ARE WE READY NOW? THANK YOU. [00:00:04] GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. IT IS 6:01 NOW, AND I'M CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER. [1) CALL TO ORDER] ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. IF YOU'RE ABLE, PLEASE STAND FOR A FLAG SALUTE AND REMAIN STANDING FOR AN INVOCATION. MAYOR, IF WE CAN HAVE SOMEONE FROM--OH, YES, BY ALL MEANS. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. IS THERE SOMEONE THAT CAN EVEN INVOCATION. LET'S JUST STAND FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE. THANK YOU, YOU MAY BE SEATED. MADAM CLERK, DID YOU HAVE A PEN FOR ME TO GIVE TO THAT YOUNG MAN THAT RECITED THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? COLBY, WOULD YOU PROBABLY BE THE FRONT? THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE PRESENTATIONS WASCO YOUTH WRESTLING CLUB AND WASCO WRESTLING FAMILY. [5) PRESENTATIONS] MR. JUAN GALLARDO. LET ME READ THIS CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION. THE CITY OF WASCO PROUDLY PRESENTS A CERTIFICATE TO WASCO YOUTH WRESTLING CLUB AND WASCO WRESTLING FAMILY IN RECOGNITION FOR THE CONTINUOUS YEARS OF DEDICATION AND TEACHING WASCO YOUTH. THE SPECIAL SKILL OF WRESTLING THEREFORE GAINS THE STUDENTS THE BENEFIT OF SELF ESTEEM AND SELF-RESPECT WHILE CREATING FOND MEMORIES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO A BETTER, MORE PEACEFUL WORLD THROUGH SPORT. HONORED ON JULY 5TH, 2022, YOUR MAYOR GILBERTO REYNA, AND IS EVERYBODY COMING UP TO RECEIVE THE CERTIFICATE? YOU WANT US TO HELP YOU PASS OUT PENS, MR. MAYOR? YES, PLEASE. [00:05:11] MICHAEL AND COLBY, COME ON UP AND TWO LADIES COME ON UP. SO THIS IS WHAT WE DO ON A REGULAR BASIS. WE PRACTICE ALL THAT. THANK YOU. WHATEVER YOU'D LIKE TO SHOW. [INAUDIBLE] YES. [APPLAUSE] IRIS, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHOW? SO IRIS IS JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, SHE DOES JUDO. SHE IS WELL ROUNDED. SHE COMPETES AROUND THE NATION IN JUDO AND WRESTLING, AND SHE'S ONE OF OUR TOP GIRLS. SHE'LL BE A STATE PLACER THIS COMING YEAR. SHE COMPETES AGAINST ADULTS, NOT JUST STUDENTS. GO AHEAD, IRIS. A DOUBLE LEG. OKAY. [APPLAUSE] NOW, JULIET, IT IS HER FIRST YEAR, SHE WAS A LEAGUE CHAMP. SHE DIDN'T LOSE A MATCH UNTIL SHE GOT TO MASTERS. SHE WAS UNDEFEATED ALL YEAR LONG, WON A BUNCH OF TOURNAMENTS. SO WE HAVE REALLY HIGH HOPES THAT SHE WILL MAKE IT THE STATE THIS YEAR. OUTSIDE SINGLE. [APPLAUSE] GREAT JOB FROM EVERYONE. THANK YOU, THAT IS VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE. I WAS GOING TO GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO MAKE COMMENTS. YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I SEE THESE THINGS? I GET REALLY EXCITED. LAST TIME I BROKE THE MICROPHONE [LAUGHTER] BECAUSE I HIT THIS THING SO HARD THAT IT JUST BROKE DOWN. THEY HAVE WARNED ME NOT TO DO THAT AGAIN, SO I WON'T DO THAT ANYMORE. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING WHAT WE JUST SAW [6) PUBLIC COMMENTS] ? WHILE YOU'RE GETTING READY THERE, I'M GOING TO JUST READ A STATEMENT. 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 AND THE WASCO PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY ON ANY MATTER NOT ON THIS AGENDA, AND OVER WHICH THIS COUNCIL, SUCCESSOR AGENCY AND THE WASCO PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY HAVE JURISDICTION. SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO 2 MINUTES. A MAXIMUM OF 30 MINUTES WILL BE ALLOWED FOR ANY ONE SUBJECT. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD BEFORE MAKING YOUR PRESENTATION. BROWN ACT REQUIREMENTS. THE BROWN ACT DOES NOT ALLOW ACTION OR DISCUSSION ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA SUBJECT TO NARROW EXCEPTIONS. THIS WILL LIMIT A COUNCIL MEMBERS RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS MADE DURING THIS COMMENT PERIOD. WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS, SO FEEL FREE TO PROCEED. MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] RESIDENT OF WASCO. FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR RECOGNIZING THE WASCO YOUTH WRESTLING CLUB AND THE WASCO WRESTLING FAMILY AND JUAN GALLARDO. AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS JUST A VERY SMALL GROUP RIGHT NOW OF INDIVIDUALS THAT MR. JUAN GALLARDO HAS IMPACTED IN OUR COMMUNITY. JUAN, HE'S SO VERY DESERVING OF THIS HONOR. HE SELFLESSLY GIVES BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY. I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS NO ROOM THAT YOU CAN WALK IN AND PULL SOMEONE OUT FROM THAT ROOM AND ASK THEM ANYTHING ABOUT JUAN AND THEY CAN TURN AROUND AND TELL YOU HOW HE SELFLESSLY SERVES BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. THERE'S COUNTLESS OF STORIES THAT I'M SURE EACH AND ONE OF YOU WILL HAVE ABOUT MR. GALLARDO. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE RECOGNITION YOU HAVE GIVEN. [00:10:02] THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] JUAN, DID YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS? I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE BORN AND RAISED IN WASCO AND STILL PART OF THE COMMUNITY AT 44 YEARS OLD. I'M NOT PLANNING ON LEAVING ANYTIME SOON. SO I'LL BE HERE AND INVOLVED, AND MY HEART GOES TOWARDS THE KIDS, 100% TOWARDS THE KIDS. WHEN I RUN INTO MY ISSUE, IS YOU GET SELFISH PEOPLE THINKING ABOUT THEMSELVES. WHEN I HAVE HEADACHES, IT'S BECAUSE OF PEOPLE WHO THINK OF THEMSELVES. FOR ME, I'M SELFLESS AND I HAVE BLINDERS ON BECAUSE I THINK OUR KIDS AND OUR YOUTH DESERVE BETTER, AND FOR US TO DO BETTER, I HAVE TO DO BETTER AS AN ADULT. I HAVE TO DO BETTER AS A HUMAN BEING. I AM A CHRISTIAN. I BELIEVE IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND HE HAS AFFECTED ME IN MANY WAYS THAT I CAN INFLUENCE THESE KIDS TO DO BETTER IN THEIR LIFE, NO MATTER WHERE THEY COME FROM, WHO THEIR PARENTS ARE OR WHAT THEY'RE CAPABLE OF BEING. THEY CAN BE ANYTHING THAT THEY WANT, AND I STRONGLY BELIEVE IN THAT BECAUSE BECAUSE I'VE DONE IT, I'M A WITNESS OF IT. WE, MY BROTHER AND I, ALEX GALLARDO, WE CAME FROM NOTHING, AND WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY IS BECAUSE PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN CARE FOR US AT ONE POINT, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. SO THIS IS A STRONG CITY, AND I REALLY BELIEVE IN THIS TOWN. I BELIEVE IN EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM WHO REALLY CARES ABOUT US, PEOPLE LIKE ACADIA, AND SHARON, WHO JUST HAVE. I'VE DONE WONDERFUL THINGS FOR THIS TOWN. SO IT'S A REALLY GOOD GROUP AND I'M BLESSED AND HONORED TO BE PART OF IT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WISHES TO MAKE A COMMENT ? SEEING NONE, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MAYOR PRO TEM PALLARES. NOTHING MUCH, IN HIGH SCHOOL I WAS VERY SHY, AND I GIVE YOU CREDIT FOR BEING SO BRAVE TO JOIN UP IN THIS ACTIVITY. SO I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU. THANK YOU, AND MEMBER GARCIA. JUST WANTED TO THANK THESE YOUTH, ALL THE YOUTH HERE. YOU GUYS REPRESENT THE BEST OF US. NEVER SURPRISED BY ANY OF OUR YOUTH. FROM THE TAEKWONDO STUDIO TO DANCE KIDS TO THE WRESTLING KIDS. YOU GUYS ARE ALL AMAZING, AND YOU REPRESENT WASCO WELL ON ON THE STATE AND NATIONAL STAGE AND SOME ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU DO REPRESENT THE BEST OF US AND JUST KEEP ON DOING YOUR BEST. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. MEMBER LYNCH. JUAN, YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB, AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE ALL THE KIDS AND THE OTHER ADULTS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH IT AND THINKING FOR THE RECOGNITION FROM WHERE YOU GET YOUR STRENGTH. THANK YOU. IT WAS ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO THAT MY OLDEST SON WALKED INTO THE MAT ROOM AT WASCO HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND ALL THREE OF MY KIDS HAD SPENT TIME IN THAT PROGRAM AT SOME POINT, EVEN THE ONES THAT DECIDED TO GO TO SHAFTER HIGH, THEY WANTED TO WRESTLE IN WASCO BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO WIN, BUT IT'S BECAUSE OF THAT WORK ETHIC THAT ALEX AND JUAN BOTH INSTILLED IN MY YOUNGEST SON THAT DRIVE, THAT DESIRE THAT, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW HE'S IN LONDON, ENGLAND, WORKING FOR WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT AND THAT'S ALMOST ENTIRELY A CREDIT TO JUAN GALLARDO AND WHAT HE INSTILLED IN HIM. SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU GUYS DO, AND ALEX, THANK YOU TO YOU GUYS DOING AN AMAZING JOB. [APPLAUSE] WONDERFUL WORDS FROM ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND SOME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. YOU DESERVE IT ALL. YOU AND THE STUDENTS. WHAT WE SAW TODAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THEIR SKILLS, AND SO KUDOS TO YOU FOR BEING SO INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY. OUR COMMUNITY IS BETTER BECAUSE OF YOU BEING INVOLVED IN IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO ITEM EIGHT. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING UNDER SEVEN WASCO PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY BUSINESS ITEM A RECEIVE AND FILE DEPARTMENT PAYMENTS. YES, MA'AM. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. I'M SHARON SHARP AND I LIVE HERE IN WASCO, AND I'M JUST SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF WASCO ROSE FESTIVAL. YOU KNOW, WE CAME LAST YEAR. WE PUT IT ON IN THREE WEEKS, WHICH WAS A LITTLE CRAZY, BUT THE CITY SUPPORTED US IN MORE WAYS THAN WE COULD EVEN COUNT, AND SO THIS YEAR WE GOT A [00:15:04] MUCH BIGGER HEAD START ON PLANNING. OUR THEME IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING THE ROSE FESTIVAL BACK TO SEPTEMBER AND WE WANTED TO HONOR THAT, AND IT TIES IN REALLY WELL WITH THE ROSE PAGEANT THEME OF ROSE QUEEN AND NEVERLAND. SO WHETHER YOU'RE FROM NEVERLAND OR OZ, THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE WASCO. SO WE HOPE EVERYBODY WILL COME OUT SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH, FOR THERE WILL BE A COLOR RUN STARTING IN THE MORNING THAT THE REC IS PUTTING ON. SO THE RUN IS BACK THIS YEAR AND THE PARADE AND THE FESTIVAL AND THE CAR SHOW AND THE DEEP PIT DINNER THAT WE ALL REMEMBER AS KIDS. THAT'S COMING BACK SATURDAY NIGHT AS WELL. THAT'S THE BIG NEWS FOR THURSDAY. IT'LL BE THE PAGEANT FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BE [INAUDIBLE] ROSES, AND SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, SECOND YEAR IN. WE'VE GOT THREE FULL DAYS AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GROWING IT TOWARDS ADDING A SUNDAY EVENT IN THE FUTURE. SO WASCORF@GMAIL.COM. IF ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS AND WE HAVE VENDOR APPLICATIONS FORTHCOMING AND PARADE APPLICATIONS AND WE EXPECT ALL OF YOU TO BE ON A FIRE TRUCK. [CHUCKLING] ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SHARON. [APPLAUSE] KEEPING THOSE WASCO TRADITIONS ALIVE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. [8) WASCO PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY BUSINESS] MOVING TO ITEM EIGHT WASCO PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY BUSINESS ITEM A RECEIVE AND FILE DEPARTMENT PAYMENTS TOTALING $1,772.41, AND WHO'S TAKING THIS? MR. PEREZ-HERNANDEZ. SEEMS LIKE THE APPROPRIATE INDIVIDUAL TO DO THAT. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL THIS EVENING BEFORE THE BOARD, WE'RE BRINGING BEFORE YOU THE QUARTERLY BILL PAY FOR THE WASCO PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY, AND WHAT THIS IS, IS JUST NBS PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO ADMINISTER TO ASSESSMENT BONDS THAT ONE OF THEM IS SET TO EXPIRE SEPTEMBER OF 2023 AND ONE OF THOSE REVENUE BONDS WAS IN THE AMOUNT OF 10 MILLION AND THE OTHER WAS 11 MILLION THOSE BACK IN 1993 AND 1994. JUST PROVIDING A LITTLE BACKGROUND OF WHAT THIS IS, BUT THIS IS JUST MAINLY TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE BILL PAY FOR THE WASCO PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY. THANK YOU, MR. PEREZ-HERNANDEZ. MADAM CLERK, DO WE NEED A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? YES, WE DO, MAYOR. OKAY, ALL RIGHT. DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR A MOTION? ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY. IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU CALL THE VOTE. I DID NOT GET THE SECOND. IT WAS MR. MARTINEZ. MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LYNCH, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ TO APPROVE ITEM 8A MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. MOVING ON TO ITEM NINE, CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS. [9) CONSENT CALENDAR] THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THE CONSENT CALENDAR CONSISTS OF ITEMS THAT, IN STAFF'S OPINION, ARE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL. THESE ITEMS ARE APPROVED IN ONE MOTION UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER OR A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC REQUEST REMOVAL OF A PARTICULAR ITEM. THIS EVENING WE HAVE ITEMS 9 A-L. AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE MEMBERS IF THEY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON ANY ONE PARTICULAR ITEM ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. MEMBER MAYOR PRO TEM PALLARES. NO CONFLICT. THANK YOU. MEMBER LYNCH. NO CONFLICT, SIR. MEMBER GARCIA. I HAVE NONE. MEMBER MARTINEZ. NO CONFLICTS. I DO NOT HAVE A CONFLICT. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE A PARTICULAR ITEM, PLEASE STATE YOUR FULL NAME FOR THE RECORD BEFORE MAKING YOUR COMMENT. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE A PARTICULAR ITEM? SEEING NO ONE. IS THERE A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE AN ITEM? MAYOR PRO TEM PALLARES. NO, THANK YOU. MEMBER LYNCH. NO, SIR. MEMBER GARCIA MEMBER MARTINEZ NO SIR. I DO NOT WANT TO REMOVE AN ITEM. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. SO MOVED. MADAM CLERK IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND. WOULD YOU CALL THE VOTE BY ROLL CALL? [00:20:10] SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GARCIA THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. ITEM TEN PUBLIC HEARINGS. [10) a. Adopt a Resolutions Confirming The Diagram And Assessment For The Levy And Collection Of Assessments Within Maintenance District No. 1, Landscape And Lighting Maintenance District No. 01-01, No. 01-02, No. 06-1, And No 2017-1 For The Fiscal Year 2021-22] WE HAVE ONE ITEM A, ADOPT A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE DIAGRAM AND ASSESSMENT FOR THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS WITHIN MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NUMBER ONE LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NUMBER 01-01, 01-02, 06-1, AND 2017-1 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 21-22. MR. VILLA. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. THE LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT IS COMPLETED BY AN ENGINEER ANNUALLY TO REVIEW AND UPDATE THE ASSESSMENTS ON THE LOTS. THIS IS NECESSARY AMOUNT FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND SERVICING THE PUBLIC LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING. THE FUNDS FOR THE DISTRICT WILL BE COLLECTED AND GO TO THE RESPECTIVE FUNDS TO PAY FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF LANDSCAPING FOR EACH DISTRICT. STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE INDIVIDUAL RESOLUTIONS CONFIRMING THE DIAGRAM AND ASSESSMENTS OF EACH OF THE FIVE DISTRICTS. THANK YOU, MR. VILLA. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. SEEING NONE, I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME. MAYOR PRO TEM. PALLARES. NO COMMENTS. MEMBER GARCIA I HAVE NOT ON THE SIDE OF MAYOR MEMBER LYNCH. NO COMMENT, SIR. MEMBER MARTINEZ AND I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS AT THIS TIME EITHER. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL, PLEASE. SO MOVE. IS THERE A SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU CALL THE VOTE BY ROLL CALL? LYNCH SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GARCIA TO APPROVE ITEM 10A. MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU, MR. VILLA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. THERE'S NOTHING UNDER NUMBER 11 FOR BUSINESS. SO NOW WE MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS. [12) a. Status update on the California state-regulated Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA); the North Kern Water Storage District and ShafterWasco Irrigation District Management Area Plan; and Authorize continued participation and discussions through the existing Cooperative Agreement. (Hurlbert) ] WE HAVE ITEM A STATUS UPDATE ON THE CALIFORNIA STATE REGULATED SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT ACT SIGMA, THE NORTH KOREAN WATER SOURCE DISTRICT AND SHAFTER-WASCO IRRIGATION DISTRICT MANAGEMENT AREA PLAN AND AUTHORIZED, CONTINUED PARTICIPATION AND DISCUSSION THROUGH THE EXISTING COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT. MR. HURLBERT. YES, HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL TONIGHT, THERE MAY BE VARYING LEVELS OF FAMILIARITY WITH THIS ITEM. THE SIGMA IS THE SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER ACT. THIS IS A STATE LAW THAT WAS PASSED TO HELP PROTECT THE GROUNDWATER LEVELS HERE IN THE SOUTHERN VALLEY. THE STATE HAS SEVERAL AREAS THAT ARE IN PERIL BECAUSE OF LOWERING GROUNDWATER LEVELS. THE SOUTHERN END OF THE VALLEY, BEGINNING AT THE KERN COUNTY LINE AND WITHIN THE BASIN IS OUR AREA PLAN FOR KERN COUNTY, THERE'S AN ORGANIZATION CALLED THE KERN GROUNDWATER AUTHORITY THAT WAS FORMED TO HELP PREPARE A PLAN TO MEET THE STATE MANDATES IN THIS AREA, AND THERE WERE ALSO AREAS OUTSIDE OF THOSE BOUNDARIES WHERE INDIVIDUAL GROUPS ARE TAKING IT UPON THEMSELVES TO COME UP WITH THEIR PLAN. WITHIN THE KGA'S PLAN, THERE WAS A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT PUT INTO PLACE. YES, I WILL PAUSE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. ALTHOUGH IT HURTS MY FEELINGS, THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT GROUNDWATER. [LAUGHTER] I THINK IT WAS YOU WHO RAN THEM OFF MR. HURLBERT. SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER! SUCH AN IMPORTANT TOPIC. [CHUCKLING] OKAY, SO GETTING BACK TO THE STORY. IN 2018, A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WAS FORMED BETWEEN CITIES OF SHAFTER AND WASCO AND OUR UNDERLYING GROUNDWATER DISTRICTS, NORTH KERN WATER STORAGE DISTRICT AND [INAUDIBLE]. THAT AGREEMENT REMAINS IN FORCE AND ONE OF THE KEY POINTS OF THAT WAS THAT THE TWO WATER DISTRICTS REALLY CONTROL THE UNDERLYING GROUNDWATER RIGHTS FOR THEIR PARTICIPANT FARMERS AND LANDOWNERS, AND THEY'RE IN A BETTER POSITION TO ADDRESS THE TECHNICAL ISSUES OF THE [00:25:07] GROUNDWATER ACT, AND THEY HAVE BEEN PERFORMING THAT VERY WELL, DESPITE CHANGES IN LEADERSHIP AND STAFF AT BOTH WATER DISTRICTS OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS SINCE THAT AGREEMENT WAS PUT INTO PLACE AND CHANGES IN BOTH CITY MANAGERS AT BOTH CITIES, I MIGHT ADD. SO BUT WE HAVE GOOD LEADERSHIP AT BOTH OF OUR PARTNER WATER DISTRICTS, AND ONE OF THE GOALS OF THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WAS TO CREATE WHAT WE'RE CALLING A CHAPTER OF THE KGA PLAN OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO SUSTAIN OUR GROUNDWATER HERE IN THE SOUTHERN BASIN, AND SO OUR CHAPTER COVERS ALL FOUR JURISDICTIONS THAT I JUST MENTIONED IN THE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT. THAT PLAN WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE KGA. THE KGA SENT THEIR PLAN OFF TO THE STATE, AND THE STATE HAD SOME CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM, LET'S CALL IT, ABOUT THE PLAN THAT WAS SUBMITTED, AND SO THAT HAS COME BACK DOWN. BOTH DISTRICTS AND BOTH CITIES HAVE MET A NUMBER OF TIMES TO TALK ABOUT THESE. THEY MOSTLY HAVE TO DO WITH THRESHOLDS AND OBJECTIVES, THRESHOLDS OF WHERE THE GROUNDWATER REACHES A CERTAIN LEVEL UP OR DOWN. IT WILL TRIGGER CERTAIN ACTIONS BY THOSE MEMBERS OF THE GROUP, AND THEN WHAT ARE OUR GOALS? AND REALLY ALL THAT THE PLAN LAYS OUT IS WITH STOP THE CONTINUED REDUCTION OF GROUNDWATER NO LATER THAN 2040. SO THIS IS A LONG HORIZON. THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO, BUT WHAT'S BEING DEVELOPED NOW AND WHAT IS DUE BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING IS A RESPONSE TO THIS CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM AND SOME EDITS TO THE PLAN THAT WE CONTRIBUTED, AND SO THOSE THOSE CHANGES ARE BEING PREPARED AS WE SPEAK, AND WHAT I'M REALLY ASKING THE COUNCIL FOR TONIGHT IS JUST ESSENTIALLY WHAT WILL BECOME A MINUTE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE ME TO CONTINUE WORKING WITHIN OUR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT, MOVE THESE EDITS TO OUR CHAPTER FORWARD AND GET THEM SUBMITTED ON TIME TO THE STATE. IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS I WILL ATTEMPT TO ANSWER. I WILL GO BACK TO MY SCRIPT HERE FOR A MOMENT. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? WE HAVE NO PUBLIC. THEY HAVE ALL LEFT, AND THEN ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS? I DO WANT TO ADDRESS THIS BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT SUBJECT AND YOU SAID IT WAS IN 2018 THAT THE GOVERNOR SAID THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE. IT WAS ACTUALLY BEFORE THAT KGA FORMED--I DON'T NEED TO KNOW THE EXACT DATE. I'M JUST TRYING TO REFER BACK AT LEAST A YEAR ELAPSED BEFORE THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WAS FORMED BETWEEN CHAPTER MOSCOW AND WHAT I REMEMBER IS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS. IT WAS THAT THE GOVERNOR SAID, YOU EITHER DO THIS YOURSELVES OR I WILL DO IT FOR YOU. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT, AND THAT'S [INAUDIBLE] IN MY MIND, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT THE GOVERNMENT, THE STATE GOVERNMENT DICTATING TO US WHAT WE CAN DO OURSELVES. SO I THINK IT IS GREAT THAT WE ARE PARTICIPATING. I THINK THAT IT'S GREAT THAT WE FORM THIS COOPERATION WITH SHAFTER AND [INAUDIBLE], AND WHAT WAS THE OTHER? NORTH KERN. YEAH, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE HAVE A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THIS DROUGHT, AND SO I'M WONDERING, IS IT BECAUSE OF THIS CHALLENGE OF THE DROUGHT THAT YOU HAD THIS THING KICKED BACK TO YOU? IS THAT THE REASON FOR IT? DO YOU KNOW? MAYBE PARTIALLY, BUT I THINK IT'S JUST THERE ARE GOALS COMING FROM SACRAMENTO THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A CERTAIN RESULT , AND SOME OF IT, I HAVE TO SAY, WAS APPROPRIATE. I THINK THERE WAS A DISCONNECT BETWEEN OUR FOUR ORGANIZATIONS CAME UP WITH THRESHOLDS AND MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES, AND THE OTHER GROUPS, EVEN WITHIN THE KGA, CAME UP WITH DIFFERENT, AND ONE OF THOSE THRESHOLDS IS WATER LEVELS TO GROUNDWATER, AND SO JUST TO CROSS SOME ARBITRARY POLITICAL BOUNDARY, THERE WAS NOT SEEMINGLY A STRONG CONNECTION. MAYBE WELLS THAT WE'RE ONLY A FEW MILES APART ACROSS A DISTRICT BOUNDARY HAD RADICALLY DIFFERENT GOALS, YOU KNOW, THRESHOLD LEVELS AND GOALS AND SO THEY WERE RIGHTLY ASKING FOR MORE COHESION BETWEEN THE THRESHOLDS AND GOALS FOR EACH OF THE DISTRICTS WITHIN THE BASIN. SO I THINK THAT WAS A FAIR CRITICISM AND OUR GROUP HAS GONE A LONG WAY