ALSO ADDED ONE NEAR FIESTA SUPERMARKET ALONG POZOLE. WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE TRANSIT DRIVERS THAT THIS HAS PROVEN TO BE MUCH MORE BENEFICIAL AND SAFER FOR THEM AS THEY ARE DROPPING OFF PASSENGERS. I APPRECIATE THAT REPORT AND INFORMATION ITEM. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES ON THIS ON THIS ITEM FOR SPEAKER. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT USING ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISED HAND FEATURE OR STAR NINE ON YOUR TELEPHONE KEYPAD. YOU WILL BE CALLED UPON BY THE NUMBER YOU'RE CALLING FROM WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR COMMENTS. ONCE YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED, YOU WILL BE MUTED. AT THIS TIME. MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. VERY WELL. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS? MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA? I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. HOW HAS THE PUBLIC RECEIVED THIS NEW STUFF? I THINK IT'S GREAT, BUT I WANT TO HEAR IF THE PUBLIC HAS EXPRESSED HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT IT. MR. REYNA, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMPLAINTS. THE ONE THAT I THOUGHT MIGHT HAVE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT IT WAS THE BAPTIST CHURCH, BUT I DID CONTACT THEM IN ADVANCE AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY WOULD BE LOSING SOME PARKING SPACES. AND I EXPLAINED WHY AND THEY WERE OK WITH IT. SO I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMPLAINTS. I WILL DEFER TO MONICA OR MARIA TO SEE IF THEY'VE GOTTEN ANY FROM CITY HALL. THANK YOU. MS. BISHOP. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE DID RECEIVE ONE COMPLAINT TODAY. IT WAS IN THE SPECIFIC STOP AT PALM AND 1ST STREET, THE DESIGNATED AREA RIGHT CLOSE TO BURGER KING. AND IT WAS JUST WITH REGARDS TO PARKING BUT THEY DO HAVE A PARKING AREA IN [00:30:04] FRONT OF THEIR PROPERTY AND THEIR GARAGE. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA, MEMBER CORTEZ. EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THIS IS A BENEFIT TO THE RIDERSHIP, ADDING THOSE CONVENIENT STOPS FOR ACCESS. BUT I DO HAVE A GRAVE CONCERN REGARDING THE STOPS ON 7TH AND E STREET, THAT IS WHERE THE CLOCK TOWER IS, AND IT IS ON THE SOUTH WEST CORNER AND THE NORTHEAST CORNER, AS WE KNOW OF, THOSE DOWNTOWN PARKING SPOTS ARE CRITICAL FOR DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES. IF YOU GO OUT THERE DURING ALMOST ANY TIME OF THE DAY AND THE AFTERNOON, THEY'RE PRETTY FULL. THE BUSINESS RIGHT THERE ON THE CORNER ON THE ON THE SOUTH WEST CORNER. I MEAN, THAT'S HONESTLY OUT OF THE FOUR, MAYBE THREE SPOTS THEY HAVE TWO ARE NOW GONE. AND AS WELL AS THE OPPOSITE CORNER, THREE OR FOUR SPOTS, TWO OF THOSE. SO HALF OF THOSE PARKING SPOTS ARE GONE NOW. I THINK WE CAN STILL ACCOMMODATE OUR RIDERSHIP BY MOVING THOSE SPOTS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER SOUTH AND NORTH SO THAT THOSE PRIME SPOTS CAN BE LEFT FOR. THE PEOPLE VISITING THE STORES AND GET AND STILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A GREAT LOCATION FOR PICK UP AND DROP OFF FOR [INAUDIBLE]. SO THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS. AND SECONDLY, WHERE THOSE BUSINESSES I'VE SPOKEN TO ABOUT IMPACTS TO THEIR BUSINESS BY REDUCING THOSE THE PARKING SPOTS. I DID NOT SPEAK TO THOSE ON THAT PARTICULAR CORNER, SO IF WE CAN GO BACK TO DANIEL, IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE CORNER YOU WERE ON ORIGINALLY THERE SO RIGHT ABOUT WHERE THAT EXPLORER THAT'S THE TWO SPOTS THAT ARE BEING TAKEN UP BY THE BUS STOP, AND THAT'S BASICALLY THE LENGTH OF THE ENTIRE BUSINESS THERE. AND SO THIS THESE TWO HERE ARE USUALLY USED, TWO OR THREE USED BY THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX. SO THEY'RE ONLY REALLY LEFT WITH ONE, BUT NOT COUNTING THE CENTER ROW, OF COURSE. BUT HERE, SAME THING. IF YOU LOOK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER RIGHT THERE, [INAUDIBLE]. TOO FAR DOWN. SO I WOULD I MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO COME A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN HERE, JUST OUTSIDE THIS BUILDING, SO LEAVE THE FIRST TWO SPOTS OPEN AND BRING THE BUS STOP TO THE THIRD AND FOURTH POSITION. WOULD IT BE HELPFUL IF WE ADVERTISE BETTER THE DOWNTOWN PARKING FOR OTHER PATRONS TO PARK IN LIEU OF ELIMINATING THE BUS STOPS? I'M NOT I'M NOT ASKING TO ELIMINATE THE BUS STOPS. I'M ASKING TO BE MOVED 20 FEET FROM SOUTH AND NORTH. I DO HAVE A COMMENT WITH REGARDS TO THAT MEMBER CORTEZ. MOVING THOSE DESIGNATED PARKING LOTS WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT WE DO HAVE ADA PASSENGERS THAT WE DO NEED TO DROP OFF, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARDS TO VANGUARD, AND WE DO DROP OFF ADAS. SO IF WE MOVE THOSE PARKING LOTS THAT YOU'RE MENTIONING, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THEM FURTHER DOWN FROM THE DESIGNATED AREAS. SO WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THEM CLOSER TO 7TH STREET AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO ELIMINATE THEM W ALKING MORE. RIGHT, IF YOU GO GO BACK SOUTH, DANIEL SOUTH OVER NEXT TO THIS MEDICAL