Jul 15, 2025 City Council

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NOW WE CAN START. NOW WE CAN START HERE. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING. I WILL NOW CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. THE TIME IS 6 P.M..

[1) CALL TO ORDER]

IF YOU CAN. YEAH. PLEASE STAND FOR THE FLAG SALUTE.

SALUTE. PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

AND PLEASE [INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER FIVE. APPROVAL OF

[5) APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

HONORABLE MAYOR. TONIGHT WE HAD INTENDED AND WE PROPERLY NOTICED A FOURTH PUBLIC HEARING ITEM.

THAT ONE DID NOT MAKE IT ONTO THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT.

SO WE WILL DO A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE IS WE HAVE ARRANGED TO HAVE IT RE-ADVERTISED, AND WE'LL HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING THAT'S TENTATIVELY PLANNED FOR THE 28TH TO CONSIDER THAT ITEM TONIGHT BECAUSE IT DID NOT APPEAR ON THE AGENDA, BUT IT WAS PUBLISHED. IF WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO COME AND SPEAK ABOUT THAT DURING PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT TOPIC, BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, WE CAN'T ALLOW IT.

WE'LL CAPTURE THAT INPUT, AND OBVIOUSLY THOSE INDIVIDUALS WOULD BE WELCOME TO COME BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING AS WELL AT THE SPECIAL MEETING WHERE WE CONSIDER THAT ITEM. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT UNUSUAL.

WHAT ITEM IS IT? IT'S THE FOURTH ORDINANCE HEARING ON TOWING ROTATION ON. IT'S NOT AGENDA SECTION ON THE AGENDA.

SO IT'S NOT ON YOUR AGENDA. IT WAS ON THE HEARING NOTICE.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE CONFUSION COMES IN. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S PROCESSED PROPERLY.

WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST READING OR THE INTRODUCTION OF IT AT THIS SPECIAL MEETING WHICH IS PERMITTED.

AND THEN THE FOLLOWING MEETING IN AUGUST IT'LL COME BACK FOR A REGULAR HEARING.

SO IT MAKES SENSE. IT MAKES SENSE. NOT ON THE AGENDA.

NOT ON THE AGENDA. IF SOMEBODY IS HERE TONIGHT, AND WANTS TO COMMENT THEY CAN.

YEAH. AND BECAUSE IT'S NOT THEY CAN COMMENT. BECAUSE THERE WAS A HEARING.

I DOUBT THERE'S A NOTICE PUBLISHED. OKAY. GOTCHA.

MOVE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA WITH THE CHANGES. NO CHANGES, NO CHANGES.

JUST INFORMATION. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. I WILL SECOND.

MADAM CLERK, CAN WE PLEASE HAVE THE ROLL CALL? YES. MAYOR MEDINA. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM SALDANA.

AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RAYA.

AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER REYNA. AYE. MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER REYNA.

SECONDED BY MAYOR MEDINA TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS TO FORM A MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX. PRESENTATIONS ON WIRE BROADBAND.

[6.a. UnWired Broadband ]

THERE YOU GO. PERFECT. OKAY, GOOD. YOU'RE GOOD.

OKAY. PERFECT.

THANK YOU. SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE ON OUR CURRENT CITYWIDE FIBER TO THE HOME PROJECT.

TO START WITH, I WANTED TO KIND OF SHOW YOU GUYS.

YOU GUYS WILL HEAR AS WE GIVE THESE UPDATES, YOU'LL HEAR THE PHRASE DA QUITE A BIT.

AND BASICALLY WHAT THAT IS, IS THAT'S AN AREA OF THE CITY.

SO THERE'S 16 DA'S OR DISTRIBUTION AREAS THAT WE'VE BROKEN THE CITY UP INTO.

AND WHAT THIS ALLOWS US TO DO IS IT ALLOWS US TO BREAK UP THE THE CITY INTO MANAGEABLE SMALLER PROJECTS WITHIN IT. SO RATHER THAN HAVING TO WAIT TO COMPLETE THE ENTIRE PROJECT BEFORE TURNING UP CUSTOMERS AS WE WHAT WE CALL LIGHT UP EACH DA.

AND AS EACH DA BECOMES ACTIVE, IT ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO THOSE CUSTOMERS RIGHT AWAY.

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IT'S LIKE A DARK RED COLOR ON THE MAP. THAT'S WHERE OUR CENTRAL OFFICE IS OR WHERE THE WATER TOWER IS THAT THAT IS THE HUB OF OUR FIBER NETWORK IN WASCO. AND SO BASICALLY EVERY DISTRIBUTION AREA WILL BE TIED BACK TO THAT CENTRAL OFFICE THROUGH SOME SORT OF PATH THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE SOUTHERN PART OF TOWN SPECIFICALLY IN DA'S.

I'M SORRY. YOU CAN'T SEE IT RIGHT THERE. NO, IT'S NOT ON.

IT GETS THERE ON JUST DA'S 13 AND 16. SO WE'RE STARTING ON THAT SOUTHERN END OF TOWN, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO WORK TOWARDS THE EAST. AND THEN UP THAT EASTERN SIDE. SO OUR FIRST TWO DA'S THAT WE ANTICIPATE TURNING UP ARE GOING TO BE DA'S NINE AND DA'S 13, FOLLOWED BY 16 AND THEN MOVING OVER TO DA'S 15 AND THEN DA'S 12.

SO WE ANTICIPATE HAVING DA'S NINE AND DA'S 13 LIVE BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.

AND YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'VE GOT 89% THAT'S ACTUALLY COMPLETED AS OF TODAY CONDUIT PLACEMENT IN DA'S 13. AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW IS, IS NOW THAT THE CONDUIT IS PLACED, HANDHOLES ARE BEING SET. AND THEN AT THAT POINT WE'RE GOING TO START PULLING IN FIBER AND SPLICING.

SO ONCE WE TEST THAT FIBER, THAT'S WHAT IT'LL ALLOW US TO CONSIDER THAT DA ACTIVE.

AND THEN WE'LL ACTUALLY START ACTIVATING CUSTOMERS IN THAT AREA. AFTER THE TESTING AND CONFIRMATION OF OF THE NETWORK BEING COMPLETE, THAT'S WHEN WE'LL COME THROUGH AND DO THE FINAL RESTORATIONS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MIGHT BE A COMMON THEME IS, IS RESTORATIONS THROUGHOUT THIS PROJECT. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE UNDERSTANDING IS THERE.

AS OUR CREWS START CONSTRUCTION, WE HAVE A LOCATE CREW THAT COMES THROUGH THAT SAME LOCATE CONTINUES ON AND OR I'M SORRY, THAT SAME CREW CONTINUES ON AND PERFORMS LOCATES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

THEY DON'T DO ANY OTHER FORM OR FUNCTION IN THE PROJECT.

THEY'RE JUST A LOCATE CREW THAT MOVES FORWARD.

AS THAT CREW MOVES THROUGH THEN YOU HAVE OUR POTHOLING CREW THAT COMES THROUGH, AND THEY ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY IDENTIFY THE UTILITIES.

AT THAT POINT THAT'S WHEN OUR DRILLERS COME THROUGH AND THEY DRILL THE BORE PASS AND THEN PULL IN THE CONDUIT.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR HANDHOLD CREW THAT THAT ACTUALLY DOES THE RESTORATIONS.

THEY COME THROUGH BEHIND THE DRILL CREWS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON OUR CURRENT PROGRESS OR THE DA'S.

BY THAT SECTION WHERE THEY PUT ASPHALT. IS THAT WHAT THAT'S FOR? SO WHEN THEY COME BACK AND DO THE SPLICING AND ALL THAT.

YEAH. THE BIGGEST REASON WHY IS BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE THAT THERE'S NO FORM OF OF TRIPPING.

SO WHAT WE DO IS, IS WE PUT IN SOMETHING CALLED COLD PATCH.

