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GOOD EVENING. I WILL NOW CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
[1) CALL TO ORDER]
THE TIME IS 6 P.M..MADAM CLERK, CAN WE PLEASE HAVE THE ROLL CALL? THANK YOU. IF YOU CAN, PLEASE STAND FOR THE FLAG.
[4)a. Conduct the interviews for the unexpired term in District 5 City Council vacancy. (Hurlbert)]
ITEM NUMBER FOUR. NEW BUSINESS.CONDUCT THE INTERVIEWS FOR THE UNEXPIRED TERM IN DISTRICT FIVE COUNCIL.
MR. HURLBERT. YES, SO HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
JUST ONE ITEM TONIGHT AND THIS IS THE NEXT STEP IN FILLING OUR INTERIM VACANCY SPOT AND AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD JUST A SINGLE APPLICANT FOR THIS SHORT TERM AND MR. REYES IS HERE TONIGHT, AND THERE WON'T BE MUCH SUSPENSE IN OUR INTERVIEW PROCESS, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT STILL TO GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND FOR YOU TO ASK FOLLOW UPS TO THE QUESTIONS THAT HE ANSWERED ON HIS APPLICATION AND WHEN WE'RE COMPLETED WITH THIS ITEM TONIGHT, WE'LL ADJOURN TO NEXT TUESDAY, WHERE WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE AN OFFICIAL VOTE AND AN APPOINTMENT AND HAVE HIM SWORN INTO OFFICE.
SO JUST A TECHNICALITY AT THIS POINT, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GO THROUGH ALL THE STEPS.
SO WE CAN INVITE HIM UP TO THE PODIUM AND GO THROUGH WHATEVER PROCESS YOU CHOOSE.
YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. YOU CAN PLEASE STEP UP.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE. MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY EMAIL COMMENTS? NO EMAIL COMMENTS, MAYOR.
ALL RIGHT. MR. RAUYA, YOU'RE HERE, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START THE INTERVIEW PROCESS.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY FORMAL SCRIPT.
SO EACH COUNCIL MEMBER COULD HAVE SUBMITTED A QUESTION.
AN INTERVIEW QUESTION? I'M NOT SURE EACH ONE CAN ASK ONE QUESTION DIFFERENT FROM THE APPLICATION THAT MR. RAUYA SUBMITTED.
OKAY. WE'LL START WITH OR IF YOU WANT ANY CLARIFICATION ON HIS APPLICATION.
YEAH WE DON'T HAVE THE APPLICATION HERE IN FRONT OF US, SO I READ THROUGH IT, BUT OKAY.
I MEAN, I GUESS I'LL JUST START, RIGHT? OVERALL, EVERYTHING WAS PRETTY CLEAR TO ME AS TO WHY YOU APPLIED.
ALL YOUR ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS WERE PRETTY THOROUGH AND THOUGHT OUT.
SO TO ME, I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE MUCH FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS.
BUT I WAS SORT OF OPEN IT UP TO, TO THE MEMBERS IF THERE'S ANY SPECIFIC QUESTION THAT'S NOT ON HERE THAT YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO ASK AND WE'LL START WITH MAYOR PRO TEM, I TO MYSELF. YOU KNOW, ECHO WHAT MAYOR MARTINEZ JUST SAID.
ON THE QUESTION YOU ANSWERED ALREADY, I FEEL COMFORTABLE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ ANY QUESTIONS ON YOUR END? I DON'T HAVE ANY. ANY QUESTIONS.
YOUR ANSWERS WERE VERY DETAILED AND THOROUGH, WHICH IS HELPS US TO UNDERSTAND YOU BETTER.
FORTUNATELY, I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
EVEN SINCE WE WERE KIDS, YOU WERE ALWAYS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO'S KIND OF SAT OFF TO THE SIDE AND LISTENED TO EVERYBODY ELSE TALK, AND DIDN'T SAY A LOT UNTIL IT WAS NEEDED TO BE SAID AND I ALWAYS ADMIRED THAT ABOUT YOU, THAT YOU CHOSE YOUR WORDS CAREFULLY.
SO I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING YOU ON THIS COUNCIL, SIR.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MARTINEZ. MAYOR REYNA.
I READ YOUR APPLICATION JUST LIKE THE REST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND I'M IMPRESSED BY YOU IN THAT ITEM NUMBER 12, IT SAYS DESCRIBE QUALITIES I CAN'T READ WITHOUT MY GLASSES.
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APPLYING FOR THE CITY COUNCIL IS A GENUINE DESIRE TO SERVE OTHERS AND THE COMMUNITY AND I THINK THAT'S WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR, SOMEBODY THAT HAS THAT IN THEM AND YOU ARE ALREADY DEMONSTRATING THAT BY YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT YOU SERVE, INCLUDING THE RECREATION AND PARKS DISTRICT, AS WELL AS WORKING WITH CHILDREN.AND SO I THINK THAT FOR ME, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE ALREADY AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, THOUGH NOT OFFICIALLY.
SO WHO ELSE TO BETTER FILL THIS EMPTY POSITION THAN YOU? WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE EITHER APPLYING, WHICH IS A SHAME.
I THINK ALL OF US HAVE EXPRESSED THAT BEFORE.
