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[1) CALL TO ORDER:]
I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.[NOISE] MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> THANK YOU. EVERYONE THAT IS ABLE, PLEASE STAND FOR A FLAG SALUTE.
OF ALLEGIANCE] PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR AN INVOCATION.
IS THERE SOMEONE HERE THAT CAN GIVE AN INVOCATION? PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME.
>> MY NAME'S JULIE [INAUDIBLE].
>> LET'S BOW OUR HEADS AND PRAY. FATHER GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE AND YOUR MERCY THAT SURROUNDS US EACH AND EVERY DAY.
WE JUST PRAY RIGHT NOW THAT YOU WOULD JUST FILL THIS ROOM, GIVE US WISDOM, LORD FATHER GOD, GIVE OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WISDOM, AND ALL THOSE THAT MIGHT BE PRESENTING TONIGHT, THAT THEY WOULD DO THE BEST FOR THIS CITY, THAT THEY WOULD KEEP THE BEST INTERESTS FOR THE CITIZENS OF THIS CITY LORD FATHER GOD.
WE JUST PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BE A GUIDING LIGHT FOR THE CITY OF WASCO.
THAT YOU WOULD DO WHAT ONLY YOU CAN DO LORD FATHER GOD, AND BRING PEACE TO THIS CITY, BRING SAFETY TO THE CITY, AND ONCE AGAIN, WE JUST CALL UPON YOUR WISDOM FOR OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THOSE ALL PERTAINING TO MAKE DECISIONS TONIGHT.
WE THANK YOU AND WE BLESS YOU IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
[5) a. Retirement Recognition presented to Ascencion (Shon) Rios for 17 years of service to the City of Wasco.]
WE ARE MOVING ON TO ITEM 5 NOW, PRESENTATIONS, RETIREMENT RECOMMENDATION PRESENTED TO [INAUDIBLE] FOR 17 YEARS OF SERVICE FOR THE CITY OF WASCO.WHO'S MAKING THE PRESENTATION?
>> WE HAVE THE PUBLIC DIRECTOR [INAUDIBLE].
>> THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL PLAQUE.
THIS IS BLACK AND GOLD AND IT SAYS, "GROWTH WITH US CITY OF WASCO PRESENTED TO [INAUDIBLE], IN APPRECIATION FOR 17 YEARS OF DEVOTED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF WASCO AUGUST 31ST, 2021.
IS [INAUDIBLE] HERE? VERY GOOD.
>> [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> I STARTED OUT [INAUDIBLE] AND THEN I ENDED UP WITH [INAUDIBLE].
SEAN, YOU'RE IN A HOT SEAT SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO STAND UP HERE.
>> REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE A SCHOOL TEACHER YOU MADE ME STAND IN FRONT OF THE CLASS? [LAUGHTER]
>> THAT'S HOW I FEEL RIGHT NOW [LAUGHTER].
SEAN, WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR YEARS.
SEAN HAS BEEN A GREAT ASSET TO THE CITY, LOYAL EMPLOYEE THAT ALWAYS WORKED HARD AND COMPLETED ALL HIS PROJECTS WITH GREAT CRAFTSMANSHIP. THAT WAS YOU.
SEAN'S MANY THINGS. YOU HAVE BEEN GREAT.
SEAN WAS INVOLVED WITH MANY PROJECTS WITH THE CITY BUT FOR WASTEWATER AS PART OF THE CENTRIFUGE PROJECT, BAR SCREENS PROJECT BASICALLY LIKE COMPLETE OVERHAUL IN THAT PLACE.
YOU'VE BEEN PART OF LIVES STATIONS REROUTE DIGESTION NUMBER 3, IT HAD BEEN OUT THERE MID-SUMMER.
THOSE ARE JUST A FEW PROJECTS, JUST TO NAME A FEW THAT HE'S BEEN INVOLVED OUT THERE.
ALONG WITH TRAINING ALL IT EMPLOYEES, SHOWING THEM THE ROPES AND THE RIGHT WAY OF WORKING OUT THERE.
LET'S NOT FORGET ALL THE POWER OUTAGES WE'D BEEN OUT THERE FROM 11:00 AT NIGHT TO 3:00 AM, SEAN'S ALWAYS THERE.
PICK UP THE PHONE CALL AND HE'S THERE.
THAT BEING SAID, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP AND ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO THE CITY.
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>> [OVERLAPPING] I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE CITY OF WASCO TO PROVIDE ME A TRIP.
IT'S HARD TO LEAVE A ROUTINE, BUT EVERYBODY WAS REALLY GREAT TO ME.
WHETHER YOU, IN OUR HR, EVERYBODY IS GREAT AND HELPED ME OUT.
YEAH. I JUST APPRECIATE EVERYTHING.
IT'S HARDLY BUT YOU GOT TO DO WHAT YOU GOT TO DO WHEN IT'S TIME.
[LAUGHTER] I THINK IT'S THE TIME.
I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY IN THE CITY OF WASCO.
>> SEAN, YOU CAME ON ABOUT 17 YEARS AGO.
IT HAS BEEN OVER 17 OR 17, ROUND THE MONEY?
>> I WAS ELECTED ABOUT 17 YEARS AGO.
YOU AND I HAVE BEEN ON THAT SAME RIGHT WITH THE CITY OF WASCO FOR A WHILE.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS, YOU'RE NOT A LOAD FLASHY GUY.
YOU ARE A GUY THAT COMES TO WORK DOES HIS JOB AND WE CAN RELY ON YOU DAY AFTER DAY.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE THIS CITY NEEDS THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, SEAN, AND WE WISH YOU THE BEST IN RETIREMENT.
>> SEAN, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR CITY.
IT DOES MEAN A LOT AND HAVING GOOD EMPLOYEES LIKE YOU, HELPS OUR CITY TO GET BETTER.
THANK YOU AND GOOD LUCK IN RETIREMENT.
>> SEAN, BEST WISHES FOR YOU IN YOUR RETIREMENT.
>> ARE YOU OFFICIALLY RETIRED OR YOU'RE DONE HERE? YOU'RE JUST HERE OUT OF THE KINDNESS OF YOUR HEART TODAY.
>> HE REALLY DOESN'T WANT TO LEAVE.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. I REALLY WANTED TO RECOGNIZE YOU FOR YOUR WORK HERE AT THE CITY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MOVING ON TO ITEM 6, PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS RESERVED FOR PERSONS DESIRING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AND INCLUDING THE COUNCIL ACTING AS A GOVERNING BOARD FOR THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY.
ON ANY SATURDAY. AGENDA OVER WHICH THE COUNCIL AND SUCCESSOR AGENCY HAD JURISDICTION.
SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES.
A MAXIMUM OF 30 MINUTES WILL BE ALLOWED FOR ANY ONE SUBJECT.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD BEFORE MAKING YOUR PRESENTATION.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? OKAY. IT SEEMS NONE.
LET ME READ THE REST OF THIS, BROWN ACT REQUIREMENT IS THE BROWN ACT DOES NOT ALLOW AUCTION OR DISCUSSION ON ITEMS, NOT ON THE AGENDA SUBJECT TO NARROW EXCEPTIONS.
THIS WILL LIMIT A COUNCIL MEMBER'S RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS AND REQUESTS MADE YOU ARE IN THE COMMON PERIOD.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY EMAIL COMMENTS?
>> WE DO NOT HAVE ANY EMAIL COMMENTS.
OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 7, SUCCESSOR AGENCY,
[7) a. Adopt a Resolution of the Successor Agency to the Former Wasco Redevelopment Agency Removing Alexandro Garcia and adding John Pallares as an Authorizing Signer for all Successor Agency Bank Accounts. (Perez-Hernandez)]
BUSINESS ITEM A ADOPT A RESOLUTION OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE FARMER ROSCOE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.WE MOVING ALEJANDRO GARCIA AND ADDING JOHN POLARIS AS AN AUTHORIZED FINER FOR ALL SUCCESSOR AGENCY BANK ACCOUNTS.
MR. HERNANDEZ OR SHOULD I SAY, MR. POLARIS? [LAUGHTER].
>> [LAUGHTER] THEIR OWN SIMPLER.
GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN AND BOARD MEMBERS.
THIS EVENING BEFORE YOU IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBSTITUTION OF ALEXANDRO GARCIA WITH THE NEW VICE CHAIRMAN JOHN PALLARES ADDING AS A NEW ASSIGNING AUTHORITY TO THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY, AND WITH THAT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER THEM.
THE BOARD MEMBERS AND CHAIRMAN.
>> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC AT THIS TIME? OKAY, SEEING NONE.
MADAM CLERK DO WE HAVE ANY EMAIL COMMENTS REGARDING THIS ITEM?
>> THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS, VICE-CHAIR PALLARES?
>> THANK YOU. [NOISE] DIRECTOR CORTEZ?
>> OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE?
>> MADAM CLERK HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECOND, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL.
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>> MOTION BY DIRECTOR CORTEZ, SECOND BY DIRECTOR MARTINEZ TO APPROVE ITEM 7/8 MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
>> THANK YOU. ITEM 8 WASCO PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY BUSINESS.
[8) a. Adopt a Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Wasco Public Financing Authority Removing Alexandro Garcia and adding John Pallares as an Authorizing Signer for all Wasco Public Financing Authority Bank Accounts. (Perez-Hernandez)]
ITEM 8 ADOPT A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE WASCO PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY, REMOVING ALEXANDRO GARCIA AND ADDING JOHN PALLARES AS AN AUTHORIZED SIGNER FOR ALL WASCO PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY BANK ACCOUNTS.MR. PEREZ. YOU NEVER LEFT, DID YOU?
>> LIKE THE FLASH, [LAUGHTER] I'M ALREADY HERE.
>> GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN AND BOARD MEMBERS.
THIS EVENING BEFORE YOU IS A RESOLUTION SIMILAR TO THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY WHERE WE ARE SUBSTITUTING ALEXANDRO GARCIA WITH THE NEW VICE-CHAIRMAN JOHN PALLARES WITH THE SIGNING AUTHORITY FOR ALL THE BANK ACCOUNTS FOR THE WASCO PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M WELCOMING QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS, CHAIRMAN, AND VICE-CHAIRMAN OR THE PUBLIC HAS.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? OKAY, SEEING NONE, MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY EMAIL COMMENTS REGARDING THIS ITEM?
>> WE DO NOT HAVE ANY EMAIL COMMENTS.
>> THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS, VICE-CHAIR PALLARES?
>> THANK YOU. DIRECTOR CORTEZ?
>> THANK YOU. DIRECTOR OF GARCIA?
>> THANK YOU. [NOISE] COULD I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE?
>> OKAY, IT'S BEEN MOVED, AND SECOND, MADAM CLERK WOULD YOU DO A VOTE ROLL CALL?