SO THAT'S THE ASPHALT. IT ALLOWS US TO QUICKLY AND EASILY RESTORE IT.

AND THEN IF WE NEED TO, WE CAN PULL IT BACK UP.

THAT'S NOT A PERMANENT FIXTURE. SO IF IT'S IN CONCRETE LIKE FOR IN THE SIDEWALK, FOR INSTANCE, WE'VE WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CITY, AND WE'LL BE RESTORING THOSE AFTER WE'RE ABLE TO TURN UP THAT THERE'S NO ISSUES WITH THE NETWORK.

SO IT'S A TEMPORARY PATCH THAT ALLOWS EVERYONE TO SAFELY WALK IN THAT AREA OR DRIVE IN THAT AREA WITHOUT US HAVING TO COME BACK AND RIP SOMETHING UP NEW. I HAVE A QUESTION, IF I MAY.

YES, SIR. SO YOU MENTIONED THE LOCATE CREW. I GUESS THAT IS THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WILL LOCATE EXISTING UTILITIES.

YES, SIR. AND THEN YOU MENTIONED A SECOND CREW.

AND WHAT DID YOU NAME THOSE PEOPLE? FORGIVE ME.

THE TERM IS CALLED POTHOLING. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS, IS AS THE CREWS COME THROUGH AND THEY IDENTIFY THE EXISTING UTILITIES, WE WANT TO PHYSICALLY IDENTIFY THE UTILITY AND THE BORE PATH.

SO WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY TRUSTING THE LOCATE CREW TO TELL US SPECIFICALLY WHERE THAT IS.

THEY'RE DEPENDING ON THE TECHNOLOGY, THEY'RE THERE WITHIN A TWO FOOT RANGE OF ACCURACY.

AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WITH CERTAINTY THAT WE KNOW RIGHT WHERE THAT UTILITY IS.

SO THAT'S WHERE YOU'LL SEE US ACTUALLY CUT THE ASPHALT OR THE CONCRETE.

AND THEN WE HYDRO EXCAVATE DOWN TO THE UTILITY.

SO THAT WAY WE CAN PHYSICALLY IDENTIFY THE DEPTH AND THE LOCATION OF IT.

AND THEN AT THAT POINT, THAT'S WHEN THE BORE PATH IS IDENTIFIED WITH OUR DRILLERS, AND OUR INSPECTORS ARE COMING THROUGH BEFORE THE DRILLERS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO EACH PARCEL AND IDENTIFYING THAT EACH PARCEL HAS THE RESPECTIVE UTILITIES LOCATED, FOR INSTANCE, AT A HOME, WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE GAS.

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SO THAT'S WHERE IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OF A DISRUPTION WITH THE MARKINGS AND SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION THAT GOES ON.

BUT WE DO THIS TO TRY AND KEEP THE INTERRUPTION TO A MINIMUM.

OKAY. OKAY. THAT HELPS ME UNDERSTAND IT. OKAY.

SURE. I UNDERSTAND YOUR TERMS. AND IF I CAN OFFER NOT TO INTERRUPT, BUT ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THIS PROJECT IN THE WAY THAT THEY'RE DOING THE WORK IS AS THEY LOCATE THE TRUE LOCATION OF THESE UTILITIES, THEY'RE MARKING THAT DOWN.

THEY HAVE A RED WHAT'S CALLED A RED LINE MAP.

IT'S OUR BEST MAPS ARE NOT ALWAYS ACCURATE, PARTICULARLY ON SERVICE LATERALS.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BETTER INFORMATION WHEN THIS IS OVER BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO RETURN THAT THAT POTHOLE RESULTS BACK TO THE CITY.

AN EXCELLENT OUTCOME OF THIS PROJECT. IT'S JUST YEAH, A LITTLE SIDE BENEFIT.

I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION, AND I KNOW YOU'RE NOT FINISHED, BUT I'D LIKE TO HAVE A COPY OF BOTH THE MAP AND THIS CHART THAT IS IN FRONT OF US.

IF YOU COULD EMAIL IT OR STAFF COULD EMAIL IT TO ME, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

ABSOLUTELY. WHAT WHAT WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE WITH THE HELP OF MONICA'S IS WE'VE ESTABLISHED A SHARED FOLDER.

SO I BELIEVE WE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADD ANY OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS THERE. AND WHAT I CAN DO IS I, CAN UPLOAD DOCUMENTS LIVE AS THEY GET UPDATED, WHETHER IT'S OUR THIS IS A SNIPPET FROM AN EXCEL TRACKER THAT WE UTILIZE WITH OUR SUBCONTRACTORS AND US INTERNALLY. SO I CAN HAVE THOSE DOCUMENTS IN THERE AND UPDATED FREQUENTLY.

SO THAT WAY YOU GUYS HAVE ACCESS TO THEM ANYTIME YOU NEED. THAT WOULD BE PERFECT. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY.

AND THEN SO MOVING ON TO THIS. THIS IS OUR SNIPPET FROM OUR RESTORATION TRACKER.

SO WE THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TRACKERS THAT WE USE. ONE IS, IS THE ACTUAL PROJECT TRACKER THAT WAS ON THE LAST SLIDE.

AND THEN THIS IS OUR RESTORATION TRACKER. AND WE USE THIS ONE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T MISS ANYTHING BUT TWO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A STREAMLINED COMMUNICATION WITH THE RESIDENTS AND THE MUNICIPALITY TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ACCOUNTING FOR ALL OF THE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN DISRUPTED AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET PROPERLY RESTORED.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO NOTE IS THROUGH DA'S 9 AND 13 WE'VE GOT THOSE STREETS SNAPDRAGON DRIVE, ORCHID LANE, PRAIRIE ROSE WAY, CRESSIDA COURT, GRANADA WAY, TUSCANY WAY, SEQUOIA DRIVE, OLIVE COURT, CEDAR AVE, BIRCH AVE, AND 11TH STREET, WHERE WE HAVE RESTORATIONS THAT HAVE STARTED THAT ARE IN PROGRESS THIS WEEK.

SO IF YOU GUYS HEAR OF ANY RESIDENTS THAT THAT ARE HAVING ISSUES OR CHALLENGES IN THOSE AREAS, FEEL FREE TO REFER THEM TO US AND WE'LL GLADLY SPEAK WITH THE RESIDENTS.

BUT I WANT TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THERE AND A LITTLE BIT OF INSIGHT ON HOW THAT THAT RESTORATION PROCESS WORKS, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE WORKING IN THE PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT, WHICH IS PREDOMINANTLY IN THE SIDEWALK AREA AND PARTIALLY IN SOME OF THE GRASS AREAS OF THE FRONT YARDS. BECAUSE OF THE CONCRETE RESTORATION, TYPICALLY WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL COME THROUGH AND WE'LL PREP THE ENTIRE AREA.

WE HAVE TO DO SPECIFIC INSPECTIONS WITH THE CITY AS FAR AS COMPACTION.

AND SO WE'LL COME THROUGH. WE'LL PREP EVERYTHING.

WE'LL ENSURE THAT WE GET THOSE INSPECTIONS DONE, AND THEN WE'LL BRING IN AN ENTIRE TRUCKLOAD OF CONCRETE, AND WE'LL POUR EVERYTHING IN ONE DAY. SO YOU MAY SEE WHERE WE DO LARGE CHUNKS OF AREA IN ONE FELL SWOOP.

AND THAT'S TYPICALLY WHY IS BECAUSE THE COST TO TRY AND BRING IN SMALL PORTIONS OF CONCRETE VERSUS JUST BRINGING IN A TRUCK IS SUBSTANTIALLY CHEAPER.

SO RESTORATION MAY OCCUR OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL DAYS.

IF YOU START IN ONE AREA AND YOU HAVE TO WAIT TO BRING A TRUCKLOAD OF CONCRETE, IT MAY TAKE A FEW DAYS FOR THAT RESTORATION TO OCCUR.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? IT WILL. AND THAT'S WHERE WE'LL APPLY.