BUILDING THEY'RE REFERRING TO, STOP RIGHT THERE. THIS WOULD ALSO ACCOMMODATE ADA HERE AND NO NO, GO BACK BACK WHERE YOU WERE ON THIS SIDE, YOU'D BE ON THE VANGUARD SIDE. AND IF YOU JUST MOVED UP HERE TO THESE TWO PARKING SPOTS OR AT LEAST LEAVE THAT TWO IN THE FRONT OPEN, THERE IS THE COMMERCIAL DOWNTOWN. YOU CAN STILL ACCOMMODATE OUR GOAL. I'M TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE THE GOAL. I'M NOT TRYING TO LEAVE ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER OUT IN THE COLD. I'M TRYING TO COME. THEY BOTH FIND SOME SORT OF HAPPY MEDIUM. SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, INSTEAD OF PARKING ON. THE WEST SIDE TO PARK THE TRANSIT ON THE EAST SIDE, ON THE EAST SIDE, RIGHT HERE, LIKE, SAY, THE THIRD OR FOURTH POSITION IN THE CORNER, THIRD AND FOURTH POSITION, NOT POSITION ONE AND TWO FROM THE CORNER. [00:35:01] [INAUDIBLE], DID YOU TALK TO. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE TALKED TO VANGUARD. NO, I DID NOT TALK TO VANGUARD ABOUT IT. OK? BUT I WENT BASED OFF OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, IT SAYS THE BUFFER ZONES SHALL NORMALLY BE ESTABLISHED ON THE FAR SIDE OF AN INTERSECTION. SO THAT'S WHY I WENT NORTH ON THE NORTHBOUND. I WENT ACROSS THE STREET AND ON THE SOUTHBOUND, WE WENT ON THE FAR NORTH, THE FAR SOUTH. AND THAT IS WHY THOSE BUS ZONES WERE PLACED THERE. THOSE ARE MY TWO CONCERNS, I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, I JUST I THINK THERE COULD BE BETTER POSITIONS FOR THOSE. BUT AGAIN, IF WE'RE NOT TALKING, I MEAN, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE WE SHOULD BE AT LEAST GETTING SOME FEEDBACK FROM THESE BUSINESSES. LIKE YOU SAID, YOU WENT AND SPOKE TO THE CHURCH THERE, GOT SOME FEEDBACK FROM THEM, BUY IN AND WE SHOULD AT LEAST TRY TO GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THOSE BUSINESSES. I KNOW THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DICTATE TO US WHAT WE DO AS A CITY, BUT IT IS STILL NICE FOR US TO REACH OUT TO THEM, TRY TO GET THEIR THEIR CONCERNS HEARD. AND THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING IT TO YOU, THE BUSINESS OWNERS, A BUSINESS OWNER BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION. I HAD NO IDEA I HADN'T SEEN IT UNTIL TODAY. WELL, THANK YOU, MEMBER CORTEZ AND DIRECTOR BISHOP, FOR YOUR ANSWERS. I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND YOU'RE THE TRAFFIC AUTHORITY FOR THE PUBLIC [INAUDIBLE] BUT THAT REALLY IS A BUSY, BUSY CORRIDOR WHEN IT COMES TO EVERYDAY BUSINESS AND TRAFFIC IN THE AREA. IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO SATISFY EVERYONE. SO AS MEMBER CORTEZ MENTIONED, I THINK IF WE JUST KIND OF INCLUDE EVERYONE IN THE CONVERSATION, DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND TRYING TO FIND THE BEST FOR EVERYBODY. THAT'S THE BEST THAT WE CAN DO. SO MOVING ON TO MEMBER MARTINEZ FOR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS . YES, DANIEL, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE MAP THAT SHOWS ALL THE STOPS. SO [INAUDIBLE] ON THIS MAP IS IT JUST THE NEW STOPS ARE LISTED OR THAT'S ALL OF THE CITY WIDE EXISTING STOPS? THERE IS A MAP THAT SHOWS ALL OF THE CITY WIDE STOPS. SO THE QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK I JUST WANTED TO LOOK AT THE MAP TO CONFIRM, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE DON'T HAVE ANY STOPS IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF TOWN, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. IS THERE A REASON WHY, JUST BECAUSE FROM LOOKING AT THE MAP, IT LOOKS LIKE IF YOU LIVE DOWN YOU KNOW DOWN ON LIKE JASMINE, YOU KNOW, TOWARDS LIKE THE WASCO ARMS OR SOMETHING, YOU'D HAVE TO WALK QUITE A WAYS TO TO GET ON THE DIAL- A - RIDE WHICH WOULD PRETTY MUCH MAKE IT INEFFECTIVE TO RIDE, IN MY OPINION, IF YOU LIVED ALL THE WAY DOWN THERE. IS THERE A REASON WHY WE DON'T HAVE A STOP DOWN THERE. THE BUS STOPS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED OR SPECIFIC TO SOME OF THOSE LOCAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND SHOPPING CENTERS IN WHICH TO THE BUS SHOULDN'T BE GOING INTO THE PARKING LOT TO DROP PEOPLE OFF. FOR MOST OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE PEOPLE ARE GETTING PICKED UP FROM THEIR HOMES OR FROM THEIR RESIDENCES, THEY ARE PICKED UP AT THEIR LOCATION OR ARE ON THE CORNER SO THAT THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE SAME PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ISSUES YOU DO IN A IN A BUSY COMMERCIAL STREET OR IN A PARKING LOT. AND SO, OK, SO WE'RE STILL DOING RESIDENTIAL PICKUPS THEN. OK, THEN I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MEMBER MARTINEZ, I HAD THE SAME CONCERN AT FIRST, BUT THESE ARE JUST JUST DESIGNATED FOR THOSE AREAS WHERE THERE'S GOING TO BE THIS HEIGHTENED SAFETY RISKS, BUT THE NORMAL USUAL FRONT DOOR SERVICE IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE OR FRONT CURBSIDE SERVICES. MEMBER PALLARES, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. THEY WERE ALL ANSWER TO THE COURSE OF THIS ROUND. THANK YOU VERY, VERY WELL. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR BISHOP, FOR THAT INFORMATION AND REPORT. BY MOVING ON TO ITEM 12D, ADOPT THE RESOLUTION APPOINTED ROGER, EXCUSE ME, STAFF IS GOING TO REMOVE OR TABLE ITEM ITEM D, 12D, IS THAT CORRECT DANIEL, TO THE NEXT. CORRECT. THANK YOU. FOR MOVING ON TO ITEM 12E, THE UPDATE ON COVID-19 CITY OPERATIONS CITY MANAGER ORTIZ. [12)e. Update on COVID-19 and City Operations. (Ortiz Hernandez)] SO IF EVERYONE IS FOLLOWING WE'RE MOVING INTO THE NEXT PHASE AND WE'RE IN THE NEW TIER. OUR OPERATIONS AND OFFICES HAVE REOPENED. WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED SIGNAGE TO TRY TO MAINTAIN JUST AWARENESS OF THE SOCIAL DISTANCING. WE DID, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, REMODELED OUR LOBBIES AND PROVIDED A PHYSICAL BARRIER BETWEEN CUSTOMERS AND OUR STAFF AND ALSO IN OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT. WE PROVIDED AND SET UP A TV AND COMPUTER STATIONS SO THAT STAFF CAN DISPLAY ITEMS ON THE [00:40:02] TV, JUST AS I DO WITH THE COUNCIL MEETING SHOWING THE MAPS AND THINGS TO THE COUNCIL ON THE SCREEN. AND SO SO FAR IS WORKED OUT WELL, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY SPECIFIC COMMENTS AND WE CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THOSE SERVICES IN CONJUNCTION TO THE CHANGES THAT HAVE HAD TO BE MADE WITH DOLERITE AND SPECIFICALLY BOTH THE BUS STOPS THAT HAD TO BE ESTABLISHED TO ADDRESS THE SAFETY CONCERNS, AS WELL AS ESTABLISHING A RESERVATION SYSTEM SO THAT NOW DRIVERS HAVE ADEQUATE TIME TO LOAD AND OFFLOAD PASSENGERS, AS WELL AS TO SPRAY AND DISINFECT THE BUSSES BOTH DURING THE THE DAY AS WELL AS AT THE BEGINNING AT THE END. PART OF IT JUST A REMINDER, PART OF THE THE ADJUSTMENTS WE'VE HAD TO MAKE IN OUR OFFICES ALSO INCLUDED ADJUSTING OUR OFFICE HOURS TO PROVIDE STAFF TIME IN THE BEGINNING AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, TO BE ABLE TO CLEAN DOWN, WIPE DOWN THEIR WORK AREAS, DISINFECT AS THEY AS THEY NEED TO THEIR PERSONAL SPACES. WE DO HAVE A CLEANING JANITORIAL SERVICE THAT DOES COME THROUGH IN THE EVENINGS, AS WELL AS DISINFECT PERIODICALLY WITH SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT AND SOLUTIONS THAT WE HAVE WE'VE PROCURED. BUT THEY THE PERSONAL SPACES WHERE PEOPLE WILL HAVE ITEMS GENERALLY DON'T DO THAT JUST SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO MOVE PEOPLE'S STUFF AROUND AND DON'T OVERSPRAY ON ITEMS THAT PERHAPS WEREN'T INTENDED TO SO THAT'S FOR THE ADDITIONAL TIME COMES IN FOR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO HAVE BEFORE AND BEGINNING TO ADJUST TO THAT. SO BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO REVIEW AND UPDATE US AS THE COUNTY MOVES FORWARD AND COMPLETELY REOPENS. WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT THE COUNTY AND OR THE STATE WILL FULLY REOPEN LIKELY IN THE SUMMER. GOVERNOR HAS MADE ALLUDED TO REOPENING DURING THAT TIME FRAME AND SO WE'LL ADJUST AS NEEDED. WE'RE ALSO FINISHING UP THE UPDATES TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND HOPE TO GET BACK IN THERE SOON. THOSE UPDATES INCLUDED UPDATES TO THE DAIS AS WELL AS UPDATING THE SOME OF THE WIRING CONNECTIVITY'S FOR THE DAIS AND SO AS WELL AS NEW SEATING THAT WOULD BE MORE EASILY ABLE TO BE CLEANED AS OPPOSED TO THE FABRIC MATERIAL THAT WOULD RETAIN AND BE MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO TO MAINTAIN AND CLEAN ON A REGULAR BASIS. SO WITH THAT, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, I CAN ANSWER. YES, ARE YOU GETTING PEWS? WE ARE NOT GETTING PEWS, BUT YOU'RE WELCOME TO GO TO CHURCH ON SUNDAYS IF YOU REALLY WANT TO SIT IN ONE. THANK YOU. WHERE IS BUS SERVICES [INAUDIBLE] RIGHT NOW? CURRENTLY THEY'RE WORKING AT THE PRESENT TIME INTERMITTENTLY OUT OF THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. WE HAVE A WORKSTATION UP BY THE CITY CLERKS AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES OFFICE WHERE THEY WORK OUT OF THEY PERFORM AND COMPLETE THE REPORTS OUT OF THERE. THEY ALSO PROCESS AND DO THEIR THEIR END OF DAY PROCESSING OUT OF THERE. AND SO THEY'RE KIND OF GOING BACK AND FORTH. THEY PARK THE BUS IN PUBLIC WORKS. THEY DRIVE IT OVER TO CITY HALL, THEY DO THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE WORK, AND THEN THEY GO OFF AND DO THEIR ROUNDS AND THEN PICK UPS AND THEN THEY PARK IT BACK AT PUBLIC WORKS AT THE END OF THE DAY. WELL, THE ONE THING TO POINT OUT, AT LEAST WITH COVID, AND OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF THE SYSTEM, WE'VE HAD TO GO WITH THE RESERVATIONS RIGHT NOW OUR DIAL - A - RIDE SERVICE IS A MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SERVICE AT THIS TIME. AND AS IF COUNCIL WANTS TO REESTABLISH THE SATURDAY SERVICE, PROBABLY WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT FOR THE NEW FISCAL YEAR BUDGET AS THE CURRENT MODEL THAT WE WILL LIKELY SEEK TO CONTINUE ENTAILS HAVING A I GUESS, A DISPATCHER OF SORTS, SOMEONE THAT PROCESSES THOSE RESERVATIONS OR OR THAT INFORMATION. THE PREVIOUS MODEL OF SELF DISPATCHING REALLY BECAME PROBLEMATIC, AS WELL AS A SAFETY ISSUE AS YOU WERE HAVING DIAL - A - RIDE DRIVERS DIRECTLY HAVING TO FIELD CALLS SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO PULL OVER OR WAIT TILL A STOP TO TAKE THOSE CALLS. AND SOMETIMES THAT WAS CHALLENGING, DEPENDING ON THE CALL VOLUMES THAT WERE COMING IN. SO WE'LL HAVE TO DISCUSS THAT FURTHER AHEAD DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS IN TERMS OF WHAT'S COUNCIL'S DIRECTION FOR THAT SERVICE AND WHAT COST AND LEVEL OF INVESTMENT YOU WANT TO MAKE INTO THAT. SO. CERTAINLY MAKES SENSE, AND IT'S A GROWING DEMAND ON OUR DRIVERS TO BE ABLE TO SCREEN THEM ON THOSE CALLS CAN BE DIFFICULT ON A SATURDAY. SO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT DISCUSSION [INAUDIBLE]. ACTUALLY, I SHOULD HAVE OPENED AN AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION BEFORE BEGINNING DISCUSSION, I APOLOGIZE. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER. [00:45:01] IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A VERBAL COMMENT USING ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISED HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR 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 HAS EXPIRED, YOU WILL BE MUTED. AT THIS TIME DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS MADAM CLERK? WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT FROM A CALL WITH THE LAST FOUR NUMBERS, SEVEN THREE SEVEN NINE. WOULD THIS CALLER. HI, THIS IS TONY DEROSA. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN THE PARKS ARE GOING TO REOPEN? I AM NOT SURE YOU'D HAVE TO ASK THE PARK DISTRICT WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE. THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. THANK YOU, TONY. WELL, THANK YOU. WITH THAT BEING SAID, DANIEL, DO YOU I'M SORRY, MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS AT THIS TIME ON THE PHONE OR ON ZOOM? THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT BRINGS UP THE POINT, WHAT ABOUT THE POCKET PARK, THE ONE THAT'S ON 7TH STREET WILL WE ABLE TO REOPEN THAT? OR ARE WE GOING [INAUDIBLE]. WE DISCUSSED THIS JUST YESTERDAY, OUR LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE, FOR THE TIME BEING, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THAT CLOSED JUST BECAUSE THE THE USAGE WAS LARGELY DRIVEN OR LARGELY USED FOR PEOPLE TO USE THE PARK BENCHES. AND SO THEY THEY HAVE NOT LIFTED THE SOCIAL DISTANCING COMPLETELY. AND SO IN REOPENING THAT AND TAKING DOWN THE I GUESS, THE NETTING AROUND IT, IT WOULD INVITE THAT DISTANCING ISSUE AGAIN. SO WE'LL KEEP IT CLOSED FOR NOW. PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I IMAGINE THAT MIGHT BE THE SAME ACROSS THE BOARD. MEMBER, COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS. MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA? THANK YOU, MAYOR. DANIEL, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU HAVE ADJUSTED THE HOURS THAT OUR SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC ARE ON. AND I THINK YOU MENTIONED THAT WE'RE OPENING EARLIER, LATER AND CLOSING EARLIER. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. I'M TRYING REMEMBER THE EXACT TIME I WANT TO SAY WE WERE ANTICIPATING APPROXIMATELY A HALF HOUR IN THE BEGINNING AND A HALF HOUR AT THE END AND CLOSING DURING LUNCH FOR THAT PERIOD. SO MY QUESTION IS THIS, IF WE'RE CLOSING EXCUSE ME, CLOSING A WORK STATION AT THE END OF THE DAY, DOES IT NEED TO BE CLEAN WHEN WE FIRST START THE DAY SINCE IT WAS CLEANED AT NIGHT? IT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STAFF JUST TO TIDY UP AND CLEAN UP AND CLOSE OUT THEIR FINAL PROCESSES, SO OTHERWISE YOU RUN INTO THE ISSUE OF JUST INCURRING ADDITIONAL OVERTIME. SO JUST BASICALLY, WHATEVER, WHATEVER THEY HAVE TO PREP, WHATEVER THEY HAVE TO PREPARE FOR, BOTH AT THE END AND THE MORNING, SO, FOR INSTANCE, LIKE IN FINANCE, ONE OF THE THINGS WOULD BE LIKE THE CREDIT CARD TERMINALS, THE KEYBOARDS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, JUST THEIR PERSONAL SPACE THAT HAS TO BE. OK. MY ONLY CONCERN IS CUSTOMER SERVICE. SO IF WE ARE AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE LIMITED SERVICES THAT THERE IS ALREADY, BUT IF WE ARE EVEN LIMITED FURTHER, I WAS JUST WONDERING WHETHER THERE WAS A NEED TO DO THIS BOTH TIMES IN THE MORNING, AT NIGHT, SINCE THE STATION, AS YOU MENTIONED, WAS CLEANED AT NIGHT THEN AND NOBODY USES IT FOR THAT NIGHT PERIOD THEN, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S NECESSARY TO CLEAN IT AGAIN IN THE MORNING. THAT WAS MY QUESTION. ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE CLEANING THAT IS DONE BY THE JANITORIAL SERVICE OR BY MY STAFF. BY STAFF. YOU SAID THEY CLEAN THE STATIONS, YOU DID MENTION THAT THE GENERAL SERVICES DOES NOT TOUCH THE DESK BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO SPRAY SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE SPRAYED. AND SO IF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE CLEANING THEIR WORK AREA AT NIGHT, THEN DOES IT NEED TO BE CLEANED BEFORE THEY START IN THE MORNING? THAT WAS MY QUESTION. SO LIKE TO PUT IN PERSPECTIVE FOR, LIKE FINANCE AND THE FRONT COUNTER. SO WE HAVE TO ANTICIPATE THE TIME THAT THE CLERKS OR THE ACCOUNTING TECHNICIANS IN THE FRONT HAVE TO TAKE TO CLOSE OUT THEIR BATCHES, CLOSE OUT THEIR REGISTERS, CLOSE OUT THEIR END OF DAY REPORTS, TIDY UP WHATEVER THEY HAVE TO CLEAN UP YOUR DESK AND THEN THE NEXT MORNING HAVE TO COME IN. AND WHATEVER THEY HAVEN'T GOT DONE IN TERMS OF ORGANIZING OR CLEANING, HAVE THAT TIME TO PREPARE AND SANITIZE WHATEVER THEY WISH TO, WHATEVER MAKES THEM FEEL COMFORTABLE TO THAT [00:50:03] EXTENT. I GOT IT. THANK YOU. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM. MEMBER CORTEZ. YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, 13, 14, 15 MONTHS HAVE BEEN VERY DIFFICULT, I APPRECIATE STAFF'S EFFORT THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX TO DEAL WITH JUST SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN VERY NEW TO THIS ENTIRE WORLD. SO I WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU ON HOW YOU GUYS HAVE HANDLED THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MEMBER CORTEZ. MEMBER MARTINEZ. NO COMMENTS SIR. MEMBER PALLARES. NO COMMENTS, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE THE UPDATE, DANIEL, AND THE SACRIFICE OF OFFICE SPACE. I KNOW CITY HALL IS GETTING TIGHTER AND TIGHTER. REPORTS FROM COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES 13A CURRENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. MEMBER CORTEZ. WE'VE NOT HAD ANY MEETINGS. MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU. 13D [INAUDIBLE] OF GOVERNMENT. [13)b. Kern Council of Government (Garcia)] MAYOR GARCIA, WE HAD A BRIEF MEETING AND THERE WAS AN UPDATE ON THE CURRENT REGIONAL MERITS FROM THE CURRENT REGIONAL MERITS AWARD COMMITTEE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, ELECTION OR REELECTION OF THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR. THERE WAS A CONSENSUS THAT THEY WANTED TO CONTINUE AND RETAIN CONSISTENCY WITH THE LEADERSHIP THROUGH THESE TIMES AND FOR ANOTHER YEAR. SO THAT'S THE UPDATE FROM [INAUDIBLE]. 13 C. WASCO TASK FORCE MEMBERS MARTINEZ AND REYNA. [13)c. Wasco Task Force (Martinez & Reyna)] AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE PRIMARILY DISCUSSED HIGH SPEED RAIL, WHICH ALL OF THOSE ISSUES WERE ALREADY DISCUSSED AT OUR I THINK OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING. OTHER THAN THAT, THERE WERE A FEW COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS. MR. BALLARD'S CHURCH HAS SEVERAL EVENTS GOING ON, INCLUDING A COMMUNITY CLEANUP AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. BUT NOTHING I CAN THINK OF SIGNIFICANT. GILBERT, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT I'M FORGETTING? NO, VINCENT, I REALLY HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO ADD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MEMBER MARTINEZ, I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. I'M MOVING ON TO ITEM, EXCUSE ME REPORTS FROM KERN COUNTY FIRE. [14) REPORTS FROM KC FIRE AND SHERIFF] DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE THIS EVENING FROM KERN COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT. MADAM CLERK? NO, WE DO NOT. THANK YOU. ARE YOU WITH US, KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. THERE WE GO. ALWAYS READY WITH THE WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? I'M TALKING ON MY PHONE TONIGHT. WE CAN HEAR YOU, SERGEANT. GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD, DANIEL. A FEW THINGS THAT HAPPENED SINCE THE LAST MEETING. SO THE VERY FIRST SLIDE. SO ON SATURDAY APRIL 10, 2021 AT ABOUT TEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING OR I'M SORRY, TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, MIDNIGHT, A WASCO SUBSTATION DEPUTY CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT STOP AT THE INTERSECTION OF PALM AVENUE AND [INAUDIBLE] AVENUE. THE DRIVER, CHRISTIAN RUIZ, A TWENTY ONE YEAR OLD MALE FROM WASCO, AND PASSENGER [INAUDIBLE], A 19 YEAR OLD MALE FROM WASCO, WERE DETAINED. RUIZ WAS FOUND TO BE DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE. THE DEPUTIES SEARCHED THE VEHICLE AND LOCATED A CONCEALED LOADED NINE MILLIMETER HANDGUN . RUIZ WAS ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO THE KERN COUNTY JAIL FOR CARRYING A CONCEALED WEAPON IN THE VEHICLE. CONSPIRACY, DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE AND FAILING TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN. [INAUDIBLE] WAS ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO THE KERN COUNTY JAIL FOR CARRYING A CONCEALED WEAPON IN A VEHICLE AND CONSPIRACY. DANIEL. THIS IS A REMINDER THIS SATURDAY, WE ARE DAYS AWAY, APRIL 24TH BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 10 AND TWO, I OR ONE OF MY DEPUTIES WILL BE OUTSIDE OUR SUBSTATION COLLECTING PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION AS PART OF THE DEA NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE BACK DAY. I DID FIND SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. IT'S NOT ONLY PRESCRIPTION DRUGS WE'RE TAKING, WE'RE ACTUALLY TAKING LIQUIDS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S COUGH SYRUP AND STUFF LIKE THAT AS LONG AS THEY'RE SEALED IN A BOTTLE. AND AGAIN, WE ARE TAKING VAPE PENS AND VAPE CIGARETTES' WITHOUT THE BATTERY. SO HOPEFULLY I WILL BE THERE. I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST TO TRY TO MAKE IT. IF NOT, ONE OF MY STAFF WILL BE THERE AND IT'S GOING TO BE BETWEEN 10 AND TWO. I HAVE TO DELIVER THOSE PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS SHORTLY AFTER 2:00 TO HEADQUARTERS. SO WE WILL BE CLOSING UP SHOP. I WILL BE OUT ALONG THE CURB