>> MOTION BY DIRECTOR CORTEZ, SECOND BY DIRECTOR MARTINEZ TO APPROVE ITEM 8A MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
[9) CONSENT CALENDAR:]
>> MOVING ON TO ITEM 9, CONSENT CALENDAR.
THE CONSENT CALENDAR CONSISTS OF ITEMS THAT, IN STAFF'S OPINION, ARE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL.
THESE ITEMS ARE APPROVED IN ONE MOTION UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER OR A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC REQUESTS REMOVAL OF A PARTICULAR ITEM.
THIS EVENING, WE HAVE ITEMS 9(A) THROUGH 9(G).
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE MEMBERS IF THEY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON A PARTICULAR ITEM ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
>> MY MOTHER LIVES ON 16TH STREET, WOULD THAT BE A CONFLICT?
>> THE CURRENT PROJECT ANTICIPATES [NOISE] ALONG THAT AREA AND IT'S A PRETTY LARGE PROJECT FOCUSED ON ONE PROFIT HERE AND ANOTHER.
>> SHOULD HE REMAIN IN THE CHAMBERS OR SHOULD HE?
>> NO, HE WOULDN'T HAVE TO LEAVE THE CHAMBERS.
>> CAN WE PULL THAT ITEM AND BOLD ON THE OTHER ONES AND THEN THE OTHER SIDE IN BACK?
>> WHICH IS THE ITEM IN QUESTION, MR. PALLARES?
>> HONORABLE MAYOR IF I CAN INTERRUPT, I'M GOING TO BE REQUESTING THAT WE PULL ITEM E, IN ANY CASE, AND DIFFER BECAUSE THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE STAFF REPORT THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED BEFORE WE BRING IT BACK.
>> COULD YOU REPEAT THE ITEM NUMBER?
>> OKAY. THE SAME ONE THAT HE NEEDS TO APPROVE?
>> RIGHT, THERE'S NO CONFLICT AND SO WE'RE PULLING ITEM E FOR LATER CONSIDERATION.
>> AT ANOTHER TIME, AT ANOTHER MEETING.
WE WILL HAVE ITEMS (A) THROUGH (G) EXCEPT ITEM (E).
>> TO TOP THAT OFF, I DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT THE CANVASSING FOR CONFLICTS BUT ALSO I'M GOING TO ASK THE DB REMOVED FROM CONSENT FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION.
WE WILL BE THEN VOTING ON (A), (B), (C) (F), AND (G) IS THAT CORRECT?
>> VOTED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS STATED BY THE MAYOR.
>> I WAS GOING TO ASK IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
>> THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST IF YOU CAN JUST GO AHEAD AND ASK THE REMAINING MEMBERS IF THEY HAVE ANY. [OVERLAPPING]
>> EACH MEMBER. OKAY, THERE IS NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST FOR MR. PALLARES ANYMORE BECAUSE WE HAVE REMOVED THE ITEM IN QUESTION, MR. CORTEZ?
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>> I DON'T HAVE A CONFLICT, SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON THAT.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME ON THESE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? OKAY, SEEING NONE.
ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS? OKAY, COULD I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE?
>> OKAY. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECOND, MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU CALL A VOTE ROLL CALL.
>> MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER GARCIA, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR WITH SEPARATE CONSIDERATIONS ON ITEM 9(B) AND 9(E).
THE MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
[9) d. Accept all Bids and Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Endorse and Enter into an Agreement with Graham Prewett, Inc. for the re-roofing of the Sheriff / City Hall buildings in the amount of $81,800.00 and allowing the City Manager to execute Contract Change Orders in an amount not to exceed an aggregate of $15,000.]
>> YES, HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
ITEM D CONCERNS THE READ THE BIDS RECEIVED FOR THE RE-ROOFING OF THE TWO BUILDINGS HERE AT THE SHERIFF'S SUBSTATION AND THE CITY HALL.
THE BID WAS STRUCTURED FOR THE RE-ROOFING OF THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE AND AN ALTERNATE BID TO REMOVE, SET ASIDE, AND REPLACE THE CLAY TILES THAT ARE ON THIS PORTION OF THE BUILDING ONLY STRICTLY FOR AESTHETIC PURPOSES.
THE BIDS FOR THAT ALTERNATE ACTION CAME BACK VERY HIGH, $31,000 AND $41,000.
THE MATERIALS UNDERNEATH THESE TILES, ONCE REPLACED, WOULD BE IDENTICAL TO THE REST OF THE BUILDING.
STAFF DETERMINED THAT THAT WAS A GOOD USE OF FUNDS OR JUST A SMALL PORTION OF THE ROOF.
THAT BEING SAID, THE LOW-RESPONSIVE BID WAS RECEIVED FROM THE PREWETT COMPANY, [NOISE] AND IN REVIEWING THE QUOTE DOCUMENT FOR THE STAFF REPORT, THERE'S SOME AMBIGUOUS WORDING IN THERE THAT MADE ME A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE JUST TO BE ABSOLUTELY SURE THAT THEY WERE BIDDING ON WHAT EVERYBODY ASSUMED, WHAT WE'RE CONFIDENT THEY DID BUT THE WORDING ISN'T WHAT IT SHOULD BE.
WE TRIED TO REACH THE COMPANY TODAY [NOISE] TO GET A WRITTEN CLARIFICATION OF THAT, UNABLE TO IN TIME FOR THE MEETING TONIGHT.
MY REQUEST AND I CAN GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS BUT MY REQUEST TONIGHT IS, I BELIEVE AND STAFF BELIEVES THAT THEIR BID WAS ACCURATE.
THEY WERE BIDDING ON WHAT WE THOUGHT THEY WERE AND THE NUMBER IS RIGHT AND THEY ARE THE LOW RESPONSIVE BID.
PENDING THIS WRITTEN CLARIFICATION TO ELIMINATE THE AMBIGUITY IN THEIR QUOTE, I WOULD REQUEST ONE OF TWO THINGS.
ONE IS WE CAN EITHER PULL INTO FURTHER THE ITEM OR WE CAN APPROVE IT'S SUBJECT TO RECEIVING THAT CLARIFICATION LETTER FROM THEM AND APPROVE IT WAY.
IN ANY CASE, I WOULD NOT EXECUTE THE DOCUMENT UNLESS WE RECEIVED SATISFACTORY CLARIFICATION LETTER FROM THEM.
IT'S THE COUNCIL'S PLEASURE ON WHICH WAY WE GO.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. IF I MAY.
WAITING UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING, MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR YOUR TIMELINE OR WOULD THAT BE OKAY?
>> IT WOULD CERTAINLY IMPACT THE TIMELINE BY WHATEVER AMOUNT OF DELAY THERE IS AND MAKING THE AWARD AND EXECUTING THE CONTRACT.
>> AFTER HEARING THIS, IT IS YOUR PREFERENCE THEN THAT WE APPROVE IT PENDING CLARIFICATION OF THIS LANGUAGE THAT YOU SAID IS AMBIGUOUS.
>> THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE.
AGAIN, I HAVE A VERY HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT BOTH THE CITY AND THE VENDOR ARE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING BUT I WANT TO BE SURE IN WRITING BEFORE I EXECUTE THE CONTRACT.
JUST OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, I WOULD ASK THAT.
>> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS?
>> I APPRECIATE THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL BECAUSE THAT COULD SAVE US A LOT OF WORK DOWN THE ROAD.
>> I DO APPRECIATE THAT EVEN IF IT TAKES AN EXTRA DAY OR TWO TO GET IT CLARIFIED.
I'M GOOD WITH ACCEPTING UPON SOME ACCEPTABLE LANGUAGE.
>> IT MAKES SENSE TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE CONTINGENT ON THAT CLARIFICATION.
>> I THINK YOU'VE GOT A CONSENSUS.
WE'LL MOVE IN, APPROVE THIS SPENDING CLARIFICATION OF THEIR LANGUAGE SO I WILL MOVE IT FORWARD WITH A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND?
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>> OKAY, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECOND, MEMBER GARCIA SECONDED IT.
>> [OVERLAPPING] SUBJECT TO ACCEPTABLE LANGUAGE OR CLARIFICATION?
>> THAT'S CORRECT. SUBJECT TO THE CLARIFICATION OF THE LANGUAGE.
NOW, IF THE LANGUAGE, WE SHOULD COME BACK, THAT IS NOT WHAT YOU EXPECTING, IT WOULD NOT.
>> IT WILL DEFINITELY COME BACK.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU?
>> I DID AND MEMBER GARCIA DID THE SECOND, HE JUST BEAT MR. MARTINEZ BY A SHORT.
>> MUST HAVE BEEN A MILLISECOND.
[LAUGHTER] IF YOU COULD ASK FOR A ROLL-CALL VOTE.
>> MOTION BY MAYOR REYNA SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GARCIA TO APPROVE ITEM 9B WITH THE CLARIFICATION LANGUAGE MENTIONED, MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. MOVING ON TO ITEM 10, PUBLIC HEARINGS.
[10) a. Report and Possible Approval, RE: The Establishment of Community Facilities District 2020-1, and Levy of a Special Tax for Services. (Cobb) ]
BEFORE [NOISE] POSSIBLE APPROVAL THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT 2020-1 IN LEVY OF A SPECIAL TAX SERVICES MISS COBB.>> [NOISE] EVENING MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
ON JULY 5TH, 2021, LEORA LLC SUBMITTED A PETITION TO REQUEST THE FORMATION OF A COMMUNITY FACILITIES TO DISTRICT IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A METHOD OF PROVIDING SPECIFIED SERVICES FOR THEIR PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT.
THE PETITION ALLOWS THE CFD PROCEEDINGS TO BE EXPEDITED BECAUSE THE LANDOWNER WAIVED CERTAIN NOTICE AND ELECTION REQUIREMENTS.
SUBSEQUENTLY, ON JULY 20, 2021, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021 3649, DECLARING THE COUNCIL'S INTENTION TO ESTABLISH THE CFD AND TO AUTHORIZE THE LEVY OF A SPECIAL TAX IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RATE AND METHOD OF APPORTIONMENT OF SPECIAL TAX ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT B TO THAT RESOLUTION.
THE RESOLUTION OF ATTENTION WAS THE INITIAL STEP FOR FORMING THE CFD PURSUANT TO THE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED BY THE ACT, WHICH INCLUDE HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING AND SUBMITTING THE FORMATION OF PROPOSED CFD TO THE LANDOWNER AT A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE CONDUCTED FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT.
THE RESOLUTION OF INTENTION SET TONIGHT, SEPTEMBER 7TH, AS THE DATE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND ALSO DIRECTED STAFF TO PREPARE AND FILE A REPORT ON THE PROPOSED CFD THAT DESCRIBES THE SERVICES AND INCLUDES THE ESTIMATE OF THE COST OF PROVIDING THE SERVICES.