WE'LL PUT SIGNAGE UP ON THE STREETS AND THE SIDEWALKS.

ONE LETTING RESIDENTS KNOW THAT THERE IS. MAYBE THE SIDEWALK IS CLOSED OR OR THERE'S CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS.

AND THEN WE ALSO DELINEATE THE SPECIFIC AREAS AS WELL, JUST TO ENSURE THAT IF THERE'S A CHILD OR A RESIDENT THAT MAY COME OUT OF THE HOME AND THEY MAY NOT SEE IT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF THAT AREA BECAUSE THERE IS A SMALL TIME FRAME WHILE WE'RE DOING THOSE INSPECTIONS, THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THE AREA UNEARTHED, COMPACTED AND EXPOSED FOR THE INSPECTIONS TO TAKE PLACE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT PART OF IT, BUT YOU ARE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE RESIDENTS AT ALL TIMES, LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. YES, SIR. AND OUR PROCESS FOR THAT CURRENTLY IS THAT WHEN WE GO TO WHEN OUR LOCATE CREW COMES INTO A NEW AREA, THAT'S WHEN WE DEPLOY OUR DOOR HANGERS IN THOSE AREAS.

IT HAS ALL OF OUR CONTACT INFO. IT HAS THE WEBSITE THAT THEY CAN GO TO.

THAT'S THE SPECIFIC SPLASH PAGE FOR THE WASCO PROJECT THAT GOES INTO OUR CONSTRUCTION PROCESSES.

THE IT HAS THE DA MAP THAT I HAD SHARED WITH YOU GUYS.

AND A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON THE PROJECT.

AT THAT POINT, WHEN OUR POTHOLE CREWS COME IN AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY DISRUPTING THE EARTH, THAT'S WHEN WE DEPLOY OUR SIGNAGE THAT LETS THEM KNOW THAT CONSTRUCTIONS AND PROCESS.

THERE'S ALSO MAYBE THE YELLOW A-FRAME SIGNS THAT YOU'VE SEEN THAT THEY HAVE A QR CODE ATTACHED,

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AND THEN RESIDENTS ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO SPEAK WITH ANY OF THE CONSTRUCTION TEAMS. WE CAN POINT THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY OF THEIR QUESTIONS. BUT THE EASIEST THING IS, IF THEY REFER TO THAT CONTACT INFO ON THE DOOR HANGER, THEN THAT'LL BE THE MOST ACCURATE AND UPDATED DATE INFORMATION FOR THE RESIDENTS.

YOU MENTIONED A WEBSITE. IS THERE A PHONE NUMBER WHERE SOMEBODY MIGHT BE ABLE TO CALL IF THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO A COMPUTER OR EVEN A SMARTPHONE? YES, SIR, AND I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T HAVE A PICTURE OR ONE OF THOSE DOOR HANGERS, BUT I CAN BRING IT IN NEXT TIME.

BUT ON THAT DOOR HANGER, IT HAS SPECIFIC CONTACT INFORMATION DEPENDING ON THE CONCERN OR THE QUESTION THAT THE RESIDENT MAY HAVE.

SO THERE'S BOTH WEBSITE INFORMATION AND THEN ALSO A PHONE NUMBERS THAT THEY CAN CONTACT AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE SURE THAT I GET THAT INFORMATION UPLOADED TO THE SHARED FOLDER.

THAT WAY YOU GUYS HAVE ACCESS TO THAT. AND THAT WILL CONSIST OF OUR NORMAL PROJECT TRACKER.

IT'LL ALSO CONSIST OF THE UPDATED DA MAPS AS THE DATES OR STATUSES OF A SPECIFIC DA CHANGE.

AND THEN I'LL ALSO INCLUDE OUR RESTORATION TRACKER ON THERE AS WELL.

AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO SEE IN THAT SHARED FOLDER, FEEL FREE TO LET ME KNOW. AND I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO PUT IT PROVIDED IN THERE. AWESOME.

PERFECT. THANK YOU JOHN. PERFECT. THANK YOU GUYS.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

THANK YOU, JOHN. THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING WAS RESERVED FOR PERSONS DESIRING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, INCLUDING THE COUNCIL ACTING AS THE GOVERNING BOARD FOR THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY ON ANY MATTER NOT ON THIS AGENDA, OR WHICH THE COUNCIL AND SUCCESSOR AGENCY HAVE JURISDICTION.

SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES. MAXIMUM OF 30 MINUTES WILL BE ALLOWED FOR ANY ONE SUBJECT.

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

BROWN ACT REQUIREMENTS. THE BROWN ACT DOES NOT ALLOW ACTION OR DISCUSSION ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA, SUBJECT TO NARROW EXCEPTIONS. THIS WILL LIMIT THE COUNCILMEMBERS RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS AND REQUESTS DURING THIS COMMENT PERIOD.

ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO. SEEING NONE.

MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY EMAIL COMMENTS? MAYOR, THERE ARE NO EMAIL COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM OR ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEMS. THANK YOU. THAT WILL BE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

[8.a. Council finds this action is not a “project” defined under section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines; Adopt a Resolution of the Successor Agency to the Former Wasco Redevelopment Agency to remove Isarel Perez-Hernandez as Authorizing Signer for all Successor Agency Bank Accounts. (Hurlbert)]

MR. HURLBERT. YES. HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

WITH THE CHANGE IN OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT JUST LIKE WE DO ON THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR IN OUR FORMATION MEETING WE MAKE SURE WE'RE UP TO DATE ON ALL THE BANKING ASSIGNMENTS. IN THIS CASE WITH MR. PEREZ-HERNANDEZ'S RESIGNATION, WE'RE GOING TO BE REMOVING HIM FROM THESE BANK ACCOUNTS AS AN AUTHORIZED SIGNER. THE WAY THE STAFF REPORT IS STRUCTURED, IT HAS A POSITIVE LIST OF THE NAMES THAT WILL REMAIN ON AS SIGNERS ON THAT ACCOUNT.

IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? I HAVE NO QUESTIONS.

NO QUESTIONS. SEEING NONE. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? I GUESS I WENT AHEAD OF MYSELF. DO I NEED TO GO AGAIN? AND HE COMES FROM THE MEMBERS. VICE CHAIRMAN SALDANA.

DIRECTOR MARTINEZ. NO COMMENTS. NO COMMENT. DIRECTOR REYNA.

NO COMMENTS. I HAVE NO COMMENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

SO MOVED. SECOND. MADAM CLERK, CAN WE PLEASE GET THE VOTE BY ROLL CALL? YES, CHAIRMAN MEDINA. AYE. VICE CHAIRMAN SALDANA.

ALL RIGHT. DIRECTOR MARTINEZ. AYE. DIRECTOR RAYA.

AYE. DIRECTOR REYNA. AYE. MOTION BY DIRECTOR MARTINEZ.

SECONDED BY VICE CHAIRMAN SALDANA TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION.

MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM 9A WASCO PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY BUSINESS COUNCIL FINDS SECTION IS NOT A

[9.a. Council finds this action is not a “project” defined under section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines; Adopt a Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Wasco Public Financing Authority to remove Isarel Perez-Hernandez as Authorizing Signers for all Wasco Public Financing Authority Bank Accounts. (Hurlbert)]

ADOPT THE RESOLUTION. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE WASCO PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY TO REMOVE ISRAEL PEREZ-HERNANDEZ AS AUTHORIZING SIGNAGE FOR ALL WASCO PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY BANK ACCOUNTS. MR. HURLBERT. YES, HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

THIS IS A NEARLY IDENTICAL ACTION EXCEPT AFFECTING THE WASCO PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY BANK ACCOUNTS.

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THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS? VICE CHAIRMAN SALDANA.