IN FRONT OF THE SUBSTATION OR ONE OF MY DEPUTIES WILL BE THERE. PLEASE STOP BY, SAY HI. HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE ME. THE COMMUNITY HAS ANY CONCERNS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. YOU CAN TALK TO MY DEPUTY. OR MAYBE IT'LL BE ME AND YOU CAN TALK TO ME. [00:55:04] DANIEL. AND I TRY TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE ON EVERY EVERY MEETING NOW, THE CAMERA REGISTRY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CAMERA [INAUDIBLE] FOR WASCO. WE HAD THIRTY FOUR ON THE LAST MEETING. WE ONLY REGISTERED ONE. SO WE HAVE A TOTAL OF THIRTY FIVE RIGHT NOW. SO CONTINUE. IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW. SO I IMAGINE IT'S GOING TO GET BIGGER AND BIGGER AND BIGGER AND BETTER. SO THESE CAMERAS ARE IMPORTANT. THEY HELP US SOLVE CRIMES AND THEY'RE GOOD FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND FOR YOUR OWN PERSONAL SAFETY AROUND YOUR HOUSE FOR YOUR OWN OBSERVATION. SO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER, THANK YOU. REAL SHORT AND SWEET TONIGHT FOR ME. AND YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. WE APPRECIATE THE REPORT SERGEANT. ITEM 15 REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER. [15) REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER] ANYTHING TO ADD IN? I GOT A COUPLE OF ITEMS. SO MAYBE HERE ABOUT ANOTHER HOUR. LET ME START OFF WITH THE DOWNTOWN SURVEY FOR THE DOWNTOWN PROJECT HAS GONE OUT. SO THAT LINK SHOULD BE UP ON OUR WEBSITE. IF NOT, IT WILL BE TOMORROW. I KNOW THAT THE SURVEY HAS GONE OUT THROUGH OUR MESSAGING ALERT SYSTEM. SO AND I BELIEVE THAT KERI MAY HAVE SENT IT TO EITHER COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ OR REYNA FOR TO REPORT TO THE TASK FORCE TOMORROW. SO PLEASE SHARE THAT COMMENT ON WHAT IMPROVEMENTS OR ITEMS RELATED TO THE DOWNTOWN PROJECT ON. ALSO, HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE CITY WAS AWARDED A URBAN GREENING GRANT FROM THE STATE AND WE HAD BOTH DIRECTED KERI COBB AND MRS. BIRIDIANA BISHOP. WE'RE WORKING ON THIS PROJECT FOR THE BETTER PART OF, I WOULD SAY REALISTICALLY, A BETTER PART OF TWO AND A HALF YEARS BECAUSE WE APPLY FOR THE YEAR PRIOR. WE MADE IT TO ALMOST GETTING IT. I THINK WE'RE IN THE FINAL ROUNDS AND WE MISSED IT. THEN THIS LAST GO AROUND, WE RETAINED THE SERVICES OF A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT TO IMPROVE OUR CONCEPTUAL PLAN AND TO REALLY PUT MORE THOUGHT AND EFFORT INTO THAT. AND THAT REALLY PAID OFF. PUT IN PERSPECTIVE, THE THIS URBAN GREENING GROUND IS GOING TO GO TOWARDS DEVELOPING THE PARK ON THE CORNER OF CENTRAL AND FILBURN. THIS IS ESTIMATED AT TWO POINT NINE DOLLARS MILLION PROJECT. THE GRANT IS GOING TO PROVIDE TWO POINT TWO MILLION DOLLARS. THE CITY SHARES ROUGHLY ABOUT SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND. THAT INCLUDES THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION AND IN THE FORM OF THE PROPERTY AND THE LAND, AS WELL AS THE STREET IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL BE MADE ON THAT CORNER INTERSECTION TO ACCOMMODATE BOTH THE LANES OF TRAFFIC AS WELL AS PARKING FOR THAT CORNER PARK AS WELL. SO MORE OF THESE TO COME AS THAT KIND OF PLAYS OUT AND DEVELOPMENT OCCURS. SO ALSO HAD THE LAST MEETING, WE HAD DISCUSSED SOME OF THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATES AND FORMED THE AD HOC COMMITTEE WITH MAYOR GARCIA AND MEMBER MARTINEZ, ONE OF THE BILLS THAT HAS GONE OUT, AND A LETTER OF OPPOSITION FOR SB 556 THAT PERTAINS TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS. TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND, IN 2018, THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION VOTED TO LIMIT THE AUTHORITY AND STANDARDS THAT STATES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN REQUIRE FOR THE INSTALLATION AND OR DEPLOYMENT OF SMALL CELL WIRELESS FACILITIES. HOWEVER, THE FCC REGULATIONS EXPLICITLY PROTECT THE ABILITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO ENSURE THAT SUCH INSTALLATIONS MEET APPEARANCE AND DESIGN STANDARDS, MAINTAIN TRAFFIC SAFETY, PROTECT HISTORICAL RESOURCES INTEGRITY AND SAFEGUARD CITIZENS QUALITY OF LIFE. ADDITIONALLY, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN CONTINUE TO CHARGE FEES THAT ARE REASONABLE APPROXIMATION OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ACTUAL INDIRECT COSTS, INCLUDING COST TO MAINTAIN A STRUCTURE WITHIN A RIGHT AWAY AND PROCESSING APPLICATIONS, PERMIT AND REVIEWS SITING OF THE APPLICATION. THE BILL THAT WAS PRESENTED FOR AB 556 WAS GOING TO GO FURTHER AND IMPOSE ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS, POTENTIALLY RESTRICTING SOME ABILITY FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, INCLUDING THE CITY OF MOSCOW, TO ADEQUATELY PROCESS AND REGULATE THOSE THINGS. AND ADDITIONALLY, IT WOULD CREATE ANOTHER LAYER OF REGULATION THAT WOULD REQUIRE POSSIBLY ADDITIONAL CITY STAFF TO REVIEW AND MANAGE THOSE NEW REGULATIONS. AND OF COURSE, THOSE STAFFS WOULD NOT BE REIMBURSED BY THE STATE. POTENTIALLY, BUT ULTIMATELY WILL PROBABLY BE [INAUDIBLE] IN SOME FASHION [INAUDIBLE] OUR TAXPAYERS AND OUR RESIDENTS IN SOME MANNER. AND SO THE CITY SUBMITTED A LETTER OF OPPOSITION TO