THE LIST OF SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED THROUGH THE ANNUAL LEVY OF THE SPECIAL TAX ARE LISTED IN YOUR STAFF REPORT AND THE PROPOSED MAXIMUM SPECIAL TAX RATE TO PAY FOR THESE SERVICES IS $1,060.96 PER PARCEL ANNUALLY TO BE ESCALATED ANNUALLY BY THE LESSER OF THE CPI OR FIVE PERCENT.
THE SPECIFIC FORMAT THAT MUST BE FOLLOWED FOR THE FORMATION OF THE CFD INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STEPS.
AT THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL HEAR ANY TESTIMONY CONCERNING THE CFD.
AFTER THE CLOSING OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY ADOPT THE RESOLUTION SHOWN IN ATTACHMENT 3 IN YOUR STAFF REPORT APPROVING THE FORMATION OF THE CFD AND THE LEVY OF THE SPECIAL TAX.
FOLLOWING THE FORMATION OF THE CFD, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY CALL A SPECIAL ELECTION BY THE LANDOWNERS WITHIN THE CFD BY ADOPTING THE RESOLUTION SHOWN IN ATTACHMENT FORM.
THIS IS A LOT I REALIZE [LAUGHTER].
SINCE LEORA LLC IS THE ONLY LANDOWNER AND QUALIFIED ELECTOR WITHIN THE DISTRICT AT THIS TIME, THAT DEVELOPERS' BALLOT WILL BE OPENED AND THE VOTE TALLIED BY THE CITY CLERK AT THE COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
FOLLOWING THE VOTE AND ASSUMING THE ELECTION IS SUCCESSFUL, THE CITY COUNCIL IS REQUESTED TO CONSIDER THE RESOLUTION IN ATTACHMENT NUMBER 5, WHICH IS A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION IN THE CITY OF WASCO COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NUMBER 2020-01, AND DIRECTS THE RECORDING OF A NOTICE OF SPECIAL TAX LIEN AND TO INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE ATTACHED IN ATTACHMENT 6, WHICH IS AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE LEVY OF THAT SPECIAL TAX.
SHOULD THE COUNCIL ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AND INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE, THE CITY CLERK WILL SUBSEQUENTLY RECORD THE NOTICE OF SPECIAL TAX LIEN WITH THE KERN COUNTY RECORDER'S OFFICE AND A SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR THE SEPTEMBER 21, 2021 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
AT THIS TIME, IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THIS ITEM.
MADAM CLERK HAS NOTICE OF THIS HEARING BEEN GIVEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE LAW?
>> YES. THE NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN MOUNT AND PUBLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MELLO-ROOS COMMUNITY FACILITY ACT AND PROOF OF SUCH PUBLICATION IS IN FILE OF THE CITY CLERK'S DEPARTMENT.
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>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING [NOISE].
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR TESTIMONY FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC? AT THIS TIME, [NOISE] ALL INTERESTED PERSONS OR TAXPAYERS MAY APPROACH THE PODIUM AND TESTIFY ORALLY OR IN WRITING FOR OR AGAINST.
IS ANYONE PRESENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE.
THIS IS REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS DISTRICT, THE EXTENT OF THE DISTRICT, THE FURNISHINGS OF SPECIFIED TYPES OF PUBLIC SERVICES IN THE DISTRICT, AND OR THE PROPOSED RATE AND METHOD OF APPORTIONMENT OF THE SPECIAL TAX.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THERE WAS NO COMMENTS [NOISE].
ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, MAYOR PRO TEM?
>> NO COMMENTS FROM ME. THANK YOU.
>> I GOT A COUPLE. DIRECTOR COBB, IN REGARDS TO THE CFD, I NOTICE THIS INCLUDES WHAT WOULD TYPICALLY BE INCLUDED IN OUR LLMD, LIGHTING LANDSCAPE AND MAINTENANCE DISTRICT LEVIES.
>> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ENCOMPASSES MORE BECAUSE IT INCLUDES THE POLICE, BUYER SERVICES AND OTHER ITEMS.
>> MY CONCERN IS GOING BACK TO SOME OF THE ISSUES WE'VE HAD WITH LLMDSS AND REGARDS TO MAKE SURE WE COVERED KNOW FOR THE COST TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE.
>> WHAT WE'RE SAYING WE'RE PROVIDING HERE?
>> IN REGARDING THE CPI, THE FIVE PERCENT, IS THERE ANY LANGUAGE IN HERE THAT ALLOWS US TO ADJUST AT ONE POINT IF WE FALL GROSSLY BEHIND THE ACTUAL COSTS?
>> NO. MY UNDERSTANDING AND I'LL DEFER TO MARK IF HE HAS ANYTHING TO ADD TO THIS.
BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT ADJUSTING IT BEYOND WHAT IT'S FIXED AT TODAY AND THEN ESCALATING IT BY FIVE PERCENT OR THE CPI, WHICHEVER IS LESS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BOUND TO WITHOUT CONDUCTING ANOTHER ELECTION.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF THIS HELPS ANY, BUT COSTS WERE ESTIMATED BY OUR CITY ENGINEER.
ALL THE MAINTENANCE COSTS WERE ESTIMATED BY OUR CITY ENGINEER.
COSTS FOR POLICE AND FIRE SERVICES WERE ESTIMATED BY OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE CAME UP WITH THE COST.
SOME OTHER PROBLEM WITH OUR OLD LLMDS, I THINK ONE IN PARTICULAR DOES NOT INCLUDE AN ESCALATOR AND SO YOU'RE BEHIND BEFORE YOU EVEN START AND THAT IS NOT THE CASE HERE.
I THINK WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET AN ACCURATE COST AND TO [OVERLAPPING].
>> YES, THAT WOULD BE [OVERLAPPING]. WE PUT EVERYTHING IN HERE THAT WE CAN TO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THOSE CHANGES IN THE FUTURE.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CORTEZ. MEMBER GARCIA?
>> THANK YOU. MEMBER MARTINEZ?
>> I DO WANT TO ADD SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN ADDRESSING LATELY AND THAT IS THAT WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER THIS LLMDS, THAT WE NEED TO HAVE INPUT AS TO WHAT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE.
BECAUSE THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE WRONG TYPES OF TREES BEING PLANTED IN DESTROYING THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS VERY COSTLY TO PUT IN.
I WOULD JUST ASK THAT WE ARE INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN WHAT WILL BE PLANTED SO THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE A FUTURE DESTRUCTION OF WHAT WE'RE BUILDING AT THIS TIME. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
>> AGREED, IT DOES. IF THIS HELPS, WE HAVE IN THE LAST YEAR, I CAN'T GIVE YOU THE EXACT DATE.
WE RETAINED A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT ON A OPEN CONTRACT TO HELP US REVIEW PUBLIC LANDSCAPE PLANS AND GIVE US HER FEEDBACK ON WHAT TYPES OF TREES SHOULD BE PLANTED, THE BEST TYPES OF TREES FOR LOW MAINTENANCE.
THIS IS THE FIRST SUBDIVISION THAT WE'VE HAD THAT REVIEW ON, SO WE SHOULD HAVE A MUCH BETTER LANDSCAPE TREATMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE EASIER TO MAINTAIN IN THE LONG RUN ON THIS PARTICULAR SUBDIVISION.
>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> MADAM CLERK, DOES A MAJORITY PROTEST EXIST AGAINST THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS DISTRICT, AGAINST THE EXTENT OF THE DISTRICT, AGAINST THE FURNISHING OF A SPECIFIED TYPE OF SERVICE IN THE DISTRICT, OR AGAINST SPECIFIED SPECIAL TAX WITHIN THE DISTRICT? I KNOW THAT'S LIKE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AT ONCE [LAUGHTER].
>> NO. WE HAVE NO WRITTEN PROTESTS RECEIVED FROM THE LANDLORDS WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
THEREFORE THE MAJORITY PROTEST DOES NOT EXIST.
>> THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, BECAUSE A MAJORITY PROTEST DOES NOT EXIST, IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER RESOLUTIONS TO FORM THE DISTRICT AND TO CALL A SPECIAL ELECTION WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
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ITEM 1, ADOPT THE RESOLUTION OF FORMATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WASCO TO ESTABLISH CITY OF WASCO COMMUNITY FACILITY DISTRICT NUMBER 2020-01, TO MAKE ENVIRONMENTAL FINDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT THERE TO PURSUANT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENT QUALITY ACT, TO ESTABLISH APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT THEREFORE, TO AUTHORIZE LEVY OF A SPECIAL TAX THEREIN AND TO SUBMIT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT IN THE LEVY OF A SPECIAL TAX TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS THERE.I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 10A1.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECOND [NOISE]. ALL RIGHT.
[NOISE] MADAME CLERK COULD YOU TAKE A VOTE OF ROLL CALL?
>> MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ TO APPROVE ITEM 10A1.
MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
>> I WILL CONTINUE TO READ AND I KNOW THIS IS EXCITING AS WATCHING PAINT DRY, RIGHT? [LAUGHTER]. BECAUSE IT SOUNDS VERY COMPLICATED LANGUAGE, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
ITEM 10A2, ADOPTED RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WASCO CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION WITHIN CITY OF WASCO, COMMUNITY FACILITY DISTRICT NUMBER 2020-01.
WE'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 10A2.
>> IS THERE A MOTION? OKAY, IT'S BEEN MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECOND [NOISE] MADAM CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE BE A ROLL-CALL. WHAT WAS THAT?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER [NOISE] GARCIA?
>> MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER GARCIA, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ TO APPROVE ITEM 10A2.
MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
>> [NOISE] THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
ITEM 3, CONDUCT THE SPECIAL ELECTION AND CANVAS RESULTS.
PURSUANT OF THE ADOPTED RESOLUTION CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE LEVY OF THE SPECIAL TAX AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT FOR THE CITY OF WASCO COMMUNITY FACILITY DISTRICT NUMBER 2020-01, IT'S NOW OPEN AND THE CITY CLERK MAY CONDUCT THIS ELECTION.
MADAM CLERK, HAVE YOU RECEIVE THE BALLOT FROM THE LANDOWNER IN THE DISTRICT?
>> YES, I HAVE RECEIVED [NOISE] THE BALLOT AND FOUND THAT ALL THE BALLOTS IN THE ELECTION HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND DECLARED ELECTION RESULTS.
>> MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE PROCEED TO CANVAS THE BALLOTS.
[NOISE] [LAUGHTER] AS YOU PROBABLY HEARD DURING THE PRESENTATION, THIS IS FOR THE PUBLIC.
THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON THAT IS ALLOWED TO VOTE, AND THAT IS ANYBODY WHO LIVES WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
THE ONLY ONE THAT LIVES WITHIN THAT DISTRICT IS THE OWNER OF THE LAND.
>> ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A RECOUNT? [LAUGHTER]
>> NO RECOUNT NECESSARY, MR. MARTINEZ.
AT THIS TIME, IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THE RESOLUTION DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION, THE ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE LEVY OF THE SPATIAL TAX WITHIN THE DISTRICT, AND THE RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE LEVY OF THE SPATIAL TAX.
ITEM 4, ADOPT A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WASCO DECLARING THE RESOURCEFUL AND SPECIAL ELECTION IN CITY OF WASCO, COMMUNITY FACILITY DISTRICT NUMBER 2020-01, AND DIRECTING THE RECORDING OF A NOTICE OF SPATIAL TAX LEAN.
I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 10A4.
>> IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.
ALL RIGHT. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU CALL FOR A VOTE.
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>> MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ, SECOND BY MAYOR REYNA TO APPROVE ITEM 10A4.
MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
>> [NOISE] THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. ITEM 5, AND THIS IS ITEM 10.
INTRODUCTION IN WAVE, THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WASCO ACTING IN ITS CAPACITY AS A LEGISLATIVE BODY OF CITY OF WASCO COMMUNITY FACILITY DISTRICT NUMBER 2020-01, AUTHORIZING THE LEVY OF A SPATIAL TAX WITHIN THAT DISTRICT.
WE WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO INTRODUCE AND WAVE THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE REGARDING THIS ITEM.
>> OKAY. MADAM CLERK, IT HAS BEEN MOVED, AND SECOND, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL?
>> MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ TO INTRODUCE AND WAVE THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE.
MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. WE GOT THROUGH IT [LAUGHTER].
ALL RIGHT. ITEM 11, THE FIRE BUSINESS.
[11) a. Kern County Fire Department Report and Discussion regarding illegal fireworks. (Hurlbert)]
KERN COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT AND [NOISE] DISCUSSION REGARDING ILLEGAL FIREWORKS.WAIT [LAUGHTER], THIS DEPARTMENT?
>> THAT'S GOING TO BE YES, SIR.
HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, ONCE AGAIN, WE'LL DEFER THIS ITEM.
I THINK AT THE LAST MEETING I WARNED [NOISE] THAT I HAD A MEETING COMING RIGHT UP WITH THE NEW CHIEF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THAT HAD TO BE CANCELED [NOISE] FOR LEGITIMATE REASONS DUE TO THE FIRES HERE IN KERN COUNTY, HE HAD TO BE OUT OF THE OFFICE.
THAT WILL BE RESCHEDULED WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO AND THIS MATTER WILL BE A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. HERBERT [OVERLAPPING].
>> I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I DO PAY ATTENTION TO THE WORDS THAT YOU EXPRESS, AND YOU SAID THAT THIS WAS CANCELED FOR LEGITIMATE REASONS, WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THE OTHERS WERE NOT.
>> I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE OTHERS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I APPRECIATE IT [NOISE].
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OR FROM THE PUBLIC? ALL RIGHT.
I DIDN'T THINK SO. ITEM 12, NEW BUSINESS.
[Items 12A & 12B]
ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE AMENDMENT SALARY SCHEDULE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2021, 2022, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM, CALPERS.REQUIREMENT PUBLICLY AVAILABLE PER SCHEDULES, MR. HERBERT.
>> YES, HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
THIS ITEM COVERS TWO SUB-ITEMS. ONE IS JUST THE PUBLISHING OF A NEW SALARY SCHEDULE, A REQUIREMENT OF THE STATE AND WE HAVE A CORRECTION AND A CHANGE TO MAKE.
THE CORRECTION HAS TO DO WITH THE WASTEWATER COLLECTION SPECIALIST.
ONE POSITION THAT WAS CORRECTLY REPRESENTED IN THE BUDGET THAT YOU ADOPTED, BUT INCORRECTLY STATED ON THE SALARY SCHEDULE THAT WE APPROVED IN JULY.
SO THAT ITEM WILL BE SIMPLY TO RESTATE THE PAY RANGE FROM 25 TO 30, WHICH IS CORRECT IN THE BOTH BUDGET AND IN REALITY.
THE SECOND ITEM HAS TO DO WITH THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT.
>> ARE WE TAKING BOTH ITEMS AT THIS TIME?
>> BOTH ITEMS INVOLVED SIMPLY APPROVING THE NEW SALARY SCHEDULE.
>> I'LL HANDLE THE DESCRIPTION TOGETHER IF THAT'S OKAY.
>> YEAH, IT'S QUITE ALL RIGHT.
>> THE SECOND IS THE REINSTATEMENT OF THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER POSITION.
THIS HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN APPROVED DECISION, BUT LEFT VACANT AND ULTIMATELY REMOVED FROM THE SALARY SCHEDULE SOME TIME IN THE PAST.
AT PRESENT, WE HAVE APPROVED BOTH THE SYSTEM TO THE CITY MANAGER POSITION AND A GRANT MANAGER POSITION.
WE HAVE NEED FOR BOTH OF THOSE SKILL SETS, AND IT TURNS OUT THAT COMBINED BASE RATE COST FOR THOSE TWO POSITIONS IS LESS THAN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER POSITION ALONE.
I AM ASKING THE COUNCIL TO GO AHEAD AND ALLOW REINSTATEMENT OF THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER POSITION.
IT WILL HAVE NO BUDGET IMPACT BECAUSE THE TWO COMPONENT POSITIONS WILL BE LEFT VACANT,
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AND UNDER THE CURRENT BUDGET ALLOTMENT WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SLIGHT SAVINGS VERSUS THE TWO POSITIONS.IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO FILL THOSE.
>> I'LL ASK THE FIRST QUESTION AND JUST FOR CLARITY, I'M LOOKING AT THE AGENDA THAT I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME, AND IT STATES ITEM A, IT'S ADOPTER RESOLUTION APPROVING THE AMENDMENT SALARY SCHEDULE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2021, 2022.
HOWEVER, I DID READ THE REPORT AS YOU KNOW, IT MAKES NO MENTION OF THE RESTATING THE POSITION OF ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ON THE AGENDA.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COMPLYING WITH BROWN ACT REQUIREMENTS AND THAT WE'RE NOT IN ANY VIOLATION BECAUSE IT IS NOT STATED ON THE AGENDA.
>> THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY.
ULTIMATELY, MY BELIEF IS THAT WE ROUTINELY MAKE CHANGES, NOT ROUTINELY, BUT [NOISE] ANNUALLY OR MORE OFTEN WE MAKE CHANGES TO THE SALARY SCHEDULE WITHOUT ENUMERATING THE SPECIFIC CHANGES THAT ARE BEING MADE TO THE SALARY SCHEDULE.
THE SCHEDULE ITSELF IS FULLY DISCLOSED.
THE NARRATIVE IN THE STAFF REPORT EXPLAINS THE DETAILS OF WHAT CHANGES ARE BEING MADE TO THE SALARY SCHEDULE.
BUT AGAIN, I'D DEFER TO YOUR EXPERTISE ON THIS.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE PACKET IN THE STAFF REPORT, SO I DID READ IT.
BUT BECAUSE IT IS NOT STATED ON THE AGENDA AND THAT'S WHY I'M QUESTIONING.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT IN VIOLATION.
>> WELL, I THINK NOT STUDY THE QUESTION CAREFULLY OFF AND I'D SAY THAT'S FINE.
IT WOULD NOT BE A VIOLATION BECAUSE IT IS INCLUDED IS JUST NOT PLAINLY.
>> DID YOU JUST KNOCK ON WOOD? [LAUGHTER].
>> I SAID DID YOU JUST KNOCK ON WOOD? [LAUGHTER] NOT VERY REASSURING I'M KIDDING.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. MR. HUBBARD.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? OKAY. SEEING NONE. MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY EMAIL COMMENTS REGARDING THIS ITEM?
>> WE DO NOT HAVE ANY EMAIL COMMENT MAYOR.
ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS MAYOR PROTEMPOLARIAS?
IN THE PAST, OUR GRANT MANAGER HAS BEEN A VITAL PART OF ACQUIRING SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS THROUGH SOME GRANT PROGRAMS. IS THAT GOING TO BE A ROLE THAT THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WILL BE DOING UNDER THAT TITLE?
>> YES. THAT'LL WILL ACTUALLY BE THE PRIMARY ROLE INITIALLY, IS TO GET US CAUGHT BACK UP ON GRANT PURSUIT, AND THE MISSING PIECE HAS BEEN THE GRANT MANAGEMENT.
DURING AND AFTER THE FACT, AND THE ADDITIONAL RECORDKEEPING THAT'S REQUIRED HAS BECOME MORE AND MORE COMPLEX AS TIME HAS GONE ON.
>> BY TRUSTING YOU MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION, THAT'S YOUR CALL?
>> I ECHO HIS CONCERNS AS WELL THAT, THAT POSITION IS IMPORTANT TO NOT ONLY THE PURSUIT OF GRANTS, BUT THE IMPLEMENTATION AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE STILL IN LINE WITH THOSE REGULATIONS.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
>> MADAM CLERK HAS BEEN MOVED IN SECOND.
WOULD YOU CALL THE VOTE BY VOCAL?
>> MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GARCIA TO APPROVE ITEM 12A, MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. ITEM B, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE MINUTE ACTION DETERMINED IN THE CITY'S POSITION REGARDING TWO RESOLUTIONS THAT HAD BEEN SUBMITTED FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND REFER TO THE CALLOSITIES POLICY COMMITTEES SCHEDULED TO MEET ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2021, MR. HUBBARD?
>> YES. THANK YOU. HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
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THIS ITEM HAS TWO PARTS.ONE IS VERY SIMPLE AND ONE IS NOT.
THE FIRST ONE HAS TO DO WITH THE LEAGUE OF CITIES RESOLUTION CONCERNING, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, LIGHTING A FIRE UNDER THE STATE AGENCIES THAT OVERSEE THE RAILROADS AND THEIR MAINTENANCE OF THEIR OWN RIGHT-OF-WAY.
THERE'S AN ONGOING GROWING PROBLEM WITH LITTER, WITH CRIME, WITH HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS INHABITING THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF RAILROADS AS THEY PASS THROUGH TOWNS AND CITIES.
THE JURISDICTIONS THAT ARE AFFECTED ARE LIMITED AND NOT COMPLETELY HELPLESS, BUT FAIRLY LIMITED IN WHAT THEY CAN DO IN THE RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY.
STATEWIDE, THERE ARE JUST A FIXED NUMBER OF INSPECTORS THAT HAVE TAKEN ON THE RESPONSIBILITY WHICH IS ABDICATED, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, FROM THE FEDERAL RAILROAD AUTHORITY TO THE STATES.