NO COMMENTS. DIRECTOR MARTINEZ. NO COMMENTS. DIRECTOR RAYA.

DIRECTOR REYNA. NO COMMENTS MAYOR. AND I HAVE NO COMMENTS.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. I'LL MOVE.

I WILL SECOND. MADAM CHAIR, CAN WE GET THE VOTE BY ROLL CALL? CHAIRMAN MEDINA. AYE. VICE CHAIRMAN SALDANA. AYE.

DIRECTOR MARTINEZ. AYE. DIRECTOR REYNA. A MOTION BY VICE CHAIRMAN SALDANA, SECONDED BY CHAIRMAN MEDINA TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION. MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU.

MOVING ON TO ITEM 10 B WASCO POLICE DEPARTMENT CHIEF FIVECOAT.

[10.b. Wasco Police Department (Fivecoat) ]

TONIGHT, A LITTLE BIT OF A DEPARTURE FROM THE STANDARD STATISTICS THAT I GIVE YOU.

I WANTED TO RECAP THE 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY. IT'S KIND OF AN INTERESTING TIME FOR THE DEPARTMENT.

IF YOU RECALL, LAST YEAR WHEN WE GOT TO THE 4TH OF JULY, WE'VE BEEN ACTIVE FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS, GETTING OUR FEET ON THE GROUND, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS MOVING FORWARD.

THIS YEAR, THE COUNCIL THE SUGGESTIONS OF THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER.

WE CAME UP WITH A NUMBER OF AVENUES TO TRY TO GET PUBLIC INFORMATION OUT TO, TO OUR CITIZENS ABOUT THE HAZARDS OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS AND FIRING GUNS IN THE AIR. SO WE PUT TOGETHER A PLAN THIS YEAR, TRYING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL HAD HAD GIVEN ME OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR, AS WELL AS CHIEF APPLETON FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

I LABELED THIS THING A PRECAUTIONARY TALE, AND IT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING WHAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR.

WE TRIED TO PUT A HEAVY EMPHASIS ON EDUCATION, GETTING INFORMATION OUT THERE WITH THE SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS.

I KNOW THAT COUNCILMAN REYNA HAD WALKED HIS AREA AND PUT DOOR HANGERS ON ALL THE DOORS.

WE TRIED TO MAKE AS MANY CITIZEN CONTACTS AS WE POSSIBLY COULD.

AND SEE IF WE COULDN'T INFLUENCE THE ACTIVITY WITH THE ILLEGAL FIREWORKS.

THIS YEAR WE HAD A TOTAL OF 44 INCIDENTS ON 4TH OF JULY.

38 REPORTS OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS AND SIX REPORTS OF SHOTS FIRED.

OUR STRATEGY WAS TO TRY TO GET OUT THERE AND DO HEAVY SATURATION PATROLS WITH OUR OFFICERS, MAKE SURE WE KEPT EVERYTHING ON THE STREET AND TRIED TO SLIP IN AND OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO SEE WHAT KIND OF ACTIVITY WAS GOING ON.

AND I GUESS WE GOT LUCKY BECAUSE THE OFFICERS WENT INTO ONE OF THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND HAPPENED TO CATCH PEOPLE AT THAT EXACT MOMENT, LIGHTING OFF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS. WHAT WAS INTERESTING ABOUT THAT, THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT I HAVE FOR YOU THERE SHOWS SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WAS SEIZED, BUT I WANTED TO BRING UP SOMETHING THAT CHIEF APPLETON HAD TALKED ABOUT WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

I KNOW AT TIMES IT SEEMED LIKE, WELL, WHAT IS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DOING TO HELP WITH THIS PROBLEM? AND CHIEF APPLETON MADE A POINT TO SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S DANGEROUS FOR OUR CREWS TO GO INTO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GETTING INTO. AND IN THIS CASE, IT PROVED TO BE TRUE.

IF YOU NOTICE THE PHOTOGRAPH ON THE RIGHT OF YOUR SCREEN, YOU'LL SEE THREE FIREARMS THERE, INCLUDING ASSAULT RIFLE AND TWO HANDGUNS. THOSE WERE TAKEN FROM THE PEOPLE THAT WE SEIZED THE FIREWORKS FROM.

SO THERE IS A CERTAIN LEVEL OF RISK THAT HAPPENS WHENEVER YOU MIX ALCOHOL, GUNS AND ILLEGAL FIREWORKS.

THERE'S A POTENTIAL FOR SOME RISK. SO I JUST THOUGHT IT KIND OF INDICATED SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CHIEF APPLETON HAD SAID ABOUT THE INHERENT RISK FOR HIS CREWS. THIS NEXT SLIDE, IF I CAN GET IT OVER THERE IT IS.

OKAY. HAS AS. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE GO OUT AND FIRE THEIR GUNS IN THE AIR.

AND I KIND OF MADE LIGHT OF IT WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT IT.

AT ARMY JUMP SCHOOL, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT WHERE THE UNIVERSITY OF GRAVITY, BECAUSE BASICALLY ONCE YOU LEAVE THE DOOR, ALL THE REST OF IT IS GRAVITY. AND THAT'S THE SAME THING WHEN YOU'RE FIRING THESE GUNS UP IN THE AIR.

THAT BULLET'S GOT TO COME DOWN SOMEPLACE. I WAS KIND OF INTERESTED.

I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH ON IT TO SEE WHAT KIND OF VELOCITIES ARE INVOLVED IN THESE ROUNDS,

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THESE BULLETS, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY'RE SHAPED AND THE SIZE OF THE BULLETS, CAN REACH 170 TO 300 MILES AN HOUR ON SKY.

SO IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT A CASE. AND COUNCILMAN MARTINEZ MIGHT REMEMBER THIS.

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME AGO, BUT WE HAD A CASE AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WHERE A GUY WAS SITTING ON THE CURB AT GREENLAWN CEMETERY.

HE WAS ONE OF THE WORKERS THERE, GROUNDSKEEPER SITTING HAVING LUNCH WITH HIS FRIEND, OPENED THE LUNCH BOX, AND NEXT THING THEY DO. FELL OVER THE DECEASED.

AND WE GOT TO LOOK AT TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT. WELL, HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? HE HAD A BULLET HOLE IN THE TOP OF HIS HEAD. AND IN EAST BAKERSFIELD, LITERALLY A QUARTER OF A MILE AWAY FROM GREENLAWN CEMETERY.

AN ELDERLY GENTLEMAN HAD GONE OUT ON THE BACK PORCH OF HIS RESIDENCE AND WAS TRYING TO CLEAR AN OLD RIFLE THAT HE HAD BROUGHT HOME FROM WORLD WAR TWO, AND THE WEAPON DISCHARGED IN THAT ROUND ACTUALLY WENT A QUARTER OF A MILE AND CAME DOWN, AND JUST HAPPENED TO BE PERFECTLY TIMED TO HIT THAT GUY IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD AND KILLED HIM. AND SO FOR ME, IT'S A REAL PHENOMENON.

IT'S SOMETHING WHERE I CAN THINK OF AND THINK, WELL, THE ODDS ARE PRETTY SLIM, BUT IT DOES HAPPEN.

AND IN FACT, WHEN I GOT TO LOOKING AT THE STATS IN 2024.

THERE WAS 100 AND 122 CASES REPORTED IN THE UNITED STATES.

NOW, I REALIZE THOSE INCIDENTS WERE ONLY GATHERED BY HEADLINES.

THERE WAS NO OFFICIAL TRACKING METHOD. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ACTUAL TOTAL NUMBER OF INCIDENTS WHERE PEOPLE ARE FIRING ROUNDS UP IN THE AIR, IT'S GOING TO BE THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS. AND CERTAINLY IN THE CASE HERE.

AND I'LL BACK UP TO TALK ABOUT THIS TRUCK. SO THIS IS ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ROUND CAME DOWN, WENT RIGHT THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE.