BUT WHO BETTER THAN YOU, WHO IS ALREADY OUT THERE DOING THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND SERVING THE COMMUNITY? SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR APPLYING AND I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS YOU'VE ALREADY ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS.
I IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING UP WITH THAT, IT'S I COMMEND YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, APPLYING WE OBVIOUSLY WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN MORE APPLICANTS NOT TO MAKE YOUR LIFE HARDER, BUT JUST TO HAVE.
NONE OF US HERE ARE EDUCATORS, I DON'T BELIEVE, OR WITH OUR PAST HISTORY.
SO I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE THAN WHAT WE HAVE SITTING ON THE BOARD NOW.
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING GOOD.
IT'S GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT VOICE OF OPINION.
MY ONLY RECOMMENDATION TO YOU IS, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU DON'T AGREE WITH, YOU KNOW, VOICE THAT, RIGHT? IT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE I SAY AYE OR THE REST OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS SAY AYE, THAT YOU GOT TO GO WITH THAT FLOW.
THEN YOU STAND YOUR GROUND AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING FOR.
BESIDES THAT AGAIN, I'M IMPRESSED WITH YOUR COMMITMENT.
SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THAT INITIATIVE OF APPLYING BEING HERE WITH US TODAY AND WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN UP FOR YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US OR ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD. NO, QUESTIONS, JUST A COMMENT.
I THINK I YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING AN AWESOME JOB, YOU KNOW, IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
YOU GUYS HAVE ACCOMPLISHED AS A BOARD A LOT OF THINGS.
YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN LIVING WASCO FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
YOU KNOW, BEAUTIFICATION OF THE CITY, NEW PARK, YOU KNOW POLICE STATION.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE LIKE, IF YOU'RE GOING TO SERVE IN THE CITY COUNCIL, YOU ARE YOU HAVE THE PASSION AND YOU HAVE THE COMMITMENT TO THIS COMMUNITY AND WHEN YOU SERVE OTHERS, YOU SOMETIMES YOU PUT YOURSELF SECOND AND YOU PUT OTHER PEOPLE IN FRONT OF YOU.
WE ALL HAVE OUR OBLIGATIONS AND WE'RE BUSY IN OUR LIVES.
YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN AWESOME JOB, MAN.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. RAUYA. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S MUCH ELSE ON THE AGENDA.
MIGUEL, COULD YOU PUT THAT IN WRITING? THAT WE'RE DOING AN AWESOME JOB.
I HAVE TALKED TO MULTIPLE YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY.
WHAT DID THE OTHER PEOPLE DIDN'T DO? YOU KNOW, THE OTHER BOARDS NOW IT'S THESE GUYS, 4 YEARS, 2, YOU KNOW, 8? ON THE BOARD? 12, I BELIEVE.
12. SO YOU'RE THE ONE WITH THE LONGEST.
YOUR VOICES. WE'RE ALL FROM HERE.
I KNOW EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU GUYS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE MOVE AWAY, BUT WE STAY HERE AND WE.
OH, MAN. YEAH, WE STAY HERE BECAUSE WE LOVE A LITTLE TOWN.
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WE LOVE OUR TOWN. WE HAVE THE PASSION AND WE WANT TO HELP THE PEOPLE.THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR AND I COMMEND YOU FOR THAT, SCOTT.
YOU KNOW, YOU PUT IN THE LITTLE EFFORT AND WE'RE GOING TO BUILD FOR OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF STUFF. LIKE MEDINA SAID, I BRING ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE FROM THE YOUTH SIDE.
WE'RE SEEING LITTLE GANGS POP UP LEFT AND RIGHT AFTER COVID BECAUSE OF SOCIAL MEDIA.
THEY GET INTO IT AND AND THEY START COPYING.
THEY'RE COPYING, YOU KNOW, THEIR CHILDREN, IF THEY'RE NOT BEING PARENTING, THEY'RE GOING TO START COPYING, YOU KNOW? AND I'M LIKE, HEY MAN, THAT WAS THE 90S.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING? AND THEY'RE LISTENING TO MUSIC LIKE THE 90S ARE DRESSING UP.
YOU KNOW, THE CLUB SHIRTS ARE BACK IN THEIR LITTLE GAMES.
I LOST A COUPLE OF MY PLAYERS AFTER COVID.
I'M LIKE, WHERE ARE THEY AT? LIKE, OH, THEY'RE ON THE WEST SIDE.
WEST SIDE, PARK BOYS, THE MONEY BOYS.
YOU'RE DOING AN AWESOME JOB, YOU KNOW, KEEPING THE CRIME DOWN.
BUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? SO OUR KIDS, WE DON'T RECYCLE THEM.
JUST KEEP DOING THAT. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO FOR THEM? SO THEY DON'T GET INTO THAT SITUATION AND THEY'RE OPENING THE PAL PROGRAM AND YOU GUYS ARE MOVING ALONG.
YEAH. GREAT. SO I YOU KNOW, MY PASSION IS THE KIDS.
THANK YOU. KEEP GOING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
WELL, WITH THAT BEING SAID, THERE'S NO FURTHER COMMENTS.
I GUESS NEXT MEETING WILL BE OFFICIAL.
RIGHT AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
IS THAT CORRECT? SEPTEMBER THE 3RD.
WELL, WITH THAT BEING SAID, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU. LET'S GET A PHOTO REAL QUICK.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.