THIS LEAGUE OF CITIES RESOLUTION SAYS, IS REALLY A CALL TO THE GOVERNOR TO ATTACK THIS PROBLEM BY APPROPRIATELY FUNDING THE STATE AGENCIES WHICH DO THIS.
IF THAT MEANS MORE INSPECTORS, IF THAT MEANS OTHER MORE CREATIVE ARRANGEMENTS, SO BE IT.
BUT TO RELIEVE THE BURDEN PLACED ON THE CITIES THAT HAVE RAILROAD RIGHT AWAY IN THEIR JURISDICTIONS.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL IS TO VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE ON THIS RESOLUTION.
WE HAVE A PRIMARY AND TWO BACKUP DELEGATES, I BELIEVE, WITH THE AUTHORITY SERVED.
I'M RESOLUTION ONE AGAIN, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO CAST THEIR VOTE IN FAVOR.
>> PLEASE YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THE SECOND ONE IS WELL, AT THIS TIME?
>> I WOULD BE HAPPY, LOOK, LET'S TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM IF THERE ARE CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS AND THEN I CAN MOVE ONTO NUMBER 2.
>> LET ME ASK THE PUBLIC, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME OF THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? OKAY. SEEING NONE. MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY EMAIL COMMENTS REGARDING THIS ITEM?
>> WE DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS MAYOR.
>> THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS MAYOR PROTEMPOLARIAS?
>> NO QUESTION ON THIS FIRST PART OF THE ITEM.
>> I WANTED TO SEND MY APPRECIATION TO THE STAFF FOR THE DILIGENCE ON THIS ESPECIALLY FINDING THE LETTER FROM THE GOVERNMENT THAT I WANT AVOID JUST THROWING OUR SUPPORT JUST GENERALLY BETWEEN ANY WILLING, ANY RESOLUTION [INAUDIBLE].
THE FACT THAT THIS WAS A LOT MORE SPECIFIC AND RETAINS CONTROL LOCALLY, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'D RATHER SUPPORT.
I APPRECIATE YOUR ADVOCACY FOR A NOBLE ON THAT RESOLUTION.
THAT'S MY ONLY COMMENT FOR THAT AND APPRECIATIONS IS THAT.
>> THANK YOU. I WILL MAKE A COMMENT.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WE'RE DOING THIS.
IN THE PAST, WE HAVE GONE AS REPRESENTATIVE TO THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES CONFERENCE.
WE HAD BEEN SENT WITHOUT A COUNCIL DECISION AS TO WHAT WE SHOULD VOTE, HOW WE SHOULD VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION THAT THEY PUT FORWARD.
THIS WAS A GOAL OF MINE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TALK ABOUT IT, AND THAT WE COME TO A CONSENSUS AND THAT WAY, WHOEVER IS OUR DELEGATE IS VOTING THE DESIRES OF THE COUNCIL AND NOT JUST THEM HAVING TO DECIDE HOW THEY SHOULD GO.
THAT HAPPENED TO ME AND I THOUGHT THIS IS PROBABLY NOT THE RIGHT WAY.
I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WE'RE DOING THIS.
ALRIGHT, THEN WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT AT THIS TIME ON THIS ONE FIRST?
>> IT'LL BE A MINUTE ACTION, AND SO IT WOULD BE CLEANER TO JUST DO BOTH AT ONCE IF THERE'S A CONSENSUS ON BOTH.
>> YOU WANT TO PROCEED WITH THE OTHER ONE?
>> OKAY. COULD WE SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE BIT ON THE DOCUMENT HERE? JUST TO THE BACKGROUND SECTION UNDER RESOLUTION 2.
[NOISE] THE TOP OF THAT IS THE OPPOSITE OF THE BOTTOM.
RESOLUTION 1 AND RESOLUTION 2 IS THE RAILROAD ITEM.
RESOLUTION 1 IS THE ONE THAT NEEDS A LITTLE BIT MORE DISCUSSION. I HAD THOSE BACKWARDS.
I APOLOGIZE. THE SALES TAX REFORM ITEM, THEY URGING THE LEAGUE TO SEND
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A MESSAGE TO THE LEGISLATURE AS A BODY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SALES TAX REFORM, IS REALLY THE BOTTOM LINE OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2, I BELIEVE IN THE POCKET.BUT IT IS, IN MY OPINION AND BASED ON SOME TIME SPENT ON THIS TOPIC PREVIOUSLY, IS A HAMMER SOLUTION WHEN SOMETHING CLOSER TO A SCALPEL OR AT LEAST SOME SMALL PLIERS IS NEEDED HERE.
CURRENTLY, THE SALES TAX DISTRIBUTION MODEL IN CALIFORNIA IS VERY COMPLEX.
IT HAS MADE WINNERS AND LOSERS OUT OF FOLKS THAT HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FACILITIES WITHIN THEIR JURISDICTION.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ONE PERCENT BRADLEY-BURNS TAX THAT COMES BACK TO THE JURISDICTION.
THE PROPOSALS THAT HAVE THIS, THE LOUDEST VOICES AMONGST CITIES AND AMONGST THE LARGER CITIES IN PARTICULAR, FAVOR A RADICAL CHANGE FROM ONE END OF THE SPECTRUM TO THE OPPOSITE END OF THE SPECTRUM.
IT CREATES AN EQUALLY UNFAIR AGAIN, IN MY OPINION, EQUALLY UNFAIR SITUATION FOR A DISTRIBUTION OF SALES TAXES FOR THE BRADLEY-BURNS TAX.
I SAT ON A WORKING GROUP AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR TWO YEARS BACK IN 1917 OR 2017 AND 2018.
>> [LAUGHTER] NINETEEN SEVENTEEN. YEAH. I'VE AGED VERY, VERY WELL [LAUGHTER].
IT SEEMS LIKE THAT LONG AGO [LAUGHTER].
IT WAS CONTENTIOUS AT THAT POINT, THE OUTPUT OF THAT WORKING GROUP, WHICH I THOUGHT DID A LOT OF GOOD WORK AND GAVE A LOT OF GOOD ADVICE.
THE DIRECTION GIVEN TO THE LEAGUE WAS TO COLLECT MORE DATA THAT THE LEGISLATORS AND THE CITIES THEMSELVES DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT DATA TO CRAFT LEGISLATION THAT COULD BE EFFECTIVE.
THIS RESOLUTION THAT'S BEING PROPOSED AT THE LEAGUE IS NOT THAT.
IT IS LET'S GO DIRECTLY, LET'S START LEGISLATORS WORKING ON LEGISLATION TO CHANGE AND REFORM THE TAX CODE WITHOUT HAVING COLLECTED THE DATA FOR THE LAST THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.
THE LETTERS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN YOUR POCKET FROM AT LEAST ONE OF THE AFFECTED CITIES THAT HAS MORE IN COMMON WITH MOSCOW THAN SOME OF THE OTHERS, I THINK WAS VERY WELL WORDED.
I DIDN'T NEED TO ADD ANYTHING TO IT.
THE POINTS THAT ARE BROUGHT UP IN THERE AND ARE EFFECTIVE AND RIGHT ON POINT.
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE LEAGUE RESOLUTION I THINK IS ON POINT.
IT CALLS FOR COLLECTING THE DATA AND USING SCIENCE OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN RATHER THAN THE EMOTION OF IT AND JUST PITTING ONE CITY AGAINST THE OTHER.
MY PERSONAL OPINION IS THE LEAGUE NEEDS TO TREAD VERY CAREFULLY HERE BECAUSE THEY ARE PITTING THE INTERESTS OF ONE CITY AGAINST THE OTHER.
THERE WILL BE WINNERS AND LOSERS AT THE OUTCOME OF THIS.
MY COMPLEX RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS IS TO HAVE A NO VOTE AGAINST THE RESOLUTION, AS THE LEAGUE IS CURRENTLY STATING IT AND TO HAVE A YES VOTE, IF THEY WILL ALLOW THE AMENDED VERSION OF THE RESOLUTION TO COME TO THE FLOOR.
BEYOND THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN DURING THE COURSE OF THE MEETING TO CHANGE THOSE TWO OPTIONS.
BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, AND WHOEVER ENDS UP VOTING, TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE'S SUFFICIENT DATA IN PLACE NOW FOR LEGISLATORS TO MAKE A GOOD DECISION ABOUT CHANGING THE TAX FORMULA.
>> I WILL WRAP THAT UP BY SAYING, AND I INTEND TO HAVE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP WITH THE COUNCIL TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND ON THIS AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME REGARDING THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY EMAIL COMMENTS REGARDING THIS ITEM?
>> THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY EMAIL COMMENTS MAYOR.
ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS, MAYOR [INAUDIBLE]?
>> NO COMMENTS ON RESOLUTION 1.
>>A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ARE ALWAYS LIKE, WAS THAT A QUESTION? THIS IS BASICALLY, I REFERRED TO OR I THINK OF AS THE POINT OF SALE TAX, IS THIS THE SAME THING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHERE ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A FUEL SUPPLIER IN TOWN THAT MOVED TO
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NEIGHBORING CITY AND WE LOST THE POINT OF SALE TAX INCENTIVES ALL HEADQUARTERED IN OTHER CITY.IS THIS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT?
>> THIS IS PART OF THAT DECISION. SO, YES.
HISTORICALLY, POINT OF SALE WAS WHERE THE TAX REMAINED.
WITH THE ADVENT OF INTERNET SALES, AND COMPANIES THAT BOTH HAVE CONSOLIDATED POINTS OF SALE, LIKE THE SCENARIO YOU JUST DESCRIBED.
COMPANIES THAT DON'T HAVE ANY PRESENCE IN CALIFORNIA, INTERNET SALES ITSELF FROM OUTSIDE THE STATE AND TRUCK JUST ROLLS IN AND MAKES THE DELIVERY.
THERE WAS NO TAX COLLECTED PREVIOUSLY.
THERE ARE THOSE THAT ARE A HYBRID OF THAT SITUATION.
WHAT THE PROPOSAL HAS BEEN VOICED THE LOUDEST FROM PRIMARILY AFFLUENT BEDROOM COMMUNITIES WHO DON'T WANT A WAREHOUSE AND THEY DON'T WANT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT ARE THE MESSY PART OF LOGISTICS IS TO SWITCH THAT RADICALLY TO THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM AND HAVE A DESTINATION BASED SALES TAX ALLOCATION.
THAT SOLVES THE INTERNET SALES ISSUE BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE ADDRESS IT'S BEING DELIVERED TO, THAT'S WHERE THE TAX GOES.
BUT YOU CAN QUICKLY SEE HOW THAT WOULD NOT RESULT IN A FAIR DISTRIBUTION NEITHER.
THERE'RE IMPACTS IN AT LEAST THREE AREAS THERE.