AND THE ROUND WAS LODGED IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD INSIDE THE CAR.

AND I THINK WHAT IT ILLUSTRATES IS HAD THAT HAVE BEEN SOFT TISSUE ON SOMEBODY'S BODY, IT COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC.

SO BACK TO THE OTHER SLIDE AND I'LL CLOSE THIS OUT QUICKLY FOR YOU.

OF THE 122 INCIDENTS THAT WERE REPORTED IN 84, THERE WAS 46 FATALITIES, RESULTED FROM FALLING PROJECTILES AND AN AT LEAST AN AT LEAST 32% OF THOSE INCIDENTS RESULTED IN SOME TYPE OF INJURY OR DEATH.

SO IT IS A REAL PROBLEM. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PUSH EDUCATION OUT THERE.

I HOPE THAT WE CAN PERHAPS HAVE SOME IMPACT ON IT.

THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH THESE FALLING PROJECTILES THAT I'M AWARE OF IS PROPERTY DAMAGE.

AND I THINK EVEN THE CITY MANAGER TOLD ME THAT HE THOUGHT HE HAD AROUND HIT HIS HOUSE.

SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.

THANK YOU CHIEF. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL? MAYOR PRO TEM. NO COMMENTS. I JUST THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR THE REPORT.

CHIEF, DO WE HAVE A BIKE PATROL PROGRAM FOR THE PD? NO WE DON'T. BUT, YOU KNOW, LOOKING THE FUTURE OF OUR PROGRAMS. I THINK WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE AND WE TALKED ABOUT PROGRAMS, WE TALKED ABOUT CSU AND WE TALKED ABOUT YOUTH PROGRAMS AND THE CHAPLAIN PROGRAM.

AND CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, NOT TO GET OFF TRACK FROM YOUR QUESTION, BUT I CAN SEE A TIME FOR A CADET PROGRAM THROUGH THE PELL PROJECT. AND THE BIKE PROGRAM CERTAINLY COULD HAPPEN.

WE HAVE BIKES HERE. THEY ALL NEED TO BE TUNED AND GONE THROUGH.

BUT THERE ARE BIKES HERE IN WASCO NOW THAT YOU ALL PAID FOR.

OKAY. THANK YOU SIR, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THE POWELL BUILDING.

CHIEF, I HAVE A QUESTION. IF I. HOLD ON, HOLD ON REMEMBERING.

REMEMBER? RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDED FOR US.

VERY USEFUL. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I HEAR GUN SHOTS.

GUN SHOTS HERE IN THE 4TH OF JULY. I KNOW WE HEAR THEM ALL THE TIME OF THE 31ST, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HEAR GUNSHOTS AND 4TH OF JULY.

I'VE TOLD THIS STORY MANY TIMES, BUT WHEN I WAS A DIVISION COMMANDER.

UP HERE, DELANO WAS PART OF OUR DIVISION, AND I HAD A STANDING ORDER THAT AT 11:30 AT NIGHT ON NEW YEAR'S AND 4TH OF JULY.

YOU GO PARK YOUR CAR UNDERNEATH A BRIDGE OVERPASS ON THE FREEWAY BECAUSE THE ROUNDS ARE COMING DOWN.

THAT ORDER REMAINED IN PLACE UNTIL THEY SHUT DOWN THE MCFARLAND SUBSTATION.

SO. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. MEMBER REYNA. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. CHIEF THIS IS EXCITING TO ME THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO RECOVER THOSE FIREWORKS AND THOSE FIREARMS AT THE SAME TIME.

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I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD THAT IN THE PAST THAT I KNOW OF.

AT LEAST NOT FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. AND WHAT I WANTED TO ASK YOU, BECAUSE I MYSELF SAW ONE OF OUR VEHICLES PASSED THROUGH MY NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE WHILE FIREWORKS WERE GOING ON, WERE YOU ABLE, IN ADDITION TO THIS CONFISCATION OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS AND ARMS? WERE OUR OFFICERS ABLE TO ISSUE ANY TICKETS BECAUSE OF ILLEGAL FIREWORK USE? I THINK THIS PARTICULAR CASE WAS REFERRED TO THE DA'S OFFICE.

AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S HAPPENING FAIRLY, FAIRLY QUICKLY BECAUSE OUR IDEA WAS GET OUT ON THE STREET, DO SATURATION PATROLS AND HOPEFULLY PREVENT SOME OF THIS.

IN THIS PARTICULAR OCCASION, THEY CAME AROUND THE CORNER AND THEY WERE LITERALLY IN THE STREET LIGHTING THEM OFF.

SO YEAH, IT'S YEAH, I GUESS YOU HAVE TO BE THERE AT THE RIGHT MOMENT.

RIGHT. TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU CHIEF.

I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU CHIEF.

THANK YOU. WE MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11. CONSENT CALENDAR.

[11) CONSENT CALENDAR]

THESE ITEMS ARE APPROVED IN ONE MOTION UNLESS COUNCIL MEMBER MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC REQUESTS THE REMOVAL OF A PARTICULAR ITEM.

ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? SEEING NONE. ARE THERE ANY EMAIL COMMENTS, MADAM CLERK? THERE ARE NO EMAIL COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. THIS EVENING WE HAVE ITEMS 11 A TO 11 H.

I'M MISSING A PAGE HERE, BUT LET'S SEE IF I CAN REMEMBER.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST. WHAT'S THAT? A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

IF ANY OF THE MEMBERS HAVE A CONFLICT. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF ANY OF THE MEMBERS HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

MAYOR PRO TEM SALDANA. I HAVE NONE. MEMBER MARTINEZ.

NO CONFLICT. MEMBER RAYA. NONE. MAYOR REYNA. NO CONFLICT MAYOR.

I TOO HAVE NO CONFLICT. IS THERE ANY MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE AN ITEM.

MAYOR PRO TEM SALDANA. I HAVE NONE. MEMBER MARTINEZ.

NOTHING, SIR. MEMBER MAYOR REYNA I HAVE A QUESTIONS ABOUT ITEM.

E SO I'LL PULL THAT ONE. ITEM 11 E. THAT'S CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

PULLING ITEM 11E. MOVE TO APPROVE, MAYOR. AND I'LL SECOND IT.

MADAM CLERK, CAN WE GET THE VOTE BY ROLL CALL? YES. MAYOR MEDINA. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM SALDANA.

AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RAYA.

AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER REYNA. AYE. MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER REYNA.

SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM SALDANA TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR WITH SEPARATE CONSIDERATIONS ON ITEM 11 E MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

THANK YOU, MR. REYNA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I READ THE REPORT, AND I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.

[11.e. Council finds this action is not a “project” defined under section 15378, of the CEQA Guidelines; Authorize the City Manager or Designee to Sign and Execute a Purchase Order with Bakersfield Well and Pump for Emergency Repairs to Well #8 in the Amount not to Exceed $15,000.00. ]

WELL AND PUMP FOR EMERGENCY WORK ON. WELL, EIGHT.

THAT'S ACCURATE. RIGHT? YES. AND THEN THE REPORT SAYS THAT THE NEED FOR A TEMPORARY CONTROLLER AT THE WELL AT A MONTHLY RENTAL RATE OF $8,600, WITH A POTENTIAL FOR THE RENTAL TO EXTEND FOR TWO MONTHS.

AND SO I WAS HAVING A LITTLE DIFFICULTY RECONCILING THE TWO AMOUNTS.

$8,600 TWICE IS MORE THAN $15,000. SO I WAS WONDERING WHY THE DISCREPANCY? MAYBE YOU HAVE MONIES THAT WE HAVE APPROPRIATED IN THE PREVIOUSLY.

SO SO THAT'S PRETTY ACCURATE. SO THE EXTENSION WOULD BE THE $5,225.

I BELIEVE MY GLASSES BROKE. SO BUT THAT'S THE INITIAL COST.