TOWARD ADDRESSING THAT. [00:30:05] IF I MAY ASK ONE MORE QUESTION. SO THESE FOUR ENTITIES THAT WE ARE A PART OF, WE ARE CONSIDERED A DISTRICT? WE ARE CONSIDERED A A CHAPTER OF THE KGA PLAN. I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. PLEASE INDULGE ME. WATER TABLES DO NOT KNOW BOUNDARIES, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. THEY EXIST ABOVE GROUND. BUT YOU DID MENTION BOUNDARIES WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED YOUR PRESENTATION. DO THOSE BOUNDARIES THAT YOU MENTIONED EXTEND BEYOND THE WATER TABLE? IN OTHER WORDS, ARE OTHER PEOPLE DRAWING FROM THE SAME WATER THAT WE ARE DRAWING? YES, IN SHORT, THAT ABSOLUTELY HAPPENS. NOW, THERE ARE SOME GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS THAT PREVENT THAT, AND YOU CAN HAVE DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT LEVELS OF RESTING GROUNDWATER BECAUSE THERE'S AN IMPERMEABLE BOUNDARY IN BETWEEN GEOLOGICALLY, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, IF YOU DRAW A BIG HORSESHOE FROM THE KERN COUNTY LINE ALONG THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS AND BACK UP THE SIERRA FOOTHILLS, THAT'S ALL ONE BASIN, AND THEY ARE RELATED, EVEN IF NOT DIRECTLY. SO WE'RE DEFINITELY AFFECTED BY OUR NEIGHBORS, AND THAT WAS PART OF THE MOTIVATION TO BAND TOGETHER IS WE HAVE MORE IN COMMON WITH OUR NEIGHBORS THAN WE DO WITH FOLKS IN ARVIN OR TAFT OR FAR FLUNG AREAS OF OUR BASIN. I DO HAVE MORE QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL STOP ASKING QUESTIONS. [CHUCKLING] MAYOR PRO TEM PALLARES. WELL, I THINK CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IS VITAL. IT WAS VERY FRUSTRATING IN THE BEGINNING. YOU KNOW, IT WAS ANNOUNCED HERE IN THE CHAMBERS ABOUT THE 2014 SIGMA COMING TO EFFECT, AND THEN SHORTLY THEREAFTER IS WHEN ALL PROPERTY OWNERS HAD THEIR VOTE TO FORM THIS CHAPTER, AND I REMEMBER MEETING IN SHAFTER'S VETERANS HALL AND THEY HAD A BIG MEETING ABOUT THE RETENTION PONDS IN [INAUDIBLE], AND IT WAS NICE THAT WASCO AND SHAFTER AND THE TWO WATER DISTRICTS GOT TOGETHER TO, TO SPEAK AS ONE. WE NEED THAT PARTNERSHIP, AND IT'S TO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT SEVERAL CHAPTERS, IF YOU WILL, HAVEN'T MET THE QUALIFICATIONS YET EITHER. SO, IT'S AN ONGOING LEARNING EXPERIENCE THAT WE ALL HAVE TO GO THROUGH, BUT TO SUM IT UP, CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IS NEEDED. SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MEMBER LYNCH. I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER PALLARES. I DO HAVE A QUESTION THOUGH. WHAT IS THE STATE RECIPROCATING WITH? OR IS THERE NOTHING? THERE'S NOTHING. THIS IS A STICK ONLY KIND OF LEGISLATION. SO I'M TALKING ABOUT RELEASING DELTA WATER TO THE. YEAH, THAT'S ANOTHER BATTLE, AND, AND I'LL TRY NOT TO EDITORIALIZE TOO MUCH, BUT I THINK THAT A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE GROUNDWATER WOES HERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED HAD THE STATE WATER DELIVERY BEEN AS WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE. YES, EVEN WITH THE SUBSIDENCE, MAYBE SOME OF THE SUBSIDENCE ISSUES WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] IN PARTICULAR WOULDN'T EVEN EXIST IF APPROPRIATE DELIVERIES HAD OCCURRED. I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT MUCH INTO THE SCIENCE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT SHOULD BE A TWO WAY STREET, BUT IT'S NEVER THAT WAY. IT'S THEIR DEMAND WE HAVE TO SUPPLY. SO IT'S THAT IS THE BIGGER CHALLENGE. IT'S A POLITICAL CHALLENGE. THERE WAS DISCUSSION OF THIS TOPIC AT SOME OF THE LEAGUE SESSIONS AND RIGHT ALONG WITH THE MONEY, THAT'S OWED TO VARIOUS PARTS OF THE STATE. OUT OF THE HUGE SURPLUS. THERE IS AN AWFUL LOT OF WATER RUNNING OUT TO SEA AND THERE'S A LOT OF WATER UNACCOUNTED FOR THAT AGAIN IN MY OPINION, MORE OF IT SHOULD FIND ITS WAY HERE, AND HATS OFF TO [INAUDIBLE] TO DANA MUNN. I'D LIKE TO HAVE ON THE RECORD, I MEAN, IT WAS HIS VISION TO EXPAND THOSE RECHARGE PONDS. SO WHEN THERE IS A SURPLUS WATER HERE AND THE CANALS ARE RUNNING FULL, THERE'S A PLACE TO PUT IT AND GET IT BACK INTO THE GROUND HERE WHERE WE'VE SEEN THE [00:35:06] WET YEARS WHEN EVERYTHING IS FULL, ALL THE WAY OUT TO I-5 AND GOES BACK INTO THE CANAL TO GET PUMPED OVER THE HILL. SO HAVING MORE RECHARGE CAPABILITY IS IS PART OF THE VISION, AND DICK DIAMOND AT NORTH KERN, BOTH OF THOSE GENTLEMEN UNDERSTOOD THE ISSUE VERY, VERY WELL AND GOT US ON A GOOD TRACK. THANK YOU. MEMBER GARCIA. JUST TO ECHO AND URGE AS WELL TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATION IN THIS CONVERSATION. THEY ARE HISTORIC WATER RIGHTS THAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH AND NAVIGATING THROUGH. SO AS WE CONTINUE TO ARRIVE AND GET THERE TO, TO THE GOAL, WHICH IS SIGMA, IT SEEMS A LITTLE NEBULOUS RIGHT NOW, BUT YES, WE DO NEED TO PARTICIPATE; I'LL JUST CONTINUE URGING THAT WE PARTICIPATE. MEMBER MARTINEZ? NO COMMENTS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. DO WE NEED A VOTE ON THIS? FOR MINUTE ACTION, I THINK JUST THE CONCUR, CONTINUED PARTICIPATION AND SUBMITTAL OF THE SECOND [INAUDIBLE] HAS BEEN MOVED, AND SECOND, MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU CALL THE VOTE ROLL CALL? MOTION BY MAYOR REYNA. SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER LYNCH. CONTINUATION OF PARTICIPATION THANK YOU, MR. HULBERT, FOR WILLING TO ANSWER ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS. SUCH AN IMPORTANT SUBJECT. I WISH THEY WOULD HAVE STAYED BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT SUBJECT. IT IS. PROBABLY WOULD BE VERY BORING FOR THEM. ITEM B ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH GREAT WESTERN RECREATION IN [12) b. Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Sign and Execute an Agreement with Great Western Recreation in the amount of $35,000 plus a material surcharge, tax, and freight to purchase outdoor adult fitness equipment for the Central Avenue Neighborhood Park Project. (Lara)] THE AMOUNT OF $35,000 PLUS A MATERIAL SURCHARGE, TAX AND FREIGHT TO PURCHASE OUTDOOR ADULT FITNESS EQUIPMENT FOR THE CENTRAL AVENUE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK PROJECT. ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER LAURA WAS CALLED AWAY TO SOME FAMILY BUSINESS TONIGHT, SO I'LL BE TAKING BOTH OF THESE. YOU GET THE ALL SCOTT NEW BUSINESS TONIGHT SO HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. THIS ITEM WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE ABOUT 39% ON SOME PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT WAS BECAME AWARE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY. NORMALLY WE WOULD PARTICIPATE IN A STATE SCHEDULE THAT ALLOWS US TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT THROUGH A PRE BID PROCESS. WE DON'T HAVE TO GATHER MULTIPLE BIDS AND WHATNOT, SO WE'RE SAVING OVER 22.5K OFF OF THE NORMAL STATE SCHEDULE PRICE FOR THIS EQUIPMENT. SO FOR SOMETHING THAT WOULD NORMALLY COST ALMOST 58K OUR PRICE IS 35K. WE HAVE A PLACE TO STORE THIS. WE HAVE FUNDING FROM OUR GRANT FOR THE PARK AND THIS WILL BE INSTALLED AT THE FILBURN IN CENTRAL PARK THERE UNDER THE URBAN GREENING PROJECT. SO WE HAVE A PLACE TO STORE IT UNTIL IT'S READY TO BE INSTALLED. SO I RECOMMEND APPROVING THE CITY MANAGER TO GO AHEAD AND SIGN THAT PURCHASE AGREEMENT. THANK YOU. MR. HURLBERT. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS? MAYOR PRO TEM PALLARES. NO COMMENTS. THANK YOU. MEMBER LYNCH. NO COMMENT. MEMBER GARCIA. NO COMMENTS. MEMBER MARTINEZ NO COMMENTS. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. I LOOKED AT THOSE PLANS BEFORE WE STARTED WORKING ON THIS. WAS THE EQUIPMENT PART OF WHAT WAS INTENDED TO BE THERE? I'M JUST WONDERING. YEAH, I BELIEVE THIS IS THE ADULT FITNESS SET UP, AND THERE WAS AN AREA DESIGNED FOR SOME SORT OF ACTIVE EQUIPMENT. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE SPECIFIED THIS. WE MAY NOT HAVE EVEN KNOWN THAT THIS PARTICULAR SETUP WAS AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME THAT WAS SET UP. YEAH, I THINK IT'S GREAT. I LOVE IT. I THINK IT'S BEAUTIFUL. ANYWAY, THANK YOU. [00:40:01] I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL, PLEASE. SO MOVED. SECOND. MADAM CLERK IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECOND WOULD YOU CALL THE VOTE BY ROLL CALL. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. ITEM C ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT AND EXECUTE A GRAND SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH THE REGIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA [12) c. Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Accept And Execute A Grant Service Agreement With The Regents Of The University Of California On Behalf Of Its Davis Campus School Of Veterinary Medicine On Behalf Of Its Koret Shelter Medicine Program In Connection With The California Animal Welfare Funders Collaborative Program. (Lara)] ON BEHALF OF ITS DAVIS CAMPUS SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE. ON BEHALF OF ITS [INAUDIBLE] IS THAT HOW YOU PRONOUNCE THAT? I BELIEVE SO. SHELTER MEDICINE PROGRAM IN CONNECTION WITH THE CALIFORNIA ANIMAL WELFARE FUNDERS COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM. THAT IS A MOUTHFUL. IT IS. HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. THIS IS YET ANOTHER. WE'VE HAD A SERIES OF 5000 GRANTS HEADED TOWARD THE ANIMAL SHELTER. THIS IS, I BELIEVE, THE THIRD. THIS ONE IS SPECIFICALLY FOR TO HELP SUPPORT LOCAL ANIMAL CONTROL SHELTERS WITH VACCINATIONS, BASIC WELLNESS, MICROCHIPPING, AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, SPAY AND NEUTER SURGERIES, AND SO THE PLANS FOR THESE FUNDS INCLUDE FOCUSING ON THAT, AND THERE'S WORK BEING DONE TO TRY TO COORDINATE WITH OUR LOCAL VETERINARY OFFICE TO PERFORM SOME OF THIS WORK AND ADDRESS THE NEEDS AS THEY COME ALONG. THE MONEY WILL BE BOTH ADDED AND DEBITED FROM THE EXISTING FUNDS, AND SO THERE IS A NEUTRAL GENERAL FUND EFFECT FOR THE USE OF THESE FUNDS. THANK YOU, MR. HULBERT. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE. MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY EMAIL COMMENTS? WE HAVE NO EMAIL COMMENTS. THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS? MAYOR PRO TEM PALLARES. NO COMMENTS. THANK YOU. MEMBER LYNCH? NO COMMENTS. MEMBER GARCIA. YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S A CONVERSATION BEING BROKERED WITH THE LOCAL VETERINARIAN, WHICH HAS BEEN AN IDEA OF THE MAYOR'S AND OTHERS FOR A WHILE NOW. I KNOW YOU'RE JUST GETTING IN ON THAT. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PERHAPS SUPPORT THROUGH THROUGH THE GRANT? IS THAT WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING? YES, WE WOULD WE WOULD USE THESE FUNDS. I THINK THAT OCCASIONALLY WE CAN PARTNER WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] BUS AND THAT'S AN ANNOUNCEMENT WE'LL HAVE LATER, BUT THESE FUNDS COULD GO BEYOND THAT, AND IF THERE ARE SPECIALTY KINDS OF SERVICES OR EVEN JUST THE [INAUDIBLE] SERVICES IN AN ONGOING CAPACITY, I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL, ALTHOUGH WE KNOW HIS CAPACITY LOCALLY IS LIMITED. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEN WE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DOING A REALLY GREAT JOB, THE [INAUDIBLE], THEY'RE ALWAYS MAXED OUT, BUT I THINK THERE'S A NEGATIVE SIDE TO THAT WHERE IT'S LIKE YOU KIND OF JUST LIKE, WHY EVEN CALL BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE MAXED OUT. RIGHT? I'VE EXPERIENCED THAT. SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS EXPERIENCE THAT. SO, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE MOMENT TO REALLY EMPHASIZE BRINGING HOME THAT PROGRAM AND MAKING THAT POSSIBILITY LOCALLY ON AN ONGOING BASIS THROUGH THIS FUNDING AND ANY OTHER FUTURE FUNDING WE CAN FIND. I WILL DEFINITELY PASS THAT ALONG AND MAKE SURE WE FOCUS ON THAT, BUT THIS IS EXCELLENT WORK ON BEHALF OF THE STAFF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MEMBER GARCIA MEMBER MARTINEZ. NO COMMENTS. THANK YOU. I'LL JUST SAY SOMETHING. AS MEMBER GARCIA MENTIONED, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT REGULARLY. YOU KNOW THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR LOCAL VETERINARY CLINIC TO GET SOME OF THIS WORK. I AM PLEASED TO SEE THAT. I DID WANT TO ASK YOU BECAUSE I READ THE REPORT AND IT SAID THAT THIS WAS TO SAVE 20 DOGS FROM BEING EUTHANIZED. SO IT IS FOCUSED ON PROVIDING THE SERVICES THAT THE DOGS NEED AND I GUESS ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THEY GET PLACED BOTH BOTH FOR ALL OF THOSE THINGS AT THE SAME TIME. AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOME SPECULATION HERE, BECAUSE THESE AREN'T CONVERSATIONS I'VE PERSONALLY BEEN INVOLVED IN, BUT I THINK THERE ARE PROBABLY SOME DOGS THAT PART OF THE ADOPTION PROCESS WOULD INCLUDE MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE SPAYED OR NEUTERED BEFORE THEY LEAVE, AND THERE MAY NOT BE FUNDS THERE FOR A PARTICULAR ANIMAL, AND THIS MIGHT HELP DO THAT, OR THERE MAY BE A MEDICAL CONDITION THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, AND IF THERE AREN'T FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THAT, THEN THEN THERE WOULD COME A POINT WHERE THEIR EUTHANIZATION WOULD BE CHOSEN OVER CONTINUED ATTEMPTS AT CARE. I CAN TRY TO FIND OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. I'M SURE LAURA CAN SPEAK MUCH MORE ELOQUENTLY ON THIS THAN I CAN. [00:45:04] I APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK THE SECOND PART THAT YOU MENTIONED, I THINK IT'S MORE LIKELY THAT SOME OF THESE ANIMALS MAY BE SUFFERING FROM SOME KIND OF PHYSICAL. THE ISSUE AND THAT FIXING THAT ISSUE WOULD MAKE THEM MORE ADOPTABLE. I SUSPECT THAT'S THE CASE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THIS ITEM FORWARD. MADAM CLERK IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. WOULD YOU CALL THE VOTE BY ROLL CALL? REYNA SECONDED BY COUNSEL. MEMBER GARCIA TO APPROVE ITEM 12 IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. NUMBER 13 REPORTS FROM COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES. [13) a. Kern Economic Development Corporation (Garcia)] ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MEMBER GARCIA HAVE WE MET SINCE THE LAST TIME THAT WAS ACTUALLY IN TEHACHAPI. OH, YES. GARCIA, WE HAD THAT MEETING, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE HAD THE LAST MEETING AND WE WERE DISCUSSING WHO WOULD ATTEND. I AM THE ALTERNATE, AND SO I SAID I WOULD, BUT THEN WHEN I REACHED OUT IN THE MORNING TO HIM TO FIND OUT WHERE THE MEETING WAS BEING HELD AND AT WHAT TIME HIS ANSWER WAS IT'S CURRENTLY BEING HELD IN TEHACHAPI. RIGHT THAT MINUTE? YEAH. SO WE WERE NOT ABLE TO. WHICH IS UNUSUAL, RIGHT? THEY HAD THIS MEETING EARLY MORNING IN TEHACHAPI, SO THERE WAS NO WAY FOR ME TO ATTEND IT. SO NEXT TIME. WATCH. NOTHING TO REPORT AS A RESULT OF THAT. EXCUSE ME. CURRENT COUNSEL OF A GOVERNMENT MR. [13) b. Kern Council of Government (Reyna)] GARCIA ATTENDED THE LAST TIME THAT MEETING, AND HE REPORTED ON THAT. SO THERE'LL BE A MEETING SOMETIME SOON? YES, THERE'LL BE ANOTHER ONE COMING UP, AND THEN WASCO TASK FORCE. [13) c. Wasco Task Force (Martinez & Reyna)] THE REPORT ON THAT, THE WASCO TASK FORCE HAS NOT MET SINCE THE LAST MEETING. HOWEVER, I DID FORM A COMMITTEE. THIS IS A STEERING EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE TO LOOK INTO HAVING OUR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GOAL OF THIS COMMITTEE WILL BE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AS TO HOW WE CAN GET THERE. I HAVE INVITED SIX INDIVIDUALS AND MYSELF, ONE OF THEM BEING MR. MARTINEZ, WHO IS ALREADY A MEMBER OF THE TASK FORCE. HE AND I ARE ASSIGNED TO THE TASK FORCE SO HE AND I WILL BE SERVING ON THIS COMMITTEE. ALL RIGHT, REPORTS FROM THE KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, CHIEF APPLETON FIRE DEPARTMENT. [14) a. Kern County Fire Department (Appleton)] WHAT DID I SAY? SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. [CHUCKLING] I APOLOGIZE. I SWITCHED JOBS TONIGHT. [CHUCKLING] I WOULD BE SO RELIEVED. HE WOULD BE SO RELIEVED? I DIDN'T HEAR THAT. [CHUCKLING] CHIEF APPLETON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. JUST A REPORT THIS EVENING FROM THE WEEKEND THE KERN COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO ON THE THIRD AND THE FOURTH JUST SUNDAY, MONDAY. 