ONE OF THE THE PROPOSALS BROUGHT UP DURING THIS WORKING GROUP WAS TO HAVE EITHER A TWO OR A THREE-WAY SPLIT OF THE ALLOCATION TO REPRESENT BOTH THE POINT OF SALE IN SOME PERCENTAGE.
THE DESTINATION IS SOME PERCENTAGE, AND TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPACTS ON THE LOGISTICS PART OF THIS MODEL WOULD BE THE LOCATION OF THE FULFILLMENT CENTER, WHICH WOULD BE THE LAST WAREHOUSE WHERE THE PRODUCT LIVE BEFORE IT WENT TO THE DESTINATION.
YOU CAN IMAGINE WITHOUT DATA AVAILABLE, DECIDING WHETHER THAT COULD BE MADE FAIR OR WHAT THE PERCENTAGE SPLITS WOULD BE TO MAKE IT FAIR WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE WORKING GROUP AND IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE LEGISLATORS THAT WE'RE STUDYING.
LONG ANSWER TO A SHORT QUESTION, BUT YOU'RE EXACTLY CORRECT.
>> YOU ANSWER MY QUESTION. THE SECOND QUESTION IS, YOU SAID, UNLESS THEY HAD AN AMENDMENT TO BRING TO THE FLOOR, WHAT WOULD THAT AMENDMENT AND HAVE TO INCLUDE FOR US TO SUPPORT IT, I GUESS?
>> THERE IS A SAMPLE AMENDMENT INCLUDED WITH YOUR PACKET, AND IT'S THE RED LINE VERSION THAT'S ON THE SCREEN NOW.
THE KEY PARTS IN THAT ARE THE ADDED PARAGRAPHS DOWN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
IT INTRODUCES A THRESHOLD FOR FULFILLMENT CENTERS.
IT TALKS ABOUT SOME OF THE EFFECTS ON REGIONAL HOUSING.
THIS GOES BACK TO SOME PRETTY DYNAMIC ASSUMPTIONS THAT CITIES HAVE MADE OVER THE DECADES ABOUT THEIR GENERAL PLANS, ABOUT THEIR ZONING, ABOUT ALLOCATION OF LAND FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES.
TO CHANGE THESE RULES MIDSTREAM WOULD CREATE DECADES OF TURMOIL AND SETTING ASIDE THE ALLOCATION OF DOLLARS, JUST THE TURMOIL IT COULD CAUSE.
THESE HIGHLIGHTED PARAGRAPHS ARE REALLY THE PROPOSAL THAT, PARTICULAR THAT LAST NORM.
THEREFORE A BILL RESOLVED THAT THE CAL CITIES JUST BELIEVES THAT TO AVOID POTENTIAL UNWORKABLE OUTCOMES, IT'S INCUMBENT UPON THE ORGANIZATION TO DEVELOP ITS OWN INTERNAL CONSENSUS SOLUTIONS BEFORE SEEKING LEGISLATIVE INVOLVEMENT.
THIS SLOWS THE PROCESS DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT PREVENTS THE LEGISLATOR FROM GRABBING THIS AND RUNNING IN THE INTERESTS OF HIS OWN DISTRICT OR BEING INFLUENCED BY A SINGLE GROUP OF DISTRICTS.
>> THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. MEMBER [INAUDIBLE] ANY COMMENTS?
>> I DO HAVE A QUESTION JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.
I HAVE READ THE REPORT HOWEVER, IS NOT CLEAR TO ME.
DOES THE LEGAL CITIES ALREADY HAVE THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT? DO THEY HAVE IT?
>> THEY HAVE A RESOLUTION THAT SIMPLY CALLS FOR URGING LEGISLATORS TO GET ON THIS.
>> RIGHT. WHEN I REPRESENTED OUR VOTING DELEGATE, STEPS UP AND SAYS, "I'M VOTING NO ON THIS, UNLESS THE AMENDED RESOLUTION IS ALLOWED TO COME TO THE FLOOR."
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WHO WILL BRING THIS SENTIMENT AT THAT POINT?>> IF NOT, THE CITY MANAGER OF EAST VALE, WHO PENNED THE LETTER THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET, SOMEBODY IN THE GROUP THAT HAS CRAFTED THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT WILL MAKE A MOTION TO PROPOSE THE AMENDMENT.
I'M UNSURE OF WHAT THE DYNAMICS WILL BE DURING THAT MEETING OF HOW THAT MIGHT BE HANDLED BY THE LEAGUE BOARD.
MY ASSUMPTION IS THAT THEY WOULD FOLLOW CORRECT PROTOCOL, THEY WOULD ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
THE DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT WANT TO HAVE A PROPOSAL THAT DIFFERS FROM THE LEAGUES WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO STAND UP AND MOVE THAT.
THEN IT WOULD BE UP TO THE BOARD WHETHER THEY WOULD VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION OR ALLOW VOTE TO BE CONSIDERED ON THE RESOLUTION AS A PROPOSED TO BE AMENDED.
>> AGAIN, FOR CLARIFICATION SO IT WOULD BE COMMON UPON OUR VOTING DELEGATE TO UNDERSTAND WHEN THIS PROPOSAL COMES TO THE FLOOR IF IT EVER DOES COME TO THE FLOOR?
>> OTHERWISE, WE DON'T WANT TO CHANGE OUR VOTE FROM NO TO YES UNLESS WE ARE CERTAIN THAT THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS ACTUALLY BEEN MADE ALLOWED TO COME TO THE FLOOR. IS THAT CORRECT?
>> JUST AS A REFRESHER, WHO IS OUR VOTING DELEGATE?
>> YOU HAVE A TALL WORK ORDER THERE.
>> [LAUGHTER] IT'S UNDERSTOOD. IT'S VERY FINE.
>> VERY GOOD. WHAT IS THE CONSENSUS THAT WE WANT TO GO WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT OUR CITY MANAGER HAS PUT FORTH?
YOU HAVE IT. THE DIRECTION AND I THINK HAVE ALREADY BEEN DELEGATED ASSETS AS WELL.
>> WE ALTERNATE WITH MARTINEZ, ALL RIGHT MR. MARTINEZ?
>> IT'S TOO COMPLEX FOR ME, SO IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE YOU, SIR. [LAUGHTER].
>> WE HAVE ALREADY APPOINTED YOU, SIR, I'M JUST CONFIRMING THE APPOINTMENT. [OVERLAPPING].
>> [INAUDIBLE] YOU ARE ALSO AN ALTERNATE.
>> BUT I'M NUMBER THREE, RIGHT?
>> IT'S LIKE THE ALTERNATE TO THE ALTERNATE. [LAUGHTER]
>> TO ALL OF THE VOTING DELEGATES YOU CAN'T SCARD ALL YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES.
>> JUST TO CONFIRM IF THERE IS NO AMENDED RESOLUTION WE'RE NOT VOTING NO OR JUST NO VOTING ON THE RESOLUTION, CORRECT?
>> YOU ARE VOTING IN THE POSITIVE ON THE RAILROAD, YOU'RE VOTING A NO ON THE SALES TAX REFORM.
UNLESS IT IS AMENDED, THEN YOU CAN SWITCH THE VOTE TO YES.
>> THEN YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CORRECT AMENDMENT COMES TO THE FLOOR.
>> THAT WILL BE THE TRICKY PART, AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER I WILL BE ALLOWED IN THE ROOM DURING THE VOTE, NORMALLY IT'S JUST REGISTERED DELEGATES.
>> I'LL BE THERE. IF THERE IS SOME CONFUSION, I WOULD RECOMMEND TAKING A COPY OF THIS AMENDMENT, THE RED LINE AMENDMENT IN YOUR PACKET, JUST A COUPLE OF PAGES AND COMPARE IT TO WHAT SHOULD BE READ OR SHOWN ON A SCREEN DURING THE COURSE OF THE MEETING.
BUT AGAIN, THE BOTTOM LINE IS SLOW DOWN.
DON'T ASK FOR LEGISLATORS TO GO UNTIL THE LEAGUE REACHES CONSENSUS INTERNALLY.
>> SO IF I COULD ASK THE FOLLOW-UP QUESTION NOW.
>> SHOULDN'T AN AMENDMENT BE PROPOSED, THAT IS, ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? THE VOTING DELEGATE DOES HE DISCUSS IT WITH THESE OR JUST UP TO THE VOTING THERE WITH MR. GARCIA, JUST VOTE, SAY YES, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE GOOD WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
MAYBE THERE'S A QUESTION, MAYBE IT'S A LITTLE AMBIGUOUS.
AT WHAT POINT CAN WE DISCUSS IT AMONGST OURSELVES? I BELIEVE THAT CONVENTIONS THERE IS NO BROWN ACT VIOLATION BEEN DISCUSSED THERE.
>> THERE ARE SOME CARVE-OUTS FOR CONFERENCES LIKE THIS AND THIS IS A MATTER OF STATEWIDE CONCERN, NOT LOCAL CONCERN.
THERE IS A LOCAL CONCERN, BUT THIS IS A STATEWIDE MATTER THAT'S BEING DISCUSSED IN US REPRESENTATIVES OF YOUR CITY ARE ALLOWED TO DISCUSS THOSE THINGS IN WORKSHOPS AND IN HOWEVER ELSE.
HERE WHERE YOU'VE GOT A DYNAMIC SITUATION WE'RE LOOKING FOR CONSENSUS.
I THINK WE CAN DEPEND ON COUNCIL MEMBER GARCIA TO DISCERN WHAT'S GOING ON.
BUT IF IT GETS REALLY CRAZY DURING THE DISCUSSION, BECAUSE THIS IS A CONTENTIOUS TOPIC, IT COULD.
SO I THINK I WOULDN'T COUNT ON BEING ABLE TO DISCUSS IT.
>> AT LEAST THE TOP TWO VOTING DELEGATES CAN DISCUSS IT AND GO FROM THERE.
>> IN FACT, I HAVE SOME THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I HAD BEEN THERE [LAUGHTER].
I HAVE BEEN A VOTING DELEGATE.
ONLY VOTING DELEGATES GET TO SEE THAT TABLE.
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YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT ORANGE CARD.>> THAT PERMITS YOU TO ENTER THAT AREA.
NOW YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THIS.
WE HAVE TO RELY ON MR. GARCIA IF HE IS PRESENT AND IF HE IS ABSENT THEN MR. MARTINEZ AND YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO CALL ANYBODY.
[LAUGHTER] I WOULD ASK THAT OUR STAFF, MADAM CLERK, PERHAPS YOU CAN DO THIS, PROVIDE A COPY OF THIS AMENDMENT TO EACH ONE OF OUR DELEGATES SO THAT THEY CAN REFER TO IT AS THINGS ARE BEING PUT OUT ON THE PROJECT.
>> THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO. GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE.