THAT'S INCLUDING THEIR TIME OUT TO BRING OUT THE PORTABLE VFD CONNECTING IT.

SO THAT'S THE INITIAL COST OF $8600. SO THE EXTENSION WOULD BE THE 5,200.

CORRECT. SO THAT WASN'T CLEAR ON THAT BEFORE.

THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, IT NECESSITATED MY QUESTION BECAUSE IT SAYS RENTAL RATE OF 8600.

IF YOU TIMES THAT TO, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY FOR IT.

BUT NOW I UNDERSTAND I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.

AND I MIGHT POINT OUT THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE.

DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN, BUT THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT.

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THIS IS THE EVENT THAT YOU WERE NOTIFIED OF A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WHERE THE WELL WENT DOWN OVER THE WEEKEND.

AND, AND SO WE MOVED QUICKLY TO GET THOSE REPAIRS, GET WELLS AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE BACK ONLINE, BUT WE ALWAYS MAKE SURE AND BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL. SO WE KNOW WHAT YOU BOUGHT DURING THAT EMERGENCY.

AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU MAKE THAT DISTINCTION BECAUSE WE CAN BE WAITING ON THE ON THE NEXT MEETING TO HAVE THIS APPROVALS.

CORRECT. THAT KIND OF CONFUSED ME. BUT YOU HAVE MADE IT CLEAR FOR ME.

SO I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS AND I MOVE TO APPROVE.

I WILL SECOND, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU GET BY ROLL CALL? YES. MAYOR MEDINA. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM SALDANA.

AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RAYA.

AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER REYNA. A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER REYNA.

SECONDED BY MAYOR MEDINA TO APPROVE ITEM 11E.

MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 12.

[12.a. Council finds the Ordinance exempt from the CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(B)(2) and (B)(3) and Section 15061; Introduce and Waive the First Reading of an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Wasco amending Title 9 of the City of Wasco Municipal Code, adding Chapter 9.20, Offenses Against Public Decency. (Cobb)]

SECTION 15060B2 AND B3 IN THE SECTION 15061. INTRODUCE AND WAIVE THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WASCO, AMENDING TITLE NINE OF THE CITY OF WASCO MUNICIPAL CODE, ADDING CHAPTER 9.20 OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC DECENCY.

MRS. COBB. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

THIS IS A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD AMENDMENT TO THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL CODE, WHICH WOULD PROHIBIT PUBLIC URINATION OR DEFECATION.

IT'S A PRETTY STANDARD MUNICIPAL CODE IN A LOT OF CITIES.

JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN TO BE IN OUR CURRENT MUNICIPAL CODE.

SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. THANK YOU.

AND I'M SORRY. INTRODUCTION AND INTRODUCTION AND WAIVE FIRST READING, NOT APPROVAL NEXT TIME. ALL RIGHT.

AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? AT THIS TIME, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC.

WELL, DO YOU HAVE ANY EMAIL COMMENTS OR. NONE.

NONE. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS MAYOR PRO TEM SALDANA.

I HAVE NO COMMENTS. MEMBER MARTINEZ. NO COMMENTS.

MEMBER RAYA. NO COMMENT. MEMBER REYNA. JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

THIS WILL ALLOW OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES WITHOUT ANY COMPLICATIONS, I IMAGINE. IS THAT IS THAT THE REASON? IDEALLY, YES.

ALL RIGHT. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, AND I MOVE TO APPROVE.

IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER. I WILL. SECOND. MADAM CLERK, CAN WE GET THE VOTE BY ROLL CALL? YES, MAYOR MEDINA. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM SALDANA.

AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RAYA.

AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER REYNA. AYE. MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER REYNA.

SECONDED BY MAYOR MEDINA TO INTRODUCE AND WAIVE THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE.

MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM 12 B.

[12.b. Council finds the Ordinance exempt from the CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(B)(2) and (B)(3) and Section 15061; Introduce and Waive the First Reading of an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Wasco amending Section 10.36.100 of Chapter 10.36 (Stopping, Standing and Parking) of Title 10 (Vehicles and Traffic) of the City of Wasco Municipal Code to Prohibit Human-Powered Vending upon Streets, Roads and Bicycle Lanes. (Cobb) ]

INTRODUCE AND WAIVE THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WASCO AMENDING SECTION 10.36.100 OF CHAPTER 10.36 STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING OF TITLE TEN VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC OF THE CITY OF WASCO.

MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROHIBIT HUMAN POWERED VENDING UPON STREETS, ROADS AND BICYCLE LANES.

MISS SCOTT. YES. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. THIS IS FURTHER CLARIFICATION OF THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL CODE THAT PROHIBITS VENDING FROM HUMAN POWERED VEHICLES IN THE TRAVELED ROADWAY OR BICYCLE LANES IN THE CITY'S ROAD.

THE CITY'S CURRENT MUNICIPAL CODE, 5.16220 FOOD VENDING VEHICLES, ALREADY PROHIBITS FOOD VENDING FROM PUBLIC STREETS.

BUT AGAIN, THIS FURTHER CLARIFIES THAT AND AND PUTS IT INTO CHAPTER 10.36 AS WELL.

STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE COUNCIL INTRODUCE AND WAIVE FIRST READING.

THERE YOU GO. I'LL GET IT BY THE NEXT ONE. AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? SEEING NONE AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS? MAYOR PRO TEM SALDANA. MEMBER MARTINEZ NO COMMENTS.

MEMBER RAYA. NO COMMENT. MEMBER REYNA. I HAVE QUESTIONS.

I READ I READ THE ORDINANCE, AND I LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

OKAY. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HAVING CONTROL OVER THESE VENDORS.

[00:40:03]

IS THAT CORRECT? NO. THEY CAN'T BEND FROM THE STREETS.

THEY CAN TRAVEL ON THE STREETS TO GET IF THEY'RE TRAVELING PROPERLY ON THE CITY STREETS.

SURE THAT THE STREETS ARE ARE DESIGNED FOR TRAVELING, BUT THEY CAN'T MAKE SALES IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.

OKAY, GOOD. AND THEN ONCE THEY GET WHAT IS THE WORD THAT I WANT TO USE, ONCE THEY GET A PERMIT, RIGHT, THEY HAVE TO VEND FROM A PARTICULAR LOCATION.

I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THIS, THIS ORDINANCE. SO IF SOMEBODY PRESENTS THE RIGHT DOCUMENTATION AND THE RIGHT SETUP IN THE CITY AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ARE ABLE TO ISSUE A PERMIT, THIS PERSON WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO SELL AT A PARTICULAR LOCATION. IS THAT ACCURATE? CORRECT. THERE'S A SIDEWALK VENDING LAW THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE THAT PER STATE LAW, SO YOU CAN BEND FROM CITY SIDEWALKS.

THERE ARE SEVERAL RESTRICTIONS ON THAT, INCLUDING ADA ACCESSIBILITY.

THAT WAS GOING TO BE ONE OF MY NEXT QUESTIONS. I WAS WONDERING WHETHER IT RUNS AFOUL OF THE STATE LAW.

BUT YOU'RE MAKING.

AND ALSO SO THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO VENT AT A PARTICULAR LOCATION.

WHAT I UNDERSTAND THAT IS THAT. MOBILE VENDING ON THE SIDEWALK IS PERMITTED.

IN ANY PART OF THE SIDEWALK? AS LONG AS ADA ACCESSIBILITY IS MAINTAINED.

WITHOUT THEM BLOCKING ACCESS. RIGHT. SO BUT THIS PROHIBITS IT FROM THE THE VEHICLE TRAVELED WAY PARKING LANES, BIKE LANES, ANYWHERE WHERE A CAR IS GOING TO BE DRIVING.

OKAY. I AGAIN I'M NOT OPPOSED TO WHAT WE'RE DOING.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT.