THAT. SO WE ARE WORKING WITH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT LAW ENFORCEMENT GROUPS, INCLUDING THE KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE BOMB SQUAD, FOR TRAINING PURPOSES TO UTILIZE ARE THE FORMER WASCO LABOR CAMP FOR TRAINING NOW AT THAT FACILITY, WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON THE FORMAL AGREEMENTS, WHICH WE'LL BRING BACK PROBABLY AT THE NEXT MEETING FOR COUNCIL TO RATIFY. WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE CURRENT VALLEY STATE PRISONS AND THEIR TACTICAL TEAM OR THEIR VERSION OF THE SWAT TEAM FOR TRAINING AS WELL FOR BOTH ENTRY AND SEARCH AND [01:00:05] RESCUE FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, ALSO, I HAVE HEARD THAT THE BAKERSFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO INTERESTED, SO I KNOW THE APPROACH WE'VE TAKEN IS OBVIOUSLY THE MORE THE MORE PUBLIC SAFETY ACTIVITY WE CAN GARNER OUT OF THE LABOR CAMP WOULD BE A BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY OVERALL AND AS WELL AS HELP REDUCE OR DETER ANY UNWANTED OR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AT LABOR CAMP AS THEY'RE OUT THERE. SO. LIKE I SAID, WE'LL HAVE AGREEMENTS RATIFIED FOR THE COUNCIL TO RATIFY AT THE NEXT MEETING. SO TWO MORE ITEMS. ONE IS WE WE TALKED MANY MONTHS AGO ABOUT STREET LIGHTING IN THE COMMUNITY. ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAD DONE WAS WE IDENTIFIED LOCATIONS WERE STREET LIGHTING WOULD BE WELL SUITED TO TO ADD ADDITIONAL LIGHTING. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH PG&E ON BOTH UPDATING SOME OF THE LIGHT POLES OR UTILITY POLES WHERE STREET LIGHTING CAN BE ADDED AS WELL AS SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THEY OFFER FOR ROLLING OUT OR DEVELOPING, INSTALLING STREET LIGHTING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY THROUGH THEIR FINANCE PROGRAMS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE WE WERE IDENTIFYING A LOCATION WHERE WE CAN ESTABLISH A TEST, LIKE WE IDENTIFIED A LAMP POST STYLE LIGHTING THAT COULD REPLACE SOME OF THE EXISTING LIGHTING FEATURES WITH A THOUGHT PROCESS IN MIND THAT THE NEW LANDFILL STYLE WOULD BE LED, IT WOULD BE A HIGHER LUMENS, IT WOULD BE BRIGHTER. AND SO WE REALLY WANTED WE HAVE TWO THAT FIXTURES THAT WE IDENTIFIED. WE'VE HAD CITY CREWS INSTALL THEM AT I FORGET WHICH WHICH COURT THIS IS, I THINK WAS [INAUDIBLE] COURT, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. AND SO HERE'S AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE LOCATIONS. AM I SHOWING THE RIGHT ONE. LET ME TRY THIS AGAIN. LOOKED RIGHT. OK, I WANT MAKE SURE. SO YOU SEE THE TWO CIRCLES WHERE THE TWO TEST LIGHTS ARE GOING TO BE ON OPPOSITE ENDS, SO THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT STYLES. SO WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO GAUGE AND SEE NAOMI PEREZ, OUR COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST, WENT OUT WITH THE CITY'S DRONE. I DON'T KNOW IT WAS LATE EVENING OR EARLY MORNING IN THE DARK NIGHT. SO HERE YOU KIND OF SEE A AN IMAGE OF WHAT THE DARKNESS LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT THE STREET LIGHTS AND AS WELL AS THE LIGHTS FROM HOMES AND HOW MUCH THEY ILLUMINATE THE AREA. HERE'S THE CENTER INTERSECTION AND THIS IS THE FAR END. WE'RE GOING THIS IS THE BEFORE PICTURE NOW THAT THEY WERE PUT UP LAST WEEK, SHE'S GOING TO GO BACK OUT AND TAKE UPDATED PICTURES JUST TO CAPTURE THE DIFFERENCE AND THE HOW MUCH IT ILLUMINATES THOSE AREAS WITH THE NEW FIXTURES THAT ARE GOING TO BE A HIGHER LUMENS, A BRIGHTER, WHITER LIGHT. AND THEN THAT'LL KIND OF FACTOR INTO STAFF'S DECISION TO GO BACK TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE ON MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT PARTICULAR SPECIFICATION. BUT JUST FOR FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN SEE THE TWO CORNER INTERSECTIONS JUST TO THE NORTH OF THAT. THAT IS A LIKELY I BELIEVE THOSE ARE BOTH LED LIGHTS. YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY ILLUMINATE TWO INTERSECTIONS, THE TWO CORNERS VERSUS THE END OF THE CUL DE SACS WITH THE WARMER, SOFTER LIGHT WITH. AND THAT'S IT'S ALSO A LESSER LUMIN FOR PERSPECTIVE. SO, DANIEL, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE INTERSECTION THAT IS? I KNOW THAT'S A CUL DE SAC, BUT WHAT STREET IS THAT. THAT WHAT WOULD BE [INAUDIBLE]? YES. BUT THE ACTUAL TEST FLIGHTS ARE GOING TO BE ON [INAUDIBLE] COURT. AND LASTLY, I MAKE SURE MY NOTES. LASTLY, ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CONTRACT CHANGES AND INCREASES, THOSE ARE STILL PENDING, HAVE A PENDING MEETING WITH FIRE CHIEF AS WELL AS A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE CEO'S OFFICE. I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO BE A GYM SERVICE COMING UP WITH MYSELF AND THEM. AND SO, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY HAVE NOT FORMALLY PROPOSED CONTRACT LANGUAGE OR ANYTHING OF THAT SORT. I THINK THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE MORE OF A MEET AND GREET AND OVERVIEW OF WHAT THOSE CHANGES ARE. EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED THOSE AT LENGTH WITH THE CITY MANAGERS AND OBVIOUSLY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS ALREADY MADE UP THE DECISION OF PASSING ON THE COST AND THE MODEL ON TO THE CITY. SO I'M NOT ANTICIPATING THERE'LL BE MUCH TRACTION OR CHANGES FROM THE COUNTY'S POSITION. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE AT THE WHIM OF WHATEVER THEY WANT TO PUT FORTH. SO WITH THAT, IT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TONIGHT. [01:05:05] THANK YOU, DANIEL. THE WHO IS ON THE AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR THAT COULD YOU REMIND ME OR? FOR THE LIGHTING? THE LIGHTING? YES, I BELIEVE IT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ AND COUNCIL MEMBER REYNA. IF I WASN'T NOT MISTAKEN, I WILL DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. JUST LOOKING FOR [INAUDIBLE] I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY NOT AT THIS PHASE, BUT MAYBE IN THE LATER PHASE FOR GREATER PUBLIC INPUT ON PLACEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT'S ON FROM THAT. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY MANAGER ON HIS REPORT? NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE MEMBERS. MOVING ON TO ITEM 16 REPORTS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL. [16) REPORTS FROM CITY COUNCIL] MEMBER PRO TEM REYNA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF WHO ARE WORKING UNDER VERY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES. I KNOW I'VE SAID THAT BEFORE, BUT I RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S NOT EASY TO WORK UNDER THESE CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS OF COVID-19. AND I APPRECIATE THEM VERY MUCH. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. MEMBER CORTEZ. NO GOOD WORK OUT THERE. YOU GUYS ARE DOING EVERYTHING YOU CAN. I'M PLEASED WITH THE CREW THAT WE HAVE. GOOD JOB GUYS. THANK YOU, MEMBER MARTINEZ. NO COMMENTS SIR. HOW ABOUT MEMBER PALLARES. JUST HAVE ONE ITEM, I HAVE A PHONE CALL INTO DAVID COUCHES OFFICE VIA [INAUDIBLE] AND HE'S TRYING TO GET ME TO CONTACT WITH AARON DUNCAN OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SO THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY HAVE THEM ATTEND THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. I DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH TO ADD ASIDE FROM THE STREET LIGHTING INPUT. I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THE FOR THE PARK AND THE GRANT AWARD, THE URBAN GREENING GRANT, THAT'S REALLY A STAFFS I'M CHAMPIONING THAT LIKE HE MENTIONED OVER A COUPLE OF YEARS. I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO THAT, BECAUSE REALLY ROUNDING OUT THE DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA IS KEY AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING COMPLETES THEIR FACES IN THAT AREA. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT COME IN AND COME TO FRUITION. THE DOWNTOWN SURVEY GUYS. IT'S SO IMPORTANT. LET'S GO IN AND GET THAT LINK OUT TO EVERYBODY AND EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY ALL THOSE FOLKS WHO MADE SO MUCH COMMENTS ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN AND THAT LANGUISHING THE DESIGN AND IN THAT WORK ON THE SIDEWALKS IN DOWNTOWN. AND THE LAST ITEM I WANTED TO BRING UP FOR DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR AND THE CLEANUP SUPPLIES, I NEED TO CLEAN UP SUPPLIES AGAIN FOR THIS SATURDAY AND THE TWENTY FOURTH NGC IS DOING A SMALL CLEANUP [INAUDIBLE] ALL THE CLEANING SUPPLIES, CLEANING SUPPLIES FOR ABOUT 10 TO 15 PEOPLE. I'LL GO AHEAD TO MAKE SURE THEY GET THOSE. AND I WELCOME EVERYBODY TO JOIN US. THIS SATURDAY, AND THAT'S AT 10:00. THAT'S A NEW GENERATION CHURCH RIGHT OFF OF CENTRAL AVENUE. OK, I'LL CONNECT WITH YOU MR. MAYOR, ON THAT LATER THIS WEEK. PERFECT. I KNEW YOU WOULD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO BELIEVE. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO CLOSED SESSION. [17) CLOSED SESSION] ITEM 17. WE HAVE ITEMS OR EXCUSE ME. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO CLOSE SESSION NOW AND SEE YOU ALL ON THE OTHER SIDE BACK HERE. SO. THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME. WE'LL SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE. WE'RE BACK AND TOM, YOU WANT TO REPORT OUT ANYTHING AT ALL. [18) CLOSED SESSION ACTION] THREE OF THE MINUTES WERE ADOPTED ON A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ AND FOUR VOTED IN FAVOR, NO OPPOSITION, ONE ABSTENTION. AND THAT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ. THAT WAS A MOTION TO DENY THE MR [INAUDIBLE] AND [INAUDIBLE] CLAIM MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ, SECONDED BY MAYOR GARCIA AND UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED TO REJECT THE CLAIM. NO OTHER ACTION WAS TAKEN. TOM, CAN I GO BACK TO THE OTHER ONE? YOU SAID [INAUDIBLE] COUNCIL MEMBER? THE THE MINUTES. YEAH. THAT WAS MADE BY MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. ALL IN FAVOR EXCEPT COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ, WHO ABSTAINED. PERFECT. GOT IT. VERY WELL, IF NOTHING ELSE, NO FURTHER ACTION OR BUSINESS ON THE CALENDAR WE'LL GO AHEAD [01:10:02] AND ADJOURN. THANKS, FOLKS. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. GOOD NIGHT, EVERYONE. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.