>> MAY THE ODDS BE [INAUDIBLE]
>> SOMEBODY TOLD ME THERE WAS GOING TO BE READING, [LAUGHTER] I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST GOING TO BE LUNCHEONS AND TALKING.
>> ISN'T THIS AWESOME? WE FINALLY GOT TO DISCUSS SOMETHING THAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO OUR CITY AND THAT WE KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE VOTING ON, RIGHT? THANK YOU.
>> IT IS A RARE OCCURRENCE, MOST OF THE TIME WHAT HAPPENS AT THE LEAGUE IS NOT CONSEQUENTIAL.
>> WELL, I WAS THERE WHEN IT WAS CONSEQUENTIAL AND I HAD NO DIRECTION FROM OUR COUNCIL AND THERE IS NO FAULT OF THE COUNCIL.
IT WAS NOT DONE AT THAT TIME, SO I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THIS OCCURRING. VERY WELL.
MOVING FORWARD, ITEM 13 READ, FOREWORD FROM COMMISSIONERS AND COMMITTEES.
CURRENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, MR. CORTEZ.
>> I HAVE NO MEETINGS TO REPORT ON.
CURRENT COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, MR. GARCIA?
[13) b. Kern Council of Government (Garcia)]
>> THE LAST MEETING WAS POSTPONED.
THE NEXT ONE WILL BE THIS MONTH, NEXT WEEK.
>> EASY ALSO. WASCO TASK FORCE,
[13) c. Wasco Task Force (Martinez & Reyna)]
MR. MARTINEZ AND MYSELF, AND WE HAVEN'T HAD A MEETING.>> YEAH, WE PUT IT OFF UNTIL NEXT WEEK BECAUSE OF THE ROWS PAGEANT THIS WEEK, A LOT OF OUR MEMBERS WILL BE PREPPING FOR THAT TOMORROW NIGHT.
[14) REPORTS FROM KC FIRE AND SHERIFF:]
>> ALL RIGHT, REPORTS FROM KERN COUNTY, FIRE.
>> YES, I DO HAVE THE CLICKER RIGHT HERE.
>> WE'RE ELEVATING RIGHT NOW, THE SLIDE SHOW.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I'M SENIOR [INAUDIBLE] STEPPING IN FOR SERGEANT MARTINEZ, AS HE'S OUT ON A VACATION RIGHT NOW.
I'M GOING TO BE PRESENTING JUST A FEW OF THE FACTS ON SEVERAL INVESTIGATIONS THAT ARE LOST OR DEPUTIES HAVE HANDLED OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS.
THE FIRST IS ACTUALLY IN RELATION TO A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 19TH, APPROXIMATELY 11:40 AM.
ALL DEPUTIES WERE DISPATCHED TO THE INTERSECTION OF SCHOFIELD AVENUE AND MCCOMBS ROAD FOR A MULTIPLE VEHICLE COLLISION.
UPON ARRIVAL, DEPUTIES FOUND THAT ONE OF THE OCCUPANTS WAS PINNED IN, HAD TO BE SUBSEQUENTLY REMOVED BY KERN COUNTY FIRE PERSONNEL AND TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH MAJOR INJURIES.
THE OTHER OCCUPANT WAS TREATED AT THE SCENE AND HAD MINOR INJURIES HENCE WAS RELEASED BY MEDICAL CARE AT THE SCENE.
THE REASON I BRING THIS INCIDENT UP IS JUST AS REMINDER TO THE PUBLIC TO ALWAYS PRACTICE SAFE DRIVING WHEN BEHIND A WOLF MOTOR VEHICLE.
ON AUGUST 26TH AT ABOUT 1: 45 IN THE MORNING, DEPUTIES WITH LOWE'S CO SUB-STATION WERE ON PATROL AND HE THREATENED TO BLOCK SMOKE TREE COURT, WHERE THEY LOCATED AN OCCUPIED VEHICLE THAT WAS PARKED.
THE VEHICLE HAD EXPIRED REGISTRATION, AND WAS OCCUPIED BY TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE FOUND TO BE AN EMANUEL MELCHER, A 25-YEAR-OLD MALE FROM BAKERSFILM AND AN ERIC OTEASE, A 27 YEAR-OLD MALE FROM MCFARLAND.
DURING A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE, DEPUTIES LOCATED A LOADED UNREGISTERED FIREARM, SUSPECTED METHAMPHETAMINE, STOLEN IDENTIFICATION CARDS, AND THE SHIFT KEY, WHICH ALL PICTURED ON THE PHOTOGRAPH ON THE POWERPOINT.
AS YOU CAN SEE THEY HAD IDS OF SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS THEY WERE VICTIMIZING ALONG WITH CLEARLY NO GOOD INTENT TO BE IN THE CITY WITH THE FIREARM AT THOSE HOURS.
MELCHER AND OTEASE WERE SUBSEQUENTLY BOOKED IN THE CURRENT COUNTY JAIL FOR SEVERAL FELONY FIREARM CHARGES, CONSPIRACY, POSSESSION OF BURGLARY TOOLS, AND POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY.
LATER IN THE DAY, ACTUALLY ON THE SAME DATE OF AUGUST 26, AT ABOUT 9:00 PM THAT EVENING, DEPUTIES WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] SUB-STATION CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT STOP NEAR ROADWAY IN 6TH STREET.
DURING THE INVESTIGATION, DEPUTIES FOUND THE DRIVER, ALFONSO SANCHEZ, A 36 YEAR-OLD MALE FROM ARVIN,
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WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE UNDER THE INFLUENCE.THERE WAS ALSO AN ADULT FEMALE WHO WAS IDENTIFIED AS CASSANDRA VALAIS, 22 YEAR-OLD FEMALE FROM ARVIN, AND A THREE-YEAR-OLD JUVENILE PASSENGER IN THE VEHICLE.
DURING A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE, DEPUTIES LOCATED A LOADED HANDGUN PARTS TO MANUFACTURING A LEGAL FIREARM, A LARGE QUANTITY OF SUSPECTED METHAMPHETAMINE AND DRUGS CELLS PARAPHERNALIA.
DURING THE INVESTIGATION, DEPUTIES SUBSEQUENTLY DID A SEARCH WARRANT AT THE RESIDENTS OF SANCHEZ AND VALAIS, WHICH IS IN THE 1,500 BLOCK OF BEAR MOUNTAIN BOULEVARD IN ARVIN.
SEARCH OF THEIR RESIDENTS, TURNED UP ADDITIONAL METHAMPHETAMINE AND ADDITIONAL PARAPHERNALIA.
BOTH VALAIS AND SANCHEZ WERE SUBSEQUENTLY BOOKED INTO THE KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE JAIL FOR SEVERAL FELONY FIREARM CHARGES, POSSESSION OF NARCOTICS FOR CELLS, CONSPIRACY, AND CHILD ENDANGERMENT.
AGAIN, THE ITEMS ARE [INAUDIBLE], JUST SOME OF THEM I BELIEVE THE ONES THAT WERE IN THE VEHICLE ARE ALL PICTURED ABOVE ON THE POWERPOINT.
THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES ARE NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO BE INVESTIGATIONS THAT ARE CURRENT.
BUT AS AN OUTREACH TO THE PUBLIC, IT'S ACTUALLY IN RELATION TO A [INAUDIBLE] PUT OUT BY THE KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE HOMICIDE UNIT ON AUGUST 31ST, WHERE IT IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION RELATION TO CALL FOR SERVICE ON APRIL 1ST WHERE DEPUTIES WERE DISPATCHED TO AN ORCHARD IN AN INTERSECTION OF WESTERN ROAD AND [INAUDIBLE] AVENUE FOR A SUBJECT DOWN.
UPON ARRIVAL, DEPUTIES LOCATED AND ADULT MALE IDENTIFIED AS ARTEMIS SACEDO, WHO'S SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS AND SUBSEQUENTLY PRONOUNCED DECEASED AT THE SCENE.
IN RELATION TO THIS INVESTIGATION, HOMICIDE DETECTIVES ARE REACHING OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND REQUESTING ANYBODY WITH INFORMATION, CONTACT THE KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AT (661) 861-3110 OR THE SECRET WITNESS AT (661) 322-4040.
LAST WE JUST HAVE SOME OF THE UP-TO-DATE STATISTICS FOR THIS PAST MONTH AND SHOWS OUR CALLS ARE SERVICES WHICH THEY WENT UP SIGNIFICANTLY THIS PAST MONTH.
OUR ARREST, CITATIONS FOR CHILD CHECKS DONE, ALONG WITH OUR NARCOTICS RELATED ARREST AND THE CAMERA REGISTRY, I ACTUALLY DO NOT UPDATE IT.
IT IS ACTUALLY TO 38 NOW, BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR COPS DEPUTY, WHO WAS IN THE WORKS OF PRINTING NUMEROUS FLYERS.
THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS WILLING TO PARTICIPATE AND ARE IN THE WORKS OF GETTING SIGNED UP WITH THE CAMERA REGISTRY.
THAT'S GOING TO CONCLUDE THE PRESENTATION FOR TODAY.
OPEN TO FIELD ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD MAY HAVE?
>> ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE MEMBERS?
>> I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT LAST SLIDE, THE ONE THAT HAD THE TWO GUNS.
WHAT DOES THAT OFF TO THE RIGHT THAT LOOKS LIKE A THING OF SAFETY PINS? THE SLIDE THERE, MARIA, CAN YOU CLICK ON IT?
>> RIGHT THERE ON THE TOP RIGHT ABOVE THAT MAGAZINE CLIP. WHAT IS THAT?
>> I BELIEVE IT IS AN ADDITIONAL SCALE.
THERE IS A SCALE IN THE BOTTOM LEFT.
>> YEAH, I SEE THE OTHER ONE. I JUST DIDN'T I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT THAT WAS.
>> THEIR INITIAL SCALE OR SOME INDIVIDUAL BAGGIES.
IT'S HARD TO TELL BASED OFF THAT, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S A SCALE THAT YOU ARE FAMILIAR THAT ARE INDICATIVE OF POSSESSION IN ARCHITECTURE CELLS.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MOVE IT FROM SIMPLE POSSESSION OVER TO POSSESSION FOR CELLS.
>> CAN YOU GO BACK TO YOUR INCIDENCE REPORT?
>> PATROL CHECKS. THAT IS QUITE A JUMP.
CAN YOU TELL ME, ARE THOSE PEOPLE BEING STOPPED?
>> PATROL CHECKS ARE A SPECIFIC ONSITE.
IT'S INDICATION OF ON-SITE ACTIVITY WHERE DEPUTIES ARE SIMPLY JUST TRYING TO SHOW THAT THEY'RE BEING OUT IN THE PUBLIC MORE OFTEN.
TRYING TO ADDRESS OR AREAS OF CONCERN AND SHOWING THAT WERE IN THOSE AREAS MAKING OUR PRESENCE KNOWN.