LET ME SEE. WHAT WE'RE DOING IS INTRODUCING IT NOW.

SAY THAT AGAIN. ALL YOU'RE DOING IS INTRODUCING THE ORDINANCE.

OH, I KNOW, BUT EVENTUALLY, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT TIME IT'S GOING TO BE APPROVED FOR ADOPTION.

YES. RIGHT, EXACTLY. SO I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.

IT'S THE SAME. I THINK I GAVE A PRESENTATION A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO ON FOOD VENDING.

AND IT'S NOTHING'S CHANGING FROM THAT THE WAY WE CURRENTLY ENFORCE IT.

THIS IS JUST FURTHER CLARIFYING THAT IN THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL CODE.

ANOTHER THING THAT I READ IN THE ORDINANCE IS THAT IF A VENDOR IS FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE, THEN THERE IS A WAITING PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS.

IS THAT ACCURATE? I DON'T HAVE A WAITING PERIOD OF SIX.

TO BE PERMITTED. TO RESUME. OH TO RESUME TOO.

RIGHT UNDER A VALID PERMIT? YES. UNDER A VALID PERMIT.

OKAY. AND IS THAT TYPICAL OF WHAT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES DO? YES. OKAY. AGAIN, I'M JUST I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING, BECAUSE I HAD WONDERED WHY I HAD NOT RECEIVED THE CHART THAT YOU PRESENTED BEFORE. AND I IMAGINE BECAUSE THIS HASN'T BEEN IN PLACE, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.

OH, I CAN GET YOU A COPY OF THAT. ABSOLUTELY.

IF WE. THE CHART THAT YOU HAD PRESENTED AS TO WHAT IS NEEDED FOR EACH VENDOR.

YEAH. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A COPY OF THAT. I CAN CERTAINLY GET THAT TO YOU.

ALL RIGHT. YEAH, IF YOU COULD. BUT NO, THIS IS GOOD.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M REPEATING MYSELF OVER AND OVER.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER HERE, OR WHAT STAFF HAS PUT TOGETHER FOR US TO APPROVE.

ALL RIGHT. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS YOU'VE ANSWERED THEM.

AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS WITH THAT.

I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVAL.

SECOND. MADAM CLERK, CAN WE GET THE VOTE BY ROLL CALL? MAYOR MEDINA. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM SALDANA. AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RAYA.

AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER REYNA. AYE. MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER REYNA.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ TO INTRODUCE AND WAIVE THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE.

MOTION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. IS IT TOO LATE TO ASK ONE MORE QUESTION? MAY I ASK MAYOR? AS LONG AS THE COUNCIL HAS NO OBJECTION? SURE. GO FOR IT. SO AFFECT THE MOTION. NO, NO, NO, NO, I MADE THE MOTION, SO I'M NOT GONNA PULL IT BACK.

SO WHO WOULD BE IN CHARGE OF ENFORCING THESE RULES WITH AT THAT POINT? THE ONLY THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OR WOULD THE POLICE ALSO.

AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, OUR POLICE ARE BUSY ENOUGH, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING, WOULD THE POLICE ALSO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE THAT?

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IF CODE COMPLIANCE IS NOT ABLE TO MAKE ANY PROGRESS, THEY'LL TYPICALLY CALL FOR AN OFFICER.

PARTICULARLY WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID THIS.

MOBILE CARDS BLOCKING TRAFFIC LANES, WHICH OCCURS REGULARLY.

RIGHT? YEAH. IT'S DANGEROUS. SO CERTAINLY WE'LL WORK WITH PD ON THAT.

ALL RIGHT. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM 12C COUNCIL FINDS THE ORDINANCE EXEMPT FROM THE CEQA GUIDELINES.

[12.c. Council finds the Ordinance exempt from the CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(B)(2) and (B)(3) and Section 15061; Introduce and Waive the First Reading of an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Wasco amending Section 12.32.020 (Definitions) of Chapter 12.32 (Unlawful Camping in Public Places) of Title 12 (Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places) of the City of Wasco Municipal Code. (Cobb) ]

INTRODUCING AND WAIVE THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WASCO, AMENDING SECTION 10.32.020. DEFINITIONS OF CHAPTER 12.32 UNLAWFUL CAMPING IN PUBLIC PLACES OF TITLE 12 STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES OF THE CITY OF WASCO.

MUNICIPAL. MUNICIPAL CODE MRS COBB. OKAY, LAST ONE FOR THE EVENING.

THIS AGAIN IS A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT THAT ADDS TO THE DEFINITION OF CAMP FACILITIES IN OUR UNLAWFUL CAMPING SECTION, IT IS ADDED TO INCLUDE MOTORHOMES, TRAILERS, OR CAMPERS IN ADDITION TO TENTS, HUTS, AND TEMPORARY SHELTERS.

THIS JUST GIVES US A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY IN HOW WE ENFORCE THAT PARTICULAR CODE.

SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE INTRODUCE AND WAIVE THE FIRST READING.

GOT IT. AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC SEEING NONE AT THIS TIME? I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS? MAYOR PRO TEM MARTINEZ NO COMMENTS AND MEMBER REYNA.

NO COMMENTS MAYOR AND I HAVE NO COMMENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

SO MOVE. I WILL SECOND, MADAM CHAIR, CAN WE GET THE VOTE BY ROLL CALL? MAYOR MEDINA? AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM SALDANA. AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RAYA.

AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER REYNA. AYE. MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM SALDANA, SECOND BY MAYOR MEDINA, TO INTRODUCE AND WAIVE THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE MOTION, IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM 15 REPORTS FROM COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES.

[15.a. Kern Economic Development Corporation (Medina)]

THE NEXT MEETING IS UNTIL A COUPLE OF MONTHS, SO NOTHING TO REPORT THERE.

[15.b. Kern Council of Governments (Reyna) ]

I BELIEVE I HAVE A MEETING THIS WEEK, BUT I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DARK.

THANK YOU. ITEM 15 C WASCO TASK FORCE. MAYOR PRO TEM WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE PLANNING ON THE 2026,

[15.c. Wasco Task Force (Saldaña and Medina) ]

KNOW, I THINK, I MEAN, WE'LL JUST GIVEN THAT IT'S HOT THIS TIME OF YEAR, WE'LL PROBABLY DO 7:00.

WE WON'T KEEP FOLKS THERE TOO LONG, MYSELF, WE'LL, PLAN ON THAT REPORT FROM CITY MANAGER.

[16) REPORTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER]

A COUPLE OF REPORTS OUT. WE HAD AN ADOPTION EVENT ON JULY 3RD.

WE HAD ONE PUPPY ADOPTED, SO THAT'S A SUCCESS.

WE HAVE A SNIP EVENT COMING UP ON AUGUST 8TH, AND IT'LL BE HELD AT THE USUAL LOCATION.

RESERVATIONS ARE NEEDED FOR THAT. WE OPENED THE COOLING CENTER LAST WEEK FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY PER COUNCIL DIRECTION, WHEN THE FORECAST IS 105 OR GREATER. AND WE HAD WE.

I'LL GIVE YOU THE GOOD NEWS FIRST. THE GOOD NEWS IS WE WERE ABLE TO DEPLOY OUR NEW AIR BOARD EQUIPMENT, THE FILTERS AND COOLERS AND WHATNOT. THE BAD NEWS IS, NOBODY SHOWED EITHER DAY.

SO WE HAD STAFF THERE WAITING, BUT NO ONE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE COOLING CENTER.

NEXT WAS THE FIRST ONE, SO THEY FORGOT IT WAS GOING TO BE HOT.

MAYBE SO. MAYBE SO. AND THERE WAS AN ALERT SENT OUT A COUPLE OF THEM.

SO YOU KNOW, I THINK WE COMMUNICATED THE USUAL WAYS.