16 SEPARATE INCIDENTS, INCLUDING FOUR FIRES. THREE OF THOSE WERE VEGETATION FIRES AND ONE WAS A CALL FOR A STRUCTURE FIRE. I BELIEVE IT WAS A SMALL FIRE INSIDE OF A STRUCTURE, THOUGH, AND THEN WE HAD WITH OUR ONLINE REPORTING SYSTEM OVER THE WEEKEND, WE HAD 113 REPORTS OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS. YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE SCREEN THERE. THAT'S OUR DASHBOARD FROM OUR ONLINE REPORTING SYSTEM. SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO TRACK THAT DATA AND KEEP THAT DATA FOR THE FUTURE. THIS IS JUST THIS SHOWS WASCO, BUT WE HAVE IT FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THIS EVENING. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF APPLETON? MEMBER PALLARES. YES [INAUDIBLE] THE CITATIONS, WOULD THAT BE RECORDED DOWN HERE AS WELL AS THE [INAUDIBLE] CITATIONS. THOSE ARE SEPARATE. I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION YET. I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY THEY GAVE OUT OR IF THEY WERE GIVEN OUT IN WASCO BECAUSE THEY PROBABLY CAME IN LATE LAST NIGHT. SO I HAVEN'T RECEIVED THAT INFORMATION YET. I UNDERSTAND, IT'S A BUSY NIGHT. I FIGURED NOT ANYTHING FOR THIS EVENING, BUT HOPEFULLY IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS WE WOULD HAVE SOMETHING. [00:50:05] YEAH. IF THERE WERE ANY CITATIONS ISSUED, I'LL FIND OUT, AND THIS IS JUST REPORTING. OKAY, WELL, THANK YOU. THIS IS GOOD TO KNOW, AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO REPORT AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE THIS CONSISTENT YEAR LONG. THANK YOU. MEMBER LYNCH. YOU SAID 100 AND HOW MANY? 13. 113 REPORTED. TWO OF THOSE WERE MINE. [CHUCKLING] MY STREET WAS A WAR ZONE LAST NIGHT, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH TO GO AROUND TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, AND BUT THE 113 REPORTS, I THINK, ARE A GOOD REPRESENTATION OF OF US GOING OUT, HANGING THE DOOR HANGERS, AND I DID THAT LAST WEEK AND WORE MY FEET OUT. ALL RIGHT, MEMBER GARCIA THERE WAS A LOT OF NEWS ABOUT USE OF DRONE TECHNOLOGY IN THIS YEAR. WAS THAT USED AT ALL IN WASCO? I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY USED IT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE. I KNOW THAT IT WAS BEING USED, BUT I DO NOT KNOW WHERE IT WAS USED AT. OKAY, THANK YOU. MEMBER MARTINEZ. YEAH, IN ADDITION TO CITATIONS, CAN WE GET SOME INFORMATION ON HOW MANY OF THESE WERE RESPONDED TO? BECAUSE I HAVE A FEELING THE MAJORITY OF THESE, BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE DID HANG THE DOOR FLIERS, BUT IF THERE'S NO ENFORCEMENT OR NOBODY EVEN GOING OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A WASTE OF TIME, AND FOR SOME REASON, I SUSPECT THAT WE DIDN'T RESPOND TO VERY MANY OF THESE. SO IT'S ALL A PR THING, HONESTLY. IS THAT IT? YEAH. THANK YOU. I DO WANT TO SAY, LAST NIGHT IN WASCO, IT WAS LIKE A WAR ZONE. LITERALLY WAS, AND I GOT A CALL FROM SOMEBODY, ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS THAT WAS CRYING THIS MORNING. SHE WAS FEELING DEVASTATED BECAUSE OF WHAT SHE SAID WAS WASCO'S CONDITION IN WHICH SHE SAID NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT. NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT. THOSE ARE HER WORDS, AND, YOU KNOW, SHE SAYS, I'VE NEVER SEEN IT OR HEARD IT SO BAD, BUT I HEARD THAT FROM SEVERAL PEOPLE. AT THE ONE AMERICA CELEBRATION, WHICH WAS A GREAT SUCCESS UNTIL THE VERY END IN WHICH THERE WAS THIS GROUP OF 50 INDIVIDUALS, TEENAGERS, THAT SOMEHOW THEY DECIDED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE THROWING FIREWORKS AT PEOPLE AND SO WHAT THEY DID IS THEY WOULD LIGHT UP THESE FIREWORKS AND THROW THEM AT PEOPLE'S HAIR AND PEOPLE'S CLOTHING, AND I WAS INFORMED THAT SOME PEOPLE HAD THEIR NECK BURNED. SOME PEOPLE HAD THEIR CLOTHING BURNED, AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED. OUR DEPUTIES DID RESPOND, BUT BY THE TIME THEY RESPONDED, THE KIDS HAD SOMEHOW DISPERSED, ALTHOUGH THEY DID COME BACK. A PORTION OF THEM CAME BACK. WE NEED TO GET A HOLD ON THIS ISSUE. WE CAN'T JUST DO WHAT DID YOU CALL IT, PR? YES. WE NEED TO HAVE SOME TEETH BEHIND IT, AND, YOU KNOW, US GOING OUT THERE AND HANGING ALL OF THOSE DOOR HANGERS, BUT NOTHING BEING DONE ABOUT IT. IT'S NOT A GOOD THING, AND I HEARD THE STATISTICS ON THE NEWS TODAY. I THINK THAT OVERALL, THE WEBSITE WAS A GREAT SUCCESS WITH OVER 4000 REPORTS FOR KERN COUNTY, WHICH IS QUITE A BIT AND OVER 200 CITATIONS, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, WERE GIVEN, BUT I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT IF ANY WERE GIVEN HERE IN WASCO , AND THERE WAS NO NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS LEFT UNTOUCHED BY THIS BARRAGE OF EXPLOSIONS LITERALLY EVERYWHERE, AND IT DIDN'T STOP. IT WENT ON PAST MIDNIGHT. YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT THAT AT ONE POINT WE HAVE DOGS AND EVERYBODY THAT OWNS AN ANIMAL KNOWS THAT A DOG IS VERY SCARED WITH THE SOUNDS, AND SO AT ONE POINT, MY WIFE THOUGHT, WELL, IT'S NICE AND COOL OUTSIDE. IT'S CLOSE TO MIDNIGHT. LET'S GO AHEAD AND OPEN WINDOWS AND, YOU KNOW, SLIDING DOORS AND LET THE FRESH AIR IN, BUT THAT WAS A MISTAKE BECAUSE NO SOONER HAD SHE DONE THAT THE EXPLOSIVES STARTED AGAIN. [00:55:02] SO I THINK THAT WE REALLY NEED TO FIND A SOLUTION. WE CAN'T CONTINUE THIS WAY. PEOPLE ARE DISCOURAGED BY IT, AND I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT. I MEAN, THIS LADY WAS LITERALLY CRYING ON THE PHONE, TELLING ME, YOU KNOW, HOW SHE FELT AND I EMPATHIZE WITH HER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT. I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE INFORMATION IN THE NEXT MEETING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHIEF APPLETON. SERGEANT [INAUDIBLE]. [14) b. Kern County Sheriff Department (Shinn)] LOOK AT THAT SMILE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. THERE'S A BOARD. I APOLOGIZE ABOUT MY TARDINESS, BUT I JUST HAD SOME OTHER ISSUES I HAD TO TAKE CARE OF AT THE SUBSTATION PRIOR TO GETTING OVER HERE. I HAVE SEVERAL GOOD INVESTIGATIONS TO KIND OF BRING TO THE BOARD THIS WEEK AND THE PUBLIC ALONG WITH OUR MONTHLY STATISTICS THAT WILL COVER. SO THE FIRST ONE I'LL DISCUSS. OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE HAD OUR SHARE OF ISSUES WITH VIOLENT CRIME, JUST LIKE OUR GREATER SOCIETY HAS, BUT A COUPLE OF THESE FIRST TO PRESENT ON OUR GOOD LITTLE, HOPEFULLY LITTLE STOPS AND INVESTIGATIONS [INAUDIBLE] KIND OF SLOW THAT HOPEFULLY AND IF NOT PROTECT THE PUBLIC AND TRY TO PUT SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE A DANGER BEHIND BARS. SO THE FIRST ONE I'M GOING TO PRESENT ON OCCURRED ON MONDAY, JUNE 27TH AT APPROXIMATELY 11:50 A.M., DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO THE AREA OF FIRST STREET AND BIRCH FOR A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION. UPON ARRIVAL, DEPUTIES CONTACTED ONE OF THE INVOLVED PARTIES WHO WAS IDENTIFIED AS BRANDON CISNEROS. HE'S AGE 20, AND HE'S FROM THE CITY OF WASCO. UPON CONTACTING HIM, HE WAS IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED BY THE RESPONDING DEPUTY AS HAVING AN OUTSTANDING FELONY WARRANT FOR ROBBERY OUT OF TULARE COUNTY. AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED, DEPUTIES SUBSEQUENTLY LOCATED A STOLEN FIREARM, TWO EXTENDED MAGAZINES AND A STANDARD SIZE MAGAZINE IN THE INDIVIDUAL'S VEHICLE. HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ARRESTED ON NUMEROUS FELONY WEAPONS CHARGES, ALONG WITH HIS OUTSTANDING WARRANT FOR ROBBERY. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE FACT THAT CISNEROS WAS ALSO OUT. HE WAS ALSO CURRENTLY OUT ON HIS OWN RECOGNIZANCE FROM A PENDING FELONY CASE FOR WEAPONS POSSESSION, WHICH IS EERILY SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE HE WAS CONTACTED IN A VEHICLE, IN THAT CASE WITH NUMEROUS GANG MEMBERS FROM THE CITY OF WASCO, AND HE WAS PENDING A DELAYED DEFERRED ENTRY, A JUDGMENT TYPE CASE, WHERE WHAT THEY DO IS THEY SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE YOU OUT ON THE STREETS FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND WE'RE NOT EVEN GOING TO SENTENCE YOU YET. SO YOU HAVE NO SEARCH TERMS. YOU HAVE NOTHING BUT GO AND GO OUT THERE, AND AS LONG AS YOU DON'T GET IN TROUBLE AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO DROP ALL YOUR STUFF DOWN TO A MISDEMEANOR. SO YOU CONTINUE ABOUT YOUR WAY. THAT SENTENCING DATE WAS GOING TO BE JULY 25TH, WHICH THAT HAS NOW BEEN ALTERED WITH HIS NEW CHARGES. SO HE WILL NO LONGER HAVE HIS FELONY CHARGES, WEAPONS POSSESSION FROM LAST YEAR DROPPED TO A MISDEMEANOR. THEY SHOULD BE UPHELD AS FELONY CHARGES AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH DEALING WITH THIS INDIVIDUAL. IF HE GETS BACK OUT AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO BRING ATTENTION. THERE'S THE LITTLE INSIGNIA THING THAT I HAD MADE. I LIKE IT A LITTLE BIT. SOME OF THE COLORS A LITTLE FADED, BUT WE'LL WORK THAT OUT AND GET A NICE ONE. SECOND INCIDENT I'M GOING TO PRESENT ON OCCURRED ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29TH, APPROXIMATELY 1:20 P.M., WHERE DEPUTIES FROM THE WASCO SUBSTATION ASSISTED DEPUTIES AND OTHER PERSONNEL FROM THE KERN COUNTY [INAUDIBLE] UNIT WITH AN INVESTIGATION IN THE 1800 BLOCK OF D STREET. DURING THE INVESTIGATION, DEPUTIES DETAINED RENE FIERRO, AGE 25, OF WASCO, AND HE WAS FOUND TO BE IN POSSESSION OF A LOADED HANDGUN, THE ONE PICTURED IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT ON THE RED BACKGROUND. HE'S ALSO ON PAROLE. DURING A SUBSEQUENT SEARCH OF THE PROPERTY WHERE HE WAS CONTACTED. DEPUTIES LOCATED AN ADDITIONAL HANDGUN NARCOTICS BELIEVED TO BE COCAINE AND PROCESSED MARIJUANA. DURING THE INVESTIGATION AN ADDITIONAL METAL SUBJECT AN EPIFANIO RODRIGO FIERRO, AGE 52, OF WASCO, WAS ALSO DETAINED. THE CONCLUSION OF INVESTIGATION, RENE AND EPIFANIO WERE BOTH SUBSEQUENTLY ARRESTED AND BOOKED IN THE CRF FOR NUMEROUS WEAPONS AND CHARGES, INCLUDING POSSESSION OF STOLEN FIREARM, POSSESSION OF NARCOTICS FOR SALE AND CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT CRIME. [01:00:01] ONCE AGAIN, IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THE DEPUTIES ARE OUT THERE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO STOP THE VIOLENT CRIME AND NARCOTICS ON OUR STREETS. IT'S A GOOD ONE THAT IT ALSO SHOWS THAT EVEN THE KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, ADDITIONAL UNITS ARE COMING OUT HERE, STILL SHOWING ATTENTION TO THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE IN OUR CITY, AND THE LAST ONE I'M GOING TO PRESENT ON OCCURRED ON FRIDAY, JULY 2ND, AT APPROXIMATELY 7:05 P.M., WHERE A DEPUTY FROM THE WASCO SUBSTATION WAS RESPONDED TO THE 1000 BLOCK OF 12TH STREET, A REPORT OF 8 TO 10 SUBJECTS INVOLVED IN A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION AND ARMED WITH WEAPONS. DEPUTIES WERE ALSO ADVISED THAT THE VICTIMS HAD SUSTAINED LACERATIONS, POSSIBLE BROKEN NOSE AND A POSSIBLE BROKEN ARM. UPON ARRIVAL DEPUTIES LEARNED A FEMALE AND HER THREE JUVENILES HAD BEEN PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED BY THREE ADULT MALES. DURING THE INVESTIGATION, DEPUTIES IDENTIFIED RUFINO [INAUDIBLE], AGE 54, OF WASCO AND FIDELIO [INAUDIBLE], AGE 34, OF WASCO, AS THE SUSPECT INVOLVED IN THE ASSAULT. RUFINO SUBSEQUENTLY ARRESTED AND BOOKED IN THE CRF FOR FELONY INFLICTION OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT OR CORPORAL INJURY ON A SPOUSE AND CHILD CRUELTY FOUR COUNTS OF CHILD CRUELTY. FIDELIO WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ARRESTED ON JULY 4TH DURING THE CONTINUATION OF THE INVESTIGATION FOR FELONY ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON, CHILD CRUELTY BATTERY WITH RESULT IN SERIOUS BODILY INJURY AND MISDEMEANOR BATTERY ON A PERSON AND BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL. THIS INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. ANYBODY WITH INFORMATION RELATED TO THE CASE IS ENCOURAGED TO CALL THE KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AT 661-861-3110 OR THE [INAUDIBLE] WITNESS AT 661-322-4040, AND THEN LASTLY, I'LL JUST PRESENT SOME OF OUR MONTH TO MONTH STATISTICS. WE HAVE WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE OVERALL CALLS OF SERVICE HAS DIPPED A LITTLE BIT, BUT OUR TOTAL ARREST FOR THE MONTH INCREASED FROM 54 TO 62. ALONG WITH OUR CITATIONS HAVE STAYED FAIRLY SAME MONTH TO MONTH 31 TO 34. THERE ARE PATROL CHECKS DROPPING AND NARCOTICS RELATED ARRESTS KIND OF DIPPED. I THINK WE HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE OF VIOLENT CRIME AND KIND OF LIKE POSSESSION OF STOLEN VEHICLE TYPE CASES THAT RESULTED IN THE ARREST FOR THIS ONE. ALSO, JUST WANTED TO MAKE NOTE THAT WHEN WE GO FROM JUST SO WE CAN KEEP THE BOARD UPDATED ON LIKE A YEAR TO YEAR TYPE THING. THIS POINT, MONTH TO MONTH FROM 2021 TO 2022, DEPUTIES HAVE ARRESTED 361 INDIVIDUALS VERSUS ONLY 335 AT THIS POINT LAST YEAR. SO I JUST WANT TO BRING THAT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD. SOMETIMES THESE MONTH TO MONTHS DON'T DO JUSTICE AS FAR AS OVERALLS, BUT WITH THAT, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND OPEN TO THE BOARD FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU, SERGEANT [INAUDIBLE]. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SERGEANT? SERGEANT, HAVE ANY OF YOUR DEPUTIES ISSUED CITATIONS FOR ILLEGAL FIREWORKS AS WELL, OR? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. OKAY, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? HOW OLD WERE THE CHILDREN THAT GOT ASSAULTED? THEY WERE IN THEIR EARLY TO MID TEENS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? SERGEANT, I ALWAYS APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO, THE DEPUTIES DO. I KNOW THAT YOU'RE WORKING UNDER VERY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES. SO I APPRECIATE ALL OF WHAT IS DONE BY THE DEPUTIES AND YOURSELF. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT, AND WE'LL KEEP DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN. WE'RE OUT THERE TRYING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES AS BEST WE CAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. [15) REPORTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER] REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER MR. HULBERT. YES, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. JUST A COUPLE OF ITEMS. ONE I ALLUDED TO EARLIER, WE HAVE A SNIP BUS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 5TH. I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE THE TIME AND PLACE YET. MR. VILLA IS GOING TO ENLIGHTEN ME. SO, YES, TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 5TH, RIGHT? YES. JUST GOT THE DATE RIGHT. WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE SAME AREA IN FRONT OF THE OLD COURTHOUSE. SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO IRON OUT ALL THE DETAILS, BUT IT'LL BE THE SAME BUS THAT CAME OUT HERE THE LAST TIME. WE'RE STILL TRYING TO DO THIS COMMUNICATION WITH THE LOCAL VET. WE HAVEN'T BEEN TOO SUCCESSFUL IN THAT. COMMUNICATION, AS I DON'T KNOW WITH WORKING TOGETHER, THOUGH, IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. [01:05:04] RIGHT. MAY I ASK A QUESTION REGARDING THAT VERY ISSUE? BECAUSE I WANT TO SAY THIS, WE DO TAKE ANIMALS THROUGH ANIMAL CONTROL TO HIM. I'VE SEEN THEM THERE MANY TIMES. CORRECT. IS IT THE ISSUE THAT HE DOES NOT WANT TO COMMIT TO WORKING WITH US? WHAT IS THE ISSUE? I HAVEN'T GOT LIKE A CLEAR ANSWER. I HAVE NOT REACHED OUT TO HIM ONLY BECAUSE ANIMAL CONTROL STAFF REACHES OUT BECAUSE THEY SEE HIM ALMOST DAILY. SO THEY JUST SAY THAT HE'S LIKE FULLY BOOKED, CONSTANTLY. SO THERE'S NO NO SPACE OR TIME OR TO VEER OFF, AND THAT MAY BE TRUE BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING TO THIS CLINIC FROM ALL OVER AS FAR AS TEHACHAPI, I KNOW THAT I WAS THERE WHEN PEOPLE SAID, SO THAT'S DEFINITELY A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR, AND I'M LEANING TOWARDS THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. THAT'S WHAT I GET FROM MY STAFF. REGARDING THE [INAUDIBLE], ARE WE CONTRIBUTING MONEY TO IT OR IS THIS ONE OF THOSE THAT WE GOT THE FUNDS FOR THROUGH A GRANT? THESE ARE GRANT FUNDS, MONEY THAT'S GOING TOWARDS IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. VILLA. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. VILLA? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SOMETHING ELSE, MR.--SECOND ITEM, BIKE RODEO IS BACK ON AGAIN, SCHEDULED FOR JULY 7TH. SO THAT'S JUST TWO DAYS FROM NOW, AND THAT WILL BE AT BARKER PARK THURSDAY AND I HAVE THE TIME RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF US. 9 A.M. SO I THINK THE CLERK WAS GOING TO BE SENDING THESE FLYERS TO EACH OF YOU IF SHE DIDN'T DO THAT ALREADY. WE ALREADY RECEIVED THEM. SO THAT LOOKS LIKE A GOOD TIME, AND THAT IS REALLY ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. HULBERT. I'LL START THE CONVERSATION AT THE COUNCIL AT THE DAIS. [16) REPORTS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL] I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE ONE NATION CELEBRATION, AS YOU HEARD ME SPEAK ABOUT THE LATTER PART OF IT, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS. IT STARTED WITH A FLAG CEREMONY IN THE MORNING AT 10:00, AND THEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER, THERE WAS A BIKE PARADE, WHICH BOTH MR. GARCIA AND MYSELF PARTICIPATED IN, AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I SPENT ABOUT TWO AND A HALF HOURS DECORATING A BIKE THAT WASN'T MINE. I DON'T OWN A BIKE, SO I BORROWED ONE AND IT WAS PRETTY NICELY DECKED UP, AND SO IT WAS FUN. I HAD A LOT OF FUN, AND THEN LATER IN THE EARLY EVENING, I WENT IN AND PARTICIPATED IN THE CEREMONY JUST PRIOR TO THE FIREWORKS SHOW, AND ALSO PARTICIPATED JUST AS A VIEWER, AND, YOU KNOW, THE FIREWORKS SHOW, VERONICA WAS THERE AS WELL. IT WAS QUITE A NICE DISPLAY. YOU KNOW, IT CAME OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW IT, THAT THEY PUT OUT THE SIX BEST FIREWORK SHOWS, I THINK IT WAS IN KERN COUNTY AND SHAFTER WAS AMONG THEM. I THINK IT WAS THE SECOND ON THE LIST, AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, FIVE MORE I WANT TO SEE WASCO THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT COMING TO OURS. IT WAS AWESOME. YOU KNOW, IT WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD, AND THAT FINALE IS JUST, YOU KNOW, IT JUST SHAKES, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S ENJOYABLE BECAUSE IT STOPS AT ONE POINT, RIGHT? IT STOPS AND THAT'S DONE. ALL RIGHT. SO I ENJOYED THAT VERY MUCH. I ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, I GOT AN INVITATION TO SPEAK TO THIS IS THE POLITICAL SCIENCE CLASS THAT IS BEING HELD AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. THIS IS THROUGH THE WONDERFUL AG PROGRAM. IT'S CALLED WONDERFUL AG PREP PROGRAM, AND IT IS FOR DUAL ENROLLMENT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, AND IT IS DONE BY THE BAKERSVILLE COLLEGE. SO THERE ARE SEVERAL ENTITIES INVOLVED IN THIS, AND WHEN THE KIDS GRADUATE, THEY END UP WITH AN AA DEGREE AS THEY GET OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, AND SO I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT OUR COUNCIL'S CITY MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT AND DISCUSSED IT WITH THEM. HOW IT SERVES A VERY GOOD PURPOSE, HOW IT FUNCTIONS SO WELL BECAUSE IT'S VERY POPULAR IN THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING WITH BIG CITIES SUCH AS BAKERSFIELD, [01:10:06] SAN DIEGO, SAN ANTONIO, ARIZONA, PHENIX, ARIZONA AND I THOUGHT THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE INTERESTED IN THIS TOPIC, BUT THEY HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS, AND SO IT WAS A LOT OF FUN FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT, AND THEN LASTLY, BUT NOT LEAST THIS COMMITTEE STEERING AND EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE THAT I ANNOUNCED A MOMENT AGO, THIS INTENDS TO ANSWER CERTAIN QUESTIONS AS TO WHAT, WHY AND HOW WE GO ABOUT HAVING OUR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. MR. HULBERT, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME TO OUR MEETINGS WHEN WE HAVE THEM, AND--HAVE THOSE BEEN SET? NOT YET. WE'LL BE SETTING MEETINGS, AND SO BUT YEAH, WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE FRUSTRATED WITH THE CURRENT SITUATION AND ALSO THERE ARE PEOPLE WHICH WORRIES ME A LOT, THAT ARE STARTING TO THINK ABOUT TAKING MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS, AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK MR. HULBERT, YOU'VE SPOKEN ABOUT THAT YOURSELF. YOU KNOW, THAT PEOPLE GET SO FRUSTRATED AND THEY START THINKING, I'M GOING TO TAKE IT UPON MYSELF TO SOLVE SOME OF THESE ISSUES. WE DO NOT WANT TO GET TO THAT POINT, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM PALLARES. ANY COMMENTS? NO REPORT AND MEMBER LYNCH. OH, NO REPORT TONIGHT, SIR. THANK YOU, AND MEMBER GARCIA. NOT TERRIBLY MUCH TO REPORT TODAY. I DO WANT TO PRESENT OR ASK FOR AN IDEA. PERHAPS WE CAN WORK WITH THE SHERIFF OR EXCUSE ME, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER DONE AN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOP IN THE PAST. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE WORTHWHILE DOING WITH OUR RESIDENTS. EVEN IF IT WAS A BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT SHOULD GO INTO AN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS KIT, I THINK THAT WOULD SUFFICE, BUT IF WE CAN ALSO MAYBE SEEK MAYBE GRANT FUNDING TO PURCHASE MAYBE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PREPAREDNESS KITS FOR OUR RESIDENTS. CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE'D NEVER EXPECT, BUT SHOULD THERE BE A CATASTROPHE, WE SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE AND PERHAPS WE CAN EVEN TALK ABOUT OUR MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE SHOULD THE CASE ARISE. SO JUST AN IDEA I WANTED TO THROW OUT THERE. I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PARTNER WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I THINK WE CAN WORK TOGETHER ON THIS. THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING AT THE BIKE RODEO, AND THAT'S ALL I GOT, MAYOR. THANK YOU. MEMBER GARCIA. NOTHING. MEMBER MARTINEZ. NOTHING TO REPORT. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. NO CLOSED SESSION. IS THAT A SPIDER? RUNNING FAST. OH, THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING, AS USUAL. I DIDN'T SAY IT, BUT I WANT TO SAY IT. ALL OF YOU DO A GREAT JOB. I APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO IS TO PROVIDE ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT IS BEFORE US, AND THAT ALLOWED ME TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION EVERY TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.