DURING THE PAST MONTH, I KNOW THERE'S SEVERAL THE PARKS THAT WE'VE BEEN VISITING QUITE OFTEN AND A LOT OF THE SCHOOL ZONES TO TRY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES BROUGHT UP BOTH AT THE PARKS AND THE SCHOOL ZONES AS FAR AS THE DRIVING HABITS DURING THE MORNING TIME THEN AFTERNOON,
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WHEN KIDS ARE GETTING DROPPED OFF AND PICKED UP, THAT MAY BE PRESENTING A DANGER TO THE KIDS.WE'RE MAKING SURE OUR PRESENCE ARE FELT IN THOSE AREAS ESPECIALLY ALONG WITH ANY ADDITIONAL AREAS THAT WOULD GET CALLED IN BY THE PUBLIC AS FAR AS CONCERN OF SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY WHEN THE DEPUTY GOES THERE AND THEY DON'T LOCATE ANYBODY AT THAT TIME, BUT THEY WANT TO DOCUMENT THAT HEY, WE ARE ADDRESSING YOUR CONCERN.
>> WELL, THANK YOU. THAT IS QUITE AN IMPRESSIVE NUMBER THEN.
I WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE I DID BRING TO SEARCH IN MARTINUS AN ISSUE WITH THAT HOMELESS HANGING AROUND THE 99 CENT STORE IN ATTEMPTING TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE KIDS AT THE GYM FOR IS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
IF THAT IS PART OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN THIS PATROL CHECKS, I COMMEND YOU FOR THAT.
WE NEED TO HAVE MORE THAN AROUND THE SCHOOL SENT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
PEOPLE WILL SEE THAT'S HOW THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE.
BUT PEOPLE SAY, WE DON'T SEE THE SHERIFF TO HAVING A 130 PATROL CHECKS.
I'M CERTAIN TO PUBLIC WOULD AGREE WITH ME.
>> IT IS DEFINITELY FEELS GOOD TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT THERE AND MAKE YOURSELF PRESENT, BUT A LOT OF THE TIMES IT'S CONTROLLED BY OTHER ASPECTS, UNFORTUNATELY, AND IT IS SOMETHING WE'D LIKE TO TRY TO USE TO ADDRESS SPECIFICALLY THE CONCERN YOU BOUGHT UP.
OR IT'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO ADDRESS THOSE IN OTHER WAYS AT TIMES EVEN WHEN YOU ARREST INDIVIDUALS.
GELS ARE LETTING MEL SO QUICKLY THAT SIMPLE PRESENCE IS VERY HELPFUL IN GETTING THE CHANGE DESIRED.
>> I AGREE 100 PERCENT WITH YOU AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. THANK YOU.
AND ALL THE DEPUTIES AND SERGEANT MARTINEZ, THANK YOU FOR A GREAT REPORT AND THANK YOU.
>> REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER, HERBERT.
[15) REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER:]
>> YES. HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'M TRYING TO DECIDE WHICH WE HAVEN'T ALREADY COVERED TONIGHT.
MAKING SOME PROGRESS ON AREAS THAT I'VE HAD CONTACT FROM YOU THE COUNCIL, THE ISSUES ABOUT PUBLIC REQUESTS WITH THE USE OF THE MIGA OF SYSTEM AND SO FORTH.
ON A REPORT, WE'RE MAKING SOME PROGRESS ON THAT.
I'VE GOTTEN SOME TRAINING ON IT WHERE WE'RE REACHING OUT TO OTHER CITIES THAT ARE USING THESE PRODUCTS AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MAKING FULL USE OF THE PRODUCTS WE ALREADY HAVE.
TO THAT END, I DID A QUICK QUERY THAT I HOPE TO TURN INTO AT LEAST A MONTHLY REPORT THAT WE CAN START TO WATCH STATISTICS COMING OUT OF CODE COMPLIANCE AND COMPLAINTS AND BUILDING INSPECTIONS, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SEE FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT REPORT OR WE CAN WATCH THE TRENDS OF THESE THINGS.
BUT JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT TODAY.
THESE ARE ACTIVE CASES, 79 CODE VIOLATIONS ARE REGISTERED IN THE SYSTEM, 270 ACTIVE CITIZEN REQUESTS.
IT'S CODE LEFT FOR THE UNION, BUT SHE'S GOT HER STAFF WORKING ON LOOKING THROUGH THE BACKLOG.
WE'RE AWARE THAT THERE ARE SOME REQUESTS THAT HAVE BEEN SITTING OUT THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT CLEANED UP.
IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE RESOLVED, IF THE ISSUE HAS JUST GONE AWAY ON ITS OWN, WE WANT TO GET THOSE CLOSED AND OUT OF THE ACCOUNTS, SO WE HAVE A REAL IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
BUT A VERY MUCH AWARE THAT IT'S A CONCERN AND WE WANT TO USE THAT TOOL PROPERLY TO KEEP ON TOP OF THINGS.
JUST FOR REFERENCE OF OVER 2,800 OF THOSE REQUESTS HAVE BEEN ARCHIVED, GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS, AND THEY ENTER WHAT'S CALLED ARCHIVE STATE.
THEY'RE DEEMED CLOSED FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER.
HOPEFULLY MORE OF THAT TO COME IN THE COMING MONTHS, WE'LL START PRODUCING A MONTHLY REPORT FOR THE COUNCIL.
THE FIRE CONTRACT IS READY TO BE REVIEWED BY THE COUNCIL AND BROUGHT TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL MEETING BETWEEN NOW AND THE MEETING ON THE 21ST, SO I HOPE TO TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GO OVER THE CONTRACT WITH COUNCIL, ULTIMATELY PLANNING TO HAVE IT ADOPTED OR PROVED TO ON THE MEETING OF 21ST.
THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAVE TONIGHT.
[16) REPORTS FROM CITY COUNCIL:]
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>> REPORTS FROM CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR PROTON POLARIS.
>> SAGNA MARTINEZ WOULD BE PROUD OF THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
HE DID VERY GOOD, SO WE'LL BE PROUD.
VERY GOOD. NO. THANK YOU, GUYS.
>> I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE 16TH STREET REHABILITATION AND WHEN WILL WE EXPECT THAT COMING BACK?
>> AT THE SPECIAL MEETING AS WELL.
IF THE COUNCIL'S INTERESTED, I'LL JUST TAKE A QUICK MOMENT.
THIS IS 16TH STREET PROJECT THAT CDBG FUNDING WAS PUT TOGETHER INITIALLY BY ABIDI BEFORE SHE LEFT.
THAT'S BEING BROUGHT FORWARD BY STAFF.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF ERRORS ON RECONCILING THE ACTUAL BID CONTRACT TO THE STAFF REPORT, AND THE DIFFERENCES WERE SUFFICIENT THAT IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO BRING IT TO COUNCIL TO APPROVE SOMETHING THAT NEEDED MUCH MORE CLARIFICATION.
THAT PROJECT IS STILL MOVING FORWARD AND I HOPE TO GET IT APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL AT OUR SPECIAL MEETING, IF NOT, THEN ON THE 21ST.
>> VERY WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT BACKLOG, GETTING WORK THROUGH ON MY GOOD SYSTEM.
I REGULARLY PUT PEOPLE IN THAT DIRECTION AND I SWEAR TO THEM THAT IT WORKS, SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE GET THAT CAUGHT UP.
IS THERE A TIMELINE MAYBE YOU MIGHT ANTICIPATE EVEN JUST A GUESSTIMATE AS TO WHEN WE CAN GET THROUGH THAT BACKLOG OF 280 OR 240 [INAUDIBLE]?
>> YEAH. WITH THE NUMBER OF ACTIVE CASES, IT'S A BACKGROUND TASK, BUT IT IS ACTIVELY BEING WORKED ON.
I COULD TAKE A SWAG AND SAY WEEKS, NOT MONTHS TO GET CAUGHT UP.
>> ARE WE ATTACKING THE MOST CURRENT ONES OR WHICH ALSO DOING A TWO CLEANUP ATTACK?
>> YEAH. I PROPOSED AT LEAST TWO WAYS, MAYBE THREE ON ATTEMPT TO PRIORITIZE THE ONES AT THE TOP AND THE BOTTOM AND CLEANUP.
EVEN IF SOMETHING IS A LOW PRIORITY, IF IT'S A YEAR OLD IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
IT'S JUST GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME.
>> VERY WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I APPRECIATE IT. NO MORE COMMENTS.
>> FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK CITY STAFF.
THERE WAS A JOB FAIR COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND MR. MAYOR AND MEMBER CORTEZ WERE BOTH THERE, AND I WANT TO THANK OUR CITY STAFF FOR BEING THERE AND HELPING US SET UP AND HAD A BOOTH, AND I THINK IT WAS QUITE SUCCESSFUL.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK DEPUTY SANCHEZ FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, MEMBER CORTEZ.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH HER TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ALL OUR SHERIFF'S ACTIVITIES LIKE BUILDING NEEDS SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT OPEN AND GET KIDS BACK IN THERE, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT MOVING FORWARD.
JUST TO TOUCH UPON GOING ENFORCEMENT.
THANK YOU, MR. HERBERT FOR LISTENING TO ALL MY COMPLAINTS THAT I HAD BEEN BRINGING TO YOU.
I KNOW THAT IT TAKES TIME TO GET THIS THINGS.
[LAUGHTER] YOU HAVEN'T BEEN HERE THAT LONG.
>> [LAUGHTER] BUT IN ANY CASE, I'M GLAD THAT YOU HAVE A PLAN HOW TO APPROACH THIS, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE APPROACHING THIS MAYBE IN A THREE-WAY APPROACH.
NOW THAT'S REDUNDANT, BUT IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR NEXT MEETING.
MAYBE YOU CAN BRING A MORE DEFINITE REPORT AS TO WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED BETWEEN THESE LAST FOUR WEEKS WHEN WE MEET AGAIN.
THANK YOU TO THE STAFF AS USUAL.
I DID FIND SOME THINGS THAT NEED ATTENTION.
[LAUGHTER] I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT THAT YOU PUT INTO THESE REPORTS TOGETHER AND ALL OF THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS, BECAUSE THEY HELPED ME BECOME INFORMED AND BE ABLE TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS.
THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU TO THE SHERIFF, ONCE AGAIN, THAT WAS A GREAT REPORT.
I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THERE'S MORE ACTIVITY OUT THERE.
I'M CERTAIN THAT OUR CITIZENS ARE AS WELL.
NOW, THANK YOU ALL THAT ATTENDED TODAY.
[17) CLOSED SESSION:]
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO CLOSED SESSION AT THIS TIME AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AFTER THAT TO CLOSE THE MEETING.[01:25:01]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU. [NOISE]THERE'S NO REPORTABLE ACTION FROM CLOSED SESSION.
[NOISE]
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.