THERE WAS A MEETING OF THE WEST ECONOMIC ALLIANCE HELD ON JULY 9TH AT THE WONDERFUL AMENITY CENTER.

AND IT WAS GOOD ATTENDANCE. AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT.

JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS IS A BIMONTHLY MEETING THAT JUST BRINGS TOGETHER THE DIFFERENT CITIES AND REPRESENTATIVES TO TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT THEY HAVE AND THEY HAVE GOING AND SUCCESSES AND FAILURES AND JUST SHARING.

IT'S A AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS HAD AN EAST KERN FORMATIONS FOR SOME TIME.

[00:50:06]

SO IT WAS A GOOD VENUE AND GOOD ATTENDANCE. THEY OFFERED FOR MEMBERS OR ATTENDEES TO HAVE LUNCH AT THE COCINA RESTAURANT THAT'S LOCATED THERE OUT AT THAT FACILITY, WHICH WAS WHICH WAS GOOD.

NEXT QUESTION ABOUT THAT. SCOTT, IS THAT OPEN TO ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL? IT IS. IT'S AGAIN, IT'S FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF, TYPICALLY.

BUT WE DO HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS OCCASIONALLY ATTEND PARTICULARLY WHEN IT'S HOSTED BY THE HOSTING CITY.

YOU'LL HAVE A PRETTY GOOD REPRESENTATION THERE.

SO YOU KNOW WHERE THE NEXT ONE WILL BE. I DON'T KNOW.

THAT'S OKAY. I DON'T BELIEVE THE DATE WAS FIRM YET.

SO IT WAS NOT ANNOUNCED. UNLESS YOU RECALL. THERE WAS.

THERE WAS. TALK ABOUT IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW YET.

BUT WHEN IT WHEN IT GETS SCHEDULED, IT'LL APPEAR ON MY COMMENTS HERE.

LET ME KNOW. SURE. ANOTHER EVENT THAT OCCURRED WAS JULY 10TH THE POWELL OPEN HOUSE.

FROM THE PERIOD OF TIME I WAS THERE WAS GREAT ATTENDANCE WE HAD 25 APPLICATIONS WERE FILLED OUT AND MORE WERE SENT HOME WITH FAMILIES TO BE FILLED OUT. WE HAVE TWO VOLUNTEERS NOW THAT HAVE PASSED BACKGROUND AND READY TO GO.

AND FOR MORE IN THE PIPE BEING PROCESSED. SO IT'S A GREAT STEP FORWARD.

DIANA HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB THERE GETTING THE FACILITY AND THE PROGRAMS READY TO GO.

SO I EXPECT THAT WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH FOLKS IN PLACE TO BEGIN PROGRAMS BEFORE THE SUMMER IS OUT.

I HAVE A QUESTION. SURE, THERE HAD BEEN A REQUEST FOR ITEMS THAT PEOPLE COULD DONATE TO THE POWELL BUILDING.

THAT THOSE PEOPLE WERE THOSE SEND OUT A THANK YOU NOTE FOR THEIR DONATIONS.

I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD HEARD.

ON THEM, IF THEY HAVEN'T BEEN SENT OUT. THEY WILL SOON BE SENT OUT.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE THANK THOSE PEOPLE THAT DONATED.

BECAUSE THERE WERE SEVERAL ITEMS ON THE LIST.

SOME WERE EXPENSIVE. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY DONATED EXPENSIVE ITEMS, BUT WE NEED TO THANK ANYBODY WHO DONATED ITEMS TO THE BUILDING.

WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT BECOMES A REGULAR PROCESS.

THANK YOU. NEXT UP, COMMUNITY BREAKFAST MEETING IS NOW SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 6TH, 7 A.M..

IT WILL BE HELD AND HOSTED AT THE INDEPENDENCE HIGH ADULT CENTER FACILITY.

AND IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION, MRS. COBB CAN HELP WITH THAT OR GET A HOLD OF CITY HALL.

AND THEN FINALLY, LAST CHANCE TONIGHT FOR SAVE THE DATE FOR THE KEDC DINNER.

SEPTEMBER 10TH. WE EXPECT THAT THEY'LL BE CLOSING THE RESERVATIONS FOR THAT SOON.

SO I'M ALREADY ON THAT. I'M JUST NOT. LET'S GET IN HERE.

YOU HAVE THIS ONE. OKAY. IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS.

HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE. OTHERWISE, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU. SCOTT. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL FOR SCOTT.

MAYOR PRO TEM? I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. MEMBER MARTINEZ. NO QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT.

NO QUESTION. MAYOR REYNA. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. OKAY. I'M MOVING ON TO REPORTS FROM CITY COUNCIL.

[17) REPORTS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL]

SATURDAY, JULY THE 12TH. I ATTENDED THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION THAT OCCURRED WITH THE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.

THE LEADER IS CAMPESINOS. AND I COLLABORATED WITH THEM TO BRING THIS TO OUR TOWN.

I WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO KERI LOUIS.

ANTONIO HERSHEY AND ROLANDO. AND THERE WAS SOME SOMEONE ELSE WRITING THE NAME FOR ALLOWING THE USE OF EQUIPMENT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS DONE BEST.

THE TRASH PICKER UPPERS. THE FORKLIFT TO UNLOAD THE TRUCK.

THANK YOU. AND THE USE OF CONES TO BE ABLE TO GUIDE THE TRAFFIC.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT YOU.

IT IS CRUCIAL. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WERE ABLE TO WELL, WE RECEIVED 21 PALLETS.

THIS IS FROM FOOD FORWARD, AN ORGANIZATION BASED OUT OF LA, AND WE WERE ABLE TO HELP OVER 400 FAMILIES.

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HE SHOWED UP WITH THE LARGE SCISSORS, WHICH HE BROUGHT IN TODAY, AND RIBBON TO PROVIDE US FOR OUR RIBBON CUTTING.

HE ALSO HELPED BRING THE FIRST BOXES THAT WERE AT THE TOP OF THE PALLETS.

THEY'RE LIKE 6 OR 7 FOOT PALLETS. AND HE WAS BRINGING THEM DOWN SO THAT WE COULD START THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION.

SO THANK YOU TO HIM AS WELL. I WANT TO REPORT ON THE ILLEGAL FIREWORKS STORE, HANGARS, DISTRIBUTION.

I HAVE BEEN OUT THERE DISTRIBUTING THOSE. I WILL BE VERY HONEST WITH YOU I DID NOT GET THROUGH HALF OF THEM.

IT'S JUST A LOT OF A LOT OF WALKING, A LOT OF PUTTING OF THE DOOR HANGERS.

AND I WAS ACTUALLY DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE ALL OF THE AREAS THAT I COVERED, IT WAS LIKE A WAR ZONE.

AND I THOUGHT, WELL, I GUESS I WILL NEED TO MEASURE THIS BY THE NUMBER OF REPORTS THAT CHIEF FIVECOAT WILL LET US KNOW, AND 38 REPORTS OF, YOU KNOW, ILLEGAL FIREWORKS.

I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT SOME OF THOSE WERE BECAUSE OF THOSE DOOR HANGERS.

YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE TIRED OF THEIR NEIGHBORS SHOOTING THOSE UP AND BEING DISRUPTED THEMSELVES AND THEIR ANIMALS.

AND SO I WILL CONTINUE TO PASS THOSE AROUND UNTIL THEY'RE ALL GONE.

BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, THIS PROBLEM DOESN'T END THE 4TH OF JULY.

IT'S A YEAR ROUND PROBLEM. SO I WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE THOSE OUT.

THANK YOU FOR GETTING THOSE TO ME. I'M THANKING THE STAFF FOR THAT.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT.

[INAUDIBLE] MOVE ON TO ITEM 18. CLOSED SESSION.

[18) CLOSED SESSION]

WE HAVE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS. YES.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

THE TIME IS NOW 4:04 P.M.. THANK YOU. WELL. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.